2021连云港高一下学期期末英语试题含答案

连云港市2020-2021学年第二学期期末调研考试
高一英语试题

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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。听完每段对话后,你都有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 made the man most excited at the party?

A. The tasty food. B. The wonderful music. C. The chance to meet his friends.

2. How will the woman probably go to Frazier’s Department Store?

A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. On foot.

3. Where will the woman meet her brother?

A. At the museum. B. In the cafe. C. In the sports center.

4. How does the woman feel about the man?

A. Confident. B. Worried. C. Satisfied.

5. Where are the speakers?

A. On a plane. B. On a bus. C. In a car.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

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。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 much does the parcel weigh?

A. Five kilograms. B. Four kilograms. C. Two kilograms.

7. How will the parcel be sent?

A. By Express. B. By airmail. C. By surface mail.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10.题。

8. How does the man feel about living in Ecuador?

A. Satisfied. B. Bored. C. Unhappy.

9. What did the man miss most about England?

A. His friends. B. The food. C. His family.

10. What advice does the man give?

A. To travel a lot. B. To take much money. C. To enjoy the food.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What relation is the woman to the man?

A. His teacher. B. His tour guide. C. His classmate.

12. How much should the man pay in total?

A. Two pounds. B. Three pounds. C. Five pounds.

13. What is free of charge?

A. The ticket. B. The bus fare. C. The food and drinks.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. When did the man begin to take his first serious acting job?

A. 20 years ago. B. 50 years ago. C. 66 years ago.

15. What has been the man's favorite since he got the role Hamlet?

A. Films. B. Plays. C. Dancing.

16. Why does the man act in films?

A. To earn money.

B. To make his life colorful.

C. To enjoy some comedies.

17. What is the man's plan for the future?

A. He will sing in the theatre.

B. He will retire in six months.

C. He will work as long as possible. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Who was probably the first in the middle ages to encourage experimenting?

A Galileo. B. Roger Bacon. C. Aristotle.

19. where did Galileo carry out his experiment?

A. In France. B. In England. C. In Italy.

20 What is the main purpose of this talk?

A. To list the discoveries by some great scientists.

B. To show the importance of scientific experiment.

C. To introduce the development of modem science.

第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

When planning a vacation with your partner, the list of destinations is endless! Here are the top four perfect places that are ideal for a honeymoon or any romantic holiday.

● Aspen, Colorado

If you enjoy snowboarding then you will have the time of your life! And if not, they have snowmobiles and sleigh rides. Aspen is not just great for winter, come down in summer to enjoy their Food & Wine Classic, a fun festival with a great view.             

● Antigua, Caribbean

Antigua is the sunniest island in the Caribbean, surrounded by local walls and reefs. Fun activities like sailing and diving let you really take in the bright blue water and white sand, truly breathtaking.

● Venice, Italy

This lovely place is basically the same as it was 600 years ago, which adds to its character. With so many beautiful sights to see, such as the clock tower, Doge's Palace, and the Scuola grande di San Rocco, you will have days of exploring followed by nights of fine dining,

● Punta Uva, Costa Rica

Punta Uva is a small town on the coast of Costa Rica. There is a beautiful open garden surrounded by butterflies and other special species that you can view by just walking around. The beach is beautiful but the scenery is what takes the cake!

21. Where should visitors go if they like snow sports?

A. Aspen, Colorado. B. Antigua, Caribbean.

C. Venice, Italy. D. Punta Uva, Costa Rica.

22. What can visitors enjoy in both Antigua and Punta Uva?

A. The beauty of the sea. B. The beautiful butterflies.

C. The festival of Food & Wine. D. The ancient clock towers.

23. The passage may be taken from a .

A. newspaper B. storybook C. science fiction D. travel guide

B

As a teenager in the 1990s, Melissa Blake was interested in fashion. Unfortunately, fashion wasn't much interested in her. Blake, who has a bone and muscle disorder and stands a little under four feet tall, couldn't find jeans or dresses in her size. Looking through some fashion magazines, she didn't see a single person who looked like her.

“That would have been a game changer for me," says Blake, who had 26 surgeries before age 17. “When you're a teenager - disabled or not - you deal with issues of self-esteem （自尊）

Blake, 39, has spent her adult life trying to make up for that. She is a disability-rights activist as well as a writer, but she gained a national following after fighting back ugly comments about her online. She answered, "people said I should be stopped from posting photos of myself because I'm too ugly. So I'd just like to share these three selfies （自拍照）

Her fans went wild, calling Blake a powerful woman.

“I feel like every time I post a selfie or share something about my life as a disabled woman, that is to fight back," Blake said.

Among her fans is Mindy Scheier, CEO of Runway of Dreams. Last fall, Scheier asked Blake to be one of the event's 24 models.

“Being able to put Melissa in the fashion event of the year just shows how important it is to expand the consumers in the fashion industry, or what we're really representing,"  Scheier says.

“It was a little scary," Blake says of modeling. But she's glad she took the challenge. “When disabled people are included, it sends a message that we deserve a seat at the table in all aspects of life."

