江西省高一上学期期中考试英语试卷

1、不要等待机会，而要创造机会。南昌二中20192020 学年度上学期期中考试高一英语试卷第一部分听力（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。1. What color is Joe s T -shirt?A. White.B. Yellow.C. Black.2. How is the weather in Dubai at the moment?A. Grey and rainy

2、.B. Sunny and warm.C. Sunny and hot.3. Where does the conversation take place?A. At home.B. At school.C. At a sports center.4. When will the man hold his birthday party?A. On August 13th.B. On August 14th.C. On August 15th.5. What are the speakers mainly discussing?A. How the man s car was damaged.B

3、. When the man had an accident.C. Where the man parked his car.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. What does the woman want to know?A. How to save energy.B. How to cut dow

4、n family expenses.C. How to get used to the high temperature.7. How did the man s father feel about the saving at first?A. Disappointed.B. Surprised.C. Pleased.听第 7 段材料，回答第8、 9 题。8. What does the woman mainly worry about?A. She may get hurt when exercising.B. It s too late to start exercising.C. She

5、 walks too slowly.9. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Walk faster.B. Take the bus.C. Go swimming.听第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 题。10. What does the man decide to buy in the end?A. An alarm clockB. Some records.C. A CD player.11. How much will the man pay in the end?A. $25.B. $30.C. $50.12. How will th

6、e man pay?A. In cash.B. By cheque.C. By credit card.听第 9 段材料，回答第13 至 16 题。13. Why was the man late for his flight?A. He looked for his suitcase.B. His arranged taxi didn t turn up.C. He went back home to get his passport.14. How did the man get to Lombok from Bali?A. By ship.B. By taxi.C. By air.15.

7、 What happened when the man was swimming?A. He was hurt by a fish.B. He had a sudden headache.C. He couldn t head back to the beach.16. What did the man do in Lombok?A. He climbed the mountain.B. He helped a taxi driver.C. He enjoyed the sunset.听第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 题。17. How did the man spend his ch

8、ildhood?A. He taught himself.B. He stayed with his classmates.C. He played with his cousins.18. When did the man first find it difficult being an only child?A. When he was ten.B. When his family moved house.C. When he moved away from his family.19. Why did the man feel hard when he was a teenager?A.

9、 He had nobody to study with.B. He failed to draw his parents attention.C. Nobody shared responsibility with him.20. How does the man probably feel about being an only child now?A. Sad.B. Stressed.C. Proud.第二部分阅读理解（共两节满分 30 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题2 分，满分30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、R C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AEveryday Foodb

10、y Martha StewartNo matter how busy you are, at the end of the day you want meals that are easy to prepare.And you want lots of choices and variations. You'll find all of that in this book: 250 simplerecipes for delicious meals that bring freshness and nutrition.Paperback, published by Random Hou

11、se, $16.79ZeroesBy Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, Deborah BiancottiThe New York Times best-selling author Scott Westerfeld teams up with Margo Lanagan andDeborah Biancotti in the book about six teenagers with amazing abilities. These teenagers have powers that set them apart. They can do things or

12、dinary people can t.Paperback, published by Simon & Schuster, $12.99Mighty JackBy Ben HatkeJack dislikes summer. But he s got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his sister, Maddy. It's lots of responsibility, andit's boring, to

13、o, because Maddy doesn't talk. But one day, at the market, Maddy does talk totell Jack to trade their mom's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made.Hardcover, published by First Second, $14.15Only Daughterby Anna SnoekstraShe s caught stealing. She s h

14、omeless and on the run. But she happens to look the sameas a girl who went missing a decade ago, Rebecca Winter. She takes Rebecca s identity, usingit as a way out. Little does she know her new life as Rebecca is itself a prison and it looks like a killer might be after her.Kindle edition, published

