高一下学期期中考试英语试题 （满分150分，时间120分钟 ）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节， 满分60分）第一节 （共15小题； 每小题3分，满分45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。ADo you know Madonna? She is a music superstar in the USA. She has made another childrens book. Its name is Lotsa De Casha (快乐的真谛). There are some beautiful pictures in her book. They were drawn by an artist from Spain.Madonna has written four other childrens books. The books are all popular with children. In Lotsa De Casha, Madonna tells a story of a man. He is very rich but he is not happy. He loses his money but finds a friend. At the end of the book, Madonna says, “Money cant buy happiness. When you learn to share, you will find it.” That is an important lesson from the 46-year-old woman. She is not only a pop star but also a mother. She has lovely children and she loves them a lot. Her family makes her happy. That is why she likes to write childrens books.1. Madonna has written childrens books so far.A. six B. five C. four D. three2. According to the passage, which is the best way for us to find happiness?A. Sharing something with each other.B. Making a lot of money.C. Writing a book.D. Becoming a superstar.3. Madonna likes writing childrens books because .A. she is a pop starB. she wants more money C. she is good at writingD. her family makes her happy4. Which one is the best title of the passage?A. Love me, love my childrenB. Learn to make more moneyC. Money cant buy happiness. D. How to be a super woman BAn earthquake is dangerous. But this doesnt mean you cant do something about it. Your choices could help save your life.(1) Keep a cool head. Do not follow others blindly. Think carefully about what you should do.(2) If you are inside a room, hide under a table or a desk. Protect your head. Keep away from windows and anything that could fall on you.(3) If you smell gas, open a window and get out of the building as quickly as you can. A broken gas line is very dangerous.(4) If you are outside, move away from buildings and street lights.(5) If you are in a store and far away from the door, do not rush to the exit. Instead, try to hide under a desk or a table. Do not use an elevator.5. An earthquake is dangerous, people should when it happens.A. do nothingB. follow others and run everywhereC. cry loudly D. keep calm and try to help themselves6. What can you do if you smell gas in an earthquake?A. calls 119B. run away from the house as quickly as you can C. try to find out the broken gas line and mend itD. close the windows and stay in the building7. Peter is in a big supermarket when the earthquake comes. He should .A. find the exit firstly B. run to the exitC. take an elevator D. hide himself under a table8. If youre having class on the fifth floor, when the earthquake happens, you can .A. hide under your desk and protect your head B. jump off from the open windowsC. try to find the headmaster and ask for helpD. phone your parents to tell them everythingCSwimming is very popular. People like swimming in summer because water makes people feel cool. If you like swimming and swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe. These years, a lot of people died when they were enjoying themselves in the water, and most of them were students. But some people are not careful in swimming. They often think they swim so well that nothing will happen to them in water. Summer is here again. If you go swimming in summer, dont forget that better swimmers have died in water. They died because they were not careful not because they could not swim. So dont get into water when you are alone. If there is a No Swimming sign, dont get into water. If you remember these, swimming will be safer.9. People like to swim in summer because _.A. it makes them strong B. they are freeC.they feel cool in water D. it is safe10. Some swimmers die in water because _.A. they think they can swim well B. they are not strong enoughC. they are not careful D. they like swimming very much.11. The writer wants to tell us _.A. that we must be careful in swimming B. that we should go swimming in summerC. that swimming is a good sport D. that swimming is not safeDChina, the biggest developing country in the world, is opening its gate to the whole world. It is preparing for the coming world. Every day 1ots of foreigners come here as business people or tourists. And even more people will come after Beijing has held the 29th Olympic Games successfully in 2008. When they come to China, we should do something to help them enjoy themselves and like China and the Chinese peopleBut there are some things they may not like：1. Bumping Too many people are crowded onto buses and trains. This makes people feel terrible, and