安徽省阜阳市太和县太和中学2023-2024学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题（含答案，无听力原文，无音频）

太和中学2023-2024学年高一下学期期末考试
英 语
考生注意：
1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2.答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。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；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4.本卷命题范围：人教版必修第一册至必修第三册。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
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。
1. What does the woman think of the blue dress
A. It's small. B. It's large. C. It's costly.
2. What will the woman do tonight
A. Stay at home. B. See a doctor. C. Go running.
3. What do we know about the man
A. He dances very well. B. He often gives lessons. C. He has a kid.
4. How many books did the man read last year
A. Four. B. Six. C. Eight.
5. Where does this conversation take place
A. At home. B. In a classroom. C. In an office.
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秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Brother and sister. B. Teacher and student. C. Father and daughter.
7. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. A book. B. A writer. C. A baby.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Where does the Amazon River start
A. In Peru. B. In Sudan. C. In Brazil.
9. What is the man doing
A. Having a walk. B. Reading a story. C. Attending a class.
听第8段材料，回答第10至 12题。
10. Who left a phone message
A. Mr. Morris. B. Mr. Green. C. Mr. Black.
11. Which is Professor Green's room number
A. 119. B. 114. C. 144.
12. What is the man likely to do
A. Cancel the service. B. Make a phone call. C. Change his room.
听第9段材料，回答第13 至 16题。
13. What is the woman
A. An engineer. B. A manager. C. A reporter.
14. When will the new building be completed
A. In three months. B. In two months. C. In one month.
15. What does the man badly need
A. Some money. B. Spacious rooms. C. Skilled workers.
16. What does the man say about the interview
A. It is easy. B. It takes time. C. It is relaxing.
听第10段材料，回答第17至 20题。
17. What did Mozart start to do at the age of five
A. Create music. B. Play the piano. C. Hold a concert.
18. Why did Mozart live a poor life
A. He made little money. B. His wife spent too much. C. He supported a big family.
19. What does the speaker mean at the end of the talk
A. The musician is gifted. B. The audience is noisy. C. The music is too loud.
20. Where is the speaker
A. In a cinema. B. In a library. C. In a concert hall.
第二部分 阅读(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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The Day of the Dead celebrations are a great time to honour the dead. Here’s where to stay to experience them.
Mexico City, Mexico
On November 4 a parade starts with thousands of dancers. “The best place to watch the parade is from a terrace on the Paseo de Reforma, where you can see the dancers and colours from above,” says Karla Gonzalez, director of the Mexico City tourism board.
Oaxaca, Mexico
This southern Mexico city is known for candlelit cemeteries on the Day of the Dead, and parades with dancers in the Jalatlaco neighborhood. “The city doesn’t sleep for three days,” says local tour guide Gabriel Sánchez. He takes guests to the cemetery in Santa Maria Atzompa, a village three miles from Oaxaca City, where the families go all out with candles and flowers.
San Diego, California
The first European settlement (定居点) in Southern California, Old Town San Diego is a seven-block state park with shopfronts dating back to the 18th century. It’s also the site of a long-running Day of the Dead celebration, with a crafts market and a candlelit parade to the El Campo Santo Cemetery on November 2, which dates to 1849.
San Antonio, Texas
This south Texas city was once a part of Mexico, known for its exciting Day of the Dead celebrations. In downtown’s Hemisphere Park, the festival brings a parade of boats lit with bright lights on the River Walk on the evening of October 27. You can also see a famous tourist draw on the south bank of the San Antonio River.
1. When does the parade take place in Mexico City
A. On October 10. B. On October 27. C. On November 2. D. On November 4.
2. What can you do in Old Town San Diego on the festival
A. Swim in the River Walk. B. Join the candlelight parade.
C. Admire Hemisphere Park. D. Explore the unique rainforest.
3. Where can you enjoy a parade of boats at night to experience the festival
A. In San Antonio. B. In Mexico City. C. In San Diego. D. In Oaxaca.
B
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin began to declare very strange plans every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. One year, they posted a job opening for a Copernicus research center on the moon. Usually, their ideas were so absurd that people learned to laugh them off as another example of joke. That’s how their plan about Gmail was received when it was made public 20 years ago on April Fool’s Day.
They said it would be a free email service that would store about 13,500 emails each account before running out of space, while the other webmail services run by Yahoo and Microsoft could store just 30 to 60 emails. Besides the storage, they declared, Gmail would be equipped with Google’s search technology so users could quickly find an old email, photo or other personal information stored on the service. It would also automatically string together all of the communications about the same topic so they could be read as if it was a single conversation.
It was such a surprising concept that shortly after The Associated Press published a story about Gmail late on the afternoon of April Fool’s Day in 2004, readers began calling and emailing to inform the news agency that it had been fooled by the Google founders.
But The AP knew Google wasn’t joking about Gmail because an AP reporter had been invited to the company to see what they were working on. In his office, Page, then just 31 years old, showed the reporter how nicely Gmail operated. “I think people are really going to like this,” Page predicted.
As with so many other things, Page was right. Gmail now has more than 1.8 billion active accounts and has become the first building block in Google’s internet empire beyond its search engine. After Gmail came Google Maps and Google Docs with word processing applications. Then came the video site YouTube, followed by the introduction of the Android operating system that powers most of the world’s smartphones.
“That is part of the fun, making a product that people won’t believe is real,”said Marissa Mayer who helpedto design Gmail.
4. What does the word “absurd” underlined in paragraph 1 mean
A. Creative. B. Strange. C. Popular. D. Practical.
5. Compared with Gmail, the other webmail services _______.
A could store less information B. were unsafe to store information
C. were more convenient to use D. could put all related mails together
6. Why did The AP decide to publish the Gmail story on April Fool’s Day in 2004
A. It was fooled by Page and Brin. B. It wanted to play a joke on the public.
C. It had accepted money from Google. D. It was sure the surprising story was true.
7. Which application came out first
A. Gmail. B. Google Maps. C. Google search. D. Google Docs.
C
On the top floor of a workshop in Athens, Greece, a team of artists are busy creating faithful copies of the famous statue of Alexander the Great and the Venus de Milo.
“Our work mostly ends up at gift shops around the world. Museums also ask us to make copies of artworks. Prices start at $24 for a small Venus statue and go as high as $11,560 for a faithful copy of it.” says Maria Zafeiri, an artist at the workshop for 30 years. “It’s exciting when our statues end up in a museum and thousands of eyes admire them. They bring even more visitors to Greece.”
Making copies of ancient Greek statues isn’t new. Researchers and artists began reproducing ancient Greek sculptures shortly after the National Archaeological Museum in Athens opened in 1829.
“The first copies were not for commercial reasons, but for scientific ones. Scholars wanted to study the ancients.” says Maria Zafeiri. “Later, everyone wanted statues in their house, above the fireplace. They were in all European living rooms.”
Some copies of ancient statues were terrible but other reproductions were so faithful that they ended up in places like the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. In 2018, the museum determined its famous Kouros statue—supposed to date from 650 to 480 BC and bought for $6 million—was probably a forgery (赝品), and removed it from view. “There are methods to fool the experts.” Maria Zafeiri says. “Such forgeries create a false image of Greek culture and mislead researchers.”
But aren’t Maria Zafeiri and her workshop also producing forgeries “I think the difference between a forgery and a reproduction is the intention. There are reproductions of designer bags, but that becomes forgeries when the reproducer says they’re real.” says Maria Zafeiri. “Our shop just feeds the desire of travelers to own something lovely to pack up or ship home. A good reproduction can extend your trip. It’s similar to a photograph of yourself while on vacation, it brings you back to that beautiful day at the Acropolis.”
8. How does Maria Zafeiri most probably feel about her work
A. Ashamed. B. Proud. C. Bored. D. Dissatisfied.
9. Who were the targeted customers of the reproduced ancient Greek statues in the 1830s
A. Researchers. B. Businessmen.
C. Souvenir seekers. D. Treasure hunters.
10. What can be inferred about the Kouros statue bought by the Getty Museum
A. The reproduction was worth the money. B. The museum had a lot of such forgeries.
C. It was probably from a skilled artist. D. It was created between 650 and 480 BC.
11. What sets a forgery apart from a reproduction according to Maria Zafeiri
A. The price. B. The material. C. The quality. D. The purpose.
D
Having studied more than 400 groups of honeybees in Brazil for two years, a group of biologists led by Viviana Di Pietro report that, like humans, honeybees are capable of learning new traditions which are then handed down over generations.
“The most obvious example is that honeybees can build their homes according to different architectural traditions which are then handed down over generations,” they write. “We found that around 95% of the honeybees built their homes in a horizontal (与地面平行的) style, while 5% of them preferred a spiral (螺旋形的) structure. In each case, the tradition was passed down to the next generations.”
Since honeybees showed a strong preference for a horizontal structure, it was surprising that spiral structures occurred at all. “With the help of video cameras, we found that there was a noticeable difference in average building rate between the two styles.” the researchers add.
In order to rule out a genetic (遗传的) explanation for the different styles, the researchers took honeybees from the groups that built in spiral tradition close to the groups that built in horizontal tradition. The imported honeybees soon learned to build their homes in the local style, which was then passed down to their children as they eventually grew up. “It is very likely that the imported honeybees might have changed the style as a way of correcting the construction errors made by their ancestors.” the researchers suggest.
