1、1 株洲市荷塘区第十八中株洲市荷塘区第十八中 2020-20212020-2021 年上学期期中考试年上学期期中考试 高一年级英语试卷高一年级英语试卷 卷面分值：150 分考试时间：120 分钟 第一部分第一部分听力技能（共两节听力技能（共两节, , 满分满分 3030 分）略分）略 第二部分第二部分阅读（共阅读（共 15 题，满分题，满分 30 分）分） 阅读下列短文，从题中所给的阅读下列短文，从题中所给的 A, B, C,D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A 篇篇 Embassy Suites by Hilton Santa Ana Orange County Ai
2、rport Neighborhood：John Wayne Airport(SNA)，Orange County 1325 East Dyer Road, Santa Ana, CAOVERALL GUEST SCORE Very Good Based on 163 Guest Ratings Free BreakfastFree Airport Shuttle Fitness CenterBusiness Center Guest Ratings GoodFeb 8,2017 By: Harold Pros: Loved the breakfast and the friendly, hel
3、pful staff. Spacious accommodations made this a very good value. Cons: Didnt love the heating / AC system; room was too cold for comfort. Also was not aware of the parking fee until we checked in. The parking fee was $ 17 a night. GoodJan 24, 2017 By: Micaela Pros: Breakfast was amazing with a varie
4、ty of choices and the staff were helpful. Cons: The room had a very strange old smell when we first got there. I had to open the door to air it out. Very GoodJan 5, 2017 By: Bruce Pros: The location was very good for us and the included breakfast was a plus. Cons: The room was not cleaned properly w
5、hen we got there. The heating system was not working for the hotel as well. 21._ makes the Embassy Suites a top choice for its guests in the area. A. The convenient locationThe friendly staff The business center.Wi-Fi access 22.According to the guest ratings, all the guests are satisfied with its _.
6、 A. heating systemaccommodations breakfastparking fee 23.This advertisement is made more believable by _. A. interviewing the guestsusing guests comments analyzing its pros and consproviding the exact address B篇篇 The Vienna-based researchers showed that dogs will stop doing a simple task when not re
7、warded if another dog, which continues to be rewarded, is present The experiment consisted of taking pairs of dogs and getting them to present a paw for a rewardOn giving this “handshake” the dogs received a piece of foodOne of the dogs was then asked to shake hands, but received no foodThe other do
8、g continued to get the food when it was asked to perform the task The dog without the reward quickly stopped doing the task, and showed signs of anger or stress when its partner was rewarded To make sure that the experiment was really showing the interaction between the dogs rather than just the fru
9、stration of not being rewarded, a similar experiment was conducted where the dogs performed the task without the partnerHere they continued to present the paw for much longer Hotel Description Being close to airport and freeway access make the Embassy Suites a top choice for our guests in the area.
10、The 300-room Embassy Suites offers homey comforts for those on business and vacation alike 一 suites with separate living and sleeping areas, refrigerators， microwaves， coffeemakers， Wi-Fi access and two TVs. Wake up to a free cooked-to-order breakfast and enjoy the indoor pool and fitness center. A
11、two-hour evening reception offers drinks and snacks and the on-site restaurant serves American favorites. The property also has a business center with copy and fax services. Parking is available for an additional fee. Less than two miles from I-405, the Embassy Suites is within a half-mile of variou
12、s restaurants and just three miles from John Wayne Airport. Our guests say the Embassy Suites location, “brilliant” breakfast and “friendly” staff make it one of their favorite Santa Ana properties. 2 Dr Frederike Range from the University of Vienna says this shows that it was the presence of the re
13、warded partner that was the greater influence on their behaviour “The only difference is one gets food and the other doesnt, they are responding to being unequally rewarded” she said The researchers say this kind of behaviour, where one animal gets frustrated with what is happening with another, has
14、 only been observed in primates(灵长类) before Studies with various types of monkeys and chimpanzees show they react not only to seeing their partners receiving rewards when they are not, but also to the type of reward The dog study also looked at whether the type of reward made a difference Dogs were
