山西省平遥中学2020┄2021学年高一下学期期末考试试题英语

第一部分：听力第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60 分）第一节：（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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，并写在答题卡上。

AInteresting festivals in the world21. Where will you probably go to enjoy one of the festivals above in May？A. Spain.B. England.C. The United States.D. Thailand.22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？A. The tomatoes are thrown into the crowd to eat.B. All the festivals alive don’t fall on the single day.C. Burning a large real man is the best part of the festival.D. Songkran is the only reason for attracting lots of tourists.23. The passage is most probably taken from .A. A tour guideB. A science reportC. A story bookD. A fashion magazineBOnce built to keep invaders out, the Great Wall, one of China’s best-known faces, has now become a platform to bring people together. For Taylor, an 11-year-old Australian schoolgirl, it is a magic ladder which can carry her closer to her dream.Taylor was born with cerebral palsy （脑瘫）, a disorder that affects movement and coordination. But her willpower has sent her to perform missions to create the public awareness about the disorder and raise funds for people living with it.In March 2016, she climbed Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia at 2,229 meters above sea level. When her mother Toni asked her what her next goal was, she answered：“Mount Everest might be a little too hard right now, but maybe the Great Wall.”On June 6th this year, her wish came true. With her walking aid and the support of her parents and sponsor, accompanied by a group of primary school volunteers from Beijing, Taylor realized her dream in China by climbing the part of the Great Wall known as Mutianyu despiterain and cold.Taylor moved ahead slowly yet steadily, and with determination. When the stairs were too steep to climb on her own, her parents lifted her, encouraging her to keep going.The journey started near Watch Tower No.14, somewhere in the middle of the Mutianyu Great Wall. In the tower, Taylor carefully listened to the guide saying the long history of the Great Wall. Then she went to a little window in the tower to look at the beautiful view below.Dougal Cameron, a volunteer who accompanied Taylor on her Great Wall trip, said he was inspired by her. “It was obviously painful for her to walk so far along the Great Wall. She is amazing,” he said.The trip to the Great Wall was very strange for Toni. “We are so grateful for all the support Taylor received from all corners of the world,” she said.24. What does “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to？A. The platform.B. The ladder.C. The Great Wall.D. The disorder.25. Why did T aylor decide to climb the Great Wall？A. T o challenge her own courage.B. To make more new friends in China.C. T o know better about Chinese history.D. T o arouse the public consciousness to help people like her.26. What can we know about T aylor’s trip to the Great Wall？A. T aylor climbed the Great Wall by herself.B. Taylor got the support from many people when climbing.C. T aylor was carried by her parents to climb the Great Wall.D. T aylor once wanted to give up climbing the Great Wall.27. What did Dougal Cameron think of T aylor？A. Tired.B. Strong.C. T alkative.D. Easy-going.CDon’t we all know a “Happy Meal” when we see the famous boxed meal that includes a hamburger, a kid-sized portion of fries, fruits and milk, served with a toy that’s extremely popular with children who love to collect them？But collectors of these little toys will soon be in surprise. For the book lovers though, there is some good news. McDonald’s will replace the plastic toys with books. However, each of these books will mainly pass on nutritional messages.Do you know that McDonald’s has been marketing the boxed kid’s me al since 1979？Happy Meals are extremely popular with kids, especially for its collectible toys, when you consider that over 1.3 billion of these packages are sold each year! These packages have been very controversial. Health supporters believe that drawing kids to these meals with toys is a clever way of facilitating unhealthy food choices. They see it as an advertising strategy of “catching its young customers” that has paid off very well for the fast food company.Child development experts say that food habits get formed in children by age six and continue through to their adult life. Fatty and sugary foods such as those served in Happy Meals are believed to play a big role in growing health problems such as obesity and diabetes. Public health care costs have gone up and untold amounts of money have been spent on caring for obesity and other health problems. In 2010, the State of California tried to ban toys in Happy Meals. But it was strongly opposed by some people, and the ban was thrown out by the government.While some people believe that McDonald’s, with its large following of children, cancreate a powerful message through the books, others believe its actions are contradictory. Anyway, the company is trying to spread the message of nutrition while it is serving food that is anything but healthy.28. According to the first paragraph, the aim of the question raised is to_________.A. persuade readers to buy the boxed mealB. give a surprise to book loversC. make readers laughD. get readers’ atte ntion29. Books will be added into Happy Meals to__________.A. help young kids learn to read and writeB. introduce the history of McDonald’sC. have kids learn more about nutritionD. encourage more kids to read books30. What does the underlined w ord “facilitating” mean in Paragraph 3？