2023重庆长寿区高二上学期期末考试英语（A卷）含解析

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高二年级英语试题(A卷)

注意事项：

1.考试时间：120分钟，满分：150分。试题卷总页数：8页。

2.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。

3.需要填涂的地方，一律用2B铅笔涂满涂黑。需要书写的地方一律用0.5MM签字笔书写。

4.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、学校、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。

第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分)

听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What will the man probably do next?

A. Do his homework.       B.go out for dinner.     C.Go to the theme park.

2.Why hasn’t John noticed the milk boiling over?

A.He is eager to go to Shanghai.

B.His mind is wandering.  

C.He is preparing his business trip.

3.Who might the man go to a movie with?

A.His daughter.             B. His families.                C.His wife.

4.When did the man leave for home?

A.At 9:45.                    B.At 10:00.                    C.At 10:30.

5.What is the woman talking about?

A.The woman’s worry over her sickness.

B.Jerry’s so poor.

C.Her dissatisfaction with Jerry.

第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)

听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5 秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。

6.What does the woman like about summer?

A.The warm long days.         B. The rain.                    C.The heat.    

7.What does the woman often do during the summer?

A.Bicycle with friends in the rain.         

B.hike in the mountains.              

C.Do outdoor activities.   

听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9题。

8.Why do American people love to buy second-hand goods?

A. To save money.              B. To earn money.               C.To contribute to charity.

9.What is usually sold in a yard sale?

A. Books,records and coffee.

B. Some used goods.                 

C.Treasures and furniture.   

听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。

10.Why did the first McDonald’s restaurant have no seats?

A.To avoid washing dishes    B.To make people eat quickly.    C.To reduce the cost.

11.Which McDonald’s sells the most hamburgers in the world?

A.One in New York.           B. The Hong Kong’s.                 C.The first McDonald’s.

12.What do we learn from the conversation?

A.There are many chain stores of McDonald’s only in New York.

B.Mac and Dick sold the business to McDonald.

C.Ray Kroc bought McDonald’s from Mac and Dick.

听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16题。

13.Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. At a party.                B.In a lecture room.           C.At a club. 

14.Why is the woman familiar with this area?

A.She often hangs out here.    B.She grew up here.           C.She has studied the map. 

15.What might the man major in?

A.Biology.                        B.Business.                    C.Computer science.

16 How did the woman deal with the bad weather?

A.By watching movies.       B.By going to bars.             C.By going downtown.

听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。

17.What is the function of hip hop?

A.Helping people with emotional problems.

B.Freeing people from poverty.

C.Ridding people of drug addiction.

18.Where was the report published?

A.In a special newspaper.      B. In a medical magazine.     C.On the Internet.

19.What do hip hop artists often describe in their music?

A.Mental illness.                  B.Message of hope.            C.Darkness of the world. 

20.What did BIG’ s teachers say about him?

A.He promised to be a superstar.

B.He could be successful.    

C.He would achieve nothing. 

第二部分阅读理解(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

Norway: Wonders of the Arctic

Go on an expedition to explore Norway’s beautiful fjords(峡湾), view the Northern Lights, watch whales and polar bears, and discover the frozen Svalbard archipelago by land, sea and air.

What’s Included

• Entry to all sites and attractions.

• English-speaking tour leader throughout.

• All accommodation, internal transport, cruises and husky sleds.

• Breakfast , lunches and evening meals.

• Domestic flights between Tromso, Longyearbyen and Oslo.

What’s Not Included

• Travel insurance.

• International flights.

Accommodation

Radisson Blu Hotel, Tromso

A pleasant and modern four-star hotel in the city centre that overlooks the harbour and fjord. It’s just a short walk from the city’s cultural, architectural and historic sites. Around the hotel, there are stunning views over the city and its surrounding hills.

Radisson Blu Polar Hotel, Longyearbyen

Claiming to be the world’s northernmost full-service hotel, this recently renewed four-star hotel has great views across the Advent fjord and Hiorthfjellet mountain. It’s a modern hotel that is decorated with pictures of the region’s polar history. Some of the rooms were originally built and located for the 1994 Winter Olympics. With an open fire, jacuzzi, hot tub and fashionable restaurant, there are many ways to relax here.

Contact Us

If you have an inquiry, idea or just want to chat, email us at tours@newscientist.com or call 441224980439 (Global), 442045 712 435 (UK).

1 What will not this travel provide for tourists?

A. English-speaking tour leader. B. Internal transport.

C. Daily meals. D. Domestic flights.

2. Which of the following statements is true about the Radisson Blu Hotel?

A. The hotel claims to be the world’s northernmost full-service hotel.

B. It’s an ancient five-star hotel in the city centre.

C. Tourists can enjoy great views of the harbour and fjord.

D. It’s a long distance from the city’s centre.

3. In which section of a magazine can you find the text?

A. Education. B. Science. C. Fashion. D. Travel.

B

Daniel Barenboim, the well-known pianist and conductor, is stepping down as general musical director of the Berlin State Opera after more than 30 years.

