1、新余市 20192020 学年度下学期期末质量检测 高一英语试题 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，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。 例:How much is the shirt? A.19.15. B.9.15. C.9.18. 答案是 B。 1. Who
2、 does the woman usually spend her Saturdays with? A. Her parents. B. Her grandma. C. Her friends. 2. How much did the man pay for the skateboard? A. $12. B. $45. C. $57. 3. What did the man do on his birthday? A. He went to the museum. B. He ate a pizza at home. C. He watched a film. 4. What is the
3、possible relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates. B. Aunt and nephew. C. Brother and sister. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A book. B. A store. C. An athlete. 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
4、 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. Who has curly hair? A. The mans mother. B. The mans sister. C. The mans father. 7. What color hair does the mans mother have now? A. Brown. B. Yellow. C. Gray. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. What is the medicine for? A. The fever. B. The nose. C.
5、The throat. 9. How many pills does the woman need to take a day? A. One. B. Two. C. Seven. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. Where will the woman go tomorrow? A. To New York City. B. To Boston. C. To Chicago. 11. How did the woman know about Boston? A. From a magazine. B. From TV. C. From her brother. 12.
6、 What is the man most interested in about Boston? A. The light traffic. B. The natural beauty. C. The rich history. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. What does the man dislike about the yellow dress? A. The size. B. The material. C. The color. 14. Which dress will the woman buy? A. The blue one. B. The pu
7、rple one. C. The gray one. 15. What does the man decide to buy? A. A shirt. B. A jacket. C. A pair of trousers. 16. What do we know about the speakers? A. They are a couple. B. They work in the same place. C. They always have different tastes in clothes. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What did the spe
8、aker think of the play at last? A. Enjoyable. B. Frightening. C. Sad 18. Which part of the play did the speaker like most? A. The actors. B. The music. C. The dancing. 19. What can we learn about the City Theater? A. It is the same size as the local cinema. B. It can house about 1,000 people. C. It
9、has a really big stage. 20. How much did the speaker pay for her ticket? A.$14. B. $35. C. $50 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 40 分) 第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 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。 A Language Engineer Wanted Are you a linguist (语言学家) with technical skills? Or are you an engineer with a passion f
10、or(human) languages? Come work on Alexa! Were building the speech and language solutions behind Amazon Echo and other Amazon products and services. Our goal is to delight our customers by adding new features to Alexa. We also improve our existing speech recognition and natural language processing sy
11、stems. Specifically, you will: design the natural language processing components of new Alexa experiences and features; discover and solve production issues that are impacting the Alexa customer experience; work with other language engineers in creating the best solutions to improve customer satisfa
12、ction. Basic qualifications: Bachelor s degree in a relevant field Experience in computational linguistics(计算语言学), language data processing, etc. Experience working with speech and text language data in several languages Experience in Python, Perl, or other programming languages Primary qualificatio
13、ns: Advanced degree in a relevant field Familiarity with database queries (数据库查询) and data analysis processes Experience with statistical language modeling Fluency in a language other than English Application instructions: Please click Apply Now and follow our online application process Deadline: Se
14、ptember 30, 11:59 p.n., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). We highly recommend that candidates submit resumes up to two weeks in advance of the deadline. Submitting on the deadline day is NOT recommended, and applications received late will not be accepted. You must submit the name of your resume in this
15、exact format: LastName_FirstName_CV_Language Engineer 21. What does a language engineer do? A. Build speech and language solutions for Google. B. Work with linguists to improve customer satisfaction. C. Add new features to Alexa to satisfy the customers needs. D. Invent sec recognition and natural l
16、anguage processing systems. 22. What kind of person would probably apply for the position? A. One with a bachelors degree in literature. B. One familiar with data analysis processes. C. One fluent in spoken and written English. D. One with years of experience in customer service. 23. Where is the pa
17、ssage most likely to be found? A. A webpage. B. A newspaper. C. A textbook. D. A report. B In July, 2018, my mom asked me to accompany her to her 2019 school reunion in Malaysia. Id prefer to travel with you due to my bad eyes, she said. What do you think? I was busy, but figured 2019 was ages away.
