2023-2024学年湖南省长沙市弘益高级中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题

2023-2024学年湖南省长沙市弘益高级中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题
Amazing women in history
Murasaki Shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese woman, was widely considered to be the world’s first novelist. She was a noble woman living in Japan around the year 1,000 AD. She wrote a novel called The Tale of Genji, which tells a riches-to-rags story about the son of a Japanese emperor forced to live as a commoner. The Tale of Genji is widely considered to be a masterpiece of Japanese literature. Shikibu also wrote a book of poetry.
Maria Sibylla Merian
Born in Germany in 1647, Merian was fascinated by insects, and began collecting, studying and drawing them when she was as young as 13. She was one of the few naturalists of her time to actually study live insects. It was through her study of caterpillars that she discovered the truth about their life cycles. She made a major contribution to the field of entomology (昆虫学).
Ada Lovelace
Lovelace was the world’s first computer programmer. She was working to design early computing machines that she hoped would be able to quickly solve math problems. In addition to designing this early computer program, she was also the first to suggest that computers should be able to do more than calculating. She imagined them doing everything, from producing images to composing music.
Lucy Stone
Born in 1818, Stone married an activist and changed her name, but decided to change it back a year later. She held the belief that a wife shouldn’t take her husband’s name. She became the first American married woman to keep her maiden name for her entire life. Stone was also one of the founding members of the American Equal Rights Association and fought for the ending of slavery.
1. What do we know about Murasaki Shikibu?
A．She was once very rich. B．She was once a commoner.
C．She was a novelist and poet. D．She liked researching living things.
2. Who made a contribution to the development of human rights?
A．Murasaki Shikibu. B．Maria Sibylla
Merian.
C．Ada Lovelace. D．Lucy Stone.
3. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?
A．They are pioneers. B．They are science-lovers.
C．They are highly educated. D．They are highly ambitious.
Sam is a fourth-year student at Harvard Medical School，but poetry is still a big part of his life，now with a new teacher，Rafael Campo，who believes poetry can benefit every doctor’s education and work. Rafael is a physician，professor and a highly respected poet.
“Poetry is in every encounter(邂逅)with my patients. I think healing is really in a very great way about poetry. And if we do anything when we’re with our patients，we’re really immersing(使沉浸于)ourselves in their stories，really hearing their voices. And，certainly，that’s what a poem does，”he said.
Rafael worries that something important has been lost in medicine and medical education today：humanity，which he finds in poetry. To end that，he leads a weekly reading and writing workshop for medical students and residents(住院医生).
He thinks medical training focuses too much on distancing the doctor from his or her patients，and poems can help close that gap.
Third-year resident Andrea Schwartz was one of the workshop regulars. She said. “I think there’s no other profession other than medicine that produces as many writers as it does. And I think that is because there’s just so much power in doctors and patients interacting when patients are at their saddest. ”Not everyone believes that’s what doctors should do，though.
Rafael said，“I was afraid of how people might judge me，actually. In the medical profession，as many people know，we must always put the emergency first. But，you know，that kind of treatment，if it’s happening in the hospital，very regrettably，sadly，results in a bad outcome. The family is sitting by the bedside. The patient hasn’t survived the cancer. Don’t we still have a role as healers there?”
In a poem titled“Health”，Rafael writes of the wish to live forever in a world made painless by our incurable joy. He says he will continue teaching students，helping patients and writing poems，his own brand of medicine.
4. What do we know about Rafael Campo?
A．He works as a doctor. B．He is under medical care.
C．He is a literature professor. D．He knows little about poetry.
5. What does the author try to show in Paragraph 2 ?
A．The importance of medical training.
B．The effect of poetry in medical treatment.
C．The similarity involved in poetry and medical work.
D．The present relationship between patients and doctors.
6. What does Andrea Schwaflz think of poetry?
A．It comforts patients’family.
B．It contributes to medical work.
C．It has nothing to do with doctors.
D．It keeps doctors away from patients.
7. What is Rafael Campo’s view on poetry?
A．It requires a lot of spare time.
B．It can provide a useful tool for doctors.
C．It has little effect on patients’conditions.
D．It should be included in emergency treatments.
Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy with their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.
People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to the tablet and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.
The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.
What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology.
Mae West is famous for the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful”. But it’s time to discover that it does not work for technology. Richard Fernandez, an executive coach acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies”. To break the grand digital connection, people must consider how life lo ng ago could be fantastic without today’s overused technology.
8. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “allure” in paragraph 2?
A．Advantage. B．Attraction. C．Adaption. D．Attempt.
9. What is the aim of technology companies according to the text?
A．To attract people to buy their products. B．To provide the latest information.
C．To improve people’s quality of life.D．To deal with cultural diseases.
10. It can be inferred from this text that people ________.
A．consider too much technology wonderful
B．have realized the harm of high-tech devices
C．can regain freedom with high-tech devices
D．may enjoy life better without overused technology
11. What’s the author’s attitude towards the overuse of high-tech devices?
A．Neutral. B．Skeptical. C．Disapproving. D．Sympathetic. Some futurists have gone so far as to say that, intelligent machines will replace teachers within 10 years. Not surprisingly, this causes concern among educators. As artificial intelligence (AI) develops, it is playing an increasingly important role in education. But should teachers really be worried?
