1、坪山高级中学2020-2021学年下学期期中考试高一英语试卷 考试时间：2021年4月说明：本试卷共八大题，满分120分，考试时间120分钟。 注意事项：1答卷前，考生要务必填写答题卷上的相关项目。2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答案涂在答题卡的相应位置上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目指定区域内；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液，不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4. 考生必须保持答题卷的整洁。考生结束后，将答题卷交回。第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共11小题;每小题2.5分，满分27.5分）阅读下列
2、短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AWelcome to our free resources for first aid (急救)First-aid education has been included in the health curriculum for schools in England. Now, more children and young people will acquire the skills they need to save a life.To celebrate the change, were launching a brand-new
3、 teaching website. Its aimed at all schools in the UK.We understand that, for some people, teaching first aid can be quite frightening especially if youve never done it before. So, weve designed these free resources to help you confidently deliver lessons in line with the new curriculum.Heres how:Ea
4、ch first-aid skill focuses on one key action.The teaching resources provide you with all the guidance you need. The resources have easy-to-follow lesson plans that save you time in preparing for your classes.This new interactive (互动的) learning website will include:a multimedia library with supportin
5、g materials you need for each lessondifferent learning activities for those aged 5-18a full curriculum mapping for the new requirements in EnglandHow will it benefit learners?Through all kinds of practical activities, learners will:have skills, confidence and willingness to act when someone needs fi
6、rst aidlearn first aid for common injuries and what to do in a first-aid emergencydevelop basic life skills, including how to deal with challenging situationsget other ideas such as kindness, safety and sharing learning with othersIf you have any questions, please contact reducationredcross.org.uk.1
7、.Who is the text written for?A. Students.B. Parents.C. Teachers.D. Doctors.2.What is the advantage of the free resources?A. Making first aid learning fun.B. Making first aid easy to teach.C. Being based on life experiences.D. Being open to learners of all ages.3.How can learners benefit from the web
8、site?A. They can treat various common injuries.B. They can be quite willing to perform first aid.C. They can gain basic medical knowledge.D. They can build up confidence in challenging jobs.BCreators (创造者) say robot dolphins can swim happily in shopping mall display tanks and be watched closely, whi
9、ch would usually be harmful to real animals. And they could soon be coming to zoos in China.A robot dolphin that can nod an answer to a child thanks to the human operating from a distance might not sound interesting. But as marine (海洋的) parks worldwide face increasing pressure to give up exhibitions
10、 with real whales and dolphins, the robot dolphins provide an interesting choice.“The marine park industry has had a drop in income for over a decade due to the cost of live animals, but the publics hunger to experience these animals is still as strong as ever,” said Roger Holzberg, former creative
11、director at the Walt Disney Company. “We believe its time to reimagine this industry and that this can be kinder and earn more money.”But with a price of about 20.8 million per dolphin, the biggest trouble to the creators is making sure that the robotic sea animals will be cheaper in the long run th
12、an the real thing. Li Wang, a business developer for Edge Innovation, the New Zealand-based company making out a case for the robots, said they did cost four times more than normal dolphins but would last longer.Mike Wang, vice president at Red Star Macalline Group, said it had started the first ste
13、p of the dolphins development, and was considering founding a “lab” for their business in China.The prototype (原型) for the dolphin is over 270 kg and cant be discerned from the real thing the condition Red Star Macalline required for starting the project. The test audience had been unable to guess t
