吉林省长春市南关区长春市实验中学2023-2024学年高一上学期12月期中英语试题

团结 勤奋 求实 创新 长春市实验中学 2023-2024学年上学期期中试卷 高一英语试卷 一、选词填空-句子（本大题共1小题，共15分） 1.On my way home， traffic was held up in front of the University stadium-it is a busy area (1) I saw a young woman trying (2) （ get） a tiny （maybe 8 weeks old） cat out of (3) road． The kitten （小猫） (4) （ terrify） and she finally got the little one but dropped him． The kitten ran to the roadside and lay there in shock． I pulled over and got out as she had gone back into her truck （maybe since the kitty was out of the road her part was done） and (5) （simple） took him to safety． As I was doing so， two beautiful young men pulled over and asked if I needed help． Well，I said，maybe． I showed them the kitten and put him (6) the cab of their truck． They were instantly in love． They also knew where the (7) （ shelter） were in town． I told them I could take the kitten to one if they couldn't， but they told me they would take the kitten and if they didn't keep him， they would take him to a shelter． As I left， I heard one say， "kittens deserve (8) （ well） than this．" There (9) （ be） some truly wonderful young people out there． My heart broke with (10) （ happy） to see these guys caring so obviously． 二、阅读理解（本大题共20小题，共45分） A     Far, far below your feet lies a source of nearly endless energy. Earth's core is about as hot as the surface of the Sun, so hot that it melts the rocky layers above it into magma, or liquid rock. Wouldn't it be great if we could tap into all that energy? In some places, we do!     The Geysers is an area north of San Francisco in California where magma's heat turns a reservoir of underground water into steam. This region is home to 18 geothermal power plants. The steam rises up through spaces between the rocks underground, a bit like how steam pours from a teakettle boiling on a stove. The power plant has pipelines that send the steam into the turbines (涡轮机) where electricity flow is generated. Once the steam leaves th