宁乡一中 2020 年高一入学考试英语试题
时间 120 分钟 总分 150 分
第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节（共 5 小题：每小题 L5 分，满分 7.5 分）
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从每题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，
并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 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。
1. What happened to the man?
A. He was locked out. B. He missed the train. C. He lost his keys.
2. Where are the speakers?
A. At a gym. B. At a restaurant. C. At a cinema,
3. What does the woman dislike about her trip?
A. The weather. B. The traffic. C. The scenery.
4. When will the conference begin?
A. At 7:30. B. At 8:30. C. At 9:00.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A job position. B. A fellow worker. C. A new office.
第二节（共 15 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
听下面 5 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 A、B、C 三个选 项中
选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟：听完 后，各小题
将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
6. What seems to be the man's problem?
A. He doesn't sleep well. B. He has no more pills. C. He can't focus properly.
7. What is the man advised to do?
A. Stay home from work. B. Have a check-up. C. Stop feeling anxious.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
8. How did the man get to work today?
A. By bike, B. By bus. C. On foot.
9. What is the man's major concern about driving a car?
A. Expenses. B. Health. C. Environment.
10. What does the woman think of using a car?
A. Its costly. B. It's dangerous. C. It's convenient.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. Who reached the top of Mount Qomolangma?
A. Ellen. B. Jonathan. C. Heather.12. How long did the man spend on his adventure travel?
A.96 days. B. Four months. C. One year.
13. What does the woman think about doing in the future?
A. Walking through a national park.
B. Cycling along a country road.
C. Camping out in the mountains.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. What is Julian doing?
A. Planning her budget. B. Conducting an interview. C. Giving advice on studies.
15. Which costs Matt most each month?
A. Food. B. Clothes. C. Books.
16. How much does Matt spend on sports a month?
A. About $ 15. B. About $30. C. About $50”
17. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Strangers. B. Schoolmates. C. Co-workers.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
18.Which colour is unsuitable for office walls?
A. Green. B. Red. C. Yellow.
19. What effect does natural light have on office workers?
A. It is good for their eyes.
B. It helps them concentrate.
C. It makes them feel cheerful.
20. Who are most likely to be interested in the talk?
A. Managers. B. Painters. C. Teachers.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 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
Whatsonstage.com is the UK's biggest and best online guide to the performing arts including theatre,
opera, classical music, dance and so on.
♦The Lion King
Musical: The stage adaptation of the Disney film taken from an original African story. A young lion grows up
and learns that taking over the pride requires wisdom and maturity（成熟）.
Place: Lyceum Theatre, Wellington Street, London
Telephone: 0870 243 9000
Date: Friday, 18 Nov. 2019
Ticket price: £37.5
♦OliverMusical: Dickens' story of a boy in a London workhouse and his adventures on the way to discovering his
family. The songs include Food glorious food, you’ve got to pick a pocket or two, Who will buy this
wonderful morning, 1 am reviewing the situation and Consider yourself at home. Place: Theatre Royal,
Catherine Street, London
Telephone; 020 7494 5061
Date: Thursday, 17 Nov. 2019
Ticket price: £ 25 but now save 20%
♦Jersey Boys
Musical: It tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: the blue-collar kids from New Jersey formed
a singing group and became famous. The musical features many of the group's popular songs such as Big
girls don 7 cry. Oh, What a night and Can 7 take my eyes off you.
Place: Prince Edward Theatre, Old Compton Street, London
Telephone: 0870 850 9191
Date: Saturday, 9 Nov. 2019
Ticket price: £22.5
♦AIFs Well That Ends Well
Play: A romantic story. Helena, daughter of a poor physician, loves Bertram, son of a Countess（女伯爵）.
Place: Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Park Street, London
Telephone: 020 7401 9919
Date: Sunday, 20 Nov. 2019
Ticket price; £40.5
21 .If Mary is available on Friday, which of the following should she call to buy a ticket?
A. 0870 243 9000 B. 020 7494 5061
C. 0870 8509191 D. 020 7401 9919
22. If you want to buy a ticket at a discount, you should go to __________________.
A. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre B. Lyceum Theatre
C. Prince Edward Theatre D. Theatre Royal
23. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To show the importance of watchsonstage.com.
B. To give some information about some performing arts.
C. To introduce some famous English theaters.
D. To teach readers how to use the online guide.
B
All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at
all times clean and tidy.
