2017-2018學年四川省成都外國語學院高一（下）開學英語試卷
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第一部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)）第一節(jié) （滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中， 選出最佳選項．并在答題卡上將該選項涂黑．
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1．George Gershwin，born in 1898，was one of America's greatest composers．He published his first song when he was eighteen years old．During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs．
Many of Gershwin's songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City．These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s．Many of his songs have remained popular as ever．Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way - from jazz to country．
In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music．Could jazz，some people asked，be considered serious music？In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music．Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it．And in that short time，he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue．Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert．The audience were thrilled when they heard his music．It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular．
In 1928，Gershwin went to Paris．He applied to study composition （作曲）with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger，but she rejected him．She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style．While there，Gershwin wrote An American in Paris．When it was first performed，critics （評論家）were divided over the music．Some called it happy and full of life，to others it was silly and boring．But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States．It sill remains one of his most famous works．
George Gershwin died in 1937，just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer．He was only thirty-nine years old．Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages．People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written．
（1）What did Gershwin do during his stay in Paris？
A．He created one of his best works
B．He studied with Nadia Boulanger
C．He argued with French critics
D．He changed his music style
（2）What do we learn from the last paragraph？
A．Many of Gershwin's works were lost
B．The death of Gershwin was widely reported
C．A concert was held in memory of Gershwin
D．Brain cancer research started after Gershwin's death．
（3）Which of the following best describes Gershwin？
A．Talented and productive
B．Serious and boring
C．Popular and unhappy
D．Friendly and honest組卷：3引用：1難度：0.5 -
2．On a hill 600 feet above the surrounding land，we watch the lines of rain move across the scene，the moon rise over the hills，and the stars appear in the sky．The views invite a long look from a comfortable chair in front of the wooden house．
Every window in our wooden house has a view，and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before．Each look reminds us where we are．
There is space for our three boys to play outside，to shoot arrows，collect tree seeds，build earth houses and climb trees．
Our kids have learned the names of the trees，and with the names have come familiarity and appreciation．As they tell all who show even a passing interest，maple（楓樹）makes the best fighting sticks and white pines are the best climbing trees．
The air is clean and fresh．The water from the well has a pleasant taste，and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink．Though they have one glass a day of juice and the rest is water，they never say anything against that．
The seasons change just outside the door．We watch the maples turn every shade of yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars'（楊樹）putting out the first green leaves of spring．The rainbow smelt fills the local steam as the ice gradually disappears，and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for the winter．A family of birds rules our skies and flies over the lake．
（1）What can be learned from Paragraph 2？
A．The scenes are colorful and changeable．
B．There are many windows in the wooden house．
C．The views remind us that we are in a wooden house．
D．The lakes outside the windows are quite different in color．
（2）By mentioning the names of the trees，the author aims to show that．
A．the kids like playing in trees
B．the kids are very familiar with trees
C．the kids have learned much knowledge
D．the kids find trees useful learning tools
（3）What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean？
A．The change of seasons is easily felt．
B．The seasons make the scenes change．
C．The weather often changes in the forest．
D．The door is a good position to enjoy changing seasons．
（4）What is the main purpose of the author writing the text？
A．To describe the beauty of the scene around the house．
B．To introduce her children's happy life in the forest．
C．To show that living in the forest is healthful．
D．To share the joy of living in the nature．組卷：48引用：8難度：0.7 -
3．Getting rid of dirt，in the opinion of most people，is a good thing．However，there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt．
In the early 16th century，people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease，as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in．A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths．By 1538，the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom．So did the king of England in 1546．Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way．Henry IV，King of France，was famously dirty．Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath，the king ordered that，to avoid the attack of disease，the nobleman should not go out．
