河南省周口市项城市第一高级中学2023-2024学年高三上学期11月期中考试+英语+含解析

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2023—2024 学年度高三上期第四次段考

英语试题

第二部分阅读理解(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)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

The Junction Campground

The Junction Campground is a great spot for river-based camping along one of Australia’s best-known rivers,

near Grafton. Paddling the beautiful Nymboida River is a great way to explore the rainforest-lined riverbanks and

rocky cliffs of Nymboi-Binderay National Park.

Craigmhor Mountain Retreat

Set in 1, 000 acres of wilderness, Craigmhor is a perfect base for bush walking, mountain biking, fishing, and

bird watching. Within easy driving distance of Sydney, Craigmhor is the ideal location for overseas visitors or

urban people to experience the Australian bush.

The Stone Cottage

Said to be Albury’s oldest house, the Stone Cottage warmly welcomes visitors with its exposed stone walls

and an open fireplace. Set well back from the street in a spacious enclosed garden (ideal for pets), the two-bedroom

self-contained house is perfect for small families and couples.

Located behind the main home, the Stone Cottage’s Kitchen Cottage turns on the charm as much as the larger

house. Private from the main house, the one-bedroom self-contained cottage has a veranda (游廊) which looks out

over an established herb garden, ideal for couples.

Instead of asking guests to wake at a certain time for a prepared breakfast, guests of both cottages receive a

selection of breakfast cuisines as they like, allowing sleep-ins and lazy mornings.

Pets are welcome.

Country Barn Retreat

Situated in a peaceful location and perfect for short stays, Elaine and John offer this amnazing self-contained

two-bedroom Country Barn Retreat, overlooking rural views and surounded by lovely gardens.

Sleeping up to four adults in this comfortable cottage where you can relax by the cosy wood fire in winter.

Fully equipped kitchen. Lounge and dining area with air-conditioning and fans to keep it cool in summer. Pet

friendly, however, you would need to make arrangements with Elaine or John first.

1. Where will you go if you’re a bird lover?

A. The Stone Cottage.

B. Craigmhor Mountain Retreat.

C. The Junction Campground.

D. Country Barn Retreat.

2. What can be learned about the Stone Cottage?

A. It lacks an open fireplace.

B. It’s building a herb garden.

C. It has three bedrooms in all.

D. It provides a well-prepared breakfast.

3. What’s special about the last two destinations?

A. Pets are allowed.

B. Fires are forbidden.

C. Both have a veranda.

D. Both are near rivers.

Just about 50 years ago, needing money to support my family—my novels weren’t bestsellers—I had the idea

of taking the longest train trip imaginable and writing a travel book about it. The trip was improvisational (即兴的).

I didn’t have a credit card. I had no idea where I’d be staying nor how long this trip would take. And I’d never

written a travel book before. I hoped my trip wouldn’t suffer a lot, though it was obviously a leap in the dark.

I set off with one small bag containing clothes, a map of Asia, a travel guidebook and some travelers’ cheques.

I was often inconvenienced, sometimes threatened, now and then disturbed for bribes, occasionally laid up with

food poisoning—all this vivid detail for my narrative.

What I repeated in the more than four-month trip was the pleasure of the sleeping car. Writing on board the

Khyber Mail to Lahore in Pakistan, “The romance associated with the sleeping car comes from the fact that it is

extremely private, combining the best features of a cupboard with forward movement. Whatever drama is being

shown in this moving bedroom is heightened by the landscape passing the window...” A train is a carrier that allows

residence.

I wrote The Great Railway Bazaar on my return in 1974, and it appeared to good reviews and quick sales.

That’s the past. Nothing is the same. All travel is time-related. All such trips are singular and unrepeatable. It’s not

just that the steam trains of Asia are gone, but much of the peace and order is gone. Who’d risk an Iranian train now

or take a bus through Afghanistan?

But I’ve been surprised by some of the more recent developments in travel. I rode on Chinese trains for a year

and wrote Riding the Iron Rooster, but now China has much cleaner and swifter trains and modernized destinations.

A traveler today could take the same trip I took in 1986—1987 and produce a completely different book.

All travel books are dated. That’s their fault that they’re outdated, and it’s their virtue that they preserve

something of the past that would otherwise be lost.

What happened at the beginning of the author’s trip to Asia?

A. He made full preparations for the trip.

B. He had expected the journey to be rough.

C. He organized the trip with his family’s support.

D. He started the trip out of his passion for traveling.

5. Why did the author repeatedly recall the sleeping car?

A. For its romantic scenery. B. For its reassuring privacy.

C. For its full equipment. D. For its long distance.

6. What did the author try to convey by saying “Nothing is the same”?

A. The landscape in Asia was gone. B. Train trip was no longer popular.

C. He couldn’t write another bestseller. D. Transportation and travel had changed a lot.

7. Which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?

Practice makes perfect. B. Sharp tools make good work.

C. Travel, truth is not the arrival card. D. The journey, not the arrival matters.

Happiness, as I see it, comprises five elements: spiritual well-being (meaning and purpose), physical well-

being (nutrition, exercise), intellectual well-being (curiosity, deep learning), relational well-being (kindness and

generosity), and emotional well-being (cultivating positive emotions). As an interdependent aggregate of these five

elements of SPIRE, happiness is about much more than experiencing pleasure.

As Aristotle put it, happiness is the ultimate purpose of life, meaning how we spend our everyday lives is

ultimately guided by what we think would make us happier. This is not a good or a bad thing. It simply is, like the

law of nature. Even people who are tirelessly working for an important cause, for example, to get rid of world

hunger, are doing it because they find their work meaningful. Meaning is an element of happiness.

One barrier to happiness has to do with the expectation that happiness is an unbroken chain of positive

emotions. This expectation, however, prevents people from experiencing happiness because painful emotions don’t

go away but grow stronger when we reject them.

The second barrier has to do with equating happiness with success. It’s a commonly held belief that happiness

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