高一上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What’sOn?ElectricUnderground7.30pm－1.00am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDoyou know who’s playing in your area? We’re bringing you an exciting evening oflive rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested inbecoming a musician and getting a recording contract? If so, come early to the talk at7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. He’s going to talk abouthow you can find the right person to produce your music.Gee Whizz8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy at KaleidoscopeComeand see Gee Whizz perform. He’s the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedyscene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest.Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm fordrinks and snacks.Simon’sWorkshop5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThisis a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy.The workshoplooks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of makingpeople laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years’ experience ofteaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon willgive you the confidence to be funny.CharlotteStone8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza WorldFinefood with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stonewill perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on thepiano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas andpasta. Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, andserves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.（1）Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?A . Jules Skye.B . Gee Whizz.C . Charlotte Stone.D . James Pickering.（2）At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?A . The Cyclops TheatreB . KaleidoscopeC . Victoria StageD . Pizza World（3）When will Charlotte Stone perform her songs?A . 5.00pm-7.30pm.B . 7.30pm－1.00am.C . 8.00pm-11.00pm.D .8.30pm-10.30pm.2. 阅读理解Avi Wortis, known simply as Avi, writeshistorical novels. Historical novels mix historical facts with story­t ellingskills. These stories take place in the past. The main characters are not alwaysreal；they exist only in stories.Avi decided to become a writer when he was astudent in senior highschool. This was quite a decision because he did notwrite well in school. He had a problem called dysgraphia, a writing disability.The problem caused people to spell words wrongly. Avi always enjoyed reading.He read many types of books as a child. Avi believed that reading is the mostimportant activity for a person who wants to be a writer.Avi also believes that strong characters makestrong stories. He creates characters that can help to bring his ideas to life.His books often deal with questions about life. Writing stories lets himexplore many sides of a subject. His favorite part is to make improvements inhis writing. For him the hardest part is writing the first draft .Avi’s first book was published in 1970. He haswritten more than 45 books ever since. Most of them are for young­adultreaders. Besides historical novels, he writes comedies, short stories aboutadventures, animals and so on. Fighting Ground, which was published in 1984, isan example of Avi’s historical novels. This attractive story takes place duringthe American Revolutionary War.（1）What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A . How Avi developed characters.B . Why Avi liked reading.C . How Avi became a writer.D . Why Avi decided to become a writer.（2）We learn from the text that Avi________.A . published his first story in 1984B . thinks reading is not the most important for writersC . seldom changes his first drafts when writingD . believes in the importance of good characters in stories（3）According to Avi, what’s the most difficult thing in writing?A . Making improvements.B . Writing the first draft.C . Finding an attractive character.D . Writing the first part of a novel.（4）What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?A . To discuss how to become a writer.B . To introduce a writer of historical novels.C . To describe an important historical novel.D . To show how a historical novel is written.3. 阅读理解Speaking of children--what child doesn’t liketo jump around and act silly sometimes? Monkeys are also known for actingsilly. So, when kids act up, parents or teachers may tell them to stopmonkeying around. It means to do things that are not useful or serious, or tosimply waste time.Now, in the United States, children do notusually have monkeys as pets, but they do often have dogs. And dogs make mostchildren feel happy. But for som e reason, we use “dog” in a phrasethat means to feel unwell. If you are as sick as a dog, you are really sick andwill most likely stay home from work or school.Besides, dogs and cats are also favorite petshere in the States. This next phrase combines cat s and secrets to make a verycommon expression. Let’s say you know a secret, a big secret. And let’s say youtell it to people. You have just let the cat out of the bag! This idiom meansrevealing a secret or telling factsthat were previously unknown.If you let the cat out of the bag, you spoil asurprise. So, if your friend isplanning a big surprise birthday for anotherfriend, don’t let the cat out of the bag by accidentally saying it in front ofthe birthday girl. Even though this is a very common idiom, the origin of “tolet the cat out of the bag” is also unknown.If you are doing an outdoor activity--such ashiking in the woods, or having a picnic in a park--what are some things thatmay disturb your good time? Bad weather could. And so could bugs! Crawlingpests like ants, and flying ones like mosquitoes, could make your experienceuncomfortable or annoying.So, when we bug people we bother them so muchthat we affect their good time. This common expression is often said as acommand: “Stop bugging me!”（1）According to the passage, “monkeying around” is considered _______.A . sillyB . wrongC . properD . happy（2）If you ask somebody to reveal a secret, you may use the phrase “_______”.A . stop bugging meB . as sick as a dogC . monkeying aroundD . let the cat out of the bag（3）What is the meaning of the phrase “stop bugging me”?A . Don’t trouble me.B . Give up your good time.C . Stop feeling annoyed.D . Don’t comfort me.（4）What is the passage mainly about?A . The names of animals in the English language.B . The meaning of some English phrases.C . The origins of phrases about animals.D . The strange usages of some words.4. 阅读理解Everybody sleeps, but what people stay up lateto catch or wake up early in order not to miss varies by culture. From datacollected, it seems the things that cause us to lose the most sleep, onaverage, are sporting events, time changes, and holidays.Russia’s late nights and early morningsgenerally correspondto public holidays. On NewYear’s Eve, Russians have the world’s latest be dtime, hitting the hay at around3:30 a. m. Russians also get up an hour later on International Women’s Day, theday for treating and celebrating female relatives.Similarly, Americans’ late nights, latemornings, and longest sleep fall on three-day weekends.Canada got the least sleep of the year thenight it beat Sweden in the Olympic hockeyfinal.The World Cup is also chiefly responsible forsleep deprivation. The worst night for sleep in the U. K. was the nightof the England-Italy match on June 14. British people stayed up a half-hourlater to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morningthanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets innorthern countries in the summertime. That was nothing, though, compared toGermans, Italians, and the French, who stayedup around an hour and a half lateron various days throughout the summer to watch the World Cup.It should be made clear that not everyone hasa tool to record their sleep patterns; in some of these nations, it’s li kelythat only the richest people do. And people who select to track their sleep maytry to get more sleep than the average person. Even if that’s the case, theabove findings are still striking. If the most health-conscious among us have such deep swingsin our sleep levelsthroughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?（1）What do we learn about the Russians regarding sleep?A . They don’t fall asleep until very late.B . They don’t sleep much on weekends.C . They get less sleep on public holidays.D . They sleep longer than people elsewhere.（2）The underlined word “deprivation” in the last paragraph but one means_______.A . depressionB . troubleC . observationD . loss（3）Why do some rich people use a tool to record their sleep patterns?A . They want to get more sleep.B . They have trouble falling asleep.C . They are involved in a sleep research.D . They want to go to bed on regular hours.（4）What does the author imply in the last paragraph?A . It is important to study our sleep patterns.B . Few people really know the importance of sleep.C . Sleeplessness does harm to people’s health.D . Average people probably sleep more than the rich.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。