1、2020-2021年河南省南陽市某校高一（上）期末英語試卷一、閱讀理解 1. Here are 5 actions you can take to make a difference to our environment.1. Use fewer napkins.The next time you're eating, don't take a bunch of napkins when you need only one. If every American used an average of one less napkin every day, it would

2、 prevent the use of more than a billion pounds of napkinsenough to fill the Empire State Buildingfrom ending up in landfills. Use fewer napkins, and you'll cut down on waste.2. Think before flushing.Don't flush wastefully. By avoiding just one flush a day, you could save about 4.5 gallons of

3、 water. That's as much water as the average person in Africa uses to bathe, drink, clean, and cook for an entire day.3. Avoid wasting food.Eat Thanksgiving leftoverDon't let them spoil. If every US household reduced food waste by the weight of one slice of bread, the money saved would be eno

4、ugh to pay for three meals a day for a year for every homeless child in the U.S.4. Kick off the shoes.Leave your shoes at the door when you come into your home. Unwanted fertilizers, lead, and poisonous cleaners found on outdoor surfaces can hitch a ride on your shoes and track through your house.5.

5、 Save energy.When you go out, try to use public transport. If you close the bathroom door when you take a bath, you will keep the room warmer. Your bath water's heat stays trapped in the bathroom. The water also stays hotter and longer, so you don't need to add more hot water. Save energy: C

6、lose the door. （1）Suppose you and your parents all reduce one flush a day, how much water will be saved?A.About 9 gallons of water. B.About 14 gallons of water.C.About 16 gallons of water. D.About 11 gallons of water. （2）What do the underlined words "hitch a ride" mean in the pas

7、sage?A.Be stuck.B.Ride on you.C.Follow you.D.Visit you. （3）What's the main idea of this passage?A.Save energy can help to save money.B.Wasting is shameful.C.One can use some ways to protect the environment.D.You may make a bigger difference than others. 2. We had a military training for a w

8、hole week in late August after stepping into our new senior high school. The military coaches were all strict with us. Frankly speaking, we all felt very tired, and even had pains in our legs. However, we all persisted in practising, and felt satisfied with ourselves eventually.In the morning we arr

9、ived at the playground in lines on time. Then you could hear our military coaches shout at the top of their voices "Stand at attention", "Stand at ease", "Tun left", "March", "Run.", all the students were practicing carefully. Exhausted as we were, n

10、one of us asked to have a rest, none of us complained, none of us wanted to drop out. Under the blazing sun, despite high temperature and thirst, we stood still for an hour with sweat dripping down from our faces all the time. In the moonlight, we played games heartily, bursting into laughter now an

11、d then. On the grass, divided into two groups, we competed to sing encouraging military songs in high spirits one after another. At the meeting, hearing their moving speech, we felt regretful for wasting time before. At that time we realized we should have been grateful to our parents and teachers,

12、with tears in our eyes. And we all made up our minds to study harder. On the afternoon of the last day, our principal sang high praise for our behaviour, and encouraged us to keep this persistent spirit in future.Though this military training is a tough experience, we challenged ourselves and overca

13、me those difficulties. We felt proud from the bottom of our hearts. There is no doubt that this military training has left a deep and durable impression on me, on all my classmates. （1）How does the author like this military training?A.Tiring and disappointing.B.Enjoyable and comfortable.C.Meaningful

14、 and fruitful.D.Surprising and exciting. （2）What does the writer mainly describe in Paragraph 2?A.They had some difficulties in practicing.B.They always practiced without difficulty.C.They made every effort to practice and behaved very well.D.The principal hoped to praise them in person. （3）What wil

15、l the writer do if he meets a new student of this school next August?A.Persuade him or her to study hard.B.Advise him or her to run regularly on the playground with some military coaches.C.Try to make the principal praise him or her.D.Encourage him or her to take military training seriously, and fin

