湖北省武汉市武汉市重点中学2021-2022学年高一上学期期末分配生考试英语试题（Word版含答案，无听力试题）

湖北省武汉市武汉市第二中学2021-2022学年高一上学期期末分配生考试英语试题
一、完形填空 (共30题, 每小题1分, 其30分)
阅读下面两篇短文, 从短文各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D) 中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案.
A
The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days ago, my 1 was not running well. I pulled it into a garage and the young mechanic had it 2 in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by 3 listening to the engine. I was amazed. The sad truth is, great 4 is not enough.
I am constantly shocked at how little talented people 5 . A business consultant who specializes in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists 6 financially. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase, “They are one skill away from great 7 .”
There is an old saying that goes, “Job means just over broke ”. And unfortunately, I would say that the saying 8 millions of people. They work and they pay the bills. Instead I recommend to young people to seek 9 for what they will learn, more than what they will earn.
When I ask the classes I teach, ”How many of you can cook a 10 hamburger than McDonald’s ” Almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, ”So if most of you 11 cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald’s makes more money than you ”The answer is 12 : McDonald’s is excellent at business systems.
The reason so many talented people are poor is that they 13 on building a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They concentrate on 14 their skills at building a better hamburger rather 15 the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.
1. A. bike B. computer C. car D. watch
2. A. run B. great C. sold D. fixed
3. A. simple B. slightly C. silently D. seriously
4. A. patience B. talent C. care D. number
5. A. earn B. learn C. know D. rest
6. A. achieved B. chose C. struggled D. rushed
7. A. health B. wealth C. effect D. confidence
8. A. applies to B. agrees wish C. turns to D. meets with
9. A. money B. wealth C. friendship D. work
10. A. bigger B. better C. cheaper D. smaller
11. A. will B. dare C. must D. can
12. A. obvious B. surprising C. right D. short
13. A. go B. keep C. focus D. try
14. A. choosing B. perfecting C. recognizing D. approving
15. A. apart from B. except for C. in spite of D. rather than
B
In France, a bookstore chain has put a special camera in its shops. The system feeds a video stream to software which 16 shoppers’ movements and facial expressions for surprise, dissatisfaction, confusion or hesitation. When a shopper walks to the end of an aisle (货架通道) only to 17 with a frown to a particular bookshelf, the software messages clerks to come to help. By this April sales rose 18 a tenth.
The bookseller wants to keep its name 19_ for now. Similarly, other French clients behind the technology, Angus. ai, are 20 it in stores which are not open to the public. They include airport owner Aéroports de Paris. the luxury-goods giant LVMH.
Simple video produces a lot of insights, but there are far more complicated ways of learning about shoppers’ 21 Thermal-imaging (热成像的) cameras 22 detect heart rates. Date form smartphone accelerometers (感应器) can suggest when shoppers become fascinated (movement shops) or are unhappy about 23 (a phone is raised to search for cheaper products online). For even more insights, shoppers are sometimes asked to put on special equipment, typically in exchange for a 24 or reward.
All of this could be a(n) 25 for sellers to enjoy the advantage that big data has given online sellers. A race is 26 to work out how to collect and use emotional date in order to improve packaging, displays, music, or to persuade customers into buying goods
Using technology is much less 27 than old-fashioned interviewing Nielson, a consumer-research giant, charges around $10, 000 to interview 25 shoppers about three products. Angus. ai’s service costs just $66 a month per camera. Sometimes, traditional market surveys may ask the wrong questions. What's more, they can give misleading 28 . People typically change their responses intentionally to make themselves sound sensible, while purchases are often driven by subconscious emotions.
One obvious 29 of shopping's emotional side is the idea of "retail therapy (购物疗法) ”—consumers driven to spend when they are feeling blue. Whichever store is the first to notice mildly 30 customers could make a fortune!
