2022-2023学年福建省莆田第二十五中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题含答案

  莆田第二十五中学2022-2023学年下学期期中考

高二英语试卷

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. How many people will visit Indonesia for free?

A. Three.          B. Two.           C. One.

2. What are the speakers doing?

A. Climbing.      B. Running.       C. Drinking.

3. How will the man go to the park?

A. On foot.      B. By bus.           C. By taxi.

4. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Colleagues.      B. Mother and son.    C. Husband and wife.

5. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a parking lot.   B. In a wine shop.    C. In a restaurant.

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 was the man doing at 3:30 p.m.?

A. Having a meeting.  B. Chatting with his friends.  C. Repairing his phone.

7. How does the woman sound in the end?

A. Excited.   B. Surprised.   C. Annoyed.

听第7段材料，回答第 8、9 题。

8. What does Jack like eating?

A. Pizza. B. Spaghetti.   C. Tacos.

9. What do we know about Jack?

A. He comes from a big city.

B. He can’t play bowling.

C. He usually goes to the park.

听第 8 段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Which department does the woman probably belong to?

A. The sales.           B. The customer service.      C. The technical support.

11. What is the man’s problem?

A. The lights in his house are broken.

B. His air conditioner doesn’t work.

C. His washing machine couldn’t be turned on.

12. How much does the Center charge for labor per hour?

A. $20.  B. $30. C. $60.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. The party.   B. The Chinese New Year.   C. Different methods of payment.

14. Where does the man come from?

A. America. B. China. C. Japan.

15. How did people distribute red envelopes in the past according to the woman?

A. By WeChat. B. In cash. C. By cheque.

16. Who gives the woman red envelopes now?

A. The man. B. Her friends. C. Her parents.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Who probably is the speaker?

A. A news reporter.       B. A coach.               C. A football player.

18. When did the Chinese team score the third goal in the finals?

A. In the 118th minute. B. In the 93rd minute. C. In the 90th minute.

19. What does the team say helped it win the game?

A. Luck. B. Hard work. C. Desire.

20. Why does the speaker talk about the situation of women’s football team?

A. To promote football.

B. To discuss the football skills.

C. To introduce the history of football.

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

These are four famous tourist attractions around the world.

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City in Beijing ,China, was completed in 1420 during the early Ming Dynasty. It is the largest ancient palatial(宫殿似的) building in the world and it’s open to tourists to allow them to have a look at ancient Chinese architecture.

Niagara Falls State Park

When you arrive at Niagara Falls State Park, you’ll explore the Cave of the Winds to have an up-close look at the falls.The Cave of the Winds is a self-guided tour, which means you can spend as much time as you would like. There is no need to make a reservation(预订).The Cave of the Winds closes during winter, so make sure it’s open before visiting.

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid is a statue(雕像) in Copenhagen, Denmark. It sits on a rock in the harbor(海港). It came from a performance of a ballet based on the fairy story The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. It was shown to the public on 23 August, 1913. And there are many tourists taking photos with the Little Mermaid every year.

The Taj Mahal

As one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of India. It is considered as the finest example of Mughal architecture, a mix of Indian, Persian and Islamic styles.

21. What can you do when visiting the Little Mermaid?

A. Listen to a fairy story. B. Attend a performance.

C. Take a picture with the statue. D. Meet Hans Christian Andersen.

22. Which place will you choose if you are interested in India’s historic buildings?

A. The Taj Mahal. B. The Cave of the Winds.

C. Niagara Falls State Park. D. The Little Mermaid.

23. What should you do before visiting the Cave of the Winds?

A. Book in advance.                      B. Find a tour guide.

C. Learn about its history.                    D. Check the opening time

B

I’m rather good at using maps. But I forgot the maps and here we were, late afternoon, last day of vacation, my daughter, my cousin and I, driving along a two-lane highway in Oregon. No other car in sight, and the sun had just gone down. Where was that sweet little village?

It was supposed to be right along this river. We drove on, farther into the unknown, river always at left as our guide. We kept passing farms and fields and now a few lights were coming out. In my head, I was doing a lot of self-criticisms: Why didn't we start earlier, bring the map and on and on? My cousin and I were both impatient and stressed. My daughter, at least, was happy in the back seat, text messaging a friend. I pulled up on the shoulder of the road to think.

Just then—WOW! Amazing! A new scene had appeared. Where did it come from?

