2020-2021學(xué)年北京市海淀區(qū)首師大附中高一（上）開學(xué)分班英語試卷（8月份）

一、閱讀理解（共4小題，每題2分，共30分）

• 1．Here are some Chinatowns for those outside of China wishing to celebrate the Chinese New Year．
     London
     Although it may not be as large or as long-built as others，having only become a center for the Chinese community during the 1950s，London's Chinatown is perfectly formed little firework （煙花） that knows how to see in the year with a bang．Decorated （裝飾） with red lanterns，previous years have seen shows with acrobatics，martial arts，dance and opera nearby．
     San Francisco
     San Francisco's Chinatown is perhaps the most famous in the USA．The city was the main entry-point for Chinese who had crossed the Pacific to the USA during the early 19th century．Between the Grant Avenue and the Stockton Street，this historic area is a local treasure，attracting more visitors per year than the Golden Gate Bridge．
     Bangkok
     With an about 100-year-old history，the Thai capital's Chinatown contains complex streets offering all kinds of tasty food，clothes，and toys．Sunday market days are such a good time to get the full atmosphere of the neighborhood．The area is also famous for its gold dealers，and there are lots of gold shops along the road．
     Mauritius
     Found in Port Louis，this Mauritian Chinatown shows the island nation's rich multicultural diversity．Built in the early years of the 20th century by settlers from China，its tiny shops and restaurants serve locals and visitors．During the Chinese Spring Festival，the most exciting sight is the Dragon Dances on Rue Royale when Chinese musicians and dancers perform the traditional lion dances through the streets．
  
  （1）Which of the following has the longest history？

  
  A．London's Chinatown．
  B．San Francisco's Chinatown．
  C．Mauritius's Chinatown．
  D．Bangkok's Chinatown．
  （2）What's special about Bangkok's Chinatown？

  
  A．It is crowded with Chinese restaurants．
  B．It is the major entrance for the Chinese．
  C．It is well-known for its gold business．
  D．You can enjoy fireworks there．
  （3）If you want to enjoy the Dragon Dances，you can go to

  ．
  A．Rue Royale in Port Louis，Mauritius
  B．the Sunday market in Bangkok
  C．the Grant Avenue in San Francisco
  D．the Chinese community in London
  組卷：9引用：1難度：0.5

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• 2．Twenty-five young musicians from around the world have come to California to train and perform this month．They will take part in an international program called iPalpiti．The name comes from the Italian word for heartbeats．
     Eduard Schmieder is the program's conductor and musical director，Schmieder and his wife started the program in 1997 with help from violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin．
     This year，the musicians come from 19 countries，including Azerbaijan，Kazakhstan，Israel and Italy．Schmieder notes some of the musicians are from countries that are at war with each other．
     And they are sitting next to each other，and they become friends，He says through their music and friendship，they are making the world more peaceful．
     The musicians taking part in the program range in age from their late teens to their 30s．
     Schmieder said they include winners of major music competitions．Peter Rainer is a violin player from Germany．He serves as concertmaster，the link between the musicians and conductor． "It's so great that you have so manysensitive musicians．They all are very alert and awake and listen to each other and it's a lot of fun．" Turkish viola player Can Sakul says the international group works we'll together． "The experience is a cultural as well as a musical exchange，" said Russian violinist Semyon Promoe． "Everyone has their own opinion of music，how to play every composition．It's very interesting to interact with everybody，to play together and to create one opinion for everybody．"
     This year，the festival focuses on music from the 1600s to the 1900s．But cello player Franciaco Vila of Ecuador said the music has no geographic boundaries Vila added that the musicians get to know more about each other as they perform great music．
     "It's interesting to see where we intersect（交集），how many things we have in common．And also the music world is quite small，so you're only one person away from knowing everyone else．" Can Sakul said the musicians who have taken part in the training and festival make up a big family．He added that he is proud to be a part of it．
  
  （1）When was the program founded？

  
  A．This month．
  B．From 1600s．
  C．From late teens．
  D．In 1997．
  （2）Mentioning that "Some musicians are from countries that are at war with each other．"，Schmieder intends to present that

