天一中学2020---2021学年度高一上学期英语期末考试模拟卷第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）AEvents for KidsSummer Nature Series. 10am-11am. Three Lakes Nature Center. Join the nature center as we open up our classroom doors to visitors with our nature collections. V olunteers will be on hand to provide information and answer questions. All ages are welcome. Free.Drop in and Dig. 9am-10: 30am. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Children's Garden Farm Garden. Families with children are invited to our garden and learn simple gardening tasks under the guidance of Children's Garden volunteers. No registration(登记) needed. Free.Teen Art Studio. 10am-12pm. Varina Area Library. Drop by Teen Art Studio for some fun and hands-on creativity Discuss different styles of art and do different kinds of art, craft(工)and drawing activities. All artistic skill levels are welcome! No registration required. We will meet in the Teen Department. Free.Movie in the Park. 8pm-11 pm. Sandston Recreation Area. Bring picnic blankets and chairs to this outdoor movie on the lawn(草坪)! Food and drink from home is OK to bring. Social distancing will be in place. Movie: The Sandlot. Free.3D Printing Workshop for Teens. 3pm-5pm. Twin Hickory Area Library.For Teens (Grades 6-12). Learn how to design objects and print in 3D with the library's Ultimaker 3D Printers We'll discuss the real-world uses of 3D printing technology, get familiar with the machines, and practice designing in 3D so you can create 3D design to be printed at the library. Free.1. What can children learn at Drop in and Dig?A. How to garden.B. How nature works.C. How to design things.D. How to create artworks.2. Which event is fit for parent who can only spare time to take his/her kid for an event in the evening?A. Drop in and Dig.B. Teen Art Studio.C. Movie in the Park.D. 3D Printing Workshop for Teens.3. What can be learnt about the five events?A. They all welcome parents.B. They're fitter for older kids.C. They all give children simple tasks.D. They allow children to attend for free.BJohnson's restaurant Fieldtrip is doing what he's always worked for. As su COVID-19 led to job losses in the food industry and closure of schools and st offices, Johnson noticed his customer base(客户群) changed. His regular customers, "the everyday workers in Harlem", were slowlyreplaced with more th new faces-the locals who had never visited the restaurant before."Our goal was always to attract people that lived around us and that probably would walk by and believe it wasn't a place for them, "Johnson said. When most restaurants in the area were closed, many locals found their go-to places no longer a choice. "It forced people to know who we were," Johnson said. Fieldtrip, which opened in 2019 is what Johnson calls a "community based dining experience", centering on rice. "I traveled the world, cooking in many countries. Rice is always at the center of the table, "Johnson explained. "I realized that every culture had a rice dish."This led him to the expression"rice is culture", which became the ideas of Fieldtrip.As COVID-19 hit New York City, it immediately became clear to Johnson, whose wife is a nurse. She and her co-workers hardly had time to eat, let alone think about ordering food. Johnson immediately began donating rice from Fieldtrip to the hospital. " What about other hospitals around us? These doctors and nurses are our customers Let's feed them, said Johnson. He started Fieldtrip's "Buy a Bowl" program, where anyone who visited the restaurant website could buy meals for doctors and nurses. The project was sosuccessful that after 11 weeks, most hospitals in the area had more food than staff(工作人员) could eat.Whether he's cooking for neighbors or supporting hospital staff, Johnson says that all eaters should have new rice. Rice is always telling you about the culture.4. How did COVID-19 affect Johnson's restaurant?A. It forced him to fire some employees.B. It led to the closure of his restaurantC. It made neighbors visit the restaurant.D. It resulted in great loss of his customers.5. The third paragraph introduces Fieldtrip's .A. food qualityB. business ideasC. menuD. popularity6. What may be the purpose of Johnson's "Buy a Bowl"program?A. To cook hot meals for his wife.B. To attract customers to his restaurantC. To provide high-quality rice for the localsD. To collect food donations for hospital staff7. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Man who is feeding his community during COVID-19B. Man who creates many jobs for his communityC. Man who runs a restaurant successfullyD. Man who thinks rice is cultureCRice is eaten all over the world in all different ways. No matter if your rice is white or brown, it has one thing in common, and that's' arsenic(砷) Now, researchers from the University of Sheffield say a new and simple way of cooking rice can remove this cancer-causing material while keeping the nutrients which make this food so good.A team from the school's Institute for Sustainable Food discovered the"parboiling with absorption method"(PBA) can cut down over half the naturally occurring arsenic in brown riceand 74 percent in white rice. More importantly, this home-friendly kitchen method saves the nutrients rice contains.The PBA method first parboils(将煮到半熟) rice in pre-boiled- water for five minutes. The water is then emptied and fresh water is poured into the pot. From there, the rice is cooked normally at lower heat until the water is all taken in.The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classed arsenic as a Group carcinogen, the material that can cause cancer. Unfortunately, rice has this water-soluble poison because it grows in flooded fields unlike many other grains(谷物).Researchers say arsenic can affect every organ in the human body. It can also result in skin lesions, cancer, diabetes, and lung diseases. Kice tends to hold around 10 times more arsenic than other grains. It usually