2022-2023学年广东省清远二中高一（下）期中英语试卷
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1．You're fed up with the never-ending festivals of cinema，theater，music …in place of events you'll really remember？Unusual，dangerous，or horrible，there's something for everyone!
The Redhead Festival—Melbourne，Australia
Allowing those who are different to band together，Melbourne annually gathers 2% of the world's redheads!In reality，redheads are superheroes!I mean，like Spiderman，they have a gene that changed!Calling all redheads：set off and find your fellow carrots in Melbourne on April 29.
Mule Day—Columbia，United States
There's no reason why horses should be the only one to be appreciated.The lower class of Equidae will have its moment!Ride in on your best mule for races，sales，local products，parades and the election of the Queen of Mules （a real woman，but what bad taste!） await you from March 27 to April 2.
The Mud Festival—Boryeong，South Korea
The last one to get dirty loses!On Daecheon Beach in South Korea，once a year the local people rush into big inflatable（可充气的） rooms filled with mud.There's magic in this mud because it's full of nutrients and minerals.It makes the skin as soft as a baby's bottom!Mud races，wrestling competitions，concerts，mud slides，mud baths，and massages （按摩） await the biggest dirtbags from July 21 to 30.
The Baby-Jumping Festival—Murcia，Spain
On the second Sunday of June every year，Murcia celebrates an interesting tradition：jumping over babies.The basic idea is that a man is dressed up in a red and yellow costume and jumps like a flying eagle over babies lying on a bed in the street.The goal is to purify （净化） the newborns and protect them from the evil.
（1）Which festival can you join in if you are free in March？
A．The Redhead Festival.
B．Mule Day.
C．The Mud Festival.
D．The Baby-Jumping Festival.
（2）What can you do during the Mud Festival？
A．Join in a mule race.
B．Enjoy a parade.
C．Attend concerts.
D．Dress up babies.
（3）What's the purpose of jumping over babies？
A．To find fellow carrots.
B．To have fun with babies.
C．To make baby skin soft.
D．To guard babies against evil.组卷：7引用：4难度：0.6 -
2．Pop stars have traditionally not come from the upper classes of society.Eminem grew up on a trailer （活动住屋） park.50 Cent is from the dangerous shelters of New York.The Beatles grew up in the poor city of Liverpool.
However，some musicians have come from the army.Elvis Presley，the King of Rock and Roll，served with the American Army in Germany while Jimi Hendrix was in the parachute regiment（伞兵团）.Follow-ing in that tradition comes a British hit ，James Blunt.His single，You're Beautiful，was a huge success，and his concerts have sold out all over the country.
James Blunt，born on February 22，1977，comes from a family with a long tradition of military service.His early life was not filled with music.His army officer father thought all music，even classical，was unnecessary noise.His life seemed certain to follow that of his father's before him—private schools，a good university and a career as an officer in the British Army.The thought of pursuing a career in music had never occurred to him until he witnessed an older boy playing an electric guitar at age 14.When he was sent to Kosovo in 1999，he didn't just take his gun he also took his guitar，attached to the side of his tank.As he drove through villages damaged by the war，he used to sing the John Lennon song Give Peace a Chance."Well，"he later said，"we were peacekeepers."
In 2003 he left the army and went to Los Angeles to make a record.In 2004，his first album Back to Bedlam was released，and the singles High，Wise Men and You're Beautiful have been great successes.For the singing soldier，putting down a gun for a guitar has been a good choice.
（1）What do Elvis Presley and James Blunt have in common？
A．They were from upper social classes.
B．They were kings of Rockand Roll.
C．They rose to fame in Britain.
D．They used to serve in the army.
（2）What made James Blunt take up music？
A．His father's support.
B．The Beatles' influence.
C．A guitar performance.
D．Family tradition of music.
（3）What is James Blunt's first album？
A．Back to Bedlam.
B．Give Peace a Chance.
C．High，Wise Men.
D．You're Beautiful.
（4）What is the last paragraph mainly about？
A．Blunt's journey to the US.
B．Blunt's success as a singer.
C．Blunt's practice of singing.
