高一上学期英语期中考试试卷第7套真题

高一上学期英语期中考试试卷

一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

1. 阅读理解

This year is considered as one of the hotteston record, but a genius cooling device in a tiny package is helping many to beatback the heat. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have already experiencedthe power of it.

What is It?

The device is ZenCooler developed by two German engineers who weretired of the increasingly hot and punishing weather. They realized that regularair conditioning technology was a far from the ideal solution, proving to be tooinefficient, and expensive to be used practically on a daily basis. Therefore, theydeveloped the new device that is both sleek, easy-to-use, and extremely powerful.Best of all, it’s no bigger than the size of a lunchbox.

How does ZenCooler Work?

Simply fill it with water, plug it in and turnit on. Powered by a USB cable, it can be literally run off your smartphone, powerbank, and laptop. In less than 60 seconds, you will be enjoying all the benefitsof a ZenCooler air-conditioned room.

The Best Value for Your Money

With most AC units costing upwards of $200 bareminimum, all the way

up to thousands when you take installation and maintenanceinto consideration, ZenCooler is really a no brainer for the value you’regetting. Right now, you can enjoy all the benefits and savings that Zencooler offers,for an all-time low price of only $89/unit which is an absolute steal when you arethinking about everything you’re getting!

If that’s not enough of a bargain, they arealso offering multi-buy discounts for as low as $49/unit available now.

Where can you buy ZenCooler?

Right now it’s only available from ZenCooler’sofficial website. Ordernow to lock in the best price! Click here to order your ZenCooler today.

（1）Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A . Two German engineers developed ZenCooler because of the hot weather.

B . The new device ZenCooler is smaller than a lunchbox.

C . Simply filled with water, ZenCooler can work powerfully.

D . You only can buy the device from ZenCooler’s official website.

（2）How much would you spend buying a unit of ZenCooler now?

A . $200

B . $89

C . $49

D . $138

（3）Where can you find this article?

A . In a magazine

B . In a newspaper

C . In a guidebook

D . On a website

2. 阅读理解

Like many little school girls, SavannahHart was given the chance to take home her class “pet” — in thiscase, a sweetly tattered toy monkey named Harriet.

What happened next could be the subject ofa children’s storybook: the 5-year-old from Australia took Harriet on a summertrip to Buckingham Palace when things went wrong.

While visiting Queen Elizabeth’s home, thelittle girl misplaced the toy, and her family assumed that Harriet would be forever stuckat the bottom of the palace’s lost property collection. But after a teacher atSavannah’s school, Woodside Preschool in Australia, wrote a letter to the Queento see if the well-worn Harriet could be located, determined palace employeesset to work to find it.

Helped by the letter and photos takenduring the monkey’s tour around the U.K. with Savannah’s family, Harriet wasfound and returned to Savannah. But Harriet didn’t come back alone on the9,000-mile journey from London to Australia — the monkey was also accompaniedby Rex, a stuffed corgi dog sent from the palace.

Before leaving the U.K., Harriet even spentsome time helping out with palace tours and was given the royal treatment.

“We aim to give every visitor toBuckingham Palace a memorable experience, and after we had found Harriet themonkey near the Family Pavilion, she spent some time helping out theVisitor Services team before heading home,” said a spokesperson for theRoyal Collection, which runs the visitor experience at Buckingham Palace overthe summer. “We hope Harriet enjoyed telling Rex the corgi dog about heradventures on the journey back to Australia.”

（1）According to the text, what can be learned about Harriet?

A . Harriet is Savannah’s home pet.

B . Harriet is a sweetly tattered toy dog.

C . Harriet has been to the U.K..

D . Harriet has a teacher named Woodside.

（2）Who helped Savannah find her lost toy?

A . A teacher and her family

B . A teacher and the palace employees

C . Her family and the Queen

D . All of them.

（3）What is the right order of the events?

a. Savannah’s teacher wrote a letter to ask for help.

b. Savannah took Harriet on a summer trip to Buckingham Palace.

c. The palace employees set to work to find Harriet.

d. Harriet was given the royal treatment and came back with Rex.

e. Savannah misplaced Harriet and her family thought it would be never seen.

A . beacd

B . daecb

C . dceba

D . adcbe

（4）What can be inferred from the passage?

A . Harriet spent some time helping out the Visitor Services team

B . Harriet took Rex back together with him and enjoyed telling him stories.

C . Whoever visits Buckingham Palace will have a memorable experience.

D . The Buckingham Palace employees aim to provide visitors with good service.

3. 阅读理解

Children should do housework. That’s a controversialidea, though not everyone will admit it. A few parents will declare that their childrenare too busy for housework. Many more of us assign housework, or say we believein them,

but the housework just doesn’t get done.

That’s a problem. For starters, housework isgood for kids. Being a part of the routine work of running a household helps childrendevelop an awareness of the needs of others, while at the same time contributingto their emotional well-being.

