1、- 1 -深圳市高级中学 20152016 学年第一学期期中测试高一英语命题人： 审题人: 本试卷共 10 页，四大题，满分 135 分。考试用时 120 分钟。试卷由二部分组成。第一部分高考题型 120 分第二部分：高一年级基础知识部分 人教版必修 2 15 分注意事项：1、答第一卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2、每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动用橡皮擦干净后，再涂其它答案，不能答在试题卷上。3、考试结束，监考人员将答题卡按座位号、页码顺序收回。第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节 (共 15 小题
2、；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分) AIt feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War 3. Shell talk about my lack of bright future because I dont plan to
3、 be a doctor. And much to her disappointment, I dont want to do any job related to science, either. In fact, when I was pushed to say that I planned to major(主修) in English and communications, she nearly had a heart attack.“Why cant you be like my co-workers son?” she bemoans (哀叹) all the time. Her
4、coworkers son received a four-year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I dont know what to answer except that I simply cant be like Mr. Perfect as Ive called the unnamed co-workers son. I cant be like him. I am the type of the person who loved to help out in the comm
5、unity, write until the sun goes down, and most of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of a fame or salary.I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. Ive seen my - 2 -mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours. She leaves the house
6、around 6:30 am and usually comes home around 5 pm or even 6pm. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesnt mean Ill be successful. Id rather follow my dreams and create my own future. 1. Which of the following topics do the writer and his mother often talk about?A. the writers s
7、tudies B. the writers future jobC. dinner plans D. wars around the world2. We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the writers mother _.A. doesnt want the writer to major English B. doesnt think the writer should be a doctorC. gets along very well with the writerD. doesnt think working in the scientific
8、field is a good idea3. Which of the following statements is probably TRUE about the writer?A. He wants to be like his mothers co-workers son.B. He wants to find a job in his community in the future. C. He doesnt think his mothers co-workers son is perfect.D. He wants to do something he really likes
9、in the future.BSpecialists say that it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. “Culture shock” is the term these specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. There are three stages of culture shock, say the specialists. In the first stage, the newc
10、omers like their new environment. Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers begin to adjust to (适应) their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more. There are some obvious factors in cu
11、lture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systemsthe telephone, post office, or transportationmay be difficult to work out. The simplest things seem to be big problems. The language may be difficult. Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this wa
12、y or that. But culture - 3 -shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their home countries and were successful in their community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same established posi
13、tions. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity. They have to build a new self-image. Culture shock gives rise to a feeling of disorientation. This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick(想家), people feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves fro
14、m the strange environment, and create an escape inside their room for a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and gaining experiencethese are the
15、 long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock.4. According to the passage, factors that give rise to culture shock include all of the following except _.A. language communication B. weather conditions and customs C. public service systems D. homesickness5. According to the passage, the more s
16、uccessful you are at home, _.A, the fewer difficulties you may have abroad B. the more difficulties you may have abroad C. the more money you will earn abroad D. the less homesick you will feel abroad 6. The underlined word in the last paragraph mostly probably means _.A. being homesick B. being los
17、tC. protecting oneself D. gaining experience7. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. Escape unfamiliar environment B. The feeling of homesickness.C. Homesickness can solve the problem of culture shock.D. The best way to overcome culture shock: get familiar with the new - 4 -culture. CTo mas
18、ter a language one must be able to speak and understand the spoken language as well as to read and writeLenin and his wife Krupskaya translated a long English book into RussianBut when they went to England in 1980, English people couldnt understand what was said to themThese days more foreigners are
19、 coming to China and more and more Chinese are going out to foreign countries to work or studySo the spoken language is becoming more and more importantSpeaking, of course, cant go without listeningIf you want to pronounce a word correctly, first you must hear it correctlyThe sounds of the Chinese a
20、nd English language are not exactly the sameIf you dont listen carefully, youll find it difficult or even impossible to understand the native speakersWell, what about writing? Like speaking, its to exchange ideasPeople generally use shorter words and shorter sentences in their writingThe important t
21、hing is to make your idea in your head and then to write it in clear lively languageChinese students read far too slowlyIf you read fast, you understand betterIf you read too slowly, by the time you have reached the end of a page you have forgotten what the beginning is about When you meet with new
22、words, dont look them up in the dictionaryGuess the meaning from the context(上下文)You may not guess quite correctly the first time, but as new words come up again and again in different contexts, their meaning will become clearer and clearerIf you look up every word, youll never finish a bookStudents
23、 of a foreign language need a particular knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose language theyre studyingThey should study these subjects in the foreign language, not only in translationIn this way one can kill two birds with one stone: learn a foreign languag
24、e and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time- 5 -8In the first paragraph the writer tells us Ahow to speak English Bhow to read and writeCwhy spoken English is important Dwhy English people couldnt understand Lenin9In his last point the writer advises us Ato kill two birds with o
