湖南省雅礼教育集团2019-2020学年高一下学期期末联考英语试题

1、湖南省雅礼教育集团2019-2020 学年高一下学期期末联考英语试题学校_ 班级_ 姓名_ 学号_ 一、阅读选择1. last week my youngest son and i visited my father at his new home in tucson, arizona. he moved there a few years ago, and i was eager to see his new place and meet his friends. my earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome succes

2、sful man devoted to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his children. as a child i loved him; as a school girl and young adult i feared him and felt bitter about him. he seemed unhappy with me unless i got straight as and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful ”

3、as he was. whenever i went out with him on weekends, i used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard. on the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my fathers friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. we walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and

4、laughed over my sons funny facial expressions. gone was my fathers critical air and strict rules. who was this person i knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting be around? what had held him back before? the next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few st

5、ories about his own childhood. although our times together became easier over the years, i never felt closer to him at that moment. after so many years, im at last seeing another side of my father. and in so doing, im delighted with my new friend. my dad, in his new home in arizona, is back to me fr

6、om where he was. 【小题 1】why did the author feel bitter about her father when she was a young adult? ahe was silent most of the time. bhe expected too much of her. che did not love his children. dhe was too proud of himself. 【小题 2】when the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel _.

7、 atired bsorry cnervous dsafe 【小题 3】what does the author think of her father after her visit to tucson? amore critical. bmore talkative. cgentle and friendly. dstrict and hard-working. 2. the west is full of fast food and large amounts of food which contribute to many womens being fat.while many are

8、 fat thin women are admired and seen as healthier.this has led to a culture of gym-going strange dieting methods and frequently eating disorders.in the east women tend to be smaller and many women take pills to keep their slim figures as they get older.however youre mistaken if you think thinness is

9、 the beauty standard all over the world.the bbc reports that in mauritania africa the opposite is true. in mauritania mothers force their daughters to eat a lot of food so that they get as fat as possible.the fatter they are the more likely they are to marry well.fat is also considered healthy becau

10、se in a country where hiv/aids is a very real problem thin people are often sick and dying.however “healthy ” fat women are suffering from some problems of their own and many are dying in their 40s of weight-related diseases. the mauritanian government is trying to warn its people of the dangers of

11、being overweight but its not easy to change cultural views.many women worry that if they lose weight their husbands will leave them for fatter more attractive women. it seems that while education about the dangers of being too thin and too fat is very important what the world really needs is to beco

12、me less pre-occupied with the size shape and weight of womens bodies.the promotion of healthy practices is easy but changing cultural beauty standards takes more time imagination and effort. 【小题 1】according to the article why are women usually fatter in the west? athey dont exercise enough.blarge fo

13、od portions and fast food are common. cthey use unhealthy dieting methods. dthey believe that being fat is beautiful. 【小题 2】why do mother force their daughter to eat a lot of food in mauritania? athey believe that fat people wont get hiv/aids.bthey believe that fat people can live a longer life. cth

14、ey believe that fat women will have a good marriage. dthey believe that fat women wont get sick very often. 【小题 3】as for the importance of educating people about the dangers of eating too much or too little, the writer thinks that _. aother change are necessary as well bpeople should learn about it

15、for themselves cit should be taught in schools in the whole country dit s more important to change cultural beauty standards3. doing business nowadays without a cellphone? living a very private life? i cant imagine it anymore.journalist chris stokel-walker explained it very well: for the average wor

16、king person, theres no greater feeling than powering down your computer and kissing goodbye to your work emails for the day. if were lucky enough to disconnect from the job on evenings and weekends, we re overjoyed to leave work emails and the stress that comes with it in the office. but experts say

17、 were increasingly failing to do so, instead bringing the burden home with us and dealing with emails during our free time. unsurprisingly, this routine has some serious consequences. working abnormal or long hours has long been linked with depression( 抑郁症), anxiety and even heart disease. in additi

18、on, the importance of weekend recovery has also been linked with weekly job performance and personal initiative(主动性 ). and further research showed psychological detachment(脱离) during off-work time reduced emotional exhaustion caused by high job demands and helped people stay engaged. so, if we know

19、all this, it begs the question: why are we still letting work bother our precious weekend? according to cary cooper, professor of organizational school, the recent trend even spills into the way we access our work communications and projects. today, says cooper, work emails are just a tap of a smart

20、phone away. “you dont carry your laptop around when youre out todinner, but you do carry your mobile phone,” he says. “the smartphone does not make up for what is lost.” so delete your work email account from your inbox(收件箱 ), and leave the worries until monday. 【小题 1】what did chris stokel-walker tr

21、y to stress? athe development of office work. bthe importance of working hard. cthe pleasure of completing work. dthe power of modern technology. 【小题 2】what does the underlined part “this routine” in paragraph 3 refer to? ausing a cellphone. bworking in personal time. cfailing to work long hours. dl

22、eaving work emails behind. 【小题 3】what does cary cooper think of working extra hours? ait isnt boring.bit isnt interesting.cit isnt common.d it isnt worth.【小题 4】what would be the best title for the text? acan we live without a cellphone? bwhat should we do on weekends? cshould we ban weekend work ema

23、ils? d who should be blamed for work overload? 二、七选五4. it is said that most people have not more than 30 friends at any given time, and 400 over the whole of their lives. however, on social networking sites, most users have about 150 friends.【小题 1】also, there are no rules about friendship. there are

