安徽省合肥市六校2020-2021学年高一下学期期末联考英语试题

1、安徽省合肥市六校2020-2021 学年高一下学期期末联考英语试题学校_ 班级_ 姓名_ 学号_ 一、未知1. a music festival is a community event mainly about live performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a main idea. on the list are the music festivals for fans around the world. find your favourite now! field dayfi

2、eld day means new years day for young people in sydney. seen as the citys original outdoor party, its a gathering of friends coming together for a great fun-filled first day of the year. theres an air of hope and active energy on a perfect summers day. envision festivalthe envision festival is an an

3、nual event in uvita, costa rica that wants to provide a chance for different cultures to work with one another to create a better community. the festival encourages people to practise art, music and dance performances. at the same time, our connection with nature is expected to be strengthened. mcdo

4、well mountain music festivalthe mcdowell mountain music festival is phoenixs musical celebration of community culture. since its founding in 2004, it is the only 100% nonprofit (非营利的 ) music festival designed to support, entertain and educate the community. the festival attracts thousands of visitor

5、s each year from around the country, and it is an opportunity to experience true culture. old settlers music festivalthe old settlers music festival is a nationally known music festival for american music. the festival is held in tilmon, texas at the height of the wild flower season. the old settler

6、s music festival offers great music and activities for the whole family. 【小题 1】in which city can people enjoy a fun new years day? asydney. buvita. cphoenix. dtilmon. 【小题 2】what is special about the mcdowell mountain music festival? ait encourages people to receive education. bit is not held to make

7、 money. cit provides a chance for friends to meet each other. dit focuses on culture spread. 【小题 3】which festivals are connected with nature? afield day and envision festival. benvision festival and mcdowell mountain music festival. cold settlers music festival and mcdowell mountain music festival.

8、denvision festival and old settlers music festival. 二、阅读选择2. rachel carson was concerned about what was happenig to the environment. so in her book silent spring, she warned that some chemicals were poisoning the air, the water, the earth, and all its creatures. she imagined a time when spring would

9、 not bring the rebirth of flowers, trees, and the songs of birds. the book became a bestseller, and ms. carson was in great demand as a speaker. people lisened to her because what she said made sense, and because she was a scientist who knew her facts. rachel carson was primarily interested in the w

10、orld of sea and shore, so she became a marine biologst for the government. she studied and recorded facts about the sea s plant and animal life, their special characteristics, and the nature of their environments. in 1951, she wrote the sea around us , which brought her honors, fame, and respect aro

11、und the world. ms. carson then devoted herself full-time to research and writing. one thing much on her mind was the effect of modern technology on the natural environment. one day, a distressed friend wrote her to say that a plane spraying(喷洒) ddt had flown over her yard, and the next day several b

12、irds lay dead. carson decided to act. for four years she studied the use of pesticides(杀虫剂 ) in the united states, and then she wrote silent spring. in her book ms. carson said that these pesticides would harm much more than insects. she explained that these poisons would pollute the environment. “e

13、ven if their effects are not immediately observable, they remain for years in the water and the soil, and they become part of the food eaten by animals and humans. besides, after a time, insects develop immunity to pesticides,” she said. recent studies have shown that pesticides can affect human bra

14、inwave activity and cause loss of memory and inability to concentrate. we should still remember rachel carsons words, “i think we are challenged as we have never been challenged before to prove our mastery, not of nature, but of ourselves.”【小题 1】silent spring is a book that_ aaims to raise peoples e

15、nvironmental awarenessbstresses the importance of the cycle of nature cdescribes the author s childhood experiences dasks people to enjoy the beauty of spring 【小题 2】the underlined word “distressed ” in paragraph 3 probably means_ acurious bhumorous cexcited dworried 【小题 3】according to the text, rach

16、el carson_ abecame world-famous due to silent springbwarned against the use of chemicals to kill insects chad a good knowledge of the planets in the universe dcreated a system for improving human brainwave activity 【小题 4】what rachel carson said in the last paragraph suggests that_ awe should prove o

17、urselves to be the ruler of this world bits a chance for us to prove our mastery of nature cits time for us to think about what we have done dsettling on the earth is a challenge for humans 3. a study has found that a lifetime of regular exercise and activity can slow down the aging process (衰老过程 ).