I have been involved in AI in education throughout my career, developed award-winning AI-based products. While I am more excited than ever about the potential of AI to improve the quality and economies of learning, I don’t think educators should worry about being replaced by machines. Instead, AI is more likely to empower teachers: reduce overwork, and make their jobs more rewarding.
Studies show that teachers have more impact o n students’ achievement than any other aspect of schooling, and effective teachers have a lasting impact on students’ success. Yet many teachers report that their workload is unmanageable, and much of their time is devoted to activities other than teaching. This is an area where AI can help. For example, by automating the scoring of student work teachers spend less time on grading assignments and data input and management and focus instead on responding to students’ needs.
Teachers with large classes find it stressful to meet the needs of individual students. AI can give these the practice opportunities and individualize feedback that they otherwise might not receive. Teachers have few opportunities to interact with students outside of the classroom. AI-based learning environments can be made available to students anywhere and anytime. Leaning can continue outside of the classroom. This helps every learner to make rapid progress toward mastery of their subjects.
Thus, the question should not be whether AI will replace teachers, but how it can support teacher and learners both inside and outside the classroom.
12. According to what futurists say in the first paragraph, we can learn ________.
A．intelligent machines are developing fast
B．teachers are irreplaceable in school
C．the teacher is playing an important role in education
D．Al might be a threat to educators
13. What is the author’s opinion about Al in education?
A．AI has the potential to replace teachers.
B．AI is less useful than educators
C．AI can make education very profitable
D．AI can replace teachers
14. According to the author, Al can support teachers by ________.
A．helping teachers organize class activities
B．reducing the time teachers spend on activities other than teaching
C．interacting with students
D．helping teachers check how students are mastering what they have learnt
15. What is the author mainly talking about?
A．The development of AI.
B．The impacts that teachers have had on education.
C．The importance of educators in education.
D．The ways that AI can help educators.
Rock music consists of many different styles. Even though there is a common spirit among all music groups, they make very different music. 16 At that time the Beatles entered the world of music from Liverpool.
After they were given an invitation to appear live on BBC, the Beatles quickly became famous in Britain with nationwide tours. By mid-1963, the Beatles had been extremely popular in England. 17 They held large concerts and performed at clubs. They became the hottest thing on the pop music scene in England. They began as a modestly successful musician group and ended the year as show business legends(传说). John Lennon and Paul McCartney were named composers of the year.
18 They were not sure how the Americans would react to the new type of music. Beatlemania hit New York on February 7, 1964. Hundreds of fans jammed the airport to greet them. 19 The concert was broadcast live and attracted the largest one night audience in the history of television up to that time. The Beatles were described as a British invasion(入侵) by local and nationwide newspapers at that time. Their victory in America was still remembered as a major turning point in the history of rock and roll. Thanks to the Beatles, a lot of opportunities were opened up to new faces on the market. 20
My first and favorite hero is my dad. I still _______ times when he would stay up with me to watch those funny shows at midnight after a long day of tiring work. The_______and excitement I felt every time he came home from work with a toy in his hand, _______but still willing to give me the world. And how my dad would go to the store and buy me a cartoon-themed cake_______ it wasn't my birthday because he knew how much I liked to _______ myself with cake.
Our life _______ when my sister was born. She was sick. I couldn't_______ anything except the fact that my parents were_______. She went through multiple hospitalizations, during which my mother was by my sister's side the entire time. My dad assumed the_______of my mom. I did everything with him, from sleeping in his bed because I was ________at night, to going to work with him every single day. And complaining to him that I was hungry every day after school. This________went on for years.
I didn't really care for________when I was younger. I just________they were people with super abilities. Now, I think my dad________ under that category. He has the________to make me feel happy and joyful. He makes me feel safe, warm, and loved.
21.
A．ignore B．need C．confirm D．remember
22.
A．peace B．relief C．joy D．pride
23.
A．ashamed B．tired C．discouraged D．bored
24.
A．when B．in case C．if D．even though 25.
A．cover B．reward C．stuff D．inspire
26.
A．simplified B．changed C．guaranteed D．improved
27.
A．understand B．miss C．control D．expect
28.
A．sad B．angry C．weak D．strange
29.
A．mistake B．risk C．promise D．role
30.
A．confused B．depressed C．scared D．excited
31.
A．actually B．finally C．secretly D．merely
32.
A．foods B．heroes C．relatives D．gifts
33.
A．expressed B．suspected C．envied D．knew
34.
A．struggles B．differs C．fits D．objects
35.
A．ability B．ambition C．responsibility D．intention
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Zhang Zeduan’s Qingming Scroll is 36 masterwork of Chinese art. 37 (paint) on a five-metre-long silk scroll, it offers an important insight into life in China in the 12th century. It is commonly believed 38 the city described in the painting is Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. The ancient scroll has survived the test of time 39 (remarkable) well, and is currently housed in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
The scroll 40 (consist) of three main sections. The first section presents a peaceful scene of rural life near Bianjing, 41 (feature) crop fields, a river winding through the landscape, and farmers hard at work. The second section shows the riverbanks and the central bridge alive 42 activity as boats sail in and out of Bianjing. Civilians can also be seen walking through the city gate in both directions. The third and final section pictures life inside the city 43 (it). Here, hundreds of people from all walks of life, including butchers, hairdressers and government officials, can be seen going about their daily business. The 44 (combine) of these three sections gives the viewer an idea of 45 life was like for the people of Bianjiing.
46. 假定你是李华，正在教你的英国朋友Leslie学习汉语。

