北京市昌平区2023-2024学年高一上学期期末英语试题2

昌平区学年第一学期高一年级期末质量抽测2023-2024英语试卷

2024.1本试卷共12页，共100分考试时长90分钟考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效考试结束后，将答题卡交回第一部分知识运用（共两节，30分）第一节（共10小题海小题

1.5分，共15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑（手术）.In2022,my4yearold son,Tyler,needed tohave aserious surgeryMy wifeand Itook himto ChildrensHospital.There werea lotof worriesin ourhearts in the waitingroom.When anurse calledus to the doctorsoffice,our（过程）[only grew.A youngdoctor toldus thathe wouldperform thesurgery andbegan to2what theprocess wouldbeand all the risksof asurgery likethis.My mindwent to the3possible result.I justcouldnt helpbut feellike:What wasIgoing to do ifI4my sonButhe thendid somethingthat wasvery

5.He looked us bothin theeye,put ahand oneach one of ourshoulders and said,“Your sonis myson.I willnever6that becausethat senta calmthrough me.What he said wasveryhelpful and meaningful.After thesurgery,he7to us,lookedusonce againin theeye andsaid,Our sonis justfine,and youcould seehimhere ina fewminutes.”I canttell youhow8we bothwere forhaving himthere andfor whathesaidto us.Fil neverforget thatdoctor.Andto thisday,anytime I have achance tovolunteer ordonate toChildrens Hospital,Til makesure Imone of the firstones inline.I hopethat Ihave the9of seeinghim againsomeday tothank himfor his10words.

1.A.fear B.shame C.pity D.pride

2.A.imagine B.realize C.explain D.challenge

3.A.fastest B.latest C.lowest D.worst.活动形式；

1.活动内容2注意.词数左右；110,开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数2Yours,Li HuaDearJim,A.trusted B.lost C.scared D.missed

5.A.secret B.unexpected C.strange D.creative

6.A.accept B.believe C.doubt D.forget

7.A.looked upB.walked upC.opened upD.drove up

8.A.sorry B.angry C.thankful D.regretful

9.A.task B.choice C.sign D.chance

10.A.kind B.sharp C.boring D.simple第二节共10小题;每小题L5分,共15分阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空请在答题卡指定区域作答A语法填空The HangzhouAsian Gamesis a significant sportingevent.It washeld in2023in HangzhouChina.It11bring togethertop athletesfrom variousAsian12country andregions topete ina wide range ofsports,火火巨showing theexcellence anddiversity ofAsian sports.The designof the torch13inspire bythe LiangzhuCulture.It presentstotheworld theunique creativityof Chinesedesign.B语法填空Paper cuttingis one of the most popularChinese traditions.We cansee papercutting works14walls,windows,doors,min*ors andso on.It ispopular becauseit ischeap andeasy15make.Paper cuttingworks areusually madeof redpaper.Red is the mostpopular colorin Chineseculture.16we needis simplya pieceof paperand aknife ora pairof scissors.17to begood atthis artis noteasy at all becauseit needsmuch practiceand imagination.语法填空Every daymost ofus canorder andbuy allsorts ofitems online,thanks toemerce platformssuch asTaobao,JD andPinduoduo.The numberof people18are takingadvantage ofthis quiteconvenient formof shoppingis great.Everythingwe order19etoour door,including tastyfood20is packagedas freshas itwould beinthe market.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，38分）第一节（共14小题;每小题2分，共28分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑The endof theschool yearis oftenwhen wecelebrate studentgrowth.I knowhow importantit isfor studentsto lookback at everythingtheyve achieved.Students dontalways rememberhow fartheyve eover theyear.When wepraise studentsfbr theirgrowth,we helpthemremember orsee itthemselves.This canhelp inspirethem tocontinue learning.Thafs whyIve writtenthis letter tomy fifthgradestudents.Dear Students,I cant believe it,but wereing tothe endof ourschool year.Lefs look backatall youvedone thisyear.T sawyou learnto setgoals,focus onlearning,and findways todeal with stress.T sawyour confidencesoarthroughout theyear.I sawyou exploreyour interestsand youtaught meabout theproblems youcare deeplyabout.I feelgoodknowing theworld isin yourhands!As youlookbackatallof theseachievements,here area fewthings Ihope youremember nextschool year.•Lifelong learnersask questions.Youve learnedhow to ask thisyear,so keepasking!•Stay curious.You areso muchmore thanwhat canever beshown witha testscore ora grade.•Dont beafraid tomake mistakes.Use mistakesas chancesto learnand grow.•Continue toget alongwell withyour friendsand teachers.I cantell youhow luckyI wasto beyour teacher.Yours,LilyI encourageyou towrite yourown letterto yourstudents.Personalize itfor eachstudent byadding asticky noteor ahandwrittenmessage topoint outspecific growthareas.

