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1、U!川省成都市第七中学2022-2023学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题学校:姓名:班级:考号：一、阅读理解The Olympic flame:The Olympic flame is a symbol carried over from the ancient Olympics, where a flame burned at the altar （神坛）of Zeus throughout competition. It was finally reintroduced at the 1924 Amsterdam Games, and again burned in 1932.Carl Di

2、em, chairman of the organizing committee for the 1936 Berlin Games, proposed that the flame be lit in Greece and transported to Berlin via a torch relay. The idea was adopted, and continued at every Olympic Games since 1952.The flame is lit at the ancient site of Olympia by the natural rays of the s

3、un reflected off a curved mirror. It is lit at a ceremony by women dressed in robes resembling those worn in ancient times, who then pass it to the first relay runner.Olympic motto:“Citius, altius, fbrtius is a Latin phrase meaning swifter, higher, stronger，which Baron de Coubertin borrowed from Fat

4、her Henri Martin Dideon of Paris. Dideon was headmaster of Arcueil College, and used the phrase to describe the athletic achievements of students at the school. He had previously been at the Albert Le Grand school, where the Latin words were carved in stone above the main entrance.Olympic oath （宣誓）“

5、In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.Written by Baron de Coubertin, the oath is taken by an athlete from

6、the host nation while holding a comer of the Olympic flag. The athletes9 oath was first taken by Belgian fencer Victor Boin at the 1920 Antwerp Games. A judge from the host country also speaks the oath, with slightly different wording.1 . The Olympic flame was first burned at in modem times.A. the 1

7、952 Games B. the 1924 Games C. the 1932 Games D. the 1936 Games2 .只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Yesterday, a group of students from the UK visited our school art gallery, which they saw lots of Chinese paintings.On arriving the gallery, the students were amazing at the unique gate. I had started the tour w

8、ith a vivid introduction. Since they had all learned some Chinese, I explained everything in plainly Chinese. The students were deeply impressed by the works of students and teachers, but they couldnt help shooting photo.With their interest arousing, three of the British students drew one painting t

9、ogether and presented them to us.The gallery witnessed a enjoyable time for all of us.六、建议信52.假设你是校英语报编辑李华，收到一封来自学生小明的求助信。信中该同学向你诉 说了自己的困扰：进入高二后，由于学习压力增大，逐渐产生了焦虑的情绪。请用英文 给该同学写一封回信。内容要点如下：1 .表示理解；2 .提出建议并说明理由；3 .表示祝福。注意：1 .词数120左右；2 .可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Xiaoming,Yours,Li Hua2. From the passage we can

10、 learn that.A. the torch relay was held at every Olympic Games since 1936B. the Olympic motto was originally written by Baron de CoubertinC. the Olympic athletes9 oath was first taken at the Antwerp GamesD. the Olympic judges make a vow with completely different wording3. This passage is probably ta

11、ken from.A. the Olympic official websiteB. a daily news reportC. a promotional advertisementD. an academic researchAt 74 James Patterson has sold more than 425 million copies of his 200 novels globally, making him one of the highest paid authors in the world. I do not work for a living. I play fbr a

12、 living. I love doing it J Patterson tells CNBC. But Pattersons road to success didnt happen overnight. He started writing as a side hustle and he faced a lot of rejection before getting his first book published.Patterson grew up in the woods in Newburgh, New York with an insurance salesman father a

13、nd a schoolteacher mother. Despite having dreams of being a writer, the idea “always seemed presumptuous, Patterson says. But after reading books by James Joyce, “it really turned me on to reading, and then I started writing,“ he says.After college, Patterson got his first job as a junior copy write

14、r at the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. While climbing the corporate ladder, Patterson wrote his first book, The Thomas Berryman Number in the mid-70s. The book got turned down by 31 publishers”, Patterson says. But after it was finally published in 1976, “then it won an Edgar Award fbr best

15、 first novel. The Edgar Award, which is named after Edgar Alan Poe, honors the best writers in mystery fiction and non-fiction.Despite publishing his first book at age 26, Patterson didnt have a bestseller until he was 40. It wasnt like all of a sudden,“ he says. In fact, Patterson kept his day job

16、for decades and got promoted to CEO of J. Walter Thompson in 1988. During that time, Patterson says he would read well over 100 books a year to help spark his creativity. I have a huge imagination and Im constantly asking, what about this? What about that?” he says.Despite his success, Patterson say

