2023年高一英语半期考试试卷.doc

射洪中学级高一上期小班加试
英语试卷

阐明：本试卷共两卷，第一卷和第二卷。第一卷答案请涂在机读卡上，第二卷答案请写在答题卷上规定位置。交卷时交机读卡和答题卷。试卷总分为150分，考试时间为120分钟。
第一卷
英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每题1分，满分10分）
从A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. With smartphones _______ more and more popular in modern society，“phubbing”，which
means ignoring others by using a smartphone，is becoming a serious problem.
A. to become B. becoming C. became D. having become
2. —The movie The Last Stand is on. Let’s go to the cinema and watch it tonight at 8:00，OK?
—_______ See you then.
A. Oh really? B. That’s settled. C. Have you got that? D. Not at all.
3. —Did you enjoy Jesse Peters concert last Tuesday Evening at Jiaozi Concert Hall?
—Oh，sure. It has been years _______ I last enjoyed myself like that.
A. since B. before C. until D. when
4. They waited and waited，and Kobe Bryant，the NBA super star they had been looking
forward to ______ at last.
A. appearing B. appear C. appeared D. appears
5. A plane crashed on Oct. 17，in Laos. Unfortunately，none of the 44 passengers on board
_______ the accident.
A. remained B. stayed C. lived D. survived
6. Life is full of surprises and you never know how things will _______.
A. turn out B. put out C. break out D. set out
7. You couldn’t imagine what difficulty the US government had _______ a law to protect its
citizen’s privacy.
A. passing B. passed C. to pass D. pass
8. Like so many scientists before him，the Nobel Prize winner in Physics Peter Higgs shows us
_______ the power of curiosity and perseverance can lead us to great discoveries.
A. what B. how C. when D. where
9. The smog in Harbin，which was considered one of the worst ever，_______ huge economic
loss so far.
A. caused B. had caused C. is causing D. has caused
10. We can improve our English ability by _______ of reading and listening to it a lot every day.
A. method B. approach C. way D. means

第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出一种最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. 11 ，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson，a Scotsman，had lived 12 for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 13 . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son 14 .
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 15 over the hills. They had been 16 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors for the heavy rain，Lloyd felt the days 17 . To keep the boy happy，Robert asked the boy to do some 18 . Ks5u
One morning，the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 19 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 20 . “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the 21 treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly 22 something of an adventure story in the boy’s 23 . While the rain was pouring，Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 24 a twelve-year-old boy，just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate (海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley，who walked around with the 25 of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to 26 such a man in a story. 27 Long John Silver，the pirate with a wooden leg，was 28 . K
So，thanks to a 29 September in Scotland，a friend with a wooden leg，and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy，we have one of the greatest 30 stories in the English language.
11. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Finally
12. A. alone B. next door C. at home D. abroad
13. A. meeting B. story C. holiday D. job
14. A. Lloyd B. Robert C. Henley D. John Ku
15. A. talk B. rest C. walk D. game
16. A. attempting B. missing C. planning D. enjoying
17. A. quiet B. dull C. busy D. cold
18. A. cleaning B. writing C. drawing D. exercising5
19. A. doubted B. noticed C. decided D. recognized
20. A. the sea B. the house C. Scotland D. the island
21. A. forgotten B. buried C. discovered D. unexpected
22. A. saw B. drew C. made D. learned
23. A. book B. reply C. picture D. mind u
24. A. star B. hero C. writer D. child
25. A. help B. problem C. use D. bottom5u
26. A. praise B. produce C. include D. accept5u
27. A. Yet B. Also C. But D. Thus
28. A. read B. born C. hired D. written5u
29. A. rainy B. sunny C. cool D. windy
30. A. news B. love C. real-life D. adventure

第二某些  阅读理解（两节 共25小题，每题2分，满分50分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 （共20小题；每题2分，满分40分）
A
Did you know that the position you choose to sleep in says something about what kind of person you are?
A study of 1,000 British people has been done by Chris Idzikowski，a British professor and director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service in the UK. It looked at the six most common sleeping positions and which personalities tend to match them. Have a look:
1. Fetus (胎儿) position – This is the most common sleeping position. About 41 percent of the participants said they sleep in this position. These sleepers may appear to be strong but they are usually sensitive (敏感) and shy. The more they curl (蜷缩) up，the more worried they are.
2. Log position (树干睡姿) – This is the second most common position. People who sleep like a log are usually stubborn.
3. Yearner position (向往型睡姿) – This position says that you are open-minded and eager (急切) to face challenges.
4. Soldier position – These sleepers lie on their backs with their arms down and close to the body. They are usually reserved and quiet.
5. Freefall position – People who sleep in this position are outgoing (外向) but feel a lack of control in their lives. This is the least comfortable position.
6. Starfish position – People who sleep like this are good listeners，helpful，and uncomfortable being the center of attention.
31. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Sleeping position decides personality.
B. Sleeping position reflects personality.
C. What the six different sleeping positions are like.
D. Different people have different sleeping positions.
32. Which of the following pictures shows “soldier position”?

