广东省佛山市顺德区第一中学2022-2023学年高二下学期4月期中英语试题（不含听力）

顺德一中 2022-2023 学年第二学期期中考试

高一英语试题

命题人：周丽婵审核人：毕张狮

本试卷共81题，共8页，满分150分，考试用时120分钟

注意事項：

1、答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上，并用2B铅笔在答题卡的相应位置填涂考生号。

2、选择题作答时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案信息点涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。写在本试卷上无效。

3、非选择题作答时，必须用黑色宇迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。写在本试卷上无效。

4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后将答题卡交回。

第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节 听力理解（共6小题；每小题2分，满分12分）

材料及问题播放两遍。每段后有三个小题，各段播放前有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题的问题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第一段材料，回答第1-3题。

1.A. To let him sign a document.  B. To give him customer details  C. To hand a project over to him

2.A. In person.      B. By email.      C. Over the phone.

3.A. Working overseas.    B. Meeting new workmates.   C. Traveling around Australia.

听第二段材料，回答第4-6题

4.A. The bedrooms     B. The storeroom.     C. The living room.

5.A. On toot.      B. By car.       C. By bas.

6.A. On the 20th     B. On the 21st      C. On the 23td

第二节 回答问题（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）

听下面一段材料，然后回答问题材料及问题读两遍。

7.________________.  8._______________.

9.________________.  10.______________, including making a hole in

第二部分 阅读（共三节，满分40分）

第一节 阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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

Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties (地方特色菜) in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.

Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman's charisma is key. "Food TV isn't about food anymore," says Flay. "It's about your personality and finding a way to keep people's eyeballs on your show."

But Lieberman isn't putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights; Lieberman got the job.

11. What does the word "charisma" underlined in the text refer to?

A. A natural ability to attract others.    B. A way to show one's achievement.

C. Lieberman's after-class interest.     D. Lieberman's fine cooking skill

12. Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?

A. He could prepare meals in a small kitchen.  B. He was famous for his show on Food TV

C. He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches D. He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals.

13. What can we learn about Lieberman from the text?

A. He is clever but lonely.      B. He is friendly and active.

C. He enjoys traveling around     D. He often changes his menus

B

For many year, Bruce Bexler dreamed of going where no human had gone before. He wanted to cut a path through unexplored lands and discover rare species. That might sound like an impossible dream, but Bexler turned it inot a reality.

In December 2015, he and a team of Australian and American scientists explored into a remote tropical rain forest on the island of New Guinea. They were the first people ever to enter the mist-covered region. "As time was limited, we were dropped in by helicopter. Once we were on the ground, there were no trails (踪迹) anywhere; it was really hard to get around," Bexler says.

Within minutes of landing, the team spotted a black chicken-like bird with strange orange skin hanging from its neck. The scientists soon determined that the unusual creature was a type of honeyeater — the first new bird species to be sighted on New Guinea in 60 years.

The honeyeater wasn't the only surprise for the scientists. They discovered more than 40 previously unknown plant and animal species —13 birds of paradise, 20 frogs, 4 butterflies, and 5 palms. "We were like kids in a candy store," Bexler recalls. "Everywhere we looked, we saw amazing things we had never seen before."

The newfound species didn't shy away from the scientists. Two long-nosed echidnas-primitive egg-laying mammals — let the visitors pick them up and take them back to camp to study them. An echidna looks like a hedgehog and is also called a spiny anteater.

Bexler thinks the animals weren't scared because they had never seen humans before. "In almost all parts of New Guinea, animals are hunted for food, and because of this, they are very cautious of people," he explains. "This area gives scientists a place where they can go to study the behaviours of animals that have not yet learned to be afraid of people."

Scientists believe the area is probably the largest untouched forest in Asia. Local people called Kwerba hunt and collect plants from outer-edges of the forest but told Bexler that not even their ancestors had gone so far into the woods. The wooded area is approximately a 10-day walk from the nearest village.

Bexler and his team did not have enough time during the expedition to study the area completely. They hope to return and expect to record many more undiscovered species. "We just scratched the surface, Bexler says. "Anyone who goes there will come back with a mystery."

14. Which word best describes Bruce Bexler?

A. Adventurous   B. Cautious   C. Optimistic    D. Gentle

15. What does Bruce Bexler mean in Para. 5 when he says the scientists "were like kids in a candy store"?

A. They were acting like naughty children

B. They were very excited about what they saw.

C. They didn't have enough food and were hungry.

D. They knew that if they kept searching, they'd find sugar.

16. Why did some of the animals allow the scientists to pick them up?

A. The scientists seemed to be very friendly

B. The scientists were skilled in handling animals.

C. The animals had no experience or fear of people.

D. The animals had been well-trained by the local people

17. What can we conclude about the area Bruce Beler explored?

A. The best way to explore the area is by helicopter.

B. The area has not been visited by scientists for many years

C. The area still contains many plants and animals unknown to science

D. The locals are unwilling to allow the scientists to enter the deep woods.

C

To know parents' influence on students' learning, researchers studied 438 kids and their parents. Before a school year started, the researchers asked parents to write down how anxious they would feel in different situations connected with math like planning their money spending or checking their house's size. They also checked their children's math ability and math anxiety in a school year.

The study found kids whose parents were anxious about math learned less math over the school year. And these kids didn't perform as well on the tests as those who hadn't been exposed to much anxiety. Besides, these kids also were more likely to become nervous about math themselves. But these kids only "caught" that anxiety if their parents has often tried to help with their homework. This is an example of good intentions having a had result.

The study's result appeared in Psychological Science. Erin Maloney led the study. As someone who has personally experienced math anxiety, she says, "I was always very nervous about math, not only taking test but also learning the new concepts. So I really tried to balk at math, including finding excuses to miss math tests and not wanting to do math homework. "It was only after she how math could be applied to her passion that she started to enjoy math.

Parents with math anxiety should still support their kids as the kids work on math homework, though. But they should know helping kids with schoolwork requires more than just going over facts and concepts. Parents should help kids look for ways to have fun with math, like playing math-based games. When kids have difficulty in learning, encourage them to bravely face it but don't make them nervous.

What can students do if they're already nervous about math? Maloney says, "My earlier study showed that students who wrote about their fears of math for 7 to 10 minutes before taking a math test performed better on that test. After the writing process, many students said their fears weren't such a big deal."

18. The 438 kids' parents were asked to present ______.

A. their attitudes to school education    B. their opinions on kids' math ability

C. their ways to solve kids' math anxiety   D. their math anxiety levels in their daily life

19. What result did Maloney's team report in Psychological Science?

A. Kids are more likely to be afraid of math.   

B. Some parents pay little attention to their kids' study

C. Kids can pick up negative thoughts about math from their parents.

D. Parents should help with their kids' homework at little as possible.

20. What advice would Maloney probably give to students on their math anxiety?

A. Working closely with their math teachers   B. Seeking help during their learning process

C. Sparing some time to go over their notes daily  D. Removing math anxiety by admitting it to themselves.

第二节 语句排序（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）

将下列几个部分（A、B、C、D、E）按照题号排序，构成一个符合逻辑的完整语篇。

A. It turned out that the second group remembered the information better. In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the Internet. The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夹).

B. According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memory as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive (交互) memory. This doesn't mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.

C. As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remembering less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory—your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.

D. In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow her research team wanted to know whether the Internet is changing memory. In one experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information while the second group understood that the computer would not save it.

E. Surprisingly, people later remembered the folder location better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called "transactive memory".

第三节 选句填空（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。

What Makes Art Valuable?

Why do people buy art? An even bigger question is, why do people pay tens of millions of dollars to own art? Is it for status, prestige (威望), and approval from peers? One thing to remember is that value isn't only linked to its artist quality.    26  

Provenance

In the art world, an artwork's value can be the result of provenance. In other words, who has owned the painting in the past.    27    The masterpiece went from a value of less than $10,000 when David Rockefeller first owned it, to upwards of $72 million when it was later sold by Sotheby's.

The Thrill of Auction (拍卖)

The salerooms at Christie's or Sotheby's are full of billionaires -- or better yet, their advisors.    28    They know when to bump up a lot and when to slightly tip the scales. They're running the show and it's their job to make sure the highest bidder (竞价者) has a shot and that values soar.

Historical Significance

Historical significance works in a couple of ways when it comes to determining the value of art. Firstly, you can consider the piece in terms of importance to art history in is genre. For example, a painting by Claude Monet is worth more than other more recent impressionist work since Monet changed the standard of art history and impressionism as a whole.    29    After all, art is often a reflection of the culture of its time and as it became a product, art was affected by political and historical changes.

   30    Whether in a perfect storm, of passion and desire or a calculated risk of business deals and rewards, art collectors continue to spend millions upon millions upon millions each year at art auctions. What makes art valuable beyond the cost of supplies and labor? We may never truly understand.

A. World history also affects the value of art.

B. It's interesting to explore what makes art valuable.

C. It seems as though all of these factors combine to determine the value of art

D. Auctioneers are skilled salesmen who help raise those prices up and up and up

E. It's obvious that changes in polities have a historical effect on the value of art to different people

F. For instance, art describing beautiful women tends to be sold for higher prices than that of beautiful men.

G. For example, Mark Rothko's White Center was owned by the Rockefeller family, one of America's most powerful dynasties.

第三部分 综合运用（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格处的最佳选项。

In the dining room of my grandfather's house stood a large clock. When I was a child, the old clock    31    me very much. I was surprised at how the clock would chime (敲) three times, six times or more, with a wonderful clear    32    I often paid attention to it instead of the foods when I had meals. And always the clock stood like an old family friend, watching over the laughter that was a part of our lives.

It was even more    33    to me when my grandfather carefully wound up (上发条) that clock with a special    34    each day. The key was    35    to me. It kept the clock    36    and chiming. How did it do that? I watched as my grandfather took the key from his pocket and opened the door in the old clock and used the key to wind-not too much, nor too little. He never lot that clock wind down and    37   .When I got a little older, he taught me how to open the door and let me wind up the clock myself. I remember the first time I did, I felt so excited to be part of the family routine.

After my grandfather    38   , it was days after the funeral (葬礼) before I remembered the clock!

"Mama! The clock! We've let it wind down."

Tears flowed freely when I entered the dining room. The    39    on the clock were frozen. The old house was quiet. I took the key with my    40    hand and opened the door. All of a    41    I was a child again, watching my grandfather with his silver-white hair and blue eyes. He was there, winking at me. I stood there,    42    in the memories. Then slowly and    43   , I wound up the clock. Tick-tock, tick-tock... The dining room and the house seemed to be filled with    44   . In the image of the clock, my grandfather also    45    again.

31.A. disappointed    B. encouraged     C. interested    D. confused

32.A. picture     B. sound      C. noise     D. time

33.A. wonderful    B. strange     C. different    D. colorful

34.A. pen      B. ring      C. clock     D. key

35.A. small     B. lovely      C. beautiful    D. magic

36.A. ticking     B. singing     C. speaking    D. laughing

37.A. go      B. play      C. stop     D. leave

38.A. gave in     B. passed away    C. turned over    D. took off

39.A. face     B. door      C. hands     D. eyes

40.A. wet      B. broken      C. dirty     D. shaking

41.A. while     B. sudden     C. moment    D. once

42.A. closed     B. lost      C. waited     D. turned

43.A. directly     B. immediately    C. carefully    D. properly

44.A. joy      B. excitement     C. fun     D. life

45.A. came     B. walked     C. lived     D. listened

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。

One of the activities during Qingming Holiday is a "Spring Outing",    46    means going out to appreciate the beautiful scenes of nature. Most Chinese people then go back home for tomb sweeping and take the opportunity    47    (have) a short outdoor tour during the three-day holiday. The majority of people prefer to visit scenic spots located in    48    (they) own provinces within a short drive or flight, and therefore, it may lead to traffic congestion (拥堵) and accommodation tension.

Before the COVID-19 epidemic.    49    number of people travelling and ticket sales of scenic spots rose year-on-year. According to the data    50    (release) by the China Tourism Academy, a total of 43.25 million domestic trip    51    (make) from April 4 to 6,2020, and the tourist satisfaction index (指数) hit a record high of 88.8 since the corona virus pandemic was being    52    (efiect) controlled across the country.

Online ticket sales for red tourism scenic spots, local history museums, as well as cemetery parks (陵园) and    53    (memory) halls if heroes and martyrs (烈士) saw a year-on-year increase. For cultural tourism, programs ranged from exhibitions    54    operas, which, along with folk culture, are appreciated during the holiday. Hence,    55    (destination) including museums, townships of cultural heritage, and unique customs and traditions are all popular choices for tourists.

