2022-2023学年内蒙古赤峰第四中学高二下学期三月英语试题含答案

  赤峰四中2022-2023学年第二学期月考试题

高二英语

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

Discover the best things to do in Beijing with our round-up of art and exhibitions, performances and popular activities.

Jazz With JLCO and Wynton Marsalis

Jazz at Lincon Centre Orchesra and trumpet master Wynton Marsalis will join hands to tour three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Beijing and Tianjin in March, bringing the most popular jazz music from the US. Their Beijing stop will be on March 20, at the Forbidden City Concert Hall.

If you go: 7:30 p. m. , March 20.

Ticket: 180- 1,080 yuan

Chen Sa Piano Recital

Chinese pianist Chen Sa has appeared at many music festivals, including the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and the Purl Piano Festival. The performance at the National Centre for the Performing Arts features the melodies of French composer Debussy.

If you go: 7:30 p. m. , December 20.

Ticket: 80-500 yuan

African Wood Carvings

African art inspired artists such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse in the early 20th century. But besides art, the continent has along and rich legacy (遗产) of wood carving. Tree of Life, an exhibition at the National Art Museum of China, features African wood carvings from countries such as Tanzania, Mozambique and Benin.

    If you go: 9 a. m.-5 p. m. , January 21.

    Ticket: Free

    Another Way of Telling

    This exhibition, staged at the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, shows almost 100 works of Anna Fox and Karen Knorr，two leading documentary photographers in the UK. It features different series of works, such as photographs discussing problems of social classes, working environments, and self-awareness.

    If you go: 10a. m.5 p. m. , January 6.

    Ticket: 60 yuan

21. When can we enjoy music composed by Debussy?

   A. At 3 p. m. , January 6.

   B. At 10 a. m. , January 21.

   C. At 7:30 p. m., December 20.

   D. At 7:30 p. m. , March 20.

22. What can we do at the Tree of Life exhibition?

   A. Enjoy classical music.

   B. Appreciate Pablo Picasso's works.

   C. Learn basic skills of wood carving.

   D. Get to know a special art form from Tanzania.

23. Where will Karen Knorr's works be exhibited?

   A. At the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre.

   B. At the National Centre for the Performing Arts.

   C. At the National Art Museum of China.

   D. At the Forbidden City Concert Hall.

B

If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, ”Hey, Butterfly Man, “ his face would break into a smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.

Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought to have died out. Today the butterfly is coming back - thanks to him. But years ago if you'd told him this was what he'd be doing someday, he would have laughed, “You're crazy.” As a boy, he used to be “a little tough guy on the streets”. At age thirteen, he was caught by police stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man.

“I knew it had hurt my mom," Bonner said after he got out of prison. “So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again.”

One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat for an endangered butterfly called El Segundo blue.

“I saw the sign ‘Butterfly Habitat ’and asked, ‘How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just flyaway?’”Bonner recalls. “Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass(放大镜), ‘Look at the leaves.’ I could see all these caterpillars (蝴蝶的幼虫) on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained, ‘Without the plant, there are no butterflies.’”

Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni, who told him there was a butterfly needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he's been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back. He grows astragalus, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.

The butterfly' s population, once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni received lots of awards. But for Bonner, he earned something more: he turned his life around.

For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he's bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.

24. Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he        .

A. found the butterfly had died out

B. won many prizes from his professor

C. met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biology

D. collected butterflies and put them

25. From the passage we know that before Bonnet met Professor Mattoni, he was         .

A. interested in butterflies

B. a tough boy on the streets

C. known as Butterfly Man

D. a good student in a university

26. From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has      

A. made Bonner famous

B. changes Bonner's life

C. brought Bonner wealth

D. enriched Bonner's knowledge

27. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. A Promise to Mom

B. A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni

C. A Story of Butterflies

D. A Man Saved by Butterflies

C

Is a college education worth the price? This is a question more Americans are asking as attending a four-year college in the United States can cost more than $40,000 a year. Many people with a college education are drowning in student debt. They had to borrow money to finance their education.

A recent study found that someone with a 4-year college education earns two times as much as a high school graduate over a lifetime. And for nearly all study programs, an individual with a four-year bachelor’s degree earns even more than someone with a two-year degree.

Not all college majors have a guarantee of good wages. For example, a chemical engineer can expect to earn double the earnings of a social worker over a lifetime. On average, a finance graduate makes more than a nurse, while the nurse makes more than the teacher teaching children. Generally, college majors that require skills in mathematics have high lifetime earnings. Graduates in computer science, engineering, and physics have the highest wages. Graduates with bachelor’s degrees in some fields earn even less than people with a 2-year associate’s degrees over a lifetime.

