2022武汉华中师范大学第一附中高一下学期期中考试英语试题含答案

华中师大一附中2021-2022学年度第二学期期中检测

高一年级英语试题

满分120分，考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目填写在规定的位置上。

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第一部分阅读（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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

The cost of living in countries like the U.S, Britain, Australia or France has skyrocketed in recent years. However, if you’re willing to leave your country and explore life in other areas, there are many countries boasting an extremely cheap and low cost of living. Check out the following countries when planning your next move.

Ecuador

Ecuador is similar to the United States in many ways, and as a result has become a popular American getaway. They even use the U. S. Dollar for their currency. In this country, it’s cheaper to eat out every day than cook for yourself on a budget in the U. S. You can even buy a building for around $50,000 and hire someone to look after it while you’re away.

Mexico

Although the country is known for its poverty ridden streets, there are many wealthier areas that provide every facility you might need. You can live off a mere $700 to $800 a month in Mexico, and this includes rent for a nice place, facilities, food, and any sightseeing.

Argentina

Argentina has been a popular tourist destination for many years. It has great restaurants, a rich history, and many places to explore. Not to mention, it’s not very expensive to live here. A decent sized home can cost around $139,000, which is relatively cheap in relation to homes in the United States.

Vietnam

Vietnam has also become a popular tourist destination in recent years. There are many million-dollar luxury homes by the beach, but you can find a modest flat or a small home for around $25,000 to $50,000 if you search in the right areas.

1. How much does it cost to live in Mexico for a year?

A. About $12,000. B. About $7,000. C. About $8,000. D. About $8,800.

2. What do Argentina and Vietnam have in common?

A. They both have great restaurants.

B. The cost of living in them is both expensive.

C. Tourists enjoy travelling in the two countries.

D. The middle-sized homes both cost around $139,000.

3In which country is the U.S Dollar used for its currency?

A. Ecuador. B. Mexico. C. Argentina. D. Vietnam.

B

When I was a boy our extended, immigrant family would sometimes gather at my aunt’s tiny house over the summer. Relatives from all over the country would come in to visit. The adults would crowd together in the living room to talk and catch up on each other' s lives. And the kids would be sent out into the front yard to play when dinner was slowly cooked for all of us.

Those were the days before video games, smart phones, and motorized toys, so we often ended up playing an old game. I remember one of those moments especially. As I was the youngest and smallest of all the kids there, I got caught first and couldn't catch anyone else. My brothers and cousins were all too fast for me, and I grew more and more frustrated. I finally fell my face first into the dirt. I got up with tears forming in my eyes. Then I saw one of my female cousins Susan standing there. She started to run but was going much slower than before. I easily caught up and seized her. Then she turned to me, smiled, and said, I'm it! You d better run! Iran off laughing with glee while she turned and started to chase others.

Now I see how her act of kindness that day saved me from sadness and returned me to joy. It didn't matter that we hardly ever saw each other. I know we are family and she loves me.

In her wonderful book: Box of Butterflies, Roma Downey writes, "We are all one, we all belong to each other, and we are one big. beautiful family." Perhaps it is time that we all started to treat each other that way. Perhaps it is time that we shared our love, our kindness, our laughter, and our joy with everyone without fear. Perhaps it is time to finally and forever bring this world together in one big family reunion.

4. When the adults were chatting, the kids would__________.

A. play video games B. sit in the front yard

C. learn to cook dinner D. play traditional games

5. The author was able to catch Susan because________.

A. the others ran too fast B. the author was good at running

C. Susan gave her a chance D. Susan wanted to chase others

6. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The author is grateful for hat Susan did to her.

B. The author cant meet Susan any more.

C. The author urges others to love their family.

D. The author believes the world will become a big family

7. What could be the best title of the passage?

A. A memory of my childhood. B. Sharing of goodness unites us.

C. Kindness brightens our life. D. A good deed is invaluable.

C

As much as seventy years ago, in the city of Boston, there lived a small girl who had the naughty habit of running away.

Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alcott, from first to last, had had a good many frights about this flyaway Louisa. Once when she was only two years old they were traveling with her on a steamboat, and she darted away, in some moment when no one was noticing her, and crawled into the engine-room to watch the machinery. Of course her clothes were all grease and dirt, and she might have been caught in the machinery and hurt.