16、ish it successfully. （4）What may be the best title of this passage?A.Some Strict CoachesB.A Far-reaching ExperienceC.Persistence Is ImportantD.A Difficult Period 3. During the COVID-19（新冠病毒）crisis, working from home has become common for many people. For some, working from home is distracting a

17、nd exhausting. But one pioneering study found that working from home increased output by 13%. Nicholas Bloom, a professor at Stanford University in California, began the experiment when James Liang, one of the founders of T Groupthe largest online travel agency in Chinamet Bloom in Stanford and ment

18、ioned to him how expensive Shanghai housing was, how the costs of maintaining company headquarters were huge there, and that he was thinking of letting his staff work from home. This idea made Bloom interested.Bloom started to test Liang's thought. First, 1000 employees who volunteered for the s

19、tudy were divided into two teams, separated by birth dates. Those born on even days got to work from home 4 out of 5 weekdays for the next 9 months. Those born on odd days stayed in the office all week long. Then the two teams were tracked. It was easy to do, as these workers had repetitive, straigh

20、tforward tasks that could easily be quantified（量化）, and their productivity could easily be measured making bookings in the system or making phone calls, for example. Nine months passed; Bloom and Liang discovered workers were 13% more productive at home.Bloom's data suggests the staff could beco

21、me much more productive while working from home long termbut it's not so straightforward. In the experiment, there were warnings as to who could take part in the first place. Participants had to meet 3 requirements: have no kids, have a room that wasn't their bedroom and have quality Interne

22、t on equipment which the firm installed for them at home. So there's no guarantee that everyone's productivity will increase.Lynda Grattan, a professor at London Business School, distrusts other points; Bloom's experiment was easy to carry out because it was essentially happening at a ca

23、ll centre. "We have no proper data on the productivity of knowledge workers when they're based at home," she says. （1）Why did Liang want to let the staff work from home?A.To decrease the staff salaries.B.To avoid the spread of COVID-19.C.To save the costs of working in the office.D.To

24、prove the advantage of remote work. （2）How did Bloom conduct the experiment?A.By giving questionnaires to all the staff.B.By following the productivity of two teams.C.By interviewing volunteers about their feelings.D.By analyzing features of various working environment. （3）What can we learn from Par

25、agraph 3?A.The experiment has attracted many volunteers.B.The staff working at home always finish more tasks.C.The speed of the Internet decides the productivity of workers.D.Workers' high productivity is based on suitable working conditions. （4）What does Grattan think of the experiment?A.It doe

26、sn't apply to easy tasks.B.It ignores the role of parents at home.C.It inspires knowledge workers to work at home.D.It needs further study for knowledge workers. 4. Pengci（碰瓷）has been a disgusting matter for a long time. When driving on a road, if you see an old man or woman walking by the

27、road, you may be afraid that he or she will hit your car on purpose, and then ask you for much money. Even worse, it has been reported that a pupil saw an old woman fall onto the ground, so he walked over to help her. But she grabbed him and said she was pushed down by him. Then she tried to extort

28、much money from the pupil's parents.What a shame! How to deal with it? Our authorities have taken aim at pengci.On October 14, three top judicial（司法的）organs issued a guideline to clarify the application of the law in extortion cases involving deliberately fabricated（捏造的）accidents or similar happ

29、enings. The guideline was issued by the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate. For the first time, authorities have defined the pengci trick, in which people pretend they have been harmed by another party and then ask that party for mo

30、ney or property as compensation.The guideline stipulates（規(guī)定）punishment for the two main types of pengcifraud and extortion. Criminals who intentionally or negligently cause harm to others while carrying out pengci tricks may be charged with the crimes of intentional homicide, intentional injury, neg

31、ligently（疏忽地）causing others' death or causing serious injury to others, the guideline said.The guideline also stipulates that whoever deliberately causes a traffic accident and blackmails the victim, which meets the relating provisions（條款）of the Criminal Law, shall be punished as the crime of ex

