2016年-高一上学期-英语-期末考试.doc

高一英语试卷 第一部分 听力（省略） (共两节, 满分30分) 第二部分 阅读理解0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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to sell millions of models because he could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would become a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford had started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty years．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．Henry Ford was the man to build _____ cars． A．cheap and strong B．cheap and long C．fast and expensive D．strong and slow The young man became a mechanic，_______． A．which was his father’s will B．which was against his own will C．which was against his father’s will D．which was the will of both The “Model T” was very famous_____． A．before 1908 B．between 1982 and 1908 C．before 1892 D．after 1908 Ford built his own car factory______ A．in 1903 B．in 1908 C．in 1913 D．in 1897 B A woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip to the United States．The woman had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City and Chicago． 　　“I studied English before I left home,” she said．“But I still was not sure that people were speaking English．” 　　Her problem is easy to understand．Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere．They have a language of their own．Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work．Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the thea