2024年4月16日发(作者：)

2022-2023

学年吉林省长春市东北师范大学附属中学高一下学期期中考试英语试卷

1. Jeremy Pound recommends compositions inspired by the beauty of the British countryside.

Frederick Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

A bird, cuckoo, in Bradford born Delius’s short work for orchestra. In this instance, the call of the

bird is heard in one wind instrument and later another, while a soft, gentle tune in the strings

promises sunny days ahead.

Arnold Bax: November Woods

Bax’s 1917 symphonic poem for orchestra has, as the title suggests, a wonderfully autumnal feel. A

storm gathers in the first half but eventually the music switches to a calmer mood. Few works

display the British weather so delicately.

Gustav Holst: Egdon Heath

Though the title of Holst’s 1927 orchestral work comes from a fictional location described by

Thomas Hardy, the composer was initially inspired to write it by long walks in the south of England.

The musical landscape here is rough and sometimes predictive.

Edward Elgar: Cello concerto

Is an ageing Elgar looking back over recent global and personal ups and downs in this grand but

sorrowful 1919 work, or expressing the beauty of the British countryside? A bit of both, one feels—

he associated a passage from it with the Malvern Hills.

1. Which of the following is the first inspiration of Holst’s 1927 composition?

A

．

The call of a bird.

C

．

The long walks in southern England.

2. What do we know about Cello Concerto?

A

．

It is one of Elgar’s early works.

C

．

It is developed in a joyful tone.

3. What do the four compositions have in common?

A

．

They are composed in spring.

C

．

They are conducted by Jeremy Pound.

2. Last year I went to the Rio de Janeiro Carnival, and it blew my mind. It had been my dream to

attend the famous carnival for many years, so I was excited. However, the moment I arrived, I was a

little bit nervous because there were so many people on the streets. They say that five or six million

people come to Rio during carnival time and about two million of them are on the streets on any

B

．

They are musical works of the 1910’s.

D

．

They are inspired by the British

countryside.

B

．

It involves Elgar’s personal experiences.

D

．

It focuses on the beauty of Malvern Hills.

B

．

A storm in the autumn of England.

D

．

A famous novel by Thomas Hardy.

given day. Luckily, I had a local guide, my sisterˈs friend Ronnie. He said he would take care of me

and show me all the highlights. He did not let me down.

The carnival is most definitely all about the samba. Itˈs a style of music and dance which has its

roots in Africa. Lots of Africans were used as slave labor by the Portuguese when Brazil was being

colonized (

殖民

), so this mixed culture of African, Latin and European styles is really strong here.

Samba music is usually fast and exciting with a lot of drums and harmonic vocals (

和声

). Itˈs the

kind of music that you canˈt help dancing to, and I was learning that as I followed Ronnie through

the crowd, my hips and shoulders were swinging (

摇摆

) almost involuntarily.

Ronnie had got us tickets for the samba parade, the symbol of Brazilian culture, inside the

Sambadrome where the top samba schools compete for the championship title, but we still had a

long way to go through the street parties. He said most people enjoy the carnival by making their

own parties in the street. About the samba parade, twelve main teams compete for the championship,

and if they win, their performance will be talked about for years to come. So, you must be

wondering how it was. Well, Iˈm afraid I canˈt tell you. Ronnie and I never made into the

Sambadrome. We spent the day moving from one street party to another. There were more snacks,

more drinks and lots of dancing. Do I regret missing the main parade? Not at all. I experienced the

carnival like the locals, and it was truly amazing.

1. What made the author nervous in the beginning?

A

．

Busy schedule.

C

．

No local guide.

B

．

The big crowd.

D

．

Culture shock.

2. What can we learn about samba from this passage?

A

．

It has its origin in America.

C

．

It has a long and mixed culture.

B

．

It is not the taste of the author.

D

．

Its music is usually slow and soft.

3. The author didnˈt regret missing the parade because ________.

A

．

she met some amazing local people

B

．

she didnˈt have the tickets for the parade

C

．

she celebrated the festival in a local way

D

．

she enjoyed herself by making her own parties

4. What is the purpose of the passage?

A

．

To recommend a helpful guide.

B

．

To tell a painful history of Rio de Janeiro.

C

．

To encourage people to learn samba.

D

．

To share an unforgettable experience.

3. Binge-watching (

刷剧

) is when a person watches more than one episode (

集

) of a show in quick

succession (

连续

). With developments in the speed and connectivity of the Internet, increases in

technology and the rise of on-demand entertainment companies, people can now have their favorite

shows streamed directly to their television at their convenience.

This behavior is nothing new. In fact, “binge-watching” has been officially listed in dictionaries

since 2015. The entertainment companies recognize this behavior and many take steps to encourage

it. Often, instead of releasing each episode on a week-by-week basis, an entire series will become

available at the same time. Once the episode finishes, many platforms will display pop-ups with

“you might like” suggestions, or will automatically (

自动

) play the next episode.

However, recent research suggests that out of the more than half of British adults who watch more

than one episode of a show back-to-back, almost a third have admitted missing sleep or becoming

tired as a result; and one quarter have ignored their household chores. Next weˈll be missing work!

Being has other connections — binge eating, binge drinking and binge smoking. All of them are

often associated with a lack of (

缺乏

) control and a possible route to addiction. Lindsey Fuss,

consumer group director, said, “The days of waiting a week for the next episode are largely gone,

with people finding it hard to resist (

抵制

) watching multiple episodes around the house or on the

move.” If people find binge-watching hard to resist, are we witnessing the birth of a new type of

addiction?

The countless amount of information and entertainment that television and online media can bring

us is, many would say, a good thing. However, when the activity begins to bleed into other areas,

causing us to stop functioning and then it becomes a problem. So, whatˈs the answer? Moderation

(

适度

) ! Neither a tiny amount, nor too much. After all, as the old proverb says, “A little of what you

fancy does you good.”

1. How did the author develop the first paragraph?

A

．

By giving a definition.

C

．

By listing some examples.

2. What can we know from Paragraph 4?

A

．

People canˈt control their feelings.

B

．

People suffer from different addictions.

C

．

People have no patience to do work.

D

．

People are always eager for a new episode.

3. What advice did the author give at last?

A

．

To keep online media from functioning.

B

．

To enjoy entertainment as much as possible.

C

．

To learn life lessons from the TV episodes.

D

．

To watch TV episodes in a moderate way.

B

．

By telling a story.

D

．

By analyzing the cause and effect.

4. What might be the best title for the text?

A

．

Are You Watching a Show Again and Again?

B

．

Is Binge-Watching the New Addiction?

C

．

Are TV Shows So Interesting for You?

D

．

Is the Next Episode Coming Soon?

4. Reading doesn’t come naturally to people, but most of us have learned how. Eighty-six percent of

the world’s population is literate (

有读写能力的

), and this rate has been increasing for centuries.

Literacy makes it possible to sail in a world filled with books, websites, text messages, road signs

and more.

Could a growing number of people take part in today’s world without reading or writing at all?

Technology makes it possible. Most of our devices now talk to us and take spoken commands.

Smart cars ask for a destination and then give directions. Smart virtual assistants listen for requests

to report the weather, play a song, set a timer, order groceries, and much more. Software can also

read text aloud or turn speech into text. These interactions aren’t perfect — the software still makes

silly mistakes. But it’s getting better and better. It’s possible to imagine a future world where all of

our communication with our devices and each other is spoken.

But reading and writing are powerful tools. For one, most people read faster than they speak. A

podcaster or audio book narrator (

讲述者

) speaks at around 150 to 160 words per minute, while a

strong reader can go through a text at 300 to 400 words per minute. That’s twice as fast! Research

has also found that people remember more information and stay more interested when they read

compared with when they listen. Learning to read also creates new connections in the brain. In her

book Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, Maryanne Wolf writes that

with the invention of reading, human beings “rearranged the very organization of our brain, which in

turn widened the ways we were able to think, which changed the intellectual evolution (

进化

) of our

species.” Would we really choose to give up that progress? What do you think? Do you hope people

keep on reading and writing, or will technology make literacy out of date?

1. What does the second paragraph focus on?

A

．

Technology makes up for illiteracy.

C

．

Technology is a double-edged sword.

B

．

Many people have problems with literacy.

D

．

Technology is changing fast.

2. Compared to listening, what will a person do when reading?

A

．

Gather more information.

C

．

Show less interest.

3. Why does the author mention Maryanne’s book?

A

．

To give an example of a book on reading.

C

．

To prove that reading is related to brain.

B

．

To show the evolution of human beings.

D

．

To stress the function of the brain.

B

．

Remember less clearly.

D

．

Learn more words.