高二下学期开学摸底考试英语试题
2020-2021学年上海市交通大学附属中学高二下学期摸底考英语试题(解析版)
上海交通大学附属中学2022-2023学年高二下学期开学摸底考英语试卷
上海交通大学附属中学2022-2023学年度第二学期高二英语摸底考试试卷(满分150分，120分钟完成。
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)命题：张宁审核：程姑第I卷II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20'+20‘)Section ADirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A,B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.21.These teenage girls prefer to take pictures________ stands a famous cubism painting in a gallery.A. whereB. whatC. whenD. as22.When guided to reflect on their good fortune, people tend to be more thankful for and appreciative of ________ they have and ________ they are on their path right now, thus more willing to contribute to the common good.A. which, whenB. what, whereC. all, whichD. all, that23.-The wounded soldier ________ have been sent to hospital immediately.-So he ________ , but all efforts made no difference.A. should, wasB. must, didC. ought to, hadD. can, has24.With robots coming to the rescue and appearing on the farm scene, farming has been more efficient with regard to the time ________takes to inspect crops and dig up weed.A. whatB. itC. oneD. which25.We need________ to have a good command of English as a medical student needs ________a doctor.A. as long and tough a training, to becomeB. as long and tough a training, becomingC. as a long and tough training, to becomeD. as a long and tough training, becoming26.The success of Full River Red (Man jiang hong), a 2023 historical suspense comedy film directed by Zhang Yimou, is such________ even some western celebrities have started to read Chinese history.A. asB. likeC. thatD. making27.According to economics, money flows to ________ it is that controls the scarce thing, say, the cutting-edge knowledge.A. whomB. whomeverC. whoD. whoever28.It is natural that the prominent actress ________ charged with tax evasion.A. wereB. would have beenC. may have beenD. should have been29.Premier Li Keqiang is going to take questions from both Chinese and foreign correspondents at the annual press conference_________ in March.A. to holdB. to take placeC. occurredD. held30.Given the serious damage and substantial losses caused by the recent 7.8 magnitude earthquakewhich struck southern Turkey, just 50 miles from the Syrian border, more financial support from international society _________.A. remaining to be raisedB. remains to be raisedC. remaining to raiseD. remains to raise31.The firm has been taking measures to cut costs to keep its _________up, including purchasing cheaper raw materials and reducing its workforce.A. expenditureB. profitsC. salariesD. rank32.The idle afternoon we are going through at home really deserves a fix of coffee or tea to _________our tired minds.A. repairB. refreshC. recoverD. rescue33.General Motors(GM) plans to _________ its two plants to electric vehicle production by 2035 and another plant in Coahuila will make the new model of Chevrolet Blazer from 2024.A. converseB. convertC. conserveD. preserve34.Since the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in China, investors from home and abroad have lowered expectations of these tech companies, making it harder to lift their _________.A. marketsB. pricesC. brandsD. shares35.A record 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment _________in the third week of March 2020, according to the US Labor Department, as restaurants, hotels, barber shops, gyms and more shut down in a nationwide effort to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.A. claimsB. benefitsC. interestsD. objectives36.On hearing the heart-breaking news, she couldn't _________herself and broke out crying.A. regainB. reserveC. composeD. comprise37.ALK or the gene for anaplastic lymphoma kinase is a stretch of DNA whose mutant (突变的)form has been associated with human cancers, but, its normal function which has something to do with thinness in humans had not been _________before the research.A. foundedB. establishedC. maintainedD. received38.When the candidate presented the results of his experiment on the brain of mice to the pharmaceutical company, they laughed and paid no _________to the discovery which later turned out to be a brilliant idea for a new product.A. investigationB. regardC. noticeD. inspection39.In the 4-day Shanghai Disneyland Tour, you will spend a full day venturing in dream-like Disney castle, gardens, _________ film scenes, enjoying fabulous kid joy with famous Disney characters and various family entertainment activities and amusing shows.A. fancyB. fantasyC. fascinationD. fashion40.The policy _________ "renationalisation”, and throws the country's financial markets back to the past, complains the economist shepherding privatization for the former prime minister.A. accumulatesB. amounts toC. equals toD. recovers Section B:Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.(A)A. selectedB. distinctiveC. signatureD. odds AB. domestication AC. decidedAD. individuals BC. tamest BD. conflicted CD. mixed ABC. developIf you see a house cat, the_____41_____are high that it will have white paws, a look that many owners affectionately call“socks." But socks are rarely seen in wildcats, the elusive and undomesticated cousin of the house cat, so why do so many pet cats sport furry white feet?As it turns out, this story started about 10,000 years ago, when humans and cats _____42 _____ life was better together.This_____43 _____eventually led to uber-prevalent socks on cats, as well as other well-known coat patterns, said Leslie Lyons, professor emerita and head of the Feline Genetics Laboratory at the University of Missouri College of V eterinary Medicine.“As humans became farmers and started staying in one place, they had grain stores and waste piles” that attracted rodents, Lyons said. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement: the humans had fewer rodents to deal with and the cats got an easy meal.The wild, undomesticated ancestor species of house cats, Felis silvestris, lives in Africa and Eurasia. These felines are tasty snacks as kittens and stealthy predators as adults, so _____44 _____ born with a coat that offers camouflage (保护色)have tended to survive and reproduce.But not every F. silvestiis is born with a coat that blends into its habitat."Genetic mutations are occurring all the time.” Lyons said.There isn't much evidence to indicate why early cat people chose the individuals they did, but Lyons said the range of coats seen on modern domestic cats shows that our agrarian ancestors favored cats with markings that would have _____45 _____with their camouflage.In its native mixed forest or scrub desert environment, a cat with stark white paws would have stood out to predators and prey.When humans started taking an interest in cats, these white paws would have stood out to them, too. “There were probably people saying,‘I particularly like that kitten because it has white feet . Let's make sure it survives, Lyons said.Humans probably also_____46 _____cats who were calm and comfortable around humans, Lyons said. Behavioral traits seem unrelated to coat color, but for reasons that scientists don't fully understand, white spots tend to appear when the _____47 _____individuals are selected and bred.These_____48_____fur colors and markings emerge while a cat embryo is developing. The cells that give cat fur its color first appear as neural crest cells, which are located along what will become the back, Lyons said.Then, those cells slowly migrate down and around the body. If those waves of cells move farenough to meet each other on the cat's front side, the embryo will be born a solid-colored kitten, such as an all-black or all-orange cat. Felines _____49 _____white feet, faces, chests and bellies when these cells don't quite make it all the way.So, the next time you see a kitty wearing white socks, you'll know that this _____50 _____ feature is a result of genetic mutations, domestication and developmental biology. Although if you try telling the cat that, it will probably just look at you quizzically before sauntering away.(B)A. initiallyB. formedC. societiesD. map AB. officiallyAC. constructed AD. potentially BC. investigate BD. perspective. CD. boundaries ABC. considerationConstruction of the world's largest radio astronomy observatory, the Square Kilometre Array, has_____51_____begun in Australia after three decades in development.A huge intergovernmental effort, the SKA has been hailed as one of the biggest scientific projects of this century. It will enable scientists to look back to early in the history of the universe when the first stars and galaxies were _____52_____.It will also be used to _____53 _____dark energy and why the universe is expanding, and to _____54 _____search for extraterrestrial life.The SKA will _____55_____ involve two telescope arrays---one on Wajarri country in remote Western Australia, called SKA-Low, comprising 131,072 tree-like antennas. SKA-Low is so named for its sensitivity to low-frequency radio signals. It will be eight times as sensitive than existing comparable telescopes and will _____56 _____the sky 135 times faster.A second array of 197 traditional dishes, SKA-Mid, will be built in South Africa's Karoo region.Dr Sarah Pearce, SKA-Low's director, said the observatory would "define the next fifty years for radio astronomy, charting the birth and death of galaxies, searching for new types of gravitational waves and expanding the_____ 57 _____of what we know about the universe'1.She added: "The SKA telescopes will be sensitive enough to detect an airport radar on a planet circling a star tens of light years away, so may even answer the biggest question of all: are we alone in the universe?"The SKA has been described by scientists as a gamechanger and a major milestone in astronomy research."To put the sensitivity of the SKA into _____58 _____, it could detect a mobile phone in the pocket of an astronaut on Mars, 225m kilometres away,” said Dr Danny Price, a senior postdoctoral fellow at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy." More excitingly, if there are intelligent _____59 _____ on nearby stars with technology similar to ours, the SKA could detect the aggregate 'leakage' radiation from their radio and telecommunication networks~the first telescope sensitive enough to achieve this feat."Prof Alan Duffy, director of the space technology and industry institute at the Swinburne University of Technology, said the SKA would probably be the largest telescope _____60 , _____,"connecting across continents to create a world-spanning facility allowing us to see essentially across the entire observable universe".III. Reading Comprehension (15'+22'+8‘)Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.The economic case for regiftingDespite its pleasures, gift giving can be problematic.A recipient wants items A andB (say, a hat and gloves) yet receives itemsC andD (say, a scarf and mittens). Another recipient wants C and D, yet receives A and B. The_____ 61 _____ seems simple: The two recipients can simply pass along the gifts they received to each other.The _____62_____ however, is more complex. People in a study published in the Journal of Consumer Behaviour, for instance, used such words as guilty, lazy, thoughtless and disrespectful in describing their_____63 _____ about regifting. Popular culture casts it as taboo, as well.Getting stuck with gifts we do not want is no small problem. Consider that the National Retail Federation calculated that the average holiday-season______64 _____in the U.S. last year spent more than $1,000 on gifts. In a survey across 14 countries in Europe, meanwhile, 1 in 7 said they were unhappy with what they received for Christmas, yet more than half simply kept the gifts.Why can't more gifts be passed along to people who _____65 _____them?Our research with Francis J. Flynn, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, suggests the shame associated with regifting is largely _____66 _____. Indeed, our research consistently tells us that people overestimate the negative consequences.We conducted a study in which we asked people to imagine themselves either as a "giver,” who gives someone a gift card and later _____67_____it has been regifted; or as a "regifter," one who receives the gift and gives it to someone else. The latter group saw more offense. Regifters tended to assume the original givers would be _____68_____ when they found out. The general _____69_____ of the original givers, however, was: It's your gift, do what you want with it.”Next, we tried to shed light on just how serious the perceived offense is. We asked two group —again givers and regifters—to______70_____ regifting a hypothetical （假设的）wristwatch with throwing it in the trash. For the original givers, regifting the watch was a much less offensive act than trashing it. The regifters, however, _____71 _____ assumed that the givers would find both equally offensive.Finally, given that the feared offense looks more imagined than real, we turned our attention to how people might be_____72_____ to break this taboo.For this part of our research, we invited to our lab at Stanford people who had recently received presents and divided the people into two groups. When we gave the first group an opportunity to_____73_____that present, 9% did so.When we gave the second group the same opportunity, we added that it was '"National Regifting Day,” a real______74 _____that happens each year on the Thursday before Christmas. It wasn't really National Regifting Day, but the group didn't know that: 30% of them agreed to regift.Everyone has received bad gifts in their lives, and we generally accept that we will receive more in the future. Yet for some reason, we believe that we give only good gifts.Our research offers a simple solution to the problem of _____75 _____ gifts. This holiday season, consider regifting, and encourage people who receive your gifts to do the same if what you give them isn't quite what they hope for.61.A. result B. cycle. C. trick D. solution62.A. cause B. psychology C. science. D. theory63.A. feelings B. ideas C. trick. D. evaluations64. A. citizen B. retailer C. shopper D. foreigner65. A. refuse B. appreciate C. envy D. collect66. A. perceived B. ignored C. unjustified D. immeasurable67. A. learns B. suspects C. complains D. imagines68. A. praised B. hurt C. hateful D. grateful69. A. motto B. code C. principle D. attitude70. A. replace B. connect C. compare D. exchange71. A. desperately B. voluntarily C. responsibly D. wrongly72. A. encouraged B. pushed C. challenged D. forced73.A. hide B. sell C. regift D. decline74. A. ceremony B. celebration C. day D. event75. A. unpopular B. unwanted C. expensive D. meaninglessSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Jailbreaking commonly refers to unlocking iOS for iPhones and iPads. Seventeen-year-old George Hotz, or geohot as he liked to be called, was the first person to jailbreak an iPhone. He accomplished his feat in 2007, and many others followed his lead.Jailbreaking an iPhone offers some distinct benefits. With a jailbroken iPhone, you have numerous ways to change any setting to suit your needs. You can also alter the look and feel of the phone so that it matches your personality. Another advantage of jailbreaking for iPhone users is the ability to install apps not offered in Apple's App Store. Cydia, an alternative app store for jailbroken iOS devices, offers a variety of apps, some of which cost more than others.Before jailbreaking your iPhone, you should consider the consequences. Jailbreakingimmediately voids (使无效)your iPhone's warranty, which means that Apple is no longer required to fix your phone if something goes wrong. Jailbreaking also exposes you to the dangers associated with alternative apps. Poor quality apps from alternative app stores may cause your iPhone to crash more often or stop working altogether. After jailbreaking your iPhone, you must also be careful not to allow Apple to install new software on your phone.Apple naturally discourages its customers from jailbreaking their iPhones. According to the company, jailbreaking doesn't just affect the security and stability of an iPhone. It can also shorten the phone's battery life. For many people, this is an important consideration.76. Which aspects of jailbreaking does the article discuss?A. The ways in which jailbreaking can save people timeB. The positives and negatives associated with jailbreakingC. The clients who got into legal trouble for jailbreakingD. The best and worst techniques for jailbreaking phones77.What does the article imply about the first person to jailbreak an iPhone?A. He apologized for his actions.B. He produced hardware designs.C. He gave himself a nickname.D. He was turned down for a job.78.From this article, what can readers learn about the products offered by Cydia?A. Their prices vary somewhat.B. Their inventors are quite young.C. They're still manufactured abroad.D. They take only a few moments to install.79.According to Apple, what might happen after a person jailbreaks his or her iPhone?A. It might need a new camera stand.B. It might become harder to sell.C. It might be easily damaged by water.D. It might use up its battery faster.