湖南省2021-2022学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题含解析

1、试卷主标题姓名：_ 班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解（共5题）1、 Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you have known them half your life. 1 Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, theyll help you put people at their ease, and make fr

2、iends with them quickly. First of all, good talkers ask questions. 2 One well-known businesswoman says, “At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. Its a common question, but it will get things going.” From there you can move on to other matterssometimes to really personal

3、questions. 3 Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers. This point seems clear, but it isnt. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to. And to find out, you really have to listen carefully and attentively. 4 If someone

4、 sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that hes really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, its time for you to change the subject. Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion of par

5、ting. If youre saying good-bye, you may give him a firm handshake and say, “Ive really enjoyed meeting you.” 5 Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as if theyve known you half their life. A You can become a popular person. B Its polite to listen to others with a smile. C The

6、se people have something in common. D Real listening at least means some things. E.If you want to see that person again, dont keep it a secret. F.And how he answers will let you know how far you can go. G.Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question. 2、 Are you curious about myster

7、ious creatures? We are going to tell you about some here. Okapi If giraffes and zebras could produce a next generation, their babies would look like an okapi. This strange-looking creature has striped legs like a zebra and the face of a giraffe. Its neck is much shorter than a giraffe, but like its

8、cousin, it has an extremely long tongue, which can be up to 12 inches long. The okapi can use its tongue to wash its own eyelids and ears. Before 1901, Okapis were known only to the people living in the Congo rainforest. Loch Ness Monster The locals near Loch Ness in northwestern Scotland refer to t

9、he mysterious creature as "Nessie". Nessie is said to be a large animal with a long neck that lived during the time of the dinosaurs. Similar creatures have been reported in other lakes around the world. But whether it is real remains unknown. Ivory-Billed Woodpecker By the mid-1990s, the

10、ivory- billed woodpecker was widely believed to have died out due to deforestation( 砍伐森林 ) and hunting. It was rediscovered in 2004, when a bird lover reported seeing one alive in the woods of Arkansas, America. Researchers later got a video of the bird. King Cheetah Starting in 1926, people in Zimb

11、abwe began to see a cheetah with unusual markings. This cheetah has large spots like a leopard( 美洲豹 ) and black stripes down its back. People called the creature "king cheetah". It is a leopard-cheetah hybrid ( 混合 ). 1 Which of the following is TRUE about the okapi? A It is produced by a g

12、iraffe and a zebra. B It was not widely known until the twentieth century. C Its neck is much shorter than that of a zebra. D It was first found in 1901. 2 What can we learn from the passage? A People still dont know why the king cheetah has strange markings. B The giraffe has a short tongue. C Ness

13、ie is a kind of dinosaur. D The decrease in forests has had a great effect on the ivory-billed woodpecker. 3 Where can one most probably find this passage? A In a nature magazine. B In a travel guide. C In a book of fairy tales. D In an advertisement. 3、 The human population of Sri Lanka is now beli

14、eved to be over 20 million. As a result, large areas of trees are being turned into farmland, highways are being built over centuries-old elephant migration routes, and elephants are being driven out of their habitats. This change causes turmoil , resulting in an increased number of uncontrollable e

15、vents between elephants and humans. The good news is that there is one place called the Elephant Transit Home (ETH) in Udawalawe National Park, the main purpose of which is to protect and care for baby elephants that are found injured or living without their mothers in the wild. A day at the ETH beg

16、ins early in the morning when the baby elephants are given their first feeding of milk. During the course of the day, each baby will drink an average of 13 gallons of milk. Older elephants are fed mostly coconut leaves as well as other native plants. Then the elephants are set free to wander in the

17、park, eating growing grass and forming a herd. The ETH spends almost $125,000 each year on powdered milk for these baby animals. To help pay for food and medical supplies, the ETH has a foster （领养） parent program. Anyone, even schoolchildren, can help a lot by giving money to care for a baby elephan

18、t. While some foster parents are too far away to visit the baby elephant being cared for at the ETH, local schoolchildren play an important part in the program. Foster parents can name their elephants, take photographs of them, and even help send them back into the wild. Now visitors are not encoura

19、ged to get close to the elephants. The goal of the ETH is for the elephants to return to the wild in the end. It usually takes three years for a baby elephant to be sent back into its natural habitat. The elephants are often set free together with other animals with whom they have close relationship

20、s. This program helps them return to the wild as members of a herd that will communicate with each other and take care of each other. 1 What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A A condition of harmony. B A phenomenon of pollution. C A state of disorder. D A feeling of confusion.

21、2 According to the passage, the elephants at the ETH _. A are taken care of by different means B dont get along well with other animals C mainly live on coconut leaves D are fed separately all the time 3 As a foster parent at the ETH, you can _. A take photos with the elephant B give the elephant yo

22、u care for a name C take the elephant home for better care D visit Udawalawe National Park free of charge 4 The last paragraph mainly deals with _ at the ETH. A the process of raising a young elephant B the life of the baby elephants C the future of the elephants D the requirements for being a foste

23、r parent 4、 My basketball coach at Princeton used to say, "On the court, you can tell who is selfish." When my sister Michelle brought Barack Obama home to meet the family, she said to me, "I want you to take him out to play, to see what type of guy he is when hes not around me."

