山西省临汾第一中学学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题.docx

1、山西省临汾第一中学学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题【全国百强校】山西省临汾第一中学2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读选择 With the coming of winter, its the perfect time to get out of town and escape the seasonal mood（心情）disorder. Here are vacation ideas to adopt now.Costa RicaCosta Rica, located in the Valle del General, is well-kno

2、wn for its coffee, pineapples and sugar cane plantations as well as its rich forests. Whats more, you can enjoy horseback riding, spend afternoons at the spa or tour a nearby wildlife shelter to look out for colorful birds, sloths and other animals.Los Cabos, MexicoIf you love wine, travel to Los Ca

3、bos, a beautiful vacation destination at the southern edge of the Baja Peninsula. During your getaway, you can enjoy special wine tastings and dinner cooked by Los Caboss Michelin-starred chef. There are wild-viewing opportunities, too. From December through May, you can spot whales, manta rays and

4、more wildlife.Petit St Vincent, the GrenadinesThis private Caribbean island was spared（使幸免）the anger of hurricanes Irma and Maria. Whats more, the whole island is only 115 acres and has 22 cottages（小屋）. Each cottage is located in a quiet place, and you can expect to unplug and recharge phones with n

5、o wireless connections, television or telephones in the cottage. Even better, you can spend your days admiring fascinating marine（海洋的）life at the Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving Caribbean center.The Exumas, BahamasOn Fowl Cays 50-acre private island, you can enjoy a carefree escape. Days can be spent fi

6、shing, boating and diving before wandering along white sands. The resort features large one, two-and three-bedroom houses. Best of all, if youre planning a group getaway or multigenerational trip, you rent the entire island for a unique island escape.1Why does the author recommend these places to re

7、aders?ATo escape from extreme weather. BTo experience out-of-town sights.CTo beat winter blues. DTo treat mental diseases.2What do we know about Petit St Vincent?AIt survived hurricane Irma and Maria.BIts a huge and quiet island.CPeople can admire fish off shoreDpeople can charge phones using wirele

8、ss connections3Where can Tom best go with his grandparents and parents?ALos Cabos, Mexico BPetit St Vincent, the GrenadinesCCosta Rica DThe Exumas, Bahamas Two monks of a great master were walking in the garden of the masters house. They were asked to walk every day, from dawn to dusk. The walking w

9、as a kind of meditation（冥想）. They cannot sit in the day-the legs need a little movement and the blood needs a little circulation（循环）.They both wanted to ask for the permission of the master to sit down, so they both decided, “Tomorrow. At the most, he will say no, but we are going to ask. And it doe

10、snt seem such an impolite act to sit in the garden.”The next day they met in the garden. One was furious（狂怒的）-because the other was sitting-and he said, “What happened? I also asked, but he simply flatly refused and said no. And you are sitting! Are you not going against his orders?”The other one sa

11、id, “But he has said yes to me.”“This looked very unjust,” the first said, “I will go and immediately inquire（询问）why he said no to me and yes to you.”The other one said, “Wait a minute. Please tell me what you had asked.” The first said, “What I had asked? I had asked a simple thing. Can I sit while

12、 meditating? He said, No! and he looked very angry.”The other started laughing and said, “Now I know what is the matter. I asked, Can I meditate while sitting? He said, Yes.”It all depends. Just a little difference and life is totally something else. Asking “Can I sit while meditating?” is just ugly

13、. But asking “Can I meditate while sitting?” is perfectly okay. Good! At least you will be meditating.Life is an empty canvas（油画布）, and one has to be very artistic about it.4Why did the master ask the two monks to walk every day?ABecause siting doesnt seem a polite deed.BBecause walking can do good

14、to their health.CBecause he wanted to give them punishment.DBecause walking is the only way to meditate.5What kind of person is the second monk?Awise-minded. BEasy-going.CHot-headed. DWarm-hearted.6How did the master probably react when the second monk asked him the question?AHe was disappointed wit

15、h it. BHe sang high praise for it.CHe nodded to him peacefully. DHe drove him away furiously.7What can we learn from the story?ATwo heads are better than one.BIt is easy to be wise after the event.CEvery man is the architect of his own fortune.DIts not what you say but how you say it that matters. 8

16、3-year-old Antonio Vicente has spent the last four decades of his life fighting against the trend. As Brazilian landowners cut down rainforests to make room for profitable plantations(种植园) and cattle grounds, he struggled to bring the jungles of his childhood back to life.“When I was a child, the pe

