河南省郑州市六校联盟2022-2023学年高一下学期4月期中期中考试英语试题

2022—2023学年下学期期中学业水平测试

高一年级英语试卷

考试时间：120分钟  试卷满分：150分

注意事项：

1．本试卷由三个部分组成。其中，第一部分和第二部分的第一节为选择题。第二部分的第二节和第三部分为非选择题。

2．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在答题卡上。

3．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;用0.5毫米黑色签字笔回答非选择题，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

第Ⅰ卷(共65分)

第一部分 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

Edinburgh is the world’s festival city. There are 12 festivals throughout the year. Half of them are celebrated during the months of July and August, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people. Here are some of the events:

The Edinburgh International Festival

This is the original Edinburgh festival, which began in 1947. Actors, musicians, dancers and opera singers from all over the world perform to huge audiences. You need tickets for most events which take place in theatres around the city.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

This is the largest arts festival in the world with thousands of shows taking place across the city. More than 20,000 artists take part in it, as the festival is open to anyone. Visitors can watch all kinds of performers and shows.

The Edinburgh International Book Festival

The largest book festival in the world began in 1983 and takes place every year in Charlotte Square Gardens, in the center of Edinburgh. You can meet many authors, talk to them, ask them to sign a book or listen to them talk about their stories here.

The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

One of the highlights of this musical event is the street carnival (嘉年华), which is free to all. Artists perform street theatre dance and circus shows in amazing costumes, and everyone can join in the dancing.

21. Which is the largest arts festival in the world?

A. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

B. The Edinburgh International Festival.

C. The Edinburgh International Book Festival.

D. The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival.

22. What can visitors do at The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival?

A. Try on amazing costumes.  B. Join a singing competition.

C. Take part in a street carnival.  D. Get pictures from famous painters.

23. Where is the passage most probably taken from?

A. A. A novel.  B. A guidebook. C. A newspaper. D. An announcement.

B

My father was attached to gardening by birth. One of my earliest memories is following Dad barefoot around in the garden with both hands blackened from digging (挖) in the soil. The garden is a wonderland full of possibilities.

As Dad grew older, he still loved gardening. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still planted all sorts of plants. Sometimes, I would come over to visit. and we would walk together in the garden. But then something changed. Like the weeds that took over his garden, the cancer grew rapidly in Dad. I stayed with Dad twenty-four hours a day and I found myself in all kinds of uncomfortable situations with Dad until I promised to look after the garden.

Though I had heard the words of the doctor, what really made me believe that Dad was dying was the state of his garden. That year, he only planted tomatoes. Too tired to weed them, he just tied them with strong strings (绳子) to the fence and let them be. It made me sad to see them ignored, so I would come over and water them once in a while, and remove the weeds. I still remember the day I picked the last tomato from the vine (藤). That day was one of the saddest I had ever experienced in my life.

Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden. I decided I would start out with a few tomatoes. That morning when I moved to the garden, something caught the corner of my eyes and I had to smile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, standing barefoot in the soil, happily playing in the soil.

24. Why did the author like his father’s garden when he was a child?

A. It was a field that produced much food.

B. It was a wonderful place with unexpected surprise.

C. It was a place where he got educated.

D. It was a piece of land covered with black soil.

25. What did the author’s father care about most in his last days?

A. His son.  B. His illness.  C. His garden.  D. His grandson.

26. What made the author accept the fact that his father would die soon?

A. That the garden wasn’t taken good care of by his father.

B. His communication with his father.

C. The condition of his father.

D. The words of the doctor.

27. Why did the author smile when he moved to his own garden one day?

A. He remembered his father. 

B. He thought of the food he would get.

C. His son showed interest in the garden. 

D. He could look after his own garden.

C

This summer we witnessed interview teams at the North Pole wearing short sleeve shirts due to the warm weather. A study published on Aug 29 revealed more concerning issues in the supposedly coldest area of the world. Zombie ice from a massive Greenland ice sheet was confirmed to be melting, which would eventually raise global sea levels by at least 10 inches (27 centimeters) on its own, reported Associated Press (AP).

Zombie ice is the kind of ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer getting fed by larger glaciers. Since glaciers are getting less snow to complement the amount of ice melted, once the zombie ice is melted, it cannot be re-formed.

Scientists decided to look at the balance of the ice. In perfect equilibrium(平衡), snow in the mountains of Greenland flows down and thickens the sides of glaciers, balancing out what’s molting on the edges, according to AP. But in the last few decades, there is less refill and more melting, creating an imbalance.

Study co-author William Colgan at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland told AP that 3.3 percent of Greenland’s total ice volume will melt eventually. “Starving would be a good phrase for what’s happening to the ice,” Colgan added.

With a great number of natural resources buried under the earth, areas of melted ice revealed treasures that attracted the world’s richest men. According to CNN, in early August, there was a “treasure hunt” in Greenland. Billionaires, including Bill Gates and others, financially backed KoBold Metals, a US-based mineral exploration company, to explore the rare metals under the glaciers in Greenland. The company told CNN that since there were enough minerals to power hundreds of millions of electric vehicles the critical resource is capable of powering the green energy transition.

