浙江省温州新力量联盟2022-2023学年高二下学期期中联考英语试题含解析.docx

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1、2022学年第二学期温州新力量联盟期中联考高二年级英语学科试题考生须知：1本卷共9页满分150分，考试时间120分钟。2答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字。3所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试卷上无效。4考试结束后，只需上交答题纸。选择题部分第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

2、What is the weather like now?A. Cloudy.B. Sunny.C. Rainy.2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】Why didnt the woman buy the coat?A. It didnt fit her.B. It cost too much.C. She didnt take enough money.3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What did the man do this morning?A. He did some washing.B. He took out the rubbish.C. He cleaned

3、the house.4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A meeting.B. A job.C. A manager.5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What do we know about the man last weekend?A. He was busy.B. He went on business.C. He was ill.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面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

4、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。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】6. Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Tour guide and tourist.B. Waiter and customer.C. Mother and son.7. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman was satisfied with the dinner.B. The

5、man lent his phone to the woman.C. They spent a pleasant evening party together.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】8. What day is it today?A. Friday.B. Saturday.C. Sunday.9. What does the man want to buy?A. Some clothes.B. A necklace.C. Some chicken.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】10. What is the

6、 relationship between the two speakers?A. An interviewer and an interviewee.B. A journalist and an interviewee.C. A professor and an applicant.11. What is the characteristic of the man?A. Knowledgeable and kind-hearted.B. Experienced and hard-working.C. Confident and capable.12. What may happen afte

7、r this conversation?A. The man may get a job in the company.B. The man may be dismissed from the company.C. The woman may get a promotion soon.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】13. What was the woman planning to study originally?A. Business.B. Law.C. Medicine.14. What made the woman change her mind

8、?A. The outbreak of COVID-19.B. The lockdown of schools.C. The reduction of income.15. Why does the woman apply for a medical school?A. She is interested in studying medicine.B. She wants to meet her parents need.C. She looks forward to becoming a doctor.16. What will the man probably do?A. Apply fo

9、r a law school.B. Apply for a medical school.C. Go to Harvard Business School.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】17. When should the listeners get to school next Tuesday?A. At 5:50.B. At 6:00.C. At 7:30.18. What does the speaker ask the listeners to do?A. Attend a birthday celebration.B. Read the play

10、 ahead.C. Copy the play.19. How much should each listener pay for the visit in total?A. $ 15.B. $ 17.C. $18.20. What will the listeners do after visiting Staunton Theater?A. Meet at the front gate.B. Have a big meal.C. Go to a cafe.第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个

11、选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AClimate change is difficult to handle, but this doesnt mean people are just sitting on the sidelines waiting for the unavoidable. Everyone can join in fighting climate change. Here are some citizen-science projects in which you can take part.Meado WatchThis project, out of t

12、he University of Washington, is looking at how climate change is affecting wildflowers on Mount Rainier. Volunteers collect data along hiking tracks when wildflowers bud, flower, fruit and produce seeds. The project is also collecting photos of wildflowers from across Mount Rainier National Park.Gre

13、at Backyard Bird CountFor four days every February, volunteers around the world count birds in 15 minutes. These observations can be made anywhere, including your own backyard. The counts provide scientists with data on where birds are found and how many there are. The count has been going on for ov

14、er 20 years.Water Monitoring in MinnesotaResidents of Minnesota can sign up to be a volunteer monitoring water for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Volunteers are arranged to a lake or stream. Twice a month during the summer, they take measurements of water clarity(透明度). Those data let the go

15、vernment see whether water clarity has been changing over time as well as assess the health of those waterways.RedmapGretta Peel is an ocean ecologist at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia. She studies where sea species are moving in response to climate change. She sets up a program cal

16、led Redmap. It asks people to report “uncommon” sea species theyve seen in Australian waters. “We want to have an early indication(迹象)of what species were moving where they live,” she explains.21. Which project should be most appealing to people interested in wildflowers?A. Redmap.B. Meado Watch.C.

