温县一中2015-2016学年下学期高一第一次大练习英语试卷命题人：闫建华审题人：王新华2016年3月20日本试题分两部分，第I卷为选择题，满分70分；第II卷为非选择题，满分50分；全卷共120分，考试时间为100分钟。

第I卷（选择题，共70分）第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2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。

AMore and more often we heard of people talking about Karaoke. But what on earth it is about still remains a question for many people.Karaoke is a sort of acoustic equipment which was originally invented in Japan around the middle of the 197O's・it means “a band without people”，in fact, it is just a music tape without words. This equipment first appeared in some public houses and snack bars （快餐店），and mainly for the customers to enjoy and relax themselves. Most of the music in karaoke was popular music. Therefore, at times when anyone felt like it he might sing songs to an accompaniment （伴奏）of the music that came from the equipmentShortly after its invention, Karaoke has spread to the whole world. It was introduced to China and was welcomed by many people. Although you are not a good singer, or even sometimes you may sing out of tune （走调），you can always enjoy yourself by singing Karaoke. L In this passage the underlined word “band” means groups of persons________ •A.who play games on the sports groundB.who play music togetherC.living in the same neighborhoodD.doing things together under a leader and with a common purpose2.Karaoke is just ______ •A.a cassette tape with only musicB. a cassette tape recorderC. a band from Japan D・ a voice recording equipment3.Japanese invented Karaoke ______ •A.in the middle of 1970B. in the middle of the 1970'sC. in the year 1970D. in the year 1970's4.People went to public houses and snack bars ______ when Karaoke appeared.A.to have a good time to have something to drinkC・ to relax themselves D. both A and CBVincent Van Gogh was an important painter of the 19th century. He was born in Holland, but he lived much of his life in France. He was a very emotional man, and there was much suffering in his life. His style of painting was very different from classical art. He painted pictures of sunny, hot regions of France. He looked for interesting shapes and exciting colours. He liked to work freely and quickly.There is a fast movement in many of his paintings. Sometimes the trees look like fire. The sun, the moon, and stars move rapidly in the sky. He also painted pictures of people.Like his life, his art was always unusual and very emotionaLPaul Gauguin was another 19-century painter. He was French and a friend of Van Gogh. Before he became an artist, Gauguin had been a businessman for many years. He made a lot of money, and he likes to buy modern paintings.At the age of 35, Gauguin decided to become a painter himself. Gauguin wanted to discover more important things about mam He went to a different part of France to live with the farmers. He painted pictures of French country people there. Two years later, he went to live in a small place in the Pacific Ocean，thousands of miles from France. He wanted to learn about the simple life there. His most famous and interesting paintings were painted at that time.5.What kind of person was Van Gogh?A・ emotional B. classical C. modern D. happy6.Paul Gauguin became a painter ______ •A. all his lifeB. at the age of thirty-fiveC. at the age of nineteenD. at an early age1. How long did Gauguin live with the French farmers?A. Two yearsB. Thirty-fiveC. All his lifeD. We can, t find it from the passage& Gauguin painted many pictures of _____ •A. country peopleB. the sunC. treesD. LandscapecHow much rain has fallen on the earth in the past? Man has not always kept weather records. Because scientists need a way to learn about past rainfall, they study the tree rings.A tree，s trunk （树干）keeps growing year by yean Under its bark （树皮），a tree adds a layer of new wood each year it lives. If you look at a tree stump, you can see the layers. They are called annual ring （年轮）.On some trees, all of the rings are of the same width. But the ponderosa （美国黄松）that grows in the American southwest have rings in different widths. The soil in he southwest is dry. The pines depend on rainfall for water In a year of good rainfall, they form wide rings. In a dry year, they form narrow ones.Scientists do not have to cut down a pine to study its rings. With a special tool, they remove a narrow piece of wood from the trunk without harming the tree. Then they look at the width of each ring to see how much rain fell in the year it formed*Some pines are hundreds of years old and have hundreds of rings. These rings are from an annual record of past rainfall in the southwest.9. We could infer from the passage that _______ •A. a tree grows faster when it has a lot of waterB.scientists cut down trees to study tree ringsC.pine trees form rings of the same width every yearD< the ponderosa grows in he southeast1（）. A tree grows a new layer of wood __ •A・ each week B. whenever it rains C< every year D. every seasonIL On the whole，the passage is about _____ •A. why the tree trunks grow biggerB. why scientists study tree ringsC. trees that lived hundreds of years agoD. the ponderosa in the US12. The scientists ______ t o know how much rain fell in a certain area in the pastA. climbed up the tree B・ moved the pine treeC・ removed a piece of wood D. studied the width of he tree ringsDDick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there：n Where are you going to stay there?11 his wife asked. n I don't know yet.11 Dick answered. tf Please send me your address from there in a telegram （电报）,M his wife said. M A11 right/1 Dick answered.He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said，H Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."He found a taxi （出租车）and the driver said, H Where do you want to go ?H But Dick didn v t remember the name and address of his hoteL"Which hotel are my things in?n he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?** But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, n Please send me my address at this post office/113・ Dick flew to New York because __A. he went there for a holidayC. he went there for sightseeing （观光）14. Where did Dick stay in New York?A. In the center of the city.C. In a restaurant 15. Which of the following is NOT true?he had work there D. his home was thereB. In a hoteLD. At his friend's house.A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.B.Dick didn9t work on the first night of his arrival.C.Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.D> Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi*第二节（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。