河南省永城市实验高级中学学年高一上学期期末考试英语精校Word版含答案.docx
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河南省永城市实验高级中学学年高一上学期期末考试英语精校Word版含答案
2018——2019学年度高一上学期期末
英语试题
(考试时间100分钟)
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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A.
WhatisstandardEnglish?
IsitspokeninBritain,theUS,Canada,Australia,IndiaandNewZealand?
Believeitornot,thereisnosuchthingasstandardEnglish.ManypeoplebelievetheEnglishspokenonTVandtheradioisstandardEnglish.Thisisbecauseintheearlydaysofradio,thosewhoreportedthenewswereexpectedtospeakexcellentEnglish.However,evenonTVandtheradioyouwillheardifferencesinthewaypeoplespeak.
Whenpeopleusewordsandexpressionsdifferentform“standardlanguage”,itiscalledadialect.AmericanEnglishhasmanydialects,especiallytheMidwestern,southern,AfricanAmericanhasmanydialects.EveninsomepartsoftheUS,twopeoplefromneighboringtownsspeakalittledifferently.AmericanEnglishhassomanydialectsbecausepeoplehavecomefromallovertheworld.
Geographyalsoplaysapartinmakingdialects.SomepeoplewholiveinthemountainsoftheeasternUSspeakwithanolderkindofEnglishdialect.WhenAmericansmovedfromoneplacetoanother,theytooktheirdialectswiththem.SopeoplefromthemountainsinthesoutheasternUSspeakwithalmostthesamedialectaspeopleinthenorthwesternUS.TheUSisalargecountryinwhichmanydifferentdialectsarespoken.AlthoughmanyAmericansmovealot,theystillrecognizeeachother’sdialects.
1.StandardEnglishisspoken________.
A.inBritainB.intheUSC.inCanadaD.innoplace
2.________iscalledadialect.
A.Nativelanguage
B.Thelanguagewhichisdifferentfrom“standardlanguage”
C.Thelanguagespokeninmostpartsofonecountry
D.AmericanEnglish
3.AmericanEnglishhassomanydialectsbecause________.
A.peoplehavecomefromallovertheworldB.theUSismadeupofsomanystates
C.AmericansmovefromoneplacetoanotherD.theUSisalargecountry
4.AsmanyAmericansmovealloverthecountry,they________.
A.changetheirdialectsB.taketheirdialectswiththem
C.don’tspeaktheirdialectsD.can’tunderstandeachother’sdialects
5.ManypeoplebelievetheEnglishspokenonTVandtheradioisstandardEnglishbecause________.
A.therearenodifferencesinthewaypeoplespeakonTVandtheradio
B.EnglishspokeinBBCandVOAisthesame
C.peopleexpectthosewhoreportthenewsspeakexcellentEnglish
D.EnglishspokenonTVandtheradiodoesn’tcontaindialects
B.
MynameisWangKun.Eversincemiddleschool,mysisterWangWeiandIhavedreamedabouttakingagreatbiketrip.Twoyearsagosheboughtanexpensivemountainbikeandthenshepersuadedmetobuyone.Lastyear,shevisitedourcousins,DaoWeiandYuHangattheircollegeinKunming.TheyareDaiandgrewupinwesternYunnanProvinceneartheLancangRiver,theChinesepartoftheriverthatiscalledtheMekongRiverinothercountries.WangWeisoongottheminterestedincyclingtoo.Aftergraduatingfromcollege,wefinallygotthechancetotakeabiketrip.Iaskedmysister,“Wherearewegoing?
”ItwasmysisterwhofirsthadtheideatocyclealongtheentireMekongRiverfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.Nowsheisplanningourscheduleforthetrip.
Iamfondofmysisterbutshehasoneseriousshortcoming.Shecanbereallystubborn.Althoughshedidn’tknowthebestwayofgettingtoplaces,sheinsistedthatsheorganizethetripproperly.NowIknowthattheproperwayisalwaysherway.Ikeptaskingher,“Whenareweleavingandwhenarewecomingback?
”Iaskedherwhethershehadlookedatamapyet.Ofcourseshehadn’t;mysisterdoesn’tcareaboutdetails.SoItoldherthatthesourceoftheMekongisinQinghaiProvince.Shegavemeadeterminedlook--thekindthatsaidshewouldnotchangehermind.WhenItoldherthatourjourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000meters,sheseemedtobeexcitedaboutit.WhenItoldhertheairwouldbehardtobreatheanditwouldbeverycold,shesaiditwouldbeaninterestingexperience.Iknowmysisterwell.Onceshehasmadeuphermind,nothingcanchangeit.Finally,Ihadtogivein.
Severalmonthsbeforeourtrip,WangWeiandIwenttothelibrary.Wefoundalargeatlaswithgoodmapsthatshoweddetailsofworldgeography.FromtheatlaswecouldseethattheMekongRiverbeginsinaglaciertomovequickly.Itbecomesrapidsasitpassesthroughdeepvalleys,travelingacrosswesternYunnanProvince.Sometimestheriverbecomesawaterfallandenterswidevalleys.WewerebothsurprisedtolearnthathalfoftheriverisinChina.AfteritleavesChinaandhighaltitude,theMekongbecomeswide,brownandwarm.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itspaceslows.Itmakeswidebendsormeandersthroughlowvalleystotheplainswherericegrows.Atlast,theriverdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.
6.Thetextmainlytellsusthattheauthorandhissister___________.
