四川省成都市树德中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期5月阶段性测试试题.doc

1、四川省成都市树德中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期5月阶段性测试试题第 I 卷（选择题，共 100 分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30分）第一节 (共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分)听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是C。1. When is the play expected to start?

2、A. At 9: 10. B. At 9:30. C. At 9:50.2. How will the speakers probably go?A. On foot. B. By taxi. C. By bus.3. What will the man do this afternoon?A. Take a trip. B. Have a discussion. C. Give a lecture.4. What is the womans attitude toward the mans words?A. Supportive. B. Negative. C. Interested.5.

3、What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Their relationship. B. Their hobbies. C. Their new boss.第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5分)听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6-7题6. What problem does the man ha

4、ve?A. His bags are missing.B. There is a fire in his room.C. His room has an unpleasant smell.7. What will the woman do for the man?A. Clean the floor. B. Collect his bags. C. Find another room.听第7段材料，回答第8-9题8. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In a shop. B. In a restaurant. C.

5、 In a library.9. What will the man probably do next?A. Find a security guard. B. Observe a customer. C. Do some shopping.听第8段材料，回答第10-12题10. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Former colleagues. B. Old classmates. C. Teacher and student.11. When did the speakers last see each other?A.

6、Two weeks ago. B. Four years ago. C. Ten years ago.12. What is one of the womans favorite memories?A. Assisting a professor. B. Giving a presentation. C. Attending a party.听第9段材料，回答第13-16题13. Which computer course dissatisfies Mrs. Lewis?A. The one on April 24th. B. The one on April 25th. C. The one

7、 on April 26th.14. Why did the man ask for a day off?A. To look after his son.B. To go on vacation.C. To do training in a company.15. What dissatisfaction did the woman mention first?A. The trainer taught poorly.B. The trainer was late for class.C. The class lasted too long.16. Who is to blame for c

8、hanging training rooms?A. The man. B. The trainees company. C. The replacement trainer.听第10段材料，回答第17-20题17. How far is Coober Pedy from south of Alice Springs?A. 690 kilometers. B. 860 kilometers. C. 960 kilometers.18. When did people begin to live in Coober Pedy?A. In 1930. B. In 1940. C. In 1915.1

9、9. Who set up settlements in Coober Pedy?A. Some Europeans. B. Australian soldiers. C. French explorers.20. What is Coober Pedy probably best known for?A. Extreme climate. B. Precious stones. C. Underground living.第二部分 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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ASmith,

10、 Williams, Brown are common surnames that you will meet in Britain. However,you may come across some strange English surnames. The following surnames are rare, but they are real.Gotobed树德中学高2020级高一下期5月阶段性测试英语试题 第 1 页 共 4 页You are not going to meet many people with the surname “Go-to-bed”. The first

11、recorded person to have this surname was John Gotobedde of Cambridge in 1269. Professor Reaney, anauthority on English surnames, explains the surname originated from people who had a bed,which was rare back in the 12th century. People were proud that they could afford to have a bed, thus adding it t

12、o their name. Strange but true!OnionsThis surname, which was first popular in France and Ireland before coming over to the UK, dates back to l279 and identified（显示）a persons job. He was either a seller or a grower of thevegetable.NutterNutter means a crazy or silly person in spoken English. You woul

13、dnt usually call yourself a nutter, but its genuinely a surname that originates from Yorkshire and Lancashire. Its a variation of the old English surnames “Notere”, which means a clerk, and “Nothard”, which means a person that keeps oxen.HardmeatYou might have guessed that “Hardmeat” must have somet

14、hing to do with a family of butchers. In fact, it might just have been a misspelling of the village that the name came from, which was “Hardmead” in England. Wish they had a spellchecker back then!21Which of the following surnames can tell a familys wealth?A. Nutter. B. Onions. C. Gotobed. D. Hardme

15、at.22What do Onions and Nutter have in common?A. They originated in the UK. B. They mean silly people.C. They date from the l3th century. D. They show the occupations.23Where does the surname of Hardmeat come from?A. An incorrectly-spelt village name. B. A place famous for hard meat.C. A village wit

16、hout a spellchecker. D. A family of butchers.BFor a while, I wrote a “Tuesday tip” on my blog L. It was about easy week-night dinners, organizing parties or perhaps finding time out for friends.About a year ago, I ran out of tips.The truth? As a busy working mom with five busy kids, I probably do ha

