勤建学校2023-2024学年高一上学期第二次调研（期中）
英语试卷 2023.11
考试时间：120分钟； 卷面总分：120分
注意事项：
1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息
2．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上
第I卷（选择题）
第一节：阅读理解 （共15小题，每小题2.5分，共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
Apps to Help in a Disaster
Disasters almost always arrive unexpectedly. But there are computer apps to help people prepare for disasters. Some apps warn users when a disaster has taken place.
Siren GPS Mobile
The free Siren GPS Mobile app connects users to emergency (紧急事件) services at the tap of the screen. The app will let emergency workers know where the person in need is.
The app works over cellphone networks. But it also works on Wi-Fi if cellphone networks are down after an emergency.
Users can create a personal health report on the app to share with emergency services. This will provide information about medicines that users take, allergies (过敏反应) they might have and other medical information important to treatment decisions.
Life360
The Life360 app provides a service to keep the loved ones connected. Users can set up a network of people to share their location, chat and get informed when they are near someone in their network. People in the same network can use the app on iPhone and Android devices.
The app helps users communicate when they are in danger. The location sharing function can be suspended (暂停) when desired.
The Life360 app is free, with some services available for a fee.
Red Panic Button
When a person is in danger, the Red Panic Button app might help. This app can send a text message to chosen contacts providing the user’s location. You can also add a voice or video message or photo to your text and email.
This app can also be used to contact emergency services.
Red Panic Button is free, but extra features are available for a fee.
First Aid by American Red Cross
The free First Aid app by the American Red Cross helps guide users in giving first aid to the injured people. The app can also help with information to help plan for droughts, floods, storms and more.
Watch videos and take tests within the app. Users can switch the app from English to Spanish.
1．Which is not the feature of the Siren GPS Mobile app
A．It connects users to emergency services.
B．It is useless if your cellphone network is down.
C．Rescuers can get your health information through it.
D．Rescue workers can know where the injured person is.
2．What can you do if you have the Life360 app
A．Watch over your loved ones’ movements.
B．Keep connected with those in your network.
C．Share your health information with doctors directly.
D．Get hospital information immediately when in danger.
3．What may be the best choice if you want to get information about disasters in advance
A．Siren GPS Mobile. B．Life360.
C．Red Panic Button. D．First Aid by American Red Cross.
B
Jacky Hunt-Broers ma, who lost one leg to cancer, is seeking to break a world record by completing 102 marathon runs. She set her goal in mid-January. And since then, she has been running the distance of a marathon. Most of the time, she averages just over five hours to complete a run. If she keeps successfully completing marathon runs every day, she will reach her goal by April 28.
Until five years ago, she was not very active. But then she looked into running and decided to give it a try. The sport ended up being quite costly. Currently, she runs on an artificial leg made of a strong, light material known as carbon fiber. The material, which is designed specially for running, costs about $10, 000.
But Jacky says her investment has been well worth it. The biggest struggle used to be that she had to admit part of her body was gone. “Running really changed my life,” she said. “It helped me accept myself as an amputee (截肢者). It gave me a sense of freedom. I fell in love with the process of pushing my body further just to see what I could do.”
However, she has faced both physical and mental difficulties during her record-breaking attempt. On one recent day, Jacky said she felt like giving up at 24 kilometers and began to cry. “I had a total emotional breakdown. I was like, ‘I just can’t do this.’” she said.
Jacky is documenting her progress online and has also gained a large social media following. As she nears the end of her goal, Jacky is hoping to inspire a single thought in others. She tells people, “You’re stronger than you think and you’re able to do so much more.”
4．What is Jacky’s goal according to paragraph 1
A．To defeat a deadly disease. B．To break her 5-hour record.
C．To be a professional runner. D．To finish 102 marathon runs.
5．What may Jacky think of her running
A．Difficult but rewarding. B．Interesting but challenging.
C．Enjoyable and eye-opening. D．Stressful and time-consuming.
6．Why does Jacky record her running online
A．To prove her ability. B．To encourage others.
C．To gain wider attention. D．To increase her confidence.
7．Which of the following best describes Jacky’s experience
A．Health is the key to happiness. B．Actions speak louder than words.