请你写封邮件告知下次上课的计划。

内容包括：
（1）时间和地点；
（2）内容：学习唐诗；
（3）课前准备：简要了解唐朝的历史。

注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

A MOTHER’S DAY SURPRISE
The twins were filled with excitement as they thought of the surprise they were planning for Mother’s Day. How pleased and proud Mother would be when they brought her breakfast in bed. They planned to make French toast and chicken porridge. They had watched their mother in the kitchen. There was nothing to it. Jenna and Jeff knew exactly what to do.
The big day came at last. The alarm rang at 6 a.m. The pair went down the stairs quietly to the kitchen. They decided to boil the porridge first. They put some rice into a pot of water and left it to boil while they made the French toast. Jeff broke two eggs into a plate and added in some milk. Jenna found the bread and put two slices into the egg mixture. Next, Jeff turned on the second stove burner to heat up the frying pan. Everything was going smoothly until Jeff started frying the bread. The pan was too hot and the bread turned black within seconds. Jenna threw the burnt piece into the sink and put in the other slice of bread. This time, she turned down the fire so it cooked nicely.
Then Jeff noticed steam shooting out of the pot and the lid starting to shake. The next minute, the porridge boiled over and put out the fire. Jenna panicked. Thankfully, Jeff stayed calm and turned off the gas quickly. But the stove was a mess now. Jenna told Jeff to clean it up so they could continue to cook the rest of the porridge. But Jeff’s hand touched the hot burner and he gave a cry of pain. Jenna made him put his hand in cold water. Then she caught the smell of burning. Oh dear! The piece of bread in the pan had turned black as well.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右。

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

As the twins looked around them in disappointment, their father appeared.
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The twins carried the breakfast upstairs and woke their mother up.
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