2022-2023学年黑龙江省哈尔滨市第三中学校高二下学期5月期中英语试题含答案

  哈三中 2022-2023 学年度下学期

高二学年期中考试英语试卷

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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卡上。

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，从题中给出的 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 秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. £19.15 B. £ 9.18 C. £ 9.15

答案是 C。

1. What do you know about the woman?

A. She had to work overtime. B. She failed to see Henry. C. She had a traffic accident. 2.What does the man mean?

1. He wonders why the woman is here.
2. He himself is Dr. Johnson.
3. The doctor will be here soon. 3.What is the man?

A. A reporter. B. A patient. C. A scientist. 4.Where does the conversation take place?

A. At a restaurant. B. In a classroom. C. In a shop. 5.How will the two speakers go to London?

A. By car. B. By air. C. By train.

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 至 7 题。

6. Why are Mondays terrible for the man?
   1. He doesn’t want to work after the weekend.
   2. Monday is full of difficult lessons for him.
   3. Monday means the beginning of a whole week. 7.What subjects does the man seem to like?

A. Art and Music. B. English and Maths. C. Geography and Maths.

听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。

8. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In the restaurant. B. In the hotel. C. At home. 9.What time does the dining-room close?

A. At 8:30 pm. B. At 9:30 am. C. At 10:30 am.

10. What will the man do?

A. Make a call to Room Service. B. Go to a restaurant. C. Buy something to eat.

听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 14 题。

11. Who is Frank Stone?

A. A friend of the woman’s. B. A visitor to the clinic. C. A patient of Dr. Milton’s. 12.Why won’t Mr. Stone come to the clinic tomorrow?

1. The clinic will be closed.
2. Dr. Milton won’t come to work.
3. He can’t spare the time. 13.When is the clinic open in a week?

1. During the whole week.
2. On weekdays except Thursday.
3. From Monday to Friday.

14. When will Mr. Stone see Dr. Milton?

A. At 6:15 pm on Wednesday. B. At 6:15 pm on Thursday. C. At 5:30 pm on Wednesday.

听第 9 段材料，回答第 15 至 17 题。

15. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Schoolmates. B.  Teacher and student. C. Strangers. 16.Why is Jeanie here earlier?

A. To  meet her friend. B.  To catch her car. C. To go over her lessons. 17.How is Jack feeling before the test?

A. Calm. B. Lucky. C. Nervous.

听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。

18. Where did the speaker go the other day?

A. A football field. B. A zoo. C. A park. 19.What can we learn about the bird nest?

1. There is a building in the middle of it.
2. It is not at all small.
3. It is taller than a building.

20. What did the speaker do at the end of her visit?
    1. She threw food into the lake.
    2. She watched a bird show.
    3. She rode small bikes.

第二部分 阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Fairy Tale-Like Destinations You Can See in Real Life Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (China)

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is part of the larger protected Wulingyuan Scenic Area in China’s Hunan province. The 3,000 towering sandstone pillars in this huge park are breathtaking. Some are more than 600 feet tall, and most have vegetation growing on their sides and summits.

The Chocolate Hills ( Philippines )

There are around 1,776 hills covering a 20-square-mile area in the towns of Carmen, Batuan, and Sagbayan, each with a seemingly perfect conical shape. The hills range from 100 feet to almost 400 feet in height. The most widely accepted theory of their origin is that they consist of coral deposits (珊瑚沉积物) that were forced upward due to rainwater and erosion.

Much of the year, the hills are covered with green grass, which increases their charming

appearance. However, during the dry season, the grass turns deep brown, giving them their “chocolate” tag.

Deadvlei ( Namibia )

Deadvlei, also spelled Dead Vlei, is a plain surrounded by red sand dunes in the Namib Desert. The site is so unique because trees once grew there, but shifting dunes and climate change killed the vegetation over time. The air was so dry that the trees never rotted, thus becoming skeletons. But they are not scary. These rare trees are estimated to be around 900 years old. The combination of tall red dunes, bright clay flats, and tree skeletons combine to create a fantastic atmosphere that inspires tourists to visit.

Lake Hillier ( Australia )

Lake Hillier sits on Middle Island off the coast of Western Australia. Hillier is a small lake, less than 2,000 feet in length, but it grabs people’s attention because of its incredible bright  pink color. It is especially noticeable because it contrasts with the neighboring blue ocean and the surrounding green leaves.

Why the lake is pink is not 100% clear, but the theory is that it’s caused by the interaction between the salty water and a specific type of micro algae (微藻类) that grows well under these specific conditions.

