安溪一中、养正中学、惠安一中、泉州实验中学
2024年春季高一年期中联考
考试科目：英语 满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.15. C. 9.18.
答案是B。
1. What does the man dislike about the room
A. The wall. B. The painting. C. The carpet.
2. What is the man going to do
A. Go shopping. B. Make cakes. C. Cook lunch.
3. Why docs the woman refuse to go dancing tonight
A. She doesn’t like dancing.
B. She plans to get up early tomorrow.
C. She wants to visit her grandma then.
4. What was the woman’s problem
A. She got lost.
B. She ran out of oil.
C. She spent much on her car repairs.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. A city. B. The weather. C. A forecaster (预报员).
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时问。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What did the man do last month
A. He attended a sales meeting.
B. He travelled around Detroit.
C. He went to a night school.
7. Where docs the conversation take place
A. In a gym. B. In a classroom. C. In an office.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What did the man do before he met the woman
A. He looked for his phone. B. He focused on his work. C. He had a drink.
9. What docs the woman think of the man’s words
A. Rude. B. Serious. C. Unbelievable.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What did the man order for his mother’s birthday
A. A drink. B. A cake. C. Some chocolate.
11. What could the woman probably be
A. A cook. B. A waitress. D. A manager.
12. What will the man probably do next
A. Have a meal. B. Talk to John. C. See the menu.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where are the speakers
A. In a cafe. B. In a classroom. C. In a library.
14. What is the woman’s opinion on her last class
A. Exciting. B. Boring. C. Useless.
15. What is the man’s professor like
A. Talkative. B. Inspiring. C. Thoughtful.
16. What does the woman plan to do
A. Sit in on the man’s class.
B. Have a talk with her professor.
C. Register for World History class.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where is the Photocopy Room
A. Across from the restrooms.
B. Near the Reading Room.
C. To the east of the Circulation Desk.
18. What can listeners do in the study rooms
A. Do research. B. Check out books. C. Perform interactive activities.
19. When was the library built
A. 1 year ago. B. 5 years ago. C. 20 years ago.
20. What is the speaker going to do next
A. Answer the listeners’ questions.
B. Show the listeners around.
C. Present some books.
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
AQUILA Children’s Magazine is the most intelligent read for curious kids. Full of enthusiastic articles and challenging puzzles, every issue covers science, history and general knowledge. AQUILA is a quality production, beautifully illustrated with contemporary artwork throughout.
Intelligent reading for 8-12-year-olds
Cool science and challenging projects
Inspires self-motivated learning
Exciting new topics every issue
AQUILA is created and owned by an independent UK company. It has 28 pages, printed on high-quality paper and there are no advertisements or posters. Instead it is full of well-written articles, thought-provoking (令人深思的) ideas and great contemporary artwork. Each monthly issue is centred around a new topic.
AQUILA works as a superb learning extension to current primary (or KS2 and KS3) curriculum (课程), but it is much more than that! Entertaining and always surprising, AQUILA is recommended because it widens children’s interest and understanding, rather than encouraging them to concentrate only on their favourite subjects. It gives children a well-rounded understanding of the world, in all its complexity.
The concepts in AQUILA can be challenging, requiring good comprehension and reading skills. Eight years is usually a good age to start. Some gentle interest from an adult is often helpful at the start.
In 2021 AQUILA will have been in publication for 29 years, but it has never appeared in newsstands or shops. We are subscription only.
AQUILA Subscription
UK：12 Months￡55－4 Months￡30
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Birthdays
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1. What is special about AQUILA
A. It is available in shops. B. It is for kids of all ages.
C. It prints readers’ artwork. D. It has no advertisements.
2. What does AQUILA offer its readers
A. Articles on modern art. B. Family reading materials.
C. Knowledge beyond school subjects. D. Ideas on improving reading skills.
3. Who are the target readers of AQUILA
A. Foreign language learners.
B. Children with learning difficulties.
C. Parent-child reading lovers.
D. Curious kids with good comprehension.
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. D
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了名为AQUILA的儿童杂志，介绍了AQUILA杂志的一些优势以及订阅价格等信息。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“It has 28 pages, printed on high-quality paper and there are no advertisements or posters.（它有28页，用高质量的纸张印刷，没有广告或海报。）”可知，它有28页，印刷在高质量的纸张上，没有广告或海报。由此可知，AQUILA特别之处在于它没有广告。故选D。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“AQUILA works as a superb learning extension to current primary (or KS2 and KS3) curriculum, but it is much more than that!（AQUILA是目前小学（或KS2和KS3）课程的极好的学习扩展，但它远远不止于此！）”可知，AQUILA作为在校课程拓展，为读者提供学校科目以外的知识。故选C。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段第一句“The concepts in AQUILA can be challenging, requiring good comprehension and reading skills. 8 years is usually a good age to start.（AQUILA中的概念可能具有挑战性，需要良好的理解和阅读技能。8岁通常是一个好的开始。）”可知，AQUILA对读者有要求，内容有一定难度，需要理解力和一定的阅读技巧。因此，可以说AQUILA是为好奇心强，理解力强的孩子设计的。故选D。
B
About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do so are mostly old British colonies (殖民地) like Australia, and Ireland. But Thailand, Indonesia and Japan have also developed this habit.
This strange phenomenon puzzles the rest of the world; however, there is a perfectly good reason. Up to the late 1700s, everybody travelled on the left side of the road because it was the sensible option for violent, feudal (封建的) societies of mostly right-handed people. Soldiers with their swords under their right arms naturally passed on each other’s right, and if you passed a stranger on the road, you walked on the left to ensure that your protective sword arm was between you and him.
Revolutionary France, however, got rid of this practice as part of its sweeping social rethink, and thanks to Napoleon, this change was carried out all over continental Europe. Since he was left-handed, his armies had to march on the right so he could keep his sword arm between him and any opponent. From then on, any country colonized by the French took to driving on the right.
After the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) the US became independent and decided to make traffic drive on the right in order to cut all remaining links to its British colonial past. Once America became the center of the car industry, if you wanted a good reliable vehicle, you bought an American car with right-hand drive. From then on, many countries changed out of necessity.
Today, the EU would like Britain to fall into line with the rest of Europe, but this would cost billions of pounds to change everything round. The last European country to convert to driving on the right was Sweden in 1967. This ironically caused a reduction in car accidents because everyone drove carefully while getting used to the new system.
