山西省怀仁市2020-2021学年高一上学期期末英语试题

My wonderful daughter made me a birthday cake this year using her own special combination of creativity and love. It was huge and I 1 myself the biggest piece. With the first 2 I closed my eyes and smiled. It was so 3 . The ice cream on top was delightfully thick. It had countless calories 4 it was so delicious without being necessarily nutritious. I didn't mind, 5. I enjoyed every bite and added a few scoops of ice cream 6 . My son, my daughter and I7 every bit of it. When we were done, our souls were 8, and dinner was still four hours away. We had followed that wise saying of a9 existence: "Life is short. Eat 10first!"

I have spent too many years of my life 11the desserts I was given until everything else was done. Like many people in our society, I thought that 12 came first, duty came second, and joy was somewhere down the13. It took me a long time to see the 14 truth that: "We work to live but we live to love." Without love, without laughter, without joy, without goodness, and without all the simple 15 life can bring, our existence becomes a dull and miserable journey. 16, I finally realized that when you put love first in your life, 17 else tastes so much sweeter.

Don't put off the simple 18 that life can bring. Don't put off the beautiful love that you can give. And 19 your love with everyone. You will be amazed at how wonderful 20 will be when you "Live to Love" while you "Work to Live".

The Blue Cafe' Theatre

The Artist is a movie set in a neighborhood of the French capital, by the River Seine. Made in 1940, this black and white movie has made cinema history. A romantic drama that will make you cry, it is well worth watching. Don't worry if you don't know French; you can read the subtitles(字幕). Showing Sunday morning in the Blue Cafe' Theatre.

Elmstreet Village Cinema

Ask me that again! A great movie for all ages, young and old. It's a movie with something for everyone! Set in a New York college, it sells the story of a girl who is so pretty that every boy falls to her. But all she wants to do is study! Now showing until Sunday, Special afternoon tickets at 10% discount for the 4:00 pm matinee(午后场).

The Orange Cinema Company

Star Traveler is a great movie for science-fiction fans who like to have a good laugh at the same time. It may not be the best film of all time, but it certainly is the funniest. You will love Wil, the star traveler, who gets lost in space, chased by green aliens. Showing from Saturday at all Orange Cinemas, 7: 00 pm, 9: 00 pm and 11:30 pm.

Findley Park Cinema

Dance all the way! A musical romance, set in an arts & dance school in the US, the film will have you singing along and tapping(轻叩) your toes from beginning to end. Doors open on Saturday at 5:00 pm for the early showing.

Around the World by Wheelchair

Rick Hansen was always an active kid and loved to fish. When returning in a truck one day from a fishing trip, he had an accident and suffered injuries to his spine (脊柱). This 15-year-old young man awoke to find that he had lost the use of his legs. However, he didn't give up. Many months later he began to compete in wheelchair sports. At the age of 27, he decided to wheel around the world to raise awareness and money for spinal cord research. His tour took him through 34 countries around the world between 1985 and 1987.In this Man of Motion World Tour, he wheeled 24,901 .55 miles, which is equal to the distance around the earth.

Bad weather and difficult, rocky roads often provided challenges for Rick, but he continued to push himself to complete the trip. He was determined to succeed. Even mountains did not stop Rick Hansen. He wheeled himself up the Rocky Mountains and several other major mountains in the world. He even wheeled himself along the Great Wall of China!

"Never Give Up On Your Dreams" was his motto and he hasn't given up yet. He completed his world tour raising $24 million. He continues to work to increase knowledge of spinal cord injury. He is a true Canadian hero who shows what determination can achieve.

I remember the day when I first learned to ride a bike. It was a frightening, yet fun experience. My granddad was the one who taught me and he helped me when I got hurt. The first time I got on a bike, I had no idea what I was doing, and just about everything went wrong. My granddad told me to just put my feet on the pedals and start pedaling (骑自行车). He also told me he would hold onto the back of the bike the whole time, yet he didn't.

As soon as I started trying to balance myself, he let go. I happened to look back just then. I was scared, to death that I was going to fall and hurt myself. When I was scared, my mind went blank from pedaling, and I just wanted off. I forgot how to use the brakes (车闸) and fell right off the bike. My granddad kept encouraging me to get up and try again, and after about 15 minutes, 1 finally stopped crying, got up and tried again.

