高一上学期期中英语考试(2020-2021学年度)

高一上学期期中考试英语考试（2020-2021学年度）考试时间：150分钟一、听力共30分请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. What is the probable relationship between Jim and Bob?A. Classmates.B. Close friends.C. Twin brothers.2. When did Paul set a new world record?A. In 1989B. In 1998C. In 19923. Who will go to the performance tonight?A. John and the woman.B. The woman and the man.C. John and the man4. Why can’t the woman go to the mountains this weekend?A. She has a phone call to make.B. She has a meeting to attend.C. She has a lot of housework to do.5. How many miles does the woman think the man should run in a week?A. 5 miles.B. 20 miles.C. 10 miles.请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. Where does this conversation most probably take place?A. On a train.B. Near a bus stopC. In a department store7. What did the man do?A. He hurt the woman by chance.B. He helped the woman carry the bags.C. He made the woman drop her shopping bags.8. What do you think of the woman?A. She is friendly.B. She is brave.C. She is impolite请听第7段对话材料，回答第9至11题。

9. Where have the two speakers decided to go?A. Scotland.B. The countrysideC. London.10. When will the two speakers start their journey?A. On Saturday morningB. On Saturday afternoonC. On Sunday.11. How will the two speakers go to their destination?A. On footB. By trainC. By bus.请听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What is the woman?A. A clerkB. A student.C. A teacher13. What do we know about the man?A. He loves the childrenB. He is very activeC. He is very worried.14. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The children are not friendlyB. The children are very shyC. The man is going to leave.请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wifeB. Seller and buyerC. Householder and housekeeper16. What advantage does the older apartment have over the modern one?A. It is much biggerB. It is a lot cheaperC. It is in better shape17. Which apartment does the woman prefer?A. Neither oneB. The older oneC. The modern one请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What was the most wonderful piece of machinery on show at the Great Exhibition of 1851?A. A steamboat.B. A steamC. A steam engine.19. How many visitors had been to the Crystal Palace altogether according to the text?A. 6,000.B. 60,000 .C. 6,000,000.20. What destroyed the Crystal Palace in 1936?A. A fireB. floodC. An earthquake二、单项选择填空（共15分）21. Something has gone wrong _______ the bike.A. toB. forC. withD. in22. The reason _______ she gave yesterday was ________her mother fell ill suddenly.A. that; thatB. why; thatC. why; becauseD. for; because23. The students didn’t stop running in the ground ________ the teacher came.A. afterB. untilC. ifD. when24. The familiar smell _______ the memory of my children.A. brought inB. brought upC. brought downD. brought back25. _______ basketball matches are always more interesting.A. liveB. aliveC. livingD. lively26. No .2 Middle School is _______ wonderful school, ________ school everystudent in Xinjan County expects to go to.A. a; theB. a; aC. the; aD. the; the27. The book, ________ is gone, is on the desk.A. of which coverB. the cover of itC. which coverD. whose cover28. The summer season was almost _______ them again.A. nearB. uponC. onD. up29. When they heard the help, the parents _______ immediately to their feet.A. wereB. gotC. stoodD. kept30. Some pigs ________ the front door and entered the garden.A. went throughB. came acrossC. came aboutD. went away31. A heavy snow hit the City of Nanchang, with all the streets _______, leavingover three thousand cars blocked.A. being coveredB. coveringC. coveredD. were covering32. The maths teacher set us such a difficult problem______ we all couldn’t work out.A. whichB. thatC. asD. but33. In the room sat some football players, ________ fans seated out.A. theirB. whoseC. whoD. its34. ______ is no possibility _______ Xiao Hua can run fastest.A. It; whetherB. It; thatC. There; whetherD. There; that35.—“I’d like to invite you to dinner this weekend”.------- “_______”.A. Oh, no, please don’tB. I’d rather stay at homeC. I’m sorry, but I have other plansD. Oh, thanks, that’ll be too much trouble.三、完形填空共30分Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you ___36 speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of 37 ! Here is a story of a man who did a lot of 38 things, but his promise to tell the truth 39 him.Once a man came to the prophet (预言家)and said, “Oh prophet, I have many bad 40 .Which one of them should I 41 first?”The prophet said, “Give up telling 42 first and always speak the truth. ” The man promised to do so and went home.At night the man was about go out to steal. Before setting out, he thought for a moment about the 43 he made with the prophet. “ 44 tomorrow the prophet asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say that I went out 45 ? No, I cannot say that. But nor can I lie, If I tell the truth, 46 will start hating me and call me a thief. I would be 47 for stealing.”So the man 48 not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.Next day, he 49 drinking wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself, “What shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what did I do during the day? I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will hate me, because a Muslim is not 50 to drink wine.” And so he gave up the 51 of drinking wine.In this way, 52 the man thought of doing something bad, he 53 his promise to tell the truth 54 . One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very 55 person.36. A. always B. hardly C. sometimes D. never37. A. time B. money C. trouble D. punishment38. A. great B. bad C. strange D. terrible39. A. educated B. bothered C. tested D. saved40. A. habits B. friends C. purposes D. collections41. A. take in B. bring back C. give up D. depend on42. A. stories B. truths C. reasons D. lies43. A. plan B. secret C. promise D. mistake44. A. Because B. Unless C. Since D. If45. A. stealing B. drinking C. walking D. dancing46. A. none B. someone C. anyone D. everyone47. A. controlled B. admired C. punished D. killed48. A. refused B. tried C. decided D. agreed49. A. talked about B. felt like