贵阳市永茂中学高一英语期中测试题

1 贵阳市永茂中学高一英语期中考试题 I. 阅读理解：(40分） (A) Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs. They say that in a film or on TV we may see elephants, or monkeys, dogs, bears, or other animals doing a lot of things. If you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given something to eat in return for doing them. The scientists say that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return. Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs. And we can also teach animals to work in factories. Apes(猿猴), for example, have been used in America to help make cars and scientists believe that these large monkeys may one day get in （收割）crops and even drive trains. 1. Elephants can be used to do some heavy jobs because ____. A. they can eat a lot B. they are very heavy, too C. they are very strong D. they are tall 2. Dogs can be used to guard a house for his host because ____. A. they are good at running B. they are very kind and friendly to people C. they are brave enough to get the strangers(陌生人)and thieves away from the house D. they are clever 3. Many different animals may be taught to do some simple jobs if ____. A. they have enough food to eat B. they learn they will get something to eat in return after doing them C. if they are sent to school D. they are wise 4. ____ can be trained to work for us. A. Only a few animals B. Quite a few animals C. Few animals D. No animal 5. Many scientists are working hard to ____. A. make monkeys get in crops and drive trains B. make monkeys guard house like dogs C. make bears get in crops D. make many machines (B) Which is the best way to learn a language? We know that we all learnt our own language well when we were children, if we learn a second language in the same way, it won’t seem so difficult. How does a small child do? It listens to what people say, 2

and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to ask for it. It’s using the language, thinking in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language all the time, they will learn it quickly. In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak. It is the best way to learn all new words through the ear. You can read them, spell them, and write them later. 6. When we were very young . A. it’s difficult for us to understand people B. we learnt our language through our ears C. we could not guess what people say D. we could hear our own language but couldn’t understand it 7. A small child can learn his own language very well because . A. he’s clever B. his parents took good care of it C. he keeps on using it D. he often tries to guess what he hears 8. According to the text, what is the best way to learn a second language？ . A. remembering as many words as we can B. writing all the time C. using our ears first D. looking up the words in the dictionary when we don’t know their meanings. 9. In school, when we learn a second language, we must . A. do nothing but listen to our teachers B. often listen, speak, read and write C. learn it by heart all the time D. translate it into our own language all the time 10. The word “it” in the sentence “it won’t seem so difficult” refers（指的是） . A. the small child B. the second language C. learning the second language D. the best way to learn language (C) On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the New York railway station, playing his violin. The music was so great that many people stopped to put some money into the hat of the young man. The next day, the young artist came to the same place, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it under his hat. Then he began to play the violin. It sounded more pleasant than ever. Soon he was surrounded with people who were attracted by the words on that paper. It said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim (认领) it soon.” After about half an hour, a middle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the violinist and said, “Yes, it’s you. I knew that you were an honest man and would