湖北省鄂东南三校联考2022-2023学年高二英语下学期期中考试试题（Word版附答案）

鄂东南三校联考2022～2023学年度下学期高二年级阶段（二）考试

英语试题

考生注意：

1．本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

2．答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。

3．考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。

4．本卷命题范围：人教版选择性必修第一册～选择性必修第三册Unit 4。

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

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.Which is the best way for the woman to get to Red Square?

A.On foot.

B.By bus.

C.By subway

2.What did the man do last night?

A.He watched TV.

B.He visited his parents.

C.He did cancer research.

3.What might Mr.Roe be?

A.A judge.

B.A teacher.

C.A manager.

4.What is the main topic of this conversation?

A.How to make a bookcase.

B.How to choose a new desk.

C.How to arrange furniture.

5.What is the woman probably looking for?

A.Some keys.

B.Her car.

C.The man's house.

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.What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Teacher and student.

B. Family members.

C. Photographer and customer.

7.What will the man do next?

A.Take photos of the woman.

B.Go to work.

C.Do some cleaning.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What is the woman's favorite animal?

A.The dog.

B.The bird.

C.The cat.

9.What does the man think of pets?

A. They can teach kids responsibility.

B.They are not easy to care for.

C.They are kids’ friends.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.Why does the man come here?

A.To make an appointment.

B.To date the woman.

C.To see a doctor.

11.What time is it now?

A.10:45 am.

C.11:15 am.

B.11:00 am.

12.What will the man do with the forms?

A.Leave them blank.

B.Fill them out completely.

C.Write down his key information.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.Where are the speakers probably?

A.At a party.

B.In a store.

C.In a college.

14.What is a purpose of the party?

A.To welcome new professors.

B. To provide freshmen with some useful advice.

C.To help seniors graduate successfully.

15.Who is organizing the event?

A.The Student Union.

C.The speakers' department.

B.The whole college.

16.Who will make the pie?

A.The man.

B.The woman.

C.A store.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.Why did Joel run to the building?

A.To hear a story.

B.To exercise.

C.To help.

18.Who found the woman?

A.Sparky.

B.Joel.

C. The speaker.

19.Why did Joel fail to go back inside the building?

A.The fire was too hot.

B.He was seriously injured.

C.He thought everyone was safe.

20.What can we learn about Sparky?

A.He survived the fire.

B.He saved two lives.

C.He lost his human partner.

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

Worried about your tuition? Take a look at some of the big names offering tuition assistance.

McDonald's

Hourly employees can receive up to $2,500 in tuition assistance, and salaried workers can take up to ＄3,000． Both on-campus and online degree programs at schools are eligible（有资格的）．You only have to be an employee for 90 days to benefit from this educational program．

Chipotle

Chipotle allows employees to use up to $5.250 in tuition assistance, regardless of part-or full-time employment status. They can use these funds at two-year, four-year or vocational/ technical schools. Additionally, Chipotle is offering to pay full tuition for students studying business or technology at some colleges.

Walmart

Under its tuition assistance plan, full time employees only have to pay $1 a day towards their college tuition, and Walmart will cover the rest. This policy does not apply to part-time employees.

Publix

For college and university enrollment（注册），employees can take up to ＄3,200 per calendar year and a lifetime limit of $ 12,800. For other types of study, employees can receive up to $1,700 per calendar year and $3.400 over a lifetime.

Home Depot

Employees are eligible on day one of employment for a variety of tuition assistance benefits.Salaried employees can receive up to $5,000, full-time hourly employees $3.000 and par-time hourly up to $ 1,500 per calendar year.

UPS

On the day employees are hired, UPS will provide up to $ 5,250 per calendar year and up to a lifetime maximum of $25,000.

21.Which company has no limit on employment status?

A.McDonald's.

B. Chipotle.

C.Walmart.

D.Publix.

22.What can we know about Home Depot's tuition assistance plan?

A. Only on-campus degree programs are qualified for it.

B.Employees need to pay $ 1 a day towards their tuition.

C.Employees paid by the hour will gain less benefit.

D.Employees should work for at least 3 months.

23.How much will UPS pay at most for tuition assistance?

A.$2,500.

B.$3,000.

C.$5,250.

