2017-2018学年黑龙江省双鸭山市第一中学高一下学期开学考试英语卷

2017-2018学年黑龙江省双鸭山市第一中学高一下学期开学考试英语卷

2017-2018学年黑龙江省双鸭山市第一中学高一下学期开学考试英语卷

（考试时间：120分钟满分：150分）

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30 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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

Choosing a vacation place your kids would love is quite a

headache. Here are some highly preferred fun vacation places for

you, which would make sure your entire family has fun together.

Hersheypark

Hersheypark, the "Chocolate Town" of USA, in Hershey,

Pennsylvania, is now a main theme park with sixty rides. The

amazing water rides, family rides, live concerts and shows make

Hersheypark a perfect place for the young children. It also has a

water park known as the "The boardwalk at Hersheypark" and a

zoo.

Old Orchard Beach in Saco, Maine

The Old Orchard beach, where there is the amazing sand,

water, rides, some fried food, and great fun games, can keep your

kids busy and happy. Besides, there are downtown shops with

great beach food.

Snowbird Resort in Snowbird, Utah

As a great place for those who enjoy the snow, Snowbird

resort allows families to enjoy many activities in the winter

months, such as snowboarding and ice skating. The live music concerts are held year round.

Hilton Waikoloa Village in Waikoloa, Hawaii

This is actually a fun vacation place when you are looking out

for a getaway with your kids. Hilton Waikoloa Village is the place

to go if you would like to have your children enter for Camp

Menehune. Looking for the chance to feed birds is an exciting

experience. However, an activity

that your kids would enjoy most is the communication with

dolphins.

1. What can visitors do in the Snowbird Resort?

A. Visit a water park.

B. Enjoy ice skating with their families.

C. See many lovely dolphins.

D. Taste great beach food.

2. Where can visitors go if they want to have their children

attend Camp Menehune?

A. Hersheypark.

B. Old Orchard Beach.

C. Hilton Waikoloa Village.

D. Snowbird Resort.

3. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To introduce several fun vacation places for families.

B. To tell about the traditional relaxing holidays.

C. To advertise the best vacation places in winter.

D. To show some theme parks in the world.

B

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on

December 7, 1770. His father, Johann Beethoven, also a musician,

wanted his son to be a genius and encouraged him to develop

his musical talents. Johann was so determined to make his son into a successful musician that he would pull poor Ludwig out of

bed in the middle of the night and force the young boy to

practice piano until the early hours of the morning.

At the age of eleven, Ludwig van Beethoven received

professional piano and composition training in Bonn, and within

ten years he became well known in Vienna for his imagination

when creating music on the piano. He continued to live there and

became very interested in the construction of pianos, which

developed into the modern grand concert piano.

Things changed for Beethoven in 1798 when his hearing was

becoming impaired. He composed the First Symphony and

Septet Op 20 and performed them on April 2, 1800, and it won

great success. However, his hearing continued to worsen, and he

began to separate himself from his family and friends in order to

avoid conversation.

After the performance of his Ninth Symphony, he turned

around to see the warm applause of the audience and broke

down in tears when he realized that he couldn’t hear them.

Fighting against depression (抑郁) and a disorder, Beethoven

continued to produce music by using special equipment that

helped him to hear his symphonies. This equipment was a thin

stick connected

with the soundboard of his piano. Biting it, he was able to

feel vibrations (震动) of sound. The music that he created during

this period was filled with heroism and struggle, and went on to

become his most famous compositions.

4. Why did little Beethoven play piano at the midnight?

A. He showed musical talents for music.

B. He was interested in playing the piano.

C. His father pushed him to practice his musical skills. D. He was determined to realize his music dream.

5. What does the underlined word “impaired” in Paragraph

3 mean?

A. Recovered.

B. Constructed.

C. Damaged.

D. Developed.

6. Why did Beethoven get separated from his family?

A. He didn’t want to talk with them because of his

worsening hearing.

B. He had to receive treatment because of his depression.

C. He was busy in composing the First Symphony and Septet

Op 20.

D. He had to fix his attention on practicing piano.

7. What do we know about Beethoven’s most famo us

compositions?

A. They were played by special equipment.