安徽省合肥市六校学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题及答案解析Word文档下载推荐.docx

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一、阅读理解

WelcometoAdventureland!

EveryonelovesAdventureland!

TheParksandExhibitionswerebuiltforyoutoexplore,enjoy,andadmiretheirwonders.Everyvisitwillbeanunforgettableexperience.

TheTravelPavilion

Exploreplacesyouhaveneverbeentobefore,andexperiencedifferentwaysoflife.

VisittheAmazonjungle（丛林）village,theTurkishmarket,theTaifloatingmarket,theBerbermountainhouseandothers.Talktothepeoplethere,whowilltellyouabouttheirlivesandthingstheymake.Youcantrymakingacarpet,makingnets,fishing…

TheFutureTower

Thisexhibitionshowshowprogresswilltouchourlives.Itallowsustolookintothefutureandexplorethecitiesofthenextcenturyandthewaywe'

llbelivingthen.Spendsometimeinourspacestationandyoucaneventakea"

journey"

toMars!

TheNaturePark

Thisisnotreallyoneparkbutseveralparks.

IntheSafariParkyoucandriveamongAfricananimalsandseelions,giraffes,elephantsinthewild.MoveontotheOceanParktowatchthedolphinsandwhales.

ThePyramid

ThisisthecenterofAdventureland.Needsomepostcards,stampsoreventoys?

Forallthesethingsandmanymore,visitourundergroundshoppingcenter.

1．TheTravelPavilionisbuilttohelpvisitors_____.

A．realizetheimportanceoftravelling

B．becomefamiliarwithmountaincountries

C．learnhowtomakethingssuchasfishingnets

D．learnsomethingaboutdifferentplacesintheworld

2．Ifyouareinterestedinknowingaboutwhatpeople’slifewillbe,youmayvisit_____.

A．theTravelPavilion

B．theFutureTower

C．theSafariPark

D．thePyramid

3．Ifyouwanttogetatoyliontotakehome,wherewillyoumostlikelygo?

A．ThePyramid.

B．TheNaturePark.

C．TheFutureTower.

D．TheTravelPavilion.

JohnConstablewasborninSuffolk,England,on11June1776.Hisfamilyhopedthathewouldjoinhisfather'

sbusiness,butheshowedgreatinterestinartwhenhewasveryyoung.Finally,hisfamilyallowedhimtoentertheRoyalAcademySchool,averyfamousartcollegeinEngland,attheageoftwenty-two.

AttheRoyalAcademy,hewasagoodstudent,spendingallhissparetimedrawingandreading.

Heshowedhisfirstpaintingin1802.Constablebelievedthegreatestartcamefromusingtheinspiration（灵感）ofnature,ratherthanusingvarioustechniques（技巧）andimaginationonart.

Inhislifetime,Constableneverhadmuchmoney.Hisfameonlygrewafterhisdeath.Hewasunabletoearnalivingfromthepaintings.Tosupporthisfamily,Constableoftendrewportraits（肖像）ofothers.Butitwassomethingheneverreallyenjoyed.HewasattractedbythebeautyoftheBritishcountryside.

HesoldmorepaintingsinFrancethaninhishomecountry,England,atfirst.Butwhengiventhechancetotraveltosellhispaintingsabroad,hesaidhewouldrather“beapoormaninEnglandthanarichmanabroad.”

Constablediedin1837.Duringhislifetimehegotlittlepraiseinhishomecountryforpaintingcountrysidescenery.YetheisnowconsideredtobeoneofthegreatestBritishartists.

4．JohnConstablestudiedpaintingbecause____________.

A．hewasinterestedinitB．hisparentshopedhewouldstudyit

C．hewantedtomakemoremoneyD．HelikedtheRoyalAcademyschool

5．AttheRoyalAcademy,JohnConstable__________.

A．wasn’tagoodstudentB．didn'

tgetonwellwithhisclassmates

C．wasveryhardworkingD．becameveryfamous

6．WhatdoweknowaboutJohnConstable?

A．Hethoughttechniquewasthemostimportantinartpainting.

B．HispaintingssoldbetterinFrancethaninEnglandatfirst.

C．Hewasinterestedindrawingportraits.

D．Hebecameveryrichbypainting.

7．Whatcanwelearnfromtheunderlinedsentence?

A．JohnConstablewaswillingtotraveltoFrance.

B．JohnConstablewastiredofbeingpoor.

C．JohnConstabledidn'

twanttosellhispaintings.

D．JohnConstablelovedhiscountryverymuch.

Therewasamanplayingthepianoinabar.Hewasagoodpianoplayerandalwaysperformedinthisbar.Peoplecameinjusttohearhimplay.Butonenight,acustomertoldhimthathedidn'

twanttohearhimjustplaythepianoanymore.Hewantedhimtosingasong.

Themansaid,"

Idon'

tsing."

Butthecustomerwaspersistent（执着的）.Hetoldthebarmanager,"

I'

mtiredoflisteningtothepiano.Iwantthatmantosing！

"

Themanagershoutedacrosstheroom,"

Ifyouwanttogetpaid,singasong.Ourcustomersareaskingyoutosing！

Sohedid,Hesangasong.Apianoplayerwhohadneversunginpublicdidsoforthefirsttime.AndeveryonewassurprisedbyhissongMonaLisa.Hegotlotsofapplause（掌声）thatnight.

