河南省南阳市2019_2020学年高一英语上学期期中试题含解析

1、河南省南阳市2019-2020学年高一英语上学期期中试题（含解析）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。3考试结束后，请将答题卡上交。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，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

2、仅读一遍。1 what color is the mans toothbrush?a. blue. b. green. c. red.2. what is the man mostly worried about?a. the noisy plane.b. the safety of the airplane.c. the service of the flight attendant.3. how does the man feel?a. impatient. b. helpless. c. exhausted.4. when does the girl have to go to bed?

3、a. at 8:00 p.m. b. at 9:00 p.m. c. at 11:00 p.m.5. where does the conversation take place?a. at a fruit shop. b. at a candy shop. c. at the womans house.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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

4、两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. whats the relationship between the speakers?a. boss and employee. b. co-workers. c. classmates.7 why is jane unhappy?a. she forgot to answer some emails.b. she talked to angry customers all morning.c. she is usually the first one to take complaints.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. how much wi

5、ll the man pay in total?a. $20. b. $25. c. $45.9. how did the man get his shirt dirty?a. by cooking vegetable soup. b. by eating noodles. c. by washing up.10. when will the man get his shirt back?a. on sunday. b. on monday. c. on tuesday.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. what is the probable relationship between

6、 the speakers?a. schoolmates. b. brother and sister. c. teacher and student.12. what just happened to chads shirt?a. he got a tea stain on it.b. he got blue paint on it.c. he rolled in the grass with it.13. what will chad do after school?a. tell his mother what happened.b. ask betty to explain for h

7、im.c. buy a new shirt.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. where is the tree house?a. in justins yard. b. in stanleys yard. c. in miss johnsons yard.15. how will justin get back to the tree house?a. by car. b. by bike. c. on foot.16. why is justin in a hurry?a. he is afraid of thunder.b. he thinks its going to rain

8、.c. he wants his mother to see the tree house.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what is the speaker mainly talking about?a. how to predict an earthquake.b. how to survive an earthquake.c. how to rescue people in an earthquake.18. what do people need to get ready for an earthquake?a. shelters. b. cars. c. blanke

9、ts.19. what does the speaker suggest people do when an earthquake hits?a. drop to the ground. b. stay by the window. c. run to the door.20. what does the speaker warn people about at the end of the talk?a. trapped lifts. b. falling pieces. c. damaged bridges.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

10、分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。athis year is considered as one of the hottest on record, but a genius cooling device in a tiny package is helping many to beat back the heat. hundreds of thousands of people around the world have already experienced the power of it.what is it?the device is zencool

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12、 the new device that is both sleek, easy-to-use, and extremely powerful. best of all, its no bigger than the size of a lunchbox.how does zencooler work?simply fill it with water, plug it in and turn it on. powered by a usb cable, it can be literally run off your smartphone, power bank, and laptop. i

13、n less than 60 seconds, you will be enjoying all the benefits of a zencooler air-conditioned room.the best value for your moneywith most ac units costing upwards of $200 bare minimum, all the way up to thousands when you take installation and maintenance into consideration, zencooler is really a no

14、brainer for the value youre getting. right now, you can enjoy all the benefits and savings that zencooler offers, for an all-time low price of only $89/unit which is an absolute steal when you are thinking about everything youre getting!if thats not enough of a bargain, they are also offering multi-

15、buy discounts for as low as $49/unit available now.where can you buy zencooler?right now its only available from zencoolers official website. order now to lock in the best price! click here to order your zencooler today.1. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. two german enginee

16、rs developed zencooler because of the hot weather.b. the new device zencooler is smaller than a lunchbox.c. simply filled with water zencooler can work powerfully.d. you only can buy the device from zencoolers official website.2. how much would you spend buying a unit of zencooler now?a. $200b. $89c

17、. $49d. $1383. where can you find this article?a. in a magazineb. in a newspaperc. in a guidebookd. on a website【答案】1. d 2. b 3. d【解析】这是一篇应用文。本文是一篇对于新型产品微型便携式小空调的促销广告。【1题详解】细节理解题。根据where can you buy zencooler?部分中right now its only available from zencoolers official website. order now to lock in the

18、best price! click here to order your zencooler today.（目前只能从zencooler的官方网站下载。现在订购以锁定最佳价格!点击这里今天就订购您的zencooler。）可知你只能在zencooler官方网站购买zencooler。故选d。【2题详解】细节理解题。根据the best value for your money部分中right now, you can enjoy all the benefits and savings that zencooler offers, for an all-time low price of onl

19、y $89/unit which is an absolute steal when you are thinking about everything youre getting!（现在，你可以享受zencooler提供的所有优惠和省钱，而且价格也很便宜，只有89美元/台。）可知现在花89美元就可以购买一台zencooler。故选b。【3题详解】推理判断题。由最后一段“click here to order your zencooler today（点击这里今天就订购您的zencooler）”可知文章最有可能来自一个网站。故选d。blike many little school girls,

20、 savannah hart was given the chance to take home her class “pet” in this case, a sweetly tattered(破烂的) toy monkey named harriet.what happened next could be the subject of a childrens storybook: the 5-year-old from australia took harriet on a summertrip to buckingham palacewhen things went wrong.whil

21、e visiting queen elizabeths home, the little girl misplaced the toy, and her family assumed(假定) that harriet would be forever stuck at the bottom of the palaces lost property collection. but after a teacher at savannahs school, woodside preschool in australia, wrote a letter to the queen tosee if th

22、e well-worn harriet could be located, determined palace employees set to work to find it.helped by the letter and photos taken during the monkeys tour around the u.k. with savannahs family, harriet was found and returned to savannah. but harriet didnt come back alone on the 9,000-mile journey from l

23、ondon to australia the monkey was also accompanied by rex, a stuffed corgi dog sent from the palace.before leaving the u.k., harriet even spent some time helping out with palace tours and was given the royal treatment.“we aim to give every visitor to buckingham palace a memorable experience, and aft

24、er we had found harriet the monkey near the family pavilion(亭，阁), she spent some time helping out the visitor services team before heading home,” said aspokesperson for the royal collection, which runs the visitor experience at buckingham palace over the summer. “we hope harriet enjoyed telling rex

25、the corgi dog about her adventures on the journey back to australia.”4. according to the text, what can be learned about harriet?a. harriet is savannahs home pet.b. harriet is a sweetly tattered toy dog.c. harriet has been to the u.k.d. harriet has a teacher named woodside.5. who helped savannah fin

26、d her lost toy?a. a teacher and her familyb. a teacher and the palace employeesc. her family and the queend. all of them.6. what is the right order of the events?a. savannahs teacher wrote a letter to ask for help.b. savannah took harriet on a summer trip to buckingham palace.c. the palace employees

27、 set to work to find harriet.d. harriet was given the royal treatment and came back with rex.e. savannah misplaced harriet and her family thought it would be never seen.a. beacdb. daecbc. dcebad. adcbe7. what can be inferred from the passage?a. harriet spent some time helping out the visitor service

28、s teamb. harriet took rex back together with him and enjoyed telling him stories.c. whoever visits buckingham palace will have a memorable experience.d. the buckingham palace employees aim to provide visitors with good service.【答案】4. c 5. d 6. a 7. d【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。记叙了澳大利亚小女孩游览白金汉宫时丢失了玩具猴子，在写信向女王求助后，得到

29、了帮助找回了玩具猴的故事。【4题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段what happened next could be the subject of a childrens storybook: the 5-year-old from australia took harriet on a summer trip to buckingham palace when things went wrong.（接下来发生的事情可能会成为一本儿童故事书的主题: 5岁的澳大利亚小女孩带harriet去白金汉宫避暑，当时事情出了问题。）且由第一段可知harriet是玩具猴子的名字，harriet和小女孩一起去了

30、白金汉宫。白金汉宫在英国，故harriet去过英国。故选c。【5题详解】细节理解题。由文中第三段中but after a teacher at savannahs school, woodside preschool in australia, wrote a letter to the queen to see if the well-worn harriet could be located, determined palace employees set to work to find it.（但在萨凡纳学校(澳大利亚伍德赛德幼儿园)的一位老师给女王写了一封信，询问这位久经风霜的哈里特是

31、否能找到后，女王决定让白金汉宫的工作人员务必要找到它。）可知老师和工作人员帮助过女孩找丢失的玩具猴子；以及第四段中helped by the letter and photos taken during the monkeys tour around the u.k. with savannahs family, harriet was found and returned to savannah.（在这只猴子和萨凡纳一家在英国旅行时拍下的照片和信件的帮助下，哈里特被找到了，并回到了萨凡纳。）可知老师帮他写信给女王，女王授意员工寻找，父母提供了照片，他们一起帮助小女孩找到了丢失的玩具猴子。故选