17、ve a few tips to share. But honestly, the bar is set pretty low-on a recent day when I was walking our dog, a stranger who knew I had five kids said, “Wow! You have a dog, too?! And it even looks like you showered today!” Yes, its true, I shower. Not every day, but most days. See, Im telling the tru

18、th. Honestly, in this cold winter, Im probably taking a shower more to warm up than to clean up.Other funny truths? Im tired. In fact, for the past year, Ive been too tired to type up anyupdate on our life here in Lyons Den. Its hard to arrange a career with all these kids. Although folks just belie

19、ve that it must be so much easier now since all the kids are in school, Im here totell you, its not. Its really not. When I get home from work, Im often tearfully greeted by fivekids and five homework folders filled with math facts, invitations, notices and artwork.All those happy smiling faces I sh

20、are on Facebook are real. We are a happy family-thankGod for that! But were not always smiling, and even in those rare best times when I can get all five kids looking at the camera, the odds would be that one of them isnt wearing underwear, one is pinching (捏) someone behind the scenes and one is ju

21、st perfectly pronouncing “Damn!”So, less perfectly-posed pictures, but more telling the truth. Even if only on Tuesday.24. It seems that the authors life used to be _.A. tiring B. busy C. relaxing D. funny25. Which of the following is true about the author?A. She cant get along well with her neighbo

22、rs.B. Shes living a happy life with her familyC. She likes to have a shower every day.D. She has already closed her blog now.26. Which of the following words can best take the place of the word odds?A. answers. B. chances. C. solutions D. ways.27. The passage mainly talks about _.A. the happiness of

23、 a working mother B. the worry of a working motherC. the hardship of a working mother D. the bittersweet of a working motherCA 293-million-mile journey of the NASA Perseverance rover (探测仪) to Mars ended successfully on February 18, 2021, with a picture-perfect landing inside the Jezero Crater. Theca

24、r-sized, six-wheeled rover, nicknamed Percy, is the US space agencys biggest and mostadvanced explorer to date. Its primary mission is to search for signs of ancient microbial (微生 物) life on Mars.Landing on Mars is extremely tricky. The Red Planets gravitational pull causes approaching spacecraft to

25、 go faster to high speeds, while its thin atmosphere-just 1 percent that of Earths-does little to help slow it down as it approaches the surface.The scientists had to reduce Percys 12,000 mph speed to a safe landing speed of less thanfive mph-in just six and a half minutes. The target entry angle al

26、so had to be a precise 12 degrees-any steeper, and the spacecraft would burn up; any flatter, and it would get lost in space. It is no wonder that the final approach is often referred to as the seven minutes of terror.Upon attaining a manageable speed, Percy briefly flew over the Martian surface to

27、seek outthe perfect landing spot. Its complex map-reading system rapidly scanned the area and matchedit with maps in its database to find the best location.The NASA scientists will spend the next two months testing Percys scientific instruments. Once ready, the rover will begin to carry out its miss

28、ion.Perseverance is the smartest robot ever made, but confirming that microbial life onceexisted carries an unusually large burden of proof, said Lori Glaze, director of NASAs Planetary Science Division. While well learn a lot with the great instruments we have aboard the rover, it may very well req

29、uire the far more well-equipped laboratories and delicate instruments back here on Earth to tell us whether our samples (样本) carry evidence that Marsonce harbored life.28. What is the extraordinary challenge for the rover to land on Mars?树德中学高2020级高一下期5月阶段性测试英语试题 第 2 页 共 4 页A. The time management. B

30、. The location search.C. The atmosphere analysis. D. The speed reduction.29. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?A. Reasons for the necessity of speed reducing. B. Factors to survive the seven minutes.C. Consequences of wrong entry degree. D. Ways to find the precise entry angle.30. What does it refer

31、to in paragraph 4?A. The surface. B. The system. C. The area. D. The spot.31. What can be inferred from Lori Glazes words?A. Samples of Mars will be returned soon to our labs on the earth.B. Man still has a long way to go to prove life was on Mars.C. Perseverance is able to collect enough evidence n

32、eeded.D. Instruments aboard the rover are not quite reliable.DWhile the arts can t stop the COVID-19 virus or the social unrest we see in the world today, they can give us insight into the choices we make when moving through crises and chaos. The arts invite everyone to think in new ways.We often ex

33、perience works of art as something thats pleasing to our senses without a fullunderstanding of the creative effort. Great art often shows us contradictions and crises, and we can learn a great deal from their resolutions(解决). Through our understanding of art, we cangain a deeper understanding of how

34、 we might overcome our own challenges. In understandingextremes of contrast, we can see the beauty in art with themes that are not simply pleasing for their magnificent features or qualities.Beethoven offers a wonderful example of moving artfully through crises and chaos. Hecomposed his Symphony No.

