甘肃省靖远县第一中学2024-2025学年高三上学期1月期末英语试题

甘肃省靖远县第一中学学年高三上学期月期末英2024-20251语试题学校:姓名班级考号

一、阅读理解Taste of Home FarmhouseFamily DinnersTurnSunday nightmeals intolifelong memoriesByThe Editorsof Taste of HomePublishedby trustedmedia brands,Inc.,Tasteof HomeBARNESNOBLEBBookshop►Buy from:Few thingsbring familiestogether likesharing acomforting homecookedmeal.Creating thosememoriesis easier,quicker andmore rewardingthan everwith TasteofHomeFarmhouseFamily Dinners.This lovelykeepsake cookbookfeatures morethan200recipes perfectfor specialnights aroundthedinner table.Youll findall kindsof classicrecipes andhundreds ofothers in addition toa handymenuplanner,table settings,time-saving tipsand storiesfrom familiesabout their own Sunday dinners.Cherish thesatisfaction ofserving ameal youprepared yourselfand creatememories thatlast alifetime.Its easywith FarmhouseFamily Dinnersfrom TasteofHome.CHAPTERSBut thatwas37hard taskso Iinquired from a Chinesecolleague on the trip.From whatshe said,initiallythe province38nameafter afamous mountaincalled“Gui”,sort ofnoble inliteral translation andzhou，which simplymeans province in Chinese.39keepthat inmind Iset outon ajourney ofdiscoveryand40I foundwas mind-blowing,a photographer^paradise.Generally41describeas amountainousprovinceinsouthwestern China,with Guiyangas42itcapital,the provinceis trulyone ofnaturesbest keptsecrets.Compared toother leading43provincein China,with regard44development,Guizhou hassome catching-up todo.However,the provinceremains uniquenot onlyfor itsamazinglandscape,45for therole itplayed in the politicalhistory ofmodern Chinaand therole itis toplay in theworld.

四、书信写作假设你是李华，你的英国笔友来函想了解“端午节”的历史渊源和活动情况请你

46.Jack按下列要求用英语给他回封电子邮件注意写作词数应为左右；

1.80开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数

2.Dear Jack,Im gladto learnfrom youre-mail thatYours,Li Hua

五、书面表达.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文47Even beforeI reachedthe tent,I knewthere wouldbe trouble.My littlebrother Andywasfollowing me,with asleeping bag,a flashlight,and hisstuffed bear.My friendsWade andBred thinkAndy would ruineverything.He wouldget scaredin themiddle of the nightand haveto betaken backtothe house.They complainedso muchyoud thinkthey werehospital patientsinstead of kids Fdinvitedfor anoutdoor sleepover.Andy promisedthat hewouldnt ruin anything.He wormedhis wayinto the tent andsettled in thefar corner.Night wassettling in,too,with thewoods aroundus fadingtoward black.The house,with itsporchlight,seemed along wayfrom us.“Time forghost stories!”Brad announcedas soonas Idclosed thetent.He tolda storyabout（吸血鬼）,vampires butit onlymade usfall overlaughing.When it was Wadesturn,he tolda storyofthree guyswho werecamping ina tent.He describedour situationexactly-except forAndy.When he（发出咔嚓声）was describinga terrifyingcreature,somewhere outside,a branchsnapped The hairson myarms shotstraight up.These guyswere crawlinginto theirsleeping bags,right”Wade continued.When out of thedarkness rangthis terriblecry.And out of thewoods behindus therewas acry!High-pitched,frightening,and strange.Thehairson myhead shotstraight up!“What wasthat”Bred askedas thecry cameagain.We alllooked ateach otherin horror,speechless.Wade suggestedsomeone shouldgo outto check,but noone dared.What ififs somethingtrappedor hurt^^Andy saidanxiously.We focusedour flashlightson Andy,whom we*d forgotten,sitting in the cornerwith his arms aroundhis bear.Andywouldadopt everylost orhurt animalin theworldif Momwould lethim.注意.续写的词数应为左右；