17、s he doesnt like to give advice, especially about writing. But he credits his own success to his work ethic and passion. I also dont take myself too seriously,“ he says. Yeah, I sell a lot of books, so what?”4. What do we know about James Patterson?A. He produced a bestseller when he was 26.B , He r

18、ead a lot of books to get source of inspiration.C. He worked as a full-time writer when he was young.D. He got inspiration for his first book when climbing a ladder.5. What does the underlined word “presumptuous“ mean in paragraph 2?A. Unrealistic. B. Contradictory. C. Imaginative. D. Inspiring.6. W

19、hat can we infer about James Patterson from the last paragraph?A.He has sold a lot of books.B.He doesnt take his job seriously.C.He values positive attitudesto work.D.He is unwilling to give advice to readers.7. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A.The Secret to Career SuccessB.

20、A Tough Road to a Bestseller WriterC .An Edgar Award WinnerD.A Not-to-be-missed FictionWhile many people arent getting enough calcium （钙），new research cautions that some people may have the opposite problem: they could be getting too much. Americans spend more than $1 billion a year on calcium suppl

21、ements in hopes of delaying osteoporosis, a kind of bone disease that disables many elderly women and some men. Yet recent studies link calcium supplements to a higher risk of heart attacks. Last month, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a draft recommendation against taking calcium and

22、vitamin D, saying there wasnt enough evidence of benefit to justify the risk.For generations of Americans who grew up encouraged to drink milk to maintain strong bones, the reports raised troubling questions: Is calcium not so important after all? Are the supplements unsafe? And how much is too much

23、? Its gotten very confusing but it doesnt need to be J says Ethel Siris, director of the Toni Stabile Osteoporosis Center in New York. How much calcium people need varies by age and gender. Adults generally need 1,000 mg daily, rising to 1,200 mg for women over 50 and men over 70, according to guide

24、lines issued in 2010. Children need 1,300 mg daily during the peak growing years of 9 to 18.”People also need sufficient levels of vitamin D to absorb the calcium. The IOM recommends 600 international units a day for most adults, and 800 daily after age 70, although many physicians recommend more. I

25、t is difficult to take in that much vitamin D from food sources, so experts say many people should take vitamin D in supplement form.Getting adequate calcium from food is easier. For example, 8 ounces of milk or 6 ounces of yogurt has 300 mg of calcium, and one cup of spinach has 270 mg.But studies

26、linking calcium supplements to heart attack have made experts more cautious of excess calcium than before. A study of 24,000 Germans published in the journal Heart last month, found that those who got their calcium exclusively from supplements were more than twice as likely to have a heart attack as

27、 those who took no supplements.Exactly how calcium supplements might contribute to heart attacks baffles experts. “Nobody has associated the calcium in your bloodstream with calcification（车丐化）in your arteries（动脉）J says Nieca Goldberg, medical director of the Joan H. Tisch Center. Still, she says she

28、 now urges patients get their recommended calcium from food rather than from supplements to avoid possible problems.Osteoporosis experts also urge patients not to take more than the recommended amount of calcium. People should definitely stop taking two big calcium supplements a day,“ says Dr. Dawso

29、n-Hughes. Even if the risks remain unclear, taking more than the body can absorb doesnt benefit bones J so its not worth any risk. She adds.8. According to the new studies, what might be the result of taking much calcium?A. Delaying aging.B. Building muscles.C. Causing heart problems.D. Curing bone

30、diseases.9. What is Ethel Siris opinion on taking calcium supplements?A. Taking calcium supplements is unsafe.B. Adults need more calcium than children.C. It is much safer to take calcium from food.D. Age and gender determine the amount of calcium taken.10. What does the underlined word “baffle in P

31、aragraph 6 mean?A. Interest.B. Puzzle.C. Amaze.D. Frighten.11. What can we learn from the passage?A. It is helpful to take two calcium supplements a day.B. It is important to maintain strong bones for women.C. It is unnecessary to take too much calcium supplement.D. It is best to take calcium and vi

32、tamin D from supplement.Cotton bags have become a means for brands, retailers and supermarkets to convey a planet-friendly mindset- or, at least, to show that the companies are aware of the overuse of plastic in packaging.Earth-friendly? Not exactly. It turns out the wholehearted embrace of cotton b

