1、学科网（北京）股份有限公司高二英语试题 第 1页（共 12 页）厦门一中 2022-2023 学年度第一学期高二年级质量检测英 语 试 题本试卷分四部分，共 12 页。满分 150 分。考试用时 120 分钟。本试题附有答题卡。注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37
2、.5 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。AGrand Canyon National ParkLocated entirely in northern Arizona,the park covers 277 miles of the Colorado River andadjacent uplands.One of the most spectacular examples of erosion anywhere in the world,GrandCanyon is unmatched in the incomparable vistas it offe
3、rs to visitors on the rim.Grand CanyonNational Park is a World Heritage Site.Park Openings and ClosingsThe Village and Desert View on the South Rim are open all year and park entrances remainopen 24 hours a day.North Rim facilities open mid-May and close mid-October.Park entrancesremain open 24 hour
4、s a day during this time.Hours for visitor centers and businesses varythroughout the year.Park InformationThe park produces a Pocket Map with a North Rim and South Rim edition that contains amap and information about services,facilities,and park ranger programs.It is available inFrench,German,Japane
5、se,Italian,Spanish,Korean,and Chinese.A hiking brochure is availablefor those planning to hike one of the parks main trails down into Grand Canyon.Obtain学科网（北京）股份有限公司高二英语试题 第 2页（共 12 页）publications at entrance stations,visitor centers,or at go.nps.gov/136ojl.AccessibilityMany of the facilities at Gr
6、and Canyon are historic and built before current accessibilitystandards were set.The terrain is rugged with narrow,rocky trails and steep cliffs.Visitors usingwheelchairs or having visual impairments may need assistance.For more information aboutaccessibility in Grand Canyon National Park,see go.nps
7、.gov/1rtxl2.Park Entrance FeesFees collected support projects in the park.Admission to the park is$35 per private vehicle;$30 per motorcycle;and$20 per person entering the park via Grand Canyon Railway,parkshuttle bus,private rafting trip,walking,or riding a bicycle.The pass can be used for seven da
8、ysand includes both rims.Pay fees at park entrance stations or at some businesses outside the park.Every year the National Park Service offers entrance fee free days.For complete fee information,including Annual,Active Military,Senior,and Access passes,visit go.nps.gov/y5uu6f.SustainabilityGrand Can
9、yon National Park incorporates sustainability into all aspects of its operations.Use your refillable water bottle to fill up on free Grand Canyon spring water at major trailheads,visitor centers and grocery stores.Please recycle recycling containers are conveniently locatedand as common as trash bin
10、s.Discover what else you can do to protect the environment whiletraveling here and beyond at go.nps.gov/1b2rzt.21.People with physical disabilities can find detailed information on park facilities designed forthem by visiting.A.go.nps.gov/y5uu6fB.go.nps.gov/1rtxl2C.go.nps.gov/136ojlD.go.nps.gov/1b2r
11、zt22.What is the admission fee if you and your parents plan to go on a ten-day vacation to GrandCanyon National Park by driving a car?A.$35.B.$60.C.$70.D.$120.23.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A.Visitors have year-round access to every corner of the national park.
12、B.Hikers who can only speak Chinese cannot explore the North Rim without an interpreter.C.The Grand Canyon features is one of the worlds most visually breathtaking landscapes.D.Visitors are forbidden to leave any trash in the National Park to maintain sustainability.学科网（北京）股份有限公司高二英语试题 第 3页（共 12 页）B
13、Even when communing with nature we depend on technology for help but then,so didThoreau(梭罗)at Walden Pond(瓦尔登湖).Walking in the same woods yesterday,I let myself wander at random,communing withnature.I took in beautiful scenery near and far thanks to my progressive-lens eyeglasses.Occasionally Id pul
14、l out my smartphone to take pictures on anything interesting.I recorded aninner monologue with a background of all sounds of the forest.At times,I consulted my smartwatch to check on my heartbeat,mileage and calorie burn.Eventually I realized I was quite lost.Not a problem of course.Online maps came
15、 to my rescue.But something bothered me.In what Id intended as a nature experience,here I was usingvery high technology to help myself out.This insight triggered a reconsideration of everythingthat happened during my“nature walk,”which had been technologically enhanced every stepof the way.Id been f
16、unctioning as a man-machine combination:a cyborg.What would the true naturalist Thoreau think of that?My first thought was that hed beshocked.But later I did some research.Thoreau enjoyed what his spyglass discovered,like thiseagle from his journal:Lying on the ground with my glass,I could watch him
17、 very easily.till I almost lost him inthe clouds.I think I have got the worth of my glass now that it has revealed to me thewhite-headed eagle.Famously,Thoreau always set out equipped with a walking stick,which he used not onlyfor support but also to take measurements of water and snow levels.His ha
18、t was also a tool,which he called his“botany-box.”And he was prepared even with needles and thread,so whencoming out of the woods,he was“the best dressed.”Clearly,Thoreau was a bit of a cyborghimself.Thinking more deeply,I realized weve come a long way from our hunter-gathererancestors,who walked fr
