四、阅读理解

(A)

Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of it is nearly as large as that of Shanghai. We cannot believe it is such a big country with so small population!

Enough laws have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers. Exhibition In spring every year Perth has the wild flower exhibition. After visting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of the hill. But what we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could—there were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path!

Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep ,sheep, everwhere are sheep.

56. Australia is               .

A. the largest country in the world            B. larger than China

C. as large as Shanghai                     D. not so large as China

57. Enough laws have been made to               .

A. increasw the pppulation           B. grow more plants

C. fight against pollution            D. show wild flowers

58. Peth is            .

A. the capital of Australia            B. in the west of Australia

C. in the east of Australia            D. the biggest city in Australia

59. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. All the cities in Australia are seriously polluted.

B. Australia is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and large population.

C. We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of the white sheep.

D. If you go to the countryside in Australia, you will see a lot of white sheep.

(B)

Weekend one –day out

A walk along the Great Wall

Beijing Hikers is organizing a hike in a village along the Great Wall in Changping District, north of downtown Beijing. The walk will take around three hours covering a distance of 10 kilometres.

Time:8:30 a.m~4:30 p.m,Dec,4

Cost:200 yuan(US$25) per adult, 150 yuan ((US$18.5)for under~12s.

Meeting place:8:30 a.m. in front of Satarbucks at Lido Holiday Inn, Jiangtai Lu

To sign-up(one day before the hike)and more infrormation ,contact Huijie at 139 100 5516.

Skiing and hot springs

Cycle China plans a day’s skiing fun at a resort around Beijing followed by an outdoor hot spring bath for your sore body.

Cost:.50 yuan (US$43.40)

Time :8:30 a.m~6:30p.m, Dec.4

Location: Meet at the office of Cycle China, opposite the east gate of Jinshan Park, Xicheng District.

For more information and reservation, email reserve@ cyclechina. Com or call 139 1188 6524.

Horse riding

This is a trip to a professional horse- riding club with well- trained bilingual instructors, offering lessons to people who love riding and those willing to learn more. The club is located in Hebei Province next to the Kangxi Grassland.

Time:1:30a.m~4:30p.m,Dec.4

Cost:3320 yuan (US$40.74)including one hour’s riding, transportation, guide ,lunch

To sign-up and more information, contact Lucy at 8580 5080 or 130 1117 1326.

60. This passage is written mainly for            .

A. tourists           B. holiday-makers

C. guides            D. sportsmen

61. If Mary, who is ten years old, wants to hike along the Great Wall with her parents, they will pay       dollars.

A. 400         B. 450         C. 68.50          D. 65

62. If you are interested in the knowledge about horse riding, you’ll contact        .

A. 139  1188  6515       B. 139  1188  6524

C. 130  1117  1326       D. 139  1002  5516

63. Cycle China is            .

A. a website which offers traveling information     B. a traveling agency

C. a trainer for skiing                        D. a resort which of offers hot spring bath

(C)

Americans can travel almost anywhere they choose. But to protect its people, the government lists a few dangerous places where Americans cannot go. These places are unfriendly countries of countries at war. There ,the travellers might not be safe. These countries are listed in a smll book called a passport(护照).

This passport is a government request for the safety of its travelling people. It is also a government’s pledge(保证)that the people will obey the rules of the host country(东道国).

To receive a passport from the government, a traveller must prove that he is an American citizen(公民). An  American can not go overseas(外国) without a passport. Only certain close countries such as Canada and Mexico do not ask for paasports.

Pasted inside the passport in the traveller’s picture. Children travelling with their parents are included in one parent’s passport.

Thousands of people from the United States visit other countries every year. An American traveller might carry plane tickets, money, clothing and many other things. But the most important that he carries in another country is his passport.

64. A passport is not needed when an American goes to         .

A. foreign countries     B. dangerous areas

C. Canada or Mexico    D. countries overseas

65. Forom the passage we can see that          .

A. children can’t travel to foreign countries     B. Americans like to travel

C. a traveller is not safe most countries      D. Americans like to travel to close countries

66. Why does a traveller need a passport?

A. He needs something more to carry when he travels.

B. It helps the country to protect the people.

C. He needs to have his picture taken more often.

D. It helps the traveller to know where he will go.

67. Which statement does the passage lead you to believe?

A. People should take care of their passports.

B. It is not important to have a passport to travel.

C. Children are never included in a passport.

D. When you are in another country, money is more important than a passport.

(D)

For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 35 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas. The leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.

