浙江省杭州地区含周边重点中学2020_2021学年高一英语上学期期中试题

1、浙江省杭州地区（含周边）重点中学2020-2021学年高一英语上学期期中试题考生须知：1. 本卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟；2. 答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应的数字；3. 所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效；4. 考试结束后，只需上交答题卷。第卷：选择题部分第一部分：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。例：how much is t

2、he shirt?a. 19.15.b. 9.15.c. 9.18.答案是b。1. how is the weather this weekend according to the weatherman?a. warm.b. cool.c. cold.2. what is the correct order number for the yellow teapot?a. tp12fs.b. tp12sf.c. pt12fs.3. what is martin busy doing?a. writing a book.b. reading about cuba.c. looking for go

3、od news.4. what is the relationship between the speakers?a. father and daughter.b. teacher and student.c. classmates.5. what are the speakers mainly talking about?a. the mans toy.b. the mans father.c. the mans childhood.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

4、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. why is the woman looking for the envelope？a. she wants to send a letter.b. she needs to give it to jill.c. she puts her pin number in it.7. what might the woman do next?a. find jill.b. go to the kitchen.c. buy an envelope.听第7段

5、材料，回答第8、9题。8. when does the meeting end?a. at 8:30.b. at 9:00.c. at 10:30.9. what do we know about the woman？a. she was late for work today.b. she will be the mans assistant.c. she is a new worker of the company.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. why is the man making the call?a. to have a talk with tom.b. to inv

6、ite the woman to a movie.c. to introduce a friend to the woman.11. what is tom doing?a. watching tv.b. talking on the phone. c. having fun with julie.12. what can we learn about the man?a. he knows julie.b. he lives in town.c. he shares a house with a friend.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what did the man do

7、on sunday?a. he went to the museum.b. he visited the old castle.c. he watched a football match.14. how did the man find the movie?a. special.b. interesting.c. boring.15. who is helen most likely to be?a. the mans friend.b. the mans wife.c. the mans daughter.16. what food did the man have?a. italian

8、food.b. thai food.c. chinese food.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what difference does the speaker talk about first?a. some expressions. b. traffic rules.c. the food.18. what does the speaker think of the weather in london?a. changeable.b. great.c. uncomfortable.19. when does the speaker finish work now?a. at

9、 5 p.m.b. at 8:30 p.m.c. at 9 p.m.20. where did the speaker use to go on friday evening in america?a. to the club.b. to the gym.c. to the restaurant.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）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。ause your parking spacean unused parking space or garage can make money. i

10、f you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to 200 or 300 a week. put an advertisement for free on letpark or atmyhousepark.rent a roomspare room? not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you wont have

11、to pay any tax on the first 4500 you make per year. try advertising your room on roomspare or roommateeasy.make money during special eventsdont want a full-time lodger? then rent on a short-term basis. if you live in the capital, renting a room out during the olympics or other big events could bring

12、 in money. grashpadder can advertise your space. live on set renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. a quick search on the internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow yo

13、u to register your home for free but you will be charged if your home gets picked.use your roofyou need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment (around 14,000) and let you use the energy produced for nothing. in return, they get paid for unused energy

14、 fed back into the national grid. however, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.21. where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?a. on letpark.b. on roomspare.c. on grashpadder.d. on roommateeasy.22. if you

15、 want to use energy free, you have to .a. sign an agreement with the governmentb. pay around 14,000 for the equipmentc. sell the roof to some energy companiesd. keep the roof unchanged within 25 years23. for whom is the text most probably written?a. lodgers.b. advertisers.c. house owners.d. online c

16、ompanies.bwhen i was a boy growing up in new jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. his name was mr. basille. he wore a white cap and drove a white truck. as a 5-year-old boy, i couldnt take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. he noticed this one day durin

17、g a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.of course, he delivered more than milk. there was cheese, eggs and so on. if we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note “please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery” and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. an

18、d then, the buttermilk would magically (魔术般)appear.all of this was about more than convenience. there existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. mr. basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wo

19、uldnt freeze. and i remember mr. basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.there is sadly no home milk delivery today. big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete

20、. besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.recently, an old milk box in the countryside i saw brought back my childhood memories. i took it home and planted it on the back porch(门廊). every so often my sons friends will ask what it is. s

