2022-2023学年江西省宜春中学高一上学期期末英语考试(含听力)

2022-2023学年江西省宜春中学高一上学期期末英语考试（含听力）1. Where is Mike from?A．Canada. B．Japan. C．Australia.2. What will the man do with the TV?A．Turn it up. B．Turn it off. C．Turn it down.3. What does the woman want to buy?A．A coat. B．A hat. C．A box.4. What does the man think of the show?A．It’s funny.B．It’s out of style.C．It’s a modern show. 5. Why does the man want the apartment outside the city?A．It’s cheaper.B．It’s larger.C．It’s more convenient.6. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. Where did the man get a degree?A．In Boston. B．In Seattle. C．In Atlanta.2. What are the speakers talking about?A．Going to college. B．Travelling in America. C．Settling down in a city.7. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What does the man want the woman to do?A．To take care of herself.B．To go to see a doctor.C．To make a plan for herself.2. Where does the conversation probably take place?A．At home. B．In a hospital. C．At a clinic.8. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What’s the dialogue mainly about?A．Small talk. B．Receiving visitors. C．A job interview.2. Why did the woman quit her former job?A．The company went bankrupt.B．She was bored of her former job.C．She loved the new company much.3. What will the woman do next?A．Leave the former company to challenge herself.B．Be hired by the new company and work there.C．Research a new marketing purpose.9. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What happens to the woman?A．She feels very happy. B．She feels nervous. C．She is very tired. 2. Why does the woman dislike napping?A．She has no time to take a nap.B．Napping will influence her sleep.C．Something often interrupts napping.3. How does the man feel after a nap?A．Calm. B．Sleepy. C．Energetic.4. What will the woman need to try to take a nap?A．An alarm clock. B．Her friend’s help.C．Quiet surroundings.10. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1. What’s the writer’s attitude to pills?A．Thankful. B．Negative. C．Positive.2. What’s the best way for overweight people to lose weight?A．Eat some pills. B．Go to find experts. C．Exercise.3. Who would be more interested in the pills made in 1990s?A．Athletes. B．Drug makers. C．Scientists.4. Why did Phelps offer to go through extra drug testing?A．He wanted to show he didn’t cheat in the competition.B．The Olympic authorities ordered him to do so.C．It would prove the pills were helpful for him.11. Children's Books That Teach Empathy and KindnessLittle Blue TruckBy Alice SchertleLittle ones are introduced to Blue, a little pickup truck that gets stuck pushing a dump truck out of the mud in this board book. Thankfully, Blue made a group of animal friends along the way that are happy to do whatever they can to help him get back on the road. The main themes are kindness and the benefits of helping others.Most PeopleBy Michael LeannahThe book is an amazing lesson for kids that want to do good in the world and that there are plenty of good people out there. Told in the third person, the book tells the story of two pairs of siblings (兄弟姐妹) and the people they meet.If You Plant a SeedBy Kadir NelsonA mouse and a rabbit teach children how to plant and grow food, while also passing along some valuable lessons. After learning that a carrot seed will grow a carrot, and a cabbage seed will result in a cabbage, children also learn the value of thoughtfulness and how a seed of kindness can bear sweet fruit.Save Me a SeatBy Sarah Weeks and Gita VaradarajanJoe lived in the same town all his life and felt perfectly pleased until his best friend moved away. Ravi's family recently moved from India to the US and he's struggling to find where he belongs. Even though Joe and Ravi at first believe that they don't have much in common, they both realize they have a common enemy-the biggest bully (仗势欺人者) in their class. Save Me a Seat is a story about the true meaning of friendship and understanding.1. What can children get from reading Little Blue Truck?A．Happiness of helping others. B．Importance of protecting animals.C．Ways of dealing with trouble in mud. D．Being friendly to strangers around you.2. Which book is mainly about food?A．Little Blue Truck . B．Most People .C．If You Plant a Seed . D．Save Me a Seat .3. What do we infer from Save Me a Seat?A．Joe was regarded as a bully by Ravi. B．Ravi was used to living in India soon.C．Ravi and Joe had nothing in common. D．Ravi and Joe became friends at last.12. Moving through the air, a gray-haired 79-year-old keeps her head up, eyes closely watching every movement of the giant kite-like inflated (膨胀的) wing as she floats effortlessly across the land. Tracey Hardison, 79, spends most of her spare time going powered paragliding (滑翔伞运动) .Like any other extreme sports such as skydiving and bungee jumping, more and more young people like to play with it. But Tracey, who started powered paragliding in 2008, sees it as the perfect sport for her. “There are 1, 000 reasons not to do something you don’t like, but t here is only one reason you do something you like. I only do what I like. I like doing what challenges me - things that are considered impossible by others”, she said.She once crashed into rich woodland on a snowy day, and was lucky enough to escape with just a few scratches (刮伤) . One spring nearly a decade ago, Tracey was walking by a river when she saw a man playing with a powered paraglider. It was the first time she had seen it, and she immediately fell for it, begging the man to teach her how to use it.However, a new powered paraglider would cost her 7, 240 dollars and an additional 600 dollars for lessons, which she could not afford. But she decided to take up the sport, so when she found a secondhand paraglider for half the price, she didn’t think twice. “Took out all my savings to follow my dream to fly”, she said.Tracey’s daughter, who is 36 and married, could not understand her mother’s choice at the time. She is still strongly against her love for flying, but nothing seems to be able to stop her. Asked how many more years she plans to glide, Tracey replied, “I’ll fly until I’m physically unable to do so.