扬州大学附属中学本部2020-2021学年高一年级第一学期期中考试

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

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CNK Digital

CNK Digital is a leader in making learning fun. Since first offering its gaming platform early in the present decade, CNK Digital has become a leader in game-based learning, with a variety of leveled games that work with students from pre-school through the beginning of middle school. The company’s games are fun, but also instructive, with lessons in phonics, sight words, the alphabet, sentence structure, and much more.

Book Adventure

Fit for students in grades K-8, Book Adventure has a dual mission in the world of online reading education. First, the service is designed to help early learners master the basic concepts of reading comprehension and the principles of literacy. This is accomplished through a series of games and “adventures” that require input from students, corresponding with literacy lessons, to progress through the “adventure” and reach its conclusion.

K5 Learning for Reading

One of the things that originally made K5 Learning unique was its founding members: parents. When the company was founded, virtually all literacy tools were marketed exclusively to schools and sold on a “volume license basis,” making it nearly impossible for parents and homeschoolers to take advantage. The company’s original mission was to democratize this process, bringing high-end, highly effective phonics and literacy tools to early learners across the country

Reading Bear

There is one problem that has almost always stopped homeschoolers and budget-weary parents in their tracks: licensing fees for literacy programs. Many of the most popular literacy programs.Reading Bear was founded to put a stop to this problem. All of its literacy and reading comprehension lessons are completely free for home use, making this tool the best choice for some poor students.

21.what do CNK Digital and Book Adventure have in common?

A.They are both fit for any middle school student.

B.They both encourage reading through games.

C.They are both leaders in online reading.

D.They both have two different goals.

22.What makes K5 learning for Reading special?

A.Its method of reading

B.Its users

C.Its founders

D.Its literacy tools

23.Which program is meant for a kid from a poor family?

https://www.360docs.net/doc/7315915126.html,K Digital

B.Book Adventure

C.K5 Learning for Reading

D.Reading Bear

B

As the President of Ariel Investments, I am often asked how to cultivate （培养）green hands to be qualified for a new job within a short time. My memories take me straight back to the days when I worked for John W. Rogers.

While in college, I worked as an intern （实习生）at Ariel Investments. As the youngest girl of six kids from a single mom, I had very little knowledge of the business world. When I graduated, I decided to return to the company to improve myself.

At the age of 22, my perspective was greatly influenced by lunching with the company's founder and then-president, John W. Rogers. He told me that I would often find myself in the company of rich and successful people with big titles, lots of degrees and lots of experience. And yet, my ideas could still be as good or even better, he said. This early advice became the guiding force that has helped me throughout my entire career. When I was starting out, I thought my inexperience was holding me back, but John said that it was a good thing. He told me that being inexperienced means that you have a fresh point of view.

As my tutor, John encouraged me to be brave. As my boss, he took some giant leaps of faith to support me. Because of our first lunch and the years of support that followed, I never thought twice about speaking up, raising my hand or taking a seat at the table. Staying in the background was never a choice. But John 's advice came with one important warning. I needed to keep my attitude in check. It's one thing to be firm but quite another to be rude. Similarly, there is a fine line between confidence and overconfidence. With that in mind, I have had to learn to balance the way I act around others. As someone once told me, “the goal is to be non-threatened and

non-t hreatening at the same time. ”

24.What can we learn about the author from the text?

A.She went to Ariel Investments after graduation for practice.

B.She made her voice heard with encouragement from her boss.

C.Her miserable childhood had a negative effect on her work.

D.Her performance during internship was highly praised in public.

25.Due to John W. Rogers' advice, the author_______ .

A.learned to strike a balance between work and life

B.contributed her ideas only after listening to others'

C.no longer felt lost and became aware of her own value

D.switched to a different company to display her talent

26.What important lesson does the author learn from his experience?

A.Encourage Your Employees to Grow

B.Keep Your Attitude under Control

C.Let Your Success Be Your Noise.

D.Live a Life with a High Goal.

27.Who would probably benefit most from this article?

https://www.360docs.net/doc/7315915126.html,pany bosses.

B.Those new to a job.

C.Business consultants.

D.Experienced teammates.

C

Do you know some people have memories that are completely wrong? They remember things that never happened. Sometimes, many people have the same wrong memory. When this happens, it’s believed that it is because of the Mandela Effect.

