北京101中学2020-2021学年下学期高一年级期末考试英语试卷
（考试时间：100分钟，试卷满分：120分）
第一部分：听力理解（共三节，共20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，共5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。
1. What color are the trousers the woman likes?
A. Brown. B. Blue. C. Gray.
2. What will the two speakers do?
A. Book air tickets. B. Have a holiday. C. Move to Florida.
3. When will the next bus for Chicago leave?
A. At 8:00. B. At 8:10. C. At 8:15.
4. What will the man probably do this evening?
A. Finish the term paper.
B. Go to the football match.
C. Make a plan for tomorrow.
5. What‘s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Teacher and student. B. Roommates. C. Classmates.
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. Where are the two speakers?
A. In the hospital. B. In the police office. C. In an ambulance.
7. Who was injured in the accident?
A. The black dog. B. The driver in the white car. C. The driver in the black car.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What is the woman doing?
A. Checking in. B. Shopping. C. Booking a room.
9. How would the woman like to pay?
A. In cash. B. By credit card. C. By cheque.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. How can parents prevent children from falling down the stairs?
A. By using mats. B. By fitting safety gates. C. By leaving them in the bath.
11. Which is the most dangerous room according to the woman?
A. The kitchen. B. The bathroom. C. The living room.
12. What is the man‘s job?
A. A writer. B. A TV host. C. A radio host.
听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。
13. Which show are famous people invited to take part in?
A. The News. B. Nighttime. C. The Children‘s Room.
14. When does the show The Children‘s Room
begin?
A. At 3:30 pm. B. At 6:00 pm. C. At 11:30 pm.
15. On which channel can people answer questions and get money?
A. Channel 11. B. Channel 6. C. Channel 3.
第三节（共5小题；每小题1分，共5分）
听下面一段对话，完成第16至20五道小题，每小题仅填写一个词。听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。
Book Club Membership Form
Name | John Williams |
Job | A 16 |
Telephone No. | 17 |
Preferred book type | 18 stories |
Book being read now | Flight Behavior, a 19 |
Annual membership fee | $ 20 |
第二部分：知识运用
（共两节，共28分）
第一节
完形填空（共12小题；每小题1.5分，共18分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Perhaps the most interesting person I have ever met is an Italian professor of philosophy who teaches at the University of Pisa. ___21___ I last met this man eight years ago, I have not forgotten his special qualities. First of all, I respected his ___22___ to teaching. Because his lectures were always well-prepared and clearly ___23___, students crowded into his classroom. His followers liked the fact that he believed in what he taught. Furthermore, he could be counted on to explain his ideas in an ___24___ way, introducing such aids to understanding as oil paintings, music, and guest lecturers. Once he ___25___ sang a song in class in order to make a point clear. Secondly, I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them ___26___ the telephone. Drinking coffee in the cafe, he would easily make friends with students. Sometimes he would ___27___ a student to a game of chess. Other times, he would join students groups to discuss a variety of ___28___: agriculture, diving and mathematics. Many young people visited him in his office for ___29___ on their studies; others came to his home for social evenings. Finally, I was attracted by his lively sense of humor. He believed that no lesson is a success ___30___, during it, the students and the professor ___31___ at least one loud laugh. Through his sense of humor, he made learning more ___32___ and more lasting. If it is true that life makes a wise man smile and a foolish man cry, then my friend is indeed a wise man.
21. A. Although B. When C. Even if D. Now that
22. A. attention B. introduction C. relation D. devotion
23. A. held B. delivered C. attended D. written
24. A. imaginative B. ordinary C. opposite D. open
25. A. also B. nearly C. even D. only
26. A. with B. by C. from D. on
27. A. invite B. lead C. prefer D. show
28. A. questions B. subjects C. matters D. contents
29. A. ban B. agreement C. dependence D. advice
30. A. for B. until C. since D. unless
31. A. hear B. suggest C. share D. demand
32. A. helpful B. enjoyable C. practical D. useful
第二节
语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分, 共10分）
阅读下列短文。根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
Gaining knowledge is a part of the learning process and how __33__ (put) knowledge gained every day into reality has interested many people. As a proverb goes, “Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.” Obviously, this saying tries to deliver the message that we ought not to stop __34__ (practice) it if we truly want to master the knowledge we learn. There are several reasons accounting for the statement. For one thing, human beings are forgetful beings, and for another, knowledge has become more and more complicated and it can’t be understood if we do not practice __35__ we have learned repeatedly.
