河南省豫南豫北名校2023-2024学年高三英语第一学期期末检测试题含解析

河南省豫南豫北名校2023-2024学年高三英语第一学期期末检
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第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．The world’s leading thinkers and policymakers examine what’s come apart in the past year, and what will define the year ahead,
A．evaluate B．innovate
C．anticipate D．regulate
2．If you can do what you’re weakest ______, you can handle any challenge.
A．for B．at
C．with D．to
3．—There aren’t any toys in our suitcase．Where have you put them?
—Oh, no．That old lady sitting next to us ______ have taken ours by mistake. A．must B．could C．should D．would
4．We __________back in the hotel now if you didn’t lose the map．
A．are B．were
C．would be D．will be
5．Between the two generations, it is often not their age, _________ their education that causes misunderstanding.
A．like B．as C．or D．but
6．As John Lennon once said, life is ________ happens to you while you are busy making other plans.
A．Which B．that
C．what D．where
7．________ work and creative activities have been important drivers of human progress is deeply rooted in our social values.
A．How B．Whether
C．That D．Why
8．The Dragon Boat Festival ________ the beginning of the hottest season of the year. A．is marking B．marks C．will mark D．marked
9．I was ill that day, otherwise I _______the sports meet.
A．took part in B．would have taken part in
C．had taken part in D．would take part in
10．The exchange student from Kenya often shares with us the news of his country and ____of his neighbouring countries.
A．those B．that C．it D．the one
11．I don’t like fish, so I eat it unless I was extremely hungry.
A．needn’t B．shouldn’t C．can’t D．wounldn’t
12．As economy is declining, jobs ________to the young, continue to be scarce. A．available B．convenient
C．comfortable D．valuable
13．—Why are you in such a hurry, Bob?
—Mother told me I ________ be home by 9:00 pm, or she will be worried.
A．must B．might
C．can D．may
14．—The food here is nice enough.
—My friend ________me a right place.
A．introduces B．introduced
C．had introduced D．was introducing
15．Christine is ______ about anything but her dress as she doesn’t really care about what she looks like in the eyes of others.
A．cautious B．optimistic
C．particular D．curious
16．____ interested in English may join this club.
A．Whoever B．All who C．Anyone D．Who
17．To fetch water before breakfast seemed to me a rule ______.
A．to never break B．never to have broken
C．never to be broken D．never to be breaking
18．Because of the heavy snow, we had to delay the visit until this weekend to the artgallery ____ in the center of our city these days.
A．being held B．holding C．to be held D．held
19．So popular _____ in his adopted hometown that he has been named honorary citizen of Beijing.
A．Stephon Marbury is
B．Stephon Marbury will be
C．is Stephon Marbury
D．will Stephon Marbury be
20．–My TV set doesn’t work, the water tap is dripping and my car is still under repair!–You sure ________ bad luck these days.
A．had B．will have C．had had D．are having
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）Depression and suicidal thoughts have doubled in young Americans, according to a new study from the American Psychological Association.
Likely triggers? Cell phones and social media.
“More US adolescents and young adults in the late 2010s, vs the mid-2000s, experienced serious psychological distress, major depression and more attempted suicide (自杀)”, says lead research er Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University. “These trends are weak or non-existent among adults 26 years and over, suggesting a generational shift in mood disorders instead of an overall increase across
all ages.”
Twenge believes this trend is partially due to the explosion of digital culture over the past decade, which may have twisted modes of social interaction enough to affect mood disorders.
The study analyzed data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which tracked drug and alcohol use and mental health issues in more than 200,000 youths aged 12 to 3 from 2005 to 203 and almost 400,000 adults from 2008 to 203.
Major depression in the last 12 months increased by 52 percent in kids from 2005 to 203 and 63 percent in young adults aged 4 to 25 from 2009 to 203. There was also a 71 percent jump in young adults experiencing serious psychological distress in the previous 30 days from 2008 to 203.
So what’s so different now? Twenge says research shows young people just aren’t getting as much shuteye as they did in previous generations.
Whereas older Americans might have established more stability in their lives,
sleep-disrupting social stressors are likely at their peak for teens and young adults in this digital era, she says. Older adults are also less likely to let devices interfere (干预) with sleep.
