重庆市铜梁一中2020学年高一英语上学期期中试题

2020年重庆市铜梁县第一中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AThe question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal arts in higher education isn’t an either / or one, although the current emphasis on preparing young Americans for STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths)-related fields can make it seem that way.The latest congressional report acknowledges the critical importance of technical training, but also insists that the study of the humanities and social sciences must remain central elements of America’s educational system at all levels. Both areas are the key to producing citizens who can participate effectively in our democratic society, become innovative leaders, and benefit from the spiritual enrichment that the reflection on the great ideas of mankind over time provides.Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates’ job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs. Under these circumstances, it’s natural to look for what may appear to be the most “practical” way out of the problem; “major in a subject designed to get you a job” seems the obvious answer to some, though this ignores the fact that many disciplines in the humanities characterized as “soft” often, in fact, lead to employment and success in the long run. Indeed, according to surveys, employers have expressed a preference for students who have received a broadly-based education that has taught them to write well, think critically, research creatively, and communicate easily.Moreover, students should be prepared not just for their first job, but for their 4th and 5th jobs, as there’s little reason to doubt that people entering the workforce today will be called upon to play many different roles over the course of their careers. The ones who will do the best in this new environment will be those whose educations have prepared them to be flexible. The ability to take advantage of every available tool and insight—picked up from science, arts, and technology—to solve the problems of the future, and seize the opportunities, will be helpful to them and the nation.1. What does the latest congressional report suggest?A. STEM-related subjects help students find jobs in the information society.B. The humanities and STEM subjects should be given equal importance.C. The liberal arts in higher education help enrich students’ spiritual life.D. Higher education should be adjusted to the practical needs of society.2. What is the main concern of students when they choose a major?A. Their interest in relevant subjects.B. The academic value of the courses.C. The quality of education to receive.D. Their chances of getting a good job.3. What does the author say about the so called “soft” subjects?A. They benefit students in their future life.B. They broaden students’ range of interests.C. They just improve students’ communication skills.D. They are essential to students’ healthy growth.BWe all know that a healthy lifemeans getting both plenty of exercise and enough good-quality sleep, but reality often gets in the way. The new research indicates that doing enough exercise could make up for some of the unhealthy impacts of bad sleep. While the health benefits of exercise and sleep are nothing new, it's the relationship between them that is interesting in this particular study — it could even give doctors another option to suggest for patients dealing with sleep problems.“We found those who had both the poorest sleep quality and who exercised the least were most at risk of death from heart disease, stroke, and cancer,” says epidemiologist Bo-Huei Huang, from the University of Sydney in Australia.Participants were grouped into three levels of physical activity (high, medium or low) and were also given a sleep quality score from 0-5 based on the amount of shut-eye they got, how late they stayed up, insomnia, snoring and daytime sleepiness.Those with the highest risk of dying from cancer or heart disease during the study period were those with the worst quality sleep and who didn't meet the WHO recommended guidelines for exercise. That risk went down for people with poor quality sleep but who did meet the exercise guidelines.In the case of all forms of cancer, for example, those at the unhealthiest end of the sleep and exercise scale had a 45 percent higher risk of dying from cancer than those with good sleep scores who kept physically active. However, that risk just about disappeared for those who didn't score well on sleep but did score well on physical activity.For now it's not clear why more exercise might make up for poor sleep, as far as our health goes. It could be that the increased activity iscounteractinginflammation (炎症), or reducing irregularities in glucose metabolism,suggest the researchers.“Considering that physical activity is perhaps more modifiable than sleep, our study offers people more health incentives to be physically active.” says population health researcher Emmanuel Stamatakis, from the University of Sydney.4. This research is of particular interest in that ________.A. it’s in this study that exercise is known to be beneficial to sleep.B. this study offers people more health treatments to be physical active.C. it could enable doctors to cure patients of their sleeping condition.D. the relationship between exercise and sleep is updated in this study.5. Which of the following statements istrueaccording to the passage?A. Those who had the poorest sleep quality were most at risk of death from heart disease.B. Those scoring lowest on sleep and exercise scale were more likely to die from cancer.C. There’s no risk of cancer for those who didn't sleep well but did score well on physical activity.D. It's evident that in terms of health more exercise could make up for poor sleep.6. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 6 mean?A. interactingB. increasingC. preventingD. causing7. Where can this passage most probably be taken from?A. A research findings reportB. A medical examination reportC. A poor sleep study reportD. A physical activity study reportCTrue friend from a distant landInternational friends can come in many shapes and sizes. However they arrive on the scene, they are always appreciated, especially in times ofturbulence. Michael Lindsay (1909 — 94) is a case in point.After graduating from the University of Oxford in 1931, Lindsay arrived in China in 1937 on a ship from Canada intending merely to teach economics at Beiping Yenching University, the current Peking University. He traveled with Norman Bethune the Canadian doctor who dedicated his life to medicine in China during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931 — 45).Lindsay left Beijing at the end of 1941, and went to the Communist-led Jinchaji base(晋察冀边区)together with his wife Li Xiaoli, who was a Shanxi local and a former student of his.“Lindsay was inspired by the hard work local Chinesepeople made in fighting against Japanese aggression.After learning that Chinese armies on the frontlines were suffering supply shortages, Lindsay was determined to lend a hand," says Yan Juhai, a retired official from Shanxi's Lyuliang city. "In the Jinchaji base, NieRongzhen( 1899 — 1992), the base's top commander, appointed him to work as the communications expert, where he became a full-time radio technician contributing greatly in communication technology innovation and training," says Yan.In 1944 Lindsay and his wife arrived in Yan'an in Shaanxi province and helped fix its telecommunication equipment. They stayed for 18 months in Yan'an, and after the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, they decided to return to the United Kingdom to visit their parents.8. Which word in the following can best replace the underlined word?A. peaceB. warC. stressD. sorrow9. Why did Lindsay go to the Communist-led Jinchaji base according to Yan Juhai?A. Because his wife was a Shanxi local.B. Because he was warmly invited by NieRongzhen.C. Because he was touched by Chinese people's effortsD. Because he was more interested in communications.10. What can we learn from the article?A. Lindsay and his wife stayed in China for over 8 years.B. Lindsay's wife was also skilled in communication technology.C. Lindsay was appointed as the communications consultant in Shanxi province.D. Lindsay taught economics in the Jinchaji base besides his work as a radio expert.11. Where is the text probably from?A. a guidebookB. a novelC. a diaryD. a newspaperDBob, a Burroughs junior high school football player, always had his mom cheering him on. He didn’t play exciting positions. He played as a linebacker(中后卫球员). Sadly, he often found himself at the bottom of the piles, where everyone would jump onto each other at the end of every play. Bob's mom realized it was hard for her son to hear her cheering. She hadto find a solution, but couldn't find one.Then one day the coach from the school team asked him if he wanted to join the team. Bob wasecstatic, because he was only a ninth grader. His mom was also excited, since she loved football and especially lovedwatching her son play. She kept considering a way for him to hear her. A cowbell! That was it. Now from the bottom of the piles Bob would hear his mom shaking her cowbell crazily, knowing she was there for him.Bob's team finally made it to the state championship game. What exciting time to play at Busch Stadium under the lights! This experience made Bob appreciate all the years that his mom had sacrificed everything to get him to practice every day, to wash his uniforms, and to never miss a game. He had to do something.On the night of the state championship game, the loudspeakers introduced Bob, and as he walked onto the field his mom shook the cowbell, hard. However, it didn’t sound right. She looked its inside, and found a note saying,”Thank you, Mom.” Bob had left her a note expressing his appreciation for always being with him, filling her heart with warmth.Finally Burroughs claimed the title of State Champion. While others were cheering and admiring the state championship cup, Bob' s mom clutched(紧握) her cowbell happily.Years later, Bob’s mom died. While digging through her belongings, he found the cowbell with the note. Bob took it to his mom's funeral and rang it, whispering, "Thank you, Mom.”12. What does the underlined word "ecstatic” mean in Paragraph 2?A. CuriousB. DisappointedC. AnxiousD. Delighted13. Why did Bob's mom want to get a cowbell?A. To amuse her cow.B. To teach her cowC. To attract his attention.D. To make him hear her14. What can be learned from Paragraph 3?A. Bob's mom devoted much time to himB. Bob was the best player in his teamC. Bob owed his success to his coachD. Bob's mom was a football player at college15. Why didn’t the cowbell sound as usual that night?A. The mother was very weak.B. Bob had put a note inside the bell.C. The weather became terrible suddenlyD. The bell had been broken deliberates.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。

