reading literature

高一上学期英语期中考试试卷

一、阅读理解（共16小题；每小题2.5分，满分40分）

1.阅读理解

TheHuaqingPalaceHeritageSite

Address:AtthefootofLishanMountaininLintong,30kilometerastof

Xi’an.

Openinghours:FromMarchtoNovember:7:00-18:00;

FromDecembertoFebruary:7:30-18:30.

Busroutes:914,915,U5,and306.

（1）Whichofthefollowinghasthelongesthistory?

alConcubine

Pool.

（2）WhatisspecialaboutImperialConcubinePool?

o

cover.

（3）WhatdoweknowabouttheHuaqingPalaceHeritageSite?

30kilometerswestofXi’

sopenforelevenhoursaday.

（4）Whereisthistextmostlikelyfrom?

book.

2.阅读理解

Here’neisinspired

bythis,that’swonderful.

I’dbeenstuckasthisunder-confident,fatandjustfrightenedgirlfor

wasalittlegirl,I’dbeenstucklikethis,andI

hadlivedalifewhereI’nitallstarted

ingclicked,andinoveraperiodof6monthsIfinally

managedtosticktooneofmydiets,bringingmefromoverweightstraight

ovedthatIcouldchangemylf.

Onesingletime,Iheardaboutapublicspeakingthinggoingonatmy

university,andforthefirsttime,Imanagedtokeepupthecouragetogothere.

ForthefirsttimeIwasabletosharemystory,andabletodoitinfrontofso

manypeoplepossiblyjudgingme,andsuddenlyallthefearsaboutspeaking

feltmoreconfident.

ThistaughtmeIcouldgetridofmyfearsItwasfromthatpoint

onthatmyroadtochangewentfromarockymesstoafull-onemptyhighway.

UsingthefactthatIcouldchange,andthatIcouldgetridofmyfears,I

oftalkingtostrangers,myfearof

askingsimplequestions,myfearofhangingoutwithpeople,myfearofbeing

mylf...illcontinuetoprogresstothisday.

I’veneverstopped.

（1）Whendidtheauthorknowshecouldchangeherlf?

ewasoverweight.

（2）Whatdoestheunderlinedword“vanishing”inparagraph3referto?

earing.

（3）Whatcanbeinferredfromparagraph4?

herfearswereontheway.C.

horstartedchangingrapidly.

（4）What’sthepurpoofthetext?

hhowtospeak

howtogetridoffears.

3.阅读理解

IwasgiventhebookRunningonFaithwrittenbyJasonLesterasa

startedreading,Ireallycouldn’tkeepmyeyes

waysinspiringtoreadastoryofsomeonewhohasgonethrough

obstaclestoreachhisgoals.

wastwelveyearsold,

wasntintothehospitalwith

sbaballplayer,butatthatariously

adalwayswantedtobecomeatimethatdreamwasgone.

However,

aterin2004,

hedecidedtostarttrainingfortheIronman,andhascompetedinmany

2008,Jasonbecamethefirstdisabledathleteto

completetheUltraman,anditledhimtoanESPYawardforBestMale

AthletewithaDisabilityin2009.

Ifyouareinabadsituationanddon’tknowwhattodonow,Runningon

overunningandwanttoreachsomerace

goals,thisbookisgoodforyou,,thisbookisworthreadingfor

everyonewholovesreadingandwantstoturndreamsintoreality.

（1）Whatdoestheunderlinedword“obstacles”inparagraph1mean?

ences.

（2）WhathappenedtoJasonLesterwhenhewas12?

eriouslyhurtinthe

dedto

playbaballaftertheaccident.

（3）Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it”inparagraph3referto?

ingin

tingtheUltraman.

（4）Whydoestheauthorwritethelastparagraph?

ainwhyRunningonFaith

oretheway

tobeagoodathlete.

4.阅读理解

TheimportanceofreadingliteratureoftenemslostonmanyChine

pertsineducationthinkthatthefirstgoalofeducationisto

sthereforethepossibilityofsomething

wrongwiththewaystudentsaretaughthere.

Whyshouldtheyreadliterature?Dostorieshavevaluecomparedwiththe

readingandlearningoffacts?Studiesshowclearlythatthemostpowerfulways

oflearningarebyexperience,actionanddoingexperimentsandtakingrisks.

Yettherearesomanyimportantthingstolearnthatcannotbelearnedinthe

ways:feelings,problemsolving,dangerandrelationships,forexample.

Rearchintothishasshownhowdeepreadingisavaluableexperience

adersof-literatureshowa

bilitiestomakegooddecisionsare

hildrenwhoenjoyaparentreadingstoriestothemshow

greaterawarenesswhentheyreachschoolage.

Thebestschoolsdoemtoprovidealimitedchancetoenjoyliterature,

usuallyabouttheChineclassicstoriesbutthereisnotenough“free”time

ebookshopsarefull

ofstorybooks,andmostofthemareofgoodqualityintermsofcontent,plot

renotaChineauthorwhoreceivedaNobelPrizefor

literaturerecently?TherearemovesinChineeducationtopromotedecision

ueofliteratureishelpfultotheaswellasto

thefutureofChina.

（1）Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthewaystudentsareeducatedin

China?

n’tquiteaccept

nfidentaboutit.

（2）Whichisnotamongthemostpowerfulwaysoflearningaccordingto

paragraph2?

g

experiments.

（3）Whatcanbelearnedfromthelastparagraph?

estudentslike

sinChinebookstoresaregenerally

estudentshavenochancetoreadenoughmaterials.

（4）What’sthemainideaofthetext?

gliteratureshouldbevalued.C.

ingiswrongwithChine

education.

