湖南省長沙市明德高一2018-2019第二學(xué)期期中英語卷(有答案)

1、 明德中學(xué) 2019年上學(xué)期期中考試卷高一年級英語試卷 2019年 5月第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分 35分）第一節(jié) （共十道題，每小題 2.5分，滿分 25分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（a，b，c和 d）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上講該項涂黑。adiscover nature schools programsbecoming bears (kindergarten-2 grade)by becoming baby bears, children learn from their “parent” to survive the seasons. kids willfind sa

2、fety in the spring and learn kinds of food bears eat during the summer, and then create acave for winter hibernation(冬眠). after learning the skills needed to survive, students will go outof the cave as an independent black bear able to care for themselves. (1.5-2 hours)whose clues? (3-5 grade)kids w

3、ill discover how plants and animals use their special structures to survive. throughoutdoor study of plants and animals, kids will recognize their special structures and learn how theyenable species to eat, avoid their enemies and survive. using what they have learned, kids willchoose one species an

4、d tell how they survive in their living places. (3-4 hours)winged wonders (3-5 grade)birds add color and sound to our world and play an important ecological (生態(tài)的) role.students will learn the basics of birds, understand the role birds play in food chains and go birdwatching using field guides and te

5、lescopes. students will do hands-on activities. students will usetools to build bird feeders, allowing them to attract birds at home.(3-4 hours)exploring your watershed (6-8 grade)we all depend on clean water. examining how our actions shape the waterways around us.go on a hike to see first-hand som

6、e of the challenging water quality problems in a city. studentswill test the water quality to determine the health of an ecosystem. each program is taught for a class with at least 10 students. all programs include plenty of time outdoors. so please prepare proper clothing, sunscreen andinsect kille

7、rs for children. to take part in a program , please email .21. what can kids do at becoming bears? awatch bears performances.btake care of bearsclearn how to survive a bear attack.dpretend to be baby bears to learn about bears.22. kids who are interested in plants will choose_.aw

8、hose clues?bexploring your watershedcbecoming bearsd winged wonders23. according to the passage, all the four programs _.ahave the same teaching hoursbhave outdoor activitiescare offered during summer holidaysdare designed for primary school studentsbdenny was a famous photographer. he traveled all

9、over the world, taking picturesmagazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.for“ill do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “ill go anywhere, even if it isdangerous. ”and he told the truth. he had photos of many disasters .if something interesting happened,denny went to photograph it.he wa

10、s a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him , but he alwaysrefused. “ill travel for my work, not for fun, you wont enjoy yourself, and i wont have time tolook after you. sometimes theres no t even anywhere to stay, and i have to sleep outside. i oftendont have a good meal or a

11、bath for days. you wont like it.”“denny, i am not a child,” his wife didnt agree.“i can look after myself. please take me withyou the next time you go overseas. ”denny didnt say anything, but he thought about it, and when he was asked to go to africa,he said to his wife,“you can come to africa with

12、me if you want to. ive got to take photos of wildanimals there. it should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”his wife was very excited, and at first she had a very enjoyable time.then denny went to theforest to find some lions to photo. his wife went with him, but before long they became sepa

13、rated.she walked down one path while he walked down the other. suddenly, denny heard her crying. he ran back and saw her running towards him. a hugelion was chasing her. quickly denny took his camera out of the bag and pointed it at his wife andthe lion. then he shouted, “slow down, woman! i cant ge

14、t you both in the p”icture!24. denny had photos of all the following excepta.natural disasters b. wild animals c. travel magazines25. the couple became separated in the african forest, probably because.d. interesting event.a. one of them left to talk a bathb. they didnt have a good meal for daysc. e

15、ither of them had lost his/her wayd. they have nowhere to stay for the night26. the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mainly tells us thata. denny was in fact playing a joke with his wifeb. denny trained the wild lion to play with his wifec. denny did not love his wife.d. denny was too busy

