辽宁省大连市2022-2023学年高二上学期12月期末英语试题（含解析）.docx

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1、大连市20222023学年度第一学期期末考试高二英语第一部分 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. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】How will the speakers go for a picnic?A. By car.B. On foot.C. By bike.2

2、. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】When will the woman visit the mans new house?A Next weekend.B. It depends.C. Right now.3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At a store.B. In a gallery.C. In a library.4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】Whats probably the woman?A. An air hostess.B. A pian

3、ist.C. A policewoman.5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What does the woman want the man to do?A. Go on working.B. Have a break.C. Call for help.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

4、. Why does the man think the singer composed the music by himself?A. Because the singer sings fairly well.B. Because he has never heard those songs.C. Because musicians usually do like that.7. What does the woman think of the singer?A. Ordinary and poor.B. Ordinary and rich.C. Talented but poor.听下面一

5、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. Whats the man speakers favorite color?A. Yellow.B. Green.C. Brown.9. Why do the speakers put off buying the sofa?A. Its not the right size.B. It is heavy looking.C. It will be cheaper next month.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. Whats the probable relationship

6、between the speakers?A. Salesman and customer.B. Friends.C. Strangers.11. Why did the woman put away lots of money in the bank?A. To save for retirement.B. To buy a cash machine.C. To pay for her education.12. How does the man feel about the womans plan?A. Surprised.B. Embarrassed.C. Concerned.听下面一段

7、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. Whats the womans topic?A. Health.B. Food.C. Drinks.14. Who is Roger Sabata?A. A chef.B. A scientist.C. A doctor.15. Whats the biggest change in eating habits?A. The nutrition of food.B. The changes of drinks.C. The amount of eating out.16 How do changes in habits aff

8、ect people?A. People drink more milk.B. People drink more soda.C. People drink fewer soft drinks.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. What is the new research about?A. How a remote control affects you.B. How to keep in shape with a chair.C How little activities can make you fitter.18. Where is the r

9、esearch done?A. At the Mayo Clinic.B. In a TV studio.C. Online.19. How much weight might thinner people lose per year?A. 5 pounds.B. 40 pounds.C. 10 to 30 pounds.20. If you want to keep fit, what should you do?A. Go out a lot.B. Run ten miles every day.C. Do any little activity every day.第二部分 阅读理解(共

10、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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AFiji is one of the worlds top five honeymoon destinations according to a CNN.com travel poll (民意调查).Nisa Bula Welcome to Fiji. This heartfelt greeting is your warm invitation to visit a undiscovered paradise! More than anything

11、else, the Fiji Islands are a unique destination, a South Pacific tropical island paradise of charm and cultural diversity. Its miles of unspoiled beaches, sparkling lakes and shining sunsets offer an experience youll never forget.From giant mountains to tiny atolls (环礁), Fijis 300 tropical islands a

12、re as richly varied as the diverse friendly people who inhabit them. They equally welcome the couple in search of privacy or the group on the trip of a lifetime.Year-round warm weather, a stress free environment and world-class facilities with first class service make Fiji as near as possible to par

13、adise a truly great escape.TOP FOUR THINGS TO DO IN FIJI:Snorkel (潜泳) and dive on large coral reefsVisit a traditional Fijian villageSwim in the warm, crystal clear waterSail around the Yasawa IslandsA Few Facts:Population: A mere 750,000 people inhabit the Fiji Islands the majority of whom live on

14、the two larger islands. Time Zone: Fiji is 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. Electricity: 240 volts most resorts and hotels have 110-volt converters (转换器). Taxes: Currently, the rate of tax is 10%, which is applied to all goods and services supplied. Climate: Now you have found paradise! Fiji e

15、njoys the perfect climate year round. November to April 86, May to October 79.21. What can we learn from the CNN.com travel poll?A. The heartfelt greeting is unique.B. There live friendly people in Fiji.C. Fiji is one of the top five attractions.D. Fiji is popular with newly married couples.22. Whic

16、h of the following activities is recommended in Fiji?A. Wandering around a traditional village.B. Going skiing on the Yasawa Islands.C. Swimming in the cold and clear water.D. Collecting living coral.23. What kind of fact do we know from the last paragraph?A. Fiji is 12 hours ahead of Beijing Time.B

