新疆乌鲁木齐市第八中学2018-2019学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

乌鲁木齐市第八中学2018-2019学年

第一学期高一年级期中考试

英 语 试 卷

（考试时间：120分钟 卷面分值：150分 ）

（命题范围：人教版高中英语必修1 Unit1-4）

一. 单项选择(15分)

1. He was ______ a very difficult time when he lost his iPhone.

A. going over B. going by C. going against D. going through

2. True love is what you may ______ only one time in your life.

A. come to e up with C. come across D. come out

3. If the sun doesn’t ______ heat, the temperature of the earth will fall to absolute zero.

A. give in B. give off C. give away D. give out

4. “Please open the window.” he said to me.

→He _____ me _____ the window.

A. said to; to close B. asked; to close C. told; closing D. said to; please close

5. He asked me ______ with me.

A. what the matter was B. what was the matter C. what the matter is D. what’s the matter

6. Ladies and gentleman, please fasten your seat belts. The plane ______.

A. takes off B. has taken off C.is taking off D.took off

7. Watch out! That tree ______ fall down.

A. will be B. shall C. would D. is going to

8. While _____ in the classroom, I was nervous about my unfinished schoolwork.

A. sat B. I sat C. sitting D. was sitting

9. It was what he said ______ annoyed me.

A. how B. that C. who D. whose

10. It ______ the second time that I ______ this movie.

A. is; had seen B. was; had seen C. was; have seen D. is; saw 11. This is the village _____ I remembered.

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

12. Joe is the only student _____ I want to hang out with.

A. who B. which C. whom D.that

13. I didn’t like the way ______ he spoke to me.

A. that C. which C. when D. as

14. The car ______ color is black is my father’s.

A. where B. when C. that D. whose

15. Many countries are setting animal shelters ______ homeless cats and dogs can be protected.

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

二. 阅读理解(30分)

A

A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice

before diving into the freezing East River.

Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year who left the place quickly after the rescue last Saturday.

He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Scaport museum.

He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.

“I didn’t think at all,” Duret told the Daily News. “It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”

Duret, an engineer on vacation ,was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头)when he saw

something falling into the water .He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he got close to

the river. In a moment,he took off his coat and jumped into the water.

When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water,

she opened her eyes.

Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was taking photos. An ambulance came later

for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from passers-by. Duret caught a train with his girlfriend

shortly after.

The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his story of

being a hero had greatly moved New York until he got home. “I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same ting.”

16. Why was Duret in New York?

A. To meet his girlfriend B. To work as an engineer C. To visit the Andersons D. To spend

his holiday

17. What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?

A. He was interviewed by a newspaper B. He disappeared from the place quickly

C. He went to the hospital in the ambulance D. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes

18. Who dived after Duret into the river to save the little girl?

A. A taxi driver B. A passer-by C. His girlfriend D. David Anderson

B

Usually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question

that has millions of correct answers. That question is “What’s your name?” Everyone gives a different

answer, but everyone is correct.

Have you ever wondered about people’s names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?

People’s first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a

grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person.

A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.

Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means “bright”; Beatrice means

“one who gives happiness”; Donald means “world ruler”; Leonard means “as brave as a lion”.

The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or