2023嘉兴海盐二中高二下学期期中英语试题含答案

海盐二高2022-23学年下学期期中考试

高二英语学科试卷

（试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 will the man do on Monday?

A. Attend a wedding. B. Take an exam. C. Hand in an essay.

2. What is the woman probably?

A. A librarian. B. A writer. C. A student.

3. What is the man’s suggestion?

A. Reducing the amount of medicine.

B. Doing more stretching exercises.

C. Stopping taking the medicine.

4. What is Donna busy doing?

A. Looking for a roommate.

B. Studying for the exams.

C. Working for the newspaper.

5. How does the man find his living place?

A. Too crowded. B. Quite noisy. C. All right.

第二节 （共15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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What sport did the man do last Friday?

A. Badminton. B. Swimming. C. Table tennis.

7. When will the speakers go to the new sports center together?

A. Next Wednesday. B. Next Thursday. C. Next Friday.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What is the weather like today?

A. Snowy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.

9. What’s the man’s plan for tomorrow afternoon?

A. Attending a class. B. Meeting some friends. C. Seeing a film.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. How will the woman travel in Hawaii?

A. By car. B. By taxi. C. By coach.

11. What kind of group would the woman like to join?

A. A 10-people group.       B. A 20-people group.          C. A 30-people group.

12. What kind of vacation does the woman prefer?

A. A cheap one. B. An adventurous one. C. A relaxing one.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. How often are Martin’s wildlife programs on?

A. Once a day. B. Once a week. C. Once a month.

14. Where were wildlife programs filmed in the early 1960s?

A. In the mountains. B. On the island. C. At the local zoo.

15. When did the man go to Borneo?

A. In 1960. B. In 1962. C. In 1964.

16. What is the feature of today’s filming?

A. It is strictly planned.

B. The scenes are uncertain.

C. It takes less time to prepare.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. Which country has the most effective education system?

A. South Korea.           B. Japan.                    C. The United States.

18. What is the study based on?

A. The number of students.

B. The level of education.

C. The abilities of students.

19. What is the ranking of Germany’s education system?

A. 18th. B. 19th.                    C. 24th.

20. What is stressed in the end?

A. Home education.         B. School faculties.           C. Teaching methods.

第二部分  阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 （共10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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Science and Technology Camp

•Full-day camp for students aged 12-14

•Four-week program July 5-30 | Monday-Friday, 9 am to 4 pm

Week 1 | July 5-9

Week 2 | July 12-16

Week 3 | July 19-23

Week 4 | July 26-30

•Registration begins June 1, 2023 — register for minimum two weeks.

•Fees: $75 registration fee. $795 per week. Full payment must be made at time of registration.

•The deadline for the cancellation to receive a full refund is June 15, 2023.

Camp Structure

Camp days are comprised of eight sessions with two sessions per day while the final day of the week is reserved for overviews and reflection. The morning sessions begin at 9 am to 12 pm followed by one hour for lunch. (Campers should bring their lunches.) Afternoon sessions are scheduled from 1 pm to 4 pm with 15-minute breaks midway through each session. Snacks are provided at break time. (Food allergies should be reported at the time of registration.)

Camp Content

Science and Technology camp above all emphasizes entertainment while teaching students about how websites are designed using various coding languages, rocket design, practical applications of math and physics, and how to build your own hydraulics system.

Camp Personnel

The camp is headed by the husband-and-wife team of Doctors James and Sophie Clark who are experts in the fields of computer science and mechanical engineering. Our mission is to make sure everyone feels fully supported and excited to be here.

21. What is the lowest cost of attending the Science and Technology camp?

A. $75. B. $795. C. $1590. D. $1665.

22 What is the main emphasis of Science and Technology camp?

A. Rocket science.      B. Fun in learning.    C. Coding language.    D. Hands-on experiences.

23. Who are the camp leaders?

A. Mechanical engineers. B. Medical doctors.   C. A married couple.  D. Computer technicians.

B

When I was in college, an acquaintance who had graduated a few years ago came back to visit for the weekend. As we walked around campus on Saturday night, he flung his hands into the cold air and exclaimed, “You guys are so lucky; you live a minute away from all your friends. You’ll never have this again.”

At that time, I thought it was kind of sad — a grown man longing for my life of university housing and late library nights. But his words have stuck with me in the years since. “In adulthood, as people grow up and go away, friendships are the relationships most likely to suffer,” my colleague Julie Beck wrote in 2015. Therefore, the older you get, the more effort it takes to maintain connections, because you don’t have as many built-in opportunities to see your friends every day.

