湖南省株洲市天元区2022-2023学年高二英语上学期12月月考试卷（Word版附答案）

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株洲市天元区名校2022-2023学年高二上学期12月月考英语试题第一部分 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。AScience competitions your students can enterClean Tech CompetitionAge:15-18Opens: NowCloses: 29 April 2022The Clean Tech Competition research and design challenge asks students to find a problem with our natural world and resource use that they want to change, work out a solution and hand in a research paper to the judges.Top of the BenchAge:14-16Opens: September 2022Closes: October 2022(regional heats)Top of the Bench (TOTB)is a yearly practical chemistry competition and a great chance for students to put their teamwork and practical skills to the test. Regional heats will be held between October 2022 and January2023, with the wining team from each heat progressing to the national final held later in March.Quantum on the ClockAge: 16-18Closes: 31 March 2022Quantum on the Clock competition is open to all A-level students in the UK and Ireland. Students are asked to create a three-minute video about any aspect of quantum science (量子科学) or technology . Entries (参赛作品) can be individual or in teams of up to four students. Cash prizes are on offer for the winners and runners-up. The “best individual” and “best team” winners will receive an invitation to a prize-giving ceremony at the Photon 2022 conference dinner (会议晚宴).Big Bang Young Scientists and Engineers CompetitionAge: 11-19Closes: 4 April 2022The Big Bang Competition recognises young people’s achievements in STEM and builds their confidence in project-based work, focusing on investigation, discovery and use of scientific methods. Students can submit (提交) their project as a written or video report—on any topic in the field of STEM. Students can be in with the chance of winning a range of awards and prizes.1．Which competition focuses on solving environmental issues?A．Top of the Bench.B．Quantum on the Clock.C．Clean Tech Competition.D．Big Bang Young Scientists and Engineers Competition.2．When will the national final of TOTB be held?A．In September 2022. B．In October 2022.C．In January 2023. D．In March 2023.3．What do the last two competitions have in common?A．They both accept video entries.B．They are both open to students aged 11-19.C．Both of them will invite their winners to a conference dinner.D．Both of them require each participant to finish an entry on his own.BNowadays, we are very worried about such COVID-19 variants as Delta and Omicron. To relieve our anxieties, we should have a look at our own cell and the original COVID-19 virus. First of all, our cell isn’t stupid. If any virus wants to enter our cell, it must figure out a way for its spike (触手) to hold tightly to the spike on the cell’s surface. You can imagine this connecting as a secret handshake. At the early stage, the COVID-19 virus figured out a way to connect to a specific spike on the surface of human cell, called ACE2. But the connecting wasn’t perfect. However, it was good enough to trick the ACE2 to let it in. Once the virus was inside the cell, it kept copying itself in order to find more cells to infect. During this time, the immune (免疫) system started making antibodies to fight back. Some of those antibodies acted like little caps that stick to the ends of the virus’s spike. Once “capped”, the infection couldn’t move forward, and the body won!But every time the virus copies itself inside a cell, it has the chance of changing its spikes slightly. Most of the variations are actually harmful to the virus. So these variants disappear. However, once the virus hits upon a set of variations that actually help the virus to connect more tightly to the cell or more quickly, a person’s cell gets infected more easily. Then what about the antibodies? Aren’t they coming to save us again? Well, yes... and no. Scientists found that a person who was infected with the earlier version of the virus may not be protected as well against these new variants. He still can be infected, again. However, the antibodies’ spikes come in different shapes, too. So even though some antibodies become less useful, others will get the job done—or at least, hold back the infection long enough so the body can make new antibodies that fit perfectly on the changed spike.4．What does the underlined word "it" in paragraph 2 refer to?A．The virus. B．The cell.C．The spike. D．The connection.5．What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?A．How a virus enters the human cell.B．How a virus copies itself inside a cell.C．Why the immune system can fight back.D．Why virus variants have different infection rates.6．What can be learned from the text?A．COVID-19 variants will become more and more infectious.B．It is unlikely for COVID-19 patients to get infected again.C．Old antibodies might be less effective against new variants.D．It is hopeless to get rid of the COVID-19 in the near future.7．What is the best title for the text?A．Worries About the COVID-19 VariantsB．A Simple Guide to COVID-19 VariantsC．The Danger of the Deadly COVID-19 VirusD．Ways to Protect Ourselves From COVID-19 VirusCOwning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think. It may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are... but it also turns you into a workaholic, it seems.A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobilephone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. More than 90 percent of office workers have email-enabled phones, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they make work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am, with more than a third checking their first emails in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 pm and midnight.Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smartphones invaluable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smartphones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity. “8．Which of the following is true according to the text?A．The average UK working time is between nine and twelve hours.B．Nine-tenths spend over three hours checking work emails.C．