广东省深圳市宝安区高一英语下学期期中试题new.docx

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广东省深圳市宝安区高一英语下学期期中试题new

广东省深圳市宝安区2016-2017学年高一英语下学期期中试题

I.阅读（共40分）

第一节阅读理解（每题2分,共30分）

A

Thelatestfashioninkitchenisthefoodsteamer。

Allthestoresaresellingthem；everyonewantsone。

Steamingisoneofthesimplestandhealthiestwaysofcookingfood.However,thatcookingtimeisusuallylongerthanwithothermethods。

Incaseyou’rethinkingofbuyingasteamer，I'vedoneasurveyaboutthesteamersavailableonthemarkettohelpyoudecidewhichwillsuityoubest．

●FoldingSteamer

Thesimplestandleastexpensiveisthefoldingstainless—steel（不锈钢）version。

Advantages：

Thisisagood，basicdesignwhichsitsinsideavarietyofdifferentshapesofpanswiththewaterunderit;aringinthecenterallowsforeasyliftingandit’seasytoclean．

Disadvantages：

Itonlyholdssmalldishes。

Also，ifyouputtoomuchwaterinthepan,itwillboilupthroughthevegetablesandtheywillbewatery.Ifyouputtoolittlewaterinandletitgetdry，youwillburnthepanandgetstrange-smellingvegetables．

●SteamingPan

Thisisathree—layeredblackTeflon—coatedversionwithalidandtwodouble—handledsteamers，whichsitsontheovenring.ThebrandIboughtiscalledNutritiousLiving．

Advantages：

Thisisanexcellentsteamer，lightweight,easytoclean，andofallthesteamersI’vetried,thiscooksthefastest.Fishandchickencanbecookedonthebottomwithriceorvegetablesonthetop.It'seasiertostore．

Disadvantages：

Watercanboilawayuntilthepanisdry,butifyoumakesureyoufillthepanuptothesuggestedlevelanddonotovercookthefood，thisshouldnothappen．Youcannotseethefoodcookingfromthetop.Itdoesn’tsupplyadishforcookingrice．

Forserioususersofsteamers，Irecommendhavingoneofeachversion。

Ifyoujustwanttotryit，getthefoldingstainless—steeltype.

1．Whydidtheauthorcarryoutthesurvey？

A．Toinformpeopleofdifferentsteamers

B．Torunanadvertisementforsteamers

C．Tofindoutasuitablesteamertobuy

D．Tolearnhowtocookwithsteamers

2．Whatcanwelearnaboutthefoldingsteamer？

A．Itcomesindifferentkindsofshapesandsizes．

B．Itisdesignedforlargefamilies．

C．Itisabletocleanitself．

D．Itiseasytolift．

3．TheNutritiousLivingsteamer________．

A．ismoredifficulttostore

B．providesadishtocookricewith

C．cooksdifferentfoodsatthesametime

D．cooksfishandchickenfasterthanvegetables

4．Accordingtotheauthor,youshould________．

A．usesteamerstosavecookingtime

B．buyasteamerwithdishessupplied

C．doasurveybeforechoosingasteamer

D．buyafoldingsteamerifyouwanttotry

B

Humanbeingshaveusedtoolsforaverylongtime。

Insomepartsoftheworldyoucanstillfindtoolsthatpeopleusedmorethantwomillionyearsago。

Theymadethesetoolsbyhittingonestoneagainstanother。

Inthisway，theybrokeoffpiecesfromoneofthestones.Thesechipsofstonewereusuallysharpononeside.Peopleusedthemforcuttingmeatandskinfromdeadanimals,andalsoformakingothertoolsoutofwood。

Humanbeingsneededtousetoolsbecausetheydidnothavesharpteethlikeothermeateatinganimals，suchaslionsandtigers.Toolshelpedpeopletogetfoodmoreeasily.

Workingwithtoolsalsohelpedtodevelophumanintelligence.Thehumanbraingrewbigger,andhumanbeingsbegantoinventmoreandmoretoolsandmachines.Thestonechipwasoneofthefirsttoolsthatpeopleused,andperhapsitisthemostimportant.Somescientistssaythatitwasthekeytosuccessofmankind.

Since1960，anewkindoftoolhasappeared.Thisisthesiliconchip-——alittlechipofsiliconcrystal.Itissmallerthanafingernail,butitcanstoremorethanamillion”bits”ofinformation.Itisanelectronicbrain.Everyyearthesechipsgetcleverer，buttheirsizegetssmaller，andtheircostgetsless。

Theyareusedinwatches,calculatorsandintelligentmachinesthatwecanuseinmanyways.Inthefuturewewillnotneedtoworkwithtoolsintheoldway.Machineswilldoeverythingforus.Theywilleventalkandplaygameswithus。

Peoplewillhaveplentyofsparetime.Butwhatwilltheydowithit？

Humanbeingsusedstonechipsformorethantwomillionyears,buthumanlifechangedverylittleinthattime.Wehaveusedsiliconchipsforonlyafewyears,butlifeischangingfastereveryday.Whatwilllifebeliketwentyyearsfromnow？

Whatwilltheworldbeliketwomillionyearsfromnow?

5．Fromparagraph1，wecanknow_____________。

A。

whyearlyhumanbeingscutskinfromdeadanimals

B.howearlyhumanbeingsdiscoveredthetools

C。

whatearlyhumanbeingsusedthetoolsfor

D。

whatfoodearlyhumanbeingsstored

6．Thestonechipisthoughttobethemostimportanttoolbecauseit______.

