2021-2022学年吉林省长春137中高一（下）期中英语试卷

第Ⅰ卷（选择题）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分15分）第一节（共1小题；每小题15分，满分15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。

• 1．Born in California and representing the United States before switching to China，teenager Gu Ailing will be most likely to be one of the faces of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
     The 17-year-old is a freeskier（自由式滑雪运动员）and grade-A student with an American father and Chinese mother.She grew up and still lives in the United States，but in June 2019 she made the "quite difficult" decision to compete for China.She wrote on Instagram that she was "proud of my heritage and equally proud of my American upbringings （培养）".
     As for the decision to compete on behalf of China，she said it is "valuable opportunity to help inspire millions of young people in China where my mom was born."
     Gu graduated from a San Francisco high school last year and is focusing on her Beijing 2022 training.It is reported that she scored 1，580 points out of a maximum 1，600 in the SAT（美国大学入学考试），and has been offered a place at Stanford.
     Gu started on the snow at the age of 3，was competing in national competitions at 9 and won her first World Cup event at 15.She won two gold medals and a silver for China at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne，Switzerland.On Jan.30th，2021，Gu made her debut（首次亮相）at the X Games in Aspen，Colorado and won two golds and a bronze.
     "My goal is to win Olympic gold，" she told the official Olympic website. "It's the top achievement.And that would be rewarding for all the work that I've done to achieve greatness in the sport."
  
  （1）第一自然段中划线的短语switching to的含义是

  .
  A．打开
  B．关闭
  C．突变
  D．转变
  （2）What do we know about Gu Ailing？

  
  A．She grew up in China.
  B．She is an average student.
  C．She will graduate from a high school.
  D．She decided to compete for China.
  （3）Which of the following words can best describe Gu Ailing？

  
  A．Helpful and knowledgeable.
  B．Modest and hard-working.
  C．Clever and ambitious.
  D．Creative and confident.
  （4）What's the main idea of the fifth paragraph？

  
  A．Gu Ailing won her first World Cup event at 15.
  B．Gu Ailing's achievements as a freeskier.
  C．Gu Ailing's training when she was young.
  D．Gu Ailing learned to do snow sports in China.
  （5）What's the best title of the passage？

  
  A．Gu Ailing-An American Freeskier
  B．Gu Ailing-A Stanford Graduate
  C．Gu Ailing-A talented Chinese Freeskier
  D．Gu Ailing-An Olympic Champion
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第二节（共1小题；每小题15分，满分15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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

• 2．It can be difficult to start a hobby.You may have come across one that requires you to buy costly equipment.（1）

  Find a low-cost hobby and pick something that is interesting and doesn't require a lot of materials to start.
     Begin a collection.
     Many different collections can be started with little or no cost.（2）

  Look for rocks，plant leaves and flowers.Take a walk along a beach and look for sea glass.Another way is to begin to choose an object you wish to collect，such as bottle caps you've found on the ground.
     Start an art or craft（工艺）project.
     （3）

  Writing，drawing，and more will likely be available to you simply by using what you already have on hand.Look around your house before you begin.Often unused materials can give you an idea for project or help you complete one at a low cost.
     （4）

  
     Think of a subject you'd like to learn.Search out classes in your area.Your local community center or library may offer new classes for free on anything from square dancing to programming，and you can also search local colleges and businesses for inexpensive classes.
     Listen to music.
     YouTube contains a large quantity of music you can listen to for free.In addition，you can discover music you like by using online radio stations or services. （5）

  
  
  A.Study something new.
  B.Create a hobby class by yourself.
  C.One way to do this is to go outside.
  D.Many arts and crafts can be started with few materials.
  E.The truth is that many hobbies can be started without much money.
  F.By enjoying new music online，you can turn music into a relaxing hobby.
  G.It means that the more money you spend，the better hobbies you can develop.
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第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节 完形填空（共1小题；每小题30分，满分30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。

• 3．I had plans to meet two of my friends downtown，so I took a shower and left home despite the rain.It was just an ordinary day，but deep in my heart，there was a shadow of（1）

  .
     It was because of the novel coronavirus（新冠肺炎）.At that time，there weren't yet（2）

  cases in our city.But still I could smell the fear（3）

  among the crowd.We had lunch together and hung about for some time in the busiest district before I returned home.
     That evening，（4）

  ，began to cough slightly at first，and then it got worse.I took my body（5）

  again and again to make sure I didn't have a fever.In spite of the（6）

  words from my parents that I just caught a cold from going out in the（7）

  after a shower，I was terribly frightened.For a few nights，I lay（8）

  in my bed，worrying that I had already got the disease，and possibly the virus was in my body.
     I took my mom's（9）

  to exercise at home.I also read，watched films and painted，just to（10）

  my anxiety.And it worked.A few days later，I was fully（11）

  .
     As I watch the news about how many people are dying of the disease and how brave medical workers are（12）

  their own lives to help their patients，I'm deeply（13）

  that I'm one of the lucky ones.
     Now，I'm sitting at my desk and taking a class（14）

  .The little insects of early spring fly around my bedroom，and a beam（束）of sunlight shines on my windows.It's just another ordinary day.But after that incident，I've learned to（15）

  the day's beauties，however small they are.
  
  

  （1）	A．joy	B．expectation	C．surprise	D．fear
  （2）	A．studied	B．confirmed	C．observed	D．selected
  （3）	A．declining	B．complaining	C．spreading	D．surviving
  （4）	A．instead	B．rather	C．therefore	D．however
  （5）	A．temperature	B．shape	C．size	D．weight
  （6）	A．criticizing	B．comforting	C．laming	D．greeting
  （7）	A．storm	B．wind	C．cloud	D．rain
  （8）	A．bored	B．still	C．awake	D．pleased
  （9）	A．advice	B．attempt	C．condition	D．conclusion
  （10）	A．hesitate	B．require	C．relieve	D．admire
  （11）	A．arranged	B．recovered	C．charged	D．rescued
  （12）	A．risking	B．donating	C．threatening	D．suffering
  （13）	A．sensitive	B．ashamed	C．grateful	D．determined
  （14）	A．at school	B．at home	C．in the hospital	D．in the library
  （15）	A．ensure	B．adjust	C．obtain	D．value
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第二节 语篇填空（共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 20分）

• 4．This Country Became the Favorite among Chinese in 20212021年中国人最喜欢哪个国家？
     Which country is Chinese people's favorite？A new survey shows Singapore ranks first.Japan and Canada used（1）

  （be） Chinese people's hot travel（2）

  （destination），but saw a sharp decline.
     The survey was conducted online by（3）

  （collect）2，148 questionnaires covering 16 Chinese cities from December 10 to 15.It shows that apart（4）

  China，14 percent of the respondents said Singapore is their favorite country，（5）

  is followed by Germany，France，the U.S.，Russia and the Maldives.
     As for which country that the Chinese public would like（6）

  （visit）the most，the survey also shows Singapore at the top（7）

  （follow） by the Maldives and France.
     Singapore（8）

  （not be） in the top six of Chinese respondents' choice since 2018，before jumping to the top in 2021.However，Japan，which ranked first for two（9）

  （continue）years in 2019 and 2020，dropped to（10）

  （six） place in 2021.
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第二节 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）根据所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，在答题卡上写出空缺处单词的正确形式，每空一词。（注意词形变化）

• 13．The m

  （n.大部分，大多数）of the students work hard so as to pass the exam.
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• 14．They built a monument in

  of the soldiers who died in the war.
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