These results suggest a need for more research to understand how digital communication versus face-to-face social interaction influences mood disorders and to
develop specialized interventions for younger age groups.
Her suggestion? Put your phone down at least an hour before bedtime.
1、How is Paragraph 6 developed?
A．By stating facts. B．By giving examples.
C．By providing statistics. D．By presenting theories.
2、What might Professor Twenge agree with?
A．Mood disorders show no difference across all ages.
B．Teens are less likely to let devices interfere with sleep.
C．Digital cultural explosion might cause depression in teens.
D．The past decade has seen a sharp decrease in teens mental disorders.
3、What do the underlined words “social stressors” in Para 8 mean?
A．Interaction modes. B．Mental health issues.
C．Drug and alcohol use. D．Cell phones and social media.
4、From which is the text probably taken?
A．A biology textbook. B．A science magazine.
C．A travel guidebook. D．A medical case.
22．（8分）An unconventional new initiative(首创)in Canada will soon allow doctors to prescribe art to their patients—by giving them free access to a local museum.Wandering through the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts(MMFA)，these patients and their loved ones will be able to feast their eyes on the peaceful collections of art.
The initiative is the first of its kind in the world.And while you certainly can’t replace a conventional treatment with a couple of paintings，the idea is for
such“prescriptions”to assist a person’s current treatment plan.Under the new program，members of the Francophone Association of Doctors in Canada(MFDC)will be able to hand out up to 50 prescriptions for their patients.
These prescriptions will be available for those with a wide range of mental and physical illnesses，and each of them will allow two adults and two children to visit the museum for free.
“By offering free admission to a safe，welcoming place，a relaxing experience，a moment of relief，and an opportunity to strengthen ties with loved ones，MMFA—MFDC Museum Prescriptions contribute to the patient’s well-being and recovery，”explains a news conference from the MMFA．
It may look a lot like a marketing effort for the museum but there’s al so increasing evidence that the display of visual art，especially if it’s showing nature，can have positive effects on health outcomes.
In some ways，the benefits of looking at art appear a little similar to physical activity.A systematic review of clinical art therapy(疗法) found that visual art has significant and positive effects on depression，anxiety，mood，and self-esteem.Findings like these are slowly gaining attraction in the medical community，making artwork a higher priority(优先)in hospitals around the world.
In the US，nearly half of all health care institutions have reported including art in health care programming，such as art therapy and the placement of visual art in hospitals.With spaces dedicated(专用的)to art therapy and also a medical consultation room，the MMFA already provides services for people with mental health issues，eating disorders，and Alzheimer’s disease，just to name a few.
1、How will some Canadian doctors treat their patients?
A．Introducing fine arts to their patients.
B．Feasting them in a peaceful and welcoming place.
C．Keeping them company through the Montreal Museum.
D．Giving them a prescription to access a local museum for free.
2、MMFA thinks the new initiative in Canada can be_______.
A．a help with patients’recovery B．a chance to make friends
C．the best option for the treatment plan D．a substitute for conventional treatment 3、Why does the museum join in the program?
A．To make visual art known to the public. B．To promote the museum into market. C．To strengthen ties with doctors. D．To advance the science of medicine. 4、What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．Fine arts will take the place of medicine.
B．Artists rarely suffer from some mental diseases.
C．More than 50 prescriptions are available for patients.
D．Art will be included in Canadian doctors’prescriptions.
23．（8分）Scientists have found living organisms trapped in crystals (晶体) that could be 50,000 years old.
The organisms were found in a hot, but beautiful cave system in Naica, Mexico.
These ancient life forms can be seen only with a microscope. Penelope Boston, who leads the Astrobiology Institute at NASA, the space agency of the United States, says the ancient microbes were able to live by eating minerals such as iron.
She spoke about the discovery recently at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. If the findings are confirmed, they will show how microbes can survive in extreme conditions. Forty different kinds of microbes and some viruses were found in the underground area. The genetic structures of these organisms are 10 percent different from those of their nearest relatives.
The caves in Naica are 800 kilometers deep. They were once used for mining lead. Before the miners began working in the caves, the area was separated from the surface and the outside world. Some of the caves are as big as the large religious centers built during Europe’s Middle Ages. There are crystals covering the walls. The caves are so hot that scientists must wear special clothing to keep cool. The clothing keeps the crystals safe from human germs (病菌) or other damage. Boston said the researchers could only work for about 20 minutes at a time before they had to go to a room that was 38 degrees Celsius to cool down.
