新疆乌鲁木齐市第七十中学2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题

乌市七十中学 2020 学年第二学期期中考试

高一英语试卷

考试时间：120 分钟总分：100 分

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Did you know if your pulse rate rises above 100 bpm, you're deemed too emotional to think rationally? You probably let feelings cloud your judgment more often than you know. Goleman explains how you can avoid letting your emotions rule you and make better decisions in life.

1．What kind of people does the Blinkist app best suit?

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第I 卷（选择题)

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A．Successful investors. B．Rich businessmen. C．People who have little time for reading. D．Students who love books.

（本题6 分） When Warren Buffett, the most successful investor, was asked about the secret to his wealth

and success, he revealed that he read every day, 500 pages, to be precise. Unfortunately, if you're already working 9?5, you might not have the time to read at all, let alone an entire book a day. But what if you could get the benefits of reading without sacrificing all of your free time? You can! With the Blinkist app, you get the key learning in minutes, not hours or days. Our experts transform these books into quick, easy-to-understand insights. Start with the 5

most-read books.

1. Thirteen Things Me ntally Strong People Don't Do

by Amy Morin 12 min reading time 147k reads

Do you struggle to get over your failures? Getting over these can have a profound influence on your everyday life. Morin shares how her most successful patients overcame these difficulties.

2. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

by Dale Carnegie 19 min reading time 238k reads

Ever wond ered why you can't stop worrying about something? By defining the source of your stress, you can get over it once and for all. Carnegie came up with a formula that helps you handle any overthinking situation.

3. How Will You Measure Your Life?

by Clayton M. Christensen 13 min reading time 137k reads

Are you making the right trade-offs (权衡) in life? While career achievements can be satisfying, neglecting your family and friends can be bad in the long-run — in ways you can't even imagine.

4. Finding Your Element

by Ken Robinson 13 min reading time 62.4k reads

Everyone has a passion. If you don't know what yours is,it just means you haven't discovered it yet. Find out how you can break free of society's strict rules and find your calling in life.

5. Emotional Intelligence

by Daniel Goleman 16 min reading time 318k reads

2．Which book has been read by the largest number of people? A．How to Stop Worrying and Start Living.

B．How Will You Measure Your Life? C．Finding Your Element. D．Emotional Intelligence.

3．Which book offers advice to people who feel stressed? A．Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do. B．How to Stop Worrying and Start Living.

C．How Will You Measure Your Life? D．Finding Your Element.

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（本题12 分）Learning Chinese could be one of the most important decisions you ever make. Chinese is becoming the language to learn in the 21st century. With the world’s largest population and a rapidly growing middle

class, China stands to become the engine of the world’s economy in the coming years. This will make learning Chinese very important for people in many industries, or for those of us who wish to visit China or learn from its culture and history.

There is an ongoing effort to modernize the writing system and standardize the language. An increasing number of people learning Chinese are learning

the Mandarin, so unless you absolutely need to learn another dialect (such as Cantonese), be sure you are studying Mandarin.

For native English speakers Chinese is one of the most difficult and most different languages to learn. T he vocabulary is wholly unfamiliar and unlike anything we know. In addition, in the Chinese tone system, words are spoken in rising or falling tones, which help to distinguish between them. Furthermore, there is the Chinese writing

system--- a collection of thousands of individual ideograms (表意文字), or symbols, which represent a word or an

idea. These ideograms have no phonetic value---that is to say, we can’t tell how the word is pronounced by how it is

written. There is a method to present written Chinese in a phonetic script called pinyin. If you are learning Chinese, you’ll be working with this pinyin system, but the beauty of the tra ditional writing system shouldn’t be passed up. All these factors make learning Chinese difficult for us. Yet, for a determined learner, there’s always a way to overcome

it.

4．Learning Chinese is becoming more and more important, because .

A．Chinese engines are very welcome

B．China has the world’s largest population C．there are more and more rich people in China D．China has become important to the world economy 5．From the text we can learn that . A．the author thinks Chinese is as difficult as English

B．the author is interested in the Chinese language and its culture

C．foreign languages can play a great role in industrial development D．as long as the pinyin system is learned well, one can learn Chinese well

6．The last paragraph mainly tells us about . A．the difficulties of learning Chinese

B．the advantages of learning Chinese

C．the Chinese tone system

D．the Chinese writing system

7．What would be probably written following this text? A．The sources of

Chinese characters.

B．The importance of learning Chinese. C．The advice on how to learn Chinese.

Brown and colleagues report how 15 actors, mainly theatre students, were trained to take on a Shakespeare

role —either Romeo or Juliet —in a theatre workshop. They were then invited into the laboratory, where their brains were scanned in a series of experiments.

Once inside the MRI scanner, the actors were asked to answer a number of questions, such as: would they go to the party? And would they tell their parents that they had fallen in love?

Each actor was asked to respond to different questions, based on two different premises (前提). In one, they

were asked for their own perspective, while in the other, they were asked to respond as though they were either

Romeo or Juliet.

The results revealed that the brain activity differed depending on the situation being tested. The team found that when the actors were in character, they use some third-person knowledge or inferences about their

character.

