双十中学2021届高三上期中考试 英语.docx

1、厦门双十中学20202021学年第一学期高一年期中考试英语试题命题人：张璐 审题人：金鑫注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.请认真阅读答题卡上的注意事项，在答题卡上与题号相对应的答题区域内答题，写在试卷、草稿纸上或答题卡非题号对应答题区域的答案一律无效。不得用规定以外的笔和纸答题，不得在答题卡上做任何标记。 3.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮檫干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。4.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第一节（共5小题；每题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

2、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。1. What will the man do at 8:00?A. Work in the office. B. Have dinner with Mike. C. Go out with the woman. 2. What does the woman dislike about the shirt?A. The color. B. The design. C. The price. 3. What are the speakers mainly

3、talking about?A. Garys works. B. Garys application. C. Garys list of samples. 4. What did the man plan to do on March 1st?A. Attend some classes. B. Call the travel agent. C. Go to the mountains. 5. Why does Amy plan to go to Rome?A. To work. B. To travel. C. To study. 第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5

4、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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. What course wont the girl attend?A. African music. B. Business. C. Basic Spanish. 7. On which days does the girl have advanced piano classes?A. Mondays. B. Tuesda

5、ys. C. Thursdays. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。8. Who is the man probably?A. A travel agent. B. The womans friend. C. A hotel receptionist. 9. Where will the woman probably go?A. France. B. Spain. C. Greece. 10. What do we know about The Hotel Playa?A. It is a five-star hotel. B. It has its own beach. C. It

6、 has a swimming pool. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。11. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a shop. B. At home. C. At a TV station. 12. What does Bob like doing?A. Playing tennis. B. Taking photos. C. Riding bikes. 13. What did the woman dream of being?A. A shop owner. B. A bank clerk. C. A tennis

7、player. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。14. How long has Louise been working at the center?A. About six months. B. About one year. C. About two years. 15. How did Louise feel when she started working at the center?A. Excited. B. Nervous. C. Confident. 16. What is the most fruitful part of the job?A. Seeing ch

8、ildren have a lot of fun. B. Thinking of new things for children to do. C. Helping the less able children achieve more. 17. What does Louise say about working at night?A. Its unfair for her to do it. B. Its something that she enjoys. C. Its a necessary part of the job. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。18. What

9、 organizations used to have a lot of power?A. Newspapers and publishers. B. Universities and libraries. C. Digital companies. 19. Why do many city people prefer e-books?A. They are cheaper. B. They are more portable. C. They are more available. 20. What can we learn about Borders Group?A. They were

10、bought by a tech company. B. They used to have more than 600 stores. C. They made billions of dollars this year. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)第一节 (共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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。AA subscription to TIME for Kids includes the following: Key articles available at two reading levels; select

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15、e following EXCEPT_.A. key and select articles B. teachers guidesC. digital materials D. school funds23. This passage is most likely intended for _.A. teachers B. parents C. students D. childrenBVegetable gardens may not be as visually pleasing as the variety of flowers, but Floridians looking to sa

16、ve some green by growing their own salad fixings can soon do so without fear. Gov. Ron DeSantis this week signed a law that bans local governments from carrying orders against homeowners from raising veggies in their yards.The law, which takes effect July 1, puts an end to that particular power of t

17、owns and cities across the state to prohibit vegetable gardens for “aesthetic（审美的）purposes”.The issue became a cause after a couple living in Miami Shores Village opposed the decision of a $ 50 a day fine for growing vegetables in their front yard, as theyd done for years.Hermine Ricketts and her hu

18、sband Tom Carroll fought City Hall in a case that wound its way up the states court system, with judges consistently ruling against their money-saving and health-conscious project.After the Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of Miami Shores right to control design and landscaping standards, the co

19、uple replaced their vegetables with pink flamingos (红鹳花) .Their cause was not lost, however. State lawmakers proposed and passed a law that effectively voids the court rulings, with Rob Bradley, who sponsored the bill, reportedly calling the villages action a “vast overreach”.The lawmaker noted the

20、difficulty that many families experience getting fresh and affordable food, calling bans against vegetable and fruit gardens ridiculous.About a third of all households in the U. S. grow some of their own food, according to the National Gardening Association. The group says a 600-square-foot garden t

21、hat costs around $ 70 a year to keep can grow 300 pounds of fresh produce worth about $ 600 annually.24. Why will some Floridians plant salad fixings?A. To protect the environment.B. To beautify their home.C. To build their own gardens.D. To cut daily expenses.25. What can be known about the couple

22、from the passage?A. They started a public health-conscious campaign.B. They never gave in to the Miami Shores demand.C. They paid a $50 daily fine to Miami Shores Village.D. They were not backed by the Florida Supreme Court.26. What does Rob Bradley think of the couples action probably?A.Its sensibl

