1、第 1 页，共 14 页 期中英语试卷期中英语试卷 题号IIIIIIIVV总分得分一、单选题（本大题共 12 小题，共 6.0 分）1.My sister will come to see me tomorrow Ill meet _ at the airport（）A. youB. himC. herD. them2.MrsGreen often goes to work _ 8：00 in the morning（）A. ofB. inC. onD. at3.- _ are these apples？- $3.99（）A. How longB. How muchC. How heavyD.
2、 How big4.- _ I finish the work tonight？- No，you neednt（）A. CanB. MustC. ShallD. Could5.Im very proud of that Beijing is one of _ cities in the world（）A. bigB. biggerC. biggestD. the biggest6.Get up early， _ youll be late for school（）A. soB. andC. orD. but7.It was sunny last SundayMy family_ a picni
3、c in the park（）A. haveB. hadC. has hadD. will have8.Be quietGrandma _ in her bedroom now（）A. sleepsB. will sleepC. is sleepingD. was sleeping9.- Hi，AliceI called you at 9 oclock last nightBut you didnt answer- SorryI _ a shower at that time（）A. was takingB. am takingC. takeD. will take10.Its glad to
4、 see you againWe _ each other since 2017（）A. wont seeB. dont seeC. havent seenD. didnt see11.A new car parking _ near our community in 2020（）A. will be builtB. will buildC. is buildingD. built12.- Could you tell me _？- She lives in Nanjing（）A. where did Mary liveB. where does Mary liveC. where Mary
5、livedD. where Mary lives二、完形填空（本大题共 8 小题，共 8.0 分）Paul must having been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces I（1） _ picking them up one by one However， I found more pieces a few moments later No quiet complaining this time I called out instead， Who is throwing garba
6、ge？ No answer As a result， I saw more bits of paper quietly flying down from upstairs Looking up， I saw my seven-year-old son， Paul Stop making a mess anymore! Its not a mess Theyre (13) Sorry， what did you say？ I didnt hear him clearly He didnt answer me In fact， I was surprised indeed Paul has aut
7、ism （自闭症） and (14)answers a question， especially when hes focused attentively on something else He ran down the stairs Where are my other butterflies？ he asked， looking around Every time Paul (15) five or more words together， my heart says 第 2 页，共 14 页a lot of thanks Lately he seems to realize that
8、the benefits of making sentences when communicating are worthy Butterflies， Of course I rushed to save them from the garbage， (16) them off and handed them to my young artist Want to see them fly again？ he asked with a shy smile Oh yes! Theyre beautiful I whispered He ran back upstairs quickly to fl
9、y his (17) down again They really did look like beautiful butterflies flying in the sky That day， I said thanks to my son Because Paul reminded me to look up at something (18) instead of down at garbage How many other artworks do I(19) because Im too caught up in my housework to take time to see wha
10、ts right in front of me？ Life is not what happens to us Its how we look at it Now， I look up often13. A. laughedB. complainedC. surprisedD. shouted14. A. planesB. papersC. leavesD. butterflies15. A. seldomB. alwaysC. sometimesD. often16. A. spellsB. pushesC. putsD. saves17. A. toreB. dustedC. cutD.
