高一下学期英语期末考试试卷第66套真题

高一下学期英语期末考试试卷一、阅读理解1. 阅读理解With the coming of winter, it’s the perfect time to get out of town and escape the seasonal mood（心情）disorder. Here are vacation ideas to adopt now.Costa RicaCosta Rica, located in the Valle del General, is well-known for its coffee, pineapples and sugar cane plantations as well as its rich forests. What’s more, you can enjoy horseback riding, spend afternoons at the spa or tour a nearby wildlife shelter to look out for colorful birds, sloths and other animals.Los Cabos, MexicoIf you love wine, travel to Los Cabos, a beautiful vacation destination at the southern edge of the Baja Peninsula. During your getaway, you can enjoy special wine tastings and dinner cooked by Los Cabos’s Michelin-starred chef. There are wild-viewing opportunities, too. From December through May, you can spot whales, manta rays and more wildlife.Petit St Vincent, the GrenadinesThis private Caribbean island was spared（使幸免）the anger of hurricanes Irma and Maria. What’s more, the whole island is on ly 115 acres and has 22 cottages（小屋）. Each cottage is located in a quiet place, and you can expect tounplug and recharge phones with no wireless connections, television or telephones in the cottage. Even better, you can spend your days admiring fascinating marine（海洋的）life at the Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving Caribbean center.The Exumas, BahamasOn Fowl Cay’s 50-acre private island, you can enjoy a carefree escape. Days can be spent fishing, boating and diving before wandering along white sands. The resort features large one, two-and three-bedroom houses. Best of all, if you’re planning a group getaway or multigenerational trip, you rent the entire island for a unique island escape.（1）Why does the author recommend these places to readers?A . To escape from extreme weather.B . To experience out-of-town sights.C . To beat winter blues.D . To treat mental diseases.（2）What do we know about Petit St Vincent?A . It survived hurricane Irma and Maria.B . It’s a huge and quiet island.C . People can admire fish off shoreD . people can charge phones using wireless connections（3）Where can T om best go with his grandparents and parents?A . Los Cabos, MexicoB . Petit St Vincent, the GrenadinesC . Costa RicaD . The Exumas, Bahamas2. 阅读理解Two monks of a great master w ere walking in the garden of the master’s house. They were asked to walk every day, from dawn to dusk. The walking wasa kind of meditation（冥想）. They cannot sit in the day--the legs need a little movement and the blood needs a little circulation（循环）.They both wanted to ask for the permission of the master to sit down, so they both decided, “Tomorrow. At the most, he will say no, but we are going to ask. And it doesn’t seem such an impolite act to sit in the garden.”The next day they met in the garden. One was furious（狂怒的）---because the other was sitting---and he said, “What happened? I also asked, but he simply flatly refused and said no. And you are sitting! Are you not going against his orders?”The other one said, “But he has said yes to me.”“This looked very unjust,” the first said, “I will go and immediately inquire（询问）why he said no to me and yes to you.”The other one said, “Wait a minute. Please tell me what you had asked.” The first said, “What I had asked? I had asked a simple thing. ‘Can I sit while meditating?’ He said, ‘No!’ and he looked very angry.”The other started laughing and said, “Now I know what is the matter. I asked, ‘Can I meditate while sitting?’ He said, ‘Yes.’”It all depends. Just a little difference and life is totally something else. Asking “Can I sit while meditating?” is just ugly. But asking “Can I meditate while sitting?” is perfectly okay. Good! At least you will be meditating.Life is an empty canvas（油画布）, and one has to be very artistic about it.（1）Why did the master ask the two monks to walk every day?A . Because siting doesn’t seem a polite deed.B . Because walking can dogood to their health.C . Because he wanted to give them punishment.D . Because walking is the only way to meditate.（2）What kind of person is the second monk?A . wise-minded.B . Easy-going.C . Hot-headed.D . Warm-hearted.（3）How did the master probably react when the second monk asked him the question?A . He was disappointed with it.B . He sang high praise for it.C . He nodded to him peacefully.D . He drove him away furiously.（4）What can we learn from the story?A . Two heads are better than one.B . It is easy to be wise after the event.C . Every man is the architect of his own fortune.D . It’s not what you say but how you say it that matters.3. 阅读理解83-year-old Antonio Vicente has spent the last four decades of his life fighting against the trend. As Brazilian landowners cut down rainforests to make room for profitable plantations（营利性的种植园）and cattle grounds, he struggled to bring the jungles of his childhood back to life.“When I was a child, the peasants（农民）cut down the trees to make grasslands and charcoal, and the water dried up and did not come bac k,” he told the reporters, “I thought: ‘Water is valuable, no one makes water and the population will not stop growing. What is going to happen? We are going to run out of water.”With only some donkeys and a small team of hired workers, AntonioVicente set about bringing back the forest to his land. What started out as a weekend hobby soon became a permanent（永久的）way of life, and Antonio recalls often spending whole days and nights in his young jungle, surrounded by rats and foxes, and eating banana sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Over the last 40 years, he has planted an estimated 50,000 trees on his 31-hectare land, which now make up a small but unique area of rainforest, and a haven for wildlife.As the forest grew, the water returned, and Antonio says that there are now over 20 water sources on his land that were no longer there when he bought it. Then the animals started making a home there. Today, the forest is alive with the sounds of birds and insects living there, and more species are s ettling in every year. “There are toucans（巨嘴鸟）, all kinds of birds, squirrels, lizards, and even the boars are returning,” 83-year-old Vicente says, “If you ask me who my family are, I would say all this right here, each one of these that I planted from a seed.”