广东省深圳市罗湖高级中学2025-2026学年高一上学期期中英语试题

罗湖高级中学2025—2026学年度第一学期期中考试

高一英语试卷

注意事项：

1. 考试用时：120分钟 试卷分值：150分(由125分折算) 试卷页数：8页

2. 答题前填好姓名、班级、考号等信息，将答案正确填写在答题卡上。

3. 作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔在答题卡上将对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑;如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案。

4. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上：不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，留存试卷，交回答题卡。

第一部分：基础知识(共25题，每题1分，满分25分)

单项选择：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。

1. The children looked forward to the zoo trip with great ________, counting down the days until they could see the animals.

A. comfort B. panic C. eagerness D. pressure

2. Please give a vivid ________ of the magical world in your favorite fantasy novel.

A. journal B. debate C. comment D. description

3. The meeting provides a perfect platform for people from different countries to ________ their ideas and experiences.

A. exchange B. contact C. argue D. ignore

4. You can ________ the skills you learn in class to solve real-world problems.

A. apply B. explore C. prefer D. avoid

5. The school library provides various learning ________ for students who are working on their research projects.

A. behavior B. addition C. resource D. collection

6. A person’s choice of hobbies often ________ their personality and interests.

A. figures B. improves C. bases D. reflects

7. Do you ________ to participate in the upcoming summer camp?

A. settle B. intend C. select D. prove

8. I didn’t ________ my old classmate at the reunion party because he had grown a beard.

A admire B. recognize C. impress D. encounter

9. Don’t ________ that the exam is easy; it covers all units we’ve learned.

A. assume B. ignore C. seek D. maintain

10. The CEO is ________ in London, but she will fly to our office in Beijing next week.

A. significantly B. currently C. particularly D. regularly

11. How do you ________ the Mid-Autumn Festival in your country? Do you eat moon cakes and gather with family?

A. organize B. acquire C. observe D. contact

12. The teacher praised her for her ________ style of writing, which was very powerful.

A. digital B. negative C. individual D. curious

13. With the continuous ________ of AI technology, our daily life is changing rapidly.

A. advance B. position C. performance D. solution

14. The market offers a wide ________ of organic foods for health-minded customers.

A. sheet B. quality C. section D. variety

15. Can you ________ your argument with a historical event to make it more impressive?

A. concentrate B. memorize C. investigate D. illustrate

16. In order to win the school singing competition, she decided to ________ and practice singing for three hours every day.

A. go all out B. play safe C. raise her voice D. make her fortune

17. When you travel to a new city, it’s important to ________ the local customs and rules to avoid any trouble.

A. wonder at B. be aware of C. depend on D. hear from

18. After he changed his phone number, he ________ his online pen pal and couldn’t contact her anymore.

A. kept in mind B. stayed in touch with

C. lost track of D. focused on

19. The explorers had to ________ as they continued their journey through the heavy snow and strong winds.

A. work out B. brave the elements

C. turn up D. keep an open mind

20. He had a cold yesterday, so he ________ when answering the teacher’s question in class.

A. held his horses B. had butterflies in his stomach

C. jumped in with both feet D. had a frog in his throat

21. The book I’d like to recommend is Fu Lei’s Family Letters ________ Fu Lei shared his views about art and life.

A. that B. which C. where D. who

22. —Why do people like pop music? I hate it so much.

—______ it is not your style, that doesn’t mean it is bad.

A. Only if B. Even though C. Now that D. In case

23. It is reported that a new school has been built in ________ was a deserted village a few decades ago.

A. which B. what C. that D. where

24. The teacher told us that the sun ________ in the east, setting in the west.

A. rises B. rising C. rose D. risen

25. “The river has gone dry and lifeless.” This sentence pattern is ________.

A. SVO B. SVP C. SVA D. SVOC

第二部分：阅读理解(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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

There is an old saying that America and Britain are “two nations divided by a common language.” No one knows exactly who said this, but it reflects the way many Brits feel about American English. But are American and British English really so different?

Vocabulary

The most obvious difference between American and British English is vocabulary. For example, Americans go on vacation while Brits go on holidays; New Yorkers live in apartments while Londoners live in flats. There are far more examples than we can talk about here. Fortunately, most Americans and Brits can usually guess the meaning through the context of a sentence.

Past Tense Verbs

You’ll also find some differences with past forms of irregular verbs. The past tense of “learn” in American English is “learned”. British English has the option (选择) of “learned” or “learnt”. The same rule applies to “dreamed” and “dreamt”, “burned” and “burnt”, and “leaned” and “leant”. Americans tend to use the -ed ending; Brits tend to use the -t ending.

Spelling

There are hundreds of slight spelling differences between British and American English. Noah Webster, an author, politician and teacher, made an effort to reform English spelling in the late 1700s. Webster wanted to spell