陕西省西安市周至县第四中学2021-2022学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题（含答案）

周至四中2021—2022学年度第二学期高一期中考试试题

英        语

（时间：120分钟    满分：120分）

第一题：听力（每小题1分，满分20分）

第一节(共5小题，每小题1分，满分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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 can we learn from the conversation?

A. There is a lot to do in the countryside.

B. There is no pollution in the countryside.

C. The woman misses her friends very much.

2. How will the man go home?

A. Run. B. Drive. C. Walk.

3. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At home. B. At a restaurant. C. In a supermarket.

4. What will the woman probably do this Sunday?

A. Go shopping. B. Go sailing. C. Visit her sister.

5. What does the man ask the woman for?

A. Nearby restaurants. B. The traffic rules. C. Some directions.

第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，共15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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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，每小题将给出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至7题。

6. What did the man ask the woman about at first?

A. The shirts. B. The shoes. C. The shorts.

7. What color does the man probably like best?

A. Blue. B. Brown. C. Black.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Where did the speakers last see each other?

A. At the company dinner. B. In Florida.        C. In Ohio.

9. What will the speakers probably do next?

A. Go on a trip.               B. Eat lunch together.     C. Talk about their work.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

 10. What is the man doing?

A Giving a lecture.      B. Selling something.      C. Performing in a show.

11. How much are the necklaces?

A. $20 each.           B. $25 each.               C. $30 each.

12. What is the man like?

A. Serious.            B. Humorous.             C. Honest.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Who did the woman just meet?

A. A psychologist（心理学家）. B. Her doctor.        C. One of her friends.

14. What might be the cause of the woman’s sleeping problems?

A. Anxiety.                     B. Too much work.     C. The pills she takes.

15. What does the man suggest?

A. Exercising outdoors.

B. Talking more often to others.

C. Not using the computer for a while.

16. What will the woman probably do next?

A. Take some sleeping pills.

B. Schedule an appointment with a psychologist.

C. Try the man’s suggestions.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Who is Ellen?

A. A weather reporter             B. A news reporter.         C. A traffic reporter.

18. When is the rain expected to stop?

A. On Sunday afternoon. B. On Thursday night.      C. On Tuesday afternoon.

19. What was today's temperature?

A. In the low70s.         B. In the low 50s.       C. In the low 45s.

20. What time of year is it now?

A. Spring.            B. Summer.            C. Fall.

第二题：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

  Brave dog wasn’t always his name. When we  ____21____ him first, he was all ____22____ and skinny-ribbed（皮包骨头的）， ____23____ worth a second look. But Mattie walked straight, “What a pretty dog!” The dog looked unsure, ____24____ he was not used to being spoken to kindly. “ ____25____ that Stray（走失的） Dog,” I cried. “You know ____26____ Dad feels about stray dogs.” “Don’t call him Stray Dog,” said Mattie. “He’s a pretty dog and I’m ____27____ him. ”

To Mattie, he was Pretty Dog. She talked to him, played with him and fed him. He followed her everywhere. Both ____28____. One day, Dad discovered him. “Mattie! Get away from That Dog!” Dad ____29____. So Stray Dog became That Dog.

One cold winter day, Dad went ____30____. Mattie wanted to go, but Dad didn’t ____31____ .

A few hours later, Dad came home with some fish. “Where is Mattie?” Dad asked. Mom and I were in confusion(困惑地), both ____32____ Mattie was with the other. “Maybe she went after you.” “ ____33____ she never came to the lake. Come on, we must find her.”

We were so ____34____ about her safety that we hurried out. ____35____, we didn’t find her.

Suddenly, some dog barks(犬吠) ____36____. “It’s That Dog!” Following the barks, we found Mattie ____37____ under a fallen tree. We felt relaxed. Mattie said, “We got lost. Then I fell and hurt my foot so I couldn’t ____38____. Pretty Dog kept me ____39____.” I don’t remember who started calling him ____40____, but that was his name from then on.

