安徽省怀宁县第二中学2022-2023学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题（含答案）

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命题人：潘玉霞
第I卷（选择题）
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， 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都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. When des the man want t get up?
A. 7:30B. 8:00C. 9:00
2. Where might the speakers be?
A. At hme.B. At a cinema.C. At a cafe.
3. Hw des the wman feel?
A. Disappinted.B. Excited.C. Sad.
4. Where is the wman’s umbrella?
A. Near the windw.B. Near the dr.C. Near the refrigeratr.
5. What will the wman d next?
A. G shpping.B. Visit friends.C. Have a rest.
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。每段对话后有几个小题，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 will the man d tnight?
A. Watch TV.B. G t bed early.C. Play with his brther.
7. Why did the man fall asleep late last night?
A. He was ding his hmewrk. B. He was disturbed by the rainfall.
C. He was kept awake by the thunder.
听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10 题。
8. Where did the wman hear the man play?
A. At a wedding.B. At a cncert.C. At a party.
9. When did the man start t play the pian?
A. At 7.B. At 12.C. At 18.
10. What is the man’s dream jb?
A. Being a pianist.B. Writing music.C. Teaching music.
听第 8 段材料．回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. When can we save water accrding t Alex?
A. When we wash cars. B. When we take a bath. C. When we clean clthes.
12. What d Alex’s schlmates d nce a mnth?
A. They thrw away newspapers. B. They clean the schl yard.
C. They g t a recycling center.
13. What des the wman prbably d?
A. She is a reprter. B. She is a kindergarten teacher.
C. She is an envirnmental scientist.
听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 l6 题。
14. Where des the man find ut abut the huse?
A. Frm a newspaper.B. Frm the Internet.C. Frm an agent.
15. Which place d the speakers live near?
A. A park.B. A factry.C. An ffice building.
16. What des the man like abut the advertised huse?
A. The kitchen is bigger. B. The huse has mre rms.
C. The park is perfect fr children.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. What is the speaker mainly talking abut?
A. The imprtance f regular exercise. B. The health risks f being verweight.
C. The influence f certain fds n health.
18. What des the speaker say abut the audience?
A. They ften g t the gym. B. They are nt heavy and fat.
C. They dn’t have enugh exercise.
19. Hw des added sugar affect ur health accrding t research?
A. It brings us mre energy. B. It increases ur chances f getting ill.
C. It takes away energy frm ur bdies.
20. What is the speaker’s advice in the end?
A. Trying t remve added sugar frm daily diet. B. Shpping less at supermarkets.
C. Eating sugar-free fds nly.
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
D yu feel a little bred with yur daily wrk? Hw t relieve this kind f bredm? Actually, there are a wide range f exciting hlidays waiting fr yu.
Trekking（徒步）turs
There are sme trekking turs t sme well-knwn places such as Machu Picchu r the Everest Base Camp Trek, as well as sme nearer places t ur hme in the Highlands f Sctland. Yu dn't need t be very sprty, just fairly fit. Yu'll have fun enjying nature with a grup f new friends. Sme f the hlidays include camping, s we'll transprt the tents fr yu!
Plar expeditins
Take a jurney t Antarctica r the nrthern Arctic；explre a land f wnderful wildlife. Our experts will explain everything abut the tw ples as yu watch the penguins in Antarctica r whales and plar bears in the Arctic. There's n greater adventure than travelling t the ends f the earth.
Activity hlidays
Our activity hlidays are fr peple wh lve sprts while enjying natural beauty. We have a huge variety f water, snw r desert hlidays. We'll take yu diving in the Red Sea r white water rafting in Canada. If yu prefer snw, yu can try skiing r snwbarding in the Alps. Fr thse wh like warmer weather, we als have sand-barding r camel safaris（游猎）.
Cultural jurneys
Our cultural jurneys will help yu discver ancient civilizatins: India, Thailand, Egypt and many mre. Visit temples, palaces and ancient ruins-just remember t bring yur camera! Get t knw lcal ways f life by explring markets, trying freign fds and meeting lcal peple.
