2023年广东省广州市执信中学学高三英语第一学期期末质量检测试题含解析

2023年广东省广州市执信中学学高三英语第一学期期末质量检
测试题
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第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．If you’d written earlier, I’d have known when y ou to go on holiday.
A．want B．have wanted C．wanted D．will want
2．—The food here is nice enough.
—My friend ________me a right place.
A．introduces B．introduced
C．had introduced D．was introducing
3．After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ______ her job as a doctor in the countryside.
A．set out B．took over C．took up D．set up
4．The stadium ________ stands a theatre will be reconstructed.
A．beside which B．for which
C．when D．which
5．World Food Day is held each year to underline the progress that ________ against hunger and that still needs to be made.
A．is made B．was made
C．has been made D．will be made
6．The conference aims to develop business and let people think about _______ they can have a positive influence on the planet.
A．why B．that
C．what D．how
7．The village evolved into a major e-commerce center, and _____ the past, the villagers owed their success to the reform and opening-up policy.
A．reviewed B．reviewing
C．to review D．being reviewed
8．The debate here will be limited in two main respects，________ the time available. A．in view of B．in return for
C．in addition to D．in comparison with
9．There is no reason to be disappointed. ________, this could be rather amusing. A．Above all B．As a result
C．Apart from that D．As a matter of fact
10．My mother ______ angry with me, but I couldn’t shut my mouth before I shouted at her!
A．wasn’t B．wouldn’t be
C．wouldn’t have been D．hadn’t been
11．Don't defend him any more. It's obvious that he ________ destroyed the fence of the garden even without an apology.
A．accidentally B．carelessly C．deliberately D．clumsily
12．This research has attracted wide _______ coverage and has featured on BBC television’s Tomorrow’s World.
A．message B．information C．media D．data
13．He wrote a letter ________ he explained what had happened in the accident. A．that B．which
C．where D．what
14．—Helen is going to Manchester for further education next month.
—I’m ______ because I have to stay at home and work.
A．green with envy B．white as a sheet
C．tickled pink D．black and blue
15．The emoticons _____ when we want to stop a conversation, sparing us the embarrassment.
A．come around B．come in handy
C．come about D．come by
16．—It’s too complex, I think．
—________. So we’d better make it easier for students to get involved．
A．That’s ridiculous B．That’s the point
C．That’s settled D．That’s all right
17．The teacher came into the classroom _______ by his students.
A．following B．to be following C．followed D．having followed.
18．They intended to have the school better equipped，the local government was
not able to get enough money to do so.
A．unless B．while C．although D．once 19．The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally .
A．pulled out B．pulled through C．pulled up D．pulled over
20．Ever since the new park was opened to the public last month, I ______ a walk in it every morning.
A．am taking B．take
C．have taken D．have been taking
第二部分阅读理解（满分40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。

