2022-2023学年江苏省盐城市高二第一学期期中考试英语模拟试题含答案

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期中考试高二英语模拟试题（满分120）
一、阅读理解 （共两节，满分50分）
第一节（本题共15小题; 每小题.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)
Yu have heard the expressin “hrse sense”. As yu may imagine, it came frm the time when the majrity（大部分）f peple travelled in vehicles（车辆）drawn by hrses. A hrse des have a lt f cmmn sense, and there are many true stries abut hrses having saved their drivers frm danger f death.
Tday fr the mst part, peple travel by trains, airplanes, and cars, but very little by the use f hrses. Mdern vehicles are all prpelled by engines and an engine des nt have any cmmn sense. In case f danger, many hrses culd be depended n t help. Nt s with the engine the driver must d all the things.
In recent years, the speed f travel has increased greatly. With the increased speed cmes greatly increased danger. The driver f a pwerful engine needs t be careful. A mment f being careless may cst a life. In rder t drive safely, a persn must be able t see clearly, and he must learn and fllw carefully the rules fr safety in the rad. Greater attentin is the price we pay fr using a machine instead f a hrse.
( )1. The passage as a whle is abut _________.
A. safe driving B. engines
C. using hrses D. mdern machines
( )2. Althugh nt directly said, it can be reasned（推理）frm the passage that _______.
A. an eye test is an imprtant part f a driver’s examinatin
B. a driver must knw the rules f safety
C. a driver needs t be able nly t tell red frm green
D. greater attentin is needed fr a driver while driving a machine
( )3. Which f the fllwing is NOT true? ______.
A. The driver f a car must fllw the rules f safety
B. A driver must be able t see and hear well
C. It is better fr vehicles t be pulled by hrse than t be pushed by engine
D. Hrses are knwn t have saved their drivers frm injury
(B)
Tday, rller skating is easy and fun. But a lng time ag, it wasn't easy at all. Befre 1750, the idea f skating didn't exist. That changed because f a man named Jseph Merlin. Merlin's wrk was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked t play the vilin. Jseph Merlin was a man f ideas and dreams. Peple called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin received an invitatin t attend a fancy dress ball. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day f the party came near, Merlin began t think hw t make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thught he wuld get a lt f attentin if he culd skate int the rm.
Merlin tried different ways t make himself rll. Finally, he decided t put tw wheels under each she. These were the first rller skates. Merlin was very prud f his inventin and dreamed f arriving at the party n wheels while playing the vilin.
On the night f the party Merlin rlled int the rm playing his vilin. Everyne was astnished t see him. There was just ne prblem. Merlin had n way t stp his rller skates. He rlled n and n. Suddenly, he ran int a huge mirrr that was hanging n the wall. Dwn fell the mirrr, breaking t pieces. Nbdy frgt Merlin's grand entrance fr a lng time!
( )4. The text is mainly abut_________.
A. a strange man B. an unusual party
C. hw rller skating began D. hw peple enjyed themselves in the 18th century
( )5. Peple thught Merlin was a dreamer because he________.
A. ften gave thers surprises B. was a gifted musician
C. invented the rller skates D. was full f imaginatin
( )6. Merlin put wheels under his shes in rder t_______.
A. impress the party guests B. arrive at the party sner
C. test his inventin D. shw his skill in walking n wheels
( )7. What is the main pint the writer is trying t make in the last paragraph?
A. The rller skates needed further imprvement.
B. The party guests tk Merlin fr a fl.
C. Merlin succeeded beynd expectatin.
D. Merlin gt himself int truble.
(C)
Finding a suitable name fr a baby is a big deal in China. When picking ut a Chinese name, parents usually select tw r three characters that have a carefully thught ut meaning, but when deciding n an English name, many f them struggle. That’s where Jessup and her cmpany, Special Name, cme in. In the last few years, Jessup has helped name677,900 Chinese babies, and earned ver $400,000 in the prcess, mre than enugh t pay her cllege fees.
Jessup came up with the idea fr Special Name in 2015, after accmpanying her father n a business trip t China. One f her dad’s business partners, a Mrs. Wang, asked her t help chse an English name fr her daughter. Jessup felt hnred and quickly realized the imprtance f chsing a prper name in Chinese culture. The wman wanted peple t be surprised by the things her daughter culd achieve, s Jessup suggested the name “Eliza” after the character Eliza Dlittle frm the play Pygmalin. Mrs. Wang seemed delighted with Jessup’s chice. “If Mrs. Wang needed this service, maybe ther parents wuld as well,” Jessup thught.
