四川省成都市郫都区2019-2020学年高一下学期期末英语试题学校_________ 班级__________ 姓名__________ 学号__________一、阅读选择1. Whether you want to spend your new year in a nearby attraction or a distant one, there are plenty of wonderful places for you to lead in 2020.Nashville, TennesseeMusic City knows how to throw a festive party at any time of year, but over New Year's Eve you can enjoy the annual Jack Daniel's Music City Midnight concert, offering a free show to the public to count down to the new year as a music note drops. In Nashville, the average flight price for January has been under $300 and the average pricefor a hotel has been under $250.Laguna Beach, CaliforniaIf your ideal destination involves sand, surfing, diving or sailing, slip away to Laguna Beac h. During New Year’s week you can stay at high-end hotels with reasonable prices. At Casa Laguna Hotel Spa you can take advantage of charge-free beach chairs and breakfast as well as a heated swimming pool. For a more cost-effective stay, consider checking into Laguna Beach Lodge.HonoluluNew Year's Eve in Honolulu offers a winning combination offestive beachfront fireworks displays and family-friendly amusements. “There are various fun activities specially designed for familieswith kids of all ages — th at’s what makes it well-known,” says Carrie Peters, travel editor at . Hotel deal site shows rooms for under $200 per night for stays from Dec 30 to Jan 3, 2020.Portland, OregonFor an undisturbed New Year, consider Portland, for the simple reason that you can walk anywhere without being bothered. Plus, you can stay in five-star accommodations without getting your wallet flat. currently shows nightly rates at the Heathman Hotel, afour-and-a-half-star hotel, at $162 for stays between Dec 30 and Jan. 3, 2020.【小题1】Which of the following is famous for music?A．Nashville. B．Laguna Beach. C．Honolulu. D．Portland.【小题2】Laguna Beach is suitable for those .A．who are good at cooking B．who are lacking in moneyC．who want to kill their time D．who enjoy water sports【小题3】What does Honolulu specially offer this year?A．Festival fireworks. B．Family-based activities. C．Special theme parks. D．Selected exhibitions.2. Gertrude was just an average kid with an average life. She lived in an average sized house in an average neighborhood. At home, she helped out just enough to get by. At school, she did just enough homework to stay out of trouble. She had straight Cs in all of her classes.One day Gertrude’s teacher, Mr. Miste r, stopped her after class. “Gertrude” he said, “I know that you can do better. I’ve seen the work you do in class, and some of it is amazing…Way better than C work.” Gertrude knew that there were moments when she tried a little harder than what everyone expected. But she just didn't have confidence in herself. She didn’t really believe that she could change; in fact, she was scared by the thought of having the power to become whatever she wanted. She stopped listening to Mr. Mister about half way through his speech and just nodded her head until he stopped.That night, Gertrude had a dream. It was ten years into thefuture and she was still living with her mom in her average neighborhood. A voice spoke in the dream: “The present is nothing more than the outcome of the choices made in the past. The futurewill be the results of the choices we make today.” Gertrude started crying average sized tears, because she knew that she helped shapethe world in which she lived, and the choices she made produced the options she had. She woke up with her pillow wet.Gertrude was relieved to be back in middle school. She took alittle more care in getting herself ready that morning, and she felt better than normal. She tried harder in school, and she felt smarterthan usual. She helped more around the house and it looked better. Sure, there were still lots of things that Gertrude struggled with, but just trying her best made her feel better when she didn’tsucceed. Gertrude even became great at failing by learning from her mistakes.【小题1】Which of the following words can best describe Gertrude in Paragraph 1?A ．Popular.B ．Optimistic.C ．Common.D ．Aggressive.【小题2】Where did Gertrude’s problem actually lie?A ．In herself.B ．In her family.C ．In her teacher.D ．In her studies.【小题3】What did Gertrude learn from her dream?A ．It is shameful to be an average kid with an average life.B ．The choices she makes at present will shape her future.C ．The present is not the result of the choices made in the past.D ．She could hardly do anything for the world in which she lived.【小题4】What can we say for sure about Gertrude from the last paragraph?A ．She suffered more.B ．She failed in her attempts.C ．She changed her attitude.D ．