云南省玉溪市红塔区2022-2023学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

What's the discount on the pants?

What's the weather like today?

What are the speakers talking about?

Where are the speakers?

Why is Zack taking a taxi to the office?

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Tanzania is an African country which attracts a great number of visitors from home and abroad. The following is the information of a Tanzania trip.

Travel Plan：

Day 1: The trip starts in the city of Moshi. In Moshi, you can go to the markets, see historic buildings, and pick up gifts for your friends.

Day 2: Drive to the Serengeti National Park in the morning. Serengeti National Park is a large national park. It has about 3, 000, 000 large animals. Most of these animals join in a seasonal migration (迁徙).

Day 3: Drive from Serengeti to Ngorongoro. Have lunch at Visitor's Center.

Day 4: Arrive at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It is a huge area with mountains, forests and lakes.

Day 5: Drive from Ngorongoro to the Olduvai Gorge. At Olduvai Gorge, there's a small museum at the visitor center. Travelers can get knowledge at the museum. Return to Moshi in the afternoon.

Price: $1, 900

·What are included in the trip price：

Moshi—includes hotel stay, airport/town transfers (转移), and welcome dinner.

Localguides—local guides are all included in the trip price.

·What are NOT included in the trip price：

Trip insurance (保险)—We strongly advise travelers to buy trip insurance.

Restaurant food in town—We are happy to suggest good restaurants in town.

Tips—We suggest $2.5 to $3 for the local African waiters/waitresses, and another $5 to $10 for your American guide.

When you pack, we advise each person to bring only one suitcase. It's a great idea to bring a small bag for items like a camera and a water bottle. For more information, please call 1-800-766-3396!

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26-year-old Ste Burke was on his way home when three men came up to him asking if he wanted to buy a bike. They were trying to sell the￡1, 350 bike for￡100. Not only that, Burke realized that there must be something wrong because there was still a lock on the bike. Then Burke immediately bought it for￡80.

After he bought the bike, Burke posted a photo of it to social media in hopes of finding the first owner. "Has anyone lost his/her bike? I just bought this bike for￡80 and it's got a bike lock on it. It is clear that it's from the Crosby area. I know it's a￡1, 350 bike and I'd be heartbroken if it was mine, " wrote Burke.

Within hours, Burke received a phone call from a woman who knew the bike's owner. A man whose house had been burgled (入室偷窃) earlier that very same week lost his bike. Since the man had saved up more than￡1, 350 of his own money to buy the bike, he was very thankful for its return. The man tried to pay Burke the￡80, but Burke refused, "I didn't feel right accepting money from a man who had just had his house broken into. "

Burke has since been showered with social media praise for his honesty, although he says over and over that he did not return the bike for media attention. An owner of a bicycle store offered to give Burke a bike for free as a reward (奖赏) for his honesty.

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A series of small earthquakes have shaken central Nebraska and become the talk of the area. According to the information on a website, there have been several quakes since the 9th this month in the heart of the state, centered on the town Arnold, which is about 225 miles west of the capital Lincoln. The first, a 3. 3-magnitude(震级) quake, happened early that morning, followed by three on the following day, another on Sunday, and then the most recent earthquake on Monday. The strongest quake was the first one that struck on the 10th, which reached a magnitude of 3. 7. The earthquakes were found about three miles below the surface. There haven't been any reports of human injury or damage of buildings caused by the quakes, according to KWBE, a radio station.

"It is just kind of strange, " Becky Dailey, treasurer of the Arnold Chamber of Commerce, told that station, adding that people around town are running around and talking about the quakes. Actually small quakes like these are not unusual. Just two minutes before Nebraska's most recent earthquake, a separate one shook a city in the Dominican Republic, reaching a magnitude of 2.5. A couple of hours later, a 2. 7-magnitude earthquake hit an area near Aguanga, in Southern California's Riverside County. There were two more that day in different areas of Puerto Rico: a 2. 9-magnitude quake and a 3. 1-magnitude quake. Those were all small, but stronger quakes regularly rock the world—just not so often.

Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks. This sudden release of energy causes the waves that make the ground shake. Two blocks of rock or two plates are rubbing(摩擦) against each other. After a while, the rocks break because of all the pressure that is built up. When the rocks break, the earthquake happens.

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Have you ever wondered why people drive on a different side of the road? It might seem bizarrethat U. K. drivers stay on the left, but they're not the only ones. Around 35 percent of the world population do the same, including people in Ireland, Japan, and some Caribbean islands.

At first, almost everybody traveled on the left side of the road. However, their way of transport was quite different from today: Think about four legs instead of four wheels. For Medieval swordsmen (中世纪剑士) on horseback, it made sense to keep to the left to have their right arms closer to their enemies. Getting on or off was also easier from the left side of the horse, and safer done by the side of the road than in the center.

So why did people stop traveling on the left? Things changed in the late 1700s when large wagons(货车) pulled by several pairs of horses were used to transport farm products in France and the United States. The wagon driver sat behind the left horse, with his right arm free to use his whip to keep the horses moving. Since he was sitting on the left position, he wanted other wagons to pass on his left, so he kept to the right side of the road.

The British Government refused to give up their left-hand driving ways, and in 1773 introduced the General Highways Act, which encouraged driving on the left. This was later made law thanks to The Highway Act of 1835.

When Henry Ford showed his Model T in 1908, the driver's seat was on the left, meaning that cars would have to drive on the right hand side of the road to allow front and back passengers to exit the car onto the roadside. However, British drivers remain on the left, and this is highly unlikely to change.

