2020年江苏省南通市高一(下)期中英语试卷.doc

1、 期中英语试卷 题号IIIIIIIVVVI总分得分一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）AKuringai Chase National Park Guided Walks and Nature Activities SUNDAY MAY 7 EASYEarly Morning Stroll in Upper Lane Cove Valley Meet at 7：30 am at the end of Day RD， Cheltenham， while the bush is alive with birdsong Round trip： 4 hours FRIDAY MAY 12 M

2、EDIUM Possum prowl Meet 7：30 pm at Seaforth Oval car park Enjoy the peace of the bush at night Lovely water views Bring torch and wear non-slip （防滑） shoes 臼 some rock climbing involved Coffee and biscuits supplied Duration： 2 hours SUNDAY JUNE 4 HARD Bairne Basin Track Meet 9：30 am Track#8， West Hea

3、d Road， beautiful Pittwater views Visit Beechwood cottage Bring lunch and drink Some steep （陡峭） sections Reasonable fitness required Duration： 6 hours FRIDAY JUNE 6 EASY Poetry around a campfire Meet 7：00 pm Kalkaari VisitorCenter Share your favourite poem or one of your own with a group around a ge

4、ntly burning fire Tea and biscuits to follow Dress up warmly Cost： 4.00 per person Duration： 2.5 hours SUNDAYJUNE25EASY Morning Walk at Mitchell Park Meet 8：30 am at the entrance to Mitchell Park， Mitchell Park Rd， for a pleasant walk wandering through rainforest， river flats and dry forest to swamp

5、land （沼泽地） Binoculars （双筒望远镜） are a must to bring as many birds live here Finish with morning tea Round trip： 3 hours + GRADING EASYsuitable for ALL fitness levels MEDIUM for those who PERIODICALLY exercise HARDonly if you REGULARLY exercise1. Where are visitors required to meet to explore the beaut

6、y of nature at night？ _ A. At the end of Day Rd， CheltenhamB. At the entrance to Mitchell ParkC. On Track #8， West Head RoadD. In Seaforth Oval car park2. How many guided walks and nature activities provide food or drink？ _ A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 43. What activity does Morning Walk at Mitchell Park provide？

7、 _ A. Bird watchingB. Animal huntingC. River swimmingD. Mountain climbingBJack White is a 17-year-old student who has already published a collection of poetzy with a local publisher Jack believes switching （转）to an all-boys school from his coed （男女同校）high school changed his life When I was at my coe

8、d school， poetry was for girls not boys， Guys were supposed to like subjects like math， computers， and science When I wrote poems， the guys at school used to make fun of me and girls didnt want to date me At my new school， things are different I dont worry what girls are thinking since there arent a

9、ny Jack may not realize that boys and girls also learn and think differently based on specific （具体的） biological developments These differences affect how and when boys and girls learn， so single-sex education is actually better for children Take， for example，brain development The areas of the brain

10、related to language， feelings， physical coordination （协调）， and social relationships， develop in a different order and speed in girls and boys Research has shown that girls brains develop the connections between language and emotions earlier than boys brains In a single-sex classroom， everyones brain

11、 is developing at similar speeds， so teachers can teach according to their students actual abilities Boys and girls also have different hearing abilities Girls have a sense of hearing which is two to Our times better thanboys Women teachers often speak more quietly so boys may have more difficulty h

12、earing a woman teacher if sh，e is talking inher normal voice The teacher needs to speak louder to get the boys attention In a single-sex school， teachers do not have to keep adjusting （调整） their voice Jack might not be aware of the biological arguments why single-sex education is better， but he real

13、izes that he is learning faster at his new school As Jack says，I hated writing and studying English in my old coed school， but now Im a published poet! My new school helped me become comfortable with who I really am4. What do we know about Jack s former school？ _ A. It published Jacks poetry collect

14、ionB. It was a school attended by both sexesC. It didn t provide native language classesD. It discouraged students from writing poems5. Why does the author say single-sex education is better for children？ _ A. Girls are smarter than boysB. Boys are easily attracted by girlsC. Girls have natural diff

