浙江省杭州地区（含周边）重点中学2022-2023学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题（含解析）.docx

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1、2022学年第一学期期中杭州地区(含周边)重点中学高二年级英语学科试题考生须知：1. 本卷满分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卷上，写在试卷上无效;4. 考试结束后，只需上交答题卷。第I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，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. What does

2、the man want to do?A. Eat out.B. Cook dinner himself.C. Have home-made food2. How does the woman suggest the man go home?A. By bus.B. By taxi.C. By car.3. What does the woman think of her new roommate?A. Careless.B. Thoughtful.C. Noisy.4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In a

3、hospital.B. At home.C. In a supermarket.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Insurance.B. The womans jobC. A health plan.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. What

4、 is the most probable relationship between the speakers?A.Father and daughter.B.Colleagues.C.Schoolmates.7.What would the $1,500 cash be used for?A.Covering the school fees.B.Paying for textbooks.C.Holding parties.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Who are the speakers most likely to be?A.Event organizers.B.Concert

5、performers.C.Magazine editors.9.What will happen to the jazz festival?A. It will be staged this afternoon.B. It will be covered in a magazine.C. It will be advertised by a reporter.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why is the woman moving to Watertown?A. She is starting her own business.B.Her family lives in the

6、 area.C. Her company will relocate.11. What does the woman care most about the apartment?A.The rent.B.The size.C.The location.12.What will the speakers most likely do next?A.Look for a three-bedroom apartment.B. Go to the city center.C. Schedule a visit.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What do we know about Barr

7、ys parents?A.They were both sports lovers.B. They allowed him to develop hobbies.C. They asked him to focus on his study.14.What inspired Barry to be a violinist?A. A TV program.B.A musician.C.A band.15. What did Barry do after graduation?A.He travelled with other young musicians.B.He studied scienc

8、e courses for a year.C.He went straight to learn music.16. What does Harry mean in the end?A. He will delay his world tour.B. He is satisfied with his career.C.He is looking for better chances.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What activity do people do most time in the center?A.Water sports.B. Rock climbing.C.

9、Mountain biking.18 What does the speaker value most about activity centers?A.Different experience.B.Social interaction.C.Sports entertainment.19. What do participants do on the last afternoon?A.Watch TV.B.Sing songs together.C.Play team games.20.Who is the speaker?A. A college student.B.An activity

10、organizer.C. A participant in an activity center.第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)第一节：(共15个小题;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，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。AThe pandemic has been particularly hard on people working for tips. Some havent been able to do their jobs at all while others dont interact with customers t

11、he same way. Just as many services have changed, so should tipping. Some old standards no longer seem fair, and several newer ones will apply long after the pandemic is over. As for specific situations, heres what the experts recommend:FOOD AND DRINKSRestaurant workersOLD RULE:Leave a tip only when

12、you dine in.NEW RULE:Always tip, even for takeout.TIP: 15 to 20 percent when you dine in, and 10 to 15 percent on takeout or delivery orders.HOME DELIVERIESPackage delivery driversOLD RULE:Dont tip.NEW RULE: Show appreciation if you get deliveries more than once a week.TIP: Drinks snacks, or $5 to $

13、20 if a package is particularly heavy or large. Postal workers cannot accept cash or gifts worth more than $50 per year. UPS tells drivers to decline tips unless a customer insists. And FedEx bans employees from accepting cash or cash equivalents (such as gift cards).PERSONAL SERVICESRide-share driv

14、ersOLD RULE:Tip in cash.NEW RULE:Ask your driver. The Lyft and Uber apps let you add gratuities, but some drivers prefer cash.TIP:15 to 20 percent.Hotel housekeepersOLD RULE: Tip at the end of your stay.NEW RULE: Many hotels now do housekeeping by request only, so tip every time you ask them to come

15、.TIP:A few dollars per night plus $5 for any extra requests, such as asking for additional toiletries.Next time, youre unsure whether a tip is in order, follow this simple rule: When in doubt, tip. “Tipping well is one way to make things easier for someone else.”1. According to new rules, which of t

16、he following cannot get tips in cash or similar things?A. A restaurant waiter.B. A FedEx deliverer.C. A Lyft driver.D. A hotel housekeeper.2. If the shared ride booked through the Uber App costs you 20 dollars, which tipping is appropriate?A. Paying 22 dollars through the app.B. Leaving a gift card.

