江西省南昌市八一中学、洪都中学等七校2020-2021学年高一英语下学期期中联考试题.doc

江西省南昌市八一中学、洪都中学等七校2020-2021学年高一英语下学期期中联考试题

江西省南昌市八一中学、洪都中学等七校2020-2021学年高一英语下学期期中联考试题

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江西省南昌市八一中学、洪都中学等七校2020-2021学年高一英语下学期期中联考试题
第Ⅰ卷（选择题）
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小題；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。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. What is the dog doing now?
A. Playing. B. Sleeping. C. Eating.
2. What does the man ask for?
A. Coffee. B. Sugar. C. Salt.
3. Why won’t the woman watch the game with the man tonight?
A. She has to work late.
B. She wants to visit Sally.
C. She doesn’t like basketball.
4. How much will the woman lend the man?
A. £5. B. £7. C. £9.
5. Where will the speakers study tonight?
A. In the school library.
B. At the man’s house.
C. At the house of the man’s sister.
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。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. What are Mei’s lessons about?
A. Painting. B. Speaking Chinese. C. Drawing Chinese words.
7. How does Mei’s teacher help Mei?
A. He makes learning fun.
B. He tells her to be patient.
C. He makes the lessons easy.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What is the first problem the man thinks about the camera?
A. It’s getting old.
B. Water got into it.
C. Something is wrong with the screen.
9. What does the man probably mean in the end?
A. The camera is on the wrong setting.
B. The woman is good at taking photos.
C. There is nothing wrong with the camera.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Mother and son. B. Brother and sister. C. Husband and wife.
11. What does the man think of the woman’s idea?
A. It’s smart. B. It’s against their traditions.
C. It’ll make them stressed out.
12. Where do the speakers come from?
A. China. B. Britain. C. America.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What day is it today?
A. Wednesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday.
14. What does the man hope to do this afternoon?
A. Watch a basketball game. B. Go for a job interview.
C. Meet Yao Ming.
15. What will Yao Ming talk about?
A. Why it’s important to go to university.
B. What it’s like to be famous in the U.S.
C. How to start a successful basketball career.
16. How old was the woman when she first heard about Yao Ming?
A. Four years old B. Seven years old. C. Eight years old.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Why did the speaker and her father first move to the U.S.?
A. To live with their family. B. To find good jobs.
C. To learn English.
18. What did the speaker want to be?
A. A market owner. B. A doctor. C. A teacher.
19. Where did the speaker go to college?
A. In Los Angeles. B. In San Francisco. C. In New York City.
20. How does the speech probably make the students feel?
A. Worried. B. Encouraged. C. Disappointed.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Before We Were Yours
Author: Lisa Wingate
Published in 2017
Before We Were Yours is a touching story about families reunited. It moves deeply almost everyone who reads it. Before We Were Yours is adapted（改编）from real-life historical events, making the novel an interesting read for those who want to find out more about the great happenings in post-war American history.
Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, wealth, and happiness
Author: Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
Published in 2008
The book is written by Richard H. Thaler, the winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2017, and Cass R. Sunstein and it was named one of the best books of 2008 by The Economist. Every day we make choices-about what to buy or eat, about our children’s health and education, and so on. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. This book is about how we make these choices and how we can make better ones.
The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Published in 2012
The book is the award-winning author John Green’s most heartbreaking work. The story is told by Hazel Grace, a 16-year-old girl with cancer. She is forced by her parents to attend a support group where she meets and falls in love with 17-year-old Augustus Waters.
Still Just Kidding
Author: Cassandra Calin
Published in 2018
Have you ever wondered how a comedy writer comes up with funny ideas and turns them into comics? In this book Cassandra will be telling us all about herself and showing where her ideas come from. Cassandra will even go a step further and show how she designs her comics in a way that is sure to put a smile on even the angriest faces.
21. What is special about the book Before We Were Yours?
A. It is written for parents.
B. It is based on the real events.
C. It describes the history of America.
D. It talks about the events during the war.
22. Which book may teach you to spend your money wisely?
A. Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness.
