湖北省沙市中学2020-2021学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题
2020—2021学年度上学期2020级
期末考试英语试卷
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，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 will the man probably do?
A. Ask Linda for advice.
B. Tell his sister the truth.
C. Lend some money to his sister.
2. What does the man suggest the woman do tomorrow night?
A. Stay at the party for a while.
B. Study at school.
C. Do her work.
3. What band did the woman see?
A. The one with a dancer.
B. The one with a pianist.
C. The one with three guitarists.
4. Why does the man prefer magazines?
A. They are cheaper.
B. They are more interesting.
C. They can be finished more quickly.
5. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At the woman’s home.
B. At a hotel.
C. At a hospital.
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 does the girl think of the boy’s parents?
A. Friendly.
B. Understanding.
C. Strict.
7. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The girl likes chemistry very much.
B. The boy got a good grade in chemistry.
C. The boy did worse than the girl in chemistry.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why does the woman refuse to help the man?
A. It is against the rules.
B. His instrument is too heavy.
C. She doesn’t know where to make a call.
9. Where will the man go?
A. To the reception.
B. To the dining room.
C. To the bag office.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the man?
A. A host.
B. A news reporter.
C. A fitness trainer.
11. When will the fitness center be open?
A. On June 10th.
B. On July 16th.
C. On August 21st.
12. Which sport can people do outdoors in the sports center?
A. Tennis.
B. V olleyball.
C. Basketball.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. When was the World Wildlife Fund founded?
A. In 1916.
B. In 1961.
C. In 1969.
14. What is the official sign of the World Wildlife Fund?
A. A picture of a panda.
B. A picture of a dolphin.
C. A picture of a whale.
15. What does the Audubon Society focus on?
A. The protection of birds.
B. The protection of forests.
C. The protection of ocean animals.
16. What do we know about the Wilderness Society?
A. It is named after an American wildlife painter.
B. It has eighteen branches in the United States.
C. Its head office is in Washington,
D.C.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the talk about?
A. An acting experience.
B. A great book.
C. College life.
18. Why did the speaker decide to try for a part in The Finnegans?
A. She thought the book would make a great film.
B. She felt she was perfect for the part of Polly.
C. She was encouraged by her grandmother.
19. How did the speaker know the filming plans?
A. Her mother sent an e-mail to her.
B. The director called her.
C. Her friend told her.
20. How did the speaker manage to find time to do the filming?
A. She asked her friends to help with her essays.
B. She took time off and did her college work later.
C. She missed lectures and hoped nobody would notice.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，每小题 2.5 分，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。
A
Argentina: Land of Discovery
Experience the lively culture of Buenos Aires as you work to build low-income housing for local families in need.
Duration: 14 to 21 days
Program Type: Find Your Passion
Tuition: $ 4,999 ( 21 days ); $ 3,399 ( 14 days )
Community Service Hours: 45 ( 21 days ); 35 ( 14 days )
Language hours: N / A *
Belize: Rhythms of the Caribbean
Make a difference as you work to promote children’s literacy (读写能力), explore Belize’s diverse ecosystems, and experience the color and culture of this exotic (异国情调的) nation.
Duration: 21 days
Program Type: Find Your Passion
Tuition: $ 4,999
Community Service Hours: 60
Language hours: N / A
Costa Rica: Spanish Service Adventure
Navigate (驾驶船只) through a diverse mountain scape and improve your Spanish skills.
Duration: 14 to 21 days
Program Type: Language immersion (沉浸)
Tuition: $ 4,999 ( 21 days ); $ 3,399 ( 14 days )
Community Service Hours: 55 ( 21 days ); 36 ( 14 days )
Language hours: 45 ( 21 days ); 30 ( 14 days )
Costa Rica: Protecting the Pacific
Protect the oceans through volunteer projects on the pacific coast.
