2023-2024学年广东省深圳市福田区红岭中学高一下学期英语期中考试

2023-2024学年广东省深圳市福田区红岭中学高一下学期英语
期中考试
一、单项选择
1．A cut-off of the power ______ will last two hours due to routine maintenance (日常维护).
A．supply B．electricity C．permission D．chain
2．______ in the queue for half an hour, the old man suddenly realized he had left the check in the car.
A．Waiting B．To wait
C．Having waited D．To have waited
3．There has been too much rain recently, ______ serious floods in the local area.
A．resulting in B．putting down C．wrapping up D．suffering from 4．To the parents’ ______, the missing child was found safe and sound in a nearby village.
A．relief B．anger C．grief D．extent
5．He was cautioned against discussing the legal case outside of the office because ______.
A．loose lips sink ships B．speech is silver
C．Rome is not built in a day D．every coin has two sides.
6．Although his ______ attempts had been unsuccessful, he stuck to his goals and realized his dream eventually.
A．fancy B．ideal C．adjustable D．previous 7．Canada is a country _______ many different nationalities as well as one with foreign immigrants (移民) _______ the majority of its population.
A．making up of; occupied with B．consisting of; making up
C．made up of; consisting of D．consisted of; taking up
8．The bird flu ________through Asia has jumped from birds to humans at least 20 times so far, ________16 persons.
A．sweeps; killed B．swept; killing C．sweeping; to kill D．sweeping; killing 9．He ______ and began to walk to the door, without saying a word.
A．passed away B．looked across C．rose to his feet D．moved on
10．Your learning ________ needs to be adjusted a little so that you will have some time for your own hobbies.
A．embarrassment B．complexity C．concern D．strategy
11．______ about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research A．So curious the couple was B．So curious were the couple
C．How curious the couple were D．The couple was such curious
12．I remember my daughter used to ask questions that girls ______ would ask.
A．twice her age B．twice as older as she
C．as twice her age D．twice older as her age
13．Cynthia is not ashamed of what she does, ______ she ends up doing something wrong.
A．as long as B．as if C．even if D．now that 14．With the living standard improved, the ______ life span of the Chinese people is expected to rise greatly.
A．false B．reusable C．normal D．average 15．There was a terrible noise the sudden burst of light.
A．following B．to be followed
C．followed D．being followed
16．The woman ______ there under the tree, ______ in a blue shirt, is our headmaster.
A．sitting; wearing B．sitting; dressed C．seating; dressed D．seated; dressing 17．The Sanxingdui ancient ruins were discovered ______ rather than by historical studies.
A．in reality B．by accident C．on the spot D．with hesitation 18．The traffic rules say that no one is permitted to cross the street when the ______ is red.
A．accident B．sign C．signal D．web
19．A cook will be immediately fired if he is found ______ in the kitchen.
A．smoke B．to smoke C．smoked D．smoking 20．Pressed from his parents, and ____ that he has wasted too much time, the boy is determined to stop playing video games.
A．realizing B．realized
C．to realize D．being realized
二、阅读理解
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21．Where is Dr.Elwin Ransom originally from?
A．Earth.B．Venus.
C．Mars.D．Arrakis.
22．Which book explores the potential for technology to make humans less free?
A．War of the Worlds.B．The Dune Saga.
C．The Space Trilogy.D．Fahrenheit 451.
23．What do the four books have in common?
A．They show an imaginary world.
B．They each have two main characters.
C．They explore the nature of humanity.
D．They were published in the 20th century.
Both of my parents worked full­time when I was a little girl，so my grandmother would stay at our house during the day. We would watch game shows in the living room. Our favorite was The Price Is Right. We would call out our answers along with the contestants.
When I got older and started going to school，we couldn’t watch our game shows regularly. That was okay with me，though，because the one thing I liked better than watching game shows with my grandmother was helping her bake cakes. Watching her in the kitchen was amazing：she never seemed to need the recipes（食谱）but everything she made tasted delicious.
