2017高一上学期人教版高中英语期末考试

 The teacher says this is          for a small boy.

A. a too difficult book              

B. too difficult a book

C. too difficult book

D. difficult a book

— How about your new school?

   — I couldn’t feel          about it. All my teachers and classmates are very kind.

   A. good

B. worse

C. better

D. best

 ________ stepped on the stage than the audience broke _______ thunderous applause.

A. No sooner had Mo Yan...into          

B. Mo Yan had no sooner...out

C. Hardly had Mo Yan...into

D. No sooner did Mo Yan...out

Last Sunday his brother picked up a          when he was running along the Pearl River.

 A. heavy plastic black bag    

B. black plastic heavy bag

   C. black heavy plastic bag

D. heavy black plastic bag

The kids are so excited because they are watching the cartoon          on TV. 

 A. broadcast    

B. broadcasting

   C. being broadcast

D. is being broadcast

The reason          he did not come is          he was ill.

A. for that; why                     

B. for which; that

C. in which; that

D. why; which

Great attention must be paid          the economy, especially in the poor area.

A. develop                        

B. to developing

C. to develop

D. developing

Look! The little girl seems          with her favorite toy.

A. to talk           

B. talking

C. to be talking      

D. to be talked

The movie once          a whole generation of people. They turned out to be of much          in the education of people.

A. effected; effect                    

B. effected; affect

C. affected; effect 

D. affected; affect

Mary writes articles         , if not better than, Jane.

A. as well as

B. so well

C. as well

D. so well as

The seat belt in the car sometimes can          you from traffic accidents.

A. protect         

B. prevent

C. pretend         

D. endanger

Our main speaker will not be able to arrive on time          the bad weather at the airport.

A. because        

B. as a result of

C. as a result

D. thanks to

In the last 20 years, sea ice          in the Arctic because of global warming.

A. had decreased

B. decreased    

C. has been decreasing

D. is decreasing

         on a true story, the film is          worth watching.

A. Based; very       

B. Basing; very 

C. Basing; well

D. Based; well

________, it cannot match a healthy body.

A. However you have much money   B. However much money you have

   C. However money you have much

D. However much you have money

It took him six days to go          the desert          a car.

A. across; on

B. across; by

C. through; on

D. through; by

         the end of last week, he had interviewed more than 50          for his research about the online-learning.

   A. At; passer-by

B. By; passers-by

C. By; passer-bys

D. At; passers-bys

He was employed in          those animals, all of          homes had been destroyed by humans.

   A. help; which

B. helping; whom

C. help; whose

D. helping; whose

. After he broke his back, he was ________, and had to use a wheelchair.

A. wrinkled       

B. scarred 

C. plastic

D. paralyzed

 The experiment failed because you did not use the correct ________.

A. factors      B. formation

C. landscape       D. procedure

The night is clear and the air is crisp.    31    falls gently on the ground. Tonight is Christmas Eve. Off in the    32    I hear the voice of approaching carolers (唱圣歌者). I quickly close the door    33    the sounds of Christmas. Tonight is just too    34    as I think of “Christmas Without Them”.

    Is Christmas ever the same when we are without our    35    ones? The traditions I have loved since childhood have changed into something new and

   36   . As an adult, I find myself with feelings of a child, frightened and

   37   . I have no parent to    38    me. Tears flow and I feel my heart

   39   . Sometimes, I find myself standing in the midst (在…当中) of

   40    with tears running down my cheeks.
    I spot the shoppers who try not to stare, while others, forgetting they are strangers, stop to offer a smile of understanding. I begin to realize I am not alone with these types of feelings. All of a sudden the    41    come flooding in.

    How    42    I am to have such wonderful memories of my wonderful

   43    and the times we shared together. Just as    44    as the memories brought tears the same memories appeared again to spread    45   . Memories have a way of making the    46    bearable (可忍受的). I remember. I smile.

My thoughts are once again returned to the children. Their sounds of singing grow    47   . I open my door to find their half-frozen faces, smiling    48  

at me.

    Christmas without them may never be the same, but, from out of the darkness

   49    memories flood my heart. I can almost hear my parents’ voices telling me the story of this most holy night. Like a message from above, I listen as the

   50    sing, “Sleep in heavenly peace”.

                A great loss--Shirley Temple dies at 85

February 12, 2014

BY DERRIK J. LANG, Associated Press

Shirley Temple Black, who died on February 10th at age 85, wasn’t just a child star. She was THE child star — the sweet little girl whose shining smile helped illumine some of the darkest days the US has known during the Great Depression.