You could turn your back for a moment in my mother's house, leave a half-written letter on the dining
room table, a magazine open on the chair, and turn around to find that my mother had "put it back where it
belonged, as she explained.My wife, one of her first visits to my mother's house, placed a packet of biscuits on an end table and
went to the kitchen to fetch a drink. When she returned, she found the packet had been removed. Confused(
（疑惑的），she set down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits, only to return to find
that her drink had disappeared. Up to then she had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their
drinks, so as not to make water rings on the end tables. Now she knows better.
These disappearances had a confusing effect on our family. We were all inclined to（(有……的倾
向）forgetfulness, and it was common for one of us, upon returning from the bathroom, to find that every
sign of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly. "Do you remember what I was doing?" was a question
frequently asked, but rarely answered.
Now my sister has developed a second-hand love of clean windows, and my brother docs the
cleaning in his house, perhaps to avoid having to be the one to lift his feet. I try not to think about it too much,
but I have at this later time started to dust the furniture once a week.
We have all become busy persons.
24. Which of the following is TRUE about my mother?
A. She wanted to keep her house in good order.
B. She became more and more forgetful.
C. She preferred to do everything by herself.
D. She enjoyed removing others' drinks.
25. My wife could not find her biscuits and drink in my mother's house because ________________.
A. she had already finished them
B. my mother had taken them away
C. she forgot where she had left them
D. someone in my family was holding them
26. The underlined part in the fifth paragraph suggests that my sister ____________.
A. is happy to clean windows
B. loves to clean used windows
C. is fond of cleaning used windows
D. likes clean windows as my mother did
27. This passage mainly tells us that _________.
A. my mother often made us confused
B. my family members had a poor memory
C. my mother helped us to form a good habit
D. my wife was surprised when she visited my mother
C
Kong Zi, also called Confucius (（551-479 B.C.)）, and Socrates（469-399 B. C. ） lived only a
hundred years apart, and during their lifetimes there was no contact between China and Greece, but it is
interesting to look at how the world that each of these great philosophers came from shaped their ideas, and
how these ideas in turn, shaped their societies.Neither philosopher lived in times of peace, though there were more wars in Greece than in China.
The Chinese states were very large and feudal （封建的），while the Greek citystates were small and
urban. The urban environment in which Socrates lived allowed him to be more radical （激进的）than
Confucius. Unlike Confucius, Socrates was not asked by rulers how to govern effectively. Thus, Socrates
was able to be more idealistic, focusing on issues like freedom, and knowledge for its own sake. Confucius,
on the other hand, advised those in government service, and many of his students went on to government
service.
Confucius suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the conduct of life: "Do not do to others what
you would not want others to do to you." He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some had more
potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart. Socrates focused on the individual, and
thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. He believed that some had more potential to
develop their reason than others did. Like Confucius, he believed that the superior class should rule the
inferior(下层的）classes.
For Socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern. For Confucius,
however, the family was the centre of society, with family relations considered much more important （han
political relations. Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.
28. Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph?
A. Socrates and Confucius had much in common.
B. Confucius had much influence on Socrates' ideas.
C. The societies were influenced by the philosophers' ideas.
D. There were cultural exchanges between China and Greece.
29. Socrates shared with Confucius the idea that____________.
A. all men were equal when they were bom
B. the lower classes should be ruled by the upper class
C. the purpose of man was to seek freedom and wisdom
D. people should not ask others to do what they did not want to
30. What made some people different from others according to Confucius?
A. Family. B. Potential. C. Knowledge. D. Community.
31. This passage is organized in the pattern of __________.
A. time and events B. comparison and contrast
C. cause and effect D. definition and classification
D
Most rain forests lie close to the equator（赤道），where the climate is often mild and there are long
hours of sunshine. The warmth of the land heats the air above, causing it to rise and tiny drops of water to
fall as rain. The rainfall can reach at least 98 inches a year. This wet. warm world with plenty of sunlight is
perfect for plants to grow, so the trees grow fast with green leaves all the year round. The trees themselves
also have an effect on the climate. They gather water from the soil and pass it out into the air through their
leaves. The wet air then forms clouds, which hang over the treetops like smoke. These clouds protect the forest from the daytime heat and night-time cold of nearby deserts, keeping temperatures fit for plant
growth.
Rain forests slightly farther away from the equator remain just as warm, but they have a dry season of
three months or more when little rain falls. Tree leaves fall during this dry season and new leaves grow
when the wet season or monsoon（雨季）begins. Thus these areas are known as the "monsoon forest".
