2020-2021年河南省郑州市某校高一（上）期中考试英语试卷.docx

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1、2020-2021年河南省郑州市某校高一（上）期中考试英语试卷一、阅读理解 1. 72 Hours in BeijingTraveling to China is no longer a luxury for many foreign passport holders. The Chinese government has permitted a 72-hour visa-free policy that offers access to visitors from 53 countries including the US, France and Austria. Let'

2、s start with the capital of China, Beijing. Here's a pick of the best in Beijing!Mutianyu Great WallYour trip to Beijing isn't really complete without seeing one of the "New Seven Wonders of the World", the Great Wall of China. The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is by far the m

3、ost well-preserved of all. Taking a one-hour bus ride, Mutianyu would be your ideal location for a half-day of hiking away from the large crowds in the city. Also, the authorities have allowed tourists to paint graffiti on a specific section of the Great Wall since 2014. The Great Wall was designate

4、d（把定名为）a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.Summer PalaceLocated in northwestern Beijing, the Summer Palace is by far the city's most well-preserved royal park. With its huge lake and hilltop views, the palace offers you a pastoral escape into the landscape of traditional Chinese paintings. The

5、Summer Palace was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.798 Art ZoneThis would be on the top of my list! Named after the 798 factory that was built in the 1950s, the art zone is home to various galleries, design studios, art exhibition spaces, fashionable shops and bars. You could easily s

6、pend half your day wandering around the complex, feeling the contrast of the present and the past.Sichuan Provincial RestaurantWhile in Beijing, apart from trying the city's best-known Peking duck, the Sichuan provincial restaurant is one of places where you can enjoy regional delicious food. It

7、 offers one of China's eight great cuisines, Sichuan Cuisine, which ranges from Mapo tofu to spicy chicken. （1）How does the author describe Mutianyu Great Wall?A.Tourists need a half-day to arrive there.B.Tourists are allowed to paint graffiti anywhere.C.It is the most well-maintained part of th

8、e Great Wall.D.It was named a UNESCO World Heritage site 20 years ago. （2）Where would you go first if you were the author?A.798 Art Zone.B.Summer Palace.C.Mutianyu Great Wall.D.Sichuan Provincial Restaurant. （3）Who is the passage intended for?A.The tourists who prefer to travel for free.B.The foreig

9、ners to stay in Beijing for 3 days.C.The visitors coming from every corner of China.D.The foreigners coming to Beijing for the first time. 2. Going to college was not optional. In my family, it was just another step toward the American dream. As soon as I graduated, I enrolled in the English De

10、partment of Colorado State University. I went on to earn two scholarships, and membership in the National Honor Society. I truly believed the hard work was worth it.It wasn't until a few months ago that I realized how clueless I was. I had been combing through the classifieds when my eyes fell u

11、pon my dream job: "National College Magazine looking for writers".Thrilled, I spent the weekend composing a resume. Needless to say, I was stunned when the interviewer barely took one glance before throwing it aside."No experience", he said flatly.I felt like screaming, "Wha

12、t do you mean, no experience? Look at these grades."I was left to absorb the shock of rejection, thinking that nobody ever told me that a 4.0 student would be turned down for a job.Didn't all of my hard work count for anything?l see plenty of demands for two years of experience at a print p

13、ublication, but none requiring extensive knowledge of how to write academic papers. Yet 95% of my energy in school went toward the latter, leaving me little time to devote to anything else. If career preparation is supposed to be the point of college, then why isn't it the focus?Has a college de

14、gree just become another societal status symbol like fancy cars or designer clothes?Given my experience, I feel that a college degree would be a lot more valuable if students were required to get some outside experience to supplement their in-class knowledge. Instead of requiring four science classe

15、s, why not three science classes and an internship（实习）? In my college career, I took one class that taught me how to write and submit essays for publication. This ever so brief taste of the real world was like holding an ice cream sundae in front of a child and only giving her a small bite. （1）Why d

16、id the author study so hard at college?A.To pay for the tuition.B.To land an ideal job.C.To maintain a family tradition.D.To fulfill parents' expectations. （2）What accounted for the author's failure in job hunting?A.His fancy resume.B.His misjudgment in high scores.C.His lack of experience.D

17、.His poor performance in the interview. （3）What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph imply?A.Academic writing is a small part of college life.B.College education always covers unimportant things.C.Competition in college is not as fierce as that in the real world.D.The author feels held

18、 back by his lack of real-world experience. （4）What does the author want to tell us by writing this article?A.Get a college degree and you will go far.B.College students should make the best of their time.C.Career preparation is a necessity for college education.D.Landing a successful career is bett

19、er than a college degree. 3. There were far fewer cars on the streets and crowds were not seen in the shopping malls in Central China's Wuhan on Jan. 24the Eve of the Chinese New Year. The scene was quite different from the occasion in the previous years because of the novel coronavirus, wh

20、ich had resulted in 41 deaths in China by the end of New Year's Eve, mostly in Wuhan, according to the National Health Commission.Chen Li, a doctor in a Wuhan hospital, spent the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve at home to quarantine herself for having had contact with infected patients, but luc

21、kily she has no signs of symptoms for the time being. Chen's husband is at the forefront of the fight against the epidemic. "We haven't seen each other for over a week," said Chen. On Saturday morning, she put on protective clothing again and returned to work.Wuhan is following Bei

22、jing's SARS treatment model in 2003 to build a makeshift hospital with 1,000 beds for receiving infected patients. It will be completed and put into use prior to Feb. 3, less than 10 days away. "It's going to be another all-nighter. We need to speed up the work." said Lyu Jun, a yo

23、ung truck driver at the construction site. This is his first Spring Festival away from home.For ordinary people, this year's Lunar New Year's Eve lacks some gatherings. Yin Yeqiong, from Hunan Province, refunded her tickets back home after much debate. "I had it in my mind to still go h

24、ome, but finally decided to stay in Wuhan," she said. "Our stay will help reduce panic in other places."Doctors, nurses and experts from across the nation have been selected to join the battle, and manufacturers have restarted their plants to produce medical consumables that have been

25、 running short in many places."This is going to be an unforgettable Spring Festival, said Chen Ying, a writer. "Because I feel that at this moment, there are so many families that I do not know, in every corner of this city, praying for our home." （1）What does the underlined word &quo

26、t;quarantine" mean in Paragraph 2?A.Examine.B.Separate.C.Support.D.Recover. （2）Why did Yin Yeqiong decide to stay in Wuhan?A.She couldn't afford the ticket back home.B.She was eager to work as a volunteer.C.She was not allowed to go back to her home.D.She didn't want to cause unnecessar

27、y trouble. （3）What can we learn from the text?A.The Spring Festival in China this year is the same as before.B.Lyu Jun and his coworkers will help complete the hospital in Beijing.C.There is no need to worry because we have plenty of medical consumables.D.Chen Li and her husband are fighting against

28、 the novel coronavirus in Wuhan. （4）What does the text intend to tell us?A.The Chinese are fighting against the epidemic together.B.The epidemic is not so serious that we can enjoy our normal life.C.Coronavirus, a highly infectious disease, is spreading around China.D.Not until the makeshift hospita

29、l is completed will the doctors find the cure. 4. You've probably heard that brick-and-mortar retail（实体零售）is in trouble. Even industry giants are closing hundreds of stores. Given retail's gradual change to mobile and e-commerce, you may be wondering. What will retail look like in the f

30、uture? Nobody knows. But here are a few things you can expect to see based on current technology.Ultrafast delivery is coming. Today, the normal practice is two-day delivery. But if you've been paying attention, you know that's changing. In fact, a surprisingly high 25% of consumers said tha

31、t they would abandon their orders if one-day delivery wasn't available. Of course, that's just the beginning. Two-hour delivery is coming in the foreseeable future, and Amazon has already been trying 30-minute delivery.Your kitchen will resupply itself. You won't have to worry about runn

32、ing out of essentials like coffee, pet food or snacks because your containers will sense stock levels and replace those items without you having to lift a finger. No more waking up to find your coffee store is empty or last-minute trips to the grocery store because you forgot to buy pet food.Know ex

33、actly what's in stock and where. Have you ever gone to a store hoping to buy something, only to learn that they were out of stock? A new feature from Google Home allows people to ask Google Assistant to find in-stock products at the closest store. For example: "Google, where can I find the

34、Nintendo Switch console?" An assistant will tell you how many stores have it right then and how close they are. Of course, it isn't currently available for all stores in all locations, but you can already see a future when it has become standard.Convenience, experience, and optionsretail wi

35、ll take on a new look. （1）How does the author develop the passage?A.By arguing and debating.B.By asking and answering.C.By analyzing and commenting.D.By comparing and concluding. （2）What can we know from Paragraph 2?A.The delivery will be in two days in the future.B.Superfast delivery has widely bee

36、n used now.C.Consumers can't get their orders in one day now.D.It is possible to deliver goods within two hours in the future. （3）According to the passage, what will happen in the future?A.Retail will disappear gradually.B.Industrial giants will rule the whole retail trade.C.Shopping will be mor

37、e convenient and effective.D.People will ask Google Assistant to purchase goods. （4）What's the best title of the passage?A.What will retail be like in the future?B.How will new technology change the world?C.How will we run the retail trade in the future?D.What benefits will high-tech bring in th

38、e future?二、七选五  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。Hope is the most powerful motivating force（驱动力）that helps people to overcome the difficulties.（1）_, you need a guiding force to keep you moving toward your goals. Hope keeps you on your feet and makes you much stronger.Hope is your streng

39、th and inner faith in the battle of your life.（2）_, you lose everything. You do hard work and make a great effort to succeed in life but fail. That makes you upset and depressed. You do not know what to do. At that time hope comes to your rescue and gives you encouragement.（3）_.Hope increases the pr

40、oductivity, efficiency and creativity in people. A hopeful person is a positive person who can succeed in any field of his choice.（4）_. The best service we can do to mankind is giving hope to the hopeless.Is hope necessary for life? Yes, hope gives meaning to life as without hope there is no reason

41、to live. Give hope to the people and they will become more creative and more productive. Hope is vital to the life of every person.（5）_. Hope is the best medicine that keeps away tension, depression, high blood pressure and other health problems. I had two big heart attacks and while at the edge of

42、death, I had hope that I would survive. And the hope of getting well kept me alive.A. If you lose hopeB. In the ups and downs of lifeC. You try one more time and succeedD. Since you're full of hope for the futureE. You have never lost hope and felt sorry for yourselfF. A hopeless person is

43、a failed person who can never succeed in lifeG. Besides, hope is necessary not only for life but also for living a healthy life三、完形填空  My teenage son Karl refused to talk to others 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

44、（1）_. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six（2）_ grades for the year. At this rate he would（3）_ graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him.（4）_ worked.One night I felt so（5）_ that I got down on my

45、knees and pleaded for（6）_. "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

46、."（7）_ he could say another word, I choked up and all my（8）_ and sadness over Karl came（9）_ out into the ears of this stranger. "I love my son（10）_ I just don't know what to do. I've tried everything to get Karl to（11）_ to school and nothing has worked. It's out of my hands.&qu

47、ot; For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster（12）_ said, "Thank you for your time." and（13）_ up.Karl's next report card showed a marked（14）_ in his grades. Finally, he（15）_ made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting wi

48、th Karl. I（16）_ that his teachers were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, "Mum, remember that（17）_ from the headmaster last year?" I nodded. "That was me. I thought I'd play a joke but when I（18）_ what you said, it really（19）_ me how much

49、 I was hurting you. That's when I knew I had to make you（20）_." （1）A.pulled awayB.drove awayC.lighted upD.cheered up （2）A.failingB.encouragingC.satisfyingD.comforting （3）A.seldomB.alwaysC.usuallyD.never （4）A.EverythingB.SomethingC.AnythingD.Nothing （5）A.worthlessB.powerlessC.carelessD.fearless （6）A.helpB.changeC.forgivenessD.pleasure （7）A.WhenB.BeforeC.UntilD.While （8）A.enjoymentB.argumentC.embarrassmentD.di