B. Still Just Kidding.
C. The Fault in Our Stars.
D. Before We Were Yours.
23. What’s your feeling after reading the book The Fault in Our Stars?
A. Shocked. B. Lucky.
C. Funny. D. Sad.
B
After a year at sea, 16-year-old Laura Dekker can finally say, “Mission accomplished!” Last month, she finished a daring trip around the world aboard her 38-foot boat, Guppy. Dekker, who is from the Netherlands, traveled more than 30,000 miles all by herself. She is the youngest person ever to sail around the globe alone.
Dekker had wanted to lake on this challenge when she was even younger. She first tried to set sail at the age of 13, but a court in the Netherlands stopped her. They said that she was too young to make such a risky trip by herself. But Dekker insisted she had the navigation skills and patience of an adult sailor.
She finally took off on January 20, 2011. During her trip, Dekker battled loneliness, storms, and worries about pirates. But she also got to surf, scuba dive, and started a new hobby: playing the flute. Although Dekker didn’t spend all of her time at sea—she stopped at ports along the way—she did spend her 16lh birthday on the open ocean. To celebrate, she ate doughnuts for breakfast.
But Dekker didn’t sail into the record books. Guinness World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Council no longer recognize records for “youngest” sailors. They dropped the category in 2009 to discourage children from attempting such dangerous feats (壮举) But that didn’t stop Dekker，who was born on a yacht during a seven-year world voyage undertaken by her parents.
Dekker doesn’t mind that she won’t hold an official record. She says it was a personal goal, and she is happy she achieved it.
“I am not disappointed at all that Guinness World Record won’t recognize my attempt.” Dekker wrote on her website. “I did not start on my trip to achieve any record…I did it just for myself.”
24. Dekker wasn’t allowed to sail at the age of 13 because .
A. she didn’t have enough patience for long trips
B. she didn’t learn any sailing skills well
C. she had to continue her study at school
D. people were concerned about her safety
25. What does the underlined word “accomplished” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. Completed. B. Failed.
C. Continued. D. Started.
26. In 2009 records for youngest sailors were canceled in order to .
A. encourage parents to sail with their children
B. stop children entering Guinness World Records
C. prevent children making dangerous attempts
D. set a higher sailing standard for teen sailors
27. What could be the best title for this passage?
A. A New Guinness World Record in Sailing
B. A Teen Girl Sailing Alone Around the World
C. A New Sailing Standard for Teen Sailors
D. The Youngest Sailor in Guinness World Records
C
Canadians have a global reputation（名声）for being polite. A survey ranked Canada first out of 50 countries. Most Canadians think that while being polite can be a superficial attitude when people are communicating with friend and strangers, being “kind” to others generally requires a much greater effort and truly knows who you are as a person.
A national survey made by Environics Research Group for Coca-Cola Canada shows that on average each Canadian has shown kindness to others through random（随意的）actions four times in the last four weeks. Examples of their kindness include things such as opening a door for a stranger, offering to carry heavy items or giving up your seat for someone else in a public bus.
With millions of acts of kindness happening every day, most Canadians surveyed felt kind folks deserved more recognition for their actions. Coca-Cola Canada has decided to praise some very special individuals who make others happy with good acts in their own communities. The goal is to share their stories to help inspire（鼓舞）others to give a little kindness too.
“When it comes to kindness, seeing really is believing,” says Carolyn Harty, Senior Brand Manager of Coca-Cola. “More than half of Canadians are inspired to pay it forward themselves when they see others making a kind gesture. It is these small acts of kindness that make a large difference and inspire people and create happiness.”
Sixteen-year-old Sheliza Kassam, from Canada, decided on her thirteenth birthday that instead of gifts, she and her family would help feed families in need. Her small action became larger and developed into a non-profit organization that Sheliza now runs to hold birthday parties for children living in shelters who otherwise would not be able to celebrate their special day.
Another teen Nathan Unrau started out with a one-time school charity project that just couldn’t help. With the support of his parents, Lunches with Love has become a non-profit organization that makes and gives away 450 paper bag lunches to the local homeless people every other Saturday.
