高一上学期期末英语试卷二

1、 高一上学期英语期末考试卷二第二部分：阅读理解（ 共 2 节，满分40分）第一节（满分30分） AA schoolgirl saved her fathers life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic (过敏的) reaction which stopped his heart.Izzy, nine, restarted father Colms heart by stamping (踩) on his chest after he fell down at home and stopped br

2、eathing.Izzys mother, Debbie, immediately called 999 but Izzy knew doctors would never arrive in time to save her father, so decided to use CPR.However, she quickly discovered her arms werent strong enough, so she stamped on her fathers chest instead.Debbie then took over with some more traditional

3、chest compressions (按压) until the ambulance（救护车）arrived.Izzy, who has been given a bravery award by her school, said: I just kicked him really hard. My mum taught me CPR but I knew I wasnt strong enough to use hands. I was quite afraid. The doctor said I might as well be a doctor or a nurse. My mum

4、said that Dad was going to hospital with a big footprint on his chest.”Shes a little star, said Debbie, I was really upset but Izzy just took over. I just cant believe what she did. I really think all children should be taught first aid. Izzy did CPR then the doctor turned up. Colm had to have more

5、treatment on the way to the hospital and weve got to see an expert.Truck driver Colm, 35, suffered a mystery allergic reaction on Saturday and was taken to hospital, but was sent home only for it to happen again the next day. The second attack (发作)was so serious that his airway swelled, preventing h

6、im from breathing, his blood pressure dropped suddenly, and his heart stopped for a moment. He has now made a full recovery （康复）from his suffering.21. Izzy kicked her father in the chest _ .A. to express her helplessness B. to practise CPR on himC. to keep him awake D. to restart his heart22. Whats

7、the right order of the events? Izzy kicked Colm. Debbie called 999. Izzy learned CPR. Colms heart stopped. A. B. C. D. 23. What does Paragraph 8 mainly talk about?A. What Colm suffered. B. Colms present condition.C. What caused Colms allergy. D. Symptoms of Colms allergic reaction.24. Why does the a

8、uthor write the news?A. To describe a serious accident. B. To prove the importance of CPR.C. To report a 9-year-old girls brave act. D. To call peoples attention to allergic reaction. B In 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur dAlene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where advent ure was never

9、 very far away.We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic for Moms vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didnt care much about my bedtime.Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk.

10、 That left me in a mess（混乱）. I usually managed to find some trouble to ge t into. Once I had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel. I had tried to light a barrel（桶） of paint but couldnt really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when I made my exit, a crowd and

11、 the police were there to greet me. The policemen took my matches and drove me home.Mom and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me. 1 hadnt turned 5 yet.As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to se

12、t in. Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue ( 舌头 )on a metal handrail at school?As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder (驾雪橇者), I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didnt realize what a superstar

13、he was, but I do remember the ride well. I was wrapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered （保护） from the freezing and blowing weather.In 1950, we moved back to Coeur dAlene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering

14、of former neighbors of Alaska.25. What can be inferred about the authors family?A. His father was a cruel man. B. His parents didnt love him.C. His parents used to be very busy. D. His mother didnt have any jobs.26. What happened when the author was 4?A. He learned to smoke. B. He was locked in a ba

15、sement.C. He was arrested by the police. D. He nearly caused a fire accident.27. Which of the following is true?A. Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds.B. The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.C. Leonhard often visited the authors family after 1950.D. The author suffered a lot while takin

16、g the dog sled in Alaska.28. What is the authors purpose of writing the text?A. To look back on his childhood with adventures. B. To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.C. To express how much he misses Leonhard. D. To show off his pride in making trouble. CHow fit are your teeth? Are you lazy abo

17、ut brushing them? Never fear: An inventor is on the case. An electric toothbrush senses （感觉） how long and how well you brush, and it lets you track（跟踪） your performance on your phone. The Kolibree toothbrush was exhibited at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. It sens