Another type of rain forest grows on tropical mountains. It is often called the “cloud forest" because
clouds often hang over the trees like fog.
The rain forest is the ideal place for the growth of many different trees. Most of them depend on
animals to cat their fruits and spread their seeds. When the fruits are eaten, the seeds inside them go
undamaged through animals' stomachs and are passed out in their droppings. The seeds lying on the forest
floor then grow into new trees.
32. The climate of the rain forests near the equator is _____________,
A. mild, wet and windy B. hot, rainy and foggy
C. hot, wet and cloudy D. warm, wet and sunny
33. We can learn from the passage that ____________.
A. tree leaves are green all the time in the monsoon forest
B. there is a dry season in the cloud forest on tropical mountains
C. clouds help the plants in the rain forest near the deserts to grow
D. the formation of climate in the rain forest has little to do with the trees
34. According to the passage, ________play the most important role in the spreading of seeds.
A. animals B. droppings C. fruits D. winds
35. This passage is most likely to be found in __________
A. a travel guide B. a story book
C. a technical report D. a geographical book
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。
How Not to Be Awkward
Not all of us are outgoing and ready to take the world by storm. 36 This usually happens when a
person is still in his or her teen years and going through the socialization process. So. what can a person do to
overcome this tendency to be awkward? Let's try to find answers to the questions.
Stay in shape and dress up well
Sometimes, awkwardness could be due to being overweight. When you are large in size, you tend to
get very self-conscious. So, in order to avoid this, get into the habit of exercising every day. 37If you look
as if you have just stepped out of a 1980's film when actually it is 2021, there is no doubt that you are bound
to feel awkward about yourself
Be optimistic
Another effective tip on how not to feel awkward is to always keep a smile on your face. 38 On the
other hand, a smiling, happy and positive think person is appreciated by everybody. So, smile when you meet acquaintances or even strangers, say a cheerful "Hi!" and automatically some of your awkwardness will
disappear completely!
Participate in team activities
This one really helps. Awkwardness generally develops when a person remains isolated from others.
So, in order to change this situation, join groups. 39 Joining people in book
reading sessions as well as debates will help remove your awkwardness. Choose any activity of your choice,
such as playing team sports or joining a dance class, and soon you will find your comfort level around people
increasing day by day!
Develop your personality.
Being a book-worm or an Internet addict will not get you anywhere. For se1f-iniprovenient, take up a
hobby that adds meaning to your life. Learn singing or try adventure sports. 40
A. Learn how to end a conversation.
B. Secondly, have appropriate clothes on.
C. For instance, if you are a reading lover, join a book club.
D. If you look sad, nobody will actually like being with you.
E. Something as simple as listening to music will do wonders too.
F. Many among us are shy and may even feel kept apart from others.
G. Awkwardness could be because you do no（ have anything in common to talk about.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共三节，满分 55 分）
第一节；阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个 选项中，选出
最佳选项。（共 20 小题；每小题 1,5 分，满分 30 分）
Soon after my arrival in Luanda, I realized that I was going to have some free time available. I decided to
41 . it doing something useful and involving with the 42 community.
I started my research for volunteering opportunities here and a blog post 43 my eye. It was Ashima's 44
on how she started her 45 journey in Luanda. Ashima has been volunteering at the Foundation for Art and
Culture for more than a year. I decided to 46 with them and soon after 1 got a very warm and welcoming 47
inviting me to the foundation. The next day as I 48 into the foundation little did I know it would become such
a(n) 49 part of my life in Luanda.
I was a bit hesitant 50 as I had never worked with children before and my Portuguese then was much 51
than now. But as I slowly started doing some activities with children, there were not any 52 . All that you 53
was a heart full of love and everyone 54 the language of love.
I found plenty of 55 to do with kids, keeping them busy and having fun. Together we played, sang,
learned new things, 56 new games and reinvented the old.
The children coming to the Foundation are wonderful, and full of 57 and energy.
It is a beautiful place with wonderful projects. Without doubt it is the best 58 I could have found in
Luanda, and J am very 59 to go there as often as I can. The staff 60 there really make you feel welcome and at
home.