4. Why did people travel on the left before the late 18th century
A. They were required to do so. B. They were mostly left-landed.
C. It was easier to cross the street. D. They could feel safer from attacks.
5. What was Napoleon’s attitude about walking on the left
A. Supportive. B. unconcerned C. Doubtful. D. Disagreeing.
6. For Americans, driving on the right was a way to show ________.
A. the connection with France was broken
B. the US was no longer ruled by the UK
C the American Revolution War had ended
D. America was the center of the car industry
7. What is the main reason for UK’s resistance to the European system
A. It would cost too much to change. B. Its increasing traffic accidents.
C. Its influence on the colonies. D. Its fast-developing car industry.
【答案】4. D 5. D 6. B 7. A
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章讲述了一些国家靠左行走的原因以及后来部分国家改变这一传统的原因和过程。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Up to the late 1700s, everybody travelled on the left side of the road because it was the sensible option for violent, feudal (封建的) societies of mostly right-handed people. Soldiers with their swords under their right arms naturally passed on each other’s right, and if you passed a stranger on the road, you walked on the left to ensure that your protective sword arm was between you and him. (直到18世纪末，每个人都走左边的路，因为这是一个明智的选择，在暴力的封建社会，大多数人都是右撇子。士兵们的右臂下夹着佩剑，自然会走在对方的右边，如果你在路上与陌生人擦肩而过，你会从左边走，以确保你的护剑手臂挡在你和他之间。)”可知，走左边的路是为了确保安安全，免受攻击。故选D。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第三段“Since he was left-handed, his armies had to march on the right so he could keep his sword arm between him and any opponent. From then on, any country colonized by the French took to driving on the right. (由于他是左撇子，他的军队不得不从右边行军，这样他就可以把他的剑臂挡在他和任何对手之间。)”可推断出，拿破仑对靠左走路持反对的态度。故选D。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“After the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the US became independent and decided to make traffic drive on the right in order to cut all remaining links to its British colonial past. (美国独立战争(1775-1783)后，美国获得独立，并决定让交通靠右行驶，以切断与英国殖民历史的所有联系。)”可知，美国靠右行驶时为了展示美国已经不再被英国统治。故选B。
【7题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“Today, the EU would like Britain to fall into line with the rest of Europe, but this would cost billions of pounds to change everything round. (今天，欧盟希望英国与欧洲其他国家保持一致，但这将花费数十亿英镑来改变周围的一切。)”可知，英国对欧洲体系抵制的原因是改变的代价太大。故选A。
C
A new study recently found that elephants in central African forests can encourage the growth of slow-growing trees and increase the ability of the forest to store carbon.
“As a tree, there’s a trade-off you can’t have it all,” explained Fabio Berzaghi, who led the study. “You either invest in growing fast, or in building a lot of structure with carbon to be more resistant.” Elephants prefer to eat fast-growing trees in more open spaces. As they feed and walk, they cause damage to these species, knocking over trees or breaking off branches, which results in an ecosystem that favors large, slow-growing hardwood trees. “As the elephants thin the forest, they increase the number of slow-growing trees and the forest is capable of storing more carbon, ” said Stephen Blake, one of the paper’s authors.
Scientists collected field measurements in the Congo Basin and used a computer model to predict how elephants would affect forest structure, and carbon storage potential in the long term. The data confirmed that when elephants are present, the forest contains larger trees and higher abundances of species with high wood density. Conversely (相反地)，should forest elephants go extinct, leaving those slow-growing trees struggling to compete with fast-growing species, it would result in a 7 percent loss of above-ground biomass (生物总量). As a result, central African forests could lose up to three billion tons of carbon, potentially accelerating climate change.
The sad reality is that humans are doing their best to rid the planet of elephants. “This study comes at a time when forest elephants are threatened as never before,” said Iain Douglas Hamilton, founder of Save the Elephants. “It is shocking that just as we are beginning to understand how elephants might have a key role in Africa in storing carbon, they are under real threat of extinction.” One limitation of the study, Mr. Berzaghi said, is that we do not know how much carbon has already been lost because of the elephants’ decline. But it does seem certain, he added, that putting a stop to illegal hunting and restoring forest elephant populations would bring climate benefits.
8. What can we infer about slow-growing trees in Paragraph 2
A. They are elephants’ favorite food. B. They are easily hurt by elephants.
C. They can help forests store carbon. D. They may reduce elephant populations.
9. What would happen without elephants living in central African forests
A. Climate change would possibly be sped up.
B. The forest structure would remain unchanged.
C. The forests would lose more fast-growing trees.
D. Larger trees would defeat fast-growing species.
10. What did Mr. Berzaghi suggest people do
A. Lead a low-carbon life. B. Evaluate the carbon loss.
C. Stop destroying forests. D. Protect forest elephants.
11. What is the best title for the text
A. Humans and Nature Live in Harmony
B. Elephants Disappear in Parts of Africa
C. Climate Change Affects Forest Structure
D. Elephants Defend Against Climate Change
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. D 11. D
【解析】
【分析】本文是说明文。文章讲述了最近的一项新研究发现，非洲中部森林中的大象可以促进生长缓慢的树木生长，并增加森林的碳储存能力以延缓气候变化的速度。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中的“As the elephants thin the forest, they increase the number of slow-growing trees and the forest is capable of storing more carbon”可知，随着大象使森林不再那么茂盛，它们增加了生长缓慢的树木的数量，并且使森林能够储存更多的碳。因此可以推断出树木可以帮助森林储存碳。故选C。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Conversely, should forest elephants go extinct, leaving those slow-growing trees struggling to compete with fast-growing species, it would result in a 7 percent loss of above-ground biomass (生物总量). As a result, central African forests could lose up to three billion tons of carbon, potentially accelerating climate change.”可知，相反地，如果森林象灭绝，那些生长缓慢的树木就难以与快速生长的物种竞争，这将导致地表上损失7％的生物总量。非洲中部森林可能会释放出多达30亿吨的碳，这有可能加剧气候变化。即如果没有大象生活在非洲中部森林中，气候变化可能会加快。故选A。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段中的“But it does seem certain, he added, that putting a stop to illegal hunting and restoring forest elephant populations would bring climate benefits.”可知，但他补充说，停止非法捕猎和恢复森林象的数量似乎确实会给气候带来好处。即Mr. Berzaghi建议人们保护森林象。故选D。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文尤其是第一段可知，最近的一项新研究发现，最近的一项新研究发现，非洲中部森林中的大象可以促进生长缓慢的树木生长，并增加森林的碳储存能力以延缓气候变化的速度，因此文章的最佳标题是“大象阻止气候变化”。故选D。
D
ChatGPT, a new chatbot model developed by US-based AI research laboratory OpenAI，has quickly become a hit globally due to its advanced conversational abilities.
It can write emails, computer codes, even academic papers and poems, and has passed a number of tests within seconds. Academicians worldwide are discussing whether AI should be used in education. Some universities have banned it. The New York City’s Department of Education, for example, banned the chatbot from its public school devices and networks, with some people warning that it could encourage more students to cheat, especially in exams.
Many more welcome this app, claiming that, like most technological advances and groundbreaking innovations in history, ChatGPT is a powerful tool for the development of higher education.
Embracing AI as early as possible is advisable. Higher education institutions should make preparations for including AI in their syllabus (教学大纲). They can start by offering related courses, because by understanding how it works, they can make better use of it. Besides, students with good knowledge of AI are more competitive when it comes to getting a good job, as an increasing number of jobs are being done by computer programmes—some in cooperation with humans, AI-powered education technologies can be adopted to make the learning experience more suitable for each student based on his or her strengths and weaknesses. As for professors, AI can free them from doing some dull tasks so they can concentrate on teaching and interacting with students.
Since we cannot avoid ChatGPT and other AI-powered applications from entering the field of higher education, we should make collective efforts to ensure they have a positive impact on society and the future of education. Despite AI helping make learning much more interesting and enjoyable, humans need to work very hard to win the race with technology.
