1、滦南县20212022学年度第一学期期中质量检测高一英语试卷注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，
2、你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the man mean?A. He doesnt care. B. He is very satisfied. C. He is a little disappointed.2. How did the woman feel just now?A. Excited.B. Scared.C. Bored.3. Where does the woman want to go tonight?A.To the theater.B.To a restaurant.C. To the supermarket.
3、4. What is the woman worried about?A. Missing her flight. B. Having a traffic accident. C. Being late for the football game.5. Why does the man want another credit card?A. To pay for a car. B. To get a higher credit score.C. To buy more things he needs.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或独白后有几
4、个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置，听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题。每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. What are the speakers probably?A. Journalists.B. Doctors.C. Teachers.7. What are the speakers probably going to do there?A. Have a news making event. B. Buy some equipment. C. Go sightse
5、eing.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. When is the mans flight leaving?A. Next Friday.B. Next Sunday.C. Next Saturday.9. How much will the man have to pay for all tickets?A. $580.B. $1,160.C. $1,740.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. When should students meet for the field trip?A. At 7:00 am.B. At 7:15 am.C. At 8:00 am.11. How w
6、ill the boy probably get to school today?A. Take the bus.B. Take his moms car.C. Take Mrs. Andersons car.12. What is the relationship between the woman and Mrs. Anderson?A. Colleagues.B. Neighbors.C. Best friends.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How does the woman usually go to work?A. By bike.B. By subway.C. B
7、y car.14. What will happen if the man is late for work?A. His boss will yell at him. B. He will work overtime. C. He will be fined.15. Why does the woman like living in the city?A. Her kids will get into good schools.B. It makes it easier to work from home.C. There are many interesting things to do.
8、16. What do the speakers have in common?A. They both have children. B. They both like driving. C. They are both married.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where does the talk take place?A. In England.B. In Australia.C. In the United States.18. When was The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry published?A. In 2014.B
9、. In 2012.C. In 2007.19. What award has Rachel Joyce won?A. The Commonwealth Book Prize. B. The Man Booker Prize. C. The Tinniswood Award.20. What did Rachel Joyce use to work as?A. An actress.B. A TV host.C. A writer.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）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。AL
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11、does look nice at first sight.Kanken 15 backpackThis Kanken bag is a great choice for school kids of grade one to six or adults with narrow shoulders. Weighing under 450g, its easy and comfortable to carry this bag around. The simple design with a lot of eye-catching colors may have you fall in love
12、 with it at once.Timbuk2 Command backpackIf you want to safely carry your laptop and look stylish, the Timbuk2 Command backpack is the one for you. The soft back is made for a comfortable wearing experience. The clean coloring and lines of the bag may make you more “grown-up”.Amazon Basics backpackW
13、ith a lowest price among all these backpacks, the Amazon Basics backpack is a great choice for college students on a tight budget. There are tons of storage choices in this backpack, so its easy to forget exactly where you placed a certain object. It is a basic black backpack with a few designs and
14、is never going to appear on a fashion T stage.21. What makes L. Bean Quad backpack attractive?A. The color and the design. B. The style and the quality.C. The cost and the public praise.D. The lightweight and the simplicity.22. Which backpack might be the most suitable one for a Grade-3 student?A. K
15、anken 15 backpack.B. L. Bean Quad backpack.C. Amazon Basics backpack.D. Timbuk2 Command backpack.23. Which of the following is an advantage of Amazon Basics backpack?A. Fashion.B. Price.C. Comfort.D. Storage.BIn my hometown, Oklahoma, the dirt goes everywhere. When my sister, Faye, and I walk to sch
16、ool, we cover our mouths so we dont breathe in the dirt. Mama says all the dust is due to the drought（干旱）.Last Sunday, there was no dirt in the air, only bright spring sunshine and a clear blue sky. After church, Papa went to the field to check on the cattle while Mama started dinner. Faye and I pla
17、yed in the yard. Then the temperature suddenly dropped, and Mama shouted from the house, “Iris, you and Faye get inside, real quick now!”I looked to the west and saw a huge black cloud of dust. “Faye, go with Mama!” I shouted. “I will warn Papa.”Covering my face with one hand, I struggled my way tow
18、ard our family car and got in. The storm hit so fast that the day turned into night in an instant. Papa was still out there! I needed to help him find the car. I turned on the front lights, but would Papa see them in the thick darkness? I pushed the horn (喇叭) again and again, hoping Papa would hear
19、it.Suddenly, to my great surprise and relief, Papas face appeared at the window. He opened the door and climbed onto the seat next to me. After Papa shut off the cars lights, we huddled together in the darkness for hours. I worried the dirt would bury us.Finally, the wind subsided and the dust began
20、 to settle. We got out and reached the front porch just as Mama and Faye came out from the house.“Im safe thanks to Iris,” Papa said. “The cars horn led me to shelter.”“Im so proud of you,” Mama said to me.Tears of joy streamed down my dirty checks because our family had survived the horrible storm.
