2017—2018学年下学期安阳市第三十六中学

高一年级期中英语试卷

第一部分:听力部分.(略)

第二部分阅读理解（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

Our vicar(教区牧师) is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.

One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.

“Whatever are you doing up here Bill?" asked the vicar in surprise.

“I' m trying to repair the bell, "answered Bill." I’ve been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.”

“You certainly did give me a surprise!" said the vicar. “You’ve probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I’m glad the bell is working again.”

“That's the trouble, vicar, "answered Bill. "It’s working all right. but I’m afraid that at one o' clock it will strike thirteen times and there 's nothing I can do about it.”

“We’ll get used to that, Bill," said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.”

21. The church clock did not work because ________

A. it was too expensive to repair B. it disturbed the vicars sleep

C. Bill Wilkins only worked at night D. the bell had been out of order for many years

22. The vicar was surprised to see Bill Wilkins in the clock tower because________.

A. Bill Wilkins had been hoping to surprise him

B. it was an unusual time and place to find him

C. he had expected to find a figure

D. the clock had struck thirteen times

23. The vicar offered Bill Wilkins a cup of tea because________

A. he thought that Bill Wilkins was thirsty

B. thanks to him, the clock would now strike once an hour

C. he was grateful for the trouble Bill Wilkins had taken

D. he was pleased to have been woken up for nothing

24. How many times did the clock tower strike according to the passage?

A.1 B.2. C.13 D.14

B

Mr. Brown worked in a factory of a small town．He had been there for twenty years before one day he was sent to the capital for important business．He was quite excited because he had never been there before．Before he set off，he asked his wife and three daughters if they wanted him to buy something for them in London．Mrs. Brown began to think it over and then she said she wished her husband would be able to buy a nice umbrella for her，and so did their three daughters．As he was afraid he would forget it，he drew an umbrella on a piece of paper．To his regret，he lost it at the station．

On the train Mr. Brown sat opposite to an old woman．The woman’s umbrella was so nice that he carefully looked at it and said to himself not to forget to buy a few umbrellas like it．When the train arrived at the station in London，he said good-bye to the old woman，took his bag and her umbrella and was going to get off．

“Wait a minute，sir，”shouted the old woman．“That’s my umbrella!”

Now Mr. Brown noticed that he had taken her umbrella．His face turned red at once and said in a hurry，“Oh，I’m very sorry，Madam! I didn’t mean it!”

Seven days later Mr. Brown left the capital．To his surprise，he met the old woman and sat opposite to her again．Looking at the four umbrellas，the old woman was satisfied with herself．It seems that I had a better result than the other four women.” She thought．

25. The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refers to ．

A. his ticket B. his bag C. his drawing D. his umbrella

26. Why did Mr. Brown take the woman’s umbrella?

A. Because he was lost in thought．

B. Because it was much like his own umbrella．

C. Because he thought the woman would not notice it．

D. Because the woman misplaced it beside Mr. Brown．

27. When looking at Mr. Brown with four umbrellas，the woman felt ．

A. happy B. sad C. surprised D. angry

28. How did Mr. Brown get the four umbrellas?

A. He picked them on the train． B. He brought them from his small town．

C. He stole them from four women． D. He bought them in London．

C

The first night in Yosemite had been awful．I hadn’t been able to sleep and I was stuck in a too small tent with my wife and two kids．“Things haven’t worked out．”I said to myself．But，like so many other things I complain before my morning coffee，this one was extremely off-key. Things weren’t bad；they were good．

A hundred yards away was Summit Lake．It was beautiful．We fired up the camp stove and boiled up a cup of coffee．Half an hour later，my 6-year-old daughter and I were in the parking lot of the Lassen Peak Trail，getting ready to hike．We wouldn’t make it all the way—young legs get pretty tired on a steep mountain path—but it didn’t matter．We would see great views spread out below us，the volcanic(火山的)ash that layered on the earth turning the melting snow a mysterious pink as the sun struck it．Later，during the hike，I felt stupid about my morning complaints．Everything had been worthwhile．It gave me great satisfaction to see my daughter so excited about the view from the mountain．

Yes，camping is uncomfortable．But there’s also something wonderful about being so close to nature．Just as importantly，there’s something about getting young children out of their increasingly technology-filled comfort zones and forcing them to experience the non-cyber(没有网络的)world around them．It’s a good thing to reconnect every so often with the Great Outdoors．

29. How did the author first feel about camping in Yosemite?

A. Uncomfortable. B. Shocked. C. Excited. D. Wonderful.

30. By saying “this one was extremely off—key” in the first paragraph, the author means that_____.

A. he had lost his key B. this was meaningless

C. this was quite unusual D. this was far from the truth

31. Which of the following is true according to the article?

A. The author seldom complains in the early morning.

B. The author walked all the way to the Lassen Peak Trail.

C. The view from the mountain impressed the author’s daughter.

D. The author hiked to the top of the mountain to get a better view.

32. What is the proper title of the passage?

A. The Beautiful Park B. The Open Air

C. My Daughter and I D. Uncomfortable Camping

D

Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.

In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all — one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degree; they refuse to do what they think “low” work; and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our town.

In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.

33. The writer of the passage thinks that _______.

A. education can settle most of the world’s problems

B. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world

C. free education won’t help to solve problems

D. all the social problems can’t be solved by education

34. The writer wants to prove that _______.

A. our society needs all kinds of jobs

B. our society needs free education for all

C. a farmer is more important than a professor

D. work with hands is the most important

35. The passage tells us about _______ of the education.

A. the means B. the system (系统) C. the value D. the type (类型)

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。

As we know, sport is very common in our daily life. People who usually compete in sports can be found everywhere. Why so many people love sports? 36

Generally speaking, it is good for our health to do sports, such as basketball, football, table tennis, swimming, badminton, and so on. 37 I have taken the swimming course this term, since I didn’t know how to swim. I find that swimming is very interesting and has many benefits for our bodies. On one hand, it can make our blood circulatory system run regularly. On the other hand, the muscles of our bodies can be massaged(按摩) under the pressure of water. All these are positively advantageous to our health.

38 It is known to us that some sports are team sports that involve(涉及)several players or even more. When playing with others, people must face the situation of getting along with others. Through the sport games, strangers may go easily with others and make friends with each other.

中学17—18学年下学期高一期中考试英语试题（附答案）(5)