山东省济宁市邹城市第一中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期中教学质量检测英语试题

山东省济宁市邹城市第一中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期
中教学质量检测英语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读理解
Whether you’re looking for a steamy cup of coffee or a wide range of sweet treats, there are endless selections of cafes that have something for you.
Cosha
This warm-coloured cafe situated inCentral is the perfect place for a brunch. The beautifully colored juices that pair up with the salty dishes are also worth a try. Let an icy Super Strawberry Juice or Mango Hill Juice help you beat the summer heat.
Location: 61 Elgin Street, Central, Hong Kong
The Salfee Bar
Check out the newly opened branch at Quarry Bay, featuring a wide selection of salads and coffee.This vegetarian-friendly bar classifies salads based on their health benefits, including immune(免疫)boost, heart guardian and anti-aging.You can also choose a fruity coffee to go green and go along with your salad.
Location:34 Hoi Kwong Street, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Knockbox
Found in the jam-packed neighbourhood of Wan Chai, Knockbox puts emphasis on the colors in coffee, encouraging customers to visualize their coffee-drinking experiences with the shop front. A cup of “red honey catuai ” is only as different as a “long black”. Let Knockbox lead you to see the beauty in coffee and to “taste”out of the box.
Location:3 Burrows Street, Wan Chai,Hong Kong
Yama Coffee
Located in the busy neighbourhood of Yau Ma Tei,Yama Coffee takes you on a short vacation to Japan, as its design is based on a Japanese theme. The cafe is divided into two floors-the lower level mainly serves takeaway,while the upper level provides a variety of services, including reading and writing.
Location:15 Pitt Street, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
1．Which cafe will you choose if you have a taste for healthy salads?
A．Cosha.
B．The Salfee Bar.
C．Knockbox.
D．Yama Coffee.
2．Which of the following makes Yama Coffee special?
A．The wide variety of coffee.
B．Pleasant space for coffee and study.
C．Perfect choices for a brunch.
D．The inviting colors in coffee.
3．What’s the purpose of the text?
A．To inform readers of different cafes.
B．To compare the business of the cafes.
C．To share studies of special coffee.
D．To show food culture in Hong Kong.
After working a long shift at a restaurant, most people want to collapse on the sofa at the end of the day. But it’s not the case with Eliot Middleton. Instead, he picks up his tool kit and heads out to his front yard, where he works on one of the many junk cars resting there.
On his days off,Eliot replaces,repairs,and saves auto (汽车) parts from donated vehicles. He learned how to repair cars as a teenager when his dad gave him two that needed major repairs as soon as he got his driver’s license. He was tasked with taking the good parts from both vehicles and creating one safe, reliable ride. He did it and the project left him with a lifelong appreciation for auto repair.
Eliot studid and worked as an auto mechanic for years after high school. But in 2020, he purchased a barbecue restaurant just days before the COVID-19 forced restaurants to shut down. Instead of panicking, he focused on takeout and outdoor dining to keep his new business going on.
No matter how busy he gets at the restaurant, he never loses sight of his passion project. He has collected about 90 donated cars, which he keeps at his home and at friends’ properties nearby. He has already refurbished 28 of them so he could give them away to struggling families in his community.
Eliot donated the first car he repaired to the mother of a child with a disability, as she needed a vehicle to go to the hospital regularly. The freedom that comes with transportation
enabled her to finally get a job and make positive changes in her family’s life! Since then, Eliot has started a nonprofit called Middleton’s Village To Village. Its mission is simple: “We repair donated cars to donate them to families in need!”
4．How does Eliot usually spend his free time?
A．He runs an outdoor barbecue restaurant.
B．He devotes himself to repairing cars.
C．He works part-time in a local charity.
D．He enjoys sitting alone on the sofa.
5．What aroused Eliot’s lifelong passion for car repair?
A．Personal guidance from his father.
B．A collection of second-hand cars.
C．His teenager car-repairing experience.
D．The build-up of his auto knowledge.
6．What does the underlined word “refurbished” mean in Paragraph 4?
A．Driven.
B．Tested.
C．Sold.
D．Fixed.
7．Which of the following can best describe Eliot Middleton?
A．Polite and open-minded.
B．Humorous and easy-going.
C．Determined and warm-hearted.
D．Honest and far-sighted.
Most of us are aware of “Is the glass half full or half empty?” test. If you pick the former, you’re an “optimist”; otherwise, you’re a “pessimist”. It’s not a black-or-white test, but it can measure how one sees life.
According to psychologist Lissy Ann Puno, most of us grow up wanting to be an optimist-a person who can see the good in any situation and can stay hopeful when facing challenges. For some people, though, life happens and they start to see the glass half-empty instead. Pessimists tend to see the wrong in every situation, and blame external factors and circumstances when things aren’t going their way.
Being continuously fed with bad news and disappointments can turn optimistic children into adults that are critical of almost everything. For some, the shift becomes easier,being raised by pessimistic parents. Others still remain optimistic, thanks to a positive household growing up.
“This is why developing optimism in young children is significant for their development as adults,” said Lissy Ann. If adopted at an early age, this powerful personality quality can help children grow into strong adults capable of handling life’s circumstances with confidence, courage, and hope. What parent wouldn’t want that for their children?
“Children are seen as natural optimists,” Lissy Ann said. They come into this world with unbiased (无偏见的) eyes and a pure heart that hasn’t been influenced by social expectations, life experiences, severe mental shock, or authority figures yet. Whether a child grows up to be optimistic or not is part genetic and part environmental. “Childhood experiences, parent-child connection, or authority figures will all have some influence,” she said. Although optimism (or the lack of it) could be passed down genetically, it can also be taught.
