2020高一下学期期末英语试题及答案

2020年高一年级下学期期末考英语试题试卷满分150分考试时间120分钟第I卷（选择题，共100分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。

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（共5小题；每小题 1.5分，满分7.5分）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。

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 man like to drink?A. Tea.B. Coffee.C. Water.2. What does the man usually do on Sunday afternoons?A. He goes shopping.B. He works in the garden.C. He reads the newspaper.3. When will the match begin, according to the man?A. At 2:30.B. At 3:00.C. At 4:00.4. What will the man do next?A. Go to the movies.B. Keep on studying.C. Check out some books.5. Who is the girl talking to?A. Her dentist.B. The police.C. A vet.第二节(共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22．5分)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。

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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Where does the woman want to go?A. To a school.B. To a car factory.C. To a bank.7. How can the woman get there?A. Go along the road, turn left and go straight.B. Go along the road, turn right and go straight.C. Turn around and go along the road.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

ast week?8. What did the man do in Mr. Turner’s shop lA. He bought a suit.B. He ordered a suit.C. He returned a suit.9. What will the man do in the afternoon?A. Go to the shop.B. Call Mr. Turner.C. Attend a meeting.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What will Millie’s mother receive for her birthday?A. A shirt.B. A skirt.C. A small cake.11. Who will cook the special dinner?A. Millie’s father.B. Millie’s friend.C. Millie.12. Where will the speakers go this afternoon?A. To a bakery.B. To a grocery store.C. To a gift shop. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What month is it now?A. January.B. February.C. June.14. Where will Lily spend Spring Festival?A. In the city center.B. In her hometown.C. In the man’s hometown.15. What does Lily think of the festival?A. Boring.B. Ordinary.C. Interesting.16. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends.B. Brother and sister.C. Co-workers.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What day is it today?A. Sunday.B. Monday.C. Tuesday.18. What should people be sure to do today?A. Stay inside.B. Wear sunglasses.C. Take an umbrella.19. How much rain will come tomorrow?A. Only a little.B. None at all.C. Quite a lot.20. What might the weather be like on Friday?A. Sunny.B. Cloudy.C. Stormy.第二部分：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）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AVancouver is located in the southwest corner of Canada in the province of British Columbia. Vancouver is the largest city in the province and the third largest in Canada. It covers an area of 113 sq km.It is surrounded by water on three sides and overlooked by the CoastRange. Its climate is one of the mildest in Canada. Temperatures average 3°C in January and 18°C in July. Vancouver's most rai nfall occurs in winter.Archaeological evidence shows that coastal Indians had settled the Vancouver area by 500 BC. British naval captain George Vancouver explored the area in 1792. Vancouver was founded as a sawmill settlement called Granville in the 1870s. The city was united in 1886and renamed after Captain Vancouver.As the main western terminus of Canada's transcontinental highwayand rail routes, Vancouver is the primary city of western Canada, as wellas one of the nation's largest industrial centres.The Port of Vancouver is Canada’s largest and most various port, trading more than $43 billion in goods with more than 90 trading economies annually. Port activities generate 69,200 jobs in total with $4billion in gross domestic product (GDP) and $8.9 billion in economic output.Vancouver is a major tourist place. In addition to the city's sceniclocation, visitors enjoy beautiful gardens and world-famous Stanley Park, one of more than 180 city parks, and a combination of naturalforest and parklands near the city centre.21. Which of the following description about Vancouver is NOT true, according to the passage?A. Vancouver is the third largest city in Canada.B. Vancouver is a city located on water.C. Vancouver is not far from the Coast Range.D. The largest industrial centre in Canada lies in Vancouver.22. According to the passage, originally Vancouver is the name of ________.A. a British man who explored the cityB. a sawmill settlement called GranvilleC. the leader who controlled the areaD. a transcontinental highway23. The passage mainly tells us ________.A. the Port of Vancouver, the largest one in CanadaB. how Vancouver got its nameC. Vancouver’s historyD. a brief introduction of the city of VancouverBJohn Smith was a writer, who wrote detective stories for magazines,though he never dealt with criminals. One evening he could not finish anend for a story. He sat in his study, but he had no ideas. So he decided togo to the cinema.When he came back, he found that he had had a visitor. Someonehad broken into his house. The visitor had had a drink, smoked severalof his cigarettes and had read his story. The visitor left him a note.