湖北省黄冈麻城市2019-2020学年高一上学期英语期中考试试卷

A Guide to the University

Food

The TWU Cafeteria is open 7 am. to 8 pm. It serves snacks(小吃), drinks, ice cream bars and meals. You can pay with cash or your ID cards. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study.

If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Café located in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching.

Relaxation

The Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available(可获得的) for relaxing, studying, cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays.

Health

Located on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical, mental and social health. A doctor or a nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 pm.

Academic Support

All students have access to (接近，可以使用) the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door: two 30–minute appointments per week maximum. This service is free.

Transportation

The TWU Express is a shuttle(班车) service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping centre, leaving from the Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 9 am and 3 pm, Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $1.

When my daughter Sara was in the fifth grade, she came to me with a problem. "Marcy hates me!" she cried. "Because Kathy is my friend, too. She wants me to be her friend and nobody else's. You talk to Marcy. You tell her that I want to be her friend, but I can have other friends, too!"

Oh! I looked at her for a few moments, wondering how I got into this mess, when suddenly an idea came to me.

Picking up two baskets from the living room, I explained, "When everyone is born, he or she has a little basket. This little one here is yours. The big one is mine. As you grow, so does the basket. You can see your little basket is inside mine because when you were born, there were too many things you couldn't do for yourself. I did everything you couldn't do on your own."

She nodded.

"Well, as you grew older and began to do some things on your own, I began placing a few more things in your basket. When you learned to tie your shoes, that went in your basket."

She said softly, "I can tie my own shoes."

"Right. As you grow older, there will be more and more things you must do on your own." As I spoke, I gradually took her basket out of mine and handed it to her. "You will finally carry your own basket with things only you can do."

She looked up at me and said, "I understand. There are some things that I have to do for myself because they are in my basket."

As computers become more popular in China, Chinese people are increasingly relying on computer keyboards to input (输入) Chinese characters. But if they use the computer too much, they may end up forgetting the exact strokes（笔画）of each Chinese character when writing on paper. Experts suggest people, especially students, write by hand more.

Do you write by hand more or type more? In Beijing, students start using a computer as early as primary school. And computer dependence is more wide-spread among university students. Almost all their assignments and essays are typed on a computer.

All the students interviewed say they usually use a computer.

It's faster and easier to correct if using a computer. And that's why computers are being applied more and more often to modern education.

"When I'm writing with a pen, I find I often can't remember how to write a character, though I feel I'm familiar with it."

"I'm not in the mood to write when faced with a pen and paper."

Many students don't feel this is something to worry about. Now that it's more convenient and efficient to write on a computer, why bother to handwrite?

Many educators think differently. Shi Liwei, the headmaster of a famous primary school in the capital, said, "Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic（审美的）value. But those characters typed with computer keyboards only maintain their practical value. All the artistic beauty of the characters is lost. And handwriting contains the writer's emotion. Through one's handwriting, people can get to know one's thinking and personality. Beautiful writing will give people a better first impression of them. "

To encourage students to handwrite more, many primary schools in Beijing have made writing classes compulsory（必修的）and in universities, some professors are asking students to turn in their homework and essays written by hand.

    Your school days should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. How can you gain the most from them, and ensure that you do not waste this wonderful chance to learn?

    Be positive about school! Don't say things which are difficult or boring. Be interested in school life and your school subjects. Join in lots of activities. Be quick to put your hand up. Go round the school with a big smile.

    Expect to work. . If you are not working, you are not learning, you are wasting your time at school. Teachers cannot make everything enjoyable.

    Keep fit. If you do not eat a good breakfast, you will be thinking about food in class. If you go to bed late and do not have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. Play some sports to keep your body strong.

    . Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Do not say you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class, it is very difficult to get back in front. You cannot finish a race if you rest all the time.

    Don't be too disappointed if things sometimes go bad. . Friends are not always perfect, and they sometimes say and do unpleasant things. Don't let small problems seem very big and important.

