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1、第 44 页 共 12 页洛阳市洛阳市2022-2023学年第一学期期中考试学年第一学期期中考试高二英语试卷高二英语试卷注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对
2、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。1.Wheres the ruler?A.In the drawer.B.In the street.C.On the desk.2.Whats the womans seat number?A.7A.B.10A.C.17A.3.What language can the woman speak?A.French.B.Chinese.C.German.4.How long does the man plan to stay?A.Half a
3、 day.B.One day.C.Two days.5.When should the man finish his book?A.The day after tomorrow.B.By the end of this month.C.Before his boss returns.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。听第 45 页 共 12 页每段对话或独白前，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、
4、7题。6.Where are the speakers?A.In Japan.B.In China.C.In Canada.7.Whats the most probable relationship between the speakers?A.Friends.B.Neighbors.C.Colleagues.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.Whats the woman most probably?A.A saleswoman.B.A librarian.C.A customer.9.How much should the man pay?A.Fifty cents.B.One hund
5、red cents.C.Two hundred cents.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.How does the woman protect the environment?A.By saving water.B.By doing the dishes.C.By watering the plants.11.What does the woman do with her old things?A.She donates them.B.She recycles them.C.She throws them away.12.Why did the woman join the orga
6、nization?A.To travel in the city.B.To work with friends.C.To plant more trees.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.Where is the woman going?A.London.B.Beijing.第 46 页 共 12 页C.Washington.14.Who is the woman visiting?A.Her family.B.Her sister.C.Her daughter.15.What ticket does the woman want?A.A one-way ticket.B.A firs
7、t-class ticket.C.An economy class ticket.16.When is the woman leaving?A.At 8:30 am.B.At 11:20 am.C.At 12:30 pm.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.Whats the woman mainly talking about?A.How she could do better in English.B.How she helped others with English.C.How she improved her English level.18.Who is Miss Brown
8、?A.The womans teacher.B.The womans mother.C.The womans friend.19.Why did the woman think doing English homework important?A.It was useful in improving reading ability.B.It helped her remember the new words.C.It made it easier to grasp the main idea.20.What did reading newspapers help the woman with?
9、A.Her writing skill.B.Her speaking skill.C.Her listening skill.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。AReady to share your novels or personal stories with the world?The following four writing contests are worthconsidering.第 47 页 共 12 页Drue Heinz Literature PrizeYo
10、u can win$15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press with this prize.You may submit（提交）an unpublished manuscript of short stories，two or more novels or a combination of novels and short stories.You must have already published a novel or book-length work of fiction with a respected
11、publisher.Deadline:Annual submissions must be between May 1 and June 30.Biopage Storytelling Writing ContestEssays of up to 5,000 characters(about 1000 words)will be accepted and right now were looking for stories ofCOVID-19 quarantine（隔离期）life The grand prize winner will receive$300,and five runner
12、s-up will be awarded$100 each.Youll need to register for a Biopage account to be qualified.Deadline:July 31,2022PEN/Robert J.Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging WritersThis contest requires you to have already published a short story in a literary magazine or journal or culturalwebsite.Short stories
13、of up to 12,000 words are qualified and must be published before the year in which the award isgiven.The prize money varies from$1,000 to$200.In addition,keep this in mind:Submissions are only qualifiedwhen submitted by an editor.Deadline:The contest is open annually between June and November.Write
14、the WorldFor new writers,this cool contest also serves as a mini workshop.Considering that the first draft is neverperfect,submissions will receive review by authors,writing teachers and other experts.Participants are given thechance to revise their pieces based on the review before submitting them
15、for final prize consideration.5 top prizewinners will receive$100 each.Deadline:Monthly.21.Which writing contest offers the biggest prize money?A.Write the World.B.Drue Heinz Literature Prize.C.Biopage Storytelling Writing Contest.D.PEN/Robert J.Dau Short StoryPrize for Emerging Writers.22.What shou
16、ld you do to participate in Biopage Storytelling Writing Contest?A.Publish a novel beforehand.B.Be recognized by an editor.C.Register for a Biopage account.D.Cooperate with a respected publisher.23.Who is Write the World most probably targeted at?A.First authors.C.Literature critics.B.Novel reviewer
17、s.D.Writing beginners.第 48 页 共 12 页BLaughter is in many ways our universal language.Humans love to laugh,and its good that we do so,becauselaughing can reduce stress,improve our immune system and relieve pain.Jeannette Sanger,a laughter yoga instructor from New York,experienced the latter benefit la
