1、北京市海淀区学年高一下学期期末英语试题北京市海淀区2020-2021学年高一下学期期末英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读选择Sports SaturdaysThe Fox Valley Park District has partnered with six schools throughout Aurora and North Aurora to offer its traditionally popular Sports Saturdays program beginning from Jan. 9.Free to families with children in Grad
2、es 1 through 5, Sports Saturdays provide a safe environment for children to participate in activities that include sports, crafts and general fitness. “Sports Saturdays are an opportunity for kids to get out of the house and do what they love mostplay! Park District instructors are on hand to teach
3、and assist,” said manager Rafael Martinez, who oversees the program. “Theyll get a chance to take part in different sports, and it also gives parents a couple hours of free time while their kids are enjoying themselves in a safe setting.”Sports Saturdays are run at six different primary schools arou
4、nd the area. The program runs for eight Saturdays through Feb. 27. Children can participate in the activities at any school, and even visit a different school each week.Three Ways to RegisterOnlineAvailable 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To sign up for Foxlink, an adult member of the household m
5、ust complete a Family Information Form and return it to the Park District along with proof of address (drivers license, state ID or tax bill).By Mail / Drop OffMake checks payable to Fox Valley Park District. Fill out the registration form and mail to:FVPD, 150 W. Illinois Ave., Aurora, IL 60506 ATT
6、N: Brochure Registration.In PersonRegistrations are processed during office hours after resident registration has begun. Cash, check, Visa, MasterCard or Discover is accepted.Eola Community Center, 555 S. Eola Road, Aurora 605041Sports Saturdays aim to _.Aattract more children to attend the local sc
7、hoolsBencourage schools to promote kids physical educationCprovide kids with chances to enjoy the fun of rich activitiesDassist parents to take care of their kids in the winter vacation2Children taking part in Sports Saturdays _.Aare from six schoolsBare from the same gradeCwill be together with par
8、entsDwill be protected by instructors3To register, one has to _.Apay for the registration form Bprovide identification for addressCcome to an interview in person Dapply in three different ways“Dear Daddy” NotesMy father was the gentlest, most loving and caring dad in the worlduntil we had an argumen
9、t. During those moments, he transformed into a stubborn man who never considered that there could be a side other than his own. My words surely never reached his “open mind” because his ears were closed. There was no point trying to argue with my dad. He always had the last word. I could never win.W
10、hen my father refused to understand that I needed the privacy of a phone in my room, my frustration turned to tears. When he sensed that I was gaining the upper hand in defending my case for wearing lip gloss to school in junior high, he ended our “discussion”, leaving me silently defeated and miser
11、able. So when he refused to change his idea about letting me go on my senior class trip to Montreal, I could do nothing but race from his room in despair. If I couldnt get him to listen to my side of our arguments, maybe I could get him to read it.With the hope that his eyes would be more open than
12、his ears, I began to plead(抗辩) my case in a note that began “Dear Daddy” and ended with how much I respected his opinion, how much I hated to fight with him and how much I valued our relationship and, above all, how much I loved him. I folded my note into an envelope, slid it under the door of his b
13、edroom and raced back to my own room.It was only minutes before I heard a knock at my door. When I saw the look on my fathers face, I knew that my note had melted his temper, softened his stubbornness and touched his heart.The victory of winning my dads permission to go to Montreal was sweet. But ev
14、en sweeter was the discovery of a strategy that enabled me to have an argument with my dad that didnt end in tears, but instead with a hug. My “Dear Daddy” notes became a follow-up to many of our confrontations(对抗). During our most emotional arguments, when his unyielding final word drove me to tear
15、s, when his “Im your father, thats why!” left me speechless, I knew just how to get through to him.Years later, when my father died, his memory lived on through the many stories about him that friends and family continued to share. One of my favorites was the “Dear Daddy” notes. It always made me sm
16、ile to remember some of our most passionate arguments and how my dad would become so pig-headed, until he read my notes. He surely must have seen through my calculating strategy, but he never let on; he enjoyed every note that turned him to see my way.4What did the author think about her father duri
17、ng an argument?AGentle. BStubborn.CAggressive. DOpen-minded.5The “Dear Daddy” notes could help the author _.Aavoid meeting her father Bstop the argument with easeCdeliver her meassage more quickly Dmake her father understand her6After he died, the authors father impressed her most with his _.Agenero
18、us love Bpig-headed decisionCpatient company Dheated discussion Imagine a town with crosswalks but no pedestrians, cars and trucks but no drivers. Welcome to Mcity, a fake “city” built by researchers who are testing out the driverless cars of the future.The controlled test environment, which opened
19、today (July 20, 2015) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, covers 32 acres (the size of about 24 football fields) and contains all the trappings of a real suburb or small city. There is an entire network of roads lined with sidewalks, streetlights, stop signs and traffic signals. Theres even
20、a “downtown” area complete with fake buildings and outdoor dining areas.The idea behind Mcity is simple: test out new driverless car innovations in a human-free environment before these technologies are unleashed in the real world.Mcity is a safe, controlled, and realistic environment where we are g
21、oing to figure out how the incredible potential of connected and automated vehicles can be realized quickly, efficiently and safely, Peter Sweatman, director of the Mobility Transformation Center at U-M, said in a statement.The roads of Mcity are built to stand up to “rigorous, repeatable” testing,
22、according to MTC officials. While Mcity drivers dont have to compete with real pedestrians, there will be one mechanical foot-traveler (a robot-like machine named Sebastian) that steps out into traffic to see whether the automated cars can hit the brakes in time. The fake city also features a traffi
23、c circle, a bridge, a tunnel, some unpaved roads, and even a four-lane highway with entrance and exit ramps, according to a report by Bloomberg Business.In addition to evaluating fully automated, or driverless cars, the researchers also hope to test out so-called connected vehicles within Mcitys lim
24、its. Connected cars can either communicate with one another (vehicle-to-vehicle control, or V2V) or with pieces of equipment, such as traffic lights, that are located near roadways (vehicle-to-infrastructure control, or V2I).Even the smallest details of Mcity have been planned out in advance to copy
25、 the conditions that connected and automated vehicles could face in the real world. For example, there are street signs covered up with graffiti, and faded yellow and white lane markings line the streets.Mcity is just one part of a much larger project that MTC and its partner organizations are estab
26、lishing in an effort to get a whole fleet of connected and driverless cars on the road in Ann Arbor by 2021. In addition to the fake city, MTC is also continuing to launch connected and semi-autonomous(半自动) cars on real roadways. Eventually, the University of Michigan and the Michigan Department of
27、Transportation said they hope to put 20,000 connected cars on the roads of southern Michigan.7According to the passage, Mcity _.Ais a real town used to evaluate the function of future carsBis a fake city with transportation system but no pedestriansCcovers an area of 32 acres with as many as 24 foot
28、ball fieldsDowns a downtown area with a bridge and some unpaved roads8Why did researchers build Mcity?ATo test new driverless cars.BTo make a real suburb or small city.CTo control road environment.DTo build an entire network of roads.9It can be inferred from the passage that _.Asome connected and se
29、mi-autonomous cars have been put into useBthe researchers plans to create a robot-like machine to direct the trafficCthe widespread use of driverless cars will soon come into reality in AmericaDMTC is attempting to make connected and driverless cars available on real roads10How does the passage main
30、ly develop?ABy presenting descriptions of the design.BBy describing a cause and its effects.CBy providing the time order.DBy comparing the opinions.二、任务型阅读Read the following passage and then answer the questions.The Gate without a Latch(插销)1 THERE was a farmer, who had a little gate, which opened fr
31、om his yard into a field. This little gate wanted a latch, and therefore could not be fastened.2When he passed through the gate, he was very careful to pull it after him; but other people were not always so mindful. Even with all his care, the wind would often blow it open again after he had closed
32、it.3The result was, that the gate was generally either flapping backwards and forwards in the wind, or standing wide open.4In this way the poultry were always getting out; and the sheep and lambs were always getting in. It took up half the childrens time to run after the chickens and drive them back into the yard, and to send the sheep and the lambs back into the field.5 The f
