1、广东省惠州市惠城区学年高一英语下学期期中试题广东省惠州市惠城区2016-2017学年高一英语下学期期中试题 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。 2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。 3非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案
2、无效。4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AGlynis Davis:I first piled on the ponds when I was in the family way and I couldnt lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target was 140 pounds and I lost
3、30 pounds in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself Id lose the weight at slimming classes in the new yearbut it didnt happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. Id lost willp
4、ower and tried to believe that the old age of fish and chips didnt make any difference but the scales dont lie.Roz Juma: To be honest, I never weigh myself any more Ive leant to be happy with myself. It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My i
5、dea is simple. You shouldnt be too much thinking about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a supper-thin body. This is obviously the size Im meant to be and, most of all, Im happy with it.Lesley Codwin: I was very happy about winning Young Slimmer of the Year.
6、 Id look in the mirror to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problemperhaps from then on I didnt pay any attention to myself. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you. I feel a complete failure becaus
7、e Ive put on weight again.1. What do you think the three women were all talking about? A. Their own slimming matter. B. Their life after marriage.C. Their work as a housewife. D. Different diets they prefer 2. Where are these short passages most likely to be taken from?A. Talks on the radio. B. Adve
8、rtisements on the well.C. Book in a library. D. Magazines for children. 3. What does the underlined word “scales” possibly mean?A. The coach（教练）in the slimming club.B. Some tools to measure weight.C. Glynis Davis dear husband.D. The salesperson in a food shop. BMr. Frank shot well and once he had co
9、me in fourth in a competition. Then he went to a big city on business. There he joined the local rifle（步枪）club. The club had a very good team, which used to take part in a lot of important shooting competitions. One of these took place while Frank was with them. But one of the members of the clubs t
10、eam suddenly fell ill just before the match. The captain had heard of Mr. Frank. He therefore invited Mr. Frank to take the sick mans place. Mr. Frank felt greatly happy to be asked to shoot for such a good team, but he also felt very nervous, because he was afraid of making a fool of himself. In fa
11、ct, he was so nervous that he could not keep his hands from trembling while he was shooting, with the result that he did very badly in the competition. When he took his score card to his captain, he said: After seeing my score, I want to go outside and shoot myself. The captain looked at the card fo
12、r a few seconds and then said, Well, youd better take two bullets with you if you want to do that.4. Mr. Frank once in a competition. A. joined the fourth team B. took the fourth place C. was the fourth to start shooting D. shot with the other three5. Why did Mr. Frank feel nervous to be asked to sh
13、oot for the team? Because . A. actually he was not good at shooting B. he thought the captain and the other members would fool him C. he was afraid of losing face before so many good shooters D. he would lose a lot of money if he should fail6. When Frank said, After seeing my score, I want to go out
14、side and shoot myself, he meant to say that .A. he wants to practice shooting all by himselfB. he wanted to find out the reason for his failureC. he was too ashamed of himself to remain inside and face the captain and the other members D. he wanted to kill himself with the rifle7. According to this
15、passage, which of the following is wrong? A. He fired several shots and they all missed the target.B. The captain wasnt satisfied with Frank and laughed at him.C. In the big city Frank was admitted to the local rifle club.D. Frank could have done better in the competition.CLong ago, in days of the R
16、oman Empire, people used to believe a god of farmings called “Saturn”. They believed that Saturn could make the weather good or bad, and that he had the power to control how much rain would fall.Before a Roman farmer would plant his fields, he would try to get Saturn to give him good weather. He bel
17、ieved that if he killed an animal for Saturn, that would make Saturn happy. Then Saturn would make sure that the weather was good.Not only did the people name a planet after Saturn but they also name a day of the week after him. They called this day “Saturni dies”, Latin words which mean “day of Sat
18、urn”. In English those words became Saturday.8. What was Saturn believed to be in charge of? A. Rainfall. B. The power of nature. C. Farming. D. Days in a week.9. Why did a Roman farmer kill an animal before planting his fields?Because . A. killing an animal would bring him good luck B. Saturn enjoy
19、ed eating animals C. Saturn was happy to see animals being killed D. he wanted to please Saturn so that Saturn would make the weather good for his planting10. Which of the following is NOT TRUE? A. Saturn is also the name of planet. B. The Roman people used to believe Saturn to be their god. C. Satu
20、rn was named for the last day of the week. D. Saturn had three meanings.11. Whats the aim of the author in writing this passage? A. How the Romans worshipped (崇拜) Saturn. B. Why the Romans believed in Saturn. C. The different meanings of the word Saturn. D. How Saturday got its name.DGood health is
21、the most valuable thing a person can have, but one cannot take good health for granted. It is important to remember that the body needs proper care in order to be healthy. There are three things that a person can do to help keep healthy: eat right food, get enough sleep, and exercise regularly. Prop
22、er nutrition (营养) is important for good health. Your body cannot work well unless it receives the proper kind of “fuel”(燃料).Dont eat too much food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of foods high in protein, like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. Vegetables and fruits are very important because they pr
23、ovide necessary vitamins and minerals. However, dont overeat. It is not helpful to be overweight. Getting the proper amount of sleep is also important. If you dont get enough sleep, you feel tired and easily get angry. You have no energy. Over a long period of time a little a amount of sleep may eve
24、n result in a change of personality (人的个性).Be sure to allow yourself from seven to nine hours of sleep each night. If you do, your body will feel strong and refreshed, and your mind will be sharp. Finally, get plenty of exercise. Exercise firms the body, strengthens the muscles, and prevents you fro
25、m gaining weight. It also improves your heart and lungs. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably increase your life-span (寿命).Any kind of exercise is good. Most sports are excellent for keeping the body in good shapes: basketball, swimming, bicycling, running and so on are good e
26、xamples. Sports are not only good for your body, but they are enjoyable and interesting, too. If everybody, were to eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, the world would be a happier and healthier place. We would all live to be much older and wiser.12. According to the pas
27、sage, _.A .we should always keep fitB. if we were healthy, we could spend our days in doing things with less sleepC. one can eat a lot to stay in good shapeD. one neednt take any exercise if he is healthy13. In order to keep healthy, _ .A. we should eat a lot of sweets B. one needs a large amount of
28、 fatC. people should eat according to the foods nutritionD. we must try to sleep now and then14. Eating more and sleeping less_.A. can keep healthy B. is no good for youC. gets you more energy D. will keep your personality15. The writer explains _in this passage.A. how to eat B. the importance of do
29、ing exerciseC. how to keep healthy D. what to eat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。Unhealthy eating is largely caused by bad eating habits. Eating a bag of potato chips while watching TV once in a while or eating lots of food during a party will probably not cause you a
30、ny harm. However, when these actions become repetitive(反复的)，they will develop into bad habits. 16 .Emotional eating Emotional eating, or stress eating, is a common unhealthy habit that you should avoid. This happens when you are driven by certain emotions to eat even though youre not hungry. Perhaps
31、 you eat a lot of ice cream when you are feeling sad. If youre like some people who are emotional eaters, 17 . To solve this, try to find another way to deal with your stress and negative emotions.18 . If you eat while watching TV, while working, while reading or even while cooking, then you are als
32、o developing an unhealthy eating behavior. When you eat while doing other activities, you become unable to measure how much you eat. As a result, you are likely to overeat without knowing it. 19 . For example, you can make sure that you only eat in the kitchen and not in the other parts of the house.Eating late at nightHaving a late night snack sometime
