2023济南历城二中高二上学期入学考试英语试题

2022-2023学年度历城二中开学检测试卷

高二英语

第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共5小题;每题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. Who does the man think was screaming last night?

A. The woman.    B. The neighbors’ baby.    C. The woman’s friend.

2. What kind of TV show does the man usually watch on Tuesdays?

A. Sports.    B. Travel.    C. Quiz

3. What did the man see?

A. A rabbit.    B. A cat.    C. A bird.

4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Their wedding day.    B. A birthday party.    C. A concert.

5. Where are the speakers?

A. Ina taxi.    B. At an office.    C. At the bus station.

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遍。

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

6. What season is it now?

A. Spring.    B. Summer.    C. Winter.

7. What is the woman’s favorite sport?

A. Tennis.    B. Golf.    C. Swimming.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

8. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Parent and child.    B. Brother and sister.    C. Teacher and student.

9. What subject will the woman help the man with?

A. Math.    B. English.    C. Geography.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

10. What does the man dislike about yogurt?

A. The taste.    B. The smell.    C. The thickness.

11. Which flavor of yogurt is the woman’s favorite?

A. Orange.    B. Strawberry.    C. Apple.

12. What is yogurt good for according to the woman?

A. The brain.    B. The stomach.    C. The eyes.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

13. Why does the woman think it is easier for children to learn a new language?

A. They watch a lot of TV.

B. They are smarter than adults.

C. They like to learn new things.

14. Why did the Italian woman forget her English?

A. She didn’t learn it well.

B. She didn’t use it for a long time.

C. She didn’t have good experiences in learning it.

15. What does the man think of speaking a foreign language?

A. It gets easier as you grow up.

B. It becomes easier if you use it a lot.

C. It is helpful in learning other subjects.

16. What language did the Dutch boy use to discuss art?

A. Italian.    B. German.    C. French.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

17. When did Beethoven pass away?

A. in 1827.    B. In 1770.    C. In 1756.

18. Why is Beethoven remembered today?

A. His music is still popular.

B. He worked hard to spread his music.

C. He made his works when he was deaf.

19. Who was Beethoven’s teacher?

A. Mozart.    B. Haydn.    C. Bach.

20. What is the nature of “The Romantic Period”?

A. Quiet and frank.    B. Serious and exact.    C. Wild and emotional.

第二部分  阅读(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

New Jersey Botanical Garden Membership

It’s easy to join New Jersey Botanical Garden (NJBG) Membership or renew your membership online, by phone or by mail. And it’s so important to the Botanical Garden! Your membership dollars help to improve the Garden, and provide educational and recreational (娱乐) activities for the general public. Thank you for your support!

To join or renew, please click on the appropriate section and membership category below for safe and convenient online payment processing by PayPal.

If you prefer to join by phone or mail, call the NJBG office at (973) 962-9534 or download and send in our membership brochure (Adobe Acrobat PDF file).

★Join NJBG Today

★Renew Your Membership

The Botanical Garden started life as Skylands, a large area in the grand manner. It is famous for a 44-room Tudor Revival granite mansion (公馆) designed by John Russell Pope. Skylands has 96 acres of formal and naturalized gardens and is surrounded by over 1,000 acres of meadows (草坪) and woodlands. Purchased by the State in 1966 and officially named as the New Jersey Botanical Garden in 1984, the gardens contain approximately 5,000 species and varieties of trees and flowers.

For you, the NJBG is an exciting and beautiful place to visit where you may enjoy each season’s best. Members enjoy special events, festivals, lectures, and rewarding educational opportunities for both city and country gardeners.

