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甘肃省武威市天祝一中学年高一英语下学期期中试题

甘肃省武威市天祝一中2017-2018学年高一英语下学期期中试题

第I卷（选择题）

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

AustralianComedy---COSI（5thRound）

Date:

April12-16---7:

30pm

Venue:

BeijingPolyTheatre

Price:

800-1,500yuan

Cosiisa1996AustraliancomedyfilmdirectedbyMarkJoffe.Inthefilm,LewisRileywantstogetajobasadirectoratamental（精神病的）hospital.HegetsthejobandfindshimselfdirectingaproductionoftheMozartoperaCosifantutte,anoperainItalian.Anditisgoingtobeperformedbyactorsandactressesthathemustselectfromamongthepatients,whoonlyspeakEnglish.

TwelfthNight

ByTNTTheatreBritain

Date:

April13-15---7:

30pm

Venue:

9TheatreBeijing

Price:

60-380yuan

TwelfthNight,orWhatYouWillisacomedybyWilliamShakespeare,believedtohavebeenwrittenaround1601-1602.TheplayfocusesonthetwinsViolaandSebastian,whoareseparatedinashipaccidentatsea.Viola（whopretendstobeaboy）fallsinlovewithOrsino.ButOrsinointurnisinlovewithOliviawhenmeetingViolafallsinlovewithher,thinkingsheisaman.

JazzWeekend---ThomasEnhcoPianoRecital

Date:

May6---7:

30pm

Venue:

BeijingConcertHall

Price:

80-599yuan

ThomasEnhcowasborninParis,1988.Hestartsplayingtheviolinandpianoatanearlyage,andstudiesclassicalmusicandjazz.At12,ThomasworkswithaFrenchjazzviolinistDidierLockwood.HeisspottedbyPeterErskine,whoofferstohelpwithThomasEnhco’sfirstCD.In2004-2005,Thomascreatesandrecordshisfirstalbum,Esquisse,whichisreleasedin2006.HereceivestheYoungTalentPrizeattheMontaubanJazzFestivalin2006.

1、WherecanyouenjoyCosiinApril?

A．BeijingPolyTheatre                              B．TNTTheatreBritain                              

C．9TheatreBeijing                              D．BeijingConcertHall                              

2、WhoinfactisamaninTwelfthNight?

A．Olivia                              B．Viola                              

C．Orsino                              D．WilliamShakespeare                              

3、ThomasEnhco’sfirstalbumfinallycameout_________.

A．in2000                              B．in2004                              

C．in2005                              D．in2006                              

B

Smokingisharmful.Butassoonasyouquitthehabit,everythingwillbeOK,right?

Wrong.

Newresearchhasfoundthatevenifyougiveupsmoking,thedamageithasdonetoyourgenes（基因）willstaythereforamuchlongertime.Intheresearch,ateamofUSscientistsstudiedthebloodof16,000people.Amongthem,someweresmokers,someusedtosmoke,andtherestwerenon-smokers.Scientistscomparedtheirgenesandfoundthatmorethan7,000genesofsmokershadchanged--anumberthatisone-thirdofknownhumangenes.

AccordingtoNBCNews,bothheartdiseaseandcancerarecausedbygeneticchanges.Somepeoplemayhavehadthechangeswhentheywereborn,butmostpeoplegetthemintheirday-to-dayliveswhiledoingthingslikesmoking.

Whenyoustopsmoking,alotofthesegeneswillreturntonormalwithinfiveyears.Thismeansyourbodyistryingtoheal（治愈）itselfoftheharmfuleffectsofsmoking.Butthechangesinsomeofthegenesstayforlonger.Theycanstayforaslongas30years,It’salmostlikeleavingafootprintonwetcement（水泥）----itwillalwaysbethere,evenwhenyou’vewalkedawayandwhenthecementbecomesdry.

Althoughthestudyresultsmaymakepeopleunhappy,thereisabrightside:

thefindingscouldhelpscientistsinventmedicinetotreatgeneticdamagecausedbysmokingorfindwaystotellwhichpeoplehaveheartdiseaseorcancerrisks.

4、ThefunctionofParagraph1isto_________.

A．introducethetopicofthepassage                              B．giveanexample                              

C．makeanargument                              D．showthemainideaofthepassage                              

5、Mostgeneticchangeshappenbecauseof___________.

A．people’sconditionatbirth                              B．environmentalpollution                              

C．people’sbadlivinghabit                              D．heartdiseaseandcancer                              

6、Theunderlinedword“it”inParagraph6refersto__________.

A．thefootprint                              B．thecement                              

C．theharmfuleffect                              D．thegeneticchange                              

7、Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A．Thefindingsarethefruitofmorethanthreeyears’research.

B．Thefindingshavepreventedmorepeoplefromstartingsmoking

C．Thefindingsofferevidencethatadamagedgenecanhealitself.

D．Thefindingshelptofindcuresforgeneticdamagecausedbysmoking.