One-fourth check their first mail between 11 pm and midnight.D．The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 8 am.9．The underlined word “accessing” in the third paragraph can be replaced by “       “.A．calling B．using C．reaching D．getting10．What can we conclude from the text?A．Every coin has two sidesB．It never rains but pours.C．All that glitters is not gold..D．It’s no good crying over spilt milk.11．What’s the main idea of the text?A．Workaholics like smartphones.B．Employers don’t like smartphones.C．Smartphones make our life easier.D．Smartphones bring about extra work.DIn April 2018, a group of Canadian scientists flying in a helicopter (直升飞机) discovered something they didn't expect to see — a huge, unknown cave with an opening the size of a football field. The cave was discovered in the northern part of Wells Gray Provincial Park, in a wild, faraway area of Canada's Cariboo Mountains. The area is hard to get to and even harder to travel through. It is covered with snow for much of the year.  The group told Catherine Hickson, a scientist who studies rocks, about the cave. Dr. Hickson got a team of researchers together to study it. In September, they went for a closer look after most of the snow melted (融化). The cave is one of the largest in Canada. Not only is the opening to the cave larger than a football field, the cave is also deep. The team couldn't measure (测量) all the way to the bottom, but they think it may be more than 180 meters deep. The cave is tens of thousands of years old. But the rock in the cave is made of used to be at the bottom of an ocean (海洋). It is hundreds of millions of years old. A small, but fast river of melting snow leads into the cave on one side, creating a waterfall near the top and a river at the bottom. The water comes out again a long way away. The exit (出口) is about 2.1 kilometers away and about l/2 kilometer lower down. The cave will have to wait to get an official name. For now, the cave is being called "Sarlacc's Pit "because it looks similar to the home of the Sarlacc, a person in the Star Wars movie Return of the Jedi.For Dr. Hickson, there's a lesson to be learned from the cave. "It shows you that you don't know everything, "she says." There are things yet to be discovered."12．Why did the cave remain unknown in the past?A．It is in a wild mountain area. B．It has been there for just a few years.C．Its opening is too small to be noticed. D．The weather there is cold all year round.13．What are Paragraphs 4 and 5 mainly about?A．The history of the cave. B．Some facts about the cave.C．The value of studying the cave. D．The methods of studying the cave.14．What does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 4 refer to?A．The snow. B．The river. C．The ocean. D．The rock.15．The cave's name "Sarlace's Pit" has something to do with ________.A．local culture B．its discoverers C．the way it looks D．the name of a film star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。Many people are well aware of the benefits of teaching our children to love reading. Less easy to do, however, is finding regular time to read with our children.___16___Select a suitable time of day. The most suitable time of day is often bedtime but it might not be suitable for you. ___17___If reading a goodnight story at 8 pm has you yawning and trying hard to remain awake, perhaps a story before dinner, or a story in the afternoon will work out better. You need to direct this decision to make it fit in rather than miss it.___18___Rather than try to go through five chapters of a large book each night, cut it down to two chapters. Rather than read five storybooks, cut it down to two. When the alternative is nothing at all, books with fewer chapters will be much preferred by your child.Read loud together. When you have more than one child, make reading done together. If an older child who is able to read finds this “unfair” or “annoying”, you can let him read something that interests him and read it out loud to the family. Another way to engage more than one child is to read stories in turn and have each of them listen politely.___19___Praise your children.___20___When your children read anything-be it the label off a cereal packet or a book, be sure to praise their reading at every chance you get. Thus, you are creating a reading culture in your family, which is an important way of helping children cope with their feelings and problems, as well as answering their curiosities, and developing their imagination.A．Read every night.B．It goes a long way.C．Break down the reading if necessary.D．Do remember a suitable time for reading varies among children.E．Here is how you fit yourself in regular reading sessions with your children.F．So it is important to take into account your availability throughout the day.G．As a result, they will love hearing and be in favor of such group activity.第二部分 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。It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of___21___to where he was going. Pretty soon he___22___that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to___23___someone who could tell him how to get back to the___24___.It was a long___25___road. For many ___26___he kept on driving. When it was almostdark ，he saw in a field a tall___27___ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his___28___team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.” “Hello，yourself，”the farmer___29___，still ploughing . “Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It___30___stays right where it is，”said the farmer，withoutstopping his work.“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more___31___.“Don’t know. I never　____32____it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting____33____“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time____34____at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much.____35____I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！”21．A．signs B．orders C．attention D．direction22．A．realized B．recognized C．accepted D．received23．A．miss B．meet C．look D．lose24．A．town B．country C．capital D．village25．A．lonely B．busy C．dirty D．crowded26．A．seconds B．minutes C．