广东省梅州市2023-2024学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题（word版含答案，无听力试题）

梅州市高中期末考试试卷（2024.1）
高一英语
本试卷共6页，满分130分。考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
1. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，答案不能答在试卷上。不按要求填涂的，答案无效。考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。
2. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案：不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
第一部分：单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据句意和语境，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. By the time I rushed to the train station, the train ________.
A. left B. was leaving C. had left D. was to leave
2. In Sri Lanka, 1,600km west of the quake centre, the number of ________ was 2498.
A. death B. deaths C. dead D. dying
3. For me, ________ is the biggest problem—there are just SO MANY new words
A. speaking B. writing C. grammar D. vocabulary
4. After a while, she discovered that ________ could help her feel less lonely and bored.
A. surfing the Internet B. searching the Internet
C. clicking the Internet D. chatting the Internet
5. Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop ________ to wildlife and to our planet.
A. to threaten B. to be a threat C. threatening D. being a threat
6. “When you ________ tough times, you meet others online who are facing similar challenges,” Jan said.
A. go against B. go over C. go through D. go on
7. Finding and keeping the right ________ between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.
A. process B. access C. solution D. balance
8. If you ________ about all the different ________ brochures, just turn to me.
A. are confused; confusing B. confuse; confusing
C. are confusing; confused D. are confused; confused
9. This is the architect ________ the speaker referred in his lecture yesterday.
A. to which B. with which C. to whom D. with whom
10. We will start at the point ________ we left off last time.
A. when B. where C. why D. that
第二部分：阅读（共两小节，满分37.5分)
第一节：（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）
阅读下列3篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
Global Works provides international travel programs that help teens learn about the world.
Costa Rica: Wild Adventure
Includes private transportation and a wide choice of activities each day in the most remote and wildlife-rich part of the country. This service program brings you into a wildlife reserve, where you will do some voluntary work to help protect local animals.
GRADES: 9-12 DAYS: 21 DESTINATION: Costa Rica
FOCUS: Wildlife Protection
AVG. GROUP SIZE: 18 Students/3 Staff
Fiji Islands: Sunny Service and Island Immersion (沉浸)
Looking for an unforgettable travel program Join our Fijian family! Experience Fijian life firsthand and contribute to service projects that bring us to the heart of the local community. In this teen volunteer program, you will have a chance to play with the local kids and teach them English!
GRADES: 9-12 DAYS: 17 DESTINATION: Fiji Islands
FOCUS: Working with Children
AVG. GROUP SIZE: 16 Students/2 Staff
Puerto Rico: Hurricane Relief
This is a hands-on service trip focused on hurricane relief and disaster prevention efforts. Home repair work is the heart of this program. The projects we work on will help families and communities to deal with a future hurricane.
GRADES: 9-12 DAYS: 8 DESTINATION: Puerto Rico, United States
FOCUS: Building Services
AVG. GROUP SIZE: 18 Students/3 Staff
France: French Immersion
Want more than just a standard France teen travel program This French adventure has it all! From the Palais de Versailles to the French Alps, your journey introduces you to some of France’s most attractive sites and stories.
GRADES: 9-12 DAYS: 21 DESTINATION: France
FOCUS: French Immersion
AVG. GROUP SIZE: 18 Students/3 Staff
11. What will you do if you are accepted into the travel program in Costa Rica
A. Rebuild homes for local families.
B. Help protect local animals.
C. Enter a local swimming competition. D. Teach local kids English.
12. Which program will you choose if you have ten days off
A. Costa Rica: Wild Adventure.
B. Fiji Islands: Sunny Service and Island Immersion.
C. Puerto Rico: Hurricane Relief.
D. France: French Immersion.
13. All four international travel programs have the same ________.
A. target grades B. destination C. group size D. focus
B
In my childhood, my mother spent her evening hours doing something for someone else. Sometimes she knitted (编织) hats for babies, and at other times, she cooked chicken soup for sick neighbors. Therefore, I wasn’t surprised when one evening my mother announced she had undertaken a new project.
