2022-2023学年四川省自贡市第一中学高一下学期期中英语试题

2022-2023学年四川省自贡市第一中学高一下学期期中英语试题
1. If you’re looking for competitions, don’t sweat it. You have arrived at the right place wherein you’ll be updated on the latest competitions which require participation on the Internet. These competitions don’t charge any fee, and what’s more, they accept individuals from any part of the world. You can click the name of each listed contest, which is a link. It will direct you to a web page where you will get more detailed information on how to register or participate.
Writer Contest
Genre (类型): Sci-fi and fantasy. They don’t accept poetry or children’s stories.
Length: About 17,000 words
Prize: $5,000 for the grand prize winner at the end of the year
Deadline: The quarterly contest ends on September 30
Creative Writing Ink Competition
Submission (提交) of poems only. You can submit multiple entries.
Theme: Open
Length: Up to 40 lines
Prizes: Publication on the website and a voucher worth £10
Deadline: Last day of every month
12th Casa Africa Essay Contest
Theme: Climate Change in Africa
“Casa Africa gives the focus of the 12th essay contest to climate change, its effects, future trends and, especially, the way in which this threat is being fought.”
Length: 15,000-20,000 words
Prize: €2,000
Deadline: September 17 each year
Yale Drama Series
Prizes: $10,000, a staged reading at Lincoln Center’s Claire Tow Theater and publication of the entry by Yale University Press
Length: Full-length plays of over 65 pages
Submissions must be original and not professionally produced. Translations, musicals and children’s plays aren’t accepted.
Deadline: August 15 each year
1. What should a participant do?
A．Pay some entry fees. B．Submit an entry online.
C．Register on this web page. D．Email to get relevant information.
2. Which competition is held most frequently?
A．Writer Contest. B．Yale Drama Series.
C．12th Casa Africa Essay Contest. D．Creative Writing Ink Competition.
3. Who might Yale Drama Series attract?
A．Those working as a translator. B．Those experts in creating short plays.
C．Those wanting their work to be published. D．Those good at writing children’s
literature.
2. I am rather good at using maps. But I forgot the maps and here we were, late afternoon, last day of holiday, my daughter, my cousin and I, driving along a two-lane highway in Oregon. No other car in sight, and the sun had just gone down. Where was that sweet little village?
It was supposed to be right along this river. We drove on, farther into the unknown river always at left as our guide. We kept passing farms and fields and now a few lights were coming out. In my head, I was doing a lot of self-criticism: Why didn’t we start earlier, bring the map and so on? My cousin and I were both impatient and stressed. My daughter, at least, was happy in the back seat, texting a friend. I pulled up on the shoulder of the road to think.
Just the — Wow! Amazing! A new scene appeared. Where did it come from?
Right there, out of nowhere: a magical misty landscape. Fields stretched in silent purple, with rows of tall trees, darkening in the dusk. I turned the car engine off. All was silent in the hot summer air. Beside us, a plum-covered river hardly moved between a border of trees, its dark lazy water reflecting the last light of day.
How breathtaking! Where had it been? If I had seen even a bit of beauty while driving along, I could have stopped and taken a look. I had missed it all.
We miss a lot, almost everything, in fact, in our world. Our task-focused filters (过滤器)takes care of that, selecting only what we need. We need to get to work. Have some lunch. We see what we need to see, often for purposes of survival. Gregory Bateson, speaking of beauty, said the judgment is selection of a fact. In our daily lives, who or what is doing the selecting? Can we make a change? Can we see further?
1. Where might the author be heading for?
A．A tourist attraction. B．A destination of his holiday.
C．Her own home. D．Her cousin farm.
2. What made the author keep blaming himself in the beginning?
A．That the holiday is unexpectedly tiring and boring.
B．That she hadn’t been well prepared got her cousin annoyed.
C．That lack of full preparation made her lose her way.
D．That there was no familiar river in sight.
3. The author felt really amazed because________.
A．she discovered a tourist spot unknown to others
B．she finally reached what she had intended
C．the right route to her destination was close
D．her carelessness brought an unexpected pleasure
4. What does the story intend to tell us?
A．Slow down your pace and enjoy the beauty in life.
B．Stay calm even if trapped in trouble.
C．Keep positive because everything has a way out.
D．Adjust your plan for the purpose of pleasure.
3. The idea of biting into your burger made from insects or mixing some mealworms into your fried rice may take a little getting used to. But even if the thought of eating insects turns your stomach now, insects could and should form an important part of our diet.
In the west, people have been eating insects for thousands of years and in Asia, South America and Africa, around 2,000 insect species are eaten. Yet in Europe, just 10% of people would be willing to replace meat with insects, according to a survey by the European Consumer Organization. To some, this unwillingness to eat insects is a missed opportunity.
