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1、20222023学年上期阳安中学高2020级半期考试英语（试卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟）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）1. What will the man do this afternoon?A. Prepare for an exam. B. Treat Karen to coffee. C. Meet Professor Johnson.2. Where are the speakers?A. In a supermarket. B. At home.C. In a restaurant.3. How much should
2、 the woman pay?A. $20. B. $12.5.C. $7.5.4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Fellow workers. B. Professor and student. C. Doctor and patient.5. What is the conversation mainly about?A. Family relationships. B. A new way of working. C. Environmental protection. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.
3、5分，满分22.5分）听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. Why is the woman flying to New York?A. To give a report. B. To meet a customer. C. To attend an exhibition.7. Where will Paul go first?A. The home office. B. The coffee shop. C. Mr. Smiths house.听下面一段对话，回答第8至10三个小题。8. What is John doing?A. Doing a fun project. B. Em
4、ptying the cupboard. C. Donating unwanted things. 9.What is fYeecycling”？A. A way of recycling. B. A kind of old junk. C. A travel website.10. What does John want now?A. A gorilla arm.B. A microphone. C. A bicycle.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。11. When is the woman supposed to see the doctor?A. On Tuesday.B
5、. On Thursday. C. On Saturday.12. Who would the woman like to see?A. Dr. Ellis.B. Dr. Wilson.C. Dr. Patel.13. What is the woman advised to do?A. Call up again tomorrow.B. Make an appointment online.C. Update her personal information.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。14. What is the woman probably?A. A hotel man
6、ager.B. A tour guide.C. A taxi driver.15. What will the speakers do first today?A. Tour around a small island. B. Taste some local foods. C. See some rare birds.16. What do we know about the Beach Hotel?A. It opened in 2007. B. It has ocean views. C. It offers free dinner.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. H
7、ow does the speaker describe life in London?A. Tiring.B. Stressful.C. Convenient.18. What means of transport does the speaker usually take to work?A. The underground. B. The car.C. The bus.19. What are the speakers parents unable to stand?A. Chats with others. B. The transportation fee. C. The noise
8、 and pollution.20. What is the speakers purpose of using the poets words?A. To explain why he is tired of life.B. To show London is an interesting city.C. To prove London is attractive to many poets.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。AThe Duke of Edinburgh9 s
9、Award has picked some activities to help build confidence, independence and adaptability among youngsters.Set yourself a physical challengeLearn survival skills at Sani Resort on Greece?s Halkidiki coast. The activity is sponsored by the Bear Grylls Survival Academy. Lessons include ways of hiding o
10、utdoors, seeking routes, building boats and finding food in the wild.Price: 33.50 per day, per person.Spend time in natureHead to Ecuador5 s Mashpi Lodge to experience about 6,200 acres of cloud forest in an excellent reserve of this country, flying through the treetops on the Sky Bike and Dragonfly
11、 Canopy Gondola. The tour is guided by Mashpi9 s team of local naturalist guides.Price: 1,030 per room per night, including transfers （换乘）from Quito and all meals and guided activities within the reserve. Out-of-Ecuador tourists need to pay for flying.Travel somewhere newIt can be particularly rewar
12、ding for young people when they step out of their comfort zone. Theres nowhere better than the wilds of South Africa. Scott Dunns teen programme offers an African adventure with two unforgettable experiences to observe wild animals, including a trip to Marakele National Park.Price: 6,000 a person.Ex
13、perience a digital detox （脱瘾）Join Metropolitan Tourings journey to the Galapagos Islands. Twin it with a digital switch-off, book day trips with expert guides, and travel around the active Sierra Negra volcano. Activities include heading to Santa Cruz Island on the hotels boat, diving and surfing.Pr
14、ice: 2,730 per person, double occupancy, including all accommodation, return interisland flights, tours and meals.21. What is excluded from the charge for the travel to Mashpi Lodge?A. International flights.B. Changes of vehicles.C. Touring in the reserve.D. Diets during the travel.22. Which activit
15、y is most attractive to wild creature lovers?A. Spend time in nature.B. Travel somewhere new.C. Experience a digital detox.D. Set yourself a physical challenge.23. What can tourists do during Metropolitan Tourings journey?A. Enjoy a flexible tour.B. Use special digital devices.C. Learn some survival