21．Which activity will yu chse if yu lve taking adventures?
A．Trekking turs.B．Plar expeditins.
C．Activity hlidays. D．Cultural jurneys.
22．Which cuntry is NOT included during Cultural jurneys?
A．Egypt.B．India.C．Canada.D．Thailand.
23．What d the Trekking turs and Activity hlidays have in cmmn?
A．Ging camping. B．Ging skiing.
C．Enjying nature.D．Ding water sprts.
B
Lng lng ag, there lived a Greece king named Midas. He was a greedy man and lved gld better than anything else in the wrld.
One day, he asked a gd t give him mre gld. The gd decided t punish him and said, “Yur wish is granted already. Everything yu tuch will turn t gld.”
Midas was very happy when he heard this. The next mrning, he gt up early t test his skill. When he tuched his bed, it turned t gld. “Gld!” cried Midas, laughing like a little by, “It wrks!”
Nt nly stnes, flwers, and furniture in his huse turned t gld, but, when he sat dwn t table, s did the fd he ate and the water he drank. He was unhappy nw. Just then his daughter ran up t him. Midas tuched her hand. At nce she became a gld statue（雕像）!
At last, he begged the gd t free him frm his wish. “G t the river and bathe in it,” the gd said. S Midas did, and the water tk away his glden tuch.
24. The gd decided t punish Midas because he was _ ______.
A. lazy B. prud C. unhappy D. greedy
25. The underlined wrd “granted” in Paragraph2 can be replaced by “_ ___”.
A. satisfied B. finished C. discussed D. expected[来
26. Which is the crrect rder accrding t the stry?
a. Midas became the king f Greece. b. His daughter turned int gld.
c. Midas was happy with his skill. d. The gd freed him frm his skill.
e. Midas asked gd fr mre gld.
d→e→c→b→a B. a→e→c→b→d
C. a→e→b→c→d D. e→a→c→d→b
27. What can we learn frm the stry?
A. It’s the early bird that catches the wrm.
B. Dn’t put yur egg int ne basket.
C. Gld des nt always bring happiness.
D. A bird in hand is wrth tw in the frest.
C
“Is there ging t be a fld?” asked Daniel. He lked nervusly at his dad and mm. They bth lked wrried. Dad was cmpletely wet and dirty. He and sme ther men in twn had spent the mrning piling bags f sand n tp f the levee (防洪堤) alng the river. Fr years the levee had kept the Mississippi frm flding its banks. After three straight days f rain,thugh,the water grew higher and higher. If the levee brke,Daniel‘s neighbrhd wuld be flded fr sure.
“We’ll be fine,” Dad placed a reassuring hand n Daniel’s shulder. Outside,lightning flashed,fllwed by distant thunder. “Just in case,” said Dad. I think we shuld start mving sme things t Uncle Mike's huse." Uncle Mike lived farther away frm the river n higher grund. “And we’ll take everything we need t ck and eat upstairs,” he said, “like camping ut in ur wn huse."
By nightfall,everything the family needed had been mved upstairs. Dad had taken their new cuch and TV t Uncle Mike's. Daniel helped his dad tie a fishing bat t the frnt (门廊) .“Just in case,”said Dad.
Lying in bed that night,Daniel tssed and turned. He culd hear the heavy rain beating n the rf. “Everything will be all right,” he said t himself just befre falling asleep.
Several hurs later,the sund f sirens(警报器) wke Daniel frm a sund sleep. He sat straight up in bed,his heart punding. In rushed Mm ,“Get dressed,Daniel!The levee just brke!We’ re leaving. We have n ther chice."
A few minutes later they all gt int the fishing bat,leaving behind just abut everything they wned. Daniel asked,We’re ging t lse everything,aren't we?
“N,nt everything”’ said Mm,pulling him clse. We'll always have each ther."
