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四川省德阳市第五中学2020学年高一英语上学期半期考试试题本试卷共两卷, 第一卷和第二卷。第一卷的答案请涂在答题卡上, 第二卷的答案请写在答题卡上的规定位置。在试卷上答题无效。试卷总分为150分, 考试时间为120分钟。第一卷（选择题，共100分）第一部分：听力测试（共两节，共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节（共5小题）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 does the woman mean?A. The hotel isnt that famous.B. She wont stay in the hotel.C. The cost is very high.2. How much sleep does the man need at least every night?A. 7 hours. B. 8 hours. C. 9 hours.3. What did Steve say yesterday?A. He liked the apartment.B. He wanted to sign a contract.C. He would call the man soon.4. What do the speakers actually want to get?A. Jobs. B. Smart phones. C. Smart robots.5. Why does the woman apologize to the man?A. She cant have a discussion with him right now.B. She has to put off their appointment.（约会）C. She wont have lunch with him today.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的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，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至7题。6. When is Professor Smith coming to the school?A. On Oct.11. B. On Oct.13. C. On Oct.30.7. What does the man ask the woman to do next week?A. To give a speech at the school library.B. To review the paper about public communication.C. To interview Professor Smith and write an article.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What does the man want to be washed by hand?A. His silk shirt. B. His sweaters. C. His trousers.9. When is the earliest that the man can get his clothes back?A. This evening. B. Tomorrow morning. C. Tomorrow afternoon.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the Cornell Notes system known for helping students do?A. Sorting notes. B. Taking notes quickly. C. Organizing notes.11. Which of the following should be avoided according to the woman?A. Main ideas of the text or speech.B. Long ideas and sentences.C. Questions related to review.12. Why wont the man try the Cornell Notes method until next semester?A. He must prepare for his final exams now.B. He cant understand the topic so quickly.C. He will have to write a summary in a day.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does the man think is the best known service or product Google offers?A. Search engine. B. Various software. C. Online advertising technologies.14. How long did Google take to start selling their shares?A. One year. B. Five years. C. Six years.15. What is the main thing that makes the man want to work for Google?A. Googles service in communications hardware.B. Googles business throughout the world.C. Googles treatment of its employees.16. What has the man already done?A. He has had an interview.B. He has sent his resume to Google.C. He has visited the company and met someone.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How does Anna treat Jack according to the talk?A. Bathing him and paying his health bills and taxes.B. Buying his clothes and paying his phone bills and taxes.C. Buying his food and paying his health bills and taxes.18. What is life like for people in Sweden?A. Busy. B. Orderly. C. Easy.19. What is the money paid in dog taxes used for?A. Buying insurance for dog owners.B. Paying for damage done by dogs.20. Providing medical care for dogs.What can we learn from the talk?A. People in Sweden pay a lot of taxes.B. Owning dogs means asking for trouble.C. Many car accidents are caused by dogs.第二部分 阅读理解第一节： 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AIn its early history，Chicago had floods frequently，especially in the spring，making the streets so muddy that people，horses，and carts got stuckAn old joke that was popular at the time went something like this：A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago streetAsked if he needs help，he replies，No，thanksIve got a good horse under meThe city planner decided to build an underground drainage （排水） system，but there simply wasnt enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water levelThe only two options were to lower the Chicago River or raise the cityAn engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirtThis raised the level of the citys streets by as much as 12feetThis of course created a new problem：dirt practically buried the first floors of every building in ChicagoBuilding owners were faced with a choice：either change the first floors of their buildings into basements，and the second stories into main floors，or hoist the entire buildings to meet the new street levelSmall wood-frame buildings could be lifted fairly easilyBut what about large，heavy structures like Tremont Hotel，which was a six-story brick building？Thats where George Pullman came inHe had developed some house-moving skills successfullyTo lift a big structure like the Tremont Hotel，Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews （螺旋千斤顶） beneath the buildings foundationOne man was assigned to operate each section of roughly 10jackscrewsAt Pullmans signal each man turned his jackscrew the same amount at the same time，thereby raising the building slowly and evenlyAstonishingly，the Tremont Hotel stay open during the entire operation，and many of its guests didnt even notice anything was happeningSome people like to say that every problem has a solutionBut in Chicagos early history，every engineering solution seemed to create a new problemNow that Chicagos waste water was draining efficiently into the Chicago River，the citys next step was to clean the polluted river21. The author mentions the joke to show _ A. horses were fairly useful in Chicago B. Chicagos streets were extremely muddy C. Chicago was very dangerous in the spring D. the