广东省广州思源学校2022-2023学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题.pdf

1、广州思源学校广州思源学校 2022202220232023 学年上学期期中测试题学年上学期期中测试题高一英语高一英语本试卷分为第卷（选择题）和第（非选择题）两部分，共 8 页，满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。注意事项：答第卷前，考生务必将自己的室号、班级、姓名和考号填写在答题卡上。第一部分第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 4 40 分）分）第一节第一节(共共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 3030 分分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AMusic and art festivals are f

2、un and exciting events.If youre panning to go to a festival,its important to planyour trip carefully to ensure that you re safe and have a good time.Bring clothes to keep warm or coolIn addition t0 your fun festival clothing,pack a raincoat,some light tank tops,and a sweater or sweatshirt.Dont forge

3、t longer pants for cool evenings or bad weather.In general,its best to leave your umbrella at homebecause they can be dangerous in large crowds.Get a cheap tent and sleeping bag for multi-day festivalsAmajority of people end up throwing their tent away after long festivals,since they normally break

4、from theuse.Pick up a less expensive tent with enough room for you and your friends and pack a comfortable seeping bagfor yourself,1f you dont want to camp at the festival,remember to book an AirBnb or a hotel room nearby!Place a first aid kit in a proper placeBefore the festival,buy a small first a

5、id kit with band aids,and any medication that you need to take,in caseyou get minor injuries or a headache.Keep it in a proper place thats easily accessible,like your tent or car.1.Why should umbrellas be left at home?A.They take up too much space.B.The weather will be terrible.C.They might hurt som

6、eone.D.Travelers prefer raincoats,2.What do most people do with tents after festivals?A.Sell them.B.Return them.C.Pack them up.D.Throw them away.3.What is suggested about the first aid kit?A.It should be put at hand.B.It ought to be big enough.C.It must contain all medicines.D.It has to be placed in

7、 the car.BSome students get so nervous before a test.They do poorly even if they know the material.Sian Beilock,aprofessor at the University of Chicago in Illinois,has studied these highly anxious test-takers.The students startworrying about the results.And when they worry,it actually uses up attent

8、ion and memory resources(资源).Professor Beilock and another researcher,Gerardo Ramirez,have developed a possible solution.Just before anexam,highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college stu

9、dents.They gave them two shortmaths tests.After the first one,they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about theupcoming second test.Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 12%worse on the second test.But thestudents who had written about

10、their fears improved their performance by an average of 5%.Next,the researchersused younger students in a biology class.They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or tothink about things unrelated to the test.Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writ

11、ing got anaverage grade of B+,compared to a B-for those who did not.“What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious,whod done our writing intervention(干预),all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance.They were performing just as wellas their classma

12、tes who dont normally get nervous in these tests.”But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam?ProfessorBeilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.4.What may the students start worrying

13、about before an exam?A.Whether they can pass the exams.B.What other students do during the test.C.Whether they have remembered the materials.D.What kind of problems they will meet on the test paper.5.What is the solution developed by researchers?A.Asking the students to ignore the test.B.Asking the

14、students to focus on the test.C.Asking the students to sit quietly before the test.D.Asking the students to write about their worries before the test.6.According to Professor Beilock,those who thought about things unrelated to the test _.A.became less nervous before the testB.were better at controll

15、ing their feelingsC.did worse than those who wrote about their feelingsD.did better than those who wrote about their feelings7.What can be learned from the last paragraph?A.Writing about our worries before an exam can work a bit.B.We can only write about our worries right before an exam.C.The best p

16、lace to write about our worries is in the test room.D.It doesnt matter where we write about our worries before an exam.CA study involving 8,500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found that most of them are ignorant when itcomes to money.The findings,the first in a series of reports from NatWest

17、that has started a five-year researchproject into teenagers and money,arc particularly worrying as this generation of young people is likely to beburdened with greater debts man any before.University tuition fees(学费)are currently capped at 3,000 annually,but this will be reviewed next year andthe Go

18、vernment is under enormous pressure to raise the ceiling.In the research,the teenagers were presented with die terms of four different loans but 76 per cent failed toidentify the cheapest.The young people also predicted that they would be earning on average 31.000 by the ageof 25,although the averag

19、e salary for those aged 22 to 29 is just 17,815.The teenagers expected to be in debtwhen they finished university or training,although half said that they assumed the debts would be less than 10.000.Average debts for graduates are 12，363.Stephen Moir,head of community investment at the Royal Bank of

