1、高一英语本卷共 8 页第 1页上海市鲁迅中学上海市鲁迅中学 20212021 学年学年第二学期第二学期高一英语期中考试高一英语期中考试考试卷（满分（满分 100100 分，考试时间分，考试时间 6060 分钟）分钟）2022022 2. .4 4I. Grammar and vocabulary （25 分）分）Section A(每题每题 1.5 分）分）Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.
2、Forthe blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one wordthat best fits each blank.Life Doesnt Just Happen to UsBeing good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success depends mainly on our view of ourselvesand
3、of the events in our lives.When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no way of knowingthat his life was to change completely. The class experiment that day was to show1heating a container of waterwould bring air bubbling to the surface. Somehow,
4、the container the teacher gave Wilson2(heat) mistakenly heldsomething more volatile(易挥发的) than water. When Wilson heated it, the container exploded,3(leave) Wilsonblinded in both eyes.When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents attempted to find a way to deal with thedisast
5、er that4(happen) to their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident5a disaster. He learnedbraille(盲文) quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as astudent but also became an6(accomplish) public speaker.Later, he worked in Africa,7many pe
6、ople suffered from blindness for lack of proper treatment. For him, itwas one thing to accept his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue when it8befixed so easily. Wilson did his best to prevent the preventable9tens of millions in Africa and Asia couldrecover their
7、sight.Wilson received several international awards for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a vision. He provedthat its not what happens to us10determines our lives its what we make of what happens.Section B (每题每题 1 分）分）Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in
8、 the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that thereis one word more than you need.A. honorsB. inspiringC. culturalD. awokeE. promotingF. successG. distinguishedH. similarI. consideredJ. normallyK. incredibly高一英语本卷共 8 页第 2页Sports Icons(偶像偶像) Who Lead a ChangeChinas sports industry has entered
9、a new era when the superstars themselves become the absolute focus of publicattention. Compared with the gold medals and_11_the Chinese team has received, sports stars play the roleof_12_people and improving the status of their sports in China. The following is an overview of those stars who oncewer
10、e, currently are or in the future will become milestones to change Chinas sports demographics(统计数据).Yao Ming: Chinas Ambassador(大使大使)Standing at 2.29 meters, Yao Ming used basketball to become one of the mainstream_13_ambassadors in modernChina. He first played for his hometown Shanghai Sharks team
11、in the CBA where he became a CBA champion ad FinalsMVP in 2002. Soon afterwards, Yao was chosen by the Houston Rockets as the top overall pick in 2002. Over an eight-yearspan with the Rockets, Yao became an eight-time NBA All-Star. Besides his_14_in the CBA and the NBA, Yao wasalso a big reason for
12、Chinas continued dominance in the Asia basketball scene and their constant presence at world-levelcompetitions. To this day,Yao remains one of Chinas most_15_sports and cultural icons.Liu Xiang: AGreat BreakthroughChinas world champion hurdler, Liu Xiang_16_the nations long-sleeping interest in trac
13、k and field events afterhe became the first man to ever win a mens track and field event for China. Before Liu won a gold medal in the mens110m hurdle race at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and set a world record two years later, Chinese people had nevershown such a strong interest in track and field
14、 events. Liu has become a significant player in Chinas track and field eventsand the craze that has followed him is_17_to Yao Mings influence on Chinas basketball. Both athletes prove howpowerful a super sports star can be on_18_the development of a sport in China.Li Na: New Image of Chinas TennisBe
15、ing the first Asian to win the singles title of a Grand Slam tournament, Li Na opened the door to tennis in China andeven Asia. Her victory at the French Open 2011 was like a fairy tale and she has since been_19_as a national sportshero equal to Yao Ming and Liu Xiang. A record-breaking 116 million
16、viewers from China tuned in to watch Li become theFrench Open champion, marking the start of a womens tennis boom in a country_20_left out of the tennisconversation.III. Reading Comprehension (58分）分）Section A (每题每题2分）分）Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phras
17、es marked A, B, C and D. Filling ineach blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Todays youth seem content to take the easy route and enjoy the ride of life. When(21)_ situations arise, theyoften pull a long face and (22)_. How you live your teen years will have a profound influence
