兰炼一中高一上学期期末英语试卷 含答案

兰州58中（兰炼一中）2015-2016学年第一学期

期末试卷高一英语

第Ⅰ卷

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，并把答案填写在答题卡上相应的位置。

A

Just because a cat can’t see, it doesn’t mean she can’t enjoy the great outdoors.

Patrick Carl, a 28-year-old filmmaker from Cork City, Ireland, proved that in a beautiful video, in which he climbs a mountain with his blind cat, Stevie, at his side.

To ensure Stevie’s safety, Carl has had to train her to walk on a leash (皮带) when she goes outside.

“It took a lot of patience to do this thing,” Carl told The Huffington Post. He said walking on the leash is now “the norm” for her —“she makes it look so easy.”

“I think Stevie is a very good cat and I wanted to capture (用镜头捕捉) how I truly felt about her and share that with the world in a meaningful way,” Carl said.

Carl got Stevie from Cork’s Animal Care Society about three years ago, after seeing an ad on social media saying that Stevie needed a home with a patient owner who could give her special care. In an earlier video about Stevie, Carl says that he has to make sure he keeps everything in his house in the exact same place so as to not confuse the blind cat.

Carl explained that he was never really a cat person, but Stevie has changed him.

“That’s not to say I didn’t like cats,” he said. “It’s just that up until I met Stevie, cats didn’t really take up any of my time. But now, it’s safe to say, I’ve been changed.”

He added that Stevie is just one of many animals that have been rescued from shelters or on the streets. “She wouldn’t be here today if it hadn’t been for the unbelievable hard work of the Animal Care Society in Cork,” he said.

1. What is wrong with the cat, Stevie?

A. She is too fat to do exercise.

B. She was once badly treated.

C. She is blind a nd can’t see.

D. She doesn’t like to go outside.

2. Why does Carl tie a leash on Stevie?

A. To avoid someone stealing her.

B. To make sure she is safe while walking.

C. To make sure she can walk easily.

D. To avoid losing her when walking.

3. Why does Carl arrange everything in the same place?

A. He doesn’t want Stevie to make a mess.

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B. He wants to be more patient.

C. He wants to train Stevie to get smarter.

D. He wants to give Stevie a familiar home.

4. What was Carl like before he met Stevie?

A. He had never had a cat.

B. He was very interested in cats.

C. He didn’t like cats very much.

D. He didn’t feel very safe.

B

If your childhood memories are filled with summers spent chasing fireflies (萤火虫), then you’re going to love this new theme park in China. It is dedicated to the glowing insects that naturally light up their habitat at night.

The park, located at the East Lake Peony Garden in Wuhan City, central China’s Hubei Province, is home to about 10,000 fireflies. The insects are divided into five separate zones — the flying zone, the observation zone, the zero-distance contact zone, the breeding zone, and the science popularization (普及) zone. Each zone is meant to satisfy different categories of visitors, right from casual visitors to researchers.

Breeding fireflies is a rather costly affair —around 10 yuan (US$1.61) per insect —but totally worth it from a business point of view, as the Chinese seem to be positively in love with them. They will pay a large amount of money to see the small insects twinkle at night, and tickets for such parks are usually sold out in several days as soon as they hit the market.

Fireflies were a normal part of summer nights through most of China, but their numbers have been going down for years, as a result of pollution and destruction of their natural habitats. Taking advantage of this sad situation, businessmen have been setting up firefly parks (not all of them are environmentally friendly, and some even sell jars full of live fireflies online).

Since fireflies are seasonal, the park opened on May 29 this year and continued to operate until early October. However, following the success it enjoyed this year, the Wuhan firefly park has become an annual event, and will open again next year.

They’ve got lots of attractions at the park — dinosaur exhibitions, camping festivals, family walks and children’s activities, all held under the warm glow of fireflies.

5. The underlined phrase, “is dedicated to”, in the fir st paragraph can be replaced by _____.

A. is limited to

B. is designed for

C. is put up with

D. is separated from

6. If you want to know about the habits of fireflies, which zone should you go to?

A. The flying zone.

B. The breeding zone.

C. The science popularization zone.

D. The zero-distance contact zone.

7. Why is the number of fireflies becoming smaller and smaller these years?

A. Because it is hard to breed fireflies.

B. Because they are killed for research.

C. Because their natural habitats are being destroyed.

D. Because they have all been collected in the theme park.

8. What can we learn about this new theme park?

A. It consists of four separate zones.

B. It operates all the year around.

C. All the fireflies in it are displayed in jars.

D. It gained fame after it was opened.

C