1、广东省汕头市澄海中学2020-2021学年高一英语上学期第二次阶段考试试题(满分130分，考试时间120分钟)第I卷第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AEverybody hates rats. But in the earthquake capitals of the world-Japan, Los Angeles, Turkey-rats will soon be mans new best friends.What happens a
2、fter an earthquake? We send in rescue dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they cant get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat.How does it work? First, the
3、 rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rats brain gives a signal(信号). This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When the rats brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person.Although ther
4、e are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. Christian Linster at Cornell University-New York says, “Robots noses dont work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that. “Rats can also see in the dark. They are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robo
5、ts, they dont need electricity!The “rat project” is not finished, but Julie Ryan of International Rescue Corps in Scotland says, “It would be fantastic. A rat could get into spaces we couldnt get to and a rat would get out if it wasnt safe.” Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happ
6、y to see a rat in a building (but only after an earthquake, of course).1. In the world earthquake capitals, rats will become mans best friends because they can _.A. take the place of mans rescue jobsB. find the position of people alive who are trapped in buildingsC. serve as food for people alive wh
7、o are trapped in buildingsD. get into small spaces2. From the third paragraph we know the rescuers can recognise a person who is alive by_.A. the noise made by the rat B. the rats unusual behaviorC. the signal sent by the radio on the rats back D. the smell given off by the person3. Rats have all th
8、e following advantages except that_.A. they are more fantastic than other animalsB. they are less expensive to train than dogsC. they dont need electricity D. they are small and can get into small placesBForeign visitors to the UK might be disappointed when they learn that not everyone there speaks
9、like Harry Potter and his friends. Usually, theres an assumption by many non-Brits that everyone in Britain speaks with whats known as a Received Pronunciation (RP,标准发音) accent, also called “the Queens English”. However, while many people do talk this way, most Britons speak in their own regional ac
10、cents.Scouse, Glaswegian and the Black Country-from Liverpool, Glasgow and the West Midlands-are just three of the countless non-RP accents that British people speak with. There are even differences in accents between towns or cities just 30 kilometers apart. What is even more disappointing is that
11、not speaking in a RP accent may mean a British person is judged and even treated differently in their everyday life.In a 2015 study by the University of New South Wales, videos of people reading a passage in three different UK accents were shown to a second group of people. The group then rated how
12、intelligent they thought the readers sounded. The lowest rated accent was the Brummie accent, native to people from Birmingham, a city whose accent is considered the working class.However, there is no need to be disappointed though you are not speaking in a RP accent. In fact, doing the opposite may
13、 even give you advantages.Kong Seong-jae, 25, is an Internet celebrity from Seoul.After studying in the UK, he picked up several regional accents. Hes now famous for his online videos, where he shows off the various accents hes learned. “British people usually get really excited when I use some of t
14、heir local dialect words, and they become much friendlier. I think it makes a bit of bond between local people and foreigners to speak in their local accent,” he said.So if youre working on perfecting your British accent, try to speak like someone from Liverpool, Glasgow or Birmingham. You may not s
15、ound like Harry Potter, but you are likely to make more friends.4.What can we infer from Paragraph 1?A. Non-Brits usually hold that all Britons speak in a RP accent.B. Only “the Queens English” is accepted in the UK .C. Foreign visitors are disappointed at their own spoken English.D. Any Received Pr
16、onunciation around the world is also called “the Queens English”.5.What do people think of the Brummie accent?A. It is favored by foreign visitors to the UK.B. It is closest to the RP accent.C. It is smart and easy to understand.D. It is spoken by people of the working class.6. What does the underli
17、ned phrase “doing the opposite” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. Speaking in a RP accent. B. Speaking in regional accents.C. Speaking the Brummie accent. D. Speaking like Harry Potter.7. What is the passage mainly about?A. A study about the most intelligent accent in Britain.B. A comparison between differ
18、ent British accents.C. How much British people value the RP accent.D. The impact of regional accents on peoples lives.CParts of Africa are covered by a dark cloud. But this is no rain cloud. It is a living cloud made of billions of locusts (蝗虫) that are traveling across the continent eating everythi
19、ng in their path. And now in the battle to stop this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, West Africa, is offering listeners 50 kilograms of rice if they can catch and kill 50 kilograms of locusts. “We think this idea will get more people to take part in the war on the locusts,” said Abdoulaye Ba,
20、from Sud-Fm, a radio station in one of Senegals worst affected area. This is West Africas biggest locust disaster in 15 years, and it is moving east, causing huge damage to crops. As they move they produce young and increase their number and will soon threaten (威胁) Sudan in the northeast of Africa.