The writer Jennifer Senior noted last year that the fact of our choosing friendships makes them both fragile and special. “You have to continually involve. That you choose it is what gives it its value,” she wrote. But that’s also what makes friendships harder to hold on to as our lives evolve.

It’s hard but not impossible. Senior notes that when it comes to friendship, “we are ritual-deficient. So we have to create them: weekly phone calls, friendship anniversaries, road trips, and so on.”

“Friendship is the rare kind of relationship that remains forever available to us as we age,” Senior writes. “It’s a defender against stasis (停滞期), a potential source of creativity and revival in lives that otherwise narrow with time.” It’s something worth choosing, over and over again.

24. It can be inferred from Paragraph 1 that the writer’s friend probably felt _______.

A. envious B. irritated C. sympathetic D. uneasy

25. Julie Beck might agree that ________.

A. it’s ridiculous for adults to long for campus life

B. distance brings challenge to keeping friendships

C. people do not create enough chances to meet with friends

D. when friends are apart, their friendships surely weaken as well

26. The following ways can help people hold on to friendships except _______.

A. celebrating important days B. going on journeys together

C. enlarging circles of friends D. keeping in touch with friends

27. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A. The future of friendship. B. The origin of friendship.

C. The nature of friendship. D. The definition of friendship.

C

Despite earning more than $100,000 in household income, many people feel that they are living month to month and that a loss of employment or sudden medical emergency could easily move them from the upper middle class to low income earners. This feeling of being on the “edge” of poverty, despite these levels of income, seems a bit ridiculous but it really comes down to easy credit, misunderstanding of their incomes and peer (同辈) group pressures.

Even in today’s tough economy, for those with six-figure incomes credit is easy to come by. Credit companies may have cut back offerings to those in lower income brackets (等级) due to the recent credit reforms, but there seems to be little or no effect on high income earners. Their being able to get credit without difficulty gives them a false sense of security that makes them spend way more than their incomes can afford. That’s why they accumulate credit card debt faster than average.

Many higher income earners feel like they are making lots of money now, and believe that they will continue to make big money. This may reduce their feeling that they need to watch their money carefully now. Hand in hand with that, many of them probably believe that they are making more money than they really are — or said another way, the money they make will go farther than it really does.

Meanwhile, many young professionals who are earning good incomes don’t come from particularly privileged backgrounds, and their reference point may be that they are making twice (or more) than their parents were — so they spend like that as well. They don’t take account of the effect of inflation (通货膨胀), which means that the cost of living is much higher than that in their parents’ generation. Further, the more you earn, the more you pay in tax. Rather than focusing on after-tax incomes, many high income earners only look at the top line figures. A $100,000 income before tax is only about $70,000 after tax.

28. Who is the text centered on?

A. The upper middle class. B. The lower income group.

C. People living in poverty. D. People getting into debt.

29. What causes some people to spend beyond their income according to the text?

A. Lack of real budget.                   B. Easy availability of credit.

C. The good economic climate.            D. Their privileged backgrounds.

30. What does the author intend to remind young professionals about in the end?

A. They should focus on their top line figures.      B. They need to look ahead rather than look back.

C. They actually don’t earn as much as they think.   D. They should form good personal financial habits.

31. Which of the following might be discussed in the next paragraph?

A. Effects of peer group pressures.                B. Ways to keep financial stability.

C. Harm of poor money management.             D. Tips on reducing the risk of poverty.

D

It’s not hard to be poetic about the broad and deep benefits of spending time in natural spaces,from amazing national parks to the simple loveliness of a walk around a city park or tree-lined neighborhood street, and some time working in the dirt of your own garden.

A new study from researchers at Clemson University has found another benefit to simply putting your body in a natural space: it can lower the amount of money you spend on health care.

“The mechanisms linking nature and health are very diverse,” said Matthew H. E. M. Browning, the principal investigator on the study, "but the benefit is believed to be in part because being in green space can decrease stress, promote healthy behaviors and enable you to breathe fresh air.”

Browning and his team used satellite data to investigate how much green space was within 250,500 and 1,000 meters(820,1,640,and 3,280 feet) of five million northern California residents who were insured by Kaiser Permanente. They then determined the costs the insurance company paid out to those same members over a two-year period. They took into account age,gender,race and a number of neighborhood characteristics including population density and education levels.

