江苏省常州市礼嘉中学高一英语下学期期中试题.docx

1、江苏省常州市礼嘉中学高一英语下学期期中试题常州市“教学研究合作联盟”2021度第二学期期中质量调研高一 英语试题注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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

2、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 do we learn from the conversation?A. The woman will go to the wedding.B. The man will go shopping this Sunday.C. The man refused the womans invitation.2. What does the woman mean?A. To apply for a scholarship, one needs a B avera

3、ge.B. Anyone can apply for a scholarship.C. Poor students can apply for scholarship.3. What does the man mean?A. Neither party will Mary go to.B. Mary will go to another dinner party.C. Mary will probably come to the womans party.4. What does the woman mean?A. The man must have been mistaken.B. Pete

4、r must have made a mistake. C. She hasnt seen the man for ages.5. Whats the main reason why the man chose that house?A. The dining room.B. The kitchen.C. The space of the house.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

5、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 causes the mans problem probably?A. Working too hard. B. Missing his parents. C. An irregular diet.7. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The speakers are husband and wife.B. The woman hasnt been able to keep her food down.C. The man has a high-pre

6、ssure job.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What instrument can the man play?A. The guitar. B. The drums. C. The bass.9. How many people will there be in the band?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Which sport is the most popular in the mans country?A. Football. B. Basketball. C. Tennis.11. What can we

7、 learn about golf?A. There are a few people enjoying golf in the womans country.B. Most people in the mans university enjoy golf.C. Only a tiny number of people played golf in the past in the womans country.12. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the conversation?A. There are plent

8、y of golf courses in the mans country.B. The man thinks extreme sports are only for a small minority of people.C. More and more people play table tennis than before.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where are the speakers probably?A. In the supermarket. B. At home. C. On the road.14. How many things are mentione

9、d in the conversation?A. Nine. B. Ten. C. Eleven.15. How much cooking oil will the speakers buy?A. A liter. B. Three liters. C. Half a liter.16. Which isnt needed to buy?A. Sugar. B. Mutton. C. Beer.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What was the main focus of the study?A. How to eat chocolate without gaining we

10、ight.B. The health benefits of eating chocolate.C. The effects of eating chocolate on happiness.18. Who reported the best results?A. People who ate no chocolate at all.B. People who ate a lot of chocolate every dayC. People who ate a moderate amount of chocolate every day.19. What did the researcher

11、s say about the study?A. There is still a lot of work to be done.B. Milk chocolate was used in the experiment.C. Eating too much chocolate had no positive impact.20. Who might appreciate this news report most?A. People who want to change their diet.B. People who exercise regularly.C. People who alre

12、ady eat chocolate fairly often.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AJon Williams has never had a bank account before. But now he is married and has a new job. He and his wife, Sherry, want to start keeping their money in a bank.When he went to the bank, he was

13、 surprised. He told Sherry, “When you open a checking account, its like shopping. You choose the services you need. The man at the bank asked us to read this chart and choose the plan that is right for us.”Types of Checking AccountsPlansBenefitsFeesSpecial Checking($ 25 to open)open with only$ 255 f

14、ree checks per month$ 3.00 monthly service charge$ 0.50 for each check over 5Personal Checking（$ 100 to open）unlimited free checksno fee to use banks automated teller machine ( ATM)$ 8. 00 monthly service chargeno fee when you keep a $750 daily balance or $ 1,500 in savingsEARN Checking with Interes

15、t( $200 to open)unlimited free checksno fee to use banks ATMpay 2% interest$ 8. 00 monthly service chargeno fee when you keep a $1500 daily balance or $ 2,000 in savingsJon and Sherry estimated the number of checks they would write each month. Between home expenses and personal spending, they realiz

16、ed they might write as many as 25 checks in a month. They decided the Special Checking account would cost too much. It had a check charge and a service charge. The EARN checking account would require them to keep too much money in the bank. They chose the Personal Checking account because the $ 8.00

