河北省邢台市2020-2021学年高一下学期英语开学考试试卷

If you want to find a book for your children, here are some books that you can choose from.

Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs

The CIA is on a task to find an equation (方程式), which could destroy the world if the bad people get it. For help，they turn to Charlie, a 12-year-old girl who is as smart as Albert Einstein. Children who like exciting mysteries will enjoy reading this book.

AstroNuts by Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg

In AstroNuts , the Earth has been destroyed by humans for thousands of years. Four animals set out from Mount Rushmore. the main office of NASA. Their task is to find a new planet fit for human life. Finally, they discover one： Plant Planet. The story's topic is simple: Don't harm the planet. Readers who love science fiction (科幻小说) will enjoy AstroNuts.

Stargazing by Jen Wang

Christine hears that Moon, who is new in town, is the kind of kid who beats people up for fun. But Moon and her mum come to live with Christine's family, and the two kids become best friends. Moon even shares a big secret with Christine. Stargazing is based on Jen Wang's experiences as a child. The story is about the power of friendship.

Roll with It by Jamie Sumner

Roll with It is a story about a 12-year-old girl named Ellie. She has difficulty walking on her own and uses a wheelchair. When Ellie and her mum move to another state to take care of Ellie's grandpa, she must learn to deal with a new school and new friendships. This book is a must-read for everyone. It's a heartwarming story that really shows the value of family.

A valuable musical instrument was played recently in its first public performance (表演) since being rediscovered in 2015. The instrument, a Stradivarius violin, had been stolen and was missing for 35 years.

The violin has a long history. It was made in the 18th Century. Later, the instrument belonged to Roman Totenberg, a Polish-born violinist. He died before the violin was rediscovered. Now, the violin belongs to one of his daughters and its sound is again being heard.

This week, one of Totenberg's former students, Mira Wang, played the instrument for the first time since its rediscovery.

Totenberg's three daughters all agreed that Mira Wang should perform with the Stradivarius. Amy Totenberg says the former student was close to her father.

Antonio Stradivari made the instrument in 1734. Roman Totenberg played the violin for almost 40 years. He performed on many famous concert stages around the world. Totenberg died in 2012 at the age of 101.

The Stradivarius was taken from his dressing room after a show. Daughter Nina Totenberg remembers what happened. " He was greeting well-wishers afterwards and when he turned around to go back and get the violin, it was gone. And they found the case thrown down the stairs in the place where the concert had been and they called the police and the FBI came.”

The disappearance of the violin remained a mystery (谜)for 35 years. Then, the former wife of the man who stole the instrument tried to sell it to a violin specialist who identified it. The former husband had once been a student of Totenberg.

In 2015, the Stradivarius violin was returned to Totenberg's three daughters. They had it repaired to playing condition.

The Totenberg sisters say they will sell the violin to a performer or a group. They want the instrument to be heard again by listeners around the world. Rare instruments also are musical treasures. In 2011, a Stradivarius violin was sold for more than $ 15 million.

The Earth is losing some of its major freshwater supplies. But the water is not in lakes or rivers. They are called "aquifers" (含水层). They formed deep underground as the Earth developed. Some aquifers are so deep that water from very heavy rains cannot reach them through all the rock and dirt.

Many aquifers provide irrigation (灌溉)water for crops. These freshwater are helping farmers in many countries. A new report says some aquifers are being emptied.

Irrigated agriculture is responsible for about 80 percent or more of freshwater use worldwide. A growing part of that comes from underground aquifers because of dry weather or farmers growing crops in areas with little rainfall.

But researchers say taking water from aquifers is creating a large problem. Scientists warn that there is not much that can be done to repair them. It is difficult to measure groundwater because it is so deep underground. It is also difficult to know how much water is there and where it is. The water from these aquifers may not be replaced for hundreds of years.

The report says seven countries use the most non - renewable groundwater for agricultural production. The seven are the United States. India, Pakistan, China, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. The United States is one of the world's major exporters of food. If China and India use up the groundwater they need to feed their populations, they would be forced to buy more food. This increased demand could cause food prices to rise.

The study shows that, while countries like Somalia are dealing with little rainfall, the world may someday face an underground drought. It's a really global issue. All countries around the world are facing this challenge. We don't have any great solutions or strategies to deal with this. So, at the very least, we need to have discussions to come up with new ways, new strategies that recognize this problem and manage how we might adjust our policies (调整 政策).

Any strategy must balance the short-term need for food for the world with the long-term survival of the Earth's aquifers.

Members of a native community in the arctic (北极的)areas of Sweden say their reindeer (驯鹿)are facing possible hunger from unusual weather related to climate change. The local Sami community takes care of about 8,000 reindeer throughout the year. The animals are moved between traditional feeding areas in high mountains close to Norway in the summer and forests farther east in the winter.

A community member, Inga, is worried about his reindeer. He said climate change has affected the area's weather activity and created food shortages. "If we don't find better areas for them where they can feed themselves and find food, the reindeer will die from hunger," Inga said. He verified the problem by reaching down into the snow and pulling up a hard piece of ice close to the soil.

The area received unusual snowfall early in the fall, followed by rain that froze. Inga said this traps the plants that reindeer eat under a thick cover of ice. Some of the hungry reindeer have now moved away from their traditional feeding areas in search of food.