32、d。【6题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段中the 5-year-old from australia took harriet on a summer trip to buckingham palace when things went wrong.（这位来自澳大利亚的5岁女孩带着哈里特去白金汉宫的夏季旅行，当时事情出了问题。）可知b排在第一位；根据第三段第一句while visiting queen elizabeths home, the little girl misplaced the toy, and her family assumed that harriet would be f

33、orever stuck at the bottom of the palaces lost property collection.（在参观伊丽莎白女王的家时，小女孩把玩具放错了地方，她的家人认为harriet将永远被困在皇宫失物招领处的最底层。）可知萨凡纳放错了地方，哈里特和她的家人以为它永远不会被发现。，故e排在第二位；根据第三段中but after a teacher at savannahs school, woodside preschool in australia, wrote a letter to the queen to see if the well-worn harr

34、iet could be located, determined palace employees set to work to find it.（但在萨凡纳学校(澳大利亚伍德赛德幼儿园)的一位老师给女王写了一封信，询问这位久经风霜的哈里特是否能找到后，女王决定让白金汉宫的工作人员务必要找到它。）可知老师给女王写了一封信，工作人员开始寻找harriet，故a和c排在第三和第四位；根据第四段中but harriet didnt come back alone on the 9,000-mile journey from london to australia the monkey was als

35、o accompanied by rex, a stuffed corgi dog sent from the palace.（但是harriet并不是独自从伦敦回到澳大利亚的，这只猴子还带着一只来自皇宫的柯基犬rex。）和第五段before leaving the u.k., harriet even spent some time helping out with palace tours and was given the royal treatment.（在离开英国之前，harriet甚至花了一些时间游览宫殿，并得到了皇室的待遇。）可知harriet受到皇室的款待，和rex一起回来了，

36、故d排在第五位。故顺序为beacd。故选a。【7题详解】推理判断题。由文中最后一段中“we aim to give every visitor to buckingham palace a memorable experience, and after we had found harriet the monkey near the family pavilion, she spent some time helping out the visitor services team before heading home,” said a spokesperson for the royal c

37、ollection, which runs the visitor experience at buckingham palace over the summer.（一位今年夏天在白金汉宫接待游客的皇家收藏馆发言人说：我们的目标是给每一位到白金汉宫的游客一个难忘的经历，在家庭馆附近发现harriet猴子后，她花了一些时间帮助游客服务团队，然后才回家。）可推断出白金汉宫的工作人员旨在为游客提供良好的服务。故选d。cchildren should do housework. thats a controversial idea, though not everyone will admit it.

38、 a few parents will declare that their children are too busy for housework. many more of us assign housework, or say we believe in them, but the housework just doesnt get done.that s a problem. for starters, housework is good for kids. being a part of the routine work of running a household helps ch

39、ildren develop an awareness of the needs of others, while at the same time contributing to their emotional well-being.one small study, done over a period of 25 years, found that the best predictor for young adults success in their mid-20s was whether they participated in household tasks at age 3 or

40、4. those early shared responsibilities extended to a sense of responsibility in other areas of their lives.but for all that their help matters, few kids are doing much around the house at all. in a survey of 1, 000 american adults, 75 percent said they believed regular housework made kids more respo

41、nsible”. yet while 82 percent reported having had regular housework growing up, only 56 percent of those with children said they required them to do housework.sports and homework are not get-out-of-housework-free cards. the goal, after all, is to raise adults who can balance a caring role in their f

42、amilies and communities with whatever lifetime achievement goals they choose. housework teaches that balance.what should you do when getting children to do housework? accept no excuses. dont worry if you must repeat yourself again and again. if youre spending more time getting the child to do this j

43、ob than it would take to do it yourself, then youre doing it right. can an allowance help? maybe. but if youre trying to teach kids to share the responsibility of a home, paying them for routine housework is not the right message.8. what is most parents problem with children doing housework?a. they

44、are against the idea.b. they fail to put it into practice.c. they doubt the possibility of it.d. they are finding excuses for their children.9. why does the author mention the small study?a. to state the reasons for early success.b. to give examples of some successful people.c. to prove doing housew

45、ork is beneficial.d. to suggest kids take responsibility for their behavior.10. according to the survey of american adults, how many of them used to do housework as children?a. 820b. 560.c. 750.d. 44011. why does the author write the last paragraph?a. to criticize some irresponsible parents.b. to di

