2015-2016天津耀华高一英语期中考试

天津市耀华中学2015-2016学年第一学期期中形成性检测

高一年级 英语试卷

第一卷（65分）

第一部分：听力

略

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节， 满分27.5分）

第一节：单项填空 （共15小题：每小题0.5分， 满分7.5分）

从A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

16. – I _______ to Beijing tomorrow. My plane _______ at 8:30 tomorrow morning.

- Have a good trip!

A. am going; leaves B. am about to go; is leaving

C. will go; is to leave D. go; is about to leave

17. ______ with women, men always prefer to sleep at home rather than spend so much time

shopping.

A. Contacted B. Contracted C. Matched D. Compared

18. With ticket prices _______, TV has become a typical way or watching a game for young and

old.

A. lifting up B. going up C. bringing up D. growing up

19. The man would have paid ______ for the house if the salesgirl had insisted because he really

wanted it.

A. twice as much B. much as twice C. as much twice D. twice much as

20. Our English teacher is really ______ and tells jokes when she thinks we’re getting ______.

A. amusing; boring B. amused; bored C. amusing; bored D. amused boring

21. The course to be held during the summer vacation ______ all aspects of business and laws.

A. relates B. refers C. looks D. covers

22. The little boy came riding full speed down the motorway on his ______ it was!

A. What a dangerous scene B. What dangerous the scene

C. How a dangerous scene D. How dangerous the scene

23. It’s ten years _______ the scientist set out to discover the valuable chemical.

A. when B. that C. before D. since

24. – I hear you’re going to the city.

- Yes. Anyway, life in the city is quite different from ______ in the country.

A. one B. those C. that D. what

25. You can’t imagine how happy we were! The exciting moment we had been looking forward to

______ at last.

A. came B. having come C. come D. coming

26. – I guess it must be an iPhone 6 plus.

- ______ And it’s for your birthday.

A. You’ve got it. B. That’s all right C. Oh, really? D. Is that right?

27. Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas, wind and other forms of _______.

A. energy B. source C. power D. material

28. I know the girl ______ in the storm.

A. to catch B. caught C. catching D. to be caught

29. Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology _______ so rapidly.

A. has changed B. will have changed C. is changing D. will change

30. – When can I make an appointment with you, sir?

- What about Wednesday afternoon?

- OK. ______

A. Do you have time than? B. That’s settled

C. It’s up to you. D. Take your time

第二节：完形填空（共20小题； 每小题1分， 满分20分）

阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A, B, C，D四个选型中，选出最佳选项。

Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know __31__ you

think you are a __32__ person or a coward(懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to

this question __33__you are tested in real life. Some people __34__they are brave but when they

come face to face with real __35__, they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards,

but when they meet danger, they act like __36__.

Lenny had always thought of himself as a __37__ person. He got worried before

examinations. He worried about his job and his health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and

healthy. __38__, on January 15th, 2002, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington.

Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the __39__water. Lenny

did not feel afraid. He kept very __40__and did a very courageous thing. He jumped into Potomac,

__41__to the woman, and kept her head __42__the water. Seventy-eight people died that day.

Thanks to Lenny, it was not __43__.

When you are in a very __44__situation and feel afraid, the body automatically (自动地)

produces a chemical in the blood. This chemical is called adrenalin(肾上激素). __45__adrenalin

in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are __46__to fight or run away.

However, when you are absolutely (完全) terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin.

When this __47__, the muscles (肌肉) become very hard and you find you __48__move at all.

You are paralysed (瘫痪) with fear. This is __49__ when we are very frightened, we sometimes

say we are ‘petrified’, this word comes from a Greek word ‘petros’, which means ‘stone’. We are

__50__frightened that we become stonelike.

31. A. how B. neither C. whether D. either

32. A. brave B. real C. hard D. certain

33. A. when B. until C. after D. once

34. A. realize B. find C. think D. agree

35. A. life B. question C. mouse D. danger

36. A. soldiers B. mice C. heroes D. cowards

37. A. useful B. brave C. nervous D. terrible

38. A. So B. Therefore C. Then D. Actually

39. A. fresh B. poisonous C. warm D. ice-cold

40. A. nervous B. calm C. frightened D. excited

41. A. went B. helped C. spoke D. swam

42. A. in B. under C. above D. from

43. A. an accident B. a mistake C. seventy-eight D. seventy-nine

44. A. dangerous B. comfortable C. different D. favorable