35、 9 as his hearing loss became more and more obvious. The opening of the symphony seems to come out of nowhere, from near silence in the opening to a full expression of what many consider to be the joy of freedom and universal brotherhood withSchillers Ode to joy（欢乐颂). Beethoven appears to have creat

36、ed a work of art that not onlyfreed him from his personal struggles, but one that also speaks to the joy of living together in peace and harmony.Have a dialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they always start outfighting each other until we come to an appreciation of differen

37、cea oneness of the two opposing forces. The arts offer many lessons that can help us gain the knowledge we need tomove more confidently in today s competitive and uncertain environment. An openness toarts-based solutions will give you more control over your future.32. What value does art have beyond

38、 pleasing peoples senses?A. It brings people inner peace. B. It contributes to problem-solving.C. It reduces the possibility of crises. D. It deepens understanding of music.33. What can we learn about Beethovens Symphony No. 9?A. It celebrates freedom and unity. B. It aims to show crises and chaos.C

39、. It opens with Schillers Ode to Joy. D. It is unfinished due to his hearing loss.34What is the authors suggestion on dealing with conflicting forces?A. Leaving things as they are. B. Making a choice between them.C. Separating them from each other. D. Engaging them in a conversation.35Which of the f

40、ollowing can be the best title for the text?A. How COVID-19 changes art B. Essentials of Symphony No. 9C. Moving artfully through crises D. Joy in the eyes of Beethoven第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Its natural to greet friends with a smile and a wave. 36 But wha

41、t happens if your faceand body send mixed messages? Would someone be more likely to believe the look on your face or the way you hold your body?Scientists have recently tackled these questions. They found that when a person is lookingat your face, she might not believe what she sees if your body lan

42、guage doesnt match the feeling that your face shows.37 Previously, they had found that the tone of a persons voice can be more importantthan the words that are spoken. For example, most people tend not to believe a person who says in a flat voice, “Im so excited.”When it came to emotions conveyed by

43、 facial expressions and body language, mostscientists suspected that the face was more important. To test if this was true, psychologists from the Netherlands and Boston showed people a number of pictures of isolated(孤立的)faces andisolated bodies (with faces blurred out(模糊的) that showed anger or fear

44、. 38An angry face had low eyebrows and tight lips. A scared face had high eyebrow and aslightly open mouth. 39 A scared body had arms forward and shoulders square, as if readyto defend.These results told the researchers that mixed signals can confuse people. Even when people pay attention to the fac

45、e, body language subtly(微妙地) influences which emotion they read.40 If you want to be understood, it helps to avoid sending mixed messages.A. Studying such mixed messages is nothing new for scientists.B. So, your body language is important for telling people how you feel.C. Scientists feel new to stu

46、dy the mixed message that confuses people.D. An angry body had arms back and shoulders at an angle, as if ready to fight.E. Body language can sometimes be misunderstood in different culture backgrounds.F. When you do this, your face and body work together to show your friends that youre happy to see

47、 them.G. They also showed pictures in which angry or scared faces were paired with angry or scaredbodies.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（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 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。树德中学高2020级高一下期5月阶段性测试英语试题 第 3 页 共 4 页I got on the bus and noticed a girl looking at me. With the warmest

48、 smiles, she rose and41 into the aisle (过道)，offering her seat to me politely and respectably. I was wrong-footed,then conflicted. “No,” I 42 , holding back a laugh from within, “I come from a generation43 I do that for you.” I realized immediately what a 44 place that was.Speech failed me; I burnt w

49、ith 45 . Later, I reflected that this was an act of 46 . Ibowed in recognition, 47 felt I bowed with shame. I am fit, able, strong. In my head，I am48 . She shocked me by making me so acutely aware of my 49 years.To accept the seat was to accept that 50 status elderly, needy, requiring care astatus I

