高一下学期英语期末考试英语试卷一、阅读理解（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）1. 阅读理解In the coming months, we are bringing together artists fromall over the globe, to enjoy speaking Shakespeare’s plays in their language, inour Globe, within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for. Please come and joinus.National Theatre Of ChinaBeijing｜ChineseThis great occasion willbe the National Theatre of China’s first visit to the UK. The company’sproductions show the new face of 21st century Chinese theatre. This productionof Shakespeare’s Richard III will bedirected by the National’s Associate Director, Wang Xiaoying.Date & Time: Saturday 28 April, 2.30 pm & Sunday 29April, 1.30 pm & 6.30 pmMarjanishviliTheatre Tbilisi｜GeorgianOne of the most famous theatres in Georgia, theMarjanishvili, founded in 1928, appears regularly at theatre festivals all overthe world. This new production of As YouLike It is helmed by the company’s Artistic DirectorLevan Tsuladze.Date & Time: Friday 18 May, 2.30 pm & Saturday 19May, 7.30 pmDeafinitely TheatreLondon｜BritishSign LanguageBy translating the rich and humourous text of Love’s Labour’s Lost intothe physicallanguage of BSL, Deafinitely Theatre creates a new interpretation ofShakespeare’s comedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worldsby performing to both groups as one audience.Date & Time: Tuesday 22 May, 2.30 pm & Wednesday 23May, 7.30 pmHabima National TheatreTel Aviv｜HebrewThe Habima is the centre of Hebrew-language theatreworldwide. Founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventuallysettled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s. Since 1958, they have been recognized asthe national theatre of Israel. This production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice marks their firstvisit to the UK.Date & Time: Monday 28 May, 7.30 & Tuesday 29 May,7.30 pm（1）Which play will be performed by the National Theatre of China?A . Richard Ⅲ.B . Lover’s Labour’s Lost.C . As You Like It.D . The Merchant of Venice.（2）What is special about Deafinitely Theatre?A . It has two groups of actors.B . It is the leading theatre in London.C . It performs plays in BSL.D . It is good at producing comedies.（3）When can you see a play in Hebrew?A . On Saturday 28 April.B . On Sunday 29 April.C . On Tuesday 22 May.D . On Tuesday 29 May.2. 阅读理解An old man lived alone in Minnesota.He wanted to spade his potato garden, but itwas hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was inprison. The old manwrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation: Dear son, I am feeling prettybad because it looks like I won’t be able t o plant my potato garden this year. Ihate to miss doing the garden, because your mother always loved planting time. I’mjust getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troublewould be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you were not in prison.Love, DadShortly, the old man receivedthis telegram:“For Heaven’s sake, Dad,don’t dig up the garden!! That’s where I buried the GUNS!!”At 4 am the next morning, adozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire gardenwithout finding any guns.Confused, the old man wroteanother note to his son telling him what had happened, and asked him what to donext.His son’s reply was :”Goahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It’s the best I could do for you fr om here.”No matter where you are in theworld, if you have decided to do something deep from your heart, there is nothingthat can stop you from doing it. It is the thought that matters, not where you areor who you are.（1）Why did the old man write a letter to his son?A . To show his love for him.B . To ask about his situation.C . To tell about his trouble.D . To give him some advice.（2）The police officers dug up the old man’s garden_______.A . to search for some goldB . to search for some gunsC . to offer him some helpD . to give him a surprise（3）After the police officers left, the old man felt_______ about what had happened.A . puzzledB . worriedC . satisfiedD . excited（4）We can infer from the story that the son is______.A . lazyB . honestC . cleverD . brave3. 阅读理解When it comes to helping developingcountries, we often think about offering money in order that they can build schoolsand hospitals, buy food and medicine, or find clean water supplies. These seem tobe the most important basic needs in t heir lives. However, it’s far from enough.We have to come up with better ideas.A man called Nicholas Negroponte invented a cheap laptop computer,which he decided to invent after he visited a school in Cambodia. The laptop whichMr. Negroponte has designed is not the same as the normal one that you can buy inthe shops. One difference is that it will be covered in rubber so that it is strongand won’t be damaged easily. As an electricity supply can be a problem in developingcountries, the computer also has a special handle in order that children can windthe computer up to give it extra power just as easy as setting a clock.This special laptop computerwill cost less than 100 US dollars and Mr. Negroponte wants to produce as many as15 million laptop computers in thefirst year. The idea is that these computerswill help the children’s education as they will be able to access the Internet.These computers might not benefit the people in developing countries immediately,but by improving children’s education they should help people to find their ownsolutions to their problems in the long term.Another idea to help children in developing countries is to recycleold mobile phones so that they can be used again in the UK and probably in manyother countries too, millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year. The wastecrested by throwing away these old phones is very bad for the environment, so itseems to be an excellent idea to achieve two important goals at the same time. Wewill reduce the waste we produce and help others, in other words, we will be ableto “kill two birds with one stone” and that is always a good thing.（1）The underlined phrase “wind up” in paragraph 2 means .A . 吹风B . 给……上紧发条C . 拆开D . 带走（2）The laptop computer that Mr. Negroponte has designed .A . will be damaged much easier than the normal oneB . has a special handle to access the InternetC . is cheap and can run with extra powerD . can be helpful to find the people’s own solutions（3）Mr. Negroponte’s cheap computer is mentioned in the passage to .A . illustrate the kindness of people in the developed countriesB . tell us what high technology can help peopleC . show how to find business opportunities in developing countriesD . give an example of how to helpdeveloping countries（4）Which is the best idea the author gives us to help the developing countries?A . We need to think about more ways to help people in developing countries，not just throw money at the problem.B . We should spend much money helping people in developing countries build more schools and hospitals.C . We should think about giving help to developing countries by giving them all we have.D . We should help the people in developing countries by improving children’s education immediately.4. 阅读理解Getting rid of dirt, in theopinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudesto dirt.In the early 16th century, peoplethought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinionhad it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let illsin. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the Frenchking had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546.Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in afriendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that anobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease,the nobleman should not go out.Though the belief in the advantageof dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor eversince the 18th century.Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health.Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet,it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World WarⅡ. Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white,cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone toofar?Attitudes to dirt still differhugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children offtouching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease. On the contrary,Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist, encourages children to playin the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gainingsome ground.（1）The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because .A . they lived healthily in a dirty environment.B . they thought bath houses were too dirty to stay inC . they believed disease could be spread in public bathsD . they considered bathing as the cause of skin disease（2）Which of the following best describes Henry IV’s attitude to bathing?A . disapprovingB . Curious.C . Approving.D . Uninterested.（3）How does the passage mainly develop?A . By providing examples.B . By making comparisons.C . By following the order of time.D . By following the order of importance.（4）What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?A . To stress the role of dirt.B . To introduce the history of dirt.C . To callattention to the danger of dirt.D . T o present the change of views on dirt.二、任务型阅读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。