2022—2023学年上学期期中质量检测
高二英语
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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. Where will the man sit
A. Next to the woman. B. Behind the woman. C. Next to the woman’s friend.
2. How much does one ticket cost
A. $20. B. $40. C. $80.
3. What will the man do this Tuesday
A. Deliver a speech. B. Meet his lawyer. C. Hold a conference.
4. What can be inferred about the girl
A. She was ill in bed.
B. She passed the exam.
C. She is telling a lie.
5. What would the woman like to do with the package
A. Wrap it by herself. B. Have it delivered. C. Take it with her.
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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. What is most probably the woman
A. A mechanic. B. A saleswoman. C. A student.
7. What will the woman do next
A. Ask Jim for help.
B. Use the man’s laptop.
C. Buy a new computer.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8. Where was the woman born
A. In America. B. In Britain. C. In Argentina.
9. What are the speakers probably doing
A. Catching up with each other.
B. Having a job interview.
C. Talking about travel experiences.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。
10. What’s the relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student.
B. TV host and guest.
C. Classmates.
11. What language is the woman studying now
A. Spanish. B. French. C. English.
12. What helped the woman most in learning foreign languages
A. Listening to the radio.
B. Studying in the university.
C. Traveling in these countries.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。
13. How does the man feel about flying
A. Excited. B. Bored. C. Scared.
14. Who has a driver’s license
A. The man. B. The woman. C. Neither of the speakers.
15. What does the woman say about traveling by bus
A. It’s unpleasant and inconvenient.
B. It’s great to see the scenery.
C. It’s exciting to meet other passengers.
16. What means of transportation will the speakers take to get to Georgia
A. The plane. B. The train. C. The car.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. What was the speaker’s feeling this morning
A. Excited. B. Tired. C. Nervous.
18 When did the 100-meter freestyle begin
A. At 8:00. B. At 8:30. C. At 9:10.
19. What was the speaker a little disappointed at
A. The result of her competition.
B. Other swimmers’ behaviors.
C. The judge’s instructions.
20. What was the score of the speaker’s team
A. 47 points. B. 50 points. C. 53 points.
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
Can you regain the thrill of reading that you experienced as a child Time to dust off some of the best childhood classics ever written.
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
This is the story of five-year-old Heidi an orphan (孤儿) who is sent to live with her rough grandfather in the Swiss Alps and charms everyone she meets with her sunny personality-from the scary grandfather to Peter the shepherd, his blind grandmother and, in fact, the goats.
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
It tells the story of rebellious (叛逆的) Katy Carr and her violent brothers and sisters running relatively wild, despite the best efforts of their father and long-suffering aunt. There are a lot of life lessons provided in these pages but it’s never high-handed, always gentle and quietly inspiring.
The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden
This story is about magic, Christmas and the power of making wishes. The series of events that bring Holly and Ivy together wouldn’t stand up in real life for a nano-second, but the story is so movingly told that every time you read it, your faith is restored in the wonder of Christmas-a time when dreams come true and wonders can happen.
The Flight of the Doves by Walter Macken
It presents the fast, crazy and hair-raising journey of orphaned brothers and sisters Finn and Derval Dove, on the run across England to escape the control of their evil stepfather and reach their beloved Irish granny in the west of Ireland.
1. Which of the following best describes What Katy Did
A. Wild.
B. Violent.
C. Abstract.
D. Encouraging.
2. What kind of book is The Story of Holly and Ivy
A. A folk tale.
B. A fantasy story
C. A legend story.
D. A science fiction
3. What do Heidi and The Flight of the Doves have in common
A. They tell about a bad father.
B. Their stories happen in Britain.
C. They are about a frightening trip.
D. Their main characters lose parents.
【答案】1. D 2. B 3. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了一些最好的童年经典著作。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge中的“There are a lot of life lessons provided in these pages but it’s never high-handed, always gentle and quietly inspiring.( 在这些页面上提供了许多人生课程，但它从来都不是专横的，总是温柔和安静的鼓舞人心)”可知Heidi What Katy Did这本书是鼓舞人心的，故选D。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden中的“This story is about magic, Christmas and the power of making wishes.( 这个故事是关于魔法、圣诞节和许愿的力量的)”可知The Story of Holly and Ivy是一本奇幻故事，故选B。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据Heidi by Johanna Spyri中的“This is the story of five-year-old Heidi, an orphan(孤儿)( 这是一个5岁的孤儿海蒂的故事)”和The Flight of the Doves by Walter Macken中的“It presents the fast, crazy and hair-raising journey of orphaned brothers and sisters Finn and Derval Dove (这部电影讲述了孤儿兄弟芬恩和德瓦尔·达夫的快速、疯狂和令人毛骨悚然的旅程)”可知这两部书的主人公都是孤儿，故选D。
B
Frederick Banting hated school. Having grown up on a farm near Alliston, Ontario, Fred was a good worker but felt uncomfortable and unaccepted in a town school. After graduation, he began studies to become a minister. When that did not go well, he changed his goal to medicine. World War I arrived, and the great need for field medics (救护人员) resulted in the early graduation of Fred. After the war, the young Canadian doctor returned home to set up his practice. Just then he began to focus on articles on diabetes (糖尿病), a disease that had claimed the life of a neighbour’s child.
To solve the problem of this disease, Fred approached Dr. J. J. R. Macleod at the University of Toronto and eventually convinced Dr. Macleod to support him. In 1920, Fred happily entered a poorly equipped laboratory and was given a young assistant named Charles Best. Fred and Charles worked day and night, but early results in producing the hormone (激素) preparation they called insulin (胰岛素) were discouraging. Many of the animals they treated died. Finally one animal survived for several weeks. The team appeared to be finally getting somewhere, and it was time to move on to human subjects. Before treating human patients, however, Fred and Charles tested the safety of their insulin each other. Their tests were a triumph.
The first patient to be treated was a fourteen-year-old boy named Leonard. The year was 1921. The poor boy weighed only seventy-five pounds, and he was barely alive. But the new insulin treatment administered by Fred and Charles was a great success. Leonard gained weight, and his health dramatically improved.
In 1923, the Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded jointly to Canadian doctors Frederick Banting and J. J. R. Macleod. Fred could have made himself a millionaire with his discovery. Instead, he sold his patent for the production of insulin to the University of Toronto-for one dollar-so that the drug could be marketed cheaply and thousands of lives could be saved and improved. Thanks to Fred, diabetics are able to live normal lives where before it was impossible.
