2022-2023学年四川省南充市嘉陵一中学高二下学期5月期中英语试题Word版含答案

  2022-2023学年高二下期期中考试

英语试题

时间：120分钟 满分：150分

注意事项：

1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题的正确答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，且书写整洁。

3. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。

第Ⅰ卷(选择题 共100分)

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。

1．Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a library.      B．In a bookstore.      C．In a classroom.

2．How does the woman feel now?

A．Relaxed.       B．Excited.       C．Tired.

3．How much will the man pay?

A．$20.        B．$80.        C．$100.

4．What does the man tell Jane to do?

A．Meet Mr. Douglas.      B．Return at 3 o’clock.     C．Put off his appointment.

5．Why would David quit his job?

A．To go back to school.     B．To start his own firm.     C．To work for his friend.

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,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5秒钟时间阅读各个小题;听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。

听下面一段对话，回答第 6 至第 7 两个小题。

6．What does the man want the woman to do?

A．Check the cupboard.  B．Clean the balcony.  C．Buy an umbrella.

7．What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A．Husband and wife.  B．Employer and employee. C．Shop assistant and customer.

听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至第 10 三个小题。

8．Where did the woman go at the weekend?

A．The city centre.   B．The forest park.   C．The man’s home.

9．How did the man spend his weekend?

A．Packing for a move.  B．Going out with Jenny. C．Looking for a new house.

10．What will the woman do for the man?

A．Take Henry to hospital.     B．Stay with his kid.      C．Look after his pet.

听下面一段对话，回答第 11 至第 13 三个小题。

11．What is Mr. Stone doing now?

A．Eating lunch.   B．Having a meeting.   C．Writing a diary.

12．Why does the man want to see Mr. Stone?

A．To discuss a program.     B．To make a travel plan.     C．To ask for sick leave.

13．When will the man meet Mr. Stone this afternoon?

A．At 3:00.      B．At 3:30.       C．At 3:45.

听下面一段对话，回答第 14 至第 16 三个小题。

14. What are the speakers talking about?

A．A company.       B．An interview.       C．A job offer.

15．Who is Monica Stansfield?

A．A junior specialist.      B．A department manager.     C．A sales assistant.

16．When will the man hear from the woman?

A．On Tuesday.       B．On Wednesday.       C．On Thursday.

听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。

17. What did John enjoy doing in his childhood?

A．Touring France      B．Playing outdoors.       C．Painting pictures.

18．What did John do after he moved to the US?

A．He did business.      B．He studied biology.      C．He worked on a farm.

19．Why did John go hunting?

A．For food.        B．For pleasure.      C．For money.

20．What is the subject of John’s works?

A．American birds.      B．Natural scenery.      C．Family life.

第二部分：阅读理解(共2节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Relationship skills and social skills are referred to as “skills” for a reason — they require learning, practice, and improvement. Here are the best relationship books on the market, according to a licensed mental health counselor.

Best for Communication: 4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work — Anywhere!

In this day and age, we could all use a refresher in terms of basic communication skills. This award-winning book — filled with how-to guides and exercise challenges — is a great place to start. Written with all kinds of relationships in mind, including family, dating, friendships, and even work relationships, it’s designed to help you improve empathy, listening skills, and communication skills.

Best for Socializing: How to Become a People Magnet

Social anxiety is a common issue in our modern-day world among all age groups. This book, written by award-winning author Marc Reklau, provides 62 simple strategies (策略) to help you improve your social skills in everything from first impressions to deeper relationships. With a variety of strategies available, you can choose the ones that are best suited for your needs. This book is also beneficial for those working in sales or customer service — industries that frequently handle complaints or require making connections.

Best for Problem-Solving: I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships

In this bestselling book, author Michael Sorensen put relationship problem-solving skills into a three-hour read. It reads more like a conversation to help users understand the value of listening and validation in relationships.

Best for Personality Types: The Enneagram for Relationships: Transform Your Connections with Friends, Family, Colleagues, and in Love

The Enneagram is one of the fastest-growing personality assessments and concepts in the world right now, and rightfully so. There are nine different personality types with up to 27 subtypes to help you understand yourself — aiding in connection with those closest to you.

1. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To point out the importance of relationships. B. To encourage people to improve social skills.

