[英语]2023_2024学年湖北黄冈高一下学期期中英语试卷(高中联校教学质量抽测)

这是一份[英语]2023_2024学年湖北黄冈高一下学期期中英语试卷(高中联校教学质量抽测)，共6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学年湖北黄冈高一下学期期中英语试卷（高中联校教学质量抽测）
一、阅读理解
1.A swimming pl is a wnderful additin t a hme that the whle family is sure t enjy! The luxury f being able t slip int a nice, cl pl n
a ht summer day in the privacy f ne’s backyard is well wrth the cst! The swimming pl is a lt f fun, but it als presents sme hazard! The
fllwing is a list f things yu can d t make sure yur family is prtected and yur pl is a safe space t enjy!
Learn T Swim — Being unable t swim makes yu an accident waiting t happen, be it at the pl, the beach, r arund any bdy f water! Our
advice fr guests is t have all visiting children have a basic swimming test at the shallw end t judge their skills — if they dn’t pass, then the deep
end is strictly ff limits t them, even with flatatin (漂浮) aids since they can be dangerusly unreliable!
Children Supervised — Any children under the age f ten shuld be actively supervised by a respnsible and vigilant adult wh knws hw t
swim! Children shuld always be kept in sight, and children under the age f five shuld always be within easy arm’s reach.
Sun Prtectin — The water is nt the nly ptential hazard in a swimming pl, expsure t harmful UV rays can be cmpunded as they reflect
ff the water’s surface, and if n measures are taken can deliver a nasty sunburn that may even require a dctr’s care! Apply waterprf sunscreen t
all expsed parts f the bdy. Dn’t use water-resistant prducts, they dn’t resist fr very lng, and can just make matters wrse!
Swimming pls are a lt f fun, but it’s up t yu t play it safe!
【小题1】Why are swimming tests recmmended fr visiting children?
A．T ensure them t swim safe.
B．T help them learn t swim faster.
C．T make sure they enjy swimming.
D．T keep them away frm the deep end.
【小题2】What shuld yu d t prtect yurself frm UV rays while swimming?
A．T stay indrs during the day.
C．T use water-resistant glves.
【小题3】Where wuld yu mst likely find this article?
A．In a travel brchure.
B．T apply waterprf sunscreen.
D．T wear dark-clred swimming suits.
B．In a schl dcument.
C．In a swimming magazine.
D．In a science research paper.
2.All the external parts f yur life are like a dream. Let g f the shell yu’re in while yu’re alive s yu can get ut f the cage that hlds yu.
Nt lng befre I made the decisin t leave the rck band, I invited a friend f mine ver fr Friday night dinner. Thugh I waited all lng, he
didn’t turn up. Hwever, what happened instead changed my life. My neighbr Alex, wh was near t me, saw me sitting there waiting, and said, “Hey,
cme n ver and jin us.”
Alex and I sat arund the dinner table fr abut an hur and a half, talking abut the band, turing, and all the great things we had accmplished.
“Well, d yu have a picture f what yu wuld like yur life t lk like in ten years?”
I hadn’t thught abut it until he asked me, but I clsed my eyes and culd see a visin f wh I wanted t be. It was s clear. I started describing
the visin f a yung man wh was walking his kids t schl and helping and assisting thers with their spiritual pursuits. When I finished describing
the visin I had seen, I lked at Alex, and his eyes were filled with tears.
“Alex, I knw I paint a pretty picture, but why n earth are yu s emtinal abut it?”
He lked me in the eyes and said, “I had that kind f clarity nce. I chse t listen t thers abut what I shuld d and hw I shuld live my life. I
didn’t want t g t law schl, but I did because f my parents, my schlarship, and a lt f external pressure. It’s been ten years, and I am just
figuring that ut nw. Yu knw, if yu are adding a black and white pixel nt the screen f yur life. Sn, the visin will be gne, the inspiratin will
fade, and yu will have had yur life chsen fr yu instead f chsing yur life fr yurself.”
After he said thse wrds, I changed my decisin. It was a mment f grace, a mment where I was given anther chance and an pprtunity t
start again and live a life I wanted t live.
【小题1】What des “cage” indicate in paragraph 1?
A．The external pressure yu face.
B．The decisin yu made.
D．The huse yu live in.
C．The pretty picture yu paint.
【小题2】Why did Alex tell the authr abut his past experience?

A．T give advice n hw t live.
B．T ask fr help frm the authr.
C．T explain why he chse law schl.
D．T share his great regrets abut his life.