重庆市第一中学校2023-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读理解Paris is one of the most-visited destinations in the world. There are lots to explore and there’s delicious food on every comer. A relaxing trip to Paris takes a little bit of planning. Here are some tips for you to make your trip smooth.Planning your tripHave a valid passport for international travel. A passport costs $ 110 and takes 6-8 weeks to arrive after you apply.Booking FlightsThe cheapest period to fly is during the Spring time, especially if you can leave on the first three days of the week. You’ll save even more money by booking around 90 days in advance. In the summer months, tickets will be more expensive no matter when you book.Enjoying Your TimeVisit the Eiffel Tower.The Eiffel Tower is the most recognizable symbol of Paris. To avoid the crowds, go to the Eiffel Tower early in the morning. It costs €25 to go to the top, or €10 to climb to the first 2 levels on foot. See the Notre Dame Cathedral.At present, the Notre Dame Cathedral is not accessible to tourists due to the fire that ruined parts of the cathedral. However, you can still visit the outside of the cathedral.\ Go to the Louvre to world-famous art.The Louvre hosts the Mona Lisa along with 35, 000 other pieces of art. If you’re pressed for time, visit the highlights. The Louvre costs €15 at the museum or €17 in advance (to skip most of the line).Take a day trip to Versailles.If you have a day to spare, head to the palace of Versailles, around 14 miles southwest of the city. Take a tour to see King Louis XVI’s palace and gardens. It costs e 20 to visit the palace and grounds.1．How can one save the most money if booking plane tickets ahead of time?A．If he leaves on a Monday in June.B．If he leaves on a Wednesday in December.C．If he leaves on a Tuesday in May.D．If he leaves on a Thursday in March.2．Which tourist attraction is not open to visitors at the moment?A．The Notre Dame Cathedral.B．The Eiffel Tower.C．The Louvre.D．Versailles.3．Where is the text probably taken from?A．A course plan.B．A research paper.C．A travel brochure.D．An encyclopedia.My son loves hockey (曲棍球). As his supportive fan, I watched him paying in all the matches across half of USA this year, and I’ve learned that losing maybe best for kids.In his third season in 2022, my son’s team never lost more than three straight games. There was happiness, boasting, celebration, pizza. In short, it was a typically good youth hockey season. He improved as a player, but did not much change as a person.However, what happened the next year added its story to the legends of sporting inability. Not only weak but prettily bad, this team lost 40 of their first 50 games, most of the defeats coming in the course of two losing streaks (倒霉的时刻). For a time, I worried that these streaks would kill my child’s love of the game.But that’s not what happened. As bad as it got, the losing was clarifying. It kept out the kids who were in it less for the game than the glory, leaving just the die-hards behind. What started as a list of 17 of the team was cut down to 12. It was especially instructive for the kids. It taught him a great truth of the world: For everyone good, there is someone better.What more, the kids were learning the game in a way that only losing can teach. Each player got to play everywhere, to learn and appreciate the role of every position on the ice. They kept an eye on the payers from the other team too, studying and applying the tricks of success. In an effort to break the streak, they went back to basics, accepted the intelligence of the hockey ancients: If playing like a team, they can defeat a collection of all-stars; If doing small and unimportant tasks well, they can get the goal.This new team had personalities and could never be listed, no matter the score. They had learned the most important lesson: You can lose without being beaten. They squeaked into the state game, then made it all the way to the final, where the winner was decided in overtime(超时赛). When they lost that game and went into the handshake line, it was not as runners-up but as a team that had been made into winners in the only way that will stick — by losing.4．What does the author think about his son’s team in the third season in 2022?A．The team succeeded as a result of good luck.B．The team had an extremely impressive performance.C．The team didn’t live up to the author’s expectations.D．The team behaved rather badly in three straight games.5．What does the underlined word “clarify” refer to?A．The losing improved their teamwork.B．The losing made them better understand hockey.C．The losing helped them learn a great truth of the world.D．The losing kept true players instead of those for the glory.6．What can we infer from the last two Paragraphs?A．They became the winner finally.B．They didn’t start their training as beginners.C．They have personalities that can be counted.D．They applied themselves to improving their skill.7．According to the author, what have the son’s team learned?A．Falls seven times, stand up eight.B．The hardest fight is to fight oneself.C．God helps those who help themselves.D．Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.Once I was chatting with some friends about the fact that we all have accents (口音), most of them replied proudly, “Well, I speak perfect English or Chinese.” But this kind of reply is nowhere near the point.More often than not, what we mean when we say someone “has an accent” is that their accent is different from the local one, or that their pronunciations are different from our own. But this understanding of accents is limiting and could cause prejudice (偏见). Funnily enough, in the language study, every person speaks with an accent. It is the regular differences in how we produce sounds that decide our accents. Even if you don’t hear ityourself, you speak with some sort of accent. In this sense, it’s pointless to point out that someone “has an accent”. We all do!Every person speaks a dialect (方言), too. In the field-of language study, a dialect is a version of a language that is characterized by its variations of structure, phrases and words. For instance, “You got eat or not?” (meaning “Have you eaten?”) is an acceptable and understood question in Singapore Oral English. The fact that this expression would cause a standard American English speaker to stop for a while doesn’t mean that Singapore Oral English is “wrong” or “ungrammatical”. The sentence is well-formed and clearly communicative, according to native Singapore English speakers’ system of grammar. Why should it be wrong just because it’s different?We need to move beyond a narrow understanding of accents and dialects-for the good of everyone. Language differences like these provide insights into people’s cultural experiences and backgrounds. In a global age, the way one speaks is a special part of who they are. Most people would be happy to talk about the cultures behind their speech. We’d learn more about the world we live in and make friends along the way.8．What does the author think of his friends’ reply?A．It suggests their impoliteness.B．It shows their language levels.C．It reflects their self-confidence. D．It misses the real meaning of accents. 9．Why does the author mention Singapore Oral English?A．To prove dialects are acceptable B．To correct a grammatical mistake.C．To show different types of English.D．To encourage more changes tolanguages.10．What is the last paragraph mainly about?A．We should be pround of our cultures.B．We should make friends more in the futureC．We should speak with our local dialect smote.D．We should treasure the value of accents and dialects.A．cultural researcher B．public speakerC．Chinese learner D．magazine editorsuggests smell is important in human relations, too. There is also evidence that human beings can lead to close relationship, deduce (推断) emotional states and even detect disease via the sense of smell.Now, Inbal Ravreby of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel has gone a step further. He think he has been able to prove, admittedly in a fairly small sample of individuals, that friends actually smell alike. He has also shown that with people picking friends at least partly on the basis of body odour (气味), rather than the body odours of people who become friends afterwards forming.But why? To cast light on whether friendship causes a similarity in smell, or a similarity in smell causes friendship, Dr Ravreby investigated whether e-nose (electronic nose) measurements could predict positive interactions between strangers (new friendships often start from being strangers). To achieve this goal they gathered 17 volunteers, gave them T-shirts to wear to collect their body odours, ran these odours past the e-nose and then asked the participants to play a game.That game involved silently mirroring another individual’s hand movements. Participants were paired up at random (随机) and their reactions were recorded. After each interaction, they show how close they felt to their fellow gamer by overlapping (部分重叠) two circles (one representing themselves, the other their partner) on a screen. The more similar the two smells were which are brought about by e-nose, the greater the overlap.But why body odour might play a role in helping to form friendships remains unclear. Dr Rav re by theorizes that there may be “an evolutionary advantage in having friends that are genetically similar to us”. Body odour is known to be linked to genetic makeup. Smelling others may thus allow hidden connections about genetic similarity to be drawn.12．