英语广东省汕头市潮南实验学校学年高一下学期期中考试试题.docx

1、英语广东省汕头市潮南实验学校学年高一下学期期中考试试题广东省汕头市潮南实验学校2016-2017学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题第I卷（满分95分）第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分55分）第一节（共15小题；第小题3分，满分45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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Museum: The Charles Dickens Museum in London is the worlds most important collection of material relating to the great Victorian nove

2、list and social commentator(时事评论员). The only surviving London home of Dickens (from 1837 until 1839) was opened as a museum in 1925 and is still welcoming visitors from all over the world. On four floors, visitors can see paintings, rare editions, manuscripts(手稿),original furniture and many items re

3、lating to the life of one of the most popular and beloved personalities of the Victorian age.Opening Hours The Museum is open from Mondays to Saturdays 10:0017:00; Sundays 11:0017:00. Last admission is 30 minutes before closing time. Special opening times can be arranged for groups , who may wish to

4、 book a private view.Admission Charges: Adults: 5.00; Students: 4.00; Seniors: 4.00; Children: 3.00; Families: 14.00( 2 adults & up to five children)Group Rates: For a group of 10 or more, a special group rate of 4.00 each applies. Children will still be admitted for 3.00 each.Access: We are constan

5、tly working to improve access to the Museum and its collection. Our current projects involve the fitting of a wheelchair ramp（波道）for better access, a customer care kit and an audio tour for visitors with impaired(受损的)vision. Our Handling Sessions are also suitable for the visually（视觉上地）impaired. The

6、 Museum has developed an online virtual（虚拟的）tour through the Museum. Click here to visit all the rooms in the Museum online.Hire the Museum: The Museum can be hired for private functions, performances soirees(社交晚会)and many other social occasions.Find Us: The Museum may be reached by using the follow

7、ing buses:7,17, 19, 38, 45, 46, 55, 243. And by these underground services: Piccadilly Line; Central Line. For a map, please click here. The British Museum and the Foundling Museum are within walking distance.1. The passage is probably from a(n)_. A. book B. announcement C. newspaper D. website 2. I

8、f a family with two adults and five children go to the Museum together, they will save_ compared to going there separately. A. 25.00 B. 14.00 C. 9.00 D. 11.003. The passage is written to _.A. offer readers some information about the Charles Dickens Museum.B. inform readers about the history of the C

9、harles Dickens Museum.C. persuade readers to visit the Charles Dickens Museum.D. tell readers how to make use of the Charles Dickens Museum.BA French billionaire used to have a rough time when he was young. Later he carved out a career for himself in the field of drawing sales. Within ten years, he

10、had become a young media tycoon (大亨）in France. He died of cancer in 1998. A French newspaper published his will after his death, in which he claimed: “I was a poor guy. Before I reach the threshold (门槛) of heaven, I leave my secret of how to become rich to the world. Anyone who can answer the questi

11、on “What is the most absent for the poor?” will have discovered my secret of becoming rich. He will have my congratulations. My deposit of one million francs in the private safe of my bank will be the prize for his wisdom in uncovering the riddle of poverty.” Many people responded to the publicized

12、will. The answers, as one might imagine, were various. The majority of them thought the most absent for the poor was money. Some stated that what the poor most needed was opportunity. Still others thought that the poor needed skills to make money. The rest of the answers claimed that poverty could b

13、e attributed to the absence of help, love, attractiveness, name-brand clothes, and even a presidency of a state. On the first anniversary of the billionaires passing, his lawyer and representative opened his private safe in the bank; the secret of getting rich was unfolded. The billionaire believed

14、that the most absent of the poor was the ambition of getting rich. It was a nine-year-old girl who hit the nail on the head. Why did she regard “ambition” as the most absent for the poor? The day she was officially awarded the one million francs, she said: “Every time my elder sister brought her boy

15、friend home, she always warned me not to be ambitious. Not to be ambitious! So, I thought perhaps ambition was something that brought what you wanted.” 4. According to the passage, which of the following is true about the French billionaire?A. He died of cancer in 1998 and left nothing.B. Later on,

16、he took up drawing as his career.C. Within a decade, he had become a young media tycoon in the world.D. He did not have a happy life when he was young.5. What will the winner get if he finds out the billionaires secret of becoming rich?A. The billionaires francs B. The billionaires private safe.C. T