(B)Vanuatu is an island nation in the South Pacific. It is also one of the smallest countries in the world. But for those interested in adventure and sport, there is a lot to do. Some of the best snorkeling (浮湖) can be found here. Vanuatu's islands also offer visitors two of the most exciting and dangerous activities in the world: volcano surfing and land diving.Volcano SurfingOn Tanna Island, Mount Yasur rises 300 meters (1,000 feet) into the sky. It is known as the Lighthouse of the Pacific because of its regular eruptions for hundreds of years. For centuries, both island locals and visitors have climbed this mountain to visit the top. Some visitors find Yasur terrifying; others cautivating. Photographers are beside themselves at the opportunity to make stunning artwork from such a special point. Recently, people have also started climbing Yasur to surf the volcano.In some ways, volcano surfing, also commonly known as ash boarding, is like surfing in the sea, but in other ways it’s very different. It was invented by an adventurer journalist named Zoltan Istvan, while on a trip to Vanuatu Islands in 2002. V olcano surfing is considered as an extreme sport and there are not many practicing it. A volcano surfer's goal is to escape the erupting volcanowithout getting hit by flying rocks! Riders hike up the volcano and slide down, sitting or standing, on a thin plywood or metal board. It's fast, fun, and dangerous—the perfect extreme sport.Land DivingMost people are familiar with bungee jumping, but did you know bungee jumping started on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu and is almost fifteen centuries old? The original activity, called land diving, is part of a religious ceremony. A man ties tree vines (藤) to his legs. He then jumps headfirst from a high tower. It originated as a rite (仪式) of passage for young men trying to prove their manhood. The idea is to jump from as high as possible, and to land as close to the ground as possible. It is also a harvest ritual. The islanders believe the higher the jumpers dive, the higher the crops will grow. Every spring, island natives (men only) still perform this amazing test of strength.80.Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. Mount Yasur is a light tower on the Pacific Ocean.B. The history of volcano surfing dates back centuries.C. Bungee jumping grew out of land diving.D. Land diving came to Vanuatu from another country.81.The underlined word captivating is closest in meaning to _______.A. distressingB. charmingC. disappointingD. relieving82.Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?A. Untouched Beauty: V ANUA TUB. V olcano Adventure: V ANUATUC. Extreme Destination: V ANUA TUD. Preserved Culture: V ANUATU(C)The water off the coast of northwest Greenland is a glass-like calm, but the puddles (水坑)on the region's icebergs are a sign that a transformation is underway higher on the ice sheet.Several days of unusually warm weather in northern Greenland have caused rapid melting, made visible by the rivers of meltwater rushing into the ocean. Temperatures have been running around 60 degrees Fahrenheit—10 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year, scientists said.The amount of ice that melted in Greenland between July 15 and 17 this year alone—6 billion tons of water per day~~would be enough to fill 7.2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools, according to data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center,Each summer, scientists worry that they will see a repeat of the record melting that occurred in 2019, when 532 billion tons of ice flowed out into the sea. An unexpectedly hot spring and a July heat wave that year caused almost the entire ice sheet's surface to melt. Global sea level rose permanently by 1.5 millimeters as a result.Greenland holds enough ice一if it all melted一to lift sea level by 7.5 meters around the world. The latest research points to a more and more threatening situation on the Northern Hemisphere'siciest island.“Unprecedented" rates of melting have been observed at the bottom of the Greenland ice sheet, a study published in February found, caused by huge quantities of meltwater flowing down from the surface. This water is particularly concerning because it can destabilize the sheet above it and could lead to a massive, rapid loss of ice.And in 2020, scientists found that Greenland's ice sheet had melted beyond the point of no return. The rate of melting in recent years exceeds anything Greenland has experienced in the last 12,000 years, another study found—and enough to cause measurable change in the gravitational field over Greenland.At the East Greenland Ice-core Project~ or EastGRIP—research camp in northwest Greenland, the work of scientists to understand the impact of climate change is being affected by climate change itselfAslak Grinsted, a climate scientist at the University of Copenhagen's Niels Bohr Institute, said that they have been trying to get flights into the camp but the warmth is destabilizing the landing site.Before human-caused climate change kicked in, temperatures near 32 degrees Fahrenheit there were unheard of. But since the 1980s, this region has warmed by around 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit per decade—four times faster than the global pace—making it all the more likely that temperatures will cross the melting point.83.The passage is mainly written to _______.A. alert people to the rapid melting of Greenland's ice sheetB. arouse people's awareness of protecting the environment of GreenlandC. inform people of the large amount of ice Greenland holdsD. reveal to people the cause and effect of the rise in sea level84.What does "a transformation” in the first paragraph refer to?A. Climate change.B. A rise in sea level.C. Global warming.D. The melting of ice.85.What can be learned about the ice that melted in 2019?A. It repeated a record melting of the ice sheet several years ago.B. Its amount was the largest ever and lifted sea level permanently.C. It was enough to fill 7.2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.D. Its melting rate was so rapid as to result in an unexpectedly hot spring.86.It is implied in the passage that _______.A. climate change is a result of human activitiesB. the study of climate change is being made easierC. the melting of Greenland's ice sheet is reversibleD. temperatures increase 1.5°F or so each decade globallySection CDirections: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. They also found cetaceans gained and lost TSGs at a rate 2.4 times higher than in other mammals.B. If the whale gene was injected into the human body, could humans fight cancer?C. Some people deny that cetaceans can increase TSGs faster than other mammals.D. If you have more cells that means that one of those cells has an increased risk of becoming cancerous.AB.In contrast, cetaceans have much lower cancer rates than most other mammals.AC.But we still need to learn more about why and how they did this.Can Whales And Dolphins Fight Cancer?Whales and dolphins have been shown to be better at fighting cancer than we are, and now we may be closer to understanding why cetaceans (鲸目动物)do it. Cetaceans are generally the oldest living mammals, and some cetaceans have reached their 200th birthday. Their size means their bodies contain far more cells than the human body."_______87_______” says Daniela Tejada-Martinez at the Austral University of Chile. “So, if you are big or live longer, you have thousands and millions of cells that could become harmful." _______88_______“There's a joke that whales should be born with cancer and not even able to exist because they're just too big,” says Vincent Lynch at the University at Buffalo, New York, he says there is a super trivial explanation for how whales can exist. "They just evolved better cancer protection mechanisms," he says. ______89 _______Now, Tejada-Martinez and her colleagues have studied the evolution of 1077 tumor suppressor (肿瘤抑制)genes (TSGs). In all, they compared the evolution of the genes in 15 mammalian species, including seven cetacean species, Genes regulating DNA damage, tumor spread and the immune system were positively selected among the cetaceans. _______90 _______“It's not like we're gonna be taking whale genes and putting them into humans and making humans cancer resistant,” says Lynch. "But if you can find the genes that play a role in tumor suppression in other animals, and if you can figure out what they're doing, maybe you can make a drug that can be used to treat people."第II卷IV Grammar (10+10)Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper farm of the given word; far the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)When Steve Birkinshaw, the British fell running (越野路跑)champion, planned his record-。
人教版高二下学期开学考试英语试题(解析版)
16. What happened in the party last year?
A. The police came. B. The building caught fire.
C. The neighbors got drunk.
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段的Copper makes the world go round. And luckily for Chile，it's got about a third of the planet's copper supply. (铜在当今世界很重要。智利很幸运，它有世界上大约三分之一的铜)可推测，智力将依靠它的自然资源——铜来进行发展。B. Natural resources.(自然资源)符合以上说法，故选B项。
A. By taxi. B. By car. C. By subway.
5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Friends. B. Salesman and customer. C. Boss and employee.
A.It doesn't have money to build new factories.
B.Its people don't have enough food to eat.
C.It is suffering from the Vietnam War.
D.Its transport system is very poor.
11. What can people enjoy in the hotel?
高二英语下学期入学摸底考试试题
屯溪一中2021-2021学年高二第二学期入学考试英语试题第一部分听力〔一共两节，满分是30分〕第一节〔一共5小题，每一小题分，满分是分〕听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项里面选出最正确选项并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间是来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1.When does the woman want to learn French?A. Right away.B. Next week.C.Next term.2. Where are the speakers?A. In a bookstore.B. In a bike store.C. In a supermarket.3. What does the man mean?A.Tom will go to Paris for a meeting.B. Tom worked in Paris before.C. Tom has been to Paris a lot.4.What does the man suggest the woman do?A.See the timetablee his phone.C. Charge her phone.5. What is the woman?A.A waitress.B. A doctor.C. A taxi driver.第二节〔一共15小题，每一小题分，满分是分〕听下面5段对话或者独白。
每段对话或者独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项里面选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或者独白前，你将有时间是阅读各个小题，每一小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的答题时间是。
每段对话或者独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，答复第6至7题。
6. What is the woman writing the report for?A.Her school newspaper.B. Her social studies class.C. Her history project.7.What is the fact about the immigrants?A. Many of them are out of work.B. Many of them want to go back to their native countries.C. Many of them own homes in America..听第7段材料，答复第8至9题。
2022-2023学年河南省商丘市高二下学期6月摸底考试英语试题
2022-2023学年河南省商丘市高二下学期6月摸底考试英语试题1. Best Volunteer Opportunities Abroad for 2023 & 2024As more people choose to travel more sustainably, International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ)’s volunteer abroad programs are booking up quickly for 2023 and 2024. You won’t want to miss out on these volunteer opportunities!beaches, rainforests and volcanoes, Costa Rica1. Which program is the most popular with its participants?A．Costa Rica Program. B．South Africa Program.C．Zambia Program. D．Guatemala Program.2. What can the participants do in the South Africa Program?A．Take a weekend safari. B．Train the ocean turtles.C．Make the delicious coffee. D．Swim near Victoria Falls.3. What makes the participants love Guatemala?A．Its various wildlife.B．Its natural beauty and cultural cities.C．Its friendly local people.D．Its delicious food and good education.2. San Francisco Park ranger Amanda Barrows, who registered in City College of San Francisco (CCSF)’s Poetry for the People class, began to place a nightstand (床头柜) in Golden Gate Park with a note “take a poem, leave a poem” in December 2022. Since then, over 100 handwritten poems have been placed in the nightstand. “It’s completely unexpected,” said Barrows. “I’m really taken aback by the outpouring of support.”Park ranger by day and poet by night, Barrows said she began writing and attending poetry workshops in 2020. The poetry course she attended was founded by Leslie Simon in 1975. The class advocates for a focus on the neighborhood, and the cultivation (培养) and public presentation of new poems. For Barrows, the idea that she could combine her job and her hobby by bringing poetry into parks was an inspiration. Barrows asked her friends to contribute their favorite poems to the nightstand as poems that could be taken.Armed with an old nightstand, Barrows filled the stand with pens and paper. An added drawer at the bottom holds the poems that people “donate”. The concept reminded her of Little Free Libraries, which are fixtures across the city. “I was having anxiety. I had no idea what I was going to do; then it sort of just came to me,” said Barrows. “I was inspired by the little free libraries you s ee in SF, where you ‘take a book, leave a book’, and thought, ‘Maybe I could do this with poetry.’”One of the teachers at the CCSF poetry course, Lauren Muller, told The Washington Post that “people need poetry now”, which she suggested as the reason for the success of Barrows’s project.Past student projects included writing poetry on sidewalks in chalk and placing poems on the windshields (挡风玻璃) of cars. “It’s exciting to see the work that students are doing,” Muller continued. “My hope is that this will happen across city parks… elsewhere.”1. What did Amanda Barrows do for her project?A．She invited her friends to donate poems.B．She gave a special poetry course by herself.C．She read a lot of poems for people.D．She equipped parks with many nightstands.2. How did the little free libraries affect Amanda Barrows?A．They made her interested in poetry.B．They let her quit her job for her interest.C．They gave her inspiration for her project.D．They encouraged her to write more poems.3. What did Muller think contributed to the success of Barrows’s project?A．The benefits of writing poetry.B．The public demand for poetry.C．The help from her neighbors.D．The large number of parks in SF.4. What might be a suitable title for the text?A．The Impacts of a Park Ranger’s Poem-writingB．San Francisco’s Unique Poems on a NightstandC．The Spread of Poetry Throughout the LibrariesD．A Park Ranger’s Powerful Poetry Project3. Do our musical preferences say something about our personality or how we view relationships? According to a new research, they just may.In the study, 469 participants listed 7~15 of their favorite songs about something related to relationships. Then, they filled out questionnaires that measured their attachment style in relationships. People with an anxious attachment style fear being abandoned while people with anavoidant attachment style dislike connecting with others. Those with a secure attachment style see themselves as worthy of love and enjoy being close to others.Research assistants read the lyrics(歌词) of the songs people chose and rated how much those lyrics reflected different attachment styles. According to the analysis, those who were more avoidant preferred songs with avoidant themes, while people who scored high in neuroticism(神经质) preferred songs expressing more anxious themes.According to the lead author, Ravin Alaei of the University of Toronto, this is the first study that examines how song lyrics play a role in music preferences. “One reason people turn to music is that it can validate what they think, feel, and do in relationships and lyrics matter for that,” he says. “People enjoy having their feelings and thoughts spoken back to them.”Next, the researchers pulled together 823 popular songs. After rating how much these songs’ lyrics reflected different attachment themes, they compared songs from 1946~1965 to those from1990~2015. They found more recent popular songs were likelier to have avoidant attachment themes and less secure lyrics than older popular songs.Alaei believes this could be because people are less connected than they used to be. “We’ve become more individualistic, and we feel lonelier these days than people used to several decades ago. Social media may, ironically, make people feel less co nnected,” he says.1. What do those with avoidant attachment style tend to do?A．