2021天水田家炳中学高一下学期期末考试英语试题含答案

天水市田家炳中学2020-2021学年度第二学期期末试卷

高一英语

第I卷（选择题）

一、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

   第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

                               A

 The following are to help you find the train tickets most suited to your needs when you are in the UK.

The Student Railcard

The Student Railcard (or Young Person Railcard) is a great way to keep travel costs down. The 1/3 off train tickets can go a long way in helping you save, ideal for travelling to work, university or college. Whether you have an early morning lecture or you’re rolling home in the early hours after a night out, you can still get 1/3 off on all passenger rail services within the UK! The only requirement for this Railcard is that you need to be within the ages of 16 and 25, and able to prove it with ID．

The Family &Friends Railcard

Up to four adults and four children can use the card on big days out. Adults get 1/3 off train travel and children get a 60% discount on their fares with a Family &Friends Railcard. Children are classed as being between ages 5-15.

It can be purchased and used within 16 counties in the South East, even including the whole of London! Just remember that all users must stay together while travelling—in the same carriage and on the same train.

The Millennial Railcard

The Millennial Railcard is now available across the UK, helping “millennials” to save money on their day-to-day train ticket fares while encouraging more leisurely train travel on days off.

It is available for all who are between the ages of 26 and 30, regardless of peak or off-peak times. Costing just £30, the new Railcard can be used across the UK!

The Saver Railcard

Half off train tickets. That’s right, half! Pick up the new 16-17 Saver Railcard and let the savings pile up. It costs just £30 for the year or up until the date of your 18th birthday, making it one of the best value Raileards considering the kinds of discounts you can get.

The Saver Railcard can be used throughout the UK rail network. However, it is currently only available digitally. You need download the Railcard app and show ticket inspectors during ticket checks.

1．Which type of Railcard can only be used in part of the UK?

A．The Student Railcard. B．The Family& Friends Railcard.

C．The Millennial Railcard. D．The Saver Railcard

2．What is the age range of the people using the Millennial Railcard?

A．5-15. B．16-17

C．16-25. D．26-30

3．What is special about the Saver Railcard?

A．It is the cheapest among the four Railcards. B．It requires its owners to download an app.

C．It can be used during peak times. D．It requires its buyers to prove their ages.

                                     B

    If Confucius (孔子) were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He'd need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.

While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It's nothing personal. Most Americans don't even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.

But this doesn't mean that Americans don't care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.

In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually include Chinese art, history and philosophy (哲学). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Western philosophy. Students in the United States，at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.

So the old thinker's ideas are still alive and well.

Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.

4．The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________.

A．provide some key facts about Confucius

B．attract the readers' interest in the subject

C．show great respect for the ancient thinker

D．prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations

5．We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students ________.

A．have a great interest in studying Chinese

B．take an active part in Chinese competitions

C．try to get high scores in Chinese exams

D．fight for a chance to learn Chinese

6．What is the best title for the passage?

A．Forgotten Wisdom in America

B．Huge Fans of the Chinese Language

C．Chinese Culture for Westerners

D．Old Thinker with a Big Future

7．The passage is likely to appear in ________.

A．a biography B．a history paper

C．a newspaper D．a philosophy textbook

                                     C

    I remember the day when I first learned to ride a bike. It was a frightening, yet fun experience. My granddad was the one who taught me and he helped me when I got hurt. The first time I got on a bike, I had no idea what I was doing, and just about everything went wrong. My granddad told me to just put my feet on the pedals and start pedaling (骑自行车). He also told me he would hold onto the back of the bike the whole time, yet he didn’t.

As soon as I started trying to balance myself, he let go. I happened to look back just then. I was scared, to death that I was going to fall and hurt myself. When I was scared, my mind went blank from pedaling, and I just wanted off. I forgot how to use the brakes (车闸) and fell right off the bike. My granddad kept encouraging me to get up and try again, and after about 15 minutes, 1 finally stopped crying, got up and tried again.

As soon as I started pedaling again, my pants got caught in the chain, and I fell flat on my face and hit my nose. Since that happened t my granddad decided to call it a day and try again the next morning. The next morning I woke up bright and early, and was very eager to try to ride my bike. My nose felt better, so I wasn’t that afraid of falling anymore.

Though I knew there were a lot of difficulties on the way to mastering the skills in riding a bike, I believed I could do well with my granddad’s help. After all, riding a bike was what I wanted to do eagerly.

