2021-2022学年湖南省长沙一中高一 （上）第一次段考英语试卷

第二部分 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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

• 1．The Five Best Countries to Move to for Retirement Retiring in a different country is gaining popularity.Below are five of the best countries to seek retirement.
  Costa Rica
     Mild climate，breathtaking landscapes and beaches draw retirees to Costa Rica.The country readily welcomes immigrants and offers a simple residency process.With a monthly income of at least ﹩ 1，000 per month from Social Security or a similar source，people enjoy a high standard of living at a much lower cost than the U.S.
  Malaysia
     Retirees who choose to make Malaysia home will appreciate its rich culture and attractive scenery.Moreover，the country offers modern facilities at modest prices.Immigrants enjoy Convenience and comfort in their daily life.You will find low-cost rental units，delicious street food，and various shopping malls.
  Mexico
     Because it's close to the U.S.，Mexico draws more than a million American retirees to its borders.Increasing immigrant communities enjoy seaside living and conversations with friendly English speaking locals.Plus，legal residents over the age of 60 receive airline，grocery，and restaurant discounts.
  Panama
     Gentle ocean wind takes the heat out of hot year-round temperatures，which has been the chief attraction to foreign retirees.Beautiful beaches and a booming economy also attract retirees to Pjye.aiama.An income of ﹩2，000 per month covers modest living costs.Furthermore，the country offers discounts to retirees with a special visa.
  
  （1）What do Costa Rica and Malaysia have in common.

  
  A．Convenient shopping.
  B．Relatively low living cost.
  C．Various cultural activities.
  D．Simple immigration procedures.
  （2）Which country location specially attracts retirees from the U.S.？

  
  A．Malaysia's.
  B．Mexico's.
  C．Panama's.
  D．Costa Rica's.
  （3）What is the main reason for retirees to choose Panama？

  
  A．Beautiful beaches.
  B．A booming economy.
  C．A pleasant climate.
  D．Discounts for retirees.
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• 2．We've seen a worldwide health crisis （危机） bring out the worst in some people，but fortunately，we've also been able to see it bring out the best in others．
     A taxi driver in Spain has been providing COVID-19 （新冠肺炎） patients with free rides to and from the hospitals．Doctors and nurses wanted to surprise him with their thanks for helping out．
     They tricked him down to the hospital under the pretense of needing to pick up a sick patient，but in reality，doctors and nurses lined the hall waiting to applaud（鼓掌） him．
     "This is a surprise that has been given to a taxi driver who takes patients to the hospitals without charge，" wrote the taxi company that first shared the video．
     The man seemed completely taken aback by the gesture，stopping in the middle of the doors as the whole room cheered for him．
     He was also given an envelope full of money and the satisfying results of his own COVID-19 test．
     The video has since been shared tens of thousands of times across the world，because kind gestures break the language barrier（障碍）．
     "When the crisis is finished，there will have been two types of people…the good and the bad，" one user wrote． "With workmates like him，I am proud to be a taxi driver，son of a taxi driver，and father of a taxi driver．"
     With the word in hard times，just knowing good people are there doing good deeds is something we can all appreciate．
  
  （1）We can learn from the story that

  ．
  A．the driver took doctors to and from the hospitals
  B．the taxi company ticked the driver to pick up a patient
  C．the patients lined the hall to thank the driver
  D．the driver stayed safe from COVID-19
  （2）What does the underlined phrase "taken aback" in Paragraph 5 mean？

  
  A．Worried．
  B．Amazed．
  C．Frightened．
  D．Excited．
  （3）Why has the video been shared so many times across the world？

  
  A．It moves people of different nations．
  B．It encourages more people to be a taxi driver．
  C．It shows there will have been two types of people．
  D．It calls for doctors and nurses to fight COVID-19．
  （4）What is the author intended to tell us？