sits in the outer covering of the grain, which makes it more of problem in brown rice. White rice, which is milled(研磨), contains less arsenic but also has fewer nutrients due to the milling process."For people who eat rice, this is excellent news. There are concerns amongst the population about eating rice due to arsenic. Previous studies have shown that cooking rice in a lot of water could remove arsenic but the problem is it also removes nutrients,"says lead author Dr. Manoj Menon in a university release. "Our aim was to improve the method to remove arsenic while keeping maximum nutrients in the cooked rice. Our newly developed method, PBA, is easy and home-friendly so that everyone can use it. We don't know the amount of arsenic in each packet of rice we buy; even though brown rice is nutritionally better than white rice as our data shows, it contains more arsenic than white rice. With our new method we are able to significantly reduce the arsenic while reducing the loss of key nutrients.”8.What did the researchers try to do with rice?A. To add more nutrients to it.B. To use it as a cure for cancer.C. To make it healthy and nutritious.D. To recommend it as a popular food.9. What can we learn about the PBA method?A. It can change the form of arsenic in rice.B. It can remove arsenic completely from rice.C. It requires water to be changed during cooking.D. It will be more effective under a high temperature.10.What makes rice hold arsenic than other grains?A. Its growing condition.B. Its high water content.C. Its special structure.D. Its milling process.11. What does Dr. Manoj Menon say in the last paragraph?A. The PBA method can kill two birds with one stone.B. Rice should be cooked with a small amount of water.C. The PBA method needs to be tested further in daily life.D. People liking rice should choose brown rice over white rice.DMaths is the subject some kids love to hate, yet despite its lack of popularity, mathematics isreally important In a new study by the University of South Australia and the Australian Council for Educational Research researchers have been exploring the effect of anxiety about learning maths, finding that improving students' confidence is the key to learning the subject well.Maths anxiety is the sense of fear worry and nervousness that students may experience when completing mathematical tasks. In Australia, a quarter to a third of Australian secondary students report feeling nervous or helpless when doing maths, and it's this reaction(反应)that 's influencing their decisions to study maths.Lead researcher Dr Florence Gabriel says maths anxiety is one of the most important reasons for students choosing not to study it, especially at senior school levels. "Many of us would have felt some sort of maths anxiety in the past-a sense of worry, feelings of failure or even a faster heart rate-all of which are connected with stress," Dr Gabriel says. "Maths anxiety is actually an emotional(情绪上的) reaction, but it's' just like stress in other situations. When students experience maths anxiety, they'll tend to hurry through maths questions, lose focus, or simply give up when it all seems too hard. Not surprisingly, these reactions work together and lead to poor maths achievement and later unwillingne ss to study the subject at all.”"To break this cycle, our research shows that we need to build and grow students' confidence in maths, especially be fore starting a new maths concept," Dr Gabriel continues.“This draws the idea of self-regulated-(自我调节的) learning -where students have the ability to understand, track and control their own learning. By drawing a student's attention to cases where they've previously solved a difficult mathematical problem, or to a significant maths success, we're actually building their confidence and belief in their own abilities, and it's this that will start to counteract negative emotions."The study looked at the responses of 4,295 Australian 15-year-old students that took part in the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment. It focused on the psychological(心理的) factors of maths learning: motivation (the belief that maths is important and useful for their future); maths self- concepts (the belief in their ability to do maths); maths anxiety (self-feelings when doing maths); perseverance (their willingness to continue to work on difficult problems); maths self-efficacy (their self-belief that they can successfully solve maths problems); and maths literacy (the ability to use maths in the real world)."Importantly, our research shows the effect that these factors have on one another,Dr Gabriel says.“Our data(数据) shows that low motivation and self-concepts will lead to maths anxiety, which in turn affects perseverance, self-efficacy and, finally, maths achievement. By developing a student's ability to reflect on past successes-before maths anxiety sets in-we can break through some of the negative and emotional beliefs about maths and, hopefully, prepare the way for students to accept and study maths in the future.12.What can we know about maths anxiety according to the passage?13. A. It is a common problem.14. B. It is caused by forgetfulness.15. C. It just happens among students.D. It helps kids with maths subjects.13. What is a result of you suffering from maths anxiety according to Dr Gabriel?A. Stopping studying maths at a very young age.B. Failing to put your heart into maths problems.C. Spending lots of time on simple maths problems.D. Paying too much attention to maths achievement14. What does the underlined word"counteract" Paragraph 4 most probably mean?A.Hide.B. Describe.C. ControlD. Reduce.15. What does the study suggest people do?A. Develop an interest in maths in the real world.B. Work on difficult problems as often as possible.C. Attach importance to what you have achieved in maths.D. Learn a new maths concept and build your confidence.第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。