2020-2021学年江苏省盐城市某校高一（上）期中英语试卷.docx

2020-2021学年江苏省盐城市某校高一（上）期中英语试卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分37.5分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从ABCD中选出问题的最佳答案。（共4小题，每小题2.5分；计37.5分） 1.     Though many people think of summer as a time to slow down and enjoy a vacation,  it can also be the perfect time to make money or get experience. Here are some good summer jobs for you.    Surveytaking    Surveytaking is a way to make money during your summer holiday,  especially if you live in an area that doesn't have many chances. With a computer or smartphone,  you can sit on your sofa and search for survey sites such as Surveys On The Go,  InboxDollars or Swagbucks. Without much effort,  you can start making money for your opinions. However,  the ease of use comes with a low earning potential.    Food Delivery（递送）    If you enjoy driving,  you can use your car to deliver food. You can sign up to deliver food from restaurants with services such as Uber Eats,  DoorDash and Grubhub. Another choice is delivering daily used goods with services such as Postmates,  Shipt and Instacart. The earning potential for delivery can be higher than for other jobs because customers often give tips. The disadvantage is that these jobs require you to put in more time.    Photo Applications    If you go to the mall,  you can use an app such as Field Agent or Gigwalk to make money by taking pictures of products in stores. See any helpwanted signs in the store windows?  Take a picture and get paid for each one you find.    House Sitting and Pet Care    Summer is a time when people take vacations and may need someone to look after their homes or pets. Services such as HouseSitter and MindMyHouse connect homeowners with proper house sitters（看房人）. For animal lovers who would rather care for someone's pet while they are away,  you can turn to services like Rover. （1）What do we know about making money through SurveyTaking？_A. It's interesting.B. It requires little effort.C. It takes much time.D. It requires special knowledge. （2）Why is the earning potential for Food Delivery higher than for other jobs？_A. You can get some extra reward.B. You work longer hours.C. You need to drive your own car.D. You deliver food for many people. （3）Which app should you use if you enjoy looking after animals？_A. Swagbucks.B. Uber Eats.C. HouseSitter.D. Rover. 2.     Living alone is hard,  especially for old people. Besides,  some old homeowners might have trouble bringing food and articles of daily use in from a car. Or they might need someone to tell them where they've put their house keys.    College students are trying to find cheap,  comfortable places to live without borrowing even more money from a bank. Dorms（宿舍） are a choice for some,  but they often come with crowded bathrooms,  shared bedrooms. And sometimes university housing is even more expensive than local apartments. A Canadian organization,  Toronto HomeShare,  noticed both of these problems and came up with a way to solve the problem.    College students usually deal with some housework and provide company while living in comfortable environments without breaking the bank. The old benefit from it spiritually. Nick,  a 27yearold graduate student who lives with 75yearold Maureen Tara,  said,  "Coming back home to Tara's family helps me recover because it's such a relaxed environment here. If I've had a hard day and I'm feeling low,  there's lots of love in the air."    The level of care that older housemates need is different. Joshua is in a poor state of health. His son thanks the college student living with his dad for his help in dangerous situations when he's not around. "At least,  there is someone to talk to my dad, " says Joshua's son. Students who've moved to a new city,  far from their families and the comforts of a homecooked meal,  also need to find peace in their living situation.    Boston's Nesterly is a homeshare app for senior/student living pairings,  and people living in St. Louis's Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood can take part in Homeshare St. Louis. The advantages of senior/student homeshare program are clear,  and they might just make college students wonder why this wasn't a choice when they were sharing crowded dorms with others. （1）What is the trouble of the old people living alone according to Paragraph 1？_A. They miss their families too much.B. They cannot go somewhere far away.C. They have trouble dealing with daily housework.D. They cannot save themselves in dangerous situations. （2）What is Toronto HomeShare's way to deal with the problem of the old and college students？_A. By making them live together.B. By organizing students to help the old.C. By making them experience each other's life.D. By supporting students' life with the old's money. （3）What does the example of Nick show？