Except for this one fault, Louisa was a good child, so she felt much ashamed that she had caused her mother, whom she loved dearly, so much worry. She made up her mind that she would never frighten her so again. No-she would cure herself of the running-away habit!

After that, whenever she felt the least desire to slip out of the house without asking permission, she would hurry to her own little room and shut the door tight. To keep her mind from bad plans she would shut her eyes and make up stories-think them all out, hers, you know. Then, when some of them seemed pretty good, she would write them down so that she would not forget them. By and by she found she liked making stories better than anything she had ever done in her life

Her mother sometimes wondered why Louisa grew so fond of staying in her little chamber the head of the stairs, all of a sudden, but was pleased that the runaway child had changed into such a quiet, like-to-stay-at-home girl.

It was a long time before Louisa dared to mention the stories and rhymes she had hidden in her desk but finally she told her mother about them, and when Mrs. Alcott had read them, she advised her to keep on writing. Louisa did so and became one of the best American story-tellers. She wrote a number of books, and if you begin with Lulu's Library, you will want to read Little Men and Little Women and all the books that dear Louisa Alcott ever wrote

8. What does the underlined word “darted away” in paragraph 2 mean?

A. disappeared B. left quickly

C. lost herself D. hid herself

9. Why did Louisa crawl into the engine room?

A. Because she wanted to watch the machinery.

B. Because she wanted to make her parents frightened

C. Because she liked to make Jokes.

D. Because otherwise, she might have been hurt.

10. How did Louisa cure herself of running-away habit?

A. She asked permission before going out of the house

B. She found making stories more interesting and gave up her run-away plan at once.

C. Her mother made her enter her own room and shut the door tight.

D. She made up stories and then wrote them down

11. Which of the following can best describe Louisa?

A. Caring. B. Ambitious

C. Strong-minded. D. Demanding.

D

The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme(酶) PETase have now created a new enzyme called “cocktail” , which can digest plastic up to six times faster.

PETase breaks down PET back into its building blocks, creating an opportunity to recycle plastic and reduce plastic pollution. PET is the most common thermoplastic(热塑性塑料) used to make single-use drinks bottles, which takes hundreds of years to break down in the environment, but PETase can shorten this time to days. The initial discovery set up the prospect of a revolution in plastic recycling, creating a potential low-energy solution to tackle plastic waste.

Now, the same trans-Atlantic team have combined PETase and its “partner”, a second enzyme called MHETase, to generate much bigger improvements: simply mixing PETase with MHETase doubled the speed of PET breakdown, and engineering a connection between the two enzymes to create a “super-enzyme”, increased this activity by a further three times.

The team was co-led by the scientists who engineered PETase, Professor John McGeehan and Dr Gregg Beckham. Professor McGeehan said: “Gregg and I were chatting about how PETase attacks the surface of the plastics and MHETase chops things up further, so it seemed natural to see if we could use them together. Our first experiments showed that they did work better together, so we decided to physically link them. It took a great deal of work, but it was worth the effort — we were delighted to see that our new enzyme is up to three times faster than the separate enzymes.”

The original PETase enzyme discovery indicated the first hope that a solution to the global plastic pollution problem might be within grasp, though PETase alone is not yet fast enough to handle the tons of PET bottles. Combining it with a second enzyme, and finding together they work even faster, means another leap forward has been taken towards finding a solution to plastic waste. PETase and the new combined MHETase-PETase both work by digesting PET plastic. This allows for plastics to be made and reused endlessly, reducing our reliance on fossil(化石) resources.

12. What can we learn about “cocktail” from the text?

AIt doubles the breakdown of plastics.

B. It takes hundreds of years to break down.

C. It contributes to breaking down plastic quickly.

D. It deals with the plastic waste three times faster.

13. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A. A new study of PET. B. The breakdown of PET.

C. The discovery of PETase. D. The functions of PETase.

14. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Co-leading the trans-Atlantic team. B. Combining PETase and MHETase.

