浙江省山河联盟学校2020-2021学年高一下学期英语4月月考英语试卷（含听力音频）

Islands in the world are famous for different things. But Hawaii is special for its variety of features. Beautiful sandy beaches, active volcanoes (火山), a great canyon (溪谷) and special history and culture add up to create its famously romantic atmosphere.

Formed by volcanoes at the bottom of the sea, the Hawaii islands are like a necklace in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 6, 000 kilometers off the west coast of Mexico. There are eight main islands in the group, including Hawaii (or Big Island), Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau.

The youngest and biggest island, also called Hawaii was formed 430, 000 years ago and is still growing. Kauai, the oldest was formed 5.1 million years ago. For tourists, the sight of the lava (溶岩) that still flows from some of the volcanoes down to the sea, is a major attraction.

Hawaii is the newest and smallest state in the US. In 1900, the islands joined the US. In modem history, it will always be remembered for the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese air force in 1941.

About 1, 000 years ago, the islands were settled by Polynesians (波利尼西亚人), Captain James Cook led the first group of Westerners there in 1778.

Native Hawaiians have a special culture and language. Although nowadays English is the official language of Hawaii, folk music and dancing are still widely practiced. The traditional dance of the islands is the hula, a Hawaiian word that means dance.

Hawaii's reputation for romance was spread when Hollywood started to use its typical music in movies in the 1960's.

Today, Hawaii is famous for its mix of cultures. Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos all live there. Chinese arrived in the islands as early as the late 18th century. Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the famous Chinese revolutionary, grew up there.

Everyone in Hawaii is a member of an ethnic minority (少数民族) and generally they exist in a pleasant harmony (和谐)of races and cultures.

Around this time of year when the weather gets cooler in Arkansas, there are a lot of homeless people, as well as people with different situations who just need help.

Oftentimes our family serves at a soup kitchen where they give out bags of food to needy families in our area. And we help put those bags of food together and hand them out, among other things.

There are a lot of reasons why serving the community is important to me, but one of them has to do with my father. My grandfather died when my father was 4 years old and my grandmother had four kids all under the age of 5, all born pretty close together. That was a time when things were so bad in the country. There wasn't work and often the family hardly made ends meet, so my grandmother put the kids in a children's home so that they could at least have food to survive.

My dad said he never forgot the local charity would bring the kids a gift for Christmas. The kids worked hard in the children' home and the only present they got was from the local charity. He never forgot this kindness and always appreciated the local charity for what it did when he was a little boy.

My dad was such a hardworking worker—family meant the world to him. I was the seventh baby in my family and my mother had me just after she turned 40. She was one of those high-risk pregnancy moms, and I'm so grateful she had me. My mom and dad made a happy home for us, and Pm so grateful for that. I hope my children are catching those lessons, not just from Mom and Dad, but from grandparents and everyone else in their lives.

Can ducks help solve the problem of locust (蝗虫)? That is a question being asked in Southern Asia. Like the region of East Africa, the nation of Pakistan is trying to keep masses of locusts from eating the country's crops.

But while the insect invasion in Africa has been blamed on weather, experts say the one in Pakistan is a side effect of a civil war in the Middle Eastern country of Yemen. Because of that war, officials haven't been able to do enough pest control to keep Yemen's locust population from growing, so the insects obviously multiplied and made their way north east eventually landing on Pakistan.

Locusts don't directly attack people. They threaten us by eating our crops. And so many of these insects in such large numbers can destroy regional food supplies. That's why Pakistan declared (宣布) a state of emergency early this month, saying it was dealing with the highest number of locusts in more than 20 years. So what can be done about it? Some experts say pesticides are needed to kill masses of these insects, but there's another idea being considered in China. It may send ducks to Pakistan —as many as 100, 000 of them— to fight the locusts by eating them. An expert interviewed by the Bloomberg media company says one duck can eat more than 200 locusts per day, and China has reportedly used ducks to successfully solve a locust problem in the past. But not everyone is on board with this. A member of China's delegation (代表团) to Pakistan says there's not enough water in Pakistan's hot dry climate to keep the ducks going. Whatever methods are used to control locusts in Asia the situation in Africa is getting more hopeless by the day.

