陕西省咸阳市礼泉县2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

陕西省咸阳市礼泉县2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英

语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解

Norway: Wonders of the Arctic

Go on an expedition to explore Norway’s beautiful fjords (峡湾), view the Northern Lights, watch whales and polar bears, and discover the frozen Svalbard archipelago by land, sea and air.

What’s Included

·Entry to all sites and attractions.

·English-speaking tour leader throughout.

·All accommodation, internal transport, cruises and husky sleds.

·Breakfast, lunches and evening meals.

·Domestic flights between Tromso, Longyearbyen and Oslo.

What’s Not Included

·Travel insurance.

·International flights.

Accommodation

·Radisson Blu Hotel, Tromso

A pleasant and modern four-star hotel in the city centre that overlooks the harbour and fjord. It’s just a short walk from the city’s cultural, architectural and historic sites. Around the hotel, there are stunning views over the city and its surrounding hills.

·Radisson Blu Polar Hotel, Longyearbyen

Claiming to be the world’s northernmost full-service hotel, this recently renewed

four-star hotel has great views across the Advent fjord and Hiorthfjellet mountain. It’s a modern hotel that is decorated with pictures of the region’s polar history. Some of the rooms were originally built and located for the 1994 Winter Olympics. With an open fire, jacuzzi, hot tub and fashionable restaurant, there are many ways to relax here.

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1．What will not this travel provide for tourists?

A．English-speaking tour leader.

B．Internal transport.

C．Daily meals.

D．International flights.

2．Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Radisson Blu Hotel?

A．The hotel claims to be the world’s northernmost full-service hotel.

B．It’s an ancient five-star hotel in the city centre.

C．Tourists can enjoy great views of the harbour and fjord.

D．It’s a long distance from the city’s centre.

3．In which section of a newspaper can you find the text?

A．Travel.B．Science.

C．Fashion.D．Education.

Working robots are typically big, simple and strong. They are large preprogrammed units working in dangerous jobs. But the idea of putting “cobots” which work in harmony with humans into use has become a reality and has changed robotic products worldwide.

Cobots include robots made of tough materials that provide support for the disabled and software-based assistants for home of online services. With their operating software updated from the Internet, these helpers will become an extension of mobile devices.

Most industrial robots are not designed to deal with unpredictable human jobs. However, by reducing robots down to desktop size and planting them with AI, the next generation of cobots will learn from us and cooperate with us better. Lightweight cobots can work in less space and share themselves with people rather than being caged off. Decreasing costs for robotic systems make them more suitable for small businesses, and their easy set-up makes them simple to deploy. Typical industrial uses for cobots include packing and machine tending. More detailed uses include cleaning dirty samples, picking plants, making tea and coffee and so on.

Still, experts thought that introducing robots would lead to job losses. Some people said that 20 million industrial jobs would be lost worldwide by 2030. Actually, it was not the case. What big companies such as Germany’s Mercedes-Benz discovered was that robots alone were not intelligent enough to keep pace with the demand for special products, which still

depends on a large number of skilled staff to control and push the whole progress.

“Unplanned changes to production and safer interaction with humans will then require a step change in robot improvements. It has become necessary to use the new generation of cobots in people’s daily life, and cooperation should be considered as an applicable strategy. When we make people and machines cooperate, we can produce many more products on one production line,” said Markus Schaefer, head of production planning.

4．What can we know about cobots from Paragraph 2?

A．They can meet a variety of needs in daily life.

B．They are still at the experimental stage.

C．They are only designed to serve the injured.

D．They can do many boring tasks for people.

5．Which of the following words can best describe the newly designed cobots? A．Complex but creative.

B．High-cost but useful.

C．Affordable and convenient.

D．Small-sized and energy-saving.

6．What can be inferred from Schaefer’s words in the last paragraph?

A．Cobots attract a large number of buyers.

B．Cobots may cause rising unemployment.

C．Cobots bring both benefits and disadvantages.

D．Cobots promoting human-robot cooperation is a trend.

7．What is the purpose of the text?

A．To stress the influence of cobots.

B．To discuss the development of cobots.

C．To encourage improvements in smart technology.

D．To introduce some methods to improve life quality.

They, stretching along the shore, swim quite lovely, looking for underwater greens to feed on. However, in these days, something is mixing with the sea grass that manatees(海牛)like to eat along Florida’s western coast. And it’s making them sick-even killing them.

It’s a poisonous form of algae, which is usually called “red tide” because of its color. Algae are plant-like organisms that live mainly in water. Most are harmless, but red tide is an

exception. When it gets mixed in with the grass and the manatees eat it, they get so sick that they can’t even swim.

