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肇庆高新区大旺中学2024-2025学年高一上学期期中考试 本试卷满分120分，考试时间120分钟 第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分37.5分） 第一节（共10小题，每小题2.5分，满分25分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选取最佳选项。 A World’s Greatest Places Want to see the world? Each year, TIME magazine makes a list of the World’s Greatest Places. TIME for Kids picks its favorites. Some places are a window on the past. Others look out on the future. Together, they represent the range of beauty and culture on our planet, from wildlife and other natural wonders to incredible human-made structures. Get ready for an adventure! Island Living Dominica is called the Caribbean’s nature island for its waterfalls, hot springs, and volcanoes. Visitors can hike trails and kayak along the coastline. And the island is eco-friendly. There’s a new resort that’s fully powered by sun and wind. Family Fun Phuket, Thailand, is known for its beaches. But there’s a new theme park called Carnival Magic, which re-creates traditional festivals. Look at the fireworks! At the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary, visitors can feed the animals. Local shops offer ice cream made with coconut milk. City Central In 2022, Vienna was named the world’s most livable city. Austria’s capital has more than a thousand miles of bike paths, and green spaces cover half of its area. There’s plenty to do indoors, too. The Belvedere Museum just celebrated its 300th birthday. Rain On This is the new visitor center at El Yunque, a rainforest in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. El Yunque is the only tropical rainforest in the United States National Forest Service, and is famous for its biodiversity. Puerto Rico is home to more than 240 plant species and 18 native bird species. You can spot many of them in the park. 1．What do visitors probably do in Austria’s capital? A．Go cycling. B．Feed the animals. C．Hike trails. D．Enjoy the fireworks. 2．Which place is attractive to the tropical rainforest lovers? A．Phuket. B．Dominica. C．El Yunque. D．Vienna. 3．Who are these mentioned places intended for? A．Adults. B．Kids. C．Elders. D．Editors. B I can still remember the first day when I met my best friend. She had just moved to the neighborhood and her grandmother brought her down to meet me. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother, scared of looking at each other. Soon, we lost the shyness and started playing with each other, riding bikes to each other’s house and having sleepovers. In 7th grade she was going through family problems. However, every summer we would sit at each other’s house, watch movies on TV and talk about all the boys we liked. It was last year that I noticed the problem. She suffered from clinical depression (临床抑郁症), and had to go to a hospital during the day. I was very sorry for her at first. But with the late night calls and meeting each other halfway up the street at midnight, we still stayed in touch. I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend left her, and I knew I still cared about her like a sister. Yesterday she came to me and said, “I never knew what a best friend was until you were the only person that would stop me from cutting myself and that ever made me feel better about myself and my problems. You didn’t know this but I was trying to kill myself that very night you called me and I was crying. I owe you so much, and you didn’t even know you were helping me. ” We both cried. And I guess a kind of lesson from my life so far is to never give up your friends. Even if they aren’t as cool as others, or people think they are crazy, they need someone there. If you leave them, you will only be very sorry. So if your friends need you, and you care about them, you should be always there for them. 4．Why did the two girls hide behind their family members when they first met? A．Because they were playing a game. B．Because they didn’t like each other. C．Because they quarreled before. D．Because they were both shy. 5．What’s the problem of my best friend? A．family problems B．having difficulty in studying C．clinical depression D．bad relationship with classmates 6．What lesson can we learn from the story? A．Always care about your friends. B．Don’t care about others’ opinions. C．Never owe your friends too much. D．