云南省文山壮族苗族自治州2022-2023学年高一下学期6月期末英语试题_百

云南省文山壮族苗族自治州2022-2023学年高一下学期

6月期末英语试题

一、阅读理解

St Patrick’s Day: All You Need to Know About Your Local Parades

Thousands of people will crowd around cities, towns, and villages all over the

country on Friday for the annual St Patrick’s Day festivities.

Cork

Cork City’s St Patrick’s Day parade will start at 1p.m, with the event also live-

streamed from 12:45 pm for those unable to be there in person. Featuring Cork’s long-

established bands and hundreds of sports and dance groups, the parade will also have a

special multi-cultural focus, in the form of the migrant support group Together Razem.

Limerick

A huge turnout is expected in Limerick on Friday to watch the parade which kicks

off at midday from O’Connell’s St. Serving as Grand Marshall is Limerick native and

star of D’Unbelievables and the Oscar-nominated The Banshees of Inisherin, Jon Kenny,

who is looking forward to his “starring role” in this year’s celebrations.

Waterford

Following the success of last year’s first-ever three-day festival, Waterford City is

hoping to top the 2022 celebrations. The fun kicks off with live music in the Cultural

Quarter on Thursday night. On Friday, the parade will set off from the Quays at 1p.m, led

by Grand Marshall, boxing champion Kelyn Cassidy. The rest of the weekend will be

filled with more music, workshops, and dancing, and there will be a fairground for the

kids to enjoy.

Clare

Beginning at 11 am from Clare County Council’s headquarters, the parade in Ennis

will celebrate the commitment of Clare’s sporting heroes to their local communities. The

parade’s hosts are former president of Ennis Rugby (英式橄榄球) Club Jimmy O’Brien,

Barefield athlete PJ Purcell, and great-grandniece of Kilnamona boxer Michael McTigue,

Aisling Rynne.

1. What is the special focus of Cork City’s St Patrick’s Day?

A．Music and dance with local characteristics.

B．Supporting multiculturalism with Together Razem.

C．Live broadcast from the beginning.

D．Local celebrities host performances.

2. Who will take part in Limerick’s St Patrick’s Day?

A．Jon Kenny. B．Kelyn Cassidy. C．PJ Purcell. D．Michael McTigue.

3. How long can Waterford’s St Patrick’s Day be inferred to last?

A．A week. B．One day. C．Four days. D．Two days.

Sirine Jahangir has been singing, writing and performing music since she was a little

girl. She lost all her vision in one eye by the time she turned 5, so now the teen uses her

gift “as away to—not escape, but to help me through.” Not only did her passion get her

through some difficult times, but when she was 14 it also brought her to the “Britain’s

Got Talent” stage, where she impressed everyone with her performance.

Sirine has a rare condition that left her completely blind by the times she was 10

years old. While her parents and doctors have tried to find treatments for her, there isn’t

much they can do. So her parents focused on helping her adjust to her new life, which

was when her dad said she was first introduced to music “I remember one day, we were

driving in the car. This is about when she was getting to the stage where she couldn’t

look out the window anymore to see things, and I didn’t know what to do. I just put the

music on really loud. She started singing in the car, and she was so happy. And then she

just found happiness every time I put it on,” her father said.

It didn’t take long for them to realize Sirine has tremendous talent. When she

appeared on “Britain’s Got Talent”, she told everyone just how much her passion means

to her. “I guess music i s my vision,” she said. “That’s just what I live by, and music is

my thing.” Then she headed over to the piano, where she played the piano and sang

beautifully enough to bring the audience to tears! Unsurprisingly to everyone but Sirine,

all four judges voted her into the next round of the competition!

Afterward, she said, “I can’t even say it’s a dream come true, because I didn’t even

dream of it at I never thought that would be realistic in my life.”

4. What did the “Britain’s Got Talent” stage mean to Sirine?

A．This stage had earned her both fame and fortune.

B．This stage was away for her to escape reality.

C．She had a stage accident, resulting in blindness.

D．She demonstrated her excellent musical talent on the stage.

5. How did her parents discover Sirine’s musical talent?

A．By talking to her about music topics.

B．By playing music to her while driving.

C．By asking famous singers for identification.

D．By discovering the lyrics and songs she wrote.

6. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Everyone was moved by Sirine’s live performance.

B．Sirine won the championship of the British Got Talent Show.

C．Sirine advanced onstage by selling her tragic experiences.

D．Sirine’s performance received votes from everyone present.

7. What message does the author want to convey to us according to the passage?

A．Every road leads to Rome.

B．Never give up until you succeed.

C．Music inspires a new life for a person.

D．There will always be a rainbow after storms.

Culture shock occurs when people have been suddenly thrown into a new culture.

Newcomers maybe anxious because they don’t speak the language. Neither do they know

the customs nor understand the people’s behavior in daily life.

