辽宁省盘锦市第二高级中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期第一次阶段考试试题.doc

辽宁省盘锦市第二高级中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期第一次阶段考试试题

辽宁省盘锦市第二高级中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期第一次阶段考试试题

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辽宁省盘锦市第二高级中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期第一次阶段考试试题
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。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. When does the pool open?
A. At 9:00. B. At 8:30. C. At 8:00.
2. Why did the woman stop drinking coffee?
A. She had none left.
B. She slept badly.
C. She disliked the taste.
3. Why has the woman moved the boy?
A. He has trouble in listening.
B. He talks too much.
C. He can't see clearly.
4. What's the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Father and daughter. B. Mother and son. C. Workmates.
5. What is Jennifer learning in school now?
A. To draw. B. To take pictures. C. To make sculptures.
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,各小题将所给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 is the woman probably doing?
A. Sending a package. B. Buying a jacket. C. Getting through customs.
7. How many coins will the woman give to the man?
A. Five B. Four C. Three
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. What is wrong with the woman?
A. She has a fever. B. She has a headache. C. She has stomach pains.
9. What does the woman think is the cause of the illness?
A. She had a certain fruit.
B. She ate nothing today.
C. She didn't drink water today.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. What does the man want the woman to do?
A. Give him some advice. B. Correct his paper. C. Write a report for him.
11. When will the paper be handed in?
A. Next Monday. B. Next Thursday. C. Next Friday.
12. Which place will the woman go to on Thursday afternoon?
A. A library. B. A meeting room C. A cafe house.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. When will the competition close?
A. At the beginning of March.
B. At the end of February.
C. In the middle of January.
14. What is the top prize?
A. A phone. B. A computer. C. A camera.
15. Who will choose the winners?
A. A writer. B. A footballer. C. A reporter.
16. How will the speakers send their stories?
A. In person. B. By post C. By email.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. When did the earthquake happen?
A. On the morning of Tuesday.
B. On the afternoon of Wednesday.
C. On the morning of Wednesday.
18. What happened to the boy?
A. He was buried under ruins.
B. He hid in a refrigerator for fun.
C. He was locked in a refrigerator.
19. What were people doing when they found the boy?
A. They were opening the refrigerator.
B. They were digging holes to bury dead people.
C. They were pulling Tom’s father out of ruins.
20. What did it mean when foreign doctors left the earthquake area?
A. The earthquake happened in another place.
B. There was no hope to find people alive here.
C. There were more people dead in another place.
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。
A
April 22nd is Earth Day. It is a day celebrated every year to call on people to protect our home planet. Started in the year 1970, Earth Day is now celebrated in more than 190 countries. Year by year, the event is under different themes. Earth Day is a motivation for you to start right now. Below, we have a list of things you can do to make a better world for the future generation.
1. Leave your cars at home.
Cars, being the greatest source of air pollution, can be left at home. Travelling by public transport is a better choice. Other greener choices include riding a bike or walking if you want a healthy choice.
2. Be a little dirty.
Don’t take a bath too frequently. A day or two without a bath won’t hurt you, but it will do a lot of good to water resources. A daily shower isn’t a matter of health; it is just a matter of comfort. Showering every day can wash away the natural oil that our skin hair needs.
3. Volunteer yourself.
Join other people in an unpaid task. If you have time, there are lots of opportunities, such as planting trees, cleaning a park or simply coming up with ways to preserve Mother Earth.
4. Green-up your home.
Don’t just switch off the lights. Try to save energy by switching off all electricity points once they are not in use.
Earth Day is not just an event to be celebrated on one day. It is a reminder for all to do our duty to save our planet every day. Do something meaningful that will make the Earth a better place to live in.
21. “Leave your cars at home” is suggested mainly to _______.
A. help people stay fit B. make people save energy
C. reduce traffic accidents D. improve the air quality
22. What does “Be a little dirty” mean?
A. Showering is harmful to the skin.
B people can save water by showering less.
