江苏省苏州实验中学教育集团2020-2021学年高一下学期期中测试英语试题

江苏省苏州实验中学教育集团至学年第二学期期中测试20202021高一英语（本卷共计分，考试时间分钟）150150第一部分听力（共两节，满分分）30做题时，先将答案标在试卷上录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上第一节（共5小题,每小题

1.5分，满分7・5分）听下面段对话每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的、、三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的5A BC相应位置听完每段对话后，你都有秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题每段对话仅读一遍

101.What are the speakerstalking aboutA.The man*s work.B.The man*s wife.C.The womanswork.

2.What*s theweather likenowA.Cloudy.B.Rainy.C.Sunny.

3.Why does the mantelephone the womanA.To booka ticket.B.To confirmhis flight.C.To cancelhis reservation.

4.Why wasTom unableto goto the departmentstores yesterdayA.His brotherwas ill.B.He wentto thepark.C.He hadto bewith hisfamily.

5.Whats theprobable relationshipbetween the speakersA.Teacher andstudent.B.Boss andsecretary.C.Husband andwife.第二节（共小题,每小题分，满分分）15L

522.5听下面段对话或独白每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的、、三个选项中选出最佳5A BC选项，并标在试卷的相应位置听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题秒钟；听完后，5各小题将给出秒钟的作答时间每段对话或独白读两遍5听第段材料，回答第、题667A.They hadsome bread.B.They watcheda play.C・They atesome pizza.

7.Where willthey gonextA.A coffeeshop.B-A theatre.C.Their home.听第段材料，回答第、题

7898.What willSimon doA.He willmeet Mary.B・He willgo downtownC.He willdrive Jennyscar.

9.Where willthe speakersmeetA.At Jennysplace.B・At Simonsplace.C.At Marysplace.听第段材料，回答第至810题

126.What didthe twospeakers dojust now

10.Why willthe womansfather go to ParisA.He hasplanned totravel there.B.He hasfound a new job there.C.He has been askedto workthere.

11.What problemmay the family faceA.Father willtravel frequently.B.They willvisit Parisnow and then.C.They willhave tolearn foreignlanguages.知人们一直认为，当遇到龙卷风时，最平静的地方是中

12.Where willthe womansfamily probablybe inJuly心风暴眼但本周在加拿大阿尔伯塔省三山镇拍摄的一张照片表明，也许没有什么地方比在Theunis Wessels平静的内心更平静了由此可推知，第一段是通过比较展开的故选D细节理解题根据第二段中

5.C“It allstarted whenMr Wesselswife,Cecilia,was warnedby theirnineyearold daughterthat he was cutting grassin theiryard whena violenttornado appearedin thedistance.When herhusband refusedto einside,.”可知这一切都始于当saying itwas movingaway from them,Mrs Wesselstook aphoto to show her parents thestorm时先生的妻子被岁的女儿警告说爸爸他在院子里割草时，远处出现了猛烈的龙卷风当她Wessels Cecilia,9的丈夫拒绝进屋，说它正在远离他们时，夫人拍了一张照片给父母看风暴由此可知，拍这张Wessels Cecilia照片是为了通知她的父母有龙卷风故选Co细节理解题根据最后一段中

6.B“When askedlater aboutthe tornado^approach tohim,Mr Wesselsresponded,4was.”可知当被问及龙卷keeping aneye onit/seeming ascool ashis gardeningstyle and attracting morethan alittle respect风将靠近他时的感受时，先生回答说“我一直在关注着它他看上去就像他的园艺风格一样冷静，Wessels让人肃然起敬由此可知，选项“面对龙卷风，他表现得镇定自若”可能会让先生受到尊重故B Wessels选B主旨大意题根据第一段中