  ．
  A．musicians continue to fight in competitions
  B．music makes the world more harmonious
  C．musicians are from different countries
  D．the world is not peaceful
  （3）What does the underlined word "sensitive" probably mean？

  
  A．Flexible．
  B．Artificial．
  C．Brilliant．
  D．Energetic．
  （4）What is the best title for the text？

  
  A．Musicians have much in common．
  B．A national music program．
  C．Music has no geographic boundaries．
  D．Music competitions at war．
  組卷：4引用：1難度：0.5

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• 3．Ma uka，ma uka ka ua，
     Ma kai，ma kai ka ua．
     So sing the children at Hawaiis Punana Leo Hilo kindergarten on the Big Island of Hawaii．The chant is much like any other "Rain，rain，go away" nursery rhyme，but it has an unusual power：it is one of the tools that has brought about the revival（復(fù)興）of a near-dead language．
     The decline of Hawaiian was not，as is the case with most disappearing languages，a natural death caused by migration and mass media．In 1896，after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy （君主政體） by American business interests，schools were banned from using the language，and children were beaten for speaking it．By the late 20th century，aside from a couple of hundred people on one tiny island，English had replaced Hawaiian and only the old spoke the language to each other．
     Larry Kimura，a professor there，and his students wanted to bring it back to life．In 1985，when educating children in Hawaiian was still banned，Kauanoe Kamana and her husband Pila Wilson，both students of Kimura's created the first Punana Leo （which means language nest） at Hilo．They gathered together a small group of children and elderly native speakers．The movement grew：there are now 12 kindergartens and 23 schools．The number of children being educated in Hawaiian has risen from 1，877 in 2008 to 3，028 in 2018．Along with Japanese，Hawaiian is the non-English language most commonly spoken among children．
     The success has been hard-won．Campaigners had to get the law changed．"People in the community，even in our families，were saying：'You'll ruin your children's future．They won't be able to go to college．'" Such fears turned out to be unfounded．All the pupils at Nawahi，the main Hawaiian-medium school，complete high school，compared with the state average of 83%；87% go to college，compared with a state average of 55%．
     But academic outcomes are not the primary focus，says Mr．Wilson． "We value our connection with our ancestors more than we value being millionaires，" he says．Mr．Kimura explains that the schools have allowed Hawaiians to pass on their culture．
  
  （1）What made the Hawaiian language nearly die out？

  
  A．Migration．
  B．The ban on it．
  C．Mass media．
  D．Population decline．
  （2）What effort was made to bring the Hawaiian language back to life？

  
  A．Going on a strike．
  B．Supporting the law．
  C．Setting up a community college．
  D．Educating more local children in it．
  （3）What is the main value of the Hawaiian language according to Mr．Wilson？

  
  A．Making a fortune by learning it．
  B．Focusing on academic outcomes．
  C．Passing on the Hawaiian culture．
  D．Reducing the influence of English．
  （4）What is the best title of the passage？

  
  A．The value of Hawaiian．
  B．The revival of Hawaiian．
  C．The popularity of Hawaiian．
  D．The near-death of Hawaiian．
  組卷：7引用：1難度：0.5

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• 4．The way Jason Momoa describes Hawaii's beloved inactive volcano，Mauna Kea，makes you understand why it's considered sacred（神圣的）．
     "It's kind of the umbilical cord（臍帶） to earth，" the actor tells CNN． "You know，if you think about the Hawaiian islands，that's the biggest mountain in the world，right？All the way up．So Mauna Kea is the most sacred．We call it the belly button，too．That's like our birthplace．That's how our islands were formed．So how can that not be sacred？"
     He would know．Jason，a native of Hawaii，has had a near-constant presence there when he's not working，fighting with local protestors to stop the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope，or TMT，which would drill directly into the mountain and invade its precious water supply．So far，protestors have successfully blocked the only road crews seeking to go up the mountain in order to build the billion-dollar observatory．
     "It started in 2015．What's happening over there was just not right，" Jason says． "And I went over there to meet with everyone to bring the point to the world．" Jason joins the protests when he can．He cared so deeply about the preservation of the land that when he had spare time to lend his support，he was there． "You also have to remember，that's our water source．So having an 18-story building built on top of the tallest mountain from the sea level on our water level is terrible．"
     The Game of Thrones star says he feels the movement is working and describing his part in it as a calling to do what he feels right in his soul． "There's massive progress that's bringing our people together，" he says，adding， "I think there are a lot of problems in Hawaii．There are a lot of things that have happened in our history，a lot of injustice，and so we're shining a light on it．People like myself or Dwayne Johnson，Bruno Mars are trying to spread the concern all around the world．For my soul I need to be there．"
  
  （1）Why is Mauna Kea sacred according to Jason？

  
  A．It's still growing upwards．
  B．It looks like the belly button．
  C．It's the birthplace of Humans．
  D．It brings the islands into being．
  （2）What does "It" refer to in Paragraph 4？

  
  A．The project of building TMT．
  B．The event of blocking the road crews．
  C．The shooting of Game of Thrones．
  D．The movement of preserving the land．
  （3）According to Jason，what's the significance of their movement？

  
  A．Bringing Hawaiian people together．
  B．Witnessing the history of Hawaii．
  C．Bringing Hawaii problems into focus．
  D．Making Mauna Kea better-known．
  （4）In which section might the text be read？

  
  A．Travel．
  B．Celebrity．
  C．Culture．
  D．Technology．
  組卷：8引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

七、讀后續(xù)寫（共20分）閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)所給情節(jié)進(jìn)行續(xù)寫，使之構(gòu)成一個(gè)完整的故事．

• 11．Missus Sommersone day found herself the unexpected owner of fifteen dollars．It seemed to her a very large amount ofmoney．For a day or two she walked around in a dreamy state as she thought about her choices．Her daughter Janie was wearing worn shoes and needed new ones．She would buy cloth for new shirts for the boys．Her daughter Mag should have another dress．And still there would be enough left for new stockings for her children．The idea about how to spend the dollars made her restless with excitement．
      On the day she planned to go shopping with the money，she ate a light meal- no!Between getting the children fed and the house cleaned，and preparing herself to go shopping，she forgot to eat at all!
      When she arrived at the large department store，she spotted a pile of silk stockings at the entrance．A sign nearby announced that they had been reduced in price a young girl behind the counter asked her if she wished to examine the silky leg coverings．She smiled as if she had been asked to inspect diamond jewelry，and started to feel the soft，expensive items．Missus Sommers picked up a black pair and looked at them closely．Two red marks suddenly showed on her pale face．She looked up at the shop girl and said proudly， "Well，I will buy this pair．"
      Missus Sommers changed her cotton stockings for the new silk ones in the ladies' rest area．She had let herself be controlled by some machine-like force that directed her actions and freed her of responsibility．How good was the touch of the silk on her skin!Then she put her shoes back on and put her old stockings into her bag．Next，she went to the shoe department，where she tried on a pair of new boots．Her foot and ankle looked lovely．She could not believe that they were a part of herself．
  注意：1．所續(xù)寫短文的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
  2．至少使用5個(gè)短文中標(biāo)有下劃線的關(guān)鍵詞語；
  3．續(xù)寫部分分為兩段，每段的開頭語已為你寫好；
  4．續(xù)寫完成后，請(qǐng)用下劃線標(biāo)出你所使用的關(guān)鍵詞語．
  Paragraph 1：
      After buying a pair of new boots，she walked into the clothing department．_____________
  Paragraph 2：
      She was about to leave the store when a kid running around reminded her of something．________
  組卷：6引用：1難度：0.5

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八、提綱類作文（共8分）

• 12．假定你是李華，你的筆友Peter所在的林肯中學(xué)將舉辦中國(guó)文化周活動(dòng)，他來信向你尋求活動(dòng)相關(guān)建議．請(qǐng)你給他回信，內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)包括：
  1． 活動(dòng)內(nèi)容及形式；
  2． 說明推薦理由；
  注意：
  1． 詞數(shù)100左右；
  2． 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；
  3． 可能用到的詞匯：剪紙 paper-cutting書法 calligraphy
  組卷：8引用：5難度：0.4

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