2020-2021学年广东省佛山三中高一（上）期中英语试卷

阅读理解（共两节，满分0分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项

• 1．Make Money This Summer with Sunny Libraries! Do you have too much free time this summer vacation？Do you need a summer job to earn extra money？Do you want to be involved in your community？Sunny Area Library System （SALS） has job opportunities for high school students.These are good chances to get work experience.
  

  Book Theater brings children's book stories to life.It has shows at all Sunny Libraries.Applicants should enjoy performing in front of an audience and working with young children.    Work Hours：    Practice：Fridays 4：00 pm — 6：00 pm    Performance：Tuesdays 10：00 am    Rate of Pay： ＄16/performance	Computer Tutor helps guests to deal with technology problems，involving Internet searches and using the SALS Website to find materials.Applicants should have computer skills.    Work Hours：    Monday—Friday 9：00 am—5：00 pm    Rate of Pay： ＄ 8/hour
  Bookmobile helps the driver find the routes to libraries.The truck you work in is air-conditioned，and the driver is friendly.Applicants must be able to lift heavy boxes.    Work Hours：    Sunday and Friday 9：00 am — 4：00 pm    Rate of Pay： ＄10/hour	Reader Desk provides service with a smile while checking materials in and out to guests.Friendly attitude and ability to work on library data system required.    Work Hours：    Monday—Tuesday 8：00 am—4：00 pm    Rate of Pay： ＄ 7.50/hour

  （1）How much can you earn if you work as Computer Tutor for one week？

  
  A． ＄64.
  B． ＄120.
  C． ＄320.
  D． ＄140.
  （2）What are you expected to do if you get the job of "Reader Desk"？

  
  A．To repair computers.
  B．To lift heavy boxes.
  C．To work with young children.
  D．To check materials for guests.
  （3）What's the main purpose of the above advertisement？

  
  A．To attract students to libraries.
  B．To raise money for libraries.
  C．To introduce new books.
  D．To provide job opportunities.
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• 2．Who needs friends？According to most psychologists（心理学家） we all do，especially nowadays when so many other aspects （方面）of modern life are changing.It seems that having friends keeps us both healthy and happy.
     The number of TV series about groups of friends shows just how important friendship is to us.Psychologist Dorothy Rowe says that many of us now turn to our friends，instead of our families，for advice，comfort and security.One woman named Rebecca she interviewed even told her that if she had got to choose between her husband and her friend，she would choose her friend.
     Since our friends mean so much to us，it is not surprising that the happiest marriages are also friendships. "Once the romantic stage of a relationship has passed，it is friendship that holds people together，" says Rowe.If the couple do not make some changes，they will either get tired of each other and break up or stay together and seek friendship with others.
     But is friendship equally important to women and men？According to author Rhonda Pritchard，women are more likely than men to have close friends. "You tell a friend things that you'd never tell a partner，" says one woman she interviewed.For men，friendship is usually based on doing things together rather than the private conversations that are typical of women friends.Men share time and activities like building a fence or a business，running，riding a bike，fishing or watching football，but they don't often share their feelings.
     Although many women find their relationships with a husband or boyfriend is not enough many men say that their partner is their best friend.Even women who are very happily married are likely to become very unhappy without a close friend and can even find the breakup of a close friendship as painful as the end of a marriage.
     Lasting friendships can provide a lot of the same support that families provided in the past，but the perfect situation is to have your family there for you as well.Friendships and family relationships can both change，but a friend will not consider you when making really important decisions in the same way that a family member will.
  
  （1）What did Rebecca think about friendship？

  
  A．All of us need friendship.
  B．Friends are as important as families.
  C．Her friend means more to her than her husband.
  D．One need not have too many friends.
  （2）Why do married men or women look for friendship？

  
  A．They are encouraged by their partners.
  B．They do not get what they need from their partners.
  C．They are not fairly treated by their partners.
  D．They think their friends are more romantic.
  （3）What is the main difference between men's and women's friendship？

  
  A．Women often do things together with friends.
  B．Men often talk to their friends about work and family.
  C．Women often talk about business with friends.
  D．Men seldom talk to their friends about their feelings.
  （4）What might women do when a close friendship ends？

