2023-2024学年福建省福州外国语学校高一下学期7月期末英语试题（word版含答案，无听力音频及听力原文）

福州外国语学校2023-2024学年度下学期期末考
高一英语试卷
满分：150分;完成时间：120分钟
第I卷(共87分)
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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. 18. C. 9. 15.
答案是C。
1. How much will the woman lend the man
A. $30. B. $20. C. $10.
2. What does the man ask the woman to do
A. Collect her aunt. B. Tidy up the house. C. Help in the kitchen.
3. What are the speakers doing
A. Seeing a movie. B. Reading books. C. Waiting in line.
4. Where are the speakers
A. In a hotel. B. In a restaurant. C. In a shop.
5. What are the speakers talking about
A. Where to enlarge the market. B. When to lower the price. C. How to increase sales.
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. How does the woman sound at first
A. Upset. B. Surprised. C. Curious.
7. What does the man advise the woman to do
A. Update related software. B. Restart her computer. C. Close all her files.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why does the woman come to the store
A. To introduce a product. B. To buy an item. C. To seek a job.
9. What does the woman ask about
A. The delivery charge. B. The product line. C. The after-sales service.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the man plan to do
A Move house. B. Buy an instrument. C. Join the woman’s team.
11. What worries the man
A. The living room needs decorating. B. The piano may be damaged. C. The door may be too small.
12. What does the woman offer the man
A. A lawyer’s phone number. B. A legal document. C. A packing box.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the project aimed at
A. Organizing a music event. B. Creating a school news station. C. Starting a student-run radio series
14. What are the students encouraged to do
A. Share their ideas. B. Listen to a radio show. C. Raise funds for the project.
15. What do we know about the woman
A. She has many hobbies B. She is environmentally aware. C. She wants to interview teachers.
16. What is the man interested in
A. Hi-tech products. B. Popular music. C. Learning methods.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where was the speaker raised
A. In Vermont. B. In Montana. C. In New York.
18. What does the speaker think of people in Vermont
A. They are busy. B. They are friendly. C. They are distant.
19. What does the speaker say about her life in Vermont
A. It is hard to get used to. B. It is work-life balance. C. It is boring and tired.
20. What does the speaker want her friends to try in winter
A. Ice fishing. B. Hiking. C. Skiing.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分34分)
第一节(共12小题;每小题2分，满分24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
Five-year-old Willard Wigan struggled to tell the difference between an M and a W or a 6 and a 9. Unfortunately, his schoolteacher knew nothing about dyslexia (阅读障碍症), a learning disability that can make letters and numbers confusing. She didn’t try to help him. Not surprisingly, Willard didn’t like school. Usually, his mind drifted — to playing outside, to his dog Maxie, or to the ants that lived near his family’s garden shed. Willard was especially curious about those ants. He felt like them — small and insignificant. Thus, when he noticed some ants trying to build a house, he decided to help them! Willard constructed a little building. Then he sprinkled sugar inside to encourage the ants to move in. When they did, Willard built more houses.
At school, Willard still struggled, but now he knew he could do something special. Maybe he wasn’t a failure after all. If he had trouble with his reading or math, Willard would later go home and create tiny furniture for the ant houses. He even built an ant school, with teeny swings, ladders, seesaws, and a merry-go-round. His artistic skill increased, and a love for little things began to grow in his heart.
At age nine, Willard began carving faces on toothpicks. He discovered that his ability improved when he held his breath as he worked. When he quit school at age 15 to help support his family, Willard still spent his spare time carving. His confidence grew as more people appreciated his talent. Eventually, he quit his factory job to pursue his dream of becoming one of the best artists in the world. Now, years later, Willard carves the tiniest artwork in the world! His sculptures are so small that several can fit on a period at the end of a sentence.
Because of their beauty and rarity his sculptures have made Willard a wealthy man. But he says, “Success isn’t about material things like an expensive watch or a costly ring; it’s about chasing and achieving your dreams.”
Willard Wigan, a microsculptor, has done just that. The man who felt small as a boy has shown the world that something small can really be big.
1. Which of the following best describes Willard’s teacher
A. Unsympathetic. B. Unhelpful. C. Impatient. D. Careless.
2. Why did Willard become interested in building homes for ants
A. Because he had a love for little things.
B. Because he was absent-minded in class.
C. Because he wouldn’t have to struggle at school.
D. Because he thought they both seemed unimportant.
3. What can we infer from the text
A. Willard gave up his study in school to pursue his dream.
B. Willard became popular when more people appreciated his work.
C. Willard was able to carve small artwork in a short period of time.
D. Willard found a way to make better artwork when he was at school.
4. Which of the following may Willard agree with
A. Failure is the mother of success.
B. Success belongs to those who don’t give up.
C. Dreaming big is the first step in achieving your goals.
D. Talent is sometimes more important for success than hard work.
B
China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket on May 17 to transport a satellite into space for the country’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System, marking the first deployment (部署) of a Beidou satellite in three years.