Try to be as cool as others. C After bikes and umbrellas are made sharable across China, some companies started eyeing the fitness market, so shared gym rooms have hit the streets in Beijing. Unlike common gyms that provide large, open spaces for many members to share at the same time, the newly built shared gym rooms are small, stand-alone rooms for a person to use, often set up near living communities. Every four-square-meter room is equipped with a treadmill (跑步机), an air cleaner, a mirror, a television and an air conditioner, and users can let down the curtains for privacy. When exercising, users can listen to music, watch movies and check emails by connecting to the Internet by the screen fixed on the treadmill. There’s no shower or washbasin. Similar to using a shared bike, users can locate a shared gym room by smartphone application, book a room in advance and then need to scan a QR code for use. A refundable deposit (保证金) of 99 yuan is required, and users are charged 1 yuan every 5 minutes. The shared gym rooms are created by Misspao, a Beijing-based technology company founded in July. Within several months since it was founded, the company has already raised over 100 million yuan, Yicai Global reports. The idea of the shared fitness experience is not entirely nascent. Last December, the Shanghai-based technology company VRUN set up shared treadmills in office and apartment buildings. The sharing economy is still becoming popular in China. According to Yicai Global, confident investors are pouring millions into sharing start-ups. In March, the State Information Center published a report which predicts that the total value of China’s sharing economy will see a yearly growth of 40% in the coming years, and it is expected to make a great contribution to the country’s GDP. 7．What makes the shared gym room different from the common one? A．Holding one person at a time. B．Standing in the living zone. C．Offering open spaces. D．Having some advanced equipment. 8．What do people need to do to use the shared gym room? A．Let down curtains for privacy. B．Pay 100 yuan first. C．Use a smartphone. D．Have a shower before exercise. 9．What does the underlined word “nascent” in paragraph 5 mean? A．Simple. B．Popular. C．Satisfying. D．New. 10．What is the author’s purpose of writing the text? A．To advertise a technology company. B．To introduce shared gym rooms. C．To support the shared gym rooms. D．To predict the future of shared gym rooms. 第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 根据短文内容，从短文的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 How to Remember What You Read Reading is important. But the next step is making sure that you remember what you've read! 11 You may have just read the text, but the ideas, concepts and images（形象）may fly right out of your head. Here are a few tricks for remembering what you read. ● 12 If the plot, characters, or word usage is confusing for you, you likely won't be able to remember what you read. It's a bit like reading a foreign language. If you don't understand what you're reading, how would you remember it? But there are a few things you can do... Use a dictionary; look up the difficult words. ● Are you connected? Does a character remind you of a friend? Does the setting make you want to visit the place? Does the book inspire you, and make you want to read more? With some books, you may feel a connection right away. 13   How willing are you to make the connections happen? ● Read it; hear it; be it! Read the lines. Then, speak them out loud. And, put some character into the words. When he was writing his novels, Charles Dickens would act out the parts of the characters. He'd make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each character. 14 ● How often do you read? If you read frequently, you'll likely have an easier time with remembering what you’re reading and what you've read. 15 As you make reading a regular part of your life, you'll make more connections, stay more focused and understand the text better. You’ll learn to enjoy literature- as you remember what you read! A．Are you confused? B．Practice makes perfect. C．What's your motivation? D．Memory is sometimes a tricky thing. E．Marking helps you remember what you read. F．But other books require a bit more work on your part. G．You can do the same thing when you are reading the text! 第三部分 语言运用（共三节，满分57.5分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。 There was not a single record of autism (自闭症) in my family until I was born. When I was 2, my parents noticed my “ 16 ” behavior. I always placed my toys in a straight line. 17 my moods changed quickly. They took me to see a doctor, who told them I was autistic. It was 1999, a time when autism was not commonly 18 and was still being studied. My parents were shocked and worried. Then I got older, and I began to change from 19 myself to communicating with other kids once I attended school. The other kids answered questions in class more 20 than I could understand. It took me two minutes to come up with a(n) 21 to the best of my ability. Then, I started receiving the special 22 for my coursework, such as sitting in the front of the class to read the board better, and spending more time on tests. In Grade 4, my parents encouraged me to join my school’s marching band; it was a great 23 to make friends and help develop confidence in myself. At the same time, I 24 my talent for creative writing. All these years, I was 25 of my disease. However, one day when I was 15, I found a piece of paper in our house, which 26 that I had autism. At that moment, I finally learned the 27 about myself. My parents had 28 it because they didn’t want it to affect me. And I understood that, so I wasn’t mad at them. It took me a while to truly 29 who I am. If any of you need advice on how to live a life with autism, I will be happy to share my 30 as an autistic person. Remember, you are never alone. 