21、o i start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.24. mr. basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer to .a. show his magical powerb. pay for the deliveryc. satisfy his curiosityd. please his mother25. what can be inferred from the f

22、act that the milkman had the key to the boys house?a. he wanted to have tea there.b. he was a respectable person.c. he was treated as a family member.d. he was fully trusted by the family.26. why does home milk delivery no longer exist?a. nobody wants to be a milkman now.b. it has been driven out of

23、 the market.c. its service is getting poor.d. it is not allowed by law.27. why did the author bring back home an old milk box?a. he missed the good old days.b. he wanted to tell interesting stories.c. he needed it for his milk bottles.d. he planted flowers in it.cthe day madelyn mcclareys twin sons,

24、 aaron and aubrey hough, each received scholarships(奖学金)to florida a&m university, she figured that after they moved seven hours north from hollywood to tallahassee, shed be lucky to see them on weekends.but her sons had something else in mind. the twins told her theyd move to tallahassee on one con

25、dition. she had to go with themand work toward the college degree shed always wanted. and that is how mcclarey ended up in a green cap and gown this month at famu. cheering her on were her twins. “our mom is so determined and dedicated, were lucky to have her as our mother,” said aaron. “it was a lo

26、t of hard work, but she never gave up.”mcclareys sons jumped as she was awarded a bachelors degree (学士学位)in english with a minor in education, excited that their mom finally had the degree shed dreamed about for more than twenty years. her professional goals were put on hold when she became a single

27、 mom looking after two kids. before motherhood, before divorce, mcclarey had gone to business school.mcclarey, who described herself as “40ish,” said that when her sons insisted she go with them to college four years ago, her jaw dropped, having known most teens are eager to start lives away from th

28、eir parents once they graduate from high school. she said, “but i was also delighted when i realized they werent joking and werent going to leave home unless i moved with them, so i said, well, all rightlets go, then.”now that mcclarey has graduated, she doesnt plan to leave tallahassee anytime soon

29、. she wants to stick around to encourage and support her sons, but there is also another matter to deal with. “my goal is to become an author someday,” she said. “so this summer, ill be working on getting my masters degree.”28. after being admitted to university, the twin sons wanted their mom to .a

30、. move to tallahasseeb. see them on weekendsc. live with them in colleged. continue her college education29. what does the underlined phrase “put on hold” in paragraph 3 mean?a. to be done later.b. to be improved.c. to be taken off.d. to be set up.30. how did mcclarey feel when hearing her sons sugg

31、estion four years ago?a. surprised.b. delighted.c. disappointed.d. anxious.31. what would mcclarey do after graduation?a. find a job as a writer.b. realize her dream.c. deal with important matters.d. move back to hollywood.din early twentieth-century france, a new form of entertainment was becoming

32、a hit motion picture. people crowded into theatres for short, silent, black-and-white films that showed everyday happenings, such as a train pulling into a station. these pictures were dimly projected(投射)onto white sheets. usually, there was no sound. sometimes, men at pianos played music to match t

33、he scenes.moving images in theatres are no longer new, but back at the beginning of the art form, surprises lurked(潜伏)around every corner. during the first showings of basic silent movies, some people in the audience screamed in fear, reacting to what they saw as if it were happening in real life. m

34、oviegoers were known to leap out of the way of trains on the screen. at that time, few people understood what motion pictures were, so audience members could easily be fooled.today, people crowd into theatres for the latest 3d movies. even older movies, such as the popular star wars series, are bein

35、g re-released in 3d. moviemakers are excited about the ability to involve the audience more directly in the story or film. in addition, theatres spend tens of thousands of dollars on high-quality audio systems so that everything from the safest whispers to the largest explosions sounds clear and rea

36、listic.what will movies be like 100 years from now? will audiences be able to smell scents in the films, taste the food that characters are eating, or even becoming part of the stories themselves? only time will tell.32. what does the underlined word “hit” in paragraph 1 probably mean?a. a heavy blo

37、w. b. a crowded place.c. something very popular.d. something very touching.33. the author mentioned moviegoers leaping out of their seats to show .a. how foolish audiences wereb. how different old theatres werec. how scary movies from the past wered. how unfamiliar movies were to viewers then34. why