Even with all these factors included into their analysis, the researchers found that those who lived near the most green space had an average of $374 less per year in health care expenses compared to those who lived farther from natural spaces.

The researchers hope their findings will support public policies that prioritize(优先考虑) natural elements in residential areas. For you, maybe this learning will inspire you to plant a tree or a potted flower today-or create a beautiful garden to enjoy, with a view of some health-giving, green goodness.

32. What does the author intend to do in paragraph 1?

A. Lead in the topic of the text. B. Summarize a recent study result.

C. Provide some advice for readers. D. Raise readers’ interest in exercise.

33. What does Matthew H.E.M.Browning try to explain in paragraph 3?

A. Why spending time in nature benefits health.         B. Nature and health can affect each other deeply.

C. How residential green space improves air quality.     D. The benefit of walking in a natural space is obvious.

34. What do the researchers expect of their findings?

A. They can encourage further relevant research.         B They can delight current insurance companies.

C. They can boost the establishment of green space.      D. They can remind us to purchase more insurance.

35. What can be the most suitable title for the text?

A. Getting Close to Nature Keeps Us Happy            B. It’s Unnecessary to Invest Much in Health

C. It’s Not Hard to Keep Fit for City Residents          D. Being in Nature Reduces Health Care Cost

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。

FOUR Things You Can Do To Improve Your Photography

Photography is an art form that just gets better and better as technology improves. _36__Here are a few you can try today to help you become a better artist tomorrow!

Start a daily practice and set up unique challenges

One of the best things I did was setting up a daily practice.____37___We feel that the lighting has to be perfect, the subject has to be perfect, and the station has to be perfect. But that is far from the truth. In order to improve your photography, all you have to do is practice. Practice regularly and consistently.

Shoot in Manual mode

When I first started my business, I photographed in Auto mode. But once gave myself the permission to fail, learn, and try Manual mode, I never looked back. Manual mode is more than just a button on your camera. It is a chance for you to really understand how exposure works by controlling the elements such as shutter speed, f-stop, and ISO.___38___

___39___

There are many different ways to add a little creativity to your photography. Using double or triple exposures, shooting through elements, or even plying with shutter speed can be a way to be different. All these techniques help you break up the dullness of your own work.

Learn about light in different situations

As a photographer you need to not only see light but also need to learn the art of reading light: the type of light, the quality of light, and also how the light will affect your final image. For the first few years of my business. I had a very limited knowledge of light._____40____I learned very quickly that I needed to get out of my comfort zone and figure out how to photograph different lighting situations.

A. Take time to connect with your subject.

B. Try creative shooting in your photography.

C. I hope these simple tips help you get confident in your photography.

D. Oftentimes, we are our biggest critic and try to wait for the most prefect chance.

E. The more you play around with these elements, the more you will learn about your own style of photography.

F. But living in Chicago, our summers are quite short, and fall is usually a mix of rain, thunderstorms and more rain.

G. There are lots of simple and easy ways for you to improve your photography.

第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节  完形填空（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 A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。

    As an only child, Nicole Renae often felt lonely in her youth. But that all   41   when her grandmother surprised her with a (n)   42   puppy “Chloe” for her 10th birthday.

    The two were inseparable, because they were best friends. Chole always   43   her face. But when Renae was 14, her father got a new job: He’d be working from home without   44   . With no option, the family surrendered(被迫交出) noisy Chloe to a humane society although Renae didn’t want to   45   her dog.

    In time, Renae had a child of her own. Remembering the   46   that having a dog had brought her as a kid, Renae wanted her daughter to   47   the same. Then one day, she saw a     48   on Facebook about a senior dog named Chloe that needed a new home.   49   she decided to adopt this dog.

    When Renae met Chloe, she was struck with a   50   feeling. The dog ran up to her and started licking her face. Chloe   51   Renae so much of her old dog that the   52   overwhelmed her. She knew it was her Chole.   53  , ten years had passed since they last met, and her whole family thought she was crazy.

    Luckily, there was a way to   54   the theory: Her Chloe had a microchip with the ID number. Sure enough, the dog also had a microchip and the numbers were a   55   . Renae was overjoyed to have her back.

