1、朔州市一中20162017学年第二学期第一次阶段性测试英语试题时间：120分钟 总分：150分 命题人：于德熙第I卷第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分）第一节(共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。A Harry is eighteen now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous man. So they often tell him to study hard and
2、 they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning, after breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.Once Harrys father was sent
3、to London on business. He would stay there for half a year. Leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all what her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldnt
4、 do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didnt know where to get on the bus!Yesterday Harrys mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didnt know how to choose. The woman had a sigh(叹息) and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样) and told him
5、to buy a pair of shoes himself. Its Saturday today and Harry doesnt go to school. With a policemans help, he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The
6、 man was surprised and asked, “Whats the matter, young man?”“Im sorry. Ive left the shoe pattern at home!”1. Harrys parents do all instead of him because _. A. hes too young B. he has poor healthC. hes busy with his studiesD. they hope he spends all time on studies2. The woman had to look after her
7、son by herself because _. A. her husband wasnt at home B. she was stronger than her husbandC. she knew the young man well D. she was freer than her husband3. When the man was in London, _. A. Harry had to stay at homeB. Harry didnt find the bus stopC. Harry fell behind in his class D. Harry wouldnt
8、go to school4. The woman told her son to buy a pair of shoes because _. A. she didnt know what kind he neededB. she was busy with the housework C. something was wrong with herD. she wanted her son to do something himselfBNick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care o
9、f 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. Hes been a doctor for ten years.Dr. Petrels gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesnt just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrels has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and Fren
10、ch. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song. Dr. Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who en
11、joy his singing. His dream is to perform(表演) in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk（光盘） of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrels says, “I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrels was young, his father didnt want him to be a
12、 singer, so he went to medical school.Some people tell Dr. Petrels he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrels says he helps people when he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes its difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment both try to do the same thing
13、. They try to make people feel good.” 5. Dr. Petrels works 60 hours a week, because he _.A. gives his patients medical advice B. takes care of 159 patients a week C. sings on television D. has his own TV show 6. Dr. Petrels _, so he is called a singing doctor. A. has been a doctor for ten years B. a
14、lways loved to sing C. is popular with his patients D. also sings to his patients on TV 7. In his TV show, Dr. Petrels _.A. sings and gives medical advice B. sings about different diseasesC. starts to explain diseases with a song D. sings love songs he wrote 8. Dr. Petrels show is popular _.A. in La
15、s Vegas. B. at medical school C. with people who like his singing D. with patients in Montreal COnce Napoleon stayed in a small inn. The next morning, he went to thank the innkeeper. “You have served me well, innkeeper,” said Napoleon. “I wish to reward you. Tell me what you want.” “Sir, we want not
16、hing,” said the innkeeper. “But will you tell us something?” “What is it?” Napoleon asked. “We have heard a story,” said the innkeeper, “that once during the war, a small village was taken by the Russians. You happened to be in the village. You hid while they looked for you. Will you tell us how you
17、 felt when they were looking for you?” Napoleon looked very angry. He called in two of his soldiers. Then he pointed to the door. The soldiers took the innkeeper and his wife out into the yard. At the end of the yard was a wall. The innkeeper and his wife were led to the wall. The soldiers tied the
18、hands of the innkeeper and his wife. Napoleon watched, saying nothing. “Please, sir.” begged the innkeeper, “Dont kill us! We meant nothing!” The soldiers moved back. The innkeeper saw them raising their guns. Then Napoleon called: “Ready! Aim!” The wife screamed. “Stop!” said Napoleon. He went to t
19、he innkeeper, “Now, you know the answer to the question you asked me just now, dont you?” 9. Why did the innkeeper ask Napoleon to tell him how Napoleon felt when he was being looked for?A. He wanted to know the difference between a general and an ordinary people. B. He looked down upon Napoleon, fo
20、r he thought a great man shouldnt be defeated. C. He showed his sympathy(同情) to Napoleon in time of danger. D. He was interested in others failure, especially Napoleons. 10. Why did Napoleon ordered his men to tie the couple?A. because he wanted to teach the innkeeper a good lesson for bothering him
21、.B. because he wanted to kill the couple to get rid of his anger. C. because he wanted to show that he was so admiring a general that nobody could upset him. D. because he wanted to made the innkeeper know that a general like him had the same feeling as the ordinary people in face of danger. 11. Whi
22、ch is the best title of the text? A. Napoleons TrickB. Napoleon and an Innkeeper C. Napoleons AngerD. Napoleons ride DScientists around the world have been studying the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean known as El Nino(厄尔尼诺). The appearance of El Nino is known to affect the weather around the
23、world. Scientists still do not completely understand it. Yet they now find they can use it to tell about the future in different areas of the world.One example is the work of two scientists at Columbia University in New York, Mark Cane and Gordon Eshel. A scientist of Zimbabwe, Roger Buckland worked
24、 with them. They have found that when El Nino appears, Zimbabwe has little or no rain. This means corn crops in Zimbabwe are poor. The last El Nino was in 1991 to 1993. That was when southeastern Africa suffered a serious lack of rain.The scientists wrote about their recent work in the publication N
25、ature. Their computer program can tell when an El Nino will develop up to a year before it does. They suggest that this could provide an effective early warning system for southern Africa, and could prevent many people from starving.12. El Nino is known as _.A. the changing of the weather in souther