15、 by Harlequin Enterprises, $8.8821. Who wrote a book to help you cook a meal?A. Martha Stewart.B. Anna Snoekstra.C. Ben Hatke.D. Scott Westerfeld.22. How much should readers pay for a story about a boy s amazing experience?A. $8.88.B. $12. 99.C. $14. 15.D. $16. 79.23. What do we know about Only Daug

16、hter?A. Its heroine enjoys her life on the run.B. Its heroine lives with a false identityC. It provides different kinds of editions.D. It is written by Harlequin Enterprises.BSurviving Hurricane （ 飓风 ） SandyNatalie Doan, 14, has always felt lucky to live in Rockaway, New York. Living just a fewblock

17、s from the beach, Natalie can see the ocean and hear the wave from her house.“ It s theocean that makes Rockaway so special, ” she says.On October 29, 2012, that ocean turned fierce. That night, Hurricane Sandy attacked the East Coast, and Rockaway was hit especially hard. Fortunately, Natalie s fam

18、ily escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the city s bridge closed.When they returned to Rockaway the next day, they found their neighborhood in ruins. Manyof Natalie s friendshad lost their homes and were living far away. All around her, people weresuffering,especiallythe elderly.Natalie s school was

19、so damaged that she had to temporarily（ 临时 ） attend a school in Brooklyn.In the following few days, the men and women helping Rockaway recover inspired Natalie.Volunteers came with carloads of donated clothing and toys. Teenagers climbed dozens of flights of stairs to deliver water and food to elder

20、ly peopletrapped in powerless high-rise buildings.“ My momtells methat I can t control what happens to me,” Natalie says. “ but I can always choose how I deal with it. ”Natalie s choice was to help.She created a website page matching survivors in need with donors who wanted to help. Natalie posted i

21、ntroduction about a boy named Patrick, who lost his baseball card collecting when his house burned down. Within days, Patrick s collection was replaced.In the coming months, her website page helped lots of kids: Christopher, who received a new basketball; Charlie, who got a newkeyboard. Natalie also

22、 worked with other organizations to bring much-need supplies to Rockaway. Her efforts made her a famous person. Last April, she was invited to the White House and honored as a Hurricane Sandy Champion of Change.Today, the scars of destruction are still seen in Rockaway, but hope is in the air. The s

23、treets are clear, and many homes have been rebuilt. “ I can t imagine living anywhere but Rockaway, ” Natalie declar es. “ My neighborhood will be back, even stronger than before.”24. When Natalie returned to Rockaway after the hurricane, she found .A. some friends had lost their livesB. her neighbo

24、rhood was destroyedC. her school had moved to BrooklynD. the elderly were free from suffering25. According to paragraph 4, who inspired Natalie most?A. The people helping Rockaway rebuildB. The people trapped in high-rise buildingC. The volunteers donating money to survivorsD. Local teenagers bringi

25、ng clothing to elderly people26. How did Natalie help the survivors?A. She gave her toys to the kids.B. She took care of younger children.C. She called on the White House to help.D. She built an information sharing platform.27. What does the story intend to tell us?A. East or West, home is best.B. A

26、 friend in need is a friend indeed.C. Little people can make a big difference.D. Technology is power.CIf you ask most people what water tastes like, they ll probably tell you that water hasno taste and they may give you a funny look. But if you were a fruit fly, asking another fruit fly, that questi

27、on might have a different answer.To a fruit fly, water has a taste. Scientists want to know how the fruit fly knows water because this information may help in learning how other animals or even individual cellsmanage to use water in the right way. Water is important to life, but too much or too litt

28、le can be deadly to a living creature. So by understanding how the fruit fly tastes water, researchers may learn more about other living things.According to the new study, a protein (蛋白质 ) called PPK28 makes it possible for a fly totaste water. Proteins build cells and tissues, fight disease and car

29、ry messages between cells.It s not surprising that a protein is responsible for the fruit fly s ability to taste water.The PPK28protein is part of a larger family of similar proteins. One of these related proteins is used by mammals (including humans) to taste salt. Scientists have not found a prote