  
  A．There is always kindness around us．
  B．We should be proud of our own jobs．
  C．Helping others is the biggest happiness．
  D．Taxi drivers play an important part in this crisis．
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• 3．I have never understood why we keep a garden and why years ago when I bought my first house，I started digging up a small land for vegetables before doing anything else.It is so easy and cheap to buy carrots；why raise them？When April comes，I always find myself looking at that miserable land，resolving not to plant it again.But unavoidably a morning arrives when，just as I am awakening，a refreshing scent，as if from the very center of this planet，comes through the window.And the sun suddenly，seems to have a different，deeper yellow in its light on the carpet.
     It is not only pleasure sending me back to stare at that plot of soil，it is real conflict.The question is the same each year—what method should we use？The last few years we put black plastic between the rows，and it worked perfectly.But plastic looks so industrial，so unromantic，that I have gradually moved over to hay.We cut a lot of hay and it does improve the soil.Besides，it looks lovely and comes to us free.
     The attractions of gardening，I think，at least for some gardeners，are moral.Whenever life seems pointless and difficult to grasp，you can always get out in the garden and get something done.Also，your parental instinct comes into play because helpless living things are depending on you，requiring training and protection from enemies.In some cases，as with beans and cucumbers，your children—as it were，begin to turn upon on you in great numbers，growing more and more each morning and threatening to follow you into the house.
  
  （1）What can we infer about the author from the first paragraph？

  
  A．He always likes buying carrots.
  B．He always makes decisions in April.
  C．He takes good care of the small land.
  D．He enjoys the garden in spring.
  （2）What drove the author to abandon plastic？

  
  A．High price.
  B．Environmental concern.
  C．Poor function.
  D．Personal preference.
  （3）Why does the author say the attractions of gardening are moral？

  
  A．Gardening requires wisdom.
  B．Gardening offers moral advice.
  C．Gardening improves parenting.
  D．Gardening brings spiritual content.
  （4）What is the best title for the text？

  
  A．To Garden or Not
  B．What I Garden for
  C．How to Garden
  D．Wisdom from Gardens
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• 4．You have probably heard of the Mozart effect.It's the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed of Mozart，they will become more intelligent.A quick Internet search shows plenty of products to assist you in the task.Whatever your age，there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart's music，but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever，the picture is more mixed.
     The phrase "the Mozart effect" was made up in 1991，but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that aroused real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain.It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable.Mozart was no doubt a genius himself；his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it，we'll become more intelligent.
     The idea took off，with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children，and in 1998 Zell Miller，the Governor of the state of Georgia in the USA，even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music.It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart's music on purpose；even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk.
     I'll leave the debate on the effect on milk production to farmers，but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent？More research was carried out but an analysis of 16 different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally，but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn't make us more intelligent.
  
  （1）What can we learn from Paragraph 1？

  
  A．Mozart composed many musical pieces for children.
  B．Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.
  C．There are few products on the Internet about Mozart's music.
  D．There is little scientific evidence to support the Mozart effect.
  （2）The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 suggests that

  
  A．people were strongly against the idea.
  B．the idea was accepted by many people.
  C．Mozart played an important part in people's life.
  D．the US government helped promote the idea.
  （3）What's the author's attitude towards the Mozart effect？

  
  A．Favorable.
  B．Objective.
  C．Doubtful.
  D．Positive.
  （4）What is the best title for the passage？

  
  A．Listening to Mozart，necessary？
  B．What music is beneficial？
  C．What is the Mozart effect？
  D．To be or not to be？
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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入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

• 5．Let's look back at all these years gone by．What have you done in your life？Are you spending your time wisely to make your life worthwhile？Neal Wu shared some of the things we should do to make our short time meaningful．（1）

  ：
     Make more friends than professional contacts（社会关系）．
     Your friends will take you a lot further than the professional contacts you make．（2）

  ．
     Become an expert by learning as much as you can．
     Seek out the things you are curious about，find the things you enjoy and practice the skills you want to develop．（3）

  ．If you can achieve expertise（专长）in one or more，it will be easy to obtain（获得）an audience．
     Volunteer to help out those less fortunate．
     In the process you will gain many new points of view and will better understand other people's real problems．In a society that always looks upward，these people are easily forgotten，so they need our assistance．
  （4）