12. Why do some higher education institutions forbid ChatGPT
A. ChatGPT can write emails and computer codes quickly.
B. Some professors might not perform their duties properly.
C. Students would have conversations with each other via it.
D. Students might seek help from it in completing the exams.
13. Which of the following words is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “Embracing” in paragraph 4
A. Refusing. B. Improving. C. Accepting D. Affecting.
14. How can AI benefit students of higher education
A. It offers students an increasing number of jobs.
B. It personalizes students’ learning experience.
C. It equips students with competitive skills to cooperate with humans.
D. It handles uninteresting tasks so students can better focus on learning.
15. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. We should guard against AI apps.
B. AI will be more widely used in education.
C. The future of education relies on AI apps.
D. Humans will be left behind by technology.
【答案】12. D 13. C 14. B 15. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章谈论了美国人工智能研究实验室开发的一种新型聊天机器人模型ChatGPT对教育未来的影响。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“Some universities have banned it. The New York City’s Department of Education, for example, banned the chatbot from its public school devices and networks, with some people warning that it could encourage more students to cheat, especially in exams. (一些大学已经禁止了。例如，纽约市教育部门禁止在公立学校的设备和网络上使用聊天机器人，一些人警告说，这可能会鼓励更多的学生作弊，尤其是在考试中。)”可知，因为学生在考试时可能会借助ChatGPT，所以一些高等教育机构禁止使用。故选D项。
【13题详解】
词句猜测题。划线词句后文“Higher education institutions should make preparations for including AI in their syllabus (教学大纲). They can start by offering related courses, because by understanding how it works, they can make better use of it. Besides, students with good knowledge of AI are more competitive when it comes to getting a good job, as an increasing number of jobs are being done by computer programmes—some in cooperation with humans, AI-powered education technologies can be adopted to make the learning experience more suitable for each student based on his or her strengths and weaknesses. As for professors, AI can free them from doing some dull tasks so they can concentrate on teaching and interacting with students. (高等教育机构应做好准备，将人工智能纳入教学大纲。他们可以从提供相关课程开始，因为通过了解它是如何工作的，他们可以更好地利用它。此外，掌握人工智能知识的学生在找工作时更具竞争力，因为越来越多的工作是由计算机程序完成的，有些是与人类合作的，可以采用人工智能驱动的教育技术，根据每个学生的优缺点，使学习体验更适合每个学生。对于教授来说，人工智能可以把他们从一些枯燥的工作中解放出来，这样他们就可以专注于教学和与学生互动。)”说明人工智能对教育机构、学生和教授都是非常有益的，从而推知划线词句“Embracing AI as early as possible is advisable. (尽早Embracing人工智能是明智的。)”其中划线部分意思是“接受”。故选C项。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段中“Besides, students with good knowledge of AI are more competitive when it comes to getting a good job, as an increasing number of jobs are being done by computer programmes—some in cooperation with humans, AI-powered education technologies can be adopted to make the learning experience more suitable for each student based on his or her strengths and weaknesses. (此外，掌握人工智能知识的学生在找工作时更具竞争力，因为越来越多的工作是由计算机程序完成的，有些是与人类合作的，可以采用人工智能驱动的教育技术，根据每个学生的优缺点，使学习体验更适合每个学生。)”可知，人工智能通过个性化学生的学习体验使高等教育的学生受益。故选B项。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Since we cannot avoid ChatGPT and other AI-powered applications from entering the field of higher education, we should make collective efforts to ensure they have a positive impact on society and the future of education. Despite AI helping make learning much more interesting and enjoyable, humans need to work very hard to win the race with technology. (既然我们无法避免ChatGPT和其他人工智能应用进入高等教育领域，我们应该共同努力，确保它们对社会和教育的未来产生积极影响。)”可知，人工智能将更广泛地应用于教育。故选B项。
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，共12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中两项为多余选项。
Our Amazing Hands
The hand is where the mind meets the world. We use our hands to build fires, to fly airplanes, and to write. The human brain, with its open-ended creativity, may be the thing that makes the human race unique. But without hands, all the ideas we think up would come to nothing.
____16____ Study it carefully, you will find something interesting. The thumb (拇指) alone is controlled by nine separate muscles. The wrist is a group of bones and muscles connected with nerves (神经). The nerves send branches into each fingertip, which makes the fingers extremely flexible. ____17____
Early hands seemed more unusual and interesting than any hand today. Some animals had seven fingers. Others had eight. But by the time vertebrates (脊椎动物) appeared 340 million years ago, the hand had developed to only five fingers. ____18____
Nevertheless, there are still many different types of hands in living animals. After years of research, scientists are beginning to understand the molecular (分子的) changes in hands. ____19____ This makes the hands of different animals very similar. There is a network of many genes (基因) that builds a hand, and all hands are built on that network.
The discovery has given scientists a deeper understanding of the development of hands. A bird’s wing and a lion’s paw (爪) may appear to have nothing in common. ____20____ It may just be a little more of one protein (蛋白) here, a little less of another there. In the past, scientists could recognize only the outward signs that hands had developed from a common ancestor. Today scientists are uncovering the inward signs as well.
A. Hands can often be used for a number of different purposes.
B. They also see that all hands start out in much the same way.
C. It has kept that number for reasons scientists don’t yet know.
D. No one would doubt that the five fingers are different with each other.
E. But the difference between them may come down to a tiny change in form.
F. The reason we can use our hands for so many things is their special structure.
G. So you can see a skilled watchmaker use his hands to set springs in place under a microscope.
【答案】16. F 17. G 18. C 19. B 20. E
【解析】
【分析】本文是说明文。文章通过了分析科学家的研究介绍了我们神奇的手。手是心灵与世界相遇的地方。我们用手生火，飞飞机，写字。没有手，我们所想到的所有想法都将一事无成。
【16题详解】
上文“We use our hands to build fires, to fly airplanes, and to write.”说明我们用手生火，开飞机，和写字，空格处承上启下，下文“The thumb (拇指) alone is controlled by nine separate muscles. The wrist is a group of bones and muscles connected with nerves (神经). The nerves send branches into each fingertip, which makes the fingers extremely flexible.(单是拇指就由九个独立的肌肉控制。手腕是一组用神经相连的骨骼和肌肉。这些神经向每个指尖发送分支，这使得手指非常灵活)”说明手的结构，F项前半句的“we can use our hands for so many things”与上文一致，their special structure与下文一致，故选F。
【17题详解】
上文“The thumb (拇指) alone is controlled by nine separate muscles. The wrist is a group of bones and muscles connected with nerves (神经). The nerves send branches into each fingertip, which makes the fingers extremely flexible.(单是拇指就由九个独立的肌肉控制。手腕是一组用神经相连的骨骼和肌肉。这些神经向每个指尖发送分支，这使得手指非常灵活)”说明手的灵活，与空格处是因果关系，因此你可以看到一个熟练的钟表匠用他的手在显微镜下放置弹簧。故选G。
【18题详解】
上文“Some animals had seven fingers. Others had eight. But by the time vertebrates (脊椎动物) appeared 340 million years ago, the hand had developed to only five fingers.(有些动物有七个手指。其他的有八个。但到脊椎动物3.4亿年前出现时，手只发展到五个手指)”说明手指的个数，C项中的“that number”与上文一致，说明手指保持这个数的理由科学家不知道。故选C。
【19题详解】
上文“After years of research, scientists are beginning to understand the molecular (分子的) changes in hands.(经过多年的研究，科学家们开始了解手的分子变化)”说明了科学家的研究， B项中的also是关键词，与上文是递进关系，they指代scientists，说明“科学家也看到所有的手都以完全一样的方式开始”，符合题意，引出下文“这使得不同动物的手非常相似”，“much the same”与“similar”意思一致。故选B。
【20题详解】
上文“A bird’s wing and a lion’s paw (爪) may appear to have nothing in common.”说明鸟的翅膀和狮子的爪子似乎没有共同之处，E项中“But”说明与下文的转折关系，have nothing in common与the difference是转折关系，E项“但它们之间的差异可能归结为形式上的微小变化”符合题意。故选E。
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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，远出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“You have your grandfather’s nose. You’re just our little Jewish (犹太人的) girl,” my parents told me when I was a kid. But I never liked my nose as a kid. Until recently, this nose was all I knew about Judaism (犹太教) and my ____21____ to it.
