吉林省20xx-20xx学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题word版含答案

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quite hopeless now. I fot all I had learnt. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep. 28. When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were_____ . A. asleep B. working in bed C. outside D. quietly laughing at him 39. Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ________. . A. it was too late at night B. he was very tired C. his eyes were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination 30. What do you suppose happened to the author。 A. He went to a church to pray again B. He passed the exam by luck C. He failed in the exam D. He was punished by his teacher 31. The best title for the passage would be __________ . A. The Night Before the Examination B. Working Far into the Night C. A Slow Student D. Going Over My Lessons D Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They bine funny words, pictures, and social opinion. Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published it. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years, he wrote more than forty children’s books. They were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects. By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had bee one of the bestloved and most successful writers of children’s books. He had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books weren’t interesting. Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 225 words to write the book. This was about the number of words a sixyearold should be able to read. The story is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home. The cat is not like normal cats. It talks. The book was an immediate success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best. 32. What’s the best title for this passage? A. Some of Dr Seuss’ books for children. B. What are Dr Seuss’s books mainly about? C. Dr Seuss — a famous writer of children’s books. D. Why are Dr Seuss’ books different? 33. What do we know about Dr Seuss’s first book for children? A. It was Dr Seuss’ worst book. B. It dealt with a very serious subject. C. Neither children nor adults like it. D. Many publishers didn’t take it seriously at first. 34. How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3? A. By asking others to help them in magazines. B. By writing interesting and simple books. C. By changing his old books into simpler ones. D. By giving them books for free. 35. Adults most probably think that Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat is _________ A. interesting B. serious C. difficult D. boring 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 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。 Tips to Bring Your Family Closer Together I can remember being a child and ever day we would have dinner with my grandparents. 36_________. However, when video games or television has taken up family time, you know there is a problem. So what can we do to draw our family together? Do not force your family to spend time together. 37_________. Find things they enjoy and work around it to draw everyone near. If your child likes video games, you could try one of the new interactive(相互作用的 ) DVD games. Everyone likes to win and beating parents in a game can be rather rewarding. Spend time in the kitchen together. If you have young kids, they love to make a mess and that is why I suggest the kitchen. Bake some cupcakes or cookies with them, but let them get involved by stirring(搅拌 ) or adding the ingredients. 38________。