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七选五重庆市南开中学2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题（解析版）第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。How to Feel ConnectedIts easy to feel disconnected from what is going on around you in todays fast-paced world. _16_ You can get in touch and feel connected, ho
2、wever, by following the tips below：Consider why you feel disconnected.Knowing what is making you feel disconnected can help you choose the best ways to address the problem. Ask yourself: Are you keeping yourself occupied with work too much? Do you rely on electronic communication instead of face-to-
3、face communication? Do you lack friendships that are satisfying? _17_Interact with people in person.Technology is a great way to stay in touch, but sometimes you need to spend time with other people in person. _18_ You can also take steps to feel more connected by making small talk with strangers wh
4、o are sharing parts of your day. _19_You may never know how to improve your relationship unless you ask the right questions. Your loved ones could feel shy about telling you what they need, so asking them opens the doors that can give you some insight on what you can do. Learning this information ca
5、n help to strengthen your bond.Show your commitment to your loved ones.Simply showing up and being there for your loved ones says a lot about how much you value your relationships. _20_ Attending family events, or simply visiting someone once a week can help to strengthen your relationship and keep
6、it strong.Show appreciation.A simple “thank you” goes a very long way. Unfortunately, it is something that people who are close often take for granted. Telling someone you appreciate their time, love, and efforts can strengthen your bond and help you to become more connected.A. Be brave to express y
7、our love.B. Ask others what they need from you.C. Reach out to people to schedule a time to get together.D. You can have a gift delivered to friends on special occasions.E. Sometimes you can feel isolated and distant from the ones you love.F. Putting in the time shows them that you are committed and
8、 want to stay connected.G. Targeting your efforts toward those questions allows you to close the distance more effectively.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二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Most people believe they dont have much imagination. They are wrong. Everyone ha
9、s imagination, but most of us, forget how to make use of it. _31_ People at work and in their free time routinely think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer. Here are three techniques to help you._32_ This technique involves taking unrelat
10、ed ideas and trying to find links between them. First think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the words associated with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, etc._33_ The next stage is t
11、o relate the idea to the job you have to do.NO limits. Imagine that normal limitations dont exist. You have as much time/ space/ money, etc. as you want._34_ If your goal is to learn to ski, for example, you can now practise skiing every day of your life. Now adapt this to reality. Maybe you can pra
12、ctise skiing ever day in December, or every Monday in January.Be someone else. Look at the situation from a different point of view._35_ Fiction writers often imagine they are the characters in their books. They ask question: What does this character want? Why cant she get it? What changes must she
13、make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their positions.A. Make connections.B. Expand your mind.C. Think of as many as you can.D. Think about your goal and the new possibilities.E. Creativity is of vital importance in writing a fiction.F. Good businessmen use
14、this technique m trade, and so do writers.G. Creativity isnt always connected with great works of art or ideas.重庆巴蜀中学2020-2021学年高一下学期末考试英语试题第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。We know that sleep plays an important part in our overall health. _16_ According to a study,
15、there are a series of serious issues beyond our control that can affect our ability to sleep well. Insomnia (失眠) or other medical issues, feeling unsafe, loud noises from within or outside our home, having to look after a baby or someone else in the household, and other reasons could all play a part
16、.But what about those times when external (外部的) conditions are perfect, and yet we still fail to get to bed in time? _17_ Plus our bedtime routine, all this has made it difficult. _18_ Watching TV, checking email on a tablet, reading social media updates on a phone. Also, we tend to be optimistic an