18、on the rest of your life.You must learn to use your (23)_wisely.高一英语本卷共 8 页第 3页You may not see it now, (24)_developing leadership characteristics at a young age is very important.(25)_we get older, it becomes harder to overcome bad habits and replace them with good ones. Possessingleadershipqualitie
19、s is essential, both in this life and in the world to come. There are certain qualities that one needs todevelop in order to become a leader: justice, judgment, dependability, initiative, decisiveness, tact, integrity, enthusiasm,poise, unselfishness, courage, knowledge and loyalty. You may recogniz
20、e these as good qualities to have, without realizinghow they apply to leadership. The more these qualities are part of your nature, the more (26)_and enjoyable your lifewill be.All of these are qualities that one must possess to one degree or another.(27)_ popular opinion, leadership is somethingtha
21、t is learned. No one is born a leader. We are all capable of(28)_theleadership qualities mentioned above some just choose not to. Of course, not everyone can be the“top dog”,(29)_all the time. However, everyone does have the capacity to lead in some way but (30)_isrequired! Understand that learning
22、is a fact of lifelearning to ride a bike, learning to drive, learning to type, learningmathematics, etc. All of these activities (31)_action. While we are born with many different abilities, if we do not(32)_and develop them, those abilities will never come to fruition.Youth is an excellent time to
23、start developing leadership characteristics. (33)_the time to study each one indetail. Put them into practice as you interact with other people. Determine which areas you are weak in, striving to alwaysimprove. Observe the leaders, and how they handle situations andcarry themselves. Also, study the
24、lives of great leaders.The results will (34)_you in this life and (35)_!21.A. comfortableB. enjoyableC. toughD. convenient22.A.complainB. laughC. shoutD. regret23.A. intelligenceB. challengeC. degreeD. time24.A. forB. whileC. butD. since25.A. BeforeB.AfterC. ThoughD.As26.A. efficientB. effectiveC. p
25、roductiveD. sufficient27.A. In spite ofB. Contrary toC.As forD. Regardless of28.A. demandingB. carryingC. expectingD. exhibiting29.A. let aloneB. depend onC. start offD. get together30.A. actionB. perseveranceC. intelligenceD. patience31.A. causeB. requireC. profitD. set32A. increaseB. exportC. reca
26、llD. exploit33.A. SpendB. PayC. TakeD. Consume34A. chargeB. encourageC.serveD. entitle35A. outB. offC. awayD. beyondSection B （每题每题 2 分）分）Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. Foreach of them there are four choices mark
27、ed A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information givenin the passage you have just read.(A)高一英语本卷共 8 页第 4页To take the apple as forbidden fruit is the most unlikely story the Christians (基督徒) have ever cooked up. For them,the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil. So when Colu
28、mbus brought the tomato back from South America, a land mistakenlyconsidered to be Eden, everyone jumped to the obvious conclusion. Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden, the tomato wasshut out of the door of Europeans.What made it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake, a plant tha
29、t was thought to have come fromHell. What earned the plant its awful reputation was its roots which looked like a dried-up human body occupied by evilspirits. Though the tomato and the mandrake were quite different except that both had bright red or yellow fruit, the generalpopulation considered the
30、m one and the same, too terrible to touch.Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700s most of the Western people continued to dragtheir feet. In the 1880s, the daughter of a well-known plant expert wrote that the most interesting part of an afternoon tea ather fathers house
31、 had been the “introduction of this wonderful new fruit or is it a vegetable?” As late as the twentiethcentury some writers still classed tomatoes with mandrakes as an “evil fruit”.But in the end tomatoes carried the day. The hero of the tomato was an American named Robert Johnson, and when hewas pu
32、blicly going to eat the tomato in 1820, people journeyed for hundreds of miles to watch him drop dead. “What areyou afraid of?” he shouted. “Ill show you fools that these things are good to eat!” Then he bit into the tomato. Some peoplefainted. But he survived and, according to a local story set up
33、a tomato-canning factory.36. The tomato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly because _.A. it made Christians evilB. it was the apple of EdenC. it came from a forbidden landD. it was religiously unacceptable37. What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato publicly?A. To
34、make himself a hero.B. To remove peoples fear of the tomato.C. To speed up the popularity of the tomato.D. To persuade people to buy products from his factory.38. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To challenge peoples fixed concepts of the tomato.B. To give an explanation to peoples dislike