33、ags may actually have created a new problem. An organic cotton tote （提包）needs to be used 20,000 times to make up for its overall impact of production, according to a 2018 study by the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark. That equates to daily use for 54 years一for just one bag. Cotton is wate

34、r-intensive, and figuring out how to dispose of a tote in an environmentally low-impact way is not nearly as simple as people think, according to Travis Wagner, an environmental science professor at the University of Maine.You cant, for example, just put a tote in a compost bin, and only 15 percent

35、of the 30 million tons of cotton produced every year actually makes its way to textile depositories （仓 库）.Even when a tote does make it to a treatment plant, most dyes used to print logos onto them are PVC-based and thus not recyclable; theyre extremely difficult to break down chemically,“ said Chri

36、stopher Stanev, the co-founder of Evrnu, a Seattle-based textile recycling firm. Printed patterns have to be cut out of the cloth; Mr. Stanev estimates 10 to 15 percent of the cotton Evrnu receives is wasted this way.Thats not to say cotton is worse than plastic, or that the two should even be compa

37、red. While cotton can use pesticides （杀虫剂）and has dried up rivers from water consumption, lightweight plastic bags use greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels, are not biodegradable （可生 物降解的）and will clog up the oceans.Buffy Reid, of the knitwear label & Daughter, halted production of her cotton bags i

38、n April this year. Aesop is converting the composition of its shopping bags to a 6040 blend of recycled and organic cotton. Designer Ally Capellino recently swapped cotton for hemp （大麻），while Hindmarch introduced a new version of her original tote, this time made from recycled water bottles.In the e

39、nd, the simplest solution may be the most obvious. Not every product needs a bag J Comey says.12. According to paragraph 2, what can we learn about cotton bags?A. It is easy to recycle cotton bags.B. Using cotton bags is environmentally-friendly. C Producing cotton consumes a lot of water.D. Produci

40、ng cotton bags does no harm to the environment.13. What do we know about disposing of cotton bags?A. Disposing of cotton wastes a lot of water.B. Dyes used to print logos are recyclable.C. Printed patterns on cotton bags cannot be recycled.D. A lot of cotton bags make their way to textile depositori

41、es.14. What is the authors opinion of comparing cotton with plastic?A. Cotton is worse than plastic.B. Plastic is worse than cotton.C. The two should not be compared.D. Both have disadvantages.15. . What is the best title for the text?A. Cotton bags-a new fashion.B. Not every product needs a bag.C.

42、Cotton bagsa way to be earth-friendly.D. Are cotton bags harmless to the environment?二、七选五The way individuals collectively remember, forget, and recall event, people, places, etc, has been an important topic of research on collective memory. 16 He developed the concept of collective memory, arguing

43、that individual memories are only understood within the context of a group through time and space. In all cases, most research on memory studies relies on long procedures 17 They include theoretical concepts, the study of historical sources, oral histories, case studies, interviews, and surveys. For

44、 example, one group of researchers carried out several interviews to investigate younger and older American adults for three wars, namely, the Civil War, World War II, and the Iraq War. 18 Both younger and older adults recalled the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; however, they differed in how th

45、ey rated the bombings.More recently, memory study scholars tend to stress the significance of the media in shaping collective memories: Culture and individuals9 memory are constantly produced through the technologies of memory. Under this perspective, research often involves content analysis of news

46、 and the use of surveys or interviews for analyzing the public memory.However, developments in digital technologies in recent years have significantly influenced how we keep track of events both as individuals and as a collective. uThe Internet doesnt fbrget. The Internet has had strong impacts on m

47、emory and the processes of remembering and forgetting. 20 Analyzing different Web documents, researchers have shown that more recent past events are remembered more vividly in the present. A. Research on collective memory is often based on various aspects.B , There are a few simple things a person c

48、an do to help improve their memory.C. Maurice Halbwachs is recognized as the father of collective memory research.D. Although all Americans recalled similar events,the interpretation changed over the generations.E. Also,scholars have studied the role of journalists as collective memory agents by analyzing their stories.F. Recently developed information technologies have affected how we create,store and recall information.G. Meanwhile,it has transformed collective memory into an observable phenomenon that can be tracked and measured online.三、完形填空第二节完形填空（共20小题；阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，