19、om necessity and relied on natures gift.Cyborgs are us.24.What is the purpose of the text?A.To recommend Thoreaus book Walden Pond.B.To argue that humans have developed into cyborgs.C.To share the reflections on mans reliance on nature.D.To question whether people are technology-dependent.学科网（北京）股份有
20、限公司高二英语试题 第 4页（共 12 页）25.Which picture best illustrates a cyborg in the authors eye?ABCD26.Why does the author quote Thoreaus journal?A.To introduce a literary work on nature.B.To explain how to prepare for a nature walk.C.To prove that even naturalists use technology.D.To describe the natural beaut
21、y Thoreau enjoyed.27.What is the authors attitude towards being a cyborg?A.Favorable.B.Intolerant.C.Doubtful.D.Unclear.CSome penguins(企鹅)adapt their calls to become more similar to their partners over time,an ability that was previously known in only a few species,including humans.Luigi Baciadonna a
22、t the University of Turin,Italy,and his coworkers recorded Africanpenguins from three different colonies(群体)over three years,and also observed the behavioralpatterns of one of the colonies to see which penguins were partners or friendly.They then analyzed specific vocal(声音的)calls,which the penguins
23、made when they werealone or trying to keep track of their friends.They compared four distinct vocal signatures suchas the frequency of the calls.The signatures became more similar over time for penguins thatwere partners or in the same colony,and for penguins that heard more of each others calls.Thi
24、s adaptation could make it easier for penguins to find their partners and friends in acolony.“Imagine that you are in a pub,you are with your friends and your environment is quite学科网（北京）股份有限公司高二英语试题 第 5页（共 12 页）noisy,”says Baciadonna.“What you do is try to talk in a certain way so that yourcommunica
25、tion is more effective.”The ability to adapt calls in response to the environment,known as vocal accommodation,is a key part of vocal learning,a more complex set of skills such as producing new soundsthrough learning.Identifying which species display vocal accommodation could provide cluesfor how vo
26、cal learning developed.Baciadonna and his team also propose that thisaccommodation could help with group harmony and social bonds between individual penguins.The distance of penguins from humans on the evolutionary tree suggests that vocalaccommodation could be common to many species,but a lot more
27、data needs gathering first.“There could be a huge variety of different species that are able to adapt their calls slightly,butwe dont know that yet,”says Sara Torres Ortiz at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology inMunich,Germany.28.What does the underlined word“signatures”mean in paragraph 3?A.E
28、ffects.B.Characteristics.C.Sources.D.Adjustments.29.What is the intention of the quotes from Baciadonna in paragraph 4?A.To explain the reason why penguins adapt their calls.B.To highlight the role communication plays in social life.C.To prove humans ability to recognize each others voices.D.To stre
29、ss the difference between human and animal sounds.30.What remains to be explored according to Sara Torres Ortiz?A.Whether penguins can promote group harmony.B.Whether all species can adapt to the environment.C.Whether more species display vocal accommodation.D.Whether penguins and humans are similar
30、 in vocal learning.31.What is the main idea of the text?A.Vocal learning involves a complex set of skills.B.Vocal accommodation helps build up social bonds.C.Penguins produce similar sounds even in different colonies.D.Penguins adapt their accents to sound more like their friends.学科网（北京）股份有限公司高二英语试题
31、 第 6页（共 12 页）DBeing highly connected to a strong social network has its benefits.Now a new study isshowing the same goes for trees,thanks to their underground neighbors.The study is the first toshow that the growth of adult trees is linked to their participation in fungal(真菌)networksliving in the fo
32、rest soil.Though past research has focused on young trees,these findings givenew insight into the importance of fungal networks to older trees which are moreenvironmentally beneficial for functions like capturing carbon.“Large trees make up the main part of the forest,so they drive what the forest i
33、s doing,”said researcher Joseph Birch,who led the study.When they live in the forest soil,fungalnetworks act as a sort of highway,allowing water,nutrients and compounds to flow back andforth among the trees.The network also helps nutrients flow to resource-limited trees like familyunits that support
34、 one another in times of stress.Cores taken from 350 Douglas firs(花 旗 松)showed that annual tree ring growth wasrelated to the extent of fungal connections a tree had with other trees.They had much highergrowth than those that had only a few connections.The research also showed that trees withmore co
35、nnections to many unique fungi had much greater growth than those with only one ortwo connections.“If you have this network that is helping trees grow faster,that helps capturemore carbon year after year.These networks may help trees grow more steadily even asconditions become more stressful,and cou