What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 1?A．People will sniff their friends in private.B．People will close their eyes when sniffing.C．Sniffing their friends is not allowed when they meet.D．Sniffing their friends is uncommon when they meet.13．According to Dr Ravreby, which comes first, friendship or similarity of smell?A．Friendship.B．Similarity of smell.C．It remains unclear.D．It depends.14．What can we learn from the experiment?A．It involves participants who are friends already.B．The e-nose can help predict a possible friendship.C．The overlap part shows the two smell alike.D．It aims to find out how close two people can be.15．What is the best title for the text?A．Genetic similarity — the start of our friendship.B．Dog’s sniff — the origin of our friendship.C．Body odour — the connection of our friendship.D．E-nose — the measurement of our friendship.Scientists at the University of Massachusetts(UMass) announced recently that they have worked out how to design a biofilm (生物膜) that collects the energy in evaporation (蒸发) and changes it to electricity. This biofilm, which was announced in Nature, has the ability to change the world of wearable electronics, powering everything from personal medical sensors (感应器) to personal electronics.“This is a very impressive technology,” says Li Xiumeng, a graduate student in electrical and computer energy, “and unlike other so-called ‘green-energy’ sources, its production is absolutely green.”That is because this biofilm—which is a sheet of bacterial cells (细菌细胞) and as thin as a sheet of paper—is produced naturally by an improved version of the bacterium Geo. Geo is known to produce electricity and has been used before in “microbial batteries” to power electrical equipment. But such batteries require that Geo be properly cared for and fed a continuous diet. By contrast, this new biofilm, which can supply as much energy as a battery of the similar size, works continuously, because it is dead. And because it is dead, it doesn’t need to be fed.The secret behind this new biofilm is that it makes energy from the moisture (水分) on your skin. While we daily read stories about solar power (太阳能), at least 50%of the solar energy reaching the earth goes toward evaporating water. “This is a huge, undiscovered source of energy,” says Ye Xun, professor of electrical and computer engineering at UMass, and the paper’s one senior author. Since the surface of our skin is always wet with sweat, the biofilm can make use of it and change the energy locked in evaporation into enough energy topower small equipment. “Our next step is to increase the size of our film to power more smarter wearable electronics,” says Ye, and Li points out that one of the goals is to power entire electronic systems, rather than single equipment.16．Which can biofilm do according to Paragraph 1?A．Invent wearable electronics.B．Get power from evaporation.C．Supply energy to microbial batteries.D．Produce more electricity than before.A．it is relatively thinner B．it is environmentally friendlyC．it applies a rare energy source D．it decreases the cost in usage 18．What do Ye and Li think of the future of the biofilm?A．Doubtful.B．Bright.C．Unclear.D．Harmful. 19．What is the purpose of the text?A．To introduce us to a new biofilm.B．To describe the disadvantages of the biofilm.C．To compare the new biofilm with others.D．To change people’s view on the new biofilm.二、七选五Signs That You Are GrowingGrowing is a lifelong process. Here are the signs that show that you are actually growing and not getting stuck in the process.20Often, we see how badly people look when they get overly upset due to unimportant things. So the first sign of maturity (成熟) is letting the small things go and not getting angry over a tiny detail that didn’t go as you planned.You start forgiving and understanding other peopleWhen we are young, we are often unforgiving. As we mature, we are better able to understand the world beyond black and white. 21 . It enables us to look beyond the obvious and let go of simple judgments. We begin to understand better that others have complex (复杂的) lives and personalities, and so we become more willing to forgive their mistakes.You always complete things that matterImmature people don’t know when to commit (承诺) themselves and their energy or resources are always not well employed. 22 . In this way, they can often keep their promises and honor their commitments.You accept the possibility of being wrong23 . They are always able to accept the possibility that they are wrong, that they don’t know something, because there is always more to learn.Being mature is knowing that you are always growing up. You are never done learning and developing. This means that you don’t set yourself up as the highest authority.24 .A．You follow the crowdB．You let the small things goC．Instead, mature people focus on completing things that matterD．Immature and mature people can both have plans for their livesE．Rather, you open your mind to other ideas and new possibilitiesF．Becoming more understanding is a sign of strength, not weaknessG．Mature people appear more confident, however, they are not overconfident三、完形填空I embarked on an overnight bus journey from Kolhapur to Aurangabad in India. Thethe discomfort of the 10-hour journey. Because I was travelling on a student bus pass I had no34 .Just then, something 35 happened. Our observer stood up and offered his seat to another standing man. All of a sudden, we had unexpectedly caused a chain reaction: almost all the standees got a(n) 36 to be seated. More surprisingly, people even started chatting with each other while exchanging their positions, and soon began sharing jokes. Needless to say, the rest of the journey was quite 37 .The bus reached its destination the next morning. I stood in the early morning light, waving goodbye to the groups, who went their separate routines. But this extraordinary experience has stayed with me after all the years. I am always 38 of an important life lesson—that we can all 39 what we have, including our burdens, and help our co-passengers in the journey of life.25．A．narrowed B．packed C．advanced D．delayed 26．A．standing B．sitting C．lying D．moving 27．A．applied for B．made up C．added to D．worked out 28．A．rain B．water C．tears D．sweat 29．A．gave B．held C．supplied D．sensed 30．A．company B．help C．contact D．attention 31．A．advice B．seat C．hand D．instruction 32．A．frightened B．surprised C．awkward D．confident 33．A．take back B．set up C．cut in D．give out 34．A．adventure B．conversation C．deal D．exchange 35．A．confusing B．powerful C．magical D．positive 36．A．challenge B．goal C．arrangement D．chance 37．A．enjoyable B．glorious C．shocking D．admirable 38．A．warned B．reminded C．freed D．affected 39．A．throw B．deliver C．share D．track四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

重庆一中2019-2020学年高一第一学期期中考试英语试卷英语试题卷共8页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

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1.Where does the woman have to get off?A. At National City Bank.B. At the museum stop.C. At National City Library.2.Why does the man turn down the woman?A. He broke his MP4 player last weekend.B .He has no MP4 player at all.C .He has lent his MP4 player to someone.3.What does the woman want to do?A. Send the man back to his apartment.B. Lend her car to the man.C. Wait for the bus with the man.4.How is the man?A. Mean.B. Forgetful.C. Serious.5.What will the weather be like in West London this week?A. Foggy.B. SunnyC. Cold第二节（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）听下面5段对话或独白。

2020-2021学年重庆重庆高一上英语期中试卷一、阅读理解1.The Lake District Attractions GuideDalemain Mansion & Historic GardensHistory, Culture & Landscape (景观).Discover and enjoy 4 centuries of history, 5 acres of celebrated and award-winning gardens with parkland walk. Owned by the Hasell family since 1679, home to the International Marmalade Festival. Gifts and antiques, plant sales, museums & Mediaeval Hall Tearoom.Open: 29 Mar-29 Oct, Sun to Thurs.Tearoom, Gardens & Gift Shop: 10:30-17:00 (16:00 in Oct).House: 11:15-16:00 (15:00 in Oct)Town: Pooley Bridge & PenrithAbbot Hall art Gallery & MuseumThose viewing the quality of Abbot Hall's temporary exhibitions may be forgiven for thinking they are in a city gallery. The impressive permanent collection includes Turners and Romneys and the temporary exhibition programme has Canaletto and the artists from St Ives.Open: Mon to Sat and Summer Sundays. 10:30-17:00 Summer. 10:30-16:00 Winter. Town: KendalTullie House Museum & Art GalleryDiscover, explore and enjoy award-winning Tullie House, where historic collections, contemporary art and family fun are brought together in one impressive museum and art gallery. There are four fantastic galleries to visit from fine art to interactive fun, so there's something for everyone!Open: High Season 1 Apr-31 Oct: Mon to Sat 10:00-17:00, Sun 11:00-17:00.Low Season 1 Nov-31 Mar: Mon to Sat 10:00-16:30, Sun 12:00-16:30.Town: CarlisleDove Cottage & The Wordsworth MuseumDiscover William Wordsworth's inspirational home. Take a tour of his Lakeland cottage, walk through his hillside garden and explore the riches of the collection in the Museum. Visit the shop and relax in the cafe. Exhibitions, events and family activities throughout the year.Open: Daily, 9:30-17:30 (last admission 17:00).Town: Grasmere（1）When is the House at Dalemain Mansion & Historic Gardens open on Sundays in July?A.9:30-17:30.B.10:30-16:00.C.11:15-16:00.D.12:00-16:30（2）What can visitors do at Abbot Hall Art Gallery & Museum?A.Enjoy Ronney's works.B.Have some interactive fun.C.Attend a famous festival.D.Learn the history of a family.（3）Where should visitors go if they want to explore Wordsworth's life?A.Penrith.B.Kendal.C.Carlisle.D.Grasmere.2.In every school there is a "top" crowd that sets the pace, while the others follow their lead. For example, the top crowd decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters. Very soon everybody is wearing a bright red sweater. There is nothing wrong with that, except the fact that bright red is not suitable on some people at all.The situation can even become dangerous, if the top crowd decides that it is smart to drink or to drive cars at 70 miles an hour. Then the people who follow the lead are causing danger to people's lives. They are like sheep being led to the slaughterhouse （屠宰场）.Perhaps you have come across situations like these more than once in your life. In fact, at one time or another you probably did something you knew to be wrong. You may have excused yourself by saying, "The crowd does it." Well, let the crowd do it, but don't do it yourself. Learn to say, "No".Make your own judgement （判断）.If you know the crowd is planning something with which you disagree, please have the courage to leave them politely. You'll have the satisfaction of standing on your own feet.