2020-2021學年廣東省梅州市興寧市下堡中學高一（下）期中英語試卷

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。（共15題，每小題6分，滿分30分）

• 1．Have you ever been to London？Here is some hotel information for you.
     Kingsway Hall Hotel
     We offer quality service （優(yōu)質(zhì)服務） in Kingsway Hall Hotel.This location puts guests in easy reach of many places，such as the British Museum and Piccadilly Circus.Our hotel also has modern Western food，and offers a perfect dining environment.The lounge bar is a comfortable place to enjoy a drink .There are hundreds of dining choices within walking distance.Non-smoking rooms are ready for guests.
     Hilton Docklands Riverside
     Located on the bank of the Thames，our hotel is about two miles east of Tower Bridge and 36 miles from London Heathrow Airport.Our hotel has a beauty salon，a flower shop and a swimming pool.The hotel also offers laundry （洗衣店） services，babysitting，shining shoes，and local area transportation.
     Windermere Hotel
     Located in the center of London，our hotel puts guests within easy reach of London's well-known buildings.Buckingham Palace and the Royal Parks are just a short walk away.Within 1.5 miles you can visit Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament.The theatres，Harrods shopping centre，and the designer shops of Sloane Square and Knightsbridge are all only a short walk away or a taxi ride away.
  
  （1）What does Kingsway Hall Hotel provide for its guests？

  
  A．Chinese food.
  B．A lounge bar.
  C．Smoking rooms.
  D．A swimming pool.
  （2）What is special about Hilton Docklands Riverside？

  
  A．It offers different kinds of service.
  B．It offers a reasonable price.
  C．It has convenient supermarkets.
  D．It has delicious food.
  （3）This passage is most likely to be found in

  .
  A．a(chǎn) travel guide
  B．a(chǎn) story book
  C．a(chǎn) technical report
  D．a(chǎn) geography magazine
  組卷：4引用：3難度：0.5

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• 2．A student is learning to speak British English.He wonders：Can I communicate with Americans？Can they understand me？Learners of English often ask：What are the differences between British and American English？How important are these differences？
     Certainly!there are some differences between British and American English.There are a few differences in grammar.For example，speakers of British English say "in hospital" and "Have you a pen？".Americans say "in the hospital" and "Do you have a pen？".Pronunciation is sometimes different.Americans usually sound theirs in words like "bird" and "hurt".Speakers of British English do not sound theirs in these words.There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary.For example，"colour" and "honour" are British， "color" and "honor" are American.
     These differences in grammar，pronunciation，spelling and vocabulary are not important，however.For the most part，British and American English are the same language.
  
  （1）According to this passage，a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that

  .
  A．British people cannot understand him
  B．American people cannot understand him
  C．the grammar is too hard for him
  D．the spelling is too hard for him
  （2）American English and British English are different in

  .
  A．spelling
  B．pronunciation
  C．grammar
  D．a(chǎn)ll of the above
  （3）Most

  say "Do you have a watch？".
  A．British people
  B．Americans
  C．children
  D．teachers
  （4）According to this passage，British people and Americans have

  difficulty in understanding each other.
  A．little
  B．much
  C．some
  D．great
  組卷：17引用：5難度：0.5

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• 3．Changsha，
     Hunan Province
     May 6，2010
     Dear editor，
     Under China's current educational system，there are those who do nothing but study.They of course are thought to be model students.
     But I feel that there is another type of student who，perhaps not as diligent （勤奮的） as the first type，uses his time more efficiently and achieves a lot academically（學業(yè)上）.
     Last year，a classmate of mine was accepted by a top university.It surprised all of us.It was because，unlike most of us，he didn't spend too much of his time studying.
     When I asked him the secret of his success，he said that the key was properly and scientifically arranging his time.
     " I spent a lot of time keeping fit and as a result，I was able to better concentrate （集中） on my class work."
     The moral of the story is：it isn't necessary to sit at your desk all day long to get high academic （學術(shù)） grades.
  Yours，
  Zhang Zishu
  （1）According to the letter，what leads to the fact that many students do nothing but study？

  
  A．The present educational system.
  B．People's old ideas.
  C．The teaching methods.
  D．The parents of these students.
  （2）It seems that the writer thinks

