1、广东省东莞市第四高级中学2020-2021学年高一英语上学期期中试题 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节 听力理解（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）共两小段，每段播放两遍。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第一段对话，回答第12题。1. Why is it difficult for the woman to lose weight?A. She has a strict 5-day week.B. She has no time for exercise.C. She enjoys delicious dis
2、hes too much.2. Who is Michael?A. Joyces friend.B. Joyces manager. C. Joyces husband.听第二段对话，回答第35小题。3. What would Jack probably do during the Thanksgiving holidays?A. Stay at home.B. See an art show.C. Go to play outside.4. Where is Amy going to meet her college friends？A. Ottawa. B. Toronto. C. Kin
3、gston.5. Why is Amy in a hurry to leave?A. To buy DVDs.B. To call up VickyC. To pick up Daniel.第二节 听取信息（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）听下面一段独白，请从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为6-10的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。A Tour about A National ParkThe best season to visit the park_6_.The length of the valley_7_.The 50-minute valley
4、 walkSee beautiful flowers, strange rocks and _8_.The activity that interests animal loversHave a closer view of different _9_.The best-loved activityHave a _10_ by the lake.第二部分 阅读理解 (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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhile beach vacations may be a great
5、way to take your mind off work, lakes surrounded by mountains make for an even grander experience. If you are looking for some peace on your vacation, we have some recommendations for you in the Caucasus(高加索).Lake SevanLake Sevan is situated in the central part of Armenia, in the Gegharkunik provinc
6、e. It is the largest lake in Armenia, 6,200ft above sea level. Along the lake shore, there are various accommodations such as resorts and hotels with plenty of activities to take part in such as windsurfing, swimming and sunbathing. While there, do not forget to visit one of the famous cultural monu
7、ments, the Sevanavank Monastery, and it offers a great view of the lake as well.Paravani LakeParavani Lake, 6,801ft above sea level, is in the south of Georgia, near the Javakheti Plateau. At this level, altitude sickness can appear and it is a good idea to be prepared to adapt to it properly, or br
8、ing medicine for altitude sickness. Being a volcanic lake makes for a more interesting experience. The lake is best known for fishing. Do not come here during the winter months when the lake freezesLake CildirLake Cildir is in the Ardahan province, east Turkey, near the borders of Georgia and Armeni
9、a. It is a large freshwater lake of eastern Turkey, and many tourists dont notice this beautiful attraction. Lake Cildir is surrounded by mountains of the Caucasus. The lake freezes during late November. If the winter is not extremely cold, you can try some lake activities like ice skating and ice f
10、ishing.Lake VanLake Van is the must visit of all lakes in this list, the largest lake in Turkey. Lake Van is on the eastern shore of Turkey and is also the most accessible lake there. Its 5,380ft above sea level, and unique to many lakes around the world: the water is high in salt content11. If you
11、want to visit some historic sites during your travel by a lake, you can go to_ .A. Lake Cildir B. Paravani Lake C. Lake Sevan D. Lake Van12. What challenge are travelers most likely to face while visiting Paravani Lake?A. Lack of medicine B. Volcano eruptionsC. Altitude sickness D. Low temperature a
12、ll the year13. What is special about Lake Van?A. Its water is high in salt B. It is a volcanic lakeC. It is globally the largest lake D. It is surrounded by mountainsBFear started taking over. I was walking into my first school in America. I had traveled a long distance from India in order to join m
13、y parents, who had been here for three years, hoping America would help my future. My father decided that I would be better off going to school here, so I enrolled (登记) in the local high school in my new town. I was afraid how I would do. On the first day, I went to my second period class after I ha
14、d missed my first. With anxiety, I reached for the door, opening it slowly. Without paying attention to my classmates, I went straight to the teacher and asked if this was the right class. With a soft voice he answered. “Yes.” His voice comforted me a little. He gave me a sheet called Course Require
15、ments, which I would never get in India because we didnt have anything like that. Then he asked me to choose where I would sit. I didnt actually want to pick a seat. In India we had fixed seats, so I never needed to worry about that. I spent the rest of the class taking notes from the image produced
