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高一下学期英语期末考试试卷
一、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项
,
并在答题卡上将该项
涂黑。
1.
阅读理解
Bookscan’t stop
a global pandemic. But, for a short while, they
can let us
forgetthe world around us
and transport us to different places, allowing us
to
travelin spirit. Here are some picks
for this month:
RohintonMistry: A Fine Balance
Mistry’snovel focuses on
the lives of four central characters whose lives
are on adownward spiral, from poverty
to outright destitution and, ultimately,
death.
Mistrydoes
not
whitewash
the
reality
of
urban
poverty
in
India.
But
as
readers,
webecome
absorbed
in
his
characters
lives
we
hope
with
them,
we
fear for themand, at the end, we cry
for them.
ElenaFerrante: Mу
Brilliant Friend
ElenaFerante’r
novels
take
us
straight
to
the
Italian
city
of
Napoli
Starting withMy Brilliant Friend, the
four novels chart the intensive relationship
betweentwo
girl,
Elena
Greco
and
Raffaella
Cerullo
who
grow
up
in
a
poorneighborhood in the 1950s.
ReadingFerrante’s
description calls forth images of Napoli and makes
us
feel like weare standing in the
Piazza del Plebiscito. We can fell, hear and smell
Napoliaround
us.
PatrickModiano: The
Search Warrant
TheSearch
Warrant pieces
together the
real-life story
of Dora
Bruder,
a
youngJewish
girl
who
went
missing
in
Paris
in
December
1941.
Modiano
attempts
toretrace
Dora’s
movements
across
Paris
and
his
book
is
full
of
evocativedescriptions of
quiet squares and streets.
By
tracing
Dora’s
possible
steps,
Modiano
evocatively
recreates
the
twilightatmosphere of Paris under
occupation.
KazuoIshiguro:
The Remains of the Day
TheRemains
of
the
Day
tells
the
story
of
Stevens,
the
aged
butler
of
DarlingtonHall, and his
ill judged life choices that saw him being
involved with
Britishfascism in the
interwar years.
Thisallusion to British fascism in
particular is something that makes this
novel standout; it is asubject matter
not often discussed or even taught.
（
1
）
Which book is set
in India?
A .
A
Fine
Balance.B .
My
Brilliant
Friend.C .
The
Search
Warrant.D .
The
Remains of the Day.
（
2
）
What do
My Brilliant Friend and The Search Warrant have in
common?
A . Both novels tell real life
stories.B . Both novels take place in Italy.C .
Both
are related to interpersonal
relationship.D . Both give a vivid description of
the
surroundings.
（
3
）
What is special about
The Remains of the Day?
A .
Its
moving
story.B .
Its
miserable
character.C .
Its
rarely
mentioned
subject.D . Its skillful techniques of
description.
2.
阅读理解
I’dbeen
retired
for
four
years,
when
a
friend
suggested
university.
I
thought hewas joking -I
was rubbish at school and failed my 11 plus. But
we
love
tocompete
over
Mastermind
and
University
challenge,
and
he
thought
I’d make he was
absolutely right!
I
dida
foundation
course
first,
which
was
part
time
at
the
University
LifelongLearning
Centre
,
two
nights
a
week
and
the
odd
Saturday.
I
did
quitewell, and that gave me the
confidence to do a full time, three year degree.
I’mpassionate about art, and I
alwayswanted to be here for the journey and
not the destination. That sounds
reallycorny, but it was the truth in my case.
Initiallyit was a bit
strange fitting in with my course mates. They were
all
18, s
traightout of sixth
form or college. Over time, though, they’ve all
been
fine -
now, weall get on
really well and there is no issue. I’ve made
plenty of
friends
‘m
amember
of
the
mature
students
society,
and
I
do
some
volunteering
through
theLLC,
chatting
to
prospective
students
about
my
experience of coming touniversity. I
tell them my story and basically encourage
them to give it a goyou’ve got nothing
to lose. I like to think I’ve convinced
a few of them.
I
haveno regrets at all. Enrolling in university was
the best piece of advice
I’vereceived
in years, especially post
- retirement.
I needed routine in my
life
；
I needed purpose. I’m
not going to spend my day inthe bookies or the
pub, If
you’ve got a passion for
something, you shouldpursue it.
（
1
）
What do we learn from
Paragraph 1?
A . The author often
competed with his friend at university,B . The
author
was satisfied with his
performance at school,C . The advice of his friend
was a
big
challenge
for
the
author.D
.
The
author’s
friend
told
a
joke
when
suggesting university.
（
2
）
What was it that
made him determined to pursue a full time degree?
A . His long held passion for art.B .
His boring retirement life.C . His success
in the foundation course.D . His desire
to travel to the destination.
（
< br>3
）
What is Panagraph 3
maitly about?
A . How he got along with
his course matesB . How be helped his friends at
university.C . What activities be took
part in at schoolD . What be experienced 2
a volunteer.
（
4
）
Which of the following can
serve as the title of the passage?
A
. Knowledge is power.B . It’s never too
old to learn.C
Failure is
the mother of success.D. A friend in
need is a friend indeed.