One small study, done over a period of 25 years,found that the best predictor for young adults success in their mid-20s was whetherthey participated in household tasks at age 3 or 4. Those early shared responsibilitiesextended to a sense of responsibility in other areas of their lives.

But for all that their help matters, few kidsare doing much around the house at all. In a survey of 1, 000 American adults, 75percent said they believed regular housework made kids “more responsible”.Yet while 82 percent reported having had regular housework growing up, only 56 percentof those with children said they required them to do housework.

Sports and homework are not get-out-of-housework-freecards. The goal, after all, is to raise adults who can balance a caring role intheir families and communities with whatever lifetime achievement goals they choose.Housework teaches that balance.

What should you do when getting children todo housework? Accept no excuses. Don’t worry if you must repeat yourself again andagain. If you’re spending more time getting the child to do this job than it wouldtake to do it yourself, then you’re doing it right. Can an allowance help? Maybe.But if you’re trying to teach k ids to share the responsibility of a home, payingthem

for routine housework is not the right message.

（1）What is most parents’ problem with children doing housework?

A . They are against the idea.

B . They fail to put it into practice.

C . They doubt the possibility of it.

D . They are finding excuses for their children.

（2）Why does the author mention the small study?

A . To state the reasons for early success.

B . To give examples of some successful people.

C . To prove doing housework is beneficial.

D . To suggest kids take responsibility for their behavior.

（3）According to the survey of American adults, how many of them used to do housework as children?

A . 820.

B . 560.

C . 750.

D . 440.

（4）Why does the author write the last paragraph?

A . To criticize some irresponsible parents.

B . To discuss the impact of a good family atmosphere.

C . To advise parents to spend more time with their kids.

D . To offer parents some advice on assigning children housework.

4. 阅读理解

Robots have always had certain advantagesover humans. They’re typically made of more durable materials than the softtissue covering human bodies and since they can be repaired in the event ofdamage, they can basically “live” forever. But robots are usuallyheavy and awkward, and humans have always had a huge advantage in terms of dexterity.

Thanks to the mad scientists at BostonDynamics, that appears to be changing. The humanoid Atlas robot, which hasalready showed incredibly

impressive human-like abilities, just keeps gettingbetter and better, and a new video by the company shows that its fluidity of movement has now easily surpassedyour own .

Atlas has slowly but surely been learning alot of new skills over the past few years. It’s graduated from holding boxesand awkwardly walking to sprinting over obstacles and navigating all manner of difficult terrain.

This latest show is an evolution of thoseskills, with the robot showcasing its ability to fall down, spin in the air,and even do a respectable handstand. It’s essentially a full-fledged gymnastics routine being performed bya robot. Whether that’s awesome or scary depends on your point of view.

We created the maneuvers using new techniques that streamlinethe development process. First, an optimization algorithm transforms high-level descriptions ofeach maneuver into dynamically-feasible reference motions. Then Atlas tracksthe motions using a model predictive controller that smoothly blends from onemaneuver to the next. Using this approach, we developed the routinesignificantly faster than previous Atlas routines, with a performance successrate of about 80%.

Still, being able to pull this off four outof five times is nothing to laugh at, and if Atlas is indeed learning thingsfaster than ever before, we’ll likely be seeing even more impressive routinesin the near future.

（1）The word “dexterity” in Paragraph 1 means to be _________.

A . violent

B . flexible

C . light

D . stupid

（2）What’s the author’s attitude towards the robot’s new ability?

A . awesome

B . scary

C . promising

D . doubtful

（3）What’s the author’s purpose in writin g Paragraph 5?

A . To show how Atlas made full-fledged gymnastics routine.

B . To explain how Atlas got the new maneuvers.

C . To promote the development of robots

D . To introduce the theory of Atlas.

（4）What does the text intend to tell us?

A . Robots have always had certain advantages over humans.

B . Robots likely have more development in the near future.

C . Atlas can do everything that we want him to do.

D . Atlas is a fully-trained gymnast with a lot of skills.

二、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

5. 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。

So how can you hear a lot of English when you’renot in an English-speaking country or family? Fortunately, there are many ways ofhearing English.

Listen to English Radio

You can receive English-language radio in mostcountries. Two international networks are the BBC and VOA. ________.

Watch English Television

________. The pictures help you understand whatis being said, If you don’t have access to English-language TV, you may be ableto watch TV on the Internet.

________.

It i s now a lot easier to hear English on theInternet. If you’re reading this at your computer or mobile device you can probablylisten to some English-language radio news right now, without even moving! And ofcourse, you can find endless videos in English on You Tube and similar websites.

Listen to Songs in English

Songs in English are everywhere, even on foreign-languageradio and TV stations. Listen to them often. But choose one that is not too difficult.________.Some pop songs are very unclear and are difficult even for native English speakersto understand fully!