1150.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答2Im goingto see.Andy ranoutof thetentand disappeared in thedarkness.Andy saiditwas a babymonkey caughtbetween branches,and itwas cryingfor itsmama.StartersSalads amp;BreadsSide DishesEntreesDessertsSunday-Dinner MenuPlanner•200+Recipes.From classicpot piesto crispyfried chicken,youll findthem within the pagesofthis beautifulbook,as wellas home-baked breadsand biscuits,and dessertsthat capoff anymealdeliciously.•Hundreds ofColor Photos.Featuring thebeautiful photographyyouve cometo expectfromTaste ofHome,this trulyis abook youllhand downfbr generationsto come.•Sunday-Dinner Stories.Read heartwarming,enjoyable andthought-provoking storiesfromaround thedinner tableas sharedby otherhome cooks.•Handy MenuPlanner.Want toprepare aSundaydinnerbut arentsure whereto beginTurnto thisat-a-glance plannerfor completemenus.

1.What isthis webpage trying to sellA.Family dinners.B.Delicious meals.C・A cookbook.D.A storybook.

2.What dowe knowabout Tasteof HomeA.It isa restaurant.B.It isa mediacompany.C.It has6chapters.D.It belongsto Amazon.A.SELLING POINTS.B.LIFE SUGGESTIONS.

3.What mightbe usedto fillin theblank bestsummarizing thelast4paragraphsC.REQUIREMENTS.D.INSTRUCTIONS.After winningthe goldmedal in the womens10-meter platformdiving competitionintheTokyoOlympics onAug5,14-year-old QuanHongchan hascaught theattention of the nation.Not onlybecauseof herflawless performance,but alsofor theinnocence shedisplayed whilespeaking with the media.Quan saidher dreamis tosave enoughmoney totreat hersick mother,buy snacks,and goto anentertainmentpark and a zoo.Were itnot for the postponementof theTokyo Olympicsdue to the COVID-19pandemic,Quanwould nothave participatedintheGames asshe onlyjoined the national teamlast year.Quan isthe thirdchildof herparents wholive ina villagein Zhanjiang,Guangdong province.The cityof Zhanjianghasbeen acradle ofelite Chinesedivers throughthe years,producing thelikes ofLao Lishi,who wongold atthe2004Athens Games,and HeChong,who rankedfirst at the2008Beijing Olympics.During avisit toMaihe PrimarySchool,Chen Huaming,the divingcoach atZhanjiang Sports（敏捷的）School,noticed Quan was moreagile andjumped muchhigher thanother kids.After givinghera tryonadiving board,he instantlyknew hehad discovereda truetalent.Quanwasnot theonlyyoungster toimpress Chen,but headmitted shewas theone that always practicedthe hardest.Now Quanhas becomea sportingsensation.Her previouslyquiet rural home has become amust-see placefor notonly locals,but alsolivestreaming hostsand businesspeople,who comeforvarious purposes,all ofwhich are aimed attryingtocapitalize onthe nationalattention hersuccess storyhasattracted.These uninvitedguests haveseriously disturbedthe Quanfamily*s dailylife,and their（精明）worldly-wise sophisticationis instark contrastwith theinnocence ofQuan.The governmentisduty-bound to extend a helping hand to protectthe familyfrom beingdisturbed,so that the youngdivinggenius canfocus moreon hertraining andstudies.

4.What canwe inferfrom Paragraph2A.Quan didn9t jointhe nationalteam untilthis year.B.Quan,Lao Lishiand HeChong areall Olympicchampions.C.Quans parents have3children wholive ina villagein Zhanjiang.D.Quan couldhave takenpart inTokyos OlympicGames ifit hadbeen heldlast year.

5.Why dolivestreaming hostsand businesspeople visitQuans homeA.Her quietruralhomehasbecomea sportingsensation.B.They wanttoextendahelpinghandtoher poor family.C.It isa must-see touristattraction inthe cityof Zhanjiang.D.They wantto takeadvantage ofthenationalattention shereceived.

