1、丰城中学2022-2023学年上学期高二创新班期中考试英语试卷命题范围：高考范围 考试时间：120分钟 总分值：150分 第一部分：听力（共两节 满分30分）第一节 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 woman like to put in her tea? A. Ice. B. Sugar. C. Milk.2. What would the man like to do this aft
2、ernoon? A. Go surfing. B. Lie in the sun. C. Swim in the pool.3. How did the woman conclude that the water is unsafe? A. She noticed its strange color.B. She read about it on a website.C. She called the water department.4. How much will the man pay? A. $6.B. $18.C. $30.5.What is the conversation mai
3、nly about? A. Canceling an ID card. B. Moving to a new home. C. Getting a new card.第二节听下面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、7题。6. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At a theater. B. At a school. C. At t
4、he mans home.7. What does the woman seem to think about drummers? A. Theyre admirable. B. They arent very talented. C. Theyre the best musicians.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. When is it quiet upstairs? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the middle of the night.9. Why are the neighbors probably afrai
5、d of the woman according to herself? A. She calls them at midnight.B. She knocks at their door at midnight.C. She hits the ceiling with a stick at midnight.10. What will the man probably do next? A. Talk with Mr. Ramos. B. Go check out the Ramos apartment.C. Kick Mr. Ramos and his family out of the
6、building.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What will happen to the woman at the beginning of the next year? A. She will have fewer projects.B. She will have new responsibilities.C. She will have a new position at work.12. How much does the man suggest the woman spend on clothes? A. $200. B. $300.C. $800.13. Who
7、is the man probably talking to? A. His colleague. B. His wife.C. His boss.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Why did the man probably choose to eat an apple? A. It helps him to eat less. B. Its his favorite fruit. C. Its good to cure his illness.15. Why wouldnt the man want to exercise? A. He is busy with work.B.
8、 He is too lazy to lose weight.C. He may feel embarrassed about his figure.16. How does the man probably feel about running? A. Excited.B. Annoyed.C. Unconfident.17. When will the speakers go for a walk? A. In the evening.B. In the afternoon. C. In the morning.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What can be found
9、 near Hongcun? A. The village of Leigang. B. Mount Huangshan. C. Four ancient trees.19. What represents the “legs” of Hongcun? A. Houses.B. Rivers.C. Bridges.20. What do we know about Xidi from the talk? A. It has a small museum. B. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.C. Its architecture is the best
10、of its kind in China.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。(每小题2分)ATo improve a high schoolers chance of getting into a top university the summer programs allow young students to explore fields of interest and get a taste of college life.Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP)TASP is
11、a six-week program allowing high school freshman from around the world to grow their sense of interpersonal awareness and community responsibility. Its completely free, including the cost of tuition, books and even travel.Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES)This week-long program
12、 aimed at all US high school students can help them develop the skills necessary for future job in engineering while learning about the value and reward of acquiring advanced technical degrees MITES is freethe only expense is the transportation to and from MIT.Clark Scholar Program (CSP)High school
13、students coming from across the globe are offered the unique opportunity to gain hands-on research experience in mathematics field while working one on one with teaching staff over four intense weeks. Everything is free for chosen applicants except their meals.JCampThe seven-week one brings high sch
14、ool freshman and sophomores from various backgrounds together for participating in sessions and workshops led by notable journalists where students can get hands-on training in journalism. JCamp is free if selected-participants only need to pay for the board.21. What can be expected of MITES?A. It i
15、s accessible to worldwide students.B. It lays a foundation for career prospect.C. It makes no extra charge for transportation.D. It awards students advanced technical degrees.22. Which program is suitable for a UK high schooler with up to 5 spare weeks?A. TASP.B. MITES.C. CSP.D. JCamp.23. What is th
16、e shared goal of the programs?A. To seek for one-on-one instruction.B. To develop a sense of social duty.C. To get participants better prepared for college.D. To advertise some majors of the top universities.BImagine that you take a walk around your yard or nearby park and immediately, the sounds of