“That's right,” said Dad. “We may lse the huse,but we can always rebuild it. We can't ever lse ur hme,thugh,because hme is us."
28. What caused the levee t break?
A. Bad cnstructin. B. High water levels.
C. Lack f sandbags. D. Peple's carelessness.
29. The underlined wrd “reassuring” in Paragraph 2 prbably can be replaced by .
A. shaking B. disturbing
C. disappinting D. cmfrting
30. Hw did Daniel's family manage t escape the danger?
A. By taking a fishing bat. B. By being saved by the plice,
C. With the help f Uncle Mike. D. By camping ut n higher grund.
31. Frm what Daniel's parents said we can learn that .
A. life isn’t a bed f rses B. east r west,hme is best
C. hme is where the family is D. a man's huse is his castle
D
After a very lng battle with cancer, Steve Jbs died at the age f 56. Millins f peple wrldwide were in deep srrw fr his death. His Apple prducts, like Michael Jacksn’s sngs, tuched peple’s hearts and changed their lives.
Jbs was nt an inventr, but he was an innvatr(创新者), and a businessman. Based n thers’ technlgy, he designed prducts f great style fr easy use. And he made Apple prducts seem cl! The iMac, iPd, iPhne and iPad were always the clest prducts n the market.
Steve Jbs was als a gd example f “The American Dream”. He came frm humble(低下的) beginnings. He had been an adpted child in a wrking class family. He drpped ut f cllege early and started Apple in his garage. But his success was sn fllwed by bad luck.
Jbs was fired as CEO f the cmpany in 1985, but that setback did nt stp him. Jbs built a new cmputer cmpany and als started Pixar. Later, when Apple was in truble, Jbs was brught back t save the cmpany---and he did it!
Jbs is a great rle mdel fr yung peple. He had a dream and he tk chances (even flish chances, he admitted) t achieve that dream. He suffered setbacks in business, but he didn’t give up his dream. In the end, he left sme inspiring wrds fr yung innvatrs: “Stay hungry, stay flish!”
32. Steve Jbs was ________ .
A. a great inventr B. a successful businessman
C. a creative designer D. bth B and C
33. Where did Jbs start Apple?
A. In the garage. B. In the cllege. C. In Pixar. D. In the market.
34. What des the underlined wrd “setback” mean in the passage?
A. struggle B. danger C. failure D. mistake
35. By saying “Stay hungry, stay flish!”, Jbs means that yung innvatrs
A. shuld struggle against difficulties t realize their dreams.
B. shuld be hungry t realize their dreams.
C. shuld be flish t realize their dreams.
D. shuld be bth hungry and flish t realize their dreams.
第二节 （共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Reducing class size has traditinally been seen as an imprtant way t imprve a student’s educatinal experience. Many ften believe that smaller classes wuld permit teachers t give mre persnal attentin t their students. 36 .
But ne recent study suggests there’s nt much research-based evidence t supprt this idea. The research was cllected by a team frm Denmark’s Danish Center fr Scial Science Research. The study ntes that ne f the main prblems with reducing class size is that it can have very high csts. 37 . Financial limitatins make it very difficult fr many schls t reduce the number f students in the classrm.
The new study began by examining 127 studies n classrm size. Its gal was t examine the majr research studies already cmpleted n the subject. 38 . In the end, the research centered n 10 main studies with pssible sampling (采样) prblems.
The researchers cncluded that there’s sme evidence t suggest that reducing class size may lead t sme imprvement in a student’s reading achievement. 39 . They fund just a 53-percent chance that a randmly selected test scre frm a student frm a small class wuld be higher than the selected scre f a student frm a larger class. 40 . This led the researchers t cnclude that there wuld be n benefit at all t math students in a smaller class size.