7.A“But aphoto taken this week in the small Canadian town of Three Hills,Alberta,suggests可知但本周在加拿大阿尔伯that there is perhaps no place more peaceful than inside the calm mind of Theunis Wessels.“塔省三山镇拍摄的一张照片表明，也许没有什么地方比在平静的内心更平静了结合文章主Theunis Wessels要说明了一张加拿大男子平静注视龙卷风的照片在社交媒体上广为流传，堪称“冷静”的大Theunis Wessels师之作解释了这张照片背后的事情经过，以及先生本人对此的看法由此可知，这篇文章的主旨Wessels是一名男子无视加拿大的龙卷风故选AC【答案】【解析】【分析】本文是议论文，英国最古老的家族明信片公司将停止生产明信片，原因是社交媒体越来越发达，人们更倾向于在社交平台上分享生活【题详解】8推理判断题根据第二段“If youget a postcard fromsomeone whos away somewhere,ifs asmuch thethought that theyve（麻烦）gone through the hassleof choosinga postcard,working outwhere toget astamp from,finding apostbox andthen（如果你收至某人从the postcardmaking thatjourney throughto you.”U某个地方寄来的明信片，同样会想到他们经历了选择一张明信片，想办法从哪里买邮票，找到一个邮箱的麻烦，然后明信片一路来得你的身边）可知，寄明信片的过程很麻烦，经历很长的旅程，因此推断体现了对方对你的爱，故选项B【题详解】9词义猜测题根据第三段“People arealso tendingto takeshorter holidays,meaning they are likely to have arrived home（人们也倾向于休更短的假期，这意味着long before their postcards.As aresult the business wasno longerviable.”他们很可能在寄明信片之前很久就到家了因此，这种生意不再）可知，人们的回家速度比明信片viable到达的速度更快，所以就不需要明信片了，可以推断这种生意不复存在，所以的意思是“存在”，故viable选项A【题详解】10主旨大意题根据最后——段“As aresult theywere announcinga proposalto withdrawfrom publishing.The number of（结postcards sold each yearis reportedto haveseen asharp declineto aboutfive millionfrom20million just25years ago.”果他们宣布了一项退出出版业的提议据报道，每年售出的明信片数量从年前的万张急剧下降到大252000约万张）并结合全文内容可知，本文通过讲述英国最古老的家族明信片公司将停止生产明信片，介绍500明信片行业发展前景不好，如果得不到扶持将无法生存因此推断项“明信片行业需要扶持才能生存”D为最佳标题，概况了文章的主旨故选项D【题详解】11推理判断题文章主要在描述英国一家明信片公司将停止生产明信片，和商业有关，所以可能来源于商业专栏故选项BD【分析】本文是一篇说明文文章主要介绍了残奥会选手阿纳斯塔西娅•帕格尼丝岁失明，但她身残志14不残，最终通过不懈努力取得成功【题详解】24细节理解题根据文章第五段“Nobody wantedto train the blindgirl,she recalledin aninterview withTEAM USA.（没人想训练这个盲女，”她在接受“美国队”采访时回忆说户可知，帕格尼丝退出比赛后面临着很难找“到教练的困难故选B【题详解】25细节理解题根据文章第六段“I wantto helppeople theway Ineeded help,^Pagonis toldTEAM USA.“I starteddoingInstagram and social media and was soon getting a bunch of replies saying,Wow!You reallyhelped me get through badthings/or,I wasgetting bulliedin schooland youhelped meget throughthat/or,You letme know how much I was worth.（“我想用我需要的方式帮助别人，”帕格尼丝告诉“美国队“我开始刷和社交媒体，很快就Instagram收到了很多回复，‘哇!你真的帮我度过了一些不好的事情，’或者我在学校被人欺负，是你帮我度过的‘，或者你让我知道了我的价值）”可知，帕格尼丝帮助很多人度过难关故选C【题详解】26词义猜测题根据文章最后一段划线词后句“飞飞（这是（让）我快乐的地my happy place,”she toldTODAY.“方，”她告诉《今日》杂志广可知，帕格尼丝回到水利心情很好由此推知，为“心情愉悦”in her element之意故选A【题详解】27主旨大意题根据文章第一段Paralympian AnastasiaPagonis9remarkable success story began when she lost her visionat age