After returning t UK, Jessup brrwed ￡1,500 frm her parents and paid a web designer t build a website, She then spent her free time filling up a database with arund 4,000 English names, assciating them with five majr persnality characteristics, like hnesty and ptimism.
In the beginning, Jessup ffered the service fr free t prmte the website, but later, she started charging fees. The business is almst cmpletely self-sufficient, requiring nly a small team in China that manages technical peratins. She updates the database each mnth, allwing her t fcus full-time n studies.
( )8.What’s the purpse f Special Name?
A . T help Chinese teens g abrad.
B . T strengthen children’s persnalities.
C . T pick an English name fr a Chinese baby.
D . T make a deal with Chinese parents.
( )9.What inspired Jessup t set up Special Name?
A . A suggestin frm a business partner. B . Her interest in Chinese culture.
C . A Chinese mther’s request. D . A character frm a play.
( )10.What did Mrs. Wang want her daughter t be in the future?
A . A wman with achievements. B . A famus actress.
C . A successful businesswman. D . A western culture expert.
( )11.What can we infer frm the last paragraph abut Special Name?
A. It ffers free service. B. It’s updated every day.
C. It’s perated cmpletely by itself. D. It is easy t manage.
(C)
A thief wh drpped a winning lttery ticket(彩票)at the scene f his crime has been given a lessn in hnesty. His victim, wh picked up the ticket, then claimed the ￡25000 prize, managed t trace him, and handed ver the cash. The rbbery happened when maths prfessr Vinici Sabbatucci,58, was changing a tyre n an Italian mtrway. Anther mtrist, wh stpped t "t help", stle a suitcase frm his car and drve ff. The prfessr fund the drpped ticket and put it in his pcket befre driving hme t Ascli in eastern Italy.
Next day, he saw the lttery results n TV and, taking ut the ticket, realized it was a winner. He claimed the 60 millin lire(里拉) prize. Then he began a battle with his cnscience. Finally, he decided he culd nt keep the mney despite having been rbbed. He advertised in newspapers and n radi, saying: "I'm trying t find the man wh rbbed me. I have 60 millin fr him--- a lttery win. Please meet me. Annymity(匿名) guaranteed."
Prfessr Sabbatucci received hundreds f calls frm peple hping t trick him int handing them the cash. But there was ne vice he recgnized--- and he arranged t meet the man in a park. The rbber, a35-year-ld unemplyed father f tw, gave back the suitcase and burst int tears. He culd nt believe what was happening. "Why didn't yu keep the mney?" he asked. The prfessr replied:" I culdn't because it's nt mine." Then he walked ff, spurning the thief's ffer f a reward.
( )12.The sentence " Then he began a battle with his cnscience." In paragraph 2 implies all f the fllwing EXCEPT that_______.
A. he knew what he shuld d as sn as he saw the lttery results
B. he hesitated abut keeping the mney fr sme time
C. he thught fr a mment f avenging himself n the rbber
D. he came t realize that hnesty is mre imprtant than mney
( )13. Hundreds f peple phned prfessr Sabbatucci because they ______.
A. wanted t make fun f him B. hped t get the mney
C. knew wh the rbber was D. lst the lttery ticket
( )14.The wrd "spurning" in the last sentence can be replaced by ______.
A. accepting B. claiming C. rejecting D. canceling
( )15. If the stry appears in a newspaper, the best title might be_____.
A. A Thief's Lucky Day B. A Ppular Maths Prfessr
C. A Magic Lttery D. A Reward f Hnesty
第二节（本题共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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Everyne cmplains. Even if yu argue that yu are the happiest persn in the wrld, yu still cmplain smetimes. Smetimes yu cmplain withut even realizing it, but rarely is it ever helpful. 16.________ Here are sme tips t stp cmplaining and give up the negative thughts.
17.________
When yu find yurself thinking r saying a negative cmment abut smething r smene, stp and frce yurself t say smething psitive instead. Seek the help f a cheerful friend t change yu when yu cmplain and help yu t see the psitive in the situatin.
Make a list f things yu are grateful fr.
Yu ften cmplain abut the things yu dn’t have withut nticing thse things yu already have. Be grateful fr what yu have in yur life because yu are lucky simply fr being yurselves. 18. ________
Learn t adapt t the changes.
There are many things yu can’t change. 19.________ Always find the psitive side f each situatin, regardless f hwever difficult the situatin is. With parents’ and friends’ supprt, yu can survive any life changes.
Allw yurself t vent(发泄) yur feelings every nce in a while.
Cnstantly(不断地) ignring negative thughts culd add up. If yu are really ging thrugh a rugh time, dn’t be afraid t share yur feelings with a clse friend r a family member r see a therapist.
Find what makes yu happy.
