1、新疆阿克苏地区柯坪县柯坪湖州国庆中学2023-2024学年高一下学期期末英语试题一、听力选择题1What does the woman say about the dress?AIts out of date.BIts cheap.CIts beautiful.2Who is the woman probably talking to?AHer friend.BHer coach.CHer brother.3What does the woman plan to do?AHandle her work.BGo home.CPick up Mark.4When will the speakers
2、 see the film?AAt 6:30 p.m.BAt 7:00 p.m.CAt 8:00 p.m.5What are the speakers mainly talking about?AThe mans sister.BA pet.CAn accident.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。6What do we know about Jane?AShe lost her umbrella.BShe cant go to the party.CShe is fine now.7How did Jane go home last night?ABy bus.BBy taxi.COn f
3、oot.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。8In which country did the man attend university?ACanada.BAustralia.CAmerica.9Where does the mans mother probably work?AAt an engineering firm.BIn a hospital.CAt a university.10What is the probable relationship between the speakers?AInterviewer and interviewee.BCo-workersCSchoolm
4、ates.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。11Where does the conversation take place?AOn the phone.BIn the mans house.CIn the company.12How much will the woman pay for the rent per month?A$650.B$700.C$750.13For what does the woman have to pay herself?AThe TV.BThe furniture.CThe water and electricity.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。14Wh
5、at is Linda going to do this afternoon?AGo to the dentist.BDate with the man.CGo to the supermarket.15What day is it today?AMonday.BThursday.CFriday.16What does Linda ask the man to do?AHave his teeth examined.BBrush his teeth twice a day.CEat less dessert.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。17Who is probably the speake
6、r?AA reporter.BA teacher.CA writer.18What did the coachman do outside the theater?AHe read a book.BHe looked after the horse.CHe enjoyed the snow.19How did the young lady feel about the coachmans situation?ASad.BMoved.CCasual.20What does the speaker want to tell us?AHelp those around us as much as w
7、e can.BRead as many books as we can.CBe grateful for what we have.二、阅读理解Are you still wondering about which club to choose? The following information about the clubs in our school may help you make a good choice.Writing ClubAdvisor (顾问):Ms. Loll (cloll aacps. org)Club Meeting Time:Tuesday 10:0010:30
8、Wednesday 9:3010:00Description:Writing Club is open to any student at SHS who would like help in improving writing and grammar skills.Food ClubAdvisor:Ms King (laking aacps. org)Club Meeting Time:Tuesday 10:0010:30Thursday 10:0010:30Description:Love talking about food, cooking, and more? Food Club i
9、s your place. Join us to discuss all things about food and cooking.Art ClubAdvisor:Ms. Hendryx (jhendryx aacps. org)Club Meeting Time:Tuesday 10:0010:30Friday 10:0010:30Description:Art Club is a time to work on your own artwork. We watch different videos which may include art skills and famous artis
10、ts.Book ClubAdvisor:Ms. Choulis (mchoulis aacps. org)Club Meeting Time:Monday 10:0010:30Thursday 9:3010:00Description:This is a club for students who love reading. Students will read books and then meet twice each week to have discussions about the book.21If you want to improve writing skills, which
11、 club is a good choice?AWriting Club.BFood Club.CArt Club.DBook Club.22What is the meeting time of Food Club?ATuesday & Wednesday.BTuesday & Thursday.CTuesday & Friday.DMonday & Thursday.23Who can one contact if one chooses Art Club?AMs. Loll.BMs. King.CMs. Hendryx.DMs. Choulis.Are y
12、ou interested in country music? I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am tired. The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.Country music usually talks of farmers everyday life and feelings. Its the spirit (精神) of America, easy to understand, slow and simple.Co
13、untry music developed in the Southern United States.It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs tell about the lives of farmers. They talk about love, crops or death.The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad.At first, people played the musi
14、c only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became
15、 popular across America.John Denver was one of Americas most famous country singers in the 1970s. His song Take Me home, Country Roads is well-known and people still play it today.24Country music is usually about _.Afarmers everyday life and feelingsBthe people in citiesCthe lives of workersDworkers
16、 feelings25Country music developed _.Ain John Denvers cityBin the Southern United StatesCin the Northern United StatesDin the Western United States26People began to make country song records _.Ain the 1920sBin 1920Cin the 1970sDin 197027Who is famous for the song “Take Me Home, Country Roads”?AA far
17、mer in the countryside.BA person who moved to townsCJohn DenverDDenver JohnTheres no doubt that football is the global sport. Though basketball, tennis, and other sports are popular too, nothing comes close to football. Being played in every country in the world, football provides dozens of supersta
18、rs. The numbers are greater when compared to any other sport, and this drives the popularity of football up. Have you ever wondered when the sport started and became popular?Football has its origin (起源) in China and has a history of more than 2,000 years. However, modern football originally appeared
19、 in Britain in the 19th century. Folk football matches had been played before in many cities and towns, but never on a professional level.Football became a winter sport game played in different schools. The rules were carried out by each school, and this made it difficult for players to play an offi
20、cial game with each other. It all changed in 1849 at the University of Cambridge that invented a set of standard rules known as the Cambridge rules of football. From that moment, a new star sport was born.By the early 20th century, football had spread all across Europe. In 1904, FIFA was set up. The
21、re are seven original members, including France, Denmark and Spain, FIFA became the governing body for many associations in Europe.Englands international success improved the popularity of the sport in the country. The league (联赛) in Britain was set up in 1992. From the 1990s, it became a truly impr
22、essive piece of football organization, becoming the worlds top football league in the process.Football is obviously the most popular sport in the world. It is impossible for any other sport to take its place, especially with leagues spending billions of pounds every year to stay in the focus.28What
