1、河北承德第一中学2020-2021(下)高一英语第5次周考(5月16日)时长: 45分钟 满分: 100分 考试范围: 第三册2单元 一 基础知识过关(共两节:第一节为单元单词考查;第二节为单元作文默写)第一节 单句语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,共15分)1. In a good_(marry), both husband and wife work hard to solve any problems that arise.2. There has been no _(respond) to his remarks from the government.3. The company
2、 is trying to create a young_(energy)image.4. The _(tense) between the two countries is likely to remain.5. Guyanas railways were _(previous) owned by private companies.6. Every year in this country more than 50,000 children are _(bite) by dogs.7. He crashed into the stone, _(spill) the milk everywh
3、ere.8. He wrote a book about his experience and had it _(publish) the following year.9. She has an _(appoint) with her doctor.10. Dr. Bethune passed _ in November the following year and was buried in Shijiazhuang.第二节 单元作文默写练习(共25分) (要求:1.完整正确地写出原文;2.书写整洁)假定你是李华,将在校报上推荐一部经典原版英语文学作品。请你给美国朋友Tom写一封电子邮件,
4、征求其意见,内容包括:1. 询问近况;2.求助意图;3.表示感谢。 注意:1.词数:80左右; 2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。 Dear Tom,_二 阅读理解(共 12 小题;每小题 5分,满分 60 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,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AA biologist once criticized for stealing eggs from the nests of the rarest bird in the world has been awarded the “Nobel Prize” of conservation
5、 after his methods saved nine species from extinction.Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize the highest accolade in the field of animal conservationfor his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel(红隼) from becoming the next Great Auk.When the 65yearold first
6、 travelled to the east African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mauritius kestrel. At the time there were just four left in the wild, making it the rarest bird on Earth. However, he stayed, using the techniques of captive breeding(人工繁殖), which involved snatching e
7、ggs from the birds nests and hatching them under incubators(孵化器), prompting(导致) the mothers to lay another set of eggs in the wild.A decade later, the number of Mauritius kestrels had soared(急增) to over 300 and today there are around 400 in the wild. The biologist has also made an effort to bring ot
8、her rare species back from the edge of extinction, including the pink pigeon, echo parakeet and Rodrigues warbler.Prof Jones was awarded the $250,000 prize at a ceremony in London.“As a young man in my 20s, I certainly didnt enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I received.” Reflecting o
9、n the start of his career, he said the Mauritius kestrel project had been seen as a “dead loss” at the time. In the 1970s there was fierce opposition(反对) to the captive breeding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild.Prof Jones has de
10、voted his whole life to his work, only becoming a father for the first time at 53. He said receiving the prize was particularly important to him, because it proved that his work to save birds was right.1What does the underlined word “accolade” mean in Paragraph 2?AReturn. BLevel. CHonor. DResearch.2
11、According to the passage, Great Auk is _.Aan endangered bird Ban extinct birdCa popular bird Da fierce bird3What can we know from the figures in Paragraph 4?ATaking eggs from the nests has worked well.BThe wild environment for kestrel has changed a lot.CKestrel has adapted to the life in the wild.DI
12、ts difficult to protect kestrel.4Prof Jones idea of taking eggs from the birds nests _.Awas proved of no use Bwas widely acceptedCwas promoted officially Dwas criticized by some peopleBHow often do you travel by plane? How much electricity do you use? These days everyone is worried about the size of
13、 their carbon footprintIn order to reduce global warming we need to make our carbon footprints smallerBut how much CO2 are we responsible for?A new book by Mike Berners Lee (a leading expert in carbon footprint) might be able to helpHow Bad are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything looks at th
14、e different things we do and buy, and calculates the amount of CO2 all of the following created: the ingredients, the electricity used in the brewery, the equipment, the travel and commuting of the beer, and the packagingIts amazing how many different things need to be included in each calculationAn
15、d its frightening how much carbon dioxide everything produces But all of this can help us decide which beer to drinkFrom Berners-Lees calculations, its clear that a pint (568ml) of locally-brewed beer has a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of imported beerThis is because the imported beer has
16、been transported from far away, and it uses more packagingThe local beer only produces 300g of CO2, but the imported beer produces 900g! So, one pint of local beer is better for the environment than three cans of cheap foreign lager from the supermarket Berners-Lee has even calculated the carbon foo
17、tprint of cycling to workNothing is more environmentally-friendly than riding a bike, surely? Well, it depends on what youve had to eat beforeTo ride a bike we need energy and for energy we need foodSo if we eat a banana and then ride a kilometer and a half, our footprint is 65g of CO2However, if we
18、 eat bacon before the bike ride, its 200gIn fact, bananas are good in general because they dont need packaging, they can be transported by boat and they grow in natural sunlight So, does this mean that cycling is bad for the environment? Absolutely not, for a start, if you cycle, you dont use your c
19、ar, and the fewer cars on the road, the fewer traffic jamsAnd cars in traffic jams produce three times more CO2 than cars traveling at speedCycling also makes you healthy and less likely to go to a hospitalAnd hospitals have very big carbon footprints! So maybe its time for us all to start making so
20、me changesPass me a banana and a pint of local beer, please5According to Berners-Lee, which of the following produces the most carbon dioxide?AA pint of local beer we drink BA pint of imported beer we drinkCA banana we eat before a bike ride DThe bacon we eat before a bike ride6Why are bananas good
21、in general?AThey grow naturally BThey produces less CO2CThey dont need packaging DThey provide energy for cycling7The underlined word “brewery” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “_”Aa factory where beer is madeBa machine which makes beerCa container where beer is storedDone of the things from which
22、 beer is made8To make our carbon footprints smaller, we should often _ Acycle to work Bdrink more local beer Ccalculate the amount of CO2 Dbuy cheap things from the supermarkets CA device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport labor
23、atories and could go on sale within 12 months.The system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20%-40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue.Driver Alert is based on a computeriz
24、ed wristbandThe device, worn by drivers or pilots, gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel(方向盘). A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound and the dr
25、ivers response.Tiredness is directly related to a drivers response time. Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.In such cases the device gives out more regular and loude
26、r sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the drivers response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible.The device has been delivered to the departments laboratories for testi
27、ng. If these tests, scheduled for six months time, are successful, the markets will bring the product to market within about a year.9According to the text, Driver Alert _.Aaims to reduce tiredness-related accidentsBhas gone through testing at laboratoriesCaims to prevent drivers from sleeping Dhas b
28、een on sale for 12 months10How should a driver respond to the sounds from Driver Alert?ABy sounding a warning. BBy touching the wristbandCBy checking the driving time.DBy pressing the steering wheel.11We can learn from the text that the driver needs to stop for a break when his response time is _.Aa
29、bout 400 milliseconds Bbelow 500 millisecondsCover 500 milliseconds Dabout 4 minutes12When the driver gets sleepy while driving, Driver Alert _. Amoves more regularlyBstops working properlyCopens the window for the driver Dsounds more frequently and loudlyCBAD BBAA ADCD marriage response energetic tension previously bitten spilling published appointment away