绝密★启用前合肥一中、六中、八中2020－2021学年第一学期高一期末考试英语考生注意：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将考生号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。
回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。
写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有2分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What is the weather like now?A. Warm.B. Cold.C. Hot.2. When did Jenny get home last night?A. At 10: 00.B. At 10: 30.C. At 11: 00.3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The latest fashion.B. A vacation plan.C. A great movie.4. Why does the man come here?A. To report his loss.B. To get a train ticket.C. To have a driving lesson.5. What will Nick do tonight?A. Attend a party.B. Go to a concert.C. Have a rest at home.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. How much did the man pay for the books?A. $ 20.B. $ 40.C. $ 60.7. What will the man do with the books?A. Sell them by ads.B. Put them on Xianyu.C. Give them to the bookstore.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Where did the man go first?A. A fast food place.B. Mike's home.C. A computer store.9. Why did the man's friends get angry?A. He played a joke on them.B. He forgot to text them.C. He ate up their burgers. 听第8 段材料，回答第10 至12 题。
10. What does the woman think of the man's music?A. Familiar.B. Disappointing.C. Impressive.11. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a concert hall.B. In a radio studio.C. In a bar.12. How did the man learn to play the guitar after 8 years old?A. He taught himself.B. He practiced with a band.C. He learned from a famous teacher. 听第9段材料，回答第13 至16 题。
13. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Hostess and guest.B. Tour guide and tourist.C. Photographer and customer.14. What does Jordan like best about China?A. Deserts.B. Mountains.C. Rivers.15. Which city does Jordan regard as his second home?A. Beijing.B. Shanghai.C. Chongqing.16. What is Jordan's suggestion in the end?A. Being hard-working.B. Being well-prepared.C. Being confident.听第10 段材料，回答第17至20 题。
17. How does the speaker describe life in London?A. Tiring.B. Stressful.C. Convenient.18. What means of transport does the speaker usually take to work?A. The underground.B. The car.C. The bus.19. What are the speaker's parents unable to stand?A. Chats with others.B. The transportation fee.C. The noise and pollution.20. What is the speaker's purpose of using the poet's words?A. To explain why he is tired of life.B. To show London is an interesting city.C. To prove London is attractive to many poets.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AUnsolved Mysteries About the Planet Earth◆Mystery 1: Where did all the water come from?Water covers 70 percent of Earth’s surface and earns it the nickname "the blue planet". But where did it come from? The most popular scientific theory states that the H20 came from several violent asteroids(小行星)filled with ice. Another suggests that the water actually has been around since Earth’s formation. However it happened, though, it’s certainly worked out well for Earth’s life forms.◆Mystery 2: What about all the oxygen?Another thing is the planet’s oxygen. Tiny creatures released oxygen as a waste product, filling the atmosphere with it. After that, the level of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere went wildly up and down until it finally calmed down around 540 million years ago. Since then, it’s remained at about the breathable level we experience today. But what caused it to be suddenly steady?◆Mystery 3: What caused the Cambrian(寒武纪)Explosion?The Cambrian Explosion refers to the explosion of complex life forms that occurred on Earth about 540 million years ago. Before then, life had consisted mostly of bacteria. But at the beginning of the Cambrian period, complex creatures began developing at a rate never seen before. Suddenly, life forms had brains, eyes, and bones. Most living creatures today can trace their blood back to theCambrian period.◆Mystery 4: Will we ever be able to predict earthquakes?We still haven’t been able to come up with a way to accurately predict earthquakes. We can certainly try, but our current technology cannot predict them exactly. We know that earthquakes start when rocks crack underground and send earthquake waves toward the surface, but we haven’t figured out why that happens, or how to predict it.21. What was created later by creatures on Earth?A. Oxygen.B. Water.C. Bacteria.D. Ice.22. Which of the following is true according to the text?A. Earth is called the blue star because of water coverage.B. The level of oxygen has been steady all the time.C. Complex creatures had rapid development in the Cambrian period.D. We know nothing about predicting earthquakes.23. What do we know about Mystery 4?A. It is the oldest mystery of the four.B. It will be solved in the near future.C. It is the most difficult mystery to solve of the four.D. It is a matter that has extremely practical significance.BRain beat against the window, matching my mood. I should have known that my new job at the hospital was too good to be true. Throughout the day, rumors(谣言)warned that the newest employee from each department would be laid off. I was the newest one in the training department.My boss appeared. "You probably know we’re cutting back on staff," he said. "Administration wants us to offer outplacement classes to help those employees find other jobs, showing them how to act in an interview, for example." "Fine," I answered unwillingly, not knowing what else to say.I decided to go home early that day. In the hall, I met the lady who brought us cookies every Friday. She was a little woman with gray hair. Only her head and the top of her green apron were visible over the cart(小车)loaded with cleaning supplies. At least she had a job!At the final meeting, laid-off workers formed a line at the door. A colleague whispered, "I can’t believe our Cookie Lady is being laid off. We’ll miss her as much as we’ll miss her cookies." Whenthe colleague spoke to her in Spanish, I knew my classes would be useless for her.I decided to do something for her. I wrote to a newspaper expressing how I felt about the unselfishness of the Cookie Lady who needed a job. A few days later, my article appeared in the newspaper and the Cookie Lady was allowed to stay in her position. On the same day, I received a letter, which seemed so unlikely that I read it twice. "An editor of a local magazine likes your piece and wants you to