D.$25,000.

B

After Walter Elias Disney finished his volunteer service at the Red Cross, his brother, Roy, got him a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio,where he met his lifelong friend Ub Iwerks. Disney and Ub Iwerks soon set up their own company, but hardly made enough money to get by. The business went into failure in just one month. Then due to a variety of reasons,Disney's second business failed again. He had nowhere to live an little money for food.

These didn't discourage Disney. At 22, he went to Hollywood. There he started Disney Brothers Studio with his brother Roy and came up with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit which was well received. However, the copyright to his own characters was stolen. Disney knew he extremely needed a new idea. Then the idea of a mouse called Mortimer came to his mind. The name eventually changed to Mickey Mouse thanks to the insistence of his wife.

However,the first two Mickey Mouse Series-Plane Crazy and Gallopin Gaucho-didn't attract lots of audiences. But Disney never gave up. He added synchronized（同步的）sound and created a third short film Steamboat Willie,which became an instant hit.

In 1934,Disney started to work on another new idea: a cartoon that ran the length of a long film. Everyone said it was a bad idea. The banker told him he would be risking everything he had on this one film but Disney believed in his vision. The film took 3 long years to make and cost around $25 million.

His effort paid off.Once Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was released,it was viewed as a masterpiece. The film became the most successful one of that year.He earned $ 134 million.

24.What does the first paragraph mainly tell us about Disney?

A.His experience at the Red Cross.

C.His failure of starting businesses.

B.The early life with his brother.

D.The friendship with his partner.

25.What can we learn about Disney's creations?

A.Mickey Mouse didn't succeed at the start.

B.The idea of mouse Mortimer wasn't a new one.

C.Oswald the Lucky Rabbit won a famous award.

D.Steamboat Willie was actually a silent short film.

26. Why is the film's cost mentioned in paragraph 4?

A To prove people at that time lived a rich life.

B. To explain the film industry was very profitable.

C. To tell film makers should follow Disney's steps.

D.To show Disney put much effort into the film.

27.What does Walter Elias Disney's success show?

A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

B.Opportunities come to those who are prepared.

C.Time flies like an arrow. and time lost never returns.

D.Great works are performed not by strength, but determination.

C

People perform graceful moves, all while standing on a bamboo strip in the river. You may think it's a scene from an art movie. but actually it is a form of intangible cultural heritage: bamboo drifting（独竹漂）.

Bamboo drifting dated back to over 2.000 years ago in the Chishui River area of Guizhou. During the Qin Dynasty,the Bozhou district of Zunyi city was known for its high-quality nanmu. It was in great demand by the royal court more than 2.000 kilometers to the north. With no transportation along the Chishui River， people had to stand on one log（原木）to drift down the river. Later, local people began to compete along the way and the game of wood drifting was born. In the Qing Dynasty, wood drifting became bamboo drifting because of bamboo's lower price.

Now, communities in Guizhou hold bamboo drifting competitions every year during Dragon Boat Festival. Due to the great strength and balance it takes for one to get the hang of this act, bamboo drifting was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list.

Yang Liu． 24， is an inheritor（继承人）of bamboo drifting． Yang said the most challenging part of bamboo drifting was keeping one's balance. “I fell in the water several times when I was practising,”she said.

But the love for the ancient skill keeps Yang going. In the past 17 years,she has drifted all year round, in winter cold and summer heat.

Yang also produces new ideas when spreading the culture of bamboo drifting. For example, she connects dance with bamboo drifting to make it more graceful and wears hanfu when performing, creating a beautiful feel. In 2020, Yang registered on social media platforms and posted her videos. “I want to spread it to other countries so that more people around the world will like Chinese culture,” she told China Daily.

28.Why did bamboo drifting replace wood drifting?

A.The bamboo was cheaper.

C.The bamboo was more convenient.

B.The bamboo was more beautiful.

D.The bamboo was much easier to control.

29.What does the underlined phrase “get the hang of” in paragraph 3 mean?

A.Prepare.

B.Change.

C.Master.

D.Improve.

30. What is the most difficult for bamboo drifting in Yang Liu's opinion?

A.Designing moves.

C.Choosing bamboos.

B. Transporting goods.

D.Keeping balance.

