广东省中山市20112012学年高一上学期期末英语试题

中山市高一级2011—2012学年度第一学期期末英语科试卷I语言知识及应用（共两节，满分30分）第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。BenandhiswifeSusanwereontheirwaytohavedinnerwiththeirfriends,IanandBetty.Itwasadark,1night,andtheydidnotknowtheroadverywell.They2throughCookstown,untiltheyfoundtheroadwhichtheyboththoughtwastoDorling,whereIanandBetty3.Butitsoonbecame4thattheywerenotontheroadtoDorlingatall.Theroadthattheywereonwasgetting5,andtherewerenoothercarsonit.Thewindwasblowing6witheveryminutethatpassed.Nowtheywentpastasmallchurch,andthentwohouseswithoutanyonein.Therewasnobodyaroundtofindwhocouldtellthem7theywere.JustthenBencaughtsightofatelephone8,fiftymetresorso9.TheyplannedtotelephoneIanandBettyfor10,sotheymovedalittlebitforwardand11theircarinfrontofit.Bengotoutofthecarandwastryinghardto12thedooroftheboxwhenSusansawa13makingtelephoneinthebox.Theyhadto14forquitealongtimeinthefreezingwinduntilthedooropened,andoutcametheyounglady.Whatapleasantsurprise!ItwasnobodyelsebutBetty,oneofthefriendstheyhadbeen15for.1.A.hotB.fineC.windyD.snowy2.A.lookedB.walkedC.cameD.drove3.A.livedB.workedC.stayedD.studied4.A.sorryB.clearC.certainD.known5.A.longerB.shorterC.widerD.narrower6.A.harderB.fasterC.strongerD.weaker7.A.whatB.howC.whereD.who8.A.cardB.boxC.callD.message9.A.aheadB.behindC.aboveD.below10.A.instructionB.adviceC.informationD.help11.A.slowedB.foundC.startedD.stopped12.A.breakB.shutC.openD.knock[来源:学科网]13.A.womanB.manC.friendD.boy14.A.keepB.stayC.sitD.wait15.A.sendingB.lookingC.waitingD.asking第二节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。IwasborninthecityofZhongshanandIlikethecityverymuch.Twentyyearsago,myfathercametoworkandliveinZhongshanafter16(graduate)fromZhongshanUniversity,17hestudiedmedicalscience.NowheworksasadoctorinthePeople’sHospitalandis18chargeofamedicalresearchgroup.Zhongshanisacity19usedtobecalled“XiangshanXian”20itgotitsnewname.Sinceitcameintobeing,Zhongshanhasgone21greatchanges,andsohasthePeople’sHospital,whichisnowverylarge,becauseagreatdealofmoney22(spend)inturningthesmalloldhospitalinto23largemodernone.Itcanbeseenthatasecondtallinpatientbuilding(住院楼)24(build)anditwillbecompletedintwoyears’time.Asamiddle-ageddoctor25(devote)tohisjob,myfatherhascuredalotofpatientsandthismakeshimverypleasedwithhimself.IamastudentofhighschoolnowandIamdeterminedtobeadoctorinthefutureandcomebacktoservepeopleinZhongshan.[来源:学科网ZXXK]II阅读（共两节，满分30分）第一节阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMarkTwainwroteTheAdventureofHuckleberryFinnin1884.Sincethen,thebookhascomeoutinatleast60languages.PeoplesaythatitisthebestbookeverwrittenbyanAmericanwriter.Americanstudentsstillreadthebook.In1935,ErnestHemingwaywrote,“AllmodernAmericanliterature(文学)comesfromonebookbyMarkTwaincalled‘HuckleberryFinn’”.Therewasnothingbeforeandtherehasbeennothingasgoodsince.ThewriterwhobecameMarkTwainwasbornSamuelLanghorneClementsin1835.HegrewupinHannibal,MissouriontheMississippiRiver.Heonceworkedasanassistanttoapublisher(出版商)andapilotonasteamboatthatsailedontheMississippi.Heheardtheriverboatworkerscalloutthewords“marktwain”.Thatwasameasureforthedepthofwater.In1861,theAmericanCivilWar(美国内战)putanendtosteamboattrafficontheMississippi.SoClementstravelledwestandbecameareporterfornewspapersinNevadaandCalifornia.Later,hewrotefunnystoriesandcalledhimself“MarkTwain”.TwainbecamefamousforhisstoryTheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountyin1865.Twainalsotravelledalotandbeganwritingbooksabouthistravels.AtriptoEuropeandtheMiddleEastwaswritteninTheInnocentsAbroad.AndhisstoriesaboutlifeinwesternUnitedStatesbecamethebookcalledRoughingIt.MarkTwainwasalreadyasuccessfulwriterbeforehebecamefamousasapublicspeaker.Overtheyears,heputalotofmoneyinunsuccessfulbusinesses.In1893,hehadfoundhimselfdeeplyindebt.Toearnmoney,hetravelledaroundtheworldgivinghumoroustalks,whichmadepeoplelaughandremembereventstheyhadexperienced.However,hislaterlifewasnotahappyone.Twoofhisdaughtersdied.Hiswifediedin1904afteralongsickness.Somecritics(批评家)thinkhislaterworksweremoreseriousbecauseofhissadness.Hediedofheartfailurein1910.26.Accordingtothetext,MarkTwainismostlikelynot_________.A.asuccessfulwriterB.asuccessfulbusinessmanC.ahumorousspeakerD.apioneerofmodernAmericanLiterature27.Whichofthefollowingisnottrueaccordingtothepassage?A.MarkTwain’srealnameisSamuelLanghorneClements.B.Hecouldn’tworkasapilotonasteamboatbecauseofthecivilwar.C.Hewroteabouthistravelsinsomeofhisbooks.D.Heneverchangedtopicsofhiswriting.28.Whichofthefollowinginformationcannotbesurelyfoundinthepassage?A.TheeffectofMarkTwain’sworks.B.MarkTwain’sbirthplace.C.WhatMarkTwainwroteaboutinhisworks.D.ThecauseofMarkTwain’sdeath.29.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleofthepassage?A.MarkTwain----oneofthebestAmericanwriters.B.MarkTwainandhisfamily.C.HowMarkTwainbecamefamous.D.MarkTwain----pennameofafamouswriter.30.Whatcanbeinferred（推断）fromthepassage?A.MarkTwainwasbornrich.B.AllMarkTwain’sworksarepopularthroughouttheworld.C.Heneverpaidoffhisdebts.D.OfallMarkTwain’sworks