2020年浙江省宁波市联考高一(下)期中英语试卷

期中英语试卷

一、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，共25.0分）

A

Homebuyers nationwide are watching housing prices go up，up，and up．"How high can they go？" is the question on everyone's lips．

It's crazy，"said Tim，who is looking for a house near the beach．"In 1993，I bought a

two-bedroom house in Venice for ﹩70，000．My friends thought then that I was overpaying．Five years later，I had to move．I sold it for ﹩230，000，which was a nice

profit．Last year，the exact same

house was for sale for S510，000!

It is a seller's market．Homebuyers feel like they have to offer at least 10% more than the asking price．Donna，a new owner of a one-bedroom house in Venice Beach，said，"That's

what I did．I told the owner that whatever anyone offers you，I'll give you ﹩20，000 more，

under the table，so you don' t have to pay your realtor（房地产经纪人）any of it．I was tired of looking．"

Tim said，"Whether you decide to buy or decide not to buy，you still feel like you made the wrong decision．If you buy，you feel like you overpaid．If you don't buy，you want to kick yourself for passing up a great opportunity．"

Everyone says the bubble has to burst sometime，but everyone hopes it will burst the day after they sell their house．Even government officials have no idea what the future will bring．"All we can say is that，inevitably，these things go in cycles，" said the state director of housing．"What goes up must come down But，as we all know，housing prices always stay up a little higher than they go down．So you can't lose over the long run．Twenty years down the road，your house is always worth more than you paid for it．"

1.It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that ______ ．

A. it's not easy for people to buy a suitable house

B. the housing price in Venice Beach has gone down

C. the realtor can make ﹩20，000 for each new house

D. Donna enjoyed looking for houses all the time

2.The underlined word "inevitably" is closest in meaning to ______ ．

A. surely

B. luckily

C. strangely

D. terribly

3.The best title for this passage would be ______ ．

A. Foolish Homebuyers

B. An Unfair Market

C. A Wrong Decision

D. Crazy Housing Prices

B

Carrots are grown on farms and in family gardens throughout the world．Carrots are easy to raise and easy to harvest．They taste good．

When people think of carrots，they usually picture in their minds a vegetable that is long，thin and orange in colour．But carrots come in many different sizes and shapes．And not all carrots are orange．For the best results，carrots should be grown in sandy soil that does not hold water for a long time．The soil also should have no rocks．To prepare your carrot garden，dig up the soil，loosen it and turn it over．Then，mix in some plant material or animal fertilizer．Weather，soil conditions and age will affect the way carrots taste．Experts say warm days，cool nights and a medium soil temperature are the best conditions for growing carrots that taste great．

Carrots need time to develop their full sugar content．This gives them their taste．But carrots loose their sweetness if you wait too long to remove them from the ground．The best way to judge if a carrot is ready to be harvested is by its colour．Usually，the brighter the colour，the better the taste．

Carrots are prepared and eaten in many different ways．They are cut in thin pieces and added to other vegetables．They are cooked by themselves or added to stews．Or，once they are washed，they are eaten just as they come out of the ground．

4.Why should people harvest carrots at proper time？______

A. Because people sometimes are very busy．

B. Because carrots have different kinds．

C. Because it takes time for carrots to keep sugar．

D. Because weather always changes．

5.What do we know about carrots？______

A. They are easy to raise but hard to harvest．

B. All carrots are not orange．

C. Only one factor affects the way carrots taste．

D. It is only by colour that you can decide if you should harvest them．

6.What is the best title for the passage？______

A. How to Harvest Carrots

B. How to Cook Carrots

C. Different Weather，Different Sizes

D. Carrots

C

We human beings haven't been good friends to animals. For thousands of years, we have been polluting the environment, making it hard for animals to live on the planet. We have been killing animals for their fur, feathers or meat, or simply because they are dangerous. As a result, many kinds of animals have disappeared forever. Hundreds more are on the endangered list today.

Should we care about animals? Of course we should. If animals of a certain kind all disappear, they will never come back again. Animals are more than just resources of things we need. Every kind of animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying any kind of animal can lead to many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks(鹰), the corn and grain that the farmers stored were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With less and less hawks to keep down their numbers, rats and mice multiplied(繁殖) quickly. And if people kill too many birds, the fields will be bothered with insects. It is because birds eat insects. When there are less and less birds, more and more insects will eat the crops.

Luckily, we've realized that we shouldn't kill animals any more. And people are working hard to save those animals that would disappear soon. The government also passed laws to