（1）The writer disagree to wear red sweaters if _____ .A.the crowd is wearing themB.you can't afford themC.your parents disagreeD.you don't look good in red（2）The writer encourages the readers to _____ .A.follow the crowdB.be independentC.obey their parentsD.take the advice of their elders（3）People who blindly follow the "top" crowd ______ .A.will lose friendsB.will make themselves happyC.sometimes do things against their better judgmentD.finally become pace-setters （领跑者）in their own right（4）Which is the best title for this passage?A.Rules for TeensB.The "Top" CrowdC.On Being YourselfD.D. Follow the Leader3.After braving wind, snow, and dizzying heights in the mountains, a dog named Mera may have broken a world record without even knowing it. She began following a group of climbers who were getting ready to climb up to the top of Mount Baruntse in Nepa—l it stands just south of Mount Qomolangma at 23,389 feet tall. Mera was easily frightened when the climbers first met her down in the village of Khare, so they were shocked when she suddenly bounded up next to them while they were coming down another mountain at 17,000 feet.Mera had passed dozens of other climbers that she could have pleased, and focused her eyes on the leader of this month-long expedition, Seattle-based Don Wargowsky. In no time they were like peas and cai Do tSi appily shared his sleeping bag, tent, and meals with his new companion while the crew was hiking to the Mount Baruntse Base Camp over the next two weeks.When it finally came time to depart from the base camp and begin their climb up the mountain, Don knew the walk was not easy for a dog, so he tied her up near the camp. "She kept barking as we walked away," said Don. "Half an hour into our climb I felt a tickle （发痒）on the back of my knee. I looked down and saw Mera following right behind me just like before."After reaching the last mountain camp before the summit, the climbing crew left Mera sleeping in Don's tent with the hope that she would not try to follow them up the steep climb. Don was then surprised when he later turned around at 22,000 feet in order to take a photo only to see Mera climbing towards them slowly. Finally, after a long climb, they reached the summit and took photos celebrating the first dog to top Mount Baruntse.（1）What was true about Mera when the climbers first met her?A.She had just broken a world record.B.Clearly it was easy for her to be scared.C.The heights of the mountains dizzied her.D.She bounded up next to them now and then.（2）The sentence "they were like peas and carrots" in Paragraph 2 suggests that _____ .A.they preferred peas and carrotsB.they knew how to survive the coldC.they got along very well togetherD.they were faithful climbing lovers（3）The climbers left Mera sleeping in Don's tent because ______ .A.it was difficult to wake her upB.she kept troubling them on the wayC.she was too weak to go on climbingD.the climb was more dangerous for her（4）Which words can best describe Mera?A.Poor but lovely.B.Strong and helpful.C.Smart but noisy.D.Brave and determined.4."If you don't behave, I'll call the police" is a lie that parents might use to get their young children to behave. A new psychological （心理学的）study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore suggests that it is connected with harmful effects when the children become adults.The research team asked 379 Singaporean young adults whether their parents lied to them when they were children, how much they lie to their parents as adults, and how well they respond adulthood challenges.The first questionnaire asked these young adults to recall if their parents told them lies about eating, leaving or staying, spending money and so on. Some examples of such lies are "If you don't come with me now, I will leave you here by yourself" and "I don't bring money with me today, we can come back another day". The second questionnaire included questions that could show how often they lie to their parents as adults. Lastly, these young adults filled in two other questionnaires that asked them about their psychological problems and tendency to behave selfishly （自私地）.Adults who reported being lied to more as children were more likely to report lying to their parents in their adulthood, They also said they faced greater difficulty in meeting psychological and social challenges.Lead author Setoh Peipei from NTU Singapore's School of Social Sciences said, "Parenting by lying can seem to save time, especially when the real reasons behind why parents want children to do something are difficult to explain. When parents tell children that 'honesty is the best policy', but display dishonesty by lying, such behavior can send negative messages to their children. Parents' dishonesty may finally erode trust and encourage dishonesty in children"."Our research suggests that parenting by lying is a practice that has negative influence on children when they grow up. Parents should be aware of these possible risks and consider other ways to replace lying, such as knowing children's feelings, giving information so children know what to expect, offering choices and solving problems together, to encourage children to have good behavior," said lead author Setoh Peipei.But the study has its limitations. Some limitations of the study include depending on what young adults report about their parents' lying. "Future research can explore using many informants (提供信息的人),such as parents, to report on the same thing", suggested Setoh.(1)What did the research team do during the study?A.They turned to 379 Singaporean children.B.They looked for questionnaires on the Internet.C.They collected answers to some sets of questions.D.They asked the young adults' parents for information.(2)What does the underlined word "erode" in Paragraph 5 mean?A.buildB.improveC.breakD.recover(3)Which of the following might Setoh Peipei agree with?A.Parents can sometimes tell harmless lies to their kids.B.Parents had better explain to their kids why they've lied.C.Parents who like lying are more likely to behave selfishly.D.Parents should use positive ways instead of lying during parenting.(4)What is the main idea of the text?A.Parents' lying to children can influence them negatively.B.Parents lie to children to save themselves some trouble.C.Children's behavior can be affected by their parents.D.Children may lie more if their parents often lie.二、七选五5.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，选项中有两项为多余选项。

秘密★启用前年重庆一中高半期考试英语试题卷.12第Ⅰ卷Ⅰ.听力（满分第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，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 is the man looking for?A.A KFC.B.A bank.C.A market.2.Where does the man probably work?A. In a hospital.B. At a school.C. In a post office.3.What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man is free on Tuesday evening.B. The woman is busy on Tuesday.C. The man is free on Wednesday afternoon.4.What does the man mean?A. The woman is good at dancing.B. The woman will never be a good dancer.C. The woman is a good teacher.5.What does the woman think is the most important at a school?A. The courses.B. The equipment.C. The teachers.第二节（共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）听下面4段对话，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话前，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，每段对话读两遍。

重庆市第一中学2019-2020学年高一英语上学期期中试题第Ⅰ卷Ⅰ.听力部分 （共二节，每小题1分，满分20分）第一节听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，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 Dorothy do on the weekend?A.GoA. out with her friend.B.Work on her paper.C.Make some plans.2. What was the normal price of the T-shirt?A.$15.B.$ 30.C.$ 50.3. What has the woman decided to do on Sunday afternoon?4. When does the bank close on Saturday?5. Where are the speakers?第二节听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What do we know about Nora?A.She prefers a room of her own.B.She likes to work with other girls.C.She lives near the city center.7. What is good about the flat?听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Where has Barbara been?A.ToA. attend a wedding.B.To visit an exhibition.C.To meet a friend.A.AtA.p.m.0 p.m.B.At 3:00 p.m.C.At 4:00 p.m.A.In a store.B.In a classroom.C.At a hotel. A.It has a large sitting room. B.It has good furniture.C.It has a big kitchen. an. B.Florence.C.Rome.9.What has Barbara got in her suitcase?A.Shoes.B.Stones.C.Books.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

