江苏省南通市海安县海安高级中学2019-2020学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷

英语试卷（考试时间：120分钟总分：150分）注意事项：所有试题的答案均填写在答题纸上，答案写在试卷上的无效。

第一卷（选择题，共100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 is Lucy doing?A. Watching TV.B. Doing her shopping.C. Attending a concert.2. Where is the woman's phone?A. On the table.B. On the sofa.C. On the bed.3. Why is the man talking to the woman?A. To invite her to a party.B. To make a travel plan.C. To ask about her holiday.4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Interviewer and interviewee.B. Salesperson and customer.C. Boss and employee.5. In which season did the woman get to Prague?A. In summer.B. In autumn.C. In winter.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。

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. What are the speakers talking about?A. Seasons.B. Photos.C. Villages.7. Which photo does the man like best?A. The one taken in winter.B. The one taken in summer.C. The one taken in spring. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What does the woman think of her best friend?A. She's hard-working.B. She's clever.C. She's talkative.9. Whom did the woman visit during her last vacation?A. Her classmate.B. Her best friend.C. Her grandparents.10. What do we know about the woman?A. She is good at math.B. She likes the novel about Anne Boleyn.C. She visited museums and palaces in England.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What made the woman dissatisfied with the T-shit?A. The name of the store on it.B. The stain on it.C. The size.12. Why can't the woman return the T-shirt?A. She has worn itB. It was bought too long ago.C. There is nothing wrong with it.13. What does the woman do at last?A. Keep the T-shirt.B. Pay extra for the belt.C. Exchange the T-shirt for another one. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. How did the man learn to skateboard?A. He had a few lessons.B. He practiced by video.C. His cousin taught him.15. Where does the man want to skateboard most?A. By the beach.B. At a city square.C. On a basketball court16. What does the man say about keeping fit?A. He finds it hard to work in the gym.B. He has changed his training routine.C. He should skateboard more often.17. What does the man advise young people taking up skateboarding to do?A. Focus on a small number of moves.B. Buy a cheap board to begin with.C. Have plenty of patience.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. How long will the writing remain perfectly clear?A. At least 3 days.B. About 20 minutes.C. Less than 10 minutes.19. What can make the writing disappear more quickly?A. Chemicals.B. Light.C. Heat.20. What can we learn about the newly invented paper?A. It can be used up to 20 times.B. It might make ink widely used.C. It will replace the ordinary paper.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）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AHands-on activities can enrich a trip by creating fond memories and instilling knowledge about the local culture through interactivity. In Japan, a wide range of activities are offered to tourists at single workshops, many open air museums, as well as craft villages across Japan．Fruit pickingTypical duration：30 to 60 minutesTypical price range：800 to 3000 yenMany farms across Japan offer fruit picking opportunities to tourists. The common procedure is for the visitor to get charged for a certain time period during which he/she can pick and enjoy the fruits on the spot. Typical fruit available for this activity include strawberries, apples and grapes．Cheese/butter makingTypical duration：40 to 60 minutesTypical price range：600 to 1000 yenCheese and dairy products are commonly made in northern Japan, especially in Hokkaido．Some farms offer cheese and butter making workshops. Visitors usually learn how to make the product and consume it on the spot. The Furano Cheese Factory is one place that offers such workshops．Washi paperTypical duration：30 to 60 minutesTypical price range：500 to 1000 yenIn many workshops, for example at one near Ainokura Village, tourists can experience how washi paper is made．At other establishments, such as the Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts and Takumi no Sato, it is possible to make crafts such as fans and lanterns using washi Paper．Tatami makingTypical duration：About two hoursTypical price range：500 to 1000 yenIt's possible to try Tatami making at many places in Japan including Otaru and Hakone. Tatami mats are made of straw and measure roughly 180 cm×90 cm．Few establishments offer workshops whereby you can make a small piece of Tatami and take it home as a souvenir．21.Which of the following activities takes the longest time？______A. Fruit picking．B. Cheese/butter making．C. Washi paper．D. Tatami making．22. Where can visitors make dairy products？______A. In Hokkaido．B. Near Ainokura Village．C. In the Kyoto Museum．D. In Otaru and Hakone．23. What can we infer about hands-on activities from the text？______A. Visitors can take part in the activities for free．B. People can take home the end products as souvenirs．C. They all involve actually doing a particular thing．D. They can offer people rich culture about their hometown．BMy Grandpa Forgets Who I AmA few days ago I visited my grandfather in hospital. He has Alzhemier’s—a degenerative disease that usually starts slowly and gets worse over time. I thought I was prepared to see him.I knew chances were slim that he'd actually recognize me.He didn’t. As a matter of fact, he had no idea that he even had grandchildren. But he was excited that somebody came to visit him. I tried to explain to him who I was. But after he toldme multiple times that he didn’t have grandchildren, I gave up. And my heart broke into a million little pieces.I was tired of explaining things to him. So I just smiled. He smiled back. It's a genuine smile. Like a long time ago, when he’d take me by the hand and made this big world a little bit less scary for me. Now I have to take his hand.We sat in silence for a little while, before he told me to call my grandma. This was the first time I had tried so hard to hold back tears. My grandma died four years ago and he didn't remember. He thought she was stuck on her way to pick him up.My grandpa used to be a strong, hard-working man. He was the person you turned to when you needed your car fixed, your tires changed or something heavy to be carried. Sadly, that man left this world a long time ago, and left behind a man that is lost and scared.I want to help him. I want to make him feel better. I want to tell him about his old life, and how great it was. So I sat with him and I held his hand, and every once in a while I told him how good he looked and how much I liked the color of his shirt and how it brought out the blue in his eyes. I told him that my grandma was on her way whenever he asked about her, and I made sure the glass in his hand was always filled with water.I can’t take away his pain. I can’t help him remember. I