安徽省肥东县高级中学高一年级英语假期作业检测试题（3月19号）

高一年级英语假期作业（2020 年 3 月 19 号） 班级__________ 姓名__________学号 _ 一、阅读理解 A On Aug 12, as white nationalists clashed with anti-racists over whether a statue of a leader in the American Civil war should be removed from a park in Charlottesville, a speeding car drove into the crowd, killing one and injuring dozens of others, reported The Washington Post. The car driver was a 20-year-old white nationalist. Actually many of the white nationalists were young men. Some may wonder how the younger generation could have become caught up in racism, yet it’s believed that racist groups are using modern techniques to appeal to them. “Younger people have access to many more forms of information than ever before inhuman history—socialmedia.” Oren Segal, director of the anti-defamation(诽谤) league’s Center on Extremism in the US, told Newsweek. According to Segal, racist groups introduce people to “hate” by finding ways to communicate with them online. And Paul Becker, a sociology professor at the University of Dayton, US, believes that some young people may even be using this to fill a “void(空虚感)” in their life. “These groups provide a place to belong, and give their lives a goal or purpose,”he told The Atlanta.Journal-Constitution. Meanwhile, the changing of the US population structure is causing concern for some people after experts predicted that minority groups in the US could become the majority by 2050, leading to dissatisfaction and anger, according to Newsweek. The problem of racism has been on the rise in the US for some time. According to a Gallup poll in March, 42 percent of Americans worry a great deal about race relations, while the figure was only 13 percent in 2010. But like most problems, it’s unlikely to be solved overnight. “Even the best policy won’t stop every attack. But they could, at the very least, help make events like Charlottesville less likely,” wrote Vox. 1.Which statement is NOT why racism in the US is going from bad to worse? A.The statue of a leader in the American Civil war is to be removed from a park. B.Participation of racism may give the racists a purpose and a sense of belonging. C.Minority groups may compose a larger partof the population in less than 40 years. D.The advance of technology is making it easier for more people to get involved in racism. 2.What might Paul Becker agree with? A.Certain social media should be cut off from young people. B.It’s common for the young in the US to feel empty and aimless. C.Involvement in racism gives some young people a purpose. D.The Internet plays a positive role in keeping the young free from racism. 3.What can we learn from the last paragraph? A.It’s impossible to stop racism. B.Efforts should be made to solve racism in a short time. C.Policies can contribute to the decrease of racial problems. D.Events like Charlottesville are caused by drawbacks of policies. B Owls and Larks Larks are most likely to be healthy, wealthy and wise, according to the old saying. But those who are early to bed and early to rise do not always have the upper hand, researchers say. They have found that night owls are generally brighter and wealthier than those able to get up early in the morning. Experts from the University of Madrid carried out tests on around 1,000 teenagers and found that those who preferred to stay up late proved the kind of intelligence associated with honored jobs and higher incomes. “Larks” or “morning people”, however, often acquired better exam results, possibly because lessons are held at the wrong time of day for night owls. The researchers examined the habits and body clocks of the youngsters to determine whether they liked to stay up late and sleep later in the morning, or preferred to go to bed early and were at their peak in the morning. School performance and inductive(归纳的)intelligence, or problem solving, were measured and academic grades in the major subjects were also taken into account. The results showed that evening types scored higher than morning types on inductive reasoning, which has been shown to be a good estimate of general intelligence and a strong indicator of academic（学术的） performance. They also had a greater capacity（能 力） to think conceptually（概念地） as well as analytically. Such abilities have been linked to innovative(创新的) thinking, more admired occupations and better incomes. Famous night owls include President Trump, Obama, Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Keith Richards and Elvis Presley. George W. Bush, who is regularly in bed by 10 p.m., Thomas Edison, Napoleon, Condoleezza Rice, who wakes at 4:30 a.m., and Ernest Hemingway are among those known as larks. Jim Horne, professor of psychophysiology at Loughborough University, said, “Evening types tend to be the more active and creative types, the poets, artists and inventors, while the morning types are the deducers(推导者), as are often seen with civil servants and accountants.” A previous study of US Air Force recruits found that evening types were much better at thinking to solve problems than larks. 