浙江省杭州市夏衍中学2017-2018学年高一上学期新生入学考试英语试题 Word版含答案

杭州市夏衍中学2017-2018学年第一学期高一英语开学考试试题

一、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30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

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest (探索), in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall.

When they all had gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted（扭曲的）. The second son said no. He said it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed. He said it was laden (装载) with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful. He said it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them. He said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they each had seen but only one season in the tree’s life.

He told them that you cannot judge a tree or a person by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer and the harvest of your fall.

So, whatever happens, don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don’t judge life by one difficult season. Struggle through the difficulties and better times are sure to come sooner or later.

( ) 1. The old man sent his sons on a quest so that _______.

A. they could know how to plant trees

B. they can give him a perfect answer

C. they could learn something important in life

D. they could find a beautiful tree ( ) 2. What was NOT true about the tree in the youngest son’s eyes?

A. The tree looked ugly and twisted.

B. The tree was wonderful.

C. The tree was full of life.

D. The tree was full of fruit.

( ) 3. What did the man think of his sons’ answers?

A. Silly.

B. Wrong.

C. Correct.

D. Complete.

( ) 4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The old man wanted to teach his sons a lesson.

B. The sons didn’t try their best to describe the tree.

C. The tree is different in different seasons.

D. The son didn’t agree with each other at first.

( ) 5. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Different people have different opinions about different things.

B. We can’t judge a person only by one side.

C. We should go to see a tree at different seasons.

D. We should only enjoy the beautiful season of the tree.

B

Doctors in Britain are worried because British teenagers eat lots of fried potatoes, sweets and fat food. Most teenagers don’t have enough fruit or vegetables and more than one million British school children are overweight.

Some teenagers say that they don’t have time to eat good food, but kids who have a poor diet often have health problems when they are older.

Americans have been with fast food for a long time, and it was born there. American fast food is now a part of life far beyond (超过) the stores of the United Sta tes. McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, and KFC have restaurants all over the world.

No one can say no to the fact that fast food at a fair price has its place around the world. It is popular now, and it is giving a hand to a country’ s economy (经济).

A diet of hamburg ers, fries and soda may seem happy, but it won’t give your body things you need to stay healthy. Fast food has little of many important things our bodies need.

Some parents are saying no to the fast food restaurants where people eat junk food and doctors are giving young people books and games about a good diet. Having a healthy and well-balanced diet can help you feel better and live longer.

( ) 6. What do doctors in Britain worry about?

A. British teenagers eat unhealthily.

B. British teenagers can’t get enough fruit.

C. British teenagers are too busy with their homework.

D. British teenagers don’t like eating vegetables.

( ) 7. What does the underlined word “fair” mean?

A. Low.

B. High.

C. Proper.

D. Special.

( ) 8. What does the fourth paragraph mainly tell us?

A. The fast food is expensive.

B. The fast food has the good side.

C. Making the fast food is simple.

D. The fast food makes a country rich.

( ) 9. How do doctors help the young people?

A. By saying no to the fast food restaurants.

B. By teaching parents how to prepare a good diet.

C. By giving them books and games about a good diet.

D. By telling them not to eat fast food.

( ) 10. What’s the writer’s idea about the fast food?

A. He thinks there is nothing good about the fast food.

B. He thinks the fast food should be popular.

C. He doesn’t think the fast food is cheap enough for us.

D. He doesn’t think eating it too often is good for us.

C

What makes children happy is candy. And more candy is better, right? Well, it turns out that it might not actually be the case. A few years ago researchers did a study on Halloween night when some trick-or-treaters were given a candy bar, and others were given a candy bar and a piece of bubble gum (泡泡糖).

Now, you would imagine that the kids who got a candy bar and a piece of bubble gum would be happier than the kids who got just a candy bar. George Wolford, a psychologist at Dartmouth College, and his fellow researchers found something quite different.

“Those children, who got both a full-sized candy bar and a bubble gum, were less delighted (高兴) than those who got a candy bar only,” Wolford says.

It actually depends on the order in which these things happen. In the study, the kids got a great treat first and then a less one afterward. In other words, they got a pleasant procedure (过程) first and then got something slightly (稍微地) less unpleasant afterward. And it turns out that when they think about the experience, they don’t think about the experience as a whole — they only judge by how the experience ends.

So if we have a great experience that starts to go downhill, we will consider the whole experience as being less good. However, if something starts out terribly and then starts to get better towards the end, we will think the whole experience a little bit better.

“If you’re in a painful experience and it’s getting better, then there’s a sense in which things are improving,” he says. “If you’re going from a nice treat to a lesser (次要的) one, the case is going the wrong way.”

So if you get a lesser t reat first and a nicer one second, you’ re likely to be very happy; but if you get a nice treat first and a lesser one second, you’ re likely to be more dissatisfied with the whole experience.

( ) 11. The study on Halloween night is carried out to find _____.

A. what makes children happier on Halloween

B. if more candy makes children happier

C. where to get more candy on Halloween

D. how to get more candy on Halloween

( ) 12. According to the fourth paragraph, people have different feelings about gifts mainly because of _____.

A. the value

B. the order

C. the place

D. the time

( ) 13. What does the underlined phrase “go downhill” in Paragraph 5 refer to？

A. Walk down the hill.

B. Get better and better.

C. Start out terribly.

D. Become worse and worse.

( ) 14. If Tom gets a piece of bubble gum first and then gets a candy bar, he will probably feel

_____.

A. hurt

B. disappointed

C. glad

D. sad

( ) 15. What is the purpose of this passage?

A. To let readers know how to give gifts.

B. To introduce a result of a study.

C. To talk about the culture of Halloween.

D. To let readers know how to get gifts.

第二节(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文，请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合56-60题的选项，其中有一项是多余选项。

( ) 16. Tom likes Harry Potter a lot, and he is crazy about watching it again and again. He wants to watch it again this weekend, but he doesn’t want to go to the cinema.

( ) 17. Mrs Brown is an independent woman. She wants to live her own life, and she doesn’t want others to control her life. So, she often quarrels with her husband.

( ) 18. Next term Jack will go to America to study. His favorite American writers are Hemingway and Mark Twain. He wants to know how their great books were written. ( ) 19. It’s not easy to remember English words. I often forget a lot of new words. Sometimes I don’t know what some words I have learnt mean or how to spell them.

( ) 20. Bob is a university student. He wants to improve singing skills in his spare time. He is going to look for some organizations which can provide some singing lessons at

weekends.