2023扬州中学高二上学期10月月考试题英语含答案（含听力）

江苏省扬州中学2022-2023学年第一学期阶段性测试

高 二 英 语

 2022.10

（试卷满分： 150分；考试时间：120分钟）

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. Where did the man meet Shelley?

A. In a writing class. B. At summer camp. C. In college.

2. How much does the salad cost?

A. $2. B. $3. C. $3.5.

3. Why isn’t the Internet working?

A. The woman turned it off. 

B. The power has gone out. 

C. The man didn’t pay the bill.

4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Mother and son. B. Brother and sister. C. Husband and wife.

5. What does the woman tell the man?

A. Shoes are 15% off. 

B. He can come back next month. 

C. Winter jackets are the only items on sale.

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。

听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。

6. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At the cleaner’s. B. At a work event. C. At a clothing store.

7. When will the woman return?

A. Tomorrow morning. B. Tonight. C. This afternoon

听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至第 10三个小题。

8. According to the article,what’s wrong with smoothies?

A. Theytake too long to drink.

B. There are too manyingredients in them.

C. They containmorecalories and sugarthan fruits.

9. What did the manput in his smoothie?

A. Vegetables. B. Sugar. C. Milk.

10. What does the manimply in the end?

A. He’ll read the article.   

B. He’s still going to have smoothies.     

C. He’ll changethe time to drink smoothies.

听下面一段对话，回答第 11 至第 13 三个小题。

11. What is the man doing?

A. Askingfor help. B. Offeringinformation. C. Giving suggestions.

12. Whatdoes the womanthink of her father?

A. Stubborn. B. Understanding. C. Determined.

13. What will the woman probably do next?

A. Quit the play. 

B. Talk with her father. 

C. Take her father to the show.

听下面一段对话，回答第 14 至第 17 四个小题。

14. What do we know about the area?

A. The area is near the Andes Mountains. 

B. Lightning strikes mostly in December. 

C. The people there worry about getting hit.

15. What did NASA call the area?

A. The Never-Ending Storm of Catatumbo. 

B. The Lightning Capital of the World.

C. The Light of Venezuela.

16. How many people are struck by lightning near the Catatumbo River?

A. One in three per year. 

B. One in 12,000 per year. 

C. 80% of people who live there..

17. What does the man say in the end?

A. He’s scared of storms. 

B. He’ll never visit Venezuela. 

C. He’d be careful if he lived in the area.

听下面一段独白，回答第 18 至第 20 三个小题。

18. What does the speaker suggest people do at the beginning of the week?

A. Stay indoors.

B. Put their summer clothes away.

C. Get out to enjoy the beautiful weather.

19. When should the storm be over?

A. By Tuesday evening. B. By Friday morning. C. By next Monday.

20. What usually happens in late September and early October?

A. It is always quite cold.

B. There are a lot of storms.

C. The weather gets hot again.

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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A

The National Gallery

The National Gallery in London has a huge collection of 2,400 pieces online, and you can search, browse (浏览) and view the art on its website. Thanks to Google Street View, you can also take virtual tours of 18 rooms. And if you have an Oculus VR headset, you can even take a VR tour of the Sainsbury Wing, which contains over 270 paintings you can get up, close and personal with.

Art UK

Art UK is an online platform that brings together artworks from some of the most important cultural institutions across Britain. If you need some inspiration, Art UK also has you covered, as it has sorted its artworks into categories like Abstract, Floral Art Prints, Modern Interior Prints and Impressionism. Art UK also has an online shop where you can purchase prints that will add a touch of class and colour to your home.

Artnet

It allows visitors to browse galleries from all over the world, with some of the most current and contemporary artworks held by cutting-edge gallerists on offer through the portal. You can also track and follow auction lots and sales. Artnet news also brings you up-to-date news on the goings-on in the art world. Basically, Artnet is the go-to place online for everything you need to know about the contemporary art world, its artists, galleries, works, buyers and collectors.

The Affordable Art Fair

The Affordable Art Fair was originally held in Battersea in London in 1999 with a view to providing an alternative, and cheaper option for purchasing art outside a gallery setting. The Affordable Art Fair is one of the best places to shop for art online, as prices range from around £50 to £6,000, so there should be something for everyone. It's also a great place to familiarize yourself with emerging and up-and-coming artists.

