广东省揭阳市揭东一中，惠来一中等学校2022-2023学年高一下学期4月期中英语试题(无答案)

揭阳市2022-2023学年度高一级下学期三校联考

英语科试题

本试卷共五部分，满分150分，考试用时120分钟。

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Ⅱ.听力(共两节，满分20分)

第一节 听力理解(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

听下面一段对话，回答第1-2题。

1. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife.  B. School friends.   C. Brother and sister.

2. What do the speakers decide to buy?

A. A cap.     B. A bag.     C. A shirt.

听下面一段对话，回答第3-5题。

3. What does the man offer to do for the woman?

A. Buy something.   B. Look for something.  C. Carry something.

4. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. Ina flat.    B. In a street.    C. In a fruit shop.

5. Who is the man probably?

A. A student.    B. A teacher.    C. A doctor.

听下面一段独白，回答第6-8题。

6. How much money did Billy find in total?

A. $1,400.    B. $1,500.    C. $1.600.

7. What was the result of Billy handing in the money?

A. He renewed his club membership for free.

B. He had dinner with a tennis star.

C. He appeared in the media.

8. What was Billy asked to do on the phone?

A. Play tennis with his heroes.

B. Accept some money.

C. Do a talk on TV.

听下面一段对话，回答第9-10题。

9. What does the woman probably think of the saleswoman?

A. She's hard-working.  B. She's badly paid.   C. She's careless.

10. What is the woman probably going to do next?

A. Buy some ice cream.

B. Go to the supermarket. C. Give the man some money.

第二节 听取信息(共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分)

Ⅱ.阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节：阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

By reading books, you can learn about different cultures and ways of looking at the world. It might also help you to discover a new favourite series or author.

The team at National Book Tokens has created Bookily, so that you can choose and buy the new books you want, when you want. With a Bookily card, you'll get a monthly amount of money just for books, and you can spend it in hundreds of bookshops and online.

The benefits of Bookily

With a Bookily card, you receive a monthly books budget (预算). The Bookily card is made from board that is not harmful to the environment and arrives in packaging with all the information you need to get started. You can also change your card into an e-gift, making it even easier to spend whenever you want.

Around the world

We could fill a whole book with reading recommendations from across the world. Here are a few to get you started on your trip:

United States  Front Desk

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets and she wants to be a writer. It will take all of Mia’s courage, kindness, and hard work to get through this year. Will she go for her dreams?

Egypt Death Sets Sail

Our heroes Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are hoping for a relaxing cruise (乘船游览) along the Nile, admiring the architecture of ancient Egypt. What they discover instead is a strange secret society ....

Holland The Unadoptables

In 1880, five babies are discovered at the Little Tulip Orphanage. They are determined to stay together. When danger comes, they escape in search of a home.

India Asha & the Spirit Bird

Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. When her papa suddenly stops sending his wages(工资), her family finds themselves in serious trouble. Asha decides to cross the highest mountains to find her father….

16. Why did the team create the Bookily card?

A. To introduce global writers.    B. To encourage readers to buy books.

C. To get new people to join a reading club.  D. To recommend book stores in the world.

17. What do we know about the Bookily card?

A. It has been created mainly for online shopping.

B. It will be given to readers without any guide.

C. It is environmentally friendly.

D. It provides readers with a weekly budget.

18. Which book describes some children looking for a home?

A. The Unadoptables.      B. Death Sets Sail.

C. Front Desk        D. Asha & the Spirit Bird.

B

I am a self-taught maker of gingerbread (姜饼) houses. It wasn't something I ever did growing up. In fact, gingerbread houses struck me as an awful lot of work for little return, a baking (烘焙) project that would eat up the time I could spend doing something more productive.

But, five years ago, I saw a sign at the library announcing a gingerbread house contest (比赛). I went home and told my kids and we made a house from the start. It took all day and we were covered in icing, but I was blown away by the final product. It was so satisfying to see a little house, decorated with colorful candy. I delivered the house to the library, where it won first place in the family group, and we got a generous $100 in gift certificates (礼券) for local bushiness.

