2022-2023学年甘肃省兰州二中高一（上）期中英语试卷

第一节 阅读理解（共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 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。

• 1．Vanuatu is an island nation in the South Pacific.It is one of the smallest countries in the world.But for those who are interested in adventure and sport，there is a lot to do.Vanuatu's islands offer visitors two of the most exciting and dangerous activities in the world：volcano（火山） surfing and land diving.
  Volcano Surfing
     On Tanna Island，Mount Yasur rises 300 meters into the sky.Yasur is an active volcano，and it erupts（喷发） almost every day，sometimes several times a day.For centuries，people have climbed this mountain to visit the top.Recently，people have also started climbing Yasur to surf the volcano.In some ways，volcano surfing is like surfing in the sea，but in other ways it is very different.
  Land Diving
     Most people are familiar with bungee jumping，but do you know bungee jumping started on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu and is almost fifteen centuries old？The activity，first called land diving，is part of a religious ceremony（仪式）.A man ties tree vines（树藤） to his legs.He then jumps head-first from a high tower to touch the earth with the top of his head--without breaking the vine.Every spring，island natives （men only） still take part in this amazing activity.
  
  （1）According to the passage，Mount Yasur

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  A．is no longer active
  B．is on Pentecost Island
  C．erupts almost every day
  D．rises 800 meters into the sky
  （2）Why have people recently started climbing Mount Yasur？

  
  A．People can climb it easily.
  B．People can make money.
  C．People can watch snow on it.
  D．People can surf the volcano.
  （3）Which of the following about land diving is true？

  
  A．It is not dangerous at all.
  B．It was first called"bungee jumping".
  C．It is a traditional activity in Vanuatu.
  D．It came to Vanuatu from another country.
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• 2．I remember watching TV and seeing other children suffer in other parts of the world when I was a very little child.I would talk to myself， "When I grow up，when I can become rich，I'll save kids all over the world."
     At the age of 17，I began my career here in America，and by 18，I started my first charity organization.I went on to team up with other organizations in the following years，and met，helped，and even lost some of the most beautiful souls，from six-year-old Jasmina Anema who passed away in 2010 from leukemia（白血病）---her story inspired thousands to volunteer as donors，to 2012 when my grandmother lost her battle with cancer，which is the very reason and the driving force behind the Clara Lionel Foundation （CLF）.We're all human.And we all just want a chance：a chance at life，a chance in education，a chance at a future，really.And at CLF，our mission is to impact as many lives as possible，but it starts with just one.
     People make it seem too hard to do charity work.The truth is，you don't have to be rich to help others.You don't need to be famous.You don't even have to be college-educated.But it starts with your neighbor，the person right next to you，the person sitting next to you in class，the kid down the block in your neighborhood.You just do whatever you can to help in any way that you can.And today，I want to challenge each of you to make a commitment to help one person，one organization，one situation that touches your heat.My grandmother always used to say， "If you've got a dollar，there's plenty to share."
  
  （1）What did the author want to do at a young age？

  
  A．Watch TV.
  B．Help other children.
  C．Become wealthy.
  D．Grow up quickly.
  （2）Which of the following directly caused the author to create and develop the CLF？

  
  A．A six-year-old kid's request.
  B．Many volunteers' inspiration for it
  C．Her grandmother's death of cancer.
  D．Other organizations' encouragement.
  （3）What does the underlined word "one"in Paragraph 2 refer to？

  
  A．A life.
  B．A chance.
  C．A task.
  D．An organization.
  （4）What does the author suggest people do in the last paragraph？

  
  A．Do charity work when you are rich.
  B．Challenge their friends to offer help.
  C．Work very hard to get a college education.
  D．Do little things to help those around them.
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第三节 完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

• 5．The story I'm going to tell you happened two years ago when I was in high school in Poland．I came to school early on a sunny day，（1）

  I felt that there was something wrong．Students from my class were behaving（2）

  ．
     I noticed that Tom was absent from school that day．Later，I（3）

  what happened．Tom had got sick and he had lung cancer，a very serious disease．It was（4）

  for my friends and me．I couldn't believe that this had happened to him．He was so（5）

  and he was good at sports．
  （6）

  he had lung cancer，so he had to have an operation．It was successful．After that，he returned to school and felt very good．Twice a month he went back to the（7）

  for medical examinations just to make sure that everything was going well．
     One day，the doctors noticed that the cancer had（8）

  to his brain．When I heard this（9）

  ，I felt like bursting into tears， "God，why do you do this，it is not（10）

  ．"
     A lot of my friends（11）

  their faith and hope，and they even thought that there was no（12）

  for him to live，but he was strong．Tom was eager to live，and he said： "No way，I'm not going to（13）

  ．I will fight!"
     The doctors made another operation on his brain．The operation（14）

  well and now he feels great and everything is fine．From Tom's（15）

  ，I learned that whatever happens in our lives，we can't give up or lose heart．
  
  

  （1）	A．so	B．but	C．for	D．and
  （2）	A．strangely	B．interestingly	C．naturally	D．impatiently
  （3）	A．spoke out	B．pointed out	C．worked out	D．found out
  （4）	A．disappointing	B．frightening	C．shocking	D．amusing
  （5）	A．kind	B．humorous	C．clever	D．healthy
  （6）	A．Therefore	B．Thus	C．Besides	D．Anyhow
  （7）	A．stadium	B．hospital	C．school	D．home
  （8）	A．adapted	B．crashed	C．turned	D．moved
  （9）	A．research	B．evidence	C．idea	D．information
  （10）	A．fair	B．perfect	C．honest	D．reliable
  （11）	A．held	B．lost	C．rebuilt	D．kept
  （12）	A．need	B．wonder	C．chance	D．doubt
  （13）	A．give off	B．give up	C．give out	D．give in
  （14）	A．went	B．observed	C．command	D．charged
  （15）	A．misfortune	B．achievement	C．accident	D．experience
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第四节 语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分）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。

• 6．If you live in the United States，the law says you can't have a full-time job until you are 16 years old．At 14 or 15，you can work part-time after school or（1）

  weekends，and during summer you can work 40（2）

  （hour）each week．Does all that mean that if you are （3）

  （young） than 14，you can't earn your own money？Of course not!Kids（4）

  are between the ages of 10 and 13 can earn money by doing lots of things．
      Valerie，11，told us that she made money by（5）

  （clean） up other people's yards．Lena，13，makes money by knitting （织） dog sweaters and selling（6）

  （they） to her neighbors，and Reisa said she had started taking art classes and showing her work to people．People have asked her （7）

  （draw）pictures for them and they pay her for them．
      Earning（8）

  （be）learning．By working to earn your own money，you are learning the skills you will need to succeed in life．Some people think that asking for money is a lot easier than earning it．
      （9）

  ，the five dollars that you earn will（10）

  （probable） make you feel a lot better in your hand than the twenty dollars you ask for．
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