湖南省株洲市荷塘区第十八中学2020-2021年上学期期中考试 高一年级英语

株洲市荷塘区第十八中2020-2021年上学期期中考试

高一年级英语试卷

卷面分值：150分考试时间：120分钟

第一部分听力技能（共两节, 满分30分）略

第二部分阅读（共15题，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从题中所给的A, B, C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A篇

Embassy Suites by Hilton Santa Ana Orange County Airport

Neighborhood：John Wayne Airport(SNA)，Orange County

1325 East Dyer Road, Santa Ana, CAOVERALL GUEST SCORE

Very Good

Based on 163 Guest Ratings

Free Breakfast Free Airport Shuttle

Fitness Center Business Center

Guest Ratings

Good Feb 8,2017

By: Harold

Pros: Loved the breakfast and the friendly, helpful staff. Spacious accommodations made this a very good value.

Cons: Didn’t love the heating / AC system; room was too cold for comfort. Also was not aware of the parking fee until we checked in. The parking fee was $ 17 a night.

Good Jan 24, 2017

By: Micaela

Pros: Breakfast was amazing with a variety of choices and the staff were helpful.

Cons: The room had a very strange old smell when we first got there. I had to open the door to air it out.

Very Good Jan 5, 2017

By: Bruce

Pros: The location was very good for us and the included breakfast was a plus.

Cons: The room was not cleaned properly when we got there. The heating system was not working for the hotel as well.

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21.__________ makes the Embassy Suites a top choice for its guests in the area.

A. The convenient location The friendly staff

The business center. Wi-Fi access

22.According to the guest ratings, all the guests are satisfied with its _________.

A. heating system accommodations

breakfast parking fee

23.This advertisement is made more believable by _______.

A. interviewing the guests using guests’ comments

analyzing its pros and cons providing the exact address

B篇

The Vienna-based researchers showed that dogs will stop doing a simple task when not rewarded if another dog, which continues to be rewarded, is present．

The experiment consisted of taking pairs of dogs and getting them to present a paw for a reward．On

giving this “handshake” the dogs received a piece of food．One of the dogs was then asked to shake hands, but received no food．The other dog continued to get the food when it was asked to perform the task．The dog without the reward quickly stopped doing the task, and showed signs of anger or stress when its

partner was rewarded．

To make sure that the experiment was really showing the interaction between the dogs rather than just the frustration of not being rewarded, a similar experiment was conducted where the dogs performed the task

without the partner．Here they continued to present the paw for much longer．

Hotel Description

Being close to airport and freeway access make the Embassy Suites a top choice for our guests in the area. The 300-room Embassy Suites offers homey comforts for those on business and vacation alike一suites with separate living and sleeping areas, refrigerators，microwaves，coffeemakers，Wi-Fi access and two TVs. Wake up to a free cooked-to-order breakfast and enjoy the indoor pool and fitness center. A two-hour evening reception offers drinks and snacks and the on-site restaurant serves American favorites. The property also has a business center with copy and fax services. Parking is available for an additional fee. Less than two miles from I-405, the Embassy Suites is within a half-mile of various restaurants and just three miles from John Wayne Airport. Our guests say the Embassy Suites’ location, “brilliant” breakfast and “friendly” staff make it one of their favorite Santa Ana properties.

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Dr Frederike Range from the University of Vienna says this shows that it was the presence of the rewarded partner that was the greater influence on their behaviour．

“The only difference is one gets food and the other doesn’t, they are resp onding to being unequally rewarded．” she said．

The researchers say this kind of behaviour, where one animal gets frustrated with what is happening with another, has only been observed in primates(灵长类) before．

Studies with various types of monkeys and chimpanzees show they react not only to seeing their partners receiving rewards when they are not, but also to the type of reward．

The dog study also looked at whether the type of reward made a difference．Dogs were given either bread or sausage, but seemed to react equally to either．Dr Range says this may be because they have been trained．

24．The dogs refused to give the paw when they_______．

A．found another dog was given nothing

B．felt they were not treated equally

C．were aware they received less food

D．were given too much reward

25．What would the dogs do if they presented their paw alone?

