2024年3月12日发(作者：)

2022-2023

学年四川省自贡市第一中学高一下学期期中英语试题

1. If you’re looking for competitions, don’t sweat it. You have arrived at the right place wherein

you’ll be updated on the latest competitions which require participation on the Internet. These

competitions don’t charge any fee, and what’s more, they accept individuals from any part of the

world. You can click the name of each listed contest, which is a link. It will direct you to a web page

where you will get more detailed information on how to register or participate.

Writer Contest

Genre (

类型

): Sci-fi and fantasy. They don’t accept poetry or children’s stories.

Length: About 17,000 words

Prize: $5,000 for the grand prize winner at the end of the year

Deadline: The quarterly contest ends on September 30

Creative Writing Ink Competition

Submission (

提交

) of poems only. You can submit multiple entries.

Theme: Open

Length: Up to 40 lines

Prizes: Publication on the website and a voucher worth £10

Deadline: Last day of every month

12th Casa Africa Essay Contest

Theme: Climate Change in Africa

“Casa Africa gives the focus of the 12th essay contest to climate change, its effects, future trends

and, especially, the way in which this threat is being fought.”

Length: 15,000-20,000 words

Prize: €2,000

Deadline: September 17 each year

Yale Drama Series

Prizes: $10,000, a staged reading at Lincoln Center’s Claire Tow Theater and publication of the

entry by Yale University Press

Length: Full-length plays of over 65 pages

Submissions must be original and not professionally produced. Translations, musicals and children’s

plays aren’t accepted.

Deadline: August 15 each year

1. What should a participant do?

A

．

Pay some entry fees.

C

．

Register on this web page.

2. Which competition is held most frequently?

A

．

Writer Contest.

C

．

12th Casa Africa Essay Contest.

3. Who might Yale Drama Series attract?

A

．

Those working as a translator.

C

．

Those wanting their work to be published.

2. I am rather good at using maps. But I forgot the maps and here we were, late afternoon, last day of

holiday, my daughter, my cousin and I, driving along a two-lane highway in Oregon. No other car in

sight, and the sun had just gone down. Where was that sweet little village?

It was supposed to be right along this river. We drove on, farther into the unknown river always at

left as our guide. We kept passing farms and fields and now a few lights were coming out. In my

head, I was doing a lot of self-criticism: Why didn’t we start earlier, bring the map and so on? My

cousin and I were both impatient and stressed. My daughter, at least, was happy in the back seat,

texting a friend. I pulled up on the shoulder of the road to think.

Just the — Wow! Amazing! A new scene appeared. Where did it come from?

Right there, out of nowhere: a magical misty landscape. Fields stretched in silent purple, with rows

of tall trees, darkening in the dusk. I turned the car engine off. All was silent in the hot summer air.

Beside us, a plum-covered river hardly moved between a border of trees, its dark lazy water

reflecting the last light of day.

How breathtaking! Where had it been? If I had seen even a bit of beauty while driving along, I could

have stopped and taken a look. I had missed it all.

We miss a lot, almost everything, in fact, in our world. Our task-focused filters (

过滤器

)takes care

of that, selecting only what we need. We need to get to work. Have some lunch. We see what we

need to see, often for purposes of survival. Gregory Bateson, speaking of beauty, said the judgment

is selection of a fact. In our daily lives, who or what is doing the selecting? Can we make a change?

Can we see further?

1. Where might the author be heading for?

A

．

A tourist attraction.

C

．

Her own home.

B

．

A destination of his holiday.

D

．

Her cousin farm.

B

．

Those experts in creating short plays.

D

．

Those good at writing children’s

literature.

B

．

Yale Drama Series.

D

．

Creative Writing Ink Competition.

B

．

Submit an entry online.

D

．

Email to get relevant information.

2. What made the author keep blaming himself in the beginning?

A

．

That the holiday is unexpectedly tiring and boring.

B

．

That she hadn’t been well prepared got her cousin annoyed.

C

．

That lack of full preparation made her lose her way.

D

．

That there was no familiar river in sight.

3. The author felt really amazed because________.

A

．

she discovered a tourist spot unknown to others

B

．

she finally reached what she had intended

C

．

the right route to her destination was close

D

．

her carelessness brought an unexpected pleasure

4. What does the story intend to tell us?

A

．

Slow down your pace and enjoy the beauty in life.

B

．

Stay calm even if trapped in trouble.

C

．

Keep positive because everything has a way out.

D

．

Adjust your plan for the purpose of pleasure.

3. The idea of biting into your burger made from insects or mixing some mealworms into your fried

rice may take a little getting used to. But even if the thought of eating insects turns your stomach

now, insects could and should form an important part of our diet.

In the west, people have been eating insects for thousands of years and in Asia, South America and

Africa, around 2,000 insect species are eaten. Yet in Europe, just 10% of people would be willing to

replace meat with insects, according to a survey by the European Consumer Organization. To some,

this unwillingness to eat insects is a missed opportunity.

