2023_2024学年广西钦州高一下学期期中英语试卷

这是一份2023_2024学年广西钦州高一下学期期中英语试卷，共5页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，完形填空，语法填空，书信写作，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

2023~2024学年广西钦州高一下学期期中英语试卷
一、阅读理解
Magical Twns and Cities at Christmas
Hallstatt, Austria
On the banks f Hallstätter See, the twn f Hallstatt and its amazing landscape enjy UNESCO prtectin. The 16th-century twnhuses, arid snw
£ winter make this the perfect place fr getting int the festive atmsphere. Picture brightly lit trees and stands selling decratins, and yu’re
halfway t imagining just hw special this twn is.
Clmar, France
There are plenty f wnderful Christmas markets t be fund all ver Eurpe. But few catch the imaginatin in a fairytale setting quite like that f
Clmar. Mre than six themed markets can be fund in the center, linked by lit streets, where wden huses are packed tightly tgether. At arund 5:00
pm n Wednesdays and Saturdays, a children’s band will be n stage, prviding even mre hliday cheer.
Rudesheim, Germany
Lcated in the heart f the Rhine Valley’s wine-making cuntry, Rudesheim is a tp destinatin thrughut the year. Hwever, nce the night draws
in and Christmas cmes int view, the twn takes n a special atmsphere. Thse arriving by riverbat can g t the Christmas Market f Natins, which
is filled with stres selling gifts and traditinal festive dishes frm all ver the wrld.
Trms, Nrway
Trms has been a cultural center with its Arctic Cathedral, the hme f regular cncerts and events. It’s ver the festive seasn, when there is n
daylight, that the city, lcated high abve the Arctic Circle, becmes a must-see. Visitrs can taste a ht chclate befre taking the cable car (缆车)
abve the city t catch sight f the nrthern lights.
【小题1】What can visitrs see in Hallstatt?
A．Old twnhuses.
B．Nrthern lights.
D．Rhine Valley.
C．Arctic Cathedral.
【小题2】When will the children’s band give a perfrmance?
A．On Thursdays.
B．On Fridays.
C．On Saturdays.
D．On Sundays.
D．Hallstatt.
【小题3】Where shuld visitrs g fr traditinal festive fd frm varius cuntries?
A．Trms. B．Rudesheinx C．Clmar.
Whenever he can, 15-year-ld Ellit Mrgan practices basketball in his backyard. He says it’s a gd stress-reliever. But it wasn’t that lng ag
that he didn’t have time fr this new hbby. “There were times in the summer when I wuld spend fur r five hurs a day n my phne,” he says.
When schl started in the fall, Mrgan fund himself scrlling (划屏) as sn as he wke up. “I realize I start t avid wrkuts because I’m n my
phne,” he says. “It’s affecting my fcus.”
It has becme clear that scial media is a key player in many drivers f unhealthy habits. Scial media apps are designed t encurage veruse, and
teenagers are mre likely t be influenced because their brains are at an imprtant perid f develpment that makes it harder t be free frm
temptatin (诱惑). All f this makes limiting use mre challenging—even fr families wh set rules.
“It’s a really big prblem,” says Ellit’s mm, Alyssa. She was shcked when she discvered Ellit had bypassed parental cntrls and was
spending five hurs a day n scial media. “I asked him, ‘Can yu just take a lk and see? Just tell me what yu think. Des this feel gd t
yu?’” she says.
Ellit hadn’t realized hw many hurs he was n scial media. And he was at a lss. With his mther’s help, he tried t start cutting back. After
several mnths, he decided t delete (删除) scial media apps altgether. “After that, I actually sleep enugh and feel better,” he says. He’s nw clser
with his friends because they spend mre time talking instead f scrlling. And jining schl clubs has als helped him reduce time n his phne.
【小题1】What can we learn abut Ellit frm the first paragraph?
A．He is always late fr class.
B．He used t wrk ut early.
D．He lst himself in his phne.
C．He likes ftball at schl.
【小题2】Hw des scial media affect teenagers accrding t the text?

