2022-2023学年新疆乌鲁木齐市第十二中学高二下学期4月期中英语试题含答案

  乌鲁木齐市第十二中学

2022-2023学年高二下学期 期中考试

英  语  试  卷

总分150分 考试时间120分钟

一、阅读理解（共30分）

It’s strange how one tiny zipper tooth can create such big problems—and such amazing resolutions.

It was Jo Du’s wedding day in Ontario, Canada when the dress’s zipperbroke. While everyone was struggling for some kind of tools, some of the guests walked next door to the house of Jo’s neighbor David Hobson.

When they returned, they came bearing interesting news: David had taken in a family of Syrian refugees, the father of which was a master tailor who said he would be happy to help. With toolbox in hand, Ibrahim Dudu walked over and mended Jo’s dress in front of an amazed wedding party.

The photographer, Lindsay Coulter, was there to witness the whole thing. “Every weekend I take photos of people on the happiest days of their lives, and today one man who has seen some of the worst things our world has to offer came to the help,” Lindsay wrote on Facebook. “I am so proud to live in Canada, a country who has opened our doors to refugees countless times. I respect the families who have welcomed these strangers in to their homes and lives, and I’m inspired by the adapt ability of the Syrian people. We are truly blessed.”

The meeting was important since Jo and her husband Earl are both immigrants themselves.

Ibrahim and his family had only been in Canada for four days before the incident. Since none of them spoke a word of English, they had been communicating merely through Google Translate.

You can help support the Dudu family by donating to their crowdfunding page here.

1．How do the wedding party feel about the man’s sewing skills?

A．Doubtful. B．Surprised. C．Confused. D．Disappointed.

2．What does the underlined part “one man” in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．David Hobson. B．Lindsay Coulter.

C．Ibrahim Dudu. D．Jo’s husband Earl.

3．What can we know about the Dudu family?

A．They ran away from Syria. B．They can speak a little English.

C．They refused local people's help. D．They lived in Canada for a long time.

4．Where is the text most probably from?

A．A diary. B．A guidebook. C．A novel. D．A website.

The key to a happy life has nothing to do with getting ahead at work, making money, or traveling the world. Instead, living your best life and creating meaning is all about one thing: relationships.

A study of adult development has been running at Harvard since 1938, and is now on its second generation of participants—the children of the original study’s subjects. Over decades, the research team collected data about their lives, including their physical and mental health, marital (婚姻的) status and quality, career happiness, etc.

They found the most important aspect in how happy and healthy these men were over time was their relationships. In other words: Finding happiness in life is all about the people you love.

The research doesn’t only include romantic relationships and marriage. Quality, close relationships are important whether they are in the situation of romantic relationships or closeness between friends or family members. The kind of relationship you have is less important than how close you feel with them.

However, the study only included men, and important gender differences exist in how people experience relationships. Some research suggests that men may benefit more from marriage. But they tend to have a harder time keeping friendships; as men get older, they will more likely say they have nobody to discuss important subjects with. So it’s possible that having close relationships throughout their lives might affect men differently than women.

The findings line up with the effects of loneliness. People who are socially isolated have a greater likelihood of strokes (中风), heart attacks, and higher blood pressure, not to mention mental health issues.

Unfortunately for the youngest generations, recent surveys found that young Americans are lonelier than older generations. That will likely have a big impact on how healthy and happy people feel throughout their lives.

5．What’s the moral lesson from this passage?

A．Travel far and wide to learn a lot. B．Keep an open mind to be creative.

C．Treasure your time with your loved ones. D．Work hard to be the best of your profession.

6．What’s the implication of Paragraph 5?

A．Women are unwilling to participate in the study.

B．Men are better at maintaining a close relationship.

C．Women are not treated equally in scientific research.

D．The findings of the study may not be true for women.

7．Why is the youngest generation unfortunate?

A．Because they have nobody to talk to. B．Because they are more socially isolated.

C．Because they can’t keep their relationships. D．Because they suffer physically and mentally.

8．What is the best title for the text?