A．They would go on with the performance much longer．

B．They would be too shy to present their paw．

C．They would miss their partners．

D．They would compare what they got with that of others．

26．According to the passage, compared with dogs, monkeys and chimpanzees ______．

A．pay no attention to the type of reward

B．only like to play interesting games

C．pay attention to the type of reward as well as whether they are rewarded

D．care more about how they are rewarded

27．Which of the following can best summerise the passage?

A．Animals’ various ways to show anger

B．Dogs are more envious than man

C．Most animals want to be be rewarded for their work

D．Animals also have a sense of fairｎｅｓｓ

Ｃ篇

There are over one million superstitions(迷信), and most people believe at least one or two of them.

Many people are superstitious about numbers. They think that there are lucky numbers and unlucky numbers.

The number 13 is often considered unlucky. In some parts of the world, buildings have no 13th floor and

streets have no houses with the number 13. In Japan, "4" is considered unlucky because in Japanese the word

"four" is pronounced the same as the word "death" .

Japanese never give gifts of four knives, four napkins, or four of anything.

What are the lucky numbers? Seven is a lucky number in many places, and "8" is considered a lucky number in

Japan and China. In China, businesses often open on August 8, and many couples register to get married at

eight past eight on August 8.

Superstitions about numbers are so widespread that some people--called numerologist--make a living by giving

advice about numbers.

In 1937, when the Toyoda family of Japan wanted to form a car company, they asked a numerologist if

"Toyoda" would be a good name for the company. The numerologist said it would not be. He explained that

"Toyota" would be a better name for the company. The family took his advice. As a result, millions of people

drive "Toyota" and not "Toyoda" .

There are many other kinds of superstitions. There are superstitions about eating, sleeping, sneezing and

itching(抓痒). There are superstitions about animals and holidays and horseshoes.

There are even superstitions about superstitions. Those superstitions will tell people how to reverse bad luck.

When the Japanese bump heads, they immediately bump heads again. According to a Japanese superstition, the

first-bump means their parents will die, but the second bump "erases" the first bump

To reverse bad luck in general, people turn around three times, turn their pockets inside out, or put their hats on

backwards.

In the United States, baseball players sometimes wear their caps backwards when their team is losing. It looks

silly, but the baseball players do not mind if it helps them win the game.

28．It can be inferred that superstitions about numbers are .

A．popular neither in Japan nor in China

B．popular only in Japan and in China

C．popular both in Japan and in China

D．causing great troubles both in Japan and in China

29．The underlined word " reverse " means .

A．change to bad luck B．cause to go in the opposite direction

C．change for the worse D．exchange

30．If a Japanese purposely bumps his head again after an accidental bump, we can be sure that .

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A．he is mad B．he is happy C．he is superstitious D．he is very sad

31．The writer wrote this passage with the purpose of .

A．persuading us to believe superstitions

B．showing us some facts of superstitions

C．showing us the magic power of number

D．showing us a numerologist

D篇

Teenagers who talk on the cell phone a lot, and hold their phones up to their right ears, score worse on one type of memory test. That’s the finding of a new study. That memory impairment might be one side effect of the radiation (放射线) that phones use to keep us connected while we’re on the go.

Nearly 700 Swiss teens took part in a test of figural memory. This type helps us remember abstract symbols and shapes, explains Milena Foerster. The teens took memory tests twice, one year apart. Each time, they had one minute to remember 13 pairs of abstract shapes. Then they were shown one item from each pair and asked to match it with one of the five choices. The study volunteers also took a test of verbal memory. That’s the ability to remember words. The two memory tests are part of an intelligence test. The researchers also surveyed the teens on how they use cell phones. And they got call records from phone companies. The researchers used those records to figure out how long the teens were using their phones. This allowed the researchers to work out how big radiation exposure (接触) each person could have got while talking.

