江西省南昌市南昌县莲塘第一中学2022-2023学年高二上学期11月期中英语试题(无答案)

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英语试卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题15分，满分7. 5分）

请听下面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. Which city will Kate travel to?

A. Barcelona.         B. Florence.          C. Paris.

2. What's the relationship between the speakers?

A. Teacher and student         B. Doctor and patient.          C. Classmates.

3. How much should Ada's father pay?

A. £ 40.          B. £ 50         C. £ 60

4. How does Tracy probably find the mother's idea?

A. Confusing.          B. Necessary.          C. Disappointing.

5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Fiction Allen loves reading.          B. Different types of fiction.          C. Books Allen has read.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1. 5分，满分22, 5分）

所下面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段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What's wrong with Mr Brown's reservation?

A. The room is not for two.          B. The dates are not correct.          C. The room has no ocean view.

7. What will Mr Brown do next?

A. Complain about the hotel's service.          B. Change to another hotel.          C. Complete a form.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Why do the flowers arrive late?

A. The worker has got hurt          B. The worker is stuck in traffic a top2

C. The store sends the wrong person.

9. When does the opening ceremony probably start?

A. At 12:30 pm.          B. At 1:00 pm.          C. At 1:30 pm.

10. Where are the speakers?

A. At a flower store.          B. At a meeting hall          C. On the street.

听第8段材料，回答第11至14题。

11. What may Linda want to do most when taking a part-time job?

A. Offer people some shopping advice          B. Guide tourists around mountains.

C. Serve people food and drinks.

12. Why does Linda give up the Tutapoint platform?

A. She hates exams.          B. She lacks experience.          C. She hardly affords its service.

13. What is a requirement of the third platform?

A. Being at least 17 years old.          B. Adding a list of tutor services.

C. Checking potential clients ‘information.

14. Which platform will Linda probably choose at last?

A. Kaplan.          B. Tutapoint          C. Happy Tutors.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What are the colors of the first painting's background?

A. Blue and green.          B. White and blue.          C. Yellow and white.

16. What does the painter want to convey in The Flower Carrier?

A. The beauty of nature.          B. The couple's struggle.          C. The harmonious relationship.

17. Who is the woman's favorite artist?

A. Diego Rivera.          B. Henri Matisse          C. Pablo Picasso.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the speaker's university like?

A. It's the third largest in the world.          B. It welcomes worldwide students.

C. It has many foreign experts working there.

19. What helped the speaker go through her hard time?

A. Going traveling.          B. Reading books.          C. Chatting with strangers.

20. How did the speaker find her experience abroad?

A. Difficult.          B. Costly.          C. Beneficial

第二部分：阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

If you want to know something about British life, their spirit, and even their humor, watching some classic British films will certainly help. Here are some recommended to you.

Notting Hill

After the success of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral, writer and producer Richard Curtis captured the essence of being British in 1999's Notting Hill. Set against the background of affluent （富足的）West London, the film became popular for its charming and funny portrayal（刻画）of a British nobody trying to impress a Hollywood star.

The Full Monty

This 1997 film is a Sheffield-based comedy about six unemployed men who form a group to make money for a better life. Despite its hummer, the film dives deeper into some serious issues surrounding working-class culture. The Full Monty is an uplifting film that gives an insight into the work and life of the working class in Britain.

Trainspotting

Danny Boyle's 1996 comedy-drama Trainspotting is about a group of Scots in the 1980s, based on the book by Irvine Welsh. With a cast of truly great actors including Ewan MeGregor, the tale impressed the audience globally. It rapidly became a critical success.

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Featuring a jam-packed cast of comedic stars. Monty Python's Life of Brian tells the story of a young man who is in a case of mistaken identity. The film reflects the unusual and wonderful British sense of humour. As a film guaranteed to entertain, Monty Pythons Life of Brian is not to be missed by those looking for an insight into what makes the British laugh

21. What can the audience learn about by watching The Full Monty?

A. Hardships of comedic stars                B. Daily life of people in West London

C. Unique experiences of some Scots.          D. Life of the British working class.

22. What kind of film does Monty Python's Life of Brian belong to?

A. A comedy film.           B. A science fiction film.

C. An action movie          D. A horror movie.

23. Which of the following films is adapted from a book?

A. Notting Hill.          B. The Full Monty.

C. Trainspotting.         D. Monty Python's Life of Brian.

B

The wonderful multiple-award winning producer, writer. and director Norman Lear, who is 100, was recently interviewed by a TV host, who asked him what advice he would give to younger people as a successful man. Without missing a beat. Lear said, “Learn to let things that bother you go.”