call her next. time you are looking for work…"24. How did the author feel on that rainy clay?A. Nervous.B. Excited.C. Angry.D. Proud.25. What was the author asked to do?A. Take care of patients.B. Leave earlier that day.C. Resign from the hospital.D. Help the laid-off workers.26. How did the author help the Cookie Lady?A. He offered her a high-paid job.B. He gave her advice on job hunting.C. He made her story known to others.D. He taught her how to pass an interview.27. What does the story tell us?A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.B. Good deeds have their rewards.C. Little people can make a big difference.D. Love brings more joy to us than work.CListen carefully to the footsteps in the family home, and you can probably work out who is walking about. The features most commonly used to identify people are faces, voices and fingerprints. But the way they walk is also a giveaway.Researchers have used video cameras and computers to analyze people' s gaits(步态), and are now quite good at it. But translating such knowledge into a practical identification system can be tricky. Cameras are often visible, are difficult to set up, require good lighting and may have their view blocked by other people. A team led by Dr. Ozanyan and Dr. Scully have been looking for a better way to recognize gaits. Their answer: pressure-sensitive mats.Such mats are nothing new. They have been part of security systems. But Ozanyan and Scully use a complicated version that can record the amount of pressure applied in different places as someone walks across it. These measurements form a pattern unique to the walker. The researchers turned to an artificial-intelligence system to recognize such patterns, and it seemed to work. In astudy in 2018, they tested the system on a database of footsteps of 127 people. They found its error rate in identifying who was who was a mere 0.7%.And Scully says even without a database of footsteps to work with, the system can determine someone’s sex and, with reasonable accuracy, a subject's age.One application of the mat-based gait-recognition system might he in health care, particularly for the elderly. A mat placed in a nursing home or an old person's own residence could monitor changes in an individual's gait that indicates certain illnesses. That would provide early warning of someone being at greater risk of falling over.Gait analysis might also be used as a security measure in the workplace, monitoring access to restricted areas, such as parts of military bases, server farms or laboratories dealing with dangerous materials. Perhaps the most interesting use of the mats, though, would be in public places, such as airports.28. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 2?A. Research equipment.B. Research findings.C. Research assumption.D. Research background.29. According to Paragraph 3, the mat is used to .A. collect dataB. ensure safetyC. determine ageD. analyse pressure30. The gait-recognition system might be applied to .A. monitor security work progressB. detect potential health problemsC. keep track of travelling frequencyD. warn passengers of possible dangers31. What’s the best title of the passage?A. Listen to Your FootstepsB. Applaud Pattern RecognitionC. Love the Way You WalkD. Better the Mats You Step onDDo you take a fancy to Olaf, the snowman in the movie Frozen? You'll find an ancestor of Olaf when looking into many of history's cultural symbols. It appeared on some of the first postcards, starred in some of the earliest silent movies, and was the subject of a couple of the earliest photos, dating all the way back to the 1800s. I d iscovered even more about one of humanity’s earliest forms of folk art during several years of research around the world.For example, snowmen were a phenomenon in the Middle Ages, built with great skill andthought. At a time of limited means of expression, snow was like free art supplies dropped from the sky. It was a popular activity for couples to leisurely walk through town to view the temporary works of chilly art. Some were created by famous artists, including a 19-year-old Michelangelo, who in 1494 was appointed by the ruler of Florence, Italy, to build a snowman in his mansion’s courtyard.The Miracle of 1511 took place during six freezing weeks called the Winter of Death. The city of Brussels was covered in snowmen-an impressive scene that told stories on every street corner. Some were political in nature, criticizing the church and government. Some were a reflection of people’s imagination. For the people of Brussels, this was a defining moment of artistic freedom, at least until spring arrived, by which time they were dealing with damaging floods.If you fear the heyday of the snowman has passed, don’t worry: I’ve learned that some explosive snowman history is still being made today. Every year since 1818, the people of Zurich, Switzerland, celebrate the beginning of spring by blowing up a snowman. On the third Monday of April, the holiday Sechselauten is kicked off when a cotton snowman called the Boogg is stuffed with explosive and paraded through town by bakers and other tradesmen who throw bread to the crowds. The parade ends with the Boogg being placed on a 40-foot pile of firewood. After the bells of the Church of St. Peter have rung six times, representing the passing of winter, the pile is lit. When the snowman explodes, winter is considered officially over-the quicker it is burnt down, the longer summer is said to be.32. According to the passage, why did snowmen become a phenomenon in the Middle Ages?A. People thought of snow as holy art supplies.B. People longed to see masterpieces of snow.C. Building snowmen was a way for people to express themselves.D. Building snowmen helped people develop their skill and thought.33. "The heyday of the snowman"(Paragraph 4) probably means the time when .A. snowmen were made mainly by artistsB. snowmen enjoyed great popularityC. snowmen were politically criticizedD. snowmen caused damaging floods34. In Zurich, the blowing up of the Boogg symbolizes .A. the start of the paradeB. the coming of a longer summerC. the passing of the winterD. the success of tradesmen35. What can be concluded about snowmen from the passage?A. They were appreciated in history.B. They have lost their value.C. They were related to movies.D. They vary in shape and size.第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)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。