2022-2023学年陕西省咸阳市高二上学期期末质量检测英语试题Word版含答案

咸阳市2022-2023学年高二上学期期末质量检测

英语试题

注意事项：

1. 本试题共10页，满分150分，时间120分钟。

2. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名和准考证号填写在答题卡上。

3. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

4. 考试结束后，监考员将答题卡按顺序收回，装袋整理；试题不回收。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

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. How was the show? 

A. Amazing.    B. Disappointing.   C. Moving.

2. Where does the conversation probably take place? 

A. In a clothes shop.  B. In a bank.  C. In a restaurant.

3. What is the man doing? 

A. Listening to the news. B. Enjoying a TV series. C. Watching a game.

4. What does the woman mean? 

A. The man is mistaking her for someone else.

B. Someone has told her the news.

C. She feels proud of herself.

5. When did the man begin waiting at the station?

A. At 7:00.   B. At 6:30.   C. At 7:30.

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's the man's favorite color?

A. Yellow.   B. Green.   C. Brown.

7. Why do the speakers put off buying the sofa? 

A. It's not the right size. B. It is heavy looking. C. It will be cheaper next month.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is the man asking the woman for?

A. Help with his research.

B. Advice on the company's products.

C. Advice on his job interview.

9. What is the woman always ready to do?

A. Wear casual clothes. B. Go shopping with the man. C. Learn more about the company.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where will the woman go? 

A. To the playground. B. To the park. C. To her house.

11. What has the woman been doing recently?

A. Practicing basketball.     B. Babysitting.   C. Taking care of plants.

12. How often does the man play basketball?

A. Every day.     B. Every two days. C. Once a week.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What are the speakers mainly talking about? 

A. Some websites.   B. Some great teenagers. C. Some photos.

14. What did Charlie Watson do? 

A. He created a website. B. He had his own soccer club. C. He earned a billion dollars at 17.

15. What does the woman say about Anna Philipova?

A. She put out a fire by herself.

B. She saved her two brothers from a fire.

C. She climbed the highest mountain in the Andes.

16. How did Malik Monroe raise money? 

A. By organizing concerts. B. By working in hospitals. C. By collecting money in schools.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How long could the film last at most? 

A. 12 minutes.   B. 11 minutes.    C. 8 minutes.

18. What kind of films are required this year? 

A. Comedy.      B. Horror.          C. Drama.

19. What is the topic of the films this year? 

A. The family.  B. The weather.    C. Changes in a day.

20. Where will the best films be shown? 

A. At the Market Square.    B. At the London Theatre. C. At the Town Hall.

第二部分：阅读理解(共两节, 满分40分)

第一节(共15小题, 每小题2分, 满分30分)

阅读下列四篇短文, 从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

Londoners love a market. It's the combination of eating, chatting and browsing. Lovely stuff. Locals and tourists continue to rush to the capital's best stalls and these days there's a huge range of markets across London. Below you'll find the very best markets in London.

Borough Market

Next to London Bridge, this food market has existed in some forms since at least 1014. It's now best known as a foodie's paradise where Londoners come to buy top-quality meats, fish, fruit and veg, fresh-baked bread, cakes and sweet treats, oils and vinegar, and pretty much anything else they desire. Borough Market is open Monday to Saturday, with Saturday the busiest day.

Broadway Market

Since being reopened in 2004, this Hackney street market has become attractive to fashion lovers. It is packed every Saturday from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. with arty students and East End creative types filling their tote bags with organic groceries, vintage clothes, fresh flowers, coffee, books and unusual handmade gifts.

Portobello Road Market

Portobello Road Market is really five markets in one, with different sections dedicated to second-hand goods, clothing and fashion, household essentials. You'll find the greatest range of antiques stalls on Saturdays.

Brick Lane Market

The streets of East London's Brick Lane are lined with stalls selling anything and everything on Sundays. You can find bargain fruit and veg, and electrical products, but this market's Unique Selling Point is its unpredictability：You could bag a second-hand bargain， or spend hours sifting（挑选）through inexpensive goods.