16、 by the overhead projector. In Indian schools, we didnt use the technology we had. We had to take notes as the teacher spoke. It was noon. I was very confused about when I would have lunch. I went to my next class and the bell rang as I entered. I went through the regular process of asking the teach
17、er if I was in the right class. She said, “Its still fourth period.” “But the bell just rang,” I said. Changing from a gentle tone to a harsher (刺耳的) one, she said, “That is the lunch bell, young man.” I apologized. Without another word I headed for the cafeteria. I felt lucky because we didnt have
18、this in India. Every confusion seemed like a barrier I had to get through to reach my goal. At the end of the day, I was on my way to the bus which we didnt have in India either. I spotted my bus and sat down inside happily. I was thinking, today wasnt so bad.14. The author attended an American high
19、 school because _.A. his father preferred American schoolsB. his family wanted him to have a bright futureC. his mother had worked in it for 3 yearsD. he had been longing to leave his homeland15. What do we know about the authors first day of school?A. He went to the wrong class for the second perio
20、d.B. He met some enthusiastic teachers and classmates.C. He got the Course Requirements sheet from his classmate.D. He experienced differences from the Indian schools in many ways.16. How did the author feel at the end of the day?A. WorriedB. PuzzledC. Relieved D. Excited17. Whats the best title of
21、the passage?A. I Began to Go to SchoolB. My First Day of SchoolC. To Start a School Day Isnt EasyD. My Work at SchoolCCompetitive video gaming, known as e-sports, should be included in the Olympic Games, the creator of World of Warcraft has told the BBC.Rob Pardo, who until July, 2014 was chief crea
22、tive officer at Blizzard Entertainment, a famous game company, said that “sport” now had a broad definition. “Video games are well positioned to be a spectator sport (观赏性体育运动),” he told Afternoon Edition on BBC 5 Live.Professional e-sports events currently attract audiences of millions. A recent maj
23、or final held in Seoul, South Korea, filled a stadium of 40,000 people, with many more watching online around the world.“Theres a very good argument for e-sports being in the Olympics,” said Mr Pardo, who was also lead designer on Starcraft: Brood War, a game often credited with promoting the e-spor
24、ts phenomenon.“I think the way that you look at e-sports is that it is a very competitive skill and you look at these professional gamers and the reflexes are lightning quick and theyre having to make very quick decisions on the fly.“When you look at their actions per minute, theyre clearing over 30
25、0.” However, he admitted that video gaming faced a cultural battle to win over those who followed more physical sports.“That starts getting into how you define sport,” he said. “If you want to define sport as something that takes a lot of physical exertion (用力气), then its hard to argue that video ga
26、mes should be a sport, but at the same time, when Im looking at things that are already in the Olympics, I start questioning the definition.”Having new sports admitted into the Olympic is a long-winded process and, since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) limited the number of sports allowed
27、in the Games, has become increasingly difficult.Even if e-sports were to be recognized as an Olympic sport, that doesnt mean they would be included in the Gamesit merely means a case can be presented to the IOC.18. Which of the following is TRUE about Rob Pardo?A. He works for BBC now.B. He held the
28、 e-sports final in Seoul.C. He was in charge of the game Starcraft: Brood War.D. He is the chief creative officer at Blizzard Entertainment now.19. What does the underlined word “reflexes” mean in paragraph 5?A. reactionB. challengeC. creationD. ability20. The e-sports final held in Seoul is mention
29、ed to show video games_.A. have become popular in the worldB. are supposed to be a spectator sportC. especially appeal to people in SeoulD. are included in major sports competitions21. The professional e-sports gamers ability to respond is thought to be _.A. very slow B. very quickC. as quick as ord
30、inary people D. as quick as other sports playersDSome students get so nervous before a test. They do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, has studied these highly anxious testtakers. The students start worrying about the results.
