高一英语期末测试卷
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节: 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。
21. — When shall we meet again?
—Make it ____ you like; it’s all the same to me.
A. one day
B. any day
C. another day
D. some day
22. With the old worker ____ , we finished the work on time.
A. help us
B. helped us
C. helping us
D. to help us
23. —What are you going to do this afternoon?
—I’ll probably go for a walk later on ____ it stays fine.
A. as far as
B. so long as
C. even if
D. as if
24. More and more people come to realize that much must be done to prevent pollution ____ well.
A. from living
B. to live
C. to go
D. from going
25. — Mrs. Brown will come to visit our school tomorrow, you know?
— Tomorrow? I ____ she ____ today..
A. think; comes
B. think; will come
C. thought; is coming
D. thought; was coming
26. The train ____ arrive at 11:30, but it was an hour late.
A. was supposed to
B. was likely to
C. was about to
D. was certain to
27. —Let Pete take the place. He’s older and should be more experienced.
—I don’t think so. A man doesn’t necessarily grow wiser ____ he grows older.
A. because
B. that
C. than
D. as
28. —This is only between us.
— I see. I will ____.
A. keep it secret
B. keep it a secret
C. I won’t let the secret out
D. all of the above
29. ____ the window, his finger was cut but it was not serious.
A. Cleaning
B. While cleaning
C. To clean
D. When he was cleaning
30. My computer crashed, and ____ I didn’t make a copy of what I had typed.
A. what’s worse
B. on top of that
C. in addition
D. all of the above
31. My parents had to use ____ they had to buy the house in which we are now
living..
A. what
B. what that
C. all what
D. that
32. — Did you hear the gunshot last night?
— Yes, ____ was when I was just about to enter the room ____ I heard it.
A. there; when
B. it; when
C. it; that
D. there; that
33. After ____ seemed a very long time, the badly wounded soldier came back to
life.
A. that
B. it
C. which
D. what
34. —Who would you rather have ____ your computer?
—My friend.
A. repairing
B. to repair
C. repaired
D. repair
35. You can never imaging what great difficulty I have ____ your house.
A. found
B. finding
C. to find
D. for finding
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
As late as 1800, women’s only place was in the home. The idea of women in the __36 world was unthinkable. __37 “nice” women would dream of __38 what was strictly a “man’s world”. Even if she could, what would she do?
__39 was the first professing __40 to women soon after 1800. But even that was not an __41 profession for women to enter __42 most high schools and colleges were open only to __43 . Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to __44 women.
Hospital nursing became __45 work for women only after Florence Nightingale became __46 . Because she was a wealthy and educated woman, as well as a __47 , people began to believe it was __48 for women to care for the __49 and still be “ladies”. Miss Nightingale opened England’s first training school __50 nurses in 1860.
The invention of the typewriter in 1867 __51 to ring women out of the __52 and into the business world. Because women had quick __53 , they learned to operate typewriters quickly and __54 ,. Businessmen found that they had to __55 women for this new kind of work. The idea that “nice” women could work in the business world had been accepted.
36. A. future B. present C. business D. English-speaking
37. A. A B. No C. The D. Every
38. A. knowing B. entering C. studying D. building
39. A. Cooking B. Farming C. Nursing D. Teaching
40. A. open B. closed C. useful D. harmful
41. A. easy B. exciting C. important D. admiring
42. A. if B. though C. unless D. because
43. A. ladies B. men C. students D. children
44. A. fire B. teach C. accept D. refuse
45. A. hard B. heavy C. part-time D. respectable
46. A. tired B. clever C. famous D. disappointed
47. A. nurse B. doctor C. teacher D. secretary
48. A. unfit B. possible C. difficult D. dangerous
49. A. old B. poor C. rich D. sick
50. A. of B. for C. about D. among
51. A. had B. needed C. helped D. happened
52. A. home B. world C. schools D. hospitals
53. A. feet B. ears C. minds D. fingers
54. A. well B. properly C. daily D. continuously
55. A. thank B. hire C. reject D. praise
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
David Brown and Anne are two patients in the Adult Day Care Program at Mercy Hospitals. David Brown is seventy-two years old. He’s friendly and likes to talk. He lives with his wife in the city. But David is becoming forgetful. His wife says, “He’ll heat up some soup, then forget to turn off the gas.” She is sixty-one and still works. She is worried about leaving her husband alone.
Anne is eighty and lives with her 60-year-old daughter. Her daughter says that she needs a rest. “Mom follows me everywhere. She follows me when I read newspapers. I need a rest and she does, too.”