“I have read your story and I don’t think it is very good. Please read my suggestions and you can finish it. By the way, I am a thief. Inot going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a successful writer, I will return.”John read the thief’s suggestions. Then he sat down and wrote the rest of the story. He is still not a successful writer, and he is waiting forhis “visitor” to return. Before he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half-finished story in his study.24. John went to the cinema because .A. he was too tiredB. he wanted to look for a thiefC. he could not finish his story and hoped to get some ideasD. he wanted to enjoy himself in the cinema25. The visitor came to John’s house in order to .A. steal somethingB. read the storyC. have a drinkD. visit the writer26. The visitor .A. stayed in John’s house for a nightB. took som e of John’s things awayC. left John some adviceD. was a good friend of John’ｓ27. John would like to .A. have a talk with his visitorB. get more ideas from the visitorC. make friends with the visitorD. catch the visitor and take him to the policeCJust 50 years ago Manx seemed to be on the point of disappearing.you spoke Manx in a pub on the island in the 1960s, it was consideredprovocative and yo u were likely to find yourself in a fight,” recalls Br Stowell, a 76?year?oldislander who has written a Manx?languagenovel, The Vampire Murders, and presents himself in a radio showcalled Manx Radio spreading the language every Sunday.The language itself is similar to the Gaelic tongues spoken in theisland's neighbours, Irel and and Scotland. A century ago, “Moghreymie” would have been commonly heard instead of “Good morning” on the island.“In the 1860s there were thousands of Manx people who couldn'tspeak English,”　says Stowell. “But only a century later it was considered to be so backward to speak the language that there werestories of Manx speakers getting stones thrown at them in the towns. Ilearnt it myself from one of the last surviving native speakers back in the1950s.”Recession in the mid?19th century forced many Manx people to leavethe island to seek work in England. And parents were not willing to passthe language down through the generations, with many people believingthat to have Manx as the first language would affect job opportunitiesoverseas.There was a fall in the language. By the early 1960s there were perhaps as few as 200 who spoke the tongue. The last native speaker,Ned Maddrell, died in 1974. UNESCO pronounced that the languagedied out in the 1990s.Now there is even a Manx language primary school in which allsubjects are taught in this language, with more than 60 pupils attendingit. Manx is also taught in other schools across the island.28. If you spoke Manx in a pub on the island in the 1960s, you would_______.A. be attackedB. be praisedC. be ignoredD. be encouraged29. What does “ Moghrey mie” mean according to the passage?A. All the best.B. Congratulations.C. Never mind.D. Good morning.30. Which of the following about Brian Stowell is TRUE?A. He is a teacher from Ireland.B. He wrote a novel in English.C. He works at a radio station.D. He learned Manx in the 1950s.31. What is the passage mainly about?A. The Manx language.B. The life of Manx people.C. The Manx Island.D. The Manx language schools.DUS private rocket company SpaceX has announced that two privatecitizens have paid to be sent around the Moon. The mission is plannedfor late 2018. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said, "This gives humans an opportunity to return to deep space for the first time in 45 years."The two unnamed people will fly aboard a spaceship which is set for itsfirst unmanned test flight later this year. The co-operation of America'sNASA space agency had made the plan possible. Mr. Musk said, "Thetwo passengers will travel faster and further into the solar system thanany before them." Like the Apollo astronauts before them, these individuals will travel into space carrying the hopes and dreams of allhumankind, driven by the universal human spirit of exploration."We expect to conduct health and fitness tests, as well as begin initialtraining later this year. The first mission would be unmanned, and thenext one―with crew―was expected in the second quarter of 2018," therich businessman and inventor said, "The first passengers are enteringthis with their eyes open, knowing that there is some risk here. They'recertainly not childish, and we'll do everything we can to reduce that risk,but it's not zero."The space tourists would make a circle around the Moon, scanningthe lunar surface and then going well beyond. However, the mission willnot involve a lunar landing. "If NASA decided to take part in a lunar fly-by mission, then the agency would have privilege(优先权). " Mr. Musk said. The US has not sent astronauts to the Moon since the early 1970s.32. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?A. The two tourists can't afford to fly around the moon.B. Space travels are rooted in the spirit of human exploration.C. Initial training is expected to be conducted at the beginning of2018.D. The two tourists are expected to fly at a slow speed.33. The agency has privilege becauseA. it needs co-operation with Mr. MuskB. it has previous technical skillsC. it will be able to remove all the risksD. it has to make money for research34. Where can you most probably read the text?A. In a textbook.B. In a science fiction.C. In a travel brochure.D. On a news website.35. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. The Coming Moon Trip of Two Private CitizensB. An Opportunity to Explore Space for the First TimeC. A Paid Trip Planned by SpaceX to 'Land on the MoonD. Two Unmanned Missions of Circling around the Moon第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）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。