yourself. Every time you look at your closet(壁橱) and organize it, you find just how many items of clothing you have. _____20_______.
A. Sell items you don’t need B. If you are in a bad mood
C. Put away the clothes you don’t wear
D. When you are attracted to buy certain products
E. This prevents you from wanting to go shopping even more
F. It warns you not to be a man who doesn’t think twice about parting with his money
G. Renting a dress or a bag for a special occasion could actually save you more money
二、英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There was once a time when my kids got into arguing with one another. One would say something 21 , and the other would fight back. Then “He 22 it and I’m only doing what he does!” kicked in.They were in a bad cycle and the longer it went on, the more it got out of 23 .
One day in the supermarket, I noticed a tube-shaped container of small, fancy chocolates as I wanted to 24 . Things like that were not in my 25 , but I bought them anyway. At home I gathered the kids together and 26 them the chocolates. “Oh! Why did you 27 those, Mama?” my elder son asked. “They are argument 28 ,” I told them. The kids looked 29 . “Do you want to try one?” They 30 , and I gave them each a piece of chocolate. “Here’s the 31 , ” I said. “Whoever stops an argument 32 one, even though mother stops it.”
Over the next few days, I used a different 33 to stop an argument. Whenever a spat(口角) 34 , I simply called out, “Who’s going to stop this argument?” Everyone just went 35 . It didn’t take long, really , to get back to a normal 36 .
By the 37 we ran out of chocolates, I went to buy more. In this way, we had a 38 relationship in our family. The chocolates are a reminder that there is something much 39 than a painful argument. Later, my kids slowly learned to 40 others gently and friendly. 21. A. rude 22. A. meant 23. A. work
B. strange B. deserved B. control
C. amusing C. studied C. breath
D. dull D. started D. curiosity
24. A. pay B. help C. share 25. A. hands B. eyes C. budget 26. A. awarded B. offered C. showed 27. A. like B.buy C. need 28. A. masters B. stoppers C. friends 29. A. surprised B. upset C. content 30. A. frowned B. whispered C. admitted 31. A. example B. rule C. news 32. A. gets B. finds C. uses 33. A. place B. reason
C. way 34. A. came B. made up
C. set out
down 35. A. selfless B. silent C. cautious 36. A. speed B. argument C. mind 37. A. chance B. hour C. time 38. A. special B. true C. serious 39. A. easier B. deeper C. sweeter 40. A. meet
B. treat
C. challenge
第二节 单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）D. park D. pocket D. gave D. make D. designers D. bored D. agreed D. result D. buys D. meaning D. broke out D. mad D. talk D. end D. good D. stronger D. Trust
41. With more and more evidence _______, the truth has been obvious. A. to gather B.gather C. gathering D. gathered
42. Whether people can keep fit depends on ______ they eat every day. A. how B. what C. where D. when
43. John _______the flight; he arrived at the airport at least two hours early. A. mustn’t have missed B. shouldn’t miss C.can’t have missed D. wouldn’t miss 44. -----The Million Pound Bank Note is a great novel.
----Ｉtotally agree．No other one can____reflect the social situation in Britain at that age.
A. well B. good C. better D. best
45.The tower is still well kept_____ the people who ever devoted their lives to building it.
A.in charge of B. in favor of C. in terms of D. in memory of 46. It will be a couple of days____Mike returns to China from Britain. A.since B. that C. before D. until
47. I’ve been waiting for the bus for an hour, but it hasn’t _____yet. A.turned down B. turned up C. turned over D. turned off 48. The breakdown of the transportation_______the heavy rain for a whole week.
A.accounts for B. leads to C. results in D. results from
49. He didn’t show us the strengths of the new technology._______, he stressed the weaknesses and even threat to human beings. A. In addition B. In other words C. On the contrary D. All in all 50. It is the Great Wall , one of the greatest wonders in the world , _____attracts many foreign tourists every year.
A. which B. where C. that D. what 第三节 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks, which is 51 nickname of a bell hanging in the clock tower at the 52 (north) end of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. Some believe it got 53 (it) name from Sir Benjamin Hall. Officially, the tower itself is called Elizabeth Tower. It was 54 (previous) known as just the Clock Tower, but was renamed in September 2020 in honor of Queen Elizabeth II. However, most people, 55 (include) those that live in London, call the tower \because it is very large.
Designed by Edmund Beckett Denison, the clock took 13 years to build and it 56 (complete) in 1859. It has worked continuously since then except for a few months in 1976 when it 57 (break) down and had to
内蒙古鄂尔多斯市第一中学2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题
