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1、山西省省实中学年高一下学期开学考试英语试题 Word版含答案无听力部分山西省实验中学2020-2021学年高一年级第二学期开学考试题（卷）高一 英 语 总分100分 时间90分钟第一部分 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A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳答案。 AIn the coming summer holiday, we offer all kinds of interesting and exciting activities. You can call 1- 800- 987-9852 to order or to

2、 ask for more information.San Antonio Missions Baseball GameIf youre planning a trip to San Antonio, Texas, make sure you get San Antonio Missions game tickets to watch the game, at the Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium!*The game lasts approximately 3 hours.*Excellent dance shows during breaks.*On-s

3、ite gift shops.Schlitterbahn WaterparkSchlitterbahn Waterpark, the number one voted water park in the State of Texas, is designed to give your whole family a cool place to relax completely. Most guests spend approximately 4 to 10 hours at the park.* Appropriate for all ages.* Disabled people accessi

4、ble.* On-site restaurants and gift shops.Grand Historic City TourWith a Grand Historic City Tour, guests are sure to have an amazing time exploring everything that the area has to offer. Start one of these tours with the entire family to create some new memories in the Texas Hill Country. Each tour

5、offers something unique and takes place in a comfortable chartered bus.* Each tour lasts approximately 4 hours.*Appropriate for all ages.SeaWorld San AntonioYou can discover the fascinating marine life of SeaWorld San Antonio, where interesting rides, exciting adventures and pleasant encounters with

6、 some of the worlds most amazing creatures are always right around the corner.*Most guests spend l or 2 full days in the park.* Appropriate for young children.* On-site gift shops.1. Which of the following will you choose if you love sports? A. San Antonio Missions Baseball Game. B. Schlitterbahn Wa

7、terpark. C. Grand Historic City Tour. D. SeaWorld San Antonio.2. What is special about Schlitterbahn Waterpark? A. It has an on-site gift shop. B. It includes interesting rides. C. It offers something unique. D. It is accessible to disabled people.3. What can tourists do in SeaWorld San Antonio? A.

8、See an excellent dance show. B. Have meals in a restaurant. C. See many marine animals. D. Enjoy themselves on a bus.4. Whats the purpose of the authors writing the passage? A. To attract people to take part in some activities in summer holiday. B. To introduce the features of these activities in su

9、mmer holiday. C. To offer a detailed summer holiday plan to people. D. To encourage people to explore interesting places at any time. B The old Chinese saying “as happy as spending the New Year” might be outdated (过时的) now in the busy modem world. The Spring Festival is regarded as the most importan

10、t festival for Chinese people and an occasion for all family members to get together, like Christmas in the West. But many traditional customs accompanying the Spring Festival, however, have weakened in practice.Setting off fireworks was once the most typical custom of the Spring Festival. People th

11、ought the sputtering(噼啪) sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, the activity has been completely or partially forbidden in big cities for years as the government has taken security, noise and pollution factors into consideration.“In recent years, some cities have begun to allow people to

12、 light fireworks for limited hours during the Spring Festival, surrendering to public demand. Respecting folk traditions is a gesture of respect toward public opinion,” said Zhou Xing, a folklore researcher. “As people gain more income and it becomes easier to buy daily goods, the New Year holiday i

13、s just like any other. After long workdays, many people use the New Year holiday to take a rest, rather than visiting friends and neighbors. The process of making and enjoying the family dinner on New Years Eve is the most important thing. However, many families would like to eat out to save time an

14、d energy,” said LiShunzhi, a resident of Harbin, Heilongjiang.“I enjoy the holidays very much in the countryside. My family has been preparing for the Spring Festival more than two weeks before the holiday, cleaning the house, buying holiday goods and decorating the house with paper cuttings.On New

15、Years Eve,the whole family stays up to see the New Year in, and in the days to follow, a series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held. Without the ancient traditions,the holiday is nothing to us,”said ZhangHui, from Hebei.5. Which

