2020-2021學(xué)年廣東省揭陽市揭東區(qū)光正實(shí)驗學(xué)校高一（下）期中英語試卷

第一部分　閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié)（共4小題；每問2.5分，滿分37.5分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

• 1．In this week's blog，we will explore the traditional festivals in Spain.And with all of these celebrations you can probably see why they love it so much.
  Saint John's Eve or Sant Juan
     Saint John's Eve or Sant Juan is a midsummer celebration being celebrated at the eve of the Feast day of saint John the Baptist.According to legend，Saint John was born six months before Jesus，so the day of John the Baptist was set to be celebrated six months before Christmas according to old Roman calculation（計算）.Nowadays，for most people Sant Juan just marks the start of summer.
  San Fermin in Pamplona
     The main meaning of this week-long annual celebration in July is to honour the Saint Fermin，the co-patron of Navarre.The festival involves traditions such as running，bullfighting and fireworks.Oh，and did we mention the point that there is lots of wine just thrown at each other in the streets？
  Fallas in Valencia
     This festival involves statues that have been constructed all year round being placed all around Valencia.That is not jye.ai.All of the statues at the end of the festival are just burned right in front of everyone's eyes.It is an annual celebration held in March.During the week of Fallas you will hear a lot of fire crackers exploding and beautiful ladies and girls called falleras being dressed in traditional Spanish dresses which might cost 1，000 € and more.
  La Tomatina in Bunol
     Have you ever wanted to throw something at someone's face？Well，La Tomatina festival will let you take out all your frustrations!This crazy tradition started more than 70 years ago and is celebrated every last Wednesday of August in Bunol.In this festival 20，000 people throw tomatoes at each other.For what you might ask？Just for fun!
  
  （1）For what do most people celebrate Saint Johns' Eve now？

  
  A．Memorizing Jesus.
  B．Promoting religion.
  C．Marking a season start.
  D．Honouring ancient Romans.
  （2）What is special about San Fermin in Pamplona？

  
  A．Its time length.
  B．Its fireworks.
  C．Its bullfighting.
  D．Its wine-fighting.
  （3）Which festival can you experience in August？

  
  A．Saint John's Eve.
  B．San Fermin in Pamplona.
  C．Fallas in Valencia.
  D．La Tomatina in Bunol.
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• 2．My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died.As a single parent，I tried to do my best to talk to him.But the more I tried，the more he pulled away.When his report card arrived during his junior year，it said that he had been absent （缺席）95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year.At this rate he would never graduate.I sent him to the school adviser，and I even begged him.Nothing worked.
      One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleaded （懇求）for help. "Please God，I can't do anything more for my son.I'm at the end of my rope.I'm giving the whole thing up to you."
     I was at work when I got a phone call.A man introduced himself as the headmaster. "I want to talk to you about Karl's absences." Before he could say another word，I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. "I love my son but I just don't know what to do.I've tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked.It's out of my hands." For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line.The headmaster seriously said， "Thank you for your time"，and hung up.
     Karl's next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades.Finally， he even made the honor roll.In his fourth year，I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl.I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around.On our way home，he said， "Mum，remember that call from the headmaster last year？" I nodded. "That was me.I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said，it really hit me how much I was hurting you.That's when I knew I had to make you proud."
  
  （1）By saying "Karl became withdrawn"，the author means that the boy changed completely and

  .
  A．preferred to stay alone at home
  B．lost interest in his studies
  C．refused to talk to others
  D．began to dislike his mother
  （2）There was silence on the other end of the line because

  .
  A．the speaker was too moved to say anything to the mother
  B．the speaker waited for the mother to finish speaking
  C．the speaker didn't want the mother to recognize（識別） his voice
  D．the speaker was unable to interrupt（打斷） the mother
  （3）The sentence "…h(huán)e even made the honor roll" means that "

  ".
  A．he was even on the list to be praised at the parent-teacher meeting
  B．he was even on the list of students who did something wrong
  C．he was even on the list of students who had turned themselves around
  D．he was even on the list of the best students at school
  （4）What is the main idea of this passage？

  
  A．Children in single-parent families often have mental problems.
  B．Mother's love plays an important role in teenagers' life.
  C．Being understood by parents is very important to teenagers.
  D．School education doesn't work without full support from parents.
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• 3．Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer（掃盲志愿者）.The training I received，though excellent，did not tell me how it was to work with a real student，however.When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read，I realized the true importance of reading.
     My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three.In the first lesson，I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn't know which bus to take.When I told her I would get her a bus schedule，she told me it would not help because she could not read it.She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn't always remember what she needed.Since she did not know words，she could not write out a shopping list.Also，she could only recognize items by sight，so if the product had a different label，she would not recognize it as the product she wanted.
     As we worked together，learning how to read built Marie's self-confidence，which encouraged her to continue in her studies.She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket.After this successful trip，she reported how self-confident she felt.At the end of the program，she began helping her youngest son，Tony，a shy first grader，with his reading.She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories.When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read，pride was written all over her face，and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off.As she described this experience，I was proud of myself as well.I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.
     As a literacy volunteer，I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others.In fact，I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did.
  
