2023贵州省江口中学高一下学期开学考试英语试卷

江口中学2022-2023学年第二学期开学考试

高一年级英语试卷

考试时间：100分钟  

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）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

School Activities for Kids and Teens

Are you looking for full-filled activities for kids and teens? Here are some wonderful ones for you!

Secret of the Dragon

Time: Monday, July 1, 2015, 10:30 a. m.

Cost: Adult: $7.40, Children (under15): half

Bookings: Phone the booking office at 34032578.

Address: Brisbane Botanic Gardens

Note: Secret of the Dragon is a magical story about two children who are taken on a dragon ride to explore the universe.

The Search for life: Are We Alone?

Time: Thursday, July 4, 2015, 2:00 p. m.

Cost: Adult: $14. 50，Children (under 15): $8.70

Bookings: Phone the booking office at 34037689.

Address: Brisbane Botanic Gardens

Note: Are we truly alone in space? Is there any life out there? These are the questions asked in this show.

Magic Class

Time: Friday, July 12, 2015, 10:00 a. m.

Cost: Free

Bookings: Please call 34038470 to book your place.

Address: Centenary Community hub, 171 Dandenong Rd.

Note: Would you like to be a magician? Then join David, the magician, to learn about real magic with playing cards, coins, ring ropes and DIY projects and be able to become the life of the party.

Science with me: Making Your Own Guitar

Time: Saturday, July 20, 2015, 3:00 p. m.

Cost: Freed

Bookings: Please phone 34031226 to book your place.

Address: 10, Egginton Close

Note: Do you want to make a guitar with Katy and her mom? Science with Me is going to be with you. Please remember to bring a piece of wood, a hammer, some rubber bands and some nails with you.

1. Alec is strongly interested in space life. He may go to             .

A.The Search for Life   B. Science with Me   C. Secret of the Dragon   D.  Magic Class

2. John and his 10-year-old son want to watch Secret of the Dragon. How much should they pay?

A. $7.40.   B. $11.10   C. $14.80   D. $23.20

3. What do the four activities have in common?

A. They are all free.

B. They happen in the same place.

C. They are all weekend activities.

D. They can all be booked by phone.

B

There is a story about a man who lost his legs and left arm in an accident. After the accident, only a finger and thumb on his right hand remained.

He was a brilliant, creative, and educated man. He had gained a lot of experience while traveling around the world, so he became very depressed after his accident. He was afraid that he would spend the rest of his life suffering and would no longer be able to spend his life in a meaningful way. Then, he realized that he still had partial function of his right hand and could still write even though it was very difficult. An idea occurred to him. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”

He wrote to the prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied, “Writing to the prisoners is acceptable, but your letters will not be answered.”

Filled with excitement, the man knew he could write his letters. He began sending one-way messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the limit. He poured his heart and soul into his words and shared his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.

It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of a reply. One day he received a letter from the prison ministry. It was a short note from the officer who monitored and checked the prison mail.

The letter said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell(囚房) to cell until they fall to pieces!”

No matter what circumstances life may present, we all have unique experiences, abilities, and God-given talents. We can discover ways to reach others who desperately need messages of encouragement and strength.

4. In order to live in a meaningful way, what did the man begin to do?

A. Meet the people who are depressed.

B. Receive the school education again.

C.Write to other people in need of encouragement.

D. Help other people with lost arms and legs.

5. What do we know from the prison minister’s reply?

A. The prisoners were not allowed to answer the letters.

B. The man was not allowed to write to the prisoners.

C. The man couldn’t go to see the prisoners himself.

D. He was not sure if the prisoners liked receiving the letters.

6. What can be inferred from the officer’s short note?

A. His letters were very popular among the prisoners.

B. Some of the prisoners were not satisfied with his letters.

C. The man would be offered free paper to write letters on.

D. The prisoners eagerly wanted to write back to the man.

7. Which can be the best title of the passage?

A. Stories about a Helpful Person

B. Relationship between a Writer and Prisoners

C. Special Letters of Encouragement

D. Popularity of Some Special Letters

C

For many people， moths（飞蛾）are dust-colored pests that eat our clothes and disturb us by flying around lights after dark. Not for artist Joseph Scheer. The pictures he creates bring out the beauty of moths, with colors, shapes,and patterns that have never been seen before so clearly. “Digital tools let you see things you'd never see just looking with your eyes,” Scheer says. Scheer's pictures have been displayed around the world, and one reaction is heard everywhere: “People insist,'No,that can't be a moth,'” says Scheer.

