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广东省深圳市深圳高级中学学年高一下英语期中考试英语试题

深圳高级中学（集团）2020—2021学年第二学期期中测试题

高一英语

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第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Areyouinterestedintravelling?

HerearefamousnationalparkswheretravellersmostlyliketogoinAmerica.

1.GreatSmokyMountainsNationalPark

Visitors:

11,388,893

Thename“GreatSmokyMountains”comesfromthefogoverthismountainrangesituatedalongtheNorthCarolina-Tennesseeborder.Establishedin1934,itisnotjusthometoadiverseecosystemofplantsandanimals,butalsohometorichAppalachiancultures.Visitorstherecanseeover100waterfalls,goboatingonFontanaLakeandhiketheAppalachianTrail.It'salsoanexcellentvantagepointtoseetheleaveschangeinthefall.

2.GrandCanyonNationalPark

Visitors:

6,254,238

TheGrandCanyonistheresultofover70millionyearsofgeologicaleventscreatingtheColoradoPlateau,glaciersandvalleys,whiletheColoradoRivercarveditswaythroughthevalleys.Itistrulyanaturalsplendor!

WhenPresidentRooseveltfirstvisiteditin1903,hesaid,“TheGrandCanyonfillsmewithawe.Itisbeyondcomparison–beyonddescription.”16yearslater,itwassignedbyPresidentWoodrowWilson,officiallyviewingtheGrandCanyonanationalpark.

3.YosemiteNationalPark

Visitors:

4,336,890

Inadditiontobeinganationalpark,YosemiteisdesignatedasaWorldHeritageSite.YosemiteNationalParkisinCentralCaliforniainthewesternSierraNevada.Thoughitcoversaround1,168squaremilesofarea,visitorsspendmostoftheirtimeinthe5.9square-mileareaoftheYosemiteValleywheretherearesomemostfamoussiteslikeYosemiteFalls,andCook’sMeadowLoop.

4.ZionNationalPark

Visitors:

4,504,812

SettledinSouthwesternUtahisZionNationalPark.Ithassomeofthemostuniquelandscapespackedwithmountains,valleys,rivers,desertandforests.

ZionNationalParkisalsoanimportantplacetostudyancienthumanswhomadetheareatheirhomeabout8,000yearsago.Someofthepark’smostnotableattractionsincludeAngel'sLanding,KolobArch,theNarrows,etc.

1.HowdoesGreatSmokyMountainsNationalParkgetitsname?

A.Withsmokerisingfromthevolcanointhelake.

B.Withbigforestfirebreakingoutinthemountain.

C.SignedbyPresidentWoodrowWilson.

D.Withwatervaporseenoverthemountainrange

2.WhendidGrandCanyonNationalParkbecomeanationalpark?

A.In1887.B.In1903.C.In1919.D.In1934.

3.WhatdoesYosemiteNationalParkshareincommonwithZionNationalPark?

A.Theyarelocatedinthesamestate.

B.Peoplecanlearnaboutancienttimesthere.

C.Theybothhavethemostcharminglandscenery.

D.Theywerebothformedastheresultofyearsofgeologicalevents.

【答案】1.D2.C3.B

B

ThatcoldJanuarynight,IwasgrowingsickofmylifeinSanFrancisco.ThereIwas,walkinghomeatoneinthemorningafteratiringpracticeatthetheater.Withopeningnightonlyaweekaway,Iwasstilllearningmylines.Iwashavingtroubledealingwithmypart-timejobatthebankandmyactingatnightatthesametime.AsIwalked,IthoughtseriouslyaboutgivingupbothactingandSanFrancisco.Citylifehadbecometoomuchforme.

AsIwalkeddownemptystreetsundertallbuildings,Ifeltverysmallandcold.Ibeganrunning,bothtokeepwarmandtokeepawayanypossiblerobbers.Veryfewpeoplewerestilloutexceptafewsad-lookinghomelesspeopleunderblankets.

Aboutablockfrommyapartment

Iheardasoundbehindme.Iturnedquickly,halfexpectingtoseesomeonewithaknifeoragun.Thestreetwasempty.AllIsawwasashiningstreetlight.Still,thenoisehadmademenervous,soIstartedtorunfaster.NotuntilIreachedmyapartmentbuildingandunlockedthedoordidIrealizewhatthenoisehadbeen.Ithadbeenmywalletfallingtothesidewalk.

SuddenlyIwasn’tcoldortiredanymore.IranoutofthedoorandbacktowhereI’dheardthenoise.AlthoughIsearchedthesidewalkanxiouslyforfifteenminutes,mywalletwasnowheretobefound.

JustasIwasabouttogiveupthesearch,Iheardthegarbagetruckpulluptothesidewalknexttome.Whenavoicecalledfromtheinside,“AlisaCamacho?

”IthoughtIwasdreaming.Howcouldthismanknowmyname?

Thedooropened,andoutjumpedasmallred-hairedmanwithanamusedlookinhiseyes.“Isthiswhatyou’relookingfor?

”heasked,holdingupasmallsquareshape.

Itwasnearly3a.m.bythetimeIgotintobed.Iwouldn’tgetmuchsleepthatnight,butIhadgotmywalletback.Ialsohadgotbacksomeenjoymentofcitylife.Irealizedthatthecitycouldn’tbeabadplaceaslongaspeoplewerewillingtohelpeachother.

4.Howdidthewriterfeelwhenshewaswalkinghomeafterwork?

A.Coldandsick.B.Luckyandhopeful.

