2023宜宾叙州区二中高二下学期开学考试英语试题含答案

宜宾叙州区二中2022-2023学年高二下期开学考试

英语试题

注意事项：

答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

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、What is the probable relationship between the speakers？

A. couple.                          B. Fellow workers.             C. Teacher and student.

2、Why did Fred make a call last night？

A. To borrow a sleeping bag.       B. To invite the man to the gym.

C. To get information about somebody.

3、What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife.                  B. Co-workers.                     C. Classmates.

4、When is the birthday celebration according to the woman?

A. On Friday.                 B. On Saturday.                     C. On Monday.

5、Who are the speakers talking about?

A. A teammate of Sarah’s.               B. A friend of John’s.            C. A bookstore clerk.

第二节（共15小题，每小题15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段长对话，回答第6、7题。

6、What did the woman probably do just now？

A. She visited Sonia.             B. She cleaned her bedroom.          C. She wrote down an address.

7、Where did the woman put her glasses？

A. In her bag.                       B. On the hall table.                         C. In her jacket pocket.

听第7段长对话，回答第8至9题。

8、Where will the man go if fixing a phone costs much?

A. The cell phone store.          B. The electronics store.                  C. The library.

9、What will the woman do next?

A. Fix her phone.  B. Buy an iPad.  C. Make a call.

听第8段长对话，回答第10至12题。

10、Who will lend a car to the group driving on the road trip?

A. Lily’s mom.  B. Daniel’s dad.  C. Jack’s dad.

11、What does the woman need to go on the road trip?

A. A driver’s license.                  B. Tents for the beach.                 C. Money from her mother.

12、What will the man do next?

A. Call Daniel.  B. Pay the gas.  C. Book the hotel.

听第9段长对话，回答第13至16题。

13、Who is the speaker?

A. The mayor’s secretary.              B. A reporter.                C. A politician.

14、Why does the mayor want to replace the old buildings?

A. They aren’t important.            B. They aren’t big enough.     C. They can’t be used.

15、Which group is confirmed to attend the mayor’s speech?

A. Politicians.  B. Workers.  C. Debaters.

16、What has changed about the parade scheduling?

A. The time.                  B. The parts involved.        C. The location.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。

17、How does the speaker describe the teachers?

A. Young. B. Strict. C. Qualified.

18、What activity is arranged during the trip to Canada?

A. Going to the green jungle.            B. Visiting famous museums.      C. Learning about some architecture.

19、How long does the trip to Italy last?

A. 7 days.                       B. 10 days. C. 20 days.

20、What is the aim of the English Summer Camps?

A. To speak English perfectly.        B. To avoid making mistakes.     C. To learn English happily.

第二部分  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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

    Here we introduce some rental houses to you.

    Apartment Levant in Komiza

    Overlooking one of the most beautiful fishing villages in Croatia, our two-storey house also gives you a full view of Komiza bay as well as neighboring island of Bisevo. The apartment has a wide, covered balcony and a small garden with lemon trees. It is only 10 minutes’ walk from the centre of the village, although it is on the edge of the village, with forests behind the house.

    Apartment Domina

    Located in the centre of the city, the apartment is protected as a historical site. All other facilities are at your fingertips such as restaurants, shops and museums. The apartment is fully equipped and air-conditioned, having a kitchen with a dishwasher, a satellite TV and the free Web access. It contains a bedroom with a double bed and antique furniture. Besides, the apartment offers pet-friendly accommodation.

    Apartment Tonka

    The apartment is located in an old stone house in the centre of Komiza. It offers two bedrooms, each with a separate bathroom, and a living room with a furnished kitchen. The house is only a couple of minutes away from the old harbor, along the old town’s street where you can enjoy Komiza’s rich cultural history. The bus stop is less than 200 meters away, near the fruit and vegetable market.

    Pearl of Issa

    This two-bedroom apartment is only a few minutes’ walk from beautiful beaches, shops, restaurants, cafés and bars. It consists of two bedrooms, a fully equipped modern kitchen, a dining room and a resting area with a sofa, which can be used as an extra sleeping place for one person, a bathroom and a balcony with comfortable garden furniture and barbecue equipment.

21、What does Apartment Levant in Komiza provide?

A.Fishing poles.  B.Sights of Bisevo. C.Lemons.  D.Free traffic.

22、What can we learn about Apartment Domina?

A.People can enjoy natural scenery.

B.It’s convenient to surf the Internet.

C.Its modern funiture is unique.

D.The goods in the shops nearby are cheaper.

23、Which of the following apartments contains two bedrooms?

A.Apartment Tonka and Pearl of Issa.

B.Apartment Domina and Pearl of Issa.

C.Apartment Tonka and Apartment Domina.

D.Apartment Domina and Apartment Levant in Komiza.