When I was 7 years old, I ____22____ a Sunday school. ____23____, I never quite ____24____ at the school I attended. My classmates often joked about my ____25____ curly hair, which looked quite different from their fair and straight hair.
Then there was my ____26____. At 19, I got a nose job. For years, I continued to ____27____ myself from my Jewish appearance. I ____28____ my hair and ____29____ my face in makeup in attempts to look less Jewish. Last year, at the age of 36, I was getting my makeup (化妆) done before a party. An hour of ____30____ and highlighting later, the dresser ____31____ my chair around to face the mirror. My eyes ____32____.
I rushed home to show my husband Aaron a brand new me. Aaron ____33____ “Nice!” His ____34____ smile showed he was shocked. “You don’t like it ” “I don’t not like it. It’s just… not you.”
For nearly all of my life I believed the “Jewish girl!” my parents described wasn’t OK. So I tried to ____35____ her beneath ____36____ products. I finally realized that being a Jewish girl was something to ____37____.
And in that moment, I decided it was finally ____38____ to let that Jewish girl out. I’m standing in the ____39____ and tradition of being a Jew not because of what I look like, but because it’s who I am. I want my children to be ____40____ of their Jewish identities.
21. A. link B. source C. origin D. dislike
22. A. looked for B. checked in C. dropped in D. signed up for
23. A. Therefore B. However C. Consequently D. Eventually
24. A. caught up B. kept up C. participated in D. fitted in
25. A. dark B. fair C. gray D. white
26 A. nose B. mouth C. tongue D. eye
27. A. discourage B. disagree C. disconnect D. disappoint
28. A. curled B. tied C. shaved D. straightened
29. A. cleaned B. covered C. got D. decorated
30. A. making B. cleaning C. shading D. working
31. A. turned B. removed C. pushed D. pulled
32. A. opened B. widened C. streamed D. focused
33. A. escaped B. froze C. rushed D. hesitated
34. A. broad B. sweet C. forced D. bitter
35. A. seek B. find C. hurt D. bury
36. A. hair B. diet C. skin D. beauty
37. A. hide B. treasure C. mind D. expect
38. A. time B. occasion C. situation D. opportunity
39. A. hobby B. function C. truth D. habit
40. A. sad B. upset C. proud D. angry
【答案】21. A 22. D 23. B 24. D 25. A 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. C 31. A 32. B 33. B 34. C 35. D 36. D 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了作者从小到大都很介意自己犹太身份，并做了很多改变，到最后接受自己的身份的故事。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：直到最近，这只鼻子是我对犹太教以及我与它的联系的全部了解。A. link联系；B. source来源；C. origin源头；D. dislike厌恶。固定短语be link to意为“与……的联系”。根据““You have your grandfather’s nose. You’re just our little Jewish (犹太人的) girl,” my parents told me when I was a kid.”可知，作者的鼻子是典型的犹太人的鼻子，这是作者对犹太教与自己鼻子之间联系的全部了解。故选A项。
【22题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：我7岁的时候，报名参加了一个周日学校。A. looked for寻找；B. checked in登记入住；C. dropped in顺路拜访；D. signed up for报名参加。根据“I never quite 4 at the school I attended.”可知，此处应该是作者报名入学的意思。故选D项。
【23题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，我从来没有很适应我上的学校。A. Therefore因此；B. However然而；C. Consequently因此；D. Eventually最终地。根据“I never quite 4 at the school I attended.”可知，前后为转折关系，所以用副词however。故选B项。
【24题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：然而，我从来没有很适应我上的学校。A. caught up赶上；B. kept up保持；C. participated in参加；D. fitted in适应。根据“My classmates often joked about my 5 curly hair, which looked quite different from their fair and straight hair.”可知，同学经常拿作者开玩笑，所以作者从来都没有适应所上的学校。故选D项。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我的同学经常开玩笑说，我的黑色卷发，看起来与他们的浅色头发和直发完全不同。A. dark黑色的，深色的；B. fair浅色的；C. gray灰色的；D. white白色的。根据“which looked quite different from their fair and straight hair.”与他们的浅色头发和直发完全不同，故可推知，作者的头发是黑色的。故选A项。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后是我的鼻子。A. nose鼻子；B. mouth嘴巴；C. tongue舌头；D. eye眼睛。根据下文“At 19, I got a nose job.”可知，作者接下来谈论的是鼻子。故选A项。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：多年来，我不断地脱离我的犹太血统和外表。A. discourage使灰心；B. disagree不同意；C. disconnect脱离；D. disappoint使失望。根据“At 19, I got a nose job.”和下文可知，作者做了很多努力是为了想要摆脱犹太血统和外表。故选C项。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我把头发拉直，用化妆品遮住脸，试图让自己看起来不那么像犹太人。A. curled卷曲；B. tied系住；C. shaved剃（须发）；D. straightened拉直。根据上文“which looked quite different from their fair and straight hair.”可知，作者是把她头发拉直。故选D项。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我把头发拉直，用化妆品遮住脸，试图让自己看起来不那么像犹太人。A. cleaned清洁；B. covered遮住；C. got变得；D. decorated装饰。根据“in makeup in attempts to look less Jewish”可知，这里应该是化妆品遮住脸。故选B项。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个小时的阴影和高光后，化妆师把我的椅子转过来对着镜子。A. making制作；B. cleaning清理；C. shading打阴影；D. working工作。根据“and highlighting later”和常识可知，化妆过程包括打阴影和高光。故选C项。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个小时的阴影和高光后，化妆师把我的椅子转过来对着镜子。A. turned转；B. removed移除；C. pushed推；D. pulled拉。根据“my chair around to face the mirror.”可知，化妆师把椅子旋转对准镜子。故选A项。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我睁大了眼睛。A. opened打开；B. widened放大；C. streamed流动；D. focused关注。根据下文“I rushed home to show my husband Aaron a brand new me”可知，作者对化完妆的自己很惊喜。故选B项。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Aaron冻结了。A. escaped逃跑；B. froze冻结；C. rushed冲；D. hesitated犹豫。根据下文“he was shocked.”可知，作者丈夫对作者的变化很震惊。故选B项。
【34题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他勉强的微笑表明他很震惊。A. broad宽的；B. sweet甜的；C. forced勉强的；D. bitter痛苦的。根据下文“he was shocked.”及““I don’t not like it. It’s just… not you.””可知，作者丈夫觉得化完妆的作者不是本人，笑容是勉强的。故选C项。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以我试图用美容产品把她掩盖起来。A. seek寻找；B. find找到；C. hurt伤害；D. bury隐藏。根据前文“I believed the “Jewish girl!” my parents described wasn’t OK.”可知，作者不喜欢自己是犹太女孩，所以试图掩盖住自己本来的面目。故选D项。
【36题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：所以我试图用美容产品把她掩盖起来。A. hair毛发；B. diet日常饮食；C. skin皮肤；D. beauty美丽。根据前文“I 8 my hair and 9 my face in makeup in attempts to look less Jewish.”可知，作者试图化妆，也就是用美容产品来遮住自己原来的样子。故选D项。
【37题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我最终意识到，作为一个犹太女孩是值得珍惜的。A. hide隐藏；B. treasure珍惜；C. mind介意；D. expect预料。根据下文“And in that moment, I decided it was finally 18 to let that Jewish girl out.”可知，作者最终决定让那个犹太女孩出来了，所以是作者最终意识到，作为一个犹太女孩是值得珍惜的。故选B项。
【38题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那一刻，我决定是时候让那个犹太女孩出来了。A. time时间；B. occasion场合；C. situation情况；D. opportunity机会。根据上文“And in that moment”可知，是时候让真正的自己出来了。故选A项。
【39题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：坚持犹太人的真理和传统并不是因为我的长相，而是因为我就是犹太人。A. hobby爱好；B. function功能；C. truth真理；D. habit习惯。根据“being a Jew not because of what I look like, but because it’s who I am.”可知，女孩坚持犹太人的真理和传统。故选C项。
40题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我想让我的孩子们为自己的犹太身份感到骄傲。A. sad伤心的；B. upset不安的；C. proud自豪的；D. angry生气的。根据“ I’m standing in the 19 and tradition of being a Jew not because of what I look like, but because it’s who I am.”可知，作者希望最终能让孩子们为自己的犹太身份感到骄傲。故选C项。
第二节 选词填空（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据下列句子语境从所给词块中选择合适的词块填空，所给词块中有两个多余。
A. in charge of B. refer to C. without hesitation D. was regarded as E. pick out F. struggle for G. in spite of
41. We’d better _____________ the future rather than regret for the past.
42. The man who was _____________ the company charged me $1000 for the service.
43. He _____________ the most successful president of modem times.
44. Once offered the job, he accepted it _____________.
45. _____________ his age, he still leads an active life.
【答案】41. F 42. A 43. D 44. C 45. G
【解析】
【41题详解】
考查动词短语。句意：与其为过去后悔，不如为未来奋斗。had better后接动词原形，根据后文“rather than regret for the past”可知，应是struggle for意为“为……而斗争”符合语境。故选F项。
【42题详解】
考查介词短语。句意：这家公司的负责人向我收取了1000美元的服务费。空处表示“负责”，in charge of意为“负责”符合语境。故选A项。
【43题详解】
考查动词短语。句意：他被认为是现代最成功的总统。本句缺少谓语，was regarded as意为“被视为”符合语境。故选D项。
【44题详解】
考查介词短语。句意：一旦给了他这份工作，他就毫不犹豫地接受了。此处表示“毫不犹豫”，without hesitation意为“毫不犹豫”符合语境。故选C项。
【45题详解】
考查介词短语。句意：尽管年事已高，他仍然过着活跃的生活。空处表示“尽管”之意，in spite of意为“尽管”符合语境。故选G项。
第三节（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单词的正确形式。
Peking Opera is a form of traditional Chinese theater that ____46____ (appear) in Beijing in the late 18th century. Combining music, song, dance and acrobatics in ____47____ lively and colorful display, it is a relatively new style of drama, compared to other ____48____ (type) of Chinese theater. In the early years of Peking Opera, all the actors were men, ____49____ the roles of women played by young boys. The stories fell into two main categories — wen, or civil theater, which focused on love, marriage and other civilian concerns, and wu, or military theater, which focused on the theme of war and was known for ____50____ (feature) thrilling stage actions.
In the first half of the ____51____ (twenty) century, the most famous actor of Peking Opera was Mei Lanfang, ____52____ played a key role in popularizing Peking Opera and introducing Chinese theater to the West. Additionally, Mei also took the bold step in taking on female students, which was a ____53____ (high) risky and unconventional step at the time.
After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Peking Opera performances, which dealt with contemporary and revolutionary themes, were encouraged. Despite ____54____ (it) ups and downs, Peking Opera was revived in the 1980s and continues to _____55_____ (perform) today.
【答案】46. appeared
47. a 48. types
49. with 50. featuring
51. twentieth
52. who 53. highly
54. its 55. be performed
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了京剧的发展历史。
【46题详解】
考查时态。句意：京剧是中国传统戏剧的一种形式，于18世纪后期出现在北京。分析句子结构可知，空格处需要填入谓语动词，句子的时间状语为“in the late 18th century”，所以用一般过去时。故填appeared。
【47题详解】
考查冠词。句意：它将音乐、歌曲、舞蹈和杂技结合在一起，生动多彩，与其他类型的中国戏剧相比，它是一种相对较新的戏剧风格。在京剧的早期，所有的演员都是男人，女人的角色由小男孩扮演。空格处位于单数可数名词前，所以需要用冠词，冠词后的单词首字母发音为辅音，所以用a。故填a。
【48题详解】
考查名词复数。句意：它将音乐、歌曲、舞蹈和杂技结合在一起，生动多彩，与其他类型的中国戏剧相比，它是一种相对较新的戏剧风格。在京剧的早期，所有的演员都是男人，女人的角色由小男孩扮演。type表示“种类”为可数名词，此处指的是“其他类型的戏剧”；所以用复数。故填types。
【49题详解】
考查介词。句意：它将音乐、歌曲、舞蹈和杂技结合在一起，生动多彩，与其他类型的中国戏剧相比，它是一种相对较新的戏剧风格。在京剧的早期，所有的演员都是男人，女人的角色由小男孩扮演。分析句子结构可知，空格处以及后面为with复合结构，其形式为with+名词+过去分词。故填with。
【50题详解】
考查动名词。句意：这些故事主要分为两大类：文剧，即以爱情、婚姻和其他平民问题为主题的文剧；武剧，即以战争为主题的军事剧，以惊险的舞台动作而闻名。空格处位于介词之后，介词加名词或者动名词，此处feature为动词，所以用动名词。故填featuring。
【51题详解】
考查序数词。句意：在20世纪上半叶，最著名的京剧演员是梅兰芳，她在推广京剧和向西方介绍中国戏剧方面发挥了关键作用。空格处位于定冠词之后，所以需要用序数词，此处表示“第二十世纪”。故填twentieth。
【52题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：在20世纪上半叶，最著名的京剧演员是梅兰芳，他在推广京剧和向西方介绍中国戏剧方面发挥了关键作用。分析句子结构可知，空格处为定语从句的连接词，且在从句代替先行词作主语；先行词为人，所以用who。故填who。
【53题详解】
考查副词。句意：此外，梅还大胆地招收女学生，这在当时是一个非常冒险和非常规的举措。空格处位于形容词之前，修饰形容词，所以用副词，此处表示“及其，非常”。故填highly。
【54题详解】
考查代词。句意：尽管京剧经历了起起落落，但它在20世纪80年代复兴，并一直延续到今天。空格处位于名词之前，修饰名词，所以需要填入形容词性物主代词。故填its。
【55题详解】
考查不定式的被动语态。句意：尽管京剧经历了起起落落，但它在20世纪80年代复兴，并一直延续到今天。Peking Opera与perform之间为动宾关系，所以需要使用被动语态，且空格处在动词不定式to之后。故填be performed。
第四部分 读后续写（满分25分）
56. 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节和给定段落开头语进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
When I was six years old, I visited my grandfather’s farm in Kansas and he sent me into the woods to gather pecans (胡桃) for us to enjoy later. The pecans were about the size of a man’s thumbnail and just about the tastiest snack I’d ever had.