18、 researchers say that getting older should not necessarily mean becoming more weak or sick. their research shows that a devotion to a life of movement and exercise may help us live not only longer, but also healthier. for their study, the researchers looked at two groups. the first group was made up

19、 of 125 non-professional cyclists between the ages of 55 to 79. this group included 84 healthy men and 41 healthy women. we will call this group the “cyclists”.researchers then found 130 people to make up a second group. within this group, 75 people were aged from 57 to 80. the other 55 were between

20、 the ages of 20 and 36. the people in this group were also healthy, but they did not exercise regularly. we will call this group the “non- exercisers ”. smokers, heavy drinkers of alcohol and people with other health issues were not included in the study. then, researchers gave both groups a series

21、of tests. they tested their muscle mass (肌肉质量 ), muscular strength, percentage of body fat and the strength of their immune (免疫的 ) systems. then the researchers compared the results of the two groups. results showed that the cyclists did not experience body changes usually regarded as a normal aging

22、 process. for example, they did not lose muscle mass or muscular strength. also, their body fat did not increase with age. the researchers also found something they had not expected. the study showed that the immune systems of the cyclists did not age either. the researchers advise us all to find an

23、 exercise that we like in our lives. 【小题 1】how did the researchers carry out the study? aby comparing. bby discussing. cby imagining. dby reasoning. 【小题 2】which of the following is a result of the research? athe cyclists kept a thin body shape. bthe non-exercisers gained weight easily. cthe cyclists

24、 muscles remained strong with age. dthe non-exercisers usually had health problems. 【小题 3】which is an unexpected result for the researchers? athe cyclists had normal aging process. bthe cyclists immune systems didn t age.cthe cyclists lost nearly all their fat. deveryone needed an exercise in their

25、lives. 【小题 4】which of the following can be the best title for the text? ahealthy people need more exercise btake an exercise, the harder, the better ccycling is the best way to prevent aging da lifetime of exercise slows aging process 4. learning chinese could be one of the most important decisions

26、you ever make. chinese is becoming the language to learn in the 21stcentury. with the worlds largest population and a rapidly growing middle class, china stands to become the engine of the world s economy in the coming years. this will make learning chinese very important for people in many industri

27、es, or for those of us who wish to visit china or learn from its culture and history. there is an ongoing effort to modernize the writing system and standardize the language. an increasing number of people learning chinese are learning the mandarin, so unless you absolutely need to learn another dia

28、lect (such as cantonese), be sure you are studying mandarin. for native english speakers chinese is one of the most difficult and most different languages to learn. the vocabulary is wholly unfamiliar and unlike anything we know. in addition, in the chinese tone system, words are spoken in rising or

29、 falling tones, which help to distinguish between them. furthermore, there is the chinese writing system- a collection of thousands of individual ideograms ( 表意文字 ), or symbols, which represent a word or an idea. these ideograms have no phonetic value-that is to say, we cant tell how the word is pro

30、nounced by how it is written. there is a method to present written chinese in a phonetic script called pinyin. if you are learning chinese, youll be working with this pinyin system, but the beauty of the traditional writing system shouldnt be pa ssed up. all these factors make learning chinese diffi

31、cult for us. yet, for a determined learner, theres always a way to overcome it.【小题 1】learning chinese is becoming more and more important, because _. achinese engines are very welcome bchina has the worlds largest populationcthere are more and more rich people in china dchina has become important to

32、 the world economy 【小题 2】from the text we can learn that _. athe author thinks chinese is as difficult as english bthe author is interested in the chinese language and its culture cforeign languages can play a great role in industrial development das long as the pinyin system is learned well, one ca

33、n learn chinese well 【小题 3】the last paragraph mainly tells us about _. athe difficulties of learning chinese bthe advantages of learning chinese cthe chinese tone system dthe chinese writing system 【小题 4】what would be probably written following this text? athe sources of chinese characters. bthe imp

34、ortance of learning chinese. cthe advice on how to learn chinese. dthe difficulties of learning other languages. 三、未知5. tips for improving your memorycant find your car keys? forget your shopping list? cant remember the name of the personal trainer you like at the gym? youre not alone. 【小题 1】 still,

35、 memory loss is nothing to take lightly. although there is no completely effective method when it comes to preventing memory loss, certain activities might help. consider some simple ways to improve your memory. stay mentally active. mentally stimulating(刺激性的 ) activities help keep your brain active

