黑龙江省双鸭山市学年高一英语下学期开学考试试含答案师生通用.docx

1、黑龙江省双鸭山市学年高一英语下学期开学考试试含答案 师生通用 双鸭山市第一中学2017-2018学年度下学期高(一)英语开学考试试题（考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分）第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AChoosing a vacation place your kids would love is quite a headache. Here are some highly preferred fun vacation places

2、for you, which would make sure your entire family has fun together.HersheyparkHersheypark, the Chocolate Town of USA, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, is now a main theme park with sixty rides. The amazing water rides, family rides, live concerts and shows make Hersheypark a perfect place for the young chi

3、ldren. It also has a water park known as the The boardwalk at Hersheypark and a zoo.Old Orchard Beach in Saco, MaineThe Old Orchard beach, where there is the amazing sand, water, rides, some fried food, and great fun games, can keep your kids busy and happy. Besides, there are downtown shops with gr

4、eat beach food.Snowbird Resort in Snowbird, UtahAs a great place for those who enjoy the snow, Snowbird resort allows families to enjoy many activities in the winter months, such as snowboarding and ice skating. The live music concerts are held year round.Hilton Waikoloa Village in Waikoloa, HawaiiT

5、his is actually a fun vacation place when you are looking out for a getaway with your kids. Hilton Waikoloa Village is the place to go if you would like to have your children enter for Camp Menehune. Looking for the chance to feed birds is an exciting experience. However, an activity that your kids

6、would enjoy most is the communication with dolphins.1. What can visitors do in the Snowbird Resort?A. Visit a water park. B. Enjoy ice skating with their families.C. See many lovely dolphins. D. Taste great beach food.2. Where can visitors go if they want to have their children attend Camp Menehune?

7、A. Hersheypark. B. Old Orchard Beach. C. Hilton Waikoloa Village. D. Snowbird Resort.3. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To introduce several fun vacation places for families.B. To tell about the traditional relaxing holidays.C. To advertise the best vacation places in winter.D. To

8、 show some theme parks in the world.BLudwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on December 7, 1770. His father, Johann Beethoven, also a musician, wanted his son to be a genius and encouraged him to develop his musical talents. Johann was so determined to make his son into a successful musician

9、 that he would pull poor Ludwig out of bed in the middle of the night and force the young boy to practice piano until the early hours of the morning.At the age of eleven, Ludwig van Beethoven received professional piano and composition training in Bonn, and within ten years he became well known in V

10、ienna for his imagination when creating music on the piano. He continued to live there and became very interested in the construction of pianos, which developed into the modern grand concert piano.Things changed for Beethoven in 1798 when his hearing was becoming impaired. He composed the First Symp

11、hony and Septet Op 20 and performed them on April 2, 1800, and it won great success. However, his hearing continued to worsen, and he began to separate himself from his family and friends in order to avoid conversation.After the performance of his Ninth Symphony, he turned around to see the warm app

12、lause of the audience and broke down in tears when he realized that he couldnt hear them. Fighting against depression (抑郁) and a disorder, Beethoven continued to produce music by using special equipment that helped him to hear his symphonies. This equipment was a thin stick connected with the soundb

13、oard of his piano. Biting it, he was able to feel vibrations (震动) of sound. The music that he created during this period was filled with heroism and struggle, and went on to become his most famous compositions.4. Why did little Beethoven play piano at the midnight?A. He showed musical talents for mu

14、sic.B. He was interested in playing the piano.C. His father pushed him to practice his musical skills.D. He was determined to realize his music dream.5. What does the underlined word “impaired” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Recovered. B. Constructed. C. Damaged. D. Developed.6. Why did Beethoven get separa

15、ted from his family?A. He didnt want to talk with them because of his worsening hearing.B. He had to receive treatment because of his depression.C. He was busy in composing the First Symphony and Septet Op 20.D. He had to fix his attention on practicing piano.7. What do we know about Beethovens most

16、 famous compositions?A. They were played by special equipment.B. They reduced depression and the disorder of Beethoven.C. They were composed before Beethoven went deaf.D. They were filled with heroism and struggle.CA typical school day in the UK starts around 8:30 am. This is often even earlier else