30、in that不要等待机会，而要创造机会enables humans to “taste " water.In the experiment, Cameron and his team compared normal fruit flies with fruit flies whose taste cells had been disabled. The fruit flies were given a special chemical that would glow （发光）when the fly used the PPK28 protein. Then the scientis

31、ts led the flies to water. When the normal flies tasted the water, the PPK28 protein lit up showing that it was in use.The fruit fly is so interesting that some scientists are creatinga complete map of thefruit fly brain. This map will show all of a fly' s neurons and help scientists understand

32、howthe neurons work together.28. How do most people feel when asked the taste of water?A. Amused.B. Frightened.C. Disappointed.D. Shocked.29. Why do scientists want to know how the fruit fly knows water?A. To decrease the number of the fruit fly.B. To know more about other creatures.C. To manage to

33、use water correctly.D. To describe the taste of water.30. What do we know about the PPK28 protein?A. It can make humans taste salt.B. The fruit fly can ' t live without it.C. It enables the fruit fly to taste water.D. The fruit fly uses it to avoid illnesses.31. What will the scientists continue

34、 to work at?A. Making the PPK28 protein.B. Telling more information about cells.C. Creating maps of human brains.D. Studying the fruit fly ' s neuron systems.DA while back I caught a news report on something called couch surfing and the network oftrusting souls who make this phenomenon possible.

35、 They offer to put up travelers free of charge and help them on their ways. At first, it sounded unbelievable. I mean, inviting strangers into one' s home for one or tw o nights? Give me a break.However, I was intrigued. I decided to find it out. The only way to truly learn about this phenomenon

36、 was to dive in. So I planned a trip to Finland, a country I ve always wanted to explore.I would couch surf at every stop there.If ever any anxiety existed when stepping into the unknown, it disappeared when my firsthost met me at the train station. Ari looked like my idea of a typical Finn:tall and

37、 blue-eyed.Finns were also supposed to be famously reserved （寡言少语的）. Ari was anything but. He was alive wire, giving me a warm welcome and walking with me to his apartment, where he showed methe sleeper sofa, served me tea, and engaged me in warm conversations. He also handed me a key to come and go

38、 as I pleased.If this was what couch surfing was all about trust and friendship then I had gotten offto a good start. As I boarded my next train to continue my journey, I began to think about this couch-surfing idea. What encouraged these people to open their homes to strangers? I concluded that the

39、re was a desire to lend a hand to like-minded folks who might enrich their own lives.Seven cities in 14 days. Seven hosts. Seven new friends. If couch surfing taught meanything, it s this: Most people are good and generous. Where will couch surfing take me next? Whoknows? But I can t wait to find ou

40、t.32. Which of the following best explains the underlined word in the second paragraph?A. relaxed. B. bored. C. interested. D. pleased.33. What can we know about Ari?A. He was reserved like most Finns.B. He talked less but he was friendly.C. He treated the author as a friend.D. He saw off the author

41、 at the train station.34. Why did people offer couch surfing to strangers?A. To take an adventure with strangers.B. To exchange houses for a short time.C. To learn more about others family lives.D. To enrich their own lives by helping others.35. What can be the best title for the text?A. Travel on T

42、rust and CouchesB. A Free Travel in FinlandC. Experiences in Strangers HousesD. A Plan for Couch Surfing第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题2 分，满分10 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。Happiness has become a big deal in the past ten years. Hundreds of books, lectures and even the media tell us that happiness is w

43、ithin our reach. All we have to do is follow some simple steps, like meditation, living in the moment and doing yoga. 36 In fact, feeling deeply sad is a normal part of the healing （治愈）process.It ' s said that if you are going through a hard time, it' s important to do what you canto feel be

44、tter.37 Perhaps they can work for you too.38 But if you' re not anywhere near an ocean, lake or river, looking at images of moving water on TV can make you feel peaceful.We have to get our happiness where we can find it. If you have lost the ability to find any pleasure in your daily life or the