As soon as I started pedaling again, my pants got caught in the chain, and I fell flat on my face and hit my nose. Since that happened t my granddad decided to call it a day and try again the next morning. The next morning I woke up bright and early, and was very eager to try to ride my bike. My nose felt better, so I wasn't that afraid of falling anymore.

Though I knew there were a lot of difficulties on the way to mastering the skills in riding a bike, I believed I could do well with my granddad's help. After all, riding a bike was what I wanted to do eagerly.

Why does time seem to fly faster as we get old? You've got your aging brain to blame. This is likely due largely to the physical changes of our nerves and neurons(神经元). New research suggests 'rapid fire' abilities of the young brain allow us to process more information during youth, causing the days to seem longer earlier in life. However, as we get old, researchers say the older brain takes more time to process information.

The new finding put forward by a Duke University researcher was published in a paper in the journal European Review this week. According to Adrian Bejan, the J.A Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke, the physical changes of our nerves and neurons play a major role in our perception(知觉) of time as we get old. Over the years these structures become more complex and eventually begin to degrade.

"Little babies, for example, move their eyes much more often than adults because they're processing images at a faster rate," Bejan says. For older people, this means fewer images are being processed in the same amount of time, causing experiences to seem as though they're happening more quickly.

"Click!" That's the sound of a seat belt (安全带) locking in placeSo I don't drive anywhere until I wear it Choosing to wear your seat belt is as simple as choosingbetween life and death. Which one do you choose?

Think about it. When you are driving in a car, you may be going 60 MPH or faster. Then somebody ahead of you locks up his or her brakes. Your car, which was going 60 MPH, has now suddenly stopped. Your body, however, is still going 60 MPH.Will it be the windshield (挡风玻璃) or your seat belt? I choose the seat belt.

They think that seat belts don't allow them much space to move freely in the car. To them, what's more uncomfortable? Wearing a seat belt or flying through a car windshield?

Let's just take a closer look at your choices. If you are not wearing your seat belt, you can hop around the car and slide in and out of your seat easily. You are more likely to die or suffer serious injuries. That means you are much more likely to walk away unharmed from a car accident.

Wearing a seat belt does not always ensure your safety. You can still get hurt or killed while wearing seat belts.You are much less likely to get seriously injured or killed in a car accident. So why not take the safer way?

A. What's going to stop your body?

B. Seat belts save lives and that's a fact

C. Some people forget to wear seat belts.

D. Some people think that seat belts are uncomfortable.

E. If you are wearing a seat belt, you have to stay in your seat.

F. If you don't have a seat belt on, the police can give you a ticket.

G. But wearing them has proven to' be safer than driving without them

The Qiantang River,  is located in Zhejiang, on the southeastern coast of China, flows into the East China Sea. Every year  the eighteenth day of the eighth lunar month, people gather along its banks expectantly, eager for the  (arrive) of the tide.

The waters of Hangzhou Bay and the Qiantang River meet on the horizon,  (form) a thin white line. Hundreds of thousands of tons of water per second the fusion(融合) of ocean and river  (dramatic) falls back towards the land. The seawall contains the force of 7 tons per square meter. The  (wave) can reach a maximum of 9 meters, about three stories high and even  (tall) than four of China's famous basketball player, Yao Ming.

The huge tides and waves do little to deter the bold. People  (jump) into the powerful waves as early as  Southern Song Dynasty of China, more than 800 years ago. The people of the time called them the Tide Players. It looks so much like today's surfing, minus the surf board. Today, the Qiantang River  (attract) thousands of people from far and wide for the annual tidal surfing competition.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2）只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Last Thursday, I invited Alan to my house to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival. While we were wait for a big lunch, both Alan and I felt hungry. After having the big lunch, we felt full of energetic. In the afternoon, my mother taught Alan and me to make mooncakes, which made us especially exciting. We listened my mother carefully and made the mooncakes with great patience. At the last, we made some beautiful mooncakes. In the evening, we ate the mooncakes made by themselves and enjoyed my father's stories about the festival. Late, Alan told me that he would never forget the day where we celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival together. He hoped that he could spent many other traditional Chinese festival in my house.

1）感谢邀请，很想接受邀请向外国朋友介绍中国的传统绘画，但遗憾无法参加；

2）说明理由；

3）推荐(recommend)朋友Mary 参加，并说明原因, 如：Mary从小即开始学画、对中国画很了解、个性活泼且口语极棒……是替代我的最好人选项。

4）再次致歉，预祝活动成功。

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

Thank you very much

……

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua