北京市延庆区2020-2021学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

北京市延庆区2020-2021学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题学校班级姓名学号、完形填空Annawasa9-year-oldgirlfromasmallvillage.Sheattendedprimaryschooltill4thgradeathervillage.Forthe5thgradeonwards,shewouldhavetogetanadmission（入学）inaschoolatacitynearby.Shegotveryknowingthatshewasacceptedinafamousschoolinthecity.Todaywasthefirstdayofherschoolandshewaswaitingforherschoolbus.Oncethebuscame,shegotinit.Shewasveryexcited.Whenthebusreachedherschool,allstudentsstartedgoingtotheirclasses.Annaalsomadeittoherclassroom.Uponseeingherclothingandknowingshewasfromasmallvillage,otherstudentsstartedmakingfunofher.Theteachersoonarrived.SheAnnatotheclassandtoldthemthatshewouldbestudyingwiththemfromtoday.ThenshetoldeveryonetowritedowntheSevenWondersoftheworld.Everyonestartedwritingtheanswerquickly.ButAnnastartedtowritetheanswer.WheneveryoneexceptAnnahadpresentedtheiranswerpaper,theteacheraskedAnna,“Whathappened,dear?Don't.Justwritewhatyouknowasotherstudentshavelearnedaboutitjustafewdaysback.”Annareplied,“Therearemanythings.WhichsevencanIpicktowrite?”Andthenshehandedheranswerpapertotheteacher.Theteacherstartedreadingeveryone'sanswersandthemajorityhadansweredthemsuchasTheGreatWallofChina,Colosseum,Stonehenge,GreatPyramidofGiza,LeaningTowerofPisa,TajMahal,HangingGardensofBabylonetc.Theteacherwashappyasstudentshadwhatshehadtaughtthem.AtlasttheteacherpaperstartedreadingAnna'sanswerpaper.“TheSevenWondersare—TobeabletoSee,TobeabletoHear,TobeabletoFeel,ToLaugh,ToThink,TobeKind,ToLove!”Theteacherstoodandthewholeclasswasspeechless.Today,agirlfromasmallvillageremindedusaboutthegiftswehave,whicharetrulya.Sovaluewhatwehaveandusewhatwehave.【小题1】A.anxiousB.happyC.afraidD.calm【小题2】A.quicklyB.easilyC.lazilyD.patiently【小题3】A.simpleB.cleanC.lovelyD.expensive【小题4】A.pushedB.followedC.turnedD.introduced小题5】A.slowlyB.activelyC.cheerfullyD.politely【小题6】A.cryB.forgetC.writeD.worry【小题7】A.neatlyB.correctlyC.brieflyD.proudly【小题8】A.sharedB.expandedC.missedD.remembered【小题9】A.satisfiedB.disappointedC.shockedD.frightened【小题10】A.talentB.rewardC.wonderD.challenge二、阅读选择VanGoghpaintedsunflowersforthefirsttimeinthesummerof1886.Twoyearslater,hisinterestappearedagainafterhesettledinArles.AfterhehadinvitedtheFrenchartistPaulGauguin,whomheadmired,tojoinhisStudiooftheSouth,hebeganpaintingsunflowerstobrightenupthewhitewashedwallsoftheyellowhousehewaslivingin,notfarfromthetown'srailwaystation.GauguinacceptedVanGogh'sinvitation.Whenhebegandragginghisheels（脚后跟），VanGoghpaintedthelasttwoofthefouroriginalSunflowersforthemodestbedroomwherehisguestwouldsleepfollowinghisarrivalthatautumn，“VanGoghsawtheSunflowersforGauguin'sbedroomasawayofattractinghisfriendtocomefromBrittany，“saysBailey.AccordingtoMartinGayford，“GauguinwasverysurprisedbytheSunflowers，whichherepeatedlypraisedandaskedforasagift.Yearslater，Gauguinhimselfpaintedsomesunflowerpictures.”VanGogh'sSunflowersstandfor（代表）hisrelationshipwithGauguin.“Ithinkhepaintedthemforthejoyofit，”saysJansen.“VanGoghwasattheheightofhispowersinthesummerof