17、 an insect band surround you. Produced by the muscular movements of insects called treehopper (角蝉), this imagined soundscape comes from vibrations(共鸣、振动)that flow across the surface of plants. But it is not at all like the familiar vocalizations of crickets(蟋蟀); instead, its something richer, more v
18、aried. Some sounds are song-like, others are similar to the noises of machines or musical instruments. The noise made from even a single plant may be “as noisy as a busy street”.In An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, Pulitzer prize-winning science journalist Ed Yo
19、ng explains that, on a real walk instead of this one weve imagined, humans would not be able to hear the treehoppers music without special equipment. In the company of scientists with a laser vibrometer(振动计), a device that changes the treehopper vibrations into sounds audible to human ears, Yong get
20、s to hear them in the wild and in the laboratory. He is shocked by the attractive sounds.In this book that follows on from 2018s I Contain Multitudes, Yong writes in a perfect balance of scientific severity and personal awe as he invites readers to grasp something of how other animals experience the
21、 world. Communicating through surface vibrations is a rather cool example that extends beyond treehoppers to elephants and spiders, and to this fact about frogs. Attuned to vibrations entering the eggs, frog hatches quickly if a snake shows up with a hard bite, but ignore rain, wind, footsteps and e
22、ven an earthquake.My admiration for the book is, well, immense. Like many thousands of other people, I have relied throughout the course of COVID-19 on Yongs reporting at The Atlantic as he cracked open the fast-changing world of pandemic science. Now, with An Immense World, Yong brings into beautif
23、ul focus a host of other animal sensory worlds that co-exist with ours, and how we may protect them.24. How does the soundscape come about according to paragraph 1?A. It comes from humans muscles.B. It arises from the vocalizations of crickets.C. It comes from an imaginable world.D. It arises from v
24、ibrations flowing across the surface of plants.25.Why can Yong hear the treehoppers music?A. Because of a laser device. B. Because of the surface of plants.C. Because of the nature of the insects. D. Because of the special imaginable environment.26. What can we learn about An Immense World?A. It app
25、eals to all kinds of peoples. B. It is aimed at protecting the animals.C. It is scheduled to be published next year. D. It describes a virtual world full of animals.27. What is the text?A. A news report. B. A historical novel. C. A book review. D. A personal biography.CStanford University researcher
26、s have developed a device called a nature-inspired aerial grasper, or SNAG, which can be attached to a quadcopter drone (四轴无人机) to give it feet and legs like those of an eagle. When equipped with the device, the drone is able to fly around catching and carrying objects and perching (栖息)on various su
27、rfaces, according to a Stanford news release dated Dec. 1, 2021, describing the work.But copying the flexibility of birds wasnt easy to do. The researchers shot videos of small parrots flying back and forth between special perches that contained sensors to measure the physical forces of landing, per
28、ching and takeoff.“What surprised us was that they did the same aerial military exercise, no matter what surfaces they were landing on,” one of the researchers, William Roderick, explained in the news release. “They let the feet handle the variability and complexity of the surface texture itself,” h
29、e said.Giving a drone similar abilities required technological feat. SNAG has a 3D-printed structure that imitates an eagles lightweight bones, and each of its legs is equipped with a motor for moving back and forth and a second one for grasping.Mechanisms in the robots legs are designed to absorb i
30、mpact energy and passively change it into grasping force, the way that a birds muscles would. As a result, a drone equipped with the device can grasp something strongly in just 20 milliseconds. Once the robots feet are wrapped around a perch, its ankles lock and an accelerometera device that measure
31、s vibration-detects the landing and activates a balancing algorithm (算法)to stabilize it on the perch.Elsewhere, researchers at other institutions also have been working for years on giving drones the ability to land and hang onto something. As this 2019 Smithsonian article explains, being able to la
32、nd in various places helps drones to conserve energy that would expend by having to remain in the air. Thats important, because the flight time of robotic aircrafts is limited by their battery power.28. What inspired the SNAGs development?A. The way parrots perch.B. The military exercise.C. The 3D-p
