1、1 浙江省浙江省 20192019- -20202020 学年学年高一下学期期中高一下学期期中考试英语试题考试英语试题分类汇编分类汇编 - -阅读理解阅读理解 浙江省丽水市发展共同体（松阳一中、青田中学等）2019-2020 学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题 第二部分第二部分: :阅读理解阅读理解( (共两节，满分共两节，满分 3535 分分) ) 第一节第一节( (共共 1010 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.52.5 分，满分分，满分 2525 分分) ) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A(A、B B、C C 和和 D)D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡
2、上将中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将 该项涂黑。该项涂黑。 A For five days, Edmontons Downtown Park is transformed into one huge stage where artists are able to share their talents, and where people are able to celebrate and enjoy themselves. Since its beginning in 1980, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has been commemorating t
3、he true feeling of what folk music is all about and thats the traditional togetherness(友爱) that is felt when people gather to share stories and feelings through songs. This year will be the sixth year when volunteer Riedel will be offering up her time to the festival. People coming off a busy spring
4、 and summer have a moment of relaxation, Riedel said. Its really easy to relax, and its great seeing family and friends have fun together. These families and friends come from all different kinds of musical tastes. People who take pleasure in Blues are there, so are people who love Bluegrass. This f
5、estival does its best to develop everyones musical interests. With so many years of experience, the festival has become a well-oiled machine, and does whatever it can to make attendees feel as comfortable as possible. There are free water stations throughout the venue(举办地) for people to fill up thei
6、r travel cups. When people buy food, reusable dishes are given a $2 plate fee, but that is returned when the plate is brought back. The festival has completely sold out of tickets, and in record time. But with big names such as Van Morrison and Jakob Dylan, its easy to see how that was going to happ
7、en. There is no parking area during the festival, so using the Park 每小题每小题 2.5 分分,满分满分 25 分分) 阅读下列短文阅读下列短文,从每题所给的从每题所给的 A、B、C 和和 D 四个选项中四个选项中,选出最佳选项选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项并在答题纸上将该项 涂黑。涂黑。 A Craziest Food Festivals sounds like a joke topic, but once you start looking into it, youll realize theyre everywhere
8、 the crazier, the better. 1. Bibimbap Festival In the South Korean town of Jeonjuloves, their mixed rice dish is a hearty serve of rice topped with raw beef, a rainbow of vegetables, a raw egg and gochujang sauce so much. They take four days out of October to celebrate it. Like any festival theres m
9、usic, entertainment and magic, but making it that little bit different is the bibimbap thats whipped (搅拌) up in a big bowl by dozens of chefs and served to over 400 people. 2. Waikiki Spam Jam 11 Who knew this canned meat had so much love? Well, it turns out that a can of Spam is the go-to item in H
10、awaii, along with a grass skirt and garland (花环). The people of Hawaii love Spam so much that they even spend a day in May giving out the best Spam, a type of cheap canned meat made mainly from pork. 3. Bessieres Easter Egg Festival At Easter time, for those in the French town of Bessieres its all a
11、bout an egg far less sweet. Here they celebrate the holiday by getting dozens of chefs to make one large omelette (煎蛋卷) 15,000 eggs strong for the townsfolk (市民). 4. Potato Days Festival This festival actually takes place in Barnesville, Minnesota, the US. Over the last Friday and Saturday in August
12、 the town celebrates its potato-growing skills by hosting potato picking and peeling contests, as well as a Miss Tater Tot pageant (盛典) for five- and six-year-old girls. 1. What makes Bibimbap festival special? A. They take four days to celebrate it. B. The mixed rice is rich in many vegetables. C.