C．Chance favours the prepared mind. D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
C
Born in California and representing the United States before switching to China, teenager Gu Ailing will be most likely to be one of the faces of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The 17-year-old is a freeskier (自由式滑雪运动员) and grade-A student with an American father and Chinese mother. She grew up and still lives in the United States, but in June 2019 she made the “quite difficult” decision to compete for China. She wrote on Instagram that she was “proud of my heritage and equally proud of my American upbringings (培养)”.
As for the decision to compete on behalf of China, she said it is “valuable opportunity to help inspire millions of young people in China where my mom was born.”
Gu graduated from a San Francisco high school last year and is focusing on her Beijing 2022 training. It is reported that She scored 1,580 points out of a maximum 1,600 in the SAT (美国大学入学考试), and has been offered a place at Stanford.
Gu started on the snow at the age of 3, was competing in national competitions at 9 and won her first World Cup event at 15. She won two gold medals and a silver for China at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. On Jan. 30th, 2021, Gu made her debut(首次亮相) at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado and won two golds and a bronze.
“My goal is to win Olympic gold,” she told the official Olympic website. “It’s the top achievement. And that would be rewarding for all the work that I’ve done to achieve greatness in the sport.”
8．In the first paragraph, the underlined part“switching to”means in Chinese ________ .
A．打开 B．关闭
C．突变 D．转变
9．What do we know about Gu Ailing
A．She grew up in China. B．She is an average student.
C．She will graduate from a high school. D．She decided to compete for China.
10．Which of the following words can best describe Gu Ailing
A．Helpful and knowledgeable. B．Modest and hard-working.
C．Clever and ambitious. D．Creative and confident.
11．What’s the best title of the passage
A．Gu Ailing—An American Freeskier B．Gu Ailing—A Stanford Graduate
C．Gu Ailing—A talented Chinese Freeskier D．Gu Ailing—An Olympic Champion
D
In an ideal world, we would be able to devote as much time to sports as we feel we need. But in reality, with growing demands in both work and family, we can only jump at the chance for our physical exercise when we can. Making the most of that time to practice Yin Yang yoga, which mixes the dynamic and slow-paced elements of yoga, helps keep you active and relaxed.
Yin and Yang are the Taoist concepts representing a balance of opposite forces which are also interconnected. Yin is inactive, cooling, and negative, associated with the female force. Yang is active, warming, and positive, associated with action and movement. They are complementary to one another, as one cannot exist without the other.
Yin Yang yoga is a combination (结合体) of high-energy movement which builds energy, increases strength and promotes stamina (耐力), followed by the more restful practice of Yin to give us a deeper stretch (拉伸) and calm the nervous system.
If you have a busy and active life you may feel more in Yang, so taking some cooler, slower Yin yoga practice into your routine may help you feel calmer and more balanced.
If you are practicing for an hour, divide the time in half. Warm up with sun salutations (拜日式瑜伽), continue into a dynamic flow and then move on to some standing postures. After half an hour your heart will be pumping, muscles tighten up and you are hopefully feeling energetic, but ready for a rest. Then pick five Yin postures to hold for 3-5 minutes, or even longer if you are enjoying them!
As ever with yoga, if you are a beginner or have health issues, always attend a class with a trained instructor first to guide you safely through the yoga practice and avoid injury.
12. What can be inferred from paragraph 1
A. Most of our sports time should be spent on Yin Yang yoga.
B. We’d better devote as much time to physical exercise as we can.
C. Busy schedule makes it impossible for us to do any form of sports.
D. Yin Yang yoga can be a choice of physical exercise when we are busy.
13. What does the underlined word “complementary” probably mean in the second paragraph
A. Independent from one another.
B. Competitive against one another.
C. Similar to each other but unable to work together as a whole.
D. Different from each other but together making a good combination.
14. Which of the following might be the advantage of Yin postures
A. Relaxing muscles. B. Building stamina.
C. Strengthening the body. D. Quickening the heartbeat.
15. What suggestion does the writer give in the last two paragraphs
A. Hold each Yin posture for longer than 5 minutes.
B. Do not practice yoga when you are not in good health.
C. Start your yoga practice with an expert trainer.
D. Spare half an hour for five Yin postures in every yoga practice.
第二节： 七选五（共5小题，每小题2.5分，共12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Unlike hurricanes or floods, earthquakes happen without warning and are usually followed by similar aftershocks, although the aftershocks are usually less powerful than the quake. If you find yourself in the middle of an earthquake, there’s often only a short time to decide what to do. ___16___
● Drop to the ground. The drop, cover, and hold on technique is the cousin of the famous “stop, drop and roll” for fires. While it’s not the only method of protecting yourself indoors during an earthquake, it is the preferred method of the Red Cross. Big earthquakes occur without much, if any, warning. ___17___ A small earthquake could turn into a big earthquake in a split-second; it’s better to be safe than sorry.