21.The authorwrote thelettertostudents because.A.it isa schooltradition B.she hasmuch totell themC.they rememberhow fartheyve eD.it canencourage themto keeplearning

22.What doesthe teacherhope studentsrememberA.To setgoals.B.To staycurious.C.To dealwithstress.D.To buildup confidence.

23.The passageis intendedfor.A.Teachers B.Parents C.Teenagers D.School leadersB（跆拳道道场），As alittle boy,the firsttime Istepped intothe Taekwondodojang Iknew that I haddiscovered myinterest.The physicaltraining,mental focus,and spiritualdevelopment ofTaekwondo drewme in,and Istarted a journeythat wouldchange my life.My journeybegan as a WhiteBelt filledwith excitement.I wasintroduced tothe basicskills,forms,and principlesof（晋级）,Taekwondo.With eachbelt promotionI facednew challenges.The trainingpushed me to testmy limitsanddevelop mentalstrength.Selfcontrol became the mostimportant part of mytraining.Early morningsand latenights werespentimproving skills,perfecting forms,and pushingmyself tothe edgeof tiredness.Taekwondo taughtme valuablelessons,not juston thetraining floorbut alsoin otherareas of mylife.（挫折）The pathtotheBlack Beltwas notwithout challenges.I experiencedmoments offrustration andwanted to（决））give up.However,it wasduring thesechallenging timesthatIdiscovered thepower ofdetermination C.With thesupportofmyteachers andfriends,I foundthe strengthto pushthrough thehard times.Each challengebecame anopportunityfor growth.Dealing withthese challengesstrengthened mydesire to bee aBlack Beltand inspiredme tokeeppushing forward.Beyond thephysical andmental aspects,the arthas taughtmetotreat otherswith kindness.It hasallowed meto facelifeschallenges witha calmand focusedmind.Taekwondo hasalso taughtmethe importance ofleadership,as Inow havetheopportunity toguide andinspire juniorstudents on their ownjourneys.Finally,after yearsof trainingand personalgrowth,I standbefore youasaBlack Belt.Ihavegrown bothphysicallyand mentally,gaining valuablelife skillsalong theway.As Icontinue myjourney,T lookforward tomeeting newchallengesand inspiringothers.

24.What drewthe authorin TaekwondoA.The supportof teachers.B.The interestin Taekwondo.C.The hopeto changehis life.D.The decisionto startajourney.A.Selfcontrol.B.Leadership.C.A calmmind.D.Determination.

26.What dowe knowabout theauthorA.He neverthought ofgiving up.B.His friendspushed himforward.C Heis readyfor newchallenges inlife.D.His trainingwas relaxingandmeaningful.

25.What is the mostimportant duringthe authorstraining

27.The authorwrote thispassage to.A.describe thetraining processB.express thankfulnessto teachersC.inspire otherswith personalgrowth D.show theimportance offriendshipC（认矢口）Getting olderoften involvesa seriesof challenges,such ascognitive decline,latelife depression and socialisolation.In asociety thatis agingfast,it hasbee important to findways topromote successfulaging to prevent andlimitcognitive andemotional disorders.Music isa promisingtool forimproving cognitionand promotingwellbeing.（储备）Cognitive reserveis theminds power to stopagerelated braindamage.Research hasshown thatstimulating（令人》奋的）4life experiencesare linkedwith higherpower toprevent agerelatedbrain diseases.Music isknown tobecognitively stimulatingand itcould contributeto buildingsuch reservethroughout thelife course.Music makesuniquedemands onour nervoussystem,like cognitivecontrol.For example,lifelong musicalexpert knowledgeand skillsseem toreducecognitive decline.However,it is not necessarytobea professionalmusician tobenefit frommusical training.Research shows that even shortterm musicaltraining strengthenscognition inthe elderly.The brainis builtto changeover ourlifetime,which can be shapedby experience.Importantly,this happensover timeandin responsetoa specific newskill.Research studieshave identifiedstructural andfunctional differencesbetween thebrainsof musiciansand nonmusicians,especially inregions relatedto motorcontrol and auditory processing.Evidence（干预）showsthatevenshorttermmusical interventionscan promotebrain plasticityand increasegrey mattervolume.Even passivemusic listeningcan resultin improvedcognitive abilities.Music canopen forgottendoors toour memories—such asweddings,school dances,and parties—with littlecognitiveeffort.Music helps to recallallthememories thatyou haveconnected witha song.The reminiscencebump,,is（青春期）used todescribe enhancedmemory forevents thatoccur during adolescence andearly adulthoodthat areoftensharp.A songbees a soundtrack fora particulartime,such asduringasummer hangingout withaspecificgroup offriends.Music hasa greatpowertobring strongemotions andintense pleasureinto yourmind,thus changingmood.Music canbe usedas anaid forescaping fromeveryday lifethrough imaginationof yourown memories.Moreover,musical activitiesoften involvesocial functionspromoting socialcontact,cooperation,andasense ofbelonging withothers.In sum,music isa powerfultool tofight againstagingrelated emotionaland cognitivedisorders.Music isalsoconsidered asa socialactivity,accessible toanyone regardlessof background.So,this interventionshould beea majorpolicypriority forhealth yaging.

