江苏省海安市南莫中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期第一阶段练习试题.doc

江苏省海安市南莫中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期第一阶段练习试题

江苏省海安市南莫中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期第一阶段练习试题

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江苏省海安市南莫中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期第一阶段练习试题
（考试时间120分钟，总分150分）

第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 did the man do yesterday afternoon?
A. He wrote a report. B. He went to the airport.
C. He listened to a speech.
2. What does the woman say about the weather?
A. It’s getting better. B. It’s so changeable. C. It’s getting worse.
3. When does the post office probably open?
A. At 7:30. B. At 8:00. C. At 8:30.
4. What does the man want to do?
A. Go boating. B. Go camping. C. Go kite-flying.
5. Where does the woman want to go?
A. A theater. B. A hotel. C. A shopping center.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. What was the man doing?
A. Making a plan. B. Having a party. C. Calling his friend.
7. How does the woman sound in the end?
A. Excited. B. Annoyed. C. Grateful.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10 三个小题。
8. In which department is the woman likely to work?
A. Sales department. B. Production department.
C. Marketing department.
9. What’s the special requirement for the job?
A. Working on weekends. B. Traveling most of the time.
C. Good communication skills.
10. How long does it take the woman to get to the company?
A. 15 minutes. B. 30 minutes. C. 45 minutes.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。
11. What does the man want to do?
A. Return home. B. Take some photos. C. Go on a business trip.
12. What do we know about Judy?
A. She is twenty-one. B. She is married. C. She is in college.
13. Who is the woman’s son?
A. Tim. B. Jamie. C. Julian.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。
14. What was the man doing?
A. Looking at a picture. B. Watching a funny video.
C. Reading an interesting story.
15. What happened to the news reporter?
A. He hit a big tree. B. He had a car accident.
C. He was attacked by bees.
16. What’s the weather like today?
A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Cloudy.
17. What will the man do next?
A. Listen to music. B. Surf the website. C. Go to the park.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。
18. How long must vacation requests be given in advance?
A. One week. B. Two weeks. C. Three weeks.
19. What’s required on the Vacation Request Form?
A. A reasonable explanation. B. The name of a replacement.
C. A signature from the general manager.
20. Who is Barbara
A. The general manager. B. The boss of the company.
C. An employee in the HR department.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
The Lake District Attractions Guide
Dalemain Mansion & Historic Gardens
History, Culture & Landscape(景观). Discover and enjoy 4 centuries of history, 5 acres of celebrated and award-winning gardens with parkland walk. Owned by the Hasell family since 1679, home to the International Marmalade Festival. Gifts and antiques, plant sales, museums & Mediaeval Hall Tearoom.
Open:29 Mar-29 Oct，Sun to Thurs.
Tearoom，Gardens & Gift Shop:10.30-17.00(16.00 in Oct).
House:11.15-16.00(15.00 in Oct)
Town: Pooley Bridge &Penrith
Abbot Hall art Gallery & Museum
Those viewing the quality of Abbot Hall’s temporary exhibitions may be forgiven for thinking they are in a city gallery. The impressive permanent collection includes Turners and Romneys and the temporary exhibition programme has Canaletto and the artists from St Ives.
Open: Mon to Sat and Summer Sundays 10.30 -17.00 Sumner.10.30 -16.00 Winter.
Town:Kendal
Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
Discover, explore and enjoy award-winning Tullie House, where historic collections, contemporary art and family fun are brought together in one impressive museum and art gallery. There are four fantastic galleries to visit from fine art to interactive fun, so there’s something for everyone!
Open: High Season 1 Apr – 31 Oct: Mon to Sat 10.00 – 17.00, Sun 11.00 – 17.00.
Low Season 1 Nov – 31 Mar: Mon to Sat 10.00 – 16.30, Sun 12.00 – 16.30.
Town: Carlisle
Dove Cottage & The wordsworth Museum
Discover William Wordsworth’s inspirational home. Take a tour of his Lakeland cottage, walk through his hillside garden and explore the riches of the collection in the Museum. Visit the shop and relax in the café. Exhibitions, events and family activities throughout the year.
Open: Daily, 09.30 – 17.30 (last admission 17.00).
Town: Grasmere
21. When is the House at Dalemain Mansion & Historic Gardens open on Sundays in July?
A. 09.30-17.30. B. 10.30-16.00. C. 11.15-16.00. D. 12.00-16.30
22. What can visitors do at Abbot Hall Art Gallery & Museum?
A. Enjoy Romney’s works. B. Have some interactive fun.
C. Attend a famous festival. D. Learn the history of a family
23. Where should visitors go if they want to explore Wordsworth’s life?
A. Penrith. B. Kendal. C. Carlisle. D. Grasmere.
B
Returning to a book you’ve read many times can feel like drinks with an old friend. There’s a welcome familiarity — but also sometimes a slight suspicion that time has changed you both, and thus the relationship. But books don’t change, people do. And that’s what makes the act of rereading so rich and transformative.
