高一下学期期中考试英语试题一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）1. 阅读理解TheBest Ice Rinks in EuropeZeroDegrees, London, the UKTheMaritime Museum in Greenwich has opened an ice rink this year for the firsttime. It’s outside the Queen’s House and has agreat view of the R iver Thames, creating a wonderful skating experience. It’s alittle cheaper than competing museum ice rinks, and less busy, too. There is noneed to book tickets online. You can simply turn up and buy tickets there. Nextto the outdoor ice rink there is an indoor bar for those who simply wish towatch, and it’s open until late.Ticketprices: adult from ￡13.50, child from ￡6.75SkatingHeroes, HungaryBudapest’sCity Park ice rink opens daily from November to February: it’s one of thelargest and oldest open-air rinks in Europe and it is beautiful. It is easilyreached by train or subway. A cafe serve hot chocolate, wine and traditionalchimney cakes. If you are fortunate, you may see some of Budapest’s olderresidents ballroom dancing on the ice.Ticketprices: adult from ￡3.50, child freeBite-Size,PolandAmongthe old townhouses and shops of Warsaw’s Old Market Place is a unique Polishrink — shaped like a bagel . Skaters glide around a statue of the mermaid（美人鱼）who stands for the city. Once you’ve burned all those calories onthe ice, you’ll be pleased to see the square is packed with Warsaw’s bestcooks, serving street food until late.Ticketprices: from ￡2Spikersuppa,NorwayIt is a great skating rink in downtown Oslo.For the best skating, you should go there late in the evening, as the kids allhead home —it’s lit until 9 pm, the music will play and the hot chocolate willflow. It’s free if you bring your own skates, or you can spend ￡13 renting a pair.（1）What can we learn about Zero Degrees from the passage?A . It doesn’t allow children to skate late.B . It is a new ice ri nk situated in London.C . It is the cheapest ice rink in Europe.D . It is crowded and you need to book tickets in advance.（2）What can skaters do at the Skating Heroes ice rink?A . See ballroom dancing by some local people.B . See a statue of a beautiful mermaid.C . Skate on the largest ice rink in the world.D . Taste street food by the best Hungarian cooks.（3）If you go to Spikersuppa, _____________.A . you should go there before it is darkB . you must pay at least ￡2 to enter itC . you can skate for free if you take your own skatesD . you can only go there by train or subway2. 阅读理解Thisis a story of a penguin that swims 5,000 miles to a beach in Brazil every yearin order to visit the man who saved his life. It sounds like something out of afairytale , but it’s true!JoaoPereira de Souza is a 71-year-old retired worker and part-time fisherman. Helives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He found thesmall penguin lying on rocks at his local beach in 2015.Thepenguin was starving and covered in oil. Joao rescued the penguin, naming himDin Din, cleaned the oil off his feathers and fed him a daily diet of fish torebuild his strength.WhenDin Din recovered, Mr. de Souza set him free into the sea, never expecting tosee his new friend again.Thelittle guy wasn’t gone long though, and just a few months later, he was back atthe same beach. He spotted Joao fishing and followed him home, staying with himfor the rest of the year.Amazingly, this cycle has continued over the past five years. Each yearDin Din spends about eight months with Joao and is believed to spend the restof the time breeding on the Patagonia coasts of Argentina and Chile.“I love the penguin like he’s my ownchild and I believe the penguin loves me,” Joao told Globo TV. “N oone else is allowed to touch him. He attacks them if they do. He lies on mylap, lets me give him showers, allows me to feed him fish and to pick him up.”Professor Krajewski, a biologist who interviewed the fisherman forGloboTV, said: “I have never seen anything like this before. I think thepenguin believes Joao is part of his family and probably a penguin aswell.”（1）What was Din Din like when Joao found him?A . He was hungry and weak.B . He was trapped in oil and couldn’t breathe.C . He couldn’t find his way back home.D . He was dying on the coast.（2）What happened a few months after Joao saved Din Din?A . Din Din returned and spent the rest of his life with Joao.B . Din Din guided Joao to the place where he bred.C . Din Din helped Joao with fishing at the beach.D . Din Din returned and spent about eight months a year with Joao.（3）How does Joao describe the relationship between himself and Din Din?A . Partners.B . Fisherman and prey.C . Father and child.D . Animal and keeper.（4）Why does Din Din spend so much time with Joao, according to Professor Krajewski?A . Because he considers Joao as his family.B . Because Joao helped him to live in the sea.C . Because Joao can provide him with food and shelter.D . Because Joao can help him raise his babies.3. 阅读理解Theworld’s oldest sweet shop has been put up for sale in North Yorkshire after itsowner wanted to be elected the county’s next police commissioner .ThePatley Bridge store was founded in 1827 and simply called The OldestSweet Shopin the World. It has been run by one-time police officer Keith Tordoff for morethan 20 years. But now the former officer is set to leave behind hisold-fashioned sweet jars. And, if police are quite different from sweets, the63-year-old officer is convinced that he can be equally effective leading theemergency services.