精品解析：广东省东莞市外国语学校2021-2022年高一下学期英语期中考试

2021-2022学年第二学期期中考 高一年级英语试题 本试卷分第一、二卷，满分150分，考试时间120分钟.请对照题号准确填涂答题卡！ I听力(共两节，满分15分) 第一节 听力理解(每题2分，共10分) 每段播放两遍.每小题有5秒阅题时间.请从题中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑. 听下面一段对话，回答第1-2题. 1. Why does Jim want to be a scientist as Einstein? A. Because he loves science B. Because he hopes to help others C. Because he wants to be famous 2. What can we know from the conversation? A. How to become a scientist B. To love the work we do C. How to gain success 听下面一段对话，回答第3至5题 3. How many hours does the man probably spend on the Internet a week? A. About 2 or 3 hours B. About 3 or 4 hours C. About 5 or 6 hours 4. What does the man log in the Internet for? A. He sends e-mails and chats with friends B. He sends e-mails and looks up information C. He looks up information and sees movies 5. What can be inferred from the conversation? A. The man works in a library B. The man isn’t interested in Internet C. The man’s work has something to do with other countries 第二节 听取信息(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 听下面一段对话获取必要的信息，填入空格6-10。录音读两遍。 Satellites for Weather Forecasting(预测) The satellites _____6_____ of the atmosphere. They send the pictures to the _____7______. The scientist there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will _____8______. When the weather stations receive the new pictures, they _____9____ them with the earlier ones. Now the weather satellites can make good forecast for _____10_____ days. 第二部分.阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A The Biggest Stadiums in the World People have been pouring into stadiums since the days of ancient Greece. In around 80 A.D., the Romans built the Colosseum, which remains the world’s best known stadium and continues to inform contemporary design. Rome’s Colosseum was 157 feet tall and had 80 entrances, seating 50,000 people. However, that was small fry compared with the city’s Circus Maximus, which accommodated around 250,000 people. These days, safety regulations-not to mention the modern