28.What doesParagraph2mainly tellus aboutmusicA.The effectof musicon musicians.B.The benefitof musicfor cognition.C.The powerof musicover loneliness.D.The demandof musicon nervoussystem.

29.The authoruses reminiscencebump“in Paragraph4to.A.introduce atopic B.provide anopinionC.pare withmusic D.explain anargument

30.What can we learnfrom thepassageA.Shortterm musicaltraining doesntwork.B.The braincantbeinfluenced byexperience.C.Music canbe usedto limitemotional disorders.D.Music isa powerfultool tofight againstaging.DWhenever anyoneasks mewhat techId liketo seeinvented,I alwayssay theuniversal translator,which letsyouunderstand andspeak anylanguage.Meta AIrecently announcedthe startof theuniversal speechtranslator USTproject,which aimsto createAIsystems thatenable realtime speechtospeech translation across all languages,even thosethat arespoken butnot monlywritten.Meta saysthat today9s AItranslation modelsare focused on widelyusedwritten languages,and thatmore than40%of primarilyspoken languagesare notcovered bysuch translationtechnologies.According toMeta,the modelisthe first Alpoweredspeech translationsystem for the unwrittenlanguage Hokkien闽南语，a Chineselanguage spokenin southeasternChina.The systemallows Hokkienspeakers tohold conversationswithEnglish speakers,asignificantstep towardbringing peopletogether whereverthey arelocated.To buildUST,Meta AIfocusedonovering threeimportant translationsystem challenges.It addresseddata scarcitybygetting moretraining datain more languages andfinding new ways touse thedata ithad found.It solvedthe modelingproblemsthat ariseas modelsgrow toserve manymorelanguages.And itsought newways toimprove onits results.Meta AIclaims that the techniquesit pioneeredwith Hokkiencanbeextended tomany otherunwrittenlanguages-and eventuallywork inreal time.For thispurpose,Meta hasreleased theSpeech Matrix,a largecollection ofspeechtospeech translations,which enablesother researchteams tocreate translationmodels forother languages.（人工的）Artificial speechtranslation couldplay asignificant rolein our world.For interactions,it willenable peoplefromaround theworld tomunicate witheach othermore smoothly,making thesocial netmore interconnected.For content,using artificialspeechtranslationallows youto easilylocalize content.Yashar Behzadi,CEO andfounder ofSynthesis AI,believes thattechnology needsto enablemore naturalexperiencesif thedigital worldis tosucceed.He saysthat oneof thecurrent challengesfor USTmodels isthe putationallyexpensivetraining thafsneeded becauseof thewiderangeand veryslight differencesin meaningor soundof languages.Also,to trainstrong AImodels requiresvast amountsof typicaldata.A significantbottleneck tobuilding theseAI modelsinthe nearfuture willbe toensure trainingdata collectthe privacyin agreementwith rulesand law.

31.What isthe featureoftheUST projectA.It changesspoken languagesto writtenforms.B Itattracts widerattention towritten languagesin translation.C.It adds40%of spokenlanguages intotranslation technology.D.It enablesrealtimespeechtospeechtranslationacrossalllanguages.

32.What doesthe word“scarcity“underlined inParagraph4most probablymeanA.Lack.B.Mistake.C.Recovery.D.Management.

