湖南省2021-2022学年高一上学期期中考试英语试卷（Word版含答案，无听力试题）

湖南省2021-2022学年高一上学期期中考试
英语试题
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一、阅读理解（共5题）
1、 Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you have known them half your life. 1 ．
Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they’ll help you put people at their ease, and make friends with them quickly.
First of all, good talkers ask questions. 2 ． One well-known businesswoman says, “At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. It’s a common question, but it will get things going.” From there you can move on to other matters—sometimes to really personal questions. 3 ．
Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers. This point seems clear, but it isn’t. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to. And to find out, you really have to listen carefully and attentively. 4 ． If someone sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that he’s really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, it’s time for you to change the subject.
Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion of parting. If you’re saying good-bye, you may give him a firm handshake and say, “I’ve really enjoyed meeting you.” 5 ． Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as if they’ve known you half their life.
A ． You can become a popular person.
B ． It’s polite to listen to others with a smile.
C ． These people have something in common.
D ． Real listening at least means some things.
E.If you want to see that person again, don’t keep it a secret.
F.And how he answers will let you know how far you can go.
G.Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question.
2、 Are you curious about mysterious creatures We are going to tell you about some here.
Okapi
If giraffes and zebras could produce a next generation, their babies would look like an okapi. This strange-looking creature has striped legs like a zebra and the face of a giraffe. Its neck is much shorter than a giraffe, but like its cousin, it has an extremely long tongue, which can be up to 12 inches long. The okapi can use its tongue to wash its own eyelids and ears. Before 1901, Okapis were known only to the people living in the Congo rainforest.
Loch Ness Monster
The locals near Loch Ness in northwestern Scotland refer to the mysterious creature as "Nessie". Nessie is said to be a large animal with a long neck that lived during the time of the dinosaurs. Similar creatures have been reported in other lakes around the world. But whether it is real remains unknown.
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
By the mid-1990s, the ivory- billed woodpecker was widely believed to have died out due to deforestation( 砍伐森林 ) and hunting. It was rediscovered in 2004, when a bird lover reported seeing one alive in the woods of Arkansas, America. Researchers later got a video of the bird.
King Cheetah
Starting in 1926, people in Zimbabwe began to see a cheetah with unusual markings. This cheetah has large spots like a leopard( 美洲豹 ) and black stripes down its back. People called the creature "king cheetah". It is a leopard-cheetah hybrid ( 混合 ).
1 ． Which of the following is TRUE about the okapi
A ． It is produced by a giraffe and a zebra.
B ． It was not widely known until the twentieth century.
C ． Its neck is much shorter than that of a zebra.
D ． It was first found in 1901.
2 ． What can we learn from the passage
A ． People still don’t know why the king cheetah has strange markings.
B ． The giraffe has a short tongue.
C ． Nessie is a kind of dinosaur.
D ． The decrease in forests has had a great effect on the ivory-billed woodpecker.
3 ． Where can one most probably find this passage
A ． In a nature magazine. B ． In a travel guide.
C ． In a book of fairy tales. D ． In an advertisement.
3、 The human population of Sri Lanka is now believed to be over 20 million. As a result, large areas of trees are being turned into farmland, highways are being built over centuries-old elephant migration routes, and elephants are being driven out of their habitats. This change causes turmoil , resulting in an increased number of uncontrollable events between elephants and humans.
The good news is that there is one place called the Elephant Transit Home (ETH) in Udawalawe National Park, the main purpose of which is to protect and care for baby elephants that are found injured or living without their mothers in the wild. A day at the ETH begins early in the morning when the baby elephants are given their first feeding of milk. During the course of the day, each baby will drink an average of 13 gallons of milk. Older elephants are fed mostly coconut leaves as well as other native plants. Then the elephants are set free to wander in the park, eating growing grass and forming a herd.
