新疆乌鲁木齐市第六十一中学2023-2024学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷（无答案）

乌市第61中学2023-2024学年第二学期高一年级期中考试
英语试卷（100分钟）
命题人：高一英语组
一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2.5分，共37.5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。
A
Some Music Festivals
Pitchfork Music Festival
Anyone who adores indie（独立的） music and up-and-coming artists will have an amazing time at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park. This is a wonderful festival that explores more underground and less-known bands than the other big Chicago summer festival, Lollapalooza.
Date: July 14 — 16
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Music Type: Indie
Price: $ 75 — $ 365
Essence Music Festival
No matter what time of the year it is, New Orleans is an incredible place to be if you love live music. The Essence Music Festival is a celebration of great artists like Dian a Ross, Chaka Khan, and Mary J. Blige.
Date: June 29 — July 2
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Music Type: R & B, soul
Price: $ 126 — $ 2,700
Sziget Festival
Budapest knows how to organize a party, and Sziget is one of the biggest celebrations of music and culture in all of Europe. You can expect to watch favorite artist s like Bad Religion and Mac DeMarco appearing on the stages here during this seven-day festival.
Date: August 9 — 15
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Music Type: Eclectic, indie, rock
Price: $ 70 — $ 96
Flow Festival
The Flow Festival is a great excuse to explore the city of Helsinki. Artists including Lana Del Rey and The XX will be playing, among many e to this festival to enjoy a relaxing atmosphere with an earth-friendly attitude.
Date: August 11 — 13
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Music Type: Rock, soul, jazz
Price: $ 106 — $ 199
1. What is special about Pitchfork Music Festival
A. It is more independent. B. It is held underground.
C. It focuses on unknown bands. D. It is more famous than other festivals.
2. Where can you enjoy a music festival lasting a week
A. In Budapest. B. In Helsinki.
C. In Chicago. D. In New Orleans.
3. Which music festival will be held in Finland
A. Sziget Festival. B. Flow Festival.
C. Essence Music Festival. D. Pitchfork Music Festival.
B
As Christmas Eve approached, I found myself in New York City, far from my family and friends in Taiwan. I was feeling homesick and lonely, but my Jewish friend, Rachel, who, like me, doesn’t get connected with Christmas due to any religious things, invited me to join her for a dinner in a Chinese restaurant. She explained that it was a tradition for many Jewish people to celebrate this holiday by eating Chinese food on Christmas Eve.
We went to Jing Fong, a fancy restaurant in Chinatown. The place was packed with people, and the atmosphere was lively and festive. We ordered a variety of dishes. Everything was delicious, and I felt grateful to be sharing this experience with Rachel. As we ate, we talked about our families and our cultures. We laughed and joked, and for a moment, I forgot about my homesickness.
A moment later, a group of carolers（唱圣诞歌的人） came into the restaurant, singing Christmas songs. At first, I was puzzled. Why were they singing in a Chinese restaurant But then I realized that this was part of the magic of New York City. People from all different cultures and backgrounds could come together and celebrate the holidays in their own way. Rachel and I joined in the singing, and soon the whole restaurant was filled with music. It was a beautiful moment, and I felt blessed to be part of it.
What a night! I learned that even when you’re far from home, you can still find joy and connection with others. Rachel and I may come from different cultures, but we shared amazing food, joyful music, and most importantly heatfelt company. And that’s exactly what all the holidays are all about.
4. Why did Rachel invite the author to join her for dinner
A. To show respect to God.
B. To celebrate Christmas in the Jewish way.
C. To share stories about their families.
D. To forget about their homesickness.
5. What was the author’s initial reaction to the carolers
A. Fearful. B. Joyful.
C. Disappointed. D. Confused.
6. How did the author want people to approach Christmas
A. By focusing on religious traditions.
B. By celebrating with family and friends.
C. By enjoying a variety of festive dishes.
D. By embracing diverse ways of celebration.
7. Where is the text most probably taken from
A. A personal blog. B. A commercial promotion brochure.
C. A travel guide of New York. D. An academic article.
C
Listening to music is considered a good thing for adults. Indeed it is. Scientific studies have proven it. Music has so many good effects on our body, mind and mood that this world will certainly not be a good place without music. Then, is music good for children Some parents think so and let their children learn or listen to music. But some parents don’t know the importance of music to children. Here are some reasons why music is important to children.
Firs, music is good for children’s intelligence. Studies have proved that children who learn music are likely to have higher intelligence than those who have no interest in or dislike music. This is because the brain gets stimulated by the rhythm and tone of music.
Music also has soothing effect on children and helps remove their stress. Today’s children are under a lot of stress from schoolwork. Being under too much stress impairs children’s health. Luckily, listening to music can help them feel better.
Music can improve children’s moods. Some children are sad by nature. They seem to be lost in their own thoughts and don’t take interest in their surroundings. In such cases,a method known as “music therapy” comes to their rescue. It changes their moods and places a new kind of spirit in them.
Music is also a universal language that children ought to learn. Our world has become a global village. People are getting more and more interested in other cultures and countries. Music can help them in understanding foreign cultures.
Now we can say that music is very important not only to adults but also to children. So children should be encouraged to learn music or listen to music.
8. By mentioning scientific studies in Paragraph 1, the author wants to show
A. why adults should listen to music
B. children should listen to music
C. listening to music is only good for adults
D. why scientists are interested in music
9. What does the underlined word “impairs” in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Improves. B. Changes. C. Harms. D. Shows.
10. The last but one paragraph shows that listening to music means
A. learning languages better
B. understanding foreign cultures better
C. accepting the fast developing world easily
D. showing greater interest in other cultures
11. What would be the best title for the passage
A. Why do Children Love Music
B. How to Choose Music for Children
C. How to Teach Children Music Easily
D. Why is Music Important to Children
D
Every year, people all around the world come together to celebrate Earth Day with lots of different activities. Earth Day events typically have one theme in common:the desire to show support for environmental issues and tea ch future generations about the need to protect our planet.
The very first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. The event, which some consider to be the birth of the environmental movement, when spring comes, while avoiding most spring breaks and final exams. HE hoped to call for college and university students for what he planned as a day of environmental learning and activism.
Participants（参与者） from 2,000 colleges and universities, primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities across the United States got together in their local communities to mark the occasion of the very first Earth Day. Almost 20 million Americans filled the streets of their local communities on that first Earth Day.
Earth Day is now observed in 192 countries, and celebrated by billions of people around the world. Events can be found everywhere from tree planting activities at your local park to online Twitter parties that share information about environmental issues. In 2011, 28 million trees were planted in Afghanistan by the Earth Day Network. In 2012, people rode bikes in Beijing to raise awareness about climate change and help people learn what they could do to protect the planet.
How can you get involved The possibilities are endless. Pick up trash in your neighborhood. Make a commitment to reduce your food waste or electricity use. Plant a tree. Talk to your friends and family about environmental issues. The best part Make every day Earth Day and help to make this planet a healthy place for all of us to enjoy.
12. From whom did HE hope to get support for his plan
A. Teachers. B. Officials. C. Students. D. Researchers.
13. Which word best describes the first Earth Day
A. Worldwide. B. Successful. C. Unique. D. Messy.
14. Which aspect of Earth Day is Paragraph 4 mainly about
A. Its challenge. B. Its inspiration. C. Its history. D. Its influence.
15. What does the author expect people to do about Earth Day in the last paragraph
A. Take specific action. B. Reflect on our behavior.
C. Contribute good ideas. D. Answer some questions.
二、七选五（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。
Children’s Games in Ancient China
Unlike the children nowadays, the children during ancient times didn’t have smart phones, iPads or computers to entertain（娱乐）themselves. 16 . Let’s take a look.
Flying kites
Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. 17 . For example, the swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style.
Playing hide-and-seek
Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. Even nowadays, many children like playing it. There are two ways to play. One way is covering a child’s eyes while other kids run around to tease（戏弄） him. 18 .
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The closest thing to watching a film or television for entertainment during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. Folk artists manipulate（操纵） puppets behind the screen, narrating stories accompanied by music.
Setting off firecrackers
Firecrackers have a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that there was a beast named Nian in ancient China. 20 . After gunpowder was invented, it gradually replaced the bamboo joint cracker. Crackers are still set off during the Spring Festival to symbolize auspiciousness（吉利）.
A. Watching shadow plays
B. Each of them has special features
C. Different materials are used to make the kite
D. The shadow play was a popular entertaining form
E. And to scare off the beast, people burnt bamboo joints to make it blast（发出刺耳的高音）
F. More commonly, participants hide and one child must try to find them
G. Instead, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood
三、完形填空（每题1分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The Double Seventh Festival, also known as the Qixi Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival. Here is a beautiful story 21 it.
