河南省鄭州市中牟縣2020-2021學(xué)年高一英語下學(xué)期期中試題

1、河南省鄭州市中牟縣2020-2021學(xué)年高一英語下學(xué)期期中試題河南省鄭州市中牟縣2020-2021學(xué)年高一英語下學(xué)期期中試題年級：姓名：14河南省鄭州市中牟縣2020-2021學(xué)年高一英語下學(xué)期期中試題親愛的同學(xué)們，疫情下快樂的春節(jié)過去兩個月了。通過這一段的晨讀夜練，你的英語水平一定有了很大的進(jìn)步和提高了吧！快帶上“信心、細(xì)心、專心”這三位好朋友，開始我們的新學(xué)期“開心考一考” 之旅吧！么么噠！本試卷分為第i卷（選擇題）和第ii卷（非選擇題）兩部分。第i卷包括第一、二部分和第三部分的第一節(jié),第ii卷包括第三部分的第二節(jié)和第四部分?？荚嚂r間120分鐘,滿分150分（聽力成績不計入總分）?？忌鷳?yīng)首

2、先閱讀答題卡上的文字信息, 然后在答題卡上作答,在試卷上作答無效。交卷時只交答題卡。第 i 卷第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié),滿分30分）做題時, 先將答案劃在試卷上。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后, 你將有兩分鐘的時間將試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。第一節(jié)（共5小題；每小題1.5分, 滿分7.5分）聽下面 5 段對話。每段對話后有一個小題,從題中所給的 a、b、c 三個選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽完每段對話后,你都有 10 秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。1. what did the woman do over the weekend?a. she went hiking. b. she vis

3、ited a museum. c. she borrowed some books from a library.2. what is across the street from the mans house?a. a basketball court. b. jills new apartment. c. the apartment of jills aunt.3. whats wrong with the girls shoes?a. theyre not in fashion. b. theyre not suitable for p.e. c. they do not match h

4、er jacket.4. how much time do the speakers have to play soccer?a. about two hours. b. about four hours. c. about six hours.5. what is the probable relationship between the speakers?a. a couple. b. co-workers. c. friends.第二節(jié) （共15小題；每題1.5分，滿分22.5分）聽下面 5 段對話或獨(dú)白。每段對話或獨(dú)白后有幾個小題,從題中所給的 a、b、c 三個選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽每

5、段對話或獨(dú)白前,你將有時間閱讀各個小題,每小題 5 秒鐘；聽完后,各小題將給出 5 秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。聽下面一段對話,回答第 6 和第 7 兩個小題。6. why is the woman calling the man?a. she has a stomachache. b. her son isnt feeling well. c. her nephew ate the wrong food.7. how long will it take the man to get to the womans house?a. 12 minutes. b. 15 minutes.

6、c. 20 minutes.聽下面一段對話,回答第 8 至第 10 三個小題。8. where are the speakers talking?a. in a restaurant. b. at the airport. c. at the mans house.9. what are the speakers going to do on saturday?a. have a picnic. b. go swimming. c. visit the womans aunt.10. what is the date this saturday?a. june 8th. b. june 25t

7、h. c. july 10th.聽下面一段對話,回答第 11 至第 13 三個小題。11. what does cindy need help with?a. hanging things in her room. b. cleaning up her room. c. fixing something in her room.12. why might not matt be able to help?a. hes not good at it.b. he has a lot of homework to do.c. he needs to go shopping with his moth

8、er.13. what does cindy want to be in the future?a. a designer. b. an eye doctor. c. a dentist.聽下面一段對話,回答第 14 至第 17 四個小題。14. how is the man feeling?a. sorry and regretful. b. understanding but sad. c. concerned and angry.15. when did elizabeth get home today?a. at 10:00 p.m. b. at 10:45 p.m. c. at 11

9、:00 p.m.16. why was elizabeth late?a. she was stuck in traffic. b. she got in an accident. c. she forgot about the time.17. what did the man decide?a. elizabeth cannot use her phone for a week.b. elizabeth cannot see her friends for a week.c. elizabeth has to come home early for a week.聽下面一段獨(dú)白,回答第 1

10、8 至第 20 三個小題。18. when is the announcement taking place?a. before take-off. b. during the landing. c. during the flight.19. where is the flight landing?a. in seattle. b. in portland. c. in san francisco.20. what does the speaker remind passengers to do?a. wear their seat belts. b. find their gates th

11、emselves. c. turn off the light overhead.第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié),滿分40分）第一節(jié) (共15小題；每小題2分,滿分30分)閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項(xiàng)(a、b、c和d)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。afirst published in 2001, the book life of pi written by canadian author yann martel won the man booker prize and an asian american prize for literature. it is the story

12、 of a young boy named pi who spends 227 days at sea with a small group of animals after disaster strikes their ship and is an account of his journey of survival and hardship.piscine (“pi” is short for piscine) molitor patel, on whom life of pi is based, is a young boy living in pondicherry, india, w

