福建省学年高一上学期期末英语试题精选汇编阅读理解.docx

1、福建省学年高一上学期期末英语试题精选汇编阅读理解福建省2020-2021学年高一上学期期末英语试题精选汇编-阅读理解福建省龙岩市2020-2021学年高一上学期期末英语试题第二部分 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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑。AThe real problem of wildfires is the strength of the blazes（火焰）.In 2015, for the first time, fires burned more than 10 mill

2、ion acres nationwide. It happened again in 2017. In California, eight of the states 20 worst wildfires have happened in the past 10 years. The 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 lives in Northern California, was the deadliest in the century.The worlds worst wildfire in terms of lives lost was the 1871

3、Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin, in which at least 1,200 people died. Never heard of it? Perhaps thats because peoples attention was drawn by another terrible blaze that happened the same night: the Great Chicago Fire.Humans still cause more than 4 out of 5 wildfires through carelessly dropped cigarettes

4、, poorly put-out campfires. Another major sparker of wildfires is lightning. According to the Natural History Museum of Utah, lightning strikes the earth more than100,000 times a day. Anywhere from 10 to 20 percent of these strikes causes fires.One of the many challenges dealing with wildfires is th

5、at they can overtake even a very fast human. According to National Geographic, the fires can travel up to 14 miles per hour, or about one mile every four minutes.21. What is the text mainly about?A. Lightning. B. Wildfires.C. Cigarettes. D. Campfires.22. Which fire killed the most people?A. The Cali

6、fornia Fire.B. The Great Chicago Fire.C. The 1871 Peshtigo Fire.D. The 2018 Camp Fire.23. What makes it difficult to put out wildfires?A. Their speed. B. Their strength.C. Their blaze. D. Their causes.【答案】21. B 22. C 23. ABTeam Hoyt is father Dick Hoyt and son Rick Hoyt from Massachusetts. They have

7、 competed together in various sports games. Rick is disabled and during Ironman Triathlons （铁人三项赛）Dick pulls Rick in a special boat as they swim, carries him in a special seat in the front of a bicycle as they ride, and pushes him in a special wheelchair as they run.This love story began when Rick w

8、as small. Doctors told the Hoyts the boy would be a vegetable for the rest of his life, but the Hoyts werent accepting it. They noticed the way Ricks eyes followed them around the room. Years later, the Hoyts took Rick to Tufts University and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate.

9、No way. Dick was told, Theres nothing going on in his brain.” Tell him a joke. Dick replied. They did. Rick laughed. It turned out a lot was going on in his brain. With the help of a special computer, Rick was finally able to communicate.Rick told his father through the computer that he wanted to jo

10、in a charity run. Dick didnt want to disappoint Rick, so he tried to push his son five miles. That day changed Ricks life. Dad, he typed, “when we were crazy running, it felt as I wasnt disabled anymore ! And that sentence touched Dick so much that he became crazy for giving Rick that feeling as oft

11、en as he could.This Fathers Day, Rick bought his dad dinner, but the things he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy. The thing Id most like； Rick types, “is that my dad sits in the chair and I, push him once.”24. What can we learn from the text?A. There are three members in Team Hoyt.

12、B. Nothing is going on in Ricks mind.C. Rick “talks by typing on a computer.D. Ricks family plant vegetables on a farm.25. What does the underlined word They in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Teachers at Tufts University. B. Ricks parents.C. Doctors in a hospital. D. Computer experts.26. What changed Ricks

13、 life for the better?A. A special boat. B. A funny joke.C. Doctors treatment. D. Love from his family.27. What can we infer about Ricks feeling from the last paragraph?A. He was regretful. B. He was proud.C. He was anxious. D. He was thankful.【答案】24. C 25. A 26. D 27. DCMost Chinese diners pick up f

14、ood from shared large plates with the same pair of chopsticks that they then use to eat, or serve others. Usually, the same pair of chopsticks is used in many ways again and again. But the government hopes to change peoples habits by pushing them to use a second pair of chopsticks just for serving.S

15、tate news reporters are calling it a “dining table revolution.” Dr. Zhong Nanshan and Dr. Zhang Wenhong, outspoken infectious (感染的) disease experts who have become famous since the start of the outbreak, have voiced their support. Health organizations across the country are running advertisements li

