甘肃省金昌市永昌县第一中学2020┄2021学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

第Ⅰ 卷

第一部分阅读理解（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

A beautiful woman took a plane on business. She found her seat and sat down next to a young man. The man was just thinking of making a few dollars on the plane. When he saw the woman, he got an idea.

“Hey! Would you like to play a game？” he asked the woman. “No, thank you. I just want to take a nap （打盹）,” the woman answered.

“It’s really easy. All you have to do is to answer the questions that I ask you. If you don’t know the answer, you give me five dollars. If I don’t know the answer to your question, then I’ll give you five dollars.”

“No,” the woman still refused.

“OK. If I don’t know the answer to your question, I’ll give you five hundred dollars. How about that？” th e man said. Then the woman became interested and decided to join in the game.

“OK. How many moons does Jupiter （木星） have？” asked the young man. The woman reached into her purse and took out a five-dollar bill.

“What goes up the mountain with three legs and comes back with four？” the woman asked. Then the young man took out his computer and searched the Internet for an answer. Minutes later, the young man handed five hundred dollars to the woman.

After a few hours, the young man really wanted to know the answer to the question. So he asked the woman, “What is the answer to your question？” The woman reached into her purse and handed the young man a five-dollar bill.

1．Why did the man ask the woman to play a game？

A. He wanted to make friends with the woman.

B. He wanted to earn some money from it.

C. He wanted to show his kindness.

D. He wanted to have a pleasant journey.

2．How much did the woman get at the end of the story？

A. $ 500.

B. $ 5.

C. $ 490.

D. $ 10.

3．What can we learn from the last paragraph？

A. The woman didn’t know the answer, either.

B. The woman gave the man’s money back to him.

C. The woman asked the man another question.

D. The woman told the man the answer to her question.

4．We can learn from the story that the woman is ______.

A. honest

B. clever

C. polite

D. friendly

B

Many people earn their living with their hands. Ed earns his living with his feet! And a very good living it is, too.

Ed’s story began in a very small town in Brazil. His fa ther and mother were very poor. Seven people lived in their tiny house. Ed’s father often played football. Little Ed wanted to play football too. So his father made a soft ball for him to kick. It was a sock filled with soft materials. The little boy kicked it every day.

At last Ed learned to kick a real football. By the time he was 11, he played football very well.

One day Ed was playing with some men. A man passing by saw how fast the boy ran. He stopped to watch. How well Ed kicked the ball!

After the ga me, the man called Ed to him. “My name is Mr. Dee,” he said. “I used to play football for a living. Will you let me teach you what I know？”

“Oh, yes!” Ed answered.

In the next four years, Mr. Dee trained Ed to be a fine player. The boy worked hard. At last Mr. Dee talked to Ed’s father. “This boy is ready to play with the big teams,” he said. “Let me take him to a city that has a good team.”

Mr. Dee took Ed to Santos, Brazil. There, the boy joined the Santos Football Club.

In his first big game, Ed helped his team win by seven points. He made four of the seven points!

Many people thought he was the best football player in the world. He was “The King of Football”

5．What is said about Ed’s family when he was a little child？

A. His parents bought him a football.

B. His parents liked playing football.

C. His father made soft balls for a living.

D. There were seven people in his family.

6．When he first saw Ed playing football, Mr. Dee was attracted by .

A. his young age

B. his playing with men

C. his love for football

D. his running speed

7．What can we know about Mr. Dee from the text？

A. He joined the Santos Football Club.

B. He and Ed used to live in the same town.

C. He happened to find a very good football player.

D. He had been the best football player in Brazil.

C

One day, Jack’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire after working for forty years. Jack said in surprise, “I’m only seven, so it means grandpa has been... er... A really long time!”

His parents said, “Yes. That’s why we are going to have a surprise party for him.”

Jack loved his grandpa and wanted to do something special for him. He remembered the business card his grandpa had given him two years before. He knew that his grandpa would no longer have the position on that card, so he decided to build a new one for his grandpa.

When the big day came, Jack was ready. But he didn’t want to put his gift together with others’. He carried it around with him the whole evening.

When all the other people left, he took his grandpa’s hand and brou ght him over to a chair and gave him the gift.

His grandpa smiled, “Well, it must be a beautiful gift. May I open it now？” “Sure!” Jack said excitedly.

As grandpa opened the gift, tears came into his eyes. Jack gave him the greatest gift he had ever got! They were business cards with his new position：FULL-TIME GRANDPA! Jack said, “Now your full-time job is my grandpa!”

“ Well, how much do I get paid？” his Grandpa asked, smiling. “As many hugs as you want!” With these words, Jack gave grandpa a hug. “Well, I guess that means I’m the richest man in the world!” said grandpa.

8．Who was going to retire？

A. Jack’s grandpa. B Jack’s grandma..

C. Jack’s mother.

D. Jack’s father.

9．What did Jack decide to do for his grandpa？

A. To draw a picture for him.

B. To sing a song for him.

C. To build a new position for him.

D. To buy a gift for him.

10．Which of the following is TRUE？

A. Jack gave his gift to his grandpa together with other people.

B. Jack gave his gift to his grandpa together with his parents.

C. Jack was the last one to give his gift to his grandpa.