河南周口恒大中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期末考试 英语 (含参考解析)

202 3 -202 4 学年度 （上）周口恒大中学 高 一 期末 考试 英语试题 考试时间：1 20 分钟； 满分： 120分 注意事项： 1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息 2．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上 第I卷（选择题） 第一部分阅读(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 D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Warwick Castle Journey back to the Middle Ages with this full-day admission ticket to Warwick Castle. Explore the historic castle, brought to life by actors and interesting shows, and wander across some 64 acres of parkland. Highlights * Climb the castle’s ancient towers. * Keep an eye out for peacocks in the beautiful Peacock Garden. * See one of the world’s largest working catapults (弹射器) launch a flaming fireball. * You can upgrade your ticket to add a 50-minute visit to the dungeons (地牢). What to Expect The castle is usually open from 10 am to 4 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 5 pm on weekends. Check the opening and closing hours before you plan your visit to make sure it’ll be open when you’re planning to come. With the ticket, you can explore the castle and all it offers at your own pace. Spend time at popular attractions, including the Horrible Histories Maze, the Time Tower, the Princess Tower, and Kingmaker. You can even see some shows, including the Trebuchet Fireball Spectacular Show during which you see one of the world’s largest working catapults launch a flaming fireball. Plus, if you’re looking for a bit of frightening excitement, you can upgrade your ticket to include a 50-minute walk through the castle’s dungeons. No matter what you choose to do, there’s something for everyone in the family. Additional Information * Confirmation will be received at the time of booking. * A child must be followed by an adult. Castle Dungeon: only over 10-year-olds are permitted. 1．What should you do if you want to visit dark underground prisons? A．Visit the Peacock Garden. B．Visit the castle’s dungeons. C．Visit the castle’s ancient towers. D．Visit the Horrible Histories Maze. 2．When can people visit the castle? A．At 4: 00 pm on Saturday. B．At 8: 30 am on Sunday. C．At 9: 00 am on weekdays. D．At 5: 00 pm on weekdays. 3．Which of the following requirements is for child visitors? A．Book in advance. B．Going along with adults. C．Upgrade their tickets. D．Having a strong body. B Professor Bilveer Singh marks hundreds of papers each year. In every group, he says, there are always a few that are less than original. Nowadays, the suspect source is usually the Internet. “I’ve caught students quoting paragraph after paragraph,” says Singh. “But they are getting smarter.” Hence the rise of “A and A” or “alteration and amendment”: cutting a sentence here, pasting a phrase there, all the while using the on-screen terms to replace complicated words with age-appropriate ones. For all its benefits, the rise of technology in the classroom has made it far easier for students to cheat—and get away with it. In the pre-wired days , plagiarism meant carefully copying paragraphs out of the books; today, kids can simply find the text, copy and paste—a much simpler and neater process. The practice is becoming popular around the globe. According to a survey by the Josephson Institute for Ethics, 74% of US high school students cheated in 2002. (“And those are just the ones admitting it,” says the Institute’s Terry Harrison.) Fortunately, the same technology that makes it so easy for students to cheat is aiding teachers in catching them. The most popular anti-plagiarism service compares a student’s term paper with everything on the Internet, as well as to its own database of papers. (Of course, as many teachers know, Google, another well-known search engine company, works pretty well, too.) It has users in 51 countries; in Britain, nearly all 700 public universities have signed up for the service. Educators are trying to upgrade their in-class measures as well. Experts say teachers should make it m