21. Of the following destinations, whose popularity is least related to color?

A. Deadvlei. B. Lake Hillier.

C. The Chocolate Hills. D. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.

22. What made tree skeletons in Deadvlei?

A. The sand dunes. B. The dry air.

C. The clay flats. D. The salty soil.

23. What is the purpose of the text?
    1. To analyze the formation of some scenic spots.
    2. To explain the roles of color in fairy tales.
    3. To introduce some fascinating scenic areas.
    4. To show the ways of visiting exceptional destinations.

B

Eight months after my father died, I saw some letters on top of my mother’s coffee table. They were tied with a silk ribbon and addressed to her decades ago in my father’s neat handwriting. I couldn’t imagine my serious father ever writing anything like love letters.

“Would you like me to read them to you?” Mom asked with a hint of a smile.

The letters were written in 1974 over the course of a month when my father traveled to Italy to care for his beloved, sick mother, leaving his wife and me, their newborn daughter, behind in Toronto, the city my parents called home after immigrating to Canada from Italy in 1956.

Growing up, my father was my hero and protector, but he was also a man of few words, part of a generation of immigrant men who worked hard for a better life.

I sat back while my mother read his letters to me, and thought, “Who is this guy?” My father used endearing terms I had never heard him say. He referred to my mother as “my dearest” and “my companion” who was always in his thoughts. In each letter, he enclosed a Canadian one-dollar bill for me and declared, “You and your mother are my life.”

As children, we assume we know everything about our parents. But, sometimes, we find that they were and are people with various facets.

My father was proud and stubborn, and he married a woman who was his equal in that regard. During their 58-year marriage, their stubbornness often led to conflict. So it was bittersweet to hear my father’s youthful sentiments read aloud by my elderly mother with a wistful (留恋的) tone. I knew she was thinking about what could have been and what had been once upon a time. After she finished reading the letters, I held them in my hands and examined them like they were fossils. Although a man I knew as economical with his thoughts, he had

filled the front and back of several pages.

These letters are only part of their correspondence. My mother wrote back to my father. One day she will read those letters to me, which she’s assured me. And just as with my father, they might help me discover another dimension of a parent I never knew before.

24. What kind of person did the author think her father was?

A. Violent. B. Optimistic. C. Sensitive. D. Reserved.

25. What can we know about the author’s parents according to the text?
    1. Her father worked in Italy.
    2. They didn’t get on well with each other.
    3. They were identical in terms of stubbornness.
    4. Her mother didn’t reply to the letters from her father.
26. What does the underlined word “facets” in Paragraph 6 most probably mean?

A. Divisions B. Dimensions. C. Goals. D. Interests.

27. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A. A Different Father in Love Letters B. The Hidden Sides of My Parents

C. In Memory of My Late Father D. Love Stories of My Parents

C

Microsoft is investing $10 billion in OpenAI, whose artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT has lit up the Internet since its introduction in November, accumulating more than 1 million users within days and touching off a fresh debate over the role of AI in the workplace.

Its ability to provide in-depth answers to user questions has even drawn the attention of distinguished technology companies. The intelligent robot understands what the user says or types and then responds in a way that makes sense. Its vast body of knowledge has been gathered from the Internet and archived（归档）books. This makes ChatGPT a useful tool for researching almost any topic.

“We have a lot of information on the Internet, but you normally have to Google it, then read it and then do something with it,” says Ricardo, chief science officer and co-founder of AI company Erudit. “Now you’ll have this resource that can process the whole Internet and all of the information it contains for you to answer your question.”

ChatGPT cannot think on its own. It depends on the information that it has been trained on. As a result, the AI tool works well for things that have accurate data available. However, when unsure, ChatGPT can get creative and flow out incorrect responses. OpenAI cautions users to check the information no matter how logical it sounds. Also, ChatGPT has only been trained with information till 2021. Hence, it cannot be relied on for anything that happened after that.

Experts believe ChatGPT has limitless potential to solve real-world problems. It can translate long texts into different languages, create content on almost any topic, and even summarize books.

However, ChatGPT has received mixed reactions from educators. Some believe it could serve as a valuable tool to help build literacy skills in the classroom. It could also be used to teach students difficult science or math concepts. But other educators think ChatGPT will encourage students to cheat. They fear this will prevent them from building critical thinking and problem-solving skills. As a result, many districts are starting to ban its use in schools.