38、 do theatres spend a lot on high-quality audio systems?a. to re-release more old movies.b. to develop movie technologies.c. to improve movies sound quality.d. to get audiences involved in the story.35. whats the authors purpose in writing the text?a. to explain how realistic movies are today.b. to t

39、ell something about future movie plans.c. to compare movie theatres over the last century.d. to introduce the development of movie technology.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的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余项。pirates: romance and realityin the movies, pirates（海盗）have exciting and adventurous lives. 36

40、 which aspects of the movie pirate are real, and which are invented?a pirates lifewhile movie pirates are men in search of adventure, the average pirate was usually trying to escape from a difficult life. some were ex-sailors who were treated poorly on their ships. 37 they came from many different b

41、ackgrounds. but on a pirate ship, equality(平等)was important. men elected their captain and created the ships rules together. 38 in movies, pirates have chests full of gold and piles of money stolen from other people. however.it was far more common for pirates to steal things like cloth, spices, and

42、even medicine. they often sold these things. 39 they spent it as soon as they could on women and alcohol.pirate stylemovie pirates often wear eye patches and have wooden legs. many real pirates also looked like this. why? 40 “life at sea was hard and dangerous,” says david moore, a maritime museum e

43、mployee in the u.s. disease was also common. for these reasons, some pirates lost eyes and legs. a. pirate heavenb. pirate treasurec. one reason was the poor living conditions.d. others were escaped slaves who wanted their freedom.e. but what was life actually like for an 18th-century pirate?f. the

44、men also divided the income from stolen goods fairly.g. also, unlike movie pirates, real pirates didnt bury their money.第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分25分）第一节：（共15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中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。itzhak perlman, the world famous violinist, got polio (小儿麻痹症)as a child. 41 , you know that get

45、ting on stage is not easy for him.on november18, 1995, he came on stage to give a 42 at lincoln centre in new york city. that night perlman walked 43 to his chair. then he sat down and began to play. but suddenly, one of the strings on his violin broke. you could hear it break with a loud 44 .people

46、 thought to themselves, “he would have to get up to either 45 another violin or another string for this one.” but he didnt. 46 , he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. the orchestra (管弦乐队)began, and he played from where he had 47 . he played with such pas

47、sion and such power. of course, everyone knew that it was 48 to play a symphonic work with just three strings. but that night itzhak perlman 49 to know that. you could see him changing and recomposing the piece in his head.when he finished, there was a 50 in the room. then people rose and cheered. w

48、e were all 51 , doing everything we could to show how much we 52 what he had done. he smiled and then he said in a quiet tone, “you know, sometimes it is the artists task to 53 how much music you can make with what you have left.”his words have 54 in my mind ever since i heard them. that is also the

49、 way of life. perhaps our 55 in this quickly changing world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.41. a. at firstb. as a resultc. in other wordsd. in fact42. a. concertb. speechc. lectured. p

50、resentation43. a. quietlyb. slowlyc. quicklyd. smoothly44. a. screamb. voicec. noised. shout45. a. findb. buyc. replaced. deliver46. a. moreoverb. fortunatelyc. therefored. instead47. a. stoppedb. startedc. forgottend. continued48. a. impossibleb. uniquec. likelyd. unnecessary49. a. attemptedb. expe

51、ctedc. managedd. refused50. a. laughterb. discussionc. silenced. clap51. a. out of mindb. on our feetc. at our sided. on our knees52. a. rememberedb. ignoredc. sharedd. appreciated53. a. let outb. put outc. find outd. give out54. a. disappearedb. mixedc. stayedd. changed55. a. goalb. taskc. beliefd.

52、 destination第二节：（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。many scientists believe our love of sugar may 56 (actual) be an addiction. when we eat or drink sugary foods, the sugar enters our blood and affects parts of our brain 57 make us feel good. then the good feeling goes away, 58 (leave)

53、us wanting more. all tasty foods do this, but sugar has a particularly strong effect. in this way, 59 is in fact an addictive drug, one that doctors recommend we all cut down on. “it seems like every time i study 60 illness and trace a path to the first cause, i find my way back to sugar,” says scie

54、ntist richard johnson. one-third of adults worldwide have high blood pressure, and up 61 347 million have diabetes(糖尿病). why? “sugar, we believe, is one of the 62 (reason), if not the major one,” says johnson. our bodies 63 (design) to survive on very little sugar. early humans often had very little food. in this way, we h