21．（6分）Amsterdam is a special city. There are many places you should not miss during your visit. Here is our list of the best.
Amsterdam canal ring
The city old centre is formed from canal rings, which give you the feeling of space, freedom and peace. Walk through these canal streets or better — take a trip by renting a boat yourself. Another way to explore the Venice of the North is to take a ride on a bicycle. Any way you decide for—enjoy this city.
The National Maritime Museum
The Maritime Museum is an attractive place to visit, especially with children. With many attractions in it, this colourful and enjoyable museum will help you understand the history of the Netherlands—a small nation which was one of the world’s greatest sea powers.
Amsterdam Brown Cafe
When you enter Amsterdam old cafes called Brown, at first it will seem too much from the past and too crowded, but the atmosphere is unique. Relax and watch— most of people around will be locals. Feel like one of them — the real Amsterdammers.
Civic Guards Gallery
This gallery is filled with old paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. The exhibited canvas may be not always the masterpieces of art, but these group portraits of Amsterdam citizens and their wives are an exquisite (精致的) document of the Dutch civilization and culture centuries ago.
To avoid waiting lines we advise you to buy your tickets in advance online through our Amsterdam attractions and museums tickets webpage.
1、How many ways are there for tourists to visit the city old centre?
A．2. B．3.
C．4. D．5.
2、Where would you go to learn more about local life?
A．Amsterdam canal ring.
B．The National Maritime Museum.
C．Amsterdam Brown Cafe.
D．Civic Guards Gallery.
3、Where does the passage probably come from?
A．A fiction. B．A travel guide.
C．A textbook. D．A science magazine.
22．（8分）Disney World is a very popular attraction. But going there can be costly. Here are some suggestions that can help you save money.
Instead of eating at the park, get premade food from a nearby grocery store or even make your own lunch. Also, make sure to take your own water with you because spending $3 on water will make your stomach hurt. Another idea is to pack snacks or quick and cheap pick-me-ups as you make your way around the park.
Of course you’re going to want to take some Disney souvenir s home with you, but you’ll quickly realize that it comes with a price. Before buying anything, make sure you have a plan. Some suggestions for keeping costs down include picking your own pearl at the Japan store at Epcot, which is all about the experience and only $15.95 plus tax, or even getting special tradable collection pin that you can trade with Disney cast members or other guests.
When you go to Disney World on rainy days, you may catch a lot of showers. But you don’t have to. Go to a local Dollar T ree and buy disposable ponchos（一次性雨披）for $1. The ponchos at Disney are probably more durable（耐用的）, but they cost $9. For a family of five, the Disney ponchos would cost $45 versus spending $5 at the dollar store.
It costs $17 to park in Disney for a day. Luckily, most non-Disney resorts offer free shuttles（来往的班车）to and from the park and all Disney resorts offer free transportation for guests as well. If you like to be on your own schedule without worrying about when the shuttle comes, then parking is your only choice. But waiting for the shuttle and going by a schedule isn’t really difficult, either.
1、According to the author, if you want to eat at Disney World, you can ________. A．just take pick-me-ups to save money
B．get premade food at Disney World
C．avoid food that stimulates your appetite
D．prepare food before entering the park
2、What does the author think of buying pearl at the Japan store at Epcot?
A．It can be a terrible experience.
B．It enables one to get pearl at a reasonable price.
C．It’s a good way to find a t radable collection.
D．It’s the best way to get Disney souvenirs.
3、If you buy four ponchos at a local Dollar tree instead of at Disney, you can save
________.
A．$32 B．$36
C．$40 D．$45
4、The author thinks it is advisable to ________.
A．park in Disney World for a day
B．avoid going to Disney World on rainy days
C．use more durable ponchos at Disney World
D．use transportation offered by the resorts
23．（8分）When your child lies to you, it hurts. As parents, it makes us angry and we take it personally. We feel like we can never trust our child again. Why does lying cause such anger, pain and worry for parents?
Parents are understandably very afraid of their children getting hurt and getting into trouble, but they have very little protection against these things as they send their kids out into the word. Kids learn from other kids and from external media, and this makes parents feel unsafe because they can’t control the information and ideas that their children are exposed to.
When your kid lies, you start to see him as “sneaky（卑鄙的）”, especially if he continues to lie to you. You feel that he’s going behind your back. You begin to think that your kids are “bad”. Because, certainly, if lying is bad, liars are bad. It’s just that simple. Parents need to make their kids responsible for lying. But the mistake parents make is that they start to blame the kid for lying. It’s considered immoral to lie. But when you look at your kid like he’s a sneak, it’s a slippery slope （滑坡谬误）that starts with “You lie” and ends up at “You’re a bad person”.
Kids know lying is forbidden. But they don’t see it as hurtful. So a kid will say, “I know it’s wrong that I eat a sugar snack when I’m not supposed to. But who does it hurt?” “I know it’s wrong that I trade my dried fruit for a Twinkie. But it doesn’t really hurt anybody. I can handle it. What’s the big deal?” That’s what the kid sees.
So I think that parents have to assume that kids are going to tell them lies, because they’re immature and they don’t understand how hurtful these things are. They’re all drawn to excitement, and they’ll all have a tendency to distort(歪曲) the truth because they’re kids.
1、Why do parents worry about their kids and feel unsafe?
A．Nobody trusts their kids in the world because of lying.
B．Lying always causes their kids to get hurt or get into trouble.
C．Their kids are exposed to outside world without their control.
D．They can’t protect their kids from other kids and external media.
2、What’s the author’s attitude towards parents’ seeing kids as bad if they lie? A．Immoral. B．Negative.
C．Supportive. D．Different.
3、The underlined word “they” really refers to ________.
A．parents B．their children
C．other kids D．bad things
4、How do parents react to kids’ lying?
A．Taking no notice of it.
B．Blaming them immediately.
C．Pretending to be angry and educate them.
D．Accept it but make them responsible for it.
24．（8分）Exploit your parking space
An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to £200 or £300 a week. Put an advertisement for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.
Rent a room
Spare room? Not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you won’t have to pay any tax on the first £4500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or
Roommateeasy.
Make money during special events
Don’t want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money. Grashpadder can advertise your space.
Live on set
Renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free—but you will be charged if your home gets picked.
Use your roof
You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment (around £14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.
1、If you earn £5,000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on _______.
A．£500 B．£800
C．£4500 D．£5000
2、Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?
A．On Letpark. B．On Roomspare.
C．On Grashpadder. D．On Roommateeasy.
3、If you want to use energy free, you have to _______.
A．keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years
B．sign an agreement with the government
C．sell the roof to some energy companies
D．pay around £14,000 for the equipment
4、For whom the text most probably written?
A．Lodgers. B．House owners.
C．Advertisers. D．Online companies
25．（10分）Circles can be found everywhere in the natural world, but with no
accurate way to measure them they are very mysterious and might never be fully understood. When you take the distance around a circle and divide it by the distance across a circle, you will always get Pi(∏). While Pi is equal to about 3.14 when rounded, it is infinitely long. With the help of computers, mathematicians have been able to calculate Pi out to over a trillion decimal(小数) places. This makes Pi puzzling, even to the most famous mathematicians.
Pi Day is celebrated globally on March 14, since the way we write this date, 3/14, looks just like Pi when rounded. In 2009, U. S. Congress voted to officially make March 14 Pi Day. Certain parts of the world—places where March 14 is written as 14/3—will instead celebrate Pi Approximation Day which takes place on July 22nd because of the result of 22/7.
Pi has appeared in movies, comics, music, and more. “In modern movies, any time the filmmaker wants to create a sense of mystery, the symbol Pi is used,” says Blatner. People also love working to memorize the digits(数位) of Pi and competing against others to see who can remember most. The Guinness World Record for reciting the most digits of Pi is held by Lu Chao of China, who successfully recited Pi to nearly 67,000 decimal places.
Above all, Pi Day is about having fun with the number, according to Blatner. People will celebrate Pi Day by eating pie and throwing pie, and with fun Pi-related games. Princeton, New Jersey holds a series of Pi-related festivities. Events this year include a surprise birthday party for Albert Einstein whose birthday also falls on March 14, and a “Walk a Pi Event” where participants will walk 3.14 miles together. Just like the number itself, the possibilities for Pi Day are truly endless.
1、What makes Pi mysterious?
A．Ways to divide a circle.
B．Ways to use it when rounded.
C．Inability to write it as an expression.
D．Its plentiful decimal places.
2、Why is Pi Day celebrated in some places on July 22nd?
A．Because it is voted officially.
B．Because it was corrected originally.
C．Because the division result is approximately equal to Pi.
D．Because that day is easier to remember.
3、What is the goal of using Pi in films according to Blatner?
A．To move more viewers.
B．To call for viewers’ attention.
C．To make the films more frightening.
D．To add something mysterious to the film.
4、What can we learn from the text?
A．Lu Chao is the first Chinese to recite Pi.
B．Many states in the USA celebrate Pi day on July 22nd.
C．There are many different events to celebrate Pi Day in the world.
D．Scientists will try their best to figure out the digits of Pi thoroughly.
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．26．（30分）“Don’t talk to strangers ...” That is probably one of the 1 pieces of advice handed down from our parents. Yeah, they 2 well. Since there are bad people out there, it seems to be a good idea in order to help 3 us. And over the years we’ve learned how to keep our eyes 4 . We are used to making no eye contact with strangers.
5 , the price that we pay for this
6 is that we grow up suspicious(表示怀疑的) of others and their motives. We tend to have a(n)
7 of strangers, which is neither necessary nor
8 as we grow older.
Most people out there are not sociopaths（反社会者). 9 , most people are quite 10 . What once protected us from bad people is now preventing us from establishing relationships with
11 people!
In general, you know that the random stranger standing next to you is very 12 to kidnap (绑架) you, yet the emotion of fear is 13 associated with talking to them. So you 14 do it. But you miss out on a lot by closing yourself off to new people like this.
Instead, you should actively 15 that people in general are friendly. Why? Because they are. Most people actually are nice. We are 16 creatures, and we welcome interactions with others. Think about it: when a stranger starts a(n) 17 with you, how do you usually 18 ?
Besides, you never know who you might 19 . The person standing behind you in a line could one day be your best friend. It 20 . But even if it's not that extreme, you never know if that person has a job opportunity for you, or is just a cool person who you would enjoy having a brief conversation with.
1、A．shortest B．worst C．longest D．best
2、A．meant B．planned C．spoke D．worked
3、A．inspire B．instruct C．change D．protect
4、A．up B．open C．down D．shut
5、A．Especially B．Thankfully C．Unfortunately D．Uncertainly
6、A．safety B．health C．power D．delight
7、A．anger B．pain C．shame D．fear
8、A．important B．obvious C．humorous D．reasonable
9、A．In case B．In fact C．At times D．At first
10、A．brave B．friendly C．smart D．patient
11、A．bad B．famous C．good D．common
12、A．ready B．Unlikel C．eager D．unwilling
13、A．still B．never C．only D．even
14、A．always B．often C．sometimes D．seldom
15、A．doubt B．assume C．guess D．decide
16、A．living B．complex C．unique D．social
17、A．meeting B．experiment C．argument D．conversation
18、A．listen B．connect C．react D．devote
19、A．hurt B．forget C．meet D．benefit
20、A．happens B．depends C．affects D．fails
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