17、. 10% tax will be paid for the services.C. December is the hottest month in Fiji.D. People rarely live on the two larger islands.BAll day long, at an MSF distribution center, humanitarian (人道主义的) supplies make their way to some of the most dangerous spots on the planet. Specially marked boxes are be

18、ing packed with medicines and supplies, which are on their way to Ebola-affected Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.Kathy Dedieu became a sanitation (卫生设备) and water engineer for MSF a decade ago. She has just returned from Liberia, where MSF is working to help reopen the hospitals. Her job is to make

19、 sure that clean parts of the hospitals are kept separate from areas that are polluted. She says the situation there is a complete disaster. “Even during the war, I havent seen a health system close so fast. The hospitals are empty because the health staff just arent there,” she says. Dedieu was in

20、Liberia during that countrys civil war in 2003.MSF was founded in 1971 by a group of doctors and journalists. “I remember being criticized in the 1980s as a medical cowboy,” says Rony Brauman, who headed MSF from 1982 to 1994. “We were blamed for riding in, distributing our pills and creating unreas

21、onable expectations.” But Brauman says thats the nature of health care. “We raise expectations; we create new diseases by treating old diseases,” Brauman says. “Thats how it works in general. It was a kind of fight. MSF won that fight.”MSF doctor Cameron Bopp says hes worked with other humanitarian

22、organizations but always missed the level of devotion and motivation hes found at MSF. “The main thing thats different about MSF from the point of view someone like me who goes out and works in the field is that when theres an emergency, other organizations say, Whoa, this is an emergency. Were gonn

23、a be there as soon as we get funding. And MSF has the funding,” he says. “We start right away.” Ninety percent of MSFs funding comes from a devoted base of five million donors. That gives it the independence to speak out and do whats really needed.24. What is the first paragraph mainly about?A. Show

24、ing the places affected by Ebola.B. Exploring a distribution center of MSF.C. Introducing one of the functions of MSF.D. Encouraging donations to Ebola-affected areas.25. What can we learn about Kathy Dedieu?A. She is working in Liberia.B. She was once a soldier in the civil war.C. She founded MSF w

25、ith many other doctors.D. She helps with pollution prevention in hospitals.26. What was peoples attitude to MSF in the early years?A. Optimistic.B. Uncaring.C. Disapproving.D. Curious.27. How is MSF different from other organizations according to Cameron?A. It has a lot of faithful donors.B. It invo

26、lves many journalists.C. It is operated by doctors themselves.D. It obtains funding from the government.CDormice (睡鼠), which prefer to sleep in the holes of old trees, are losing their tree holes. Centuries of wood harvesting have exterminated many of dormice from countries such as Poland, Belarus,

27、Latvia, and Lithuania. But one temporary solution is helping.“We have to keep this connection between dormice and the forest,” says Tadas Bujanauskas, senior ecologist at Lithuanias Neris Regional Park, “because if we let this go, its hard to get back.” Neris Regional Parks dormouse nest box and con

28、servation program began in 2005 as part of a sustainable forestry certification with the Forest Stewardship Council, based in Bonn, Germany. So far, park staff have installed 250 nest boxes throughout the parks dense, old-growth oak forests.A dormouse nest box resembles a standard birdhouse tied to

29、a tree trunk. Theres enough space between the trunk and the entrance hole for the rodents, such as rabbits, to move in and out of their artificial lairs (巢穴), but so little that its difficult for predators such as owls to attack.Best of all, nest boxes bring the previously mysterious creatures withi

30、n reach for scientists. By placing cameras in nest boxes, researchers can check in on the animal whenever they want. As a result, theyve logged all kinds of ecological data, such as sex, weight, birth rates, and diet of the houses inhabitants.In addition to monitoring nest boxes, Bujanauskas and his

31、 colleagues seek out and protect individual trees that could provide habitat for dormice and other species in the future.The U.K. has placed more than 26,000 nest boxes over 30 years to boost their hazel dormice population, which has fallen by 51 percent since 2000, according to Ian White, the dormo

32、use training officer for the nonprofit Peoples Trust For Endangered Species.“Dormice are cute and theyre a nice animal to work with,” White says, “if we get the habitat right for them, it can actually benefit a broad range of other species.”28. What does the underlined word “exterminated” in paragra