“They’re basically paralyzed(瘫痪的), and they become unconscious,” said Virginia Emonds, an animal care manager. Manatees are mammals and they need to surface often to breathe in air. If a manatee is paralyzed, it can’t swim and will drown.

As of Monday, the current red tide outbreak has killed at least 184 manatees since the beginning of this year. That has already beaten Florida’s record-high number for manatee deaths in a single year-and we still have nearly nine months to go!

The experts aren’t sure when the red tide outbreak will end. So many more manatees are in danger. The situation has gotten so desperate that Florida zoos have rescued at least a dozen manatees. You can find manatees anywhere from Brazil up to Florida-and throughout much of the Caribbean Sea.

In fact, the manatee is officially considered an endangered species. Thanks to the US government’s protection, Florida’s manatee population has grown to approximately 5,000 in recent years. But the red tide is threatening their survival. Some experts suspect that pollution from farms even might be fueling the red tide outbreak, because fertilizer that’s used on farms often winds up in water. And when that fertilized water runs off into the Gulf of Mexico, it makes things grow faster-just like on land.

8．The word “them” (in the first paragraph) probably refers to “______”. A．endangered animals B．manatees

C．algae D．underwater greens

9．We can learn from the passage that the red tide______.

A．has caused damage to most of the underwater greens

B．serves to cultivate farm lands

C．destroy manatees’ ability to surface to breathe

D．give rise to 184 manatees’ deaths every month

10．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．The current situation of manatees in Florida.

B．The potential cause of the expansion of the red tide.

C．The fatal effect of the poisonous red tide on manatees

D．The researchers’ efforts to prevent the red tide from spreading.

11．What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The red tide has been changing the manatees’ habitat.

B．The red tide has been posing a threat to the manatees.

C．The manatee is officially an endangered species.

D．More efforts should be put to save the manatees.

David Brown is known as the world’s fastest completely blind runner. He was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease at 15 months old, which led him to completely lose his sight by age 13.

Brown says he was living in fear for a number of years until he discovered his passion for running. After winning an essay contest, he earned the ticket for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008. It was at that time that he knew he wanted to compete himself.

Paralympic runners train and compete alongside sighted guides. At the Rio Games in 2016, Brown and his partner Jerome Avery ran 10. 99 in the men’s 100-meter dash to take home the gold. Brown made his way to running from another sport. He explains that he lost his left eye when he was 3, and lost vision in his right eye over time. He played basketball as a kid, but was increasingly getting injured because he couldn’t see the ball coming. “I took the opportunity to run on the playground, and realized I had some speed there,” he says.

He pursued his passion at the Missouri School for the Blind. Brown started at the school when he was 11, and it was there that he really started running track.

He got to his first Paralympic games by writing about running. Brown was one of the 25 winners of an essay contest that got to attend the event in Beijing. He says he wrote about how he used sports to overcome obstacles, noting that a he grew up he struggled with depression. It’s important to be in sync with your running partner. His new partner Steward says he doesn’t have to slow down when running with Brown, because he’s fast. A 10- or

11-second race doesn’t require much speaking, Steward says. “It’s also an honor,”Brown says. He notes that Paralympic runners can’t do what they do without guides like Steward, who could theoretically run solo but chose not to. He calls it “a great honor”.

12．What made David Brown decide to take part in the competition himself?

A．Winning an essay contest.

B．Winning an Olympic medal.

C．Attending the 2008 Olympics.

D．Attending the Missouri School.

13．What made David Brown change from basketball to running?

A．His change in personal interest.

B．The decline and loss of his vision.

C．The diagnosis with Kawasaki disease.

D．His participation in his first Paralympic games.

14．What can we know about David Brown’s essay?

A．It was depressing.

B．It was interesting.

C．It was pessimistic.

D．It was inspiring.

15．Which proverb best describes David Brown’s story?

A．Fact speaks louder than words.

B．The early bird catches the worm.

C．Where there is a will, there is a way.

D．Hope for the best, prepare for the Worst.

二、七选五

People take up volunteering for different reasons. Some people want to “give something back”. ____16____ . Whatever the reason, you need to make some decisions.

____17____

Firstly, what sort of organization do you want to help. You might have a particular charity in mind.

And perhaps you have been affected by some of the problems that a charity aims to support, like children who need help. Many local schools rely on volunteers who come in regularly to read with the children or help with their math.

Decide on the kind of work

You have to decide what sort of volunteer work you want to do. ____18____. Do you prefer hands-on work? Are you good at dealing with people? Do you have a background in paperwork? Charities need volunteers to work in shops, organize or manage money-raising events, or, in the case of animal charities, walk dogs.