46、scuss the impact of a good family atmosphere.c. to advise parents to spend more time with their kids.d. to offer parents some advice on assigning children housework.【答案】8. b 9. c 10. a 11. d【解析】本文是说明文。作者认为孩子应该分担家务，这不仅有利于培养他们的责任心，而且能提升他们的幸福感。而且家务能够让孩子在家庭和社区中的关爱角色与他们选择的任何终身成就目标之间取得平衡，文章最后说明一些关于分配孩子做家务

47、的建议。【8题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段中的a few parents will declare that their children are too busy for housework. many more of us assign housework, or say we believe in them, but the housework just doesnt get done.（一些父母会说他们的孩子太忙了，没有时间做家务。我们中更多的人会分配家务，或说我们相信他们，但家务就是做不完。）可知少数家长觉得孩子学业太忙无暇做家务，但多数家长即便认为孩子该做家务，实际生活中也没有很好

48、地付诸实践。可知对大多数父母来说让孩子做家务存在的问题是他们没有把它付诸实践。故选b。【9题详解】推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句those early shared responsibilities extended to a sense of responsibility in other areas of their lives.（那些早期共同承担责任扩展到了他们生活的其他领域。）可知文章在第二段介绍了孩子做家务的好处，第三段用一项研究具体阐释了第二段的内容。该研究表明，孩子幼时做家务预示着成年后较早成功，因为做家务过程中培养出的责任感会迁移到生活的其他方面。可知作者提到研究是为了证明让孩

49、子做家务是有益的。故选c。【10题详解】细节理解题。根据第四段中yet while 82 percent reported having had regular housework growing up, only 56 percent of those with children said they required them to do housework.（然而，82%的人称自己在成长过程中经常做家务，而只有56%的有孩子的人称自己需要孩子做家务。）可知，参与调查的1000个人中，82%的人说自己成长过程中经常做家务，即有820人小时候做过家务。故选a。【11题详解】推理判断题。最后一段

50、的首句what should you do when getting children to do housework?（要让孩子做家务时你应该做什么?）是本段的主题句，作者在本段就“如何让孩子参与到家务事中”向家长提供了建议。可知作者写的最后一段是给父母一些关于分配孩子做家务的建议。故选d。drobots have always had certain advantages over humans. theyre typically made of more durable materials than the soft tissue covering human bodies and si

51、nce they can be repaired in the event of damage, they can basically “live” forever. but robots are usually heavy and awkward, and humans have always had a huge advantage in terms of dexterity.thanks to the mad scientists at boston dynamics, that appears to be changing. the humanoid atlas robot, whic

52、h has already showed incredibly impressive human-like abilities, just keeps getting better and better, and a new video by the company shows that its fluidity(流畅) of movement has now easily surpassed your own (and mine).atlas has slowly but surely been learning a lot of new skills over the past few y

53、ears. its graduated from holding boxes and awkwardly walking to sprinting(冲刺) over obstacles and navigating(导航) all manner of difficult terrain(地形).this latest show is an evolution of those skills, with the robot showcasing its ability to fall down, spin in the air, and even do a respectable handsta

54、nd. its essentially a full-fledged(经过充分训练的) gymnastics routine being performed by a robot. whether thats awesome or scary depends on your point of view.we created the maneuvers(招式) using new techniques that streamline the development process. first, an optimization algorithm(优化算法) transforms high-le

55、vel descriptions of each maneuver into dynamically-feasible(动态可行的) reference motions. then atlas tracks the motions using a model predictive controller that smoothly blends from one maneuver to the next. using this approach, we developed the routine significantly faster than previous atlas routines,

56、 with a performance success rate of about 80%.still, being able to pull this off four out of five times is nothing to laugh at, and if atlas is indeed learning things faster than ever before, well likely be seeing even more impressive routines in the near future.12. the word “dexterity” in paragraph

57、 1 means to be _.a. violentb. flexiblec. lightd. stupid13. whats the authors attitude towards the robots new ability?a. awesomeb. scaryc. promisingd. doubtful14. whats the authors purpose in writing paragraph 5?a. to show how atlas made full-fledged gymnastics routine.b. to explain how atlas got the new maneuvers.c. to promote the development of robotsd. to introduce the theory of atlas.15. what does the text intend to