17、he billionaires ambition D. All of the billionaires possessions. 6.What did most people think of the most absent for the poor?A. Help B. Money C. Opportunity D. Ambition7. From the passage, we can infer that the little girl find the secret_.A. with her sisters help B. just on purposeC. quite by acci

18、dent D. not mentionedCGreat white sharks! Just hearing that name makes many peoples hair stand on end. In reality, these big fish have more to fear from us than we do from them. For many years, people killed countless great white sharks in the waters around the United States. But thanks to conservat

19、ion (保护) efforts, great whites are making a comeback in the U.S. Two recent studies show that the population of these sharks is rising along the east and west coast. Why is the growing population of a killer fish something to celebrate? “When you fish too many of them, you start to lose balance in t

20、he environment,” says shark researcher Tobey Curtis. As the biggest killer, sharks help keep the populations of fish, seals, and other creatures they eat from growing too large. In spite of their importance, great white sharks had long been hunted for their meat and their fins (鳍). Then, in 1997, th

21、e U.S. government passed a law that didnt allow the hunting of great whites. Afterwards, the numbers of these sharks in the U.S. waters started to increase. The law wasnt the only thing that has helped great whites. Conservationists have also played a part in the sharks comeback. The research group

22、OCEARCH is using a method called tagging (加标签) to help change peoples attitudes about great white. They let the public follow each shark as it travels the worlds oceans. OCEARCH also gives each tagged shark a name to help people form a closer connection with the big fish. The groups most well-known

23、shark is named Katharine. She was tagged last year near Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Since then, thousands of people have tracked Katharines movements on Twitter and the OCEARCH website. This helps people see sharks in a new way. Chris Fischer, the founder of OCEARCH believes learning to appreciate grea

24、t whites will encourage people to do more to protect them.8. The underlined part “makes many peoples hair stand on end” in Paragraph 1 can best be replaced by_.A. worries many people B. bores many peopleC. interests many people D. frightens many people9. The main purpose of the passage is to _.A. in

25、troduce an experiment resultB. inform us that great whites are making a comebackC. make an advertisement for OCEARCHD. remind us that big killers are dying out10. The law passed in 1997 _.A. let scientists down B. needed to be changed C. seemed very helpful D. made people like great whites11. Kathar

26、ines example is used to show that _.A. great whites are in fact lovely animalsB. the OCEARCH website has a lot of visitorsC. OCEARCH help people get closer to great whitesD. the number of great whites is growing quicklyDEver since Donald Trump was elected the president of the US, the entire Trump fa

27、mily has been put under a microscope(显微镜). In China, the spotlight has been mainly focused on Trump and his daughter Ivanka. She is described on WeChat as an extremely influential role model with stunning beauty, a successful career, and a happy family. She leads a dream life that a million girls wo

28、uld kill for. Yes, she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. But she got where she is by herself. Theres always going to be articles that say people born into wealthy families are better looking and have a better family background than you, but these people do work harder than you. Are you a lo

29、ser if you were raised in an ordinary family? Should you feel guilty that you sleep eight hours a day because Ivanka sleeps five? If you just want to keep a stable（稳定的） nine-to-five job, does it mean you are not ambitious? How about if you dont work out or eat healthy, does that mean you will not fi

30、nd your Mr. or Miss Right? There is a tendency in media nowadays to encourage elitism(精英主义).They are trying to brainwash young people into thinking that they should invest a large amount of time and money in bodybuilding and appearance. They encourage lifestyle makeovers: wine tasting classes and ex

31、pensive trips overseas. They make you believe that if you do as they say, you can improve the quality of your life and join the elites (社会精英). But whats the downside of being ordinary? Do you really need to go to the gym five days a week unless you are a gym maniac(热衷者)? Do you need to take hundreds

32、 of selfies and Photoshop the selected ones to post on WeChat? Do you really need to break your neck and sacrifice to earn your first pot of gold only to worry constantly about how to enter high society later? Dont let the idea of elitism get to you. Everybody has a right to the life they want. Human beings should not be judged as a success or failure based on whether they are a part of the elite or not. As long as you lead