1、天津市大港油田第三中学2020-2021学年高一英语上学期期中试题一、单选题（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）1. There is no reason to be anxious _ the exam result.A. aboutB. toC. atD. for2. Theres no way of knowing why one man makes an important discovery _ another man, also intelligent, fails.A. sinceB. ifC. asD. while3. We had arranged to meet at
2、 the railway station，but to our anxiety，she didnt _（）A. comeaboutB. showoffC. workoutD. turnup4. Washington State was named_ one of the greatest American presidents（）A. infavorofB. inneedofC. insearchofD. inhonorof5. Without proper lessons，you could _ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano（）A. g
3、iveupB. catchupC. keepupD. pickup6. Silly me！I forget what my luggage looks like. What do you think of _ over there?A. the oneB. thisC. itD. that7. Thecoolingwindsweptthroughoutbedroomwindows, airconditioningunnecessary.A. makingB. tomakeC. madeD. beingmade8. In the last few years, China great achie
4、vements in environmental protection.A. has made B. had made C. was making D. is making9. Itwasthemiddleofthenight_myfatherwokemeupandtoldmetowatchthefootballgame（）A. thatB. asC. whichD. when10. Youd better write the book in simple English the children aged 10-12 canread and understand it easily.A. n
5、ow thatB. so thatC. as ifD. even if11. Neither his parents nor Jack _ when they entered the room.A. was recognisedB. were recognisedC. is recognisedD. are recognized12. After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced _ cars in 2002 as the year before.A. as many twiceB. as twice manyC. t
6、wice as manyD. twice many as13. If you_smoke, please go outside.（）A. canB. shouldC. mustD. may14. Will you watch the live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Expo on December 29th?Its a pity that I am to miss it. I _ to New York then.A. would be flyingB. have been flyingC. was flyingD. will be
7、flying15. We will go to Paris for our holidays next week._A. Good luck.B. Help yourself.C. Have fun.D. Go ahead, please.二、完形填空（本大题共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分） A little boy invited his mother to attend his schools firstteacher-parent meeting. To the little boys(16),she said she would go. This(17)be the first
8、time that his classmates and teacher(18)his mother and he felt(19)of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (疤痕) that(20)nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to(21)why or how she got the scar. At the meeting, the people were(22)by the ki
9、ndness and natural beauty of his mother(23)the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed (尴尬) and(24)himself from everyone. He did, however, get within(25)of a conversation between his mother and his teacher. The teacher asked(26),How did you get the scar on your face? The mother replied,(27)my
10、 son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was(28)afraid to go in because the fire was(29), so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked(30)but fortunately, a fireman came in
11、and saved both of us.She(31)the burned side of her face. This scar will be(32),but to this day, I have never(33) what I did.” At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great(34) of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had
12、made for him. He held her hand(35) for the rest of the day.16. A. enjoymentB. disappointmentC. surpriseD. excitement17. A. wouldB. couldC. shouldD. must18. A. noticedB. greetedC. acceptedD. met19. A. sickB. ashamedC. afraidD. tired20. A. includedB. passedC. coveredD. shaded21. A. talk aboutB. think
13、aboutC. care aboutD. hear about22. A. impressedB. surprisedC. excitedD. comforted23. A. in sight ofB. by means ofC. by way ofD. in spite of24. A. hidB. protectedC. separatedD. escaped25. A. understandingB. remindingC. hearingD. learning26. A. carefullyB. seriouslyC. nervouslyD. anxiously27. A. AsB.
