2023-2024学年广东省广州市越秀区广州艺术中学高一（下）7月期末英语试卷（题目版）-A4

这是一份2023-2024学年广东省广州市越秀区广州艺术中学高一（下）7月期末英语试卷（题目版）-A4，共8页。
本试卷共8页，60小题，满分120分，考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
1. 答题前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。
2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
Ⅰ 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）
阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The Canadian Children’s Museum has been develped arund a central tpic—The Great Adventure—and gives yunger visitrs a chance t travel the wrld.
Activities at the Canadian Children’s Museum
Chalk Full f Creativity
September I t 5, 10 a.m. t 5 p.m. daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m.
September 6 t Octber 2, 10 a.m. t 4 p.m. daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m.
Studi
Express yurself in wrds and art n ur chalk wall—a thing that is similar t simpler schl days—and persnalize yur wn mini-chalkbard t take hme.
Excellent Buttn Art
Octber 3 t 31, 10 a.m. t 4 p.m. daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m.
Studi
Celebrate Octber by creating a special wrk f buttn art inspired by fall clurs, Thanksgiving r Hallween.
Star Light, Star Bright
Nvember I t December 2, 10 a.m. t 4 p. m daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m.
Studi
Find ut why the night sky has guided and inspired peple thrughut histry, and use glw-in-the-dark stars t create yur wn cnstellatin (星座).
Blue build-a-Thn
Nvember 26 and 27, 10 a.m. t 4 p.m.
Hall
Wear blue fr ur Build-a-Thn as we shw ur new creative space, where yu can build anything yu like with Imaginatin Playgrund’s Big Blue Blcks made f fam (泡沫材料).
Admissin (入场) Infrmatin
Children under 3 are admitted free t the Museum. Children must be 12 years and lder t buy a ticket n their wn and visit the Museum by themselves. All visitrs are admitted free after 4:00 p.m. n Thursdays.
Dn’t miss any activities at the Children’s Museum! Becme a Museum member and enjy unlimited family access (进入) all year lng, starting at $89.
1. Which activity shuld yu chse if yu want t make smething abut Hallween?
A. Blue Build-a-Thn.B. Excellent Buttn Art.
C. Star Light, Star Bright.D. Chalk Full f Creativity.
2. When can yu g t play with Big Blue Blcks at the Museum?
A. Octber 3 t 31.B. September 1 t 5
C. December 1 and 2.D. Nvember 26 and 27.
3. What can we learn abut the Canadian Children’s Museum?
A. Children are nt allwed int the museum withut adults.
B. A membership card can nly be used by children.
C. It is free fr all visitrs after 4 p.m. n Thursdays.
D. It is nt suitable fr children under 12.
B
Fr her ninth birthday, Marielle Mauri asked fr sme unusual birthday gifts: sap, shamp, paper twels, cups, and s n. But Marielle didn’t want these presents fr herself. She wanted t give them t ther peple.
At schl, Marielle’s teacher taught, “Yu can’t always be self-centered. Yu have t be ther-centered.” Marielle’s class had helped cllect supplies fr a schl in Nigeria. But Marielle wanted t d mre.
With help frm her parents, Marielle researched lcal charities and fund a shelter that helps wmen and children in need. After finding ut what supplies the shelter needed, Marielle included a list with each party invitatin. Her friends brught shelter supplies instead f birthday presents t Marielle’s party. Peple wh culdn’t cme t her party still gave gifts, as did her schl. She had s many gifts that they filled her family’s truck! “It was like we were ging n vacatin,” Marielle said with a smile. “I culdn’t even put my bag in there.” She said it was fun t watch the number f dnatins (捐赠物) grw. In the end, she cllected $650 in cash dnatins and mre than $1,000 wrth f supplies fr the shelter.
When Marielle went with her parents t drp ff the supplies, peple at the shelter surprised her with anther birthday party. They had made her a cake and gave her a card signed by everyne at the shelter.
