湖南省长沙地质中学2023-2024学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

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时量：120分钟 满分：150分
出题人：盘群 审题人：曾东升
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）略
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Are yu lking fr destinatins f yur trips? Let’s check it ut!
Singapre
Singapre is an energetic multicultural city-state in Sutheast Asia. It ffers a unique mix f Chinese, Malay, Indian and Western cultures. The city has an impressive skyline(轮廓线) and is a center fr business, shpping and dining. Visitrs can explre the busy markets f Chinatwn, Little India and Arab Street, as well as the Gardens by the Bay and the Marina Bay Sands.
Istanbul
Istanbul is a city where tw cntinents meet: Eurpe and Asia. It is a cultural melting pt with influences frm Greek, Rman, Byzantine and Ottman empires. The city features amazing architecture, such as the Hagia Sphia and Blue Msque, and a rich cking scene with traditinal Turkish delights. Visitrs can als take a bat ride acrss the Bsphrus Strait t explre the Asian side f the city.
Hng Kng
Hng Kng is a busy internatinal city in China that cmbines Eastern and Western cultures. The city is famus fr its skyscrapers(摩天大楼), street markets and delicius snacks. Visitrs can explre the city’s histric streets in Central, take a cable car up t Victria Peak fr fascinating views, r visit the giant Buddha statue n Lantau Island.
Trnt
Trnt is Canada’s largest city and is knwn fr its multiculturalism and diversity. The city it hme t ver 140 languages, and ver half f its ppulatin was brn utside f Canada. Trnt’s cultural scene reflects this diversity, with numerus festivals celebrating different cultures, such as Caribana, the Trnt Internatinal Film Festival, and the Taste f the Danfrth Greek festival.
Click here fr mre infrmatin abut the attractive destinatins in the wrld!
21. Where can turists experience a mix f ancient Eurpean and Asian cultures?
A. Trnt.B. Hng Kng. C. Istanbul.D. Singapre.
22. What is special abut Trnt?
A. It cvers the largest area f the fur.B. The native peple are in the majrity.
C. It wns a range f street markets.D. It ffers chances t experience festivals.
23. What d the fur destinatins have in cmmn?
A. Cultural diversity.B. Unique architecture.C. Cnvenient transprt.D. Distinctive languages.
B
When I was a by, we had several gardens arund ur ld huse. The largest ne f all was used just fr grwing ptates.
I can still remember thse ptat-planting days. The whle family helped. After my father had tilled(犁地) the sil, my mther, brthers and I went t wrk. It was my jb t drp the little seed ptates in the rws while my mther drpped handfuls f fertilizer(肥料) beside them. My brthers then cvered them with the freshly turned earth.
Fr mnths afterward I wuld glance ver the garden while I played utside and wnder what was ging n underneath the grund. When the harvest time came, my father pulled them ut f the sil. I was amazed at the huge size f the ptates. Thse little seeds had grwn int huge delicius ptates.
They wuld be turned int all kinds f delicius fd: baked ptates, mashed ptates, fried ptates. And my persnal favrite: ptates slw cked in spaghetti sauce(意大利酱). They wuld keep the entire family well fed thrughut the whle year. It truly was a miracle(奇迹).
Thinking back n thse special times makes me wnder hw many ther seeds I have planted in the hearts and minds f thers. Every single day, we plant seeds that can grw int smething wnderful. I hpe that yu plant nly gdness, peace and happiness in the lives f everyne yu meet. I hpe that every day yu help miracles t grw.
24. What was the authr’s jb when they were planting ptates?
A. Tilling the sil.B. Watering the seeds.
C. Drpping the seeds.D. Cvering the seeds with earth.
25. Why was the authr surprised when he saw the ptates pulled ut f the sil?
A. He had never seen s many ptates.B. It was very hard t pull them ut.
C. One ptat culd be made int a meal.D. The little seeds had grwn int big ptates.
26. Why did the authr say it was a miracle in the furth paragraph?
A. The ptates culd turn ut t be different kinds f fd.
B. He had eaten different kinds f fd made f ptates.
C. The ptates culd feed their family fr the whle year.
D. The ptates in their garden were delicius.
27. What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. Memries f Planting PtatesB. Hw t Plant Ptates
C. Make Life a MiracleD. Plant Gd Seeds in Life
C
Having an lder brther cmes with plenty f benefits. Big brthers tend t lk after their yunger brthers and sisters, and despite the ccasinal unpleasant mments here and there, many siblings(兄弟姐妹) enjy life-lng clse relatinships. Hwever, a new study finds an interesting disadvantage. Children with lder brthers take lnger when it cmes t develping language skills.