6.The authorthinks thegovernment should.A.help herpoorfamilyfinancially B.send herabroad tostudy divingC.help herfamily livea quietlife D.focus moreon hertraining andstudies

7.Which ofthe followingwords can best describeQuanA.Hardworking and innocent.B.Honest andstrong-willed.C.Smart andreliable.D.Easy-going andbrave.Having a learning disabilitydoesnt meanyou cantlearn,but youll need somehelp andneed toworkextra hard.If you have a learning disabilitysuch asdyslexia ordyscalculia,remember thatyou arenotslow orstupid.Learning disabilitiescanbegenetic.That meansthey canbe passeddown infamilies throughthegenes,But kids today have an advantageover theirparents.Learning expertsnow knowa lotmore aboutthebrain andhow learningworks,and itseasier forkidstoget thehelp theyneed.Dyslexia isalearning disability hatmeans akid hasa lotof troublereading and writing.Kids whohavetrouble withmath mayhave dyscalculia.Other kidsmay havelanguagedisorders,meaning theyhavetrouble understandinglanguage andunderstanding what they read.It canbe confusing,though.What qualifiesas troubleenough tobe diagnosedasalearningdisability Reading,doing math,andwritingletters may be toughfor lotsofkidsat first.But whenthosetroubles dontfade awayand itsreally difficultto makeany progress,its possiblethatthekid hasalearning disability.Finding outyouhave alearning disability canbe upsetting.You mightfeel different fromeveryone else.But thetruth isthat learningdisabilities arepretty common.And if your learningspecialistor psychologisthas figuredout whichone yourefacing,youre onthe righttrack.Now,you canstartgetting thehelp youneed todo betterin school.But forthis specialhelp toreally work,youllneed to practicethe newskills youreleaning.It maytakea lotof effortsevery day,That canbe achallenge,but youcan doit Soon,youll enjoythe resultsofall yourhard work:more funand successat school.

8.What dowe knowabout learning disabilityA.It isa physicaldisease.B.It canbe treatedby doctors.C.It happensto childrenwho arelazy.D.It getsyou intotrouble whenlearning asubject.

9.Children arelikely tohave alearningdisability,.A.if theirparentshavethe sameproblemB.if theyare notinterested ina subjectC.if theydont gethelp intimeD.if theydont workhard

10.How canyou knowifyouhavealearningdisabilityA.Your teachersays youareaslow student.B,You cantmake progressafter hardwork.C.You havetrouble withsome lessonsat first.D.Your learningstyle isdifferentfromothers.