14.（残奥会选手阿纳斯塔西娅・帕格尼丝非凡的成功故事始于她14岁失明时广及全文内容可知，文章主要介绍了残奥会选手阿纳斯塔西娅・帕格尼丝14岁失明，但她身残志不残，最终通过不懈努力取得成功，即文章告诉我们残疾并不会限制一个人的成功故选D【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了维基百科的相关内容【题详解】16根据上文可知百科全书以前是以书籍的形式印刷的由此可知，本句“Encyclopedias usedto beprinted asbooks.”是在说明百科全书目前的情况项中的代词指代前一句中的故选项“现在，他们大B theyEncyclopedias B多在网上找到”符合上下文语境，故选B【题详解】17根据上文“Wiki is an internetterm thatmeans awebsite thatcan beedited bythe public.It esfrom“wikiwiki”,a『可知维基”是Hawaiian wordfor“quick”.Two Americans,Jimmy Walesand Larry Sanger,created Wikipediain2001一个互联网术语，意思是“可以由公众编辑的网站:它来自于夏威夷语意思是“快”两名美国“wikiwiki”,人，和在年创建了维基百科以及后文Jimmy WalesLarrySanger2001“It has about6million articlesin300languagesand is visited by billions ofpeople eachday,who wantto findinformation onjust about anythingscience,math,languages,art,可矢口它有种语言的万篇文章，每天有数十亿人访问它，他们想要找到关于culture andpany histories.”300600任何东西的信息——科学、数学、语言、艺术、文化和公司历史由此可知，上文介绍了维基百科名字的由来、创始人、以及所收藏的信息，本句承接上文继续围绕维基百科介绍且后面句子里的主语与选项中it,F的指代一致故选项“它现在是互联网上访问量第五大的网站”符合上下文语境，故选it FF【题详解】18本句为段首语，根据下文“Except for a smallnumber ofpages,anyone canedit articles,anonymously orwith auser可知除了少数网页外，任何人都可以以匿名的形式或使account,and registeredusers cancreate theirown articles.”用用户名对文章进行自由编辑由此可知，本段介绍的是维基百科的编辑模式选项“维基百科采用开放C编辑模型”符合上下文语境，故选C【题详解】19本句的位置在段首，引出一个新的话题结合后文“Many Wikipediapages containerrors,although theorganization has可知许多维基百科页面包含错误，尽管该组织有一个内容a contentreview systemthat works to fix this problem.”审查系统来修复这个问题由此可知，本段介绍的维基百科所存在的问题，选项中是一个重要的G however衔接标志词，表明后面的内容与前面的信息相反故选项“然而，有些人怀疑维基百科内容的准确性”符G合上下文语境，故选G【题详解】20根据上文.”可知它不以广告盈利由此可知，本句是在说明维基百科的资金来“It doesnot relyon advertising源，选项中作为一个重要的衔接标志词，使得该句与前句形成对比故选项“相反，它所有的资D insteadD金都来自捐赠”符合上下文语境，故选D完形填空【分析】本文是一篇记叙文讲述了作者观看温布尔登网球公开赛的经历以及感想【题详解】21考查动词词义辨析句意我决定看这场比赛，只是因为拉斐尔纳达尔在场上看；玩；A.look B.playC.watch观看；D.show展示根据u Wimbledon tournament was going on.可知，作者决定观看watch温布尔顿公开赛的这一场比赛故选C【题详解】22考查名词词义辨析句意然后是他的对手对手；朋友；队友；A.opponent B.friend C.teammate D.roonnnate室友根据By thesecond set,it hadbee7that DustinBrown bythat timeeveryone knewhis namewas beatingNadal.”和下文比赛场景的描述可知，此8处应为纳达尔的比赛对手故选opponent Ao【题详解】23考查名词词义辨析句意“古怪的”是我看到他时脑海中出现的第一个想法一一齐腰长发，穿舌洞，纹身人；提醒物；名字；思考根据A.person B.reminder C.name D.thought“waistlength对达斯汀外表的描述可知，作者看到这一陌生球员的第一个想法是，这是hair,tongue piercing,tattoos.thought个古怪的家伙故选D【题详解】24考查名词词义辨析句意比赛开始时，观众席上为纳达尔大声欢呼声音；欢呼；A.voices B.cheers感觉；歌根据C.feelings D.songs So every rally that Brown won.there wereloud cheers.Even Ihad startedcheering可知，为原词复现刚开始，观众都为纳达尔大声欢呼故选for himnow.”cheers B【题详解】25考查动词短语词义辨析句意但随着比赛的进行，似乎纳达尔每个回合都被这个“怪人”逼得满场跑A.继续；号召；踢掉;出发根据went onB.called onC.kicked offD.set off“it seemedthat Nadal was made to run on every可知，随着比赛继续进行下去，似乎每一轮击球纳达尔都被这个无名小卒逼得rally by this“weirdo”.”went on满场跑故选A【题详解】26考查名词词义辨析句意观众都惊呆了观众；选手；听众；参观者A.audience B.player C.listener D.visitor根据uHow couldhe playlike this可知,观众audience惊呆了故选A【题详解】27考查形容词词义辨析句意显而易见，到第二局时，达斯汀-布朗那时大家都知道他的名字已经毫不费力地击败了纳达尔怀疑的；有意义的；精彩的；显然的结A.doubtfiH B.meaningful C.wonderful D.obvious合上文对比赛过程的描述和可知，比赛结果显而易见“So every rally that Brown won.”故选obvious oD【题详解】28考查副词词义辨析句意显而易见，到第二局时，达斯汀•布朗（那时大家都知道他的名字）已经毫不费力地击败了纳达尔不幸地；毫不费力地；徒劳地；主要A.unfortunately B.effortlessly C.fruitlessly D.basically地根据上文说的达斯汀逼得纳达尔满场跑”以及下文可知，达斯汀毫不费力“SoeveryrallythatBrownwon.”地打败了纳达尔故选B【题详解】29考查动词词义辨析句意他们很高兴一个有成就的人被打败了打击；敲击；A.stricken B.knocked C.beaten打败；担心根据D.worried“My unclewas visitingus that evening.As hesaw all this,he said,Look atall theseenvious可知，作者舅舅认为，观众之所以感到兴奋，是因为他们很喜欢看到功成名就的大人物被打败（）people.”beaten故选Co【题详解】30考查名词词义辨析句意我感到一阵悲伤压力;悲伤;激动;A.Pressure B.Sadness C.Excitement D.愉快结合可知，听了舅舅的Pleasure“I startedfeeling11that evenI wasenjoying seeinga greatplayer goingdown.”评论，作者突然感到一阵悲伤（Sadness）,反省自己是否也有看到名人落败而落井下石的心态故选B【题详解】31考查形容词词义辨析句意我开始感到内疚，因为即使是我也喜欢看到一个伟大的球员倒下高兴A.glad的；放松的；奇怪的；内疚的根据“可知,作B.relaxed C.strange D.guilty10struck me.”者为自己的这种心态感到愧疚（）故选guilty oD【题详解】32考查名词词义辨析句意甚至在比赛结束，布朗赢了的时候，我还是情绪低落比赛；A.match B.training训练；C.test测试；D.struggle努力根据Wimbledon tournamentwas goingon.v可知，直到比赛（match）结束，作者仍然心情低落故选A【题详解】33考查动词词义辨析句意临睡前，他把手放在我肩上，在我耳边低声说“他们欢呼，不是因为一个伟大的选手倒下了，他们感到高兴大笑；开玩笑；低语；警告根据A.laughed B.joked C.whispered D.warned“My可知，父亲观察到作者的情绪，在睡前对他dad saw allthis.Before going to sleep,he kepthis handon myshoulder耳语（whispered）,解开他的心结故选C【题详解】34考查动词词义辨析句意临睡前，他把手放在我肩上，在我耳边低声说“他们欢呼，不是因为一个伟大的选手倒下了，他们感到高兴竞争；改善;意识到；落下；落败A.peting B.improving C.realizing D.falling根据They cheeredbecause that weirdo*showed everyone that even the best can be beaten if you try hard,no matterhowyoulook.v可知，父亲的理解是，其他观众的兴奋之情并不是由于看到一个伟大的选手落败（falling）,而是看到了即便是无名小卒，只要肯努力，也有希望击败顶级巨星故选D【题详解】35考查名词词义辨析句意布朗给了他们希望利益；希望；自由；乐趣A.benefit B.hope C.freedom D.fun根据可知，只要肯努力，也有希望击败顶级巨星，因此布朗带来了希eventhe bestcan bebeaten if you tryhard,望，故选B语法填空【篇章导读】研究表明，吃肉多的人容易患心血管疾病,早死的几率大