8．How was the author when he was on the bike first?

A．He didn’t know where he would be going.

B．He thought balancing himself was easy.

C．He was nervous and didn’t know what to do next.

D．He put his feet on the pedals and started pedaling.

9．What does the underlined part in the passage mean?

A．Remember what happened this day.

B．Make the author feel happy.

C．Stop practicing bicycling.

D．Go on to ride a bike.

10．What is the author’s attitude towards his granddad?

A．Supportive. B．Grateful.

C．Indifferent. D．Negative.

11．Which of the following could be the title for the passage?

A．The Experience of My First Riding a Bike

B．The Difficulty I Met with My Granddad

C．The First Time I Got My Own Bike

D．The Great Moment When I Stayed with My Granddad

                                  D

    Smoking is harmful. But as soon as you quit the habit, everything will be OK, right? Wrong.

New research has found that even if you give up smoking, the damage it has done to your genes will stay there for a much longer time. In the research, a team of US scientists studied the blood of 16,000 people. Among them, some were smokers, some used to smoke, and the rest were non-smokers. Scientists compared their genes and found that more than 7,000 genes of smokers had changed--a number that is one-third of known human genes.

According to NBC News, both heart disease and cancer are caused by genetic changes. Some people may have had the changes when they were born, but most people get them in their day-to-day lives while doing things like smoking.

When you stop smoking, a lot of these genes will return to normal within five years.

This means your body is trying to heal (治愈) itself of the harmful effects of smoking. But the changes in some of the genes stay for longer. They can stay for as long as 30 years, It’s almost like leaving a footprint on wet cement (水泥)----it will always be there, even when you’ve walked away and when the cement becomes dry.

Although the study results may make people unhappy, there is a bright side: the findings could help scientists invent medicine to treat genetic damage caused by smoking or find ways to tell which people have heart disease or cancer risks.

12．The function of Paragraph 1 is to_________ .

A．introduce the topic of the passage B．give an example

C．make an argument D．show the main idea of the passage

13．Most genetic changes happen because of___________ .

A．people’s condition at birth B．environmental pollution

C．people’s bad living habit D．heart disease and cancer

14．The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refers to__________ .

A．the footprint B．the cement

C．the harmful effect D．the genetic change

15．Which of the following statements is true?

A．The findings are the fruit of more than three years’ research.

B．The findings have prevented more people from starting smoking

C．The findings offer evidence that a damaged gene can heal itself.

D．The findings help to find cures for genetic damage caused by smoking.

二、七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

How to read more and learn more

These days, more and more Chinese people enjoy sending and receiving messages on the phone. It can help them to get the latest news and communicate with friends. But I think I should read more books besides the textbooks, the more, the better. It can broaden my mind and improve my language skills.16．  Here are some tips for you.

Clear your purpose for reading.

17．Most people read for two main reasons, pleasure or knowledge. Clearing about your reading purpose can not only help you choose the books you really need to read, but also remind you why reading the book is important to you, so you will keep reading and complete the book faster.

18．

No matter what you are reading, it is important to enjoy what you read. Your friends may introduce you the books they love, but those books might not necessarily be the ones you enjoy.

Give up books that you don’t enjoy.

You may have chosen books that you are interested in, and they are right purpose. But while you are reading them, there may still be some books that you don’t enjoy reading. Whenever you realize that you aren’t enjoying the book you are reading, give it up. 19．

Set a reading goal.

It is interesting that I read the books borrowed from libraries faster than those I bought. The reason is the books I bought don’t have a due date! I don’t need to return those books.

20．Before you read each book, ask yourself what time you need to complete this book by.

A．Read only what you are interested in.

B．Read the books borrowed from others.

C．Remember reading shouldn’t be a burden（负担）.

D．Of course, it also can help me to get good grades.

E.We need to get the latest news and communicate with friends.

F.Before you start reading, ask yourself why you are reading this book.

G.Having a reading goal helps you work out how much reading you need to do in a week or even a day.

三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Eddie has lots of hobbies, but he loves baseball best.So it is his    21    sport.Eddie plays baseball on a team every year in the spring.He loves to go to baseball    22   ．

Every day when it is    23   ， Eddie's father throws a baseball to Eddie in the backyard.This is the time of day that Eddie    24    best.He enjoys spending time with his father and he loves practicing baseball.