21. What is special about The National Gallery?

A. The paintings are categorized.

B. It has a great collection from all over the world.

C. It can make you as if you were really in the gallery.

D. Its inspiration comes from important cultural institutions.

22. Which website best suits people who want to know the latest information about art?

A. Art UK. B. The National Gallery.

C.The Affordable Art Fair. D. Artnet.

23. What do Art UK and The Affordable Art Fair have in common?

A. They have online shopping service. 

B. You can find Floral Art Prints in them.

C. They provide cheap choices for the public. 

D. You can know some promising artists in them.

B

Gutiérrez’s life changed after finding a copy of Anna Karenina in the trash (垃圾) 20 years ago. It happened one night when he saw discarded books while driving his garbage truck through wealthier neighborhoods. It ignited his desire to start rescuing books from the trash. He took home about 50 books every morning after his night shift. Eventually, he turned his book collection into a community library for children from low-income families.

Bogota, Colombia’s capital, has 19 public libraries. However, they are far away from where rural and poorer communities live. The option of buying new books is out of reach for families struggling to make ends meet. Gutiérrez’s community library is a true representation of how one man’s trash can be another’s treasure. “I don’t think I’m doing something so great. The library is simply a bridge between people who throw books and those who have no access to books,” he said about his remarkable efforts.

Today, his library, called “the Strength of Words”, contains over 20,000 books and occupies most of his home. Everything from school textbooks to storybooks can be found in his collection. The library is open every weekend, when neighborhood children pour in. “The whole value of the library lies in helping kids start reading. This is important for kids in Bogota where many young people kill time in the streets and fall victim to vices such as taking drugs,” said Gutiérrez.

Gutiérrez grew up poor, and his family couldn’t afford to educate him beyond primary school. Nevertheless, he never lets a lack of formal education stop him from reading. “Books are the greatest invention of human beings. There’s nothing more beautiful than having a book handy,” Guiérrez said. His journey to giving back to his local community is an amazing example of how every one of us can improve the lives of those around us by identifying needs, investing time and finding a simple solution.

24. What does the underlined word “ignited” mean in the first paragraph?

A. Indicated. B. Satisfied. C. Limited  D. Stimulated.

25. Which of the following can best describe Gutérrez?

A. Caring and humble. B. Smart and independent.

C. Traditional and self-disciplined. D. Ambitious and easy-going.

26. What do paragraphs 2 and 3 mainly tell us?

A. Bogota’s main social problems.

B. The library’s rich variety of books.

C. The bad habits of Bogota’s young people.

D. The library’s significance for the neighborhood.

27. What message does Gutiérrez’s story deliver?

A. Education is the key to success. 

B. All things are difficult before they are easy.

C. Small acts of kindness make a big difference. 

D. Books are the food for the hungry of great mind.

C

Bloomberg reported on the status of Tokyo Bay, the open water swimming venue for triathletes (铁人三项运动员). Bloomberg’s report actually sums itself up quite nicely in just two words: “It stinks.”

The question of water quality first came up in 2019. During a water test prior to a paratriathlon race, E.coli was detected in more than double the amount allowed for competition by the International Triathlon Union. A local newspaper quoted one athlete as saying the bay “smelled like a toilet”.

Where the problems lie in this specific case is that there have been concerns over the pollution in Tokyo Bay for a very long time. This is due to the Tokyo metropolis having a mixed sewage (污水) system. In a mixed sewage system, drainage (排水系统) for rainwater and sewage are combined, not separate.

According to Bloomberg’s report, during times of flooding, untreated sewage system gets flushed directly into the bay in an effort to avoid flood damage. So, what happens to the untreated waste water that gets pumped directly into the bay? For the most part, it simply stays in the bay. According to research by Koibuchi, due to the size and depth of the bay, approximately 60 percent of the water in the bay is from the rivers and Tokyo’s drainpipes.

In response to that water test, Tokyo put forward new efforts to clean up the pollution in the bay. These steps include dumping massive amounts of sand into the bay, putting in polyester screens to protect against E.coli, and installing new storage tanks to hold flood runoff, so it can be treated before being released into the bay. Despite these measures, the bay has been emitting an unpleasant smell for a few weeks, according to Bloomberg’s report.

