新疆昌吉市教育共同体2019-2020学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版（无听力试题）

昌吉教育共同体2019-2020学年第一学期 高一英语期中质量检测试卷 第一部分：单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 1. —Thank you for joining in our conversation tonight. —_____. A. It’s my duty B. It’s all right C. It’s my pleasure D. With pleasure 2. The reason _____ he refused to attend the meeting was that they didn’t give him an invitation earlier. A. how B. which C. why D. because 3. The government announced some new holidays like the Dragon Boat Festival _____ people do not go to work. A. because B. if C. since D. when 4. They became friends again that day. Until then, they _____ to each other for nearly two years. A. won’t speak B. hadn’t spoken C. haven’t spoken D. haven’t been speaking 5. The old man was the only person on the spot, so the policeman asked him to _____ the facts as he remembered them. A. set up B. set down C. dig out D. keep out 6. Hearing this, the little boy _____ into tears and asked his mother, “Did I do it wrong Is God mad at me ” A. burst B. came C. feared D. expressed 7. He is a new comer. There is no one _____, so let’s go and help him, shall we A. who to turn to B. for him to turn C. for whom to turn D. he can turn to 8. Why don’t you make _____ of this opportunity to ask the expert for advice A. advantage B. use C. care D. note 9．She was angry to see the beautiful coat _____ she had bought the day before _____ with a lot of dirt. A.which; cover B.that; covered C./; covering D.where; covered 10．I want to have a mobile phone _____ color is orange. A.whose B.that C.its D.which 第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flow more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily. Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they welcome us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outsi ... ...