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1、高二英语 第1页（共 12 页）西南大学附中 20222023 学年度下期期末考试 高二英语试题（满分：150 分；考试时间：120 分钟）注意事项：注意事项：1答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、班级、考场/座位号、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2选择题时，必须使用 2B 铅笔填涂；答非选择题时，必须使用 0.5 毫米的黑色签字笔书写；必须在题号对应的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写无效；保持答卷清洁、完整。3考试结束后，将答题卡交回（试题卷学生保存，以备评讲)。第一部分第一部分 听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满

2、分 7.5 分）分）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。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 Where is the woman probably from?A.Peru.B.Britain.C.Mexico.2 What will the man do tonight?A.Attend a party.B.Reply to an invitation.C.Play football.3 What does the woman think of her old roommate?A.

3、Selfish.B.Thoughtful.C.Careful.4 What should the city do according to the woman?A.Create more jobs.B.Improve the air quality.C.Close some businesses.5 What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.Their daily routine.B.Their dormitory.C.The weather.第二节（共第二节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 22.5 分）分）听下面

4、 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。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 does the woman suggest the man get home?A.By bus.B.By car.C.By taxi.7 Where are the speakers?A.At home.B.At a bus station.C.At a restaurant.高二英语 第2页（共 12 页）听第 7 段材

5、料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8 Why is the man at the supermarket today?A.To do some shopping.B.To carry out a survey.C.To meet the owner.9 What change did the owner make to the supermarket last year?A.The location.B.The name.C.The manager.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10 What is the woman doing?A.Borrowing a tent.B.Retur

6、ning a tent.C.Packing a tent.11 What is the womans motivation for climbing?A.To get close to nature.B.To have fun.C.To improve her fitness.12 Where will the speakers climb together?A.In the wild.B.At a climbing center.C.At a gym.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13 What is the womans opinion about her idea of

7、the online business?A.Its unique.B.Its practical.C.Its challenging.14 Why will the woman contact artists?A.To see their works.B.To look for inspiration.C.To do business with them.15 What will the woman do for large orders?A.Offer free delivery.B.Charge a small fee.C.Give a discount.16 What is specia

8、l about the packaging?A.Its luxury.B.Its of good quality.C.Its environmentally friendly.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17 Where are drinks served all day?A.In the cafe.B.In the dining room.C.By the swimming pool.18 What will the listeners probably do around 1 p.m.?A.Have lunch.B.Go swimming.C.Attend a conf

9、erence.19 What does the speaker apologize for?A.The updated program.B.The high temperature.C.The late lunch.20 Why does the conference program have to be changed?A.Some rooms are being repaired.B.The General Manager cant come.C.A speaker isnt able to give her talk.高二英语 第3页（共 12 页）第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满

10、分阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 37.5 分）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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。A TECHNOLOGY SIMPLIFIEDBIGGER AND BETTER WOW COMPUTER!Easy to read.Easy to see.Easy to use.Just plug it in!“I love this computer!It is easy to read and to use!I get photo updates from

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19、Computer?A.Low-charge Software updates.B.No put-together task.C.Lightning-fast Microsoft processors.D.Heavily discounted introductory price.B In the Pascucci household,putting up Christmas lights was always a big day of celebration and a family affair.Every year,Anthony Pascucci,the male head of the

20、 family,and his older sister,Connie Pascucci,and Anthonys son,Anthony Jr.,and daughter,Sara,pitched in it.In 2020,Anthony Sr.,60,tied colorful lights all around their roof until it looked as if the brightness of the lights could counter some of the darkness of the past year with COVID-19.However,jus

21、t several days after Christmas Eve the pandemic claimed his life.Sara says the next weeks were the worst of her life.But when she pulled up to the house at the end of a long day,the twinkling Christmas lights brought her a spark of joy.Taking the lights down felt like a final act of closure she wasn

22、t ready to take.So she kept them up.One day Sara received an unsigned letter which read“Take your Christmas lights down!Its Valentines Day!”Sara was shocked and angry.She decided to post the letter.“I wanted to remind people that we all had a tough year and people should be a little more caring towa

23、rd each other,”she says.#QQABKYCUogCAAhAAAQBCQwmyCkKQkhCCCKgOQFAcIEABiAFABAA=#高二英语 第5页（共 12 页）“I know what it feels like to lose someone and not want to put their things away.Its very hard,”one man commented.And something strange began to happen.Sara was driving back from work one day when she notic

24、ed that Christmas lights were appearingor reappearingon neighbors houses.The mystery had a sweet explanation:Her neighbors had gotten together and decided,collectively,to hang their lights back up and turn them back on in honor of Saras father.“To see the lights and the block lit up again,”Sara said

25、,“it touched my heart.”A few weeks later,Sara decided she was ready to take down the lights.Sara said it was hard to pack them away“but not as hard as I think it would have been if we hadnt experienced all that support and love.”24 In Saras family,putting up Christmas lights _.A.was in the charge of

26、 AnthonyB.was a family routineC.was the biggest event in a yearD.could remove the darkness of the past year25 Sara kept the lights up because _.A.they reminded her of her fatherB.it was still Christmas season thenC.it was too troublesome to remove themD.she couldnt tolerate them26 Sara posted the un

27、signed letter in order to _.A.share her anger and shockB.win others sympathy and favorC.criticize the person who wrote the letterD.appeal to people to show more consideration to others27 Which can be the most probable title for the text?A.Up in Lights.B.Saras Sweet Neighbors.C.An Unforgettable Chris

28、tmas.D.Let Your Neighbors Lights On.C Across the gardens of Britain,people are building sheds.People have gone crazy about sheds.The Timber Trade Federation reports that in October,the last month for which statistics were available,imports of softwood were 34%higher than a year earlier.With stocks(库