16．A．bad B．social C．awkward D．unusual 17．A．Instead B．Besides C．Anyway D．However 18．A．reported B．followed C．noticed D．understood 19．A．keeping to B．believing in C．focusing on D．concentrating on 20．A．simply B．directly C．quickly D．seriously 21．A．strategy B．answer C．plan D．solution 22．A．requirement B．experiment C．improvement D．treatment 23．A．adventure B．honor C．way D．excuse 24．A．wasted B．disliked C．discovered D．considered 25．A．unaware B．frightened C．nervous D．tired 26．A．commented B．proved C．argued D．recognized 27．A．truth B．opinion C．lesson D．source 28．A．changed B．doubted C．hidden D．forgotten 29．A．show B．accept C．explore D．remember 30．A．character B．interests C．findings D．experience 第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Jim is 31 exchange student at No. 1 Middle School Attached to Central China Normal University in Wuhan. He is studying here for one year. In America, he was in Grade 10, but in China he is in Grade 1 at senior high school. He did not feel 32 (confidence) at all when he arrived. His first 33 (impress) was that Chinese was too difficult and people spoke too quickly. But soon he 34 (find) that if he concentrated on the ideas, not the single words, he could understand! He also felt 35 easy to make friends with his classmates and began 36 (explore) the city with them. They were happy to explain things to him after class. His favorite class was history for the teacher shares 37 (amaze) stories. Other 38 these, he has been in love with the delicious local food and famous sights in Wuhan, 39 include Yellow Crane Tower, Guiyuan Temple, East Lake, First Bridge over the Yangtze River and so on. The longer he stays here, the 40 (much) he is attracted to this city and its people. Even if Jim is not sure how well he will do at school this year, he is not nervous any more. He is excited. 第三节（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 根据括号里的中文提示或单词的首字母，用Welcome Unit&Unit 1&Unit2以及新概念的新单词的正确形式完成下面的句子，并将完整形式填入答题卡。 41. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced l__________ because I like English and I’m good at it. 42. I didn’t feel __________（尴尬的）or frightened at all. 43. I’m __________（好奇的）about everything. 44. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I g__________. 45. __________（明显地）, I was unhappy, but I won’t quit. 46. It is not unusual for teenagers of your g__________ to be attracted to computer games and the online world. 47. It is for this reason that Spanish is the main o__________ language of Peru. 48. You can then spend three days exploring the rainforest with a local guide and enjoying the plants and animals __________（特有的）to the rainforest. 49. The four-day walking tour will take you on amazing p__________ through the Andes Mountains on the way of Machu Picchu. 50. It’s amazing that there are more than 8, 000 s__________. And no one in modern times knew about them until the 1970s. 51. I’ve heard that it is an amazing __________（景点）. 52. Peru is a country on the pacific coast of south America with three main areas: n__________, dry, flat land running along the coasts, the Andes Mountains, and the Amazon rainforest. 53. However, as the evidence begin to __________（积累）, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate. 54. The experts were now fully __________（信服的） that the animal was a puma. 55. Our vicar is always __________（筹集）money for one cause or another. 56. The city at one time must have been __________, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. 57. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to s__________ higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. 58. Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to __________（极端）to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. 59. Mr. Talor the owner of a j__________ shop was admiring a new window display. 60. So long as there’s something to __________（坚定）, we will give people their money back. 第四节 写作（满分25分） 假定你是李华，你的外国朋友 Steve在电子邮件中告诉你他想来你所在的城市旅游。请你给他回一封电子邮件，内容包括： 1.欢迎他的到来； 2.给予建议（景点、美食）； 3.表达祝愿。 注意： 1.写作词数应为100个左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Steve, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$