B

Imagine you’re moving to a new country on the other side of the world. Besides the geographical and cultural changes, you will find a key difference will be the language. But will your pets notice the difference? It was a question that nagged at Laura Cuaya, a brain researcher at the Neuroethology of Communication Lab at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.

      Cuaya set out to find the answer. She and her colleagues designed an experiment with 18 volunteer dogs—including her two Border Collies, Kun Kun and Odin—to see if they could differentiate(区分) between two languages. Kun Kun and Odín were used to hearing Spanish; the other dogs Hungarian. The dogs sat still within an MRI machine, while listening to an adaptation from the story The Little Prince. They heard one version in Spanish, and another in Hungarian.

      Then the scientists analyzed the dogs’ brain activity and they found a different activity pattern for one language versus(与……相比) the other. Andics, who leads the lab where the study took place, said, “The finding suggests that dogs’ brain can differentiate between these two languages. In terms of brain imaging studies, this study is the very first one which showed that a non-human species brain can discriminate between languages. ” They also found that older dogs brains’ showed bigger differences in brain activity between the two languages, perhaps because older dogs have more experience listening to human language.

    Amritha Mallikarjun, who wasn’t involved in this study but has been working on similar research about dogs and language, said, “It is a very exciting study because it shows that the ability to grasp the sounds and rhythms of a familiar language is something accessible to non-humans.” “And while this work relied on brain imaging,” Mallikarjun said, “it would be worth investigating whether dogs could differentiate between languages in behavioural studies, too.”

24、What does the underlined phrase “nagged at” probably mean in paragraph 1?

A.Astonished. B.Troubled. C.Benefited. D.Dominated.

25、Cuaya’s study focused on whether dogs can

A.tell different languages apart                     B.adapt to a new environment

C.understand the Little Prince                      D.make sense of Spanish and Hungarian

26、What do we know about the study?

A.Researchers tested the dogs in random order.

B.It is a breakthrough on non-human brain imaging.

C.Diverse methods were adopted during the study.

D.The dogs must keep moving during the study.

27、What can we infer from what Amritha Mallikarjun said?

A.Previous work has met many kinds of limitations.

B.Brain imaging studies are likely to be very successful.

C.Non-humans are less likely to understand a familiar language.

D.Behavioural studies on dogs will be a new research in the future.

C

  More than 10 million Chinese cultural relics have been lost overseas, lots of which were stolen and illegally shipped out of China during the times of war before 1949. About 1.67 million pieces are housed in no more than 200 museums in 47 countries, which accounts for 10 percent of all lost Chinese cultural relics, and the rest are in the hands of private collectors.

    Most of these treasures are owned by museums or private collectors in the United States, Europe, Japan and Southeast Asian countries. There are more than 23,000 pieces in the British Museum, most of which were stolen or bought for pennies more than 100 years ago.

    The major method to recover these national treasures was to buy them back. In some cases, private collectors donated the relics to the government. Also, the government can turn to official channels to demand the return of relics.

    In 2003, a priceless bronze pig’s head dating from the Qing Dynasty was returned to its home in Beijing after it was removed by the Anglo-French Allied Army over 140 years ago. Macao entrepreneur Stanley Ho donated 6 million yuan to buy it back from a US art collector and then donated it to the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.

    Although buying-back is the most feasible way to recover the lost treasures, limited funding is always a big headache.

    In recent years, the Chinese government has improved efforts to recover the precious cultural relics lost overseas. It has started a national project on the recovery of the treasures and has set up a database (数据库) collecting relevant information. It has signed several international agreements with many countries on this matter, and is also looking for international cooperation to recover the relics by working closely with several international organizations.

28、What is the passage mainly about?

A.The best way to recover cultural relics.

B.The efforts to recover Chinese cultural relics.

C.Stanley Ho donated a bronze pig’s head to Beijing.

D.Chinese cultural relics were stolen by the Anglo-French Allied Army.

29、What we can know about the bronze pig’s head?

A.It was made in the Ming Dynasty.

B.It is now in the Poly Art museum in Beijing.

C.It was donated by the French government to China.

D.It was removed by the Anglo-French Allied Army over 150 years ago.

30、What does the underlined word “feasible” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A.Possible. B.Difficult. C.Wonderful. D.Careful.

31、What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.China has enough money to buy all the cultural relics back.

B.Many countries have returned the lost cultural relics to China for free.

C.The Chinese government has done a lot to recover the lost cultural relics.

D.China is preparing to set up a database to collect information about the lost cultural relics.

D

 Leaf peeping, the practice of traveling to watch nature display the fall colors, is a beloved annual activity, especially in New England. Typically, by the end of September, leaves take on warmer colors throughout the U.S. But this year, many areas haven’t even shaken off the green shades of summer. In Maine, forest rangers reported less than 70% color change and modest leaf drop.