Right there, out of nowhere: a magical misty landscape. Fields stretched in silent purples, with rows of tall trees, darkening in the dusk (黄昏). I turned the car engine off. All was silent in the hot summer air. Beside us, a plum-colored river hardly moved between a border of trees, its dark lazy water reflecting the last light of day.

How breathtaking! Where had it been? If I had seen even a bit of this beauty while driving along, I could have stopped and taken a look. I had missed it all.

We miss a lot, almost everything, in fact, in our world. Our task-focused filters (过滤器) take care of that, selecting only what we need. We need to get to work. Have some lunch. We see what we need to see, often for purposes of survival. Gregory Bateson, speaking of beauty, said the judgment is selection of a fact. In our daily lives, who or what is doing the selecting? Can we make a change? Can we see further?

24. Which of the following might be the destination of the author’s driving?

A. Her own home. B. A vacation spot.  C. A tourist centre.  D. Her cousin’s farm.

25. What made the author keep blaming herself in the beginning?

A. That the vacation was below her expectations.

B. That she wasn’t as good at using maps as before.

C. That her cousin and daughter couldn’t get along.

D. That lack of full preparations got her to lose her way.

26. The author felt really amazed because ___________.

A. her carelessness brought an unexpected pleasure

B. she discovered a tourist spot unknown to the public

C. she unintentionally reached what she had planned to

D. the right route to her destination came out of nowhere

27. What does the story intend to tell us?

A. Stay cool when you are trapped in trouble.

B. Make a change for the purpose of survival.

C. Slow down your paces to enjoy beauty in life.

D. Be positive because there's always an alternative.

C

In valleys with thick plants, different-sized round and square buildings with faded yellow clay walls and wooden roofs, tulou lie in mountainous villages in Longyan, Fujian Province. There are more than 23,000 tulou in Yongding, which became well-known after 46 were given World Heritage status by UNESCO in 2008. “The structures were awarded because they are exceptional examples of a building of tradition and function demonstrating a particular type of communal (共有的) living and defensive organization, and, in terms of their harmonious relationship with their environment, an outstanding example of human settlement,” UNESCO said.

The giant multi-storied tulou were built with wood and mud walls. Constructed from the 15th to 20th centuries, these massive communal homes were sited based on feng shui principles, which claim to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their environment. Tulou are also purposefully resting amid tea, tobacco, rice plantations and abundant forests of pine and bamboo.

Throughout history, tulou residents have mostly been Hakka — migrants in southern China. Population pressures created conflict between the Hakka and their neighbors, so they built their homes to double as defending. The buildings are mainly four or five stories high. The first floor serves as the kitchen, the second is used for grain storage and the upper floors act as living areas. The structures are mainly symmetrical (对称的), and their defensive features include ironclad gates, escape tunnels, narrow openings for weapons under the dark-tiled roofs, and a water well. For their defensive function, only rooms on the third floor and higher have windows, which are very small. With sufficient food, the residents could survive in the event of a lengthy conflict.

Communal living is integrity to these villages, where the closed wall design boosts social interaction. Residents gather in the courtyard for ceremonies such as ancestor worship and weddings. Tulou is such an extraordinary piece of architecture, living up to the title given by UNESCO.

28. What do we know about tulou?

A. Over 23,000 tulou were given World Heritage status.

B. Among 23,000 tulou, only 46 became famous globally.

C. Tulou is the most outstanding Chinese human settlement.

D. They’re exceptional buildings of tradition and function.

29. What is most important for residents during a long period of conflict?

A. Enough food.  B. Escape tunnels.  C. Small windows.  D. Defensive weapons.

30. What is probably the author’s attitude to the protection of tulou?

A. Unconcerned.  B. Favorable.      C. Negative.        D. Unclear.

31. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?

A. Tulou: Given the World Heritage Status by UNESCO in 2008

B. Tulou: a Special Chinese Structure Combining Living and Defending

C. Tulou: Different-Sized Round and Square Buildings

D. Tulou: in Harmony with Their Environments

D

During the 2022 Winter Olympics, at the hotels in the competition area located in Yanqing District, Beijing, a smart robot “Coffee Master” with skilled tea brewing techniques became an eye-catching feature among the attending athletes. Besides it, other robots have carried out their duties in many unnoticed corners, supporting the event.

Following the Olympics success, the outstanding performance of Chinese-made robots at the global sports gala have attracted customers across the world, representing the country’s innovation ability while boosting Chinese people’s pride.

