1、浙江省部分市2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题分类汇编阅读理解浙江省丽水市2020-2021学年高一下学期普通高中教学质量监控英语试题（解析版）第一节 (共 10 小题; 每小题 2.5 分, 满分 25 分)阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI started working with my hands at a young age. The youngest of five brothers, I took on the role as a “maintenance ( 维 修 ) man” at an earl
2、y age for our familys small grocery store. Often my dad wouldnt give me a clear idea of how something should be done, so I just had to figure it out by researching or through trial and error.Fast forward to 2016 and those problem-solving skills would become the focus of Tippecanoe High Schools Homeb
3、uilding class. I knew I wanted to teach the students skills that went beyond just being able to hammer nails or cut pieces of two-by-fours. The problem was that we didnt have the resources at the time to do much else. The idea of attracting some type of funding seemed very important. Designing, buil
4、ding and selling a tiny house on wheels seemed like the perfect project to accomplish the task. I reached out to a number of local businesses and most of them responded with the greatest support for what x k w we were doing.This year we added a new element to the program. Through one of our partners
5、, we were able to connect with the nonprofit Veterans Ananda Incorporated. Students in the Homebuilding class are leading the design and production of micro houses to be donated to this organization. The new partnership gives the students another focus to consider when designing and building the hou
6、ses.There has been no shortage of students since our first year. Three years ago we had 41 students, the next 191, and this year it was limited to just over 160 students so we could have a safe and manageable classroom environment. The number of girls taking the class has risen steadily over the las
7、t few years as well. This class offers something for everyone and the skills are universal.21. How can we describe the young author?A. He opened a small grocery store.B. He did a lot of research in the lab.C. He enjoyed doing hands-on activities.D. He learnt about maintenance from his father.22. Wha
8、t do the underlined words “the task” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Getting some financial support.B. Selling a tiny house on wheels.C. Reaching out to many local businesses.D. Offering the students some problem-solving skills.23. What can be inferred about the Homebuilding class from the last paragraph
9、?A. Its size needs increasing.B. It is popular with the students.C. It has caused some safety concerns.D. Its classroom environment is hard to manage.BThe outbreak of the novel corona virus pneumonia (NCP) has disrupted the lives and work of nearly every Chinese person. However, a new trend has been
10、 on the rise: many have turned themselves into livestreaming users or followers.According to Questmobile, a professional big data intelligence services provider in China, the audience for Douyin, Kuaishou and other livestreaming platforms surged to 574 million during the Spring Festival holiday, up
11、35 percent from 2019.Confined at home, away from their friends and loved ones, people turn to livestreaming to reach out to the world. For them livestreaming can help them share their lives and interest with a global audience, which will give them the sense of being “in the moment”. Even as viewers,
12、 they can also engage immediately with livestreamers by commenting and making suggestions.“When I comment on the livestreaming videos, Im not simply an audience member, but also an active part of the program. That gives me a sense of engagement,” an Internet user named Wang Hao told Peoples Daily.Li
13、vestreaming is not only for fun, but also a new tool for many businesses. Affected by the pandemic, many businesses had to stop their sales in physical stores. To meet their business goals and survive during these trying times, many chose to livestream to revive their businesses.Joyoung a leading ma
14、ker of small kitchen appliances, is a good example. The company not only added a number of broadcasts each day to advertise their products, but also shared the menus that were beneficial to health. “The responses to our livestreaming shows have been well beyond expectations,” Kang Li, who oversees t
15、he companys livestreaming unit, told China daily. “Its a natural opportunity to truly bond with our followers.”Like it or not, livestreaming is likely to go mainstream in China for both entertainment and business.24. What is the purpose of writing the second paragraph?A. To introduce some popular li
16、vestreaming platforms in China.B. To report data on the development of livestreaming in 2019.C. To show that Chinese people spend too much time on livestreaming apps.D. To prove that livestreaming are becoming increasingly popular in China.25. What does Wang Hao think of commenting on livestreaming?