41.A. mattered      B. changed  C. worked   D. occurred

42.A. adorable   B. annoying  C. disgusting   D. admirable

43.A. cleaned   B. bit   C. scratched   D. licked

44.A. pressure     B. distraction  C. burden    D. arrangement

45.A. get along with B. get rid of  C. take possession of D. catch up with

46.A. satisfaction  B. despair  C. hope    D. joy

47.A. emphasize  B. experience  C. explore   D. expect

48.A. letter     B. comment  C. post    D. like

49.A. Initially   B. Previously  C. Instantly   D. Regularly

50.A. familiar    B. strange  C. fantastic   D. terrible

51. A. informed  B. convinced  C. warned   D. reminded

52. A. excitement    B. relief   C. pride    D. amusement

53. A. Therefore  B. Then   C. However   D. Meanwhile

54. A. test   B. accept   C. examine   D. record

55. A. miracle   B. challenge  C. magic    D. match

第二节 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。

Herbal medicine is an important part of Chinese culture and the practice of traditional Chinese medicine. The emperor Shen Nong is said to have tasted 100 herbs,   56   allowed him to teach the Chinese people how to use them in their diet and   57   (treat) for illness. These herbs help the body to stay in balance and goji berries are one of them.

Since 200 B.C., goji berries   58   (use) in traditional Chinese medicine. In China, goji berries are known   59   “wolfberry fruit” and they were once mentioned in the oldest book of Chinese herbs in existence, Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing. They are also known to act   60   (positive) on the organs because of the detoxifying (解毒) properties, thus   61   (contribute) to our qi and energy.

Goji berries are   62   excellent source of antioxidants (抗氧化剂), amino acids and 20 other trace   63   (mineral). The list of goji berry benefits is long, including   64   (it) ability to promote healthy skin, protect eye health, adjust blood sugar levels and fight cancer.

In China, goji berries are commonly cooked and added to recipes like porridge, soups and dishes   65   (make) with chicken, pork or vegetables. They are also used to make various teas, juices and wines.

第四部分  写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 应用文写作 （满分15分）

假定你是李华。你的新西兰朋友David将要参加他的学校举办的中国诗歌朗诵比赛(the Chinese Poetry Recitation Competition)，特发邮件向你咨询一些备赛方面的建议。请你回复邮件，内容包括：

1.表示支持；

2.提出相关建议；

3.表达希望和祝愿。

注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear David，

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                    Yours,

Li Hua

第二节  读后续写（满分25分）

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

    I was moving as fast as I could, stepping cautiously from rock to rock along the uneven jetty(栈桥). Far ahead, I could see the back of my brother’s sandy hair and the bright orange of his shorts.

“Too slow, sister!” I heard Sam yell as he hopped with ease.

“I’ll show him,” I thought, and attempted a double jump. What a mistake! My left foot came down hard between the edges of two gray rocks. scraping my ankle. “Ouch!” I yelled. I tried to wiggle(扭动) my foot out, but my shoe was stuck. I bent closer to the rock and that’ s when I saw it: a shiny, square shaped stone the color of water, attached to a glittery gold chain. It was just lying there on the wet sand, and a few seconds later it was in my pocket.

    Sam squinted(眯着眼睛看) in the sun. Could he tell I was hiding the most perfect discovery of the summer? I kept turning the treasure around in my pocket, pushing each corner of the square stone into my finger. I was dizzy, but I didn’t want Sam to notice. He liked to tell everybody my business.

    “Ryan saved the mini cola bottle from the carnival! It happened to be perfect for sand art!

“Ryan wasted her allowance on salt and pepper shakers from the yard sale!” They were antique little pig and cost only 50 cents.

My family calls me their “little collector. Some mean kids at school call me “trash girl”.

    Sam and I walked along the main street, the small buildings giving us a break from the sun. Through the window of the candy shop, I could see tubes of colorful jelly beans. A sign on the window’s glass read LOST: Gold and blue necklace. Very special. If found, call Chrissy at 555-9924.

    Chrissy had drawn a crayon version of the necklace at the bottom of the poster. The necklace looked different from the one I clutched in my pocket, I decided. Rounder, bluer. The poster appeared old and weathered. It must have been put up months ago. We continued to walk, and I noticed four more posters. Someone must have returned that necklace by now, I thought.

注意：

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1: Once home, I placed the necklace in my special spot for special things, lost in thought.                                                                             

Paragraph 2: Fifteen minutes later, I was sitting across from Chrissy in the candy shop.