浙江省宁波诺丁汉大学附属中学2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题

浙江省宁波诺丁汉大学附属中学2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题第Ⅰ卷注意事项：1. 答第Ⅰ卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2. 选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。

不能答在本试卷上,否则无效。

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,并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后,你有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 does the woman think of golfing?A. It’s expensive.B. It needs a lot of practice.C. It’sa waste of time.2. How did the man try to contact Ben?A. By email.B. By phone.C. In person.3. What does the woman suggest doing to save more money?A. Doing less shopping.B. Travelling to work by bus.C. Eating at home more often.4. What books is the man looking for?A. Books about the Second World War.B. Books on the American Civil War.C. Books about the Iraq War.5. What does the mother want to find?A. A flight ticket.B. A website.C. A tourist attraction.第二节（共15小题,每小题1.5，满分22.5）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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How does the man learn English?A. By listening to English songs.B. By playing a role in English dramas.C. By speaking English whenever possible.7. What does the woman think of the man?A. Hardworking.B. Crazy.C. Creative.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the man probably need most now?A. A pay raise.B. An assistant.C. A meal.9. What is the woman worried about?A. The man’s performance.B. The man’s health.C. The man’s project.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where do Bill’s family live?A. In New Zealand.B. In the USA.C. In Canada.11. Who is Bill?A. The man’s brother.B. The woman’s brother-in-law.C. The man’s brother-in-law.12. When did Bill remarry?A. Three years after Ruth’s death.B. Three years after Sarah was born.C. Three years before Jane was born.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where does the man get the information about the new job?A. On the Internet.B. In the newspaper.C. On the notice board.14. Why does the man want to change his job?A. To get promoted in the future.B. To have a better salary.C. To enrich his working experience.15. What does the woman think of the new job?A. Challenging.B. Rewarding.C. Inspiring.16. What is the disadvantage of the new job?A. Working in the evening.B. Too demanding.C. A little boredom and lower pay.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

17. How long was Michael missing?A. For more than 3 hours.B. For more than 5 hours.C. For more than 9 hours.18. Where was Michael found?A. Near a river.B. In an unoccupied house.C. In a nearbykindergarten.19. Who didn’t join in the search for Michael?A. Local farmers.B. Fire officials.C. A rescue team.20. How was Michael when he was found?A. He was sleeping.B. He was having fun.C. He was frightened. 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节,满分35分）第一节：（共10小题；每小题2.5分,满分25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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AEvery year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy. They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for such as its stadium and theatres, its shops and restaurants. The tourists do not, however, see Pompeii’s people. They do not see them because Pompeii has no people. No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2 000 years.Once, Pompeii was a busy city of 22 000 people. It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered volcano(火山).Mount Vesuvius had not erupted(喷发) for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not.In August of A.D 79,Mount Vesuvius erupted. The entire top of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ash began to fall on Pompeii. When the eruption ended two days later, Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes. Almost all of its people were dead.For centuries, Pompeii lay buried under stones and ashes. Then, in the year 1861, an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii.Slowly, carefully, Ginseppe and his men dug. The city looked almost the same as it had looked in A.D.79.There were streets and fountains(泉水),houses and shops. There was a stadium with 20 000 seats. Perhaps the most important of all, there were everyday objects, which tell us a great deal about the people who 1ived in Pompeii. Many glasses and jars had some dark blue color in the bottom, so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine. They liked bread too, metal bread pans were in every bakery. In one bakery there were 81 round, flat loaves of bread-a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today. Tiny boxes filled with dark, shiny powder tell us that women liked to wear eye-makeup.Ginseppe has died, but his work continues. One-fourth has not been uncovered yet. Scientists are still digging, still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii.21.Why do a 1arge amount of people come to Pompeii ?A. Because they hope to see its famous stadium and theatres.B. Because they want to see what it used to be.C. Because they like to enjoy its delicious food.D. Because they want to see its people.22.What kind of city was Pompeii about 2 000 years ago?A. It was all empty city.B. It was a prosperous city.C. It was an o1d city.D. It was a poor city.23.What do we know about the Pompeians who lived about 2,000 years ago ________.A. They 1ived more or less the same as Italians now do.B.They felt worried about the grass-covered volcano.C.They 1ived quite differently from those who live in Italy.D. They knew nothing about the volcano.BBob Dylan could hardly have imagined that he would get this kind of special praise for his long career as a musician and songwriter.The Nobel Prize for Literature from the Swedish Academy on October 13 is only the most recent achievement of a man who has long been among the cultural masters of the modern age. He has "created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition", according to the academy.Although Dylan, 75, is not really seen as a literary(文学的) writer, he has given the world over 50 years of creative output.In his 1985 album Biography, Dylan wrote about the attraction of folk music to him. Rock songs "weren't serious enough or didn't reflect life in a realistic way", he explained. Folk music, compared with rock music, was "a more serious type of thing. The songs are filled with more sadness, more joy, more faith in the supernatural, much deeper feelings".Dylan's music and lyrics(歌词) did speak to a generation of people during the 1960s.His lyrics often spoke about great political causes, such as the civil rights movement or the campaign against the war in Vietnam. The 1960s were a time of change, a time when the young were demanding that their voices be heard.Some people were puzzled that a literary prize had been handed to a singer. But poetry and song have long been found together. Greek poet Homer would have sung The Iliad. In the Middle Ages, wandering minstrels(吟游诗人) performed their poems to music just like Dylan does.Far from just being a fashionable move, giving the prize to Dylan can be seen as bringing back an old literary tradition. The millions whose lives Dylan's songs have made better - among them poets and novelists and fellow musicians - will surely welcome the award.24. Why could Bob Dylan receive the Nobel Prize for Literature?A. He performed his poems to music.B. He brought back traditional music to life.C. He wrote a large number of poems.D. He developed a poetic way of music expression.25. Which of the following would Bob probably agree with?A. Rock music contains more faith in the supernatural than folk music.B. Folk music and Rock music are both very serious.C. Folk music conveys emotions more strongly than rock music.D. Rock music describes life in a more realistic way than folk music.26. Greek poet Homer is mentioned in the passage to show ______.A. the connection between songs and poemsB. the great influence of Homer's poemsC. the style of poetry in the Middle AgesD. the difference between a poet and a singerCWhether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions who you spend time with than just tools. For example, these robots will be able to tell when someone is happy or sad. This allows them to respond more properly to the user.The Jibo robot, arranged to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant to help. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t justdeliver general answers to questions; it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market. The company’s “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product’s location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.The more interaction the robot has with humans, the more it learns. But Oshbot, like other social robots, is not intended to replace workers, but to work alongside other employees. “We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us, but with us,” said Breazeal.27. How are social robots different from household robots?A. They can control their emotions.B. They are more like humans.C. They do the normal housework.D. They respond to users more slowly.28. What can a Jibo robot do according to Paragraph 3?A. Communicate with you and do operations for you.B. Answer your personal questions and make no requests.C. Take your pictures and deliver milk.D. Obey your orders and remind you to take pills.29. We can learn from the last paragraph that social robots will ______.A. train employeesB. be our workmatesC. improve technologiesD. take the place of workers30. What does the passage mainly present?A. A new design idea of household robots.B. Marketing plans for social robots.C. Information on household robots.D. An introduction to social robots.第二节：七选五（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。