45、 people around you, something deeper is going on. 39 Think about the times you were at your happiest. That may sound a little strange. 40We can' t allow natural and normal emotional low points rule our lives, but we can' t ignore them either. They must be processed, so we can move on.A. Gett

46、ing close to nature can help cheer you up.IB. Looking at water while in nature can be calming.C. You ' d better get yourself checked outby a medical doctor.D. Here are some ways that have helped me and many people.E. Talk with your friends and try to find your happiness from them.F. But if you a

47、re going through a really difficult time, none of this may feel right.G. But doing this actually sends chemicals to your brain, and it can make you feel better.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45） 第一节 （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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。One day last June, Clifford Luther served a burge

48、r and fries to a man passing through his restaurant, Old West Express, in Saskatchewan, Canada. Two 41 later, the manreturned and wrote him a 42 for $500,000.“I thought, they were good burgers and fries, 43 they weren' t thatgood,“ Luther told CTV News.The 44 man was Bob E rb of British Columbia

49、, who won Canadd s $25 million Max jackpot （ 累 计赌注）in November 2018 and has been giving money to people 45. He ' s donated his 46 tofood banks, the old people, and some organizations, and he 47 20 people in Terrace, his hometown, to get necessary care they couldn ' t 48 .不要等待机会，而要创造机会While g

50、iving the burger that first afternoon, Luther 49 Erb that his 25-year-old daughterhad just got cancer in Vancouver, about 1,000 miles away.“He and I had a50 experience.One of my children had cancer, too. But he died four years ago. So, I know the 51 a parent has," says Erb. “I 52 on the way hom

51、e I ' d 53 him some money so he could go to see his 54 . ”Two days later when Erb was on his way back to British Columbia, he 55 the restaurant for another burger, which Luther 56 to buy him because Erb had tipped him well just two days ago.57 , then wrote the check and left itErb said “no way&q

52、uot; and asked the restaurant owner for a out, " Erb says.on the table.a Luther looked at the check and couldn58 anything. He just held his armsgiven to his family, he says.friends,and society.“If you have enough to feed yourself,you help others41. A. monthsB. weeksC. daysD. hours42. A. bookB.

53、cardC. billD.check43. A. butB. soC. andD. because44. A. luckyB. kindC. proudD. funny45. A. out of workB. in the darkC. on dutyD. in need46. A. foodB. moneyC. clothesD. blood47. A. encouragedB. allowedC. invitedD. helped48. A. forgetB. affordC. refuseD. discover49. A. wroteB. taughtC. toldD. advised5

54、0. A. similarB. successfulC. strangeD. different51. A. dreamsB. warningsC. worriesD. choices52. A. answeredB. decidedC. explainedD. learned53. A. leaveB. mailC. lendD.pay54. A. daughterB. bossC. sonD. friend55. A. closed downB. worked atC. broke inD. stopped at56. A. failedB. continuedC. offeredD. p

55、roved57. A. drinkB. tableC. jobD. pen58. A. sayB. askC. believeD. change59. A. evenB. onceC.soonD. still60. A. liedB. criedC. thoughtD. prepared't 60 twice about the $7 million heErb, 60, 59 works on a building site part-time and hasnout,第二节 单项选择（共10小题；每小题0.5分，？茜分5分）61. I will go on a vacation o

56、nce all the work is.A. at the endB. by the endC. in the endD. at an end62. She looks as if she ten years younger.A. isB. wasC. wereD. had been63. As you can see, the number of cars on our roads rising these days.A. was keepingB. keepC. keepsD. were keeping64. He has lost the key to the drawer the pa

57、pers are kept.A. whereB. on whichC. under which D. which65. All the students laughter when John walked into the classroom like Donald Duck.A. burst into B. broke out C. burst outD. broke up66. Gun control is a subject Americans have argued for a long time.A. of whichB. with which C. about whichD. into which67. Fortunately, he escaped in the accident.A. to injure