2022-2023学年江苏省镇江市高二第一学期期中考试英语模拟试题（含答案）

江苏省镇江市2022-2023学年第一学期

期中考试高二英语模拟试题（满分120）

一、阅读理解 （共两节，满分50分）

第一节（本题共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)

When public health officials started telling Americans that hand washing is one of the most powerful weapons against the spread of the coronavirus, Terence Lester wondered, What about the homeless? Lester had been homeless himself for a time as a teenager, and today he runs a nonprofit in Atlanta called Love Beyond Walls that helps raise money for and awareness of homeless people. He knows all too well that in the best of times they are lucky to find a public bathroom that will let them in to wash up occasionally, not to mention several times a day.

Lester’s experience creating temporary shelters with his nonprofit led him to another idea: temporary hand washing stations, the kind you see at outdoor music festivals. He mentioned the idea to his friend Lecrae Moore, a Grammy-winning Christian rapper, who eagerly donated enough money to buy 15 of the $150 washing stations. They called their project Love Sinks In. “If leaders in this country are asking people to wash their hands,we also have to provide the tools to people living on the margins(边缘) of society who are more likely to catch and spread the coronavirus,” Lester says.

After its success in Atlanta, the group sent sinks to Birmingham, Alabama; Oakland, California; Columbus, Ohio; and Austin, Texas, where a partner organization installed the sinks in parks and other public spaces, thanks to a $13,000 grant from Google. In addition to the startup funds, it costs about 5500 a month to keep each sink stocked with soap and clean water. One Atlanta hand-washer, Sam, made sure his gratitude didn’t go unnoticed. He left a note on a sink that said, “Thank you all for not forgetting about us.”

(  )1. What inspired Terence Lester to start hand washing stations?

A. Public health officials’ instructions.

B. The Outbreak of the coronavirus.

C. A lack of temporary shelters for the homeless.

D. His previous experience.

(  )2. Which of the following is right about “Love Sinks In” ?

A. It is run by Love Beyond Walls.

B. Google donated a large sum of money for it.

C. Only people living on the margins of city can use it.

D. It has helped many people infected with coronavirus.

(  )3. Which of the following can be the best titlefor the passage?

A. The Pleasure of Giving           B. Temporary shelters for the homeless

C. One Hand Washes the Others      D. A powerful weapon against coronavirus  

(B)

Enter Nick Spigler's room and you'll find the delicate nest of a tree swallow and rows of books about birds. Clearly, this 16-year-old boy has his head in the clouds and his feet off the ground.

Several times a week,Ellie Andreen, 15, visits a park near her home to check on her little family. The boxes she placed there last winter have produced several babies of bluebirds, which Ellie fusses over like a mother hen.

These young bird-watchers are not the only youngsters who enjoy birding in the United State's county of Harford,Maryland.Local schools there offer programs in ornithology (鸟类学）, even if some kids can't yet spell the word.

Both Nick and Ellie took up birding early on.They call themselves the Early Birds,Feathered Friends or Bird Buddies. Once a month, they join groups of 20 to 30 students to walk through nearby fields before class at 7:30 am,hoping to spot a woodpecker or oriole(黄鹏）with binoculars.

“Being part of the bird club since second grade made it seem more common than just some strange hobby,” Nick said. "I had to get up at 6:30 am for the walks. That was for the birds,so I didn't mind."

Since then,he has attended bird camps,studied bird habits and migratory patterns,and personally seen 190 of the more than 400 species in Maryland.

Raising youth awareness is a must,longtime birders say. Mary Murray, 65, a leading member of the Harford Bird Club,said,"These children are going to inherit Earth, and we need to teach them early how to take care of it. Birds are an indicator(指示物）species,like canaries(金丝雀）in a coal mine,and if kids pay attention to what birds are doing, they will understand the health of their environment."

(  )4.What does the underlined phrase "fusses over" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A.Competes with.               B.Fights with.

C.Plays with.                   D. Gives attention to.

(  )5.What do we know about bird-watching in Harford County?