16、 skills.D. Experience water sports.BMy mom could be quite a handful, which I have come to see as a blessing as the years have gone by but did not always appreciate when she was alive, especially after her Alzheimers diagnosis.The news came as no surprise to us kids, of course. Wed seen our tough, sh
17、arp-witted mom change. But Mom was not about to take Alzheimers lying down， ”Theres nothing wrong with me!” she insisted, even after she sideswiped a cop, denied doing it and then blamed it all on him.Eventually my brother and his wife moved Mom to a sweet little house on the property next to theirs
18、 so they could keep an eye on her. They built a lighted path between the two houses so Mom could visit when she wanted, which occasionally happened at 5:00 a.m. when she thought it was 5:00 p.m. At Christmas, my sister-in-law, Toni, would hang Christmas lights along the way.One thing we couldnt do w
19、as make her eat properly, especially after she nearly burned the house down making tuna （金枪鱼）salad. So we arranged for a senior meals-on-wheels program to deliver her meals. At first she wouldnt let them in the house. This is ridiculous/9 she said. “I know how to eat!” Then she offered to help them
20、deliver meals to “people who really need them”.Eventually she relented - except that she would simply keep all the meals in the fridge, untouched, in case she happened to have hungry visitors. When we told the volunteers this, they were wonderfully wise and pretty soon they got Mom to eat. She even
21、admitted that the food was pretty good, considering. Were convinced the good nutrition helped keep her in her home a little longer before she had to enter a care facility.So how proud am I that our friends at Volunteers of America, which operates meals-on- wheels programs for the elderly all over th
22、e country? Very proud. It was angels, after all, who were able to get my mother to eat.24. What do we know about the authors mother?A. She troubled the family a lot.B. She never suffered from Alzheimer.C. She was a woman lacking intelligence.D. She was easy to get along with.25. How did the family h
23、elp Mom?A. They lived together with her.B. They had her house beautifully decorated.C. They assisted her in cooking matters.D. They arranged delivered meals for her.26. Which of the following best explains the underlined word “relented” in paragraph 5?A. Panicked. B. Apologized. C. Agreed. D. Respon
24、ded.27. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?A. Angels on Wheels B. A Lesson from Miserable LifeC. Living with Alzheimer D. Volunteering for the DisabledCOn Monday, December 5, online retailing （零售）giant Amazon announced the opening of its first physical store. Called Amazon G
25、o, the Seattle-based store that is currently being tested by company employees, learns from regular grocery stores except for one thing “Just Walk Out technology. All purchases are handled electronically, which means there are no cashiers, checkouts or lines. Shoppers simply take what they need and
26、leave.To shop at Amazon Go, customers need to open an Amazon account and download the stores App onto their smartphones. Upon entering the store, they scan a QR code （二维码） with their phones and begin shopping. Every item picked up gets added to the bill automatically. If the customer changes his/her
27、 mind, all he/she has to do is return the purchase back on the shelf, and it will be removed from the final bill. Once the customer leaves the store, the amount spent is automatically taken out from the Amazon account and a digital receipt is generated to remind the shopper of the trade.To provide b
28、usy customers a pleasant shopping experience, Amazon, which has been working on this concept for four years, plans to keep the store size at a “comfortable 1,800 square feet. In addition to typical grocery products like bread and milk, the store will stock ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch and dinner op
29、tions, made by on-site chefs. There will also be chef- designed Amazon Meal boxes for those who prefer to cook the food at home.After years of joint efforts by Amazon staff, Amazon Go finally opened in 2021. Amazon will not provide any insight into the cutting-edge “Just Walk Out technology. The com
30、pany website states, The checkout-free shopping experience is enabled by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion and deep learning.”What is the advantage of Amazon Go over regular grocery stores?A. Store size.B. Shopping speed.C. Product price. D. Par
31、king convenience.28. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?A. Why to download the stores App.B. How to open an Amazon account.C. How to shop at Amazon Go.D. What to buy at Amazon Go.29. What can we infer from paragraph 3?A. People can shop and eat at Amazon Go.B. Chefs will offer on-site cooking lessons.