24、 no instructions about how to make friends, how to keep friendships going, and how to finish friendships if we want to move on. people have very different opinions about this: some people would die for their friends and they value them more than family. others say that friends are temporary, only th

25、ere to help each other until they are no longer needed. 【小题 2】because of these different definitions of friendship, it is easy to be unhappy about our friendships. we may want them to be deeper or closer, or we may want to have more friends in our lives. 【小题 3】sometimes we fear we have left it too l

26、ate in life to start. if we move to another country or city, we have to find ways to make new friends again. 【小题 4】 we should not think that it could be too late to build friendships. we also need to understand that the need to be around other people is one that is shared by many. therefore, we shou

27、ld not be too frightened about starting to talk to people who in the future may become our friends. 【小题 5】 remember what people say: strangers are friends we have not met yet. amany people are at a loss as to how to make friends. bit is likely that they too would like to get closer to us. cdifferent

28、 people have different attitudes towards friendships. dsometimes we simply do not have the time to develop our friendships. ethis dissatisfaction shows us how important friendships are for most of us. fif people with such different views become friends, this can lead to problems. g these different f

29、igures show that friendship means different things in different situations. 三、完形填空5. joy in the journey if you have ever been discouraged because of failure，please read on.for often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing.let me explain. two brothers decided to dig a deep hole b

30、ehind their house.as they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to_what are you doing? asked one of the visitors.we plan to dig a hole all the way through the_! one of the brothers answered _.the older boys began to_ telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the eart

31、h was_.after a long silence, one of the_ picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects.he_the cover and showed the wonderful_to the scoffing(嘲笑的 ) visitors.then he said quietly and_，even if we dont dig all he way through the earth, look at what we found along the_!”their goa

32、l was far too ambitious(有雄心的 ), but it did cause them to dig.and that is what a_is forto cause us to move in the_we have chosen; in other words, to set us to_! but not every goal will be fully _ not every job will end_.not every love will last.not every attempt will be completed.not every dream will

33、 be_.but when you fall short of your aim, perhaps you can say，“yes, but look at what i_along the way! look at the wonderful things_my life because i tired to do something! it is in the digging that life is lived.and i believe it is the_in the journey, in the end，that truly_. 【小题 1】arest bwork cwatch

34、 dhelp 【小题 2】ahouse bearth c wall droad 【小题 3】acalmly bpatiently c excitedly dimpatiently 【小题 4】alaugh bthink cstare d smile 【小题 5】aimportant bdifficult c impossible dinteresting 【小题 6】apassers-by bwatchers cvisitors d diggers 【小题 7】araised bremoved cbroke d pushed 【小题 8】acontents bscenes cpictures

35、djars 【小题 9】aproperly bconfidently c carefully deagerly 【小题 10】afailure bdream c time dway 【小题 11】agoal bloss chope d duty 【小题 12】away bdirection clife dsight 【小题 13】athinking bmoving c digging dliving 【小题 14】amade bprepared ckicked d achieved 【小题 15】ahopelessly bnaturally csurprisingly d successful

36、ly 【小题 16】arecognized brealized cmade dtreasure 【小题 17】afound blost ccut dbought 【小题 18】abreaking into bturning to ccoming into dlooking into 【小题 19】afun blooking creason dholding 【小题 20】amatters bhappens c discovery dexists 四、用单词的适当形式完成句子6. if_(breathe)in, the viruses can result in illness or even

37、death. （所给词的适当形式填空）7. in 2007, an american tv team saw yeti tracks 33 centimeters in_(long) in the snow near mount qomolangma. （所给词的适当形式填空）8. recently i_(see) an unusual number of ufos! （所给词的适当形式填空）9. witnesses also say they saw justin_(walk)towards his house at 10.45 p.m. （所给词的适当形式填空）10. these pres

38、erved bodies are known_mummies. (所给词的适当形式填空 ) 11. by the 1920s, carter_(become) an explorer, searching for the tombs of the egyptian kings（所给词的适当形式填空）12. _yang did not get the best scores on every single test, it was his high scores on the psychological tests that finally won him the status of china

39、s first astronaut.(所给词的适当形式填空 ) 五、申请信13. 假定你是李华，你在网上看到了关于岳麓书院招聘志愿者的启事，对此很感兴趣，请你根据如下招聘信息写一封邮件进行应聘。volunteer wanted a group of students from australia are going to visit the yuelu academy on february 2.2020.we are looking for three high school students as volunteer guides.the main responsibilities are

40、 to introduce the yuelu academy to the visitors and show them around the academy if interested, please send an application e-mail at your earliest convenience to mr.zhang at zhanghuasina com before january 27. 注意： 1. 词数 80 字左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。dear mr.zhang, _ yours sincerely, li hua 六、概要写作14. 阅读下面

41、短文，根据其内容写一篇60 词左右的内容概要。most people around the world are right-handed. this fact also seems to have held true throughout history. in 1977, scientists studied works of art made at various times in history. most of the people shown in these works of art are right-handed, so scientists guessed that righ

42、t-handedness has always been common. but what do leonardo da vinci, marie curie, and albert einstein have in common? they were all left-handed, along with other famous people including brad pitt, prince william, and barack obama. in fact, an estimated 13 percent of the worlds population may be left-handed. many researchers claim to have found relationships between left-handedness and various physical and mental characteristics, such as blo