A．Close Relationships Make a Happy Life

B．Men Look Forward to Close Relationships

C．Close Relationships Ensure People’s Health

D．Men and Women Differ in Keeping Relationships

In 2002, Huang Hui, a researcher of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, went diving near Xisha. In addition to getting an irremovable suntan (晒黑), she was left with memories of a beautiful experience with clear water and abundant colorful corals (珊瑚). However, much of the breathtaking scenery of this reef has disappeared due to climate change and human activities. All of these factors led to the decline of the coral reef in the near shore waters. “We started to cultivate corals near the Xisha Islands in 2010, and restored more than 200,000 square meters of coral reefs,” Huang said.

In 2004, when Huang was attending the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, she found herself the only representative from the Chinese mainland. She said she felt sad but she made up her mind to strengthen communication with other countries to improve China’s level and status in coral research. She visited top coral research institutes in the US and Australia, establishing long-term cooperation with some of the world’s top coral researchers. By far, Huang has worked on coral research and protection for 22 years. Now, China is in a leading position in terms of technology and coral planting scale.

Huang believes that people’s consciousness of coral protection matters most to the sustainable development of the coral reefs. “I want to call on more people to love nature and look at the ocean in awe,” Huang said.

Partly due to her efforts, Hainan Province released a law in 2017 banning reef exploitation (开发), trading and damaging.

Huang works as a consultant for customs and frontier police on coral protection and promotes coral protection in her local schools. Huang also provides online free training for divers to teach them proper behavior in the sea to protect coral reefs.

“A group of ‘folk scientists’ have also been trained with the hope that more people can gain awareness of the significance of coral reef protection and know how to protect them,” said Huang.

“I am 50, and when I become 60, I hope that not only a coral island will be built but a sustainable development pattern will also be created,” said Huang. “The ideal state is that the coral island should be able to support fishermen and preserve the ecosystem,” she added.

9．What impressed Huang most when going diving near Xisha in 2002?

A．A permanent sunburn on her skin.

B．A large quantity of colorful corals.

C．A sweet memory of her childhood.

D．The sudden disappearance of corals.

10．What does Paragraph 2 mainly focus on?

A．China’s advances in coral protection. B．Huang’s devotion to coral protection.

C．Huang’s concern over coral protection. D．People’s ignorance of coral protection.

11．What is the key to protecting corals according to Huang Hui?

A．Introduction of advanced technology.

B．Tough laws banning reef exploitation.

C．Public awareness of coral protection.

D．Communication with foreign countries.

12．What is the best title for this passage?

A．Corals in South China Sea are in danger.

B．Scientist plants corals to save ecosystem.

C．China is taking the lead in planting corals.

D．Measures are to be taken to protect corals.

You may have recently seen a video from the Beijing Wildlife Zoo becoming a hit. What exactly was so interesting about this video? It shows a dog playing with big cats four to five times its size! Many people might wonder if this dog has a death wish, but it seems that the dog and the big cats are good friends.

The dog was actually raised alongside the lion and tiger cubs, making up an odd but loving family, according to zoo officials. As opposed to the common belief, cross-species friendship has been around for centuries. People have domesticated many animals, most notably cats and dogs, and formed bonds with them as pets. Perhaps you even have a pet yourself.

There are many other instances of cross-species friendships.

At an animal sanctuary in Santiago, Chile, a jaguar named Marina and a deer named Laura formed a friendship after they both came to the park. As neither animal had a mother, sanctuary staff said they instantly bonded when they met. Laura had been rescued from a slaughterhouse while Marina had been rescued from the street.

One possible explanation for these friendships is the environment of the zoo. Animals don’t hunt for their food and don’t need to worry about marking their territory or looking for mates in the way an animal in the wild would. “All those activities take time and energy, and if these needs are removed, the animals get bored,” Gordon Burghardt, a psychologist at the University of Tenessee, US, told The Atlantic magazine. “In this particular situation, the animal’s motivation to engage socially and playfully may be higher in its need hierarchy(等级)than eating.”

Marc Bekoff, former biology professor at the University of Colorado, US, told Slate magazine, “I think the choices animals make in cross-species relationships are the same as they’d make in same-species relationships. Some dogs don’t like every other dog. Animals are very selective about the other individuals who they let into their lives.”