4. What does paragraph I focus on
A. Why Fred graduated early.
B. How Fred took up the research.
C. Why Fred changed his life goal.
D. What Fred experienced in the war.
5. What does the underlined word “triumph” mean in paragraph2
A. Victory.
B. Reference.
C. Challenge.
D. Demonstration.
6. Why did Fred sell his patent
A. To make money.
B. To earn reputation.
C. To benefit patients.
D. To promote insulin.
7. Which of the following is probably the best title for the text
A. A Successful Test
B. A Famous Doctor
C. An Unlikely Hero
D. A Great Discovery
【答案】4. B 5. A 6. C 7. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了无名英雄Fred在一战后投身于糖尿病研究，在Macleod博士的支持下研制出胰岛素，并在1923年获得诺贝尔奖。本可以成为百万富翁，但最终Fred以一美元的价格卖掉了该专利，希望能让更多的病人得到救治。
4题详解】
主旨大意题。第一段“After graduation, he began studies to become a minister. When that did not go well, he changed his goal to medicine. World War I arrived, and the great need for field medics (救护人员) resulted in the early graduation of Fred. After the war, the young Canadian doctor returned home to set up his practice. Just then he began to focus on articles on diabetes (糖尿病), a disease that had claimed the life of a neighbour’s child. (毕业后，他开始学习成为一名牧师。当事情进展不顺利时，他把目标转向了医学。第一次世界大战到来，对战地医生的巨大需求导致Fred提前毕业。战争结束后，这位年轻的加拿大医生回到家中开始行医。就在那时，他开始专注于糖尿病方面的文章，一种夺去邻居孩子生命的疾病)”以时间顺序讲述了Fred毕业后的一系列发展：从学习成为牧师到战地医生再到最后开始研究糖尿病。所以第一段重点是Fred是如何开始从事这项（糖尿病）研究的。故答案为B。
【5题详解】
词义猜测题。第二段“Their tests were a triumph.”中的Their tests指代Fred 和Charles在他们自己身上做的胰岛素实验。根据前一句“Before treating human patients, however, Fred and Charles tested the safety of their insulin each other. (然而，在治疗人类患者之前，Fred 和Charles相互测试了胰岛素的安全性)”可知，在真正治疗人类病人之前，他们首先要在自己身上做实验查看效果。再根据第三段“But the new insulin treatment administered by Fred and Charles was a great success. Leonard gained weight, and his health dramatically improved. (但Fred 和Charles实施的新胰岛素治疗取得了巨大成功。Leonard 体重增加，他的健康状况显著改善)”可知他们治疗的第一个病人取得成功，由此推测出，Fred和Charles在自己身上的实验成功之后，他们才会真正去治疗人类病人且取得成功。故划线部分triumph是“成功”的含义。故答案为A。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“Instead, he sold his patent for the production of insulin to the University of Toronto-for one dollar-so that the drug could be marketed cheaply and thousands of lives could be saved and improved. (相反，他以一美元的价格将自己的胰岛素生产专利卖给了多伦多大学，这样这种药物就能廉价上市，挽救和改善成千上万的生命)”可知Fred卖出专利的原因是想让更多的病人得到救治，所以C选项“让病人受益”符合题意。故答案为C。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了无名英雄Fred在战后投身于糖尿病研究，在Macleod博士的支持下研制出胰岛素，并在1923年获得诺贝尔奖。本可以成为百万富翁，但最终Fred以一美元的价格卖掉了该专利希望能让更多的病人得到救治，所以C选项“一位难以置信的英雄”可以作为文章标题。故答案为C。
C
Baby bats learn language from peers (同伴) in their social group, and will adopt the group’s dialect, or accent, instead of their mother’s, researchers said on Tuesday. The findings shed new light on crowd-learning of language, a skill thought to belong mainly to humans and just a few other mammals. It also shows that bats are different from songbirds, which tend to learn songs by copying one of their parents. “The ability to copy vocalizations (发音) from others is extremely important for speech learning in humans, but it’s believed to be rare among animals”, said lead author Yossi Yovel of Tel Aviv University.
For the study, researchers captured 14 pregnant Egyptian fruit bats. They separated them into three different bat social groups, where they raised the young bats with their mothers. Each bat group was exposed to a different recording of bat vocalizations. “The baby bats all adopted the manner of vocalizing of the group they heard, not their mothers. The difference between the vocalizations of the mother bat and those of the group is comparable to the difference in a London accent and, say, a Scottish accent,” Yovel said.
“The babies heard their mothers’ London dialect, but also heard the Scottish dialect produced by many dozens of Scottish bats. The babies eventually adopted a dialect that was more similar to the local Scottish dialect than to the London accent of their mothers.” Researchers hope to conduct future studies to examine how bats’ dialects change when they leave their social groups, and if it affects how they integrate with others.
8. What are the latest findings about bats
A. Bats are born to adopt their mother’s dialect.
B. Bats can understand peers with different dialects.
C. Bats’ accents are influenced by their peer’s accents.
D. Bats pick up language quickly in company with their peers.
9. In paragraph 2, what does the underlined word they refer to
A. Accents. B. Baby bats.
C. Researchers. D. Mother bats.
10. Why are London and Scottish accent mentioned
A. To show the differences in dialects among social groups.
B. To explain why bat produce different sounds.
C. To indicate the birthplace of baby bats.
D. To compare how the two accents influenced understanding.
11. What will the future study most probably focus on
A. How bats adopt a new dialect after entering a new social group.
B. What changes might occur to bats’ accent after entering a new social group.
C. Whether bats leave their social group if they change their accents.
D. Why some bats fail to be accepted in a new group after they are born.
【答案】8. C 9. C 10. A 11. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一项关于蝙蝠学习语言的研究结论：蝙蝠宝宝从他们所在社群同伴那里学习语言，并会采用该群体的方言或口音，而不是它们母亲的口音。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一句“Baby bats learn language from peers (同伴) in their social group, and will adopt the group’s dialect, or accent, instead of their mother’s, researchers said on Tuesday.（研究人员于本周二称，蝙蝠宝宝会向其所在社会群体的同龄人学习语言，并且会采用该群体的方言或口音，而不是它们母亲的。）”可知，蝙蝠宝宝的口音受它同伴的口音的影响。故选C项。
【9题详解】
词句猜测题。第二段中“For the study, researchers captured 14 pregnant Egyptian fruit bats. They separated them into three different bat social groups, where they raised the young bats with their mothers.（在这项研究中，研究人员捕获了14只怀孕的埃及果蝠。研究人员将它们分成三个不同的蝙蝠群体，让它们和妈妈一起抚养。）”they在where引导的定语从句中充当主语，谓语动词是raised（养育），宾语是the young bats（蝙蝠宝宝），with their mothers做伴随状语。根据整句的逻辑关系，they指代的是前文提到的researchers。故选C项。
【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“The difference between the vocalizations of the mother bat and those of the group is comparable to the difference in a London accent and, say, a Scottish accent,” Yovel said.（母蝙蝠和其他同类蝙蝠发声的差别相当于伦敦口音和苏格兰口音的差别，Yovel说。）”可知，Yovel用伦敦口音和苏格兰口音来比喻母蝙蝠和其他同类蝙蝠发音的区别，从而让读者更形象地理解在社群中不同的方言之间的差异。故选A项。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一句“Researchers hope to conduct future studies to examine how bats’ dialects change when they leave their social groups, and if it affects how they integrate with others.（研究人员希望进行进一步的研究，以检验蝙蝠离开自己的社会群体时，它们的方言是如何变化的，以及这种变化是否会影响它们与其它蝙蝠的融合。）”可知，研究者还想进一步研究蝙蝠在离开当前社群进入另一个新的社群时，它们的方言会发生怎样的变化。故选B项。
D
If you’re homeless and looking for a temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eyes to make sure you don’t have a fever. That’s just one of the ways public safety agencies are starting to use Spot, a new robot that runs around with quick movement.
The police officials experimenting with the four-legged machines say they’re just another tool to keep emergency responders out of harm’s way as they search for dangers.
Joseph O’Neal, an officer of the Honolulu Police Department, said the robot has protected officers, shelter staff and residents by scanning body temperatures between mealtimes at a shelter where homeless people could quarantine (隔离) and get tested for COVID-19. The robot is also used to remotely interview individuals who have tested positive.
The company that makes the robots, Boston Dynamics, says it’s trying to do a good job of explaining to the public and its customers what Spot can and cannot do. “One of the most difficult tasks is accurately explaining the state of the technology to people who have never had personal experience with it,” said Michael Perry, vice president of the company.
There are roughly 500 Spot robots now in the wild. Perry said they’re commonly used by companies to check dangerous areas. Spot is also used to monitor construction sites, mines and factories, equipped with whatever sensor is needed for the job.
It’s still mostly controlled by humans, though all they have to do is tell it which direction to go and it can climb stairs or cross over rough areas. It can also operate autonomously, but only if it’s already memorized a road and there aren’t too many surprise obstacles (障碍). “The first value that most people see in the robot is taking a person out of a dangerous situation,” Perry said.
12. What do police officials use Spot robots do
A. Treat patients’ fever. B. Take people’s body temperature.
C. Protect homeless people. D. Find out patients’ eye problems.
13. What’s the main idea of paragraph 3
A. The shelter where people get tested. B. The characteristic of the four-legged machine.
C. The future development of the robots. D. The function of the robotic police dog.
14. What’s the company’s big challenge
A. How to describe the technology. B. How to win its customers’ trust.
C. How to promote Spot robots. D. How to produce more Spot robots.
15. What can we infer about Spot robots from the last paragraph
A. They can plan their own road easily. B. They can choose direction themselves.
C. They can overcome many obstacles. D. They can remember a familiar road.
【答案】12. B 13. D 14. A 15. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一个名为Spot的机器人，它可以在疫情期间检测人们的体温和检查一些危险区域等。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段“Joseph O’Neal, an officer of the Honolulu Police Department, said the robot has protected officers, shelter staff and residents by scanning body temperatures between mealtimes at a shelter where homeless people could quarantine (隔离) and get tested for COVID-19. (檀香山警察局警官约瑟夫·奥尼尔说，这个机器人通过在避难所的用餐时间扫描体温来保护警察、避难所的工作人员和居民，无家可归的人可以在那里隔离并接受COVID-19检测。该机器人还用于远程采访检测呈阳性的人)”可知，警察使用Spot机器人测量人们的体温。故选B。
【13题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第三段“Joseph O’Neal, an officer of the Honolulu Police Department, said the robot has protected officers, shelter staff and residents by scanning body temperatures between mealtimes at a shelter where homeless people could quarantine (隔离) and get tested for COVID-19. The robot is also used to remotely interview individuals who have tested positive. (檀香山警察局的警官约瑟夫·奥尼尔说，这个机器人通过在避难所的用餐时间扫描体温来保护警察、避难所的工作人员和居民，无家可归的人可以在那里隔离并接受COVID-19检测。该机器人还用于远程采访检测呈阳性的人)”可知，第三段主要讲的是机器人警犬的功能。故选D。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段““One of the most difficult tasks is accurately explaining the state of the technology to people who have never had personal experience with it,” said Michael Perry, vice president of the company. (该公司副总裁Michael Perry说：“最困难的任务之一是向从未亲身体验过这项技术的人准确解释这项技术的现状。”)”可知，公司面临的最大挑战是如何描述这项技术。故选A。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“It can also operate autonomously, but only if it's already memorized a road and there aren’t too many surprise obstacles (障碍). (它也可以自动驾驶，但前提是它已经记住了一条路，而且没有太多出人意料的障碍)”可知，我们可以从最后一段中推断出Spot机器人能记住一条熟悉的路。故选D。
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。
It can be hard to be enthusiastic about your job after you’ve been at it for a while. This doesn’t necessarily mean you need a new job. There are so many different things you can try to help make your present job feel a little more exciting.
Change your routine. ___16___ The first thing in the morning for you to do is to check your emails. Do you think you really need to do so Is there a reason why teams always meet at a certain time Start by questioning the way you’ve gotten used to doing things. ___17___
Don’t be serious with yourself. It’s important to take your work seriously, but that doesn’t mean you have to take yourself too seriously. Happiness matters. ___18___ So, allow yourself to have some laughs and some fun with friends at work from time to time.
Take a vacation. Just because you feel bored at work, that doesn’t mean you aren’t also super busy and maybe even stressed. Routine tasks can be both dull and stressful. Stress and tension can affect feelings. ___19___ Maybe you’d feel less bored at work after having a bit of time to relax yourself.
___20___ A really effective way to add a little freshness to your life is to devote yourself to learning something new every day. It doesn’t have to be something big, or something hard. You could just watch a Ted Talk video about a topic that interests you, for example. It doesn’t even have to relate directly to your job. Just learning one new thing each day should help bring a little excitement to your routine.
A. Then, change it up a bit.
B. Learn something new every day.
C. And, it’s important to have fun at work.
D. Make more friends while working hard.
E. Maybe a vacation would do you some good.
F. You don’t have to quit your old job to learn something difficult.
G. One of the first steps toward shaking things up is to look at your daily pattern.
【答案】16. G 17. A 18. C 19. E 20. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了在工作一段时间后，人们很难再对工作充满热情。但是这并不一定意味着需要一份新工作，作者介绍了很多不同的方法使我们对工作更有激情。
【16题详解】
根据段首句“Change your routine.(改变你的日常生活)”可知，本段主要内容围绕着每日日常生活。再根据下文“The first thing in the morning for you to do is to check your emails. Do you think you really need to do so Is there a reason why teams always meet at a certain time Start by questioning the way you’ve gotten used to doing things.(早晨你做的第一件事是检查你的电子邮件。你认为你真的需要这样做吗？团队总是在特定的时间会面，这有什么原因吗？从质疑你习惯做事的方式开始)”可知，文章认为需要审视自己的每日日常。选项G“One of the first steps toward shaking things up is to look at your daily pattern.(改变现状的第一步就是看看你的日常生活模式)”与上下文一致。故选G。
【17题详解】
根据段首句“Change your routine.(改变你的日常生活)”以及空前“Start by questioning the way you’ve gotten used to doing things.(从质疑你习惯做事的方式开始)”可知，上文希望读者能够考虑之后稍作改变。选项A“Then, change it up a bit. (那么，稍微改变一下)”符合文意。故选A。
【18题详解】
根据上文“It’s important to take your work seriously, but that doesn’t mean you have to take yourself too seriously. Happiness matters.(认真对待你的工作是很重要的，但这并不意味着你要太认真对待自己。幸福很重要)”以及下文“So, allow yourself to have some laughs and some fun with friends at work from time to time. (所以，允许自己在工作中时不时地和朋友们一起开怀大笑)”可知，作者认为享受乐趣也很重要。选项C“And, it’s important to have fun at work. (而且，在工作中享受乐趣很重要)”与上下文内容一致。故选C。
【19题详解】
根据段首句“Take a vacation. (去度个假)”可知，作者建议在工作之余去度假。空后“Maybe you’d feel less bored at work after having a bit of time to relax yourself. (也许在有一点时间放松自己之后，你工作时就不会那么无聊了)”推知，空处指出度假是一件让人放松的事情。选项E“Maybe a vacation would do you some good. (也许度假会对你有好处)”提议读者放个假，与下文内容一致。故选E。
【20题详解】
空处为段首句，为本段中心句。根据下文“A really effective way to add a little freshness to your life is to devote yourself to learning something new every day. It doesn’t have to be something big, or something hard. You could just watch a Ted Talk video about a topic that interests you, for example. It doesn’t even have to relate directly to your job. Just learning one new thing each day should help bring a little excitement to your routine. (给你的生活增添一点新鲜感的一个真正有效的方法是每天致力于学习一些新东西。不一定是什么大事，也不一定是什么难事。例如，你可以看一个关于你感兴趣的话题的Ted Talk视频。它甚至不必与你的工作直接相关。每天只学一件新东西就能给你的日常生活带来一点兴奋)”可知，本段主要内容为，每天学点新东西。选项B“Learn something new every day. (每天学点新东西)”与下文内容一致。故选B。
第三部分 语言运用 (共三节，满分30)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
A daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable. She didn’t know how she was going to ____21____ it. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon____22____. She was always worried and ____23____ of fighting and struggling all the time.
Her father, a chef, took her to the ____24____. He filled three pots with water and ____25____ each on a high fire. Once the water began to boil, he put potatoes, eggs and ground coffee beans into the pots ____26____. After twenty minutes he____27____ the burners. He put the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and dished the coffee out into a cup.
“Look closer”, he explained the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same ____28____ the boiling water. However, each one ____29____ differently.
The potato became ____30____ and soft in boiling water. ____31____ being fragile(易碎的),the egg became hard inside. However, the ground coffee beans were ____32____. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and ____33____ something new, whose rich sweet smell makes people ____34____
The father asked “When trouble knocks on your door, are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean ” These words made the daughter lost in thought and seemed to cast____35____ on her attitude to life.
21. A. manage B. switch C. grasp D. defend
22. A. poured B. followed C. integrated D. joined
23. A. afraid B. fond C. aware D. tired
24. A. restaurant B. market C. kitchen D. restroom
25. A. struck B. placed C. pushed D. lifted
26. A. impatiently B. separately C. totally D. accidentally
27. A. turned off B. broke down C. took away D. straightened up
28. A. aim B. setting C. choice D. trouble
29. A. expanded B. reacted C. responded D. struggled
30. A. big B. rotten C. weak D. fresh
31. A. Apart from B. As for C. Instead of D. Due to
32. A. secure B. strange C. similar D. unique
33. A. linked B. tackled C. created D. added
34. A. surprised B. excited C. amused D. addicted
35. A. light B. doubt C. shadow D. attention
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. B 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. C 31. C 32. D 33. C 34. D 35. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍一个女孩告诉爸爸她不知道生活如何成功，厌倦于努力，奋斗，想放弃，爸爸将她带到厨房，用胡萝卜，鸡蛋和咖啡分别在锅里面煮，让孩子看这三种东西的反应，从而启发孩子在逆境的时候应该怎么做。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她不知道该怎么处理。A. manage管理；B. switch转变；C. grasp掌握；D. defend保卫。根据上句“A daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable(一个女儿向她的父亲抱怨她的生活很悲惨)”可知，她的生活很悲惨，她不知道该怎么处理。故选A。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：似乎一个问题刚解决，另一个问题很快就会随之而来。A. poured倾倒，倒出；B. followed跟着；C. integrated合并；D. joined参加。根据上文“A daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable(一个女儿向她的父亲抱怨她的生活很悲惨)”可知，一个问题解决，另一个问题随之出现。故选B。
【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她总是担心，厌倦了一直在奋斗和挣扎。A. afraid害怕的；B. fond喜爱的；C. aware知道的，明白的；D. tired感到疲劳；厌倦。根据本句中“fighting and struggling all the time.( 一直在奋斗和挣扎)”可知，她厌倦了一直在奋斗和挣扎，be tired of…厌倦……。故选D。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她的父亲是一名厨师，他把她带到厨房。A. restaurant餐厅；B. market市场；C. kitchen厨房；D. restroom洗手间。根据本句“Her father, a chef(她的父亲是一名厨师)”可知，爸爸带她到了厨房。故选C。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他把三个罐子装满水，放在大火上烧。A. struck打，撞；B. placed放置；C. pushed推；D. lifted举起。根据本句“on a high fire (放在大火上)”可知，爸爸把三个罐子放在大火上烧。故选B。
【26题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：当水开始沸腾时，他将土豆、鸡蛋和磨碎的咖啡豆分别放入锅中。A. impatiently不耐烦地；B. separately单独地，分别地；C. totally总共地；D. accidentally意外地，偶然地。根据后文“He put the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and dished the coffee out into a cup (他把土豆和鸡蛋放在碗里，把咖啡倒进杯子里)”可知，他将土豆、鸡蛋和磨碎的咖啡豆分别放入锅中。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：二十分钟后，他关掉了炉子。A. turned off关掉；B. broke down打破；C. took away拿走，取走；D. straightened up改正；清理。根据后文“He put the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and dished the coffee out into a cup (他把土豆和鸡蛋放在碗里，把咖啡倒进杯子里)”可知，爸爸关掉了炉子。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他解释说，土豆、鸡蛋和咖啡豆都面临着同样的麻烦——沸水。A. aim目标；B. setting放置；C. choice选择；D. trouble困难。根据本句“ the boiling water(沸水)”可知，这是土豆、鸡蛋和咖啡豆都面临的困难。故选D。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，每个的反应都不同。A. expanded扩大；B. reacted反应；C. responded回复；D. struggled奋斗、努力。根据后文“The potato became ____10____ and soft in boiling water. ____11____ being fragile(易碎的),the egg became hard inside(土豆在沸水里变得又软又软。鸡蛋的内部变得坚硬，而不是脆弱。然而，磨碎的咖啡豆是独一无二的)”可知，每个的反应都不同。故选B。
【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：土豆在沸水里变得又软又软。A. big大的；B. rotten腐烂的，发臭的；C. weak虚弱的；D. fresh新鲜的。根据本句“and soft in boiling water (在沸水里变软)”可知，土豆在沸水里变得又弱又软。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：鸡蛋的内部变得坚硬，而不是脆弱。A. Apart from远离，除……之外；B. As for关于，至于；C. Instead of代替；D. Due to由于。根据本句“the egg became hard inside (鸡蛋的内部变硬了)”可知，鸡蛋的内部变得坚硬，而不是脆弱。故选C。
【32题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，磨碎的咖啡豆是独一无二的。A. secure稳固的；B. strange奇怪的；C. similar相似的；D. unique独一无二的。根据后文“After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and ____13____ something new(当它们暴露在沸水中后，它们改变了水，创造了新的东西)”可知，磨碎的咖啡豆是独一无二的。故选D。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当它们暴露在沸水中后，它们改变了水，创造了新的东西。A. linked联系；B. tackled解决，处理；C. created创造；D. added增加。根据本句“something new (某个新的东西)”可知，是创造出了新的东西。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们改变了水，创造了新的东西，它浓郁的甜味让人上瘾。A. surprised惊讶的；B. excited兴奋的；C. amused被逗乐的，觉得好笑的；D. addicted（吸毒）成瘾的，上瘾的。根据本句“rich sweet smell (浓郁的甜味)”可知，它浓郁的甜味让人上瘾。故选D。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些话使女儿陷入了沉思，似乎使她对生活的态度有了新的认识。A. light光；B. doubt怀疑；C. shadow影子；D. attention注意力。根据上文“The father asked “When trouble knocks on your door, are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean (父亲问：当麻烦来敲门的时候，你是土豆、鸡蛋还是咖啡豆？)”可知，父亲的这些话让小女孩陷入深思。cast light on使明白。故选A。
第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
语法填空
The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BCE. ____36____ , they died out around the year 393. It was in 1896, in Athens that the modern Olympic Games ____37____ (hold) first. A Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin ____38____ dream was that the Olympics would make it possible for people to live side by side in peace brought the Olympics back to life. Since then, ____39____ (motivate) by the Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger”, thousands of ____40____ (high) trained and talented athletes ____41____ (devote) themselves to achieving sporting excellence and pushing the boundaries of human achievement, such as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Jessica Ennis-Hill and so on.
Chinese athletes have also made important ____42____ (contribute) to the Olympics. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, China returned ____43____ the Olympics after 32 years’ absence and Xu Haifeng won our country’s first-ever gold medal. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Liu Xiang became the first Asian ____44____ (win) the gold medal in the men’s 110-metre hurdles. In 2008, in addition to hosting the Olympic for the first time, China also ranked first in the medal table. The year 2022 was another historic moment for China, as Beijing won ____45____ election to host the Winter Olympics.
【答案】36. However
37. were held
38. whose 39. motivated
40. highly 41. have devoted
42. contributions 43. to
44. to win 45. the
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述奥林匹克的历史以及中国的奥运史。
【36题详解】
考查副词。句意：然而，它们在393年左右灭绝了。前文描述“古代奥运会开始于公元前776年”，二空后描述“古代奥运会在393年灭绝”，前后为转折关系，且有逗号与主句隔开，所以空处需要副词however“然而”。故填However。
【37题详解】
考查时态语态。句意：1896年，现代奥林匹克运动会首次在雅典举行。分析句子结构可知，句子使用了强调句型，空处为句子的谓语动词。根据时间状语in 1896可知，句子为一般过去时态；主语和动词之间为被动关系，所以该句子为一般过去时态的被动语态，主语为复数。故填were held。
【38题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：法国人皮埃尔·德·顾拜旦的梦想是奥运会让人们能够和平共处，他让奥运会复活了。分析句子结构可知，空处引导定语从句，修饰先行词 Pierre de Coubertin。先行词指人，在定语从句中作定语，所以用关系代词whose引导。故填whose。
【39题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：从那时起，在奥林匹克格言“更快、更高、更强”的激励下，成千上万训练有素、才华横溢的运动员致力于实现卓越的体育运动，并突破人类成就的界限，如穆罕默德·阿里、迈克尔·乔丹、杰西卡·恩尼斯·希尔等。分析句子结构可知，句中已有谓语动词，所以空处为非谓语动词作状语。该动词和逻辑主语athletes 之间为被动关系，所以用过去分词。故填motivated。
【40题详解】
考查副词。句意：从那时起，在奥林匹克格言“更快、更高、更强”的激励下，成千上万训练有素、才华横溢的运动员致力于实现卓越的体育运动，并突破人类成就的界限，如穆罕默德·阿里、迈克尔·乔丹、杰西卡·恩尼斯·希尔等。空处需要副词修饰后面的动词。故填highly。
【41题详解】
考查时态。句意：从那时起，在奥林匹克格言“更快、更高、更强”的激励下，成千上万训练有素、才华横溢的运动员致力于实现卓越的体育运动，并突破人类成就的界限，如穆罕默德·阿里、迈克尔·乔丹、杰西卡·恩尼斯·希尔等。分析句子结构可知，空处为句子的谓语动词。根据时间状语since then可知，句子为现在完成时态，主语为复数。故填have devoted。
【42题详解】
考查名词。句意：中国运动员也为奥运会做出了重要贡献。make contributions to“为……做出贡献”。故填contributions。
【43题详解】
考查介词。句意：在1984年洛杉矶奥运会上，中国在阔别32年后重返奥运会，许海峰为中国赢得了首枚金牌。return to“回到……”。故填to。
【44题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：在2004年雅典奥运会上，刘翔成为第一个获得男子110米栏金牌亚洲人。分析句子结构可知，空处需要非谓语动词作定语。当名词前面有序数词修饰的时候，需要动词不定式作后置定语。故填to win.
【45题详解】
考查冠词。句意：2022年是中国的又一个历史性时刻，北京赢得了冬奥会的主办权。空处需要冠词修饰后面的名词。空处特指赢得冬奥会的主办权的选举，所以需要定冠词the。故填the。
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假如你是李华, 上个月你们学校举行了秋季运动会, 你的英国笔友Tom对此很感兴趣, 请你给他写一封回信, 介绍运动会的有关情况。内容应包括：
1. 运动会的基本情况（时间、地点和项目）：
2. 你参加比赛的情况：
3. 你对此次运动会的感受。
注意：1. 词数80左右：
2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】Dear Tom,
How nice to hear from you again! Learning you are interested in our school sports meeting, I am writing to tell you something about it. It was held on the school playground last month and lasted 2 days in all with various activities included.
We enjoyed different events like relay races and some fun games. As I wanted to challenge myself, I participated in the 1500-meter race. I struggled hard for the whole race with my classmates cheering me. I finished last, but I was still proud of myself.
As for me, the sports meeting not only offered us students a good chance to relax ourselves, but also taught us the importance of teamwork and the courage of facing challenges.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【分析】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生给英国笔友Tom写信，介绍运动会的有关情况。
【详解】第一步：审题
体裁：应用文
时态：根据提示，时态主要为一般过去时为主。
结构：总分法
总分法指把主题句作为总说，把支持句作为分说，并以这种方式安排所写内容。
要求：
1. 运动会的基本情况（时间、地点和项目）；
2. 你参加比赛的情况；
3. 你对此次运动会的感受。
第二步:列提纲 （重点词组）
hear from，be interested in，last，participate in，struggle，as for，a good chance，facing challenge，look forward to
第三步：连词成句
1.How nice to hear from you again!
2.Learning you are interested in our school sports meeting, I am writing to tell you something about it.
3.It was held on the school playground last month and lasted 2 days in all with various activities included.
4.As I wanted to challenge myself, I participated in the 1500-meter race.
5.I struggled hard for the whole race with my classmates cheering me.
6.As for me, the sports meeting not only offered us students a good chance to relax ourselves, but also taught us the importance of teamwork and the courage of facing challenges.
7.Looking forward to hearing from you!
根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句，注意主谓一致和时态问题。
第四步：连句成篇（衔接词）
1.表文章结构顺序：First of all, Firstly/First, econdly/Second… （供参考）
2.表并列补充关系：What is more, Besides, Moreover, Furthermore, In addition As well as, not only…but (also), including（供参考）
3.表转折对比关系：However, On the contrary, but, Although+clause(从句)（供参考）
4.表因果关系：Because, As, So, Thus, Therefore, As a result（供参考）
连句成文，注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡，书写一定要规范清晰，
【点睛】[高分句型1] Learning you are interested in our school sports meeting, I am writing to tell you something about it.使用了现在分词作状语；
[高分句型2] As I wanted to challenge myself, I participated in the 1500-meter race.使用了状语从句；
[高分句型3] As for me, the sports meeting not only offered us students a good chance to relax ourselves, but also taught us the importance of teamwork and the courage of facing challenges.使用了not only…but also…
第二节 (满分25分)
47. 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。
What Goes Around Comes Around
One day an old lady was trapped on the side of the road in the dim light.No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so.Then a man looking poor and hungry pulled up in front of her car and got out.He could see that she was frightened,standing out there in the cold. He said,“ I’m here to help you, ma’am. Why not wait in the car where it’s warm By the way,my name is Bryan Anderson.”
Well，all she had was a flat tire，but for an old lady，that was bad enough. Bryan crawled(蜷缩) under the car looking for a place to put he jack(千斤顶)，skinning his fingers a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he got dirty and his hands hurt.
The old lady told him she was from St.Louis and was only just passing through.She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped.She couldn’t thank him enough for coming to her aid and asked how much she owed him.Any amount would have been all right with her.
Bryan just smiled and told her that if she really wanted to pay him back,the next time she saw someone who needed help,she could give that person the assistance they needed.Bryan added, “And think of me.”He never thought twice about being paid. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.
He waited until she started her car and drove off. A few miles down the road the old lady saw a small dirty-looking restaurant.She went in and ordered a simple meal priced at 5S.The waitress was to give birth to her baby in a month but she was still busy clearing tables, filling sugar bowls and serving people. At that moment she remembered Bryan.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
After finishing the meal, the old lady paid with one 100S bill.
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Just then the waitress spotted some more money and a note on the table.
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【答案】One possible version:
After finishing the meal, the old lady paid with one 100$ bill. The waitress took over the bill, bowed to say “Thanks” politely and told her to wait a moment for her change. She quickly went to the cashier’s counter to get change, but at that time the old lady slipped out of the door quietly. When the waitress came back to her seat, the old lady was nowhere to be found. The waitress looked around anxiously, trying to find her but in vain. She wondered what had happened to the lady
Just then the waitress spotted some more money and a note on the table. She took up the note in surprise and read the words on it, “You don’t owe me anything. Somebody once helped me out in the same way. If you really want to pay me back, just let this chain of love continue with you.” Looking down at the money, she couldn’t hold back her tears. She knew it was going to be hard with the baby due next month, which kept her husband worried a lot. But now she was just eager to tell him: “Everything’s going to be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.”
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了一个寒冷的晚上一位老太太在路上遇到爆胎，向路人求助无果，最后看上去又穷又饿Bryan帮老太太换了轮胎，当老太太要给钱给他的时候，遭到了Bryan拒绝，他希望老太太能把这份爱传递下去，给需要帮助的人，最后老太太来到一个餐馆就餐，看到了下月就要生孩子的女服务员还在工作。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由首句内容“吃完饭后，老太太付了一张100美元的账单。”可知，这段可重点写女服务员收了钱后谢谢老太太，等她找零回来的时候，发现老太太已经离开，她不知道该怎么办。
②由第二段首句内容“就在这时，服务员发现桌上还有一些钱和一张纸条。”可知，第二段可描写女服务发现便条，知道这钱是老太太故意留给自己的，她很感动，因为现在她正缺钱，这解了她燃眉之急。
2.续写线索：女服务员收钱找零——发现老太太不在了——女服务员不知所措——发现桌上便条——了解事情缘由——女服务员感动
3.词汇激活
行为类
①.溜走：slip/slip away /leave stealthily /slope off
②.返回：come back/return
③.帮助：help/ assist /do sb a favor/aid
情绪类
①.焦虑地：worriedly /anxiously/ in anxiety/nervously
②.惊讶地：in surprise/in amazement/in astonishment
③.渴望的：eager/ longing/ thirsty
【点睛】[高分句型1]. The waitress looked around anxiously, trying to find her but in vain. （运用了现在分词作状语）
[高分句型2].She knew it was going to be hard with the baby due next month, which kept her husband worried a lot. （运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句）2022—2023学年上学期期中质量检测
高二英语
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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. Where will the man sit
A. Next to the woman. B. Behind the woman. C. Next to the woman’s friend.
2. How much does one ticket cost
A. $20. B. $40. C. $80.
3. What will the man do this Tuesday
A. Deliver a speech. B. Meet his lawyer. C. Hold a conference.
4. What can be inferred about the girl
A. She was ill in bed.
B. She passed the exam.
C. She is telling a lie.
5. What would the woman like to do with the package
A. Wrap it by herself. B. Have it delivered. C. Take it with her.
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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. What is most probably the woman
A. A mechanic. B. A saleswoman. C. A student.
7. What will the woman do next
A. Ask Jim for help.
B Use the man’s laptop.
C. Buy a new computer.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8. Where was the woman born
A. In America. B. In Britain. C. In Argentina.
9. What are the speakers probably doing
A. Catching up with each other.
B. Having a job interview.
C. Talking about travel experiences.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。
10. What’s the relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student.
B. TV host and guest.
C. Classmates.
11. What language is the woman studying now
A. Spanish. B. French. C. English.
12. What helped the woman most in learning foreign languages
A. Listening to the radio.
B. Studying in the university.
C. Traveling in these countries.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。
13. How does the man feel about flying
A. Excited. B. Bored. C. Scared.
14. Who has a driver’s license
A. The man. B. The woman. C. Neither of the speakers.
15. What does the woman say about traveling by bus
A. It’s unpleasant and inconvenient.
B. It’s great to see the scenery.
C. It’s exciting to meet other passengers.
16. What means of transportation will the speakers take to get to Georgia
A. The plane. B. The train. C. The car.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. What was the speaker’s feeling this morning
A. Excited. B. Tired. C. Nervous.
18. When did the 100-meter freestyle begin
A. At 8:00. B. At 8:30. C. At 9:10.
19. What was the speaker a little disappointed at
A. The result of her competition.
B. Other swimmers’ behaviors.
C. The judge’s instructions.
20. What was the score of the speaker’s team
A. 47 points. B. 50 points. C. 53 points.
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
Can you regain the thrill of reading that you experienced as a child Time to dust off some of the best childhood classics ever written.
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
This is the story of five-year-old Heidi, an orphan (孤儿) who is sent to live with her rough grandfather in the Swiss Alps and charms everyone she meets with her sunny personality-from the scary grandfather to Peter the shepherd, his blind grandmother and, in fact, the goats.
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
It tells the story of rebellious (叛逆的) Katy Carr and her violent brothers and sisters running relatively wild, despite the best efforts of their father and long-suffering aunt. There are a lot of life lessons provided in these pages but it’s never high-handed, always gentle and quietly inspiring.
The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden
This story is about magic, Christmas and the power of making wishes. The series of events that bring Holly and Ivy together wouldn’t stand up in real life for a nano-second, but the story is so movingly told that every time you read it, your faith is restored in the wonder of Christmas-a time when dreams come true and wonders can happen.
The Flight of the Doves by Walter Macken
It presents the fast, crazy and hair-raising journey of orphaned brothers and sisters Finn and Derval Dove, on the run across England to escape the control of their evil stepfather and reach their beloved Irish granny in the west of Ireland.
1. Which of the following best describes What Katy Did
A. Wild.
B. Violent.
C. Abstract.
D. Encouraging.
2. What kind of book is The Story of Holly and Ivy
A. A folk tale.
B. A fantasy story
C. A legend story.
D. A science fiction
3. What do Heidi and The Flight of the Doves have in common
A. They tell about a bad father.
B. Their stories happen in Britain.
C. They are about a frightening trip.
D. Their main characters lose parents.
B
Frederick Banting hated school. Having grown up on a farm near Alliston, Ontario, Fred was a good worker but felt uncomfortable and unaccepted in a town school. After graduation, he began studies to become a minister. When that did not go well, he changed his goal to medicine. World War I arrived, and the great need for field medics (救护人员) resulted in the early graduation of Fred. After the war, the young Canadian doctor returned home to set up his practice. Just then he began to focus on articles on diabetes (糖尿病), a disease that had claimed the life of a neighbour’s child.
To solve the problem of this disease, Fred approached Dr. J. J. R. Macleod at the University of Toronto and eventually convinced Dr. Macleod to support him. In 1920, Fred happily entered a poorly equipped laboratory and was given a young assistant named Charles Best. Fred and Charles worked day and night, but early results in producing the hormone (激素) preparation they called insulin (胰岛素) were discouraging. Many of the animals they treated died. Finally one animal survived for several weeks. The team appeared to be finally getting somewhere, and it was time to move on to human subjects. Before treating human patients, however, Fred and Charles tested the safety of their insulin each other. Their tests were a triumph.
The first patient to be treated was a fourteen-year-old boy named Leonard. The year was 1921. The poor boy weighed only seventy-five pounds, and he was barely alive. But the new insulin treatment administered by Fred and Charles was a great success. Leonard gained weight, and his health dramatically improved.
In 1923, the Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded jointly to Canadian doctors Frederick Banting and J. J. R. Macleod. Fred could have made himself a millionaire with his discovery. Instead, he sold his patent for the production of insulin to the University of Toronto-for one dollar-so that the drug could be marketed cheaply and thousands of lives could be saved and improved. Thanks to Fred, diabetics are able to live normal lives where before it was impossible.
4. What does paragraph I focus on
A. Why Fred graduated early.
B. How Fred took up the research.
C. Why Fred changed his life goal.
D. What Fred experienced in the war.
5. What does the underlined word “triumph” mean in paragraph2
A. Victory.
B. Reference.
C. Challenge.
D. Demonstration.
6. Why did Fred sell his patent
A. To make money.
B To earn reputation.
C. To benefit patients.
D. To promote insulin.
7. Which of the following is probably the best title for the text
A. A Successful Test
B. A Famous Doctor
C. An Unlikely Hero
D. A Great Discovery
C
Baby bats learn language from peers (同伴) in their social group, and will adopt the group’s dialect, or accent, instead of their mother’s, researchers said on Tuesday. The findings shed new light on crowd-learning of language, a skill thought to belong mainly to humans and just a few other mammals. It also shows that bats are different from songbirds, which tend to learn songs by copying one of their parents. “The ability to copy vocalizations (发音) from others is extremely important for speech learning in humans, but it’s believed to be rare among animals”, said lead author Yossi Yovel of Tel Aviv University.
For the study, researchers captured 14 pregnant Egyptian fruit bats. They separated them into three different bat social groups, where they raised the young bats with their mothers. Each bat group was exposed to a different recording of bat vocalizations. “The baby bats all adopted the manner of vocalizing of the group they heard, not their mothers. The difference between the vocalizations of the mother bat and those of the group is comparable to the difference in a London accent and, say, a Scottish accent,” Yovel said.
“The babies heard their mothers’ London dialect, but also heard the Scottish dialect produced by many dozens of Scottish bats. The babies eventually adopted a dialect that was more similar to the local Scottish dialect than to the London accent of their mothers.” Researchers hope to conduct future studies to examine how bats’ dialects change when they leave their social groups, and if it affects how they integrate with others.
8. What are the latest findings about bats
A. Bats are born to adopt their mother’s dialect.
B. Bats can understand peers with different dialects.
C. Bats’ accents are influenced by their peer’s accents.
D. Bats pick up language quickly in company with their peers.
9. In paragraph 2, what does the underlined word they refer to
A. Accents. B. Baby bats.
C. Researchers. D. Mother bats.
10. Why are London and Scottish accent mentioned
A. To show the differences in dialects among social groups.
B. To explain why bat produce different sounds.
C. To indicate the birthplace of baby bats.
D. To compare how the two accents influenced understanding.
11. What will the future study most probably focus on
A. How bats adopt a new dialect after entering a new social group.
B. What changes might occur to bats’ accent after entering a new social group.
C. Whether bats leave their social group if they change their accents.
D. Why some bats fail to be accepted in a new group after they are born.
D
If you’re homeless and looking for a temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eyes to make sure you don’t have a fever. That’s just one of the ways public safety agencies are starting to use Spot, a new robot that runs around with quick movement.
The police officials experimenting with the four-legged machines say they’re just another tool to keep emergency responders out of harm’s way as they search for dangers.
Joseph O’Neal, an officer of the Honolulu Police Department, said the robot has protected officers, shelter staff and residents by scanning body temperatures between mealtimes at a shelter where homeless people could quarantine (隔离) and get tested for COVID-19. The robot is also used to remotely interview individuals who have tested positive.
The company that makes the robots, Boston Dynamics, says it’s trying to do a good job of explaining to the public and its customers what Spot can and cannot do. “One of the most difficult tasks is accurately explaining the state of the technology to people who have never had personal experience with it,” said Michael Perry, vice president of the company.
There are roughly 500 Spot robots now in the wild. Perry said they’re commonly used by companies to check dangerous areas. Spot is also used to monitor construction sites mines and factories, equipped with whatever sensor is needed for the job.
It’s still mostly controlled by humans, though all they have to do is tell it which direction to go and it can climb stairs or cross over rough areas. It can also operate autonomously, but only if it’s already memorized a road and there aren’t too many surprise obstacles (障碍). “The first value that most people see in the robot is taking a person out of a dangerous situation,” Perry said.
12. What do police officials use Spot robots do
A. Treat patients’ fever. B. Take people’s body temperature.
C. Protect homeless people. D. Find out patients’ eye problems.
13. What’s the main idea of paragraph 3
A. The shelter where people get tested. B. The characteristic of the four-legged machine.
C. The future development of the robots. D. The function of the robotic police dog.
14. What’s the company’s big challenge
A. How to describe the technology. B. How to win its customers’ trust.
C. How to promote Spot robots. D. How to produce more Spot robots.
15. What can we infer about Spot robots from the last paragraph
A. They can plan their own road easily. B. They can choose direction themselves.
C. They can overcome many obstacles. D. They can remember a familiar road.
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。
It can be hard to be enthusiastic about your job after you’ve been at it for a while. This doesn’t necessarily mean you need a new job. There are so many different things you can try to help make your present job feel a little more exciting.
Change your routine. ___16___ The first thing in the morning for you to do is to check your emails. Do you think you really need to do so Is there a reason why teams always meet at a certain time Start by questioning the way you’ve gotten used to doing things. ___17___
Don’t be serious with yourself. It’s important to take your work seriously, but that doesn’t mean you have to take yourself too seriously. Happiness matters. ___18___ So, allow yourself to have some laughs and some fun with friends at work from time to time.
Take a vacation. Just because you feel bored at work, that doesn’t mean you aren’t also super busy and maybe even stressed. Routine tasks can be both dull and stressful. Stress and tension can affect feelings. ___19___ Maybe you’d feel less bored at work after having a bit of time to relax yourself.
___20___ A really effective way to add a little freshness to your life is to devote yourself to learning something new every day. It doesn’t have to be something big, or something hard. You could just watch a Ted Talk video about a topic that interests you, for example. It doesn’t even have to relate directly to your job. Just learning one new thing each day should help bring a little excitement to your routine.
A. Then, change it up a bit.
B. Learn something new every day.
C. And, it’s important to have fun at work.
D. Make more friends while working hard.
E. Maybe a vacation would do you some good.
F. You don’t have to quit your old job to learn something difficult.
G. One of the first steps toward shaking things up is to look at your daily pattern.
第三部分 语言运用 (共三节，满分30)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
A daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable. She didn’t know how she was going to ____21____ it. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon____22____. She was always worried and ____23____ of fighting and struggling all the time.
Her father, a chef, took her to the ____24____. He filled three pots with water and ____25____ each on a high fire. Once the water began to boil, he put potatoes, eggs and ground coffee beans into the pots ____26____. After twenty minutes he____27____ the burners. He put the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and dished the coffee out into a cup.
“Look closer” he explained the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same ____28____ the boiling water. However, each one ____29____ differently.
The potato became ____30____ and soft in boiling water. ____31____ being fragile(易碎的),the egg became hard inside. However, the ground coffee beans were ____32____. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and ____33____ something new, whose rich sweet smell makes people ____34____
The father asked “When trouble knocks on your door, are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean ” These words made the daughter lost in thought and seemed to cast____35____ on her attitude to life.
21. A. manage B. switch C. grasp D. defend
22. A. poured B. followed C. integrated D. joined
23. A. afraid B. fond C. aware D. tired
24. A. restaurant B. market C. kitchen D. restroom
25. A. struck B. placed C. pushed D. lifted
26. A. impatiently B. separately C. totally D. accidentally
27. A. turned off B. broke down C. took away D. straightened up
28. A. aim B. setting C. choice D. trouble
29. A. expanded B. reacted C. responded D. struggled
30. A. big B. rotten C. weak D. fresh
31. A. Apart from B. As for C. Instead of D. Due to
32. A. secure B. strange C. similar D. unique
33. A. linked B. tackled C. created D. added
34. A. surprised B. excited C. amused D. addicted
35. A. light B. doubt C. shadow D. attention
第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
语法填空
The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BCE. ____36____ , they died out around the year 393. It was in 1896, in Athens that the modern Olympic Games ____37____ (hold) first. A Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin ____38____ dream was that the Olympics would make it possible for people to live side by side in peace brought the Olympics back to life. Since then, ____39____ (motivate) by the Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger”, thousands of ____40____ (high) trained and talented athletes ____41____ (devote) themselves to achieving sporting excellence and pushing the boundaries of human achievement, such as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Jessica Ennis-Hill and so on.
Chinese athletes have also made important ____42____ (contribute) to the Olympics. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games China returned ____43____ the Olympics after 32 years’ absence and Xu Haifeng won our country’s first-ever gold medal. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Liu Xiang became the first Asian ____44____ (win) the gold medal in the men’s 110-metre hurdles. In 2008, in addition to hosting the Olympic for the first time, China also ranked first in the medal table. The year 2022 was another historic moment for China, as Beijing won ____45____ election to host the Winter Olympics.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假如你是李华, 上个月你们学校举行了秋季运动会, 你的英国笔友Tom对此很感兴趣, 请你给他写一封回信, 介绍运动会的有关情况。内容应包括：
1. 运动会的基本情况（时间、地点和项目）：
2. 你参加比赛的情况：
3. 你对此次运动会的感受。
注意：1. 词数80左右：
2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
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第二节 (满分25分)
47. 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。
What Goes Around Comes Around
One day an old lady was trapped on the side of the road in the dim light.No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so.Then a man looking poor and hungry pulled up in front of her car and got out.He could see that she was frightened,standing out there in the cold. He said,“ I’m here to help you, ma’am. Why not wait in the car where it’s warm By the way,my name is Bryan Anderson.”
Well，all she had was a flat tire，but for an old lady，that was bad enough. Bryan crawled(蜷缩) under the car looking for a place to put he jack(千斤顶)，skinning his fingers a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he got dirty and his hands hurt.
The old lady told him she was from St.Louis and was only just passing through.She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped.She couldn’t thank him enough for coming to her aid and asked how much she owed him.Any amount would have been all right with her.
Bryan just smiled and told her that if she really wanted to pay him back,the next time she saw someone who needed help,she could give that person the assistance they needed.Bryan added, “And think of me.”He never thought twice about being paid. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.
He waited until she started her car and drove off. A few miles down the road the old lady saw a small dirty-looking restaurant.She went in and ordered a simple meal priced at 5S.The waitress was to give birth to her baby in a month but she was still busy clearing tables, filling sugar bowls and serving people. At that moment she remembered Bryan.
注意：
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After finishing the meal, the old lady paid with one 100S bill.
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Just then the waitress spotted some more money and a note on the table.
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