“Insects are a really important missing piece of the food system,” says Peter Alexander, a senior researcher in food security at the University of Edinburgh. “They are undoubtedly a superfood, a whole lot of nutrition in a really small package. ” Because of this, farmed insects could help deal with two of the world’s biggest problems at once: food insecurity and climate change.
Agriculture is the biggest contributor to global biodiversity loss and a driver to greenhouse gas emissions. Raising animals accounts for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Insect farming uses a small part of the land, energy and water required for traditional farming, and has a significantly lower carbon footprint.
Then there’s the fact that insects are 12 to 25 times more efficient at changing their food into protein than animals. They need six times less feed than cattle, four times less than sheep and two times less than pigs. One of the main reasons is that insects are cold-blooded and therefore waste less energy keeping their body heat.
As well as saving energy, insects can live off food that would otherwise be thrown away, contributing to the recycling industry. Insects can be fed agricultural waste. To complete the recycling chain, their excrement can be used to make crops grow fast and large and improve soil.
“At the end of the day, you might have the healthiest, and most sustainable product, but unless it tastes nice so that people are willing to accept it, it may be a lot more difficult to get that across,” says Peter.
1. Farmed insects could benefit us in _______.
A．Enriching our dishes. B．Improving global biodiversity.
C．Fighting global warming. D．Affecting traditional farming.
2. Why can insects produce more protein?
A．They feed on food with high protein. B．They consume less food.
C．They break down food well. D．Their bodies need less energy to function.
3. What does the underlined word “excrement” mean in Paragraph 6?
A．Waste. B．Food. C．Blood. D．Protein.
4. Which of the following is the suitable title for the test?
A．A Solution to the World Global Warming. B．What to Do to Solve the Food Shortage .
C．Why We Should Quit Animal Raising. D．An Ignored Protein-Rich Superfood.
4. Why do only famous people have biographies (传记)? This is the question two young sisters, 7-year-old Aishvarya, and 11-year-old Vaishali, asked their parents. They were reading famous people’s biographies in school and realized that they knew more about Beyonce, a f amous singer than about their own grandparents. So they decided to do something about it.
They created “Grand Stories”, a workbook that helps grandchildren learn about their grandparents. Through answering a list of guided questions and telling stories, Grand Stories helps families learn more about each other.
This family came from India to the US, and all four grandparents live very far away. Obviously through modern technology and some family visits, these young girls know their grandparents and love them very much—but they wonder why they don’t know more about their grandparents. For example, where did they grow up, and go to school? How they married and raised their families? What were their stories? Perhaps not surprisingly, many of the stories the family wanted to know reflect the “Do you know” questions that my workmate, Marshall Duke, and I developed to study how much people know of the family history.
The sisters’ father told about the visit to India when the girls asked their own grandparents to write their biography. Because of his character, the grandfather didn’t share much during the interview. But then he stayed up all nights writing his stories, and when the father looked through the stories, he realized there was so much he’d never known ab out his own father! Through these stories the father felt closer to his own family.
What these two young sisters have already discovered is how much we depend on knowing our family stories to understand who we are in the world and what our strength is. You can see more
about Grand Stories at www. . Whether you’re 7 or 70, it’s never too early or too late to start sharing family stories.
1. What made the two girls decide to know their family stories?
A．Telling stories at school.
B．Reading biographies at school.
C．Showing their love for a singer.
D．Being asked to create a workbook.
2. What does the underlined word “developed” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．designed. B．proved. C．described. D．imagined.
3. Which of the following words can best describe the girls’ grandfather?
A．Strict. B．Impatient. C．shy. D．Careless.
4. What is the purpose of the text?
A．To prove the power of family storytelling.
B．To introduce ways of telling interesting family stories.
C．To tell people about the two girls’ family.
D．To encourage people to know their family stories.
5. Every day is a gift, and if you look forward to enjoying each day, then you need to learn to make the most of your day. 1
Have a great morning routine (常规). A good start will make you feel good and is sure to make the rest of your day good as well. Rise early and get ready for your new day. 2 Listen to good music. Have a wonderful breakfast. All these will help you start your day in a positive way.
Make time for short breaks. Since we spend most of our day in the workplace, it is necessary to relax between different tasks. Set a timer on your phone or computer to remind you it's time to get up, leave your desk, go out and get some fresh air.
3 Doing the same things every day is very boring. To prevent this, step out and take some time to do things that you have never done before. This will not only make a day exciting, but it’ll also build your confidence.
Ask someone to be your accountability partner (责任同伴). 4 This person encourages you, supports you and loves you. He or she will help you get over difficulties and achieve your goals.
Plan your schedule for the next day the night before. Make a list of all the tasks you want to complete the next day. 5 Focus on one thing at a time and give it your best try before moving on to the next day.
6. Spreading Kindness, Rock by Rock
“Mom! I found one! I found a rock!”
I _________ those words again and again last summer as I sat on the porch of my home, which faces
a park in the small town where I live.
The Kindness Rocks Project, which was started a few years ago by a mom in Massachusetts, has
_________ around the world. _________, families, and adults of all ages are taking part — painting rocks, hiding rocks, and finding painted rocks all over the place. Some _________ photos of the rocks on social media, and others simply move the rocks for someone else to find. Some take the rocks home and then _________ them with new ones that they create and hide.
Nine-year-old twins Harry and Hannah DeVrieze have _________ hundreds of rocks with their parents. Most evenings, the family and their small dog walk around with a wagon full of _________ that they hide as they walk.
“It’s a fun _________ activity,” Hannah says.
“We will do it in the winter too,” Harry _________. Ben Burinsky, aged nine, and his brother, Luke, aged seven, were visiting relatives when they __________ their first painted rock in a park. They were so __________ that they went home and painted their own rocks, then __________ them for others to find.
“My boys loved finding the rock in the park, __________ since it was a superhero,” their mother, Judy Burinsky, says. “I love how something so __________ can bring a smile to my children’s faces. In return, they learn the __________ of giving back to others.”
1.
A．whispered B．cried C．heard D．said
2.
A．founded B．investigated C．claimed D．spread
3.
A．Girls B．Kids C．Boys D．Parents
4.
A．take B．enjoy C．post D．purchase
5.
A．replace B．provide C．cover D．throw
6.
A．collected B．spotted C．painted D．appreciated
7.
A．goods B．rocks C．belongings D．sand
8.
A．child B．adult C．teenager D．family
9.
A．adds B．declares C．explains D．complains
10.
A．placed B．found C．returned D．sought
11.
A．discouraged B．surprised C．excited D．disappointed 12.
A．hid B．kept C．supplied D．expected
13.
A．apparently B．confidently C．definitely D．especially
14.
A．diverse B．small C．usual D．common
15.
A．award B．cost C．value D．reward
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。

Tennis super star Naomi Osaka lit the 2020 Tokyo Olympics flame. The Games 1 (official) started, although a year late. A possible fifth wave (波) of COVID-19 in Japan’s capital put in doubt 2 or not they would go ahead. COVID-19 greatly influenced the event. There 3 (be) no fans and several athletes couldn’t attend the Games after testing positive (阳性的). Japan hoped the Games would show 4 (it) culture to the world. The opening ceremony (仪式) ended at midnight with 5 amazing fireworks show.
Only 950 people attended the opening ceremony. Attendees 6 (include) Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and the US First Lady Jill Biden. Emperor Naruhito declared (宣布) the Games open. President of IOC Thomas Bach said: “It is very 7 (difference) from what we imagined, but let us value this moment because finally we are all here together. Today is a moment 8 hope.” Naomi Osaka posted a message on Twitter after 9 (light) the flame. She said it was “undoubtedly the 10 (great) honour (荣誉) I will ever have in my life.”
8. 假如你是李华，你们学校正在举行在身边寻找“我心目中的英雄”的演讲比赛，请你写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：
1.你心目中的英雄是谁；
2.列出你的原因；
3.你的感想。

My fellow students,
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Li Hua 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。

It was a cold winter morning in Orange County, Florida when a large group of people boarded
Ti mmy’s bus. Due to the heavy snowfall, almost everyone at the bus stop had rushed inside to avoid the cold, making the bus more crowded than ever.
When driving, Timmy was surprised to hear the passengers arguing. “I wonder how his mother raised him. Can’t he see that the poor lady is in trouble? She’s been standing for so long!” Timmy heard a woman complain loudly. When he looked in the mirror, he noticed a woman, probably in her late twenties, standing beside an old woman and casting a stern (严厉的) look at a window seat. Timmy noticed the passenger sitting on the seat was Jonathan, the 10-year-old boy who was a frequent passenger on his bus. Jonathan sat quietly on his seat, with his eyes wide open, staring at the passengers criticizing him. But the boy did n’t speak a single word, which annoyed the passengers even more.
“Well,” the old woman finally spoke up, “I am really sorry for the young child. I don’t mind standing here, but I’m struck by how he’s listening to everything we’re saying to him while acting as if he doesn’t understanding anything.” For safe driving, Timmy didn’t say anything. He continued driving until next stop, at which he slowly rose from his seat, picked up a pair of crutches (拐杖), and proceeded to Jonathan’s seat. He smiled at the boy and told him that he had arrived at the destination in sign language. Jonathan returned his smile and gestured a thank you. He then exited the bus using the crutches.
After Jonathan had left, Timmy looked around the passengers.
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The next day, the older woman visited Jonathan and his mother.
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