无口重庆一中2020届高一下学期5月月考英语试题及答案

2021年1月20日发(作者：荟萃)
重庆一中
2020
届高一（下）学期
5
月月考











英语试卷











2020
年
5
月
22
日

第二部分阅读理解（共两节
,
满分
40
分）

第 一节（共
15
小题；每小题
2
分，满分
30
分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（
A
、
B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项。


A
Home to an interesting political history and many archaeological finds, South Africa has lots of options for
travelers other than wildlife parks and great beaches.
The Cradle of Humankind
The cradle of Humankind, in Gauteng, is home to 40% of the world’s discovered human ancestor fossils.
The
Maropeng
Visitor
Center
offers
impressive
shows
of
the
3.5
million-year
evolution
of
man,
plus
the
opportunity to gaze at the stars as storytellers recount the daily life of our human ancestors. This UNESCO World
Heritage Site is a 40-minute drive from Johannesburg.
Vredefort Dome
Vredefort Dome is the world’s oldest meteorite impac
t scar, or astrobleme(
陨星坑
). With a radius of 190km,
it is also the largest and the most deeply eroded. Situated 120km southwest of Johannesburg, the astrobleme is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Nelson Mandela’s Legacy

Officially, there are places of interest throughout South Africa for tourists wishing to follow the respected
statesman’s life journey. Now a World Heritage Site, Robben Island, lies off Cape Town, and is where he spent 18
of his 27 years in prison. Tourists also make the trip to the Eastern Cape village of Qunu, which was both his
home during his young years and his burial place.
Vilakazi Street
Vilakazi
Street,
Orlando
West,
Soweto,
is
the
only
street
in
the
world
that
has
been
home
to
two
Nobel
winners, Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond T
utu. Mandela’s house is now a museum. Also in Orlando
West is the Hector Pieterson Memorial, in honor of youth resistance against apartheid(
种族隔离制度
).
of the following would you visit if you are interested in the history of mankind?

Cradle of Humankind.

C. Vredefort Dome.
22. Why is Vilakazi Street famous?
saw the birth of two famous persons.
Mandela is buried here after his death.
is the only street in the world with a museum.
dently, two Nobel Prize winners once lived here.
23. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?


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B. Nelson Mandela’s Legacy.

D. Vilakazi Street.
A. To memorize the respected statesman Nelson Mandela.
B. To show the abundance of culture in South Africa.
C. To attract the readers to take a trip to South Africa.
D. To introduce some cultural relics in South Africa.
B
Jon
Steward,
a
10-year-old
boy
with
autism(
自闭症
),
came
home
from
Cumberland
Head
Elementary
School in Plattsburgh, New York, on April 7 more excited than ever. To celebrate National Poetry Month, his
fifth-
grade teacher asked her students to write a poem about themselves, beginning every sentence with “I am”.

Jon couldn’t wait to start writing, so he sat down and didn’t look up until it was finished. A few hours later,
he showed the poem to his parents, who immediately got chock up.
“I am odd. I am new,” Jon wrote in the poem. “I wonder if you are too. I hear voices in the air. I see you
don’t and that’s not fair.”

“I feel like a boy in outer space. I touch the stars and feel out of place,” he went on to write.

“At first, we felt sad and hurt that he felt lonely, misunderstood and odd at school,” Steward said. “As the
poem went on, we realized that he understood that he was odd and that so was everyone else in their own way.
This i
s what Jon wants everyone to know.”

Jon was supposed to read his poem aloud to the class the following day, but upon waking up that morning,
he refused to go to school. Instead, he stayed at home.
He
didn’t
think
his
poem
was
any
good,
so
his
dad
posted
it

on
Facebook
in
the
hope
of
getting
some
encouraging comments. Once the National Autism Association saw the photo, they posted it on their page, where
thousands of strangers shared how much the poem inspired them. Now the family has heard from hundreds of
parents thanking Jon for showing how their own kids may be feeling at school.
24. Why did Jon feel very excited on April 7?



A. He had a task to finish.
had good news to share.

B. He wrote a good poem.
D. He had been praised at school.
25. How should Jon feel the next day?




A. Pleased.
B. Anxious.
C. Puzzled.

D. Bored.
26. After the poem was posted online, it ________
．




A. was ignored for a short time


B. won much encouragement for Jon



C. started a hot debate immediately

D. made many parents know more about Jon
27. Who will be most interested in the poem?

A. Doctors.
B. Students.
C. Parents.
C
NASA said its Kepler spacecraft has spotted “Earth’s bigger, older cousin”: the first nearly Earth
-size planet

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D. Educators.
to be found in the habitable zone of a star similar to our own.
Though NASA can’t say for sure whether the planet is rocky like ours or has water and air, it’s the closest
match yet found.
The planet, Kepler-452b, is about 60% bigger than Earth, NASA says, and is located in i
ts star’s habitable
zone, where life-sustaining liquid water is possible on the surface of a planet.
A visitor there would experience gravity about twice that of Earth’s, and scientists say the possibility of it
having a rocky surface are “better than ever”. While it’s a bit farther from its star than Earth is from the sun, its
star is brighter, so the planet receives about the same amount of energy from its star as Earth does from the sun.
Kepler researcher Jeff Jenkins said, “The planet almost certainly has an atmosphere, although scientists can’t
say what it’s made of. But if the assumptions are correct, kepler
-
452b’s atmosphere may be thicker than Earth’s.”

It takes 385 days for the planet to orbit its star. “Because it has spent so long orbiting in this
zone
—
6 billion
years
—it’s had plenty of time to
brew
life,” Jenkins said.