There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the majority of those that are grown for sale. The three most common kinds that are grown in the United States are Delicious, Golden Delicious and Macintosh.

Apples are different in color. Size and taste. The color of the skin may be red, green, or yellow. They have various sizes, with Delicious apples being among the largest. The taste may be sweet or tart“酸的”. Generally, sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make apple sauce(果酱).

Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters. They do best in areas that have cold winters. Although no fruit is yielded during the winter ,this cold period is good for the tree.

68. Apple trees grow          .

A. neither in the hottest areas nor in the coldest areas

B. everywhere in the world

C. either in the hottest areas or in the coldest areas

D. nowhere but the hottest and the coldest areas

69. Apples are different in         .

A. size         B. taste          C. color        D. all the above

70. It can be learned from the passage that Delicious apples are          .

A. grown in France        B. sold everywhere      C. very big       D. quite sweet

71. Which of the following has the same neaning as the underlined word“yield”?

A. improve      B. increase      C. produce     D. sell

(E)

What Are You Crying for?

Robert and Peter study in the same university. They do everything together and help each other. But they often play jokes on each other.

The school year was over last month and the decided to travel through the country in America. They drove a car and could stop wherever they wanted. Of course they enjoyed themselves. It was very hot one day and they were both hungry and thirsty. They stopped in front of a restaurant by the road. They came in , sat down at a table and ordered some dishes. Robert looked around and found there was a small bowl on the table. He thought there was some ice cream in it and took a spoonful of it and put it into his mouth. Immediately he knew it was mustard(芥末),but it was too late. Tears ran down his face, but he pretended nothing had happened .The other young man, seeing his friend crying, asked,“What are you crying for, Robert?”

“I’m thinking of my father who was hanged twenty years ago,” was a reply.

After a while Peter made the same mistake. Tears ran down his cheeks(脸颊),too. And his friend asked him why.

“I wonder why your father hadn’t been hanged before he got married!”

72. Robert took a spoonful of mustard because         .

A. it was free              B. he thought it was ice cream

C. he liked it very much      D. it was delicuous

73. Robert didn’t tell Peter it was mustard in the bowl because         .

A. he wanted his friend to repeat the mistake   B. he didn’t know his friend hated it

C. he thought his friend knew what it was     D. he thought his friend was intersted in it

74. Peter made the same mistake because         .

A. he often took mustard                   B. he was too hungry to wait for their dishes

C. he was much braver than his friend        D. he wasn’t afraid to be played a joke on

75. What do Peter’s last words mean?

A. Robert’s father would be hanged earlier.

B. It was wrong to play a joke on a friend.

C. He must give his friend a lesson.

D. His friend wouldn’t be born.

雅安中学2009—2010学年(下期)高一年级期中考试(5月)

英　　语　　试　　题(答题卷)

(考试时间120分钟，满分150分)

(一卷答案填涂在机读卡上;二卷答案写在答题试卷上。完卷后交机读卡和答题卷。)

五.短文改错。(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

Alice was very pretty girl, and her parents were rich.           76

A lot of young men in the town wanted to marry to             77

her, but she was not satisfied any of them. One evening,         78

one of the handsomest young men came to her parent’s          79

house and asked her to become his wife. She answered,          80

“No, John. I want to marry a man who can play the music,        81

sing and dance very well, who don’t smoke or drink, who         82

stays at home in the evening and who stops talk when            83

I’m tired of listen.” The young man got up and went to           84

the door. Before he left the house, she turned and said,            85

“It isn’t a man you are looking for. It’s a TV set.”

六、书面表达(满分25分)

假设你是李华，你邀请现在在上海参观的美国笔友Sam在五一假期期间一同去北京参观长城,请根据要点给Sam写一封电子邮件:

要点:   1.长城的简要介绍  2.参观的具体安排:5月1日在北京友谊饭店(Beijing Friendship Hotel)碰面,5月2日前往长城;   3.提醒Sam一些必要的准备,如着装等。

注意： 1、词数100左右;2、电子邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好(不计入总词数)。

Dear Sam,

For the coming May Day holiday, I’d like to invite you to join me in going to the Freat Wall in Beijing.

Yours, LHua