At first I would just sit in the kitchen and watch，even though I didn’t understand what she was doing. As I got older，she let me help with the easy parts，such as measuring the sugar. The day she let me separate the eggs，I felt like I had found complete pleasure.
At last，my parents decided that I could take care of myself，and my grandmother stopped coming over every day. The love of baking，however，stayed with me. I started baking by myself，and even if the cookies ended up burnt sometimes，more often they turned out pretty well. I tried out new recipes，and whenever I got to a thorny part，I would call my grandmother for advice. Sometimes I would call her just to talk too. I felt like I could talk to her about anything.
My grandmother passed away ten years ago，but I still think of her every day. Last week，I found a recipe book she made for me. It included her recipes for brownies，cookies，and my favorite，lemon pie. As I looked through the pages，I thought I could hear her voice. She was the one who taught me not just about baking，but about life.
24．The passage is mainly developed by .
A．analyzing causes B．making comparisons
C．following the time order D．examining differences
25．While helping her grandmother bake，the author .
A．found it interesting B．turned out to be a troublemaker
C．hoped to make a living by baking D．regretted missing the game shows 26．What does the underlined word “thorny” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?
A．Basic.B．Common.
C．Special.D．Difficult.
27．What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A．To describe her childhood memories.B．To show her good baking skills.
C．To remember her grandmother.D．To talk about her happy family life.
Like many people over the past few years, I have found myself turning to audiobooks as my main means of reading literature. I find it far more comfortable to “read with my ears” while my eyes are resting. My consumption of new books has doubled as a result--but a recent paper makes me wonder if this will come at the price of my comprehension.
The study comes from Boaz Keysar and Janet Geipel, both at the University of Chicago, and it draws from the “dual process model” of mental processing. According to this-view, we have two ways of assessing information. System 1 is intuitive (直觉的),relying on natural ability and feeling. It is quick, but likely exposed to misinformation. System 2 is analytical involving the use of logic reasoning. It is mentally demanding. When it is engaged, we think our way through the material step by step. For decades, psychologists have designed various tests to determine which of these two systems a person is using. As one example, consider the/ following question: How many animals of each kind did Moses take on the Ark (方舟)? If you answered two, you were probably only considering the core of the question, which is System 1 thinking. To get to the right answer-zero, you need to think more carefully about the wording, which would allow you to remember it was Noah who built the Ark, not Moses. That is the kind of analytical process.
Keysar and Geipel’s brilliant idea was to investigate whether the sensory form-seeing vs. hearing-of the information would make a difference. They found that it did: when answering these
kinds of simple questions, participants were more likely to make errors when the sentences were spoken out loud, rather than written.
A greater reliance on our feelings could be a problem if we are consuming information that needs logical study. For this reason. I will return to reading non-fiction with my eyes rather than my ears. But I won’t stop listening to novels. I am quite happy to go with the flow of my emotions while my critical mind takes a break.
28．What does the author think of listening to audiobooks?
A．It is economical.B．It is demanding.
C．It is time-consuming.D．It is relaxing.
29．Which of the following best describes System 2 model?
A．Fairly reliable.B．Fully automatic.
C．Question-centered.D．Emotion-involved.
30．Why is the Ark mentioned in Paragraph 3?
A．To present a fact.B．To illustrate a view.
C．To introduce a topic.D．To draw a conclusion.
31．What does the author intend to tell us?
A．Listening to books comes at a price.
B．Reading non-fiction books benefits.
C．Critical thinking is a must in reading.
D．Ways of processing information differ.
About 12% of the total global energy demand comes from heating and cooling homes and businesses. A new study suggests that using underground water to maintain comfortable temperatures could reduce consumption of natural gas and electricity in this section by 40% in the US. The approach is called A TES, short for aquifer thermal energy storage (含水层热能储存).