21. A. ignored B. greeted C. saw D. liked

22. A. pretty B. stubborn C. smart D. dusty

23. A. hardly B. usually C. actually D. really

24. A. even if B. as if C. so that D. even so

25. A. Leave B. Keep C. Touch D. Catch

26. A. that B. what C. how D. why

27. A. keeping B. helping C. studying D. walking

28. A. secretly B. specially C. entirely D. carefully

29. A. shouted B. asked C. added D. advised

30. A. fishing B. shopping C. boating D. hiking

31. A. realize B. refuse C. allow D. care

32. A. thinking B. seeing C. remembering D. saying

33. A. So B. And C. Unless D. But

34. A. concerned B. crazy C. angry D. serious

35. A. Instead B. However C. Finally D. Anyway

36. A. came B. went C. began D. rose

37. A. standing B. jumping C. playing D. lying

38. A. walk B. follow C. run D. go

39.A. asleep B. warm C. happy D. calm

40. A. Pretty Dog B. That dog C. Clever Dog             D. Brave Dog

第三题：阅读理解（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30）

                                 A

                               How to Be a successful person

Gary Hall Jr.

Winner of 5 Olympics Gold Medals

“In 1997 I was found to have developed diabetes（糖尿病）. Believing my career was over, I felt extremely low. Then one of the specialists said there was no reason why I should stop training and competing. That was it - the encouragement I needed. I could still be a winner if I believe in myself. I am not saying that it isn’t difficult sometimes. But I wanted to prove to myself that I wasn’t finished yet. Nothing is to stand in my way.”

Karen Pickering

Swimming World Champion

“I swim 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. I manage that sort of workload by putting it on top of my diary. This is the key to success - you can’t follow a career in any field without being well-organized. List what you believe you can achieve. Trust yourself, write down your goals for the day, however small they are, and you’ll be a step closer to achieving them.”

Kirsten Best

Poet & Writer

“When things are getting hard, a voice inside my head tells me that I can’t achieve something. Then there are other distractions, such as family or hobbies. The key is to focus. When I feel tense, it helps a lot to repeat words such as ‘calm’, ‘concentrate’, either out loud or silently in my mind. It makes me feel more in control and increases my confidence. This is a habit that can become second nature quite easily and is a powerful psychological tool.”

41. What does Gary Hall Jr. mainly talk about?

A. He overcame the shadow of illness to win. 

B. Specialists offered him medical advice.

C. Training helped him defeat his disease.  

D. Difficulties influenced his career.

42. What does Karen Pickering put on top of her diary?

A. Her achievements.      B. Her daily happenings.

C. Her sports career.      D. Her training schedule.

43. According to the passage, what do the three people have in common?

A. Courage.  B. Devotion.  C. Self-confidence.  D. Hard work.

B

With golden sunshine and a gentle breeze（微风）, autumn is the most beautiful seasons in the year. This is a great time to go outside and have fun. Go to a valley to see red maple trees, go and pick fruit in an orchard or find an open field to fly your kite in.

However, for many high school students, these great activities may be just a dream. With plenty of work to do, they spend all their hours indoors, fighting for a high mark in their exams. Of course, study is one of the most important things for teenagers. But life is absolutely much more than that.

Sometimes we spend so much time studying that we forget how to make life wonderful. In doing so, we lose the real purpose of life - to be a valuable and happy person. To enjoy just how great it is to be alive, we have to put down our books and pens and look around us. Students, take some exercise to improve your health, talk with your parents and friends for understanding and walk around outside to refresh（振作）your body and mind.

Going out and enjoying the beautiful countryside often helps our creativity in our work. Chinese craftsman, Lu Ban created a saw to help woodworkers. But if he hadn’t walked outside, he would not have been inspired by a kind of toothed（锯齿状的）grass. We could also suppose if Newton hadn’t rested under that apple tree, then he wouldn’t have been hit by an apple, and his classic（经典的）theories would not have come out.