23、is the authors purpose of writing paragraph 1?ATo describe the level of football.BTo introduce the topic of the text.CTo debate the main idea of the text.DTo introduce famous football leagues.29Where did modern football first start?AIn China.BIn France.CIn Britain.DIn Spain.30Why was it difficult to
24、 play an official game before 1849?AThe rules always changed.BThere were no common rules.CThe season made players hard to win.DOfficials made players misunderstand the rules.31How is the text mainly developed?ABy time order.BBy space order.CBy listing numbers.DBy giving examples.Are people less happ
25、y or more happy the older they get? A study found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age 50. In fact, it found that by the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were at 18.The finding came from a Gallup survey of more than 340,000 adults between th
26、e age of 18 and 85 in the United States.Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 22 and 25. Stress levels dropped sharply after people re
27、ached their fifties.Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. But the people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties. The survey also found that men and women had similar emotional patterns as they grow old
28、er. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being relate
29、d to age.So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.The original goal of the study was to confirm the popular belie
30、f that aging is connected with increased sleep problems. The survey did find an increase during middle age, especially in women. But except for that, people reported that they felt their sleep quality improved as they got older.32Old people may be happier probably because _.Atheir children have grow
31、n upBthey dont have to work every dayCthey can do whatever they like bestDthey are most likely satisfied with life33According to the survey, when will adults feel most stressful?AIn their twenties.BIn their fifties.CIn their seventies.DIn their eighties.34What may make Arthur Stone a bit surprised?A
32、Women usually live longer than men.BMiddle-age men mostly are very rich.COld people usually have a better sleep.DMost of old people cant sleep well at night.35Which of the following may be the topic of this passage?AThe difference between men and women.BOld peoples feeling of happiness.CThe young pe
33、ople and the old people.DThe connection of sleep and happiness.Do you want to improve your spoken English? 36 Repeat the language!Repeat words and sentences over and over again until you can say them really fluently (流利地). For example, say “I went to the shops, I went to the shops” repeatedly. 37 Th
34、en later when youre speaking, itll come out naturally. 38 First, write out in note form (笔记形式) the story you want to tell, and then use those notes to practise telling the story.Memorize language! 39 You can do this by writing them out, or by speaking them out loud so that youll be speaking normally
35、 (正常地). And the more you do this, the more theyll stick in your mind.Practise forming questions!Look at a sentence and see if you can change that into a question. For example, when seeing the sentence, “Shes seen the film,” you need to change it into the question, “Has she seen the film?” 40 But the
36、 more you do this, the more fluent and quicker youll get at making questions.APractise telling stories!BListen to English!CMaking questions is quite difficult if you havent been practising it.DTry to remember as many phrases and expressions as you can.EThe more you say it, the more it becomes fixed
37、in your brain (刻在脑子里).FHere are four quick tips for you.GDo not go near objects that could directly fall on you.三、完形填空Labor is important and necessary for everyone. I am glad that I learned the 41 of work when I was a child.I grew up on a farm. We had to care for 42 such as cows and sheep from morni
38、ng till evening, seven days a week. 43 during school vacations and on weekends we still had 44 work to do. I was paid for my work. From the age of 10, my parents 45 me 1 an hour. Because of this, I learned how to 46 money. When I was only 11, I saved enough to buy a ten-speed bicycle. In high school
39、, I 47 a job in a nearby town during the summer to save money 48 college. I learned how to manage money at an 49 age.I also learned the satisfaction of work well done. The young animals were my responsibility. Most 50 often had problems with their young cows getting sick. I was proud that my young c
40、ows were usually 51 . I loved it when the whole family 52 together to get in hay (干草) before a rainstorm. It was exciting when we jumped out of bed in the middle of the night to 53 the cows in the field after they had escaped through a broken fence (栅栏). Doing hard work at an early age 54 me how val
41、uable it can be. And from these 55 I learned to be confident and self-disciplined (自律的). 41AvalueBdifferenceCdecisionDamount42AshopsBflowersCplantsDanimals43ASeldomBNeverCEvenDSo44AschoolBofficeCresearchDfarm45AleftBpaidClentDasked46AgiveBreturnCsaveDuse47AgotBlostCrefusedDbought48AofBinCtoDfor49Aol
42、dBearlyCaverageDlate50AteachersBfarmersCengineersDstudents51AhealthyBnervousCweakDstrong52AateBstudiedCworkedDplayed53Abring upBput awayClook forDdepend on54AprovidedBtaughtCintroducedDprepared55AexperiencesBdiscussionsCdirectionsDfunctions四、语法填空语法填空Lin Qiaozhi, who delivered over 50,000 babies in h
43、er lifetime , 56 (know) as the “mother of ten thousand babies” , though she never got married. 57 (affect) by her mothers death, Lin Qiaozhi decided to study medicine at 58 age of 18 instead of following the 59 (tradition) path of marriage like many other girls. After graduating from Peking Union Me
44、dical College, she was hired as a resident physician. Having worked for a few years, she was sent to Europe and the US, 60 she rejected her American colleagues offer to stay, and returned home. Though appointed 61 (hold) many important 62 (position), she was more interested in tending patients. She
45、held the belief 63 doctors should be responsible 64 the patients. Dr Lin never retired. Even as she lay 65 (die), she was still thinking of others. This is Lin Qiaozhi, who devoted all her life to helping the women in need of her help.五、书面表达66假定你是李华。请你根据写作要点用英语写一篇周记，记述你周末帮助家人做家务的一次经历。写作要点：1.做家务的理由2.做家务的过程及感受3.做家务的意义注意：1 词数100左右。2. 需适当增加细节。 3.不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。_67阅读下面材料，