Marielle hpes ther children will hear abut her special birthday and chse their wn charity t supprt. “I felt really gd when I did it,” she said. “Yu’re nt just giving them smething; yu’re helping them with their whle life.”
4. Why did Marielle ask fr many unusual birthday gifts?
A. T satisfy her wn need. B. T shw ff t her friends.
C. T help a schl in Nigeria. D. T supprt peple in need.
5. Fr Marielle’s ninth birthday, __________.
A. she invited few peple
B. she cllected a lt f supplies
C. her friends held a party fr her
D. she went n vacatin with her parents
6. What happened t Marielle at the shelter?
A. She gt a lt f cards.
B. She made herself a big cake.
C. She gave her parents a great gift.
D. She was surprised by a birthday party.
7. What’s the best title fr the text?
A. A happy birthday fr all B. Pr life at the shelter
C. Marielle’s big dream D. Unusual supplies
C
The Glden Gate Bridge was the lngest bridge in the wrld frm 1937 when it was cmpleted until the Verrazan Narrws Bridge was built in New Yrk in 1964.Tday, it is still the ninth lngest bridge in the wrld.
Fr many years befre the Glden Gate Bridge was built, the nly way t get acrss San Francisc Bay was by ship. And by the early twentieth century the Bay was crwded because f them. In the 1920s, engineer and bridge-builder Jseph Strauss believed that a bridge shuld be built acrss the Glden Gate t slve the prblem.
Many grups went against him，each fr their wn selfish reasns. Besides, the engineering challenge was als huge—the Glden Gate Bridge area ften has winds f up t 60 miles per hur, and strng cean currents (洋流) sweep belw the surface. If all that weren’t enugh, it was the middle f the Great Depressin, and funds were hard t find.
Strauss didn’t give up, and the Glden Gate Bridge histry began when San Francisc fficials apprved (批准) $35 millin t build the Glden Gate Bridge. After the artistic design and red clr were chsen, cnstructin (建造) wrk began in 1933.The Glden Gate Bridge prject was cmpleted in 1937, an imprtant date in San Francisc histry.
Strauss was a pineer in building safety. The Bay Bridge, which was being built at the same time cst 24 lives while the Glden Gate Bridge cst nly 12, a great achievement in a perid f time when ne man was killed n mst cnstructin prjects fr every millin spent.
8. What d we knw abut the Glden Gate Bridge?
A. It remained the wrld’s lngest bridge fr 30 years.
B. It was the widest bridge wrldwide when cmpleted.
C. It is f the same age as the Verrazan Narrws Bridge.
D. There are nly 8 bridges wrldwide lnger than it nw.
9. Why did Strauss want t build the Glden Gate Bridge?
A. T prve his artistic ability.
B. T build the wrld's lngest bridge.
C. T slve traffic jams at San Francisc Bay.
D. T make crssing San Francisc Bay pssible.
10. What des Paragraph 3 mainly talk abut?
A. The necessity fr building the bridge.
B. The hard time f the Great Depressin.
C. The bad weather in the Glden Gate Bridge area.
D. The difficulties in building the Glden Gate Bridge.
11. Which f the fllwing wrds can best describe Strauss?
A. Hnest.B. Patient.
C. Warm-hearted.D. Strng-minded.
D
The Mdel T, created by Henry Frd, changed the way Americans live, wrk and travel. On Octber 1, 1908, the Frd Mtr Cmpany intrduced the Mdel T. The car came nly in black. But at $850, it cst abut half as much as ther cars n the market. Henry Frd’s great imprvement in an autmbile assembly line (汽车装配线) made the Mdel T the first car t be affrdable fr mst Americans. Fr the first time car wnership became a reality fr nrmal American wrkers, nt just the wealthy.
Assembly-line prductin allwed the price f the turing car t be lwered frm $850 in 1908 t less than $300 in 1925. At that time half f all the cars in the United States were Mdel Ts. Even befre it lst favur t larger and mre pwerful cars, the Mdel T, knwn as the “Tin Lizzie,” had becme an American symbl, basically realizing Frd’s gal t “demcratize the autmbile.”