Going out is not only a break from hard work, but a chance to add to life experience. So come on, give your brain a good rest. Step out the books and get your bag ready for an autumn outing. We are sure you will get much more than knowledge from the exciting journey.

44. In which paragraph does the writer make a summary about his opinion?

A. Paragraph 1.  B. Paragraph 2.  C. Paragraph 3.  D. Paragraph 4.

45. Which of the following ISN’T the reason for high school students’ going out?

A. To improve their health.     B. To invent a new product.

C. To develop their creativity.     D. To refresh themselves.

46. The passage is developed mainly by ______.

A. describing the beautiful scenery in Autumn

B. pointing out the present situation of high school students

C. making predictions

D. reasoning and giving examples

47. What can you learn from the passage?

A. We should take an optimistic attitude towards life.

B. Nature is power.

C. Going out can make high school students get more.

D. The author isn’t happy with our education at all.

C

Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science Built over 2,200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering achievement is still used today to irrigate（灌溉）over 6,000 square kilometres of farmland, take away floodwater and provide water for 50cities in the province.

In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods caused by overflow（溢水）from the Minjiang River. To help the victims（受害者） of the flooding, Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. They studied the problem and discovered that the river most often overflowed when winter snow at the top of the nearby Mount Yulei began to melt as the weather warmed.

The simplest fix was to build a dam, but this would have ruined the Mingjiang River. So instead Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yule that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally. Better still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making it suitable for farming.

Cutting the channels through the hard rock of Mount Yulei was difficult as it was done long before the invention gunpowder and explosives（炸药）. Li Bing found another solution. He used a combination of fire and water to heat and cool the rocks until they cracked and could be removed. After eight years of work, the 20-metre-wide canals had been carved through the mountain.

Once the system was finished, no more floods happened and the people were able to live peacefully. Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature（特色）. Unlike modern dams where the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, enabling ecosystems and fish populations to exist in harmony.

48. What are the benefits of Dujiangyan according to the first paragraph?

A. Reducing flooding and watering farmland.

B. Protecting the mountain and reducing flooding.

C. Watering farmland and improving water quality.

D. Drying the river and supplying cities with water.

49. What was the main cause of the Minjiang Rivers flooding?

A. Heavy rains.       B. Melting snow.

C. Low river banks.      D. Steep（陡峭的） mountains.

50. How was Li Bing able to break through the rocks of Mountain Yulei?

A. By using gunpowder.

B. By flooding the rocks with water.

C. By applying a heating and cooling technique.

D. By breaking the rocks with hammers（锤子） and spades（锹）.

51. Why is Dujiangyan greatly admired by scientists today?

A. It preserves much of the natural river life.

B. It took very little time to complete the project.

C. The building techniques used were very modern.

D. It has raised the living standard of the local people.

D

Picky（挑剔的）eaters may have good reasons for their behavior. No matter why your child has become picky, how you handle the situation can affect his or her future. Therefore, you should know the following reasons for picky children first of all.

Neophobia is common in children; it often happens at the dinner table. Some children just refuse to try new food because they don’t know what it will taste like, while others dislike new food before even smelling it. Some children take it to the extreme and will only eat a few foods that they like. Psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Capaldi says that, by the time children reach the age of two, they have formed their own eating habits that they don’t want to be disturbed by new offering at the table.

A newly published study led by Dr. Lucy Cooke of University College London showed that picky eating in children results from genetic（遗传的）and environmental causes. The research, which followed the eating habits of 5,390 pairs of twins between the ages of 8 and 11, found that about 75% of the neophobia in the children was from their parents, while 25% was due to the influence of environment.

Children grow at a high speed during their first year, but that fast-paced growth tends to slow down by their second year. When children are not experiencing one of those fast growth periods, their body needs less energy; and that results in（导致） a smaller appetite（胃口）. When children are not hungry, they tend to enjoy only food they like. They refuse new food and food that is not their favorite. Some children will limit the amount of food to only one kind, like hamburgers or pancakes, leaving all the other foods untouched.