16、ke: “The distance between you and civilized dining is just one pair of serving chopsticks.”Some restaurants and diners have heeded the call. They are offering lower prices to diners who use serving chopsticks. In the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, more than 100 well-known restaurants have formed

17、a “Serving Chopsticks Alliance”.Still, opposition is strong. Many see sharing food with ones own chopsticks as among the most authentic (纯正的) expressions of Chinas group culture and focus on family, no less important than hugging is to Americans or the cheek (脸颊) kiss is to the French. Serving chops

18、ticks are usually connected with formal settings, like dinner parties and meals with strangers.By contrast, wheat-eating northerners, and especially the men, take pride in what Chinese call “eating big and drinking big”, without care for such small concerns as germs and bacteria (细菌). Never mind a s

19、mall, recent experiment by government experts who found that the level of bacteria in dishes for which serving chopsticks were used was as little as 0.4 percent the level of dishes shared in the regular fashion.28. Why does the government encourage people to change eating habits?A. To improve restau

20、rant service. B. To avoid the risk of infection.C. To shorten the distance between people. D. To stop using chopsticks.29. What does the underlined word “heeded“ in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Made. B. Answered.C. Taken. D. Missed.30. What can we infer from the passage?A. Westerners show no concern about us

21、ing chopsticks.B. The experts became known for giving their support.C. Serving chopsticks leads to lower bacteria level.D. Northerners feel proud of eating with strangers.31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. A Call to Eat and Drink LessB. A Dining Table ExperimentC. Dinin

22、g Revolution Share Your Food in GroupsD. Serving Chopsticks Keep You Away from Disease【答案】28. B 29. B 30. C 31. DDMany diseases and medical conditions are caused by things out of our control. Yet experts say you can control and even prevent many of the risk factors that increase your chances of dyin

23、g.An unhealthy lifestyle can put you at great risk of heart disease and stroke（中风）.Poor diet, having too much body fat and being short of physical exercise all increase your risk of heart disease so can smoking and drinking too much wine. So doctors suggest we eat healthy foods, get exercise, stop s

24、moking and drink less.But there is something else you can do. And it is free and easy. Smile!Anand Chockalingam is a heart disease specialist at University of Missouri Health Care in Columbia, Missouri. He advises his patients to smile. He says smiling is a first step in fighting stress and its some

25、times harmful effects on human health.When you feel stressed or under pressure, your body lets out many natural hormones（荷尔蒙）.If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you. However, when people are stressed for long periods of time, they may not make the best decisions about what to eat. T

26、hey may overeat, smoke or drink too much. They may not get enough exercise or sleep. And all of these can lead to health problems.Dr. Chockalingam says a smile may be one way to help. He tells his patients to smile 20 times an hour. To some, that might seem like a lot of smiling. Or some might even

27、feel foolish smiling for seemingly no reason. But a smile does not need drugs. It does not leave cuts like an operation. It is free and it has no bad side effects.“Once people smile, they are relaxing, which directly lowers blood pressure, improves sugar levels in the blood. If we are smiling, we ar

28、e breaking that link between stress and health.”And it just may provide a little extra protection to everyones heart health.32. How does smiling benefit your health?A. By producing natural hormones.B. By protecting you from danger.C. By helping make wise decisions.D. By preventing harm from stress.3

29、3. Which word best describes Anand Chockalingams attitude towards smile?A. Curious. B. Uncertain.C. Positive. D. Excited.34. What do we know about smile?A. It is the best medicine.B. It is an effective exercise.C. It is the only way to good health.D. It has little bad side effects.35. What is the au

30、thors purpose of writing the text?A. To remind people to care for health.B To persuade people to live a healthy life.C. To find a solution to health problems.D. To introduce a way of improving health condition.【答案】32. D 33. C 34. A 35. D福建省三明市2020-2021学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题

31、2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AProfessional rock climber Emily Harrington has made history after successfully free climbing Yosemite National Parks El Capitan last Wednesday.Harrington, 34, became the fourth personand the first womanto ever scale the 3,000-foot El Capitan wit

32、hout the help of a rope or other equipment. “The people before me who have achieved this are kind of like some of my heroes in rock climbing,” she said, “so it feels pretty special to join that group.”But Harringtons climb was not without injuryat one point, she slid and was left with a serious wound on her forehead that required her to take a break. “I took a fall and I couldnt get my feet out and my head actually hit the wall,” she rec