河南省林州市2021-2022学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题
河南
高一
期末
2022-09-08
168次
整体难度:
适中
考查范围:
语篇范围、主题
一、阅读理解 添加题型下试题
What Famous Women in History Achieved
Amelia Ear hart, 1920s
In 1928, Ear hart was the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She was also the 16th woman to be issued with a pilot’s license ah (执照) She mysteriously disappeared during a flight in 1937, and was pronounced leg ally dead two years later.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1930s
When her husband Franklin De la no Roosevelt took office, Eleanor didn’t just stand by-she changed the role of the first lady, supporting for human rights, women’s rights, and children’s education. She went on to become chair of the UN’s Human Rights Commission in 1945.
Rose Parks, 1950s
Back in the 1950s, the rule in Montgomery, A lab a ma, was that if a bus became full, the seats at the front would be given to white passengers. Parks, a leader in the local NAACP and the civil rights movement, refused to give up her seat. Her willingness not to observe the rule helped to clue the Montgomery boycott (联合抵制) and other efforts to end segregation (种族隔离) in America.
Amy Tan, 1980s
Tan was the author of the book The Joy Luck Club, which “explored the relationship between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters”. The novel came out in 1989 and it was the longest-running New York Times best-sellers at the same year. The novel has been translated into 25 different languages since it first came out.
1. Whose career was related to flying?A.Amy Tan’s. | B.Eleanor Roosevelt’s. |
C.Rose parks. | D.Amelia Ear hart’s. |
A.Both worked for the UN. | B.Both were African-Americans. |
C.Both fought for human rights. | D.Both used to be the first lady of America. |
A.In 1928. | B.In 1945. |
C.In 1950. | D.In 1989. |
As I went down the wooden snowy steps, I held the rough fence with one hand, held my crying daughter Kelly with the other and made my way into the yard. I knew everything would be okay if I located my mother.
Instead of a smile, she greeted me with concern. I knew she had read my face as I’d approached. “What’s wrong?” she asked.
I held the baby out. “I can’t take care of this baby,” I said simply. My mother didn’t take her from my arms as I expected. She smiled slightly, and then replied firmly, “You have to take care of that baby.” This was not the reply I wanted. Couldn’t she hear the baby crying? I wanted her to fix this problem. Instead, she took off her gloves and asked me in for some coffee.
Mom held Kelly while I held the coffee cup. At that moment the baby finally stopped crying. I glanced over at Kelly, content in my mother’s arms. Her tiny blue eyes were fixed on me, as if to ask, “What’s the problem here, Mama?” Her sweet, familiar breath eased the stress in the air. I looked at my mother, feeling foolish but relieved. She stood and placed an arm around my shoulders. “By the time you came along, things were quite the opposite for me. But with your elder brother, you can bet that I often felt helpless.”
The baby showed no signs of our afternoon struggle, while my own hair remained damp and messy from sweat and worry. “Crying is the only way babies have to communicate. Try to listen to her cries and hear them as language. She’s not crying to annoy you; she’s trying to send a message with the only voice she has.”
Once again, her gentle guidance had supported me through a storm and back into clear skies.
4. Why did the author visit her mother in the rough weather?A.She was concerned about her mother’s safety. |
B.She was helpless and needed her mother’s help. |
C.She wanted to learn to care for babies from her mother. |
D.She intended to borrow some money from her mother. |
A.Inexperienced but patient. | B.Considerate but impatient. |
C.Experienced and confident. | D.Thoughtless and unconcerned. |
A.Taking care of babies was difficult. |
B.Babies enjoyed annoying their parents. |
C.The author should let her baby cry more. |
D.Parents should understand and accept babies’ crying. |
A.She usually goes shopping with the author. |
B.She lives a lonely life without her children. |
C.She often gives advice to the author in trouble. |
D.She likes to raise small children for young mothers. |
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies(辣椒) to our food, but did you know that this spicy vegetable could also be dangerous? A 34-year-old US man recently ended up in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper, the spiciest chili in the world. After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following few days, reported BBC News.
In fact, reports of stomachache and headache caused by eating spicy food are not something unusual. But if chilies are harmful, why is it that human beings are the only animals to eat this vegetable? According to the website Huanqiu, about 600 million Chinese people — almost half of the national population — are chili eaters. So what makes people love chilies so much? The human body reacts to the burning feeling that comes from eating chilies by releasing natural chemicals that “produce a sense of happiness”, noted BBC News.
And the benefits go even further than just personal enjoyment. A survey conducted by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The number experiences a downturn for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. And another study done by the University of Vermont came to a similar conclusion. “The data encourages people to eat more spicy food to improve health and reduce death risk at an early age,” Liu Qi, a nutritionist at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, told BBC News.
Chilies have anti-cancer quality and the ability to increase our metabolism (新陈代谢). So, don't worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are actually good for us — except for the Carolina Reaper, perhaps.
8. The example of a 34-year-old American is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to show _________.A.chilies can be beneficial | B.chilies are popular in America |
C.serious headaches can be dangerous | D.chilies can be dangerous |
A.decreasing death rate | B.curing serious headaches |
C.releasing natural chemicals | D.providing enough nutrition |
A.Decrease | B.Increase | C.Match | D.Difference |
A.warn people of the dangers of chilies | B.tell people the benefits of chilies |
C.ask people not to eat Carolina Reaper | D.encourage people to eat less chilies |
Cities are likely to be affected by overheating, thanks to something called the urban heat island effect. Cities tend to be short of trees, which provide shade, and they are covered with black pavement, which absorbs heat from the sun. Think of how it feels to wear a dark shirt versus a white shirt on a sunny day. A black shirt absorbs light, heating you up. But a white shirt reflects light, keeping you cool.
The average temperature in a city of a million or more people can be more than 5 degrees hotter than surrounding areas. That extra 5 degrees can turn a hot day from uncomfortable to deadly.
As temperatures rise, cities will be an especially dangerous place to be during a heat wave. To protect public health, city officials are going to make the city cooler.
As part of that effort, Los Angeles is coating its roads in CoolSeal, a gray paint that keeps streets and parking lots 10 degrees cooler than black asphalt(沥青). It will help Angelinos save money during the summer, when air conditioning sends power bills soaring. And it will save lives by lowering temperatures and improving air quality. Hot weather worsens air pollution by turning car exhaust into smog, which can make life miserable for people with asthma(哮喘)and other breathing problems.
Of course, LA will have to do more than paint over a few streets to cool off the city. Angelinos will also need to plant more trees and apply white paint to rooftops—at least those not already covered in solar panels. While LA is a pioneer of reflective streets, other cities, like New York, are already experimenting with reflective roofs or, like Melbourne, lowering the temperature by planting trees. LA is hardly alone in its effort to stay cool.
“This is an urgent challenge, and it’s much bigger than one person,” said Mayor Garctti in a recent statement. “Climate change is a fact of life that people in Los Angeles and cities around the world live with every day.”
12. What may contribute to the urban heat island effect?A.Planting more trees in the streets. |
B.Applying reflective paint to rooftops. |
C.Covering the streets with white paint. |
D.Covering the streets with black paint. |
A.How to make the city cooler. | B.Where to wear a white shirt. |
C.When to cut off the electricity supply. | D.Why to coat the roads with black paint. |
A.Increasing the indoor activities. | B.Reducing the number of cold days. |
C.Promoting the sale of air conditioners. | D.Making life easier and more comfortable. |
A.L. A. calls on people to fight against global warming. |
B.L. A. realizes the necessity to plant trees in the streets. |
C.L. A. is painting its streets white to keep the city cool. |
D.L. A. has difficulty in fighting against heat. |