广东省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、广东省2022-2023学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题含解析、2022-2023学年度第一学期高二级第二次段考(期中)英语试卷(考试时间：120分钟，满分：150分)第一部分 听力 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分 15分)第一节：听下面4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1遍。1. What will Kate do tonight?A. Visit her cousin. B. Watch a movie. C. Go shopping.2. Why was Linda l

2、ate for the party?A. She got caught in traffic. B. She took the wrong bus. C. She set off too late.3. When will the class end?A. At 10:00 am. B. At 10:30 am. C. At 11:00 am.4. What are the speakers talking about?A. What to read. B. How to get a book. C. When to borrow a book.第二节：听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有

3、几个小题，从所听到的内容中获取信息，回答相应小题。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。听第五段材料，回答第5、6题。5. How much will the speakers give the waitress as a tip?A. $6. B. $8. C. $10.6. What will the speakers do next?A. Talk about the bill. B. Make a phone call. C. Wait for the waitress.听第六段材料，回答第7至9题。7.

4、What will Mark do tomorrow morning?A. Run in a race. B. Cook the breakfast. C. Quit the sports meet.8. What does the woman usually do to make herself fall asleep faster?A. She counts sheep. B. She listens to music. C. She reads short stories.9. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A.

5、 In a bedroom. B. In a classroom. C. In a consulting room.听第七段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does Henry learn French?A. To become a French teacher. B. To know more about France. C. To be admitted to college.11. What does the Language Centre offer?A. Face-to-face teaching. B. Free online courses. C. Level-base

6、d learning material.12. Whats Henrys attitude toward the Language Centre?A. Disappointed. B. Interested. C. Surprised.听第八段材料，回答第13至15题。13. Whats Bobs favorite sport?A. Table tennis. B. Football. C. Tennis.14. Whom does Emily usually play sports with?A. Her family. B. Her classmates. C. Her friends.1

7、5. Where does Emily usually spend her Saturday nights?A At the cinema. B. At a friends. C. At a club.第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节：阅读理解(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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ABelow you will find a profile of each gap year program. If there is a specific program you are interes

8、ted in or a question you have regarding these programs, please feel free to contact them directly.Youth InternationalSince 1997, Youth International has provided many people with the most exciting and educational experience of their life. It is a learning program that combines international travel,

9、inter-cultural exchange, home stays, volunteer community service work and outdoor adventures.Phone:1-720-270-3323Carpe Diem EducationThrough volunteer service, travel and cultural exchange, students of Carpe Diem Education receive a personal insight into themselves and their culture. We specialize i

10、n guiding summer and semester programs for high school students. Each course is carefully crafted to develop leadership and self-awareness within our students, who return home better prepared to be leaders in thought and action.Phone:503-285-1800Center for Interim ProgramsFounded in 1980, the Center

11、 for Interim Programs is the first independent gap year organization in America. Based on students interests and budget, our experienced teachers help make individual course choices including low cost volunteer options, language programs, research trips, and so on. We are committed to helping studen

12、ts find more experiences of formal education and work.Phone:413-585-0980EF Gap YearAn EF Gap Year offers students the ability to explore several countries where you will learn a language, volunteer for a good cause, gain international work experience 12-week semester or 26-week academic. Choose betw

13、een a personalize your program to meet your learning. You can then by deciding where, when, and how you wish to stand interests own. Our well-structured curriculum even allows you to have college-level classes and earn credits toward graduation.Phone:1-800-726-97461. Which phone number can you dial

14、if you want to improve your leadership?A. 1-720-270-3323B. 503-285-1800C. 413-585-0980D. 1-800-726-97462 What is EF Gap Years unique feature?A. Its reasonable fee.B. Its experienced teachersC. Its flexible study time.D. Its diverse curriculum choices3. What do the four programs have in common?A. The

15、y pay attention to volunteer service work.B. They combine education with home stays.C. They mainly offer cross-cultural education.D. They raise students interest in adventure.BMost kids can walk into a library or bookstore and find hundreds of books to read. But its not that simple for kids who are

