湖北省武汉市部分重点中学(六校）2022--2023学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题（含解析）.docx

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1、武汉市部分重点中学20222023学年度下学期期末联考高二英语试卷第一部分 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。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。例: How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9. 18. C. 9.15.答案是C。1. How does the woman feel about the mans idea?A. Bright. B. Serious. C. Ridiculous

2、.2. What are the speakers doing?A. Making a call. B. Driving a car. C. Watching TV.3. How much would it cost to stay at the Swiss Chalet for a week?A. 100 dollars. B. 115 dollars. C. 126 dollars.4. What do we learn from the conversation?A. The woman is complaining. B. The socks are of good quality.

3、C. It happens at home.5. What did the man do last Friday?A. He had dinner out. B. He went to the cinema. C. He listened to a concert.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至8题。6. What can we lear

4、n from the conversation?A. Mr. Adams is not in his office then.B. Mrs. Adams is calling from her home.C. Mr. Adams mother is arriving at 1: 00 p. m.7. What does the woman want to tell her husband?A. To ring her at home.B. To pick her up at 1: 00 p. m.C. Her mother will come on Thursday.8. What is th

5、e womans number?A. 2687435. B. 7733298. C. 7732398.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. Which city will John work in?A. London. B. Paris. C. New York.10. What day is it today?A. Friday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday.11. When does the woman plan to have a going-away party?A. On Saturday morning. B. On Sunday afternoon. C. On

6、 Friday evening.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. Where does the woman live?A. In Britain. B. In Caribbean. C. In America.13. How would the man travel around the world?A. By train. B. By boat. C. By plane.14. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man is fond of traveling around the world by air.B The wo

7、man would like to go to Caribbean in summer.C. The man would like to travel around the world by sea.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. Where are the speakers?A. At a radio station. B. On a TV show. C. In the open air.16. How many kinds of trees are there in one square kilometer?A. About 750. B. About 1, 500. C. A

8、bout 20, 000.17. What is the woman most probably?A. A reporter. B. A student. C. A scientist.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. How long does the school day last in Singapore?A. 4 hours. B. 5 hours. C. 5 hours and fifty minutes.19 What will the students do after school?A. Attend extra classes. B. Do their homewo

9、rk. C. Play sports.20. Where is the students pressure from?A. Their parents. B. Entrance exam. C. Their teachers.第二部分 阅读(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四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AIts no secret that some of the worlds best ski resorts (胜地) are found within Switzerlands outstanding mountai

10、ns. Here are some of them.GrindelwaldWengenIf youre looking for a Swiss postcard ski experience, then Grindelwald is the place for you. The beautiful North Face of the Eiger towers over this pretty mountain village, which has a long history of mountain climbing and skiing. Its main ski area can be s

11、kied on the same lift ticket! Theres no better way to get up the mountain here than by train.Opening Date: Nov. 26, 2022 Closing Date: Apr. 16, 2023Flims Laax FaleraWhat pulls in skiers and snowboarders from all over the world to Flims Laax Falera are the world-class terrain (地形) parks. Theres no de

12、nying this ski resort is a big hit with freestylers, but theres also plenty to attract skiers.Opening Date: Nov. 28, 2022 Closing Date: Apr. 26, 2023EngelbergEngelberg is a rising star for a range of good reasons, but the highlight is the massive free-ride potential. The secret is most definitely ou

13、t as the town fills up every year with Scandinavians in search of their dry light snow.Opening Date: Oct.15, 2022 Closing Date: May 21, 2023ZermattZermatt is the best of Switzerlands ski resorts. This is your resort if you have the money to afford it! Fantastic restaurants are seen all over the moun

14、tain, serving Swiss cheese hotpot and other cooking masterpieces.Opening Date: Nov. 26, 2022 Closing Date: Apr. 30, 20231. Which ski resort do you choose if you enjoy mountain villages?A. Grindelwald-Wengen.B. Flims Laax Falera.C. Engelberg.D. Zermatt.2. What attracts people to Flims Laax Falera?A.

