2022-2023学年河南省许昌市禹州市重点中学高二下学期4月期中英语试题含答案

这是一份2022-2023学年河南省许昌市禹州市重点中学高二下学期4月期中英语试题含答案，共10页。试卷主要包含了 Frrest Gump， Rain Man等内容，欢迎下载使用。
  禹州市重点中学2023学年高二下学期期中考试英 语 试 题考试时间：100分钟；满分：120分第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分）第一节：（共15小题, 每小题2分, 满分30分）阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项, 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A   Basic information about three classical movies    1. Forrest Gump   "Stupid is as stupid does," says Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks in an Oscar-winning performance) as he discusses his relative level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century... (Click here to show more)    Rating: PG-13 (Under 13 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)    Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance    Directed By: Robert Zemeckis    Written By: Eric Roth    In Theaters: Jul 6, 1994 Wide    On Disc/Streaming: Aug 28, 2001    Box Office： $ 330,000,000    Runtime: 142 minutes    Studio: Paramount Pictures    2. Rain Man    Self-centered, avaricious Californian Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) is informed that his long-estranged father has died. Expecting at least a portion of the elder Babbitt's $ 3 million estate, Charlie learns that all he's inherited is his dad's prize roses and a 1949 Buick Roadmaster. Discovering that the $ 3 million is being held in trust for an unidentified party, Charlie heads to his home town of Cincinnati to ascertain who that party is…(Click here to show more)    Rating: R(Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)    Genre: Drama    Directed By: Barry Levinson    Written By: Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow, David Rayfiel, Barry Levinson    In Theaters: Dec 16, 1988 Wide    On Disc/Streaming: Jan 1, 2000    Runtime: 133 minutes    Studio: MGM    3. The Shawshank Redemption    In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most likely to crack under the pressure. But... (Click here to show more)    Rating: R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)    Genre: A Prison Drama    Directed By: Frank Darabont    Written By: Frank Darabont    In Theaters: Sep 10, 1994 Wide    On Disc/Streaming: Jan 27, 1998    Runtime: 142 minutes    Studio: Columbia PicturesWho is the director of Rain Man?            A.Frank Darabont.  B.Barry Morrow.   C.Barry Levinson    D.Robert Zemeckis.22.The type of The Shawshank Redemption is           .            A.prison drama    B.romance         C.love             D.comedy23.Which of the following persons is regarded to be unintelligent in the three movies?            A.Andy Dufresne.   B.Charlie Babbitt.   C.Forrest Gump.    D.Rain Man.BI am astonished at the way God knows when to send a special gift of encouragement at just the right time! It might be in a dream, a lost letter, a memory, or something found that we'd forgotten about.    My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. And summer after summer I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town where they lived. People knew everyone, their children, their pets, their ancestors.    Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting …She would make sandwiches and we'd have tea parties, plant flowers and carefully tend them. She loved knitting sweaters as well as making beautiful quilts　for her grandchildren. I remember the small thimble ( 顶 针 ) she would place on her finger while doing her needlework.    A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth for her new residence in Heaven, I bid farewell to my loving grandmother. How quickly our lives can change! We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday. I missed her very much, but I noticed it mostly on my birthdays, because there was no card from Grandma. She'd never forgotten my birthday!    On one particular birthday when I was feeling a little low, something happened and made me feel as if she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow; it was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam (缝) that I carefully opened, and, to my delight, out came a tiny silver thimble!    How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her! Not realizing k had fallen off her finger, I pictured her sewing h into that little pillow that I just happened to fluff (抖松), to place on my bedspread (床罩) that day. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others Id collected over the years. What a precious memory of a very special lady who, somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble into my pillow. I heated the kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and then enjoyed my tea and Grandma's thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was!24.In the author's memory, what would her grandmother do?            A. She would make sandwiches and hamburgers for her family.         B. She would wear a thimble for needlework every day.C. She would make beautiful quilts for money.         D. She would look after the flowers in the garden.25.What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 4 refer to?            A. The modern world's fast-changing life.          B. The fact that the grandmother had passed away.  The author's missing her grandmother.          D. The love the author got from her grandmother.26.How did the author feel when she found the thimble?            A. Surprised.               B. Regretful.                 C. Guilty.                D. Lonely.27.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?            