2024年5月10日发(作者：酒淑哲)
2023-2024
学年河北名校联盟高一上学期第二次联考英语试题
Teenage aviator Zara Rutherford has become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo (
单
独飞行
).
The 19-year-old, who has dual British-Belgian nationality, landed at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in
western Belgium on Thursday, completing an epic 41-country journey spanning over 52,000
kilometers (32,300 miles), and broke two Guinness World Records in the process.
“I made it,” Rutherford, who received an overjoyed welcome on her arrival, told reporters.
Not only has she beaten the record held by American Shaesta Waiz, who was 30 when she flew
around the globe unaccompanied in 2017, Rutherford also now holds the title for the first woman to
circumnavigate the world in a microlight aircraft (
微型飞机
). She is also the first Belgian to fly
around the world alone.
However, the teenager’s route to glory hasn’t been without its challenges. Rutherford departed on
August 18, 2021, expecting to finish in about three months. But she was plagued by setbacks,
including month-long delays in both Alaska and Russia due to “visa and weather issues,” pushing
her schedule back eight weeks.
“I would say the hardest part was definitely flying over Siberia — it was extremely cold. It was
minus 35 degrees Celsius on the ground,” Rutherford said during a press conference.
“If the engine were to switch off, I’d be hours away from rescue and I don’t know how long I could
have survived for.”
“I was hoping to complete it by Christmas but I guess that’s not happening anymore,” Rutherford
told reporters t in Seoul, South Korea after arriving from Vladivostok on December 13. “But it’s an
adventure.”
While she’s flown to an array of destinations, such as Singapore, Egypt and Greece, along with
Russia and South Korea, Rutherford has been unable to explore any of them on land due to Covid-
19 restrictions.
The final leg of her journey was also hit with delays due to bad weather, which meant her
completion date was moved back another week.
1. What has Rutherford achieved?
A
．
Flying around the globe alone in 2017.
B
．
Breaking two Guinness World Records.
C
．
The youngest microlight aircraft pilot.
D
．
The first pilot to fly around the world solo.
2. What does the underlined word “circumnavigate” most probably mean?
A
．
Air out. B
．
Pull off.
C
．
Fly around. D
．
Take on.
3. What does Rutherford’s words imply in paragraph 7?
A
．
She could manage the engine.
C
．
The engine was in very good condition.
4. What is the text mainly about?
A
．
Rutherford has beaten the world flying record.
B
．
A journey was hit by the Covid-19 restrictions.
C
．
Rutherford has flown to an array of destinations.
D
．
A teen becomes youngest woman to fly the world solo.
Humans have been living and working on the space station for over 20 years. Their meals are
packaged, though sometimes astronauts receive fresh treats from resupply missions. The longer that
packaged food is stored, the more it loses nutrients like vitamin C and vitamin K.
Astronauts have successfully grown 10 different crops on the space station since 2015 and had the
chance to sample (
品尝
) each one. The International Space Station hosted a party for astronauts on
Friday as they celebrated the harvest of the first chili peppers (
辣椒
) grown in space. The crew
finally had a chance to taste the peppers after initially kicking off the plant experiment on the space
station in July.
Plant Habitat-04 is one of the most complex plant experiments on the orbiting laboratory to date
because peppers take much longer to grow than the previous experiment plants. After growing for
four months, the peppers were harvested on Friday.
Peppers provide a great source of vitamin C, as well as other key nutrients. Pepper plants self-
pollinate (
自花授粉
), so they are easy to grow, and they are a pick-and-eat crop that doesn’t have to
be cooked. They are also safe to eat raw.
A side effect of life in zero gravity is that astronauts often lose some of their taste and smell, so
spicy or well-seasoned foods are a favorite. Adding fresh greens or peppers to the menu allows
astronauts to liven up their regular meals. But growing and tending to the plants can also produce
other benefits.
Astronauts have described the joy from seeing — as well as smelling and caring for — leafy green
plants on the space station that remind them of Earth.
“Growing colorful vegetables in space can have long-term benefits for physical and psychological
health,” said Matt Romeyn, principal investigator for the experiment. “We are discovering that
growing plants and vegetables with colors and smells helps to improve astronauts’ well-being.”
5. How is the food astronauts eat on the space station?
A
．
Always fresh.
B
．
Lack of nutrients.
B
．
The situation was very severe then.
D
．
She could wait long enough to get
rescue.
C
．
Never tasty. D
．
Full of vitamins.
6. What makes Plant Habitat-04 one of the most complex plant experiments?
A
．
The technology.
C
．
The varieties of plants.
B
．
Growing process.
D
．
Growing time required.
7. Which is the most probable reason for adding peppers to food for astronauts?
A
．
Peppers are delicious.