A phone user’s exposure to the radiation can differ widely. Some teens talk on their phones more than others. People also hold their phones differently. If the phone is close to the ear, more radiation may enter the body, Foerster notes. Even the type of network signal that a phone uses can matter. Much of Switzerland was using an older “second-generation” type of cell phone networks, the study reports. Many phone carriers (通讯公司) have moved away from such networks. And more companies plan to update their networks within the next few years.

The teens’ scores in the figural memory tests were roughly the same from one year to the next. But those who normally held their phones near the right ears, and who were also exposed to higher levels of radiation, scored a little bit worse after a year. No group of teens showed big changes on the verbal memory test. Why might one type of memory be linked to cell phone use, but not another? Foerster thinks it could have to do with where different memory centers sit in the brain. The site that deals with the ability to remember shapes is near the right ear.

1.The underlined word “impairment” in Paragraph 1 most probably mean “________”.

A.application. loss.

damage. improvement.

2.According to Paragraph 2, we can learn that ______________________.

A.Researchers paid little attention to the teens’ habits of using phones.

The teens needed to report the average time spent on their phones.

The teens took two types of memory tests four times in total.

The teens’ ability of remembering words is shown in figural memory test.

3.What can we infer from Paragraph 3?

A.How people hold their phones has no effect on their bodies.

Phone users can make more money with new networks.

The cell phone network type has little to do with the cell phone use.

Radiation levels are affected by the cell phone network types.

4.What might be the best title for the text?

A.Cell phone use and safety warnings .

Teen’s cell phone use linked to memory problems.

Dangerous levels of cell phone use among teens.

Facts about cell phone use at school.

第三部分知识运用（共三节，满分65分）

第一节完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。

I was faced with a decision. While delivering laundry (洗好的衣服) into her bedroom, I stepped upon my

thirteen-year-old sister’s , a modern-day Pandora’s Box, full of attraction.

What was I to do? I had always been jealous (嫉妒) of my little sister. Her charming smile, lovely personality and many gifts threatened my place as lady. I competed with her secretly and grew to hate her

natural abilities. As a result, we spoke. I sought opportunities to find with her and expected to her in every way.

Her diary lay at my feet, and I not her privacy, nor her possible pain. I enjoyed the possibility of digging up

enough dirt to my competitor’s spotless recor d I my evil as sisterly duty. It was my responsibility to keep a

check on her activities. It would be of me not to.

I the book from the floor and opened it, turning the pages, searching for my name, that I would discover

dirty and ill speaking of me. However, as I read, the blood ran from my face. It was worse than I . There was a

brief description of herself, her goals and her dreams followed by a short portrayal (肖像) of the person who

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has her most. I started to cry. I was her . She admired me for my personality, my achievements and red-facedly, my .

I stopped reading, struck with the I had done. I had wasted so much energy pushing her away I had missed out on her. Those sincere words she wrote seemed to break an icy around my heart and I longed to know her again.

On that fateful afternoon, as I put aside the laundry and rose to my feet, I decided to go to her—this time to experience to judge, to hug rather than fight. After all, she was my sister. 第二节（共10题，每题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式。

There are several reasons why school uniforms are a good idea. First of all, uniforms help the school look smart. The students feel that they belong to a particular group. When every pupil in the school wears the uniform, nobody __56__(have) to worry about fashion. Everybody wears __57__ same style of clothes. Uniforms can be useful in unexpected ways. A school in Ireland has introduced in interesting new uniform. On the edge of the jacket, there is a piece of cloth __58__ gives off light in the dark. When the children are walking or __59__ (cycle) to school on dark mornings, car drivers can __60__ (easy) see them.

But can uniforms help improve school standards? The answer __61__ this question is not clear. One study in America found that student's grades __62__ (improve) a little after the school introduced uniforms. But some students didn't want __63__ (wear) the uniform. Other American studies showed no __64__ (connect) between uniforms and school performance.

School uniforms are __65__ (tradition) in Britain, but some schools are starting to get rid of them. Some very good schools don't have a uniform policy. However, uniforms are still popular. Pupils at about 90 percent of British secondary schools wear uniforms.

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