【解析】甘肃省天水一中2013-2014学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题.doc

第 I 卷 I.单项填空：（每小题1分，共15分） 1．—What’s the noise outside? —Some children_____ hide-and-seek in the yard. A. were playing B. are playing C. have played D. played 2．The students _____ are hard-working and ready to help others should be praised. A. who B. whom C. which D. whose 3．The decorations were so lovely that they _____ in a short time. A. sold out B. has been sold out C. were sold out D. were selling out 4．—I don’t mind telling you what I know. —You _____. I can manage it myself. A. mustn’t B. ought not to C. can’t D. dont have to 5．The old man has retired from the factory. He _____ there for 30 years. A. works B. worked C. has worked D. was working 6．She had to drop out of school _____ her family couldn’t afford the cost of her education. A. although B. unless C. because D. so 7．My house _____ when you visited Beijing last time, so I didn’t invite you to my home. A. was being decorated B. is being decorated C. has been decorated D. was decorated 考点：考查时态和语态 8．We’ll have our picnic in the place _____ most of us like best. A. where B. which C. who D. as 9．It will take a lot of time and_____ to finish the task on time. A. power B. pressure C. struggle D. energy 10．If the service is awful, a customer has the right to _____ to the manager. A. react B. apply C. complain D. suggest 11．Bill Gates is so _____ that he has given away most of his money to charity. A. brave B. smart C. generous D. skilful 考点：考查词义辨析 12．All his free time is _____ by charity work, but he feels it meaningful. A. put up B. given up C. picked up D. taken up 13．All the athletes competed _____ each other for gold medals in the Olympic Games. A. against B. for C. between D. over 14．The thieves ran away as soon as the alarm _____. A. gave off B. put off C. showed off D. went off 15．—If people make small changes, like taking buses instead of driving cars, it will mak