海南省高一英语下学期期末考试试题

海南国科园实验学校2015---2016学年度第二学期

期末考试高一年级英语学科试卷

时间：120分钟 满分：150分

注：请将所有答案答在答题卡上，最后只交答题卡页。

I.单词、短语拼写 （满分30分）

A) 用所给单词的适当形式填空：（每小题1.5分；满分15分） 1. The ________ ( violent ) of her feelings surprised him . 2. He became a ______ ( city ) and gained the right to vote .

3. Rather than ride a ______ ( crowd ) bus . I always prefer to ride a bicycle . 4. You are a kind person and I can’t thank you enough for your ______ ( kind ) .

5. Have they decided on the _____ ( locate ) of the new building yet ? 6. The terrifying scene _____ ( terrify ) the boy into crying last night . 7. I was very _____ ( dust ) and went up to my room to wash .

8. Mary is studying engineering at college and she dreams of becoming an _____ ( engine ) .

9. The _____ ( advise ) gave the manager some advice on how to put his goods into

the international market .

10. Some people think _____ ( free ) is that they can do anything freely . B) 短语互译：（每小题1.5分；满分15分）

11.be connected _____与...有联系,与...有关；12. ___ average 平均起来； 13.look _____ 浏览； 14. put _____ 扑灭（火）； 15.hold _____ 阻止； 16.be close ____ 接近;靠近； 17.be proud _____ 为...自豪； 18.date _____ 起源于；

19.be caught _____ 突然遭遇（风暴等）； 20.become interested ___ 对...感兴趣；

II.阅读理解：（满分40分；每小题2分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

(A)

A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders: Can I communicate with Americans? Can they understand me? Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British and American English? How important are these differences?

Certainly there are some differences between British and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have you a pen?” Americans say “in the hospital!” and “Do you have a pen?” Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound theirs in words like “bird” and “hurt”. Speakers of British English do not sound theirs in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example,

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“colour” and “honour” are British, “color” and honor” are American.

These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important. However, for the most part, British and American English are the same language.

21．According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English

might be afraid that_______.

A. British people cannot understand him B. American people cannot understand him C. the grammar is too hard for him D. the spelling is too hard for him

22．American English and British English are different in ________. A. spelling B. pronunciation C. grammar D. all of the above 23．What is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Whether there are differences between British English and American English.

B. Whether British English and American English are one language or two.

C. How the differences between British English and American English happened. D. How important the differences are. ( B )

There is a story about a man who lost his legs and left arm in an accident. After the accident, only a finger and thumb on his right hand remained.

He was a brilliant, creative, and educated man. He had gained a lot of experience while traveling around the world, so he became very depressed after his accident. He was afraid that he would spend the rest of his life suffering and would no longer be able to spend his life in a meaningful way. Then, he realized that he still had partial function of his right hand and could still write even though it was very difficult. An idea occurred to him. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement? ”

He wrote to the prison ministry(监狱长) about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied, “Writing to the prisoners is acceptable, but your letters will not be answered. ”

Filled with excitement, the man knew he could write his letters. He began sending one-way messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the limit. He poured （倾诉）his heart and soul into his words and shared his experience, sense of humor, optimism（乐观）, and faith.

It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of a reply. One day he received a letter from the prison ministry. It was a short note from the officer who monitored and checked the prison mail.

The letter said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford . Your letters are passed from cell （单人牢房）to cell until they literally（逐字地）

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fall to pieces! ”

No matter what circumstances （环境）life may present, we all have unique experiences, abilities, and God-given talents. We can discover ways to reach others who desperately （极度渴望地）need messages of encouragement and strength.

24．In order to live in a meaningful way, the man began to____________. A. receive the school education

B. write to other people who need encouragement C. meet the people who are depressed

D. help other people with lost arms and legs

25．According to the prison minister,_______________. A. the man was not allowed to write to the prisoners B. the man couldn’t go to see the prisoners himself C. the prisoners were not allowed to answer the letters

D. he was not sure if the prisoners would receive the letters 26．From the officer’s short note we are told that_____________. A. the man would be offered free paper to write letters on B. some of the prisoners were not satisfied with his letters C. the prisoners eagerly wanted to write back to the man D. his letters were very popular among the prisoners 27．What can be the best title for the passage? A. Stories about a Humorous Person B. Popularity of Special Letters C. Special Letters of Encouragement

D. Relationship between writers and prisoners. ( C )

For 52 years my father got up at 5:30 am every morning, went to work, and returned home at 5:30 pm. I never saw my father stayed home from work ill, nor did I ever see my father lay down to take a nap. He had no hobbies, other than taking care of his family. All he asked from me, his daughter, was to help him while he was repairing something, so we could have some time to talk.

For 22 years, after I left home for college, my father called me at 9:00 am every Sunday. Nine years ago when I bought my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day for three days painting my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked for was a glass of iced tea. Five years ago, at age 71, my father spent five hours putting together a swing set for my daughter.

On the morning of January 16, 1996, my sister telephoned me: my father was in the hospital with an aneurysm(动脉瘤) in Florida. I got on an airplane immediately, and on the way I realized that I hadn't communicated with him as much as I'd always wanted to. I vowed(发誓) that when I arrived, I would have a long talk with him. I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, only to find that my father, at the age of 76, had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.

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28. From the first paragraph we can infer (推断) that the author's father ______.

A. was a good driver B. had many hobbies C. sometimes fell ill D. was in good health

29．The underlined phrase “other than” in the first paragraph has the same meaning

as “______”.

A. without B. including C. except D. due to

30．According to the last paragraph, we can know that the author's father was born in ______ .

A. 1920 B. 1918 C. 1916 D. 1922 31．The author wrote the article in order to ______ . A. praise her father B. remember her father

C. show her father was healthy D. let her father be known

( D )

Let children learn to judge their own. A child who learns to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Little by little, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s, in the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught— to walk, run, climb, ride a bicycle— compare (比较) their own performances（表现） with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time in doing such work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

32．According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is ___ A. to listen to skilled people’s advice B. to ask older people many questions

C. to make mistakes and have them corrected D. to do what other people do

33．According to the writer, teachers in school should ___

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