“I’vea proven track record insucceeding and completing at the thi ngs I set out to do,” he told TheIndependent.” I know first-hand about policing and first-hand aboutmanaging successful organisations, which are the exact qualities needed.”“It’snot been an easy decision to make,” said Mr. Tordoff. “Running thisshop has been a joy. My parents brought me here for sweets when I was a boy, sogetting the chance to buy it and then run it with my wife and our son was adream that had come true.”“Peopleare fascinated by it. And why wouldn’t they be? We all love sweets, don’t we? Igive talks about sweets in my spare time. I’m always asked what our mostpopular kind is. And the answer? Rhubarb and custard,” he says. “Yousee, you think they’re old-fashioned, but what happens is that grandparentscome in, buy their grandchildren what they used to have themselves, and thenthe kids fall in love with them, too.” It’s the same with chocolate miceand pear drops, too, apparently.Hehopes to sell the shop — which was recognizedin 2014 by Guinness World Records — for ￡399,000.（1）What does Keith Tordoff plan to do?A . Sell the sweets in his shop at a discount.B . Make his sweet shop the longest running one.C . Change his career and run for police chief.D . Close his sweet shop and donate the sweets to charity.（2）What is Keith Tordoff’s feeling about the thing he plans to do?A . He considers himself to be well qualified for the new job.B . He is terrified that his shop will be closed.C . He thinks it is very easy to leave the things he is doing now behind.D . He believes he will make a fortune by selling his shop.（3）What do we know about the Patley Bridge shop from the passage?A . It sells sweets that are very fashionable.B . It has a very long history.C . Its present owner doesn’t like it much.D . It stands in the way of its owner.（4）What do children think of the sweets sold in Patley Bridge?A . They are only attracted by their colors.B . They like the sweets just like their grandparents.C . They refuse to have a taste of them.D . They think there are very few kinds of sweets.4. 阅读理解Nine years ago, when the closest and largest full moon fell on March 19, 2011, many people used the term, “supermoon”, which we had never heard before. In 2012, we heard this term again to describe the year’s closest full moon on May 6, 2012. Supermoons also appeared in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019.What does “supermoon” mean exactly? And how special was the March 19, 2011 supermoon?The word “supermoon” didn’t come from astronomy. Instead, it came from astrology . In 1979, astrologer Richard Nolle defined it as a new or full moon which occurs at or near its closest point to the earth in its orbit. In short, the earth, moon and sun are all in a line, with the moon at its nearest point to the earth.And the full moon of March 19, 2011 was the largest moon of that year. This “supermoon” was at perigee — its closest point to the earth in its orbit. It was bigger and brighter than other full moons of 2011. Astronomers call this sort of close full moon a perigee full moon.That doesn’t sound very special, does it? In fact, the March 2011 full moon lined up much more closely with perigee than Nolle’s original definition. But were you able to notice with your eyes alone that this full moon was bigger or brighter than usual? Astronomers said no. But it was fun to stand outside under this full moon and know that the moon was closer than ever.In 2019, there were three supermoons. The first supermoon of 2019 was the Super Blood Wolf Moon on January 21, which occurred with a total lunar eclipse at the same time, also known as a “blood moon”. The second supermoon of 2019 was on February 19, also called the Snow Moon, which was the closest full moon of the year. The third and final supermoon of 2019, known by Native Americans as the Worm Moon, occurred on March 21. It fell on the day of the vernal equinox , which signals the end of winter and the beginning of spring.（1）What type of moon is a “supermoon”?A . A full moon.B . A new moon.C . A full moon at perigee.D . Any full moon in 2011.（2）What do we know about the supermoon of March 2011?A . It was the first full moon in 2011.B . It was in the closest orbit to the sun.C . It was brighter than any other full moon in 2011.D . It was at its furthest point from the earth.（3）What can we learn from the underlined sentences in the fifth paragraph about a supermoon and an ordinary full moon?A . They can appear in the sky at the same time.B . Only astronomers can see them.C . The supermoon is as large as an ordinary full moon.D . People can’t tell the difference between them with the naked eye.（4）The third supermoon of 2019 __________.A . was called the Super Blood Wolf MoonB . was the closest full moon of the yearC . was found by Native Americans firstD . occurred on the day of the vernal equinox二、任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）5. 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。