新疆和田地区皮山县高级中学2021-2022学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题

皮山县高级中学2020-2021高一第一学期期末考试 高一英语 分值：120分 时间：120分钟 第一部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Big Ben Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge（庞大的）clock in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So，no matter where you stand，you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a double decker（层）bus. The hands are about four metres long. It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other. If you go to London，you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament（国会大厦）. There you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower（塔）in the Houses of Parliament. Maybe you will hear it as well as see it. The huge clock makes such a loud noise. “Ding dong，ding dong，”it goes every quarter of an hour. The clock was named after a big man. He was Sir Benjamin Hall. This man did much building work in London many years ago. 1.Big Ben is ______________. A. a double Decker bus　　 B. a huge clock　　　 the name of Ben 　　 D. a building 2. The clock strikes every _______ of an hour. 　A. ten minutes　　　　 B. fifteen minutes　　 　C. thirty minutes　　　 D. forty-five minutes 3.You can read the time of Big Ben _________. 　A. at the top of the clock tower　　　　 　B. in the Houses of parliament　 　C. on the hands of the huge clock　　　 　D. on the four faces of the clock B Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock. "Who can it be at this time of night?" He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got of bed, put on his dressing gown (浴袍) and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. "That is very strange." Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed ,turned off the light and tried to go to sleep. A few minutes later he heard the bell again. Mr. Lee jumped out of bed very quickly and rush