江西省上高中学2022-2023学年高二下学期5月期中英语试题.docx

江西省上高中学2022-2023学年高二下学期5月期中英语试题学校:姓名：班级：考号：一、阅读理解Apple SeedsCirculation: 1 Year, 9 IssuesCover Price: $ 42.55Product Description: Apple seeds is an award winning magazine filled with stories for kids aged from 7 to 9. The cover is very soft, proving durability that allows each issue to be enjoyed for many years to come. Besides, there is a big surprise for you 一 it's being sold at a more favorable discount than usual.Better LifeCirculation: 1 Year, 12 IssuesCover Price: $ 44.55Product Description: Designed for those who have a strong interest in personal lifestyle, Better Life is America's complete home and family service magazine. It offers help with food, recipes, decorating, building, gardening, family health, money management, and education.Humor TimesCirculation: 1 Year, 12 IssuesCover Price: $ 36.00Product Description: Humor Times Magazine is for those who love to laugh! Full of cartoons and humor columns, it shows up in your mailbox once a month and keeps you smiling all year round! In today9s world, you need a reason to laugh. So let's find it in humor Times.News ChinaCirculation: 1 Year, 12 IssuesCover Price: $ 47.88Product Description: News China magazine is the English edition of China domestic news in politics, business, society, environment, culture, sports and travels, etc. It is the first comprehensive news magazine for readers interested in China.注意：L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。Finally, half a month later, the girls' mother, Petita told a sad story.The girls were glad that fortune eventually led them to each other.1. How much would you probably pay for an award winning magazine?A. $ 44.55B. $ 42.55C. $ 36.00D. $ 47.882. What kind of people may buy News China!A. People who are interested in China's politics, business and culture.B , People who have a strong sense of humor and love to laugh.C. People who want to enlarge the knowledge of their kids.D. People who have an interest in personal lifestyle of the Chinese.3. Which magazine may best help relieve your work stress?A. Apple Seeds B. Better LifeC. Humor Times D. News ChinaHow do you feel about bees? Do you get irritated when they buzz （嗡嗡地叫）around you and do you fear their mission is just to sting you? Love them or loathe them, these little insects are extremely important creatures, and without them we might starve.Bees deserve some respect- they give us honey, and they play their part either in pollinating （给授粉）the many vegetables and fruits we eat directly or pollinating thefood fbr the animals that we then consume. In fact, they are the world's most important pollinators. Thafs not all a study by the University of Reading in the UK, found bees and other pollinating insects have a global economic value of around & 120bn and contribute around & 690m to the UK economy every year.So, bees are worth protecting, and although a small number of bee species are vital for crops such as oilseed rape （欧洲、|油菜）,apples and strawberries, experts say we should be taking care of all our bees. Researchers say conservation efforts should be aimed at a wide number of species一 even those that currently contribute little to crop pollination- in order to maintain biodiversity and ensure future food security.Unfortunately, in recent times, bee populations have been declining due to pesticides （杀 虫剂），disease and habitat loss. It's something we should be worried about because, as Gill Perkins, chief executive of the Bumblebee （大黄蜂）Conservation Trust, told BBC Future website: "They provide a whole ecosystem service.The recent lockdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic seem to have given bee populations a little boost because they faced less human disturbance, traffic and polluting fumes.Conservationists hope, going forward, people will appreciate bees more and encourage them to thrive as they reconnect with nature. Gill Perkins says, "They are beginning to realize how their mental health and well-being are supported by nature- particularly by bumblebees, which are so iconic, beautiful and buzzy." So, it really seems time to give bees a second chance.4. What do bees do to the fruits and vegetables we eat?A.They store them.B.They pollinate them.C.They destroy them.D.They consume them.5. . What reason might contribute to the fall-off in bee populations?A.Habitat loss.B.Natural enemies.C.Heavy weather.D.Crop pollination.6. What does the underlined word “thrive“ in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Grow.B. Plant.C. Decrease.D. Shrink.7. In which section of a website can we probably find the text?A. Tourism.B. Sports.C. Business.D. Science.You're stuck in a sea of standstill traffic when it begins: hunger pangs, the kind that release a steady stream of fast food fantasizing. With your grumbling stomach growing louder, your options are limited: You can wait a few hours for