2019-2020學年福建省福州八中高一（上）期末英語試卷
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第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分32分）第一節(jié) （共4小題；每小題8分，滿分32分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。
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1．July 20，2021 marks the 52nd anniversary of the first moon landing.The National Space Center will provide you with super-size space experiences：a giant Earth model，a domed planetarium（穹頂天文臺） and a 42-meter rocket tower.It's all under cover so it's a good place to visit on a rainy day.
Ticket
It's not cheap-adult ＄15，5-to-10-year-olds ＄12-but once you've paid you can revisit as many times as you want in a year，and admission is free for kids under five.
Opening hours
10 am-4 pm Monday to Friday，10 am-5 pm weekends and school holidays.
What about lunch？
The Boosters Cafe serves reasonably priced hot and cold snacks and drinks at the foot of the center's two rockets.The cafe offers vegetarian（素食的） option too.
Exit through the gift shop？
It's stocked with souvenirs including books，games and telescopes.Some are quite pricey.The gift shop is the first thing you pass on entry and also the last thing you see as you leave.
（1）What gifts can you buy in the Center？
A．Rockets.
B．Telescopes.
C．Pencils.
D．Earth models.
（2）What can you learn about the National Space Center？
A．It is free for kids under 6.
B．It has two gift shops.
C．It is vegetarian-friendly.
D．It is open at night in holidays.
（3）What is this passage mainly about？
A．Holiday plans.
B．Space experiences.
C．Suggestions for visiting the Center.
D．Information about the Center.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.7 -
2．When Lily Born was Just 7，she noticed her grandfather，who has Parkinson's disease，was knocking over his cup a lot.Lily felt bad her grandmother had to clean up spills（灑出物） so often.
Lily thought his cup would be less prone to spill if it had "legs"，so she drew a picture of such a cup for her dad，Joe Born. "He took it seriously and told me，'That's your invention.Sign and date it'，which I did，" she said，"We went to Grandma and Grandpa's house and made a prototype.This was just a plastic one，but it worked!" Later，Lily noticed her dad was always spilling coffee on his computer's keyboard，so she made him a ceramic cup with legs.He loved it，too.
Though her family enjoyed using the cups，Lily didn't see them as more than gifts and didn't place much value on them.She was also struggling in school. "I was afraid of failing fourth grade.It had kind of destroyed my confidence，to be honest，" Lily said. "One day I asked my dad，'What am good at？' He asked me if I wanted to put the cups into production.It would make me see being an inventor was a real thing and something to be proud of."
The Borns flew to Jingdezhen，China to find a factory that would produce the cups and make more prototypes. "We've sold something like 1，000 cups，" Lily said. "People are buying them for elderly relatives and people with mobility issues."
As for Lily，doing business at such a young age helped her overcome her shyness. "Watching Lily blossom over this whole adventure has been an excitement for me as a dad，" Joe said. "I just can't put into words how good it feels to see her have confidence."
（1）What does the underlined word "prone" in Paragraph 2 mean？
A．unlike.
B．eager.
C．difficult.
D．likely.
（2）Why did Lily ask her dad the question in Paragraph 3？
A．She wasn't sure about her future career.
B．She was having trouble with her schoolwork.
C．She wasn't confident about her cup business.
D．She was struggling to balance her life and hobbies.
（3）Which of the following words can best describe Joe？
A．Supportive and considerate.
B．Traditional and scholarly.
C．Strict and single-minded.
D．Generous and kind-hearted.
（4）What can we learn from Lily's story？
A．Success is easily achieved through teamwork.
B．It's better to take action before it's too late.
C．A good idea and action result in success.
D．A youth is to be regarded with respect.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5 -
3．If you're looking at Mercer's top 20 livable cities as inspiration for your holiday，you would miss out many great places.According to Mercer's latest Quality of Living Survey，Moscow ranks 167 and Beijing only 119，yet both provide visitors great pleasures.Meanwhile high-ranked cities such as Kobe or Seattle may be easy places to live in，but offer little excitement to tourists.
Actually，many of the world's most livable cities are a little dull.The world isn't dashing to visit Canberra or Montreal.In fact，none of the world's 10 most visited cities appear in Mercer's top 20.Obviously，considerations for enjoyable holiday hotspots are different from those that make cities comfortable places to live in.
This should be no surprise，since the various livability lists aren't concerned with Tourists or even native people.Mercer，for example，is a Britain-based consulting company whose lists provide multinationals with information about where to start their businesses. "The success of international business is mainly influenced by necessary things such as ease of travel，communication，personal safety and good public services，" says Slagin Parakatil，who leads Mercer's research. "In short，Mercer's rating is mainly determined by whether the cities are attractive to businesses，and have good schools，hospitals and nice offices."