NASA officials would not let Boston share her findings with scientific experts before last week’s announcement. So scientists could not say much about the findings. But Norine Noonan, a biologist with the University of South Florida, said she believed them. “Why are we surprised?” Noonan asked. “As a biologist, I would say life on earth is extremely tough and extremely colorful.”
Boston is also studying microbes commonly found inside caves in other countries, such as Ukraine and the United States. These microbes appear to be impossible to kill. Boston said they show how difficult life on earth can be.
1、The existence of the ancient microbes relies on .
A．surrounding insects B．eating minerals
C．diverse plants D．absorbing air
2、What can we infer about the caves in Naica from the passage?
A．The walls were built during Middle Ages.
B．The temperature in the caves is quite low.
C．The environment in the caves is difficult to adapt to.
D．The caves have been explored since they were formed.
3、What is the biologist Norine Noonan’s attitude towards the findings?
A．Neutral. B．Doubtful.
C．Positive. D．Indifferent.
4、What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Living organisms bring hope to scientific research.
B．Caves provide living environment for living organisms.
C．Microbes show great power to survive in terrible conditions.
D．Scientists discover 50,000-year-old “super life” in Mexico.
24．（8分）I am astonished at the way God knows when to send a special gift of encouragement at just the right time! It might be in a dream, a lost letter, a memory, or something found that we’d forgotten about.
My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. And summer after summer I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town where they lived. People knew everyone, their children, their pets, their ancestors.
Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting... she would make sandwiches and we’d have tea parties, plant flowers and carefully tend them. She loved knitting sweaters as well as making beautiful quilts for her grandchildren. I remember the small thimble (顶针) she would place on her finger while doing her needlework.
A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth for her new residence in Heaven, I bid farewell to my loving grandmother. How quickly our lives can change! We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday. I missed her very much, but I noticed it mostly on my birthdays, because there was no card from Grandma. She’d never forgotten my birthday!
On one particular birthday when I was feeling a little low, something happened made me feel as if she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow; it was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam（缝）that I carefully opened, and, to my delight, out came a tiny silver thimble!
How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her! Not realizing it had fallen off her finger, I pictured her sewing it into that little pillow that I just happened to fluff（抖松）, to place on my bedspread（床罩）that day. I carefully laid the thimble
alongside the others I’d collected over the years. What a precious memory of a very special lady who, somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble into my pillow. I heated the kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma
a lways did, and then enjoyed my tea and Grandma’s thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was!
1、In the author’s memory, what would her grandmother do?
A．She would make sandwiches and hamburgers for her family.
B．She would wear a thimble for needlework every day.
C．She would make beautiful quilts for money.
D．She would look after the flowers in the garden.
2、What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A．The modern world’s fast-changing life.
B．The fact that the grandmother had passed away.
C．The author’s missing her grandmother.
D．The love the author got from her grandmother.
3、How did the author feel when she found the thimble?
A．Surprised and joyful. B．Delighted but regretful.
C．Guilty and sad. D．Joyful but lonely.
4、Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A．Grandma’s Thimble.
B．Grandma’s Life Story.
C．The Joy of Finding Something Lost.
D．The Importance of Putting Things Away.
25．（10分）Happy Birthday to Me (and My Mom)
Forty-three years ago my mother went into labour for the second time. It was either very late New Year’s Day or very early on the second da y of 1969 depending on how you looked at it but either way, it was a full week past her due date when my mom woke up knowing it was time to wake my dad up, get dressed, pack up the car and head to the hospital. Her regular doctor was on vacation and when they reached the hospital they planned to deliver in were told that the doctor was on his way to another hospital so they should head there, in a neighbouring city. Most surprising to me now is that she felt well enough to attend a New Year’s party the previous night and stayed long enough to toast in the new year!
My mom and her family had immigrated to the United States just twenty years earlier from El Salvador. And that was a lucky thing for me. Not only did my mom gain
access to a better education and career options here in the US for herself, each of her three daughters would also enjoy her access to quality maternity (孕产妇的) care. While the US is hardly the world leader in maternal health or birth outcomes, these days a woman faces a 1 in 2,100 risk of dying during her life and in El Salvador, it’s 1 in 350-6 times worse. In 1969, that difference was even greater.