The beauty of rereading lies in the idea that our bond with the work is based on our present mental register. It’s true, the older I get, the more I feel time has wings. But with reading, it’s all about the present. It’s about the now and what one contributes to the now, because reading is a give and take between author and reader. Each has to pull their own weight.
There are three books I reread annually. The first, which I take to reading every spring is Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast. Published in 1964, it’s his classic memoir of 1920s Paris. The language is almost intoxicating (令人陶醉的)，an aging writer looking back on an ambitious yet simpler time. Another is Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm, her poetic 1975 ramble (随笔) about everything and nothing. The third book is Julio Cortazar’s Save Twilight: Selected Poems, because poetry. And because Cortazar.
While I tend to buy a lot of books, these three were given to me as gifs, which might add to the meaning I attach to them. But I imagine that, while money is indeed wonderful and necessary, rereading an author’s work is the highest currency a reader can pay them. The best books are the ones that open further as time passes. But remember, it’s you that has to grow and read and reread in order to better understand your friends.
24. Why does the author like rereading?
A. It evaluates the writer-reader relationship.
B. It’s a window to a whole new world.
C. It’s a substitute for drinking with a friend.
D. It extends the understanding of oneself.
25. What do we know about the book A Moveable Feast?
A. It’s a brief account of a trip.
B. It’s about Hemingway’s life as a young man.
C. It’s a record of a historic event.
D. It’s about Hemingway’s friends in Paris.
26. What does the underlined word ＂currency＂ in paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Debt B. Reward. C. Allowance. D. Face value.
27. What can we infer about the author from the text?
A. He loves poetry. B. He’s an editor.
C. He’s very ambitious. D. He teaches reading.
C
When we look at a lovely baby, a puppy or a really cute kitten many of us want to squeeze it. Why is that?
According to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, it’s a typical experience of “cute aggression”. The experience results from the fight between the brain’s “emotion system”, which impels (驱使) people to squeeze cute things, and its “reward system” which deals with feelings of “wanting”.
In the study, 54 participants between the ages of 18 and 40 were presented with four groups of photos. Two of the groups of photos were of cute human babies and animals and the other two were of less adorable adult humans and animals. As the participants looked at the photos, there searchers watched their brain activities.
According to the researchers, the participants reward systems were found to be active as they looked at the cute babies, and they seemed to be overwhelmed(征服的). By contrast, the reward systems of the people looking at the less cute adults were found to be inactive, and they seemed to be less impelled by their reward systems.
This suggests that cute things activate their emotion systems in such a way that people are overwhelmed by the experience of cuteness. But reward systems work against these emotions by creating the desire to protect cute things.
As Katherine Stavropoulos, the lead researcher of this study at the University of California in the US told Science Alert, “The cute aggression is the brain’s way of ‘bringing us back down’ by balancing our feelings of being overwhelmed.”
Stavropoulos compared this process of balancing to an evolutionary adaptation. Such an adaptation may have taken place to ensure that people are able to continue taking care of creatures they consider particularly cute.
So, although cute babies and adorable animals may look completely helpless, their vulnerable(易受伤害的) appearance may in fact help them to survive.
28. According to the text, “cute aggression” refers to .
A. the emotion of wanting to protect cute things
B. the task of emotion system and reward system
C. the adaptation of consistently taking care of cute creatures
D. the behavior of squeezing a cute baby or animal when seeing it
29. In nature, “cute aggression” is caused by .
A. the need of the brain to balance all feelings
B. the photos of cute human babies and animals
C. the vulnerable appearance of babies or animals
D. the conflict between emotion system and reward system
30. Which of the following statements about the study is TRUE?
A. Facial expressions of the participants were observed.
B. Katherine Stavropoulos conducted this study on her own.
C. Cute babies and animals affected brain activities of all the participants.
D. The participants were divided into two groups in order to make comparison.
31. What is the author’s purpose in writing this text?
A. To persuade readers to protect cute animals.
B. To stress the significance of cute aggression.
C. To present research findings on cute aggression.
D. To share an interesting phenomenon with readers.