33、ph 1 probably mean?A. Wiped out.B. Popped up.C. Let down.D. Put away.29. What can we know about the dormouse nest boxes from the text?A. They are installed by ecologists.B. The U.K. has the most nest boxes on earth.C. They offered an easier way to study dormice.D. Dormice take birdhouses as their ow

34、n nest boxes.30. What does White suggest in the last paragraph?A. Living in harmony with dormice.B. Protecting the habitat of dormice.C. Installing more nest boxes for dormice.D. Finding places more suitable for dormice.31. In which part of a newspaper is this text mostly from?A. Health and Lifestyl

35、e.B. Sports and Entertainment.C. Nature and Science.D. Education and Art.DAstronauts floating around Earth might soon be able to make their own delicious, creamy breakfast. This is thanks to Australian high school students. They want to see if the astronauts can make yogurt in space!Six students fro

36、m Haileybury, a high school in Melbourne are participating in a program led by some scientists. They placed the bacteria (细菌) producing yogurt in a culture (培养菌) and packed 36 containers with frozen milk and the bacteria. Then, they sent the containers to the International Space Station (ISS), where

37、 the astronauts defrosted the frozen ingredients. These students are working with the scientists to study how bacteria react to microgravity, which is only a small part of the gravity we experience on Earth.But how exactly do bacteria make yogurt? It all starts with the bacteria that live in milk. T

38、hese bacteria eat some of the sugar in milk and create a kind of acid, which makes the milk thick and creamy. This process is fermentation (发酵).The astronauts will study these containers to see how yogurts change depending on the type of milk either full cream cows milk or soy milk. They will also t

39、est different fermentation time either 24, 48 or 72 hours.When the yogurts come back to Earth, the students will analyze their nutrients. One Haileybury student, Chiara Sgroi said one goal of the experiment is to figure out which yogurt is the most nutritious. “We can even get to taste them, which i

40、s pretty exciting,” said Sgroi.One day, we might be able to send astronauts with some frozen bacteria and milk. We hope that they can easily make healthful yogurt in space.32. What will the students study in the program?A. What bacteria need to survive.B. How bacteria react to microgravity.C. Whethe

41、r microgravity exists in space.D. Why astronauts cant make yogurt in space.33. What do the astronauts need to make yogurt?A. Bacteria and cream.B. Milk and acid.C. Cream and sugar.D. Bacteria and milk.34. What may make Sgori excited a lot?A. Tasting the yogurts made in the ISS.B. Making the most nut

42、ritious space yogurts.C. Testing the yogurts in different temperatures.D. Studying the nutrients of the yogurts in the ISS.35. What might be the best title for the text?A. Students Observe the Change of Yogurt in SpaceB. Students Send Bacteria into Space to Make YogurtC. Students Find a New Way to M

43、ake Healthy YogurtD. Students Make Good Yogurt for Astronauts in Space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。选项中有两处为多余选项。Self-knowledge is like a compass that guides you through life. Its crucial not just for our personal happiness, but also for understanding others. Here are 5 areas

44、to get to know yourself better.Your values_36_. So knowing the things you value the most can help you stay motivated, even when the going gets tough, and also help you make quick decisions about what to do and what not to do.Your interestsEverything that naturally inspires you to accomplish or learn

45、 something can be considered your interests. They not only add color to your life, but also give important clues about what your true self actually desires. _37_.Around-the-clock activitiesAre you an early bird or a night owl? You may think that whether youre a day or night person is not that import

46、ant, but it actually is. This is because your efficiency and performance are greatly affected by your peak-energy time, when you plan activities that need energy and attention._38_Have you ever thought about what gives your life meaning? The most significant events in your life reveal a lot, includi

47、ng what you actually care about and how you should spend the majority of your time in order to live a meaningful life. Finding the life meaning can have a huge impact on your happiness, health, and productivity.StrengthsWe all have strengths and weaknesses. _39_. But this doesnt mean that you should

48、 just ignore your weaknesses. Instead, find ways to admit them and learn from others strengths.Hopefully, all above can help you better understand your own identity. Getting to know yourself can be challenging, and requires effort and courage, but it is highly rewarding. _40_.A. Your inner motivationB. Meaningful life missionC. Trying to fix your weaknesses also mattersD. Our values represent