Scheer's work began with a moth hunt in the state of New York. Scheer would leave the lights on and the windows open overnight at his university office, and then collect the moths that had flown in. When the building cleaners at the university complained, he moved the hunt to his friend Mark Klingensmith's yard. They set up two lights shining over a plastic container on a white sheet. Then moths appeared from the darkness, flew into the sheet, and fell into the plastic container. “We got a different species every night,” Scheer says. “The patterns and colors were unbelievable.”

After the hunt, they used a powerful scanner （扫描器） to get detailed pictures of moths. Small moths presented special challenges.

The scanner records so much information that a single moth can take 20 minutes to scan. A scan of just two small moths fills an entire CD. All that information means the size of the picture can be increased by 2, 700 percent but still keep all the details and appear perfectly clear. You＇d need a microscope（显微镜）to see the details shown in Scheer's prints.

Scheer's work is not only a new form of art. He has also made a valuable contribution to the record of the moths around him. He has helped identify more than a thousand different species. “Not from Alaska or the Amazon,”Klingensmith says, “All from one backyard.”

8. What do people mean by “No,that can't be a moth”?

A. Scheer is highly skilled at drawing.

B. The pictures seem too beautiful to be moths'.

C. The moths in the pictures are too strange.

D. They don't like the pictures of moths.

9. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. Scheer's working environment.

B. How Scheer caught moths.

C. How Scheer found moths' beauty.

D. Scheer's friendship with Klingensmith.

10.The figures mentioned in Paragraph 4 show that 

A. local moths have bright colors and clear patterns

B. a microscope should be used to prepare the pictures

C. high quality paint must be used to create the pictures

D. clear pictures result from much detailed information

11.What does the author think of Scheer's work?

A. It benefits research on moths.

B. It is a common form of art.

C. It'll get popular in Alaska or the Amazon.

D. It needs to overcome geographical limitations.

D

Every person has their own way of saying things, their own special expressions. Many everyday American expressions are based on colors.

Red is a hot colour. Americans often use it to express heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hots for their colour and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixicland jazz.

Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they’re in the pink when they’re in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the 20th century. It probably came from many babies who were born with a nice pink colour showing good health.

Blue is a cool colour. The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful. Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song---Mood Indigo—about the deep blue colour, indigo. In the words of the song: “You aren’t blue till you’ve had that Mood Indigo.” Someone who is blue is very sad.

The colour green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural colour for humans. A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.

Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as his friend’s, like a fast new car. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars of greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the colour of the back side of the paper money.

The colour black is often used in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day. The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day. A blacklist is illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.

12. If you had your wallet stolen while doing some shopping, you may call it ________.

A. a white day     B. a green day      C. a black day    D. a red day

13. Suppose Mr. Brown says his three children are all in the pink. This means they are ________.

A. gentle and modest         B. fit and healthy

C. creative and energetic    D. lucky and wealthy

14. When she got home and found nothing had been done by her husband, Jane was really ________.

A. blue      B.black      C. green      D. red hot

15. In the follow paragraph, the writer might tell the reader something about ________.

A. more words about a colour, such as brown

B. people’s response towards a black day

C. the influence of the traditional blues

D. unpopular organizations in the world

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 Win Votes in a School Election

In many ways,school elections are just like elections anywhere else.     16   .You will also need to work hard to make sure people know who you are and why they should vote for you. 

Decide what position to run for.     17   . Make sure you know what the position does,and what you will be able to do once you get there.There are limits to what you can do while in office,so knowing your responsibilities can keep you from making foolish campaign promises that you can’t keep. 

    18    .Talk to your friends about running,make sure they think it is a good idea,and ask for their help in running.You won’t be able to do this alone.It looks good if the people who know you best will vote for you.Your network can also help with more practical activities,such as designing and making posters and encouraging their classmates to vote for you. 

Advertise yourself.You and your campaign team should make posters,T-shirts,and other items that will let other students learn your name even if you don’t get to talk to them.     19   .

Encourage people to vote.Sometimes the hardest thing is actually getting people to participate in the election.     20   .Get people familiar with you so that they trust you enough to give you their vote. 

1. Argue with people.
2. Create a network.
3. Speak to as many people as you can throughout the school.
4. Therefore,they will eventually vote for someone else.
5. To win over voters,you need to reach out to as many voters as possible.
6. Student organizations have many offices with different responsibilities.
7. The most important is to include your name and the position on everything you make.

第三部分  语言知识运用（共两节，满分60分）

第一节  完形填空（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。

My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.

Last spring I bought two small chickens for her. She got ___21___and took good care of them. ___22___， a few days later, both chickens died. She ___23___ into tears because of their death. I helped her ___24___ the two chickens under a tree behind our house. I thought it would be the ___25___ of her idea.

___26___， I was wrong. Children are children ___27___. The failure hasn't ___28___ my daughter in any way. She still tried to keep a  small animal or even a snail（蜗牛）.

