湖南省长沙市长郡中学2023-2024学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷.docx

湖南省长沙市长郡中学2023-2024学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷
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一、阅读理解
King’s College London Volunteering is seeking for paid members to sit on the Student Advisory Board for Volunteering. The Board plays a significant role in influencing the development and delivery of the volunteering service. Its aim is to discover volunteering opportunities for students, teachers and other staff at school.
Volunteering, which has the potential to create positive social impact, is a key priority for King’s. The Board will ensure that students’ needs are at the core of the service so that all King’s students can make a difference.
This year, the Student Advisory Board for Volunteering will co-create the agenda, and potential issues include:
·Volunteering opportunities for the disabled.
·Promotion of the Board’s service.
·How to recognize and reward volunteers.
·Evaluation (评估) of the Board’s work.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity accessible to all studying at King’s, regardless of the volunteer experiences. The Board will be run both online and in-person, and the Board’s members will be paid the London Living Wage (£11.95 per hour) via King’s Talent Bank.
The application deadline is 23:59 on Saturday, 31st August 2024.
Apply via the form below, using your King’s email address.
1．What does the Board aim to do for those at King’s?
A．Perform voluntary work.
B．Meet their academic needs.
C．Provide learning opportunities.
D．Discover volunteering chances.
2．Which of the following is a possible topic for this year’s agenda?
A．Running the Board online.
B．Training voluntary workers.
C．Evaluating the Board’s performance.
D．Taking care of people with disabilities.
3．Who can apply to be a member of the Board at King’s?
A．The students. B．The teachers.
C．The graduates. D．The working staff.

Gutiérrez’s life would never be the same again after finding a copy of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy in the garbage 20 years ago. It happened while he was driving his garbage truck through wealthier neighbourhoods at night and seeing abandoned books. It aroused his desire to start rescuing books from the garbage. He used to take home between 50 and 60 books every morning. Eventually, he turned his book collection into a community library for children from low-income families.
Colombia’s capital city of Bogota has 19 public libraries. However, these libraries tend to be far away from where rural and poorer communities live. The option of buying new books is non-existent for families struggling to make ends meet. Gutiérrez’s community library is a true representation of how one man’s garbage can be another’s treasure.
Gutiérrez grew up poor, and his family could not afford to educate him beyond primary school. Nevertheless, his mother was a passionate reader and read stories to him every night. Her love for books left a deep impression on Gutiérrez.
Today, his makeshift community library, called “The Strength of Words”, occupies most of his home in southern Bogota, and is piled from floor to ceiling with fiction and non-fiction titles. Everything from school textbooks to storybooks can be found in his collection of more than 20,000 books! As the word began to spread about his amazing project, people began sending him many more books to grow his library.
Despite having done so much for his community, Gutiérrez is not yet content to call it a day. He continues to search through garbage cans for reading materials. Today, the Gutiérrez family does not merely want to start libraries in neighbourhoods. They want to create spaces for school children to spend their time reading.
Gutiérrez’s journey to give back to his local community is an amazing example of how every one of us can improve the lives of those around us. How might we take a leaf out of Gutiérrez’s books and impact the less fortunate around us?
4．What inspired Gutiérrez to rescue unwanted books?
A．The abandoned Anna Karenina.
B．Leo Tolstoy’s life.
C．Children’s living conditions.
D．A community library.
5．Why did Gutiérrez start “The Strength of Words”?
A．To create a harmonious neighborhood.
B．To give his mother sufficient books.
C．To promote children’s reading.
D．To improve the community life.
6．What can best describe Gutiérrez?
A．Devoted and talented.
B．Intelligent and generous.
C．Passionate and well-educated.
D．Creative and caring.
7．What would be the best title for the text?
A．Desire for Reading B．From Garbage to Treasure
C．Gutiérrez’s Life D．An Amazing Model of Education

