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1、2020-2021学年某校高一（上）期中英语试卷第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共4小题；每小题6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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 1. For Children Museum: Children's Museum, Sundays, 89 North Street, 67641235 Stor
2、y time: Children's Library, 106 Green Street, Wednesdays during 9: 30 am5: 00pm 66599624 Sports: Soccer Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 16 Yangtze Road, 96725643 Basketball Club
3、, Wednesdays and Fridays, 79071632 Cinema: New films for children, 99 Brick Road, 69001354Useful Phone Numbers Fast Food Restaurant: 66387901 Hospital: 68787451 V
4、isitor Information Center: 8001209847 Taxi: 79210583 Visitor Hotel Information: 8007397302 （1）It's Friday afternoon， you can go to_A. read children's storiesB. play basketballC. play soccerD. visit the museum （2）If you dial 6638
5、7901， you can_A. order fast food in a restaurantB. do some shoppingC. have a good story timeD. ask for some hotel information （3）You can not get any information about_ from the two noticesA. looking for a hotelB. taking a taxiC. eating fast foodD. doing eye exercises 2.
6、Sometimes life can seem challenging and we usually get the feeling of "the grass on the other side is always greener"! We usually feel upset with the troubles that life throws at us.The best thing to do at that point of time is to close our eyes and start counting of all the bles
7、sings in life that God has given us. If we think deeply,our life is full of blessings that we hardly recognize.Listening to the singing of birds early in the morning,we realize that there are many people who spend their life in a world that is silent while many ot
8、hers spend their lives in a world that is dark and may have never seen a rainbow or the setting sun. When you go out for a drive,pull down the window and look at the poor beggar standing under the hot sun,begging for filling his hungry stomach.We get three meals a
9、 day without realizing its importance.Isn't that a blessing? Whenever you are sad,look at the eyes of your parents and family filled with love and concern for you. There are many people who have never experienced the love of a family.Isn't that
10、a blessing? As Mother Teresa once said,"We don't need to do great things. We need to do small things with great love". The key to a happy life is when we consider others' problems to be our own
11、and try to help them.When we love people without any expectations and help them,our heart is filled with a sense of happiness and peace seeing the smile on their face. So next time whenever life knocks you down,close your eyes andstart counting! （1）What does the a
12、uthor intend to tell us？_A. True happiness lies in achieving wealth.B. Blessings should be treasured in our life.C. The singing of birds can make us happy.D. Love from our family gives us courage to face life. （2）The underlined part "the grass on the other side is alway
13、s greener" in Paragraph 1 probably means that_.A. however happy we are,we never seem to be satisfiedB. though we are rich,we are poor in mindC. we can have a better life if we work harderD. there exists a greener grass on the other side （3）What can be learned
14、from the text？_A. We have already known that life is filled with blessings.B. It is a blessing to have three meals a day.C. It's natural to see a rainbow or the setting sun in life.D. Mother Teresa calls on us to do great things in life. （4）What would be the best title for th
15、e text？_A. Troubles in LifeB. Secrets of LifeC. A Sense of HappinessD. Count Your Blessings 3. "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy." But now scientists have given us an other warning: too much play with smart phones or compu
16、ters makes you dull too. "Many focus on the benefits of digital devices（设备）in education but ignore the costs," said Patricia Greenfield from the University of California,"losing the ability to understand the emotions of other people is one of t
17、he costs." Greenfield and her research team did an experiment.They worked with 105 children who spend about 4.5 hours in front of screens on a school day.The students were asked to describe the emotions towards the pictures of people who were happy,sad,angry or scared.T
