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　　嘉峪关市第一中学2013-2014学年第二学期期中考试
　　高一英语试题
　　第I卷
　　一、阅读（共两节，满分40分）
　　第一节 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
　　A
　　I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt (被子) after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is it?” I asked.
　　“Oh?” Mom said, “That's Mama's quilt.”
　　I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together: irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.
　　“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at mailts. This didn't certainly look like any of the quilts she had made.
　　“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “I'm still working on it. See, this is what I've done so far.”
　　I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched (缝) a piece of cloth with those words: “My mother made many quilts. She didn't get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”
　　“Ooh, this is so nice, mom,” I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.
　　1. Why did the author go to her mother's home?
　　A. To see her mother's quilt. B. To get together for the family dinner.
　　C. To help prepare for a show. D. To discuss her grandmother's life.
　　2. The author was surprised because ______.
　　A. the quilt looked very strange B. her grandmother liked the quilt
　　C. the quilt was the best she had seen D. her mother had made some changes
　　3. The underlined word “crooked” in the passage most probably means ______.
　　A. unfinished     B. broken       C. not straight      D. unusual
　　4. Which of the following would be the best title?
　　A. A Quilt Show B. Mother's Home   
　　C. A Monday Dinner D. Grandmother's Quilt
　　B
　　No one wants to look silly or do the wrong thing at a new job. It is important to make the right impression—not the wrong one—from the very first day. You will face new people. You will be in a new place. It may be difficult to know what to do. Here are several tips to help you make it through the first days at a new job:
　　First impressions can last forever. Mare you make a good one. Before your first day, find out if your new job has a dress code（准则）. If so, be sure to follow it. No matter what, always be neat and clean.
　　Get to work on time. Employers value employees who come to work right on time. Give yourself an extra 15 minutes to mare you arrive on time.
　　Pay attention to introductions. One of the first things that your supervisor（主管） may do is to introduce you to co-workers will be important to you. They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.
　　Ask plenty of questions. Mare that your supervisor has told you what is expected of you. If he or she has not told you your job duties, ask for a list. Set daily and weekly goals for yourself.
　　Don’t take too long for lunch. What is the lunch-hour policy at your new job? You can find out from your supervisor or your company’s personnel department. For example, do people eat at their desks or does everyone tall hour outside the workplace?
　　Do not make personnel phone calls. You should never make personal phone calls to your friends and family unless it is an emergency.
　　Never be the first one to leave. Observe how your co-workers behave around leaving time. It does no look good for you to be eager to leave.
　　5. What’s the purpose of the writer to write this article?
　　A. to advise the readers to arrive on time during the first days at a new job
　　B. to tell the readers what to do and not do during the first days at a new job
　　C. to tell the readers not to take too long for lunch during the first days at a new job
　　D. to tell the readers not to be the first one to leave during the first days at a new job
　　6. How many tips are listed in this passage by the author?
　　A. 5             B. 6             C. 7              D. 8
　　7. Which of the following statements is not right according to the passage?
　　A. Before your first day, find out if your new job has rules about what you wear to work.
　　B. Your supervisor will answer your questions when the boss is not around.
　　C. Employers think well of employees who come to work on time.
　　D. You’d better set daily and weekly goals for yourself.
　　8. Which of the following is not the one you shouldn’t do according to the author?
　　A. Taking too long for lunch  B. Making personal phone calls
　　C. Being the first one to leave D. Paying attention to introductions
　　C
　　EVENTS
　　Long March exhibition
　　The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March．On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged(被围困的) bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi Province in the mid-1930s．Explanations are all in Chinese．The show will end on November 20.
　　Time: 10:00 am-4:00 pm
　　Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road
　　Admission: 8 yuan for Chinese /15 yuan for foreigners
　　Thai elephants
　　Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a pole, dancing and blowing a mouthorgan（口琴）．People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war(拔河比赛)with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them．The