17、A. It is boring to make comments.B. It is the only way to share viewers lives.C. It makes people feel involved in the stream.D. It helps livestreamers improve themselves.26. What do paragraphs 5&6 mainly talk about?A. Livestreaming replaced physical stores in many areas.B. Many businesses turned to
18、livestreaming platform for marketing.C. Livestreaming platforms faced challenges during the pandemic.D. Livestreaming platforms made changes to their services.27. How does the author feel about the future of livestreaming？A. Positive.B. Uncertain.C. Disappointed.D. Confused.CBob and Sue Harvey spent
19、 nine years as resident fellows in a dormitory at Sanford and in their book Virtual Reality and The College Freshman, they write “The Freshman often faces an identity problem during the first semester.” College is a more pressured environment than it used to be, in part because the academic gap betw
20、een high school and college has increased. Many college freshmen have never had to make independent decisions about sex, drugs and alcohol. Most dont know how to manage their time or money. They often feel lonely and overwhelmed, resulting in anxiety and depression.Nancy Corbin, director of clinical
21、 service for student-counseling (咨询) services at Iowa State University, says her office is seeing a significant increase in requests for counseling from freshmen who are having trouble making the adjustment to college life. She says older teenagers increasingly lack the skills to deal with personal
22、problems that arent easily defined or fixed. And they get homesick but have a hard time admitting it.Parents and high schools can make things easier on freshmen by preparing them differently. For example, by teaching them to budget their hours and dollars. The Harveys think high schools should offer
23、 a college-life course. “Parents need to focus more on relationship and personal issues and less on how many sheets and towels to take,” they say. Many homesick freshmen think theyll be regarded as failures if they come home before Thanksgiving. So parents can help by letting them know theyre welcom
24、e to return if they feel the need. In the meantime, parents have to find new ways to keep in touch with their college kids. One of the best ways is e-mail. Its less unpleasant and less expensive than constant phone calls and is more likely to be answered than a handwritten letter.28. Why is the firs
25、t semester difficult for freshmen in college?A. Because they often fail in exams.B. Because they lack time and money.C. Because they are too homesick to make new friends.D. Because they have to settle personal issues on their own.29. In the last paragraph, it is suggested that _.A. parents should st
26、op buying anything for their kidsB. parents should develop a good relationship with their kidsC. parents should be taught how to send e-mails to their kidsD. parents should work with high schools in college-life courses30. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A. Hard Life o
27、f College FreshmenB. Approaches to Trouble in CollegeC. Freshmens Adaptation ProblemsD. A Strange Phenomenon in College浙江省台州市2020-2021学年高一下学期英语期末质量评估试题（解析版）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸 上将该项涂黑。AWhere am I? What am I doing? If youre one of my 500 friends online, youll
28、 always be the first to know. My phone and laptop are never out of touching distance, so Im endlessly checking through all my social networking apps-whether Im having a coffee, on my way to school, watching TV. even when Im in the shower. I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all t
29、he people I associate with online. Yet the truth of the matter is: I feel lonely.Im not the only person who feels this way. According to research, over two-thirds of young people find it easier to make friends online than it is “in real life. Im a shy person, but Im wired up （上线）every day, like most
30、 of my friends. On the surface, phones bring us closer together. But in reality, my mind is always a million miles away.I often feel depressed, dissatisfied and alone. Since I spend so much time socializing online, I even become a procrastinator （拖延者）.I keep postponing things that are important in m
31、y real life: homework, tasks, connecting with my friends and family members in a meaningful way. Its funny that my friends and I chatter away online so much, but we end up having nothing to say when we meet.What is really worrying is that no one I know, including myself, could go cold turkey. I cant
32、 even imagine going without social networking for a weekthink of all the important appointments, invitations and news updates you would miss! Alcoholics （酗酒者）who want to quit drinking can avoid drinks, but how do we give up our phones? After all, I need it for my studies because my teachers and clas
33、smates need to contact me at any time. So, thats the problem with social networking. Were hard-wired in, but were more disconnected than ever.21. The author always uses his phone and laptop to.A. avoid feeling a sense of lonelinessB. explore ways of enriching his social lifeC. follow the updates on