Keep close to their friends. B．Enjoy songs full of anxiety.C．Stay away from the outside. D．Worry about their future.2. What does the underlined word “validate” in paragraph 4 probably mean?A．Imagine. B．Improve. C．Steal. D．Prove.3. What did the researchers find in the study?A．Older popular songs had more secure lyrics.B．Lyrics hardly affected participants’ attachment.C．Songs with more anxious themes were more popular.D．People fond of recent popular songs got angry easily.4. What can we learn about music preferences from the text?A．They contradict with personalities.B．They may reflect our personal lives.C．They can impact life satisfaction.D．They are reliant on social media.4. The book An Immense World, by science journalist Ed Yong, looks into the remarkable sensory capacities of non-human animals. Other popular works—from naturalist Carl Safina’s Beyond Words to biologist Jonathan Balcombe’s What a Fish Knozws—argue that many animals are individuals with lives that matter to them. These observations are significant, because the degree of care we give to animals seems to rely on how we picture their inner lives.We humans tend to judge and give consideration to other animals based on their smartness. Instead, I want to suggest that emotion, displayed by animals around us, may even provide our fellow creatures with what we could term a “spiritual” life.One well-documented case is of a mother elephant named Eleanor. Weakened by age, Eleanor kept collapsing, and a fellow elephant, Grace, kept trying to lift her onto her feet. There’re even examples of elephants becoming depressed when they encounter the body of another species. In one instance, a young, orphaned elephant moaned(呻吟) when it discovered the remains of its rhinoceros companion, killed by hunters.It’s suggested that non-human animals may be more aware of feelings than we are. I call this “living closer to the bone”. Other creatures might wel l have stronger, more immediate feelings because, unlike us, they don’t appear to analyze. Even if they can’t tell us what they’re experiencing, we’d be foolish to rule this out.A story appeared on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle. A female humpback whale became stuck in a pile of crab traps. The whale was badly cut. A rescue team dove underneath her, spending hours helping it. Once the huge animal realized she was free, she swam in a large circle, touching each diver in turn. One of the dive rs said, “It felt to me like it was thanking us, knowing it was free and that we’d helped it.”To me, this is an instance of animals’ spirituality on display. I suspect that, the more we learn about fish, birds, and even insects, we’ll recognize further el emental similarities of feeling.1. Why are the three books mentioned in paragraph 1?A．They offer us observations on ourselves.B．They remind us to care for animals’ emotions.C．They praise us about non-human animals.D．They show human dependence on animals.2. How do we usually make judgements about non-human animals?A．From their feelings.B．On the basis of their awareness.C．By their appearances.D．According to their intelligence.3. Which of the following can best describe the elephants in the text?A．Sympathetic. B．Indifferent.C．Unconcerned. D．Cooperative.4. What does the author suggest in the text?A．Analyzing animals’ cleverness.B．Offering animals more freedom.C．Giving more understanding of animals.D．Avoiding killing non-human animals.5. Not everyone is a people person, and making other people feel comfortable in your company doesn’t come naturally to all of us. Still, a good atmosphere is more than desirable not only on social occasions but also at the workplace. Perfecting cross-cultural communication at the workplace is easier than you think. 1Maintain etiquette (礼节). When preparing for a business meeting with international colleagues, find out something about their business etiquette, so you could follow its rules and avoid misunderstandings and embarrassing situations. For example, if you’re doing business with Italians, do your best to look presentable, since dressing well in their culture is a sign of success. 2 This number is considered to bring bad luck.Speak slo wly and clearly. Even if your international colleagues are fluent in the language you’re using, try to express your words more carefully. 3 In the same fashion, avoid using long sentences and give your colleagues a chance to digest what you’ve said by ma king short breaks.Avoid closed questions. When interacting with your international colleagues, avoid asking them the Yes/No questions. 4 So you’ll probably always get a “Yes” as an answer, even if your conversational partner doesn’t mean it. In contrast, by asking open-ended questions, you’re encouraging your colleagues to be more creative and offer solutions you might not have predicted.5 For intercultural communication to be effective, all team members need to feel comfortable. So, treat your colleagues with respect, communicate clearly, and encourage them when needed. Especially in a remote work environment, it’s important that your team feels connected.6. There is no age limit to work or do something you love. 102-year-old Jean Bailey, a resident of Elk Ridge Village Senior Living in Omaha, is constantly ________ this by teaching a fitness class four times a week for almost three years now.Bailey mentioned that some of her ________ clients have arthritis(关节炎) that restricts their mobility, but they can ________ perform stretching exercises by following her instructions and get benefit from them. Bailey, who also uses a ________ frequently due to her leg pain, is a strict coach despite this. She explained she was ________ and called “mean” for being strict in her classes. “The girls seem to ________ what I’m going to do for them,” she added. “They know it’s beneficial.”In 2020, 99-year-old Bailey started ________ classes. Despite being a senior, she wasn’t ________ by the younger ages of her peers(同行). Being someone who was keen on staying active and good at motivating people, she encouraged her students to bring chairs into the hallway and performed________ exercises. Everyone enjoyed it greatly and the classes never stopped.Bailey ________ 30-minute exercise classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, which begin at 9:45 am. Apart from helping them stay ________, the classes also have allowed the women attending to form beautiful ________. Bailey said, “One of us would do something for anybody. We rea lly keep track of each other.”One of these women is Phyllis Black, 87, who lives down the hall from Bailey. Black was ________ by Bailey with homemade cookies when she moved into Elk Ridge about three years ago. Bailey often treats the ________ with baked goods after the exercise sessions, especially on birthdays, as she believes all birthdays are significant at this age. Black said of Bailey, “She’s a very ________ neighbor, and she’s also a good friend.”1.A．promoting B．identifying C．proving D．qualifying2.A．wise B．regular C．warm-hearted D．skillful3.A．vividly B．stably C．awfully D．easily4.A．walker B．caretaker C．tool D．chair5.A．kept pace with B．taken care of C．made fun of D．looked up to6.A．assume B．realize C．expect D．confirm7.A．language B．driving C．exercise D．cooking8.A．appreciated B．inspired C．teased D．frightened9.A．simple B．fierce C．typical D．elegant10.A．attends B．conducts C．quits D．improves11.A．brave B．smart C．busy D．fit12.A．bonds B．shapes C．figures D．images13.A．rewarded B．supported C．welcomed D．impressed14.A．neighbors B．participants C．bosses D．couples15.A．fair B．ridiculous C．honest D．nice7. 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。
高二下学期开学摸底考试英语试题
海南省三亚华侨学校2020-2021学年高二下学期开学摸底考试英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读选择San Francisco Fire Engine ToursSan Francisco Winery TourRunning: February 1st through April 30thThis delicious tour goes through the city on its way to Treasure Island where we will stop at the famous Winery SF. Here you can enjoy 4 pours of some of the best wine San Francisco has to offer.(Included in tickets price)Departing from the Cannery: Tell time upon request.Duration(时长)：2 hoursPrice: $90Back to the Fifties TourRunning: August 16th through August 31stThis tour transports you back in time to one of San Francisco’s most fantastic periods, the 1950s! Enjoy fun history as we take you through San Francisco for a free taste of ice cream.Departing from the Cannery 5:00 pm and 7:00 pmDuration:2 hoursPrice:$90Spooky Halloween TourRunning: October 10th through October 31stJoin us for a ride through the historical Presidio district .Authentic fire gear （服装）is provided for your warmth as our entertainers take you to some of the most thrilling parts of San FranciscoDeparting from the Cannery:6:30 pm and 8:30 pmDuration :1 hour and 30 minutesPrice: Available upon requestHoliday Lights TourRunning: December 6th through December 23ndThis tractive four takes you to some of San Francis’s most cheerful holiday scenes.Authentic fire gear is provided for your warmth as you get into the holiday spirit.Departing from the Cannery 7:00 pm and 9:00 pmDuration: 1 hour and 30 minutesAdvance reservations required.1．Which of the tours is available in March?A．Back to the Fifties Tour. B．San Francisco Winery Tour. C．Spooky Hallowen Tour. D．Holiday Lights Tour.2．What can tourists do on Back to the Fifties Tours?A．Go to Treasure Island B．Enjoy the holiday scenes.C．Have free ice cream. D．Visit the Presidio district.3．What are tourists required to do to go on Holiday Lights Tour?A．Take some drinks. B．Make reservations in advance.C．Set off early in the morning. D．Wear warm clothes.There was a man playing the piano in a bar. He was a good piano player and always performed in this bar. People came in just to hear him play. But one night, a customer told him that he didn't want to hear him just play the piano any more. He wanted him to sing a song.The man said, "I don't sing." But the customer was persistent(执着的). He told the bar manager, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want that man to sing!" The manager shouted across the room, "If you want to get paid, sing a song. Our customers are asking you to sing!" So he did. He sang a song. A piano player who had never sung in public did so for the first time. And everyone was surprised by his song Mona Lisa. He got lots of applause that night. He had such a talent for singing, but he just had been sitting on his talent for the past years! If without such a chance, he may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. However, now he has become one of the best-known singers in America.You, too, have skills and abilities. Maybe your "talent" is not as great as the singer above, but it may be better than you think! And with effort, most skills can be improved. So, in your life, you should be brave enough to try doing different things and find out what talents you really have!4．Why did the man start to sing?A．Because he wanted to make more money.B．Because the bar manager said he liked his song.C．Because the manager asked him to sing at the request of a customer.D．Because he wanted to show everyone that he had a talent for singing.5．What can we know from the passage?A．The man didn't get paid at last.B．The customers were unsatisfied with the song.C．The man became a singer later.D．The manager had to lay the man off.6．What can we learn from the last paragraph?A．Some people really have no skills or abilities.B．Sometimes through effort we can know our talents.C．None of us is as great as the singer.D．No skills can be improved even if you try your best.Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean's family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的) interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other. When Jean's father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David's door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!7．Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _______.A．rich B．famousC．young D．lonely8．Jean thought “David” was special beca use he _______.A．made her quite happy on QQ B．was from San FranciscoC．sent her a picture of himself D．was tall and good-looking9．When Jean and “David” met and introduced themselves to each other, who felt surprised? A．“David”B．Both“David” and Jean.C．Jean. D．Neither“David”nor Jean.10．What's the main idea of the passage?A．Don't believe those you get to know on QQ so easily.B．People don't use their real names on QQ so often.C．Don't go to meet those you get to know on QQ.D．People should tell their real names to others on QQ.Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of 50. In fact, they say by the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were when they were 18 years old.The findings came from a survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of 18 and 85. The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 24 and 25. The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply （突然地）after people reached their fifties.The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older.However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. They so spend less time thinking about bad experiences.Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be connected to changes in how peoplesee the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being（幸福）related to age.11．According to the survey of the Gallup Organization people are most likely to become happier.A．when they are between the ages of 18 and 85B．when they come to their old ageC．when they are in their twentiesD．when they are 18 years old12．You may have the highest level of stress when you are at the age of ______.A．20 B．25 C．35 D．40 13．According to Arthur Stone, old people may .A．have a positive attitude towards their lifeB．know how to spend money wiselyC．dream about good things every dayD．control their behaviors better14．Who would probably show the greatest interest in the passage?A．Those who are worried about getting oldB．Those who are single and unemployedC．Those who feel unhappy all the timeD．Those who suffer from mental stress15．What would be the best title for the passage?A．Women Are Easier to Be Happy in LifeB．The Young Are Happier Than the OldC．Getting Older Means Getting HappierD．The Younger, the Happier二、七选五People all have good days and bad days. And some of the bad days happen due to events beyond your control. 16．One way to increase the possibility that you have a good day is to join in “gratification(喜悦)” activities , which you enjoy and you’re good at. 17．However,if you don’t have the type of job, you can take part in other activities and find the same result.18．There are many little pleasures you can add to your life, such as tea, a warm bath, a walk in the park and so on. As long as you enjoy them, they can really brighten your every day. Laughter is also part of having a good day. That’s why it’s important to do what you can to create joy for you.19．After all, if you are humorous, you can more easily center on fun things.If you don’t have much time, one way can be used duri ng a stressful day. 20．You should achieve this by making your plan flexible and checking that everything in your plan is necessary. Being busy is okay, but wasting time and energy on too many unnecessary things can just lead to stress.A．Often, bad days come from overweight stress.B．Some people experience joy and happiness at work.C．Good moods enable us to notice more chances.D．Life’s pleasures are also able to add a quick lift to your mood.E.However, people do have power in creating better days.F.So i t’s important ---especially if you’re a busy person---to stay balanced.G.Besides, developing a sense of humor also helps you have a good day.三、完形填空Last summer, we went to Hawaii for holiday. During my week-long trip with my husband, we spent most of our time 21 during the day in the sea, and then enjoying walks along the beach in the evenings.We didn’t take any 22 because we had enough. We had visited the island many times 23 . On our way to the 24 we joked that other than our sun-burnt skin, we had no way to show that we had 25 there!As we stood in line at the check-in, we noticed the 26 who had been on our plane the week before. 27 , they all had tear-filled eyes this day. On the plane, we sat directly behind them: a mother and her four children without Dad’s attendance. We learned that the father had been 28 in a jet-skiing accident that week, and his wife and children had to 29 make their way home without him.We watched the children become unworried while they were playing cards. But the mother stared at her knees, 30 to believe her husband’s death. We could 31 feel her pain as we realized that this could have happened to any of us. While we were laughing andplaying in the water, this poor family had been 32 the sufferings. The vacation they had dreamed about had 33 the terrible dream they would never forget.I suddenly 34 that we had no pictures for this vacation together. I closed my eyes, hoping that my mind had recorded all the wonderful moments that I had 35 with my husband that week. What a trip!21．A．flying B．travelling C．swimming D．walking 22．A．action B．children C．photos D．friends 23．A．before B．ago C．now D．yet 24．A．sea B．airport C．destination D．station 25．A．traveled B．left C．missed D．forgotten 26．A．class B．parent C．passenger D．family 27．A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．However D．Then 28．A．hit B．discovered C．forbidden D．killed 29．A．nervously B．bravely C．confidently D．proudly 30．A．unable B．likely C．willing D．afraid 31．A．never B．ever C．almost D．hardly 32．A．feeling B．experiencing C．fighting D．ignoring 33．A．wiped out B．eased off C．broken up D．turned into 34．A．regretted B．decided C．remembered D．discovered 35．A．created B．valued C．shared D．planned四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
市得衔学校高二英语下学期开学摸底考试试题高二全册英语试题
售停州偏假市得衔学校高二英语下学期开学摸底考试试题第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力(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)听下面5段对话。
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,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。
1.What does the man want to do?A.Invite Mary.B.Attend a concert.C.Go out with the woman.2.What will the man do tomorrow morning?A.Write a report.B.Go to the airport.C.Pick up his boss.3.What can we learn from the conversation?A.The woman failed the biology test.B.The man did well on the biology test.C.The speakers are study partners.4.Who will pick up the woman?A.Her father.B.The man’s brother.C.The man’s friend.5.What has been changed about the meeting?A.The time.B.The place.C.The people.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,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。
人教版(湖北)2019-2020学年第二学期高二开学摸底考试英语试卷
2019-2020学年第二学期高二开学摸底考试英语第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。
录音部分结束前，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，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。
1. What does the man want to do?A. Have a picnic.B. Walk in the woods.C. Drive to the seaside.2. Why is the man late?A. He got up too late.B. He got stuck in work.C. He was delayed by traffic.3. What does the man want to do with the TV?A. Sell it.B. Mend it.C. Throw it away.4. Where are the speakers probably?A. In a restaurant.B. In a supermarket.C. In a cafe.5. When is John’s flight due?A. At 1:00p.m.B. At 3:00p.m.C. At 5:00p.m.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至7题。
6. What did the woman want to tell the man on the phone?A. A meeting.B. An illness.C. An accident.7. Why did the man fail to answer the phone?A. It was broken.B. It was in the car.C. It was switched off.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
上海交通附属中学2018-2019学年高二下学期开学考试英语试题(详解版)
上海交通附属中学 2018-2019 学年度第二学期高二英语摸底考试试卷II. Grammar and VocabularySection A(A)There is a tendency to think of each of the arts as ___1___ separate area of activity. Many artists, however, would prove ___2___ there has always been a warm relationship between the a warm relationship areas of human activity. For example, in the late nineteenth century the connections between music and painting were especially close. Artists ___3___ (invite) to design clothes and settings for operas and ballets, ___4___ sometimes it was the musicians who were inspired by the work of contemporary painters. Of the musical compositions as responses to the visual arts, perhaps the most famous is Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.Mussorgsky composed the piece in 1874 after the death, at the age of 39, of the artist Victor Hartman. ___5___ their friendship had not been a particularly long-lasting one, Mussorgsky was shocked by Hartmann’s unexpected death. The following year the critic, Vladimir Stasov, ___6___ decided to told a n exhibition of Hartmann’s work, suggested that Mussorgsky ___7___ (try) to relieve his grief by writing something in memory of Hartmann.The exhibition served as Mussorgsky’s inspiration. The ten pieces that make up Pictures at an Exhibition ___8___ (intend) as symbols rather than representation of the paintings in the exhibition. Between each is a promenade (舞曲中的行进), as the composer walks from one painting to ___9___ The music is sometimes witty and playful, sometimes almost alarming and frightening. Thought a range of surprising contrasts, Mussorgsky manages ____10____ (convey) the spirit of the artist and his work.(B)Today, home-ownership has reached extremely high levels. Modern generations tend to believe there is something wrong with them ___11___ they rent. However, is high home-ownership really as people imagine ？___12___ (stare) at data first, we realize that the most successful, stable, attractive country in the Western world is Switzerland. It has tiny unemployment; wealth; high happiness and mental-health scores. Does it have high home-ownership rates? Absolutely not. In Switzerland, about seven in ten of the population are renters. Yet, with Europe’s ___13___ (low) home-ownership rate, the nation thrives. Now go to the other end of the miserydistribution. Spain has approximately the highest home-ownership rate in Europe （at more than 80%）. But one-quarter of its population are unemployed.A likely reason is that high levels of home-ownership mess up the labour market. In a sensibly functioning economy it is easy for people to move around to drop into the vibrant job slots ___14___ (throw) up by technological change. With a high degree of owner-occupation, everything slows. Folk get stuck. Renters can go to new jobs. In that way they do the economy a favours. ___15___ Friedman said, the rate of unemployment depends on the flexibility of the housing market.Next we come to economic breakdown. Most analysts accept that at heart it was the housing market-obsessive pursuit of homes, the engendered mortgage（房贷）lending and an unavoidable house-price crash--- ___16___ sank the Western world. Germany, say, with its more efficient rental market, had a far smoother ride through trouble.As for the monetary system, in the past few decades, in the hope of getting untaxed capital gains way above their true labour earnings, many people threw their spare cash into buying larger houses or building extra bedrooms. TV programmes about how to make easy money, beautiful rising house prices, and most importantly, our faulty tax system encouraged that. When ___17___ some point market broke down, everyone suffered. Our countries ought, instead, to design tax systems that encourage people to invest in productive real activities and in innovation. Renting leaves money free for better purposes. That also points to the role of sensible budgeting over a person’s lifetime. Why should we think that when we die it is necessary ___18___ (pay) off an entire house？Our children do not deserve it. Let them pay for themselves. We ___19___ rent-and enjoy our lives with the money saved.Finally, moderation usually pays off. Our scientific understanding of how economies function is horribly limited. This suggests that the golden rule should be to avoid extremes. A50-50mix of home-ownership and renting, not the 70-30split that is now observed in so many Western nations, ______20______ (make) sense.Section BRapidly advancing technology and its impact on education has been a subject of debate. How can schools equip students with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging job market?Since technology is driving these changes, there is a theory that governments should keep focusing on STEM subjects. These are often referred to as “hard skills,” which are ___21___ in primary school and right through to university level. In the meantime, ‘soft skills’ are being ___22___.This is a mistake. Much evidence suggests that soft skills are far more ___23___ to graduates in the long term.Research from Harvard University on the global job market has shown that STEM- related careers grew strongly between 1989 and 2000 but have slowed down since. In contrast, jobs in the creative industries----the sector probably most ___24___ with the need for soft skills---are growing rapidly. Soft skills are, in fact, increasingly in demand in the workplace: Google cites creativity, leadership ___25___ and communication skills as top requirements for both potential and current employees.So why are soft skills so highly ___26___ for?With the rapid evolution of technology, a focus on hard skills leaves students ___27___ to change, as these often have a short shelf life. According to research by World Economic Forum, more than one in four adults reports a mismatch between their skills and those needed for their job role. If soft skills are taught well, these skills should enable students to adapt to change more easily and progress further in their ___28___ career.Of course, technical skills are important. But without the curriculum placing equal--- if not greater ---___29___ on soft skills, our education systems are missing a huge trick. Hard skills may help a student get a job in a particular industry, but soft skills will help them disrupt it, achieving a wider ___30___ in their chosen field. III. Reading ComprehensionSection ASaddleworth Moor in the north of England is a bare place. It seemed almost wired to me, then, that anyone should ___31___ the building of seven wind turbines( 风力发电机) to produce clean, renewable energy. Surely this was the perfect place to situate them--- basically dull, unattractive to tourists and ----- ___32___ ---windy. Yet Saddleworth is becoming another battleground in an increasingly confusing ___33___ over wind farming and the future of the planet.Typical of this confusion is hearing Professor David Bellamy ___34___ the fight against wind farms. I had always thought of Professor Bellamy as an environmentalist had made the ___35___ assumption that he would be a natural supporter of wind power. However, on reflection, Bellamy would be better described as a conservationist, whose main aim is to preserve natural habitats of plants and animals from destruction, rather than a(n) ___36___ on climate change. He has fought against other renewable energies that ___37___ wildlife and wildness, and has described the wind turbines as weapons of mass destruction killing birds and bats.Bellamy, along with other opponents, has argued the wind farms are in fact ___38___, and are only commercially successfully because they are so heavily funded. This argument has been put forward by several newspaper commentators recently , who have then gone to ___39___ nuclear power. This doesn’t take into account years of ___40___ from Greens who claim that nuclear power is both expensive and dangerous. And yet nuclear energy has recently been ___41___ by a leading green scientist , Professor James Lovelock, who was one of the firstto draw attention to the problem of climate change. He argues that renewable energy such as wind simply cannot provide sufficient electricity for our energy needs.And so it goes on. There are so many ___42___ claims, each apparently fronted by some outstanding scientists and backed up by a lot of statics. So who’s actually right? What’s the right solution? What ___43___ me is that we will take so long in deciding that it will be too late. The damage will have been done. Yet what I also ___44___ is how convenient these conflicting arguments are. We can avoid making any changes to our personal lifestyles by just doing nothing. Global warming isn’t down to me going to Barcelona by air for the weekend or having a dishwasher or driving everywhere; no, it’s because those people in Saddleworth won’t let us build our ___45___!31. A. take over B. call for C. look into D. object to32. A. vice versa B. or rather C. above all D. to date33. A. debate B. concern C. advantage D. control34. A. leading B. reporting C. watching D. abandoning35. A. cautious B. basic C. common D. false36. A. expert B. campaigner C. commentator D. columnist37. A. exploited B. threatened C. restored D. attracted38. A. unaided B. unfriendly C. uneconomic D. unbalanced39. A. produce B. praise C. eliminate D. research40. A. intentions B. passions C. opinions D. protest41. A. advocated B. rejected C. proposed D. overlooked42. A. expected B. successful C. conflicting D. personal43. A. relieves B. amazes C. disappoints D. worries44. A. predict B. recognize C. question D. ski45. A. wind farms B. power plants C. animal habitats D. nuclear engines SectionBAEvery April I am troubled by the same concern -- that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks dull, with hills, sky and forest appearing gray. My spirits ebb, as they did during an April snowfall when I first came to Maine 15 years ago. "Just wait," a neighbor advised. "You’ll wake up one morning and spring will just be here."And look, on May 3 that year I awoke to a green so amazing as to be almost electric, as if spring were simply a matter of flipping a switch. Hills, sky and forest revealed their purples, blues and green. Leaves had unfolded and daffodils were fighting their way heavenward.Then there was the old apple tree. It sits on an undeveloped lot in my neighborhood. It belongs to no one and therefore to everyone. The tree’s dark twisted branches str etch out in unpruned（未经修剪的）abandon. Each spring it blossoms so freely that the air becomes filled with the scent of apple.Until last year, I thought I was the only one aware of this tree. And then one day, in a bit of spring madness, I set out with pruner to remove a few disorderly branches. No sooner had I arrived under the tree than neighbors opened their windows and stepped onto their porches(门廊). These were people I barely knew and seldom spoke to, but it was as if I had come uninvited into their personal gardens.My mobile-home neighbor was the first to speak. "You’re not cutting it down, are you?" she asked anxiously. Another neighbor frowned as I cut off a branch. "Don’t kill it, now," he warned. Soon half the neighborhood had joined me under the apple tree. It struck me that I had lived there for five years and only now was learning these people’s names, what they did for a living and how they passed the winter. It was as if the old apple tree was gathering us under its branches for the purpose of b oth acquaintanceship and shared wonder. I couldn’t help recalling Robert Frost’s words:The trees that have it in their pent-up buds To darken nature and be summer woods One thaw led to another. Just the other day I saw one of my neighbors at the local store. He remarked how this recent winter had been especially long and complained of not having seen or spoken at length to anyone in our neighborhood. And then, he looked at me and said, "We need to prune that apple tree again."46. By saying that “my spirits ebb” (Para. 1), the author means that _____.A. he feels relievedB. he feels blueC. he is surprisedD. he is tired47. The apple tree mentioned in the passage is most likely to _____.A. be regarded as a delight in the neighborhoodB. have been abandoned by its original ownerC. have been neglected by everyone in the communityD. be appealing only to the author48. According to Para. 4, why did the neighbors open their windows and step onto their porches?A. They were surprised that someone unknown was pruning the tree.B. They wanted to prevent the author from pruning the treeC. They were concerned about the safety of the treeD. They wanted to get to know the author49. It can be inferred that the author’s neighbor mentioned in the last paragraph most cared about _____.A. when spring would arriveB. how to pass the long winterC. the neighborhood gatheringD. the pruning of the apple treeBUniversity Shotokan Karate ClubLearn Karate—self-defense and fitnessThe university karate club was founded in 1962. All grades from beginners to advanced are welcome. The