1、绝密启用前天一大联考20202021学年(上)高一年级期末考试英语考生注意：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将考生号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话，每段对话后有
2、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。例: How much is the shirt?A.19.15. B.9.18. C.9.15.答案是C。1. What is the weather like now?A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Sunny.2. What can we learn from the conversationA. John wont be back this evening.B. The woman speaker has le
3、nt John her bicycle.C. The man speaker will ask John to be back quickly.3.How does t成man feel about his driving to work?A. He feels that its not bad.B. The distance is a little long.C. It takes him too much time.4. Whats wrong with the radio?A. It cant be turned on. B. It cant be turned off. C. It d
4、oesnt work.5. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At a cinema. B. At a restaurant. C. At a hotel.第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What kind of room does the man w
5、ant?A. A double room. B. A single room. C. A quiet room.7. When will the man leave the hotel?A. On July 15th. B. On June 14th. C. On June 15th.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What did the man put up on the wall yesterday?A. A picture he took.B. A picture drawn by himself.C. A picture of him taken last year.9. Wh
6、at kind of pictures does the man like?A. The daily life pictures.B. The pictures taken by others.C. The pictures prepared for cameras.10. How many cameras does the man have?A. Twelve. B. Ten. C. Two.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Where are the speakers probably?A. In an office. B. At an railway station C. At
7、an airport.12. How many cities did the woman visit in China?A. 6. B. 5. C. 4.13. What is the man probably?A. A reporter. B. A scientist. C. A guide.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Where will the man go?A. To London. B. To New York. C. To Sydney.15. When will the man leave?A. On Friday night. B. On Sunday morni
8、ng. C. On Saturday morning.16. How long will the flight last?A. Nearly 2 hours. B. Nearly 3 hours. C. Nearly 4 hours.17. Why does the man take the trip?A. For a visit. B. On holiday. C. On business.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What does the story told by the speaker mean?A. Humans are powerful.B. Language
9、is created by God.C. Communication is very important.19. What does the speaker regard foreign languages as?A. Tools. B. Knowledge. C. Skills.20. How will the speaker teach?A. Through written tests. B. Through conversations. C. Through stories.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，从每题所给的四个
10、选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhile youre reading this, we will lose about 25 football fields of rainforest. Every tree that falls results in great damage to the biodiversity(生物多样性)that supports wildlife including tiny frogs and our own relative, the orangutan(猩猩).Its up to all of us to do what
11、we can if we are to make sure biodiversity is protected. We invite you to take part in a BIG challenge.When: March 2021.Where: Kinabalu National Park, Borneo.Who: Cheshire business leaders and friends of the zoo, including CEO Dr Mark Pilgrim and Trustee Sandra Donnelly.What: A run through the jungl
12、e of Borneo to raise money for Chester Zoos reforestation(重新造林)work. Participants can choose to run 9km, 30km, 50km, 100km or 100 miles.We know from our experts in the field that, reforestation is important to bring life back to the land, so we aim to raise money to support our reforestation work in
13、 Borneo. Our activities include tree-planting, wildlife monitoring and research and managing forest fires, and every bit of our work contribute to a healthy rainforest place where wildlife can develop.By taking part in Race for the Rainforest and raising money for Chester Zoo, not only are you encou
14、raging the reinvigoration(重振)of the precious biodiversity that would otherwise be lost, but you are supporting local communities and protecting our planet.21. What does the author mainly want to tell us in paragraph 1?A. Football fields can be built in rainforest. B. Wildlife is very important to hu
15、mans.C. We may spend too much time reading the text. D. Biodiversity needs to be protected immediately.22. How can we take part in the big challenge?A. By running a distance. B. By asking others to give money.C. By meeting business leaders. D. By becoming a worker of the zoo.23. What can we learn fr
16、om the text?A. The race can make a big difference.B. Managing forest fires is key to reforestation.C. Chester Zoo centers on looking after animals.D. Enough attention has been paid to biodiversity.BLast Monday, to prepare a picnic, I decided to go into a superstore which was on my way home.I parked
17、my car in the big parking lot and went into the superstore. It was a huge one, spread onto 2 stories and 200, 000+sq-ft. After 45 minutes of shopping(which looked like a real escape game)to just get some tomatoes, cheese and 3 toothpicks, I arrived at the cashier line, thoughtful and a bit upset by
18、the time I spent to get 5 articles. I wondered why I did not go to a small local store.After 15 minutes of waiting in the line, the woman in front of me called me: Heyyou only have 5 articles? Pass before me; I have many more articles than you!It wasnt the first time it had happened to me. But her i
19、nitiative(提议)was disarming, as well as was her smile. She did not wear any mask, so I could see it. Not knowing what else to do, I accepted her offering. We chatted a bit waiting for the customers ahead of us to finish-she was very pleasant. Then I thanked her, giving her back my brightest smile alt