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to improve English pronunciation

It's true that you do not have to sound exactly like a native English speaker. However, when you meet someone for the first time, a good pronunciation will help leave a good impression on him/her. Here are some tips on improving your English pronunciation.

You cannot correct your pronunciation when you don't know the rules of it. So, start improving your pronunciation by first making yourself clear about the knowledge.

Watch while listening.

Find an article with recording.  In this way, you can learn the relationship between the spelling of a word and the sound, and what words sound like when they're in a sentence together.

Have yourself recorded.

Hearing your own voice can be a strange experience. But it is a great way to improve your speech habits. If there's a letter or word that you want to improve upon, record yourself saying it.  Find the differences and improve your way of pronunciation.

Add correct stress to words.

English is a stressed language.  You can hear this when you say a word out loud. For example, the word "introduce" is pronounced with a stress at the end, so it sounds like this: "in-tro-DUCE"．

Practice every day.

After learning how to say something correctly, you need to practice often.  With enough practice, you can get what sounds right too.

A. Learn the rules.

B. Write down what you hear.

C. Look at the words while listening to the recording.

D. Then compare it with the recordings of native speakers.

E. That means greater force is used in speaking some words.

F. There are some excellent recordings on English pronunciation.

G. For at least 30 minutes a day, repeat the correct way to pronounce the words.

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。

There are a lot of ways the people around us can help improve our lives. I live in New Orleans. The city not only has some of the most beautiful 1in the world, but it also has one of the highest amounts of abandoned(遗弃的) buildings in America.

In 2009, I 2someone I loved very much. Her name was Joan, and she was a mother to me, and her death was sudden and 3. And I thought about death a lot, and this made me feel deep gratitude for the time I've had, and brought4things to my life now.

With the help from old and5friends, I turned the side of an abandoned house into a giant6and decorated it with a fill-in-the-blank 7: "Before I die, I want to…" So anyone walking by can8 a piece of chalk, think about their lives, and9their personal aspirations (愿望)in public space.

I didn't knowwhat to expect from this experiment, 10by the next day, the wall was absolutely filled out, and it kept 11. And I'd like to share a few things that people wrote on this wall. "Before I 12, I want to cross the International Date Line." "Before I die, I want to sing for millions." "Before I die, I want to 13a tree." "Before I die, I want to holdher one more time." "Before I die, I want to be 14myself…. "

So this ever abandoned space became a meaningfulone, and people's hopes and dreams made me laugh out loud. And they15me during my own hard times.

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。

Deep in the (mountain) in Longli County in southwest China's Guizhou Province, a grassroots troupe(巡回演出团) performing Taiping lantern opera in Longshan Township .

The members of the troupe, who are farmers, vary in age from 8 to 87 years old. They are (usual) busy in the fields and only get together after their farm work 58. (advance) their performance and teach the ancient art to younger generations. holidays, they visit nearby villages to perform for villagers, (make) cultural lives colorful. The troupe members are always greeted with warm welcome by the locals.

Taiping lantern opera combines singing and dancing. It is a traditional local opera in Guizhou's Longli County and (list) as a provincial intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in 2019. The unique opera deeply attracts all the villagers and visitors come from home and abroad.

Performers, painted with (impress) face masks and wearing ancient costumes, are loved by the audience for (they) graceful singing, superb performance and authentic style.

假如你是李华，你国外的朋友Peter，写信询问你所在学校开展的富有特色的武术（martial art）活动，请你给他写封回信，要点：1. 写信目的；2. 介绍武术特色体育健身活动。

注意：1）开头和结尾已经为你写好，词数80左右；2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

I am more than delighted to hear from you.

……

Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua

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。

Long ago, at the time of the ancient Greeks, a powerful king lived in a place called Turkey. The king's name was Midas.

King Midas had everything that a ruler might want and was loved by his family, especially his beautiful daughter, Marigold. But there was one thing Midas loved more than Marigold, and that was gold.

Every day, Midas stacked (叠放) his gold coins in neat towers, counting his gold. Each day, Midas took the towers down, piece by piece. Then he built them back up again.

One morning, Midas was taking a break from counting his gold. He looked out a window and saw all the birds fly out of a tree in his garden. "What is scaring all those birds?" he asked his daughter.

He and Marigold went to the garden to find out. In the garden, Midas and Marigold met an old man who lost his way. After some questions, Midas said, "I know your friend's house and I'll take you there. But first, come to my palace and share a meal with us!"

Midas treated the old man like a brother. The old man enjoyed a great dinner, and later slept in the king's best guest room. The next morning, Midas took the old man to his friend's house.

His friend, who happened to be a god, was happy to see his lost friend and wanted to thank Midas for his help. "Let me give you a reward for taking care of my friend," said the god. "Tell me your greatest wish, and I will make the wish come true."

Midas answered right away. "I want everything I touch to turn into gold!" said Midas.

"Are you sure you want that power?" the god asked.

"Oh yes, I'm sure," Midas said. "Who wouldn't want that?"

The god looked worried for just a moment. Then he said, "All right, I'll give you your wish. So Midas's wish came true. From that moment, everything that he touched with his hands turned to gold.

注意：1）续写词数应为150左右；2）请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

On his way home, Midas skipped (跳跃) like a little boy because he was so happy to have the power.

……

A few days later, Midas found the god again and cried to him.