31.What can we infer about Yang Liu?

A.She inherits bamboo drifting creatively.

B.She learned bamboo drifting very easily.

C.She has become the leader of bamboo drifting.

D.She began learning bamboo drifting at 17.

D

Hidden in the trees, behind the leaves, look closely and you'll see eyes staring back at you. This is SlothBot， a robot inspired by the famously slow animal-sloth（树獭）.

For the next several months, visitors to the Atlanta Botanical Garden will be able to observe the testing of the new high-tech tool in the battle to save some of the world's most endangered species. Researchers are testing the SlothBot near the Garden's popular Canopy Walk.

Built to take advantage of the low-energy lifestyle of real sloths, SlothBot demonstrates how being slow can be ideal for certain applications. Powered by solar panels and using innovative power management technology, SlothBot moves along a cable strung between two large trees as it monitors temperature, weather, carbon dioxide levels, and other information in the Garden's 30-acre midtown Atlanta forest.

“Slowness is a design principle of SlothBot,” says Magnus Egerstedt, professor and chair in the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. “That is not how robots are typically designed today, but being slow and energy-efficient will allow SlothBot to stay in the environment to observe things we can only see by being present continuously for months,or even years.”

About three feet long,SlothBot's imaginative 3D-printed shell helps protect its motors, gearing, batteries and sensing equipment from the weather. The robot is programmed to move only when necessary, and will locate sunlight when its batteries need recharging.

“The most exciting goal we'll demonstrate with SlothBot is the union of robotics and technology with conservation,” says Emily Coffey,vice president for conservation and research at the Garden. “We do conservation research on endangered plants and ecosystems around the world. and SlothBot will help us find new and exciting ways to advance our research and conservation goals.”

“SlothBot could do some of our research remotely and help us understand what's happening with pollinators（传粉者），interactions between plants and animals， and other phenomena that are difficult to observe otherwise,"Coffey adds.

32.What do the researchers expect SlothBot to do?

A.Guard the garden.

B.Attract visitors.

C.Protect real sloths.

D.Help endangered species.

33.What does the underlined word “That” in paragraph 4 probably refer to?

A.SlothBot.

B.Slowness.

C.A design principle.

D.A low-energy style.

34.What can we know about SlothBot?

A.It always stays still.

C.Its shell provides protection for itself.

B.It can pollinate the plants.

D.Its design will be used to study the ocean.

35.What may be the best title for the text?

A. A Slow-moving Sloth Begins Life in a Garden

B.A New Robot Helps Raise Endangered Animals

C.A New Study Aids Conservation Efforts in Atlanta

D.A Conservation Robot Slowly Monitors Endangered Species

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。

Dr.Esther Ngumbi，now a professor of Entomology（昆虫学）at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was born in a rural farming community along the Kenyan Coast. 36 There were no societal role models to inspire girls to reach for the stars. Luckily, her parents were teachers and struggled to raise enough money to pay for their children's school fees.

Her parents would go to town to get their pay checks, but eat nothing before coming back in the evening, hungry and tired. She knew that they were able to buy food in town, but they chose not to spend money on themselves so that Esther and her brothers and sisters could go to school. 37 It inspired her to pursue her academic career goals and fight against challenges however tough they seemed.

38 She went through high school and eventually college and attained a Bachelor and Master of Science at Kenyatta University. On a beautiful summer day of August 6,2011,she attained what at times seemed to be an unrealistic dream: a PhD in Entomology from Auburn University. 39

She cried on her graduation day as she thought of her community in Kenya and many girls in her community. 40 It was during that day that she told herself she would do everything she needed to do, and give the girls more opportunities to break down the poverty barrier, be educated, and achieve great things.

She has devoted all of her passion, efforts, heart and resources to bringing sustainable change in her community and she has become a role model for girls in her community.

A.This had a powerful effect on her.

B.Education for girls was considered unimportant there.

C. Once she started to do experiments in the lab. she was devoted to them.

D.She became the first woman in her community to obtain a PhD degree.

E.She was a real leader for many young African girls in similar situations.

F.They had the potential to be a scientist too. but just lacked the opportunity.

G.She studied hard and gained a lot, hoping she'd help her family and community.