Barenboim, 80, announced in October that he was “taking a step back” from performing, having had surgery on his back for a “serious neurological condition” last February.

He made a return for Berlin’s traditional new year performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 on December 31 and January 1, which he conducted while seated, earning waves of applause. It was not immediately clear who would succeed him in one of the most significant jobs in music.

“Unfortunately, my health has deteriorated over the past year,” he said in a statement, asking to be released from his position at the end of this month. “I can no longer deliver the performance that is rightly demanded of a general music director.”

Barenboim, who was appointed to the post in 1992, said he was proud to have been elected as chief conductor for life by the resident orchestra of the Berlin State Opera.

He was born in Argentina to Jewish parents and began his international career as a pianist at the age of ten. He married Jacqueline du Pré, the British cellist, in 1967. In 1999 he jointly founded the West-Eastern Divan orchestra, bringing together young musicians from Israel, the Palestinian territories and Arab states.

Matthias Schulz, the state opera director, said the house was “heavily indebted” to Barenboim. “For more than 30 years he has lent his inexhaustible strength as an artistic figure with worldwide charm to this house and its orchestra,” he said. “One can only imagine how difficult this step must have been for him.”

In October Richard Morrison, opera critic for The Times, praised Barenboim as “a pianist who for half a century was peerless in Beethoven and Schubert” and as a conductor “who can shape the giant masterpieces of Wagner, Bruckner and Elgar as few others know how”.

4. What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?

A. Daniel Barenboim once had to stop his performance.

B. Daniel Barenboim always conducted the symphony orchestra while seated.

C. Some of the audience actually weren’t satisfied with Daniel Barenboim’s performance

D. Daniel Barenboim has already found an outstanding conductor to replace him.

5. Which is closest in meaning to the underlined word in paragraph 4?

A. Become worse. B. Recovered completely.

C. Improved a lot. D. Functioned well.

6. Which is the right order of Daniel Barenboim’s life?

a. He married Jacqueline du Pré, the British cellist.

b. He jointly founded the West-Eastern Divan orchestra.

c. He was appointed to be the chief conductor.

d He began his international career as a pianist.

e. He had surgery on his back for a “serious neurological condition”.

A. adbce B. dabce C. adcbe D. dacbe

7. What does Richard Morrison think of Daniel Barenboim?

A. He lacks experience as a conductor.

B. He is as excellent as Beethoven and Schubert.

C. He composed the giant masterpieces of Wagner, Bruckner and Elgar.

D. He is the top pianist and conductor in his times.

C

A new “museum of mathematics” will open in Paris as part of a drive to inspire French schoolchildren, who rank among the worst in the developed world.

The Maison Poincaré, named after Henri Poincaré, the late 19th century polymath, will celebrate mathematicians who put France at the forefront of the subject from the middle ages to the 21st century.

The museum, set to open this year, is attempting to spark a renaissance in the face of an educational failure that is viewed as a national emergency.

French pupils ranked bottom in the subject in the EU, while only those from Chile fared worse than the French among the 38 countries of the OECD, according to a Trends in International Mathematics and Science study.

Their poor grasp of the subject was further highlighted by the fact that half of French 12-year-olds thought 0.4 was the same as a quarter, Charles Torossian, aninspector-general of the national education system, said.

In addition, the children of Ukrainian refugees were, despite the language barrier, at least a year ahead of their French classmates in calculating ability.

The museum was the innovation of Cédric Villani, former director of the Poincaré maths institute and former MP for Macron’s Renaissance party.

Sylvie Benzoni, his successor as head of the institute, said the museum aimed to show that maths was open to everyone and no longer the property of “a mainly male scholar”.

Last summer President Macron recovered maths as an option in the general examination, two years after Jean-Michel Blanquer, his education minister, had removed it. He fired Blanquer and last month made weekly maths classes necessary for all grades from September.

