四川省南充市阆中重点中学校2021-2022学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

I learnt to swim when I was a teenager. I went to the local（本地的）swimming pool with my two sisters. It was old and cold and not very nice. I can still remember my instructor：his name was Colin Firth, like the actor. But he wasn't as good-looking!

——Rachel Robbins

My father was a swimming instructor so I guess it's in the blood. I can't remember a time when I couldn't swim. I spent most of my childhood holidays at the beach and I still go at any opportunity（机会）I get.

——Simon Fordham

It took me a long time to learn. I wasn't a natural. I still don't swim very well. I certainly don't swim very well. I certainly wouldn't like to be in a boat in rough（汹涌的）seas. I never really learnt to put my face in the water. It hurts my eyes and I can't see.

——Geoffrey Hopkins

One day I was standing by the deep end of the swimming pool and I suddenly fell in. I don't know how I did it but I managed to gèt to the side. I was coughing but I could swim! My brother saw me when I got out and thought it was very funny. But he didn't laugh when 1 hit him.

——Karen Marks

My first experience of swimming was when I was 8 or 9 years old. I was on a small boat with about ten other boys. It was very small and someone pushed me in the water. The water was very clean and I could see everything. I remember feeling very peaceful and comfortable and I wasn't worried at all. I started swimming, not very well. but another boy helped me to return to the beach.

——Phillip Parker

Nowadays, kuakuaqun or praise groups have become more and more popular on the Internet, Their aim is to comfort young people. These groups provide words of support for those who are unhappy.

Spending just a little money, you can enter such a group. Share your problems or success, and you will receive positive messages soon. These messages, mostly from strangers, will help you feel better. A leader of one of the groups talks about his first purpose, “I want to help people learn to praise others and accept others, praise.”

I like the idea of kuakuaqun. However, I think getting praise from strangers online isn't very useful in the long run. This is especially true when you are paying for the praise. These people don't know you, so the praise may not be earnest. Real and meaningful praise comes from the people you know.

With this in mind, we should try to praise our  friends and family members  when they need some encouragement. Simply saying to a classmate, 'I like you', can lift his or her confidence. Being kind to others is easy. And it adds the necessary sweetness to make everyone's life better.

Students from Taizhou Middle School, Jiangsu Province, experience farming during their labor (劳动) course. As we all know, the life skills like cooking and painting are important and should be taught as part of labor education.

On June3, 2020, the Ministry of Education (MOE) (教育部) gave a document (文件) showing the revised curriculum (修改后的方案) for senior high schools across the country. Labor education includes housework, school labor and community voluntary (志愿的) services and so on.

“Labor education must be carried out (实施) with the purpose to make the right view (观点) of the world, life and values and develop an interest in doing chores,” said Vice-Minister of Education Zheng Fuzhi.

According to China Youth Daily, the labor course will take six credits (学分) — the same as foreign language and physics. Voluntary service, as part of labor education, would take two credits. The MOE also asks schools to make sure 40 hours of voluntary service during the full three school years.

According to Xinhua, adding labor education was out of care that the country's young people do too little housework and that they think labor jobs aren't important. Because of a lot of school pressure, schools pay more attention to the course of education, and parents may think that the chores waste their kids' time.

According to a survey, middle school students in China only spend 12 minutes a day on chores, compared with 72 minutes in the US, 42 minutes in South Korea and 30 minutes in France.

However, doing housework does not distract (使分心) young people. Instead, they are necessary for developing a strong working spirit, according to Julie Lythcott-Haims, the writer of How to Raise an Adult. “The earlier you started, the better...”, he said.

There are some famous buildings that everyone can recognize. When you see a picture of a sports stadium that reminds you of a bird's nest, you probably know it is the Olympic stadium in Beijing. When you see a picture of a famous concert hall that reminds you of a sailing ship, you probably know it is the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Buildings like these are easily recognized worldwide. They were designed to look like other things if people use their imaginations.

Other buildings do not need any imagination. They are made to look exactly like other things. Sometimes, these buildings are offices, restaurants, or even houses. Three buildings built in this way are actually museums. The shape of the building is a clue to the objects that people can see inside.

In Guizhou, China, people can visit the Meitan Tea Museum, built in the shape of a huge teapot. There is also a second building next door that is shaped like a tea cup. From far away, the nine-storey teapot shaped museum looks like some kind of huge work of art. But as one gets closer, the windows make it clear that this is a building.

People who are interested in guitars might want to visit the Guitar Museum in the USA. The three-storey building is shaped like a guitar lying on its side. Inside, visitors can see all kinds of guitars as well as learn about famous guitar players.