Eddie    25    baseball cards throughout the year.He and his father visit the    26    and buy cards for Eddie's collection.Eddie spends hours with his baseball cards.He arranges them in different    27   ， and trades them with other baseball    28   ．

One day, Eddie's father came home with two tickets to    29    the Atlanta Braves play the next Saturday.Eddie was so    30   . He counted down the days on the calendar.

Finally it was the day of the game.Eddie and his father    31    to Atlanta early in the morning. Before they watched the match, they    32    the Braves' museum at the stadium and saw a short movie    33   the history of the Atlanta Braves.Eddie enjoyed seeing the museum.

They ate    34    at the stadium, and soon it was time for the game.

The game was exciting. Eddie tried to    35    every move the players made.   36    he watched carefully and practiced a lot, he might just be on one of those baseball cards some day!

   37    the game, Eddie and his father drove home.They talked about the game. They talked about which    38    were the best, and which    39    were the most exciting. Eddie went to sleep that night still    40    of baseball. His dreams were filled with images from his very special day.

21．A．popular    B．favourite    C．only    D．main

22．A．practice    B．school    C．games    D．clubs

23．A．stormy    B．rainy    C．sunny    D．windy

24．A．exercises    B．likes    C．learns    D．wants

25．A．sells    B．keeps    C．collects    D．plays

26．A．buyers    B．museums    C．libraries    D．stores

27．A．rooms    B．sides    C．situations    D．groups

28．A．stars    B．fans    C．agents    D．managers

29．A．see    B．join    C．attend    D．wait

30．A．amazed    B．excited    C．proud    D．nervous

31．A．flew    B．walked    C．rode    D．drove

32．A．visited    B．passed    C．arrived    D．left

33．A．on    B．off    C．in    D．with

34．A．breakfast    B．dessert    C．lunch    D．supper

35．A．choose    B．forget    C．watch    D．copy

36．A．Though    B．Unless    C．When    D．If

37．A．Over    B．Before    C．During    D．After

38．A．seats    B．teams    C．players    D．cards

39．A．parts    B．games    C．movies    D．sports

40．A．thinking    B．dreaming    C．hearing    D．talking

第II卷（非选择题）

四、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分， 满分15分）

    Keeping a diary in English is one of the effective ways to improve our English writing ability.

Compared with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes41． (little) time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. If we persist in this practice, gradually we’ll learn how42．(express)ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many43．(difficult). In the first place, it often happens that we have trouble in44． (find) appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there45． (be) many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English 46． (proper).

As far as I am 47．(concern), my suggestion is 48．we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also ask our English teacher 49． help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is of great use to keep a diary in English for50．  development of our writing skills.

第三部分   写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节  短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

My mom is really concerning with the health of everyone in our families. In order to make surely all of us are in good health, and she makes specific plans for us. For example, every morning, my dad has to have the bowl of egg soup while I had to eat an apple. My dad don’t like the soup and I don’t enjoy apples. I tell my mom that if we’re forced eat things, we may become ill.

But he insists on us eating healthy food. Understanding her good intentions, I eat all the food what is provided by Mom with appreciation.

第二节  书面表达 （满分25分）

假定你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请以身边值得尊敬和爱戴的人为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括:

1. 人物简介；

2. 尊敬和爱戴的原因。

注意:

1. 词数100左右；

2. 短文题目和首句已为你写好。  

The person I respect

We have a lot of respectable people around us. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

参考答案

1．B2．D3．B4．B5．A6．D7．C8．C9．C10．B11．A12．A13．C14．A15．D

16．D 17．F 18．A 19．C 20．G

21．B 22．A 23．C 24．B 25．C 26．D 27．D 28．B 29．A 30．B 31．D 32．A

33．A 34．C 35．C 36．D 37．D 38．C 39．A 40．A

41．Less 42．to express 43．Difficulties 44．Finding 45．are

46．Properly 47．Concerned 48．That 49．for 50．the

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52．The person I respect

We have a lot of respectable people around us. They may be our teachers, parents or one of our elders. As for me, my father is the person I respect most. My father is a teacher who loves his work and his students very much. He works very hard every day but he will also spare some time to accompany me and share many funny things with me about his work.

When I come across the problems of learning in my study, my father will listen to me patiently and encourage me to overcome the difficulties bravely. He achieved a lot in his work, respected by his students. So, in my mind my father is the person I respect most and I love him deeply.