29、存)running low,what wood is available is quickly sold out.A garden shed used to be mostly a place to store tools,or a place to discuss how to grow flowers and enjoy tea and snacks while the rain falls outside,according to Michael Rand,an expert gardener.But the creative brain-worker has long put it t

30、o more productive use.Roald Dahl and Dylan Thomas wrote in sheds.George Bernard Shaw had one in his Hertfordshire garden that faced the sun.高二英语 第6页（共 12 页）Besides growing flowers,the sheds now being built are also often intended for work.However,they are grander than the ones those pioneer shed-wri

31、ters used.Green Retreats,which mostly builds garden offices,says that overall sales on building sheds grew by 113%between 2019 and 2020.Larger and fancier structures are especially popular.This has an important impact on cities.Urban scholars like Richard Florida and Edward Glaeser are busy trying t

32、o work out whether the rise in home-working that has occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue when the virus declines.If it does,many service jobs in cities,from waiters to taxi drivers,will disappear.Public transport systems will struggle.The value of city-centre housing will drop.The sh

33、ed boom makes that outcome more likely.A white-collar worker who has tried to work from the kitchen table for the past nine months might be keen to return to the office.A worker who has a beautiful garden shed with Wi-Fi will not hope so.Joel Bird,who builds personalized sheds,is certain that his cu

34、stomers expect a long-term change in their working habits.“They dont consider home-working to be temporary,”he says.“Theyre spending too much money on sheds.”28 Why did Britain buy more softwood from other countries?A.Softwood was cheaper this year.B.Demands for sheds were on the rise.C.Softwood sup

35、pliers were fewer than before.D.Britons stored softwood like crazy due to COVID-19.29 What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?A.Previous shed-writers.B.Various functions of sheds.C.Improvements on shed-building.D.The advantages of garden-sheds.30 What can we infer from the text?A.The shed boom might

36、 threaten economy in cities.B.Workers are eager to return to work in their offices.C.More people prefer gardening in their beautiful sheds.D.Peoples working habits remain the same after COVID-19.31 What is Joel Birds attitude to returning to work in office after COVID-19?A.Unclear.B.Optimistic.C.Ind

37、ifferent.D.Pessimistic.高二英语 第7页（共 12 页）D Ariel Novoplansky,an ecologist in Israel,set up an experiment among pea plants to study how they communicate with each other.In the experiments Ariel put the pea plants in rows of containers.The center plant in the row was the target.The pea plants had been g

38、rown with two main roots.On one side,each pea plant had one root in its own pot and the other reaching into a neighbors pot.The central plant connected to its closest neighbor,which connected to another neighbor,and so on down the line.On the other side,all the plants kept their roots in their own p

39、ots,unconnected to their neighbors.With everything ready,the ecologist created a dryness for the central target plant,which had quickly closed up its leaf pores(气孔)to save water.Amazingly,the connected plants on one side gradually closed up their leaf pores,even though only one of them had experienc

40、ed real dryness.On the other side,with unconnected roots pea chain,all their pores stayed open.This means the warning signal didnt travel from the stressed plants leaves through the air,but only from its roots through the soil.Its possible that plants are just eavesdropping(偷听)even if the damaged pl

41、ant didnt mean to send signals to them.Maybe the damaged plant leaks certain chemicals and nearby roots could sense those signals.But the plants with connected roots that werent dried out passed on the drought signals to their neighbors too,which means simple eavesdropping probably isnt the answer.T

42、hey seem to be having a real conversation,picking up information on one side and sharing it with a neighbor on the other.The benefit to a plant that receives this information is pretty clear.But whats the benefit to sending a danger signal to your neighbor?Remember,your neighbor may actually be you.

43、32 Which aspect of the experiment does paragraph 2 mainly concern?A Its finding.B.Its application.C.Its purpose.D.Its design.33 How do the pea plants communicate in the experiment?A.By connecting their roots.B.By opening their leaf pores.C.By spreading a special smell.D.By leaking certain chemicals.

44、34 Which word best describes the communication between plants?A.Confidential.B.Cooperative.C.Long-distance.D.Air-to-air.35 Why does a plant send a danger signal to its neighbors according to the last paragraph?A.To better its surroundings.B.To make itself strong.C.To develop its root.D.To keep itsel

45、f safe.高二英语 第8页（共 12 页）第二节（共第二节（共 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 12.5 分）分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。One Second Every Day Ive been in advertising for eight years and used to work a lot of late nights and weekends for numerous projects.36 One day I watched a talk called“The power of time o

46、ff”.Its about how every seven years,the speaker takes a year off from work so he can do his own creative projects.37 I decided I had to do that.I need to take time to start my own creative ideas.The first project ends up being something I call“One Second Every Day”.Basically,I record one second of e

47、very day for the rest of my life,combining these moments into one single continuous video until I cant record them anymore.38 Therere many things I have no recollection of unless someone brings them up,and I think,“Oh,thats something I did.”39 On a good day,Ill have maybe four seconds I want to choo

48、se.Ill just have to narrow them down to one,but even narrowing them down to that one allows me to remember the other three anyway.I dont use any filters(滤镜),just trying to catch the moment as much as possible as it is.I started a rule of the first-person view.Early on,I thought I should have a coupl

49、e of videos where people would see me,but I realized that wasnt the way to go.40 The project has many possibilities.I encourage you all to record just a small piece of your life every day,so you can never forget that day and treasure every moment.A.It instantly inspired me.B.The purpose is to rememb

50、er what Ive done.C.Im always energetic when doing things I love.D.People might have different interpretations of it.E.Its difficult,sometimes,to pick that one second.F.But I never had time for one I wanted to work on on my own.G.The essence of my project should be recording the thing as I actually s