“1. Why does Tracey spend most of her spare time going powered paragliding?A．Because she enjoys the feeling of flying.B．Because she uses it to kill her spare time.C．Because she loves it and it is challenging.D．Because she likes adventure and it is interesting.2. What do you know about Tracey from the passage?A．She lives a rich life.B．She is a determined woman.C．She is good at many extreme sports.D．She learnt how to use the powered paraglider by herself.3. How does Tracey’s daughter think of her mother’s choice?A．She is in favor of it B．She is proud of it.C．She disagrees with it. D．She thinks nothing of it.4. What does the text mainly tell us?A．Grandma shares her dreams with others.B．Grandma practises paragliding everyday.C．Grandma likes the dangerous sports.D．Grandma follows her dream to fly.13. According to a new US study, couples who expect their children to look after them in old age should hope they have daughters because daughters are twice as loving as sons generally.The research by Angelina Grigoryeva, from Princeton University, found that, while women provide as much care for their elderly parents as they can manage, men do as little as they can get away with and often leave it to female family members.Her analysis of the family networks of 26, 000 old Americans concluded that gender （性别）is one of the most important things that decide whether or not people will actively care for their elderly parents.In a paper presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, she concludes that simply having a sister makes men likely provide less care. Using data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a study which has been recording those people over 50s for the last decade, she analyzed that women provide an average of 12. 3 hours a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only 5. 6 hours.“Sons reduce their relative caregiving efforts when they have a sister, while daughters increase theirs when they have a brother.”“This suggests that sons pass on parent caregiving responsibilities to their sisters.”In the UK, the 2011 Census showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with caring responsibilities, a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade.But many are doing so at the risk of their health. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a fulltime job are three times more likely to be struggling with ill health than their working counterparts who are not carers.1. According to the passage, what’s the key factor to decide if people will actively care for the old?A．Education. B．Gender. C．Career. D．Income.2. The US study finds that ________.A．having a sister makes men less likely to look after their parentsB．sons are twice as likely as daughters to care for parents in old ageC．sons are unwilling to leave caregiving responsibilities to their sistersD．sons and daughters seem to give equal care to their parents3. What does the author stress in the last paragraph?A．People should give up their jobs to care for the elderly.B．Many care providers work longer hours than others.C．Many care providers have potential health problems.D．People shouldn’t pass on caring responsibilities to others.4. The author develops the text by ________.A．explaining social networks of careersB．describing people’s experiencesC．analyzing various researches and dataD．comparing different gender14. Wall-E, a popular robot from a Pixar film, has been brought to life by scientists in the form of a seed-planting rob ot. The A’ seedbot could wander around a desert to look for fertile(肥沃) lands. After finding one, it would send a report to researchers about its discovery. The autonomous robot could then change a once-abandoned area into a workable landscape ideal for farming.Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation graduate Mazyar Etehadi created this robot farmer. It was a part of his graduation project with the Global Grad Show. This event presents solutions that tackle modern issues connected to the environment and society.Etehadi said that he wished to see more plants and more greenery out there. The fresh graduate added that continuous desertification led him to develop a seed-planting robot. Later, he arrived at an innovative solution that would require less human participation.According to a recent report, the farmer robot carries solar panels that can be charged even at night or day. In addition, the length of A’ seedbot is estimated to be 20cm long, and it could move within a 5km radius(半径). Etihadi said that it has 3D-printed legs that can travel in sandy