17、Great Backyard Bird Count.D. Water Monitoring in Minnesota.22. What do we know about Great Backyard Bird Count?A. It is mainly intended for bird scientists.B. It must be carried out every day in February.C. It must be conducted in certain appointed places.D. It has been in existence for more than tw

18、o decades.23. What do the four projects focus on?A. Saving sea species.B. Fighting climate change.C. Protecting water resources.D. Exploring causes of climate problems.BManute Bol played ten years in the National Basketball Association. But he will be remembered as much for his shot-blocking in the

19、NBA as for his charity work in Sudan. He died on June nineteenth from kidney (肾) failure and a rare and painful skin disorder.Manute Bol was born in southern Sudan. He stood two hundred thirty-one centimeters tall even for a Dinka, some of Africas tallest people. His father, a tribal chief, did not

20、think basketball was “good work for a Dinka”. But the teenager chose it over herding his familys cattle.He did not have much luck, though, when he first went up to dunk (扣篮) the ball. As he once told The Washington Post, “When I came down I hurt my teeth in the net.”In the NBA, Manute Bol averaged l

21、ess than three points a game on offense (进攻). But on defense, he became one of the most feared shot-blockers in the league. Former player Rory Sparrow says he was not afraid of anyone not even Michael Jordan. “He just laughed and said, What Michael Jordan? Why should I be afraid of Michael Jordan? I

22、 kill lion. He comes in, I block his shot. And sure enough, he blocked his shot. Michael made a couple of dunks. But hey, Manute stood his ground.”He finished his career as the fourteenth best shot-blocker in NBA history. He enjoyed his fame. But he never forgot his people. Years of civil war left s

23、outhern Sudan in ruins. He helped raise money for refugees. Reports say he donated nearly all of the estimated six million dollars he made playing basketball. Before his death, he was working with the Sudan Sunrise group to help bring the country together. His goal was to build forty-one schools.24.

24、 Why was Manute Bol remembered?A. Because of his great height.B. Because of his bravery in fighting against illness.C. Because of his excellent skills in shooting baskets.D. Because of his kind help to his country and his people.25. What did Manute Bols father expect him to do?A. Enter the NBA.B. Su

25、cceed as a tribal chief.C. Move to the United States.D. Care for the familys cattle.26. In the NBA, Manute Bol was most famous for _.A. his defense abilityB. being on offenseC. his ability to scoreD. his strength against Michael Jordan27. What do Rory Sparrows words indicate?A. No one could block Mi

26、chael Jordan except Manute Bol.B. He admired Manute Bol for his ability in defense.C. Michael Jordan was quite afraid of Manute Bol.D. Manute Bol was quite cruel sometimes.CFor the past weeks, melting snow and heavy spring rains have caused the Missouri River to rise above normal levels, flooding pa

27、rts of Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, and South Dakota. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes to escape the flood.The Missouri River is the second longest river in the United States. It is the longest river that feeds into the Mississippi River. Residents(居民)in areas along the Miss

28、ouri River have been building temporary levees(堤)along the river. They hope that the levees will prevent the river water from overflowing. On Monday morning, however, several levees in northern Missouri broke.Because of the broken levees, the Missouri River came close to forcing the shutdown of nucl

29、ear power plant(核电站)in Brownville, Nebraska. There, the river rose to 900.5 feet. If it rose 18 more inches, officials would have been forced to close the plant for safety reasons. This nuclear plant had been preparing for possible flooding since May 30th. Workers used over 5,000 tons of sand to con

30、struct barricades around the plant. Luckily, the river stopped rising in time and the plant remains open. “We knew the river was going to rise for some time,” Nebraska Public Power District spokesman Mark Becker said. “It was just a matter of when.”Engineers and weather forecasters predict that the

31、river will rise as much as five to seven feet above flood level in Nebraska and Iowa and up to ten feet above the level in Missouri. They think the river will stay high until August. The U.S. government has agreed to give $1 billion in emergency money to repair broken levees and areas damaged by the

32、 flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.28 What does the underlined word “evacuate” in the first paragraph probably mean?A. Repair.B. Change.C. Leave.D. Strengthen.29. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?A. The nuclear power plant has been closed since the flood.B The Mi

