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1、万州二中高2020级高一上期中期考试 英语试题考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分第一部分：听 力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节听下面5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1.What is the relationship between the speakers?A.Classmates.B.Teacher and student.C.Salesma

2、n and customer.2.How did the man get here?A.By taxi.B.By bus.C.By car.3.What time is it now?A.6:00 pm.B.7:00 pm.C.8:00 pm.4.Who is the man?A.Jacks boss.B.Jacks doctor.C.Jacks friend.5.What does the man think of his new English teacher?A.Serious.B.Good.C.Boring.第二节听下面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、

3、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7 两个小题。6.How long can the mans holiday last?A.5 days.B.7 days.C.9 days.7.How does the woman feel now?A.Excited.B.Tired.C.Disappointed.听下面一段对话，回答第8 和第9 两个小题。8.What was the man doing?A.Reading a book.B.

4、Listening to a book.C.Enjoying some music.9.What is Daniel Radcliffe?A.An actor.B.A writer.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10.Why is the woman really angry about the dormitory?A.It is rather dirty.B.It is extremely small.11.What is the mans attitude toward the womans complaint?A.Impatient.B.Angry.12.Where is

5、the woman arranged to live for the time being?A.In the dormitory.B.In a hotel nearby.C.In her roommate*s house.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13.Where did the ship turn over?A.In the open sea near Romania.B.In a port in Saudi Arabia.C.In Port of Midia.14.What happened after the ship turned over?A.Some crew m

6、embers died.B.Most of the sheep died.15.How did the man learn about some dying sheep last year?A.From a newspaper.B.From an online video.C.From an article on the Internet.16.What is the weather like today?A.Foggy.B.Hot.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17.When did the speakers mother begin to teach her math?C.A

7、 musician.C.It offers a broken key.C.Understanding.C.75 sheep were killed.C.Cold.A.At the age of four.B.At the age of five.C.At the age of six.18.What did the speakers mother often ask her to do?A.Help with her work.B.Go shopping by herself.C.Practice math by doing the shopping.19.What did the speak

8、er find interesting?A Building things.B.Staying alone in a house.C.Collecting special materials.20.What does the speaker mainly talk about?A.The ways she gets along with her parents.B.Her work as an engineer at Boeing.C.Her childhood experience.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第 一 节（共 15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文

9、，从每题所给的A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AL.Bean Quad backpackIf you need a backpack that can carry large and small objects and is comfortable to wear,this is the backpack foryou.The reasonable price and customers9 100%satisfaction makes this a great buy any way you look at it.While ifsnot the most

10、 beautiful backpack on the planet,it does look nice at first sight.Kanken 15 backpackThis Kanken bag is a great choice for school kids of grade one to six or adults with narrow shoulders.Weighingunder 450g,its easy and comfortable to carry this bag around.The simple design with a lot of eye-catching

11、 colorsmay have you fall in love with it at once.Timbuk2 Command backpackIf you want to safely carry your laptop and look stylish,the Timbuk2 Command backpack is the one for you.Thesoft back is made for a comfortable wearing experience.The clean coloring and lines of the bag may make you more“grown-

12、up”.Amazon Basics backpackWith a lowest price among all these backpacks,the Amazon Basics backpack is a great choice for collegestudents on a tight budget.There are tons of storage choices in this backpack,so ifs easy to forget exactly where youplaced a certain object.It is a basic black backpack wi

13、th a few designs and is never going to appear on a fashion Tstage.1.What makes L.Bean Quad backpack attractive?A.The color and the design.B.The cost and the public praise.C.The style and the quality.D.The lightweight and the simplicity.2.Which of the following is an advantage of Amazon Basics backpa

14、ck?A.Price.B.Fashion.C.Comfort.D.Storage.3.In which section of a newspaper can you probably find the passage?A.News.B.Society.C.Business.D.Reviews.【答案】l.B 2.A 3.C【解析】这是一篇应用文。广告介绍了几种背包。【1题详解】细节理解题。根据 L.Bean Quad backpack 段落中“The reasonable price and customers,100%satisfaction makesthis a great buy an