C. People with a dirty body is healthier.
D. Cleaning every day will hurt the body.
23. The text is meant to ________.
A. call on us to protect the Earth every day
B. invite us to celebrate Earth Day
C. introduce events on Earth Day
D. tell us the history of Earth Day
B
  One day Thomas Alva Edison was given a letter by his teacher. His teacher asked him to give it to his mother. Edison thought it was something nice. After he returned home, he proudly gave it to his mother, saying “My teacher let me give this letter to you.”
Not knowing what it was, Edison’s mother opened it, and then her eyes opened wide. With tears in her eyes, she looked at her son and read out the letter aloud, “Your child is a genius（天才）. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have enough good teachers to train him. Please teach him yourself.”
The fact was that Edison liked asking strange questions in class. His teachers thought he was mentally（精神上） ill. They could no longer stand him and decided to stop him from going to school. However, Edison’s mother didn’t give up on her son. She taught him at home.
Many years after Edison’s mother died and he was already one of the greatest inventors, one day he was looking through the old family things. Suddenly he saw a piece of folded paper in the corner of a drawer. He took it out and opened it up. It read, “Your son is addled (mentally ill). We won’t let him come to school anymore.”
Edison cried for hours and then he wrote in his diary, “Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child, but, by his hero mother, he becomes the genius of the century.”
Having faith in those we love is very important. We should have faith in those around us. Even if others have given up on you, you should have faith in yourself.
24. How did Edison’s mother probably feel when reading the letter?
A. Sad. B. Relaxed. C. Proud. D. Calm.
25. In the teachers’ opinion, Edison _______.
A. wasn’t hard to train B. wasn’t a normal child
C. was too clever to teach D. was really a genius
26. What did Edison’s mother do after knowing the teachers’ decision?
A. She asked him to invent things. B. She sent him to another school.
C. She asked him to study by himself. D. She let him get educated at home.
27. The passage is meant to show that ________.
A. teachers should love their students
B. parents know their children the best
C. most children can be geniuses if encouraged
D. we should have faith in others and ourselves
C
  “Granny, what does it feel like to be almost 80 years old?” The question came up at the dinner table. I’ll never forget the look on my grandmother’s face. It was an expression that’s nearly impossible for me to put into words. Granny took a breath and answered. “It feels...impossible.”
Minutes later, Granny found herself in the backyard, sitting in a chair across from my sister Cailin and me. I delivered my first question, “Do you have any regrets?”
Granny surprised me by answering with a quick “no”. “I have no regrets. My secret is being true to yourself and … maybe living each day to its fullest. There’s not one thing I would do differently.”
“Then what advice would you give to your teenage self?”I asked.
“I remember crying over silly things when I was your age and now I think I was silly getting upset over those things. I would go back and tell myself not to worry about small things.”
She continued to tell a story of a breakup she went through. I asked her if it felt like the end of the world at the time. “Oh, yes! And now we both laugh about it! That’s another thing I’d tell my teenage self---you gotta laugh every day. You can’t take life too seriously. Sometimes there are things that you just can’t do anything about, and all you can do is laugh and make the best of it.”
Cailin and I thanked Granny for this conversation. And I was ready to take on the world with an all-new outlook on life.
28. How did Granny feel about being almost 80 years old?
A. Proud. B. Curious. C. Puzzled. D. Amazed.
29. What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. Granny doesn’t regret her past doing at all.
B. If possible, Granny would do things differently.
C. In daily life, there are no things that look the same.
D. There is more than one thing that Granny wouldn’t do again.
30. Which of the following are Granny’s suggestions?
① Always take life seriously. ②Live each day to its fullest. ③ Forget the past things. ④ Never worry about small things. ⑤ Laugh off what can’t be changed.
A. ① ⑤ B. ③ ⑤ C. ② ④ D. ②③
31. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Some of Granny’s stories.
