1、2020-2021学年第二学期期末调研考试高一英语试题注意事项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）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。听完每段对话后,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 made the man m
2、ost excited at the party?A. The tasty food. B. The wonderful music. C. The chance to meet his friends.2. How will the woman probably go to Fraziers Department Store?A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. On foot.3. Where will the woman meet her brother?A. At the museum. B. In the cafe. C. In the sports center.4.
3、 How does the woman feel about the man?A. Confident. B. Worried. C. Satisfied.5. Where are the speakers?A. On a plane. B. On a bus. C. In a car.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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，各小题将给出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、7题。6. How
4、much does the parcel weigh?A. Five kilograms. B. Four kilograms. C. Two kilograms.7. How will the parcel be sent?A. By Express. B. By airmail. C. By surface mail.听第7段材料，回答第8至10.题。8. How does the man feel about living in Ecuador?A. Satisfied. B. Bored. C. Unhappy.9. What did the man miss most about E
5、ngland?A. His friends. B. The food. C. His family.10. What advice does the man give?A. To travel a lot. B. To take much money. C. To enjoy the food.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What relation is the woman to the man?A. His teacher. B. His tour guide. C. His classmate.12. How much should the man pay in total?
6、A. Two pounds. B. Three pounds. C. Five pounds.13. What is free of charge?A. The ticket. B. The bus fare. C. The food and drinks.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. When did the man begin to take his first serious acting job?A. 20 years ago. B. 50 years ago. C. 66 years ago.15. What has been the mans favorite sinc
7、e he got the role Hamlet?A. Films. B. Plays. C. Dancing.16. Why does the man act in films?A. To earn money.B. To make his life colorful.C. To enjoy some comedies.17. What is the mans plan for the future?A. He will sing in the theatre.B. He will retire in six months.C. He will work as long as possibl
8、e.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Who was probably the first in the middle ages to encourage experimenting?A Galileo. B. Roger Bacon. C. Aristotle.19. where did Galileo carry out his experiment?A. In France. B. In England. C. In Italy.20 What is the main purpose of this talk?A. To list the discoveries by some
9、 great scientists.B. To show the importance of scientific experiment.C. To introduce the development of modem science.第二部分 阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AWhen planning a vacation with your partner, the list of destinations is endless! Here are the top four pe
10、rfect places that are ideal for a honeymoon or any romantic holiday. Aspen, ColoradoIf you enjoy snowboarding then you will have the time of your life! And if not, they have snowmobiles and sleigh rides. Aspen is not just great for winter, come down in summer to enjoy their Food & Wine Classic, a fu
11、n festival with a great view. Antigua, CaribbeanAntigua is the sunniest island in the Caribbean, surrounded by local walls and reefs. Fun activities like sailing and diving let you really take in the bright blue water and white sand, truly breathtaking. Venice, ItalyThis lovely place is basically th
12、e same as it was 600 years ago, which adds to its character. With so many beautiful sights to see, such as the clock tower, Doges Palace, and the Scuola grande di San Rocco, you will have days of exploring followed by nights of fine dining, Punta Uva, Costa RicaPunta Uva is a small town on the coast
13、 of Costa Rica. There is a beautiful open garden surrounded by butterflies and other special species that you can view by just walking around. The beach is beautiful but the scenery is what takes the cake!1. Where should visitors go if they like snow sports?A. Aspen, Colorado.B. Antigua, Caribbean.C
14、. Venice, Italy.D. Punta Uva, Costa Rica.2. What can visitors enjoy in both Antigua and Punta Uva?A. The beauty of the sea.B. The beautiful butterflies.C. The festival of Food & Wine.D. The ancient clock towers.3. The passage may be taken from a .A. newspaperB. storybookC. science fictionD. travel g
15、uideBAs a teenager in the 1990s, Melissa Blake was interested in fashion. Unfortunately, fashion wasnt much interested in her. Blake, who has a bone and muscle disorder and stands a little under four feet tall, couldnt find jeans or dresses in her size. Looking through some fashion magazines, she di
16、dnt see a single person who looked like her.“That would have been a game changer for me,” says Blake, who had 26 surgeries before age 17. “When youre a teenager disabled or not you deal with issues of self-esteem.”Blake, 39, has spent her adult life trying to make up for that. She is a disability-ri
17、ghts activist as well as a writer, but she gained a national following after fighting back ugly comments about her online. She answered, “People said I should be stopped from posting photos of myself because Im too ugly. So Id just like to share these three selfies.”Her fans went wild, calling Blake