17、d overconfident, and that delays our sleeping time. _19_ But when it leads to unrealistic expectations for the future, it can lead us somewhere else. In the case of sleeping, we might be overly optimistic that replying to that email will all take less time than they actually do.A slightly different
18、point is that rather than the screen itself, the activity we are taking part in when using these bright screens might be causing us to stay up later than we would like. _20_ In other ages, this would have been impossible or improper. This communication, either through stress, a request from the boss
19、, or excitement, a social invitation, will keep us awake.A. Of course, optimism isnt necessarily a bad thing.B. There are several things you can do to stay up late.C. Think of the pre-bedtime activities many people engage in.D. We now have access to communication at any time of night.E. However, the
20、re are many people who cant get enough sleep.F. Nowadays, different time zones also have influences on peoples sleep.G. A combination of environmental and behavioral habits might be part of the reason重庆市第七中学2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。A
21、Brief History of EyeglassesWhen it comes to inventions that have entirely changed human existence, what comes to mind? Probably its the wheel, the printing press, maybe the refrigerator and definitely personal computers. _36_. Like eyeglasses, for example. Imagine a world without glassesmany of us w
22、ould walk around knocking into things and driving our cars up onto the sidewalk. So who invented glasses, and how were they first made?_37_. At some point in Italy between 1268 and 1289 someone came up with the idea, but the actual inventor remains mysterious. What we do know is that the earliest le
23、nses were made from quartz(石英) and were usually set into bone, metal, or leather. _38_, they started making lenses out of glass.Although glasses spread quickly throughout Europe and Asia, there was one major problem: keeping them on the wearers face. _39_. Ouch! It took nearly 400 years before optic
24、ians(验光师) figured out that accurate sidepieces resting on top of the ears might do the trick.No history of glasses would be complete without some mention of Benjamin Franklin, who invented bifocals(双光眼镜) in the 1780s. Annoyed at having to constantly change glasses whenever he wanted to read or take
25、in the sights while traveling, Franklin had his reading glasses cut in half and melted with his distance glasses. _40_.A. Now thats American originality for youB. These glasses would make you see in the distanceC. The truth is that nobody knows who invented eyeglassesD. Early glasses acted a bit lik
26、e foldover, squeezed onto the bridge of the noseE. Glasses enable you to see things, and keep you from eaten by tigers or run down by automobilesF. As soon as early businessmen figured out how to make glass with other materialsG. Then there are those more everyday things that we rarely think about,
27、but without which wed be much worse off重庆市涪陵五中2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps. 36 And one should always live in the best company, whether it is of books or o
28、f men.A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today as it always was, and it will never change. It is one of the most patient and cheerful companions. 37 It always receives us with the same kindness; instructing us in youth, and comforting us in age. 38 There is an old proverb,
29、“Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this：“Love me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.A good book is often the best container of a li
30、fe keeping the best that life could think out, for the world of a mans life is, for the most part, the world of his thoughts. 39 They are remembered and cherished, thus becoming our constant companions and comforters.Books possess an essence of immortality（不朽）.They are by far the most lasting produc
31、ts of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their authors minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only
32、effect of time is to knock out the bad products. 40 AWe feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe.BNothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.CThe book is a living voice and an intellect to which we still listens.DThe best books are treasu
33、ries of good words and the golden thoughts.EMen often discover their shared interest by the mutual love they have for a book.FThere is a companionship of books as well as of men.GBook does not turn its back upon us in times of hardship or sadness.答案：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）【答案】16. E 17.