C. To call for the understanding between people. D. To introduce 4 relationship books to readers.

2. What is special about How to Become a People Magnet?

A. It focuses on problem-solving skills. B. It offers various strategies about social skills.

C. It deals with all kinds of relationships. D. It’s an award-winning book.

3. Which one should people hoping to understand themselves choose?

A. 4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work — Anywhere!

B. How to Become a People Magnet.

C. I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships.

D. The Enneagram for Relationships: Transform Your Connections with Friends, Family, Colleagues, and in Love.

B

For four months, puppy Indiana miraculously survived in the woods with a shattered shoulder. She was taken for a wolf and shot while running wild with her mother, Dakota. As a result of the gunshot, Indiana lost not only her leg but also her mother, as the two were sent to different adoption groups. While Indiana was learning to walk on three legs down south, Dakota was 1,000 miles north in New England.

Dakota found her forever home with me on Long Island. I have experience with Nordic breeds, and Dakota, a husky-malamute mix, just needed attention and someone who understood how to approach her. When I first read Dakota’s Petfinder bio, it mentioned that the puppy she’d been running with was shot, and, I assumed, killed. I’m a broadcast news journalist, so I did some research and came across a story from a South Carolina TV news outlet about a puppy that recently had her front leg cut off because of an old gunshot wound. There was no mistaking it—she was a spitting image of Dakota. Her puppy wasn’t killed by the gunshot, just badly injured. I vowed to bring the three-legged puppy home. As I learned throughout my journey to reunite mother and pup, they both needed each other. Back home, Dakota would let out these downright mournful howls on the deck, as if she was calling for her puppy to come back. And potential adopters for Indiana were required to have a six-foot fence because she kept jumping the one at her rescue in South Carolina.

When I finally adopted Indiana, the reunion was magical. Dakota was ecstatic. She couldn’t stop licking her puppy’s face. The love between them is as heartwarming as their story is heartbreaking. Dakota has since stopped her mournful howls. Indiana has never tried to jump my fence. These once-feral dogs now jump onto my bed, lie on the sofa with me, curl up in my lap, and lick me constantly. In spite of their having lived in the wild, the dogs have no aggression whatsoever. I am constantly amazed by how sweet and gentle they are.

4. What happened to Indiana and Dakota after the gunshot?

A. They ran wild in the woods after a wolf.

B. Indiana was unable to walk due to her disability.

C. Indiana was adopted by a journalist on Long Island.

D. They were separated because of different adoptions.

5. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A. Indiana took after her mother Dakota a lot.

B. The author adopted Indiana for her wound.

C. The author knew Dakota’s characteristics from her Petfinder bio.

D. Indiana kept jumping over the fence to answer her mother’s call.

6. What does the underlined word ecstatic in the third paragraph mean?

A. Overjoyed. B. Indifferent. C. Satisfied. D. Disappointed.

7. What is the purpose of this article?

A. To create an image of a tough puppy.

B. To call on people to love and protect dogs.

C. To share a heartwarming story of two dogs.

D. To introduce the great deed of the dogs’ owner.

C

Microsoft is reportedly delighted with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a natural-language artificial-intelligence program capable of generating text that reads as if a human wrote it. Taking advantage of easy access to finance over the past decade, companies and venture-capital funds invested billions in an AI arms race, resulting in a technology that can now be used to replace humans across a wider range of tasks. This could be a disaster not only for workers, but also for consumers and even investors.

The problem for workers is obvious: there will be fewer jobs requiring strong communication skills, and thus fewer positions that pay well. Cleaners, drivers, and some other manual workers will keep their jobs, but everyone else should be afraid. Consider customer service. Instead of hiring people to interact with customers, companies will increasingly rely on generative AIs like ChatGPT to comfort angry callers with clever and soothing words. Fewer entry-level jobs will mean fewer opportunities to start a career.

Consumers, too, will suffer. Chatbots may be fine for handling entirely routine questions, but it is not routine questions that generally lead people to call customer service. When there is a real issue – like an airline coming to a standstill or a pipe bursting in your basement – you want to talk to a well-qualified, empathetic professional with the ability to tackle problems. You do not want to be put on hold for eight hours, but nor do you want to speak immediately to a talkative but ultimately useless chatbot.

Today, the predictive power of algorithms (算法) should be used to help people, rather than to replace them. If AIs can offer recommendations for human consideration, the ability to use such recommendations wisely will be recognized as a valuable human skill. Unfortunately, these opportunities are being neglected. Everyone is focused on using AI to cut labor costs, with little concern not only for the immediate customer experience but also for the future of American consumption power.

