高一下学期英语期末考试试卷一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）1. 阅读理解Enjoy historic Oakland Cemetery afterdark at Capturing the Spirit of Oakland Halloween Tours, a seasonal tradition! Acostumed docent guides you through the cemetery’sbeautifully-lit Victorian gardens as you experience the stories that Atlanta’ssons and daughters come to life.Tours will be held nightly from 5: 30pm to 10: 30 pm, Friday Oct. 23—Sunday Oct. 25, and Thursday, Oct. 29—Saturday,Oct. 31. Tours last approximately one hour.The evening also includes musicalperformances. A story teller and guests are encouraged to arrive in costume toset the mood for the events.Tickets are available in advance onlyvia ticketalternative. com. Tickets are $25 for adults and $13 for childrenaged 4-12 . Children under 3 are free. This event isfamily-friendly, but is recommended for children aged 8 and up.Ticketsgo on sale to Historic Oakland Foundation members in advance, on July 1-15, andgo on sale to the general public on July 15. If you’re not a HOF member, jointoday!（1）When can we take part in Capturing the Spirit of Oakland Halloween Tours?A . At 8:30 am on Oct. 23.B . At 8: 30 pm on Oct. 24.C . At 10: 00 pm on Oct.28.D . At 10: 00 am on Oct. 31.（2）What can we do while attending the tours?A . Learn to build Victorian gardens.B . Get Halloween costumes for free.C . Enjoy some musical performances.D . Tell other people Halloween stories.（3）How much should a couple with their 8-year-old son pay for the tickets?A . $13.B . $38.C . $50.D . $63.2. 阅读理解The Torch Festival is a traditional festivalcelebrated among some ethnic groups in southwestern China, such as the Yi, Bai,Hani, Lisu, Naxi, Pumi and Lahu, etc. It usually falls onthe 24th or 25th of June, with three days of celebrations. Theorigin of the festival may havesomething to do with the worship of fire by ancestors , who believed fire had thepower to drive away insects and protect crop growth. For some ethnic groups, it’s a tradition in the festival for elders to share farmingexperience with young people and educate them on taking care of crops.During the festival, big torches are made tostand in all villages, with small torches placed in front of the door of eachhouse. When night falls, the torches are lit and the villages are bright. Atthe same time, people walk around the fields and houses, holding small torchesand placing the torches in the field corners. Inside the villages, young peopleare singing and dancing around the big torches that keep burning throughout thenight. Other activities like horse races, bullfights, etc. are also held duringthe festival.In a horse race of the Yi people in Yunnan,torches are used to form hurdles for riders to get through.The Hani people in Yunnan traditionally attach fruits to torches with ropes.When the ropes are broken after the torches are lit, people struggle for thefruits for good luck.For the Lisu people in Sichuan, the festival is anoccasion for holding grand torch parades. Big torches are carried by theprocession , which is like a firedragon. If several proce ssions from different directions meet, it’s a traditionto exchange the big torches with one another.（1）Why did people originally light torches during the Torch Festival?A . To drive away insects and evils.B . To celebrate crop harvests.C . To light up the villages and fields.D . To memorize their ancestors.（2）Which of the following activities is not included during the festival?A . Learning how to farm.B . Singing and dancing.C . Horse racing and bullfighting.D . Enjoying big dinners.（3）Looking for fruits is the festival activity of .A . the Yi peopleB . the Hani peopleC . the Lisu peopleD . the Naxi people（4）What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?A . Horses are the most popular animals in Yunnan.B . Most peoples celebrate the festival in a similar way.C . Fruits are regarded as a sign of good luck in Sichuan.D . The festival is celebrated differently by different ethnic groups.3. 