陕西省西安市大联考2022-2023学年高一下学期6月期末英语试题.docx
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1、陕西省西安市大联考2022-2023学年高一下学期6月期末英语试题学校:姓名:班级:考号:一、阅读理解About five weeks ago, I noticed the skin of our pet lizard(蜥蜴)was growing dusty. It worried me. I reported the strange surface on the skin of the lizard to my husband and children the next morning. Seconds later, our lizard emerged from its tank wit
2、h its old skin flowing behind it.I didnt think about it much until a morning last week when I knocked my favorite teapot off the table. It burst into hundreds of pieces. As I swept up the mess, I wondered why we had been breaking so many things over the months.The destruction started three months ag
3、o. It was my husbands birthday. He had just lost his job. The uncertainty was starting to wear on us, so I wanted to do something special.Lets make a cake for Dad!1 I cried.My kids screamed with joy. We baked, iced and sprinkled for most of the day. Candles on the cake! Balloons on the walls! Flower
4、s on the table!Two hours before my husband came back home from another job interview, my daughter climbed up to grab a glass vase from a high shelf. It fell and crashed beside the cake. Tiny pieces of glass were everywhere. She sobbed loudly as I threw the cake away. My husband had banana pudding fo
5、r his birthday.Three days ago, the light in our living room suddenly went out. After several frustrating hours of unsuccessful attempts to fix it, my husband suggested watching the Michael Jordan documentary偿己录片)series The Last Dance.The poignancy(酸楚)of Jordan retiring from his beloved basketball to
6、 play baseball and what had pushed him to make such a tough decision took me by surprise. As I watched him take off his basketball uniform and replace it with a baseball uniform, I saw him leaving behind the laye】that no longer served him, just as our lizard had. Neither of them chose the moment tha
7、t had transformed them. But they had to live with who they were after everything was different. Just like us. I realized that we have to learn to leave the past behind.Humans do not shed skin(蜕皮)as easily as other animals. The beginning of change is upsetting. The process is tiring. Damage changes u
8、s before we are ready. I see our lizard, raw18. Unlike the US, each year, major UK department stores spend millions onadvertisements that tell heart-warming short stories. Among the most famous is the John Lewis Christmas advert. It features a little girl called Bridget, whose trampoline becomes pop
9、ular with local wildlife.The language of Christmas is also a subtle cultural difference. In the US, you would usually say Merry Christmas. While in the UK, “happy took on a higher-class meaning than merry”. The royal family adopted Happy Christmas as their preferred greeting and others took note. 19
10、 There is also a similar distinction on how to address the fat man in red. Americans call him “Santa Claus or Santa”, while Britons would refer to him as “Father Christmas9,-though “Santa is sometimes used as well.All these differences make Christmas on both sides of the Atlantic distinctively inter
11、esting. 20 After all, the Christmas spirit is about spreading goodwill to all and spending quality time with family.A. Advertisements play an important part.B. So this term remains popular in the UK.C. So Happy Christmas“ was used widely in the US.D. Indeed, youll be hard-pressed to find this in the
12、 US.E. However, they can be different even among similar cultures.F. Even the most stubborn Briton or American would enjoy it in another country.G. Another difference is the UKs obsession with Christmas TV advertisements.【答案】16. E 17. D 18. G 19. B 20. F【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了英国和美国的圣诞节传统的不同之处。16. 根据上文“C