21. What is special about Borough Market?

A. Its excellent food.    B. Its convenient location.

C. Its length of open hours.   D. Its range of goods.

22. Which day is the best day for most markets?

A. Monday    B. Tuesday.   C. Saturday.   D. Sunday.

23. If you want to find something unexpected, which market should you go?

A. Borough Market   B. Broadway Market.

C. Portobello Road Market.  D. Brick Lane Market.

B

George Shull was born in 1874 on a farm in Clark County, Obio, and his knowledge of plants and hybrids came at an early age. Being needed on the farm, Shull received his early formal education off and on. However, it was supplemented (增补)by intense home study so that by 1892, he was teaching in a public school, and later attending Antioch College.

In 1901, he graduated from Antioch and went to the University of Chicago to do graduate work. With his knowledge of botany and experience with farming practices, Shull passed a Civil Service exam, and was appointed as a botanical assistant at the U. S. National Herbarium. He also worked at the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry as a botanical expert examining the plants and animals of Chesapeake Bay and Currituck Sound. The data he collected during this time was to comprise his Ph. D. thesis. And in 1904 he was appointed to be in charge of plant work at the Station for Experimental Evolution.

He began working on corn in 1905. Following Gregor Mendel's example, Shull obtained purebred (纯种的)lines of com through self-pollination (自花受粉). The pure-bred lines were less healthy and productive, but when he crossed the pure-bred lines, the hybrid yields were better than any of the parents or those pollinated in the open fields. He immediately recognized the potential for using this strategy to improve crop yields.

In 1915, Shull accepted a professorship at Princeton University. With his encouragement, Princeton University Press began the publication of a new journal, Genetics. Shull was the managing editor for ten years. Genetics is still one of the top international science journals.

Shull retired in 1942. He and his wife spent most of their later years with their children and grandchildren.

24. What does the underlined part “off and on” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. Not surprisingly.  B. Very formally  C. Very excellently.  D. Not regularly,

25. What's Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. George Shull's contributions.    B. George Shull's research

C. George Shull's work experience. D. George Shull's education.

26. What was so special about Shull's method of corn breeding?

A. It focused on crossing pure-bred lines

B. It was first published in Genetics

C. It was widely accepted in Ohio

D. It completely relied on self-pollination

27. How does the author mainly develop the text?

A. By giving examples.  B. By following time order,

C. By making comparisons.  D. By presenting a scientific study.

C

The earliest discovered cave paintings date back to the Upper Paleolithic (旧石器)period. We might expect that they would be simply made, but the cave paintings of Spain and southern France show a high degree of skill. So do the cave paintings in southern Africa. Some of those appear to have been painted as much as 28, 000 years ago, which suggests that painting in Africa is as old as painting in Europe. The early Australians may have painted on the walls of rock shelters at least 30, 000 years ago.

The researchers identified three principal locations of paintings in the caves of western Europe :in obviously inhabited rock shelters and cave entrances; in galleries near the inhabited areas of caves; and in the inner reaches of caves, whose difficulty of access has been interpreted as a sign that magical- religious activities were performed there.

The subjects of the paintings are mostly animals. The paintings rest on bare walls, with no decoration. Perhaps, like many contemporary peoples, Upper Paleolithic men believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury, and if that were their belief, it might explain why human figures are rarely found in cave art. Another explanation for the focus on animals might be that these people sought to improve their luck at hunting.

The particular symbolic significance of the cave paintings in south western France is more clearly revealed by the results of a study. The data suggest that the animals in the cave paintings were mostly the ones that the painters preferred for meat. For example, wild cattle and horses are found more often than we would expect by chance, probably because they were larger and heavier(meatier)than other animals in the environment. In addition, the paintings mostly draw animals that the painters may have feared the most because of their size, speed, natural weapons such as horns. That is, mammoths(猛犸)are drawn more often than deer.

28. What do we know about cave painting in Europe?

A. It is older than painting in southern Africa.

B. It is much more than 30, 000 years old.

C. It is much older than painting in Australia.

D. It is as much as 28, 000 years old.

29. What makes people think certain paintings were connected with magical-religious activities?

A. The paintings were in cave entrances.

B. The paintings were in hard-to-reach places.

C. The paintings were obviously more attractive.

D. The paintings were similar to those in galleries.

30. Why are human figures rarely found in the cave painting?

A. Human figures could improve their hunting luck.

B. Human figures were too difficult to draw at that time.

C. The drawings of human figures were believed to cause death.

D. The drawings of human figures differ from those of contemporary people.

31. Which best represents hunters' attitude to deer in the Upper Paleolithic period?

A. Hunters did not fear deer as much as mammoths.

B. Hunters didn't hunt deer because of their size and speed.

C. Hunters avoided deer because of their natural weapons.

D. Hunters preferred deer's meat to those of other animals.

D

Soot( 煤 )pollution is speeding up climate-driven melting in Antarctica, a new study suggests, raising questions about how to protect the delicate continent from the increasing number of humans who want to visit.