C.Satisfiedandcheerful.D.Disappointedandhelpless.

5.AccordingtoParagraph1,whatwasthewriterbusydoing?

A.Shewassolvingherproblematthebank.

B.Shewastakingpartinvariouscityactivities.

C.Shewaslearningactinginaneveningschool

D.Shewaspreparingforthefirstnightshow

6.Onherwayhomethewriter____________.

A.lostherwalletunknowingly

B.wasstoppedbyagarbagetruckdriver

C.wasrobbedofherwalletbyamanwithaknife

D.foundsomehomelesspeoplefollowingher

7.Whatcanweinferfromthetext?

A.Thewriterwouldstopworkingatnight.

B.ThewriterwouldstayoninSanFrancisco.

C.Thewriterwouldmakefriendswiththeman.

D.Thewriterwouldgiveupherjobatthebank.

【答案】4.D5.D6.A7.B

C

Vinegarmakessalad，friesanddumplingstastebetter，andyoucanevenuseittocleanyourwindows．Andnow，accordingtoscientists，itmayeventheplanet'spopulationsurviveclimatechange．

ResearchersfromtheRIKENCenterforSustainableResourceScience（CSRS）inJapanfoundthatgrowingplantsinvinegarmakesthemmoreresistanttodroughts．Thiscouldmeanthatinthefuture，worriesaboutclimatechangeaffectingtheworld'ssupplyoffoodwillbemuchlower．ThediscoverywasmadeaftertheresearchersstudiedtheArabidopsis，aplantknownforitsabilitytosurviveindryweather．Itwasfoundthatwhentheplantwasplacedindrought﹣likeconditions，itproducedachemicalcalledacetate（醋酸盐）﹣themaincomponentofvinegar．

Afterdiscoveringthis，thescientistsexperimentedfurtherbyaddingacetatetothesoilofotherplants，beforetheystoppedgivingthemwatercompletely．Afterleavingtheplantsfor14days，theyfoundthattheonestreatedwithacetatehadsurvived，whiletheuntreatedplantshaddriedupanddied．

It'shopedthatthissimplemethodofsurvivalcouldsoonbeusedtohelpfarmersindrycountrieskeeptheircropsalive．"Intheexperiment，wetargetedthestaplefoodsoftheworld﹣rice，wheatandmaize﹣andthebasicplantofbreedingspecies，rapeseed（油菜籽），"JongMyongKim，co﹣authorofthestudy，toldPopularSciencemagazine．

Kimalsotoldthemagazinehe'salreadybeenintouchwithpeopleallovertheworldwhoareinterestedintryingthissimpleandcost﹣effectivemethodoutforthemselvesfromflowergrowingcompaniestoamateurgardeners．Althoughatthispointkeepingthirstyplantsaliveisn'taseasyasjustpouringvinegaroverthem，Kimsaidheandhisteamareworkingonmakingtheprocessassimpleaspossible．"Nowwearetryingtocooperatewithsomefarmers，andalsosomecompanies，tomakeamethodtoapplythissystem，"hesaid．Andforthoseofuswhoalwaysforgettoaskourneighborstowaterourplantswhenwegoaway，hopefullythismeanstheendofreturninghomefromatriptofindourfavoriteflowershavedied．

8.Whatisthearticlemainlyabout？

A.Theworld'sfoodsupplywillbeincreased．

B.Plantsbettersurvivedroughts．

C.TheArabidopsisisresistanttodroughts．

D.Vinegarcouldbeusedtofightdroughts．

9.Itwasdiscoveredthatacetatecan　　．

A.beusedbyfarmerstoreplacesoil

B.onlybeproducedbytheArabidopsis

C.helpplantssurvivedryconditions

D.beusedtoimprovepoorsoil

10.Whatarethetargetplantsoftheexperiment？

A.allbreedingspecies．

B.wheatandArabidopisis．

C.riceandmaize．

D.rapeseedandArabidopisis．

11.JongMyongKim'sexperimentoftryingoutthemethod　　．

A.canmakepeople'stripspleasant

B.turnedoutaworldwidesuccess

C.isassimpleaspouringvinegarovertheplants

D.appealstomanyflowergrowingcompanies

【答案】8.D9.C10.C11.D

D

Acrosstheworld,studieshaveconsistentlyfoundthatgirlsperformsignificantlybetterthanboysinreading.Thesestudiesshowthatgirlstypicallyreadmorefrequentlythanboys,andhaveamorepositiveattitudetowardreading.

Thereareseveralreasonsthathelpexplainthesegender-baseddifferences.Parentsreadmorewiththeirdaughters.Thissendsastrongandearlymessagethatbooksareforgirls,aswellasequippinggirlswithasignificantadvantage.Recentresearchhasfoundeventhoughboysreadlessfrequentlythangirls,girlsstillreceivemoreencouragementtoreadfromtheirparents.

Sohowcanparentsandeducatorshelpbridgethissocially-engineeredgapforboys’reading?

Toimproveboys’readingperformance,parentsandeducatorsmaylookforwaystoconnectboyswithreading.Thishasledtodiscussionabouttheimportanceofpromotingso-called“boy-friendly”booksthatboyssupposedly“prefer”Thesearetypicallyassumedtobenon-fictionworks,asmanypeoplebelievedthatboysprefertoreadnon-fiction.

Butthisbeliefisnotsupportedbyrecentresearch,whichinfactsuggestsboysaremorelikelytochoosetoreadfictionthannon-fiction.Encoura