15、Its beautiful secenry.B. Its pleasant weather.C. Its terrain parks.D. Its free admission.3. What is the major concern of travelers who choose Zermatt?A. Transportation.B. Security.C. Price.D. Location.BChatGPT, designed by OpenAI to carry on conversations just like humans, has become a viral excitem

16、ent. The AI-powered tool went from zero to a million users in just five days! Its ability to provide in-depth answers to user questions has even drawn the attention of distinguished technology companies. The intelligent robot understands what the user says or types and then responds in a way that ma

17、kes sense. Its vast body of knowledge has been gathered from the internet and archived books. It is further trained by humans. This makes ChatGPT a useful tool for researching almost any topic. “We have a lot of information on the internet, but you normally have to Google it, then read it and then d

18、o something with it,” says Ricardo, chief science officer and co-founder of AI company Erudit. “Now youll have this resource that can process the whole internet and all of the information it contains for you to answer your question.”ChatGPT cannot think on its own. It depends on the information that

19、 it has been trained on. As a result, the AI tool works well for things that have accurate data available. However, when unsure, ChatGPT can get creative and flow out incorrect responses. OpenAI cautions users to check the information no matter how logical it sounds. Also, ChatGPT has only been trai

20、ned with information till 2021. Hence, it cannot be relied upon for anything that happened after that. Experts believe ChatGPT has limitless potential to solve real-world problems. It can translate long texts into different languages, create content on almost any topic, and even summarize books. How

21、ever, ChatGPT has received mixed reactions from educators. Some believe it could serve as a valuable tool to help build literacy skills in the classroom. It could also be used to teach students difficult science or math concepts. But other educators think ChatGPT will encourage students to cheat. Th

22、ey fear this will prevent them from building critical thinking and problem-solving skills. As a result, many districts are starting to ban its use in schools.4. What is the unique feature of ChatGPT?A. It has artificial intelligence.B. It can answer users questions.C. It has the largest number of us

23、ers.D. It can engage in meaningful conversations.5. What makes ChatGPT helpful to research various topics?A. Its capability of information processing.B. Its accurate information.C. Its availability of up-to-date data.D. Its vast body of questions.6. Why do ChatGPT users have to be cautious when usin

24、g it?A. ChatGPT is unable to think itself.B. ChatGPT lacks creativity.C. ChatGPT offers illogical information.D. ChatGPT is not properly trained.7. What is the authors attitude towards ChatGPT?A. Favorable.B. Disapproving.C. Objective.D. Intolerant.C“You need to sign this,” my son Joe informed me. “

25、What is it?” I asked. Rolling his eyes with a sense of impatience, Joe replied,“ Your permission. And its due tomorrow!”I learned that Joes sixth-grade class would be taking a field trip to the state capital. “That sounds like fun,” I said.“ Ive always wanted to go there.” “You cant come!” Joe answe

26、red. Puzzled, I asked. “Why not?” “Because you always come on field trips!”Of course，I always joined his class on field trips. Being a chaperone(监护人)on a field trip is one of the advantages that comes with being a mom, a vacation day in a career that offers few opportunities for a change of scenery.

27、 “You dont want me to be a chaperone?” “Give someone elses mom a chance,” he suggested. What was surprising was how much I minded being so impolitely removed from the short list of willing chaperones by my own son.When Joe was in kindergarten, his class planned a pretend trip to Norway. The day befo

28、re the trip, Joe woke up not feeling well.After learning that he didnt have a fever, I asked, “You dont want to miss getting ready for the trip to Norway, do you?” “I guess not,” he said.But when I picked him up at the end of the day, the teacher whispered, “Joe got a little upset today.” “What happ

29、ened?” “He doesnt want to go to Norway without you.” So that was what had been bothering my 5-year-old.He thought his class was really flying to Norway on their wooden chairs in their paper airplane. He believed those passports and tickets he and his classmates had been making were the real deal.Pre

30、adolescence fell upon my family as my husband and I found ourselves preparing for our sons upcoming teen years with the same trepidation as someone about to climb an ice-covered mountain wearing high heels.Joe needed to take a field trip without me accompanying him. And I needed to let him. Im glad

31、he doesnt need me all the time.8. What did the author really mind?A. The additional responsibilities as a mom.B. Being asked by her son to sign a permission.C. Having missed the chance to visit the state capital.D. Being denied rudely by her son as a chaperone.9. What made Joe upset when he was five