However, I was pregnant with my second child in El Salvador six years ago when I realized how very different my life might have turned out if I’d lived there when I delivered my first child. I travelled down there with CARE, the humanitarian relief organization, whose efforts my mom had long supported, to see some of their principal programmes in action. Among them was one in particular that remains with me today. It was a water project where pregnant women, many of whom had walked miles to access this clean water, receive some basic care before or after childbirth. Here these women were, facing the exact same physical challenges as me but still carrying the full work load of the family and with little to no resources for information, care, transportation or comfort during or after their pregnancies.
By this time, I was all too aware of what a challenge childbirth could be. After delivering my daughter in 2003, I survived a hemorrhage (大出血), the leading childbirth-related complication that takes the lives of thousands of other mothers all over the world. One girl or woman dies every 90 seconds in pregnancy or childbirth from what is in most cases a preventable death. I was as shocked as you are when I discovered this fact but I was also grateful. Grateful because I had been in the care of a team of health workers when I needed them most.
I thought of my mother’s life. While she had been born in a good hospital in San Salvador in the 1930’s, at that time pregnancy-related deaths were common even in the US. My great grandmother also hemorrhaged, only after delivering her fifth child and she died. Her husband, my mom’s grandfather was a physician at the time. He would give up practising medicine forever when he couldn’t save her.
But it wasn’t only my mom and her family that I thought of as I considered my own fate and good fortune, it was all those women I’d spent the day with in the rural community I’d visited with CARE. We’d made a connection that day, we mothers, as women. These women did not have access to the simple interventions (介入) that could insure their survival and that’s what concerned me. It did more than concern me, it woke me up and begged this question, why should any one life be of different value than any other?
And so, I made the commitment right there and then to do all I could to improve maternal health and reduce the number of maternal deaths around the globe.
1、The underlined phrase “went into labour” in Paragraph 1 means “________”. A．suffered from a disease B．gave birth to a baby
C．took up an offer of work D．tidied up the house
2、According to the passage, the writer felt fortunate enough ________.
A．to enjoy the best maternity care in the world
B．to attend better schools in the United States
C．to live in a developed country permanently
D．to have a better sense of maternal security
3、When she returned to her motherland six years ago, the writer ________. A．regretted not delivering her first child there
B．was very surprised at the great changes there
C．offered special care to women in need there
D．researched into the medical conditions there
4、The writer realized the vital importance of maternity care ________
A．through her own experience
B．with the help of health workers
C．during her stay in El Salvador
D．upon the death of some women
5、The writer is obviously determined to ________.
A．be a physician different from her great grandfather
B．change the situation in the field of maternal health
C．request more people to care about maternity care
D．volunteer care duri ng or after women’s pregnancies
6、What conclusion does the passage lead you to?
A．Pregnancy-related deaths can hardly be kept from happening.
B．Birth and death went hand in hand with each other very often.
C．Physicians failed to save patients from various curable diseases.
D．Women would rather have no children for tear of a hemorrhage.
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）Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device (装置) o n your desk. And they’ve never actually 1 you. Everything they know about you 2 through this device, sometimes from hundreds of miles away. 3 they feel they can know you 4 from the sound of your voice. That’s how powerful the 5 is.
Powerful, yes, but not always 6 . For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone. Rani, my faceless agent whom I’d never met 7 , got me rock-bottom prices on airfares, cars, and hotels. But her cold voice really 8 me. I sometimes
wished to 9 another agent.
One morning, I had to 10 an immediate flight home for a family emergency.
I ran into Rani’s office 11 . The woman sitting at the desk, 12 my madness, sympathetically jumped up. She gave me a 13 smile, nodded while listening patiently, and then printed out the 14 immediately. ＂What a wonderful lady! ＂I thought.
Rushing out 15 I called out over my shoulder, ＂By the way, what’s your name?＂＂I’m Rani,＂she said. I turned around and saw a 16 woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip. I was 17 ! Why had I thought she was cold? Rani was, well, so 18 .
Sitting back in the car on the way to the airport, I figured it all out. Rani’s 19 — her warm smile, her nods, her ‘I’m here for you’ 20 — were all silent signals that didn’t travel through wires.