Those few words are some of the most powerful in the world. I know that if people could just learn to do it, murder and divorce rates would fall dramatically, and I would be out of a job.

Learning to let go of what bothers you is a dream for many people, each of us has our own personal demons （魔鬼）to fight. The big question is: how do you let go of them? There is no one solution that works for everyone, because we're all different. Psychotherapy（心理疗法）may help some people who hold on to negative thoughts, while others don't respond to such treatments.

Even after you've worked on this. you may have to deal with the after-effects of a traumatic experience. It's hard to forget, for example, that someone held a gun to your head or broke your heart. Truly letting go means not forgetting what happened but rather leading to live with it, because no one can completely forget their past and it's no use avoiding the unfortunate past. But each day is a chance to start anew.

Elvira, an actress, was disturbed by PTSD, a mental disorder. Medication didn't help. She got counseling from some good people and did her own work, but she would still wake up in a state of anxiety every morning. When we started working together, I asked her to imagine, as often as she could, that the discomfort she was feeling was the negativity leaving her body. Whenever a negative thought entered her mind, she would repeat this visualization exercise and would soon begin to feel okay again.

Learning to let go of things that bother you frees you from the feeling that you don't deserve good things coming your way. It takes effort, but it's worthwhile.

24. What advice did Norman Lear share with younger people?

A. Being professional in multiple fields.               B. Being enthusiastic about one's career.

C. Having an optimistic attitude to bad things.          D. Showing great love and caring for the young.

25. What message is conveyed in Paragraph 3?

A. Annoying dreams share certain similarities.           B. Strategies for letting go vary between individuals.

C. It's necessary for us to let go of negative thoughts.      D. It's normal for us to receive psychological treatments.

26. What may the author encourage those bothered by traumatic experiences to do?

A. Move forward with bad memories.                B. Avoid things related to past traumas

C. Try hard to forget unpleasant experiences.          D. Mark the boundary between the present and the past.

27. What does the author mainly want to show by the example of Elvira?

A. An effective technique for battling against anxiety.

B. The way how mental disorders affect people's life.

C. The process of treating mental disorders is painful.

D. Actresses are more likely to suffer mental disorders.

C

Music is a part of every culture around the world. In fact, the ability to appreciate music is built into our brains. Music makes us feel good. Many music studies look at the long-term benefits of being a music listener or participating in a music program as a child. But can listening to music help us connect and empathize（产生共鸣）with someone right at the moment? A new study aimed to find it out.

In this study, 60 university students were asked to watch several 15-second videos in which a person recounts an autobiographical（自传体的）experience, . In some cases, people in the video talk about a relatively ordinary event, like moving into a new apartment, while other stories contain strong emotional content, like recalling a terrible accident or a loved one's death.

While students watched these videos, the researchers randomly played either “emotionally neutral” music or very sad music in the background After watching each video, the students expressed how much sympathy they had for the person in the video, and how much they wanted to help that person They were also tested on their social reasoning skills—how well they understood the perspective of the person in the video. All of these could be signs of empathic connection.

Results showed that people watching the sad videos felt more sadness themselves and more sympathy for the other person than those watching the neutral videos—not a big surprise. But these empathic feelings were strengthened by listening to sad music. The music had no effect, however. on whether or not the students could reason out the other person's experience and understand cognitively what they might be thinking or feeling.

While music is not the only way—other art forms. like fiction and dancing, have also been shown to increase empathy, for example—music could be a powerful tool. “It'd be very interesting to extend our finding further. to see if listening to music in a social context can enhance our real-world ability to empathize with and feel sympathy for others in the long term,” says the lead researcher Brennan McDonald.

28. What did the new study want to find out?

A. Whether music is culture-specific.                   B. Whether music can arouse genuine emotions.

C. Whether music can enhance the social effect.          D. Whether music programs can boost our confidence.

29. What were the participants required to do during the study?

A. To film a short autobiographical video

B. To share one of their miserable experiences.

C. To think up ways to help the person in need.

D. To watch videos while listening to different background music.

30. Which of the following belongs to the opinion of the researchers?

A. We can increase our sympathy by using some music.

B. Music helps us understand others’ thinking processes.

C. Most adults are much more emotional than children.

D. Music can impact us both emotionally and intellectually.

31. What will the researcher Brennan probably do next?

A. Study different types of music.

B. Test the long-term effect of music on people.

C. Find more ways to make people more caring.

D. Compare the effect of music with that of other art forms.

D

Off southern California seashores, the newcomers are starting top roach and they desire the nice and comfortable waters nearer to shore, which mean many beachgoers who at the moment are enjoying themselves have by no means seen the white sharks earlier. “When the little guys begin to pop up, everybody hurries to determine what is happening,” stated Douglas J. MeCauley, a marine science professor.

