广东广州英豪学校高一上期中英语试卷

It was one of the hardest days of my young life. My 110-pound body had been knocked to the ground more times than I could        . It had become        as the practice went on that there was no way I was ever going to be able to compete against the taller and stronger boys. My            of being a football star had been crashed to the ground along with my bruised (擦伤的) body.
I made it home,      .
My mom        me at the door. From my expression, she could see that I was        and had me sit at the kitchen table. I thought she had known what had happened that day. She        me up with a bowl of soup. While I had the soup, I felt her hand      rubbing my aching back. We said no word, but by the time the soup was done I was feeling      again. I knew I was loved and that was all that        .
I have kept that        in my heart all of these years. Even today, no matter what        life throws at me, a bowl of soup always lifts my spirits. Sometimes I can even feel Mom’s gentle hand rubbing my back from Heaven and see her beautiful face smiling at me with        .
In this world, all of us have had our dreams crashed to the ground at one time. Sometimes it takes a lot of        dreams until we find our true purpose in life, too.       are always there, though, to comfort us and to remind us that we are loved.

A．write B．count C．report D．explain

A．clear B．easy C．natural D．possible

A．order B．habit C．dream D．request

A．fearful B．stupid C．hungry D．sad

A．helped B．invited C．met D．taught

A．troubled B．shocked C．warned D．praised

A．brought B．warmed C．kept D．caught

A．gently B．tightly C．sharply D．properly

A．hotter B．better C．greater D．smarter

A．happened B．passed C．appeared D．mattered

A．information B．lesson C．memory D．record

A．schedules B．secrets C．results D．difficulties

A．respect B．purpose C．love D．patience

A．broken B．colored C．pleasant D．strange

A．Relatives B．Teachers C．Parents D．Friends

Sarah  and Janet have been friends since they    (start) school. They do everything together: study, read, watch TV, surf the Internet, play sports and listen to music. Anyone     has a problem can ask the other for help. When Sarah was in the     (three) grade, some of the other students made fun of her     she was shy. Janet told the other students to stop     (make) fun of Sarah, and she helped Sarah overcome her shyness. In the fifth grade, Janet had    (difficult) in her maths class. She studied hard,     she just couldn’t understand the homework. Sarah helped Janet     her homework and     (patient) explained every exercise to Janet. After six months, Janet did much better and even got    A in the maths exam.

English words don’t stay the same. People need new words for new ideas and new inventions. Some new words come into use, and some old words are used in a new way.
English can change by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico, and “tea” came from China, and so on. Now a great many new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too. New words can be created in other ways. For example, some can be created by adding two words together. “Weekend” and “cookbook” are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of “airplane”. The names of people and products can become new words. Our “sandwich”   was named after a man named Sandwich and “sello(透明胶带)” was a name given by the company that first made the product.
New English words are needed because      .

What can we know from the passage?

According to the passage, which of the following is true?

The main idea of the passage is that        .

This passage may most probably be taken from        .

Sayings(谚语) are quite common in spoken English. We don’t normally put them in a composition or a letter. Sometimes it is helpful if you know what common proverbs mean. Here are a few examples.
“ Once bitten, twice shy.” If a dog bites me, I shall be twice as careful in future when I see it. This proverb is also used to apply to many things and not only to dogs. For example, if you have been cheated at a shop, you will not go to the same shop again.
“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” If I am a hunter, trying to catch birds, it is better to catch one than to see two birds in a bush but not able to catch them. Thus this means that what you have already got is better than the chance of being able to get something bigger in future.
“ Don’t be a dog in a manger(槽)” means “ Don’t be selfish.” In a stable (马棚)，the manger is the place where the horse’s food is put. Sometimes a dog will sleep in the manger and bark when a horse comes to get its food. The dog doesn’t want to eat the horse’s food in the manger but it will not let the horse eat it.
“ He who pays the piper calls the tune (调子).” A piper is a musician. The man who pays a musician can say what tunes the man will play. Thus this means that if a man provides the money for a plan, he can say how it will be carried out.
“To pour oil on troubled waters” is to try to calm things down. Oil is lighter than water. If a ship is in trouble at sea, another ship may come to help it. The second ship can send small boats to rescue people. However, it may first pour oil on the sea to make the sea less rough.
Peter has a bicycle which is much too small for him but he does not want to let his young brother ride on it. What would Peter’s mother say to him?

Mr and Mrs  Smith had a quarrel. Their friend, Mr Brown, wanted to talk to them. When he came back, he told his wife that he had been trying to help the Smiths by ______ .