One of the newest funny-shaped museums is a pottery museum in Korea. This museum, built in 2011, is shaped just like a real pot. Along with seeing examples of pots and tools used for making pots in the museum, visitors can try to make their own pots there.

Lots of students are too busy doing their homework to help out with housework. So, many parents want to know if they should give their children chores. Well, there's no need to worry.

First, doing chores helps children  learn to be independent. Parents can't stay by their children's side all the time. And these skills will help them be ready for the day when they go to college or take care of their own houses.

When children finish a chore, they will not only take pride in a job well done but also have confidence in their ability to do things well.

Third, doing chores makes it possible for children to develop good relationships with their family, friends and partners. Doing chores together with family can make children more caring for their family. And they begin to learn their responsibility in a family or a group. They will know that if they work together as a team, things will be completed quicker and better.

Yes! And it should be on the top of the list. Now, my friends, are you ready to help?

A. Should children do chores?

B. Chores are good for children.

C. What chores should children do?

D. That helps them build team spirit.

E. Children cannot do chores without their parents' help.

F. Second, doing chores helps children build self-confidence.

G. Children need to learn the necessary life skills to be independent.

“Ding... ding...,” the bell rang. The English teacher came into the classroom with test papers in his hand. All the students shouted. The teacher1with a smile on his face, “I know there are too many tests for you these days, but the test today is very2.” After hearing the teacher's words, all the students sat up straight and 3for the test to begin. The teacher started to4the test papers to each student.5he finished handing out the test papers, he asked them to begin.

There was not a question but only a small black “X” in the middle of the paper. The students were very6to see that. The teacher 7 the students' surprise. Then he said, “I would like you to8about what you see there. You must finish it all by9 .”

All the students thought about it hard and then wrote down their answers quietly. At the end of the class, the teacher collected their papers and read the answers. 10 of them described the black “X”. The next day, the teacher said, “Everybody only paid attention to the black 'X', but 11 wrote about the white paper.” The whole class listened 12 , because they worried that they might fail the exam.

Then the teacher said, “Don't worry about the 13 of this test. I just want you to think about your life.” Everyone smiles. The teacher added, “The white paper is like our whole life and the black 'X' in the middle of the paper is just 14 problems in our daily life. Do you have some more thoughts?”

Then the students discussed and expressed 15 opinions actively. Finally they understood the teacher and this special test.

Our life is a 16 given to us by God, with love and care.17, we just care about the problems like illness and hunger, and never see that these problems are much18 than everything else we have in our life.

We should try to take our eye off problems and 19 each moment life gives us. Only then can we start a nice  20  and find true happiness in our lives.

I was very excited when, last week, my friends and I decided to spend (we) weekend in Belgium.

The first place we went to was Brussels. Brussels is such beautiful city, although I thought it seemed rather small to be a capital city. We visited the statue of the weeing boy (撒尿小孩铜像), the great town hall and, of course, we did not forget (visit) the famous Belgium chocolate shops.

One enjoyable part of my afternoon was  (certain) eating a real Belgium waffle (华夫饼). We found that you can't go far without  (come) across waffles in Brussels. They're for sale in shop windows, on the menu at restaurants and are sold by sellers on the side of the street.

In the evening we (go) out for a meal with other people on the trip; it was good fun getting to know other students were experiencing living abroad for the first time. After the meal we (take) to a bar to taste some of Belgium's famous beer.

On the Sunday we visited the city of Anvers. The city is famous its fashion museums. These museums were (interest) and they really showed the differences in fashion over the years. After this little trip, it was time to return home.

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。

A group of boys was playing a game around a tall tree. They decided see who was the first one to get to the top of the tree. Their mothers were looking at the children when they played. One of the climber was David. He was a 8-year-old short boy. Nobody thought he would win the competition. Then the game started. All of the boys tried their best to climb as higher as they could. Though they all made it halfway up the tree before David did, but David reached the top of the tree fastest in the end. His mother was pride of her son. She asked him how he reached the top of the tree so quick. David said, “It was easy. The another children kept looking down when they climbed. When they found how high they were, they got scared and were afraid of fallen down. I only looked up until I got to the top.”

1）出发及返回时间；

2）活动内容（参观秦始皇兵马俑博物馆、观看皮影戏、登大雁塔、品尝小吃）；

3）你的感受。

注意：1）词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：

秦始皇兵马俑博物馆  Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum

皮影戏 shadow play   大雁塔 Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Dear Fred,

Glad to hear from you. I'd like to tell you about our study tour “Into Xi'an” last weekend.

Yours,

Li Hua