二、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

5.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。

,itbringsinmoneyforthelocal

economyandcreateslotsofjobsforlocals.________

Onegrowingproblemistouristswhowanttoprovethattheyhavevisited

veudpaints,rocks,orevenkeystowriteontheLuxor

TempleinEgypt,theColosuminRome,StonehengeintheUK,andmany,

manyotherplaces.________

Anotherbigprobleminsomeplaceshasbeentouristsdisturbingthe

uristswalkaroundandtakepicturesoflocal

mple,ChiangMaiUniversity

inThailandandYoniUniversityinSouthKoreahavegreatnumbersoftourists

visitingtheircampusandwalkingthroughtheirlibraries,takingpicturesof

students,anddisturbingtheirstudies.________Sometouristslovetopartythere

lateintothenight,makingitdifficultforlocalstosleep.

________Walkinginlargegroupswithoutconsideringotherswhoneedto

walkby,crossingroadswithoutthinkingoflocaltrafficlaws,andmanymore,

canbeeneverywhere.

Theonlywaytosolvetheproblemofterribletouristsistomakesurethat

youarenotone!________Remember,wheneveryoustepoutofyourcountry,

youarereprentingyourcountrytotherestoftheworld.

ayalsobringsomeproblems.

ndnessalongtofuturegenerations.

ndsoftouristsitesarebeingdestroyed.

est,kindest,mostpolitetouristpossible.

berofproblemsfromtouristsindless.

heexcellentfood,andgoshoppingatthelocalmarkets.

rexampleisSanlitun,aneighborhoodinBeijing,China.

三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

6.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填

入空白处的最佳选项。

Whenthe28-year-oldfarmerUretamet17-year-oldGracielainhis

hometownPampa,rslater,they1andttleddownon

thefarmwhereUretahadbeenbroughtup.

whenshe

wasona3overPampa,Gracielasuddenly4thatanotherfarmlookedlikea

lathoughtherfamilycouldcreatesomethingevenmore

5ontheirownfarm-ahugeforest6likeherfavoritemusical

instrument-theguitar.

ButUretadidn’ttakehiswife’s7riously,saying,“We’lltalkaboutit

later.”1977,Gracieladiedsuddenlyofbraincanceratthe9age

iswife’sdeath,10not

arslater,Uretadecidedthatthebestwaytohonor

hiswifewouldbeto11thebigworkofart.

Afterthelocalgovernment12tohelpwiththeproject,Uretaand

ne,they13about7,000treesintothe

“shapeofaguitar”.Ittookafewasonsforthetreestotakeroots,but

Ureta’s14paidoff.

WatchingtheforestgrowovertheyearsgaveGraciela’schildren15”It

wastheclostthingpossibletohavingmymotheralive,”MariaJulia,

Ureta’sconddaughter,said.

（1）

stresd（2）（3）.

bridge（4）ed（5）A.

ant（6）bedC.

（7）ure（8）A.

（9）l（10）

ted（11）D.

change（12）d（13）dB.

ted（14）cessD.

privatemoney（15）四、语法填空（共

10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

7.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

LangPingandMichaelJordanaremastersintheirsportsandalsot

goodexamplesforothers.

eChineteam

waspreparingforthe2015WorldCup,herdetermination________.Twoplayers

twoimportantplayerswas________bigchallenge,butLang

wheryoungplayerscouldwin________they

workedtogether________kslater,theywereworldchampions!

MichaelJordanwhobecame________as“AirJordan”changedbasketball

llswere________,butthemental

ysemedtofindaway

________.Jordansaysthecrettohissuccessislearningfromhis________.

Losinggamestaughthimtopracticeeven________,Jordan

sandGirlsClubwhich

hestartedinChicago________youngpeoplesince1996.

Theyareourprideandtheirlegendscontinue.

五、根据汉语及首字母提示写出单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。（共10小题；

每小题1分，满分10分）

manyhelpfulc________onmywork.

obefluentinEnglishwhenIg________.

’tgoonp________thateverythingisokay.

histhemaino________（官方的)languageofPeru.

________oftheplanarestillbeingworkedout.

speakinamorepolitewayinf________（正式的)situations.

ebrochuresaboutotherpackagetours,c________usbye-mail.

dexercicano________helpyoukeephealthypositive.

16.A________Ilikeactingbetter,butmyfriendsprefertheBalletClub.

orkingtogethertofindapossibles________totheproblem.

六、书面表达（满分40分）

18.假设你是李华，你校英语辩论社团招收成员，你想申请加入。请你用英语写

一封邮件，内容包括：

1）个人简介（性格、特长等）；

2）表达期望。

注意：1）词数80左右（格式已给出，不计入总词数）；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3）不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。

DearSirorMadam,

Yours,

LiHua

19.读后续写

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Untillastyear,thesaddestthingofmylifewasthatmywifeAliceandIhad

waysinvitedallthechildreninourstreettoourhoufor

Christmasbreakfast.

Lastyear,rysadanddecidednottoinvitethechildren

hyandPeter,mynextdoorneighbors,askedme

tojointhemfordinneronChristmasEve.

AssoonasIarrived,Kathyaskedme,”Doyouhaveanymilkatyour

hou?”“Yes,”Ireplied.“Ifyouneedsome,I’llgoandgetitrightaway.”

“Oh,that’dsitdown*JustgivePeterthekeyandlethim

getit.”oonjoinedinthechildren’slaughingandrunning.

BeforeIknewit,Petercamebackwithabottleofmilkinhishand.

ogetherandenjoyedthe

happydinner,Isaid

lorfulandbeautifulholidaylightsshiningoutside,I

headedhome.

注意：

1）所续写短文的词数应为80左右；

2）至少使用3个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3）续写部分为一段，开头语已为你写好；

4）续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

WhenIopenedmydoor,Icouldhardlybelievemyeyes.