（1）What do we learn about the Brazilian peasants?A . They wasted much water on farming.B . They focused on short-term profit.C . They cared much about the environment.D . They relied heavily on rainforests for a living.（2）What used to be young Ant onio’s biggest concern?A . Overpopulation.B . Polluted water.C . Loss of grasslands.D . Water shortage（3）What does the underlined word “haven” in paragraph 3 probablymean?A . trap.B . Disaster.C . ShelterD . Balance.（4）In the last paragraph, Antonio mainly expresses his ________.A . affection for his forestB . thanks for his familyC . deep love for rare birdsD . pride as a successful farmer4. 阅读理解British children’s writer Roald Dahl ate chocolates and sweets “pretty much every mealtime”, remembers daughter Ophelia Dahl.After dinner, whether dining alone or entertaining guests, Dahl would pass around a little red plastic box full of Mars Bars, Milky Ways, Maltesers, Kit Kats and much more.He knew the history of all the sweets and could tell you exactly when they were invented. 1937 was a big year when Kit Kats , Rolos and Smarties were invented. He wrote a history of chocolate, lecturing schoolchildren to commit such dates to memory（熟记）, such as 1928 when “Cadbury’s Fruit and Nut Bar popped up on the scene”, saying. “Don’t bother with the Kings and Queens of England. All of you should learn these dates instead. Perhaps the Headmistress（女校长）will see from now on that it becomes part of the major teaching in this school.”According to Dahl, the Golden Years of Chocolate were 1930-1937. In 1930, Roald Dahl was 14 years old. He was a student at Repton, a famous boys’ boarding school in England. It was a tou gh environment: those in authority were more interested in controlling than educating the students.Ironically（讽刺地）, it was at this difficult period that chocolate became Dahl’s passion. Near Repton was a Cadbury chocolate factory. Every so often, Cadbury would send each schoolboy a sampler（样品）box of new chocolates to taste and grade. They were using the students---“the greatest chocolate bar experts in the world to test out their new inventions.This was when Dahl’s imagination took flight. He pictured factories with inventing rooms with pots of chocolate and fudge（软糖）and “all sorts of other delicious fillings bubbling away on the stoves”.“It was lovely dreaming those dreams…when I was looking for a plot for my second book for children. I remembered those little cardboard boxes（纸盒）and the newly invented chocolates inside them, and I began to write a book called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”For the record, Roald Dahl did not like chocolate cake or chocolate ice cream. He said, “I prefer my chocolate straight.”（1）What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?A . To introduce the main topic---Roald Dahl.B . To introduce Dahl’s love for chocolate.C . To introduce main character’s daily life.D . To introduce some important characters.（2）What can we infer from the passage about Roald Dahl?A . He treated himself with various chocolate after dinner secretly.B . He has a good knowledge of chocolate, especially its history.C . He used to lecture schoolchildren of a boys’ boarding school.D . He only wrote some books related to the history of chocolate.（3）What happened during the Golden Years of Chocolate?A . It was a great time for children to get educated.B . Those years stopped Dahl’s interest in chocolate.C . Students could become chocolate experts then.D . Roald Dahl’s passion for chocolate was lit up then.（4）________ gave Roald Dahl inspiration to write Charlie and Chocolate Factory.A . the dream about chocolates.B . Factories with chocolate and fudge.C . Those boxes with chocolate.D . Chocolate cakes and ice cream二、任务型阅读5. 任务型阅读Six Things You should Never Do Before the Queen※Don’t show up empt y handed.What do you get the woman who already has everything? Sure, the Queen has several homes full of priceless trinkets（饰品）, but bringing a gift is necessary. ________So if she’s paying a visit to your hometown or country, something which reflects local culture might go down better than W.H. smith’s vouchers（优惠券）.※________You may be dead on your painful feet---but you should always stand when the queen enters the room. You may only sit once she has taken the seat, so keep a close eye on when the Queen sits down herself.※Don’t ignore the dress code.Regardless of how late you’re running or how tempting it is to stay inyour casual clothes, make sure you dress accordingly when meeting HRH. ________※Resist the temptation to refer to her by her fi rst name.While the Royal family may be extremely familiar to us, and while we may have our own nicknames for them, we common folk still aren’t on a first name basis with them. So, when you meet the Queen she should be addressed as “Your Majesty” and “Ma’am” consequently after. When she leaves, however, you must address her as “Your Majesty” once again.※Only speak if the queen speaks to you.Remember when you were a small child and all your elders would drop wisdom such as “don’t speak unless spoken to first” and “children should be seen and not heard”? ________This rule exists so Her Royal Highness can control every aspect of the conversation-- including exiting it swiftly.※Don’t eat before she does.No matter how tasty and tempting the banquet morsels spread in front of you look, you can only start eating once the Queen does. So perhaps have a quick snack beforehand, in case any speeches go on for a long time. ________A. Stand to attention.B. Watch out for Queen.C. Oh, and if she has finished eati ng, you’d better be full too.D. If the event is black tie, wear black tie.E. You are supposed to listen to them though you’ve grown up.F. This gift must also be appropriate to the occasion.G. The same applies to meeting the Queen.三、完形填空6. 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。