A. Promoting.B. Selling.C. Giving up.D. Dealing with.31. In the author’s opinion, Happy Meals___________.A. bring much fun to childrenB. do no good for children’s healthC. are popular with adultsD. teach children a lot about nutritionDMarch 8th marks the annual International Women’s Day. Around the world, women usually played a not well-known role in history. They were often buried with their unknown talents and amazing tales. Yet there are still some lucky ones whose stories have been recorded. Here are four talented ancient Chinese women who once impressed in their time, and still affect us in our time.Praised as the “No.1 talented woman”, Li Qingzhao, a poet from the Song Dynasty, wasborn in Shandong province. She excelled at poetry and in ink painting and calligraphy （书法）. Li was most well-known for her poems, which were divided into two contrasting styles reflecting her life as a married woman and a widow. Before her husband’s death, her poems were mainly about a carefree and happy life. The keynote turned into a sad tune after her husband passed away. However, Li was not a narrow-minded woman. Apart from expressing feminine feelings and experiences, she also wrote poems praising war heroes and criticizing the corrupted emperor. As an example of female patriot, Li has a great effect on modern women’s literature.Cai Wenji was good not only at poetry and calligraphy, but also mathematics, astronomy, debate and music. Her masterpieces were Hu Jia Shi Ba Pai. As the daughter of literatus Cai Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai had a very unusual life. After her first husband died, she was forced to marry Xiongnu tribe’s king. Living in a totally different environment, Cai missed her home a lot. Twelve years later, Cao Cao, a student of Cai Yi, rescued Cai from the Xiongnu tribe. At the age of 35, Cai got married for a third time in a union arranged by Cao to a man named Dong Si.Ban Zhao was the first female historian in China. She was also good at writing poems, yet only seven of her works have survived. Ban was often invited by the emperor to teach the queen mathematics, astronomy and poetry. She was honored as Da Gu, a title for knowledgeable and noble women. At the age of 40, Ban finished Han Shu, based on her brother’s writings. A total of four people wrote the book, and Ban, as the last writer, faithfully kept the style of the first three. Ban Zhao also wrote Nv Jie, a book to teach women how to deal with relationships with their husbands and husbands’ relatives and how to properly behave.Shangguan Wan’er was famous for being given an important position by the only femaleemperor, Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty. Despite Shangguan’s grandfather being killed for offending Wu, she was highly praised by the female emperor for her literary talent. She served as a key secretary to Wu and was called “a female prime minister” at the time. Shangguan changed court poetry so that it used more meaningful expressions than empty praise, and further developed her style based on her grandfather’s poems.32. These four talented ancient Chinese women were chosen by the author because ______.A. they were buried with amazing talesB. they were of decisive importance in historyC. only their stories have been recordedD. they still have great influences on us33. According to the second paragraph, we can infer that ______.A. Li Qingzhao has effects on modern women’s literature greatlyB. Li Qingzhao thought she was No.1 talented womanC. Most of Li Qingzhao’s poems were about war heroes and the emperorD. Li Qingzhao’s poems were influenced by her husband’s death34. What did Ban Zhao and Shangguan Wan’er have in common？A. Both of them were thought highly of by their emperors.B. Few of their poems have survived for people to read.C. They developed their poems’ styles based on others’ writing.D. Both of them were praised for writing history books.35. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article？A. Cai Wenji was the daughter of literatus Cai Yi of the Western Han Dynasty.B. Being forced to leave her hometown made Cai Wenji homesick.C. Ban Zhao wrote Nv Jie mainly to teach women to behave themselves.D. Shangguan Wan’er was given the position mainly because of her grandfather’s devotion to the emperor.第二节：（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。