2020届重庆市铜梁县第一中学高三英语期中试卷及答案解析第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AA brother and a sister have been reunited (重逢) after more than 60 years, thanks to a letter in the Welwynand Hatfield Times. For years John Hannant kept a photo of his long-lost sister, hoping they would meet again.Margery, the eldest of three children, had signed up with the Royal Air Force as part of the war effort, when John was still a baby.The family lost touch and as many years passed only a single letter gave a clue to her whereabouts (下落). The clue was enough for a WHT reader to recognize Margery and put the family back in touch.John, 67, said he had been searching for a long time and a friend suggested writing to the paper.“That’s the one that made it, the letter to the paper,” he said. “It’s like a dream that comes true. The last time we ever heard from Margery was in 1953 after the terrible floods. She wrote home to know if we were all right.My sister Dorothy wrote back, but Margery had moved again and never got the letter.”Having retired from his job as a gardener at Park House, Mr Hannant decided to take action.He and his wife Doreen traveled to Margery’s home in Chelwood Avenue, Hatfield, which she shares with her husband Jack Cooke.Now 88, Margery was recovering from her heart operation, but immediately recognized her brother. John said, “It’s something I never thought that was going to happen but I always hoped it would.” AS well as finding his sister, John has also discovered he now has a nephew, a niece and six grandnieces and grandnephews.1.The headline of the news would be “________”.A.An unforgettable and moving experienceB.The Hannant family lost touch because of warC.A brother and a sister reunited after 60 yearsD.The importance of a letter to WHT2.Margery left her family because ________.A.she attended the air schoolB.she joined the Royal Air ForceC.she had to feed her familyD.a big flood hit her hometown3.Who helped the family reunite after many years?A.Margery’s husband Jack CookeB.The photographer of the photo of Margery.C.A neighbour of Mr Hannant.D.A reader of WHT.BThere is nothing ordinary about this little boy's adorable experience with his musical heroes.5-year-old Taylor Hooper was just one of the 35,0000people who were attending the Foo Fighters concert in Belfast, Norther Ireland last week. Not only is the American rock group his favorite band, it was also his first ever concert.Taylor's mother, Nikki Hooper, says that she and her husband have always been huge fans of the Foo Fighters. In addition to traveling far and wide to see their shows, they even named their son after the drummer, Taylor Hawkins. So when the band played in their home city, they decided it was finally time for their son to see their beloved rock and rockers in concert.“He's been listening to them since he was born — mainly because his dad and I are super fans.” Mrs Hooper told BBC. “We called the event organizers and they said it would be no problem, but that we should know it would be a loud music event, so we gotTaylorsome special headphones. When we got there everyone was so welcoming to him.”Throughout the show, the audience continuously madeTaylorand his parents move closer to the stage. Furthermore, Mrs. Hooper helped her son stand out from the crowd by making him a sign that said he was a 5-year-old attending his first concert.When Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl finally saw the sign and read it aloud into the microphone, the crowd began chanting for them to bring the youngster onto the stage. That's exactly what he did. When the stage managers brought the boy to the stage, Grohl asked Taylor to show the crowd how to dance．The small boy then danced to the whole song, making him an “Inter net wonder”.Taylordidn't just walk away from the show with memories, either;the band also invited him backstage to give him a number of gifts, includinga pair of Taylor Hawkins's drumsticks.4. What is Foo Fighters in the passage?A. I's a music show.B. It's a music band.C. It's a pop song.D. It's a music fan.5. We can learn from Paragraph 3 that_______．A. the organizers refused to let the child watch the showB. there was nothing wrong for the child to watch the showC. the organizers suggested the kid take care of the loud noiseD. the child felt so scared that he didn't want to go to the stage6. How did 5-year-old Taylor Hooper cause people's attention?A. By shouting loudly.B. By running to the singers.C. By holding a sign showing his age.D. By dancing to the whole song.7. How didTaylorfeel about his first ever concert?A. Worried.B. Scared.C. Sorry.D. Pleased.CCuckoos don’t bother building their own nests—they just lay eggs that perfectly imitate those of other birds and take over their nests. But other birds are wishing up, evolving some seriously impressive tricks to spot the cuckoo eggs.Cuckoos are often know asparasites, meaning that they hide their eggs in the nest of other species. To avoid detection, the cuckoos have evolved so that eggs seem reproduction of those of their preferred targets. If the host bird doesn’t notice the strange egg in its nest, the little cuckoo will actually take the entire nest for itself after it comes out, taking the other eggs on its back and dropping them out of the nest.To avoid this unpleasant fate for their young, the other birds have evolved a few smart ways to spot the fakes, which we’re only now beginning to fully understand. One of the most amazing finds is that birds have an extra colour-sensitive cell in their eyes, which makes them far more sensitive to ultraviolet wavelengths and allows them to see a far greater range of colours than humans can. This allows cautious birds to detect a fake egg which might be exactly the same to our eyes.Fascinatingly, we’re actually able to observe different bird species at very different points in their evolutionary war with the cuckoos. For instance, some cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of the redstarts. The blue eggs these cuckoos lay are practically alike to those of the redstarts, and yet they are still sometimes rejected. Compare that with cuckoos who target dunnocks. While those birds lay perfectly blue eggs, their cuckoo invaders just lay white eggs with brown irregular shaped spots. And yet dunnocks barely ever seem to notice the obvious trick.Biologists suspect these more easily fooled species like the dunnocks are on the same evolutionary path as the redstarts, but they have a long way to go until they evolve the same levels of suspicion. What’s remarkable isthat the dunnocks fakes are so bad and the redstart ones so good, and yet cuckoos are still more successful with the former than the latter.It speaks to just how thoroughly a species’ behavior can be changed by the pressures of natural selection, or it might just be a bit of strategic cooperation on the part of the dunnocks. Biologists have suggested that these birds are willing to tolerate a parasite every so often because they don’t want to risk accidentally getting rid of one of their own eggs.8. This passage can be most likely found in a ________.A. science surveyB. nature magazineC. zoo advertisementD. travel journal9. What does the underlined word “parasite” in paragraph 2 most probably refer to?A. Animals that work together to raise young.B Small harmful animals such as worms or mice.C. Animals that can adapt to changing environments.D. Animals which live on or inside other host animals.10. Which of the following is TRUE about the dunnock according to the passage?A. It is colour-blind and therefore cannot identify foreign eggs in the nest.B. It can easily remove cuckoo eggs from the nest because fakes are so bad.C. It is a host bird that is more likely to raise a cuckoo chick than the redstart.D. It is unable to evolve and hence accepts cuckoo eggs that appear in the nest.11. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A. Dunnocks may eventually learn to recognise foreign eggs.B. Redstarts seem to be less suspicious compared to dunnocks.C. Cuckoo birds are good at taking responsibility for their own young.D. It is very easy for cuckoos to imitate the colouring of the dunnock’s egg.DThe American poet Louise Gluck, author of 12 collections of poetry, has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born inNew Yorkin 1943, Gluck published her first volume of poetry, “Firstborn”, in 1968, quickly gaining her reputation as a poet. In the decades since, she has become one of the country's most celebrated literary figures. Her work uses the power of myth to deal with some of our darkest human concerns. Her straightforward language always gets at the heart of deep-seated anxieties: loneliness, rejection, death ...Stephanie Burt,an English professor atHarvardUniversity, said, “She's someone who's been able to make emotion states vivid on the page... Few poets have tried as hard as she has not to repeat herself. And her strongest books are really different from one another”. “She offers poetry lovers a lot of inspiration, but she's also on a lot of bookshelves," said Chiasson, a poet, who added she is a generous reader of her fellow writers’work.At Yale, where Gluck is a professor of English, she served for years as judge of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize and worked closely with poets she chose for the prize and those she did not, helping them shape their work. “In that very practical way she's had an enormous influence on a great many figures,” said Langdon Hammer, a professor of English at Yale. “She's someone who has been a 'guiding spirit’ for generations of students, writers, and readers.”Gluck described teaching and writing as symbiotic. “I teach not out of selflessness or generosity: I do it because it feeds me,” she said. “It feeds them, too, so it's a happy relationship. I'm sure not all my students feel that way, but some do. I never feel that it takes me from my work: I think it gives me my work.”12. Which of the following topics might Gluck tend to explore in her work?A. Victory.B. Divorce.C. Romance.D. Achievement.13. What quality does Gluck have according to the passage?A. Humorous and intelligent.B. Ambitious and helpful.C. Considerate and optimistic.D. Inspiring and creative.14. What does teaching mean to Gluck?A. A source of wealth.B. A barrier to writing.C. A fountain of creation.D. A stepping stone to fame.15. What is the best title for the text?A. A Guiding SpiritB. A Successful PioneerC. An Adventurous CreatorD. A Hardworking Writer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。