31、And when we worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources.Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.The researchers tested the
32、 idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored (得分) an average of 12% worse o
33、n the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of 5%. Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated (不相关的) to th
34、e test. Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of , compared to a for those who did not.“What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, whod done our writing intervention (干预), all of a sudden there was no relationship between test f
35、ear and performance. They were performing just as well as their classmates who dont normally get nervous in these tests.”But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library an
36、d still improve their performance.22. What do the students start worrying about before an exam?A. Whether they can pass the exams.B. What other students do during the test.C. Whether they have remembered the materials.D. What kind of problems they will meet on the test paper.23. What is the solution
37、 developed by researchers?A. Making the students focused on the test.B. Asking the students to sit quietly before the test.C. Having the students write about their worries about the test.D. Asking the students to direct the attention away from the test.24. According to Professor Beilock, those who t
38、hought about things unrelated to the test _.A. became less nervous before the testB. were better at controlling their feelingsC. did worse than those who wrote about their feelingsD. did better than those who wrote about their feelings25. We can infer from the last paragraph that _.A. writing about
39、our worries before an exam can work a bitB. we can only write about our worries right before an examC. the best place to write about our worries is in the test roomD. it doesnt matter where we write about our worries before an exam第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Peopl
40、e are travelling more than ever before. The World Tourism Organization says that by 2020 the number of international travellers will be more than 1.6 billion people a year. 26 Here are four different kinds of tourism that have appeared recently.Medical tourism can include a lot of things, from opera
41、tions to visits to the dentist. 27 A few of the popular countries offering medical tourism are India, Cuba, Thailand and Jordan.Nearly all tourists eat in restaurants，and dining is one of the top three tourist activities. But if you were in a country famous for its food, would you learn how to cook
42、it? Welcome to the unusual form of culinary (烹饪的) tourism, where people go to another country to learn how to prepare its food. 28 29 Examples include tours to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina，to parts of Thailand after the tsunami or to Ground Zero in New York. This kind of tourism is not very p
43、opular with local people for understandable reasons. Another kind of tourism with growing popularity is literary tourism. 30 It can be connected with the life of an author, for example, visiting the authors home or favourite places, or connected with the lives of characters in a story. It can also b
44、e a visit to a place where a film was made.A. Cooking holidays are growing in popularity now.B. It is known that few sites of disasters can be visited.C. Many people enjoy these historical tourist attractions.D. Disaster tourism is the act of visiting the site of a disaster.E. This is a kind of cult
45、ural tourism and there are several types.F. This kind of tourism includes going to a different country for health care.G. The increase in the number of tourists also means more kinds of tourism.第三部分 英语语言运用 (共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项
46、涂黑。At middle school I found it 31 to run around the playground and I was always one of the last students to cross the finish line. One day, my friend asked me if I would like to run a 10K event with him. My 32 reaction was, “No way! I hate 33 .”Over the weekend I thought about his 34 . I thought, “W
47、hy do I hate it when I havent done it since Grade 7 in middle school?” In the end I decided I should have a(n) 35 .I told my friend I would like to 36 the 10K event with him. He 37 me to turn to the Internet for a running programme to help me learn how to run. 38 I chose a 14-week running plan what
48、would teach me how to run for 30 minutes non-stop. I had to run three times a week for different lengths of 39 . As the weeks went on I could run for longer periods. I enjoyed following the plan as I could see 40 in my running each week. I went from being 41 to run for more than 30 seconds to runnin
49、g for over 30 minutes! My younger self would not have 42 it.On the day of the 10K running event I was both excited and 43 . It was the first time I had put my new skills into 44 . I lined up with other 45 . My friends and family came to 46 me. With their encouragement and my training, I 47 to finish
50、 the 10K in 72 minutes. It was 48 but I felt very proud of having tried it.From this experience I learned it was a good idea to try something 49 saying “I hate it!” It turned out that I 50 running.31. A. interesting B. easy C. popular D. challenging32. A. first B. common C. sudden D. strong33. A. co
51、mpeting B. testing C. running D. exercising34. A. suggestion B. plan C. choice D. task35. A. examination B. try C. look D. chance36. A. record B. organize C. join D. host37. A. expected B. advised C. forced D. allowed38. A. Directly B. Unwillingly C. Surprisingly D. Finally 39. A. preparation B. tim
52、e C. distance D. training40. A. improvements B. dreams C. efforts D. prizes41. A. unable B. ready C. unfortunate D. anxious42. A. accepted B. affected C. believed D. admitted43. A. satisfied B. regretted C. confident D. nervous44. A. practice B. victory C. theory D. mind45. A. classmates B. winners
53、C. friends D. runners46. A. congratulate B. support C. teach D. guide47. A. pretended B. failed C. managed D. desired48. A. valuable B. impossible C. difficult D. strange49. A. before B. after C. until D. by50. A. understood B. enjoyed C. mistook D. remembered第二节 语法填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）根据句子结构的语法性，在下
54、面空格处填入一个适当的词语或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为51-65的相应位置。51. The visitors here _ (impress) by the fact that people are working hard for the new town.52. As _ exchange student, I felt both excited and anxious on my first school day.53. _ (obvious), a good habit can help us to reach our goals more easily.
