安徽省2018-2019学年高一入学摸底考试英语试卷

1.We can know from the passage that _________.

A. there are three books with tapes

B. we can buy the 4 kinds of books in bookstores

C. two of the books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett

D. the books are cheaper in bookstores than online

2.Which of the following is about UNCLE TOM’S CABIN?

A. It first came out in the 1950s.

B. It’s about the struggle during the American Civil War.

C. A brave girl successfully fought against slaves.

D. It’s a famous American novel full of imagination and adventures.

3.In ________ Mary brings the house and a garden back to life with the help of the power of　 hope, friendship and nature’s magic.

A. A LITTLE PRINCESS　　 B. PETER PAN

C. THE SECRET GARDEN　　 D. UNCLE TOM’S CABIN

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A young painter had just completed a beautiful painting. To get people's opinions about his painting skills, he put his painting at a crossing on a busy street and put up a board that read," Gentlemen, I have painted this piece. Since I'm new, I might have made some mistakes in my work. Please put a cross wherever you see a mistake. ”

When he came back in the evening, he was completely shocked to see that the whole painting was filled with crosses. He ran to his master and said to him, "I’m useless and if this is what I have learned to paint, I'm not worth teaching.”

The master smiled and said, "I'll let you know that you are a great artist. Now go to paint the same painting again and give it to me.”

Then they went to the same street the next morning and put the same painting exactly at the same place. Now the master took out another board which read, "Gentlemen, I have painted this piece. I might have made some mistakes in my painting. I have put a box with colors and brushes just below. If you see a mistake, pick up the brush and correct it. " Two days later, they came back to the place. The young painter was surprised to see that actually there was not a single correction.

If you want to help people improve their behavior, you’d better learn how to help people change their behavior, attitudes and skills. Also, always remember not to judge yourself by someone else’s criticism(批评), because you are the best judge to judge yourself.

1.Why did the young painter put his painting on a busy street?

A. To let others know he was skillful

B. To make money by selling his painting

C. To get others' ideas about his painting skills.

D. To let his teacher know he was a good student

2.How might the young painter feel when he saw the crosses on the painting?

A. Proud.　　 B. Excited.

C. Sad.　　 D. Moved.

3.How did the master help his student know he was a great painter?

A. By teaching the student more painting skills.

B. By asking people not to put any crosses on the painting

C. By painting a different painting himself and putting it on the street.

D. By putting up a board with different words beside the same painting.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A. Be proud of yourself　　 B. Learn how to help

C. Don't judge other people　　 D. Never give others crosses

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

Find Which Direction Is South

Do you have a good sense of direction? If not, please take with you a compass. But if you forget to take a compass, you can still find your way.

It’ s never a good idea to imagine that the family member who was entrusted(委托) with the job of map reading actually knows where the family is. You can tell by the slightly confused look on their faces that nothing on the ground seems to match the map. Never mind. The sun is shining and it’ s still morning. If you don’t know the exact time, you can still find out where south is, but you’ll need to be patient.

①Find a straight stick and put it in the ground in a place where you can mark its shadow.

②Try to position the stick as vertically(垂直) as you can. You can check this by making a simple plumb line (铅锤线)with a piece of string and weight. You haven’ t got any string？OK, use a thread from your clothes with a button tied at the end to act as a weight.

③Mark the end of the shadow cast by the stick.

④Wait approximately half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again.

⑤Keep doing this until you have made several marks.

⑥The mark nearest the stick will represent the shortest shadow, which is cast at midday, when the sun is highest in the sky and pointing to the exact south.

⑦Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick.

⑧That point is south of where you are.

⑨Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should be travelling.

1.To find the direction, we ought to be patient probably because________.

A. it is not easy to find a proper stick　　 B. it is not easy to position the stick

C. it takes hours to make the marks　　 D. it takes about half an hour to make the marks

2.The passage would probably be most helpful to________.

A. those who draw maps　　 B. those who get lost

C. those who make compasses　　 D. those who do experiments

3.Which of the following pictures best shows the way of finding the direction of south?

A. 　　 B.

C. 　　 D.

4.The author presents this passage by________.

A. telling an interesting story　　 B. describing an activity in a lively way

C. testing an idea by reasoning　　 D. introducing a practical method

难度: 困难查看答案及解析

Big cats have existed on the earth for millions of years, though scientists aren’t sure exactly how long. But a new study indicates that a skull (颅骨) of a snow leopard (豹) relative that was recently unearthed is 4.4 million years old. That makes it the oldest big cat fossil (化石) ever found.

A team of US and Chinese scientists unearthed the skull in Tibet. This creature is not a direct ancestor to big cats, but it is closely related to the snow leopard, study leader Jack Tseng told the Associated Press. The fossil lends evidence to the belief that big cats existed in Asia and spread out from there.

Big cats are at the top of the food chain and have few predators of their own. Big cats include snow leopards, clouded leopards, tigers and lions. Based on genetic judgements, most scientists believe they first existed in Central Asia. But previously, the oldest known big cat fossil was 3.6 million years old and found in Africa.