B
Most of us assume that we communicate __36__ (good) with our friends and loved ones than we do with strangers. However, __37__ is often the case that the closer we are to somebody, the less likely we are to listen carefully to them. The reason __38__ many people unconsciously “tune out” their family members or close friends is that they think they already know what the other person is going to say. It is similar __39__ the way in which you might not notice signs, landmarks, or scenery on a path you have travelled down numerous times.
C
Like many major events, a marathon can generate a massive carbon footprint. Thousands travel – some by plane – to the location. Waste from food packaging and goody bags gets __40__ (leave) behind by spectators and runners. For example, during the London Marathon in 2018, 47,000 plastic bottles __41__ (collect), although some were recycled. This is becoming a big issue for cities – how to host a worthwhile event, encouraging people to exercise and help charities, whilst protecting the environment? Over the last few years, several cities __42__ (develop) formal plans to reduce their environmental impact and promote sustainable ideas. One event in Wales, for example, introduced recycling for old running kit and ethically sourced the race T-shirts.
第三部分：阅读理解（共三节，共42分）
第一节（共11小题；每小题2分，共22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。
A
Every year, Earth Day is celebrated on April 22, and people all around the world celebrate this day by taking part in environmental awareness activities and working towards raising awareness about important issues that our planet Earth is currently facing, like global warming and pollution.
Before the 1970s, there were almost no environmental laws and industries were allowed to dump their industrial waste and fumes anywhere in the world. A US Senator by the name of Gaylord Nelson was concerned by the growing levels of pollution. So in the spring of 1970, Senator Nelson created Earth Day as a way to promote awareness about these issues in the US. His plan was successful, as 20 million Americans started a march for Earth Day around the world. As a result, the US government started an agency called the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Over the next few years, the movement spread across the world and Earth Day became internationally recognised.
The theme of Earth Day 2021 is “restore our Earth”. The focus of this year’s theme is restoring Earth’s natural processes and ecosystems. Apart from that, the goal of this year’s Earth Day is to focus on taking green technologies and creative actions to restore the Earth’s natural ecosystem. More than stopping pollution and global warming, this year’s Earth Day focuses on reversing the damage caused to the Earth.
Despite strict environmental laws in many countries across the world, problems such as global warming, air pollution and climate change continue to threaten our planet. Many scientists around the world are warning us about the already irreversible(不可逆的) problems that have been created by microplastics, oil spills and depletion(消耗) of the ozone layer. If the human race continues on the same path as before, the extinction of the human race is not too far off in the future. Earth Day seeks to help raise people’s awareness around the world about these issues and bring positive changes, so future generations stand a chance of living a safer life.
43. What is the theme of this year’s Earth Day?
A. To slow down global warming.
B. To reduce individuals’ carbon footprint.
C. To promote the development of emerging industries.
D. To restore the Earth’s natural processes and ecosystems.
44. Which activity is suitable to celebrate Earth Day?
A. Running long-distance races.
B. Starting a movement on recycling.
C. Attending a lecture about human rights.
D. Participating in medical research on cancers.
45. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Establishing a Day for the Earth
B. Efforts to Bring the Earth back to Normal
C. A Day for Promoting Environmental Awareness
D. A Fight against Severe Environmental Problems
B
Role-Playing in Child Development
Playing is a key component in the learning process for virtually all of the children. There are various ways in which children play, but one of the most important is role-playing.
This involves a child engaging in an activity during which he or she pretends to be another person.
Experts on child development believe that role-playing can increase the connections in children’s brains that help them learn. Language skills are some of the most important aspects of learning. When children role-play, they must work out steps that need to be taken to complete a task, and create plans to act out a story. These activities enable children to develop their oral language skills. They become able to organize others and to give directions.