Long, long ago, there was a young man named Niulang （Cowherd）, One day, he 22 a beautiful girl-Zhinu （Weaver girl）, the Goddess’s seventh daughter. She had just run away from the 23 heaven（天国） to look for fun on Earth. Zhini soon 24 Niulang. and they got married without telling the Goddess. Niulang worked in the field and Zhinu wave（织布） at home. They 25 a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unluckily, the Goddess soon found out the fact and 26 Zhinii to return to heaven. After Zhini left, Niulan g was 27 upset. With the help of his magic cow, Niulan g flew to heaven with his children to look for his wife. The Goddess discovered this and was very 28 . Taking out her hairpin（发簪）, the Goddess created a wide river in the sky to separate（分开） the two 29 . From then on, Niulang and Zhini had to live 30 on the two sides of the river. However, their true love 31 all the magpies（喜鹊） in the world 32 once a year tens of thousands of magpies would fly up to heaven to make a bridge-the bridge of magpies for the couple to meet each other. At last, the Goddess allowed 33 to meet each other on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. That’s 34 the Double Seventh Festival started. Today, it is a great 35 for Chinese young people to express their love.
21. A. through B. behind C. with D. after
22. A. met B. told C. thanked D. missed
23. A. boring B. interesting C. same D. different
24. A. looked forward to B. parted with C. turned down D. fell in love with
25. A. knew B. lived C. stayed D. gave
26. A. promised B. waited C. ordered D. helped
27. A. yet B. ever C. quite. D. still
28. A. angry B. sorry C. excited D. satisfied
29. A. friends B. lovers C. parents D. children
30. A. back B. away C. halfway D. apart
31. A. surprised B. changed C. touched D. protected
32. A. so B. but C. though D. because
33. A. him B. her C.us D. them
34. A. how B. when C. what D. where
35. A. day B. way C. lesson D. habit
四、语法填空（每题1.5分，共15分）
If you live in northeastern China, you expect long, cold winters. People 36 （live） in Harbin don’t just stand the cold, however; they welcome 37 . The city is home to the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, 38 is considered one of the largest ice festival s in the world. Even with temperatures usually close to - 30°C, people head for city parks 39 （see） ice sculptures.
The festival includes several thousand ice sculptures, some of which are the recreations of castles, historic landmarks and famous people. 40 （visitor） can climb ice stairways and go down the slides. They can also take part 41 sporting events, including skating, ice football as well as ice swimming.
The city started its icy event in 1963 with the Ice Lantern Garden Party, a 42 （celebrate） of the tradition of creating lanterns out of blocks of ice. The larger festival began in 1985 and added sculptures. The sculptures 43 （grow） in number and size over the years. As it has gotten 44 （big）, the festival has become popular outside the city.
45 （official）, the festival start s on January 5th and lasts over one month.
五、书面表达（共20分）
中国有很多历史悠久，形式多样的传统节日，不同节日的习俗也各不相同，李华所在的国际学校正在开展主题为“My favorite traditional festival”的交流活动，假如你是李华，请你向来自不同的国家的同学介绍你最喜爱的中国传统节日——端午节。内容包括：
1.今年的庆祝时间（6月10日）
2.节日由来：纪念（be in memory of）屈原
3.人们举行庆祝活动：吃粽子、赛龙舟……
4.欢迎大家一起体验这个传统节日
注意：1.词数不少于80词；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.文中不能出现与本人相关的信息；
4.开头已写好，不计入总词数。
Dear fellows,
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.
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六、读后续写（共20分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为100左右。
Two fast friends were Willie Brown and his little dog Bounce. Willie could never think of taking a walk without Bounce. Cake and play were equally shared between them.
Willie taught his dog many running tricks and often said that Bounce could do almost anything in the world but talk.
There came a time, however, when Bounce really told Willie’s father something, though he could not talk. Let me tell you how he did this. There came a time, however, when Bounce really told Willie’s father something, though he could not talk. Let me tell you how he did this.
It was on a bright summer affernoon. Willie had strolled 溜达 with Bounce down to the river, which was not more than two blocks form his father’s store.
Willie began to throw stones into the water, and to watch the ripples 波纹 as they made one circle after another.
Bounce lay on the grass, watching the flies that buzzed 嗡嗡叫 around his nose, and catching an t that came too near.
There were some logs 原木 floating in the river near the store. Willie jumped upon one of them, to see if he could throw a stone across the river.
He drew back, and sent the stone with all his might, Just as it left his hand, the log turned, and he fell into the water.
He was very much frightened, for he did not know how to swim, and there was no one to hear, though he called as loud as he could for help.
Poor little Bounce gave a great yelp 尖叫 of distress 痛苦. If he had been a water dog, he could have jumped in and brought his master out.
He ran up and down the bank two or three times, barking, looking first at Willie and then around.
Suddenly he started running, as fast as he could.
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