山西省平遥中学2020┄2021学年高一下学期期末考试试题英语

第一部分：听力

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60 分）

第一节：（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并写在答题卡上。

A

Interesting festivals in the world

21. Where will you probably go to enjoy one of the festivals above in May？

A. Spain.

B. England.

C. The United States.

D. Thailand.

22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

A. The tomatoes are thrown into the crowd to eat.

B. All the festivals alive don’t fall on the single day.

C. Burning a large real man is the best part of the festival.

D. Songkran is the only reason for attracting lots of tourists.

23. The passage is most probably taken from .

A. A tour guide

B. A science report

C. A story book

D. A fashion magazine

B

Once built to keep invaders out, the Great Wall, one of China’s best-known faces, has now become a platform to bring people together. For Taylor, an 11-year-old Australian schoolgirl, it is a magic ladder which can carry her closer to her dream.

Taylor was born with cerebral palsy （脑瘫）, a disorder that affects movement and coordination. But her willpower has sent her to perform missions to create the public awareness about the disorder and raise funds for people living with it.

In March 2016, she climbed Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia at 2,229 meters above sea level. When her mother Toni asked her what her next goal was, she answered：“Mount Everest might be a little too hard right now, but maybe the Great Wall.”

On June 6th this year, her wish came true. With her walking aid and the support of her parents and sponsor, accompanied by a group of primary school volunteers from Beijing, Taylor realized her dream in China by climbing the part of the Great Wall known as Mutianyu despite

rain and cold.

Taylor moved ahead slowly yet steadily, and with determination. When the stairs were too steep to climb on her own, her parents lifted her, encouraging her to keep going.

The journey started near Watch Tower No.14, somewhere in the middle of the Mutianyu Great Wall. In the tower, Taylor carefully listened to the guide saying the long history of the Great Wall. Then she went to a little window in the tower to look at the beautiful view below.

Dougal Cameron, a volunteer who accompanied Taylor on her Great Wall trip, said he was inspired by her. “It was obviously painful for her to walk so far along the Great Wall. She is amazing,” he said.

The trip to the Great Wall was very strange for Toni. “We are so grateful for all the support Taylor received from all corners of the world,” she said.

24. What does “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to？

A. The platform.

B. The ladder.

C. The Great Wall.

D. The disorder.

25. Why did T aylor decide to climb the Great Wall？

A. T o challenge her own courage.

B. To make more new friends in China.

C. T o know better about Chinese history.

D. T o arouse the public consciousness to help people like her.

26. What can we know about T aylor’s trip to the Great Wall？

A. T aylor climbed the Great Wall by herself.

B. Taylor got the support from many people when climbing.

C. T aylor was carried by her parents to climb the Great Wall.

D. T aylor once wanted to give up climbing the Great Wall.