Chicago people were particularly humorous 22. The city planners were convinced by Ellis Chesbrough to _ A. build the pipes above groundB. lower the Chicago River C. fight against heavy floodsD. get rid of the street dirt 23. The underlined wordhoistin Paragraph 4 means _ A. changeB. liftC. repairD. decorate 24. The passage is mainly about the early Chicagos _ A. popular life styles and their influences B. environmental disasters and their causes C. engineering problems and their solutions D. successful businessmen and their achievementsBGrandparents Answer a Call. As a third-generation native of Brownsville，Texas，Mildred Garza never planned to move awayEven when her daughter and son asked her to move to San Antonio to help with their children，she politely refusedOnly after a year of friendly discussion did MsGarza finally say yesThat was four years agoToday all three generations regard the move as a success，giving them a closer relationship than they would have had in separate citiesNo statistics show the number of grandparents like Garza who are moving closer to adult children and grandchildrenYet there is evidence suggesting that the trend is growingEven Obamas mother-in-law，Marian Robinson，has agreed to leave Chicago and move into the White House to help care for her granddaughtersAccording to a study by grandparentscom，83percent of the people said MrsRobinsons decision will influence grandparents in the American familyTwo-thirds believe more families will follow the example of Obamas familyIn the 1960s we were all a little wild and couldnt get away from home far enough or fast enough to prove we could do it on our own，says Christine Crosby，publisher of Grand，a magazine for grandparentsWe now realize how important family is and how important it is to be near them，especially when youre raising childrenMoving is not for everyoneAlmost every grandparent wants to be with his or her grandchildren and is willing to make sacrifices，but sometimes it is wiser to say no and visit frequently insteadHaving your grandchildren far away is hard，especially knowing your adult child is struggling，but giving up the life you know may be harder25. Why was Garzas move a success？ _ A. It strengthened her family tiesB. It improved her living conditionsC. It enabled her make more friendsD. It helped her know more new places26. What was the reaction of the public to MrsRobinsons decision？ _ A. 17% expressed their support for itB. Few people responded sympathetically（同情地）.C. 83% believed it had a bad influenceD. Most of them thought it was a trend27. What did Crosby say about people in the 1960s？ _ A. They were unsure of themselvesB. They were eager to raise more childrenC. They wanted to live away from their parentsD. They had little respect for their grandparents28. What does the author suggest the grandparents do in the last paragraph？ _ A. Make decisions in the best interests of their ownB. Ask their children to pay more visits to themC. Sacrifice for their struggling childrenD. Get to know themselves betterCI am Peter Hodes，a volunteer stem courierSince March 2020，Ive done 89trips-of those，51have been abroad，I have 42hours to carry stem cells （干细胞） in my little box because Ive got two ice packs and thats how long they lastIn all，from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor （捐献者） to the time they can be implanted in the patient，weve got 72hours at most，So I am always conscious of timeI had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in AmericaI picked up the stem cells in Providence，Rhode Island，and was meant to fly to Washington then back to LondonBut when I arrived at the check-in desk at Providence，the lady on the desk said：Well，Im really sorry，Ive got some bad news for you-there are no flights from WashingtonSo I took my box and put it on the desk and I said：In this box are some stem cells that are urgently needed for a patient-please，please，youve got to get me back to the United KingdomShe just dropped everythingShe arranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for me，re-routed（改道）me through Newark and got me back to the UK even earlier than originally scheduledFor this courier job，youre consciously aware that in that box youve got something that is potentially going to save somebodys life29. Which of the following can replace the underlined wordcourierin Paragraph 1？ _ A. providerB. delivery manC. collectorD. medical doctor 30. Why does Peter have to complete his trip within 42 hours？ _ A. He cannot stay away from his job too longB. The donor can only wait for that longC. The operation needs that much timeD. The ice wont last any longer31. Which flight did the woman put Peter on first？ _ A. To LondonB. To NewarkC. To ProvidenceD. To WashingtonDConflict is on the menu tonight at the caf La ChopeThis evening，as on every Thursday night，psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of Frances favorite pastimes，coffee drinking and thetalking cureHere they are learning to get in touch with their true feelingsIt isnt always easyThe customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2（plus drinks） per session-are quick to intellectualize （高谈阔论），slow to open up and connectYou are forbidden to sayone feels，orpeople think，Lehane told themSayI think，Think meA caf society where no intellectualizing is allowed？