A. Grandma's Thimble                                          B. Grandma's Life StoryC. The Joy of Finding Something Lost                D. The Importance of Putting Things AwayC   Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up after it keeps an older person company and helps them remember to take their medicine. That is the shared dream of the toy maker Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The researchers received a $ 3-million-dollar award from the National Science Foundation for a special project. They want to find ways to add artificial intelligence, or A.I., to Hasbro's “Joy for All” robotic    The cat has already been for sale for two years. Though priced over 1000 dollars, it sold quite well. It was meant to act as a “companion” for older people. Now the project is aimed at developing additional abilities for the cat. Researchers at Brown's Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative are working to decide which activities older adults may need the most. They hope to make the cat perform a small number of activities very well. Such activities include finding lost objects and reminding the person to take medicine or visit their doctor. They also want to keep the cost down to just a few hundred dollars.    It is an idea that has appealed to Jeanne Elliott. Her 93-year-old mother Mary Derr lives with her in South Kingstown. Derr has dementia (痴呆). The Joy for All cat that Elliott bought this year has become a true companion for Derr. The cat stays with Derr and keeps her calm while Elliott is at work. Elliott said a robotic cat that helps her mother to remember to take her medicine and be careful when she walks would be greater.    The researchers are trying to learn how the improved cats will complete helpful activities and how they will communicate. They say that they do not want a talking cat, however. Instead they are trying to design a cat that can move its head in a special way to successfully communicate its message. In the end, they hope to create an exchange between the human and the cat in which the human feels the cat needs them. By doing so, the researchers hope they can even help prevent feelings of loneliness and sadness among elderly people.    28.What's the purpose of the project?            A. To relieve the pain of the elderly.                   B. To promote the sales of a medicine.C. To invent a robotic cat for the elderly.           D. To help make the robotic cat smarter.29.Compared with the old model, the new robotic cat will be                   A. smaller              B. cheaper              C. more talkative             D. more expensive30.What does Paragraph 3 intend to tell us?            A. The cat gives much help to the elderly.        B. The more functions of the cat, the better.C. There is no cure for dementia at present.    D. Mary Derr would have died without the cat.31.What can we infer from the last paragraph?            A. A talking cat is quite popular among the elderly.         B. Feelings of sadness among the elderly are unavoidable.C. Each family can afford such a cat in the future.        D. The feeling of being needed is vital to the elderly.D    Everybody, at some point in their lives, has experienced failure. It could be something as simple as not getting the job you wanted, or getting fewer marks even after hard work. But what makes you is not your failure, but how you get back up after being hit.    Once, a young school boy was caught in a fire accident in his school and was assumed that he would not live. His mother was told that he was sure to die, for the terrible fire had destroyed the lower half of his body. Even if he were to survive, he would be lame throughout his life.    But the brave boy did not want to die nor did he want to be lame.  Much to the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. But unfortunately from his waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just hung there, lifeless. Eventually he left the hospital. But his determination to walk was unshakable. At home, when he was not in bed, he had to stay in a wheelchair. One day, he threw himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He reached the fence, raised himself up and then began dragging himself along the fence, firmly determined. He did this every day, with faith in himself that he would be able to walk unaided. With his iron determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk on and off, then to walk by himself and then to run.    He began to walk to school, and then run to school, to run for the joy of running. Later in college he was on the track team.    In February 1934, in New York City's Madison Square Garden, this young man who was not expected to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run-this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile.   A good example of the power of positive thinking and faith in one's self, Glenn Cunningham continues to be an inspiration for many, and his story, a brilliant evidence to how one can bounce back even when all difficulties are piled against one, to the degree that death seemed the preferable option.32.The first paragraph is intended to ________.            A. present an argument                                     B. make preparations for statementC. arouse readers' interest                                  D. function as a brief introduction33.What was the doctor's opinion about Glenn?            A. Glenn was able to walk with his own great effort.B. Great determination could make a difference to Glenn.C. There was a slim chance that Glenn could survive.D. Glenn could live a normal life with the upper halt of his body.34.What do we know about Glenn?            A. Glenn took recovery exercise in hospital.    B. Glenn inspired people with his moving story.C. Glenn won the first place in Marathon.        D. Glenn organized a track team in college.35.What can be a suitable title for the text?            A. Strengthen determination                             B. Stand up after failureC. Go after dreams                                            D. Face difficulty bravely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，在答题卡上将正确选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。Five steps to better handwritingSome kids love handwriting, but others hate when it’s time to put their pen to paper. Maybe they are worried about their handwriting. Are you one of them?   36.   Here are five steps that really work!Get a great graspTry this - hold your pencil at the top and try to write your name. Pretty hard? But when you hold your pencil the correct way, writing is much easier.   37.   