河南省许昌市2023-2024学年高一下学期7月期末考试 英语试题 （Word版含答案，无听力音频及听力原文）

2023—2024学年第二学期期末教学质量检测
高一英语
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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 fruit does the woman suggest
A. Oranges. B. Bananas. C. Apples.
2. How will the speakers go to the park
A. By bike. B. By bus. C. On foot.
3. How does the girl usually go to school
A. By car. B. On foot. C. By bike.
4. How far away is the nearest hospital
A. Three kilometers. B. Four kilometers. C. Five kilometers.
5. Which part of the woman’s body is in pain
A. Her head. B. Her arm. C. Her foot.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. When did the woman get an email from Mary
A. Yesterday. B. Last week. C. Last year.
7. What does Mary do now
A. She’s a reporter. B. She’s a lawyer. C. She’s a teacher.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What’s the man’s trouble
A. He can’t fall asleep at night.
B. He is tired of his work.
C. He coughs a lot at night.
9. How long has the man been feeling bad
A. For one day. B. For two days. C. For three days.
10. What does the woman tell the man to do
A. Change his job. B. Get more exercise. C. Drink some milk at night.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Where are the speakers probably
A At a restaurant. B. At the man’s house. C. At the woman’s home.
12. What does the woman ask the man to start with
A. Some tea. B. French toast. C. A cup of coffee.
13. How often does the man usually have coffee
A. Never. B. Once a day. C. Twice a day.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. Who did the boy go to the zoo with
A. His mother. B. His teacher. C. His friend’s family.
15. What did the boy do on the bus
A. He played games.
B. He listened to the radio.
C. He watched videos of animals.
16 What did the boy see first
A. Monkeys. B. Giraffes. C. Lions.
17. How many lions were there
A. Five. B. Three. C. Two.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Where did the story happen
A. In a cinema. B. In a library. C. In a shop.
19. Why was the woman angry
A. The man was talking loudly.
B. She lost a piece of chocolate.
C. The man was making noise.
20. What did the man really want to find
A. His glasses. B. His teeth. C. His seat.
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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Some libraries use unique architecture to encourage visitors to settle down with a new book. No matter how they achieve it these famous libraries are keeping the magic of reading alive.
Biblioteca Sandro Penna (Italy)
In a country known for classical architecture and historical buildings, Biblioteca Sandro Penna stands out for its modern beauty. Housing books and multimedia, this library was built in 2004. Its name comes from a local poet. It is easily identifiable by its round pink glass top like a flying saucer (碟状物).
Beach Library (Bulgaria)
Reading a book on the beach is a classic, and in Bulgaria, one library encourages tourists to do just that. The white shelves are weather-resistant. They have 6,000 books in 15 languages, so every visitor can find the perfect beach read to enjoy while soaking up the sun’s rays.
The Camel Library Service (Kenya)
To fight with low literacy rates in the desert of Kenya, the government created a mobile library composed of nine camels bringing books to villages. The library travels four days a week, serving the region’s nomadic people (游牧人) Currently the service focuses on children, but they plan to increase their reach both in distance and the titles they carry.
Seikei University Library (Japan)
Libraries are usually known for their quiet atmosphere, but this one encourages readers to have a chat. Shigeru Ban designed the library with free-standing soundproofed pods (隔音舱) to respect those who need uninterrupted study, while also being beneficial to other methods of learning; they serve as perfect spots for study groups and lively discussions.
1. Which library is famous for its modern design
A. Biblioteca Sandro Penna. B. Beach Library.
C. The Camel Library Service. D. Seikei University Library.
2. What can people do while reading at the Beach Library
A. Enjoy the sunshine. B. Create handcrafts.
C. Ride camels. D. Observe flying saucers.
3. What is special about the Seikei University Library
A. It is on a beach. B. It is mobile.
C. It is made of pink glass. D. It encourages conversation.
B
I burst out laughing as I held up the hat I had just finished knitting. It was my first attempt at knitting. I made a mistake somewhere along the way, and the hat I wanted to make for myself turned out too small to fit me or anyone else.
I worked at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. It was a stressful job and humor was always appreciated. I sewed a little flower onto the side of the hat and brought it to work the next day. We team members all had a good laugh at my mini hat and got back to our patients. I stuck the hat in a drawer and forgot about it.
