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2024-2025学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题
一、阅读理解
A
A Guide to New York City’s Best Bookstores
In the hot and crowded summer city, there’s nothing better than finding a cool and quiet bookstore to get lost in. Undoubtedly, a great bookstore can provide both relaxation and inspiration. Here are the must-visit bookstores in New York City:
McNally Jackson
McNally Jackson is a beloved independent bookstore with multiple locations, known for its good selection and welcoming atmosphere. Besides offering a wide range of genres, many locations feature a cozy café where you can enjoy coffee, pastries, and light snacks while browsing or reading.
The Mysterious Bookshop
As the name suggests, The Mysterious Bookshop specializes in mystery, crime, and detective fiction, offering a wide range of related books. The store regularly hosts book signings and readings with well-known authors in the mystery genre, providing fans with opportunities to meet their favorite writers. The knowledgeable staff is passionate about mystery fiction and can provide personalized recommendations.
Dashwood Books
For those who love photography, Dashwood Books is a hidden paradise on Bond Street. Here you can find rare, limited, and out-of-print photo books. Some days, you’ll ever find bargain bins (柜) located near the back of the store, with options for less than＄5 a pop. Fashion designers, such as Simone Rocha, have been known to wander to the store for inspiration.
Chelsea Market’s Posman Books
Posman Books at Chelsea Market is a delightful spot for book lovers, hidden in one of NYC’s most popular food markets. The store offers a good selection of bestsellers, children’s books, and unique gifts, making it a great place to pick up something special while exploring the market.
1. Which bookstore can provide some advice
A．McNally Jackson
B．Dashwood Books
C．The Mysterious Bookshop
D．Chelsea Market’s Posman Books
2. What unique feature does Posman Books have
A．A large selection of rare books.
B．A location within a food market.
C．Special events with famous authors.
D．A wide collection of mystery novels.
3. What is the main purpose of the passage
A．To promote online book shopping.
B．To offer recommendations for bookstores.
C．To compare the service of some bookstores.
D．To discuss the history of some bookstores.
B
Pearl S. Buck was a very popular American writer of her day. She was famous for her books about China. Pearl was born in 1892 in West Virginia, America, but she spent almost half of her 81-year-long life in China.
Pearl spent her youth in Jiangsu Province, China. She learned to speak Chinese before she could speak English. Her mother had travelled widely in her youth and liked literature very much. After being educated by her mother and by a Chinese teacher, Pearl S. Buck went to school in Shanghai at the age of fifteen. She continued her education in the United States at a Woman’s College to study psychology（心理学）. After graduation in 1914, she returned to China. In the 1920s, her family moved to Nanjing, where she taught English and American literature at a university.
As a writer, Pearl S. Buck’s book, The Good Earth, appeared in 1931 and sold quite well in its first year. It has been translated into over thirty languages. In 1938, she became the third American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. By the time of her death in March, 1973, Pearl had published more than seventy books.
4. Pearl S. Buck was born in West Virginia, America in ______.
A．1892
B．1901
C．1906
D．1913
5. Which of the following is NOT true about Pearl S. Buck
A．She lived in Jiangsu Province in her youth.
B．She was able to speak English before she spoke Chinese.
C．Her mother and a Chinese teacher had educated her.
D．She studied at a Woman’s College in the United States.
6. Pearl S. Buck won the Nobel Prize for Literature because of her ______.
A．education in China
B．experience in America
C．The Good Earth
D．psychology books
7. What can be the best title for the text
A．Pearl S. Buck’s Family
B．Pearl S. Buck’s Life Story
C．Pearl S. Buck’s Books
D．Pearl S. Buck’s Job as a Teacher
C
For Western designers, China and its rich culture have long been an inspiration for Western creative.
“It’s no secret that China has always been a source(来源) of inspiration for designers,” says Amanda Hill, chief creative officer at A+E Networks, a global media company and home to some of the biggest fashion(时尚) shows.
Earlier this year, the China Through A Looking Glass exhibition in New York exhibited 140 pieces of China-inspired fashionable clothing alongside Chinese works of art, with the aim of exploring the influence of Chinese aesthetics(美学) on Western fashion and how China has fueled the fashionable imagination for centuries. The exhibition had record attendance, showing that there is huge interest in Chinese influences.
“China is impossible to overlook,” says Hill. “Chinese models are the faces of beauty and fashion campaigns that sell dreams to women all over the world, which means Chinese women are not just consumers of fashion — they are central to its movement.” Of course, not only are today’s top Western designers being influenced by China—some of the best designers of contemporary fashion are themselves Chinese. “Vera Wang, Alexander Wang, Jason Wu are taking on Galliano, Albaz, Marc Jacobs—and beating them hands down in design and sales,” adds Hill.
