赤水一中2015年秋季学期高一英语半期试题.docVIP

赤水一中2015年秋季学期高一英语半期考试试题 姓名____________班级___________考场号___________座位号___________ 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分120分，考试时间为100分钟。 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 A When we talk about something the English, they are often considered as one of the unfriendly people in the world. Because they dont talk to strangers, but not London taxi drivers. I once asked a cabbie to describe his life to me and he didnt stop talking until I arrived home half an hour later. He told me many interesting stories and this is one of them: “Some very strange things happen late at night. The other day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had a little dog with her. When we got to her house she found that shed lost her key. So, I waited in the cab with the dog while she climbed up the window.” “I waited … and waited … After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb up the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought that I was trying to rob the house! Luckily, the woman came downstairs, shed gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog. I was in such a hurry to get away that I forgot to ask her for the fare(车资，车费).” 1.In the writer’s opinion, London taxi drivers are _____________. A. talkative B.unfriendly C. helpful D. strange enough 2. From the passage we guess that the writer ______. A. is the driver of the taxi B. is a foreigner visiting London C. often travels by taxi D. lives in London 3. What does the underlined word “cabbie” mean in this passage? A. Conductor. B. Stranger. C. Taxi driver. D. Porter. 4. The man was waiting outside the womans house because ______. A. he began to like the woman and her dog at the first sight B. he was trying to go on talking with her C. he wanted to know what would happen when the police came D. the woman had not paid him B Every time I lost a tooth I woul