17、asants cut down the trees to make grasslands and charcoal, and the water dried up and did not come back,” he told the reporters, “I thought: Water is valuable, no one makes water and the population will not stop growing. What is going to happen? We are going to run out of water.”With only some donke

18、ys and a small team of hired workers, Antonio Vicente set about bringing back the forest to his land. What started out as a weekend hobby soon became a permanent way of life, and Antonio recalls often spending whole days and nights in his young jungle, surrounded by rats and foxes, and eating banana

19、 sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Over the last 40 years, he has planted an estimated 50,000 trees on his 31-hectare land, which now make up a small but unique area of rainforest, and a haven for wildlife.As the forest grew, the water returned, and Antonio says that there are now over 20

20、water, sources on his land that were no longer there when he bought it. Then the animals started making a home there, Today, the forest is alive with the sounds of birds and insects living there, and more species are settling in every year.“There are toucans(巨嘴鸟), all kinds of birds, squirrels, liza

21、rds, and even the boars are returning,” 83-year-old Vicente says, “If you ask me who my family are, I would say all this right here, each one of these that I planted from a seed.”8What do we learn about the Brazilian peasants?AThey wasted much water on farming.BThey focused on short-term profits,CTh

22、ey cared much about the environment.DThey relied heavily on rainforests for a living.9What used to be young Antonios biggest concern?AOverpopulation. BPolluted water.CLoss of grasslands. DWater shortage.10What does the underlined word “haven” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?ATrap BDisasterCShelter DBal

23、ance11In the last paragraph, Antonio mainly expresses his _ .Aaffection for his forest Bthanks for his familyCdeep love for rare birds Dpride as a successful farmer British childrens writer Roald Dahl ate chocolates and sweets “pretty much every mealtime”, remembers daughter Ophelia Dahl.After dinne

24、r, whether dining alone or entertaining guests, Dahl would pass around a little red plastic box full of Mars Bars, Milky Ways, Maltesers, Kit Kats and much more.He knew the history of all the sweets and could tell you exactly when they were invented. 1937 was a big year when Kit Kats (his favorite),

25、 Rolos and Smarties (his dog, choppers favorite) were invented. He wrote a history of chocolate, lecturing schoolchildren to commit such dates to memory（熟记）, such as 1928 when “Cadburys Fruit and Nut Bar popped up on the scene”, saying. “Dont bother with the Kings and Queens of England. All of you s

26、hould learn these dates instead. Perhaps the Headmistress（女校长）will see from now on that it becomes part of the major teaching in this school.”According to Dahl, the Golden Years of Chocolate were 1930-1937. In 1930, Roald Dahl was 14 years old. He was a student at Repton, a famous boys boarding scho

27、ol in England. It was a tough environment: those in authority were more interested in controlling than educating the students.Ironically（讽刺地）, it was at this difficult period that chocolate became Dahls passion. Near Repton was a Cadbury chocolate factory. Every so often, Cadbury would send each sch

28、oolboy a sampler（样品）box of new chocolates to taste and grade. They were using the students-“the greatest chocolate bar experts in the world to test out their new inventions.This was when Dahls imagination took flight. He pictured factories with inventing rooms with pots of chocolate and fudge（软糖）and

29、 “all sorts of other delicious fillings bubbling away on the stoves”.“It was lovely dreaming those dreamswhen I was looking for a plot for my second book for children. I remembered those little cardboard boxes（纸盒）and the newly invented chocolates inside them, and I began to write a book called Charl

30、ie and the Chocolate Factory.”For the record, Roald Dahl did not like chocolate cake or chocolate ice cream. He said, “I prefer my chocolate straight.”12Whats the purpose of the first paragraph?ATo introduce the main topic-Roald Dahl.BTo introduce Dahls love for chocolate.CTo introduce main characte

31、rs daily life.DTo introduce some important characters.13What can we infer from the passage about Roald Dahl?AHe treated himself with various chocolate after dinner secretly.BHe has a good knowledge of chocolate, especially its history.CHe used to lecture schoolchildren of a boys boarding school.DHe

32、only wrote some books related to the history of chocolate.14What happened during the Golden Years of Chocolate?AIt was a great time for children to get educated.BThose years stopped Dahls interest in chocolate.CStudents could become chocolate experts then.DRoald Dahls passion for chocolate was lit up then.15_ gave Roald Dahl inspiration to write