“I am going to telephone seniors,” said my mother. “Every night But you don’t even know these people.” “It doesn’t matter,” she said. “What’s important is that I listen.” I was sixteen years old and couldn’t understand why my mother was willing to spend her evenings talking to strangers. She had friends and my two older sisters to call if she felt lonely. “They will talk your ear off. Some people didn’t even stop to catch breath.” I said.
My attitude didn’t stop my mother’s enthusiasm for the project. That evening, she settled on the sofa and dialed. For a while, I listened as she asked the woman on the other line about her day and what she had eaten for dinner. When she finished the call, I said, “Why do you care whether she had cookies or rice pudding for dessert ” My mother grasped one of my hands and gave it a slight squeeze. “I’m the only person she talked to today.”
It took me more than thirty years to fully understand the meaning of that statement. Now, as my mother is nearing eighty, I find myself thinking about those nightly calls she used to make. I am often the only person who telephones my mother, and sometimes I’m the only person she speaks to all day. I ask her what she cooked for dinner, but mostly I just listen as she describes a walk she took, or how her dog Lucky stole foods from the refrigerator. I realize that my mother’s calls were life lines that ensured housebound seniors remained connected to the world. Without her, their world would have been empty.
14. What is the mother’s purpose of calling the seniors
A. To make them feel less lonely. B. To know what they eat for dinner.
C. To care about the seniors’ life. D. To teach them how to make desserts.
15. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A. They will make you feel really satisfied.
B. They will be tired of listening to others.
C. They will blame others’ wrong doings.
D. They will talk all the time on the phone.
16. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. The author’s mother preferred to live alone.
B. The author realized the value of her mother’s efforts.
C. The author started to telephone seniors as her mother.
D. The author’s mother remained connected to the world.
C
Japan has started releasing wastewater into the ocean. But this isn’t the kind of wastewater that flows from city streets into stormwater drains. It’s treated nuclear wastewater used to cool damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, stricken by an earthquake over a decade ago.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has approved the plan by Japan to release more than a million tons of treated nuclear waste water from the destroyed Fukushima power plant into the ocean, believing Japan’s claims that the wastewater would be safe. However, Neighboring countries and other experts say it remains environmentally harmful that will last generations and may affect ecosystems all the way to North America.
Local fishermen, who heavily depend on the ocean’s resources, fear a huge decrease in their marketability. “Japan’s self-interest should not harm the well-being of humanity in the long run.” They said.
The release of the wastewater into the sea is a threat to the ocean environment and will damage Japan’s international image. The amount of money Japan would need to spend in restoring (恢复) its international image will far exceed that required to solve the problem in an eco-friendly way.
17. What kind of water has Japan released into the ocean
A. Treated nuclear wastewater. B. Water used to cool Fukushima.
C. Water flowing into stormwater drains. D. Water polluted by an early earthquake.
18. Who believes the wastewater will do no harm to the environment
A. Japanese fishermen. B. The IAEA.
C. North America. D. Neighboring countries
19. What does the underlined word “exceed” in paragraph 4 probably mean
A. be similar to B. be more than C. be smaller than D. be better than
20. Which of the following can be the best title of the text
A. Environmental Problem in Japan
B. Fukushima’s Treated Radioactive Water
C. Concerns on Japan’s Wastewater Release
D. Experts’ Response to Japan’s Wastewater Release
第二节：（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，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。
Public Speaking
It can be stressful to deliver a speech in front of people. What do you say How do you catch people’s attention What do you do if you mess up 21 You can use the following basics about the art of public speaking to help you overcome these challenges and be a good speaker.
Point everything back to the central idea
Before you begin your speech, figure out your core message. 22 It makes it easier to decide what to say and it helps you make every other decision, from the structure to the specific stories and concrete images that you include.
