2018-2019学年河南省信阳市息县第一高级中学、第二高级中学高一（下）期中英语试卷
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第二部分 阅读理解（共4小题； 每小题8分，满分30分）第一节（共4小题；每小题8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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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1．I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise.In the end ，I said，" Son，remember：Be slow and steady，and that will win the race.Don't you think there's something to learn from the tortoise？"
Sonny opened his eyes wide， "Do you mean next time when I'm entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy，Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway？"
I was shocked， "But the tortoise didn't wish that the hare would fall asleep!"
"He must have wished that，" Sonny said， "Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare？He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did."
"He didn't have such a wish，" I insisted. "He won the race by perseverance（坚忍不拔的），by pushing on steadily."
Sonny thought a while. "That's a lie，" he said. "He won it because he was lucky.If the hare hadn't happened to fall asleep，the tortoise would never have won the race.He could be as steady as you like，or a hundred times steadier，but he'd never have won the race.That's for sure."
I gave up.Today's children are not like what we used to be.They're just hopeless.
（1）The writer argued with his son because.
A．he liked tortoises while his son liked hares
B．they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish
C．he tried to teach his son a moral（品德）lesson but the son had totally different opinion
D．he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn't
（2）Sonny believed that the tortoise.
A．won the race by his own hard working
B．took a risk by agreeing to run a race
C．was not given a fair chance in the race
D．in fact did win the race luckily
（3）Billy，Tony and Sandy must be.
A．boys who were unknown to Sonny's father
B．boys who Sonny has run races with before
C．boys who Sonny has never raced with before
D．boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again
（4）According to the passage，who do you think learnt a lesson？
A．The tortoise
B．Sonny
C．The hare
D．Sonny's father组卷：1引用：2难度：0.5 -
2．Are you nervous when you are taking this examination？The following two humorous stories may help you out of the trouble．
Sleeping Pills
Bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night．He went to see his doctor，who prescribed some extra-strong sleeping pills．
Sunday night Bob took the pills，slept well and was awake before he heard the alarm．He took his time getting to the office，strolled in and said to his boss： "I didn't have a bit of trouble getting up this morning．"
"That's fine，" roared the boss， "but where were you Monday and Tuesday？"
First Flight
Mr．Johnson had never been up in an aeroplane before and he had read a lot about air accidents，so one day when a friend offered to take him for a ride in his own small plane，Mr．Johnson was very worried about accepting．Finally，however，his friend persuaded him that it was very safe，and Mr．Johnson boarded the plane．
His friend started the engine and began to taxi onto the runway of the airport．Mr．Johnson had heard that the most dangerous part of a flight were the take-off and the landing，so he was extremely frightened and closed his eyes．
After a minute or two he opened them again，looked out of the window of the plane，and said to his friend， "Look at those people down there．They look as small as ants，don't they？" "Those are ants，" answered his friend． "We're still on the ground．"
（1）The underlined word "prescribed" in the first story means．
A．开刀
B．打针
C．开处方
D．咨询
（2）How long did the man sleep after taking the pills？For．
A．several hours
B．about 24 hours
C．about a week
D．about two days
（3）In the second story Mr．Johnson really saw．
A．some wildlife
B．some people like ants
C．some people as small as ants
D．ants组卷：1引用：2难度：0.6 -
3．Last Sunday the elephant keeper at London Zoo，Jim Robson，was killed by one of the elephants he loved．This was terrible，and it could be a big problem for the future of London Zoo and maybe for all of Britain's city zoos．London Zoo said that it would move its three elephants to a wild animal park outside London．Its director-general，Michael Dixon，said， "We are sorry that the elephants are leaving．There have been elephants at London Zoo since 1831．"
London Zoo is not only losing its elephants．The tigers will also leave soon and most of the bears have already gone．Outside the elephant house at London Zoo，a woman called Mary said she hoped the zoo could keep big animals． "This is the only way the young people can see animals without travelling to other countries，" she said．
Zoos are not very good places for animals，but they can help to keep them well．Children can also learn a lot about the animals when they visit zoos．
Another visitor，a man called Alan，was very angry． "If we send them back to the wild they will die．If you take away big animals，people will stop visiting London Zoo．It can survive at the moment，but it won't survive in the future．"
However，Mary Rosevear，director of the Federation of Zoos，believes that city zoos can survive without keeping large animals．
（1）London Zoo has kept elephants．
A．since last Sunday
B．for about one hundred years
C．for nearly two hundred years
D．ever since it was built
（2）Zoos are important because．
A．they can make a lot of money
B．there are many animals living in them
C．there are some big animals there
D．they can keep animals and help children learn about them
（3）The underlined word "It" in the passage refers to．
A．the elephant
B．London Zoo
C．the bear
D．the wild animal park
（4）London Zoo might face a big problem because．
A．the elephants in the zoo will be killed
B．the elephant may also kill other people
C．it may have fewer visitors in the future
D．no one would like to be an elephant keeper any more组卷：1引用：2难度：0.7
第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分10分）第一节短文改错（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）短文中共有10处语言错误。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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8．短文中共有10处语言错误．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
Dear Mr． Green，
I'm now safe back to my home． Your family treated me with the kindness during my stay in your house． I really enjoy myself then． Now I am wondering if I could ask you a favor． When I came back， I suddenly realized that I left my dictionary behind， that was a precious gift from my English's teacher． Would you please be so kindly as to send it back to me？ I remember I put them on the bookshelf．
I'm looking forward to receive your reply． Thank you again or give my best wishes to your family．组卷：6引用：2难度：0.5
第二节：书面表达（满分15分）
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9．目前，越来越多的学生带手机上学．请你根据以下信息写一篇短文，反映这一现象并发表自己的看法．
注意：1． 词数：100左右；好处 1． 便于和父母及朋友联系． 2． 增加乐趣，丰富学生的生活． 害处 1． 分散注意力，不能集中精力学习． 2． 花费高． 你的看法 ……
2． 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3． 文章的开头已给出，但不计入总词数．
Today， more and more students go to school with mobile phones．组卷：1引用：2难度：0.4
