1、第 1 页，共 14 页 期末英语试卷期末英语试卷 题号IIIIIIIVV总分得分一、单选题（本大题共 11 小题，共 5.5 分）1.My little brother ate too much cake， so felt sick（）A. heB. sheC. itD. we2.Chinas womens volleyball team won the World Cup Japan in 2019（）A. onB. atC. inD. for3.Many people like paper books more， _ they are comfortable to read（）A. be
2、causeB. andC. orD. so4.The Amazon rainforest is_rainforest in the world（）A. largeB. largerC. largestD. the largest5.-_do you usually have dinner？-At about 6 pm（）A. WhenB. WhereC. WhyD. How6.Wang Xuan is a famous computer scientist He his research of laser typesetting in 1975（）A. startB. startedC. is
3、 startingD. will start7.James enjoys reading，and he _ novels on his way to work on the subway every day（）A. readB. readsC. is readingD. will read8.If we learn more about DNA, we more diseases.A. treatB. treatsC. will treatD. were treating9.There are many tree heroes in China They _ millions of trees
4、 for almost 20 years（）A. plantB. plantedC. have plantedD. are planting10.We _ happily when we heard a loud noise outside the door last night（）A. chatB. chattedC. are chattingD. were chatting11.-Lily， can you tell me_？-I always exercise twice a week（）A. how often do you exerciseB. how often you exerc
5、iseC. how often did you exerciseD. how often you exercised二、完形填空（本大题共 9 小题，共 8.5 分）12.Lord of the Flies in 1954, although it was not a great success at first.A. publishB. publishedC. is publishedD. was publishedEveryone knew that Stuti was the best speller in the whole class She could spell difficul
6、t words like encyclopedia and amendment very (13) She used to get perfect scores during each weekly spelling test Ms Daisy， her English teacher made a(14) for the spelling tests that any child who doesnt get at least 60% correct spellings would have to correct each wrong word and copy three times fo
7、r next weeks spelling test Seema， who sat next to Stuti always struggled（挣扎） in spellingsLast Thursday，she received 56% which meant she had to(15) the rest 44% words three times Stuti was so (16) in her spelling abilities that she decided not to study for her next spelling test The test began MsDais
8、y pronounced each word and then repeated itEverything was OK 第 2 页，共 14 页until she spoke Handkerchief Stuti scribbled（匆匆书写） h-a-n-d-k-e-r-c-hnow what？ Her mind was blank MsDaisy started to move on to the next wordAn idea came into Stutis mind that Seema(17)how to spell it! Seema had written this wor
9、d three times There was wide open space between Stuti and Seema Stutis eyes rolled（滚动） to the rightThere it was，spelled out in Seemas handwriting Her eyes went quickly back to her own paper and(18) the word with the letters i-e-f Stuti remained nervous as Ms Daisy read the last spelling word She had
10、(19) just for the first time in her life She thought， Is this the way I want to keep my perfect record-by being a cheater？ Finally， she erased what she had written earlier and replaced it with what she knew was the wrong answer She wrote e-i-f As her hands put down her pencil and passed the test up
11、to the front， she sighed with relief（解脱） She thought， So， what if my perfect scores are no longer being kept？ At least my(20) is13. A. happilyB. easilyC. slowlyD. carefully14. A. planB. suggestionC. guessD. rule15. A. checkB. copyC. readD. pronounce16. A. specialB. unusualC. confusedD. confident17.
12、A. knewB. provedC. foundD. wondered18. A. changedB. pickedC. finishedD. replaced19. A. cheatedB. askedC. lookedD. remembered20. A. choiceB. courageC. honestyD. pride三、阅读理解（本大题共 13 小题，共 26.0 分）AChinese Cuisine（烹饪） in the WorldEmma Chen She is a restaurant owner in Cape Town， South Africa She has two
13、restaurants-Red Chamber and Pron Both of them are very popular with customers She believes that food is not only a business， but also means passing down of culture and customs Her cuisine comes from Shandong Province in Northern ChinaGianni Catani As an Italian， he has become an expert in Chinese Hu
14、nan cuisine It is very hard for a foreigner to enter the Chinese world at first Luckily， he was finally accepted and welcomed by a Chinese master cook So he spent eight years with him in learning the secrets of Hunan cuisine Now his restaurant is one of the best places to eat Chinese food in Rome， I
15、talyEugene MoyHe owns a restaurant in San Gabriel Valley in America， which has become a foodie Mecca（美食圣地） for the worlds top Chinese food He believes Chinese food is the power to teach people Chinese culture Who knew where Chengdu or Chongqing was before？ Going and checking out food is a lot of fun
16、 It is also an activity of telling ourselves and the public about Chinese culture21.Who has two restaurants？ _ 第 3 页，共 14 页A. Emma ChenB. Gianni CataniC. Eugene MoyD. Red Chamber22.Gianni Catani has become an expert in _ A. Shandong cuisineB. Hunan cuisineC. Sichuan cuisineD. Guangdong cuisine23.Eug
17、ene Moy believes Chinese food is _ A. passing down of customsB. very popular with customersC. very hard for foreigners to cookD. the power to teach people Chinese cultureBGrowing a Family BusinessEvery Saturday and Sunday this fall， while other kids are sleeping in or preparing for a soccer game， Ph
18、illip Gargiulo， age 11，will be up at 5 amsweeping floorsIts hard work，but Phillips job at Masker Orchards（果园） isnt just a job-its all for his family Masker is one of the largest pick-it-yourself apple orchards in the New York area，with 200 acres（英亩） of land and 16，000 trees The orchard was founded i
19、n 1913 by the Masker family In 1969， Phillips grandfather bought the land His three kids and six grandkids have been running the family business ever since On a good weekend， there will be more than 800 customers One of Phillips jobs is to count the items they bought， give customers a total， and tak
20、e their money Thats a lot of apples-and a lot of math! And more than 100 teens work there， too For their hard work， the Gargiulo kids are paid 15 per hourAfter working there for seven years，Phillip has saved3，000Hes planning to use it to buy a car one day，and to help pay for college Having a family
21、business means much more than making money It also means making sacrifices Growing up， it was good and bad， says Phillips mom Shes been working at the orchard since she was 4 years old From August to Halloween， I would be busy In high school， you want to be with your friends， out doing other things
22、That wasnt always possible when I had to be at the orchard Phillip， too， sees both sides Im learning how to run a business， and Im learning what hard work is really all about， he says He admits， though， that some mornings， when his alarm clock goes off in the early morning， hed rather be sleeping in
23、 or playing baseball with friends But Im learning to do things that I will need for the rest of my life， he says And Im spending time with my family I love it24.Phillip gets up early every weekend to _ A. finish his homeworkB. do the work for his familyC. prepare for a soccer gameD. go for a run in
24、the morning25.What does Phillip do on a good weekend in Masker？ _ A. To plant some apple treesB. To work on math problemsC. To play baseball with friendsD. To count apples and take the money26.What can we learn from this passage？ _ A. Getting something probably means giving up somethingB. Its necess
25、ary to make money as early as possible第 4 页，共 14 页C. Growing up means doing what you want to doD. There is nothing more important than parentsC As the worlds population continues to increase， so does the amount of global waste people produce According to data collected by the World Bank Group， natio
26、ns are on pace to produce 4 billion tons of waste every year by 2100 Many experts are calling the problem of global waste a worldwide health crisis（危机） because it is ruining the worlds oceans， air and soil and endangering the health of all living things For years，governments have been telling people
27、 that living a zero-waste lifestyle is the way to goOne example of this is whats often called the three Rs： reduce， reuse， recycleIn that case， less money is spent on waste management Such positive effects on an economy（经济）-as a result of applying the basic rules of reduce， reuse and recycle-is know
28、n as a circular economy Now some stores are helping people do that Sometimes， grocery stores produce waste when they throw away food including fruit and vegetables that dont look good any more In other cases， its packaged food that is nearing the sell-by date printed on the package which is not cons
29、idered safe to eat To solve this problem， business people are opening smaller zero-waste storesInstead of selling food in packages，these stores offer it in open containers Customers bring their own bags or clean containers to the store There， they fill their bags or containers with everything from n
30、uts and rice to oil and sauceThey pay for only the amount of each product that they needZero-waste stores often sell fruit and vegetables as wellWhen these goods start to look old， theyre sold at a discount or donated to a charity Inspired by these smaller zero-waste stores， some large supermarkets
31、are taking similar steps to reduce the amount of waste that they produce By following a circular system，more products than ever are being produced using recycled materialsFor example， used tires（轮胎） can be recovered to pave roads， while plastic is reused to make new plastic products Environmentally-
