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高一英语下学期期末模拟试卷

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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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A

Plan your dream vacation to one of these excellent destinations. St. Lucia

Abundant rainforests and splendid mountains are all reasons to visit this Caribbean island. St. Lucia offers the perfect mix of relaxation and adventure. To take in the breathtaking scenery, plan to hike the Piton Mountains or dive in the waters of Anse Chastanet.

Banff. Alberta

This Canadian destination will bring out the explorer in anyone who visits. From hiking and whitewater rafting to skiing and snowboarding, Banff offers travelers an abundance of year-round outdoor activities. The Lake Louise Ski Resort is one of the largest in North America and the striking photo opportunities of the Canadian Rockies from Moraine Lake can’t be underestimated (低估).

Machu Picchu

According to travelers, a visit to this Peruvian UNESCO World Heritage (遗产) site is a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Located in the Andes Mountains, it is the most familiar icon (象征物) of Inca civilization. Spend a few days accustoming yourself to the altitude in the neighboring city of Cusco, where you can experience a mix of Incan and Spanish cultures.

Great Barrier Reef

It’s easy to see why the Great Barrier Reef is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World – it stretches nearly 1,500 miles along the eastern coastline of Australia and features about 3,000 reefs (礁) , 900 islands and more than I,500 species of fish. Travelers can see these amazing natural structures from the air or underwater. However, large amounts of coral bleaching (褪色) caused by rising ocean temperatures put this place’s continued existence at risk, so plan your visit soon to see this awesome sight up close.

21. What can you enjoy both in St. Lucia and Banff? A. Hiking. B. Skiing. C. Diving. D. Snowboarding. 22. Where may a historian choose to go?

A. St. Lucia. B. Banff. Alberta. C. Machu Picchu. D. Great Barrier Reef 23. What do we know about the Great Barrier Reef? A. It’s on the western coast of Australia.

B. It’s famous for coral reefs rather than fish. C. People must take a plane to enjoy its beauty. D. It may disappear if temperature keeps on rising. B

When my sister Mertie told me she had put out tomato plants last summer, I was quite impressed. Since she was a garden-beginner, Mertie researched exactly how far apart to space her tomato plants; what kind of fertilizer to use; how to keep away the bugs, etc. Once they were planted, she took care of them daily, anxiously awaiting the juicy tomatoes to appear. But, day after day, her plants were tomato-less while all of her neighbors who had also put out tomato plants were already enjoying the fruit of their labor.

Frustrated, Mertie gave in and went to the market to search fresh tomatoes. While paying, Mertie told the farmer her troubles. The farmer paused to think for a moment and then asked, “Well, what kind of tomatoes did you plant?”

“I think they were called Big Boy,” Mertie remembered.

“Well there’s your problem,” the farmer explained. “Big Boy and Better Boy tomatoes have a 95-day growing period whereas regular tomato plants produce fruit in as few as 70 days…you just have to wait a little longer for the Big Boys.”

With that new knowledge, Mertie went home with excitement, knowing they would be worth the wait.

Thinking about my sister’s gardening experience, I had to smile. She just didn’t know that Big Boy tomatoes took longer--neither did I--but once she discovered that information, she was no longer discouraged and upset about the lack of tomatoes on her plants. Instead, she was encouraged and excited to see them a few weeks later.

It makes me wonder how many of us have “Big Boy” dreams in our hearts, yet we just don’t realize that they are of the “Big Boy” variety so we are discouraged and worn out with the waiting process. Instead of waiting with excitement, we give up on our dreams and figure we must have done something wrong to stop them from ing to pass. Frustrated, we see other people’s dreams ing true, and we wonder why ours haven’t yet been achieved.

24. What is not mentioned in the passage when growing tomato plants? A. Using suitable fertilizer. B. Keeping them well apart. C. Watering them regularly. D. Controlling pests on them.

25. Why did Mertie’s tomato plants fail to produce at the expected time? A. Because they were destroyed by her neighbors. B. Because she grew the wrong kind of tomatoes. C. Because she didn’t manage the garden well. D. Because they required more time to produce.

26. What does the author pare tomatoes to in the text?

A. Goals. B. Experiences. C. Time. D. Imagination. 27. What does the text intend to show us?

A. It’s better late than never. B. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

C. Success sometimes needs a little patience. D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. C

One of the biggest problems when we are talking is the awkward silence. Encountering this situation is so unfortable that you would avoid meeting new people in the first place. In the past, I struggled with this and I even thought it had to do with my DNA or something… But later I learned that once you know how to keep those words flowing, you can meet and talk to anyone

you like, which helps create great possibilities for friendship, fun and shared activities that you would otherwise have missed out on.

After studying this in depth, I had different opinions and found that one of these mon behaviors is the habit of filtering (过滤)--holding back from saying something until you’ve “checked” to make sure that what you’re about to say is cool, impressive and interesting. Another problem is not learning to get in the mood for conversation. If you don’t know how to change from subjects, then it can take a lot of time to warm up.