A.planandmakepreparationsfortheirbiketripB.takeabiketripalongtheMekongRiver
C.dosomeresearchontheMekongRiverD.arefondofcyclingandtravelling
7.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?
A.Theywouldneedothers'helpduringtheirtrip.
B.TheyknewwellabouttheMekongRiverbefore.
C.Theygaveuptheirtripbecausetheywouldmeetwith manydifficultiesontheway.
D.Theirtripwouldbeverydifficultbecausetherewouldbemanydifficultiesontheway.
8.WhydidWangKunkeepaskingWangWeiquestions?
A.Becausehewantedtogiveherasmuchhelpashecould.
B.Becausehewantedtopersuadehertogiveupthetrip.
C.BecauseheknewverywellabouttheMekongRiver.
D.Becausehewantedtoorganizethetriphimself.
9.WhatdoesWangKunmeanbysaying“theproperwayisalwaysherway”?
AWangWeiisreliable,becauseshealwaysknowstheproperway.
B.WangWeialwaysinsistsonherway,eventhoughshedoesn'tknowtheproperway.
C.WangKunthinksthathissisterisstubbornandcan’tdoanythingproperly.
D.WangKunthinksthathissistercanfindthebestwaytogettoplaces.
C.
YoumaythinkthatEnglishdictionarieshavebeenusedformany,manycenturies.ThespellingofEnglishhasalwaysbeenaproblembutitwasmoreofaprobleminthedaysbeforeadictionary.Thenpeoplecouldspellwordsindifferentwayswhichyoumightfindinteresting.ButitmadereadingEnglishmuchmoredifficult.Sodictionarieswereinventedtoencourageeverybodytospellthesame.Infact,anEnglishdictionarylikethekindyouusetodaywasn’tmadeuntilthetimeofthelateQingDynasty.Threemendidmostoftheimportantearlyworkondictionaries:
SamuelJohnson,NoahWebster,andJamesMurray.Thesemenspentnearlyalloftheirlivestryingtocollectwordsfortheirdictionaries.Forthem,itwasn’tonlyajob;itwasawonderfuljourneyofdiscovery.ThelargestdictionaryintheworldistheOxfordEnglishDictionary,orOEDforshort.TheideaforthisdictionarycamefromanimportantmeetinginBritainin1857.Twenty-twoyearslater,OxfordUniversityaskedJamesMurraytobetheeditorofitsnewdictionary.
Murrayhadneverbeentocollege.Attheageoffourteen,helefthisvillageschoolinScotlandandtaughthimselfwhileworkinginabank.Laterhebecameagreatteacher.AfterOxfordgavehimthejob,Murrayhadaplacebuiltinthegardenbehindhishousetodohiswork.Partofitwasonemetreunderground.Inwinteritfeltlikeabarn,hehadtowearaheavycoatandputhisfeetinaboxtokeepwarm.Everymorning,Murraygotoutofbedatfiveo’clockandworkedseveralhoursbeforebreakfast.Oftenhewouldworkbycandlelightintotheevening.Murrayhopedtofinishthenewdictionaryintenyears.Butafterfiveyears,hewasstilladdingwordsfortheletterA!
ThenotherswenttoworkwithMurray,includinghistwodaughters.Heworkedonthedictionaryuntilhewasveryold.Forty-fouryearslater,in1928,othereditorsfinishedit.Itincludedmorethan15,000wordsintwelvebooks.AndyouthoughtyourEnglishdictionarywasbig!
10.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothereading?
A.Peopledidn’tknowhowtospellwordsinthedaysbeforeadictionary.
B.SamuelJohnson,NoahWebster,andJamesMurraydidalltheworkondictionaries.
C.Collectingwordsforthedictionaryisaneasyjob.
D.OxfordUniversitydecidedtoedititsnewdictionaryin1877.
11.IttookMurry_______yearstocompletetheletterA.
A.fiveB.lessthanfiveC.morethanfiveD.ten
12.Wecaninfer______________fromthelastparagraph.
A.JamesMurrytaughthimselfwhileworking.
B.TheOxfordEnglishwasfinishedintenyears.
C.WhentheOxfordEnglishDictionarywasfinished,Murrayhadpassedaway.
D.Murry’sdaughtershelpedhimtocompletethedictionary.
D.
Ifyouarelookingfortheplacethathaseverything,thereisonlyoneplacetovisit,andthat’sNewYork.It’sawholeworldinacity.
TheWorldofTheater:
AllofNewYorkisastage.AnditbeginswithBroadway.Whereelsecanyoufindsomanypopularshowsinoneplace?
OnlyinNewYork!
TheWorldofMusic:
SpendaneveningwithBeethovenatLincolnCenterforthePerformingArts.SwingtothegreatjazzofGreenwichVillage.Orrockyourselfsillyatthehottestdanceplacesfoundanywhere.
TheWorldofArt:
FromRembrandttoPicasso.FromEgyptiantombstoIndianteepees.Whateverkindofartyoulike,youwillfinditinNewYork.
TheWorldofFineDining:
Whetherit’sRoastBeijingDuckinChinatown,lasagnainLittleItaly,orthefinestFrenchcoqauvinfoundeverywhere,thereisworldofgreattastewaitingforyouinNewYork.
TheWorldofSight:
WhatothercityhasaStatue(雕塑)ofLiberty?
ARockefellerCenter?
OraBronxZoo?
Whereelsecanyoutakeahorse-d
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