1、重庆市部分学校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重庆市南开中学2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题（解析版）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ABank Holidays in the UKPublic holidays in the UK are commonly referred to as bank holidays. As the UK is a country made up of four more or less indepen
2、dent regions, official holidays vary depending on whether you live in England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland.There are eight bank holidays in England and Wales.HolidaysTime of The YearNew Years Day (substitute day)1 January (3 January 2022)Good Friday15 April 2022Easter Monday18 April 2022Ear
3、ly May2 May 2022Spring Bank Holiday2 June 2022Summer Bank Holiday29 August 2022Christmas Day (substitute day)25 December (26 December 2022)Boxing Day (substitute day)26 December (27 December 2022)When bank holidays fall on a weekend, the following Monday is usually a “substitute” holiday. For instan
4、ce, 25 December 2022 is Sunday, so there will be a national substitute holiday for Christmas Day on Monday, 26 December 2022.In Scotland, the summer bank holiday is earlier in August. Moreover, Scots celebrate St. Andrews Day on 30 November and 2 January is also a bank holiday, but Easter Monday is
5、not. All in all, there are nine bank holidays in Scotland.In Northern Ireland, St. Patricks Day on 17 March is a bank holiday, and so is Orangemens Day on 12 July which commemorates the Battle of Boyne. There are a total of ten bank holidays in Northern Ireland, making it the region with the most ho
6、lidays in the UK.The UK does not have a national day, making it only one of two countries in the world without one (the other is Denmark). Theres an old joke about this, that the United Kingdom, once called “the empire on which the sun never sets”, doesnt need its own national day because its indire
7、ctly responsible for so many other countries national independence days.1. How many holidays are there in England in the second quarter of 2022?A. 2.B. 3.C. 4.D. 5.2. What bank holidays are unique to Northern Ireland?A. Good Friday and Easter Monday.B. Easter Monday and St. Andrews Day.C. St. Andrew
8、s Day and St. Patricks Day.D. St. Patricks Day and Orangemens Day.3. What does the joke in the last sentence imply?A. The UK used to rule a lot of countries.B. The UKs culture influenced many countries.C. The UKs independence greatly encouraged many countries.D. The UK helped many countries set thei
9、r independence days.BIt was a summer vacation, and I was at a zoo with my family. Because of my extremely pointy nose, when we spotted a group of flamingos (火烈鸟) standing around a pond, my brother shouted at me, “Hey, look! Your real family!” Then, my parents asked me to stand in front of my new-fou
10、nd relatives. “Now turn your face to the side, sweetie,” my mom said. She pressed the button and shot a picture.Once, I was having lunch at my aunts house. “Why dont you have a boyfriend yet?” she asked. “We were talking about you the other day and saying how pretty you are, Patricia, but we all agr
11、eed that if you just took off a little bit of length from that nose, you could be beautiful.”When I was 14, the performer Ashlee Simpson got a fantastic nose job. I looked at her before-and-after pictures, and I was convinced I needed to get one for myself. I told my mom I was determined to fix my n
12、ose. “I thought you had grown out of this by now,” she said, disapproval in her voice. When I begged her to take me to see a plastic surgeon (整容医生), my mother would laugh and tell me there was an easier way to fix my problem. “If you believe youre beautiful, people will see you that way,” she would
13、say.She must have had enough of me, because she finally agreed to book me an appointment. Full of expectation, I walked into the doctors office. The doctor turned my head up and down while a nurse took a photo of my face. The doctor downloaded the images and played around with my noses appearance. F
14、inally, he showed me his finished work in the computer. When I stared at the image, a smile flashed across my face and then disappeared. I made excuses to get out of making another appointment and exited the office, never mentioning a nose job again.Looking at the old photo, Im smiling with an inwar
15、d relief. Had I had that plastic surgery, I would definitely lose my individuality and uniqueness. My mums words consistently serve as a reminder that dont let appearance cast a shadow on our confidence and we should learn to accept and love who we are.4. What can we possibly infer from paragraph 1?