A. But they said the effect is very small
B. Fr mathematics achievement, the result was 49 percent
C. This can theretically lead t imprved academic results fr students
D. Many public pinin studies have shwn teachers favr smaller class sizes
E. The effects f larger class size can stay lng after the students cmplete their educatin
F. Increasing class size is ne f the mst cmmn ways schl systems cntrl educatin spending
G. They especially centered n（集中在） thse trying t measure if smaller class size led t greater academic success
第三部分 英语知识运用（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，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Fifteen years ag, I tk a summer vacatin in suthern Italy. After climbing up a hill fr a beautiful view f the blue sea, white buildings and green live trees, I ____41____ t catch my breath and then ____42____ myself t take the best pht f this landscape.
____43____ , just as I tk ut my camera, a wman suddenly apprached frm behind, and planted herself right in frnt f my view. Like me, this wman was here t appreciate the view. ____44____ as I was, after abut 15 minutes, I grew frustrated. Was it t much t ask her t ____45____ s I culd take just ne picture f the ____46____ ? Sure, I culd have asked her, but smething ____47____ me frm ding s. She seemed s cntent with her ____48____ , s I didn’t want t ____49____ that. Anther 15 minutes passed and I grew ____50____ because the wman was still there. I decided t take the pht anyway.
And nw when I lk at it, I think her ____51____ in the pht is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful n its wn, ____52____ cmes t life and breathes because this wman is ____53____ with it.
This pht with the unique beauty that ____54____ befre me and that wman wh “ ruined ” it, nw hangs n a wall in my bedrm. In sme ways, she lives in my huse. Perhaps we all live in each ther’s spaces. Perhaps this is what phts are fr: t remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a cmmn desire fr pleasure, fr ____55____ , fr smething that is greater than us.
41. A. hurriedB. pausedC. rushedD. failed
42. A. psitinedB. tkC. shwedD. turned
43. A. AmazinglyB. NaturallyC. Eventually D.Unfrtunately
44. A. PatientB. AngryC. Delighted D. Relaxed
45. A. walkB. mveC. sitD. stp
46. A. wmanB. hillC. landscapeD. trees
47. A. prtectedB. preventedC. separatedD. freed
48. A. presentatinB. rganizatinC. ccupatinD. bservatin
49. A. mess withB. missC. help withD. wait
50. A. excitedB. wrriedC. bredD. relieved
51. A. identityB. intrductinC. influenceD. presence
52. A. smehwB. anyhwC. nwhereD. anywhere
53. A. ccupiedB. invlvedC. satisfiedD. filled
54. A. putB. exhibitedC. unfldedD. hid
55. A. strengthB. pwerC. perfectinD. cnnectin
第二节 语篇填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共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。
Life is filled with regrets. As we get lder, we ften lk back and wish that we 56 (make) better chices in ur life befre. S what can we d 57 (avid) future regrets? The fllwing are a few tips that yu might find 58 (use).
Make plans in advance. If yu start t d smething, yu need t make a plan befre ding it. The
59 (early), the better. Yu shuld knw what cmes first and what cmes last. Even if smething unexpected60 (happen), yu can have mre time t deal with it.
Live 61 mre active life. Mre utdr activities can keep yu healthy bth62 (physical) and mentally.
Make gd friends. Everyne needs friends. Friends are peple with 63 we share jys and srrws. Make friends with ptimistic peple,and yu’ll als think psitively if yu 64 (surrund) with them.
Never fear failure. Everybdy fails, even the greatest peple in the wrld. We shuld nt fear failure. Instead, we shuld take failure 65 a chance t learn and imprve urselves.
Life is s gd. Why shuld we always live in ur past and regret what we have dne?
写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节应用文写作(满分15分)
目前，面临新冠疫情的反复无常，以及越来越激烈的学习竞争，很多学生出现了不同程度的心理问题。鉴于这种情况，请你以“Hw t Imprve Students’ Mental Health”为题，谈谈你的建议。
要点如下：
1.采取正确的态度。 2.寻求帮助。 3.保持有规律运动的习惯。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.提示词：新冠肺炎COVID-19
Hw t Imprve Students’ Mental Health
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第二节读后续写(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。
Everyne in my drama class saw the paper in my hands shaking when I std up t try ut fr a lead rle in the yearly schl Thanksgiving play. I was there because the teacher wanted everyne t try ut fr a part.