C
．
Peppers help prevent diseases.
B
．
Peppers can improve memory.
D
．
Peppers can restore appetite.
8. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?
A
．
The Fun of Growing Chili Peppers in Space
B
．
The Agricultural Goal in the Space Mission
C
．
The First Chili Peppers Grown in Space
D
．
The Chili Peppers Used in the Space Mission
Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance. The purpose is to let
children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.
The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to
family. Timing is another consideration. Some children get a weekly allowance. Others get a
monthly allowance.
In any case, parents should make clear what, if anything, the child is expected to pay for with the
money.
At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If they do this,
they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget. Parents are usually advised
not to offer more money until the next allowance.
The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving.
Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or
electronics.
Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your
child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life.
Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an
understanding of how a business works.
Allowances give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with money. They can
share it in the form of gifts or giving it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they
want. Or they can save it.
9. What is special about children learning financial management by experience?
A
．
They learn more quickly.
B
．
They are not as likely to make mistakes.
C
．
Their mistakes won't matter so much.
D
．
They have plans made by their parents.
10. When the writer says some young children "will learn the hard " in Para. 4, he means
________ .
A
．
they will know how hard it is to learn budget
B
．
they will have an easy time learning the lesson
C
．
what they will learn is absolutely true
D
．
their parents will teach them a hard lesson
11. Judging from the article, it is all right if a couple give their son an allowance ________ .
A
．
regularly twice every month
B
．
whenever he has run out of money
C
．
telling him to ask for permission before spending
D
．
without telling him what to spend on
12. The writer would agree to encourage the kids to ________ to deal with a tight budget.
A
．
borrow money from others
C
．
get paid for their household routines
Throughout my life, there is one teacher who really impresses me. 13 .
My time in 8th grade felt like forever because you just want to be in high school already. Math you
just wanted to sleep, science you wanted to cry, social studies you would wish for it to be over, but
English class would just make up for the whole day. Mrs. Thomas would actually make me want to
stay awake in her class. It was like she actually understood us and knew how to keep our full
attention. Every day I couldn’t wait to go to her class. 14 You could talk to her like she was your
friend and not your boss.
15 Like in the beginning of the year she made us take pictures of ourselves and write goals of what
you wanted for the school year. Every day, when you would come into class, you would look at your
goals and see if you achieve any; it was pretty smart. I remember she also made us write a letter to
ourselves in the beginning of the year. We opened them at the end of the year to see how much we
changed. It was like she was trying to push us to be able to complete those goals, so that later on in
life we can use that ability again. 16 If you wanted an A, you had to work for that A.
Mrs. Thomas not only got us ready for high school but also really prepared me for life in the future.
17
B
．
ask their parents for more money
D
．
earn money by extra work
A
．
The following is a class she taught us.
B
．
She made me realize how interesting learning can be.
C
．
She often made us struggle for what we dreamed of in life.
D
．
I remember how much fun it was to do activity in her class.
E
．
She would wake me up when I sometimes slept in her class.
F
．
She would make jokes that would relate to the lesson and please us.
G
．
I’m just waiting for the next teacher who can affect my life and me as a person.
The first time my grandma came to visit us in Canada she was a little upset. She ________ that there
was nothing to do. Before my grandma arrived, I used to tend the flower in our garden. But while I
was at school and my parents were at work, my grandma, feeling ________, came down upon the
little piece of land. She pulled out the annuals (
一年生植物
) and ________ those with orderly rows
of green cabbages, onions and other ________. I told her to stop, to keep the flowers. “They’re
pretty but they’re ________,” she said matter-of-factly. I was annoyed until I learned something
about her past. Grandma was ________ at the time of a severe famine (
严重饥荒
). She lost her
parents and did everything on her own. ________, she never cried about it to anyone. Different
times ________ unique characters. My grandma was shaped by the ________ of her family
members and the difficulties in China’s recent history. Those who experienced the famine are
________ unwilling to use valuable land to plant flowers. Her ________, responsibility, diligence
and frugality (
勤俭
), helped her through those difficult years, some of which were laid down by the
hands of time, and to change them now would ________ her. She is an essential ________ between
my family’s past and future — she ________ her times challenges to support the next generation.
Someday, I will be like my grandma and ________ my small part to human’s moving on.
18.
A
．
believed
19.
A
．
bored
20.
A
．
removed
21.
A
．
trees
22.
A
．
useless
23.
B
．
complicated C
．
expensive D
．
sufficient
B
．
flowers C
．
grasses D
．
vegetable
B
．
surrounded C
．
decorated D
．
replaced
B
．
embarrassed C
．
concerned D
．
delighted
B
．
ignored C
．
complained D
．
claimed
2024年5月10日发(作者：酒淑哲)
2023-2024
学年河北名校联盟高一上学期第二次联考英语试题
Teenage aviator Zara Rutherford has become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo (
单
独飞行
).