16. A receives B. analyzes C. deigns D. delivers
17. A. return B. mod C. yell D. sit
18. A. to B. at C. for D. by
19. A. present B. different C. quiet D. famous
20 A. testing B. improving C. leading D. leaving
21. A. ideas B. preferences C. choices D. emotions
22. A. must B. need C. can D. should
23. A. services B. prices C. qualities D. packages
24. A. product B. value C. discount D. activity
25. A. challenge B. chance C. alternative D. routine
26 A. on B. off C. up D. in
27. A. nature B. popular C. attractive D. expensive
28. A. impressions B. suggestions C. results D. promotions
29. A. charge B. imitation C. example D. signal
30. A. satisfied B. affected C. confused D. depressed
二、阅读理解 (共10小题, 每小题2分, 共20分)
阅读下面三篇材料, 从每篇材料后各小题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C、D)中选出最佳答案.
(A)
One day in March, seven years ago, during happy hours at a bar in my hometown of Fayetteville. Arkansas. I made a surprise announcement to my friends: I was going to shut down my law practice and attempt to travel around the globe in a year. What's more, I would do it without taking any flights or making a single advance reservation of a kind. My announcement drew mixed reactions from my friends. Some offered support and encouragement, while others were more doubtful.
Once I had said the words. there was no turning buck. It took months 10 shut down my law practice and get things in order Once I set of on my adventure in December 2008, I found travelling without using planes was not easy. Trying to circle the globe in 16 months (it took me a bit longer than the initial 12 months I planned made it even harder. Even so, traveling overland was the most amazing way to truly understand the immensity of our wonderful planet.
I took three consecutive overnight buses to travel 3, 000 km through Argentina, from Ushuaia to the capital Buenos Aires I would took out of the windows for hours continuously at the completely plains as if humans had never touched it.
It took seven consecutive days and nights on trains t0 get from Moscow to Beijing, each day spent staring out of the windows for hours as the Siberian plains swept by. Sometimes. I wouldn’t see a village or a human being for 10 hours. Later in my journey, it took 22 days on a cargo freighter to get from New Zealand through the Panama Canal and back to Philadelphia, to finish my round- the- world adventure.
It turned out that travelling with no reservations was far less difficult than I had imagined. Pulling into a city on a bus with a backpack, looking in a guidebook for a few suggestions of accommodations and then finding an empty room was never much of problem anywhere. It also kept me flexible and open about all my travel plans, which is advice I give everyone who asks- plan for less than you think you should.
31. The author’s was special in that_______
A. he made it at the expense of giving up his job
B. it hardly cost him anything
C. he did not make advance booking or travel by air
D. It was a global trip
32. The author most probably returned to the United States in____
A. Jane 2009
B. December 2009
C. February 2010
D. April 2010
33. What did the author think of his around-the-world tour ___
A. Challenging but pleasant.
B. Dangerous but wonderful.
C. Boring and disappointing.
D. Costly and painful.
(B)
Happy workers are productive workers. So it should come as no surprise that companies are increasingly investing in training techniques to improve employee happiness. The question Is whether these measures are effective.
New research published in the Journal Frontiers in Psychology may have an answer. A team of scientists from Erasmus University analyzed the results of 61 happiness training studies published between 1972 and 2019. They found that 96% of the studies showed a gain in happiness after intervention (干预) and about half of the positive results were statistically significant.
Overall, the researchers estimate that such trainings increase people's happiness by about 5%.
To put that in context, the researchers note that getting married has also raised happiness by about 5% and becoming unemployed reduces happiness by 8%.
Then which techniques work best More studies are needed to answer this question, but the researchers note that trainings like cognitive reframing (认知重建) work better. There's also something to be said for exposing people to various types of trainings within a given course. For instance, the researchers found that happiness courses that rained employees on several techniques instead of just one were more effective. They also found that voluntary participation contributed to training effectiveness. This suggests that organizations would be wise to make such courses available to employees rather than force them to.
In addition, the researchers also highlight the difficulties. Sometimes chasing happiness can also lend to unintended negative emotions. Besides, genetic (基因的) factor a be difficult for environmental interventions to overcome.
Sill, the researchers regard happiness training as advisable both for individuals to look for a more satisfying life and for organizations to have more productive workers.