One day last winter, I ___29___ under the eaves (屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows (麻雀). My daughter and I could ___30___ the sparrows as our “pets”， but we didn't.

So I told her to ___31___ the grains on the windowsill (窗台). A few minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill ___32___ and pecked (啄)  at the rice. Suddenly my daughter asked me, “Mum, can we catch and ___33___ the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How ___34___ it is for them to live outside.”

“Oh, my dear, I do not think it's a good ___35___. You know，” I explained(解释) to her. “The sparrow is a bird who loves ___36___. No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will ___37___quickly. They are ___38___ to living outside. Moreover, they have warm nest under the eaves.”

From then on, we have set up a kind of relationship with the sparrow family. We feed them and ___39___ them as pet birds. However, we do not need to possess them. We ___40___ seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches, leaves and flowers in the spring morning.

21. A. surprised B. amazed C. disappointed D. excited

22. A.Unfortunately B. Suddenly C. Naturally D. Finally

23. A. burst B. happened C. broke D. turned

24. A. put B. bury C. dig D. set

25. A.beginning  B. end C. wish D. reality

26. A. However B. Then C. Therefore D. Thus

27. A. at all B. after all C. in all D. for all

28. A. helped B. encouraged C. upset D. impressed

29. A. stared B. glared  C. sensed D. noticed

30. A. look B. act C. feed D. catch

31. A. throw B. pour C. put D. pile

32. A. one another B. one after another C. every other D. each other

33. A.cage B. stay C. love D. watch

34. A. free B. happy C. warm D. cold

35. A. way B. advice C. plan D.  idea

36. A. spring B. freedom C. trees D. nests

37. A. die B. starve C. suffer D. please

38. A. used B. proud C. grateful D. safe

39. A. think B. dream C. appreciate  D.treat

40. A. want B. would like C. enjoy D. consider

第二节  语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

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。

The Monarch’s Journey

One of the most wonderful _____41______ (migration) in nature is that of the North American monarch butterfly.

Every autumn, millions of these beautiful insects with fine black and orange wings begin a long and difficult journey, _____42______ (manage) to travel around 4,000 kilometers south and find their way to California or Mexico. However, until  _____43______(recent) no one knew how they did this.

A team of scientists ______44_____ (lead) by Professor Eli Shlizerman at the University of Washington has now found the answer. They have found out that the monarch is able to tell the time of day and the position of the sun, ______45_____ allow the butterfly_____46______ (determine) the way to go. Eventually, it manages to reach the places where it will spend the winter.

In the last few years, the monarch’s population _____47______ (crash) by as much as 90 percent due to human activity. _____48______ many of the places where the butterfly can be found, people are destroying the natural environment.

The research on the monarch’s behavior has led to a greater ______49_____ (aware) of this creature. If this works, there may come a time when _____50______ number of monarch butterflies increases once again.  

第四部分  写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节  （满分15分）

假定你是李华，你的留学生同学Elvis想要了解中国的传统节日。请你写封邮件向他 介绍一下春节(Spring Festival)。内容包括：

1.节日简介；

2.风俗习惯；

3.邀请他一起过节。

注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Elvis,

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Yours,

Li Hua

第二节（满分25分）

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。续写词数应为150左右。

Once, there was a poor boy. He made a living by selling things from door to door. Through this, he could make some money to pay for his school.

One day, as he was walking from house to house as usual, he felt very hungry and weak. He felt that he couldn't walk even a few steps. He decided to ask for food at a house. So he knocked at the door. He was amazed to see a very beautiful young girl open the door for him. He asked the girl for a glass of water instead of a meal.

The young girl thought he must be hungry and thirsty. So she offered him a huge glass of milk. With a surprised look, the boy drank the milk very slowly. At once, he felt he was full of energy.

“How much do I pay you for this milk?” he asked the girl.

“I do not want any money for this,” she replied. “Mom has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.”

The boy thanked the girl from the bottom of his heart and left the place. As the boy left that house, he felt stronger physically. He thought he must do something else to help others.

Years passed by quickly. Both the boy and the young girl grew up. In the girl's youth, unluckily, she fell ill. She suffered from an uncommon disease. It was hard for the local doctors to cure her. Even many doctors with rich experience didn't know how to cure her. Finally, she was sent to a hospital in a big city. There were many excellent doctors and the most advanced skills in the hospital.

Dr. Kevin was a well-known doctor. He was called in by the hospital to examine the girl. When he heard the name of the town that she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

注意：

1．续写词数应为150左右；

2．请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1:

He recognized the girl at once.            

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Paragraph 2:

Dr. Kevin asked the business office to pass the final bill to him. 

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