2021重庆市第二十九中学高一上学期期中考试英语试题含答案

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重庆二十九中2020－2021学年度上期高一年级外语半期测试题（时间：120分钟     满分：150分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从试题所给的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 does the woman think of the coffee?
A. It’s a bit expensive.  B. It’s delicious and cheap.  C. It’s pretty bad for local business.2. What happened to the woman?
A. Someone knocked her down.
B. Her friend went to the hospital for an operation.
C. Her wallet was stolen.3. What are the speakers doing?
A. Having a dinner.     B. Selling some fruit.  C. Enjoying a holiday.4. What will the woman probably do next?
A. Write something down.     B. Call her sister.         C. Give Mr. Peterson a message.5. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. Next to a gas station.   B. On the side of the road.  C. In a car.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、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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What matters most to the woman about teaching?
A. Working with many different people.
B. Having long vacations.
C. Staying with young people.7. How does the woman feel about teaching?
A. It’s boring.  B. It’s rewarding.  C. It’s always tiring.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What is wrong with the girl?
A. She has a headache and a sore throat.
B. She has a cough and a fever.
C. Her stomach hurts.9. What will the man do next?
A. Take her to see the doctor.     B. Give her some medicine.      C. Bring her something to drink.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why was the man upset last week?
A. He was fired from his job.
B. The woman lied to him about something.
C. Tammy changed his shift.11. What does the man say about Mr. Ainsworth?
A. He is a liar.      B. He is Tammy’s boyfriend.   C. He is on Tammy’s side.12. What does the woman suggest that the man do at first?
A. Look for another job.   B. Talk to their boss.  C. Talk to Mr. Ainsworth again.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why does the man go to that particular store?
A. He heard they had a discount for jewelry.
B. His wife likes that store a lot.
C. He always buys his wife presents from that store.14. Why does the man want to buy his wife a present?
A. For Valentine’s Day.  B. For their anniversary.   C. For her birthday.15. What does the man think of the first necklace?
A. It is beautiful but expensive.
B. His wife already has something like it.
C. The diamond was too large.16. How much does the man pay in the end?
A. $2000.   B. $800.  C. $720.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. According to the talk, what makes a language easy to learn?
A. It is spoken by a lot of people.
B. It is similar in grammar and structure to your native language.
C. It doesn’t contain too much vocabulary.18. Why is Chinese considered one of the most difficult languages to learn?
A. There are many characters with changeable meanings.
B. There are many different writing systems.
C. Its sentence structure is completely different from English.19. Which languages’ writing systems are partly based on Chinese characters?
A. Japanese and Arabic.  B. Korean and Arabic.  C. Japanese and Korean.20. What can we learn about Arabic?
A. It is written left to right.
B. It uses few vowels.
C. Many words come from English.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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 AFire Prevention Information on CampusThe University of Adelaide employs a full-time staff of fire prevention professionals. They inspect all campus buildings and test and maintain all sprinkler (喷水灭火装置）systems, fire alarms and fire extinguishers (灭火器). They also provide educational programs of fire safety in the residence hall. Whenever you move to a new area, you should locate the fire alarm pull stations and the two exits nearest your room.Fire AlarmsThe floors of all campus buildings are equipped with manual fire alarm systems which include fire alarm pull stations and pipes. Most are also equipped with automatic fire alarm systems consisting of heat detectors, smoke detectors and sprinklers. For your safety, never misuse these systems. False fire alarms are illegal and may lead to imprisonment.Fire Drills（演习）A fire drill will be conducted in your dorm every semester. During a fire drill, please do the following:·Take your room key and ID, close and lock the door to your room.·Exit immediately from the nearest emergency exit do not use a lift.·Meet outside of your residence hall and wait for further instructions.Fire ExtinguishersFire extinguishers are located on each floor and in each apartment. Use a fire extinguisher only if you have been trained to do so. Irresponsible use of a fire extinguisher can create a dangerous situation for other residents and could result in damage to personal property and comes with fines.Smoke DetectorA smoke detector is on the ceiling in your room. Some buildings also have heat detectors on the ceilings. Do the following to ensure the safe operation of your smoke detector:·If your smoke detector is working properly, the red light should be on. If the red light is not blinking（闪动）,contact residence hall staff immediately.·Do not cover or block your smoke detector in any way.·If a smoke detector sets off an alarm and there is no fire or smoke, inform your hall staff.21.Which is not the responsibilities of the fire prevention professionals? A.To inspect buildings.     B.To help student locate the nearest exits.C.To check and maintain related equipment. D.To train people about fire safety.22.What should we do during a fire drill? A.Take your money and phones.    B.Open your door with a key on it.C.Leave through the closest exit immediately. D.Use lift to escape if you leaves in high floor.23.To see whether a smoke detector is working, we can pay attention to ________. A.its light        B.its soundC.its smoke        D.its ceilingsBDuring last winter holidays, I took a self-driving tour from Southern California to Nevada and Arizona with five friends. It was fun to experience the winter cold in places in the united States with an average temperature of 0 degrees. To me, one of the most impressive views was Horseshoe bend, which is a horseshoe-shaped part of Colorado River located near the town of Page, Arizona.After 50 minutes’ drive from Page, we arrived at a parking lot near the Colorado River. A touring truck took us to a cliff (悬崖) and we walked to the flat ground to overlook Horseshoe Bend. When we approached the edge (边缘) of the cliff , a view of the Colorado River came to our eyes.While I was looking with surprise at the scene, I realized that the cliff was not fenced up. It could be dangerous for tourists that moved right to the edge to take a photo. So I took a photo of myself standing safely on a platform. However, One of my friends, Joshua insisted on moving to the rock edge to take a breathtaking photo with a better view. He was not alone, since a number of tourists were willing to risk their life for a cool Facebook post and doing the same.When we returned to San Diego the next day , a piece of News scared my friends and me to death: A 14-year-old California girl visiting Arizona had died after an accidental fall at the Horseshoe Bend Overlook, where we visited the same day.Since then, I told every friend of me not to risk our lives just to get a photo. It doesn’t worth it to put our lives in danger just in exchange for a few Facebook likes, however pleasing it is to get comments and likes on a social media platform. Safety should always be the first priority. What impressed the author most according to the first paragraph? A.Her friends.       B. The winter.C.Horseshoe bend.      D. Town of Page.25. What is the author’s view towards taking photo on the rock edge? A. scaring but exciting.      B. breathtaking and amazing.C. lonely and cold       D. dangerous and risky.26. The author felt frightened the next day because of________.A. so many people standing on the edge   B. an accidental fall at the same place C. the amazing views on the cliff    D. an dangerous photo by her friends 27. which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. My Happy Travelling Experiences   B.Too Dangerous to TravelC. Page Town, a Place of Wonders    D.Too Close to the EdgeC UNESCO holds an International Mother Language Day（IMLD）each year on Feb 21. The event is to draw attention to the disappearance of the world's languages：many languages are actually dying out each year. UNESCO sees this as a tragedy (悲剧), and with good reason.What happens when a language dies out? Something huge is lost—not just sounds and marks but the way that people understand the world and communicate with each other. And it is through language that we have culture and tradition. Kill a language and all this is killed too.Through IMLD, more people are seeing the problem and trying to stop it. Google's 2012 Endangered Languages Project is a good example. Speakers and protectors of endangered languages upload text, audio and video files to the project site. They want to introduce people to the wonders of the way that people communicate and express themselves around the world.The Myaamia Project is a similar kind of effort. This is an attempt to revive（重新使用）the language spoken by the Miami and Illinois tribes of the US. Project members work to encourage people to study and learn to use this language, which formally died out in the 1960s.These activities, which breathe life into languages on the edge of extinction, might seem old-fashioned to some. But those who work to keep languages alive are old-fashioned at all. They are enthusiastic young people who design apps and use social media to champion their activities. As the US-based social event calendar website Upcoming puts it, they“spread the word" to save the word.So, while the problem of disappearing languages remains a very serious one, there is hope. We all have a special feeling for our mother tongue. This is why we should recall the wise words of the late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela：“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language, that goes to his heart.”Why does UNESCO hold IMLD each year? To let people learn dying-out languages.  B. To allow people use their mother tongues.C. To give reasons for language dying out.  D. To draw attention to dying-out languages.What does Google’s project and the Myaamia Project have in common?They upload text, audio and video files to websites.They protect language spoke by some tribes in the US.They are trying to protect endangered languages.They write endangered languages into textbooks.What does the underlined word “champion” in paragraph 5 mean? AA. To support and promote something.     B. To make something successful.C. To make something fashionable .    D. To hold competitions for.31. Which of the following Nelson Mandela may agree? A. The languages understood by people is more special.B. Mother languages contains deeper meaning and emotion.C. People should learn languages through heart and mind.D.We must talk to people with heart and care.DIf you are a sci-fi lover, you will be familiar with the super-humans of the future shown in books and on screen: they have high-tech machine implants (植入装置), regrowable arms and cameras for eyes. However, what will real human beings look like in the future?According to the BBC, humans will be quite different - we might have developed smaller bodies due to changed eating habits. And we might have darker skin because of global population changes.Since early times when human began to make tools and use fire, fatty food has been our main source of nutrition. However, fatty food also leads to weight gain. Obesity limits people’s chance of having health children, and so evolution may give us shorter intestines (肠子),” Thomas Mailund, a professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, suggested to BBC. Shorter intestines will mean we do not absorb as much fat and sugar. Therefore future humans may be smaller.Jason A. Hodgson, a lecturer at the University of Cambridge in the UK, believes that our skin will be darker in the future. This is because of different reproduction (生育) rates. Some groups, such as Africans, have a higher reproduction rate that would make them a large proportion of the global population. People with lighter colored skins will reproduce at a lower rate. Hodgson told BBC, “I’d expect that the average person several generations out from now will have darker skin color than they do now. ”Besides these natural changes, Artificial selection, due to technology advancement, is also playing an important role in human development. As people become more and more multitasking, they need better memory for their daily life. “An implant in the brain would allow us to remember well,” Mailund told Science Nordic. “We know that genes are involved in building the brain that’s good at remembering. We might just change that.”These changes will aid “all kinds of human organisms” to have the ability to adjust”, Scientific American reported.32. What is the purpose of paragraph 1? To imagine the future.     B. To introduce the topic.C. To ask a question.      D. To compare now and future.33. What can we infer about the future human beings according to Thomas Mailund?    A.People may like fatty food more.       B. Obesity may be top 1 problem of human.C. People may start making tools again.    D. The average height of people may decrease.34. Why future people may have darker skin?A. Americans will have a higher reproduction rate. B. The sun will give stronger light.C. Dark-colored people will reproduce faster.  D. Africans will have darker skin.               35. To improve memory, people may________in the future. A. change or edit brain-related genes.     B. have implanted heart. C. eat some memory-improving bread.    D. develop multitasking technology. 第二节（共5小题：每小题2. 5分， 满分12. 5分）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。Top Tips for Better WritingThere are many different types of writing, such as essays, letters and speeches. Whatever your reason is and whatever your style, there are some universal tips that will help you improve your writing:   36    The most basic question to ask yourself before you start is why you are writing. In an essay or assignment, your purpose is to convey information and draw conclusions. But if you are writing a business report, you may want to make recommendations. Whatever it is, keep your purpose in mind at all times to avoid going off topic.Start with a plan   37    The result is often separated writing with parts that don’ t connect. Whatever you are writing, creating a clear plan is the first step to getting your message across quickly and in the most effective way.Guide readers through what you writeYour task is to help readers understand your message quickly and precisely.    