1、A．accepted B．noticed C．heard D．met
2、A．came B．moved C．ran D．developed
3、A．Thus B．Yet C．Then D．Indeed
4、A．rather B．also C．just D．already
5、A．telephone B．voice C．connection D．impression
6、A．direct B．useful C．easy D．accurate
7、A．in person B．by myself C．in public D．on purpose
8、A．annoyed B．interested C．discouraged D．confused
9、A．promote B．train C．find D．know
10、A．arrange B．postpone C．confirm D．book
11、A．for the first time B．at any time C．from time to time D．in good time
12、A．expecting B．seeing C．testing D．avoiding
13、A．shy B．comforting C．familiar D．forced
14、A．bill B．form C．ticket D．list
15、A．hopefully B．disappointedly C．gratefully D．regretfully
16、A．careful B．serious C．nervous D．pleasant
17、A．amused B．worried C．helpless D．speechless
18、A．calm B．nice C．proud D．clever
19、A．forgiveness B．eagerness C．friendliness D．skillfulness
20、A．explanation B．attitude C．concept D．behavior
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）The Great Wall of China is more than 6,000 kilometres long. It winds 1．(it) way from west to cast, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys 2．at last it reaches the sea. The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries. The first part of it 3．(build) during the Spring and Autumn period. During the Qin Dynasty, 4．(keep) the enemy out of his empire, Emperor Qin Shi Huang had all the walls 5．(join) up. Thus, the Great Wall came into being. The Great Wall is wide enough at 6．top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, 7．soldiers used to keep watch. Fires were lit on the towers as a 8．(warn) when the enemy came.
It was 9．(extreme)difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines. All the work was done 10．hand. Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28．（10分）下面短文中有10处语法错误。

请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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11处起）不计分。

Once upon a time there was
a boy who fond of reading、However, he was very poor tobuy any books、That was the reason that he had to borrow books from arich man who owned a lot of books、The boy knew clearly that he has to finishreading the books he had borrowed them and return them to the owner as soonas p ossible、A rich man, who was ready to lend any of his book to the boy, readfew of his own books、With time going on, the boy read a lots but finally becamea famous writer in his time、Though the rich man had so many books, he remaineda man with little knowledge because of he seldom read his books、
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29．（25分）假设你是晨光中学的机器人兴趣小组组长李津，你的美国朋友Chris就读于天津某国际学校，他曾在机器人技能竞赛中获奖。

你打算邀请他加入你的团队，参加即将于7月底在天津举行的世界青少年机器人技能竞赛。

请根据以下提示代表兴趣小组给他写一封电子邮件。

比赛的时间、地点；邀请他的原因；训练计划将发送其邮箱，请
他提出建议。

注意：（1）词数不少于100；可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：
世界青少年机器人技能竞赛the World Adolescent Robotics Competition
Dear Chris,
I have good news to tell you.
______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________ _________________
___________________________________________________________________________ _________________
___________________________________________________________________________ _________________
__________________________________________________________________________ I’m lo oking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Jin
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、A
4、C
5、C
6、C
7、C
8、B
9、B
10、B
11、D
12、A
13、A
14、B
15、C
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、C
2、C
3、D
4、B
22、1、D
2、A
3、B
4、D
23、1、B
2、C
3、C
4、D
24、1、D
2、C
3、A
4、A
25、1、B
2、D
3、C
4、A
5、B
6、B
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、D
2、A
3、B
4、C
5、A
6、D
7、A
8、A
9、C
10、D
11、A
12、B
13、B
14、C
15、C
16、D
17、D
18、B
19、C
20、B
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．its
2．till/until/and
3．was built
4．to keep
5．Joined
6．the
7．where
8．warning
9．extremely
10．by
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28、Once upon a time there was a boy who∧ fond of reading、However, he was
verypoor tobuy
was too
any books、That was the reason that he had to borrow books from arich man who owned a lot of
why
books、The boy knew clearly that he has to finishreading the books he had borrowed them and return
had
them to the owner as soonas possible、A rich man, who was ready to lend any of his book to the boy,
The books readfew of his own books、With time going on, the boy read a lotsbut finally becamea famous writer
lot and
in his time、Though the rich man had so many books, he remaineda man with little knowledge
because of he seldom read his books、
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29、略。