D．Blunt's best-selling records.组卷：2引用：4难度：0.5 -
3．The handshake has existed in some form or another for thousands of years，but there are different ideas about its source.One popular theory is that the gesture began as a way of expressing peaceful purposes.By holding out their empty right hands，strangers could show that they were not holding knives and bore no ill-will toward one another.Yet another explanation is that the handshake was a symbol of good faith when making a promise.When they held others' hands，people showed that their word was a close relationship.
"An agreement could be expressed quickly and clearly in words，" the historian Walter Burkert once explained， "but was only made effective by a ritual gesture：open，empty hands reached out toward one another，catching each other in a handshake."
One of the earliest descriptions of a handshake is found in the ninth century B．C．The Assyrian King Shalmaneser III pressed the flesh with a Babylonian ruler to form a union.Poet Homer described handshakes several times in his "Iliad" and "Odyssey，" most often in relation to expressions of trust.The gesture was also common in the fourth and fifth century B．C．Greek，funeral.Gravestones would often show the dead person shaking hands with a member of their family，meaning either a final goodbye or the lasting connection between the living and the dead.In ancient Rome，meanwhile，the handshake was often used as a symbol of friendship.Pairs of shaking hands even appeared on Roman coins.
（1）What did people want to show with their empty right hands？
A．They were very poor.
B．They were healthy.
C．They meant no threat.
D．They had special customs.
（2）What does Walter Burkert mean？
A．An agreement must be accepted by empty hands.
B．An agreement came into effect after a handshake.
C．Spoken words were enough to confirm an agreement.
D．Shaking hands was polite while making an agreement.
（3）What does the underlined part "pressed the flesh" in Paragraph 3 probably mean？
A．Started an attack.
B．Shook hands.
C．Had a discussion.
D．Compared strength.
（4）What is the suitable title for the text？
A．Ways of Greetings.
B．Importance of Gestures.
C．Benefits of Handshake.
D．History of Handshake.组卷：3引用：3难度：0.5 -
4．Imagine you are doing your homework.But then you feel the need to check your phone.You return to your studies，only to look again at your phone a short time later.This process，when repeated many times，could reduce your ability to learn new material.It is what you might call a bad habit.（1）
How can you break the bad habit of repeatedly checking your phone？
（2）Switch on your phone's Do Not Disturb mode or turn it off.Moving your phone to a place that is more difficult to reach is also a wise choice.As the saying goes： "out of sight，out of mind." You can keep your attention focused without the disturbance of your phone.
Make a habit agreement.All too often，it's hard for you to resist the feeling of instant satisfaction by checking your phone constantly.Therefore，making a habit agreement with your family or friends could provide supervision （监督） and support.（3）You can also promise to pay that person every time you look at the device while you are studying.
Reward jye.airself.You can give yourself a reward for not looking at your phone，reading a good book，listening to a song you like or just having a good snack.（4）
Hopefully these tips can give you a good start.（5）But with patience，and repetition，you can do it.
A．Silence it.
B．Break it down.
C．Habit changes take time.
D．Habit changes bring benefits.
E．Rewards can build habit associations in memory.
F．You can ask a family member to watch your behavior.
G．A bad habit is a repeated action that has a negative effect on you.组卷：5引用：3难度：0.5
语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
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5．This is a story of a penguin（企鹅）that swims 5，000 miles to a（1）
in Brazil every year in order to visit the man who saved his life.It sounds like something out of a fairy tale，but it's true！
Joao Pereira de Souza is a 71-year-old retired worker and part-time（2）.He lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro，Brazil.He found the small penguin（3）on rocks at his local beach in 2015.
The penguin was starving and covered in oil.Joao（4）the penguin，naming him Din Din，（5）the oil off his feathers（羽毛）and fed him a daily diet of fish to rebuild his（6）.
When Din Din（7），Mr.jye.ai Souza set him free into the sea，（8）expecting to see his new friend again.
The little guy wasn't gone long，though，and just a few months later，he was back at the same beach.He（9）Joao fishing and followed him home，staying with him for the rest of the year.
（10），this cycle has（11）over the past five years.Each year Din Din stays with Joao for about eight months and is believed to（12）the rest of the time breeding（繁殖）on the Patagonia coasts of Argentina and Chile.