15、y way you look at it.（不管你怎么看，合理的价格和客户100%的满意度使这成为一个很棒的购买。）可知，L.Bean Quad backpack吸引人的地方就是它的购买成本和口碑。故选B 项。【2 题详解】细节理解题。根据 Amazon Basics backpack 段落中“With a lowest price among all these backpacks,the AmazonBasics backpack is a great choice for college students on a tight budget.（在所有这些背包中，亚马逊基本款背包的价格最低

16、，对于预算紧张的大学生来说是一个不错的选择。）可知Amazon Basics backpack的优势就是价格低。故选A 项。【3 题详解】推理判断题。通读全文可知，文章介绍了几种背包的特点、价格等，所以应该出现在报纸的商业版面。故选 C 项。BWhen I leamed that my 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabblea word gameagainst herself,I knew I hadto do something.My husband suggested we give her a computer to play against.I

17、wasnt sure my mother was ready for it.After all,it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker.Even so,we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents home.And so began my mothers adventurein the world of computers.It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching tas

18、k for me.Id taught people of all ages,but I never thoughtI would be teaching my mother how to do anything.She had been the one teaching me all my life:to cook and sew,toenjoy the good times and put up with the bad.Now it was my turn to give something back.It wasnt easy at the beginning.There was so

19、much to explain and to introduce.Slowly but surely,my mothercaught on,making notes in a little notebook.After a few months of Scrabble and other games,I decided it was time tointroduce her to word processing.This proved to be a bigger challenge to her,so I gave her some homework.I askedher to write

20、me a letter,using different letter types,colors and spaces.“Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?”she asked.“No,of course not,“I said.They already know how to use a computer.”My mother isnt the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period.Thanks to the computer,my father hasfi

21、nally got over his phone allergy.For as long as I can remember,any time I called,my mother would answer.Dad andI have had more phone conversations in the last two months than weve had in the past 20 years.4.Why did the author decide to give her mother a computer?A.To help her through the bad times.B

22、.To make her life more enjoyable.C.To support her in doing her homework.D.To let her have more chances to write letters.5.What does the author do according to the text?A.She is a teacher.B.She is a cook.C.She is a housewife.D.She is a computer engineer.6.Why did the author ask her mother to write he

23、r a letter?A.To keep in touch with her mother.B.To free her mother from heavy housework.C.To practice what her mother had learned.D.To prevent her mother from using the telephone.7.What happened to the authors father after the computer was brought home?A.He played even more games.B.He became skilled

24、 at it.C.He lost interest in cooking.D.He took more phone calls.【答案】4.B 5.A 6.C 7.D【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个家庭生活故事。作者知道妈妈在家玩拼字游戏时，决定给妈妈一台电脑，来使每天的生活更有趣。作者教妈妈使用电脑，这不是一件容易的事情。家里有了电脑之后，接电话的活儿就落到哪里爸爸身上。【4 题详解】推理判断题。根据文章第一段 When I learned that my 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabblea wordgameagainst herself

25、,I knew I had to do something.My husband suggested we give her a computer to playagainst.（当我得知71岁的母亲正在和自己玩拼字游戏时，我知道我必须做点什么。我丈夫建议我们给她一台电脑玩。）”可知，作者的母亲生活比较单调和无趣，作者通过教母亲使用电脑让她的生活更丰富。故选B。【5 题详解】细节理解题。根据文章第二段Id taught people of all ages,but I never thought I would be teaching my motherhow to do anything.（

26、我教过各个年龄段的人，但我从没想过我会教我母亲如何做任何事情。）”可知，作者是个教师。故选A。【6 题详解】细节理解题。根据文章第四段This proved to be a bigger challenge to her,so I gave her some homework.I askedher to write me a letter,using different letter types,colors and spaces.（这对她来说是一个更大的挑战，所以我给了她一些家庭作业。我让她给我写一封信，用不同的字母类型，颜色和空间。）”可知，作者让母亲使用电脑写信，进行文字处理，去练习所学