A．They tend t develp bad habits.
B．They will take up mre challenges.
D．They find it hard t make friends.
C．They can imprve reading skills.
【小题3】What is prbably Alyssa’s attitude t limiting scial media use?
A．Uncaring.
【小题4】Hw des Ellit prbably find his life nw?
A．Lnely. B．Simple.
B．Psitive.
C．Dubtful.
D．Unclear.
D．Difficult.
C．Enjyable.
A pssible treatment fr Flrida’s disastrus red tides (赤潮) tk anther step tward widespread use after successful testing in Sarasta Bay.
This study, led by UCF Assistant Prfessr f Bilgy Kristy Lewis, is the first successful test f any red tide treatment technlgy in pen water using
large water cntainers (容器). These cntainers—abut six feet in diameter—extend frm the waters’ surface t the cean flr, allwing scientists t
test real cean cnditins within a cntrlled setting. Fur cntainers were treated with a clay (黏土) slutin, while the ther fur served as a cntrl.
The clay alng with the Karenia brevis algae (海藻), which is respnsible fr Flrida red tide, is put n the cean flr. Lewis has spent the last three
years carefully testing the impact f intrducing this clay int the cean ecsystem. She nt nly lks fr changes in the water’s quality, but als wants
t knw hw the clay affects the health f sea life. “We want t make sure the treatment is nt wrse than the disease,” she says.
At first, the test was simply t measure the influence f the clay n the ecsystem, but an unexpected red tide event caused Lewis t make the test
practical. The results suggest the clay perfrmed as expected, but there’s still a questin f whether the bad effects f algae remain active n the cean
flr. Water cllected during the test shuld prvide an answer. Next steps depend n the test results, but there are already plans t survey what
happened t the clay-cated algae when it’s used near seagrass beds.
Visiting Sarasta. Flrida, in the middle f a red tide event reminded Lewis just hw imprtant the research is t keep the state’s cast healthy.
Lewis says she’s prepared t g anther three years if that’s what it takes t find an acceptable slutin t red tides.
【小题1】What was the purpse f the study?
A．T plant mre seagrass.
B．T fight against red tides.
D．T prduce cntainers.
C．T cllect clean water.
【小题2】What made Lewis redesign the test?
A．Her riginal wrk plan.
B．An unfrgettable tur.
D．An unexpected red tide.
C．Her team’s suggestin.
【小题3】What des Lewis hpe t d in the near future?
A．Wrk with the lcals.
B．Reprt Flrida red tides.
D．Study seafd industry.
C．Further her research.
【小题4】In which part f a newspaper may this text appear?
A．Nature.
B．Business.
C．Educatin.
D．Lifestyle.
Recently a reprt was made public by NatureServe, a Virginia-based envirnmental grup, which said 40 percent f animals and 34 percent f plants
in the United States are at risk f disappearing.
The grup examined data frm ver 1,000 scientists in the United States and Canada, using 50 years f infrmatin n the health f animals, plants
and ecsystems. The reprt prvided pictures and maps f areas that are unprtected and where animals and plants are mst threatened.
Sean O’Brien, president f NatureServe, said what the reprt shwed was dreadful. Fr example, amng the species (物种) at risk f extinctin is the
Venus flytrap, a plant that “eats” insects. The reprt said it is nly fund in the wild in a few places in the states f Nrth and Suth Carlina. The
reprt als said 200 species f trees might die ut and that America’s large nrthern grasslands are amng the ecsystems mst threatened. The main
threats t plants, animals and ecsystems include envirnmental destructin (破坏), land-use change, river pllutin, and climate change, accrding t
the reprt.
Califrnia, Texas and the sutheastern United States are where the highest percentages f plants, animals and ecsystems are at risk. Thse areas
have many different frms £ life. Wesley Knapp, head plant scientist at NatureServe, said thse parts f America haven’t seen much ppulatin grwth
in recent years. Knapp said lawmakers usually d nt prvide as much mney fr prtecting plants as they d fr animals. He hped the data culd
guide state and area fficials in creating effective State Wildlife Actin Plan (SWAP) t prtect endangered species.