34、G 18. C 19. B 20. F【解析】【分析】这是一篇说明文。主要说明了在当今快节奏的世界中，人们很容易感觉与周围的人和事物脱节。并给出一些建议来解决这一问题。【16题详解】由下文“You can get in touch and feel connected, however, by following the tips below”然而，你可以通过以下方式取得联系，保持联系。由however转折可知上文中表述的是有时你会感到孤立以及和别人疏远。E项“有时候你会觉得与你所爱的人隔绝和疏远。”符合文意。故选E项。【17题详解】由上文“Ask yourself: Are you keep
35、ing yourself occupied with work too much? Do you rely on electronic communication instead of face-to-face communication?”问问你自己，你是不是太忙于工作了？你是不是依赖电子通讯而不进行面对面的交流呢？可知，下文可能会提出这些问题的解决方法。选项G中的those questions恰好呼应那些问题，G项“如果你针对那些问题去努力那么就能有效地拉进你们的距离。”符合文意。故选G项。【18题详解】由小标题“Interact with people in person.”与他人亲自联
36、系，及前文“Technology is a great way to stay in touch, but sometimes you need to spend time with other people in person”可知本段讲述的是科技是很好的联系方式，但有时还是要花时间亲自与人联系。由此可知，下文应承接上文讲述应该怎样亲自和他人联系。C项“你需要与人联系安排聚会的时间。”符合文意。故选C项。【19题详解】设空位置为小标题，首先句式上与其他的小标题保持一致用祈使句，又结合下文展开的内容“You may never know how to improve your relation
37、ship unless you ask the right questions.”你可能不知道怎么改善你们之间的友谊，除非你主动问这些问题。可知本段的建议是让你去问他人需要你什么。B项“问别人他们需要你做什么”可以作为本段小标题。故选B项。【20题详解】由小标题“Show your commitment to your loved ones.”和本段首句“Simply showing up and being there for your loved ones says a lot about how much you value your relationships”可知本段主要说明，展示你
38、对你爱的人的承诺，告诉他们你有多么重视你们之间的关系。由此可知下文应陈述如何展示你对他们的承诺。F项“投入时间告诉他们你想要保持联系。”符合文意。故选F项。重庆市第八中学2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题【答案】31. G 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. F重庆巴蜀中学2020-2021学年高一下学期末考试英语试题【答案】16. E 17. G 18. C 19. A 20. D重庆市第七中学2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题【答案】36. G 37. C 38. F 39. D 40. A【解析】【导语】这是 一篇记叙文。本文简述了眼镜的发展史。【36
39、题详解】根据后文“Like eyeglasses, for example.(比如说眼镜)”可知，眼镜就是对G项“Then there are those more everyday things that we rarely think about, but without which wed be much worse off.(还有一些我们很少去想的更日常的东西，如果没有它们，我们的境况会更糟)”中“everyday things”所举的例子。故选G。【37题详解】根据上文“So who invented glasses, and how were they first made?”（那
40、么，眼镜是谁发明的呢?眼镜最初是怎么制造出来的呢?）根据后文“At some point in Italy between 1268 and 1289 someone came up with the idea, but the actual inventor remains mysterious.(在1268年至1289年间的意大利，有人提出了这个想法，但真正的发明家仍然是个谜)”可知，没有人知道是谁发明了眼镜。C项“The truth is that nobody knows who invented eyeglasses.(事实是，没有人知道是谁发明了眼镜)”切题。故选C。【38题详解】
41、后文“they started making lenses out of glass.(他们开始用玻璃做镜片)”中的“glass”与F项“As soon as early businessmen figured out how to make glass with other materials(早期的商人们一发现发现如何用其他材料制造玻璃)”中的“glass”呼应，且F项是个从句，符合此处句子结构的要求。话题一致。故选F。【39题详解】根据前文“Although glasses spread quickly throughout Europe and Asia, there was one
42、major problem: keeping them on the wearers face.(尽管眼镜在欧洲和亚洲迅速普及，但有一个主要问题：要戴在佩戴者的脸上)”可知，D项“Early glasses acted a bit like foldover, squeezed onto the bridge of the nose(早期的眼镜有点像折叠式眼镜，夹在鼻梁上)”是前文说的“戴在脸上”的一种方法。故选D。【40题详解】根据前文“No history of glasses would be complete without some mention of Benjamin Franklin, who invented bifocals(双光眼镜) in the 1780s.(如果不提及本杰明富兰克林，眼镜的历史将是不完整的，他在十八世纪八十年代发明了双光眼镜)”可知，本杰明富兰克林发明了双光眼镜，A项“Now thats American originality for you(这就是美国人的创意)”中的“American”呼应“Benjamin Franklin”是对上文的总结。故选A。重庆市涪陵五中2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题36-40 FGEDB12学科网（北京）股份有限公司