18、es how it is moved and can send the information to an Android phone or iPhone via a Bluetooth wireless （无线的） connection. The toothbrush will be able to teach you to brush right (dont forget the insides of the teeth!) and make sure youre brushing long enough. “Its kind of like having a dentist actual

19、ly watch your brushing on a day-to-day basis,” says Thomas Serval, the French inventor. The toothbrush will also be able to talk to other applications （设备）on your phone, so developers could, for example, create a game controlled by your toothbrush. You could score points for beating monsters among y

20、our teeth. “We try to make it smart and fun,” Serval says. Serval says he was inspired by his experience as a father. He would come home from work and ask his kids if they had brushed their teeth. They said “yes,” but Serval would find their toothbrush heads dry. He decided he needed a brush that re

21、ally told him how well his children brushed. The company says the Kolibree will go on sale this summer, from $99 to $199, and the U.S. is the first target market. ( 目标市场)29. All of the following statements are wrong except _.A. It can sense how users brush their teeth. B. It can track users school p

22、erformance. C. It can check users fear of seeing a dentist. D. It can help users find their phones. 30. What can we learn from Servals words in Paragraph 3? A. You will find it enjoyable to see a dentist. B. You should see your dentist on a day-to day basis. C. You can brush with the Kolibree as if

23、guided by a dentist. D. Youd like a dentist to watch you brush your teeth every day. 31. What can we infer about Servals children? A. They were unwilling to brush their teeth B. They often failed to clean their toothbrushes. C. They preferred to use a toothbrush with a dry head. D. They liked brushi

24、ng their teeth after Serval came home. D You are the collector in the gallery of your life. You collect. You might not mean to but you do. One out of three people collects tangible（有形的）things such as cats, photos and noisy toys.These are among some 40 collections that are being shown at “The Museum

25、Of”the first of several new museums which, over the next two years, will exhibit the objects accumulated （积累） by unknown collectors. In doing so, they will promote（推动） a popular culture of museums, not what museums normally represent （代表）.Some of the collections are fairly commonrecords, model house

26、s. Others are strangely beautifulbranches that have fallen from tree, for example. But they all reveal （显露）a lot of things: ask someone what they collect and their answers will tell you who they are.Others on the way include “The museum of Collectors” and “The Museum of Me.” These new ones, it is ho

27、ped, will build on the success of “The Museum Of.” The thinkers behind the project want to explore why people collect, and what it means to do so. They hope that visitors who may not have considered themselves collectors will begin to see they, too, collect.Some collectors say they started or stoppe

28、d making collections at important points: the beginning or end of adolescence ( 青春期 )“its a growing-up thing; you stop when you grow up,” says one. Other painful times are mentioned, such as the end of a relationship. 32. How will the new museums promote a popular culture of museums?A. By collecting

29、 more tangible things.B. By showing what ordinary people have collected.C. By correcting what museums normally represent.D. By accumulating 40 collections two years from now.33. What can be learned about collectors from their collections?A. Who they are. B. How old they are.C. Where they were born.

30、D. Why they might not mean to collect.34. Which of the following is an aim of the new museums?A. To help people sell their collections. B. To encourage more people to collect.C. To study the importance of collecting. D. To find out why people visit museums.35. According to the last paragraph, people

31、 may stop collecting when they _. A. become adults B. feel happy with lifeC. are ready for a relationship D. are in their childhood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。有两项为多余选项。 36 From 1825, according to IQ. scores；but you are wiser and more experienced with increasing age. You are sm

32、artest in your 20s; around 30, your memory begins to go down, particularly your ability to perform mathematical computations. _37_ Your vocabulary at the age of 45, for example, is three times as great as when you gra duated from college. At 60, your brain has almost four times as much information a

33、s it did at the age of 21.38 You have the best physical sense of yourself from 15 to 24; the best professional sense from 40 to 49. Before the age of 24, we believe that our happiest years are yet to come；over 30，we believe that they are behind us. A National Health survey agrees: after the age of 3

