湖北省五校联考20202021学年高一英语下学期期中试题

湖北省宜城一中等五校联考2020-2021学年高一英语下学期期中试题

注意事项：

1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘

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第I卷

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案

转涂到答题卡上。

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，从试题所给的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.Wherearethespeakersprobably?

A.Inanoffice.B.Inalift.C.Onthestairs.

2.Whydidthemanrefusethejob?

A.Hedislikeshavingbusinesstrips.

B.Theofficeisfarfromhishome.

C.Thecompanyisterrible.

3.Whatwillthemandointheafternoon?

A.Writeareport.

B.Lendthewomanbooks.

C.Helpthewomanfillouttheforms.

4.Howmanystudentsaregoodatbasketballthisyear?

A.About20.B.About30.C.About40.

5.Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?

A.Customerservice.B.Apieceofnews.C.Theirbusiness.

第二节（共15小题；每小题L5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。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.Whycan'tthemanmeetthewomanonSunday?

A.HeneverworksonSunday.

B.HehasanothermeetingonSunday.

C.HemustmeethisparentsonSunday.

7.WhenwillthespeakersmeetonSaturday?

A.At2:00p.m.B.At2:15p.m.C.At3:00p.m.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.WhatwillthemandonextThursday?

A.Visithisparents.B.Watchatennisgame.C.Haveajobinterview.

9.Howwillthemangotothestation?

A.Bybus.B.Bycar.C.Bytaxi.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.Howdoesthemanbooktherooms?

A.InhiscompanyJsname.B.Inhisguests'names.C.Inhisname.

11.Howwilltheman'sguestsarriveinWashingtonD.C.?

A.Bybus.B.Bytrain.C.Bycar.

12.Whatdoesthemanaskthewomantodoforhisguests?

A.Offerthemthebestservice.

B.Givethemhisphonenumber.

C.Arrangeonemeetingroomforthem.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.Whyisthemanupset?

A.Hehasbeenoutofwork.

B.Hehaslostlotsofmoney.

C.Hiscompanyhascloseddown.

14.Howlonghasthemanworkedinhiscompany?

A.For5years.B.For6years.C.For7years.

15.Whatdoweknowabouttheman'srecordingstudio?

A.Itwillofferalowerprice.

B.Itwillopentofamousmusicians.

C.Itspricewil1beincreasedbeforelong.

16.Whatistheman'splanintheend?

A.Runningabigcompany.B.Beingamusician.C.Beinganagent.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.Howmanytimesdidthespeakermarry?

A.2.B.3.C.4

18.Whatwasthespeakerprobably?

A.Asinger.B.Anactress.C.Awriter.

19.Wheredoesthespeakerlivenow?

A.InAustralia.B.InNewYork.C.InLosAngeles.

20.Whatdoesthespeakerplantodonextyear?

A.Travelaroundtheworld.B.Movetoanothercity.C.Getmarriedagain.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5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，并在答题

卡上将该项涂黑。

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B

LouisBraillewasborninFrancein1809.Sadlywhenhewasalittleboy,he

hadanaccident.Bythetimehewasfouryearsold,hewascompletelyblind.

However,attheageoften,Louiswasluckyenoughtogotooneofthefirst

schoolsforblindchildreninParis.Atthisparticularschooltheyhadspecial

books.TheywerewritteninordinaryFrenchbutthelettersraisedupoffthe

page,sothatthestudentscouldfeeltheshapeofthewordsandreadthem.But

thereweretwoproblemswiththissystem.First,theletterswerehugeand

difficulttoread.Second,thebookswereveryexpensivesotheschoollibrary

onlyhadfourteenaltogether.Louis,whowasverycleverandcreative,thought

ofabetterwaytoimprovebooksforblindpeopletoread.

In1821,whenLouiswastwelveyearsold,asoldiercametohisschool.This

manhadinventedasystemforsoldierstosendandreceivemessagesinthedark.

Althoughthisideahadnotworkedverywell,Louisbecameveryexcitedandbegan

experimentswithit.Bythetimehewasfifteen,hehadinventedasystemwhich

usedonlysixdots.Andby1827thefirstbookusinghissystemwaspublished.

Itstilltookalongtimebeforepeoplerealizedwhatawonderfulinvention

Braille,ssystemwas.Infact,Louisdiedin1852anddidnotlivetoseethe

successofhissystem,whichhasbeenadaptedtoalmosteverylanguageinthe

world.Thankstohim,blindorweak-sightedpeopleareabletoreadorwriteas

wellasanysightedperson.

24.WhatdidbooksfortheblindlooklikewhenLouiswasaboy?

A.Nobooksdesignedfortheblind.