  （1）What did the author do last summer？

  
  A．She worked in the supermarket.
  B．She helped someone to learn to read.
  C．She gave single mothers the help they needed.
  D．She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer.
  （2）Why didn't Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first？

  
  A．Because she liked to walk to the supermarket.
  B．Because she lived far away from the bus stop.
  C．Because she couldn't afford the bus ticket.
  D．Because she couldn't find the right bus.
  （3）How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket？

  
  A．She knew where the goods were in the supermarket.
  B．She asked others to take her to the right place.
  C．She succeeded in finding the goods by their looks.
  D．She remembered the names of the goods.
  （4）Which of the following statements （陳述）is true about Marie？

  
  A．Marie could do things she had not been able to do before.
  B．Marie was able to read stories with the help of her son.
  C．Marie decided to continue her studies in school.
  D．Marie paid for her own lessons.
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• 4．" Go ahead，" I told Linda. " Pick up the rock，and see what's under it."
     Her 4-year-old arms struggled with the rock buried in the stream bed.Her eyes got big as she examined the worms（蠕蟲） after their nest was uncovered.She watched quietly，as they walked past her foot.She gently put the rock back and said，" Are there worms under all the rocks？"
     This wasn't school- it was a nature-based summer camp in New York's Hudson Valley that I ran when I was 17.When I turned the kids over to their parents at the end of the day，they were tired，inspired by nature and knowledge.
     Finland's "forest kindergartens" use the natural world as a jumping off point for early academic（學(xué)術(shù)的） instruction to make them enjoy learning.Finland is following in the footsteps of other European countries including Denmark，where outdoor education has been common for many years.
     In the Finnish program，kids spend four days of a week，from 8：30am.jye.ai 6：30pm.，outside with a teacher.Built into the program is quite a bit of playtime.Kids get a lot of exercise and lesson plans are freely made so teachers can use what's at hand and in season in their lessons.
     While all this sounds less strict than a classroom-based kindergarten program，the results show that these types of programs have better results for overall physical health as well as academic performance and social development.But aren't the kids who do this coming from wealthy，educated communities- so，of course they score better on tests？In fact，the greatest gains from spending time outdoors can be found in kids who are coming from less advantageous background.At a school near Atlanta，where kids spend 30 percent of their day outside，students have improved scores more than students from any other school in their area，and most of the kids there come from poor families.
  
  （1）Why did the author ask Linda to turn over the rock？

  
  A．To help Linda be independent.
  B．To see if Linda had enough courage.
  C．To give Linda a chance to study nature.
  D．To teach Linda how to protect animals.
  （2）What's the purpose of Finland's "forest kindergartens"？

  
  A．To help kids learn about forests.
  B．To popularize outdoor education.
  C．To show the importance of play.
  D．To develop kids' interest in study.
  （3）Compared with classroom-based kindergartens， "forest kindergartens"

  .
  A．seem to be less tiring
  B．have no fixed lesson plans
  C．set many strict rules
  D．have no teachers around
  （4）What is an advantage of outdoor programs according to the last paragraph？

  
  A．Kids joining them score higher on tests.
  B．They help change poor kids' families.
  C．They do good to communities.
  D．Kids meet people who are different from them.
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第二節(jié)（共1小題；每空2.5分，滿分12.5分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

• 5．The word addiction usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs. （1）

  Some people are compulsive （難以自制的） shoppers.Others find it impossible to pull themselves away from their work.Still others spend countless hours watching TV or playing computer games.
     （2）

  Many people enjoy going to malls or stores more and more every day，but it's more than a common hobby for some of them.They have turned into shopaholics（購物狂）.They are people who simply enjoy shopping and walking around spending money without being able to stop doing it.They are hooked on shopping and usually buy things that they don't need.Even though they don't have enough money，they buy everything they want.
     The question is：why do they have this addiction？There isn't a specific answer.Some people go shopping when they are sad，worried，upset or lonely and they want to feel better.They use this activity as a way to forget their problems.Shopaholics say that they feel more important and better after they buy something. （3）