34. In paragraph 3. the researchers show the significance of happiness training by
A. giving explanation
B. making a comparison
C. introducing a concept
D. referring to another study
35. According to the passage, happiness training might work better if
A. workers are given more reward
B. the courses focus on one technique
C. workers are willing to participate in it
D. the courses provide interesting activities
36. What is the researchers’ attitude towards happiness training ___
A. Favorable. B. Uncertain C. Doubtful. D. Disapproving.
37. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Are Workers Really Happy
B. Is Happiness Training Effective
C. Why Does Happiness Training Count
D. How to Increase Employees’ Happiness

After photographer Monni Must's daughter Miya died, the sad mother adopted her black dog, Billy Bean. As Billy became increasingly weak. the thought of its dying was just more than Must could handle. So she decided to clone the dog. ” I feared everyone was going to forget Miya. " she said, "and my other daughters thought I had completely lost my mind. "
Billy's cells were shipped to ViaGen Pets, a Texas company that provides the cloning service. With more than $ 50, 000. Must picked up a new puppy. "The dog has a real soul and is everything my daughter was -fun, social and kind. she said. I feel that I still have that touchable connection and not just a spiritual connection. ”
Cloning animals is hardly new. But the recent news that singer Barbra Streisand had cloned her dog grabbed international headlines. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)president Ingrid Newkirk issued a statement saying she would love to talk her out of cloning, noting that millions of wonderful dogs are getting old in animal shelters every year or dying in terrifying ways when abandoned.
Normally, a doctor takes a tissue biopsy (组织活检) , a piece of skin and muscle about the size of a pencil eraser, from the dog. The next step is to take an egg cell from a donor dog, remove the egg’s nucleus, and insert DNA from the pet to be cloned. When an embryo (胚胎) develops, it is transplanted in the body of a mother dog.
In the basic cloning procedure, scientists take an entire adult cell and put in into an egg that's been relieved of its own DNA. The resulting embryo is a clone. However, in many animals, only one in 100 cloned embryos ever leads to a live birth. Some embryos die in the IVF dish or in the mothers bodies of those that are born, a few suffer from abnormalities and quickly die. Besides, pet cloning doesn’t mean copying everything of your beloved pets.
38. Why did Must decide to clone Billy Bean
A. She felt alone without is company.
B. Her work experience inspired her to do so
C. She wanted to keep her daughter's memory.
D. Her family encouraged her to get a new dog
39. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about
A. How dog cloning works.
B. The achievements in dog cloning
C. The disadvantages of pet cloning
D. How to support animal protection.
40. The last paragraph implies that animal cloning
A. is widely accepted now.
B. has a very high failure rate.
C. gives pet owners false information.
D. has made a breakthrough in recent years.
三、阅读理解填词 (共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分)
阅读短文, 再在空白处写出各单词的正确形式. 单词的第一个字母已给出.
Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house, No card c 41 with it. Calls to the flower - shop were not h 42 at all. After a while l stopped trying lo discover the s 43 name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper. But I never stopped i 44 who the giver might be. As a girl of seventeen, though, I hoped it was a boy whom I had met.
One month before my graduation, my lather died of a heart a 45 . I felt so sad that I became c 46 uninterested in my upcoming graduation party.
The day before my father died, my mother and I had gone shopping for a party dress. We'd found an impressive one, but it was the w 47 size. When my father died, I forgot about my dress.
But my mother didn't. The day before the party I found that dress - in the right size - over the living room sofa. I didn't care w 48 I had a new dress. But my mother wanted her children to see t 49 much like the gardenia - lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery. My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia s 50 coming.
41. c 42. h 43. s 44. i 45. a
46. c 47. w 48. w 49. t 50. s
英语试卷 参考答案
一、完形填空 (共30题, 每小题1分, 其30分)
A
1-5 CDABA 6-10 CDADB 11-15 DACBD
B
16-20 BADCD 21-25 DCBCB 26-30 ADCCD
二、阅读理解 (共10小题, 每小题2分, 共20分)
31-33 CDA 34-37 BCAB 38-40 CAB
三、阅读理解填词 (共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分)
41. came 42. helpful 43. sender’s 44. imagining 45. attack
pletely 47. wrong 48. whether 49. themselves 50. stopped