2024年4月6日发(作者：)

福建省厦门英才学校中学部2022-2023学年高一上学期期中

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一、阅读理解

The city of San Francisco is a wonderful tourist attraction that offers many different

things to see and do. The best way for a traveler to get a good look at the city is to take one of

the many different tours there

Walk to Tour the City

When touring the city by walking, you aren't going to walk much. What's more, there are

far more benefits. This kind of tour allows you to see as many buildings of the city as possible.

A tour of the city on foot usually focuses on a more localized neighborhood level, which can

be very interesting in a number of different ways.

Hit the Waters of San Francisco Bay

The waters of San Francisco Bay have played an important role in the city's development

over the last century. Touring San Francisco from the water is completely unique way for you

to see this wonderful city.

Take a Bus Tour

If you want to see a wide variety of attractions from all over the city, one of the best

things you could do is to book a tour through our company that offers services here. A bus

tour of San Francisco is one of the most complete ways to experience the city

Tour San Francisco From the Air

While it is one of the most expensive ways to see San Francisco, touring the city from

the air is one of the most unique and exciting ways to see the city. Seeing the city from high

above allows you to get a full view of the city as tour guides point out attractions from high

above. If you do decide to tour San Francisco by air, you'll be creating memories that you

won't forget forever.

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1

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How should you tour San Francisco in order to appreciate its buildings?

A

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By air. B

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By bus. C

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On foot. D

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By boat

2

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What can we learn about the waters of San Francisco Bay?

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A

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They have high-quality sea water.

B

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They are explored on a localized level.

C

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They were not in use until the last century.

D

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They have helped the city to develop.

3

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Where can we most probably read this text?

A

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In a magazine. B

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In a newspaper.

Traveling on an airplane can be a very tiring task even in the best of circumstances,

which is why when Sophie Murphy boarded a recent flight from Sydney to Melbourne and

noticed an awful “tension” in the cabin, she first thought it was caused by typical

bad-tempered passengers. But as the flight neared its end, it became obvious that something

was very wrong.

A teenage boy with Down syndrome(

唐氏综合征

)who was traveling with his family had

become upset and would not return to his seat, regardless of the cabin crew's warnings over

the loudspeaker when it was almost time to land. The pilot was forced to circle above the

airport, delaying the landing and angering people on the already tense flight.

“If it was a cartoon, ” remembered Murphy, “there would have been smoke coming out

of people's ears.”

As the boy's elderly parents and adult brothers and sisters tried to persuade him to get off

the floor and back into his seat, but in vain, Murphy, 42, who had been a teacher for more

than 20 years, stood up and quickly headed to the back of the plane.

She found the boy in the passage, lying on his belly, and lay down on her stomach to

face him. She began chatting calmly with him, asking his name, his favorite book, and his

favorite characters. He told her he felt sick and she tried to comfort him. Minutes later, he

allowed her to hold his hand and then together they got properly back into airplane seats.

Murphy asked for sick bags, and held them as the boy threw up several times, including on

her. As she helped him clean up, she repeatedly told him everything would be okay and that

they'd get through it together.

After the plane was finally able to land, no one was impatient to step off the flight as one

might expect. Instead, calmed passengers--obviously following Murphy's amazing

example--allowed the boy and his family to depart first, smiling at them as they passed. His

parents tearfully thanked Murphy for what she had done, and a doctor sitting nearby also let

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C

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On a website. D

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On TV.

her knew he had even taken notes on her expert way of handling the situation.

4

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The landing was delayed because ________.

A

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a family ignored the warnings

B

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a boy refused to sit in his seat

C

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smoke was coming out of the engine

D

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the pilot was forced to change the destination

5

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Murphy successfully handled the “awful tension” by________

A

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fighting against unfair treatment

B

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calling on other passengers to join her

C

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communicating with the boy

D

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asking an experienced doctor to help

6

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What changed the angry passengers' attitude at last?

A

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The boy's improvement.

C

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The crew's behavior.

B

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The plane's safe landing.

D

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The teacher's efforts.

7

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Which of the following words can best describe Murphy?

A

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Generous and cautious.

C

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Wise and cooperative.

The sun is going to expand into the orbit of Mercury according to scientific calculations,

which will result in the entire Earth catching on fire. Who will save the world?

This imaginative tale is at the heart of the latest Chinese sci-fi movie The Wandering

Earth. Unlike many American space-themed films where the solution to a disaster Earth faces

is always fleeing (

逃离

) the planet in spaceships, this time we’re taking the Earth with us.

The film, which has become the country’s most successful film of all time, has offered

a

different and more ambitious idea.

The “ambition” didn’t come from nowhere. For thousands of years, “homeland” has had

a soft spot in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. One old idiom that shows a strong

feeling that Chinese people have had for their homeland is “luoyeguigen”, which means

returning to one’s homeland in old age, like fallen leaves returning to the roots of their tree.

“What is Chinese sci-fi?” Guo Fan, the film’s director, said in an interview. “A vehicle

that really expresses our cultural and spiritual core (

核心

) can be called Chinese sci-fi.