61.products【解析】考查名词复数是可数名词，此处作宾语，需用复数形式product

62.between【解析】考查介词此处是的搭配，依据语境可知是找到了两者之间的关系，故填between…and…betweeno

63.published【解析】考查过去分词此处表被动，作后置定语，因此需用过去分词形式

64.higher【解析】考查形容词比较级依据句中的可知此处需用比较级形式who atemore redmeat

65.an【解析】考查冠词此处作同位语，解释说明因此需用不定Kuopio IschaemicHeart DiseaseRisk FactorStudy,冠词，而且是以元音音素开头的单词，故填ngoing an

66.was made【解析】考查时态语态此处作谓语且与主语间为动宾关系，需用被动语态，文章讲述的是过去的事情,make故填was made

67.who【解析】考查关系词此处修饰先行词代指人，故用引导定语从句Those,who

68.majority【解析】考查名词该空前有后有介词因此需用名词形式the,of,

69.actually【解析】考查副词此处修饰动词，需用副词形式

70.getting【解析】考查动名词是介词，因此其后用动名词形式of应用文写作【分析】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生写一个书面通知，表达学生会将举办一次以中医药为主题的英语演讲比赛的相关情况【详解】第一步审题体裁应用文时态根据提示，时态应为一般现在时和一般将来时要求.比赛目的；

1.比赛时间及地点月下午点，报告厅；21141=

13.报名时间及地点月日，学生会办公室3102630第二步:列提纲（重点词组）improve students9spoken English；inspire theirinterest in；traditional Chinese medicine；hold anEnglish speech contest；in the lecture hall；sign upfor；at the office of Student Union;be wellprepared;are supposed to第三步连词成句

1.In order to improvestudents spokenEnglish.

2.Inspire theirinterest inlearning traditional Chinese medicine.

3.we aregoing to hold an Englishspeech contest on traditional Chinese medicine in thelecture hall at300p.m.onNovember4,

2020.

4.1fyouhave an interest in it,you can sign up at theoffice ofStudent Union from October26through October

30.

5.Please tryyour best and be wellprepared.

6.You aresupposed toget thereon time.

7.All thestudents arewele.根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句，注意主谓一致和时态问题第四步连句成篇（衔接词）通知简短，语言简洁本文没有使用表文章结构顺序..或表并列补充关系Firstly/First,Secondly/Second.Besides,等衔接词第一句巧妙使用介词短语说明通知的目的；第二句使用了的定语Moreover in ordertoThose who…从句，说明了想参赛的对象【点睛】范文内容完整，通知把比赛目的、比赛时间及地点、报名时间及地点等要点清析表达，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当，上下文意思连贯，符合逻辑关系作者在范文中使用了一个主从复合句Those whohave这句话运用了引导aninterest init cansign upat theoffice ofStudent Unionfrom October26through October30o who的定语从句使用了固定词组等文章思路清晰，上下句转换自然，inspire theirinterest in;be supposedto do为文章增色添彩A.In London.B.In Paris.C.In Germany.听第段材料，回答第至题

9131613.Why does the mancheck the price of the necklaceA.The pricetags aremistaken.B.The priceon thetag isunreasonable.C.The womancant findthepricetag.

14.How muchdoes theshort necklacecostC.$1,

500.A.$

199.B.$

600.

15.What is the determiningfactor of the necklacespriceC.The quality.A.The size.B.The length.

16.What doesthewomanbuy atlastA.The longernecklace andthe ring.B.Neither thenecklace northe ring.C.The shorternecklace andthe ring.听第段材料，回答第至题

10172017.Who is the speakerprobably talkingtoC.Parents.A.Young campers.B.Camp leaders.

18.How manykids arethere ina cabinC.Twelve.A.Eight.B.Seven.

19.Where willthe kidshave breakfastC.In theircabins.A.In thefield.B.In thebig tent.