Henry Frd funded the Frd Mtr Cmpany in 1903. At first, Frd built nly a few cars a day. Because demand (需求) fr Mdel Ts was s high, Frd develped a way t make mre f them withut increasing cst. In 1913, he invented a mving assembly line. Wrkers std in frnt f a cnveyr belt (传送带), and each cmpleted ne step in putting the cars tgether.
Frd’s methd f mass prductin changed life in the U.S. Mre peple culd travel. Highways grew.
The Frd Mtr Cmpany stpped making the Mdel T in 1927. But the autmtive lifestyle had taken hld f America. Tday, the race is n t make cars mre efficient and t find green energy t pwer them. Will inventrs with Frd’s creativity bring the next revlutin?
12. What made the Mdel T affrdable fr cmmn American peple?
A. Its ld style.
B. Its small engine.
C. Cmparatively cheap car labr.
D. A mre develped methd f prductin.
13. What can we learn abut the Mdel T?
A. It had many different clrs.
B. It was mstly wned by the wealthy.
C. It became cheaper frm 1908 t 1925.
D. It was the first car built by Americans.
14. What des the underlined wrd “demcratize” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Ppularize.B. Develp.C. Change.D. Sell.
15. What is the authr’s attitude t the Mdel T?
A. He dubts it.B. He thinks highly f it.
C. He feels it needs changes.D. He has mixed feelings abut it.
第二节 阅读填空（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余项。请将答案按题号涂到相应的答卷题号上。
Fur mst imprtant eye expressins
The language f ur eyes is ne f the mst pwerful and useful tls f nn-verbal (非语言的) cmmunicatin. 1 Here are fur mst imprtant eye expressins that we see every day.
1. Smiling eyes
Researchers have lng nticed that a sincere smile starts with ur eyes. When we are sincerely happy, the skin arund the crners f ur eyes crinkles (出现皱纹). But a scial, plite smile tuches nly ur lips (嘴唇). 2 Fr example, when a shp assistant smiles at yu, ffering help, yu will immediately get the feeling that they are just trying t sell yu smething.
2. 3
Peple wh avid eye cntact during a cnversatin are ften cnsidered as insincere. What des little r n eye cntact mean then? Anything frm shyness t nervusness.
3. Friendly eyes
When yu are carrying n a cnversatin, lking the speaker straight in the eyes sends a clear message t him: 4 This is why s many public speaking experts advise keeping eye ntact with the speaker.
4. “Shut” eyes
Cvering the eyes fr a lng perid f time sends a message that yu are trying t blck ut smething that yu d nt want t hear. Fr example, a man wh is asked t wrk n the weekend may cver his eyes with his fingers as he answers, “N prblem.” 5
A. Shy eyes
B. Empty eyes
C. Such behavir is seen with liars.
D. Yu are paying attentin t the talk.
E. The smile yu are given is nt in the eyes.
F. What his gestures are shwing is that he is nt happy abut it at all.
G. S it is imprtant t learn hw t read the bdy language f the eyes.
Ⅱ 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11-25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。
Kindness is nt always a straight line. I was traveling in a city f Central America with a friend, and we were lking fr a pst ffice. We were standing n a street crner and did nt knw what the Spanish wrd fr “pst ffice was. Sme 1 guy culd see we were 2 and came up t us. We tried t 3 what we were lking fr, and he said, “Oh, yes, yes,” and 4 us, with ur backpacks n in the middle f the heat f the day, dwn all these little crked (弯曲的) streets. It seemed like we walked fr miles. 5 , he pinted us tward a 6 withut any name n it. But when we went in, it turned ut nt t be the pst ffice.
When we came ut and were 7 standing arund lking 8 , smene else sn came up. She asked if we 9 help. Again, we tried t explain where we were ging. The wman said she 10 where the pst ffice was. We headed ff as she 11 us t anther building which als had n 12 and which als turned ut nt t be the pst ffice.