50、 was not yet 51 to acquire. To decline was to 52 an act of generosity. To turn ablind eye was to appear 53 and impolite. To explain, on a 54 bus, was impossible.The 55 situation was played out before the other passengers. What if, once I was seated,an older person 56 and no one offered a seat? Shoul

51、d I remain seated and burn with shame,or stand and 57 my newly received gift-a slap (巴掌) in the face for the kind and caringgirl?58 I took the seat, smiled and 59 my head on to my chest. The bus came to a stop. Igot up, walked slowly, 60 and noisily down the aisle and out into the rain.41. A. steppe

52、d B. climbed C. slid D. ran42. A. argued B. screamed C. announced D. added43. A. when B. where C. that D. why44. A. nice B. proper C. public D. strange45. A. disappointment B. weakness C. embarrassment D. happiness46. A. aggression B. violence C. goodness D. faith47. A. but B. and C. so D. or48. A.

53、wrong B. vital C. normal D. young49. A. coming B. advancing C. wasted D. recent50. A. high B. bad C. new D. equal51. A. suitable B. ready C. proud D. perfect52. A. reject B. perform C. commit D. balance53. A. ungrateful B. unfortunate C. uncomfortable D. unbearable54. A. school B. shuttle C. crowded

54、 D. local55. A. different B. similar C. dangerous D. tough56. A. boarded B. returned C. searched D. relaxed57. A. hand out B. give up C. give back D. hand over58. A. Doubtfully B. Naturally C. Delightedly D. Awkwardly59. A. shook B. nodded C. hung D. lifted60. A. suddenly B. heavily C. energetically

55、 D. effortlessly第 II 卷（非选择题，共 50 分）第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Is sorry the hardest word? Not for the British Education Secretary Michael Gove, 61has apologized recently to his former French teacher 62 his bad behaviors in class. It tookhim 30 years to express regre

56、t. In a letter 63 (publish) in a magazine, Mr. Gove says: Itmay be too late to say Im sorry. But, as my mom told me, its never too late to set the record straight.”Researchers argue that people have too high expectations of the power of saying sorry.Some psychologists said in a study that 64 (receiv

57、e) an apology isnt as 65 (help) aspeople think. Nevertheless, apologies might be an important social tool as they reaffirm（重新确认）the 66 (exist)of rules that need to be observed.The Education Secretarys apology might have been accepted by his old teacher but hemight get 67 (he) into trouble. According

58、 to the Daily Mail, Mr. Goves mother didnt knowher son was causing trouble at school and she 68 (say):He would have been punished 69I had known he was being so naughty.” Later, Gove said: I can never express my apology tohim face to face these days-it just goes through to his answering machine. But

59、when I do 70(eventual) speak to him, I will tell him a good sorry.”第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 35分）第一节 短文改错（共 10小题；每小题1分，满分 10 分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中 共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改 10

60、处，多者（从第11 处起）不计分。Dear editor,In our school students are constantly complaining about bad food in the dining room. It serves with many dishes from Cantonese to Sichuan hotpot, so the quality isnt good. Some students said they had found stones or died pests in their food. The popular joke is that you

61、are really luck if you find nothing strange or smelly in the food. As the majority of student have nochoice but eat in the dining room, money can still be made if the dining room makes a effort toimprove the quality of food. The dining room should pay attention to providing better services and taste

62、d food. It is high time that the dining room should change their idea of management. We were looking forward to the day.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假设你是李华，近日，你校英语社团与校学生会联合发起了“强身健体，从我做起”的活动， 作为学生会主席，请你就此写一封英文倡议书发表在校报英文版上，要点如下：1. 参加运动的重要性；2. 推荐一项日常运动及理由。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear fellow students, _The St

63、udents Union树德中学高2020级高一下期5月阶段性测试英语试题 第 4 页 共 4 页树德中学高2020级高一下期5月阶段性测试英语试题参考答案听力：15 ACABC 610 CCABB 1115 CBCAB 1620 BACBC阅读理解 21-23 CDA 24-27 CBBD 2831 DBCB 32-35 BADC七选五 36-40 FAGDB完形填空：ABBDC CADBC BAACD ABDCB语法填空：61. who 62. for 63. published 64. receiving 65. helpful66. existence 67. himself 68.