33、rinted technology.D. The eagles lightweight bones.29. What makes the drones grabbing something strongly so quickly possible?A. The powerful battery.B. Their ability to imitate parrots taking off.C. The application of advanced flying techniques.D. The mechanical devices modeling a birds muscles.30. W
34、hat can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Flight time is not vital to the drones.B. After 2019, researchers quit efforts to improve flight time.C. Flight time has been a problem before this study.D. Researching the ability to land and hang onto something is meaningless.31. What is the most suitabl
35、e title for the text?A. Drones, an application to the militaryB. Robotic drones, really like birdsC. Robotic drones, a comparison of birdsD. Quadcopter drones, advanced technologyDSince the beginning of the summer in 2022, China has been sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades. A number of pe
36、ople in Zhejiang, Henan, Jiangsu and Sichuan provinces were diagnosed with thermoplegia (热射病), the most severe form of heatstroke, and some even died of this disease. In a warming world, the hazards of heatwaves are increasing. According to a study, the number of deaths caused by heatwaves in China
37、has increased rapidly since 1979, from 3,679 persons per year in the 1980s to15,500 persons per year in the 2010s. “Over the past four decades， the main drivers of the large increase in heatwave-related deaths in China are the rapid increase in the frequency of heatwaves, followed by population grow
38、th, population aging, and rising baseline mortality(基线死亡率),”said Prof. Huang Cunrui, a researcher from Tsinghua University. High temperatures would accelerate the loss in soil moisture (水分) and hurt the growth of corn, cotton, trees and fruits. Whats more, each additional degree of warming will incr
39、ease crop losses to insects by 10-25 percent, threatening food security for billions of people. China has witnessed a range of extreme weather events, including heavy rainfall, flooding, tornadoes and record heatwaves this year. Meteorological officials said the country had an average temperature of
40、 21. 3 degrees Celsius in June, 0. 9 degrees Celsius higher than the same period on average, and the highest record for the same period since 1961. Experts say that while extreme summer heat is not entirely new, these sorts of occurrences could be something that becomes a standard part of life, requ
41、iring people to start learning how to cope with heatwaves that may continue for the rest of summer and well into the future. Remember that even healthy, young athletes can be harmed by extreme heat, so every activity, indoors or outdoors, should be evaluated when extreme heat hits. There are some wa
42、ys to stay safe during extreme heat events, such as drinking plenty of water, looking for shade or remaining in shade when outside, and avoiding cooking large meals that can add heat to your indoor environment.32. What does the underlined word “hazards” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Discussions B.
43、 Studies. C. Causes.D. Dangers.33. What is the main reason for the growing heatwave-related deaths in China?A. The aging of the population.B. The larger amount of outdoor workers. C. The increasing frequency of heatwaves.D. The rise in the number of the total population.34. What can we infer from pa
44、ragraph 4?A. Rural areas suffer more from heatwaves than cities.B. China has witnessed the worst climate ever in 2022.C. High temperatures have negative effects on agriculture.D. Climate change contributes to the decline in insect species.35. What does the author intend to tell us in the last paragr
45、aph?A. Ways to deal with extreme heat.B. The trend of heatwaves in the future.C. The importance of keeping healthy in summer.D. Influences of global warming on the environment.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Helping Your Teen Understand the Value of MoneyIt seems that t
46、here are more things for teens to spend money on than ever. There are expensive clothes, video games, MP3 players, and more. _36_ Thats why its important to help them understand the value of money.Start teaching your children about money early. Starting around age 10, give them a few dollars every w
47、eek for them to spend however they want. _37_ But let them choose what they want to do. Dont set limits on what they can spend it on, and dont continually buy them things they want. Theyll soon learn that if they spend all their money as soon as they get it, they wont be able to afford more expensiv
48、e things they want.You should also start early introducing your children to budgets (预算) and how much things cost. Have them go to the store with you or watch you pay the bills. _38_As your child gets older, about 13 or 14, increase their pocket money as you increase their responsibility. Once theyr
49、e more responsible, give them a budget for something bigger like clothes and make them stick to it.Eventually, your child will probably get a job. _39_ Have them put some into a savings account to use for college or other pursuits. Let them use the rest as mad money to spend however they want. If yo
