2022-2023学年湖北省荆州市沙市区高级中学校高二上学期期末考试英语试题（Word版含答案）

沙市区高级中学校2022-2023学年高二上学期期末考试

英语试卷

考试时间：2023年1月3日

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 does the woman want to do?

A. Watch TV.            B. Access the Internet.       C. Go for a walk.

2. Why would the woman like to have a Chinese name?

A. She is taking a Chinese class.  

B. She has made some Chinese friends. 

C. She will be working in China.

3. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A travel plan.     B. An exam result.          C. A sports game.

4. What has the man been doing?

A. Repairing his pen. B. Writing something.       C. Shopping.

5. What does John suggest the woman do?

A. Ask Harry for help.        B.Meet his friend.     C. Go to the airport with him.

第二节 (共15小题； 每小题1.5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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Where are the speakers?

A. In a bank. B. In a restaurant.             C. In a hotel.

7. How much does the man need to pay?

A. $68.   B. $136. C. $204.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Whose birthday is it?

A. Michael’s.     B. Sarah’s.      C. Rebecca’s.

9. When will the birthday party begin?

A. At 7:00.      B. At 6:30.     C. At 6:15. 

10. What does the man want to know?

A. What to buy.      B. Who to call.     C. Where to park.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why was Julia absent from the class?

A. She went to a party.   B. She got up late.    C. She was ill.

12. What has Robert got for Julia?

A. Lecture notes.     B. Oil paintings.     C. Textbooks.

13. Where will the speakers meet on Saturday?

A. At Robert’s home.    B. At a bar.       C. At a shop.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What is the woman doing?

A. Attending a seminar.      B. Giving some advice.   C. Doing an interview.

15. How often does the man travel by bus?

A. Twice a day.      B. Every other day.    C. Once a week.

16. How does the man feel about the bus service?

A. It’s good.       B. It’s fair.      C. It’s poor.

17. What improvement should the bus company make?

A. Drivers should be more polite. 

B. Buses should be more punctual. 

C. Seats should be more comfortable.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Who is Pierre?

A. A doctor from Senegal.    B. A United Nations official.   C. A university researcher.

19. What does Pierre mainly talk about?

A. Food supplies in the world.  

B. The role that the UN plays.  

C. The purpose of his study.

20. What is the expected outcome of Pierre’s work?

A. A new medicine.     B. A new type of rice.     C. A new farming method.

第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。     

A

Want to explore new cultures, meet new people and do something worthwhile at the same time? You can do all the three with Global Development Association(GDA). Whatever stage of life you’re at, wherever you go and whatever project you do in GDA, you’ll create positive changes in a poor and remote community.

We work with volunteers of all ages and backgrounds. Most of our volunteers are aged 17-24. Now we need volunteer managers aged 25-75. They are extremely important in the safe and effective running of our programmes. We have such roles as project managers, mountain leaders, and communication officers.

Depending on which role you choose, you could help to increase a community’s access to safe drinking water, or help to protect valuable local cultures. You might also design an adventure challenge to train young volunteers.

Not only will you help our young volunteers to develop personally, you’ll also learn new skills and increase your cultural awareness. You may have chances to meet new people who’ll become your lifelong friends.

This summer we have both 4-week and 7-week programmes:

GDA ensures that volunteers work with community members and local project partners where our help is needed. All our projects aim to promote the development of poor and remote communities.

There is no other chance like a GDA programme. Join us as a volunteer manager to develop your own skills while bringing benefits to the communities.

Find out more about joining a GDA programme:

Website:www.glodeve.org

Email:humanresources@glodeve.org

21. What is the main responsibility of volunteer managers?

A. To seek local partners.             B. To take in young volunteers.

C. To carry out programmes.       D. To foster cultural awareness.

22. The programme beginning in August will operate in ________.

A. Egypt      B. South Africa     C. Kenya      D. Algeria

23. The shared goal of GDA’s projects to ________.

A. explore new cultures           B. protect the environment

C. help communities in need         D.gain corporate benefit 

B

Although being famous might sound like a dream comes true, today’s stars, feeling like zoo animals, face pressures that few of us can imagine. They are at the center of much of the world’s attention. Paparazzi (狗仔队) camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids (小报) publish thrilling stories about their personal lives. Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature.

According to psychologist Christina Villareal, celebrities -famous people -worry constantly about their public appearance. Eventually, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names. “Over time,” Villareal says, “they feel separated and alone.”

The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages. In the 4th century B.C., painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers. When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain about his lack of privacy. Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.

Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be. Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras. When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever.

If fame is so troublesome, why aren’t all celebrities running away from it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it. Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities. They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.

Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice. Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are. They are tired of being famous already.

24. It can be learned from the passage that stars today__________.

A. can no longer have their privacy protected      

B. care little about how they come into fame

C. spend too much on their public appearance     

D. are often misunderstood by the public

25. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A. The problem faced by celebrities has a long history.