26、n AfricaB. the warming of waters in the Pacific OceanC. the weather which brings drought(旱灾) to AfricaD. the weather phenomenon (现象)that brings heavy rains to Africa13. Scientists study El Nino in order that _.A. they can provide a kind of early warning to the place that will suffer from droughtB. t
27、hey can tell why Zimbabwe has little or no rainC. they can do some research work in this field.D. they can put all this information into their computers.14. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Nature is the name of the article written recently by the scientists.B. Three scient
28、ists from the USA work on this subject.C. Southern Africa suffered a serious drought and many people died from hunger.D. El Nino has something to do with Zimbabwes poor crops.15. Whats the best title for this passage?A. Appearance of El Nino is Predictable（可预测的）B. Drought in ZimbabweC. Early Warning
29、 System D. Weather in Africa 第二节(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。选项中有两项为多余选项。There is an English saying “_16_” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. _17_Tests were carried o
30、ut to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. _18_ If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.Other tests have show
31、n that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated (忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. _19_20_The
32、y have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter. ALaughter can prolong ones life.BAs a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in
33、which they help to improve their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh. CThe reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.DIt increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also
34、works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.EAlthough laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still cannot put this theory into clinic practice.FLaughter is the best medicine.GThey have found that laughter really can improve peoples health. 第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节完形
35、填空(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。Once upon a time，there was a very big fish named Bob. Bob was already the _21_ fish in the pond，but he wanted to be the biggest fish in the world.One day，he was out catching _22_ for dinner. He _23_ to catch a very big fly. Before h
36、e could swallow it through，the big fly _24_ for his life. The fly promised Bob a magic wish if he would _25_ his life.At first，Bob was very _26_ about giving up the largest fly he had seen. He was hungry._27_ more than anything else on this planet，he wanted to be huge._28_ he decided to take the mag
37、ic wish. The fly looked at him and said，“_29_ your wish，fish！”“I want to be huge，really，really huge. I want to be bigger than any _30_ that ever lived，” Bob said to the fly.“Thats really _31_，” the fly said to him.Bob looked at the fly and said，“No，Im smart！Arent you going to give me the _32_？”“I wi
38、ll keep my promise，”the fly said，and with that Bob started to _33_. He grew and grew until he was so large that he _34_ live in the pond any more. Bob _35_ for water，but he was beached，and after a while he died.The people fishing in their _36_，the people standing on the banks of the _37_，and the peo
39、ple who had stopped their cars on the highway，all _38_ in surprise at this big stupid fish that was _39_ on the side of the pond.Everybody had a wonderful time _40_ Bob，who was of course eaten.21A. tallestB. cleverestCshyestDlargest22A. fliesB. fishCanimalsDbirds23A. promisedB. succeededCmanagedDtri
40、ed24A. searched B. beggedCwaited Dstruggled25A. protectB. rescueCspare Dkeep26A. sureB. uncertainCworriedDpleased27A. AndB. WhileCUntilDBut28A. Finally B. FirstlyCSurprisinglyDDoubtfully29A. Name B. RememberCTellDLeave30A. animalB. flyCpersonDfish31A. funnyB. stupidCsincereDroyal32A. presentB. wishC
41、hopeDgift33A. growB. changeCincreaseDadd34A. mustntB. wouldntCcouldnt Dshouldnt35A. longedB. sentCchargedDpaid36A. seasB. netsCboatsDcars37A. waterB. streamCriverDpond38A. wonderedB. watchedCglaredDstared39A. swumB. stuckCshockedDstruck40A. besideB. besidesCexceptDas well as第II卷第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分
42、）第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）In order to know a foreign language completely, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear _41_ spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. _42_, we must be able to read the langua
43、ge, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.There is no easy way to success _43_ language learning. _44_ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only _45_(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning b
44、y heart long list of words and _46_ meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. _47_we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of _48_(advise) for those _49_are studying a
45、 new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and _50_(write) the language whenever we can.第三部分 写作 （共两节，满分35分）第一节 单句改错(10个小题，每小题1分，共10分)51. Paris is the capital and largest city of France，situating on the River Seine.52. Norway is at the top of the list，but the US is at number 7.53
46、. Passengers are permitted carry only one piece of hand luggage onto the plane.54. Indeed, body positions are part of that we call “body language”55. The tubes were attached to a long stick which helped keep the rocket moved in a straight direction.56. Believing in yourself is the key of success. 57
47、. If we sit near the front of the bus, well have the better view.58. If you throw light at something, you make it easier to understand.59. Great changes have been taken place in our country in the past thirty years.60. The garbage is then taken away and，if possibly, recycled.第二节 书面表达（满分25分） 假如你叫李华，是
48、一名高中学生。你的网友Alice是一位美国的学生，近期她要写一篇有关中国的小论文。请你给她写一封e-mail,介绍中国的情况。内容要点如下：1.中国位于亚洲东部，有着悠久历史，有许多的名胜古迹; 2.中国有了长足的发展，同时国家一直在采取措施，努力去保护环境; 3.大部分人已经摆脱贫穷，大多数孩子能够接受教育。注意：1. 词数100词左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯; 3. 开头和结尾已给出。朔州市一中20162017学年第二学期第一次阶段性测试英语试题参考答案1 5 DABCB 6 10 DACAD 11 15 BBADA 16 20 FGDCB2125 DACBC 26 30
49、BDAAD 31 35 BBACA 36 40 CDDBC41 it 42 Thirdly 43 in 44 A 45 to memorize 46 their 47 If 48 advice 49 who 50 writing51 situating改situated 52 but改while 53 carry前加to 54 hat改what 55 moved改moving 56 of改to 57第二个the改a 58 at改on 59去掉been 60 possibly改possibleOne possible versionDear Alice,I am glad to give you
50、 are some information about China. . China is located in eastern Asia. It is a country with a long history, splendid culture and ancient civilization and has an extremely rich historical and cultural heritage. China has developed fast in the past years, and meanwhile China has taken a lot of measure
51、s to try to protect the environment. Nowadays, China has gotten rid of poverty and most of the children are receiving good education. China has a lot of places of historical interest that people can visit. Chinese people are very kind and friendly. I hope you can visit China during the holiday. Yours, Li Hua