● Take cover. Get under a firm table or other piece of furniture. ___18___ If there isn’t a table or desk near you, cover your face and head with your arms and crouch (蜷缩) in an inside corner of the building.
● Hold on. ___19___ Hold on to whatever surface or platform you’ve gotten under and wait for the shaking to stop. If you were unable to find a surface to hide under, continue to keep your head protected by your arms and tucked (躲藏，隐藏) down low.
● ___20___ Researchers have shown that most injuries happen when people try to change the place of hiding or when the place is crowded and everyone has a goal to get outside safe.
A．Stay inside until it’s safe to get out.
B．In that case, move to the nearest safe place.
C．Stairs are dangerous places to walk during an earthquake.
D．So it’s recommended that you drop to the floor as soon as it hits.
E．If possible, stay away from windows and anything that could fall.
F．The ground maybe shaking and pieces of wood or brick could be falling.
G．Studying the following advice could be the difference between life and death.
第三节： 完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，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
It happened in Knoxville (a city in Tennessee in the US). A mother said she was feeling ____21____ as she tried to comfort her autistic (自闭的) son. But a stranger’s act of kindness turned both of their days around.
Ashley Fox was ____22____ at Walmart with her son Norris, three. Norris picked out a toy dog at the store. ____23____, it cost more than Fox had ____24____, so she put it back.
“That’s when Norris just had a meltdown (情绪突然失控). I rushed out of Walmart as fast as I could. He was screaming and ____25____,” said Fox. She was struggling to get Norris into his car seat when a woman approached her with the ____26____ her son had wanted in the store.
“The lady came up behind me and she pulled this toy out, and she said, ‘Is this what he was wanting ’ and I said, ‘Oh my god, yes it is.’ I gave it to him and he just ____27____. It was great. I expressed my ____28____ to her and offered to pay for this toy. She ____29____ to let me do it, ____30____ saying that she understood that because she has ____31____, too. I just really wanted her to know that it made his night and made his ____32____. He loves it and I just think it was a really ____33____ thing that she did,” said Fox.
She posted on Facebook that Norris and the toy are inseparable. Thousands of people have liked the ____34____ and hundreds have appreciated the act of ____35____.
“This woman, she didn’t judge. She just helped me. If more people were like that, I feel like we have much less negativity,” said Fox.
21. A. regretful B. surprised C. helpless D. comfortable
22. A. shopping B. working C. chatting D. cooking
23. A. Otherwise B. Besides C. However D. Therefore
24. A. returned B. doubted C. lost D. expected
25. A. smiling B. crying C. carrying D. admitting
26. A. toy B. food C. cellphone D. money
27. A. broke down B. calmed down C. looked out D. gave up
28. A. thanks B. pity C. regrets D. sadness
29. A. forgot B. refused C. wished D. chose
30. A. bravely B. angrily C. coldly D. gently
31. A. kids B. parents C. pets D. friends
32. A. rule B. way C. day D. mark
33. A. stupid B. beautiful C. frightening D. disappointing
34. A. diary B. notice C. warning D. post
35. A. worry B. courage C. kindness D. politeness
第四节：单项选择（共10个空，每空1分，满分10分）
36. She insisted that she ________ to the disaster-hit area and that her request ________ reasonable.
A．be sent, was B．should send, was
C．should be sent, be D．send, should be
37. It ________ me that nobody is in favour of the new changes.
A．catches B．bears C．charges D．strikes
38. If one wants to succeed in this society, it is very important and necessary that one ______his ______
and avoid one’s weaknesses.