“That’s
an
opportunity
for
life
to
arise,
if
all
the
necessary
ingredients
and
conditions
for
life
exist
on
this
planet,” he said in a statement.

Kepler-452b is too far away for humans to visit. But the discovery of this new Earth-like planet can tell us a
lot about what’s possible for the future of space travel. “The next step in the process is to do follow
-up missions to
find planets similar to kepler-452b, but much closer to Eart
h,” said Peter Coughlin, a Kepler research scientist.
“We could do a lot more research into those planets, and even start to think about visiting one day.”

28. The researchers are sure that Kepler-452b ________
．


A. is larger than Earth

C. has air and water



B. has an atmosphere
D. has many rocks
29. What is the similarity between Kepler-452b and the Earth?
A. They are both located in the sun’s habitable zone
．


B. Their distances from the sun are almost the same
．


C. Their atmospheres are made of the same compositions
．


D. They get almost the same amount of energy from their stars.
．


30. The underlined word “brew” in paragraph 6 most probably means ________.


A. improve

B. endanger
C. produce
D. protect
31. What should be the best title for the text?
A. Kepler-452b Is Compared to the Earth.


B. NASA Discovers a New Earth-Like Planet.


C. A Spacecraft Was Launched to Find Super-Earth.


D. A New Planet With Life Is Discovered.
D


Sweden is so good at recycling that, for several years, it has imported rubbish from other countries to keep its
recycling plants going. Less than 1% of Swedish household waste was sent to landfills(
垃圾填埋场
) last year or

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any year since 2011.


We
can
only
dream
of
such
an
effective
system
in
the
UK,
which
is
why
we
end
up
paying
expensive
transport costs to send rubbish to be recycled overseas rather than paying fines to send it to landfills under The
Landfill Tax of 1996.


Sweden has a culture of looking after the environment. “We Swedish people are aware of what we need to do
on environmental issues. We worked on communications for long to make people not throw things outdoors so
that
we
can
recycle
a
nd
reuse,”
says
Anna
-Carin
Gripwall,
director
of
communications
for
Avfall
Sverige,
the
Swedish Waste Management’s recycling association.



Over
time,
Sweden
has
carried
out
a
national
recycling
policy
so
that
even
though
private
companies
undertake most of the business of importing and burning waste, the energy goes into a national heating network to
heat homes through the freezing Swedish winter.


However, some people argue that the country is escaping real recycling. Paper plant managers say wood fiber
can be used up to six times before it becomes dust. If Sweden burns paper before that point, it’s exhausting the
potential for true recycling and replacing used paper with fresh raw material.


Ms Gripwall describes Sweden’s policy of importing waste to re
cycle from other countries as a temporary
situation. “There’s a ban on landfill in EU countries, so instead of paying the fine they send it to us as a service.
They should and will build their own plants, to reduce their own waste, as we’re doing in Sweden,” Ms Gripwall
says.
32. Why is a low amount of household waste sent to landfills in Sweden?

A. A little bit of household waste is produced here.

B. Its people get waste recycled at home.

C. Much rubbish is imported overseas.

D. They have good public environmental awareness.

33. What measure is taken in the UK to deal with waste according to the text?


A. An effective recycling system is adopted.


B. People are encouraged to sell rubbish abroad.


C. People are forbidden to send waste to landfills.


D. An increasing number of landfills are being built.
34. What can we infer about Sweden’s recycling system?



A. It’s being spread around the world.



B. It’s also thought to have some shortcomings.



C. It’s so perfect to receive good evaluation.



D. It solves the problems with the local energy.
35. What opinion should Ms Gripwall hold according to the text?


A. It’s partly wrong to import rubbish from other countries.


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B. The technology of handling waste will be developed wildly.


C. It’s possible t
o completely solve all environmental problems.


D. All countries should work together to protect the environment.
第二节（ 共
5
小题；每小题
2
分，满分
10
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。

School success means different things to different people. No matter what success means to you, strong study
skills, confidence and goals are key components.

36 , therefore, why not try the following tips to achieve it?
Organize yourself
When a student lacks organization, he struggles to complete schoolwork on time, or find time to study.

37 .
When you sit down to study, you need to organize your time well by allowing enough time for each task. You also
need an organized backpack that allows you to transport materials to and from classes.

38

Spending time with friends, working a part-time job and pursuing other interests has a place. However, you
also need to leave time to achieve academic goals, or else your studies will be affected negatively. For example,
working
too
many
hours
at a
job
reduces
study
and
sleep
time,
possibly
meaning
missed
school
and
difficulty
concentrating due to being tired.
Look for support
Whether
or
not
you
struggle
in
school,
a
support
network
helps
you
succeed.
So
communicate
with
your
teacher outside of class time to ask for help when you struggle.

39 . If your friends think school is a waste of
time, you may be influenced to think so.
Go beyond the classroom
Lear
ning doesn’t stop at the classroom doors.
40 . When a topic in the classroom interests you, you should do
a
little
research
on
your
own.
For
example,
set
up
your
own
experiment
based
on
something
you
learned
in
science class.

A. Balance activities and your studies

B. It isn’t limited to the information on the next exam


C. You may discover new information that helps you in school

D. Surround yourself with classmates who also want to succeed in school

E. For students who struggle in school, additional support is necessary for success

F. You need an organized study place at home for completing homework and studying

G. School success opens up doors for future achievements for students at all grade levels

第三部分

英语知识运用（共两节，满分
60
分）

第一节

完形填空（共
20
小题；

每小题
1.5
分，满分
30
分）

阅读下面短文， 从短文后各题所给四个选项（
A
、
B
、
C
和
D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，
并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。


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