河南省三门峡市2017-2018学年高一上学期英语期末考试试卷

    Five years ago I was working in an office. My life was all about dealing with complaints, meeting deadlines and writing reports. I wasn't completely bored 1it didn't excite me. One 2I went out to buy a sandwich. It was sunny and I wasn't 3at work, so I decided to 4 it in the park. I could see a group of people 5a TV programme nearby. They seemed to be arguing about something and everybody looked very6 .

Suddenly I realized everyone was 7me. And then two of them started walking over—towards me! They 8that they were making a short film and one of their actors hadn't 9 . He only had one line in the story, they said. Would I mind 10 the line?

    I could tell they were desperate and although I'd never done any acting in my life, for some reason I  11.

    An hour later we finished. It was really an amazing experience. The people were very 12 and paid me for my time. However, 13 I was leaving, the director of the film came over and 14 me his card. He thought I'd been brilliant and was naturally talented as a(n)15 I laughed but16 to call him some time.

    Well, I did call him. I went for an audition(试演)for another short film with the director. And I got the 17 . Two years later I 18  my office job and I'm now working almost full-time as an actor. I love the work and I'm going back to college next year to study 19 . My life is now completely20, all because of that lunch in the park.

    2018 Music Festivals, UK

    The Green Gathering

Date:15th Aug. —22nd Aug

    Location: Chepstow Center

    Details: Over 100 live bands plus DJs on five private solar-powered stages. A wonderful site in a wooded area of outstanding natural beauty. 8 days of inspiration and relaxation are about traditional crafts, campaign stalls(活动摊位), and a magical kids' area.

    Sport Beat Music Festival

Date: 20th Aug. —29th Aug

    Location: Oxstalls Sports Park

    Details: Time for fun in the sun with Sport Beat. The festival is for those who wish there are volleyball and netball games that take place over the weekend. Attractions include: ball coaching, food village, and bars. Please see details for VIP passes on our website.

    Creamfields Festival

    Date: 26th Aug——28th Aug

    Location: Daresbury Court

    Details: Creamfields is the world's leading dance music festival. Creamfields is famous for many things, not just its traditional world class dancing but its unbeatable atmosphere! The festival mixes together style breaking pioneers from across the DJ and live music spectrum(声谱).

    Wilkestock Charity(慈善)Music Festival

    Date:27th Aug—31st Aug

    Location: Wilkestock Stadium

    Details: With entertainment this year from mystery jets to a huge electronic lineup(陈容), this festival keeps turning up the heat year on year while keeping all profits donated direct to charity.

    Miss Parker taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound ,and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”

    Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.”“That's every good,” Miss Parker answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Parker said.“Yes, Kate.”

    “I disagree,” Kate said.“Your brother would hear you earlier because when it's 11 o'clock here it's only 8 o'clock in Los Angeles.”

    For centuries, people wondered how big the Earth was. Unfortunately, although the Earth was flat, no one was able to figure out its size. Gradually, however, people began to realize that the Earth was really round.

    Then, in the third century BC(2,300 years ago), a Greek man named Eratosthenes had an idea. Eratosthenes was sure that the Earth was a sphere. He used the sun and geometry(几何学) to figure out the size of the Earth. He calculated that the circumference(圆周) of the Earth was 28,600 miles(46,000 kilometers). The true size of the Earth is 25,000 miles(40,000 kilometers).

    Eratosthenes' measurement was wrong, but it was very close to the truth.

    For many centuries after Eratoshenes lived, people made maps of the Earth. However, they did not know very much about the world outside of Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Mapmakers could not draw accurate maps of the Earth until people began traveling around the world in the fifteenth century, mapping small areas each time. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people began making correct maps of countries, but the first accurate maps of the world were not made until the 1890s.

    Maps today are reliable(可依靠的), inexpensive, and easy to understand. People depend on maps every day. What would our lives be like without them?

