2020-2021年河北省唐山市某校高一（上）12月月考英语试卷.docx

2020-2021年河北省唐山市某校高一（上）12月月考英语试卷一、阅读理解 1. Online Writing ClassesAboutOnline classes draw together writers from across the globe. Our online writing classes offer the same quality of instruction as our NYC（New York City）classes, and, as much as possible, our online classes replicate（模仿）the experience of being together in a classroom with a teacher and fellow students.The classes do not take place in "real time", except for a weekly one-hour chat class. You can participate in class any time, day or night, but the classes advance week-by-week, and certain things should be achieved within that seven-day time period.You can take an online writing class from anywhere in the world, as long as you have an Internet connection. Most of our online students are located in the US, but we also draw students from almost every country in the world, which is part of what makes the online classes so interesting.Besides the convenience of time and location, you have a written record of everything that is shown in class, which you can print out and keep for future reference.Class size is limited, so that all students get personal attention: Level I 10-week Workshops, 6-week Classesmaximum（最大限度）16 students Level II 10-week Workshopsmaximum 14 students Level III 10-week Workshops6 studentsTourExplore our list of writing courses. And here you will find information on NYC's various classes.You can see how our online writing classes work in two ways:Take a self-guided tour. For this purpose, click any of the following courses, and the experience is similar for all NYC online courses. Fiction Writing I（10-week Workshop） Screen Writing I（10-week Workshop） Article Writing I（10-week Workshop） Creative Writing 101（6-week Class）You can also take a video tour just below. （1）Who can take NYC online writing classes?A.Only people in New York.B.Only people within the USA.C.People from outside the USA.D.People from anywhere in the world. （2）What can we know about NYC online writing classes?A.Classes of different levels last the same period.B.There are not more than 16 students in one class.C.Students gather in an Internet-connected classroom.D.Students can manage their class time freely during the week. （3）According to the text, people can learn how the classes work by _.A.watching a videoB.trying a free 7-day classC.emailing their website officialsD.taking a guided tour in New York 2. My challenge for you is this: to read a book for 15 minutes every single day for a month.Let me explain a bit, by telling you where the challenge comes from. I have many things in common with my dad, like music taste and sense of humor, but sadly, reading isn't one of them. I can happily spend a whole day with a book, but my dad can't read a book for longer than about 5 minutes. He reads emails, websites and papers for work, but not books. He's busy, so I think sitting down to read for just 15 minutes a day is a good way to relax and to introduce him to reading. My dad is not the only person who avoids books. I know lots of people would rather relax on their computers or in front of the TV. Everyone is different and has their own interests, but I think there are lots of benefits from reading, which screen-based activities don't have.One thing I personally love reading is being transported to another worldI often forget the time or things around me! Reading is a great way to switch off before you go to bed, because you think more about the world of the book, rather than the real world, so you can truly relax. I know you can be transported to a different world in a film or a TV show, but I think books do it better.I also enjoy hearing what people are doing and finding out what they think. Reading gives me the chance to get to know hundreds of new people! It also teaches you to see things from other people's points of view, and understand other people's decisions or opinions. With a book, you can hear everything a character is thinking or feelingyou really can be inside someone else's head!So give it a go! If you'd like to read, why not try 15 minutes, or pass the challenge on to someone else? Good luck, and happy reading! （1）Why does the author mention his father in the text?A.To show his father's hard work.B.To prove that many people seldom read.C.To discuss the importance of work and study.D.To explain the difference between him and his father. （2）What is the text mainly based on?A.The author's father's guidance.B.The results of research.C.Knowledge from books.D.The author's personal experience. （3）What does the underlined word "it" in paragraph 3 refer to?A.Making readers feel relaxed.B.Reminding readers of the real world.C.Transporting readers to a different world.D.Helping readers understand different points of view. （4）What is the author's purpose of writing the text?A.To call for reading.B.To show his way of study.C.To stop screen-based activities.D.To advertise his new books. 3. Frogs are slimy（黏滑的）, noisy and often colorful. New research shows that Goliath frogs, also called helicopter parents, are the world's largest frog species, found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. They could look after their babies very well. And they would build ponds for their eggs and young babies, moving rocks more than half of their body weight in the process.A team of researchers from Cameroon and Germany studied the animals, which can weigh up to 6.6 pounds and measure more than 13 inches in length when fully grown. The heavy labor that the frogs do could explain their size, scientists believe.The researchers found that the frogs could change existing natural ponds or create new nests in small ponds, about 3 feet wide and 4 inches deep, along river banks in Cameroon. "They sometimes move rocks weighing up to 2 pounds. We think that this activity may explain why adult frogs need to be giant in the first place," said Marvin Schafer, lead author of the study. As well as being strong, the frogs have also proved themselves to be anxious parents, raising their young babies in ponds away from fast-flowing water and potential enemies. "Giant frogs are the first African amphibian（两栖动物）species now known to actively prepare or even construct sites for their offspring," said Mark Oliver Rodel, project leader and president of conservation group Frogs & Friends, in a press release. "This shows how little we know about the biology, even some of the most wonderful creatures of our planet."Scientists hope the research will help protect the rare frogs, which are considered endangered. Reduced in habitat（栖息地）, climate change and pollution are the main causes of species loss and are threatening more than 40% of amphibians, a report from the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found in May. （1）What can we know about Goliath frogs?A.They make no noise.B.They live across the world.C.They like colorful things.D.They care much for their babies. （2）Why can Goliath frogs create new nests?A.There are large natural ponds.B.They have strong bodies for work.C.There babies prefer new surroundings.D.They are often attacked by the enemies. （3）What does the underlined word "offspring" in paragraph 3 refer to?A.Potential enemies.B.Young babies.C.Partners.D.Rocks. （4）What is one of the causes to make Goliath frogs endangered?A.Their reduced living places.B.Lack of enough sources of food.C.The increasing number of other species.D.Local government's ignorance about ecosystem. 