At this pint we decided that even thugh we didn’t knw where we were, we were nt ging t listen t anybdy else. But then anther persn came up and said, “I can 13 yu.” We said “N, thank yu,” but he was very insistent (坚持的). He actually grabbed me by the hand and dragged (拉着) me thrugh the streets. Circling arund, we came back t the first 14 we had been standing n when we began. The 15 pinted acrss the street, and there was the pst ffice.
1. A. kindB. braveC. prD. prud
2. A. excitedB. surprisedC. pleasedD. cnfused
3. A. dubtB. explainC. cnsiderD. guess
4. A. warnedB. beggedC. persuadedD. led
5. A. LuckilyB. GraduallyC. FinallyD. Secretly
6. A. lineB. wrdC. buildingD. city
7. A. againB. nlyC. alsD. even
8. A. lateB. hurtC. lstD. busy
9. A. fferedB. neededC. acceptedD. refused
10. A. frgtB. dreamedC. wnderedD. knew
11. A. guidedB. calledC. fllwedD. welcmed
12. A. drB. wnerC. signD. step
13. A. prmiseB. helpC. rememberD. understand
14. A. fficeB. circleC. flrD. crner
15. A. friendB. pstmanC. strangerD. bss
第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
A scavenger (拾荒者) in Fshan city, Guangdng prvince, fund a(n) 1 (lse) wallet and returned it with a thughtful nte. His gd deed was recrded n vide, in 2 the scavenger can be seen cllecting waste paper with tw plastic 3 (bag) in a market. He 4 (spt) a wallet nearby, picked it up and waited arund. But the wner didn’t shw up. S, 5 (carry) tw bags f waste, he walked 1.5 kilmeters t the lcal plice statin and left the wallet with a nte inside.
Accrding 6 the nte shwn in the vide, inside the wallet 7 (be) 1,305 yuan, eight bank cards, an ID card and a driver’s license (执照). “I reprted it t the security guard f the market, and asked 8 I culd find the wner thrugh bradcasting. But there wasn’t a bradcast service in the market. S I must truble yu (plice fficers) 9 (help) find the wner. Thank yu,” the nte reads.
Thanks t this man, lcal plice 10 (quick) fund the wner and returned the wallet t him.
Ⅲ 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 单词拼写（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
请根据句子的意思首字母和汉语提示完成下列句子，每空只填一个单词的正确形式。
1. It was a frm f m__________ (道德的) instructin.
2. My cusin has wn a s__________ (奖学金) t Peking University.
3. I r__________ (拒绝接受) his invitatin t the party.
4. Being in debt, he is in d__________ (绝望了).
5. He was a__________ (考进了) in a tp university.
6. She managed t s__________ (寻求) help frm a neighbur.
7. Such bks p__________ (毒害) the minds f the yung.
8. The library is under c__________ (修建中).
9. Susan is a very bright and i__________ (聪明的) wman.
10. We have an pprtunity t unlck the secrets f the u__________ (宇宙).
11. Asia is ne f the places where m__________ (人类) riginated.
12. He is l__________ (缺乏) f mney.
13. I can’t i__________ (忽视) my friend if he feels upset.
14. Dn’t j__________ (评判) a bk by its cver.
15. He desn’t have the p__________ (耐心) t wait.
第二节 书面表达（共1小题，满分25分）
最近，你班同学在英语课堂上就“电子书是否会取代纸质书”这一话题进行了讨论。请根据表格提示用英语写一篇短文介绍此次讨论情况，并发表在你校英语论坛上。
注意：1. 词数100左右（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Recently ur class had a discussin abut whether e-bks will replace printed bks. _________________
会
电子书容量（capacity）大、方便携带、节约纸张
不会
纸质书对视力损害小、有助于记忆（memry）、具有收藏价值
你的观点
？