精品解析：江苏省无锡市江阴市三校联考2023-2024学年高一下学期4月期中英语试题(原卷版)

2023-2024学年第二学期高一期中考试英语试题
第二部分阅读理解（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）
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Getting close to nature
The Lakes Aquarium
Lakeside, Newby Bridge, LA12 8AS
Located at Lakeside, on the south-western tip of Lake Windermere, the aquarium has a variety of strange and wonderful aquatic wildlife, as well as a small selection of land-dwelling creatures.
Cost: Adult £8.50
Children aged 3 to 15 £6 Children under 3 Free
Seasonal opening: Open daily from 10 am; Close 4:30 pm
Things to see
The lakes of Cumbria may appear peaceful on the surface, but they hide a whole world of fascinating and curious creatures, with many of them on display at the aquarium. There are sections covering both local lakes and those from further afield. In the Lake District section you can view native creatures such as crayfish(淡水龙虾) and perch(鲈鱼), as well as mammals such as harvest mice.
Children are encouraged to learn more about the water cycle and how this determines the landscapes we see around us. There is an Asian otter enclosure(围场) with feeding times and talks available. Watch out for the piranhas(水虎鱼) in the Americas section, and visit the creatures of the rainforests that include marmosets(狨猴) and boa constrictors(蟒蛇).
Guided tours
The advised maximum group size for a guided tour is 25 people—larger groups will be divided into more manageable numbers for guided tours. We recommend that you allow at least one to one and a half hours for the guided tour.
Useful information
While there is no cafe in the Lakes Aquarium building, there are two cafes in the buildings nearby. 1872 serves Starbucks coffee as well as sandwiches and sweet treats, and also has a selection of gifts available for purchase. Oscars in the station-building serves hot and cold meals with great views of the lake.
21. If Mr. Brown wants to visit the Lakes Aquarium with his 4-year-old son, how much does he have to pay?
A. £6.
B. £8.50.
C. £14.50.
D. Nothing.
22. What creatures can’t you see in the Americas section?
A. Crayfish.
B. Piranhas.
C. Marmosets.
D. Boa constrictors.
23. What are visitors advised to do in the Lakes aquarium?
A. Experience the interactive birthday party.
B. Join the guided tour instead of traveling alone.
C. Bring some food and drinks along.
D. Spend at least one hour on the guided tour.
B
From Mozart to Metallica, tons of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint, write, or draw. Most believe that music helps increase creativity, but an international study conducted by English and Swedish researchers is challenging that view. The study results were echoed by scientists from Lancaster University, and the University of Gavle, saying their findings show music actually weakens creativity.
To reach their conclusions, researchers had volunteers complete verbal problems designed to inspire creativity while sitting in a quiet room, and then again while music played in the background. They found that background music significantly weakened the volunteers’ ability to complete tasks connected with verbal creativity. The team also tested background noises like those commonly heard in a library, but found that such noises had no influence on subjects’ creativity.
The tasks were simple word games. For example, volunteers were given three words, such as dress, rise, and flower. Then, they were asked to find a single word connected with all three that could be combined to form a common phrase or word. The single word, in this case, would be “sun” (sundress, sunrise, sunflower). Volunteers completed the tasks in either a quiet room, or while listening to two different types of music: rock music or light music
“We found strong evidence of weakened performance when playing background music in comparison to quiet background conditions,” says co-author D. Neil McLatchie of Lancaster University. He and his colleagues find that music negatively influences the verbal working memory processes of the brain, preventing creativity. Also, as far as the library background noises having seemingly no effect, the study’s authors believe that was the case because library noises create a “regular state” environment that doesn’t affect concentration.
“To conclude, the findings here challenge the popular view that music increases creativity, and instead show that music, whatever type it is, is always a disadvantage for creative performance in problem solving,” the study reads.
24. The underlined word in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by ________.
A. challenged
B. accepted
C. doubted
D. heard
25. What were the volunteers asked to do in the study?
A. To play music.
B. To combine given words.
C. To create new words.
D. To connect words with music.
26. What can we infer from the study?
A. Quiet background inspires creativity best.
B. Library noise does no harm to creativity.
C. Music has a bad effect on language ability.
D. Music types matter in creative performance.
27. Which is the main idea of the passage?
A. Quiet Environments Prevent Concentration.
B. Background NoiseAffects Concentration.
C. Composing Music Weakens Creativity.
D. Listening to Music Reduces Creativity.
C
Kids are three times more likely to choose to be Internet celebrities (名人) than astronauts, a survey found recently. Many are already on their way - more and more children are now making and sharing videos on social media.
Meanwhile education experts worry that going after Internet fame won’t be good for children in the long run. Their biggest concern is that kids don’t know how being on the Internet today might affect them in the future. The parts of the brain that people use to make decisions don’t fully mature until around age 25, so children cannot imagine how their future might be affected by what they share now.
What’s worse, some parents, who are crazy about becoming famous on their own, can’t watch out for the best interests of their own children. A young mother, Michelle Hobson, was accused of starving and kicking her children when they didn’t do what she wished for in the videos. She was charged with child abuse and ordered to distance herself from kids.
Keeping famous on the Internet takes much time and patience, too. It can distract students away from homework, sports and other activities. For example, one of the superstars, 14-year-old Emma Garza, dropped out of school to become a Vlogger (video blogger). She said that making videos was so tough that she couldn’t make time for study and even suffered back pain and weakening eyesight.
Although we don’t yet know the effects on a child’s development by constantly performing to entertain others, we can easily imagine that the effort to attract viewers will be less helpful to a kid, compared with spending that time reading a book. For a kid today, becoming an Internet superstar might not only be more popular than being an astronaut. It might also be more dangerous.
28. What problem is discussed in Paragraph 1?
A. Internet affects kids’ growth.
B. Young kids seek Internet fame.
C. Social media mislead children.
D. Children watch too many videos.
29. What is the major concern of education experts about children?
A. Security.
B. Family.
C. Study.
D. Future.
30. Why is Emma Garza mentioned in the passage?
A. To highlight her success.
B. To introduce a new career.
C. To show the impact on students.
D. To encourage kids to be Vloggers.
31. What does the author think of children’s being an Internet celebrity?
A. Exciting.
B. Doubtful.
C. Beneficial.
D. Negative.
D
Much information can be conveyed, purely through our eyes, so the expression “eyes also talk” is often heard.
Can you recall any experience that further proves this statement? On a bus you may quickly glance at a stranger, but not make eye contact. If he senses that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.
It is the same in daily life. If you are stared at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry about other's staring at you that way. Eyes do convey information, right？
Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to turn away his gaze, his intentions are obvious. That is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is showing affection for her.
However, the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking, to tell him that he is attentive.
If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to control you, you will feel uneasy. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication.
In fact, continuous eye contact happens between lovers only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show love that words cannot express.
Evidently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the specific situation.
32. What may a person usually do on a bus?
A. Glance at a stranger with eye contact.
B. Use eyes to talk to a stranger politely.
C. Glance at a stranger without eye contact.
D. Talk to a stranger politely after a quick glance.
33. Why is a poor liar easy to be seen through?
A. He thinks that he is honest.
B. He wants to control the victim.
C. He feels uneasy about others’ eye contact.
D. He looks straight at the victim for too long a time.
34. What does it mean if a man looks at a woman for over 10 seconds?
A. He likes her eyes.
B. He admires her.
C. He knows her well.
D. He makes contact with her.
35. What's the best title of the passage?
A. Eyes Can Also “Talk”
B. How to Make Eye Contact
C. Different Ways of Expressing Thoughts
D. The Importance of Body Language
第二节（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选项。

How To Deal With A Bully
Bullying is when someone misuses his authority( 权威) or power inside a relationship.____36____This behavior can cause physical and emotional harm on others and often leaves the victim feeling helpless.
It is never easy to deal with all the unwanted bullying even when you have done nothing
wrong.____37____Here are some helpful ways to deal with a bully when you get bullied.
Ask Them To Stop
____38____Sometimes when we do not speak up for ourselves, the bullies continue with their behavior thinking of us as easy targets. Telling them to stop in a firm and confident voice can make them reconsider their actions. This will work only if they have not yet established a pattern of bullying you. It is important to keep in
mind that you are trying to de-escalate(弱化) the situation.
____39____
Bullies usually hunt for people who are alone or have isolated themselves from their surroundings. If you are with your friends, or if you are in the company of someone, it is least likely that the bully will disturb you. We are not asking you to make a huge circle of friends, but sometimes all it takes is one loyal friend who will stay by you
no matter what.
Ignore Them
Another effective measure to ignore a bully is by ignoring them. They think of it as a game, and when they get
an emotional response from you, it satisfies their ego. ____40____So if they get nothing, they will stop bothering you because they will know you are not an easy one to attack.
A. Be Accompanied
B. Make More Friends
C. Asking the bully to stop is sometimes an effective measure to deal with them.
D. It can be outside of a relationship too as this behavior knows no bounds.
E. Such bullies will go around spreading rumors and false news.
F. However, doing nothing in return will only result in more intense bullying.
G. When you do not react to what they say or do no matter how hurtful it may be for you, they start to lose interest in you.
第三部分语言知识运用（共四节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。

