[中学联盟]内蒙古呼和浩特市回民中学2016-2017学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

2016—2017学年度第一学期

高一年级英语期中考试试卷

第一部分： 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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   Life without friends is like life without the sun. It is very common for a person to have a good friend. My good friend is Diana . she is a rich and proud girl . She often thinks that she is too good for anyone, so nobody wants to be her friend. 
     One day after school, I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me. She gave me a biscuit. I accepted it. We talked and joked, and from then on, I began to spend more time with Vivien than with Diana.  I felt a little uneasy. 
     After a few days, I went to see Diana for some snacks when Vivien came and sat with me. She offered me a sandwich. She also offered one to Diana, but Diana refused it. She walked away. I was angry with Diana for being so rude and thoughtless. 
     "Never mind," Vivien said, "I'm used to it." 
     After school, I tried to catch up With Diana. While walking home, I tried to correct her attitude, but she would not listen to me. She said, "Go and join your 'dear' Vivien. I know you make new friends and forget the old ones." 
     For the next few weeks, we did not talk to each other. Then, one day, Diana came to Vivien and me, saying, "I'm really sorry about what I did. I'm a spoiled (宠坏的) girl, but I also need good friends just like you. Would  you please forgive (原谅) me?" Vivien and I looked at each other and smiled. From then on, Diana, Vivien and I have been best friends.

1. The writer was angry with Diana ______.

A. because she was too good for anyone 
B. so Diana walked away

C. though she asked the writer to forgive 
D. when Diana refused Vivien's sandwich 

2. According to the passage, it is clear that ______.

A. Diana didn't like sandwiches 
B. Diana and the writer had been good friends 
C. Vivien didn't want to make new friends at all 
D. the writer forgot her old friends after she had new ones

3. Vivien's saying "I'm used to it" shows that ______.

A. she liked to be refused 
B. Vivien used to be rude to others 
C. someone refused to give her things 

D. some people were rude to her before

4. Diana asked Vivien and the writer to forgive because ______.

A. she realized she was wrong 
B. they didn't spend much time with her
C. Vivien and the writer didn't talk to her 
D. she was a rich and proud girl

5. The reading is mainly about ______.

A. the mistake among the three friends 
B. three friends at a school 
C. two best friends at a school 
D. the trouble between Diana and Vivien

B

Welcome to Death Valley. The very name of this national park in eastern California might fill some people with dread, but you’re not afraid. You’re just out enjoying the desert sunshine. Besides, there’s nothing out here but some rocks.

Some of the rocks in Death Valley weigh hundreds of pounds. And in the ground behind each rock is a mysterious trail (痕迹), as if the rock had been pushed along in the dirt. [来源:学科网ZXXK]

So who is moving the rocks? Nobody. It was nearly 100 years ago when these unusual “sailing stones” were first reported. People have been trying to find out the stones’ secret ever since. One early explanation was that winds were moving the stones. Other explanations have included animals, and, of course, aliens (外星人).

Until the 1990s, one widely held theory was that the rocks were stuck in sheets (片) of ice that were being blown across the desert. (Death Valley does get cold enough for ice to form on some winter nights.) However, research later showed that to move such large ice sheets, the wind would have to blow at hundreds of miles per hour. There are strong winds in Death Valley — but not that strong.

Then, in 2006, a scientist named Ralph Lorenz came up with a new theory. He suggested that in the winter, thick ice forms around the rocks. When the ground begins to thaw (解冻), the rocks, wearing ice, sail along, leaving trails behind them. Lorenz put his theory to the test in his own kitchen. He dropped a rock into a dish, added a little water, and stuck the dish in his fridge. Later, he took out the rock and placed it in a dish of water with sand at the bottom. Sure enough, with just a breath, Lorenz was able to send the rock moving across the water — leaving a trail in the sand as it moved.

Has Lorenz solved the mystery of the sailing stones at last? Perhaps. On the other hand, neither Lorenz nor anyone else has ever actually seen the stones move. Maybe aliens are responsible after all.

6. The underlined word “dread” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_____”.

A. anger                B. fear       C. surprise              D. excitement

7. According to the theory in the late 20th century, the rocks were probably moved by _____.

A. the ice                  B. animals     C. aliens                    D. the wind

8. What did Ralph Lorenz find?

A. Water helped the rocks in Death Valley move.

B. The rocks in Death Valley couldn’t move by themselves.

C. Death Valley could get cold enough for ice to form.

D. The wind in Death Valley could reach a speed of 100 mph.

  C

How do young children learn to have good values? How can parents teach their children about the importance of kindness and patience? At a time when more and more parents worry about the violent images (暴力形象) their children see on TV, some are turning to fairy tales (童话).