广东省梅州市大埔县虎山中学2023-2024学年高三上学期10月期中英语试题
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一、阅读理解
In honor of the 70th anniversary of the Beijing People’s Art Theater, we select a group of its original works.
Thunderstorm
Playwright: Cao Yu
Thunderstorm was the first work of Cao Yu. Praised as one of China’s most enduring dramas of the 20th century, Thunderstorm tells of a tragedy (悲剧) between two families during the1920s. The intense conflicts are all presented in a day’s time within the drama.
Sunrise
Playwright: Cao Yu
Sunnse is set in Tianjin in the 1930s. It centers on the tragedy of Chen Bailu. It discloses the social conflicts and unfortunate life of those living at the bottom of society at that time. The drama also expresses the longing for brightness indicated by the name and order of its four acts — dawn, dusk, midnight and sunrise.
Rickshaw Boy
Playwright: Mei Qian
The drama Rickshaw Boy is adapted from the novel of Lao She, a Chinese literary giant. It tells the sad story of`Xiangzi, a rickshaw boy in Beijing in the 1920s who dreams of running his’ own firm. However, after a series of misfortunes, Xiangzi is no longer an honest and optimistic young country boy.
The Teahouse
Playwright: Lao She
sort of trip
Consisting of three acts, the play tells stories taking place in the Beijing Yutai Teahouse and the fate of Wang Lifa, the owner of the teahouse. It mirrors the great social changes in China from 1898 to the 1940s. The Teahouse is also the first Chinese drama production to be performed overseas.
1．Which story takes place within a day’s time?
A．Thunderstorm.    B．Sunrise.
C．Rickshaw Boy.    D．The Teahouse.
2．What may the title of Sunrise imply?
A．The desire for brightness.    B．The dream of Chen Bailu.
C．The social conflict at that time.    D．The order of the acts in the drama.
3．What do Rickshaw Boy and The Teahouse have in common?
A．Both dramas are sad stories.
B．Both plays are written by Lao She.
C．Both stories are set in the same place.
D．Both stories are made up of three scenes.
Like most of his classmates, Zhang Yixuan is facing academic pressure as he is preparing to attend the national college entrance examination, or gaokao, next year. However, compared with playing smartphones and games, Zhang Yixuan prefers spending his summer vacation walking in wild nature, meeting little creatures like crabs. His bedroom is packed with dozens of “living treasures” that he has collected from the outdoors, including insects, fish, and crabs.
It is the microscope that his father bought him that makes the bedroom look more like a mini-biology lab than anything else and it’s a place where Zhang can devote himself to identifying or observing crabs day and night. With the help of the microscope, Zhang buries. Himself in studying the natural world. Sometimes he spends hours simply examinin
g the leg of a crab. It was his deep interest in nature that led Zhang into a new world of discovery.
Last year, a group of crabs caught Zhang’s attention since they looked unusual compared with the commonly seen ones in Rongxian county, where he lives. He decided to take seven of them home. After much observation and lots of researches by reading related articles and documents, Zhang speculated that it must be a new species. And it proved to be true by experts.
The hardworking and gifted teenager is very grateful to his parents for their understanding and support. His father Zhang Lefei, who was born in a rural area, loved catching fish and crabs himself at an early age. So he and his wife would take their son out into nature to explore as much as possible and would allow him to observe crabs quietly without any disturbs.
They say interest is the best teacher. And so are parents, it seems.
4．What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us about Zhang Yixuan?
A．His hobbies.    B．His character.
C．His academic pressure.    D．His relationship with others.
5．Where does Zhang Yixuan carry out his research?
A．In the wild.    B．In his school.
C．In his bedroom.    D．In a biology lab.
6．What does the underlined word “speculated” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．Showed.    B．Inferred.
C．Argued.    D．Suggested.
7．What is the author’s purpose of mentioning Zhang’s parents?
A．To share their interest.    B．To show their support.
C．To indicate their effort.    D．To reveal their background.
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