Researchers studied mre than 1,000 children frm birth t the age f five-and-a half years ld. Each child’s language skills were tested at ages 2, 3, and 5.5, using tests specially designed t measure lts f aspects f language develpment such as vcabulary, syntax(句法), and verbal(文字的) reasning. What the research team discvered was significant. Children with an lder brther had, n average, a tw-mnth delay in their language develpment cmpared t studied children with an lder sister.
As far as explaining this phenmenn(现象), researchers have prpsed tw assumptins. The first is that lder sisters tend t talk mre ften than lder brthers, which wuld cmpensate(补偿) fr parents ptentially being less present than they were fr their first child. The secnd assumptin is that lder sisters usually cmpete with their siblings less than lder brthers fr their parents’ attentin. The study’s authrs say they can’t say fr certain why children with lder brthers have a harder time develping language skills. In the future they wuld like t study if culture r lcatin impacts the prevalence(盛行) f these results.
The study is published in Psychlgical Science.
28. What did the new study find?
A. Big brthers tend t lk after their siblings.
B. Siblings tend t fight each ther.
C. Many siblings enjy life-lng relatinships.
D. Children with lder brthers are slwer in learning language.
29. What is the purpse f the secnd paragraph?
A. T explain the apprach f the research.B. T shw sme prblems f the findings.
C. T ffer sme evidence given by experts.D. T cnvince readers t get invlved in.
30. Which f the fllwing belngs t the pssible reasns?
A. Older brthers fight fr patents’ attentin.B. Older brthers are strnger than lder sisters.
C. Parents prefer lder brthers t lder sisters. D. Older sisters can’t cntrl their siblings.
31. What is the researchers’ attitude twards their study?
A. Dubtful.B. Negative.C. Satisfied.D. Excited.
D
The Internatinal Space Statin (ISS) is a science labratry in space. It is made f many different pieces that have been added n slwly since 1998. The grup f astrnauts wrking there changes ften, but peple have been living in the ISS fr almst 18 years.
On Wednesday, NASA discvered that there was a leak in the ISS. The statin is full f air that the astrnauts can breathe. But utside the ISS, in space, there is n air. That means the pressure inside the statin is much higher. S, the ISS was like a bike tire with a tiny hle in it.
On Thursday, the astrnauts went t wrk and sn fund the leak. It was less than 2 millimeters wide. That’s abut as wide as the lead(笔芯) n a pencil that hasn’t been sharpened. The hle is in a Russian part f the statin, called the Syuz. The Syuz is the spacecraft that brught three f the astrnauts t the ISS. Luckily, the Syuz can still be used t return t Earth. When the astrnauts first fund the leak, German astrnaut Alexander Gerst did smething that seemed very natural — he cvered the hle with his thumb. Because the hle was s tiny, the astrnauts were never in any danger. But it was still imprtant t stp the leak. While they waited fr mre advice frm Earth, the astrnauts cvered the hle with special tape. After many peple discussed the prblem n the grund, the astrnauts were tld hw t fix the hle. Sergey Prkpyev f Russia did the jb, filling the hle with clth saked in special glue.
The repair seems t have wrked. The astrnauts were able t get the air pressure back t nrmal. On Friday, the astrnauts returned t their regular wrk.
NASA says that the hle was prbably made by a tiny bit f a meterite(陨石) — a rck flying thrugh space. Sme peple believe the hle culd be frm a screw(螺丝) that came lse. It is als pssible that the statin was hit by a small piece f “space debris(残骸)” — tiny pieces f trash frm ther spacecraft. As mre and mre rckets and satellites are sent int space, space debris is a mre cmmn prblem.
32. What was the prblem with the ISS?
A. The air started t g ut frm the ISS.
B. The ISS was hit by a piece f space debris.
C. The pressure utside the ISS was higher than that inside.
D. The astrnauts inside the ISS had difficulty in breathing.
33. What d we knw abut the hle?
A. It was as sharp as a pencil lead.
B. It was caused by three f Russian astrnauts.
C. It had psed a great danger t the astrnauts.
D. It was s small that the thumb culd cver it.
34. What did the astrnauts use t fix the leak in the ISS?
A. A thumb and special tape.B. Special tape and clth saked in special glue.
C. A pencil lead and special tape.D. A pencil and clth saked in special glue.
35. What wuld be the best title fr the text?
A. The Danger f the Leak in the Internatinal Space Statin
B. The Internatinal Space Statin Finds the Origin f the Leak
C. New Ways t Fix the Leak in the Internatinal Space Statin
D. Astrnauts Fix the Leak in the Internatinal Space Statin
第二节 （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。
Imprved self-cnfidence can be nutritius t yur life. Yet self-cnfidence is easy t spt but hard t develp. As yu put in the wrk tward being cnfident, here are a few tips t keep in mind.
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When yu knw and accept yur wn strengths and weaknesses, yu’re better able t appreciate and supprt the peple arund yu. While cnfidence is great fr lving thers, it als helps yu shw lve t yurself.