B. Great heroes of the past were generally admired.

C. Well-known actors are usually targets of tabloids.

D. Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers.

26. What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today?

A. Little social recognition                B. Availability of modern media.  

C. Lack of favorable chances.              D. Huge population of fans.

27. What is the author’s attitude toward modern celebrity?

A. Sincere.         B. positive.        C. Sorry.          D. Disapproving.

C

Millions of Americans began 2014 with the same resolution as they started 2013 with a goal of losing weight. However setting weight loss as a goal is a mistake.

To reach our goal of losing weight- the output, we need to control what we eat- the input . That is we tend to care about the output but not to control the input. This is a bad way to construct goals. The alternative is to focus your resolution on the input. Instead of resolving to lose weight try an actionable resolution: “I’ll stop having desert for lunch ” or “I’ll walk every day for 20 minutes.” Creating a goal that focuses on a well-specified input will likely be more effective than concentrating on the outcome.

Recently a new science behind incentives (激励) including in education has been discussed. For example researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children to do better in school. In some cases he gave students incentives based on input like reading certain books while in others the incentives were based on output like results on exams. His main finding was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect on output. Fryer’s conclusion was that the intensives for inputs might be more effective because students do not know how to do better on exam aside from general rules like “study harder.” Reading certain books on the other hand is a well-set task over which they have much more control.

As long as you have direct control over your goal you have a much higher chance of success. And it’s easier to start again if you fail because you know exactly what you need to do.

If you want to cut down on your spending, a good goal would be making morning coffee at home instead of going to a cafe for example. This is a well-specified action-based goal for which you can measure your success easily. Spending less money isn’t a goal because it’s too general. Similarly if you want to spend more time with your family don’t stop with this general wish. Think bout an actionable habit that you could adopt and stick to like a family movie night every Wednesday. In the long run these new goals could become a habit.

28.The writer thinks that setting weight loss as a goal is a mistake because _______ .

A. it is hard to achieve for most Americans  B.it is dependent on too many things

C. it is focused too much on the result   D. it is based on actionable decisions

29.In Roland Fryer’s research some students did better than the others because ______ .

A. they obeyed all the general rules    B. they paid more attention to exams

C. they were motivated by their classmates  D. they were rewarded for reading some books

30.According to the writer which of the following statements is a good goal?

A. “I’ll study harder.”      B. “I’ll give up desert.”

C. “I’ll cut down my expense”    D. “I’ll spend more time with my family”

31.The writer strongly believes that we should ________ .

A. develop good habits and focus on the outcome

B. be optimistic about final goals and stick to them

C. set ambitious goals that can balance the input and output

D. pick specific actions that can be turned into good habits

D

I love my smart phone - it's my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my laptop computer, as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. Despite this love of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from these devices and truly communicate with others.

On occasion, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the material and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule - no laptops, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy.

Most students assume that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There's a bit of truth to that. Some students assume that I am anti-technology. There 's no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can relate to my students.

The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations and truly engage complex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and make connections between the course material and the class discussion.

I've been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.

I'm not saying that I won't ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I'm sticking to my plan. A few hours of technology- dialogue is just too sweet to give up.

32. Some of the students in the history class were unhappy with ___________.

A. discussion topics      B. the course material

C. the author's class rules     D. others' misuse of technology

33. The underlined word“engage”in Para.4 probably means___________.

A.accept        B. explore        C. change        D. reject

34. According to the author, the use of technology in the classroom may___________.

A. affect students' concentration on course evaluation

B. encourage students to have in-depth conversations

C. help students to better understand complex themes

D. keep students from doing independent thinking

35. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author___________.

A. is quite stubborn（固执的）   B. will give up teaching history

C. will change his teaching plan soon  D. values technology- dialogues in his class

第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to Overcome Feeling of Guilt

Guilt can be a depressing feeling that prevents you from moving forward with your life. 36             

However, this article will guide you through the process and help you move towards a positive future.

Identify what you feel guilty about. If you feel guilty about something, it is important to identify what you feel guilty about and why. Identifying the source of your guilt and why it makes you feel guilty can help you to determine if you are experiencing healthy or unhealthy guilt. 37    

Write about your feelings. 38          Start by writing down the reason that you feel guilty. If it was something you did or said to someone, describe what happened in as much detail as you can. Include in your description how this situation made you feel and why. What do you think that you should feel guilty about?

Apologize if necessary. Once you have determined whether or not your guilt is healthy or unhealthy，you can determine if you need to apologize for your actions. 39           It is important to take full responsibility for your actions in order to show your friend that you really do feel bad.

 40            Reaching out to others often helps the person who offers help as much as the person who receives it. Although you must understand that good deeds will not reverse your actions, they will help you move forward into a positive future.

