湖南省长沙市麓山国际实验学校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 麓山国际高二下期中考试
英 语
时量：120 分钟 满分：150 分
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
The Northumberland coast may, not be Britain’s best-known seaside destination, but it has an attractive and
interesting nature. This is a really special landscape.
The information below is meant to assist you book a place to put up while hiking along the coast.
Shoreside Huts, Alnmouth
Artistically designed camping huts(小屋) overlook the beach. Each hut has a wood, burner, super-comfortable
double bed, small kitchen and toilet. Prices from £80 per hut.
0166 5830554; alnmouthhuts.com
Bamburgh Castle Inn, Seahouses
This friendly waterfront inn has a fine beer garden with amazing views of the Farne Islands. There’s even a
spa and swimming-pool area for guests. Prices from £99 for a double.
0166 5720283; inncollectiongroup.com/bamburgh-castle-inn
The Lindisfarne Inn, Beal
A traditional country pub with comfortable rooms. This inn ideally lies, on the edge of the mainland causeway
overlooking Holy Island. Doubles from £80.
0128 9381233; inncollectiongroup.com/lindisfarne-inn
Berwick YHA, Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Located on the dockside beside the River Tweed, this unique youth hostel mixes modern and original features
and has an unusual Tower of Pisa-like lean. Rooms are basic and clean. Doubles from £39.
0345 3719676; yha.org.uk/hostel/yha-berwick
21. If you want to cook by yourself, you can contact _____________.
A. 0166 5720283 B. 0166 5830554 C. 0345 3719676 D. 0128 9381223
22. What is unique about Bamburgh Castle Inn?
A. It offers double beds.
B. It has an amazing view of the beach.
C. It enables guests to swim in the inn.
D. It has a mixture of modern and original features.
23. Which hotel best suits those who are tight on budget?
A. Shoreside Huts. B. Bamburgh Castle Inn. C. The Lindisfarne Inn. D. Berwick YHA.
B
At noon, I would race breathlessly home, a ten-minute walk from my school. My mother was waiting for me
with pleasure to have lunch while I shared what happened at school.
I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had rehearsed( 排练) my
lines so hard with me. But no matter how easily I acted at home, hardly had I stepped on stage when every word
escaped me. Finally, my teacher asked me to change to a narrator’s(解说员) part. Her word, kindly expressed, still
hurt, especially when I saw my part go to another girl.
I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day. But she sensed my pain. Instead of suggesting we practice
my lines, she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard.
Under the rose vine, we could see yellow dandelions(蒲公英), as if a painter had touched our landscape with
shades of gold. I watched my mother casually bend down by one dandelion. “I’m going to dig up all these weeds,”
she said, pulling it up by its roots. “From now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden.”
“But I like dandelions,” I argued. “All flowers are beautiful — even dandelions.”
My mother asked thoughtfully, “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” I nodded,
pleased I had won her over. “And that is true of people too,” she added. I burst into tears, a mixture of relief and
regret swelling up as I told her what had happened.
“But you will be a beautiful narrator,” she said, encouraging me as she did. “The narrator’s part is important,
too.” Composing myself gradually, I began to accept the narrator’s part. Then came the performance day. I was still
nervous, but it was at that very moment that I found a dandelion in my pocket. It was obvious that my mom secretly
put the flower there, which magically gave me confidence.
24. Why did the author get changed to the narrator’s part?
A. She was shy. B. She lacked practice.
C. She disliked the former role. D. She totally forgot the lines.
25. What did her mother do when the author felt upset?
A. Her mother made her realize every role counted.
B. Her mother insisted on her practicing the lines.
C. Her mother asked her what happened patiently.
D. Her mother immediately encouraged her to cheer up.
26. Which of the following can best describe the author’s mother?
A. Sympathetic but strict. B. Understanding and wise.
C. Passionate but anxious. D. Curious and easy-going.
27. What does the text mainly tell us?
A. All that glitters is not gold. B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. Constant dripping wears away a stone. D. Every individual can make a difference.
C
Ever been hungry enough to eat a house? Now, you actually could.
