青海师范大学附属实验中学2022-2023学年高一上学期12月月考英语试卷 含答案

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青海师范大学附属实验中学 2022-2023 学年度第一学期教学质量检测
高一英语
第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2分，满分 30 分）
How and Where to See Aurora in 2022
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made many potential travel plans change constantly.
but catching sight of the wonderful cosmic (宇宙的) display could be possible this year. Here’s
our guide on how and where to see the aurora (极光) this winter.
Where is the best place to see the northern lights?
Spots like Fairbanks in Alaska, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Churchill in Canada, and
Iceland and northern Norway are all safe bets. The NOAA website has additional tips on where to
view the aurora with links to maps that show where the light show can be seen. The best time to
see the lights differs slightly by country, but, in general, the peak season is between November and
March.
Which countries are allowing tourists to enter?
Arguably the biggest barrier to your chances of enjoying the aurora this winter is not
atmospheric, but the COVID-19 restrictions by some of the countries where the northern lights are
most visible. Please check official sources and the resources below for the latest restrictions.
·Iceland: Lonely Planet’s webpage.
·Norway: Norway’s government website.
·Alaska: CDC’s international travel guidelines.
·Canada: Lonely Planet’s webpage.
How to see the southern lights?
The southern lights are the same phenomenon on the other side of the Earth. With less land in
the south, the southern lights are perhaps less talked about as they mostly occur over water, but
they can be seen over parts of New Zealand, and Australia and Tasmania. In contrast to the
northern lights, the southern lights are usually most obvious from March to September.
1．Which month is better for enjoying the northern lights?
A．January. B．April. C．July. D．October.
2．Which of the following doesn’t offer the latest travel restrictions?
A．The NOAA website. B．Lonely Planet’s webpage.
C．Norway’s government website. D．CDC’s international travel guidelines.
3．What is special about the southern lights?
A．They last all through the year. B．They rarely appear over the land.
C．They are popular among travelers. D．They are different from the northern lights.
Isabel Allende doesn’t take anything for granted. The celebrated author grew up moving from
place to place as the child of a diplomat; as an adult, she was forced out of her native Chile by
political upheaval (动乱). Recently, Allende was honored by the National Book Foundation for
her distinguished contribution to American letters—the first such award given to a Spanish-
language writer.
Allende’s story is typically American: She came to the U.S. for a new start after living for
more than a decade for political shelter in Venezuela. By that time, Allende had already gained
international fame for The House of the Spirits, a novel inspired by her family history. Actually,
most of her writing comes from the “incurable desire to belong to a place”. Moving from place to
place, and surrounded by people with varied lives, she realized that writers need not feel the
pressure of making up stories. After all, Allende asks, “What is writing if it’s not an attempt to sort
out the confusion of life?”
In her acceptance speech, she said, “As a stranger, I observe and listen carefully. I ask
questions, and I question everything. For my writing, I don’t need to invent much; I look around
and take notes. I’m a collector of experiences.”
All of this is hardly new advice, but it’s advice that, deserves repeating and listening to.
Because in this way, writers and readers can turn weak and uncertain connections into strong and
secure ones. “If we listen to another person’s story, if we tell our own story, we realize that the
similarities that bring us together are more than the differences that separate us.”
4．Where was Isabel Allende born?
A．Chile. B．Spain. C．America. D．Venezuela.
5．What is writing, according to Isabel Allende?
A．A need to live a different life. B．A desire to belong to a place.
C．A wish to move constantly. D．An effort to solve puzzles of life.
6．What do we know about Isabel Allende from Paragraph 3?
A．She enjoys inventing. B．She has accumulated much before writing.
C．She likes collecting notes. D．She has experienced all kinds of life.
7．How does Allende’s advice benefit people?
A．It encourages people to follow others.
B．It inspires people to question their stories.
C．It makes people find differences between each other.
D．It helps people build close connections with others.
Hong Kong, a city of seven million—and growing fast. By the year 2050 Hong Kong’s population
will almost double. Where will these people live?
There’s only one place to go—up. Fast forward 50 years．This is the tallest man-made structure
on the planet. Its name：Millennium Tower. It would stand twice as tall as anything built before.
Over 60 thousand people would live or work here. Millennium’s designers think it represents the
best solution for the coming population explosion.
It would cost ten billion dollars and consume more building materials than any single nation could
produce. David Nelson, one of Millennium’s key designers, said “：It would be a massive project
and a world project. But to actually realize it, resources would have to come from all over the
globe. The challenge and the motivation for doing it would be to realize one of the world’s largest
and most complex construction projects.”
Millennium would be more complex than anything ever built. So its builders won’t know for sure
the building is safe until it’s up, and they can’t afford to make an error. Massive earthquakes have
brought down entire cities in this part of the world. Can Millennium’s designers make it immune
to these quakes of the earth?
For Millennium, like all the other buildings, safety is just one concern among many. It will need to
be a home, one that welcomes people in. Getting people into the building and making sure they
have a great experience well be what makes Millennium successful, but how to do it? For the
design team, the secret was to bring all the elements of city life within. Cafes and restaurants,
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