2019-2020年高一上学期期中考试英语试题 含答案(IV)I.听力略II. GrammarDirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked ABC and D. choose the one answer that best pletes the sentence.17.- Can you give me the right answer? - Sorry, I _ . Would you repeat that question?A. hadnt listened B. havent listened C. dont listen D. wasnt listening18.A latest report by Taobao said that visitors through wireless devices _ from 10 million in xx to 300 million by the end of last year.19. He _ articles for our wall-newspaper these three years, and he _about forty articles.A. has been writing; has written B.has been writing; wrote C.is writing; has been writing D.has written; has written20. - We _ that you would fix the TV set this week. -Im sorry. I _ to, but Ive been too busy.A.had expected; had intended B.are expecting; had intended C. expect; intend D.expected;intend21. They _ on the program for almost one week before I joined them, and now we _ on it as no good results have e out so far.A.had been working; are still working B.had worked; were still working C.have been working; have worked D.have worked; are still working22. These people once had fame and fortune; now _ is left to them is utter poverty.A. all that B. all what C.all which D.that all23. The time is not far away _ modern munication will bee widespread in Chinas vast countryside.A.when b.as C. Until D.before24. The fertilizer may pollute the grass that _.A.animals are fed on B.feeds animals C.animals are fed D.feeds on animals25. The evening school where I study puter _.A.is its best course B.is fast C.is well taught D.is nice26. I gave him a warning, _ he turned a deaf ear.A.of which B.for which C.to that D.to which27._your ship travels through the harbor and around Manhattan Island, you begin to understand the enormous scope of the great metropolis.A. Since B. As C. Because D. Before28. To my surprise, my children are not allowed to play football in the school playground _ they might be hurt.A. in order that B. except that C. for fear that D. for that 29. _ more Americans are getting married today than ever before, the divorce rate is also on the rise.A. Since B. If C. While D. Once 30. I sent the parcel by express that morning _ my mom received it that afternoon.A. in order that B. such that C. for the purpose D. so that 31._, the politician became famous for her wonderful speech.A. Failed in the election B. Fail in the election as she did C. As she failed in the election D. Failing in the election III. Cloze(15%)Direction: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.The Yellow River is the 2nd longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the 7th longest in the world, at 5,463km. It is called the Yellow River _32_ huge amounts of loess sediment(黄土沉积物) turn the water that colour. So much of this mineral-rich soil ends up in the Yellow River that it can fill the riverbed and thus change the rivers course.The Yellow River is to China_33_ the Nile is to Egypt. It is the cradle of the Chinese _34_, a symbol of enduring glory, and a force of nature both feared and admired. From its _35_ in the 14,000-foot Tibetan highlands, the river sweeps across the northern plains, _36_ ancestors of Chinese people first learned to cultivate crops and irrigate land, to make porcelain and gunpowder, to build and bury imperial dynasties.But today, _37_ the Chinese call the Mother River is dying. Poisoned by pollution and crowded with dams, it _38_ at its mouth to a lifeless trickle(涓涓细流). There were many days during the 1990s that the river failed to reach the sea at all.The desperate reality of the river is a tragedy _39_ consequences extend far beyond the 150 million people living by it, one of which is a shortage of the one resource no nation can live without: water.Water has always been _40_ in China, a country with roughly the same amount of water as the United States but nearly five times the population. The shortage is especially severe in the dry north, where nearly half of Chinas population lives on only 15percent of its water. Nothing, however, has _41_ the water crisis more than three decades of rapid industrial growth. Just consider what is happening already in the Yellow River Basin. The spread of deserts is creating a dust bowl that may only be pared with _42_ of the American West in the 1930s, driving down grain production and pushing millions of “environmental refugees(难民)”_43_ the land. The poisonous chemicals polluting the waterways-50 percent of the Yellow River i