Still，Mercer's Quality of Living Survey has its uses for tourists，since it also looks at natural and cultural environments and entertainments.It ranks public transport and infrastructure（基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施）particularly high，a consideration shared by the World Economic Forum in reports on tourism and travel competitiveness.This includes hotels，rental-cars and even ATM numbers，all of which make a place friendly to businesses and visitors.
（1）Which city is attractive to tourists according to the text？
A．Canberra.
B．Montreal.
C．Moscow.
D．Kobe.
（2）What does the underlined word "multinationals" in paragraph 3 refer to？
A．Foreign tourists.
B．International companies.
C．Native businessmen.
D．Consulting organizations.
（3）What is important to both businesses and tourists？
A．Big banks.
B．Good hospitals.
C．Nice schools.
D．Easy public transport.
（4）What does the author say about Mercer's Quality of Living Survey？
A．It has little use for tourists and businessmen.
B．It may not be the best guidance for tourists.
C．It ranks business environments too high.
D．Businesses and tourists can rely on it for plans.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5 -
4．A favorite dish for purple sea urchins（海膽）living off the coast of California is kelp（巨藻）.The problem is，those kelp forests are shrinking rapidly and that's hurting the oceanic ecosystem.So a group of scientists carried out an experiment to see if these sea urchins can themselves become a dish.
Just off the coast，three divers get ready to jump in.They're students from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.The task：Count purple sea urchins.Their professor，Luke Gardner expects they'll find plenty of urchins.And that's not a good thing. "What they do is they just eat everything in sight，" Gardner says.These purple creatures are eating up California's kelp forests，which provide food and home for numerous sea animals.
The problem began around 2014.That's when Gardner says warmer ocean temperatures began affecting the reproduction of kelp.It's also when a disease killed off sunflower sea stars-a killer of purple sea urchins.Therefore，the purple sea urchin population grows very fast.
The divers bring Gardner quite a lot of purple sea urchins.What's inside is the part we eat the uni（海膽黃）-a type of delicious food in Japanese cuisine. "The problem with these purple sea urchins is that you open them up，sometimes there's nothing in there.And they might be a little smaller compared to market-sized urchins." says Gardner.
Then，it is time for the taste test.The class crowds into the kitchen of the restaurant Aubergine.Here，chef Justin Cogley serves uni from around the world.He opens up the purple sea urchins，taking the orange uni out and prepares it on a fried potato. "Honestly，it's rich and buttery，" Cogley says.His conclusion？He'll serve it.
It's a tasty end to the project.But this could be just the beginning.A company called Urchinomics has been selling its human-raised urchins in Japan.Now it is working to secure a site in California.It's all in an effort to save the state's kelp forests and help the thousands of animals that depend on them.
（1）What is the scientist's experiment about？
A．Turning purple sea urchins into a dish.
B．Finding new food for purple sea urchins.
C．Discovering the causes of a poor ecosystem.
D．Studying the ecosystem of the coast of California.
（2）How is Paragraph 3 mainly developed？
A．By presenting research findings.
B．By following time order.
C．By analyzing causes.
D．By making comparisons.
（3）According to Gardner，what's a problem with purple sea urchins？
A．Their uni tastes like bad butter.
B．Their size is beyond the market standard.
C．They can't be raised by humans.
D．They don't all have uni inside.
（4）What is the best title for the text？
A．Save California's Kelp by Eating Purple Sea Urchins
B．A Scientist's Cooking Dream Comes True in California
C．Kelp Forests Suffer Because of Japanese Cuisine
D．Clean Up the Sea by Restoring Kelp Forests.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5
第二節(jié)（共1小題，每小題10分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項，選項中有兩項為多余選項。
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5．Can Animals Predict Earthquakes？ The belief that animals can predict earthquakes has been around for centuries.In 373 B.C.，historians recorded that some animals deserted the Greek City of Helice in groups just days before a quake hit the place.（1）
.Fish moving violently and chickens that stop laying eggs were reported.Countless pet owners claimed to have witnessed their dogs and cats acting strangely before the ground shook.
（2）.It was documented in news reports that three days before the 2008 Sichuan earthquake，thousands of toads（蟾蜍）appeared on the streets in Mianzhu，a city hit very hard where 2，000 people were killed.Also snakes reportedly left their homes and headed for safety several days before the destructive earthquake.
（3）.Some theories are that they feel movements，or weak "shocks"，in the earth before humans do，or that they become aware of gases going out of the earth.Another belief is that animals are very much in tune with Earth's magnetic（磁性的） field，so they detect electrical signals caused by electromagnetic field changes，causing them to pay attention to the warning that an earthquake is about to happen.