Children’s social skills can also be developed. When engaged in group activities, children have different roles. Some are leaders while others are followers. At times, the children will disagree, so they must learn to negotiate and compromise with one another, and they must learn to apologize when they have strong arguments or disagreements as well. Children further learn about cooperation and sharing and, hopefully, begin to understand things from another person’s point of view.
Besides helping children learn some kinds of skills, role-playing fosters children’s imaginations and can therefore assume a number of forms. For example, boys may pretend to shave like their fathers or perform various tasks around their homes. Girls, meanwhile, often pretend to be mothers to do some daily tasks, particularly if it involves caring for young babies. Sometimes children may imagine belonging to a group of superheroes or imitate (模仿) real-life situations. They might dress up and
assume different roles. Another example is the performing of stories they read in books, which is also very common when they role-play.
Another beneficial aspect of role-playing is that it can help children deal with certain actions that may cause them emotional pain, such as the fear they face when going to school for the first time or making a visit to the doctor. If children role-play situations like these beforehand, the fear that they experience when doing these actions in reality frequently lessens. For this reason, experts encourage parents to allow their children to role-play and even to take part in these activities to help their children master their fears.
Role-playing can benefit children in many ways. There is no activity for which young children are better prepared than fantasy play. Nothing is more dependable and risk-free, and the dangers are only pretend.
46. From the author’s description in Paragraph 4, we learn that children often ______.
A. involve daily-life activities in groups
B. act out the activities that their parents do
C. perform daily tasks instead of their parents
D. change real-life situations when role-playing
47. The author believes that role-playing may help children ______.
A. develop a better awareness of grammar
B. receive benefits from their emotional pain
C. improve creativity by using their imaginations
D. understand how to be both leaders and followers
48. The underlined word “master” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______.
A. ignore B. confirm C. overcome D. predict
49. Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?
A. B.
C. D.
I: Introduction P: Point Sp: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion
C
I watch documentaries, not movies. I read history books, not fiction. I use every free moment to accomplish one of the tasks on my never-ending checklist, and I am completely filled with thoughts of productivity. An hour sleeping is an hour wasted. And like the rest of 21st century America, I like it. But this fixation on productivity is increasingly destroying character and transforming men into robots.
New York Times columnist David Brooks warned American University students of this cultural decline in a speech. “We cut off all things spiritual and emotional in a competitive urge to stand out”, he said, “The pressure to succeed professionally, to acquire skills, to do the things you need to do to succeed in an information age economy really became the overwhelming（难以应付的）pressures, and it sort of weakens the thinking about character and morality.”
Many students happily go to college, viewing it as a next step on their rise to professional achievement. Forcing as many success-building activities into their schedules as they can, they enjoy keeping busy with little sleep. “Today’s outstanding kids are likely to spend their afternoons and weekends shuttling from one skill-improving activity to the next,” Brooks wrote in an article, “We fear failure more than we desire success.”
A century ago, college was about character building. Today, our characters are in decline. We are experts on economics, material things and professional skills. We fail to discuss and understand relationships, emotions and all things spiritual.
Philosopher Karl Popper divided the world into two categories: Clocks and Clouds. Clock problems are those that can be taken apart, examined and solved through deductive reasoning（演绎推理）. Clouds cannot be taken apart. Cloud problems represent whole systems that need to be understood in a different way.
“When we have a Cloud problem, we try to turn it into a Clock problem,” Brooks said. And in a reason-centered culture, adding titles to one’s resume becomes a trend. At American University, 85 percent of seniors (and 89 percent of business majors) graduate with at least one practical experience which is often helpful to a student’s future career, but can sometimes draw focus away from academics.
To prevent the death of man’s character, Brooks urges rediscovering our human natures through falling in love. And by love he means love for a task, job, or another person. “Synchronicity is key to happiness,” he said. Rather than crazily increasing our long lists of accomplishments, we need to lose ourselves in what we do, and success will come on its own.
