湖南省醴陵二中2020学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题

1、醴陵二中2020 年上学期高一年级英语科期末考试试卷时量： 120 分钟 总分： 150 分第I 卷（共 100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，并标在试卷的相应位置，听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where is the woman from?A. The USA.B. Canada.C. Japan.2. What color dress does the man tell the wom

2、an to wear?A. Red.B. Blue.C. Grey.3. What do the speakers decide to do?A. Have dinner.B. Meet in the man s office.C. Watch a match.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Some songs.B. Their hobbies.C. A band.5. Why hasn t the man taken a photo?A. The fog is thick.B. The temple is too far.C

3、. Thecamera is broken.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，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、 7 题。6. What did the man do in summer?A. He visited his brother.B. He went swimming. C.Hetraveled to Italy.7. W

4、hat is the relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates.B. Teacher and student.C. Guide andtourist.听第 7 段材料，回答第8、 9 题。8. What does the man want to do with the trousers at first?A. To exchange them. B. To return them.C. To repairthem.9. When will the man go to a party?A. On Wednesday.B. On Friday.

5、C. On Saturday.听第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 题。10. What will the man do on Saturday night?A. Attend a music festival. B. Visit his friend.C. Invitehis friends to dinner.11. What is the woman s problem?A. Her car has broken down.B. Her boss told her to work at weekends.C. Her sister can t drive her to the musi

6、c festival.12. How will the woman go to the music festival?A. By underground.B. By bus.C. By taxi.9 段材料，回答第13 至 16 题。13. What does the man want to get for Grace at first?C. Books.C. Interesting.C. A plant.C. At aA. A cat.B. Pet food.14. What does the woman think of shopping online?A. Easy.B. Cheap.1

7、5. What do the speakers decide to buy in the end?A. Sweets.B. Flowers.16. Where are the speakers?A. At home.B. At a pet shop.bookstore.听第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20题。17. How did the speaker know about the good news?A. From Julie s mother. B. From a TV programme. C. From Julie s friends.18. What does the spea

8、ker guess Julie is celebrating for?A. A new club.B. Her new novel.C.Her graduation.19. How does the speaker feel about Julie?A. Disappointed.B. Worried.C. Satisfied.20. What did Julie do as a child?A. She won a competition. B. She joined a writing club.C. She gave some lectures.第二部分：阅读理解（共20 小题; 每小题

9、 2 分 , 满分 40 分）第一节（共15 小题，每小题2 分，满分30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项July is a month of fun-f川ed activities for kids and teens as long as you know where to find them. Whenyou want somefun activities for July, consider these ideas happening this month.Secret of the DragonThe Search for Life: Are

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11、s Brisbane Botanic GardensNoteSecret of the DragonisNote Are we truly alone in space? Ismagical story about two children whothere any life out there? These are theare taken on a dragon ride to explorethe universe.Magic Classquestions asked in this show.Science with Me: Making your own guitarTimeFrid

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14、s and some nails with you.21. John and his 10-year-old son want to watch Secret of the Dragon. Howmuch should they pay?A. $7.40B. $11.10C. $14.80D. $23.2022. Alec is strongly interested in space life. He may go to.A. Magic ClassB. Science with MeC. The Search for LifeD. Secret of the Dragon23. What

15、do the four activities have in common?A. They are all free.B. They happen in the sameplace.C. They are all weekend activities.D. They can all be bookedby phone.BYou don' t have to be an athlete or even desire to be one to start running.Just look at Jim Scott. In January 2020, a month after he re

16、tired. Scott began running. That November, he finished the New York City Marathon.Scott, a radio-talk show host in Cincinnati, Ohio, didn' t do much inthe way of exercise before then. He played golf as often as he could but found the time for regular exercise.When I turned 60, I thought it was a

17、 good time to reconsider things,says Scott. “ I start thinking, These waist pants I ve worn all my life are getting a bit tighter. ”Scott decided he wanted to get in better shape and feel comfortable inhis pants again. Oh, and there was one more motivation to try running: I mmarried to a marathon ru

18、nner, ” he says.Scott himself never intended to run a marathon. He simply wanted to go on Sunday morning runs with his wife, Donna Hartman, and keep on. But sometimes running can surprise you.Maybe you just want to run around your neighborhood, or explore a new one. Maybe you want to challenge your

19、body in a different way, to build up, or lose weight. Whatever your goals, running is an excellent exercise for a beginner to try.“ It s cheap, easy, and the perfect thing to do with a friend,” saysIsphording, a former marathoner and host of two health and fitness radio shows in Cincinnati. “ You ca

20、n go for a run in the morning and finish at your driveway with your hands in the air and you ve had success before 7 am. This is a gift from you to you. ”24. What job did Scott take up?A. A golfer.B. An athlete.C. A host.D. Adesigner.25. Why did Scott start to run?A. To fight with illness.B. To impr