She was glad about failures.3. Next month, I'm traveling to a remote area of Central Africa and my aim is to know enough Lingala —one of the locallanguages —to have a conversation. I wasn't sure how I was going to manage this until I discovered a way to learn all the vocabulary I'm going to need. Thanks to Memrise, the app I'm using. It feels just like a game."People often stop learning things because they feel they're not making progress or because it all feels like too much hard work," says Ed Cooke one of the people who created Memrise. "Were trying to create a form of learning experience that is fun and is something you'd want to do instead of watching TV."Memrise gives you a few new words to learn and these are "seeds" which you plant in your "greenhouse". When you practice the words, you "water your plants". When the app believes that you have really remembered a word, it moves the word to your "garden". And if you forget to log on, the app sends you emails that remind you to "water your plants".The app uses two principles about learning. The first is that people remember things better when they link them to a picture intheir mind. Memrise translates words into your own language, but it also encourages you to use "mems". For example, I memorized motele, the Lingala word for "engine", using a mem I created ﹣I imagined an old engine in a motel room.The second principle is that we need to stop after studying words and then repeat them again later, leaving time between study periods. Memrise helps you with this, because it's the kind of app you only use for five or ten minutes a day.I've learnt hundreds of Lingala words with Memrise. I know this won't make me a fluent speaker, but I hope I'll be able to do more than just smile when I meet people in Congo. Now, I need to go and water my Vocabulary!【小题1】What does Ed Cooke make an effort to do with Memrise?A ．Create memorable experiences.B ．Make progress with hard work.C ．Master languages through games.D ．Combine study with entertainment.【小题2】What do the underlined words "water your plants" inParagraph 3 refer to?A ．Learning new words.B ．Being a Memrise user.C ．Logging on to the app.D ．Taking care of your garden.【小题3】How does Memrise work?A ．By providing learners with interesting pictures.B ．By helping learners lean from mistakes.C ．By offering learners human translation services.D ．By encouraging learners to link words to pictures in their mind.【小题4】What is the author's attitude towards Memrise ？A ．Positive.B ．Doubtful.C ．Uncaring.D ．Disapproving.4. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” But now scientists have given us another warning: too much play with smart phones or computers makes you dull too.“Many focus on the benefits of digital devices in education but ignore the costs,” said Patricia Greenfi eld from the University of California, "losing the ability to understand the emotions(情感) of other people is one of the costs."Greenfield and her research team did an experiment. They worked with 105 children who spend about 4.5 hours in front of screens on a school day. The students were asked to describe the emotions towards the pictures and videos of people who were happy, sad, angry orscared. Then, half of them attended a five﹣day nature and science camp. There they had no smart phones, TV or computers. The other half stayed in school and spent the five days as usual. Five days later, all the children took the test again.Students who had been to the camp got about 5 percent more answers correct than they had done before the camp. But the other group of students didn't show much improvement.The study is not perfect in some sense, said the researchers. But scientists say that the study is still a warning for us. “Emotional skills develop in practice and the brain develops through real communication.” s aid Professor Taylor, a professor at the university of San Francisco.Researchers talked to 2,000 parents of children aged 2—16 in the UK about what activities their children could do confidently. The results were surprising. Their children could use a tablet (平板电脑)(59%)and work a mobile phone (57%) more confidently than they could tie their shoe laces (鞋带)(53%)!So, spend more time away from mobile phones and computers if you want to be an understanding friend, and not a member of what the Daily Mail called "Generation Helpless".【小题1】According to Professor Greenfield, using digital devices in education leads to .A．getting along well with family members B．failing to understand other peoples emotionsC．making more mistakes when taking exams D．falling far behind others in all schoolwork【小题2】Scientists think the results of Greenfield's experiment .A．are far from perfect B．are quite surprising C．are worth considering D．need to be improved【小题3】What can we know from the text?A．Students learned how to describe emotions in the experiment. B．Students living without screens did much better in studies. C．Too much play with digital devices raised some worries. D．Most of the UK children couldn't tie their shoe laces.【小题4】What is the best title for the text?A．Screens harm emotions B．Here comes a digital world C．Stay away from the Internet D．How people become addicted?