50、ure worried about what theyre buying, open them a checking account you can monitor._40_ It takes many small steps. Remember that they will probably mess up along the way, but mistakes are how they learn.A. Help them choose a well-paid job.B. And you can also encourage them to pay the bills.C. Take t
51、his opportunity to teach them about savings.D. Soon theyll realize how much some things really cost.E. Make the pocket money dependent on doing housework.F. Teaching your child the value of money will not happen overnight.G. If you arent made of money, its hard to give your kids everything they want
52、.第三部分 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）We were designing a wheelchair for the engineering course. Based on my experience, I believed steel would be too _41_ and aluminum (铝) would be lighter. But the student who insisted on using steel once worked at a bike shop; _42_ I didnt know better, having used _4
53、3_ only for crafts (手工艺). A few days later, when the steel wheelchair arm kept _44_ because of its weight, I felt I had been _45_.I liked crafting but when I took engineering in college, I put this _46_ aside because I didnt think it was _47_ to my academic work. I told myself engineering adequately
54、 fed my creative side and I didnt _48_ the hobby.Although the wheelchair project was a _49_ that my crafting might be important and relevant, I continued to _50_ bringing it up in professional spaces.My _51_ didnt change until one day when I felt restless and _52_ crafting as an outlet. While puttin
55、g liquid into a mold, I _53_ “injection molding”a standard engineering manufacturing process. I suddenly realized that in the _54_ sense, this art is not injection molding, but it shares the spirit and probably some _55_. Maybe my crafting was something I should hug rather than hide.Soon I saw more
56、examples of _56_ between engineering and craft that I had previously _57_. I saw how crafting taught me not to quit when my product didnt _58_ my initial vision and to consider the failed _59_ as a learning experience, just as an engineer must.So I took up crafting again and also stopped _60_ it fro
57、m others.41. A. expensiveB. hardC. uglyD. heavy42. A. originallyB. surelyC. previouslyD. embarrassingly43. A. metalB. toolsC. wheelsD. technique44. A. fallingB. wavingC. shakingD. breaking45. A. luckyB. confusedC. rightD. disappointed46. A. abilityB. hobbyC. ideaD. opportunity47. A. relevantB. equal
58、C. newD. similar48 A. likeB. developC. abandonD. need49. A. chanceB. hintC. possibilityD. demand50. A. tryB. keepC. practiceD. avoid51. A. goalB. methodC. attitudeD. fate52. A. referred toB. looked forC. held onD. turned to53. A. pointed outB. stared atC. thought ofD. focused on54. A. medicalB. soci
59、alC. technicalD. mental55. A. skillsB. benefitsC. examplesD. materials56. A. conflictsB. connectionsC. advantagesD. differences57. A. overlookedB. discoveredC. usedD. learned58. A. meetB. matchC. suitD. improve59. A. testB. agreementC. creationD. project60. A. keepingB. borrowingC. separatingD. hidi
60、ng第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。In this region of Yunnan, the Naxi people make up the 61 (major) of the population. Many tourists visit the region these days, 62 (hear) of the fascinating culture of the Naxi and other ethnic groups. Its 63 (possible) not to fall for the
61、city of Lijiang, with its maze of cobbled streets. Some tourists have been lucky enough to be put up by friendly Naxi people, so if you _64_(offer) accommodation, think it over before you book into a guesthouse. 65 _(accommodate) by a local family is a good way to learn about another culture. Explor
62、ing the old city is 66 experience not to be missed. You may think you will get lost in the tiny streets, 67 _ dont let this stop you! _68_(go) on down the cobbled streets towards the river, and its very likely 69 you will come 70 musicians playing traditional instruments.第四部分 写作（共两节）第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小
63、题1分，满分10分)请注意规范答题。Everybody needs have friends in life. But being a friend can sometime be hard work. Learn how to solve problems in friendship can make you a better friend and a happier person. An universal problem between friends is that they dont know why to talk with each other about difficult t
64、hings. When they are talking, they often get madly with each other. What can they do? It took time to learn how to communicate well, and it is important to understand why a friend gets angry to you when you say something. If you know which makes your friend angry, and you can try to talk about the problem in a different way.第二节 书面表达 （25分）假如你是李华，你们学校要举行一个主题为“Nature is our best teacher”的英语作文比赛，请根据你对下图的理解写一篇参赛文章，内容包括：1. 简要描述图画内容;2. 概述图画内容对你的启示。注意：1. 词数100左右;2. 可设当增加细节，以使行文连贯。_