hours D．years27．A．driver B．policeman C．farmer D．worker28．A．strong B．tired C．weak D．tiring29．A．asked B．demanded C．replied D．ordered30．A．always B．often C．sometimes D．seldom31．A．politely B．friendly C．loudly D．angrily32．A．judged B．measured C．saw D．studied33．A．sad B．lovely C．friendly D．angry34．A．gladly B．immediately C．silently D．excitedly35．A．Generally B．Fortunately C．Certainly D．Perhaps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。Every year, more than 13 billion plastic bottles are sold in Britain. All of them ____36____ (use) only once, and only half of them are recycled.Some think plastic bottles should be banned(明令禁止). ____37____ think they should be recycled. Others think a returning plan should be brought in to avoid the ____38____ (pollute) of rivers and seas. That is to say, people will get up to 20 pence back every time they return ____39____ bottle. A returning plan for bottles is already ____40____ (success) in Germany, where 98.5% of plastic bottles are returned. ____41____ (lucky), there are already signs that things are changing for the better. Last year, Selfridges stopped ____42____ (sell) single-use water bottles. London Zoo announced that it would also ban them. It sold 155,000 plastic bottles of water last year. Now it will sell only reusable plastic bottles, ____43____ can be filled by visitors from taps. Families visiting beaches this summer are being asked to take part in a plan called “Return To Offender”. The idea is ____44____ (post) plastic bottles and other litter they find back to the _____45_____ (company) that made them, using their freepost addresses.第三部分      写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（满分 15 分）46．你校正在组织英语作文大赛。请以“我最喜欢的诗人”为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：1. 人物简介；2. 喜欢的原因。注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 短文题目和首句已为你写好，不计入总词数。My favorite poetThere are many famous poets all over the world. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________第二节（满分25 分）47．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。Thirty years ago, Cayley was greatly surprised to find that she had a brother. She made up her mind to find him. Since then she refused to leave the home she grew up in, hoping that her brother would knock on the door one day. Little did Cayley know that her brother, Nick Rhoades, had been longing to do so, but only to walk away at the last minute. But thanks to the TV programme Long Lost Family, the pair have enjoyed an emotional reunion.Cayley’s mum Jacqueline left the family when her daughter was only seven to start a new life in America. Cayley was brought up by her grandmother Victoria, who died in 2001, and she clearly remembered first finding out about her brother Nick. Cayley was quite angry with the fact that was covered up. So she was determined to find her brother no matter what difficulties she would meet with.Many years later, Cayley, her husband, Colin, and their children were still staying in the house where she grew up because she always had hope that one day her brother would knock on the door. Her husband Colin was very understanding and even though they had two other houses to move to, they stayed in the same house. She never gave up hope.Meanwhile, when Nick knew he was adopted, he did ask his parents questions and they told him everything they knew. His adoptive parents were so loving and his mum had adopted hundreds of children. Nick had been one of those lucky kids. He had lived a really very happy childhood. Sadly, when Nick was 18 his adoptive mum died of cancer. After several years, his adoptive father also died. Nick was extremely sad during that period of time. Once again, he became a poor orphan without parents, which led him to make the decision to find his birth mum Jacqueline.Nick had been given his birth certificate (出生证) by his adoptive parents with an address on it.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。Nick and his wife Sandra decided to find his mother’s house.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Thankfully, Nick’s sister Cayley and Nick’s wife Sandra both turned to Long Lost Family for help.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案1．C    2．D    3．A   4．A    5．D    6．C    7．B   8．C    9．B    10．A    11．D   12．A    13．B    14．D    15．C   16．E    17．F    18．C    19．G    20．B  21．C    22．A    23．B    24．A    25．A    26．C    27．C    28．B    29．C    30．A    31．C    32．B    33．D    34．C    35．D36．are used    37．Some    38．pollution    39．a    40．successful    41．Luckily    42．selling    43．which    44．to post    45．companies46．One possible version：My favorite poetThere are many famous poets all over the world. My favorite poet is Du Fu, one of the greatest Chinese poets. Known as "the Sage of Poetry", Du Fu wrote with a realistic style and gave a vivid account of what was happening in his age. More importantly, Du Fu showed great concern over poor people's lives. Many of his poems reflected the great gap between the rich and the poor, and the effects of war on the people. Du Fu's poems reflect realities and pay attention to common people's lives. That is why I like Du Fu most.47．    Nick and his wife Sandra decided to find his mother’s house. It felt so strange that Nick knew it was exactly the house when they were approaching it. He had a feeling that he had been living here long long time ago. He was eager to knock at the door, but he stopped all of a sudden. His concern was that he might interrupt his mother. He didn’t want to go into the house directly and told her they were her son and daughter-in-law.      Thankfully, Nick’s sister Cayley and Nick’s wife Sandra both turned to Long Lost Family for help. Cayley wanted to find her little brother, and Sandra wanted to help her husband find about his mum. Cayley was asked lots of personal questions. She burst into tears when she knew they were about her brother. When they finally met, Nick knew it was exactly his sister. They were so alike, even their gestures or ways of speaking were the same. A month later, Nick was reunited with his mum, who flew back from America. They are always meeting up from then on.