28. According to the passage, E.coli ______.

A. can be a harmful substance    B. comes from the body of a sea animal 

C. may help clean the sea     D. is a kind of household waste

29. What causes Tokyo Bay to smell unpleasant?

A. Rainwater trapped in it.

B. The old storage tank.

C. Untreated sewage system.

D. Floodwater from the ground.

30. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The sand dumped into the bay works well to reduce the smell of the bay.

B. The efforts newly made greatly prevent the bay from emitting a bad smell.

C. The measures taken lately in response to the water test are not so effective.

D. Frequent water tests help to prevent against water pollution.

31. What will possibly be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A. The bad effect of sewage.

B. The further measures to be taken.

C. Different opinions about the previous measures.

D. Athletes: attitude to the unpleasant smelling.

D

In May, 2022, Amanda Baughan, a graduate student specializing in human-computer interaction at the University of Washington, presented findings from a recent research that explored how social media cause what psychologists call “dissociation”, or a state of reduced self-reflection and narrowed attention.

Dissociation is a psychological process that comes in many forms. In the most common, everyday dissociation, your mind is so absorbed that you are disconnected from your actions. For instance, you could be doing the dishes, start daydreaming and not pay attention to how you are doing the dishes. Or you might seek immersive experiences—watching a movie, reading a book or playing a game that pass the time and cause you to forget where you are.

Dissociation can be a positive thing, especially if it’s an absorbing experience, meaningful activity or a needed break. But it can come in conflict with people’s time management goals, as with social media scrolling. Research suggests social media designs make us lose track of time spent on them, and then we feel upset with ourselves. Less sleep, lower life satisfaction and poor self-esteem are just a few of the negative mental health consequences.

Amanda Baughan said, “TikTok has a function that, every hour, will tell you that you’ve been scrolling for a while and should consider a break. On Twitter, such function already exists; it’s just not the default option. If more people start using these tools, it could convince these companies to improve them. As a man using social media now, don’t pile a bunch of shame onto your social media habits; after all, thousands of people are employed to make you scroll your thumb on that screen and keep you doing what you’re doing. Let’s shift the responsibility of designing safe and pleasant experiences from users to the companies.”

32．What does the research mainly focus on?

A．The methods of ridding people of screens.

B．The process of people’s addiction to social media.

C．The consequence caused by social media scrolling.

D．The future development of human-computer interaction.

33．Which of the following is probably an example of dissociation?

A．Lily chats with two customers via WeChat at the same time.

B．Abby listens to radio programs for half an hour every evening.

C．Andrew absorbed in reading Harry Potter forgets he is having lunch.

D．Linda recalls sports movements she learned the other day but in vain.

34．Which word best describes the author’s attitude to “dissociation”?

A．Negative. B．Objective. C．Positive. D．Cautious.

35．What message does the author seem to convey in the last paragraph?

A．The companies should improve social media designs.

B．The companies can provide pleasant experiences for users.

C．The users can sense dissociation by using social media.

D．The users should wisely make use of social media tools.

第二节 七选五阅读 (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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Patience with kids is one of those things we wish for, but still, it feels like it’s an unreachable goal because kids are so good at pushing our buttons.  36You can get better at it if you continually exercise it. No weightlifter starts with a 200-pound weight. If you’d like to grow your patience muscles, then I have a plan for you.

When you feel your patience wearing thin, you can walk away or give yourself a time-out.   37You should know what you say in anger and what you say in peace are two different things.   38This means you’ll have to stop talking and let them speak without your correction. As you listen, try to understand instead of being concerned about whether your child is listening to you. Try to find out why they’re acting in a certain way. There’s always a reason for your child’s behavior. Listening to your kid can help you know the truth.

I always encourage parents to filter(过滤) their words. Think about what you are about to say and how it will sound to your child.   39But if you can start by filtering your responses in conversations about sensitive topics, it’s a very good start.

As you exercise your patience muscles, start by being patient with yourself. The more you take small steps in patience building, the stronger your patience will become.40

1. Your patience is running out.
2. Patience is just like a muscle.
3. You can also breathe deeply or count to 10.
4. It takes time but finally your efforts will pay off.
5. I understand it is not an easy job for every word.
6. Once you feel somewhat calm, listen to your child.
7. Your child could hardly grow up with your great patience.