15、erences from boysD. Boys and girls are good at different subjects6. What will probably happen in a single-sex classroom？ _ A. Students make progress at the same speedB. Students learn to express themselves freelyC. Teachers speak louder to make themselves heardD. Teachers match lesson plans with stu

16、dent abilities7. Jack thinks that his new school has helped him to _ A. raise awareness of educationB. find confidence in learningC. improve ability to publishD. reduce chance of datingCResearch has shown over the years that birth order can have an important effect on many areas of an individuals （个

17、人的） life Listed below are some of their main findings Personality （个性） is one of the favorite areas of research， and most studies agree that last-boms grow up to be the most sociable， confident， and creative of the siblings （兄弟姐妹） The general reason given for this is that the last-born is most likel

18、y to be the parents most favored child A warm atmosphere makes a child feel safe， encouraging them to grow up as self-confident individuals A second question that interests scientists is whether birth order affects brain power Research carried out in Amsterdam showed that， in general， the IQ of a fi

19、rst-born child is higher than that of a second-born chiId Experts explain that the levels of parental attention and encouragement will drop as more babies come along because family resources have to be shared among more children， Moving on to the relationship between the siblings， studies have shown

20、 that oldersiblings spend more time with younger ones Researchers at Newcastle University found that first-borns had significantly more frequent face-to-face contact with their siblings than middle-borms or last-borns On a completely different note， a study in Italy has shown that the number of chil

21、dren in a family can actually affect their health It seems that the fewer children there are in a family， the greater the chance that they suffer from diseases such as asthma or eczema One theory is that younger children are exposed （接触）to a wider range of infections （感染） by their older siblings， ca

22、using their immune （免疫） system to develop further and offer them more protection Continuing on the theme of health， a Japanese study has shown that later-boms are less likely to be obese （肥胖的）Researcher found that boys from three-child families had a significantly lower risk than only children The e

23、xplanation for this difference in size is not clear， but experts believe that mothers of small families are often more concerned with persuading their children to eat， which can lead to overfeeding and obesity8. Which is not mentioned as an area of an individuals life affected by birth order？ _ A. P

24、hysical conditionsB. Individual intelligenceC. Sibling relationshipD. Personal development9. Why is it generally believed the last-born children have a better personality？ _ A. They may be under the most parental controlB. They may enjoy the best family atmosphereC. They may spend more time with the

25、ir siblingsD. They may earn more respect from their siblings10. What can we learn about the eldest children in a family？ _ A. They are ready to shareB. They are short of resourcesC. They are likely to be smarterD. They are faced with more trouble11. What has the Japanese study found about later-boms

26、？ _ A. They have weak immune systemB. They are at a lower risk of obesityC. They pass diseases on to their siblingsD. They refuse to have large amounts of foodDTwelve-year-old Elyse is familiar with the saying-Sticks and stones may break my bones， but names （恶言）will never hurt me Her mother and her

27、doctor say it to her repeatedly However， the saying isnt quite conect for Elyse， as words can hurt her or even make her very uncomfortable and itchy （痒） Elyse has a rare illness that is called cognadjivisibilities （CAV）， which results in any descriptive words said about the person appearing on his s

28、kin Pleasant descriptions， such as bright or beautiful， are not annoying and may even provide a pleasant feeling But the descriptions that are negative （负面的）， such as ugly or stupid， can cause serious and unpleasant itching In primary school all of Elyse s classmates know not to say negative words t

29、o her， and therefore the itching incidents （事件） are kept under control However， as Elyse enters sixth grade， things are different She is tired of being the girl with CAV She doesn t want to explain to her classmates about CAV any more as she used to She hates to make a request to monitor （监控） the ki

30、nd of descriptions that aim at her Middle school is hard for anyone， but with her best friend， Jeg， at her side， Elyse is confident that she can handle it However， Jeg is spending less and less time with her， which leaves her at a loss Then she discovers a new symptom （症状） of her CAV Not only do the

31、 names others say to her appear on her skin， but the words she says herself appear as well Just when her friends who used to protect her are leaving her， she receives a note saying I know what you re dealing with I want to help As Elyse works to solve the mystery of who is sending her the note， she