However, pecan picking was really tiring and my little bucket was only half full after working hard for a long time. I thought I wouldn’t let Grandpa down. Just then something caught my eye. A large brown squirrel was a few feet away. I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree, jumped up to the trunk and disappeared in a large hole. A moment later the squirrel popped back out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut. Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place inside the hollow of the tree.
Not so secret anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole. It was filled with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my chance. Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my bucket. Now it was almost full! I was so proud of myself that I couldn’t wait to show Grandpa all the pecans.
I ran back and shouted, “Look at all the pecans!” He looked into the bucket and asked, “Well, well, how did you find so many ” I told him how I’d followed the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place.
Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I’d been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that surprised me. He handed the bucket back to me and put his arm gently around my shoulders.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
“That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter supply of food,” he said.
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Paragraph 2:
I picked up that little bucket full of pecans and carried it back to the tree.
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【答案】One possible version
“That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter supply of food,” he said. “Now that all of his pecans are gone, don’t you think that little squirrel will be hungry when it gets cold ” Grandpa asked me. “I didn’t think about that,” I murmured with shame, blood rushing to my face. Grandpa told me seriously that a good man should never take advantage of someone else’s hard work, even the squirrel’s. I drooped my head, feeling as hollow as that old tree.The image of that starving squirrel wouldn't leave my mind. There was only one thing I could do.
I picked up that little bucket full of pecans and carried it back to the tree. Lifting the bucket up, I poured all of the nuts back into the hole, refilling it with not only all of the squirrel’s pecans but also the ones I had collected on my own. I breathed a sigh of relief and returned home with the empty bucket. I didn’t eat any of the sweet pecans that night, but I had something much more filling, which was the satisfaction of knowing I had done just the right thing.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者六岁那年去爷爷农场采摘胡桃发生的事情。在采摘的过程中，作者发现了一只松鼠，它的窝内储存了很多胡桃。当作者把松鼠的胡桃全部拿走展示给爷爷的时候，爷爷的话让作者明白到：一个好人永远不应该占别人的便宜，即使是松鼠。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“爷爷说，那只松鼠非常努力地收集冬天的食物。”可知，第一段可描写爷爷责备了作者，表达作者羞愧的情绪，同时也要阐述爷爷给作者讲述的道理：一个好人永远不应该占别人的便宜，即使是松鼠。
②由第二段首句内容“我捡起那一小桶山核桃，把它带回树上。”可知，第二段可描写作者将山核桃还给松鼠，其中可以对动作和情绪变化进行描述。同时还可以表述：虽然作者在晚间并没有食用任何食物，但是精神上和心灵上的收获远比食物的带来的满足更富足，即上升到文章的主旨，阐述作者的感悟。
2.续写线索：爷爷讲道理——我的羞愧——返还核桃——收获感悟
3.词汇激活
行为类
①.一起走路：walk together/accompany him/keep him company
②.回家：go back home/return home
③.收集：gather/collect
情绪类
①.难过：disappointed/upset/depressed/frustrated
②.积极：positive attitude/act positively
【点睛】
[高分句型1]. I murmured with shame, blood rushing to my face. （运用了独立主格结构作伴随状语）
[高分句型2]. I had something much more filling, which was the satisfaction of knowing I had done just the right thing. (由关系代词which引导非限制性定语从句）
[高分句型3]. Lifting the bucket up, I poured all of the nuts back into the hole.（使用现在分词作伴随状语）安溪一中、养正中学、惠安一中、泉州实验中学
2024年春季高一年期中联考
考试科目：英语 满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.15. C. 9.18.
答案是B。
1. What does the man dislike about the room
A. The wall. B. The painting. C. The carpet.
2. What is the man going to do
A. Go shopping. B. Make cakes. C. Cook lunch.
3. Why docs the woman refuse to go dancing tonight
A. She doesn’t like dancing.
B. She plans to get up early tomorrow.
C. She wants to visit her grandma then.
4. What was the woman’s problem
A. She got lost.
B. She ran out of oil.
C. She spent much on her car repairs.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. A city. B. The weather. C. A forecaster (预报员).
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时问。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What did the man do last month
A. He attended a sales meeting.
B. He travelled around Detroit.
C. He went to a night school.
7. Where docs the conversation take place
A. In a gym. B. In a classroom. C. In an office.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What did the man do before he met the woman
A. He looked for his phone. B. He focused on his work. C. He had a drink.
9. What docs the woman think of the man’s words
A. Rude. B. Serious. C. Unbelievable.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What did the man order for his mother’s birthday
A. A drink. B. A cake. C. Some chocolate.
11. What could the woman probably be
A. A cook. B. A waitress. D. A manager.
12. What will the man probably do next
A. Have a meal. B. Talk to John. C. See the menu.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where are the speakers
A. In a cafe. B. In a classroom. C. In a library.
14. What is the woman’s opinion on her last class
A. Exciting. B. Boring. C. Useless.
15. What is the man’s professor like
A. Talkative. B. Inspiring. C. Thoughtful.
16. What does the woman plan to do
A. Sit in on the man’s class.
B. Have a talk with her professor.
C. Register for World History class.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where is the Photocopy Room
A. Across from the restrooms.
B. Near the Reading Room.
C. To the east of the Circulation Desk.
18. What can listeners do in the study rooms
A. Do research. B. Check out books. C. Perform interactive activities.
19. When was the library built
A. 1 year ago. B. 5 years ago. C. 20 years ago.
20. What is the speaker going to do next
A. Answer the listeners’ questions.
B Show the listeners around.
C. Present some books.
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
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Intelligent reading for 8-12-year-olds
Cool science and challenging projects
Inspires self-motivated learning
Exciting new topics every issue
AQUILA is created and owned by an independent UK company. It has 28 pages, printed on high-quality paper and there are no advertisements or posters. Instead it is full of well-written articles, thought-provoking (令人深思的) ideas and great contemporary artwork. Each monthly issue is centred around a new topic.
