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1、高 二 年 级 英 语 测 试 题（2023年 2 月 3 日）一、阅 读 理 解 AWhy go to Madrid?There may be a slight chill（寒 冷）in the air,with temperatures staying around 15 in March,but Spains handsome capital is slowly starting to warm up.Even moreattractive are the cultural events.A new exhibition on the living and working spaces

2、of Spains greatest artist,Picasso,has just opened in the studio at the Fundacion Mapfre at Paseo de Recoletos 23.It runs until 1 1 May with rarely seen pieces borrowed from his family.Later this summer,the 400th anniversary of the death of the Renaissance（文 艺 复 兴）painter El Greco will be marked with

3、 an exciting exhibition at the Museo del Pradoat Paseo del Prado from 24June to 5 October.How to go?The widest range of flights is offered by EasyJet一 from Bristol,Edinburgh,Gatwick,Liverpool and Luton.British Airways and its sister airline Iberia combineforces from Heathrow and London City.Ryanair

4、flies from Manchester and Stansted;Air Europa flies from Gatwick.Barajas airport is 13km north-east of the city centre and is served by frequent trainson Metro line 8,but the shortest underground journey is a bit complex with at least onechange at Nuevos Ministerios station and takes about 30 minute

5、s.The fare to anystation in the city centre is 4.50.The airport express bus runs every 15 to 35 minutesaround the clock;5 one way.It takes 40 minutes to reach the city centre.A taxi takeshalf the time.A flat rate of E 30 covers most of central Madrid.l.When will the exhibition about Picasso close?A.

6、On 23 March.B.On 11 May.C.On 24June.D.On 5 October.2.Which airline operates flights from Manchester to Madrid?A.EasyJet.B.Ryanair.C.Air Europa.D.BritishAirways.3.What is the fastest way to reach central Madrid from Barajas airport?A.lake a taxi.B.Take a city bus.C.Take Metro line 8.D.Take the airpor

7、t express bus.BPoet William Stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours（绕 行 路）in life than by the narrow road toward goals.I like this image.But it was quite byaccident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words.For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my pare

8、nts1 home inBoise in nine hours.We traveled the way most people do:the fastest,shortest,easiestroad,especially when I was alone with four noisy,restless kids who hateconfinement（限 制）and have strong opinions about everything.Road trips felt risky,so I would drive fast,stopping only when I had to.We w

9、ouldstick to the freeways and arrive tired.But then Banner,our lamb was born.He was rejected by his mama days before ourplanned trip to Boise.I had two choices:leave Banner with my husband,or take him withme.My husband made the decision for me.That is how I found myself on the road with four kids,a

10、baby lamb and nothing butmy everlasting optimism to see me through.We took the country roads out of necessity.We had to stop every hour,let Banner shake out his legs and feed him.The kids chasedhim and one another.Theyd get back in the car breathless and energized,smelling freshfrom the cold air.We

11、explored side roads,catching grasshopper in waist-high grass.Even if wesimply looked out of the car window,at baby pigs following their mother,or fishleaping out of the water,it was better than the best ride down the freeway.Here was life.And new horizons（见 识）.We eventually arrived at my parents1 do

12、orstep astonishingly fresh and full ofstories.I grew brave with the trip back home and creative with my disciplining technique.On an empty section of road,everyone started quarreling.I stopped the car,orderedall kids out and told them to meet me up ahead.I parked my car half a mile away andread my b

13、ook in sweet silence.Some road trips are by necessity fast and straight.But that trip with Banner openedour eyes to a world available to anyone adventurous enough to wander around andmade me realize that a detour may uncover the best part of a joumey-and the best partof yourself.4.Why did the author

14、 use to take freeways to her parents1 home?A.It was less tiring.B.It would be faster and safer.C.Her kids would feel less confined.D.She felt better with other drivers nearby.5.The author stopped regularly on the country roads to.A.relax in the fresh air.B.take a deep breath.C.take care of the lamb.

15、D.let the kids play with Banner.6.What does the author discover from the trip according to Paragraph 6?A.Freeways are where beauty hides.B.Getting close to nature adds to the joy of life.C.Enjoying the beauty of nature benefits ones health.D.One should follow side roads to watch wild animals.7.Why d

16、id the author ask the kids to get out of the car on their way back home?A.To give herself some time to read.B.To order some food for them.C.To play a game with them.D.lb let them cool down.CThirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert,seeking amillion in prize money.To win,

17、they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10hours.Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all,because these vehicleswere missing a key partdrivers.DARPA,the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,organized the race aspart of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battle

18、fields.But the GrandChallenge,as it was called,just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across anunfamiliar desert without human guidance.One had its brake lock up in the startingarea.Another began by throwing itself onto a wall.Another got tied up by bushes nearthe road after 1.9 miles

19、.One turned upside down.One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to bedisabled by remote control.One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence;another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock.The“winner,“if there was any,reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long,nar

20、row hole,and the front wheels caught onfire.“You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things J says ReinholdBehringer,who helped design two of the car-size vehicles for a company calledSci-Autonics.Even ants（蚂 蚁）can do all these tasks effortlessly.Ifs very hard fbr usto put these

21、 abilities into our machines?9The robotic vehicles,though with necessary modern equipment such as advancedcomputers and GPS guidance,had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks aheadthat a two-year-old human recognizes immediately.Sure,that very young child,whohas just only learned to walk,may n

22、ot think to wipe apple juice off her face,but shealready knows that when there9s a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table,and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good.She is more advanced,evenmonths old,than any machine humans have designed.8.Watchers doubted if any of the ve