  ．
     Even if you work in a big company，you should constantly take small steps to reduce your dependence on your job．Write a book，build an app，or start a small business on the side．Release your inner entrepreneur（企业家）．
     Stop treating life as a competition and do things for their own sake（缘故）．
  （5）

  ．It is not only a desire to beat others．Find a community of people who are interested in the same things as you do and drive each other to keep improving．
  
  A．Here's what you need to do
  B．Become as independent as possible
  C．Soon you'll be doing them all the time
  D．Start your own business and change jobs
  E．It is important to make friends with your workmates
  F．True interest should be what drives you to improve yourself
  G．Making good friends contributes to your personal happiness as well
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第三部分 语言知识运用（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。

• 6．A 90-year-old driver is providing it's never too late to pursue（追求）your dreams.Last year，Hershel McGriff became the（1）

  driver to compete in a NASCAR event when he raced at the Tucson Speedway in his home state of Arizona.
     McGriff has been（2）

  since he was a teenager.His first time behind the （3）

  came when he was just 17 years old after he read an ad in his local newspaper and was drawn to the （4）

  that comes with driving hundreds of miles per hour around a track，（5）

  for first place.
     "I borrowed my dad's 1940 Hudson - an ugly car，and I got a couple of guys to help me，" McGriff（6）

  his beginning in the sport. "I didn't do very（7）

  .I think I finished 12th or 13th out of a bunch of cars.That got me started."
     His first win on the NASCAR circuit（联赛）came when he（8）

  in Mexico at the age of 22.McGriff went on （9）

  dozens of races，finally being（10）

  as one of NASCAR's Greatest Drivers.Heretired from the sport at 74，but he never stopped his love for the track and decided to return to racing for a few special events that have made him famous in his hometown and （11）

  others to keep pursuing their dreams as well.
     McGriffs spot in the race was a gift for his 90th birthday from his son and long-time friend，team owner Bill McAnally. "Bill called me up on the phone and said， 'For your 90th birthday，I will furnish the car.All you have to do is（12）

  it，'" McGriff said. "When he made the（13）

  I was ready to accept."
     McGriffs history-making race proves that you can pursue your dreams at any（14）

  but for this young - at - heart racer，it was just a chance to get behind the wheel and （15）

  pursuing his passion.
  
  

  （1）	A．oldest	B．fastest	C．kindest	D．bravest
  （2）	A．studying	B．racing	C．dreaming	D．growing
  （3）	A．screen	B．camera	C．seat	D．wheel
  （4）	A．excitement	B．nervousness	C．comfort	D．honor
  （5）	A．waiting	B．searching	C．preparing	D．fighting
  （6）	A．looked back on	B．looked forward to	C．looked up to	D．looked down on
  （7）	A．seriously	B．carefully	C．well	D．soon
  （8）	A．relaxed	B．performed	C．competed	D．traveled
  （9）	A．organizing	B．winning	C．entering	D．losing
  （10）	A．remembered	B．introduced	C．employed	D．named
  （11）	A．inspired	B．required	C．allowed	D．forced
  （12）	A．repair	B．buy	C．drive	D．decorate
  （13）	A．change	B．offer	C．comment	D．design
  （14）	A．cost	B．speed	C．place	D．age
  （15）	A．finish	B．consider	C．continue	D．imagine
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BFill in the blank with a word with the first letter given or with the given word in its proper form.（共9小题，每小题1分，共9分）

• 17．Today is the start of a new term，the start of a three-year journey and the start of a

  （promise） future.
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第四部分 写作（共两节，满分15分）第一节 （满分15分）

• 18．假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Jessica给你发来了电子邮件，说她在新学期与朋友相处遇到了一些问题，因此向你求助。请你根据以下提示给她回一封e-mail：
  1、表示理解；
  2、提出建议；
  3、表达祝愿。
  注意：
  1、写作词数应为80～100左右（开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；
  2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
  3、请按如下格式作答。
  Dear Jessica，
      I am sorry to hear that ________________________________________________
  Yours，
  Li Hua
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