B.Bookswithraiseddotsoneachpage.

C.Bookswithlettersraisedupoffeachpage.

D.Thesamebooksasthosefortheable-bodied.

25.WhatledLouistoinventareadingsystemfortheblind?

A.Theletterswerehugeanddifficulttoread.

B.Booksdesignedfortheblindweretoocostly.

C.Thenumberofbooksfortheblindwasverysmall.

D.Amessagingsystemforsoldierstouseinthedark.

26.WhendidLouiseventuallyperfectthereadingsystem?

A.In1821B.In1824C.In1827D.In1852

27.Accordingtothelastparagraph,whatsignificancedoesLouisBraille,s

readingsystemhave?

A.Ithelpsmaketheblindindependenttolearn.

B.Itiseasyandconvenientfortheblindtolive.

C.Ithasbeenadaptedtoeverylanguageintheworld.

D.Itcontributestoproducingmorebooksfortheblind.

C

China'sTikTok,whichhastakentheworldbystorm,isworkingitsmagicin

itshomenation,too.

TheChineseversionofTikTok,calledDouyin,hasamassed（累积）400million

dailyactive

users,parentcompanyByteDance（字节跳动）revealedinitsannualreportthis

week.Thisisanimpressivegrowthfortheaddictivevideoapp,whichhad250

milliondailyactiveusersinJanuarylastyear.

Thereport,whichdescribesusers'behaviorandtrends,showsthecultural

differencebetweenChinaandtheUS,saidKatherineWu,aninvestoratNewYork­

basedfirmNotationCapital.

Thingsthattrendinthesetwocountriesarecompletelydifferent.For

example,knowledge-basedcontentisextremelypopularinChina,butlesssoin

theU.S.Also,thosecreatorsthatdidthemostdancevideosinChinaareusers

borninthe60s,whileintheUS,itseemsthatit'smostlyteenagerswhoare

creatingthedances.

ByteDanceclaimedthatDouyinhasestablisheditselfasthelargest

knowledge,cultureandartplatforminChina.14.89millionknowledge-based

contentvideos“weresharedontheapplastyear,itclaimed.Forexample,one

oftheworld?smostvaluedstartupsclaimedthatthenumberofuserswhoposts

videosaboutchemistryreached130millionpeoplelastyear."Ontheartand

culturefront,videosrelatedtothosetopicshad543.1billionplaysonDouyin

lastyear."itclaimed.

EducationhasbecomeamainusecaseforByteDance.TikTok,whichis

estimatedtohaveearnedmorethan$50millionlastyear,alreadycounts

educationalcontentasoneofthemostconsumedcategoriesonitsappacross

theworld.TheapplaunchedaneducationalcampaigninIndialastyear,where

ithasamassedmorethan200millionusers.

28.ThedifferenceintrendsbetweenChinaandtheUSreflectsthedifferencein_.

A.cultureB.educationC.knowledgeD.hobby

29.WhatvideosaremostlysharedonTikTokinChina?

A.MusicvideosB.Knowledge-basedvideos

C.HumorousvideosD.Videosaboutchemistry

30.Thepassageiswrittenby.

A.analyzingreasonsB.showingsurveyresults

C.statingargumentsD.providingstatisticsandexamples

31.What'stheauthor'spurposeinwritingthispassage?

A.Tointroducetheapp-TikTok.

B.TohelpcustomersuseTikTok.

C.TorevealthepopularityofTikTok.

D.TorecommendTikToktocustomers.

D

Ifyou'reworriedaboutyourrecedinghairline（后退的发际线）andyoulive

inacity,youmightwanttoconsidermoving,asscientistshavefoundexposure

tohighlevelsofairpollutionmaybelinkedtoretention.

NewresearchpresentedattheEuropeanAcademyofDermatologyandVenereology

（EADV）CongressinMadridfoundparticulatematter（PM）（颗粒物），whichis

presentinpollutedair,couldimpactbothhairgrowthandretention.

Theteamtookcellsfromthebaseofhairfollicles（毛囊）andthenexposed

themtothepollutedair.TheyusedvariousconcentrationsofPM10,and24hours

later,theytestedthesamplestodetectwhetherspecifichair-growthproteins

inthecellshadchangedatall.

ResearchersfoundthatthepresenceofPM10decreasedlevelsoftheprotein

responsibleforhairgrowth-beta-catenin-andmorphogenesis,thebiological

processthatcausesanorganismtodevelopitsshape.Accordingtothestudy,

thelevelsofthreeotherproteinswhichareresponsibleforhairgrowthand

hairretention-cyclinDI,cyclinEandCDK2-werealsodecreased.

