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2025北京通州高一（下）期中
英 語
2025 年 4 月
本試卷共 10 頁，共 100 分。考試時長 90 分鐘。考生務必將答案答在答題卡上，在試卷上作答無效。考試結束后，請將答題卡交回。
第一部分：閱讀理解（共 14 小題；每小題 2 分，共 28 分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的 A、B、C、D 四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
A
A Book Review—The Snake-Stone by Berlie Doherty
The setting: Urban England (the cities), but also rural England (the countryside) including remote (偏遠的) English villages.
The theme (主題): The main theme is a teenage search of self - discovery, in this case the search for a mother from whom the hero was separated at an early age. Its other concerns are love, getting on with others, being persistent and courageous and trying to deal with doubts, troubles and worries. As the book moves to a close, James' swimming coach says to him: “You are not like a kid obeying (遵守) instructions any more. You are diving (跳水) like a young man who knows where he is going.”
The characters: James is the hero of the story. He is a championship diver, and has a comfortable life with his foster parents (養父母). Yet he also has the qualities to take him on a long journey to find his birth mother. The other characters in The Snake - Stone, James' parents, his diving instructor, best friend, the villagers, people he meets on his journey, are pictured realistically.
The turning point: The turning point in the story comes while James' foster parents are away in London, and he wonders about the identity of his birth mother. The only clue he has is a fossil (化石), “the snake stone” which she left behind along with a note on which she had written: “Take good care of Sammie.” It was written on a torn envelope with parts of an address still there.
The journey: Instead of going to London, James decides to find his birth mother. With help from his geography teacher, James sets out for the remote country village where his mother might be found. James has painful, challenging, but also humorous and happy travels. The mother he finally meets, Anne, has a minor yet powerful voice in the novel. He comes to understand why she left him at a stranger's door fifteen years ago. Although the meeting is not long, it leaves him with a feeling of completeness. As a journey of self - discovery The Snake - Stone also provides its readers with a happy ending. Its hero says, on returning to his foster parents, “I was home.”
1.What is the main theme of the book
A. Life in the world of diving.
B. Life with foster parents.
C. A travel around the country.
D. A journey of self - discovery.
2.What do the coach's words in Paragraph 2 suggest
A. James is a hopeful swimmer.
B. James is an independent young man.
C. James is a successful diver.
D. James is an outgoing young man.
3.The snake stone in the book is ____.
A. a fossil left by the foster parents
B. a stone with an address on it
C. a clue left by the birth mother
D. a gift from the swimming coach
4.It can be concluded that James' journey is ____.
A. comfortable
B. frightening
C. worthwhile
D. Boring
B
In 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where adventure was never very far away.
We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic for Mom's vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didn't care much about my bedtime.
Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk (職員). That left me in a mess. I usually managed to find some trouble to get into. Once I had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel. I had tried to light a barrel of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when I made my exit, a crowd and the police were there to greet me. The policemen took my matches and drove me home.
Mom and Dad were occupied (忙) in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me. I hadn't turned 5 yet.
As I entered kindergarten (幼兒園), the serious cold began to set in. Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school
As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder (駕雪橇者), I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didn't realize what a superstar he was, but I do remember the ride well. I was wrapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather.
In 1950, we moved back to Coeur d'Alene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska.
5. What can be inferred about the author's family
A. His parents used to be very busy.
B. His mother didn't have any jobs.
C. His father was an honest man.
D. His parents didn't love him.
6. Which of the following is true
A. The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.
B. Leonhard often visited the author's family after 1950.
C. The author spent his whole childhood in Idaho.
D. Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds.
7. What is the author's purpose of writing the text
A. To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.
B. To show off his pride in making trouble.
C. To look back on his childhood with adventures.
D. To express how much he misses Leonhard.
C
For those who study the development of intelligence (智力) in the animal world, self - awareness is an important measurement. An animal that is aware of itself has a high level of intelligence.
Awareness can be tested by studying whether the animal recognizes itself in the mirror, that is, its own reflected image. Many animals fail this exercise bitterly, paying very little attention to the reflected image. Only humans, and some intelligent animals like apes (類人猿) and dolphins, have been shown to recognize that the image in the mirror is of themselves.
Now another animal has joined the club. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, researchers report that an Asian elephant has passed the mirror self - reflection test.
“We thought that elephants were the next important animal,” said Diana Reiss of the Wildlife Conservation Society, an author of the study with Joshua M. Plotnik and Fans B. M. de Waal of Emory University. With their large brains, Reiss said, elephants “seemed like cousins to apes and dolphins.”
The researchers tested Happy, Maxine and Patty, three elephants at the Bronx Zoo. They put an 8 - foot - square mirror on a wall of the animals' play area (out of the sight of zoo visitors) and recorded what happened with cameras, including one built in the mirror.
The elephants used their long noses to find what was behind it, and to examine parts of their bodies.