It couldnt seem more un-FrenchBut Lehannes psychology caf is about more than knowing oneself：Its trying to help the citys troubled neighborhood cafsOver the years，Parisian cafs have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours，a fast food boom and a younger generations desire to spend more time at homeDozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situationCafes focused around psychology，history，and engineering are catching on，filling tables well into the eveningThe citys psychology cafs，which offer great comfort，are among the most popular placesMiddle-aged homemakers，retirees，and the unemployed come to such cafs to talk about lover，anger，and dreams with a psychologistAnd they come to Lehances group just to learnto say what they feelTheres a strong need in Paris for communication，says Maurice Frisch，a caf La Chope regular who works as religious instructor in a nearby churchPeople have few real friendsAnd they need to open up，Lehanne says shed like to see psychology cafs all over FranceIf people had normal lives，these cafs wouldnt exist，she says，If life werent a battle，people wouldnt need a special place just to speakBut then，it wouldnt be France32. What are people encouraged to do at the caf La Chope？ _ A. Learn a new subjectB. Keep in touch with friendsC. Show off their knowledgeD. Express their true feelings33. How are cafs affected by French lifestyle changes？ _ A. They are less frequently visitedB. They stay open for longer hoursC. They have bigger night crowdsD. They start to serve fast food34. What are theme cafes expected to do？ _ A. Create more jobsB. Supply better drinksC. Save the cafe businessD. Serve the neighborhood35. Why are psychology cafes becoming popular in Paris？ _ A. They bring people true friendshipB. They give people spiritual supportC. They help people realize their dreamsD. They offer a platform for business links第二节：阅读短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每小题只有一个最佳选项, 选项中有两项是多余选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning and put the blame on the alarm clockIn fact，the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resting your body clock（36） _ Here is how to make one（37） _ In order to make a change，you need to decide why its importantDo you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family，get in some exercise，or just be better prepared for your day？Once you are clear about your reason，tell your family or roommates about the change you want to makeRethink morningsNow that you know why you want to wake up，consider re-arranging your morning activitiesIf you want time to have breakfast with your family，save some time the night before by setting out clothes，shoes，and bags（38） _ Thats a quarter-hour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timerKeep your sleep/wake schedule on weekendsIf youre tired out by Friday night，sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderfulBut compensating on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week，a recent study found（39） _ Keep a record and evaluate it weeklyKeep track of your efforts and write down how you feelAfter youve tried a new method for a week，take a look at your record（40） _ If not，take another look at other methods you could tryAGet a sleep specialistBFind the right motivation(动机)CA better plan for sleep can helpDAnd consider setting a second alarmEIf the steps you take are working，keep it upFStick to your set bedtime and wake-up time，no matter the dayGReconsider the 15minutes you spend in line at the caf to get coffee第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Welcome GiftDario and his mother loved their new apartmentThe living room was large enough for their pianoThat night，the two of them (41)side by side at the pianoThey played jazz music to celebrate their new homeThe loud (42)filled the room and made them feel very happyThe next morning，(43)，their happiness disappearedSomeone had left a (44)under their door during the nightOne of their neighbor had written to complain about the sound of the pianoDarios mother asked the building superintendent（管理员） if he knew anything about itBut he said that they were all (45)people and he couldnt imagine any of them had done thatLater that morning，Dario suggested that they write a letter to their (46) and apologize for their playingMaybe we could go and (47) everyone in personhis mother saidWhat if we invited them to come here for a (48) instead？Dario askedThey both loved the (49)Over the next few days，they sent out invitations and prepared desserts (50)their guestsThey decorated the apartment with streamers（彩带）and party lightsFinally，the day of the party (51)Some guests brought presentsOthers brought flowersSome even brought desserts to (52)One woman，MrsGilbert，(53) Darios mother with a book of piano music by ChopinI heard you playing the other night，she saidThe sounds woke me out of bedI (54)that you might play like this every nightSo I wrote a short noteI hope you dont think I disliked the playingDarios mother smiled at MrsGilbertI think maybe we (55)you an apologyshe saidI didnt (56) how late it was when we were playingMaybe we should play some quieter music at nightYou play，you play!MrsGilbert saidI like what you play!Just not so loud at nightShe pointed to the book she had given themThese songs are not such (57)musicThese songs are beautiful musicDarios mother saidWe will be (58)to play them in the eveningAnd we wont play so loud or late!Dario saidHe was already looking forward to (59) the new musicMore than that，however，he was happy to see the big smile on his mothers faceIt gave him a feeling of (60) and made him feel that they were home at last41. A. satB. stoodC. layD. walked42. A. voiceB. ringC. musicD. cry43. A. thereforeB. howeverC. otherwiseD. instead44. A. noteB. posterC. billD. report45. A. proudB. richC. luckyD. nice46. A. neighborsB. friendsC. relativesD. audience47. A. blameB. instructC. questionD. visit48. A. partyB. concertC. showD