Hehadsuchatalentforsinging,buthejusthadbeensittingonhistalentforthepastyears!

Ifwithoutsuchachance,hemayhavelivedtherestofhislifeasano-namepianoplayerinano-namebar.However,nowhehasbecomeoneofthebestknownsingersinAmerica.

You,too,haveskillsandabilities.Maybeyour"

talent"

isnotasgreatasthesingerabove,butitmaybebetterthanyouthink!

Andwitheffort,mostskillscanbeimproved.So,inyourlife,youshouldbebraveenoughtotrydoingdifferentthingsandfindoutwhattalentsyoureallyhave!

8．Whydidthemanstarttosing?

A．Becausehewantedtomakemoremoney.

B．Becausethebarmanagersaidhelikedhissong.

C．Becausehewantedtoshoweveryonethathehadatalentforsinging.

D．Becausethemanageraskedhimtosingattherequestofacustomer.

9．Whatdoyouthinkofthebarmanager?

A．Strict.B．Kind

C．Patient.D．Rude.

10．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutthepianoplayer?

A．Hehatedsinginginano-namebar.

B．Hedidn’tdiscoverhistalentbeforeacustomeraskedhimtosing.

C．HebecameveryfamousasapianistandsingerinAmerica.

D．Helivedtherestofhislifeasano-namepianoplayer.

11．Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?

A．HowtoHaveGreatAbility.B．ANiceSong-Mona,MonaLisa.

C．ASingerinaNo-NameBar.D．MakeFullUseofYourTalent.

AsInternetusersbecomemoredependentontheInternettostoreinformation,arepeoplerememberless?

Ifyouknowyourcomputerwillsaveinformation,whystoreitinyourownpersonalmemory,yourbrain?

ExpertsarewonderingiftheInternetischangingwhatwerememberandhow.

Inarecentstudy,ProfessorBetsySparrowconductedsomeexperiments.SheandherresearchteamwantedtoknowtheInternetischangingmemory.Inthefirstexperiment,theygavepeople40unimportantfactstotypeintoacomputer.Thefirstgroupofpeopleunderstoodthatthecomputerwouldsavetheinformation.Thesecondgroupunderstoodthatthecomputerwouldnotsaveit.Later,thesecondgrouprememberedtheinformationbetter.Peopleinthefirstgroupknewtheycouldfindtheinformationagain,sotheydidnottrytorememberit.

Inanotherexperiment,theresearchersgavepeoplefactstoremember,andtoldthemwheretofindtheinformationontheInternet.Theinformationwasinaspecificcomputerfolder（文件夹）.Surprisingly,peoplelaterrememberthefolderlocation（位置）betterthanthefacts.WhenpeopleusetheInternet,theydonotremembertheinformation.Rather,theyrememberhowtofindit.Thisiscalled“transactivememory（交互记忆）”

AccordingtoSparrow,wearenotbecomingpeoplewithpoormemoriesasaresultoftheInternet.Instead,computerusersaredevelopingstrongertransactivememories;

thatis,peoplearelearninghowtoorganizehugequantitiesofinformationsothattheyareabletoaccessitatalaterdate.Thisdoesn’tmeanwearebecomingeithermoreorlessintelligent,butthereisnodoubtthatthewayweusememoryischanging.

12．Thepassagebeginswithtwoquestionsto________.

A．introducethemaintopicB．showtheauthor’sattitude

C．describehowtousetheInternetD．explainhowtostoreinformation

13．Whatcanwelearnaboutthefirstexperiment?

A．Sparrow’steamtypedtheinformationintoacomputer.

B．Thetwogroupsrememberedtheinformationequallywell.

C．Thefirstgroupdidnottrytoremembertheformation.

D．Thesecondgroupdidnotunderstandtheinformation.

14．Intransactivememory,people________.

A．keeptheinformationinmind

B．changethequantityofinformation

C．organizeinformationlikeacomputer

D．rememberhowtofindtheinformation

15．WhatistheeffectoftheInternetaccordingtoSparrow'

sresearch?

A．Weareusingmemorydifferently.

B．Wearebecomingmoreintelligent.

C．Wehavepoorermemoriesthanbefore.

D．Weneedabetterwaytoaccessinformation.

二、完形填空

SouthKoreanartistYoung-SungKimhasaveryspecialtalent-hecanpaintphotographs.Theoldsaying“I’llbelieveitwhenIseeit”doesn’treallyapplytoKim’sart.Youcanstareathisunbelievabledetailedpaintingsforhoursandstill16totellthemapartfromphotographs.The43-year-oldartistissogoodatwhathedoes,sometimes,hehimselfhastroubletellinghis17paintingsfromthephotos.Once,he18sentthepress（出版社）aphotohetook,insteadofthepaintinghedid,19theylookedalmostthesame.

MostofKim’spaintingsshowsmall20,andtheartistadmitsthathehasbeen21animalssincehewasayoungboy,keepingtheminhisroomand22them.Backthen,theresultsofhishardworkwerefar23thelevelofhisrecentworks,butthatonlymadehimwanttobecomeabetterpainter.“IpromisemyselfIwouldpaintthem24whenIgrewup,”hesaid.

25,hisparentsdidn’tsupporthisdecisiontofocushisstudiesonart,26thathewouldn’tbeabletolandagoodjob.Their27onlymadehimresolve（下定决心）tobecomeapainter.Finallyhisfami