“It really makes us question, is our presence really needed?” says Alia Khan, one of the authors of the new study, “We have quite a large black carbon footprint in Antarctica, which is enhancing snow and ice melt. ”

Black carbon is the leftover thing from burning plants or fossil fuels. Soot in Antarctica comes primarily from waste gases of cruise ships (游轮), vehicles and airplanes, although some pollution travels on the wind from other parts of the globe. The dark particles (微粒)coat white snow and absorb heat from the sun the way a black T-shirt does on a warm day. The blanket of dark bits speeds up melting that was already happening more quickly because of global warming.

When snow and ice are uncovered, they reflect an enormous amount of sunlight before it can turn into heat. “These are the mirrors on our planet, ”says Sonia Nagorski, a scientist at the University of Alaska Southeast. “When those mirrors are covered in a film of dark bits, they don't send back that much light and heat. That means more heat is trapped on Earth, speeding up melting and contributing to global warming. ”

As a scientist who personally visits Antarctica every year, Khan says she is troubled by her own research results. On the one hand, she goes to Antarctica to collect crucial data about how quickly the snow and ice there are disappearing. “But then when we come to conclusions like this it really does make us think twice about how frequently we need to visit the continent, " she says, “and what kind of regulations should be placed on tourism as well. ”That could mean requiring that cruise ships and vehicles be electric, for example, or limiting the number of visitors each year.

32. What is Khan's attitude towards human actions in Antarctica according to Paragraph 2?

A. Angry and abusive.      B. Cold and uninterested.

C. Doubtful and anxious.      D. Admiring and delighted

33. What is the main cause of soot pollution in Antarctica?

A. The quick melting of ice and snow.   B. The emission from virous transport.

C. The remaining parts of burning plants.  D. The floating gases from other continents.

34. What do we know from Nagorski?

A. The covered ice is less reflective.

B. The melting speed of ice is slower than before.

C. The dark blanket serves as a big mirror.

D. The sunlight gets increasingly stronger recently.

35. Which is the most suitable title for the text?

A. What Made Our Planet So Polluted?

B. Who Is to Blame for Air Pollution?

C. Can Electric Vehicles Save Tourism?

D. Are We Welcome to the South Pole?

第二节(共5小题, 每小题2分, 满分10分)

根据短文内容, 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。

By 2050 we'll be able to send memories, emotions and feelings across the Internet. 36_______

Teenagers will love it. Instead of putting an emoticon(表情符号)at the end of every sentence, they will use an emotion: anger, happiness, or excitement.

I'm talking about telepathy (心灵感应), really. We'll still communicate the traditional way.

37____________ Our children will wonder: What is a keyboard? We will enter the age of the "brain net".

Medicine will develop fast, too. 38________, and we will have begun to treat the disease like the common cold. We'll live with it. It will no longer be deadly. We won't fear it like we used to. Technology will help in this respect. 39 Smart toilets will perform liquid biopsies to discover cancer cells. Smart objects like phones will check us over automatically.

40___________. By 2050 I think we'll be able to grow many of the important organs(器官)of the body and, rather than allow the organs we're born with to become old and weak, well replace them.

That's all coming. And it doesn't take much imagination to realise it.

A. We will do a few tests

B. People will live an easy life

C. We will have cured certain forms of cancer

D. Brain science will have changed communication

E. We can already use human cells to grow skin, noses, ears, etc

F. But communicating telepathically will avoid misunderstandings between people

G. Our clothes will discover the beginnings of a heart disease, and advise us to get treatment

第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节, 满分45分)

第一节完形填空(共20小题, 每小题1. 5分, 满分30分)

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

The word “happy” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by hardship. The circular motion between happiness and 41 is the one I've been dealing with lately.