For Hill, it is impossible not to talk about China as the leading player when discussing fashion. “The most famous designers are Chinese, so are the models, and so are the consumers,” she says. “China is no longer just another market; in many senses it has become the market. If you talk about fashion today, you are talking about China—its influences, its direction, its breathtaking clothes, and how young designers and models are finally acknowledging that in many ways.”
8. What can we learn about the exhibition in New York
A．It promoted the sales of artworks.
B．It attracted a large number of visitors.
C．It showed ancient Chinese clothes.
D．It aimed to introduce Chinese models.
9. What does Hill say about Chinese women
A．They are setting the fashion.
B．They start many fashion campaigns.
C．They admire super models.
D．They do business all over the world.
10. What do the underlined words “taking on” in paragraph 4 mean
A．learning from
B．looking down on
C．working with
D．competing against
11. What can be a suitable title for the text
A．Young Models Selling Dreams to the World
B．A Chinese Art Exhibition Held in New York
C．Differences Between Eastern and Western Aesthetics
D．Chinese Culture Fueling International Fashion Trends
D
There is no doubt that the world will be a very different place in 2045. So what’s going to happen then It’s pretty likely that robots and AI technology will change a lot of industries. Also, self-driving and flying cars will come into our daily life, bringing us much convenience.
However, scientists have even bigger ideas. In a video series called Forward to the Future, three researchers predicted what they imagined would be reality in 2045.
Dr. Justin Sanchez believes we’ll be at a point where we can control things simply by using our mind. “Imagine a world where you could just use your thoughts to control your environment,” Justin said. According to him, experts are working on certain technologies that can make this happen. They’ve made some progress already.
The future has more than just that. Many other exciting things could change the building and other objects around us, says Stefanie Tompkins. “We’ll be able to build things that are very strong but also lightweight (轻量型的). We don’t even know the materials around us,” she predicted.
Pam Melroy believes we’re going to find that we have a very different relationship with the machines around us. “I think we’ll begin to see a time when we’re able to control a machine just by pressing a button (按钮) or only saying some simple words,” she said. For example, right now to land a plane safely, a pilot has to go through many steps in the right order. But in 2045, in Pam’s words, a pilot may just need to say the words “prepare for landing”. Then the computer knows the steps it needs to take. Or perhaps, with AI, a pilot won’t even be necessary.
12. What does the underlined word “this” refer to in Paragraph 3
A．Making progress in AI technology.
B．Driving flying cars in our daily life.
C．Controlling things by using our mind.
D．Using robots in different industries.
13. Which of the following would be possible according to Stefanie
A．AI helps pilots to land planes.
B．Computers operate all machines.
C．Self-driving cars travel around us.
D．Houses are strong but lightweight.
14. Which is the best title for the passage
A．Challenges for AI in the Future
B．Experts’ Predictions of Life in 2045
C．Famous Scientists in New Technologies
D．New Kinds of Building Materials
15. In which part of a newspaper can we read this passage
A．Health & Lifestyle.
B．Education & Culture.
C．Nature & Environment.
D．Science & Technology.
七选五
____16____ They provide him with wood and other products; they give him shade; they help to prevent droughts and floods.
____17____ To make quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers.
Two thousand years ago, a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships (军舰), with which they expected to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became bare and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced with floods and starvation.
Even if a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult to make the villagers realize this. ____18____ So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will disappear slowly.
____19____ The results are even more serious: for where there are trees, their roots break the soil up, allowing the rain to sink in, and also hold the soil. ____20____ But where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor. The rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away the rich topsoil (表土层) in which crops grow. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.
A．Trees are useful to man in three very important ways.
B．This does not only mean that there will be fewer trees.
C．They cut down the trees but are too careless to plant and look after new trees.
D．If there were no more trees, something terrible would happen.
E．This prevents the soil from being washed away.
F．However, a lot of trees are being cut down.
G．Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important.
二、完形填空
Recently my wife and I were faced with a ____21____ situation while traveling by car with our hired (雇用的) driver. It was going to be a long ride, and we were ____22____. However, our car broke down suddenly. We tried communicating with the driver, but with little ____23____. He made some signs, suggesting he was going to ____24____ help, and then left.
It was getting colder and darker. We started to hear the cries of wild animals. What’s worse, we didn’t have much food. Would our driver ever return Could we ____25____ him We were very ____26____.
Two hours passed. Suddenly, the headlights from another car appeared in the dark. A man offered to ____27____ us. He had such a kind face, and we knew we could ____28____ him. We got into his car, ____29____ we left, he put a note on the windscreen of our car with his phone number on it. The moment we arrived at his home, his cousin spoke basic French and offered us tea and local foods. Everyone asked us questions and was ____30____ to have unexpected guests.