13、hristmas is a time for nostalgia (怀I日),when families come together from all around the world and traditions are observed.(圣诞节是一个怀旧的日子,来自世界各地的 家人聚在一起,遵守传统户结合后文主要说明了圣诞节的不同,故E选项“然而,即使 在相似的文化中,它们也可能不同”符合语境,故选E。17. 根据上文“Christmas dinner is perhaps where we see the biggest differences. British people trad
14、itionally consume turkey, mince pies, mulled wine for refreshment, and Christmas pudding for dessert.(圣诞晚餐也许是我们看到最大差异的地方。英国人传统上吃火鸡、 肉馅饼、热红酒作为点心,圣诞布丁作为甜点厂以及后文“For Americans, eggnog is the preferred drink alongside turkey or ham with sweet potato pies for dessert.(对于美国人来说, 蛋奶酒是最受欢迎的饮料,搭配火鸡或火腿和红薯派作为甜点广
15、可知,本句是在说明美 国和英国的吃食不同。故D选项”的确,在美国你很难找到这样的东西符合语境,故选 Do18. 根据后文“Unlike the US, each year, major UK department stores spend millions on advertisements that tell heart-warming short stories. Among the most famous is the John Lewis Christmas advert. It features a little girl called Bridget, whose trampoli
16、ne becomes popular with local wildlife.(与美国不同的是,英国各大百货公司每年都要花费数百万美 元在讲述暖心小故事的广告上。其中最著名的是约翰刘易斯的圣诞广告。它的主角是 一个名叫布里奇特的小女孩,她的蹦床在当地野生动物中很受欢迎广可知,本句是在说 明美国人和英国人对圣诞广告上的不同态度,故G选项“另一个不同是英国人对圣诞电 视广告的痴迷”符合语境,故选G。19. 根据上文“The language of Christmas is also a subtle cultural difference. In the US, you would usually
17、 say “Merry Christmas. While in the UK, “happy took on a higher-class meaning than “merry”. The royal family adopted Happy Christmas as their preferred greeting and others took note.(圣诞节的语言也是一种微妙的文化差异。在美国,你通常 会说“圣诞快乐”。而在英国,“h叩py”比“merry”有更高级的含义。英国王室将“圣诞快乐” 作为他们最喜欢的问候语,其他人也注意到了这一点广可知,“圣诞快乐”这个词在英国 也是流
18、行的。故B选项”所以这个词在英国仍然很流行“符合语境,故选B。20. 根据上文“All these differences make Christmas on both sides of the Atlantic distinctively interesting.(所有这些差异使大西洋两岸的圣诞节显得特别有趣广由此可知,就算身在不 同的国家也会喜欢上另一个国家的圣诞节。故F选项“即使是最固执的英国人或美国人, 在另一个国家也会喜欢(圣诞节)的符合语境,故选F。三、完形填空How much do you know about athletes? Many people regard watch
19、ing sports games as a form of 21. But for athletes, they are challenging the 22 of human beingsand breaking boundaries. Intensive training is a task which they do every day as a matter of 23, On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister, who ran a mile in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds, 24 the whole worlds attention. P
20、eople believed that it was 25 imagination for a person to run a mile within 4 minutes. Bannister made a (n)26 in what people believed was impossible. In the years since, more and moreathletes have overcome the four-minutemile27 . Today, the recordheld byHicham El Guerrouj of Morocco since July 7, 19
21、99 28 at 3 minutes and 43. 13 seconds!Records are 29 at a lower and lower rate in both running and other fields. When new records are set, theyre changed by a small proportion of a (n)30. Thedecimal point (小数点),set at one- tenth of a second for Bannistefs record, now 31 one-hundredth of a second. 32
22、,well have to go to a third decimal place, and then afourth.The closer athletes get to being 33, the harder it is to make improvements.Even though they are 34 the best performances of human beings, excellent athletes can still 35 proportions of seconds off existing records. They have a real 36 to br
23、eak records. The gaps between new and old records decrease 37, Athletes aregetting closer and closer to physiological 38 performances all the time. It will be tougher and tougher 39, However, excellent athletes never 40 trying.21. A. attentionB. contributionC. recreationD. communication22. A. belief
24、sB. rightsC , strengthsD. limits23. A. routineB. situationC. experienceD. opinion24. A. requiredB. avoidedC. attractedD. disturbed25. A. beyondB. withinC , fromD. by26. A. cutB. divisionC. involvementD. breakthrough27. A. differenceB. barrierC. habitD. fear28. A. aimsB. shootsC. worksD. stands29. A.
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