【小题3】Hw did the authr feel after the cnversatin with Alex?
A．Saddened by Alex’s unhappy past experiences.
B．Cnfused abut what his future shuld lk like.
C．Inspired t run after his wn dreams and gals in life.
D．Relieved because he made the right decisin t leave the band.
【小题4】Hw des the authr develp the passage?
A．By cmparing his wn life with that f Alex.
B．By describing a specific event and its impact n his life.
C．By listing a series f achievements he had made in the past.
D．By analyzing the causes and effects f fllwing thers’ advice.
3.Suth Krea’s birth rate, already the wrld’s lwest, has drpped yet again in the latest setback t the cuntry’s effrts t bst its declining
ppulatin.
The natinal statistics bdy reprted Wednesday that the birth rate fell t 0.72 in 2023—dwn frm 0.78 the previus year. Cuntries need a birth
rate f 2.1 t maintain a stable (稳定的) ppulatin, in the absence f immigratin. Suth Krea’s birth rate has been falling since 2015 and the cuntry
recrded mre deaths than births fr the first time in 2020, a trend that has cntinued since. In 2022, the cuntry recrded abut 249, 000 births and
372,800 deaths. Meanwhile, Krean wmen are als having children later in life. The average age f childbirth in Suth Krea was 33.5 last year.
Similar ppulatin declines are being seen in several ther Asian cuntries including Japan and China, raising cncern that there will be t few
peple f wrking age t supprt the ballning elderly ppulatin.
Experts say the reasns fr these ppulatin shifts acrss the regin include demanding wrk cultures, stagnating wages, rising csts f living,
changing attitudes tward marriage and gender equality, and rising disappintment amng yunger generatins.
But despite the ecnmic factrs at play, thrwing mney at the prblem has prved ineffective. Last September, Suth Krean President Yn Suk
Yel admitted that mre than ＄200 billin has been spent trying t bst the ppulatin ver the past 16 years. The Suth Krean gvernment has
intrduced varius initiatives such as extending paid paternity leave, ffering mnetary “baby vuchers” t new parents, and scial campaigns
encuraging men t cntribute t childcare and husewrk. But experts and residents say mre supprt is needed thrughut a child’s life, as well as
change n several deep-rted scial issues.
【小题1】What d the data imply in Paragraph 2?
A．Suth Krea has a stable ppulatin.
B．The birth rate differs amng cuntries.
C．The ideal birth rate is pssible t reach.
D．Suth Krea’s birth rate declines seriusly.
【小题2】What des the wrd “ballning” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Increasing rapidly.
C．Decreasing slwly.
B．Staying unstable.
D．Remaining the same.
【小题3】What measures may be taken by Suth Krea gvernment in the future?
A．Slve varius scial issues.
B．Extend paid paternity leave.
C．Fcus n a child’s life cntinuusly.
D．Encurage men t take care f children.
【小题4】What is the best title f the text?
A．Ppulatin crisis is wrth public attentin.
B．Suth Krea’s birth rate has becme an emergency.
C．Effrts t increase ppulatin has paid ff in Suth Krea.
D．Scial prblems result in ppulatin crisis in Suth Krea.

4.Ants have the ability t smell cancerus cells in humans, a new study has discvered, suggesting they culd be used fr cancer diagnsis in future.
Researchers frm the French Natinal Centre fr Scientific Research (CNRS) discvered that ant species Frmica fusca has a well develped sense f
smell. It was able t differentiate (区分) cancerus cells frm healthy cells in humans, thanks t their sense f smell, limited trials revealed.
T cnduct their research, the scientists perfrmed tests with 36 ants, smelling cells under a labratry setting. First, the specialists expsed the ants
t the smell f a sample f cancerus human cells. This smell was then assciated with a reward f sugar slutin. In a secnd step, the researchers
expsed the ants t tw different smells. One was a new smell and the secnd was the smell f the cancerus cells. Once this test was successful, the
researchers expsed the ants t different cancerus cells.
As such, the scientists fund that ants discriminate between cancerus and healthy cells and between tw cancerus lines. After training, Frmica
fusca ants are able t detect vlatile rganic cmpunds given ff by cancerus cells. This first study shws that ants have high ptential, are capable f
learning very quickly, at lwer cst, and are efficient, CNRS pints ut in a news release.
This isn’t the first time that scientists have used the animal sense f smell t lcate cancerus cells. “Dgs’ nses are well suited fr medical
diagnsis. Hwever, training them t d s requires several mnths t a year. Ants therefre represent a fast, efficient, inexpensive, and highly
discriminant detectin tl fr detectin f cancer cell vlatiles,” the team explained, “ur apprach culd ptentially be adapted t a range f ther
cmplex smell detectin tasks including the detectin f narctics, explsives, spiled fd, r ther diseases.”