1888,"explainsBailey.“HepaintedtheSunflowersquicklyandwithgreatenergyandconfidence."VanGoghwrotetohisbrotherTheoinlateAugust,“I'mpaintingquicklynow,whichwon'tsurpriseyouwhenit'saquestionofpaintinglargeSunflowers."VanGoghrecognizedatoncethathehadcreatedsomethingimportantandthathissunflowersweresodifferent.AshetoldTheoinJanuary1889,whileotherartistswereknownforpaintingotherflowers,“Thesunflowerismine."This,infact,explainsthereasonforthepopularityofVanGogh'sSunflowerstoday.【小题1】VanGoghpaintedsunflowersin1888inorderto.givethemtoGauguinB.makehislivingD.showhisartistictalenttoC.decoratehishouse.others【小题2】WherewerethelasttwoSunflowersplacedbyVanGogh?IntheBritishmuseumB.InGauguin'sbedroomC.Inthetown'srailwaystationD.Inarichbusinessman'shouse【小题3】HowdidGauguinfeelaboutVanGogh'spaintingtheSunflowers?.VerybadB.JustsosoC.RatherworriedD.Quitesurprised【小题4】Fromthelasttwoparagraphswecanlearnthat.VanGoghwasnotgoodatpaintinglargeSunflowersVanGoghhadmuchtroubleinpaintingtheSunflowersVanGoghdidn'tlikehisSunflowersatallatthattimeVanGoghrealizedtheSunflowerswouldmakehimknownVariousAppstoLearnAppsaretypicaldigitallearningtools,whichcangiveyoudiverseandpersonalizedcontenttomeetyourneeds.Wanttofindanappthatcanhelpyoulearn?Herearesomegreatideasforyou.KHANKhanAcademyallowsyoutolearnalmostanythingforfree.Itcoverssubjectssuchasmath,physics,biology,andevencomputerscience.Therealmagicofthisappisthatyoucanlearnatyourownpace.Youcanreviewsubjectsthatyouarenotgoodat,orstartlearningasubjectyoulike.TheappisinEnglish.Ifyouwanttoseeitstranslationyoucanvisit/khan.

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howwellyouhavestudied.A.KhanB.BrainPOP【小题3】WhatcanDuolingoofferA.Subjectsreviewing.C.Technicalsupport.UdemyD.Duolingoitsusers?Speakingpractice.Careertraining.【小题4】Whatisthepurposeofthepassage?Tocomparethedifferenceofdifferentlearningmethods.Tointroducethedevelopmentoflearningtechnology.Tohelpfindthesuitablelearningapps.Toprovidevariouslearningactivities.TheCOVID-19pandemichasspreadfarandwide.Becauseofthis,countriesaroundtheworldhaveimplementedcontainmentmeasures（实施遏制措施）tohelpstopthevirusinitstracks.Asmoreandmorepeoplestayinsidetostaysafe,theoutsideworldseemstohavebecomemuchquieter.Infact,scientistshaveseenthischangeintheirresearch,too.Seismologists—scientistswhostudyearthquakes—haveheardlessseismicnoiserecently.Seismicnoiseismadefromvibrationsinthegroundthatarecausedbythingslikeoceanwavesandhumanactivity,suchasconstructionworkandtraffic.Thisnoisemakesitdifficultforscientiststopickupseismicactivitythatismadeatthesamefrequency.ThomasLecocq,ascientistattheRoyalObservatoryofBelgium,locatedinBrussels,wasthefirsttonoticethisphenomenon.AccordingtoLecocq,theamountofseismicnoiseinBrusselshasbeenreducedbyabout30to50percentsincemid-March.Interestinglyenough,thisisaroundthesametimeBelgiumstarteditscontainmentmeasures.Becauseofthisreductioninbackgroundnoise,scientistslikeLecocqhavebeenabletopickuponsmallerearthquakesthatsomeseismicstations—liketheoneinBrussels—wouldn'thavebeenabletobefore.Thisphenomenonisn'tuniquetoBrussels,though.OnceLecocqsharedhisfindingsonline,seismologistsfromallovertheworldechoedsimilarfindings.CelesteLabedz,agraduatestudentattheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology,mentionedinatweetthatLosAngelesalsoexperiencedlessbackgroundnoise.ResearchersfromtheUK,FranceandNewZealandalsonotedadecreaseinbackgroundnoisesincecontainmentmeasureswereputinplace.TheseglobaleffortstocontaintheCOVID-19virushavehelpedtoshedlightonseismicactivitythatmayhavegoneunnoticed.Italsoshowsthatpeoplearelisteningtohealthofficialsandfollowinglockdownguidelines.“Fromtheseismologicalpointofview,wecanmotivatepeopletosay,‘Youfeellikeyou'realoneathome,butwecantellyouthateveryoneishome.