2023嘉兴高二上学期期末检测试题英语含解析

嘉兴市2022~2023学年第一学期期末检测高二英语试题

第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题纸上。

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。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. What will the man order today?

A. Beef noodles.

B. Chicken pie.

C. Fish soup.

2. When will the meeting begin?

A.At 10:30.

B.At 10:40.

C.At 10:50.

3. Where does the woman live now?

A. In Germany.

B. In France.

C. In England.

4. How does the man sound?

AProud.

B.Sad.

C. Curious.

5. Why did the woman apologize?

A. She made a late delivery.

B. She went to the wrong place.

C. She couldn’t take the cake back.

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。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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Where is the nearest post office?

A. Next to a drugstore.

B. About four blocks away.

C. Opposite the police station.

7. What does the woman suggest the man buy?

A. Some medicine.

B.A postcard.

C.A guidebook.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What would Joe probably do during the Thanksgiving holiday?

A. Stay at home.

B. Go to the theatre.

C. Visit Kingston.

9. What is Ariel going to do in Toronto?

A. See her aunt.

B. Watch a car show.

C. Attend a party.

10. Why is Ariel in a hurry to leave?

A. To fetch Daniel.

B. To meet her friends.

C. To shop with her husband.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Who is Gladys?

A. The woman’s co-worker.

B. The woman’s old neighbour.

C. The woman’s painting teacher.

12. What color is Gladys’ hair now?

A.Red.

B.Black.

C.Brown.

13. What did Gladys once do for the speakers?

A. She took care of their cat.

B. She helped with their shopping.

C. She gave them holiday travel tips.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. TV host and guest.

B. Professor and student.

C. Weatherman and audience.

15. Which action can be taken according to the woman?

A. Start driving less.

B. Stop using plastic.

C. Build recycling centers.

16. Which continent reduced greenhouse gases between 1990 and 2010?

A.America.

B. Europe.

C.Australia.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A. Spotting a lost tiger.

B. Feeding a hungry tiger.

C. Looking after a sick tiger.

18. Where did Max Kuss find the tiger?

A. In a park.

B On the street.

C. In a parking lot.

19. What made the tiger named after Watermelon?

A. His nature.

B. His appearance.

C. His love for the fruit.

20. When was the tiger caught by the police?

A. At 1:00 a.m.

B. At 4:45 a.m.

C. At 5:30 a.m.

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

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1. What is the major concern of people who want to take a ski holiday?

A. Price range. B. Snow conditions.

C. Temperature changes. D. Equipment rental.

2. Why is mid-March a special time for skiing?

A. It is far quieter than January.

B. It can help avoid busy school holidays.

C. It has a record for the lowest temperature.

D. It guarantees both fresh snow and sunny days.

3. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To spread knowledge about skiing.

B. To encourage more people to ski.

C. To offer skiers some suggestions.

D. To advertise a ski holiday discount.

B

Jo Land was surprised when she realized how much her youngest son’s school uniform cost. “A jumper was￡25. A polo shirt was￡15,” she says. “If it was this expensive for us, how on earth must families with three or four children manage?”

In December 2021, Land put a box outside her house, with a sign reading, “School uniform drop-off”. She set up a Facebook group and asked people to drop good-quality used uniforms into the box. The operation started to grow almost immediately. “Some weeks I give out up to 48 uniforms,“ she says. People drive up and drop the clothing: she sorts through it, keeps it in her “stock room” and posts details about donations on the Facebook group. The first parent to message her gets the items for nothing. Land puts the items in a named bag and then returns it to the box. Recipients (接受者) can come and collect at their leisure.

“Being able to access good-quality preloved school uniforms has been a lifeline,“ says Kristina, a mother of two. ”It’s just amazing.“

“Every child going to school deserves to feel smart and proud,” Land says. “We don’t want children to go to school feeling negative, because that affects their learning. Land has noticed that people rarely take without also giving. Sometimes people leave flowers on the box, or they drop off some outgrown clothes too.