17、C. Tipping 3 dollars in cash.D. Offering a bag of snacks.3. Where is the passage most probably taken from?A. A research report.B. A fashion magazine.C. A short story.D. An advice brochure.BThe 20-year-old student will be the first person to compete in the final of the Miss England contest without ma

18、ke-up in its nearly 100-year history, in an attempt to show girls they dont have to wear it to feel beautiful.Ms. Raouf, from south London, won a special “bare-face” round of the competition last week, strengthening her place in the final between 40 contestants on 17 October. But while previous winn

19、ers of this round have returned to wearing make-up for the final, she will not. And if she wins, she says she will leave it off for the Miss World competition, hoping to “inspire the world”.“I wanted to prove we have a choice,” she tells BBC News. Since last weeks bare-face round, Ms. Raouf has been

20、 “overwhelmed” by positive messages on social media. At her early age, Ms. Raouf was “significantly insecure”, and found comparing herself to the “unrealistic standard of beauty” shown on social media had a negative impact on her mental health. But as she got older she gained confidence-and she thin

21、ks taking part in the beauty contest, while “very scary” at the time, has increased this.Ms. Raouf does not object to wearing make-up in general, and will still do so on other occasions. She only wants girls to place more value on their “inner beauty” rather than comparing themselves to others. “Whe

22、n you wear that amount of make-up youre just concealing yourself. Remove all those layers and youll see who you truly are,” she adds.Miss World was first organized in 1951 in the UK. Some of the rules of entry for the competition have not been changed since then. Miss England hopefuls cannot be olde

23、r than 27 in their year of entry, and are not allowed to be married or have given birth to children. In 2018, Veronika Didusenko, who had been crowned Miss Ukraine, said the rules needed to change after she had her title taken away for being a mother.Altering entry rules is difficult but not impossi

24、ble. Some netizens commented, “Some contestants, Ms. Raouf included, use their platform to do something good in the world.”4. Ms.Raouf wont wear make-up in the final of the Miss England contest in order to .A. prove girls natural charmsB. show her objection to make-upC. get a better place in the fin

25、alD. challenge the competition rules5. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to?A. The negative impact.B. Her sense of insecurity.C. Her confidence.D. Her objection to make-up.6. Who is qualified for the Miss World competition in the UK?A. Sopher, 26, an engineer who is pregnant.

26、B. Laura, 23, a teacher at St Marys School Ascot.C. Marbella, 28, a graduate from Glasgow University.D. Jennifer, 25, a housewife who looks after all the household duties.7. Which of the following can best describe Ms. Raouf?A. Bold and confident.B. Responsible and talented.C. Honest and considerate

27、.D. Outgoing and determined.CGrown-ups have long looked to childhood playthings for nostalgia(怀旧)，comfort or value as collections, inspiring a nickname within the toy industry: kidults. This market came of age during the pandemic as many Americans looked to reconnect with their past as a way of redu

28、cing stress, becoming a key driver of new sales of everything from games to trading cards.People aged 18 and up accounted for 14% of U.S. toy industry sales for the 12-month period ended June 30, according to market researcher NPD Group Inc., up from 9% in 2019. The $5.6 billion in sales to this gro

29、up was up 26%, the second-biggest rise after customers aged 12 to 17. The most popular items for older consumers were building sets (think Legos),traditional plush (think stuffed animals) and action figures (think Star Wars and Marvel characters).Toy executives and analysts see this moment different

30、ly than other periods of nostalgia-based buying. Instead of storing toys unopened on a shelf, adults are actively engaging with the dolls, stuffed animals and toy weapons many had previously put away after childhood. There is also broader social acceptance of kidult preferences, they say. A 2021 sur

31、vey of 2,000 adults by the U.S. Toy Association found that more than 50% of adults bought toys and games for their own use.Some of the worlds biggest toy companies are making a play for this emerging audience by creating adult-only e-commerce websites. One is Hasbro Inc., which makes everything from

32、 My Little Pony to Marvel and Star Wars action figures. Adults are also a newer focus for American Girl. When the company released the first six American Girl dolls in their original outfits in May 2021,roughly half went to grown-ups buying them for themselves.Jamie Cygielman, the company president,

