湖南省长沙市雅礼中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

湖南省长沙市雅礼中学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If you arc looking for an amazing rcal-lifc castle, here arc some good options for you.Neuschwanstein Castle, GermanyThe beauty of Neuschwanstein, perched high on a hill in southwest Bavaria, inspired one 0rAmerica's most famous castles: Disneyland's famed Sleeping Beauty castle. The slender spires and towering roofs are impressive, but nothing compared to the brilliantly decorated interiors.Windsor Castle, EnglandThis castle in the historic market town of Windsor that has been the family home to kings and queens for over 1,000 years. The castle is the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world. Guests are welcome to tour year-round. When the Royal Standard flag is flying from the castle's Round Tower, the queen is home.Eltz Castle, GermanyMedieval Eltz Castle, located in Wierschem of western Germany, was built in the 12th century and is named for the family that still owns it today. Surrounded by forest, it was erected on a 230-foot rock and features eight towers that sit 115 feet in the sky. Inside, the castle still includes many of its original furnishings.Bran Castle, RomaniaSome people call Bran Castle, located southwest of Brasov. Romania, by another name: Dracula's Castle. It's just one of many castles linked to that vampire （吸血鬼）legend, but its dramatic architecture built on a steep cliff helps it fill the part, and the castle does not shy away from the legend.1. What do we know about Neuschwanstein Castle?A. It is the highest castle in the world.B. It is the blueprint of Sleeping Beauty castle.C. It inspired a Disney movie.D. 1（ is plainly decorated inside.七、读后续写52.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。It was a cold winter Monday morning. Manu, an eight-year-old, was sleeping comfortably in his bedroom upstairs. Mondays are usually very difficult for him after a weekend break from his school.“Manu, wake up!'' shouted Manu's mother, Akhila. Manu pulled the blanket over himself and pretended to ignore his mother's repeated attempts to wake him up.“Manu! Please wake up! It's already 6 o'clock and your school bus will be here by 7 o'clock.” Manu continued sleeping. Finally, Akhila walked up to the bedroom. '"Manu, wake up! It's time you at least learned to wake up on time and do your morning chores without so much effort from my side." said his mother.Finally, Manu got out of bed and started getting ready for school lazily. The school bus was already honking（按喇叭）in front of his house while Manu was brushing his teeth. Akhila requested the driver to wait for a few minutes. She quickly helped Manu get ready and helped him get to the school bus.“Thank God. Manu did not miss his bus today!,5 She sighed. Akhila is really concerned about her son. Manu will not do anything on time, whether it is walking up in the moming or any of his daily tasks. It is getting veiy difficult for Akhila to get her son to be disciplined.Akhila thought to herself, “I need to work out a plan to help him to be self-disciplined.'' Repeated advice and warnings had not changed him.Manu was back from school at 4 o'clock. Akhila asked him to finish his homework first. Manu, as usual, ignored his mother and continued playing with his pet dog. Finally, with a lot of effort, the mother helped him complete his homework. Manu had his maths test the next day.The next day, everything was usually expected and there was no effort from Akhila to wake up her son. The time was seven and Akhila had still made no effort to wake up Manu. The school bus honked and Akhila, unlike her usual self, asked the bus driver to leave.注意：续写词数应为15()左右。Paragraph 1:Manu finally woke up at around 9 o 'clock.Paragraph 2:Manu quickly got ready for school without any effort from his mother.2. Which of （he following about Windsor Castle is true?A. Il is open throughout the year.B. It has a history of less than 1000 years.C. The royal family don't live there any longer.D. You can see the queen whenever you go there.3. What do the last two castles have in common?A. They are related to vampire tales.B. They have special goods for sale.C. They are both located on rocks.D. They were built in the 12th century.Which's more important: Your employee or your customer? A popular business expression is, “The customer is always right. But you should never say “ahvays”.The owners of a restaurant in Alaska won international praise after protecting their autistic （自闭的）employee.When the employee delivered the wrong food to a customer's house, that customer reacted violently and unkindly. Even after the employee corrected the mistake, the customer continued to shout. And that same customer was even rude to the restaurant owners' daughter. So the owners “fired” the customer.Restaurant owners P.J. and Spiro Gialopsos have added the customer to the restaurant's “Do Not Deliver" list. That customer is now persona non grata, Latin fbr “an unwelcome person.P.J. Gialopsos wrote on the restaurant's Facebook page, uYou would think the majority of the population would have learned or at least heard about autism.”Gialopsos said, “The employee has worked at the Little Italy Restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska, fbr two years. He was very upset about the angry customer.''Gialopsos describes the employee as a seriously gifted university student who is curious about the world. She adds that the employee also has “an amazing personality, great sense of humor and a strong work ethic.”