    The Great Pyramid(金字塔)was built nearly 5,000 years ago for a king called Khufu. It is on the west bank of the Nile River. In fact, all the pyramids along the Nile River are on its west bank. The ancient Egyptians thought of the rising of the sun as the beginning of life and the setting of the sun as the end of life. This is why their bodies were buried on the west of the Nile.

    It is very hard to realize just how big the Great pyramid is. It has over 2,000,000 pieces of stones. Most of these big stones weigh two and a half tons each. Some even weigh fifteen tons. Without machinery, the ancient Egyptians cut and moved and lifted each of these stones. Almost all the stones came from the east bank of the Nile, and they were taken across the river in boat. It took more than 100,000 people twenty years to build the Great Pyramid.

    The Great Pyramid is over 450 feet high today. Each of the sides of the Pyramid is 755 feet long. It takes about twenty minutes to walk all the way around it.

Five Simple Ways to Increase Your Intelligence

    Your IQ, which stands for Intelligence Quotient, is a scientific assessment(评估)of your intelligence. While there are limits based on native intelligence levels, recent studies have shown that it's possible to increase your intelligence. Your brain needs exercise just like a muscle. If you use it often and in the right ways, you will become a more skilled thinker and increase your ability to focus. Here are five simple techniques to exercise your brain.

    Minimize(使减少到最低程度)television watching.When you feel like relaxing, try reading a book instead. If you're too tired, listen to some music. When you're with your friends or family, turn your television off and have a conversation.

    Time spent exercising always leads to greater learning because it improves productivity during the time afterwards. Using your body clears your head and creates a wave of energy.

    Read Challenging Books. If you want to improve your thinking and writing ability, you should read books that make you focus.Besides, it will make you think in more precise, elegant English.

    Nothing makes it harder to concentrate than lack of sleep. You'll be most rejuvenated(恢复活力的)if you go to bed early and don't sleep more than 8 hours.

    Take time to reflect. Spending some time alone in reflection gives you a chance to organize your thoughts and prioritize(优先处理)your responsibilities..

A. Early to Bed, Early to Rise.

B. Take some time to exercise

C. Think of new ways to do old things

D. Reading a classic novel can change your view of the world

E. Watching television doesn't use your mental ability or allow it to recharge

F. Afterwards, you'll have a better understanding of what's important and what isn't.

G. Just as sitting at your desk all day is bad for your physical self, sitting in the same mental seat all the time is bad for your bran.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1).每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2).只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    My friend Lucy gave me a ticket for an excited film which I want to see it very much. However, I will have to take an examination tomorrow. I believe that only when you do that you should do can you make progresses in life. In my opinion, it is waste of time going to see the film right now. That's why I decided to give up seeing the film with him and working hard at my lessons. Lucy felt this a great pity that I couldn't see the film with her. To make her happily, I said, “Why not going to see the film the day after tomorrow instead of today?”

    As you visit Hangzhou's West Lake and its surrounding beautiful hillsides, you'll understand immediatelyit's been a great source of inspiration for artists, poets and philosophers throughout Chinese history.

    Whilerest of the country is moving from two wheels to four, cycling culture is thriving(繁荣的)in Hangzhou. The city(develop)China's first bike-sharing system in 2008. It's since grown into the world's (big)and one of the world's best public bike systems. You can (hard)go a kilometer without passing a bike-sharing station.

Hangzhou grows some of China's finest and most (expense) green tea—Longjing. Every spring, before the traditional Qingming Festival, tea (lover) from all over the country come to Longjing, a village just south of West Lake the first cut of top-quality tea. During tea season—late March and April—you can smell the fresh aroma(芳香)of the tea, when leaves(pick)and roasted in the village. The village is open to the public and you can pick your own after (get)permission from the local tea farmers.

1).演出时间、地点；   2).演出内容；   3).计划与期望。

注意：1)．词数100左右

2)．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

    I'm more than delighted to tell you that

Yours,

Li Hua