23、hicles could finish the race b e c a u s e.A.they did not have any human guidanceB.the road was not familiar to the driversC.the distance was too long fbr the vehiclesD.the prize money was unattractive to the drivers9.DARPA organized the race in order t o.A.raise money for producing more robotic veh

24、iclesB.push the development of vehicle industryC.train more people to drive in the desertD.improve the vehicles for future warslO.From the passage we know“robotic vehicles are a kind of machines t h a t.A.can do effortlessly whatever tasks living thing canB.can take part in a race across 142 miles w

25、ith a time limitC.can show off their ability to turn themselves upside downD.can move from place to place without being driven by human beings11.In the last paragraph,the writer implies that there is a long way to g o.A.for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficultiesB.fdr a

26、little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the tableC.fbr a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solveD.fbr a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its faceDThe Hotel Wake-up Call Gets PersonalHeres a wake-up call:T

27、he hotel front desk will do one better than ringing yourphone in the morning.Theyll send an actual human being to your room.Dont worry.They wont come in and kiss you good morning.12.Never mind that most travelers nowadays have smart phones with built-in alarmclocks.13.Here are some examples.At the W

28、olcott Hotel,if a wake-up call isunanswered,they will send an employee to your door.At Las Ventanas al Paraiso,anemployee shows up at your room to wake you up with tea,coffee and breakfast bread.At the Mandarin Oriental,a person rather than an automated system will call to wakeyou up.14.Hotels have

29、always taken the wake-up call seriously.L 5.If you dont get your callwithin five minutes of the requested time,you wont have to pay fbr your room.Travelers,too,still want to have an option of a wake-up call.A study of 285 guests atCrown Plaza found that 53%considered a wake-up call very important.16

30、.In the late 1980s,hotels turned to automated systems.Then all youd get was aring and silence.In the ever-competitive race for loyal customers,however,manyhotels are now getting creative with the wake-up call.Some hotels even haverecordings of celebrity voices.And more hotels will go back to the old

31、 in-person systemof wake up calls.A.But they might bring you coffee.B.If you dont answer,youll get a wake-up knock.C.Crown Plaza,for instance,has a wake-up call guarantee.D.But the wake-up call became less personal over the years.E.The hotel gets 15 to 30 requests for wake-up calls each day.F.The hu

32、man wake-up call is a way to personalize a guests stay.G.Some guests sleep through the call,while others turn their phone ringers off.二、完 形 填 空 When I was nine years old,I loved to go fishing with my dad.But the onlything_ 17_ wasnt very fun about it was that he could catch many fish _ 18_ Icouldnt

33、catch_ 19_.I usually got pretty _ 20_ and kept asking him why.Healways answered,Son,if you want to catch a fish,you have to think_ 21_ a fish”,Iremember being even more upset then because,Tm not a fish!”I didnt know how tothink like a fish.Besides,I _ 22_,how could what I think _ 23 what a fish does

34、?As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant.So,I readsome books_ 24_ fish.And I even _ 25_ the local fishing club and startedattending the monthly meetings.I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal andtherefore is very 26 to water temperature.That is why fish prefer2

35、7 water to deep water because 28_ is warmer.Besides,water isusually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade.Yet,fish dont have any eyelids（眼 皮）and the sun 29 their eyes,The more I understood fish,the more Ibecame effective at finding and catching them.When I grew up an d 30 the business world,I

36、remember 31my first boss say,“We all need to think like sales people.But it didntCompletely 3 2.My dad never once said,If you want to catch a fish youneed to think like a 33 What he said was,“You need to think like a fish.”Years later,with great efforts to_ 34_ _long-term services to people much old

37、erand richer than me,I _ 35_ learned what we all need is to think more likecustom ers.It is not an easy job.I will show you how in the _ _ 36_ chapters.17.A.what B.which C.that D.when18.A.when B.therefore C.however D.while19.A.something B.everything C.nothing D.anything20.A.upset B.angry C.desperate

38、 D.embarrassed21.A.like B.with C.against D.for22.A.concluded B.reasoned C.explained D.said23.A.effect B.cause C.influence D.reflect24.A.for B.in C.with D.on25.A.join B.join in C.take part in D.participate in26.A.secretive B.sensible C.sensitive D.secure27.A.shallow B.low C.short D.small28.A.the latt

39、er B.the former C.the later D.the frontier29.A.destroys B.damages C.ruins D.hurts3O.A.entered B.entered in C.came D.came to31.A.to hear B.hearing C.to listen to D.listening to32.A.make out B.make up C.make sense D.make in33.A.customer B.fisherman C.salesman D.boss34.A.promote B.rise C.raise D.arouse

40、35.A.slowly B.quickly C.gradually D.really36.A.followed三、语 法 填 空 B.following C.to follow D.being followed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。There are more and more cases of drivers behaving violently towards otherroad37.(use).Research has shown that this new form of crime

41、38.(call)road rage(路 怒)is agrowing worldwide problem.Road rage can happen to anyone at any time.A survey hasshown that the morning rush hour appears to be39.most likely time for a road rageattack,and attackers ate most likely to be她 their 20s or 30s.Driving too close andsudden braking(刹 车)41.(be)the

42、 biggest causes of road rage.Irresponsibledrivers42.drive too close often make the driver in front 43.(respond)by suddenbraking.44.(fbrtunate),most road rage incidents dont lead to death or injury45.they canbe extremely unpleasant for the victim.My advice:Keep cool.If will only makethings幽(bad).Mobile phones can be useful to you.You should telephone the policeimmediately if you feel an aggressive situation could get out of control.