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1、襄安中学2022-2023学年第一学期期中考试高二英语试题卷（时量：120分钟总分：150分）注意事项：1 .答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号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，用铅笔把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，将答题卡上交，本试卷自己保留。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L5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每
2、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。例:How much is the shirt?A.19.15.B.9.18. C.9.15.答案是c。1. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a restaurant.B. At the airport.C. In a classroom.2. What will Paul do next?A. Go to bed.B. Take a walk.
3、C. See the doctor.3. Why does the woman want to return the T-shirt?A. Its too large for her. B. She doesnt like the color. C. There*s a quality problem.4. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Driver and passenger.B. Mother and son.C. Couples.5. Who is Mr. White?A.A secretary.B.A m
4、anager.C.A salesperson.第二节（共15小题；每小题L5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. Why is Vera making the call?A. To ask for the subway information.B. To find the owner of the passport.C. To find
5、her way home.7. What day is it today?C. Monday.A. Saturday.B. Sunday.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What are the two speakers doing now?A. Having an interview.B. Introducing their workplace.C. Sharing their work experience.9. What kind of person is Mr. Johnson?A. Confident.B. Boring.C. Humorous.10. How many hou
6、rs does the woman work a day?A. Five hours.B. Eight hours.C. Nine hours.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. How does the man feel about the doctors advice about exercise?A. Encouraging.B. Ineffective.C. Demanding.12. What is Jacobs research about?A. How much exercise lowers the risk of heart attack.B. Why people s
7、hould exercise every week.C. What exercise lowers the risk of heart attack.13. How long does the man exercise a week?A.300 minutes.B.150 minutes.C.75 minutes.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Where will the reception desk be later?A. At the corner of the second floor.B. At the center of the first floor.C. Near t
8、he main gate.15. What part of the shopping center is not mentioned in the survey?A. The parking lot.B. The location.C. The product price.16. What does the woman think of the shopping center?A. Its convenient.B. Itfs large.C. Its beautiful.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What does the August example show?A. Th
9、e effects of weather on peoples health.B. The effects of weather on peoples feelings.C. The effects of weather on peoples intelligence.18. What might make peoples IQs higher according to the 1983 report?A. The wind.B. Cold weather.C. Very hot weather.19. What might happen when there*s low air pressu
10、re?A. People become stronger.B. Thin people are unhappy.C. People often forget things.20. What does the passage talk about?A. The effects of weather on people.B. Different weather in different seasons.C. How people feel about different kinds of weather.第二部分 阅读（共两节，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
11、列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AFootball: Designing the Beautiful GameWhether you are a crazy fan or sideline supporter, visitors to this exhibition will enjoy discovering the remarkable design stories behind the worlds beautiful game.What to expectThe exhibition explores the story behind football, sh
12、owing how design has been used to push the game to new limits. Take a journey through over 500 objects, films and interviews in sporting performance, equipment development and stadium design, and involve yourself in the stories of clubs and game legends（传奇人物）including Messi, Pele, George Best and Di
13、ego Maradona.Held by the Design Museum and the National Football Museum in Manchester, the show reveals the master planning of the worlds most significant football stadiums, the design innovation used in today*s equipment, how the graphic design of team badges（徽章）and posters shape a clubs identity a
14、nd how grassroots1 efforts are pushing the sport*s commercialization.Ticket informationOnline booking is advised but tickets will also be available in the booking office. Last entry to the exhibition is 90 minutes before the museum closes.Adult tickets are charged from 16 and student tickets from 12
15、, Meanwhile, you can save 25% on family and group tickets.Present your exhibition entry ticket for 10% off food and drink at London Grade Coffee on the ground floor.21. What can visitors do at the exhibition?A.Design a team badge.B. Interview master designers.C.Put on football equipment.D. Learn abo
16、ut famous football players.22. How much should a couple with their 11-year-old son pay at least for admission?A. 33.B.36.C.44.D.48.23. What will visitors enjoy with the ticket?A.A special discount on goods at a cafe.B.A photo of a significant football stadium.C.A free visit to the National Football
