2023天津河东区高二上学期期末英语试卷含解析

河东区2022～2023 学年度第一学期期末质量检测

高二英语试卷

注意事项：

1. 本试卷共 100 分，考试时间 90 分钟。

2. 请将答案填写在答题纸上。

Ⅰ.听力理解（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）

第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）

听下面五段对话。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，你将有 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 is Dorothy now?

A. In the apartment. B. In the office. C. In the washing room.

2. When does the conversation probably take place?

A. At 9:45. B. At 10:30. C. At 11:15.

3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Seeing old friends. B. Getting new jobs. C. Helping friends. 4.What caused the man’s lateness actually?

A. Too much traffic. B. Leaving home too late. C. Being caught in an accident.

5. How did the man spend most of his time in London?

A. Looking after his wife. B. Visiting Big Ben. C. Doing some shopping.

第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）

听下面几段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，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。听每段材料前，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。每段材料读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第 6 至第 8 小题。

6. How does the man sound?

A. Annoyed. B. Excited. C. Satisfied.

7. What does the man say about Mark?

A. He does something quick.

B. He never helps around the house.

C. He gets up early in the morning.

8. What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Talk to Mark openly.

B. Find a reason to kick Mark out.

C. Give the house a thorough cleaning.

听下面一段对话，回答第 9 至第 11 小题。

9. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. At home. B. At the garage. C. In the shopping mall.

10. What does the man think of the woman’s purchases?

A. They’re worthwhile. B. They’re amusing. C. They’re useless.

11. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman bought many impractical things.

B The man is fond of TV ads.

C. The man agrees with the woman.

听下面一段独白，回答第 12 至第 15 小题。

12. Who went to community colleges at the earliest?

A. International students. B. High school students. C. Retired soldiers.

13. Where do a large number of students in California come from?

A. Europe and North America.

B. Asia and Latin America.

C. South America and Northern Europe.

14. What advantage do community colleges have over four-year ones?

A. They charge less.

B. They offer more classes.

C. They provide higher scholarships.

15. Which class may be necessary for transferring according to the speaker?

A. History. B. Mathematics. C. Science.

Ⅱ.单项选择（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）

从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. — I feel nervous at the thought that I’m going to attend the English Speech Contest to be held in our city tomorrow.

—________. I believe you can perform well.

A. Don’t bother B. It all depends C. Take it easy D. No kidding

2. Nowadays, office workers rarely ________regular exercise because of busy work.

A. approve of B. engage in C. rely on D. lay aside

3. I remember the whole thing clearly ________it happened yesterday.

A. as if B. unless C. until D. so

4. Mr．Smith had to go to work by bus this morning as his car ______．

A. would repair B. was repairing

C. had been repaired D. was being repaired

5. They expressed great ________for the people injured in the accident.

A. virtue B. sympathy C. competition D. division

6. The news programme came to us ________satellite.

A. within B. beyond C. alongside D. via

7. Losing his job, Jack began to ________around the street without knowing what to do next.

A. wander B. digest C. invest D. cast

8. Jimmy’s father coughs frequently ________smoking.

A. in contrast to B. in consequence of

C. in memory of D. in favor of

9. They decided that George was the best person to ________the job after Linda left.

A. bring forth B. take in C. bring out D. take over

10. Don’t phone me between 4 and 5 this afternoon. I ________a meeting then.

A. will be having B. will have C. have D. had

11. _____ doesn’t really matter whether you win or lose. As long as you have tried your best, you won’t regret.

A. What B. This C. That D. It

12. Judith ______ on her new novel which is supposed to come out next month.

A. has been working B. had worked C. will be working D. was working

13. My family provides ________support when I feel very painful.

A. infectious B. emotional C. humble D. bittersweet

14. —Why didn’t you attend the meeting yesterday?

—Well I ______ anything about that.

A. didn't tell B. haven't told C. hadn't been told D. haven't been told

15. The colors were so similar that it was difficult to ________one ________the other.

A. distinguish...from B. dedicate...to C. protect...from D. contribute...to

Ⅲ. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

When I headed into the classroom for my first official day as a teacher I thought I was prepared. I had written the most____16____lesson plan and listed all the activities that may be needed. Actually, I could____17____wait to meet the students.

One of the____18____on the first day was to assign lockers. I had set aside fifteen minutes to ____19____ it, and I prepared cute little____20____with students’ names and locker numbers on them. But my well-prepared plans____21____nothing. I had students who couldn’t reach the top lockers and  needed to ____22____ theirs with other students’. But some tall students didn’t want to____23____the  bottom lockers. The fifteen-minute locker plan developed into an hour. I realized that sometimes you can be too prepared to adapt to new____24____quickly. And to survive as a teacher, being adaptable is everything.

During the first day of teaching, you will have students who are as nervous as you, ____25____what the day will be like. You will also have students who____26____your nervousness and take advantage of it. In my first class, I____27____ the students at the door, but it wasn’t the____28____and soft voice I usually have. I was quite nervous, which actually____29____my students. Then a few of them began to cause trouble in class. So classroom____30____ is one of the hardest skills to learn as a new teacher. Although I had made____31____to make everything go well, the result wasn’t what I had____32____.

Looking back, I don’t know how I survived that first day of teaching, ____33____ I was not  alone. Many new teachers had the first day very____34____to mine. I learned that we should always have a Plan B. and sometimes C and even D. In addition, keep____35____and always wear a smile, and then everything will be fine.

16. A. careless B. detailed C. obvious D. famous

17. A. certainly B. possibly C. hardly D. simply

18. A. tasks B. examples C. habits D. chances

19. A. praise B. admit C. challenge D. complete

20. A. books B. stones C. cards D. bikes

21. A. included B. noticed C. stopped D. meant

22. A. discuss B. exchange C. share D. compare

23. A. give up B. hold up C. sell out D. point out

24. A. suggestions B. situations C. thoughts D. achievements

25. A. discovering B. explaining C. understanding D. wondering

26. A. sense B. forget C. overcome D. encourage

27. A. searched B. believed C. greeted D. touched

28. A. cold B. angry C. doubtful D. cheerful

29. A. influenced B. comforted C. cheated D. moved

30. A. behavior B. management C. safety D. environment

31. A. comments B. mistakes C. rules D. reports

32. A. surveyed B. answered C. created D. expected

33. A. if B. so C. because D. but

34. A. important B. interesting C. similar D. opposite

35. A. calm B. awake C. quiet D. close

Ⅳ. 阅读理解（共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 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

Here are some books that are carefully picked for your kids.

Corduroy

It’s about a little bear, Corduroy, in a toy shop. He has lost one of his buttons (纽扣). This makes him very sad because he wants to be taken home by a kid. So he decides to find a new button. Corduroy contains some hard words. So you’d better use a dictionary while reading it.

Price: $18; a 10% discount (折扣) on Sunday

Curious George

Curious George, a monkey, is a little too interested in everything, which causes humans to bring him from the forest to a big city. However, there he calls the fire department, is sent to prison, escapes from prison and is carried into the sky by balloons. Though the book uses a lot of short and simple sentences, some of its words are not simple.

Price: $20; a 20% discount on Sunday

The Story of Ferdinand

Ferdinand, a bull, loves to smell the flowers in the grasslands. One day people come to pick a male cow for bullfights. Ferdinand doesn’t want to be chosen, but a bee stings (蜇) him. It causes him to jump around crazily, so he’s picked. In Ferdinand’s first fight, he lies down to smell the flowers instead of fighting. So he is sent back to the grassland. The book has many similar stories that bring laughter. And it has everything that makes a children’s book great for English learners — simple and hard words.

Price: $16; a 10% discount on Sunday

Green Eggs and Ham

In this book, a cat named Sam really likes green eggs and meat. So he offers them to a friend. Read the book to see if his friend likes the meal or not. This book is a poem. Despite the simple vocabulary, the words are used in a way that feels smart.

Price: $15; a 5% discount on Sunday

36. Why does Corduroy decide to find a new button?

A. To make a kid buy him. B. To send it as a gift to a kid.

C. To make his clothes warmer. D. To take the place of the damaged one.

37. What happens to Curious George after he leaves the forest?

A. He fits into human society. B. He creates some problems.

C. He makes friends with humans. D. He sets animals in the zoo free.

38. What do Corduroy and The Story of Ferdinand have in common?

A. They teach kids to be kind to animals.

B. They enjoy great popularity among kids.

C. They contain basic and advanced vocabulary.

D. They are recommended by English beginners.

B

On a July afternoon in 1937, 15-year-old Betty Brown was playing with her father’s shortwave radio and searching for her favorite songs when she casually turned the dial on the radio and heard something that made her stop. It was a voice that sounded familiar. Back in those days, news clips (新闻摘要) were played at movie theaters. Brown recognized the voice from one of the news films she had seen.

“I heard Amelia Earhart in a panicked voice, a heartbreaking voice,” Brown recalled in a 2007 interview. “She was saying, ‘This is Amelia Earhart Putnam, please help me. Please hear me.’”

Brown quickly began writing down what she heard --- parts of desperate conversations between the woman she believed was Earhart and an unknown man. Later, she decided that the man must have been Earhart’s navigator (领航员), Fred Noonan. As the signal faded in and out, Brown never left the radio. She scribbled (潦草地写) away as Earhart and Noonan struggled for control of the radio. Earhart tried to prevent Noonan from leaving the plane after they had apparently crash-landed. All the while, Earhart repeated strings of numbers and mentioned rising water. After about three hours, Earhart and Noonan were seemingly forced to abandon the plane as it was filled with water, and the distress calls (遇险呼救) stopped.

Brown and her father both tried to give her notes to the United States Coast Guard, but they were told the situation was under control. The search for Earhart was abandoned after a great effort was made. But Brown kept her notebook. In 2000, people from an organization researching Earhart’s disappearance asked to see it. The researchers were convinced that Brown’s notes were reliable. If the researchers are right, the notes are a priceless, yet sorrowful, record of the sad ending of an American hero.

39. Betty Brown stayed by the radio for so long because she________.

A. was waiting for her music to come back on

B. enjoyed recording people’s conversations

C. wanted to gather more information about Earhart’s situation

D. wanted to take notes for a book about Earhart

40. From the Coast Guard’s reaction to Brown, we can infer that the Coast Guard________.

A. did not want to look for Earhart

B. did not believe Brown heard Earhart

C. wanted Brown to help them find Earhart

D. already knew where Earhart was

41. Which word can best describe Brown?

A. Determined. B. Forgetful. C. Independent. D. Careless.

C

The famous French beauty company L’Oréal has promised that by 2030, 95 percent of its ingredients (原料) will come from renewable plant sources and be respectful of the environment. Asked what is driving the beauty industry to clean and green beauty, Laurent Gilbert, one of L’Oréal’s directors said, “Natural science has made progress in the past years so that we can change to natural ingredients.”

L’Oréal says it will draw on recent developments in Green Sciences to get the best that nature has to offer through technology. Up to now, 80 percent of the Group’s materials have been easily biodegradable ( 生物可降解), 59 percent have been renewable, and 34 percent have been natural or of natural origin. And 29 percent of the ingredients used in their products were developed following the rules of Green Chemistry.

“We have already used active ingredients which are plant-based. The way we are getting and producing ingredients will change.” Gilbert added.

As part of their sustainability (可持续性) program, the brand had also promised to use less plastic. It said, “By 2030, 100 percent of the plastics used in L’Oréal’s products’ packaging will be from recycled sources. We have a strong policy to help reach that goal. Besides making it recyclable, we are trying to move to a new kind of packaging.”

“All our promises are global. We have two research centers in India, one in Bengaluru and one in Mumbai. Those are really important to those goals. The Bengaluru one is being specialized in natural ingredients. It will give support to this change,” says the research center, which was set up in India in 1994.

To achieve these aims, L’Oréal has brought all of its resources in Green Sciences together, including recent progress in agricultural economics, together with new developments in biotechnology, Green Chemistry and modelling tools. The Group is also building strong relationships with universities, new companies and its own material suppliers.

42. What plays an important role in L’Oréal’s decision to change its ingredients?

A The support from the local government.

B. The development of natural science.

C. The call for smart spending habits.

D. The research on target markets.

43. Why does L’Oréal turn to a new packaging method?

A. To bring convenience to customers.

B. To avoid damage to its products.

C. To cut the cost of packaging.

D. To reduce plastic use.

44. What does L’Oréal do to reach its goals?

A. Develop new resources and join hands with different groups.

B. Limit the number of factories in developed countries.

C. Grow more plants and invite plenty of professionals.

D. Keep the traditional way of producing materials

45. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A. L’Oréal’s achievements in business

B. L’Oréal’s challenge of increasing sales

C. L’Oréal’s plans for green and clean beauty

D. L’Oréal’s expectation of creating plant-based food

V. 阅读表达（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）

阅读短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。

Most people want to have a warm family to make them feel safe and secure. For the old with dementia(痴呆), living with their family is of great importance.

SilviaBo, named after Queen Silvia is a project made by Skanska and IKEA in partnership with Queen Silvia, which is aimed at perfecting the level of dementia care.

BoKlok, a joint venture(合资企业) created by Skanska and IKEA, introduces a new house which is cheap and environmentally friendly.

All of the apartments’ facilities are designed uniformly like furniture and bathroom equipment, which helps keep the costs down. SilviaBo even offers help to the people with lower income, so they can pay what they couldn’t afford formerly.

H.M Queen Silvia participates in the plan of the new BoKlok project, including the color of the toilet seats and shower design. “She truly devotes herself to this project. This is her baby,” said Jonas Spangenberg, BoKlok’s CEO. That’s because the Queen understands people with dementia are forced to leave their homes and that keeping them in their homes is a better way.

In March 2017, the first SilviaBo home began to be built and Queen Silvia was there to watch it. She said that her mother suffered from Alzheimer’s, one type of dementia. Therefore, SilviaBo homes were important to her.

“To take care of the old, the cost is high,” Spangenberg told CNN. “It’s much cheaper for society and the public to help them at home.” These creative solutions are the key to giving people with dementia a good quality of life. There is no better gift than staying at their homes with their loving family.

46. How does SilviaBo control the cost of its homes? (no more than 10 words)

_______________________________________________________________________

47. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 5 probably mean? (no more than 5 words)

_______________________________________________________________________

48. Why does the Queen devote herself to the BoKlok project? (no more than 10 words)

_______________________________________________________________________

49. What’s the purpose of the project --- SilviaBo? (no more than 15 words)

_______________________________________________________________________

50. What do you think of SilviaBo homes? Please explain. (no more than 20 words)

_______________________________________________________________________

VI. 书面表达（满分 15 分）

51. 假定你是某国际中学的学生会主席李津，你校下周将举办一次主题为“关爱地球”(Caring for the Earth)的志愿活动。请你用英语写一则通知，鼓励同学们积极参加，内容包括：

1.活动的目的；

2.活动的安排（活动时间、提供三项可选活动以及报名参加的方式）；

3.表达期待。

注意：1.词数不少于100，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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