4.What does the word “owl” mean in the text? A. A bird of prey that flies at night. B. A bird of prey that is a symbol of wisdom. C. A kind of person who stays up late. D. A kind of person who gets up early. 5.The following features belong to night owls EXCEPT that ________. A. Night owls are much healthier, wealthier and wiser B. Night owls stay up late and sleep later in the morning C. Night owls have a strong ability of inductive reasoning D. Night owls are expert in analyzing and innovative thinking 6.What’s the author’s attitude towards night owls? A. Doubtful. B. Objective. C. Subjective. D. Negative. 7.According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. President Trump and George W. Bush are models of night owls. B. The early bird will catch the worm. C. Morning types have a tendency to do some creative jobs. D. Night owls usually do poorer in the examinations than larks. C As the American population ages, the demand for services and care for older adults is growing, which accounts for the reason why SenCura is very popular. It’s a company that provides non-medical at-home care for seniors in the northern Virginia area. But when Hollie, one of SenCura’s professional caregivers, is not around, Robertson still has a caregiver, a robot named Rudy. “You can have a conversation with him. And (he’s) somebody to talk to and who responds.” Rudy also tells jokes and plays games and dances with Robertson. In addition to keeping Robertson mentally and physically active, Rudy provides contact with emergency services 24 hours a day automatically when Robertson is in danger. He watches for lost items, reminds Robertson about her doctor’s appointments and tells her when it is time to take her medicine. Anthony Nunez is the founder of INF Robotics, the company that created Rudy. He says, “As I grew older, I realized we weren’t the only family facing this problem. There are thousands of families facing the same issue --- most cases even worse, where they have a beloved one that they’re taking care of and the cost becomes an issue. So what we wanted to do was design a robot that’s easy to use, designed specifically for seniors, but also affordable." SenCura’s Cliff Glier says the robot Rudy adds to what in-home caregivers do for the growing population of seniors who prefer to age at home---with a little help from friends. But Rudy is not a competitor of human caregivers. He says the robot Rudy is there to help but cannot do all the things that caregivers do, like bathing and dressing seniors. 8.Why is SenCura warmly welcomed by the seniors? A. It improves new technologies. B. It can meet their demands. C. It can offer them whatever they want. D. It helps them look after their children. 9.Which of the following can Rudy do? A. Make an appointment. B. Give lessons on dancing. C. Take emergency action. D. Serve as a doctor. 10.What does Anthony Nunez intend to tell us in Paragraph 3? A. The price of Rudy is reasonable. B. The working principle of the robot. C. The powerful functions of Rudy. D. The original intention of designing Rudy. 11.What can we infer about Rudy after reading the whole passage? A. Rudy is not perfect in some respects. B. Rudy can take the place of humans. C. Rudy helps bring a great profit to the company. D. Rudy robs caregivers of their jobs. D Why Do We Forget Things? When it comes to having perfect memories, it is apparent that we humans must have had some faults in our blueprints(蓝图)! Why don’t we remember everything that we want to remember? It makes us feel upset and get discouraged. 12. However, it’s true that we are all forgetful. 13.These are stored in what we call our “long-term memory”. What about before age three? Sigmund Freud, a doctor of Vienna, discovered the fact that we forget most of our early childhood. 14.They have different opinions. A very good theory, born from the results of experimentation with babies, is that absence of language ability at the time of an event stopped us from describing it to others. 15. Experts say that you can keep about seven things in your memory at once for up to three days. During that time, you may forget something in order to put something else in its place, or you put it into long-term memory. What goes into short-term memory are things you’ve learned about recently, in the past day or two. 16.For example, you may have met your favorite star last week, and this week you can tell all the details to a friend. A simple example to explain your short-term memory is to look at a list of twenty words for a minute or two. You will discover that you cannot remember more than about seven of them and that they are the ones in the beginning and at the end of the list because your mind has judged them to be more important than those in the middle. A.Scientists now know that it may take longer to remember things for the old. B.However, it is widely recognized that short-term memory can be improved. C.Sometimes, it even causes us to lose self-respect or others to think less of us. D.Psychologists have been studying what causes this forgetfulness since Freud’s time. E.Most of us have vivid memories of our lives from about age three to our present ages. F.Only if something really unusual happens does it stay in your short-term memory for longer. G.The other type of memory, the “short-term memory”, is what we are usually referring to when we say, “I forgot.” 