_A. College students may face great stress.B. College students do chores to cover their rent.C. Old people need young people's help and care.D. Sharing homes benefits college students spiritually. （4）What does the last paragraph say about the homeshare program？_A. It will include many other services.B. It is carried out in Boston and St. Louis.C. It needs to improve its services.D. It is doubted by college students. 3.     Once upon a time,  researchers dreamed of building a robot storyteller. It would not only entertain young children,  but also help them learn well. This dream has come true. The robot is called Tega. It is cute and appears to be useful in increasing young children's language skills. Developed by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）,  Tega sounds like a child,  makes its body and face full of energy while storytelling and explains the tales on a screen with pictures.    In an eightweek experiment,  Tega read picture books to 67 children aged from 4 to 6 in weekly meetings lasting an hour. During the meetings,  Tega asked questions to have knowledge of the listeners' language skills,  tested them on a word's meaning or asked them to draw conclusions about a character. For example, Tega asked,  "What do you think will happen to the boy? " Tega also recorded the facial expressions and body positions of the children to see how interested they were. For example, leaning forward was considered a good sign. After the book was finished,  the children retold the story to Tega in their own words.    One group of kids played with a personalized version（版本）of the robot,  which improved each time it interacted with the kids,  learning about their language skills from the conversations they had. For this group, Tega chose which book to read based on what it thought would be most suitable and informative for the children's language level. Every second time, Tega would replace several words in the story for these children with more difficult words with similar meanings,  such as "clamour" in place of "noise".    A second group interacted with a nonpersonalized Tega that remembered the children each week,  but chose stories to read at random（随机的） from its library of 81 picture books. For this group,  the story difficulty increased every two weeks. A third group of kids didn't interact with Tega at all.    Several weeks after the last meeting,  the team found that all the children who played with Tega had increased their vocabularies（词汇）, but the personalized group learned the most words. Their error rate on a vocabulary test dropped by 23 percent,  almost double that of the nonpersonalized group. The stories that the children told back to the personalized robot were also longer and more wonderful,  says team member Hae Won Park. （1）What do we know about Tega？_A. It has a voice of an adult.B. It is connected to the Internet.C. It can tell stories in a lively way.D. It is mainly designed to entertain kids. （2）Why did Tega ask questions during the meetings？_A. To keep the kids interested.B. To help kids better understand a story.C. To know about the kids' language skills.D. To encourage the kids to think independently. （3）What do the results of the experiment show？_A. Young kids really love interacting with others.B. The robot needs to be improved to work better.C. Children can increase their vocabularies quickly.D. The personalized version of the robot helps kids most. （4）What is the text mainly about？_A. A new invention for kids.B. A personalized teaching method.C. A new way to increase kids' vocabularies.D. A study carried out by researchers recently. 4.     When I was a child, I often saw my Grandma throwing bread that was no longer fresh to birds. Not surprisingly, this attracted few birds. Later on,  we discovered bird food at the local store. Feeding garden birds in the UK has come a long way since then. Today,  the birds can enjoy many kinds of food:  from plant seeds to sunflower hearts and from cakes to meat balls. All this comes at a huge cost of about £200m a year. Sometimes,  I wonder if _. But maybe it's worth it. Our generosity is having an important effect on the behavior and even evolution of these birds.    Take the goldfinch for example. In the 1960s,  this was a rare bird. Today,  goldfinches can be seen in many gardens. Other new visitors include the spotted woodpecker,  which has left its usual woodland for food on bird tables. Evolution is meant to progress slowly:  over thousands of years. Yet during the past few decades,  the beaks of many kinds of birds have become longer because birds with longer beaks can get more food,  and then are more likely to live on.    