2021-2022学年陕西省咸阳市泾阳县高一（上）期末英语试卷
一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）
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As the saying goes,"Without music,life would be a mistake." Music is very important in our lives and here are four of the greatest musicians in history.
Ludwig van Beethoven（1770-1827）
Born in Bonn,Germany,Beethoven never held an official position in Vienna.He supported himlf by giving concerts,teaching piano,and the sale of his compositions（作曲）.The last 30 years of Beethoven's life were filled with a lot of hard times,the first of which was his deafness.Beethoven's music greatly influenced the next generation of musicians.
Johann Sebastian Bach（1685-1750） 雨的谜语
Bach,"the father of modern music" ，was born in Einach,Germany.His parents died when
he was nine years old,and in 1695 he went to live with his brother Johann Christoph,who was an organist（琴手）立体图形的认识in Ohrdruf.He stayed there until 1700.Seven years later,he moved back to Weimar,where he rved as court（宫廷）organist for nine years.His music greatly influenced classical music.
Frederic Chopin（1810-1849）
Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola,Poland.He showed a talent for the piano at a very young age.Chopin began composing when he was still a child,but some of his early works have been lost.He gave his first public concert in 1818.Chopin was considered as the leading musician of his time.
Franz Schubert（1797-1828）
Schubert was born and died in Vienna.Unlike most of his predecessors（前辈），Schubert was not a great performer.He never had much money but he was very productive.He wrote his first masterpiece when he was only sixteen.However,he died young,before his talents had even been known.
1.Where was Beethoven born？ ______
A. In Vienna. B. In America. C. In Germany. D. In Poland.
2.Who is called "the father of modern music"？ ______
A. Bach. B. Beethoven. C. Schubert. D. Chopin.
3.When did Chopin give his first public concert？ ______
A. In 1707. B. In 1818. C. In 1810. D. In 1828.
4.What do we know about the four musicians？ ______
A. They all lived a hard life at their old age.
B. They were all born in Germany.
C. They were all talented musicians.
D. They all rved as a court organist.
B
When I was reading a post about taking someone to the movies,something happened a couple of years ago suddenly hit me.
I ud to drink Cokes and they had a competition where there was a code inside the bottle cap.You might win something so long as you went to a website and entered the code.I won some free Cokes.But what astonished and delighted me was the Grand Prize I won then.
The Grand Prize was free movies for a year.They pointed out that one movie a week was what free movies for a year meant.All of the tickets were valid（有效的）for one year from the day I received them.So I must u them in the following year.I ud quite a few taking friends to movies we all wanted to e.
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Then I donated 20 tickets（all I had left by that time）to the local Women's Transition Hou.Women and children could go there when they want to avoid a bad situation in general and get help to make a new start.It was the best thing I did with the tickets.
个人健康承诺书My workplace team had decided to help people in need,so we collected donations for that particular New Year's Day.I knew that the Women's Transition Hou provided some childcare for the women so they could go for job interviews and things like that.
I put tho tickets in a box and wrote a note on the outside.And I asked the Women's Transition Hou staff to give movie tickets to women there over the holidays to have some fun to do,with or without their children,which made me really happy.
5.How did the author get the tickets？ ______
A. By visiting a website by chance.
B. By reading a post.
C. By getting a code from a website.
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D. By winning the prize for drinking Cokes.
6.How many tickets did the author donate？ ______
A. 10. B. 20. C. 30. D. 40.
7.Which of the following best describe the author？ ______
A. Lucky and caring. B. Strict and careful.
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C. 水果名字大全Responsible and patient. D. Brave and kind.清炒萝卜丝的做法
8.Which of the following proverb can best explain the main idea of this article？ ______
A. Actions speak louder than words.
B. Good luck favors tho who are always ready.
C. The ros in their hands,the flavor in mine.
D. God helps tho who help themlves.
C
Can ducks help solve the problem of locust（蝗虫）？That is a question being asked in Southern Asia.Like the region of East Africa,the nation of Pakistan is trying to keep mass of locusts from eating the country's crops.
The inct invasion（入侵）in Africa was caud by the weather.But experts say the one in Pakistan is a side effect of a civil war in the Middle Eastern country of Yemen.Becau of that war,officials haven't been able to do enough pest control to keep Yemen's locust population from growing,so the incts obviously incread and made their way north east eventually landing on Pakistan.