21、Some say it could reach Asia. Experts say the harmful effect on crops in areas already suffering from food shortage and war could cause many people to go hungry. Governments in the areas are not well equipped to fight the pest. Although leaders of 12 countries have agreed on a plan, it is not expect
22、ed to be enough. “We are now treating 6,000 hectares (公顷) per day with pesticide (杀虫剂), but we need to treat 20,000 hectares per day in order to have any hope of controlling this disaster,” said Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah, director of locust control in Mauritania. Requests are being made for inter
23、national aid, which is the only way to limit the disaster, the UNs Food and Agriculture Organization warned.8. By using “dark cloud” to describe locusts in the first para-graph, the author of the article _.A. showed the size and speed of the mass of locusts B. suggested the great damage that locusts
24、 can causeC. warned that locusts would sweep the continent like rain clouds D. both A and B9. The story is mainly about _.A. West Africas united effort in fighting a disaster B. the difficulty in controlling locusts C. how locusts caused great damage to West AfricaD. a struggle to fight against a di
25、saster brought by locusts in West Africa10. What can be inferred about the locust disaster from this passage?A. It would be even more serious in Asia B. It is out of controlC. It affected only the warning areas D. It cant be stopped unless twice as much pesticide is provided for the affected areas11
26、. Which of the following is WRONG ?A. Senegal is to the southwest of Sudan. B. Twelve countries affected by locusts have united but still lack pesticide.C. The locusts can cause such damage mainly because it has no natural enemy in West Africa. D. Sud-Fm offered a reward for fighting locusts so that
27、 more people would join in the effort.DLanguages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit (联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech inde
28、pendent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled
29、and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages su
30、ch as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often
31、 spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1,000; Africa 2 400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number (中位数)of speakers is a mere 6,000, which means that half the worlds languages a
32、re spoken by fewer people than that.Already well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction(消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico(150), Lipan Apache in the United States (two or three) or
33、Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of survival.12. What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?A. They developed very fast. B. They were large in number.C. They had similar patterns. D. They were closely connected.13. Which of the
34、 following best explains “dominant” underlined in paragraph 2?A. Complex B. Advanced C. Powerful D. Modern14. How many languages are spoken by less than 6, 000 people at present? A. About 6,800 B. About 3,400 C. About 2,400 D. About 1,20015. What is the main idea of the text?A. New languages will be
35、 created. B. Peoples lifestyles are reflected in languages.C. Human development results in fewer languages. D. Geography determines language evolution.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。Vacations are important. We need to take time out from work to relax, and just be o
36、urselves. 16 . We should all be allowed to leave our jobs behind us at least for a few weeks each year and just have fun. This might be something as simple as reading a good book in front of a warm fireplace through to travelling to the most interesting places on our planet. Whatever we fancy doing
37、is worth taking time out for. Workplace stress is on the rise. 17 . These include disease, depression and even death. We all seem to be running from one place to the next, never finding out where we want to go in the first place. I intend to break that trend in the coming days. 18 I will sleep late,
38、 write, watch movies, drink the occasional glass of wine, and eat to my hearts content ignoring calorie counting. My plan is to just enjoy the fleeting moments of being alive. 19 . Spend your next vacation the way you want. Do what will restore your mental health. Youre very valuable to the people w
39、ho are close to you, and to those who depend on it. Like it or not, we are all interdependent in this great life of ours.You are valuable. Just remember that the next time you look at the mirror and take a deep breath. Remind yourself that there will never be anyone like you ever on this earth again
40、. 20 . All you have to do is just ask yourself what you want to do.A. With it come many health problems. B. I challenge each one of you to do the same. C. Draw up a detailed plan so you can see more.D. And only you know how to vacation your way. E. Life is not all about work, or at least it shouldnt
41、 be. F. When you finally get home youll be greatly refreshed.G. For my next holiday, I will do all the things that I love doing. 第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Mr. Wu is an English teacher. Last Monday at the beginning of class, he _
42、21_ asked his students how their weekends had been. One girl said that she had spent a _22_ weekend-she had her wisdom teeth pulled out and they still hurt. “Why do you always seem to be so happy, Mr. Wu?” she asked.The girls _23_ reminded Mr. Wu of something he had read somewhere before. “Every mor
43、ning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to get close to life that day,” Mr. Wu said with a smile. “I _24_ to be cheerful.”“And today is my lucky day,” he added.“_25_?” The whole class were curious.“This morning, I _26_ to school as usual. I only had to go another kilometer down th
