上海市奉贤区2020-2021学年高一第一学期期中调研测试英语试题

1、2020学年奉贤区调研测试高一英语试卷 (2020.11)(完卷时间120分钟，满分150分)I Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections： In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of eachconversation, a question will he asked about what w as said. The conversations and the questions will be spokenonly

2、 once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper,and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.不积蹉步无以至千里，不积小流无以成江海!1. A. 10:00.B. 10:10.C. 10:20.D. 10:30.2. A. Go to the office.B. Keep callingC. Try online booking.D

3、. See a doctor3. A. On a bus.B. In a swimming pool.C. In an English class.D. In sporting goods store.4. A. He doesnt want to watch TV tonight.B. He prefers to watch the baseball game.C. Hed rather see the movie in the cinema.D. He hasift decided what to watch tonight.5. A. Cook and baker.B. Waitress

4、 and diner.C. Patient and dentist.D. Tailor and customer.6. A. The woman is a kind-hearted teacher.B. The woman is worried about her students.C. The man always has excuses for being late.D. The mans alarm clock didnt work that morning.7. A. He found it unbelievable.8. He was not surprised about it.C

5、. He was proud of it.D. He found the truth unacceptable.8. A. She allows him to sit down.B. Shell mind if he sits down.C. She doesift want the man to sit with her.D. It doesnt matter whether he sits down or not.B. Open the window.D. Take a photo with the camera.9. A. Draw a picture.C. Look at somebo

6、dy10. A. Ask Mary where the bookshelf is.B. Lend Mary some reference materials.C. Ask Mary if she has an extra bookshelf.D. Check through the books on Marys shelf.Section BDirections: In Section Bt you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation and you will he asked several questions on

7、each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will he read hut the questions will he spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13

8、are based on the following passage.11. A. They sold their old house.B. They built new place for van.C. They sold their second car.D. They moved to their grandparents house.12. A. A family with a baby.B. A family with much money.C. family with an interest in vans.D. A family with more than two childr

9、en.13. A. Some people think motor homes are cheap.B. Big families can put more things in motor homes.C. They enable a family to have a happier holiday together.D. They can take people to another city when people are free.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. The face of e

10、very person he met.B. The number of each shop he entered.C. The face of each shop he passed by.D. The name of each shop he passed by.15. A. They do not work hard enough.B. They do not have good memories.C. They are too busy to spend enough time on it.D. They do not hear the language as often as they

11、 hear their mother tongue.16. A. People differ a lot in their memories.B. A wonderful memory is the common thing all the great me.C. The earlier one starts to learn a foreign language, the better the result will be.D. We need to do a lot of work before we keep something forever in our minds.Question

12、s 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.B. On September 3rd.D. Not mentioned.B. Its service.D. The taste of its coffee.B. To accept the fact.D. To change a new topic.B. To know the deadline.D. To argue for better score17. A. On September lsl.C. On September 5lh.18. A. Its management.

13、C. Its selections of stores.19. A. To do more research.C. To leave out some figures.20. A. To ask for help.C. To make an appointment.II. VocabularyDirections： Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need

14、.A. suitableB. unfortunately C. worsenD. affordE. riskF. expensiveG ideallyH. provideI. solutionJ. remainK. concernIn recent weeks, many parents have realized the difficult truth about school this fall because of COVID-19. Hoping for a better 21, parents around U.S. have started organizing pandemic

15、（流行病）pods“，or homeschooling pods, for the fall, in which groups of 3 to 10 students learn together in homes under the guidance of the childrens parents or a hired teacher.For parents who can organize and 22 them, pods seem like an easy choice. I dont believe that the online courses for that age grou

16、p are 23, Kids at this age really need that multimodal sensory learning （多模式感官学习）one parent said.These pods could 24 families with a schooling choice that feels safeyet also allows kids to have fun and build social skills. However, it also has unavoidable shortcomings.Depending on how the pods are s

17、et up, they may offer parents break. But given that pods can be 25,complicated to organize and self-selecting, it is possible that they are most popular among wealthy families, experts say, and may26educational inequality.Another 27about pods is that families may not know how to minimize Covid risks

18、. Pods shouldifthave more than five kids 28, said Saskia Popescu, an infection prevention expert. When you add togetherthe teacher and all of the kids family members, a seemingly small pod ends up including dozens of people, and the more people in it, the greater the 29 for coronavirus exposure （接触）

19、.Furthermore, families in learning pods shouldnt socialize with people outside the pod unless they wear masks and 30 socially distant, Dr. Popescu said. Pods should have clear rules on wearing masks and washing hands.UI. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections： For each blank in the fallowing passa

20、ge there are four words or phrases marked A9 B. C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Should you listen to music when you work?Do you like to listen to music when you work?Ask this question at a party, and youH probably get 31 responses. Some will say they lo