The satellite has typical functions for a third-generation Beidou satellite — positioning, navigation and pared with previous Beidou satellites, it has some upgraded hardware and features a stronger signal, faster transmission speed and higher operational stability, said Chen Zhonggui, chief designer of Beidou’s third-generation satellites.
Despite being called a backup, the satellite is designed to start working as soon as it enters orbit. Its primary tasks are to expand the service areas of Beidou’s short-messaging function, enhance Beidou’s positioning accuracy as well as improve the network’s operational continuity and reliability, he noted.
“Before the end of this year, another two backup Beidou satellites are scheduled to be launched to further strengthen the reliability of the network,” said Wang Dong, deputy project manager of the third-generation Beidou network.
Beidou is currently China’s largest civilian satellite system and one of four global navigation networks, along with the United States’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the European Union’s Galileo.
Since 2000, a total of 60 Beidou satellites, including the first four experimental ones, have been lifted on 45 Long March 3 series rockets from Xichang. In June 2020, the final satellite to complete Beidou’s third-generation network was lifted by a Long March 3B rocket at the Xichangcenter. The following month, President Xi Jinping announced that the system had been completed and had begun providing full-scale global services.
Currently, there are 46 satellites in active service, including the latest one. And China plans to establish the next generation of the Beidou system by 2035. The new version will be “omnipresent (无处不在的), smarter and more integrated” and upon its completion, there will be Beidou service not only on land and sea, but also in the sky, outer space and deep within the oceans, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office.
5. Which is not the function of the latest Beidou satellite
A. To strengthen the reliability of the network.
B. To carry other backup satellite to the system.
C. To increase short-messaging service capacity.
D. To promote high-precision positioning service.
6. According to the text, Beidou Navigation Satellite System .
A. will be replaced by another system by 2035
B. is the world’s largest civilian satellite system
C. has provided full-scale service since July 2020
D. has 46 satellites in active service except the latest one
7. What is the best title for the text
A. First deployment of Beidou satellite
B Establishing Beidou servicein the sky
C. Latest launch grows network for navigation
D. A backup satellite to be launched for network
8. In which section of a newspaper will you most likely to find this passage
A. Society. B. Innovation. C. Military. D. Economy.
C
Silent reading is far from silent in your brain. Deep within your head there is a voice reading aloud each word as your eyes pass over it.
Let’s do a seemingly unrelated experiment first. Turn on your television and radio. Try to understand both the words from the television and the radio simultaneously. You might have noticed understanding one source required ignoring the other, and you could feel your attention shifting between the two voices. Although we can listen to multiple people speaking at the same time, we can only truly understand one person speaking at a time.
There are three major areas that allow you to understand spoken word. The first is the Auditory Cortex (听觉皮层), which processes the pure characteristics of incoming sounds. Both sides of your brain contain this region. The next area is the Broca/Wernicke (B/W) network, which makes sense of the spoken word. This network exists in only one side of your brain. This means that, although the sounds of language are initially processed in both sides of the brain, spoken word must eventually be funneled (流经漏斗) into this single network. This quickly leads to a bottleneck, which is controlled by the third area: the left Inferior Frontal Gyrus (IFG, 额下回). When you try to understand two people speaking at the same time, this region effectively blocks one voice while it allows the other to pass through the B/W bottleneck. Any information that does not immediately make it through the B/W network disappears completely — there is no waitlist.
Now, let’s bring all the pieces together to see why it’s related to your silent reading. When you read, the first region to demonstrate activation is the Visual Cortex, which processes the pure visual characteristics of incoming sights. Immediately after the visual cortex activates, the speech areas of the brain fire up because your brain processes your silent reading in a manner almost identical to the way in which it processes an actual, out-loud speaking voice. For this reason, attempting to read while listening to someone speak is the same as trying to understand two people speaking at the same time—it can’t be done!
9. What does the underlined word “simultaneously” in paragraph 2 mean
A. At the same time. B. One at a time.
C. On the whole. D. Through comparison.
10 Which of the following best illustrates paragraph 3
Note: disappear; wait
A. B.
C. D.
11. What may the author agree with
A. Professors give a speech with a text-heavy PowerPoint slide.
B. Teachers keep silent when students are reading attentively.
C. Students solve math problem when following a lecture.
D. Students practice listening skills while reading novels.
12. Which of the following sentences can best serve as an introduction to the text
A. The art of conversation lies in listening.
B. What is reading, but a silent conversation.
C. We hear and understand only what we already know half.
D. Once an idea gets into your head, it’s probably going to stay there.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10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。
More and more people enjoy listening to music while they work, believing that music helps boost creativity. But an international study conducted by English and Swedish researchers is challenging that viewpoint. ____13____
To come to their conclusions, researchers had participants complete verbal problems designed to inspire creativity while sitting in a quiet room. ____14____ They found that background music significantly weakened the participants’ ability to complete tasks associated with verbal creativity. The research team also tested background noises such as those commonly heard in a library, but found that such noises had no impact on subjects’ creativity.