32、finds new ways to accept who she is and to become the best of herself It is a tradition at Elyses middle school that each sixth-grade class takes a trip to Minnesota in February One sixth grader is selected to be explorer leader for the trip Being explorer leader brings fame and respect Elyse wants

33、to be selected as explorer leader in the hope that she can fill herself and her skin with good words She tries and finally succeeds Elyse is not in our real world She is only a character in Abby Coopers Sticks & Stones But the message shown in her story is of great weight一the words and names we say

34、about others and ourselves do harm and leave their marks Students deal with the words of others every day They will learn about the power of their words over others， as well as how they can be comfortable whatever others may say12. What problem does Elyse face？ _ A. Her bones get easily broken by st

35、onesB. Her skin can be easily attacked by diseasesC. Bad words make her physically uncomfortableD. She doesn t believe what her doctor and mother say13. What happens to Elyse in her primary school life？ _ A. Her classmates often say negative words to herB. Elyse often explains her illness to her cla

36、ssmatesC. Her classmates refuse to be careful about the wordsD. Elyse gets the illness in the early grades of the school14. What can we conclude from Paragraph4？ _ A. Elyse is supported by more friendsB. Elyses best friend give her the noteC. Elyses illness is cured by friendshipD. Elyse manages to

37、get over her trouble15. What does the author want to say in the last paragraph？ _ A. There exist no such examples of Elyse in real worldB. Students easily get hurt both mentally and physicallyC. The message from Elyses story is of great importanceD. Students should protect themselves from getting hu

38、rt二、阅读七选五（本大题共5小题，共10.0分）Were living in a period of technological and social advancement never before seen Technology has moved and developed more over the past one hundred years than it had in the previous （先前的）thousand， (1) Even if a persons life seems to be going well now， and they dont seek impr

39、ovement， several years down the line， they may find that their lack of advancement and development in important skills may cause big problems in their livesA person today who is comfortable in a job may be replaced by a machine tomorrow (2) Basically， no matter how hard we try impossible to predict

40、（预测）how things will change over the next few years (3) Nor do we know how our lives may change over the next few years Something as simple 臼 a new piece of technology can have an unbelievable impact on our livesBecause of this， you need to be ready to adapt （适应） and not faH into the trap （陷阱） of bri

41、ef contentment (4) Pick one of your skills or an area of your life， and then critically evaluate （评价） Ask yourself how useful it is going to remain， arid how it is going to adapt to changing circumstances （环境） After reviewing your skills and knowledge， youll be able to decide which should be deserte

42、d and which should be improved Its like throwing away old tools and devices that - dont work or are no longer useful， and replacing them with new， better ones (5) However， with consideration of your skills and a desire to adapt， youll be able to find that youre able to stay ahead of a changing world

43、 ATechnological development is greatly changing our lives BWe dont know what skills will or won t be needed CIts impossible to predict exactly how the world will change DMany people might soon find themselves out of a job EWith this speed of advancement， its easy to fall behind FTechnological advanc

44、ement doesn t necessarily mean a rapid loss ofjobs GA careful evaluation ofthings in your life and your skills is extremely useful16. A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G17. A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G18. A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G19. A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G20. A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G三、完形填空（本大题

45、共20小题，共30.0分）We finally sat down in the crowded restaurant when my brother shouted， waving his arms (21) Can t you control your son？ remarked the ladies sitting next to usAs my mother explained my brothers(22)，I saw an expression on their faces that I had seen many times Since then， the same situati

46、on has been (23)many times I， as well as my family， have explained over and over-but， its useless and I(24)feeling embarrassed My brother has autism （自闭症）Children with autism show little or no signs of (25) with others from the very beginning They are into doing things alone (26) their behavior incl

47、udes(27)things like hand waving From the early age of three years old， we started to (28) my brother becoming stagnant （呆滞） I still remember many hours sitting in doctors offices with my parents， watching my brother and(29) of what was going on When we finally found out he had autism， we felt a sense of (30)， and then disappointment I was only six at the time， so I didnt know (31) what was wrongBut as parents explained it more and embarrassing things started to happen， I got the (32)Life wouldnt