福建省厦门外国语学校2020-2021学年高一上期中考英语试题(含答案)
回忆是美好的-悄悄地提醒作文
厦门外国语
2020
-
2021
学年高一上学期期中考
英语试题
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A
、
B
、
C
和
D
四个选项中，选出最
佳选项。
A
Powerisers
The
ability to jump two meters in the air may not be
something you have thought too much about. And
most people
have never
considered running at 30 kilometers an hour. But
just stop for a moment and think about how our new
product
could change your
life.
Your daily journey to
your place of work is probably a mad dash for the
bus. There is no point in taking your car
because there are traffic jams, and
anyway the car parks are probably very expensive
or, worse still, full. Here is where
Powerisers can help. It takes just a
couple of minutes to put them on and then you are
away, going past others or even
jumping
over the object which blocks your way.
That is the practical use for our
product, but then there is sport and exercise.
Powerisers are set to be the next extreme
sport and the
keep
-
fit tools. You can
imagine the 100 meters, the high jump or
basketball performed by athletes wearing
Powerisers. And what better way to
build your muscles and keep fit?
Our product is very simple. It
is powered by a superlight spring,
which uses the gravitational
(
重力的
) pull from
your body weight and pushes you with
superhuman strength. There have been no records of
serious injury related to the
use of
Powerisers, but extreme caution is recommended. We
strongly advise the wearing of protective
clothing, including
at least a
helmet.
Powerisers
make
you
feel
as
if
you
were
walking
on
the
moon.
Now
we
make
two
different
models:
Basic
and
Professional. The Basic model is
designed for the occasional users and costs around
$$500. The Professional model, which
is
designed for the competitive use, has a
strongly
-
made structure and
different springs, though that comes at the
increased
price of $$800. Our Powerisers
are guaranteed for two years and will be replaced
without question if they fail during that
period. That is how confident we
are.
21.
According to the passage, Powerisers can help you
_______.
A. get on the
bus
C. relax
hard muscles
B. jump over blocks
D. lift heavy weights
22. A helmet is recommended to users to
_______.
A. prevent them
from being injured
B.
provide them with superhuman strength
C. offer them the feeling of walking on
the moon
D. bring them good
results in competitive situations
23. What is the author’s purpose of
writing the passage?
A. To
advertise a sports product.
B. To show advantages of taking
exercise.
C. To explain
basic principles of Powerisers.
D. To introduce the development of
Powerisers.
B
One morning more than thirty years ago,
I entered the Track Kitchen, a restaurant where
everyone from the humblest
(
卑微的
) to the most
powerful came for breakfast. I noticed an empty
chair next to an elderly, unshaven man, who looked
somewhat disheveled. He was wearing a
worn
-
out hat and was alone.
I asked if I might join him. He agreed quietly and
I
sat down to have my
breakfast.
We cautiously
began a conversation and spoke about a wide range
of things. We never introduced ourselves. I was
concerned that he might have no money
and not be able to afford something to eat. So as
I rose to go back to the counter
and
buy a second cup of coffee, I asked,
“May I get you something?”
“A coffee would be nice.”
Then I bought him a cup of coffee. We
talked more, and he accepted another cup of
coffee. Finally, I rose to leave,
wished him well, and headed for the
exit. At the door I met one of my friends. He
asked,
“How did you get to
know Mr. Galbreath?”
“Who?”
“The man
you were sitting with. He is chairman of the Board
of Churchill Downs.”
I could
hardly believe it. I was buying, offering a free
breakfast, and feeling pity for one of the world’s
richest and
most powerful
men!
My few minutes with Mr.
Galbreath changed my life. Now I try to treat
everyone with respect, no matter who I think
they are, and to meet another human
being with kindness and sincerity.
24. What does the
underlined word “disheveled” mean?
A. Unfriendly.
B. Untidy.
C. Gentle
D.
Kind
25. The author bought
coffee for the old man because _______.
A. he thought the old man was
poor
B. he wanted to start a
conversation
C. he intended
to show his politeness
D. he
would like to thank the old man
26. How did the author probably feel
after he talked with his friend?
A. Proud
B.
Pitiful.
C. Surprised
D. Regretful
27. What message does the story intend
to send?
A. We should learn
to be generous.
B. It is
honorable to help those in need.
C. People in high positions are not
like what we expect.
D. We
should avoid judging people by their
appearances.
C
“When I grow
up, I want to be a runner.” These words are spoken
by thousands of Kenyan children. 50 percent of the
Kenyan top runners are members of
Kalenjin, one minority race of the country. They
make up less than two percent of
Kenya’s population. This fact has
puzzled sports scientists. They have spent
considerable time and effort trying to answer
one question: What enables the Kalenjin
people to run so fast?
Although the question seems simple,
finding the answer has proven to be difficult and
controversial (
有争议的
). A
team of Danish sports scientists spent
18 months and discovered the Kalenjins had
remarkably slow heart rates even when
running long distances. The Kalenjins
live in high
-
elevation
(
高海拔
) villages in the Rift
Valley in western Kenya. People
living
at high elevations produce more red blood cells,
which aid in the transport of oxygen throughout
the body. Because
the air is thinner
and contains less oxygen at high elevations, the
body produces more red blood cells. Scientists
believe
there is a connection between
increased red blood cells and low heart rates and
that both may enable
high
-
altitude athletes
to
outperform
those
who
train
at
low
altitudes.
The
Danish
scientists
also
studied
the
bodies
of
the
Kalenjins
and
compared them to those of the Danes.
They found that the Kalenjins have longer
“birdlike” legs. The Kalenjins also have
lower body mass indexes (a measure of
body fat based on weight and height) and shorter
bodies than Danish people.
As
a
result
of
the
Danish
study,
some
scientists
made
the
conclusion
that
the
Kalenjins
possess
what
is
called
a
“speed gene
(
基因
)”. However, Kenyan
runners were offended by this conclusion. They
owed their success to hard work
and
endless hours of training.
Although the controversy over the
“speed gene” remains unsolved, British runner Mo
Farah’s experience offers an
interesting perspective on the subject.
In 2005, he realized he wasn’t meeting his
potential as a runner. A group of Kenyan
runners were training in England then.
After he accidentally observed the Kenyans’ strict
training routines and dedication
to
their sport, Farah said it was like a switch had
been turned on in his head. He began eating
healthy foods, going to bed
early, and
training harder than he had ever trained in his
life. As a result, Farah’s running career
exploded. He has won
seven world and
Olympic titles in the 5000m and regularly beats
Kenya’s top runners!
Farah’s
story proves what Kenyans have known all along.
Regardless of genetics, their success would not be
possible
without hard work, dedication,
sacrifice, and mental toughness. Their “secret” is
simple. Train hard, run fast and never
give up.
28. What interested the sports
scientists?
A. Kenyan sports
history.
B. Kanlenjins’
running ability.
D. Kenyans’
enthusiasm for sport.
B.
Hard training.
D. Strong
will.
C.
Unacceptable
D.
Important
C. Kanlenjins’
training methods.
A. Physical condition.
C. Healthy
lifestyle.
A.
Satisfactory.
29. According to Danish scientists,
what leads to the Kanlenjins’ success?
30. What did Kenyan runners think of
Danish research result?
B.
Typical
31. Why is Mo
Farah’s story mentioned in the passage?
A. To show running methods
count.
C. To prove effort
pays off.
B. To encourage
British athletes.
D. To
support gene theory.
D
We’ve all been
there: in a lift, in line at the bank or on an
airplane, surrounded by people who are, like us,
deeply
focused on their smartphones or,
worse, struggling with the uncomfortable
silence.
What’s
the
problem?
It’s
possible
that
we
all
have
compromised
conversational
intelligence.
It’s
more
likely
that
none of us start a conversation because
it’s awkward and challenging, or we think it’s
annoying and unnecessary. But the
next
time you find yourself among strangers, consider
that small talk is worth the trouble. Experts say
it’s an invaluable
social practice that
results in big benefits.
Dismissing
small
talk
as
unimportant
is
easy,
but
we
can’t
forget
that
deep
relationships
wouldn’t
even
exist
if
it
weren’t
for
casual
conversation.
Small
talk
is
the
grease
(
润滑剂
)
for
social
communication,
says
Bernardo
Carducci,
director of the Shyness Research
Institute at Indiana University Southeast. “Almost
every great love story and each big
business deal begins with mall talk,”
he explains. “The key to successful small talk is
learning how to connect with others,
not just communicate with
them.”
In a 2014 study,
Elizabeth Dunn, associate professor of psychology
at UBC, invited people on their way into a coffee
shop. One group was asked to seek out
an interaction (
互动
) with its
waiter; the other, to speak only when necessary.
The
results showed that those who
chatted with their server reported significantly
higher positive feelings and a better coffee
shop experience. “It’s not that talking
to the waiter is better than talking to your
husband,” says Dunn. “But interactions
with peripheral
(
边缘的
) members of our social
network matter for our
well
-
being also.”
Dunn believes that people
who reach out to strangers feel a
significantly greater sense of belonging, a bond
with
others. Carducci believes
developing such a sense of belonging starts with
small
talk.
“Small talk is
the basis of good
manners,”
he says.
32.
What phenomenon is described in the first
paragraph?
A. Addiction to
smartphones.
C. Anger with
slow service.
A.
Showing good manners.
C. Focusing on a topic.
B.
Bad behaviours in public places.
D. Absence of communication between
strangers.
B. Relating to
other people.
D. Making
business deals.
B. It raises
people’s confidence.
D. It
makes people feel good.
B.
Ways of Making Small Talk.
D. Uncomfortable Silence.
33. What is important for successful
small talk according to Carducci?
34. What does the
coffee
-
shop study suggest
about small talk?
A. It
improves family relationships.
35. What is the best title for the
text?
A. Conversational
Intelligence.
C. Benefits of
Small Talk.
C. It matters as much as a formal
talk.