江西省赣州市赣县第三中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期2月入学考试试题.doc

江西省赣州市赣县第三中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期2月入学考试试题

江西省赣州市赣县第三中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期2月入学考试试题

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江西省赣州市赣县第三中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期2月入学考试试题
(时间:120分钟 满分:150分)
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。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. Why was the man late for work?
A. His alarm did not go off.
B. He stayed at the gym for too long.
C. There was a traffic accident on the way.
2. Who works at the stadium?
A. The man’s brother. B. The man. C. The woman.
3. When will the man go to see a dentist?
A. This Saturday. B. Next Tuesday. C. Next Wednesday.
4. Where are the speakers probably?
A. On a farm.
B. In a shop.
C. At a restaurant.
5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Doctor and patient.
B. Husband and wife.
C. Teacher and student.
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 item did the speakers’ mother forget to put on the list?
A. Milk. B. Cheese. C. Apples.
7. What are the speakers going to do?
A. Practice their handwriting.
B. Attend a friend’s party.
C. Bake a cake.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. How to develop interests.
B. How to become confident.
C. How to fight loneliness.
9. What does the man do?
A. He is a worker.
B. He is a doctor.
C. He is a student.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is different about the furniture?
A. It is new.
B. It has new covers.
C. It has been painted.
11. What color are the walls?
A. Red. B. Green. C. Blue.
12. What do we know about the woman?
A. She has decorated her house.
B. She has bought a new house.
C. She is selling her house.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. How much has the woman won?
A. £100. B. £500. C. £1000.
14. How does the man feel?
A. Excited. B. Concerned. C. Puzzled.
15. What will the woman do with the money?
A. Save it.
B. Buy a phone.
C. Give it to the charity.
16. What happened to Mrs. Taylor?
A. She hurt her leg.
B. She lost her husband.
C. She had a heart disease.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Which area will continue to have high temperatures over the weekend?
A. The northern area.
B. The central area.
C. The eastern area.
18. What day is it today?
A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Friday.
19. What will the highest temperature be on Thursday?
A. 20 degrees. B. 26 degrees. C. 34 degrees.
20. What is the forecast for the following week?
A. Thunderstorms. B. Heavy rain. C. Clear skies.

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。
A
You can either travel or read, but either your body or soul must be on the way. The popular saying has inspired many people to read or go sightseeing. Traveling just like reading, is a refreshing journey from the busy world. Books, brain food, can keep you company on your travel.
On the Road, 1957, by Jack Kerouac
The book is a globally popular spiritual guide book about youth. The main character in the book drives across the US continent with several young people and finally reaches Mexico. After the exhausting and exciting trip, the characters in the book begin to realize the meaning of life. The book can be a good partner with you to explore the United States.
Life is Elsewhere, 1975, by Milan Kundera
Jean-Jacques Rousseau once said, “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains（链子）.” The book tells a young artist’s romantic but miserable（痛苦的）life, about how he reads, dreams, and has a relationship. Experience the artist’s passionate (激情的) life in the book during a trip to Central Europe. The book invites you to deeply reflect on your current life.
The Stories of Sahara, 1967, by Sanmao
The book narrates the author’s simple but adventurous life in the Sahara Desert, which seems a desolate（荒凉的）and dull place. The fancy natural scenery and life there, along with the author’s romantic and intensive emotion, will inspire you to explore the mysterious land. Reading the book is like participating in a dialogue with the author, who is sincere and humorous.
Lotus, 2006 by Annbaby
This novel set in Tibet, tells three people’s stories, each with their unique characteristics. It shows modern people’s emotions and inner life, their confusion about love and exploration of Buddhism（佛教）. The book is a good partner to bring you to the sacred（神圣的）land Tibet.
21. Which book can keep your company during a journey to America?
A. Lotus. B. The Stories of Sahara.
C. Life is Elsewhere. D. On the Road.
22. Whose book could be the most suitable for your trip to Germany?
A. Jack Kerouac’s. B. Milan Kundera’s.
C. Sanmao’s. D. Annbaby’s.
23. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To advertise four travel guidebooks
B. To arouse readers’ interest in reading
C.To recommend four books to read while traveling
D.To introduce four traveling novels set in Europe
B
Ryan Hreljac is a boy living in Canada. Without his help, hundreds of wells that now provide fresh water for people in Africa, Central America and India might never have been built. Ryan is what you might call a water ambassador(大使). He traveled the world to tell people how they can help solve a big problem: the lack of safe drinking water in many developing countries.
Ryan's efforts didn’t begin in a far-off place, but right at home in Kemptville Ontario.
When he was 6 years old, Ryan learned from his teacher that children in Africa often must walk miles each day to find water. Some even die from drinking bad water, his teacher said.
So Ryan decided to act. He did chores for his parents and neighbors. He spoke to schools, churches, and clubs about his goal. The word spread. After several months of hard work, Ryan had raised ＄2,000, enough to dig one well.
An organization called Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief(CPAR) chose a site for the well in the village of Agweo. in Uganda. Two years later, CPAR arranged for Ryan to visit Uganda for the opening ceremony of the well. Ryan met a new friend named Jimmy. Then they formed a close friendship. He often traveled with Ryan to explain how water changed his life.
After the first well, “the ripple (涟漪) effect took over, ” Ryan says, “and one goal led to another. ” With adult help, he founded Ryan's Well Foundation to educate people about the importance of water. Now the foundation has raised more than ＄S 1. 5 million and built 255 wells that serve more than 427, 000 people in 12 countries. Ryan has received many awards but he isn't bragging (吹牛). “The most impressive people I've met are the other kids who want to help too, ” he says. “I'm just a typical kid. I had a small dream, and I stayed with it. Everybody can do something.”
24. What problem is Ryan working to solve?
A. A lack of money to save water
B. A lack of safe drinking water
C. The effect of poverty on children
D. The diseases caused by polluted water
25. How did Ryan earn money for his first well?
A. He did chores and sold his idea
B. He created an educational foundation
C. He traveled to villages across the world
D. He started a website to ask for donations
26.What would be the most important for Ryan to make a dream come true,?
A. Not bragging about awards B. Knowing his limits
C. Not giving up D. Making friends
27. What is the best title of the passage?
A. A Story of a Well
B. A Boy Who Makes a Difference
C. An Organization of Saving Water
D. A Well That Brought People Together
C
To develop one’s taste in English，the most effective way is to read English books extensively.Yet one may be at a loss to choose the appropriate books, especially as a beginner. As a native Spanish, I would like to share some of my experience.
My first English novel was Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, recommended by many English teachers and professors as an ideal book for English learners. But my experience was somewhat disastrous. I had great difficulty in understanding the novel, let alone enjoying it. It’s not the vocabulary that troubled me, but rather the way Austen constructs sentences, and her way of thinking, which seemed too remote to me at that time. My fading enthusiasm was much recovered after reading Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms. No long and complicated sentences. And I particularly liked his brief and straightforward(简洁的) style. So my first suggestion is, as a beginner, you’d better choose contemporary novels instead of classical ones.
However, if you restrict yourself to novels you will miss a lot of treasures. English essays can at once inform you, entertain you, and improve your taste in English.The best example is Bertrand Russell’s work. Its language is plain, yet you cannot help feeling the elegance and the peculiar sense of humor. His simple language enables his philosophy (哲学) within the reach of ordinary people. Here comes my second suggestion—essays are indispensable.
Never follow others’ recommendations and opinions blindly，however famous or influential(有很大影响的) the person might be.We should be open to various ideas, but always think and determine for ourselves. As a saying goes, one man’s meat is another man’s poison.With that in mind, we are bound to find out our favorite writers through reading and develop our fine taste in English.
28.What made the first English novel that the author read hard to understand?
A.Complicated conversations.
B.The old-fashioned vocabulary.
C.Not knowing the social background.
D.Sentence construction and thinking pattern.
29.Which can best replace the underlined word “indispensable”？
A.Relevant. B.Challenging.
C. Necessary. D.Inspirational.
30.What advice does the author give in the last paragraph?
A. Compare books before buying.
B. Read books that are instructive.
C. Choose books that challenge us most.
D. Don’t be affected by others’ choices.
31.What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A.Tell beginners how to choose English books.
B.Recommend first class books to English learners.