21、24. When the storm came, Iris went to the car to_.A. help her papa stay away from the stormB. turn to her papa for helpC. send the car for her papa to driveD. tell her papa about her safety25. How did Iris feel when he and his father were waiting in the car?A. Surprised. B. Happy.C. Worried.D. Proud
22、.26. What does the underlined word “subsided” in paragraph 5 probably mean?A. got upB. came alongC. went onD. died down27. What is the best title for the text?A. Love for PapaB. Drought in OklahomaC. Rescue on black SundayD. Papa trapped in the stormCBamboo is one of the natures most surprising plan
23、ts. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in
24、 the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains (平原)Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. T
25、his plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables (绳索) that hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made o
26、f bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1,000 years, and is still holding strong.In Africa, engineers are teaching poor farmers how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money，and their fields often die from no rain and no w
27、ater. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use. Bamboo pipes and drills (钻) can help to make the poor thirsty fields to be watered.28. How is bamboo like grass?A. It is short and green.B. It grows everywhere.C. It is thin and easy to cut.D. It grows quickly after its cut short.29.
28、 The underlined part “while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across” in paragraph 3means “Some other bamboo plants may grow to be very _.”A. short B. thickC. strongD. tall30. What can we know from the text?A. Most people call bamboo plant trees.B. Bamboo plant may grow 4.5 meters in three
29、 days.C. The bamboo plant changes its colors when it grows.D. A bridge held by bamboo cable was built thousands of years ago.31. Why did the engineers teach the poor farmers in Africa to make use of bamboo?A. Because it is cheap. B. Because it is colorful.C. Because it drills fast. D. Because it is
30、used by Asians.DSome students get so nervous before a test. They do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, has studied these highly anxious test-takers. The students start worrying about the results. And when they worry, it actually
31、 uses up attention and memory resources (资源) .Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.The researchers tested the idea on a group of twen
32、ty anxious college students. They gave them two short maths tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 12% worse on the second test. But the s
33、tudents who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of 5%. Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test. Professor Beilock says high
34、ly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B-for those who did not.“What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, whod done our writing intervention (干预), all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. They we
35、re performing just as well as their classmates who dont normally get nervous in these tests.”But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their perfor
36、mance.32. What may the students start worrying about before an exam?A. Whether they can pass the exams.B. What other students do during the test.C. Whether they have remembered the materials.D. What kind of problems they will meet on the test paper.33. What is the solution developed by the two resea
37、rchers?A. Asking the students to think nothing of the test.B. Asking the students to focus on the test.C. Asking the students to sit quietly before the test.D. Asking the students to write about their worries before the test.34. According to Professor Beilock, those who thought about things unrelate
38、d to the test_.A. became less nervous before the testB. were better at controlling their feelingsC. did worse than those who wrote about their feelingsD. did better than those who took two tests.35. What can be learned from the last paragraph?A. Writing about worries before an exam can work a bit.B.
39、 Studying in the library can improve students performance.C. Students can only write about worries right before an exam.D. It doesnt matter where to write about worries before an exam.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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Five steps to better handwritingSome kids love han
40、dwriting, but others hate when its time to put their pen to paper. Maybe they are worried about their handwriting. Are you one of them? 36 Here are five steps that really work!Get a correct graspTry this hold your pencil at the top and try to write your name. Pretty hard? But when you hold your penc
41、il the correct way, writing is much easier. 37 Hold it in place with your thumb（拇指）, and your index (食指) and middle fingers.Let the lines be your guideLined paper is your friend! Those lines can help you create letters that are the right size and proportion (均衡). 38 Also be sure to fill up the lined
42、 space completely. Those capital letters should be from the bottom line to the top one.Slow downIf your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. If you rush, its hard to control where you stop and start your letters.Lower the pressure 39 . That makes it harder to make the smooth lines. Tr
43、y easing up and dont hold the pencil too tightly. 40 Lots of games require you to write or draw pictures. So even though its not schoolwork, youre still using the skills you need to control your pen better. A. Play games B. Ask for more adviceC. Youve been writing since you were a little kid.D. So “
44、a” should be half the height of a capital “A”. E. Some kids press down really hard when they write. F. The good news is that just about everyone can improve their handwriting. G. The best way to hold a pen or pencil is to let it rest next to the base of your thumb. 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小题1分
45、，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。During your life, you must have met thousands of people. Can you 41 everyones name?I used to be in a nursing school. During the third month, we had an important 42 . I studied very hard for it, because I 43 what it meant to me. I finished all the questi
46、ons easily until I read the last one, “What is the 44 of the woman who clean our classroom?”Just then, I was angry at the question! I 45 the woman almost every day, but I could only remember what she looked like. She was 46 , about 60 years old and had black hair, but how could I know her name? I sa
47、t there quietly for several minutes, thinking hard. In the end, I had to 47 my paper without finishing the last question. My classmates didnt 48 it like me, either.After class, one of my classmates asked the teacher if the last question would affect our 49 . “Of course.” And the teacher 50 , “In our life, we will meet a lot of51 . Many of them are important and helpful to us, although they might play different roles in our society. Anyway, they are worth our 52 and car