32、 friendly decisions like these help to protect and save natural resources， reduce pollution， save landfill space and even create new job opportunities Recycling can truly turn garbage into gold27.What is the main purpose of the first paragraph？ _ A. To explain the experts opinionB. To discuss the re
33、ason of the problemC. To draw peoples attention on the problemD. To introduce a research of the World Bank Group28.We can infer from the passage that _ A. grocery stores sell bad-looking food cheaperB. some supermarkets will sell food without packagesC. governments decided to spend less money on rec
34、yclingD. customers will pay for the containers in zero-waste stores29.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？ _ A. Zero Waste， Full RecycleB. Less Garbage， More GoldC. Global Waste， a Worldwide CrisisD. Zero-waste Stores， Garbage Killer第 5 页，共 14 页DWhat Is Success The Oxford
35、English Dictionary defines（定义） the word success as the fact that you have achieved something that you want and have been trying to do or get； the fact of becoming rich or famous or of getting a high social position Some rankings（排行榜） put Albert Einstein， Michael Jackson， Bill Gates and Steve Jobs as
36、 among the most successful people in the world What Michael Jackson did for music is the same as what Albert Einstein did for physics All of them do have greatly influenced the industries or media to which they belonged JKRowling，the author of the famous Harry Potter novelsShe created a magical worl
37、d that sold more than 500 million books and became hit movies With an estimated（估算的） net worth of 650 million in 2017， she certainly goes for the dictionary definition of success， but for her it didnt come easy Having no job， raising her child alone， she was refused by publishers about a dozen times
38、 before one took a chance on her This is what people love： the rags-to-riches success story In comparison with Rowling， the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh practically suffered a lot in life to make ends meet When he was alive， he only sold one painting even though he created more than 2，000 works of
39、art Van Gogh died when he was 37 years old and with very little money to his name However， in 1990， his painting Portrait of Dr Gachet sold for 82.5 million， which has a value today of around 137 million So， the question is： Is Van Gogh considered successful even though he died poor？ Besides the dic
40、tionary definitions， different people have competing ideas of what success really means Often times the most agree on the same characteristics that make a person a success A financial magazine named Inc points to the following qualities that make a person successful： Drive，Confidence， Patience，Hones
41、ty，Passion Success isnt always about getting a lot of money or fans， even though those are the stories we see most often There are other people who we may not know well， but who have achieved success in their own right One perfect example is mothers They spent days， months， and years teaching their
42、children from birth to young adulthood If a child grows up to be a kind，helpful，thoughtful and considerate adult，can the mother consider herself a success？ Perhaps success really is subjective， and its up to people to define it for themselvesHowever， one thing seems to be in complete agreement when
43、we search for the definition and can be best summed up by Steve Jobs， who said， If you really look closely， most overnight successes took a long time30.The word rags-to-riches in Paragraph 2 probably means _ A. winning success from luckB. turning talent into treasureC. gaining money from honorD. ris
44、ing from poorness to wealth31.The writer mentions Vincent van Gogh to show that _ A. success is through lonelinessB. success is beyond time and spaceC. success is to take the life-changing opportunityD. success is to achieve something you want and try32.What can we learn from the passage？ _ 第 6 页，共
45、14 页A. Most successes happen overnight if we look closelyB. What makes people successful is the strong mind and bodyC. A child growing to be a gentle adult can be the mothers successD. Albert Einstein makes greater achievement than Michael Jackson33.The writer probably agrees that people should _ A.
46、 reorder the rankings of the worlds most successful peopleB. reach an agreement of what makes a person successC. recognize and appreciate different kinds of successD. drive themselves to set great goals for success四、任务型阅读-简答（本大题共 1 小题，共 10.0 分）34.Learning with Legos For more than 60 years， Lego bric
47、ks（砖块） have developed childrens imaginations Now， a new form of these toys is called Lego Braille Bricks It is being tested around the world Lego Braille Bricks are designed to help people learn Braille（盲文） Thats a system of writing in which letters are replaced by raised knobs（凸起）The small knobs on
48、 the bricks are put as Braille lettersBlind children can use their fingertips to read the knobs to learn Braille According to the World Health Organization， 36 million people worldwide are blindIn the United States， only 10% of blind children learn Braille Lego Braille Bricks can help change that Br
49、aille Bricks will be launched（上市） by Lego in 2020 For some schools， it will be freeThe Danish Association of the Blind was one of the first organizations to come up with the idea of using Lego bricks to teach Braille Thorkild Olesen， the president of the organization， is blind He says many teachers
50、dont have the tools and skills to help kids learn Braille So they teach with audio tools， such as audio books Like any other people， we need to express ourselves in writing， Olesen told TIME for Kids Audio is great But it can never replace Braille Braille is the most important tool for usIt is the b