8. What kind of employees are most likely to lose their jobs?

A. City cleaners. B. Taxi drivers.

C. Delivery men. D. Telephone operators.

9. What’s disadvantage of a chatbot?

A. It can’t handle realistic problems.

B. It needs real persons to operate on it.

C. It doesn’t have ability to comfort customers.

D. It can’t cope with routine questions well enough.

10. What is author’s attitude towards AI-based products?

A. Delighted but suspicious.

B. Concerned and negative.

C. Supportive but cautious.

D. Neutral and indifferent.

11. Which is the best title for the story?

A. What’s Wrong with ChatGPT?

B. Dangerous ChatGPT:Troublemaker.

C. What’s ChatGPT?

D. Future of AI Has Come.

D

On the edge of the Atlantic, there is much more water on islands. Experts say the Uists (尤伊斯特群岛) in the UK are on the front line of climate change and some of those who call this home are already adapting to their changing landscape. Donald MacPhee, an islander told BBC, “We seem to be getting a lot more rain—very unpredictable, but back in my father’s days you could guarantee that you’d have plenty of dry weather in August. But now it’s very unpredictable.” This low-lying watery landscape is weak to changes in our climate—with predictions that the sea level here could rise by as much as half a metre over the next few decades.

And that’s not the only challenge facing these islands which are so exposed to wet and stormy weather. Professor Stewart Angus, a coastal ecologist said, “A lot of the land actually lies below the level of the sea for much of the tidal cycle (潮汐). Secondly, you have rising sea levels. Thirdly, you have rising rainfall in winter. And you have the great difficulty in a very low-lying environment of removing that water.”

The airport here provides a lifeline service to islanders. A million pounds has been spent on the latest work to protect the runway, which ends just metres from the shore. At the islands’ arts centre, a picture of a rising line is shown. Andy Mackinnon, an artist told us, “So, the line represents a symbolic level that the sea will rise to. I hope that it does make people think about what we’re doing.”

And from the children here, out taking care of their local beach, messages in English and Gaelic (盖尔语) of their hopes and fears are being sent to the UN climate summit in Glasgow. “Stop sea levels rising. We could be under the water soon.” These small islands hope for big commitments from world leaders to lessen the worst that climate change might bring.

12. What does Paragraph 1 imply?

A. All islands have been under the water. B. The weather here now is still predictable.

C. Islands are at risk due to climate change. D. The sea level will rise by 5 metres in decades.

13 What is the big challenge for islanders now according to Paragraph 2?

A. Dry and hot weather. B. Irregular tidal cycle.

C. Protecting the runway. D. Getting rid of the water.

14. What is Andy Mackinnon’s attitude towards the islands?

A. Concerned. B. Indifferent. C. Pessimistic. D. Relieved.

15. What might be talked about in the paragraph following the text?

A. How the islands are flooded. B. What help UN can provide for islanders.

C. What life children here live. D. What effect climate change may bring.

第二节 七选五(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坡入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Education is a good opportunity for those of us who try to better ourselves. For people in full-time employment getting the balancing act between work and studying can prove a challenge. But look on the bright side. ____16____

University is often considered a logical step for people who wish to continue their education after school. While options of Master’s degrees, PhDs and other qualifications exist, many students leave after obtaining their Bachelor’s and head into the world of work. After years of doing the same job, some feel adding new knowledge to their locker may open up new opportunities. ____17____ Or they will have more new ideas.

In terms of the benefits, learning new skills that you can bring into the workplace can make you more of an authority in your area and a go-to person for advice. ____18____ In short, studying more could make you more useful to the business. If you study in a classroom, your experience of the workplace could bring a wealth of knowledge to other students and provide real-life examples for you to make use of. You may also meet like-minded people who you can add to your professional network in the future. Adult learners have to consider things like children, home lives and work. ____19____ Some courses can even be done partly or entirely online, which means that you can manage your time more easily studying from home.

____20____ And increasing your skills may open up new careers or opportunities in your professional life.

A. Or it helps them to get a promotion.

B. What are the benefits of studying while also working?

C. New opportunities don’t necessarily always wait for you.

D. Becoming a professional person is no big deal for your life.

E. All in all, there are a variety of options for those who wish to return to studying.

F. And if the business has a skills shortage, you may be able to step up and fill that gap.

G. Many adult and part-time courses are more flexible and spread over a number of years.

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)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The summer I turned 16, my father gave me his old 69 Chevy Malibu convertible. What did I know about classic cars? For me, the important thing was that Hannah and I could ____21____ around Tucson with the top down.

Hannah was my best friend, a year younger but much ____22____. That summer she ____23____ with a modeling agency, doing catalog and runway work.