The tasks were simple word games. ____15____ Then, they were asked to find a single word that could be combined with the three to form a common phrase or word. The single word, in this case, would be “sun” (sunshine, sunflower, etc). Participants completed the tasks either in a quiet room or while listening to different types of music.
“We found strong evidence of damaged performance when playing background music in comparison to quiet background conditions.” says Dr. McLatchie. Dr. McLatchie with his colleagues concludes that music disturbs the verbal working memory of the brain. ____16____ Also, as far as the library background noises have seemingly no effect, the researchers believe that was the case because library noises create a “steady state” environment that doesn’t affect concentration.
“____17____ Instead, they demonstrate music, regardless of its types, consistently interrupts creative performance in problem solving,” the study reads.
A. And this in turn blocks creativity.
B. First, all participants spoke out three words of their favorite music.
C. Then again, they were tested while music was played in the background.
D. Prior to the task, the participants were not exposed to the music they would listen.
E. For example, participants were given three words, such as dress, shine, and flower.
F. To conclude, the findings challenge the popular view that music encourages creativity.
G. Psychologists from several universities say their findings indicate music actually prevents creativity.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分23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。
I went to an old friend’s farm in western Washington. I parked my car outside the farm and ___18___ past a house which had apparently not been used in many years. A ___19___ at a window caught my attention, so I entered it. It was a hummingbird (蜂鸟), ___20___ trying to escape. I ___21___ her from spider-webs (蛛网).
With the bird in my ___22___ hand, I looked around to see how she had got in. The broken window was the ___23___ answer. I stuffed a piece of cloth into the ___24___ and took her outside.
When I opened my hand, the bird did not fly away; she sat looking at me with her bright eyes. I ___25___ the sticky spider-webs that covered her head and wings. ___26___, she made no attempt to fly. Perhaps she had been ____27____ too long and was too tired Or too ____28____
As I ____29____ her toward my car where I kept a water bottle, she began to move. Hovering (悬停), she approached within six inches of my face. For a very long moment, this tiny creature looked into my eyes, turning her head from side to side. Then she flew quickly ____30____.
Two hours later, as I was ____31____, my friends walked me to my car. I was standing by the car when a hummingbird flew to the center of our group and began hovering. Finally, she came to me. She again looked directly into my eyes, then ____32____ a squeaking call, seeming to say good bye to me, and was gone. What an amazing bird!
18. A. drove B. ran C. travelled D. walked
19. A. noise B. voice C. scene D. picture
20. A. happily B. excitedly C. deliberately D. desperately
21. A. saved B. protected C. preserved D. prevented
22. A. opened B. closed C. cupped D. folded
23. A. likely B. potential C. promising D. right
24. A. room B. house C. cave D. hole
25. A. took B. moved C. removed D. cleaned
26. A. Therefore B. Still C. However D. So
27. A. fighting B. calling C. struggling D. flying
28. A. thirsty B. hungry C. angry D. afraid
29. A. lifted B. carried C. fetched D. hugged
30. A. out of mind B. out of sight C. out of breath D. out of reach
31. A. returning B. coming C. departing D. going
32. A. give out B. let out C. leave out D. come out
第二节 同义替换(共8小题;每小题1分，满分8分)(注意答案填涂在答题卡上)
根据语境，选择下框中的单词替换句中划线部分的词或词块，使之意思接近或一致。(有两项多余)
A. launched B. tend to C. figures D. bring about E. gathered F. selects G. occur H. escape I. determines J. rejected
33. A crowd came together to watch the performance.
34. She refused her brother’s offer of help.
35. People are likely to need less sleep as they get older.
36. The highest rates of unemployment happen in the inner urban areas.
37. We are working to contribute to closer political integration in the UN.
38. The amount of available water decides the number of houses that can be built.
39. The organization has started a campaign to raise money.
40. They went to the hills to get away from the summer heat.
第II卷(共63分)
第四部分 短文填词(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
When foreigners come to China, they may be surprised at Chinese’s special fondness and ____41____ (prefer) for seals (印章). To Chinese, seals are an art of deep cultural roots, ____42____ combines the essence of both calligraphy (书法) and sculpture and inspires generations to study to appreciate and to collect.