18、hen,half of them attended a five-day nature and science camp.There they had no smart phones,TV, or computers.The other half stayed in school and spent the five days as usual.Five days later,all the children took the test again. Students who had been to the ca
19、mp got about 5 percent more answers correct than they had done before the camp.But the other group of students didn't show much improvement.The study is not perfect in some ways,said the researchers.But scientists say that the study is still a warning for us. &#
20、160; "Emotional skills develop in practice and the brain develops through real interaction." said Professor Taylor,a professor at the University of San Francisco. Researchers talked to 2, 000 parents of children aged 2-16
21、60;in the UK about what activities their children could do confidently.The results were surprising: Their children could use a tablet（平板电脑）（59%）and work a mobile phone（57%）more confidently than they could tie their shoe laces（鞋带）（53%）! So,spend more time away from mobile phones and compute
22、rs if you want to be an understanding friend,and not a member of what the Daily Mail called "Generation Helpless". （1）According to Professor Greenfield,using digital media in education leads to_.A. being in bad terms with family membersB. making more mistakes when taking exa
23、msC. falling far behind others in all schoolworkD. failing to relate to other people's emotions （2）Scientists think the results of Greenfield's experiment_.A. are alarming for peopleB. are far from perfectC. are quite surprisingD. need to be improved （3）What can
24、 we know from the text？_A. Too much play with digital devices raised some worries.B. Students learned how to describe emotions in the experiment.C. Students living without screens did much better in studies.D. Most of the UK children couldn't tie their shoe laces. （4）What is
25、the best title for the text？_A. Stay away from the InternetB. Here comes a digital world!C. Screens do harm to emotionsD. How people become addicted？ 4. It's a popular belief that a fish's memory lasts for only seven seconds.It may seem sad to
26、 think that they don't remember what they've eaten or where they've been,and they don't identify you or any of their friends - every moment in their life would be like seeing the world for the first time. But don't be so quick to feel
27、 sorry for them.A new study has found that fish have a much better memory than we used to think.In fact,certain species of fish can even remember events from as long as 12 days ago.In the study,researchers from Mac Ewan University in Canada trained a kind of fish called African cichlids to
28、 go to a certain area of their tank to get food.They then waited for 12 days before putting them back in the tank again.Researchers used computer software to monitor the fish's movements.They found that after such a long break the fish still went to the same place where they first got
29、food.This suggested that they could remember their past experiences. In fact,scientists had been thinking for a long time that African cichlids might have a good memory.An earlier study showed that they behaved aggressively（挑衅地）in front of certain fish, perha
30、ps because they remembered their past "fights".But until the latest findings,there was no clear evidence. Just as a good memory can make our lives easier,it also plays an important part when a fish is trying to survive in the wild."If fish are
31、able to remember that a certain area contains safe food, they will be able to go back to that area without putting their lives at risks," lead researcher Trevor Hamilton told Live Science. For a long time,fish were placed far below chimpanzees,dolph
32、ins and mice on the list of smart animals.But this study has given scientists a new understanding of their intelligence. （1）According to the article, people commonly believe that_.A. fish can only remember part of their past experiencesB. fish can remember things that happened long ti
33、me agoC. a fish's memory lasts for only seven minutesD. fish don't recognize any of their friends （2）How can fish benefit most from a good memory？ They can remember_.A. where to get food and surviveB. their enemies and fightC. where to escape to when in dangerD.
34、 their friends and help each other （3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？_A. African cichlids always treat other fish aggressively.B. African cichlids can remember things for 12 days.C. African cichlids don't belong to the list of smart animals.