________ Maybe it is time t make the hard decisin t mve n t anther jb r career. Uncver what yur biggest cmplaints are abut and see if yu can change the situatin t make yu happy. Chse happiness, fcus n the psitive, and be kind always!
Change the way yu think.
Make friends with psitive peple.
The best and nly thing yu can d is t accept them.
Are yu cnstantly cmplaining abut yur present jb?
Smetimes this list can be easy, full f hbbies yu enjy.
S hw can yu manage t frce yurselves t end cmplaining?
Set dwn things yu are thankful fr and yu’ll see that yu dn’t have any reasn t cmplain.
二、语言运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 单项选择 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
( )21. There's a feeling in me__________ we'll never knw what a UFO is.
A. that B. which C. f which D. what
( )22. My parents ften mentin _____ me that yu did them a favur.
A. tB. frC. atD. frm
( )23. ---Did yu quarrel the physician yesterday ?
---I aplgized him fr it and he frgave me .
A. abut ; fr B．with ; t C. ver ; with D. n ; abut
( )24. I enjyed the _____ plate in the museum, which is very great.
A. British beautiful china B. beautiful British china
C. china British beautiful D. beautiful china British
( )25. _______, r we will be late fr the meeting!
A. Mving n B. Get a mving n C. Get a mve nD. Get n a mving
( )26. Our schl has an _______ ver thers, fr we have the mst hardwrking teachers and students.
A. prfit B. benefit C. advantage D. effect
( )27. There are sme seemingly insignificant matters that, when ____ in time, can becme bigger nes later n.
A. nt dealt with B. nt being dealt with
C. nt t be dealt with D. nt having been dealt with
( )28. ---Is Prfessr Smith giving the speech tday?
---It ______ be him. He is abrad right nw.
A. needn’t B. can’t C. wuldn’t D. mustn’t
( )29. The Japanese gvernment’s “natinalizatin” f the Diayu Islands came tw days after China tld Japan nt t _________ the plan.
A. set ff B. srt utC. get alng with D. carry n with
( )30. Each member has his advantages, but if we wrk tgether, we can prduce smething new, unique and t that f any ne member.
A. superb B. superir C. senir D. super
第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，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。
My persnality has been designed fr animals. I lve everything abut them.1 feel like animals are t be admired and 31 , never abused. Tday, this 32 really shwed!
I went ut fr a simple walk t my library, when I 33 a dg! The dg lked like a German Shepard, and I being an animal lver, apprached it. I nticed it had a 34 , but n leash（狗链）. I tried asking multiple peple arund the dg if it belnged t them, but everyne said n. I felt s sad, and didn't knw what t d. It was s friendly and sweet that I felt 35 abut just leaving it there.
Then, what d yu knw? It started 36 me! I culdn't help but smile at that.1 was the nly ne wh shwed any interest in it, petting it, talking t it and walking with it. S, tgether, we walked twards the 37 . I finally gt a chance t 38 the number n its cllar, but n ne picked up! I was s 39 abut this animal, and I was determined t nt just leave it lying arund. I planned t head t a pet stre.
Hwever, befre I even gt t a stre, a car 40 up in frnt f me with a father and tw kids. It 41 that it was their dg, and had gtten 42 when the little by pened their fence! They were s 43 t find it, and thanked me nn-stp. I was relieved t! The dg 44 jumped int the car and I said gdbye t it.
I felt such a 45 f accmplishment afterwards, knwing I had bnded with an animal in need, and helped make sure it gt t its rightful wners.
第三节 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，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。
When I started studying German, it was___46.___struggle. The wrds felt strange n my tngue,and the grammar wuld nt stay in my head. I tld my mum that I wanted t give up, and___47.___I wuld never live in a cuntry where German___48.___（speak).My mum tld me that___49.___（study) a language was nt just fr my future. It was exercise fr the brain; the mre I learned f a language, the mre my brain wuld grw.And I remember that day when I___50.___（sudden) felt like German was n lnger a freign language. It felt like my brain___51.___（duble) in size.I had finally cme t a place where I culd think___52.___this freign language,and I culd see the wrld frm a___53.___(difference) pint f view. I felt as if I had reached the gal that I had been fighting fr. I culd pen a bk and see meanings, nt just a sea f___54.___（wrd). I finally understd the reasn____55.____my mum had encuraged me nt t give up.Thanks, Mum!
三、基础知识检测 (共两节，满分10分)
第一节 单词拼写(共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分)
56. The museum is building a new r centre fr visitrs.
57. I'm ging t New Yrk, s I must p up my English.
58. He b int uncntrllable laughter at smething I'd said.
59. But I think if we fllw these i exactly, we wn't have much truble.
60. She pened her arms wide in an friendly g f welcme.
61. When students feel islated r cnfused and reach ut with questins that g unanswered, their (动机) t cntinue begins t fade.