Though the belief in the merit of dirt was long-lived，dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century．Scientifically speaking，cleaning away dirt is good to health．Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease．Yet，it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World WarⅡ．Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea；clothes need to be whiter than white，cloths ever softer，surfaces to shine．Has the hate for dirt，however，gone too far？
Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays．Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt，which might be responsible for the spread of disease．On the contrary，Mary Rucbush，an American immunologist（免疫學家），encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system．And the latter position is gaining some ground．
（1）The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because．
A．they lived healthily in a dirty environment．
B．they thought bath houses were to dirty to stay in
C．they believed disease could be spread in public baths
D．they considered bathing as the cause of skin disease
（2）Which of the following best describes Henry IV's attitude to bathing？
A．Afraid
B．Curious
C．Approving
D．Uninterested
（3）How does the passage mainly develop？
A．By providing examples．
B．By making comparisons．
C．By following the order of time．
D．By following the order of importance．
（4）What is the author's purpose in writing the passage？
A．To stress the role of dirt．
B．To introduce the history of dirt．
C．To call attention to the danger of dirt．
D．To present the change of views on dirt．組卷：69引用：20難度：0.3 -
4．In a recent announcement，Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide．
Beginning this fall，a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new 60 USD million program，known as edX． "Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses，" Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan．
MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2，000 classes free online．It has been used by more than 100 million people．In December，the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate，known as MITx，for people who complete certain online courses．Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program．
The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform．
MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120，000 people signed up for the first MITx course．She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform．
"Fasten your seatbelts，" Hockfield said．
Other universities，including Stanford，Yale and Carnegie-Mellon，have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online．
The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-profit（非盈利的）organization based in Cambridge，to be owned equally by the two universities．Both MIT and Harvard have provided﹩30 million to start the program．They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful．
（1）According to this text，edX is．
A．a(chǎn) part of the free MIT OpenCourseWare
B．a(chǎn) free computer program by MIT and Harvard
C．a(chǎn) Harvard-MIT platform of free online courses
D．a(chǎn) free program online for universities worldwide
（2）What is said about online education in the text？
A．Universities have been trying online courses．
B．About 2，000 online courses have been offered．
C．Over 100 million people have finished courses online．
D．Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX．
（3）The underlined part in the text probably means ""．
A．Get ready for the difficulties
B．Get ready for this educational change
C．Get prepared to complete the online courses
D．Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses
（4）What can be said about MITx according to the text？
A．It is first offered as part of the edX learning program．
B．It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning program．
C．It is a standard to recognize online learners' achievement．
D．It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT．組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5
第二節(jié) （滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項．選項中有兩項為多余選項．
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5．Muzak The next time you go into a bank，a store，or a supermarket，stop and listen．What do you hear？（1）
．It's similar to the music you listen to，but it's not exactly the same．That's because this music was especially designed to relax you，or to give you extra energy．Sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing，but you react to the music anyway．
Quiet background music used to be called "elevator （電梯） music" because we often heard it in elevators．But lately we hear it in more and more places，and it has a new name "Muzak"．About one-third of the people in America listen to "Muzak" every day．The music plays for 15 minutes at a time，with short pauses in between．It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning，and between three and four in the afternoon，when people are more tired．（2）．
If you listen to Muzak carefully，you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs．Some musicians or songwriters don't want their songs to be used as Muzak，but others are happy when their songs are chosen．Why？（3）．
Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel．It has been proven that Muzak does what it is designed to do．Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background． （4）．Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries．
（5）．They say it's boring to hear the same songs all the time．But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places．They say it helps them relax and feel calm．One way or another，Muzak affects everyone．Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!
A．Some people don't like Muzak．
B．The music gives them extra energy．
C．Music is playing in the background．
D．Factory workers produce 13 percent more．
E．Muzak tends to help people understand music better．
F．They get as much as＄4 million a year if their songs are used．
G．Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world．組卷：216引用：21難度：0.1
第二部分 完形填空（每題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A， B， C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑．
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6．T1．he young woman entered the pool where an injured dolphin（海豚） was swimming．Despite her fear，she felt strong wearing her new leg．
In her second grade，Maja（1）her cousin，Jasmina．After Jasmina's death，Maja swore she would honor the little girl by（2）with a dolphin，an animal that both girls（3）．"Jasmina never got the chance to do it，"says Maja，now 32，"so I（4）that someday I'd do it for her．"
In high school，Maja was（5）about sports．She even planned to become an athlete．（6），in 1993，during the civil war in her home country，a bomb（7）her left leg．
After two years'（8）in the U．S．，Maja received her first artificial （人造的）leg，but（9）it didn't fit well，walking for Maja was very painful．（10），she managed to graduate from a local high school．Then after receiving a（11）from Saint Francis University，she got a job at an insurance firm and（12）started her own company．
To relax，Maja（13）often watch the dolphins play at an aquarium （水族館）near her home．A young dolphin，Winter，who had lost its tail，caught her（14）．One day，Maja happened to see trainers（15）Winter with a hightech tail．When they were done，Winter swam freely in the water．Maja was（16）．She managed to find the inventors of Winter's tail．Within ten days，she had a new leg which freed her of the（17）that had troubled her for almost 16 years．
Now，Maja was ready to keep her（18）．She went to the aquarium，lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter，who approached（19），then swam away．After a few minutes，the dolphin let Maja（20）its back．Finally，the two began to swim around the pool together．（1） A．lost B．visited C．rescued D．left （2） A．talking B．living C．swimming D．surfing （3） A．loved B．a(chǎn)dopted C．possessed D．purchased （4） A．pretended B．decided C．preferred D．a(chǎn)greed （5） A．positive B．enthusiastic C．particular D．curious （6） A．Undoubtedly B．Surprisingly C．Strangely D．Unfortunately （7） A．took away B．took over C．cut down D．cut out （8） A．study B．operation C．treatment D．experiment （9） A．until B．because C．a(chǎn)lthough D．if （10） A．Otherwise B．Therefore C．Besides D．However （11） A．scholarship B．degree C．prize D．notice （12） A．gradually B．a(chǎn)ctually C．eventually D．naturally （13） A．might B．should C．could D．would （14） A．eye B．leg C．nose D．hand （15） A．decorating B．guiding C．marking D．fitting （16） A．inspired B．puzzled C．shocked D．a(chǎn)mused （17） A．worry B．sadness C．pain D．fear （18） A．a(chǎn)ppointment B．promise C．record D．habit （19） A．blindly B．a(chǎn)ngrily C．gratefully D．cautiously （20） A．strike B．cover C．touch D．wipe 組卷：37引用：7難度：0.5
第一節(jié) 首字母填空 （共10小題；每題1分，滿分10分）
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7．When c
with unpleasant situations， high EQ individuals can usually approach the situation more rationally．組卷：3引用：3難度：0.9 -
8．Space has always been the final frontier for mankind and space e
is the key to discovering the enormous universe that surrounds our planet．組卷：5引用：3難度：0.9 -
9．They had entered the country and had applied for p
residence． If they succeed， they could live there forever．組卷：1引用：1難度：0.9 -
10．The woman was e
because she had cleaned up the whole teaching building on her own．組卷：1引用：2難度：0.9 -
11．P
people always think of the worst while facing a problem， which will usually cause negative results on their lives．組卷：1引用：2難度：0.9 -
12．Sometimes，he finds it f
to watch movies since they speak so quickly that he can understand nothing，though he has learned English for about 10 years．組卷：1引用：1難度：0.8 -
13．With the improvement of the techniques， you can hardly tell the difference when the a
flowers are put together with the natural ones．組卷：1引用：2難度：0.9 -
14．On hearing the girl struck by a truck has been sent to hospital by ambulance， many people volunteered to d
blood for her．組卷：1引用：2難度：0.9 -
15．We should realize the p
risks and take some measures before they come into existence．組卷：1引用：1難度：0.7 -
16．Only staying in the solid s
can protect you from being injured in the hurricane．組卷：1引用：1難度：0.7
第六節(jié) 漢譯英
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47．為了改善身體健康狀況，我們應該均衡飲食．（不定式表目的， make a difference）
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48．在醫(yī)院里當了三十年護士之后，我的媽媽在去年退休了．（非謂語）
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