The findings have surprised observers of animal culture, as they suggest that honeybees can learn and hand down different building traditions over generations. This has changed the way of thinking about culture, which is often strictly defined as behaviour directly handed down from human parents to their children until it becomes a tradition in a group.
“Insect culture was thought impossible. Less than a century ago, culture was thought to be uniquely human,” says biologist Andrew Whiten of the University of St Andrews, who was not involved in the research. “But the new research has offered strong evidence pointing to the opposite.”
12 Why do most honeybees prefer a horizontal structure according to the research
A. It is easier to be copied. B. It is a bit stronger.
C. It is more comfortable. D. It is faster to build.
13. What does the underlined word “they” in paragraph 5refer to
A. Scientists. B. Traditions. C. Findings. D. Parents.
14 Which word best describes Andrew Whiten’s attitude to the new research
A. Favorable. B. Disapproving. C. Doubtful. D. Unclear.
15. What is the best title for the text
A. Researchers Have Different Views on Animal Culture
B. Honeybees May Learn and Preserve Cultural Traditions
C. Honeybees Can Learn Building Skills From Their Neighbors
D. Researchers Have Misunderstood Honeybees for a Long Time
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可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
You might always complain, “I want to build more muscle, increase my endurance, or just move about day-to-day life more easily, but I don’t know how to achieve the goals.” ____16____.
Focus on your workout
____17____. If you’re thinking about your to-do list, you might not be focusing on putting in100%. “I focus on my breathing to reduce any distractions (干扰) while exercising at the gym,” says Phoenix Carnevale, trainer of Amrose Fitness.
Have positive self-talk
Before you’re feeling focused, remind yourself that you can do this. “____18____,” says Carnevale. “I tell myself, ‘It’s my time now.’” You can also take a few minutes before your workout to think about something you love about your body and what it can achieve. This kind of thinking will start your workout on a positive note.
____19____
Positive self-talk isn’t the only way to get in the right mindset. “It always comes down to music for me,” says Amelia DiDomenico, owner of Amrose Fitness. One of her top workout tips is to repeat her favorite songs a few times during her training session.
Keep things simple
You don’t need to do a million different exercises to get a great workout. ____20____. By limiting the amount of equipment you use and the number of moves in your workout, you won’t waste time moving around the gym. In turn, you may cut down on rest time, which generally is a good thing, especially if your goal is to build muscle.
A. Try to make conversation
B. Listen to your favorite music
C. In fact, it’s often better to keep things simple
D. Before I know it, I come across a workout partner
E. Perhaps these tips will help you to make a good start
F. I start with positive self-talk to prevent myself from giving up
G. The first step to a workout is bringing you into the present moment
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分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。
A few years ago, Ben Gomes received a worrying call at work. The caller told him that his 92-year-old mother, Thomasinha, was being ___21___ to the hospital after she had been dragged (拖拽) by a car in the street. He raced to the ___22___ to see her.
“I was ___23___ at the time, I couldn’t picture what it would be like,” Gomes recalls. Gomes soon learned the ___24___ of what, had happened. Thomasinha sometimes received ___25___ from volunteer drivers to her local senior center. On that day, when she got out of the car, one of the long drawstring cords (拉带) on her jacket got ___26___ in the door as she closed it. The driver didn’t see her, and began to ___27___ , dragging Thomasinha along.
She ___28___ alongside the car, ___29___ the window of the car to get the driver’s ____30____ . That’s when a passer-by saw her from across the street and got in front of the car to ____31____ the driver. At that point, Thomasinha ____32____ , and she had a serious injury.
“I’m so grateful that I was not greeted by the sight that I feared when I went to the hospital,” Gomes says. Today, when Gomes reflects back on the kindness of this ____33____ , he says it’s hard to express his ____34____ . “I don’t know if I’d have ____35____ words to say than ‘Thank you’ for what you did for my mother and for what you did for me,” he adds.
21. A. rushed B. trained C. applied D. referred
22. A. school B. hospital C. station D. house
23. A. honored B. generous C. frightened D. faithful
24. A. details B. effects C. costs D. views
25. A. prizes B. rides C. letters D. tickets
26. A. burned B. stolen C. lost D. caught
27. A. blow away B. drive away C. drop out D. hang out
28. A. sang B. pushed C. ran D. nodded
29. A. smiling at B. turning on C. pointing at D. knocking on
30. A. attention B. memory C. advice D. money
31. A. call B. see C. stop D. beat
32. A. joked B. arrived C. stood D. fell
33. A. passenger B. stranger C. student D. doctor
34. A. concern B. sadness C. interest D. appreciation
35. A. kinder B. shorter C. better D. fewer
第二节 (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内单词的正确形式。
Millions of bus passengers will enjoy cleaner, safer ___36___ more comfortable journeys as the government invests (投资) a further 143 million to roll out almost a thousand new zero emission (排放) buses in England. The new ___37___ (serve) is expected to have a marked impact on the future of the country.
