湖北省武汉市钢城第四中学2022-2022学年高一英语下学期期中试题.doc

湖北省武汉市钢城第四中学2022-2022学年高一英语下学期期中试题本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两局部。本试卷共12页。全卷总分值150分。考试用时120分钟。第I卷第一局部听力(共两节，总分值30分)第一节(共5小题;每题1.5分，总分值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中选择一个最正确选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where is the Teen Eye Building?A. On Madison Street. B. Across from a museum. C. At the end of 7th Street.2. What will the woman do next?A. Have a shower. B. Clean her teeth. C. Wash her face.3. What does the woman think of living in a city?A. Exciting. B. Convenient. C. Dangerous.4. What is the woman doing?A. Learning a language. B. Having an interview. C. Giving an English class. 5. What are the speakers mainly discussing?A. What the man will do on the weekend. B. How the man will get to Washington.C. When the man will go to work.第二节 (共 15 小题；每题 1.5 分，总分值 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 三个选项中选出最正确选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每题5 秒钟；听完后，各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，答复第 6、7 题。6. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Tidy her room. B. Search for the report. C. Avoid telling her boss the truth.7. Where has the woman found the report?A. On the desk. B. On the bookshelf. C. On the floor.听第 7 段材料，答复第 8、9 题。8. From whom did the woman know the man likes watching movies?A. The mans brother. B. The mans wife. C. The manager.9. What will the man do this weekend?A. Visit his brother. B. Go to the movies. C. Listen to classical music.听第 8 段材料，答复第 10 至 12 题。10. What is Joan going to do?A. Visit a friend. B. Cook a meal. C. Meet her mother.11. Why doesnt the man want to eat hamburgers?A. They are unhealthy. B. He had them yesterday. C. He is tired of them.12. What will the speakers have for dinner?A. Japanese food. B. French food. C. Chinese food. 听第 9 段材料，答复第 13 至 16 题。13. When does the conversation probably take place?A. At the end of a term. B. In the middle of a term. C. At the beginning of a term.14. What does the woman suggest doing?A. Inviting a famous actor to the party.B. Playing some good music at the party.C. Asking everyone to dress up at the party.15. What will the speakers discuss tomorrow?A. What clothes to wear. B. What games to organize. C. What competitions to have.16. What food will the speakers prepare?A. Pizza. B. Bread. C. Fried chicken.听第 10 段材料，答复第 17 至 20 题。17. Why did the speaker have a bad sleep before the trip?A. She was too excited about the trip.B. She looked forward to Christmas.C. She missed her aunt.18. How did the speaker go to the airport?A. By bus. B. By car. C. By taxi.19. When did the speakers plane take off?A. At 1:40 p.m. B. At 1:50 p.m. C. At 2:00 p.m.20. What did the speaker see on her trip?A. Hills and rivers. B. Land and white clouds. C. Birds and beautiful buildings.第二局部 阅读理解共20小题，每题2.5分，总分值50分阅读以下短文。从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最正确选项。ATurtle time!, loudly called out by one of my newly-found friends, meant the beginning of either a morning or afternoon shift at Turtle Camp in Nusa Penida, Indonesia. Upon arrival at the project each day, we would look eagerly for our names on the whiteboard to see which task we would be undertaking. Would it be the highly desirable turtle feeding, the pretty fun tank cleaning, the exciting medicine administering or the less appealing fish cutting? Fine in theory but not when every fly in Indonesia decides to crowd onto these dead fish while youre cutting!Life at the turtle project was fun because twice a day we got to hang out with sea turtles. By hang out, I obviously meant work, as we were on shift, but it certainly didnt feel like work. Another fun thing was getting to know the other volunteers! With volunteers from all over the world, it was just common to hear Finnish being spoken, Australian slang mixed with French expressions and Swedes making plans to visit newly-found friends in the USA.  Of course, not all the time at Turtle Camp was consumed by volunteering. Scheduled activities included a trip to Crystal Bay, a beautiful paradise for swimming and sunbathing, an awesome beach bonfire complete with a beautiful sunset as well as our local coworkers showing off their guitar playing and singing skills.Our time at Turtle Camp was capped off by setting free two of our turtles into the sea to begin their journey as independent turtles! Hopefully, the love and care provided at the turtle project would ensure that these turtles had a greater chance of survival in the big, wide and scary ocean. 21. Which task is less fun to the volunteers at Turtle Camp? A. Turtle feeding. B. Tank cleaning. C. Medicine Administering. D. Fish Cutting. 