A. It is considered a strange but cool hobby.

B. It interests more local young people than adults.

C. Ornithology classes have helped make it popular.

D. Students must pass a bird-watching class at school.

(  )6.What does Mary Murray think birding means for children?

A. It will raise their awareness of teamwork.

B. It will help them identify more bird species.

C.It will keep them in contact with nature.

D. It will improve their understanding of their environment.

(  )7. What is the best title for the passage?

A.Bird protection is in action            B.Bird study in Maryland

C.Hobbies of Early Birds               D.Ellie Andreen' s bluebird boxes

(C)

By the end of the century, if not sooner, the world’s oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate, according to a new study.

At the heart of the phenomenon lie tiny marine microorganisms(海洋微生物) called phytoplankton. Because of the way light reflects off the organisms, these phytoplankton create colourful patterns at the ocean surface. Ocean colour varies from green to blue, depending on the type and concentration of phytoplankton. Climate change will fuel the growth of phytoplankton in some areas, while reducing it in other spots, leading to changes in the ocean’s appearance.

Phytoplankton live at the ocean surface, where they pull carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) into the ocean while giving off oxygen. When these organisms die, they bury carbon in the deep ocean, an important process that helps to regulate the global climate. But phytoplankton are vulnerable to the ocean’s warming trend. Warming changes key characteristics of the ocean and can affect phytoplankton growth, since they need not only sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow, but also nutrients.

Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a scientist in MIT’s Center for Global Change Science, built a climate model that projects changes to the oceans throughout the century. In a world that warms up by 3℃, it found that multiple changes to the colour of the oceans would occur. The model projects that currently blue areas with little phytoplankton could become even bluer. But in some waters, such as those of the Arctic, a warming will make conditions riper for phytoplankton, and these areas will turn greener. “Not only are the quantities of phytoplankton in the ocean changing.” she said, “but the type of phytoplankton is changing.”

And why does that matter? Phytoplankton are the base of the food web. If certain kinds begin to disappear from the ocean, Dutkiewicz said, “it will change the type of fish that will be able to survive.” Those kinds of changes could affect the food chain.

Whatever colour changes the ocean experiences in the coming decades will probably be too gradual and unnoticeable, but they could mean significant changes. “It’ll be a while before we can statistically show that the changes are happening because of climate change,” Dutkiewicz said, “but the change in the colour of the ocean will be one of the early warning signals that we really have changed our planet.”

(  )8. What are the first two paragraphs mainly about?

A. The various patterns at the ocean surface.

B. The cause of the changes in ocean colour.

C. The way light reflects off marine organisms.

D. The efforts to fuel the growth of phytoplankton.

(  )9. What does the underlined word “vulnerable” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Sensitive. B. Beneficial. C. Significant. D. Unnoticeable.

(  )10. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Phytoplankton play a declining role in the marine ecosystem.

B. Dutkiewicz’s model aims to project phytoplankton changes.

C Phytoplankton have been used to control global climate.

D. Oceans with more phytoplankton may appear greener.

(  )11. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To assess the consequences of ocean colour changes.

B. To analyse the composition of the ocean food chain.

C. To explain the effects of climate change on oceans.

D. To introduce a new method to study phytoplankton.  

(D)

Good day, everybody …

Just two weeks ago I shared some of my thoughts about the green economy in an event organised by Sciences Po and Ecolo Ethik in Paris. Inevitably my main messages will be repeated, but I hope they will be still fresh for such a young and fresh audience. You are future policy makers, leaders and active members of our society. I believe that you have a very important role to play in shaping this world, your own future.

On 7th June last year a scientific article in the journal Nature stated the following: “Today conditions are very different because global-scale forces including, but not limited to, climate change, have emerged as a direct result of human activities. Human population growth and per-capita consumption rate underlie all of the other present drivers for global change”.