24. What does the underlined word “That" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Blake was interested in fashion.

B. Blake was born with a disability.

C. Blake found no disabled fashion models.

D. Blake suffered from 26 surgeries before 17.

25. How did Blake respond to ugly online comments?

A. By turning to Scheier for help. B. By participating in some shows.

C. By arguing in fashion magazines. D. By posting selfies or sharing her life.

26. Why did Scheier ask Blake to be one of the event's models?

A. Because Scheier appreciated her talents in modeling.

B. Because Scheier took pity on her unfortunate experiences.

C. Because the disabled should have a place in the fashion industry.

D. Because the disabled should have rights to express themselves online.

27. What is the author's main purpose of writing the passage?

A. To promote a fashion show. B. To introduce a disabled lady.

C. To expose sex inequality. D. To report online comments.

C

If you want to lose weight, you should choose your lunch companions wisely. A study found that co-workers who ate together tended to pick similarly healthy foods.

The researchers said their findings offered policymakers new strategies against fatness. "We found individuals tend to mirror the food choices of others in their social circles, said Dr. Levy, lead author of the research. "People may change their behaviour to strengthen the relationship in

their social circle."

Co-workers may give each other permission to pick unhealthy foods, the researchers said, or place pressure to make a healthier choice. Levy added, "The effect was a bit stronger for healthy foods."

Employees at a hospital could pay using ID cards, allowing the researchers to collect data on what, when and where to buy. They worked out social relationships by looking at how long apart two people bought food, how often they ate and whether they visited a different cafe at the same time. They surveyed over 1,000 employees to ask them about the names of dining partners.

"Considering other shared characteristics, co-workers were influencing each other's habits, rather than friendships formed between people with similar lifestyles,"  Levy said.

The researchers said their findings could be widely used for public health interventions （干 预）.It showed that interventions to improve healthy eating in a particular group may have a wider impact in individuals with social connections to that group.

Levy said, “To work out whether people with similar lifestyles and food preferences were more likely to become friends and eat together, we controlled common characteristics and analyzed the data from different angles, consistently finding the results were the same." 28. What is the study mainly about?

A. How people choose lunch companions wisely.

B. How social circles affect people's food preference.

C. How policymakers offer new strategies against fatness.

D. How researchers give co-workers permission to pick foods.

29. How did researchers conduct their study?

A. By analyzing data. B. By visiting cafes.

C. By making comparisons. D. By interviewing experts.

30. The findings may be useful for.

A. public health guidelines B. food processing standards

C. personal career suggestions D. social service requirements

31. According to doctor Levy, what may strengthen social relationships?

A. Buying food at the same cafe.

B. Picking food at the same time.

C. Using ID cards to pay in hospital.

D. Copying each other's food choices.

D

Japan's government is facing criticism （批评）for pressing its plans to hold the Tokyo Olympics even as the country deals with COVID-19. More than 300,000 people have signed a petition （请愿书）calling for not holding the Games, which are set to open on July 23. An advertisement said people were in danger of being “killed by politics”.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has repeatedly stated that the government is continuing with plans, promising the games will happen safely. Some Japanese lawmakers have questioned those statements as some hospitals still struggle to find beds for those sick with COVID-19.

Last month, Suga declared a third state of emergency in Osaka, as well as in Tokyo and two other areas. That lasted through May 31, 2020. On Wednesday, two more areas were placed under emergency measures. It is estimated that only 1 percent of the public has so far been fully vaccinated although millions of vaccines （疫苗）sit unused in very low temperature storage.

Suga and his government have faced criticism for being too slow and soft on virus measures. Japan has been able to keep its number of virus cases and deaths below those in the U.S. and Europe without restrictive measures. But the results are worse than in some other parts of Asia. Japan has also fallen far behind in vaccinations. Though officials blame a lack of supplies from Europe, progress has been slowed because of staff shortages. About 7.6 million vaccines remain unused in freezers.

The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, Seiko Hashimoto, said that Japanese athletes were likely to get vaccines before the games began. "In Japan, the vaccination of the citizens isn't going very well," she said, adding that the public saw giving the athletes vaccinations as a special treatment, so this gives rise to dissatisfaction among the citizens toward the games.

32. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. The government is to kill the people who caught the virus.

B. People are in danger for not supporting the Tokyo Olympics.

C. People are angry that the government only cared about politics.

D. The government doesn't provide enough vaccines for the public.

33. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A. The vaccines are in short supply.

B. The situation of COVID-19 is still serious.

C. The citizens are unwilling to get vaccinated.

D. Enough measures are taken against COVID-19.

34. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Lawmakers are in favor of Suga's statements.

