四川省达州市高一上学期期末考试英语试卷

Students should be encouraged to use _________ Internet as _________ resource.

It was _______ a dangerous drug ______ he nearly died.    

They say that _______ a lot of water is good for you.

They were very ________ when they heard the ________ news that he would come back in two days.

To learn English well, we should find opportunities to hear English ______ as much as we can.

We’ll have a picnic in the park this Sunday ________ it rains or it’s very cold.

The country life he was used to_________ greatly since 1992.

Listen to the two girls by the window. What language _________?

One of the advantages of living on the top floor of a highrise is that you can get a good _______.   

My mother has always _______ we eat every healthily.

If you think you are sick, you are        no matter what anyone else says. On the other hand, if you believe in your        , and if he tells that you are going to feel better, you probably will. The effect of the mind upon the body        and sometimes can be powerful. It exists        one is aware of it or not.
Take the case of Mrs. Green, for example. She        get to sleep at night and was too tired during the day to do some        things that she used to enjoy doing. She had headaches more often which prevented her from reading or watching TV. The more she thought about conditions,        she felt. At last she went to see her doctor, whom she had known        . The doctor listened to her and gave her a very        . Then he said to her. “There is        wrong with you physically,        I accept the fact that you don’t feel well. I’m going to give you some        that should help. I want you to        one after dinner and one half an hour        going to bed tonight. Call me tomorrow and tell me        you feel.”
The next day Mrs. Green       , “Doctor, I had the first        night’s sleep in two months night.        is in this pills?” The doctor said, “It’s an old formula (配方) I have        for years. Just keep on taking them for a week.” Turning to the nurse, he said, “It’s        what a little baking soda (苏打) can do!”

A．healthy B．well C．sick D．pleasant

A．doctor B．physician C．nurse D．surgeon

A．exist B．doesn’t exist C．does exist D．never exist

A．neither B．whether C．either D．no matter

A．was uncapable B．was able to C．could D．was unable to

A．uneasy B．unsuccessful C．trouble D．simple

A．the more B．the worse C．the less D．the better

A．for years B．since years C．years ago D．before long

A．thorough study B．careful examination C．clear check D．general examination

A．nothing serious B．serious nothing C．seriously nothing D．nothing seriously

A．or B．instead C．and D．but

A．advice B．pills C．suggestions D．drinks

A．take B．eat C．use D．drink

A．when B．since C．before D．after

A．what B．whether C．why D．how

A．wrote B．telephoned C．said D．complained

A．bad B．terrible C．right D．good

A．Whoever B．Whichever C．Whatever D．However

A．sold B．written C．used D．read

A．wonderful B．terrible C．serious D．curious

Last year, over 206,000 students from the United States studied abroad. Does that number surprise you? These students already know the benefits of studying abroad. You may be wondering why you should study abroad. Here are some answers for you.
◆ Timing
The absolutely best time in your life to study abroad is when you are in college. If you miss this opportunity, it’s almost impossible for you to do it later in life.
◆ To gain cross-cultural experience
Life overseas makes you see your everyday world in a whole new light. You don’t even realize it, but our culture shapes the way we view the world and affects us every minute of the day. Differences in culture are more than just differences in language, food, clothing and art.
◆ To improve your communication skills and your self-confidence
People who study abroad tend to be willing to take risks, willing to put themselves in unusual situations, and able to solve problems.
◆ To become more fluent in a language or to learn a new language
The world market is becoming smaller, and many companies require a second language. Foreign languages are not only valuable in the job market but also valuable in the real world.
◆ For the adventure
Travel to other cities within your host country and around neighboring countries. As you get to know your new classmates, roommates, and host family, you will gain a unique view on the host culture. Discover the differences and, more importantly, the many similarities between your worlds. The friendships you make will last long after the program.
◆ To learn more about yourself
Find out who you really are. What are your limits? How do you overcome the difficulties you’ve never encountered before? How independent are you? These questions are hard to answer until you are removed from your usual surroundings. After solving difficult problems on your own overseas, you’ll find that almost nothing will confuse you at home. Students who study abroad commonly report that their study abroad experience actually changed their lives.
The passage mainly talks about _______.