In some cases, many real reasons why a children behaves as a picky eater exist. About 5% of children who are 10 years of age or younger have some type of neurological dysfunction（神经机能障碍）that influences their eating habits. These children may be easily hurt by some special smells, or their brain may not be able to process such sensory information properly.

52. The underlined word “Neophobia” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.

A. the fear of something new or unknown  B. the worry about the amount of new food

C. the feeling of eating at the dinner table  D. the fear of eating tasty food

53. What can we learn about the study led by Dr. Cooke?

A. It paid more attention to the environmental effects on children’s eating habits.

B. It followed the eating habits of 5,390 children aged between 8 and 11.

C. It showed that genetics greatly affect children’s eating habits.

D. It suggested that parents should have good eating habits.

54. The fourth paragraph mainly tells us that ______.

A. children’s growth speed stays the same in the first two years

B. children develop their own diet when they grow up

C. children tends to eat less when they grow up

D. Children’s growth has an effect on their diet

55. The reason mentioned in the last paragraph is about a child’s ______.

A. exercise   B. sense    C. habit    D. interest

第四题：语法填空 (共10分;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

 Long ago, there lived in Greece ___56___ learned man. He was ___57___ well-known for his knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn from him. The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great ___58___(patient). One day, a student asked him, “My dear teacher, didn’t you say you yourself have many more questions about things than we do?” ___59___ I think we students have far more than you.” With a smile on his face, the teacher ___60___(draw) two circles, one as large as big cake, the other smaller. Then he said, “Of course, I have learned much more. But ___61___ is wrong to think a teacher has fewer questions than his students. Now, look at these two circles. The inside of the bigger one is my knowledge of things, and the inside of the smaller one is ___62___(you). Out of the circles is what is still unknown to us. Since mine is larger, I have ___63___(use) the longer line to draw the bigger circle. That ___64___(mean) I have more opportunities to face what is still unknown. And that’s why I myself have more questions than you do. The ___65___(much) you learn, the more questions you have. You will never learn enough, you know.”

第五题：书面表达（满分25分）

Smith先生是一位加拿大籍教师，今天他给你们做了一个讲座，介绍了有关加拿大的情况。 请你根据Smith先生的讲座，写一篇报告，向全校同学介绍加拿大的有关情况。

要点包括：

1. 加拿大是世界第二大国；地理位置；
2. 人口稀少，全国人口约3200万，居民主要讲法语和英语；
3. 气候区域差别很大；
4. 多湖泊，淡水资源丰富；森林资源丰富。

注意：1. 词数 100 左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2021-2022学年度第二学期高一英语期中考试参考答案

第一题：听力（每小题1分，满分20分）

1—5 CBBAC    6—10 CAABB    11—15 CBBAA    16—20 CBAAC

第二题：完形填空(每小题1.5分，满分30分)

21--25 CDABA  26--30 CAAAA  31--35 CADAB  36--40 ADABD

第三题：阅读理解：(每小题2分，满分30分)

41——43 ACC           44——47 CBDC        

48——51 ABCA                 52——55  ACDB            

第四题：语法填空(每小题1.5分，满分15分)

56.a   57. so    58. patience       59. But    60. drew

61. it   62. yours    63. to use   64. means         65. more

第五题：书面表达(满分25分)

Today Mr Smith, from Canada, gave us a lecture about his country. As the second largest country in the world ,Canada covers about a quarter of the world’s land area.But its population is very small, about32 million. People in Canada mainly speak French and English.The weather in Canada is quite different from area from area. There are many lakes in Canada, which supply it with one third of the world’s fresh water. Canada also has many forests ,which make it the biggest producer of paper in the world. Besides, Canada also has lots of beautiful scenery.