35、D. Only African cichlids have a good memory. （4）What is the article mainly about？_A. Fish having very bad memories.B. Fish being smarter than we thought.C. How fish improve their memory.D. What we can learn from fish.第二节 七选五 （共1小题；每小题10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
36、中有两项为多余选项。 Trees are one of the oldest living things on earth.Trees are important for life as they provide food and oxygen.The importance of tree continues to increase and more benefits of trees are being discovered as their role expands to satisfy the needs created from us human beings.The fo
37、rests and trees are planted to make the world look better and more beautiful.（1）_ Some of them are as follows. Trees can clean soil and control soil erosion（侵蚀）.Poisonous chemicals and pollutants from various factories enter into the soil,thus causing soil pollution.（2）_
38、Trees and plant roots bind（捆绑） the soil and thus reduce soil erosion.Also they store rainwater and reduce sediment（沉积）deposits. Trees play an important role in reducing the greenhouse gases.They consume carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.（3）_ For example,a fully grown tree
39、 produces oxygen which is sufficient for 10 people for a complete year.Also,they act as filters of the air that we breathe. Trees are of commercial importance.Trees satisfy the need of fuel for cooking in many areas around the world.Trees also provide wood for furniture a
40、nd hundreds of household items.（4）_Also,trees produce a number of fruits and nuts which are sold at market.Some trees are even used to make medicines. （5）_ They provide shelter and food for a number of animal species across the globe.Trees are especially important as they form
41、 green corridors connecting habitats with each other and with the countryside beyond.A. Without trees our planet cannot be considered a place for living.B. In fact,trees play different roles in our environment.C. This lowers global warming.D. Wood pulp（浆）is used for making paper
42、in industries.E. Trees have the ability to store them or change them into less harmful forms.F. Trees have beautified our planet.G. Trees act as the habitat for wild animals. 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分15分）第一节 完形填空（共1小题；每题1分，满分15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。 A home
43、less man spent two days tracking down a woman after finding her handbag in the street.Daisy Owen,20，（1）_a bag containing her wallet,cash and her iPhone on a night ou
44、t in Bolton. Paul Calderbank found the handbag outside a pub and began a search for its （2）_.He walked around the streets for two days （3）_people who lo
45、oked about Ms Owen's age if they knew her.He （4）_who she was from her driving licence.Mr Calderbank,who has been （5）_for four years,attached a note to the bag ex
46、plaining his mission （任务）（6）_he feared people would think he had stolen it. He planned to walk to Ms Owen's house to（7）_the bag but met some of her friends.
47、;They（8）_her on Facebook and arranged for the two to meet. Ms Owen from Bolton was very thankful that Mr. Calderbank had returned the handbag to her."There&#
48、160;needs to be more kind people like this in the world," she said.She has started to raise money（9）_to help Mr Calderbank pay for some clothes, food,and a home
49、.The web page has raised more than 1，100 in two days. She said Mr Calderbank had gone hungry（10）_buying food with the 10 cash in her bag. In the three-page
50、;（11）_he attached to the bag, Mr Calderbank wrote,"I want to find the true owner and （12）_hand all her belongings back to her.I want to do this because I a
51、m an honest person,and because to me it feels good to do it.Ms Owen is （13）_to raise 1，500 for Mr. Calderbank. She asked him what he wanted to do with
52、;the （14）_.He said that he really wanted to get a （15）_."I've decided to find this man a home," said Ms Owen.（1）A. lost B. invented C. created D. drew （2）A. make
53、r B. buyer C. seller D. owner （3）A. guiding B. asking C. imagining D. guessing （4）A. gave out B. broke out C. found out D. carried out （5）A. homeless B. friendless C. worthless D. hopeless （6）A. if B.
54、 until C. so D. because （7）A. return B. get C. use D. carry （8）A. saw B. showed C. messaged D. caught （9）A. online B. quickly C. again D. easily （10）A. along with B. after C. by D. instead of （11
55、）A. picture B. note C. report D. poster （12）A. patiently B. hardly C. personally D. exactly （13）A. regretting B. learning C. trying D. wondering （14）A. money B. goal C. need D. time （15）A. restaurant B. shop C.
56、 car D. flat 第二节 语法填空（共1小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） China is a big old country，（1）_has a history of more than five thousand years We are proud of （2）_（it）culture and part of the culture even influences the world （3）_（great）， for example， the thought of Confucius（孔子） As Chinese economy develops
57、 very fast and plays（4）_important role in the world， more and more（5）_（foreign） learn Mandarin （普通话） in Confucius institutions The Chinese traditional culture can （6）_（test） by the time It unites the whole nation （7）_ no matter what kind of disaster comes， we will fight together for the country'
58、s future Today， many young people lose faith in traditional culture and they are crazy about the western culture They follow the western fashion， （8）_（think） we are the old style But some day， they（9）_（realize） they are wrong （10）_（ignore） traditional culture 第三节 课文填空 （10道题，共10分） In the 1
59、400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the powerful ancient Inca Empire. The Inca（1）_lived in the now-famous site Machu Picchu. Spain took control of Peru and ruled until 1821. It was for this reason that Spanish is the main（2）_ language of Peru. After （3）_ your destination, you will have a day to explore and be （