重庆市乌江新高考协作体2023-2024学年高一上学期期中英语试题

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高一英语试题

（分数：120 分，时间：100 分钟）

第二部分阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）

第一节（共 15 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 37.5 分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Canada is diverse and vast, and the festivals celebrated there reflect this. Here are some exciting ones that

attract visitors worldwide.

Vancouver Celebration of Light

The largest fireworks competition in the world is held every summer in Vancouver. It consists of concerts,

food stalls, and the Seawall Challenge, a popular urban adventure race. The festival, which lasts about a week,

makes for a great way to get to know the city from a local standpoint.

Edmonton Folk Festival

From its humble beginning in 1980, Edmonton Folk Festival has grown to be one of the world’s famous folk

festivals. Held each August, the lineup of the 10-day-long festival is always outstanding and ticket prices stay

reasonable. Edmonton is also a gateway to Jasper and the Canadian Rockies, about two hours away in case you

have extra time to explore after the festival.

Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is one of the leading film festivals in the world, ranking closely

with Cannes and Sundance. Films such as Hotel Rwanda, American Beauty, and The Big Chill made their

premieres (首映) at this famous star-filled event held each September. The 11-day-long festival is also known as

the kick-off of awards season, with many films that make their first public performance at TIFF going on to get

nominated for Oscars and Golden Globe awards.

Montreal Comedy Festival

Since 1983, Montreal Comedy Festival, or, Just for Laughs as it is more commonly known, has been inviting

people to get together just for fun, just for entertainment-just for laughs. The festival, which takes place every year

for two weeks in July, has grown in popularity and reputation and today features some of the world’s greatest

comedians and it also resulted in a television show that is broadcast internationally.

1．What do Vancouver Celebration of Light and Edmonton Folk Festival have in common?

A．They feature fireworks. B．They require admission tickets.

C．They consist of concerts D．They are held annually.

2．Which of the following lasts the longest?

A．Edmonton Folk Festival. B．Montreal Comedy Festival.

C．Vancouver Celebration of Light. D．Toronto International Film Festival.

3．Where will movie enthusiasts most probably go to enjoy themselves?

A．Vancouver. B．Edmonton. C．Toronto. D．Montreal.

The pyramids of Giza(吉萨金字塔) have been timeless(永恒的) symbols of Egyptian culture. But who

actually built them? For years, we did not know for sure. But recently an ancient village was discovered near the

pyramids. Close by, there was a cemetery(墓地) where pyramid builders were buried. From studying these places,

archeologists are now certain that the pyramids were not built by slaves or foreigners (or aliens!). Instead, ordinary

Egyptians built them.

It took about eighty years to build the pyramids. According to archeologists, about 20,000 to 30,000 people

took part in the task. The workers had different roles. Some were responsible for digging up the rocks that were to

be used. Others were tasked with moving them, while another group was given the job of shaping them into

blocks. People also worked on different teams, each with its own name. These teams would often compete against

each other to do a job faster.

Life for these workers was hard. “We can see that in their skeletons,” says Azza Mohamed Sarry El-Din, a

scientist who has been studying the bodies that were found in the cemetery. The bones show signs of arthritis (关

节炎), which probably developed as a result of having to carry heavy things for a long time. Archeologists have

also found many female skeletons in the cemetery. The damage to their bones is similar to that of the men. Their

lives may have been even tougher. Male workers would on average live to be between the ages of 40 and 45, but

women would only live to be between the ages of 30 and 35. However, workers usually had enough food, and they

also had good medical care when they got sick or hurt.

The work was hard, but the laborers were proud of their work. On a wall in Khufu’s Great Pyramid, for

example, a group of workers wrote Friends of Khufu. “It’s because they were not just building the tomb of their

king,” says Egyptian archeologist Zahi Hawass. “They were building Egypt. It was a national project, and

everyone was a participant.”

4．According to the latest discoveries in the text, who built the pyramids in Egypt?

A．Some foreigners. B．Some aliens.

C．Some ordinary Egyptians. D．Some slaves.

5．The underlined word “archeologist” (in paragraph 1) probably means “a person who studies ______.”

A．ancient societies B．living things

C．human behavior D．the outer space

6．What can we know about the pyramid builders from the last paragraph?

A．The pyramid builders were looking for new friends.

B．The pyramid builders were very angry with their bosses.

C．The pyramid builders were satisfied with their achievements.

D．The pyramid builders were in trouble because of their bad behavior.

7．What part of the magazine is the passage probably taken from?

A．Sports. B．Fashion.

C．Personal Feelings. D．Scientific Research.

Why can’t you remember being a baby? Will that trip to Dreamworld be wasted on your toddler (学步的幼

儿)? Scientists explain how the brain changes from infancy (婴儿期) through to early childhood, and what this

means for your child’s memories.

While some people can remember memories from as early as age two, as adults most of us rarely remember

things that happen to us before the age of three, due to a phenomenon called “infantile amnesia (婴儿健忘症)”.

Generally, we tend to have vague (模糊的) memories of events that occur between the ages of three and seven.

So why is it that we can’t remember being a baby, or a toddler? The answer lies in the way that our brain’s

ability to store memories changes as we grow. At birth, a baby’s brain is only a quarter of its adult size, growing to

three-quarters the size of an adult brain by age two. This increase correlates with a growth in the number of brain

cells—called neurons (神经元)一and the connections between these cells.

A part of the brain that is important in forming memories is the hippocampus (海马体), says Dr Dhanisha

Jhaveri, a researcher at the Queensland Brain Institute at The University of Queensland. “In the hippocampus, new

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