Being shy and nt cnfident, I began nervusly reading the part fr the main character, Star. She had n parents. Feeling s srry fr her, I finished reading.
Later when reading the name list, the teacher lked at me and annunced, “Patty, yu play Star. Cme and get yur script (剧本).”I was shcked. Jim, an excellent by, was playing the ther lead.T learn my lines, I practiced every day and finally memrized them. I became mre cnfident and happier.
Then we started practising acting. Jim played the character, a Scrge (吝啬鬼), wh is unwilling t put a candle in his windw s that the light will shw passers-by the slippery ice n the path belw. On the Thanksgiving day, Star cmes alng, falls n the ice and gets injured.
Finally feeling bad, the Scrge helps her up. T thank him, Star kisses his hand.
One day, befre ur drama class started, I saw a terrible drawing f me n the blackbard with wrds: Falling Star. I was laughed at by smene.
The teacher asked,“Wh did this?” Nbdy knew. We started rehearsing (排练), but my heart wasn’t in it. The teacher tld me nt t care abut the silly trick; it wuldn’t happen again. But I was sad and anxius, wanting t quit. Finally I mved n and cntinually wrked hard fr the play.
Sn it was the day befre the shw. It was time fr the dress rehearsal. I was excited. Everything went smthly at the dress rehearsal until the scene where I slipped n the ice and the Scrge helped me up.
When I kissed his hand, a terrible nise and laughter sunded frm behind the set. I quickly left the stage and hurried int an empty rm. With tears, I said, “I can’t d it. Please get smene else!”
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2.请按如下格式作答。
Suddenly, I felt a gentle hand n my shulder.
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The fllwing Thanksgiving day, we were ready fr the play.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2022—2023学年度第一学期期中考试
高二英语试题参考答案
一、听力
1-5 BCBAA 6-10 BACAB 11-15 BCAAB 16-20CCBBA
二、阅读理解
21-23 BCC 24-27 DABC 28-31 BDAC 32-35 DACA 36-40 CFGAB
三、完形填空
41-45 BADAB 46-50 CBDAC 51-55 DABCD
四、语法填空
56. had made 57. t avid 58. useful 59. earlier 60. happens 61. a
62. physically 63. Whm 64. are surrunded 65. as
五、书面表达
Hw t Imprve Students' Mental Health
With unsteady COVID-19 as well as the increasingly fierce study cmpetitin, there is n dubt that mental prblems have been the heated issue which is related t daily life. We shuld take the right attitude twards the situatin.
First, we shuld keep ptimistic attitude and bravely face in terms f ur wrk and study. What's mre, if we have difficulty with pains and puzzles, cmmunicate with ur parents, teachers r friends t release ur stress. We shuld nt hesitate t g t the mental health cnsult rm fr help. Last but nt least, keep a habit f ding sprts regularly, which is f great benefit t us. Only in this way can we imprve ur mental health.
六、 读后续写
One pssible versin:
Suddenly, I felt a gentle hand n my shulder. I heard vices and a warm hand tk mine. I lked up and saw cncerned faces. Jim and several ther classmates had cme after me. "Please , dn't drp ut…" they said and tried t cmfrt me. Later, the teacher fund the trublemaker Peter, wh lved making silly tricks. And he aplgized t me. Encuraged by my friendly teacher and s many kind classmates. I went back nstage and finished the scene with n further interruptins.
The fllwing Thanksgiving day, we were ready fr the play. Thrught the perfrmance, we culd hear laughter frm the audience frm time t time. When the perfrmance was ver, they gave us a big rund f applause. In the fllwing weeks, schlmates ften came up t say, "Yu were gd!" I was glad my hard wrk and determinatin as well as many peple's supprt had helped me t perfrm successfully. It psitively shaped my later life.