16、blind. They read in a different way. Jenny Lee and other braille (盲文) transcribers take the printed words of a book and change them into a code of raised dots. Blind people can read these dots with their fingers. To know what braille feels like, take a ballpoint pen and press hard onto a piece of pa

17、per. Now turn the paper over and touch the raised dot made by the pen point.When Lee first saw the dots of the braille alphabet, she wondered if shed ever be able to read and write them easily. She took a class and practised hard for about six months before she passed the final exam: she had to conv

18、ert 35 pages of a book into braille. Today, Lee works for a publisher. One of her jobs is to change childrens books into braille.To do this, Lee first types the story into a computer and then uses a computer program to translate it into the braille code. Next, she looks over the translation several

19、times to make sure its mistake-free. After that, a copy of the braille story is printed with a special printer. Then Lee and a proofreader work together to find and correct any mistakes. When a book is ready, many copies of it are printed. Afterwards, some are sold through websites and others are se

20、nt to libraries.Sometimes, going over a story again and again gets tiring. Thats when Lee takes a break. Several of Jenny Lees co-workers, who are blind, use guide dogs. When the animals arent working, Lee likes spending a few minutes with them. To her, playing with dogs “is always a pick-me-up in t

21、he middle of the day”.“I love this mission,” Lee says. “Through my brain power and my fingers, I am putting the dots into some kids hands.”4. How does the writer explain what braille feels like?A. By explaining what braille words look like.B. By describing how blind people read books.C. By asking re

22、aders to experience it themselves.D. By giving examples of different braille words.5. What was Lees first reaction to braille?A. She was excited to get a new skill.B. She was amazed at the clever idea.C. She realized she could teach it herself.D. She believed it would be difficult to learn.6. What d

23、oes the underlined word “pick-me-up” in paragraph 4 most probably mean?A. A discussion to release work stress.B. Something to improve ones appetite.C. Something to help restore ones spirit.D. A free ride accompanied with a guide dog.7. What does Lee think of her job?A. Profitable and hopeful.B. Tiri

24、ng but meaningful.C. Relaxing and helpful.D. Boring but challenging.CMonkeys seem to have a way with numbers.A team of researchers trained three Rhesus monkeys to associate 26 clearly different symbols consisting of numbers and selective letters with 0-25 drops of water or juice as a reward. The res

25、earchers then tested how the monkeys combinedor addedthe symbols to get the reward.Heres how Harvard Medical School scientist Margaret Livingstone, who led the team, described the experiment: In their cages the monkeys were provided with touch screens. On one part of the screen, a symbol would appea

26、r, and on the other side two symbols inside a circle were shown. For example, the number 7 would flash on one side of the screen and the other end would have 9 and 8. If the monkeys touched the left side of the screen they would be rewarded with seven drops of water or juice; if they went for the ci

27、rcle, they would be rewarded with the sum of the numbers17 in this example.After running hundreds of tests, the researchers noted that the monkeys would go for the higher values more than half the time, indicating that they were performing a calculation, not just memorizing the value of each combina

28、tion.When the team examined the results of the experiment more closely, they noticed that the monkeys tended to underestimate(低估) a sum compared with a single symbol when the two were close in valuesometimes choosing, for example, a 13 over the sum of 8 and 6. The underestimation was systematic: Whe

29、n adding two numbers, the monkeys always paid attention to the larger of the two, and then added only a fraction(小部分) of the smaller number to it.“This indicates that there is a certain way quantity is represented in their brains, ”Dr. Livingstone says. “But in this experiment what theyre doing is p

30、aying more attention to the big number than the little one.”8. What did the researchers do to the monkeys before testing them?A. They fed them.B. They named them.C. They trained them.D. They measured them.9. How did the monkeys get their reward in the experiment?A. By drawing a circle.B. By touching

31、 a screen.C. By watching videos.D. By mixing two drinks.10. What did Livingstones team find about the monkeys?A. They could perform basic addition.B. They could understand simple words.C. They could memorize numbers easily.D. They could hold their attention for long.11. In which section of a newspap

32、er may this text appear?A. Entertainment.B. Health.C. Education.D. Science.DWith the young unable to afford to leave home and the old at risk of isolation(孤独), more families are choosing to live together.The doorway to peace and quiet, for Nick Bright at least, leads straight to his mother-in-law, s

33、he lives on the ground floor, while he lives upstairs with his wife and their two daughters.Four years ago they all moved into a three-storey Victorian house in Bristol - one of a growing number of multigenerational families in the UK living together under the same roof. They share a front door and

34、a washing machine, but Rita Whitehead has her own kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room on the ground floor.“We floated the idea to my mum of sharing at a house,” says Kathryn Whitehead. Rita cuts in: “We spoke more with Nick because I think its a big thing for Nick to live with his mother-in-l

35、aw.”And what does Nick think? “From my standpoint, it all seems to work very well. Would I recommend it? Yes, I think I would.”Its hard to tell exactly how many people agree with him, but research indicates that the numbers have been rising for some time. Official reports suggest that the number of

36、households with three generations living together had risen from 325,000 in 2001to 419,000 in 2013.Other varieties of multigenerational family are more common. Some people live with their elderly parents; many more adult children are returning to the family home, if they ever left. It is said that a

37、bout 20% of 25-34-year-olds live with their parents, compared with 16% in 1991.The total number of all multigenerational households in Britain is thought to be about 1.8 million.Stories like that are more common in parts of the world where multigenerational living is more firmly rooted. In India, pa

38、rticularly outside cities, young women are expected to move in with their husbands family when they get married.12. Who mainly uses the ground floor in the Victorian house in Bristol?A. Nick.B. Rita.C. KathrynD. The daughters.13. What is Nicks attitude towards sharing the house with his mother-in -l

39、aw?A. Positive.B. Carefree.C. Tolerant.D. Unwilling.14. What is the authors statement about multigenerational family based on?A. Family traditions.B. Financial reports.C. Published statistics.D. Public opinions.15. What is the text mainly about?A. Lifestyles in different countries.B. Conflicts betwe

40、en generations.C. A housing problem in Britain.D. A rising trend of living in the UK.第二节：七选五(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。Say Goodbye to Post-holiday SyndromeYouve spent countless days waking up late, enjoying watching your favorite TV shows and lying on the beach._1

41、6_ Its time to go back to work. Here are some tips to make the shift from vacation to work smoother.Tidy up your work-space first.Chances are youll be greeted by piles of unopened mail, files, and other office items sitting on your desk._17_ The longer you wait, the more likely these items will be s

42、itting around your desk later in the week._18_You may feel the urge to work on three different things at the same time in order to catch up on work. However, this is not the most efficient approach. Instead, you should make a point to focus your mind and to only work on one item or task at a time.Re

43、move unnecessary distractions.Its incredibly important to get serious about cutting out obvious distractions. This way, you can catch up on things efficiently without being bothered every five minutes._19_Make plans to enjoy yourself the first week back._20_ Scheduling a lunch date or two with frien

44、ds can make the week back seem a bit less painful. Treat yourself to your favorite drink at the local cafe during your coffee break.It may take several days for you to finally get readjusted and thats perfectly fine. Stay calm, focused and relaxed. Youll be back to your old routine at work before yo

45、u know it.A. Do one thing at a time.B. Make a list of tasks based on their importance.C. Then you suddenly come to an uncomfortable realization.D. So its a good idea to pay less attention to these items.E. Youre back at work, but that doesnt mean you cant enjoy yourself.F. Rather than ignoring these

46、 items, take a few minutes to process them.G. Switch off your cell phone, and close out of any social media accounts.第三部分 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分30分)第一节：完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。For many, finding an unattended wallet filled with 400 in cash would be a source

47、 of temptation (诱惑). But the _21_ would no doubt be greater if you were living on the streets with little food and money. All of this makes the actions of the homeless Tom Smith even more remarkable.After spotting a _22_ on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down, he stood guard in t

48、he rain for about two hours waiting for the _23_ to return.After hours in the cold and wet, he _24_ inside and pulled the wallet out， hoping to find some ID so he could contact the driver, only to _25_ it contained 400 in notes, with another 50 in spare change beside it.He then took the wallet to a nearby police station