The ETH spends almost $125,000 each year on powdered milk for these baby animals. To help pay for food and medical supplies, the ETH has a foster （领养） parent program. Anyone, even schoolchildren, can help a lot by giving money to care for a baby elephant. While some foster parents are too far away to visit the baby elephant being cared for at the ETH, local schoolchildren play an important part in the program. Foster parents can name their elephants, take photographs of them, and even help send them back into the wild.
Now visitors are not encouraged to get close to the elephants. The goal of the ETH is for the elephants to return to the wild in the end. It usually takes three years for a baby elephant to be sent back into its natural habitat. The elephants are often set free together with other animals with whom they have close relationships. This program helps them return to the wild as members of a herd that will communicate with each other and take care of each other.
1 ． What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1 probably mean
A ． A condition of harmony. B ． A phenomenon of pollution.
C ． A state of disorder. D ． A feeling of confusion.
2 ． According to the passage, the elephants at the ETH ________.
A ． are taken care of by different means B ． don’t get along well with other animals
C ． mainly live on coconut leaves D ． are fed separately all the time
3 ． As a foster parent at the ETH, you can ________.
A ． take photos with the elephant B ． give the elephant you care for a name
C ． take the elephant home for better care D ． visit Udawalawe National Park free of charge
4 ． The last paragraph mainly deals with ________ at the ETH.
A ． the process of raising a young elephant B ． the life of the baby elephants
C ． the future of the elephants D ． the requirements for being a foster parent
4、 My basketball coach at Princeton used to say, "On the court, you can tell who is selfish."
When my sister Michelle brought Barack Obama home to meet the family, she said to me, "I want you to take him out to play, to see what type of guy he is when he’s not around me." So I invited Barack to play basketball with a few friends of mine.
I was very nervous although I had already met Barack a few times. I was thinking this guy seemed like a good guy. We played a hard five-on-five. He was thin but not weak. He played extremely left-handed. He dealt with everything perfectly. He wasn’t the best guy out there or the worst guy. I liked the fact that he was confident but wasn’t proud. Barack was very team-oriented ( 有团队精神的 ), very unselfish. He played as if he was one of us —he wasn’t trying to be president of Harvard Law Review. But the best part about it was that when we were on the same team, he did not pass me the ball each time. He wasn’t trying to suck up to my sister through me. I was glad to give my sister the good news, "Your boy is straight."
He isn’t selfish, which is the greatest praise you can give both a player and a leader. America has got a guy who is running a government in an efficient ( 有效率的 ) manner. That’s the same guy I got to know playing basketball when he was visiting my family.
1 ． Why does the author begin the passage with his coach’s words
A ． He wants to remember and thank his coach.
B ． He wants to show that he is a basketball player.
C ． He wants to tell his sister about the words.
D ． He wants to use the words to test a person.
2 ． Why did Michelle ask the author to take Barack to play basketball
A ． To see whether he was confident.
B ． To see whether he was good at sports.
C ． To see whether he was selfish or not.
D ． To see whether he could get along with others.
3 ． During the basketball game, Barack ________.
A ． played best all the time B ． was strong enough to play
C ． was not confident D ． wanted to be the team leader
4 ． The underlined phrase in the third paragraph can be replaced by "________".
A ． please B ． know about C ． help D ． look for
5、 Most of the new diseases we humans have faced in the past several decades have come from animals. The more we come into contact with wild animals, the more we risk a so-called disease “spillover” from animals to humans.
“As people move and wildlife move in response to a changing environment, humans and wildlife and animals will come in contact more regularly,” said Jeanne Fair from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Fair argues that by shifting animal habitats, climate change will also make the opportunities for disease spillover more frequent. “Everything is sort of shifting and will shift into the future as the environment changes through climate change,” Fair said.
Scientists, including climatologists and epidemiologists ( 流行病学家 ) on Fair’s team at Los Alamos, are beginning to model how changes to the climate will impact the spread of infectious diseases. It’s early days for this kind of research, but previous studies suggest that extreme weather has already played a role in at least one outbreak. Scientists say drought and deforestation have combined to force bats out of rain forests and into orchards ( 果园 ) in Malaysia to find food. Those bats, a common disease reservoir, then passed the Nipah virus through pigs to humans for the first time in the late 1990s.
“We’re going by the past data to really predict what’s going to happen in the future,” Fair said, “And so, anytime you increase that wildlife-human interface, that’s sort of an emerging disease hot spot. And so, that’s just increasing as we go forward.”
Jeffrey Shaman, head of the climate and health program at Columbia University’s public health school, argues we don’t yet know whether climate change will cause a net increase in infectious disease rates globally. For example, mosquitoes carry disease that affects millions of people across the world every year. As their habitats expand in some parts of the world, they might contract diseases elsewhere. Shaman says what we know for certain about climate change is that it will make it harder to predict where disease outbreaks will pop up.
1 ． How does climate change affect the spread of disease according to Fair
A ． By breaking animals’habits. B ． By increasing animals’varieties.
C ． By promoting animals’breeding. D ． By changing animals’living environment.
2 ． What is the example of bats for in paragraph 3
A ． Explaining the influence of Nipah virus.
B ． Proving the harm of bats to human beings.
C ． Showing the effects of climate change on disease.
D ． Presenting scientists’early study about the cause of disease.
3 ． What can we infer from Fair’s words in paragraph 4
A ． Humans should give up studying animals.
B ． Frequent contact with animals can cause disease outbreaks.
C ． Disease hot spots will disappear if animals die out.
D ． Past data can solve the problems in the future.
4 ． What could be the best title for the text
A ． Climate Change and Disease Spillover
B ． Animals’Interaction with Humans
C ． Early Studies about Extreme Weather
D ． Scientists’Prediction for Disease Outbreaks
二、完型填空（共1题）
1、 Once a boy really had everything he wanted, so he was only interested in the rarest objects. One day he found a mysterious mirror and took it home. When he looked into the mirror, he found that his face looked very sad. He tried smiling , but it remained the same. Surprised, the boy went off to buy some sweets. He went home and looked into the mirror as happily as possible,but his image was still sad-looking. He bought all kinds of toys, but he looked forever 1 in that mirror. So the boy put the mirror away in a 2 ."What a(n) 3 mirror! I’ve never seen a mirror that didn’t 4 properly!"
That same afternoon he went out to play, but on his 5 to the park he saw a little girl crying loudly. So he went over to see what was happening. The little girl told him that she had 6 her parents. Together, they 7 in search of them. As the little girl continued crying, the boy 8 his money in buying sweets to cheer her up. 9 , after walking for a long time, they found her parents, who looked very worried. The boy said goodbye, and walked off towards the park. But 10 the time, he decided to turn around and head 1 1 home, as he had no time to 1 2 .
At home, he went to his room and noticed a shining 1 3 in the corner that he had left the mirror in. Seeing this, he went over to the mirror and 1 4 that the light was coming from his own body, because he was so happy at having helped that little girl. And so he understood the mystery of that mirror, the only mirror reflecting faithfully the 15 joy of its owner.
1 ． A ． sad B ． angry C ． happy D ． satisfied
2 ． A ． corner B ． box C ． room D ． bag
3 ． A ． interesting B ． terrible C ． wonderful D ． difficult
4 ． A ． move B ． look C ． keep D ． work
5 ． A ． way B ． course C ． road D ． line
6 ． A ． escaped B ． hated C ． left D ． lost
7 ． A ． set off B ． set aside C ． set down D ． set up
8 ． A ． took B ． cost C ． spent D ． held
9 ． A ． Finally B ． Actually C ． Naturally D ． Generally
1 0 ． A ． telling B ． seeing C ． watching D ． pointing
1 1 ． A ． in B ． for C ． off D ． at
1 2 ． A ． talk B ． eat C ． play D ． walk
1 3 ． A ． light B ． shadow C ． colour D ． pattern
1 4 ． A ． touched B ． invented C ． noticed D ． realized
15 ． A ． possible B ． true C ． strange D ． common
三、作文（共1题）
1、 全球气候变暖是目前人类面临的最大环境问题，请你根据以下提示，写一篇英语短文，为节能减排献计献策。
要点提示：
1. 球变暖的原因和危害；
2. 应对措施；
3. ......