17、Museum.D.An invitation to a clubs sporting performance.B1. M. Pei, one of the worlds most famous building designers, died at age 102. Mr. Pei created buildings which are known and appreciated around the world. Mr. Peis style of architecture is called modem or modernist”. This style of architecture m
18、akes use of newer building materials, such as concrete（混凝土），glass and metal. Modernist buildings are often designed with straight lines, without a lot of decorations. Modern architecture appeared at the end of the 19th century from changes in technology, engineering and building materials, and from
19、a wish to break away from historical architectural styles and to invent something that was totally functional and new.Mr. Pei designed many differenl kinds of buildings, including libraries, concert halls, office buildings, hotels, hospitals and skyscrapers . But hes probably famous for some of his
20、museums, like the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Perhaps Mr. Peis best-known building is the Pyramid he created as a new entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Like many of Mr. Peis designs, it wasnt all that popular at first, but over time, people came to l
21、ove it. Now it is one of the main reasons why people visit the museum. Another famous building of his is the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong,China. Mr. Pei said he wanted it to look a bit like bamboo.Mr. Pei put a lot of thoughts into his designs. He studied carefully before he designed each buildi
22、ng. For example, he didnt like rock and roll music, but he went to rock concerts before he designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. He read books, studied music and visited many musicians. He preferred his students or teammates who came from different cultural backgrounds.Not all of Mr.
23、 Pei*s buildings were triumphant. The Hancock Tower in Boston is one example. The huge glass-covered skyscraper was nearly finished when the bad thing happened. Some glass began falling out of the building. They had to be replaced with plywood（胶合板） until a solution could be found. The problem was a
24、headache and took years to fix.24. What does Mr. Peis architecture look like?A. Simple.B. Strange.C. Traditional.D. Classical.25. Which building designed by Mr. Pei is like a kind of plant?A. The East Building of the National Gallery of Art.B. The new entrance to the Louvre Museum.C. The Rock and Ro
25、ll Hall of Fame.D. The Bank of China Tower.26. Why did Mr. Pei go to rock concerts?A. To enjoy the music.B. To meet the singers.C. To ask for advice on his design.D. To prepare himself for a design.27. What does the underlined word “triumphant” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Unique.B. Successful.C. Complete
26、d.D. Famous.CA librarian, Jennifer Williamss mother read to her three children every day. Not until we went to kindergarten J Williams said. Until we went to college/1When Williams, now 54, became a primary school teacher in Danville, Virginia, she wanted her students to fall in love with reading ju
27、st as she had. But she realized that some kids had limited access to books.“Its very obvious to teachers of young children which kids are read to versus kids who are notshe said. To Williams, the solution was simple: Give kids books. In 2017, as part of an event called Engage Danville, she gave away
28、 900 used childrens books over three days. Most people would be satisfied with that. Most.My husband was like/Wow, congratulations,9and I was like/Well5anybody can do thatshe said. I told him/I want to give away a million books.It sounds like an unreachable number, but as Williams posted on Facebook
29、:uDonft complain in the bleachers（露天看台）if you arent willing to work hard out on the field.”So she got to work, first by roping in friends to donate books or money to buy books.Ive lived in this town for 35 yearsjshe said.My community has come together and said：Youve always helped us; now let us help
30、 you.Before long, as news of Williams*s project spread, strangers started leaving books on her doorstep. As quickly as the books come in, Williams gives them to local schools and little free libraries in Danville.In the four years shes been doing all this, the Book Lady, as Williams has come to be k
31、nown, has given away more than 78,000 booksonly 922,000 more to reach her goal! And shes not slowing down. Its too important for kids with few choices.Reading can take you anywhereshe said. You can travel in time and space. If you can read, you can learn almost anything.28. What did Williams notice
32、when she encouraged her students to read?A. Some of them disliked reading.B. Some of them had few books to read.C. Some of them preferred to read themselves.D. Some of them began reading in kindergarten.29. How did Williams feel about her achievement in 2017?A. She was sad.B. She wasnt confident.C.