18、 a powerful woman.“I feel like every time I post a selfie or share something about my life as a disabled woman, that is to fight back,” Blake said.Among her fans is Mindy Scheier, CEO of Runway of Dreams. Last fall, Scheier asked Blake to be one of the events 24 models.“Being able to put Melissa in
19、the fashion event of the year just shows how important it is to expand the consumers in the fashion industry, or what were really representing,” Scheier says.“It was a little scary,” Blake says of modeling. But shes glad she took the challenge. “When disabled people are included, it sends a message
20、that we deserve a seat at the table in all aspects of life.”4. What does the underlined word “That in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Blake was interested in fashion.B. Blake was born with a disability.C. Blake found no disabled fashion models.D. Blake suffered from 26 surgeries before 17.5. How did Blake r
21、espond to ugly online comments?A. By turning to Scheier for help.B. By participating in some shows.C. By arguing in fashion magazines.D. By posting selfies or sharing her life.6. Why did Scheier ask Blake to be one of the events models?A. Because Scheier appreciated her talents in modeling.B. Becaus
22、e Scheier took pity on her unfortunate experiences.C. Because the disabled should have a place in the fashion industry.D. Because the disabled should have rights to express themselves online.7. What is the authors main purpose of writing the passage?A. To promote a fashion show.B. To introduce a dis
23、abled lady.C. To expose sex inequality.D. To report online comments.CIf you want to lose weight, you should choose your lunch companions wisely. A study found that co-workers who ate together tended to pick similarly healthy foods.The researchers said their findings offered policymakers new strategi
24、es against fatness. “We found individuals tend to mirror the food choices of others in their social circles,” said Dr. Levy, lead author of the research. “People may change their behaviour to strengthen the relationship in their social circle.”Co-workers may give each other permission to pick unheal
25、thy foods, the researchers said, or place pressure to make a healthier choice. Levy added, “The effect was a bit stronger for healthy foods.”Employees at a hospital could pay using ID cards, allowing the researchers to collect data on what, when and where to buy. They worked out social relationships
26、 by looking at how long apart two people bought food, how often they ate and whether they visited a different cafe at the same time. They surveyed over 1,000 employees to ask them about the names of dining partners.“Considering other shared characteristics, co-workers were influencing each others ha
27、bits, rather than friendships formed between people with similar lifestyles,” Levy said.The researchers said their findings could be widely used for public health interventions. It showed that interventions to improve healthy eating in a particular group may have a wider impact in individuals with s
28、ocial connections to that group.Levy said, “To work out whether people with similar lifestyles and food preferences were more likely to become friends and eat together, we controlled common characteristics and analyzed the data from different angles, consistently finding the results were the same.”8
29、. What is the study mainly about?A. How people choose lunch companions wisely.B How social circles affect peoples food preference.C. How policymakers offer new strategies against fatness.D. How researchers give co-workers permission to pick foods.9. How did researchers conduct their study?A. By anal
30、yzing data.B. By visiting cafes.C. By making comparisons.D. By interviewing experts.10. The findings may be useful for .A. public health guidelinesB. food processing standardsC. personal career suggestionsD. social service requirements11. According to doctor Levy, what may strengthen social relation
31、ships?A. Buying food at the same cafe.B. Picking food at the same time.C. Using ID cards to pay in hospital.D. Copying each others food choices.DJapans government is facing criticism (批评)for pressing its plans to hold the Tokyo Olympics even as the country deals with COVID-19. More than 300000 peopl
32、e have signed a petition (请愿书)calling for not holding the Games, which are set to open on July 23. An advertisement said people were in danger of being “killed by politics”.Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has repeatedly stated that the government is continuing with plans, promising the games will happ
33、en safely. Some Japanese lawmakers have questioned those statements as some hospitals still struggle to find beds for those sick with COVID-19.Last month, Suga declared a third state of emergency in Osaka, as well as in Tokyo and two other areas. That lasted through May 31, 2020. On Wednesday, two m
34、ore areas were placed under emergency measures. It is estimated that only 1 percent of the public has so far been fully vaccinated although millions of vaccines (疫苗)sit unused in very low temperature storage.Suga and his government have faced criticism for being too slow and soft on virus measures.