第三部分  语言运用(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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出填入空白处的最佳选项。

“Bookshops are places to let your imagination fly high, with so many possible   41   to discover,” says Laura Iverson. She is one of the   42at Darling Reads bookshop in West Yorkshire, England.

For Iverson, the best thing about working in a bookshop is   43   new books to readers. “   44   beats that smile when they find the perfect book,” she says.   45   , when it comes to choosing the right one, she has some useful tips.

Don’t feel you have to   46   a book because your friend likes it," Iverson says. “Stick to your own interests and choose what   47   you.”

She also   48   asking booksellers for suggestions because it could open your   49        to a new book or writer you would never have considered. “Bookshop staff are so    50            and absolutely love talking about books all day.”

Iverson says that one of her   51   books is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. She remembers   52reading it when she was around 12 years old, and not being able to put it       53   . This is one of the things Iverson loves about reading. “No matter where you are, or what you’re doing, you can be   54   into another world, once you pick up a book that fascinates you, in a matter of    55   .”

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，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Drum culture has accompanied Chinese civilization for thousands of years and has a deep spiritual meaning, far 56. ________ its physical meaning. Confucius regarded the “Drum Dance” 57. ________(high).

At the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, 200 drummers 58. ________ red formed a round drum array to dance and beat drums. The perfect beats drewthe curtain on the exceptional Olympic Games. Chinese drum is an ancient practice 59. ________ Chinese culture is deeply rooted.

The earliest 60. ________(refer) to a clay fired drumdates back to the Pottery Age. In ancient China, drums were played to pray to the gods for good weather in agriculture, strike fear in the heart of the enemies in the war and later on accompany some performances and labor 61. ________(compete).

Dozens of types of Chinese drums exist today. For instance, “Taiping drum” is used to express praying for peace and prosperity while “Ansai waist drum”, 62. ________(mean) to interpret the spirit of the Losses Plateau and the 63. ________(hero) character of Northwest farmers, is still popular.

The boom of drum culture reflects 64. ________ stable and prosperous Chinese society. For thousands of years, the drum beats have played in the backdrop, 65. ________ (present) Chinese traditional culture.

第四部分  写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）

假定你是李华，你的好友John上周六邀请你一同参观了他所在城市博物馆的西方艺术画展，期间他为你详细介绍了西方绘画的发展史和许多著名画家及其作品，你收获很大。请给他写一封邮件，内容包括：

1. 表示感谢；

2. 参观画展收获；

3. 表达祝愿。

注意：

1. 词数80左右;

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear John,

Yours,

Li Hua

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。

It was not uncommon to see a person like me in an amusement park, who held purses, cellphones and sunglasses while others enjoyed themselves riding roller coasters (过山车). I admitted their courage, but refused to challenge myself.

One day when we were at the Happy Amusement Park in Seattle, my friends tried to get me to ride a roller coaster. But the click, click, click of the cars climbing up the tracks made me scared. The stop at the top, before falling with people’s screams, seemed terrible.

My friends were still trying to persuade me, and I was saying no as usual, when I suddenly saw a familiar face, one I had never seen in real life. It was Raine, a popular young tennis star at the top of her game, who was my heroine. I pulled out a pen and the only paper that I could find and walked to her.

She was making her way through a rope that led to a ride called the Loudest Scream. I was running fast because I didn’t want to miss the chance to meet her face to face, but I was also a bit nervous. So I waited at the exit to calm down and get closer to her as she came off the ride.

Several minutes later, she got out from the exit, laughing and talking with her brother. I focused on her walking toward me. She walked past. It was more difficult to talk to a star than I thought, but I had to take the chance. I called her name, not very confidently, but more like a question, “Raine? ” She turned around. Our eyes actually met. “Would you mind signing for me? ” I asked, handing the pen and paper toward her. Her hand wrote over the paper and she said, “You are the first person who has recognized me in the park so let’s take a roller coaster together. ”

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。

Her warm invitation actually filled me with mixed feelings. _________________________

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My friend came up and asked, “Are you sure you will take a roller coaster?”

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