8. The new museum will open in Paris ______.

A. to exhibit the artistic achievements of renaissance in Europe.

B. to correct the educational failure which is regarded as a national emergency.

C. to encourage the children in France to learn mathematics better.

D. to remind the French schoolchildren that they rank among the worst in the developed world.

9. What does the underlined word “those” in the fourth paragraph refer to?

A. subjects. B. pupils. C. countries. D. museums.

10. What is the direct reason of Jean-Michel Blanquer’s unemployment?

A. He made mathematics the property of “a mainly male scholar”.

B. He cut maths down from the general examination.

C. He taught the French 12-year-olds that 0.4 was the same as a quarter.

D. He didn’t think weekly maths classes necessary for all grades.

11. What is a suitable title for the text?

A. France Will Not Bear Her Poor Maths Any More.

B. Children Around The World Do A Bad Job In Maths.

C. French Schoolchildren Rank The Worst In The Developed World.

D. A New “Museum of Mathematics” Will Open In Paris.

D

A recent study suggests that logging (cutting down trees to use the wood) does not necessarily mean that things can’t live in the left-over forest any more. In fact, chopping down trees sometimes attracts more plants and wildlife than in forests where the trees have been left untouched.

Experts believe that about 70% of the world’s forests have had at least some logging. Until recently it wasn’t clear exactly what impact this had on other wildlife in forests. However, new research carried out on the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia, shows that logging can encourage healthy animal and plant life.

Scientists from Oxford University used tens of thousands of camera traps (cameras connected to sensors that only photograph when movement is detected) to find out how many animals were in forests that had been logged and how many were in forests where the trees just died naturally. The scientists worked out that the total weight of birds in logged forests was more than double, and for mammals it was more than three times as much. They also found that animals in logged forests get two and a half times as much energy from food than in untouched forests. The scientists think there is more food available in logged forests because more light reaches the forest floor when some of the canopy (dense tree tops) has been cleared away. This extra light helps smaller plants grow bigger, giving more food to wildlife like insects, deer and wild pigs. Yadvinder Malhi, an ecologist, said, “The whole forest gets more edible and more tasty.”

The study makes it clear that although more animals and plants might be able to live there, logging even part of a forest is still bad. That’s because untouched forests, with more and bigger trees, absorb lots of carbon dioxide, a gas that causes climate change. However, the study is important because conservationists didn’t think logged forests were important to protect. The new research shows that even damaged forests can have lots of wildlife that needs protecting.

12. What does the recent study find?

A. More plants and wildlife will live in forests where humans don’t cut down the trees.

B. Cutting down the trees in a forest will attract more plants and animals to live there.

C. 70% of the world’s forests have had at least some logging.

D. Plants and wildlife can’t live in the left-over forest any more.

13. What are the camera traps intended for?

A. Monitoring the changes in the number of animals.

B. Detecting how many trees in the forests died naturally.

C. Finding out how many animals were in the forests.

D. Connecting the sensors to detect any movement.

14. What is the Yadvinder Malhi’s attitude toward logging in forests?

A Ambiguous. B. Objective. C. Doubtful. D. Favorable.

15. What can we learn about the last paragraph?

A. Conservationists are supposed to protect the wildlife in the logged forest.

B. Logging forests is the direct reason that causes climate change.

C. Conservationists think untouched forests are more important than the logged ones.

D. Compared with untouched forests, Logged forests can’t absorb any carbon dioxide.

第二节七选五(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可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Serendipity (缘分) can be a profound source of those moments that make life meaningful and turn the unexpected from a potential threat into a source of opportunity. ___16___

Set serendipity bridges.

Whenever you communicate with someone, cast a few bridges: concrete examples of your current interests, hobbies and vocation. This maximizes the chance that you and the other person “coincidentally” find out common ground and shared passions, triggering serendipity.

___17___

Imagine meeting a new person at a dinner party. Many of us might ask the unpleasant “So what do you do?” This tends to put the other person into a box that is hard to get out of. Positioning ourselves for smart luck means asking more open-ended questions, such as “What did you find most interesting about such-and-such?” or “What do you enjoy doing?” Such questions open up conversations that might lead to intriguing outcomes.___18___

Reflect on incidences when serendipity could have happened, but did not.

Perhaps you spilled coffee over someone, sensed some sort of connection, but did not start a conversation? Perhaps you were sitting in a meeting, had an unexpected idea, but did not raise it? ___19___ Identify the root cause (Fear of rejection?) and tackle it. For example, if it is based on fear of rejection, put yourself into potential positions of rejection – and get used to it!

Write down three things you would do if you had no limits and you couldn’t fail.

___20___And then the reasons why or how you can. Then act on them and make it happen!

A. What are you afraid of?

B. Change the way you ask questions.

C. What was it that held you back?

D. Avoid the unpleasant questions.

E. So, what new skills do you need to seize it?

F. It also helps you identify what brings you together and what sets you apart.

G. Write down the reasons why you think you cannot vary the situation.

第三部分语言运用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节完形填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

It was the day before Thanksgiving and Kaleb Benham was hanging around outside his home. His 90-pound pit bull, Buddy, was doing what dogs do: getting into trouble. Only this time, Buddy was getting into a whole lot of trouble.