阅读理解When was the last time you went to your locallibrary? Last week? Amonth ago? A year ago?For many reasons, borrowing books from librariesseems to be in decline. With advances in technology, it is now possible forpeople to download and read whatever they like on electronic devices such asKindles. It has been argued that doing this is cheaper than buying hard-copybooks. They are also lightweight, making them ideal for travelling.Call me old fashioned, but I’ve never got intothe e-books: I like to have printed books lining my bookshelves; I love thesmell of a new book; and I enjoy leafing through paper pages — as long as Iavoid the paper cuts!So, I prefer paper books, and I also prefer toown them myself. Libraries only lend books, so what use are they tosomeone like me, or to someone who only reads electronic books?Personally, I still love libraries. They offer aquiet space to sit, read, think, do research…a real escape from the outsideworld. When I was at university, I frequently spent hours at the library andborrowed numerous journals, articles and other printed materials, as it wasjust too expensive to buy brand new books every week. Libraries are free!Libraries often organize a series of interestingactivities as well. My local library hosted actors, historians and otherspeakers during the town’s annual art and literature festival. Well-knownauthors are also invited to libraries to give speeches or lead discussionsabout their work. Events such as these are a great way to appeal to people ofall ages in the community and encourage the use of libraries.There are still many fantastic ways to uselibraries — maybe we just need to be more awake to them!（1）What is the writer’s purpose of using question sentences in Paragraph 1?A . To introduce the topic of the passage.B . To make readers answer questions.C . To give readers some advice.D . To conduct a survey.（2）What can we know about e-books?A . They are easy to buy.B . They are cheap and easy to take.C . They can be borrowed from libraries.D . They are a waste of energy.（3）What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A . Libraries.B . E-books.C . Paper books.D . Bookshelves.（4）What is the best title of the passage?A . The end of the library?B . The reasons for my loving libraries!C . Which is better, e-books or paper books?D . The last time of visiting your local library!4. 阅读理解We all know the feeling of waking up in themiddle of the night with a pounding heart and sweaty palms. Relax, you say toyourself— it was just a bad dream. Well, it may be that you really shouldrelax, because nightmares might actually be good for you.According to NewYork magazine, bad dreams can improve your mental health. A bad dream tendsto be based on a real-life concern, for example, an approaching test or a fearof a person. To eliminate these worries the brain turns the dream into astory in the form of a bad dream.A bad dream enables you to distance yourself fromyour anxieties, and turn something you’re worried about now into a memory. Theresult is that when you wake up, you’re able to move forward and face thefuture.A study, featured in The Atlantic magazine, showed something similar. In a survey ofmore than 700 French students taking a medical school entrance exam, over 60percent had negative dreams about the test the night before. These included notfinishing on time, leaving a question blank, or being late. Those who reporteddreams about the exam, even bad ones, did better on it than those who didn’t,suggesting that nightmares do in fact prepare us for the future.“We think nightmares are so common thatthey have some purpose to process stressors,” Anne G ermain, director ofthe Sleep Center at the University of Pittsburgh, said.So, the next time you lie awake at night after abad dream, remember that it may be the brain’s way of putting your fears behindyou and readying you for the future. Although a nightmare may make you afraidin the short term, it might be helping you to move on from the bad stuff youmight be facing in the real world. Perhaps we should try to accept ournightmares rather than allow them to keep us awake. After all, lack of sleepcauses far more problems than dreams do.（1）Which of the following best explains “eliminate” in Paragraph 2?A . Remove.B . Reflect.C . Satisfy.D . Strengthen.（2）Why does the author mention the study in the fourth paragraph?A . To show medical school entrance exams will cause anxiety.B . To show those who have nightmares will do worse in an exam.C . To show nightmares help students perform better in an exam.D . To show most of the students will be stressed before an exam.（3）According to the author, what should we do if we have a bad dream?A . We should keep ourselves awake.B . We should relax and go on sleeping.C . We should study bad dreams carefully.D . We should prevent it from happening.（4）Where is this text most likely from?A . A diary.B . A guidebook.C . A novel.D . A magazine.二、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）5. 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。