The world’s population is increasing by about 140.000 people per day. In just 30 years - one generation - 2 billion people more will share the planet, which is more than the total amount of the population on the planet at the beginning of the 20th Century. On top of that, in just over 15 years from now, there will be an additional 3 billion middle class consumers, which corresponds to twice the total population at the beginning of the previous century.

Of course, this is great for those 3 billion whose living standards will rise, and for the businesses that will succeed in providing for those demands, but this will put great stress on many resources. We will need three times more resources -140 billion tons annually- by 2050. The demand for food, feed and fiber is projected to increase by 70%.

To put it simply: the world has changed. We are more interconnected and interdependent than ever. Many challenges, like climate change, disappearing biodiversity, scarce resources (like water, land or oceans), potential pandemics, poverty, global security … can only be addressed if we join our forces. Looking to the future, the “business as usual” scenario simply will not work. Transition from our current resource intensive growth model to a resource efficient growth model is absolutely necessary. It is actually inevitable for all our economies. For the first time, we humans, are affecting the balance of our planet.

For the past two centuries we have relied on an economic growth model based on cheap and abundant resources. This great acceleration has been a fantastic achievement of the generations of humans that have so successfully overcome so many obstacles to bring such unimagined health and prosperity. But we cannot go on growing in the resource-intensive way we did in the past; certainly not on a global scale. Today the richest 20% of the world consume about 60 times more than the poorest 20%. Just imagine the stress on the world’s resources if the rest of the world would live the same way as we do.

(  )12. Which of the following is the direct contributor to global change?

    A. human population growth                  B. scarce resources

    C. human activities                         D. financial and economic crisis

(  )13. The writer uses many figures in the passages four and five in order to ______.

    A. better inform us the unbelievable growth of the planet’s population

    B. better address the global challenges which we all face

    C. better show us the consequences of our global change

    D. better explain the result of human irresponsible activities

(  )14. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to the underlined word “obstacles” in the last paragraph?

    A. standards           B. difficulties          C. resources          D. successes

(  )15. The purpose of the passage is  ______.

    A. to advocate a resource efficient growth model

    B. to raise our awareness of environmental protection

    C. to explain effective keys to a green economy

    D. to offer some advice on human daily activities 

第二节（本题共5小题; 每小题2.5分, 满分12.5分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

It is known to us that every year of high school is a tough and busy time.__16__ We all know that not getting enough sleep is not good for our health, but it has been found that less sleep could even cause us to have fewer friends.

According to researchers from the University of California, people who don’t get enough sleep are less willing to socialize with others.__17__

The researchers carried out a small study. They tested 18 young participants who had just had a good night’s sleep, and tested them again after a sleepless night.__18__ When each person on the video got too “close”, they could choose to stop the video.

The results showed that the participants kept each person at a distance of 60 percent further back if they hadn’t gotten enough sleep.__19__ But when the participants got a good night’s sleep, they allowed the person to get much closer to them.

According to lead researcher Matthew Walker, the less sleep you get, the less you want to socialize with others. In turn, other people may think you’re strange and stay away from you. __20__

So if you want to be a more sociable and popular person, sleeping well might help. “One night of good sleep makes you feel more outgoing and socially confident,” Walker said.

A. They are simply too tired to go out.

B. Too little sleep makes us get sick easily.

C. You may have trouble getting enough sleep.

D. Here are some tips to help you beat your sleep problems.

E. They felt that their personal space was being taken over.

F. This can make you feel lonely and cause you to sleep even less.

G. The participants watched videos of people walking toward them.

二、语言运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I was a ten-year-old girl who loved to sports and build tree houses in the woods. I would spend time with friends — just as I did on the night my life  21  . My mother and 1 were driving home from a party.  22  after skating all night, I fell asleep.

I  23  to find myself in the hospital. I had a spinal cord (脊髓) injury, which meant I'd spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Mom had some broken bones, but that was  24   compared with what would happen to her. Having been driving drunk, she was  25  to three years in prison and lost her  26  rights to me.

I was adopted by a family — Sue and Chris and their two sons. I had to  27   having two brothers, which was different for me because I'd never had a brother,  28   two.