17、 service charge would be cheaper than paying $ 0. 50 per check.21. Joe chose the Personal Checking account with the following reasons EXCEPT that _.A. the account provided unlimited free checksB. the service charge was cheaper than Special CheckingC. they could get interest every monthD. they needed

18、 to pay no fee to use ATM22. You must keep at least _ in the Personal Checking account to avoid paying the monthly service charge?A. $ 750. 00. B. $ 1,500. C. $ 8. D. $ 2,250.BThe world is witnessing the worst refugee crisis（难民危机） since World War II. Tens of thousands of people are fleeing civil war

19、 and unrest（动荡） to find new homes in Europe sometimes with sad consequences（后果）.On Aug 27, Austrian officials found the dead bodies of 71 Syrian migrants（移民） in an deserted truck near Austrian-Hungarian border, just as European leaders were holding a meeting in Vienna to figure out how to deal with

20、the refugee crisis. On the same day, 200 migrants were feared dead and 200 rescued as two boats packed with refugees sank off the coast of Libya, according to media reports.The terms “migrant” and “refugee” are often used interchangeably. But theres a big difference between them, says an article in

21、the Atlantic magazine. Here is how the United Nations defines refugees: “Refugees are persons fleeing armed conflict（武装冲突） or ill-treatment. Their situation is often so dangerous and intolerable that they cross national borders to search for safety in nearby countries. These are people for whom deni

22、al（拒绝） of protection has possibly deadly consequences.”Migrants, on the other hand, move mainly to improve their lives by finding work, or for education, family reunion or other reasons, said the agency.Countries should offer refugees certain protections under their international treaty obligations（

23、条约义务）. This is why some states hesitate to admit those people who are fleeing unrest in their home countries.When talking about refugee and immigration problems, many media outlets use “illegal immigrant”（非法移民）. Critics say that it gives the impression that its the person that is illegal rather than

24、 their actions. The UN and the EU parliament have called for an end to the phrase, the BBC reported.23. The numbers mentioned in Para. 2 prove _.A. how serious the refugee crisis in Austria isB. that it is the worst refugee crisis in the world C. what sad consequences some refugees faceD. that the n

25、umber of refugees is so large24. The differences between “refugee” and “migrant” are written with the purpose of _.A. defining the two words clearlyB. indicating why some states are not willing to admit refugeesC. showing that refugees are more than migrantsD. urging European countries to accept mor

26、e refugees25. According to the text, “refugee” differs from “migrant” in that _. they both cross national borders but with different purposes refugees are illegal while migrants are legal refugees may face deadly consequences while migrants are relatively safe refugees are treated badly while migran

27、ts are highly respectedA. B. C. D. 26. According to the text, what may be discussed in the next several paragraphs?A. Explanations for “illegal immigrant”B. Examples about the refugee crisis in EuropeC. Measures to offer refugee protectionsD. Causes of the refugee crisis in EuropeCWhen Oliver Sacks,

28、 82, died on Aug 30 at his home in New York City, the world was saddened by the loss of a brilliant neurologist（神经学者） and a truly beautiful mind.London-born Sacks was most famous for his writing. A Forbes obituary（讣告） calls him “one of the greatest writers of science of the past 50 years. Maybe the

29、greatest.”In his best-selling 1985 book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks described a man who could not tell the difference between his wifes face and his hat, because his brain had difficulty telling what he saw.In 2006, Discover magazine ranked it among the 25 greatest science books o

30、f all time, declaring, “Lots of neuroscientists now looking into the mysteries of the human brain cite this book as their greatest inspiration.”His 1973 book, Awakenings, is about a group of patients who were frozen in a decades-long sleep until Sacks tried a new treatment. The book led to a 1990 mo

31、vie in which Sacks was acted by Robin Williams. It was nominated（提名） for three Academy Awards.Another book, An Anthropologist on Mars, published in 1995, described cases like that of a painter who lost his color vision in a car accident but found new creative power in black-and-white images. Sacks also wrote the story of a 50-year-old man who suddenly regained sight after nearly a lifetime of blindness. The experience was a disaster. The mans brain could not make sense of the visual world. After a full and rich life as a blind person, he became “a very disabl