22. What does the underlined sentence imply?A. The volunteering was a challenge.B. The time at the camp was difficult.C. The work at the project was a delight.D. Communication was time-consuming.23. When setting free the two turtles, the volunteers felt a sense of _.A. achievement B. belongingC. loss D. independenceBEvery day around the world, thousands of people with little to no scholarly training in art history walk into museums. They may or may not read notice boards that share relevant information of the artworks or artists. Imagine, before being permitted to direct their eyeballs to the art on the walls, museum visitors were required to read a 15- or 20-page introduction to each piece or each artist. How many people would go to museums if that were the case?Yet this seems to be the expectation when it comes to reading classic literature. Classic novels typically come with 15- or 20-page introductions, which often include spoilers, assuming that readers do not come to classic books to discover, be absorbed in, and be surprised by the story world. Also, apparently, we mustnt read classics alone, without experts guiding our experiences.However, classic literature is in a unique position to show us that were not alone in our pains and joys. By taking us out of our time, classic books free us to see beyond the set of beliefs we stick to and to connect human experiences that remain alive across time and place. What could be more grounding, more comforting, than seeing ourselves in the battles, longings, and pleasures that have played out across hundreds, thousands of years of human history? Our personal engagement is the first step of a longer journey of discovery that deepens our knowledge and understanding of ourselves and our world. We may, for example, feel for Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter though we despair of the world she lived in.While were letting go of things, lets stop worrying about understanding everything. We cant. It will be fun if we embrace curiosity, the pleasure of working out a mystery, and our common relationships as humans. We can feel, for example, the power of self-sacrifice in Charles DickensA Tale of Two Cities even when we lack full understanding of the cultural references and language. 24. Most museum goers _. A. enjoy reading notice boardsB. understand the artworks well C. lack professional art knowledgeD. share common interest in artworks25. What can the spoilers in Para.2 possibly be ? A. Story writers. B. Readers expectations. C. Guiding experts. D. Plots given away in advance. 26. What prevents readers enjoying reading classics? A. Showing curiosity about the writers. B. Letting go of things. C. Trying to understanding everything. D. Working out mysteries.27. What message is mainly conveyed in the passage? A. We should find more fun from classics. B. Reading classics is a personal exploration. C. Experts need to give readers better guidance. D. Classic literature benefits readers a great deal.CIn 1971, UN scholar Paolo Lugari started an ecosocial experiment in Gaviotas, Colombia. Located in one of the most extreme climates, Gaviotas was described as a sustainable, selfsufficient village in an area that Lugari called just a big, wet desertThey always put social experiments in the easiest places， Lugari said.We wanted the hardest place. We figured if we could do it here, we could do it anywhere.Lugari just thought that someday the world would become so crowded that humans would have to learn to live in the planet's least desirable areas， wrote Alan Weisman, author of Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World.Today, Gaviotas is an ecovillage with about 200 people. They farm organically. They use wind and solar power. Since 2022, Gaviotas has been 100% fossil fuel independent. The residents also enjoy free housing, schooling, and community meals. Shockingly, there are no weapons, no police, no jail and no mayor. But though these elements would make any social experiment a success, perhaps the most remarkable accomplishment is the planting of 1.5 million pine trees and palm trees. The various results of this new tree growth have been incredible. The shade of the trees has inspired the return of many rainforest species that were once native to the region. Additionally, the residents of Gaviotas enjoy a sustainable source of income from the resin(松香) harvested from the trees.The United Nations named Gaviotas a model of sustainable development. The Colombia novelist and Noble Prize winner Grabriel Marquez called Lugari the inventor of the worldA new study by a team of researchers has found that nature's capacity to store carbon is steadily falling as the world's farmers expand croplands at the cost of the native ecosystem such as forestsConsidering this disturbing factand as the world population increases towards an estimated 9 billion by the year 