安徽省宿州市十三所重点中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期期中质量检测试题.doc

安徽省宿州市十三所重点中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期期中质量检测试题

安徽省宿州市十三所重点中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期期中质量检测试题

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安徽省宿州市十三所重点中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期期中质量检测试题
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
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 does the man order?
A. Salad. B. Eggs. C. A cup of tea.
2. Why did the woman give the man a bad grade?
A. He turned in his paper late.
B. She can't read his handwriting.
C. She thought his paper didn't have a name.
3. What will the boy do?
A. Go home.
B. Call his mother.
C. Watch the girl from the window.
4. Where did the man get the book?
A. From the woman. B. From the library. C. From a bookstore.
5. What will the woman probably do?
A. Mail a letter. B. Park her car. C. Go shopping.
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. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Buy a sleeping bag.
B. Check the weather online.
C. Look for temperature display.
7. Who is the woman?
A. The man's wife. B. A salesgirl. C. The man's friend.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Where are the speakers?
A. At a cafe. B. In a hospital. C. At the airport.
9. What will the woman do?
A. Make coffee. B. Call the nurse. C. Take some medicine.
10. Who will the woman see today?
A. Her brother. B. Her mother. C. Her sister.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What did the man do on his trip?
A. He went fishing.
B. He went hiking.
C. He went swimming.
12. How many weeks does the woman have for vocation every year?
A. Three weeks. B. Two weeks. C. One week.
13. Who will the woman take a vacation with?
A. Her mother. B. Her aunt. C. Her sister.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What is the speed limit?
A. 40 miles per hour. B. 45 miles per hour. C. 60 miles per hour.
15. Why was the woman driving incorrectly?
A. She had been drinking.
B. She wasn't paying attention.
C. She was looking at her cell phone.
16. What did the woman get a ticket for?
A. Driving too fast.
B. Not using her turn signal.
C. Not having a driver's license. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. In which year did Bethany Hamilton lose her arm?
A. 1990. B. 1994. C. 2003.
18. Which award did Bethany Hamilton win?
A. An EPSY Award.
B. A Comeback Teen Award.
C. A Courage Athlete Award.
19. How big was the shark that attacked Bethany Hamilton?
A. Thirteen feet long. B. Fourteen feet long. C. Fifteen feet long.
20. Where is Bethany Hamilton's broken surfboard?
A. In Fiji. B. In Hawaii. C. In California.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分4。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。
A
L Bean Quad backpack
If you need a backpack that can carry large and small objects and is comfortable to wear, this is the backpack for you. The reasonable price and customers? 100% satisfaction makes this a great buy any way you look at it. While it's not the most beautiful backpack on the planet, it does look nice at first sight.
Kanken 15" backpack
This Kanken bag is a great choice for school kids of grade one to six or adults with narrow shoulders. Weighing under 450g, it's easy and comfortable to carry this bag around. The simple design with a lot of eye-catching colors may have you fall in love with it at once.
Timbuk2 Command backpack
If you want to safely carry your laptop and look stylish, the Timbuk2 Command backpack is the one for you. The soft back is made for a comfortable wearing experience. The clean coloring and lines of the bag may make you more “grown-up”.
Amazon Basics backpack
With a lowest price among all these backpacks, the Amazon Basics backpack is a great choice for college students on a tight budget. There are tons of storage choices in this backpack, so it's easy to forget exactly where you placed a certain object. It is a basic black backpack with a few designs and is never going to appear on a fashion T stage.
21. What makes L. Bean Quad backpack attractive?
A. The color and the design. B. The style and the quality.
C. The cost and the public praise. D. The lightweight and the simplicity.
22. Which backpack might be the most suitable one for a Grade-3 student?
A. L. Bean Quad backpack. B. Amazon Basics backpack.
C. Timbuk2 Command backpack. D. Kanken 15" backpack.
23. In which magazine can you probably find the passage?
A. NEWSWEEK. B. SMARTSHOPPER.
C. NATURE. D. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
B
Mark and his brother Jason both were looking at the shining new computer enviously. Jason was determined not to go against their father's wishes but Mark was more adventurous than his brother. He loved experimenting and his aim was to become a scientist like his father.
“Dad will be really mad if he finds out you've been playing with his new computer." Jason said, “He told us not to touch it.”
“He won't find out," Mark said, "I'll just have a quick look and shut it down."
Mark had been scolded before for touching his father's equipment. But his curiosity was difficult to control and this new computer really puzzled him.
It was a strange-looking machine - one his dad had brought home from the laboratory where he worked. "It's an experimental model," his father had explained, "so don't touch it under any circumstances." But his father's warning only served to make Mark more curious. Without any further thought, Mark turned on the power switch. The computer burst into life and seconds later, the screen turned into colours, shifting and changing, and then two big white words appeared in the centre of the screen: "SPACE TRANSPORTER.”
"Yes!" Mark cried excitedly, "It's a computer game. I knew it! Dad's only been pretending to work. He's really been playing games instead!" A new message appeared on the screen:
“ENTER NAMES
VOYAGERI:...
VOYAGER 2.....”
Mark's fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed in both of their names.
“INPUT ACCEPTED. START TRANSPORT PROGRAM. AUTO-RETRIEVE INITIATED（自动回收程序已启动）
The screen turned even brighter and a noise suddenly rose in volume.
“I think we'd better shut it off, Mark," Jason yelled, reaching for the power switch. He was really frightened.
But his hand never reached the switch. A single beam of dazzling white light burst out of the computer screen, wrapping the boys in its glow（光芒）,until they themselves seemed to be glowing. Then it died down just as suddenly as it had burst into life. And the boys were no longer there. On the screen, the letters changed：
"TRANSPORT SUCCESSFUL. DESTINATION: MARS. RETRIEVE DATE: 2025.”
24. Why did Mark touch the computer against his father's warning?
A. He wanted to take a voyage. B. He wanted to practice his skill.
C. He was so much attracted by it. D. He was eager to do an experiment.
25. Where did the boys' father most likely work?
A. In an information processing center. B. In a scientific research center.
C. In an electronic factory. D. In a computer company.
26. Why did Jason want to shut off the computer?
A. He was afraid of being scolded.
B. He didn't like the loud noise and light.
C. He didn't want to play games any more.
D. He was afraid something dangerous might happen.
27. What happened to the boys at the end of the story?
A. They were sent to another planet.
B. They were blown into the air.
C. They were hidden in the strong light.
D. They were carried away to another country.
C
Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important information that should be included, he can give you a false picture.
For example, some might say, “I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery（彩票）.It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!”
This guy's a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. In fact, he bought $200 worth of tickets. He's really a big loser!
He didn't say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That's called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just dishonest.
Some politicians often use this trick. During Governor Smith's last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents says, “During Governor Smith's term, the state lost one million jobs!" That's true. However, an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith's term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs."
Advertisers will sometimes use halt-truths. It's against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, “Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache/' It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.
This kind of deception happens too often. It's a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
28. What do the underlined words “net gain" in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Final increase. B. Large share.
C. Big advantage. D. Total saving.
29. We may infer that the author believes people should.
A. buy lottery tickets. B. make use of half-truths.
C. not take anything at face value. D. not trust the Yucky Company.
30. What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pills advertisement?
A. Advertisements are based on facts.
B. Doctors like to act in advertisements.
C. False statements are easy to see through.
D. Half-truths arc often used to mislead people.
31. How is the passage mainly developed?
A. By listing examples. B. By comparing.
C. By inferring. D. By listing numbers.
D
A study of 500,000 songs released （发行）in the UK between 1985 and 2015 showed that pop music had decreased in happiness and increased in sadness.
In a report published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers at the University of California examined hundreds of thousands of songs and classified them by their mood. “'Happiness' is going down, 'sadness' is going up, and at the same time, the songs are becoming more 'danceable' and more 'party-like'," co-author Natalia L. Komarova told The Associated Press.