16、taking photos to protect his wife27. according to the passage, a famous photographers live must be.a. safe, cheerful and colorfulb. interesting, successful but dangerousd. pleasant, comfortable and meaningfulc. enjoyable, exciting but regrettablecthere are many useful suggestions and pieces of advic

17、e that can help one to improve english.here are some useful suggestions and new tips to increase ones english language vocabulary.learning english vocabulary is about much more than just learning the right words. a broadgrasp of vocabulary in the english language is based on understanding important

18、expressions.learning a word will not help very much if you quickly forget it. research shows that it takesfrom 10 to 20 repetitions to really make a word part of your vocabulary. since most words arelearned from how they are used in context, the more words one is shown, the better vocabularyone will

19、 have. keep a piece of paper close to you. when you read, pay more attention to the wordyou do not know, write the word down and try to figure out its meaning from the context. thenlook up the word in a dictionary.remember that if you do not use english words that you have just learned in conversati

20、on orwriting, you will forget them very quickly. so the best way to learn new words effectively is justby trying to use them in conversation and writing. remember also that practice is the key to fluentspoken english.building vocabulary is a life-long task. remember, “in the beginning was the word.”

21、 yourfuture could depend on how rich your vocabulary is. it will also determine the quality of yourcommunication.28. we can learn from the passage that learning english vocabularya. is just about learning the right words.b. is about remembering more and more wordsc. doesnt require one to learn expre

22、ssions d. requires one to understand important expressions29. which of the following is not true according to the passage?a. it doesnt take long to build ones vocabularyb. if you remember a word, you are still able to forget it if you dont use it.c. to master a word, you need to repeat it 10-20 time

23、s.d. practice is very important in fluent spoken english.30. the best way to learn new words isa. reading them loudly over and over againb. writing them down over and over again.c. trying to use them while speaking and writingd. always looking them up in the dictionary31. what is the passage mainly

24、about?a. how to have a good conversation in englishb. how to enrich your english vocabularyc. why context is important in learning englishd. how to improve the quality of communicationdare some people born clever, and others born stupid? or is intelligencedeveloped by our environment and our experie

25、nces? strangely enough, the answer toboth these questions is yes. to some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, andno amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with lowintelligence. on the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment willdevelop his intellige

26、nce less than one who lives in rich and varied circumstances.thus the limits of a persons intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not hereaches those limits will depend on his environment. this view, now held by mostexperts, can be supported in a number of ways.it is easy to show that intell

27、igence is to some extent something we are bornwith. the closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they arelikely to be in intelligence. thus if we take two unrelated people at random(from the population,it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely隨機地)differen

28、t. if on the other hand we take two identical (完全相同的) twins they willvery likely be as intelligent as each other. relations like brothers and sisters,parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests thatintelligence depends on birth.imagine now that we take two iden

29、tical twins and put them in differentenvironments. we might send one, for example, to a university and the other to afactory where the work is boring. we would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. thisconclusion is also

30、suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact witheach other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees ofintelligence.32. .which of these sentences best describes the writers point in para. 1?a. to some extent, intelligence is given at birth.b. intelligence is

31、 developed by the environment.c. some people are born clever and others born stupid.d. intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.33. it is suggested in this passage that.a. close relations usually have similar intelligenceb. unrelated people are not likely to have different

32、 intelligencec. the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they arelikely to be in intelligenced. people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to havesimilar degrees of intelligence34. in para. 1, the word circumstances meansa. intelligence b. life.c. env

33、ironments.d. housing35.the best title for this article would bea. on intelligenceb. what intelligence meansc. we are born with intelligenced. environment plays a part in developing intelligence第二節(jié)（共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項多余選項。a good laugh is like a mild workout. it

34、exercises the muscles, gets the blood flowing,decreases blood pressure and improves sleep patterns and the immune system. 36.dont take life too seriously. we all have obstacles in life and we all make mistakes.37.in fact, if you can laugh light- heartedly at your own fault, youll find that y ou give