It is the reflex (习惯性思维) that allows you to say whatever goes on in your mind. It’s fun to realize that you’re allowed to say whatever is on your mind. As long as you don’t say anything that could land you in jail (监狱).

All of the “Oh! That’s interesting…” “Hmm, I’ve never heard of that” “Hmm, cool!” expressions are reactionary (保守的) bits of conversation that prove to the other person that you’re really listening. This works 99% of the time. So, if you show some interest, they’ll hang around and want to talk to you even more.

Everyone knows that stories juice-up conversations, but most people only talk about stories of their own lives. When someone mentions something related to any of them, just tell the story, even if it’s not from your life. The more interesting, stranger or more frightening they are, the harder they are to forget.

28. If people can deal with the awkward silence, they can .

A. train their working skill B. improve their life quality

C. enrich their social life D. establish their working relationship 29. When talking with others, we should .

A. feel nervous B. think twice

C. be free to express D. avoid breaking in 30. According to the passage, what do the speakers care much about? A. The attractive topics of conversation. B. The atmosphere of the conversation.

C. The listener’s experiences and tastes. D. The listener’s curiosity and concern.

31. What does the underlined part “juice-up conversations” mean?

A. making conversations more boring B. making conversations livelier

C. making conversations smoother D. making conversations more relaxing D

Forcing waiters and waitresses to survive on tips from customers rather than normal wages is a pointless, crude, and unique American custom that, in the past several years, a handful of progressive restaurant owners have attempted to do away with. Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, is about to join their ranks and has announced that he plans to gradually stop tipping at the pany’s 13 restaurants.

What, exactly, is wrong with tipping? As Brian Palmer has explained, more or less it’s everything. To start, leaving a waiter’s pay in the hands of customers has a feeling of classism (阶级歧视)．And in theory, handing restaurant customers the power to tip is at least supposed to motivate better service. This fails in practice because humans turn out to be pretty arbitrary (随意的) about their tipping behavior. Research has shown that the amount diners tip has very little to do with their level of satisfaction. All of this doesn’t encourage waiters and waitresses to do anything but turn over as many tables as possible.

Tipping is also very unfair to kitchen staff. The law allows restaurants to divide tips between front-of-the-house workers like waiters, hosts, hostesses, and bartenders (调酒师), but not cooks. This creates a system in which the people serving the food in a restaurant can earn

more than the people preparing it．

One of the most fascinating parts of Meyer’s move is that, unlike some restaurant owners who have taken an anti-tipping stand, he won’t simply add a standard extra charge to diners’ bills. Rather, Union Square Hospitality Group means to raise menu prices enough to fully cover the cost of a meal. If Meyer manages to move away from tipping at all without hurting his profits, it would almost certainly set the stage for others to follow suit. 32. What’s Danny Meyer s attitude towards stopping tipping?

A. Negative. B. Supportive. C. Objective. D. Doubtful. 33. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

A. Tipping may disturb the restaurants’ management. B. Tipping will guarantee diners high quality service. C. Tipping can arouse the staff’s enthusiasm for work． D. Tipping will bring customers a sense of satisfaction. 34. What can we know about Union Square Hospitality group? A. Brian Palmer is in charge of it now.

B. Its cooks earn much more than its servers.

C. Restaurant tipping has been totally banned there. D. Diners will be charged more for the dishes there. 35. What is the topic of the passage?

A. Restaurants’ getting rid of tipping.

B. Difficulties that restaurants are faced with. C. The popularity of no-tipping restaurants. D. Tips on running restaurants successfully.

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。

Have you ever wondered why people drive on a different side of the road? It might seem strange that U. K. drivers stay on the left, but they’re not the only ones. 36.

Originally, almost everybody traveled on the left side of the road. However, their way of transport was quite different from today: 37. For medieval swordsmen on horseback, it made sense to keep to the left to have their right arms closer to their enemies. Getting on or off was also easier from the left side of the horse, and safer done by the side of the road than in the center.

38. Things changed in the late 1700s when large wagons pulled by several pairs of horses were used to transport farm products in France and the United States. In the absence of a driver’s seat inside the wagon, the driver sat behind the left horse, with his right arm free to use his whip to keep the horses moving. Since he was sitting on the left, he wanted other wagons to pass on his left. 39.

The British Government refused to give up their left-hand driving ways, and in 1773 introduced the General Highways Act, which encouraged driving on the left.

When Henry Ford unveiled (为……揭幕) his Model T in 1908, the driver’s seat was on the left, meaning that cars would have to drive on the right hand side of the road to allow front and back passengers to exit the car onto the roadside. 40. And this is highly unlikely to change.

A. Think four legs instead of four wheels.

B. Do people get used to driving on the right? C. However, British drivers remain on the left. D. So why did people stop traveling on the left?

E. Therefore, he kept to the right side of the road.