陕西省西安市2022-2023学年高二英语上学期期中试题（Word版附答案）

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2022-2023学年度高二第一学期期中检测
2024 届英语试题
注意事项：
1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息；
2．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上；
3. 试卷满分 120 分，考试时间 120 分钟；
4. 测试范围；人教新课标 U1-U4。
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节（共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）
A
Highest Mountains in the World
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant(休眠的)volcano, is the highest mountain in Africa. Its summit is 5, 895 meters
above sea level. Located in Tanzania, it is the largest free-standing mountain rise in the world, meaning it is not part of a
mountain range. Kilimanjaro is made up of three volcanoes: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. Kibo is the summit of the
mountain and the tallest of the three volcanic formations. While Mawenzi and Shira are extinct, Kibo is dormant and
could possibly erupt again.
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in Asia and the highest mountain in the world. Its summit is 8, 848. 86
meters above sea level. It is located in the Himalaya Mountain Range on the border of Nepal and China. The Chinese
name is Chomolungma, which means “Mother Goddess of the World”. The Nepali name is Sagarmatha, which has
various meanings.
Denali
Denali is the highest mountain in North America. Its summit is 6, 193 meters above sea level. It is located in the
USA, in the state of Alaska. “Denali” comes from Koyukon, a traditional native Alaskan language, and means “the tall
one”. This name had been used for many generations and was used by early non-native researchers and naturalists. But
in 1896, William A．Dickey, a prospector(探矿者), began calling Denali “Mount McKinley”, in honor of William
McKinley, a presidential candidate at the time.
Mount Vinson
Mount Vinson is the highest mountain on Antarctica. Its summit is 5, 140 meters above sea level. It is located in the
summit plateau of Vinson Massif, near the base of the Palmer Peninsula in western Antarctica. Mount Vinson is part of
the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It was spotted from the air by U. S. pilot Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935.
1．Why is Kibo the most dangerous one among the three volcanoes?
A．It is the highest of the three volcanoes.
B．It is covered with snow all through the year.
C．It is home to a great number of wild animals.
D．It is likely to erupt again sometimes in the future.
2．Which mountain stands between two countries?
A．Mount Kilimanjaro. B．Denali.
C．Mount Everest. D．Mount Vinson.
3．Who was the first to discover Mount Vinson?
A．An American. B．An Australian.
C．A Frenchman. D．A Japanese.
B
People generally like to pick out the best-looking fruits and vegetables when shopping for produce (农产品), but
Canadian supermarket chain Loblaws is attracting customers with badly-shaped and faulty produce at the price of 30%
lower than normal-looking one.
A trial run of the ugly food line, named “Naturally Imperfect”, began with only apples and potatoes to choose from.
Consumer demand has been so huge that Loblaws is going to introduce more ugly vegetables and fruits like onions and
mushrooms.
All the produce that will be sold through Naturally Imperfect would otherwise have been used in juices, sauces, or
soups, or have not been harvested at all. The director Dan Branson explained that this program benefited both food
producers who would otherwise have to let abnormal produce go to waste, and consumers who could buy fresh produce
at low prices. And he was right, given how popular the line has become.
“It really went well beyond our expectation,” Branson said. “I think it really spoke to the fact that Canadians are out
there really looking for some options.”
Of course, Canadians know that beauty is more than skin deep, and they also recognize that they can get the same
flavor and nutritional benefits in spite of appearances. The positive response (响应) to the initial offering of apples and
potatoes showed the opportunity to expand the line and offer more options at a greater price to Canadian families.
“If you grow produce in your backyard, there will be a lot of produce that won’t look as pretty as what you will see
in a grocery store”, said Branson. “And nature doesn’t grow everything perfectly. I’d like to think if somebody were to
take a No Name Naturally Imperfect apple, put it right beside a No. 1 apple, close his eyes and eat them, there would be
no difference.”
4．Loblaws is different from other supermarkets in that _______.