2050 and global warming continues to increase the planet's surface temperatureGaviotas stands as one shining example of how things could be different.28. Before the year 1971，_A. there was never any rain in GaviotasB. Gaviotas was one of the hardest places to live on the planetC. scientists did many social experiments in GaviotasD. Lugari often visited Gaviotas929. Gaviotas has developed into a sustainable, selfsufficient village thanks to_A. the government's great support B. people's organic farmingC. Lugari's great contribution D. the United Nations' research30. The fourth paragraph is intended to tell us _A. the income of people in Gaviotas B. the public security situation of GaviotasC. the rainforest species in Gaviotas D. the living conditions of people in Gaviotas31. What is the passage mainly about?A. A village that reinvented the world. B. A person who planted many trees.C. How a small village turned into a business center.D. The importance of protecting the environment.DIf you are taking vitamin supplements to reduce your risk of heart disease or cancer, a group of health experts want you to know that those vitamins may actually increase your risk of cancer.The US Preventive Services Task Force came to this conclusion after reviewing dozens of studies.Nearly half of adults in the US take at least one vitamin or mineral supplement on a regular basis. These pills are advertised as a way to promote general health. In some cases, manufacturers promote them as cancer fighters and heart protectors.Studies in animals and in laboratory dishes suggest that oxidative(氧化性的) stress contributes to diseases like cancer and heart disease. If so, there is a reason to believe that antioxidantsincluding betacarotene, vitamins A, C, and Ecould be useful as preventive medicines.But when the Task Force examined the medical evidence on vitamins, it found “inadequate(不充分的) evidence to support the claims that vitamin and mineral supplements benefit healthy adults.“Cardiovascular(心血管的) disease and cancer have a significant health impact in America, and we all want to find ways to prevent these diseases， Dr. Virginia Moyer, who heads the Task Force, said in a statement. But so far, she added, the medical evidence does not show that taking vitamins is helpful in this regard.However, the Task Force did find “adequate evidence that people with a raised risk for lung cancer actually increase their risk further by taking betacarotene, a precursor of vitamin A.The Task Force recommendations of taking vitamins regularly apply to healthy adults aged 50 and older who don't have “ special nutritional needs. The advice does not apply to children, women who are pregnant or may become pregnant, people with chronic illnesses, or people who have to take supplements because they can't get all their essential nutrients from their diet.32. Studies in animals and in laboratory dishes find out_A. ample evidence that taking vitamins are helpful for treating lung cancerB. cardiovascular disease spreads very fast in AmericaC. oxidative stress can lead to heart disease and cancerD. people must take vitamins on a regular basis33. What can we conclude from Task Force's findings?A. Scientists want to control cardiovascular disease.B. In some regard, taking vitamins is not useful.C. Manufacturers cannot produce medicaluse vitamins.D. Vitamins must be useful to prevent cancer and heart disease.34. Who can take vitamins regularly according to the advice of the Task Force?A. A 60yearold healthy worker.B. A 15yearold boy with shortsightedness.C. A 34yearold pregnant lady.D. A 40yearold man who never eats vegetables or fruits.35. What's the best title for the text?A. An Inside Look at Vitamins B. Task Force: Ending to VitaminsC. Vitamins: To Live or to Kill D. Taking Vitamins to Prevent Cancer May FailE根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最正确选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Every day I see advertisements in the newspapers and on the buses claiming that it is easy to learn English. According to them, with little effort, a student will be able to speak the language fluently in three months or even ten days. When I see advertisements like this, I dont know whether to laugh or cry. If it were that easy, I would have to look for another job, because very few qualified teachers would be needed. 36 Otherwise the advertisements would not appear.It is natural for students to be attracted to methods that will teach them quickly and efficiently. 37 And it is no use pretending that anyone has discovered a perfect way of teaching English. Some experts even argue that there are many good methods of teaching a language. No doubt this is true to a certain extent, but it is not very helpful to students. 38 Of course it is clear that students