      It’s commonly believed that trees, like people, must prepare for winter. When fall arrives, and day length and temperature drop, trees respond by ending green substance production and absorbing remaining nutrients, causing leaves to lose the original color. Greens give way to yellows, reds and oranges that make for splendid autumn displays.

      Warm fall temperatures can make the fall colors appear later. Worse, dry summers can cause leaves to miss the fall color turn altogether. Delay of the start of the fall colors, which has been moving later into the fall, could continue. “My observations in the last decade have had more years that were later than what we consider historical averages. It can be a trend as the planet warms,” said the expert Jim Salge.

      It’s not just the plants that suffer. “Turning leaves offer an irresistible mass of color which, by estimate(估计), brings in as much as billions of dollars a year in tourism in New England,” said Andy Finton, a forest ecologist. That’s another good reason to focus on preserving forests. Leaf peeping can stay part of the area’s feature if forests are given enough protection. “If we can keep them unharmed, they’ll provide things we’ve depended on, as well as fall inspiration,” said Finton.

32、What is special about the leaves in Maine this year?

A. They take on warm colors.  B. They drop earlier than normal.

C. They totally miss the fall color turn.  D. They stay green longer.

33、What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. Ways of trees surviving winter.  B. Explanation of leaves changing color.

C. Functions of the green substance.  D. Effect of climate change on fall leaves.

34、What is the “trend” according to Jim Salge in paragraph 3?

A. The earth gets drier.  B. The temperature gets higher.

C. The earth gets warmer.  D. The leaves delay color change.

35、What’s the purpose of this text?

A. To introduce leaf peeping.                             B. To report the right time for leaf peeping.

C. To warn people to take care of forests.         D. To call on people to admire fall leaves. 

第二节（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填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

   A WeChat mini-program for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games was officially launched on July 2. ___36__ And it will also change their low-carbon behaviors such as walking, bike riding, as well as bus and subway taking, into "carbon points" in their accounts, which can be exchanged for some awards.

    ___37__ For example, a user can get 0.02 carbon points per step, up to 200 points per day, 174 points for participating in the "clear your plate" campaign each time, and 209 points for taking a bus. Quantifying(量化) low-carbon activities with carbon points enables the public to gradually develop a green and low-carbon lifestyle. ___38__

    To actively respond to the global climate change, reducing carbon emission and achieving carbon neutrality(碳中和) has become a must in major international sports events. __39___ The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games made an even bolder move by launching a nationwide low-carbon campaign and developing a mini-program for the public to help reduce carbon emission.

    The Beijing 2022 has always remained committed to being green, low-carbon and sustainable, from its bidding to preparation. ___40__ All venues are constructed under the national green building standards.

A.It will be popular among many international experts.

B.It will open an individual carbon account for each user.

C.More importantly, it contributes to a greener sport event.

D.Different amounts of carbon points are based on how low-carbon the activities are.

E.It has continuously made breakthroughs in low-carbon energy, venues, and transportation.

F.Carbon neutrality refers to taking steps to balance carbon emissions from human activities.

G.In the past, major sports events usually achieved this through forestry management, and renewable projects.

第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    Last year, I received an e-mail from my dad, under a subject line: “Mystery creature?” There was no body text, but     41     was a ten-second video, shot in the dead of night. It     42     a furry creature charging away from the camera and down a driveway. Midway through the video, the animal     43     abruptly, turns slightly and stares back. Then it runs into the     44    . Watching it again, I noticed that the driveway looked     45    . It was my childhood home. There soon came more e-mails with more videos. And the mystery creature     46     to be a raccoon(浣熊) without its tail.

    For many years, my parents had been     47     about setting up some camera traps, just to see what sorts of animals were quietly moving around the     48    . But my dad had always thought the camera were a little too     49     and complicated. About a year ago, my dad finally    50     two cameras at reasonable prices that were easy to use. He first    51     them toward a place where he had noticed a particular pile of scat (动物粪便), which always appeared in the same     52    . After leaving the cameras on for only one night, he    53    . To his amazement, right in front of a bench where he’d     54     one camera, a fox arrived. It     55     to the center of the sight line and squatted (蹲下), briefly, in the exact spot. “Can you     56     it?” he said, playing the video for me again.

    I could not,     57     there it was, clear to see. For me, the pleasure in watching these videos was that they would never be    58     believable and that the   59     would always be beyond my imagination. Rather than making the world more knowable, they seem to make it more     60    . They’ve turned a backyard into a place full of mystery.