16、 of the following is WRONG according to the passage? A. Setting off fireworks has been forbidden in some big cities for years. B. Nowadays, people can light fireworks in some cities during the Spring Festival. C. People believe that the sound of fireworks can drive away evil spirits. D. In the past,

17、 setting off fireworks couldnt be seen almost anywhere.6. What Li Shunzhi said implies_. A. what people do during the festival now is different from the past B. people would like to have the family dinner on New Years Eve C. people prefer to visit friends and neighbors rather than take a rest D. the

18、 New Year holiday is just like any other day7. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Zhang Hui often spends two weeks preparing for the Spring Festival. B. Zhang Hui is used to spending the Spring Festival with his family. C. Zhang Hui always takes part in a series of activities after the Sp

19、ring Festival. D. Zhang Hui lives in the urban area.8. What does the whole passage mainly talk about? A. The Spring Festival is as lively as before. B. The Spring Festival is outdated now. C. The Spring Festival is losing its qualities. D. The Spring Festival in China is more important than Christma

20、s in the West. CWe recognize our friends faces. And were not alone. Many social animals can identify individuals of their own species by features of their faces. Thats important, because they need to be able to change their behavior depending on who they meet. And a recent research has shown that so

21、me species of monkeys, birds, and domesticated animals can even tell different faces apart by looking at photographs alone.Ethologist La Lansade of the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment did an experiment to find out how well horses can recognize individual peop

22、le in photographs.She and her team first taught the horses how to “choose” between two side-by-side pictures by touching their noses to a computer screen. The horses were then shown photos of their present keeper alongside faces of unfamiliar humans. They had never seen photos of any of the people b

23、efore. The horses correctly identified their current keeper and ignored (忽视)the strangers face about 75% of the time. In fact, even though the horses didnt get it right every single time, they were at least as correct in picking out their earlier keeper as they were at identifying their present one.

24、The results suggest that not only can horses differentiate between familiar and unfamiliar human faces, they also naturally understand that photographs are two-dimensional representations(二维呈现) of real life, without any otherintimationssuch as smell or sound. And theyre even better at this than our

25、oldest animal partner, the domestic dog.In addition, horses seem to have a strong long-term memory for human faces, like their long lifespan and history of domestication. In future experiments, the researchers would like to test whether looking at photos of people that they have had bad experiences

26、with in the past might cause horses to act anxious or even avoidance. So maybe think twice before doing anything that might give a horse a long face.9. Why did researchers show the horses both the keepers photos and the strangers? A. To find out what horses would do in the experiment. B. To see why

27、horses could recognize the keeper in the pictures. C. To test whether horses could recognize the strangers in pictures. D. To study to what degree horses can make out different people in pictures.10. What does the underlined word “intimations” in paragraph 4 refer to? A. clues B. differences C. phot

28、ographs D. senses11. What are researchers still uncertain about? A. Whether horses can live longer than other animals. B. Whether horses can remember humans faces for a long time. C. Whether horses can show their emotions at the sight of photos. D. Whether horses are better at recognizing photos tha

29、n other animals.12. What is the purpose of the text? A. To talk about animals species. B. To explain animals facial features. C. To show animals behaviour for adaptation. D. To introduce animals ability to identify faces.D On March 17 there will be an explosion of green color across the world in cel

30、ebration of St Patricks Day. The Irish traditionally wear something colored green on this day as the color is connected with Ireland. Another St Patricks Day tradition is for the non-Irish to make jokes about the Irish. Usually these jokes will be about Irish stupidity or their famous thirst for alc

31、ohol, ortheir reputation(名声) for telling tall(untrue) stories. These characteristics are all part of the famous Irish stereotype(成见) that Irishmen are hot-tempered drinkers, who love to fight and will do anything to avoid a days work. The real joke, however, is that this negative Irish stereotype st

32、ill exists, The stereotype might have had some truth back in the 19th century when Irish was poverty-stricken and starving. Many Irish moved to the United States to escape famine(饥荒)，but there they had to compete, occasionally with their fists, for jobs and housing with other immigrant groups. It was on Americas streets that the Irish earned their reputation for street fighting. However, it