24、 So I invited Barack to play basketball with a few friends of mine. I was very nervous although I had already met Barack a few times. I was thinking this guy seemed like a good guy. We played a hard five-on-five. He was thin but not weak. He played extremely left-handed. He dealt with everything per

25、fectly. He wasnt the best guy out there or the worst guy. I liked the fact that he was confident but wasnt proud. Barack was very team-oriented ( 有团队精神的 ), very unselfish. He played as if he was one of us he wasnt trying to be president of Harvard Law Review. But the best part about it was that when

26、 we were on the same team, he did not pass me the ball each time. He wasnt trying to suck up to my sister through me. I was glad to give my sister the good news, "Your boy is straight." He isnt selfish, which is the greatest praise you can give both a player and a leader. America has got a

27、 guy who is running a government in an efficient ( 有效率的 ) manner. Thats the same guy I got to know playing basketball when he was visiting my family. 1 Why does the author begin the passage with his coachs words? A He wants to remember and thank his coach. B He wants to show that he is a basketball

28、player. C He wants to tell his sister about the words. D He wants to use the words to test a person. 2 Why did Michelle ask the author to take Barack to play basketball? A To see whether he was confident. B To see whether he was good at sports. C To see whether he was selfish or not. D To see whethe

29、r he could get along with others. 3 During the basketball game, Barack _. A played best all the time B was strong enough to play C was not confident D wanted to be the team leader 4 The underlined phrase in the third paragraph can be replaced by "_". A please B know about C help D look for

30、 5、 Most of the new diseases we humans have faced in the past several decades have come from animals. The more we come into contact with wild animals, the more we risk a so-called disease “spillover” from animals to humans. “As people move and wildlife move in response to a changing environment, hum

31、ans and wildlife and animals will come in contact more regularly,” said Jeanne Fair from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Fair argues that by shifting animal habitats, climate change will also make the opportunities for disease spillover more frequent. “Everything is sort of shiftin

32、g and will shift into the future as the environment changes through climate change,” Fair said. Scientists, including climatologists and epidemiologists ( 流行病学家 ) on Fairs team at Los Alamos, are beginning to model how changes to the climate will impact the spread of infectious diseases. Its early d

33、ays for this kind of research, but previous studies suggest that extreme weather has already played a role in at least one outbreak. Scientists say drought and deforestation have combined to force bats out of rain forests and into orchards ( 果园 ) in Malaysia to find food. Those bats, a common diseas

34、e reservoir, then passed the Nipah virus through pigs to humans for the first time in the late 1990s. “Were going by the past data to really predict whats going to happen in the future,” Fair said, “And so, anytime you increase that wildlife-human interface, thats sort of an emerging disease hot spo

35、t. And so, thats just increasing as we go forward.” Jeffrey Shaman, head of the climate and health program at Columbia Universitys public health school, argues we dont yet know whether climate change will cause a net increase in infectious disease rates globally. For example, mosquitoes carry diseas

36、e that affects millions of people across the world every year. As their habitats expand in some parts of the world, they might contract diseases elsewhere. Shaman says what we know for certain about climate change is that it will make it harder to predict where disease outbreaks will pop up. 1 How d

37、oes climate change affect the spread of disease according to Fair? A By breaking animalshabits. B By increasing animalsvarieties. C By promoting animalsbreeding. D By changing animalsliving environment. 2 What is the example of bats for in paragraph 3? A Explaining the influence of Nipah virus. B Pr

38、oving the harm of bats to human beings. C Showing the effects of climate change on disease. D Presenting scientistsearly study about the cause of disease. 3 What can we infer from Fairs words in paragraph 4? A Humans should give up studying animals. B Frequent contact with animals can cause disease

39、outbreaks. C Disease hot spots will disappear if animals die out. D Past data can solve the problems in the future. 4 What could be the best title for the text? A Climate Change and Disease Spillover B AnimalsInteraction with Humans C Early Studies about Extreme Weather D ScientistsPrediction for Di

40、sease Outbreaks 二、完型填空（共1题）1、 Once a boy really had everything he wanted, so he was only interested in the rarest objects. One day he found a mysterious mirror and took it home. When he looked into the mirror, he found that his face looked very sad. He tried smiling , but it remained the same. Surpr

41、ised, the boy went off to buy some sweets. He went home and looked into the mirror as happily as possible,but his image was still sad-looking. He bought all kinds of toys, but he looked forever 1 in that mirror. So the boy put the mirror away in a 2 ."What a(n) 3 mirror! Ive never seen a mirror

42、 that didnt 4 properly!" That same afternoon he went out to play, but on his 5 to the park he saw a little girl crying loudly. So he went over to see what was happening. The little girl told him that she had 6 her parents. Together, they 7 in search of them. As the little girl continued crying,