36、ld even help protect them against death.”said Birch.Birch hopes his findings lead to further studies in different kinds of forests in othergeographical areas,because its likely that the connections among trees change from year to year.He said,“Knowing whether fungal networks are operating the same w
37、ay in other tree speciescould inform how we reforest areas after harvesting them,and inform how we plant trees topreserve these networks.”32.In what way do the new findings differ from the previous ones?A.They reveal the value of fungal networks to adult trees.B.They clarify misunderstandings of fun
38、gal networks.C.They demonstrate a new way to capture carbon.D.They confirm the benefits of fungal networks.学科网（北京）股份有限公司高二英语试题 第 7页（共 12 页）33.How do fungal networks help trees?A.By acting as the center of family units.B.By maintaining the balance of resources.C.By fighting against diseases.D.By bett
39、ering forest soil conditions.34.What does the underlined“those”refer to in Paragraph 3?A.Tree rings.B.Cores from Douglas firs.C.Douglas firs.D.Fungal networks.35.What can be inferred from what Joseph Birch has put?A.The fungal networks support one another in times of stress.B.The fungal networks ena
40、ble us to know more about reforestation.C.The findings can apply to different kinds of forests in other geographical areas.D.The fungal networks will help trees grow more steadily if conditions become morestressful.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）根据下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Is Managing
41、Kids Screen Time a Good Idea?Screen time is a big topic of conversation in todays households,particularly during thepandemic when online education hours have multiplied for many students.36.Theyhope to spare their kids from the countless challenges that technology can bring.Yet thechallenges of scre
42、en time overuse seldom come from kids devices themselves,but rather fromthe tense relationships that technology can bring to families.37.But technology haspositive benefits too.Since every child and family is different,managing screen time calls forjoint family decision-making.If parents believe the
43、y can manage a childs screen time through adolescence,they are notonly fooling themselves but also inviting relationship trouble with their teens.It is a myth tothink that parents can or should manage their kids screen time through authoritarian restrictions,even during elementary school.38.When chi
44、ldren are left out of those decisions,theyoften become less communicative with parents and siblings.This is the opposite of what parentswant to achieve.39.From early ages,children are quite capable of understanding that a good lifeinvolves awareness and balance.Just as they learn right from wrong,an
45、d good from bad,theycan also learn to use technology in healthy ways.Learning how to regulate oneself and develop学科网（北京）股份有限公司高二英语试题 第 8页（共 12 页）healthy behaviors is one of the primary tasks of childhood and adolescence.What happens whenan adult tries to regulate a child is that the child misses out
46、 on the opportunity to learn forthemselves.Enforced restrictions can also make children feel helpless and less confident.To be clear,this article is not suggesting that families never use apps or trackers,or thatthere should be no restrictions on screen time.40.Parents should give voice to childrena
47、nd involve them in the planning and decision-making process.A.Of course,there are websites that are unhealthy for kids to access.B.The alternative is to involve children in decisions that govern screen time.C.However,every family needs a family media plan between family members.D.The goal is to see,
48、hear,feel,and understand how children view screen time.E.To manage childrens screen time,parents have invested in apps and trackers.F.To get children involved,parents should trust and develop kids self-awareness.G.What it is suggesting is that parents look at managing screen time in a different way.
49、第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。My mother looks just like many grandmothers short and white-haired.She comes froman old,traditional family in Canada,where she now still lives.She was a civil servant.In short,she didnt do41things.That all ch
50、anged a few years ago.She began to42me with what she described as“independence”.At that time,I didnt fully understand what she was doing.In early 2015,the year she turned 75,she informed me shed43a seven-night trip toTurkey,and that she was going alone.There was no way I could44that.A little old lad
51、ynot speaking a word of Turkish,with no45of the laws and customs of the land it wasimpossible!My mother paid no attention to me.Off she went.When she returned,she told us it hadbeen a wonderful success.As it46,she had barely spent any time alone,after47ataxi driver to show her around.He introduced h
52、er to a rug vendor(地毯商)Mustafa,“alovely fellow”,and she bought some rugs.The vendor had taken her address details andpromised to48them to Canada.学科网（北京）股份有限公司高二英语试题 第 9页（共 12 页）I couldnt believe her naivety(幼稚)and explained that she had been49.The vendorhad her money.She neither had nor would be rec
