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1、2022-2023 学年东北师大附中高一年级（英语）学科试卷下学期期中考试第一部分听力（略）第二部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Jeremy Pound recommends compositions inspired by the beauty of the British countryside.Frederick Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in SpringA bird, cuckoo, in Bradford gave birth to Deliuss short w

2、ork for orchestra. The call of the bird is heard in one wind instrument and later another, while a soft, gentle tune （曲调）in the strings promises sunny days ahead.Arnold Bax: November WoodsBaxs 1917 symphonic （交响乐）poem for orchestra has, as the title suggests, a wonderful feeling of autumn. A storm g

3、athers in the first half but eventually the music turns into a calmer mood. Few works display the British weather so well.Gustav Holst: Egdon HeathThough the title of Holst s 1927 orchestral work comes from a fictional location described by Thomas Hardy, the composer was originally inspired to write

4、 it by long walks in the south of England. The musical landscape here is rough and sometimes predictive.Edward Elgar: Cello ConcertoIs an ageing 日gar looking back over recent global and personal ups and downs in this great but sad 1919 work, or expressing the beauty of the British countryside? A bit

5、 of both, one feels he associated a passage from it with the Malvern Hills.21.Which of the following is the first inspiration of Holst s 1927 composition?A. The call of a bird.B. A storm in the autumn of England.C. The long walks in southern England.D. A famous novel by Thomas Hardy. 22. What do we

6、know about Cello Concerto?A. It is one of Elgars early works.B. It reflects Elgar s personal experiences.C. It is developed in a joyful tune.D. It focuses on the beauty of Malvern Hills.23 .What do the four compositions have in common?A. They are composed in spring.B. They are musical works of the 1

7、910 s.C. They are conducted by Jeremy Pound.D. They are inspired by the British countryside.BLast 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 ne

8、rvous 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 given day. Luckily, I had a local guide, my sister s friend Ronnie. He said he would take care of me and show me a

9、ll the highlights. He did not let me down.The carnival is most definitely all about the samba. It s 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 E

10、uropean styles is really strong here. Samba music is usually fast and exciting with a lot of drums and harmonic vocals （和声）.Its the kind of music that you cant help dancing to, and I was learning that as I followed Ronnie through the crowd, my hips and shoulders were swinging （摇摆）almost involuntaril

11、y.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

12、 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, Im afraid I can t tell you. Ronnie and I never made into the Sambadrome. We spent the day moving

13、 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.24 .What made the author nervous in the beginning?A. Busy schedule.B. The big crowd.C. No

14、local guide.D. Culture shock. 25.What can we learn about samba from this passage?A. It has its origin in America. B. It is not the taste of the author.C. It has a long and mixed culture.D. Its music is usually slow and soft. 26.The author didnt regret missing the parade because.A. she met some amazi

15、ng local peopleB. she didnt have the tickets for the paradeC. she celebrated the festival in a local wayD. she enjoyed herself by making her own parties 27.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 lear

16、n samba.D. To share an unforgettable experience.CBinge-watching （刷居）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

17、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, in

18、stead 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 ou

19、t 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 we ll be missing work!Being has other connections binge eating, binge

20、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 episo

21、des around the house or on the move/1 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 sayz a good thing. However, when the activity

22、begins to bleed into other areas, causing us to stop functioning and then it becomes a problem. So, whats the answer? Moderation （适度）! Neither a tiny amount, nor too much. After allz as the old proverb says, A little of what you fancy does you good.”28.How did the author develop the first paragraph?

23、A. By giving a definition. B. By telling a story.C. By listing some examples.D. By analyzing the cause and effect. 29.What can we know from Paragraph 4?A. People can t control their feelings.B. People suffer from different addictions.C. People have no patience to do work.D. People are always eager f

24、or a new episode.3O.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. 31.What might be the best title for the text? A. Are You Watchin

25、g 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?DReading doesnt 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 b

26、een 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

27、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 arent perf

28、ect the software still makes silly mistakes. But its 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 o

29、r 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. Thats twice as fast! Research has also found that people remember more information and stay more interested when they read compared with when they list

30、en. 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 ab

31、le 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?32.What does the second paragraph focus on?A. Technology makes up

32、for illiteracy.B. Many people have problems with literacy.C. Technology is a double-edged sword.D. Technology is changing fast.33 .Compared to listening, what will a person do when reading?A. Gather more information.B. Remember less clearly. C. Show less interest. D. Learn more words.34 .Why does th

33、e author mention Maryanne s book?A. To give an example of a book on reading.B. To show the evolution of human beings.C. To prove that reading is related to brain.D. To stress the function of the brain.35.Where is the text probably taken from?A. A textbook. B. An encyclopedia.C. A book review.D. A sc