20、hough I was wearing a mask.Getting back in my car, I rethought about that good moment, and realized that she made my day. In the meantime, I wondered how to give it back to her. No doubt it was quite impossible, so I considered how to pay-it-forward to someone else.While driving, I realized that she
21、 saved me* 10 minutes. And while I was driving at 70mph, I reduced my speed to 55 mph. The amount of fuel used dropped down by 35%.As a result, I re-lost part of the 10 minutes that the woman offered me, but it was a way to repay her and do a small thing for the environment.24. Why did the author re
22、gret shopping in the superstore?A. She found the parking lot was full.B. She thought the superstore was too crowded.C. She spent too much time buying too few things.D. She thought the articles there were too expensive.25. How much time should the author have waited in the line at least if she hadnt
23、changed her place?A. 15 minutes. B. 70 minutes. C. 60 minutes. D. 25 minutes.26. What does the underlined word disarming in paragraph 4 probably mean?A. A little too late. B. Hard to accept.C. Making people lose ability. D. Making people feel less angry.27. How did the author repay the woman?A. By w
24、asting 10 minutes. B. By driving a little slower.C. By paying it forward to someone else. D. By asking others to protect the environment.CThe worlds largest iceberg, named A68a, broke away from Antarcticas Larsen C ice shelf in July, 2017. It has since floated(漂浮)toward the island of South Georgia i
25、n the southern Atlantic Ocean. Satellite pictures show the iceberg has remained in one piece. It is about 150 kilometers long and 48 kilometers wide. It is traveling at one kilometer an hour and is on a path to hit South Georgia in around 30 days.Right now is the time of year when seals and penguins
26、 spend a lot of time caring for their young. This means the distance that parents have to travel to find food is important. Scientists fear that if the iceberg hits the island, it could prevent the penguins and seals from reaching food supplies. That means they have to go a lot further. They have to
27、 go around the iceberg, or to actually go further to find food. And that time is quite important at this particular period of their life cycle.Ecologists say an iceberg crash(碰撞)would also disturb materials settled on the seabed, possibly polluting the surrounding seas. As the iceberg melts(融化), it
28、would also send large amounts of fresh water into the ocean. This could affect krill populations that are a major source of food for the island, wildlife. Besides, the iceberg could remain for 10 years and change the areas whole ecosystem. If some rare species fail in this area, their numbers global
29、ly are going to go down quite sharply.The breaking-off of icebergs from Antarctica is a natural process. But the process is changing with climate change. What were seeing now is that the speed at which this is happening is increasing. And so, this might become more of a usual thing into the future.
30、Right now, officials are hoping that changing weather patterns could direct the iceberg out into the open ocean, where it would, in time, break up and melt.28. What can we know about the iceberg A68a?A. It was hit by another iceberg and broke into pieces.B. It has been floating on the sea for more t
31、han 4 years.C. It is now more than 500km away from South Georgia.D. It came into being because of a drop in water temperature.29. How will the iceberg probably influence the penguins and seals in South Georgia?A. By bringing other wildlife there. B. By slowing down their life cycle.C. By cutting off
32、 their way to feeding areas. D. By making the weather completely different.30. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?A. The time period an iceberg could remain. B. The possible influence of an iceberg crash.C. The possible reason for the failure of rare species. D. The fresh water an iceberg could produc
33、e.31. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Floating icebergs will be more common. B. The iceberg will soon break up and melt.C. Icebergs have nothing to do with climate. D. Officials have planned to direct the iceberg.DA company testing driverless cars has received permission(允许)from the sta
34、te of California to operate the vehicles without human drivers. The tests will be carried out by Cruise, the self-driving car company owned by General Motors.Cruise reported last week that it got a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to let the self-driving cars travel on their o
35、wn. The company plans to have them operating in San Francisco by the end of this year. Cruise is still just testing its self-driving vehicles. But it plans to offer ride-sharing services in major cities across the United States in the future.Until now, testing has only been carved out with human bac
36、kup drivers in all Cruise vehicles. Rules required the backup drivers to be inside the cars and ready to take control of the vehicles if necessary. Cruise has completed enough testing to feel that it is now ready to safely operate the cars without humans, said company spokesman Ray Wert. Wert said t
37、hat Cruise would go neighborhood-by-neighborhood in San Francisco before spreading the driverless car to the whole city.The permission in California followed a similar decision in Arizona. Arizona state officials approved(批准)a request by Waymo, a company owned by Googles parent company Alphabet Inc.
