学年最新人教版高中英语高一上学期期中联考模拟检测题及答案精编试题文档格式.docx

1、 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AChocolate Factory Tours around the USAEveryone has a favorite way of enjoying the sweet treat of chocolate. Lets take a look at a handful chocolate factories throughout the USA to see how the sweet confection （糖果） is made.Hersheys Chocolate TourIn Pen

2、nsylvania, the Hersheys Chocolate Tour （free） at Hersheys Chocolate World is an amusement ride that takes visitors through the production process, from harvesting cocoa beans in the tropical rainforest to the end result - Hersheys Chocolate. You can taste a sample （样品） at the end of the tour.Taza Ch

3、ocolate TourThe factory tour at Taza Chocolate （$6 per person） in Somerville, just outside of Boston, is offered daily and takes visitors on the journey from bean to bar through a unique, stone-ground （用细磨磨的） method using traditional Mexican stone mills.Hoffmans Chocolate Factory TourHoffmans Chocol

4、ate factory in Greenacres offers daily chocolate factory tours （free）. The through-thewindow observation tour includes the story of cocoa and the history of chocolate, as well as a personal experience with chocolatiers as they explain how their chocolate is made.Askinosie Chocolate tourThe Askinosie

5、 Chocolates factory tour （$5 per adult, $4 per child/student） in Springfield lets visitors hear stories of farmer partners that Askinosie works with across the globe. All of the roasting, pressing, molding and packaging is done by hand, and Askinosie is one of the only craft chocolate makers pressin

6、g their own cocoa butter. Seattles Theo Chocolate TourSeattles Theo Chocolate is a must-stop when visiting the Emerald City, and taking a tour of the factory （$10 per person） is an added treat. The one-hour tour begins with an educational part in which the different cocoa beans and areas are introdu

7、ced, giving visitors insight into how different chocolates are cultivated（培育）.21. David wants to go to a chocolate factory with his little sister Belle, but he only has 7 dollars in his pocket. Belle is eager to taste them. They can visit _. A. Hersheys Chocolate World B. Taza Chocolate factory C. H

8、offmans Chocolate factory D. Askinosie Chocolate factory22. If you need to write an article about cocoa beans and only have one hour for the tour, you can attend _. A. Hersheys Chocolate Tour B. Hoffmans Chocolate Tour C. Askinosie Chocolate tour D. Seattles Theo Chocolate Tour23. Robert is a fan of

9、 hand-made chocolate and is quite particular about （挑剔） food materials and ingredients. He will travel to the city _ . A. Pennsylvania B. Greenacres C. Springfield D. EmeraldBA passenger has been fined （罚款） almost $ 550 after he was caught without a train ticket- that would have cost just $ 2.80.Nic

10、ky Haywood, from Nottingham, was found guilty （有罪的） of travelling on an East Midlands train from Nottingham to Newstead without a ticket.The 27-year-old, who did not appear for his hearing at Nottingham Magistrates Court （地方法庭）, is now being made to pay the price - which is almost 200 times the orig

11、inal（最初的） price - for the 20 minute journey.According to the Nottingham Post, Magistrates have ordered Haywood to pay a $ 220 fine, $ 302 in costs, a $ 22 government surcharge （追加费用） and the $ 2.80 fare.Senior conductor, Yvonne Clay was working on the day of the incident, according to the Nottingham

12、 Post.The newspaper reported that she said Haywood had got on the train without a ticket, though he had the chance to buy one from both vending machines and booking offices on the platform.She said:“He offered a Solo Electron card but we could not take that on the train. I informed him with a notice

13、 to pay. He gave his name and address and had 21 days to pay the fare.”Even though he was given three weeks to pay the $ 2.80, a payment from Haywood was not received.24. How much should Nicky Haywood pay according to the court? A. $2.80. B. $544. C. $550. D. $546.8.25. Nicky Haywood can buy a ticke

14、t from _. A. convenience shops B. booking offices C. the conductor D. the court26. Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage? A. Nicky Haywood was heading to Nottingham in this incident. B. The conductor didnt inform him to pay the ticket. C. Nicky Haywood offered a card but