第四部分 词汇基础（共两节，满分20分）

第一节 词义匹配（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据句子内容，从每组的选项中选出能匹配句子中划线部分意义的选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

第一组

56. The actor was voted the most promising newcomer for his part in the movie.

57. Through his continuous endeavor, he has now established his reputation as a popular musician.

58. During the practice, Joe developed a real passion for acting.

59. All the students present found the speech made by the headmaster very uplifting.

60. We are conducting a survey of consumer attitudes towards organic food.

A. a strong liking or enthusiasm for sth

B. a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way

C. showing signs of being good or successful

D. the opinion people have about how good or bad someone or something is

E. making you feel happier or more hopeful

F. to state or show that sth. is true or correct, especially by providing evidence

G. to carry out a particular activity or process, especially in order to get information or prove facts

第二组

61. Despite her illness, she remains actively engaged in shaping policy.

62. Local people are questioning the wisdom of spending so much money on a new road.

63. Training is part of our ongoing career development program.

64. She recognized the potential for error in the method being used.

65. It is self-evident that childhood experiences influence our adult behaviour.

A. obvious and needing on further proof or explanation

B. continuing to exist or develop

C. public respect and thanks for someone's work or achievements

D. to be doing or to become involved in an activity

E. possibility of being developed or used.

F. to combine something in such a way that it becomes fully a part of something else

G. good sense and judgment, based especially on your experience of life

第二节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，用单词的恰当形式填空，并把完整单词填写在答题卷相应的位置上。

66. The bus was very ______, and we had to stand.

67. It was amazing that these plants c______ such a serious drought.

68. The tourists lost in the mountains felt hopeless because no one came to their l______.

69. Immediate ______ should be taken to keep the balance of the ecology.

70. Students are encouraged to show ______ (原创性) in their work.

71. The spirit shown by the explorers on the journey was really ______.

72. ______ from his facial expression, he was rather annoyed.

73. These citizens are ______ (拥护者) of green life and they prefer to cycle to work.

74. I felt extremely fit, both physically and ______

75. He had worked ______ (精力充沛) all day on his new book.

第五部分 书面表达（共两节，满分40分）

第一节完成句子（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）

根据前后文及所给中文在空格处用合适的短语或词组完成句子。

76. You are old enough to ______ (独立于) your parents.

77. She ______ (偶遇) some old photographs in a drawer. (提示词：c~)

78. He ______ (对……置之不理) his family when he became famous. (提示词：t~)

79. We need to make people ______ (意识到) the importance of environmental protection. (提示词：a~)

80. Unable to walk on, they ______ (躲避) the storm in a cottage. (提示词：s~)

第二节 应用文写作（共1小题；每小题25分，满分25分）

81.你校正在组织英语演讲比赛。请以身边值得尊敬和爱戴的人为题，写一篇演讲稿参赛。

内容包括：

1、人物简介

2、尊敬和爱戴的原因。

注意：

1、词数 100 词左右；

2、可以适当发挥，以使行文连贯；

3、格式已给出，不计入总词数。

参考答案

第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）

略

第二部分阅读（共三节，满分40分）

第一节 阅读理解（共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 20 分）

11-13CDB  14-17ABCC   18-20DCD

第二节 语句排序（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

21-25CDAEB

第三节选句填空（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

26-30 CDAEG

第三部分综合运用（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）

31-35CBADD   36-40ACBCD   41~45BBCDC

第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

46.which；47.to have；48.their，49.the；50.released

51.are made；52.effectively；53.memorial；54.to；55.destinations

第四部分词汇基础（共两节，满分20分）

第一节单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

56-60CDAEG   61-65DGBEA

第二节单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

66.crowded；67.caused；68.location；69.measures；70.originality

71.amazing；72.Judged；73.supporters；74.mentally；75.energetically

第五部分书面表达（共两节，满分40分）

第一节完成句子（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）

76.be separated from；77.came across；78.turned his back on

79.be aware of；80.sheltered themselves from

第二节应用文写作（满分25分）

The Person I Respect

We have a lot of respectable people around us. They may be our teachers, parents, or one of our elders. As for me, my father is the person I respect most. My father is a teacher who loves his work and his students very much. He works very hard every day but he will also spare some time to accompany me and share many funny things with me about his work.

When I come across the problems of learning in my study, my father will listen to me patiently and encourage me to overcome the difficulties bravely. He achieved a lot in his work, respected by his students. So, in my mind my father is the person I respect most and I love him deeply.