4. People will tell you the only way to really learn a language is to completely immerse（浸入）yourself in a country where that language is spoken. Not all language learners, of course, will have the opportunity to spend some time in an immersion environment. But if you can't actually fly across the world to learn a new language, you can always create an immersion environment where you can talk to native speakers.That's where Babbel comes in. Babbel is one of the most popular language learning apps on the market for studying new languages at your own pace. The app emphasizes real-life conversational skills, so you won't be stopped by grammatical structures and verb patterns.And right now, you can get 15% off a lifetime subscription（订阅）to Babbel Language Learning（$150; ）. A lifetime subscription is huge when it comes to getting the most out of the app, since you'll be able to return to lessons time and time again and brush up on whichever section or topic you might need.So how does it all work? First, you'll choose one of 14 languages. While Babbel offers familiar languages like Spanish and Italian, it also offers less commonly studied ones like Polish, Indonesian and more. Once you pick your language, you'll choose a wide range of real-life topics. Each course takes about 10 to 15 minutes, so you can pick one up on the way to work, during your lunch break, or really at any point you have some time to kill.Beyond this, Babbel includes a ton of additional features tailored to making sure you learn the language in a real, practical and accurate way. The app uses speech recognition technology to make sure your pronunciation is accurate compared with how native speakers would say certain words. （1）What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us?A.The terrifying experiences of travelling.B.The importance of language learning environment.C.Different ways to learn a new language.D.Opportunities to communicate with native speakers. （2）What can we know about Babbel?A.It's a tool for learning languages.B.It is designed in various types.C.It focuses more on grammar structures.D.It's the most popular app in the market. （3）What should the users do first to learn with the app?A.Choose the place to learn a course.B.Pick the language they want to learn.C.Calculate the reading time.D.Choose a proper topic. （4）Why does Babbel use speech recognition technology?A.To represent its additional features.B.To meet the needs of native speakers.C.To compare differences between words.D.To make the pronunciation correct.二、七选五阅读  阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。We have all heard of superfoods whether from articles or in the news. But what are they?（1）_. Superfoods are things you eat that do more than satisfy your hunger because they help your body work better. Think of your body as a car. The better the gas you put in your car, the better it will run.（2）_.As the saying goes, "You are what you eat." This is very true because if you are eating foods that are full of fat, your body will most likely show it. On the other hand, if you are eating energy-filled foods, your body will show that as well.（3）_. They are filled with fiber（纤维）, proteins, and important nutrients that are easily used by the body. To become a super food officially, a food has to meet three requirements. First, it must be available（可获得的）to everyone. Second, it must contain nutrients that help you live longer.（4）_.Eating superfoods can change your life in many ways. Not surprisingly, people who start eating them lose weight. One reason for this is that many superfoods are naturally low in calories（卡路里）.（5）_. With most diets, people pay attention to what shouldn't be eaten. With superfoods, they focus on all the great things they can eat. There are other benefits to adding them to your diet as well. Eating superfoods over time helps keep you looking young and fight heart disease.A. Our bodies are just the same.B. This is a good question with a simple answer.C. Another reason is that sticking to eating them is very easy.D. Lastly, its health benefits must be proven by scientific studies.E. Some of the top superfoods are berries, nuts, and whole grains.F. Getting a wide variety of foods, superfoods included, is the better solution.G. If you want to start adding superfoods to your diet, do it at your own pace.三、完形填空  When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to（1）_. I bought twenty chickens and asked him to（2）_ them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would（3）_ the eggs from him. However, he would have to buy chicken（4）_ with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was（5）_ would be his to keep. Gene was（6）_, thinking he would make money.After several weeks' successful work, I began to（7）_ that egg production was going down. I said nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn't have（8）_ money to buy the food. He said the chickens had never（9）_ a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped（10）_ eggs.Then I asked him if he had（11）_ the amount of feed he had given to the chickens. He was shocked. After a long（12）_, he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them（13）_ food. I asked him, "Did you fool the chickens?"I was just astonished at the question in my own（14）_. Yes, you can fool everyone else, but you can not "fool the chickens", because（15）_, you will find out, as the saying goes, "What goes around comes around." （1）A.shareB.cookC.workD.count （2）A.observeB.play withC.trainD.look after （3）A.borrowB.buyC.saveD.keep （4）A.feedB.nestC.soupD.meat （5）A.pickedB.givenC.broughtD.left （6）A.worriedB.excitedC.calmD.discouraged （7）A.imagineB.hearC.predictD.notice （8）A.enoughB.luckyC.newD.remaining （9）A.wastedB.enjoyedC.missedD.finished （10）A.layingB.placingC.gatheringD.hiding （11）A.checkedB.balancedC.reducedD.measured （12）A.absenceB.silenceC.discussionD.preparation （13）A.fresherB.cheaperC.lessD.simpler （14）A.mindB.lifeC.jobD.ease （15）A.in the endB.in this wayC.on timeD.in addition四、语法填空  阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Do you know anything（1）_ is about tree rings? A tree will grow in climate with lots of sunshine and rainfall. And little sunshine or rainfall will give a slow（2）_（grow）of a tree. We can see the change of climate by（3）_（study）the rings. They can tell us what the weather was（4）_, sometimes even hundreds of years ago. For example,（5）_（find）out the weather conditions many years ago, just count the rings of a tree from the outside to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we're sure that it was sunny and（6）_（rain）most of that year, If it is near the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad.Tree rings are important not only for studying the history of weather（7）_ for studying the history of man. Many centuries ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico