湖南省怀化市麻阳县三校2022-2023高二上学期期中联考英语试题（含答案无听力题）考试试卷

2022-2023学年高二上学期期中联考
英 语
第一部分　听力(共两节,满分30分)略
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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Digital art class
Tap into the unlimited inspiration of the natural materials, colors and forms to be found in Museum Victoria’s diverse collections.
Whether you are a beginner, an expert or somewhere in between, this creative studio class introduces digital art technologies and skills in a relaxing environment. Participants create extraordinary artworks working individually on iPads. Exploratory approaches allow participants to enjoy visual creativity, whatever their previous experience and level of skills in sketching, painting and digital design.
Digital Art Class takes place in Melbourne Museum’s Learning Lab Studio. Each month’s class is themed to explore a different aspect of Museums Victoria’s collections.
Classes have a maximum capacity of 16 participants and are suitable for teens 16+ and adults. Simply bring your creativity — all equipment is provided.
Museum entry is not included in your Digital Art Class ticket. If you would like to explore the Melbourne Museum before the class, please ensure you book a ticket.
WORKSHOP
TUESDAY 27 APRIL, 11&25 MAY, 8&22 JUNE
4PM—5:30PM
Adults and teens 16+
Adult $35
Privilege $32
Member $30
1. Where is the digital art class
A．In Museum Victoria. B．In The British Museum.
C．In Victoria and Albert Museum. D．In Melbourne Museum.
2. What can we learn from the text
A．The class is intended for people of all ages.
B．You needn’t bring your iPad to attend the class.
C．Painting experience is needed for people to attend the class.
D．You can visit the museum with your class ticket.
3. How much should a couple with memberships pay for their visit
A．$70. B．$60. C．35. D．30.
B
It has been two months since I moved to China, but its digital advancement hasn’t stopped impressing me ever since. One of the major things that I cannot imagine living without anymore is mobile payment. There are two major mobile payment apps here, Alipay and WeChat Pay. Both have similar payment features, though WeChat has more like a social media. That’s why I will focus on this “super app”.
So far, I’ve been overwhelmed by how efficient life can be with WeChat. It is present in every aspect of people’s daily life, from paying water and electricity bills, meals, cinema tickets to calling a taxi, following news, and chatting with friends. Most merchants have adopted it, from tiny local street food stalls to high-end（高端的）stores. A cashier may be surprised if you do not pay with WeChat or Alipay at the grocers or in restaurants. And it seems like the entire payment industry has encouraged this shift to mobile payment, equipping payment terminals with QR code scanners to simplify payments. Mobile payments are so common here that I realize that I can perfectly survive if I forget my wallet at home one day because most days I just don’t take it out of my bag!
As mentioned earlier, WeChat is also a major social media platform with about one billion daily users, which is more than the entire population of European Union. So I have to say Chinese technological and digital development is a real miracle.
4. What does the underlined word “overwhelmed” mean in paragragh 2
A．Encouraged. B．Shocked. C．Confused. D．Panicked.
5. What can we learn from the passage
A．WeChat is more a social media than Alipay.
B．All merchants have adopted mobile payment.
C．A cashier may be surprised if you pay with WeChat or Alipay.
D．It causes trouble if you don’t take your wallet with you.
6. What is the author’s attitude to WeChat
A．Doubtful. B．Favorable.
C．Opposed. D．Uncaring.
7. What is the best title for the text
A．The Different Opinions About Mobile Payment
B．The Development of Mobile Payment
C．The Popularity of Chinese Mobile Payment
D．Two Major Apps of Mobile Payment
C
In its response to reports that its Kindle business is exiting the Chinese mainland market, Amazon said consumers can still buy Kindle devices through third-party online and offline retailers (零售), while some of its devices have been sold out in the mainland. No one knows whether consumers bought all its products or the company produced too few, but it’s obvious that Kindle has shut down several online sales channels, forcing many in China to put their Kindles up for sale.