Hold it in place with your thumb, and your index (食指) and middle fingers.Let the lines be your guideLined paper is your friend! Those lines can help you create letters that are the right size and proportion (均衡).   38.     Also be sure to fill up the lined space completely. Those capital letters should be from the bottom line to the top one.Slow down If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. If you rush, it’s hard to control where you stop and start your letters.Lower the pressure   39.    That makes it harder to make the smooth lines. Try easing up and don’t hold the pencil too tightly.   40.   Lots of games require you to write or draw pictures. So even though it’s not schoolwork, you’re still using the skills you need to control your pen better. A. Play gamesB. Ask for more adviceC. So “a” should be half the height of a capital “A”.  D. You’ve been writing since you were a little kid.E. Some kids press down really hard when they write.  F. The good news is that just about everyone can improve their handwriting.  G. The best way to hold a pen or pencil is to let it rest next to the base of your thumb.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）第一节 （共20小题, 每小题1.5分, 满分30分）阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。     Seventy years ago when I was 14, my father whom I loved very much passed away, and I needed to  41  for my mother and my younger brother and sister.  42  education and chance to study at school, I had no network of  43  either. Would hard work and determination be enough to see us through? Even if I could make a  44 , would I be able to make a success of my life?   I quickly discovered that trying to find a blueprint（蓝图，设想） for success in life would be  45 . I should focus instead on  46  between things which are within my control. If success was my  47 , it is important to control things within my  48  that can turn the tide（时机） around. I must recognize the sadness of poverty---I must  49  from disease, ignorance, dishonesty and laziness.   For example, when I found out I had TB(肺结核), I was determined to stay  50  by having the suitable amount of food, getting  51  exercise, and focusing on cleanliness（清洁，干净）.  52  , I must hunt for knowledge I hope to grasp by reading and learning to stay  53  . For the past 70 years, even after a 12 - hour day, I always try to  54  .   I could  55  laziness and dependence by being disciplined (自律). This attitude gives power to you and it can build up trust. Your  56  will show discipline, order and modesty（谦虚，稳住，朴实）. Having all these factors  57  has an extraordinary(非凡的) effect: it will  58  a frame(框架) for success, as it better  59  you to deal with circumstances（条件，境况） that are out of your control and when the time comes you will have the  60  to face.41.  A. callB. aimC. shoutD. provide42.  A. ThroughB. WithC. WithoutD. By43.  A. study B. supportC. lifeD. use44.  A. moneyB. decision C. storeD. living45.  A. uselessB. valuableC. puzzlingD. lucky46.  A. tellingB. doubtingC. provingD. persuading47.  A. luckB. chanceC. attentionD. goal48.  A. reachB. powerC. sightD. memory49.  A. sufferB. benefitC. surviveD. escape50.  A. activeB. fitC. energeticD. alone51.  A. properB. comfortableC. enjoyableD. responsible52.  A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. OtherwiseD. Besides53.  A. hungryB. eagerC. curiousD. anxious54.  A. learnB. workC. liveD. cure55.  A. treatB. forget C. seizeD. control56.  A. appearanceB. characterC. businessD.conversation57.  A. separated B. checkedC. combinedD. explained58.  A. winB. shapeC. defeatD. stand59.  A. allowsB. encouragesC. advisesD. prepares60.  A. courageB. chanceC. trustD. reason 第二节：（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，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，并将相应答案写在答题纸上。A 90-year-old has been awarded“Woman Of The Year”for   61   （be）Britain's oldest full-time employee-still working 40 hours a week. Now Irene Astbury works from 9am to 5pm daily at the pet shop in Macclesfield，   62   she opened with her late husband Les. Her years of hard work have   63  （final）been acknowledged after a customer nominated（提名）her to be Cheshire's Woman Of The Year.Picking up her“Lifetime Achievement”award，proud Irene   64  （declare） she had no plans   65   （retire） from her 36-year-old business. Irene said，“I don't see any reason to give up work. I love coming here and seeing my family and all the friends I   66  （make） over the years. I work not because I have to,   67   because I want to.”Granddaughter Gayle Parks，31-who works alongside her in the family business-said it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award. She said，“We don't have any idea who put grandma forward. When we got a call   68   （say）she was short-listed，we thought it was   69   joke. But then we got an official letter and we were blown away. We are so proud of her. It's   70   (wonder）.”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，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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，并在其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。  The winter holiday is coming, which made me excited. I have been looking forward at relaxing myself. I’d like to go skating, climb mountains and see several movie. I think I can play the basketball with my classmates. How a wonderful time I’ll have during the winter holiday! However, my parents think different. They don’t want me go out. They are afraid I’ll be knocked down by a truck, fallen off a tree, or fight with others. Beside, they are afraid I will lose my way. I hate being treated like a bird keeping in a cage. To get more freedom, I will try to persuade them.第二节：书面表达（满分25分）你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请以身边值得尊敬和爱戴的人为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：1.人物简介；2.尊敬和爱戴的原因。注意：1.词数100左右；2.短文题目和首句已为你写好。The person I respectThere are many respectable people around us.                                                                                                                                                                   __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________               参考答案