33.What dowe knowabout USTA.It isexpensive tocollect typicaldata.B.It increasesthe useof acertain language.C.Its techniquesare finallydeveloped forHokkien.D.It helpsinspire interactionsand contentlocalization.

34.Which wouldbe thebest titleforthepassageA.AI Translation:Make TranslationFasterB.AI Translation:Meet Youin AllLanguagesC.Unwritten Language:Bring PeopleTogetherD.Unwritten Language:Translation Challenge第二节（共5小题;每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂选项中有两项为多余选项（平均寿命）Over thepast century,the averagelifespan indeveloped countrieshas increasedby30years,fromroughly age50to

80.（健康寿命），35But theyhave alsocreated anew andimportant gap:Healthspan usuallyexplained asthe periodoflife freeof diseaseor disability,does notalways matchlonger life.While lifespanis certainlyan importantmeasure ofhealth andwellbeing,it isnot theonly one.36That isbecause itemphasizestheimportanceof notonly livinga longlife butalso livinga healthyand productivelife.By astudy based ontheWorld HealthOrganization,an Americanwho expectsto liveto79might firstface seriousdiseaseat

63.37Indeed,aging isthe biggestrisk forcancer andheart disease.During thepast10years,medicine hasstarted totake adifferent waybasedonthe biology of aging.The focusshould beonalonger healthylife ratherthan justlength oflife,and slowingaging isthe tooltodoit.Lengthening healthspanstarts withthinking aboutaging welloverall,meaning puttingphysical health,mental health,and dailylifestyle allin one.38It canreduce stressand therisk ofchronic healthconditions.For now,there aresome familiarsteps toextend healthspan:monsense nutrition,sleep,exercise andsocialconnection arethe fourmain factors.39For example,regular exercisehelpstoprevent manydiseases.A.Some diseaseisless linkedwith lifestylehabits.B.It alsomeans takingways tofeel joyand connection.C.It isimportantto remember thataging isa naturalprocess.D.Longer lifespansoverall havebeen apublic healthsuccess.E.That couldmean hewill livein sicknessfor atleast15years.F.Healthspan isincreasingly beingknown asan importantidea.G.The reasonthose thingswork isthat theyimprove thebiologyofaging.第三部分书面表达（共两节，32分）第一节（共4小题;第

40、41题各2分，第42题3分，第43题5分，共12分）阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题In the1950sand1960s,people werewidely usingchemicals inagriculture,which pollutedthe foodweb andbroke（物种）（）the eggsof BaldEagles.Concern forthe birdshelped topass theEndangered SpeciesAct ESAon December28,

1973.The ESAis now50years old.It isa vitalpartofprotection effortsin America,but ites intoplay onlywhen aspeciesis nearlygone.There ismuch wecan do topreventour weakcreatures fromneeding theact inthe firstplace.栖息、地，Recent studieshave shownthatthebest wayto protectspecies isto protecttheir habitatsbecause itfollowsasound,naturebased logic.People andprogress dependon naturefor largebenefits,pared torecovering aspecies,protecting habitatswont needto decidewhich speciesisthemost seriouscase thatshould betreated first.In January2023,a billnamed RecoveringAmericas WildlifeAct RAWAwaspassed,which wouldprovidesignificant fundingfor protectionof wildlifehabitat thatsupports speciesat risk.It basicallymodernized thePittmanRobertsonAct in1937,oneofthefirstspeciesprotection actsin America.RAWA wasoneofthemostimportantacts inwildlife conservationin decadesproviding$

1.397billion tofund localand stateefforts notonly tohelp recoverendangeredspecies butalso preventatrisk wildlifefrom beingendangered.While thisfunding hasworked fordecades,the力口速accelerating lossof biodiversityrequires anewwayand moreinvestment.Protecting habitatdoesnt justprotect wildlife;it protectshumanity.If thedesire tocare forourworldisnotenoughits wisetorememberthat ifyou destroy your home,you destroyyourlife.

40.What isthe disadvantageof ESA

41.Why protecting habitats isbetter thanrecovering aspecies

42.Please decidewhich partis falseinthefollowing statement,then underlineit andexplain why.►RAWA,a modernversion ofthe PittmanRobertsonAct,mainly helpsto savethe speciesthat areendangered.

43.Apart fromprotectinghabitats,what elsecanwedotoprotect animalsIn about40words第二节（20分）假设你是红星中学高一学生李华你的英国好友正在策划一次以“阳光体育”为主题的社团活动,他发

44.Jim来邮件询问你的建议请你用英文给他回复，内容包括。