A．more fruits are offered at lower prices
B．normal-looking produce is forbidden there
C．imperfect produce is sold at lower prices there
D．only apples and potatoes are sold every day
5．According to Paragraph 3, Loblaws’s program _______.
A．prevents people from wasting their food
B．happens to be a win-win mode
C．teaches food producers how to grow
D．enables consumers to eat more fresh produce
6．What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?
A．Canadians are used to eating perfect produce.
B．Smart consumers know the importance of ugly produce.
C．Loblaws intends to improve customers’ quality of life.
D．Customers’ support promotes the development of the ugly food line.
7．What do Branson’s words in the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A．We should eat imperfect apples with our eyes closed.
B．The world is usually full of imperfect things.
C．Imperfect fruits are as tasty and nutritious as perfect ones.
D．The fruits grown by ourselves are more nutritious than those in the store.
C
Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps
the most far-reaching one has been the inevitable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.
It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when
high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers. Yet a considerable number of the most significant
collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. To read such books
today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once considered suitable for publication in
general-circulation dailies.
We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the
20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was
considered an ornament (装饰) to the publications in which it appeared. In those far-off days, it was taken for granted
that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered. Theirs was a serious
business, and even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman,
could be trusted to know what they were about. These men believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be
published in the daily press. “So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in
journalism,” Newman wrote, “that I am tempted to define ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are
not read to writers who are’.”
Unfortunately, these critics are virtually forgotten. Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from
1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket. During his
lifetime, though, he was also one of England’s foremost classical-music critics, a stylist so widely admired that his
Autobiography (1947) became a best-seller. He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. Yet only
one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.
Is there any chance that Cardus’s criticism will enjoy a revival? The prospect seems remote. Journalistic tastes had
changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in
which he specialized. Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat.
8．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the first two paragraphs?
A．English-language newspapers with more arts coverage sell well.
B．Young readers nowadays enjoy reading high-quality arts criticism.
C．The criticism published in the 20th century lacked learned contents.
D．There were more arts reviews in English-language newspapers in the past.
9．Based on the third paragraph, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．The newsprint was too cheap to make profits.
B．Not all writers were capable of journalistic writing.
C．Arts criticism was removed from the print newspapers.
D．Writers are likely to be tempted into journalism.
10．Why was Cardus’s criticism no longer popular?
A．Because he mainly wrote essays on the game of cricket.
B．Because people cast doubt on his reputation as a knight.
C．Because his music criticism failed to appeal to readers nowadays.
D．Because his works were quite amateur rather than professional.
11．Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A．The Distinguished Critics in Memory B．The Lost Horizon in Newspapers
C．The Shortage of Literary Geniuses D．The Newspapers of the Good Old Days
D
The environmental practices of big businesses are shaped by a fundamental fact that offends our sense of justice. A
business may maximize the amount of money it makes by damaging the environment and hurting people. When
government regulation is effective, and the public is environmentally aware, environmentally clean big businesses may
out-compete dirty ones, but the reverse is likely to be true if government regulation is ineffective and the public doesn’t
care.
It is easy to blame a business for helping itself by hurting other people. But blaming alone is unlikely to produce
change. It ignores the fact that businesses are not charities but profit-making companies, and they are under obligation to
maximize profits for shareholders by legal means.
Our blaming of businesses also ignores the ultimate responsibility of the public for creating the conditions that let a
business profit through destructive environmental policies. In the long run, it is the public, either directly or through its
politicians, that has the power to make such destructive policies unprofitable and illegal, and to make sustainable
environmental policies profitable.
The public can do that by accusing businesses of harming them. The public may also make their opinion felt by
choosing to buy sustainably harvested products; by preferring their governments to award valuable contracts to
businesses with a good environmental track record; and by pressing their governments to pass and enforce laws and
regulations requiring good environmental practices.