D
After bikes and umbrellas are made sharable across China, some companies started eyeing the fitness market, so shared gym rooms have hit the streets in Beijing.
Unlike regular gyms that provide large, open spaces for many members to share at the same time, the newly built shared gym rooms are small, stand-alone rooms for a person to use, often set up near living communities.
Every four-square-meter room is equipped with a treadmill (跑步机), an air cleaner, a mirror, a television and an air conditioner, and users can let down the curtains for privacy.When exercising, users can listen to music, watch movies and check emails by connecting to the Internet by the screen fixed on the treadmill. There’s no shower or washbasin.
Similar to using a shared bike, users can locate a shared gym room by smartphone application, book a room in advance and then need to scan (扫描) a QR code for use. A refundable deposit (保证金) of 99 yuan is required, and users are charged 0.2 yuan per minute.
The shared gym rooms are created by Misspao, a Beijing-based technology company founded in July. Within two weeks since it was founded, the company has already got two rounds of funding valued over 100 million yuan, Yicai Global reports. The idea of the shared fitness experience is not entirely nascent. Last December, the Shanghai-based technology company VRUN set up shared treadmills in office and apartment buildings.
The sharing economy is still becoming popular in China. According to Yicai Global, confident investors are pouring millions into sharing start-ups. In March, the State Information Center published a report which predicts that the total value of China’s sharing economy will see a yearly growth of 40% in the coming years, and it is expected to contribute around 10% to the country’s GDP by 2020.
32. What makes the shared gym room different from the regular one?
A. Offering open spaces.
B. Standing in the living zone.
C. Holding one person at a time.
D. Having some advanced equipment.
33. What can we learn about the shared gym room from the text?
A. Users can have a shower in it after exercise.
B. Users who want to use it need a smartphone.
C. Users who use it first need to pay for 99.2 yuan.
D. Users’ privacy can’t be protected while they are exercising.
34. What does the underlined word “nascent” probably mean in Paragraph 5?
A. Simple. B. Popular. C. Satisfying. D. New.
35. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?
A. To introduce shared gym rooms.
B. To advertise a technology company.
C. To predict the future of the sharing economy.
D. To persuade people to support the sharing economy.
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。
A Few Tips for Self-Acceptance
We all want it… to accept and love ourselves. But at times it seems too difficult and too far out of reach. 36 Here’s a handful of ways that will set you in the right direction.
● 37 Do not follow the people who make you feel not-good-enough. Why do you follow them? Are you hoping that eventually you will feel empowered because your life is better than theirs? Know that your life is your own;you are the only you in this world.
●Forgive yourself for mistakes that you have made. We are often ashamed of our shortcomings, our mistakes and our failures. 38 You will make mistakes, time and time again. Rather than getting caught up in how you could have done better, why not offer yourself a compassionate (有同情心) response? ＂That didn’t go as planned. But, I tried my best.＂
●Recognize all of your strengths. Write them down in a journal. Begin to train your brain to look at strength before weakness. List all of your accomplishments and achievements. You have a job, earned your degree, and you got out of bed today. __39
●Now that you’ve listed your strengths, list your imperfections. Turn the page in your journal. Put into words why you feel unworthy, why you don’t feel good enough. Now, read these words back to yourself. 40 Turn to a page in your journal to your list of strengths and achievements. See how awesome you are?
A. Feeling upset again?
B. Where do you start?
C. Nothing is too small to celebrate.
D. Remember, you are only human.
E Set an intention for self-acceptance.
F. Stop comparing yourself with others.
G. When does the comparison game start?
第三部分 语言知识运用（共三节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）