江西省上饶市2022-2023学年高二下学期期末教学质量测试英语试卷

上饶市2022-2023学年度下学期期末教学质量测试

高二英语试卷

考试总分：150分 考试时间：120分钟

考生注意：

1．本试卷分第1卷（选择题）和第11卷（非选择题）两部分。

2．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在答题卡上。

3．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，再选涂其他答案标号。答案必须在答题卡上完成，答案在本试卷上无效。

4．考试结束后，只交答题卡。

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，录音内容结束后，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 did Jennifer do last week?

A.She did a city tour.

B.She took a business trip.

C.She visited a new restaurant.

2.What is Andy like?

A.Talkative.

B.Unsociable.

C.Helpful.

3.What is the relationship between the speakers?

A.Doctor and patient.

B.Teacher and student.

C.Father and daughter.

4.Why is Lily mentioned in the conversation?

A.She told a lie.

B.She broke the cup.

C.She was blamed wrongly.

5.What are the speakers talking about?

A.When Mark went to Qatar with his friends.

B.How Mark watched Qatar World Cup.

C.Why Mark is going to Qatar.

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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迫．

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.What will the speakers take the kids to do?

A.Play at an amusement park.

B.Enjay a town trip.

C.Visit the travel town museum.

7.When will the family go out?

A.On Friday.

B.On Saturday.

C.On Sunday.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8.What can Alice write for the contest?

A.A poem within 20 lines.

B.A story within 20 pages.

C.A poem of any length.

9.Which category does Alice belong to?

A.Grades 3-5.

B.Grades 8-9.

C.Grades 10-12.

10.What prize will the winners get?

A.A certificate.

B.Some money.

C.A free trip around America.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.Where did Henry probably work in the afternoons during last summer vacation?

A. At a grocery store.

B.At a restaurant.

C.At a market.

12.What is the most common mistake?

A.Giving up too soon.

B.Starting looking for work too late.

C.Spending too much time waiting for a reply.

13.What does Henry offer to do for the woman?

A.Seek job information.

B.Ask his uncle for help.

C.Write an email.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14.What does the new rule require tourists to do in Venice?

A.Pay a fee to enter the city center.

C.Book in advance to visit it.

15.When did the new rule take effect?

B.Buy tickets to visit attractions.

A.In 2021.

B.In 2022.

C.In 2023.

16.What do the authorities expect?

A.Better tourists.

B.Higher profits out of tourism.

C.Fewer complaints from local residents.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.Who is the speaker most probably talking to?

A.Biologists.

B.Students.

C.Surfers.

18.What happened to the speaker during the shark attack?

A.He lost both legs.

B.He lost his right leg.

C.He lost his right hand.

19.What does the speaker say about sharks?

A.They are frightening.

B.They often attack people.

C.They need to be protected.

20.What will the speaker talk about in about ten minutes?

A.Ways to avoid shark attacks.

B.Enjoyment of surfing in the sea.

C.Knowledge of marine ecosystem.

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

Here are some books written by Joyce Grant.

Can You Believe It

Publisher: Kids Can Press

Published in 2022,it explores in depth how real journalism is made, what false news is,and most importantly，how to spot the difference. It gives readers context they can use， such as how bias（偏见）can come into news reporting secretly. Young kids get most of their information online. This must-read guide helps them decide which information they can trust and which they can't.

Gabby: Drama Queen

Publisher: Fitzhenry& Whiteside Publishing

It was published three years later than Tagged Out. Little kid Gaby and her friend Roy are setting up a stage for their play about "Queen Gabriella". Using her magic letter book, Gabby puts letters together to create words that will tur into various props（道具）.When they finally have everything they need. They’re ready to perform for their elderly next-door neighbor, Mrs. Oldham.

Tagged Out

Publisher: Lorimer Kids and Teens22.

Published in 2016 and full of kid-friendly information, it’s an excellent read, especially the description of the action during the games. Reading it: makes readers feel like they're right there watching the game and feeling what the kids feel in success and in failure. Grant reflects the attitudes and behaviors of today's young teens and makes each of her characters real.

Sliding Home

Publisher: Lorimer Kids and Teens

It came out in 2018 When young Miguel's family becomes desperate, a solution comes from Miguel's baseball teammate, who suggests a big baseball money raising campaign. As the team learns about the hard realities. Some kids face and helps them wholeheartedly, Miguel learns to trust his teammates.

21.What's the book Can You Believe It manly about?