That information comes from the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution. The Hamilton Project also noted “Personal enjoyment, engaging in meaningful work, and filling a social need should also enter into a student’s decision-making.” The numbers are only averages and there are many exceptions. Most students have little knowledge of what their future earning will be when they choose a major. Study organizers hope the report will help students make better decisions about higher education. In their words, “College degrees may not be a guarantee of higher income, but they come closer than just about any other investment one can make.”

28. Why do more Americans doubt the college education now?

   A. The job market becomes weaker and weaker.

   B. The student loan interest rates remain high.

   C. Many students hate to go to college.

   D. The college costs are too high.

29. A recent study in Paragraph 2 shows ______.

   A. a college education is worth the price

   B. a high school graduate has a low IQ

   C. the importance of high school education are often ignored

   D. people with college degree often have a permanent job

30. Who may have the lowest wages on average according to the text?

   A. A nurse.

   B. An elementary school teacher.

   C. An engineer.

   D. A bank clerk.

31. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

   A. Future earnings shouldn’t be the only reason for choosing a college major.

   B. Students should choose their college major according to their interests.

   C. Students’ college major has nothing to do with their future career.

   D. The wages of people have nothing to do with their college majors.

D

According to a new scientific research, we are rapidly going close to major climate change and the effects on the environment could be quite serious. Geographers predict that climate zones could completely disappear within the next eighty years. Where will crops be grown if this happens? When the climate changes a lot, polar regions will get colder and tropical regions will get even hotter. As a result, where will animals be forced to move on the earth?

Climate changes like these could lead to the spread of diseases. Tropical storms and hurricanes（飓风）will not only increase but may also become stronger. If the changes come too quickly , animals and plants may not be able to adapt（适应）right away and could disappear from the earth .

According to Science Daily, a new study predicts that, by the year 2100, many of today’s familiar climates will be taken place by climate unknown in today’s world. It is urgent that we reduce the risks of far-reaching results for the whole world. The planet itself has been showing signs of change. In 2004, a huge tsunami created by a major earthquake killed thousands in Sumatra and in 2008, thousands more died in China in another big earthquake. Egypt was hit in 2009 with a major earthquake and Haiti was destroyed seriously and became ruins in 2010 by another big earthquake.

    Not long ago, scientists discovered ice melting（融化）in west Antarctica（南极洲）. This is very worrying because temperatures in this area have remained rather constant（不断的）and actually even lower at time . Melting occurs when temperatures increase and since temperatures have remained, the ice should not be melting. However, satellite data（数据）shows melting around west Antarctica .

Within just the last few months, new reports from around the world have been coming in and most agree that our climate situation is much worse than previously expected. At this point, it doesn’t matter what is causing it, but rather, what can be done about it. On the other hand, our world is getting more and more unstable（不稳定的）every year. Natural disasters（灾难）are becoming more frequent（频繁的）and serious.

However, other planets are experiencing global warming as well as our own and some scientists believe there may be some connections between these. No one knows anything for sure at this point because there is simply not enough data.

32. What’s the writer’s attitude toward the climate changes?

   A. We should observe the great changes of the climate carefully.

   B. We must connect with other planets to prevent the climate changes.

   C. We should try our best to do something against the climate changes.

   D. We need to discover what causes the climate changes first of all.

33. What does the underlined word “tropical” mean?

   A. Cold and dry.

   B. Cool and wet.

   C. Hot and wet.

   D. Warm and dry.

34. What can be inferred from the passage?

   A. Collecting more data will help us to solve the problem.

   B. The climate will be much better than we have expected.

   C. Earthquakes can be avoided in a few years’ time.

   D. The ice in west Antarctica will stop melting in the future.

35. What’s the passage mainly about?

   A. It tells us how to protect the environment of the earth.

   B. It talks about the bad effects of the climate changes.

   C. It shows us how to prevent diseases from spreading.

   D. It describes what we should do with the earthquakes.

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。

Everyone knows that fish is good for health.   36   But it seems that many people don't cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much f1sh in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and coking fish isn't difficult.   37   This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.   38   Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you're standing at the ocean's edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isn't fresh.   39   When you have bought a fish and arrive home, you’d better store the fish in the refrigerator if you don't cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isn't as tasty as the fresh one. There are many common methods used to cook fish.   40   First, lean it and season it with your choice of spices (调料). Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound. (A larger one will take more time.) Then, it's ready to serve.

A. Do not buy it.

B. The easiest is to steam it.

C. This is how you can do it.

D. It just requires a little knowledge.

E. The fish will go bad within hours.

F. When buying fish, you should first smell it.

G. The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease.

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。

My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summer we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at   41  . As for me, I   42   both before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.

The last time Dad and I set sail together is really   43  . It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and   44   Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the   45   lake. Dad hadn't sailed for years, but everything   46   well with the tiller (舵柄) in his hands.

