高一下学期第一次段考英语试题

【全国百强校】山东师范大学附属中学2020-2021学年高一

下学期第一次段考英语试题

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一、阅读选择

Can you imagine a cloud floating in the middle of your room? Do you want to know what it feels like to fly like a bird? Find your answers in Time Magazine's 25 "Best Inventions". Here, we have picked out the most interesting 4 to share with you.

Talking Gloves

Ever felt confused by the sign language used by disabled people? Here is the "helping hand"you need. Four Ukrainian students have created a pair of gloves that helps people with hearing and speech problems communicate with others. The gloves are equipped with sensors that recognize sign language and translate it into text on a smartphone. Then the smartphone changes the text to spoken words.

Google Glasses

Google Glasses are like a computer built into the frame of a pair of glasses. With its

1.3-centimeter display, the glasses allow you to surf the Internet and make calls without even lifting a finger. The glasses also have a camera and GPS mapping system. Users can take and share photos, check maps and surf the Internet just by looking up, down, left and right.

Indoor Clouds

It's not virtual.That's a real world.Dutch artist Smilde managed to create a small but perfect white cloud in the middle of a room using a fog machine.But it required careful planning—the temperature, humidity（湿度）and lighting all had to be just right.Once everything was ready, the cloud formed in the air with the machine.But it only lasted for a short while.

Wingsuits

The suit fulfills your dreams of flying like a bird.Well, not exactly flying, but gliding（滑翔）through the air.It increases the surface area of the human body, which makes it easier for people to float in the air. Fliers wearing wingsuits can glide one kilometer in about 30 seconds. 1．Who will probably be the users of “Talking Gloves”?

A．Disabled people B．Normal people.

C．Trained people. D．Working people.

2．How can users of Google Glasses surf the Internet?

A．By moving the mouse. B．By tapping the keyboard.

C．By moving the eyeballs. D．By pressing the button.

3．Which of the following can help you fly?

A．Talking Gloves. B．Wingsuits.

C．Google Glasses. D．Indoor Clouds.

Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some way. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar.

In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year at midnight on December 31st or January 1st.People may go to parties, sometimes dressed in formal clothes, and they may drink champagne（香槟）at midnight.During the first minutes of the new year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead.But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise.They welcome the new year with the first light of the sunrise.

Many cultures also do special things to get rid of bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For example, in Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes.The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers.At midnight, these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start afresh（重新）.

Other common traditions to keep away bad luck in a new year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean, or saying special things on the first day of the new year.

Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck in the new year.One widespread Spanish tradition for good luck is to eat grapes on New Year's Day.The more grapes a person eats, the more good luck the person will have in the new year.In France, people eat pancakes for good luck at New Year.In the United States, some people eat black-eyed peas for good luck—but to get good luck for a whole year you have to eat 365 of them！4．Which of the following can be the best title of the text?

A．Several different New Year traditions

B．The meaning of "Happy New Year!"

C．What to eat on New Year's Day

D．Why people dress up nicely on New Year's Day