What is the best time in your life to study abroad according to the passage?

What does the underlined word“encountered” here mean?

All of the following are mentioned in the passage as reasons for studying abroad EXCEPT _______.

She once said: "When people ask me if writing has been a hard or easy road I always answer with the famous saying, "the end is nothing; the road is all.'” That is what I mean when I say writing has been a pleasure. I have never faced the type-writer (打字机) with the thought that one more task had to be done."
Like most writers, Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her, but rather for the pleasure that came in their writing. Her works were, like her, simple and full of the vigor (活力) of her days in Nebraska, where she grew from childhood to young womanhood and where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the Great Plains with its wild flowers, wheat fields and rivers.
"It's a rather strange thing about the flat country," she wrote later. "It takes hold of you, or it leaves you perfectly cold. A great many people find it very dull; they like a church tower, an old factory, a waterfall country all made to look like a German, Christmas card... But when I come to the open plains, something happens. I'm home. I breathe differently."
What did Cather mean by "the end is nothing; the road is all"?

What was the place like where Cather grew up?

When she said "It takes hold of you, or it leaves you perfectly cold", Willa Gather meant ______.

What happens when Cather comes to the open plains?

People who show confidence really seem to have it made. They seize more rewarding careers, keep good relationships, and just seem to do everything with more styles than the rest of us.
So what is the secret? There isn’t one. Self-confidence is a skill and habit that anyone can learn to develop. And although people who are raised in an encouraging environment with confident role models have a hard start in self-confidence development, we all can learn to become more confident at any age.
Try these simple tips for practising and increasing your self-confidence levels:
Dare to fail. Anybody who’s out there bravely performing is going to fail repeatedly. If you are not failing, you are not trying. So don’t take failure too hard or too personally. Just learn to deal with it and use its lessons to keep improving.
When in doubt, pretend you know what you are doing. Because, if you are confident of your abilities, by the time you have done it, you will be experienced.
Dress for success. You don’t have to be beautiful to be confident. Make the most of your own unique physical characters and weaken your disadvantages.
Listen to yourself. You are the only person who knows what’s right for you. Don’t put others’ opinions above your own inner voice.
Build a confident vocabulary. Stop putting yourself down and give up continually blaming your tiny weaknesses. Learn to show up your strong points and the world will learn to see and celebrate them with you.
Pass on the praise. Praise others for their virtues and strengths. This practice will not decrease your confidence, but help increase it.
The passage is written mainly __________.

The main idea of the sixth paragraph is __________.

All the following are tips to increase your self-confidence level EXCEPT______.

_______ will weaken your self-confidence.

One Monday morning, Paul and his classmates were in science laboratory for their practical chemistry lesson. The students were going to work in pairs to do an experiment. Before they began, the teacher gave them this description of the different stages of the experiment.
Stage 1: Prepare the equipment: a test tube, a crucible, a Bunsen burner and tongs.
Stage 2: Weigh 5 grams of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and put it in a crucible.
Stage 3: Heat 10 ml of hydrochloric acid (盐酸) in a test tube.
Stage 4: Pour the warm acid onto the baking soda and continue to heat the mixture.
Result: The acid reacts with the bicarbonate（碳酸氢盐）to form water, carbon dioxide gas and salt. The hotter the mixture, the quicker the reaction. Continue to heat the mixture until the water evaporates, leaving the salt in the crucible.
Paul and his partner followed the instructions and set up their equipment. Paul went to the cupboard to get a bottle of hydrochloric acid. He found that there was only one bottle in the cupboard so he took that. There was no label on the bottle and Paul didn’t check with the teacher if it was the right solution.
He measured the liquid and poured it into a test tube. Using tongs to hold the test tube, he heated it over the Bunsen burner. That’s when things started to go wrong. The liquid in the test tube was not hydrochloric acid. When it was heated, it formed a thick cloud of white gas. Soon the room was full of this strong smelling white gas.
All the students started coughing and their eyes hurt. The teacher immediately opened the windows and ordered the students to leave the laboratory at once. She realized that the liquid was a crylamide (丙烯酰胺) and that it is poisonous.
Fortunately, nobody was injured in the incident. However, it taught the students and the teacher a good lesson.
What lesson did the incident teach the students and the teacher?

