云南省曲靖市民族中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

云南省曲靖市民族中学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In summer of this year, we have options for your young artiste (专业演员)to learn a new creative art or develop an existing talent around the sound. Here are just 4 of a dozen highly unique activities being offered by us in Seattle.Broadway BoundBroadway Bound will be offering 12 weeks of in-person musical theater camps this summer. Campers will work together to learn acting, singing and dancing, and then put on a performance at the end of the week.Dates: June 13-Sept. 2Ages:5-14Cost: $ 400Stone Soup TheatreStone Soup will hold its Summer Stage day camps outside at two parks: Meridian Playfield in North Seattle and Jefferson Park in South Seattle. Camps run 9 a. m.3 p. m, with early-arrival care and aftercare free of charge. Kids can act their hearts out.Dates: June 13-Aug. 22Ages: 6-14Cost: $ 395School of RockJoin a band this summer! At School of Rock, kids can spend a week learning and making music at fun day camps. No experience is needed for some camps, such as Rookies Camp, though some require some experience. Most camps come to an end with a live performance.Dates: June 20-Aug. 26Ages: 5-17Cost: $ 495Gage Academy of Art (Seattle, online)Gage Academy's full-day and in-person camps and half-day online camps offer practical art instruction in drawing, painting, sculpting and digital design. The curriculum encouragesActually, they were rescuers searching for me. students to explore new materials and techniques, develop problem-solving skills and celebrate self-expression.Dates: June 27-Aug. 26Ages:6-18Cost: Varies by programs, before-/after-care provided for an additional fee1. What will campers do at the Broadway Bound?A. Visit a theater.B. Give a performance. C , Meet a famous star. D. Work for dancers.2. What is special about Stone Soup Theatre?A. It offers free aftercare.B It will be held in summer.C It encourages early arrival.D. It is about kids' performance.3. Which camp will attract children who are interested in making music?A. Broadway Bound.B. Stone Soup Theatre.C. School of Rock.D , Gage Academy of Art.“To me, love is the most important thing. What could be more healing than love?”These words, like lines from a poem, are from Robin, who founded the Bumi Sehat Bali Clinic in central Ubud. Now the clinic provides treatment or educational support for over 100, 000 people annually.Giving birth to her first child at nineteen, Robin moved to Hawaii after college, working for several years on a farm, where she taught farming practices and poetry. But in 1991, she received heartbreaking news. Her idyllic life on the farm was turned upside down when her sister, expecting a child in Alabama, died of pregnancy complications （孕娠并发症）.“When my dear sister passed away, I realized mothers were dying everywhere. In countries with increased poverty, some people can't afford to go to the hospital. What motivated me initially was my love for my sister, but this soon grew into a concern formothers and children all over the world. Robin's feelings fbr her sister were transformed into a desire to help women everywhere in need.To ensure that children are born healthy, nutritionally balanced meals are provided for expecting mothers free of charge. Those who lack housing are free to stay as long as it is necessary. The clinic also sees patients of all ages who have symptoms unrelated to childbirth, while providing facilities for language learning and IT education, and annually training over 6, 000 nursing and midwifery （助产）students, backed by a scholarship program.Just as Robin said, love is to be found inside the Bumi Schat Bali Clinic. Perhaps feelings of showing kindness toward others and wanting to make the world a better place are the key to a brighter tomorrow.4 . Which of the following best explains “idyllic" underlined in Paragraph 3?A. Peaceful.B. Dramatic.C. Tough.D. Troublesome.5 . What made Robin change her career course at first?A. Her love for midwifery.C. Her sorrow for her sister's death.6. What do we know about the clinic?A. It is famous for its nursing program.C. It provides financial aid for mothers.7. What can we learn from Robin's story?A. Hard work inspires great respect.C. Kindness can be richly rewarded.B. Her desire to help children.D. Her loss of interest in poetry.8. It offers mothers-to-be free diets.D. It has treated over 6, 000 patients.8. Ups and downs make one strong.D. Love makes the world a better place.I recently came in contact with celebrity magazines. My family isn't one to give money for pictures of skinny, drunk celebrities with paragraphs about their relationships and shopping cart times. Thus, I was excited to finally get a chance to read about other people's attractive yet troubled lives.Right away I noticed how each magazine seemed to be a