Apply for suitable positions

Be prepared with information about your previous (or current) employment and the sort of skills you have, so that the charity can match you to the most appropriate role. You might think that you have no such skills. Don’t let your lack of confidence stop you. ____19____ Call for some relevant information

____20____, but smaller charities might not have money to do this. In this case, you would usually need to phone or visit their offices to find out how you can help. You will be welcomed with open arms.

A．Ask your friends and loved ones what they think you have to offer

B．Decide on your time

C．Others want to meet new people or learn new skills

D．Most charities attract volunteers and advertise specific roles available through their own website

E．Choose a charity or organization

F．Without them, they wouldn’t carry out their work

G．Think about your existing skills

三、完形填空

Draper was the owner of a secondhand bookstore. One day, when he was sorting through

faded photo of a woman holding a little girl on her lap. The letter said if Bethany was

miles away when a close friend messaged her to check out the _____32_____ . As she read her mother’s _____33_____, which she thought had been lost forever, she said she thought she must be _____34_____

Bethany was only 4 when her mother died. Five years later, her family _____35_____ to a new home. And the letter, put away in the pages of a book for safe keeping, was unintentionally _____36_____ . She remembered unpacking and looking for the letter, and then madly searching through everything in the _____37_____ that it was there. “That’s when I realized it was gone and I’d never see it again,” she said.

Draper _____38_____ the letter in person. He also _____39_____ her a children’s book for her son. Bethany was greatly moved to have the letter back, and also touched by the stranger’s _____40_____.

21．A．reflected B．operated C．drafted D．fell 22．A．biography B．airmail C．postcard D．letter 23．A．reading B．destroying C．adapting D．piling 24．A．talented B．shallow C．voluntary D．dying 25．A．find B．introduce C．phone D．comfort 26．A．test out B．throw away C．cut out D．adjust to 27．A．likely B．luckily C．slowly D．suddenly 28．A．witness B．govern C．forget D．recognize 29．A．bought B．left C．annoyed D．desired 30．A．vivid B．absurd C．lost D．broken 31．A．However B．Therefore C．Meanwhile D．Otherwise 32．A．ticket B．routine C．homework D．article 33．A．textbooks B．lectures C．words D．languages 34．A．writing B．dreaming C．joking D．conducting 35．A．moved B．turned C．contributed D．pointed 36．A．burned B．donated C．abolished D．robbed 37．A．hope B．silence C．ambition D．concept 38．A．kept B．distributed C．delivered D．published 39．A．abandon B．brought C．returned D．sold 40．A．expectation B．apology C．kindness D．security

四、用单词的适当形式完成短文

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。

Whenever celebrations or major events take place, people in Wenxi County, Shanxi Province take out huamo to entertain ____41____(guest) for promising outcomes in the future.

These flour and flower-shaped buns, or huamo, can date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties, ____42____(know) for its elegant design and innovative conception. It is closely related to local customs and____43____(wide) used in festivals, weddings, birthdays and many other occasions. In addition, huamo ____44____(get) to the high-end market as a business gift in the past decade, since it can be made into artwork ____45____can last for seven or eight years.

Making huamo is ____46____ ancient cultural tradition in China. The way

____47____(make) it is handed down from generation to generation. When making huamo, women ____48____(concentrate) on their artistic creation let their rich imagination run freely in the artistic world, and leave behind fantastic works of huamo, each with its own special characteristics. Wenxi flower-shaped buns present ____49____(vary) forms, and reflect Wenxi working women’s deep folk art knowledge in their daily life over the long course of history. _____50_____ the development of the times, the art of huamo, which has always been the pride of local rural households, is increasingly popular across the whole country.

五、短文改错

51．假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处错误。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(/\)，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. 每处错误及修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

People always say that us lack the eyes of realizing the beauty in life. I can’t agree

completely. I woke up very early and decided to take a walk on last Friday. In the square where much senior citizens were dancing, I find several elders absorbed in feeding birds. Without many cars producing smog on the street, I realized that the city was such clean and beautiful. Some coffee shops decorated pretty well, which used to be old but out of style. On all sides of the street were big trees covering the whole city, making it comfortable to walk in the city. At that moment, I found a city was so interesting. How I regret ignore its beauty before!

六、开放性作文

52．假如你是李华，你班上周六到附近社区开展了一次志愿活动，请你以“A Meaningful Voluntary Activity”为题给校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：

1. 活动介绍；

2. 收获感受。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

A Meaningful V oluntary Activity

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