50. From Paragraph 1, we can learn that people __________.
A. are controlled by time B. are eager to achieve
C. are changing their characters D. are keen on reading books more
51. What is the author’s attitude towards colleges that existed a century ago?
A. Tolerant. B. Uncertain. C. Approving. D. Curious.
52. The last paragraph mainly tells us that __________.
A. success comes from devotion to work
B. the focus on human natures counts
C. more work contributes to happiness
D. love is more important than focus
53. The purpose of this passage is to __________.
A. criticize students’ desire for achievements
B. stress the importance of productivity
C. warn about the pressure to seek success
D. bring awareness to character building
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。
Bad News for the Highly Intelligent
There are advantages to being smart. People who do well on IQ tests tend to be more successful in the classroom and the workplace. They also tend to live longer, healthier lives, and are less likely to experience negative life events.
54
In a study, Ruth Karpinski and her colleagues carried out a study on the members of Mensa, a high IQ society. The study covered mood disorders and anxiety disorders. Respondents were asked to report whether they had ever suffered from each disorder. The researchers compared the percentage of those who reported disorder to the national average and found that Mensa’s highly intelligent members were more likely to suffer from a range of serious disorders.
To explain their findings, Karpinski and his team bring up the hyper brain and hyper body theory. This theory holds that, for all of its advantages, being highly intelligent is associated with psychological and physiological “overexcitabilities”, or OE. 55 This can include anything from an astonishing sound to conflict with another person. According to the theory, OEs are more common in highly intelligent people. A highly intelligent person may overanalyze a disapproving comment made by a boss, imagining negative outcomes that simply wouldn’t occur to someone less intelligent. 56
The results of this study must be interpreted cautiously. Showing that a disorder is more common in a sample of people with high IQs than in the general population doesn’t prove that high intelligence is the cause of the disorder. 57 All the same, the findings set the stage for research that promises to cast new light on the link between intelligence and health. One possibility is that associations between intelligence and health outcomes reflect pleiotropy (基因多效性), which occurs when a gene (基因) influences seemingly unrelated characteristics. 58 In a 2015 study, Rosalind Arden and her colleagues concluded that the association between IQ and living longer is mostly explained by genetic factors. From a practical standpoint, this research may lead to insights about how to improve people’s psychological and physical well-being.
A. Now there’s some bad news for those smart people.
B. There is already some evidence to suggest that this is the case.
C. It is an unusually strong reaction to an environmental threat or abuse.
D. Scientists did many researches to understand the reasons behind the advantages.
E. That may cause the body’s stress response, which may make the person even more anxious.
F. It’s also possible that people who join Mensa differ from other people in ways other than just IQ.
G. They found that the differences between the respondents were seen for mood and anxiety disorders.
第三节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
阅读短文，回答问题。
Cleaning the ocean of plastic
These days, we’re all well aware of the plastic problem the world’s facing. Although we all realize what a serious issue plastic pollution is, it’s different when you actually see the overwhelming results of it for yourself.
A team of researchers recently published a study on the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the journal Scientific Reports. According to the study, the patch, which is located off the coast of California in the US, is made up of 79,000 tons of plastic waste. At 1.6 million square kilometers, it’s over four times the size of Japan, or almost 100 times the size of Beijing.
“I’ve been doing this research for a while, but it was depressing to see the patch in person,” Laurent Lebreton, lead author of the study, told The Guardian. “There were things you just wondered how they made it into the ocean. There’s clearly an increasing influx of plastic into the garbage patch.”
It’s believed that eight million tons of plastic ends up in the sea each year, and a lot of it ends up collecting near large ocean currents around the world, forming “islands” of plastic. This causes problems not only for sea creatures, but also for humans. The swirling ocean currents eventually break down some of the plastic, with a lot of it ending up in the stomachs of fish and birds. As a result, it’s believed that plastic has worked its way up the food chain directly onto our plates – not to mention the countless creatures that choke on plastic waste, or are poisoned by the chemicals in it.
So what can we do about this? Lebreton is a member of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation, a group that’s developed technology to collect plastic waste from the ocean. This is a huge project. The group claims it will take around five years just to clean up half of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch alone. But rather than discourage people from using plastic altogether, Lebreton believes that we should simply be more careful of how we use it. “In my opinion, plastic is very useful … But I think we must change the way we use plastic, particularly in terms of single-use plastic and those objects that have a very short service lifespan,” he told the BBC.