33、She wasnt satisfied.D. She was nervous.30. How did Williamss community respond to her project?A. They were rather uncertain.B. They were ready to lend a hand.C. They thought it was unachievable.D. They believed it would win high praise.31. What does Williams plan to do?A. Set up a free library.B. Tr
34、avel around the world.C. Keep doing what she does.D. Ask her students to take learning trips.DFelix Ruppert and Alexander Badri-Sprowitz at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany, designed a half-metre-high robot called Morti and gave it the ability to teach itself ho
35、w to walk, rather than to perform a pre-programmed step. The four-legged robot took only an hour to learn how to walk steadily, roughly the same amount of time as newborn horses need. And its the first time that a machine learning technique has been so successfully applied to four-legged robots.Mort
36、i is controlled by an artificial intelligence(AI) algorithm(算法)that doesnt have much information about the robots legs, such as the exact shape of each element.The AI, working like the central nervous system, gives walking instructions for Morti to follow. It then adjusts them based on readings from
37、 foot sensors that signal when the robot falls and loses contact with the ground. Initially, Morti falls down, but after about an hour the AI finds the best way to make it walk,said Ruppert.Because the AI learns rather than calculating details of each legs movement in advance, which can use a lot of
38、 energy, Morti walks using 42 percent less energy than when it first starts at the end of an hour-long learning process. Mortis process copies the way baby animals learn to move, as they also find the most efficient way to use their muscles by trying and initially tripping.Dhireesha Kudilhipudi at T
39、he University of Texas al San Antonio said that AI robots can often learn a specific task very well but cant readjust when the environment changes and that Mortis design, which relies on continually adjusting the robots movements, may perform better in that regard. Ruppert said he and the team are w
40、orking on adding more sensors and range of motion to Morti to make it a more animal-like robot.32. What is special about Morti?A. It is pre-programmed to walk.B. It can learn to walk by itself.C. It is the first four-legged robot.D. It can help teach the newborns.33. Which aspect of Morti is stresse
41、d in paragraph 2?A. Its body structure.B. Its design concept.C. Its learning process.D. Its working conditions.34. How does the Als learning ability benefit Morti?A. By predicting Mortis leg movements.B. By training Morti*s muscles to the best.C. By lowering Morti*s energy consumption.D. By strength
42、ening Mortis bond with others.35. What is Dhireesha Kudithipudis attitude toward Morti?A. Doubtful.B. Concerned.C. Subjective. D. Favorable.第二节（共5小题：每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项 为多余选项。Green architecture（建筑）is designed in an environmentally-friendly way. Many people think in
43、terest in green architecture has only begun in recent years. _36_Our ancient ancestors were intelligent. They also knew the fact that green architecture is more able to fit in with nature and more practical._37_These include heating and cooling, water usage, environmental quality and energy usage. A
44、rchitects can deal with all of these in various ways, all of which are designed to increase efficiency without affecting the function of the building.Many architects build environmentally to show people that its possible. And they want to show the fact that being environmentally-friendly does not ha
45、ve to make a building bad- looking._39_A courtyard with plants, for example, can be nicer to view.The green design can be kept in mind when we build various future buildings, ranging from a private home to a tall office building. Green designs can also be applied to remodeling（改造）and repairing exist
46、ing buildings. _40_Many governments are thus encouraging remodeling and repairing instead of building new ones.A. The goal is to make a building prettier.B. Many buildings have great green designs.C. A green buildings design can solve many problems.D. In fact, humans have tried green architecture fo
47、r thousands of years.E. After all, pulling down a building can quite damage the environment.F. Actually, many of the green designs can make a building more beautiful.G. And smart lighting would turn off when people are not around to save energy.第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A
48、、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳 选项。15-year-olds Jake and Aidan have been in a program for junior lifeguards （救生员）since 9. Despite those years of experience, what they went through recently was a 41 for the teenagers.They were walking on the 42 full of people when a small plane 43 before their very eyes. The crowd were 44 Aidan and Jake had only seconds to register what was happening. They had been 45 to deal with just about