Of the three, Happy then passed the test, in which a clear mark was painted on one side of her face. She could tell the mark was there by looking in the mirror, and she used the mirror to touch the mark with her long nose.
Diana Reiss said, “We knew elephants were intelligent, but now we can talk about their intelligence in a better way.”
8. What can mirror tests tell us about animals
A. Whether they enjoy outdoor exercises.
B. Whether they have large brains.
C. Whether they enjoy playing with mirrors.
D. Whether they have self - awareness.
9. Why does the author mention apes and dolphins in the text
A. They are big favor
B. They are most familiar to readers.
C. They are already known to be intelligent.
D. They are included in the study by Reiss.
10.What made Happy different from Maxine and Patty
A. She recognized her own image in the mirror.
B. She found the hidden camera.
C. She used her nose to search behind the mirror.
D. She painted a mark on her own face.
D
Give yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen from your front door If your awareness is as sharp (敏銳) as it could be, you'll have no trouble answering these questions.
Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child's day is filled with fascination (著迷), newness and wonder. Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness. But distinctions that were sharp to us as children become unclear; we are numb (麻木的) to new stimulation (刺激), new ideas. Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.
The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs. This blocks awareness. One cold night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began complaining about how cold it would be. We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost knee - deep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted they'd felt cold water at first.
Another block to awareness is the obsession (癡迷) many of us have with naming things. I saw bird watchers who noticed a bird immediately looked it up in field guides, and said, a “ruby - crowned kinglet” and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing.
The pressures of “time” and “destination” are further blocks to awareness. I met many hikers who were headed to a distant camp - ground with just enough time to get there before dark. It seldom occurred to them to walk slowly and take a moment to see what was around them. I asked them what they'd seen. “Oh, a few birds,” they said. They seemed bent on their destinations.
Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait. Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension (維度) to your life.
11. According to Paragraph 2, compared with adults, children are more ____.
A. likely to develop unpleasant habits
B. eager to explore the world around them
C. concerned about others' feelings
D. anxious to grow up
12. The bird watchers' behavior shows that they ____.
A. are really fascinated by nature
B. are very patient in their observation
C. question the correctness of the field guides
D. care only about the names of birds
13. Why do the hikers take no notice of the surroundings during the journey
A. They focus on arriving at the camp in time.
B. The natural beauty isn't attractive to them.
C. They hope to see beautiful birds at the destination.
D. The forest in the dark is dangerous for them.
14. In the passage, the author intends to tell us we should ____.
A. try our best to protect nature
B. open our mind to new things and ideas
C. fill our senses to feel the wonders of the world
D. get rid of some bad habits in our daily life
第二部分：知識運用（共三節，40 分）
第一節（共 10 小題；每小題 1.5 分，共 15 分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的 A、B、C、D 四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Around twenty years ago I was living in York. Though I had a lot of experience and a Master's degree, I could not find (15)work.
I was (16)a school bus to make ends meet and living with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had attended five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not(17)the job. “Why has my life become so hard ” I thought (18).
As I pulled the bus over to (19) a little girl, she handed me an earring saying I should keep it in case somebody claimed (認領) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.
At first I got angry. Then it( 20) me — I had been giving all of my attention to what was going wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a (21) of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to add more( 22) to the list. That night there was a phone call for me from a lady who was a director at a large( 23). She asked me if I would give a one - day lecture on stress management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My day there went very well, and before long I got a well - paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of (24) that I completely changed my life.
15. A. challenging B. satisfying C. boring D. interesting
16. A. designing B. taking C. repairing D. driving
17. A. get B. lose C. like D. find
18. A. calmly B. creatively C. painfully D. carelessly
19. A. look for B. wave at C. call on D. drop off
20. A. hit B. hurt C. moved D. caught
21. A. book B. list C. copy D. check
22. A. friends B. flats C. things D. students
23. A. factory B. hospital C. hotel D. restaurant
24. A. speaking B. playing C. thinking D. working
第二節 語法填空（共 10 小題；每小題 1.5 分，共 15 分）
閱讀下列短文，根據短文內容填空。在未給提示詞的空白處僅填寫 1 個恰當的單詞，在給出提示詞的空白處用括號內所給詞的正確形式填空。請在答題卡指定區域作答。
A
Jan Tchamani, an English teacher in Birmingham, UK, suddenly developed a serious illness and had to quit her job. At age 50, she found herself out of work and 25 (stick) at home with only her computer to keep her company. After a while, she discovered that surfing the Internet could help her feel less lonely and bored. She also joined an online group 26 she could talk about her problems and get support and advice from others. She realised that one of the greatest 27 (benefit) of the Internet was its ability to remove the distance that 28 (usual) exists between people.
B
I experienced the Naadam Festival in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for the first time this year. The festival 29 (fall) on the fourth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, usually lasting for three days. Naadam means “games” in Mongolian, and it is represented by three events: horse racing, wrestling, and archery, 30 are all so exciting to watch! 31 the first day, I set off to the games early with my friends Burin. Burin told me that Mongolians travel every year from near and far to attend the festival, just as their ancestors had done for centuries.
C
Smileys are symbols that some people use when they communicate on the Internet. They use smileys to show how they are feeling. Smileys 32 (make) up of groups of keyboard characters. Many smileys are little sideways pictures. There are many sites on the Internet that list smileys and their meanings. The best way to find these sites is to use a search engine to search for the word “smiley”. If you decide 33 (use) smileys in your personal emails, make sure the person you are writing to knows 34 they mean too.
第三節 選詞填空（共 10 小題；每小題 1 分，共 10 分）
根據句意，選擇方框中的單詞或短語，用其正確的形式填入下列句子的空白處，每個單詞或短語只能使用一次。請將答案寫在答題卡的相應位置。
convenient, crowd, opportunity, charity, atmosphere, outline, belong to, decorate, surf, legal
35. The four countries that ____ the United Kingdom work together in some areas.
36. The hotel offers a friendly ____ and personal service.
37. England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland all have different education systems and ____ systems.
38. I'm going to buy a surfboard and learn to ____.
39. A bicycle is often ____ than a car in towns.
40. He donated thousands of pounds to ____.
41. The little boy couldn't find a seat in the very ____ room.
42. The young man will have the ____ to further his education.
43. You should draw up a plan or ____ for the article.
44. They ____ the room with flowers and balloons last weekend.
第三部分：書面表達（共兩節，32 分）
第一節（共 4 小題；第 45、46 題各 2 分，第 47 題 3 分，第 48 題 5 分，共 12 分）
閱讀下面短文，根據題目要求用英文回答問題。請在答題卡指定區域作答。
Leslie Nielsen's childhood was a difficult one, but he had one particular shining star in his life—his uncle, who was a well - known actor. The admiration and respect his uncle won inspired Nielsen to make a career (職業) in acting. Even though he often felt he would be discovered to be a no - talent, he moved forward, gaining a scholarship (獎學金) to the Neighborhood Playhouse and making his first television appearance a few years later in 1948. However, becoming a full - time, successful actor would still be an uphill battle for another eight years until he landed a number of film roles that finally got him noticed.
But even then, what he had wasn't quite what he wanted. Nielsen always felt he should be doing comedy (喜劇) but his good looks and distinguished voice kept him busy in dramatic roles. It wasn't until 1980—32 years into his career—that he landed the role it would seem he was made for in Airplane. That movie led him into the second half of his career where his comedic presence alone could make a movie a financial (財務的) success even when movie reviewers would not rate it highly.
Did Nielsen then feel content in his career Yes and no. He was excited to be doing the comedy that he always felt he should do, but even during his last few years, he always had a sense of curiosity, wondering what new role or challenge might be just around the corner. He never stopped working.
Leslie Nielsen's devotion to acting is wonderfully inspiring. He built a hugely successful career with little more than plain old hard work and determination. He showed us that even a single dream, never given up on, can make for a remarkable (非凡的) life.
45. Why did Nielsen want to be an actor
46. What impact did the movie Airplane have on Nielsen's career
47. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
When Nielsen landed a number of film roles that got him noticed, he thought he got what he wanted.
48.What is your dream What inspiration do you get from Nielsen's story to achieve it (In about 40 words )
第二節（20 分）
假設你是紅星中學高一學生李華。你校上周舉辦了校園音樂節，請你用英文給英國筆友 Jim 寫一封電子郵件，介紹你校音樂節的情況，內容包括：
校園音樂節的目的和內容；
你的感受。
注意：1. 詞數 100 左右；
2. 開頭和結尾已給出，不計入總詞數。
Dear Jim,
Yours,
Li Hua
參考答案
閱讀理解
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. C
8. D 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. D 13. A 14. C
完形填空
15. B 16. D 17. A 18. C 19. D
20. A 21. B 22. C 23. B 24. C
語法填空
25. stuck 26. where 27. benefits 28. usually 29. falls
30. which 31. On 32. are made 33. to use 34. what
選詞填空
35. belong to 36. atmosphere 37. legal 38. surf 39. more convenient
40. charity 41. crowded 42. opportunity 43. outline 44. decorated
閱讀表達
45. His uncle inspired him.
46. It launched his comedic career.
47. he thought he got what he wanted
48. （示例）My dream is to be a scientist. Nielsen’s persistence teaches me to embrace challenges and keep improving.
寫作
Dear Jim,
Our school’s Music Festival last week aimed to showcase talents and foster unity. Performances included singing, dancing, and instrument shows. I joined a band, and the energy was amazing! It taught me teamwork and the joy of sharing music. Can’t wait for your stories too!
Yours,
Li Hua

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