“We need storage to absorb energy from the sun and wind. It’s crucial to creating affordable, reliable, and deeply environmental-friendly electricity systems. Most people are interested in batteries and other kinds of electrical storage. But we were wondering whether there was any opportunity to use geothermal (地热的) energy storage,” said first author A．T.D Perera. “With ATES, energy can be stored for a long period of time, without adding an additional burden to the
grid (输电网).”
ATES is a pleasantly simple concept that takes advantage of the heat-absorbing property of water and the natural geological features of the planet. You simply pull existing underground water up and heat it at the surface in the summer with environmental heat or energy. Then you send it back down. It stays fairly hot because the Earth is a good insulator (绝热体).
“Unlike above-ground tank-based water or ice storage systems, ATES will not need space. It’s also more efficient and can support larger communities in cooling or heating than traditional geothermal heat pump systems that rely on heat moving with the underground soil,” added co-author Hong Tianzhen.
A major beneft of ATES is that it will become more efficient as weather becomes more extreme in the coming years due to climate change. The hotter summers and severer winters could increase the amount of free thermal energy that can be stored with ATES. “It’s very much a realistic thing to do and this work is really about showing its value,” said Perera. “This technology is ready to go, so to speak. We just need to do it.”
32．What do we know about ATES?
A．It is technologically demanding.
B．It is aimed at replacing natural energy.
C．It mainly relies on batteries to function.
D．It helps achieve an environmentally friendly society
33．How does Hong Tianzhen explain ATES’s advantages?
A．By giving examples.B．By discussing results.
C．By making comparisons.D．By analyzing principles.
34．Which will affect ATES’s efficiency most?
A．Temperature variations.B．Insulated materials.
C．The duration of storage.D．The category of energy.
35．What can be the best title for the text?
A．A Turning Point in Energy Usage
B．A Solution to Green Cooling and Heating
C．A Transformation in the US Electricity System
D．A Discovery About Geothermal Energy Storage
It’s no surprise that there’s a link between exercise and mental health. But scientists have now made it official: research has found a direct connection between movement and mood. Why does exercise hold so many benefits for our mental health? 36 .
When our muscles tighten, chains of amino acids (氨基酸) called myokines (肌细胞因子) are released into the bloodstream. 37 . This communication increases adaptation to stress, reduces symptoms of anxiety and has a direct effect on depression.
A recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine showed that treatment for depression can be much more effective when physical activity is added to the usual care.
38 . “While exercise is not a substitute for professional mental health treatment, physical activity can complement and enhance the effects of the treatment,” says lead researcher Ben Singh, a research fellow at the University of South Australia. He says regular exercise in a group setting can boost self-esteem and decrease feelings of isolation and loneliness.
Exercise helps build key connections between the networks within the brain, too.
39 . Studies have shown that physical activity stimulates creativity, sharpens judgement skills and improves mental energy. It can also help to slow age-related cognitive decline, possibly even slowing the pace of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
40 . In this way you’ll keep going back to them. Experts suggest that you aim for a minimum of 10 to 30 minutes, three to five days each week. Getting sweaty is good for your body and mind.
A．It can improve overall cognitive performance
B．They help your muscles and organs communicate
C．The answer, studies say, lies in our brain chemistry
D．Here are the suggestions that you are supposed to pay attention to
E．It is amazing to consider how moving our bodies can affect our minds
F．To get the biggest health boost, the key is to be engaged in sports you enjoy G．Participants found benefits after 12 weeks of exercising for 30 to 60 minutes a day
三、完形填空
Isabella Springmuhl Tejada is one of the first professional fashion designers with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合征).
Her path to success wasn’t 41 .Although she showed her 42 .for design in childhood, when she would spend hours designing paper dresses for her dolls, she was 43 from several fashion schools due to her disease. She had no 44 but to seek other ways. She 45 for a sewing course, where she was 46 to sew clothing for finger-sized traditional Guatemalan (危地马拉的) dolls, which she 47 happily. Meanwhile, she also made a(n) 48 in designing dolls, creating some life-sized dolls and dressing them in the colorful traditional embroidered jackets she’s now famous for.