38    Each sentence, each paragraph should be relevant to what comes before and what comes after. You should use words and phrases that connect to show these connections.Write for readers, not yourselfYour aim in writing is to communicate ideas and information to other people, and you must keep that in mind with every word and sentence you write.    39    Write for the ear, not for the eyeOnce you’ve finished a draft of your speech, practice reading it out loud.   40    Revise so you are more comfortable giving your speech. You want to sound natural, no matter what the occasion is.Be clear about your purpose B. Write for the aim, not for the wordsC. It sounds robotic, and employers hate it.D. Far too often people write without a plan.E. You’ll hear something that sounds awkward.F. Constantly ask yourself who you really write the information for.G. To do this, it is necessary to show them clearly how the different parts relate to each other.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。It was 5:45 a.m. when physician Michael Shannon  41  along California’s Pacific Coast Highway toward the beach to meet a friend for their regular Tuesday walk. As he  42  toward Dana Point Harbor, suddenly a truck had 43  in front of him. With no time to react, the doctor was  44  in the car. Shannon knew that he had to get out—fast, since he sensed something  45  .   46  , help arrived almost at once as Chris Trokey and three other fire-fighters were  47  return from a nearby location. The timing was better than good. After about half an hour, the vehicle was fine and the  48  victim (受害者) was put onto the ambulance. On the way to the hospital Chris began to think about the victim’s name: Michael Shannon. “Could he be my previous doctor”, the fire-fighter thought. In the trauma room he asked “Do you  49  me at all? You stayed with me when I was really little,” says Trokey. Shannon finally  50  Chris, although Chris looked  51  like the weak baby he had once been.In June 1986, Chris Trokey  52  the world ten weeks early. What’s worse, a fever—dangerous for a newborn but even more so for a premature baby followed. It was Shannon who magically  53  the baby and even keep him  54  while sleeping until he was safe. His parents told the story again and again. That’s  55  people call destiny (命运).     A.walked   B.wondered   C.drove    D.ranA.enjoyed   B.headed    C.arranged   D.commentedA.pulled up  B.put off    C.set out    D.closed downA.sat    B.beaten    C.destroyed   D.stuck A.burning   B.stopping   C.flying    D.amazingA.Worriedly  B.Surprisingly   C.Accidentally  D.FortunatelyA.in     B.to     C.at     D.forA.fighter   B.patient    C.doctor    D.friendA.realize   B.remember   C.like    D.saveA.recognized  B.knew    C.believed   D.understoodA.nothing   B.everything   C.anything   D.somethingA.came   B.went    C.entered    D.fellA.cared   B.encouraged   C.worried   D.treatedA.quite   B.company   C.silence    D.safetyA.that    B.how    C.which    D. what第二节（共10小题；每小题1. 5分,满分15分）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。Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half of its corals since 1995 due to warmer seas  56  (drive) by climate change, a study has found. Scientists found all types of corals had suffered a decrease across the world's  57   (large) reef system. The fastest falls came after mass bleaching (白化) events in 2016 and 2017. More mass bleaching occurred this year. “There is no time to lose - we must  58  (sharp) decrease greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible,” the researchers said.  59  study, published in a science journal, was conducted by a group of Australian marine scientists. They assessed the health  60  size of coral colonies across the reef from 1995 to 2017. They found populations had dropped by more than 50% of all coral  61  (kind), but especially in branching and table-shaped corals. These usually provide habitats for fish and other marine life. Prof Terry Hughes, a study co-author, said these coral types had been "worst affected" by the back-to-back mass bleachings  62  (damage) two-thirds of the reef. In the past decade in particular, it has been vastly damaged by warmer seas  63  have killed off coral, dispersed other sea life and sped up growth of algae and other contaminants (污染物).  