广东省惠州市学年高一上学期期末英语试题.docx

1、广东省惠州市学年高一上学期期末英语试题绝密启用前广东省惠州市20192020学年高一上学期期末英语试题试卷副标题考试范围：xxx；考试时间：100分钟；命题人：xxx题号一二三四五六七八总分得分注意事项：1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上第I卷（选择题)请点击修改第I卷的文字说明评卷人得分一、阅读理解Whats On?Electric Underground7.30pm1.00am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDo you know whos playing in your area? Were bringing you an ex

2、citing evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. Hes going to talk about how you can find the right person to produ

3、ce your music.Gee Whizz8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see Gee Whizz perform. Hes the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for dr

4、inks and snacks(快餐).Simons Workshop5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years expe

5、rience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, wi

6、th James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.1Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?AJules Skye. BGee Whizz.CCh

7、arlotte Stone. DJames Pickering.2At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?AThe Cyclops Theatre BKaleidoscopeCVictoria Stage DPizza World3When will Charlotte Stone perform her songs?A5.00pm-7.30pm. B7.30pm1.00am.C8.00pm-11.00pm. D8.30pm-10.30pm. Avi Wortis, known simply as Avi,

8、writes historical novels. Historical novels mix historical facts with storytelling skills. These stories take place in the past. The main characters are not always real；they exist only in stories.Avi decided to become a writer when he was a student in senior high school. This was quite a decision be

9、cause he did not write well in school. He had a problem called dysgraphia, a writing disability. The problem caused people to spell words wrongly. Avi always enjoyed reading. He read many types of books as a child. Avi believed that reading is the most important activity for a person who wants to be

10、 a writer.Avi also believes that strong characters make strong stories. He creates characters that can help to bring his ideas to life. His books often deal with questions about life. Writing stories lets him explore many sides of a subject. His favorite part is to make improvements in his writing.

11、For him the hardest part is writing the first draft (草稿).Avis first book was published in 1970. He has written more than 45 books ever since. Most of them are for youngadult readers. Besides historical novels, he writes comedies, short stories about adventures, animals and so on. Fighting Ground, wh

12、ich was published in 1984, is an example of Avis historical novels. This attractive story takes place during the American Revolutionary War.4What can we learn from Paragraph 2 ?AHow Avi developed characters. BWhy Avi liked reading.CHow Avi became a writer. DWhy Avi decided to become a writer.5We lea

13、rn from the text that Avi_.Apublished his first story in 1984Bthinks reading is not the most important for writersCseldom changes his first drafts when writingDbelieves in the importance of good characters in stories6According to Avi, whats the most difficult thing in writing?AMaking improvements. B

14、Writing the first draft.CFinding an attractive character. DWriting the first part of a novel.7What is the authors purpose of writing the text?ATo discuss how to become a writer.BTo introduce a writer of historical novels.CTo describe an important historical novel.DTo show how a historical novel is w

15、ritten. Speaking of children-what child doesnt like to jump around and act silly sometimes? Monkeys are also known for acting silly. So, when kids act up, parents or teachers may tell them to stop monkeying around. It means to do things that are not useful or serious, or to simply waste time.Now, in

16、 the United States, children do not usually have monkeys as pets, but they do often have dogs. And dogs make most children feel happy. But for some reason, we use “dog” in a phrase that means to feel unwell. If you are as sick as a dog, you are really sick and will most likely stay home from work or

17、 school.Besides, dogs and cats are also favorite pets here in the States. This next phrase combines cats and secrets to make a very common expression. Lets say you know a secret, a big secret. And lets say you tell it to people. You have just let the cat out of the bag! This idiom means revealing (揭

18、示) a secret or telling facts that were previously (先前) unknown.If you let the cat out of the bag, you spoil a surprise. So, if your friend is planning a big surprise birthday for another friend, dont let the cat out of the bag by accidentally saying it in front of the birthday girl. Even though this

19、 is a very common idiom, the origin of “to let the cat out of the bag” is also unknown.If you are doing an outdoor activity-such as hiking in the woods, or having a picnic in a park-what are some things that may disturb your good time? Bad weather could. And so could bugs! Crawling pests like ants,

20、and flying ones like mosquitoes, could make your experience uncomfortable or annoying.So, when we bug people we bother them so much that we affect their good time. This common expression is often said as a command: “Stop bugging me !”8According to the passage, “monkeying around” is considered _.Asil

21、ly BwrongCproper Dhappy9If you ask somebody to reveal a secret, you may use the phrase “_”.Astop bugging me Bas sick as a dogCmonkeying around Dlet the cat out of the bag10What is the meaning of the phrase “stop bugging me”?ADont trouble me. BGive up your good time.CStop feeling annoyed. DDont comfo

22、rt me.11What is the passage mainly about?AThe names of animals in the English language.BThe meaning of some English phrases.CThe origins of phrases about animals.DThe strange usages of some words. Everybody sleeps, but what people stay up late to catch or wake up early in order not to miss varies by

23、 culture. From data collected, it seems the things that cause us to lose the most sleep, on average, are sporting events, time changes, and holidays.Russias late nights and early mornings generally correspond(相一致)to public holidays. On New Years Eve, Russians have the worlds latest bedtime, hitting

24、the hay at around 3:30 a. m. Russians also get up an hour later on International Womens Day, the day for treating and celebrating female relatives.Similarly, Americans late nights, late mornings, and longest sleep fall on three-day weekends.Canada got the least sleep of the year the night it beat Sw

25、eden in the Olympic hockey(冰球)final.The World Cup is also chiefly responsible for sleep deprivation. The worst night for sleep in the U. K. was the night of the England-Italy match on June 14. British people stayed up a half-hour later to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next m

26、orning thanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime. That was nothing, though, compared to Germans, Italians, and the French, who stayed up around an hour and a half later on various days throughout the summer to watch the World Cup.It

27、should be made clear that not everyone has a tool to record their sleep patterns; in some of these nations, its likely that only the richest people do. And people who select to track their sleep may try to get more sleep than the average person. Even if thats the case, the above findings are still s

28、triking. If the most health-conscious (注重健康的) among us have such deep swings(明显改变)in our sleep levels throughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?12What do we learn about the Russians regarding sleep?AThey dont fall asleep until very late.BThey dont sleep much on weekends.CThey get

29、 less sleep on public holidays.DThey sleep longer than people elsewhere.13The underlined word “deprivation” in the last paragraph but one means_.Adepression BtroubleCobservation Dloss14Why do some rich people use a tool to record their sleep patterns?AThey want to get more sleep.BThey have trouble f

30、alling asleep.CThey are involved in a sleep research.DThey want to go to bed on regular hours.15What does the author imply in the last paragraph?AIt is important to study our sleep patterns.BFew people really know the importance of sleep.CSleeplessness does harm to peoples health.DAverage people pro

31、bably sleep more than the rich.评卷人得分二、完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The 600-year-old Forbidden City is the worlds largest palace. It 16 more than 17 million 17 every year. If we were to travel back to the past, this 18 palace would be a 19 to us with a lot remaining to be discovered.It was when all 20 in Beijing were low except for the Forbidden City, which was surrounded by high 21 and a wide moat (护城河). After 22 the golden roof (屋顶) from the outside, people could only 23 what it looked like inside. 24 an ar