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。

Megan King is a waitress and she recently saw an elderly woman eating by herself at the restaurant. She 41 that the woman was quietly sitting and seemed to be 42 on something while eating her meal.

That's when Megan decided to take a pause in her busy workday and 43 the woman at her table. The two talked for a bit 44 Megan got back to her work duties.

“It was on Sunday, which is always pretty 45,”Megan shared, “About halfway through her 46 ,it started to slow down so we 47 for a few minutes. Small talk, nothing too deep. She told me she was almost 70... and she just wanted to stop by an old 48 for a bite."

Little did Megan know how much that 49 meant to that elderly woman. Before she 50,the elderly woman decided to leave Megan a(n) 51 sharing how her act of kindness made her feel.

“Thank you very much for your kind company. This was my first time eating out 52 here since my husband passed away. I was hoping I could get through it,” the note read.

As soon as Megan saw the handwritten note, she had to fight back tears and went to the restroom to gather herself from the wave of emotions. She took a 53 of the sweet note. She also took a picture of her smiling with one tear rolling down her face, and she 54 both of the pictures online.

This story reminds us that one simple act of kindness can mean so much to one person. You never know what people are 55 and sharing a smile or a nice chat could really make someone's whole day!

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。

Cloning is a technique scientists use to make genetic copies of living things.Genes,cells, tissues and even whole 56(animal) can all be cloned.

Some clones already exist in nature. Single-celled organisms like bacteria make 57 (exactly) copies of themselves each time they reproduce. In humans, identical twins are similar to clones.

Scientists also make clones in the lab. They often clone genes in order to study 58 better understand them. 59 (clone) a gene, researchers take DNA from a living creature and insert it into a carrier. Every time that carrier reproduces, a new copy of the gene 60(make).

In 1996,Scottish scientists cloned the first animal, 61 is a sheep named Dolly. Since then, scientists have cloned cows, cats, deer, horses and rabbits. They still have not cloned a human， though． In part， this is because 62 is difficult to produce a viable（能成活的） clone. In each attempt, there can be genetic mistakes that prevent the clone from 63 (survive).There 64(be) also ethical concerns about cloning a human being.

The cloning of animals has been used in a number of 65(difference) applications. Livestock（家畜）like cows and pigs have been cloned to produce more milk or meat. Clones can even “bring back” a beloved pet that has died. Cloning might one day bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth or giant panda.

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

假定你是班长李华，请你围绕“垃圾分类，从我做起”这一主题，给全班同学写一封英语倡议书。内容包括：

1．倡议的原因和目的：

2．倡议的具体内容：

3．发出倡议。

注意：1．写作词数应为80左右：

2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

参考词汇：垃圾分类 garbage sorting

Dear students,

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节（满分25分）

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。

“I'm sorry, Lisa, but Debbie and I are going to move back into the house. You're going to have to find another place to live.”

I couldn’t believe what Neil， my landlord（房东），was telling me on that warm April night. I had tears in my eyes, and so did he. I had lived in his Staten Island house for more than twelve years.

Neil had never raised my rent, which was $ 750 a month, very cheap for New York City. This was a big comfort when I was laid off from my newspaper job and couldn't find any work for two years. He promised me that I would always have a home, even if I had a hard time paying the rent. But now, I was going to have to find a new apartment and pay more.

Although he gave me six months to find a new place, I was still astonished and worried. So I called Jon, my best friend, to complain about my bad experience. But Jon surprised and annoyed me.

“Look on the bright side.” he said. “Maybe you will find a place you like better. Do you remember you complained all the time about the crowded bus to and from the house? Why don't you find a place where you don't have to take that bus?”

“How can you say that?" I shouted at him. “This is way out of my comfort zone!”

“Come on, Lisa. Did it ever occur to you that change could be good?” Jon said.

“No!” I screamed and hung up on him.

I felt upset for the next few days about our argument. But what if Jon was right? Why did I assume that every change would be bad? Maybe my life needed to be shaken up.

That summer, as I started looking for apartments, I began to think about new possibilities. Maybe I could find an apartment with better furniture.

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。

Finally, that October, I spotted the apartment of my dreams in a new home in a nice neighborhood.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

As time went on, I found myself doing more things out of my comfort zone and feeling more positive about life.