A. B. C. D.
33. According to the passage，which of the following statements is correct?
A. Those sleeping in fetus position are always strong.
B. Those sleeping in log position changes their ideas easily.
C. Those sleeping in freefall position usually feel uncomfortable in their lives.
D. Those sleeping in starfish position may feel uneasy when focused on.
34. What does the underlined word “participants” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?
A. Fetus B. British people C. People surveyed D. Sleepers

B
Although his 1-year-old smart-phone still works perfectly，Li Jijia already feels the need to replace it.
“There are many better ones available now. It's time to upgrade(更新）my phone.”
Li’s impatience is shared by many. Shortly after the season when new products are released，many consumers feel the urge to upgrade their electronic equipment，even though the ones they have still work just fine.
As consumers’ minds are occupied by Apple’s newly released products and debate whether the Google tablet is better than the new Amazon Kindle，it might be time to take a step back and ask：“Do we really need the latest upgrades?”
According to Donald Norman，an American author，“planned obsolescence (淘汰）” is the trick behind the upgrading culture of today’s consumer electronics industry.
Electronics producers strategically release new upgrades periodically，both for hardware and software，so that customers on every level feel the need to buy the newest version.
“This is an old-time trick---they’re not inventing anything new,” Norman said. “This is a wasteful system through which companies--many of them producing personal electronics-- release poor-quality products simply because they know that，in six months or a year，they’ll put out a new one.”
But the new psychology of consumers is part of this system，as Norman admitted，“We now want something new，something pretty，the next shiny thing.” In its most recent year，Apple's profit margin(利润) was more than 21 percent. At Hewlett-Packard，the world’s biggest PC maker，it was only 7 percent.
Apple’s annual upgrades of its products create sales of millions of units as owners of one year’s MacBook or iPhone line up to buy the newest version，even when the changes are slight.
As to Li Jijia，the need for upgrading his smart-phone comes mainly from friends and classmates. When they are switching to the latest equipment，he worries about feeling left out.
“Some games require better hardware to run,” said Li. “If you don't join in，you lose part of the connection to your friends.”
35. What’s the author’s attitude towards people’s greed for new products?
A. Supportive. B. Optimistic. C. Critical. D. Unclear.
36. How do the electronics companies successfully promote their latest products?
A. They make full use of the “planned obsolescence” strategy.
B. They make a fool of customers by recycling their old products.
C. They control the customers’ way of thinking while shopping.
D. They invent new products to attract the youth like Li Jijia.
37. Why is Apple Company interested in producing latest version of its product?
A. To provide customers with better service.
B. To defeat other competitors like Hewlett-Packard. 新课 标第 一 网
C. To establish a favorable image of itself among its customers.
D. To make huge profits out of its business.
38. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Li Jijia feels the need to replace his smart-phone as a result of____.
A. new psychology B. peer pressure C. life style D. friends' expectation

C
When my brother and I were young，my mom would take us on Transportation Days.
It goes like this：You can’t take any means of transportation more than once. We would start from home，walking two blocks to the rail station. We’d take the train into the city center，then a bus，switching to the tram，then maybe a taxi. We always considered taking a horse carriage in the historic district，but we didn’t like the way the horses were treated，so we never did. At the end of the day，we took the subway to our closest station，where Mom’s friend was waiting to give us a ride home—our first car ride of the day.
The good thing about Transportation Days is not only that Mom taught us how to get around. She was born to be multimodal (多方式). She understood that depending on cars only was a failure of imagination and，above all，a failure of confidence—the product of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels.
Once you learn the route map and step with certainty over the gap between the train and the platform，nothing is frightening anymore. New cities are just light-rail lines to be explored. And your personal car，if you have one，becomes just one more tool in the toolbox—and often an inadequate one，limiting both your mobility and your wallet.
On Transportation Days，we might stop for lunch on Chestnut Street or buy a new book or toy，but the transportation was the point. First，it was exciting enough to watch the world speed by from the train window. As I got older，my mom helped me unlock the mysteries that would otherwise have paralyzed my first attempts to do it myself：How do I know where to get off?How do I know how much it costs?How do I know when I need tickets，and where to get them?What track，what line，which direction，where’s the stop，and will I get wet when we go under the river?
I’m writing this right now on an airplane，a means we didn’t try on our Transportation Days and，we now know，the dirtiest and most polluting of them all. My flight routed me through Philadelphia. My multimodal mom met me for dinner in the airport. She took a train to meet me.

39. Which was forbidden by Mom on Transportation Days?
A. Havinga car ride. B. Taking the train twice.
C. Buying more than one toy. D. Touring the historic district.
40. According to the writer，what was the greatest benefit of her Transportation Days?
A. Building confidence in herself. B. Reducing her use of private cars.
C. Developing her sense of direction. D. Giving her knowledge about vehicles.
41. Which means of transportation does the writer probably disapprove of (不赞成)?
A. Airplane. B. Subway. C. Tram. D. Car.

D
One of the greatest contributions（投稿）to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879，Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations (引文) showing how it was used.
This was a huge task. So Murray had to find volunteers from Britain，the United States，and the British colonies to search every newspaper，magazine，and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunteers responded，including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American Surgeon（外科医生）who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as “Broadmoor，Crowthorne，Berkshire,” 50 miles from Oxford.
Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to Murray. Over the next years，he became one of the staff’s most valued contributors.
But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations，he would always refuse to visit Oxford. So in 1897，Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived，he found Minor locked in a book-lined cell（囚室）at the Broadmoor Asylum（精神病院）for the Criminally insane.
Murray and Minor became friends，sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the dictionary，sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visit Minor regularly，sometimes taking walks with him around the asylum grounds.
In 1910，Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the port to wave goodbye to his remarkable friend.
Minor died in 1920，seven years before the first edition of the Oxford Englis