Duration: 14 days
Program Type: Environmental Conservation
Tuition: $ 3,399
Community Service Hours: 30
Language Hours: N / A
* N/A: Not applicable (不适用)
21. Which program gives you the most hours of community service?
A. Land of Discovery.
B. Rhythms of the Caribbean.
C. Spanish Service Adventure.
D. Protecting the Pacific.
22. How is Spanish Service Adventure different from other programs?
A. It is the shortest program.
B. Its tuition fees are the cheapest.
C. It provides different community service hours.
D. It offers great opportunities to learn a language.
23. Which program is focused on helping to improve the living conditions of the poor?
A. Land of Discovery.
B. Rhythms of the Caribbean.
C. Spanish Service Adventure.
D. Protecting the Pacific.
B
My first child was born in 1986 and two and a half years later, I had my daughter. All I ever did from then on was taking care of kids and our home. Throughout those early years, whenever I went somewhere and was around other adults, I would be asked what I did. Far too many people had the same reaction when I told them I was a stay-at-home mom. It made me very angry at such type of response as “Oh, you really don't do anything”. I worked hard as a mom and I took my “job” very seriously! Raising children is doing something and is extremely important.
So that's when I decided to find a way to deal with these ignorant people and to boost my self-esteem(自尊) at the same time. On many of the social occasions, some of the “professional” women would give me their business card as if to show me that they actually did something and had some important title. I decided to give myself a very impressive, important-sounding title and then make up a business card to hand out.
I thought about what I actually did as a mom over the next few days. I took special care to make sure I was giving my children the best care, instruction and information I possibly could. It was my job to teach my kids: how to speak, how to eat, how to dress, how to get along with others, and so on. I specialized in the academic, social and emotional development of human beings — my kids! After reading my brief overview of my own job, I came up with my new, impressive title: Human Development Specialist.
At every opportunity, I handed out my card. 99.99% of the time, people were obviously impressed! It really made me feel better. Most people made a guess at what a “Human Development Specialist” is or does, and I just let them think whatever they wanted to.
24. We can learn from the first paragraph that the writer ________.
A. had a good job before she had children
B. in her opinion , looking after children at home is of great importance.
C. couldn't find a satisfying job
D. didn't know how to get on with other women
25. What did the writer do to improve her self-esteem?
A. She made herself a business card.
B. She pretended to have a good job.
C. She started a business at home.
D. She told others how she was ignored.
26. What was other people's reaction to the writer's title?
A. Most of them felt proud.
B. Most of them were excited.
C. Most of them were disappointed.
D. Most of them were impressed and puzzled.
27. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Family Is More Important Than Work
B. Being a Mom Means Giving up Many Things
C. Being a Full-time Mom Is Important
D. People Have Equal Rights
C
Kids are natural scientists. That may be why they ask so many questions.
Younger kids take up science and math with amazing enthusiasm, yet as they get older they often lose their excitement. Children look on scientific exploration as play, but as they get older they start to connect it with big heavy books, long worksheets and a lot of really confusing words.
What a tragedy！We had their attention, they were listening, they were participating, they were learning and then we lost it to boredom.
We need our kids to play more. More play brings up basic scientific concepts. Being familiar with basic scientific concepts brings about exploration which leads to research. Once they are researching, they are completely into the learning.
My boys built a small 9-hole golf course next to our driveway one day. It was a great product of science. They dug out the holes and channels to guide the golf ball. They played with architecture with a series of pipes they had found in the garage. They tested speed and momentum(动量) by creating one of the holes across the driveway. They experienced biology when deciding which front yard plants could be used as a part of the course and which needed to be pulled up.
If I had sent them out to the yard to build a 9-hole golf course，it would have never happened. It was because it was their idea that it worked. I try to tell them some of the concepts after the fact. When they
ask about something，I try to relate it back to something they have built，experienced, or felt. I try to give them a vocabulary around what they already know.
An afternoon can change the way kids look at the world. Not bad for a day of play.
28. What can we learn about kids' attitudes towards science from the first three paragraphs?
A. Kids think they are born to work as scientists.
B. Younger kids begin to learn science on purpose.
C. Older kids often link science with boring things.
D. Children's taking an interest in science is a tragedy.
29.By building the small golf course, the writer's boys learnt about all of the following things
EXCEPT .