In turn, big businesses can exert powerful pressure on any suppliers that might ignore public or government
pressure. For instance, after the US public became concerned about the spread of a disease, transmitted to humans
through infected meat, the US government introduced rules demanding that the meat industry abandon practices
associated with the risk of the disease spreading. But the meat packers refused to follow these, claiming that they would
be too expensive to obey. However, when a fast-food company made the same demands after customer purchases of its
hamburgers dropped, the meat industry followed immediately. The public’s task is therefore to identify which links in
the supply chain are sensitive to public pressure.
Some readers may be disappointed or outraged that I place the ultimate responsibility for business practices
harming the public on the public itself. I also believe that the public must accept the necessity for higher prices for
products to cover the added costs of sound environmental practices. My views may seem to ignore the belief that
businesses should act in accordance with moral principles even if this leads to a reduction in their profits. But I think we
have to recognize that, throughout human history, government regulation has arisen precisely because it was found that
not only did moral principles need to be made explicit, they also needed to be enforced.
My conclusion is not a moralistic one about who is right or wrong, admirable or selfish. I believe that changes in
public attitudes are essential for changes in businesses’ environmental practices. 12．The main idea of Paragraph 3 is that environmental damage__________.
A．is the result of ignorance of the public
B．requires political action if it is to be stopped
C．can be prevented by the action of ordinary people
D．can only be stopped by educating business leaders
13．In Paragraph 4, the writer describes ways in which the public can__________.
A．reduce their own individual impact on the environment
B．learn more about the impact of business on the environment
C．raise awareness of the effects of specific environmental disasters
D．influence the environmental policies of businesses and governments
14．What pressure was given by big business in the case of the disease mentioned in Paragraph 5?
A．Meat packers stopped supplying hamburgers to fast-food chains.
B．Meat packers persuaded the government to reduce their expenses.
C．A fast-food company forced their meat suppliers to follow the law.
D．A fast-food company encouraged the government to introduce regulations.
15．What would be the best heading for this passage?
A．Will the world survive the threat caused by big businesses?
B．How can big businesses be encouraged to be less driven by profit?
C．What environmental dangers are caused by the greed of businesses?
D．Are big businesses to blame for the damage they cause to the environment?
第二节（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
Beating Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in the New Year
This year has continued to bring many of us closer to the pain, suffering and exhaustion of those experiencing
burnout and compassion fatigue (疲倦). There is no doubt that 2021 has been filled with additional challenges.
___16___
The data is clearly showing that our workforce shares feelings of burnout. A recent Gallup report indicated that 67%
of us feel burned out either some or most of the time. At an organizational level, Hogan reports that burned out
employees are 18% less productive and 2.6 times more likely to be actively seeking a different job.
Fatigue and burnout arise not when we fail to get sufficient rest but when we fail to appreciate the moments of
purpose and joy in our lives.
There are a few myths around burnout and compassion fatigue:
Myth 1: Burnout is an individual's problem.
Many people believe that burnout is about an individual who needs to “figure it out”. ___17___ Team structure
offers critical support and leaders should create environment where team burnout is addressed.
Myth 2: ___18___
Surprisingly, the individuals most likely to experience burnout are committed employees and leaders who love their
job and are highly engaged. These top performers are the people you are most likely to lose.
Myth 3: People who experience burnout are just less resilient.
Research shows a correlation between higher levels of resilience (复原力) and lower levels of burnout. ___19___
But resilience looks very different now from five years ago, and my guess is that it will continue to shift.
If 2021 has taught us anything, it is that we cannot separate burnout from our emotions, whether they may be fear,
anger, shame or guilt. ___20___
A．While fatigue is more sudden and results from carrying the pain and suffering of others, what we experience is
similar.
B．Burnout results from lack of responsibility.
C．Burnout hurts individuals' enthusiasm and passion.
D．At this point, burnout and compassion fatigue has expanded into many aspects of our lives.
E．But burnout occurs at different levels and is the result from challenges to individuals, teams and organizations.
F．At one point, people believed resilience was established by “sucking it up”, or “just staying positive”.