The new fossil findings were published in the November 13 issue of the science journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Tseng and his team were fossil hunting in the Himalayas in 2010 when they discovered some bones, including the buried cat skull. The researchers were able to determine its age by studying the surrounding rocks and soil. The skull indicates that the animal was about the size of a clouded leopard, which can grow up to 50 pounds. In 2012, the team returned to unearth more cat bones.

David Polly from Indiana University told the Associated Press that the fossil is “convincingly older than the current record holder”. He added that there could be even older big cat fossils in the Tibetan plateau to uncover.

1.What does the newly unearthed skull prove?

A. Big cats might have their origins in Asia.

B. The oldest fossil is 4.4 million years old.

C. The snow leopard is the oldest big cat.

D. The skull is of big cats’ direct ancestor.

2.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. relatives.　　 B. enemies.

C. partners.　　 D. protectors

3.How do the researchers know the skull’s age?

A. By measuring its size and forehead.

B. By examining other bones around it.

C. By studying its chemical composition.

D. By exploring the rocks and soil around it.

4.Where was “the current record holder” in the last paragraph found?

A. Asia.　　 B. Africa.

C. America.　　 D. Australia.

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When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to ________ and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the ________ side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the ________ to keep in good health, or advice about how to behave and conduct oneself in ________. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to suffer ________, leaving out half of it or keeping the ________ without the title. Therefore, the scissors would ________ before they start, or halfway done when I find out the regretful ________.

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both ________ your attention. You can only take up one of them, ________ has to wait or be given up. But you know the ________ is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is ________ behind. Thus you are caught in a difficult ________ and feel sad. How ________ that nice changes and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life changes greatly on your ________ of one choice to the other.

In fact that is what ________ is like: we are often faced with the two opposite ________ of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is ________ to one thing only after we get into another. The former may be more important than the ________ and give rise to a divided mind. I still remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual ________ may not be a bad one.

1.A. cut　　 B. collect　　 C. buy　　 D. print

2.A. other　　 B. opposite　　 C. front　　 D. back

3.A. way　　 B. situation　　 C. manner　　 D. attitude

4.A. class　　 B. society　　 C. play　　 D. designing

5.A. pain　　 B. damage　　 C. wound　　 D. injury

6.A. test　　 B. word　　 C. paper　　 D. text

7.A. use　　 B. cut　　 C. stay　　 D. continue

8.A. condition　　 B. result　　 C. pain　　 D. trouble

9.A. value　　 B. worth　　 C. means　　 D. favourite

10.A. another　　 B. one　　 C. the other　　 D. the rest

11.A. future　　 B. past　　 C. force　　 D. dream

12.A. remained　　 B. left　　 C. worried　　 D. interested

13.A. position　　 B. surrounding　　 C. ground　　 D. part

14.A. dares　　 B. comes　　 C. deals　　 D. happens

15.A. dislike　　 B. job　　 C. feeling　　 D. preference

16.A. cutting　　 B. life　　 C. weather　　 D. friendship

17.A. methods　　 B. conditions　　 C. sides　　 D. opening

18.A. drawn　　 B. placed　　 C. paid　　 D. put

19.A. head　　 B. latter　　 C. above　　 D. below

20.A. action　　 B. remark　　 C. movement　　 D. choice

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

阅读下面材料，在标有61~70 的空格处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Michael: Hello, Mrs. Smith. I’m Michael for The Daily Mirror and I’m carrying out a survey into public opinions1.the city bus service.

Mrs. Smith: The bus service? I don’t use it2.I have to go shopping.

Michael: How do you think the bus service could be3.(improve)?

Mrs. Smith: Well, buses must turn up on4. I mean, you look at the timetable and you think, “Oh, well. Five minutes to wait. But it turns out to be an hour. ”

Michael: Do5.other people in your family use the bus service?

Mrs. Smith: My husband. He uses it more often . 6., when he does need to use it, he’s often angry at it. Once he waited up to 50 minutes at the station for a bus. As a result, he was 7. for work. Fortunately, a neighbor8.works in his office often gives him a lift.

Michael: That would be nice.

Mrs. Smith: So I think there should be some ways of9.(warn) people when a bus is not going to arrive and certainly you’d better provide much10.(much) bus service.

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短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词的下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

I had a interesting dream last night. I dreamed that I took part in a race in the sports meeting. At first, I could not to run very fast and fell behind. So I didn’t lose heart and kept running. All the student on the playground cheered me on, “Come on!” I was so encouraging that I ran faster and faster until I caught up all the other runners. I felt like a superman. In the end, I got to the finishing line first. I won the race. I felt very proudly of myself. Many of my classmates throw me up into the air. Just at that moment I woke up and found me still lying in bed ! What interesting the dream was!

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假如你是李华，最近收到了你的美国朋友Jenny的来信。他在信中说：由于刚进入高中还不能适应新环境，不知道如何去结交新朋友，因而情绪低落。请你给他回信，内容如下：

1.向Jenny表示问候和安慰（你的同学和你面临同样的问题，所以不必过于担心）；

2.针对他的问题提出以下建议：

⑴放学后邀请同学一起参加活动，这有助于你们互相更好地了解；

⑵你的同学遇到麻烦时，你去帮助他们。你遇到困难时向同学求助；

⑶你对友谊的理解。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Jenny,

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