Quite often the visitors find that “yes” may not always mean “yes”, that friendliness

does not necessarily mean friendship, or that statements that appear to be serious are

really intended as jokes. The foreigners maybe unsure as to when to shake hands, when to

start conversations, or how to approach a stranger. The idea of culture shock helps

explain feelings of puzzlement and confusion.

Language problems do not lead to all the setbacks that people feel. When one has

lost everything that was once familiar, such as understanding a transportation system,

knowing how to register (注册，登记) for university classes, or knowing how to make

friends, difficulties in coping with the new society may arise.

When an individual enters a strange culture, he or she feels like a fish out of water.

Newcomers feel at times that they do not belong to the culture and feel deserted by the

native members of the culture. When this happens, visitors may want to refuse everything

about the new environment and may glorify and sing their own praises of the positive

aspects of their own culture. On the other side, more visitors may sneeze at their native

country by rejecting its value and instead choosing to approve of the value of the new

country. This may occur as an attempt to accept the new culture in order to be taken in by

the people in it.

8. What might happen when newcomers enter a new culture?

A．They have difficult yin saying yes or no.

B．They find it annoying to understand the friendship.

C．They refuse to shake hands with strangers.

D．They are puzzled by local customs and habits.

9. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “setbacks” in paragraph 3?

A．discouragements B．achievements C．arguments D．amazement

10. How do the newcomers react in the face of the culture shock according to the last

paragraph?

A．They will miss their motherland deeply enough to return to their homeland.

B．They are willing to accept a new culture unconditionally and completely.

C．They try their best to fit into local life and live a positive and upward life.

D．They only contact fellow countrymen with the same experience.

11. What will the next paragraph talk about?

A．What to do to ignore the differences. B．How to live comfortably abroad.

C．How to deal with the culture shock.

D．What to do to avoid homesickness.

Earthquake forecasting is one of the most ancient skills known to mankind. From

ancient Greece to the present day, countless scientists have tried to develop tools to

predict earthquakes. Their attempts usually focused on searching for reliable evidences of

coming quakes.

However, there are many reasons why predicting quakes is so hard. “We don’t

understand some basic physics of earthquakes,” said Egill, a research professor at the

California Institute of Technology. Scientists have also attempted to create mathematical

models of movement, but precisely predicting would require great mapping and analysis

of the Earth’s crust. Other challenges include a lack of data on the early warning signs,

given that these warning signs are not yet entirely understood. Actually, real earthquake

prediction is very similar to the diagnosis of potential human illnesses based on observing

and analyzing each patient’s signs and symptoms. As it turns out, quake prediction is

extremely difficult.

Many sources show that earthquake forecasting was a recognized science in ancient

Greece. Ancient Greeks lived very close to nature and were able to detect unusual

phenomena and forecast earthquakes. The first known forecast was made by Pherecydes

of Syros about 2500 years ago: he made it as he scooped water from a well and noticed

that usually very clean water had suddenly become muddy. Indeed, an earthquake

occurred two days later, making Pherecydes famous. Nowadays, seismic and remote-

sensing methods are considered to have the greatest potential in terms of solving the

earthquake prediction problem.

Currently, Terra Seismic can identify a forthcoming earthquake with a high level of

confidence. Generally, Terra Seismic does not predict a quake if the earthquake’s

epicenter is located beyond a depth of 40 km. Fortunately, such quakes are almost always

harmless, since quake’s energy reduces before reaching the Earth’s surface. “Scientists

have tried every possible method to try to predict earthquakes,” Bruneau said. “Nobody

has been able to crack it and make a believable prediction.”

12. What do we know about earthquake forecasting?

A．Scientists have been passionate about accurately predicting earthquakes.

B．As long as enough data is collected, earthquakes can be predicted.

C．Mathematical models of motion can simulate and predict earthquakes.

D．Scientists have not yet fully studied the structure of earthquakes.

13. How did Pherecydes successfully predict earthquakes?

A．By seismic and remote-sensing methods.

B．By observing unusual natural phenomena.

C．By living in seismic zones throughout the year.

D．By looking into data on the early warning signs.

14. What was Bruneau’s opinion about the current methods of earthquake prediction?

A．He strongly believed the Terra Seismic can solve the difficult problem.

B．He was sure that humans could accurately predict earthquakes in the future.

C．He considered it harmless to humans for an earthquake deeper than 40km.

D．He thought that scientists had no reliable method to predict earthquakes.

15. Which question does this article focus on?

A．Why do humans predict earthquakes?

B．How to protect oneself during an earthquake?

C．What methods can be used to forecast earthquakes?

D．When to achieve accurate earthquake forecasting?

二、七选五

Being a good person means more than just doing things for others. In order to truly

be good, you will have to consider what ‘goodness’ means to you. Perhaps this means

doing good for others, or simply being an honest and kind person. 16

Determine what being a good person means to you personally. Some people think

that being a good person is as simple as not doing harm to another. But it is not always

about what you don’t do, but what you do for others. 17 You have to decide what

you believe being a good person needs.