广东省清远市清新区第一中学2026-2027学年高一上学期11月期中英语试题

2026年-2027年清新一中高一级第一学期期中考试

英语

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共11小题；每小题2.5分，满分27.5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

Asha, Tanzania

Hi! I’m Asha from Tanzania. Like most teenagers, I start my day early and end it late. After school, I learn with my partner to prepare for the University Entrance Exam. When I have time off, I prefer to be outdoors. I love nature and animals. I feel quite annoyed at how humans treat the environment, so I do my best to help. I volunteer to plant trees and I’m a member of our school’s Nature Club.

Samika, Bangladesh

Hi! I’m Samika and I’m slim. I wish I were a student, but I’m not. I had to leave school at 13 to help my family. I work in a dress factory. It’s unbelievable hard work and we sweat all day long. Although everyone works hard, my partners and I still find time to practice push-ups and jogging together. At times like these, the world feels like an amazing place.

Lila, USA

Hi! I’m Lila, an outgoing guy from Chicago. I’m a senior high school freshman. I love my art and debate lectures — they allow me to meet guys who share the same types of view and build up my confidence. After school, I volunteer at a senior center, helping the seniors at their detailed requests. On weekends, I explore the nature with my parents or play soccer with local junior athletes. I live a positive life.

Frieder, Germany

Hi, Frieder here. I go to a high school in Munich. I’m not very interested in lessons, but I know I have to get an education. It’s very difficult for young people to find a job in Europe, so I am anxious about my future. I’m a gaming lover. I love Internet games so much that I have started a gaming club at my school. Maybe I’ll see you online — my screen name is FastFreedy.

1. Why does Asha do volunteer work?

A. To pass exams. B. To make money.

C. To protect the environment. D. To build up confidence.

2. What does Samika do now?

A. She plants trees. B. She helps seniors.

C. She studies in a university. D. She works in a factory.

3. What worries Frieder a lot?

A. His gaming club.  B. His future job.

C. His school lessons.  D. His screen name.

B

One day in elementary school, a friend asked me “What are you eating?” as she glanced at my lunchbox. “It smells,” she said, nose crinkled (变皱).

I was eating bhindi roti, my favourite Indian snack, which my mum had packed for me. But feeling embarrassed for having a “smelly” lunch and wanting to fit in, I quietly shut my lunchbox. That day, I went hungry.

Most days after that, lunchtime at school felt like a battle. If I wasn’t trying to hide my lunch or sneak quick bites when no one was looking, I’d insist on bringing in the same peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich as the other kids. My mum, who didn’t grow up eating American food, tried her best, but the sandwiches never looked, or tasted, as good as the food I devoured at home.

I didn’t know that I wasn’t alone. Many kids with immigrant parents encounter (遭遇) what’s known as “the lunchbox moment” at school: The experience of being judged for bringing in food considered culturally different and so being made to feel like an outsider.

For this article, I talked with kids who could relate. But they also surprised me: They dealt with “the lunchbox moment” differently than I did. For example, Satya Singh, 6, who takes her mum’s Indian cooking to lunch most days, told me that one day a classmate said that her aloo, or potatoes, looked like poop. Another time, someone said that the dal, or lentils, looked like “throw up”. The next day, Satya brought enough dal to share with her entire class — and they loved it. From then on, she says, “My teacher at school made a rule: Don’t yuck someone’s yum.”

Looking back, I wish I’d had the wisdom of Satya and offered my friend a bite of my lunch, or just told her it was delicious — especially because now, as an adult, I see that Indian food is universally loved by my friends. Some even try to cook Indian lentils or chickpeas at home! And when I’m hungry, guess what? I miss my mum’s bhindi roti and her care in making it for me. Food is an expression of culture, tradition, family and love. And that’s something to celebrate, not hide.

4. Why did the writer go hungry one day in elementary school?

A. She didn’t like her smelly lunch.

B. Her classmates ate up her bhindi roti.

C. Her mum didn’t prepare lunch for her.

D. She skipped her lunch to fit in with others.

5. What can we infer about the writer according to the passage?

A. She enjoyed the lunchtime at school.

B. Her parents are immigrants from India.

C. She liked peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich best.

D. She would bite her bhindi roti quickly when someone was looking.

6. How did Satya deal with “the lunchbox moment”?

A. She threw away her lunch box.

B. She asked her teacher to make a rule.

C. She ate American food instead of her mum’s Indian cooking.

D. She brought more Indian cooking to share with her classmates.

7. What does the author want to tell us?

A. Food is something to celebrate, not hide.

B. Never should you yuck someone’s yum in any case.

C. Indian food is delicious and universally appreciated.

D. The lunchbox moment is when one can taste different foods.

C

If you are planning on travelling, there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.

First of all, always check and double-check departure (出发) time. It is surprising how few people really do this carefully. Once I arrived at the airport a few minutes after ten. My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane would leave at 10:50. Surprisingly, the person at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed. Therefore, I had to wait three hours for the next one and missed an important meeting.

The second rule is to remember that even in this age of credit cards, it is still important to have some local money in cash (现金). Once I arrived at a place at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed. The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi but because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead. “Listen! I only take real money!” the driver said angrily. You can imagine how terrible I felt at that moment.

The third and the last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you leave. I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travelled in heavy suits and raincoats in May, when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester, to places like Athens, Rome or Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day.

8. When did the author arrive at the airport probably?

A. At 9:55. B. At 10:00. C. At 10:05. D. At 10:50.

9. When the author found he had no dollars to pay the taxi driver, he ________.

A. asked the driver to give him a free ride

B. offered to pay in pounds

C. gave the driver some fake (假的) money

D. tried to pay by credit card

10. Generally, in May the weather in London is ________.

A. warm and dry B. cold and dry C. hot and wet D. cool and rainy

11. What is the text mainly about?

A. How to make life easier.

B. How to be well prepared for a trip.

C. How to enjoy ourselves on a trip.

D. How to schedule our trip.

D

Most people would say they disapprove of breaking rules. But one highly respected university in America is offering a big prize for disobedience.

The Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge will award $250,000 to an individual or a group for breaking rules. One condition, however: the disobedience must help society. The MIT Media Lab is seeking nominations (推荐) for candidates (候选人) from all over the world. The best candidates are doing or have