A．develop; strengths B．develops; strengths
C．develop; strength D．develops; strength
39. If you don’t know that _____ is the mother of success, you are sure to be _____ in life.
A．failure; failure B．a failure; a failure
C．a failure; failure D．failure; a failure
40. He is such a person that he will never any difficulties.
A．determined, give in to B．determining, give in to
C．determined, give up D．determining, give up
41. ___________ in the leg made it impossible for me to walk as fast as usual.
A．Being injured B．To be injured C．Having injured D．Injured
42. The new law has come into ______________ and it will surely ______________ the industry of the country.
A．affect; effect B．effect; effect C．affect; affect D．effect; affect
43. On the bad news,she cried with her face in hands.
A．heard; buried B．hearing; burying
C．heard; burying D．hearing; buried
44. _______ such a heavy financial loss, Mr. Smith found it difficult to run his company.
A．Suffering B．Having suffered C．Suffered D．To suffer
45.You'll find taxis waiting at the bus station ________ you can hire to reach your host family.
A．which B．where C．when D．as
第II卷（非选择题）
第一节：用单词的适当形式完成句子（共10个小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
46．Sewing is considered a ________(male) occupation.
47．A full man is made by combining efforts with ________(confident).
48．China’s image is improving steadily, with more countries________(recognize) its role in international affairs.
49．The party was well organised. I am very grateful to you for your ________(arrange).
50．Every episode of this documentary is ________(extreme) wonderful.
51．I would often get ________（confuse）when I came across new words.
Many of their families were struggling to make ends meet. People were trying to help each other meet the _______（challenge）.
53．We shouldn't be discouraged after failure. Instead, we should keep trying with ________（determine）.
54．To celebrate the Lantern Festival, we’ll hold a lantern riddles ________(compete).
55. The book The Dream of the Red Mansions (recognize) as a great work of literature.
第二节：（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
When it comes to studying alone, we often imagine sitting by ____56____(we) in our bedroom or a quiet library with books and notes on the table. We're holding our heads in our hands, ____57____ (try) to understand concepts. ____58___ (actual), studying alone brings many ____59___ (benefit). When ____60___ (lock) in our bedroom, we are more likely to concentrate ____61____ what we are reading. Nobody is moving around or talking near you. However, everyone is different, ____62____ means everyone learns differently. Some may require an environment with background music ____63____ others may require complete silence. Some may learn best with flashcards. Others learn best when they reread texts. Anyway, studying alone ___64___ (allow) us to learn in the perfect study environment. Studying alone is an ___65____ (effect) way of learning in this sense.
第三节： 应用文写作（满分15分）
假定你是李华，你的笔友Tom来信说，因为学习忙、锻炼少，他最近经常生病这影响了他的学习。请你根据以上提示，给他写一封信，要点包括：
1. 锻炼的重要性：
2. 提出锻炼的建议。
注意：
1. 词数80左右：
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
I would be very pleased to see you have a stronger body.
Your,
Li Hua1．B 2．B 3．D
4．D 5．A 6．B 7．D
8．D 9．D 10．C 11．C
12. D 13. D 14. A 15. C
G 17．D 18．E 19．F 20．A
21. C 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. A 32. C 33. B 34. D 35. C
单项选择
36.A。37.D。38.A。39.D。40.A。41A。42.D。43.D。44.B 45.A。
46．female
47．confidence
48．recognizing
49．arrangement
50．extremely
51．confused
52. challenges
53．determination
54．competition
55. is recognized
56．ourselves 57．trying 58．Actually 59．benefits 60．locked
61．on 62．which 63．while 64．allows 65．effective
应用文写作
Dear Tom,
I'm sorry to hear that you have studied so hard that you have no time to do any exercise, which led to sickness and-did harm to your learning. It is well-acknowledged that exercise is of benefit to our physical health as well as mental health. Doing sports can build up our bodies, thus helping us stay energetic and fit. Moreover, we may become more contented, confident and determined while working out. To fully enjoy these benefits, here are some tips for you.
First, choose the sport that interests you most and suits you best. Just find a form of physical activity that you enjoy and make it a part of your routine. Second, make preparations such as stretching your body to prevent injuries. Lastly, find some good workout partners. That way, it's more likely that you'll exercise regularly.
I would be very pleased to see you have a stronger body.