I wanted to set myself the writing challenge of citing some of the many positive things about having a baby. It’s addressed to one person, but I hope that those who find themselves at a similar crossroads get help from it.
To my friend A,
All you ever seem to hear about parenthood is negative. I do not feel this. You create a new life in that child, and with that baby, you get a new life, too. When I became a mother, my own mother’s embrace, and my father’s, not to mention my extended family’s, have kept me going.
We are used to hearing about how motherhood limits your life, less so about how it can expand it. I have always believed that life is fundamentally about human relationships, and having a baby has enhanced mine. Becoming a mother — and giving birth — has enhanced my feelings of unity with other women. Parenting has also allowed me to experience childhood again. I have always wanted to give someone else a childhood. My wide-eyed little boy is at the stage where he is simply in love with the world, and that love is thrillingly unconditional. It is a privilege to witness, and it makes me determined to maintain it for him as much as I am able to, because his laugh is the best sound that I have ever heard.
A note about sleep: you will be OK — you’ve had enough wild nights to know you can cope. And you can get your body back, whatever that might mean to you. As for your career, it’s normal to worry. I speak only for myself when I say that I wish I had spent less time worrying beforehand about how I would write. I have far less time, now, but I’m still writing. Even a paragraph a day adds up to a novel, eventually. There is so much untapped joy and love there waiting for you, and I hope I’ve given you a small glimpse of some of it to hold on to.
8．Who might be the intended audience for this article?
A．Self-centered parents.
B．Those fearing to have a baby.
C．Broken-hearted friends.
D．Those avoiding marriage.
9．How does the author mainly make her arguments convincing?
A．By explaining ideas.
B．By quoting sayings.
C．By comparing facts.
D．By concluding opinions.
10．Why does the author give examples of her writing in the last paragraph?
A．To show how successful she was as a writer.
B．To note that where there is a will there is a way.
C．To tell her friend that giving birth is a piece of cake.
D．To persuade her friend not to worry about her career.
11．Which column may the article be chosen from?
A．Opinion.
B．Headline.
C．Health.
D．Culture.

For decades, scientists thought of the brain as the most valuable and consequently most closely guarded part of the body. Locked safely behind the blood-brain barrier, it was broadly free of the harm of viruses and the battles started by the immune system (免疫系统). Then, about 20 years ago, some researchers began to wonder: is the brain really so separated from the body? The answer, according to a growing body of evidence, is no.
The list of brain conditions that have been associated with changes elsewhere in the body is long and growing. Changes in the makeup of the microorganisms in the digestive system have been linked to disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. There is also a theory that infection during pregnancy could lead to brain diseases in babies.
The effect is two-way. There is a lengthening list of symptoms not typically viewed as disorders of the nervous system, but the brain plays a large part in them. For example, the development of a fever is influenced by a population of nerve cells that control body temperature and appetite. Evidence is mounting that cancers use nerves to grow and spread.
The interconnection between the brain and body has promising implications for our ability to both understand and treat illnesses. If some brain disorders start outside the brain, then perhaps treatments for them could also reach in from outside. Treatments that take effect through the digestive system, the heart or other organs, would be much easier and less risky than those that must cross the blood-brain barrier.
It also works in the opposite direction. Study shows mice have healthier hearts after receiving stimulation to a brain area involved in positive emotion and motivation. Activation of the brain reward centre — called the ventral tegmental area (VTA) — seems to cause immune changes that contribute to it. Working out how this happens could help to destroy cancers, enhance responses to vaccines and even re-evaluate physical diseases that, for centuries, have not been considered as being psychologically driven.
12．What do the researchers focus on about the brain?
A．Its protecting system. B．Its exposure to diseases.
C．Its controlling function. D．Its connection to the body.
13．How does the author support his idea in paragraph 2?
A．By explaining a theory. B．By providing examples.
C．By making comparisons. D．By presenting cause and effect.
14．Which best describes treatments that do not cross the blood-brain barrier?
A．Cheaper. B．More specific.
C．Safer. D．More direct.
15．What does the study suggest in the last paragraph?
A．Brain health depends on immune changes.
B．Brain stimulation leads to negative emotions.
C．The brain can help enhance psychological health.
D．The brain may be key to treating physical diseases.

