2016高一英语期中考试试卷及答案
第二部分： 英语知识运用
第一节：单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. —Will you join us in the game?
—Thank you, ____
A. but why not? B. but I’d rather not.
C. and I won’t. D. and I’ll join.
22. A wise decision is always ____ true facts and reasonable judgment.
A. interested in B. based on
C. regarded as D. covered with
23. Jane ____ this Sunday. Let’s go and say goodbye to her.
A. would leave B. left
C. has left D. is leaving
24. To keep ____ with the rapid changes of society, the old man keeps the habit of reading newspapers every day.
A. terms B. pace
C. progress D. touch
25. At ____ present we are going through a hard time, but I’m sure ____ things will get better in the near future.
A. the; the B. the; 不填
C. 不填; the D. 不填; 不填
26. ____ he has made a decision, it is not easy for you to make him change his mind.
A. Though B. Unless C. Once D. Until
27. In the face of danger, we need to stay ____. Only in this way can we come up with good solutions.
A. still B. quiet C. calm D. silent
28. The policeman didn’t argue with us. He just told us ____.
A. how to do B. what to do it
C. what to do D. how do it
29. The old couple live in a house ____ windows face to the south, so they can have plenty of sunshine every day.
A. whose B. of which C. that D. which
30. A great ____ of students in our school go to university every year.
A. plenty B. lot
C. number D. many
31. We ____ him to give up the plan, but he turned a deaf ear to us.
A. tried to persuade B. persuaded
C. suggested D. did persuade
32. We felt it a great surprise when he said he ____ abroad soon.
A. should go B. would go
C. has gone D. had gone
33. With more forests being destroyed, humans have to ____ a lot from what they have done.
A. suffer B. separate C. stop D. protect
34. —May I ____ you in buying some presents for the children?
—Why not?
A. ask B. advise C. join D. trouble
35. To be honest, I don’t have the ____ to make a final decision on whether you can join the League.
A. purpose B. power
C. strength D. energy
第二节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Mrs. Green was a science teacher. She believed very strongly in 36 work as a means of teaching science effectively (有效地), and she wanted her pupils’ parents to see how 37 their children were learning by her methods. She 38 arranged for all the parents to come and see the 39 of one of the children’s experiments on a Saturday evening, when all of them were free. The children had been 40 the growth of plants, and they had 41 four pots of beans (豆科植物) a few weeks before. They had put 42 soil in one pot, to see what effect this would have on the 43 of the beans in it, and good soil in the other three pots. Then they had kept one of the pots in the 44 for several days, and had given a third pot no water for the same length of 45 .
At the end of the lesson on Friday afternoon, Mrs. Green put little notes on the four 46 : “The beans in this pot were planted in poor soil.” “This pot has been 47 in the dark for four days.” “These beans have had no water for four days.” “These beans have had good soil, plenty of light and 48 water.” Then she went home.
When she arrived on 49 evening, half an hour be-fore the 50 were due to come, Mrs. Green found this note beside the pots:
We 51 your notes to the school servant and thought we would 52 him, so we watered all the plants, 53 the earth in the one with poor soil, and 54 the light above the one which had been left in the dark for four days. We 55 that the plants will now grow well.
Your friends,
The Boy Scouts
36. A. practical B. actual C. active D. hard
37. A. gradually B. well C. exactly D. equally
38. A. however B. therefore C. even D. instead
39. A. progress B. method C. purpose D. result
40. A. studying B. considering C. destroying D. preventing
41. A. bought B. brought C. planted D. found
42. A. good B. poor C. wet D. dry
43. A. taste B. smell C. shape D. growth