44、e road when my e-bike broke down.”“Your e-bike broke down and its your lucky day?” The students were _27_. “What do you mean, Mr. Wu?”“My e-bike broke down a quarter before class, so I _28_ it on the roadside, took my books, and walked down the road. It took me ten minutes to arrive at the _29_. I l
45、ive eight kilometers away. My e-bike could have broken down _30_ along the way. But it didnt. _31_, it broke down in the perfect place-off the main road, within walking distance of here. Im still able to teach my class _32_ Ill be able to get it repaired after class. If my e-bike must break down _33
46、_,it couldnt be arranged（安排）in a better way.”The students eyes opened wide, and then they smiled. Mr. Wu smiled back. Somehow, his story had _34_ them. He was happy that they had a perfect chance to consider _35_ in a new way.21. A. proudlyB. cheerfullyC. seriouslyD. angrily22. A. busyB. satisfyingC
47、. terribleD. meaningful23. A. questionB. suggestionC. decisionD. introduction24. A. failB. hateC. seemD. choose25. A. WhoB. WhenC. WhyD. How26. A. walkedB. ranC. droveD. rode27. A. surprisedB. boredC. impatientD. nervous28. A. leftB. checkedC. repairedD. found29. A. hospitalB. schoolC. parkD. bank30
48、. A. somewhereB. anywhereC. everywhereD. nowhere31. A. HoweverB. AlsoC. InsteadD. Otherwise32. A. andB. butC. soD. or33. A. yesterdayB. the other dayC. todayD. tomorrow34. A. hurtB. touchedC. controlledD. worried35. A. dreamB. purposeC. wishD. luck第II卷第二节 语法填空（共 10 小题,每空1.5分，共15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（
49、1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Living beside an active volcano means that small earthquakes are not unusual. Everybody here knows 36. they feel like, and they come 37. no surprise to the local people. For me, theyre a little different, though.What do you do when theres an earthquake? Most people would try to leav
50、e the building. I live on 38. third floor of a flat with several more stores above menobody wants 39. (trap) under that after an earthquake. I guess, if an earthquake came, I would probably just panic rather than think about what I need to do, such as hiding somewhere or 40. (run) out of the buildin
51、g.I had never felt an earthquake until last week. There was a small earthquake 41. could hardly even be called an earthquake. I was not really 42. (frighten).To feel the earth move like that was just strange. Of course, it 43. (last) only a few seconds. I have spoken to the local people since the ev
52、ent and 44. (luck), there were no injuries or damage 45. (do) by it. But if it had been a real earthquake, I think I would have felt quite differently.第三部分 基础知识运用（共两节，满分25分）第一节 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）46. She was _ (震惊的) at the state of his injuries. 47. I would a it if you could give me the chance.
53、48. Police have issued a _ (描述) of the man aged between 50 and 60. 49. The room was filled with smoke, and it was becoming difficult to b . 50. This is an animal that is _ (特有的) to this part of Africa. 51. Natural d include drought, tornado, flood, tsunami and so on.52. There are certain _ (因素) that
54、 I should take into consideration. 53. Do you know that red is a s of good luck in many cultures？54. The sun (提供)light and heat for us.55. With the governments aid, those people _ (受影响)by the flood have moved for the new settlements. 第二节 完成句子（每空一词，每空0.5分，满分15分）56.不管发生什么，你我永远是朋友。You and I will always
55、 be friends, _ _ _ happens.57.多年的战争使得这个地区满目疮痍。Years of fighting have left the area _ _.58.央视记者正在采访一位父母在地震中幸存下来的女孩。The CCTV reporter is interviewing a girl _ _ _ _ _. 59.仿佛世界末日即将来临。It seemed _ _ the world were coming to_ _.60.当你读大学时你主修什么科目？What subject _ _ _ _ when you were in university?61.我突然想到一个主意
56、，我们应该用另一种方式试一试。It _ _ _ we ought to try it in another way.62.这条谚语是基于一条追溯到17世纪的古老的英国法律。This proverb_ _ _ an old English law which_ _ _ the 17 century.63.随着中国在全球事务中扮演着更为重要的角色，越来越多的外国人喜欢上学中文。_ China plays a greater role in _ _, more and more foreigners are fond of learning Chinese.第四部分 书面表达（满分25分）假定你是高
57、一新生李华，你的朋友小明在学习英语过程中遇到了困难，请给他写一封建议信。要点如下：1. 学习英语很重要；2. 根据自己的经验分享你的学习方法（2点）；3. 给他鼓励，希望他能有所收获。注意：1. 词数80词左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear Xiaoming,_Yours,Li Hua澄海中学2020-2021学年度第一学期第二次阶段考试高一级英语科 参考答案阅读理解 1-3 BCA 4-7 ADBD 8-11 DDBC 12-15 BCBC 七选五 16-20 EAGBD完形填空 21-25 AABDD 26-30 CBCAC 31-35
58、 BBDCD语法填空 36.what37.as38.the39.to be trapped40.running41.that/which 42.frightened43.lasted44.luckily45.done单词拼写46. shocked 47.appreciate 48. description 49. breathe 50. specific 51. disasters 52. factors 53. symbol 54. supplies 55. affected完成句子56. no matter what 57. in ruins 58. whose parents survi
59、ved the earthquake 59. as if; an end 60. did you major in 61. struck me that 62. is based on; dates back to 63. As; global affairs书面表达 参考范文：Dear Xiaoming,Im sorry to hear that recently you have some difficulty in learning English, and that you want to give it up. What I want to tell you is that with
60、 the development of technology, English will be more and more important, so you should try to study it well.As far as I am concerned, it is not difficult to learn English well, as long as you do as I tell you. Firstly, you should read it every day to cultivate your language sense. Gradually you will
61、 get used to this kind of language. Secondly, you should memorize some words each day. Words are very important for English learning. However, do not memorize too many at a time. For example, you can make a plan to memorize ten to twenty words a day, and with time going , you will develop it into a habit. In fact, English is very interesting, if you put your heart into it. And I also believe you can learn it well. Looking forward to your reply.Yours,Li Hua