27．（15分）It was the ambition of an eleven years old boy in Kansas City to be an enginedriver. Born without arms, he had been sent to special schools 1．he learned to use his 2．(foot) as “hands”. He spend all his spare time 3．(watch) trains and one day his dream came 4．(truth). Seeing a deserted engine, the boy climbed in, he had no 5．(difficult) in starting it up with his feet. Soon he was traveling along 6．forty miles an hour. Signalmen could not see the young driver, so they set out 7．(stop) the train. Meanwhile the boy reached Missouri, stopped the engine himself, and then 8．(make) it
go backwards. When he was near home, a railwayman caught up with the engine and stopped it. At first, he was very angry, but he smiled when the boy said 9．(simple), “I like trains.” “Well, I’m glad you don’t like planes!” answered 10．railwayman.
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28．（10分）下面的短文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Nick,
I’m glad to hear if you’re coming t o Sichuan in August.You had made the wise choice to travel here.Sichuan Province is rich for tourist attractions and enjoy many world-famous place of interest,such as Jiuzhaigou and Dujiangyan Irrigation Project.
Jiuzhaigou is well known for its beautiful lakes,of that the water is clear and looks colorfully.It can excite visitors’ imagination.Other attraction is Dujiangyan Irrigation Project.It is built over 2000 years ago and is still playing important part in irrigation today.Besides,the nice weather and convenient transportation here can make your trip easier but more enjoyable.I’m sure you’ll have a good time.
I’m looking forward to your coming.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29．（25分）假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jenny询问你进入高中后的学习和生活情况。