It’s hard today to imagine the super star Shirley was once “America’s Little Darling”. She sang and danced her way to the top of the box office in such films as Bright Eyes, Curly Top and Heidi. By 1940, she had appeared in 43 films. Temple teamed with Bill Robison in four movies, and their dance on the stairs in The Little Colon is still a legendary film moment.

In the 1930s, her name on a movie introduction assured a packed house. She inspired dolls, dresses, dishes — even a drink (alcohol-free, of course).

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt once famously said that “as long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right.”

Unlike so many of today’s child stars, Temple didn’t end up with her name appearing across the headlines for bad behaviors. Instead of getting her photos on front pages or struggling with drugs and alcohol, Temple went on to a second career (生涯) in diplomacy (外交), including presidential appointments as ambassador to Ghana.

She surprised a lot of people who doubted her with her grace, knowledge and eagerness to serve. In fact, her career in public service (20 years) was longer than her career in movies (19 years). The role she valued most, however, was as wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

The world has lost a treasured Hollywood legend. But her movies will allow that little dynamic figure to continue charming audiences for a very long time.

I once had my Chinese MBA students brainstorming on “two-hour business plans”. I separated them into six groups and gave them an example: a restaurant chain (连锁店). The more original their idea, the better, I said. Finally, five of the six groups presented plans for restaurant chains. The sixth proposed a catering (餐饮) service. Though I admitted the time limit had been difficult, I expressed my disappointment.

My students were middle managers, financial analysts and financiers from state-owned enterprises and global companies. They were not without talent or opinions, but they had been shaped by an educational system (体制) that rarely stressed or rewarded critical thinking or inventiveness. The scene I just described came in different forms during my two years’ teaching at the school. Papers were often copied from the Web and the Harvard Business Review. Case study debates were written up and just memorized. Students often said that copying was a superior business strategy (策略), better than inventing and creating.

In China, every product you can imagine has been made and sold. But so few well-developed marketing and management minds have been raised that it will be a long time before most people in the world can name a Chinese brand (品牌).

With this problem in mind, partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT have been established. And then there’s the “thousand-talent scheme”: this new government program is designed to improve technological modernization by attracting top foreign-trained scientists to the mainland with big money. But there are worries about China’s research environment. It’s hardly known for producing independent thinking and openness, and even big salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome (克服) this.

At last, for China, becoming a major world creator is not just about setting up partnerships with top Western universities. Nor is it about gathering a group of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. It’s about establishing a rich learning environment for young minds. It’s not that simple.

54. Why does the author feel disappointed at his students?

A. Because there was one group presenting a catering service.

B. Because the six groups made plans for restaurant chains.

C. Because all the students copied a case for the difficult topic.

D. Because the students’ ideas were short of creativeness.

55. Theunderlined word “scheme” in the fourth paragraph means        .

56. We can infer from the passage that        .

A. high pay may not solve the problem of China’s research environment

B. the new government program aims at encouraging imagination

C. cooperation with institutions has been set up to make a Chinese brand

D. China can make and sell any product all over the world

57. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Reward Creative Thinking

B. How to Become a Creator         

C. Establish a technical Environment

D. Look for a New Way of Learning 

Do you drink water that's been left sitting out overnight or even for another day? Have you noticed it tastes different?

Tap water that has been left to sit out slowly begins to acquire (获得) off  taste. Many people think that this is because of microorganisms. But that’s not what makes old water taste not fresh. For that we can thank carbon dioxide. After about 12 hours, tap water starts to go flat as carbon dioxide in the air starts to mix with the water in the glass, lowering its pH and giving it an off taste. But it’s most likely safe to drink.

However, back to those microorganisms. If you use a dirty glass day after day, there is more of a chance of bacteria making themselves known; a risk that increases if you share the glass with another mouth as well. But assuming (假设) you use a fresh glass every few days, you probably won’t have a problem unless the glass has been touched by dirty fingers, and especially if those dirty fingers went unwashed after using the bathroom.

As for plastic water bottles that have been left out in the sun or in the car, step away from the bottle, warns Dr. Kellogg Schwab, director of the Johns Hopkins University Water Institute. “A chemical called bisphenol-A, or BPA, along with other things used to make plastic can leach (过滤) into your water if the bottle heats up or sits in the sun,” he explains. BPA, as you probably know, has been linked to everything from heart disease to cancer. Schwab also adds that plastic used for commercial bottled water isn’t meant to be washed or refilled, so use only one time and recycle. Or don’t buy them at all; use refillable water bottles instead.