G．And the path forward requires us to deepen the relationship with feelings of joy, passion, pride and fulfillment.
第二部分 语言知识应用（共 60 分） 第一节（共 20 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
Expressive arts therapy is a form of therapy that uses dance, drama, music, poetry, and art to enhance one's overall
well－being. The arts are used to let go, __21__ and to release.
People have been using the arts as tools for __22__for many centuries. In the early 1940's expressive arts therapy
became formally __23__ and has since provided meaningful therapeutic __24__ for people of all ages in a variety of
treatment settings. There is no right or wrong way in the arts and clients are encouraged to be __25__ with self－
expression. Expressive arts therapy focuses on the __26__ of making art and exploring __27__ the piece means to the
individual, __28__ the final product.
Through the arts, people can __29__ ideas and feelings that may be hard to put into words, such as negative
memories and stress. It has been __30__ that use of the arts can help people develop social skills, __31__ anxiety,
manage behavior, and increase self－confidence. A free form of expression makes clients __32__ of their own work by
reducing the need to compare themselves to others, an unfortunate problem seen today.
Expressive arts therapists are professionally __33__. Anyone can be an expressive art therapist provided that they
get the appropriate training. Knowledge in psychology is __34__ to all training, but from there training __35__ includes
getting a master's degree in counseling with specialized instruction in implementing (实施) the art, music, poetry, and
dance/movement therapeutically. Some professionals extend their __36__ and obtain a PhD in expressive therapy.
__37__ expressive arts therapy is unique, the clinical goal is __38__ to other mental health professions. This
__39__ is to facilitate clients' growth and __40__ change.
21．A．admit B．express C．examine D．trust
22．A．explaining B．proving C．healing D．judging
23．A．recognized B．relieved C．affected D．controlled
24．A．results B．experiences C．causes D．questions
25．A．angry B．bored C．strict D．free
26．A．secret B．technique C．difficulty D．process
27．A．when B．which C．what D．where
28．A．as to B．or rather C．rather than D．other than
29．A．communicate B．produce C．reject D．test
30．A．offered B．shown C．guided D．driven
31．A．create B．feel C．reduce D．recall
32．A．tired B．proud C．afraid D．unaware
33．A．hired B．served C．awarded D．trained
34．A．basic B．enough C．impossible D．strange
35．A．finally B．typically C．luckily D．hardly
36．A．visit B．life C．education D．money
37．A．If B．Although C．Unless D．Since
38．A．unequal B．friendly C．known D．similar
39．A．goal B．profession C．clinic D．theory
40．A．unwelcome B．seasonal C．positive D．cultural
第二节（每小题 1 分，共 10 分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式。
Visits to Red tourism attractions are expected to rise this year as the Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrates
the 100th anniversary of ____41____ (it) founding. Their increasing popularity will not only ____42____ (strength)
people’s knowledge of CPC history, but also bring significant economic ____43____ (benefit).
____44____ (recognize) as one of the most important revolutionary bases in China, Yan’an is home to 445
memorial sites. The city’s Red tourism market ____45____ (receive) 1.6 million visitors and recorded nearly 1.5 billion
yuan during the past national day holiday.
“I’m quite lucky that I was born after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, but I never forget what my
father told me about their hard life in the war,” Zhao Yanping, a 67-year-old visitor from Zhejiang province, said. “He
told me to be grateful to the CPC, without it we could not live such ____46____ good life nowadays.”
Yang Guangyuan, director of Yan’an’s publicity department, mentioned the ____47____ (big) attraction of Yan’an
is the spirit, ____48____ has been passed down by generations of CPC members. “In the past 100 years, the CPC
____49____ (grow) from weak to strong, leading China’s revolution to get out of difficulty.” he said. The city now has
its traditions well protected while looking forward to ____50____ (build) an energetic future.
第三节（每小题 1 分，共 20 分）
51．The teacher’s explanation _________(澄清) the puzzling problem.