classes are suitable for both men and women and several women have obtained their black belt.TUESDAY AND THURSDAY6.00—8.00 p.m.WEA VER HOUSE GYMFIRST LESSON FREEHardly any of us have experienced real violence, but, over the last few years, attacks on innocent people have increased. Each of us has some ability to defend ourselves, and by learning a form of self-defence, we are not only increasing that ability, but also doing something to build our own sense of respect. Karate will show you a lot of simple and effective techniques to protect yourself, giving you increase self-confidence.Far too many people think martial arts (武术) are about violence. Martial arts training is based on a lot of respect, self-discipline, self-control and non-violence. We learn basic etiquette, courtesy and tolerance. Good manners and consideration for others are expected at all times.Karate is the practice of blocking and striking techniques for the purpose of self-defence, health andself-development. Karate exercises the entire body. Techniques are practised on both sides of the body, therefore muscle imbalances do not occur and the strength, coordination, flexibility and agility of both sides of the body are impro ved. Regular training in Karate improves the body’s physical endurance and flexibility. It also helps concentration and produces the mental calm and assurance that come from knowing we can defend ourselves.Karate has many benefits but they do not come easily or overnight. Training requires ongoing commitment and hard work. Some of you will give up, but a few of you will get your black belt.50. The passage is mainly intended to_________.A. tell readers the benefits of KarateB. attract readers to join the clubC. encourage people to get their black beltD. correct people’s misunderstand of Karate51. What can be learned about University Shotokan Karate Club?A. More men than women have been its members.B. It tests members to see what level they are at.C. Members don’t need to pay for the lessons.D. It offers 4 hours of lessons every week.52. According to the passage, which of the following statements about Karate is true?A. It cultivates people’s respect for themselves as well as for others.B. It invo lves people’s arm muscles more than body musclesC. It makes people healthy physically instead of mentally.D. It focuses as much on self-defence as on attack.CSpeaking in ClicksClick sounds, such as those found in some languages in Africa, make perfectly good consonants. So why do they appear so rarely in most human speech? One culprit may be anatomy(骨骼).Previous studies have suggested that in some speakers of click languages, the alveolar ridge(齿龈) the rounded bump between the upper teeth and the roof of the mouth-is small or even absent. In recent research, Scott Moisik of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Dan Dediu of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, built biomechanical models that simulated clicks in vocal tracts(声道) with alveolar ridges of varying sizes. Their results, published in January in the Journal of Language Evolution, showed a clear disadvantage for tracts with large edges. These allowed less air to be trapped in the mouth, requiring more muscular force to produce a click.The authors interpret this finding as support for an anatomical bias against clicks. They believe the bias is probably weak at the individual level; people with large alveolar ridges can still learn click consonants or that their pronunciations may be wrong. Amplified over generations, this bias might explain why such consonants are so rarely found in language worldwide.These results are not the first to challenge the traditional premise among linguists that language evolution is largely immune to external factors. Several other researchers have recently argued that geographical context, environmental conditions and genetics could all play a role. But Moisik and Dediu’s work goes a step further by singling out a single feature of human anatomy and quantifying its contribution to a particular type of speech sound.Susanne Fuchs, senior researcher at the Leibniz Center of General Linguistics in Berlin, who was not involved in the work, says the study’s conclusions are valid. But she cautions that they may present a chicken-and-egg problem: “The palate( 味蕾) shape of an individual matures from early childhood to puberty and , may be affectedby frequent productions of clicks,” Fuchs says, “Therefore, over the course of h istory, it may well be that vocal tract properties and click productions developed in parallel.53. The underlined word “one culprit” in Paragraph 1 means _____.A. something that must cause sufferingB. something that may be the causeC. something that could be concludedD. something that never happened before.54. According to the findings by Moisik and Dediu, who can make click sounds easily?A.People with a small or absent alveolar ridge.B. People with strong muscles inside the mouthC. People with a normal alveolar rid.D. People with a large alveolar ridge. 55. Which of the following statements is true? A. People with large alveolar ridges cannot learn click language. B. Having less air trapped in the mouth makes it easier to produce a click. C. Both Moisik and Dediu believe that language evolution is largely independent of external factors. D. Language evolution may be subject to geographical context, environmental conditions and genetics.56. What is Susanne Fuchs most likely to agree with?A. The conclusions of the study by Moisik and Dediu are unreliable.B. V ocal tract properties and click productions might evolve at the same time.C. Frequent productions of clicks decide the palate shape of an individual.D. The palate shape of an individual decides whether one can produce click sounds.DVisit the grocery store on an empty stomach, and you will probably come home with a few things you had not planned to buy. But hunger is not the only culprit behind such purchases. The location of store displays also influences our shopping and may make or break some healthy eating habits.The checkout area is a particular hotspot for junk food. Studies have found that the products most commonly found there are sugary and salty snacks-and a few studies have suggested that simply swapping in healthier options can shift customer behavior. A 2012 study in the Netherlands found that hospital workers were more likely to give up junk food for healthy snacks when the latter were more readily available on canteen shelves for example, In2014 Norwegain and Icelandic researcher likewise found that replacing unhealthy items with healthy ones in the checkout area significantly increased last-minutes sales of healthier foods.These findings caught the attention of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which has been working with more than 1,000 store owners to encourage them to stock and promote consumption,” says Tamar Adjoian, a research scientist at the department. “Making healthy food more convenient or appealing can lead to increased sales of those products.”Adjoian and her colleagues wondered if such findings would apply to their city’s dense urban checkout areas, so they recruited three Bronx supermarkets for their own study. They gave one checkout line in each store a healthy makeover, replacing candy, cookies and other processed snacks with fruit , nuts and similar items containing 200 or fewer calories per serving. Then they recorded purchases over six three-hour periods in each store for two weeks.Of the more than 2,100 shoppers they observed, just 4 precent bought anything from the checkout area. Among those who did, however, customers in the healthy lines purchased nutritious items more than twice as often as those in the standard lines –and they bought unhealthy items 40 percent less often. The findings were reported in September in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.The potential impact may seem small, but Adjoian believes that converting more checkout lines would open customers’ e yes to nutritious, lower-calories foods. Health department officials are now exploring ways to expand healthy options at checkout areas throughout New York City.57. The word “ culprit” in Para. 1 is closest in meaning to _____in the passage.A. something to blameB. something related to cultureC. something that resultsD. something concealed58. The findings of the 2012 study and the 2014 study proved that _____.A. shops put great emphasis on increase in last-minute sales of food.B. healthier options were rarely seen in company canteens or in supermarket.C. customers’ shopping behavior could be changed by what is easily available.D. sugary and salty snacks were among the most common items in checkout areas.59. Why does the writer say “ the potential impact may seem small” in the last paragraph?A. Only a little attention has been drawn to Adjoian’s researchB. Only several healthy items are displayed and then purchased.C Only three Bronx supermarkets have been involved in the study.D. Only a small proportion of shoppers buy things from checkout areas.60. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Behavior that MattersB. Healthy See, Healthy DoC. Changing Checkout AreasD. Shoppers and Their NeedsSection CHow to protect children Web fans from unsuitable material on-line while encouraging them to use the Internet has long been discussed in the U.S.___61___. But jungles contain wonders as well as dangers and with good guides, some education, and a few precautions , the wilds of the Internet can be safely navigated . “Kids have to be on-line. If we tell our kids they can’t have access(机会) to the Internet, we’re cutting them off from their future,” said an expert.Most kids have started to use search engines. ___62___. There are search engines designed just for kids. A certain software contains only sites that have been selected as safe. The most popular way to limit access would be to use what is known as a “content screener(过滤器)”. But this can’t be wholly reliable , and the bes t thing parents can do is to talk to their kids and let them know what is OK or not OK to see or do on the Internet.___63___A few other tips●Don’t put the PC in a child’s room but keep it in an area where mum or dad can keep an eye on things. That also makes the Internet more of a family activity.●___64___●Tell your child not to give on-line strangers personal information, especially like address and phone number.●And tell your children never to talk to anyone they meet on-line over the phone, send them anything, accept anything from them or agree to meet with them unless you go along.A. Many of them are great for finding tons of interesting Internet sites, and they can also locate places where you might not want your kids to go.B. Another way is that mum or dad is nearby when the child is surfing the Internet.C. Ask your child what he or she has been doing and about any friends they make on-line.D. For some parents, the Internet can seem like a jungle, filled with danger for their children.E. Most kids are taught to have started to use search engines.F. Don’t give online strangers personal information.第II 卷IV. Section ATranslation65. Starbucks says ___________ .(这个举措旨在使各式各样的群体凝聚在一起)，thus creating a surprisinglycalm atmosphere.66. And even then they would not be able to ___________.(提供足够的光照，来消除对地面照明的需求). Space mirrors strikes me as a solution in search of a problem.67. For ___________ (那些比半个世纪以前聘用更多拥有大学学历的工作岗位中), real wage, adjusted for the effects of inflation, have actually fallen.68. Not only are more people taking to running, but they are also using wearable devices and software on their phones to record ___________.(他们跑过的路程距离和燃烧的卡路里数量)69. Many institution ___________, (在某些学术领域有特别大的优势) making them a good choice for students interested in those fields.Section BTranslation70. 最低工资的不断提高可能会使雇主们不愿意雇佣缺乏经验的年轻人，他在阿里巴巴工作过五年， 所以在经验方面， 他较其他求职者而言有着明显的优势。
高二英语下学期开学摸底考试(3月)试题高二全册英语试题
得夺市安庆阳光实验学校高二学年开学摸底考试英语试题第一部分听力略第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）(A)Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner did not know what to do. The price was reasonable and the food was of good quality, but nobody seemed to want to eat there.Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant is always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a menu(菜单), The menu looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine. while the menu that he gave to the lady supplied a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous(慷慨) than he really was.31. Why didn’t people come to the White Rose Restaurant to eat at first?A. Because the price was high.B. Because the food was too cheap.C. Because the food was not good.D. The passage didn’t mention.32. According to the passage we can conclude that the people who eatat this restaurant are mostly _______________.A. poor old peopleB. rich young peopleC. men with their girl friendsD. parents with their children33. According to the passage we can infer that when men with their girlfriends eat at this restaurant, the food was paid ____________.A. always by the ladies onlyB. always by the men onlyC. sometimes by the ladiesD. either by the men or by the ladiesBBERLIN---A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second -storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after midnight, police said Thursday. Police discovered the “burglar” was a man carrying flowers and a bottle of wine who turned out to be the woman's boyfriend. But then arrested him on an outstanding reason.“He was trying to surprise her with the flowers and a bottle of wine but it all went wrong,” said Korbach police spokesman Volker Koenig.He said the man jumped down from the balcony and tried to escape but was quickly caught by police.“He gave the police who were taking him to jail the bottle of wine as a gesture of thanks for the friendly treatment after the arrest. ”Koenig said．LONDON---A smoker who died after battling emphysema (肺气肿) has had his dying wish granted with the placement of a “SMOKING KILLED ME”sign on his hearse (灵车) and his grave.Albert Whittamore blamed his youthful smoking habit for the lung disease. He said before he died in February that he wanted the sign to serve as a warning to young people about the dangers of tobacco smoking. The sign was designed to look like the health warning on a packet of cigarettes. The printed notice at his grave will be left in place for a week. The hearse carrying his body through the town of Dover 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of London and several of the printed signs shown in the windows.34. The man climbing up to the girl's balcony _______A. was actually a wanted thiefB. was put into prison in the endC. thanked the police for setting him freeD. was treated badly by the police35. The best title for the first news item might be “_______.”A. A burglar's love B. A burglar boyfriendC. Flowers and wineD. Price for being romantic36. The public paid more attention to the smoker because _______.A. he died after smoking for many yearsB. he had the sign put on his hearse and his graveC. he died of a lung disease without any treatmentD. he wanted the sign left on his grave for one day37. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The sign will be printed on the packet of cigarettes.B. The signs were also shown in the windows of the hearse.C. The smoker wanted to tell people how bad it was to smoke.D. The smoker regretted forming the habit of smoking.CDo you want to live forever? By the year 2050,you might actually get your wish-if you are willing to leave your biological body and live in silicon circuits (半导体电路). But long before then, perhaps as early as 2020,some measures will begin offering a semblance of immortality (虚的永生).Researchers are confident that the technology will soon be able to track every waking moment of your life? Whatever you see and hear, all that you say and write, can be recorded, analyzed and added to your personal chronicles (履历). By the year 2030, it may be possible to catchyour nervous systems through electrical activities, which would also keep your thoughts and emotions.Researchers at the laboratories of British Telecommunications have given the name of this idea as Soul Catcher. Small electronic equipment will make preparation for Soul Catcher. It would use a wearable supercomputer, perhaps in a wristwatch, with wireless links to microseosors under your scalp (头皮) and in the nerves that carry all five sensory signals. So wearing a video camera would no longer be required.At first, the Soul Catcher's companion system-the Soul Reader-might have trouble copying your thoughts in complete details. Even in 2030, we may still be struggling to understand how the brain is working inside, so reading your thoughts and understanding your emotions might not be possible. But these signals could be kept for the day when they can be transferred to silicon circuits to revitalize minds everlasting entities (永生实体). Researchers can only wonder what it will be like to wake up one day and find yourself alive inside a machine.For people who choose not to live in silicon, semblance of immortal it would not be as useless as they thought. People would know their lives would not be forgotten, but would be kept a record of the human race forever. And future generations would have a much fuller understanding of the past. History would not be controlled by just the rich and powerful, Hollywood stars, and a few thinkers in the upper society.38.The main idea of this passage is that_____ .A. human beings long for living foreverB. there are many difficulties in making the Soul CatcherC. people can live forever as technology developsD. the invention of Soul Catcher has great importance39. According to this passage, a Soul Catcher will be______ .A. a new machine on which research measures have already been madeB. a new invention in order to catch and keep human's thoughtsC. made by British scientists to offer something that looks like living foreverD. made of silicon circuits which can catch people's nervous activity40.We can infer from the passage that semblance of immortalityis______.A. to be a reality sooner or laterB. far from certainC. just an idea that couldn't be realized at allD. a fading hope41.The meaning of the underlined word revitalize, in the fourth paragraph is close to___.A. make deadB. make famousC. make knownD. make activeDResearchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes.“Shoes convey useful information about their wearers”, the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality．Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someone's shoes. In the study, 63 University of Kansas researchers looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study's participants. Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.Some of the results were expected: People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier shoes were typically worn by outgoing people. However，some of the more specific results are strange enough. For example, “practical and functional''shoes were generally worn by more“pleasant" people, while ankle boots were more linked with “aggressive” personalities. The strangest of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm”personalities. And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take extreme care of them, you may suffer from“attachment anxiety", spending lots of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance. There was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal (主张变革的) types wearing“shabbier and less expensive” shoes.The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personalities, but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were showing the deep side of their personalities.42．What does this text mainly tell us?A．Shoes Call hide people's real personalities．B．Shoes convey false information about the wearer．C．People's personalities call be judged by their shoes．D．People know little about their personalities．43．Which of the results is beyond people's expectation? A．Wealthy people often wear expensive shoes．B．Pleasant people like wearing uncomfortable shoes．C．Aggressive people are likely to weal" ankle boots．D．Flashier shoes are typically worn by outgoing people．44．People suffering from“attachment anxiety” tend toA．wear strange shoes B．worry about their appearance C．have a calm character D．become a political leader 45．The author wrote the text in order toA．inform us of a new study B．introduce a research method C．teach how to choose shoes D．describe differentpersonalities第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分。
安徽省名校2022-2023学年高二下学期开学考试英语试题和答案详解
安徽省名校2022-2023学年高二下学期开学考试英语试题和答案详细解析(题后)一、短对话1. What does the woman want to change about the shoes?A．The color.B．The size.C．The style.2. Which city is the woman’s hometown?A．Los Angeles.B．New York.C．Washington.3. Why is the man late?A．He got stuck in traffic.B．He had a car accident.C．He slept through his alarm.4. What is the main reason for Emily to read?A．To become a nurse in the future.B．To know the latest news.C．To prepare for an exam.5. What is the main topic of the conversation?A．Preparations for a festival.B．A house cleaning plan.C．A recent family visit.二、长对话6. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A．Quality of online products.B．Personal shopping preferences.C．Directions to a local mall.2. What does the man like to buy from physical shops?A．Food.B．Kitchen supplies.C．Clothes.7. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
2024 届高二下学期英语开学摸底考(全国卷专用)01(解析版)
2024届高二下学期开学摸底考（全国卷专用）01英语（考试时间：120分钟试卷满分：150分）注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生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，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
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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）听下面5段对话，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，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。
1．What does the man want to do?A．Stay with Alan.B．Relax at home.C．Send Alan to school.【答案】C【原文】M: I think Alan is about the right age to go to school.W: But he is still so young, and I like to stay with him at home for some more time.2．What are the speakers talking about?A．Where to eat for dinner.B．How to cook beef.C．When to have dinner.【答案】B【原文】W: We’ll have beef for dinner today, and how do you like it cooked?M: Just do it as Martin once told you.3．What time is it now?A．8:30.B．9:00.C．9:10.【答案】C【原文】M: Honey, aren’t you ready to go? We need to drive 20 minutes to get to the airport.W: Don’t worry, dear. The flight to the US will be at 10:00 o’clock, so we still have 50 minutes togo.4．Where does the conversation probably take place?A．At a movie theater.B．At a newspaper office.C．At a television station.【答案】B【原文】W: Dave, I need someone to write a story for the front page. I also need someone to do a movie review for the entertainment section by noon.M: But I’m just a sports writer.W: I don’t care what you write. Just get it done on time!5．When was the meeting scheduled?A．At 6:00.B．At 6:30.C．At 7:00.【答案】A【原文】M: Hi, Sarah. What’s wrong? Are you upset?W: It’s 6:30. You were supposed to be here half an hour ago.M: I’m sorry. There was so much traffic on the freeway. It won’t happen again.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。
浙江省宁波市2023-2024学年高二下学期开学考考试英语检测试题(含答案)
浙江省宁波市2023-2024学年高二下学期开学考考试英语检测试题一、阅读选择（共20题，50分）AWriting Contest: Tell A StoryIt's National Tell a Story Month, and we’re excited to hear yours! For this contest, submit your best fictional stories. Your stories will be judged based on imagery, novelty and originality. There is no specific genre (体裁) for your story. So go ahead and get to writing. We can't wait to read what you have in store for us.Deadline: October 1, 2023Rules:*You must be a teen (aged 13-19) with a Teen Ink account to enter.*No inappropriate content.* Submissions must relate to the topic (A story).Guidelines and Details:*Your entry must be between about 5-15 minutes (pages) long.*There is no limit to the number of plays you can submit.How to Submit:* Submit entries through our website. All entries submitted to Teen Ink are automatically considered for the contest. See our submission guidelines for more information.* Submit your work to the Fiction category of Teen Ink. You can find this selection after selecting the initial “Article/Poetry” submission type.* Important!! We get a lot of fiction submissions every month. If you want to submit your work for this con test in particular, include the words “Tell A Story” in your submission’s tags (标签). You can do this by using the “additional tags” field in your submission form.Prizes:* Winner (and honorable mentions, if ce allows) will have their scripts published in Teen Ink magazine.*The overall winner will receive a $25 Amazon gift card.1．What is a criterion used to evaluate the entries?A．It should be a true story.B．Its content should be creative.C．Its theme should be about teens.D．It should follow a particular genre.2．Which of the following will lead to failed participation?A．Being a 10-year-old girl.B．Writing an entry of 10 pages.C．Submitting before October 1, 2023.D．Choosing to use a Teen Ink account.3．What's the purpose of writing the text?A．To inform teenagers of a contest.B．To encourage the use of Teen Ink.C．To stress the significance of writing.D．To select honorable teenage writers.BAasritha Duriseti, an eighth-grade student at Carson Middle School wanted to help her grandmother who struggled to open bottle caps. She found a solution in her engineering class, where students were tasked with adapting existing products to make daily life easier for people with physical disabilities.Aasritha’s creativity kicked in as she researched existing bottle-opening devices. “The shape and size of a cellphone are familiar,” she said. To create a better bottle opener, Aasritha used a piece of wood. It was shaped like a cellphone. Next, she put three holes in the wood. The holes were in different sizes so that they could match common bottle cap sizes. Each hole also had a layer of dried hot glue, providing a strong hold for the bottle caps. With a simple twisting motion, her grandmother could open bottles without assistance.While addressing challenges those with learning disabilities, movement challenges and other issues face, students like Aasritha used more than their math, physics, and tool skills. They also learned about empathy (共情). “Empathy is looking at problems from another person’s point of view,”Aasritha’s teacher, Mark Bolt, said. “It’s an important part of engineering. Engineers need to put themselves in their product users’ shoes to build effective solutions.” It was empathy, while watching friends and family deal with daily tasks, that pushed other students’ projects.Student Michael noticed how reading disorder made it difficult for his friends to follow along on pages full of text. Their brains tend to confuse the order of numbers, letters, and other images. So Michael created a small adjustable window-blind-style device. “My friend could separate smallsections of text while reading,” he said.In the process, students tried different versions of their products to make the best one to show the class. Rather than having step-by-step directions for the projects, Bolt preferred to leave students’ creative paths open. “If we want to do better, we have to have a chance to fail,” he said. 4．What might be a solution to Aasritha’s engineering class task?A．To invent new products.B．To better wheelchairs.C．To raise money for the disabled.D．To teach lower-grade students engineering. 5．Why are the three holes’ sizes different in Aasritha’s bottle opener?A．To ensure a wider use.B．To make the most of ce.C．To beautify the bottle opener.D．To make the opener easier to hold. 6．According to Mark Bolt, while designing products engineers should _________.A．ask for the users’ advice B．be thoughtful of their usersC．improve their work effectiveness D．focus more on the people around them 7．What does Mark Bolt think is important in the students’ creation?A．Aiming to be the best creator.B．Having room for free exploration.C．Following a strict set of rules and steps.D．Serving different functions in different situations.CIt is generally acknowledged that young people from poorer socio-economic backgrounds tend to do less well in the education system. In an attempt to help the children of poor families, a nationwide program called “Headstart” was started in the US in 1965. A lot of money was poured into it. It took children into pre-school institutions at the age of three and was supposed to help them succeed in school. But the results have been disappointing , because the program began too late. Many children who entered it at three were already behind their peers in language and intelligence and the parents were not involved in the process. At the end of each day, “Headstart” children returned to the same disadvantaged home environment.To improve the results, another program was started in Missouri that concentrated on parents as the child,s first teachers. This program was based on research showing that working with thefamily is the most effective way of helping children get the best possible start in life. The four-year study included 380 families who were about to have their first child and represented different social-economic status, age and family structure. The program involved trained educators visiting and working with the parent or parents and the child. The program also gave the parents some guidance, and useful skills on child development.At three, the children involved in the “Missouri” program were evaluated with the children selected from the same socio-economic background and family situations. The results were obvious. The children in the program were more advanced in language development, problem solving and other intellectual skills than their peers. They performed equally well regardless of socio-economic backgrounds or family structure. The one factor that was found to affect the child,s development was the poor quality of parent-child interaction. That interaction was not necessarily bad in poorer families.The “Missouri” program compares quite distinctly with the “Headstart” program. Without a similar focus on parent education and on the vital importance of the first three years, some evidence indicates that it will not be enough to overcome educational unfairness.8．What caused the failure of the “Headstart” program ?A．The large number of poor families.B．The disapproval from children.C．The late start of the program.D．The long period of time.9．What do we know about the “Missouri” program ?A．It focused on the children,s first school teachers.B．It helped the children return to the same home.C．It made the children improved in many aspects.D．It gave the parents advice on their development.10．According to the passage, what is likely to influence children,s performance ?A．The number of family members.B．The parent-child communication.C．The intelligence of their parents.D．The teacher-student relationship.11．How does the author develop the passage ?A．By listing figures.B．By making comparisons.C．By giving examples.D．By drawing conclusions.DThe decline in moral standards - which has long concerned social analysts-has at last captured the attention of average Americans. And Jean Bethke Elshtain, for one, is glad.The fact that ordinary citizens are now starting to think seriously about the nation's moral climate, says this ethics(伦理学) professor at the University of Chicago, is reason to hope that new ideas will come forward to improve it.But the challenge is not to be underestimated. Materialism and individualism in American society are gaining popularity. “The thought that ‘I’m in it for me has become deeply rooted in the national consciousness,” Ms. Elshtain says.Some of this can be attributed to the disintegration(瓦解) of traditional communities, in which neighbors looked out for one another, she says. With today's greater mobility and with so many couples working, those bonds have been weakened, replaced by a greater emphasis on self.In a 1996 poll of Americans, loss of morality topped the list of the biggest problems facing the U. S. And Elshtain says the public is correct to sense that: Data show that Americans are struggling with problems unheard of in the 1950s, such as classroom violence and a high rate of births to unmarried mothers.The desire for a higher moral standard is not a lament(挽歌) for some nonexistent “golden age,”Elshtain says, nor is it a wishful longing for a smash of the discrimination that denied opportunities to women and minorities. Most people, in fact, favor the lessening of prejudice. and minorities. Most people, in fact, favor the lessening of prejudice.Moral decline will not be reversed(扭转) until people find ways to oppose the materialism in society, she says. “Slowly, you recognize that the things that matter are those that can't be bought.”12．Professor Elshtain is pleased to see that Americans _______.A．have adapted to a new set of moral standardsB．are longing for the return of the good old daysC．have realized the importance of material thingsD．