This design experience helped Tejada develop her own design style, 49 traditional Guatemalan patterns, colors, and materials in her culture. She also created her own brand Down To Xjabelle, 50 for people with Down Syndrome, knowing how difficult it was for people like her to find 51 ! clothes. The new brand 52 right away, making it all the way to London Fashion Week, proving fashion can 53 all barriers and borders.
And the 54 designer talks about her plans for the future as well, “I want to export my brand all over the world and 55 that people with Down Syndrome can do what they set out to do.”
41．A．comfortable B．awful C．awkward D．smooth 42．A．arrangement B．talent C．determination D．responsibility 43．A．rejected B．dismissed C．ignored D．excused 44．A．guidance B．aim C．option D．right 45．A．waited B．competed C．prepared D．registered 46．A．assigned B．forced C．inspired D．persuaded 47．A．purchased B．accepted C．imagined D．contacted 48．A．discovery B．opportunity C．innovation D．schedule 49．A．indicating B．abandoning C．transforming D．highlighting 50．A．specially B．naturally C．usually D．obviously 51．A．pricey B．suitable C．fancy D．famous 52．A．paid off B．got across C．took off D．caught up
53．A．combine B．fuel C．beautify D．overcome 54．A．ambitious B．enthusiastic C．humble D．proud 55．A．guarantee B．assess C．show D．conclude
四、语法填空
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。

Chinese Loong is the fifth animal of the 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle (生肖), 56 (consider) to be mythical (神话的) and symbolic of fortune. Recently sales of things with dragon elements have witnessed explosive growth on e-commerce platforms.
Data from an e-commerce platform show that searches 57 dragon-related goods via its online marketplace have reached 23 million. It is reported 58 since January consumers in China 59 (prefer) goods with dragon-themed elements, such as daily necessities, alcohol and gold jewelry. The purchasing excitement is expected to 60 (huge) boost consumer confidence and improve the recovery of consumption.
Purchases by the post-1990s and post-2000s generations accounted for nearly 55%, while consumers in Guangdong province, Beijing, Jiangsu province in that order, 61 (be) the top three spenders on dragon-featured items. Because the dragon is an important symbol of Chinese traditional culture 62 good luck, Chinese consumers are expressing their hopes for 63 better life in the new year.
“Brands should capitalize on (利用) traditional Chinese culture to launch more innovative 64 (product),” a research fellow said, 65 (stress) that Spring Festival is the traditional festival Chinese people attach the most importance to, and it’s also a peak season for consumption.
五、选词填空
根据文章用方框内的单词或词组的正确形式填空，每个单词或词组只能用一次，有两个是多余的，每空限填一个单词。

Nowadays, there is widespread 66 over students’ loss of independence in study. In terms of academics, some students spend a 67 of time in study but fail to 68 to what they were expected. Over time, some even 69 under the pressure of study. Students who aim to be efficient and 70 learners should become more independent of their teachers. In high school, the change of the learning style is a 71 step toward success. For those who often 72 into a dreamworld of their own when faced with difficulties in study, teachers should guide them out of their comfort zone and help them 73 any pent-up (压抑的) feelings and find passion. As students practice independent learning, encourage them to 74 of changes. Scientific reports have 75 a connection between learning style and academic performance. Throughout learning process, students have 76 numerous situations which shape them who they are today and contribute to their personal growth.
Every small change in learning strategy has a(n) 77 -whether big or small-on students. The ability of 78 challenges 79 opportunities is a valuable skill that can 80 influence their learning career positively.
六、书信写作
81．假定你是校英语报社记者李华，你校英语读书会近期举办了以“Reading Classics”为主题的英语读剧比赛。

请写一篇短文，报道此次活动。

内容包括：
1．时间、地点和目的；2．活动过程；3．学生感受。

注意：1．写作词数应为100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：英语读剧比赛English Drama-reading Contest
Reading Classics
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