注意：
1. 词数 80-100 ； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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四、单词拼写（共1题）
1、 While a significant number of jaguars survive here, they are only one element of this forest’s ________ ________. （根据课文内容填空）
六、阅读填空（共1题）
1、 The Amazon rainforest 1 ． (cross) into eight countries, including Brazil and Peru, and one overseas region of France, all on the South American continent. With 2 ． area of around 6 million square kilometres, the Amazon rainforest is more than half the size of China. The Amazon River, 3 ． which the rainforest gets its name, is close to 6,400 kilometres in 4 ． (long)—roughly 100 kilometres longer than the Yangtze River. On its journey from the mountains to the ocean, the river 5 ． (support) many different ecosystems. They give this area the richest biodiversity on the Earth: one in ten 6 ． (know) species in the world can be found here.
Of the 390,000 plant species known to us, more than 40,000 can be found in the Amazon. This tall and ancient brazil nut tree produces nuts that we can eat; these water 7 ． (lily) are big enough to lie down on. The forest’s different levels support an unbelievable variety of wildlife. At the bottom there is a system of roots 8 ． the ground. Above that is the mass of leaf litter on the dark forest floor. The next level is made up of shorter plants with large leaves. Then there are the towering ancient hardwoods, and 9 ． (final) the tops of the tallest trees many metres above the ground. Each level of the forest forms its own little world, home to different kinds of 10 ． (live) things.
============参考答案============
一、阅读理解
1、
1 ． C
2 ． G
3 ． F
4 ． D
5 ． E
2、
1 ． B
2 ． D
3 ． A
3、
1 ． C
2 ． A
3 ． B
4 ． C
4、
1 ． D
2 ． C
3 ． B
4 ． A
5、
1 ． D
2 ． C
3 ． B
4 ． A
二、完型填空
1、
1 ． A
2 ． A
3 ． B
4 ． D
5 ． A
6 ． D
7 ． A
8 ． C
9 ． A
10 ． B
1 1 ． B
1 2 ． C
1 3 ． A
14 ． D
15 ． B
三、作文
1、 With the rapid development of the economy, pollution has become one of the most serious problems nowadays. The emission of greenhouse gases not only results in more and more CO2 in the atmosphere but also keeps the temperature going up. It has many harmful effects on human beings and nature, such as the rise of sea levels, many natural disasters and so on.
Therefore, it’s time to take steps to make a difference. First of all, we should save energy. Secondly, we should plant more trees as they absorb carbon dioxide from the air and refresh our spirit when we look at them. Finally and most importantly, we should talk with our family and friends about global warming to raise people’s awareness of the importance of protecting the environment.
【详解】
1. 词汇积累
迅速的： rapid→fast
严重的： serious→severe
影响： effect→influence
灾害： disaster→catastrophe
2. 句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句： The emission of greenhouse gases not only results in more and more CO2 in the atmosphere but also keeps the temperature going up. It has many harmful effects on human beings and nature, such as the rise of sea levels, many natural disasters and so on.
拓展句： The emission of greenhouse gases not only results in more and more CO2 in the atmosphere but also keeps the temperature going up, which has many harmful effects on human beings and nature, such as the rise of sea levels, many natural disasters and so on.
四、单词拼写
1、 food chain
六、阅读填空
1、
1 ． crosses
2 ． an
3 ． from
4 ． length
5 ． supports
6 ． known
7 ． lilies
8 ． beneath
9 ． finally
10 ． living