The___21___sound that no one wants to hear alone in the woods___22___Benham’s attention. It was the deep___23___of a black bear. Benham___24___around to see the beast, which Benham___25___weighed around 350 pounds, some 100 feet away. In an instant, the bear took hold of Buddy’s head and started dragging him away. Benham took off after them. “___26___,” he told CBS13 in Sacramento, “the only thing I could think of was ‘save my baby.’”

Benham___27___the bear by the throat. Nothing. He tried opening its mouth, but the jaw was locked___28___. Benham beat the bear over and over around its snout and eye. It___29___. The bear dropped the dog and ran off into the___30___.

Buddy was___31___. His face was bloodied and his ears were___32___. He had a bite mark clear through his lip.

Buddy’s surgery took nearly four hours. Benham watched the___33___ through a window. This was the second time Benham had rescued Buddy, says CBS13. The_____34_____ was from a shelter a few years ago. “If it was your kid, what would you do?” he asked. Nodding toward Buddy, he added, “That’s my___35___.”

21. A. unavoidable B. unmistakable C. unchanged D. unconscious

22. A. paid B. caught C. received D. enjoyed

23. A. roar B. action C. gesture D. smile

24. A. jumped B. greeted C. wheeled D. bended

25. A. implies B. becomes C. prohibits D. figures

26. A. Honestly B. Slightly C. Potentially D. Apparently

27. A. bit B. hugged C. grabbed D. defeated

28. A. tightly B. loosely C. smoothly D. gently

29. A. failed B. integrated C. perceived D. functioned

30. A. woods B. river C. valley D. mountain

31. A. in bad shape B. in bad temper C. in bad mood D. in bad taste

32. A. resisting B. labeling C. hanging D. stretching

33. A. theme B. procedure C. appetite D. component

34. A. one B. another C. first D. former

35. A. classmate B. friend C. kid D. colleague

第二节语法填空(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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Spring Festival Gala Unveils Mascot Inspiration

___36___(probable) the most celebrated “rabbit” character in the upcoming Spring Festival Gala, the world’s most-watched TV program, Tu Yuanyuan, the cute and___37___(adore) mascot of the gala, made its public show in Beijing on Jan 8.

Yu Lei, the chief___38___(direct) of the Spring Festival Gala organized by China Media Group, said the image design of Tu Yuanyuan___39___(inspire) from the digital recreation of the fossil of___40___ancient rabbit___41___was believed to exist in Anhui province around several million years ago.

Yu added that the mascot’s design was created for multiple reasons, various from the big data investigation to___42___(display) the traditional aesthetics(美学) and highlighting the achievement___43___Chinese scientists.

___44___(host) by China International Television Corporation in association with China Television Industrial Group Co Ltd, a promotional event to release a series of cultural and creative____45____(product) about Tu Yuanyuan and its fellow mascot Tu Tuantuan was held in downtown Beijing on Sunday.

第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(满分15分)

46. 假定你是李华，得知你的外国朋友Tom在中国过年，想邀请他到你家过春节，一起体验中国节日文化。请给他写一封信，内容包括：

1.时间；

2.介绍中国春节的风俗习惯，加深他对中国传统文化的了解；

3.期待和他一起共度佳节。

Dear Tom,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

第二节(满分25分)

47. 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。

It was a bright May afternoon along the Maryland coast, and Jonathan Bauer, 51, a technology executive at a hospital, and his 13-year-old daughter, Ava, were taking full advantage of it. They were driving with the windows down as they headed home on the 14-mile-long, two-lane Route 90 bridge, which spans the shallow waters of Assa woman Bay. Suddenly, the calm was disturbed by the squeal of tires.

Not far ahead of them, a black pickup was sliding from one lane to the other. To the Bauers’ horror it crashed into a concrete barrier over the SUV directly ahead of them, and came to rest hanging over the railing of the bridge. Bauer hit the brakes in time to avoid the vehicles in his path, but a BMW car that had smashed into the guardrail on the right came sliding backward toward him. He turned left, but too late the BMW struck his Volvo’s fender before crashing into the vehicle behind him.

Bauer stopped the car. “Ava, are you OK? he asked, She was shaken, but otherwise unhurt.

He ran to the BMW. “Are you OK?” he asked the driver. She nodded, too shocked to speak. It came from the pickup, which had come to rest on its right side. The passenger at the back of the pickup and truck bed hung out past the guardrail, 30 or more feet above the waters of the bay.

The driver’s door threw open and a man climbed out. He dropped to the ground. Bauer ran up beside him. The man pointed down, saying something in Spanish.

In the water was a car seat. Moving next to it a girl, about two years old.

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A moment later, The little girl was less than ten feet away from Bauer.

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听力答案: 1-5 ABCAC  6-10 ACCBC  11-15 ACBBA  16-20 AABBC