The 19-year-old, who has dual British-Belgian nationality, landed at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in
western Belgium on Thursday, completing an epic 41-country journey spanning over 52,000
kilometers (32,300 miles), and broke two Guinness World Records in the process.
“I made it,” Rutherford, who received an overjoyed welcome on her arrival, told reporters.
Not only has she beaten the record held by American Shaesta Waiz, who was 30 when she flew
around the globe unaccompanied in 2017, Rutherford also now holds the title for the first woman to
circumnavigate the world in a microlight aircraft (
微型飞机
). She is also the first Belgian to fly
around the world alone.
However, the teenager’s route to glory hasn’t been without its challenges. Rutherford departed on
August 18, 2021, expecting to finish in about three months. But she was plagued by setbacks,
including month-long delays in both Alaska and Russia due to “visa and weather issues,” pushing
her schedule back eight weeks.
“I would say the hardest part was definitely flying over Siberia — it was extremely cold. It was
minus 35 degrees Celsius on the ground,” Rutherford said during a press conference.
“If the engine were to switch off, I’d be hours away from rescue and I don’t know how long I could
have survived for.”
“I was hoping to complete it by Christmas but I guess that’s not happening anymore,” Rutherford
told reporters t in Seoul, South Korea after arriving from Vladivostok on December 13. “But it’s an
adventure.”
While she’s flown to an array of destinations, such as Singapore, Egypt and Greece, along with
Russia and South Korea, Rutherford has been unable to explore any of them on land due to Covid-
19 restrictions.
The final leg of her journey was also hit with delays due to bad weather, which meant her
completion date was moved back another week.
1. What has Rutherford achieved?
A
．
Flying around the globe alone in 2017.
B
．
Breaking two Guinness World Records.
C
．
The youngest microlight aircraft pilot.
D
．
The first pilot to fly around the world solo.
2. What does the underlined word “circumnavigate” most probably mean?
A
．
Air out. B
．
Pull off.
C
．
Fly around. D
．
Take on.
3. What does Rutherford’s words imply in paragraph 7?
A
．
She could manage the engine.
C
．
The engine was in very good condition.
4. What is the text mainly about?
A
．
Rutherford has beaten the world flying record.
B
．
A journey was hit by the Covid-19 restrictions.
C
．
Rutherford has flown to an array of destinations.
D
．
A teen becomes youngest woman to fly the world solo.
Humans have been living and working on the space station for over 20 years. Their meals are
packaged, though sometimes astronauts receive fresh treats from resupply missions. The longer that
packaged food is stored, the more it loses nutrients like vitamin C and vitamin K.
Astronauts have successfully grown 10 different crops on the space station since 2015 and had the
chance to sample (
品尝
) each one. The International Space Station hosted a party for astronauts on
Friday as they celebrated the harvest of the first chili peppers (
辣椒
) grown in space. The crew
finally had a chance to taste the peppers after initially kicking off the plant experiment on the space
station in July.
Plant Habitat-04 is one of the most complex plant experiments on the orbiting laboratory to date
because peppers take much longer to grow than the previous experiment plants. After growing for
four months, the peppers were harvested on Friday.
Peppers provide a great source of vitamin C, as well as other key nutrients. Pepper plants self-
pollinate (
自花授粉
), so they are easy to grow, and they are a pick-and-eat crop that doesn’t have to
be cooked. They are also safe to eat raw.
A side effect of life in zero gravity is that astronauts often lose some of their taste and smell, so
spicy or well-seasoned foods are a favorite. Adding fresh greens or peppers to the menu allows
astronauts to liven up their regular meals. But growing and tending to the plants can also produce
other benefits.
Astronauts have described the joy from seeing — as well as smelling and caring for — leafy green
plants on the space station that remind them of Earth.
“Growing colorful vegetables in space can have long-term benefits for physical and psychological
health,” said Matt Romeyn, principal investigator for the experiment. “We are discovering that
growing plants and vegetables with colors and smells helps to improve astronauts’ well-being.”
5. How is the food astronauts eat on the space station?
A
．
Always fresh.
B
．
Lack of nutrients.
B
．
The situation was very severe then.
D
．
She could wait long enough to get
rescue.
C
．
Never tasty. D
．
Full of vitamins.
6. What makes Plant Habitat-04 one of the most complex plant experiments?
A
．
The technology.
C
．
The varieties of plants.
B
．
Growing process.
D
．
Growing time required.
7. Which is the most probable reason for adding peppers to food for astronauts?
A
．
Peppers are delicious.
C
．
Peppers help prevent diseases.
B
．
Peppers can improve memory.