Be prud f yurself.
Hard wrk deserves t be recgnized. Yu shuld als celebrate yur smallest victries and give yurself a treat whatever yu’d like. 37 As yu track yur prgress, make sure t think back t where yu started and the prgress yu’ve made.
Stay pen minded and embrace the new.
Cnfident peple may nt be psitive all the time, but they d keep a grwth mindset. 38 Fr example, when yu make a mistake, try t see the humr and yu are mre likely t respnd with laughter instead f insecurity r shame.
Dn’t be afraid t pen up.
It can be scary t be with new peple and surrundings. Hw t deal with this? 39 As yu’re learning new things and stepping utside f yur cmfrt zne, dn’t be afraid t let yurself pen up. Be present with where yu are and what yu’re ding. As yu grw, yu can acknwledge yur fear and wrries, but dn’t let that prevent yu frm expsing yurself t new things.
Be specific.
40 Where d yu lack cnfidence? Where are yu super cnfident? Identifying these aspects will help yu be specific with yur gals. Once yu have a plan, yu wn’t feel wrried. Discver what wuld give yu cnfidence and start making purpseful actins tward btaining it.
The expert caches can help yu build yur self-cnfidence while striving t, be yur best self.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My dear girl, this is a letter fr yu t read when I am getting ld.
The day yu see I’m getting ld, I ask yu t be patient please, but first, try t 41 what I’m ging thrugh. If when we talk, I 42 the same thing a thusand times, dn’t interrupt(打断) t say: “Yu said the same thing a minute ag...” Just 43 , please. Try t remember the times when yu were 44 and I wuld read the same stry night after night until yu 45 .
When I dn’t want t take a bath, dn’t be 46 and dn’t embarrass me. Remember when I had t run after yu, trying t get yu t take a 47 when yu were just a girl?
When yu see hw ignrant(无知的) I am when it cmes t new technlgy, give me the time t learn and dn’t lk at me that way... Remember that I 48 taught yu hw t d many things like eating apprpriately, getting dressed and 49 life’s prblems every day.
50 I ccasinally lse track f what we’re talking abut, give me time t remember, and if I can’t, dn’t be nervus r impatient. Just knw in yur heart that the mst 51 thing fr me is t be with yu.
And when my ld, tired legs dn’t let me mve as 52 as befre, give me yur hand, the same way that I ffered mine t yu when yu first 53 .
When thse days cme, dn’t feel sad... Just be with me, and understand me while I get t the 54 f my life with lve.
I’ll 55 and thank yu fr the time and jy we shared. With a big smile and the huge lve I’ve always had fr yu, I just want t say, I lve yu, my darling daughter.
41. A. explainB. translateC. understandD. frget
42. A. recallB. repeatC. rememberD. realize
43. A. waitB. watchC. listenD. feel
44. A. strngB. littleC. weakD. big
45. A. wke upB. came backC. left hmeD. fell asleep
46. A. ashamedB. angryC. nervusD. lazy
47. A. shwerB. chanceC. rideD. break
48. A. suddenlyB. quietlyC. calmlyD. patiently
49. A. cming acrssB. ging thrughC. dealing withD. thinking abut
50. A. UnlessB. IfC. SinceD. As
51. A. unfairB. difficultC. imprtantD. rmantic
52. A. quicklyB. equallyC. frmallyD. cmmnly
53. A. talkedB. walkedC. sangD. smiled
54. A. startB. beginningC. endD. middle
55. A. wasteB. avidC. weighD. treasure
第二节（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。
At first I didn’t want t be a traffic plice fficer. I wanted t be a criminal plice fficer. When I 56 (assign) t the traffic plice at the beginning, I was a little 57 (disappint).
Later I fund ut that traffic plice is the mst cmmnly seen n the street, and there is indeed a lt f danger. With ur help, traffic prblems can be tackled, and life can run 58 (smth).
There are the mtrcycles 59 weigh mre than 250 kilgrams, still nt quite suitable fr wmen. In times like this, my passin fr this jb is what keeps me ging. I first gt a mtrcycle rider’s License and enrlled in a gym t d 60 (strng) training. Yu have t be able 61 (handle) the mtrcycle first befre riding it.
If there’s 62 emergency, such as a pregnant wman r smene else needing t get t the hspital urgently. When we’re n duty, if a driver sees us, he r she pulls ver and urges us t intervene, 63 (say) smething like, “Can yu help us get thrugh? We’re 64 the way t the hspital.” We can clear the way right away. 65 time permits, we even get the persn t the hspital. Mments like this make me feel very prud.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66. 为提高人们的环保意识，你校将在近期组织一次以 “垃圾分类(Garbage Srting)” 为主题的公益活动。请你代表学生会根据以下提示和要求写一则活动通知。
内容包括：
1. 时间地点；
2. 内容安排；
3. 预期成效。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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Students’ Unin
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Tm and his friend were walking t wrk. They were talking abut the big ftball match. “Are yu ging t see the match?” Tm’s friend asked him. “N, I must g t wrk.” Tm said. Tm wrked in the ffice f Mr. Bates. When Tm gt t the ffice a letter was waiting fr him. He pened it. “Dear Tm.” the letter began. “I’m writing t thank yu fr all yur help. I’m sending a ticket fr the big match. I cannt g t the match because I am ill. I shall see it n TV. Yu can g t the match with my ticket.”