重庆市第一中学2020-2021学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读选择One day, at night, a thief tried crawling (爬行) into a farmer couple’s house. In the house lived many mice. The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl into the house. “Look! In comes one.” She said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him,so he said, “Let us two try to crawl into the house together.” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two, catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said, “You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight” The two thieves started running away at once.The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were working in their fields. The rein (缰绳) broke and the woman came home for a new one. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At th e time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night!” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rein, why don’t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away quickly without their sweet potatoes.1．The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because .A．they were found outB．they were frightened by what they had heard in the houseC．they di dn’t work together well with each otherD．mice stopped them from doing so2．From the second paragraph, we know that .A．the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoesB．the woman recognized the two thievesC．the woman pretended to know nothing and made fun of the two thievesD．the two thieves didn’t know that they were not found at all3．What is the best title for this passage?A．Two Clever Thieves B．Terrible MiceC．Hit the Target by Accident D．A Clever CoupleDust storms appear when strong wind blows sand and dirt from a dry surface. Strong dust storms can cause injuries and deaths, so ifs necessary to know what to do when you come across them.Be careful of dust storm warnings.Dust storms are most likely to happen on hot summer days, so listen to the local TV or radio before traveling in hot, dry conditions, and consider changing or giving up your trip if dust storms are predicted (预测). Roadside signs may also be able to warn you of dust storm danger.Be prepared.If you are in an area where storms happen often, carry a mask to keep out dust and dirt from your face, and take eye protection to protect your eyes. A supply of water is also necessary.Go beyond the storm.If you see a dust storm from some distance, and you are in a car, you should try to escape from it. Some dust storms can travel at more than 75 miles per hour, but they usually travel much slower. However, it is not advised for you to put yourself in danger by driving at high speed.Stay inside.Do not move about in a storm, as you will not be able to see hidden dangers in your way. So if you’re in a house, stay inside.Protect yourself from flying objects.Cover as much of your body as possible. A dust storm’s high wind can carry heavy objects. If you find yourself without shelter, try to stay low, close to the ground, and protect your head with your arms or a backpack.4．What does Paragraph 4 mean?A．Dust storms usually travel much slower than cars.B．Don’t be so worried about dust storms in the distance.C．You shouldn’t drive at a dangerous speed to escape from dust storms.D．Driving faster than the dust storm is the most important thing.5．We can learn from the passage that .A．it is dangerous to travel on hot summer daysB．dust storms usually come from far awayC．people should stay indoors when a dust storm comesD．small objects blown by a storm's wind cannot hurt people6．Which may NOT really be needed when you come across a storm?A．A pair of glasses. B．A blanket.C．A bottle of milk. D．A travel guide.What should a university education be in today’s world and what should it mean? And what indeed is a university? How do we think about its duties and our duties?First, universities are about knowledge and the pursuit (追求) of truth. We believe in facts and in the power of the human mind to find them out. We regard education and learning as a way to human betterment and democratic government. Harvard is a research (研究) university, which means that people working here are making every effort to push the limits of knowledge in their fields. And as you learn, you are invited to be part of this adventure of discovery — in and beyond classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and museums. You may finally write an essay when you graduate —about 40 percent of last year’s student s did — a project in which you develop an interest, a problem of your own independent research — or perhaps you will spend a summer as part of our students research village, living on campus together with other student researchers while you work closely with professors in order to get new knowledge.We believe that the pursuit of truth needs a series of testing, of discussion, and of debate. We are never so complacent as to believe we have perfectly gained the truth. We know there is always more to know, so we must be open to new ideas, to the possibility of being wrong. This needs all of us to work with courage and generosity — to be willing to take part in the great debate, open to others’ ideas and willing to change our views based on reason. But these are not just brain skills that we hope to develop in each of you. These are human abilities as well, and the willingness to be open to learning and growth while new truths gradually appear and become known and understood to all.7．According to the author, a research university is a place where .A．progress can be made for human betterment and democratic governmentB．students must write an essay when they graduate from the universityC．people work hard to make new discoveries in various fields of researchD．students live on campus with professors in order to get new knowledge8．What does the underlined word in paragraph 3 mean?A．quite pleased B．too proudC．pretty sure D．very impatient9．Which of the fallowing is true according to paragraph 3?A．It takes both a long time and carefulness to complete the pursuit of truth.B．Making mistakes is acceptable because there is no end to knowledge learning. C．Human abilities are more important than brain skills in the pursuit of truth.D．We should be willing to change our views if others point out they are wrong 10．What’s the purpose of this passage?A．To describe what a research university is like.B．To give suggestions to those who are graduating.C．To encourage those what eve just entered college.D．To express the importance of looking for truth.二、七选五Sometimes boys and girls find it really hard to properly deal with the relationship with people of the opposite sex. 11．Keep a normal and healthy state of mind. Our schools and classes are made up of boys and girls.12．We should make as many friends as possible. We should keep in contact with the other sex in public instead of in secret.13．If you are a shy person, you can also find a way out.14．As both of you have much in common, you may have much to talk about. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will gladly find you are also as free to express yourself as others.Don’t fal l into early love. The boys and girls at a adolescence (青春期) are rich in feeling. They are easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love and fall in love with each other at an early age. In my opinion, early love is a green apple that can’t be eaten. An apple won’t taste sweet until it is full ripe.15．Do keep out of early love.A．First of all, you can make friends with the students who have the same interest and hobby asyou.B．Of course, there are also some special schools and classes that include only boys or girls. C．If you have problems of this kind, here are some “dos and don’ts” for you to follow. D．It is very natural for the boys and girls to make friends with each other.E.As a result, early love should be forbidden by all the teachers and parents.F.Don’t be too nervous or too shy.G.Boys and girls at middle school are too young to carry the heavy duty of love.三、完形填空My father and I are moving gracefully across the floor. Around and around we go, 16 and nodding to the other dancers. We are the best dancers on the floor, they tell us. My father holds my hand and smiles at me. All the years that I 17 to dance with him disappear now. And those 18 times come back.I remember when I was almost three and my father came home from work, he pulled me into his 19 and began to dance me around the table. We danced through the years. One night when I was fifteen, I was 20 in some painful feelings. My father asked me to dance with him. “Come on,” he said, “let’s get the 21 on the run.” When I tinned away from him, my father put his hand on my shoulder, and I 22 out of the chair shouting, “Don’t touch me! I am sick and 23 of dancing with you!” I saw the 24 on his face, but words were out and I could not call them back. I ran to my room crying 25 .We did not dance together after that night. My father waited up for me through my high school and college years when I danced my way out of his 26 . Many years later, soon after his 27 picked up from a heart problem, my mother wrote that they had 28a dance club. “You remember how your father loves to dance.” Yes, I remembered. My eyes filled up with 29 . I knew he was waiting for a(an) 30 from me, but I could never find the right words.As my parent's 50th wedding anniversary 31 , I knew 32 I wanted to do was dance once more with my father. On the big day, in the party after the dinner, my parents danced around the room with the other dancers. I walked 33 the dancing people, looking directly into my father’s eyes, “Excuse me, but I believe this is toy dance.” My father stood 34 . Our eyes met and traveled back to that night when I was fifteen. In a(an)35 voice, I said, “Let’s get the unhappiness on the run.” My father bowed (鞠躬) and said,“Oh, yes. I’ve been waiting for you.”16．A．laughing B．crying C．speaking D．joking17．A．refused B．hated C．used D．hid18．A．happy B．hard C．early D．unhappy19．A．head B．hands C．arms D．face20．A．covered B．abandoned C．stopped D．lost21．A．feelings B．unhappiness C．pains D．regret22．A．ran B．waved C．walked D．jumped23．A．tired B．exhausted C．uninterested D．frightened 24．A．disappointment B．hurt C．attitude D．anger 25．A．formally B．incorrectly C．loudly D．hardly 26．A．control B．floor C．life D．field27．A．speed B．heart C．body D．health28．A．joined B．left C．started D．trained29．A．loving B．remembering C．worrying D．dancing 30．A．answer B．change C．apology D．praise31．A．appeared B．passed C．held D．approached32．A．how B．what C．that D．who33．A．through B．around C．over D．across34．A．surprised B．still C．cold D．nervous35．A．confident B．careful C．amused D．shaking四、单词拼写36．It was f______ that the missing children returned home safe and sound. 37．High school is so busy that we can’t a______ to waste a single minute.38．The whole world, i______ with China’s achieveme nts, is learning from our country. 39．Guilin is known across the world for its beautiful s______ .40．Small fish f______ a group can deal with very difficult problem.41．Accept that you will have bad days, and then get back on ______ (轨道).42．He spoke no English and was ______ (完全) silent during the visit.43．1 would ______ (感激) it very much if you could help me with my studies.44．______ (专业的) help may be needed if the same problem happens very often. 45．There seems always heavy ______ (交通) in downtown Shapingba.五、用单词的适当形式完成短文RMS Titanic was a British ship that sank (沉没) in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of April 15,1912. There were about 2,224 people aboard the ship, more than 1,500 of 46．died, making it one of the 47．(bad) ocean disasters in modem history.So far the ship 48．(rest) on the ocean floor for more than a century. In 2012 the first curious tourists were brought to it and saw the ship themselves. Now people will once again get the chance 49．(visit) the Titanic. This could be one of the last 50．(chance). A 2016 study showed that a bacteria (细菌) could eat away what 51．(leave) of the famous ship inside 15 or 20 years.The eight-day journey will transport visitors in an undersea boat 52．the final resting place of the Titanic. The first trip is already 53．(full) booked, though the experience costs 105,129 dollars per person. Visitors will have a great time around the vast field where the Titanic rests, home to 54．great many ancient treasures,55．(remain) untouched for over a century.六、短文改错56．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