Every year since then, my kids and I have attended the gingerbread house contest, and every year we’ve won the family group. Our houses are not very beautiful; the only thing that sets them apart is the fact that we make the gingerbread from the start. Everyone else uses store-bought ready-made pieces, which makes the houses look the same. Ours, by contrast, is misshapen and leans; my husband refers to it jokingly as “the slanty shanty (倾斜的小屋)”。

If you haven't made a gingerbread house before, I highly recommend you give it a try. What better way to use that time than making something great with your kids? What I hope, too, is that this tradition will give my kids a way to make it feel like Christmas, no matter where they go in life. My hope is that they'll make gingerbread houses wherever they go in life and always think of home.

19. How did the author feel about making gingerbread houses at first?

A. It needed talent to learn.      B. It was relaxing and interesting.

C. It was time- wasting and unproductive.   D. It made her family connected.

20. What changed the author's opinion of gingerbread houses?

A. A gingerbread house contest.     B. Her kids' encouragement.

C. The meaning behind gingerbread houses.   D. Competition among gingerbread businesses.

21. What was special about the author's gingerbread house?

A. It had a surprising taste.      B. It had a store-bought style.

C. It was made with the best shape.    D. It was completely made by her family.

22. Why does the author keep the gingerbread house making tradition?

A. To remind her kids of the meaning of different festivals.

B. To make her kids keep family in their minds.

C. To encourage her kids to be creative.

D. To teach her kids to be unique.

C

When it comes to technology, adults won't be able to keep up with their children. It took radio 38 years to reach 50 million people, but it took only 20 years for the phone to reach the same number, and 13 years for the television. However, it took Facebook 3.6 years and Twitter only needed 88 days. Over the last 15 years, digital communication has brought in more changes than the printing press did in 1570. And those most likely to use them in this world are teenagers, whose brains appear to have a great ability to adapt to the world around them, according to Dr. Jay Giedd, a brain expert.

We are now discovering that our brains during the teenage years are still flexible (灵活的). Having a more flexible brain means that certain functions of it, such as the ability to make long-term decisions, haven't developed yet, which may also explain why we spend a long period living under the protection of our parents rather than leaving home at the age of 12 or 13. This also means that the teenage brain can adapt to new technology, allowing teenagers to keep up with the increasing pace (速度) of digital technology, giving them an advantage when doing different tasks.

As they look at these screens, they’re dealing with information. There are concerns about how social media is affecting the way in which the brain learns to socialize. Giedd says that a lot of what goes on inside our brains is social. Social interactions are being changed by technology. you could have hundreds of friends, all of whom are real people that you interact with and scientists aren't sure whether we'll be able to develop the same skills using social media.

There is an advantage to the growing digital trend (趋势): YouTube shows that teenagers all over the world are watching the same things and laughing at the same jokes, showing that they are more global-minded than teenagers in the past. They are more open to other cultures, other countries, and other people.

23. How many years did it take for television to reach 50 million people?

A.38 years.   B.20 years.    C. 15 years.   D.13 years.

24. What does the underlined word “This” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Teenagers' brains are flexible.

B. Teenagers are protected by their parents.

C. Teenagers are good at doing different tasks.

D. Teenagers' abilities to make decisions haven't developed.

25. What does the trend of using YouTube show?

A. Teenagers prefer to socialize online.

B. Teenagers spend much time on social media.

C. Teenagers are now more open-minded than those in the past.

D. Teenagers are more likely to be attracted by the Internet than grown-ups.

26. What may be the best title for the text?

A. Concerns about social media influence  B. Teenage brains in the digital world

C. Teenager. related technologies    D. Development of teenage brains

D

For ten years, I have spent my Monday evenings attending rehearsals (排练) for my amateur (业余的) choir. Mondays are not my favorite day, and I often arrive feeling bad, but by the end of the rehearsal, I usually feel energized. The singing does me good. So do the people. I wouldn't describe my choir members as close friends. We exchange brief chats, smiles and jokes but that is enough for me to feel better about the world.

There is no choir practice now. I miss it. In lockdown, I do not feel short on emotional support, but I do feel short of friendly faces and casual (随便的) conversations. Another way of putting this is that I miss my “weak ties”.

One way to think about any person's social world is that you have an inner circle of people whom you often talk to and feel close with, and an outer circle of people whom you see sometimes. Mark Granovetter, a sociology professor at Stanford University, named these categories (种类) “strong ties” and “weak ties”.