A brand-new mission applying artificial intelligence （AI）referred to as SharkEye might help maintain observations of those fearsome fish at the beach and help our community share the ocean more safely with sharks. It was developed by Dr. MeCauley's lab, using a small drone （无人机）—an unoccupied air vehicle equipped with a video camera. It once worked well in San Diego State College where scientists used it to study shark migrations.

SharkEye has been carrying out examinations over the past two summers at Padaro Beach in Santa Barbara County. It is a well-liked space for surf camps, which additionally turns out to be a nursery for young white sharks. featuring comfortable waters and adequate diet. Young sharks are usually sighted between April and October; however, hotspot locations and numbers can vary year by year. Adult sharks tend to spend more time offshore, but they can be sighed closer to the coast in the late fall through to February.

With SharkEye, a pilot launches a drone that travels along a preprogrammed path in the sky. It stays about 120 feet high, permitting it to rapidly scan a big space of the ocean. Meanwhile, it can be sufficient to keep away from bothering marine life. Researchers in the SharkEye program combine the visual data collected by the drone with relevant information on the temperature of the ocean and migratory patterns in order to create predictions about the likelihood of great whites showing up on a certain day, near a certain section of the beach.

Chris Keet, an area surf retailer, who provides summer season camps and personal classes at Padaro Beach, is now changing his enterprise（企业经营）based mostly on the SharkEye information. After SharkEye recorded 9 sightings of sharks in July, Mr. Keet determined to cancel a two-decade-old summer season custom—campers dive and swim out.

32. What does the underlined word “newcomers” in Paragraph I refer to?

A Drones.          B. Swimmers.          C. Sharks.          D. Professors.

33. What is the new task for SharkEye?

A. Observing shark migrations.               B. Guaranteeing beachgoers' safety.

C. Preserving endangered marine life.          D. Exploring potential ocean resources.

34. What can be learned about Padaro Beach?

A It features an abundant supply of energy.          B. It can almost be called a shelter for sharks.

C. It is a surf camp known for its friendly sharks.     D. It offers evidence of harmony between humans and sharks

35. What is probably the best title for the text?

A. Drones monitor sharks ‘arrival.                  B. The pros and cons of SharkEye.

C. Businessmen turn technology into profits.          D. The application of AI technology to marine life.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5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。

Chemists have spent the past century trying to make plastics break down in seawater. Most plastics take centuries to fully break down in the ocean.   36   However, this may change. Scientists have designed a new kind of plastic that can break down in seawater within weeks, not decades or more.

   37   It is known as polylactide（聚乳酸）or PLA. It's made by linking many building blocks into a long string. Scientists had hoped PLA would quickly break down in the environment. And in some places it does, but not in seawater. After three years in the ocean, LA remains largely unchanged.

Timo Rhein Berger is a PhD student at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.   38    For part of that work, he became part of a team that just added some biology-inspired breaking points to PLA. They put those breaking points to places where monomers（单体）in the PLA molecules are linked. Then, they soaked （浸泡）their samples in artificial seawater. In this way, they measured how fast the PLA broke down. As the team had hoped, seawater attacked the weakened links between monomers. That could tear the PLA chain apart.   39   

When the researchers weakened 15% of PLA's monomer links, the PLA broke down entirely within just two weeks. When they weakened only 3% of the links, the breakdown took about two years.   40   This can be achieved by adjusting how many weakened links it has.

A. Plastics are useful.

B. Scientists created the now-popular plastic in the1930s.

C. So researchers have much confidence in their efforts.

D. That's why plastics make up 80% of ocean trash.

E. His work has focused on speeding PLA's breakdown.

F. This means the team can design how quickly PLA breaks down in seawater.

G. The more breaking points researchers added, the faster the PLA broke down.

第三部分：语言知识运用（满分15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。

Dogs are our friends. Taking your dog to work with you can be great for   41   That was what Steyaert, who sells women's clothing in an outdoor market learned after   42   her dog Nelson there. At first, she did so just to prevent him from being   43   during the day. She put a blanket in front of her stand so that Nelson could sit there    44   and take in everything around him.

Soon Steyaert realized that Nelson's presence would   45   shoppers walking by. “He lifts his paw to greet people,” Steyaert said. “He knows how to steal their   46   And people's behaviour made me   47   . I never thought passers-by would pet a stranger's dog so often.”

