2020-2021学年黑龙江省鸡西四中高一（下）期末英语试卷

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共4小题；每小题6分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

• 1．The United States celebrates Valentine's Day each year on February 14.Many other countries celebrate Valentine's Day，too，each in their own way.Here is a look at the Valentine's Day traditions in three countries.
     Wales：land of love spoons
     In Wales，it is called St.Dwynwen's Day，which takes place on January 25.The traditional romantic gift on this day is a love spoon.
     Beginning in the 17th century，Welsh men made beautiful wooden spoons as a show of their love for that special person in their lives.Each shape of the spoons has a different meaning.For example，horseshoes mean good luck；keys represent the key to a lover's heart；and wheels are a sign of support.
     Argentina：a week of sweets
     Argentina celebrates Valentine's Day in February，but also gives a whole other week to love in July.They call it Sweetness Week.If you kiss someone，they have to give you a sugary treat.
     Sweetness Week started in 1989 with a candy company called Arcor.They made an advertisement called "Candy for a Kiss".The idea was to give the company's chocolates and other candies in exchange for a sweet kiss on the cheek.The campaign had a stronger effect than the company expected—it led to a new holiday!
     Every July，couples who take part give each other candies and kisses all week long.
     South Korea：three is a charm
     For South Koreans，Valentine's Day happens in three parts：February 14，March 14 and April 14.
     On February 14，women traditionally give men gifts of chocolate to show their love.One month later，on a holiday known as White Day，men show their thanks by giving women a sweet gift.The name "White Day" comes from the custom of giving white-colored gifts.
     Let's not forget Black Day on April 14.Single people who did not get gifts on February 14 or March 14 often gather on Black Day to eat noodles with black bean soup.
  
  （1）What does a key-shaped spoon mean？

  
  A．Deep love.
  B．Good luck.
  C．Strong support.
  D．Real thanks.
  （2）When is Sweetness Week celebrated？

  
  A．In February.
  B．In March.
  C．In April.
  D．In July.
  （3）What would be a good gift on White Day？

  
  A．Brown chocolates.
  B．Black beans.
  C．White milk candies
  D．Silver spoons.
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• 2．Gitanjali Rao，a15-year-old teenager who used artificial intelligence（AI） and created apps to track lead（铅） in drinking water，cyberbullying and other social problems，has been named Time Magazine's Kid of the Year for 2020.The magazine announced the award Thursday，praising Rao's ability to deal with daily-life problems and her desire to inspire other kids for their own dreams.
     It's just the latest recognition for Rao.Last year，she was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List.She won praise in 2017 after she responded to the water crisis in Flint，Michigan，by creating a tool named Tehys，to detect lead in water and send those results to a mobile phone.She was named America's Top Young Scientist when she was in the seventh grade.
     More recently，Rao has developed an app named Kindly，which uses artificial intelligence technology to detect possible early signs of cyberbullying.
     "You type in a word or phrase，and it's able to check if it's bullying，and it gives you the chance to correct it or send it the way it is."Rao tells Time."The goal is not to punish.
     Instead，it gives you the time to rethink what you're saying so that you know what to do next time around."
     Rao has partnered with countryside schools，museums and other organizations to run workshops for other students.
     "I don't look like a typical scientist.Everything I see on TV is that it's an older man as a scientist，"she told Time."So I really want to put out that message：If I can do it，you can do it，and anyone can do it."
     For 92 years，Time has presented a"Person of the Year"，and the youngest ever was Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg，who was 16 when she was on the magazine's cover last year.
  
  （1）How old was Rao when she was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List？

  
  A．13.
  B．14.
  C．15.
  D．16.
  （2）Tehys can be used to

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  A．track lead in drinking water
  B．communicate with other students
  C．inspire and encourage other kids
  D．detect possible cyberbullying messages
  （3）What does Rao mean in her message to the children？

  
  A．She isn't satisfied with her achievements.
  B．She thinks it is easy to become a scientist.
  C．She doesn't think she is a typical scientist.
  D．She wants other children to do the same.
  （4）What is the best title for the text？

  
  A．Gitanjali Rao：the Youngest Social Activist.
  B．Gitanjali Rao：a Very Talented AI Scientist.
  C．Time Names Gitanjali Rao Kid of the Year.
  D．Time Presents Gitanjali Rao in a Cover Story.
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• 3．Prices for collectible baseball cards seem to be rocketing.A Mike Trout card was sold for ﹩3.9 million in 2016.A1952 Mickey Mantle card jumped to﹩5.2 million on January 15，2021.Even a Spencer Torkelson card is worth thousands right now.Spencer Torkelson may become an All-Star one day.But he is just a21-year-old who has just joined the Detroit Tigers recently.
     A baseball card is a mass-produced picture of a professional（职业的） baseball player，not an original work of art.Spencer Torkelson is not Oscar-Claude Monet，although we don't know yet what a guy with a bat in his hands could do in the future.
     Then，what makes a baseball card worth thousands，sometimes millions，of dollars？John List，the University of Chicago economist，told me，"The sports card market is doing well because it's part nostalgic（怀旧），part art and part potential profit（利润）.That combination is what's magical."
     I am a sports fan，and certainly had baseball cards as a kid.Friends still send me an occasional card，as a gift，which I treasure.But I think the true charm of baseball cards is when they are cheap.Children should be able to trade them，put them in their pockets or under their pillows without worrying they're damaging some future windfall.
     But professional baseball card traders typically don't even open the packs to see what players are in them and keep them stored for future sale.Eventually，they put the cards almost out of reach for children，who used to be the market for baseball cards，
     Can the multi-million-dollar cards stand for what we value？I don't think so.We have learned again and again that the most truly valuable players among us are those who treat the sick，keep communities safe，teach children，I'd like to see prices paid to those kinds of all-stars go up，too.
  
  （1）What is Oscar-Claude Monet？

  
  A．An artist.
  B．A doctor.
  C．A teacher.
  D．A baseball player.
  （2）Why are children attracted to the baseball cards？

  
  A．They love the classical paintings.
  B．They can trade them for big money.
  C．They are good childhood memories.
  D．They can get fun from the collection.
  （3）What does the underlined word"windfall"in paragraph 4 probably mean？

  
  A．Pocket money.
  B．An expensive gift.
  C．Unexpected profit.
  D．An occasional present.
  （4）What can be inferred from the last paragraph？

  
  A．The other important professionals aren't well-paid.
  B．The other sportsmen should get higher salaries as well.
  C．It is fair for the baseball stars to get such high payments.
  D．Children might be able to learn the right values from those cards.
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第三部分 写作（共两节，满分10分）第一节 短文改错（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）

• 8．每题各有一个错误。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
  增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
  删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
  修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
  注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
      We students often feel stressed because we have too many homework to do every day.We are such busy studying all day that we don't have any free time to do what we are interested.So we always felt very tired.What should we do to relax ourselves then？
      First，doing sports with some of our classmate is the best way to relax ourselves.It is also good for our healthy.Second，we can also listening to music during the breaks.Third，when we feel tired，going to the movies with our parents on weekends is another good choice，which will help us build a much more closer relationship with them.In short，they should spend a little time on relaxed activities each day.
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第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

• 9．假定今天是端午节，你邀请了交换生David到你家一起过节。请你用英语写一篇日记，内容包括：
  1.节日时间；
  2.主要活动。
  注意：1.词数100左右；
  2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
  June 10 Tuesday Sunny
  ________
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