上海市浦东新区2023-2024学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题（含答案）

上海市浦东新区2023-2024学年高一下学期期中考试 英语试卷 （时间为90分钟） Ⅰ. Grammar and Vocabulary 20% Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. In 1831, a 22-year-old English biologist called Charles Darwin boarded the HMS Beagle in Plymouth and set off on an incredible voyage. His aim was to observe the natural world in places (1)_____ had not been studied in much detail. Almost 200 years later, another mission, the Darwin 200, has invited a team of conservationists to retrace back the Beagle’s journey. HMS Beagle’s mission was to map the harbours of South America. Darwin was invited along (2)_____ (survey) the natural world. His observations on the Galapagos Islands, around 560 miles off the coast of Ecuador, changed the way Darwin saw nature, (3)_____ (lead) to Darwin’s most famous work: his theory of evolution (进化论). This explained (4)_____ species change over time to adapt to their environments, a process called natural selection. It has been described as “(5)_____ (big) single idea in the history of human thought”. What is Darwin 200’s mission The Darwin200 ship (6)_____ (sail) more than 40,000 miles and stop at 32 ports in four continents. Specially (7)_____ (choose) conservationists will join at different stages for a week each to carry out wildlife studies. (8)_____ the journey, the ship’s crew will make films that explain Charles Darwin’s discoveries. The Darwin 200 team will travel in a 50-metre-long Dutch sailing ship called Oosterschelde, which (9)_____ (build) in 1918 and has been restored fully for this voyage. The ship’s captain said, “She has sailed the distance from here to the Moon and back twice! (10)_____ I may handle the most difficult situations, I trust her to bring me back home safely.” The ship is due to reach the Galapagos Islands in April 2025 Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. attacking B. beaten C. bites D. dignity E. diverse F. emotional G. exhibiting H. link I. literature J. strength K. struggles Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea is the simple story of an old Cuban fisherman who undergoes the most difficult struggle of his life. In the title character, Santiago, Hemingway describes one of the most distinguished examples in American 11 of an individual looking deep within to work up the courage necessary to get through the achievements and sad events that life presents. Alone on the sea, Santiago continuously 12 to find hope in several seemingly hopeless situations. The old man illustrates Hemingway’s ideal of 13 “grace under pressure”, as he refuses to give in to the enormous obstacles (障碍) presented by the sea. Relying on mem ... ...