The United States Geological Survey states that there has been no concrete evidence for the fact that animal behavior has a relationship with the occurrence of an earthquake. （4）.American experts on earthquakes are also skeptical.They think that animals may have strange behavior at any time due to other reasons-because they are hungry，defending their "countries"，or are about to face a dangerous situation. （5）.They continue to follow the "anecdotal evidence".The hope is that one day what they have learned will prove to be extremely useful in predicting earthquakes more accurately，thus saving millions of lives.
A.Exactly what animals have sensed can't be fully understood.
B.The connection between them has never been scientifically made.
C.Other researchers around the world，however，have not given up on the idea.
D.It is necessary to know if the animal behavior is an advanced warning signal.
E.Records of similar animal foretelling of earthquakes have surfaced ever since.
F.Wild creatures also show various kinds of abnormal reactions before earthquakes.
G.Perhaps this sense that some animals appear to have can protect us from natural disasters.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.4
第四部分完形填空（共1小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
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6．It was a Sunday morning on a subway in New York.People were sitting（1）
some reading newspapers，some lost in thought，some resting with their eyes closed.It was a calm，peaceful scene.Then（2），a man and his children entered the subway car.The children were so（3）and active that instantly the whole（4）changed.
The man sat down next to me and closed his eyes，obviously（5）of the situation.The children were yelling back and forth，（6）things，even grabbing people's papers.And yet，the man sitting next to me did nothing.
It was difficult not to feel（7）.I couldn't believe that he was（8）his children to run wild like that and was taking no（9）at all.It was easy to see that（10）else on the subway felt annoyed，too.
So finally，with what I felt was unusual patience，I turned to him and said， "Sir，your children are really（11）a lot of people.I wonder if you couldn't（12）them a little more？"
The man lifted his gaze as if to come to a consciousness（直覺） of the situation and said softly， "Oh，you're（13）.I guess I should do something about it.We just came from the hospital where their mother（14）about an hour ago.I don't know what to think，and I guess they don't know how to（15）it either."
Can you（16）what I felt at that moment？My way of thinking changed.Suddenly I saw things differently and my anger was（17）.I didn't have to worry about controlling my attitude or my behavior；my heart was filled with the man's（18）.Feelings of（19）and concern flowed freely. "Your wife just passed away？Oh，I'm so sorry!Can you tell me about it？What can I do to help？"
Everything（20）in an instant.（1） A．nervously B．quietly C．a(chǎn)nxiously D．patiently （2） A．carefully B．finally C．suddenly D．immediately （3） A．loud B．cute C．happy D．curious （4） A．climate B．view C．condition D．position （5） A．a(chǎn)fraid B．sure C．proud D．unaware （6） A．reading B．throwing C．folding D．drawing （7） A．worried B．discouraged C．a(chǎn)nnoyed D．a(chǎn)shamed （8） A．expecting B．guiding C．warning D．a(chǎn)llowing （9） A．risks B．notes C．effect D．responsibility （10） A．everyone B．someone C．nobody D．a(chǎn)nyone （11） A．supporting B．embarrassing C．disturbing D．a(chǎn)ttracting （12） A．notice B．control C．watch D．encourage （13） A．unlucky B．wrong C．right D．crazy （14） A．returned B．worked C．left D．died （15） A．handle B．describe C．recover D．understand （16） A．express B．predict C．imagine D．remember （17） A．covered B．gone C．done D．deepened （18） A．pain B．joy C．courage D．faith （19） A．strength B．trust C．freedom D．sympathy （20） A．removed B．shifted C．settled D．ended 組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5
第三部分英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié)閱讀下面句子，在空白處填入適當?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）
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7．Lucy took a few friends to my birthday party，some of
I was familiar with.組卷：10引用：3難度：0.7 -
8．The book tells stories of the earthquake through the eyes of those
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9．Please send us all the information
you have about the candidate for the position．組卷：46引用：7難度：0.8 -
10．Reading a lot is an important means by
a student of English can improve his language skills.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.7
第二節(jié)根據(jù)漢語提示完成句子（每空一詞，每空0.5分；滿分14.5分）
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29．專家們對該問題進行了調(diào)查，進行了幾次測試，然后就如何保存這些建筑物提出了建議。
Expertsthe issue，several tests，and then made afor how the buildings could be saved.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.6
第五部分書面表達（滿分20分）
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30．每年的5月22日是"世界野生動物保護日"。為提高同學們對此保護日的認識程度，學校廣播站以"Protect Wild Animals"為題，向中學生征集廣播稿。請你根據(jù)以下提示，用英語寫一篇120詞左右的廣播稿。
要求：詞數(shù)110左右（開頭已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)）
Protect Wild Animals As we know，wildlife is in a poor situation.______________________組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5