  
  A．They feel as upset as when a marriage ends.
  B．They share feelings with their partners.
  C．They treat their partners as friends.
  D．They turn to their husbands for comfort.
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• 3．Natalie Hampton spent most of her 7th and 8th grade school years eating lunch alone.The new girl at an all-girls private school in Los Angeles.A group of "mean girls" excluded her from parties，called her names and even physically attacked her.They told her she was ugly and would never have any friends.
     Once a kid who loved going to school，but Natalie now dreaded it.She stopped eating，she couldn't sleep.The anxiety became so bad that she had to be hospitalized.Her mom calls it "the darkest period of our lives."
     Natalie's mother sent her to another school for high school.Now a 16-year-old junior，she's happy there，with a group of close friends and many after-school activities.But she's never forgotten those two dark years，and she hates the idea of other kids going through what she did.
     So Natalie came up with an idea that would allow students a judgment-free way to find lunch mates without the fear of being refused.She developed an app called "Sit With Us，" where students can sign up as "ambassadors" and post that there are open seats at their lunch table. （When signing up as ambassadors，the students make a promise that they'll be kind and welcoming to whoever comes to sit with them）.A student who doesn't have a place to sit can look at the app and find an ambassador's table and know they are invited to join it.
     "Lunch might seem really small，but I think these are the small steps that make a school more inclusive，" she said. "It doesn't seem like you're asking that much，but，it starts to change the way students think about each other.It makes a huge difference in how they treat each other."
  
  （1）How did Natalie feel during her 7th and 8th grade school years？

  
  A．Helpless and angry.
  B．Relaxed and confident.
  C．Lonely and frightened.
  D．Calm and unconcerned.
  （2）Which of the following can replace the underlined word "dreaded" in Paragraph 2？

  
  A．was fond of.
  B．was scared of.
  C．was shocked at.
  D．was excited about.
  （3）What is the purpose of the "Sit With Us" app？

  
  A．It makes lonely students popular at school.
  B．It teaches students to fight against those "mean girls".
  C．It encourages students to have lunch with new classmates.
  D．It helps students locate a welcoming group in the lunchroom.
  （4）What is the text mainly about？

  
  A．What students should do to find lunch mates.
  B．How Natalie succeeded in becoming popular.
  C．How the "Sit With Us" app came into being.
  D．Why Natalie was unwelcome at school.
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• 4．Some people have tried locking their mobiles away in order to fight against their smartphone addiction（上瘾），while others have used some tricks such as making their screens black and white.But the cure to smartphone addiction may lie in an app that rewards users for leaving their phone alone.
     The new app，called Hold，can detect（检测）when users have used their smartphones and gives them points dependent on how long they avoid the temptation（引诱）of looking at Facebook，for example.Upon downloading it for free，users receive 10 points for every 20 minutes spent without touching their phone between 7：00 and 23：00 every day of the week，with a user email address needed to receive the rewards.To get half price Vue cinema tickets，users need 60 points.For two free coffees from Cafe Nero，users need 300 points，and a glass of juice for 90 points，For £5 Amazon vouchers（代金券）users need to have collected 1，000 points.
      Hold was created by Maths Mathisen，Florian Winder and Vinoth Vinaya-three Norwegians.They noticed that young people's dependence on their smartphones was getting out of hand while studying at Copenhagen Business School.Rather than punish their users，the three found that the best way to get them to put their phones down was to use tricks that got them interested in the first place.
     Lots of studies in recent years point to the worrying rise of smartphone addiction and the effects of smartphones on education.Researchers from the London School of Economics found that students who did mot use their phones at school found their grades improved by 6.5 percent.
     Cafe Nero，Amazon and Planet Organic will also offer discounts on the Hold marketplace.Students will also be offered the choice to use points to buy school books which are then donated to some schools.
  
  （1）According to the text，the student users of Hold

  .
  A．need to pay a certain amount of money
  B．can improve their grades by 6.5%
  C．need to register（注册） with their email address
  D．receive 10 points for a 10-minute break
  （2）What is the main idea of the second paragraph？

  
  A．How the Hold app works.
  B．What we need to use the Hold.
  C．The development of the Hold.
  D．The tests the Hold app needs to pass.
  （3）To get one half price Vue cinema ticket and two free coffees from Cafe Nero，a user needs to have

  minutes worth of points.
  A．120
  B．180
  C．360
  D．720
  （4）The purpose of this text is to

  .
  A．explain why the Hold app is popular among users
  B．introduce a useful app that can cure phone addiction
  C．draw public attention to phone addiction among students
  D．compare some interesting apps that are popular with students
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第二节：选句填空（共1小题，每小题10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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

• 5．Some kids find it hard to lose in a game，but everyone needs to learn how to deal with it.Learning to lose without losing your cool is a skill.Like learning to ride a bike，you might not be able to do it at first，but over time it will get easier.（1）

  Everyone wants to win.But any time two teams or kids are facing each other in a game or contest，someone will lose.Losing is disappointing，so it's not surprising that kids don't like it.（2）

  So what should you do when you lose？
     The best thing to do is try to control your emotion and get in line with your teammates，so you can congratulate the other team.If you feel like crying later or you want to complain about the game，you can do that.（3）

  After a little time passes，you might not feel as upset as you were right when the game ended.
  Sometimes kids lose on their own，like in a neighborhood game of basketball.These situations can be especially hard if there are no grownups around to be the referees（裁判）.（4）

  It's good for kids to learn to play without a grownup deciding everything but it can also lead to a lot of arguing.
     （5）

  Some kids might cheat or bend the rules，but you can do your best to be fair.Even if they're not，you certainly won't be accused of cheating or playing unfairly.You've done your part to bring good sportsmanship to the game.
  