A month after my birthday, Hannah and I went to the movies. On the way home, we____24____ at the McDonald’s drive-through, putting the fries in the space between us to ____25____. “Let’s ride around awhile,” I said. It was a clear night, hot, full moon hanging low over the desert. Taking a curve too ____26____, I ran over some dirt and fishtailed. I then moved quickly through a neighbor’s landscape wall and drove into a full-grown palm tree. The front wheel came to rest halfway____27____ the tree trunk.

There were French fries on the floor, the dash (仪表盘) and my lap. An impossible amount of ____28____ was on Hannah’s face, pieces of skin hanging around her eyes. We were taken in separate ambulances. In the emergency room, my parents spoke quietly: “Best plastic surgeon in the city… but it is more likely the ____29____of her modeling career…”

We’d been wearing lap belts, _____30_____the car didn’t have shoulder belts. I’d broken my cheekbone on the steering wheel; Hannah’s _____31_____had split wide open on the dash. What would I say to her?

When her mother, Sharon, came into my hospital room, I started to cry, preparing myself for her _____32_____. She sat beside me and took my hand. “I drove into the back of the car of my best friend when I was your age,” she said. “I completely _____33_____her car and mine.”

“I’m so sorry,” I said.

“You’re both _____34_____,” she said. “Everything else doesn’t matter.” I started to explain, and Sharon stopped me. “I _____35_____you. Hannah will too.”

Sharon’s forgiveness allowed Hannah and me to get back in the car together that summer, to stay _____36_____ throughout high school and college, to be in each other’s weddings. I think of her gift of forgiveness every time I tend to feel angry about someone for a perceived_____37_____, and whenever I see Hannah. The scars are now _____38_____ and no one else would notice, but in the sunlight I can still _____39_____ the faint, shiny skin just below her hairline – for_____40_____, a sign of forgiveness.

21. A. run B. drive C. wander D. march

22. A. taller B. stronger C. smaller D. healthier

23. A. signed B. chatted C. competed D. bargained

24. A. ate B. aimed C. stopped D. stood

25. A. catch B. share C. hold D. spare

26. A. fast B. seriously C. softly D. slowly

27. A. across B. along C. below D. up

28. A. dirt B. sweat C. petrol D. blood

29. A. end B. base C. point D. value

30. A. or B. but C. and D. so

31. A. chest B. lap C. forehead D. shoulders

32. A. anger B. regret C. sorrow D. concern

33. A. attacked B. dragged C. damaged D. removed

34. A. alike B. alive C. injured D. relieved

35. A. promise B. love C. understand D. forgive

36. A. sisters B. friends C. classmates D. colleague

37. A. threat B. need C. effort D. wrong

38. A. faded B. left C. marked D. shown

39. A. touch B. feel C. see D. discover

40. A. you B. me C. her D. them

第II 卷 非选择题 (共 50 分)

第二节(共10小题;每小题 1.5分, 满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The China Tourism Academy released a report saying that education tourism has become popular among people of all ____41____ (age).

More than 6 million people joined study tours last year ____42____ (high) even than the pre-pandemic number of 4.8 million in 2019, according to the Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee of the National People’s Congress.

“The key difference between study travel and other tourism products ____43____ (be) that study travel focuses ____44____ learning while traveling,” Luo Shugang, director of the committee, said at a forum.

He said that study travel can date back to the Song (960-1279) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties, when many poets wrote of ____45____ (they) experiences on study travels.

“An industry for study travel ____46____ (form) during the period of reform and opening-up, which has ____47____ (rapid) developed in the past decade.” he said, ____48____ (add) that students in primary and middle schools are so far the main participants in education tourism.

Dai Bin, president of the Chinese Tourism Academy, said at the forum that the development of education tourism had promoted the social education of primary and middle school students, ____49____ had played _____50_____ important role in combining culture with tourism.

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。

My father is a teacher. He is the man who lead our family. My mother is a housewife doing her housework based at the schedule she’s comfortable with. She is the one who understands me best, always share things with me. I love my family because they are the jewels of their life. They do what they can meet my needs, which makes me love and respect my parents considerable more. We play game every night and discussed various topics to spend quality time together. I give a respect and pay the highest regard to my family not only because they are my family, and for their incredible sacrifices for me.

第二节：书面表达(满分25分)

52. 目前，由于种种原因，很多野生动物濒临灭绝。请你根据以下要点，写一封短文到English Weekly，呼吁人们保护野生动物。

1灭绝原因；

2.解决办法

注意：1.词数不少于100-120词；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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