58. Tap water begins to acquire off taste because of         .

59. According to Paragraph 2, tap water that’s been left sitting out for 12 hours         .

60. What should we do with plastic water bottles that have been left out in the sun or in the car?

   A. Throw them away.

B. Clean them and use them again. 

C. Use them after they cool down.       

D. Refill them with fresh water. 

61. Which of the following is true about BPA?

   A. It is safe for people to use.              

B. It is a kind of new material.

C. It can cause great harm to people. 

D. It is the main material to make plastic.

In October 2013, Davion Only made an appeal (请求) on the Internet. He had learned that his biological mother had died not long before. “My name is Davion and I’ve been in foster care (寄养照管) since I was born,” he said, “but I’m not giving up hope.”

The heartbreaking appeal spread quickly, and Only’s foster agency received calls from more than 10,000 people. Only ended up travelling to Ohio to live with a family. But after Only got into a physical fight with one of his elder would-be brothers, the family changed their minds.

Back in Florida, Only passed through four different temporary homes over the following year, until he called Connie Going, his adoption case worker, to make a special request. Only had known Going for nearly ten years, and had asked every year if she would adopt him, but she always hesitated. “I always believed there was a better family than us out there,” Going said in an interview. But last July, when Only called and asked again if she might adopt him, Going said something felt different. “When he asked me, my heart felt this ache and I just knew he was my son,” she said.

So Going, 52, invited Only to start spending time with the rest of her family — her two daughters, Sydney, 21, and Carly, 17, and a son, Taylor, 14, who she also adopted out of foster care. Eventually, after seeing how well the arrangement was working, Going, who had rented a bigger home, started adopting Only. Only moved in with her family last December. He officially joined Going’s family on April 22, 2015 when the adoption papers went through.

“Today, I feel blessed and honored to have been chosen to be the parent of all my children,” Going said.

62. By making the appeal, Davion Only hoped that         .

   A. service in his foster agency would improve         

B. his biological mother would come to him

C. he would be adopted by a family  

D. a foster agency would accept him 

63. Davion Only didn’t live with the family in Ohio because         .

A. they finally refused to accept him

B. he hated living with them

   C. he has received another invitation  

D. he often fought with his would-be brothers

64. What do we know from Paragraph 3?

   A. Davion Only had fun living in different homes.

   B. Connie Going had cared about Davion Only for over ten years.

   C. Connie Going believed she would give Davion Only what he wanted.

   D. Davion Only had a strong desire to be adopted by Connie Going.

65. After Davion Only joined Connie Going’s family,         .

   A. Connie Going bought a bigger house                  

B. the four kids often had physical fights

   C. Connie Going didn't regret her decision       

D. another three kids were later adopted as well

Of the many unpleasant emotions we can experience, fear may top the list.

   66    Fear can also keep us from pursuing (追赶) the things in life that really matter -- like following our dreams, and developing important relationships. I have some ideas, though, of how to be free from fear.

l        Experience fear.

I used to be very afraid of speaking in front of people. I would get sweaty palms and my stomach would be so tied up that I wouldn’t be able to eat. However, each time I spoke, I noticed afterwards that it wasn’t that bad. Things I fear are never as bad in reality as I make them out in my mind.    67  

l        Create space.

The first and most important step to being fearless is to create some space between ourselves and the emotion of fear. This isn’t reached by ignoring the fear, or trying to talk ourselves out of it.    68    In fact, a recent research shows that by simply admitting the emotion we actually begin to reverse (颠倒) the “fight or flight (逃避)” response in the body.

l           69  

Once we admit the presence of fear, the second step is to control the breathing so that it becomes slower and gentler. We try to make the breath just a little bit longer, and feel how fear appears in the body. As we pay attention to the physical symptoms (征兆) of fear, we can see fear objectively.

With practice, we can create enough space between us and the emotion of fear so that we’re able to replace a fearful thought with a positive one.

   70    For example, before I get up to speak in front of a group of people, I imagine that the audience is positively impressed by what I say and that I manage to complete the speech successfully.