People first noticed the Mandela Effect in 2013. That Year,Nelson Mandela passed away. However, thousands of people remembered him dying in the 1980s. They described watching his funeral on TV. But in fact, Mandela lived to be 95 years old. How could that be? How could so many people have the same wrong memory?

Most experts explain the Mandela Effect using brain science. When we make memories, our brains keep them in groups. Each group includes memories that are similar to each other. Sometimes, our brains mess up. They mix two similar memories together. That’s why people thought Nelson Mandela died in 1980s. They knew he was imprisoned during the 1980s. For some reason, they mixed his imprisonment with his death.

That would explain why so many people in 2013 thought Nelson Mandela was already dead. But would it explain why all those people gave similar descriptions of the funeral? Could all those people have mixed up the same two memories?

There are many other examples of the Mandela Effect. Have you ever seen the Mona Lisa? Many people remember the woman in the painting with a frown. Others say she was straight-faced. If you look at the Mona Lisa today, you’ll find she’s smiling. Did you ever read a series of children’s book about the Berenstein Bears? No, you didn’t. In our reality, the books are about the Berenstein Bears, spelled with an “a” instead of an “e”. Still, thousands of people believe they remember the name spelled differently.

Are these wrong memories the result of mixed memories, or is there another explanation? Without further science research, we can’t say for sure!

48.What is the Mandela Effect?

A.Some people have worse memory than others.

B.Some people may have the same wrong memory.

C.People are better at remembering certain things.

D.People remember unhappy experiences more easily.

29.Why does the author give an example in Paragraph 2?

A.To prove his point.

B.To correct the view above.

C.To introduce the topic.

D.To provide the background.

30.What is the reason for the Mandela Effect given in Paragraph 3?

A.People are easily influenced by others.

B.People pay little attention to the fact.

C.People mix two similar things up.

D.People have poor memory.

31.What does the author think of the Mandela Effect?

A.Its reason is unknown.

B.It lasts for a long time.

C.It is hard to avoid.

D.Its effect is great.

Scientist are MIT have developed a smart diaper that can call for change when it is wet.

Though many single-use diapers can change color when the diapers are wet, it’s often hard to tell for sure without opening the diapers up. Some companies have offered some good products for recognizing wet diapers, but their products don’t come cheap, and need to be cleaned by hand before they can be used again.

Scientists at MIT decided to explore the possibility of using cheap tags known as RFID tags. RFID is short for “radio frequency identification”. RFID tags are commonly used in stores for keeping track of products. They are also part of many bus or subway cards. They can be used to lock or unlock doors, and are also used to electronically collect fees on highways. The tags are cheap, so they can be used once and thrown away.

Even better, they don’t need batteries. Instead, their antennas get power from radio waves sent by nearby RFID readers. When an RFID tag is made active by a reader, it sends back a simple code stored in a chip inside the tag.

What’s unusual in the MIt project is that the RFID tags are not only being used for identification, but also as sensors. The scientist found a clever way to do that. They are using the part of the diaper that urine goes into as the antenna, but it only become an antenna when it is wet. That means a dry diaper doesn’t send out any signal. But as soon as it gets wet, the diaper antenna can send out a signal with the RFID chip’s code.

The scientists say that adding the RFID tag will only cost about 2 cents per diaper. The diaper can send a signal to an RFID reader up to 1 meter away. An RFID reader connected to the Internet could announce the wet diaper in many different ways, such as by a message or through an app. And if the smart diaper even fails, there’s always the backup system---a crying baby.

In fact, the new technology wouldn’t just help babies, the scientists point out. Many old people and people who have trouble moving also wear diapers. Changing wet diapers quickly can help circumvent some health problems. The MIT scientists believe the technology will be very useful in a hospital where a nurse needs to care for many patients or babies.

32.What’s the author’s purpose in writing Paragraph 2?

A.To show recognizing wet diapers is not an easy thing.

B.To suggest the advantages the new smart diapers have.

C.To show many single-use diapers don’t work very well.

D.To suggest the big effort made to develop better diapers.

33.What can we learn about RFID tags?

A.They have to be thrown away once used.

B.They are useful but not cheap to make.

C.They give signals by changing color.

D.They are widely used in our lives.

34.What do Paragraph 4-6 mainly talked about?

A.How the new smart diapers work.

B.How RFId reader can be made active.

C.Why dry diapers don’t sent out signals.,

D.Why antennas are needed instead of batteries

35.What does the underlined word “circumvent” in the last paragraph mean?