25、ne stone Bto learn two languages at a timeCto study all the subjects in a foreign languageDto get some knowledge of the foreign country whose language you are studying10In the fourth paragraph the writer give some advice on Ahow to read fasterBhow to guess the meaning from the contextChow to look up
26、 new words in the dictionaryDhow to grasp the general meaning of a passage11 “To kill two birds with one stone” means Ato get some particular knowledge Bto get more than what one paysCthe stone is too big Dthe birds are blind enoughDThe temperature of the sun is over 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the
27、surface, but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees at the center. The sun is so much hotter than the earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core(核心). In the core of the sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, despite the high temperature, there may be a s
28、mall solid core. However, no one really knows, since the center of the sun can never be directly observed.Solar astronomers do know that the sun is divided into five layers or zones. Starting at the outside and going down into the sun, the zones are the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection
29、zone and finally the core. The - 6 -first three zones are regarded as the suns atmosphere. But since the sun has no solid surface, it is hard to tell where the atmosphere ends and the main body of the sun begins.The suns outermost layer begins about 10,000 miles above the visible surface and goes ou
30、tward for millions of miles. This is the only part of the sun that can be seen during an eclipse (日食) such as the one in February 1979. At any other time, the corona can be seen only when special instruments are used on cameras and telescopes to shut out the glare(刺眼的强光)of the suns rays.The corona i
31、s a brilliant, pearly white, filmy light, about as bright as the full moon. Its beautiful rays are a sensational sight during an eclipse. The coronas rays flash out in a brilliant fan that has wispy spikelike (一束束穗状) rays near the suns north and south poles. The corona is thickest at the suns equato
32、r.The corona rays are made up of gases streaming outward at tremendous speeds and reaching a temperature of more than 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets. By the time the suns corona rays reach the earth, they are weak and invisible.12. M
33、atter on the sun can exist only in the form of gas because of the suns _.A. size B. age C. location D. temperature 13. With what topic is the second paragraph mainly concerned?A. How the sun evolved. B. The structure of the sun.C. Why scientists study the sun. D. The distance of the sun from the pla
34、nets.14. All of the following are parts of the suns atmosphere EXCEPT the _.A. corona B. chromosphere C. photosphere D. core15. The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses which of the following?A. The remaining layers of the sun.B. The evolution of the sun to its present form.- 7 -C.
35、The eclipse of February 1979.D. Scientists will cost more money on researching the corona.第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。People around the world used their computers to buy goods，communicate with others，listen to music，see pictures and learn about different plac
36、es and ideasIn 2006，more people around the world used new ways to communicate and connect with each other through the Internet16 Blog is a short way of saying Web logThrough these personal websites，people can share their experiences，ideas and opinions with anyone on the InternetPeople of all ages ha
37、ve their own blogsFor young people，they are a way to show their writings and other forms of self-expression17 These sites include “MySpace”，used mainly by teenagers and young adults MySpace is an online community that lets people share messages and pictures with an increasing number of friends 18 Yo
38、uTube is another Internet site that became more popular this yearThis website lets anyone create，share and watch short videosPeople can watch almost anything on YouTube：news，sports and entertainment events 19 These include videos of people singing or dancing，or animals doing funny thingsThree young
39、men created YouTube almost two years ago as a personal video sharing serviceThey recently sold it to Google for more than one half billon dollars Games and entertainment also became a larger part of the Internet this yearOne Internet social site is called Second Life 20 They get married，build homes，
40、operate businesses，buy and sell goods，work，play and attend schoolA. The blog is one form of communication that enjoys growing popularity B. People of all ages use computers to express themselvesC. It is an online world in which computer users create a new self and live a - 8 -different lifeD. Many W
41、ebsites offer free services to create personal Web pages and fill them with writing site on the web. E. There are music videos，and videos made by people in their own homesF. More and more people are buying computers because of the lower priceG. It is the most popular social networking site on the we
42、b 第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful _21 , and knowing her husband could 22 it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the 23 , h
43、er husband told her how 24 he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He 25 her a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and _26 a Bible. 27 , she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so 28 that she left him. Many years pa
44、ssed and the lady was very 29 in business. She owned two large companies. She 30 her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to 31_ him. But before she could, she 32 a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her. She needed to come back and 33 thi
45、ngs. When she arrived at his house, sadness 34 her heart. She saw the still new 35 , just as she had left it years before. With 36 , she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring 37 from the Bible to the floor and a 38 could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those
46、 days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LUV U ALWAYS”. 39 your gift is not packaged the way you want it, its because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world
47、- 9 -cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the _40 . 21. A. watch B. ring C. coat D. box 22. A. afford B. like C. design D. guess 23. A. holiday B. performance C. birthday D. meeting 24. A. proud B. kind C. sorry D. brave 25. A. lent B. asked C. gave D. moved26. A. carried B. fou
48、nd C. missed D. held27. A. Politely B. Lightly C. Patiently D. Angrily28. A. calm B. upset C. grateful D. careless29. A. failing B. lonely C. successful D. poor30. A. wondered B. hoped C. realized D. explained31. A. visit B. understand C. catch D. help32. A. passed B. wrote C. sent D. received 33. A. take care of