  .
  A．the first type of student is our model
  B．the second type of students is our model
  C．both types of students are worth learning from
  D．neither of the two types of students are good
  （3）The secret of his classmate's success was

  .
  A．properly and scientifically arranging his time
  B．spending a lot of time studying
  C．doing nothing but studying
  D．playing all the time
  （4）The reader wrote the letter in order to

  .
  A．call on us to work even harder
  B．a(chǎn)dvise people to think about how to study more efficiently
  C．a(chǎn)dvise people to do research into his classmate's success
  D．criticize （批評） China's educational system
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5

  解析

• 4．Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition（競爭） between George and Richard.
     "I'll be the first millionaire in Coleford!" Richard used to boast（自夸，夸口說）.
     "And you'll be sorry that you knew me，" George would reply "because I'll surely be the best lawyer in our town!"
     After graduation（畢業(yè)），George never became a lawyer and Richard was anybody but a millionaire ….Instead，it happened that both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street，while it was hard to make much money from books then，which made the competition between them worse.Eventually，Richard closed down his，dreaming of making a fortune elsewhere.
     Now，with only one bookshop in the town，business was better for George.But sometimes he sat in his narrow old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window，thinking about his former rival （競爭對手）.Perhaps he missed him？
     George was very interested in old dictionaries，and he had recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition.When the parcel arrived，the book was in perfect condition and George was quite delighted.But while he was having lunch，George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped（包裝） in.He was astonished — the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable!Trembling，George started reading： "Bookends Company has bought ten bookstores from its competitors.The company，owned by millionaire Richard Pike，is now the largest bookseller in this country."
  
  （1）George and Richard were

  at school.
  A．roommates
  B．good friends
  C．competitors
  D．booksellers
  （2）How did George feel about Richard after his disappearance？

  
  A．He envied（嫉妒） Richard's good fortune very much.
  B．He thought about Richard from time to time.
  C．He felt unlucky with no more rival in the town.
  D．He was unhappy of Richard's disappearance.
  （3）George got information about Richard from

  .
  A．a(chǎn) dictionary collector in Australia
  B．one of Richard's competitors
  C．some rare edition of a dictionary
  D．the wrapping paper of a dictionary
  （4）What happened to George and Richard in the end？

  
  A．Both George and Richard became millionaires by selling books.
  B．Both of them realized（實現(xiàn)） their original ambitions（抱負），which were the same.
  C．George established（創(chuàng)立） a successful business while Richard was missing.
  D．Richard became a millionaire while George had no great success.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5

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七選五（共1小題，每小題10分，滿分10分）

• 5．There was a park near my home.But I didn't go there very often.Many people said there was nothing special.One afternoon I went into the park and found it was really small.I walked quickly because there wasn't much to see.I walked for some time and found myself standing in front of two paths.（1）

  I found that the two paths were different from each other.
   The left one was wide and clean.There were lots of flowers on both sides of the path.Though the flowers weren't very beautiful，they made me feel good.I decided to take this path.But wait!I looked at the right one.The path didn't look nice.（2）

  Grass grew everywhere.For a long time I couldn't make up my mind.
     （3）

  It wasn't nice，but I didn't want to give up.At last，I came to the end of the path.Ah!There was a small garden there.It was beautiful，perhaps the most beautiful garden I had ever seen. （4）

  
   Many people told me that there was nothing much to see in the park.Now I'd like to tell them that if they had followed the right way，they would have felt differently.But when I told them about what I had seen in the park，they just smiled at me without saying a word.I knew they didn't believe me.They couldn't even remember that path because it was so small.
     （5）

  Don't be afraid to choose a different path.You may get a big surprise!
  
  A.There is nothing that I want to see.
  B.It looked like it had not been cleaned for months.
  C.After a while a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path.
  D. "Which way should I go？" I asked myself.I looked at one way，then the other.
  E.I told them what happened.
  F.My trip to the park that day made me understand something about life.
  G.There were trees，flowers and chairs.I thought it was the nicest part of the park.
  組卷：3引用：4難度：0.6

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完形填空（共1小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

• 6．Soon it would be the holidays，but before that，there were year exams.All the（1）

  had been working hard for some time，reviewing their lessons for the exams.If they didn't（2）