  
     Shopaholism seems to be a harmless addiction，but it can bring out problems.Some of them can be psychological（心理的）.If this is the case，people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit.However，the process，like for most addictions，is long，and they suffer a lot. （4）

  They just think about satisfying their feelings，so they spend money they don't have.（5）

  
  
  A.Once you are addicted to alcohol or drugs，it is difficult to get rid of.
  B.Over the years，shopping has become a very common activity.
  C.They also tend to have this addiction when they feel guilty（內(nèi)疚）.
  D.However in modern-day society we are seeing some new kinds of addictions.
  E.People addicted to computer games consider the games as great ways to enjoy themselves.
  F.They get deep in debt，and they can even go bankrupt（破產(chǎn)） and get sent to prison.
  G.It can also cause financial（財務(wù)的） problems.
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第二部分　語言運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié)　完形填空（共1小題；每小題15分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

• 6．The sun was shining brightly over our heads and sweat（汗水） was pouring off our backs and faces.We stood still without（1）

  any noise，all hot and tired.But everyone kept standing as straight as trees.
     It was（2）

  most high schools give to new Senior One students-military training（軍訓(xùn)）.We spent four days in a closed environment.（3）

  we couldn't go home at night and the training was（4）

  and difficult，our humorous young drillmaster （教官） with a funny accent （口音）was a real（5）

  of our days.We laughed（6）

  his jokes，sat in rows singing different songs and listened to him telling true stories about his life.He gave us the feeling that（7）

  and sweat were not the only things that we received from military training.
     After this journey，We were more（8）

  than we had imagined and we were much braver than we had expected.Girls who looked sick rested for a little while，then（9）

  came back to the team.Boys who were being punished（10）

  to the playground at once and began to run.Sweat flowed down our faces（11）

  we thought about how to shout（12）

  than other classes.
     Military training taught us perseverance （堅持不懈） and determination（決心）.On the last day of our training，the confidence could be（13）

  in our faces.We shouted so loud that our（14）

  could be heard across the heavens.With eyes like burning torches （火炬），we walked into the future.Now the sun is（15）

  at all of us.
  
  

  （1）	A．crying	B．making	C．sending	D．telling
  （2）	A．nothing	B．a(chǎn)nything	C．something	D．everything
  （3）	A．Because	B．If	C．Although	D．After
  （4）	A．strict	B．curious	C．outgoing	D．a(chǎn)wkward
  （5）	A．challenge	B．pleasure	C．title	D．expert
  （6）	A．a(chǎn)t	B．in	C．to	D．with
  （7）	A．sunlight	B．wealth	C．confidence	D．health
  （8）	A．surprised	B．determined	C．interested	D．a(chǎn)dvanced
  （9）	A．just now	B．so far	C．right away	D．a(chǎn)t last
  （10）	A．escaped	B．moved	C．rode	D．rushed
  （11）	A．so	B．when	C．or	D．until
  （12）	A．larger	B．stronger	C．louder	D．lower
  （13）	A．seen	B．heard	C．smelt	D．touched
  （14）	A．thoughts	B．feelings	C．personalities	D．voices
  （15）	A．improving	B．falling	C．setting	D．smiling
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第二節(jié)（共1小題；每空1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

• 7．I experienced the Naadam Festival in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for the first time this year.The festival（1）

  （fall）on the fourth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar，usually lasting for three days.Naadam means "games" in Mongolian，（2）

  （represent）by three events：horse racing，wresting and archery，（3）

  are all so exciting to watch!
      On the first day，I set off to the games early with my friend Burin.I saw a lot of people（4）

  （wear）fancy Mongolian robes.Some were feeding their horses，some were practising archery，and others were chatting（5）

  taking photographs.Burin told me that Mongolians travel every year from near and far（6）

  （attend）the festival，just as their ancestors had done for centuries.
      After the opening ceremony and some amazing performances，the wrestling（7）

  （compete）began.After singing some songs，the competitors danced onto the green field，waving their arms in the air as if they were eagles.I was quite moved at their show of strength and grace.
      I'm finally back home now，feeling really（8）

  （tire），but celebrating Naadam with my friend was totally worth（9）

  .He invited me back for the winter to stay in a（10）

  （tradition）Mongolian tent and eat hot.I can't wait!
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第二節(jié) 完成句子

• 22．It is important to read regularly if you

  improve your English.
  如果你渴望提高英語，經(jīng)常性的閱讀是很重要的。
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• 23．His classes

  students.
  他的課堂上總是擠滿學(xué)生。
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