32、 years old?A. His going to Norway without his mom.B. The occurrence of his fever on the journey.C. His fear of the paper airplanes crashing down.D. The loss of his passport and ticket.10. What does the underlined word “trepidation” in Paragraph 7 probably mean?A. Excitement.B. Nervousness.C. Expecta

33、tion.D. Determination.11. What did the author realize about Joe at last?A. He hated being controlled by parents.B. He was longing for his parents love.C. He was becoming less dependent.D. He was unwilling to obey rules.DA new experiment shows that the more energy consumed by a clock, the more accura

34、te its timekeeping.Clocks consume energy and release heat. A kitchen clock, for example, does this by using up its battery. Generally the most accurate clocks require the most energy, which suggests a fundamental connection between energy consumption and accuracy. This is what an international team

35、of scientists from Lancaster. Oxford, and Vienna set out to test.To do this, they built a particularly simple clock, consisting of a super-thin membrane (薄膜), combined with an electronic circuit. Each vibration (振动) of the membrane generated one electrical tick (滴答). The inventive aspect of this des

36、ign is that it is powered simply by heating the membrane, while the complete flow of energy through the clock can be measured electrically.The scientists found that the more heat they supplied, the more accurately the clock ran. In fact, the accuracy was directly relative to the heat released. To ma

37、ke the clock twice as accurate, they needed to supply twice as much heat.The experiment shows a similarity between the operation of a clock and a steam engine. With a steam engine there is fundamental restriction on how much heat we must supply to do a desired amount of work. This restriction is the

38、 famous Second Law of Thermodynamics (热力学) which is central to modern engineering. What this experiment suggests is that clocks, like engines, are restricted by the Second Law, with their output being accurate ticks instead of mechanical work.Dr Edward Laird of Lancaster University said: “This exper

39、iment suggests that clocks are also restricted by thermodynamics. It also poses an interesting question: are all possible clocks limited in this way, or is it just a characteristic of the ones we have studied?”Interestingly, many everyday clocks have an efficiency that is close to what the scientist

40、s analysis predicts. For example, their analysis predicts that a wristwatch whose accuracy per tick is one part in ten million must consume at least a microwatt of power. In fact, a basic wristwatch usually consumes only a few times this amount. The laws of thermodynamics, discovered in the nineteen

41、th century, are still finding new applications today.12 What do the scientists want to test about clocks?A. Whether to restrict their heat supply.B. How energy influences their accuracy.C. How to make them particularly simple.D. Whether they are similar to steam engines.13. In what way do clocks wor

42、k differently from steam engines according to the experiment?A. The restriction from the Second Law.B. The law behind their operation.C. The accuracy of their work.D. The form of their output.14. What will Dr Edward Laird most likely agree with?A. Further studies should be done.B. More questions sho

43、uld be raised.C. Restrictions on clocks should be lifted.D. Suggestions of the experiment should be adopted.15. What is the article mainly about?A. The Second Law of Thermodynamics.B. The energy consumption of clocks.C. A new experiment.D. A simple clock.第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填

44、入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Do you often find it difficult to concentrate if you are not interested in what you are learning or if you have better things to think about? _16_ However, understanding how to do it, and knowing what is distracting you, can help.Scientists have looked at what makes us procrast

45、inate and found a number of ways to help us stay in the zone. _17_ Research by Science Focus magazine found silence is best for concentration, or a gentic background hum and coffee shop noise is great! It also found turning off notifications on your phone, or switching it off altogether, removes a m

46、ajor distraction and helps us focus on the task at hand.Another possible cure for a short attention span is brain training. Psychologists and neuroscientists are increasingly interested in our ability to knuckle down and have looked at what we can change inside our head to make us concentrate. Atten

47、tion Researcher Nilli Lavie of University College London has found that making a task more visually demanding takes up more processing power and leaves the brain nothing left to process distractions. _18_There are more practical tips to keeping your mind focused. _19_ Chewing some gum may also help!

48、 Its possible the movement in your mouth occupies parts of the brain that might otherwise get distracted.But according to Science Focus magazine, distraction isnt all bad. If we were always so focused that we never got distracted, wed miss potential changes, such as threats in our environment. _20_A. Distraction is vita