41、A.played B.bought C.applied D.attached

42、A.showed B.pleased C.made D.discovered

43、A.wakes B.appears C.stops D.changes

44、A.camera B.darkness C.dawn D.crowd

45、A.familiar B.interesting C.similar D.wrong

46、A.grew up B.turned out C.claimed D.pretended

47、A.complaining B.worrying C.learning D.talking

48、A.park B.woods C.house D.ponds

49、A.expensive B.important C.dangerous D.heavy

50、A.produced B.bought C.carried D.faced

51、A.pushed B.drove C.pointed D.guided

52、A.style B.group C.spot D.order

53、A.hid B.checked C.escaped D.agreed

54、A.placed B.designed C.repaired D.seen

55、A.responded B.looked C.fell D.ran

56、A.believe B.prove C.finish D.hold

57、A.and B.so C.nor D.yet

58、A.suddenly B.constantly C.secretly D.entirely

59、A.scenery B.images C.events D.technology

60、A.useful B.peaceful C.extraordinary D.reliable

第二节(共10小题：每小題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。

On December 9th, Chinese astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu, ___61__(conduct) the science lecture 400 kilometers above Earth, as they orbited in the Tiangong space station.

    They showed viewers ____62__ they lived and worked inside the space station. In response to ____63__ Hong Kong student’ s question about water, Wang said the water they drank was recycled, noting that there was no difference in taste between regular and ____64__ (recycle) water. “With a water recycling system, every drop of water ___65___ (make) full use of” she said.

    Wang said the astronauts might look _____66____ (fat) than they were on earth as the microgravity in space can affect blood circulation. Zhai introduced the _____67____ (special) designed uniform Ye was wearing during the class. According to Zhai, it is called a “penguin jumpsuit” and it has multiple elastic bands inside to help the astronauts maintain their muscle _____68____ (strong).

    Ye demonstrated experiments related to cell growth in the weightless environment in space, during _____69____ he compared the growth and shape of cells in artificial gravity and zero-gravity so as _____70____ (study) their changing rules and mechanisms.

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）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换作文，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。

I always have a dream to be a fluency speaker. Therefore, I am too shy to say a word in public. What is beyond my wildest imagination is fortune should bless me with a chance to realize my dream. One day, my English teacher asked me to go to her office and told us that I was given an opportunity to participate in an English speaking competition. Hear this, I could hardly hide my excitement. When making preparation for the competition, I write my speech carefully. I discussed it with my teacher and got many advice on how to improve it after I finished the composition. Under the help of my English teacher, I made a great progress.

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李津,你的美国朋友Chris不久前来中国学习汉语。他给你写邮件,表示对于课堂上使用小组学习(group learning)的方式感到无所适从。Chris希望你能给他提供一些有效的建议。请你根据这一情况给他回信,内容要点如下:

1. 分析存在问题的原因;(如:准备不充分;心情紧张......)

2. 提出建议;(如:提前预习;查找资料;敢于表达;......)

3. 鼓励他不要灰心。

注意:

1.词数:不少于120词;

2.信的开头与结尾已经写好,不计入总词数。

Dear Chris,

After reading your e-mail,

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Jin

宜宾叙州区二中2022-2023学年高二下期开学考试

英语试题参考答案

听力

1-5：BAABA               6-10:CCBCB                       11-15:CABBC             16-20:ACAAC        

阅读

21-23:BBA     24-27:BABD     28-31:BBAC          32-35:DBDC     36-40:BDCGE

完型填空

41-45:DACBA           46-50:BDCAB       51-55:CCBAD       56-60:ADDBC

语法填空

61conducted         62how              63a                      64recycled               65is made         66fatter

67specially            68strength        69which             70to study

短文改错

    I always have a dream to be a speaker., I am too shy to say a word in public. What is beyond my wildest imagination is fortune should bless me with a chance to realize my dream. One day, my English teacher asked me to go to her office and told that I was given an opportunity to participate in an English speaking competition. this, I could hardly hide my excitement. When making for the competition, I my speech carefully. I discussed it with my teacher and got advice on how to improve it after I finished the composition. the help of my English teacher, I made a great progress.

书面表达

Dear Chris,

After reading your e-mail, I can see you are greatly confused with group learning.

It’s common for you to feel like this if you are not familiar with the topic or you are not well prepared for the topic to be discussed. Besides, the ability to express yourself in Chinese is another reason which prevents you from voicing your own opinion freely.

In fact, group learning is a fantastic way to practice your spoken Chinese and improve the ability to think in Chinese. In my opinion, what you are going to do is to be well prepared for the topic. For example, you can collect information about the topic and recite in advance. Additionally, use every chance to speak Chinese, in which way you can improve your oral Chinese quickly. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. You can’t speak fluent Chinese without opening your mouth.

Your experience reminds me of my process of studying English. Perseverance is very important. Don’t lose hope. I’m here willing to help.

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Jin