27、到的东西。故选C。【7 题详解】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段Thanks to the computer,my father has finally got over his phone allergy.For aslong as I can remember,any lime I called,my molher would answer.Dad and I have had more phone conversations inthe last two months than weve had in the past 20 years.（多亏了电脑，我父亲终于克服了电话过敏。在我的记忆中，

28、任何时候我打电话给妈妈，妈妈都会接。在过去的两个月里，爸爸和我的电话交谈比我们过去20年里的还要多。）”可知，有了电脑后，作者的父亲更多机会接女儿的电话了。故选D。CSome people like modern art,while others say that it is rubbish.But a cleaner who works in the Tate BritainGallery in London isnt able to tell the difference.The woman,whose name isnt known,mistook a work of art by th

29、eGerman painter Gustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish,and threw it out with other bags.The plastic bag,whichcontained pieces of paper and cardboard,was later recovered outside the gallery,but the artist thought that it was toobadly damaged to be put on show again,and so he found another bag.78-year-ol

30、d Mr.Metzger explained that theexhibit,which he said was a copy of a similar work he had created in 1960,was meant to show that all art is temporary（暂时的）.Embarrassed officials at the museum said that they had had to call a meeting with cleaners to explain whichthings should not be touched.They would

31、 not say whether Mr.Metzger would be paid for the incident.However,tomake absolutely sure the same thing would not happen again,they decided to cover Mr.Metzgers work everyevening with a coloured cloth.In this way cleaners arriving after the gallery had closed to the general public wouldrealize that

32、 they should not touch it.This is not the first time that museum cleaners have had trouble distinguishing exhibits from rubbish.In 2001,inanother London gallery,a cleaner threw away a work by the well-known British artist Damien Hirst.It was anarrangement of empty beer bottles,coffee cups,and ashtra

33、ys（烟灰缸）,which were meant to show the disorder in thelife of an artist.However,cleaners dont always throw things awaysometimes they clean them!This was the case with a dirtybath,which was on show in a gallery in Germany.Without asking what the bath was doing in the gallery,the cleanersimply cleaned i

34、t.8.The woman cleaner threw away the plastic bag be c a us e.A.the plastic bag was badly damagedB.she didnt recognize it was a work of artC.she hated modern art and considered it rubbishD.The exhibit on show was taken the place of by another bag9.The underlined word“distinguishing“in Paragraph 3 pro

35、bably means A.collecting B.replacing C.telling D.exchanging10.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A.Mr Metzger would be paid some money for the incident.B.Tate British Gallery will be closed to avoid the same mistake.C.Artists often use rubbish to show how content they

36、 feel with life.D.More than one cleaner threw away works of art in galleries.11.What might be the best title for the passage?A.Cleaner Mistakes Modem Art for Rubbish B.Good Cleaners Make MistakesC.Damaged Modern Art Works D.Dangerous Galleries and Cleaners【答案】8.B 9.C 10.D 11.A【解析】本文是一篇新闻报道，主要讲的是一个女清

37、洁工把德国画家古斯塔夫 梅茨格的一件现代艺术品误认为是一袋垃圾扔掉了，事实上，这样的事情发生不止一次了。【8 题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段The woman,whose name isnt known,mistook a work of art by the German painterGustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish,and threw it out with other b a g s.（这个姓名不详的女清洁工把德国画家古斯塔夫梅茨格的一件艺术品误认为是一袋垃圾，并把它和其他垃圾袋一起扔了出去）可知，女清洁工把“那袋垃圾”扔掉是因为她不知道那是一件艺

38、术品，故选B。【9 题详解】词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“In 2001,in another London gallery,a cleaner threw away a work by thewell-known British artist Damien H irst.可知，2001年，在伦敦的另一家画廊，一位清洁工扔掉了英国著名艺术家达米恩赫斯特的一幅作品，这说明清洁工分不清一些艺术品到底是艺术品还是垃圾，由此可知画线词词义为“区分”，故选C。【10题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段“The woman,whose name isnt known,mistook a work of art b

