2016---2017学年度高一上学期英语期中考试题说明：本套试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，满分150分。

考试时间：90分钟。

第I卷第一部分阅读理解(共20题；每小题2分，满分40分)AThe First Time I Sold A PaintingThe first time I sold a painting was during an art fair(艺术博览会). I was satisfied with all the people who stepped at my booth(摊位)，only to leave without buying anything .One couple, however, kept returning to admire a particular painting, and they finally decided to buy it.My first sale! Someone did like my work. Then, as they walked away, I heard the woman say, “Won't Grandma's wedding(婚礼)portrait(肖像) look wonderful in this frame(框)?”1. No one would buy his paintings because his paintings were ______.A. good-looking but no useB. so expensive that no one could afford toC. not good enough to be worth buyingD. very cheap but wonderful2. The couple bought the painting ______.A. and were going to put it beside their grandma's wedding portraitB. and were going to put it in the frame in place of their grandma's portraitC. and then, took the painting away from the frame and put their grandma's portrait inD. that looked exactly the same as their grandma's wedding portrait3. From the passage, we can see that ______ .A. all his paintings were set in frames on saleB. all the paintings looked wonderfulC. nobody bought a paintingD. no one was attracted by the beautiful paintingsBOnce there was an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him, “Don’t forget this!”One day he went on a long trip alone. Before he left home, his wife said, “Now you haveall these things. They are what you need for your trip. Take care of your things during the trip.” He went to the station, bought a ticket and got on the train with it.About half an hour later, the conductor（检票员）began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said, “Will you please show me your ticket?” The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets, but he could not find it. He was very worried. “I can’t find my ticket.I really bought a ticket before I got on the train.” said the old man.“I believe you bought a ticket. All right, you don’t have to buy another one,” said the conductor kindly. “But how can I know where I’m going? –I can’t remember my station!” the old man said sadly.4.The old man in the story was very ______.A. kindB. poorC. forgetfulD. sad5.Where is the ticket? _______A. The old man forgot to buy it.B. The old man could not remember where it was.C. The old man showed it to the conductor.D. The old man’s wife took the t icket away.6. The old man bought the ticket _____ he got on the train.A. afterB. beforeC. asD. when7.The conductor ______ the old man.A. didn’t believeB. laughed atC. believedD. felt sorry8. The old man was sad because _______.A. he had to buy another ticket.B. he lost all the things his wife gave him.C. he did not know where he was.D .he did not know where he should get off.COn television all over the world，there are programs（节目）about the work of the police. They are popular because they are usually very exciting. In London, there is a television program called “Police Five”—because it is on for five minutes once a week. A television reporter, Shaw Taylor, talks about crimes(罪行) in the London area. He asks forpublic help. The police station needs the help of ordinary people because sometimes you or I have information that can be useful to the police.Shaw Taylor shows pictures of paintings, jewelry（珠宝）and other things which thieves （小偷）stole（偷窃）during the week. Sometimes he shows the car that the thieves escaped in. When people see men or things on the television program which they may remember, they can tell the police where they saw them. With their help, the police may catch more criminals.（罪犯）Sometimes the police find a car or some money. Shaw Taylor shows them on television. The owners sometimes see them. Then they can telephone the police and say, “Thank you very much—that's mine!”9. The television program is called “Police Five”, because it is about the work of the police and ______ .A. it is on for five times every weekday.B. it lasts five minutes a weekC. it begins at five in the afternoonD. it is program about five policemen10. From the passage we know Shaw Taylor is ______.A. a popular TV reporterB. a TV reporter few people knowC. a TV reporter ordinary people don't likeD. an unknown TV reporter11. The police station asked for public help because ______.A. ordinary people like the television programB. ordinary people are interested in picture of paintings, jewelry etc.C. The policemen can not catch the thieves themselvesD. ordinary people may help the policemen get useful information about the criminals12. The program helps a lot in ______ .A. helping the police find the criminals and giving the things back to the ownersB. exciting ordinary peopleC. making the police popularD. frightening the thievesDMrs. White lived in a town of England. Her husband died three years ago and one of her children worked in the capital and the other three lived in another town. Her husband didn’tleave her much money and she had to live a simple (简朴) life. Sometimes her children went to see her during their holidays, but they stayed with her for only two or three days.One winter morning the old woman got up early. She was going to buy some food in a shop. And when she came out, she found there was much snow in the street. She had to sweep （清扫）it away. And suddenly she found a dying dog at the corner of the house. She picked it up and took it into the house quickly. She put it near the fire and gave it some milk and bread. At first the poor dog ate nothing and that afternoon it drank some milk and three days later it was all right. Now the old woman found it was a beautiful dog. And she liked it very much and took it everywhere she went. A week later she went shopping with her dog. At a bus stop a young man was eating fish and chips. The little dog became very excited at the smell of the man’s lunch and be gan jumping up at him.“Do you mind if I throw it a bit (一点)?” asked the young man.“Not at all,” answered Mrs. White.Having heard this, he picked up the dog and threw it over the wall.13. One of the old woman’s children worked in ______.A. MoscowB. ParisC. LondonD. New York14. Mrs. White lived a simple life because ______.A. she wasn’t rich enoughB. she hoped to save money for her childrenC. she had four childrenD. her children hated her15. It was _______ that morning when Mrs. White went to buy something.A. rainyB. snowyC. windyD. cloudy七选五(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)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。