34、0, we become more realistic and do not view happiness as a goal in itself. If we keep our health, achieve professional and emotional goals, happiness, we feel, will follow._39_ Generally between 30 and 39，but the peak (顶峰) varies with different professions(职业). Mosart wrote a symphony (交响曲) and four

35、 sonatas by the age of 8, and Mendelssohn composed his bestknown work A Midsummer Nights Dream at 17, but most of the great music was written by men between 33 and 39.Though the peak in most fields comes early, most Nobel Prize winners did their top research in their late 20s and 30screative people

36、continue to produce work with high quality(质量) throughout their lives _40_A. When are you most creative (创造性的)? B. When are you happiest?C. When are you smartest? D. Do you know what IQ. refers to?E. But your IQ. for other tasks goes up. F. Creative people usually produce a lot of works.G. For the “

37、wellconditioned mind”， there is no upper limit.（限制）第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought 41 . It was only a few days before Chri

38、stmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹).This farmhouse had been _42_too long. It needed a family. Zigfrieds 43 made a noise. He realized that he hadnt eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), took a 44 from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mikes.Farmer Mikes hou

39、se had been a great place for the little mouse 45 the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried trembled 46 he thought of it. He looked around carefully as he 47 into the room where grain was stored and was quite 48 as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he 49 a h

40、ot breath about his ear. His heart beat 50 , and without thinking, he started to run and luckily 51 the cats paws (爪子).The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a 52 family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfrieds granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to 53 with him. He hoped that t

41、he family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came 54 the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.Zigfrieds Christmas miracle did arrive!The house came 55 the next few days. Zigfried 56 every single hour of them. 57 , the day before Christmas when he

42、 was drinking hot chocolate with a 58 smile at the door of his home, he heard the 59 of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The 60 froze on his face; his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle i

43、s this?”41. A. carefully B. excitedly C. hopefully D. proudly 42. A. cathy B. noisy C. messy D. empty 43. A. mouth B. nose C. stomach D. throat 44. A. bag B. stick C. bowl D. coat 45. A. although B. until C. after D. unless 46. A. if B. because C. when D. unless 47. A. broke B. marched C. paced D. s

44、tole 48. A. curious B. nervous C. pitiful D. illegal 49. A. took B. held C. felt D. drew 50. A. strongly B. likely C. slowly D. wildly 51. A. escaped B. seized C. rubbed D. caught 52. A. close B. happy C. new D. young 53. A. celebrate B. communicate C. compete D. control54. A. across B. from C. off

45、D. up 55. A. alive B. loose C. open D. still 56. A. counted B. enjoyed C. missed D. wasted 57. A. However B. Instead C. Moreover D. Therefore 58. A. embarrassed B. forced C. disappointed D. satisfied 59. A. introduction B. discussion C. revision D. reduction 60. A. blood B. smile C. tears D. sweat 第

46、二卷第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Girl：Hey, that is a good portrait. It is so realistic. Youve got the _61_(express) right- the look in the eyes.Boy：Yes, Im pleased with it. _62_ do you make of the mouth? Do you think I need to do more work on it?Girl：No, you neednt cha

47、nge anything. It is brilliant. The light _63_(come) in through the window is amazing. You are a good painter!Boy：Thanks for compliment! I am indeed fond _64_ painting. Are you interested in it?Girl：Yes, but I am half as good _65_ you. Painting is hard for me and I cant _66_(possible) paint well. I t

48、hink drawing is a lot _67_ (easy). I do quite a lot of drawing.Boy：I see. I find that practising teaches me _68_( observe) things very carefully. Do you go to art galleries?Girl：No, I dont. But I should because I do love arts.Boy：Well, how _69_ going to an art gallery next weekend? I am sure we can

49、find something interesting.Girl：Id love to.Boy：There is a pop art exhibition on at the moment.Girl：Um. I dont like pop art.Boy：_70_ do I, really. So lets go to the art gallery next weekend第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分） 第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短信。信中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。请按照下列格式修改：增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。