The study found songs in 2014 like Stay With Me by Sam Smith, Whispers by Passenger and Unmissable by Gorgon City have a "low happiness" trend. However, tracks from 1984 like Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen, Would I Lie To You? by Eurythmics and Freedom by Wham! had a “high happiness" trend. "The public seems to prefer happier songs, even though more and more unhappy songs are being released each year," the researchers wrote.
Apart from the emotional trends, researchers discovered that dances and pop were the most successful styles of music and that there was a "clear downward" trend, with the popularity of rock beginning in the early 2000s."So it looks like, while the overall mood is becoming less happy, people seem to want to forget it all and dance," Komarova wrote in an email.
It was also found that the “maleness“ of songs—the frequency of male singers in popular music — had decreased during the last 30 years. "Successful songs are characterised by a larger percentage of female artists compared to all songs," they wrote.
This discovery appears at a time when the conversation around sex equality in the music industry is at its height, with more male artists and songwriters.
32. The researchers examined lots of songs to.
A. find songs for dances and parties B. choose songs for a journal
C. know better about songs D. release more songs
33. Which song tends to bring you more happiness?
A. Whispers. B Freedom.
C. Stay With Me. D. Unmissable.
34. From this passage, we can know that.
A. rock became popular in the early 2000s
B. fewer unhappy songs came to light every year
C. female artists were less skilled in writing songs
D male singers were better at performing pop music
35. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Music Calls for Sex Equality. B. Music Industry Is Going Down.
C Pop Music Has a Long History. D. Pop Music Is Getting Sadder.
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。
Important Self-Care Tips
Nowadays life is so busy that you often don't have a free minute to relax with a cup of tea, but such pace of life is extremely dangerous to your mental and physical well-being. If you don't take time off, you may feel extremely tired. 36 Here are some important tips to follow.
Listen to your body
Your body always gives you signals to meet its needs. 37 . If you feel that your body needs some kinds of foods, you should try to eat them with enjoyment.
Take vitamins daily
Today it's hard to be sure that you get all the nutrients （养分）and vitamins that your body needs. 38 If you want to take a certain group of vitamins, then consult your doctor.
Don't forget to sleep
Sleep is going to be the best way of your body recovery 39 . It can benefit your mind,
weight and improve your well-being. If you aren't sleeping enough, you should be ready to face many other problems.
40 .
Office isn't the best place for your body and mind. Try to find time to breathe fresh air in and enjoy the sun. Long outside walks will make you happier. Moreover, you'll have a chance to replace time in front of television or computer.
A. Take exercise every day
B. Spend time in the open air
C. When we are busy, we focus on immediate activities
D. Enough sleep is a necessary part of a healthy lifestyle
E. It's better to take vitamins daily than to spend money treating diseases
F. If you prefer to work too much, you should find time to look after yourself
G. It examines the information about the work of different systems and sends a message to your brain
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）
阅读下列短文，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 famous composer, Rob Stewart, didn't have a good start in this career. However, he achieved a great deal of success as a result of a 41 Stewart's parents died when he was eight and he went to live with his 42 . As a little boy, he fell in love with music and_43 himself about it by reading through the family collection that his mother kept, 44 which there were a lot of related books.
Three years later, Stewart's grandfather died, and his mother's sister decided to 45 him. Her husband was a kind man and 46 for young Stewart's music lessons. One summer vacation at a Belgian seaside added a second 47 to his life — the sea. Then he studied to be a naval cadet（海军学员）,but still took time to study 48
In the French Navy, he and two friends found time to 49 a band, playing the works of Beethoven and other 50 . Stewart also began composing On Christmas Day 1892, he had his first chance to 51 as a composer, which turned out to be a success.
That success 52 Stewart to write a wedding march（婚礼进行曲）,and one of his navy friends 53 to show it to the famous conductor, Edouard Colonne. When Stewart's friend 54 with the manuscript（手稿）,