A.Analyze

B.Describe

C.Avoid

D.Face

第二节

Today’s families are busy. Mom and Dad are both working, the kids are involved in a variety of activities, but there is little time to enjoy being a family. What can you do to build some family unity? How can you prevent those you love from not knowing each other? ________36______It takes time and patience, but it is definitely possible.

_______37_______If it’s not possible to have them every night, make sure you eat together as a family at the dinner table at least twice a week. If you need to cut something out of your schedule to achieve this, then do it.

Make a rule that all members of the family are treated with respect. _____38_____Speaking disrespectfully with others in the family should not be allowed.

Talk to your kids, and really listen. Busy parents are often guilty at not listening to their kids.

______39______During your family dinners and game nights, let everyone talk and make the others listen.

Forgive when necessary.______40_______If someone has done something wrong,get it our in the open, and then forgive that person. Teach your children how to do this with each other.

A.Have family dinners

B.Plan a family night now and then

C.Keep physical contact with your family members

D.Nothing breaks up family unity faster than a grudge

E.Start by modeling this as a parent, and then apply the rule to your children

F.With creativity and effort, you can build a closely united family although you are busy

G.When children know their thoughts or opinions are valued, they will feel closer to their family members.

第三部分语言运用

Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when a flight attendant asked an urgent question over the loudspeaker:“Does anyone on board

___41____American Sign language?” She knew she needed to help.

Clara，15 at the time，pressed the call button. The flight attendant came by and __42___ the situation.“We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf，”she said. The passenger seemed to___43____something，but he was traveling alone and the flight attendants couldn’t

__44____ what he needed，according to PEOPLE magazine.

Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help with her dyslexia and knew she’d be

__45___to finger spell into the man’s palm. So she ___46____ her seat belt，walked toward the front of the plane，and knelt by the aisle seat of Tim Cook，then 64.__47___ taking his hand，she signed，“How are you? Are you OK/” Cook ___48___ some water. When it arrived，Clara

___49___ to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her ___50___ visit，she stopped and stayed for a while.

“He didn’t need anything. He was __51____ and wanted to talk,” Clara said. So for the next hour，that’s what they did. She __52____ about her family and her plans for the future (she wants to be a politician).Cook told Clara how he had gradually become blind over time and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t ___53___ her，she “looked attentively at his face with such kindness，”a passenger reported.

“Clara was __54___.” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview.“You could tell Tim was very __55____ to have someone he could speak to，and she was such an angel.

41.A.know B.teach C.prefer D. choose

42.A.studied B.changed C.wondered D.explained

43.A.affect B.carry C.want D.lose

44.A.offer B.show C.express D.understand

45.A.able B.ashamed C.afraid D.anxious

46.A.kept B.fixed C.opened D.measured

47.A.roughly B.gently C.wildly D.excitedly

48.A.put away B.ask for C.turned down D.gave away

49.A.tell B.waved C.returned D.rushed

50.A.first B.second C.third D.fourth

51.A.regretful B.lonely C.injured D.ill

52.A.chatted B.doubted C.argued D.thought

53.A.see B.contact C.accept D.connect

54.A.brave B.interesting C.creative D.amazing

55.A.frightened B.disappointed C.excited D.sad

第二节

George Washington was born in 1732 in Virginia, __(1)__ father died when he was 11 years old. In his __(2)__(young), Washington was not educated in normal schools. As __(3)__ matter of fact, he went to war rather than going to college. He __(4)__(fight) against the French and Indians as a British Army officer.

He also led the army during the American Revolution War and became a national hero after they won the war. In 1783, with a peace treaty (条约) signed between Great Britain and the U.S.,

Washington considered __(5)__(give) up his command of the army and returned to his quiet and __(6)__(peace) life in Mount Vernon with his family. However, because __(7)__ his good quality

to be a leader, he was first elected (选举) President in 1789. At first Washington wanted

__(8)__(refuse), but public opinion was so strong that finally he gave in. The United States was a small nation when he took office, having 13 states and about 4 million people, but Washington devoted __(9)__(he) to setting a good example to American people.

In 1797, Washington finally retired and returned to his family life. __(10)__(sad), he died on the night of December 14 in 1799, at the age of 67.

第四部分写作

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1.表达自己想要成为志愿者

2.介绍自己的优势

3.期待回复

注意：词数80词左右，可增加细节，使行文连贯