2018-2019学年度下学期省六校协作体高一期初考试英语试题命题学校：凤城一中 命题人：沈爱珲 校对人：于丹 负责人：刘天元第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）略第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题：每小题2.5分，满分25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。A John，a very thin boy, loved football with all his heart when he was very youngPractice after practice，he eagerly gave everything he hadBut being half the size of the other boys，he could only sit on the bench and hardly ever played in gamesEven though the son was always on the bench，his father was always standing with cheers and encouraging him When John went to college，he decided to try out for the football team as a “walk-on”Everyone was sure he could never make the cut，but he didThe coach thought he could provide the other members with the spirit they needed The news that he had survived the cut excited him so much that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his fatherHis father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games It was the end of this last football seasonOne day John received a telegram and asked one week offNobody knew what happened except the coachThe coach said，“Dont plan to come back to the game on Saturday” Saturday arrived，and the game was not going well：When the team was ten points behind，John came back“Coach，please let me playIve just got to play today,”said JohnThe coach pretended not to hear himBut John persisted，and finally feeling sorry for the kid，the coach gave in Before long everyone could not believe their eyes. John was doing everything to fight. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, he passed and blocked like a star. And at last his team won the game After the game，John looked at the coach，with tears in his eyes，and said，“Well,you knew my dad died,but did you know that my dad was blind?John swallowed hard and forced a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him that I could do it.”21.Why did John hardly have any chance to play in games? ABecause he had no time to practice BBecause he was too young to play games CBecause everyone looked down upon him DBecause his body condition was not good22.The underlined phrase “make the cut” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “ “ Amake progress Bbe allowed to join the team Ccut himself Dbe refused by the coach23.From the text we can know that AJohn felt very depressed as a “walk-on”BJohns father always taught him how to playCJohns father went to most of his college gamesDthe coach was sure John would be the best player one day24.This story tells us that A. a burden of ones choice is not felt Bbetter to do well than to say well Call roads lead to Rome Dwhere there is a will，there is a way B There was a time in the 1960s and 1970s when some people believed that coffee would replace tea as Britains favourite drink, but that did not happen, and today, tea remains Britains favourite drink. To say that the British are fond of tea is something of an understatement. From the Royal(皇室的) Family down to the homeless and the out-of-work, tea is more than just a pleasure. It is an important part of life! The popularity of tea in the United Kingdom has a long history. It was in 1657 that Thomas Garway, the owner of a coffee house, sold the first tea in London. The drink soon became popular as another choice besides coffee. In those days, however, tea was not something for anyone. For a century and a half, it remained an expensive drink. Many bosses served a cup of it to their workers in the middle of the morning, thus inventing a lasting British tradition, the “tea break”. But as a social drink outside the workplace, tea was served for the nobility(贵族) and for the growing middle classes. Among those who had the money for tea, it became very popular as a drink to be enjoyed in cafs and “tea gardens”. It was the 7th Duchess of Bedford who, in around 1800, started the popular “afternoon tea”, which took place at about four oclock. At about the same time, the Earl of Sandwich popularized a new way of eating bread with something (e. g. jam) between them, and before long, a small meal at the end of the afternoon with tea and sandwiches had become part of a way of life. As tea became much cheaper during the nineteenth century, its popularity spread right through British society. In working-class households, it was served with the main meal of the day, eaten when workers returned home after a days labour. This meal has become known as “high tea”. Today, tea can be drunk at any time of day. Most people in Britain drink tea for breakfast. The mid-morning “tea break”is an institution in British offices and factories. Later in the day, “afternoon tea” is still a way of life in the south of England and among th