13、Theres music, entertainment and magic during the festival. D. The rice dish needs to be mixed in one big bowl by dozens of chefs together. 2. What do we know about Waikiki Spam Jam ? A. The spam is the most favorite for Hawii people. B. People spend one day to prepare the Jam. C. The Jam isnt afford
14、able for the plain townsfolk. D. The Jam is mainly made from raw beef. 3. If you have time in August, you can go to _. 12 A. Bibimbap Festival B. Waikiki Spam Jam C. Bessieres Easter Egg Festival D. Potato Days Festival 【答案】1. D 2. A 3. D B Last night Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stayed home. It was cold and
15、rainy and they didnt want to go out in the bad weather. Mrs. Rojas made some popcorn and ice tea. At 8:00, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas went into the living room, sat on the sofa and began the movie and ate and drank. At 8:15, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas realized they already watched the movie last year and they didnt
16、 want to watch it again. Now what? asked Mr. Rojas. Lets play cards! answered Mrs. Rojas. At 8:30 Mr. and Mrs. Rojas started to play cards. They were playing for about 10 minutes when Mr. Rojas looked out the window. The rain changed to snow and the trees were covered in beautiful white snow. Im hap
17、py we stayed home tonight. It looks beautiful outside but this weather is very dangerous to drive in. said Mr. Rojas. Youre right, said Mrs. Rojas, but Im bored. Lets play some music and dance. Mr. Rojas was surprised. Dance? But I really dont . Oh come on! Mrs. Rojas insisted. She put on a romantic
18、 CD and they both started to dance. They were dancing for about 1 minute when suddenly the music stopped and the lights went out. Mrs. Rojas laughed. Were just not very lucky tonight are we? she said. Mr. Rojas said, Of course were lucky! We are together! He kissed her and continued to dance with he
19、r, in the dark and without music. 4. Why did Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stay at home last night? A. They wanted to stay together. B. The weather was so terrible. C. They had a dinner at home. D. They planned to watch a movie. 5. When it started to snow, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas were _. A. making popcorn B. watchi
20、ng a movie C. playing cards D. dancing to the music 13 6. We can infer from the passage that . A. It was a rainy day in summer B. Mrs. Rojas cooked very well C. Mr. Rojas loved to dance at first D. Mr. Rojas was in love with his wife 【答案】4. B 5. C 6. D C It warmed my heart today to walk into the Thi
21、rsty Camel downtown in the Thanksgiving Day, for a quick lunch before a haircut and library trip. Ihan, a food shop owner, said that he was refusing to take money today because it was Buy Nothing Day. To increase awareness(意识) of the stranges over-spending nature of our society, Ilan suggested a tra
22、de for food today. He simply asked that you offer something of equal personal value for the meal you received. At first I was really uncomfortable, wondering if it would be fair to exchange a yet to be determined I Owe You (IOU) for food? What could I give him of equal value? After all, his food is
23、the best in the town! We ended up writing our IOUs with promises of a book some paintings and the offer of work in a variety of ways if he needs it. I think the idea isnt that the trade is equal so much as the importance of the kind of transaction. We put thought into our offer and we had an even gr
24、eater understanding for the meals we ate. We dont buy a lot, especially at this upcoming time of year. We dont give gifts at all in fact. The holiday time is spent enjoying each others company and doing things together with family and friends. This is what seems most sensible. Ilan is a good person.
25、 We are all lucky to have someone like this in our community. 7. Ilan did not take any money that day in order to . A. have a quick lunch before a haircut and library trip B. trade for something of equal value in return 14 C. make people aware of their over spending D. buy nothing that day to save s
26、ome money 8. For the meal, the author finally offered Ilan . A. some promises B. a book C. some paintings D. work in different ways 9. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word transaction? A. transport B. trade C. meal D. giving 10. What is the authors attitude to Buy Noth
27、ing Day? A. Disagreeable B. Meaningless. C. Doubtful. D. Supportive. 【答案】7. C 8. A 9. B 10. D 浙江省温州十五校联合体 2019-2020 学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 35 分）分） 第一节（共第一节（共 10 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 25 分）分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上 将该项
28、将该项 涂黑。涂黑。 A Chef Zhang Xuesi lowered the fire on the stove where he was cooking his Cantonese meal. He added all the necessary foods. He quickly lowered the fire and turned toward a phone camera as hundreds of people watched him online. It ruins the dish if you burn the breadcrumbs, he advised his
29、livestream video watchers. Many people in China are restricted to their homes in the effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. Millions of 15 them are finding a new interest in cooking. People watching television and online cooking shows are learning how to make Chinese and Western foods. They are a
30、lso pushing up the sale of special cookware on online markets. Downloads of the top five recipe apps doubled in February, said research company Sensor Tower. Billibilli said it has had more than 580 million views of its cooking videos in the two months since the coronavirus began to spread in China.