Nw ＄50 millin natinwide is shared amng all states t carry ut their SWAP. If the Recvering America’s Wildlife Act was passed, it wuld
increase that amunt t ＄ 1.4 billin. Knapp said the bill wuld have better served the prtectin f plants and animals.

【小题1】What can we infer abut the envirnmental grup?
A．It has been running fr 50 years.
B．It has saved 40 kinds f animals.
D．It just prtects threatened plants.
C．It put much effrt int the reprt.
【小题2】Which is the clsest in meaning t “dreadful” in paragraph 3?
A．Pleasant.
B．Similar.
C．Cmmn.
D．Terrible.
【小题3】What did Knapp expect f the data?
A．It culd play an active rle.
B．It may cver all the species.
D．It will take the place f SWAP.
C．It might help reduce the cst.
【小题4】Which is the mst suitable title fr the text?
A．The Prtectin by Law Making Sense
C．State Wildlife Actin Plan n the Way
B．Many US Animals and Plants at Risk
D．NatureServe Wrking fr a Green Wrld
Be a Better Gardener
There are always lts f things t learn as a gardener, and many f them can nly be learned thrugh getting yur hands dirty. But there are sme
things gardeners can learn frm reading r watching.
【小题1】
.
What plant families are
Actually, plants have frmal scientific Latin names. These names help t categrize (分类) plants, and make it clearer t identify and study thse
plants. Specific plants are specific varieties f particular species. Species are members f a certain genus (属). And each genus belngs t a brader plant
family.
【小题2】
. Fr example, plants in the Lamiaceae family (mint family) include garden herbs such as lavender, mint and rsemary. In the family,
members will generally have armatic (芳香的) leaves, amng ther shared characteristics.
【小题3】
Learning plant families can be a great step frward fr thse wh want t identify mre plants arund them. Even when we cannt identify plants
dwn t species and variety, knwing which family they belng t can ften give us a lt f the infrmatin we need. This will ften help us t
understand the brad characteristics f the plant we are lking at, and where it might be placed in ur gardens, r which neighbrs it will like.
Hw t learn plant families
【小题4】
. But I find that a gd way t begin is by researching the plants we already have in ur garden. Find ut which family the different
plants belng t, and then take a gd and lng lk at thse plants t see their characteristics.
A．Why t learn plant families
【小题5】
.
B．Where t get infrmatin abut huseplants
C．Plants in the same family have a lt in cmmn
D．It takes a lt f practice t grw different species
E．We can learn plant families in several different ways
F．T becme a gd gardener, we can start with learning plant families
G．By cmparing different plants, we can easily understand plant families
二、完形填空
Abut 15 years ag, Oliver Muensterer packed his suitcase (行李箱) and traveled frm his hme t a twn a few hurs away. He had a jb interview,
s he
When he
the evening befrehand.
the next mrning, he tk a shwer and started t get changed. Just then, he nticed that he’d
t pack a white shirt “I
thught I had prepared
fr everything. I had a tie and my suit, but smehw I left the shirt behind,” Muensterer said.
This discvery made Muensterer
. He nly had abut an hur until he needed t be at the interview. He
t the frnt desk and asked
the man behind the cunter (柜台) if he culd
a nearby stre where he culd buy a new shirt “He listened t my stry. And I hardly had ended it
when he said, ‘I have a
,’” Muensterer remembered.

But rather than
shirt and handed it t Muensterer. “S I put it n and I went t the
That
Muensterer t a nearby shp, the desk attendant did smething
. Withut saying a wrd, he
his wn white
. And I
. When I gave him back his shirt, he just smiled at me.”
has stuck with Muensterer ver the years. “Ever since, when I see smene wh needs smething, I’m very willing t
always remember that day when a
【小题1】
helped me ut f truble,” he said.
A．regretted
【小题2】
B．laughed
C．arrived
D．chatted
A．stepped back
【小题3】
B．turned back
C．std up
D．wke up
A．frgtten
【小题4】
B．hped
C．affrded
D．begun
D．secretly
D．prud
A．suddenly
【小题5】
B．quickly
B．wrried
B．wrte
C．perfectly
C．curius
A．excited
【小题6】
A．replied
C．attended
D．rushed
D．clean
【小题7】
A．suggest
【小题8】
B．pen
C．remember
C．card
A．bill
B．slutin
D．cwrker
【小题9】
A．calling
【小题10】
A．surprising
【小题11】
A．waited fr
【小题12】
A．flight
B．inviting
C．directing
D．carrying
D．stupid
B．tiring
C．wrng
B．tk ff
C．made up
D．held n
B．statin
C．cmputer
D．interview
【小题13】
A．mment
【小题14】
A．ask
B．price
C．danger
D．city
B．share
C．hide
D．jke
【小题15】
A．driver
B．manager
C．stranger
D．passenger
三、语法填空
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。
Chinese calligraphy is an artistic practice f writing Chinese characters, ften with a brush and ink n xuan paper. The
Chinese calligraphy began alngside the earliest Chinese characters 【小题2】
BC). Over time, calligraphy tk shape step by step as 【小题3】 frm f art rather than just a means f recrd.
Calligraphy is a difficult art. The type f brush, ink and paper can all affect the utput. Frm brush directin 【小题4】
turn f the wrist als 【小题5】 (matter). Structure f individual characters and spatial layut (布局) as a whle influence
【小题1】
(develp) f
date back t the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century—11th century
speed f writing, every
【小题6】 (it)
quality. Mrever, it is said that even the feelings and values f the writer are directly reflected n calligraphy.
Lan Ting Xu, 【小题7】 (create) by Wang Xizhi during the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317—420), is ne f the mst celebrated
【小题8】
cultural significance in Chinese literature.
(masterpiece) f Chinese calligraphy. Its expressive brushwrk brught it bth histrical
Calligraphy is als within reach, like the Spring Festival cuplets (春联).
【小题9】

Where there is Chinese language, there is Chinese calligraphy, and where there is calligraphy, there is beauty. The art is still
valued tday, fr it is mre than just writing, it is a living heritage.
【小题10】
(high)
四、书信写作
你校将以The Peple I Admire为题举办英语征文比赛。请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.人物介绍；
2.你的感想。
注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The Peple I Admire
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五、书面表达
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。
One summer vacatin, I allwed my husband and ur three sns t take me t g hrse-riding. I’d never been n a hrse in my life. Hrses scare
me. “It will be fun,” my kids said. “What if I fall ff?” I wanted t add mre, but I kept my muth shut. I was trying t be a gd sprt.
When we arrived, the cach gave me his gentlest hrse. “Nthing t wrry abut. And kick yur feet n the hrse’s side t make him g,” he
said. I hped the hrse had heard that, t. The hrse may lk gentle, but he was very big and tall. Hw n earth was I ging t get n this hrse using
nly ne little stirrup (马镫) n the side? Well, it tk my husband and three sns t d it, but they gt me n that hrse!
Since the cach knew I had the gentlest hrse, he placed me at the very end f the rad. I was happy. If I lked silly sitting n this hrse, everyne
else wuld be in frnt f me and culdn’t watch me. We started ut just fine. As we gt int the wds, my hrse was still very gentle. By the time all
the ther hrses were ut f the wds, my hrse and I were still in the wds! I saw ur yungest sn waving t me in the distance. This seemed t be
the lngest ride with this bring hrse and me.
Slwly, we gt ut f the wds and were in a bean field. Suddenly, my hrse stpped. Then I remembered ne imprtant thing the cach had tld
me. He said, “Dn’t let the hrse stp t eat the beans, because then the hrse wn’t want t g back t the barn (畜棚).” I lked dwn, and the
hrse was eating the beans.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I tried t stp him, but he kept n eating.
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Finally, the cach must have realized I was in truble.
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