20.What doesthespeakermainly talkaboutA.Guidance onhow tolook afterkids.B.Tips onenjoying travellingat CanyonFall.C.Instructions onworking ata summercamp.第二部分阅读（共两节，满分分）第一节（共小题；每小题

2.5分，满分分）

501537.5阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A BCD四个选项中选出最佳选项Thank youfor lendingus yoursupport byplanning avisit toRavenglassEskdale Railway.Please note,in orderto（容量）manage capacity and ensure the safety of our passengers and staff,all passengersare requiredto purchasea datedand limed ticket beforehand.Do bearin mindthat thetickets arenever soldon site.Departure stationsare RavenglassorDalegarth.Our intermediatestations willbe closeduntil furthernotice.（彳亍程）There arelots to explore fromour twostation stop;find outmore withour onlineitinerary planner.If youarea wheelchairuser,please callus ahead of your visit toprebook yourspace.Visit ourwebsite for more detailsand toplanyourvisit,ravenglassrailway,co.uk.Tel:

01229717171.（）Timetable Afrom RAVENGLASSDepartArrive Returntimes fromDalegarth10:2511:0511:5012:5014:1015:1016:3017:2011:2512:0512:5014:1015:1016:3017:20—12:5013:3014:1015:1016:3017:20——13:5014:3015:1016:3017:20———15:1015:5016:3017:20————16:1016:5017:20—————Timetable Bfrom DALEGARTHDepartArrive Returntimes fromRavenglass11:5012:3012:5013:5015:1016:10—12:5013:3013:5015:1016:10——14:1014:5015:1016:10———15:1015:5016:10————16:3017:10Single journeyonly.No returnoption17:2018:00Single Journeyonly.No returnoptionFaredSingleAdultReturnSingleReturnChildUnder

521.Which of the followingshould passengerspay specialattention toA.Child safetyshould beensured.B.Tickets mustbe bookedin advance.C.New stationsare beingconstructed.D.The capacitywill soonbe improved

22.How longdoestherailway tripbetween Ravenglassand DalegarthlastA.Half anhour B.Forty minutesC.One hourD.Eightyfive minute.

23.How muchshould afamily oftwo parentsandababy payforaround tripA.24pounds B.32pounds.C.36pounds D.4pounds.BIt has always been thought that when it es to tornadoes,the mostpeaceful placeisthecentre:the eyeof thestorm.Buta photo takenthis weekin thesmall Canadiantown ofThree Hills,Alberta,suggests that there isperhaps noplace morepeacefulthan insidethe calmmind ofTheunis Wessels.It allstarted whenMr Wesselswife,Cecilia,was warnedby theirnineyearold daughterthathewascuttinggrass intheiryard whena violenttornado appearedin thedistance.When herhusband refusedtoeinside,saying itwas movingawayfrom them,Mrs Wesselstook aphoto toshow herparents thestorm.The photo,which has been sharedwidely onsocialmedia,is amasterclass incalmness.In it,the socklessMr Wessels,dressed casuallyin summershorts andsunglasses,is seennever beingupset bythedisastrous columnof cloud.I tookthe picturejust toshow mymum anddad inSouth Africa,Look,there9sa tornado/andnow everyoneis like,Why isyour husbandcutting thegrass”Cecilia toldthe TimesColonist.When askedlater aboutthe tornadosapproach tohim,Mr Wesselsresponded,“I waskeeping aneyeon it,“seeming ascool ashis gardeningstyle andattracting morethan alittle respect.Alberta,Canada,“wrote oneadmiring Twitteruser,where menface theelements anddo whatneeds to be done.A writerfor Esquiremagazinestruck apensive note:I canunderstand TheunisJ PeterWade admitted,sometimes when the worldis raging

24.How isParagraph onedevelopedA.By listingtheories.B.By givingexamples.C.By analyzingcauses.D.By makingparisons.

25.Why didCecilia takethe photoA.To postit onsocial media.B.To recordher husbandsheroic act.C.To informherparentsofthe tornado.D.To provewhat isthe mostpeaceful place.

26.Which maymake Mr.Wessels respectedA.His way of gardening.B.His calmnessin theface ofatornado.C.His braveryin fightingthetornado.D.His richknowledge abouttornado.

27.What isthe mainidea ofthe passageA.A manignored atornado in Canada.B.There aresome featuresof tornadoinCanada.outside,the onlything youcan dois keepyour smallarea ofit.”C.A mansurvived surprisinglyfrom atornado.D.A picturecaused heateddiscussions.CDo youremember thelast timeyou receiveda postcardThe UKsfamilyowned oldestpostcard firm,which hasbeenpublishing postcardsand calendarssince1880,will closethis December.The reasonIt saysinstead ofpenning acard,people areputting photosup onFacebook orInstagram orusing WhatsApptoshowfriends andfamily athome justhowmuch funtheyre having.If youget apostcard fromsomeone whosaway somewhere,its asmuch thethought thattheyve gonethroughthe（麻烦hassle）of choosingapostcard,working outwhere toget astamp from,finding apostbox andthen the postcardmaking thatjourney throughto you.Thats thevalue ofthepostcard.But that time hasgone.Brothers Charlesand HarrySalmon,the fifthgeneration ofthefamilyto runthe firm,said thepopularity ofsocialmedia hadhad ahuge impacton thebusiness.People arealso tendingtotakeshorter holidays,meaning theyare likelytohave arrivedhome longbeforetheirpostcards.As aresult thebusiness wasno longerviable.Increasingly challengingtrading conditionsand changesto thenature andsize ofthe marketfor itspublications haveresultedin uncertaintyover the future of its trade/5the brotherswrote ina letterto suppliersand newsagents.As aresult theywere announcinga proposalto withdrawfrom publishing.The numberof postcardssoldeachyear isreportedto haveseen asharp declineto aboutfive millionfrom20million just25years ago.But thefirm saidthat aswell asthedrop in the numberof postcardssent,we havealso hadto considerthatthereare nomore membersofthefamily whowishto join thebusiness.

