甘肃省兰州第一中学2015-2016学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题

兰州一中2015-2016-1学期高一年级期末考试试题

英 语

说明：本试卷共分为第I卷 (选择题) 和第II卷 （非选择题）两部分。满分100分，考试时间为100分钟。答案写在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡。

第 I 卷 I.

阅读理解 （共两节，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并填写在答题卡上。

A

One morning, my husband Jerry went back to the kitchen as he just finished loading his car. “I guess filling my thermos(保温瓶) is all that I have left to do, and then I’m off.” Down the drain went the hot water that had been warming his thermos.

With a nostalgic(怀旧的) look on his face, he softly said: “Anytime I fill my thermos I think of your mom.” The tone in his voice was so tender as he spoke of my mother, who is sadly no longer with us.

“Oh honey, I know she’s watching and listening right now with a big smile on her face,” I responded, tears in my eyes.

One morning years ago when we were leaving, mother watched as Jerry was to fill his thermos. Mom then casually said, ‘Jerry, if you filled your thermos with hot water and let it sit a while, your coffee would stay hot for longer then.” With her simple suggestion, his face showed that he was shocked by his own lack of common sense. Well, of course it would!

He poured out the small amount of coffee already in the thermos and refilled it with boiling hot water. Then he poured the water and refilled it with hot coffee. Mom smiled as Jerry did so.

Words of wisdom from a loving mother-in-law made an impact that will never be forgotten. She never dreamed her words would be a treasured and everlasting memory in the heart of her son-in-law.

The lasting memories don’t necessarily come from major moments in life. Memories are often made during those small, ordinary times. Life is about small moments we share with friends and loved ones.

1. Which word best describes the author’s feeling in Paragraph 3? ____

A. Confused B. Concerned C. Touched D. Interested

1

第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

2. The underlined part “don’t necessarily” is similar in meaning to ________. A. out of the question B. without any doubt

C. certainly and absolutely D. possibly but uncertainly 3. The message that the story intends to convey is ______. A. how valuable a mother’s advice is to her children. B. that lasting memories come from small things C. what a wise woman the mother is to her son-in-law D. why we should respect our parents and listen to them.

B

The Collections of Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad: Volume Victoria and Albert Museum has just been published, the fruit of ten years' efforts by Chinese experts.

The book is the first of an upcoming series that centers on ancient cultural heritage(文化遗产) collections in different museums around the world. The book details 195 out of 18,000 items now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in England.

More than 1.64 million ancient Chinese artifacts have been transported out of China because of different reasons such as wars and smuggling(走私) since the mid 19th century. More than 200 museums in 47 countries hold such collections, according to a report from UNESCO.

\不全面的),\said Lu Zhangshen, curator(馆长) of the National Museum of China. \a clearer picture about these items, National Museum of China decided to start the Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad book project in 2005. But after we began, we found it really difficult to collect information for every piece from each museum. That’s why the first volume took us ten years.\

\pieces in the book include 102 porcelains(瓷器), 31 bronzes(铜器), 22 lacquer(漆器), 10 enamel vessels(搪瓷器皿) and so on,\Liu Mingqian from Victoria and Albert Museum said.

According to the National Museum of China, the volume of the Japanese museum Sen-oku Hakuko Kan is coming out soon and the museum will seek more cooperation from museums worldwide to accelerate(加速) the project.

4. Which of the following best describes Lu Zhangshen’s attitudes towards the Chinese

Ancient

Cultural Relics Abroad book project? A. worthwhile but expensive

B. reasonable but worthless D. meaningful but difficult

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C. meaningless but hard

5. Which of the following statements is NOT True According to the text?

A. So far, Volumes Victoria, Albert Museum and the Japanese museum have been published.

B. A great many ancient Chinese artifacts have been distributed(分散) worldwide due mainly to wars and smuggling.

C. It is nearly ten years since the Chinese Ancient Cultural Relics Abroad book project was set up.

D. At present, collecting information for every piece from each museum is to some degree tough.

6. The main purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. compare and evaluate C. argue and discuss

B. inform and explain D. examine and explain

C

Comfort is comforting, but it might narrow our experience at work — and beyond. In our modern world, discomfort is considered a terrible thing. If not terrible, it’s at least a thing of the past. Dishwashers, washing machines, computers, remote controls—yes, they add convenience, but also a level of comfort our forefathers did not enjoy.

As pain of any kind discourages happiness, we tend to reason anything that prevents us to feel good must be bad. And that’s also particularly true for our careers. Success makes us feel great, not terrible. Such a view, however, is a matter of personal opinion. And it may blind us to hidden opportunities.

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