Thismeantthatthegreaterthelevelofpollutant,thegreaterthedecreasein

proteinswasfound.

Thisisoneofthefirststudiestolookatthelinkbetweenpollutionand

baldness（秃头）.

HyukChuiKwonfromtheFutureScienceResearchCentreinSouthKoreasaid:

“Whilethe1inkbetweenairpollutionandseriousdiseases,suchascancer,are

wellestablished,thereislittletonoresearchontheeffectofparticulate

matterexposureonthehumanskin,andhairinparticular.Andourresearch

explainsthemode（模式）ofactionofairpollutantsonhumanhairfollicle

cells,showinghowthemostcommonairpollutantsleadtohairloss.”

32.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“retention“inPara1referto?

A.HaircellsB.Hairloss

C.HairgrowthD.Hair-growthproteins

33.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.Airpollutioncanincreaselevelsofhair-growthproteins.

B.There?sonlyoneproteinthatisresponsibleforhairgrowth.

C.Pollutedairhasnodirectimpactonhairgrowthorretention.

D.Themoreseriousairpollution,themorelikelyyou,retoloseyourhair.

34.WhatdidHyukChuiKwonthinkoftheresearch?

A.MeaningfulB.NegativeC.UnimportantD.Objective

35.What'sthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Thesolutionstoairpollution.

B.Thegrowthmechanismofhair.

C.Theimpactofairpollutiononhealth.

D.Thecloselinkbetweenairpollutionandhairloss.

第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。

Sleepdifficultiesareacommonproblemformillionsofadults.Evenifyou

cangettosleep,youmighthavetroublestayingasleep.Doesthissoundfamiliar?

Youdriftofftodreamland,butfindyourselfwideawakeat3a.m.,ormaybe

youwakeupeveryfewhoursthroughoutthenight.

36.Butifyoursleepisinterrupted,you'relikelytofeel

exhaustedandsleepythenextday.37.

1.Toomuchcaffeine

Youprobablyalreadyknowcaffeinecanaffectyourabilitytofallasleep.

_______________________________________________________________________38________.

Itoftentakesyourbodythatmanyhourstogetridofhalfthecaffeineyou

consumed.Thebottom

lineisthatyoumayfeeltheeffectsofcaffeineseveralhoursafteryoudrink

it.Keepinmind,energydrinks,colaandcertainteasalsocontaincaffeine.

It'sbesttoavoidcaffeineaboutsixhoursbeforebed.

2.Stress

Stressandlackofsleepseemtogohandinhand.Ifyou'restressed,itcan

behardtosleepwellandmayleadtoinsomnia（失眠）.Whenyoudon'tget

enoughsleep,thatcanalsoleadtomorestressanditbecomesaviciouscycle

（恶性循环）.Adultswhogetlessthaneighthoursofsleepeachnightreport

higherlevelsofstresssymptomsthanthosewhosleeplonger.Althoughitcanbe

easiersaidthandone,39.

3.Sleepenvironment

Yoursleepenvironmentcancontributetopoorsleep.Forexample,loud

noisesorlightpeeking（露出）throughtheshadescanwakeyoufromasound

sleep.40.Buya

qualitymattressandcomfortablebeddingandconsiderkeepingyourbedroomcool,

whichhelpsleep.Makesureyourcurtainsareheavyenoughtoblockoutsunlight

anduseearplugs（耳塞）toblocksoundsfromoutside.

4.Eatingtoolate

Alightmidnightsnackmaybefine,butaheavymealtooclosetobedtimemay

leaveyouwideawakeduringthenight.Therefore,ifyoudowantasnackbefore

bed,keepitlightandstayawayfromspicyandfattyfoods.

A.So,whatgives?

B.doingsomeintenseactivitiesisessential.

C.it'simportanttorelaxandeasepressurebeforesleep.

D.So,whatsortofthingscanhelpyoutoimproveyoursleep?

E.Fortunately,therearewaystomakeyourbedroommoresleep-friendly.

F.Butitcanalsoleadtopoorqualitysleepincludingwakingupatmidnight.

G.Enoughsleepissupposedtoleaveyoufeelingrefreshedandreadytostartyour

day.

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和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。

Asamanwaspassingtheelephants,hesuddenlystopped,41bythefact,that

theselargecreatureswerebeingheldbyonlyasmal1rope42totheirfront

leg.Nochains,nocages.It

was43thattheelephantscould,atanytime44theirropes.

Forsomereason,theydidnot,45.