21、ve it, claiming that it improves their performance; others will say they find it distracting （分散注意力的）and cannot work 32 with music playing in the background.Interestingly enough, our research has found that both of these viewpoints can be true. It just 33 on what sort of work youre doing.In a recent

22、 study, we brought participants into our lab to perform a variety of tasks. Tliey included a（n） 34 task-searching through word lists and crossing out words containing the letter a” and a more difficult taskmemorizing word pairs and 35 word to its partner. Some participants completed all of the tasks

23、 in silence, 36 others completed the tasks with instnimental music that was cither loud or soft, and either simple or complex, the latter meaning music with more instruments being played. Several key findings 37from our study.We found that participants who listened to simple music or no music perfor

24、med about the same on the easy task. However, participants who listened to 38 music performed best on the easy taskOn the contrary, participants performed worse on the more difficult task when they listened to any music, regardless of complexity or volume, compared to those who didift listen to any

25、music.How should we 39 these findings?We suggest that people have limited mental resources from which both 40 and tasks can draw. We can become 41and our minds may wander when these resources are not fully used. But we also can becomeover-excited and 42when these resources are used up.Not surprising

26、ly, we typically need to use fewer of our mental resources when we perform easy tasks, whereas demanding tasks require more brainpower. However, because we might be less 43 during easier tasks, theres a greater risk of drifting off. Music might give us the extra 44 we need to overcome the monotony(单

27、i周).However, difficult tasks already demand lot of our resources. Listening to music can become too much.So best 45 should appear when we strike sweet spot, which may depend on the type of music andthe type of task.31. A. fixedB. similarC. variousD. positive32. A. effectivelyB. immediatelyC. exactly

28、D. happily33. A. dependsB. focusesC. carriesD. takes34. A. unpleasantB. familiarC. impossibleD. easy35. A. matchingB. realizingC. suggestingD. creating36. A. untilB. whileC. sinceD. when37. A. fadedB. appearedC. survivedD. responded38. A. dullB. reliableC. necessaryD. complex39. A. make up forB. mak

29、e outC. make use ofD. make up40. A. musicB. workC. studyD. culture41. A. surprisedB. boredC. afraidD. proud42. A. interestedB. distractedC. attractedD. worried43. A. disgustedB. embarrassedC. frightenedD.engaged44. A. obstacleB. pushC. opportunityD. nile45. A. actionB. programC. perfonnanceD. proble

30、mSection BDirections: Read the fallowing three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A. 8, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Our you

31、ngest daughter can be stubborn about receiving gifts, and I told her so.“Where do you think I get it from? she asked.Im not stubborn when it comes to receiving gifts J I said. I used to be but not now/She has a birthday coming up and we want to get her some new cowboy boots.Cowboy boots areift cheap

32、, but we want to do something special and get her something she could use and enjoy for years to come.But my daughter is pushing back, saying shes happy with her current boots-which are old and worn-out.I push back, she pushes back, and we become locked in a mother-daughter match over stubbornness a

33、nd how much is too much to spend on a special gift.She thinks my husband and I do too much for her. I used to think the same thing about my parentsmy parents werent rich, but they were generous.They kept saying they enjoyed giving me gifts, but all I could think about was how much money they were wa

34、sting on me.Years ago, I mentioned to a friend that I thought my mother overdid it when it came to buying gifts for her children.My friend, closer to my mothers age than mine, looked at me and said, Who are you to tell your mother what she can do?I wanted to argue with her, but I didnt. I didnt full

35、y understand it then but I understand it nownow that Im a grandmother myself.The longer you live, the more you see how often things go wrong.Marriages fail, friendships break down family members become estranged, and accidents and illnesses cut lives short.There is a brokenness that fills many of ou

36、r lives.So. when you see life going well, families working hard and growing strong, you want to celebrate.It took a lot of time for me to understand that giving is an expression of joy, as much as it is an expression of love, understand where my daughter is coming from, but I also understand where m

37、y parents were coming froma place of pure and simple joy celebrating those moments when life goes well.46. Why did the author daughter try to refuse her monfs gift?A. She had many boots to wear.B. She wanted something else for her birthday.C. She didift like the style of the boots.D. She didift want

38、 her mom to spend too much money.47. The author began to understand her parents behavior after she.A. listened to her friends5 adviceB. experienced brokenness in lifeC communicated with her husbandD received gifts from other family members48. The underlined word estranged most probably means “A. lon

39、elyB. distantC. joyfulD. complete49. What does the author think about gift giving?A. It is the best way to express our love to others.B. It is an expression of hope for the future.C. It is a way to show our joy when life is going well.D. It is a way for people to escape bad things in life.(B)For yea

40、rs, the Empire State Building in New York was recognized as the tallest building in the world, but in recent decades, many much higher stmetures have been built. Read on to learn more about four of the tallest skyscrapers existing today. Buri KhalifaBuri Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is cu

41、rrently the tallest building in the world. The tower is part of a new development built on a man-made lake. Burj Khalifa has a distinctive shape so that the windows look out onto the Persian Gulf. A 304-room hotel occupies the lower floors and there is an observation deck on the 124th floor. Tlic to

42、p floor is home to a private VIP club, closed to anyone except members. Shanghai World Financial CentreThis skyscraper has the highest observation deck in the world, although the building itself is no longer the tallest. Construction stopped between 1998 and 2003 because of the Asian financial crisi

43、s, but it was eventually finished in 2008. The most distinctive feature in its design is the geometric opening at the top of the tower. International Commerce CentreThis skyscraper in Hong Kong stands on top of Kowloon Station, which gave its name to the original proposal for the building. The tower

44、 is not as high as in earlier plans because of regulations that prevented buildings from being taller than the surrounding mountains. A five-star hotel occupies the upper fifteen floors of the building. There is an observation deck on the 100th floor and a number of five-star restaurants on the 101s

45、t floor. Petronas TowerThese towers in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia, are the tallest twin buildings in the world. They were built on the site of the citys horse-racing tracking and an exclusive shopping centre is located at the base. The towers are connected by a sky bridge on the 41st and 42nd floors, wh

46、ich is the highest two-storey bridge in the world. It is open to the public, but only a limited number of free tickets are given out each day, and visitors are allowed no more than ten minutes on the bridge.50. In which two buildings can you book a room?A. Buri Khalifa and Shanghai World Financial C

47、entre.B. International Commerce Centre and Pctronas Towers.C. Buij Khalifa and International Commerce Centre.D. Petronas Towers and Burj Khalifa.51.is/are shorter than it/they was/were designed to be.A. Burj KhalifaB. Shanghai World Financial CentreC. Petronas TowersD. International Commerce Centre5

48、2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. Shanghai World Financial Centre took longer to complete than planned.B. Visitors have to pay to stay on the two-storey bridge in Pctronas Towers.C. International Commerce Centre is named after its investor.D. The top floor of

49、Buri Khalifa is accessible to everyone.(C)Are we getting more stupid? According to Gerald Crabtree, a scientist at Stanford University in the US. we are.You may not want to hear this, but Crabtree believes that human intelligence reached its peak more than 2,000 years ago and ever since then has bee

50、n going downhill. If an average Greek from L000 BC were transported to modern times, he or she would be one of the brightest among us J Crabtree told The Guardian.At the heart of Crabtrees thinking is a simple idea. In the past, intelligence was critical for survival when our ancestors had to avoid

51、dangerous animals and hunt for food. The difference of being smart or stupid is often life or death. However, after the spread of agriculture when our ancestors began to live in dense farming communities, the need to keep their intelligence in peak-condition gradually reduced.This is not hard to und

52、erstand. Most of the time, pressure is what keeps us goingyou need the pressure from your teachers to finish your homework the pressure of looking pretty encourages you to lose weight when summer comes. And the same is also true of our intelligence-if we think less, we become less smart.These mutati

53、ons (变异)are harmful to our intelligence and they were all developed in the past 3,000 years. The other evidence that Crabtree holds is in our genes. He found that among the 2,000 to 5.000 genes that we have that determine human intelligence, there are two or more mutations in each of us.However, Cra

54、btrees theory has been criticized by some who say that early humans may have better hunting and surviving abilities, but people today have developed more diverse intelligence. For example, spearing （用矛刺） a tiger doesnt necessarily require more brainpower than playing chess or writing a poem. Moreove

55、r, the power of modem education means lot more people have the opportunity to learn nowadays.“You wouldnt get Stephen Hawking 2.000 years ago. He just wouldnt exist, Thomas Hills of the University of Warwick, UK. told Live Science. But now we have people of his intellectual capacity doing things and

56、 making 加（洞察力）that we would never have achieved in our environment of evolutionary（进化适应）J53. What is Crabtrees recent finding according to the article?A. The Greeks from 1.000 BC could have been the smartest in human history.B. Our ancient ancestors had no better suniving abilities than we do nowada

57、ys.C. Mutations in genes that decide human intelligence have affected the development of intelligence.D. Humans have been getting steadily more intelligent since the invention of farming.54. According to Crabtree, ancient humans.A. had much more genes that determine human IntelligenceB. were forced to be smart due to natural selection pressuresC. relied more on group intelligence than individual intelligenceD. developed a diverse intelligence to adapt to the hard realities55. Some argue that Crabtrees theory is false be