the roadways to clear or pull a Michael Douglas in the movie Falling Down, leaving your car idling on the freeway while you set off on foot (please don't do this).Now Burger King, is betting that hungry drivers will welcome a third option: a direct-to-driver; delivery concept the company has labeled the "Traffic, Jam Whoopper.”Reached by email, Gustavo Lauri a, co-founder of the advertising agency We Believers, which developed the vehicle delivery concept, said the new approach allows the burger chain to capitalize on a time of day in which the city's terrible traffic typically slows business. nThis was an opportunity for Burger King to generate new profits out of those hungry drivers," Lauria added.Lauria claims Burger King is the first fast food brand to deliver food to people in the middle of a traffic jam. In Mexico City, the company said, delivery drivers are already receiving an average of 7,000 orders per day, mostly to homes and offices. To make the traffic jam delivery process possible. Burger King's Mexico app activities the service after identifying crowded areas in Mexico City during periods of high traffic. Customers can only place an order if the app determines that the driver will be locked in traffic for at least 30 minutes and they are within a 1.8-mile distance of a Burger King restaurant, the company said.Early on, Lauria wrote, the initiative was met with skepticism. The challenges were complex: making sure real-time geolocation data was accurate enough, and the creation of a hands-free way to take orders on cellphones in a country that has adopted serious punishment for drivers who use cellphones behind the wheel.Though the company did not offer a timeline, Burger King says it expects to roll out the Traffic Jam Whopper in other overcrowded cities, such as Los Angeles, Sao Paulo and Shanghai.8. What does the 'Traffic Jam Whopper'1 (paragraph 2) refer to?A. A proposal intended to ease the traffic jam during peak hours.B , An initiative which allows drivers to have food delivered directly to their cars.C. A platform which makes it convenient for drivers to order food via cellphones.D. An association supervising whether drivers are observing traffic rules.9. Burger King is launching the Traffic Jam Whopper mainly to.A. promote its corporate cultureB. make a shift in its sales patternC. achieve an increase in its profitD. expand its business into more cities10. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The Traffic Jam Whopper poses a threat to the safety of pedestrians.B. Drivers will be allowed to type on their cellphones during traffic jams.C. Technological barriers may block the traffic jam delivery processD. Drivers can instantly choose to activate Burger King's app.11. Burger King is about the Traffic Jam Whopper.A. cautiousB. ambitiousC. doubtfulD. concernedFikiri Kiponda's path from accountant to marine (海洋的)conservationist was sparked by a chance encounter. After securing his dream job, Kiponda decided he wanted more. He wasn't quite sure what he was looking for until he ran across some turtle hatchlings.He didn't know it was turtle. Fortunately enough he got the right person to ask and he got motivated. That person was Nkindi, a staff member at the Watamu Conservation project who later invited him to volunteer on the project. He later left his accounting job and fully devoted himself into the world of sea turtles. Now, he runs and spends his time nursing critically endangered sea turtles back to health.Sea turtles have been around for nearly 110 million years and are now considered highly endangered. Their preservation rests on activities of conservationists such as Kiponda as these turtles face numerous threats and signs of their extinction in the next 50 years.Local fishermen traditionally catch them to supplement their own low catch rates and sell them for their oil. As changes are made to accommodate more hotels for tourists, there is less available beach land for turtle nesting.Kiponda's passion has now spread to his community, changing their attitude towards sea life preservation with his “by-catch release programme.Through this program, fishermen are now paid for returning turtles accidentally caught in their fishing nets. The healthy ones are tagged and released into the marine park while he takes care of sick and injured turtles back to health.Before the launch of pioneering spirit like this, turtles caught by fishermen were used for their meat and their oil extracted （提炼）for its medicinal properties."Releasing the turtle back into the ocean is a very good feeling, like, you feel like you've done something concrete and I guess everybody would love to do that.so I guess it's unique work.”12. What was Fikiri Kiponda's dream job according to the text?A. An accountant.B , A marine conservationist.C. A guide to the Watamu Conservation Project.D. An advocate for turtles.13. What may be the main threat to the turtles?A.The rising sea level.B.Being caught by tourists.C.Overdevelopment in the tourism.D.The reduction in their nesting place.14. Which of the following words can best describe Fikiri Kiponda?A.Energetic but conservative.B.Enthusiastic and caring.C.Arbitrary but considerate.D.Ambitious and knowledgeable.15. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. The man saving endangered sea turtles.B , An unique job of protecting sea turtles.C. A pioneer project protecting sea animals.D. The current situation faced by sea turtles.二、七选五The Benefits of Digital ArtDigital art is the process of creating artwork using computers and software. 16 Lets have a look.Digital art is often quicker to Hnish.Take oil paintings for example. If you create one in the traditional way, you will need all kinds of tools like paper, water, paints, etc. 17 But with my computer and the right software, I can start a digital oil painting in less than 10 seconds.18A computer with the right apps and software might cost you $1, 000, but physical art is pretty expensive. Pencils, paper, paints, paintbrushes and all of the other things you need soon get expensive. And they all need replacing - things can easily reach that $1, 000 and beyond.Digital art avoids using much space of your room.Drawings and paintings can take up lots of physical space. I have many physical drawings which are stored in boxes in my room. Some of the drawings took me weeks to complete. 19 It sounds crazy to say this but they just kept building up. Joyfully, digital art will not take up much space of the room.Digital art makes it easy to deal with mistakes.Digital art gives you the wonderful ability to correct your mistakes. Any time you make a mistake, you can step back from it right away with a push of a button. As for traditional art, it's not easy to correct a mistake. For example, when your pen accidentally falls on your painting, you may not be able to deal with it. 20A. Digital art helps save money.B , These tools can be very important.C. It takes time to prepare all of these.D. And your painting will be destroyed.E. Digital art will never be a paper killer.F. But they never see the light of day now.G. Compared with traditional art, digital art has some advantages.三、完形填空My mother worked as a housekeeper. She was given many leftover things when clients 21 their junk, including used toys as well as many other treats. My older sister and I always loved sharing the 22 books and board games that Mom brought home. We 23 divided everything.One December day, an old-model toy car arrived in the load of goods. It was as long as my forearm and 24 both hands to lift. My sister didn't want it, so it was all mine. I immediately began brushing it clean and 25 it to a bright candy-apple red. It was a thing of beauty, and I glowed as much as it did from pride of 26.Our 27 from France came to visit that Christmas, and my young French cousin fell in love with that wonderful, shiny red automobile. He'd been 28 so far in life, suffering severe, life-threatening illnesses as a child and hurting himself badly earlier in the year when he accidentally 29 and fell on the icy sidewalk.By now, everyone knew how I felt about the car, 30 nobody dared suggest that I give it to him. But, deep down, I knew it was the 31 thing to do. So, when they left, my red car went with him. Though I was upset to see it go, my heart 32 when I saw his beaming face as he tightly grasped it.I still think about that car and 33 it to this day. But with that beloved recycled Christmas gift, I 34 with my cousin for life.Years later, my cousin presented me with a replica （复制J 品）of the red toy car, a reminderof the joy of giving. He cherished the original gift and wanted to pass on the 35 that it's better to give than receive.21. A. put away22. A. donated23. A. fairly24. A. stretchedB , sorted throughB. purchasedB , surprisinglyB. tookC. burned upC , recycledC. hardlyC. equaledD. broke downD. borrowedD. unexpectedlyD. had25. A. transformingB. comparingC. addingD. polishing26. A. victoryB. identityC. ownershipD. invention27. A. relativesB , mastersC. colleaguesD. customers28. A. toughB. unluckyC. consistentD. hopeless29. A. sneezedB. skiedC. stampedD. slipped30. A. butB. soC. orD. for31. A. bitterB. oddC. funD. right32. A. sangB. sankC. beatD. failed33. A. ownB. cleanC. lendD. miss34. A. sympathizedB. livedC. bondedD. struggled35. A. messageB. objectiveC. statementD. resolution四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。I am Han Jing. This is my first senior school day and I am so 36 (nerve). I was wondering 37 I could make a good first 38 (impress) and make good 39 (friend). In my first maths class, the teacher was friendly and 40 (help), and he told us 41 funny story, 42 made everyone laugh. In the afternoon, I couldn't concentrate onthe experiment because