55、54. If you pretend _ (know) what you dont know, youll only make a fool of yourself.55.This is a book _ interests a large number of people.56. English became the _ (office) language for business in spite of the fact that the population was largely Chinese.57. Im thinking of signing up _ a Chinese lit
56、erature course.58. The answer on the Internet makes me _ (confuse), so I cant tell whether it is right or not.59. It is amazing _ hes made such rapid progress in his studies.60. Betty _(leave) for Guangzhou by plane at 3 p.m. this afternoon.61. _ is important for students to develop good learning ha
57、bits.62. He explained it so clearly that I could understand all the _(detail).63. Compared _ those who are always complaining, people with a positive attitude towards life live longer.64. In the competition, he showed great courage and _(determine).65. Actually, I prefer reading books to _ (play) co
58、mputer games.第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分45分)第一节 句子考查（共9个小题；66-71题，每空0.5分；72-74题，每小题3分；满分20分）根据下面各个句子的要求，完成、改写或翻译句子。66. _ _（要是怎么办）our father doesnt agree with our idea?67. You have done them before, _ _?（附加疑问句）68.I havent seen her for a long time and I am _ _ _ _ _ _（期待着收到她的来信）.69.In order to go to America, I _
59、_ _ _(申请签证) yesterday.70. Dropping out of school _ _ _ _ _ (有重大影响) my life.71. You have the right to make a choice, but you should _ _ _ (对负责) it.72. It seemed that Bob was very happy when he heard the news.(同义句转换) _73. Being a nurse calls for great love and patience. (强调划线部分) _74. 老师建议我上课做好笔记以便我能更好
60、地掌握知识。 (用recommend; so that翻译) _第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假如你是李华，下面是你的英国笔友Alice给你发来的一封邮件。Dear Li Hua,Im afraid Ive got a big problem recently. My mother talks too much to me. She always tells me, “Be careful while crossing the street.” “Put on more clothes.” “Did you do a good job at school?” and so on. Im ann
61、oyed. Whats worse, I have trouble getting along with my mother because of a generation gap. She is very eager to pass on her values and interests to me. I really cant stand it. What shall I do? I need your help. Yours, Alice请根据邮件的内容给Alice写一封回信，与她交流看法。内容包括：1. 表示理解并给予安慰；2. 提出建议及理由。注意：1. 词数为100左右；2. 可以
62、适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 开头结尾已给出。Dear Alice,_Yours faithfully, Li Hua2020-2021学年度第一学期高一期中英语答案(10.29)第一部分 听力1-5 B C A B C6.Spring 7.20 miles/twenty miles 8. natural lakes 9.wildlife/wild life 10.picnic评分标准：第6题没有大写扣0.5分；第7、8题一个单词一分，单复数错误扣0.5分第二部分 阅读理解第一节11-15 C C A B D 16-20 C B C A B 21-25 B A C C D 第二节25-30
63、 G F A D E第三部分 英语语言运用第一节 完形填空31-35 D A C A B 36-40 C B D B A 41-45 A C D A D 46-50 B C C A B第二节 语法填空51.are impressed 52.an 53.Obviously 54.to know 55.which/that56.official57.for 58.confused 59.that 60.is leaving61.It 62.details 63.with/to 64.determination 65.playing评分标准：句首未大写一律不给分第四部分 写作第一节 句子考查66.W
64、hat if67.havent you68.looking forward to hearing from you / looking forward to receiving your letter69.applied for a visa70.makes a big difference to / has a great influence/effect on71.be responsible for72.Bob seemed to be very happy when he heard the news.73.It is great love and patience that bein
65、g a nurse calls for.74.The teacher recommends me to take notes in class so that I can better master/grasp the knowledge. The teacher recommends that I (should) take notes in class so that I can have a good commanding of the knowledge.评分标准：66-71题，按空给分，每空0.5，66题what未大写不给分。72、73题，sb seem to do sth以及强调句
66、型没体现出来最多给0.5分，seemed以及it is的时态弄错扣0.5分，其余情况酌情扣分。74题，recommend的表达1分，so that前后接的是句子1分，take notes 以及master各0.5分，其余情况酌情扣分。第二节 书面表达Dear Alice, Im sorry to hear that you are having a bad time at the moment. I can understand how you feel. As a teenager, I met the same problem as you. But now I can get along
67、 better with my mother. Here are some ideas for you. Even though a generation gap does exist between you and your mother, you still can do something to build a good relationship with her. Firstly, you should calm down and show respect for her no matter what she said. In most cases, what she says doe
68、s make sense. Secondly, try to have a face-to-face talk and sincere communication with her, which can get a better understanding of each other. Last but not least, listen attentively to each others inner voice, and even take effective measures to narrow the generation gap.I hope what I say here will be helpful to you. Yours faithfully, Li Hua