35、Japan has been able to keep its number of virus cases and deaths below those in the U.S. and Europe without restrictive measures. But the results are worse than in some other parts of Asia. Japan has also fallen far behind in vaccinations. Though officials blame a lack of supplies from Europe, progr
36、ess has been slowed because of staff shortages. About 7.6 million vaccines remain unused in freezers.The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, Seiko Hashimoto, said that Japanese athletes were likely to get vaccines before the games began. In Japan, the vaccination of the citizens isn
37、t going very well, she said, adding that the public saw giving the athletes vaccinations as a special treatment, so this gives rise to dissatisfaction among the citizens toward the games.12. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?A. The government is to kill the people who caught the viru
38、s.B. People are in danger for not supporting the Tokyo Olympics.C. People are angry that the government only cared about politics.D. The government doesnt provide enough vaccines for the public.13. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?A. The vaccines are in short supply.B. The situation of COVID-
39、19 is still serious.C. The citizens are unwilling to get vaccinated.D. Enough measures are taken against COVID-19.14. What can we infer from the passage?A. Lawmakers are in favor of Sugas statements.B. Japanese measures are the most effective in Asia.C. Japanese athletes are likely to get vaccines s
40、oon.D. Lack of vaccines isnt to blame for slow vaccinations.15. Whats the citizens attitude towards the Tokyo Olympics to be held as planned?A. Positive.B. Uncertain.C. Dissatisfied.D. Supportive.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分125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。Were told that an ordinary life is a
41、boring life. To live life fully, we need to do something different, something special. _16_ If we all did something extraordinary, it wouldnt be extraordinary any more. Therefore, most of us have to live ordinary lives. Why should we stop trying to be extraordinary? Ordinary doesnt have to be boring
42、Even the daily routine (常规)doesnt have to be boring. Sometimes the ordinary things can make us happy. Finding meaningful work or improving our skills can create a deeply full life, even if it isnt special”._17_ An extraordinary life doesnt stay extraordinary for longIf we try to have an extraordinar
43、y life, how do we keep it extraordinary? _18_ And it works against us when we seek something new. Even the most exciting adventures soon become the new normal._19_ .Many of us feel that a meaningful life has to be an extraordinary life. However, meaning and ordinary are not quite opposite to each ot
44、her. We need to feel that we are making a difference, but that difference doesnt matter. We dont need to be the bestClosely linked to our desire to be special is our desire to be the best. We feel that we wont be noticed or appreciated unless we are better than everyone else. _20_ The truth is that
45、we dont need to be the best anything. We just need to always be getting better.A We dont need to be special to find meaning.B. A meaningful life cant be easily found in reality.C. We neednt do something different to have a good life.D. However, the problem is that we cant all be extraordinary.E. Wer
46、e encouraged to constantly fight against others to win”.F. Humans are unbelievably good at adapting to new situations.G. However, most people believe that to be ordinary is extraordinary.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，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。All eyes were on me as the other
47、 moms quieted down. Someone had just asked, “Are you going to _21_ us?”“Yeah, you should dance with us,“ another_22_ .I was waiting for my daughters dance class to finish while the other moms got_23_ for their adult dance class.No, I said. Id_24_ these moms from the sidelines through the years. However, I didnt have a dancers body.But my husband said to me, Youll never know if you dont try. So I_25_ for ballet. At my first class, I was the_26_ woman in the room. What did the others think of me?The instructor started us with basic, simple steps. _27_ nobody made comment