For many websites, there is tons of information that’s inaccurate, or just crazy. 16 With that in mind, here are four ways to find reliable websites.
Look for established institutions (确立的机构). 17 However, what you want are sites associated with trusted institutions that have been around for a while and have a proven track record of reliability. Such sites may include those run by government agencies, nonprofit organizations or universities.
Consult sites with expertise (专门知识). You wouldn’t go to the hospital to have your car repaired. This is an obvious point. 18 For example, if you’re writing a story on a flu outbreak, check out medical websites like The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Avoid commercial (商业的) sites. Sites run by companies and businesses—their websites usually end with “.com”—are often trying to sell you something. And if they’re trying to sell you something, chances are whatever information they’re presenting will be tilted (偏向) in favor of their product. 19 But be cautious (谨慎).
20 Respected websites often link to each other. You can find out which other websites link to the site you’re researching by conducting a link-specific Google search. If lots of sites are linking to your site, and those sites seem reliable, that’s a good sign. Then it seems that you don’t need to worry too much.
A．Check the links.
B．Enter the following text into the search field.
C．Look for websites that specialize in what you’re seeking.
D．If a website seems old, it’s probably best to keep distance from it.
E．The Internet is full of websites that were started five minutes ago.
F．That’s not to say commercial sites should be screened (屏蔽) entirely.
G．For inexperienced researchers, these sites can cause a wide range of problems.

二、完形填空
Anna was a 9-year-old girl from a small village. She 21 primary school till 4th grade at her village. For the 5th grade onwards, she would have to get a(n) 22 in a school at a city nearby.
Today was the first day of her 23 school. Upon seeing her 24 clothing and knowing she was from a small village, other students started 25 her. The teacher soon arrived. She 26 Anna to the class and began her class. She told everyone to write down the Seven Wonders of the world.
When everyone had 27 their answer paper, the teacher started reading them to the whole class. The majority had answered them 28 such as The Great Wall of China, Colosseum, Stonehenge, Great Pyramid of Giza, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Taj Mahal, Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The teacher was 29 as students had 30 what she had taught them.
At last, the teacher laid her 31 on Anna’s answer paper and read aloud, “The Seven Wonders are—To be able to See, To be able to Hear, To be able to Feel, To Laugh, To Think, To be Kind, To 32 !”
The teacher stood 33 and the whole class was speechless. Today, a girl from a small village 34 us about the gifts we have, which are truly 35 . Hence, use what we have and value what we have.
21．A．delayed B．quitted C．attended D．defended
22．A．liberation B．achievement C．admission D．performance
23．A．old B．new C．remote D．rare
24．A．simple B．clean C．lovely D．expensive
25．A．making use of B．making fun of C．getting down to D．coming down to
26．A．pushed B．followed C．turned D．introduced
27．A．presented B．received C．found D．handled
28．A．neatly B．correctly C．briefly D．dramatically
29．A．delighted B．realistic C．distant D．patient
30．A．detected B．expanded C．adapted D．remembered
31．A．breath B．emotions C．eyes D．wish
32．A．Create B．Learn C．Love D．Bet
33．A．shocked B．disappointed C．satisfied D．frightened
34．A．consulted B．warned C．encouraged D．reminded
35．A．beliefs B．wonders C．rewards D．ideals

三、语法填空
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。
Vincent van Gogh was one of the 36 (gifted)artists of his generation. He began working in an art gallery when he was 16 years old. However, it was not until more than a decade later that he started to 37 (serious) consider being an artist himself.
Van Gogh became 38 (depress) after he moved to London. In 1880, he took up painting, from 39 he drew much comfort. As he began to display a talent for painting, he realized that art was his true calling. He was very impressed by the artworks of the master painter Rembrandt. In 1886, he moved to Paris 40 (live) with his brother, who introduced him to some Impressionist artists. He began to form his own style, 41 (employ)thick, unmixed paint. This resulted 42 vivid colors, similar to those in the Impressionist paintings.
However, Van Gogh’s works had strong lines, as opposed to 43 softer edges of Impressionism. He made 44 (friend)with Paul Gauguin, who shared the same vision, and they became known as Post- Impressionists.
Although he was a genius, Van Gogh was not yet appreciated in the art world. He only sold one painting during his lifetime, but these days, his works 45 (enjoy)by people around the world.

四、单词拼写
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