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To make your presentation memorable, you can try using “sticky stories” in your speeches—honest, vivid anecdotes (逸闻) with details that engage the senses of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. People remember stories and images.
Practice in front of people
Practicing your speech can ease feelings of nervousness and help you adjust your presentation. Ask a friend or a family member to listen to you as you practice. You can also take a voice memo with your phone and play it back to yourself. 24
Slow down and start again
If something unexpected happens in the moment — say you stumble (结巴)or lose your place — pause or slow down. Take a deep breath and go back to the beginning of a sentence or restate the word you stumbled on. And don’t worry, people don’t notice those pauses as much as you think they do. 25 The point is to set yourself up for success, not perfection.
A. Use vivid imagery and storytelling.
B. These problems will drive you mad.
C. Avoid big words and long sentences.
D. Even if someone does notice, that’s OK, too.
E. Then make sure all the ideas in your speech point back to it.
F. There’s also a chance to practice short speeches on important topics.
G. By doing so, you can get supportive feedback to improve your speech.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分37.5分）
第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day, my son Ryan said, “I’m going to keep working until everyone in Africa has clean water.” I thought, oh, boy! But I’d heard about encouraging children to be 26 and dream big dreams. So I didn’t want to say that he couldn’t make a 27 .
At first, he planned to make money to build a 28 in Africa. But when he 29 his first $70 made by doing chores in neighborhood to a charity (慈善机构), he was told that it actually 30 $2000 to build a well. It was a lot of money, but Ryan didn’t 31 . He persuaded his classmates and neighbors to give money. And I wrote to the local newspaper to make his story go 32 . After several months, Ryan had 33 the $2000, with which a well was built near a primary school in Uganda. The children at the school 34 needed to walk for hours to get water. They were 35 to him and invited him to visit.
In Uganda, Ryan saw the well with his own eyes and hundreds of students who had turned out to 36 him. Seeing that he really had 37 these children, he broke into a 38 smile.
Now there is a Ryan’s Well Foundation. His dream has 39 the lives of so many people, though most of whom we will never meet. Ryan has shown me what the 40 of dreams can do.
26. A. free B. confident C. friendly D. curious
27. A. decision B. impression C. difference D. fortune
28. A. well B. house C. factory D. facility
29. A. lent B. paid C. gave D. showed
30. A. cost B. offered C. wasted D. acquired
31. A. carry on B. turn up C. go down D. give up
32. A. public B. wrong C. ahead D. crazy
33. A. borrowed B. saved C. delivered D. raised
34. A. still B. even C. no longer D. always
35. A. kind B. thankful C. generous D. responsible
36. A. praise B. memorize C. contact D. welcome
37. A. helped B. improved C. troubled D. recognized
38. A. confusing B. calm C. joyful D. bitter
39. A. proved B. started C. reflected D. changed
40. A. habit B. power C. award D. challenge
第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
The Chinese New Year is now widely known as the Spring Festival because it starts 41 the beginning of Spring. 42 (it) origin (起源) is too old to be known. Several explanations are hanging around. But all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese means “year”, was 43 (original) the name of a monster beast 44 started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.
One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very 45 (frighten). One day, 46 old man came to help them, offering to subdue (Nian. He told people 47 (put) up red paper decorations on their windows and 48 (door)at each year’s end to scare away Nian in case it came back again, because red was the color the beast feared the most.
Today, the custom of putting up red paper and setting off fire-crackers 49 (be) still around. However, people have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the 50 (excite) of the celebration.
第四部分：写作（共四节，满分45分）
第一节：词汇运用（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据括号里所给的单词或中文提示，写出句子中所空缺的单词的正确形式。
51. Which club do you think is __________ (suit) for Adam He likes maths very much.
52. It is for this reason that Spanish is the main __________ (office) language of Peru.
53. __________ (obvious), I was unhappy, but I won’t quit.
