高一年级英语下学期试题及答案

第一节：单项选择 ( 共 15 小题，满分 22 分 )

1. ---Do you mind if I open the window?

--- _____. In fact, I feel a little hot as well.

A. Please don’t B. I’d rather you didn’t C. Go ahead D. Why

don’t?

2. ---May I smoke here?

---If you _______, choose a seat in the smoking section.

A. should B. could C. may D. must

3. Parents always _________ great importance to education. They

will do their best to give their children that priceless gift.

A. attach B. pay C. link D. apply

★4. I work in a business _________ almost everyone is waiting for a

great chance.

A. how B. which C. where D. that

5. Sir, you are not allowed to enter the building unless you get our

manager’s__.

A. permission B. connection C. instruction D. introduction

6. ---I’m sorry. I _________at you the other day.

---Forget it. I was a bit out of control myself.

A. shouldn’t have shouted B. shouldn’t shout

C. mustn’t shout D. mustn’t have shouted

7. When the thief found the police had already ______ him, he ran

away quickly.

A. realized B. known C. spotted D. stared

★★8. The reason ______ he failed was _______ he was too

careless

A. because; because B. why; because C. that; that D. why;

that

★9. I can’t find the recorder in the room. It ________ by someone.

A. may take B. may have been taken away

C. must have taken away D. needn’t have been taken away

★10. It is reported that two schools, ___________ are being built in

my hometown, will be open next year.

A. they both B. which both C. both of them D. both of which

11. _________ parents say and do has a life-long effect on their

children.

A. That B. Which C. What D. As

12. ________ you are interested in astronomy, you can read the

book.

A. Even if B. Now that C. Unless D. As soon as

★★13. It is reported that the United States uses ____ energy as the

whole of Europe.

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

much

14. It has been proved _______ eating vegetables in childhood

helps to protect you against serious illnesses in later life.

A. if B. that C. what D. when

15. —What do you think of his opinion?

—None has given me ___________ piece of advice.

A. a better B. a best C. the best D. the better

第二节：完形填空 （共 20 小题，满分 33 分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 16-35 各题所给的四个选项中，

选择最佳答案。

Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In

an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打

击乐器独奏演员) though she was a disabled woman.

“Early on I decided not to allow the 16 of others to stop me from

becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland

and began 17 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got,

the more my passion(酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to

gradually lose my 18 . Doctors told me that the nerve ( 神经)

damage was the 19 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf.

But my love for music never 20 me.”

“My 21 was to become a percussion soloist, even though there

were none at that time. To perform, I 22 to ‘hear’ music

differently from others. I play using my feet and can 23 the pitch

of a note(音调高低) by the vibrations(振动). I feel through my body

and through my 24 . My entire sound world exists by making full

___25___ of every sense that I have.”

“I was 26 to be considered as a musician, but not as a deaf

musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in

London. No other deaf student had 27 this before and some

teachers were ___28___ to admit me. However, based on my

performance, I was 29 admitted and went on to 30 with

great honour.”

“After that, I became a full-time solo percussionist. I 31 a lot of

musical pieces since 32__ had been written specially for solo

percussionists.”

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. 33 the doctor thought I

was totally deaf, it didn’t 34 that my passion couldn’t be realized.

I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 35 by

others’ attitude. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will

lead you to the place you want to go.”

16. A. conditions B. opinions C. actions D. suggestions

★17. A. enjoying B. choosing C. taking D. giving

18. A. sight B. hearing C. touch D. taste

19. A. evidence B. result C. excuse D. cause

20. A. left B. excited C. supported D. disappointed