Ways to Deal With Anxiety

Everyone has feelings of anxiety, which is a normal reaction to stress. Things like tests, speaking in public and competing in sports can make us feel stressed.  But at other times, anxiety can be harmful, especially when it prevents you from being able to focus. Here are ways to help manage it.

Become a relaxation expert. We all think we know how to relax. But standing in front of the TV or computer isn't true relaxation.  They may seem to relieve anxiety or stress, but it's a false state of relaxation that is only temporary. What the body really needs is a relaxation technique-like deep breathing, or yoga-that has a physical effect on the mind.

 Want your mind and body to feel peaceful and strong enough to handle life's ups and downs? Get the right amount of sleep for your needs-not too much or too little. Eat well: Choose fruit, vegetables and whole grains for long-term energy. And exercise to send oxygen to every cell in the body so your brain and body can operate at their best.

Connect with others. Spend time with friends or family.  If you feel worried or nervous about something, talking about it with someone who listens can help you feel more understood and better able to cope.

Think positively. A great way to keep your minds off the worry track is to focus your thoughts on things that are good, beautiful and positive.

A. Connect with nature.

B. Get enough sleep, nourishment, and exercise.

C. The same is true for alcohol, drugs or tobacco.

D. Allow yourself to dream, wish, and imagine the best that could happen.

E. When anxiety or worry goes extreme, it may be sign of an anxiety disorder.

F. Sometimes anxiety can be a good thing when it helps you deal with a tense situation.

G. Doing things with those you feel close to deepens our bonds, allowing us to feel supported and secure.

The disease had slowed me down. Then my granddaughter sent a cat to me. Honestly speaking, I fell in love with the cute little thing 1 when I first saw her.

"I'll 2 you Rainbow, " I said with a smile.

The next day I 3 some cat food and two toy mice in a pet shop. Rainbow went crazy over those 4 : she got them stuck under the desk or the sofa. Then she wouldn't stop meowing (喵喵) 5 I got them back for her. She'd bring the mice to me and demand that I throw them for her over and over again — she never felt 6 She couldn't fed the pain in my 7.

Rainbow always got into troubles. She kept knocking over my plants or 8 my cues. I had to deal with the "9 My back 10 with all the ups and downs of trying to keep up with Rainbow. But what was I supposed to do? I couldn't bear the 11 of sending her away.

One day, I felt there was something 12 on my cheek. Rainbow, licking (舔）me, wanted breakfast. OK, I get the 13 I said. I tried to lower my body to put her 14 in the bowl on the floor, 15 pain to spread from my back through my body. But it didn't. I felt 16.

After she finished eating, I bent down and 17 her bowl without having to hold on to the desk. She looked up at me and meowed, as if to say, See? Pm doing 18 what the doctor ordered!"

Three years later, Rainbow still kept me moving and I began to 19 her play. I didn't want a cat, but someone knew I 20 one.

Failure is the best teacher. We learn (have) more confidence in what we know through failure. You don't have to accept your failure if you (real) want to achieve success. For every achievement, there have been one or more failures. But those we consider as successful refuse to accept failure and believe success is the other side of failure.

The lamp (invent) by Edison after 1, 000 failures. If he had stopped after he tried 100 times, what might have been the result of such effort? When your effort is not bringing expected result, you don't have to call it a failure, call it a challenge. What is the (different) between the two? One is negative; the other is positive.

What you need is positive thinking to achieve success. Failure means there is no way out, no alternative, a challenge is a question mark, which asks for another way out of the situation, an alternative answer the problem.

You cannot fly, run. If you cannot run, walk. If you cannot walk, crawl (爬行); just keep on (move). If you fall down, you have to get up and start moving. If not, other people will step on you on the way to (they) achievements

1）概况：浙江省会，旅游城市；

2）地理：位于中国的东南，东临东海，气候宜人；

3）旅游：旅游资源丰富，自然与文化遗产——西湖。

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。