重庆市第一中学2019-2020学年高一英语上学期期中试题.doc

重庆市第一中学2019-2020学年高一英语上学期期中试题第卷.听力部分 （共二节，每小题1分，满分20分）第一节听下面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。1. What will Dorothy do on the weekend? A.Go out with her friend.B.Work on her paper.C.Make some plans.2. What was the normal price of the T-shirt? A.$15.B.$ 30.C.$ 50.3. What has the woman decided to do on Sunday afternoon? A.To attend a wedding.B.To visit an exhibition.C.To meet a friend.4. When does the bank close on Saturday? A.At 1:00 p.m.B.At 3:00 p.m.C.At 4:00 p.m.5. Where are the speakers? A.In a store. B.In a classroom.C.At a hotel.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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. What do we know about Nora?A.She prefers a room of her own.B.She likes to work with other girls. C.She lives near the city center.7. What is good about the flat? A.It has a large sitting room. B.It has good furniture.C.It has a big kitchen.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Where has Barbara been? A.Milan. B.Florence.C.Rome.9. What has Barbara got in her suitcase? A.Shoes. B.Stones.C.Books.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Who is making the telephone call? A.Thomas Brothers. B.Mike Landon.C.Jack Cooper.11. What relation is the woman to Mr. Cooper? A.His wife. B.His boss.C.His secretary.12. What is the message about? A.A meeting.B.A visit to France.C.The date for a trip.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Who could the man speaker most probably be?A.A person who saw the accident.B.The driver of the lorry. C.A police officer.14. What was Mrs. Franks doing when the accident took place?A.Walking along Churchill Avenue.B.Getting ready to cross the road. C.Standing outside a bank.15. When did the accident happen? A. At about 8:00 a.m.B.At about 9:00 a.m.C.At about 10:00 a.m.16. How did the accident happen?A.A lorry hit a car.B.A car ran into a lorry. C.A bank clerk rushed into the street.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the talk mainly about? A.The history of the school.B.The courses for the term.C.The plan for the day.18. Where can the visitors learn about the subjects for new students? A. In the school hall.B.In the science labs.C.In the classrooms.19. What can students do in the practical areas? A.Take science courses.B.Enjoy excellent meals.C.Attend workshops.20. When are the visitors expected to ask questions? A.During the lunch hourB.After the welcome speech.C.Before the tour of the lab.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。AIt may seem hard to leave Sydneys attractions and sights, but when the urge arises to explore beyond the city, many exceptional day trips await travelers.Scenic WorldOn a visit to the World heritage-listed Blue Mountains, enjoy clean fresh air and breath-taking landscapes of ancient rainforests. Scenic World in Katoomba is the best way to access the beauty of this region. Besides climbing, you can choose cablecars, elevated boardwalks or the Scenic Railway the worlds steepest train travelling through a rock tunnel, to reach the mountain top.Royal National ParkEstablished in 1879, the Royal is the worlds second-oldest national park. Located an hours drive south of Sydney, the beaches are unspoilt, crowd-free and great for surfing or swimming. Theres dramatic scenery along the way with a range of unique heritage attractions. Bushwalking, boating canoeing and fishing are also popular activities.Featherdale Wildlife ParkLocated 45 minutes west of Sydney, Featherdale has the worlds largest collection of Australian native birds, mammals (哺乳动物) and reptiles (爬行动物). Situated in a bushland environment, Featherdale provides a unique opportunity for up-close animal interactions (交往). Hand-feed a kangaroo, have breakfast with a koala and check out a huge variety of species including dingos, emus, penguins and more.The Hawkesbury RiverAn hour north-west of Sydney, the Hawkesbury is one of New South Wales best-kept secrets. Experience what this picturesque region of waterways, farmland and national parks has to offer from waterskiing and bushwalking to horse riding, river cruises and retail therapy.21. What can you do when visiting Scenic World?A.Ride horses. C.Go surfing.B.Hand-feed a kangaroo.D.Climb mountains.22. If you are an animal lover, you can go to .A.Scenic World C.Featherdale Wildlife Park B.Royal National ParkD.The Hawkesbury River23. What do Royal National Park and The Hawkesbury River have in common?A.Both can be reached by cablecars.B.Visitors can go swimming and fishing. C.Bushwalking is included in the two trips. D.Visitors can enjoy beautiful mountain scenery. BGwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She had more than 20 books published. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America. Her poems described conditions among the poor, racial inequality (种族不平等) and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience. In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was “A Street in Bronzeville” that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945.Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection. In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She won the prize for her second book of poems called “Annie Allen”. “Annie Allen” is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and a mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and being poor. Ms. Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life. Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called “Maud Martha”. “Maud Martha” received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today. In some of her poems, Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem, “Corners on the Curving Sky”. By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brookss poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.24. What does the text mainly talk about？ A.The life of Gwendolyn Brooks. B.The poems of Gwendolyn Brooks. C.The understanding about black culture. D.The struggle of black women. 25. What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brooks from the second paragraph？ A.She mainly wrote about struggles of black women. B.She was good at using the language of poetry. C.He writing skills were not as good as her ability. D.Her poems were mainly about the African experience 26. The author develops the passage mainly by_ A.providing examples. C.comparing opinions. B.using statistics(统计数据). D.describing her experiences. 27. In the next part, the author would most probably talk about_. A.the difficulties Gwendolyn Brooks would meetB.the poems related to political issues C.the award Gwendolyn Brooks gained D.the racial inequality the black had to face CAlthough onions taste delicious, watering eyes come with the process when you cut them up. Thankfully, Good Housekeeping has suggested some tips to prevent yourself from crying while trying to cut up an onion According to the findings from the Institute, putting onions in a fridge 30 minutes before cutting can prevent the annoying hurt, as the cold stops tear-jerking (催泪的) gas from being produced. Another way to reduce the gas released by the onion is to put it in water for a while. Good Housekeeping recommends:“ Cut the end off the onion and then put it straight into a bowl of water. The water will draw out the acid making you tear up less when you cut it.”When an onion grows, it mixes with sulfur (硫) in the soil to create a special mineral acid. When the onion is cut into pieces, it reacts and creates a gas. As it reaches your face, this annoying gas causes the eyes to produce tears The root is where the gases are most concentrated, so it is recommended that this part of the onion be left on as you cut it to avoid uncomfortable eyes. Do this by cutting the vegetable in half down the middle to create a flat surface. Then, place the onion with its flat surface down and cut it towards the root Also, to reduce the gass effect on your eyes, cut it next to a window or near a fan so the gas is blown away from your face. And take care to use a sharp knife; this will make it easier to move through the vegetable, causing fewer cells to be broken and less gas to be released as a result 28. Refrigerating the onion before cutting can A.change its taste C.avoid the appearing of the gasB.make it easier to cut up D.help the gases mix more quickly29. From the fourth paragraph, what happens when the onion is cut up？A.Some acid mineral is lost B.The tear mixture is created C.The sulfur inside it pours out D.A chemical reaction produces a gas 30. Where is this passage most probably taken from？A.Health Column C.Fashion MagazineB.Science Journal. D.Food Guidebook31. The main purpose of the text is to A.advise and explain C.argue and discussB.examine and analyze(分析) D.present and compareDEmoji (表情符号) might not be your first choice of communication in a disaster, but researchers feel they could make a difference during emergencies, where every second counts. Now, the Emoji-quake campaign(运动) is lobbying for an earthquake emoji to be added to the Unicode set the standard group of icons available on digital devices worldwide. The campaign aims to find an earthquake-appropriate design to be added to Unicode. “Approximately up to one third of the worlds population are exposed to earthquakes,” explains University of Southampton seismologist (地震学家) Dr. Stephen Hicks, a founder of the campaign. “So we really want to be able to communicate to all of those regions, all of those different languages, and an emoji is an amazing way of doing that.” Unlike many other weather and climate related events, where longer warning times or visible signs are available, earthquakes move incredibly quickly and are difficult to measure while they are still occurring. Populations in areas like Japan and Mexico are dependent on earthquake early warning technology, which issues an alert (警告) on digital devices and broadcast media. “You may have seconds to get under a table or to protect yourself,” explains Dr. Hicks. “That can be life saving in many cases. Naturally you dont want too much wording in the warning message.” Pictographs (象形文字) and other visuals like emoji have a track record of being faster and easier to understand than written information. Dr. Sara McBride, a communications specialist, who is also part of the campaign, told BBC News, “Emoji can cross the boundaries of written languages, helping communicate valuable information to people who may struggle to read a certain language.” The potential usefulness of emoji in emergencies could extend well beyond earthquakes. A team of designers also came up with emoji an entire set of emoji dedicated to climate and environmental events.32. The campaign wants to add earthquakes emoji