are awakening to the lowering of their moral standards13．The moral decline of American society is caused mainly by _______.A．the growing wealth of the countryB．the self-centeredness of individualsC．underestimating the impact of social changesD．the prejudice against women and minorities14．Which of the following characterizes the traditional communities?A．Great mobility.B．Emphasis on individual effort. C．Concern for one’s neighbor.D．Ever-weakening social bonds. 15．According to Elshtain, the current moral decline may be reversed _______.A．if people can return to the “golden age”B．when women and men enjoy equal rightsC．when people rid themselves of prejudiceD．if less emphasis is laid on material things七选五There’s a long-standing argument in scientific circles over how to classify viruses. They’re not lifeless, because they multiply and have genes. Yet they’re not “alive,” as they don’t have cells, and can’t survive on their own. Viruses reproduce by hijacking (劫持) the host’s cells, eventually causing them to burst and die. 16 In order to protect ourselves from them, we have to know some basic facts about viruses.17 People often think of just a few viruses—influenza, HIV, and now coronaviruses—but they are the most plentiful microbes (微生物) on the planet. There are about 320,000 types that infect mammals, but just 219 are known to infect humans.You can get some viruses more than once. There’s a popular myth that once you’ve had a virus, you’re immune to (对……免疫) it. 18 When you get a virus, your body builds up antibodies to fight it. However, not everyone makes enough antibodies, and they can wear off over time, which is why you need booster shots of some vaccines.You can be contagious (传染性的) without ever showing symptoms. Some viruses can be spread via people who never had signs of the illness or who don’t have symptoms yet. Some people may even be “super-spreaders”. 19 Take precautions to prevent spreading viruses even when you don’t feel sick.If you’re very overweight, you need to be extra cautious. Obese people are contagious with the flu virus 42 percent longer than those who aren’t obese. Because obesity is linked to many health problems, it may affect your immune system. 20A．But that’s not always the case.B．There are many more viruses than you think.C．Loss of taste or smell is an early warning sign.D．Extra weight may make the flu shot (流感疫苗) less effective too.E．Sleep as much as possible to help your body to recover.F．That’s why viruses that infect humans nearly always cause illness.G．They will infect dozens to hundreds of other people without even realizing it.二、完型填空（共15空，15分）I was traveling on an overnight bus in Maharashtra. The bus was more than packed; all 55 seats were 21 and there were some 20 people standing in the aisle. The air inside was hot and filled with strange, unpleasant smells. The hot day 22 the discomfort of the 10-hour journey on the rough and rocky road. Because I was traveling on a student pass, I could not 23 a reserved seat. I had no option but to stand — quite 24 .After around two long hours, I was beyond exhausted and bored. I kept trying to 25 myself, shifting my body weight from one leg to the other to manage the discomfort. I suddenly felt a soft hand 26 my elbow. Turning around, I found a middle-aged man with a kind smile looking up at me. He stood up and said I could take his 27 for some time. I was pleasantly surprised and immediately accepted his offer. After 20 minutes, I 28 him to take back his ce.A man, who was sitting by the window on the other side of the bus, had observed our 29 .Just then, something magic al happened. Our observer 30 stood up and offered his seat to another standing man. This game of seat-sharing 31 through the bus and, before long, almost all the standers got a chance to be seated. People even started chatting with each other while exchanging 32 , and soon began sharing joke s and singing. The rest of the journey was quite enjoyable.The bus reached its destination in the early morning. The groups quickly 33 and went their way. But this 34 experience has stayed with me even after all these years. Itrevealed to me an important fact that we can all 35 what we have, including our burdens, and help our co-passengers in this journey called life.21．A．extended B．stolen C．occupied D．removed 22．A．added to B．belonged to C．attended to D．turned to 23．A．admit B．fetch C．withdraw D．claim24．A．freely B．uncomfortably C．pleasantly D．guiltily 25．A．bend B．bounce C．bow D．balance 26．A．tapping B．hitting C．flipping D．dragging 27．A．ticket B．seat C．venue D．chance 28．A．sponsored B．instructed C．signaled D．licensed 29．A．appointment B．violence C．exchange D．conflict 30．A．occasionally B．especially C．properly D．voluntarily 31．A．got B．spread C．saw D．went 32．A．opinions B．cards C．positions D．addresses 33．A．separated B．assembled C．negotiated D．resigned 34．A．practical B．extraordinary C．random D．absurd 35．A．reflect B．treasure C．categorize D．share三、语篇填空(10空，共15分）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。
高二英语下册开学摸底考试试题
唐河三高09-10学年高二下学期开学摸底考试英语(考试时间90分钟, 满分100分)一. 单项填空（每小题1分, 满分15分）1. I’ll show you the store ____you may buy all ____you need.A that , thatB which, thatC where , whichD in which, /2. Can you lend me the book ____the other day?A which you talkedB that you talkedC you talkedD you talked about3. This is one of the best films___this year.A which has been shownB that have been shownC that have shownD have been shown4. He talked happily about the men and books____interested him greatly in the school.A thatB whenC whoD which5. Lily would never forget the evening ____ she lost the ring.A whichB whenC at whichD where6. Those ___ want to see the film please put down your names here.A whichB whatC whoseD who7. He is his elder brother.Ａ. as a tall fellow as Ｂ. as tall a fellow asＣ. so tall a fellow as Ｄ. taller a fellow than8. explanation is necessary.Ａ. Farther Ｂ. Further Ｃ. Farthest Ｄ. Furthest9. Asia is the largest continent in the world.Ａ. by far Ｂ. a little Ｃ. far away Ｄ. a great deal10. He came home yesterday.Ａ. late Ｂ. latter Ｃ. lately Ｄ. later11. This is a complicated(复杂的)problem. I don’t know how to solve it.Ａ. very Ｂ. much too Ｃ. much Ｄ. too much 12. ——Can I join your club, dad?——You can when you______a bit older.A. getB. will getC. are gettingD. will have got13. ——Oh, it’s you!I______you.——I’ve just had my hair cut and I’m wearing new glasses.A. didn’t recognizeB. hadn’t recognizedC. haven’t recognizedD. don’t r econgnize14. ——______my glasses?——Yes, I saw them on your bed a minute ago. (NMET)A. Do you seeB. Had you seenC. Would you seeD. Have you seen15. ——Do you know our town at all?——No, this is the first time I______here.A. wasB. have beenC. cameD. am going二. 完型填空（每小题1分, 共20分）For the first nineteen months, Helen Keller was like other pretty, happy babies in every way. Then a sudden illness destroyed her sight and hearing. 16 she could not hear what other people were saying, th e child couldn’t 17 to speak. For the next five years, she lived in a world of darkness 18 sounds and words.The person who changed Helen’s world was her teacher, Anne Sullivan, who 19 her life in 1887. Miss Sullivan had agreed 20 a blind child who acted like a young animal, rushing wildly around, throwing and hitting anyone whom she could 21 . Who could believe that 22 child could be taught? But Anne had been blind during part of her childhood and had learned to read Braille, 23 is a system of raised dots that can be felt by the fingers of a blind person. She had learned 24 again only after several operations, and she 25 forgot the experience of 26 . Miss Sullivan couldn’t teach Helen to speak 27 some other important things 28 . The little girl had to learn to control her actions and feelings. She had always been able to get what she wanted 29 force. The teacher had to 30 her learn that she could not always do 31 she wished to do.Miss Sullivan’s battle began. Sometimes there was real fighting 32 the wild child and the strong teacher. 33 , however, the battle was won by Miss Sullivan, who had succeeded 34 Helen that she loved her and wanted to help her. The child and the teacher became friends. They 35 be friends until the teacher’s death, fifty years later.16. A. Because B. If C. Even D. Though17. A. able B. study C. learn D. managed18. A. with B. without C. either D. of19. A. brought to B. entered C. saved D. made20. A. to teach B. to bring up C. to cure D. to punish21. A. see B. reach C. look at D. look for22. A. so B. a C. such D. such a23. A. it B. this C. that D. which24. A. to speak B. to walk C. to look D. to see25. A. not B. neither C. nor D. never26. A. deaf B. being deaf C. blind D. being blind27. A. as soon as B. until C. after D. when28. A. learned B. had studied C. had learned D. had been learned29. A. to use B. by using C. using D. to be used30. A. make B. get C. tell D. ask31. A. whatever B. however C. wherever D. whoever32. A. among B. between C. in D. against33. A. At first B. At last C. At the end D. At once34. A. in B. in understanding C. in showing D. to show35. A. wouldn’t B. could never C. came to D. continued to三. 阅读理解（每小题2分, 共40分）（A）The horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world’s first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power.Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.He discovered that a horse could lift a 3, 300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3, 300 pound weight 100 feet in one minute.Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten-horsepower engine.36. Watt made the world’s first ______.A. trainB. engineC. steam engineD. bus37. Watt wanted to find a way ______.A. to lift a 3, 300-pound weightB. to show how useful his steam engine wasC. to tell people exactly how powerful his steam engine wasD. to measure the weight of his steam engine38. What does one horsepower mean? It means ______.A. one horse’s powerB. what one strong horse can do in one minuteC. what one horse can do in a dayD. what work one horse can do as much as possible39. Which is not true? ______.A. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minuteB. Watt decided to make the world’s first widely used horse engineC. He wanted to find a way to tell people exactly how powerful his engine wasD. He wanted to measure the work his engine could do40. The best headline for the article is ______.A. HorsepowerB. Watt’s steam engineC. A ten-horsepower engineD. The beginning of horsepower（B）Mrs. Allen’s husband died ten years ago when her son and daughter were still in high school. Mr. Allen had left some money, and since Mrs. Allen had managed a bookstore before she was married, she took the money and bought a shop in town. Later she moved the shop out to the shopping center.She was a pleasant woman; she worked hard and was well-informed about books, and so the bookstore prospered(生意兴隆) and she was able to hire a friend to help her.Laura Barnes, Mrs. Allen’s friend and assistant, was also a widow. She had some free time andthe need for a little extra-money, and so she took the job in the bookstore. She was too clever and friendly, and the two women were well-known in the neighbourhood as “Mrs. A” and “Mrs. B”41. How many people in all were there in the two women’s families? ______.A. At least 8B. At least 7C. At least 6D. At least 442. The bookstore prospered ______.A. after Mrs. Allen lost control of itB. before Mrs. A got to know Mrs. BC. because the two women had little housework to doD. because Mrs. A became expert at management and threw herself into it43. Why did Mrs. A hire Mrs. B? ______.A. Mrs. B asked for very little payB. She believed that Mrs. B was the very person to help her to improve managementC. Mrs. B was a friend of hersD. She was also that kind of woman like her44. Which of the following is true? ______.A. Mrs. A set up her bookshop in the shopping centerB. Mr. Allen was dead but Mr. Barnes aliveC. Mrs. A managed to set another bookstore with Mrs. BD. The two children of Mrs. A were of the same age（C）Jee Hock and Meng Kim were very good friends. Jee Hock could not see. He was blind. Meng Kim could not walk. He was lame. They lived in a village near a forest. Everyone in the village was going to a rich man’s dinner on the other side of the forest. Jee Hock and Meng Kim were anxious to attend the dinner too.Blind Jee Hock thought of a plan. He would carry Meng Kim. The lame man could tell him the way. Meng Kim said that the plan was a good one.On the way through the forest, Meng Kim saw a tiger. He did not tell Jee Hock about it. Instead, he quietly asked Jee Hock to carry him to the nearest tree. Upon reaching an over banging branch, Meng kim quickly hauled himself up.Then the tiger roared. Jee Hock at once knew a tiger was near. He lay down quietly. The tigercame to him and sniffed his body. The tiger’s whiskers touched Jee Hock’s nose. At once Jee Hock sneezed, “Ah choooooo!” The tiger was afraid and ran away.Then Meng Kim came down from the tree. He asked Jee Hock about the tiger. Jee Hock said that the tiger had told him to choose his friends wisely.45. Jee Hock and Meng Kim were good ______.A. menB. tigersC. friendsD. brothers46. They decided to go to ______.A. a picnicB. a dinnerC. a partyD. the cinema47. When Meng Kim saw the tiger, he ______.A. shouted loudlyB. did not tell Jee Hock about itC. quickly climbed up a treeD. lay down quietly48. Jee Hock knew the tiger was near. He ______.A. went to sleepB. criedC. sat down and waitedD. lay down quietly49. Jee Hock sneezed because the tiger’s whiskers ______.A. hurt himB. was very longC. cut his noseD. touched his nose（D）Mrs. White lived in a town of England. Her husband died three years ago and one of her children worked in the capital and the other three lived in another town. Her husband didn’t leave her much money and she had to live a simple (简朴) life. Sometimes her children went to see her during their holidays, but they stayed with her for only two or three days.One winter morning the old woman got up early. She was going to buy some food in a shop. And when she came out, she found there was much snow in the street. She had to sweep it away. And suddenly she found a dying dog at the corner of the house. She picked it up and took it into the house quickly. She put it near the fire and gave it some milk and bread. At first the poor dog ate nothing and that afternoon it drank some milk and three days later it was all right. Now the old woman found it was a beautiful dog. And she liked it very much and took it everywhere she went. A week later she went shopping with her dog. At a bus stop a young man was eating fish and chips. The little dog became very excited (兴奋) at the smell of the man’s lunch and began jumping up athim.“Do you mind if I throw it a bit (一点)?” asked the young man.“Not at all, ” answered Mrs. White.Having heard this, he picked up the dog and threw it over the wall.50. One of the old wom an’s children worked in ______.A. MoscowB. ParisC. LondonD. New York51. Mrs. White lived a simple life because ______.A. she wasn’t rich enoughB. she hoped to save money for her childrenC. she had four childrenD. her children hated her52. It was _______ that morning when Mrs. White went to buy something.A. rainyB. snowyC. windyD. cloudy53. The old woman liked the dog very much because _______.A. it was beautifulB. it was littleC. she spent money on itD. she felt lonely54. The dog hoped ______, so it became excited.A. to be given some foodB. to leave the bus stop soonC. to bite (咬) the young manD. to go as soon as possible55. The meaning of the word “smell” in the story means ______.A. 闻B. 口味C. 气味D. 嗅觉四. 短文改错Today I showed some foreign friend around our city. 1. ________We started off in car from the Friendship Hotel at 8:00 a. m. 2. _______We first got to Jinshan Park. We are all struck by its 3. _______beautiful flowers on show. Then, we visited the City Museum. 4. _______We saw plenty of valuable things, from that we learned a lot 5. ______about the city. After that, they drove to Jinshan Temple. That is 6. _______a beautiful place of interest in our city, but there we enjoyed 7. _______the wonderfully scenery of the sea. We had a delicious lunch at the 8. _______seafood Restaurant and we returned back at noon. . All the foreign 9. ______friends were pleased with my arrangement. We did have the 10_____wonderful time today.五. 书面表达（共15分）有人认为学生上网吧有益, 有人认为有害。
2022—2023 学年高二下学期开学考试英语试卷(新高考)(公共版)
2022—2023 学年高二下学期开学考试英语试卷（新高考）（公共版）英语试题（试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