A.Family love.

B.Journalism.

C.Games.

D.Stage performance.

22.Which book was published first?

A.Can You Believe It

B. Sliding Home

C.Tagged Out

D.Gabby:Drama Queen

23.Who are the listed books intended for?

A.Young parents.

B.Young kids.

C.Media journalists.

D.Children's wrters.

B

The Sydney to Melboume Ultramarathon, an endurance race of 875 km,was considered the toughest in the world.It used to be a five-day race,with only the world-class athletes daring to attempt it Most athletes who took part in this ultramarathon were under 30 years of age.

Cliff was a farmer from Australia with a dream of running a race. When he attended the race, he was 61 years old.He had no specialized sportswear.Instead,he wore galoshes overalls.When he appeared at the venue,the onlookers thought he was probably a spectator.To their surprise,Cliff picked up a race number.

Having grown up on a farm,Cliff had to go out to round up the sheep every time there was a storm, because his family could not afford horses or tractors. Two thousand sheep scattered across two thousand acres of land-it took him as long as three days of chasing the animals, but he always succeeded.

The race began, and the strong and young racers started leaving Cliff behind. The racers had a strategy. They would be running hours each for the five days of the race, and sleep for the remaining 6 hours. Nonetheless, Cliff had no such strategy! Being an amateur athlete was not familiar with any such game plan. So, he just ran on and on, and the next morning. When the other athletes wake up, they found that the old man had caught up with the others by jogging all night. By the final night of the race, he had surpassed the other competitors and became the champion.

The next time Cliff caught attention again when he was 76.He took up the challenge of running along Australia's border, across a distance of 16,000 km with the aim of raising money for homeless children. Unfortunately, his crew member fell ill, and Cliff had to withdraw from the race, after running for 6520 km.

Cliff, a simple farmer, created a one-of-a-kind history. Instead of withering away, he started his new life, and showed the world that it's never too late to start following the heart and pursuing dreams.

24.What's the function of 'under 30 years of age'?

A.To classify the group of the race.

C.To emphasize the toughness of the race.

B.To introduce the level of the race.

D.To demonstrate the popular age of the race.

25.What can we know about Cliff?

A.He had life experience.

C.He trained hard at times.

B.He used an advanced sportswear.

D.He adopted a well-designed strategy.

26.Which of the following best describes Cliff?

A.Intelligent and generous.

C.Persevering and sympathetic.

B.Ambitious and optimistic.

D.Determined and insightful.

27.Which of the following can be the best title of the text?

A.Cliff,the winner of many running races.

B.Cliff,a simple Melbourne ultramarathon runner.

C.Cliff,a kind charitarian keen on raising money.

D.Cliff, a senior farmer running after his dream.

C

A Pittsburgh-based robotics and engineering startup recently make Moonwalkers public, a pair of battery-powered shoes that it claims can boost walk speeds by up to 250%.

At first glance, Moonwalkers look like a pair of futuristic roller-skates, but there is actually a lot more to them than that. You’re actually meant to walk with them the way you would with regular shoes or sneakers, letting the motorized wheels put a spring in  your step. Powered by a state-of-the-art brushless DC motor（直流电机），this creative device is actually a platform that can be attached to a wide variety of footwear to significantly increase your walking speed up lo a reported 7mph/1lkph. For comparison, humans'  average walking speed ranges from 2.5 10 4 mph. The sensation of walking with the world's fastest shoes has been compared to that of walking on a moving walkway in an airport.

Designed by Shift Robotics, an offshoot of Carnegie Mellon University, Moonwalkers consist of a 300W brushless motor in each 4.2-lb(1.9-kg)shoe that powers eight polyurethane wheels. There is also an AI-powered gearbox that increases or decreases speed according to data regarding the wearer's walk collected by a series of sensors. The shoes are also able to detect downhill movement to prevent accidents.

"Moonwalkers are not skates. They're shoes. The world's fastest shoes actually,"Xunjie Zang, founder and CEO of Shift Robotics said.” You don't skate in them.You walk.You don't have to learn  how to use them; the shoes learn from you.” But do the world's fastest shoes work on uneven ground, or things like stairs? We all know how tricky those are for roller-skates. Well, apparently the designers took that into consideration and with a simple gesture, the wearer can lock the wheels so that they can walk up or down stairs as they would in regular footwear.

The first batch is expected to ship in March of 2023,at a retail price of $1,399. That's not cheap, but then again, this isn't your average pair of shoes; it’s the world's fastest pair of shoes.

28.Which of the following best explains "put a spring in your step" underlined in Paragraph 2?

A.speed up.

B.follow your step.

C.replace your shoes.

D.cheer you up.

29.Which aspect of Moonwalkers does Paragraph 3 mainly focus on?

A.The advantage.

C.The development.

B.The operating principle.

D.The application.

30.What is the most essential part to ensure Moonwalkers to change speed?

A.The brushless DC motor.

C.The gearbox.

B.The wheels.

D.The sensors.

31.What can be inferred about Moonwalkers?

A.They are environmentally-friendly.

B.They are adaptable to different road conditions.

C.They are suitable for quick learners.

D.They are well-received by budget-conscious people.

D

Any dog owner can prove that dogs can seem strangely adjusted to human behavior. When humans yell or pick a fight， dogs often respond with anger and fear. Similarly， people with sedentary（久坐的） lifestyle may have seemingly sedentary pets.

Now，a new study reveals that dogs seem to be able to pick up on human vibes（情绪）in a unique way. Specifically, researchers found that when you are stressed, your body produces a distinct smell-and our dogs can smell it. This is not a surprise for dog owners. Yet even though scientists know that dogs feel complex emotions, the study was still unclear whether they could literally smell a person's emotions. A research team set out to cast light on the subject.

"Dogs possess an incredible sense of smell, which enables them to detect diseases and health conditions from smell alone,"Dr.Clara Wilson from Newcastle University said.” Whether these capabilities can be extended to detect smells associated with psychological states has been explored far less."

To test their assumption, the researchers found pet dogs who had no previous smell training so they could teach them smell discrimination using smells that had known differences with each other. Those dogs were then exposed to combined breath and sweat samples from humans-first when those people were in a relaxed state, and then when they were asked to do difficult math problems. Each person acted as their own control. The results spoke for themselves.” From the very first time the dogs were exposed to the baseline and stress samples, they communicated that these samples smelled different," Wilson said. "In 94% of 720 trials they correctly chose the stress sample."

The significance of the study rests in how it highlights the deep connection between humans and dogs-as well as the different ways in which they process reality. "Establishing that dogs can detect a smell associated with human stress provides deeper knowledge of the human-dog relationship. While we as humans are very visual, this finding reminds us that dogs are able to pick up things on what we aren't even aware of,” Wilson said.

32.What's the purpose of the first paragraph?

A.To present an argument.

C.To state common sense.

B.To introduce the topic.

D.To provide supporting details.

33.What did the scientists fail to realize earlier?

A.Whether dogs sense human physical conditions.

B.Whether dogs have great sympathy for humans.

C.Whether dogs react differently to man's behavior.

D.Whether dogs detect human feelings through noses.

34.Why were the subjects asked to do difficult math problems?

A.It was used to assess their intelligence.

C.It could make them focus on the task.

B.It could put them in a state of stress.

D. It helped them produce sweat samples.

35.What is the importance of the study?

A.Uncovering dogs' hidden ability.

B.Decpening our insight into dogs.

C.Knowing the human-dog relationship better.

D.Contributing to the development of medicine.

第二节（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，根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

As a way to connect the mind, body, and spirit, now, yoga is practiced and celebrated all over the world by adults and adolescents. 36 How can yoga actually benefit children in the long run? Here are some benefits of yoga for kids.

●It helps with self-control.

Self-control is an important part of a child's development. Kids who can practice self-control are better at maintaining friendships, making decisions, and responding to stressful situations. Studies show that kids who routinely practice yoga are also less impulsive（易冲动的）．37

●It reduces stress and anxiety.

Kids need stress relief tools, too! In fact, reports show that children's anxiety levels may have doubled as a result of stress in daily life and school.38 These techniques help kids comfort their minds, which in turn comforts their bodies, so yoga is a great tool for kids to use to work through their complex feelings.

●It improves focus and attention span.

Concentration is a tough skill for many young kids to master! 39 After a while of practicing yoga, children develop the ability to concentrate for longer periods of time. This is a skill that will greatly benefit children when they enter school.

●40

Another incredible benefit of yoga is that regular practice helps children learn to believe in themselves and their own capabilities. They will feel proud of themselves when they master a new move and can demonstrate all the different poses that they know.                                                                                                                                           

A.It is even done by young children.

B.It affects relationship with parents.

C.It boosts self-esteem and confidence.

D.Doing yoga can help kids have a deep sleep.