B. Japanese measures are the most effective in Asia.

C. Japanese athletes are likely to get vaccines soon.

D. Lack of vaccines isn't to blame for slow vaccinations.

35. What's the citizens' attitude towards the Tokyo Olympics to be held as planned?

A. Positive.              B. Uncertain. C. Dissatisfied.                    D. Supportive.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分125分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为 多余选项。

We're told that an ordinary life is a boring life. To live life fully, we need to do something different, something special. 36   If we all did something extraordinary, it wouldn't be extraordinary any more. Therefore, most of us have to live ordinary lives. Why should we stop trying to be extraordinary?

● Ordinary doesn't have to be boring

Even the daily routine （常规）doesn’t have to be boring. Sometimes the ordinary things can make us happy. Finding meaningful work or improving our skills can create a deeply full life, even if it isn't  "special”.37   .   

● An extraordinary life doesn't stay extraordinary for long

If we try to have an extraordinary life, how do we keep it extraordinary? 38    And it works against us when we seek something new. Even the most exciting adventures soon become the new normal.

● 39       .   

Many of us feel that a meaningful life has to be an extraordinary life. However, meaning and ordinary are not quite opposite to each other. We need to feel that we are making a difference, but that difference doesn't matter.

● We don't need to be the best

Closely linked to our desire to be special is our desire to be the best. We feel that we won't be noticed or appreciated unless we are better than everyone else. 40    The truth is that we don't need to be the best anything. We just need to always be getting better.

A. We don't need to be special to find meaning.

B. A meaningful life can't be easily found in reality.

C. We needn't do something different to have a good life.

D. However, the problem is that we can't all be extraordinary.

E. We're encouraged to constantly fight against others to "win”.

F. Humans are unbelievably good at adapting to new situations.

G. However, most people believe that to be ordinary is extraordinary.

第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选

项。

All eyes were on me as the other moms quieted down. Someone had just asked, “Are you going to 41      us?”

“Yeah, you should dance with us,“ another 42    .I was waiting for my daughter's dance class to finish while the other moms got 43      for their adult dance class.

"No," I said. I'd 44    these moms from the sidelines through the years. However, I  . . didn't have a dancer's body.

But my husband said to me, "You’ll never know if you don’t try." So I 45    for ballet At my first class, I was the 46      woman in the room. What did the others think of me?

The instructor started us with basic, simple steps. 47 nobody made comments about my size and till the end of the class, I realized I had 48      the night. So I kept going each week.

The instructor moved on to more 49    steps. My muscles were painful, but I 50    it. The steps continued to be harder, but I 51   at home with my daughter. Later, I realized something 52     : My legs weren’t painful anymore.

I saw a(n) 53    in the way I carried myself too. I was stronger. My muscles weren't the only part of me that had been 54    . " I don't care what others think when I'm dancing," I told my husband with my new 55        . "Anyway, I've learned ballet!"

第二节(共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式.

A

Poetry can describe things that are too complex 56     (express) in any other way; it can also display the 57    (hide) beauty of simple and ordinary things, which is why I like reading poetry.

When I start reading a new poem, I may say to myself “This is confusing -I don't like it.” However, many of my favorite poems are the ones I did not like at first. With poetry, I know I have to be patient. Also, when I read poetry 58   (regular), I constantly discover new things. I can use a poem as a treasure mountain 59    I will eventually have exciting new discoveries.

B

The Internet has brought us great convenience. To 60    certain extent, we can hardly live without it. However, it 61    (raise) all sorts of questions, too. The following guidelines may show you how to live better in the digital world.

Above all else, you should use the Internet in a safe way. Before visiting a web page, you should always check for signs that warn people 62   danger. Another tip is to keep your 63    (person) information private, your address and email account 64    (include).

You also need to show respect when 65    (communicate) with other online users. But if some users make you feel uncomfortable online, you have rights to cut off contact.

第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节应用文写作(满分15分)

假定你是李华，你的外国朋友Tom想了解中国知名画家的情况,请你给他写封邮件， 内容包括:

1.某位画家的简介；

2.该画家的绘画风格和成就。

注意：

1.词数80左右。

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

第二节读后续写（满分25分）

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

At dinner, Holly was talking about her father's huge car. It used too much petrol. It made too much noise. And it caused too much pollution.

“You have to change it, Dad," Holly said. "It's destroying the environment." “Actually, I'm thinking of working from home, so I won't need the car.” “That's great!”

Her father looked quickly at his wife, then decided to continue, "But I'm going to build a new office at the end of the garden."

“At the end of the garden? There is the old oak tree..."  Holly didn't finish the sentence. Her face turned white with anger.

Holly's mother said, “That tree is very old, Holly. And your father can have his hew office there. It's perfect."

Holly was so upset. She couldn't believe this was happening. What could she do? They were going to cut down her tree!

She walked out into the garden. The sun was sinking now and the old oak tree was huge and dark against the sky. She climbed up the rope ladder and disappeared among the leaves and branches.

Now she was inside her old tree house. It was her favourite place in the world, her secret place. There were holes in its roof and there were old birds' nests in the comers. But there was a little chair, some broken toys and some blankets. She sat down and looked out at the garden and the sky. She could see the moon and stars. She could hear a bird singing. She could see the lights inside her house.

注意：

1.词数150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。