The domestic (国内的) digital reading market is growing rapidly. The reason for the industry’s growth even as Kindle declines is the ubiquitous smartphone. Nearly every adult has one smartphone in China. In fact, all electronic devices that specialize in single functions are fading out. Even tablets account for only one-tenth of mobile devices sales because one cannot use one to make a phone call. Besides, Kindle itself has problems. The electronic books that are available are expensive, while Kindle Unlimited, a program that allows customers to read any number of e-books for a monthly subscription fee, seldom includes new titles.
In a word, while electronic reading is a booming market, the market for electronic reading devices is shrinking. That’s why many joke that the only function left for a Kindle device is to act as a cover for a steaming cup of instant noodles.
Many users are saddened and hope Kindle doesn’t disappear for good. Maybe Kindle can find a way to reinvent itself and continue serving its customers.；
8. What conclusion can we draw from the first paragraph
A．Digital reading at home isn’t as popular as before.
B．Some Kindle sales routes online have been closed.
C．All Kindle devices are sold out in the Chinese market.
D．Consumers are able to buy Kindle products on the Internet directly at present.；
9. What does the underlined word “ubiquitous” in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A．High-end. B．Expensive. C．Good-looking. D．Common.；
10. What’s the author’s attitude towards Kindle’s disappearance from the Chinese market
A．Objective. B．Pitiful. C．Sad. D．Worried.；
11. What’s the text mainly about
A．The history of Kindle business. B．Electronic reading is booming.
C．The applications of smartphones. D．Kindle must reinvent itself to bounce back.
D
Have you ever had the urge to open a book and stick your nose straight into the pages The smell of old books can refresh any book lovers. We don’t know why, but it is just pleasant to us.
Describing the smell can be a challenge. And mere adjectives will likely be of little use to future generations of historians trying to document, understand or reproduce the scent (气味) of slowly decaying (腐朽) books. Now, that task may have just gotten easier thanks to the Historic Book Odor Wheel.
In one experiment, researchers asked visitors at the historic library to characterize the scents they smelled. All the visitors selected words like “woody”, “smoky” and “earthy” from the list, and described the smell’s intensity and perceived pleasantness. In another experiment, the study authors presented visitors to the Birmingham Museum with eight smells — one of which was an unlabeled historic book scent and seven were non-bookish, such as coffee, chocolate, fish market and dirty clothes. The researchers then had those museumgoers describe the historic book smell. The top two responses Chocolate and coffee. “You tend to use familiar associations to describe smells when they are unlabeled,” study author Cecilia Bembibre says.
The team even analyzed the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the book and the library. Using the data from the chemical analysis and visitors’ smell descriptions, the researchers created the Historic Book Odor Wheel to document the “historic library smell”. Main categories, such as “sweet/spicy”, fill the inner circle of the wheel; descriptors, such as “chocolate/cream”, fill the middle; and the chemical compounds likely to be the smelly source, like furfural, fill the outer circle.
The researchers want the book odor wheel to be a tool that “untrained noses” can use to identify smells and the compounds causing them, which could address conservators’ concerns about material composition and historic paper conservation. And hopefully, smells of the past can be reproduced in the lab someday and museums and historians can use it to reconstruct a past we can no longer smell.；
12. What phenomenon is described in the first paragraph
A．A strange reading habit. B．Addiction to reading books.
C．A dislike for smelling books. D．Fascination for smells of books.；
13. How do people usually describe unlabeled smells
A．By referring to familiar items. B．By using adjectives to label them.
C．By linking them with food smells. D．By analyzing chemical components.；
14. What is the function of the “Historic Book Odor Wheel”
A．To characterize smells. B．To store book smells.
C．To collect history books. D．To test different scents.；
15. What is the potential future application of the study
A．Creating a whole new scent.
B．Sharpening sensory perceptions.
C．Restoring smells of historic documents.
D．Extracting components of “old book smell”.
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。
16 So when you want to do business in France, you have to get to know French culture, to make marketing plans, and to run your business by local laws.
17 The French take great pride in their language, so anyone who does not speak it may run the risk of being disrespected by his French colleagues or business partners. Also, another reason why learning French is important is that it is a great way to show every possible French business partner that you care and respect their country’s culture and language.