What substance were the students making in the experiment?

Why did Paul make the mistake?

Why did the teacher send the students out of the classroom?

A quarter of US adults say they read no books at all in the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos survey. The typical person said that he / she read four books in the last year and, excluding those who had not read any books at all, the usual number of books read was seven.
Of those who did read, women and pensioners (领养老金者) were the most eager readers, and religious works and popular fiction were the top choices. The number of books read was nine books for women and five for men. The number also showed that those with college degrees read the most, and people aged 50 and over read more than those who are younger.
People from the West and Midwest are more likely to have read at least one book in the past year. Southerners who do read tend to read more books — mostly religious books and romance novels — than people from other regions.
Those who said they never attend religious services read nearly twice as many books as those who attend frequently, but the Bible and religious works were read by two thirds of the people in the survey, more than all the other categories. Popular fiction, histories, biographies and mysteries took up about half, while one in five read romance novels. Politics, poetry and classical literature were named by fewer than 5% of readers. More women than men read every major category of books except for history and biography books. Men tend to prefer non-fiction.
Book sales in the US have been flat in recent years and are expected to stay that way, which, experts think, results from competition from the Internet and other media, and the unsteady economy.
The passage mainly tells us ______.

Which kind of Americans read the most last year according to the survey?

What kind of books was read most according to the passage?

Which of the following reasons why people read fewer books is true?
①. Competition from the Internet.  
②. Competition from other media.
③. The unsteady economy.
④. People attend religious services
⑤. No time for reading.

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
—Lovely day, isn’t it?
—Mm, yes,        and it’s supposed to get warmer.
—Yes, that’s true. You know, though, I’m always a little worried to see winter go.
—     
—Well, I love skating. In fact, I used to teach skating for a living.
—Oh? That sounds interesting.     
—I work at Bank of America. How about you?
—    
—Here? 
—No, I’m from Chicago. I’m just visiting here for the wedding.
—Oh, I see. 
—By the way,        I’m Helen Keller.
—Nice to meet you. My name is John Smith.

用方框内所给词的适当形式填空，并把答案写在答题卷对 应的横线上。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

______ refer to young people between 13 to 19 years old.
The English evening was so well _____ that we really enjoyed it.
It is reported that _____ dogs have been used to hunt for those who were trapped.
Now we are leaving the school and ____ the students’ club.
Have you ____ the habit of getting up early?
The house is ____ for a large family.
The newly-built railway has ____ the distance between the two cities.
A lot of my school friends eat sweets every day but I’m lucky because I don’t have a sweet _____—I’d rather eat a nice piece of fruit.
Cocaine is a powerfully ______drug. Some drug users inject cocaine, others smoke it.
Ye Xiao gang writes _______ and pieces for smaller groups of musicians.

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作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
　　　增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
　　　删除：把多余的词用斜钱（\）划掉。
　　　修改：在错的词下划一横线，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。
Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of United States, was known for a man of few words. He knew what he should talk and when he should not. It was very hard of anyone to enjoy talking with him. One evening he was inviting to dinner. A lady sitting next to him passes the sugar for his coffee. “Mr. President,” she said.” Today one of my friend said that I couldn’t get much than two words out of you. I said I can, and we made a bet.” “You are lose,” answered the president.

到现在，你遇到过许多老师：每一位老师都是与众不同的。在你心中：理想的老师是什么样的？请以“My Ideal (理想的) Teacher”为题目谈一谈你的看法，考虑下列要求：
1. 教师的年龄和性格特征；
2. 课堂上（教学风格）；
3. 学校外（和睦相处）；
4. 家庭作业（多与少）；
提示： 1. 字数：100词左右；文章开头已经给出，不计入总字数；     
2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3. 参考词汇： 风格style；   负担burden
My Ideal (理想的) Teacher
I have met many teachers up to now, and every teacher is different. However, my ideal teacher should have the following characters:
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