28.Whats thevalue ofsending apostcardA・Its asymbol ofsympathy.B.If sa journeyof love.C.Its anact ofpatience.D.Its awayofpassing time.

29.What doesthe underlinedword“viable“in Paragraph3probably meanA.likelytoexist.B.worthy ofpraise.C.short ofmoney.D.possible tochange.

30.What isthe besttitle ofthe textA.UKs oldestpostcard firmset toclose.B.Postcard industrybooming inthefuture.C.UKs postcardfirm througha toughtime.D.Postcard industryneeding supportto survive.

31.Where doesthis textprobably e fromA.A bookreview.B.A businesscolumn.C.Ahitech advertisement.D.A financereport.DParalympian AnastasiaPagonis remarkablesuccessstorybeganwhenshelosthervisionat age

14.Granted,ifs atoughage forany teen,but dealingwith alifechanging disabilitymade thingseven morechallenging.“It tookme about eight monthsto regroupmyself/she toldTODAY,andthenI gotit in my head,Okay,Imblind.Now whatam Igoing to do withmy life^A LongIsland native,Pagonis practicallygrew upinthe water.Shed takenup petitivefreestyle swimmingjust afewmonths priorto goingtotally blind.While sheexcelled atthe sportwith limitedvision,an“abusive team^^atmosphere promptedher toquit petition.After monthsof therapy,however,the persistentteen wasready toget backintheswimonly swimmingwasntenough forPagonis.She wantedto pete.Now shewas facedwith anotherdilemma.Nobody wantedto trainthe blindgirl Jshe recalledin aninterviewwith TEAMUSA.“I endedup afterabouteightmonths findingan amazingcoach whowas willingto trainme andactuallyput onblackout gogglesto tryto figureoutaway forme toswim.”By theage of16,Pagonis wasearning areputation asa fiercepetitor,taking twogold medalsattheWorld Para（益Swimming WorldSeries inAustralia.When Pagonisrealized herexperiences andpositive outlookmight bea boon处）」to others,she eagerlystepped upasarole model.I wantto helppeople theway Ineeded helpPagonis toldTEAMUSA.I starteddoing Instagramandsocialmediaandwas soongettingabunchofrepliessaying,Wow!You reallyhelped meget throughbadthings/or,U wasgetting bulliedin schooland youhelpedmegetthroughthat/or,You letmeknowhowmuchI wasworth.Back inthe water,Pagonis wastruly inher element.“Its myhappyplace/9she toldTODAY.Its theplace whereI feel likeI donthaveadisability andI feellike thatsthe onlyplace whereI feelfree.When Idive inthewater,ifs justmeinthepool andIfeelsuch aconnection withit.Sometimes youneed totake aleap offaith becauseif you dont try,youdontknow.Always followyour dreams.”

32.What difficultydid Pagonisface aftershe quitpetitionA.She hadto weargoggles.B.It washard to find hera coachC.Her skillswerent usefulin darkness.D.She couldntdo thefreestyle anymore.

33.It can be learntfrom thepassage thatPagonis.A.stopped swimmingfor twoyears B.improved hervision byswimmingC.helped manypeople throughdifficulties D.devoted herselfto fightingagainst bullies

34.What doesthe underlinedphrase inherelementmeanA.In avery goodmood B.Full ofConfusion.C.Confident ofwinning.D.Happy tobe special.A.Team spiritis vitalfor winningB.Role modelsmake uswho weare.

35.What doesthe storymainly tellusC.A goodteacher isthe keyto success.D.Disability doesnot limitones success.第二节（共5小题；每小题

2.5分，满分

12.5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的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（百科全书）,Wikipedia,the onlineencyclopedia isthe largestencyclopedia ever.An encyclopediaisacollection ofinformativearticles aboutvarious things.Encyclopedias usedtobeprinted asbooks.―36―“Wiki isan Internetterm thatmeans awebsite thatcanbeedited bythe public”.It esfrom“wikiwiki”,a Hawaiianwordfbr quick.Two Americans,Jimmy Walesand LarrySanger,created Wikipediain