But mre clinical tests must be carried ut befre they culd be used in clinical settings like hspitals, the team said. They suggest that in future, ants
culd turn ut t be better than dgs when it cmes t lcating cancerus cells in humans. Wh knws? Let’s wait and see.
【小题1】Hw des the authr intrduce the tpic f ants’ptential use in cancer diagnsis?
A．By cmparing ants t dgs.
B．By presenting the results f a new study.
C．By describing the training prcess f ants.
D．By discussing the histry f cancer diagnsis.
【小题2】What des paragraph 2 mainly talk abut?
A．The prcess f the research.
B．The reasn f the research.
C．The limitatin f the research.
D．The cnclusin f the research.
【小题3】What can we infer abut the use f ants in cancer diagnsis?
A．Ants have already been used in clinical settings.
B．Ants’ nses are mre sensitive than dgs’ nses.
C．Ants may becme a cst-effective diagnstic tl.
D．Ants will replace dgs in cancer detectin entirely.
【小题4】What is the authr’s attitude twards the use f ants in cancer diagnsis?
A．Dubtful B．Negative C．Objective
D．Indifferent.
5.“Oh n, Haley. Why are yu crying?” A questin we ften hear when we’re chpping nins.
Well, it all starts undergrund. Life fr an nin is pretty sweet when they’re dwn there in the dirt. Except when bugs (虫子) cme by wanting a
bite. Onins dn’t like that at all. 【小题2】 When the bugs bite the nin, it releases a chemical which stings really bad. This gas acts as a
natural insecticide, keeping bugs away frm the nin.
【小题1】
This chemical is called syn-prpanethial-S-xide, which is what causes the tears when we cut int them. When we slice int nins t ck them,
【小题3】 When it reaches yur eyes, it makes them sting. The gas can react with the misture in ur eyes and frms a mild acid. This acid irritates
(刺激) ur eyes, making them water in an attempt t wash away the irritant. This is why we end up crying when we cut nins.
S, hw can we avid crying while cutting nins? Well, here are a few tips.
【小题4】
When the cld temperature slws dwn the reactin, less gas is released, which may reduce the amunt f syn-prpanethial-S-
xide that is released int the air. Alternatively, put a silver spn in yur muth. When the chemical gets t the spn, it binds with a metal befre it
reaches yur eyes, r wear sme very cl glasses like me. These glasses have side shields that blck the gas frm reaching yur eyes.
In cnclusin, nins make us cry because f the gas they release when we cut int them. Althugh it may be an annyance,
dn’t let that stp yu frm enjying their delicius flavr in yur favrite dishes.
A．If yu are asked such a questin, yu’re nt alne.
【小题5】
S

B．Have yu ever wndered why nins make us cry?
C．Luckily, they’ve gt a secret plan t keep bugs away.
D．ur eyes then prduce tears t flush ut the irritant.
E．this gas als has a silver lining t help drive bugs away.
F．we break pen the cells and release this gas int the air.
G．One trick is t put the nin in the fridge befre yu want t cut it.
二、完形填空
6.Last week, I participated in a spelling bee cmpetitin alng with my friend, Emma. The cmpetitin began with a lt f
and pressure as we
all gt ready t try ur best. As the runds prgressed, Emma and I were the nly nes left
fr the first prize. I was leading the pack with my
spelling skills, but the cmpetitin rules were a little tricky, as we culd seek assistance twice in case we
with a wrd. When Emma was
t spell ut the wrd. Althugh I
my win.
asked a wrd she didn’t knw, she
lked at me hpefully withut any hesitatin(犹豫), seeking my
that she wuld get ahead f me. I assumed that helping her wuld
was amazed by her trust in me, I was als
As I std there, lst in my thughts, past
f sweet mments between us crwded in n me. She had always been there fr me. She cheered
. Suddenly, I realized that winning wasn’t everything, and my with her mattered mre.
me n when I was feeling
With that in mind, I decided t help her. I reminded her f the crrect
fr the wrd she was unsure f, and she flashed me a grateful smile as
she wrte dwn the answer. The audience
what I had dne fr her.
Althugh I had lst the race, I had
【小题1】
as the hst annunced the result: Emma finished at the tp. After the cmpetitin, she hugged me,
smething much mre valuable—a deeper understanding f the imprtance f friendship.
