学年安徽省合肥市肥东县第一中学高一上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版听力.docx

1、学年安徽省合肥市肥东县第一中学高一上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版 听力肥东县高级中学2020-2021学年高一年级第一学期期中考试英语试题注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分听力 (共两节，满分30分)第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标

2、在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the man think of Lindas husband? A. Clever. B. Unfriendly. C. Quiet.2. What will the weather be like on Friday? A. Rainy. B. Windy. C. Sunny.3. What are the speakers talking about? A. A hotel. B. An airport. C. A hospital.4. What does t

3、he man suggest doing? A. Going fishing. B. Staying at home. C. Buying some books.5. What is in the mans bag? A. Some CDs. B. Some bottles. C. Some books.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段

4、材料，回答第6、7题。6. What does the woman usually do on Saturdays?A. She goes swimming. B. She plays basketball. C. She goes shopping.7. When does the woman usually go to the cinema with friends?A. On Friday nights.B. On Saturday nights. C. On Sunday nights.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What was the relationship be

5、tween the woman and Jim in the past? A. Relatives. B. Classmates. C. Colleagues.9. What is the woman? A. A film actress. B. An art director. C. A magazine editor.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Where does the woman live now? A. In Canada. B. In America. C. In Japan.11. What language is the woman good at?

6、 A. Italian. B. French. C. Spanish.12. What does the woman teach in a school? A. Medicine. B. English. C. Maths.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Where does the conversation take place? A. In a park. B. At a hotel C. In the street.14. What is the weather like today? A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Cloudy.15. How wi

7、ll the man probably go to Wrigley Field? A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By subway. 16. What time is it probably now? A. 3:00 p.m. B. 4:00 p.m. C. 5:00 p.m. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where does the speaker have breakfast if the weather is fine? A. In the garden B. In the kitchen. C. In the living room.1

8、8. When does the speaker usually go to work? A. At 2:00 p.m. B. At 6:00 p.m. C. At 6:30 p.m.19. How does the speaker usually go home from the restaurant? A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By train.20. What do we know about the speaker? A. She is a violinist. B. She often eats alone after work. C. She often

9、reads the newspaper at night.第二部分 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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Losing weight comes with a lot of health benefits including making your brain sharper.Yes, it turns out that overweight may damage cognitive (认知的) functions such as memory and atte

10、ntion. There have been few studies of overweight and cognitive functioning, possibly because it is generally believed that it is not a primary risk cause for poor cognitive performance. Losing weight, therefore, may help improve these mental functions, according to a new research led by John Gunstad

11、, assistant professor of psychology (心理学) at Kent State University.Growing evidence suggests that being fat is linked to cognitive deficits (缺陷). So Gunstad and his team guessed that losing weight might improve mental function. For their study, they measured memory and attention in a group of 150 ov

12、erweight participants, some of whom had some kind of operation for weight loss and some did not. All of the volunteers completed mental skills tests to assess their abilities of memory and attention at the beginning of the study, and again 12 weeks later. To begin with, about 24% of the patients sho

13、wed damaged learning and 23showed signs of poor memory when tested. At the end of the study, those who had lost weight after operation improved their scores into the average or above average range for cognitive functions. Scores for the volunteers who didnt lose weight dropped even further.The study

14、 helped Gunstad to find out whether losing weight had any effect on mental function. Now that hes seen the positive effect that weight loss can have on memory and attention, he says he will next study those who choose to lose weight by the traditional way eating healthier and getting more active. He

15、 expects that losing weight in this way will have a similarly positive effect on the brain. “If we can improve the condition with operations, then we can probably produce the same change with behavioral weight loss as well, he says.21.The result of Gunstads study shows that _.A.losing weight has lit

16、tle effect on peoples memoryB.losing weight can improve peoples mental functionsC.overweight people are likely to have psychology problemsD.overweight peoples abilities of concentration differ greatly22.What is Gunstad planning to prove next in his research?A.Slim people are smarter than overweight

17、people.B.Healthy diet is better than exercise in losing weight.C.Traditional ways of losing weight are better than operation.D.Overweight people will get smarter by the traditional way.23.Which of the following is the best title for the text?A.Body Weight and Health B.Losing Weight by OperationC.Way