21、ove his golfskills.C. To prepare for a marathon.D. To loseweight.26. We can know from the text that .A. Scott didn t mean to run a marathon at firstB. Scott ran with his wife every morningC. Scott ' s wife was concerned about his healthD. Scott ' s dream was to be a marathon champion27. What

22、 Isphording says suggests.A. he thinks highly of runningB. he is tired of gettingup lateC. he is training for marathonD. his radio shows arevery popular CThere are an extremely large numberof ants worldwide. Eachindividual（ 个 体的）ant hardly weighs anything, but put together they weigh roughly the sam

23、e as all of mankind. They also live nearly everywhere, except on frozen mountain tops and around the poles. For animals their size, ants have been astonishingly successful, largely due to their wonderful social behavior.In colonies（ 群体） that range in size from a few hundred to tens of millions, they

24、 organize their lives with a clear division of labor.Evenmore amazing is how they achieve this level of organization. Where we use sound and sight to communicate, ants depend primarily on pheromone（ 外 激素），chemicals sent out by individuals and smelled or tasted by fellowmembersof their colony. Whenan

25、 ant finds food, it produces a pheromonethat will lead others straightto where the food is. Whenan individual ant comesunder attack or is dying,it sends out an alarm pheromoneto warn the colonyto prepare for a conflict as a defense unit.In fact, when it comes to the art of war,ants have no equal. Th

26、eyare completely fearless and will readily take on a creature muchlarger than themselves, attacking in large groups and overcoming their target. Such istheir devotion to the common good of the colony that not only soldier antsbut also worker ants will sacrifice their lives to help defeat an enemy.Be

27、having in this selfless and devoted manner, these little creatureshave survived on Earth, for more than 140 million years, far longer than dinosaurs. Because they think as one, they have a collective（ 集 体 的 ） intelligence greater than you would expect from its individual parts.28. We can learn from

28、the passage that ants are .A. not willing to share foodB. not found around the polesC. more successful than all other animalsD. too many to achieve any level of organization29. Ants can use pheromones for .A. escapeB. communicationC. warning enemiesD. arranging labor30. What does the underlined expr

29、ession "take on" in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Accept.B. Employ.C. Play with.D.Fight against.31. Which of the following contributes most to the survival of ants?A. Their behavior. B. Their size.C. Their number. D. Theirweight DChildren who spend more time outdoors may have a lower risk（风险 ） ofbec

30、oming nearsighted（ 近视的 ）, new research suggests.In the study, researchers looked at about 1,900 schoolchildren. The scientists found that the kids who had been instructed to spend more time outdoors over three years were 23 percent less likely to develop nearsightedness during this time than those w

31、ho had not been instructed to spend more time outdoors. Moreover, amongthe kids who did becomenearsighted during the study, the degree to which their eyesight worsened was slightly smaller among those who spent more time outdoors.The researchers selected six schools and required the children, whose

32、average age was 7 at the start of the study, to attend one additional 60-minute class of outdoor activities during each school day for three years. The parents of these children were also encouraged to engage their children in outdoor activities after school, especially during weekends and holidays.

33、The other half of the children, from another six schools, continued their usual activity patterns. After three years, 30.4 percent of the kids in the intervention（ 干预 ） group had becomenearsighted, compared with 38.5 percent of the kids in the other group.It is not clear exactly why spending more ti

34、me outside would benefit children s eyesight, the researchers said. However, some research has suggested that the higher levels of light intensity found outdoors may increase the release of the chemical dopamine（ 多巴胺 ） of the eye. In turn, dopamine is known to restrain（ 抑制 ） the type of growth in th

35、e eye that is associated with nearsightedness.Based on the new results,the researchers recommendthat children spendmore time outdoors because of the potential benefits to their eyesight.However, it s important to protect kids skin and eyes from UVlight, which can be damaging.32. What did the childre

36、n in the intervention group do during each school day?A. Attend an extra class of outdoor activities.B. Continue to do their usual activities.C. Spend one hour in doing eye exercises.D. Participate in outdoor activities with parents.33. What can be inferred about the chemical dopamine?A. It can cont

37、ribute to poor sight.B. It can damagepeople' s brain.C. It is beneficial to eyesight.D. It means lowlevels of light intensity.34. What may be discussed in the following paragraph?A. How to design outdoor activities for kids.B. How to prevent kids becoming nearsighted.C. How to protect kids '

38、 skin and eyes from UV light.D. How to encourage kids to join in outdoor activities.35. Which can serve as the best title for the passage?A. The More Time Outdoors, the BetterB. Kids May See Better if They Play OutsideC. It ' s Time to Engage Kids in Outdoor ActivitiesD. Researchers Found a Cure

39、 for Nearsightedness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。Tips for cooking on a Tight ScheduleFrom my experi ence, there are three main reasons why people don' t cook more often: ability, moneyand time.36 Moneyis a topic I' ll savefor another day. So today I want to

40、give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:1. Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I ' m already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat. So think ahead of the coming

41、 week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready? 372. Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread?38It takes around the same amount of time to make moreof something.

