扬州市高一年级英语期末统测试题

扬州市高一年级英语期末统测试题内容摘要：

hese eggs in just a few minutes. Large sea turtles live in the warm seas of the world. Except for when they lay their eggs, they spend their whole lives in the water. When it is time to lay their eggs, the females swim to land. They usually return to the place where they themselves were born. How they find their way back there is unknown. When they reach shore, the big, heavy turtles crawl slowly up to the high water mark. Using their flippers, they pull themselves along the sand. They must struggle like mountain climbers. When they finally reach dry sand, they rest before beginning the difficult task of laying eggs. The turtles lay the eggs in deep holes and cover them with warm sand. The sand protects the eggs from harm. Then the females leave them. After a few weeks, if you happened to be walking along the beach, you might see the sand begin to shake. You may see tiny black balls ing out of the sand. The tiny heads of baby turtles! 61. Which sentence expresses the main idea? A. Sea turtles have interesting life habits. B. Sea turtles swim to shore to lay their eggs. 第 6 页 C. Large sea turtles lay their eggs in special ways. D. Sea turtles enjoy staying in the sand. 62. The first sentence lets us know that this passage is about __________. A. turtles B. oceans C. time D. speed 63. Turtles bury their eggs to protect them from ____________. A. deep water B. danger C. heat D. bad weather 64. We can conclude from this passage that ___________. A. many turtles die while swimming to shore B. female turtles protect their babies C. once turtles land, they never return to the sea D. the job of laying eggs takes great strength 65. The writer pares turtles to climbers ___________. A. because they lay their eggs in mountain areas B. to give you a picture of how hard they work C. to tell you that they like to climb D. to show that mountain climbers are as slow as turtles C Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me ￡ 12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office . “You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡ 12.” Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.” The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun burnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?” “Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!” “That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet .Of course, she’s only three…” “I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.” Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?” “Er, well—” the woman looked at the child. “I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.” “A fouryearold child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs …let me see… ￡ . So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡ . The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…” The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office. 66． Harry was worried because ___ . A． the woman was angry with him B． he had not done his work properly C． the Jersey timetable was wrong D． the little girl didn’t have a return ticket 第 7 页 67． Harry started talking to the little girl . A． because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do B． because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl C． because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice D． when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl 68． When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…” he meant that . A． they must follow it without other choice ,even though the fault was his B． he had to be strict with the woman because of the law ,although he didn’t want to C． the woman had to pay him ￡ and the railway would pay her for the hotel D． she should pay ￡ , but he had made a mistake, she could go without paying 69． The woman left the office without saying anything because . A． she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket B． she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man C． she was moved by Harry’s kindness D． she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted 70. How did the woman feel when she left the office? A. angry B. peaceful C. embarrassed D. nervous . D How often one hears children wishing they were grownups and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets. Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child — things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too wellknown. But a child has his parents. He is not so free to do what he wishes to do。 he is continually being told not to do things or being punished for what he has done wrong. Whe。