38、, to open its ride-sharing service to the public in vehicles without human drivers. The service was launched last week in the city of Phoenix.Progress toward driverless vehicles slowed after one such vehicle hit a passer-by during a test in Tempe, Arizona, in 2018. That vehicle was operated by Uber
39、Technologies.Steven Shladover is a research engineer at the University of California, Berkeley. He has studied self-driving for 40 years. Shladover said that although Cruise and Waymo program their vehicles to drive more conservatively (保守地)than humans, both still need to progress safely. He noted t
40、hat Cruise will first use its vehicles in easier areas in San Francisco before sending them into complex(复杂的)traffic situations.32. What has Cruise done until now?A. It has done driverless car testing in other states.B. It has helped other companies test their self-driving cars.C. It has completed s
41、ome testing with human drivers.D. It has offered ride-sharing services using self-driving cars.33. What caused the testing of self-driving cars to slow down?A. Taxi drivers fear of losing their jobs.B. The high cost of doing it in big cities.C. An accident caused by a self-driving vehicle.D. The sma
42、ll number of companies taking part in it.34. Which of the following does Steven Shladover agree with?A. Self-driving vehicles shouldnt go without safety.B. Self-driving vehicles drive less carefully than humans.C. Self-driving vehicles cant get into complex traffic situations.D. Companies should pro
43、gram their vehicles to drive faster.35. What can be the best title for the text?A. California Allows Company to Test Cars with No DriversB. Two Companies Self-Driving Tests Get ApprovedC. Self-Driving or Human-Driving, Which Should We Depend on?D. Cruise or Waymo, Which Is Leading the Self-Driving T
44、echnology?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。Here are five ways to show respect for you to consider and hopefully put into practice.Listen.Listening to what another person has to say is a basic way to respect them. Everyone wants to have their say. Everyone wants to feel t
45、hat theyre being listened to. Whether they have something profound to say is not the point. 36 When you give another person your time and your ear, you show respect for them.Serve.A poet once said, We are all here on earth to help others. Life on earth is about serving others. In fact, our jobs shou
46、ld be around a desire to serve others and give back to others. Serving shows that we care. 37 Be Kind.Though kindness and service are first cousins, they arent the same. We can serve without being kind. 38 When were kind to someone, were giving of ourselves. Were giving something they can use or may
47、be something they badly need. We have all been in need. And what a relief it is when someone shows us kindness.Be Polite.An act of politeness can change a persons day. It can even change a persons life. 39 It can help them press on through what may be difficult. Some cultures are known for their pol
48、iteness. If you want to show respect for someone, start by being polite.Be Thankful.When someone does something good for you, you should thank them. Its not so much that we need to be thanked. 40 When there is no thankfulness for something weve done, we feel a lack of respect.A. People want to be he
49、ard.B. It can lift their spirits quickly.C. And caring shows that we respect.D. Respect doesnt always require thankfulness.E. But its very difficult to be kind without serving.F. Its that we want to feel that what weve done has made a difference.G. To respect someone, you have to say something good
50、about that person.第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节(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涂黑。Hunter Leininger, from Canton, Georgia, USA has been doing adventure racing since he was 7 years old. Now, at age 19, he has set world 41 , traveled around the globe, and completed
51、 over 50 races! And he is now on a mission(使命)to encourage other young people to follow their own 42 .Adventure racing is a 43 sport that includes lots of different 44 on unmarked trails in the wilderness such as hiking, running, rafting, canoeing, biking, climbing, horseback riding, orienteering, s
52、kiing and sailing. Races can 45 from 2 hours to 2 weeks!Hunter became 46 in adventure racing through his dad, who is an Adventure Racer himself. While playing soccer and football, Hunter was looking to try something 47 . He asked his dad if he could 48 him in an Adventure Race, and he went on to 49