11.Whafs themain purposeofthetextA.To findout thereasons forthe learningdisability.B,To getparents toknow moreabout theirchildren.C.To helppeople knowand handlelearningdisability.D.To askteachers to help studentswith learningdisability.How DidYou GetFive FingersYourarms andtoes beganas tinybuds thatsprouted fromyour sideswhen youwere justa（胚胎）.four-week-old embryoBy sixweeks,these limbbuds hadgrown longerand fiverods of软骨）cartilage hadappearedintheir flattenedtips.By weekseven,the cellsbetween therods haddiedaway,forming fivesmall fingersor toesfrom once-solid massesof flesh.Now,a teamof scientistsled byJames Sharpefrom theCentre forGenomic RegulationinBarcelona hasdiscovered that these eventsare carefullyorchestrated bythree molecules.They markoutzones inthe embryonichand wherefingers willgrow,and thespaces inbetween thatare destinedto die.Without suchmolecules,pianos andkeyboards wouldntexist,and jazzhands wouldbe jazzpalms.These threemolecules work ina way firstenvisioned byAlan Turing,a legendaryEnglishmathematician andcode-breaker.Back in1952,Turing proposeda simplemathematical modelinwhich twomolecules couldcreate patternsby spreadingthrough tissuesand interactingwith eachother.For example,the firstmolecule mightactivate the second,while thesecond blocksthe first.Neither receivesany guidanceabout whereto go;through theirdance,they spontaneouslyorganizethemselves intospots orstripes.Since then,many scientistshave foundthat theseTuring mechanismsexist.Theyre responsiblefbra cheetahsspots anda zebrafishsstripes.For30years,people havealso suggestedthat theycouldsculpt ourhands andfeet,but noone hadfound theexact moleculesinvolved.Sharpe knewthatthesemolecules wouldneed toshow a striped pattern.Sox9seemed likethemost promisingcandidate.It isactivated inastripedpattern froma veryearly stageof development.Bycomparing cellswhere Sox9is activeor inactive,Jelena Raspopovicand LucianoMarcon foundtwoother groupsof genes-Bmp and Wnt-also formedstriped patterns.Bmp risesand fallsin stepwith Sox9and bothare activeinthedigits.Wnt isoutofphase;its activeinthegaps.The threemolecules alsoaffecteach other:Bmp activatesSox9while Wntblocks it;and Sox9blocks bothof itspartners.It lookedlikethese werethe moleculesthe teamwas searchingfor nota pair,as Turingsuggested,but atrinity.Toconfirm this,they createda simulationof agrowing limbbud andshowed thatSox9,Bmp and Wnt couldorganizethemselves intoa patternof fivestripes,by activatingand blockingeach other.Theres still a lotto discover,though.For example,Ive usedBmp andWnt asshorthands here-inreality,each representsa classof severalmolecules,and theteam stillneeds towork outwhich specificmemberis partoftheTurings proposal.

12.The underlinedsentence inthesecondparagraph meansthat.A.some certain molecules arenecessary forthe growth of humanfingersB・the development of embryosis dependenton somecertain moleculesC.without somecertainmolecules,music wontexist inthis worldD.the moleculesworkinawaythat Alan Turing onceoffered

13.What canwe learnfrom theexample giveninthethird paragraphA.Molecules interactby followinga strictmathematical model.B.Molecules havea strongwill to form patternsin nature.C.The formationof patternsin naturemay bedominated bymolecules.D.AlanTuringwas ableto trackdown themovement ofmolecules.

14.What is“Sox9according to the passageA.A proteinthat determineshumans,development inchildhood.B.A geneespecially importantforthedevelopmentofour limbs.C.A stripedpattern thatalways interacts with Bmp andWnt.D.A simulationof growinglimbs thatactivate andblock eachother.

15.Which ofthe followingstatements isTRUE according tothepassageA.How humanlimbs aredeveloped maywell besimilar tohow animalspots areshaped.B.The waySox9interactswithBmp andWnt isstillamystery thatneeds furtherstudying.C.Sox9can activateboth BmpandWnttoformour limbs,accordingtoscientific research.D.Sox9,BmpandWnt arethree specificmolecules thatdetermine thegrowthoffingers.If yousee agroup ofpeople dancingand singingonthestreet orinthe railway station,you dont（暴民）？needtofeel surprised.They area flash mob.Who arethey Arethey mobs16Actually,a flashmob isagroup ofpeople whogather suddenlyinapublic place,do somethingunusual fora briefperiodof time,and thenquickly separate.A flash mob isusually organizedwiththehelp ofthe Internetor otherdigital communicationsnetworks.17At apredetermined time,they gatherand performsome taskssuch asexchanging books,coming togetherto lookatthesky,waving theirhands andyelling somethingatthetop oftheir lungsfor30seconds.Then,they quicklydisappear beforethe policecan arrive.Bill Wasik,senior editorof HarpersMagazine,organized thefirst flash mob inManhattan inMay2003and thefirst successfulflashmobgathered onJune3,2003at Macys department store.More thanonehundred peoplestepped ontothe ninthfloor carpetdepartment ofMacysdepartmentstore,gatheringaround anexpensive carpet.Following thisflashmob,about200people floodedinto thelounge oftheHyatt hoteland applaudedfor aboutfifteen seconds.18Flash mobgatherings cansometimes shockpeople.Such anactivity mightseem amusing,but itmightalso frightenpeople whoare notaware ofwhat istaking place.19They alsohave enormouseconomicpotential,such asusing flash mobs toadvertise aproduct.20People useit todo manythings.For example,in2009,Michael Jacksonsfans tookpart ina flashmob to rememberhim.Hundreds ofhis fansgathered outsidetherailwaystation inLiverpool.They weresinging anddancing Michaefsfamous songBeat Ittogether.And inanother example,somepeople tookpart inaflashmobtotell morepeople notto usenegative words.Flash mobsgive peoplefrom allwalks oflife anopportunity tocome togetherto createa memory.A.People areattracted bythe sillyand harmlessactivities.B.Dont beconfused bytheir name.C.Using mobilephones,the flashmob canchange theirgathering place.D.The flashmobisnow becomingmore andmore popular.E.Undoubtedly,flashmobscan serveas goodpolitical toolsin anydirection.F.A latermob sawhundreds ofpeople inCentral Parkmaking birdnoises.G.The messagesmaybeforwarded tofriends,who forwardto morepeople.

