天津市天津中学2022-2023学年高二上学期期末英语试卷（原卷版）.docx

2022-2023学年天津中学高二年级第一学期期末质量检测英语试卷一、短对话（每题1分，共5题）How docs the man feel?A. Lonely. B. Excited.C. H叩py.1. When does the football match start?A. At 6: 00. B. At 8: 00. C. At 10: 00.2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A football match. B. A TV programme. C. A training method.3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A forest. B. A unique plant. C. Apiece of furniture.4. Where will the woman pul her plants?A. In her backyard. B. In her window. C. On her balcony.二、长对话（每题1分，共10题）听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。5. What is the talk mainly about?A. The location of plastic roads.B. The introduction to plastic roads.C. The companies of making plastic roads.6. In which city might we find a plastic road according to the talk?A. London. B. Tokyo. C. Hong Kong.7. How can the bike paths in the two cities of the Netherlands be described?A. Mainly concrete. B. Partly plastic. C. Entirely plastic.8. What is an advantage of plastic roads?A. They don't break down. B. They use waste plastic. C. They arc harmless.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。9. What does the speaker mainly tell us?A. The organ of the bees. B. An expression. C. A joke.10. How often is “the bee's knees“ used now?A. Il is used less often than before.B. It is used more often than before.C. It is used as often as before.11. How docs the speaker draw a conclusion?A. By explaining. B. By giving examples. C. By questioning.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。12. What's the percentage of right-handed people according to the talk?A. About 65%. B. About 75%. C. About 85%.13. What is true about the two parts of the brain?A. The left side of the brain is smaller.B. The right half controls the left side of the body.C. The left half is less important than the right side.14. What does the right side of the brain control?A. Math. B. Art. C. Language.笔试部分三、单项选择（每题1分，共15题）Those who rely on dollars now need to keep on (heir wallets and realize they might not be able tolive so comfortably.A. a close eyeB. a green fingerC. a keen earD. a long faceTommy's wish is his debt in the nearest future and start a new chapter of life.A. to pay offB. paying offC. paid offD. pay offIt was the first time that I online in English.A. chattedB. was chattingC. has chattedD. had chattedThe manager found that his office the day before.A. had broken inB. has been broken intoC. had been broken intoD. has been broken in1. The girl refuse anything that were second best.A. to settle downB. to settle forC. settling downD. settling for2. In 1960, this was the longest bridge that.A. was ever builtB. had ever builtC. has ever been builtD. had ever been built3. I'm very gratefiil to my high school teachers, withoutdevotion I wouldn't have been made such rapidprogress.A. whichB. whoC. whoseD. whom8. Looking into Jane's room. I saw herA. to playB. playing_ the piano alone.C. playedD. play9. Most colleges now offer students a lesson _A. designedB. designingto help them succeed. C. to designD. being designedAll the students something busily in the classroom when their headteacher Miss Brown came in tofetch a book she there.A. had written, were leavingC. are writing has leftB. were writing, had leftD. have written, has leftMr. Li raised his voice to make himself in the noisy meeting room.A. to hearB. heardC. hearD. hearingZhang Boli has devoted all his life to Traditional Chinese Medicine, fbr which he the title“People's Hero.A. promoting; impressesB. promote; illuminatesC. promote; concludesD. promoting; deserves10. The way he deals with the problems is wrong.A.不填B. whichC. whoseD. whatThree days iatcr the group reached a beautiful island was completely cut off from the outside world.A. whichB. whenC. whereD. asLinda took the skirt out of her suitcase and tried it on, only it didn,t fit her at all.A. findingB. foundC. to findD. find四、完型填空（每题1.5分，共20题）Wildlife has been greatly threatened in the modern age. There are species that are becoming 16 every day. The white-naped crane is a typical example. So scientists are trying their best to 17 the species from going out of existence.Chris and Tim work at a zoo, helping endangered cranes with their 18. Emma, a female crane, has beenin their 19 since she arrived in 2004.Born at an international crane foundation, Emma was 20 by human caretakers. This led to an unexpected 21 Jhough she had a wonderful lime （here. Emma had 22 taken herself as a crane and become deeply attached to humans. She 23 living with male cranes, and even had a 24 for killing some of them, which made it 25 for her to become a mother.26 .the two zookccpcrs didn't want to see the extinction of this precious species. With their patience and efforts, they successfully developed a 27 of artificial breeding（J1工繁殖）and natural reproduction. This 28 Emma to give birth to five baby cranes.The two keepers are proud of their productive work. But before they can be 29 .more efforts must be made, because the population of the crane in the wild is on the 30 .and many other species appear headed toward extinction. 31 .not everyone has realized that wildlife has thoughts, feelings, and most importantly, equal rights to survive.How can we 32 the ever-widening gap that separates us from other animals? Chris and Tim offered us the 33:human beings took it for granted that their 34 held all the solutions, but maybe their heartscan be a belter 35.16. A. extinctB. curiousC. adventurousD. distinct17. A. ridB. banC. splitD.save18. A. administrationB. reproductionC. adaptationD. recreation19. A. eyeB. spiritC. careD. story20. A. brought upB. seized upC. came acrossD. came up21. A. sacrifice氏 effortC. victoryD. consequence22. A. unfortunatelyB. cheerfullyC. rarelyD. instantly23. A. rejectedB. hesitatedC. decidedD.adored24. A. concernB. competenceC. fameD. gift25. A. inspiring.B. unlikelyC. illegalD. vital26. A. InsteadB. MoreoverC. ThereforeD. However27. A. systemB. combinationC. collectionD. strategy五、阅读理解(每题2分，共20题)28. A. allowedB. urgedC. forcedD. forbade29. A. indicatedB. guaranteedC. defeatedD. forecasted30. A. riseB. increaseC. declineD. boom31. A. After allB. By the wayC. In additionD. In contrast32. A. openB. leaveC. identifyD. bridge33. A. rewardB. replyC. awardD. requirement34. A. programsB. actionsC. brainsD. performances35. A. guideB. companionC. colleagueD. exampleA“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity, said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. Tve never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice it's probably worth listening to.Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting fbr the opportunity to come to you. If you're a Chinese, you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump for a rabbit to run out and break its neck.A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman called The Luck Factor, argues wc can all make ourselvesluckier. It's most about going to a temple to bum some incense in hopes that the gods will give you good fortune, but practical advice you can follow each day.Wiseman conducled an experiment as part of his studies. First he divided volunteers into two groups: those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command, uStop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper,M was written in big letters. The unlucky people mostly did not (he message.It's easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper. They might search so hard fbr one type of position that they miss an even better opportunity. People who are “lucky”, in fact, keep an open mind and don't go through the same routine every day.In a word, try to turn bad luck into good. Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English.36. Which of the followings most agrees with the writer's point?A. Success is for those who are prepared.B. Rome was not built in a day.C. All is not gold that shines.D. A good heart defeats ill fortune.37. What do you know about Oprah Winfrey?A. She became famous through her Family background.B. She was very lucky and seldom suffered difficulties in her life.C. She is a British (alk show host.D. She became successful by her own effort.38. The writer quoted the Chinese tale of a farmer in order to show.A. man can defeat matureB. luck is your own handC. bad luck can turn into goodD. never waiting for the chance to come39. From the experiment Wiseman drew the conclusion thatA. lucky people are quick-mindedB. unlucky people are slow to readC. lucky people often have an open mindD. unlucky people are more creativeThe underlined word "spot" is the closest in meaning to "A. DiscoverB. MarkC. MakeD. ReceiveFire ants arc famous for their construction projects (as well as their burning bites). When they need to, colonies of these insects turn themselves into ladders, chains and walls. And when flood water rises, a colony can float to safety by making an unusual boat. The ants hold tightly to each other, forming a floating disk atop the water. The antraft may float for months seeking safe harbor. The ants on the bottom don't drown, and the ants on the top stay dry. Working together, the ants float to safety - even though a single ant alone in the water will struggle to survive.“They have to stay together as a colony to survive? Nathan Mlot said.Fire ants and water don't mix. The ant's hard outer shell, naturally repels water. A drop of water can sit on top of the ant like a backpack. When an ant docs end up underwater, tiny hairs on its body can trap bubbles of air that give the bug a boost up.To investigate the science behind the antraft, the scientists placed hundreds or thousands of ants at a time in the water. A group of ants took about 100 seconds, on average, to build a raft. The researchers repeated the experiment multiple times. Each time, the ants organized themselves the same way, creating a raft about the size and the thickness of a thin pancake. The rafts were flexible and strong, staying together even when the researchers pushed the rafts underwater.The scientists then froze the rafts in liquid nitrogen and studied them under powerful microscopes to figure out how the ants kept everyone safe and the water out.The team found that some ants used their jaws to bite other ants' legs. Other ants joined their legs together. Thanks to these light bonds, say the scientists, the ants did a better job keeping the water away than any one ant could do on its own. By working together, thousands of ants can stay alive in the face of a crisis like a flood by using (heir own bodies lo build a boat.40. When flood comes, fire ants.A. will run away separatelyB. find a hole to hide themselvesC. combine themselves into a raftD. climb onto boats on the water42. What makes fire ants stay afloat? A Tiny hairs on their body.B. Their hard outer shell.C. Their slippery skin.D. Their backpack on its body top.43. After scientists put fire ants into the water, they.A. built a raft in 100 minutesB. organized themselves into a flexible raftC. organized themselves in different waysD. liked to look for the food of pancakes44. The story of fire ants proves the importance of.A. practiceB. calmnessC. cooperationD. speedThe purpose of writing this text is to introduce.A. how fire ants react in face of dangerB. fire ants' differences from common antsC. fire ants' ability to live underwaterD. the building ability of fire antsCStudies have shown that a good night's rest helps us stay healthy, both mentally and physically. And researchers say sleep is probably the best tool we have fbr memory and learning.Michael Twery is an expert on the science of sleep and sleep disorders. He told me that a good night's sleep helps to learn better. Getting a good night's sleep is important fbr the learning and memory process because it stores the training exercises and the learning exercises into our more permanent （持久的）memory while we' re sleeping 7-8 hours in bed. And then the next morning when you wake up, your mind is better prepared to act on that in formation.,But what about getting rest during the middle of the day? Short periods of sleep may help our brains work better or so says a recent study on napping.Past studies have shown that napping can help babies and young children learn belter. And napping can help brain performance in older adults. Taking a nap may also help this group of people fight off age-related memory loss.Researchers recently looked at information provided by nearly 3,000 Chinese adults, aged 65 years or older. They wanted to learn if napping after a mid-day meal had any effect on the mental performance of the subjects. Nearly 60 percent of those 3,000 people said they did take a nap after lunch and that their naps lasted anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes. Most of the subjects said they napped for about an hour.The study found that people who took an hour-long nap did much better on mental tests than those who did not nap. The hour-long nappers also did better on the tests （han those who napped for shorter and longer periods.Keep in mind, however, that these are the findings for those over the age of 65. Yet Doctor Michael Twery notes that an hour long nap may be too long fbr young, healthy adults. "Currently, we're recommending that we try to sleep for about 30 minutes or less. And 30 minutes is enough to remove the pressure to sleep and will help us feel more awake. If we nap longer, we will get trapped into those deeper layers of sleep, which can be hard to get out of”According to Twery, why does a good night's sleep help to leam better?A. Because it helps to remember clearly.B. Because it helps to think deeply.C. Because it can help act quickly.D. Because it helps to remember longer and act more effectively.47. What's the meaning of nap?A. A long time sleep during daytime.C. A short time sleep during the night.48. What kind of people does nap help?A. Students.C. Old people.B. A short time sleep during daytime.D. A long time sleep during the night.B. Babies.D. Babies, young children and the old.49. What may help old people decrease memory loss because of age?A. 8 hours' night's sleep.B. A good night's sleep.C. Napping during the middle of the day.D. Long time sleep during t