13．What is the common opinion about the friendship between animals?

A．It’s easier for dogs and cats to become friends.

B．Animals tend to play with peers of the same species.

C．The friendship between animals is not solid and reliable.

D．It’s common that animals of different species can become friends.

14．Why are Marina and Laura mentioned in paragraph 4?

A．To present a truth. B．To explain a phenomenon.

C．To introduce the topic. D．To provide a proof.

15．What’s the key factor of the animals’ friendship in the zoo according to Gordon Burghardt?

A．The existing tradition. B．The influence by mates.

C．The animals’ inner social drive. D．The animals’ raisers’ instruction.

16．What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To appeal to people to treasure animals.

B．To inform readers of a special friendship.

C．To demonstrate the history of bringing up pets.

D．To compare friendship between cross-species and same-species.

二、七选五（共10分）

Most Valuable Possessions on Earth

Marie was a single mother of two children in a rural Missouri community. ____17____ She also dedicated much spare time to numerous charities and community projects.

Then one day Marie received some shocking news from her doctor. She had cancer, and it was spreading rapidly. ____18____

Soon , Marie witnessed what she had always known: although she was not financially wealthy, she already had the most valuable possessions on earth. Hundreds in her community and surrounding areas teamed up to help her and her family.

Many people she had touched in caring ways demonstrated appreciation for Marie’s life. ____19____ However, she lived long enough to feel the love of those she had cheerfully served.

The spirits of love and gratitude multiply(增加) when they are shared. ____20____ Giving selflessly was a value that Marie displayed all her life, and her spirit of giving lived after her in those who knew and loved her.

All her life, Marie had demonstrated（演示） the truth of this simple principle : ____21____ Rather, it is an attitude that comes from appreciating what we already have. We can find the happiness we seek if we will first share it with others. Then —— and only then——we will have the most valuable possessions on earth: love, happiness, and increasing gratitude.

A．Happiness is the result of sharing love and gratitude.

B．She worked full-time during the day and sold handcrafted leather gifts on weekends.

C．She lived a rather poor and hard life with the two children.

D．Marie didn’t live to see the day when her bills were fully paid.

E．Love is second to none.

F．She had barely enough resources to put a cent in the medical treatments she would need.

G．Happiness will not come from worldly possessions of fortune.

三、完形填空（共30分）

On a hot day, George and his brother, Mark, were planting new grass in George’s garden. The lawn(草坪)in the garden had become brown and patchy(参差不齐的), which could make a ____22____ in the heat. The authorities had ____23____ to charge a heavy fine if the situation was not ____24____ . George and Mark had been planting the new patches of grass since morning but the progress was ____25____. George, who was 68, was not feeling right. He went indoors to take a ____26____and suddenly fell down on the couch. His wife, Melissa, called the ambulance____27____.

While he was having a heart attack, George had one thing on his ____28____— his lawn. If the new patches of grass were not planted on the lawn that day, the grass would die. “Although he was in great pain, he kept asking me to have the patches of grass planted because he didn't want them to go to waste,” Melissa ____29____.

Soon the paramedics(护理人员)arrived and ____30____George and Melissa to the hospital, leaving Mark behind to take care of the garden. After an hour, Mark had only _____31_____to uproot the old grass. He was about to plant the new grass when two emergency vehicles _____32_____. Four paramedics, the same ones who had _____33_____ his brother earlier on, got out. George had shared with them how badly he had wanted to plant the new grass patches in his lawn, so they returned to _____34_____. The task was _____35_____ in less than two hours!

Meanwhile, George had undergone a heart surgery. After he had recovered, he had been _____36_____ his beautiful lawn. He was amazed at the new look covered with _____37_____ patches of grass.

George and Melissa were _____38_____ that those paramedics had gone above and beyond their _____39_____ to offer help with the lawn. Melissa told the newspaper reporter one day, “These men not only _____40_____ George’s life, but also his grass. That's just so _____41_____.”