AQUILA works as a superb learning extension to current primary (or KS2 and KS3) curriculum (课程), but it is much more than that! Entertaining and always surprising, AQUILA is recommended because it widens children’s interest and understanding, rather than encouraging them to concentrate only on their favourite subjects. It gives children a well-rounded understanding of the world, in all its complexity.
The concepts in AQUILA can be challenging, requiring good comprehension and reading skills. Eight years is usually a good age to start. Some gentle interest from an adult is often helpful at the start.
In 2021 AQUILA will have been in publication for 29 years, but it has never appeared in newsstands or shops. We are subscription only.
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1. What is special about AQUILA
A. It is available in shops. B. It is for kids of all ages.
C. It prints readers’ artwork. D. It has no advertisements.
2. What does AQUILA offer its readers
A. Articles on modern art. B. Family reading materials.
C. Knowledge beyond school subjects. D. Ideas on improving reading skills.
3. Who are the target readers of AQUILA
A. Foreign language learners.
B. Children with learning difficulties.
C. Parent-child reading lovers.
D. Curious kids with good comprehension.
B
About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do so are mostly old British colonies (殖民地) like Australia, and Ireland. But Thailand, Indonesia and Japan have also developed this habit.
This strange phenomenon puzzles the rest of the world; however, there is a perfectly good reason. Up to the late 1700s, everybody travelled on the left side of the road because it was the sensible option for violent, feudal (封建的) societies of mostly right-handed people. Soldiers with their swords under their right arms naturally passed on each other’s right, and if you passed a stranger on the road, you walked on the left to ensure that your protective sword arm was between you and him.
Revolutionary France, however, got rid of this practice as part of its sweeping social rethink, and thanks to Napoleon, this change was carried out all over continental Europe. Since he was left-handed, his armies had to march on the right so he could keep his sword arm between him and any opponent. From then on, any country colonized by the French took to driving on the right.
After the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the US became independent and decided to make traffic drive on the right in order to cut all remaining links to its British colonial past. Once America became the center of the car industry, if you wanted a good reliable vehicle, you bought an American car with right-hand drive. From then on, many countries changed out of necessity.
Today, the EU would like Britain to fall into line with the rest of Europe, but this would cost billions of pounds to change everything round. The last European country to convert to driving on the right was Sweden in 1967. This ironically caused a reduction in car accidents because everyone drove carefully while getting used to the new system.
4. Why did people travel on the left before the late 18th century
A. They were required to do so. B. They were mostly left-landed.
C. It was easier to cross the street. D. They could feel safer from attacks.
5. What was Napoleon’s attitude about walking on the left
A. Supportive. B. unconcerned C. Doubtful. D. Disagreeing.
6. For Americans, driving on the right was a way to show ________.
A the connection with France was broken
B. the US was no longer ruled by the UK
C. the American Revolution War had ended
D. America was the center of the car industry
7. What is the main reason for UK’s resistance to the European system
A. It would cost too much to change. B. Its increasing traffic accidents.
C Its influence on the colonies. D. Its fast-developing car industry.
C
A new study recently found that elephants in central African forests can encourage the growth of slow-growing trees and increase the ability of the forest to store carbon.
“As a tree, there’s a trade-off you can’t have it all,” explained Fabio Berzaghi, who led the study. “You either invest in growing fast, or in building a lot of structure with carbon to be more resistant.” Elephants prefer to eat fast-growing trees in more open spaces. As they feed and walk, they cause damage to these species, knocking over trees or breaking off branches, which results in an ecosystem that favors large, slow-growing hardwood trees. “As the elephants thin the forest, they increase the number of slow-growing trees and the forest is capable of storing more carbon, ” said Stephen Blake, one of the paper’s authors.
Scientists collected field measurements in the Congo Basin and used a computer model to predict how elephants would affect forest structure, and carbon storage potential in the long term. The data confirmed that when elephants are present, the forest contains larger trees and higher abundances of species with high wood density. Conversely (相反地)，should forest elephants go extinct, leaving those slow-growing trees struggling to compete with fast-growing species, it would result in a 7 percent loss of above-ground biomass (生物总量). As a result, central African forests could lose up to three billion tons of carbon, potentially accelerating climate change.
The sad reality is that humans are doing their best to rid the planet of elephants. “This study comes at a time when forest elephants are threatened as never before,” said Iain Douglas Hamilton, founder of Save the Elephants. “It is shocking that just as we are beginning to understand how elephants might have a key role in Africa in storing carbon, they are under real threat of extinction.” One limitation of the study, Mr. Berzaghi said, is that we do not know how much carbon has already been lost because of the elephants’ decline. But it does seem certain, he added, that putting a stop to illegal hunting and restoring forest elephant populations would bring climate benefits.
8. What can we infer about slow-growing trees in Paragraph 2
A. They are elephants’ favorite food. B. They are easily hurt by elephants.
C. They can help forests store carbon. D. They may reduce elephant populations.
9. What would happen without elephants living in central African forests
A. Climate change would possibly be sped up.
B. The forest structure would remain unchanged.
C. The forests would lose more fast-growing trees.
D. Larger trees would defeat fast-growing species.
10. What did Mr. Berzaghi suggest people do
A. Lead a low-carbon life. B. Evaluate the carbon loss.
C. Stop destroying forests. D. Protect forest elephants.
11. What is the best title for the text
A. Humans and Nature Live in Harmony
B. Elephants Disappear in Parts of Africa
C. Climate Change Affects Forest Structure
D. Elephants Defend Against Climate Change
D
ChatGPT, a new chatbot model developed by US-based AI research laboratory OpenAI，has quickly become a hit globally due to its advanced conversational abilities.
It can write emails, computer codes, even academic papers and poems, and has passed a number of tests within seconds. Academicians worldwide are discussing whether AI should be used in education. Some universities have banned it. The New York City’s Department of Education, for example, banned the chatbot from its public school devices and networks, with some people warning that it could encourage more students to cheat, especially in exams.
Many more welcome this app, claiming that, like most technological advances and groundbreaking innovations in history, ChatGPT is a powerful tool for the development of higher education.
Embracing AI as early as possible is advisable. Higher education institutions should make preparations for including AI in their syllabus (教学大纲). They can start by offering related courses, because by understanding how it works, they can make better use of it. Besides, students with good knowledge of AI are more competitive when it comes to getting a good job, as an increasing number of jobs are being done by computer programmes—some in cooperation with humans, AI-powered education technologies can be adopted to make the learning experience more suitable for each student based on his or her strengths and weaknesses. As for professors, AI can free them from doing some dull tasks so they can concentrate on teaching and interacting with students.
Since we cannot avoid ChatGPT and other AI-powered applications from entering the field of higher education, we should make collective efforts to ensure they have a positive impact on society and the future of education. Despite AI helping make learning much more interesting and enjoyable, humans need to work very hard to win the race with technology.
12. Why do some higher education institutions forbid ChatGPT
A. ChatGPT can write emails and computer codes quickly.
B. Some professors might not perform their duties properly.
C. Students would have conversations with each other via it.
D. Students might seek help from it in completing the exams.
13. Which of the following words is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “Embracing” in paragraph 4
A. Refusing. B. Improving. C. Accepting D. Affecting.
14. How can AI benefit students of higher education
A. It offers students an increasing number of jobs.
B. It personalizes students’ learning experience.
C. It equips students with competitive skills to cooperate with humans.
D. It handles uninteresting tasks so students can better focus on learning.
15. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. We should guard against AI apps.