When one door closes for Li Mei, another one opens.
Born with serious____41____, Li has found a way to communicate with the world through painting. “Paint brushes can help me create a colorful world, showing my thoughts on paper instead of through my ____42____,” Li writes.
Before learning to paint in primary school, Li always felt____43____in a silent world. She knew she was
____44____because she could not hear. ____45____, a painting class finally opened a door for creativity and expression for her.
Painting not only helped Li____46____her unhappy childhood, but has also become her career. Moreover, it led Li to eventually meet her husband Hu Shiqun. Having also lost his hearing when he was one year old, Hu is also a(n)____47____lover.
In 2016, Li____48____her husband’s company, which specializes in (专攻)3D wall and ground paintings. All the five____49____there are hearing- impaired ( 受损的). “I know how_____50_____it is for hearing-impaired people to find a job. So I want to help those who are interested in painting to_____51_____their dreams,” Hu says.
In many parks and scenic spots in Hunan province, the couple have created lots of murals (壁画)and pavement paintings. For Li, their creations can make art more_____52_____to the public and, behind each design, there is someone, who desire to_____53_____the world.
“My husband and I want to introduce painting to more people like us and help them find their own way
to_____54_____, ” Li writes. “I hope that more hearing- impaired people can be_____55_____by our story.”
41. A. hearing loss B. sight loss C. weight loss D. taste loss
42. A. action B. mind C. voice D. appearance
43. A. lonely B. curious C. peaceful D. hopeful
44. A. shy B. weak C. brave D. different
45. A. Moreover B. However C. Thus D. Therefore
46. A. get through B. carry out C. catch up with D. leave behind
47. A. music B. art C. adventure D. sports
48. A. controlled B. joined C. ran D. left
49. A. editors B. customers C. engineers D. employees
50. A. normal B. abnormal C. tough D. interesting
51. A. realize B. record C. understand D. change
52. A. convenient B. accessible C. memorable D. useful
53. A. deal with B. help with C. connect with D. agree with
54. A. make progress B. make a living C. improve skills D. overcome fears
55. A. comforted B. amused C. trained D. inspired
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Poetry (诗歌), ___56___ common form of literature, plays an important role in ancient China. At that time, there were no TVs or films, and ___57___ (write) had not been invented, so people would sit around the fire at night and sing songs. Since nothing was set down, different versions of these songs ___58___ (create), and each area would have its own rhythm (韵律). As these songs were often quite long, they often had rhyme and rhythm ___59___ (help) people remember them more easily. While in the ___60___ (begin) such songs had a very simple format, over time they became more difficult and ___61___ (pretty). These were no longer the works of amateurs (业余爱好者) sitting around a fire, ___62___ works of true poets who cared about their art and who sometimes made a living from it.
Poetry plays with sounds, words, and grammar, ___63___ makes poetry difficult to write but very interesting to read. In fact, the tradition of writing and reading poems ___64___ (pass) down over the generations. ____65____ is amazing that now even more people are trying to write poems by themselves!
第三节单词的适当形式填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
66. She made no __________(refer) to her illness but only to her future plans.（所给单词适当形式填空）
67. She became _________(distance) aware that the light had grown strangely brighter. （所给词的适当形式填
空）
68. Earliest museums were private collections and were only ________ (access) to a narrow circle of people.(所给词适当形式填空)
69. There is so much________(ignore) about mental illness. (所给词的适当形式填空)
70. The scientists ________ (involve) in the research on space exploration have been making new attempts at manned space flights. (所给词的适当形式填空)
71. I think this is really ________(sufficient) clear and let’s not spend any more time on this issue. （所给词适当形式填空）
72. According to the local law, no one shall enter the building site without _______（permit ）. （用单词适当形式填空）
73. The _________(apply) were asked to fill in a form and went for their turn.（所给词适当形式填空）
74. If you have a good time management, the _________(addict) can be removed. （所给词的适当形式填空）
75. Nowadays, consumers prefer to shop online and have their goods ________(deliver) to their door. （所给词的适当形式填空）
第四节 翻译句子（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
76. 令他父母宽慰的是，他戒除了网络游戏的瘾。

(get rid of) （汉译英）
_____________________________________________________
77. 他的注意力都集中在手机上，他没有立即对那个问题做出评论。

(with 的复合结构) （汉译英）_____________________________________________________
78. 由于缺乏资源，他们延迟了实施这项科学研究。

(postpone) （汉译英）
_____________________________________________________
79. 他没有想到可怕的灾难即将到来。

(it occurs to sb that on one’s way ) （汉译英）
_____________________________________________________
80. 人类活动造成的污染已经导致了很多公共健康问题。

(give rise to) （汉译英）
_____________________________________________________
第四部分应用文写作（满分20分）
81. 假如你是李华。

4月23日是“世界读书日”，为此，你校开展了一系列活动。

请给你的笔友Tom 写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 介绍活动内容；
2. 分享个人收获。

注意：1. 写作词数100左右；
的的的
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,
With the World Reading Day coming I am writing to share some related information with you.
____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________。