河南省商丘市第一高级中学2023-2024学年第一学期期中考试英语

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商丘市一高 2023-2024 学年第一学期期中考试

高三英语

时间：100 分钟总分：120 分

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，并在答题卡上将该项

涂黑。

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms, which reflect the Chinese

people’s understanding of time. Here several special solar terms are listed.

Rain Water

Rain Water signals the increase in rainfall and rise in temperature. With its arrival, the river water

defreezes, wild geese move from south to north, and trees and grass turn green again. Extra care is needed

to cope with a returning cold spell in this period. The wet and damp weather during Rain Water period is

considered harmful for people’s spleen ( 脾) and stomach according to Chinese medical practice.

Therefore, a bowl of nutritious porridge is the best choice to nourish the body.

Awakening of Insects

As the third solar term in the lunar year, its name implies that animals sleeping in winter are

awakened by spring thunder and that the earth begins to come back to life. It is the key time for spring

agricultural activities. Modern meteorological science shows that around this period, the earth becomes

wet, the hot humid air from the north is strong and creates frequent winds. For this reason, thunder often

occurs.

Spring Equinox

Spring Equinox signals the equal length of the day and night time. On the day of the Spring Equinox,

the sun is directly above the equator. After the equinox, the sun moves northwards, resulting in gradually

longer day time in the Northern Hemisphere. Standing an egg upright is a popular game during this

period. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand, he will have good luck in the future.

Grain Rain

Grain Rain originates from the old saying, “Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains”, which

shows that this period of rainfall is extremely important for the growth of crops and people are busy

working on the land. Grain Rain falls between the end of spring and the beginning of summer, with

infrequent cold air moving to the south and lingering cold air in the north. With dry soil, an unsteady

atmosphere and heavy winds and sandstorms become more frequent.

21. What can we know about Rain Water?

A. River water starts to freeze

B. Taking off the thick coats is advisable

C. Lively spring-like scenery can be seen

D. It falls between the end of spring and the start of summer.

22. What do Awakening of Insects and Grain Rain have in common?

A. Farming season B. Animal activities

C. Air temperature D. Frequent thundering

23. In which solar term would people most probably put on masks?

A. Rain Water B. Grain Rain

C. Spring Equinox D. Awakening of Insects

I was living with my grandparents at the time. Our grandparents had recently retired. While they’d

managed to save enough to buy a home, they were short on living expenses.

So, our grandfather took a job as doorkeeper of the Java school building. Keeping the entire building

clean was a stressful job for one man. Realizing this, I began helping him after school, sweeping rooms

and emptying waste baskets, for a small wage.

When winter arrived, he fired up the school’s furnace (火炉). He quickly realized how difficult it had

become for him to shovel (铲) the huge pile of coal chips required to fill in the furnace. I volunteered to

take on that job, a commitment that required me to set my alarm clock an hour earlier each morning. I’d

go over to the school, and shovel a half ton of coal, enough to keep the fire burning for 24 hours. After

finishing that task, I’d go home, change clothes, and eat breakfast. Then I’d head back to school, always

at the last minute.

It was during those morning rushes to school that I discovered my superpower. On two mornings, at

the very instant I stepped onto the sidewalk in front of the school, the first bell rang. That was the signal

for students to head to class. This astonishing coincidence caused me to improve my precision. I carefully

planned each phase of my morning activity. I paced myself. Often I’d step onto the school’s sidewalk just

as the first bell rang. This accomplishment gave me enormous pride — and some strange feelings.

Decades later, at a school reunion, I happened to meet Harold Spiry, who had been in charge of

ringing the bell by pressing a button in his office. I couldn’t resist boasting (吹嘘). I told Mr. Spiry about

how well I had ordered my complex morning work back then, how my timing had been faultless. “Oh

that,” he said. “Do you recall that my office windows looked out over the front of the building? I often

saw you coming. And when you hit the sidewalk, I’d ring the bell.”

24. What does the underlined word “this” refer to?

A. Grandparents’ lack of living expenses

B. Granddad’s retiring as a doorkeeper

C. Grandparents’saving money to buy a house

D. Granddad’s hardships in cleaning the whole building

25. Why did the author get up earlier every morning?

A. To avoid being late for school B. To help his granddad clean classrooms

C. To fill coal into the school’s furnace D. To volunteer to empty waste baskets.

26. What talent did the author find about himself?

A. He had the ability to be on time B. He was good at morning activities

C. He could do things at his own pace D. He could fire up the furnace alone

27. How would the author feel after hearing what Harold Spiry said?

A. Proud B. Surprised

C. Cautious D. Regretful

For me, a large part of growing from a girl into a woman was developing a hatred for my body. When

I was a kid, I didn’t think about my body all that much. My attitudes towards my body changed around

middle school when people were talking about staying “in shape” and going on diets. And thus I started to

internalize the harmful standard that we have to look good all the time.

Looks are given far too much importance in our society. Women are supposed to look perfect all the

time. We’re supposed to idolize (崇拜) celebrities who have far more time and money to spend on their

appearance than the average person. It’s simply not attainable.

I love the idea of body positivity. I firmly believe that everyone should try to love themselves as

much as possible. However, it’s almost impossible to love every part of your body all the time.

Personally, I could never achieve that. It’s a good idea to promote body positivity in theory, but it also

allows us to beat ourselves up because we don’t love ourselves all the time.

Body neutrality (中立) is a much more attainable goal. Body neutrality promotes the idea that your

body is simply your body instead of thinking something is good or bad. This mentality is easier to

achieve, and it doesn’t force you to try to love things you don’t love. We don’t need to love every part of

our body —it’s just a body.

Another way to view your body is to be thankful for everything that it does for you rather than how it

looks. For example, I am grateful that my body allows me to go skiing because I love skiing. This shift in

mentality can be helpful because it focuses on your body’s ability to do things you love, instead of your

appearance.

Ultimately, the ideal mentality is loving every part of your body all the time. However, the more

realistic alternative is accepting your body for what it is and what it does for you. Love can come after,

but neutrality is a good place to start.

28. Why did the author change her attitude towards appearance around middle school?

A. Because she was influenced by others

B. Because she began to dislike her body

C. Because she thought it important to stay in shape

D. Because she failed to meet her school’s standards

29. What is the author’s attitude towards body positivity?

A. Supportive B. Doubtful C. Prejudiced D. Indifferent

30. What does body neutrality promote?

A. Pursuing perfection in terms of body image

B. Trying to change your appearance constantly

C. Loving every part of your body unconditionally

D. Accepting your body as it is without judgment

31. What is the suggested mentality towards your body?

A. Ignoring its limitations

B. Focusing on appearance

C. Being grateful for its capabilities

D. Being critical of its imperfections

Consider the possibility that all human technology started with a mistake — or at least a lack of hand-

eye coordination. In a new study published on Friday in Science Advances, Lydia Luncz and Tomos

Proffitt, both at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, argue that

mistakenly created flakes (薄片) may have been our ancient ancestors’ or other now-extinct early human

relatives “first step toward creating the sharp-edged tools that they used to butcher animals and cut edible

plants.

To do their research, Luncz and Proffitt traveled to an abandoned oil palm plantation near Thailand’s

Phang Nga Bay and collected more than 1, 100 pieces of nut-cracking stones used by a troop of long-

tailed macaques (猕猴). Macaques crack open oil palm nuts by placing them on a flat stone and striking

their shell with another stone. These monkeys often miss the nut and accidentally break the stones,

producing sharp flakes. Luncz and Proffitt analyzed these stones, which revealed a surprising fact: The

flakes that the macaques unintentionally produced looked a lot like the oldest stone tools that were

intentionally made by hominins (古人类).

Macaques don’t use the sharp flakes they create for anything, Luncz adds, noting that the monkeys

have sharp teeth and don’t need cutting tools. The similar ancient stone tools collected from some of the

earliest known sites, however, show evidence of being used for cutting tasks. For example, in Oldowan, a

site dating between 3.3 million and 1.5 million years ago, researchers analyzed use-wear patterns on the

tools and found that some of the flakes showed damage along their edges, indicating that they had been

used for cutting. Cut marks on some fossils revealed that hominins had used stone tools for butchering the

animals, making it clear that the sharp stone tools were anything but unintentional by-products of other

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