23、e. B.Its ridiculous. C. Its ambitious. D.Its costly.CA study of more than five million books, both fiction and non-fiction, has found a marked decline in the use of emotional words over time. The researchers form the University of Bristol used Google Ngram Viewer, an online database for finding the

24、frequency of terms in scanned books, to look for more than 600 particular words identified as representing anger, dislike, fear, joy, sadness and surprise.They found that almost all of the categories showed a drop in these “mood words” over time. Only in the category of fear was there an increase in

25、 usage.“It is a steady and continuous decline,” said Dr Alberto Acerbi. He assumed that the result might be explained by a change in the position occupied by literature, in a crowded media landscape. “One thing could be that in parallel to books the 20th century saw the start of other media. Maybe t

26、hese mediamovies, radio, dramahad more emotional content than books.”Although both joy and sadness followed the general downwards trend, the research, published in the journal PLOS One, found that they also exhibited another interesting behavior: the ratio (比率) between the two varied greatly, appare

27、ntly mirroring historical events. During the Roaring Twenties the joy-to-sadness ratio reached its highest point that would not occur again until before the recent financial crash. Then, in 1941, the ratio plunged at the height of World War II. Nevertheless, the researchers held a reserved opinion a

28、bout their claim that their result reflected wider social trends. In the paper, they even argue that the opposite could be true. “It has been suggested, for example, that it was the suppression (压抑) of desire in ordinary Elizabethan English life that increased demand for writing filled with romance

29、perhaps,” they conclude, “songs and books may not reflect the real population any more than catwalk models reflect the average body.”27. The study was carried out by way of_. A. scanning the books with an online scanner B. counting the number of words in the books C. searching digitized texts for em

30、otional words D. analyzing different topics of the books28. Which of the following is one of the research findings? A. Usage decreased in all the categories of mood words. B. Usage of most mood words kept falling over time. C. The decline was caused by the rise of other media. D.The unfavorable posi

31、tion of literature led to the decline. 29. What does the underlined word “plunged” probably mean? A. increased B. changed C. dropped D. twisted 30. The researchers suspect that _.A. their research result reflected wider social trends.B. their research result was the contrary of social trends.C. ther

32、e was a suppression of desire in Elizabethan English life.D. catwalk models reflect the population better than songs and books. 第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 One morning I looked out of my study window and saw it was a fine day: not even a single cloud. But later o

33、n, hard at work at my desk, I heard a loud drumming noise. Turning to the window, I saw the sky was now the color of charcoal (木炭). Rain began to fall; two minutes later the rain became hail (冰雹); at some point, the hail became snow. 31 Its extremely variable. Go ahead with your picnic in the local

34、park by all means, but dont assume that because the sun is shining now, it will be when you open your pack of sandwiches. 32 The weather in Britain is by no means always bad. It can just seem a lot like a person who has a lot of mood swings. This is one of the biggest reasons why the British talk so

35、 often about the weather: its handy. Wherever there are strangers standing or sitting close together, and talk cannot be avoided, the conversation focuses on the weather: “ 33 ” or “What shocking weather weve been having!” The unreliability of the weather is something that every Brit can agree on. 3

36、4 Thus, the weathers unpredictability is actually a plus for the British. Even those with different opinions on everything else in the world, such as the current argument in the UK about membership of the European Union, can talk about the weather without it leading to a shouting match. 35 A. Long l

37、ive rainstorms in mid-July!B. The English often talks about weather.C. Yes, the weather has been good, hasnt it? D. That makes it a safe topic of conversation.E. Youd better take an umbrella, just in case.F. This story will give you some idea about weather in Britain.G. Strangers will choose to talk

38、 about the weather to break the ice.第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）“Whats all this tree-planting for? I was asked when I began writing about restoring(修复) a piece of land I had 36 in Somerset. The truth is, I just love trees. And I am not 37 . “As I get older, all I really 38 is to pla

39、nt trees ,” Prince Charles says in a BBC programme in which he is 39 in the wood he planted on the day Prince George was born.We have inherited 40 and wonderful trees in our cities and villages. They were planted, or self-sown, years, even centuries ago. We take them for granted, 41 the creatures li

40、ving among them, remain in ignorance of the 42 trees are doing us (cleaning the air, for example) and cut them down for 43 . Yet we keep a feeling of 44 for them. This may account for the 45 the government faced in 2010 when it sought to sell off publicly owned woods, and for the wide support the Wo

41、odland Trust (a tree-protecting charity) 46 .Trees need 47 , which is why I, a city-resident, bought my Somerset woodland in 1999. At that time, climate change was already well proved, 48 my hopes of planting long-lived oaks and pines gradually 49 anxiety about their chances. Tree diseases new to th

42、e UK, wind, drought and flood were all putting them at 50 .But I did not 51 things to move so fast. The woodland is good, and the new trees are growing like mad, but the creatures are 52 . The rabbits have disappeared(due to some disease, perhaps?) and the owl has moved. The bees and butterflies are