2001.37It hasabout6millionarticles in300languages andisvisitedbybillionsofpeople eachday,who wanttofindinformation aboutanything-science,math,languages,art,culture andpany histories.There arearticles onsports stars,too,and evenlongforgotten soapoperas fromthe1970s.38Except fbra smallnumberofpages,anyone canedit articlesand registeredusers cancreatetheir ownarticles.Editing isunpaid,although Wikipediadoes employa smallstaff.Wikipedia isfreely availableto anyonewithan Internetconnection.Its foundershoped thatthe modelwould makeuse ofhumanitys collectiveknowledge.39Many Wikipediapages containerrors,although theorganization hasa contentreviewsystem thatworkstofixthisproblem.Several studieshave concludedthat Wikipediais asaccurate asmost printencyclopedias.Indeed,a2005report inthe journalNature foundit tobe onlyslightly lessreliable thanEncyclopediaBritannica.Today Wikipediafaces manychallenges.It doesnot relyon advertising.40Perhaps moreimportantly,the numberofitsvolunteer editorsis shrinking.Despite thesedifficulties,Jimmy Walessays hewill stillstick tohis dream.He hasbig plansfor thefuture.He wantsWikipediaavailable inall ofthe worldslanguages.A.Most ofits editorsare volunteers.B.Now,theyaremostly foundonline.C.Wikipedia employsan openediting model.D.Instead,all ofits fundsefromdonations.E.It allowsusers toget informationwithin seconds.F.It isnow thefifthmost visitedwebsite on the Internet.G.However,some peopledoubt theaccuracy ofWikipedias content.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的!1S个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分15分）白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑Wimbledontournamentwasgoingon.Though1am nota greatfollower ofthe game.I decidedto41this one,only becauseRafael Nadalwas playing.And thenthere washis42,“Weird（古，怪的）“was thefirst43that cameinmymind whenI sawhim—waistlength hair,tonguepiercing,tattoos...As thematch began,there wereloud44for Nadal.But asthe game45,it seemedthatNadalwas madetorunoneveryrallybythisweirdo”.The46was shocked.How couldheplay likethisBy thesecond set,it hadbee_47_that DustinBrown bythattimeeveryone knewhis namewas beatingNadal

48.Soevery rallythatBrownwon,there wereloud cheers.Even Ihad startedcheeringfor himnow.My unclewas visitingus that evening.As hesaw allthis,he said,Look atall theseenvious people.They areso happythat anacplished personis getting_4950struck me.I startedfeeling51thatevenI wasenjoying seeinga greatplayer goingdown.Even afterthe52finishedand Brownwon,Iwaslow.My dadsawallthis.Before goingto sleep,he kepthis handon myshoulder and53in myears,“They werenot cheeringbecause theyfelt goodthat agreat manwas

54.They cheeredbecause thatweirdo showedeveryonethateventhebestcanbebeatenifyoutryhard,no matterhow you

41.A.look B.play C.watch D.show

42.A.opponent B.friend C.teammate D.roommate

43.A.person B.reminder C.name D.thought

44.A.voices B.cheers C.feelings D.songs

45.A.went onB.called onC.kicked offD.set off

46.A.audienceB.player C.listener D.visitor

47.A.doubtful B.meaningful C.wonderful D.obvious

48.A.unfortunatelyB.effortlessly C.fruitlessly D.absolutely

49.A.strickenB.knocked C.beaten D.worried

50.A.PressureB.Sadness C.Excitement D.Pleasure

51.A.gladB.relaxed C.strange D.guilty

52.A.matchB.training C.test D.struggle

53.A.laughedB.joked C.whispered D.warned

54.A.petingB.improving C.realizing D.falling

55.A.benefitB.hope C.freedom D.funlook.Brown gavethem

55.Good night,son!^^第二节语法填空（共小题;每小题分，满分分）

101.515阅读下面短文，在空白处填入个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式1Nowadays,it seemsthat manyare beingmore andmore focusedon eatinga plantbaseddiet andleaving outanimal56product.For meatlovers,anewstudy hasfound alink57how muchmeata personeats andan increasedrisk ofpremature death.According toresearch58publish inthe AmericanJournal ofClinical Nutrition,people whoatemore redmeat or processed meatin theirdiet had a59high chanceof dyingfrom alonglastingdisease.The newresearch lookedat datafromtheKuopio IschaemicHeart DiseaseRisk FactorStudy,60ongoing study心脏血管的thats trackingrisk factorsfor cardiovasculardisease amongmiddleaged menfrom easternFinland.Thestudy population61make upof2,641Finnish menbetweenthe agesof42and60whenthestudy beganbetween1984and

1989.Researchers followedup withthe menafter20years——1,225of themhad died.Those62ateseven ouncesormoreof red orprocessed meat daily-or gotthe63major oftheir proteinfrommeat-hada23percent higherrisk ofpremature death,according toScience Daily.This isnt64actual thefirst strikeagainstred orprocessed meat:redorprocessedmeatcan increaseyourchances of65______get thisdisease.第三节单词拼写（共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分）

66.Some peoplehold theopinion thatEurope andAsia areunified togetherasasingle c,namely Eurasia.

67.Clearing treesby burningis highlydofthe forestenvironment.

68.The first72hours aftera disasterarethe most critical,so theemergency servicessearched aroundthe clockfor s.

69.It haslong beenethatmany humanserious diseasesare carriedby insects.

70.We weregoingtoplay football,but itwassohot thatwe decidedtodoo.

71.China hasproven overthe yearsthat itis capableof inventingwhat isb tohumanity,including medicinesand vaccinesnecessary to protect peoplefrom viruses.

72.（许可）Weather,were togotothe SuzhouAmusement Parkfor springouting.

73.（秘笈,秘诀）To liveevery daytothefull isa forhappiness.

74.（偷偷地，悄悄地）The thiefreached intothe visitorsbag andsthemoney quicklyintohis ownpocket.Ui部分:写作（共两节，满分35分）

75.She triedto keepcalm butbthesurface shewas angry.

76.应用文写作（满分15分）你校学生会将举办一次以中医药（）为主题的英语演讲比赛，请你用英语写一个书traditionalChinesemedicine面通知内容包括.比赛目的；

1.比赛时间及地点月日下午点，报告厅；

21143.报名时间及地点月日，学生会办公室3102630注意词数左右；L

80.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

477.课文相关话题写作（满分20分）自然灾害是当今世界面临的最大问题之一，其危害超出我们的想象保护环境是一件严肃紧迫的事,作为学生，我们应该行动起来，做出改变内容包含我们为什么要保护环境

1.•在过去的几十年里，我们的地球已经极度污染，比如大气污染，水污染，以及噪音污染等等•近几年极端气候越来越频繁，冬天越来越暖，夏天越来越热•环境对经济和社会的可持续发展有着严重的影响，甚至会威胁到人类的生存为了保护环境，我们在日常生活中应该做些什么？（至少两点）

2.写作要求.请按照所给中文要点提示完成写作内容，可适当增加信息确保行文连贯；1词数:不少于词

3.150江苏省苏州实验中学教育集团至学年第二学期期中月测试高一202020214英语参考答案（本卷共计分，考试时间分钟）150150第一部分:听力（共两节，满分30分）1—5ACAAB6—10BABBC11—15ABCAC16—20BBCBC第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）2123BBC2427D CBA2831BADB3235BCAD3640BFCGD第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分15分）4145CADBA4650ADBCB5155DACDB第二节语法填空（共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分）

56.products

57.between

58.published

59.higher

60.an

61.wasmade

62.who

63.majority

64.actually

65.getting第三节单词拼写（共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分）

66.continent

67.destructive

68.survivors

69.established

70.otherwise

71.beneficial

72.permitting

73.recipe

74.slid

75.Beneath第四部分:写作参考范文（共两节，满分35分）第一节应用文写作（满分15分）NoticeIn orderto improvestudents spokenEnglish andinspire theirinterest inlearning traditionalChinesemedicine,we aregoingtoholdanEnglishspeechcontestontraditionalChinesemedicineinthelecturehallat300p.m.on November4,

2020.Those whohave aninterestinitcansignupattheofficeofStudent UnionfromOctober26through October

30.Pleasetry yourbestandbewellprepared.You aresupposedtoget thereon time.All thestudents arewele.StudentUnion第二节课文相关话题写作（满分20分）In thelast severaldecades,our earthhasbeenextremely polluted,such asair pollution,water pollution,noise pollutionandso on.In recentyears,the extremeweather beesmore andmore frequent.Winters getscolder andsummer beeshotter.Natural disasterhasbeeone ofthe biggestproblems thatthe currentworld hasto face,whose damageis beyondourimagination.It hasgreat influenceonthesustainable developmentof economyand society;it eventhreatens thesurvival ofthehumankind.All ofthese warnsus thatprotecting theenvironment isa seriousand emergentevent.If wedo ourpart,we canreduce thesenaturaldisasters.As residentsliving onthe earth,we shouldbuild properlifestyle,paying attentionto savingwater andelectricity.When goingout,we shouldfirstly choosethe publictransportation.What ismost importantis thatwe shouldrealizethatwecould doa lotof thingstoprotectour environment.It isour dutyto makeour homebetter.Lets changefrom阅读理解详解ourselves.A这是一篇应用文文章对列车的车票购买方式、行程和车票价格等进行了详细说明Ravenglass Eskdale题详解】3细节理解题根据第一段第二句（容量）Please note,inorderto managecapacityandensurethesafetyofourpassengers（请注意，为了管理运力，并确andstaff,all passengersare requiredto purchasea datedandlimedticketbeforehand.保乘客和工作人员的安全，所有乘客必须预先购买有日期限制的车票）可知，乘客应该注意必须提前订票故选B【题详解】2细节理解题根据可知，这张时间表是指从到的时间表，所以根Timetable ARAVENGLASS DALEGARTH据其中一组出发时间和到达时间可知，这两地间的火车行程为分钟故选102511:0540B【题详解】3细节理解题根据表格可知，购买往返票时，一名成年人是则两名需付小宝宝是五岁以下的孩Fared£18,£36,子，不需要付钱所以两名成年人和一个宝宝的往返票应付故选£36CB【答案】【语篇解读】这是一篇新闻报道主要说明了一张加拿大男子平静注视龙卷风的照片在社Theunis Wessels交媒体上广为流传，堪称“冷静”的大师之作文章主要解释了这张照片背后的事情经过，以及先Wessels生本人对此的看法推理判断题根据第一段

4.D Ithas alwaysbeenthoughtthatwhenitestotornadoes,themostpeaceful placeisthecentre:the eyeofthestorm.But aphoto takenthisweekinthesmallCanadiantownofThreeHills,Alberta,suggests thatthereis可perhapsnoplacemorepeacefulthaninsidethecalmmindofTheunisWessels.“。