35、 of the tomato.C. To present the change of peoples attitudes to the tomato.高一英语本卷共 8 页第 5页D. To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence.(B)Whats better than a video game that your kids can play over and over again? A membership to one of the manyexciting places in Seattle tha
36、t your kids visit over and over again (for a year at least). Click to join us and read on for our toppicks.Woodland Park ZooThe Park Zoo was the most highly sought after membership by families in the Seattle area, and for good reason: theressomething for everyone! In addition to the hundreds of anim
37、als found throughout the 92 acres, there are plenty of outdoorspaces to run around (including playgrounds).Tel: 206-5428-2500Online: zoo.orgAnnual Membership: $69/Flexible GuestAdult; $49/Named Adult; $19/Child; Under 2 FreePoint Defiance ZooPoint Defiance Zoo is the only combined zoo and aquarium i
38、n the Pacific Northwest spread out over 29 acres. Yourkids will enjoy getting up close and personal to the live sharks, riding a camel and exploring the interactive KidsZone.Tel: 253-591-5337Online: pdza.orgAnnual Membership: $124/Household; $105/Two adults; $24/ChildSeattle AquariumThe Aquarium is
39、particularly great for any budding environmentalists in your family who want to learn more aboutconservation efforts that affect the waters in the Pacific Northwest.Tel: 206-386-4300Online: seattleaquarium.orgAnnual Membership: $189/Family Plus (2 adults, 5 children, 1 guest); $149/Family (2 adults,
40、 5 children)Museum of FlightThe Museum is the perfect indoor place to free your kids to dream big about the wide world. With all sorts of planesthat you can see, touch and climb inside, this museum fulfills your flight dream.Tel: 206-764-5700Online: museumofflight.orgAnnual Membership: $100/Family;
41、$75/TwoAdults高一英语本卷共 8 页第 6页39. What do these places have in common?A. They are all in Seattle.B. Kids can see animals there.C. They all have outdoor activities.D. Members can get free admission.40. Which place is favored by aircraft lovers?A. Woodland Park Zoo.B. Point Defiance Zoo.C. Seattle Aquar
42、ium.D. Museum of Flight.41. How much does it cost for a family to visit Point Defiance Zoo?A. $117.B. $124.C. $129.D. $148.(C)In recent years, 3D printers have mostly been used to create small, specialized items. This includes parts forautomobiles, airplanes and medical devices. Many consumer produc
43、ts can also be 3D printed as well, from clothes to foods.Now, an increasing number of startup( 新 创 办 的 )companies are using 3D printing to build entire homes. Since thetechnology is still developing, not many have yet been built. However, the top companies plan to greatly increaseproduction in the c
44、oming years.The startup company Icon, based in Austin, Texas, made news in 2018 by completing the first permitted 3D printedhome in the U. S. At the time, it said the home had been built in just a day. Since then, the company says it has beendeveloping new technologies in robotics, software and manu
45、facturing materials. It designed its own 3D printer and said therobot-powered machine could create structures up to 185 square meters. The printing process uses a cement-based mixturethat Icon says is stronger and saves more money than traditional building materials.To date, Icon has completed 24 3D
46、 printed homes in the U. S. and Mexico. Among them was a community of 3Dprinted homes in a poor neighborhood in Mexico. The company has also completed a series of structures for homelesspeople in Austin.And it says it plans to openAmericas first housing development of 3D printed homes this summer.A
47、New York company, SQ4D, also uses 3D printing technology to build homes. In February, the company showed offa 130-square-meter model home to demonstrate (证明) its printers abilities. SQ4D plans to sell its homes starting at$299,000. The company has even started listing the homes on the Internet selli
48、ng site Zillow. Kirk Andersen is SQ4Dsdirector of operations. He told Reuters the 3D printer will permit buyers to easily create their own home design, room byroom.While 3 D printing as a home building method is just getting started, Andersen said others in the construction industryneed to get prepa
49、red for big changes. “This is the beginning. This is just scratching the surface,” he said.42. What can we learn about 3D printing technology from Paragraph 1?A. It needs to be perfected.B. It enjoys the highest status.C. It is being used for building homes.D. It helps produce some large and unique
50、items.43. What feature do 3D printed homes have when compared with traditional building methods?A. Theyre more comfortable.B. Theyre more environment-friendly.C. Theyre more complex.D. Theyre less expensive.44. What isAndersens attitude to the future of 3D printing as a home building way?A. Concerne