31、 Another online cooking show producer DayDayCook told Reuters its numbers of new users increased 200 percent from January to February. A recipe for bean curd and shrimp received the most watchers. Many new home cooks are young people living in cities. This group is used to eating out or getting food
32、 delivery. Now these people are cooking at home. Wu Shuang is a 30-year-old who works and lives in Beijing. She was among those trapped at home in February. She says she spent a lot of time online, learning how to make bread and other foods. Chef Zhang Xuesi explained that many of his online viewers
33、 expressed interest in discussing more than just food. In the past, users were only interested in learning cooking tricks, but now we talk about all kinds of subjects. 1. What was Zhang Xuesi doing according to paragraph 1? A. He was learning how to make Cantonese foods. B. He was downloading the to
34、p five recipe apps. C. He was pushing up the sale of special cookware. D. He was making online cooking shows. 2. Which of the following is NOT true about Wu Shuang? A. She becomes a new home cook. B. She was trapped at home in February. C. She learned cooking foods online. D. She was interested in d
35、iscussing food online. 3. What is the passage mainly about? 16 A. Many people are restricted to their homes because of coronavirus. B. Many people turn to cooking at home because of coronavirus. C. Many people push up sales on online markets because of coronavirus. D. Many people spend a lot of time
36、 online because of coronavirus. 【答案】1. D 2. D 3. B B Even as a bush fire threatened the rural Australian community, Gary Wilson and his partner Julie Willis decided not to flee their wooden house. The two had a home full of baby kangaroos to protect. More than 10 of the baby kangaroos called joeys s
37、tayed safe inside fabric pouches (育儿袋) that hung in the couples living room. Each piece of cloth looked like the opening in which mother kangaroos carry their young. Wilson and Willis have taken care of wild animals before. Recently, full-grown kangaroos and other wildlife that had left their care l
38、ong ago came back to the house in search of protection as the fires grew nearer. We had too many animals in the house and around the house so we really couldnt go, Wilson said. We decided we were going to stay and fight. Their home is now surrounded by burned land and vehicles. Wilson and Willis def
39、ended their home with fire extinguishers (灭火器) and water pumps. Their house also had a special device on top that sprayed water on hot ashes falling on the roof. Good preparation and good luck helped the building stay safe. And the animals have survived. But the fire killed two of Wilsons neighbors.
40、 It was a horrible thing. Wilson said. Willis said, Its not until after the fires when it really hits you how close you were to dying. While Wilson and Willis usually care for joeys that are rescued after their mothers are struck by vehicles, they are now welcoming an increasing number of fire orpha
41、ns. She said, We didnt have children ourselves; this is what we spend our time doing. We think its worthy a worthy cause looking after our babies no matter what they are. 17 4. We can learn from the passage that _ . A. Wilson and Willis took care of kangaroos only B. Wilson and Willis decided to lea
42、ve their wooden house C. Wilson and Willis made pouches for baby kangaroos D. Wilson and Willis had to look after their own babies 5. The underlined phrase fire orphans refer to _. A. firefighters who come to help them B. special devices which help put out the fire C. baby animals whose mothers get
43、killed in the fire D. neighbors whose houses are burnt in the fire 6. Where is the text probably from? A. A news report. B. A journal. C. A textbook. D. A guidebook. 【答案】4. C 5. C 6. A C Attending a live musical performance in a huge sports center with lots of supporters of the musician is exciting.
44、 Even in a theatre, a skilled performer can provide a great show. Here in the U.S., a very different kind of performance space is gaining in popularity. Singer-songwriter Annalise Emerick is getting ready to play a show. It is something she does most nights in bars, and other small spaces across the
45、 country. But tonight, the setting is even smaller. Ms. Emerick will play for a few people in Kristina Shulzs home. Ms. Shulz has been holding such performances in her home for about four years. As many as 30 people have 18 attended past shows. The crowd is usually a mix of family, friends and neigh
46、bors. But some strangers might show up, too. The performances are listed on house concert websites. Weve done rock, weve had blues, weve had pop, folk.pretty much anything.anything well have here. she said. House concerts have become an importance part of Annalise Emericks earnings. I can play a bar
47、 for 100 dollars, but I can play a house concert and if there are 50 people and they all paying $20 Im having a great night. And theyre all buying CDs. Its amazing. Ms. Emerick says house concert audiences tend to make more supportive fans. They follow her career, buy her new releases, and go to her
48、 shows when she is in town. Theres just a totally unique experience as opposed to playing like a coffee shop or a bar or something like that where people are usually there, but you dont always know if theyre there for you. Charlie Dahan teaches music management courses He used to organize shows for
49、artists. Mr. Dahan says house concerts can be financially risky for artists. The downside for the artists is that most house concerts dont pay guarantees. In fact, most house concerts by law are not allowed to charge admission. Most of them can only do a suggested donation. On the other hand, he says house concerts can help fill an artists performance calendar and build a loyal following. Annalise Emerick says she has played in some homes so often the owners have become close friends. And thats been really nice for her. 7. All of the following about the house concerts in