The first thing that you should do when meeting someone new is to shake his hand firmly and always look the person in the eye. In social meetings with friends, kissing is common.
Use first names only after being invited to. 18 The French will sometimes introduce themselves using their surname first, followed by their first name.
Dress well. The French draw information about people based on their appearance. Your business clothing is a sign of your success and social status. Always try to be tasteful and stylish. Women are advised to dress simply but elegantly. Wearing make-up is practiced widely by business women.
The French are passionate about food, so lunches are common in doing business in France, which usually consist of an appetizer, main meal with wine, cheese, dessert and coffee, and normally take up to two hours. 19
Do not begin eating until the host says, “bon appetite”. Pass dishes to the left, keep hands above the table and try to eat everything on the plate. 20 This may suggest that you find the food tasteless, If eating in a restaurant, the person who invites always pays.
A．This is a time for relationship building.
B．Maybe you have heard the expression “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”.
C．Remember to be as polite as possible.
D．Language should be the focus of anyone planning to do business in France.
E．Be careful with adding salt, pepper or sauces to your food.
F．Use Monsieur or Madame before the surname.
G．Make an appointment with your business partner in advance.
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,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When you are storm chasing, most mornings start off in a cheap hotel trying to remember where you ended up the night before. This morning, we were in Wichita, Kansas, midway through a project to 21 the dramatic and destructive weather that travels across the middle of the United States every spring.
We loaded the car with our 22 , and off we went, driving under cloudless blue skies for hundreds of miles. Then we reached the border of our targeted storm and entered a dark scene of clouds and occasional rain. As we 23 the heart of the storm, we found ourselves 24 with high winds, violent rain, and severe hail (冰雹). Photographer Krystle, at the wheel, 25 to get in front of the storm, but it was moving too fast. We could 26 keep pace with it.
Then we caught sight of something 27 , created by the storm: a rain-wrapped tornado half a mile to our right. The chaotic conditions made it 28 for us to keep it in sight. We lost our cellphone signals and all the data we were desperately 29 for communication. We couldn’t see beyond 20 feet. That was when Nick, our expedition (探险) leader and weather expert, called, “We have to flee.” Krystle 30 changed direction, driving the car north onto a country road, 31 the madness of that dangerous chase.
We weren’t done. After a stretch of clear skies, we found another 32 waiting for us. This time, we 33 to get in front of it, stopping to photograph it and racing back to the car to 34 its extreme anger.
A little past midnight, we let the storm go. We watched as the lightning-filled cloud rolled away, displaying the night sky — a beautiful 35 for those reckless (不顾危险的) enough to seek it.
21. A．recognize B．transform C．photograph D．forecast
22. A．nutrients B．flavor C．equipment D．documents
23. A．mentioned B．identified C．captured D．approached
24. A．struggling B．comparing C．engaged D．filled
25. A．pretended B．accelerated C．deserved D．hesitated
26. A．instantly B．gradually C．exactly D．hardly
27. A．disgusting B．frightening C．annoying D．embarrassing
28. A．efficient B．contradictory C．fundamental D．tough
29. A．dependent on B．absorbed in C．satisfied with D．curious about
30. A．deliberately B．frequently C．rigidly D．abruptly
31. A．predicting B．tolerating C．escaping D．witnessing
32. A．cloud B．storm C．car D．road
33. A．regretted B．devoted C．managed D．proposed
34. A．calm B．ignore C．challenge D．avoid
35. A．reward B．excuse C．appetite D．thought
第二节(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。
Traffic police in Wuhan, Hubei province, have met the wish of 36 sick 5-year-old girl by inviting her to work as a traffic officer for a day.
Liu Yihan was found with a rare illness that mainly affects 37 (child)under age 5 last year. She has a particular love of traffic police to keep everyone safe.
Liu never complains to her mother, Hu Yuting, 38 job is teaching in a middle school in Xiaogan city, but her desire to be a traffic officer really touched her mother’s heart. When she told her daughter’s story to the traffic police, they 39 (move)and promised to help make Liu’s wish come true.