Food waste is a big problem in Japan and globally. Japan produced around 5.7 million tons of food waste in
2019. The government plans to reduce that by around 2.7 million tons by 2030. Tokyo University researchers Kota
Machida and Yuya Sakai have developed a way to transform food waste into cement( 水泥) for construction use
and more. This is the first-ever process created for making cement entirely from food waste. The researchers say
their product is four times as strong as traditional concrete. This particular cement can be used to make things like
tea cups or chairs as well. However, there’s one additional feature — it’s also edible(可食的).
Kota and Yuya are the intelligence behind the formation of Fabula Inc., a company with purposes of reducing
food waste, and helping fight global warming.
As expected, something this unique took years to develop. It took a few attempts to find just the right process.
Kota and Yuya created the unique technology while researching possible environmentally-friendly materials to
replace cement-based concrete. Cement production accounts for 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions.
After a few failures, they realized they could get the cement to bind(黏合) by adjusting the temperatures. “The
most challenging part was that each type of food waste requires different temperatures,” Yuya said. So the
researchers had to observe them and respond in time. In the experiments, Kota and Yuya have successfully made
cement using tea leaves, coffee grounds, cabbage and even lunchbox leftovers.
Fabula Inc. is currently working to make tea cups and furniture, but Yuya is thinking a little bit bigger. Their
product could provide relief in the form of edible emergency shelters in disaster ones. “For example, if food cannot
be delivered to the people, they could eat makeshift beds made out of food cement,” he said. To eat the material, a
person needs to break it apart and boil it.
28. Which is one of Kota and Yuya’s purposes in making use of food waste?
A. To handle climate change. B. To offer Fabula Inc. more cement.
C. To warn how serious food waste is. D. To extend concrete’s service life.
29. What did Kota and Yuya assess previously about making edible cement?
A. Its damage to the environment. B. Its cost of recycling the cement.
C. Its difficulties they would face. D. Its popularity among the public.
30. What made the experiment of making cement out of food waste harder?
A. Making sure to make cement tasty. B. Selecting correct food waste timely.
C. Getting cement broken apart easily. D. Regulating the temperatures constantly.
31. What does the underlined word “makeshift” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Bendable. B. Strong. C. Temporary. D. Commercial.
D
The term “quiet quitting” went viral last year, describing people who stay in their jobs but mentally take a step
back, for example, working the bare minimum and not making their job the center of their lives. Now in 2023, there
is a new workplace trend on the horizon, called “quiet hiring”.
Quiet hiring is a strategy used to fill the critical gaps in a company without hiring new employees. One
company has a limited amount of talent and needs to make a call about where it’s going to have the best impact.
This year it may need to add five more data scientists to its team to meet the strategic goals. As a solution, it may
move five employees from another department only for a short time, like data analysts in the human resources and
marketing department, into the five open data scientist roles.
In this case, the boss is saying, “We’re going to intentionally deprioritize( 降低优先级) support for HR and
marketing for the next six months so that we can increase the productivity of our data science team, and we are
saying this sound and clearly. Everyone knows this.” The important distinction with quiet hiring is that a company
is openly communicating with employees about its priorities and moving employees to areas that serve those
priorities, instead of just loading employees with more work or simply hiring more people.
While being assigned to a new role may seem scary, quiet hiring should be beneficial to employees. If you
were asked to take on additional responsibilities, it would indicate your value. Meantime you might say, “If it’s not
possible to increase my payment, can we make it so that I can work from home five days a week, reducing my
commute(通勤 ) costs? Or, could I work flexible hours, making it easier for me to live the rest of my life?” An
individual conversation may be ineffective. If you’re part of a department or team being asked to switch roles,
employ that power and approach human resources as a group.
32. What does the strategy of quiet hiring refer to?
A. Adding more positions. B. Training new employees.
C. Employing new talent secretly. D. Shifting existing staff to new posts.
33. What is the feature of a company’s handling quiet hiring?
A. Innovations are highly valued.
B. Personnel changes are announced beforehand.
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