二、完形填空（强迫Since I was12years old,Ive suffered fromacondition calledCompulsive Hair Pulling性拔毛症）.The physicaldestruction wassevere,but theemotional21was worse.When I was young,noone,22my doctor,knew howtohelpme.I wasalone.Growing up,I didnt23anywhere andI sufferedgreat shameknowing Idbroughtthis24upon myself.My handsseemed tohaveamind oftheirown.Whats wrongwith merd often（眼睫毛）wonder.Sometimes,people askedabout my25of eyelashesandeyebrows.I waslonely,but Ikept peopleatadistance.However,each night,26I fellasleep,Td prayforwisdom,and forGod tosend someone who understood.Then whenI was25,1read aletter froma mumwhose childsufferedfromthe sameillness.Icould27believe myeyes.After allthese years,I discoveredIwasnot alone.At thatmoment,my journeyfor28began.I tooksmall stepsat first-telling onlya fewfriends.Some ofthem triedto understand.Then,they beganto29their secretswith me.I learnedto see30theway Godsaw me,someone deservinglove.One day,my31happened.A friendcalled withwonderful news.She justmet awoman withCompulsiveHairPulling—someone justlike me.She gaveme herphone number.Iwas32,Iquickly dialed,and fromthe minuteChristina answered,we beganto chatlikeold friends,both thrilledto findsomeone whounderstood ourpain.We33to meetsoon,only tofind welived onlytwo blocksaway.We immediately34our phones,andinthedark ofnight,ran outsidetothenearby parkin ourpajamas,35we hugged,cried andtalkedfbr hours.I feltId justmet mylong-lost twin,someonewhounderstood mypain andstruggles.

21.A.conflict B,threat C・damage D.puzzle

22.A.including B,except C.beyond D.but

23.A.belong toB.fit inC.come upD.fall over

24.A.shyness B,pain C・anger D.tiredness

25.A.colour B,shape C.recovery D.lack

26.A.after B.before C.if D.though

27.A.never B.hardly C.seldom D.rarely

28.A.healing B.praying C.searching D.longing

29.A.share B.betray C.sell D.keep

30.A.them B,everyone C-anyone D.myself

31.A.illness B・symptom C・prediction D.miracle

32.A.peaceful B・surprised C.oveijoyed D.cold

33.A.went B.ran C.planned D.imagined

34.A.dialed B,exchanged C.fell D.dropped

35.A.where B,when C.how D.why

三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式1Ive hadmy fairshare oftravelling aroundChina,andarecent week-long tripto Guizhouwas myfirsttime tothe province.I triedlooking upthe meaningand significanceofthename Guizhoubefore thetrip,36basicto havea reasonableidea ofwhat wasin storefor me.。