41. A spare B. spend C. enjoy D. kill42 A foreign B. new C. whole D. local
43.A. hurt B. fogged C. escaped D. caught
44.A. post B. opinion C. comment D. plan
45 A business B. volunteering C. sightseeing D. adventure
46.A. get along B. catch up C. fit in D. get in touch
47.A. sense B. response C. reception D. ceremony
48.A. walked B. ran C. broke D. turned
49.A. efficient B. short C. beautiful D. minor
50.A.initially B. actually C. recently D. eventually
51 .A. slower B. easier C. poorer D. less
52. A. conversations B. languages C. barriers D. methods
53.A. desired B. required C. had D. needed
54. A. spoke B. learned C. recommended D. heard
55.A.jobs B. activities C. favors D. researches
56.A. taught B. appreciated C created D. bought
57.A. love B. view C. surprise D. faith
58.A. chance B. company C. place D. way
59.A. busy B. happy C. sorry D. curious
60.A. competing B, arriving C. appearing D. working
第二节(共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分］5 分)
阅读下面短文，在空格处填入 1 个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式填空.
The history of the English language really started with the arrival of two Germanic tribes in the fifth
century “the Angles and the Saxons, which is 61. _________________. Old English is also called
Anglo-Saxon. Since then, the English language 62. _______________(develop) by absorbing different
languages. At the end of the 9th century, the Vikings, people from Northern European countries, moved to
Britain. 63. language was taken in by Old English. Later in 1066, England 64. (conquer)
by the Normans, from France, who brought with them their own language
Norman French. As a result. Old English, 65.________________(pick) up lots of vocabulary from French,
evolved into Middle English. But it was not until 1399, when Henry IV became King of England, 66.
____________English was used for all official events as his mother tongue was English. During the
Renaissance in the 16th century. Modem English appeared, including many Latin and Greek words as well. In
recent times, more cultures and languages. such as India and China, have made their 67. (contribute) to the
grammar and vocabulary of English. Since the most accepted sources of reference 68. (be) the
famous English dictionaries - Websters and the Oxford English Dictionary, English learners are advised to
consult them if confused. Today's English is different from the English of 100 years ago; it is pronounced 69.
____________(different) too ― and no doubt, it will be even more different 70. 100 years' time.
第三节(共 10 小题：每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)
课文单句填空：阅读下面句子，在空格处填入 1 个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式填空。71. However, the Norman conquest did not affect English as much as the Anglos and the Saxons'
victory about 600 years earlier, which led to old English _________________(replace) Celtic.
72. In those days, books for blind people used paper____________________(press) against metal wire to
form letters.
73. The Chinese language di tiers from western language ________________that, instead of an alphabet, it
uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.
74. Many people were buried alive and so _______________the city.
75. In 1860 the ruins of Pompeii was put under the government protection for its (preserve).
76. The volcano is still there, but looks very quiet now. It's hard to imagine this peaceful volcano
destroyed the whole city.
77. This statement tries to fool you into believing in the_________________(assume) that the toothpaste
cures bad breath.
78.Then he turned his eyes east and marched all the way to India, finding victory he went.
79. By the age of 30, he ______________(occupy) more land than anyone before and it seemed that
more glory was waiting ahead of him.
80. Finally Socrates was put to death by ____________ (force) to drink poison.
第四部分写作 25 分
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友 Peter 在纽约，因为新冠爆发，停课隔离在家，心情沉闷，请 你
给他写一封信，内容包括：
1.表示安慰，并告知在家隔离的重要性。
2.根据你在家隔离的经验，给他调整身体和心理的一些建议(可以做一些什么事情来打发 时间和
调整情绪)。(至少三条建议)
参考词汇：新冠肺炎 novel coronavirus pneumonia 传染的 contagious
字数:120 词左右
Dear Peter,2020 上学期高一入学考试答案
听力 Keys: 1-5 ACBCB 6-10 ACBCC 11-15 ABABA 16-20 CBBCA
阅读理解 Keys: 21-23 ADB 24-27 ABDC 28-34 CBCB 32-35DCAD 36-40 FBDCE
完形填空 Keys:41-45 BDDAB 46-50 DBACA 51-55 CCDAB 56-60 CACBD
语法填空 Keys: 1. why 2. has developed /has been developing 3. whose 4. was conquered 5. picking/having
picked 6. that 7. Contributions 8. are 9. differently 10. in
单句填空 Keys: 1. replacing 2. pressed 3. in 4.was 5. preservation 6.how
7. assumption 8. wherever 9. had occupied 10. being forced
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