22．A．trap B．fire C．mess D．mistake

23．A．promised B．hesitated C．struggled D．threatened

24．A．approved of B．left out C．dealt with D．put forward

25．A．slow B．steady C．easy D．obvious

26．A．break B．lesson C．chance D．walk

27．A．carefully B．gratefully C．immediately D．secretly

28．A．shoulder B．hand C．head D．mind

29．A．recalled B．questioned C．insisted D．warned

30．A．treated B．rushed C．reported D．introduced

31．A．happened B．attempted C．managed D．offered

32．A．started B．appeared C．crashed D．dropped

33．A．called on B．turned down C．brought back D．attended to

34．A．celebrate B．check C．help D．study

35．A．improved B．increased C．completed D．confirmed

36．A．enjoying B．advocating C．changing D．designing

37．A．black B．green C．red D．brown

38．A．frightened B．regretful C．proud D．surprised

39．A．abilities B．duties C．patience D．ambition

40．A．ruined B．enriched C．entered D．saved

41．A．awesome B．convenient C．awkward D．shocking

四、用单词的适当形式完成短文（共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。

Going to Mount Huangshan reminds me of the popular Beatles’ song “The Long and Winding Road”. ____42____ is so breathtaking about the experience is the out-of-this-world scenes. The rolling sea of clouds you see once you are at the top will remind you how tiny we ____43____ (human) are.

The hot spring at the foot of the mountain is something you must try after the climb. It will ____44____(undoubted) help you get refreshed! The amazing thing about the spring is that the colder the temperature gets, the ____45____ (hot) the spring! Strange, isn’t it? But that’s how nature is — always leaving us ____46____ (astonish).

What comes next is the endless series of steps. You can’t help wondering how hard it ____47____ (be) for the people then to put all those rocks into place. Though it is the only unnatural thing on your way up the mountain, still it highlights the whole adventure ____48____offers a place where you can sit down to rest your ____49____ (ache) legs.

As the song goes, this long and winding road “will never disappear”, and it will always stick in the visitor’s memory. It sure does in ____50____ (I). While you’re in China, Mount Huangshan is _____51_____ must to visit!

五、短文改错（共10分）

52．One of my unforgettable memory of my school in Xinjiang is that of lunches we brought from our homes. I hold my lunch-box in my hand when I was going to school. The smell from it was very good. Since the lunch bell finally rang, my friends or I met under a tall tree and had our lunches. My best friend Aigulie was used to share her Nang with me. Nang is a specially kind of cake in Xinjiang. I like them very much. Now Aigulie and I study at different colleges or we can only see each other during the summer vacation. I think over her a lot and I miss the food and the good time we had together.

六、作文（共25分）

53．假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom最近迷上了中国诗人李白，他写信向你询问有关诗人李白的信息。请你给他写封回信，介绍诗人李白和他的诗歌。

注意：

1. 写作词数应为80左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Tom，

高二英语 期中考试 答案

1．B    2．C    3．A    4．D

5．C    6．D    7．B    8．A

9．B    10．B    11．C    12．B

13．B    14．D    15．C    16．B

17．B    18．F    19．D    20．A    21．G

22．B    23．D    24．C    25．A    26．A    27．C    28．D    29．A    30．B    31．C    32．B    33．D    34．C    35．C    36．A    37．B    38．D    39．B    40．D    41．A

42．What    43．humans    44．undoubtedly    45．hotter    46．astonished    47．was    48．and    49．aching    50．mine    51．a

52．1.memory→memories

2.lunches前加the

3.hold→held

4.Since→When

5.or→and

6.删掉was

7.specially→special

8.them→it

9.or→so

10.over→of

53．Dear Mike,

I am glad to hear from you. I feel proud knowing you’re interested in Chinese poet, Li Bai. In order to help you know more about Li Bai, I will tell you something about him.

As for me, my favourite poet is also Li Bai, who is regarded as the greatest romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty. Living in a golden age of Chinese poetry, Li Bai is best-known for his rich imagination. Equally impressive is his free expression of strong feelings.

Li Bai created a large number of wonderful poems throughout his life, many of which remain popular today. What I appreciate most are his landscape poems, in which he conveyed his strong love for nature, friends and the people. His poems have had a great influence on generations of poets both in and outside China.

Now, Have you got a better understanding of Li Bai? If you want to know more, please write to me soon!