64  March, scientists reported the reef had suffered its third mass bleaching event in five years. Global temperature  65  ( rise) by about 1 degree since pre-industrial times. The UN has warned that if that rise reaches 1.5 degree, 90% of the world's corals will be wiped out.第三部分 写作（共两节, 满分40分）第一节（满分15分）假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Jack观看了《中国汉语桥》节目后,决定参加明年的世界中学生中文比赛,但不知道如何着手，希望你能给他一些准备建议。请你根据以下提示写一封信：建议1.查看以往优秀选手的演讲。2.请一位中国老师指导。注意:1. 写作词数应为80左右；2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。参考词汇：中国汉语桥Chinese Bridge     中文比赛 Chinese Proficiency CompetitionDear Jack,_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,Li Hua第二节（满分25分）阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为 150 左右。I was lacking in everything needed to start a new friendship.My parents moved to the town when they decided to look for new jobs but they didn’t realize I was really hurt when I said goodbye to my old friends. It felt awful to be a new student in the school and when my classmates were chatting, what I could do was to be caught up in my thoughts watching the clouds outside the window. I was not good at math or history; nor was I good at drawing or dancing. I was shy and timid. I had a few friends back at my hometown and it seemed that they were the only ones who I could be friends with for my whole life. I felt I had achieved a point of saturation with regard to having friends and I could make no further addition to my friend list. I was ashamed of myself, so I believed I deserved no notice from others until Emily came to my world.Emily was fearless, outspoken and easy to get along. She was everything I was not and I was too shy to come out of my shell. I met Emily in school almost every day and yet I never talked to her. We were in the same class but we were like poles apart. How I wished I could be like her or at least be a friend of hers!It was another ordinary day. I wandered to the bus stop in the morning and waited for the school bus. Birds were singing songs with their friends but who could I sing songs with? I got on the bus and went straight to my usual seat, complaining in a low voice about getting up early and going to school like every other day, and about how things were going to be the same all over again. Little did I realize something different would happen that day.Para. 1:When I got up to leave the bus, my schoolbag was stuck in the armrest. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Para. 2:I got noticed by Emily, who brought me courage to start a new friendship!_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 高一（上）半期考试英语答案听力   1-5 ACCAB  6-10 ABACA 11-15 CBBAA 16-20 BBACB阅读  21-23 BCA   24-27 CDBD   28-31 DCAB    32-35 BDCA七选五  36-40 ADGFE完形填空  41-45 CBADA   46-50 DBCBA   51-55 ACDBD语法填空  56.driven  57.largest    58.sharply   59. the   60. and  61. kinds  62. damaging  63. which    64. In    65. has risen应用文写作：Dear Jack，Delighted to know that you have a passion for the Chinese Proficiency Competition for Secondary School Students after watching the TV show - Chinese Bridge, I am really excited and extremely willing to offer you some suggestions.As far as I am concerned, searching for and learning previous speeches by excellent contestants are of great importance, as you can have a clear idea about what a good speech looks like, including the draft, the pronunciation, the gesture and the delivery. Also, a good teacher to guide you is greatly necessary, who can be a guarantee for the excellence of every step of your preparation. If you don ‘t mind, I think I can manage to guide and train you to your best.I really hope you find my advice helpful and start to prepare for the competition soon. I am looking forward to your early reply.Yous,Li Hua 读后续写参考作文:Para. 1:When I got up to leave the bus, my schoolbag was stuck in the armrest. I didn’t notice it and stood up with all my strength. Unfortunately, my schoolbag was torn apart and all the contents fell on the ground. I knelt down to pick them up. Suddenly, I saw a hand passing me some of the books. I looked up and found it was Emily who was helping me. With her help, I put all the contents back to my schoolbag. I began to talk with her and was surprised to find that we had much in common.Para. 2:I got noticed by Emily, who brought me courage to start a new friendship! One day when I told her that I admired her and how I wished to be a friend of hers, she said, “We have already been friends.” I felt so happy that I even sang a song. Hearing my song, she thought highly of it and asked me to teach her to sing it. She made me realize how unique I was and at last I came out of me shell.通过阅读所给文章可知，作者跟随父母来到了一个新城镇，作为一名新生在学校的感觉很糟糕，作者很害羞，胆小，为自己感到羞愧，作者注意到了无所畏惧，直言不讳，容易相处的Emily，作者希望和她成为朋友，直到某一天一个早上发生了一些不同的事情。续写部分分为两段，第一段开头是：当我起身下车时，我的书包被卡在扶手上了。所以后文应该是讲述作者的书包被卡住，东西掉了出来，而Emily帮助了作者，二人开始相识起来；第二段开头是：我被Emily注意到了，她给了我勇气去开始一段新的友谊！本段应该写作者和Emily的友谊进展情况。最后还要注意所续写短文的词数应为150左右。