The   48   Nelson gets from strangers passing by varies from simply turning their heads to showing great love. Many people have   49   him over the years. Steyaert, in turn, has gained more   50   within her community. “It happens often that people   51   me through Nelson” Steyaert said.

Besides interesting many shoppers, Nelson has also   52   some people. For example, one day a girl passing by asked Steyaert if she could pet Nelson. She told Steyaert that her dog had just passed away and that it was   53   to see and pet Nelson. That encouraged Steyaert to   54   her influential act of taking Nelson to her workplace.

While Nelson's presence in the market contributes to Steyaert's sales, it’s their   55   that benefits much more from it. “He's my best friend and always at my side” Steyaert said.

41. A. health           B. business              C. education        D. exercise

42. A. training          B. losing                C. bringing         D. buying

43. A. alone            B. dirty                 C. lazy            D. impolite

44. A. quietly           B. comfortably           C. curiously       D. freely

45. A. terrify            B. attract               C. rescue          D. annoy

46. A. hearts            B. customers            C seats            D. dreams

47. A. anxious          B. disappointed          C. hopeless         D. surprised

48. A. skill             B. encouragement        C. attention         D. knowledge

49. A. befriended        B. chosen               C. forgotten         D. raised

50. A. income           B. power               C. trust            D. fame

51. A. guide            B. recognize             C. contact          D. praise

52. A. healed           B. followed             C. partnered         D. admired

53. A. interesting        B. difficult             C. heartwarming      D. discouraging

54. A. change           B. continue             C. reconsider        D. record

55. A. influence         B. impression           C. competition       D. relationship

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）

第四部分  语法填空（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。

第二节  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 Mogao Grottoes contain 735 caves full of Buddhist art. More than I million visitors   56   （attract）to Dunhuang every year. Among the many beautiful works of art in these caves, the numerous paintings on the walls of the caves have inspired the   57   （imagine）of people around the world.   58   （realize）their fascination（魅力）, a group of young artists have recently made efforts to tum these large paintings into portable（便携式的）works of art.

Qin Yueyu has recently made a name   59   herself after she posted her graduation work on Chinese social media. The work   60   （faithful）recreates a well-known classic Tang Dynasty fresco （壁画）The Samanta Bhadra Story in Dunhuang. “   61   （tradition）frescoes are fixed on cave walls, but we used the knowledge from our major   62   （turn）the fresco into a portable work of art. I plan to continue down this path,” Qin said. People like Qin feel   63   important to protect ancient culture.

The Mogao Grottoes are the heart of   64   is known as Dunhuang studies. Data from the Dunhuang Academy shows that the number of tourists to the grottoes   65   （increase） greatly over the past several years. And the majority of the visitors are young people.

第五部分  作文（共两小节，满分40分）

第一节  写作（满分15分）

假定你是李华，你校将邀请当地公安机关专业人员给学生进行一场关于网络安全教育的讲座。请你邀请好友Ted一起参加，内容包括：

1. 讲座时间和地点；2. 讲座的主要内容；3. 你的期待。

注意：1词数80左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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第二节（满分25分）

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

For years. I posted pictures of my grandson, cute animals and delicious dishes, and video clips of people's funny behavior and the like on Facebook. Moreover. I played a farm game or two on this popular social media site. I thought Facebook was for fun, but I never expected a post I saw on Facebook could have a significant impact on my life.

On November 12th, 2010, I was on my way to a conference by plane. Suddenly. I suffered a heart attack. Luckily, there were three doctors on board. In less than a minute, I was given first aid. I survived, but months later, I was still trying to come to terms with what had happened So I began to record how I survived this incident as well as my ideas about life on Facebook daily, and started to care about Facebook posts that had nothing to do with fun.

One morning in March, 2011. I looked through my Facebook feed and saw a friend's post. She wrote “Let go of anything unrealistic and all activities that do not mirror your brightest intentions（打算）for yourself.” The words touched me greatly. That night, I copied them onto a clean piece of paper and taped it to my laptop.

Actually, I was crazy about farm games then I. along with many of my friends, played FarmVille. But one little farm game was not enough for me. I thought I needed more —more farms, more crops, and more livestock. All were in virtual（虚拟的） form, of course. I had five different farms in five different games. And I spent hours on my farms every day. While attending to my virtual farms one day. I looked out of the window and noticed the empty land in our backyard.

Paragraph 1:

Then I looked at the words on the piece of paper taped to my laptop, lost in thought.

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Paragraph 2:

Farming the real land was only the beginning, and I started to do more to enrich my real life.

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