Many industry insiders believe that the Beijing Winter Olympics is an “accelerator” for the development of the robotics industry.

“In recent years, China’s robotics industry has made many technological advances. However, before the Winter Olympics, many customers had a wait-and-see attitude toward robot products,” Yang Rui, a director from Gaussian Robotics told the Global Times, noting that with Olympics success, a large number of foreign customers have come to cooperate with the company.

According to a report by CCID Consulting, a research institute under the MIIT, in 2020, the market demand for service robots in China saw explosive growth due to the epidemic, with the market size reaching 28.38 billion yuan ($3.7 billion), up 37.4 percent year-on-year. With an aging population and rising labor costs, domestic service robots enjoy huge demand potential with the market size expected to reach 75.18 billion yuan by 2023.

Wang Peng, assistant professor at the Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence at the Renmin University of China, noted that domestic robot sensors and computing chips are still relying on imports, leading to elevated cost of the highly sophisticated robots.

“China’s robotics industry has seen booming development, but still has a long way to go,” Wang said.

32. What does the underlined word “accelerator” mean in the third paragraph?

1. Hunter.   B. Inventor.    C. Promotor.  D. Turning.

33. Why does the author mention figures in para 5?

A. To present a fact.             B. To make a prediction.

C. To prove the robots success.      D. To support Yang’s opinion.

34. What is a direct result of the success of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics?

A. China’s robotics industry is having a great boom.

B. Domestic robot sensors can be produced independently.

C. Foreign customers prefer to cooperate with domestic robot company.

D. The market demand for service robots in China grows rapidly.

35. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A. China’s robotics techniques become eye catching in the world.

B. Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics contribute much to China’s robotics industry.

C. Robots make no difference to the success of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

D. Robots’ functions in hotels during Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Do people make a face at some unpleasant stuff that you have cooked? Do you feel hopeless in the kitchen?___36___

Change what you’ve been cooking. If all you've been doing is opening cans and tearing packages of instant food, it’s time to get daring and dip your fingers into food from scratch(从零开始）．___37___

Basics cookbooks are very good books to begin with. These books tend to explain terms and techniques, as well as providing samples of simple but essential recipes. You can learn a lot from even just one such book, and then graduate onto cookbooks that seem like favorites to you.

___38___There are bound to be some you love because they cook food you like and share interesting anecdotes that make reading their blogs worthwhile. You can usually subscribe to such blogs to get regular updates and when you’re game for cooking, you can also share comments about your experiences of the recipes they’re suggesting.

Don’t wait and get started today. It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work. You’re learning and you’ll learn faster by doing than by thinking about it. Expect to make mistakes and some stuff that doesn’t taste so great. ___39___Indeed, some people never get beyond how it tastes, and that is just fine because everyone loves good-tasting food!

Find a brave friend or family member to taste your new creations. Ask this person to give you honest feedback and to make suggestions for changes.___40___

A. Don’t try anything that requires expensive materials.

B. Get to know the food bloggers.

C. Follow these steps, and next time people may thumb up when it's your turn to cook!

D. In order to be a great cook, you need to be confident.

E. Be prepared to accept constructive advice, without which you couldn’t improve your skills.

F. Don’t worry-there are plenty of recipes which explain exactly what to do in order to create tasty food.

G. And for now, don’t worry about how it looks-work on how it tastes to begin with.

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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

An act of kindness doesn’t have to be a grand gesture. Even those small acts of kindness can make a difference in someone’s day. That was just the case for Amie Mickey when she___41___a bumper sticker(贴纸) on her car reading: You Matter.

Amie started to do this several years ago. At first, she wondered if people would_____42_____it. However, much to her surprise, she began seeing a flood  

of____43____every time she hit the road. More often than not, people____44_____slowly near her car would roll down their windows, raising their______45_____,waving and smiling. Sometimes, she even found some sticky notes left on her windshield(挡风玻璃) saying things like “You____46____too! ”Once while she was driving down the highway, she became___47___when a man driving a sports car at a high speed pulled his car alongside suddenly, waving and mouthing, “You matter!” Though it took her some time to recover from the_____48____, she still felt happy. Last year, someone_____49_____her car while she was waiting for her friend in the car by the roadside, saying to her, “It is a(an)_____50_____sticker. I’ve seen various stickers before, but none of them have touched me as your sticker has done. ’’The two small words on the sticker seem simple enough, but they really struck a chord with many complete strangers who____51____to catch sight of the sticker.

