2020-2021学年广东省深圳科学高中高一（上）期中英语试卷

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分37.5分）第一节（共4小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

• 1．4 Hotels That Will Make Your Life Easier For the business traveler who is all about efficiency：Check out these hotels that will get you in and out with a minimum of trouble.
     When you are pressed for time on a business trip，nothing can infuriate you more than a slow hotel check-in process.On your next trip，try these hotels that offer a speedier check-in process.
     1.Yotel New York
     The self-service kiosks（售货亭）at this high-tech New York hotel work just like the ones you'd see at an airport.There are just five-steps to register and obtain your card key.There is even a robotic luggage bellboy.You tap in the number of bags you are carrying and sizes，then wait for a robot arm to swing down and store your luggage in a locker （say，for a day trip）.This also speeds up the check-in process if the first thing you need to do，like me，is heading to a series of meetings
     2.Marriott Detroit Airport
     Another option for business travelers in a hurry：Marriott is rolling out its mobile check-in app to 325 hotels this year，including the Marriott Detroit Airport hotel（I've tested the app itself but not for a real visit quite yet）.Here is the basic idea：you download the iPhone or Android app.The night before，you can "check-in" virtually.When you arrive，you get an alert that the room is ready and your key，which is already tied to your reservation，is waiting for you at the desk.
     3.Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
     I happened to stay at this hotel recently and liked how fast the kiosk check-in works.Like the Yotel，the kiosk asks you to insert your credit card，similar to an airport terminal.The whole process took about three minutes，when I left，I was equally impressed-with the fast check-out.An agent meets you in the lobby with an ipad and asks for an email to use for a receipt.The big advantage：you never have to wait in line.
     4.Radisson：LaCrosse
     The Radisson is trying to make the kiosk process even faster.At a few selected hotels like the Radisson Lacrosse in Wisconsin，you use a mobile app to register and then receive a barcode by email or text.When you get the kiosk，you scan the barcode to get your key without any other steps required.It's super fast.You can find this new check-in system at the Radisson hotels in Salt Lake City，Seattle，and Phoenix as well.
  
  （1）What does "infuriate" mean in the first paragraph？

  
  A．interest.
  B．anger.
  C．trouble.
  D．mislead.
  （2）Which two hotels offers a mobile app for customers to check in？

  
  A．Yotel New York and Marriott Detroit Airport.
  B．Hyatt Regency Minneapolis and Radisson：Lacrosse.
  C．Marriott Detroit Airport and Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.
  D．Marriott Detroit Airport and Radisson：Lacrosse.
  （3）Which hotel will send you receipt by email？

  
  A．Yotel New York.
  B．Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.
  C．Radisson：Lacrosse.
  D．Marriott Detroit Airport.
  （4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

  
  A．At Yotel New York，a robot will help you with all the check-in process.
  B．With its check-in app，you may enter your room in Marriott without a key.
  C．Hyatt Regency Minneapolis is close to an airport terminal.
  D．The barcode you receive from Radisson contributes to the fast check-in.
  组卷：9引用：4难度：0.5

  解析

• 2．The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about a serious problem with one of the main computers.
     He dialed-the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper，"Hello？" The boss asked， "Is your daddy at home？" "Yes，" whispered the small voice. "May I talk with him？" the man asked.
     To the surprise of the boss，the small voice whispered，"No." Wanting to talk with an adult，the boss asked，"Is your mommy there？" "Yes，" came the answer. "May I talk with her？" Again the small voice whispered， "No."
     Knowing that it was impossible that a young child would be left home alone，the boss decided he would just leave a message to the person who should be there watching over the child. "Is there anyone besides you？" the boss asked the child. "Yes，" whispered the child， "A policeman."
     Wondering what a policeman would be doing at his employee's home，the boss asked， "May I speak with the policeman？"
     "No，he's busy，" whispered the child. "Busy doing what？" asked the boss. "Talking to daddy and mommy and the fireman，" came the whispered answer.
     Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the earpiece on the phone，the boss asked，"What is the noise？" "A helicopter." answered the whispered voice. "What is going on there？" asked the boss，now alarmed.
     In a serious whispering voice the child answered， "The search team just landed the helicopter." Alarmed and concerned and more than just a little disappointed，the boss asked， "Why are they there？" Still whispering，the young voice replied along with an unclear giggly （窃笑），"They are looking for me."
  
  （1）Why did the boss call the employee？

  
  A．He wanted to talk to the child.
  B．He wanted to join in the game.
  C．A main computer had broken down.
  D．He always cared about his employees
  （2）Which of the following car replace the underlined word "alarmed" in Paragraph 7？

  
  A．inspired
  B．interested
  C．anxious
  D．curious
  （3）According to the passage，what was happening in fact？

  
  A．The child was playing a trick.
  B．The boss was offering help.
  C．The employee was in danger.
  D．The child was missing.
  组卷：6引用：1难度：0.5

  解析

• 3．The newly-elected president of Brazil，Jair Bolsonaro says that his country should withdraw（退出）from the 2015 Paris Agreement，and that Brazil's rainforest protections are standing in the way of economic success.During the election campaign，he promised to ease protections for areas of the Brazilian Amazon set aside for native people and wildlife.Are Brazil's rainforests in danger？
     The Amazon，the world's largest rainforest，is called "the lungs of the planet." Each tree takes in and stores carbon dioxide from the air around it.Billions of trees pull up water through their roots and release water vapor into the air，forming tiny drops of water.The Amazon creates 30 to 50 percent of its own rainfall.Carlos Nobre，a climate scientist，says that it is almost impossible to say Just how important the rainforest is to the planet's living systems.
     Some of Bolsonaro's support comes from business and farming groups.One supporter，Luiz Carlos，noted that farmers "are not invaders，they are producers." He blamed the past government for supporting rainforest protections at the cost of farmers. "Brazil，" he said，"will be the biggest farming nation on Earth during Bolsonaro's years."
     Paulo Artaxo，a professor of environmental physics at the University of Sao Paulo，says that if Bolsonaro keeps his campaign promises，then "deforestation of the Amazon will probably increase quickly ----and the effects will be felt everywhere on the planet."
     Other scientists warn that if the Amazon and other tropical rainforests lose too many trees，this could affect rainfall in other areas.Without enough trees to support the rainfall，the longer and bigger dry season could turn more than half of the rainforest into a tropical grassland.
  
  （1）The first paragraph is intended to

  .
  A．draw people's attention to the disappearing rainforests
  B．ask people to ease the protection of rainforests
  C．attract the public to the newly-elected president
  D．to complain about the new government's withdrawing
  （2）According to the passage，rainforests can

  .
  A．produce much farmland
  B．examine people's lungs
  C．change the earth's living system
  D．destroy farmers' crops
  （3）What can be inferred from the passage？

  
  A．The new president's supporters care less about farmers.
  B．Scientists are concerned about the protection of rainforests.
  C．The rainforests will stop the economic development in Brazil.
  D．The past government is to blame for the destruction of rainforests
  （4）The passage is probably taken from

  .
  A．a newspaper
  B．a magazine
  C．a guidebook
  D．a textbook
  组卷：7引用：3难度：0.5

  解析

• 4．There are two main types of office layouts used by most companies around the world：Landscape Office and Enclosed Office.A landscape office lacks privacy，however，this office layout is more beneficial than an enclosed office for employees to improve work efficiency and productivity.
     Some people might desire an undisturbed workplace.According to the survey collected from a company with the two kinds of office layouts，most of managers prefer a workplace where they can concentrate on their work and make a clear thinking.However，managers that possess their own enclosed offices might have the feeling of being distant from their clerks，which leads to high pressure.Meanwhile，employees tend to be nervous when they have conversations with their managers in an obviously hierarchical（等级制的） environment.In contrast，a landscape office makes it easier and more pleasant for employees to communicate with their managers or their colleagues；this would result in speeding up work efficiency and productivity.
     Besides，greater interaction is beneficial for employees to build up friendship in a landscape office.This can be proved by the experiment of Brookes and Kaplan.They recorded the attitudes and opinions of 120 employees toward their enclosed office before they moved to the landscape office，and then after nine months they were tested again.The researchers discovered that those employees performed positive changes in group sociability.When people have better group sociability，they experience a better team work and efficient cooperation，which surely promotes work productivity.
     Some opponents claim that a landscape office would lead to the decline of the value of work satisfaction and motivation from employees.However，the result from other researchers remained controversial；in their opinion there are several factors which affect job satisfaction and motivation.600 Canadian federal government department workers who were housed at a modern landscape office and were surveyed gave both negative and positive feedback.They admitted that they felt the sense of belonging to a team or a working community，which mainly contributes to job satisfaction.Motivation is also increased by a sense of responsibility for and loyalty to a team.
     Admittedly，there are some advantages that only enclosed offices possess.However，a landscape office can combine the features of the traditional enclosed office，for example，designing the independent meeting room to decrease noise from discussion.Although the benefits of a landscape office outweigh those of an enclosed office，which layout is better should be decided by the characteristics of the people and the type of work they do.
  
  （1）What is mainly talked about in the passage？

  
  A．Colleague cooperation and its motivation.
  B．Group sociability and its productivity.
  C．Office privacy and its atmosphere.
  D．Working environment and its effect.
  （2）What has the significant effect on productivity according to Paragraph 2？

  
  A．Job satisfaction
  B．Relaxed atmosphere.
  C．Group sociability.
  D．Undisturbed workplace.
  （3）What can be inferred from the passage？

  
  A．Enclosed office leads to individual creativity.
  B．Different working styles in enclosed office is encouraged.
  C．Landscape office contributes to effective conversations.
  D．Frequent communication in landscape office results in high pressure.
  （4）What is the author's attitude towards office layouts？

  
  A．Objective.
  B．Casual.
  C．Optimistic.
  D．Skeptical.
  组卷：6引用：1难度：0.5

  解析

第二节（共1小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

• 5．What will you do if you can't eat everything bought in the canteen？（1）

  .According to a survey，what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people.
     （2）

  .According to Xinhua News Agency，the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year，which could feed 200 million people.
     Food waste，which has become a global issue，serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries.In the West，for instance，consumerism，the belief that it's good to use a lot of goods and services，is often to blame for food waste.（3）

  .Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous.Many even feel that they lose face their guests have eaten all the food.On campus，a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue.Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat.
     （4）

  .There are 925 million hungry people in the world.They don't have enough food to eat.And farmers work very hard to grow the crops.（5）

  .It's also important that everyone thinks about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste.Recently a campaign against food waste launched on line in China might make you think twice about being so wasteful.
  
  A.So we shouldn't waste our food.
  B.Students waste is extremely serous
  C.China，in turn，features its own eating culture.
  D.But canteen waste is merely the tip of the iceberg.
  E.To reduce food waste is a big task，and it needs time.
  F.Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food
  G.Students can never realize the serious food waste situation.
  组卷：10引用：2难度：0.5

  解析

第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节， 满分15分）第一节 完形填空（共1小题； 每小题15分， 满分15分）阅读下面短文， 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项， 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑.

• 6．Where do you go when you want to learn something？School？A friend？A tutor？These are all（1）

  places of learning.But it may well be that the learning you really want（2）

  somewhere else instead.I had the chance of seeing this first hand on a（3）

  .
     My daughter plays on a recreational（业余）soccer team.They did well this season and so（4）

  a tournament，which normally was only for more skilled club teams.This led to some（5）

  experiences on Saturday as they played against teams（6）

  trained.Through the first two games，her team did not get one serious shot on goal.As a parent，I（7）

  seeing my daughter playing her best，（8）

  still defeated.
     It seemed that something clicked with the girls between Saturday and Sunday.When they（9）

  for their Sunday game，they were（10）

  different.They had begun to apply all kinds of play and teamwork they had seen the day before to their（11）

  .They played much better and（12）

  scored a goal.
     It（13）

  me that playing against the other team was a great（14）

  moment for all the girls on the team.I think it is a general principle.（15）

  is the best teacher.The lessons they learned may not be different from what they would have gotten in school，but are certainly more personal and meaningful，because they had to work them out on their own.
  
  

  （1）	A．public	B．traditional	C．official	D．special
  （2）	A．passes	B．works	C．lies	D．ends
  （3）	A．trip	B．holiday	C．weekend	D．square
  （4）	A．entered	B．won	C．organized	D．watched
  （5）	A．painful	B．strange	C．common	D．practical
  （6）	A．better	B．poor	C．newly	D．less
  （7）	A．imagined	B．hated	C．avoided	D．missed
  （8）	A．if	B．or	C．but	D．as
  （9）	A．dressed up	B．showed up	C．made up	D．gave up
  （10）	A．slightly	B．hardly	C．basically	D．completely
  （11）	A．styles	B．training	C．game	D．rules
  （12）	A．even	B．still	C．seldom	D．again
  （13）	A．confused	B．struck	C．reminded	D．warned
  （14）	A．touching	B．thinking	C．encouraging	D．learning
  （15）	A．Interest	B．Independence	C．Curiosity	D．Experience
  组卷：12引用：2难度：0.3

  解析

第二节 短文填空 (共1小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下列短文，根据上下文在空白处填写一个适当的单词，或使用括号中所给单词的当形式填空。

• 7．Cold Food Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday（1）

  （celebrate） before Qingming Festival，which usually falls on April 4 or 5.
      Legend has （2）

  that Chong'er，a prince of Jin，experienced many hardships while he moved around the warring states!Once，when the prince suffered from（3）

  （starve），Jie Zitui，offered him food.Later，when Chong'er became the duke of Jin，he ordered a search for Jie who had gone into hiding in the remote mountains with his mojye.air.The duke wanted Jie to serve（4）

  one of his ministers.Contrary to（5）

  many people might assume，Jie，who preferred living a simple life in the Mianshan Mountain to（6）

  （become） a politician，refused the duke's invitation.Chong'er ordered the mountain to be burned down to force Jie out of hiding.（7）

  （fortune），Jie did not give in and the fire ended up killing him and his mother.Feeling extremely sorry，Chong'er required that the setting of fire（8）

  （build） on the anniversary of Jie's death.This meant all food was eaten cold.Therefore the festival is this named.
      Mianshan Mountain，（9）

  the tragedy happened，is now a famous tourist destination in Shanxi provjye.aice.In many areas of Shanxi，locals still remember this tradition.（10）

  ，cold food is not the only choice for people during the celebration，the practices of making typical cold dishes for the event have been preserved.
  组卷：19引用：2难度：0.9

  解析

第三部分 单词填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面的句子，用新教材本学期词汇表上单词的适当形式填空.

• 22．He patted me on the shoulder，with a

  （determine） look，saying that I had the capability to succeed.
  组卷：2引用：1难度：0.5

  解析

第四部分 作文 （共1题， 满分25分）

• 23．假设你是红星中学高三学生李华．你的美国笔友 Jim 对中国文化十分感兴趣，你在英文报纸 China Daily 上看到 "中华文化表情包设计大赛（The China Daily Emoji Design Contest of Chinese Cultural Symbols）" 征集来自世界各地参赛作品的活动，请给他写一封邮件，邀请他参加投稿，内容包括：
  1．介绍稿件要求；
  2．告知投稿时间和方式；
  3．询问对方意向．
  注意：1．词数不少于 50；
  2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
  3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数．
  Dear Jim，
  ____________
  Yours，
  Li Hua
  组卷：17引用：2难度：0.6

  解析