A.wasveryimportanttothedevelopmentofmankind

B.ledtotheinventionofmachinesintheearlytime

C。

developedcookingabilitiesofmankind

D。

wasoneofthefirsttoolsofmankind

7．Thesiliconchipismentionedinthepassageto________.

A.showthechangesoftools

B.introduceanewkindoftool

C.giveanexampleofusingtools

D。

comparetheeffectsoftwokindsoftools

8．Attheendofthepassagetheauthorseemstosuggestthatlifeinfutureis

______。

A。

outoforderB.lesscolorfulC。

hardtopredictD.fullofmeanings

C

AnideathatstartedinSeattle'spubliclibraryhasspreadthroughoutAmericaandbeyond.Theconceptissimple：

helptobuildasenseofcommunityinacitybygettingeveryonetoreadthesamebookatthesametime.

Inadditiontoencouragingreadingasapursuit（追求）tobeenjoyedbyall，theprogramallowsstrangerstocommunicatebydiscussingthebookonthebus，aswellaspromotingreadingasanexperiencetobesharedinfamiliesandschools。

TheideacamefromSeattlelibrarianNancyPearlwholaunched（发起）the”IfAllofSeattleReadtheSameBook”projectin1998.Heroriginalprogramusedauthorvisits，studyguidesandbookdiscussiongroupstobringpeopletogetherwithabook，buttheideahasexpandedtomanyotherAmericancities，andeventoHongKong.

InChicago,themayor（市长）appearedontelevisiontoannouncethechoiceofToKillaMockingbirdasthefirstbookinthe”OneBook，OneChicago”program.Asaresult，readingclubsandneighborhoodgroupsspranguparoundthecity.AcrosstheUS，storiesemergedthatparentsandchildrenreadtoeachotheratnightandstrangerschattedawayonthebusaboutplotandcharacter。

TheonlyproblemaroseinNewYork,wherelocalreaderscouldnotdecideononebooktorepresentthehugeanddiversepopulation.Thismayshowthattheideaworksbestinmedium-sizedcitiesorlargetowns,whereagreatersenseofunity（一致）canbeachieved。

OritmayshowthatNewYorkersrathermissedthepoint,puttingalltheirenergyandpassionintothechoiceofthebookratherthandiscussionaboutabookitself。

Ultimately,asNancypointsout,thelevelofsuccessisnotmeasuredbyhowmanypeoplereadabook，butbyhowmanypeopleareenrichedbytheprocess，orhaveenjoyedspeakingtosomeonewithwhomtheywouldnototherwisehavesharedaword.

9．WhatisthepurposeoftheprojectlaunchedbyNancy？

A.Toinviteauthorstoguidereaders。

B。

Toencouragepeopletoreadandshare.

C.Toinvolvepeopleincommunityservice。

D.Topromotethefriendshipbetweencities.

10．WhywasitdifficultforNewYorkerstocarryouttheproject？

A。

Theyhadlittleinterestinreading.

B.Theyweretoobusytoreadabook.

C。

Theycamefrommanydifferentbackgrounds

D.Theylackedsupportfromthelocalgovernment

11．Theunderlinedwords“sharedaword”inParagraph5probablymean___________.

A。

exchangedideaswitheachother

B.discussedthemeaningofaword

C。

gainedlifeexperience

D.usedthesamelanguage

12．AccordingtoNancy，thedegreeofsuccessoftheprojectisjudgedby__________.

A.thecarefulselectionofaproperbook

B。

thegrowingpopularityofthewriters

C。

thenumberofpeoplewhobenefitfromreading

D。

thenumberofbooksthateachpersonreads

D

ArrivinginSydneyonhisownfromIndia,myhusband,Rashid，stayedinahotelforashorttimewhilelookingforahouseformeandourchildren。

　　Duringthefirstweekofhisstay,hewentoutonedaytodosomeshopping.Hecamebackinthelateafternoontodiscoverthathissuitcasewasgone.Hewasextremelyworriedasthesuitcasehadallhisimportantpapers,includinghispassport。

　　Hereportedthecasetothepoliceandthensatthere,lostandlonelyinthestrangecity，thinkingoftheterribletroublesofgettingallthepaperworkorganizedagainfromadistantcountrywhiletryingtosettledowninanewone。

　　Lateintheevening，thephonerang。

Itwasastranger.Hewastryingtopronouncemyhusband’snameandwasaskinghimalotofquestions.Thenhesaidtheyhadfoundapileofpapersintheirtrashcan（垃圾桶）thathadbeenleftoutonthefootpath.

　　Myhusbandrushedtotheirhometofindakindfamilyholdingallhispapersanddocuments.Theiryoungdaughterhadgonetothetrashcanandfoundapileofunfamiliarpapers。

Herparentshadcarefullysortedthemout，althoughtheyhadfoundmainlyforeignaddressesonmostofthedocuments。

Atlasttheyhadseenahalf—writtenletterinthepileinwhichmyhusbandhadgivenhisnewtelephonenumbertoafriend.

　　Thatfamilynotonlyrestoredtheimportantdocumentstousthatdaybutalsorestoredourfaithandtrustinpeople。

Westillremembertheirkindnessandoftensendawarmwishtheirway。

13.WhatdidRashidplantodoafterhisarrivalinSydney?

A.GoshoppingB。

FindahouseC.JoinhisfamilyD。

Takehisfamily

14.Thegirl’sparentsgotRashid’sphonenumberfrom_______。

A。

afriendofhisfamilyB.aSydneypoliceman

C。

aletterinhispapersD.astr