E.Yoga lets children focus on one manageable task at a time.

F.They also have more patience while waiting for positive rewards.

G.Yoga helps children practice breathing techniques to calm anxious nerves.

第三部分 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）

阅读下而短文，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。

Todd and Donna woke up early one day to take pictures of the sunrise. While walking along the shoreline and enjoying the sights, Todd suddenly 41 down. Donna thought her husband was 42. However, she quickly realized this was no laughing matter. Todd’s heart stopped beating and he turned 43.Immediately she screamed for help.

Tyler Volpe, a 44.was in the water when Todd came down. Volpe is also a physician assistant. He heard Donna's cries for help. "I knew it wasn't a 45 scream,"  he said.  "I came flying out of the water.”

Volpe started chest compression（按压）while Roy，another surfer，breathed into Todd’s mouth. Then， they switched 46 with each other." I really thought he was 47."Donna said. 48 Roy and Volpe performed CPR, Todd breathed deeply a few times.

The tide was starting to come in. Other surfers used their boards to form a 49 between the rescue effort and the water. “They kept him 50 until the ambulance got there,” Donna said. “It could have been two minutes or 10 days. I was watching my life 51 with his.”

Doctors used a defibrillator（除颤器）to shock his heart and 52 his heartbeat． On the second shock, he regained his feel.

Todd and Donna planned to drive back home to New Jersey that morning,  but decided to first take a walk on the beach.  "It is lucky we didn't 53 because it would have happened while we were driving home,"  Donna said.

Donna:54 a message asking if anyone knew the surfers who helped her husband-they wanted to 55 them.

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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Yinet Ferrer, the first-prize winner of 2022's Fifth International Classical Chinese Poetry Recitation Contest in Cuba,  said she has been inspired by Chinese poetry.

By presenting "Bu Suan Zi Yong Mei "or"  Ode to the Plum Blossom" in English,56 famous poem, Ferrer won her entrance 57 the online contest and kept contesting till the final.

"Even though I 58(offer)many awards in my student life, none of them makes me prouder than this one," said Ferrer."  This poem sends a very strong message of being optimistic and faithful in life 59(overcome) difficulties, no matter what the circumstances."

She began studying Chinese in 2015. 60(attend) a course at the House of Chinese Arts and Traditions in Havana's Chinatown. She said Chinese poetry could 61(lock) vast knowledge about China’s rich culture and its work ethics（道德）.

The study of the Chinese language and culture has been more and more popular in Cuba over the past few years, thanks to the work of 62 (institution) such as the Confucius Institute.63 has seen thousands of students graduate since its founding in 2009.

"Chinese poetry conveys the 64(beautiful)of our language. Which creates an 65(effect)and important platform to promote our values, principles and philosophy of life,"  Chinese language professor Chang Xiaoyu said.

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

6月8日是世界海洋日（World Oceans Day）。假如你是李华，请给外教Lucy发一封电邮，邀请她在这一天给同学们做一个海洋环保方面的讲座。

讲座内容包括：海洋面临的问题；个人在海洋环保方面的作为。

注意：1、写作词数应为80词左右：2、请按如下格式作答。

Dear Lucy,

June 8th is the World Oceans Day.                            

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。

How well are we in tune with the rhythm of life? In our busy day-to-day lives, we don't often stop to ask ourselves this question. At least I don't. And it wasn't until I joined a competitive sporting event that I learned  a most important lesson: we must place our mind in harmony with the natural order of things to be successful.

Let me tell you what happened.

I decided to take part in international Marathon in my hometown last year. Being an ambitious person, I hoped to finish it within 5 hours, accompanied by my friend with whom I had trained.

The big day finally arrived. “Ready...set... bang" And we were off.

At first, we kept a rapid pace and ran nonstop. At this pace, we finished the first 20 kilometers in 2 hours and I thought running a marathon was a piece of cake. Then my running mate began to slow down. I urged him to keep running at the same pace but he said no, he wanted to conserve his energy. I felt I had partnered with the wrong person, therefore, I sped up and left him behind in the dust.

A few kilometers later,1 began to understand his strategy as my pace slowed to a jog then a walk. After that I was incapable of moving another step. I was ashamed as more and more people passed by me. More than once, I thought “Maybe I should quit.” I started to doubt my ability to finish this race.

注意：1．续写词数应为120左右：

2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

At this moment, my running mate caught up with me and patted me on the back

I asked myself,  what did this marathon mean to me?