    !

A. Everyone fails some tests, loses some matches and has bad days

B. Ways to have a happy school life

C. Do today's work today

D. Follow my advice, and have a happy school life

E. Because it means that you are enjoying school and learning more

F. School is not a holiday camp

G. You are making your time of little use unless you are learning hard

Paen Long has had a dream ever since he saw a plane for the first time at the age of six. His dream was to 1 a plane. Last year, the 30-year-old man started building his plane 2. "I was afraid that people would 3 me, so sometimes I worked at night," he said. It was a long time 4 he put his dream into practice. Paen Long tried to build his own plane, using the money he had 5 from running his own garage (汽车修理厂). He has spent three years 6 YouTube videos in order to 7 how to make a plane.

It took him a year to build his plane, using mostly recycled materials. The plane's first 8 came at 3 pm on 8^th, March. Local villagers gathered excitedly to watch the plane fly. 9, the plane only got 50 m in the air before crashing (撞击) to the 10. "When all people were looking at me, I felt very 11," he said.

Although the first try 12. Paen Long remains 13. His next project is to build a seaplane. Paen Long thinks the plane will cost over $10,000. "I never feel 14 for spending all my money building a plane," he said.

His wife, Hing Muoyheng, 15 about her husband, especially as they have two young sons. However, she has no 16. "I don't know how planes work and he doesn't have any 17 to help him. He can only search for information himself," she said, "I tried to ask him to 18 a few times because I was afraid, but he said he wouldn't 19, so I have to support his 20."

    Babies are great and lots of fun. We all love babies and we need babies, too. Many countries don't have enough of them. That's a big problem.

    Most babies grow up to become workers. As the number of workers (grow), a country can produce more things. That often means people's lives become easier and more (comfort). But without enough babies, a country (gradual) gets old. Many countries provide services their people like health care. These services (pay) for by young working people. But they are mostly used by old people aren't working any more. Without enough young people, countries can't afford these things.

    Countries are dealing with problems in different ways. Many countries are encouraging people (have) more babies. Since raising children is expensive, some countries give families extra money. Some other countries change rules it is easier for mothers to study and work. Others are welcoming immigrants (移民) from other (place). How do you think this problem should be solved?

1）与老师交流，征求老师意见；

2）上课积极参与讨论，专心听讲，做好笔记；

3）其它方面。

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jim,

    I'm delighted to hear that you'll be a senior student.

Yours,

Li Hua

Many years ago, one of the best engineers in the Notco Company in Australia was Mr. King. He had only worked there for five months, but already he was one of the best workers in the team. His job was to design new machines.

One day, Mr. King had an accident. A worker drove a small handtruck so carelessly that it hit the back of Mr. King's legs. Mr. King, whose legs were badly hurt, was quickly taken to hospital. There a doctor asked him to remove his trousers so that he could examine his legs. To everyone's surprise, Mr. King refused. Nobody could understand what the problem was. Finally, the doctor said to Mr. King gently, "Please tell me what the problem is. Unless you tell me, I shall not be able to help you."

Mr. King looked carefully at the doctor. "Please don't tell anyone else. If anyone at work discovers my secret. I shall lose my job. I'm not Mr. King. I'm Ms. King! I'm a woman! But I had to lie to the company and pretend to be a man in order to get a job."

In fact, Mr. King's secret was discovered the same evening. The boss in whose department Mr. King worked had heard about the accident. He called at the hospital after work to find out whether Mr. King was better. To his surprise, the person at the front desk told him that his best worker had been put in Women's Room 31.

Ms. King had to tell her story to her boss, Mr. Pattis. "For months I tried to get a good job as an engineer, but it was impossible to get a job as a woman."

"So I cut my hair short, bought some men's clothes, used a man's name and finally got a job in your company. Please let me stay in the company; I enjoy working there."

注意：1）所续写的短文词数应为150左右；

2）应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语，已为你写好；

4）续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

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