39、y the German painterGustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish,and threw it out with other bags.”（这个姓名不详的女清洁工把德国画家古斯塔夫 梅茨格的一件艺术品误认为是一袋垃圾，并把它和其他垃圾袋一起扔了出去）及第三段“Thisisnot the first time that museum cleaners have had trouble distinguishing exhibits from rubbish.In 2001,in anotherLondon gallery,a cleaner threw

40、away a work by the well-known British artist Damien Hirst.（这已经不是第一次博物馆清洁工分不清到底是艺术品还是垃圾了。2001年，在伦敦的另一家画廊，一位清洁工扔掉了英国著名艺术家达米恩赫斯特的一幅作品）可知，不止一个清洁工扔掉了画廊里的艺术品，故选D。1 1 题详解】主旨大意题。通读全文，特别是根据Thewoman,whose name isnt known,mistook a work of art by the Germanpainter Gustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish,and threw

41、it out with other bags.（这个姓名不详的女清洁工把德国画家古斯塔夫梅茨格的一件艺术品误认为是一袋垃圾，并把它和其他垃圾袋一起扔了出去）及第三段“This is not the first time that museum cleaners have had trouble distinguishing exhibits from rubbish.（这已经不是第一次博物馆清洁工分不清到底是艺术品还是垃圾了）可知，文章主要讲的是一个女清洁工把德国画家古斯塔夫梅茨格的一件现代艺术品误认为是一袋垃圾扔掉了，事实上，这样的事情发生不止一次了，故选AoDThousands of pe

42、ople living in the Chinese capital will celebrate the start of the Chinese New year by heading forthe ski resorts（滑雪场）.Never mind that Beijings dry weather seldom produces snow.It is cold enough in winterfor snow-making machines to make a covering for the hills north to the capital.And the rapid gro

43、wth of apleasure-seeking middle class has formed the basis for this new craze（热潮）.Since Beijings first ski resort was opened ten years ago,the sport has enjoyed astonishing increase.There are nowmore than a dozen resorts.Clothes markets in the city have added bright colored ski suits to their winter

44、 collections.Mr.Wei,a manager of a newly-opened ski resort in Beijing,sees the growth of an industry that could soonlead Chinese to head for the ski resorts of Europe.In recent years,ski resorts offering natural snow have opened inChina.But many are in faraway areas of the country and cant really ma

45、tch the equipment and services ofsome ski resorts in Europe.Beijings skiing craze is partly a result of the recent increase in private（私有的）cars.This has led to the growth ofa leisure industry in the capital suburbs（交|5 区），which until the late-1990s were unreachable to ordinary people.According to Mr

46、.Wei,about 40%of the visitors to his resort come in their own cars.The rest are bused in byschools,businesses or government offices.The problem is making money.Starting ski resorts requires quite a lot of money;hiring land from the localgovernment,preparing the hills,buying snow machines,making sure

47、 there are enough water and electricity to runthem,and buying ski equipment for hiring out to customers.The ski resort where Mr.Wei works cost nearly$4 million to set up.And as so often in China when someonecomes up with a good idea,many others rush in and price wars break out.Beijing now offers som

48、e of the cheapestski training classes in the world,though with most people rather new to the sport,expecting a few moredoing the same job.12.What does this text mainly talk about?A.Convenience for skiers brought about by private cars.B.Skiing as a new way of enjoying ones spare time.C.Things to be c

49、onsidered when starting a ski resort.D.A sudden increase of ski training classes in Beijing.13.Why are some Chinese likely to go skiing in Europe?A.To visit more ski areas.B.To ski on natural snow.C.For a large collection of ski suits.D.For better services and equipment.14.The underlined words“leisu

50、re industry in Paragraph 3 refer toA.transport to ski resortsB.production of family carsC.business of providing spare time enjoymentsD.part-time work for people living in the suburbs15.What is the main problem in running a ski resort?A.D ifficulty in hiring land.B.Lack of business experience.C.Price