copy of the other. They had headlines and pictures that were almost the same. Still, the pictures of perfectly constructed faces with cute designer outfits going on with their daily lives made me read on.Wait, celebrities taking their dogs for a walk? Spending an afternoon at a park? All of these things seemed so ordinary things my own family and I do together often. I suddenly realized how unextraordinary the people in these magazines were. They are simply normalpeople who happen to have a cool job and much money. For some reason, pictures of them doing things like buying milk at the store appeal to millions of readers. Then, when these regular people mess up, their mistakes are painted onto hundreds of newspapers and Internet sites.What if every time we made a mistake, it was made public? Have you ever failed a test?Imagine seeing pictures of you on the front of a newspaper with headlines like, "RegularSchooling Isn't Enough”. You'd be embarrassed. Now, Tm not necessarily taking the celebrity's side. Tm more realizing the fact that these people we are crazy about are just ordinary human beings with many photographs following them around. Role models? I'd think not. Personally, I'd rather look up to people in any community who have accomplished a lot instead of an ordinary person walking his dog in Berverly Hills.8. What do we know about the author's family?A. They admire celebrities very much.B. They are curious about the life ofcelebrities.C.They are not interested in celebrities.D.They often buy celebrity magazines.9. What does the author think of celebrities?A.They live a happy life.B.They seldom do usual things.C ,They attract people's admiration.D.They are just ordinary people like us.10. Who is most likely to be the author's role model?A. Celebrities who live an ordinary life.B. Extraordinary people who accomplish alot.C. Common people who do great things.D. People who make great contributions to communities.11. What is the author's purpose in writing the text?A. To show people's different attitudes towards celebrities.B. To advise us to have a right attitude towards celebrities.C. To describe the actual life of celebrities.D. To ask us to be realistic about others' mistakes.Habitat loss, pesticides 侬药）and climate change are threatening insect populations worldwide. In 2019, Biological Conservation reported that 40% of all insects species are declining （减少）globally and that a third of them are endangered.And while it may sound nice to live in a world with fewer bad insects, environmental writer Oliver Milman says that human beings would be in big trouble without insects. That's because insects play important roles in pollinating （给授粉）plants we eat, breakingdown waste in forest soil and forming the base of a food chain that other larger animals including- humans-rely upon.“It would be an extremely terrible place to live in-and certainly not something we should ever aim fdrj Milman says of an insect free existence. "You would certainly have mass starvation and social unrest.If d be a place where there would be smelly waste and dead bodies everywhere because insects that break down those materials would be gone.”Milman charts the troubling decline of insects in his new book, The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World. He says that while ifs impossible to know exactly what's happening with every insect species in the world, the overall trends are not good: The butterfly population in North America has declined quickly in the past 40 years, for example, and a U. N. assessment done in 2019 found that half a million insect species are under threat of extinction, some in the coming decades.“The world, our surroundings, would be far quieter, far duller without insects,he says. “When you start kind of digging down into these figures looking at the research, it's clear that there's something seriously wrong.There is a straight decline in most insect populations, and that spells major trouble fbr them but also for us.” 12. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about insects?A. Their classification.B. Their importance.C. Their development.D. Their future.13. What can be inferred about Milman's new book?A. It describes the worrying decline of insects.B. It tells what's happening with all insect species.C. It shows half a million butterfly species will be in danger of extinction.D. It explains why the number of butterflies in South America has increased.14. What is the author s attitude to the decline of insect population?A. Positive.B. Worried.C. Unconcerned D. Doubtful.15. . What is the text mainly about?A. The introduction of the endangered insects. B. The ways of increasing insects9population.C. The effects of the declining insects' population. D. The reasons of threatening insects9 population.二、七选五Last weekend I was lucky enough to attend one of Spain's most famous carnivals in the city of Cadiz. You can only understand what it is like after seeing it for yourself. Everybody was fancily-dressed from top to toe. 16Almost instantly after stepping off the train, we were filled with joy. 17 Many people parading through the streets playing traditional music filled people with happiness. As we wandered around and took in the animate atmosphere, the creativity of some costumes was incredible! You could really tell that people put a lot of time and energy into making some amazing costumes.Then there were the groups dotted around the city. 18 This gave the carnival a pure essence of originality, as they were singing from their heart. Furthermore, the fact that I was not able to understand the inside jokes did not matter, as I was transfixed by the actions and expressions they provided. 19As the night progressed, the streets got more packed with people. When we passed a convenience store, we danced along to the music coming through the owner's speakers.20 It was a marquee with a DJ set inside, literally like a mini festival. After this wacky weekend of festivity, it is true to say that the Spanish know how to party! A. Everyone was dancing.B. People got more and more excited.C. We saw everyone was in high spirits.D. It made me feel like I was in a fairy-tale world.E. Afterwards, we went to the main party at El Puerto.F. They were mostly old men singing some traditional songs.G. These mini street shows were a true taste of Spanish culture.三、完形填空I stood in my office, surrounded by hundreds of books! I hadn't expected my bookdrive(捐书活动)to be of so much21. Surely, with my kind and helpful coworkers,I shouldn't have been so 22.One morning a year ago, I suddenly lost consciousness(意识)and23 myself inhospital after coming to myself. Cancer ran into my life. Considering I must be very sad, my friends offered support, especially Kathy. She would take meals to me. We grew 24 During one chat, I learned Kathy's mum died of cancer when she was young and Kathy still25 her every day. I wished to do something to repay Kathy's kindness. But I didn't have the 26 to do so.After 13 rounds of 27, my health returned. Before getting sick, I lovedorganizing activities for some free libraries, where people could 28 books to those in need. Now that I recovered, I would do it again. That was how the book drive 29 I encouraged my coworkers to bring me children's books. They responded so 30.My office was crowded with books soon.I knew Kathy's son was a(n)31 of the Harry Potter series. Therefore, afterfinding a copy, I gave it to Kathy's son. When he open it, his eyes were full of excitement. He told me, "You won't 32 it! This is exactly the book my mother bought me! Thereare the words written by her: 'To Kathy, Happy Birthday!'" He added that he 33it. But it had been lost due to several times of moving house, which was really a(n)34. But somehow, here it was. Out of hundreds of books from countless families,this long-lost treasure had made it back into the.35hands.21. A. successB.benefitC. comfortD. freedom22. A. confidentB.interestedC , surprisedD. upset23. A. heardB.spokeC , forgaveD. found24. A. healthierB.richerC. closerD. busier25. A. helpedB.calledC. missedD. met26. A. moneyB.chanceC. possibilityD. expectation27. A. competitionB.treatmentC. imaginationD. research28. A. donateB.sellC, readD. write29. A. came aboutB.put outC , broke upD. took apart30. A. franklyB.humorouslyC. smartlyD. positively31. A. artistB.expertC. fanD. actor32. A. believeB.manageC. understandD. make33.A. editedB. valuedC. improvedD. discussed34.A. testB. guardC. honourD. pity35.A. rightB. skillfulC. shakingD. similar四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Every summer artists perform at Fringe Festivals around the world. Fringe Festivals are36 celebration of strange art instead of traditional art. The shows give artists a chance37 (create) unusual art. For Festival goers, each show is a time to experiencesomething different.The first Fringe Festival 38 (hold) in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1947. Artists39 around the world travelled to Scotland for the Edinburgh International Festival. Today there are hundreds of Fringe Festivals 40 (take) place around the world. The one in Washington D. C. called the Capital Fringe Festival, 41 is held in July, is in its tenth year. Julianne Brienza 42 (found) the Capital Fringe Festival. She went to school for the performing arts, but now sees herself as an 43 (organize) of the festival.Brienza believes that fringe performance art is special and can have a 44 (power) effect. She also says it will become 45 (popular) with more people taking part in it.五、其他应用文46.假如你是李华，在今年的世界地球日（每年的4月22日，是一个专为世界环境保 护而设立的节日，旨在提高民众对于现有环境问题的意识，并动员民众参与到环保运动 中，通过绿色低碳生活，改善地球的整体环境。）,联系生活实际，请以“How to Live a GreenLife”为题，在校英语报投稿，谈谈如何在日常生活中过一种绿色生活。词数100 左右。How to Liv