64、said 69.if 70. eventually短文改错：Dear editor,In our school students are constantly complaining about bad food in the dining room. It serves with many dishes from Cantonese to Sichuan hotpot, so the quality isnt good. Some students said they had found stones or died pests in their food. The popular joke

65、 is that you are really luck if you find nothing strange or smelly in the food. As the majority of student have no choice but eat in the dining room, money can still be made if the dining room makes a effort to improve the quality of food. The dining room should pay attention to providing better ser

66、vices and tasted food. It is high time that the dining room should change their idea of management. We were looking forward to the day.1.删with 2.so but 3.died dead 4.luck lucky 5. student students 6.eat to 7.a-an (effort) 8.tasted tasting/tasty 9.their its 10.were-are听力部分录音文稿：（Text1）W: I wonder what

67、s happened.Its already 9:30.M: Thats strange! The playshould havestartedtwenty minutes ago according to the timetable.（Text2）M:We got off the bus too early. We have to wait for the next bus, or take a taxi.W: Well, the bus is better.（Text3）W: Can we discuss the details of the lecture this afternoon?

68、M: I cant make it today. Ill fly to New York on business.（Text4）M: I really believe that men are better drivers than women its a fact!W: Thats absolute rubbish! Men are the ones who drive too fast and cause all the accidents.Text5W: I wonder whether it will be easy to get along with our new boss.M:

69、We have to know his hobby, his character, and so on. （Text 6）M: Hello. I just checked into my room, 904. It smells like smoke in here. I requested a non-smoking room.W: Im so sorry. It must have been a typing mistake.M: Can anything be done about that?W: Of course, sir. Ill send someone up right awa

70、y to collect your bags and well put you to another floor. （Text 7）W: Mark, come here. Do you see that customer? I think she might be trying to steal some food.M: Are you sure? We dont want to accuse a customer of something they arent actually doing.W: Just watch what she is doing for a while. If you

71、 see anything strange, let me know and Ill call the security guards.M: All right. Hand me those boxes. Ill pretendIm arranging the shelves. (Text 8)M: Lucy, what a nice surprise! I didnt expect to see you here.W: Hi, Gabriel. ActuallyIdidnt thinkIwould be able to come here, but my business trip has

72、been canceled. Im so happy thatIcan make it to our ten-year reunion. Many things have changed.M: Can you believe its been ten years since we last saw each other? Remember the time you andIdid a presentation together and made a lot of mistakes? But Professor Williams gave us A plus anyway.W: How canI

73、forget! Thats one of my best memories of my four university years.（Text 9）W: Hello, Fred.Ive just received a letter from Mrs. Lewis here. She isnt happy andIneed to reply as soon as possible.M: Really? Whats the problem?W: Well, shes referring to a computer course on the 25th of April. Two people fr

74、om her company were onthecourse.M: I think you mean on the 26th actually. The 25th was a Sunday.W: OK.Anyway, you know about it?M: Well,Iwasnt here. I was supposed to be but I had to take the day off because my son was sick. And I got a replacement trainer. The trainer was a little late that day. Bu

75、t we added the lost time on to the end of class. Is that what theyre notsatisfiedabout?W: Well, thats one thing.Ididnt know you added the time back on. And its also because of a room change.M: Well,Ihad told them the course was full and we could only take one of their people, but their company still

76、 sent two. So rather than sending one of them home we were able to switch training rooms and deal with it.W: So that sounds like their fault. OK. Thats allIneed to know. Im sureIcan sort it out.（Text 10）W: Good afternoon. In this class were talking about Coober Pedy, the Australian desert town. It l

77、ies 860 kilometres north of Adelaide and 690 south of Alice Springs. The extreme climate and lack of water made it a highly unlikely place for humans to live, but that all started to change in 1915 with the discovery of the precious stones.Settlements werefounded following the First World War, when

78、Australian soldiers returning from the battlefields of France brought with them the techniques of living below ground. During theperiodof the 1920s and 30s, the town was so poor that many explorers left. But the town became active again in the late 1940s. Some people from Europe arrived in large num

79、bers after the Second World War.It must be remembered how tough conditions were. Daytime summer temperatures reached well over 50 degrees Centigrade, and winter nights were bitterly cold. So more and more people began living in underground houses, where the temperature remains at a comfortable 25 degrees all year round.As years goby, the homes have become bigger. There are now also some hotels for tourists. They come from all over the world just to see this unusual town. Coober Pedy is probably best known for its unique style of underground living.