二、完形填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空 白处的最佳选项。 It was a busy morning，about 8:30,when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital .I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for all appointment(约会)at 9:30 The nurse had him take a __17___ in the waiting area, __18__ him it would be at least 40 Minutes __19__ someone would be able to see him I saw him__20__his watch and decided， since I was___21__busy—my patient didn’t___22__ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound .While taking care of his wound,I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment .The gentleman said no and told me that he __23__to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his___24__.He told me that she had been __25___for a while and that she had a special disease I asked if she would be___26___if he was a bit late. He replied that she ___27__ knew who he was，that she had not been able t0 __28__ him for five years now. I was____29___, and asked him，“And you__30__go every morning，even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said．“She doesn’t know me but I know who she is” I had to hold back __31__ as he left. Now I ___32__ that in marriages，true love is___33___of all that is .The happiest people don’t __34__have the best of everything；they just __35__the best of everything they have .__36_ isn’t about how to live through the storm，but how to dance in the rain. 17.A. breath B. test C. seat D. break 18.A. persuading B. promising C. understanding D. telling 19.A. if B. before C. since D. after 20.A. taking off B. fixing C. looking at D. winding 21.A. very B. also C. seldom D. not 22.A. turn up B. show off C. come on D. go away 23.A. needed B. forgot C. agreed D. happened 24.A. daughter B. wife C. mother D. sister 25.A. late B. well C. around D. there 26.A. lonely B. worried C. doubtful D. hungry 27.A. so far B. neither C. no longer D. already 28.A. recognize B. answer C. believe D. expect 29.A. moved B. disappointed C. surprised D. satisfied 30.A. only B. then C. thus D. still 31.A. curiosity B. tears C. words D. judgment 32.A. realize B. suggest C. hope D. prove 33.A. agreement B. expression C. acceptance D. exhibition 34.A. necessarily B. completely C. naturally D. frequently 35.A. learn B. make C. favor D. try 36.A. Adventure B. Beauty C. Trust D. Life 三、语法填空 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Chinese names are full of meanings. It is part of the culture. Western people’s names are a little 37. (difference). Let’s look at some of the 38. (reason) behind Western names. If 39. girl from China is called “Mei”, we know it means “beautiful”. If a boy is called “Wu”, we know it means “like a soldier”. It is because of the meaning 40. people choose the names for the little boy or girl. Sometimes names 41. (pick) for their meaning in the West too. If a girl is called “Joy” then the parents have named her this because they want her to be happy and to bring others 42. (happy). Other times names are chosen because they are traditional – names 43. (take) from the Bible (圣经) for example, like Noah, Mathew, Ruth and John. But in a Western country boys and girls are given names for other reasons. The sound 44. (be) very important. Parents call a girl Jasmine, maybe just because they like the sound of it. Parents will often choose a name because it also 45. (belong) to a famous person, say a pop star, an actor, or a footballer. In the last 10 years many boys have been named “David” 46. the footballer David Beckham. 四、书面表达 假如你是李华，最近发现你所住的小区内增设了旧物捐赠箱（a donation box)，居民 可以把自己的旧衣物、飞起的书报等投放期中。请你给本校英文报投稿，内容包括： 介绍这一事物；发表你的看法。 注意：1.词数 100 左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 参考答案 1.A 2.C 3.C 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.D 11.A 12.C 13.E 14.D 15.G 16.F 17.C 18.D 19.B 20.C 21.D 22.A 23.A 24.B 25.D 26.B 27.C 28.A 29.C 30.D 31.B 32.A 33.C 34.A 35.B 36.D 37.different 38.reasons 39.a 40.that 41.are picked 42.happiness 43.taken 44.is 45.belongs 46.after I’m Li Hua. Recently I found a donation box in my neighborhood. People come to it when they have old clothes, bags, newspapers and books to donate. This box, I think, is of great significance. Take me as an example, I outgrow my clothes so rapidly. I’ve got no idea about how to deal with the clothes which are really new and still in good condition. However, with this donation box, I can help those people in need. In a word, I do think it is a good idea that can light up our life and make the world better place to live in.