    When we were in the middle of the lake, a   47   wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit   48  . Dad was always at his best in any   49  , but at this moment he   50  .

"John!   51   !” he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.

In my memory he could fix any   52  . He was the one I always   53   for strength and security. Before I could respond, a   54   of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller   55   it was too late. Another huge wall of water   56   the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely   57   of him.

I swam to Dad   58   and assisted him in climbing onto the hull (船壳) of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of   59  . “It's all right, Dad. We are safe now,” I comforted him.

That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start   60   for my father.

41. A. boating  B. running   C. swimming  D. teaching

42. A. enjoyed  B. desired   C. hated   D. learned

43. A. unforgivable B. unforgettable  C. cheerful  D. regretful

44. A. sent   B. ordered   C. invited  D. allowed

45. A. calm   B. icy    C. stormy  D. thundery

46. A. finished  B. went    C. seemed  D. sounded

47. A. strong   B. gentle   C. cold   D. hot

48. A. repeatedly  B. lightly    C. hardly  D. violently

49. A. danger  B. place    C. sport   D. job

50. A. suffered  B. fell    C. froze   D. withdrew

51. A. Look   B. Help    C. Run   D. Jump

52. A. problem  B. relationship  C. machine  D. boat

53 .A. turned to  B. lived with   C. argued with D. objected to

54. A. fountain  B. stream   C. shower  D. wave

55. A. if    B. for    C. after   D. but

56. A. got through B. poured into  C. turned over D. lifted up

57. A. ashamed  B. protective   C. tired   D. Afraid

58. A. hopelessly  B. quickly    C. slowly   D. helplessly

59. A pain    B. anger    C. fear   D. shame

60. A. making up  B. getting ready   C. paying off  D. looking out

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。

The home of the future won't be   61    (complete) different and we will be living in houses and flats just as we do today.   62   (build) in different shapes, no two homes will look the same. People will be able to buy “house kits" containing a basic house structure, with adjustable wall, doors and windows. They will put together the different parts   63   (create) the home they want.

Space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays won't be for everyone because they are   64   (expensive) than holidays on the earth. Short space trips will develop first, then the space hotels will go around the earth   65   it will be possible to have a longer vacation. By   66   end of the next century, there will be holiday centers on the moon with leisure facilities for families.

According to the laws of physics, the earth is going to   67   (appear) some time in the future. This isn't going to happen tomorrow but scientists predict that it will happen in five billion years when our sun   68   (explode).   69   a result, we will have to explore the universe and find another home. At some point in the distant future，either we stay on the earth and die with it, or we leave and move to another planet. There won't be any other   70   (choose).

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（Λ），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l1处起）不计分。

My family was very poorly when I was a child. My parents lost their jobs and lived with heavy pressure. As result, I wanted to studying hard so as to have a different future. During my high school life, I spent all my time studying those difficult subject, which made me to one of the best students in our school. After graduation, I am admitted to a key university where I met a lot of interested friends. Now, I am working on a big company but I am able to afford anything I want. What’s more, my parents also have found new jobs. So I believe that our dreams will come true if you try our best.

第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

假定你是李华，为弘扬中国传统的书法艺术,你校书法社将于本周末举办社团活动。作为书法社社长,请你写信邀请你校交换生Mike来参加。内容包括：

1．活动的时间和地点；

2．活动的内容和意义。

注意：

1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．参考词汇：书法calligraphy

Dear Mike,

                                                      Yours,                Li Hua

赤峰四中2022-2023学年第一学期月考试题

高二英语答案

21-25 CDACB  26-30 BDDAB  31-35 ACCAB  36-40 GDFAB

41-45 CDBCA  46-50 BADAC  51-55 BAADD  56-60 CBBCD

61. completely  62. Built  63.to create  64. more expensive

65. where  66. the  67. disappear  68. explodes 69. As 70. choice

短文改错

71. poorly 改为poor

72. As result 缺少a

73. studying 改为study

74. subject 改为subjects

75. made me to one of 去掉to

76. I am admitted 改为was

77. interested 改为interesting

78. working on 改为in

79. but 改为and

80. you 改为we

书面表达

Dear Mike,

     Knowing that you are interested in Chinese calligraphy, I am writing to

   invite you to attend the activity of our calligraphy club from 2: 00 p.m. to

   5 :00p. m. this Saturday.

     At the beginning of the activity, you will enjoy a lecture about Chinese calligraphy and appreciate masterpieces of some celebrities. After that, you will be exposed to some hands-on activities. Through this activity, we hope     the attendees will know that being an important part of traditional Chinese culture , calligraphy serves the purpose of conveying thoughts and showing the beauty of lines and that not only is it a practical technique for writing Chinese characters, but it’s a unique art form to purify our souls.

     Looking forward to your reply!

Yours,

LiHua