62. Yan Jiliang’s measures abut the dining rm ensure that students' (期望) are successfully fulfilled.
63. I had hped t send Peter a gift t (道贺) him n his marriage, but I culdn't manage it.
64. Only a (少数) f British husehlds d nt have a car.
65. It can prvide students with (立刻) feedback, including reprts abut their strengths and weaknesses.
第二节 完成句子（共5题；每空1分，共5分）
请根据所给提示，补全下列句子（注意单词的正确形式和时态变化）
66. Regardless f _______________(绊倒) raised rts f trees many times, the tugh by struggled t stand t his feet and keep ging in the wild frest.
67.While human sciety has made great technlgical prgress, quantities f exhaustible energy ____________________(用尽) up till nw.
68. The gvernment annunced that it________________________(义无反顾地进行) the plicy t srt the garbage in the next mnths.
69. In rder t scare away the thief that burst int his huse, Jack pretended _________________
(接通了电话) t the plice, but actually the telephne line was busy.
70._____________________(为腾出地方) cities, a lt f frests were cut dwn and grassland were destryed, which, in turn, is nt gd fr ur ecsystem.
四、写作 （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。
Last year I graduated frm cllege and landed a jb in the lcal cmpany. I was lucky because the ecnmy was declining and a lt f cmpanies went ut f business. There were many unemplyed graduates. That was a difficult time fr everyne. I cherished my precius jb and wrked s hard. One day, I walked n the street after finishing my wrk. I saw many beautiful decratins, such as clr1 ful lights, the familiar sng and s n. I suddenly realized Christmas was cming. I had prmised my nephew that when I fund a jb, I wuld send him a Christmas gift. Frtunately I still had a little time t buy ne fr him. And n that very day I witnessed hw peple cared fr each ther,
I was ding sme last-minute Christmas shpping in a ty stre. A nicely dressed little girl was lking thrugh the teddy bears beside her father when she saw a little by walk in and stp in frnt f the Pkemn tys. His jacket was bviusly t small. He had mney in his hand. Hwever, it lked n mre than five dllars at mst. He was with his father as well, and kept picking up the Pkemn vide games. Each time he shwed ne t his father, his father shk his head, “N”.
Rather disappinted, the by gave up the vide games and chse a bk f stickers instead. After they walked away, the little girl ran ver t the Pkemn vide games. She excitedly picked up ne lying n tp f the thers, and raced dwn tward the checkut. I picked up my purchases and fllwed the girl and her father.
注意.1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Then, much t the little girl's delight, the little by and his father gt in line behind her and me.______________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The by culd nly stare in disbelief.____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
一、阅读理解 50
第一节1-3 AAC 4-7 CDAC 8-11 CCAD 12-15 CDAC
第二节 16-20 FAGCD
二、语言运用35
第一节 21-25 AABBC 26-30 CABDB
第二节 31-35 DACAC 36-40 DBADC 41-45 BACDC
第三节 46. a 47. that 48. was spken 49. studying 50. suddenly
51. had dubled 52. in 53. different 54. wrds 55. why
三、基础知识检测 10
第一节 56. receptin 57. plish 58. burst 59. instructins 60. gesture
61. mtivatin 62. expectatins 63. cngratulate 64. minrity 65. instant/immediate
第二节 66. tripping ver 67. have been used up/ have run ut
68. wuld push ahead with 69. t have gtten thrugh
70. T make rm fr (/ In rder t make rm fr）(/ In a bid t / In an effrt t/ In a gesture t make rm fr)
四、写作（满分25分）
略31. A. accused
B. hunted
C. ignred
D. respected
32. A. belief
B. case
C. principle
D. sense
33. A. aided
B. cvered
C. sptted
D. witnessed
34. A. cllar
B. phne
C. stre
D. wund
35. A. curius
B. inncent
C. guilty
D. sensitive
36. A. biting
B. attacking
C. escaping
D. fllwing
37. A. hme
B. library
C. hspital
D. shelter
38. A. call
B. find
C. gain
D. remve
39. A. fnd
B. eager
C. grateful
D. wrried
40. A. drew
B. came
C. pulled
D. sped
41. A. turned back
B. turned ut
C. turned dwn
D. turned up
42. A. lse
B. mad
C. frightened
D. reliable
43. A. frtunate
B. pleased
C. relieved
D. urgent
44. A. fluently
B. cnstantly
C. ccasinally
D. instantly
45. A. chance
B. help
C. feeling
D. descriptin