安徽省阜阳市十八里铺镇中学高一英语下学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. Success always comes after many _. In other words, _ is the mother of success.A. failures, failure B. failures; failuresC. failure; failure D. failures; a failure参考答案：A2. Is it hard to drive downtown to work?Yes, thats why I _ to work by train. A. will have gone B. was going C. have gone D. have been going参考答案：D3. Listen! Some person calling for you at the gate. A. are B. is C. was D. will be参考答案：B略4. Yesterday we went to visit the farm _ my father used to work for nearly ten years.A. in which B. that C. where D. which参考答案：C5. -Go for a picnic this weekend, OK?-_. I love getting close to nature. A. I couldnt agree more B. Im afraid not C. I believe not D. I dont think so.参考答案：A略6. Is this the reason _ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?A. he explained B. what he explained C. how he explained D. why he explained参考答案：A7. When we were young, every evening my brother and I _ stay at home waiting for our mother.A. might B. would C. shouldD. could 参考答案：B8. Jeremy is such a couch potato that his parents worry about him a lot and insist _ physical exercise regularly. A. he take B. him taking C. he takes D. him to take 参考答案：A9. You can take the book that lies _ on the desk.Aopened BopeningCopen Dto open参考答案：Copen作补足语，说明book的状态。10. That is all about _ he mentioned in his long speech.A. that B. what C. which D. whatever参考答案：B11. . The other day, when I was wandering in the street I _ one of my old friend, Jim.A. came over B. came across C. came up to D. came around参考答案：B略12. _ their normal school hours,many of my students have additional evening or weekend classes.A. Aside from B. In need of C. In case of D. Regardless of参考答案：A13. The town has a population of _ 2 million in all.A. approximately B. obviously C. slightly D. generally参考答案：A14. We can never expect bluer sky unless we create less polluted world.A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the参考答案：A15. The famous singer is so devoted to helping children in poor areas that she _high praise.A. desires B. deservesC. prefers D. preserves参考答案：B【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：这位著名的歌唱家致力于帮助贫困地区的儿童，值得高度赞扬。 deserve应受，应得；praise赞扬，称赞；desire想要，渴望；prefer更喜欢；preserve保持，保护，保存。根据语意可知，deserve符合题意，故选B。16. In my opinion，it was _ to read English newspapers every day. Aworth Bworthwhile Cworthless Dworthy参考答案：B句意：在我看来，每天读英文报纸是值得的。it is worthwhile to do/doing sth意为“做某事是值得的”，符合题意。sth is worth doing与sth is worthy to be done/of being done也表示“值得做某事”。二、 书面表达17. 假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Alice来信与你探讨音乐话题.请你写封回信，主要内容包括:1.你喜欢的音乐；2.你对音乐的看法.注意:1.词数100词左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯.Dear Alice,Im more than delighted to hear from you._Yours,Li Hua参考答案：Dear Alice,Im more than delighted to hear from you. Im glad you like music as me. To tell you the truth, I like almost all kinds of music. In order to relax from the pressure of study, I always listen to light music. My favorite music is popular music and Im a fan to many famous singers. I also like classical music, both home and abroad. And I have also made a lot of friends because of music.Different people have different ideas about music. Some people like classical music, some like rock and others like light music. Anyway, music can do much good to us. We cant live without music!Wish you all the best! Yours,Li Hua【分析】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求写一封信。【详解】第1步：根据提示可知，本篇为一封书信：假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Alice来信与你探讨音乐话题.请你写封回信，主要内容包括:1.你喜欢的音乐；2.你对音乐的看法。句子时态应为一般现在时。第2步：根据写作要求，确定关键词（组），如：Confucius Institute （孔子学院），the Chinese poetry competition（中文诗词比赛），my sincere congratulations（衷心的祝贺），further study（深造）等。第3步：根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句，注意主谓一致和时态问题。第4步：连句成文，注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡，书写一定要规范清晰，保持整洁美观的卷面是非常重要的。【点睛】本文内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。另外全文中没有中国式英语的句式，显示了很高的驾驭英语的能力。To tell you the truth, I like almost all kinds of music.动词不定式作独立成分；In order to relax from the pressure of study, I always listen to light music.此处是动词不定式作目的状语；And I have also made a lot of friends because of music.句中使用三、 阅读理解18. Many people tend to complain about not having good friends in their lives. Sadly, they seem to think that their own company is not enough to make them happy. Nothing could be further from the truth, though. In order to get along with others, the first thi