Days later, a 4-year-old girl came in for an echocardiogram (超声心动图). She was wearing a knit cap with a baby doll in her arms. Her facial expression obviously showed she didn’t believe me. So I offered her the transducer, so she could take pictures of her doll’s heart. Not interested. I made animals with the ultrasound gel (超声波凝胶). She would have none of it. When I asked whether her dolly had a name, she threw her doll to the floor, and I saw my chance. I picked up the doll and straightened her dress.
“I know it’s kind of scary to have this test,” I said to the doll, “but I promise it won’t hurt. What — your head is cold You wish you had a hat ”
I pulled the hat from my drawer and slipped it onto the doll’s bald head. It was a perfect fit. The girl smiled and the rest of the check went well. I have never seen her again since she left, but I wonder how she is doing every time I knit a new hat. My skills have improved with each one.
4. Which of the following can best describe paragraph 1
A. Well begun is half done. B. Mistakes are hardly avoided.
C. Things don’t always go as planned. D. Laughing is the best medicine.
5. What did the author intend to do with the little girl
A. To gain her trust. B. To give her some medicine.
C. To look after her. D. To make her smile.
6. What happened to the author’s knitting hat
A. It was too big for the author. B. It was put in a drawer forever.
C. It was given to the girl’s doll. D. It was thrown away by the girl.
7. What is the best title for the text
A. A Hat Enriched Your Life B. A Hat Brought Much Fun
C. A Hat Could Give Courage D. A Hat Made a Great Difference
C
When a falcon (猎鹰) strikes, how does a flock of pigeons (一群鸽子) react According to a classic opinion, every pigeon just tries to get into the middle of the flock, so that the falcon takes some other unfortunate pigeons. But that idea isn’t easy to test. Every falcon strike is different: some start a little higher than others or from a different position, and all these differences can affect how the pigeons react. Therefore, Daniel Sankey, a behavioral ecologist now at the University of Exeter in the UK, turned to a robot.
“We thought of it as a very controlled way to conduct this study,” Sankey said. “You could make sure that the falcon was always exactly 20 meters behind when the pigeons were moving freely, which made it repeatable.” What’s more, he noted, the robot was safer for the pigeons. “I know a trained falcon in the past has absolutely killed a flock of pigeons.”
With the help of a robotic falcon — exactly like a real falcon in appearance, except for the propellers (螺旋桨) that drive it — Sankey repeatedly attacked a flock of homing pigeons, while tracking each bird’s position by GPS. Different from the classic opinion, the pigeons were no more likely to move to the middle of the flock when under attack than when unmolested, he found.
Instead, Sankey’s study showed that the pigeons mostly tried to fly in the same direction as they got together, so that the flock moved suddenly in the same manner to avoid being attacked, leaving no chance for the falcon to pick one of them off. “This suggests that by getting together with each other, pigeons run away from the falcon as a group, so no one gets eaten,” he said.
8. What will a pigeon flock do when they’re attacked according to a classic idea
A. They will fly in different directions.
B. They will fly to the middle of the flock.
C. They will fly as high as possible.
D. They will fly in the same direction.
9. Why did Sankey turn to a robotic falcon for help
A. It was harmless and exact.
B. It moved faster than a real falcon.
C. It helped pigeons get together.
D. It could find pigeons’ positions correctly.
10. What does the underlined word “unmolested” in paragraph 3 mean
A. Unprotected. B. Unpunished. C. Unthreatened. D. Uncovered.
11. What can be inferred about the pigeons from the text
A. They aren’t afraid of robotic falcons.
B. They are good at discovering possible dangers.
C. They don’t care about their companions.
D They actually hold together when under attack.
D
Although midnight snacks or being too tired to exercise could make people get fatter, there may now be a more scientific reason. A study has shown short or restless sleep changes the way people’s DNA (脱氧核糖核酸) works and makes the body store fat. Fat stores begin to rise when people lose as little as one night’s sleep, according to the study.
Sleep researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden did a study on people after two lab tests — in one they slept for over eight hours and in the other they did not sleep at all. Researchers then examined the make-up of fat and muscle tissue (肌肉组织), as well as measuring sugar levels in the blood.
The researchers found the way their DNA works had changed. After just one night of sleeplessness, the body began to store more fat and stop building muscle strength, which appears to be related to a break in cells’ circadian rhythms—commonly known as the body clock. Sleep loss was already known to contribute to overweight. But these scientists say they are the first to ever notice the physical changes that lead to putting on weight. Now they find it could be related to the body clock.