C. adapted to D. broke down50. A. allowed B. encouraged C. invited D. advised51. A. chance B. disadvantage C. adventure D. idea52. A. wherever B. whenever C. whatever D. however53. A. forgot B. doubted C. regretted D. remembered54. A. at all times B. at a time C. at one time D. at times55. A. good B. attractive C. practical D. generous四、阅读理解：（共40分）ATalent in Business-Ken LewisWhen he was still a child, Ken Lewis loved sports very much, and decided to become a great athlete, However, he hurt his back, so he had to change his attention to business. As the son of a nurse and an army official, Lewis went door-to-door selling Grit, a weekly newspaper, and later got a job selling shoes. He had a great ability to make money.Lewis now manages Bank of America which holds more Americans’ money than any other bank in America. The Bank of America is second to Citigroup in totalassets(资产), but is the largest consumer bank in the U.S. holding about 591 billion dollars in deposits（存款） and serving about 55 million users. His bank got 21.1 billion dollars from them last year.At 60 years old, Lewis is still widening his business field. Now his business has spread into wealth management and credit cards. Lewis is very successful. While Citigroup sent 17,000 workers away this spring, Lewis’s company received 28% earnings increase.Lewis caused heated arguments this year. He planned for a credit card which would not need users to provide a Social Security number. Some people cheered for this plan. But other people were against it and worried it may help illegal immigration（非法移民）.56. Which company has the most assets in the United States?A. MBNA.B. Bank of America.C. Grit.D. Citigroup.57. It is described in the passage that Lewis’s bank is the largest consumerbank in America. What is an example of it?A. It has received 28% earnings increaseB. It has brought in 21.1 billion dollars.C. It has about 55 million users.D. Its credit cards are easier to use.58. According to the passage, what field of business has Lewis NOT worked in?A. Credit card industryB. Immigration guideC. Newspaper industry.D. Shoes industryBOne windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds dancing in the sky. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string (细绳)kept them in check.Instead of blowing away with the wind, they rose against it to achieve greater heights. They shook and pulled, but the string and the long tail kept them in tow, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!”They soared beautifully even as they fought the imposed restriction (限制)of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. “Free at last, ”it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wind. ”Yet freedom from restraint (抑制) simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic breeze. It fluttered (摇摆) ungracefully to the ground and landed in a mass of weeds and got caught in a dead bush. “Free at last” meant being free to lie powerlessly in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to lodge lifelessly against the first obstruction (障碍物).How much like kites we sometimes are. We are given adversity (不幸) , restrictions, and rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. Some of us tug at the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We want to be so free that we never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.Let us rise to great heights. Recognize that some of the restraints that we may fight against are actually the steadying forces that help us go higher and achieve success.59. What does the underlined phrase “kept them in check”in the first paragraph mean?A. Pulled them backB. Examined them.C. Controlled them.D. Supported them.60. According to the passage, the kite fluttered to the ground mainly because ______.A. the wind was too strongB. it broke away from the stringC. the kite was not well madeD. the string held it back61. The author wants to tell us that some of the restraints _______.A. stop the kites from flying highB. keep the kites in our hands.C. help us become successfulD. prevent us from making progress62. What’s the best title for the passage?A. How to Fly KitesB. The True Meaning of LifeC. Freedom in LifeD. Free to Soar with RestraintsCA study has found that 17% of college students have reported that they had deliberately (故意地)injured themselves in some way. But only 7% of the students reported that they had looked for medical help for their injuries. The study could be the largest study on self-injury ever undertaken in the U.S, with 8300 university students invited to join.Experts working with young people and young adults reported that there have been strong increases in self-injury in recent years. The study’s author, Janis Whitlock, said, “Our findings are consistent (一致的)with research in the United Kingdom and with smaller studies in the United States and Canada, which show self-injury has been a big dilemma among young adults. It is reported that the number of young people with mental problems has increased a lot in the past five years.”The researchers discovered the following:Self-injurers were more likely to be female (55 percent) and less likely to be Asian-American.Three-quarters of the self-injurers had engaged (忙于)in the practice more than once, and 70% of that group had used many different methods to hurt themselves, The most common methods were scratching (抓伤)and cutting.Self-injurers were more likely to kill themselves, more likely to report a history of bad experiences, and more likely to report high levels of recent pain.The average age of those injuring him or her for the first time was between 14 and 15, but almost half of the self-injurers started between the ages of 17 and 22. Most self-injurers did not try to find medical help.63. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?A. More and more young people have mental problems.B. A few students look for medical help for their injuries.C. It’s a fact that some students have injured themselves.D. The findings are consistent with those of other studies.64. The word “dilemma”underlined in Paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.A. taskB. resultC. problemD. reason65. The self-injurers don’t go to hospital partly because _______ .A. they want to calm down by themselvesB. they have mental problemsC. they don’t want to tell others about their actionsD. they are familiar with the doctors in the hospital66. According to what researchers have found, ________.A. women can deal with difficulties more easilyB. most self-injurers are form non-American countriesC. self-injurers don’t really want to kill themselves.D. self-injurers have generally had bad experiences beforeDJohn and Sandra had been married for a little over three months when they had their first real conflict (冲突). Sandra wanted a new pair of shoes. John, worried about the budget, didn’t think there was enough money for a new pair of shoes. Sandra came from a family that considered money as something to be used. John’s family, on the other hand, believed strongly in saving and regarded money as security. John felt threatened by Sandra’s request. He became angry with her and began to shout. In Sandra’s family, conflict was avoided at any cost and no one knew their anger certainly not by shouting. As a result, she withdrew (不与人交往)into herself, both to escape the conflict and John’s shouting.John and Sandra had just experienced what David Mace, family specialist, calls the love-anger cycle. They had been drawn to each other in part because of their differences. John was active, outgoing, and at ease with a group. Sandra was more intentional, felt less sure of herself, and was careful in groups.Sandra’s family tended to avoid conflict by controlling their emotions and withdrawing from relationships. John’s family was more emotional and was used to letting out emotions by shouting.As John and Sandra moved toward each other seeking understanding, these differences which had attracted them to each other created disagreements. Thedisagreements heated up and became conflict. Their differences in dealing with conflict added fuel to the fire.John’s shouting frightened Sandra. She wondered how he could love her and still shout at her. John, on the other hand, was angered by Sandra’s withdrawal. After all, his mother had loved him, yet shouted at him. Could it be that Sandra just did not care how upset he was?67. The author begins the passage by using _______.A. a quotationB. an exampleC. questionsD. figures68. The conflict between the couple occurred because _______.A. their family was very poor when they got marriedB. they had different family backgroundsC. they didn’t love each other at allD. the pair of shoes Sandra wanted was too expensive69. Which of the following doesn’t belong to Sandra’s characteristics?A. Being very active.B. Being very intentional.C. Being less sure of herselfD. Being careful in groups.70. John was angered by Sandra’s withdrawal because he thought _______.A. Sandra was too timid a womanB. Sandra was no better than his motherC. Sandra did not care that he was disappointedD. Sandra was tired of him and the marriageEAustralia, the last continent, was discovered by ships belonging to some European nations in the seventeenth century. These nations were less interested in changing it into a colony（殖民地）than in exploring（勘探）it. As in the early history of the United States, it was the English who set up the settlements （新拓居地）in Australia. This history and the geography of these two British colonies have some other things in common as well.Australia and the United States are about the same in size, and their western lands are both not rich in soil. It was the eastern coast of Australia and American that the English first settled, and both colonies soon began to developtowards the west. However, this western movement took place more because the English were searching for better land than because the population was increasing. Settlements of the western part of both countries developed quickly after gold was discovered in America in 1849 and in Australia two years later. Although the development of these two countries has a lot in common, there are some striking differences as well. The United States gained its independence from England by revolution while Australia won its independence without having to go to war. Australia, unlike the United States, was firstly turned into a colony by English prisoners and its economic development was in wheat growing and sheep raising. By 1922, for example, Australia had fifteen times more sheep than it had people, or almost half as many sheep as there are people today in the United States. Yet, in spite of these and other main differences, Australia and the United States have more in common with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world.71. Who turned Australia into a colony?A. BritainB. Several European countriesC. The united States of AmericaD. None of the above72. In the early history of America and Australia, both colonies developedtowards the west firstly for the reason that ______.A. the population was increasing rapidly in the eastB. the English thought there might be richer land thereC. gold was discovered thereD. fewer people lived there73. In the early 1920s, _________.A. Australia had one fifteenth as many people as sheepB. there were more sheep in Australia than in the United StatesC. the population in Australia was greater than that of the United StatesD. the United States had twice as many sheep as people74. Australia, unlike the United States, ________.A. won its independence by peaceful meansB. did not discover gold until the late 1840sC. was the last and biggest continent to be discoveredD. was not rich in gold in its western part75. The last sentence in the last paragraph "... Australia and the UnitedStates have more in common with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world "means” ______ ".A. The United States and Australia do not have any main differencesB. The United States and Australia have much more in common than they havewith other countriesC. The United States and Australia have nothing in common with the restof the worldD. In common with the rest of the world, the United States and Australiahave a lot of differences五、对话填空：共10分阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给第一个字母或前几个字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。