A. speed
B. momentum
C. biology
D. agriculture
30. If the writer had forced the boys to build a small golf course, they might have _______.
A. asked her some related scientific concepts
B. made a better golf course than the one they had built
C. asked their friends to help them with the work
D. got bored and refused to follow the writer's directions
31. In which part of a newspaper is the article probably included?
A. Architecture.
B. Education.
C. Health.
D. Sports.
D
In fairy tales, it's usually the princess that needs protecting. At Google in Silicon Valley, the princess is the one defending the castle. Parisa Tabriz is a 31-year-old with perhaps the most unique job title in engineering—“Google Security Princess”. Her job is to hack into the most popular web browser(浏览器)on the planet, trying to find weaknesses in the system before the “black hats” do. To defeat Google's attackers, Tabriz must firstly think like them.
Tabriz's role has evolved dramatically in the eight years since she first started working at Google. Back then, the young graduate from Illinois University was one of 50 security engineers—today there are over 500.
Cybercrime(网络犯罪)has come a long way in the past decade—from the Nigerian Prince Scam to credit card theft. Tabriz's biggest concern now is the people who find bugs in Google's software, and sell
the information to governments or criminals. To fight against this, the company has set up a Vulnerability Rewards Program, paying anywhere from $100 to $ 20,000 for reported mistakes.
It's a world away from Tabriz's computer-free childhood home in Chicago. The daughter of an Iranian-American doctor father, and Polish-American nurse mother, Tabriz had little contact with computers until she started studying engineering at college. Gaze across a line-up of Google security staff today and you'll find women like Tabriz are few and far between(稀少的)—though in the last few years she has hired more female tech geniuses. She admits there's an obvious gender disequilibrium in Silicon Valley.
Funnily enough, during training sessions Tabriz first asks new colleagues to hack into not a computer, but a vending machine. Tabriz's job is as much about technological know-how(专门知识)as understanding the psychology of attackers.
32. What can we learn about Tabriz from the passage?
A. She was the first female engineer at Google.
B. She must think differently so as to defeat the attackers.
C. Her job relates to not only technology but also psychology.
D. Her frequent contact with computers in childhood benefits her a lot.
33. Why has Google set up a Vulnerability Rewards Program?
A. To protect Google against cybercrime.
B. To monitor the normal operation of Google.
C. To help the government locate the cybercriminals.
D. To raise people's awareness of personal information safety.
34. What does the underlined word “disequilibrium” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. imbalance.
B. preference.
C. difference.
D. variety.
35. Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?
A. What leads to cybercrime
B. The “Security Princess” who guards Google
C. Measures taken by Google to protect its users
D. How to become an excellent security engineer
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。
School life is a very important part of one’s life. It provides opportunity for study and discipline. It is also a preparatory period for entering public life.
School helps students understand discipline better. 36 They show good behavior in the classroom, playground, library and other places.
School is a meeting place for students and teachers. School life is generally a period of youth. 37 They read together, play together and sit together. At this time, they have early dreams which will come true as they grow older.
38 Students take part in games and competitions. School also gives opportunity for the budding (崭露头角) poets, scientists, writers, doctors and painters. It is in school that the students enjoy the pleasure of achieving their goals.
39 In school, teachers try to lead students away from bad thoughts. And at the same time, they teach them good qualities.
In the library, in class and in competitions, students get chances to improve themselves. Above all, in examinations they try to show their best sides. Thus, they get the opportunity to take part in more activities. School has clearly a healthy influence on students. But some students are satisfied with bad friends and try to avoid the influence of their teachers. 40
A. In school, all the students study together.
B. School is the right place to realize early dreams.
C. Those students will miss the joys of their school life.
D. Teachers are those who guide the students on the right path.
E. School life is of great importance to both students and parents.
F. Good quality of discipline is developed in pupils.
G. School provides chances for students to fill their brain with knowledge.
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15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分15 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
On a beautiful September evening, my 11-year-old grandson, Josh, and his team were warming up for their first football game of the season.