Stories like Amie's really____52____the rest of us. Sometimes a kind word or gesture may lift our____53____and it doesn’t cost a thing except for a little extra thought. Maybe it means offering a friend a hug, praising the children when their children ____54____well in school, helping someone out or volunteering at animal shelters or shelters for the homeless. Acts of kindness are waiting everywhere. Small as they seem, they can make a____55____impact on the world, and help form general goodness.

41．A．tore up B．picked up C．fixed up D．put up

42．A．watch B．overlook C．notice D．neglect

43．A．attention B．strangers    C．confusion    D．Trouble

44．A．running B．driving C．walking D．riding

45．A．voices B．hats C．shoulders D．thumbs

46．A．count B．share C．value D．matter

47．A．frightened B．frustrated C．embarrassed D．disappointed

48．A．parking B．speed C．incident D．event

49．A．approached B．blocked C．repaired D．cleaned

50．A．important B．special C．typical D．skeptical

51．A．happened B．occurred C．managed D．offered

52．A．shock B．inspire C．delight D．satisfy

53．A．feelings B．thoughts C．spirits D．minds

54．A．work B．exercise C．conduct D．behave

55．A．reliable B．subjective C．positive D．Brief

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。

Food connects us across cultures and generations. We have all had those moments   ____56____ we smelled something that reminded us ____57____ our childhood, or recreated a dish that we had had abroad that immediately brought us back to that foreign place.

Food can drive you to another time, another country, another culture without even   ____58____ (leave) your dinner table, which is why food culture is such ____59____ important way that allows us people  ____60____ (relate) to one another.

My family's food culture was something that nourished (滋养) not only my body    ____61____ also my soul. It was a part of how I connected with my mom and sisters as I learned how to make homemade marinara sauce from tomatoes which ____62____ (plant) in our garden.

As I got older and began traveling the world exploring the food cultures of the world and the way in which they nourish our bodies ____63____ (different), I began to better understand how my own food culture was able to give me a natural____64____ (appreciate) for and a sense of connection with the way food, local ingredients, and traditions can connect us as people — even when nothing else ____65____ (seem) to be able to.

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

66.假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Jim所在的学校要组织学生来中国旅行, 有两条线路可以选择：“长江之行”或者“泰山之旅”。Jim来信希望你能给些建议。请你给他回信, 内容包括:

1.你建议的线路之一;

2.你的理由;

3.你的祝愿。

注意：1.词数80左右；  

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jim,

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节（满分25分）

67.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。

With a broad smile on her lips, 15-year old Sara rushed to her mom to show off her new painting. But mom raised her eyebrows with eyes wide open, and spoke in an impatient tone,“No time, baby. Right now I am busy with an important talk. Just wait for some time, OK?”

Holding her oil painting,she frowned(皱眉), and then searched for her dad.“Dad, see what I have done,”Sara announced aloud in a thrilling voice. Her dad turned around while adjusting his tie, grinned at her, and showed his thumbs up!

Immediately, blowing her two cheeks, Sara replied angrily,“Dad, you haven’t seen it yet.”

He smiled at her saying,“No time, baby. I will see it later.”He just patted her back lovingly，kissed her forehead, and rushed for his office.

She was not a kid to be pleased with simple gesture or smile. She stood there for a few seconds, and then stormed off to her own bedroom. Hot air was blowing from her nostrils(鼻孔); her face turned into apple red. She threw the painting on the table, slammed (把...砰地关上) the door and threw herself on her bed.

“Why is everybody so busy?” She recalled thousands of incidents that hurt her in pre-school, middle school and even in high school too! She assumed at least her own family members would give some values to her thoughts, but they were no exception. Unconsciously, her eyes were filled with tears.

The knocking sound on the door put a sudden brake to her thought. Her mom was calling her for dinner. Sara deliberately came late to join them. She kept silent and didn't look at anyone, scratching the table mat with her nail, her mom was puzzled at the unusual behavior. Suddenly, the morning incident clicked in her mind. Softly, she asked,“Honey, did I do anything wrong?”

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。

Paragraph 1:

At this moment, Sara could no longer resist her anger.                          

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Paragraph 2:

When back from school the next day, Sara was surprised to see her beautifully-decorated painting on the wall._______________________________________________________

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