Hesawatrainernearby,andaskedwhytheseanimalsjuststoodthereand

madeno46togetaway."Well,“thetrainersaid,“whentheyarevery

youngandmuchsmaller,weusethesame47ropetotiethemand,atthat

age,it'senoughto48them.Astheygrowup,theyare49to

believingtheycannotbreakaway.Theybelievetheropeandstillholdthem,so

theynevertrytobreakfree.

Themanwas50.Theseanimalscouldatanytimebreakfreefrom

their51butbecausetheybelievetheycouldn,t,theywere52right

wheretheyare.

Liketheelephants,howmanyofus53hangingontoa(n)54that

wecannotdosomething,simplybecausewefailedatitoncebefore?

Failureispartoflearning;weshouldnevergiveupthe55inlife,

41.A.disappointedB.annoyedC.depressedD.confused

42.A.relatedB.referredC.tiedD.limited

43.A.necessaryB.obviousC.importantD.urgent

44.A.breakawayB.applyforC.searchforD.getaway

fromwith

45.A.otherwiseB.thereforeC.insteadD.moreover

46.A.differenceB.effortC.senseD.response

47.A.qualityB.lengthC.quantityD.size

48.A.holdB.graspC.seizeD.pull

49.A.addictedB.exposedC.usedD.devoted

50.A.frightenedB.excitedC.delightedD.amazed

51.A.rulesB.bondsC.habitsD.

responsibilitie

s

52.A.stuckB.buriedC.hiddenD.involved

53.A.workoutB.gothroughC.lookthroughD.careabout

54.A.proposalB.attitudeC.virtueD.belief

55.A.choiceB.opportunityC.struggleD.dream

第n卷（非选择题）

注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

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，并将

答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。

TheUnitedStatesisprimarilyanEnglish-speakingcountry.Althoughpeople

pronouncetheEnglishwordsinseveraldifferentways,theycanunderstandeach

other.56,noteveryoneintheUSspeaksEnglish.Thereyrehundredsof

areasintheUS57Englishisnotthemostcommonly58(use)

language.Spanish,Chinese,Italian,GermanandFrenchareallspokenintheUS.

Infact,Spanishis59(wide)spokeninNewYorkandacrossthesouthernpartof

thecountry,60(make)itthesecondmostcommonlyspokenlanguageafter

English.

Forspeakersofotherlanguage,it'sofgreat61(important)

tolearnEnglish,butinthepast,teachingpeopletospeakEnglishas62

secondlanguagewasgivenlittleattention.Non-Englishspeakerswereexpected

topickupthelanguagethroughdailylife.Recently,this63(change).

Today,mostpublicschoolshaveELS64(program),whichhavedifferent

Englishlessonsfordifferentstudentsandlayemphasisoncommunicationin

languagelearninginsteadoffocusing65thegrammarandtranslation.

第四部分写作(共两节；满分40

分)第一节应用文写作(满分15

分)

假设你是李华，你校打算邀请ProfessorSmith做一次励志演讲(motivational

speech),请给他写一封邀请信，信的内容包括：

I.说明写信的目的

2.告知时间和地点

注意：1.词数为80左

右。

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

DearProfessorSmith,

Yourssincerely,

LiHua

第二节读后续写（满分25

分）

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。续写词数应为150

词左右。

WhenJackiecametohisfirstpianolessoninhismother'scar,hewas

already11yearsold.I

preferredcomingtoourlessons.Ithoughtaboutcallinghimbut

studentsbeginassumed（认为），becauseofhislackofability,thathehad

atanearlierdecidedtoquit.Ialsowasgladthathestoppedcoming-

hewasabadadvertisementformyteaching!

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tohisSeveralweekslaterImailedtothestudents'homesa

insistence,Iletterontheupcomingconcert.Surprisingly,Jackie

tookhimasareceivedandaskedmeifhecouldbeintheconcert.Itold

student.Asmuchhimthattheconcertwasnotfordropouts,butforcurrent

asJackietried,pupils.Hesaidthathismomhadbeensickandunableto

helackedthetakehimtopianolessonsbuthewasstillpracticing.1

senseoftonedidn'tknowwhatledmetoagreeeventually.

andbasicrhythmThenightfortheconcertcame.Thehighschool

（节奏）.Atthegymnasticswaspackedwithparentsandfriends.Iputup

endofeachJackielastintheprogram.Ithoughtthatanydamagehe

lesson,he'dsay,woulddowouldcomeattheendoftheprogramandthe

“Mymom'snegativeeffectwouldreducetotheminimum（最＜1、值）.

goingtohearmeTheconcertwentoffsmoothly.ThenJackiecameupon

stage.Hisclotheswerewrinkled（皱巴

playsomeday.”

巴的）andhishairlookedmessy（凌乱的）."Whydidn,this

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第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

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第二节（每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）

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