Your NJBG membership offers you discounts at participating nurseries, garden centers and other fine businesses. Simply present your NJBG membership card when beginning your purchase:

· Goffle Brook Farm and Garden Center, (201) 652-7540

10% off your purchase

· Metropolitan Plant Exchange, (973) 638-7613

12% off your purchase

· Rohsler’s Allendale Nursery & Florist, (201) 327-3156

15% off your purchase

1. The NJBG membership dollars can be used to ___________.

A. offer further education B. update online payment

C. provide better service D. protect the environment

2. To join NJBG membership, you can call its office at ___________.

A. (201) 327-3156 B. (201) 652-7540

C. (973) 962-9534 D. (973) 638-7613

3. To renew the one-year membership for your parents, you need to pay ___________.

A. $50 B. $60

C. $80 D. $100

4. New Jersey Botanical Garden ___________.

A. was officially named in 1966

B. was designed by John Russell Pope

C. invites members to organize activities

D. gives members discounts for their purchase

B

I have a younger brother. To me, he is a fourteen-year-old kid named Joe, with blond hair and blue eyes. To others, he is different. Where I see a kid who just needs a lot more attention, others see a mentally disabled boy, a kid who cannot walk or talk or think for himself. I see someone who just makes daily routine a bit less routine. Others see an annoyance, I a bother.

This is not to say that I have never felt resentful (怨恨的) toward Joe. He is my brother, and with that comes responsibility. “Gina, could you stay in tonight and watch your brother?” “Gina, do me a favor and feed him dinner and change his diaper (尿布) later, please?” “Could you come home right after school today and get Joe off the bus?”

These are phrases that I have heard since I was twelve. And sure, they have made me resent my brother to a certain extent. I would think: that’s not fair! Everyone else can stay after and be a member of this club, or get extra help from that teacher. Or, all my friends are going out tonight, why can’t I? And, how come I have to feed him? He is not my son!

However, the small amount of resentment I feel toward my brother is erased a thousand times over by what I have learned from him. Besides making me responsible from a young age, and helping me be more accepting of all kinds of people, he has taught me to be thankful for what I have.

I know that there are moments in my life that I should cherish and that Joe will never experience. He will never laugh so hard that he cries. He will never feel the glory of a straight-A report card. He will never comfort a best friend crying on his shoulder. And he will never know how much his family love him.

Because he will never know, it is up to me to know, every second, how lucky I am. It is up to me to realize that life should be lived to its fullest, and that you should always, always be grateful that God, or whoever are the powers that be, gave you the ability to live your life the way you were meant to live it.

5. We know from the first paragraph that Gina’s brother __________.

A. causes trouble to neighbours B. pays more attention to others

C. lives with mental disability D. considers daily routine a bother

6. If Mother asks Gina to look after her brother now, what will she probably answer?

A. I'm afraid not. B. No problem!

C. It depends. D. It’s not fair!

7. The passage intends to tell us that we should _____________.

A. value the glory of success B. appreciate what life gives us

C. comfort unfortunate people D. treasure meaningful moments

C

Does happiness have a scent?

When someone is happy, can you smell it?

You can usually tell when someone is happy based on seeing them smile, heating them laugh or perhaps from receiving a big hug. But can you also smell their happiness? Surprising new research suggests that happiness does indeed have a scent, and that the experience of happiness can be transmitted through smell, reports Phys.org.

For the study, 12 young men were shown videos meant to bring about a variety of emotions while researchers gathered sweat samples from them. All of the men were healthy and none of them were drug users or smokers, and all were asked to abstain from drinking or eating smelly foods during the study period.

Those sweat samples were then given to 36 equally healthy young women to smell, while researchers monitored their reactions. Only women were selected to smell the samples, apparently because previous research has shown that women have a better sense of smell than men and are also more sensitive to emotional signaling—though it's unclear why only men were chosen to produce the scents.

Researchers found that the behavior of the women after smelling the scents--particularly their facial expressions--indicated a relationship between the emotional states of the men who produced the sweat and the women who sniffed them.

"Human sweat produced when a person is happy brings about a state similar to happiness in somebody who breathes this smell," said study co-author Gun Semin, a professor at Koc University in Turkey.