  A.Adults don't like it either.
  B.Learn the rules of the game.
  C.But you'd better do it off the field.
  D.Then it's up to kids to decide among themselves.
  E.Kids don't like playing with someone who gets angry easily.
  F.It's best if everyone tries to be fair to solve any disagreements.
  G.And when you can handle losing，people will call you a good sportsman.
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第三部分 （语言知识与应用，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）

• 6．Jenna had graduated from her middle school and was lucky enough to be admitted to Westwood College，She was ready for new（1）

  at the college and filled with confidence，（2）

  ，she didn't expect it that college life was quite different.In the first week，Jenna went to tryouts for cheerleaders.She was competing against very talented girls，and she knew it would be（3）

  for her to be selected.Two hours later，the judge read a list of the girls for a second tryout.Her heart（4）

  as the list ended without her name.Feeling（5）

  ，she walked back to her dormitory carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
     Arriving at the dormitory，she started with（6）

  .She had always been a good math student，but now she was struggling.She moved on to English and history，and（7）

  to find that she didn't have any trouble with those subjects.Feeling better，she decided not to prepare for math for the time being.
     The next day Jenna went to see Mrs.Biden about being on the school（8）

  . "I'm sorry，but we have enough（9）

  for the newspaper already. "，she said.Jenna smiled（10）

  and left. "Why is college so different？" she sighed.
     Later in math class，Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much（11）

  .By the end of the class，she understood how to get them right.As she gathered her books，Jenna decided she'd（12）

  to try to fit in with her new school.She wasn't sure if she'd（13）

  ，but she knew she had to try.College was just as her mom had said， "You will feel like a small fish in a big pond（14）

  a big fish in a small pond.The challenge is to become the（15）

  fish you can be."
  
  

  （1）	A．decisions	B．challenges	C．problems	D．exercises
  （2）	A．However	B．Therefore	C．Besides	D．Otherwise
  （3）	A．simple	B．troublesome	C．certain	D．difficult
  （4）	A．stopped	B．jumped	C．sank	D．changed
  （5）	A．awful	B．lonely	C．happy	D．strange
  （6）	A．English	B．history	C．science	D．math
  （7）	A．bothered	B．ashamed	C．pleased	D．shocked
  （8）	A．committee	B．team	C．newspaper	D．radio
  （9）	A．writers	B．players	C．speakers	D．readers
  （10）	A．brightly	B．weakly	C．widely	D．happily
  （11）	A．courage	B．lack	C．hope	D．sorrow
  （12）	A．hesitate	B．refuse	C．continue	D．attempt
  （13）	A．succeed	B．complete	C．agree	D．accompany
  （14）	A．in the hope of	B．in honor of	C．in case of	D．instead of
  （15）	A．tallest	B．best	C．hardest	D．gentlest
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第二节 语法填空（共1小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）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。

• 7．There are several reasons why school uniforms are a good idea.First of all，uniforms help the school look smart.The students feel that they belong to a particular group.When every pupil in the school wears the uniform，nobody（1）

  （have） to worry about fashion.Everybody wears（2）

  same style of clothes.Uniforms can be（3）

  （use） in unexpected ways.A school in Ireland has introduced in interesting new uniform.On the edge of the jacket，there is a piece of cloth（4）

  gives off light in the dark.When the children are walking or（5）

  （cycle） to school on dark mornings，car drivers can（6）

  （easy） see them.
      But can uniforms help improve school standards？The answer（7）

  this question is not clear.One study in America found that student's grades（8）

  （improve） a little after the school introduced uniforms.But some students didn't want（9）

  （wear） the uniform.Other American studies showed no connection between uniforms（10）

  school performance.
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第二节 句型结构（每小题3分，满分15分）

• 22．He works really hard because he doesn't want to

  （让我失望）. （let） （根据汉语提示完成句子）
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第三节 书面表达（25分）

• 23．假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Jim来信告诉你，在新学期他要来中国当交换生，想让你给他一些建议，帮助他尽快适应中国的高中学习和生活。请你给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括如下：
  1.收信的感受；
  2.学习方面的建议（课堂、课后）；
  3.其他方面的建议（多交朋友，参加社团等）。
  写作要求：字数100词左右。主要不要逐句翻译，可以增加适当细节，令行文连贯。
  交换生 exchange student
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