2024届福建省厦门六中高三英语第一学期期末学业水平测试试题含解析

2024届福建省厦门六中高三英语第一学期期末学业水平测试试
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第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．“Could we put off the meeting？” she asked.
“________.” He answered politely. “This is the only day everyone is available.”
A．Not likely B．Not exactly
C．Not nearly D．Not really
2．The book ______ through the air to Aunt Dede and she began to read it aloud. A．got B．pushed C．sailed
3．The project is f ar behind schedule. It’s impossible for you to ______ it in a week. A．catch upon B．live up to
C．add up to D．hold on to
4．____ interested in English may join this club.
A．Whoever B．All who C．Anyone D．Who
5．— What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball game. — _____. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
A. It’s up to you B．Glad to hear that
C．You can’t miss it D．It just depends
6．A problem has occurred we should develop innovative thinking abilities in the classrooms by giving students opportunities to generate new ideas.
A．what B．where
C．whether D．that
7．While his approach was a complete ________ from established practices, the result was satisfactory.
A．separation B．prohibition C．departure D．judgment
8．—Are you free now? I have something important to tell you.
—OK, ________ you make it short. I will have to finish this report before noon. A．now that B．as soon as
C．every time D．as long as
9．You can get off the bus one or two stops ________ and walk the rest of the way to
work every day so as to take some exercise.
A．more early B．earliest C．early D．earlier
10．Mary_______ to writing classes every night since June and the course will end this week.
A．had gone B．has been going
C．is going D．went
11．I' ve heard that preparations______for the coming festival. Let's give them a hand. A．are being made B．have been made
C．are making D．have made
12．The researchers who study jokes want to find out _______ people from different nations and cultures find funny.
A．why B．that
C．what D．whether
13．In this movie going season, women are driving ticket sales to a degree ,if ever, seen before.
A．really B．frequently
C．rarely D．never
14．—What’s up? Y ou look worried.
—Well, I ______ on the problem for 5 hours but I haven’t got a single clue.
A．have worked B．worked
C．will work D．have been working
15．— The rent of our flat will see a 20% rise this year?
—Y es. That’s ______ I have compromised with the flat owner.
A．what B．where
C．how D．when
16．—I heard they went skiing in the mountains last winter.
—It true because there was little snow there.
A．may be not B．won’t be C．couldn’t be D．mustn’t be
17．Speaking a foreign language allows you to ________ time in a negotiation, for you can act like you have not understood to come up with your answer.
A．save B．afford C．buy D．spend
18．I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite _______. A．arbitrary B．reasonable C．mechanical D．conventional
19．He’s quite _________, but I can’t imagine him as president of such a large listed company.
A．enthusiastic B．generous
C．competent D．sympathetic
20．It’s nearly four years since I worked in that firm. I ________ a band with other fellows.
A．operated B．had been operating
C．was operating D．am operating
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）According to Guglielmo Cavallo and Roger Chartier, reading aloud was a common practice in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and as late as the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Readers were “listeners attentive to a reading voice,” and “the text addressed to the ear as much as to the eye.” The significance of reading aloud continued well into the nineteenth century.
Using Charles Dickens’s nineteenth century as a point of depar ture, it would be useful to look at the familial and social uses of reading aloud and reflect on the functional change of the practice. Dickens habitually read his work to a domestic audience or friends. In his later years he also read to a broader public crowd. Chapters of reading aloud also abound in Dickens’s own literary works. More importantly, he took into consideration the Victorian practice when composing his prose, so much so that his writing is meant to be heard, not only read on the page.
Performing a literary text orally in a Victorian family is well documented. Apart from promoting a pleasant family relationship, reading aloud was also a means of protecting young people from the danger of solitary（孤独的）reading. Reading aloud was a tool for parental guidance. By means of reading aloud, parents could also introduce literature to their children, and as such the practice combined leisure and more serious purposes such as religious cultivation in the youths. Within the family, it was commonplace for the father to read aloud. Dickens read to his children: one of his surviving and often-reprinted photographs features him posing on a chair, reading to his two daughters.
Reading aloud in the nineteenth century was as much a class phenomenon as a family affair, which points to a widespread belief that Victorian readership primarily meant a middle-class readership. Those who fell outside this group tended to be overlooked by Victorian publishers. Despite this, Dickens, with his publishers Chapman
and Hall, managed to distribute literary reading materials to people from different social classes by reducing the price of novels. This was also made possible with the technological and mechanical advances in printing and the spread of railway networks at the time.
Since the literacy level of this section of the population was still low before school attendance was made compulsory in 1650 by the Education Act a considerable number of people from lower classes would listen to recitals of texts. Dickens’s readers, who were from such social backgrounds, might have heard Dickens in this manner. Several biographers of Dickens also draw attention to the fact that it was typical for his texts to be read aloud in Victorian England, and thus literacy was not an obstacle for reading Dickens. Reading was no longer a chiefly closeted form of entertainment practiced by the middle class at home.
A working class home was in many ways not convenient for reading: there were too many distractions, the lighting was bad, and the home was also often half a workhouse. As a result, the Victorians from the non-middle classes tended to find relaxation outside the home such as in parks and squares, which were ideal places for the public to go while away their limited leisure time. Reading aloud, in particular public reading, to some extent blurred the distinctions between classes. The Victorian middle class defined its identity through differences with other classes. Dickens’s popularity among readers from the non-middle classes contributed to the creation of a new class of readers who read through listening.
Different readers of Dickens were not reading solitarily and “jealously,” to use Walter Benjamin’s term. Instead, they often enjoyed a more communal experience, an experience that is generally lacking in today’s world. Modern audiobooks can be considered a contemporary version of the practice. However, while the twentieth and twentieth-first-century trend for individuals to listen to audiobooks keeps some characteristics of traditional reading aloud—such as “listeners attentive to a reading voice” and the ear being the focus—it is a far more solitary activity.
1、What does the author want to convey in Paragraph 1?
A．The history of reading aloud.
B．The significance of reading aloud.
C．The development of reading practice.
D．The roles of readers in reading practice.
2、How did the practice of reading aloud influence D ickens’s works?
A．He started to write for a broader public crowd.
B．He included more readable contents in his novels.
C．Scenes of reading aloud became common in his works.
D．His works were intended to be both heard and read.
3、How many benefits did reading aloud bring to a Victorian family?
A．2. B．1.
C．2. D．3.
4、Where could a London steel worker possibly have gone to for reading? A．Working place. B．His/her own house.
C．Nearby bookstores. D．Trafalgar Square.
5、What change did reading aloud bring to Victorian society?
A．Different classes started to appreciate and read literary works together. B．People from lower social classes became accepted as middle-class.
C．The differences between classes grew less significant than before..
D．A non-class society in which everyone could read started to form.
6、What is likely to be discussed after the last paragraph?
A．New reading trends for individuals.
B．The harm of modern audiobooks.
C．The material for modern reading.
D．Reading aloud in contemporary societies.
22．（8分）Clyde, a small-clawed otter, was moved from Auckland Zoo to Wellington Zoo two months ago. The zookeepers hoped he and the other otter Bonnie might start a family together.
But only two days after he arrived, Clyde went missing. He had dug his way under one of the walls and was nowhere to be seen.
The zookeepers set up cages inside the zoo, with plates of Clyde’s favorite fish in them, hoping to catch him.
Two days went by and still there was no sign of Clyde.
At last a couple saw Clyde at their house a whole kilometer away in Newtown. Clyde was hiding in an out-of-reach hole outside their laundry.
The zookeepers arrived and set up some more traps to try to catch him. But Clyde is a pretty smart otter. Twice he managed to get the fish out of a trap without being caught.
Five days after he’d escaped ^Clyde s days on the run came to an end when he was finally caught in one of the traps.
It was no good putting Clyde back in his old home---he’d only dig his way out again. So he and Bonnie were put into the zoo hospital. There was no chance of their escaping from there.
Meanwhile, the zookeepers were working hard to make Clyde’s old home safer. They put an iron barrier underground to stop him digging his way out. Then Bonnie and Clyde went home again.
But a month after his first escape, Clyde was out again. Once more the zookeepers came hurrying to catch Clyde. They found him by following the bubbles he made in the river nearby.
Nobody knew how Clyde had escaped. But this time he was only out for an hour. So back he went to the hospital again.
Poor Clyde. It seemed that he wasn’t happy at Wellington Zoo, even though he and Bonnie were getting on well together. The keepers didn’t like seeing him unhappy, so they planned to look for a home for him somewhere else.
1、Where was Clyde found after his first escape?
A．Back in Auckland Zoo. B．In a river nearby.
C．At a house a kilometer away. D．In the zoo hospital.
2、How did zookeepers catch Clyde after his second escape?
A．They set up cages in the zoo. B．They attracted Clyde with fish. C．They dug a hole outside his home. D．They followed the bubbles in the water.
3、What do we know about Clyde?
A．He often gets ill. B．He is good at digging.
C．He likes hiding in a hole. D．He escaped to meet Bonnie.
4、Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?
A．A news report. B．An advertisement.
C．A book review. D．A research paper.
23．（8分）
The Little Prince
108 min | Animation, Fantasy 16 | October 2015
A little girl lives in an adult world with her mother, who tries to prepare her for it. Her neighbor, the Aviator, introduces her to an extraordinary word where anything is possible, a world more than just a fairy tale for children.
Director: Make Osborne
Stars: Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Jeff Bridges
Bridge of Spies
141 min | Biography, Drama, History | 16 October 2015 During the Cold War, an American lawyer is employed to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA achieve an exchange of the spy because the Soviet caught an American U2 spy plane pilot.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda
By the Sea(I)
122 min | Drama, Romance | 9 December 2015
Set in France, Vanessa and her husband Roland travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they wander in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to each other by meeting some of the lively town citizens, such as a local bar keeper.
Director: Angelina Jolie
Stars: brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Melanie Laurent
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 18 December 2015
With misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore believe
that Dad is going to propose(求婚) to his new girlfriend. They
have three days to stop the proposal, saving themselves not only
from losing Dave but fro m gaining a terrible stepbrother. Kids’
favorite!
Director: Walt Becker
Stars: Kaley Cuoco, Anna Faris, Bella Thorne
112、Which of the two will probably appeal to children most?
A．The Little prince and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
B．The little Prince and Bridge of Spies
C．Bridge of Spies and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
D．By the Sea and Bridge of Spies
1、Among the films mentioned above, which is the latest one?
A．The Little Prince
B．Bridge of Spies
C．By the Sea
D．Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2、The director also plays a key role in .
A．The Little Prince
B．Bridge of Spies
C．By the sea
D．Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
3、According to films, which of the following is not true?
A．The little girl’s neighbor introdu ces her to an extraordinary world.
B．The lawyer defends a Soviet spy and no American spy is arrested.
C．Alvin, Simon and Theodore finally don’t lose Dave.
D．The couple in the end get close to each other in the town.
24．（8分）If you’re on the hunt for somethi ng new and interesting to read, you have plenty of places to go. This week, we’re looking at four of the best book recommendation
sites, services, or groups, based on your nominations(提名).
GoodReads
GoodReads is more than just a book recommendation site, although it excels at helping you find new books to read based on the ones you enjoy. You can build a virtual “shelf” of books you own or have already read, share your progress with the books you’re currently reading, rate the books you’ve read, leave revie ws, and connect with other readers.
BookBub
While BookBub isn’t strictly a book recommendation service, it does bring you super-low-cost books based on your interests every day. The service is free, and when you sign up, you tell BookBub what kinds of book s you like to read. From there, you’ll get an email from BookBub every day with book deals for that day. When we say “deal,” we mean it—many of BookBub’s titles are free entirely, $0.99, or just a couple of bucks.
LibraryThing
LibraryThing has been around for a long time and is still a great user-powered book ratings, review, and recommendation site. The service calls itself the world’s largest book club, and that’s a lot like the overall feel. Once you sign up, you’ll be encouraged to start adding books yo u’ve read and leave reviews for them. Behind its book ratings and reviews though, LibraryThing is a powerful tool to catalog and organize your entire book collection.
Olmenta
If you’re not interested in registering for accounts, adding your own books, or a ny of that hassle(麻烦), Olmenta can suggest some solid titles to you based on general popularity and the citation of the people behind the site. It’s a simple list of book covers that the service thinks you should read, and a few genres you can click on if you’re looking for something specific, like business, fiction, children’s, theatre, poetry, or nonfiction, among others.
1、Which of the following two book recommendation sites ask you to rate and leave reviews?
A．Goodreads and BookBub B．BookBub and LibraryThing
C．LibraryThing and Olmenta D．Goodreads and LibraryThing
2、Which book recommendation site can help you get super-low-cost books?
A．GoodReads B．BookBub
C．LibraryThing D．Olmenta
3、If you turn to Olmenta, you __________________.
A．need to pay more B．need to add your own book
C．don’t need to sign up D．don’t need to look for something specific 25．（10分）“You will be in my heart forever. Without you, there are only emptiness and desert in my life...” This is a line from a heartfelt poem Feng Duan wrote to his fiancee Chen Lianfang in 1955.
Feng is now 94 and Chen 90, and they have been married for more than half a century. Feng, an academic at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, may not be a professional poet but for 64 years, Feng has written countless love poems to his wife. On every important anniversary or festival, Feng would send a poem to Chen. In 1978, when Chen’s cancer surgery succeeded, Feng created more than ten poems to celebrate his wife’s recovery. Chen used a red suitcase to store these love poems. The academic has also translated many English, French and German poems into classical Chinese.
The couple was introduced to each other by a common friend in 1953 and Feng sent two paper copies of poems to Chen as a gift.
“As long as I think of you, a beam of sunshine lights up my heart,” Feng wrote.
Chen recalled the first time Feng invited her to his dormitory to have a cup of tea and she thought the cup was made of frosted glass. As the two became closer, Chen often visited the academic’s dorm. She realized that the cup was the only one poor Feng owned. The opaque (不透明的) cup was not frosted glass but common glass stained with toothpaste.
Later she bought many clothes and even a stove for Feng, making a nice change from the single man s li fe. Feng’s marriage to Chen brought more happiness and now Chen still looks after Feng’s daily needs.
1、When Feng first met Chen, he was .
A．32 B．30
C．28 D．26
2、What change did Chen bring to Feng?
A．Chen made a great difference to Feng’s daily life.
B．Chen changed Feng’s academic life greatly.
C．Chen wrote a lot of poems to Feng.
D．Chen introduced a lot of friends to Feng.
3、What can we learn from the passage?
A．Chen and Feng happened to meet each other on the campus.
B．Feng wrote many poems in different languages.
C．Chen cherished the poems Feng wrote to her.
D．Feng liked his opaque cup so much.
4、The writer wrote the passage to show .
A．how a famous poet writes love poems to his wife
B．how the love poems join two hearts together
C．how important love poems are in the marriage
D．how the love poems make the couple famous
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）A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply--all these were important 1 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 2 they were not enough. Something 3 was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men-- 4 individuals who could invent machines, find new 5 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who 6 the machines of the Industrial Revolution 7 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 8 inventors than scientists. A man who is a 9 scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 10 He is not necessarily working 11 that his findings can be used.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is 12 trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by 13 the theories 14 science or by experimenting through trial and error 15 of his method, he is working to obtain a 16 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.
Most of the people who 17 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had 18 or no training in science might not have made their inventions 19
a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 20
1、A．cases B．reasons C．factors D．situations
2、A．But B．And C．Besides D．Even
3、A．else B．near C．extra D．similar
4、A．generating B．effective C．motivating D．creative
5、A．origins B．sources C．bases D．discoveries
6、A．employed B．created C．operated D．controlled
7、A．came B．arrived C．stemmed D．appeared
8、A．less B．better C．more D．worse
9、A．respectable B．practical C．pure D．clever
10、A．happily B．occasionally C．reluctantly D．accurately
11、A．now B．and C．all D．so
12、A．seldom B．sometimes C．always D．never
13、A．planning B．using C．studying D．applying
14、A．of B．with C．to D．as
15、A．Speaking B．Thinking C．Instead D．Regardless
16、A．single B．sole C．specialized D．specific
17、A．proposed B．developed C．supplied D．offered
18、A．little B．much C．some D．any
19、A．as B．if C．because D．while
20、A．ago B．past C．ahead D．before
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）语法填空
Do you judge people by their appearance?
This week I was talking to some guys at Planet Fitness, 1．told me about their boss’ experience of buying a new car. The salesmen didn’t know that this man had a lot of money. It was because he often dressed 2．(he) in worn-out clothes, just like a homeless man on the street. When the boss arrived at the first shop, the salesmen 3．(total) ignored him and treated him like he wasn’t worth their time. He 4．(leave) the shop with a smile on his face. Later that day,he walked into another shop, 5．(wear) the same clothes as usual. The salesmen greeted him with kindness and respect. Then this man paid almost $20 million 6．new car!
There’s a Bible text that tells us how 7．(treat) people that you learn little about. It
says, “Don’t forget to show 8．(warm) to strangers, because anyone who does it may entertain angels w ithout realizing it!” Don’t judge 9．book by its cover! The boss was not an angel 10．you never know who just might be.
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28．（10分）假定类高课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅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（A）,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。

Last Monday, it hit me that my beloved grandmother birthday was around the corner、I decided to make her an unique present、Without the slightest hesitation, I threw me into creating this priceless album、I turned on the computer, carefully selected some photos, added up some decorations, and designed each pages carefully、Eventually, an album of love born、Looked at my work with satisfaction, I couldn’t help imagining how delightedly my grandma would be、
Soon, the big day arrived、At the birthday party, I presented the album to Grandma、The moment she saw the special gift, she hugs me affectionately, tears rolling in her eyes, what made my parents smile genuinely as well、
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29．（25分）书面表达
假如你是李华，你的一个美国读书的笔友John给你写信，向你诉说他最近因身体不好而影响学习，并坦言自己平时学习忙，很少锻炼。

请根据这一情况给他写一封建议信，告诉他锻炼能提高人的身体素质(physical condition),使人的头脑清晰，并提高学习效率。

鼓励他积极锻炼身体，从而为更好地学习打下基础。

Dear John,
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________
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、D
2、C
3、A
4、C
5、A
6、C
7、C
8、D
9、D
10、B
11、A
12、C
13、C
14、D
15、B
16、C
17、C
18、A
19、C
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、A
2、D
3、B
4、D
5、C
6、B
22、1、C
2、D
3、B
4、A
23、112、A
1、D
2、C
3、B
24、1、D
2、B
3、C
25、"How to Let Co of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change" is the latest movie from film-maker and climate activist Josh Fox.The movie is the third film in a three-part series about climate change.
In 2010,Fox's documentary "Gasland" was appointed for the highest award-an Oscar. "Gasland" explored the hotly debated process of removing natural gas from the ground.He examined the subject again in "Gasland Ⅱ".
Fox was in Washington,D．C．recently to present his third film.He was arrested during a protest against a new fuel pipeline.In the film,Fox says pollution from fossil fuels must be reduced.Without limits,there will be more extreme weather,like severe storms and dry weather,rising sea levels,causing shortages of food and water, "When you really encounter that head on,it causes an in-credible crisis."
In the new film,Fox travels through a sunless forest in the Amazon with local activists to measure oil spills.He goes to a village in Ecuador to learn how people there stopped a pipeline from being built.He joins young people in Australia to stop boats from entering the port of Newcastle.
"You should probably know the downside of what we're about to do.This is the short list: drowning,being arrested: being run over by boats,drifting away in currents out into the Pacific Ocean,cultural disrespect,big waves."
Also in the film,Fox talks to Ella Zhou,an energy expert.She explained the importance of what she calls "moral imagination"."I think that it forces us to get out of our box of thinking about,for instance,what is being successful.It allows us to have a moral value about what you want as a person.What do you want to do for the world and for yourself?"
5、Why was Fox's "Gasland" appointed for an Oscar?
A．Because Fox is the most famous film-maker in America.
B．Because Fox had experienced incredible crisis in the globe.
C．Because the movie is mainly about global climate change.
D．Because Fox was arrested for opposing a new fuel pipeline.
6、What does the underlined word "that" refer to?
A．The pollution from fossil fuels. B．The economic crisis.
C．The increasing population. D．The extreme weather.
7、What's the purpose of "moral imagination" mentioned in the last paragraph? A．To warn people of the importance of creating new fuels.
B．To make people learn to be creative in thinking things.
C．To motivate people to achieve their dreams in their life.
D．To stimulate people to find the values of individuals.
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、C
2、A
3、A
4、D
5、B
6、B
7、A
8、C
9、C
10、D
11、D
12、C
13、B
14、A
15、D
16、D
17、B
18、A
19、B
20、D
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．who
2．himself
3．totally
4．left
5．wearing
6．for
7．to treat
8．warmth
9．a
10．but
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28、
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29、Dear John,
Glad to hear from you! I am sorry to hear that you have been ill for days and hope you have got better now. I’m writing to persuade you to take more exercise after class.
You have studied so hard that you have had no time for exercise. But it is really harmful to your health. First of all, exercise can improve your physical condition and refresh
your mind. Secondly, after one or two hours of exercise you can study better than now. I think only have a strong body, you can keep on studying without feeling bad or ill. Otherwise, your study will be interrupted from time to time by sickness.
I do hope you can take my suggestion into consideration and make a final decision. Looking forward to your quick reply.
Yours,
Li Hua。