can’t make the disease go away. AllI can do is hold on to the memories—hold on for both of us.24. When the author first saw her grandpa in hospital, ________________.A. she gave up on himB. they were both excitedC. he didn’t recognize herD. they talked about the past25. The author was close to tears because ________________.A. grandma died about four years agoB. grandpa needed to be taken care ofC. grandma didn’t make it to the hospitalD. grandpa believed grandma was still alive26. Which of the following best describe the author?A. Tolerant and merciful.B. Considerate and patient.C. Warm-hearted and grateful.D. Strong-minded and generous.27. The author wrote this passage to _________________.A. show pity towards her grandpaB. record memories of her grandpaC. express deep love for her grandpaD. call on further study on Alzheimer’sCOne day, gardeners might not just hear the buzz of bees among their flowers, but the whirr of robots, too. Scientists have managed to turn an unassuming drone (无人机) into aremote-controlled pollinator (授粉媒介) by attaching horsehairs coated with a special, sticky gel(凝胶) to its underbelly(下腹部).Animal pollinators are needed for the reproduction of 90% of flowering plants and one third of human food crops. Chief among those are bees — but many bee populations in the United States have been in sharp decline in recent decades. Thus, the decline of bees isn't just worrisome because it could damage ecosystems, but also because it could disrupt agriculture and economy. People have been trying to come up with replacement techniques, but none of them are especially effective yet.Scientists have thought about using drones, but they haven't figured out how to make free-flying robot insects that can rely on their own power source without being attached to a wire. “It’s very tough work,” said senior author Eijiro Miyako, a chemist at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. His particular contribution to the field involves a gel, one he’d considered a mistake 10 years before and stuck in a storage cabinet(储物柜). When it was rediscovered a decade later, it hadn’t dried up or degraded at all. “I was so surprised because it still had high viscosity,” Miyako said.The chemist noticed that when dropped, the gel absorbed an impressive amount of dust from the floor. Miyako realized this material could be very useful for picking up pollen (花粉). He and his colleagues chose a drone and attached horsehairs to its smooth surface to copy a bee’s fuzzy body. They coated those horsehairs in the gel, and then controlled the drones over lilies, where they would pick up the pollen from one flower and then deposit the pollen at another one, thus fertilizing it.The scientists looked at the hairs under a scanning electron microscope and counted up the pollen grains attached to the surface and found that the drones whose horsehairs had been coated with the gel had about 10 times more pollen than those that had not been coated with the gel.Miyako does not think such drones would replace bees altogether, but could simply helpbees with their pollinating duties. There’s a lot of work to be done before that's a reality, however. Small drones will need to become more controllable and energy efficient, as well as smarter, with better GPS and artificial intelligence.28. What does the underlined word “viscosity” in Para.3 probably mean?A. hardness.B. stickiness.C. flexibility.D. purity.29. We can learn from the passage that ______.A. bees disrupt both agriculture and economyB. scientists have invented self-powered robot insectsC. bees in the United States are dying out.D. Miyako found the special feature of the gel by chance30. A drone works best in picking up pollen when ______.A. its body is made like a bee’sB. its GPS works more efficientlyC. some flowers are coated with the gelD. horsehairs with the gel are attached to it31. According to Eijiro Miyako, the drones ______.A. are not yet ready for practical useB. may eventually replace bees in the futureC. are much more efficient than bee pollinatorsD. can provide a solution to economic depressionDThe Commonwealth games have meant that the eyes of the world have been focused on our fair city-Melbourne. And it would look pretty good, wouldn't it? And what better way to regain our title as world's most livable city? I'm told that we recently lost the right to say this to foreign friends proudly when the international list was re-examined and we slipped to the fourth place.It's hard to see how Melbourne could have lost its crown (桂冠) when you look at what it has to offer. 24 hours Coles, free transport for drunks on New Year's Eve, a new freeway, it's all here.The first focus for the international press will obviously be the endless stadiums dotted around the city. But as well as being full every other weekend, these great places often play host to slightly older kids. At Rod Laver, even the olds get a look-in as the Christian evangelical (教会的) road show rolls into town once a year for a night of stadium worship (崇拜).Another pleasure Melbourne enjoys is that it's very easy to get around. There's a bit of asqueeze during rush hour for sure, but nothing like Bangkok, where the journey home can take longer than growing a beard and parking is barely distinguishable from the drive itself. Driving here is a piece of cake. It must be because the wise people who hand out the taxis seem to actively encourage a career behind the wheel within 24 hours of landing in the country as an educational tool for getting to know the city. No slowing down for learning bends, just go, go, go!As for the social life, with over 40 million bars in Melbourne's CBD alone, we have plenty of places for spectators to celebrate national victory, making this town as good as any and it happens 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Unfortunately, the athletes themselves don't get to smell the roses to the same degree. But the rest of the world will know that this is the place to be. The most livable city in the world. By far the easiest place on earth to cheat death, which is essentially what we're talking about.32. In Paragraph 1 and 2 the author is wondering ________________.A. how Melbourne has fallen behindB. when the international list was re-examinedC. what they should do to regain the world's focusD. whether Melbourne can offer greater convenience33. What does the author mainly want to show in the passage?A. The casual life styles of Melbourne.B. The competitive advantages of Melbourne.C. The various social activities in Melbourne.D. The convenient transportation in Melbourne.34. From the underlined sentence, we can infer the athletes __________.A. have minimum social activitiesB. take no interest in the beauty of the cityC. are forbidden to live in the busy city centerD. are unwilling to celebrate the victory publicly35. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point(次要点) C: ConclusionA. B.C. D.第二节：七选五(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。