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1、2020-2021年安徽省宿州市某校高一（上）段考英语试卷一、阅读理解1. Here are some superheroes in the fight against COVID-19（新冠肺炎）. Lets come close to them and remember them.Zhong Nanshan（1936.10）He is one of the famous medical scientists in the 21st century. Dr Zhong Nanshan was the first totell the public that the virus could b
2、e transmitted from person to person. He is a good doctor in the countrymens eyes and respected by all Chinese people.Li Lanjuan（1947.09）When COVID-19 broke out, she suggested that Wuhan should be locked down immediately to prevent the spread of the disease. She headed for Wuhan and took an active pa
3、rt in the battle. Now, she still receives patients every day.Wang Yong（1985.12）As a delivery（快递）driver, he volunteered to support the medical staff in Wuhan during the epidemic（疫情）. He tried his best to keep life going for the doctors and nurses.Timemagazine has put on its cover, presenting the cour
4、age and hard work of common people.Li Wenliang（1985.102020.02）He is the first doctor to warn people how dangerous the virus could be at the end of last December, so people call him the whistle-blower（吹哨人）. Because of COVID-19 he lost his life on February, 2020. People across the country were sad to
5、hear about his death. （1）Who is the oldest of the four people?A.Wang Yong.B.Zhong Nanshan.C.Li Lanjuan.D.Kate. （2）When did Li Wenliang warn people the danger of the virus?A.At the end of last December.B.At the beginning of 2019.C.On February 7th, 2020 d. On April 10th.D.On April 10th. （3）What did Wa
6、ng Yong do during the epidemic?A.He drew a cover for Time Magazine.B.He was busy with his own business.C.He volunteered to support the doctors and nurses to keep their life going.D.He works on other occupation.2. In the town of Lampang in northern Thailand, there is an unusual group of musicians. Th
7、ey play many different kinds of music, from traditional Thai songs to music by Beethoven. Both children and adults love this group. What makes them so popular? Is it their music? Their looks? Yes, its both of these things, but its also something else: theyre elephants.These musical elephants are fro
8、m the Thai Elephant Conservation Center（TECC）in Lampang. The TECC protects elephants. It teaches people to understand and care for these huge, but gentle animals. And, like many zoos around the world, the TECC encourages elephants to paint.Richard Lair works with the TECC. He knew that elephants hea
9、r better than they see. So he had an idea: if elephants are intelligent and they have good hearing, maybe they can play music.To test his idea, Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra. During a performance, the elephants play a variety of instruments, including the drums and the xyloph
10、one. The animals also use their voices and trunks to make sounds.But can elephants really make music properly? Yes, says Lair. Theyre very creative. Humans may encourage the animals to play instruments, but the elephants make their own songs: they dont just copy their trainers or other people. There
11、 are now CDs of the groups music, which make money for the TECC. And the music these artists create is pretty amazing. （1）What can be the best title for the passage?A.Musical ElephantsB.An Introduction to the TECCC.Richard Lairs AchievementsD.Deer preserve （2）What does the underlined word them refer
12、 to in the passage?A.Musicians.B.Children.C.Adults.D.Scientist. （3）What can be inferred（推断）from the passage?A.Richard Lair started the Thai Elephant Orchestra by himself.B.The elephants in the TECC can only play traditional Thai songs.C.The CDS of the Thai Elephant Orchestra are popular with people.
13、D.Not including A, B, C. （4）The writer wrote this passage to _.A.ask people to save the elephantB.invite more people to join the TECCC.introduce the elephants special talents to peopleD.Request people to protect deer etc.3. Millions of people suffer from motion sickness（晕动症）. They have a lot of acti
14、vities they fear. They often avoid doing these activities which include long-distance airplane travel, sea-trips, road-trips, even certain movies and video games. However, the French company Boarding Ring promises that it has its way to solve the problem, as long as the users are willing to wear Boa
15、rding Glasses!Whydo many people suffer from motion sickness? It is believed that the brain fails to deal with mixed signals from body parts. For example, when you are looking at your phone on a moving bus, your inner ear realizes the move but your eyes, focused on the screen, think you dont move.Boa
16、rding Glasses tries to ease（减轻）motion sickness by making the users eyes and ears transmit the same message. After the brain receives the same message, it will think you are in a moving environment. Though that sounds difficult, the science behind the glasses is surprisingly simple.Theplastic frames（框架）,made up of two round frames