20、 Scotland Group which owns NatWest,said.The more exposed young people are to financial issues,and the younger they become aware of them,the morelikely they arc to become responsible,forward-planning adults who manage their finances confidently andeffectively.Ministers are deeply concerned about the

21、financial pressures on teenagers and young people because ofstudent loans and rising housing costs.They have just introduced new lessons in how to manage debts.NikkiFairweathcr.aged 15.from St Helens,said that she had benefited from lessons on personal finance,but admittedthat she still had a lot to

22、 learn about money.8.Which of the following can be found from the five-year research project?A.Students understand personal finances differently.B.University tuition fees in England have been rising.C.Teenagers tend to overestimate their future earnings.D.The students payback ability has become a ma

23、jor issue.9.The phrase to raise the ceiling in paragraph 2 probably means _.A.to raise the student loansB.to improve the school facilitiesC.to increase the upper limit of the tuitionD.to lift the school building roofs10.According to Stephen Moir,students_.A.are too young to be exposed to financial i

24、ssuesB.should learn to manage their finances wellC.should maintain a positive attitude when facing loansD.benefit a lot from lessons on personal finance11.What can we learn from the passage?A.Many British teenagers do not know money matters wellB.Teenagers in Britain are heavily burdened with debts.

25、C.Financial planning is a required course at college.D.Young people should become responsible adults.DWe humans like to conquer.For the same reason that soccer players want to hold the World Cup trophy(奖杯)and tennis players crave aGrand Slam win,mountaineers dream of reaching the highest peak on the

26、 planet Mount Qomolangma,whichtowers about 8,844 meters above sea level.“Everybody wants to stand on top of the world,”Mirza Ali from Pakistan who had just“conquered”MountQomolangma,told the LosAngeles Times.However,this desire to conquer has become so strong that we have begun to travel in the wron

27、g direction.During this years climbing seasonfrom March to Mayat least 11 climbers died in the Himalayas,makingit one of the worst seasons on record.And the fact that many of the climbers were inexperienced is one of the majorfactors(因素)contributing to the tragedy,according to USAToday.“They dont tr

28、ain very hard.They underestimate(低估)Qomolangma,”Jangbu Sherpa,who has been workingas a guide on Mount Qomolangma since 2006,told NBC News.“There are lots of climbers who just want to checkthe box so that they can say theyve been to the top of the world.”This ignorant attitude of climbers also leads

29、to other problemsapart from putting their own lives at risk,ofcourse.According to HuffPost,the mountains cleaning group collected 12 tons of trashincluding foodwrappers(包装袋),and oxygen tanksleft behind this climbing season.This once holy(神圣的)and peacefulcorner of the world has,as The Atlantic report

30、er Margret Grebowics put it,“lost its magic”.Perhaps what we should do now is restore meaning to the activity itselfreal meaning.And forAlison Levine,a US mountaineer who reached the summit(山顶)of Mount Qomolangma in 2010,the meaning doesnt come withthe summit itself,but with everything that led her

31、up to it.“When I did make it to the summit,what I realized is that standing on top of a mountain doesnt change youand doesnt change the world,”Levine told the NPR.“Its really about the journey.The journey is the mostimportant thing on any mountain.”Its true that we humans like to conquer.But the fir

32、st step of conquering anything is probably to learn toconquer our own greed(贪婪)and ignorance.12.What does the underlined word“crave”mean?A.have no interest inB.have a strong desire forC.be optimistic aboutD.be likely to win13.What is a major cause of the climbing tragedy this year,according to USATo

33、day?A.Not having enough training and experience.B.Not bringing enough number of oxygen tanks.C.Not having professional climbing equipment.D.Not being accustomed to the cold weather.14.What matters more to Levine when she climbs?A.Being on top of the world.B.Being able to change the world.C.The journ

34、ey to reach the summit.D.The spirit to conquer the summit.15.What attitude does the author hold toward climbing Mount Qomolangma?A.Regretful.B.Critical.C.Encouraging.D.Doubtful.第二节（共第二节（共 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 分，满分分，满分 10 分）分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。How to lower costs and improve the liv

35、ing quality?There are numerous products posted on social media,and you might believe an electric toothbrush,Lunafacial cleaning massager,a flight ticket to Phuket and so on will bring you a better life.But for many graduates orthose who have worked for only one or two years,your income cannot keep p