54. Jordan’s skills were impressive, but the mental __________ (strong) that he showed made him unique.
55. It is __________ (legal) to drive a car without a driver’s license.
56. If you want to pass the exams, you’d better change your __________ (态度).
57. At that time fifty countries __________ (捐赠) nearly $80 million to the project.
58. Look! The exchange student is talking to Mr. Zhang on __________ (校园).
59. People buy lots of things at great __________ (折扣)on November 11th, Singles’ day.
60. Remember: This door should only be used in an __________ (紧急情况).
第二节：完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据句意和中文提示，用所学短语的正确形式完成句子。
61. 我决定这学期报名上夜校。
I have decided to __________ evening classes this term.
62. 不抽烟的人的健康状况平均比抽烟的人好得多。
__________, people who don’t smoke are much healthier than people who do.
63. 赛场上的失利会使他更加努力地训练和绝不放弃。
Losing games taught him to practise harder and never __________.
64. 今天，来自世界各地的游客纷纷造访敦煌、欣赏洞窟。
Today, tourists from __________ visit Dunhuang to see the caves.
65. 汉字，最初是一种基于图形的语言，追溯到数千年前使用龙骨的时期。
Written Chinese, a picture-based language at the beginning, __________ several thousand years to the use of longgu.
第三节：课文默写（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据中文意思，把对应的课文英语句子默写出来。
66. 两周之后，她们真成了世界冠军！
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67. 首先，我得非常认真地考虑自己选什么课程。
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68. 我们可以从大型数据库中获得最新的信息。
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69. 今天下午，我们在科学实验室上化学课。
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70. 到达目的地之后，您将有一天的时间来探索这座令人叹为观止的古城。
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第四节：书面表达（共1小题；满分15分）
假定你是李华，你校高一级将于下周举行“12公里徒步活动”。请你代表学生会给你校外籍教师Johnson写一封电子邮件，邀请他参加本次徒步活动。内容包括：
1. 向他发出邀请；
2. 介绍本次徒步活动；
3. 活动注意事项。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80个左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Johnson,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
2024年梅州市高一英语
期末考试参考答案
第一部分 单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1-5 CBDAD 6-10 CDACB
第二部分 阅读（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
第一节 11-13BCA 14-16 ADB 17-20 ABBC
第二节 21-25 BEAGD
第三部分 语言运用（满分37.5分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
26-30 BCACA 31-35 DADCB 36-40 DACDB
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）（形式不对不给分）
41.from/at 42. Its 43. originally 44. which/that 45. frightened
46. an 47. to put 48.doors 49. is 50. excitement
第四部分 写作（共四节，满分45分）
第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
（51-55形式不对不给分）
51.suitable 52. official 53. Obviously 54. strength 55. illegal
（56-60形式不对扣0.5分）
56.attitude 57. donated / contributed 58. campus 59. discount 60. emergency
第二节：完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）（形式不对扣1分）
61. sign up for 62. On average 63. give up
64. all over the world / throughout the world 65. dates back
第三节 课文默写（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
（参考书面表达评分：与课文完全相符或能用自己的话完全正确表达句子的意思给满分，有错误酌情扣0.5/1/1.5分）
66. Two weeks later, they were world champions!
67. First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take.
68. We can get the most updated information from large databases.
69. This afternoon, we had our chemistry class in the science lab.
70. After reaching your destination, you will have a day to explore and be amazed by this ancient city.
第四节 书面表达（共1小题；满分15分）
Dear Johnson,
On behalf of the Students’ Union, I’m writing to invite you to join in the 12-km hiking trip to be held next week.
This activity is scheduled to take place from 8:00 am to 11:30 am next Friday. All the students and teachers from Senior One will gather on the playground at 7:30 am, attending a brief opening ceremony. Then we will walk 6 kilometers before we make a return trip to school.
If you would like to join us, please remember that you should wear a pair of sneakers that fit well. Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua