江苏省泰州中学2022-2023学年高一下学期期中考试英语Word版.docx

江苏省泰州中学20222023学年度高一第二学期期中考试英语试题（考试时间：120分钟;总分：150分）第一部分：听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂 到答题纸上。第一节 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. What is the man offering the woman?A. Vegetables. B. Meat. C. Noodles.2. What does the woman advise the man to keep as a pet?A. A dog. B. Acat. C. A goldfish.3. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. On a bus. B.In a classroom. C. In a dining hall.4. How is the weather today?A. Cloudy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A bookstore.B. The ways of buying books.C. Newly-published books.第二节听下面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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How are the speakers going to the Great Wall?A. By car. B. By bus. C. By subway7. When will the speakers get back from the Great Wall?A. On Saturday. B. On Sunday. C. On Monday.47. （各种各样）of TV programmes are being broadcast on TV at present.（根据汉语提示单词拼写）48. Many businesses are just concentrating on making（利润）rather than protecting the environment.（根据汉语提示单词拼写）49. It was thought that he，d committed the crime but there wasn't（充足的）evidence.（根据汉语提示单词拼写）50. At least two people were killed in the car accident, with twenty other people i.（根据首字母单词拼写）51. Now that you have grown up, you are supposed to be r for your own decisions.（根据首字母单词拼52. The boy spoke in public for an hour without r to his notes.（根据首字母单词拼写）53. It never o to me that you could succeed in persuading him to change his mind.54. As a c of smoking, my father coughs frequently.（根据首字母单词拼写）55. The tornado that recently struck the U.S. was the most d and deadly in history.（根据首字母单词拼写）56. The total number of accidents i cyclists in Darlington rose by 10 percent.（根据首字母单词拼写）57. The m were in favour of the proposal, and only a few were against it.（根据首字母单词拼写）第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节（满分15分）58. 假定你是李华，学校决定由你代表学生会向全校学生发出保护环境的倡议。请你用英文写一封倡议书, 内容包括：1 .保护环境的重耍性；2 .保护环境的途径。1 .写作词数应为80左右;2 .可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear schoolmates,The Students9 Union第二节（满分25分）59.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。One experience stays fresh in my memory all the time. It was my summer vacation of fifty years ago. And I was spending my summer vacation at the house of my cousin, Jim, who lived in a village. Beside the village, there was a forest. My other cousins also came with me to spend their summer vacation.It was a dark and a little bit cool evening. One of my cousins suggested we go outside to watch the stars; we all nodded excitedly. Then, we told our wish to Jim's parents, who agreed but warned us to return home before 9 p.m. And they gave Jim a watch, telling him to pay attention to the time. It was just 7:30 p.m.Wishing to have a fun journey outdoors, we happily set off, and started from the fields, each with a flashlight in hand. At first we just wanted to go around and appreciate the beautiful sky decorated with many stars. But later we decided to go further. All we thought about was walking and talking. We ignored the most important thing-a big forest was beyond the village.It was unfortunate that we went into the forest and got lost. When we found we were lost, it was too late to find the original way back to the village. We were all scared. There were terrible wolves and wild pigs hanging around in the forest at night. What if we came across one? How much we hoped we could meet a hunter who could lead us home!I took hold of Jim's hand firmly （牢固地）.The strong wind blew against my face all the time. It whispered through the trees. What was worse, the fog arose and quickly became thick. It made us lose the sense of direction totally. We stopped walking, not knowing which way to go next. Terrible fear came to my mind and made my body shake out of control.But we didn't want to just stay there and wait fbr death. We decided to make our way out of the forest. 注意：1 .续写词数应为150左右；2.请按如下格式作答。Paragraph 1Then, we started walking again.Paragraph 2Just when the wolf was about to attack us, a hunter appeared before us.听力答案：1-5 BCCBB 6-10ACBAA 11-15 BACAB 16-20 CAACC听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What's the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife.B. Boss and secretary.C. Travel agent and customer.9. When will the meeting finish?A. At 3:00 p.m. B. At 5:00 p.m. C. At 6:30 p.m.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How long did the woman study in Germany?A. For one year. B. For two years. C. For three years.11. Which part of German is most difficult for the woman?A. Its grammar. B. Its pronunciation. C. Its vocabulary.12. What is the man's native language?A. English. B. German. C. French.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why did the woman get off the taxi after five minutes?A. The taxi broke down.B. The taxi was out of gas.C. The driver didn't have much experience.14. What time should the woman begin to work?A. At 8:00 a.m. B. At 8:20 a.m. C. At 8:40 a.m.15. Why does the man refuse the woman's request?A. She is always late for work.B. There isn't more space in the car.C. She doesn't want to pay the parking fees.16. How does the man suggest the woman go to work in the end?A. By bus. B. By car. C. By subway.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What was Kelsey's big dream?A. To study at university.B. To do well in high school.C. To visit different countries.18. Why was Kelsey worried at the beginning of the story?A. She didn't know which university to attend.B. She didn't know what to do after high school.C. She didn't know whether she would get into university.19. Which university on the trip did Kelsey like?A. The first one. B. The second one. C. The fourth one.20. How did Kelsey feel at the end of the story?A. She was disappointed with her choices.B. She didn't enjoy her trip with her mother.C. She was excited to find a satisfying university.第二部分：阅读（共两小节，满分425分）第一节（共12小题，每小题2.5分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Valerie L. Thomas is an African American scientist and inventor best known for her patented （专利的） illusion transmitter （幻觉发射器）and contributions to NASA research.Thomas was born in 1943 in Maryland. She was interested in science as a child. At the age of eight, her curiosity about how things worked inspired her to borrow a book called The Boy s First Book of Radio and Electronics, which she took home hoping her father would help her take on some projects in it. However, he didn't help her.She attended an all-girls high school that did not help her with hands on projects either. But this changed in college, when Thomas was admitted to Morgan State University as one of the only two women in her class to major in physics. Thomas excelled in her studies. She graduated with excellent results and accepted a position as a data analyst at NASA.In the 1970s, she managed the development of the image-processing systems for Landsat, the first satellite （人造卫星）to send images to the Earth from space. Tn 1980, Thomas received a patent for an illusion transmitter. The device produces optical illusion images by means of two concave mirrors （凹面镜）.Unlike flat mirrors, which produce images that appear to be inside, or behind the mirror, concave mirrors create images that appear to be real, or in front of the mirror itself. This technology was later used by NASA and has since been adapted for use in surgery （夕卜布手术）as well as the production of television and video screens.Thomas continued to work for NASA until her retirement in 1995. Over the course of her career, Thomas contributed widely to the study of space. She helped develop computer program designs that supported research on Halley's Comet, the ozone layer, and satellite technology. For her achievements, Thomas received a number of NASA awards including the Goddard Space Flight Center Award of Merit and the NASA Equal Opportunity Medal.1. What do we know about Thomas' early life?A. She was talented in science.B. She liked working with her father.C. She lacked support for her interest.D. She preferred to read boys' books.2. What does the underlined phrase "excelled in in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Did well in.B. Had confidence in.C. Was curious about.D. Was concerned with.3. What is the advantage of Thomas, invention over flat mirrors?A. It takes pictures more clearly.B. It transmits images more quickly.C. It changes the position of the image.D. It can send images to the Earth from space.4. What does the last paragraph focus on?A. Thomas' future plans.B. Thomas' retirement life.C Thomas, research theory.D. Thomas9 lifetime achievements.BA study of almost 2,700 children aged between seven and ten in 38 schools in Barcelona, Spain, first researches the impact of traffic noise on child cognitive （认矢H 的）development over time.The children in the study are in a critical stage for the development of memory and attention skill, which are essential to learning. The research found that children exposed to about three times more traffic in the street than other children had memory development that was 23% slower and attention ability development 5% slower over a year.Noise is the second most damaging environmental factor to health, after air pollution, and, for example, was already known to increase heart attacks in adults. The UN said that urban noise pollution was growing into a global public health threat, leading to 12,000 early deaths a year in the EU alone and affecting many cities.But research on the impact of road noise on children was limited until now. "We do not know that noise can actually be toxic （有害的）from a physical point of view,“ said Dr. Maria Foraster, from the Barcelona Institute fbr Global Health, who led the study. C6We think that we adapt to it, but research has shown that we don't completelywe still have a physiological （生理的）response.The research revealed that peaks of noise heard inside the classroom, such as the passing of loud trucks, had more impact than a higher average level of noise. It also found higher noise levels at school were more damaging than at home.Prof. Iroise Dumontheil, at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, said, “This carefully designed study provides convincing evidence. Considering that many European children living in large cities are exposed to high road-traffic noise levels, this study has implications for public policy to reduce road-traffic noise near schools.”The research follows previous work that showed higher levels of aircraft noise at school affected reading comprehension and cognitive development. Next, the authors said, they would like to see their findings replicated （复制）in different cities and towns, where schools may be built differently and windows opened more or less often.5. What can we learn from Maria Foraster's words?A. We are troubled by nose.B. We lack confidence in her study.C. We try hard to adapt to noise.D We aren't fully aware of the harm of noise to humans.6. What is Iroise Dumontheil's attitude towards the study?A. Curious.B. Favorable.C. CautiousD. Unsatisfied.7. What might the research team focus on next?A. Finding solutions to reducing noise.B. Helping students to realize the impact of noise.C. Confirming their findings in different areas.D. Studying the differences between various noises.8. What is the best title for the text?A. Policies on traffic noise should be improvedB. Traffic noise slows children's memory developmentC. Traffic noise has a growing impact on people's healthD. Attention should be paid to the environment around schoolsCI've been giving lots of thought recently to the teaching of the science subject at schools. Tm wondering whether spending more time learning how we "do" sciencethe scientific method-is more valuable than simply making children memorize scientific “facts”.After all, science isn't a collection of facts about the world. That's just called "knowledge”. Rather, science is a process of thinking and making sense of the world, which will then lead to new knowledge. We've often heard it said that we should be teaching children not what to think but how to think. However, schools now spend so much of the science subject loading up children's brains with "knowledge”.Surely, everyone needs a basic scientific understanding. We all need to know some science: facts about the world to help us make informed decisions about important issues that face us all in our everyday lives, from the risks of smoking to the benefits of exercising or why recycling our waste is good for the planet.Yet what seems to be missing today is an understanding of the way we gain this scientific understanding of the world. Nowadays, social media has played a significant role in spreading information. However, many people use it as a medium for spreading disinformation or harmful opinions. But social media has only enlarged the societal problem that has been with us.On top of this, our attention spans （时长）are naturally getting shorter, and we don't take the time to question our views, or ask whether the information we are getting is reliable. This is where thinking scientifically can help. Adopting some of the ways that good science is practiced can help us to critically assess what we believe, question our own views before we attack views we don't like, and so on. This is exactly why we should be teaching more of scientific methods in schools. This remarkable way of seeing, thinking and knowing, is one of humankind's great riches and the birthright of everyone. And, most wonderfully, it only grows in quality and value the more widely it is shared.9. What is the author concerned about according to Paragraph 1?A. Students' disinterest in the science subject.B. The teaching content of the science subject.C. The teaching topics of the science subject.D. The lack of emphasis on science in schools. 10. What is the third paragraph mainly about?A. The application of science in daily lives. B. The approach to knowing scientific facts.C. Some scientific phenomena in daily lives.D. The understanding of science in daily lives.11. What does the underlined part “the societal problem in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. The popularity of social media.B The spread of false information.C. The misunderstanding of science.D. The negative impact of social media.12. What can students get from learning scientific methods?A. Growing interest in science.B. Improved attention in class.C. The ability to think critically.D. The deeper understanding of science.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。Self-worth is defined as the level of importance you place on yourself. 13 Everything we think about, all the emotions we feel, and even the way we act is a product of self-worth. Here are some ways to