Mr Wang paid for a new school. Some people didn’t like the design of the school but they didn’t argue with Mr Wang because ______.

Mrs Lin wanted to buy a new dress. Her husband suggested that she buy it from a shop near their home. Mrs Lin disagreed because she had been cheated by that shop. So she said, “ I won’t go there again because ______ .”

Mr Brown had quite a good job in Hong Kong but he thought that if he went to Singapore, he might get a much better job with more money and a larger house. His wife didn’t want him to leave his job in Hong Kong and she reminded him that ______ .

Dear Susan,
I have been in England for three months now. I hope you don’t think I have forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I’ve not had much time for writing letters. I shall soon start my studies at King’s College.
So far I’ve been learning about British ways of living. I won’ tell you about London in a traditional way, because there are plenty of books you can read and plenty of pictures you can look at. I’m sure you’ll be more interested to know what I think about the life here. I find some of the customs new and interesting. People here do not shake hands so much as we do in Asia. During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raised their hats to women, but not to each other.
Yours ever,
Anne
According to the passage, the author        .

The author has         .

Why did the author come to London?

Which part of the world does the author come from?

Men in England        .

One of the traditions which is now a necessary part of Christmas is a that of Father Christmas, or Santa Claus. According to the modern legend, he is a magical figure who visits all the children of the world during the night before Christmas Day, leaving presents which they find the next morning. He flies through the night sky in a sledge pulled by reindeer, and enters houses by climbing down chimneys. This strange legend is based on the life of a man called Nicholas, but in fact we know very little about him. Historians think he was a Christian bishop(主教)in Turkey in about 285--350 A.D. One of the stories about him is that he helped three poor girls. No one would marry them because they were so poor. To provide them with money for their weddings, Nicholas secretly dropped some gold coins down the chimney of their house. After Nicholas died, he was made a saint(圣人) by the church.(The name Santa Claus thus comes from St Nicholas.) His feast day was celebrated in December, and parents started giving their children secret presents from St Nicholas. Over the years, this custom became part of our Christmas traditions.
Recently, a psychologist has claimed that Father Christmas is “the perfect fantasy” for children. According to Professor Anthony Clare, children love the character of Father Christmas because he is like an ideal father: he loves children and gives them presents, but he never criticizes them, is never angry, and children do not even need to thank him for the presents. Other writers, however, point out that Father Christmas can be a frightening character to some children. Jane Bidder says that some children are terrified of this fat, bearded old man. It can certainly confuse many children. As parents, we warn our children to be careful of strangers and never to let them into the house, and yet we tell children that a strange man will come into their bedroom at night! Some children can become very worried about this idea and fear that he is a kind of burglar.
Most children, however, understand from their parents and from the media that Father Christmas is basically a benign character, and look forward to his annual visit with joy and excitement.
The main point of the first paragraph is that     .

The writer mentions details such as Father Christmas’s sledge, the reindeer and the way he climbs down chimneys because he/she        .

Why does the writer mention the story about St Nicholas helping three poor girls?

In the last paragraph, the word “benign” means         .

The best title for this passage would be         .

The man got ________ (厌烦)of the work he did for 10 years, ，so he went to abroad to have a journey.
As there were a _______ (一系列) of robberies in this district , the policemen worked day and night to protect the people.
There are some ________(拼写) mistakes in your composition , you’d better find them out and correct them.
The orphan was shy at first , but _______ (逐渐地) he got used to living with other kids.
The manager _______ (频繁地) flew between London and Washington on business.
What’s the chairman’s _______(态度) towards the schedule ?
Why do you think he is _______(可靠的) ？Just because he is your friend ?
The trees on both sides of the street make a _______（避身处）for the people in summer.
I ________(真诚地) express my thanks to you for your kindness.
Seeing the _____________( 令人恐惧的) snake, the girl let out a scream.

我认为他不是故意要让你生气的。
I don’t think he wanted to make you angry _________________.
Smith 夫妇厌倦了城市的生活，所以他们决定搬去乡下居住。
The Smiths _______________ the life in the city, so they moved to the countryside.
我们应该好好利用这个机会训练英语口语。
We should __________________ of this chance to practice our spoken English.
为了赢得即将到来的比赛，上周他们决定要好好合作。
In order to win the game, they _______________ to cooperate with each other last week.
2008年5月汶川地震以后，几乎所有的建筑都毁于一旦。
After the earthquake in May 2008 in Wen chuan, almost all the buildings were ____________.

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