广东省汕头市金山中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题 -试题

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2022 级高三第一学期期中考试

英语试卷

命题人：杨葵郑佳成黄宝荧审题人：许志军

（满分 120 分，考试时间 120 分钟。）

第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)

第一节 (共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分, 满分 37.5 分)

阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将

该项涂黑。

Fine Arts Students Deliver Magical Performances

As the winter holidays approach, Brookhaven School students presented an array of extraordinary

performances showcasing immense talent within our fine arts community. From the band concert to the

choral concerts, each event highlighted the dedication and exceptional gifts of our students.

The December 12 Eagles Band Concert filled Woodruff Auditorium with melodies that captured

the festive spirit. On December 14, the Foundations Christmas Choral Concert featured spirited

performances by our 7th graders. The finale of seasonal fine arts showcases occurred on December 18

in Brady Theater with the Senior Chior Concert, spotlighting high school singers.

A highly anticipated tradition, the school-wide Holiday Assembly on December 19, hosted by

esteemed Fine Arts Department Chair Mr. Kaminer, embodied the true essence of the holiday season.

Angelic songs filled Young Gym, followed by joyous laughter and cheers as the “best costume” winners

received their awards. Even the youngest War Eagles, the children in the Brookhaven Early Learning

Center, attended the celebrations. Following the event, students merrily left school for the holiday

break.

Looking toward 2024, anticipation builds for the Brookhaven theater spring productions.

“Something Rotten!” promises high-energy comedic performances by theater students, while “Tuck

Everlasting” assures a moving portrayal by talented Foundations students. Furthermore, the Brookhaven

Dance Company will hold their showcase April 11-12 in Woodruff Auditorium. Tickets will soon be

available for purchase.

21. What did the students at Brookhaven School do before the winter holidays?

A. They performed magic tricks. B. They participated in community service.

C. They gave holiday concerts. D. They presented new theatre productions.

22. What can we learn about Holiday Assembly on December 19?

A. It was a large celebration within the school.

B. It was an award presentation for best students.

C. It featured various fun music and sports events.

D. It was held on the first day of the winter holiday.

23. What is the text?

A. A fine arts brochure. B. A school announcement.

C. A school newsletter. D. A concert advertisement.

When I was a child, I was terrified of storms, especially those violent ones that occurred in

summer. Once, I was out shopping with my parents, when suddenly there was a loud noise coming from

the direction of the Apennine Mountains.

As the storm got closer, lightning fell a few hundred meters from us, and hail ( 冰雹) whitened the

streets in minutes. This was a totally new experience for me, and I ran into my father’s arms in terror. I

was afraid. But I was also in awe. Like the pull of a horror movie, my fear developed into fascination as

I grew older. When a thunder storm broke out at night, I would rush to my window to witness a brilliant

show in the night sky. I would wait in eager anticipation, equipped with my parents’ camera, ready to try

and capture a flashing moment.

An interest in storm photography arose from these youthful attempts. What once frightened me

now gave me a strong rush, especially the first time lightning struck just a few meters away from me, an

experience which resulted in me capturing a splendid photo of the moment. From that moment on, I

realized that I absolutely had to chase storms throughout southern Italy.

The truth is that storm chasing is quite dangerous, especially to those who set out to chase storms

without acknowledging the risks involved or respecting nature. Most accidents caused by lightning

occur outdoors. You are most at risk in the mountains, but all large and exposed places such as a lawn or

a soccer field can also be a dangerous place during a storm, especially anywhere in the presence of

water, such as the sea, beaches or outdoor pools.

One day soon I will set off to expand my storm chasing journey beyond Italy’s horizons. I would

love to go to Venezuela where electrical storms are guaranteed almost all year round on the Catatumbo

River and Lake Maracaibo. Maybe that will be the day that my parents finally accept the choice of my

career.

24. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. The author’s reaction during a storm.

B. The author’ s most impressive memory.

C. How the author got over his fear of storms.

D. How the author developed interest in chasing storm.

25. Which of the following places is the safest in a storm in the author’s opinion?

A. A room in a shopping center. B. The beach near the sea.

C. The lawn with open water. D. A path in the mountains.

26. Why will the author go to Venezuela in the future?

A. To enjoy the splendid scenery. B. To seek a working opportunity.

C. To join a team that chases storms. D. To capture the frequent electrical storms.

27. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A. My Fear of Storms B. My Dream to Chase Storms

C. An Opportunity to Respect Nature D. A Destination of My Life

What are pillows really stuffed with? Not physically, but symbolically? The question occurred to

me with the photos in the news and social media from the 50 cities around the world that staged public

celebrations for International Pillow Fight Day. Armed with nothing more than bring-our-own sacrificial

cushions, strangers struck heavily each other in playful feather from Amsterdam to Atlanta, Warsaw to

Washington DC. But why? Is there anything more to this delightful celebration?

As a cultural sign, the pillow is deceptively soft. Since at least the 16th Century, the humble pillow

has been given unexpected meanings. The Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu tells a famous story about a

wise man who meets a depressed young scholar at an inn and offers him a magic pillow filled with the

most vivid dreams of a seemingly more fulfilling life. When the young man awakens to discover that his

happy 50-year dream has in fact come and gone in the short space of an afternoon’s nap, our impression

of the pillow’s power shifts from wonder to terror.

Subsequent writers have likewise seized upon the pillow. When the 19th-Century English novelist

Charlotte Bronte poetically observed “a ruffled (不平的) mind makes a restless pillow”, she didn’t just

change the expected order of the adjectives and nouns, but instead she made unclear the boundaries

between mind and matter — the thing resting and the thing rested upon.

It’s a trick perhaps Bronte learned from the Renaissance philosopher Montaigne, who once insisted

that “ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head”. On Montaigne’s thinking,

intelligence and happiness confront each other forever in a pillow fight that only one can win.

With the words of Tang. Bronte, and Montaigne, we can perhaps more easily measure the attraction

of the global pillow fight. Like a ritual of release, the annual international pillow fight amounts to a kind

of cleansing, a brushing off of daily worries: an emptying of the world’s collective mind. Rather than a

launch-pad for weightless rest, the pillow is a symbol of heavy thought: an anchor that drags the world’s

soul down — one that must be lightened.

28. The example of Tang Xianzu is used to illustrate that ________.

A. pillows give people satisfactory dreams

B. dreams are always wonderful while the real world is cruel

C. people’s impression of pillows changes from wonder to terror

D. pillows symbolically convey the meaning in contrast to their soft appearance

29. From the passage, we can learn that Charlotte Bronte ________.

A. wrote poems about pillows

B. regarded pillows as reflections of our minds

C. shared the same viewpoint as Tang Xianzu on pillows

D. was likely to have been influenced by the thoughts of the Renaissance

30. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 “ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can

rest his head” most probably means ________.

A. pillows give us comfort

B. pillows make people more intelligent

C. people with too many thoughts have less inner peace

D. people can easily fall asleep when they know nothing

31. According to the author, why is Pillow Fight Day so popular around the world?

A. Because it is a ritual of release. B. Because it makes life delightful.

C. Because it comforts restless minds. D. Because it contains a profound meaning of life.

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