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1. What does the man want to do?A. Stay with Alan.B. Relax at home.C. Send Alan to school.2. How will Jack go to New York?A. By bus.B. By plane.C. By train.3. How many students does the woman expect in total?A. 10.B. 13.C. 15.4. What does the man think of the music?A. Relaxing.B. Exciting.C. Boring.5. What does the woman mean?A. People won’t listen to the doctors.B. Doctors have different lifestyles.C. It’s great to attend the lecture.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。
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高二第二学期开学摸底考试英语科（时长120分钟，满分150分）一、单句填空（共20分，2分/题）1. It’s a waste of time ______________ (persuade) such a person to join us.2. The county, ______________ (locate) in the north of Shangxi, has a history of more than 1,400 years.3. ______________ (give) a few minutes, I’ll finish it.4. They ______________ (have) a meeting on the 11th floor when a fire broke out on the ground floor.5. With so many brightly colored flowers ______________ (plant) around the building, her house looks like a beautiful garden.6. I’ll give the book to him as soon as he ______________ (come) back.7. I like the teacher ______________ classes are very interesting and creative.8. ______________ breaks the law should be punished.9. ______________ we understand things has a lot to do with what we feel.10. Most of the people ______________ (invite) to the conference were famous actor.二、单项选择（共40分，2分/题）11. He is considering ________ a second-hand car.A. boughtB. to buyC. buyingD. buy12. The problem ________ now is very important.A. discussedB. being discussedC. discussingD. to be discussed13. ________ many times, the naught boy still made the same mistake.A. Have been toldB. Being toldC. Having been toldD. Told14. He entered the classroom, ________ a group of children.A. followedB. followed byC. Being followingD. following15. ________ by the teacher’s words, we decided to work hard.A. TouchingB. Being touchedC. To be touchedD. Touched16. When I arrived home one day, I found her ________ under the tall tree.A. seatedB. seatC. seatingD. to seat17. By the time the police reached the port, the suspect ________.A. leftB. leavingC. had leftD. has left18. She will never forget the day ________ she was married.A. thatB. whenC. in whichD. which19. I want to know the place ________ I was born.A. thatB. whichC. whenD. where20. We think ________ possible that you can finish the work today.A. whatB. thatC. itD. if21. It’s no use ________ with him since he refuses to listen.A. to argueB. arguingC. arguedD. being argued22. Although ________ many times, the book still sells well in the market.A. publishedB. to publishC. being publishedD. publishing23. I ________ on my paper this morning in the library.A. have been workedB. have workedC. have been workingD. had worked24. The baby needs ________.A. looked afterB. to be looked afterC. looking afterD. Both B and C25. If she catches you ________ her diary, she will go mad.A. to readB. readingC. readD. being read26. ________ he had met a kind librarian in the city library gave us no surprise.A. ThatB. WhatC. WhenD. who27. I am sorry ________ to turn off the light.A. to forgetB. forgettingC. to have forgottenD. forgot28. My dream is ________ a doctor.A. beingB. going to beC. to beD. be29. The problem is ________ the headmaster will send to deal with it.A. thatB. whatC. whetherD. who30. It is difficult for us to imagine ________ life was like for slaves in the ancient world.A. thatB. whatC. whetherD. whose三、完形填空（共15分，1分/题）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Behind an “unruly” child at school, there may often be a social, creative and active child. For this reason, we must never judge by 31 , because the truth could be quite different.Joe Whale, a 9-year-old boy, was repeatedly 32 by his teachers because he drew sketches (素描) and images 33 following the lessons in class. Joe had been 34 as an “unruly” student, but his parents didn’t think so. They knew their son had strong 35 skills from the earliest years of his life. His 36 is the so-called “Doodle Art”, that is to say, drawings with simple lines that show real elements (元素) or elements that are 37 in his mind.His drawing teacher also noticed the boy’s 38 creativity and shared his drawing on Instagram. And from there they were noticed by a restaurant owner in England. He contacted the boy to 39 a wall in his restaurant. Joe immediately set to work and in 12 hours he had 40 filled the wall with his beautiful “doodles”. Joe’s dad pointed out, “As parents, we should encourage our children to 41 their passions and dreams.” Drawing for hours might be a long and 42 job, but for Joe, it was pure joy to give free expression of his 43 .Many parents, when their child has received negative assessments at school, tend to blame them even further. The fact is that every child has a 44 and schools and parents should work together to 45 and encourage it.31. A. appearances B. wealth C. abilities D. knowledge32. A. interrupted B. promoted C. informed D. criticized33. A. in spite of B. instead of C. other than D. regardless of34. A. chosen B. abandoned. C. labeled D. introduced35. A. speaking B. sociable C. predicting D. artistic36. A. specialty B. plan C. belief D. challenge37. A. deserted B. ignored C. refused D. invented38. A. similar B. impressive C. reliable D. essential39. A. fix B. build C. decorate D. draw40. A. deliberately B. separately C. completely D. barely41. A. follow B. wake C. interpret D. share42. A. appropriate B. demanding C. flexible D. regular43. A. mood B. words C. thanks D. imagination44. A. talent B. responsibility C. position D. faith45. A. advertise B. possess C. identify D. describe四、阅读理解（共30分，2分/题）ABooks open doors in our minds. Here are 4 must-read books especially for novel lovers, and you should read them at least once in your life.The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniIt is the story of the unlikely and complicated friendship between Amir, the son of a wealthy merchant, and Hassan, the son of his father’s servant until cultural and class differences and the war tear them apart. It’s a story about the long shadows that family secrets cast across decades, the enduring love of friendship, and the transformative power of forgiveness.Number the Stars by Lois LowryThis Newbery award-winning novel tells the story of Annemarie, a Danish girl growing up in World War ⅡCopenhagen with her best friend, Ellen, who happens to be Jewish. When Annemarie learns that the Nazis are inflicting (迫害)on the Jewish people, she and her family make every effort to protect Ellen and her parents, as well as countless other Jews. Lowry’s novel is a powerful reminder that cultural and religious differences are no divide between true friends.Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryWhen 11 year-old orphan Anne Shirley goes to live with the middle-aged brother and sister Matthew and Manila Cuthbert, she discovers that there’s been some mistake and that they had actually wanted to adopt a boy. This is a heartwarming story of love and friendship and a reminder that sometimes life not working out the way we want it to is actually the best thing that can happen.The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-ExupéryIt tells the story of a little boy who falls to Earth from an asteroid after visiting several other asteroids to try to understand mankind. The Little Prince is an allegory (寓言) about the foolishness of man and man’s tendency toward self-destruction through violence, as well as a heartwarming tale of the transformative power of friendship and trust.46. What do we know about the book Number the Stars?A. Its story is set in World War Ⅰ.B. It is a Newbery Award winner.C. It is written by Khaled Hosseini.D. Its main character Annemaire is Jewish.47. What common theme do the four books have?A. Parental love.B. Family secrets.C. Friendship.D. Peace and War.48. What is the purpose of the text?A. To give tips on how to read novels.B. To stress the importance of reading.C. To introduce some must-read novels.D. To recommend award-winning authors.BSu Min, a 56-year-old retiree, has never been happier. After fulfilling her family’s expectations of dutiful Chinese womanhood, Ms. Su is embracing a new identity: fearless traveller and Internet celebrity. For six months, she has been on a solo drive across China, documenting her journey for more than 1.35 million followers across several social media platforms.Ms. Su had rarely traveled before. But she had long been eager for driving. Growing up in Tibet, she sometimes missed the school bus home and had to walk 12 miles through the mountains. Each time a truck passed by, she imagined sitting behind the wheel, safe and comfortable. But carswere rare, and having one seemed impossible. After marriage, she put her heart and soul into taking care of her home, her children, grandchildren, shouldering endless housework at home.Then, in late 2019, she came across a video online of someone introducing their camping gear while on a solo road trip. She remembered her childhood dream of driving — the freedom and comfort it had represented. Over the following months. she watched every video about road trips. She took a lot of notes: which apps they used to find campsites, which tricks they had for saving money. Soon, Ms. Su made up her mind: Once her grandsons entered preschool, she would start a trip of her own. She had bought a small several years earlier with her savings and a monthly pension of around 2100 yuan. On Sept. 24, she fixed her tent to the top of the car and set off although her daughter worried about her safety. She visited historical Xi’an, mountainous Sichuan and the old town of Lijiang—covering more than 8,500 miles so far.She posted video updates as she drove. In her videos, she was surprised at her newfound freedom. She could drive as fast as she wanted brake as hard as she liked. Ms. Su says, “I’ve been a wife, a mother and a grandmother, and I came out this time to find myself. It took me so many years to realize that I had to live for myself.” And she plans to cover all of China. That could takea few years.49. What did Su Min dream to do in her childhood?A. Drive her own car.B. Escape from her home.C. Travel around the world.D. Walk through the mountains.50. What do we know about Su Min from the third paragraph?A. She started her road trip without making preparations.B. She started her trip before her grandson entered preschool.C. She was inspired by an online video about a solo road trip.D. She won support from her daughter from the very beginning.51. We can infer that Su Min started the road trip to _________.A. find her freedomB. discover her strengthsC. become an Internet celebrityD. inspire other women’s love for travel52. Which of the following words best describe Su Min as a traveller?A. Ambitious and humorous.B. Demanding and thoughtful.C. Selfless and faithful.D. Brave and determined.CSeveral weeks ago, I pulled an old road map out of the glove box and passed it to my children. They had never seen the province of Ontario laid out like that before. They stared at the map, asking about all the towns, parks, and other landmarks we’d visited, and I pointed them out on the map.Google Maps and GPS are modern wonders that have gotten me out of many confusing places, but paper maps still have a role to play in our lives. Most of us adults learned to read them out of necessity, but it’s up to us to pass on that skill to children whose need may not be so obvious, but who still stand to benefit from it.As Trevor Muir wrote in an article on this topic, “When kids learn how to create and use paper maps, they are doing more than just learning how to get around. They are actually developing fundamental skills that they will use for the rest of their lives. Map skills still belong in today’s classroom.”As a child I had National Geographic maps taped to my bedroom walls. This aroused my curiosity and imagination about those places and thus made me eager to remember my geography and history lessons because they were tied to places I’d “seen”. Even now as a mother of four, I’ve also spared time to travel to many of the countries whose maps I studied as a child.Additionally, in this fast-changing world, unexpected events can rapidly influence one’s usualway of life. When GPS satellites or Internet connections are affected, this old-fashioned skill can get you out of a mess without requiring a smartphone. Last but not least, paper maps arouse “big picture” thinking, showing kids that there’s a much bigger world out there and helping to direct them within it.So, now is a good time to pull out those dusty old maps and lay them on the kitchen table.53. How did the children react when they were given the paper map?A. They showed great curiosity.B. They seemed totally confused.C. They considered it old-fashionedD. They found it less convenient than GPS.54. What might be the topic of the article written by Trevor Muir?A. The teaching focus in today’s classroom.B. The situations where paper maps are used.C. The necessity of digital maps in the modem world.D. The benefit of developing paper map skills for kids.55. Which of the following shows the author’s opinion?A. Internet connections are very reliable today.B. GPS will sooner or later replace paper maps.C. Paper maps provide kids with a grand vision.D. Paper maps make people connected with each other.56. What would be the best title for the text?A. Time to Teach Kids to Read Paper Maps.B. How to Teach Kids about Different Kinds of Maps.C. Time to Encourage Kids to Step into a Bigger World.D. How to Teach Kids Fundamental Skills with Paper Maps.DWhen parents ask, “What grade did you get?” there is a common follow-up question: “So who got the highest grade?” Many educators select and publicly announce “the best student” in a class or school. Adults praise children for outperforming others. Sports tournaments award those who surpass others. The practice of making social comparisons 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 social comparisons is to provide children with participation awards, which means children get the same prize despite their performance. Such awards, however, may not abolish social comparisons. High-performing children may feel unfairly treated and look down on the latter group. More generally, those who receive unwarranted 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 past self rather than with others.Researchers recently conducted a study, where 583 children were asked to do a reading and writing exercise designed to influence the kind of comparisons they would make: social comparisons or temporal compared. Results showed children who compared themselves with others said they wanted to be superior to such people, while those who compared themselves with their past self said they wanted to improve rather than be superior. Temporal comparisons changed children’s goals away from a desire for superiority and toward self-improvement.What, then, can parents and teachers do with this knowledge? Parents and teachers can praise children’s improvement over time to let them know they are making progress. Also, teachers can create learning contexts that track children’s own progress over time, such as report cards thatdisplay their changes in learning and performance.Of course, temporal comparisons are not a panacea; we should never push children too much to improve themselves. The road toward self-improvement is paved with struggles and setbacks. Rather than making children feel bad for those failures, we should encourage them to learn from their imperfect past self — and thus help youngsters become better than before.57. What can be learned about the strategy mentioned in Paragraph 2?A. It is in high-performing children’s favor.B. It stresses the importance of good teamwork.C. It may make high-performing children less confident.D. It may discourage children from gaining great performances.58. What does the research finding suggest?A. Children have a desire to feel proud of themselves.B. Temporal comparisons help self-improvement.C. Children need to be exposed to various comparisons.D. Social comparisons give children a sense of superiority.59. What is Paragraph 5 intended to do?A. To show the power of knowledge.B. To assess children’s performance.C. To list learning outcomes.D. To provide practical ways.60. Which of the following may the author agree with?A. Life is full of horrible mistakes.B. Comparisons may lead to failureC. Failure is an opportunity to learn.D. Struggles are difficult to overcome.五、语法填空（共20分，2分/题）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。