Right now, Land is thinking about all the people in her community who will struggle this winter and she gets so many messages from people who are absolutely desperate, because they cannot afford uniforms for their children. Her determination to ensure children can access the uniforms they deserve grows ever stronger.

4. What inspired Land to set up the free uniform exchange?

A Her personal experience.

B. The appeals on Facebook.

C. Poor families’ complaints.

D. Her youngest son’s request.

5. What does paragraph 2 focus on?

A. How the school uniforms are selected.

B. The importance of the Facebook group.

C. The popularity of the exchange project.

D. How the school uniform exchange works.

6. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A. School learning is associated with fashion.

B. Recipients are required to give by the project.

C. Many people in Land’s community need uniforms.

D. Land is motivated to design new uniforms for children.

7. Which of the following words can best describe Land?

A. Brave and grateful.

B. Honest and energetic.

C. Kind-hearted and creative.

D. Ambitious and humorous.

C

Nowadays, the term “quiet quitting” has taken over the Internet, meaning lying flat, or taking a break from the overwork. It appears to have originated from a TikTok video posted by Brian Creely. Creely showed an Insider article written by senior reporter Aki Ito. The headline read, “Fed up with long hours, many employees have quietly decided to take it easy at work rather than quit their jobs.” Creely said, “More people are quiet quitting instead of leaving.” The video has received nearly 100,000 likes and more than 4,000 comments, the vast majority describing the benefits of doing the bare minimum.

Despite a number of news outlets reporting that quiet quitting is a trend that is being encouraged, Insider found many users on the app were actually warning people against doing so.

Ashley Herd, a former employment lawyer, posted two videos about quiet quitting. In her videos, she argued that while limiting work to what is specified in the job description is fine, doing so quietly can be detrimental. “If someone is stressed out, they should feel able to have that conversation with their manager,” she said.

A TikToker and consultant Mary posted a video titled “Minorities should be careful quiet quitting”. In the video, she said, “Unfortunately in America minorities are held to a different standard. We are looked at differently. So we have to go above and beyond to be successful. We can’t risk being regarded as not performing.”

In recent weeks, TikTokers have been warning workers that quiet quitting could lead to “quiet firing”, labeled as a new workplace trend. The phrase describes the longstanding practice of constructive dismissal—creating an environment that leads a worker to quit their job in order to avoid having to fire them. Creators are receiving hundreds of thousands of views that post about quiet firing and call out managers who employ the practice.

8. What aspect of quiet quitting is introduced in paragraph 1?

A. Its origin. B. Its innovation. C. Its value. D. Its standard.

9. What does the underlined word “detrimental” mean in paragraph 3?

A. Strange. B. Harmful. C. Vital. D. Effective.

10. What is Mary’s opinion on minorities at work?

A. They needn’t perform well.

B. They should make greater efforts.

C. They have better chances of success.

D. They are treated as equally as others.

11. Which of the following can be a sign of quiet firing in the workplace?

A. The boss asks a worker to leave the job.

B. The boss allows a worker flexible working hours.

C. The boss puts off a worker’s promotion on purpose.

D. The boss provides a worker with a new environment.

D

Trick or treat! With Halloween around the corner, kids are about to collect bags full of candy, including chocolate. Meanwhile, a group of researchers in the Netherlands has been experimenting with a method to make chocolate more of a “treat” than ever.

While chocolate is delicious for many reasons, this study focused on how it cracks when it is bitten. Corentin Coulais, the researcher teaching physics at the University of Amsterdam says, “To better how it feels in the mouth, we gave ‘geometry (几何学)’ to chocolate, which would then change the way it breaks.”

Giving it “geometry” involved using a 3D printer to produce dark chocolate in various ways. Rather than creating a flat, solid piece, the machine printed it into a simple S-shape, or zigzagged super-thin layers back-and-forth several times, or into increasingly complicated spirals (螺旋形). The resulting pieces were fed to 10 eager volunteers. It turned out that the crunchiest (最松脆的)—while remaining easy to bite—was the chocolate shaped into fairly complicated spirals. It was also the top tasting experience.

The researchers also used a machine to crack the various shapes and see which was the crunchiest. Plus, they recorded the sounds of the cracking, because a pleasurable eating experience doesn’t only take place in the mouth, but can be affected by the noises in your head. The general winner remained that spiral.

“It’s too early to say whether chocolate will soon be made differently,” Coulais says.

He is working with a couple of organizations to see how it might be applied in materials other than chocolate—ones that might be used in vehicles, for example, to make them less dangerous when they crash.

Understanding cracking could make life safer—in cars or airplanes or wearing helmets. It could also make those Halloween treats even tastier.

12. How does the author introduce the topic of the text?

A. By discussing a case.

B. By making a prediction.

C. By presenting a scene.

D. By explaining a phenomenon.

13. What is the function of the 3D printer used in the experiment?

A. To explore the way chocolate breaks.

B. To create chocolate in various shapes.

C. To improve chocolate tasting experience.

D. To record the sounds of chocolate cracking.

14. What does Coulais most expect after the study?

A. The attraction of Halloween treats.

B. The change in chocolate production.

C. The growing awareness of driving safety.

D. The application of the findings in other fields.

15. What is a suitable title for the text?

A. Geometry makes a tastier chocolate

B. Complicated spirals are the champion

C. A knowledge of cracking matters a lot

D. The crunchiest chocolate is newly born

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。

Shoppers are being warned by consumer advocates of a new wave of “shrinkflation (缩水式通胀)”— where companies shrink the net weight of a prepackaged product while still charging the same price, or sometimes more. ___16___

The Queensland Consumers’ Association (QCA) has sounded the alarm on the issue, saying it’s already received reports of consumers getting less value for money at the checkout.

___17___ This practice has been a common issue in Australia too,with eagle-eyed members of CHOICE’s Community forum sharing examples of shrinkage since 2016, calling out everything from pet food to breakfast cereal(谷类食物) .

Pet food label Purina One said it had been forced to shrink the sizes of its products to keep them affordable for shoppers. ___18___ In fact, we’ve discovered several examples in the supermarket cereal shelf. One is Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut, which sold for $6 for 670g in 2019, but now sells for $9 for 640g in 2022.

The QCA says the easiest way to know if companies are sizing down your favourite products is to check the weight and quantity displayed on the packaging. ___19___ You can also check the unit price. The unit price breaks down the cost of a product into standard units of measurement, showing how much an item costs per 100g. If a product has undergone changes in both price and quantity, unit pricing will tell you whether you’re still getting the same value for money as before. ___20___

A. However, it’s not just pet products.

B. Once a product gets smaller, it often stays that way.

C. The issue has already been making headlines in the US.

D. But in some cases, companies’ profits are also increasing sharply.

E. By these numbers, you can quickly spot if your supermarket products shrink.

F. If you’re not, it can help you find a different pack size that is worth the money.

G. Companies have admitted reducing the size of their goods due to increasing costs.

第三部分语言运用(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。

Dalton Shaffer, an employee at Steve’s Pizza in Battle Creek, Michigan, was ___21___ late one night recently when he picked up an unlikely call from more than 200 miles away.

On the other side of the ___22___ were Julie and Rich of Indianapolis, who lived in Battle Creek more than 20 years ago and, in their opinion, ___23___ hadn’t found pizza as good as Steve’s. The pair had ___24___ a trip back to their favorite pizza spot, but had to cancel it due to Rich’s ongoing battle with cancer.

On Saturday night, Julie decided to give Steve’s Pizza a call ___25___ they don’t take delivery orders, and ___26___ not three-and-a-half hours away. That’s when Dalton ___27___ the phone. He didn’t think twice about what the right thing to do was. He just ___28___ what their favorite pizza was and got in his car, beginning his long, tough journey at close to midnight.

On Sunday, at 2:30 a.m., Dalton ___29___ into their driveway, left the car running and delivered two extra special pizzas to the ____30____ pair. He wished them all the best, and ____31____ to help in any way he could.

“Dalton brought us so much ____32____-and the best pizza in the world-at a really ____33____ time. I’m sure he is a sweet guy to many others besides us.”Julie wrote in her post.“It was incredible that a ____34____ would do that for us. He drove about 450 miles round trip ____35____ working all day!

21. A. driving B. sleeping C. studying D. working

22. A. line B. restaurant C. town D. window

23 A. even B. still C. thus D. again

24. A. recalled B. taken C. planned D. missed

25. A. as though B. only if C. even though D. now that

26. A. actually B. certainly C. generally D. merely

27. A. discovered B. touched C. answered D. dropped

28. A. spotted B. decided C. perceived D. asked

29. A. rolled B. ran C. walked D. swung

30. A. calm B. amazed C. confident D. worried

31. A. agreed B. begged C. remembered D. offered

32. A. inspiration B. pleasure C. security D. freedom

33. A. difficult B. awkward C. suitable D. precious

34. A. servant B. celebrity C. stranger D. rescuer

35. A. except B. from C. by D. after

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。

Identity has been an important topic among the overseas Chinese ___36___ Chinese traders established Chinatowns throughout Indonesia in the 1400s, ___37___(kick) off centuries of Chinese migration (移民) all over the world.

The later generations of these waves of migration have shaped and been shaped by each of ___38___ (they) new homes. Many of the Chinese overseas locate home in comforting regional Chinese dishes which they ___39___ (eat) during childhood.

For many of them, home tastes are like a mix of markedly Chinese foods and foods which are not ___40___ (typical) Chinese. “Cantonese cuisine values vividly fresh ingredients (原料), so my parents loved searching for the best ___41___ was available off the Pacific West Coast,” said Lee F. Man, Chinese-Canadian food writer and founder of the Chinese Restaurant Awards. “Fish caught by my father, cabbages ___42___ (gather) by my mother, and locally raised chickens all made their way ___43___ our dinner table.”

Many interviewees described their kitchens as windows into their true ___44___ (self). “To a lot of these people,” they said, “dining table is a safe and comfortable space, because home cooking is allowing you to feel your Chinese identity.”

Gabe Chan, ____45____ Chinese-Canadian chef, said in his interview, “Chinese food existed before us and will exist long after us. Chinese food forever.”

第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(满分15分)

46. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友John得知你校举办了以“名人传记(CelebrityBiography)”为主题的阅读分享活动，想询问有关情况。请给他写一封邮件，内容包括：

1.活动时间、地点；

2.活动内容；

3.活动收获。

注意：

1.写作词数应为80左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。

Dear John,

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Yours,

Li Hua

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。

Nowadays, many people hurry to get from one place to another as efficiently as possible that those who enjoy shooting the breeze—chatting for fun—are often left without eager participants. But not everyone is going through life just looking ahead, and that’s a good thing.

Justen Crumpton from Hueytown, Alabama, is one of those people who enjoy talking to complete strangers. In her own words, “If you know me at all, you know, I love to involve myself in others’ conversations, even if they are complete strangers.” At times, that has annoyed her family, but in November it had a wholly unexpected effect.

On Nov. 7, the Alabama mother was shocked by the kindness of a stranger who treated her to an early Christmas gift after a chance encounter. As a mom with three girls and a new baby boy, she didn’t buy things for herself a lot. That day, Crumpton went with her mom and sister to try and finish up Christmas shopping, wearing her new born boy in a baby wrap.

As they were walking along after doing some shopping, Crumpton saw two men standing near a Von Maur UGGs display highlighting a particular pair of shoes that happened to be the ones she’d been eying for the last 5 years. Seeing her opportunity for a little pleasant casual talk, she paused and jokingly offered the men shopping advice, “If you are shopping for your girl, then get her these,” pointing to a certain pair. Then she told them she had been asking for them for the past five years. She laughed and started to walk away. While at that moment, one of the men said in surprise “FIVE YEARS!” She turned around and laughed some more, saying “yes!” and was joyfully ready to continue her way.

注意：

1.续写词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。

“Oh, and you have a baby,” the man said. “Wait right there.”

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She felt moved walking away with the shoes.

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听力答案:1-5 CCBBA  6-10 BCACA  11-15 BCAAA  16-20 BABCB