云南省保山市腾冲八中2017-2017学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题_高中英语试卷

云南省保山市腾冲八中2017-2017学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

　　A. Being humorous

　　B. Cheerful, though concerned

　　C. Somewhat hesitant

　　D. Seriously mistaken

　　“Ad astra per aspera” is used in the passage

　　A. As a motto for the three men’s lives

　　B. To show the value of Latin

　　C. To send the reader to the dictionary

　　D. To point out that genius is always recognized early

　　The writer of the passage thinks that the reader

　　A. Knows that the three men were successful men

　　B. Dreams to become like one of the men some day

　　C. Sympathizes with (同情） the poor teachers of the three men

　　D. Knows that Fred Astaire was an actor famous for performing Shakespeare’s plays

　　Seeing the Horse Eat Fish

　　Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man couldn' t come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters, "Take some fish to my horse." The waiter and the people were very surprised. The waiter said, "A horse doesn't eat fish." The old man told the waiter, "This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too," So the waiter brought the horse some fish. All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said. "Your horse didn't eat any fish." The old man said, "All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I'll eat it." Note: stove 火炉 waiter 侍者 68. The old man felt very cold because ____. A. it was a cloudy and windy day B. it snowed C. he had travelled in the heavy rain D. he was hungry 69. The people in the restaurant all ran out because ____. A. they wanted to see the old man B. they wanted to see the horse eating fish C. they had been told there came the horse D. there was no fire over the stove 70. Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because ____. A. his horse liked eating fish B. he was cold C. he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn't able to do so at first D. he himself also liked to eat fish 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）