Sue encouraged me to try  29   therapy (疗法)to see if I could learn to walk again. Though I struggled as hard as possible, it didn't  30  . That's  31   I realized I had to make a choice.

Finally, I found a(n)  32   basketball team in our area. I tried out and  33   the team! We fly to tournaments in different states over weekends. Getting involved in something so funny and rewarding shows me that things are possible, whatever your  34   . Life keeps changing, but we have to  35  anyway — with or without the people we love.

第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Kentucky Fried Chicken has launched a new themed branch in honor of Lei Feng, a legendary soldier 36.        (celebrate) in China for his 37.        (self) and modesty, in his hometown Changsha, Hunan province.

The restaurant opened on Sunday，two days before the 38.        (office) remembrance day marked across the country every year on March 5 39.         people celebrate his spirits by showing goodwill and giving 40.         helping hand to others.

The restaurant will organize a series of activities and also cooperate with the local Lei Feng Memorial Hall to 41.      (well) promote Lei Feng’s spirits.42.         the entrance to the restaurant stand two big Lei­like statues and its inner part 43.        (decorate) with Lei’s cartoon portraits and quotes from his diary, with words from his poems playing in the background.

He Min, general manager of KFC in Hunan province, told voc.com.en that in addition to the themed restaurant, they will also launch a project devoted to Lei’s virtues in 250 outlets (门店) across the province, including 44.        (provide) free drinking water and resting 45.        (place) for gate guards.

三、写作 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

假定你是李华，从互联网((the Internet)上得知一个国际中学生组织将在新加坡(Singapore)举办夏令营，欢迎各国学生参加。请写一封电子邮件申请参加。内容主要包括:

1. 自我介绍(包括英语能力);

2. 参加意图(介绍中国、了解其他国家);

3. 希望获准。

注意: 1. 数100左右;

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;

Dear Sir / Madam,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sincerely,

LiHua

第二节（满分25分）

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Tim recently graduated from the university and was looking for a job. After searching on the Internet he found out that a famous online business company is recruiting a new office manager. Many candidates applied for the entry exam, but only one would be accepted in the end. Tim noticed the resumes (简历) of other candidates and was surprised to see that some of them held a Master’s Degree or even a Doctor's Degree .But Tim was only a Bachelor, and barely met the lowest requirement of the diploma. Tim felt a bit frustrated because he had no advantage over other candidates who were excellent students. All the candidates entered the exam hall after handing up their resumes. Tim scanned through the pages of the test paper and found out that the questions were very difficult for him. Tim tried to calm down and focus on the questions themselves instead of their difficulty level. He started with the easiest ones and moved on to the more difficult ones slowly.

There were two invigilators (监考人) in the hall , one of them was tall and thin , while the other invigilator was of the opposite: he was short and fat. They seemed to be quite confident about the honesty of the candidates and were absent. After about 10 minutes, one of the invigilators left to answer a phone call. The other invigilator soon went out too.

The atmosphere in the exam hall changed after the invigilators had left. Some of the candidates took out notes and books, some of them brought tablets to search for answers, and some even called others for help. Tim looked back, and he saw the candidate sitting behind him cheating too. The man winked to Tim, as if telling him to cheat in the test because everyone was doing so Tim shook his head and continued doing the difficult problems at a slow pace.

In about half an hour, the invigilators returned to the exam hall. Tim still had one question left blank at the end of the test. He was almost sure that he was not going to be accepted.

注意：

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1:

The test result was to Tim’s surprise. ____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

Tim then understood everything that had happened. ________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

参考答案

一、阅读理解 50

第一节1-3 DBC    4-7 DCDA    8-11 BADC    12-15 BADB

第二节 16-20 CAGEF

二、语言运用30

第一节21-25 BCDDA    26-30 ACBBA    31-35 CDBDA    

第二节 36. celebrated　37.selflessness　38.official　   39.when　   40.a

41. better　   42.At　   43.is decorated　   44.providing　45.places

三、写作（满分40分）

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