2020-2021学年重庆市铜梁县第一中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AYou’re becoming an adult; your friends are changing; school is more challenging; and your life has more ups and downs than it used to. These books are just for you.Say Goodbye to Stressby Dr Jeff BrownKindle Edition $11.79Paperback $16.95Many have trouble getting their stress (压力) under control and want help. This new book will encourage stressed-out readers with its stories from people like them about how they resolved or rethought the stress in their lives, learned to let go of anxiety and worry, and improved their lives by dealing with stress.Find Your Inner Strengthby Amy NewmarkKindle Edition $7.99Paperback $12.75This powerful collection of stories will inspire (激励) you and help you find the inner strength to do with the challenges in your own life. We are stronger than we think.... when we have to be. These brave. courageous people are the role models that show us all what is possible.Random Acts of Kindnessby Amy NewmarkKindle Edition $12.99Paperback $17.77Make miracles happen for yourself and others. It’s easy. Just think outside the box and look around. There are so many ways that you can help—and it turns out the biggest beneficiary (受益人) may be you! Scientific studies have shown that “doing good” is not only good for others but also for the person doing it, making that person happier and healthier.Be the Best You Can Beby Amy NewmarkKindle Edition $10. 99Paperback $15.67This collection shows kids positive role models to follow in its stories about making good choices, having confidence, and doing the right things. Parents and grandparents will enjoy discussing the stories with children, making it a family event.1.How will you feel after reading Say Goodbye to Stress?A.Anxious.B.Awkward.C.Relaxed.D.Confused.2.What is unique about Find Your Inner Strength?A.It is written by a well-known author.B.It is the cheapest of the four books.C.It has role models for kids to follow.D.It shows one how to do good deeds.3.Which book is suitable for one who has no confidence?A.Say Goodbye to StressB.Find Your Inner StrengthC.Random Acts of KindnessD.Be the Best You Can BeBWhen you walk with a backpack, do you know how the things inside move from side to side? Now scientists havefigured out how to tap into that movement to produce electricity.Picture a pendulum (摆锤) fixed to a backpack frame and stabilized with springs on either side. The pack’s weight is attached to the pendulum, so the pendulum swings side to side as you walk.Then a machine is driven by that swinging movement, and spits out electrical current to charge a battery.Volunteers carried the pack while walking on a running machine and wore masks to measure the flow of O2and CO2. Walking with the slightly swinging 20-pound load, the device (设备) did not significantly affect the volunteers’ metabolic (新陈代谢的) rate compared to when they carried the same weight fixed in place. In fact, the energy-harvesting pack reduced the forces of acceleration they’d feel in a regular pack, which might mean greater comfort for a long hike. And the device did produce a steady trickle (涓流) of electricity. If you up the load to 45 pounds, the swing of the pack could fully charge a smart phone only after 12 hours. The details are in the journal Royal Society Open Science.The device produces electricity from human movement and has been identified as a workable solution to providing a renewable energy source for portable electronic devices. It is particularly useful for those who work in remote areas, as these people often carry a lot of weight in a backpack for their exploration.But here’s a realconundrum: the energy-harvesting device currently weighs five pounds. The researchers saythat’s about four pounds too many to be a smart alternative to batteries. So they hope that more research lets them lighten the load, to ensure the pack charges you up without weighing you down.4. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?A. How the device works.B. What the device looks like.C. Who the device is designed for.D. Why scientists designed the device.5. Which of the following describes the device?A. It greatly affected the volunteers metabolic rate.B. It harvested energy as the volunteers walk.C. It failed to produce steady electricity.D. It was useless for a long walk.6. What does the underlined word “conundrum” in the last paragraph mean?A. Problem.B. Method.C. Bond.D. Decision.7. What will the researchers try to do next?A. Increase the charging speed of their device.B. Find smarter alternatives to batteries.C. Reduce the weight of their device.D. Put their device on the market.CFor 30 years we have been told how temperatures have been rising rapidly to unheard of levels. This is causing polar ice to melt, sea-levels to rise and has brought about adangerous increase in extreme weather events. These intense climatic changes would likely present challenges to our society and environment.The causes of climate change are mainly anthropogenic (人为的) in nature. Since the industrial revolution, human activities have increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The increased amount of gases which absorb heat has led to more heat being kept in the atmosphere, causing global warming.The certainty of global warming can be seen through some of the natural phenomena like the effect on crops and extreme weather conditions around the world. The most recent assessment report says that the earth’s average temperature has risen by 0. 74 degrees in the period from 1906 to 2005, and that the average temperature will continue to rise. There have also been more violent downpours, sea levels have risen and the iceat the world’s poles and on its mountains is melting. The rising sea level is flooding the low-lying countries inAsiaand small islands in the Pacific. This may lead to the displacement of millions of people, loss of millions of land and consequently billions of dollars.Troubled by the serious situation, world leaders came together for the 2015 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference inParis. The climate talks led to 196 countries reaching a landmark agreement that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to address global climate change. That was certainly an encouraging step forward for our earth and mankind!As the world leaders continue to commit themselves to monitor our sick planet, we need to continue to take small steps to heal the world. We are left with not much of a choice. If only we could just pack our bags and migrate to Mars!8. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?A. The information of industrial revolution.B. The greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.C. The reasons of climate change.D. The result of extreme weather events.9. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. We have made great achievements.B. Some measures are still required to take.C. Mars is suitable for people’s living.D. Some countries will receive urgent aid.10. Which can be a suitable title for the text?A. Long Live Planet Earth!B.Environment Changes Rapidly!C. What Serious Global Warming!D. How Important the UN Agreement Is!11. Which of the following shows the structure of the whole text?A. B.C. D.DAnOntarioteen is making waves by turning old fishing gear into new treasures. Since last year, Natalie, 15, hasbeen taking lost or thrown — away fishing nets and rope and transforming them into bracelets, rope art, mats, baskets and necklaces.Last year, Natalie was working on an assignment for her science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) class. As part of the assignment, she learned about “ghost nets”, which are fishing nets that have been left or lost in the ocean by people who fish.“They have huge effects on our environment. They can kill coral reefs and many animals,” said Natalie. “46 percent of the Pacific garbage is ghost gear.” The Great Pacific Garbage is a huge collection of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean betweenHawaiiandCalifornia.Natalie told her mom she wanted to do something to help. She got in touch with a handful of charities, including the Sea Protection Society and Coastal Action.After getting some shipments of ghost nets and rope from those organizations, Natalie, with the help of her family, started turning thediscardedgear into new artworks. “We've made bracelets, rope art, mats, baskets, and we've made necklaces, which also use beach glass in them,” she said. Natalie then started selling the artworks online, the crafty buying and selling website.She donated all her profits-minus a small sum of change to cover supplies — to the charities that donated fishing supplies to her. She's also been donating all the income from her non-profit business, called Nautical Waters, to charity. Natalie said she hoped to continue her passion for ocean life, with plans to study marine biology in university.12. How did Natalie help with ghost nets?A. By turning them into artworks.B. By asking support from her mother.C. By collecting money from charities.D. By selling ghost nets at a good price.13. What made Natalie decide to do something with ghost nets?A. To collect supplies for the artworks.B. To prepare for her study in university.C. To protect coral reefs and marine animals.D. To complete an assignment for her STEM class.14. What docs the underlined word “discarded" in Paragraph5refer to?A. Polluted.B. Rare.C. Waste.D. Discovered.15. What is the best title for the text.A. Ghost Nets Ready forSaleB. Charities Make a Big DifferenceC. Natalie's Passion for Ocean TreasuresD. TeenTurnsOld Fishing Nets into Artworks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。