15、it couldnt be used on that train. D. If Nicky Haywood had been given some days after the incident, he would have paid the ticket.27. Which of the following can best describe Nicky Haywood? A. Well-educated B. Responsible C. Dishonest D. MeanCAccording to a new study, putting preschoolers in bed by 8

16、 p.m. could reduce their chances of becoming overweight or obese later in life by half. Preschoolers are children around the age of 4 or 5.The World Health Organization says obesity can lead to serious long-term health problems like diabetes, heart disease and stroke.Researchers from the Ohio State

17、Universitys College of Public Health have found that young children who go to bed after 9 p.m. are twice as likely to be obese later in life. The researchers wrote their findings in The Journal of Pediatrics.The lead author of the study is Sarah Anderson. She is an associate professor of epidemiolog

18、y（流行病学）. Anderson says that, for parents, the results of the study support the importance of creating a bedtime routine.She says that having a usual bedtime routine is something “families can do to lower their childrens risk” of becoming overweight.Researchers used data from 977 children for the stu

19、dy. These children are part of a larger project called the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. The project follows healthy babies born in 1991 in 10 cities in US.When these children turned 15 years old, the researchers looked at their rates of obesity. Of those with the earliest bedtime

20、s, only one out of 10 was obese. Of those who went to bed between 8 and 9 p.m., 16 percent became obese. And out of those with the latest bedtimes, 23 percent became obese.The World Health Organization reported in 2014 that the number of overweight babies and young children worldwide had increased f

21、rom 31 million in 1990 to 44 million in 2012. If that trend continues, the WHO warns, there will be 70 million obese children in the world by 2025.28. According to the passage, the risk of obesity_.A. can be cut by half if children go to bed by 9 p.m.B. can lead to low blood pressure, diabetes and h

22、eart diseaseC. is the highest at the age of 4 or 5D. is higher for those children who sleep late at night29. The underlined word “obese” in the first paragraph means _.A. heavy B. light C. fat D. slim30. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the research?A. The research is organized by the

23、 World Health Organization.B. The result shows that children sleeping before 8 p.m. have the lowest rate of obesity.C. The findings are based on the data provided by The Journal of Pediatrics.D. The research is funded（提供资金） by the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development.31.What is the author

24、s attitude towards the result of the research?A. Objective B. Disappointed C. Positive D.SatisfiedDIt is often said that Western Europeans speak English. From traveling all through Europe, I know that this is not entirely true. Some regions of Europe have a 90% of English speaking rate, while in oth

25、er parts, English is generally a tongue which is impossible to understand. The divide, it seems, lies with the Romance languages.In Scandinavia, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the rest of the Western European non-Romance language speaking regions, English seem to be understood and spoken jus

26、t like the peoples first tongue. In Iceland, I have never experienced English was spoken so well and so widely by a non-native speaking country. And I have almost never met a Dutch person who did not speak English almost as well as my countrymen.But when you move to south of Western Europe a little,

27、 something happens. English becomes a less useful language for travel. You just cross over the Romance language barrier and into Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy, where English is spoken at a rate that does not seem to be much higher than in China, Latin America, or Southeast Asia.Traveling throug

28、h Europe and working at hotel around the world that are popular with Europeans, have given me a deeper view of their usage of foreign languages. The northern Europeans can often speak five or six languages, while the Romance speakers hardly know more than their birth tongue. And if you think that Sp

29、anish and Italian are so similar that they can be understood by each other, I tell you that this is completely wrong. Spaniards and Italians dont even understand each other. It is also not a fact that people from both of these countries can communicate in French; only those who put a high amount of

30、effort into learning English or have lived abroad for years can speak English well.People often say that French people really understand English but refuse to speak it, but from watching hundreds of French travelers over the years struggle with English abroad as well as friends in France trying in v

31、ain （徒劳的） to communicate with me, I know that this is not true. English is simply not widely spoken there outside the large cities.32. According to the passage, which statement do you think is TRUE?A. In Iceland, English is not spoken very well.B. Dutch person can almost speak English as well as the

32、 author himself.C. Spanish and Italian are so similar that they can be understood easily by each other. D. English is as widely spoken as French in France.33. The author is probably a（n） .A. Frenchman B. Dutchman C. American D. Chinese 34. What does “this” in the last paragraph mean?A. Western Europeans speak En