湖南省长沙市雅礼中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题 含答案

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2022-2023-2 雅礼中学高二下期中考试
英 语
时量：120 分钟 满分：150 分
命题人：高二英语组 审题人：王满春、黄琼
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）略
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节 （共15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 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。
A
If you are looking for an amazing real-life castle, here are some good options for you.
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
The beauty of Neuschwanstein, situated high on a hill in southwest Bavaria, inspired one of America’s most
famous castles: Disneyland’s famed Sleeping Beauty castle. The slender spires and towering roofs are impressive,
but nothing compared to the brilliantly decorated interiors.
Windsor Castle, England
This castle is in the historic market town of Windsor that has been the family home to kings and queens for
over 1,000 years. The castle is the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world. Guests are welcome to tour year-
round. When the Royal Standard flag is flying from the castle’s Round Tower, the queen is home.
Eltz Castle, Germany
Medieval Eltz Castle, located in Wierschem of western Germany, was built in the 12th century and is named
for the family that still owns it today. Surrounded by forest, it was built on a 230-foot rock and features eight
towers that sit 115 feet in the sky. Inside, the castle still includes many of its original furnishings.
Bran Castle, Romania
Some people call Bran Castle, located southwest of Brasov, Romania, by another name: Dracula’s Castle. It’s
just one of many castles linked to that vampire( 吸血鬼) legend, but its dramatic architecture built on a steep cliff
helps it fill the part, and the castle does not shy away from the legend.
21. What do we know about Neuschwanstein Castle?
A. It is the highest castle in the world.
B. It is the blueprint of Sleeping Beauty castle.
C. It inspired a Disney movie.
D. It is plainly decorated inside.
22. Which of the following about Windsor Castle is true?
A. It is open throughout the year.
B. It has a history of less than 1,000 years.
C. The royal family don’t live there any longer.
D. You can see the queen whenever you go there.
23. What do the last two castles have in common?
A. They are related to vampire tales. B. They have special goods for sale.
C. They are both located on rocks. D. They were built in the 12th century.
B
Which’s more important: Your employee or your customer? A popular business expression is, “The customer
is always right.” But you should never say “always”.
The owners of a restaurant in Alaska won international praise after protecting their autistic(自闭的) employee.
When the employee delivered the wrong food to a customer’s house, that customer reacted violently and
unkindly. Even after the employee corrected the mistake, the customer continued to shout. And that same customer
was even rude to the restaurant owners’ daughter. So the owners “fired” the customer.
Restaurant owners P.J. and Spiro Gialopsos have added the customer to the restaurant’s “Do Not Deliver” list.
That customer is now persona non grata, Latin for “an unwelcome person”.
P.J. Gialopsos wrote on the restaurant’s Facebook page, “You would think the majority of the population
would have learned or at least heard about autism.”
Gialopsos said, “The employee has worked at the Little Italy Restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska, for two years.
He was very upset about the angry customer.”
Gialopsos describes the employee as a seriously gifted university student who is curious about the world. She
adds that the employee also has “an amazing personality, great sense of humor and a strong work ethic.”
“This employee is also one who will not have to deal with that rude customer anymore,” added Gialopsos.
Reached at home by reporters, Gialopsos says she is happy about the positive comments she and her husband
are receiving. By Tuesday afternoon, her Facebook posting about the incident received more than 30,000 “Likes”
and hundreds of positive comments. Comments and e-mails came from Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland,
Namibia and the United Arab Emirates.
Gialopsos said she spent a couple of emotional days crying over the posts on the Facebook page. She adds that
many parents from around the country who have children with autism wrote to her about the incident. “Their stories
broke my heart,” she said. Another comment on Facebook that she found “striking” is a woman who thanked them
for hiring someone who is “differently-abled”.
24. Why did the owners of the restaurant receive praise?
A. They would always put their customers first.
B. They had a “Do Not Deliver” list in their restaurant.
C. They fired a customer for hurting their autistic worker.
D. They promised to deliver food to their customers’ house.
25. What made the customer angry?
A. The employee acted unkindly.
B. He didn’t get the food he ordered.
C. The owners’ daughter was very impolite.
D. He was considered as an unwelcome person.
26. Why did Gialopsos cry when she read the posts on Facebook?
A. Because she was moved by others’ comments.
B. Because children with autism were thankful to her.
C. Because nobody understood what she had done.
D. Because stories on the Facebook page hurt her feelings.
27. Where is the text most probably taken from?
A. A restaurant guide. B. A news report. C. A research paper. D. A personal diary.
C
Saying farewell to someone you love, even for a night, can be difficult, much less saying goodbye for a
lifetime or forever in death. Juliet bid Romeo adieu(再见) for the evening with the words, “Parting is such sweet
sorrow.” Sweet sorrow is an oxymoron. But this seeming contradiction is true in the context of relationships.
Relationships are based on feelings, emotions, and passion. Deep friendships and loving relationships are
measured by the level of emotional attachment. Emotions intensify over time. People spend time with the people
they like. The more one person likes another person, the closer the relationship becomes. Each person in the
relationship
receives an emotional benefit from knowing the other person.
Saying goodbye means separating from the people who make up a significant part of your emotional identity.
Separation, even a temporary absence, from the people you have a deep emotional connection with can cause
sorrow because you will no longer be able to enjoy their company.
The sweet side of saying goodbye is the emotional fulfillment of being in a close relationship. The time spent
together is emotionally rewarding, especially if that person is seen as a soulmate. Humans are social beings. We
seek the love and comfort of other people. Loneliness devastates the human condition and leads to sadness. Sad
people will do anything they can to find fulfilling relationships. Likewise, happy people will do anything they can
to maintain or enhance relationships. Herein lies the essential point of the emotional problem.
The more intense relationships become, the more devastating the emotional loss that is felt upon separation.
The exhilaration of relationships cannot be truly measured without experiencing the overwhelming loss of a deep
emotional connection.
Enjoy the company of the person you are with as long as you can; knowing the pain you will feel at the end of
the relationship is the true measure of the relationship. If it doesn’t hurt to say goodbye, perhaps it wasn’t worth
saying hello.
28. Which of the word group can create the same effect as “sweet sorrow?
A. icy cold B. breathtaking sound C. deafening silence D. endless speech
29. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A. Saying goodbye is unavoidable in our daily life.
B. The companion of close friends can lessen sorrow.
C. A person’s identity is connected with relationship.
D. Separation is the sorrowful part of saying goodbye.
30. What gives a person emotional satisfaction in social life?
A. Making more communication with others.
B. Building deep emotional connections with others.
C. Comforting friends with love and intense feelings.
D. Being a thoughtful person by standing in others’ shoes.
31. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Sweet sorrow is very common in close relationships.
B. The pain of separation is the measure of relationships.
C. Human beings are eager to get emotional fulfillment.
D. Happiness is meaningless without sadness to compare it.
D
Bricks are one of the oldest known building materials, dating back thousands of years. But researchers at
Washington University in St. Louis have found a new use for bricks: as energy storage units. A team of engineers
and chemists have found a way to transform an ordinary house brick into a pseudo( 伪)-battery — allowing it to
conduct and store electricity. The bricks are powerful enough to illuminate(点亮) an LED light bulb and cost only
about $3 to make.
“I love the idea of adding value to things that are inexpensive, things that are affordable, things that we kind of
take for granted,” said Julio D’Arcy, an assistant professor of chemistry at Washington University and one of the
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