The funding comes from the ___38___ (two) round of the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) programme, which will see new electric buses in towns, villages and ___39___ (city) across England, including the most rural parts of the country, many of which will get zero emission buses for the first time. Thanks to the ZEBRA programme, no other European country ___40___ (record) as many electric buses in 2023 as the UK, with zero emission buses accounting ___41___ almost half of all new large buses introduced last year.
Today’s investment follows over 270 million to 16 local transport authorities (LTAs) ___42___ (lead) the total government support to cover 41 LTAs. ___43___ (make) sure more parts of England benefit from better buses and green technology, particularly rural areas ___44___ the journey towards decarbonising (碳减排) buses is in ____45____ (it) early stages, the government has put the first 40 million into rural communities.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分 15分)
46. 请你写一篇短文向校英文报 Language Learning栏目投稿，向同学们推荐一种学习英语的好方法。内容包括：
1.介绍这种方法；
2.说明推荐理由。
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。
Go for English
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第二节 (满分 25 分)
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
One summer vacation, I allowed my husband and our three sons to take me to go horse-riding. I’d never been on a horse in my life. Horses scare me. “It will be fun,” my kids said. “What if I fall off ” I wanted to add more, but I kept my mouth shut. I was trying to be a good sport.
When we arrived, the coach gave me his gentlest horse. “Nothing to worry about. And kick your feet on the horse’s side to make him go,” he said. I hoped the horse had heard that, too. The horse may look gentle, but he was very big and tall. How on earth was I going to get on this horse using only one little stirrup (马镫) on the side Well, it took my husband and three sons to do it, but they got me on that horse!
Since the coach knew I had the gentlest horse, he placed me at the very end of the road. I was happy. If I looked silly sitting on this horse, everyone else would be in front of me and couldn’t watch me. We started out just fine. As we got into the woods, my horse was still very gentle. By the time all the other horses were out of the woods, my horse and I were still in the woods! I saw our youngest son waving to me in the distance. This seemed to be the longest ride with this boring horse and me.
Slowly, we got out of the woods and were in a bean field. Suddenly, my horse stopped. Then I remembered one important thing the coach had told me. He said, “Don’t let the horse stop to eat the beans, because then the horse won’t want to go back to the barn (畜棚).” I looked down, and the horse was eating the beans.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I tried to stop him, but he kept on eating.
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Finally, the coach must have realized I was in trouble.
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1~5 CAACB 6~10 CBACB 11~15 ABCBC 16~20 BABAC
太和中学2023-2024学年高一下学期期末考试
英 语
考生注意：
1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2.答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。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；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4.本卷命题范围：人教版必修第一册至必修第三册。
第一部分 听力
1~5 CAACB 6~10 CBACB 11~15 ABCBC 16~20 BABAC
第二部分 阅读(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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
【1~3题答案】
【答案】1. D 2. B 3. A
B
【4~7题答案】
【答案】4. B 5. A 6. D 7. C
C
【8~11题答案】
【答案】8. B 9. A 10. C 11. D
D
【12~15题答案】
【答案】12. D 13. C 14. A 15. B
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可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
【16~20题答案】
【答案】16. E 17. G 18. F 19. B 20. C
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分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。
【21~35题答案】
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. B 34. D 35. C
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
【36~45题答案】
【答案】36. and
37. service
38. second 39. cities
40. recorded
41. for 42. leading
43. To make
44. where 45. its
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分 15分)
【46题答案】
【答案】范文
Go for English
I’d like to share an effective method that has significantly improved my English. That is active learning, including using English in practical situations, reading English stories, and watching English movies.
I recommend this method because it allows us to practice English in our daily lives. It also helps us improve our listening and speaking skills, which are often ignored in traditional language classes.
Active learning is a powerful way to sharpen our English skills. I hope you’ll give it a try. It’ll definitely benefit your English learning journey.
第二节 (满分 25 分)
【47题答案】
【答案】One possible version:
I tried to stop him, but he kept on eating. Now he would never get back to the barn! What was I supposed to do “Let’s see,” I talked to myself. “In order to make the horse go, you kick the horse on the sides with your feet.” So, I did that, but the horse didn’t move. What’s more, I didn’t think he liked it. He turned his head, looked at me and then pushed my foot with his mouth. I thought he might bite my foot, so I took my feet out of the stirrup.
Finally, the coach must have -realized I was in trouble. I saw the coach, so did the horse, who suddenly got the message that he was in trouble. He made the decision that it was in his best interest to immediately stop eating the beans and get back to that barn as fast as he could. When I was seated on his back with my feet out of the stirrup, I must have looked pale. My family rushed to help me get off. They tried not to laugh. My only words were: “This is the ride of my life!”