请用英语给他回一封信，主要内容包括：
1．学校印象；
2．校园活动；
3．学习情况。

注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

Dear Jenny,
I am happy to receive your letter.
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1、C
2、B
3、C
4、A
5、C
6、D
7、B
8、A
9、D
10、C
11、C
12、D
13、C
14、A
15、B
16、B
17、C
18、B
19、B
20、D
第二部分阅读理解（满分40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。

21、1、B
2、C
3、B
22、1、D
2、B
3、A
4、D
23、1、C
2、B
3、A
4、D
24、1、A
2、C
3、A
4、B
25、1、D
2、C
3、D
4、C
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．26、1、B
2、A
3、D
4、C
5、C
6、A
7、D
8、D
9、B
10、B
11、C
12、B
13、A
14、D
15、B
16、D
17、D
18、C
19、C
20、A
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

27、1．where
2．feet
3．watching
4．true
5．difficulty
6．at
7．to stop
8．made
9．simply
10．the
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28、Dear Nick,
I’m glad to hear if you’re coming to Sichuan in August. You had made the wise choice to travel
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Jiuzhaigou is well known for its beautiful lakes, of that the water is clear and looks colorfully. It
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I’m looking forward to your coming.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29、Dear Jenny,
Knowing that you are interested in my new school life, I felt delighted to share it with you. It’s my honor to be admitted to this school. The first time I entered the campus, devoted and experienced teachers, friendly and active classmates and safe and caring environment fascinated me a lot. A variety of activities, such as sports meeting, speech contests are always held to cultivate our personalities and strengthen our friendship. What’s more, I can put my heart into study in harmonious cooperation with my classmates, which makes the school life here unforgettable.
How about your school life?
Yours,
Li Hua。