15、given either bread or sausage, but seemed to react equally to eitherDr Range says this may be because they have been trained 24The dogs refused to give the paw when they_ Afound another dog was given nothing Bfelt they were not treated equally Cwere aware they received less food Dwere given too much
16、 reward 25What would the dogs do if they presented their paw alone? AThey would go on with the performance much longer BThey would be too shy to present their paw CThey would miss their partners DThey would compare what they got with that of others 26According to the passage, compared with dogs, mon
17、keys and chimpanzees _ Apay no attention to the type of reward Bonly like to play interesting games Cpay attention to the type of reward as well as whether they are rewarded Dcare more about how they are rewarded 27Which of the following can best summerise the passage? AAnimals various ways to show
18、anger BDogs are more envious than man CMost animals want to be be rewarded for their work DAnimals also have a sense of fair 篇篇 There are over one million superstitions(迷信), and most people believe at least one or two of them. Many people are superstitious about numbers. They think that there are lu
19、cky numbers and unlucky numbers. The number 13 is often considered unlucky. In some parts of the world, buildings have no 13th floor and streets have no houses with the number 13. In Japan, 4 is considered unlucky because in Japanese the word four is pronounced the same as the word death . Japanese
20、never give gifts of four knives, four napkins, or four of anything. What are the lucky numbers? Seven is a lucky number in many places, and 8 is considered a lucky number in Japan and China. In China, businesses often open on August 8, and many couples register to get married at eight past eight on
21、August 8. Superstitions about numbers are so widespread that some people-called numerologist-make a living by giving advice about numbers. In 1937, when the Toyoda family of Japan wanted to form a car company, they asked a numerologist if Toyoda would be a good name for the company. The numerologist
22、 said it would not be. He explained that Toyota would be a better name for the company. The family took his advice. As a result, millions of people drive Toyota and not Toyoda . There are many other kinds of superstitions. There are superstitions about eating, sleeping, sneezing and itching(抓痒). The
23、re are superstitions about animals and holidays and horseshoes. There are even superstitions about superstitions. Those superstitions will tell people how to reverse bad luck. When the Japanese bump heads, they immediately bump heads again. According to a Japanese superstition, the first-bump means
24、their parents will die, but the second bump erases the first bump To reverse bad luck in general, people turn around three times, turn their pockets inside out, or put their hats on backwards. In the United States, baseball players sometimes wear their caps backwards when their team is losing. It lo
25、oks silly, but the baseball players do not mind if it helps them win the game. 28It can be inferred that superstitions about numbers are. Apopular neither in Japan nor in China Bpopular only in Japan and in China Cpopular both in Japan and in China Dcausing great troubles both in Japan and in China
26、29The underlined word reverse means. Achange to bad luckBcause to go in the opposite direction Cchange for the worseDexchange 30If a Japanese purposely bumps his head again after an accidental bump, we can be sure that. 3 Ahe is mad Bhe is happyChe is superstitiousDhe is very sad 31The writer wrote
27、this passage with the purpose of. Apersuading us to believe superstitions Bshowing us some facts of superstitions Cshowing us the magic power of number Dshowing us a numerologist D 篇篇 Teenagers who talk on the cell phone a lot, and hold their phones up to their right ears, score worse on one type of
28、 memory test. Thats the finding of a new study. That memory impairment might be one side effect of the radiation (放射 线) that phones use to keep us connected while were on the go. Nearly 700 Swiss teens took part in a test of figural memory. This type helps us remember abstract symbols and shapes, ex
29、plains Milena Foerster. The teens took memory tests twice, one year apart. Each time, they had one minute to remember 13 pairs of abstract shapes. Then they were shown one item from each pair and asked to match it with one of the five choices. The study volunteers also took a test of verbal memory.
