河北省20xx-20xx学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

河北省20xx-20xx学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题内容摘要：

cts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of time doing your research. Then spend plenty of time anizing your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible, and use pictures, charts, and graphs if they will help you make your points more clearly. Never fet your audience. Don’t talk over their heads, and don’t talk down to them. Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtfulness. Just remember: be prepared. Know your subject, your audience, and the occasion. Be brief. Say what you have to say and then stop. And be yourself. Let your personality e through so that you make persontoperson contact with your audience. If you follow these simple steps, you’ll see that you don’t have to be afraid of public speaking. In fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches! You’re not convinced （ 确信） yet? Give it a try and see what happens. 32. The main idea of this article is that . A. you can improve your speaking ability B. a poor speaker can never change C. you should always make a short speech D. it is hard to make a speech 33. Paragraph 2 implies that . A. many people are happy to give a speech B. many people are afraid of giving a speech C. many people do not prepare for a speech D. many people talk too long 34. The phrase “talk over their heads” means . A. speaking too loudly B. looking at the ceiling C. using words and ideas that are too difficult D. looking down upon them 35. The title for this passage may be “ ”. A. Do Not Make a Long Speech B. Try to Enjoy a Speech C. How to Prepare for a Speech D. How to Give a Good Speech 第二节 （共 5小题；每小题 2分，满分 10分） 根据短文内容从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。 请把3640的答案依次涂在答题卡 7175 相应位置。 All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer. 36 They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins. 37 Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! 38 Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada. Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. 39 Waterskiing is one of the newest in the family of sports. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often bee good friends. 40 One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace. A. And think of people in cold countries. B. Sports help to train a person’s charac ter.(品质 ). C. Not a few people participate in different sports petitions themselves. D. Many people like to watch others play games. E. People aren’t inventing new sports or games. F. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them. G. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45分 ） 第一节：完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 ，满分 30分） 阅读下面短文 ,掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（ A、 B、 C和 D）中，选出最佳选项。 The captain（船长） of a ship and a merchant （商人） were friends． The merchant had a young son， who wanted to be a sailor （水手）， so the captain took him for voyages in his___41____． One day when the captain had e from a ____42____with a lot of money， the merchant told him that the price of iron（铁） had ___43____and suggested that he should buy some with his money． “I’ll___ 44___it for you in my storehouse____45__you return from your next voyage， and perhaps you’ll get___46____money． ” But while the captain was away， the price of iron went up very___47___， so the merchant sold it and kept the money． When the captain came back， his____48___friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had ___49____all the iron． The captain knew that his friend was____50____lies， but he stayed ___51_____and said， “I knew that you had problems___ 52___mice(老鼠 ) in your storehouse． ” After a few days， the captain started___53____voyage， and when he returned home，he said to the merchant， “I’m very sorry ， but ___54___our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away． ” The merchant was very ____55____and said， “Birds cannot car。