32、tortion by blackmail.According to this guideline, we can avoid being extorted by ill persons and warm-hearted persons can help those who really need help. （1）What does the underlined word "extort" in Paragraph 1 refer to?A.Threaten to get something illegally.B.Earn something by working.C.A

33、sk somebody for something.D.Give something for free. （2）Why was the guideline issued?A.To protect old men and women.B.To punish criminals seriously.C.To help students do good deeds.D.To clarify the application of the law in extortion cases. （3）Which of the following sentences is right?A.All the crim

34、inals referred to in this passage shall be charged.B.The guideline stipulates one who causes a traffic accident by chance shall be punished.C.Those who play pengci tricks usually pretend to have been harmed.D.If a man plays pengci tricks, he may be very poor. （4）If you notice a person fall onto the

35、ground in future, what will you do?A.Help cautiously when necessary.B.Help without hesitation.C.Look on nearby.D.Call the police quickly.二、七選五  根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項，選項中有兩項為多余選項。How to Become Truly BeautifulIt's often said that inner beauty is much more important than physical beauty

36、. And everyone wants to become beautiful.（1）_.To start with, we are supposed to wear clean clothes which are suitable for students.（2）_.In the second place, in order to make contributions to our dear motherland in future, we must have a strong body and rich knowledge. So we ought to do exercise usua

37、lly to keep healthy.（3）_.In addition, our parents take good care of us every day and our teachers educate us patiently every class, it's reasonable that we respect them from the bottom of our hearts.Furthermore, all classmates are brothers and sisters of a warm big family.（4）_. We need to get on

38、 well with one another, and help someone who's in need.Last but not least, we mustn't get into the bad habit of smoking.（5）_.All in all, we are to become truly useful if we do as I mentioned above.A. And it's our duty to try to learn as much knowledge as possibleB. Beauty is in the eyes

39、of beholderC. I think we can become truly beautiful if we do as the followingD. We should also keep our classrooms, schools, and homes clean and tidyE. You will become more and more beautiful with time going byF. What's more, being crazy about online games is another foolish habit of wasting tim

40、eG. Blood is thicker than water三、完形填空  In general, elderly people, after retirement, can spend time in（1）_ such as taking care of their grandchildren, traveling around, taking part in group dancing,（2）_ attending special classes. But after 70, when their responses start slowing and health begin

41、s declining, they have to find ways（3）_ their remaining years in relative comfort.The majority would prefer home-based care,（4）_ has been the tradition in China,（5）_ it allows them to live in a familiar environment, preferably in the company of their children and grandchildren. But the problem is th

42、at China's（6）_ big families with three-to-four generations living（7）_ one roof is fast becoming history. Usually, elderly parents and their grown-up children live in different parts of a city, even in different cities or different countries,（8）_ it difficult or impossible for their children to t

43、ake care of them.（9）_ the grown-up child lives only a few kilometers away in the same city, he finds it difficult to attend to his parents, as（10）_ he is the single child of the parents.The government is encouraging home-based care for the aged not only because it is the top choice of the elderly（11

44、）_ because it is perhaps the only workable solution to the aging society problem. By the end of last year, China had more than 250 million people above the age of 60（12）_ about 29 million above 80. It is too large a group for any government or social organization（13）_.To help the elderly people, the

45、 government is sponsoring day-care centers in local communities in many cities, where the government（14）_ housing space and part of the funds to the centers which（15）_ by the local communities. The elderly people, after paying a lump sum（一次性付款）, can enjoy meals, chat with their peers, exercise or（16

46、）_ a nap in the daytime in these centers.For those who prefer to stay（17）_, information about their health and special requirements are collected by the community nursing center which, at a phone call, can（18）_ send people to their homes to help them with cooking, shopping, cleaning and dealing with

47、 any emergencies. Though this form of caring for the aged is welcome, it is（19）_ to be adopted nationwide（20）_ some poor cities don't have enough resources to run such centers and services. （1）A.celebrationsB.meetingsC.activitiesD.movements （2）A.orB.butC.yetD.and （3）A.spendingB.to spendC.costing