16、A. People preferred a pointy nose to a round one.B. People liked taking pictures with flamingos.C. The authors pointy nose didnt bother her family.D. The author felt proud of looking like a flamingo.5. What made the author decide to have a nose job?A. The need to find a boyfriend.B. The memory of th
17、e summer vacation.C. The dislike for the position of her nose.D. The amazing effect of a celebritys case.6. The mother allowed the author to see the plastic surgeon because _.A. the author kept asking her to arrange it for herB. the authors aunt managed to change her mindC. the technology of plastic
18、 surgeries had advanced a lotD. she thought the author was old enough for a plastic surgery7. According to the last paragraph, the author might agree that _.A. mothers words are a reliable source of enjoymentB. acceptance of our weaknesses is of great importanceC. a plastic surgery can make someone
19、more confidentD. its not worth sacrificing ones features for beautyCFor months, their adventure through Chinas south-western Yunnan province had gone almost unnoticed. But last week, when images of a group of 15 Asian elephants walking through a residential(居民的) area appeared on social media, it imm
20、ediately seized the imagination of the nation, stirring up considerable media interest and questions as to what caused their unusual journey.The movement was so unusual that authorities sent as many as 360 people with 76 cars and nine drones(无人机) to track it. State TV has spent days following their
21、every footstep. Chinese wildlife authorities have been struggling to understand why the elephants left their natural habitat last year. According to Xinhua, a group of 16 wild elephants began the journey in March 2020 to the north. In November, they arrived in Puer in Yunnan, where a female elephant
22、 gave birth to a baby, and settled there for five months. They then continued the walk on 16 April. A week later, two left the group, leaving 15 to continue their odyssey.The appearance of the animals has not been warmly received by residents in Yunnan. Along the way, they have caused much destructi
23、on, eating whole fields of corn and ruining farm buildings. State broadcaster CCTV has estimated the damage to be at least 6.8m yuan ($1.07m). Fortunately, no human death has been reported so far.Chinese experts said there had been other reports of elephants wandering into villages and harming crops
24、 in recent years. “Large-scale human engineering developments have changed the islanding of elephant habitats,” said Zhang Li, a professor from Beijing Normal University. “The traditional zones between humans and elephants are gradually disappearing, and the chances of elephants facing humans natura
25、lly increase greatly.”The wild elephant population in Yunnan is about 300, up from 170 in 1980, but the habitat area has decreased from 2,084 square km in 1976 to less than 500 square km in recent years.8. What happened to the group of wild elephants in Yunnan?A. They got trapped while approaching a
26、 residential area.B. They headed north after leaving their natural habitat.C They had a newborn baby in March 2020.D. They split up and three male elephants left.9. What does the underlined word “odyssey” in paragraph 2 mean?A. Adventure.B. Break.C. Struggle.D. Victory.10. How did the local resident
27、s feel about the elephants?A. Excited.B. Confused.C. Embarrassed.D. Annoyed.11 What can be concluded from the last two paragraphs?A. Wild elephants got on well with humans in the past.B. An island will be reserved to protect wild elephants.C. The number of wild elephants will stay stable.D. There ma
28、y be more human-elephant conflicts in the future.DSuppose you become a leader in an organization. Its very likely that youll want to have volunteers to help with the organizations activities. To do so, it should help to understand why people undertake volunteer work and what keeps their interest in
29、the work.Lets begin with the question of why people volunteer. Researchers have identified several factors that motivate people to get involved. For example, people volunteer to express personal values related to unselfishness, to create various experiences, and to strengthen social relationships. T
30、herefore, to select volunteers, you may need to understand the motivations of the people you wish to attract.A few people also volunteer because they are required to do so. To increase levels of community service, some schools have launched compulsory volunteer programs. Unfortunately, these program
31、s can shift peoples wish of participation from an internal factor (e.g., “I volunteer because its important to me”) to an external factor (e.g., “I volunteer because Im required to do so”). When that happens, people become less likely to volunteer in the future.Once people begin to volunteer, what l
32、eads them to remain in their positions over time? After following 238 volunteers in Florida over a year, one study found that one of the most important factors influencing their satisfaction as volunteers was the amount of suffering they experienced in their volunteer positions. The result leads to
33、important practical advice attention should be given to “training that would prepare volunteers for troublesome situations or provide them with strategies for coping with the problems they do experience”.Another study of 302 volunteers at hospitals in Chicago focused on individual differences in the
34、 degree to which people view “volunteer” as an important social role. It was assumed that those people for whom the role of volunteer was most part of their personal identity would also be most likely to continue volunteer work. The assumption was supported by the result, which once again leads to c
35、oncrete advice: “Once an individual begins volunteering, continued efforts might focus on developing a volunteer role identity.Items like T-shirts that allow volunteers to be recognized publicly for their contributions can help strengthen role identity.”12. People volunteer mainly out of _.A. academ
36、ic requirementsB. social expectationsC. financial rewardsD. internal needs13. What can we learn from the Florida study?A Follow-up studies should last for one year.B. Strategy training is a must in research.C. Training to get volunteers prepared is necessary.D. Volunteers are provided with concrete
37、advice.14. What is most likely to motivate volunteers to continue their work?A. Individual differences in role identity.B. Publicly identifiable volunteer T-shirts.C. Role identity as a volunteer.D. Practical advice from researchers.15. What is the best title of the passage?A. How to Get People to V
38、olunteerB. How to Study Volunteer BehaviorsC. How to Keep Volunteers InterestD. How to Organize Volunteer Activities重庆市第八中学2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题第一节（共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ADo you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in so
39、meones life?If yes, dont care about sex or age! Come and join us, and then youll make it!Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant (No Pay with Free Meals)Place: Manchester Hours: Part TimeWe are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 day
40、s left Dont miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others.Role:You will help people with learning disabilities in all aspects of their daily lives. You will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety. But your primary concern is to let th
41、em know they are valued.Skills and Experience Required:You will have the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient. You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since youll have to help those people with different lear
42、ning disabilities. Previous care-related experience will be a great advantage for you.16. Who will most probably join in Volunteer Social Care?A. A college student of New York University.B. An active adult in full-time employment.C. A helpful graduate who wants a low payment.D. A young man who is pa
43、tient and has much free time.17. The volunteers primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities _.A. to properly protect themselvesB. to realize their own importanceC. to get some financial supportD. to learn some new living skills18. The text is meant to _.A. carry an advertisem
44、entB. deliver a reportC. make a noticeD. present a documentBYoure in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation:“I cant believe it Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isnt it beautiful? And its a lot chea
45、per than the one Sara bought in Rome.”They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. Its nice and the price is right. Youve never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an
46、 advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford
47、 to Nike are starting to use it.Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that dont pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation consumers between the MTV generation consumers between the age of 18 and 34. Its a golden group. They have a
48、 lot of money to spend, but they dont trust ads.So advertising agencies hire young actors to “perform” in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice misleading, but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. “Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing.” It is true, because everyone knows an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. However, you dont know when a conversation you overhear is just a perfor