A. Do a good deed.

B. Forgive yourself.

C. Sometimes we may feel guilty when we don't need to feel guilty. .

D. Either way, you will need to work through these feelings in order to overcome them.

E. Journaling about your guilt may help you to start to understand it and deal it.

F. Make sure that your apology is sincere and that you don't make excuses for your actions.

G. It may be difficult to understand how you can stop the negative feelings and deal with your past actions.

第三部分  语言运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it   36   to have too much time?

I remember back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also   37   a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it  38  .

When I got into college, things   39  . I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this   40   time, there was no   41    to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a   42  . Once that happened, I just kept  43    my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was   44   really late at night to get my work done.

One day I met a former classmate of mine who was making a lot of money running a sideline (副业). Since his regular job was   45  , I asked him why he just didn’t do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would   46   have too much time and would just do what I did back in   47  . He said that if he quit the job, he would lose his   48   to work and succeed.

So, try   49   your time with other work. This is why there is a   50   that if you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.

36. A. true   B. fair    C. strange       D. possible

37. A. watched  B. loved    C. coached       D. played

38. A. at last   B. of course       C. right away     D. as usual

39. A. happened  B. repeated   C. mattered    D. changed 

40. A. extra   B. difficult   C. valuable       D. limited

41. A. duty   B. urgency         C.achievement     D. direction

42. A. burden   B. relief    C. habit   D.risk

43. A. pushing   B. taking    C. setting   D. calling

44. A. hanging out  B. showing off         C. staying up     D.jogging round 

45. A. safe   B. important      C. rewarding  D. boring 

46. A. luckily   B. hardly    C. hopefully      D. simply

47. A. childhood  B. college      C. town   D. business

48. A. drive   B.heart     C.chance      D. way

49. A. saving   B. filling up    C. giving up  D. trading

50. A. message  B. story       C. fact       D. saying 

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。

Chinese New Year is a   61    (celebrate) marking the end of the winter season and the beginning of spring. This is why decorating the house with plants, fruits and flowers    62    (carry) special significance. They represent the earth    63    (come) back to life and best wishes for new beginnings.

These are some of the most popular in many parts of the country:

Oranges: Orange trees are more     64    decoration; they are a symbol of good fortune and wealth. They are regarded as great gifts and you see them quite often     65    (decorate) with red envelopes and messages of good fortune.

Bamboo: Chinese love their “Lucky Bamboo” plants and you will see them often in their homes and office.     66     (certain) during the holiday period, this plant is    67     must. Bamboo plants are related     68    health, abundance and a happy home. They are easy      69     (care) for and make great presents.

Branches of Plum Blossoms (梅花): The    70    (beauty) long branches covered with pink-colored buds make fantastic decorations. The plum trees are the first to flower even as the snow is melting . They represent the promise of spring and a renewal of life.

第四部分 写作（共两节；满分40分）

第一节 （满分15分）

假如你是李华,你在Bookworm网站上购买了一套书，对糟糕的服务十分不满，写信投诉不良的网购体验。

内容包括:  1. 两周之后才收到书。

2. 包裹受损，货品缺失。
3. 表达不满，寻求解决方法。

注意:  1. 词数 80 左右。 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sir/Madam,

                                                               Yours sincerely,

                                                                   Li Hua

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。

A Christmas Adventure

I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I remember crying all the way across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: “There is no Santa Claus,” she jeered. “Even dummies（傻瓜）know that!”

 I fled to Grandma that day because I knew Grandma always told the truth. “No Santa Claus? Ridiculous! Don’t believe it. That rumor has been going around for years, and it makes me mad! Now, put on your coat, and let’s go.” “Go? Go where, Grandma?” I asked. “Where” turned out to be Kerby’s General Store, the one store in town that had almost everything. As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars. “Take this money,” she said, “and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for you in the car.” Then she turned and walked out of the store.

For a few moments I just stood there, confused, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for. Suddenly I thought of Bobby Decker. Bobby Decker didn’t have a coat. I knew that because he never went out to recess（课间休息） during the winter. He always had bad breath and messy hair. I fingered the ten-dollar bill with growing excitement. I would buy Bobby Decker a coat!

I settled on a red coat that had a hood（风帽） to it. It looked real warm, and he would like that. “Is this a Christmas present for someone?” the lady behind the counter asked kindly, as I laid my ten dollars down. “Yes, ma’am,” I replied shyly. “It’s for Bobby.” The nice lady smiled at me, as I told her about how Bobby really needed a good winter coat. I didn’t get any change, but she put the coat in a bag, smiled again, and wished me a Merry Christmas.

Paragraph 1:

That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and wrote,                

Paragraph 2:

Fifty years haven’t dimmed the thrill of those moments spent shivering, beside my Grandma, in Bobby Decker’s bushes.