30、Thats the ability to remember words. The two memory tests are part of an intelligence test. The researchers also surveyed the teens on how they use cell phones. And they got call records from phone companies. The researchers used those records to figure out how long the teens were using their phones
31、. This allowed the researchers to work out how big radiation exposure (接触) each person could have got while talking. A phone users exposure to the radiation can differ widely. Some teens talk on their phones more than others. People also hold their phones differently. If the phone is close to the ea
32、r, more radiation may enter the body, Foerster notes. Even the type of network signal that a phone uses can matter. Much of Switzerland was using an older “second-generation” type of cell phone networks, the study reports. Many phone carriers (通讯公司) have moved away from such networks. And more compa
33、nies plan to update their networks within the next few years. The teens scores in the figural memory tests were roughly the same from one year to the next. But those who normally held their phones near the right ears, and who were also exposed to higher levels of radiation, scored a little bit worse
34、 after a year. No group of teens showed big changes on the verbal memory test. Why might one type of memory be linked to cell phone use, but not another? Foerster thinks it could have to do with where different memory centers sit in the brain. The site that deals with the ability to remember shapes
35、is near the right ear. 1.The underlined word “impairment” in Paragraph 1 most probably mean “_”. A.application.loss. damage.improvement. 2.According to Paragraph 2, we can learn that _. A.Researchers paid little attention to the teenshabits of using phones. The teens needed to report the average tim
36、e spent on their phones. The teens took two types of memory tests four times in total. The teensability of remembering words is shown in figural memory test. 3.What can we infer from Paragraph 3? A.How people hold their phones has no effect on their bodies. Phone users can make more money with new n
37、etworks. The cell phone network type has little to do with the cell phone use. Radiation levels are affected by the cell phone network types. 4.What might be the best title for the text? A.Cell phone use and safety warnings . Teens cell phone use linked to memory problems. Dangerous levels of cell p
38、hone use among teens. Facts about cell phone use at school. 第三部分第三部分知识运用（共三节，满分知识运用（共三节，满分 6565 分）分） 第一节完形填空（共 20 题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 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, 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。 I was faced with a decision. While delivering laundry (洗好的衣服) into her bedroom, I stepped upon my thirteen-year-ol
39、d sisters , a modern-day Pandoras Box, full of attraction. What was I to do? I had always been jealous (嫉妒) of my little sister. Her charming smile, lovely personality and many gifts threatened my place as lady. I competed with her secretly and grew to hate her natural abilities. As a result, we spo
40、ke. I sought opportunities to find with her and expected to her in every way. Her diary lay at my feet, and I not her privacy, nor her possible pain. I enjoyed the possibility of digging up enough dirt to my competitors spotless recordI my evil as sisterly duty. It was my responsibility to keep a ch
41、eck on her activities. It would be of me not to. I the book from the floor and opened it, turning the pages, searching for my name, that I would discover dirty and ill speaking of me. However, as I read, the blood ran from my face. It was worse than I . There was a brief description of herself, her
42、goals and her dreams followed by a short portrayal (肖像) of the person who 4 has her most. I started to cry. I was her . She admired me for my personality, my achievements and red-facedly, my . I stopped reading, struck with the I had done. I had wasted so much energy pushing her away I had missed ou
43、t on her. Those sincere words she wrote seemed to break an icy around my heart and I longed to know her again. On that fateful afternoon, as I put aside the laundry and rose to my feet, I decided to go to herthis time to experience to judge, to hug rather than fight. After all, she was my sister. 第二
44、节 （共 10 题，每题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式。 There are several reasons why school uniforms are a good idea. First of all, uniforms help the school look smart. The students feel that they belong to a particular group. When every pupil in the school wears the uniform, nobody _56_(
45、have) to worry about fashion. Everybody wears _57_ same style of clothes. Uniforms can be useful in unexpected ways. A school in Ireland has introduced in interesting new uniform. On the edge of the jacket, there is a piece of cloth _58_ gives off light in the dark. When the children are walking or
46、_59_ (cycle) to school on dark mornings, car drivers can _60_ (easy) see them. But can uniforms help improve school standards? The answer _61_ this question is not clear. One study in America found that students grades _62_ (improve) a little after the school introduced uniforms. But some students d
47、idnt want _63_ (wear) the uniform. Other American studies showed no _64_ (connect) between uniforms and school performance. School uniforms are _65_ (tradition) in Britain, but some schools are starting to get rid of them. Some very good schools dont have a uniform policy. However, uniforms are stil
48、l popular. Pupils at about 90 percent of British secondary schools wear uniforms. 1.A.caseB. shoeC. clothD. diary 2.A.youngB. leadingC. toughD. greedy 3.A.alwaysB. deliberatelyC. mildlyD. seldom 4.A.interestB. answerC. faultD. link 5.A.thankB. treatC. defeatD. accept 6.A.consideredB. causedC. gained
49、D. rejected 7.A.roughlyB. constantlyC. nearlyD. simply 8.A.cleanB. soilC. warmD. protect 9.A.understoodB. killedC. reasonedD. lacked 10.A. wrongB. kindC. wiseD. considerate 11.A. picked upB. threw awayC. left outD. set down 12.A. informedB. remindedC. demandedD. convinced 13.A. readB. suspectedC. wroteD. did 14.A.inspiredB. lovedC. beatenD. assisted 15.A.sisterB. enemyC. heroD. friend 16.A.knowledgeB. braveryC. toleranceD. honesty 17.A.crimeB. murderC. robberyD. quarrel 18.A.whetherB. thatC. whenD. why 19.A.diseaseB. injuryC. barrierD. skin 20.A.but alsoB. instead ofC. as well asD. in order