…Everyoneisrespectingtherules.'LecocqtoldCNN.【小题1】Whatdidseismologistsfindoutrecently?A．Moresmallerearthquakesarelikelytohappen.B．Theamountofseismicnoisehasbeenreduced.C．Seismicnoiseiscausedbyvibrationsunderground.D．ReducedseismicvibrationmakesEarthquieter.【小题2】WhatcanwelearnfromParagraphs4-8?A．Moredataonsmallerearthquakesisbeingcollected.B．Moreseismicnoiseisbeingpickedup.C．Scientistswillshifttheirfocustosmallerearthquakes.D．Futurebigearthquakescanbemoreaccuratelypredicted.【小题3】Theunderlinedword“echoed”inParagraph6isclosestinmeaningto“”.A．questionedB．demandedC．exploredD．repeated【小题4】Whatcanweconcludefromthetext?A．humanactivitiescausemoreseismicnoisethanoceanwaves.B．ThedropinseismicnoiseisuniquetoEurope.C．Thephenomenonprovedthatpeoplearefollowingthelockdownrules.D．Manyseismologistswantedtighterrestrictionsfortheirresearch.Asonlinelearningbecomesmorecommonandmoreandmoreresourcesareconvertedtodigitalform,somepeoplehavesuggestedthatpubliclibrariesshouldbeshutdownand,intheirplaces，everyoneshouldbegivenaniPadwithane-readersubscription.Supportersofthisideastatethatitwillsavelocalcitiesandtownsmoneybecauselibrariesareexpensivetomaintain.Theyalsobelieveitwillencouragemorepeopletoreadbecausetheywon'thavetotraveltoalibrarytogetabook;theycansimplyclickonwhattheywanttoreadandreaditfromwherevertheyare.However,itwouldbeaseriousmistaketoreplacelibrarieswithtablets.First,digitalbooksandresourcesareassociatedwithlesslearningandmoreproblemsthanprintresources.Astudydoneontabletvsbookreadingfoundpeopleread20-30%slowerontablets,retain20%lessinformation,andunderstand10%lessofwhattheyreadcomparedtopeoplewhoreadthesameinformationinprint.Second,itisincrediblynarrowmindedtoassumethattheonlyservicelibrariesofferisbooklending.Librarieshaveamultitudeofbenefits,andmanyareonlyavailableifthelibraryhasaphysicallocation.Someofthesebenefitsincludeactingasaquietstudyspace,givingpeopleawaytoconversewiththeirneighbors,holdingclassesonavarietyoftopics,providingjobs,answering

patronquestions,andkeepingthecommunityconnected.Asurveyconductedin2015foundthatnearlytwo—thirdsofAmericanadultsfeelthatclosingtheirlocallibrarywouldhaveamajorimpactontheircommunity.Peopleseelibrariesasawaytoconnectwithothersandgettheirquestionsanswered,benefitstabletscan'toffernearlyaswelloraseasily.Whilereplacinglibrarieswithtabletsmayseemlikeasimplesolution,itwouldencouragepeopletospendevenmoretimelookingatdigitalscreens,despitethevariousissuessurroundingthem.Itwouldalsoendaccesstomanyofthebenefitsoflibrariesthatpeoplehavecometorelyon.Inmanyareas,librariesaresuchanimportantpartofthecommunitynetworkthattheycouldneverbereplacedbyasimpleobject.【小题1】WhatcanwelearnfromParagraphland2?A.PubliclibrarieshaveB.Publiclibrariesaretoodisappeared.expensive.D.PeoplecanleanwithoutPeoplecanlearnonline.】teacher.【小题2】Accordingtothepassage,theauthorprobablyagreesthatit'sinefficientforreaderstoreadontabletstheonlyservicelibrariesofferisbooklendingpubliclibrariesshouldbereplacedwithdigitaldevicesdigitalbooksandresourcesencouragepeopletospendmoretimereading【小题3】Thepurposeofthepassageismainlyto.persuadepeopletouselibrariesemphasizethebenefitsoflibrariesencouragecommunitiestobuildmorelibrariescomparedigitalbooksandresourceswithrealbooks【小题4】Whichofthefollowingshowsthedevelopmentofideasinthispassage?I:IntroductionCP:CentralpointP:PointSp:Sub—point（次要点）C:ConclusionA.B.