Du Zewen said that the chief officers were determined 40 (help)the mother and the little girl, telling the other members that “we must help make the little girl’s dream of 41 (become) a traffic officer come true, especially one who 42 (be)so young and has such a serious disease” .
On the afternoon of Sept. 20, Liu and her mother were 43 (warm) welcomed by the policemen, who dressed her in a specially-made uniform and declared her a “visiting policewoman” She was excited 44 soon went on duty with the other police members. She directed traffic and performed her duties, for example, telling people to wear helmets and reminding people 45 the traffic rules.
第四部分　写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. COVID-19的爆发改变了我们的生活，然而在防疫所带来的生活改变之中，有没有哪些是你希望继续保持的 请你以此为主题给校报专栏写一篇文章投稿。内容包括：
1.疫情带给你的生活改变；
2.防疫生活中的哪些做法是你希望继续保持的，说明理由。
注意：
1.字数100左右； 2.可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。
第二节(满分25分)
47. 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。
There Are No Vans
To me, what Thanksgiving really means is giving good thanks, not eating turkey.By the time I was 18 I had created my Thanksgiving ritual (惯例).I would go out shopping and buy enough food for one or two families.Then I would dress like a delivery boy, go to the poorest neighborhood and just knock on a door, and would always include a note saying “All that I ask in return is that you take good enough care of yourself so that someday you can do the same thing for someone else.” I have received more from this annual ritual than I have from any amount of money I’ve ever earned, especially one such experience in New York City.
Several years ago I was in New York City with my newly married wife during Thanksgiving.She was sad because we were not with our family.Normally she would be home decorating the house for Christmas, but we were stuck here in a hotel room.I said, “Honey, look, why don’t we decorate some lives today instead of some trees ” When I told her what I always do on Thanksgiving, she got excited.I said, “Let’s go someplace where we can really appreciate who we are, what we are able to do and what we can really give.Let’s go to the poor neighborhood Harlem and feed some people there in need.We’ll go buy enough food for six or seven families for 30 days.We’ve got enough.Let’s go do it!”
We started by getting a van (货车), but there seemed no vans in all of New York City.The rent-a-car places were all out of vans.My wife was disappointed, and I said, “Look, the bottom line is that if we want something, we can make it happen! All we have to do is take action.There are plenty of vans here in New York City.Look down at the street.Do you see all those vans Let’s go get one!” My wife agreed and we took action.
注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:
We tried stopping vans as they were driving down the street.
Paragraph 2:
Eventually a van drove up and the driver said yes.
参考答案
听力 略
阅读DBB BABC BDAD DAAC
七选五BDFAE
完形CCDABDBDADCBCDA
语法填空
a children whose were moved to help becoming is warmly and of
作文
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, our daily life has changed greatly. Because of the necessity of keeping social distance, I no longer hang out with my friends as often as before. In fear of the spread of virus, I wear masks every day, which makes me feel distant from others. In spite of the inconvenience, there is something I hope I can keep after the pandemic. Washing hands often is the first thing I should stick to, because personal hygiene is essential to our health. Second, stay with families often. During the lockdown period, I had no choice but to stay home, which gave me the chance to enjoy quality time with my families. That’s really an unforgettable experience.
COVID-19 pandemic will be a history, but there is something that we can learn from it and pass them down.
We tried stopping vans as they were driving down the street. I learned something about New York drivers that day: They don’t stop; they speed up. We’d go over, knock on the window and the driver would roll it down, looking at us in alarm, and I’d ask if he would drive us to Harlem so we could help some people. Every time the driver would look away quickly, furiously roll up the window and pull away without saying anything. My wife was ready to give up, but I said, “It’s the law of averages:somebody is going to say yes.”
Eventually a van drove up and the driver said yes.We were wild with joy and climbed onto the van. Upon arrival, he led us to a store where we bought lots of food and some baskets. Together we packed them up, carried them onto the van and went to buildings where there were even people living without electricity.It was a truly fulfilling experience to make even a small difference. Miracles like this happen every day—even in a city where “there are no vans.”
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