“This employee is also one who will not have to deal with that rude customer anymore, added Gialopsos.Reached at home by reporters, Gialopsos says she is happy about the positive comments she and her husband are receiving. By Tuesday afternoon, her Facebook posting about the incident received more than 30,000 “Likes” and hundreds of positive comments. Comments and e-mails came from Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Namibia and the United Arab Emirates.Gialopsos said she spent a couple of emotional days crying over the posts on the Facebook page. She adds that many parents from around the country who have children with autism wrote to her about the incident. "Their stories broke my heart,“ she said. Another comment on Facebook that she found “striking” is a woman who thanked them for hiring someone who is udifferently-abled,4. Why did the owners of the restaurant receive praise?A. They would always put their customers first.B. They had a "Do Not Delivef, list in their restaurant.C. They fired a customer for hurting their autistic worker.D. They promised to deliver food to their customers' house.5. What made the customer angry?A. The employee acted unkindly.B. He didn't get the food he ordered.C. The owners' daughter was very impolite.D. He was considered as an unwelcome person.6. Why did Gialopsos cry when she read the posts on Facebook?A. Because she was moved by others' comments.B. Because children with autism were thankful to her.C. Because nobody understood what she had done.D. Because stories on the Facebook page hurt her feelings.7. Where is the text most probably taken from?A. A restaurant guide. B. A news report. C. A research paper. D. A personal diary.Saying farewell to someone you love, even for a night, can be difficult, much less saying goodbye fbr a lifetime or forever in death. Juliet bid Romeo adieu （再见）for （he evening with the words, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.M Sweet sorrow is an oxymoron. But this seeming contradiction is true in the context of relationships.Relalionships are based on feelings, emotions, and passion. Deep friendships and loving relationships are measured by the level of emotional attachment. Emotions intensify over time. People spend time with the people they like. The more one person likes another person, the closer the relationship becomes. Each person in the relationship receives an emotional benefit from knowing the other person.Saying goodbye means separating from the people who make up a significant part of your emotional identity. Separation, even a temporary absence, from the people you have a deep emotional connection with can cause sorrow because you will no longer be able to enjoy their company.The sweet side of saying goodbye is the emotional fulfillment of being in a close relationship. The time spent together is emotionally rewarding, especially if that person is seen as a soulmate. Humans are social beings. Wc seek the love and comfort of other people. Loneliness devastates the human condition and leads to sadness. Sad people will do anything they can to find fulfilling relationships. Likewise, happy people will do anything they can to maintain or enhance relationships. Herein lies the essential point of the emotional problem.The more intense relationships become, the more devastating the emotional loss that is felt upon separation. The exhilaration of relationships cannot be truly measured without experiencing the overwhelming loss of a deep emotional connection.Enjoy the company of the person you are with as long as you can; knowing the pain you will feel at the end of the relationship is the true measure of the relationship. If it doesn't hurt to say goodbye, perhaps it wasn't worth saying hello.8. Which of the word group can create the same effect as “sweet sorrow”？A. icy coldB. clicking sound C. deafening silence D. endless speech9. What can we learn from paragraph 3?A. Saying goodbye is unavoidable in our daily life.B. The companion of close friends can lessen sorrow.C. A person's identity is connected with relationship.D. Separation is the sorrowful part of saying goodbye.10. What gives a person emotional satisfaction in social life?A. Making more communication with others.B. Building deep emotional connections with others.C. Comforting friends with love and intense feelings.D. Being a thoughtfill person by standing in othcrs, shoes.11. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Sweet sorrow is very common in close relationships.B. The pain of separation is the measure of relationships.C. Human beings are eager to get emotional fulfillment.D. Happiness is meaningless without sadness to compare it.Bricks are one of the oldest known building materials, dating back thousands of years.But researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found a new use for bricks: as energy storage units. A team of engineers and chemists have found a way to transform an ordinary house brick into a pseudo-battery allowing it to conduct and store electricity. The bricks are powerful enough to illuminate （点亮）an LED light bulb and cost only about S 3 to make.4tI love the idea of adding value to things that are inexpensive, things that are affordable, things that we kind of take fbr granted, "said Julio D'Arcy, an assistant professor of chemistry at Washington University and one of the researchers on this project.The brick batte relies on the reddish pigment （色素）known as iron oxide, or rust, that gives red bricks their color. The scientists pumped the bricks with several gases that react with iron oxide to produce a network of plastic fibers. These microscopic fibers coat the empty spaces inside （he bricks and conduct electricity.“What we're trying to do is: we're （rying to make specialized plastics that are only used on the nano （纳米）scale where we use very little of the plastic, and we can actually insert that plastic inside constniction materials. M The study is in the journal Nature Comnumications.In the future, D'Arcy says, a brick wall could potentially serve a double purpose: providing structural support and storing electricity generated from renewable energy sources, such as solar panels.The technology is still at least a few years away from being ready for ihe commercial market. And right now the energy storage capacity of the bricks is still pretty low about 1 percent of a lithium battery. But the team is now testing ways to improve brick performance because it looks like you can teach an old brick new tricks.12. What appeals to Julio D'Arcy listing bricks as their subjects?A. Their low expense.B. Their common existence.C. Their additional value.D. Their internal composition.13. What is (he last step of making a brick conduct electricity?A. Pump the brick with gases.B. Color the brick red.C. Produce microscopic fibers.D. Cover its inner vacancy with microscopic fibers.14. What will the future bricks be like according to the passage?A. Construction materials possessing low energy storage capacity.B. Construclion materials generating renewable energy resources.C. Construction materials used for electricity storage.D. Construction materials with built-in common plastic.15. Which word best describes the author's attitude to the technology?A. Skeptical.B. Objective.C. Conservative.D. Controversial.二、七选五Emotional intelligence, sometimes referred to as EQ, refers to a person's ability to recognize, understand, manage and reason with emotions.16 And it is a hot topicnot only in psychology but also in the business world. If you want to succeed in the workplace and move up the career ladder, emotional intelligence is critical to your success.17 According to one survey of hiring managers, almost 75 percent ofrespondents suggested that they valued an employee's EQ more than their IQ. Emotional intelligence is widely recognized as a valuable skill that helps improve communication, management, problem-solving, and relationships within the workplace.18So if you are interested in improving your emotional intelligence skills to benefit your workplace performance, there are a few things you can do.One of the first steps toward using emotional intelligence skills in the workplace is to practice recognizing your own emotions. Self-awareness involves being aware of different aspects of yourself, including your emotions and feelings. It is one of the fundamental pails of emotional intelligence.9Being aware of your emotions is an important first step, but you alsoneed to be able to manage the things you are feeling. People who possess good self-regulation are able to adapt well to changing situations.Research on emotion psychology also suggests that people with high EQs also have strong social skills.20 As a result, they arc able to respond appropriately to thesituation.Emotional intelligence plays an important role not only in well-being but also in your success in the workplace. Fortunately, there are a number of lessons you can take from emotion psychology to improve your EQ.A. Having hobbies outside of work is a great place to start.B. Self-regulation is also a critical part of emotional intelligence.C. In the past, emotion and intelligence were often thought of as opposites.D. So why is emotional intelligence such a valued workplace skill?E. It is a critical ability