“Insects are a really important missing piece of the food system,” says Peter Alexander, a senior

researcher in food security at the University of Edinburgh. “They are undoubtedly a superfood, a

whole lot of nutrition in a really small package. ” Because of this, farmed insects could help deal

with two of the world’s biggest problems at once: food insecurity and climate change.

Agriculture is the biggest contributor to global biodiversity loss and a driver to greenhouse gas

emissions. Raising animals accounts for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Insect farming

uses a small part of the land, energy and water required for traditional farming, and has a

significantly lower carbon footprint.

Then there’s the fact that insects are 12 to 25 times more efficient at changing their food into protein

than animals. They need six times less feed than cattle, four times less than sheep and two times less

than pigs. One of the main reasons is that insects are cold-blooded and therefore waste less energy

keeping their body heat.

As well as saving energy, insects can live off food that would otherwise be thrown away,

contributing to the recycling industry. Insects can be fed agricultural waste. To complete the

recycling chain, their excrement can be used to make crops grow fast and large and improve soil.

“At the end of the day, you might have the healthiest, and most sustainable product, but unless it

tastes nice so that people are willing to accept it, it may be a lot more difficult to get that across,”

says Peter.

1. Farmed insects could benefit us in _______.

A

．

Enriching our dishes.

C

．

Fighting global warming.

2. Why can insects produce more protein?

A

．

They feed on food with high protein.

C

．

They break down food well.

B

．

They consume less food.

D

．

Their bodies need less energy to function.

B

．

Improving global biodiversity.

D

．

Affecting traditional farming.

3. What does the underlined word “excrement” mean in Paragraph 6?

A

．

Waste. B

．

Food. C

．

Blood. D

．

Protein.

4. Which of the following is the suitable title for the test?

A

．

A Solution to the World Global Warming.

C

．

Why We Should Quit Animal Raising.

4. Why do only famous people have biographies (

传记

)? This is the question two young sisters, 7-

year-old Aishvarya, and 11-year-old Vaishali, asked their parents. They were reading famous

people’s biographies in school and realized that they knew more about Beyonce, a famous singer

than about their own grandparents. So they decided to do something about it.

They created “Grand Stories”, a workbook that helps grandchildren learn about their grandparents.

Through answering a list of guided questions and telling stories, Grand Stories helps families learn

more about each other.

This family came from India to the US, and all four grandparents live very far away. Obviously

through modern technology and some family visits, these young girls know their grandparents and

love them very much—but they wonder why they don’t know more about their grandparents. For

example, where did they grow up, and go to school? How they married and raised their families?

What were their stories? Perhaps not surprisingly, many of the stories the family wanted to know

reflect the “Do you know” questions that my workmate, Marshall Duke, and I developed to study

how much people know of the family history.

The sisters’ father told about the visit to India when the girls asked their own grandparents to write

their biography. Because of his character, the grandfather didn’t share much during the interview.

But then he stayed up all nights writing his stories, and when the father looked through the stories,

he realized there was so much he’d never known about his own father! Through these stories the

father felt closer to his own family.

What these two young sisters have already discovered is how much we depend on knowing our

family stories to understand who we are in the world and what our strength is. You can see more

B

．

What to Do to Solve the Food Shortage .

D

．

An Ignored Protein-Rich Superfood.

about Grand Stories at www. . Whether you’re 7 or 70, it’s never too

early or too late to start sharing family stories.

1. What made the two girls decide to know their family stories?

A

．

Telling stories at school.

B

．

Reading biographies at school.

C

．

Showing their love for a singer.

D

．

Being asked to create a workbook.

2. What does the underlined word “developed” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A

．

designed. B

．

proved. C

．

described. D

．

imagined.

3. Which of the following words can best describe the girls’ grandfather?

A

．

Strict. B

．

Impatient. C

．

shy. D

．

Careless.

4. What is the purpose of the text?

A

．

To prove the power of family storytelling.

B

．

To introduce ways of telling interesting family stories.

C

．

To tell people about the two girls’ family.

D

．

To encourage people to know their family stories.

5. Every day is a gift, and if you look forward to enjoying each day, then you need to learn to make

the most of your day. 1

Have a great morning routine (

常规

). A good start will make you feel good and is sure to make the

rest of your day good as well. Rise early and get ready for your new day. 2 Listen to good music.

Have a wonderful breakfast. All these will help you start your day in a positive way.

Make time for short breaks. Since we spend most of our day in the workplace, it is necessary to relax

between different tasks. Set a timer on your phone or computer to remind you it's time to get up,

leave your desk, go out and get some fresh air.

3 Doing the same things every day is very boring. To prevent this, step out and take some time to

do things that you have never done before. This will not only make a day exciting, but it’ll also build

your confidence.

Ask someone to be your accountability partner (

责任同伴

). 4 This person encourages you,

supports you and loves you. He or she will help you get over difficulties and achieve your goals.

Plan your schedule for the next day the night before. Make a list of all the tasks you want to

complete the next day. 5 Focus on one thing at a time and give it your best try before moving on to

the next day.