This is a fascinating finding because it not only means that happiness does have a scent, but that the scent is capable of transmitting the emotion to others. The study also found that other emotions, such as fear, seem to carry a scent too. This ensures previous research suggesting that some negative emotions have a smell, but it is the first time this has proved to be true of positive feelings.

Researchers have yet to isolate(分离) exactly what the chemical compound for the happiness smell is, but you might imagine what the potential applications for such a finding could be. Happiness perfumes, for instance, could be invented. Scent therapies  (香味疗法) could also be developed to help people through depression or anxiety.

Perhaps the most surprising result of the study, however, is our broadened understanding of how emotions get communicated, and also how our own emotions are potentially managed through our social context and the emotional states of those around us.

8. What is the main finding of the new research?

A. Men produce more sweats.

B. Negative emotions have a smell.

C. Pleasant feelings can be smelt out.

D. Women have a better sense of smell.

9. The underlined part "abstain from" in Paragraph 3 probably means _______.

A. avoid B. practice

C. continue D. try

10. What is the application value of the new research?

A. Perfumes could help people understand each other.

B. Some smells could be developed to better our mood.

C. Perfumes could be produced to cure physical diseases.

D. Some smells could be created to improve our appearance.

11. We can learn from the last paragraph that _______.

A. happiness comes from a scent of sweat

B positive energy can deepen understanding

C. people need more emotional communication

D. social surroundings can influence our emotions

D

As the world’s population grows, farmers will need to produce more and more food. And large farms are increasingly using precision farming to increase yields (产量), reduce waste, and reduce the economic and security risks that inevitably accompany agricultural uncertainty.

Traditional farming relies on managing entire fields—making decisions related to planting, harvesting, irrigating, and applying pesticides and fertilizer (农药和化肥)—based on regional conditions and historical data. Precision farming, by contrast, combines sensors, robots, GPS, mapping tools and data-analytics software to customize（量身定制）the care that plants receive without increasing labor. Robot-mounted sensors and camera-equipped drones (无人机) wirelessly send images and data on individual plants to a computer, which looks for signs of health and stress. Farmers receive the feedback in real time and then deliver water, pesticide or fertilizer in adjusted doses（剂量）to only the areas that need it. The technology can also help farmers decide when to plant and harvest crops.

As a result, precision farming can improve time management, reduce water and chemical use, and produce healthier crops and higher yields—all of which benefit farmers’ bottom lines and conserve resources while reducing chemical runoff.

Many small businesses are developing new software, sensors, and other tools for precision farming, as are large companies such as Monsanto, John Deere, Bayer, Dow and DuPont. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration all support precision farming, and many colleges now offer course work on the topic.

In a related development, seed producers are applying technology to improve plant characteristics. By following individual plants over time and analyzing which ones flourish in different conditions, companies can relate the plants’ response to their environments with their genomics (基因组学). That information, in turn, allows the companies to produce seed varieties that will grow well in specific soil and weather conditions. This advanced technology may also help to improve crop nutrition.

Farmers do not universally welcome precision agriculture for various reasons, such as high equipment costs and lack of access to the Internet. The technology may bring great challenges to experienced farmers who are not good at computers. And large systems will also be beyond the reach of many small farming operations in developing nations. But less expensive, simpler systems could potentially be applied. For others, though, cost savings in the long run may reduce the financial concerns. And however reticent some farmers may be to adopt new technology, the next generation of farmers are likely to warm to the approach.

12. Precision farming differs from traditional farming partly because it ________.

A. guarantees high yields with more labor

B. relies on regional conditions and historical data

C. offers plenty of water, pesticides and fertilizer

D. provides real time information about target crops

13. About precision farming, we can learn that________.

A. the government holds a cautious attitude

B. it draws positive responses from businesses

C. seed producers have already made huge profits

D. large systems will soon be built in developing nations

14. The underlined word “reticent” in the last paragraph probably means ________.

A. disappointed B. confused

C unwilling D. shocked

15. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Precision Farming Increases Crop Yields

B. More Challenges Faced by Modern Farmers

C. Development of Farming Systems in the U.S.

D. Traditional Farming is Gradually Disappearing

第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，共12.5分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中两项为多余选项。

Healthy See, Healthy Do

Visit the grocery store on an empty stomach, and you will probably come home with a few things you did not plan to buy. But hunger is not the only cause of additional purchases. The location of store displays (摆放) also influences our shopping choices.___16___

The checkout area is a particular hotspot for junk food. Studies have found that the products most commonly found there are sugary and salty snacks.___17___ A 2012 study in the Netherlands found that hospital workers were more likely to give up junk food for healthy snacks when the latter were more readily available on canteen shelves, for example. In 2014 Norwegian and Icelandic researchers also found that replacing unhealthy foods with healthy ones in the checkout area significantly increased last-minute sales of healthier foods.

___18___ It has been working with more than 1,000 store owners to encourage them to order and promote nutritious foods. “We know that the stores are full of cues (暗示) meant to encourage consumption,” says Tamar Adjoian, a research scientist at the department, “Making healthy foods more convenient or appealing can lead to increased sales of those products.”

Adjoian and her colleagues wondered if such findings would apply to their city’s crowded urban checkout areas, so they selected three Bronx supermarkets for their own study. ___19___ Then they recorded purchases over six three-hour periods in each store for two weeks.

Of the more than 2,100 shoppers they observed, just 4 percent bought anything from the checkout area. Among those who did, however, customers in the healthy lines purchased nutritious foods more than twice as often as those in the standard lines.___20___ The findings were reported in September in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

The potential influence may seem small, but Adjoian believes that changing more checkout lines would open customers’ eyes to nutritious, lower-calorie foods. Health department officials are now exploring ways to expand healthy options at checkout counters throughout New York City.

A. These foods give people more energy.

B. They bought unhealthy foods 40 percent less often.

C. And it may make or break some healthy eating habits.

D. The supermarkets began to offer nutritious, lower-calorie foods.

E. These findings caught the attention of New York City Department of Health.

F. They replaced candies and cookies with fruits and nuts near the checkout counter.

G. And a few studies have suggested that simply swapping in healthier options can change customer behavior.

第三部分  语言运用(共三节，满分30分)

第一节(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白处的最佳选项。

I played a racquetball (壁球) game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most ____21____ and tiring games I’ve ever had. When Ed first phoned and suggested we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an ____22____ victory. After all, Ed’s idea of ____23____ has always been nothing more ____24____ than lifting a fork to his mouth. As long as I can remember, Ed’s been the least physically fit member in the family, and ____25____ proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often ____26____ about that, Ed refused to buy a ____27____ T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed ____28____ for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly ____29____. I was so surprised that I was speechless. My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape. ____30____, at the point in our game when I’d have predicted (预计) the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was ____31____ 7 to 9-and Ed was ____32____. The sudden realization was painful. We continued to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up, I was having serious ____33____ about staying alive until 21 years old, let alone ____34____ that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to move. In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my ____35____.

21. A. encouraging B. hopeless C. surprising D. regular

22. A. unforgettable B. unexpected C. easy D. early

23. A. exercise B. preparation C. joy D. fitness

24. A. time-saving B. comfortable C. suitable D. effort-making

25. A. strangely B. personally C. reasonably D. eagerly

26. A. cared B. forgot C. quarreled D. joked

27. A. clean B. larger C. straight D. darker

28. A. set out B. got ready C. arrived D. returned

29. A. notice B. admire C. believe D. measure

30. A. After all B. As a result C. Above all D. At last

31. A. mistakenly B. then C. instead D. naturally

32. A. leading B. coming C. waiting D. counting

33. A. thoughts B. doubts C. situations D. problems

34. A. scoring B. completing C. receiving D. keeping

35. A. friendship B. respect C. support D. favor

第二节(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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Varatha Shanmuganathan is an 87-year-old woman in India. She has become the ____36____ (old) person to get a Master’s degree at Canada’s York University. When she isn’t dancing or singing with her grandchildren, she’s busy ____37____ (realize) her many dreams.

