高一英语上学期期末考试模拟试题
第二部分
阅读理解（共两节，满分34分）
第一节（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24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。
A
Four worst earthquakes in this world Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Magnitude（震级）—8.6, Date—March 28, 2005
An earthquake happened at Sumatra Islands in the touristy month of March. Being an island area, the earthquake gave rise to a tsunami（海啸）wave and spread to areas as far as SriLanka. The number of deaths is about 1,500 with more than 400 people getting injured.
Rat Islands, Alaska
Magnitude—8.7, Date—April 02, 1965
This earthquake only happened inside water and all the losses were because of the tsunami waves caused by it. The quake gave rise to a huge tsunami causing a loss of thousands of dollars. The good news in this quake was that no human loss or injuries were reported in these islands.
Bio Bio, Chile
Magnitude—8.8, Date—February 27, 2010
This quake happened to take the lives of more than 500 people. The tsunami caused by this quake added to the effects by forcing hundreds of thousands of people to leave their home, of which about 50 are still missing. The number of injured people reached a level of 12,000, thus making one of the worst earthquakes of the human history.
Sumatra, Indonesia
Magnitude—9.1, Date—December 26, 2004
Having its name twice in the list, it is clear that Sumatra comes in the area that is most prone（易于……的）to earthquakes .Just 3 months before the earthquake of 8.6 magnitude, this quake caused much more loss of life and wealth than the later one! The earthquake gave rise to a huge tsunami killing about 300 thousand people all around the countries of South Africa and South Asia. 21. The earthquake during which nobody was injured happened in ______.
A. 2005
B. 1965
C. 2010
D. 2004
22. What’s the magnitude of the earthquake causing the most injuries?
A. 8.6.
B. 8.7.
C. 8.8.
D. 9.1.
23. Which area is most likely to be hit by an earthquake?
A. Sumatra.
B. Rat Islands.
C. Bio Bio.
D. South Asia.
24. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing the text?
A. To explain why the earthquakes happen. B. To compare the worst four earthquakes
C. To tell some facts about the worst earthquakes in the human history. D. To give some advice on how to protect ourselves during the earthquakes.
B
Four students at the University of Hefei recently proved that you don't have to spend much money on a designer dress to look amazing. You can make it yourself, for free, using only plant leaves.
Photos of the leaf dress have been popular on Chinese social media for about a week, and people still can’t stop discussing it.
The team behind the special dress-two girls and two boys-got the idea for it over six months ago, while trying to come up with an interesting project for the “Animal and Plant Specimen Contest（标本大赛）” at the University of Hefei. One of them suggested they try to create a dress out of plant leaves. About the idea, they turned to their teacher for advice, and even though he considered it difficult to finish, they went with it anyway.
After researching the best way to use plant leaves as fabric（纤维）, and coming up with a design for their dress, the four students started collecting the leaves. Some species were got at school, but others were not. They had to travel to Tianzhu Mountain to collect them.
To make sure that the collected leaves didn’t go bad, the students removed the flesh（叶肉）by boiling them in a kind of special water for about two hours. This made the flesh easier to remove,l eaving only the “bone” of the leaf, a thin film with all the veins（叶脉）left. This was much harder than it sounds. Through many experiments, and with their teacher’s help, they were able to come up with a good way to solve the problem.
The four students could only work on their special dress after classes and on weekends, so it took them nearly four months to complete. That’s a pretty long time, but it all paid off when one of the girls got to finally put on the leaf dress and show it to everyone. They posted photos of it online, and it went viral almost immediately.
25. Why did the four students create the dress out of plant leaves?
A. To save money.
B. To become famous.
D. To draw people’s attention.
C. To take part in a contest.
26. What’s the first step in creating the dress?
A. Collecting leaves.
B. Seeking the teacher’s advice. C. Making a design for the dress. D. Posting photos of the dress online.
27. Which of the following is true about creating the dress?
A. The teacher considered it not hard to finish. B. It greatly affected the four students’ lessons. C. The four students thought it was worth the effort. D. It took four students six months to complete the dress.
28. What does the underlined part “went viral” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. Shocked the world. C. Won awards.
B. Was sold out. D. Became popular. C
Halloween used to be a time for kids. In the past, the festival meant houses decorated with jack-o-lanterns, cool costumes（戏服）handmade by moms, and going door to door asking for candy, saying “trick or treat”.
However, you wouldn’t have seen any of these if you were at this year’s Halloween events in Shibuya, Tokyo, from Oct. 27 to 30. Halloween in Japan has become a big party for adults, who dress up in costumes and hang around having fun taking pictures. In other words, this festival is no longer just a time for kids.
As USA Today editor Bruce Horovitz wrote, “Adults have slowly been stealing Halloween from kids.” But “steal” is not quite the word, since the adults of today all used to be kids themselves. These grown-ups still manage to keep the tradition of dressing up alive, however, even if they’re too old to knock on strangers’ doors for candy now.
Some companies even encourage their employees to wear costumes to work so they can relax and enjoy their share of the festival fun. “You can wear whatever you want and not be judged,” Denise Delahorne of DDB Worldwide, an advertising company, told Forbes when asked why adults are so into Halloween compared to other holidays. “There’s no pressure（压力）to it. You don’t have to travel or deal with relatives. There’s not the holiday pressure to find a date if you are single.”
But here comes the interesting part: As the “adult Halloween” industry gets bigger and bigger, movie theaters, drink sellers and haunted houses are starting to aim（瞄准） adult customers only. There’s even an Halloween trade show in the US every year that you can’t even enter if you’re under 16.
That isn’t good news for kids, but on the bright side, at least young people can still get free candy.
And what could be better than that? 29. Why are adults so fond of Halloween?
A. They would be treated like kids.
B. They don't need to care for their relatives. C. They feel happy and relaxed during Halloween.
D. They can get free goods from the “adult Halloween” industry. 30. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Work.
B. Halloween.
C. Being single.
D. Another holiday.
31. What did some companies encourage their workers to do during Halloween?
A. Wear cool costumes to work. B. Join the Halloween trade show. C. Knock on strangers’ doors for candy. D. Decorate their houses with jack-o-lanterns. 32. What’s the best title for the text?
A. Different activities to celebrate Halloween B. How to spend Halloween in Japan C. Halloween customs and traditions D. Adult Halloween lovers take over 第二节（共5小题；每小题2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。
Showing other people respect（尊敬）is an important part of keeping important personal relationships. Learning to respect people’s efforts, abilities and opinions will help keep you happy and successful in your life.
● Be a good listener. Practice active listening to show people that you have respect for their opinions. Watch and be quiet when someone else is talking and spend time thinking actively about what they’re saying. 33 Even if you disagree, try to consider the point of view and empathize with（感同身受）it before responding.
● Ask lots of questions. To show respect for other people’s opinions, question them. Ask open-ended, leading questions that show you’re listening closely. 34 Instead, it means you’re interested in the topic.
● Learn about the viewpoints of others. Learning to empathize with other people who have different experiences will help you learn to show respect. 35 It’s important to appreciate other people’s opinions and respond properly.
相关推荐：
loading