2019学年第二学期期末试题
高一英语
第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题，第一节每小题2分，共30分；第二小节每小题2分，共10分）第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
共30分）
A
A young man went to a town and worked there. He did not have a wife and a servant did the work in his house.
The young man liked laughing a lot. He nailed the servant’s shoes to the floor on Monday, and then laughed, because he put his feet in them and fell down.
The servant was not angry, but smiled. Then the young man put brushes in his bed on Tuesday. The servant got into bed and hit the brushes with his feet. He was afraid. The young man laughed loudly again. Again the servant was not angry, but smiled.
Then on Wednesday the young man said to his servant, “You’re a nice, kind man.
I am not going to be unkind to you again.”
The servant smiled and said, “And I’m not going to put any more mud from the street in your coffee.”
1. He played a joke on the servant because ___
A. he hated him
B. he was not satisfied with the food the servant prepared for him
C. he wanted to get pleasure
D. he liked to show off himself
2. When the young man played a joke on him, the servant was not angry but smiled because ___
A. he liked the young man’s action
B. making the young man laugh is his job
C. he was afraid to be fired
D. he thought he shouldn’t be angry with a child
3. What did the servant do in return to the young man?
A. He stole something from the house.
B. He gave a smile to the young man.
C. He had a fight with him.
D. He put mud into the young man’s coffee.
4. Why did the young man stop playing jokes on the servant?
A. Because the servant showed kind and nice behaviour to him
B. Because the servant told him the truth
C. Because he wanted to be a good man
D. Because his father told him to do so
B
Alan worked in an office in the city.He worked very hard and really wanted to take a holiday.
He usually went to the seaside，but one day he saw an ad in a newspaper.“Enjoy country life.Spend a few weeks at Willow Farm.Good food，fresh air，horse riding，walking，fishing.Good prices.”
“This sounds like a good idea，”he thought.“I'll spend a month at Willow Farm.I'll enjoy horse riding，walking and fishing.They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside.”
Four days later he returned home.
“What's wrong with Willow Farm？”
His friend Jack asked him.“Didn't you enjoy country life？”
“Country life was fine，”Alan said，“but there was another problem.”
“Oh，what？”
“Well, the first day I was there a sheep died，and we had roast mutton for dinner.”“Fresh meat is the best.”
“I know，but on the second day a cow died，and we had roast beef for dinner.”“Lucky you！”
“You don't understand，”Alan said.
“On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”
“A different roast every day，”Jack said.
“Let me finish，”Alan said，“on the fourth day the farmer died and I didn't dare to stay for dinner！”
5．Alan usually spent his holiday ________.
A．by the seaside B．in the country
C．in the mountains D．on an island
6．Alan decided to spend his holiday at Willow Farm because ________.
A. he lived near there
B．he had a good friend there
C．he thought it would make a change from sitting by the seaside
D．he wanted to enjoy the fresh air in the country
7．How many days did he stay on the farm?
A．A few days. B．A week.
C．Three days. D．Four days.
8．What made Alan return so soon?
A. He fell ill.
B．The air there was not fresh.
C．The prices were too high.
D．He was afraid that they would have the dead man for dinner.
C
"Dreams (梦) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream,”some scientists say.
Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some