35、 yourself thatextra happiness and confidence increase that can get you over any obstacle.find the humor in a bad situation. sure , there are some situations where you are really sad.38.the next time you feel the stress levels rising, take a minute to think about the funny side of the situation and l

36、augh over the things you cannot control. this will lower your blood pressure,blood sugar levels and heart rate.remind yourself of funny moments from the past. perhaps a friend told you a great joke theother day or your children or pets did something amusing.39. sometimes just relivinga funny moment

37、can cause the endorphins (內(nèi)啡肽), natural painkillers, to kick in.40. as the saying goes, laughter is contagious(會傳染的）. so make a point ofseeking out positive people who arent afraid to laugh at themselves and are good at findinghumor in lifes situations. young children are especially skilled at findi

38、ng laughter and joy ineveryday moments.a. take control over your emotions.b. there is no reason to blame yourself for it.c. however, most situations in life have funny sides.d. surround yourself with fun people who like to laugh a lot.e. the following are some ways to enjoy more laughter and joy in

39、your life.f. studies show that people with pets have lower levels of depression and stress.g.call on these memories frequently, especially when feeling sad, angry or stressed.第三部分 英語知識運用第一節(jié)：完形填空（共 20 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 30 分）as a child, i was told that a wise person is the one who learns from everyone.

40、it is a greatway to live by this 41 -one begins to look at people very 42 and he no longer puts others43 in order to feel good about himself.living in china 44 me with many wonderful opportunities to put this theory (理論) intopractice, china is quite 45 and as a westerner, its easy for me to consider

41、 many of the localhabits as “strange” and even “rude”. however, slowly i began to 46 a lot about the cultureand about where many of theirand 48 from them.47 came from. i decided to make an effort to meet people i am living in harbin now, a city in the northern part of china, near russia. yesterday i

42、 49to get money from the atm and have a good cup of coffee after lunch. but i cant speak chineseyet and there are no signs in english 50 the nearest supermarket or coffee shop. there aresigns in russian. 51 “espaciba” which means thanks, i dont know much else. 52 idecided to smile at my every attemp

43、t（嘗試) to 53 and ask for information that would 54me to an atm and a coffee shop. it turned out that my efforts and my 55 were met with moresmiles. i learned that 56 is to be found everywhere even 57 i cannot communicate, andthat people will 58 depending on what i give.look around you for opportuniti

44、es to learn from the most 59 people. you will besurprised at what they can 60 you!41. areason42. a. differently43. aupbplancstrengthcanxiouslycdowndprincipled. excitedlydoutbdoubtfullybaway44. aprovides45. a modern46. aignore47. anames48. aescape49. afailedbcomparesbspecialbforgetbhabitsbsuffercimpr

45、essescbeautifulcunderstandcbehaviorscheardhelpsdpowerfuldcreatedbeliefsdlearnbrefusedc. neededclooking fordmanageddleaving to50. apointing to bsetting up 51. aexcept for bas forcaccording to dinstead of52. ayetborcsodbesidesddiscussd. lead53. arelax54. aforce55. athanks56. aillness57. abefore58. abe

46、nefit59. afamous60. ateachbcommunicatebtransportbsignscexplaincfollowcquestionsdsmilesbkindnessb. becausebgaincweakness dhappinesscwhencbargaincusefulclenddafterdbargaindfamiliardrequirebunexpectedbcharge第三部分 英語知識運用第一節(jié)閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入合適的內(nèi)容（1 個單詞）或括號單詞的正確形式，并將答案填寫在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。the chinese language is _61_(

47、differ) from western languages in that it usescharacters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds instead of an alphabet. chinese words_62_ (form) by putting together different characters.according to _63_ ancient story, chinese writing was invented by cangjie. after seeingthe _64_(track) of animals in the snow, he had the idea_65_ he could use differentshapes to represent different objects. chinese characters went _66_ huge changes over time.some have been simplified and others have been made more difficult. besides, a me