"I love the penguin like he's my own child and I believe the penguin loves me，" Joao told Globo TV. "No one else is allowed to touch him.He（13）them if they do.But he lies on my lap，lets me give him showers and allows me to feed him（14）."
Professor Krajewski，a biologist who interviewed the fisherman for Globo TV，said："I have never seen anything like this before.I think the penguin believes Joao is part of his（15）and probably a penguin as well."（1） A．stream B．dam C．beach D．rock （2） A．guide B．author C．teacher D．fisherman （3） A．sleeping B．lying C．playing D．climbing （4） A．kicked B．comforted C．recognized D．rescued （5） A．cleaned B．collected C．applied D．painted （6） A．function B．strength C．attention D．emotion （7） A．suffered B．recovered C．protested D．returned （8） A．only B．just C．ever D．never （9） A．inspired B．noticed C．attracted D．imagined （10） A．Amazingly B．Anxiously C．Frighteningly D．Embarrassingly （11） A．stopped B．disappeared C．improved D．continued （12） A．waste B．devote C．balance D．spend （13） A．attacks B．forgives C．appreciates D．traps （14） A．coffee B．grass C．fish D．shells （15） A．habitat B．family C．life D．body 组卷：5引用：2难度：0.7 -
6．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Cyber Monday is a shopping holiday which falls on the Monday following Thanksgiving.It is a day on （1）retailers （零售商） often give huge discounts to online shoppers.As a result，tens of millions of shoppers shop on this day （2）（get） the best gift for holiday shopping season.Although it （3）（consider） as a strict American holiday at first，it has since spread all over the world.
A current belief is that Cyber Monday is leading （4）the decline of Black Friday as more and more （5）（consumer） decide to do their shopping online.This is either due to （6）（convenient） or the lower prices of goods purchased online.
Cyber Monday is not （7）public holiday.So it isn't observed in the U.S on either the state or federal level，which means that all businesses that are （8）（normal） open on this day are open as usual.
Unfortunately，some of the online shoppers spend lots of time （9）（look） for bargains during working time on Cyber Monday.Some employees were even fired because they used their companies' Internet for non-work related activities.After all，it isn't （10）（suit） to do shopping online during working time.组卷：6引用：1难度：0.5
单项选择（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15.0分）
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7．I have heard the song ________in English.（ ）
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8．Many books ________ since last week.（ ）
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9．The four countries use the same flag，______as the Union Jack，and share the same currency.（ ）
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课文填空（共1小题，每小题10分，满分10分）
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Good morning，my name is Sarah.It's an （1）happy，various，encouragement，face，discouraged，treatment，disease，somehow，relief，satisfaction，leant，soul，ached，honour to be here and to share with you the story of how music has had an influence on my life.Have you ever（2）a time when things looked dark and you had no hope at all？Two years ago，I was told I had a serious （3）which was difficult to cure.My body （4）all the time and thus I thought I didn't have much longer to live.I was very afraid and I felt so alone and discouraged.Then one day，I had to go through a two-hour medical（5）.The doctor wanted me to relax ，so he had me listen to some music，and one of the songs was "Happy".The song made me feel so much better that from then on I began to listen to music all the time.John A．Logan said，"Music is the medicine of the mind."And it's true.Music helped me recover.
Music gave me（6）.When I listened to music，it made my spirits fly like a kite in the wind.Music gave me strength and brought me relief.It was the rock I（7）on to become strong and to get through those hard times.Moreover，music gave me hope and a sense of （8）.It became my best friend.It spoke words of encouragement to the deepest part of my being.
Of course，I hope none of you have to go through the same kind of suffering that I did.At the same time，we all go through （9）periods when we feel sad or alone.During those times，music can help you in the same way that it helped me.I hope all of you will（10）begin to treasure music and make it a part of your life.组卷：2引用：2难度：0.5
写作（满分25分）
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28．假设你是李华，你的笔友Tom对中国文化非常感兴趣，他和他的家人准备今年来中国过春节，写信向你咨询相关事宜。请根据所给提示，用英语给他回一封电子邮件，词数80左右。
1.春节在中国文化中的重要性；
2.主要的庆祝活动和方式；
3.旅游注意事项：选好参观的城市、提前预定宾馆等。
注意：
1.开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom，
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