甘肃省永昌县一中2014-2015学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷.docVIP

永昌县第一高级中学2014—2015—2期末考试卷 高一英语 第 Ⅰ 卷（选择题，共70分） 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。 　A ’t know this, it might cause misunderstanding. At one time a foreigner in Indian told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office. The driver shook his head. The foreigner repeated his request and the driver shook his head again. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily, “Drive me to my office at once!” The driver said in a low voice, “Yes, sir,”smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.1.Generally speaking, nodding the head means _______, and shaking the head means _______. A．Yes; No B．No; Yes C．Yes; Yes D．No; No 2.Why did the Indian driver shake his head when the foreigner asked him to drive him to his office? Because _________. A．the Indian driver had something important to do B．the foreigner promised to give him only a little money C．the driver felt uncomfortable at that time D．in India shaking the head means agreement 3.Why did the foreigner become angry? Because _______. A．the Indian driver didn’t want to send him to his office B．he misunderstood the meaning of shaking the head in India C．he asked the driver to send him to his office, but the Indian driver didn’t say any words D．the Indian driver asked him for a lot of money 4.The underlined phrase“on the contrary”means ________. A．just the opposite B．clear difference between two things C．doing what you want to do D．on the other hand B A farmer grew some vegetables in his garden. One day his wife was ill and he had no money. He had to sell some cabbages and carrots in the market. The next morning he took two baskets of vegetables to town. But it was raining hard that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were sold out, it was dark. He bought some medicine and hurried to his village. On his way home he saw a person lying on the snow. He pla