8．What attitude do the people of “the half-empty glass” hold?
A．Focusing more on the negative aspect.
B．Holding onto hope in every challenge.
C．Considering different reasons for situations.
D．Measuring life based on social expectations.
9．What is mainly discussed about the shift into pessimists in Paragraph 3?
A．Possible causes.
B．Proper treatments.
C．Obvious signs.
D．Common misunderstandings.
10．Why is it important for children to be optimistic?
A．It guarantees them a trouble-free life.
B．It enables them to be incomparable in career.
C．It makes them mentally strong in adulthood.
D．It helps them meet their parents’expectations.
11．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．Children master interpersonal skills naturally.
B．Genetic factors decide how children see life.
C．Optimism strengthens parent-child connection.
D．Proper guidance helps raise optimistic children.
Recently, Google researchers published a paper describing results from an artificial intelligence(AI) tool, called MusicLM, built to create music. It is not the first AI music tool to launch. But the examples Google provides demonstrate musical creative ability based on a limited set of descriptive words. AI shows how complex computer systems have been trained to behave in human-like ways. Google engineers explain the MusicLM system this way.
First, a user comes up with a word or words that describe the kind of music they want the tool to create. For example, a user could enter this short phrase into the system: “a continuous calming violin backed by a soft guitar sound.”The descriptions entered can include different music styles, instruments or other existing sounds. Several different music examples produced by MusicLM were publihed online. Some of the generated music came from just one-or-two-word descriptions,such as “jazz”, or “techno”. The system created other examples from more detailed descriptions containing whole sentences. In the resulting recording, the music seems to keep very close to the description. The team said that the more detailed the description is, the better the system can attempt to produce it.
In addition to generating new music from written descriptions, the team said the system can also create examples based on a person’s own singing, whistling or playing an instrument. The researchers said the tool “produces high-quality music...over several minutes, while being faithful to the text conditioning signal”.
Although MusicLM hasn’t been released for public use, Google announced it was releasing a “high-quality dataset” of more than 5,500 music-writing pairs prepared by professional musicians called MusicCaps. The researchers took that step to assist in the development of other AI music generators.
The MusicLM researchers said they believe they have designed a new tool to help anyone quickly and easily create high-quality music selections. However, the team said it also recognizes some risks linked to the machine learning process.
12．Which instruction may help create the most accurate music by MusicLM?
A．Rock and roll.
B．A piano piece to uplift one’s spirits.
C．Eastern music.
D．A mixed sound of guitar and violin.
13．Why did Google release the MusicCaps dataset?
A．To allow the public to use MusicLM.
B．To display the capabilitiesof MusicLM.
C．To help develop other AI music generators.
D．To promote the MusicCaps music-writing service.
14．What will be probably talked about following the last paragraph?
A．Problems about the new tool.
B．Advantages of using MusicLM.
C．Background of the research team.
D．Application of AI technology.
15．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．MusicCaps behave in human-like ways.
B．AI makes music accessible to ordinary people.
C．Musicians recognize the true value of MusicLM.
D．MusicLM creates music from written descriptions.
二、七选五
Every company faces the same challenge: How can they show their uniqueness so that buyers will only purchase from them? Every employee faces a challenge as well: How can
to help you become both unique and irreplaceable.
Communicate clearly. Every job requires clear communication. ____17____ A owner of the business needs to set targets and expectations so that team members know exactly what they have to do and customers know exactly what they’re getting.
____18____ When we take a first job or open a first business, we learn as quickly as we can, because we can see how much there is to know. The hardest employees to replace are those who never stop trying to improve, and the companies that stand out are the ones that are never left behind.
Develop creativity. ____19____ It’s developed. It’s the result of understanding the ideas and creations of others, and of building and improving your own plans. It’s also what makes
companies stand out and employees deliver extra value to their bosses.
Enjoy what you do. Both employers and customers are looking for one thing—happiness. We all want to enjoy ourselves—and no one wants to buy from or work with someone who’s not enjoying what they do. ____20____.
A．Creativity isn’t inborn.
B．Always look to improving.
C．Work smartly rather than hard.
D．If you look for a higher standard of living, be creative.
E．Whoever you are, the solutions to the challenges are the same.
F．A director needs to explain clearly to the rest of the team what he’s doing.
G．It means choosing the work you like and enjoying the life your work gives you.
三、完形填空
Carol-Anne O’Callaghan, a retired teacher, has spent more than half of her lifetime
in the county.
21．A．remarkable B．academic C．similar D．profitable 22．A．removed B．painted C．designed D．spotted 23．A．position B．growth C．misfortune D．protection 24．A．risk-taking B．eye-catching C．heart-breaking D．life-saving 25．A．inseparable B．unimaginable C．inaccessible D．indescribable 26．A．launched B．phoned C．disturbed D．drew 27．A．style B．promise C．research D．decision 28．A．set off B．stand by C．make out D．knock off 29．A．competition B．conversation C．campaign D．interview 30．A．forcing B．permitting C．challenging D．persuading 31．A．got along with B．spoke highly of C．laughed at D．turned down 32．A．enthusiasm B．gratitude C．sympathy D．potential 33．A．Previously B．Eventually C．Specifically D．Occasionally 34．A．changed B．opposed C．cancelled D．considered 35．A．preserve B．appreciate C．defeat D．approach
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
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。

