安徽省芜湖市2021-2021学年度高一下学期英语期末考试试卷一、阅读理解1. (2018高一下芜湖期末)阅读理解 A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent sixty-six days in a life-raft in the seas of Central America after their boat sank. Twenty-one days after they left Panama in their boat, Simony, they met some whales. “They started to hit the side of the boat” said Bill, “and then suddenly we heard water.” Two minutes later, the boat was sinking. They jumped into the life-raft and watched the boat go under the water. For twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits and bottles of water. They also had a fishing-line and a machine to make salt water into drinking watertwo things which saved their lives. They caught eight to ten fish a day and ate them raw（生的）. Then the line broke. “So we had no more fish until something very strange happened. Some sharks came to feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my hands.” About twenty ships passed them, but no one saw them. After fifty days at sea their life-raft was beginning to break up. Then suddenly it was all over. A fishing boat saw them and picked them up. They couldnt stand up. So the captain carried them onto his boat and took them to Costa Rica. Their two months at sea was over.（1）Bill and Simone were traveling _ when they met some whales.A . in a life-raftB . in MiamiC . in SimonyD . in Panama（2）After their boat sank, the couple _.A . jumped into the waterB . heard waterC . watched the life-raft go under waterD . stayed in the life-raft（3）When they saw the fishing boat which later picked them up, _.A . they were too excited to stand upB . they couldnt wait to climb onto the boatC . their life-raft was beginning to break upD . they knew their two months at sea would be over2. (2018高一下芜湖期末)阅读理解 There are many reasons why I encourage people to travel, and I know that the experience will make one a better person. I remember when I was travelling I began to know the world better. The world is not just about me, my small town and home. Although you will meet different people from all over the world, you will realize that people are similar in their dreams, hopes and feelings. Enjoy exploring the different cultures, and you will also find that people are different in some of the things they do and how they live. Once you understand their ways, it need not be strange or scary. Often we read stories about other cultures in books. Only when we visit their areas do we find that those stories are something wrong. One thing you may find out is that there are problems all over the world. We cant just get money to send to these areas and hope that will work them out. The world should get involved（干预）and help wherever there are problems. People everywhere should be given a chance. It is so easy to ignore this if one does not travel and explore. One can look around and see that so many people have many challenges worse than ours. One can realize that sometimes our biggest problems are not that big after all. On your journey you will meet lots of new friends. Talking to strangers and finding about their lives is a great way to spend your time. you will certainly be more confident after having to cope with problems and make many decisions along the way. When you travel, you have to be on your own in some situations. You will surprise yourself by how well you can do that. All your special experiences could make an interesting book to read. It would be filled with all your adventures and special memories. Traveling around and seeing so much happening in the world around us is a wonderful experience. If we could all just travel a little more and share our experiences, we would all be better people and the world would be a better place.（1）From paragraph 2, we can learn that _.A . people around the world are the same in their hopesB . books always tell us wrong stories about culturesC . traveling can help us better understand the worldD . People in different places have strange living habits（2）The underlined expression “cope with” in Paragraph 4 most probably means “_”.A . solveB . avoidC . meetD . cover（3）Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?A . People in the world are familyB . Traveling helps one make more friendsC . People in the world share one dreamD . Traveling makes one a better person3. (2018高一下芜湖期末)阅读理解 While both Europe and the United States of America are considered the Western world, its good to know there are some differences in culture. If you are considering moving to a European country, you will find the information below helpful as you plan your move. One cultural difference is how the countries perceive（感知）time and space. For example, a house in the United States that is 200 years old would be considered ancient. This is probably because Amer