Get English--speaking Friends

Try to make friends with English-speaking peopleso that you can practice your English through conversation. ________. And if you don’t have a lot of time togo out and meet people, at least you can chat a little by telephone.

A.Don’t worry

B.Listen to English on the Internet

C.This will improve your speaking as well as your listening

D.Many large cities have cinemas that show films in English

E.Both of them have special programs for learners of English

https://www.360docs.net/doc/5a4411157.html, is an excellent resource for hearing and listening to English

G.That means it should be slow, and with real words sung clearly

三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

6. 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

USflight forced to land due to unruly passenger

An American Airlines flight was forced tomake an unscheduled stop after a male passenger became unruly, punching seats,yelling at other passengers and smoking cigarettes.

1from Phoenix, Flight 2408 was headed toMinneapolis on Friday when the passenger became 2about one hour after takeoff. Passenger JimDickey, who was traveling for a conference, said the man began yelling andmaking 3t oward the other passengers. “He 4the seat in front of him and the lady 5,” Dickey told CNN.

Dickey said the pilot announced the flightwas divertingabout 20 minutes after the 6began. The flight landed in Denver and the manwas 7from the plane by law enforcement.

“You could 8by the sound that the plane started landingpretty 9after the flight attendants started to 10what was going on”, he said. And some ofthe male passengers were prepared to 11the passenger physically, he added.”The guy right behind me switch ed seats to the aisle 12things went wrong,” Dickey said.

American Airlines issued a statementadmitting that the thing was 13. “Law enforcement met the flightand saw 14leave again,” said Whitney Zastrow, aspokeswoman for American Airlines. Denver Police confirmed to CNN that they 15to a call of a disturbance. When 16met the passenger they determined itwas a “medical call due to the person being in crisis” andtransported him to the 17, according to Denver Police

Departmentspokesman Jay Casillas. Police did not 18charges in the incident, Casillas said.

Dickey said the rest of the flight was the 19one he’d ever been on. “When we got back on the planein Denver and continued on to 20, I don’t think anybody said a word,” he said.

（1）A . TakingoutB . Coming outC . Setting outD . Breaking out（2）A . crazyB . peacefulC . generousD . skilful（3）A . noisesB . threatsC . disastersD . presents（4）A . punchedB . sufferedC . organizedD . dialed（5）A . yelledB . injuredC . calmedD . screamed（6）A . matterB . eventC . incidentD . thing（7）A . removedB . promotedC . movedD . contributed（8）A . decorateB . tellC . applyD . react（9）A . slowlyB . smartlyC . seriouslyD . quickly（10）A . foundB . exploreC . noticeD . commit（11）A . preventB . preferC . reduceD . admire（12）A . sothatB . even ifC . in caseD . as well（13）A . brilliantB . uselessC . unusualD . true（14）A . theaircraftB . the police officerC . the passengerD . the disabled （15）A . talkedB . respondedC . complainedD . came（16）A . officersB . partnersC . expertsD . volunteers（17）A . homeB . studioC . hospitalD . ceremony（18）A . putup withB . come up withC . keep up withD . end up with （19）A . kindestB . pleasantestC . cruelestD . quietest（20）A . MinneapolisB . PhoenixC . DenverD . CNN四、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

7. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式.

Evenin the heat of a major sporting event, rivals can still show great sportsmanshipwith each other. A great example ________ place in DuBois last Friday, whenthe Beavers competed with the Oil City Oilers. The game was

down to the wire when Dubois scored with just five ________ left, bringing the Beavers withinone 55-54. The team never thought of giving up but decided to try for the win. ________, they failed.

As the Beaversmade their way off the field after the unsuccessful play, a DuBois player namedZach Shilala was limping to the sideline with an obvious injury. ________ an opposing player in pain, Oil Cityplayer Cam Russell decided ________ his rival make it off the field asShilala’s teammates was still far away________ him.

“Can’tspeak highl y enough of ________ Cam Russell did. You have made us all proud,Cam!” said Oil City Athletic Director. Oil City may have won the game, ________ that did not stop a player from helpingthe opposition when they were down. Cam showed a major act of sportsmanship, ________ is lost these days at times. He is ________ great that people all call him superhero.

五、短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

8. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）；

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉；

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

As a hardworkingboy, Li Hua is fond of read and likes doing some exercise

every day. The first yearhe went to high school, he had much difficulty in English, but through hard workhe made great progresses. He is always the last leave the classroom. Thus, he doesgood in all his subjects now. In 2019, he took part in the physics compete organizedby our school and has won the first prize. Strict with him, Li Hua never complainsabout the work what takes up a large part of the day, as he knows a road to successwill never be easy.

六、书面表达（满分25分）

9. 某中学生英文报正举办“The Festival I Like Best”的征文活动，请用英文写一篇短文投稿，内容应包括：

1）你最喜欢的节日；

2）你喜欢该节日的两条理由

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）题目已为你写好；

3）行文连贯，语篇完整。

TheFestival I Like Best