C.Encourage people to read more English books.
D.Give comments on literature works.
D
Everybody hates rats. But in the earthquake capitals of the world — Japan, Los Angeles, Turkey — rats will soon be man’s new best friends.

What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue dogs.Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives.They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can’t get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives：the rat.
How does it work? First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens，the rat’s brain gives a signal. This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals.When the rat’s brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive.The rat has smelled that person.
Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. Christian Linster at Cornell University，New York，says，“Robots’ noses don’t work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that.” Rats can also see in the dark.They are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they don’t need electricity!
The “rat project” is not finished，but Julie Ryan of International Rescue Corps in Scotland says, “It would be fantastic. A rat could get into spaces we couldn’t get to，and a rat would get out if it wasn’t safe.” Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in a building (but only after an earthquake, of course).
32. In the world earthquake capitals, rats will become popular because they can .
A. get into small spaces
B. take the place of man’s rescue jobs
C. find food for survivors trapped in buildings
D. find the position of survivors trapped in buildings
33. From the third paragraph we know rescuers can judge a person is alive by .
A. the noise made by the rat
B. the rat’s unusual behaviour
C. the signal sent by the radio on the rat
D. the smell given off by the person trapped
34. After reading the passage we know that now .
A. people still use dogs and robots in rescue work
B. the “rat project” has been completed already
C. rats have replaced dogs in searching for people
D. people are happy to see a rat in a building
35. The main idea of the passage is about_______in an earthquake.
A. dos and don’ts B. the role rats will play

C. ways of rescuing people D. the reason for not using dogs
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。
Life is just like a box. Inside it are happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair（绝望）. Life is a learning process. Experiences in it teach us new lessons and make us a better person.
Love
Love plays a key role in our life. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could become cruel and violent. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care. They tell us what is right or wrong, good or bad. __36__. It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to the feelings of others. Kids make a person responsible and mature(成熟的) and help us to understand life better.
Happiness and sorrow
Materialistic happiness is short­lived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others gives a certain level of fulfillment. __37__. No mind is happy without peace. We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are temporary and will pass away.　
Failure and success
__38__. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific（具体的）way.
Hope and despair
Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well. Hope makes us dream. Hope builds in patience. __39__，because after every night there is a day. Nothing remains the same. We have only one choice — keep moving on in life and be hopeful.
Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and be right or dull. __40__， so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.
A．So let's enjoy every day
B．Failure is the path to success
C．Success lies in trusting yourself
D．But we always tend to take this for granted
E．Peace of mind is the main link to happiness
F．So the only alternative（选择）is to work hard today
G．Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour

第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（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。
After moving into my mother's home to look after her following an illness, I found myself thinking about my own 41 . It was clear that I 42 to find something that would help me 43 the house more often.
I found my  44 while standing in line at the st