湖北省部分重点中学2016-2017学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

Believe in yourself

Why is it important to use your imagination? 36 It came from an idea that probably sounded crazy at first. So you should believe in your ideas. Get inspired

If your imagination needs a kick-start, take inspiration from other people. 37 Exposing (使受影响) yourself to all this activity is certain to get you thinking. Make it

38 Just pay attention in class, ask questions if you’re not sure about anything, try your hardest and don’t talk during lessons. Easy! Act up

Spend an afternoon pretending to be someone else. Use your imagination to create funny characters for your friends to pretend to be, too. Give them cool clothes and have a laugh. 39 Dream ideas

When you sleep, your mind can throw out amazing ideas in the form of dreams. People have been known to have created parts of songs in their sleep! 40 Who knows where they could lead? Write it

Read a story, then stop three quarters of the way through. Then get a pen and paper, or sit at your computer, and make up your very own ending! Let your imagination go crazy.

A．Whoever comes out of character first has to be punished!

B．Every idea and invention in the world first started in someone’s imagination. C．Read a new book or check out works of art.

D．It can give us good feelings as we let our imagination take over. E．So keep a dream diary and start writing down your ideas. F．If you are a shy person, imagine someone who you want to be. G．Want to stay on the good side of your teachers? 第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was sitting in the surgical waiting area at the hospital waiting for word of my wife’s operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends, who were41waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing

There was a young boy sitting quietly in the42. He held a small box of 43in one hand and a tablet(写字板) in the other. Every so often he’d place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost 44. And there was a strange silence. “Daddy, when is Mommy going home?” the young boy asked, breaking the 45. “Tomorrow.” his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons (蜡笔) and46 something on the tablet. I 47him as he moved his feet back and forth, looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine-filled window. “When’s 48, Daddy?” he asked. His father49him over to sit by him. “Come,50here next to me,” he said with a gentle tone in his voice.51his things, the little boy walked slowly to his father’s side from the corner. The man52out and held his son by his shoulder. “There are three days in life. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. One is over and done,one we live in, the other we 53. We can’t live in yesterday, but if we are happy enough today, we will be even happier tomorrow,” he said in an attempt to 54the boy. The little boy looked at him for a moment and said, “If Mommy is going home tomorrow, I’ll be55. So, I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy.”

Now hanging on every word of this 56, I leaned forward to hear his response. It was57. “Son, the one great thing about today is once it 58, it is already almost tomorrow.”

I thought about how 59 it was. Even in my adult life, I still live waiting for what tomorrow may60. Now I know that it is already “almost tomorrow”.

41. A. patientlyB. happilyC. peacefully D. eagerly 42. A.chairB. distance C. corner D. shadow 43. A. giftsB. crayons C. chalks D. toys 44. A. dark B. emptyC. full D. clean

45. A. promise B. rule C. record D. silence

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46. A. wrote B. printed C. drew D. expressed 47. A. followed B. found C. caught D. watched 48. A. todayB. yesterday C. tomorrow D. future 49. A. knockedB. ordered C. pulled D. called 50. A. stand B. lie C. sit D. sleep 51. A. saving B. forgetting C. gathering D. choosing 52. A. reached B. took C. set D. got 53. A. spend B. waste C. expect D. kill 54. A. frighten B. warn C. persuade D. satisfy 55. A. better B. calmer C. smarter D. happier 56. A. story B. conversation C. opinion D. discussion 57. A. perfect B. silly C. active D. humorous 58. A. ends B. passes C. starts D. lasts 59. A. sincere B. important C. interesting D. meaningful 60. A. happen B. come C. need D. bring

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第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Some say that madness and genius (天才) often come hand in hand. This is especially true of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh is famous for 61 amazing use of color and shape. Born in 1853, he was painting at a time 62 art was changing. A long time ago, artists tried to make their paintings look real like photographs. 63 later on, art became more about the artist’s own ideas. If you see a Van Gogh, it won’t look like the real world. It will look even 64 (beautiful). Some of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings are of natural scenes and flowers, such as Sunflowers. He also painted many wonderful self-portraits (自画像),65 brought him a lot of fame. Van Gogh had a great gift66 painting; however, he was a troubled man. At one point, he cut off his own ear. Van Gogh is now one of the world’s most famous67(art). But he died at the age of 37, alone and poor. Almost68 knew or cared

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about his art at that time. Although he was a great genius, he suffered 69 (great). Some say that his madness was70 he paid for his art. 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词。

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

Some time ago a experiment was conducted in the United States, it included people of different ages from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people was given all kinds of breakfasts, but sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see how well their bodies worked and when they eat a certain kind of breakfast. The results shows that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work better if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be especial true if a person works with his brain. For example, if a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before go to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with much attention in class.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李华，在一个英文网络论坛上，你看到一名叫Grown-up的中学生发帖（post）寻求帮助。请根据以下内容和要点回帖。 Grown-up Post at 18-9-2016 20:08

Hi, I’m a high school student. I’m 16 now, but my mother always treats me as a seven-year-old child. What should I do?

写作要点：1.表达对Grown-up的理解

2.给Grown-up 提出建议：理解母亲、与母亲沟通、学会照顾自己、为家里做些力所能及

的事情

注意：1. 词数：80~100；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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