浙江省杭州市余杭区2015-2016学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题

rescue, which made her think about her reaction at the time. ―I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die,‖ she explained.

51. What was the most probable cause for Lisa’s weakness? A. She had run a long way. C. She had done a 1ot of work.

52. Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend? A. Because they would miss their train. B. Because he didn’t see the train coming. C. Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift. D. Because she was afraid the train would kill him. 53. How did Frank save Lisa? A. By lifting her to the platform. C. By pulling her along the ground. 54. When did Lisa become conscious again? A. When the train was leaving. B. After she was back on the platform. C. After the police and fire officials came.

D. When a man was cleaning the blood from her head. 55. The passage is intended to ______. A. warn us of the danger in the subway C. tell us about a subway rescue

B. show us how to save people in the subway D. report a traffic accident B

Tales from Animal Hospital David Grant

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Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer Michael White

From the author of Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science, comes this colourful description of the life of the world’s first modern scientist. Interesting yet based on fact, Michael White’s learned yet readable new book offers a true picture of Newton completely different from what people commonly know

B. She felt hot in the subway.

D. She had donated blood the night before.

B. By helping her rise to her feet. D. By dragging her away from the edge.

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Fermat’s Last Theorem Simon Singh

In 1963 a schoolboy called Andrew Wiles reading in his school library came across the world’s greatest mathematical problem: Fermat’s Last Theorem (定理). First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in order to be able to study at the Ecole Polytechnique. Through unbelievable determination Andrew Wiles finally worked out the problem in 1995. An unusual story of human effort over three centuries, Fermat’s Last Theorem will delight specialists and general readers alike. ￡12.99 Hardback 384 pp Fourth Estate ISBN 1857025210

56. What is Animal Hospital? A. A news story.

B. A popular book.

C. A research report.

D. A TV programme.

57. In Michael White’s book, Newton is described as ______. A. a person who did not look the same as in many pictures. B. a person who lived a colourful and meaningful life. C. a great but not perfect man. D. an old-time magician.

58. Which of the following best explains the meaning of the word ―baffle‖? A. To encourage people to raise questions. B. To cause difficulty in understanding. C. To provide a person with an explanation. D. To limit people’s imagination.

59. The person who finally proved Fermat’s Last Theorem is ______. A. Simon Singh

B. Andrew Wiles

C. Pierre de Fermat D. a French woman scientist

B. To show the importance of science. D. To help to sell the books. C

Indians of all ages are thronging (蜂拥而至) to the movie ―Gandhi‖. Ticket prices are low and people are eager to learn some of their country’s history. The movie has broken a ten-year attendance record. It tells the story of Gandhi’s life and of India’s fight for independence from Great Britain. The Indian government removed the usual 60 percent tax on tickets for ―Gandhi‖, making the

60. What is the purpose of writing these three texts? A. To make the books easier to read. C. To introduce new authors.

price only 40 cents. This is, however, still quite expensive, since the average worker’s daily wage is less than $1.

―Gandhi is known as the father of our nation,‖ said one government official. ―We would like our young people to get to know him – and many of the other generation have almost forgotten him.‖ ―In Indian theaters we like music and fights during movies. But during this film you could have heard a pin drop.‖ said one salesman.

But Gandhi’s message of non-violence puzzles some young people. ―If somebody is hitting you and you don’t respond (回应), he’s going to hit you again and again,‖ said a 31-year-old teacher. But an elderly man who remembered seeing Gandhi at prayer meetings in the 1930s and 1940s disagreed. ―I was a follower of Gandhi and still am,‖ he said. ―If none-violence could remove the British Empire, why shouldn’t it work in other situations? But it’s a very difficult way of life.‖ 61. Many people went to see the movie ―Gandhi‖ mainly because ______. A. the ticket prices were low enough B. many Indians had almost forgotten Gandhi C. Gandhi was the father of their nation

D. they very much wanted to know some Indian history 62. The government had the movie ticket price lowered ______. A. so as to encourage poor people to see the movie. B. so people feel it too cheap

C. so that young people could like the movie D. so that people will accept Gandhi’s ideas

63. From the underlined sentence we can infer that ______. A. the audience were all moved to tears B. it was the first silent film in India C. all the people in the cinema were asleep D. this film is different from other Indian films 64. Gandhi is still held in great respect ______. A. and his ideas are accepted by all the Indian people B. though his ideas are not accepted by all the Indian people C. but his ideas have proved wrong D. but his ideas are completely ignored 65. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Everybody understands Gandhi’s message of non-violence. B. Gandhi’s non-violence way of struggle still has a number of followers. C. Without the film, nobody will remember Gandhi in India. D. People prefer seeing movies with music and fights to Gandhi.

第二节：阅读下面的短文，然后从短文后的选项中为各小题选出正确选项，并在答题卡上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有两项是多余项。

Different families have different table manners. For instance, some people don’t talk while they eat; some do. Some people talk with their mouths full; others don’t. Some people put their elbows (手肘) on the table, 66 .

67 . Here’s some good advice. If you’re new somewhere just watch what other people do and don’t do. 68 , you’ll always have good table manners in their eyes.

I grew up in an old-fashioned family. The main time my family saw each other was at dinner. __69 . We talked about our day through the dinner whether we had good stories or not. A reason we talked so much was that our parents didn’t allow us to get up until we finished all of our food. Being the daughter of a Greek cook and an Italian woman, my mom always put double portions ( 双份) of delicious meals on our plates. 70 . I still remember my father making us eat dinner for almost two hours just because we couldn’t finish our food! A. If you follow the people you’re eating with B. but others consider it unacceptable

C. people in some countries eat with a knife and fork D. When we sat down to eat it was our time to talk

E. The problem was that sometimes we couldn’t finish all the food F. Table manners vary (变化) for different people and different situations G. You may find Western table manners are different from Chinese manners

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第四部分：写作（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：（共10 小题；每小题1 分，满分10分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的单词（每空1词）或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 Mount Everest is the 71 (high) mountain in the world. The mountain 72 (be) located in Asia. Asia is home to all five of the world’s highest mountains. Mount Everest’s peak is five and one-half miles above sea level. That is very high.

Many climbers have tried to climb to the top of Mount Everest’s approximately (大约) 29,141-foot peak. The first people 73 reach the peak were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Since then, about 900 people 74 (survive) the climb to Mount Everest’s top.

One of the successful 75 (climber) is Erik Weihenmayer. Like all 76 try to climb this high mountain, Eric faced strong winds, snow and avalanches. 77 , what really made Erik’s climb __78 (believable) is the fact that he is blind. After 79 (lose) his vision at age 13, Erik began climbing at age 16. He has climbed the tallest mountains on five continents. Erik became 80 first blind person to reach the peak of Mount Everest.