Tm lked at the ticket. He culd nt believe that he had it. A ticket fr the big match! He lked at the ticket again. “I must g t the match.” He thught. “I must. But hw can I g? Hw can I get ut f the ffice? I can’t tell Mr. Bates that I’m ill. He will knw what I’m ding. He’ll knw I’m trying t get ut f the ffice and g t the big match.”
Tm thught and thught. He culd nt d any wrk. Then, at twelve ’clck, he knew what t d. He std up and walked t a telephne at the end f the street. He spke t his sister, Jean. “Jean, this is Tm,” he said. “I want yu t make a telephne call t my ffice. Ask t speak t Mr. Bates. Tell him yu are speaking frm a dctr’s ffice. Tell him that my mther is ill.”
He put dwn the telephne and went back t the ffice. At ne ’clck, Mr. Bates came up t him. “I have had bad news fr yu, Tm,” he said. “Yur mther is ill. The dctr telephned. Yu must g t her.” “Thank yu.” Tm said. “I’ll g nw. I’ll cme back as sn as I can.” He left the ffice quickly fr the ftball grund. The big match did nt start until three but the grund was nearly full. But Tm’s ticket was a gd ne. He culd stand near the frnt. The ftball match was very gd. Many peple saw the match n TV. Peple at hme culd see everything in the ftball grund.
Paragraph 1:
The next mrning, when Tm walked int the ffice, Mr. Bates came up t him.








Paragraph 2:
Turning arund, Tm saw a new televisin n the wall.








A. Relax and take it easy.
B. Appreciate and accept yurself.
C. We all have ur cmfrt znes.
D. Yu shuld develp such pen mindedness.
E. It’s f curse OK nt t be psitive smetimes.
F. If a big bwl f ice cream will d that fr yu, g fr it.
G. Yu have t figure ut what aspects yu want t be mre cnfident in.
2023-2024-2地质中学高一下期中考试
（参考答案）
第一部分 听力 略
第二部分 阅读
第一节 短文理解
21—23 CDA 24—27 CDCD
28—31 DAAA 32—35 ADBD
第二节 七选五
36—40 BFDAG
第三部分 语言运用
第一节 完形填空
41—45 CBCBD 46—50 BADCB
51—55 CABCD
第二节 语法填空
56. was assigned 57. disappinted
58. smthly59. that
60. strength 61. t handle
62. an 63. saying
64. n65. If
第四部分 写作
第一节
Ntice
T raise students’ awareness f envirnmental prtectin and prmte garbage srting n campus, ur schl will cnduct a series f activities next Saturday. Detailed arrangements are as fllws:
Frm 8:00 t 10:00 am, a lecture n current envirnmental prblems and pssible slutins will be given by a famus envirnmentalist in the lecture rm. Fr the fllwing hur, tw cmmunity wrkers will give useful tips n garbage srting.
At 2:00 pm, participants will walk arund campus, pick up trash and practice garbage srting. At 4 pm, a sharing meeting will be held in the activity rm t reflect n tday’s activities.
If yu are interested in these activities, please sign up n the hmepage f ur schl’s website. Yu are welcme t jin us!
The Student Unin
第二节
The next mrning, when Tm walked int the ffice, Mr. Bates came up t him. Cnfident that n ne knew his little trick, Tm greeted Mr. Bates as usual. “Hw is yur mther?” Mr. Bates asked. There was smething weird in his vice, but Tm strived t keep calm. “Oh, she is a little better. Thank yu.” Tm said, trying t hide his anxiety. “G hme.” Mr. Bates said, “Dn’t cme t this ffice again.” Hearing the wrds, Tm was cnfused, unable t figure ut why. Withut saying anything, Mr. Bates pinted t the wall behind him.
Turning arund, Tm saw a new televisin n the wall. “Yu had a very gd ticket, didn’t yu? Yu were right in frnt f all the peple, weren’t yu?” asked Mr. Bates, cldly. His wrds sent a chill dwn Tm’s spine. It suddenly dawned n him that Mr. Bates had brught this televisin in yesterday afternn s that everyne culd see the big match in the ffice. Thanks t the very gd ticket, everyne culd see him n TV. Feeling regretful and ashamed, Tm finally understd the ld saying: Hnesty is always the best plicy.