17、where in the world, with students sitting down to their first lesson at 7:30 am in the US. The average teenager ideally needs eight to nine hours sleep each night, but in reality a lot of teenagers struggle to get this much. A lot of the problems arise because our sleep patterns are not fixed, and t

18、hey change as we grow.So a later school start time could help to solve this problem, by ensuring to get their eight plus hours of sleep and react properly to their bodys natural rhythms (规律). There has been a general shift over the past 25 years to shorten the school day. This is not at the cost of

19、teaching time (which has remained constant) but at the cost of natural breaks, which has led to reduced lunch time and lesson breaks.Later start times could help teens grades and health. This is mainly because it makes the management of children easier. Supervising (监管) hundreds of children “playing

20、” requires effective staffing (人员配备). And there is always the fear that behavior worsens during breaks. So the theory goes that having them in class and strictly supervised must be better.But this means that students barely have enough time to absorb what they were doing in maths before suddenly the

21、y are thrust into ancient history. And teaching staff also transit from one class to another, with hardly a rest or time to refocus.Clearly rethinking the school day could benefit everyone involved. Anyway, it could also lead to better achievement in teenagers and less of a struggle for parents in t

22、he mornings. For teachers, it could also mean a less stressful day all around and what could be better than that?8. How do schools often shorten the school day?A. They reduce childrens lunch time and lesson breaks.B. They reduce the teaching time.C. They properly adjust children natural rhythms.D. T

23、hey increase more holidays.9. Whats the purpose of the children short lesson breaks according to the text?A. To supervise children more easily. B. To make children quickly take in what they. Learned.C. To reduce childrens excitement. D. To make children behave better in class.10. What can we learn a

24、bout later school start time from the text?A. It will add to the teachers pressure. B. It has always been there for 25 years.C. Parents may support it. D. It benefits the students only.11. What can be the best title for the text?A. The benefits of a less stressful day. B. The benefits of later schoo

25、l start time.C. How to solve teenagers sleep problem. D. The reasons why teenagers sleep differently.DLooking fashionable feels good. However, did you know that doing so could be extremely bad for the planet?Making clothes requires lots of energy. For example, cotton fields have to be watered. Jeans

26、 must be dyed (染色) and then dried. According to scientists, making 1 kilogram of clothes produces 23 kilograms of greenhouse gases on average.However, clothes are spending less time in shops and at homes than ever. Consumers (消费者) today keep almost every article of clothing only half as long as they

27、 did 15 years ago. That causes a large amount of waste.Some clothing companies and designers have realized this problem. H & M, for example, was the worlds largest buyer of “better cotton” last year. The cotton needs less water to grow. It also requires fewer pesticides (农药). The Swedish brand has a

28、lso stopped using a chemical that pollutes the environment when making waterproof (防水的) clothes. Nike, meanwhile, has invented a new method of making shoes. It reduces waste by 60 percent compared with traditional cutting and sewing.More long lasting clothes could help, too. Tom Cridland is a Britis

29、h designer. The clothes that he designs all go through a special treatment. Cridland says they can last more than 30 years.Unfortunately, not all clothing companies and designers, think they should be responsible for the environment. Some companies do not care about their carbon footprint at all.Wha

30、t can we do? In some western schools, students are encouraged to fix their jackets and trousers. Clothing companies there send vans to campuses to help them do it. Another solution is to think twice the next time we buy new clothes. Some clothes may not look very fashionable, but they could be good

31、for our planet.12. According to the passage, making 50 kilograms of clothes produces about kilograms of greenhouse gases.A. 23. B. 115. C. 230. D. 1,150.13. What is the difference between “better cotton” and traditional cotton?A. “Better cotton” can grow without water.B. “Better cotton” grows faster

32、 than traditional cotton.C. “Better cotton” is more environmentally friendly.D. “Better cotton” is more productive than traditional cotton.14. In order to protect the environment, what have some clothing companies and designers been doing? Using new material. Helping students mend clothes. Measuring their carbon footprint. Designing clothes that can last longer.A. B. C. D.15. What does the author advise us to do in order to help protect the environment?