”We find that the tissue is attempting to increase its ability to store fat following sleep loss,” said study author Jonathan Cedernaes. “We observed signs of breakdown of muscle. We also noted changes in levels of proteins (蛋白质) involved controlling blood sugar, This could help explain why people’s sugar sensitivity was damaged following sleep loss. Taken together, these observations may partially explain why long-term sleep loss can increase the risk of putting on weight as well as the risk of serious diseases.”
The researchers think their findings are important because high levels of body fat increase the risk of the world’s biggest causes of death: cancer and heart disease.
12. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us
A. The purpose of the study. B. The process of experiments.
C. Different views on the study. D. The results of the study.
13. What can we learn from the study
A. Fat provides energy for our bodies.
B. The body clock can be damaged by sleep loss.
C. DNA can be easily destroyed by bad habits.
D. The connection between fat and muscle is strong.
14. What may Jonathan Cedernaes agree with
A. Heart disease is caused by poor sleep.
B. Sleep loss has nothing to do with muscle strength.
C. Overwork prevents people from sleeping well.
D. Long-term sleep loss can lead to serious diseases.
15. What is the main idea of the text
A. Lack of sleep makes people fatter and weaker.
B. Building muscle strength is important.
C. Some factors affect the way DNA works.
D. The body clock plays a role in sleep management.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
People have been adding colorings (色素) to their food for thousands of years. This tradition is widely thought to have taken place in Egyptian cities as early as 1500 BC. ____16____ With time going by, food colorings grew more and more popular.
At one point, all food colorings got their colors from natural sources. ____17____ Insects and rocks were also often used as sources of food colorings. The natural world still remains a common source of many of today’s commercial colorings.
Nowadays, scientists have also developed artificial (人造的) food colorings. These colorings have many advantages. For example, in many cases, it’s less expensive to create colors artificially. In addition, with artificial food colorings, people can create especially bright colors or colors hard to find in nature, such as blue. ____18____
Whether food colorings come naturally or artificially, there are health and safety concerns about them. ____19____ But they have been removed from the market due to health concerns, and some people thus try to avoid food colorings. However, avoiding food colorings can actually be quite difficult.
____20____ Many governments around the world limit the types of things that can be used in food colorings. And different countries have different labeling (贴标签) systems for food colorings, which allow people to be clear what food coloring it is. Many countries also make certain rules and laws to deal with adding and creating food colorings illegally.
A. All food colorings come from two sources.
B. Some food colorings are not good for our health.
C. Plants, like flowers, were very common examples.
D. Several food colorings were once recognised as safe.
E. As a result, artificial food colorings are widely used.
F. Measures thus have been taken for food colorings’ safety.
G. At that time, candy makers used colorings to improve products’ appearance.
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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In many ways, Mars is like Earth’s twin. But in many more ways, Mars is nothing like Earth. Mars was once a ____21____ world. But what happened to Mars And most ____22____, did life once exist on this Red Planet On August 5, 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover (探测器) landed on Mars. Its mission: to ____23____ whether Mars was once a place where living things could ____24____.
The rover started its ____25____ in a place called Gale Crater. It’s a huge crater (坑), stretching 154 kilometers wide. In the center is a mountain called Mount Sharp. NASA let the rover ____26____ there because Gale Crater used to hold a ____27____ filled with water. After the rover got there, it ____28____ some rocks in Gale Crater with onboard instruments. And it found minerals that had water ____29____ up in it. With the ____30____ the rover collected, the science and engineering teams on Earth were able to ____31____ that Gale Crater was once a lake.
One of the ____32____ the rover brought to Mars was a laser (激光器). It was used to study the composition of rocks and found molecules (分子) which contain oxygen. The rover’s ____33____ in Mars’rocks tells scientists that at some ____34____ in Mars’past, there was a lot of oxygen in the atmosphere, which is a ____35____ for most life.
Do you know what most living things need Water and oxygen! Where there was water and oxygen, there might have been life.
21. A. watery B. dusty C. sandy D. grassy
22. A. quickly B. certainly C. dangerously D. mysteriously
23. A. get over B. make up C. look for D. figure out
24. A. grow B. survive C. move D. gather
25. A. journey B. goal C. performance D. struggle
26. A. hang B. work C. land D. pull
27. A. street B. plate C. pool D. lake
28. A. broke B. analyzed C. obtained D. adjusted
29. A. waken B. lifted C. lit D. locked
30. A. data B. tips C. tricks D. tests
31. A. admit B. invent C. confirm D. accept
32. A. tools B. projects C. orders D. facts
33. A. success B. attempt C. discovery D. position
34. A. length B. level C. height D. point
35. A. sign B. rule C. will D. must
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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。
China once faced a series of environmental problems and they ____36____ (severe) threatened food safety and people’s health. However, over the past decade China has broken away from that situation. From the Ministry of Ecology and Environment came the ____37____ (encourage) news: the proportion (比例) of Grade I-III water sections in China increased by 23.3 percentage points, ____38____ means 84.9 percent of water was between the national nature reserves level ____39____ swimming zones level. Two-thirds of China’s incremental energy consumption ____40____ (be) from clean energy. The share of coal in primary energy consumption dropped ____41____ 68.5 percent to 56 percent and national carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP fell by 34.4 percent.
In September 2020, the Chinese government released an action plan that we will get carbon dioxide emissions ____42____ (peak) before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. In 2021, China’s 339 ____43____ (city) on average enjoyed 87.5 percent of days with good air quality. “Zero import” of solid waste ____44____ (realize). 18 percent of China’s land area was set aside for nature reserves. China leads the world in the scale of renewable energy development and ____45____ (apply). It tops the chart in production and sales of new energy vehicles.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，是校学生会主席。你校即将举办一场英文诗朗诵比赛（The English Poetry Recitation Contest）。请根据下面的写作提示，给你校的外教Chris写一封邮件，邀请他担任评委。内容包括：
1. 比赛的时间、地点；
2. 需要做的事情。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
Mr Chris,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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。
On a bright sunny day, I started my first day of volunteering at the L.A. Food Bank. My reason to volunteer at the food bank was to satisfy my need to help others and leave a change. This was my opportunity to make a positive impact in the world along with others who enjoy volunteering.
As I entered the food bank, there were lots of people there. They waited in lines to check in with coordinators (协调员). Everybody volunteering began heading quickly to their assigned duties after checking in. I started to get excited when I realized my opportunity to encounter and work with a diverse group of people. This experience allowed me to make connections with people of different backgrounds.
Coordinators assigned me to repackage donated food items. When I packed the donated food into a bag, I must make sure each bag had to contain the correct amount of food. I also must place food into bags quickly before the table would get overcrowded. My task also required a lot of focus when trying to work quickly with my hands. However, I thought all the hard work and effort would be worth it.
We worked together as a team to ensure that our task was going effectively. While doing my task, some volunteers around me sighed, “There are still many boxes of food that need to be unloaded though we tried our best to work at a fast-pace.” I felt like we all had a common goal of helping others, but the problem was that there weren’t enough volunteers. In fact, we needed more people to deal with the food, which couldn’t be kept for too long. Without enough volunteers, much food would go bad.
However, where could we find more volunteers I decided to have a try to persuade some people to help deal with the food.
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。
After a busy morning, I decided to eat something in a restaurant.
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I walked towards them and wanted them to join us.
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参考答案
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
听力1-5 CABAC 6-10 BCABB 11-15 CACBA 16-20 ACACB
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
1. A 2. A 3. D
4. C 5. A 6. C 7. D
8. B 9. A 10. C 11. D
12. B 13. B 14. D 15. A
16. G 17. C 18. E 19. D 20. F
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
21. A 22. D 23. D 24. B 25. A
26. C 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. A
31. C 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. D
36. severely 37. encouraging 38. which 39. and
40. was 41. from 42. to peak 43. cities
44. was realized 45. application
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
46. Mr Chris,
On behalf of the Student Union, I am writing to invite you to serve as a judge at our school’s English Poetry Reciting Contest.
The contest is scheduled to be held between 2: 30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in the school lecture centre on 10th, October. You are expected to introduce all the judges briefly and give a speech at the opening ceremony. And of course, you need to make some brief comments on the performance of every participant.
I’d appreciate it if you could accept my invitation. Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
47.
After a busy morning, I decided to eat something in a nearby restaurant. Suddenly, an idea struck me. Why not use this break to spread awareness and encourage others to volunteer I quickly finished my meal and headed back to the food bank, determined to find a way to bring more helpers to our cause. Armed with a renewed sense of purpose, I ventured into the bustling streets nearby the food bank. My eyes scanned the crowds, looking for potential volunteers. A group of young adults, chatting and laughing outside a coffee shop, caught my attention.
I walked towards them and wanted them to join us. With a smile on my face, I walked towards them, introducing myself and explaining the situation at the food bank. “Hi there! I’m volunteering at the L.A. Food Bank today, and we’re in dire need of more hands to help us sort and distribute donated food. Would any of you be interested in joining us ” One by one, they nodded in agreement, and before I knew it, we were walking back to the food bank together, ready to make a difference.