2023呼和浩特二中高二上学期期中考试英语试卷含解析

呼和浩特市二中 2022-2023 学年第一学期

高二英语期中考试试卷

第二部分 阅读理解(共 20 小题;每小题 2 分，满分 40 分)

第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2 分，满分 30 分)

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Amazing Kids’ Magazine is proud to announce that we will be hosting a Wild Jungle Writing Contest this fall! Send us your best jungle-themed stories using this starter: “I had no idea why they were standing there.”

This contest is open to grades K-12, with three groups of K-3, 4-8, and 9-12. Three winners from each age group will be chosen to win Amazing Kids’ prizes, along with an official certificate confirm their winning entry. All participants will receive a certificate of participation in the contest.

Submit (提交) all entries by September 30 to be considered! Email editor@amazing-kids.org for more questions about rules and specifications.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How should I format my entry?

A: Stories should be written in English, with submissions of less than 1,200 words. Please submit your entry as a Microsoft Word document.

Q: How do I submit my entry?

A: E-mail your submission to editor@amazing-kids.org. Each e-mail submission will receive a return message confirming that the essay was received.

Q: Is there just one prize?

A: No. Nine separate prizes will be given out, with a cash value of $20 for first place, $15 for second place, and $10 for third place in each age group. Certificates of participation will also be awarded to each participant in the contest.

1 Which of the following stories suits the contest most?

A A couple lost their way in the forest.

B. Two brothers met a bear while searching the forest.

C. A teenager caught a thief in a cave.

D. A soldier saved a drowning boy.

2. A champion will receive_________.

A. a cash value of $15 B. a thank-you letter

C. a prize and a certificate D. only an official certificate

3. What type of writing is the passage?

A. Announcement. B. Summary.

C. News. D. Guide.

B

Timothy is a 5-year-old boy with autism(自闭症). In October of 2018, doctors told his parents that he suffered  brain tumor(肿瘤).

Two thieves who specialized in stealing packages from people’s front gates had no idea that one of those packages contained a WWE wrestling belt belonging to Timothy. At the time, the belt was on the front gate of Sergio Moriers’s house, whose job was decorating stuff. “Timothy’s father doesn’t make a lot of money. But he wanted to give his son an amazing gift, and I told him I would do everything for free. I said, ‘Just ship it over and I’ll do everything you want on the belt, and he’ll have the belt of a lifetime.’” He said.

When the belt was taken, Sergio was extremely disturbed, “I want them to know they took hope from a 5-year-old boy who is looking forward to that item coming back to him… You stole that from him. You broke a child’s heart.” Timothy’s father shared what that belt meant to his son, “Timothy would not go anywhere without that belt… Most kids have balls, while he had a belt.” All hope was lost.

Then something unexpected happened. “I saw two women appeared at the gate. They put down the bag there. My guard went over and I realized what was happening. That bag contained the stolen wrestling belt,” Sergio said. The two women apologized to Sergio. They said that they were thrown out of a friend’s apartment after the friend saw the news report of the theft on TV. In fact, they were trying to kick a drug habit. They cried with guilt and shame.

Seeing the returned belt, Timothy’s father said, “It’s one of those things you always hear about, those crazy stories about people, but you never think it’ll happen to yourself. I’m still taken aback, to be honest.”

4. What was Sergio’s original intention?

A. To buy the boy a wonderful gift.

B. To beautify the boy’s belt for free.

C. To help the boy win a competition.

D. To earn money from decorating the belt.

5. What can be known about the thieves?

A. They were addicted to drug.

B. They were caught by the police.

C. Their friend reported them on TV.

D. They were punished by the guard.

6. What did Timothy’s father mean at the end of the story?

A. He was annoyed about crazy stories.

B. He felt he was cheated by the thieves.

C. He was astonished at the returned belt.

D. He couldn’t believe his stuff was stolen.

7. What is the best title for the text?

A. A Sick Boy Wins a Wrestling Belt

B. Caring People Show Love for a Kid

C. An Immoral Act of Theft Is Revealed

D. Thieves Return Wrestling Belt to the Sick Boy

C

Young adults have strong positive memories of the music their parents loved when they were the same age, a study finds.

Participants in a study on musical memory said they remembered and loved the music that was popular in the early 1980s, when their parents were young. They also relished the music of the 1960s, which their grandparents may have been playing while changing their mom’s diapers (尿布). “They would hear this music and say, ‘Oh yeah, that’s my parents’ music,’ with obvious fondness,” says Carol Lynne Krumhansl, the psychology professor at Cornell University who led the study.

The scientists had been testing musical memory in an earlier study, and were surprised to find that college age participants could recognize older pop and rock songs just as quickly as the new stuff. Even more surprisingly, they liked the older stuff more. Therefore, the researchers decided to find out what was happening, using clips (片段) from hits on Billboard lists between 1955 and 2009. More than 60 student volunteers (average age 20) listened to short clips of the top two pop and rock songs of each year. The researchers quizzed them about which songs they recognized, how much they liked them and their emotional responses. They were also asked if they had memories associated with the songs and whether those memories were from listening with parents, alone, or with others.

“We didn’t have any idea that young adults had the strongest personal memories of the music of the early 1980s”, Krumhansl said. She and her colleague, Justin Adam Zupnick of the University of California, were even more surprised to see the second “reminiscence bump (回忆高峰)” in emotion and memory for top hits was from 1965 to 1969.

The connection to parents’ music isn’t entirely surprising. Music plays a central role in bringing up a child. Songs are taught at home and school and heard more informally as part of the home environment. The songs parents choose to listen to reflect their taste, their values, and their era. Besides, music is a powerful cue (提示) for calling up strong personal memories — when you made a new friend at the summer camp or the blue dress you wore to a party. And the human brain remembers music in great detail, unlike spoken words, in which people remember just the general meaning.

The 1960s music may evoke strong memories in people in their twenties because of the quality, Krumhansl guesses. She thinks the students might have memories of the 1960s music because it lives on as classics. Technology may also be a factor. The introduction of cassette tapes in the 1960s made music more ubiquitous (普遍存在的), and the same tapes were played long after that decade ended.

Next, Krumhansl wants to find out if other generations have the same experiences with music, and try to trace influences back through multiple generations.

8. The underlined word “relished” in Paragraph 2 probably means________.

A. played B. heard C. understood D. enjoyed

9. We can learn from the study that young adults________.

A. can only recognize the top two pop and rock songs on Billboard lists

B. showed no emotional response to music of the 1950s

C. had the second strongest memories of the music of the late 1960s

D. like listening to the old songs with their parents

10. The last but one paragraph serves to________.

A. draw a conclusion B. make a comparison

C. give an example D. provide an explanation

11. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Music of parents’ era still appeals to young adults of today.

B. Music can narrow the generation gap between parents and kids.

C. Music matters a lot in the growth of young people.

D. Music of quality can have a lasting influence.

D

Research has shown that disrupting one's natural “morning lark” (早起鸟) or “night owl” (夜猫子) tendency can result in immoral behavior at work.

Who doesn't love a flexible work schedule? Being able to make your own hours, come in when you're ready and leave when you're done, step out to attend a child's presentation at school, have a midday appointment, or even squeeze in a quick workout or nap as a guaranteed pick-me-up — flexibility greatly improves one's quality of life.

The benefits don't stop there, however. Research has shown that having flexible work hours actually makes one a better person. How so? It's been found that disrupted sleep patterns —in the form of having to act outside of your normal inclination to be a morning “lark” or a night “owl” — can result in strange, unethical, and out-of-line behavior.

Science journalist Linda Geddes said, “If you don't get enough sleep, research suggests you are more likely to have unethical behavior, such as being mean, bullying your fellow employees or falsifying receipts. But it's not just owls: the larks tend to behave more unethically in the evening, and owls in the morning. So ideally, you want to introduce flexible working."

Employers would be wise to allow their employees to start whenever they feel ready — whether it's at the crack of dawn or at 11 a.m., and to allow breaks or pauses in the day as needed — because that would mean better productivity, performance, and behavior.

This shift is already happening, with the New York Times recently reporting that 27 percent of US employers now offer the flexibility to work outside normal business hours, up from 22 percent in 2014; and 68 percent allow telecommuting as needed (up from 54 percent in 2014). With the national unemployment rate at its lowest in 50 years, employers are having to become more competitive in what they offer workers, and flex-hours seem like a no-brainer, highly beneficial to all.

12. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 2?

A. Ways to improve life quality.

B. People's activities in their free time.

C. Methods to get a flexible work schedule.

D. The advantages of flexibility in work time.

13. What does the underlined word “inclination” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Judgment. B. Tendency. C. Reaction. D. Choice.

14. What is the effect to change people's sleep pattern according to Geddes?

A They will show their nature more easily.

B. They tend to suffer from sleep problems.

C. They tend to behave immorally in their work.

D. They will get more flexibility in working time.

15. What do the figures in the last paragraph indicate?

A. The unemployment rate is increasing.

B. Employers are getting more free time.

C. Flexible working has been creating more jobs.

D. More employers adopt a flexible work schedule.

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。

The hot summer months come with unbearable heat. We always want to turn on the air conditioner to cool down. ___16___. But there are simple ways to cool down your home without using the air conditioner. Meanwhile, you can save money on your electric bill.

Block out the heat of the sun with your curtains

While this may seem to be almost too simple and too straightforward a method to keep your home nice and cool, it really does work. ____17____. Therefore, blocking your windows with heavy shades or curtains will not only help you cut your indoor temperature down but it will also help you save upwards of 7% on your energy bills as well.

____18____

Make sure that your doors are as air-tight as possible so that you can prevent cool air from escaping and hot air from entering your home at the same time. Also, make sure to keep the doors that face directions to the south and west closed during the day so you can prevent the hottest temperatures from the sun passing through to the rest of your house.

Keep your body cool

____19____. Drink ice cold water, keep cold packs pressed to your neck or your wrists, and do anything else you can do to keep your core body temperature down. That way, you won’t feel as worn out by the extreme heat during the summer months.

Consider a different type of air conditioner

When all else fails, a top rated window air conditioner unit can be the perfect budget solution. These inexpensive air conditioners work amazingly well to cool down one room of your home. ____20____.

A. That means high energy bills

B. Draw the hot air out of your home

C. Keep a better control of your entrance

D. Nearly 30% of all unwanted heat comes through your windows

E. You can take advantage of these lower degrees to cool down your house

F Cooling yourself from the inside can affect how you feel on the outside

G. You can expect to pay only about $20 per month to use them 8 hours per day

第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分 45 分)

第一节 完形填空 (共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 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。

I met a man yesterday but I didn’t get his name. I’m____21____ that I’ll probably never see him again. But that’s OK. The ____22____ of our meeting was fulfilled in 10 minutes.

He was an elderly man. I didn’t see him at first. I had to____23____ for him, the owner of a very worn and old wooden walking stick, which was____24____ and was half hanging outside of a shopping cart.

After some____25____, I finally found the man, who seemed to lose something and was walking very____26____. I knew it was his and called out to him. He returned slowly to get it and thanked me. I was in a friendly mood and we chatted with each other. That’s when this man____27____ me with his story and he was not a stranger any more.

I stood outside the ____28____ with him for 10 minutes, just listening. And that’s all he ____29____. I stood there, listening to this man share his ______30______ after losing his wife during childbirth to his only son. And then later he shared his joy of______31______ this son on his own. We talked freely, just like______32______.

At the end of our______33______ this elderly man clasped (紧握) both of my hands, raised them up to his heart, looked ______34______ my eyes and thanked me so______35______. He thanked me for listening and ______36______ him to share his story. And then he turned around and ______37______.

He was out of my sight and I thought this dear man had just provided me with such a(n) ______38______ gift-trust. Strangers are never strangers if you open your ______39______. Often they are angels in disguise (伪装的). ______40______ with others. Listen. Share. These are what we are all here for.

21. A. delighted B. confident C. doubtful D. embarrassed

22. A. task B. process C. hope D. purpose

23. A. search B. wait C. care D. pay

24. A. sold out B. given up C. left behind D. broken down

25. A. measures B. researches C. experiences D. efforts

26. A. anxiously B. powerfully C. regretfully D. horribly

27. A. amused B. treated C. impressed D. comforted

28. A. cart B. hospital C. restaurant D. supermarket

29. A. shared B. desired C. ordered D. believed

30. A. sense B. attitude C. anger D. pain

31. A. picking up B. bringing up C. keeping up D. taking up

32. A. elders B. parents C. friends D. children

33. A. discussion B. conversation C. debate D. argument

34. A. into B. through C. upon D. over

35. A. awkwardly B. peacefully C. cheerfully D. sincerely

36 A. expecting B. inviting C. allowing D. persuading

37. A. returned B. disappeared C. slipped D. shouted

38. A. ordinary B. expensive C. precious D. original

39. A. body B. heart C. memory D. imagination

40. A. Compete B. Cope C. Compare D. Communicate

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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The TV series, A Li felong Journey, ____41____ (earn) widespread applause, becoming the most-watched TV series on State broadcaster China Media Group in the past five years.

A Li felong Journey, ____42____ (consist) of 58 episodes, is adapted from famous writer Liang Xiaosheng’s novel of the same name which won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize, one of the country’s top honors for local writers. Starting in ____43____ late 1960s, the story follows the ups and downs of three children in a working-class family in northeastern China, striking a chord (和弦) with viewers for its details ____44____ (vivid) bringing them back to old times. First ____45____ (publish) in December 2017, the novel shows a wide range of Chinese people from different ____46____ (walk) of life, from constructors to start-up founders, to examine the huge influence brought by the changes of Chinese society.

Tie Ning, chairwoman of the China Writers’ Association, said the great ____47____ (popular) of the TV series, A Li felong Journey, illustrates the “close bond” ____48____ literature and television. “While taking a look at history, we could see the mutual (相互的) influence of literature, film and television to boost and inspire each other, ____49____ has connected writers and filmmakers closely,” she added. With popular TV series or movies, the stories that have inspired such screen works will see their influence grow even _____50_____ (far).

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)

51. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文. 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处. 每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），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.

Last Friday's afternoon witnessed the annual English Speech Contest at school, which was such great that many students thought highly of it. Over twenty students took the part in the competition. As the competition began, participants gave speech and answered a few questions for judges. In the last hour, three participants in the final competed fiercely, offer excellent performances. The results came out soon and the winners awarded.

The competition is really meaning and inspirational. Actually, it is not just a simple competition and an important platform where students can express them in English and build up their confidence in English learning.

第二节：书面表达(满分 25 分)

52. 生活中除了金钱、房子、车子等财富，也有如知识、健康、经历等隐性财富。作为高中生，你所理解的财富是什么？请以“My Treasures”为题用英语写一篇短文，内容包括以下要点：

注意：

1. 词数150左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

2. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。

My Treasures

In our life, we have treasures like money, houses and cars, etc. However, we have a lot more hidden treasures, such as knowledge, health and experiences. As a senior student, I think the most important treasures in our life are

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