The team said they also found additional reduction in activity in two regions of the prefrontal cortex (前额皮质)

linked to the sense of self, compared with when the actors were responding as themselves.

However, Philip Davis, a professor at the University of Liver pool, was unimpressed by the research, saying acting is about far more than "pretending" to be so meone — it involves embodying (体现) the text and language.

8．How did Dr Brown's team conduct their research? A．By scanning the brain activity of some actors. B．By doing a survey with some theatre goers. C．By interviewing some theatre teachers.

D．By consulting some experienced researchers.

9．What is the finding of Dr Brown's research? A．Acting is not as mysterious as people think. B．Actors' brain activity differs when they are acting. C．Acting is far more than pretending to be the character.

D．The difficulties of learning other languages.

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D．Actors' brain activity is more active when they are in character.

10．How did Philip Davis react to the research?

（本题12 分）"Acting is the least mysterious of all crafts," Marion Brando once said. But for scientists,

working out what is going on in an actor's head has always been something of a puzzle.

Now, researchers have said actors show different patterns of brain activity depending on whether they are in character or not.

Dr Steven Brown, from McMaster University in Canada, said, "It looks like when you are acting, you are suppressing (压制) yourself; almost like the character is possessing you."

A．He supported it. B．He doubted it. C．He explained it. D．He advocated it.

11．What is the text mainly about? A．A debate of how the brain functions. B．A play written by Shakespeare.

C．A research on the brain activity of actors.

D．A report of the cooperation of scientists and actors.

23 , my mother refused my request because she was worried about my

24 . In spite of(尽管) the fact, I tried

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（本题10 分）How can you make a difference in your life?

to 25 her, telling her about our destinations and my classmates’ 26 experiences of visiting Taipei, but she just said, “Unless parents 27 you, you can’t go.” I did my best to 28 her but it was all in vain. I

faced a dilemma. On the one hand, I knew that Mother’s firm disagreement was because my brother was injured in an

As the famous poem Youth has written “Youth is not a time of life,it’s a state of mind.”But how can you make a difference in your life?

12．.The skills of learning, the knowledge of learning as well as the process of learning are all wealth and

treasures in our life, which make your simple life interesting. You could also gain social experience from taking part in large activities and gain knowledge from books you read. 13．. and take part in any activity which can show your characteristics.

Secondly, as the old saying goes “Although you have failed one hundred times, there’s still another chance for you to catch.” 14．.So grasp every opportunity to express your strong point and put your heart into it. Thirdly, 15．.So it’s of great significance to be an optimist. That is we ought

not to hesitate to meet any challenges in our life.

Last but not least, to have a regular life style is a good way to keep healthy and achieve your ambition. It goes without saying that a strong body is the capital of a revolution.

16．. you could be able to adapt to the contemporary life and make a difference in your simple life.

A．If everything is possible B．When all is said and done C．Let’s cheer up our success

D．Be confident，behave yourself in public

E. That’s what makes life active and powerful

F. failure or success mostly depends on one’s a ttitude towards things

G. Firstly those who have a good command of learning can manage things well

三、完形填空

（本题30 分）I have lived in Keelung for over twenty years. Before 20, I had not traveled abroad. The

17 places I had visited were scenic spots in my hometown. I was always told to come back home right away after school. My two schools were very 18 ; it took less than fifteen minutes to arrive at the schools from home.

19 I was a junior-high-school student, after a final exam, a few classmates 20 me to visit

Taipei. Needless to say, I was full of 21 and asked Mother for 22 to join this hike. But to my

accident when he was traveling. To be a considerate son, should I 29 my desire? On the other hand, I didn’t want to 30 a valuabl e opportunity to grow up and to be 31 . Filled with sadness and anger, I 32 a cold war with Mother. I neither talked with her nor did I go out of my room. Two days later, my mother not only

33 my classmates about the visit but also called their parents to

34 safety problem. Through a number of phone calls, finally she agreed. Before I left, 35 , she once again talked about her concern. I listened carefully and patiently and gave her a thankful embrace because I knew that was the way my mother’s 36 went. 17．A．richest B．farthest C．best D．largest

18．A．steep B．near C．dangerous D．boring

19．A．Though B．After C．Since D．When

20．A．invited B．promised C．forced D．attracted

21．A．energy B．hope C．excitement D．surprise

22．A．help B．advice C．money D．permission 23．A．puzzle B．hesitation C．regret D．disappointment 24．A．study B．health C．safety D．age 25．A．convince B．trust C．overcome D．control 26．A．necessary B．enough C．steady D．creative 27．A．accompany B．reject C．participate D．declare 28．A．remove B．encourage C．persuade D．inspire 29．A．give away B．give off C．give out D．give up 30．A．miss B．avoid C．ignore D．abolish 31．A．independent B．smart C．separate D．sensitive

32．A．started B．gathered C．picked D．ended 33．A．motivated B．reminded C．informed D．consulted 34．A．discuss B．study C．research D．require 35．A．otherwise B．therefore C．however D．thus 36．A．fear B．love C．expectation D．appreciation

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