areas to seek appropriate moisture(水分) levels. This would be a hint(迹象) for the robot to plant a seed.Moreover, a distance sensor helps the machine relay reports to its user. The receiver on the other side can use data sent for further research. Additionally, it has a built-in collision(碰撞) avoidance system to help the robot for easy soil detection. “I think it was an easy solution to come up with, but no one had actually thought of it,” Etehadi said. He a dded that farmers, citizens, farming industries, and the government will benefit from the seed-planting robots.Regarding these environment-friendly robots, Tadeu Caravieri of Global Grad Show said such creations would continue to appear in future program s. He believes that these robots will have a “big impact”. As another report says, because of those innovative robot designs, the year of AI has clearly arrived in today’s world.1. Why does the author mention robot Wall-E in paragraph 1?A．To highlight the importance of looking for environment protection.B．To arouse the interest of the readers.C．To prove the possibility of finding all fertile lands.D．To show the popularity of the film.2. What does the underlined word “tackle” mean in paragraph 2?A．handle. B．prevent. C．strengthen. D．protect.3. What do we know about the A’ seedbot?A．It is developed by farmers.B．It solves all the problems existing before.C．It relies on frequent human participation.D．It is partly 3D-printed.4. What can be inferred from the passage about the future of the A’ seedbot?A．Promising. B．Concerning.C．Unclear. D．Costly.15. It’s a nightmare having to wait for exam results. 1 If you’re stressed out after taking your exams, don’t worry! There are some steps you can take to calm down and reduce your stress.Take some deep breaths. Stress and anxiety can trigger your body’s “fight or flight” response, making your breaths shallow and rapid. 2 Put one hand on your chest and the other on your abdomen (腹部). As you breathe, you should feel your abdomen expand along with your chest.Try not to go over the exam in depth straight afterwards. Some people find it comforting to talk to friends a little about what they wrote. However, it only makes you worry about the answers you can’t change. It is also a bad idea because your brain does not perform well under stressful conditions. You will be unable to think clearly right after a stressful exam. 3Get some exercise to relax. You might not feel like hitting the gym or going for a run directly after an exam, but getting some moderate physical activity is a great way to reduce stress! 4 If you’re stressed out over your exam, try doing exercise like jogging, cycling or even a quick walk. Regular exercise has been shown to decrease tension and improve your sleep.5 Regardless of your results, you should celebrate the fact that you have worked hard on your exams. Reward yourself by doing something you enjoy. If you can do it with friends, all the better. Studies have shown that spending time with friends and loved ones is an excellent way to relieve stress and promote a sense of calm and well-being.16. A single tremble shook beneath my feet. The trees above me began to sway(摇摆) hard. Then came the deadly_________that could only mean one thing, destruction. Every house and object was now_________. My vision blurred (模糊) even more when I saw the remains of my house. The house that used to_________all the happiness in the world was now_________a pile of ruined pieces. I_________all the times I played with my little brother and sister. Images of themwere_________in my mind, so I let the darkness sweep over me completely so I could see them vividly one last time. I regained a bit of my_________after lying on the ground for some time. My eyes viewed different things, but I walked on mindlessly, with no_________to anything around me at all.Years have passed since the disaster that_________me years ago. I never thought I would be okay again after this__________event.Today I am going on a trip to California to help__________of a recent earthquake. Then, I see her.A young girl is weeping into her arm. I walk toward her. Losing family was__________, but because of my life changing experience, I am strong, and I can__________the lives of those who are suffering as I was. When I reach the girl, she stares at me with sad eyes, and I gently stick out my hand for her to hold to. One day, she may__________others the way I did for her. She holds my hand tightly, and together, we look for a brighter future where we can help those around usand__________the world starting with one disaster at a time.1.A．silence B．power C．emergency D．extinction2.A．under pressure B．in ruins C．on hand D．in shock3.A．promote B．supply C．contain D．measure4.A．extremely B．obviously C．actually D．simply5.A．adapted to B．thought of C．concentrated on D．worked out6.A．carved B．buried C．designed D．observed7.A．balance B．memory C．strength D．impression8.A．request B．comparison C．path D．reaction9.A．struck B．identified C．threatened D．reminded10.A．amazing B．frightening C．exciting D．challenging 11.A．professionals B．volunteers C．survivors D．experts12.A．painful B．unusual C．awkward D．unique13.A．appreciate B．possess C．exchange D．improve14.A．affect B．recognize C．recommend D．contact15.A．establish B．change C．remove D．revise17. 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。