to Unicode because .A. earthquake threaten many people in different regionsB. earthquakes are the easiest to be expressed by an emojiC. earthquakes are not difficult to measure while occurringD. earthquakes are the most destructive disasters in the world 33. The underlined phrase “lobby for” in the first paragraph can be replaced by .A.paying for C.arguing forB.entering forD.caring for34. What can we infer from Dr. Sara McBrides words about emoji?A. Emoji benefits people with reading disability a lot.B. Emoji is being used to send valuable information.C. Emoji can cross the boundaries of written languages. D. Emoji is a universal language and helpful tool in communication.35. What is the best title of the passage ?A. Could an Emoji save our life?B. What can Emoji do in our daily life?C. How is Emoji changing our life?D. Do we really know about Emoji? 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。A memorable science projectIf someone tells you to remember a phone number or address, it feels like an easy task at first. You repeat the numbers to yourself, either aloud or in your mind. But after just a few seconds you might find yourself starting to doubt your own memory. 36 Thus, it will try to throw away information that seems old or unrelated. There are ways of helping our minds retain (记住) information, however, and in this activity you will explore ways that we lose and keep memories.Short-term, or working memory, is a way of describing most peoples abilities to store a small amount of information for a brief period of time in a readily accessible form. 37 People dont have to stop and think to remember something in short term memory. 38 Such techniques include visualizing (观察) the information in a surprising way or linking pieces of information together so that one reminds you of the other. In the case of visualizing information, this could be as simple as remembering you parked your car on the fifth floor in the D section by picturing five dogs sitting in your car! 39 If you need to purchase cereal (谷物), milk, fruit, cheese and eggs, you could imagine the cereal in a bowl, with milk pouring over it and pieces of fruit on top. Then imagine cracking an egg over everything, and its full of melted cheese! These may seem simple or even silly. 40 In this activity youll test the recall of a few friends or family members, and learn a few tricks for improving memory! A. There are many techniques for improving memory.B. Our brain is always seeking new and useful information.C. Short-term memory has a short duration but is quickly and easily accessed.D. In addition, linking information could help you remember your grocery list.E. Retaining that information over longer periods of time becomes difficult yet.F. Your short-term memory has a limited amount of space to store information.G. However, they are proved to be good ways for improving memory by scientists. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I enjoy 41 birds in my garden. About three years ago, a baby chipmunk(花栗鼠) which I named Chip came to this festive display. Over that summer, I watched it 42 . The next summer, the chipmunk was back, and I wondered whether it would 43 me to feed it by hand or let me pet it. Before Chip would approach, Id 44 its favorite food, bend down and keep very 45 . Id leave my open hand 46 , unmoving, so the animal would know I wouldnt 47 it. I continued doing this for a few weeks. 48 , late in that second summer, Chip did show more trust. One day as I 49 a seed with my fingertips, it approached and 50 took the seed into its mouth. It never bit my fingers. I was happy that Chip and I had made a(n) 51 of trust.After about two months of this 52 , I went further. With my index finger(食指), I 53 its back once gently. Im not even sure Chip felt it, but it didnt run away. I then moved my two fingers slowly and gently over it. 54 , Chip stayed calm, eating seeds, before running quickly back into the bush. Today, the chipmunk comes out of hiding place when I call its name, and lets me 55 its soft, silky body. A friend once mentioned that after she 56 a dog, she noticed that her high blood pressure had approached 57 without medication, and she became calmer and could handle stress better. I think I, too, feel 58 from my interactions with Chip.Ive also developed a greater 59 for nature and its creatures and the opportunity to observe, protect and save wildlife. Most of all, I am amazed by the capacity of a tiny chipmunk to meet me halfway in 60 .41.A.huntingB.feedingC.raisingD.attracting42.A.eat B.jumpC.playD.suffer43.A.encourageB.begC.allowD.trust44.A.put outB.put upC.put downD.put away45.A.angryB.excitedC.stillD.disappointed46.A.in publicB.in placeC.in returnD.in turn47.A.catchB.moveC.beatD.throw48.A.SimilarlyB.FrequentlyC.ObviouslyD.Finally49.A.exchangedB.plantedC.offeredD.produced50.A.carefullyB.patientlyC.comfortablyD.confidently51.A.promiseB.breakthroughC.programD.experience52.A.systemB.vacationC.routineD.event53.A.knockedB.contactedC.coveredD.touched54.A.HoweverB.AgainC.SoD.Therefore55.A.shootB.supportC.petD.lift56.A.walkedB.adoptedC.abandonedD.lost57.A.safetyB.formalC.sourceD.normal58.A.calmerB.fasterC.quieterD.easier59.A.relationshipB.connectionC.pityD.respect60.A.trustB.amazementC.enjoymentD.amusement第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式Hollywood filmmakers, including creators of th