二、七选五5. Do you ever draw? Most of us don't. The reason we usually leave drawing to the artists is that we're not very good at it. Who wants to do anything they're bad at? 【小题1】. Studies have found drawing has many benefits, artist or not. Here are just a few reasons for picking up a pen or pencil of any kind.It pushes you to be patient. We're used to things happening fast these days. Drawing is not fast. 【小题2】 That's OK. and as something comes together over time, you'll be reminded of the value of patience. Drawing is an object lesson that not everything good comes quickly, which is an easy thing to forget.【小题3】A few of my drawings are really kind of great. Í can look at them with pride. But plenty of my little drawings ate nonsense Or unfinished. It doesn't matter. I still have the experience of drawing and the benefits that brings. Even if you're not naturally "good" at drawing, you'll get better over time if you practice. 【小题4】 Your drawing doesn't have to mean anything or do anything useful, Sometimes you will even fail. No big deal.It makes memories stick, I draw in order to capture (捕获) moments from my life. I'm not great at drawing, but that's not the point. Sometimes I draw the view from the window of my hotel room-whether it's a great view or not. Remember, the idea is to capture the moment, not create a masterpiece. Other times I draw from my dinner table. 【小题5】A．Take the pressure off.B．It's a good reminder that failure is OK.C．It is something that can show your talents.D．It takes time to create something interestingE．If you draw fast, you might ruin your drawing.F．But maybe we should rethink this assumption.G．These drawings can always bring me back to that moment.三、完形填空6. When I was a child, I loved to go fishing withDad. But the only thing that wasn't very_______ about it was that I couldn't catch anything. I usually got pretty_______and kept asking him why. He _______ answered, "Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish." I remember being even more upset then because I didn't _______ how to think like a fish. Besides, I _______, how could what I think _______ what a fish does?As I got a little older I began to_______ what Dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local _______ club. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very_______water temperature. That is why fish prefer________ waterto deep water because the former is________. Besides, water isusually warmer in direct sunlight than in the ________. Yet, fishdon't have any eyelids and the sun________ their eyes…The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at findingand________them.When I grew up and ________ the business world, I rememberhearing my first________ say, "We all need to think like sales people. " But it didn't completely make ________. My dad never once said, "If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a________. "What he said was, "You need to think like a fish. " Years later, with great efforts to________ long-term services for people much older and richer than me, I gradually________ what we all needis to think more like customers. It is not an easy job.【小题1】A．fun B．easy C．clear D．certain【小题2】A．tired B．upset C．mistaken D．worried【小题3】A．quickly B．quietly C．always D．angrily【小题4】A．realize B．explain C．ask D．know【小题5】A．reasoned B．believed C．remembered D．insisted【小题6】A．stop B．follow C．influence D．support【小题7】A．challenge B．understand C．doubt D．prove【小题8】A．nature B．reading C．science D．fishing【小题9】A．sensitivetoB．known for C．heavy withD．interestedin【小题10】A．salt B．dirty C．fresh D．shallow 【小题11】A．cleaner B．safer C．warmer D．calmer 【小题12】A．air B．shade C．surface D．bottom 【小题13】A．meets B．lightens C．shuts D．hurts【小题14】A．feeding B．attending C．catching D．following 【小题15】A．discovered B．entered C．explored D．enjoyed 【小题16】A．boss B．friend C．assistant D．guest【小题17】A．sense B．money C．trouble D．difference【小题18】A．customer B．salesman C．fish D．fisherman 【小题19】A．receive B．promote C．escape D．require 【小题20】A．decided B．accepted C．learned D．agreed四、用单词的适当形式完成短文7. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式．Baidu Is Not A DoctorWhen people 【小题1】 (face) with health or nutrition (营养) questions, it is 【小题2】(increasing) common to go online and diagnose themselves. But the Internet is full of various health warnings with no regulation to get rid of the wrong advice, some of 【小题3】 can be extremely dangerous! Also, search engines list results by popularity rather than accuracy (准确度), so solid facts can be difficult 【小题4】(find). It is worth【小题5】 (check) if the writer of an online piece is properly qualified as an expert. Anyone can call 【小题6】(he) a “diet expert”, “nutritionist” and even a “doctor”. But remember, only officially【小题7】(recognize) doctors have degrees in giving medical【小题8】(suggest). So if you are unsure and still wondering 【小题9】 the chocolate diet really works or not, then it pays to make 【小题10】appointment with your doctor. The truth is out there, and you just need to look in the right place!五、短文改错8. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。