At six, the referee(裁判) called the captains forward, said something and 41 his whistle. The two teams 42 separately. I was 43 . The other team were, 44 , ten inches taller than our players. It didn’t take long for their 45 advantage to show. They took a 7-0 lead very soon. At the half, the score stood at 34 to 6. Josh saw minimal play time. In the second half, they used Josh more often. The score climbed to 40 to 6.
Once again, the other team began their 46 down the field. Their quarterback (四分卫) threw the ball. The receiver caught it and 47 the goal. There was only one man in his 48 —Josh. Josh dove and 49 that boy’s legs with all his strength. The receiver dragged Josh a couple of yards and 50 fell down.
On the next play, their quarterback shot an opening and rushed to the goal, but there was Josh again. Josh knocked him off his feet and 51 another goal. They scored on the last play, but it wasn’t Josh’s fault. The game ended with a score of 48 to 6.
On the way home, I wanted to 52 Josh, but he turned to me with a 53 smile. “Grandpa, that was a 54 game.”
“But you lost, 48 to 6!”
“I know, but I did good.”
The boy understood the game better than I did. They didn’t win, but he did his best. I was proud of him. More 55 , he was proud of himself.
41.A.waved B.raised C.threw D. blew
42.A.gathered B.practised C.celebrated D.wandered
43.A.inspired B.embarrassed C.shocked D.delighted
44.A.in total B.on average C.at length D.on balance
45.A.speed B.strength C.age D.size
46.A.charge B.break C.debate D.search
47.A.got through B.headed for C.broke into D.kept up
48.A.way B.position C.sight D.view
49.A.made up for B.broke away from C.took hold of D.caught sight of
50.A.accidentally B.gradually C.increasingly D.eventually
51.A.kicked B.gained C.scored D.saved
52.A.scold B.praise https://www.360docs.net/doc/8a6193459.html,fort D.trick
53.A.wide B.bitter C.polite D.awkward
54.A.disappointing B.enthusiastic C.great D.silly
55.A.fortunately B.severely C.specifically D.importantly
第二节（共10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分15 分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A new social robot has been introduced to the public at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The robot, 56 (call) Nadine, was built by a research team at the university.
Nadine has brown hair and human-like skin. She can talk and act like a human and she even has her own personality. The robot can show 57 (emotion), like anger and sadness and change into different moods, 58 (depend) on the topics she is talking about.
Nadine is the most advanced and human-like robot so far. She has built-in software that is similar to Apple’s Siri, which works on an iPhone. The new social robot has capabilities that have never been implemented in other robots so far. Not only 59 Nadine remember people she has met before, but she can recall things that she said at 60 (early)conversations as well.
Up to now, robots 61 (use) widely in the manufacturing industry. However, 62 (equip) with social functions, more and more robots draw adolescents’ attention. This could be important 63 our population becoming older. Working robots could be the solution to a decreasing workforce. On 64 other hand, such social robots could care for children or older people. They could play and talk with them or keep them company.
Currently, Nadine has a job as a receptionist at the university, 65 she answers questions asked by students and other visitors.
第四部分写作（共两节；满分40 分）
第一节应用文写作（满分15 分）
假定你是李华，新冠疫情（COVID-19 pandemic）肆虐，你们城市里一个外国人聚居的社区（community）急需招聘一批帮助防疫的志愿者，你有意应聘，请按下列要点写一封应聘信。
1.写信目的；
2.介绍自己的优势；
3.希望被录取。
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m a student from Xinhua High School.________________________________________________
Yours
Li Hua
第二节：读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的
词数应为150左右。
Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 a. m. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked, "Just a minute," answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long time, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly towards the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It's nothing," I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated."
"Oh, you're such a good man." She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, "Could you drive through downtown?"
"It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly.
"Oh, I'm in no hurry," she said. "I'm on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don't have any family left. The doctor says I don't have very long. "
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she'd ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said, "I'm tired. Let's go now." We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
"How much do I owe you?" she asked.
"Nothing." I said.
"You have to make a living," she answered. "Oh, there are other passengers," I answered. She said thanks to me, but she looked so sad.
Paragraph 1：
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug.
Paragraph 2：
I was on my way to visit her.