2020-2021学年重庆市铜梁县第一中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案解析第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项ASome of the world’s most talented musicians have played concerts atLincolnCenter. On September 10, the center hosted a unique class of star musicians: kids and teens. The young players are part of the World Peace Orchestra, or WPO. The group held its first Music for Peace concert inNew York City, with 134 students from more than 60 countries taking part. Musicians were chosen from all over the world.The World Peace Orchestra began in 2013. The nonprofit group brings kids together using the common language of music. To be considered for the orchestra, students first had to be recommended by their teachers and then audition online for a group of judges. Once chosen, professional musicians and teachers then worked with the players to improve their skills.Some of the young musicians played classical instruments, such as violins and flutes. Others played instruments unique to their home country. For example, Amold Mugo, 16, fromKenya, played an instrument called the djembe. The drum is originally fromWest Africa. Mugo said he was shocked when he learned he was chosen for the orchestra. “I can’t express how I felt. I was rolling on the floor. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity,” he said.Adomas Hendrixson, 13, fromLithuania, played piano for the WPO. Before theNew York Cityperformance, Hendrixson talked about what he hoped to take away from the event. “Fun and joy-- people smiling and clapping,” he said.“This is one of the only times in your life this could happen and I'm very excited.”Mugo says his favorite part of the WPO is making new friends from around the world. “I hope when I go home, I just take a little bit of every friend that I made here-- Brazil, Portugal, Queens,” Mugo said, “I hope that I take part of their culture home with me so I understand them more.”1. Who is most likely to have played for the WPO according to this passage?A. Li Ming, 16, a student fromChina.B. Daniel, 44, a judge fromAmerica.C. Edward, 21, a clerk fromAustralia.D. Catherine, 32, a teacher fromEngland.2. We can learn from the last paragraph that Mugo ________.A.performed best for the WPO.B. has learned some foreign culture.C. was eager to be chosen for a second time.D. received a great award for his performance.3. What would be the best title for this passage?A. Kids were good at playing music.B. Mugo liked making foreign friends.C. Concerts were played atLincolncentre.D. Young musicians played for peace.BOne Sunday morning, my family and I went to a popular restaurant for breakfast. As soon as we walked into Restaurant Happy Meal, a young waitress showed us to a table.We ordered our food and soon after, our food came. Just as we were about to begin our meal, we heard someone shouting for the boss.“What is this? A dead fly in my food!’’ a man with a deep scar (疤) acrosshis face shouted angrily. He strongly hit his fist on the table and swept the plates and cups off it.Thesecame crashing to the floor, breaking into pieces. His companion, a huge man with a tattoo on his arm, stared angrily at the boss who stood nervously in front of the two gangsters (歹徒).The boss apologized repeatedly to the angry customers and tried to calm them down by offering to replace their food. He even told them that they could have their meal for free.The commotion(混乱) affected the business of the restaurant. Fearing that aquarrel would happen, many customers quickly paid for their meals and left the restaurant hurriedly. Some of them had not even finished their breakfast.My father told us to eat our food quickly and not to look at the two angry men. We obeyed him and finished our food within minutes. That was probably the quietest and fastest breakfast my family ever had.Although my father warned us not to look at the two unruly (任性的) customers, I could not help stealing a glance at them.I saw that the boss had managed to calm the two angry customers. Fresh food and drinks were brought to their table. They sat down again and continued their breakfast. Meanwhile the waitress who had shown us to our table earlier swept up the broken china.4. What does the underlined word “These” refer to?A. Tables.B. Cups and plates.C. Two angry customers.D. Dead fly and the food.5. What can we know about the owner from paragraph 4?A. He was sorry for what had happened.B. He was angry with the two customers.C. He was pardoned by the two customers.D. He was disappointed that the men caused problems here.6. What can we infer about the writer and his family?A. They might often talk while they ate.B. They ordered a lot of food each time they ate out.C. They often ate silently and that day was no exception.D. They usually did not like to be disturbed while they ate.7. What did the writer think of the boss?A. Foolish.B. Active.C. Hardworking.D. Wise.CWhen you walk with a backpack, do you know how the things inside move from side to side? Now scientists havefigured out how to tap into that movement to produce electricity.Picture a pendulum (摆锤) fixed to a backpack frame and stabilized with springs on either side. The pack’s weight is attached to the pendulum, so the pendulum swings side to side as you walk.Then a machine is driven by that swinging movement, and spits out electrical current to charge a battery.Volunteers carried the pack while walking on a running machine and wore masks to measure the flow of O2and CO2. Walking with the slightly swinging 20-pound load, the device (设备) did not significantly affect the volunteers’ metabolic (新陈代谢的) rate compared to when they carried the same weight fixed in place. In fact, the energy-harvesting pack reduced the forces of acceleration they’d feel in a regular pack, which might mean greater comfort for a long hike. And the device did produce a steady trickle (涓流) of electricity. If you up the load to 45 pounds, the swing of the pack could fully charge a smart phone only after 12 hours. The details are in the journal Royal Society Open Science.The device produces electricity from human movement and has been identified as a workable solution to providing a renewable energy source for portable electronic devices. It is particularly useful for those who work inremote areas, as these people often carry a lot of weight in a backpack for their exploration.But here’s a realconundrum: the energy-harvesting device currently weighs five pounds. The researchers say that’s about four pounds too many to be a smart alternative to batteries. So they hope that more research lets them lighten the load, to ensure the pack charges you up without weighing you down.8. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?A. How the device works.B. What the device looks like.C. Who the device is designed for.D. Why scientists designed the device.9. Which of the following describes the device?A. It greatly affected the volunteers metabolic rate.B. It harvested energy as the volunteers walk.C. It failed to produce steady electricity.D. It was useless for a long walk.10. What does the underlined word “conundrum” in the last paragraph mean?A. Problem.B. Method.C. Bond.D. Decision.11. What will the researchers try to do next?A. Increase the charging speed of their device.B. Find smarter alternatives to batteries.C. Reduce the weight of their device.D. Put their device on the market.DAustralia’s Great Barrier Reef has lost 50% of its corals (珊瑚) within 30 years, with climate change a key driver of reef disturbance, a new study has found.Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, inQueensland, northeasternAustralia, studied coral communities and theirsize along the length of theGreat Barrier Reefbetween 1995 and 2017, finding all coral populations disappear gradually, they said.Reefs are important to the health of ocean ecosystems — without them, ecosystems break down and ocean life dies.Coral population decreases happened in both shallow and deep water coral species, experts found, but branchingand table-shaped corals — which provide habitats for fish — were worst affected by mass bleaching (漂白) events in 2016.Warm ocean temperatures are the main reason of coral bleaching. Bleaching doesn’t kill coral immediately, but if temperatures remain high, eventually the coral will die, destroying a natural habitat for many species of ocean life.“We used to think the Great Barrier Reef is protected by its huge size — but in fact our results show that even the world’s largest and ly well-protected reef system is increasingly destroyed and in decline,” Terry Hughes, an outstanding professor at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, said.“There is no time to lose — we must sharply decrease greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible,” the reporter warned in the paper, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society journal.12. What has mainly influenced the coral populations of theGreat Barrier Reef?A. Destroyed habitats.B. Climate change.C. Lack of seafood.D. Bleaching events.13. What can we learn from the passage?A. Many species has been dying out slowly.B. The size of reefs contributes to their protection.C. Ocean ecosystems don’t develop without reefs.D. Bleaching continually disturbs table-shaped corals.14. What attitude does the reporter hold to the present situation of theGreat Barrier Reef?A. Worried.B. Angry.C. Hopeful.D. Surprised.15. What is probably the best title for the passage?A. Climate change damages theGreat Barrier ReefB. The Species of ocean Life Are In DangerC. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Get WorseD. Sea Ecosystems Are In Decline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。