36、ace with expense._16_ Hereshow:Keep running or doing yogaIt seems to be a challenge to afford a fitness center costing over 10,000 yuan in annual fees or for a personaltrainer.But you can buy a pair of sneakers or a yoga mat instead.Running in a park regularly or doing yoga athome using free online

37、resources is definitely a type of quality life._17_.Go to museums or librariesChasing young good-looking stars,watching their films and buying expensive tickets for their concerts arepopular with many young people._18_ You seem to fail to take into account a variety of exhibitions andresources updat

38、ed frequently in major cities.Why not have a try?What you need to do is to choose themes that youare interested in,make an online appointment in advance and then enjoy your weekend._19_For some young people,the easy and instant access and the discount codes of online shopping make it anaddictive dra

39、w.Sometimes what you buy online is not what you really need and the demands are created by theproducers.For example,many buy new clothing and they dont wear._20_ Money is not the only thing that can drive your quality of living,but your optimistic attitudetowards life and self-disciplined way of lif

40、e are.A.Stop over-spending onlineB.Limit your shopping spendingC.So,how can we save some money and improve quality of life?D.Making money and saving money are not the final goal of life.E.To live a quality life requires more self-discipline than money.F.However,this would do little to enrich your sp

41、iritual life and add to economic burdens.G.Exercise is more rewarding than holding a membership card at an expensive fitness club.第二部分第二部分 语言应用语言应用（共两节，满分（共两节，满分 30 分）分）第一节第一节 完形填空完形填空（共（共 2020 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1 分，满分分，满分 2020 分）分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。One day last June,Cliffor

42、d Luther served a burger and fries to a man passing through his restaurant,Old WestExpress,in Saskatchewan,Canada.Two _21_ later,the man returned and wrote him a _22_ for$500,000.“I thought,they were good burgers and fries,_23_ they werent that good,”Luther told CTV News.The _24_ man was Bob Erb of

43、British Columbia,who won Canadas$25 million Max jackpot(累计赌注)inNovember 2018 and has been giving money to people _25_.Hes donated his_26_ to food banks,the oldpeople,and some organizations,and he _27_ 20 people in Terrace,his hometown,to get necessary care theycouldnt _28_.While giving the burger th

44、at first afternoon,Luther _29_ Erb that his 25-year-old daughter had just got cancerin Vancouver,about 1,000 miles away.“He and I had a _30_ experience.One of my children had cancer,too.But he died four years ago.So,I know the _31_ a parent has,”says Erb.“I _32_ on the way home Id_33_ him some money

45、 so he could go to see his _34_.”Two days later when Erb was on his way back to British Columbia,he _35_ the restaurant for another burger,which Luther _36_ to buy him because Erb had tipped him well just two days ago.Erb said“no way”andasked the restaurant owner for a _37_,then wrote the check and

46、left it on the table.“Luther looked at thecheck and couldnt _38_ anything.He just held his arms out,”Erb says.Erb,60,_39_ works on a building site part-time and hasnt _40_ twice about the$7 million hes given tohis family,friends,and society.“If you have enough to feed yourself,you help others out,”h

47、e says.21.A.monthsB.weeksC.daysD.hours22.A.bookB.cardC.billD.check23.A.butB.soC.andD.because24.A.luckyB.kindC.proudD.funny25.A.out of workB.in the darkC.on dutyD.in need26.A.foodB.moneyC.clothesD.blood27.A.encouragedB.allowedC.invitedD.helped28.A.forgetB.affordC.refuseD.discover29.A.wroteB.taughtC.t

48、oldD.advised30.A.similarB.successfulC.strangeD.different31.A.dreamsB.warningsC.worriesD.choices32.A.answeredB.decidedC.explainedD.learned33.A.leaveB.mailC.lendD.pay34.A.daughterB.bossC.sonD.friend35.A.closed downB.worked atC.broke inD.stopped at36.A.failedB.continuedC.offeredD.proved37.A.drinkB.tabl

49、eC.jobD.pen38.A.sayB.askC.believeD.change39.A.evenB.onceC.soonD.still40.A.liedB.criedC.thoughtD.prepared第二节第二节 语法填空语法填空（共（共 10 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1 分，满分分，满分 10 分）分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Who is the first person that comes to mind when you think of a great artist?Many people agree that one of th

50、emost influential artists of the 20th century_41_(be)Pablo Picasso.Picasso was_42_Spanish artist who is best known for creating the style of Cubism(立体主义).Cubismuses geometric(几何的)shapes_43_(create)abstract images.After_44_(grow)bored of classical artistic styles,Picasso decided to dedicate his life