Seals are believed ____43____ (come) out as early as 8,000 years ago after our ancestors could make pottery wares and had private belongings. They tried to make marks on ____44____ (they) own possessions to prevent them from ____45____ (steal). When the first dynasty ____46____ (found), the king began to use seals to power and to show royal credits (赏识). Only the king’s special seal was then called “Xi”, ____47____ (represent) the highest authority. The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, had his “Xi” ____48____ (make) out of the invaluable and beautiful jade “Heshi Bi”.
Then the local governments also needed seals for the same function. Meanwhile private seals were carved in ____49____ (vary) of lucky characters and vivid animal patterns. _____50_____ (gradual), the sphragistics (印章学) came into being.
第五部分 选词填空(共8小题;每小题1分，满分8分)
根据语境，选择下框中的单词或短语，必要时用正确的形式填空。框中有两个多余的单词或短语。
determine seek argue reflect in memory of earn a living respond run out of in spite of result in
51. She loved her father ___________ the fact that he drank too much.
52. The drop in consumer spending has ___________ concerns about the economy.
53. The art exhibition has received positive ___________ from visitors.
54. The Dragon Boat Festival is ___________ a Chinese poet, Qu Yuan.
55. As she struggled to ___________ and support her family, her dream of going back to school did not die.
56. He was ___________ that the same mistake would not be repeated.
57. The crowd ___________ heatedly about the best way to tackle the problem.
58. ___________ all the resources, the scientists have to figure out a new way to solve the problem.
第六部分 课文句子填空(共20小题;每空1分，满分20分)
59. This important agricultural festival __________________ after all the crops have been __________________.
这一重大的农业节日在庄稼全部收割后举行。
60. Festivals are becoming more and more ________ , with business ________ celebrations.
节日正变得越来越商业化，商家会利用这些庆祝活动(进行促销)。
61. These words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a ________ the heart of this amazing woman, and what ________ a life of hard choices.
从林巧稚医生的这番话，我们可以看到这位伟大女性的内心世界，以及到底是什么支撑着她走过充满艰难抉择的一生。
62. ________ following the traditional path of marriage like ________ girls, she ________ study medicine.
她没有像大多数的女孩那样走上婚姻这一传统道路，而是选择了学医。
63. Historically, what ________ a residential area for Chinese immigrants then ________ a centre for Chinese culture.
历史上，这里原本是中国移民的居住地，后来变成一个中国文化中心。
64. But perhaps what many tourists and San Franciscans ________ about Chinatown is its food. There is Chinese food to ________ , with traditional dishes from all over China.
然而，很多游客和旧金山人最钟爱的或许是唐人街的美食。这里有着来自中国各地的传统菜肴，各种口味，应有尽有。
65. ________ , scientists hope to ________ that enable the human race to survive well into the future.
尽管困难重重，科学家们希望做出有价值的发现，使人类能够更好地走向未来。
66. However, others feel this is a ________ which ________ realize how exploring space helps us.
然而，其他人则认为这是一个肤浅的观点，没有意识到探索太空对我们的帮助。
67. Festivals help us understand where we came from, who we are, and ________ .
节日让我们了解我们来自何方、我们是谁、我们应该感恩什么。
68. To a person ________ than their life.
对一个人来说，生命是最宝贵的。
69. Firstly, exploring space has already ________ in the fight against world hunger.
首先，探索空间在消除世界饥饿的斗争中发挥了作用。
第七部分 写作(满分20分)
70. 为了庆祝中国的第八个航天日，你校举办了一系列的主题活动。请你写一篇英语短文报道此次事件，内容包括：
1. 活动的主要内容；
2. 同学们的感受。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Celebrating China Aerospace Day
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试题答案
1. B 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. A 11. B 12. B
13. G 14. C 15. E 16. A 17. F 18. D 19. A 20. D 21. A 22. C 23. A
24. D 25. C 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. B 30. B 31. C 32. B
33. E 34. J 35. B 36. G 37. D 38. I 39. A 40. H
41. preference 42. which 43. to come 44. their 45. being stolen
46. was founded 47. representing 48. made 49. varieties
50. Gradually 51. in spite of 52. resulted in 53. responses
54. in memory of 55. earn a living 56. determined 57. argued 58. Having run out of
One possible version:
Celebrating China Aerospace Day
To celebrate the 8th China Aerospace Day, our school hosted a series of themed events.
The main activities included a lecture on the history of China’s aerospace industry and a rocket-building competition. The lecture covered the milestone achievements of China’s aerospace industry. In the rocket-building competition, the winning team launched their model rocket into the sky with great success.
The students were thrilled and inspired by the events. Many expressed their admiration for Chinese astronauts’ bravery and perseverance to carry out their missions. They took great pride in China’s achievements in space exploration.