14、WhenC. SinceD. While28. A. soB. muchC. quiteD. too29. A. out of controlB. under controlC. in controlD. over control30. A. helplessB. hopelessC. senselessD. useless31. A. pointedB. showedC. wipedD. touched32. A. uglyB. lastingC. seriousD. frightening33. A. forgotB. recognizedC. consideredD. regretted
15、34. A. honorB. senseC. happinessD. pride35. A. quietlyB. slightlyC. tightlyD. suddenly三、阅读理解（本大题共25小题，每小题2分，共50分）A French lessons in France Whatever your level is, choosing to take French lessons in France is the best way to learn French. Place yourself in the local culture and practise your newly f
16、ound skills in your free time. You will be taught by native French speakers who have a love for teaching and use excellent teaching techniques. Lessons are interesting and you will speak French on the first day both inside and outside the classroom. Learners Suitable(合适的) for all levels from beginne
17、rs to advanced (高级的) Over 18 years old Class Schedule Classes start on Mondays and run throughout the summer. Please arrive at the school by 8:15 am on your first day for a short level test. It will help to place you in the right class. Classes run from Monday to Friday each week. Classes start at 8
18、:45 am each day depending on your level. You will have 3 classes per day lasting 55 minutes each. You will have a short break between classes. Free Time and Tours The school offers a lot of cultural activities throughout the week. These activities can include cooking lessons, wine and cheese tasting
19、, visits to Paris, cycling, movies and much more. You will have plenty of free time to explore the local area and practise your newly found language skills or just relax on this learning holiday with a difference. Other Information You should bring a small dictionary, pens and paper with you. Get mo
20、re from your holiday, have fun, meet new people and take home a new language skill that will stay with you forever.36. What is special about the French courses?A. They are taught in small groups.B. The teachers are young French speakers.C. They will offer a wine tasting license.D. People learn Frenc
21、h in and out of class.37. On the first day, the students should _.A. pay for their studyB. take a language testC. do a surveyD. introduce themselves to the class38. How many lessons are there in a week?A. 21.B. 30.C. 12.D. 15.39. We can learn from the text that the course _.A. is not suitable for te
22、enagersB. provides dictionaries for studentsC. has a short game between classesD. offers cooking classes as well40. You can most probably read the passage in _.A. a newspaperB. a travel guideC. a text bookD. a story bookB When I was a kid, I was close to my dad, but as I grew older, my dad and I gre
23、w further apart. We always had totally different opinions. He thought that college was a waste of time, but for me it was important to finish college. He wanted me to work my way to the top as he had done in his field, but I wanted a different life. There was a time when we did not talk with each ot
24、her. A few months ago, I heard that my 84-year-old dad was in poor health. When he called and asked whether I could move from Colorado back to Tennessee to help him, I knew he was seriously ill. I am his only child and so it was time to meet my fathers requirement. Two weeks after moving back, we bo
25、ught a boat and started fishing again. Fishing was one of the few things that we did while I was young and that we both enjoyed. It is strange but true that as we are fishing we are able to put things that have kept us apart for so many years behind us. We are able to talk about things that we have
26、never talked about before. Fishing has been healing the old wounds that have kept us apart. It is not important how many fish we catch. It is about enjoying the relationship that we have not had for years. Im 62 and he is 84. When we are on the lake fishing, it is like two kids enjoying life. It is
27、far better to find a way to put the unhappy past behind. I am so lucky to spend the happy time with my father in his last years. Now my heart is filled with love. A smile always graces my lips.41. The author and his father became further apart because_.A. they had different views on thingsB. they li
28、ved very far from each otherC. they only communicated by phoneD. they seldom went to see each other42. What made the author come back to Tennessee?A. Because his father invited him to go fishingB. Because he decided to live in a different city.C. Because his father is ill and needs caringD. Because
29、he regretted being rude to his father.43. For the author, fishing with his old father _.A. helps cure his fathers diseaseB. is a good way to get close to natureC. makes him realize the importance of exerciseD. offers a chance for them to communicate44. According to the passage, which of the followin
30、g is TRUE?A. The writers car is always breaking down.B. Father intended me to be a fisherman.C. I was unwilling to come back.D. Father used to think it was useless to attend college45. What can be the best title for the text?A. Forgiving Is DifficultB. Fishing Brings Us TogetherC. Memories of Old Da
31、ysD. My Beloved FatherCEvery man wants his son to be somewhat of a clone，not in features but in footstepsAs he grows you also age，and your ambitions become more unachievableYou begin to realize that your boy，in your footsteps，could probably accomplish what you hoped forBut footsteps can be muddied a
32、nd they can go off in different directions My son Jody has hated school since day one in kindergartenScience projects waited until the last momentBook reports werent written until the final threat Ive been a newspaperman all my adult lifeMy daughter is a university graduate working toward her master
33、s degree in EnglishBut Jody？When he entered the tenth grade he became avo-techstudent（技校学生）Theyre calledmotorheadsby the rest of the student body When a secretary in my office first called himmotorhead，I was shockedHey，hes a good kid，I wanted to sayAnd smart，really I learned later that motorheads ar
34、e，indeed，differentThey usually have dirty hands and wear dirty work clothesAnd they dont often make school honor rolls（光荣榜） But being the parent of a motorhead is itself an experience in educationWe who labor in clean shirts in offices dont have the abilities that motorheads haveI began to learn thi
35、s when I had my car crashedThe cost to repair it was estimated at $800Hey，I can fix it，said JodyI doubted it，but let him go ahead，for I had nothing to lose My son，with other motorheads，fixed the carThey got parts（零件）from a junkyard，non-toasting toaster have been fixedNeighbours and co-workers trust
36、their car repair to him Since that first repair job，a broken air-conditioner，a non-functioning washer and a non-toasting toaster have been fixedNeighbors and co-workers trust their car repairs to him These kids are happiest when doing repairsThey joke and laugh and are living in their own relaxed wo
37、rldAnd their minds are bright despite their dirty hands and clothes I have learned a lot from my motorhead：publishers need printers，engineers need mechanics，and architects need buildersMost important，I have learned that fathers dont need clones in footsteps or anywhere else My son may never make the
38、 school honor rollBut he made mine46. What used to be the authors hope for his son？ _ A. To avoid becoming his cloneB. To resemble him in appearanceC. To develop in a different directionD. To reach the authors unachieved goals47. What can we learn about the authors children？ _ A. His daughter does b
39、etter in schoolB. His daughter has got a masters degreeC. His son tried hard to finish homeworkD. His son couldnt write his book reports48. The author let his son repair the car because he believed that _ A. His son had the ability to fix itB. it would save him much timeC. it wouldnt cause him any m
40、ore lossD. other motorheads would come to help49. In the authors eyes，motorheads are _ A. tidy and hardworkingB. cheerful and smartC. lazy but brightD. relaxed but rude50. What did the author realize in the end？ _ A. It is unwise to expect your child to follow your pathB. It is important for one to
41、make the honor rollC. Architects play a more important role than buildersD. Motorheads have greater ability than office workersDAn idea that started in Seattles public library has spread throughout America and beyond.The concept is simple：help to build a sense of community in a city by getting every
42、one to read the same book at the same time. In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit（追求） to be enjoyed by all，the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus，as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools.The idea came from Sea
43、ttle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched（发起） the “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book” project in 1998.Her original program used author visits，study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book，but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities，and even to Hong K
44、ong. In Chicago，the mayor（市长） appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the “One Book，One Chicago” program.As a result，reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city.Across the US，stories emerged of parents and children reading to ea
45、ch other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character. The only problem arose in New York，where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population.This may show that the idea works best in mediumsized cities or large towns，where a grea
46、ter sense of unity（一致） can be achieved.Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point，putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than into discussion about a book itself. Ultimately，as Nancy points out，the level of success is not measured by how many people read
47、 a book，but by how many people are enriched by the process，or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared_ a_ word.51. What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?A. To invite authors to guide readers.B. To encourage people to read and share.C. To involve