53、his first race in about 6 hours. Hunter loved being on the same team as his dad and he has been attracted to the sport ever since.Hunter has learned a lot of perseverance(毅力)through adventure racing. There can be a lot of 50 in a race, but if you 51 , your whole team will have to 52 . This is unlike
54、 other team sports, like basketball or football, where you can stop and be 53 by another player. In racing, and in his life, the sport has taught Hunter to keep going when situations get 54 .Hunter wants to inspire young people that they can complete 55 things at whatever age and that they dont have
55、 to 56 until they get older to go after their dreams. That is one of the most common 57 in our society, Youre not old enough to start that business; you should wait until you get older. The biggest problem with this mindset(心态)is that once people 58 their dreams at a young age, they probably never c
56、ome back to them, which 59 them never to complete anything. The best time to do something is now, so go after your dreams before its too 60 !41. A. clubs B. records C. differences D. companies42. A. examples B. ways C. teachers D. dreams43. A. single B. summer C. team D. safe44. A. activities B. dis
57、coveries C. wonders D. inventions45. A. appear B. expect C. last D. stay46. A. brave B. helpful C. confident D. interested47. A. new B. dangerous C. expensive D. easy48. A. beat B. join C. train D. please49. A. escape B. discuss C. complete D. describe50. A. progress B. pain C. experience D. educati
58、on51. A. calm down B. drop in C. carry on D. give up52. A. stop B. win C. continue D. increase53. A. guided B. protected C. noticed D. replaced54. A. strange B. smooth C. hard D. perfect55. A. encouraging B. traditional C. unbelievable D. pleasant56. A. wait B. believe C. afford D. work57. A. chance
59、s B. excuses C. congratulations D. answers58. A. go after B. put off C. set up D. put up59. A. allows B. advises C. requires D. causes60. A. late B. cold C. clear D. near第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Food is not enough in many parts of the world today. The world populat
60、ion is going to grow from around 7.5 billion today to 9.1 billion by the year 2050. That shows food safety will be 61 (increasing)important from now on.In animal agriculture, it is important to increase production efficiency(效率). If 62 ( farmer) can produce more meat, milk and eggs, they can better
61、feed the world. Improving animal breeding, nutrition and health 63 (mean)more food for humans. Animal scientists also study different animal diets. If animals can eat feedstuffs(饲料), we can use more grains for human food.Once the food 64 (produce), it is important to keep it from being damaged. Food
62、 security depends 65 proper food storage and handling. Animal scientists and meat scientists work hard to find out about 66 we can stop pathogens(病原体) 67 (get) to animal products.The next step is to get the food to people 68 need it. Some areas of the world are more suited for agricultural productio
63、n. It is important for countries with extra food to export food to countries with food that is not enough. Again, proper storage and handling are important for food transport. Some animal producers also export live animals. Animal scientists work with these producers to keep animals 69 (health)durin
64、g these shipments.It is also important to reduce the effect of food production on the environment. We are required 70 (make) sure land, air and water are kept safe for generations to come.第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)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。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词
65、的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。Dear Sir or Madam,I have learned of the poster that an exhibition of intelligent robots will held in your museum. Now, Im writing to ask for more informations about it.Firstl
66、y, could you please tell me how many robots will be on show but what the robots are main used for? Secondly, I want to know if there will be any performances giving by the robots or any games in that we can play against the robots. Whats the more, I wonder whether I should booked tickets for the exhibition now.I would be grateful whether you could give me an early reply.Yours sincerely,Li Hua第二节 书面表达(满分25分)假定你是李华，你家即将搬到另外一个城市，因此你需要转学。请你用英语给外教Mr. Smith写一封信，内容包括：1.辞行原因和时间；2.想对老师说的话。注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Mr. Smith, Respectfully,Li Hua