C. Attacking the surface of the plastics. D. Talking about conducting experiments.

15. What can we infer from the text?

A. PET pollution is no longer a difficult problem to deal with.

B. New enzyme is speeding up our reliance on fossil resources.

C. MHETase-PETase makes the world free from plastic pollution.

D. Plastic-eating enzyme “cocktail” promises new hope for plastic waste.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Urban clothing is a style associated with the urban cultures. In different countries or different areas, urban clothing may take different forms.____16____When determining what styles might be considered urban, it is a good idea to look at the youth of multiple large cities.

Most people associate urban clothing with the music of inner city areas, which typically takes the form of hip-hop or rap. More specifically, any popular music form in urban population will impact the native styles of clothing. Music is the medium through which style changes to fashion, and urban fashion clothing is always influenced by hip-hop. ____17____

Some common items in urban clothing include hoodies, sneakers, and T-shirts with popular designs or slogans. ____18____ But sometimes there are fancier aspects of this type of clothing involving large jewelry and accessories(配饰). For example, hats of different styles in many cases are designed to fit in with specific outfits.

Colors of urban style clothing often reflect personal tastes, but are in many cases very bright or black. ____19____ Besides, clothes made by designers who are valued by the urban culture in question are also popular.

____20____ A person who believes he is urban due to his interests, upbringing, or friendships will always claim that the style he is wearing is a genuine type of urban clothing. Like other styles of clothing, the deeper someone looks into the small differences of the style, the more types there will appear to be.

A. In other countries, this is certainly not the case.

B. In many ways, urban clothing is all about attitude.

C. Most of the time, urban style clothing is not formal.

D. Therefore, there is a reliable relationship between them.

E. Pants for men are typically looser than pants for women.

F. The youth are generally the driving force behind changes in urban styles.

G. Clothing reflecting the urban landscape in which people live is well received.

第二部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Hansen and his 10-year-old son Chase search the streets of Salt Lake City every weekend for the homeless to take to lunch. They started Project Empathy(共情)four years ago to ___21___a meal, listen to their stories and figured out how they could ___22___ help .

"Just start with a smile, a hello. It really just starts with that. If you do it, you can make a connection. A small gesture can have a ___23___ impact on others less fortunate," Hansen ___24___ in an interview.

Some of these shared meals have turned into stronger ___25___Ward, a homeless, was ___26___ in a flat. He credited the Hansens with helping him ___27___the difficult process of moving off the streets. "It is great to have friends who make us feel ___28___ and I'm impressed with the pair," Ward said.

Father and son's ___29___have developed into a passion project that ____30____ faith and community, which emphasizes the ____31____ community members can have in uplifting the homeless. They know they can't settle the homeless ____32____ alone. They're hoping empathy will ____33____

"My hope for the future is to ____34____ more connection across our country. We could and we will succeed ____35____ we have other people join in and help the homeless," Chase said.

21. A. buy B. cook C. share D. eat

22. A. often B. further C. also D. even

23. A. dramatic B. different C. minimum D. decisive

24. A. remarked B. praised C. joked D. quoted

25. A. desires B. connections C. motivations D. opinions

26. A. provided B. permitted C. abandoned D. housed

27. A. through B. for C. despite D. to

28. A. surprised B. relaxed C. awesome D. calm

29. A. dreams B. influences C. experiences D. efforts

30. A. assesses B. compares C. highlights D. respects

31. A. importance B. task C. chance D. role

32. A. argument B. problem C. debt D. conflict

33. A. go away B. catch on C. fade out D. give off

34. A. spread B. miss C. exchange D. maintain

35. A. before B. if C. until D. so

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

Every year, butterfly(蝴蝶) lovers in California go out in November to count monarch butterflies. They ____36____(get) a worrying result from their fall monarch count in 2018—____37____ number of monarchs had dropped by 86% since 2017.

The orange and black monarch butterflies are famous _____38_____ their long migrations(迁徙)—they fly thousands of miles every year. In the spring and summer they fly north; in the fall they fly south again.

Monarchs, like most butterflies, are _____39_____(terrible) important for plants. They help create more plants by spreading pollen(花粉) between plants. In turn, monarchs depend on plants for food. And they depend completely on a plant called milkweed _____40_____(lay) their eggs.