11、took18. A. artworksB. kitesC. inventionsD. paintings19. A. wrongB. weakC. beautifulD. great20. A. lookB. realizeC. wantD. miss三、阅读理解（本大题共 13 小题，共 26.0 分）AWhen you go on a vacation， the hotel you choose and the room you stay in are important There are many cool theme hotel rooms around the world Here
12、 are some of them The Harry Potter RoomThe George Hotel in England gives its guests the experience of staying in Harry Potters world This 19th century hotel is beside Harry Potter tour bus stop The bus will take you to the Making of Harry Potter studio tourIce Theme RoomAn ice theme can be found at
13、Hotel de Glace in Canada In winter， you can get a fireplace and a private spa in the rooms The ice hotel has new rooms each year This winter， it will build a room with the theme of Disneys movie FrozenPirate（海盗） Theme RoomIf you want a more attractive theme room， the Adventure Island Hotel in Americ
14、a is the best choice In their pirate theme rooms， you will feel like youre on a pirate ship in a world of sea adventuresNight at the Movie RoomAt the Wensley Hotel in Australia， guests are crazy about the Night at the Movies Room There they can see different things of Hollywood， such as Hollywood si
15、gns over the door and hand-painted actors pictures above the bed21.What can guests do during their stay at the George Castle Hotel？ _ A. Visit a movie studioB. Have a private spaC. Enjoy a movie nightD. Play an adventure game22.Who will choose the Adventure Island Hotel？ _ A. Kids who love Disneylan
16、dB. Kids who love pirate storiesC. Adults who love castle towerD. Adults who love watching movies23.Which hotel will a super fan of Hollywood movies choose？ _ 第 3 页，共 14 页A. The Wensley HotelB. Hotel de GlaceC. The George Castle HotelD. The Adventure Island HotelBRubber FishMy friend and I were sitt
17、ing on our beach chairs while watching our girls playing in the surf on that summer morning About 50 yards from us， a man- maybe in his late 50s-was fishing with big poles（鱼竿） After running for a while， the girls reached him and watched him He smiled at them They ran back to us-all except my three-y
18、ear-old， Alice Instead， she sat down next to the man Alice! Come here! Play with your friends! I said， very worried that my speeches about not talking to strangers werent working Hearing me， Alice ran over to me Then she looked me in the eye， I want to be with the man She ran back， sat down next to
19、him again， and started digging Every few seconds I watched back to Alice to make sure she was safe Just a man fishing A little girl sitting In the second， Alice had started talking Her mouth was moving She probably telling the man where we lived and how her father was away on business and how her mo
20、ther sometimes let ride bikes with her brother in the driveway alone He nodded， then laughed A few seconds later， she ran back to us， waving something very shiny and slimy Look， Mommy! A toy fish! It was a yellow rubber toy fish， which must have been what he was using for bait（鱼饵） And hed given it t
21、o Alice The three other girls all reached for the fish Alice looked at me for help， then at the man， then back to me My friend gave me that fish! he said Tears were fast falling Just as I didnt know how to solve the problem， suddenly， there he was： the man， standing right next to us He was holding t
22、hree more rubber fish He handed them to each of the girls Thank you， the girls said， with their face shining like the sun There is evil（罪恶）but there is also the lesson for mothers to learn that only three-year-old could teach them The man waved at us and walked back to his poles 36524.The writer beg
23、an to feel worried when _ A. Alice accepted a giftB. Alice sat near the manC. the girls played in the surfD. the girls watched the man fishing25.What does Alice think of the man？ _ A. He is her friendB. He is interestingC. He is her mothers friendD. He is a bad man26.From the passage， we can infer（推
24、断）that the writer often _ A. watches others fishB. meets some strange thingsC. goes to the beach with her kidsD. tells her kids not to talk to strangersCIn the United States alone，over 100 million cell-phones are thrown away each year Cell-phones are part of a growing mountain of electronic waste li
25、ke computers and personal digital assistants The electronic waste stream is increasing three times faster than traditional 第 4 页，共 14 页garbage as a whole Electronic devices contain valuable metals such as gold and silver A Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by
26、 precious metals was relatively small in comparison to total waste，the concentration （含量） of gold and other precious metals was higher in So-called e-waste than in naturally happening minerals Electronic wastes also contain many poisonous metals Even when the machines are recycled and the harmful me
27、tals removed，the recycling process often is carried out in poor countries，in practically uncontrolled ways which allow many poisonous substances （物质）to escape into the environment Creating products out of materials creates much more waste material，up to 100 times more，than the material contained in
28、the finished products Consider again the cell-phone，and imagine the mines that produced those metals，the factories needed to make the box and packaging it came in Many wastes produced in the producing process are harmful as well The U S Environmental Protection Agency notes that most waste is danger
29、ous in that the production， distribution， and use of products-as well as management of the resulting waste-all result in greenhouse gas release Individuals can reduce their contribution by creating less waste at the start-for example，buying reusable products and recycling In many countries the conce
30、pt of extended producer responsibility is being considered or has been put in place as an incentive （动机） for reducing waste If producers are required to take back packaging they use to sell their products，would they reduce the packaging in the first place Governments incentive to require producers t