B. Life advice from 80-year-old Granny.
C. A special question at the dinner table.
D. The key to having no regrets in life.
D
My 12-year-old daughter, Lauren, came home from school yesterday, proudly waving her grade book to me. She had been awarded A-1 in most subjects such as mathematics, language arts and science—a great achievement! Then she sadly pointed out that her perfect score was damaged by a B-1 in French and a C-1 in Physical Education.
I asked her what the scores meant. She said that the letter showed the achievement（成绩） and the number showed the effort. That moment I realized that the grades were misleading. I reached out my hands and gave her a big hug and told her in my mind she had a perfect score. It didn’t matter that her grade in French was a “B”—the “l” showed that she had tried her best. That is something to make any parent proud.
Everybody is different. Everybody has different potential（潜能）. Not all of us will become linguists（语言学家） or sports stars. But without 100％effort no potential can be achieved. If I see a salesperson fail at sales, the first thing I want to examine is the effort being put in. If there is a problem with effort, the salesperson has no future. But if I see a salesperson isn’t successful with l00％effort, he or she is worth my effort in helping. Maybe a bit of training or some advice from a more successful person will help. I know that 100％effort, focus in the right direction, will always bring a result whether that is an A” or a “C”. As long as you make 100％effort, you are great.
32. The author’s daughter was weak in _______.
A. maths B. science C. chemistry D. physical education
33. What does the author think of grades?
A. High grades make parents proud.
B. Grades are important to children
C. People hold a wrong idea of grades.
D. High grades show great achievements.
34. Seeing a salesman with 100% effort fail, the author ______.
A. will give him training
B. is willing to offer help
C. will find an easy way for him
D. may think he has no future
35. In the passage the author praises a person highly for _______.
A. trying his or her best
B. achieving good grades
C. having different potential
D. giving other people useful advice
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,选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to get ready for school quickly
Waking up early every day for school is hard. If you can’t get up early, you may find yourself having to rush to make it to class. 36._______ In fact, you can get ready quickly and arrive at school in time. Here are some ideas that can help.
Prepare the night before. When you finish your homework, put everything back in your bag so it’s ready for the next day. Make sure you put anything else you’ll need, like special projects, pens and pencils, into the bag. 37. ________ In this way, you can catch it as you walk out.
Create a bedtime routine（惯例）. 38. _________ Your body likes routines, and the quality of your sleep will also be better. What’s more, try putting your alarm on the other side of the room. That way, you have to get up and walk across the room every time it goes off.
39. _________ In other words, brush your teeth, wash your face and use the toilet in the same order every day --- the more you practice, the easier and faster it’ll go. Form the habit of getting dressed as soon as possible. Never forget breakfast even when you’re running late. 40. _________ If everything is in it, head to school!
A. Take full advantage of waiting time.
B. Go through your morning routine.
C. Don’t put your phone near your bed.
D. Go to bed at the same time every day and stick to it.
E. Then put it by the door before you go to sleep.
F. As a result, you might leave books behind and end up looking like you just got up!
G. Last, give your bag a quick final check right before you leave.
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，并在答题卡上该项涂黑。
My friends and I had just finished our lunch at a restaurant when it started to rain heavily. When it became 41 , I decided to brave the rain to get my 42 not very far away.
My friends argued that I shouldn’t go mainly because I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I told them that I’d be very 43 . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she should stay with another friend who needed 44 with her little baby.
Then I ran to my car. At a crossing, a car 45 and a passenger got out with a(n) 46 . Before I knew what was happening, he walked right up to me and told me he’d walk me to my home. I was embarrassed and refused, 47 he insisted on offering me his help.
During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was 48 . When we got to my car, I thanked him and we parted. I did not know his 49 and may not even recognize him now. Did he stop for me 50 ? I’ll never know.
So how did I pay his kindness forward? I was at home when I 51 two workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way home. I went out and gave them an umbrella