But monarchs have been facing growing problems for years. As more and more wild land has been turned into large farms, the monarchs have had trouble _____41_____(find) enough milkweed. Many farms also use chemicals _____42_____ will kill insects in order to protect their plants. These chemicals also affect monarchs. Besides, pollution has made milkweed less _____43_____(health) for the monarchs than it used to be.

Scientists say monarchs will be in danger of dying out in the next 20 years if nothing ____44____(do) to save them.

___45___(thing) that people can do to help include planting milkweed, controlling the use of chemicals, protecting wild areas, and planting trees.

第三部分写作(共两节, 满分40分)

第一节（满分15分）

46. 假定你是李华，现在有机会去国外做交换生一年，但你对留学生活有很多困惑。请你写信给好友John，询问相关事宜。内容包括：

1. 说明写信目的；

2. 询问相关事宜（如住宿，学习氛围，社交活动等）；

3. 表达心情。

注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

Dear John,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节（满分25分）

47. 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。

Before the incident, Jeremy Sutcliffe had actually liked snakes. He’d found them beautiful, even. Besides, the 40-year-old wasn’t someone who kept away from wild creatures.

Jeremy was an adventurous outdoors man who took every chance he could to camp and fish. That love of nature was part of the reason Jeremy and his wife, Jennifer Sutcliffe, 43, had recently moved to South Texas from Kansas.

On a steamy Sunday morning in May 2018, the couple were tidying their yard in preparation for an evening cookout with their daughter.

At around 10: 30 a.m. Jeremy began mowing the lawn while Jennifer worked on the garden. She had just reached down to grab a weed when she saw it: a snake, right next to her hand.

Jennifer leaped up as the snake, a yard long, rose into striking position, its dusty triangular head tensed and its tail making scary sounds. "Snake! "yelled Jennifer as she backed away. "Snake! "

When he heard his wife’s cry, Jeremy figured she had run into the snake that often showed up on the property. He grabbed a shovel（铁铲） to frighten the creature away and jogged around the house to the garden.

That was when he heard the sounds. His wife was cornered between some bushes and the house, the snake directly in her path.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右:

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

Jeremy first tried to drive away the snake using the shovel, without success.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

He bent down to pick up a stick lying next to the snake’s head so that he could move it away quickly.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

【答案】1. D2. C3. A

【答案】4. D5. C6. A7. B

【答案】8. B9. A10. D11. C

【答案】12. C13. D14. B15. D

【答案】16. F17. D18. C19. G20. B

【答案】21. C22. B23. A24. A25. B26. D27. A28. C29. D30. C31. D32. B33. B34. A35. B

【答案】36. got

37. the38. for

39. terribly

40. to lay41. finding

42. which/that

43. healthy

44. is done

45. Things

【46题答案】

【答案】Dear John,

I’ve got a chance to be an exchange student to study abroad for one year. But I am puzzled about the life in a different country. Can you help me with the following puzzles?

Firstly, what I am concerned about is the academic requirements there. Are the teachers strict with students? Moreover, where do you suggest me living? In addition, I wonder whether there are any social activities for exchange students. To be honest, I am eager to learn about cultures of different countries through various activities.

I feel delighted but anxious now. I’d appreciate it if you could help me.

Yours,

Li Hua

【47题答案】

【答案】Jeremy first tried to drive away the snake using the shovel, without success. Then he did what was necessary: He raised the garden tool and brought the edge down hard through the snake's body, an inch and a half below the head, cutting it off. Jennifer went into the house, her heart hammering, while Jeremy headed back to mowing. About ten minutes later, when Jennifer said she was going to let their two small dogs out, he decided to move the dead snake. He looked at the creature lying limp on the ground. Its head, attached to its body, rested on a paving stone.

He bent down to pick up a stick lying next to the snake's head so that he could move it away quickly. But before the stick even touched the ground, the snake attacked — a blur of motion as the creature launched itself forward. Jeremy withdrew his right hand out of instinct and luckily avoided the snake’s attack and its teeth that could have injected deadly venom into Jeremy’s hand. “God!” he yelled in horror, “It almost bit me!” Still in shock, he had to call for a snake expert to handle the headless snake and even check thoroughly for potential snake threats. Once bitten, twice shy. Though he wasn’t bitten, he kept away from wild creatures from then on.