  ，they would have to retake them in September.There were usually a few who（3）

  ，but Jane didn't want to be one of them.She had worked hard all year，but just（4）

  the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was（5）

  about her.She went to bed too（6）

  .The night before the first（7）

  ，Barbara insisted（堅決要求） that she should have an early night and take a（8）

  pill（藥片）.She promised（許諾） to wake（9）

  up in the morning.
     As she was falling asleep，Jane was afraid that she might oversleep.Her（10）

  kept jumping from subject to subject.At last，because of（11）

  ，she went to sleep.In no time at all，she was sitting in the examination hall，looking at the examination（12）

  ，but she couldn't answer any of the questions.（13）

  around her was writing pages and pages.（14）

  she thought hard，she（15）

  find anything to write about.She kept looking at her（16）

  .Time was running out.There was only an hour to go.She started one question，wrote two sentences，（17）

  and tried another one.With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences.By this time she was so worried that she started（18）

  .Her whole body shook（發(fā)抖）.It shook so much that she（19）

  up.She was still in bed and it had all been a（20）

  dream.A minute later，Barbara called her name.
  
  

  （1）	A．teachers	B．students	C．classmates	D．schools
  （2）	A．prepare	B．miss	C．join	D．pass
  （3）	A．succeeded	B．failed	C．ended	D．called
  （4）	A．before	B．a(chǎn)fter	C．when	D．a(chǎn)s
  （5）	A．excited	B．frightened	C．worried	D．pleased
  （6）	A．early	B．late	C．heavily	D．eagerly
  （7）	A．exam	B．holiday	C．tour	D．dream
  （8）	A．sleeping	B．resting	C．exciting	D．breathing
  （9）	A．him	B．her	C．them	D．it
  （10）	A．hand	B．eye	C．mind	D．body
  （11）	A．her sister	B．her parents	C．the lessons	D．the medicine
  （12）	A．result	B．marks	C．desk	D．paper
  （13）	A．Everything	B．Nothing	C．No one	D．Everyone
  （14）	A．If	B．Though	C．So	D．How
  （15）	A．mustn't	B．couldn't	C．might not	D．shouldn't
  （16）	A．watch	B．textbook	C．sister	D．subject
  （17）	A．gave up	B．put off	C．put up	D．put away
  （18）	A．examining	B．leaving	C．copying	D．crying
  （19）	A．raised	B．woke	C．stood	D．cheered
  （20）	A．nice	B．wonderful	C．terrible	D．special
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5

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語法選擇題 （共10題，每小題1分，共10分）

• 7．A new house __________ at the corner of the road.（　　）

  A．is building	B．is being built
  C．been built	D．be building
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5

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• 8．_______ the watch _____________ yet？I badly need it.（　?。?/h2>

  A．Does，repair	B．Are，being repaired
  C．Is，being repaired	D．Has，been repaired
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5

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• 9．The newly-born baby _________ in hospital at present.（　?。?/h2>

  A．is being taken good care of

  B．a(chǎn)re taken good care of

  C．is taken good care

  D．has taken good care of
  組卷：3引用：1難度：0.7

  解析

• 10．So far，the moon ____ by man already．（　?。?/h2>

  A．is visited	B．will be visited
  C．has been visited	D．was visited
  組卷：55引用：4難度：0.9

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• 11．Look!A nice picture ____ for our teacher.（　　）

  A．is drawing	B．is being drawn
  C．have been drawn	D．draws
  組卷：36引用：5難度：0.5

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短文改錯：（共10題，每小題10分，滿分10分）

• 33．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。
      As some of these actors could not sing well enough，they had to rely on other musicians to help them.So during the broadcasts they just pretended to singing.Anyhow their performances were humor enough to be copied by other groups.They were so popular that its fans formed clubs in order get more familiar with them.Each week on TV，the Monkees would play but sing songs written by other musicians.However，after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work，the Monkees start to play and sing their own songs like a really band.Then they produced out their own records and began touring and playing their own music.In a USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more record.
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5

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書面表達（共25分）

• 34．假定你是李華，今年十月份即將去英國的布萊頓大學（Brighton University）留學．請 給你在布萊頓的網(wǎng)友Tom寫一封英文電子郵件，讓他介紹一下布萊頓這座城市，告知他 你的租房需求并請他幫忙租房子．
  注意1．詞數(shù)100左右；
  2．可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫．
  Dear Tom，
  

  
  Yours，
  Li Hua
  組卷：4引用：3難度：0.5

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