34、his online social networkD. receive help with his addiction to online socializing22. What is the main problem the author is facing now?A. He is an alcohol addict. B. He is a poor web chatter.C. He is a mild procrastinator. D. He is a heavy social media user.23. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4
35、 suggests that.A. social media have created many offline problemsB. ifs difficult to break away from online socializingC. people are unwilling to interact face to face anymoreD. the benefits of social networking are too good to miss 24. What is the best title for the text?A. So Close, Yet So FarB. T
36、he Young Never Felt More AloneC. Social Networking Worsens RelationshipsD. More Social Media, Better Online SocializingBToday, environmental problems have taken over as the greatest risk to life on Earth. Scientists are thinking of ways to lower this risk, such as replacing coal and oil with forms o
37、f renewable energy. But they are also preparing for the worst: what is our Plan B for Earth?One option is to explore other planets to see if we could live on them. The most likely choice is Mars, which is relatively close to Earth. Mars has fascinated people since ancient times. Since the 1960s, we
38、have been sending unmanned spacecraft to Mars. Our probes （探测器）have orbited the planet, sending back valuable data and stunning images. Our robots have explored the Martian surface, testing the soil and searching for resources, water and signs of life. Encouraged by discoveries over the years, space
39、 agencies of various countries are planning manned missions to Mars that could take place within the next 25 years.No doubt that humankind is drawn towards Mars, with dreams of making it our second home. However, sending people there will require all the skill, courage and intelligence of the human
40、race. While the Moon can be reached within days, it would take months to reach Mars, travelling through dangerous solar radiation（辐射）. And even if the first settlers do reach Mars safely, they may not be able to return to Earth ever. Staying alive will be a daily challenge, but as proved by the Bios
41、phere 2 experiment, not impossible. Although the two-year experiment was not a success, it did provide us with a better understanding of how humans might be able to live on another planet. More recently, scientists have succeeded in growing a variety of plants in an environment similar to that on Ma
42、rs. That definitely is a big step forward.For now, human settlement of Mars is still decades away. Until we are finally able to live on another planet, we need to take much better care of our own. Right now, its the only one we have!25. Plan B for Earth is aimed at.A. developing renewable energy res
43、ourcesB. seeking planets for humans second homeC. reducing the environmental risk to life on EarthD. finding the best location of conducting space missions26. Which of the following is NOT a reason why the settlement of Mars is difficult?A. It is very challenging to survive on Mars.B. The journey to
44、 Mars might be quite long and risky.C. There has been no great progress in studying Mars yet.D. Humans havent fully understood how they might live on Mars.27. In which magazine would you most likely read this text?A. The TravelerB. All About SpaceC. Biology for FunD. Environmental ConcernsCFamous Am
45、erican poet Robert Frost once said, Poetry is what gets lost in translation? But Xu Yuanchong, a well-known Chinese translator, has tried to convey the beauty of ancient Chinese poetry throughout his life. His teacher Qian Zhongshu commented on his poetry translation, You are dancing while chained b
46、y rhyme （押韵）and rhythm, but the dance shows amazing freedom and beauty, which is quite impressive.”Since 1978, Xu has published more than 100 translated works in Chinese, English and French, reaching millions of readers at home and abroad. Most notably, he translated Chinese poems into rhymed verses
47、 in both English and French. He is also the first Asian winner of the Aurora Borealis Prize for Outstanding Translation of Fiction Literature.Xu is known to be very fastidious （一丝不苟的）in his work. For him, English is a scientific” language that needs exactness while Chinese is an artistic language th
48、at includes a wider range of content. Following this principle, Xu not only keeps faithfulness in sense but beauty in sensibility in his translation.Through Xus translations, time-honored Chinese wisdom has made an impact on Western societies and the world. For example, when former US president Barack Obama tried to begin a healthcare project during his presidency, some senators disagreed at first. But after reading the poem titled Fishing in Snow translated by Xu, one senator was so impressed with the fishermans independent thinking that he chose to part with the party line to support