48、 people in community service.D. To promote the friendship between cities.52. Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the project?A. They had little interest in reading.B. They were too busy to read a book.C. They came from many different backgrounds.D. They lacked support from the local go
49、vernment.53. According to the passage，where would the project be more easily carried out?A. In large communities with little sense of unity.B. In large cities where libraries are far from home.C. In mediumsized cities with a diverse population.D. In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached
50、.54. The underlined words “shared a word” in Paragraph 5 probably mean _.A. exchanged ideas with each otherB. discussed the meaning of a wordC. gained life experienceD. used the same language55. According to Nancy，the degree of success of the project is judged by _.A. the careful selection of a prop
51、er bookB. the growing popularity of the writersC. the number of people who benefit from readingD. the number of books that each person reads四、阅读表达（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题 Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart（购物手推车）They will，in a lif
52、etime，push the chrome-plated contraptions many milesBut few will know-or even think to ask-who it was that invented them Sylvan NGoldman invented the shopping cart in 1937At that time he was in the supermarket businessEvery day he would see shoppers lugging（吃力地携带） groceries around in baskets they ha
53、d to carry One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheelsThe wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers，and would help to attract more business On June 4，1937，Goldmans first carts were ready for use in his marketHe was terribly excited on the morning of tha
54、t day as customers began arrivingHe couldnt wait to see them using his invention But Goldman was disappointedMost shoppers gave the carts a long look，but hardly anybody would give them a try After a while，Goldman decided to ask customers why they werent using his cartsDont you think this arm is stro
55、ng enough to carry a shopping basket？one shopper replied But Goldman wasnt beaten yetHe knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a tryTo this end，Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping!Seeing this，th
56、e real customers gradually began copying the phony（假冒的） customers As Goldman had hoped，the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his marketBut not only did more people come-those who came bought moreWith larger，easier-to-handle baskets，customers unconsciously bought a
57、greater number of items than before Todays shopping carts are five times larger than Goldmans original modelPerhaps thats one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937-before the coming of the shopping cart56.The underlined wordschrome-
58、plate contraptionsin Paragraph 1 refer to _ （No more than 3 words）57.What was the purpose of Goldmans invention？ _（No more than 10 words）58. Why was Goldman disappointed at first？ _（No more than 10 words）59. Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market？ _（No more than 10 words）60.What
59、 do you think of Goldman？Please give your reasons _ （No more than 20 words）五、书面表达（共15分）61.假如你是高一新生李华,Ada是你的美国朋友,你很想念她。你给她写一封信,并和她谈谈你对高中新生活的感受和打算。(1)问候并表达思念之情;(2)学习压力较大,努力学习;(3) 跟同学相处融洽,互相帮助;(4)多参加课外活动,全面发展。注意:词数不少于80词,开头和结尾已给出,不计入词数。全面发展all-round developmentDear Ada, How is everything going?_ Best w
60、ishes!Yours sincerely,油田三中2020-2021学年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷参考答案一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题15分，满分15分）1-5. ADDDD 6-10. DAADB 11-15. ACCDC二、 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）16-20.BADBC 21-25. AADAC 26-30. ABDAC 31-35. DBDBC 三、 阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50分）36-40.DBDDA 41-45.ACDDB 46-50DACBA 51-55.BCDAC四、阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）56. shoppi
61、ng carts57.It was to make shopping easier and attract more business58.Because few customers used his carts.59.Because he wanted to promote his shopping carts60.He was a smart businessmanHe invented the shopping cart and made it accepted by customers Or：He was smart but he shouldnt have used tricks t
62、o attract customers五、 书面表达（共15分）Dear Ada, How is everything going? I miss you so much! I have been a senior high student and I have some feelings and plans for the new school life, which I would like to share with you. Firstly, faced with much pressure, I will take a positive attitude towards the ne
63、w life and make up my mind to study hard because theres so much more to learn. Besides, I will make efforts to get on well with my new classmates and help each other, developing our friendship. Finally, I will take an active part in after-class activities. I can communicate and cooperate with classmates, achieving all-round development. What about your school life? Looking forward to your early reply. Best wishes! Yours sincerely, Li Hua