33、 says American Girl has only scratched the surface of future plans to attract more mature audiences into the stores. She saw the progress firsthand while seeing three separate groups of adult women celebrating birthdays with their dolls, no kids in sight.8. What was the main factor for adults to buy

34、 toys during the pandemic?A. The relief from stress.B. The enjoyment for their own.C. The value of toys.D. Reconnection with their past.9. What can we learn about kidults?A. The toy selling to kidults is on the increase.B. Adults favor Legos, stuffed animals and Snow White.C. Adults tend to put away

35、 their toys during the pandemic.D. Few people are in favor of kidult preferences.10. What message is delivered according to Jamie Cygielman?A. American Girl has a huge market.B. American Girl appeals to adults well.C. Kidults are easy to cheer up.D. More future plans will be made to win kidults.11.

36、What s the best title of the passage?A. The development of toy industry.B. The kidult preferences for toys.C. The benefits of childhood playthings.D. The business of selling toys to your inner child.DIt seems no one can really agree on the question of “Whats so funny?” So imagine trying to teach a r

37、obot how to laugh. But thats exactly what a team of researchers at Kyoto University in Japan are trying to design an AI that takes its cues through a shared laughter system. The scientists describe their innovative approach to building a funny bone for the Japanese android Erica in the latest issue

38、of the journal Frontiers in Robotics and AI.“We think that one of the important functions of conversational AI is empathy(移情，共鸣)，”explained lead author Dr Koji Inoue, an assistant professor at Kyoto University in the Department of Intelligence Science and Technology within the Graduate School of Inf

39、ormatics. “One way a robot can empathize with users is to share their laughter.”In the shared-laughter model, a human initially laughs and the Al system responds with laughter as an empathetic response. This approach required designing three subsystems-one to detect laughter, a second to decide whet

40、her to laugh, and a third to choose the type of appropriate laughter. The type of laughter is also important, because in some cases a polite chuckle may be more appropriate than a loud snort of laughter.The team tested Ericas new sense of humor by creating four different short dialogues between a pe

41、rson and Erica with her new shared-laughter system. Then they asked more than 130 people in total to listen to each dialogue within the three different conditions- shared-laughter system, no laughter, all laughter- and evaluated the interactions based on human-likeness, naturalness and understanding

42、. The shared-laughter system performed better than either baseline.“Robots should actually have a distinct character, and we think that they can show this through their conversational behaviors, such as laughing, eye gaze, gestures and speaking style,” Inoue added. “We do not think this is an easy p

43、roblem at all, and it may well take more than 10 to 20 years before we can finally have a casual chat with a robot like we would with a friend.”12. Whats the purpose of raising the question “Whats so funny” at the beginning?A. To show opinions on funny things.B. To encourage readers to share their i

44、deas.C. To stress the difficulty of teaching a robot to laugh.D. To emphasize the importance of being funny.13. Which of the following explains the underlined phrase “the funny bone” in paragraph 1?A. The sense of humorB. The shared-laughter systemC. The speaking styleD. The distinct character14. Wh

45、at is NOT needed in the research of the shared-laughter system?A. Designing the subsystem to decide whether to laugh.B. Assessing the interactions based on emotions.C. Creating brief conversations between a human and Erica.D. Asking people to listen to the previously created dialogues.15. What is In

46、oues attitude towards conversational AI?A. IndifferentB. SuspiciousC. OptimisticD. Objective第二节： (共 5 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。Do you ever feel like you are not the person other people think you are? Learning to be comfortable in your skin can be difficult, and you

47、 may imagine yourself as a different person entirely. Reinvent yourself. _16_ Before you can understand who you want to be, it is crucial to know what makes you stand out. _17_Learning what makes you different is an important part of self-discovery. Everybody has special gifts and talents. By listin

48、g positive qualities, you separate yourself from the potentially negative influence and pressure of those around you.Discover what is holding you back. Fears, anxieties, insecurities and self-criticism can prevent you from changing yourself for the better. _18_Every time you feel a burst of fear or self-doubt, stop yourself and ask “why do I feel this way?” Once you know why you are nervous, you can ta