43、 still there but in smaller 53 . If this can happen in my wood that is 54 pesticides (杀虫剂)and herbicides (除草剂) , it surely indicates we need to give nature the chance to restore its own 55 . Meanwhile, I love my wood, and tree-planting has also done wonders for restoring my balance between town and

44、country.36. A. visitedB. purchasedC. allocatedD. returned37. A. richB. ashamedC. aloneD. ready38. A. object toB. give awayC. take upD. long for39. A. filmedB. stuckC. commentedD. discovered40. A. sacredB. delicateC. matureD. fragrant 41. A. raiseB. observeC. ignoreD. abuse42. A. honorB. goodC. harmD

45、. justice43. A. developmentB. entertainmentC. protectionD. restriction44. A. trustB. sadnessC. betrayalD. affection45. A. approvalB. oppositionC. survivalD. dilemma46. A. attractsB. urgesC. requiresD. lacks47. A. spaceB.supportC. companyD. nutrition48. A. sinceB. forC. yetD. so49. A. caught up withB

46、. gave way toC. broke away from D. got rid of50. A. riskB. a distanceC. easeD. a loss51. A. prayB. wantC. allowD. expect52. A. in placeB. in orderC. in declineD. in question53. A. sizesB. numbersC. placesD. spaces54. A. eager forB. fit forC. free ofD. full of55. A. frictionB. virtueC. tensionD. bala

47、nce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。Technological changes brought dramatic new options to Americans living in the 1990s. During this decade new forms of entertainment, commerce, research, and communication _56_(become) commonplace in the U. S. The driving force behind much of

48、 this change was an innovation _57_(popular) known as the Internet.The Internet was developed during the 1970s by the Department of Defense. In the case of an attack, military advisers suggested _58_ advantage of being able to operate one computer from another terminal. In the early days, the Intern

49、et was used mainly by scientists to communicate with other scientists. One early problem faced by Internet users was speed. Phone _59_(line) could only transmit information at a limited rate. The development of fiber-optic(光纤) cables allowed billions of bits of information _60_(receive) every minute

50、. Companies like Intel developed faster microprocessors, so personal computers could process the incoming signals more _61_(rapidly).In the early 1990s, the World Wide Web was developed, in large part, _62_ commercial purposes. Corporations created home pages _63_ they could place text and graphics

51、to sell products. Soon airline tickets, hotel reservations and even cars could be purchased online. Universities posted research data on the Internet, so students could find _64_(value) information without leaving their dormitories. Companies soon discovered that work could be done at home and submi

52、tted online, so a whole new class of telecommuters began to earn a living from home offices unshaven and _65_(wear) pajamas(睡衣).第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （满分15分）假定你是李华，英国高中生Peter在中国研学时曾暂住你家。他回国后给你写信感谢你的招待，并在信中委婉表示对你家三世同堂感到惊讶。请你写一封回信，简要介绍中国人三世同堂的现象。注意：1. 写作词数应为100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。第二节 （满分25分）阅读下面材料，根

53、据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 The rain came down steady and hard. Jason Storie heard it but was not worried as he prepared for a day of caving with five friends in a remote spot 80 miles northwest of his home in Duncan, on Canadas Vancouver Island.It was 6 a.m. on December 5, 2015. As a newcomer to

54、the sport, Jason had gone caving only four times. This would be his toughest outing yet: a cave called Cascade. It was dangerous enough that the entrance was blocked by a locked metal door to keep the casual cavers out. About a mile long and 338 feet deep, Cascade was full of turns and barely passab

55、le tight squeezes.Jason was new among the group, with the least experience and, at 43, older by a decade or more. It was his friend Andrew Munoz, 33, who introduced him to the sport. Unlike Jason, Andrew was an expert cavera former caving guide, actually.They hiked a bit before coming to the door, w

56、hich sat in the groundyoud miss it if you werent looking for it. It was 10 a.m. With their way lighted by headlights, they walked down a narrow passage studded with(布满) sharp rocks. The silence was broken by a drip-drip-drip from above. Soon the drip turned into a light but steady flow, and they wer

57、e wading（涉，蹚） in water up to their ankles, then to their shins（胫）.Two hours later, they approached one of the features that made the cave unique: a narrow passage not big enough to stand up in that led into a short, tight downhill. This had a name: Bastards Crawl. Four streams met here, and indeed,

58、the water was flowing more quickly. The sound of the water had turned into a roar. When they finally neared the top of the Crawl, there were barely four inches of air left between the water and the ceiling. not enough for them to keep their heads up to breathe. They came to terrifying realization that they were in danger！注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1：The water kept rising, and there was no hope of rescue._Paragraph 2：Slowly but steadily, the group made their way forward. _