32、C. 1,800 square feet is the best size of grocery stores.D. Amazon spent years improving its service.30. What makes possible the checkout-free shopping experience?A. High-technology products. B. The help of the car industry.C. The deep learning method. D. Teamwork by Amazon staff.DNo doubt that human
33、s have widely changed, developed, and exploited （开发）much of the natural world for our own ends. But how much of the land surface remains free of our often- harmful influence?In a new study, scientists compared figures from four different sets of data using different kinds of methods and classificati
34、on （分类）systems to answer this question. On average, the researchers say roughly half （48 to 56 percent） of the worlds land shows “low” influence of humans. While the figures may inspire many stressing the vast expanse of significantly untouched lands that can still be protected through conservation
35、measures - the study also shows just how much of the Earth has already been occupied and used by humans.In fact, only about a quarter （20 to 34 percent） of the planefs ice-free land surface shows “very low“ signs of human influence, the researchers say, and the parts of the planet that we have left
36、alone up until now constitute （构成）some of the least livable places on Earth. In other words, whether through urbanization, forestry, agriculture or other means, humans have applied the most influence on biodiverse land that presented ripe and easy opportunities for immediate human needs; in contrast
37、, roasting deserts in the worlds hottest places, or frozen wastelands in its coldest spots, have been ignored.Even so, the researchers say the results shown here give us a strong, clear marker that we can use to help structure existing and future conservation efforts by preventing disturbance on exi
38、sting low influenced areas, meanwhile, recovering areas for conservation in land that has already been exploited too much.“The encouraging takeaway from this study is that if we act quickly and decisively （果断地）， there is a slim window in which we can still conserve roughly half of the Earths land in
39、 a relatively untouched state J says biologist and lead author of the study, Jason Riggio. Theres a chance, right now, to draw a line in the sand, and say “no more”.31. Why was the new study carried out?A. To find out why humans exploit nature.B. To figure out the land free from human influence.C. T
40、o prove humans are harmful to nature.D. To clarify the Earth is not occupied by humans completely.32. Which places are influenced most by humans?A. Woodless lands.B. Ice-free lands.C. Places with biodiversity.D. Places with warmth.33. What can we do based on the research?A. Make use of the unlivable
41、 area through different means.B. Remove the influence on the previous disturbed area.C. Attempt to have no bad effect on the untouched land.D. Reconstruct the overexploited land with forest and agriculture.34. Whats the writers attitude towards the untouched land?A. It should be urbanized immediatel
42、y.B. It should be covered with plants.C. It should be free from humans and animals.D. It should be undisturbed and preserved.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 多余选项。Have you ever travelled somewhere without noticing the route you took or the people and landmarks you passed? 36
43、 A lot of us run around on autopilot （自动驾驶），which means we do things without being aware that were doing them, lost in our thoughts instead.Mindfulness is about training the mind to be in the present moment - to be more aware of what is happening now, rather than what has already happened or what mi
44、ght happen next.37 Mindfulness can be traced back to the religion of Buddhism but its now practiced by people of all religions, as well as people who dont follow any religion.38 Becoming more aware of the present can help us enjoy the world around us. It encourages us to appreciate things we might t
45、ake for granted. According to the University of Oxford Mindfulness Research Centre, mindfulness can teach us to spot difficult emotions and thoughts and deal with them more easily. 39An important part of mindfulness is tuning in to the five senses - being aware of what you can see, hear, touch, smel
46、l and taste. You can try this throughout the day - for example, when going for a walk or eating your dinner. 40 Mindfulness requires practice, and lots of people find that sitting quietly and focusing on their breathing helps.A. It is about observing our thoughts, feelings and surroundings.B. These
47、are the only ways to help us stay focused on the present.C. Maybe youve swallowed your breakfast without noticing what it tastes like.D. Mindfulness can improve our concentration, relationships and mental health.E. We can choose to set aside our worries and concerns that arent helpful to us.F. Despi
48、te these emotional benefits, mindfulness sometimes leads to physical harms.G. Activities that require you to use your hands can also help you become more mindful.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。At 21, Chris Nikic became the first-ever person with Down syndrome （唐氏综合征）to complete the Ironman triathlon （铁人三项）.The very thought would be enough to41people in good physical condition. But by finishing it, Nikic set a Guinness World Record.This remarkable achievement wa