43、 the boy 8 his money in buying sweets to cheer her up. 9 , after walking for a long time, they found her parents, who looked very worried. The boy said goodbye, and walked off towards the park. But 10 the time, he decided to turn around and head 1 1 home, as he had no time to 1 2 . At home, he went

44、to his room and noticed a shining 1 3 in the corner that he had left the mirror in. Seeing this, he went over to the mirror and 1 4 that the light was coming from his own body, because he was so happy at having helped that little girl. And so he understood the mystery of that mirror, the only mirror

45、 reflecting faithfully the 15 joy of its owner. 1 A sad B angry C happy D satisfied 2 A corner B box C room D bag 3 A interesting B terrible C wonderful D difficult 4 A move B look C keep D work 5 A way B course C road D line 6 A escaped B hated C left D lost 7 A set off B set aside C set down D set

46、 up 8 A took B cost C spent D held 9 A Finally B Actually C Naturally D Generally 1 0 A telling B seeing C watching D pointing 1 1 A in B for C off D at 1 2 A talk B eat C play D walk 1 3 A light B shadow C colour D pattern 1 4 A touched B invented C noticed D realized 15 A possible B true C strange

47、 D common 三、作文（共1题）1、 全球气候变暖是目前人类面临的最大环境问题，请你根据以下提示，写一篇英语短文，为节能减排献计献策。 要点提示： 1. 球变暖的原因和危害； 2. 应对措施； 3. . 注意： 1. 词数 80-100 ； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _ 四、单词拼写（共1题）1、 While a significant number of jaguars survive here, they are only one element of this forests _ _. （根据课文内容填空） 六、阅读填空（共1题）1、 The Amazon rainf

48、orest 1 (cross) into eight countries, including Brazil and Peru, and one overseas region of France, all on the South American continent. With 2 area of around 6 million square kilometres, the Amazon rainforest is more than half the size of China. The Amazon River, 3 which the rainforest gets its nam

49、e, is close to 6,400 kilometres in 4 (long)roughly 100 kilometres longer than the Yangtze River. On its journey from the mountains to the ocean, the river 5 (support) many different ecosystems. They give this area the richest biodiversity on the Earth: one in ten 6 (know) species in the world can be

50、 found here. Of the 390,000 plant species known to us, more than 40,000 can be found in the Amazon. This tall and ancient brazil nut tree produces nuts that we can eat; these water 7 (lily) are big enough to lie down on. The forests different levels support an unbelievable variety of wildlife. At th

51、e bottom there is a system of roots 8 the ground. Above that is the mass of leaf litter on the dark forest floor. The next level is made up of shorter plants with large leaves. Then there are the towering ancient hardwoods, and 9 (final) the tops of the tallest trees many metres above the ground. Ea

52、ch level of the forest forms its own little world, home to different kinds of 10 (live) things. =参考答案=一、阅读理解1、 1 C 2 G 3 F 4 D 5 E 【分析】 这是一篇说明文。文章向我们介绍了如何能成为一个善于交谈的人。 1 根据空格前句子 Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. 可知，有一些人在你身边时会让你感觉很舒服。再根据第二段段首句 Here are several skills that goo

53、d talkers have. 可知，下文将介绍一些善于交谈的人所具备的技巧。由此可以推断出空格处应为承上启下的句子， C 项 These people have something in common. 意为 “ 这些人有共同点 ” ，句中 These people 与上文的 Some people 指代一致，都代指下文提到的善于交谈的人，切题。故选 C 项。 2 分析文章结构，文章为总分结构。空格所在段主旨句为 “First of all, good talkers ask questions.” ，意为 “ 善于交谈的人会问问题 ” 。 G 项 Almost anyone, no mat

54、ter how shy he is, will answer a question. 意为 “ 几乎每个人，不管他多害羞，都会回答一个问题 ” ，能够承接上文，表达出提出问题在交谈过程中的用途，能够开启你和别人的对话。故选 G 项。 3 根据空格前句子 From there you can move on to other matterssometimes to really personal questions. 可知，接下来你可能会问一些私人问题。 F 项 And how he answers will let you know how far you can go. 意为 “ 他的回答会

55、让你知道你们还能聊多久 ” ，能够承接上文，句中的 how he answers 与上文中的 personal questions. 形成对应关系，即一问一答。故选 F 项。 4 空格所在段主旨句为 “Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers.” ，意为 “ 一旦健谈者提出问题，他们就会倾听答案 ” 。再分析段落结构，根据空格后句 “Real listening also means” 中的 also 可知，空格处应为相似句型。 D 项 Real listening at least means some things. 意为 “ 真正的倾听者至少意味着一些事情 ” ，与后句句式一致且符合段落主旨，能够承上启下。故选 D 项。 5 空格所在段主旨句为 “Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion of parting.” ，意为 “ 健谈的人知道如何处理离别的时刻 ” 。空格前句 If your