28. ChatGPT is special, because           .

A. it can think on its own B. it can answer users’ questions

C. it gets involved in meaningful talks D. it has a large number of users 29.What makes ChatGPT helpful to research various topics?

A. Its capability of information processing. B. Its accurate information.

C. Its availability of instant responses. D. Its vast body of questions.

30. What can be inferred about ChatGPT from Paragraph 4?
    1. It shouldn’t be relied on for lack of creativity.
    2. Users have to be cautious when using it.
    3. We can consult it about anything in the past.
    4. All the responses it gives are logical.
31. What is the author’s attitude towards ChatGPT?

A. Favorable. B. Disapproving. C. Objective. D. Intolerant.

D

Imagine cozying up in your bed after a long day. You scroll through your favorite social media apps for what feels like ten minutes, but then you realize hours have passed. You promise yourself just five more minutes — then it’s 3:00 am. You wake up tired the next morning and go to work dizzy but do the same thing again that night. You know you need the rest, but you still stay up and sacrifice sleep to scroll aimlessly on your smartphone.

You are not alone. This phenomenon is called revenge bedtime procrastination (RBP), which is defined by the Sleep Foundation as “the decision to sacrifice sleep for leisure time that is driven by a daily schedule lacking in free time.” In other words, it occurs when people stay up late at night to do things they enjoy, such as scrolling the Internet or watching TV, because they feel they lack the freedom to do these things during the daytime.

How do you know if you’re engaging in RBP? Ask yourself these questions: Do you delay going to sleep because you would rather do other things that you enjoy, such as watching TV or YouTube videos or playing video games? Do you stay up late to spend time with friends or family? Do you miss out on sleep even though you know it’s important and that there are consequences to pay for feeling tired? Do you feel deprived of your personal life and free time to simply relax? Does your day mostly seem out of your control? Do you delay getting projects done, exercising or completing chores?

What puts someone at risk for engaging in RBP? Being a “night owl” can make people

more inclined to stay up late. Dealing with significant daytime stress, especially tied to work, is a big risk factor. Working extended hours or having a long commute are other risks, since these leave little or no time for entertainment or relaxation.

A lack of sleep is tied to many different physical and mental health problems. When revenge bedtime procrastination leads to too little sleep, it can cause negative effects on your well-being, such as: fatigue, reduced motivation and productivity, heightened risk of drowsy driving and accidents, worsened anxiety symptoms, reduced self-regulation, metabolic (新陈代谢) disorders, weight gain, obesity, and even some bacterial infections and viruses.

32. Why do people develop revenge bedtime procrastination?
    1. They want to find excuses for sleeping late.
    2. They strive to fulfil what they ought to do.
    3. They hope to effectively resist fatigue and obesity.
    4. They seek to make up for what they can’t do during daytime.
33. Which of the following is an example of RBP?
    1. Eating the tasty chocolate at eight o’clock in the evening.
    2. Drinking and chatting with your friends or family at weekends.
    3. Delaying sleep time to watch your favourite TV series.
    4. Working with colleagues to complete important projects at night.
34. Which of the following is NOT the cause of an increased risk of RBP?
    1. You are a person who enjoys staying up late at night.
    2. You can scroll your phone during subway commuting hours.
    3. You have to overcome great pressure associated with work.
    4. You are continuously asked to work overtime by your boss.
35. What is the text mainly about?

A. A brief introduction to RBP. B. Symptoms related to RBP.

C. Negative effects produced by RBP. D. The risks of engaging in RBP.

第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 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。

We clearly live in an era with little patience. Entire TV series are available at once on streaming services, and burning questions are solved in seconds via a search engine. This instant satisfaction, undoubtedly, is killing our ability to wait.   36   . Here are some strategies to pick up that magic mix if you weren’t born with it.

Visualize success

There’s no need to set a real situation where you wait in a super long grocery checkout line to test yourself. Simply visualizing it helps a lot. See yourself smiling and breathing as you wait for the line to move. 37 . For example, you could say, “it’s not bad to enjoy this

magazine while waiting”. Your mind will start to process the picture as a real experience and help to set you up for future successes.

Slow down

Racing around is not necessarily the only way to get what you want.   38   . Most adults  do not feel happy when they’re rushing, and children are even less capable of doing it with a good attitude. Instead of sweating through your routine, turn on some background music you like and move at a normal pace.

    39  

The ability to let your mind wander, whether daydreaming or actively applying your imagination, is a skill that improves  patience.  40   . Take  a break and do something that   could free your brain from the task that takes tons of energy. This helps you build up your staying power, so next time you might be more patient and more likely to focus on your task.