While investors are taking advantage of global warming , experts express their concerns that the mineral exploration is likely to worsen the local environment, draining up the world’s resources at a faster rate.

28．What do we know about zombie ice?

A．It will melt away from the ice sheet.

B．It’s independent from large glaciers.

C．It has increased sea levels by up to 10 inches.

D．It’s complemented by nearby natural resources.

29．What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A．What larger glaciers exactly are.

B．Why melted zombie ice can’t be re-formed.

C．What the melting of zombie ice can lead to. 

D．How zombie ice functions in the ecosystem.

30．What’s the experts’ attitude toward the “treasure hunt” in Greenland?

A．Supportive.  B．Tolerant.  C．Worried.  D．Indifferent.

31．What’s the main purpose of the article?

A．To comment on the “treasure hunt”.  

B．To report on the melting zombie ice.

C．To show the green energy transition.

D．To introduce the mineral exploration.

D

People who frequently eat fruit are more likely to report greater positive mental wellbeing and are less likely to report symptoms of depression than those who do not, according to new research from the College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University. The team also found that people who eat savoury (咸味的) snacks such as crisps (薯片), which are low in nutrients, are more likely to report greater levels of anxiety.

Published in the British Journal of Nutrition, the study surveyed 428 adults from across the UK and looked at the relationship between their consumption of fruit, vegetables, sweet and savoury snacks, and their psychological health. The research found that both nutrient-rich fruit and nutrient-poor savoury snacks appeared to be linked to psychological health. They also found that there was no direct association between eating vegetables and psychological health. Based on the survey, the more often people ate fruit, the lower they scored for depression and the higher for mental wellbeing, independent of the overall quantity of fruit intake. By contrast, there was no link between these everyday memory lapses (差错) and fruit and vegetables intake or sweet snacks, suggesting a unique relationship between these nutrient-poor savoury snacks, everyday mental lapses, and psychological health.

Lead author, PhD student Nicola-Jayne Tuck commented, “Very little is known about how diet may affect mental health and wellbeing, and while we did not directly examine causality here, our findings could suggest that frequently snacking on nutrient-poor savoury foods may increase everyday mental lapses, which in turn reduces psychological health.”

“It is possible that changing what we snack on could be a really simple way to improve our mental wellbeing. Conversely, it is also possible that the forthcoming restriction of processed snacks at checkouts, due to come in this October, could not only improve the country’s physical health, but mental health too.”

“Overall, it’s definitely worth trying to get into the habit of reaching for the fruit bowl.”

32．Which may lead to greater level of anxiety?

A．Savoury snacks  B．Fruit   C．Vegetables  D．Grain

33．What can we learn from paragraph 2?

A．Rich fruit appears not to be linked to psychological health.

B．The more fruit people eat, the lower they score for depression.

C．There is a relation between the nutrient-poor snacks and mental health.

D．There is a direct link between eating vegetables and psychological health.

34．What does the underlined word “causality” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．The relation between fruit and vegetables. 

B．The relation between exercise and health.

C．The relation between snacks and mental health.

D．The relation between diet and mental health and wellbeing

35．Which is the most suitable title for the text?

A．Eating habits can prevent disease.

B．Eating unhealthy snacks often is harmful to health.

C．Eating vegetables often can improve mental health.

D．Eating fruit often may contribute to mental health.

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。

International tourism is becoming interestingly popular, and large numbers of people from all over the world come to visit famous places such as the Great Wall of China and the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.   36   They've thrown rubbish everywhere, brought more traffic and even done serious damage to ancient relics.

As for the damage, there are many different causes. For example, the paintings in the Sistine Chapel are being damaged by people breathing onto them when they visit.   37   That may raise the humidity (湿气) of the air and damage the paintings. Damage in other places such as the Great Wall is because of tourists climbing on delicate (脆弱的) areas. Besides, roads have also been built to help visitors climb the Wall easily. These activities can cause a lot of damage to the area.

  38   Firstly, we have to cut down tourist numbers, because fewer visitors will result in less damage. Secondly, we should make strict rules about which areas people can visit and what they can do when they get there.   39   People will not be allowed to walk off the paths. Visitors to indoor places can be asked to wear masks to protect the paintings.

In short, it is necessary to control tourism at famous places.   40   And people who live hundreds of years later will have no chance to see these great places.

A. For example, special paths can be built.

B. What can we do to deal with these problems?

C. The Great Wall was built over 2,000 years ago.

D. However, these visitors have caused many problems.

E. Traveling is the best way for us to get to know the world.

F. If we do not do this, these places will disappear from our planet.

G. Their breath contains very small drops of water that are present in the air.

第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分30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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

I had this girl in my class and I always considered her to be really foolish. She’d ask a ton of questions in class, which I would   41   to be “stupid” and “silly” and sometimes her question caused a storm of   42   but she’d never stop asking.

However, the fact was that she’d almost always top the class examinations and everyone was confused. Some students said she was   43   because she wasn’t so

   44   in class. Although nobody could prove that she was actually cheating, they totally   45   that she did.