18、 Sure! I said, and forgot all about it. Then, in June, my mom reminded me of my promise, but Id tally forgotten about it by then. Did I have the time? Did I have the money? Did I have the will? Id walk into a fire for my mom, but were very different travelers. 1 usually travel alone with a backpack,
19、 whereas mom never travels alone, and takes so many carry-on bags that she looks like a Christmas tree. There was also the boredom. Moms childhood town is lovely, but we saw everything there years ago. Are you sure you need me to come with you? I asked over the phone. Silence. Then Mom screamed at m
20、e not to worry about it and she wasnt going any more. I screamed at her not to be silly; she screamed Fine; I screamed Fine. Then I felt bad and booked our flights and hotel immediately. At first, it was fine. We drove past the apartment where she grew up, ate great food, then met her friends for yu
21、m cha (早茶). After a few days of this, however, I was bored. Id grown tired of hearing the non-stop gossip about people I didnt know. On the night of the reunion, I convinced mom to go by herself. While she was out, I swam, caught up with work, and stared at the ceiling. When she came back, I was in
22、a good mood. She was in an even better one, telling me about the reunion in ways that made me cry with laughter. All wed needed was time apart The next day, as we shopped together, my morn laughed loudly as she pointed at a perfume(香水)bottle with the name Si on it-Si means faeces(粪便)in Cantonese. Mo
23、m put some of the perfume on, as we both cried with laughter. Shell never be the most well-matched person for me to travel with, but covered in Si, she reminded me that shes definitely the funniest. 24. When the authors mother first asked him to travel with her, he . A. was so busy that he forgot to
24、 reply B. agreed to the plan immediately C. was worried that he wouldnt have money D. advised his mother not to go because of her bad eyes 25. During the first days of their journey, the author . A. met his friends for yum cha happily B. had several quarrels with his mother C. was a good companion t
25、o his mother D. regretted traveling together with his mother 26. What happened when the author and his mother separated for some time? A. The author was happy but his mother was upset. B. The author was bored but his mother enjoyed the reunion. C. Both of them enjoyed the time apart. D. They both de
26、cided to travel apart later on. 27. What is the key message the author intends to convey with this article? A. It is boring to travel with parents. B. It is important to make plans before traveling. C. It is difficult to communicate with parents due to the generation gap. D. It is possible to be hap
27、py with who youre traveling with even if youre different. C Today, more and more Chinese consumers change the way they purchase products and prefer to make payments via smart devices as mobile apps have made purchases much easier, but security concerns remain, a PwC report said. Nearly one-third of
28、respondents in China chose mobile payment when shopping last year, doubling from 16 percent in 2014, according to the accounting firms global retail(零售)survey. The figure appeared much higher than the worlds average of 12 percent. The popularity comes as a result of rapid growth of mobile payment op
29、tions and an expanding mobile network, the report said. Chinese have started to enjoy a wide range of mobile payment options that allow faster, securer payment through near field communication and QR code. Moreover, more advances have been seen in biometric technology, such as the use of fingerprint
30、s and facial recognition. As competition becomes fierce, mobile payment players are trying to attract users through the continuous development of technology and business models, said Yuqing Guo, PwC Chinas financial service consulting partner. But security problems are rising. Data security was stil
31、l seen as a huge problem, with leak of user information, payment fraud(诈骗)and virus attacks appearing as the three biggest challenges for the rapid growing field. The PwC report said over 60 percent of respondents were worried that their personal information was not safe. Chinese government has intr
32、oduced a series of policies to strengthen strict supervision(监督). In the meantime, people should avoid scanning QR codes from unknown sources and raise awareness of fraudulence. The field still has vast space for growth due to technological advances and the rise of the tech-savvy younger generation,
33、 the report said, predicting Chinas retail and consumer product industry will post an annual growth rate of 7.5 percent between 2016 and 2020. 28.On the basis of this article, more Chinese people favor mobile payment because . A. it ensures the absolute security of purchases B. it helps them purchas