Otherwise, we’re just following others and telling the same Hollywood stories.”

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B

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Patient and enthusiastic.

D

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Kind and cool-headed.

And the makers of The Wandering Earth may have chosen the best time to tell its

Chinese sci-fi story. The film was released on Feb. 5, the first day of Chinese New Year. It

was a time when many people had just made the hard journey back to their hometowns. So to

them, there is only one possible way to tell the story: Earth goes wherever humans go,

because it’s our home.

8

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The main purpose of the opening paragraph is to __________.

A

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give a brief account of the film

B

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warn people of the coming threat

C

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explore ways to avoid the disaster

D

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introduce the topic of the passage

9

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The underlined phrase “a different and more ambitious idea” refers to __________.

A

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fleeing the Earth in spaceships

B

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bringing in huge success

C

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filling the gap in Chinese sci-fi movies

D

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helping Earth make its escape

10

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Which of the following is unlikely to account for the success of the film?

A

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The rich imagination of the story.

B

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Hollywood-style space stories.

C

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The special cultural background.

D

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The time chosen to release the film.

11

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What is likely to be the title for the passage?

A

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Chinese Sci-Fi Catches Up

B

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The Most Successful Chinese Sci-Fi

C

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Chinese Sci-Fi Sets a New Path

D

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Chinese Sci-Fi Challenges Hollywood

Have you been exercising and eating healthy, but when you step on the scale, it says

you’ve gained a few pounds? “That’s normal, and it doesn’t mean that your workouts are not

effective”, says Jeffrey A

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Dolgan, an exercise physiologist in Miami Beach, Florida.

“A person’s scale mass (

质量

) is a combination of muscle, fat, bone, blood, and even the

air that we carry in our lungs,” he says. “Immediately after a workout routine, the percentage

of mass in each body part can shift as much as 15 percent. So if you’re gaining weight while

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working out and eating healthy, it’s probably not the type of weight gain that you think it is.

The scale can’t tell you how much of your body weight is muscle or fat, which means if

your goal is to improve your fitness level, the scale is not the best tool for measuring

improvements. When you start to change your body composition with your workouts — by

building more muscle mass and decreasing your body fat — your scale weight may increase,

while your body fat percentage may decrease. These changes happen over weeks and months

(not hours or days) so the scale is useless when tracking them.

You may argue that you weigh a few pounds less after a high intensity (

强度

) training

class. Don’t get too excited—it’s just water loss due to sweat. Water makes up approximately

65 to 90 percent of a person’s weight, and variation in water content of the human body can

move the scale by ten pounds or more from day to day.

So ignore the scale and pay more attention to objective measurement tools like body

composition. Keep in mind that if you’re exercising but gaining weight, you may actually

look slimmer.

12

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What can we know from Dolgan’s words from paragraph 2?

A

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Your weight changes little during a day.

B

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Your scale mass is affected by many factors.

C

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Your workout is not effective if you gain weight.

D

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Your weight is determined only by muscle and fat.

13

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What will most probably happen after you exercise and eat healthy for 3 months?

A

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You will weigh more.

B

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Your muscle mass will decrease.

C

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Your body fat will increase.

D

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Your body composition will change.

14

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How much water may a man weighing 150 pounds have in his body?

A

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30 pounds.

C

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100 pounds.

B

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60 pounds.

D

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140 pounds.

15

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Which of the following could be the best title for the text?

A

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Why Do We Gain Weight?

B

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How to Work Out Effectively?

C

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What Is the Composition of Our Body?

D

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Why Does My Workout Cause Weight Gain?

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二、七选五

It’s important for you teenagers to know how to save money. You know that the money

you save can be for rainy days and be used to pay through your college education. If you

think it’s a difficult task and don’t know how to do it, please do as the followings.

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My dad always tells me that if one doesn’t respect money, it will never respect you.

Hence, it’s important that you keep a record of your daily expenses. Make it a habit to write

down all that you have spent. And when you find out the total expenses at the end of the

month, you will realize what you have spent more money in doing. 17 .

Open a savings account

Opening a savings account is a better way to save money. You can set a goal; say (for

example), the money is for a new notebook or for college, and then save, until you have

enough money to buy a notebook or until you go to college. 18 .

Do not carry much cash

Do you have the habit of not leaving a store without buying anything? The only way to

stop that is carrying less money around with you. Go to the store with the minimum amount

of money, which will not even help you buy a drink. 19 .

Save the changes

Save the changes that you get back. If you have gone to a shop to buy something and get

back some changes, then do not spend them. 20 . And you’ll be surprised at the huge

amount of money after days.

Follow these tips above, and thus you can save a lot of money. And surely, they’ll help

you to be more responsible in your life.

A

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Keep a record of your daily expenses

B

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In a few days, you’ll get rid of this habit

C

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Instead, you can save them in your piggy bank

D

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By that time, you will realize the importance of saving money

E

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Saving money builds your financial power and personal freedom

F

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Next month, you will automatically try and save more in that part

G

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Nowadays in the developed and developing countries, people are all working for the

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