B. AI will be more widely used in education.
C. The future of education relies on AI apps.
D. Humans will be left behind by technology.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，共12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中两项为多余选项。
Our Amazing Hands
The hand is where the mind meets the world. We use our hands to build fires, to fly airplanes, and to write. The human brain, with its open-ended creativity, may be the thing that makes the human race unique. But without hands, all the ideas we think up would come to nothing.
____16____ Study it carefully, you will find something interesting. The thumb (拇指) alone is controlled by nine separate muscles. The wrist is a group of bones and muscles connected with nerves (神经). The nerves send branches into each fingertip, which makes the fingers extremely flexible. ____17____
Early hands seemed more unusual and interesting than any hand today. Some animals had seven fingers. Others had eight. But by the time vertebrates (脊椎动物) appeared 340 million years ago, the hand had developed to only five fingers. ____18____
Nevertheless, there are still many different types of hands in living animals. After years of research, scientists are beginning to understand the molecular (分子的) changes in hands. ____19____ This makes the hands of different animals very similar. There is a network of many genes (基因) that builds a hand, and all hands are built on that network.
The discovery has given scientists a deeper understanding of the development of hands. A bird’s wing and a lion’s paw (爪) may appear to have nothing in common. ____20____ It may just be a little more of one protein (蛋白) here, a little less of another there. In the past, scientists could recognize only the outward signs that hands had developed from a common ancestor. Today scientists are uncovering the inward signs as well.
A. Hands can often be used for a number of different purposes.
B. They also see that all hands start out in much the same way.
C. It has kept that number for reasons scientists don’t yet know.
D. No one would doubt that the five fingers are different with each other.
E. But the difference between them may come down to a tiny change in form.
F. The reason we can use our hands for so many things is their special structure.
G. So you can see a skilled watchmaker use his hands to set springs in place under a microscope.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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，远出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“You have your grandfather’s nose. You’re just our little Jewish (犹太人的) girl,” my parents told me when I was a kid. But I never liked my nose as a kid. Until recently, this nose was all I knew about Judaism (犹太教) and my ____21____ to it.
When I was 7 years old, I ____22____ a Sunday school. ____23____, I never quite ____24____ at the school I attended. My classmates often joked about my ____25____ curly hair, which looked quite different from their fair and straight hair.
Then there was my ____26____. At 19, I got a nose job. For years, I continued to ____27____ myself from my Jewish appearance. I ____28____ my hair and ____29____ my face in makeup in attempts to look less Jewish. Last year, at the age of 36, I was getting my makeup (化妆) done before a party. An hour of ____30____ and highlighting later, the dresser ____31____ my chair around to face the mirror. My eyes ____32____.
I rushed home to show my husband Aaron a brand new me. Aaron ____33____ “Nice!” His ____34____ smile showed he was shocked. “You don’t like it ” “I don’t not like it. It’s just… not you.”
For nearly all of my life, I believed the “Jewish girl!” my parents described wasn’t OK. So I tried to ____35____ her beneath ____36____ products. I finally realized that being a Jewish girl was something to ____37____.
And in that moment, I decided it was finally ____38____ to let that Jewish girl out. I’m standing in the ____39____ and tradition of being a Jew not because of what I look like, but because it’s who I am. I want my children to be ____40____ of their Jewish identities.
21. A. link B. source C. origin D. dislike
22. A. looked for B. checked in C. dropped in D. signed up for
23. A. Therefore B. However C. Consequently D. Eventually
24. A. caught up B. kept up C. participated in D. fitted in
25. A. dark B. fair C. gray D. white
26. A. nose B. mouth C. tongue D. eye
27. A. discourage B. disagree C. disconnect D. disappoint
28. A. curled B. tied C. shaved D. straightened
29. A. cleaned B. covered C. got D. decorated
30. A. making B. cleaning C. shading D. working
31. A. turned B. removed C. pushed D. pulled
32. A. opened B. widened C. streamed D. focused
33 A. escaped B. froze C. rushed D. hesitated
34. A. broad B. sweet C. forced D. bitter
35. A. seek B. find C. hurt D. bury
36. A. hair B. diet C. skin D. beauty
37. A. hide B. treasure C. mind D. expect
38. A. time B. occasion C. situation D. opportunity
39. A. hobby B. function C. truth D. habit
40. A. sad B. upset C. proud D. angry
第二节 选词填空（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据下列句子语境从所给词块中选择合适的词块填空，所给词块中有两个多余。
A. in charge of B. refer to C. without hesitation D. was regarded as E. pick out F. struggle for G. in spite of
41. We’d better _____________ the future rather than regret for the past.
42. The man who was _____________ the company charged me $1000 for the service.
43. He _____________ the most successful president of modem times.
44. Once offered the job, he accepted it _____________.
45. _____________ his age, he still leads an active life.
第三节（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单词的正确形式。
Peking Opera is a form of traditional Chinese theater that ____46____ (appear) in Beijing in the late 18th century. Combining music, song, dance and acrobatics in ____47____ lively and colorful display, it is a relatively new style of drama, compared to other ____48____ (type) of Chinese theater. In the early years of Peking Opera, all the actors were men, ____49____ the roles of women played by young boys. The stories fell into two main categories — wen, or civil theater, which focused on love, marriage and other civilian concerns, and wu, or military theater, which focused on the theme of war and was known for ____50____ (feature) thrilling stage actions.
In the first half of the ____51____ (twenty) century, the most famous actor of Peking Opera was Mei Lanfang, ____52____ played a key role in popularizing Peking Opera and introducing Chinese theater to the West. Additionally, Mei also took the bold step in taking on female students, which was a ____53____ (high) risky and unconventional step at the time.
After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Peking Opera performances, which dealt with contemporary and revolutionary themes, were encouraged. Despite ____54____ (it) ups and downs, Peking Opera was revived in the 1980s and continues to _____55_____ (perform) today.
第四部分 读后续写（满分25分）
56. 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节和给定段落开头语进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
When I was six years old I visited my grandfather’s farm in Kansas and he sent me into the woods to gather pecans (胡桃) for us to enjoy later. The pecans were about the size of a man’s thumbnail and just about the tastiest snack I’d ever had.
However, pecan picking was really tiring and my little bucket was only half full after working hard for a long time. I thought I wouldn’t let Grandpa down. Just then something caught my eye. A large brown squirrel was a few feet away. I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree, jumped up to the trunk and disappeared in a large hole. A moment later the squirrel popped back out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut. Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place inside the hollow of the tree.
Not so secret anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole. It was filled with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my chance. Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my bucket. Now it was almost full! I was so proud of myself that I couldn’t wait to show Grandpa all the pecans.
I ran back and shouted, “Look at all the pecans!” He looked into the bucket and asked, “Well, well, how did you find so many ” I told him how I’d followed the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place.
Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I’d been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that surprised me. He handed the bucket back to me and put his arm gently around my shoulders.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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“That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter supply of food,” he said.
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I picked up that little bucket full of pecans and carried it back to the tree.
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