14、he dolphin wasnt real.Animal rights advocates (倡导者) also welcomed the change. Elisa Allen, the UK director for People for the Good Treatment of Animals, said she hoped robot dolphins would replace real ones so that people could experience nature without harming them.4.What do we know about the robot
15、 dolphins according to the text?A. They can find danger.B. They look better than real ones.C. They work under human control.D. They make automatic replies.5.What is Roger Holzberg trying to talk about in Paragraph 3?A. The challenges marine parks are facing.B. The possibility of creating robot dolph
16、ins.C. A way to the problems with sea animals.D. The importance of developing robot dolphins.6.What does the underlined word “discerned” in the last but one paragraph mean?A. Recognized.B. Protected.C. Separated.D. Controlled.7.Why did Elisa Allen support the robot dolphins?A. It made more money for
17、 some organizations.B. It served an environmentally valuable cause.C. It helped make advances in robot technology.D. It would replace real dolphins in the long run.CThe concept of showing movies outdoors isnt novel. However, it let an auto-parts salesman such as Hollingshead find a way to give a car
18、-loving society one more activity they could do in their cars. He first imagined the drive-in as the answer to a problem. “His mother was rather fat for indoor theater seats,” says Jim Kopp of the United Drive-in Theatre Owners Association. “So he seated her in a car and put a 1928 projector (放映机) o
19、n top of the car, and tied two bed sheets to trees in his yard.”Hollingshead experimented for a few years before he created a ramp (坡道) system for cars to park at different heights so everyone could see the screen. He opened the gates to his theater in 1933. A few others followed.“Drive-ins started
20、to take off in the 1950s, Kopp says. “They offered family entertainment. People could sit in their cars and bring their babies. Drive-ins offered more comfort than indoor theaters.” The indoor theaters were easier about scheduling, and could show one film five or six times a day instead of only at n
21、ight.D. Vogel, owner of the Benjies Drive-In near Baltimore, Md, says the price of land is the real reason many drive-ins disappeared. “People would build on the outer areas of town, and the town would grow,” he says. “Many drive-ins were mom-and-pop businesses that few sons and daughers chose to co
22、ntinue running. The results were a decreasing (减少的) number of drive-ins throughout the country.” Today about 400 drive-ins remain in the United States and another 100 drive-ins exist mainly in Canada and Australia.“The digital cinema will be both a threat and an opportunity for drive-in owners,” say
23、s Patrick Corcoran, the associations director of media and research. “Digital will allow them to get new movies sooner than they do. But the digital cinemas will be expensive to manage, and some people may not be able to do it.”Kopp of course bets on the drive-ins survival. He and his wife bought an
24、 outdoor theatre. He says they have invested about $300,000 to modernize the technology. Today the theatre can hold 265 cars and show movies on a 60-foot-by-80-foot screen.8.Why did Hollingshead let his mother watch the movie in a car?A. It was too noisy in the theater.B. His mother loved staying in
25、 a car.C. There would be more space for his mother.D. It was difficult for his mother to see clearly in a theater.9.What is the advantage of drive-ins over indoor theaters?A. They can sell more tickets than indoor theaters.B. They give people more freedom to do things.C. They take less space than in
26、door theaters.D. They are much cheaper than indoor theaters.10.What especially made it difficult for drive-ins to survive?A. The appearance of digital cinemas.B. The decreasing number of first runs.C. The competition from indoor theaters.D. The high price of land that drive-ins took.11.What is Kopps
27、 attitude towards drive-ins future?A. Positive.B. Concerned.C. Critical.D. Doubtful.第二节（共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。选项中有两项为多余选项If you are always successful, you may not learn much. 12 Scientists have found that being wrong 15 percent of the time is the secret to learning new t
28、hings. Although nobody likes to fail, scientists have long believed that people learnt better when they were challenged to learn something just outside of their existing knowledge.Make a task too hard and participants (参与者) will give up without learning any new skills, but if it is too easy, they wi
29、ll also not pick up anything useful. 13 . To find out where the “sweet spot” lies, researchers at the University of Arizona made a series of machine-learning experiments in which they taught computers simple tasks, such as picking whether a number was odd (奇数) or even (偶数). 14 The scientists have na
30、med it “The 85 percent rule” and say it could help teachers put their classes to the right level. If the teachers give really easy examples, you get 100 percent right all the time. 15 If they give really hard examples, you still wont learn anything new. Only when you are at this “sweet spot” can you
31、 get the most information from each particular example. 16 . You shouldnt be disappointed if you arent 100% right all the time. If you are taking classes that are too easy, then you arent probably getting as much out of a class as someone whos struggling but managing to keep up.A.Accept challenges b
32、ravely.B.Then theres nothing left to learn.C.The more difficult the task, the better.D.In this way, you can maximize your learning.E.But that “sweet spot” has always been unknown.F. Some studies have shown that failure is not a bad thing.G.They found that when the error rate (错误率) was 15 percent, th
33、e computers learnt fastest.第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项My daughter had been accepted into graduate school. After months of praying (祷告) for her as she 17 applications, travel, and interviews, I felt very easy and thankful. And I wanted to give bac
34、k, to do something 18 in thanks for the fact that my prayers had been answered.I 19 to reach out to a homeless person. Nearly every day I drove past a homeless man who stood at a crossroads. I wanted to give him some 20 and finish my task. When heading towards the crossroads, I 21 the place where th
35、e man usually stood. But where was he today? In that moment, my simple 22 became a great challenge.I drove up and down streets, hoping to 23 a person in need. After a while without _24 , I gave up and headed to a coffee shop. After ordering my coffee, I sat there waiting. _25 , I felt a tap on my le
36、ft shoulder.“Excuse me, maam,” a stranger bent and whispered in my ear. “Can you 26 some money for a bowl of soup?” Speechless, I searched my wallet 27 . Then I found a bill and placed it into the mans hands. “Thank you, maam. God bless you,” he said. I smiled widely.When I had given up on the task
37、I had planned, the 28 surfaced. It came as a gift. That mysterious meeting 29 only once in a single moment, when a man took a 30 and tapped me on the shoulder. The 31 stranger made a great difference to me.17. A. consideredB. providedC. analyzed D. completed18. A. familiarB. specialC. creative D. in
38、teresting19. A. determinedB. demandedC. pretended D. continued20. A. waterB. clothesC. money D. paper21. A. relied onB. focused onC. called on D. took on22. A. questionB. reasonC. rule D. task23. A. findB. controlC. describe D. instruct24. A. permissionB. considerationC. success D. failure25. A. Fin
39、allyB. SuddenlyC. Generally D. Accidentally26. A. collectB. exchangeC. charge D. spare27. A. simplyB. secretlyC. carefully D. properly28. A. solutionB. responseC. doubt D. struggle29. A. foundB. happenedC. delayed D. disappeared30. A. viewB. measureC. decision D. chance31. A. unusualB. unfriendlyC.
40、unexpected D. unimportant第二节（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分）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。In 1949, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (NBL) came together to form the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 1996 the NBA _32_(create) the WNBA, the Womens National B
41、asketball Association. And in 2001 the NBA set up a development league 33 (help) train future players. The NBA is one of the four major professional sports 34 (league) in the US. It is made 35 of thirty teams in major cities in the United States and Canada.In 1992, the United States Olympic mens bas
42、ketball team was called the “Dream Team”. For the first time there were players from the NBA. Among them were Michael Jordan and Larry Bird. Theres no doubt 36 the Americans brought home the gold medal that year from Barcelona. It was during the 1990s that the number of top NBA players from outside
43、the US began to grow 37 (rapid), In 2002, Yao Ming was the first choice in the NBA draft (选秀). He _38 (pick) by the Houston Rockets.Yao Ming became the first international player without college experience in the US 39_ (choose) first overall (状元). He was a 40 (talent) player and proved 41 instant h
44、it in the US.Yao became the third Chinese national ever to play in the NBA. The first was Wang Zhizhi. He joined the Dallas Mavericks in 2001. The second was Mengke Bateer. He made his first NBA appearance in 2002.第三部分 基础知识检测（共三节，满分35分）第一节 语境词汇运用（注意单词的形式变化，共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）42. If it is _ (方便的) for
45、you, please come to my home tonight.43. We would visit the old man _ (有时，偶尔)44. Time _ (permit), I will go to Hong Kong for shopping.45. Hearing the good news, we couldnt control our _ (excite).46. I was so happy because I won the _ (compete).47. Our head teacher often told us to _ (表现) well and not
46、 to sleep at class.48. You must say sorry for you _ (rude) last week.49. Her _ (缺席) at class in the evening made the teachers and students worried.50. The _ (风景) in the OCT (Overseas China Town) is so beautiful.51. Mike often go abroad to _ (broad) his horizons.第二节 用方框内短语的适当形式填空（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）be u
47、sed to (doing) get out of hand come across regardless of contribute to52. If you drive too fast, the car will _.53. The other day I _ an old friend of mine in the street.54. People threw a lot of waste into the river, which _ the pollution.55. _ whether you have a excuse or not, you cant sleep at cl
48、ass.56. Many old people _ washing their feet before they go to bed.第三节 完成句子（共20个空，每空1分，满分20分）57-58. 没有什么比蛋糕更好的生日礼物的了。 There is _ _than a cake as a birthday gift.59-60. 你本不必洗车的，因为就要下雨了。 You neednt _ _ your car, for it is going to rain.61-62. 这列火车的长度是普通火车的三倍。 This train is three times _ _ of a normal
49、one.63-64. 我匆匆地赶到办公室找王老师，结果发现是愚人节。I rushed to the teachers office to find Mr. Wang, only _ _ it was Fools Day.65-66. 生日派对上蜡烛被弄成爱心的形状。The candles _ _ like a heart at the birthday party.67-68. 学校要我们给特困生捐款。The school asked us to _ _ for the poor students.69-70. 没有读完那本书，他从朋友那里借走了书带回家。 _ _ finished the b
50、ook, he borrowed the book from his friend and took it home.71-72. 说起英语，我非常喜欢。When it _ _ English, I like it very much.73-74. 是麦克在操场上发现了你的手机。It _ Mike _ found your phone on the playground.75-76. 去年，中国政府有效的措施使得中国能够克服因为新冠肺炎带来的困难。 Last year, Chinese governments effective measures _ it _ for China to ove
51、rcome the difficulty form COVID-19. 第四部分 应用文写作（满分15分）假定你是高中生李华，你在校园网上看到一则招募暑假英语夏令营志愿者的广告，请你写一封申请信要求参加。内容包括： 1. 提出申请2. 自身的英语情况； 3. 相关经验； 注意：1. 词数80左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。 参考词汇：英语夏令营 English Summer CampDear Sir/Madam, My name is Li Hua and Im a student in a high school. _Yours,Li
52、 Hua满分120分，预估平均分60分参考答案及解析阅读理解： 1-3 CBB 4-7CDAB 8-11CBDA七选五： 12-16 FEGBA完形填空： 17-21 DBACB 22-26 DACBD 27-31 CABDC语法填空：32. created 33. to help 34. leagues 35. up 36. that37. rapidly 38. was picked 39. to be chosen 40. talented 41. an语境词汇：42. convenient 43. occasionally 44. permitting 45. excitement 4
53、6. competition 47. behave 48. rudeness 49. absence 50. landscape 51. broaden方框词组：52. get out of hand 53. came across 54. contributed to55. Regardless of 56. are used to完成句子：57-58. nothing, better 59-60. have washed 61-62. the length 63-64. to find 65-66. were shaped 67-68. raise money 69-70. Not hav
54、ing 71-72. comes to 73-74. was, who/that 75-76. made, possible应用文写作：Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Li Hua and Im a student in a high school. Id like to apply to be a volunteer of the English Summer Camp. First of all, Im very fond of English and take an active part in all kinds of activities related to English. Second, Ive taken part in plenty of voluntary work since I was a junior middle school student. Lastly, Ive got a great deal of experience in organizing English activities. Id be honored if you can choose me. Ill make every effort to do my job and you wont regret it.Yours,Li Hua