A.B.c.D.c.D.三、阅读表达6•阅读下面短文，根据题目要求回答问题。Isitbetterforourbodiestoworkoutatcertaintimesoftheday?Scientistshaveknownforsometimethateverytissueinourbodiescontainsakindofbiologicalclockthatgoesoffinresponsetomessagesrelatedtoourdailyexposuretolight,foodandsleep.However,whetherandhowexercisetimingmightinfluencemetabolic（新陈代谢的）healthhasbeenlessclear,andtheresultsofpastexperimentshavenotalwaysagreed.Amuch-discussed2019studyfoundthatmenwithType2diabetes（糖尿病）whocompletedafewminutesofhigh-intensityinterval（间隔）sessionsintheafternoonimprovedtheirblood-sugarcontrolaftertwoweeks.PatrickSchrauwen,aprofessorofnutritionandmovementsciencesreadthat2019studywithinterest.HehadbeenstudyingexerciseinpeoplewithType2diabetes,buthadnotconsideredthepossibleroleoftiming.Now,seeingthevaryingimpactsoftheintenseworkouts,hewonderedifthetimingofworkoutsmightsimilarlyaffecthowtheworkoutschangedpeople'smetabolisms.Incidentally,heandhiscolleagueshadaready-madesourceofdataintheirownpriorexperiment.Severalyearsearlier,theyhadaskedadultmenathighriskforType2diabetestoridestationarybicyclesatthelabthreetimesaweekfor12weeks,whiletheresearcherstrackedtheirmetabolichealth.Theyalsohadnotedwhentheridersshowedupfortheirworkouts.Theresearcherspulleddataforthe12menwhoconsistentlyhadworkedoutbetween8and10a.m.andcomparedthemwithanother20whoalwaysexercisedbetween3and6p.m.Theyfoundthatthebenefitsofafternoonworkoutsfaroutweighedthoseofmorningexercise.Hesays,“Thisstudydoessuggestthatafternoonexercisemaybemorebeneficialforpeoplewithdisturbedmetabolismsthanthesameexercisedoneearlier.Theparticularandmosteffectiveexerciseforeachofuswilllineupwithourdailyroutinesandexercisetendenciesbecauseexerciseisgoodforusatanytimeofday—butonlyifwechoosetokeepdoingit.”【小题1】WhatinspiredProfessorSchrauwentocarryouttheresearchrelatedtothetimingofworkouts?【小题2】WhatdidSchrauwen'snewstudyfigureout?【小题3】Pleasedecidewhichpartisfalseinthefollowingstatement,thenunderlineitandexplainwhy.ProfessorSchrauwenandhiscolleaguescarriedouttheresearchbyusingthenewly-collecteddataandmakingcomparisonsbetweentwodifferentsubjectgroups.【小题4】Whendoyouthinkisthebesttimeforyoutoexercise?Why?(about40words)四、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文7•阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，选择合适的词汇并使用恰当形式填空。blackenriseupordersurroundquantitytakerootFiremenhadbeenfightingtheforestfirefornearlythreeweeksbeforetheycouldgetitundercontrol.Ashorttimebefore,greattreeshadcoveredthecountrysideformilesaround.Now,smokestill【小题1】fromthewarmgroundoverthedesolatehills.Winterwascomingonandthehillsthreatenedthe【小题2】villageswithdestruction,forheavyrainwouldnotonlywashawaythesoilbutwouldcauseseriousfloodsaswell.Whenthefirehadatlastbeenputout,theforestauthorities【小题3】severaltonsofaspecialtypeofgrass-seedwhichwouldgrowquickly.Theseedwassprayedoverthegroundinhuge【小题4】byaeroplanes.Theplaneshadbeenplantingseedfornearlyamonthwhenitbegantorain.Bythen,however,inmanyplacesthegrasshadalready【小题5】.Inplaceofthegreattreeswhichhadbeengrowingthereforcenturies,patchesofgreenhadbeguntoappearinthe【小题6】soil.五、用单词的适当形式完成短文在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。ElizabethBlackwellfoughtforwomen's【小题1】(right).In1849,shebecamethefirstwomanever【小题2】(receive)amedicaldegreeintheUSA.Later,Elizabeth【小题3】(open)ahospitalforpoorpeopleinNewYorkCity.Shecontinuedtoworkwithpeople【小题4】neededhelpuntilshediedin1910.NelsonMandelaisoneofthe【小题5】(famous)people.Hespent27yearsinprisonfor【小题6】(fight)fortherightsofblackSouthAfricans.Afterhecameoutofprison,hebecameSouthAfrica'sfirstblackpresidentand【小题7】(award)theNobelPrizein1993.Heretiredin1999andthentraveledaroundtheworld,meetingleadersandtalkingaboutproblemslikeAIDS.JaneGoodallhasspent【小题8】(near)fortyyearsstudyinganimalsinthenationalparkofGombeinTanzania.Formanyyears,shehasworkedtoprotectanimalsandtochangepeople'sopinions【小题9】theenvironment.六、汉译英（整句）在老师的帮助下，我在英语学习方面取得了显著的进步°（withthehelpof）尽管实验几次都失败了，他们仍毫不气馁地继续进行。（despite）上周我们拜访了李教授，从他那里我们学到了很多中医知识。（定语从句）（汉译英）我们分享节水的一些方法，这提高了人们的节水意识。（raiseawareness,定语从句）（汉译英）七、概要写作阅读以下文章，并撰写文章的概要。Thefamousclassical