34、e products more conveniently C. it guarantees faster delivery than cash payment D. it provides them with various options of items 29. To keep their personal information safe, consumers are advised . A. to check the sources before scanning QR codes R. to cut down the chance of using mobile apps C. to
35、 increase supervision over mobile payment D. to learn more knowledge about virus attacks 30. According to the passage, we can draw a conclusion that . A. Chinas financial service will face big challenges B. People will abandon mobile payment because of security problems C. Mobile payment will enjoy
36、a wide space for development D. Chinese government will introduce a series of policies to ban payment 31. In which section of a newspaper does the passage probably appear? A. Industries. B. Education. C. Companies. D. Technology. D Recently, Donald Trump, the President of American, announced his bud
37、gets, one of which would cut all funding to the Institute of Museum and Library services and libraries across the United States. However, as far as Im concerned, we need to rescue our libraries. Libraries provide books and after-school programs for children. They encourage literacy(识 字)with summer p
38、rograms. They help inspire a life-time love of learning and reading in children of all ages. Without them, where will kids with no Internet at home do their homework? Where will kids have a place to study or borrow books after school? Therefore, we need libraries for our kids. We need them so that k
39、ids can grow up with a place, other than school, where learning and exploration is encouraged. For adults, libraries serve as a place where they can use the Internet to apply for jobs, get job training, early voting centers as well as book clubs to help make new friends. It can also serve as a place
40、 to pick up a book and learn something new. Whats more, they can also borrow a book and get away from it all. Libraries save our information for the next generation. When we live in an age of alternative facts, where science is ignored in favor of personal feelings, we need libraries now more than e
41、ver. We need them to educate ourselves on the facts and hold the government responsible for them. We need them to have strong public participation. If you assent to me, you shouldnt be silent on this issue. You can write or call directly to tell the president to rescue our libraries. You can also wr
42、ite to both your state Senators(参议员)and your district representative. If you do not know who they are, you can find out here. Let them know this is a beneficial issue because all people use public libraries in their daily life. 32. Which statement about libraries does the author agree with? A. Libra
43、ries play a very important role nowadays. B. Information can be stored in libraries forever. C. Government needs libraries more than before. D. Science should be learned in our libraries. 33. What does the underlined phrase assent to probably mean? A. fight against. B. think about. C. agree with. D.
44、 drop by. 34. What is the authors purpose of writing the last paragraph? A. To call on us to disagree with the governments decision. B. To call on us to fight with the American president. C. To persuade us to agree with his viewpoints. D. To encourage us to talk about the issue. 35. Which is the bes
45、t title for this passage? A. Learn in our libraries B. Save our libraries C. The function of libraries D. Grow up with our libraries 第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分) 根据短文内容， 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。 Almost all theme park accidents can be prevented. Here, 36 , are some tips to help you and you
46、r family stay safe on your next visit. If you are visiting with a child, take a moment to explain the ride to them, and tell them how they should behave. They are depending upon you to keep them safe. 37 , and make sure that they know you expect them to follow those rules, too. Tell them to stay sea
47、ted, to hold the grab bar or put their hands in the laps, 38 . Make them look to you for the okay to get on or off a ride, too. 39 . If your child starts to cry, let others pass you in line until your child is calmed. Or, gently exit the queue and find something more relaxing to do. Young kids cant
48、keep an adults pace in a theme park. 40 . Kids get tired, said TPI reader Matt Johnson, a father of four. Tired kids make parents even more tired. And tired kids and parents may get hurt-physically and emotionally. He advises that parents plan a mid-day break, perhaps a swim back at the hotel, to avoid mid-day heat and crowds. You will see cranky families having a miserable time while you are refreshed and having a great evening. A. Never put a crying child on a ride B. based on coverage of theme park saf
