20xx秋北师大版英语高一上学期期中试卷word版1

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arted reusing the paper cardboard tubes that were left over from rolls of paper in his office. Ban was born in Tokyo and studied architecture in the . before moving back to Japan to start his practice. Some of Ban’s temporary buildings have bee permanent (永久的 ), like the paper church he built after the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan. 60. The author uses the first paragraph to . A. raise an argument B. give an introduction C. give an example D. offer a description 61. What is special about Shigeru Ban? A. He failed to get this year’s architecture prize. B. He graduated from the best architecture school in the . C. He is good at building houses for homeless people. D. He builds special houses for special groups of people. 62. Why did Shigeru Ban choose cardboard paper tubes? A. Because they are cheap and easy to take away. B. Because they are strong and last for a long time. C. Because they are plentiful and look very beautiful. D. Because they are mon and hard to break. 63. What does the underlined word “substitute” probably refer to? A. A new way of building houses by using wood. B. A new method of producing cardboard paper tubes. C. A new kind of building material to take the place of wood. D. A new machine to produce a new kind of building material. C My name is Jack. I am eighteen years old and next fall I will go to college. So far I have not done any things that are really interesting. I have not seen a natural wonder of the world. I have not thought up any amazing ideas. I have not met anyone famous. I have not even swum in the Pacific Ocean. Some weeks ago, I read an article written by a teenager. He has cancer and doesn’t have many days left. He is traveling around the world to do what he really wants to do before he dies. What he wrote made me realize that I need to go out and experience life. It is not like I am unhappy with my life now. I just think there is much more to see and do outside my home and school. Mahatma Gandhi said, “Learn as if you were to live forever. Live as if you were to die tomorrow.” This quote makes me have a strong desire (渴望 ) to experience a more exciting life. The life given us by nature is short, but the memory of a life well spent lasts forever. I hope that when I look back on my life many years from now, I will be able to say, “I saw that, I did that, and I was a part of that.” Now I do not know what “that” is, but if it is something special enough to remember fifty, sixty, or seventy years later, I will be happy to do it. 64. In Para. 1, the author wants to show that . A. he wants to have a change in college B. he lives a very boring life every day C. he is just like any other young man in the world D. he hasn’t done anything exciting in his life so far 65. What do we know about the teenager mentioned in Para. 2? A. He is a popular writer. B. He has passed away. C. He wants to make good use of his remaining days. D. He is interested in nothing now because of his cancer. 66. What does the author want to tell us? A. We should learn well about our life. B. We should quit school for a better life. C. We should spend every day studying. D. We should live every day to its fullest. D We now only sleep for six hours and 41 minutes each night and half of us have no chance of a weekend liein, a new study shows. And it seems even during the week, we are struggling to get enough shuteye. It is said that twothirds of us are sleeping for only six hours and 27 minutes every night, one hour and 33 minutes shorter than the normal daily amount (总额 ) of sleep — eight hours. More than 27 percent are getting less sleep than they did a year ago. Instead of a weekend liein, most people will choose 11 minutes of extra snooze button (睡眠键 ) time, which could be bad for health. 68 percent now use their mobile phone to wake them up every morning. Four out of ten adults say they set their wakeup call earlier than needed, then hit the snooze button on their mobile phones twice for an 11 minutes’ rest, in order to make their bodies feel like they have had more sleep. Professor Stevie Williams said, “Setting your alarm clock much earlier and continually pressing the snooze button actually makes you feel even weaker after a night’s sleep. Napping in this way。