Experts had thought that a person's happiness depended mainly on the quality of their relationships with their close friends and family. Granovetter showed that quantity (数量) mattered, too. He found that for new information and idea, weak ties are more important to us than strong ones. Granovetter surveyed 282 Boston-based workers and found that most of them got their jobs through someone they knew. But only a few got the job through a close friend; 84% got their job through those weak-tie relationships. As Granvetter pointed out, the people whom you spend much time with swim in the same pool of information as you do. We depend on friendly outsiders to bring us news of opportunities.

So we should continue to find ways to develop weak-tie relationships in lockdown. We can use social media to reach out to people we don't know well for light, but meaningful communications. We can also make more weak-tie-style conversations with our strong ties. The goal is to let others know you are thinking of them without asking for a great deal of time or energy.

27. What makes the author happy during his Monday evenings' choir practice?

A. His meeting with a close friend.    B. The praise from choir members.

C. The progress he has made in singing.  D. His communication with choir members.

28. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A. The changes of people ' s social world.  B. What “strong ties” and “weak ties” are.

C. The different ways people communicate.   D. Why interpersonal relationships are important.

29. What did Granovetter think of weak-tie relationships?

A. They are easier to build than strong ones.

B. They offer more benefits than strong ones.

C. They can bring new information and ideas.

D. They make little difference to people's happiness.

30. What does the author suggest people do to have weak-tie contacts in lockdown?

A. Use social media to make new friends.

B. Draw outsiders into a full online conversation.

C. Make strong-tie-style chats with distant friends.

D. Have more brief conversations with family members.

第二节：七选五(共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

As Picasso once said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”   31    We might paint, write or play an instrument as kids. However, as adults, we find that responsibilities stand in the way of being creative. But is being creative really all that important?

   32   According to studies, being creative in any way can help fight against negative (消极) emotions. It helps build problem-solving skills and increases productivity and confidence.   33  

Next comes the really big question: how can you become more creative? Pull out a notebook or a piece of paper and just draw or paint, with no goal in mind. This gets all kinds of connections in the brain working. Or you can get some exercise. A study at Albion College actually discovered that a tired mind can be a more creative mind.   34  

One of the main obstacle (阻碍) to being creative is called “fear of failure”. In other words, some people think they won't be good at writing, drawing, etc., so they just don't try. How do you conquer this fear?   35   For example, you might think failure is painting a picture that you see as ugly. However, what if “failure” was actually not painting anything at all?

A. For many, this rings true.

B. The short answer to this question is: yes.

C. Try to discover a new world, and a new you.

D. Above all, it also helps people express themselves.

E. For starters, in your mind, change what “failure” is.

F. So, hit the gym, go for a run, and then sit down to try something new.

G. Second, you need to remember that, like any skill, creativity takes practice.

Ⅲ.语言知识及应用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节：完形填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—50各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Tongai has worked as a waiter at a restaurant for the past eight years. He was working   36   one afternoon on a beautiful day with clear blue skies and   37   seas. Tourists who had finished their lunch at the restaurant were walking along the water's edge, taking in the   38   ocean and mountain views, when   39   a “wall of water” rose up and carried lots of people out to sea. When seeing that, Tongai immediately ran outside, undressed himself, and   40    into the water.

Towering waves were breaking on the shore, making it    41   for the shocked victims to get back. Tongai used his belt to pull people from the water, shouting for help as he worked.

Two of the people Tongai   42   were Clair and her 8-year-old daughter, Arya. As they walked, a huge wave   43   them into the harbour. Clair cried for help, and Tongai and another tourist who'd jumped in to   44   were in the water next to her. Tongai caught Arya and pushed her onto the rocky shore. Clair scrambled(爬) up behind them,   45   .

“I recently went to the restaurant to thank him," Clair said. “My daughter   46   him immediately, and we hugged each other. We are so   47    to Tongai and the tourist who risked their lives to save ours.”

Thanks to Tongai and other helpers, no one   48    their lives that day! Tongai is now regarded as a   49   and praised for his   50   rescues.