28. For what are Canadians famous all around the world?
A. Working hard.
B. Being grateful for others’ help.
C. Behaving well in public.
D. Having good manners.
29. What does the national survey mainly tell us?
A. Why Canadians show kindness.
B. What kindness means.
C. How kind Canadians are.
D. When Canadians show politeness.
30. What’s the purpose of Coca-Cola Canada’s praising the special individuals?
A. To encourage all the people to spread kindness.
B. To celebrate the great events of kindness.
C. To show the ways of making others happy.
D. To remind people of the importance of kindness.
31. What did Sheliza Kassam and Nathan Unrau have in common?
A. They were once supported by others.
B. They came from the non-profit organizations.
C. They enjoyed staying with poor children.
D. They offer others some food.
D
Our solar system might be crazier than we once thought. Scientists say that deep within Uranus（天王星） and Neptune（海王星）it rains diamonds.
On Earth, diamonds form under extreme heat and pressure. The inside of Uranus and Neptune also has high temperatures and pressures. What’s more, the blue planets are largely made up of icy water and gases such as methane（甲烷）.
So scientists have long believed that deep inside the two planets, the heat and pressure turn the methane into hydrogen（氢）and carbon（碳）. Then diamond rain would form, falling toward the center of the planets.
But no one could prove that this would really work—until now. In a study published recently in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists say they were able to create this kind of “diamond rain” in a lab, reported The Guardian.
Scientists used high-powered lasers to create pairs of shockwaves through a kind of plastic. The plastic is made from hydrogen and carbon, much like methane. The shockwaves created high pressure and heat, like that inside Uranus and Neptune.
“The experimental time is very short,” Dominik Kraus, lead author of the study, told The Guardian. “That we saw this very clear signature of diamonds was actually very, very surprising.”
The diamonds created in the lab were tiny, only a few nanometers（纳米）wide. Scientists believe that diamonds would be much larger within Neptune and Uranus. Then they might slowly sink toward the planet’s center because of gravity.
32. What factors are needed to form diamonds?
A. Icy water and gases.
B. Hydrogen and carbon.
C. Extreme heat and pressure.
D. High-powered lasers.
33. What does the underlined word mean in the last paragraph?
A. Unsuccessful.
B. Natural.
C. Real.
D. Small.
34. How did scientists prove the theory of forming diamond?
A. By giving examples.
B. By doing experiments.
C. By explaining statistical data.
D. By stating argument.
35. What can be referred from the text?
A. There are many high-powered lasers in Neptune and Uranus.
B. Scientists long believe that there are diamonds inside Neptune and Uranus.
C. The shockwaves inside Neptune and Uranus crate high pressure and heat.
D. Deep inside Neptune and Uranus could be full of diamonds.
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Social Media Etiquette
In this day and age, if you’re a young person and not on social media, it’s almost as if you don’t exist. For some, their entire lives are totally made up of social media. __36__ On the other hand, some people have accounts just because they forgot their password from two years ago.
1. Social Media is Not Your Diary
__37__ It is only one reason as to why you shouldn’t post your intimate business on Facebook or Twitter. First of all, it makes you look like you’re not in control of your emotions. This can be a huge turnoff for both friends and potential employers alike!
2. Your Language Matters
There’s always an effective way to communicate. When you look back on these uses of bad words you’ll feel embarrassed. Besides, bad language causes negativity. __38__ My general rule is not to post anything my grandma wouldn’t want to see.
3. Keep Your Pictures Appropriate
I love the feeling of posting my pictures on Facebook, but when it comes to party pictures, be careful! __39__
4. Stick to Who You Know
It’s uncomfortable being followed by someone I don’t know. __40__ Be sure to only keep up with the people you actually know. My general rule is that unless we have established a connection, there’s no reason for me to know what’s going on in someone’s life. It’s just a common courtesy thing!
A. What you say on Facebook will be spread.
B. How do they find us?
C. Everything you put on social media is public.
D. These people will spend hours writing the perfect posts.
E. The posts are being written by these people carefully.
F. Keeping things positive makes for a happier you too!
G. Because you truly never know who has access to the pictures and what they’ll do.
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The price of oil skyrocketed as the temperature dropped in Maine.