1. What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch made up of?
2. Why does plastic also cause problems for humans?
3. Please paraphrase the following sentence.
It’s believed that the eight million tons of plastic ends up in the sea each year, and a lot of it ends up collecting near large ocean currents around world, forming “islands” of plastic.
4. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Laurent Lebreton thinks that plastic is very useful, but we have to stop using plastic completely to protect the ocean.
5. Please provide at least two suggestions on what we can do to change the way we use plastic. (about 20 words)
第四部分：课文知识（共15分）
第一节
单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，共5分）
根据句意和所给的首字母或中文提示，用单词的适当形式填空。
1. The headmaster in the school is to put forward new ________ （提议）to ban mobile phones on campus.
2. He left me with the first i________ that he was a kind and thoughtful young man.
3. She got a perfect score in the final exam, which went far b________ her parents’ expectations.
4. Having had the delicious candy, the girl smiled c_________ and went to bed for a good sleep.
5. She was always i_________ her mother’s advice to take an umbrella on cloudy days, so yesterday she was stuck in the heavy rain.
第二节
完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据所给的中文句意，用本学期新学的词组将句子补充完整。
1. 已经调整好了沮丧情绪，他现在更愿意外出与朋友聊天了。
___________ his depression, he is now more willing to go outside and chat with his friends.
2. 总之(概括来说)，你想要传达什么信息呢？
___________, what message are you trying to get across?
3. 新年伊始是反思过去一年诸多成就的好时机。
The start of a new year is a good time ___________ the many achievements of the past.
4. 我很荣幸能被这位著名的教授在论文中提及。
I __________ be mentioned in the famous professor’s paper.
5. 我拒绝我妹妹提出的住在一起的建议，因为我就是懒得照顾她的猫。
I refuse my sister’s suggestion on living together, for I just can’t ________ look after her cat.
第五部分：写作表达
（共15分）
假设你是红星中学高一学生李华。你的英国朋友Jim听说你们已经开始了高考选科，发来邮件询问你的选科情况，请给他回复邮件，内容包括:
1. 选考科目；
2. 选考某一科目的原因。
提示：选科subject selection
注意：1. 词数120词左右；2. 开头结尾已给出。
Dear Jim,
_____________________________________________________________________
Yours, Li Hua
参考答案
第一部分：听力理解（共三节，共20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，共5分）
1—5 CBCAC
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
6—10 BCABB 11—15 ACBAC
第三节（共5小题；每小题1分，共5分）
16. lawyer 17. 42832079 18. Short 19. novel 20. 10
第二部分：知识运用
（共两节，共28分）
第一节
完形填空（共12小题；每小题1.5分，共18分）
21~25ADBAC 26~30 DABDD 31~32 CB
第二节
语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分, 共10分）
33. to put 34. practicing 35. what 36. better 37. it
38. why 39. to 40. left 41. were collected 42. have developed
第三部分：阅读理解（共三节，共42分）
第一节（共11小题；每小题2分，共22分）
A篇：43-45 DBC B篇：46-49
BDCA
C篇：50-53 BCAD
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
54-58 ACEFB
第三节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
阅读短文，回答问题。
1. 79000 tons of plastic waste.
2. Because plastic has worked its way up the food chain directly onto our plates.
3. 略（至少对句子的两处语言进行正确改写）
4. Underline: we have to stop using plastic completely. (前后多划词块不扣分)
Lebreton believes that we should be more careful of how we use plastic instead of not using it at all.
5. We can take our own bottles to buy milk tea.
We can bring our own tote bags when shopping.
We can buy less bottled water.
We can reuse plastic bags as often as possible.
We can give plastic bottles to the recycling station.
We can use our own cutlery when eating takeouts.
第四部分：课文知识（共15分）
第一节
单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，共5分）
1. proposals 2. Impression 3. beyond 4. contentedly 5. ignoring
第二节
完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
1. Working through/ Having worked through 2. To sum up 3. to reflect on
4. am honored to 5. be bothered to
第五部分：写作表达（共15分）
略