33、ssouri River is the longest river in the United States.C. Workers in nuclear plant prepared for the possible flood in advance.D. The U.S. government has given $1 billion to provide food.30. What can we learn from the engineers and weather forecasters?A. The flood may last till August.B. The end of t

34、he flood will come within a week.C. The river will not rise in Nebraska and Missouri until AugustD. The river may even rise ten feet above flood level in Iowa.31. What does the text mainly talk about?A. A nuclear power plant affected by the flood.B. The U.S. governments measures when facing the floo

35、d.C. The flooding and damage caused by the rising Missouri River.D. The relationship between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.DEleven of the worlds languages have at least one hundred million native speakers. The biggest are Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish, Arabic and Hindi. Next come Portugue

36、se, Bengali, Russian, Japanese, French and German. The United Nations says these eleven languages are the mother tongues of half the worlds population.Bud Lane works with linguist Gregory Anderson to record words for a talking dictionary. But the world has close to seven thousand languages. Linguist

37、s predict that quite a lot of these may be at risk of disappearing by the end of this century. That would mean another language dies every two weeks.Members of the Siletz Indian tribe in the northwestern state of Oregon take pride in their language. Their language, they say, “is as old as time itsel

38、f.” But today very few people can speak it fluently. In fact, you can count the number of fluent speakers on one hand. Bud Lane is one of them. Several National Geographic fellows helped him record fourteen thousand words and phrases in his native tongue. More than ten thousand entries can be found

39、in the Siletz Online Talking Dictionary, first launched in two thousand seven. Smartphone apps, YouTube videos and Facebook pages have all become digital tools for language activists and experts.In Canadas far north, the Inuit people are struggling to preserve their native language, Inuktitut. Part

40、of the effort involves Microsoft. The company is translating terms in its Windows operating system and Office software into Inuktitut. Microsoft has also worked with language activists in New Zealand, Spain and Wales to translate its software into Maori, Basque, Catalan and Welsh.In Oregon, Bud Lane

41、 says technology alone cannot save endangered languages. He points to one sign of progress: young members of the tribe are now texting each other in tribal language.32. Which of the following languages is Bud Lanes tribal language?A. Inuktitut.B. Siletz.C. Maori.D. Bengali.33. How many entries can y

42、ou find in the Siletz Online Talking Dictionary?A. 2007.B. 7,000.C. Over 10,000.D. 1400.34. How does Microsoft help save the endangered languages?A. By teaching them to its staff.B. By recording them in a talking dictionary.C. By using them in its software.D. By giving money to the researchers.35. W

43、hat does the text mainly talk about?A. The efforts to protect threatened languages.B. The mother tongues of half the worlds population.C. The disappearance of some tribal languages.D. A talking dictionary to save endangered languages.第二节(共5个小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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

44、。An indoor garden has a positive impact on your life if you take care of them properly. However, if you fail to plan before starting one on your own, you may end up with a few problems. _36_Plants need an ample amount of sunlight for them to grow properly. _37_. Before starting an urban garden, make

45、 sure youve conducted a few weeks worth of observations about how sunlight behaves inside your home at different times of the day. This will give you an idea as to where your urban garden is.Obviously, the sun conditions would be useless if you dont have enough space for the garden. That said, consi

46、der where the sunlight lands. You must also determine whether you can place a garden there._38_ Do it in such a way that you get to accommodate your plants sunlight needs while also maximizing the space of your home for other things._39_ Thats a fact. This shouldnt bother you, though. Thats because,

47、 in the long run, urban gardens are actually money-savers. The money you spent on gardening essentials will return in the form of not having to buy certain things in the market because you have one at home. Before starting an urban garden, consider the budget you want for the garden. This will deter

48、mine the containers and types of plants you can cultivate.The world will always present us with many problems that can affect us physically, mentally and emotionally. One great method for achieving a healthy lifestyle is by growing a garden._40_ Thanks to urban gardening, you can have a slice of paradise in the city.A. If not, you can try rearranging your home.B You also need to consider watering your plants.C. To avoid tha