Actually,  the British habit of feeding garden birds goes back much further. During the sixth century,  St Serf of Fife fed a robin in his garden;  during the winter of 1890,  workers in London were seen giving their lunches to songbirds. The real change took place in the 1980s,  when a few farsighted businessmen realized that encouraging the British to be more generous to garden birds can help them make money. Therefore, various kinds of bird food and modern bird feeders were produced. As a result, the number of species using garden feeding stations increased very quickly, from about 10 to over 100. Then, in 2005, Springwatch came,  which turned our love of garden birds into an entertainment show.    Is bird feeding completely good for birds? Not everyone thinks so. Studies by the Zoological Society of London have shown that by bringing together many birds, bird feeders may help the spread of disease. In Australia, some bird experts believeprobably wronglythat bird feeding creates a "dependence culture".    But we shouldn't forget one major benefit of feeding garden birdsit connects millions of people to the natural world. This is especially important for people who seldom reach the wider countryside. As I write this, there comes some noise outside my window: several birds were singing and flying around in my garden. It's a sight I could only imagine years ago, when feeding garden birds just meant throwing hard bread to them. （1）What does the author mean by saying the underlined part in Paragraph 1？_A. Feeding garden birds is a huge waste of money.B. We spend quite a lot of money on the food of garden birds.C. We should care more for our kids rather than garden birds.D. Feeding garden birds can bring more joy than feeding kids. （2）Which is the reason behind the fact that many birds' beaks become longer？_A. These birds have given up traditional woodland.B. Food for these birds becomes richer and better.C. Longer beaks mean more chances of survival.D. These birds grow faster than ever before. （3）What do some bird experts in Australia think of bird feeding？_A. It is completely good for birds.B. It may help the spread of disease.C. It connects more and more people to the natural world.D. It may reduce birds' ability to find food by themselves. （4）How does the author feel when he hears bird noise outside his window？_A. Annoyed.B. Pleased.C. Surprised.D. Bored.第二节根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（共1小题，每小题2.5分；计12.5分）  Between school， homework， sports， your afterschool job， and hanging out with friends， it may feel like there's no time for healthy eating. And when you have time，you may simply eat snacks like potato chips.（1）_In fact， if you have a busy schedule， it's even more important to eat healthy foods that give you the energy you need to keep going.（2）_For example，you may feel hungry in a long afternoon of classes or during your swim meet. Knowing how much food your body needs to satisfy this hunger is important. A few walnuts（核桃）are great brain food before sitting down to do your math homework.（3）_Healthy snacking is important to you. During teenage years，the body needs more nutrients to grow. Snacks are a great way to satisfy your hunger and get all nutrients your body needs.（4）_Do not eat foods with lots of added sugars like candy bars or soda. That's because eating these foods may help you stop feeling hungry for a moment，but they are bad for your health in the long term.Choosing healthy snacks means shopping smart.（5）_We may find "all natural" on the side of a package but it doesn't necessarily mean it's nutritious. For example，"all natural" juice drinks can be filled with sugar， which means they'll make you fat easily and give you little nutrition.A. It's natural to feel hungry at certain times.B. Healthy snacking doesn't have to be boring.C. But you need to pay attention to what you eat.D. If you're really feeling hungry，don't pay no attention to it.E. But it is possible to treat yourself to a healthy snack.F. But a whole bag only makes you put on weight easily!G. Be careful of the health information on food packages. 第三部分语言知识运用（共三节，满分10分）第一节 单项选择 （共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）  When dealing with some political problems， we should stick to the rules and be _as well .（ ） A.secureB.shallowC.efficientD.flexible  Working with the medical team in Africa has _the best in her as a doctor.（ ） A.passed outB.brought outC.taken onD.counted on  After hospitals buy expensive equipment， they must try to _the money they had spent.（ ） A.recoverB.remindC.recognizeD.reflect  Emergency workers have made _ with the miners struggling under the ground by using their advanced facility.（ ） A.contactB.concernC.companyD.character  If you wish for further explanation， you'd better apply to the director _.（ ） A.in the short termB.in alarmC.in full measureD.in person  Newspapers are making their efforts to attract readers in an age _ most people read news online for free.（ ） A.thatB.whereC.whenD.why  China Today attracts a worldwide readership，_ sho