四川省雅安市高中2020-2021学年高一下学期英语期中考试试题

1）对她目前状况表示理解；

2）给出建议；

3）鼓励她树立信心，争取下次考出好成绩。

注意：

1）词数120左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Dear Judy,

……

Yours,

Li Hua

Covid-19 has brought a great deal of trouble for all of us since March 2020.  During this time, mobile phones have been the solution for the boredom and restlessness caused from staying indoors. The most downloaded apps on play store 2020 are：

TikTok

TikTok was the most downloaded app. With over 111. 9 million downloads, TikTok has seen a huge growth in 2020, twice more than what it got in 2019. 20% of its total downloads were from India and around 9. 3% of the total downloads were in the US.

Zoom

Zoom was the second most installed app in the overall downloads category. With nearly 94. 6 million installs, Zoom is the most used app for online meetings and virtual classrooms. 17% of its downloads were in the US and India. Offices and educational institutes were shut down and to continue working and studying from home, people relied heavily on Zoom for video conferencing and calling.

WhatsApp

WhatsApp ranked third in overall downloads with more than 100 million downloads.  It is one of the most popular and widely used chat applications; WhatsApp also supports communication between international phone networks.

Facebook

It ranked fourth in the overall downloaded list. Facebook is the world's most popular social networking application. Facebook builds technologies that give people the power to connect with friends and family, find communities and grow businesses.

If our kids don't fall, they don't learn to get up. I still remember the day in high school that my mom forgot to pick me up from school. I'm the oldest of four children, and no doubt she'd had a long day with the other kids and it'd slipped her mind. After waiting at school for an hour, I walked the three miles home, and when I got to my house, I shut our front door with anger, stormed into the kitchen and screamed in my mom's face that she'd forgotten me.

Later that night, my dad told me I no longer had a ride to school the next day. I figured my mom would still take me, but when the morning came, she refused. It was midterm, and as a straight-A student ready to start college applications, being late wasn't an option. In my mind, missing these tests would have been the end of my academic career. I begged my mom. I told her she was ruining my future and everything I'd worked for. But she held her ground, and that day, I walked to school. And I missed my tests.

My mom didn't rescue me from failure. She let me suffer from it. She let me figure it out. She let me learn. Now, as a mom myself, I've realized that I want my kids to experience failure because failure is how we grow, learn and think outside of ourselves. It's how we self-educate to learn what's right and respectable, and what's not. It's how we become responsible and enthusiastic. Falling down makes us better because we learn how to get up.

Your house may have an effect on your figure. Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off. You can make your environment work for you instead of against you. Here are some ways to turn your home into part of your diet plan.

Open the curtains and turn up the lights. Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating, for people are often less self­conscious when they're in poorly lit places—and so more likely to eat lots of food. If your home doesn't have enough window light, get more lights and flood the place with brightness.

Mind the colors. Research suggests warm colors fuel our appetites. In one study, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room. Warm colors like yellow make food appear more appetizing, while cold colors make us feel less hungry. So when it's time to repaint, go blue.

Don't forget the clock—or the radio. People who eat slowly tend to consume about 70 fewer calories(卡路里) per meal than those who rush through their meals. Begin keeping track of the time, and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes. And while you're at it, actually sit down to eat. If you need some help slowing down, turn on relaxing music. It makes you less likely to rush through a meal.

Downsize the dishes. Big serving bowls and plates can easily make us fat. We eat about 22 percent more when using a 12­inch plate instead of a 10­inch plate. When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake (摄入) jumps by 14 percent. And we'll pour about 30 percent more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.

Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.

In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, king of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a man had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the man should not go out.

Though the belief in the merit(优点) of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War II. Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?

Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease. On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist(免疫学家), encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.

Everyone wants to be nice to their own pets! Here are a few tips.

Feed them not too little, but not too much either. You have to tell the difference between the times they're hungry and the times they're just trying to get food.  Clean their food and drink bowls at least once a day. You wouldn't eat off the same plate for one whole week or drink out of the same glass for a month!

Pets want as much of your attention as possible, dogs especially. In general, admit your pets' existence; even say "Hi, how are you doing?" Clearly they won't understand what you're saying, but it shows that you care for them.  

Take dogs on walks.  Most dogs don't like to be kept in a house all day long.

They can also meet other dogs this way. Dogs like the company of other dogs.

Take them to the vet regularly. Your pet may not like it. Reward it once in a while and he will be happy with what he gets.

If you had to take your dog to the hospital, he might be afraid of riding in cars. Your dog will finally realize that not all car rides end at the hospital.

A. Ask others to share.

B. It's the same with us.

C. Give your pets attention.

D. Make sure it has a warm place to live in.

E. They like to get out and enjoy the flesh air.

F. In that case, take very short car rides that lead somewhere pleasant.

G. But it's better to cause a little discomfort now than to find out later that it has a disease.

Steve was a seventh grader, a big boy, looking more like a teenager than a 12­year­old. Yet, he went unnoticed—he had been1every examination since first grade—until Miss Wilma appeared.

In the middle of the first term of school, the entire seventh grade was2for basic skills.

"You all did pretty well," Miss Wilma told the class after going over the3 ， "except for one boy. And it 4my heart to tell you this, but…" she5, "the smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class." Steve6his eyes and carefully examined his fingertips.

After that, Steve still wouldn't do his homework. Even if Miss Wilma 7  punished him, he remained 8.

"Steve, please! I care about you！"

  9, Steve got it! "Someone CARES ABOUT ME?!"

One Monday a couple of weeks later, Miss Wilma gave a10on the weekend homework. Steve11through the test and was the first to hand in his paper.  With a look of 12, Miss Wilma took his paper and began to look it over.

Miss Wilma's face was in a 13shock! She glanced up at Steve, then 14 ， then up. The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test!

From that moment, nothing was the same for Steve. He discovered that not only could he remember and understand 15, but he could translate what he learned into his life. He became16.

After high school, Steve joined in the Navy (海军), and he had a(n) 17military career. During his naval years, he inspired many young people who might not have18 themselves without him.

A19took place within the heart of a boy all because of one teacher, who_20  about him.

The Chinese New Year red envelope is one of  most popular Chinese traditions for children on the Chinese New Year. They receive red envelopes with money inside! Little kids  (usual) learn the words "hong bao" in Mandarin (普通话) very quickly.

The red color (stand) for good luck for the Chinese. Traditionally the envelopes are decorated with gold letters and messages of (happy) or Chinese lucky symbols like the Chinese dragon, the phoenix, etc. Nowadays, in  (keep) up with the times, you can find anything from Mickey Mouse to Hello Kitty on the red envelopes.

Generally, kids  are unmarried all get red envelopes during the Chinese New Year from their grandparents, uncles, aunts and parents of course. Close (friend) also give red envelopes to children during the festival. Who gives money and how much money  (give) mainly depend on the personal relationship and the age of the kids. And is quite common for an adult  (receive) a kid's greeting for a red envelope during the Chinese New Year.

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。

Sun Yang is known for a famous Chinese swimmer. Born in 1991, he is 1. 98 meters in height and 89 kilos in weight. As swimmer, he always trains hardly. That's why he could win two gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics, which were a great honor for our country. Although he once makes mistakes in the view of the public, but in the 2013 World Swimming Championships he made amazed achievements. Sun Yang is very brilliant that he has many fans. We should be pleased to take her as our role model.