1. Learn to distract yourself
2. Add some positive words if possible
3. You don’t have to get the task done in one go
4. Therefore, we are getting more and more impatient
5. But sometimes, a fast pace can improve our working efficiency
6. We get so caught up in hurrying that we get stuck in that mode
7. Thus, the loss of this mixed quality of tolerance and calmness is unavoidable

第三部分 语言运用 （共两节，满分 30 分）

第一节 完型填空（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和Ｄ四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Two weeks earlier, my husband, Russ, had got an early-morning call telling us to evacuate immediately. The wildfire tearing through Northern California had spread and    41               our way. We’d jumped in the car with our cats and a few belongings. For days, we’d moved from hotel to hotel,     42               for news. What finally came wasn’t good. Our house had been right in

the fire’s 43 .

Now we’d been given  44  to return . I wasn’t prepared for what awaited us. Our house was nothing but 45 . Photos and my precious collection of inspirational books — all gone.

I wiped away tears as we dug through the ash and remains. “How will we 46 this?

How will we go on?” It felt as if our lives had been 47 .

Russ 48  what we’d found into the car. “Let’s go,” he said. I turned to get in the car.  That’s when I noticed something stuck  to my  shoe. A piece of paper, dirty  with  49  . I  picked it up. Its  50  were smoked, yet the words were surprisingly  51  : “If life seems  difficult, I pause and  52   the blessing sometimes hidden within every circumstance. With   new 53 , I begin again.”

Words that must have come from one of my books, a passage I couldn’t  54   but now   said everything  I needed to  55  . Words  that rose from the ashes. I framed  that scrap of  paper. It now sits in a place of honor in our new home, a reminder that we can begin again.

第二节 单句语法填空（共 10 小题; 每小题 1.5 分, 满分 15 分）

阅读下面句子，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

56. As graduates of this top high  school, you  each have          it takes to lead meaningful lives and to contribute to the lives of others.
57. Today is May 17 and I’d like to say “Happy birthday!” to          was born on this day.
58. When Steve heard the big news, his          (face) expression didn’t change at all.
59. The old fisherman stood in the boat and          (cast) his net into the lake.
60. Change  is founded on           (dedicate), collaboration and hope. All the ingredients should be in place.
61. Her intelligence more than compensates          her lack of experience.
62. Although this story starts          (tragic), everyone thinks it has a happy ending.
63. Having read the letter, the father felt          (relieve) that his daughter had arrived safely in China.
64.    is often the case, students tend to be more enthusiastic about classes in which they can participate and interact.
65. It was his good fortune to take          the company at exactly the right time.

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（满分 15 分）

假定你是李华，你校学生会上周三举办了“二手书市”(second-hand book fair) 活动。你的澳大利亚网友 David 对这个活动很感兴趣，写邮件向你了解基本情况。请你给他回一封邮件，介绍此次活动的有关情况。要点如下：

1. 活动的目的和内容；
2. 你的心得体会； 注意：

1. 词数 80 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear David,

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 had stopped at the Swindon services (服务区) while on my way back to London. As I drove up the slip road, I spotted a man with a backpack and his thumb out. I pulled over and lowered the window.

“Which way are you heading?” I asked. “I’m going back to London.”

“Ah, that would be grand,” came his immediate reply. He opened the door and lifted his backpack on to the back seat. “I’m Brendan,” he said with an easy smile and a rich Irish tongue. “I was getting a bit desperate. I’ve had my thumb out for a day and half. Nobody seems to stop these days.”

“I haven’t eaten in days,” said Brendan. “I’m trying to get home.”

I’ve always enjoyed picking up hitchhikers. I used to be a motoring journalist and crossed the country in various test cars. Picking up a hiker always made me feel a little less guilty about all the miles I was doing.

As we headed east along the motorway, Brendan told me how he came to be waiting for a lift on that particular evening, and also about the two recent family tragedies that had ruined him and pushed him out of his old life and on to the road.

Brendan told me that he was 52. He laughed a lot and enjoyed his off-grid ( 离 网 的 )

lifestyle. Until last week, that is, when he’d been robbed.

“Three young men in Birmingham took my other pack and it had all my money in it. I’ve been sleeping out since then. I haven’t eaten in days. I’m hoping to get some casual work in London, so I can then get myself home to Ireland.”

It must have been the concept of home that got me, and helping a man who’d clearly had a tough time seemed like the right thing to do.

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。