A．excitement
B．tensin
B．struggling
B．creative
C．surprise
D．depressin
【小题2】
A．cmpeting
C．debating
D．heading
【小题3】
A．significant
C．graceful
D．impressive
【小题4】
A．gt bred
【小题5】
B．gt away
C．gt stuck
D．gt tired
A．hardly
B．finally
C．immediately
D．extremely
【小题6】
A．encuragement
【小题7】
B．authrity
C．inspiratin
D．assistance
A．curius
【小题8】
B．cnfident
C．fcused
C．reject
D．cncerned
D．predict
D．virtues
D．ut
A．affect
B．prmise
B．scenes
【小题9】
A．spts
C．tpics
【小题10】
A．high
B．dwn
C．up
【小题11】
A．friendship
【小题12】
A．writing
【小题13】
A．chatted
B．cmpetitin
C．memry
D．effrt
B．meaning
C．prnunciatin
D．spelling
B．paraded
C．clapped
D．greeted

【小题14】
A．appreciating
【小题15】
B．cngratulating
C．prtesting
D．prmting
A．gained
B．created
C．perfrmed
D．reflected
三、语法填空
7.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。
Zng Qinghu, 【小题1】 funder f China’s drinks giant Hangzhu Wahaha Grup, has died after medical treatment prved ineffective,
accrding 【小题2】 a cmpany statement. He was 79.
As the chairman f ne f China’s 【小题3】 (large) drinks makers, Zng was ranked the natin’s wealthiest businessman in 2010 and 2012
by the Hurun Research Institute’s China Rich List.
【小题4】
(bear) t a pr family in Hangzhu in Octber 1945, Zng became ne f the
【小题5】 (stay) in the cuntryside. The grup was established in 1987 with ver
“sent-dwn yuth” in the 1960s, which saw him spend 15 years
30,000 staff members currently, mre than 180 subsidiary
sales f 860.1 billin yuan (＄119.54 billin).
【小题6】
(cmpany) and ver 80 prductin bases, as well as 35 years f cumulative
Zng returned t the prvincial capital in 1978
【小题7】
(wrk) as a salesman. Tgether with tw retired teachers, Zng tk ver a grcer in
1987 at a lcal schl 【小题8】
started as a drinks and ice cream distributr—his first step in creating a leading beverage firm. He funded and
headed Hangzhu Wahaha Nutritinal Fds Factry in 1989, which
【小题9】
(becme) Hangzhu Wahaha Grup tw years later when it
acquired an inslvent lcal canned fd factry. On Dec 9, 2021, Wahaha annunced n its fficial website
Zng Qinghu, was appinted as vice-chairman and general manager f Wahaha, respnsible fr daily wrk.
【小题10】
Zng Fuli, daughter f
四、书信写作
8.假定你是李华，你的英国好友Tny经常熬夜学习，可是考试分数每况愈下。请你给他写一封信，内容包括：
1.对他近况的关心。
2.充足睡眠对学习的重要性。
3.你的建议。
注意：词数80左右
Dear Tny,
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Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
五、书面表达
9.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。
My mther was a busy wrking wman wh was in charge f a big cmpany when I was yung. In my memry, she was always n business trips and
hardly had time with my family. It was mstly my father wh tk care f my daily life and saw my grwth. Unfrtunately, my father suffered frm an
incurable cancer 20 years ag. Right after his death, I mved 2000 miles away t New Yrk city and started my wn family and career. When I mved
back near my hmetwn five years ag, I prmised myself that I wuld spend mre time with mm, a 75 year ld lady, wh had lived alne since my
father died. But with the demands f my jb and three kids, I never gt arund t seeing her much beynd family get-tgethers and hlidays.
She was surprised and dubtful, then, when I called and suggested the tw f us g ut t dinner. “What’s wrng?” she asked. My mther
thught anything ut f the rdinary signals bad news. “I thught it wuld be nice t spend sme time with yu,” I said. “Just tw f us,” “I’d like
that a lt.” She replied.
As I drve t her huse, I was actually nervus. What wuld we talk abut? What if she didn’t like the restaurant I chse. When I pulled int her
driveway, she was waiting by the dr with her cat n. Her hair was curled, and she was smiling. “I tld my lady friends I was ging ut with my sn,

and they were all impressed,” she said as she gt int my car. “They can’t wait t hear abut ur evening.”
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
We didn’t g anywhere fancy, just a neighbrhd place where we culd talk.
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Frm then n, mm and I went ut a cuple f times’ a mnth.
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