D
．
Peppers can restore appetite.
8. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?
A
．
The Fun of Growing Chili Peppers in Space
B
．
The Agricultural Goal in the Space Mission
C
．
The First Chili Peppers Grown in Space
D
．
The Chili Peppers Used in the Space Mission
Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance. The purpose is to let
children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.
The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to
family. Timing is another consideration. Some children get a weekly allowance. Others get a
monthly allowance.
In any case, parents should make clear what, if anything, the child is expected to pay for with the
money.
At first, young children may spend all of their allowance soon after they receive it. If they do this,
they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget. Parents are usually advised
not to offer more money until the next allowance.
The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving.
Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or
electronics.
Many people who have written on the subject of allowances say it is not a good idea to pay your
child for work around the home. These jobs are a normal part of family life.
Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an
understanding of how a business works.
Allowances give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with money. They can
share it in the form of gifts or giving it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they
want. Or they can save it.
9. What is special about children learning financial management by experience?
A
．
They learn more quickly.
B
．
They are not as likely to make mistakes.
C
．
Their mistakes won't matter so much.
D
．
They have plans made by their parents.
10. When the writer says some young children "will learn the hard " in Para. 4, he means
________ .
A
．
they will know how hard it is to learn budget
B
．
they will have an easy time learning the lesson
C
．
what they will learn is absolutely true
D
．
their parents will teach them a hard lesson
11. Judging from the article, it is all right if a couple give their son an allowance ________ .
A
．
regularly twice every month
B
．
whenever he has run out of money
C
．
telling him to ask for permission before spending
D
．
without telling him what to spend on
12. The writer would agree to encourage the kids to ________ to deal with a tight budget.
A
．
borrow money from others
C
．
get paid for their household routines
Throughout my life, there is one teacher who really impresses me. 13 .
My time in 8th grade felt like forever because you just want to be in high school already. Math you
just wanted to sleep, science you wanted to cry, social studies you would wish for it to be over, but
English class would just make up for the whole day. Mrs. Thomas would actually make me want to
stay awake in her class. It was like she actually understood us and knew how to keep our full
attention. Every day I couldn’t wait to go to her class. 14 You could talk to her like she was your
friend and not your boss.
15 Like in the beginning of the year she made us take pictures of ourselves and write goals of what
you wanted for the school year. Every day, when you would come into class, you would look at your
goals and see if you achieve any; it was pretty smart. I remember she also made us write a letter to
ourselves in the beginning of the year. We opened them at the end of the year to see how much we
changed. It was like she was trying to push us to be able to complete those goals, so that later on in
life we can use that ability again. 16 If you wanted an A, you had to work for that A.
Mrs. Thomas not only got us ready for high school but also really prepared me for life in the future.
17
B
．
ask their parents for more money
D
．
earn money by extra work
A
．
The following is a class she taught us.
B
．
She made me realize how interesting learning can be.
C
．
She often made us struggle for what we dreamed of in life.
D
．
I remember how much fun it was to do activity in her class.
E
．
She would wake me up when I sometimes slept in her class.
F
．
She would make jokes that would relate to the lesson and please us.
G
．
I’m just waiting for the next teacher who can affect my life and me as a person.
The first time my grandma came to visit us in Canada she was a little upset. She ________ that there
was nothing to do. Before my grandma arrived, I used to tend the flower in our garden. But while I
was at school and my parents were at work, my grandma, feeling ________, came down upon the
little piece of land. She pulled out the annuals (
一年生植物
) and ________ those with orderly rows
of green cabbages, onions and other ________. I told her to stop, to keep the flowers. “They’re
pretty but they’re ________,” she said matter-of-factly. I was annoyed until I learned something
about her past. Grandma was ________ at the time of a severe famine (
严重饥荒
). She lost her
parents and did everything on her own. ________, she never cried about it to anyone. Different
times ________ unique characters. My grandma was shaped by the ________ of her family
members and the difficulties in China’s recent history. Those who experienced the famine are
________ unwilling to use valuable land to plant flowers. Her ________, responsibility, diligence
and frugality (
勤俭
), helped her through those difficult years, some of which were laid down by the
hands of time, and to change them now would ________ her. She is an essential ________ between
my family’s past and future — she ________ her times challenges to support the next generation.
Someday, I will be like my grandma and ________ my small part to human’s moving on.
18.
A
．
believed
19.
A
．
bored
20.
A
．
removed
21.
A
．
trees
22.
A
．
useless
23.
B
．
complicated C
．
expensive D
．
sufficient
B
．
flowers C
．
grasses D
．
vegetable
B
．
surrounded C
．
decorated D
．
replaced
B
．
embarrassed C
．
concerned D
．
delighted
B
．
ignored C
．
complained D
．
claimed