This is not Shanmuganathan’s first Master’s degree. After earning her Bachelor’s degree, she returned to Sri Lanka ____38____ (teach) Indian history and English.

In 1990 she moved to London to teach English as a second language and received her first Master’s degree from the University of London.

When she found out the university offered free tuition ____39____ senior citizens, Shanmuganathan said she ____40____ (immediate) knew it was her last chance to make her dream of studying political science come true. She began her studies in 2019 and ____41____ (continue) throughout the pandemic (流行病).

“She will act as a powerful role model for ____42____ (woman) of all ages,” York University President Rhonda Lenton said.

Despite her achievements, Shanmuganathan said she is not quite finished yet in ____43____ (educate). Her next plan is to write ____44____ book about post-war Sri Lanka.

“Find out what you really want to achieve and pursue it until the end. Think of something _____45_____ not only interests you, but is also beneficial to others. Go on after it, get it, do it, achieve it,” Shanmuganathan said.

第三节  单词拼写(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分)

46. A good idea just o______ to me all at once.(根据首字母单词拼写)

47. The data should be ________ (更新) once a week.(根据汉语意思单词拼写)

48. I try to______（使……信服）him of the reality of the danger.

49. In some developing countries, more and more people are settling down in_____（城市的）areas.

50. You need to be more ______ (灵活的) and imaginative in your approach. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）

第四部分  写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(满分15分)

51. 假定你是李华，你的家乡今年新建了一个中国民俗文化主题公园，请给你的留学生好友Mike写封邮件，邀请他一同来公园参观，内容包括:

1.时间、地点；2.参观内容:了解中国民俗文化，体验民间艺术等；3.注意事项。

参考词汇:中国民俗文化主题公园Chinese folk culture theme park

注意:

1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Dear Mike,

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Yours，

Li Hua

第二节(满分25分)

52. 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。

Fiona Simpson, 23, was on her way home. She was driving on the D'Aguilar Highwav in Queensland, Australia, It was a long, lonely road, but she had company at least. Her 78-year-old grandmother and four-month-old daughter were with her for the journey.

Clouds started to roll in overhead. Fiona hadn't bothered to listen to the weather report that morning. Mostly because she had expected to arrive home before any sort of downpour hit. As she drove down the D’Aguilar Highway, however, the slight pattering(拍打) of rain began to beat into an angry drum beat upon the roof of the car.

Even though she had been driving quite slowly, she could hardly see the lines in the road. The pouring rain soon became so heavy that her windshield wipers(雨刮器) couldn't keep up. Fiona knew that her only option was to pull the car onto the side of the road until the bad weather lessened.

She stopped the car when suddenly she heard a sound that completely shocked her. The loud bang came from behind her, right near the window where her daughter sat. The glass of the window was broken, and a moment later she discovered that something equally sharp and dangerous was hitting her child.

It was hailstones(冰雹), nearly golf-ball-sized chunks of ice falling from the sky. Hailstones can cause serious damage. Even cattle can be killed as well if they do not seek shelter. Fiona dived into the back seat and tried to form a human shield(挡板) over the baby. Meanwhile, the hailstone was battering the roof of the car so loudly that she couldn't even hear the child crying beneath her.

Queensland had apparently been hit with a super-cell storm that resulted in tennis-ball-sized hailstones. Soon, even Grandma was being battered with the same falling ice. Fiona moved towards the front, still holding her baby in her arms, and tried to shield Grandma as well. Fiona found them caught right in the middle of the storm with nowhere to hide.

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。

At this time, a truck pulled off beside them.

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After quite a long time the storm passed.

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