13、here his father owns a zoo. the story starts when patels family decide to move to canada, along with their zoo animals for their new home.however, because of the bad weather, the ship sinks. pi, an orangutan(猩猩), an injured zebra, a hyena(鬣狗) and a bengal tiger named richard parker are the only surv

14、ivors who take shelter in a small lifeboat. both the injured zebra and the orangutan are soon killed and eaten by the hyena. the tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena, leaving just the two of them alone on the boat now.in an effort to avoid being eaten by richard parker, pi acts himself as the head

15、 of the group and remains safe from harm. since he does not want the tiger to die for fear of going mad by being alone on the boat, he fishes and feeds the two of them in order to stay alive.the life of pi then enters its third stage when their lifeboat washes up on the shores of mexico and the tige

16、r escapes into a nearby forest leaving pi alone. after the mexicans refuse to believe pis story, he changes his story by replacing the animals with his mother, a cook and a sailor and asks the mexicans which one they prefer. they prefer hearing the first story though they do not believe a word of it

17、.in my view, life of pi is a must read book for all those who love reading.21. through the passage, we know the book life of pi _.a. was written 2 years ago b. was awarded two prizesc. is about a pleasant voyage d. is a good history book22.in the book life of pi the hyena is killed by _.a. piscine b

18、. the zebra c. the orangutan d. richard 23. how does pi escape being eaten by the tiger?a. by catching fishes for the tiger. b. by locking the tiger in a cage.c. by being the head of them two. d. by fighting with the tiger.24.which can be the authors attitude to the book life of pi ?a. supportive. b

19、. disappointed. c. unconcerned. d. doubtful.bwhat would you like to do first, when a storm is coming? perhaps, leave the area as quickly as possible and head for safety! but there are a few people who will get into cars and go straight for the center of the storm. these people are willing to risk be

20、ing killed by floods or 100-kilometer-an-hour winds for the excitement of watching the storm close up.“storm chasing(追逐)” is becoming an increasingly popular hobby, especially in the midwest of the united states, where there are frequent storms between march and july. a storm chaser begins the day b

21、y checking the internet for the latest weather reports, and then drives up to 1,000 kilometers to where the storm will be and waits for it to develop.although anyone can do it, storm chasing is extremely dangerous. the power of a big storm can throw a cow into the air or destroy a whole house in sec

22、onds. storm chasers are also often hurt in accidents caused by driving in a heavy rain. if you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm-chasing vacations during the storm seasons.even then, storm chasing is not all adventure and excitement. “storm chasing is 95% driving,” says dani

23、el lynch, who spends most of his summer storm-chasing. “sometimes you can sit around for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light showers.”however, for storm chasers, it is all worth it. “when you get close to a storm, it is the most exciting sight you will

24、ever see in your life,” says jasper morley. “every storm is an example of the power of nature. it is the greatest show on earth.” 25. for storm chasing, storm chasers should first _.a. stay patiently for the storm to develop b. collect information for a coming stormc. drive straight to the center of

25、 the stormd. find shelters to hide themselves at once26. beginners of storm chasing are advised _.a. to do it in an organized way b. to stay far away from a storm c. to spend much more time on it d. not to run along in a heavy rain27. “it is all worth it” in the last paragraph really means _.a. a lo

26、t of money is spent in chasing storm b. a storm gifts the greatest show on earthc. storm chasing is worth hours of waitingd. the best view deserves your being brave28. what can we learn from the text?a. storm chasing is just a game fit for young people.b. some storm chasers were killed during the st

27、orms.c. sometimes storm chasers just feel a bit disappointed.d. storm chasing is becoming popular around the world.cedmund halley was an english scientist who lived over 200 years ago. some scientists had already observed comets then, and halley studied them carefully. the orbit(軌道) of one special c

28、omet was a very hard mathematical(數(shù)學(xué)的) problem. he couldnt work it out. neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.however, halley had a friend named newton, who was an excellent mathematician. newton thought he had already worked out that problem, but he could not find the papers o

29、n which he had done it. he told halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse (橢圓).now halley set to work. he worked out the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientists. he made a surprising discovery. the comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607, and 168

30、2 all had the same orbit. yet their appearances had been 75 to 76 years apart.this seemed very strange to halley. the different comets followed the same orbit. the more halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets, as people thought. he decided that the

31、y had simply seen the same comet three times. the comet had gone away and had come back again.it was an astonishing idea! halley felt certain enough to make a prediction of what comet would happen in the future. he decided that this comet would appear in the year 1758. there were 53 years to go befo

32、re halleys prediction could be tested. in 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. halley did not see it, for he has died some years before. ever since then that comet has been called halleys comet, in his honor. 29. halley made his discovery _.a. by using the work of other scientists b. through his own

33、careful observationc. by doing some experiments secretly d. by figuring out some hard problems 30. halley made an amazing, but right prediction in _.a. 1607 b. 1682 c. 1705 d. 181131. this passage in general is about _.a. halley and other scientists b. the orbit of a cometc. newton and halley d. hal

34、ley and his discovery32. which of the following is true?a. the orbit of a comet was a round shape.b. halley did not live up to the year 1758.c. halley was an australian mathematician.d. halley worked out the comets orbit first.dthere are many gardening tips. some suggest playing music for your house

35、 plants, having conversations with them, or even giving them a gentle touch now and then. most of these practices are probably more for the benefit of the gardener than the garden, and generally harmless enough but except the last one. your plants really dislike it when you touch them.a new study ou

36、t of the la trobe institute for agriculture and food has found that most plants are extremely sensitive to touch, and even a light touch can seriously affect their growth. “the lightest touch from a human, animal, insect, or even plants touching each other in the wind, can make a huge gene(基因) respo

37、nse in the plant,” jim whelan, who led the new study, said. “within 30 minutes of being touched, 10% of the plants genome(基因組) is changed. this causes a huge loss of energy which is taken away from plant growth. if the touching is repeated, then plant growth is reduced by up to 30%.”whelan and his t

38、eam are still trying to find out why plants respond, at the genetic level, so strongly. they do have some theories, however. we know that when an insect lands on a plant, genes are awakened preparing the plant to defend itself against being eaten ,” said dr. yan wang, co-author of the study.until mo

39、re research is done, its just a guess at this point. still, the findings might already lead to new methods for how agriculturalists deal with their crops to best promote(促進(jìn)) healthier growth.its worth noticing that while the study found that plants often respond to just a single touch in negative wa

40、ys, its really repeated touching that causes lasting unhealthy growth. thats because the plants are looking for styles in the touching, to tell harmful touch from random touch. so it doesnt matter if you accidently brush up against a bush during a walk through the woods.33.how is the passage mainly

41、developed?a. by giving examples b. by comparing and describing c. by listing numbers d. by showing results of studies34.why can touching prevent a plant growing according to the study?a. it leads to the plants energy waste.b. it makes the plant sensitive to dangers.c. it causes a genetic disorder in

42、 the plant.d. it prevents the plant receiving sunlight.35. what is the passage mainly about?a. something is done to help plants grow.b. plants genome can be changed easily.c. plants dont really like to be touched.d. what we do every day may destroy plants. 第二節(jié)(共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白

43、處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。maybe you are an average(普通的) student. 36. this is not necessarily so, however. anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. heres how:plan your time carefully. when planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. after making this list, you

44、should make a schedule of your time. first, time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. then, decide a good, regular time for studying. 37. a weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.find a good place to study. look around the hou

45、se for a good study area. keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials(材料). no games, radios, or television. when you sit down to study, put your heart into your work.make good use of your time in class. 38. listening carefully in class

46、 means less work later. taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.study regularly. when you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. 39. if you do these things regularly, the material

47、 will become more meaningful, and youll remember it longer.develop a good attitude towards tests. the purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. they help you remember your new knowledge. the world wont end if you dont pass a test, so dont be over worried.40. you will probab

48、ly discover many others after you have tried these.a. this will help you understand the next class.b. you probably think you will never be a top student.c. dont forget to set aside enough time to relax yourself.d. make full use of time to do exercises as many as possible.e. no one can become a top s

49、tudent unless he or she works hard.f. take advantage of class time to listen to what the teacher says.g. there are other methods that might help you with your studying.第三部分 語言知識運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié),滿分45分）第一節(jié)（共20小題；每小題1.5分,滿分30分）閱讀下面短文, 從短文后各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)（a、b、c和d）中, 選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng), 并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。one day a student in one

50、of our universities was taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly _41_ the students friend. as they went _42_, they saw lying in the path a pair of old _43_, which were supposed to belong to a poor man who was working in a_44_ close by. the student turned to the professor, saying, “l(fā)ets play

51、the man a _45_: we will hide his shoes, and _46 ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his anxiety(焦慮) when he cannot find them.”“my young friend,” answered the _47 _, “we should never _48 ourselves at the _49 of the poor. but you are _50_, and you may give yourself a much greater _51_ by me

52、ans of the rich man. put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and _52_how the discovery affects him.” the student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes. the poor man soon finished his work, and came_53_the field to the path _54_he had left his coat and shoes. wh

53、ile_55 his coat he put his foot in one of his shoes; but feeling something_56 , he bent down to feel _57 it was, and found the coin. astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face. he then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. he now put the money into his pocket, and contin

54、ued to put on the other shoe; but his _58 was doubled on finding the other coin. he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and said aloud a genuine thanksgiving, in which he_59 his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread. the student stood there deeply_60_, and his eyes were filled with tears. it is much happier to give than to receive.41. a. asked b. kept c. named d. called42. a. along b. down c. over d. around43. a. socks b. gloves c. shoes d. trousers44. a. field b. school c. farm d. college45. a. game b. trick c. role d.