53、eiving any rugs.Well,I was50.To my great shock,her rugs did arrive some weeks later,along with a lovely note fromMustafa.To my even greater surprise,the following year Mustafa himself arrived in Canada.“I invited him for a cup of tea and he came,”my mother told me.I was51becauseshe hardly knew this
54、man!But again,she paid little attention to me,telling me to stop being silly.I wondered:“Is she not thinking straight?”52I worried about her,Mum wasthinking straighter than most of us.Her53seemed to be based on a realization that life needs to be lived,when theresrelatively little of it left.It54me
55、of the line“Get busy living or get busy dying.”I dont think Mum knows what her next big“thing”is going to be.But I am sure,she isopen to any55,which is something we all probably need right now.Live life to the fullest.41.A.complexB.crazyC.boringD.rude42.A.surpriseB.amuseC.comfortD.attract43.A.missed
56、B.takenC.offeredD.booked44.A.allowB.demandC.rememberD.cancel45.A.intentionB.knowledgeC.viewD.fear46.A.turned outB.came trueC.made senseD.went ahead47.A.trainingB.leadingC.hiringD.refusing48.A.inviteB.sellC.switchD.ship49.A.dominatedB.ignoredC.cheatedD.abandoned50.A.rightB.luckyC.seriousD.wrong51.A.f
57、rightenedB.depressedC.disappointedD.ashamed52.A.IfB.SinceC.WhileD.Once53.A.promotionB.interactionC.independenceD.preference54.A.curedB.warnedC.informedD.reminded55.A.pleasureB.adventureC.freedomD.beauty学科网（北京）股份有限公司高二英语试题 第 10页（共 12 页）第二节（共 3 篇，10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分）阅读下列短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词，或括号内单词的正确
58、形式。AWhat impresses people most about Yuan Longping is his ongoing ability to fulfil his dreams.He succeeded in56(produce)a kind of rice that could feed more people at home andabroad.His latest vision for“seawater rice”has also become a reality,and57(potential)opened up nearly one million square kilo
59、metres of58(salt)land in China for riceproduction.59his advanced years,Yuan Longping is still young at heart and full ofvision.BThe birth of the worlds first cloned arctic wolf on June 10 is a milestone for the60(apply)of cloning technology and is of great significance to biodiversity,the protection
60、 of wildlife andthe restoration of endangered species.lt is understood61the arctic wolvesancestral origin62(survive)the Ice Ageover300,000 years ago.They have the ability63(stand)extremely cold temperatures andinhabit many snowy regions around the globe.64,due to constant threats from poachers(偷猎者)a
61、nd erosion of their habitat,nowarctic wolves65(include)in the International Union for Conservation of Natures Red Listof Endangered Species.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（满分 15 分）科技的日新月异让人们对未来的生活更加充满期待。厦门市湖滨中学正在开展“Life inthe Future”主题征文活动，请你写一篇短文投稿，描述未来生活，可以涉及环境、交通、健康等方面。注意：1.写作词数应为 80 左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
62、。Life in the Future学科网（北京）股份有限公司高二英语试题 第 11页（共 12 页）第二节（满分 25 分）阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。The Overturned BinsI weaved my cart around table after table of hungry customers.“Char siu bao(叉烧包),”Icalled out.“Barbecue pork buns!”It was Saturday morningthe height of the yum cha(brunch)rush-and
63、everyone in theneighborhood knew that Grandma Wus restaurant was the place to go for the warmest tea andthe freshest dim sum.Grandmas array(大量)of shareable Chinese dishes was irresistible,and a line of customersalways formed out the door.Knowing I wanted to be part of the excitement,my parents agree
64、d tolet me help at the restaurant on weekends.The yummy sweet scent of the barbecue pork-filled bao followed me around the room,andit wasnt long before I was handing out the last bamboo steamer basket and marking down theorder on a customers stamp card.With my cart now empty,I was free to enjoy some
65、 ofGrandmas cooking myself.l took my break at the tiny table in the alley behind the restaurant.I poured myself some teaand peeled the little square of paper off the bottom of my bao.But just as I was about to take myfirst bite,1noticed something odd.Our garbage bins had been knocked over!How could
66、those have fallen?I wondered.Trash and half-eaten dim sum littered theground.After devouring(狼吞虎咽)my treats,I found my dad inside.We put on some plasticgloves and quickly picked up the mess.When we were finished,we washed our hands,and Iheaded back into the restaurant to help with the rest of the ru
67、sh.l forgot all about the mystery of the knocked-over bins until the last customer had left.I wasabout to follow Dad to take the trash out to the alley.“KABOOM!”Upon hearing the loud noise,we rushed out and found that the garbage bins had tipped over again!Could it have been the wind?As we cleaned u
68、p for a second time,I looked at the darkeningsky.A storm was heading our way,but the tree branches were barely moving.So what hadcaused the bins to fall over?学科网（北京）股份有限公司高二英语试题 第 12页（共 12 页）注意：1.续写词数应为 150 左右：2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Thats when I noticed two yellow eyes staring at me.With the rain picking up,the poor cat was too scared to come out of his hiding spot.
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