42、 So save yourself the effort for a future meal.3. 39This may surprise you, but one of the best tools formaking cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you

43、 try, the more abilityyou haveto take control of your food and your schedule.Hopefully that gives you a good start.40 And don' t let abusy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!A. Try new things.B. Make three or four instead.C. Ability is easily impro

44、ved.D. Understand your food better.E. Cooking is a burden for many people.F. A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.G. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden. 第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）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，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。I wa

45、s at the bus stop, heading homeafter a long, busy day, when I served guests at a restau rant. Suddenly, I realized I ' d left behind my 41 with $ 80 worth of tips and one of my photos in it! I couldn' t afford to 42a day ' s pay.When I ran back, the 43 was closed. So I had to tell myself

46、: I' dtry to 44 about it this evening.The next day was much 45 than the one before. I was already 46 five tables there, when a white-haired 47 sat downin my section（区域）. No matter how 48 I was, I madesure to give them the best 49 I could. After their meal, I 50 them for their kindness. The coupl

47、e（夫妇）had left the 51 by the time I picked up the tip. This wasn' t right, I thought;there was much more than twenty dollars. It was too much for a tip. I 52 again; forty dollars!Quickly, I 53 around to look for the couple. They ' d left therestaurant. 54 , I went to the hostess. “Did you see

48、 that 55 couple who once sat in my section leave? ” I asked. "Oh, they are my parents, and have gone home," the hostess said. “They told me about you. Yesterday they 56 your wallet. Since you were very 57 just now, they let megive the wallet to you. By the way, they said they were very 58

49、with your service and gave you twice as much as a（n） 59 . ”How kind they are! I will always try my best to 60 customers well in future.41. A. schoolbag B. suitcase C. wallet D. coat42. A. loseB. finishC. wasteD.spend43.A. stationB. schoolC. bankD.restaurant44.A. thinkB. forgetC. complainD.remember45

50、.A. brighterB. busierC. luckierD.hotter46.A. putting awayB. taking awayC. waiting onD. cleaning up47.A. manB. ladyC. coupleD.stranger48.A. tiredB. happyC. relaxedD.calm49.A. placesB. dishesC. foodD.service50.A. paidB. thankedC. treatedD.accused51.A. cafeB. tableC. moneyD.scene52.A. includedB. bargai

51、nedC. checkedD. explored53.A. turnedB. traveledC. showedD.drove54.A. AnywhereB. HoweverC. RecentlyD.Finally55.A. goodB. honestC. friendlyD. aged56.A. set upB. put upC. picked upD.made up57.A. confusedB. angryC. busyD.sad58.A. satisfiedB. popularC. angryD.disappointed59.A. changeB. tipC. jobD.honor60

52、.A. drawB. serveC. winD.keep第 II 卷( 50 分)第二节 语法填空(共10 小题，每小题1.5 分，满分15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。Table tennis, also 61.(call) ping-pong, is played all aroundthe world and is an Olympic sport. It 62.(play) on a table thatis 2.74 meters by 1.525 meters and stands 76 centimeters from the ground

53、.The net goes across the center of the table and is 15.25 centimeters high.It is very similar 63.playing tennis on a court.The exact origin of table tennis is not known. 64.we do knowis that it 65.(begin) in England in the 1890s. Many people playedtable tennis because it did not require players 66.

54、(go) outdoors.The gamewas popular with foreign67. (visitor) too, and soon it spread to much of Europe and Asia.Many players believe table tennis is not only a physical game68.a psychological game as well. A technique used 69.（frequent） by manyplayers is to stare at the people they are playing agains

55、t to make 70.（they） feel uncomfortable. Today, players from China,South Korea and Germany among others play leading roles in international table tennis competitions.第四部分写作（共两节，满分35 分）第一节 短文改错（共10 小题，每小题1 分，满分10 分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加

56、一个漏字符号（A）,并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10 处，多者 （ 从第 11 处起 ） 不计分。Be smart about advertisements!People cannot get away from advertisements where promise cheap goods and free gifts. Lastweek, I read a advertisement for a sale. Seeing the attractive prices for the goods, I couldn t helpdrive to the supermarket. As the advertisement said, most of the thing there were much cheaper than usually. In no time, two baskets filled with ten bars of soap, two