C

Whenwewereverysmall,werealizedthathavingfriendswasimportant.Someofusevenhadimaginary（想象中的）friends.Theneedforfriendscontinuedaswegrewintoourteens.Friendsplayedabigpartinformingourpersonalities（性格）.Asadults,itisstillimportantforustohavefriends.

Truefriendsarepeoplewholikeusthoughwemademistakesandwholistentousandtellusthetruth.Friendssupportourdecisionsandtelluswhenwe’refoolish.Theylaughwithusandshareoursadness.Theyareourpartnersandshareinterestswithus.Theystimulateuswhenwearefeelingdown.Theyarepeoplewearen’tafraidoftellingoursecretwishestoorwhatisreallyonourminds.

Friendsareoursupporters.Whenyoucandependonfriends,youfeelsafeandwarm.Friendsofferacceptanceandemotional（情感的）support.Attimes,theyalsohelpwithoureverydaylives,cookingameal,doingchores,orgivingusaliftwhenweneedone.Friendsalsoaretheretoofferadvice,aneartolisten,orashouldertocryon.

Friendsalsohelpusreducestress.Notonlydotheylistentouswhenwefeelstressed,buttheyalsodiscusswhatisstressingus.Sharinginterestsanddoingactivitieswithfriendshelpusforgetaboutproblemsatworkorathome.Forashorttime,wecanloseourselvesinapleasantactivityandperhapslaughandbreathemoreeasily.

8、Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A．HowtoReduceStress

B．HowtoMakeNewFriends

C．TheImportanceofFriends   

D．TheQualitiesofGoodFriends

9、Theunderlinedword“stimulate”inparagraph2probablymeans      .

A．educate                              B．encourage                              

C．surprise                              D．dislike                              

10、Wecanlearnfromthethirdparagraphthatfriendsalways       .

A．laughatuswhenwe’refoolish    

B．tellusotherpeople’ssecrets

C．shareoursadnessandinterests   

D．supportuswhenweneedhelp

11、Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat      .

A．peopleshouldmakefriendsanytime    

B．friendsarepeoplewhoallowyoutocry

C．afriendhelpsyouinmanyways       

D．goodfriendsarealwaysdifficulttomeet

D

FourWildAnimalSpeciesWereEndangered

Maybeyoucanstillseethematthezoo.Butthatdoesn’tmeanthey’redoingalrightinthewild.

Tigers

Allsixtigerspeciesareendangered,withSuatrantigersandSouthChinatigersataseriouslyendangeredstatus.Themainreasonsfortheirpopulationdeclineareillegalhuntinganddestroyedhabitats,ashumansclearforeststogathertimberandbuildroadways.Onlyabout3890tigerspresentlyliveinthewild.

Groundsquirrels

That’sright,evensquirrelsareendangered,specificallytheSanJoaquingroundsquirrel.NativetoCalifornia,USA,theseguyshavebeendisappearingsince1979onaccountoftheconstructionandhumandevelopmentsgoingthroughtheirhabitat.Theirtotalpopulationisunknown,butitcouldbeanywherebetween124000and4130000.

Giraffes

TheInternationalUnionfortheConservationofNaturerecentlyputgiraffesatavulnerablestatus,theleveljustbeforeendangered.Thegiraffepopulationhasdeclined40percentinthelast30years,primarilyduetolossofhabitatandillegalhunting.Somegiraffesarekilledjustfortheirtails,whichareconsideredstatussymbolsinAfrica.

Asianelephants

ThemainthreattoAsianelephants,oneofthemostintelligentanimals,istheirshrinkinghabitat.Asthehumanpopulationgrows,peopleinvadetheirlandtobuildroadsandrailwaytracks.ElephantsinMyanmarareatanespeciallyhighriskforbeingcapturedandtradedorusedillegallyinthetouristindustry.Fewerthan50000areleftontheentirecontinent.

12、Whyisthepopulationoftigersbecomingsmaller?

A．Peoplehuntillegallyanddestroytheirlivingspots.

B．Itisdifficultfortigerstofitinwiththeirenvironment.

C．Theforestsarenotsuitablefortheirliving.

D．Thetigersareathreattotheresidentsnearby.

13、What’sthemainreasonwhysomeanimalsareindangeraccordingtothepassage?

A．Climatechanges.                              B．Humanactivities.                              

C．Lackoffood.                              D．Seriouspollution.                              

14、Thetailsof       areregardedasstatussymbolsinAfrica.

A．tigers’                              B．groundsquirrels’                              

C．giraffes’                              D．Asianelephants’                              

15、Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

A．Thegiraffepopulationhasincreasedgreatlyinthelast30years.

B．Thenumberofsquirrelsisbetween124000and4130000.

C．ElephantsinMyanmararecompletelycaughtandevenkilled.

D．Thepresentsituationofendangeredanimalsisworrying.

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。

Herearesomethingsthatyoushoulddoinyoureverydaylifetoimproveyourhappiness.

Theymayseemsmall,butth