18、st summer.She wascooking when a pot of boiling water overflowed and hurt her leg.“It was painful,”she said,but she forced herself touse her own skills as medicine and tried laughing to reduce the pain.“As my husband drove me to the nearest hospital,I was sitting in the back seat laughing,Sanger told
19、 The Huffington Post.“It successfully stopped me from giving myattention to the pain.”Even forced laughter like Sangers can have a great effect on the body,according to Dr.Madan Kataria,a medicaldoctor from India who developed laughter yoga,a practice that draws on the breathing exercises of yoga to
20、 producetherapeutic（有疗效的）results.The doctor wa researching for an article entitled“Laughter-The Best Medicine”whenhe made the surprising discovery that both forced and sincere laughter can affect our health.In 2014,researchers at Californias Loma Linda University found that older adults who watch fu
21、nny videos showimprovement in their powers of recall and show lower stress levels.Another study at the University of MarylandMedical Center found that people who laugh more and have a sense of humour are less likely to get heart disease.“Laughing is a way of learming how to play again,Sanger said.Sa
22、ngers classes start out with simple breathingand movement activities.“Motion creates emotion,”she said.24.What is Jeannette Sanger?A.A doctor.B.A cook.C.A researcher.D.A trainer.25.Why did Jeannette Sanger laugh?A.To reduce stress.B.To enjoy its benefit.C.To relieve pain.D.To amuse herself26.How can
23、 humor help people?A.It can result in more laughter.B.It can make you more sensitive.C.Its likely to cause heart disease.D.It may lead to memory recovery.27.What does the last sentence of the passage mean?A.By moving around youre changing your mood.B.Motion brings about great change to your emotion.
24、C.Your emotion can be improved by moving a lot.D.Humor has both physical and psychological effects.第 49 页 共 12 页CIn many cases,online classes can be a gift to college students everywhere.Theyre different from traditionalclasses in many ways,which can be a welcome relief for students.One thing that m
25、any college students probably dislike about traditional in-person classes is that theyre inflexible.Whatever class you have,there is usually a specific schedule you need to follow and you must attend the class inperson.By contrast,online classes are much more flexible.They dont require you to attend
26、 classes at a particulartime,which means you have the opportunity to do your work whenever you see fit.Of course,this comes with apossible disadvantage if you arent the best at managing your time.However,if you are efficientat managing your ownschedule and getting your assignments and studying done
27、in a timely manner,then online classes are a great option foryou.Flexibility with your classes gives you the chance to make time for other important things in your life.Not only are online classes flexible,but they also offer a comfortable environment in which you can learn.Because you dont have to
28、physically attend classes,youll have the chance to work from wherever you want.So if youprefer learning and getting work done in a cafe,go to a cafe.If you would rather do your work in your bedroom,youhave the freedom to do that.Another great thing about online classes is that there are quite a vari
29、ety to choose from.You can find practicallyany degree program you want online to help you advance in your education and career.The costs of a college education definitely add up when you consider expenses for not only class credits,but alsoperhaps on-campus housing,textbooks,meal plans,and other fee
30、s.When it comes to online classes,however,you donthave to worry about all those extra expenses.As a result,online classes may be a good choice if youre looking to godown a more affordable route.28.Which is the structure of the passage?29.Whats the authors attitude towards online learning according t
31、o paragraph 3?A.Neutral.B.Supportive.C.Negative.D.Critical.30.What may be a suitable title for the passage?A.Why online lessons are becoming popularB.How one can make good use of online classesC.Who can benefit greatly from online learningD.What students love about taking online classes31.Who are th
32、e intended readers of the passage?A.Online educators.第 50 页 共 12 页C.Online masters.B.University students.D.Computer programmers.DWhen parents ask“What grade did you get?”,there is a common follow-up question:“So who got the highestgrade?”Many educators select and publicly announce“the best student”i
33、n a class or school.Adults praise childrenfor outperforming others.Sports tournaments award those who surpass others.The practice of making socialcomparisons is so common in daily life that the negative effects caused by social comparisons are usually ignored.One well-known strategy to get rid of so
34、cial comparisons is to provide children with participation awards,whichmeans children get the same prize despite their performance.Such awards,however,may not abolish socialcomparisons.High-performing children may feel unjustly treated and look down on the latter group.More generallythose who receiv
35、e unwarranted（无正当理由的）rewards may come to believe they deserve to receive the recognition.How,then,can we make children feel proud of themselves and motivate them without the unwanted side effects?A better approach is to use temporal comparisons-encouraging children to compare themselves with their p
36、ast selfrather than with others.Researchers recently conducted a study,where 583 children were asked to do a reading-and-writing exercisedesigned to influence the kind of comparisons they would make:social comparisons or temporal comparisons.Resultsshowed children who compared themselves with others
37、 said they wanted to be superior to such people,while thosewho compared themselves with their past self said they wanted to improve rather than be superior.Temporalcomparisons changed childrens goals away from a desire for superiority and toward self-improvement.What,then,can parents and teachers do
38、 with this knowledge?Parents and teachers can praise childrensimprovement over time to let them know they are making progress.Also,teachers can create learning contexts thattrack childrens own progress over time,such as report cards that display their changes in learning and performance.Of course,te
39、mporal comparisons are not a panacea;we should never push children too much to improvethemselves.The road toward self-improvement is paved with struggles and setbacks.Rather than making children feelbad for those failures,we should encourage them to learn from their imperfect past self-and thus help
40、 youngstersbecome better than before.32.What can we know about the strategy mentioned in paragraph 2?A.It is in high-performing childrens favor.B.It stresses the importance of teamwork.C.It may make all the children more confident.D.It may discourage high-performing children.33.What does the researc
41、h finding suggest?A.Children have a desire to feel proud of themselves.B.Temporal comparisons make for self-improvement.C.Children need to be exposed to various comparisons.第 51 页 共 12 页D.Social comparisons give children a sense of superiority.34.What does the underlined“panacea”most probably mean?A
42、.Cure-all.B.Routine.C.Priority.D.Benefit.35.Which of the following may the author agree with?A.Failure can be avoided by equality.B.Comparisons will lead to failure.C.Failure is an opportunity to learn.D.Comparisons are difficult to abolish.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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
43、选项。How to be funnyHumor can help you connect with other people and make unpleasant situations a little more bearable.Beingfunny might seem like it takes a lot of work,but its actually not that hard once you tap into your inner sense ofhumor.36Learn a little about what makes you laugh.Laughter itself
44、 is unconscious.While its possible for us to keepourselves from laughing,it is very hard for us to produce laughter on demand，and doing so will usually seem“forced”.Fortunately，laughter is very contagious（有感染力的）37Learn to laugh in boring or unfunny circumstances.Its good to know that the less funny
45、a place is,the easier itbecomes to add the element of humorous surprise.38 This is why The Office,the originally a BBC 2 show that wasremade by NBC,uses an office as its setting:its about as boring as it gets.Were not used to looking at an office as afunny place,so when it is funny,its especially fu
46、nny.39 Being funny doesnt come in a“one-size-fits-all”package.What makes you funny is unique to you and theway you observe the world.Trust that you do have a funny bone.40 And all children express humor naturally fromkindergarten age,using humor to entertain themselves and others.Its already in you-
47、you just need to bring it out!A.Trust in your inner sense of humor.B.As babies we laugh from four months of age.C.Maybe you dont think youre naturally funny.D.Studies have shown that humor makes us laugh the most.E.There are things you can do to make yourself and other people laugh.F.In a social con
48、text,its easy to start laughing when others are laughing.G.It might be easier to get people to laugh in an office workplace than in a comedy club.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。It was one fine Saturday winter evening when I got off the bus t
49、o visit my friends place which was around a第 52 页 共 12 页15-minute walk from the bus stop.I 41 a guy who also got off and started walking 42 the same way as mine,butkeeping a 43 from me.The man was tall and strong.The road was 44 deserted.After about a five-minute walk,Istarted getting an 45 about wh
50、y on earth this guy was taking the exact 46 as mine.“Is he a thief or a robber?”I kept_47A few minutes later,the 48 was still the same.He was walking behind me.My heart beat became faster.I started49 the houses on both sides of the road.“Will anybody come to my 50 if I cry for help?”I thought.Finall