3.
阅读理解
Techgiants
Apple
and
Google
are
teaming
up
to
create
a
system
that
would
let
smartphone
users
know
when
they’v
e
come
into
contact
with
someone who has COVID-19.
Thetechnology
would
rely
on
the
Bluetooth
signals
that
smart
phones
can both sendout and receive 1aperscn
tests positive forCOVID-19, they could
inform
public
health
authorities
through
an
app.
Thosepublic
health
apps
would
then
warn
anyone
whose
smart
phones
bad
come
tear
theinfected
person’s
phone
in
the
previous
14
days.
The
technology
could
be
usedon
both
Google Android phones and Apple iPhones.
Thecompanies insist that
they will preserve smart phone
users’
privacy
and theirtechnology will be
used only by public health authorities to trace
the
spreadof COVID-19. Smart phone
users can choose to use it. The software will
notcollect
data
on
users’
physical
locations
or
their
personally
identifiableinformation.
People
who
test
positive
would
remain
unknown
to
the public, bothto the people who came
in contact with them and to Apple and
Google. “Privacyis of greatest
importance in this effort,” the companies said
in a jointstatement.
TheAmerican Civil Liberties Union has
warmed that using cellphone data
to
handlethe
pandemic
carries
risks
of
“destruction
of
privacy”.
In
a
statement
onFriday,
ACLU
cyber
security
counsel
Jennifer
Granick
said,
The
system
alsocan’t work well if people don’t trust it”. She
said t
hat the joint
Apple
andGoogle project “appears to reduce the worst
privacy risks, but there
isstill
room
for
improvement.”
She
added
that
the
contact
tracing
app
shouldbe
used
only
for
public
health
purposes
and
only
for
the
duration
of
thispandemic.
Publichealth
officials
say
the
contact
tracing
-finding
people
who
have
been
incontact
with
an
infected
person
will
be
a
key
step
in
lifting
shelter
in-
placerestrictions.
Itwould
allow people who are known to have been exposed to
the virus
to isolatethemselves, while
letting others recover normal activities.
（
1
）
What is the main purpose of
the passage?
A
.
To
advertise
for
public
health.B
.
To
introduce
a
contact
tracing
system.C .
To
warn
the
public
of
risks
of
COVID-
19.D .
To
raise
people’s
awareness of privacy protection.
（
2
）
What do
the companies promise to do in particular?
A . Warn people who test positive.B .
Protect infected people’s privacy.C .
Work with public health authorities.D .
Collect data on users physical locations.
< br>（
3
）
What does
the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 suggest?
A
.
Public
health
i
ssues
are
traced
accurately.B
.
Only
people’s
trust
influences
the
system.C .
The
system
is
at
the
risk
of
being
destroyed.D .
Jennifer
thinks the system should be better.
（
4
）
The
system is mainly designed to .
A .
ensure
infected
people’s
recoveryB .
guarantee
people’s
normal
activitiesC . help
prevent the spread of COVID-19D . encourage all
the people
to isolate themselves
4.
阅读理解
Thegovernment’s top Great
Barrier Reef scientist says a third mass coral
bleaching event in five years is a
clear signal that
themarine wonder is
“calling
for urgent help on climate
change. Corals can recoverfrom mild bleaching, but
severe bleaching can kill corals.
ProfTerry
Hughes,
director
of
the
Centre
of
Excellence
for
Coral
Reef
Studies atJames Cook University,
surveyed 1,036 reefs from a plane over nine
days in lateMarch.
Themarine park
authority also had an observer on the flights. The
survey
has releasedmaps showing that
serious levels of bleaching occurred in 2020 in
all threesections of the reef northern,
central and southern. Some 25% of the
reefs
wereseriously
bleached-meaning
that
more
than
60%
of
the
corals
on
each reef hadbleached.
TheGreat Barrier Reel has
experienced five mass bleaching events-1998.
2002,2016,2017 and 2020 -all caused by
rising ocean temperatures driven by
globalheating.
Hughes
said
there
probably
would
not
be
the
same
level
of
coral deathin the north and central
regions in 2020 as in previous years, but
this
waspartly
because
previous
bleaching
outbreaks
had
kill
off
the
less
heat-
tolerant species The 2020 bleaching was second
only to 2016 for severity,
Hughes said.
Wachenfeld
，
chief scientistat
the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Authority,
told
Guardian
Australia”My
greatest
fear
is
that
people
will
lose
hope for the reef.
Without hope
there’s no action. People
need to see these
bleaching events,
They are clearsignals that the Great Barrier Reef
is alling for
urgent help and for us to
doeverything we can”.
Measuresto improve the ability of
recovery of the reef include improving
water quality,controlling outbreaks of
coral-eating starfish, and research and
development
toimprove
the
heat
tolerance
of
corals.
“
However,
climate
change brings anew scale of impact
unlike anything we have seen before. Thus,
dealing
with
theclimate
problem
is
t
he
basis
for
everything
else
to
work,”
Wachenfeld said.
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