Later that evening, the phone rang. It was our ____31____. He bad kept his ____32____ and repaired the car. We prepared to leave and ____33____ our new friends. I couldn’t believe the ____34____ from the cousin: “No, we thank you for coming into our home.”
I will never forget the ____35____ we received on that day.
21. A．difficult B．similar C．strange D．funny
22. A．interested B．careful C．tired D．sad
23. A．patience B．success C．time D．trouble
24. A．provide B．accept C．send D．get
25. A．support B．refuse C．trust D．answer
26. A．bored B．worried C．pleased D．moved
27. A．see B．call C．help D．believe
28. A．look after B．learn from C．laugh at D．depend on
29. A．Before B．After C．Since D．Why
30. A．excited B．sorry C．sure D．lucky
31. A．guest B．guide C．driver D．kid
32. A．job B．promise C．secret D．letter
33. A．caught B．served C．visited D．thanked
34. A．reply B．advice C．expectation D．offer
35. A．praise B．message C．education D．warmth
三、语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an ____36____ (excite) place. Around 1870, it was experiencing ____37____ economic boom (繁荣), and the capital, Buenos Aires, ____38____ (attract) many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn’t pay well, and the people felt lonely and ____39____ (disappoint) with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance ____40____ (know) as the tango (探戈舞) came into being.
At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It ____41____ (dance) in the bars and streets. At that time there were many fewer women ____42____ men, so if a man didn’t want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women. ____43____ (gradual), the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.
The popularity of the tango continued to grow in many other ____44____ (part) of the world. Soldiers ____45____ returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America. It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.
四、书信写作
46. 假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter来信倾诉汉语难学，想放弃后续学习课程。请你给他回信，内容包括：1. 给予安慰；2. 提供建议；3. 表达期待。注意：1. 写作词数应为80个左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Peter,
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Yours,
Li Hua
五、读后续写
47. Scout could clearly remember the night when she had to leave her home in Poland. It was the beginning of World War Ⅱ and her family had to escape as soon as possible. She quickly packed a suitcase with a few pieces of clothing, her diary, and her most prized treasure, a silk scarf (围巾). Scout and her best friend, Betty, had persuaded their parents to buy them matching scarves, which they took as a symbol of their friendship. Scout didn’t know she was going to America and would not be returning.
Scout kept that special silk scarf for many years. One day she decided to give it to her granddaughter，Eliza, to wear to her first job interview for good luck. Scout was afraid that Eliza would lose the scarf, but the granddaughter promised, “Don’t worry, Grandma. Nothing’s going to happen to your scarf. You’ll see that it’s going to bring both of us luck.” And with that, Eliza kissed her grandmother and left for the interview.
Leaving the interview, Eliza felt confident that she would get the job. So she decided to celebrate by going to a restaurant. Sitting at her table, Eliza felt an elderly woman staring at her for a long time.
“I’m sorry. Do I know you ” asked Eliza.
“I’m sorry, dear, but you remind me of my best friend.” replied the old woman. “She looked like you and used to wear a scarf just like yours.” Eliza listened carefully, with her eyes and mouth wide open. She had heard the stories of her grandmother’s best friend and knew the meaning of the scarf. Could this woman be Betty, her grandmother’s childhood friend
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2．请按如下格式作答。
Then the old woman introduced herself, “My name is
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The old woman agreed.
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参考答案
一、阅读理解1.C 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.D 11.D 12.C 13.D 14.B 15.D
七选五16.A 17.G 18.C 19.F 20.E
二、完形填空21.A 22.C 23.B 24.D 25.C 26.B 27.C 28.D 29.A 30.A 31.C 32.B 33.D 34.A 35.D
三、语法填空36.exciting 37.an 38.attracted 39.disappointed 40.known
41.was danced 42.than 43.Gradually 44.parts 45.who/that
写作范文
46 书信范文
Dear Peter,
I’m sorry to hear you want to give up Chinese because you find it tough. Actually, many foreigners feel the same at first, so don’t lose heart.
Here are my suggestions. Watch Chinese short videos daily to practice listening and memorize words in sentences instead of alone. Besides, chat with Chinese classmates as often as possible.
I believe you will make great progress if you stick to it. Looking forward to your good news.
Yours,
Li Hua
47 读后续写范文
Then the old woman introduced herself, “My name is Betty.” Eliza’s heart raced. She told Betty everything about her grandma Scout and the matching scarves they owned decades ago. Betty’s eyes filled with tears, recalling the little girl she parted with during the war. Eliza invited Betty to her home to meet her grandma.
The old woman agreed. Soon they arrived at Scout’s house. The moment Scout saw Betty, they hugged tightly, tears rolling down their faces. They shared countless forgotten childhood stories and admired the two identical scarves together. Eliza felt warm, realizing a small scarf brought two long-separated best friends back together again.

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