河北枣强中学2016届上学期期中考试英语试题及答案(4)

第三部分 英语知识应用（共四节，满分45分）
第一节:完形填空（共20 小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
    阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
    Americans prefer to try every way to have fun, for example, they drive their own cars, some even tow （拖）a small boat after vehicle. They start from Los Angeles, California under sun,   41  through four or five hundred miles to go to La Fulin, Colorado to spend weekends while Chinese people are still  42  with work, and have dinner at home together with families in weekends or  43   time watching TV.
The difference is mainly due to cultural customs and traditions   44  the two countries. It is said that Chinese people are living for others, while Americans are for   45  . When Chinese people come to the United States, they fight for   46  first, and then desperately make money after they are recognized by others. It seems that, the purpose to earn money is not to enjoy life,   47   for their following generations: sons and daughters and even grandchildren. Chinese people prefer to save money   48   emergency, such as illness. Although Chinese people with   49  in the United States don’t need to worry about their own social welfare and health insurance, they work still very hard, as they hope that they can  50  more money.
Chinese people’s interest is in the amount on the passbook（存折）, so they spend  51  money usually. Most of Chinese are very thrifty（节约的）, and they are  52   to spend money, but there are exceptions. They are willing to spend money on their  53  . Many Chinese people think that, they endure（容忍）many  54   , so they wish that their children could live much better. Therefore, in the United States elementary schools, you can see that those who  55  the best, with more pocket money are Chinese students. In contrast, American children dress very simply, with just a little pocket money.
  56   Chinese, Americans believe in living for themselves. They do everything for their own.   57  , they earn money to enjoy a  58  life, and pursue a higher quality of life. As for their own parents or children, they think that parents have their own pension and social welfare, and children should live a(n)   59  life when they are 18 years old. So they could boldly spend money on themselves.   60  , Americans save little money. In the street, it is easy for Chinese to take out 300-400 dollars, but it is hard to say for Americans.
41. A. running       B. driving         C. going          D. walking
42. A. boring        B. pleasant        C. busy           D. angry
43. A. spend         B. take           C. cost           D. pay
44. A. through       B. for             C. among         D. between
45. A. themselves     B. theirs          C. them          D. others
46. A. survival        B. remainder      C. existence       D. material
47. A. or            B. nor            C. but           D. and
48. A. in possession of B. on account of    C. in spite of      D. in case of
49. A. identity         B. force           C. fame          D. power
50. A. borrow         B. give           C. use            D. save
51. A. large           B. few           C. much          D. little
52. A. easy           B. reluctant       C. willing         D. happy
53. A. children        B. relatives       C. parents         D. friends
54. A. hardships       B. problems      C. difficulties      D. sufferings
55. A. match          B. decorate       C. dress           D. wear
56. A. Different from    B. Interested in  C. Similar to       D. Thanks to  
57. A. Otherwise       B. However     C. Therefore       D. Since 
58. A. better           B. well          C. good           D. rich
59. A. single          B. independent     C. different       D. comfortable
60. A. In that case      B. As a whole      C. In this way      D. As a result
第II卷
第二节  语法填空（共10小题，每题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19^th century. The __61   (invent) of the railways made this possible. The first holiday makers   62  (be) quite rich and went for their health and education. The seaside was a place to cure people of illness. And doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water. At that time ordinary working people had very little time off work.   63   , in 1871 the government introduced four “Bank Holidays”, that is national holidays. This allowed people    64   (have) a day or two out now and then,   65  gave them a taste for leisure and seaside. At first, they went on a day trip, taking advantage  66   special trip tickets on the railways. By the 1880s,   67   (rise) incomes meant that many ordinary workers and their families could have holiday at the seaside. Welfare was reduced and cheap hotels  68  (build) for them. Holiday makers enjoy  69  (sit) on the beach, bathing in the sea and eating ice cream. Cheap entertainment was on offer and holiday makers went to have fun. Today  70  English seaside remains popular with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year.