34、ience magazine.第三部分 完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最 佳选项。When I was a child, my father taught me five words that Ive used all my life in my acting career, as a mother, in my business activities. If I complained that I was afraid of the dark, or if I seemed(36) meeting new people

35、, Dad would say, “Stand porter to your (37),A porter is a gatekeeper who stands at a door letting people in or out. Dad would get me to picture myself stopping (38) things such as fear at the door, (39) sayinq Come in“ to faith, love and confidence.As an actress, before I went on camera, Id make sur

36、e anxiety stayed out and confidence in my ability came in. As a mother, when I was anxious about my children, I would try not to let worry in but would (40) my mind with trust in them.Of course, there were always times 11 d (41) those words.In 1972 my husband, Fillmore Crank, and I opened the doors

37、to our own (42) in North Hollywood. This was a new business adventure for us, and it was a lot more (43) and difficult than we had (44).We were on call 24 hours a day. Something was always going (45) . Electricity went on the blink (失灵).Food wasnt delivered. Employees called in sick. Once, a flu epi

38、demic suddenly left us with no maids. Fillmore gave me a choice: sweep floors or do the laundry. For 10 days I folded (折叠)enough sheets to (46) the whole state of California.Then there was the （47） crisis （危机）.The price of gasoline doubled, and tourism inCalifornia （48） How could we fill our beds? W

39、hat if we kept losing money? What if we failed?Fear and worry were sliding in. But I caught them just （49） , I stood porter.I stood in the door of my mind and sent fear packing.These days at the hotel, whenever fear tries to （50） , Ijust smile and point to the sign thatreads No Vacancies （空位）36 .A.w

40、orried about37 .A. future38 .A. positive39 .A. so40 .A. fill41 .A. eat42 .A. studio43 .A. promising44 .A. figured45 .A. well46 .A. save47 .A. credit48 .A. stopped49 .A. in timeB. satisfied withB. mindB. ordinaryB. asB. changeB. hateB. hotelB. demandingB. recognizedB. aheadB. touchB. energyB. recover

41、edB. on purposeC. disappointed atC. familyC. strangeC. butC. readC. weighC. laundryC. fascinatingC. concludedC. wrongC. decorateC. identityC. droppedC. at times50.A. escapeB. shelterC. hideD. interested inD. soulD. horribleD. orD. crossD. forgetD. restaurantD. boringD. suggestedD. backD. blanketD. c

42、onfidenceD. developedD. by chanceD. register第四部分 基础知识（共25小题；满分25分） 第一节单词填空（共10小题；每小题1分）51 .The athletes were（彳亍进）into the stadium to the cheerful sound of music.52 .Community hospitals can provide senior（居民）with basic medical care.53 .To everyones surprise, this low-cost film turned out to be a（商业）s

43、uccess.54 .A 767-foot ship was freed after being（困于）on Lake Michigan for 12 hours.55 .Every classroom in our school has advanced multimedia（设备）.56 .取设）that you are chosen to be the monitor, what will you do?57 .Luo Xiang is popular for explaining C去律）cases in a humorous way.58 .（农业）makes a great imp

44、act on the national economy.59 .There is always a lifeguard to（确保）that no one comes to any harm.60 .Mozart created over 600 musical compositions（共）in his lifetime.第二节 短语填空（共5小题；每小题1分）61 .The Music Festival went ahead（尽管）the bad weather.1.1 1 will treasure everything（属于）me.63 .When deeply（专心致志）work,

45、he always forgets all about eating or sleeping.64 .People use News apps to（掌握最新消息）the latest events.65 .Chinese celebrate the National Day with a variety of activities,（包括从 到之间）the flag-raising ceremonyfireworks.第三节 单句语法填空（共5小题；每小题1分）66 .She had her wallet and cellphone（steal） on the subway, so she

46、called 110 for help.67 .Many intelligent search engines（design） for teenagers to aid them in study so far.68 .When（award） Best Actress, she couldnt hide her excitement.69 .She heard a terrible noise,brought her heart into her mouth.7O.The rainforest are disappearing at an(alarm) rate. 第四节 课文原文填空(共10

47、小题；每小题0.5分) Part oneImagine (71) to sing together with hundreds of people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir members record themselves while they perform alone on video. These videos are (72) the Internet, and then they are put together into one video that

48、 you can see online a virtual choir. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere - all you need is a video camera and an Internet connection. You dont even need a studio. A virtual choir helps (73) together. Many people do not have (74) who have the same interest in music. Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir. A virtual choir (75) add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has proved to be a (76) the live