2021-2022学年湖北省武汉市部分学校联考高一（上）期中英语试卷
一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共37.5分）
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A big part of an American road trip is to get your music on as you head out on the highway and enjoy the sights and the scenery.Here are the top four scenic drives in America's Southwest.
Big Sur Coast Highway,California
It is officially known as California State Route 1 with views of high mountains and rolling waves.Photo tip--just after you cross the bridge （going south），there's a parking area which is great for shots looking back towards the bridge.
Las Vegas Boulevard,Nevada
钢琴指法教程Number two is not to be confud with "The Strip" in Las Vegas.It is worth checking out for its neon （霓虹） signs along the roadside.You can e the Hacienda Hor,Rider and the iconic Silver Slipper along this way which takes only 15 minutes to drive.
高温补贴标准Death Valley,California
As the hottest,driest and lowest national park,Death Valley is a land of extremes.More than just a dert,Death Valley provides park visitors with a chance to admire natural beauty from the snow mountains to the wildflower fields and small oas （绿洲） to the endless dert.
Red Rock Scenic Byway,Arizona
The Scenic Byway is south on the way to Oak Creek,which is surrounded by an amazing landscape of red rock hills t against clear blue skies.The sandstone rock glows in the sunshine and it's worth taking your hiking boots and getting out into the landscape to experience its positive energy.
1.Who is the text probably written for？ ______
A. Hikers. B. Self-driving tourists.
C. Photography lovers. D. Adventurers.
2.What is recommended if you choo California State Route 1？ ______
A. Parking to listen to the waves.
B. Enjoying the beauty of neon signs.
C. Going for a hike on high mountains.
D. Taking pictures across the bridge.
3.Which offers you impressive changes of natural views？ ______
A. Big Sur Coast Highway B. Las Vegas Boulevard
C. Death Valley D. Red Rock Scenic Byway
B
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire （退休）.He told his employer of his plans to leave the hou building business and live a more relaxed life with his wife enjoying his big family.He would miss the paycheck,but he needed to retire.
The employer was sorry to e his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more hou as a personal favor.The carpenter said yes,but in time it was easy to e that
硬币价格his heart was not in his work.He turned to careless workmanship and ud substandard materials （材料）.It was an unfortunate way to end his career.
When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to check the hou,the employer handed the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is your hou," he said, "my gift to you".
What a shock!What a shame!If he had only known he was building his own hou,he would have done it all so differently.Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.
So it is with us.We build our lives in an inattentive way,reacting rather than acting,willing to put up less than the best.At important points we do not give the job our best effort.Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the hou we have built.If we had realized,we would have done it differently.
4.Why didn't the carpenter focus on his work？ ______
A. He had no standard materials. -
B. He was treated unfairly.
C. He was offered very low payment.
D. 无土养殖泥鳅He was eager to retire.
5.How might the carpenter feel knowing the building was his retirement home？ ______
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A. Regretful. 猪的特点B. Content. C. Annoyed. D. Excited.
6.What does "the hou" in the last paragraph stand for？ ______
A. Our past. B. Our life. C. 八三夭Our goal. D. Our job.
7.What message does the story want to give us？ ______
A. Your life is the result of your attitude.
刘家全B. Today is not finished until tomorrow comes.
C. Unwily planned retirement leads to errors.
D. Trusting your boss means a loss of money.
C
Every year,hundreds of hopeful students arrive in Washington,D.C.，in order to compete in the National Spelling Bee,which has been held every year since 1925.
In the competition,students under 16 take turns trying to properly spell words.The champion is the only remaining student who does not make a mistake.American students are familiar with the competition becau it is practiced in many schools throughout the country.The National Spelling Bee,however,is a much bigger tting and showcas only the best spellers from all parts of the nation.Winning the competition nowadays requires the ability to perform under much pressure against so many talented students in front of a large audience.A student who wins the event in the twenty-first century will experience a much different challenge than the first winner,Frank Neuhaur,did in 1925 when he defeated only nine other competitors.
Clearly,the 90 years of the National Spelling Bee's existence proves the importance of spelling in the English language.However,struggles with spelling English words go back much more than 90 years.The charming thing about spelling correctly in English is that it i
s in many ways without rules.English language can absorb new words from other languages and in doing so make them "English" words.Becau of this,the number of words in English is much higher than any other languages.Thus,spelling in many other languages has fewer words and fewer strange exceptions to rules.It turns out that a spelling bee in most other languages would be a waste of time.Why is that？Well,without so many exceptions to common vocabulary,there would be very few words that everyone didn't already know.