I’m pretty socially awkward so I never really talked to her. She was leaving school this year and I was truly   46   about how she was so good during exams and how she didn’t let other’s remarks(言论) affect her. So I   47   decided to find out what was up. She told me that her friend was severely(严重地)socially anxious and she’d fallen behind in studies because she couldn’t dare to ask doubts in class or ask for   48   from others. So they had this system where during lectures her friend would   49   any questions she had, and then the girl would   50   them for her. With her help, her friend made   51  , though this girl suffered prejudice(偏见) for being stupid when she was actually really smart.

It was such a   52   story that it really changed the way I   53   people. I wouldn’t be quick to jump to conclusions. It also taught me a   54  : standing beside our friends when they   55   us isn’t always an easy choice. But when you care about them, it’s the only choice.

41. A. agree   B. consider    C. remember  D. doubt

42. A. noise   B. sigh     C. cry    D. laughter

43. A. cheating  B. pretending    C. playing   D. studying

44. A. active   B. intelligent    C. hard-working D. easy-going

45. A. heard   B. expected    C. believed  D. agreed

46. A. curious  B. worried    C. crazy   D. excited

47. A. extremely  B. finally    C. naturally  D. obviously

48. A. leave   B. advice    C. help   D. permission

49. A. give up  B. debate about   C. turn down  D. write down

50. A. explain  B. repeat     C. ask    D. solve

51. A. mistakes  B. sense     C. progress  D. friends

52. A. annoying  B. interesting    C. surprising  D. touching

53. A. judged  B. described    C. taught   D. introduced

54. A. way   B. lesson    C. strategy   D. result

55. A. change  B. need     C. refuse   D. encourage

第Ⅱ卷（共55分）

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。

Recently, Home Coming, a 137-minute film  56  (soar) to the top of China's box office. By Oct 6, the film had got around $140.5 million, accounting  57  about 70 percent of the overall ticket sales during the weeklong festival, which indicates a rising   58  (popular) of patriotic blockbusters(大片) in recent years.

 Home Coming tells the story of two unarmed Chinese diplomats   59   return to the war-torn Republic of Numea to bring 125 Chinese citizens safely back to China. The movie,   60  (feature) hundreds of foreign actors, was shot in around three months, with most of its indoor scenes filmed on several soundstages in Qingdao, Shandong province.

Zhang Ping, China’s consul general in Los Angeles, said the film did  61  great job of conveying the core mission of the Chinese Communist Party “to serve its people   62  (wholehearted)” and the commitment of Chinese diplomats in practicing “diplomacy for the people”. He said many scenes in the movie were familiar  63  those who work in the diplomatic field. They assume the responsibility      64   (protect) the lives and properties of Chinese citizens, especially  65   unexpected emergencies occur.

第三部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)

66. 假如你是新华中学的李华，你校校报开办专栏“用英语讲好中国故事”，现面向全校学生征稿。请你以寓言故事“拔苗助长”为题，写一篇文章投稿。内容包括：

拔苗助长的故事内容；

该寓言故事给你的启示。

注意：

词数100左右；

题目已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：寓言 fable

拔苗助长：Pulling up the seedlings to help them grow

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第二节 读后续写（满分25分）

67. 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。

Dad and Mom had got to go on a four-day business trip. They taught their elder son Daniel and younger daughter Jane how to feed and look after their dog, Spot, how to take good care of themselves—learning to cook if they could, or ordering pizza—with money left on the table—if they were busy, and told them to keep their rooms clean and tidy. They asked Daniel to be in charge.

On the very morning when the parents left, Mom kissed them and said to Daniel gently, “Young man, do take care of Spot and Jane.” Daniel promised, “I will, Mom.”

Too excited to fall asleep again,Daniel and Jane jumped out of bed, calling out each other to get up. Their pet dog, Spot, heard the similar voice and rushed in, with a ball in its mouth. Jane stuck(伸) her head into Daniel’s room,“Spot got up an hour earlier. Let’s walk it.” Daniel said excitedly, “I’m coming, but, Jane, don’t forget to keep your room clean and tidy.” “I will.”

They ran with the dog in the yard and threw the ball away for Spot to bring it back. They had fun playing with Spot the whole morning. Washing Spot was slow and tiring as it was the first time they had done it. Then Daniel settled down to his homework while Jane did her reading with interest.

The following day, Jane begged her brother to order pizza for lunch. Daniel agreed excitedly, “We haven’t tasted that for long and we behave ourselves, right?”After a while, he added, “We should save money, too.” Within half an hour, they treated themselves to a big pizza. However, in the afternoon, Spot looked sick, lying lazily and unwilling to move. Daniel was concerned about the dog and took it to the pet clinic immediately with Jane as their parents had done.

注意：(1)续写词数应为150左右；

(2)请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1：

When Dad and Mom arrived a day earlier, they were amazed to find everything in a mess.

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Paragraph 2：

Daniel ran into his room, with tears in his eyes,“ Jane, there is no need to explain and Mom won’t trust me any longer.”

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