A.     Space is created only when we can honestly admit that fear exists.

B.     We can imagine a positive result for whatever we’re about to do.

C.     Fear, if left uncontrolled, can even destroy our life.

D.     So one way to get rid of (排除) fear is to simply push ourselves to do things that we fear.

E.      When we can see a positive result in our mind, fear no longer stops us.

F.      But fear is more than just physically unpleasant.

G.     Control the breath and feel the fear.

1. Some endangered animals are ________? （处于消亡的危险当中）

2. The boss felt excited as one of his employees ________ a new idea for increasing sales. （想出；提出）

3. Hearing the joke, he ________.（突然大笑起来）

4. Language teachers ________ widely.（认为广泛阅读很重要；十分重视广泛阅读）

5. Will you feel nervous and frightened when you arrive at a place that you ________? （不熟悉的）

6. The newspaper attacked him ________.（毫无怜悯地）

7. At the party, the flower girl ________ a Greek princess successfully.（把自己冒充成）

8. ________, what she argues is true.（在一定程度上）

9. Much of the violence ________ drugs and gang warfare.（与……有关系）

10. When someone hurts you ________, accept the fact that they don’t care about you.（一次又一次）

One of the most famous monuments in the world, the Statue of Liberty, was presented to the United States of America in the nineteenth century by the people of France. The great statue, which    1    (design) by the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, took ten years to complete. The actual figure was made of copper

   2    (support) by a metal framework which had been especially constructed by Eiffel.    3    it could be transported to the United States, a site (地点) had to be found for    4    and a pedestal(基础) had to be built. The site chosen

was    5    island at the entrance of New York Harbour. By 1884, a statue which was 151    6    (foot) had been erected in Paris. The following year, it was taken to pieces and sent to America. By the end of October 1886, the statue had been put together again and it was    7    (official) presented to the American people    8    Bartholdi. Ever since then, the great monument has been a symbol of liberty for the millions of people    9    have passed through

New York Habour    10    (make) their homes in America.

I am absolutely convinced that China can become a    1    in the protection of wildlife. Your influence in the world means you can change the face of conservation in this century. This will be a contribution that would go down in history, one that your great grandchildren would speak of    2   .

The greatest inheritance we can    3    the next generation is a safe and sustainable environment, the priceless endowment of nature. Let us not tell our children the sad tale of how we watched as the last elephants, rhinos and tigers

died out, but the inspiring story of how we    4    and preserved them for all humanity. And in so doing, let us show the world that by working together we can stand up to    5    our planet and our families will face in the generations to come.

There have been many popular bands in the world, of which the most famous was the Beatles. The four young men who made up the band only performed and recorded from 1963 to 1970.  During  those  years  they gave many concerts,

   6   they played all    7   . They made many records, for which they will always be remembered. Their songs were a mixture of rock and roll and ballads, in

which they often wrote about their own lives and problems. Although they were

not    8   , they took part in films in which they often played themselves. Their

performances were humorous and interesting. Their fans,   9    the Beatles would not have been so famous, at last caused problems for them. They followed

them everywhere. Finally they stopped their concerts in order to live quieter lives,

although their songs remain    10   .

许多乐队是由喜欢演奏音乐的音乐家们组成的，其中Beyond是非常出名的一支（介词引导的定语从句）。然而，没有人确切地知道它最初是怎样形成的（come的词组）。要成为一个歌手或者音乐家，他应该有音乐方面的天赋（talent）。他们变得如此受欢迎以至于除了演出外，乐队的成员们还在电影中扮演角色（so ... that; addition的词组）。如今，他们的歌曲依然在被传唱，感动并鼓舞着我们。（被动语态）。

1. If their habitat is threatened or they cannot find enough food, their numbers may d________.

2. To our r________, they all got home safely.

3. What can we do to save the person who has just been b________ by a poisonous snake?

4. She p________ to be interested, though in fact she wasn’t.

5. He’s very s________ about being short, so don’t ever mention it.

6. He is learning a traditional Chinese musical i________called Guzheng.

7. There will a New Year party next weekend and we’ll send an i________ letter to Mr. Jack to ask him to take part in our activity.

8. Others can stop you t________, but only you can do it permanently.

9. Maria was just the first of many p________ who showed strange symptoms following cosmetic surgery.

10. Pompeii disappeared after the volcano e________.

11. I'm not sure how he will ________ （回应）to your answer.

12. I'd________(感激) it if you wouldn't mention it.

13. While ________（安慰）her, I suddenly found the truth of life.

14. Flies and ________（蚊子）are said to spread diseases.

15. Let me tell you ________（简要地）what happened a moment ago.

16. What would you want to do first if you became a ________（百万富翁）?

17. Soon ________（之后）she felt sorry for what she'd said.

18. I'd like to  ________（抱怨，投诉）of the noise.

19. From the top of the hill you can see all the ________（周围的）countryside.

20. ________（位于，坐落于） next to our school, the newly-opened restaurant is popular with teachers and students.