Community members say half the reindeer moved towards the east as planned. But the rest headed back to the mountains, where they face the risk of attacks by other animals or being caught in an avalanche (雪崩). Older members of the Sami community say that in the past, they only remember bad winters about once every ten years. But now, Inga says “extreme and strange weather are appearing more and more often," happening several times a year.

Snowfall is common for the area. But as temperatures increase, rain can also fall, creating a "rain-on-snow" effect. When this happens, food remains trapped under the ice where the reindeer cannot reach it. This causes the animals to grow weaker and struggle to make it through the winter. Weather changes have hit the Sami community hard.

"We don't want money because we can't buy better weather with money. We need the EU to take action and they need to do it now," said Inga.

We expect the technology in our life to work every time we turn a machine on. It's terrible when they don't work, especially when we don't know how to solve the problem. You turn the machine on, but see the black screen.

A computer screen that doesn't turn on may be a sign of a broken screen or a bad connection between the computer and the monitor (显示器) .Trying another monitor or connecting line is a simple way to see if one or the other is broken-down.

For windows users, they could face a system files corruption (损坏). Turning on your computer, you might see the black screen and words on the screen remind you the corruption. In that case, you may need to restart your computer and enter the recovery mode (恢复模式) 。

 In that case? you need to open the computer case and clean the fan.

 Apple's iOS users might need to restart their phones, though the method differs depending on the model. If you are a owner of the iPhone 11 or a newer model, you can press and let go of the volume-up and do the same to the volume-down button, then press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo.

If the problem keeps occurring, you'd better have a professional (专业人员) take a look at it.

A. A choice is to use a DVD.

B. Phone users also face the black screen.

C. What should you do when it happens?

D. If it is useless? you need to do a further check.

E. Another cause might be a problem with the cooling fan.

F. You'd better not deal with it yourself in case your machine is broken.

G. Android users should hold down the power button for about five seconds.

When we speak of women of influence, what comes to our mind? Is their influence great? In fact, women have social status and power, and their work 1 great changes to their communities, countries and even the world. As women of influence, their work is important.

There are many women of influence whose 2 are very important but often 3 in social media. The roles grandmas, moms, aunts, sisters, friends and teachers play in our 4 affect who we will grow to be. These great women set a(n) 5 with great love, courage, strength and gentleness. They make and 6 to make many sacrifices so that we can develop 7 and go further.

There are a lot of women in my life who have 8 me to grow into the woman I am today. My mother's 9 and courage taught me how to be strong and brave. My grandma told me how to 10 gracefully while talking with others. She always kept graceful even when she had to stay at home for her healthy problem. I have plenty of women 11 with different ages with whom I can share my happiness and sorrow, celebrate my success and 12 my failure. Without the effect of all these women in my life, I wouldn't be the person I am at present. I'm really 13 for their love and guidance in my life journey. I really hope that all the women of the world can live happily, because they deeply 14 all the people that come into contact with them every day. No matter what their roles are, they are 15women of influence.

To understand how “modern art" began, a little historical background can be helpful. There was a rapidly increasing change in the 19th century. As  result of the Industrial Revolution (工业革命), great changes in manufacturing (制造业), transport, and technology began (affect) how people lived, worked, and traveled throughout Europe and America.

These industry-inspired social changes led to not only greater prosperity (繁荣) but also  (crowd) living conditions for most workers. In turn, this led to the demand for the architecture, the demand for applied art and design and the appearance of wealthy businessmen  became art collectors and supporters. Many of the world's best art museums (establish) by these successful businessmen in the 19th century.

Besides, two other  (invent) had a direct effect  fine art of the period. First, in 1841, the American painter John Rand invented the tin paint tube. Second, major advances were made in photography (摄影), (allow) artists to take photos of views which could then help  (they) paint in the studio at a later date. Both of the developments would  (great) benefit a new style of painting known as "Impressionism", which would have a huge influence upon how artists painted the world around them.

1）英语学习中遇到的最大问题；

2）自己的解决方法；

3）取得的效果。

注意：

1）写作词数应为80左右；

2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Hi, sir! I do love English very much.

Jackson, now a successful architect in New York City, comes back to his father's small wooden house that is on the island in the middle of the lake. Jackson is fond of fishing. And he often takes his son and daughters fishing in the same place, where he used to fish when he was a child. His children are addicted to the fishing joy, which reminds him of the day 34 years ago.

34 years ago, Jackson was 11 years old and lived with his family on an island in the middle of a lake in New Hampshire. On the day before the bass season opened, Jackson and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish. When his fishing rod doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end.

He very carefully lifted the fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.

The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, its gills playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 pm — two hours before the season opened. He looked at the huge fish, then at the boy.

"You'll have to put the fish back, son," he said.

"Dad!" cried the boy.

"There will be other fish," said his father.

"Not as big as this one," the boy cried and shouted.

He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell from his father's voice clearly that the decision couldn't be changed.

The father patted him slightly on his shoulder and sincerely taught him," My boy, rules are simple matters of right and wrong. It is the practice of rules that is difficult, but it's your choice."

注意：

1）续写词数应为150左右；

2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答

Jackson found himself in a difficult situation.

……

Do we do right when no one is looking?