52．The police have completed their ________ (调查) into the accident.
53．Yesterday three scientists came to a university where they were given a___________(盛大的) welcome.
54．We’re looking for someone with experience in __________ (管理).
55．In some ________(情况) people have had to wait several weeks for an appointment.
56．An__________(编辑) is a person who is in charge of a newspaper, magazine, etc.
57．The ________(过程) can be painful but it leads to greater self-awareness (自我意识).
58．With his attention________（集中）on his book, he didn't even look up when we came in.
59．We should make a good ________ (印象) on our teachers on the first school day.
60．You should _________ (告知) your partners of the changes about the plans.
61．First, we put on our spacesuits, which allow us to breathe in space and protect us from __________ (expose) to the
cold and radiation.
62．Still, continuing ________ (challenge) yourself mentally and keeping your mind busy can only help.
63．It’s beyond ________(describe). Nowhere else in the world can there be such a beautiful and magnificent view.
64．The civil war broke out in Libya, ______(contribute) to the instability of the international oil price.
65．—Whal is wrong with our campus network?
—I don’t know. It may ________(link) to the electrical circuit.
66．We __________ (eager) wait for the sound of the engines.
67．She suggests that women are under________(constantly) pressure to be abnormally thin.
68．He _________ (accuse) of cheating and was sentenced to ten years in prison.
69．Advances in technology ________(combine) with policies have created an interconnected world.
70．________(surround)by a crowd of fans, Jackie couldn’t move a bit.
第四部分 写作（共两节，20 分）
第一节 短文改错（10 小题，共 10 分）
71．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。
The famous environmentalist, Professor Jin , was invited deliver a speech in our school last Friday. He started with
an universally accepted theory explaining how the Earth began. We were shocking that there were so many kinds of
living thing on the planet long time ago. However, he also showed how the appearance of some species happened later. It
was human activities that large changed the global environment. He pointed out we should attach importance to protect
the environment. It decided that we were able to continue to live on this planet in the future. I was deeply impressed by
her speech. I think of it is important to protect our only home.
第二节 书面表达（满分 10 分）
72．最近你班将举行一场题为 Life in the future 的讨论会，请根据以下要点，写一篇一百词左右的发言稿。
1.随着医学的发展，人类的平均寿命将会达到 120 岁。
2.由于新能源的出现，污染问题将得到控制。
3.人们的日常生活也将有很大的变化。如机器人可以为你做家务；椅子的颜色能够随着你所穿的衣服而改变；人
们可以到月球上去度假。
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参考答案：
1．D    2．C    3．A
4．C    5．B    6．D    7．C
8．D    9．B    10．C    11．B
12．C    13．D    14．C    15．D
16．D    17．E    18．B    19．F    20．G
21．B    22．C    23．A    24．B    25．D    26．D    27．C    28．C    29．A    30．B    31．C    32．B    33．D    34．A    35．B    36．C    37．B    38．D    39．A    40．C
41．its    42．strengthen    43．benefits    44．Recognized    45．received    46．a    47．biggest    48．which    49．has grown    50．building
51．Clarified 52．Investigations 53．Royal 54．administration
55．Cases 56．Editor 57．Process 58．concentrated##focused
59．Impression 60．Inform 61．exposure##being exposed
62．to challenge##challenging 63．description
64．Contributing 65．be linked 66．eagerly
67．Constant 68．was accused 69．Combined 70．Surrounded
71．1.在invited后加to 2. an→a 3. shocking→shocked
4. thing→ things 5. appearance →disappearance 6. large→largely
7. protect →protecting 8. that→if/whether 9. her→his 10.删除of
72．In the future,man's life will be very different form that of today.First,with the development of medicine,on the average,a person will live to the age of about 120.Second,because of the discovery of new energy,the environmental pollution will be under control.Third,people's daily life will change greatly,too.For example,robots will do all your housework for you;your chair will change its color to match what you're wearing; Perhaps some people will go to the moon for a holiday.