48、D.to cost （4）A.whichB.thatC.itD.where （5）A.asB.soC.thereforeD.however （6）A.optionalB.nationalC.additionalD.traditional （7）A.belowB.underC.overD.above （8）A.makingB.consideringC.supposingD.believing （9）A.As ifB.Only ifC.Even ifD.If only （10）A.merelyB.onlyC.mostlyD.nearly （11）A.but forB.but alsoC.and t

49、henD.and yet （12）A.ofB.onC.offD.with （13）A.handlingB.to handleC.handledD.being handled （14）A.requiresB.recommendsC.guidesD.provides （15）A.are advisedB.is advisedC.are operatedD.is operated （16）A.tasteB.turnC.takeD.touch （17）A.at homeB.at abroadC.at dinnerD.at ease （18）A.immediatelyB.latelyC.justlyD.

50、necessarily （19）A.butB.yetC.andD.thus （20）A.so thatB.howeverC.althoughD.now that四、語法填空  閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Although Sima Fang is very clever, he used to be badly（1）_（addict）to online games a year ago. He often slipped to cybercafes at night,（2）_ made him feel very sleepy in class i

51、n the daytime. Needless to say, he got poor marks in most（3）_（subject）. No matter what I advised, no matter how I punished him, he still broke the rule. Later I arranged（4）_ his parents to rent a small house near our school to keep him company, or（5）_（exact）speaking, to supervise him. But only a wee

52、k（6）_（late）, I noticed him fall asleep constantly again. He must（7）_（play）other tricks secretly. This time I demanded that his father should sleep with him in（8）_ same bed and watch him closely. Following my advice, his father did so. Hardly has Sima Fang felt sleepy in class ever since, and he has

53、made great progress in study.Last week, believe it or not, he sheepishly（難為情地）admitted having read some e-books under his quilt while he was（9）_（lie）in bed before sleeping with his father. I've been deeply impressed（10）_ this difficult boy. It is online games that poison our teenagers' minds

54、 seriously.五、短文改錯  假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（）劃掉。修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。It goes without saying that all parents love their children. Without parents'

55、 care, children couldn't have grow up healthily. We owe many thanks for parents. To be frank, teaching a man how to fish is much better than give him a fish. Only by doing some housework regular can we form the habit of doing things by ourselves. But we want parents to give chances to practice.

56、As the time goes on, our parents will grow old and we can't rely on him for ever, we'll step out of our families and go work independently sooner and later. Honestly speaking, spoiling a child do harm to him. We should talk with them openly and patiently. I believe our parents will finally u

57、nderstand and support us.六、書面表達  假定你是李華，新西蘭某中學(xué)的師生交流團來訪你校。請你代表學(xué)生會用英文寫一封電子郵件，將本周末的活動安排傳達給來訪的新西蘭師生。內(nèi)容包括：1. 集合時間及地點；2. 活動安排：參觀古寺，隨后在附近的倚梅園賞梅、滑冰；3. 注意事項：穿舒適的運動鞋。參考詞匯：倚梅園（Wintersweet Garden）     臘梅（wintersweet flowers）注意：1. 詞數(shù)100左右；2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。Dear teachers and students,_Yours s

58、incerely,Li Hua參考答案與試題解析2020-2021年河南省南陽市某校高一（上）期末英語試卷一、閱讀理解1.【答案】BAC【考點】環(huán)保類閱讀說明文閱讀推理判斷詞義猜測主旨大意【解析】此題暫無解析【解答】（1）B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)2. Think before flushing.下面的By avoiding just one flush a day, you could save about 4.5 gallons of water.可知，一個人一天可以節(jié)約4.5加侖的水，4.5×3=13.5，結(jié)合選項推斷，你和你的父母三個人一天大約節(jié)約14加侖的水。故選B。（2）A 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)劃線部分所在句的Unwanted