31、o take responsibility for the packaging they produce is usually based on money Why， they ask， should cities or towns be responsible for paying to deal with the bubble wrap （气泡垫） that encased your television From the governments point of view，a primary goal of laws requiring extended（扩大的） producer re
32、sponsibility is to transfer both the costs and the physical responsibility of waste management from the government and tax-payers back to the producers27.By mentioning the Swiss study， the author wants to tell us that _ A. the weight of e-goods is rather smallB. E-waste deserves to be made good use
33、ofC. natural minerals contain more precious metalsD. the percentage of precious metals is heavy in e-waste28.The responsibility of e-waste treatment should be extended _ A. from producers to governmentsB. from governments to producersC. from individuals to distributorsD. from distributors to governm
34、ents29.What is the passage mainly about？ _ A. The increase in e-wasteB. The creation of e-wasteC. The seriousness of e-wasteD. The management of e-wasteDHere are two methods that people use to make choices One method is to compare the options（可选择的物品） with each other and choose the best one The other
35、 is to evaluate each option individually and then pick the best one Experts are more likely to evaluate the options individually， while ordinary people tend to compare the options Researches show that it is easier for people to make choices when they are being compared Imagine buying a new dictionar
36、y You find out that a particular dictionary has 50， 000 words 第 5 页，共 14 页in it Suppose， though， that you find out that another dictionary only has 25，000 words in it Now， you know that 50，000 words is a good number for a dictionary to have New research shows that when people compare options， they a
37、lso get more confident in their judgments To get participants in their studies in a mindset to make comparisons， researchers had people look at a complex picture and write down the similarities and differences between two halves of the picture Other participants evaluated（评价） the picture without mak
38、ing comparisons Previous work shows that this technique gets people to make comparisons in later tasks After that ， participants were shown descriptions of three brands（品牌） of cell phones （labeled Brands A， B and C） They had a chance to study the descriptions Later， they were shown fourteen of the c
39、haracteristics they had seen and were asked whether those characteristics belonged to Brand B With each response， participants were allowed to place a bet between 0 and 10 dollars based on how confident they were in their response The higher the bet， the more confident the people were that they knew
40、 whether the characteristic belonged to Brand B People who were put in a mindset to make comparisons were more confident in their judgments about the characteristics of the cell phones than people who did not make comparisons Despite the difference in confidence， the people who made comparisons were
41、 not more accurate in their judgments than those who did not make comparisons This research suggests that we need to be careful when making decisions On the one hand， we are quite likely to rely on comparing the options in order to make a choice On the other hand， those comparisons will increase our
42、 feeling of confidence in the decision So， we need to recognize that at least part of that confidence comes from the way the choice was made30.Why does the writer mention a dictionary in Paragraph 2？ _ A. To explain a truthB. To draw a conclusionC. To prove the writers opinionD. To raise a question3
43、1.The underlined word mindset in Paragraph 3 means _ A. changeB. relationshipC. thoughtD. decision32.The participants who evaluated the picture by making comparisons _ A. preferred Brand BB. placed a higher betC. gave a quicker answerD. made more choices33.What is the best title for the passage？ _ A
44、. Evaluation Decides OptionB. Compare the OptionsC. Decision Roots in JudgmentD. Comparison Creates Confidence四、任务型阅读-简答（本大题共 1 小题，共 10.0 分）34.The Boy Made It! One Sunday， Nicholas， a teenager， went skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine In the early afternoon， when he was planning to go home， a stro
45、ng snowstorm swept into the area Unable to see far， he turned off the path by accident Before he knew it， Nicholas was lost， all alone! He didnt have food， water， a phone， or other supplies He was getting colder by the minute Nicholas didnt know where he was He tried to keep calm He thought about al
46、l of the survival shows he had watched on TV It was time to put the tips he had learned to use He decided to stop skiing There was a better chance of someone finding him if he stayed out The first thing he did was to find shelter（遮盖物）from the freezing wind and snow so his body temperature wouldnt ge
47、t very low to kill him 第 6 页，共 14 页Using his skis， Nicholas built a snow cave He gathered a huge mass of snow and dug out a hole in the middle Then he put branches on himself， like a blanket， to stay as warm as he could By that evening， Nicholas was really hungry He ate snow and drank water from a n
48、earby stream so his body wouldnt lose too much water Not knowing how long he could last， Nicholas did the only thing he could - he huddled （蜷缩） in his cave and slept The next day， Nicholas went out to look for help but found nobody He returned to the snow cave - without shelter， he could die that ni
49、ght On Tuesday， Nicholas went out again to find help He had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him After two days stuck in the snow， Nicholas was saved Nicholas might not have survived had it not been for TV He had often watched Grylls survival show Man vs Wild Thats where he le
50、arned the tips saved his life In each episode （一期节目） of Man vs Wild， Grylls is left in a wild area and has to find his way out When Grylls heard about Nicholas amazing story， he was surprised that Nicholas had made it since he knew better than anyone how hard Nicholas had to work to stay aliveWas Ni