A year ago, I developed troubling symptoms in my left 42 . My husband sent me 43 to a specialist who said I had already suffered some everlasting loss of vision and would, without 44 , go blind in that eye within months. And I urgently 45 to begin painful eye injections. Almost blind? Painful eye injections? I was 46 . What if the 47 medicine didn't work? What if my right eye developed the same condition? I 48 thought that, amazingly, the medicine was only three years old; before that, patients just went blind.

Over that long week, I 49 myself to casually 50 sadness, to cry and acknowledge my fears about my very fragile body. I 51 to be near anybody but my husband. Fortunately, I 52 pretty quickly, within the week. During this 53 time, I posted my 54 in my blog and received great care and support from friends online, which filled my heart with 55 and encouraged me to receive the eye injections. Besides, the doctor 56 the efficacy ( 功 效 ) of the medicine. In the end, I bravely received the eye injections and they were very successful. I was lucky enough to see the world again with my healthy eye.

Finally, I gained a 57 insight: being your happiest self isn't equal to a lifetime of 58 skies, and we are bound to 59 storms of life. Knowing this can help us 60 difficulties optimistically and adapt to the change of life.

41. A. loneliness B. tiredness C. sadness D. greatness

42. A. eye  B. arm C. leg D. ear

43. A. suddenly B. carelessly C. secretly D. immediately

44. A. luck  B. treatment C. apology D. discussion

45. A. needed B. expected C. managed D. congratulated

46. A. in relief B. in anger C. in peace D. in panic

47. A. new B. traditional C. strong D. folk

48. A. rarely B. frequently C. occasionally D. mistakenly

49. A. prevented B. encouraged C. forced D. permitted

50. A. lay down B. hold back C. fall into D. meet with

51. A. desired B. promised C. refused D. attempted

52. A. gave in B. cheered up C. gave up D. broke down

53. A. terrible B. sweet C. spare D. precious

54. A. project B. challenge C. performance D. choice

55. A. guilt B. pride C. hope D. upset

56. A. blamed B. analyzed C. investigated D. guaranteed

57. A. wrong B. common C. funny D. valuable

58. A. sunny B. cloudy C. rainy D. snowy

59. A. disturb B. experience C. forget D. assign

60. A. admit B. exchange C. face D. have

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。

The Sad Zither is a famous seven-verse poem 61_______ (write)by Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin (813—858). Due to its rich imagery, the poem is regarded as one of 62_______ (hard)poems to explain and translate.

In 63 _________ beginning of the poem, the poet looks at his zither and recalls the death of his beloved wife. The big number of strings, which might not be the real number, is mentioned 64 ________ (show) his feeling. With so many strings, his zither creates complicated tones, 65______ (suggest) the sorrow and depression the poet feels. The reality is so cruel that he wishes everything 66 _________ happened was untrue. In this part, he uses four Chinese ancient myths and legends: Zhuangzi, a philosopher, dreams of being a butterfly and couldn't distinguish dream 67_______ reality; the ancient emperor Wang becomes a cuckoo and always cries; mermaid's tears become pearl and vapor of jade from Lantian County can 68________ (see)in the sunlight. The first three stories all create a sad atmosphere. Though the last legend describes a beautiful scene, it's hard to reach, implicating the hopelessness.

Actually, the four 69 ________ (story)he chose indicate Li's dissatisfaction with his life.

In the end, the poet 70___________(direct)expresses his point. He wrote about his regret toward the passing years and the helplessness of being unable to change anything, even if he was given the chance to live those years again.

第四部分：写作(共两节, 满分35分)

第一节短文改错(共10小题, 每小题1分, 满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10 处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(/\), 并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉

修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Last Saturday, my parents and I paid visit to my grandparents by train. Though there was a large number of people in the crowded train, everyone help those who had lots of baggage and behaved politely. Along the way, we enjoyed beautifully views. At first, we saw one hill after another. Then which came into our eyes were fields with green crops. After a six-hour trip, they arrived at my grandparents' house. Exhausted as I felt, but I was happy to see my grandparents, who I have not seen for a long time. Is really an excited trip because it was the first time I had taken so a long-distance train.

第二节书面表达(满分25分)

假定你是李华, 你的外国朋友Jessie写信给你, 向你倾诉她深受不良生活习惯的困扰, 请你根据下列要点给她写一封建议信。内容包括：

1. 不良生活习惯的危害；

2. 你的建议, 如定期锻炼, 保证睡眠等；

3. 你的祝愿。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

Dear Jessie,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua