精品解析：上海市浦东新区2023-2024学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

浦东新区2023学年度第二学期期中教学质量检测 高一英语试卷 （时间为90分钟） Ⅰ. Grammar and Vocabulary 20% Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. In 1831, a 22-year-old English biologist called Charles Darwin boarded the HMS Beagle in Plymouth and set off on an incredible voyage. His aim was to observe the natural world in places _____1_____ had not been studied in much detail. Almost 200 years later, another mission, the Darwin 200, has invited a team of conservationists to retrace back the Beagle’s journey. HMS Beagle’s mission was to map the harbours of South America. Darwin was invited along _____2_____ (survey) the natural world. His observations on the Galapagos Islands, around 560 miles off the coast of Ecuador, changed the way Darwin saw nature, _____3_____ (lead) to Darwin’s most famous work: his theory of evolution (进化论). This explained _____4_____ species change over time to adapt to their environments, a process called natural selection. It has been described as “_____5_____ (big) single idea in the history of human thought”. What is Darwin 200’s mission? The Darwin200 ship _____6_____ (sail) more than 40,000 miles and stop at 32 ports in four continents. Specially _____7_____ (choose) conservationists will join at different stages for a week each to carry out wildlife studies._____8_____ the journey, the ship’s crew will make films that explain Charles Darwin’s discoveries. The Darwin 200 team will travel in a 50-metre-long Dutch sailing ship called Oosterschelde, which _____9_____ (build) in 1918 and has been restored fully for this voyage. The ship’s captain said, “She has sailed the distance from here to the Moon and back twice!_____10_____ I may handle the most difficult situations, I trust her to bring me back home safely.” The ship is