高一英语上学期第二模块测试题
答卷时间90 分钟,满分100 分
单项填空(共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分)
1.A company may ________ its products by means of newspapers, magazines and television.
A. list B. transport C. communicate D. advertise
2.Generally speaking, if ridden_______ the directions, the electric-bike is not dangerous as reported.
A. according to B. in search of C. because of D. as the result of
3.______ a car reaches the end of its life, it is _____and any part that can be reused is sold off.
A. As; sorted out B. Once; taken apart
C. With; dug out D. While; broken up
4.When their first child was born, they ______ for three years.
A. had been married B. had got married
C. had married D. got married
5.----Why didn't Susan come to see us yesterday as she promised
-----_________.
A. She must be busy B. She can't be free
C. She might be free D. She must have been busy
6.----I hear that as many as 150 people were killed in the earthquake.
-----Yes, _____ news came as ____ shock to us.
A. the; the B. a;\ C. the; a D. \;a
7. I advised that he_____ to the hospital at once, but he insisted that he _____ quite well then.
A. was sent; felt B. be sent; feel
C. be sent; was feeling D. was sent; felt
8. With the development of science, more new technology____ to the field of IT.
A. is being introduced B. has introduced
C. is introducing D. was introduced
9. I am his best friend, and I will always _______ him.
A. look into B. watch over C. join in D. worry
10. If you had trouble_______ your physics, you'd better ask Mr Liu___.
A . in; for some advices B. in; some advices
C. with; for some advice D. on; some advice
11. Every possible means ______ to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.
A. is used B. has been used
C. will use D. has used
12---Are you familiar _____ the face
---Yes, the face is very familiar ____to me. I'v probably met him before.
A. with; with B. to; to C. with; to D. to; with
13. You are hiding something important, aren't you I understood everything ____ I saw your face.
A. all the time B. at first. C. the moment D. before long
14.It was not until_____ that ______ to study English.
A. he came to Beijing; he began B. did he come to Beijing; he began
C. he came to Beijing; did he began D. did he came to Beijing; did he begin
15. Children who are always ______ by their parents soon become spoiled.
A. given up B. given up to C. given in to D. given in
16.--- Have you heard that Tom, as well as his parents, _____ moved to Beijing
---- Really No _____ I haven't seen him for a long time.
A. have; doubt B. has; wonder C. have ; reason D.has; choice
17. The old man had one son and two daughters, _____ treated him well, ____ made him very sad.
A. neither of whom; that B. neither of them; which
C. none of whom; which D. none of them; that
18. There ____ a lot of coal mines, many of _____ have been closed.
A. was used to; which B. used to; them
C. used to be; which D. used to be; them
19. Mr. Zhang ____ Guangzhou _____ the USA next month.
A. is leaving ; to B. is leaving; for C. is to leave; to D. leaves; to
20. Two thirds of the work ____ done by Jimmy, and ___ was done by Nancy.
A. was; the rest B. was ;the others
C. were; the others D. were ; the rest

II.阅读理解(共15 小题,每小题2分,满分30分)
(A)
Miss Gorge taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them,"Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason "
Tom at once answered,"Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.""That's every good,"Miss Gorge answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorge said."Yes, Kate."
"I disagree,"Kate said."Your brother would hear you earlier because when it's 11 o'clock here it's only 8 o'clock in Los Angeles."
21.Miss Gorge was teaching her class_________.
A. how to telephone B. about electricity C .about time zone D. about sound
22.Miss Gorge raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.
A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles
B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away
C. her students had grasped her lesson
D .sound waves were slower than electricity
23.Tom thought that electricity was _________.
A. slower than sound waves
B. faster than sound waves
C .not so fast as sound waves
D .as fast as sound waves
24.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.
A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York
B. electricity was slower than sound waves
C. Tom was not good at physics at all
D. Tom's answer had nothing to do with sound waves
25.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics
A. Tom's B. Kate's C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor B
(B)
It was Monday. Mrs Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way. Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it:"Give my dog half a pound of meat."Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently:"Take this to the butcher(*person whose job is selling meat). and he's going to give you your lunch today."
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it. he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers (*people who buy sth. from a shop).
But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself,"This is a small dog. Why does Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today "
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
26.Mrs Smith treated her little dog quite_________.
A. cruelly B. fairly C. kindly D. friendly
27.It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs Smith gave it_______.
A.might do it much harm
B.could do it much good
C.would help the butcher
D.was worth many pounds
28.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________.
A.before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs Smith
B.when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
C.because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D.until he was paid enough by Mrs Smith
29.From its experience, the dog found that ________.
A.only the paper with Mrs Smith's words in it could bring it meat
B.the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it
C.Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher
D.a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat
30.At the end of the story, you'll find that _______.
A.the dog was clever enough to write on the paper
B.the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more
C.the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
D.the butcher found himself cheated(*act in a way that is not honest)by the clever animal
(C)
Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.
In the early years, these school were much.alike (*similar). Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects,and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated(*毕业),most of them became ministers or teachers.
In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training(*训练)in Harvard's law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history.
As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.
Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with(涉及)special fields of learning. There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer it all.
31.The oldest university in the US is _________.
A.Yale B.Harvard C.Princeton D.Columbia
32.From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years,______.
A.those colleges and universities were the same
B.people, young or old, might study in the colleges
C.students studied only some languages and science
D.when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers
33.Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were ________.
A.Latin and Greek
B.Latin, Green, French and German
C.American history and German
D.French and German
34.As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach_______.
A.everything that was known
B.law and something about medicine
C.many new subjects
D.the subjects that interested students
35.On the whole, the passage is about___________.
A.how to start a university
B.the world-famous colleges in America
C.how colleges have changed
D.what kind of lesson each college teaches

III. 阅读短文,根据文章内容,从所给词汇或短语中选择正确的填空.(共15小题,满分15分)
reward, belonging to, the police station, mistake, arrested, surely, situation, own, ancestral, offered, though, Suddenly, police ,set off, ashamed
Paul Carson, a music teacher, was driving along a country road with his sister Nora. ___36__ he saw a man in a big American car who looked like the man wanted by the____37__. Attracted by a ____38__ of fifty pounds, the sister and brother decided to catch the criminal by following him closely. As soon as the man entered Seldon Manor, a house _____39___ Paul's friend Mr. Lightfoot Paul shut him in and then drove to ____40__. Realizing that Paul had made a ___41__ because the criminal had been ____42___ that morning, the police officer _____43___ immediately with Paul to set the man free. The man who was shut in the house was really an American visitor from New York City. Paul and Nora felt very much __44 for what they had done. This rude action of theirs would _45 make them the laughing-stock of the whole town. But a letter from the American visitor changed the ___46. Instead of blaming him, the American visitor thanked Paul for shutting him up in his __47 house. It turned out that Seldom Manor was the American visitor's old ___48__ home. He had come all the way to England to look for it. In order to show his thanks, he ___49_ the sister and brother a check for fifty pounds. Paul and Nora got the reward in the end, ___50____in a quite different way.

IV.根据所给词语提示,把下列句子译成英语.(共5小题,满分15分).
51.这小村庄如此宁静,我不想回到那喧闹的城市.(so…that)
52.喝太多的啤酒将不利于身体健康.(do harm to…)
53.那牛奶很臭,一定变质了.(give out /smelly)
54.我们要处理的问题太多了.(deal with)
55.李老师年青时很想当科学家.( dream of )
V.书面表达.( 满分20分 )
假如你是刘芳,你过去的外籍教师Nancy来信询问你高中的学习生活情况,请你给她回个E-mail,告诉她你在老师的帮助下学习英语的一些变化和取得的进步.具体内容如下:
过去
认为学英语就是背语法规则和单词;不喜欢读英语,更不愿意和同学练习对话.
现在
意识到英语是说出来的,开始喜欢与同学用英语交流;经常上网阅读英语文章,对英语越学越感兴趣,取得了很大进步.
注意:1,要用书信格式.2,词数100左右.

高一英语上学期第二模块测试
第二卷答题卷
III. 36._________ 37._____________ 38.___________
39._________ 40._____________ 41.___________
42._________ 43._____________ 44.___________
45._________ 46._____________ 47.___________
48._________ 49._____________ 50.___________
IV.
51.______________________________________________________
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55.______________________________________________________
V. 书面表达.(请写在背面)
参考答案:
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II.21-25 DC BAA 26-30C B A DD 31-35B A D C C
III.36 Suddenly 37 police 38reward 39 belonging to 40the police station 41 mistake 42arrested 43set off 44 ashamed 45surely 46situation 47 own 48 ancestral 49 offered 50 though
IV,1This small village was so peaceful that I don't want to go back to the noisy city.
2Drinking too much beer will do great harm to our health.
3The milk must be bad, giving out a smelly smell.
4There are too many problems for us to deal with.
5Mr. Li dreamt of being a scientist when he was young.