36. A. as usual   B. on purpose  C. by chance  D. at once

37. A. stormy   B. shallow  C. distant   D. calm

38. A. boring   B. fascinating  C. passing  D. amusing

39. A. suddenly  B. naturally  C. certainly  D. gradually

40. A. looked   B. sank   C. jumped  D. fell

41. A. dangerous  B. necessary  C. possible  D. difficult

42. A. attracted  B. approached  C. rescued  D. prevented

43. A. returned   B. knocked  C. followed  D. led

44. A. warm   B. serve   C. check   D. help

45. A. disappointed  B. exhausted  C. ashamed  D. excited

46. A. interviewed  B. joined   C. recognized  D. congratulated

47. A. generous  B. sensitive  C. grateful  D. disturbing

48. A. lost   B. risked   C. changed  D. improved

49. A. star   B. soldier   C. winner   D. hero

50. A. regular   B. timely   C. medical  D. financial

第二节：语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，将答案填写在答题卡标号为51—60 的相应位置上。

The China Tourism Academy released a report on Monday    51   (say) that education tourism has become popular among people of all ages.

More than 6 million people joined study tours last year,   52   (high) even than the pre-pandemic (新冠前) number of 4.8 million in 2019.

“The key   53   (different) between study travel and other tourism products is that study travel focuses on learning knowledge while traveling,” Luo Shugang, director of the committee, said at a meeting on Monday. He said that study travel can date back to the Song (960-1279) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties,   54   many poets wrote of their experiences on study travels.

“The nation formed an industry for study travel during the period of reform and opening-up, which   55    (see) rapid development in the past 10 years” he said, adding that students in primary and middle schools are so far the main    56   (participant) in education tourism. Dai Bin, president of the Chinese Tourism Academy said at the meeting that the development of education tourism has promoted the   57   (society) education of primary and middle school students, which has also played   58    important role in combining culture and tourism.

He suggested that China   59   (establish) national campsites for study travel at places   60   beautiful natural views and rich cultural heritage.

Ⅳ.课内基础知识考查(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 请根据首字母和中文提示写出单词的正确形式或用给出的单词的适当形式填空，每空只填一词。(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)

61. The survey c        (进行) by the Students' Union shows that more and more students suffer from eyesight as a result of the mobile phones.

62. I        (鼓舞) by a video he received from a girl who was singing one of his works, he asked his fans to make videos.

63. Listening to rap music in my spare time always e        (使能够) me to forget my problems.

64. Millions of musical performances by different i        (个人) are uploaded onto the Internet.

65. We parked our car in an underground parking lot and had its battery c        (充电) there.

66. Students are hired each year in a variety of summer p        (职位) across the provincial public service.

67. The public bike system makes it c        (方便的) for both residents and tourists.

68. It is highly important to bridge the digital divide and make the Internet        (access) to the ordinary people.

69. A troll will post comments or questions to stir up trouble online while a cyberbully will write something mean but it is usually directed at p        (特定的) people.

70. When you go through t        (艰难的) times, talking with people who are facing similar challenges will benefit you.

71. The four countries b        (属于) to the UK have different education legal systems.

72. The Vikings left behind lots of vocabulary and names of many        (locate) across the UK.

73. The rolling green hills        (dot) with sheep and cattle attract tourists throughout the world.

74. Dave enjoys staying in a c        (拥挤) village pub, listening to people chatting with relief.

75. Mao Buyi's        (origin) compositions are quite popular with the young in China.

76.        (absorb) in the beautiful natural landscape, he forgot to go home.

77. Encouraged by the positive        (react) of the audience, he decided to continue his performance.

78. As business takes advantage of the festival celebrations, festivals are becoming more and more        (commerce).

79. Though customs play as        (有重大意义) role in festivals, they can change over time.

80. Festivals, which are o        (时刻) to spend time with friends and family, reflect people's wishes, beliefs, and faiths.

第二节 请从方框里选择单词或短语并用其适当形式填空，其中两个为多余选项。(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

81. John was so rude that Mary felt it impossible to                any longer.

82. Since arriving home, he                videos and music for relaxation for hours.

83. Wearing the right shoes and clothes                being fit can make a difference.

84. He took the chance which                to be a turning point in his career.

85. Students must                all the good resources in their school.

86. Information in this website                on a regular basis since then.

87. This new type of software has so many functions that I                it since I downloaded it.

88. Since it is an informal gathering, you needn't                for it.

89. People all expect this conference to                the future of the country.

90. With the exam                , he is buried in preparation for it.

Ⅴ.应用文写作(满分15分)

假定你是李华，你校英文报“英语园地”栏目拟刊登介绍中国节日风俗的短文。请写一篇短文介绍端午节向该栏目投稿。要点如下：

1.端午节的起源；

2.端午节的庆祝活动；

3.你的看法。

注意：1.词数80左右。2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。