山东省聊城市学年高一上学期期末英语试题.docx

1、山东省聊城市学年高一上学期期末英语试题山东省聊城市2020-2021学年高一上学期期末英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读选择 Why do people listen to music? The answer may seem simple: Music is pleasant to make and to hear. But music touches our lives in many other ways, too.Music changes our moodMy brother doesnt choose music based on what he wants to h

2、ear. Instead, he decides what he wants to feel and picks music with that mood in mind. Upbeat, bright-sounding music generally makes people feel happy. But some people enjoy listening to sad music, too. It can be like talking with a friend who understands your suffering. But for some people, sad mus

3、ic can make them feel even sadder.Music helps us get things doneDo you ever listen to music while you work? I do, and I find that it sometimes helps me concentrate, According to one expert, music can help you pay attention during boring or repeated tasks. But when you are doing tasks that require mo

4、re thought, music can disturb you, making them harder.My mom, a preschool teacher, uses music to manage her classroom. When she wants to call a child, instead of yelling the childs name, she sings it. This creates a more positive environment, while still getting the childs attention.Music brings peo

5、ple togetherMusic can also bring people closer to each other. This is especially true of music played live. Live music often features a group of people playing different instruments which makes it a shared experience. Listeners can share in the emotions the song expresses. They also create memories

6、together.And speaking of memories, lots of people connect music with specific places, people or events. Whenever they hear a certain song, they are transported back to some point in the past. Thus music can connect people not only to people who are present but also to people from their past.Music is

7、 far more than just entertainment; it is a powerful force that affects us in many ways.1Why do some people enjoy sad music?AIt can get their attention.BIt makes them feel happy.CIt can be like talking with a friend.DIt makes them feel sadder.2Listening to music disturbs you when _.Ayou are doing rep

8、eated tasks.Bthe tasks are boring.Cyou are doing easy tasks.Dthe tasks require more thought.3Whats the authors attitude to music?APositive. BDoubtful.CUncertain. DNegative. It has been two months since I moved to China, but its digital advancement hasnt stopped impressing me ever since. One of the m

9、ajor things that I cannot imagine living without anymore is mobile payment. There are two major mobile payment apps here, Alipay and Wechat Pay. Both have similar payment features, though Wechat is more like a social media. Thats why I will focus on this “super app”.So far, Ive been overwhelmed by h

10、ow convenient life can be with Wechat. It is present in every aspect of peoples daily life, from paying water and electricity bills, meals, cinema tickets to hailing a taxi, following news, and chatting with friends. Most merchants have adopted it, from tiny local street food stalls to high-end stor

11、es. A cashier may be surprised if you do not pay with Wechat or Alipay at the grocers or in restaurants. And it seems like the entire payment industry has encouraged this shift to mobile payment, equipping payment terminals (终端) with QR code scanners to simplify payments. Mobile payments are so comm

12、on here that I realize that I can perfectly survive if I forget my wallet at home one day because most days I just dont take it out of my bag!As mentioned earlier, Wechat is also a major social media platform with about one billion daily users, which is more than the entire population of the Europea

13、n Union. So I have to say Chinese technological and digital development is a real miracle.4What does the underlined word mean in Paragragh 2?Aencouraged. Bshocked.Cconfused. Dpanicked.5What can we learn from the passage?AWechat is more a social media than Alipay.BAll merchants have adopted mobile pa

14、yment.CA cashier may be surprised if you pay with Wechat or Alipay.DIt causes trouble if you dont take your wallet with you.6The best title of the passage might be _.AThe Different Pinions About Mobile PaymentBThe Development of Mobile PaymentCThe Popularity of Chinese Mobile PaymentDTwo Major Apps

15、of Mobile Payment Many schools now serve breakfast as well as lunch. A lot of kids who take part can end up eating two breakfasts one at home and one at school. People are concerned that these kids may become overweight. In fact, Marlene Schwartz, a psychologist who studies the phenomenon (现象) of ov

16、erweight, notes thats not what her data has shown in her new study.Her group studied some 600 middle school students. Over three years, students in fifth, sixth and seventh grades were asked about their breakfast. Throughout the study bout 34 to 44 percent of all students said they regularly ate bre

17、akfast at home. Up to 17 percent or almost one in every six kids regularly ate breakfast at school. Overall, about one in every 10 kids reported having breakfast both at home and at school. And eating habits changed somewhat as the kids got older.Surprisingly, at every age, kids who ate breakfast we

18、re less likely to be overweight. This was true even for those who ate breakfast at home and at school. Indeed, the study found no evidence of greater weight gain among students who ate double breakfasts. Rather, it found that students who skipped breakfast were those most likely to be overweight.Ski

19、pping breakfast may set people to be over-hungry later in the day. Then someone may eat more food than their body needs. It might take the brain longer to realize “you have enough food and can stop eating now”. If true, skipping breakfast may actually lead a person to consume too many calories (卡路里)

20、 over the rest of the day.“Earlier studies have shown this to be the case. The total calories taken in 24 hours are less when you eat a good breakfast,” says Diana Cutts, who works at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “Eating healthily in the morning is really what you need to have energy.

21、 Skipping breakfast is not good for your body and brain.”7Which is true according to Marlene Schwartzs study?AOne in every ten kids had breakfast at school.BEating habits didnt change as kids got older.CKids having breakfast were more likely to be overweight.DHaving double breakfasts doesnt mean gai

22、ning greater weight.8What may cause overweight in children who skip breakfast?AThe poor function of the body.BEating too much later in the day.CEating too much unhealthy food.DLack of calory-burning exercise.9What do Diana Cutts words tell us?AThe importance of energy.BThe harm of calory intake.CThe

23、 harm of light breakfast.DThe importance of breakfast.10What does the passage mainly talk about?ACauses of childhood overweight.BWays to keep a healthy weight.CSkipping breakfast may lead to overweight.DEating double breakfasts is healthier.二、七选五 Being sick at college is no fun at all. It means miss

24、ing classes and social events and then catching up on work. Maintaining physical health as well as mental health is as likely to determine students happiness and success as anything else. 111. Wash your hands. It is the easiest way to prevent catching colds from roommates and friends. 122. Drink wat

25、er. Coffee may wake you up, but water will keep you going. Replace at least a cup of coffee with one glass of water each day. Or, better yet, drink a cup of water for every cup of coffee you consume daily. You will feel better. 133. Sometimes students schedules prevent them from having “normal” meal

26、s at “normal” times. 144. Track your sleep. Staying up late and then getting up early for class the next day works for about one night. The quickest way to run down your body is to not provide sufficient nourishment through food, water and sleep.5. 15 Every college offers academic support as well as

27、 mental health services. Thankfully, much of the shame of seeing an adviser has decreased, and students are more willing to get help sooner. Unfortunately, many students wait until they are very unhappy, and then the road to recovery is longer.AExamine your physical health regularly.BHere are a few

28、tips on how you can stay healthy at college.CJust carry a water bottle in your backpack and fill it up regularly.DYou must be careful about your health at college.E.Check out student services.F.It makes sense to wash before eating and to carry a small container of hand cleanser.G.Carry some healthy

29、snacks that will satisfy you until your next meal.三、完形填空 How would you feel if moving to a new town meant 16 of your friends: What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters that took ages to be 17 ? This was 18 things worked not very long ago. Thanks to 19 in technolog

30、y, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed 20 .Nowadays, we can move around the world and still stay in 21 with the people that we want to remain friends with. Social media tools let us see what our friends are up to and 22 friendships. All you need is a wi-fi connection.The digita

31、l age also 23 us to find people who share our interests, such as collecting model cars or playing an unusual instrument. 24 our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy doing them, 25 they live on the other side of the world.But when you “friend” people online, does this mean

32、that they really are your friends? It depends.If people always 26 true personal information online, then yes, these friendships can be real and 27 . But we need to keep in mind that what we see on social media is often not the whole 28 about a person.On social media sites, people tend to post only 29 updates that make them appear happy and friendly. But smiling phot