A literature exhibition on the great Chinese ancient encyclopedia (百科全书) “Yongle Dadian” ____36____(official) opened at the Lanzhou Museum on Feb 28. The “Yongle Dadian”, commissioned (委托写) by Emperor Yongle in 1403，collected more than 7,000 kinds of ancient Chinese books and records, ____37____(cover) literature, art, history, geography and philosophy from the pre-Qin period to the early Ming Dynasty.
With a total of 11,095 volumes and about 370 million characters, the “Yongle Dadian”was praised ____38____the “largest encyclopedia in the world”.In an effort to protect the collection, Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty ____39____(order) a
re-recording of the classic. The copying work took five years to complete.
Despite careful protection, hand-copied books ____40____(lose) gradually since the Qing Dynasty. Today, only slightly over 400 volumes remain in the world.
____41____(facilitate) public spread and professional study of the treasure, the Yongle Canon
HD Images Database was released by the National Library of China this February,
____42____is freely accessible to the public for reference.
Digital transformation allows the public to understand the overall picture of our traditional culture through ____43____(vary) digital forms.In 2022, Chinese central authorities issued a set of ____44____(guideline), promising greater efforts to digitize ancient books ____45____encouraging libraries to open their collections and digital resources to the public.
五、其他应用文
46．假定你是李华，昨天和来自英国的交换生们一起参加了学校组织的骑行活动。

请在线上留言板上记述这一过程，内容包括：
1．活动目的；
2．过程介绍；
3．你的收获。

注意：
1．词数80左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

The cycling activity organized by our school yesterday was fantastic.
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六、读后续写
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。

Last Thursday, my husband Robin and I invited some of our friends for dinner.
Just before I left work, Robin called me and said that he had to stay late at work, which meant that I had to prepare everything for the night on my own. Realizng that I didn’t have too much time, I could feel my anger rising as I drove to pick up Jason and Michael from school. After they got into the car, I informed them that we would stop on the halfway to buy
something, and that they needed to help me tidy the house when we got home.
Both of the boys started complaining. I warned them that I was not in the mood to listen. They crossed their arms and became angry. For the next hour, I dragged them from one place to the next. The more I needed them to hurry, the more distracted (分心的) and silly they became. My patience was wearing thin.
Just as we finished our last task, the boys reminded me that we needed to stop at the pet store to pick up crickets (蟋蟀) for their pet lizards (蜥蜴).“You promised that you would buy crickets for us, and you shouldn’t break your promise,” Jason said. “Fine! But we need to be fast,”I replied impatiently, and then we raced to the pet shop.
Fifteen minutes later, we were back in the car with some new passengers: one hundred live crickets in a plastic bag. I pulled the car into the driveway and there was only forty-five minutes left to unpack the car, clean the house, and set the table before my guests arrived. How would I make it?
After returning home, I started barking out orders, but the boys were pouring the crickets from the plastic bag into the box that they prepared and they obviously ignored my orders.
My anger swept over me, and I shouted at them to hurry up, but they didn’t listen.
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。

The moment I turned round, I found crickets were jumping all over my kitchen.
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Finally, I jumped off the chair and started catching crickets with my boys.
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