36、 and might prevent memory loss. do crossword puzzles. take different routes when driving. 【小题 2】volunteer at a local school or community organization. recall the whole activities. every night before you go to bed, recall your complete day routine. start from what you did when you woke up this mornin

37、g to the end of the day. you need to try to recall it in details. 【小题 3】manage stress. everyones lifestyle is different. some people are busy with their work while others are living their life to the fullest. 【小题 4】 therefore, managing stress is highly recommended. 【小题 5】youre more likely to forget

38、things if your notes are disorganized. take down tasks, appointments and other events in a special notebook, calendar or electronic planner. you can even repeat each item aloud as you write it down to help strengthen it in your memory. keep to-do lists up-to-date and check off items youve completed.

39、 aget organized. beat a healthy diet. clearn to play a musical instrument. dmemory affects every aspect of life. eeveryone forgets things from time to time. fstudies found that too much stress can lead to memory loss. g the more details you can recall, the better your memory will be. 6. when i becam

40、e a junior, i decided to take _ at school. i was so _ about taking that class, and i was fully expecting to be able to understand every word id ever _ once i learned latin. but latin classes were so_. each day, the teacher mr. keady would ask us to open our books and recite aloud the various latin f

41、orms of words. this became the daily _. that went on until i _ my hand one afternoon when we were asked yet again to open our books. when mr. keady asked what was wrong, i _ why i thought that his class was dull, how i had expected more, and that his method of teaching was _. when i finished speakin

42、g, i _ mr. keady would angrily send me to the head teacher. instead, he sat at his desk _, looking defeated and tired. after several moments of _. mr. keady spoke. he quietly and firmly said that he would think _ about what id said. and that was it. in the following weeks, latin class didnt become t

43、he exciting learning environment i hoped it would, but mr. keady did try harder. he brought in some new worksheets and _ to involve us students more in his classes. maybe some people would _ what i did, but even so many years later, i feel bad about it. if i saw him now, id tell him how i _ what id

44、done that day in class, and that i was disrespectful. and at the same time, id also tell him that he taught me a wonderful _ that day. following my _ words, he showed me that being _ doesnt mean you have to give away your dignity(尊严). indeed, mr. keadys _ proved that no matter how hurt you feel, no

45、one can _ your dignity. 【小题 1】abiology benglish clatin dfrench 【小题 2】aanxious bcurious ccertain dexcited 【小题 3】acome across b go over ccome along dpick out 【小题 4】ainspiring bboring cinteresting denjoyable 【小题 5】aroutine bgame cnecessity dmovement 【小题 6】aset up bbuild up cput up dspread out 【小题 7】aad

46、mitted bexplained cdoubted dwondered 【小题 8】aunfamiliar battractive cold-fashioned deffective 【小题 9】aassumed breminded cadvised dallowed 【小题 10】aquietly bhappily cangrily dwildly 【小题 11】apractice bsilence cdisappointment d excitement 【小题 12】acarefully bactively ccreatively dlittle 【小题 13】afailed bhat

47、ed cattempted drefused 【小题 14】ablamed bprotested cignored dclapped 【小题 15】aregretted bappreciated cfeared dbelieved 【小题 16】aexperience blesson ctheory dapproach 【小题 17】aunkind bgrateful ccomfortable dawesome 【小题 18】astopped bhurt ctricked djudged 【小题 19】aresponse bdecision cthought dquality 【小题 20】a

48、take over btake away ctake up dtake in 7. 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。active learners need to actively take part in learning process and to reflect on 【小题 1】 we have learnt. according to kevin daum, there are five things to take 【小题 2】 active role in learning. there are two kinds of voices: the

49、 inner voice and outer voice. the inner voice 【小题 3】 (express)our personal opinion while the outer voice tells us about opinions from what we hear or read. active learners are open-minded and focus on the outer voice. in this way, they are in a better position to make 【小题 4】 (decision). if you find

50、【小题 5】 difficult to control your inner voice, you can argue 【小题 6】 it. be flexible in your opinions and you might end up 【小题 7】 (agree) with the speaker/writer after all. whats more, asking questions 【小题 8】 (be) the easiest way to promote active learning. the answers will lead you to further learning, and the very act of working out questions will help you to achieve a 【小题 9】 (high) level of understanding. active learners also attempt to find the truth at the heart of e