2023赤峰二中高二上学期期末考试英语试题含解析

赤峰二中2021级高二上学期期末测试

英语试题

第 Ⅰ 卷

第一部分：基础知识(共20小题，每题1.5分 满分30分)

1. Dr. Rowan, ________ secretary resigned (辞职) two weeks ago, has had to do all his own typing.（用适当的词填空）

2. They deal with social situations, ________ no doubt conflicts occur. （用适当的词填空）

3. He speaks highly of China Orbit as a unique science fiction novel ________ vividly shows a child’s real-life experience in a military camp of a specific era. （用适当的词填空）

4. Will you please lend me the very book ____________ you bought yesterday?

5. Here is so difficult a problem ________ none of us can solve. （用适当的词填空）

6. He was very busy yesterday; otherwise, he ________ (go) to the meeting. （所给词的适当形式填空）

7. ________ he leave today, he would get there by Friday. （用适当的词填空）

8. I can’t stand him. He always talks as though he ________ (know) everything. （所给词的适当形式填空）

9. The teacher agreed to the suggestion that students ________ (give) two weeks to prepare for the exam. （所给词的适当形式填空）

10. I wish that I ________ (tell) you the truth last night. （所给词的适当形式填空）

11. The way you thought of ________ (solve) the math problem was greatly creative. （所给词的适当形式填空）

12. As a matter of fact, however, free play is one of the most valuable educational opportunities ________ (provide) for our children. （所给词的适当形式填空）

13. The moments we spend with our ________ (love) ones are often the most treasured and meaningful in our lives. （所给词的适当形式填空）

14. The origin of facial make-up ________ (use) in Peking Opera can be traced back to the Southern and Northern Dynasties Period. （所给词的适当形式填空）

15. After that day, the location of direct sunlight moves to the south, ________ (make) days shorter and nights longer. （所给词的适当形式填空）

16. ________ (spend) six years guarding the paintings, Zhang is very familiar with them. （所给词的适当形式填空）

17. When asked why he went there, he said he was sent there____________(train) for a space flight. (所给词的适当形式填空)

18. They are discussing where ________ (put) up the children’s palace. （所给词的适当形式填空）

19. As I will be away for at least a year, I’d appreciate ________ (hear) from you now and then so that I can know how everyone is getting along. （所给词的适当形式填空）

20. It was getting dark, I found a car ________( stick) in a pool by the side of the road.（所给词的适当形式填空）

第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，20小题，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

It’s difficult to imagine any gifts more convenient than online flower delivery. There is no driving to the local florist shop, no waiting on hold, and no searching for a phone number for a flower delivery service in the area you need to send. You simply select the bouquet or arrangement, and enter the delivery and payment information. Besides, many offer additional gifts including gift baskets, chocolates, teddy bears and so on.

Fast Flower Delivery Online

When you buy flowers online, you can get flower delivery just as fast as if you place the order in person or over the phone. If you place your order early in the day with an Internet florist, many of the best can deliver on the same day.

Send Flowers for Less

Customers often find better prices when buying on the Internet, because online flower shops typically have lower prices and more discount deals. These shops have less overhead and costs, so they can pass the savings on to the customer. In addition, you usually get a much better deal, especially at busy holidays such as Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Christmas, etc.

Spectacular Flower Selection

A typical local flower shop does not have a big selection to choose, and also, when you order flowers over the phone you can’t see what you’ll get. Online flower shops have pictures, and still many have a spectacular selection to choose from. Plus, if one Internet florist doesn’t have what you want, it’ll take just a few seconds to buy flowers online from another florist site

21. What might you get on a special holiday?

A. Faster delivery. B. More discount.

C. Wider choices. D. Extra gifts.

22. In which aspect is online flower delivery better than over the phone?

A. You see pictures of the flowers.

B. You needn’t drive to the shop.

C. You can pay afterwards.

D. You have a faster service.

23. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To show the advantages of flower shopping.

B. To help run an online floral business.

C. To advertise a flower shop.

D. To promote online flower delivery.

B

Parrots live extremely long partly due to their relatively large brains; an international team of researchers has discovered. Simeon Smeele, a doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, led the study, the results of which were published in March in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

When it comes to lifespan, birds truly stand out. Lifespan tends to increase with an animal’s body size, roughly speaking. Thus, the bigger the animal, the longer they live. But a bird tends to live much longer than a comparably-sized mammal. One theory is that birds’ ability to fly means they are less at risk from the animals that kill them, which reduces their risk of being eaten, decreases stress, and frees up bodily resources for growth.

And among birds, parrots are the aging champions. The confirmed longest-living bird was Cookie, a Major Mitchell’s cockatoo (a species of parrot), who lived at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois for all but one of his 83 years. Though cockatoos often weigh around a pound, they usually live for four decades. Most of the other 398 parrot species also live longer than other birds of similar size.

What sets parrots apart? In the new research, Smeele and his colleagues gathered data on over 130,000 individual parrots held in more than 1,000 zoos, representing 217 species. Through this data, they created reliable estimates of the average lifespan for each species. They next searched for a link between each species’ lifespan and its relative brain size and found a clear, positive correspondence. Parrot species with larger brains relative to their body size lived longer than species with smaller brains.

“This supports the idea that in general larger brains make species more flexible. For flexibility allows them to live longer.” Smeele said in a statement. “For example, if they run out of their favorite food, they could learn to find something new and thus survive.” He added, “All parrots have relatively large brain sizes compared to most other birds.”

Researchers have previously shown that, when trained, some parrots can recognize and understand objects, colors, and shapes, and even speak with an impressive vocabulary. They can even match five-year-old humans on basic tests of intelligence.

24. What do we know about parrots according to the text?

A. They outlive other similar-sized birds.

B. They live longer in the zoo than in the wild.

C. They have an average lifespan of four decades.

D. They live in relatively less competitive environments.

25. What does the underlined word “correspondence” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Goal. B. Evidence. C. Difference. D. Connection.

26. With the example in Paragraph 5，what does the author want to stress?

A. Parrots find it hard to survive nowadays.

B. Bigger brains give parrots more adaptability.

C. Parrots like to discover new things by nature.

D. Bigger brains aid parrots with their social ability.

27. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Why do parrots live so long? B. Why are parrots so intelligent?

C. What do parrots do for a living? D. What are the longest living animals?

C

My best friend traveled to stay with our family last weekend. When she arrived, she went straight to the kitchen and, without asking, ate a spoonful of raspberry jam and some dried fruit. She wasn’t being rude. I knew she would do this. We’ve known each other for almost 20 years. She can eat anything she wants from my kitchen. Indeed, I bought her favorite fruits and snacks at the shop that morning.

Our long weekend together was luxuriously simple. I was recovering from surgery and couldn’t go to shopping malls. We passed the time running errands, going to the post office and collecting dry cleaning. We drank away too many cappuccinos. But we talked about every little detail of our lives.

There’s never been a quiet moment in our friendship. We’ve lived in different cities for almost a decade. Reunions demand constant conversation. Our personalities are matched, to be sure, and a shared history is indescribably valuable. We were competitors in high school before bonding over a bad experience. Then we discovered the many interests that we had in common. Our friendship strengthened itself quickly. We stayed companions through law school, through our first jobs and our first boyfriends. We supported each other through break-ups and breakthroughs. Ours is a friendship for ages.

There is something special about friends who know everyone and everything about you. They are rare. These are the people you’ve chosen to witness your life. They have seen the bright lights of achievement, the depths of despair and the boring routine of the in-between.

It’s special to unpack feelings and frustrations without wasting time filling in the blanks. As my long weekend shows, with such friends we don’t have to “do”, we simply have to “be”. We drop the act, the performance, the public version of ourselves.

The special friendships are those which never fail to delight, the continuation of which is worth the extra effort, despite distance and difference sneaking into your separate lives. I had the very great joy of this reminder last weekend. I’m lucky to have found this friend, to see a future where her companionship remains. Being together is perfection.

28. What happened during her best friend’s visit?

A. They enjoyed an eventful long weekend.

B. They talked constantly about their lives.

C. They made their favorite snacks and coffee.

D. They talked about what happened in their lives.

29. One thing that the author appreciates about their friendship is that ________.

A. they help each other deal with the boredom of life

B. they prefer to witness each other’s lives from far away

C. they try to show each other their best selves

D. they are comfortable just being themselves when together

30. Which of the following would the author agree with?

A. Charm comes from difference.

B. Politeness brings best friends closer.

C. Good friendships need devotion.

D. Distance can separate good friends.

31. What is the tone of the passage?

A. Light-hearted. B. Humorous. C. Serious. D. Desperate.

D

A new study published in the journal Reading and Writing shows that reading is closely related to language skills. The piece was written by Sandra Martin, professor of education, and PhD student Stephanie Kozak. They found that people who enjoyed reading fiction for leisure and who saw themselves as readers scored higher on language tests, while those who read to access specific information scored more poorly on the same tests.

Martin and Kozak used a scale called the Predictors of Leisure Reading (PoLR) to investigate reading behavior. They then examined how well the PoLR predicted the language skills of 200 undergraduate students. The researchers note that the age range of the subjects in the study is of key interest. In early adulthood, reading becomes self-directed rather than compelled by others, which means people can choose to read any book they like. So, this is a key time for developing one’s own reading habits. But there is a general lack of research on this population, with most existing research mainly focusing on children.

The researchers administered(执行)a series of measures. First, the participants completed the 48-question PoLR scale measuring various reading factors, including motivations, obstacles, attitudes and interests. They were then given language tests similar to those found in the SAT and a measure of reading habits called the Author Recognition Test. This test asks participants to select the names of real fiction and non-fiction authors they are familiar with from a long list of real and fake names. Scores on this test are related to both actual reading behavior and verbal abilities: those who scored higher read more and have better verbal abilities than those who scored lower.

After analyzing the data, the researchers concluded that reading enjoyment, positive attitudes and deeply established interests predicted better verbal abilities and that they were more strongly associated with exposure to fiction than non-fiction.

The many benefits of reading have long been established. Besides having better verbal abilities, lifelong readers are known to be more understanding of others, to attain higher socioeconomic status and even to live longer, healthier lives than non-readers. The findings of the study can give teachers and parents some enlightenment(启发). They can promote a love of reading by letting young people read what they want, without guilt or shame.

32 What plays a key role in improving people’s language skills according to the study?

A. Their reading speeds. B. Their reading frequencies.

C. Their motivations for reading. D. Their understanding of the content.

33. What distinguishes Martin and Kozak’s study from most existing research?

A. Its research method. B. Its scoring criterion.

C. Its large sample size. D. Its selection of subjects.

34. How did the researchers learn about the participants’ actual reading habits?

A By analyzing their performance in reading and comprehending a given article.

B. By asking them to introduce their favorite writers and books in detail.

C. By letting them choose their familiar authors from a partly real list.

D. By requesting them to do some SAT language tests.

35. What’s the inspiration for teachers and parents while educating kids?

A. Setting an example for kids in reading.

B. Allowing kids to read their favorite books.

C. Asking kids to make friends with lifelong readers.

D. Encouraging kids to start reading as early as possible.

第二节 (共5小题, 每小题2分，满分10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。

If you’re anything like the average American, you probably check your smartphone more than 50 times per day as a 2018 study found. ___36___ In fact, The University of Arizona found back in 2012 that cell phones carry 10 times more bacteria than a toilet seat, largely because toilet seats are typically cleaned more frequently while personal electronics are largely overlooked.

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization are advising the general public to wash hands often and disinfect(消毒) frequently touched objects and surfaces. ___37___

But cleaning your phone can be tricky, considering many of the standard cleaning products you’d typically use for disinfection could potentially damage your mobile device. You may want to wipe down your phone’s screen with some rubbing alcohol or a disinfectant wipe. ___38___ These phones have a coating on them to prevent oil or grease from your hand from sticking on the phone. Using alcohol or those types of everyday solutions directly on a phone, on its glass can harm it. ___39___

That lines up with the advice Apple and Samsung offer which warn not to use cleaning products. ___40___ If you need to disinfect your smartphone, consider looking into a UV light to kill the bacteria.

A. You should avoid using alcohol.

B. But in doing so, you risk damaging your device’s screen.

C. That means keeping your phone clean is important as well.

D. You should still be cautious wvhen exposing them to liquids.

E. Instead, use a micro fiber cloth and dampen it lightly with soap and water.

F. And each time you do, your mobile device picks up more bacteria from your hands.

G. Both companies say wiping your phone down with a soft cloth is the best way to clean it.

第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完型填空(共20小题, 每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

For decades, humans have torn up the natural landscape in Asia, cutting down trees to build resorts (旅游胜地) in the most beautiful locations and caging wild animals to attract tourists.

Bangkok-based hotel architect Bill Bensley is saying “____41____.”

When a businessman talked with him about ____42____a resort that included a zoo in Asia, he came up with a (n) ____43____: let’s ____44____ the humans and let the rare and endangered ____45____wander free.

Sounds ____46____ ? Bensley is known for ____47____ ideas so that he’s been called the “Willy Wonka of hotel design.”

At his Shinta Mani Wild resort in Cambodia ____48____ arrive via a 380-meter zip wire (高空滑索) over the wilderness of the South Cardamom National Park and are ____49____ to join Wildlife Alliance anti-poaching patrols (防盗猎巡逻).

But he’s not doing things _____50_____ for eye-catching. Bensley is a lifelong conservationist who deeply _____51_____ what humans are doing to the planet. That’s why he wanted to do the World Wild Project. 61-year-old Bensley says the first stage of the eight-year project, which will _____52_____ several different top branded hotels, is expected to _____53_____ in 2023.

The cages for _____54_____ will actually be 2,400 hotel rooms, with a budget of generally a million _____55_____ per room. Let’s just say the guests won’t be uncomfortable.

_____56_____ , it’s not the rooms the California-native is talking about. Having a _____57_____ with a local official, he has got the permission to relocate abused animals from _____58_____ in Asia, and set them free onto the _____59_____ 2,000-hectare (公顷) piece of land _____60_____ the human zoo will be located.

41. A. no more B. no way C. no wonder D. no doubt

42. A. visiting B. possessing C. designing D. rebuilding

43. A. zoo B. idea C. resort D. project

44. A. kill B. approach C. find D. cage

45. A. animals B. birds C. plants D. people

46. A. crazy B. fantastic C. impossible D. vivid

47. A. simple B. unusual C. absurd D. ordinary

48. A. designers B. researchers C. animals D. guests

49. A. banned B. commanded C. invited D. forced

50. A. rarely B. simply C. hardly D. nearly

51. A. cares about B. thinks about C. sets about D. brings about

52. A. approve of B. hear of C. think of D. consist of

53. A. open B. close C. appear D. pause

54. A. animals B. designers C. humans D. officials

55 A. meters B. dollars C. kilograms D. acres

56. A. Therefore B. Besides C. However D. Thus

57. A. fighting B. meeting C. travelling D. speaking

58. A. farms B. resorts C. hotels D. zoos

59. A. narrowly B. certainly C. terribly D. approximately

60. A. which B. when C. where D. that

第二节(共10小题，每题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，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。

The sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth II has not only raked in a whopping box office, but also focused much attention ____61____ science and technologies that appeared in the movie,____62____(include) space elevators, quantum computers, and nuclear fusions. China’s movie box office revenue ____63____(reach) nearly 6.76 billion yuan during the Spring Festival holiday from Jan 21 to 27. The Wandering Earth II ranked the____64____(two) among six domestic titles released during the holiday.

To escape the harm of a____65____ (rapid) burning sun humans in the movie try to build about 10,000 massive engines ____66____power) by nuclear fusions to propel the earth to a place ____67____the atmosphere is safe both for humans and the earth. ____68____the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.

Over the past week topics related to The Wandering Earth II have been trending on Weibo, ____69____ popular Twitter-like social media platform in China, one after another. Many ____70____(audience) show great interest in the details in the movie.

第 Ⅱ 卷

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

71. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：把缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Liu Genghong is a singer and composer from Taiwan, that has unexpectedly become online hit for livestreaming fitness routines. One of her most-watched fitness routines is “Herbalist Manual” (本草纲目). Liu’s workout livestreams had become popular on the Internet, during which Liu and his wife appear energetic, friendly, and happily. They exercise and dance with optimistic songs while explaining and showing their moves. Their energetic and fit style is very attractive that many people enjoy take part in the dance with them. Although Liu’s dance moves look simple, but they are often too intense for his fans to follow. Experts remind that follower should not push themselves too hard in case of injuries.

笫二节 书面表达(满分25分)

72. “美丽的自然风光、灿烂的历史古迹、绚丽的民族风情”使昆明远近闻名。假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Jim计划今年暑假到你的家乡昆明旅游。来信询问你关于昆明的一些基本情况。请你回信给Jim。

内容包括：

1. 描述昆明的基本的情况、天气等;

2. 推荐他去的附近地方;玉龙雪山(Yulong Snow mountain)、温泉、公园等

3. 邀请他来你家做客。

注意：

1. 词数100左右;   

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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