18、s to Improve Mental Functions D.Losing Weight to Sharpen Your MindBEach Indian（印第安人）was supposed to keep his birth name until he was old enough to earn one for himselfBut his playmates（游戏伙伴）would always give him a name of their ownNo matter what his parents called him, his childhood friends would us

19、e the name they had chosenOften it was not pleasing, such as Bow Legs or Bad BoyBut sometimes a name fit so well that the youngster found it difficult to shake it offIf he could not earn a better one from a war later, he could be stuck with a name like Bow Legs for the rest of his life.The Indian ea

20、rned his real name when he was old enough for his first fight against the enemyHis life name depended on how he acted during this first battleWhen he returned from the war, the whole tribe would gather and observe the ceremony in which he would be given his name by the chiefIf he had done well, he w

21、ould get a good nameOtherwise he might be called Crazy Wolf or Man-Afraid-Of-a-HorseSo an Indians name told his record or described the kind of man he was.A man was given many chances to improve his name, howeverIf in a later battle he was brave in fighting against the enemy, he was given a better n

22、ameSome of our great fighters had as many as twelve namesall good and each better than the last.An Indians names belonged to him for the rest of his lifeNo one else could use themEven he himself could not give them away because names were assigned by the tribe, not the familySo no man could pass on

23、his name unless the chief and the tribe asked him to do so.Sometimes an Indian would be asked to give his name to a son who had performed a noticeable deedI know of only three of four times when this happenedIt is the rarest honor for a personthe honor of assuming（承担） his fathers name.24.An Indian c

24、ould be given the second name by_.A.his father B.the enemyC.the chief of the tribe D.his childhood friends25.The greatest honor an Indian could earn was_.A.a victory in his first battle against the enemyB.a name given by the chiefC.a ceremony to get his real nameD.the right to use his fathers name26

25、.If an Indian had more than ten names, it meant that_.A.many people in the tribe liked him B.he was a great fighterC.he had a lot of friends D.he had fought in fewer than ten battles27.Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?A.The names given by the playmates of an Ind

26、ian were usually not pleasantB.The life name of an Indian was earned in battleC.An Indian could throw away his birth name when he was old enough to earn one for himself.D.The Indians themselves were not allowed to give their names away.C An American cancer survivor ha become he first person to swim

27、across the English Channel four times on end.Sarah Thomas, 37, completed the great achievement on Tuesday after over 54 hours of swimming. Her record-breaking achievement came just a year after she completed treatment for breast cancer (乳腺癌).In a video on Facebook, a small group of people could be s

28、een cheering on the swimmer from Colorado as she made her final arrival to beach at Dover. Supporters congratulated Mrs. Thomas on her non-stop swim, handing her chocolate and other gifts. In the video, Mrs. Thomas admitted to feeling “a little sick” but said she had been encouraged to keep going by

29、 her husband and her team.Before the start of her challenge, Mrs. Thomas wrote that she was “fearful” and admitted she was “going to need some luck”.In a Facebook post made on Saturday, she dedicated (奉献) the swim “to all the survivors out there”, adding, “This is for those of us who have wondered h

30、opelessly about what comes next, and have overcome the pain bravely.”After her swim, Mrs. Thomas said, “Im really tired and Im losing my voice from all the salt water.” Asked what the worst part of her challenge was, she said, “Probably dealing with the salt water over two days. It really hurts your

31、 throat, your mouth and your tongue.” She praised her support team for helping her stay strong, adding that she was very prepared for the weather, currents(k it)and cold water. “I feel just mostly stunned right now. I just cant believe that we did it.”28.Whats the attitude of Mrs. Thomass husband to

32、 her swimming challenge?A.He refuses to support her.B.He never cares about it at all.C.He is angry about her decision.D.He encourages her to keep trying.29.What was the biggest challenge for Mrs. Thomas?A.The weather. B.The currents.C.The salt water. D.The cold water.30.What does the underlined word “stunned” in the last paragraph probably mean?A.Frightened. B.S