河南省新乡市2021-2021学年高一上学期英语期中考试试卷一、阅读理解1. (2018高一上新乡期中)阅读理解 Top Music Festivals Festival season is just kicking off, and there is a lot tolook forward to in the upcoming months. Pitchfork Music Festival Anyone who likes indie (独立的 )music and up-and-coming artists willhave an amazing time at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicagos Union Park.This is an indie rock heaven that explores more underground and lesser knownbands than the other big Chicago summer festival, Lollapalooza, Date: July 14-16 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Music Type: Indie rock Price: S126-S2, 700 Essence Music Festival No matter what time of the year it is, New Orleans is anamazing place if you love live music. The Essence Music Festival is acelebration of well-known artists like Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, and Mary J.Blige. Date：June 29-july 2 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Music Type: RB, Soul, rock Price: S75-5365 Sziget Festival Budapest knows how to run a party, and Sziget is one of thebiggest celebrations of music and culture in all of Europe. You can expect tofind favorite artists like Bad Religion and Mac DeMarco playing here duringthis three day festival. Date: August 9-11 Location: Budapest, Hungary Music Type： Eclectic, Indie rock Price: 65-275(around 70-296) Flow Festival The Flow Festival is a great excuse to explore the city ofHelsinki. Artists including Lana Del Rey and The XX will be playing, among manyothers. Come to this festival to enjoy your selves with an earth-friendlybelief. Date: August11-13, 2017 Location Helsinki, Finland Music Type: Rock, soul, Jazz Price, 99-185(around 106-199)（1）What is common to the music festivals mentioned in the text?A . They are held in the open air,B . They are held in the USAC . They include rock music.D . They take place in July or August.（2）Which music festival will last for the longest time?A . Essence Music Festival.B . Sziget Festival.C . Flow Festival.D . Pitchfork Music Festival.（3）What can we know about Budapest from the text?A . It is good at organizing entertainment events.B . It is the home of many well-known bands.C . It is a city of high living cost in all of Europe.D . It has the longest cultural tradition in Europe.2. (2018高一上新乡期中)阅读理解 Born in Detroit, Michigan, on January 10, 1928. PhilipLevine was formally educated in the Detroit public school system. Aftergraduation from university, Levine worked a number of industrial jobs,including the night work in factories, reading and writing poems in his offhours. In 1953, he studied at the University of Iowa. There, Levine met RobertLowell and John Berryman, whom Levine called his one great guide. About writing poems, Levine wrote: I believed eventhen that if I could change my experience into poems I would give it the valueand honor that it did not begin to have on its own. I thought too that if Icould write about it, I could come to understand it: I believed that if I couldunderstand my life-or at least the part my work played in it-I could write itwith some degree of joy, something obviously missing from my life. Levine published (出版)his first collection of poems. On theEdge in 1961, followed by Not This Pig in 1968. Throughout his life. Levinepublished many books of poems, winning many prizes. A review said: Levinewrites poems about the bravery of men, physical labor, simple pleasures andstrong feelings, often set in working-class Detroit or in central California,where he worked or lived. He taught for many years at California State University,Fresno, and served as Distinguished Poet in Residence for the Creative WritingProgram at New York University. After retiring from teaching, Levine dividedhis time between Brooklyn, New York, and Fresno, California, until his death onFebruary 14, 2015. His final poem collection, The Last Shift, as well as acollection of essays(短文)andother writings, My Lost Poets, A Life in Poetry, were published in 2016.（1）How did Levine make a living right after graduation from his university?A . He worked as a full-time writer.B . He worked as a worker in factories.C . He worked as a teacher in university.D . He worked as a great guide in writing.（2）According to Levines words, he thought_.A . be had lived the life he wantedB . poems made him misunderstand lifeC . his life was valueless and dishonorableD . poems could give him much pleasure（3）What was the main subject of Levines poems?A . The scenes of his hometown.B . Love stories.C . The imaginary future.D . Life of common people.（4）Which poem collection was published after his death?A . The Last Shift.B . Not This Pig.C . My Lost Ports, A Life in Poetry.D . On the Edge.3. (2018高一上新乡期中)阅读理解 With 830 students aged between 12 and 8, Lochaber HighSchool, at Fort William, is one of the largest secondary schools in theHighlands, It covers a huge area and many of the