湖南省长沙市长郡中学2021-2022学年高一下学期寒假作业检测（入学考试）英语试题

2022 年高一年级寒假作业检测 英语 时量：90 分钟 满分：100 分 第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分50 分） 第一节 （共15 小题；每小题2.5 分，满分37.5 分） A Located beside Lake Geneva, the Olympic Museum houses more than 10,000 artificial objects and hours of interactive contents highlighting some of the best moments during the Olympics. Here are some of the museum's most moving moments. The Olympic Park The journey through the Olympic Museum begins in the Olympic Park ，an 8,000-square- meter outdoor area in front of the museum overlooking Lake Geneva and the Alps. The park contains artwork and sculptures that show respect to the world of sport. The first Olympic Symbol The "Olympic Rings" flag was designed by Coubertin in 1913.The rings represent the five continents that participate in the Olympics: Africa, Asia, America, Australia and Europe. The six colors include at least one color that is represented on the flag of every country. The Stadiums The stadiums that host the Olympic Games are as much of a celebration of design as the games are a celebration of sportsmanship. Guests can explore plans and models of Olympic stadiums' past and present, including one of the games' most attractive stadiums, the Bird's Nest from Beijing 2008 Olympics. The Olympic Medals Have you ever wondered what an Olympic medal looks like？The Olympic Museum has a room that houses every bronze, silver, and gold medal from every Olympic Games dating back to the first modern Olympics of 1896. Each medal design is a unique representation of the year and location in which the games were held. 1.Which moment do you see first when exploring the Olympic Museum？ A.The Olympic Park. B.The first Olympic Symbol. C.The Stadiums. D.The Olympic Medals. 2.What can you do in the section of The Stadiums？ A.Celebrate the glory of a sportsman. B.Meet the designers of the stadiums. C.Explore the future stadiums. D.Enjoy the model of the Bird's Nest. 3.In which column of a newspaper may this text appear？ A.Entertainment. B.Science. C.Travel. D.Business. B An American teacher who helped make college education accessible to low-income, immigrant, first-generation American, and refugee pupils has won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize. Keishia Thorpe, an English teacher in Maryland, was selected from more than 8,000 teacher in 121 countries. “As a young girl from the circumstances that I come from, I would never have thought something like this would ever happen to me. I'm speechless, I'm overjoyed, I'm amazed. This is just an extraordinary achievement for me,” Ms. Thorpe said. Ms. Thorpe teaches English to 12th-graders at the International High School Langley Park, where 95 percent of pupils are from low-income families. She redesigned their courses for the English department to make it culturally relevant to her pupils who are from mostly Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and South America. Since then, her English language learners have shown a 40 percent increase in their reading. Ms. Thorpe spent a lot of time encouraging her pupils to apply for college and helped them with their applications and accessing fully-funded scholarships. She helped her senior pupils in 2018– 2019 win more than $6.7 million in scholarships to 11 colleges, with most of them not having to pay for their education. She plans to use the prize money to give less well-off pupils an opportunity of receiving a third level education. “Every person deserves the right to education and I want to be that person who champions that for them. I plan to use the money to help students worldwide access higher education,” she said. “Students are the reason I'm here, so I plan to use that to promote them and create a better future for them.” Organized by UNESCO and first awarded in 2015, the Global Teacher Prize is an annual award to a teacher who has made a vast difference to the profession. The winner of this year was announced at a virtual ceremony in Paris on November 10th, 2021. 4.How do Thorpe's redesigned courses influence her students? A.Students have spent more time reading. B.Students are more aware of their culture. C.More low-income students attend school. D.More students apply for college education. 5.What can be learned about the Global Teacher Prize? A.It devotes much to college education.B.It favors low-income immigrant teachers. C.It targets teachers with huge contributions. D.It encourages reforms in English teaching. 6.What best describes Thorpe? A.Selfless and strict. B.Caring and devoted. C.Frank and considerate. D.Talented and humorous. 7.Which can be the best title for the text? A.A Good Teacher Ensures a Bright Future B.Teacher Prize Helps Realize Students' Dream C.Immigrant Teacher Shares Her Moving Story D.High School Teacher Wins a $1 Million Prize C Thanks to a new virtual （虚拟的）reality film offering 360 degree viewing, armchair travelers around the world can now visit places like the Amazon rainforest. Provided freely by Conservation International, you'll be able to take in the breathtaking beauty and amazing biodiversity（生物多样性）that is dished up in a film entitled "Under the Canopy" without worrying about being eaten alive by insects, giant snakes or bird spiders.Besides that，and saving on airfare and getting your passport updated, the film is said to be simply beyond belief in its clarity and realism. But the purpose of the film goes beyond just providing viewers with amazing visuals in virtual experience.The makers of the film want to bring awareness to the fact that this once vast wilderness and its occupants are shrinking rapidly and disappearing due to deforestation. In other words, the magnificent sights and sound that you'll enjoy during your virtual wandering around the Amazon's beautiful rainforest need badly to be protected. If you're not aware, a statistic in connection to annual forest loss in the region can be clarified: the loss is equal to 1.5 times the size of Yellowstone National Park. Now, if you're still a little unclear about the significance of this. Yellowstone is 3,472 square miles in size, which is 2,221,766 acres, if that helps you out. In the film, you will have a virtual rout guide, Kamanja Panashekung, a native to the area whose ancestors have lived in the region for countless generations.During his educational tour Panashekung explains to viewers of the film the many ways in which the rainforest supplies his people with everything they need to survive on a daily basis. His story is actually pretty fantastic, especially if you live in city and can't imagine what it would be like living in such a wild and remote area of the world. 8.What aspect of the movie is mainly talked about in Paragraph 1？ A.The strengths. B.The horror. C.The popularity. D.The purposes. 9.What feeling do the film makers wish the audience to have？ A.Guilt. B.Curiosity. C.Excitement. D.Concern. 10.How does the author develop Paragraph 3？ A.By giving an example. B.By giving a description. C.By making a classification. D.By making a comparison. 11.Who would be especially attracted to the guide's story？ ______ A.Those who have ancestors living in the region. B.Those who long for outdoor surviving experience. C.Those who think about developing rainforests. D.Those who have interest in wild animals. D When Shakespeare called sleep "nature's soft nurse", he was certainly onto something. Centuries later, researchers have found that inadequate sleep in children affects their emotional functioning in ways that may predict longer-term social problems. A new study, conducted by a professor of psychology, Candice Alfano, examined whether changes in children's facial expressions of emotion after sleep restriction （限制） predict social problems concurrently （同时发生） and/or over time. "Sleep problems in children are routinely linked with lower social competence and more problems in peer （同龄） relationships, but we really don't understand what drives these associations, " reports Alfano, assuming that the answers might partly lie in the ways children's faces express emotions when tired. To test this theory, Alfano and co