湖北省荆荆襄宜四地七校2022-2023学年高二下学期期中联考英语试题

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2023 年春“荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟”
高二期中联考
英语试卷
本试卷满分 150 分。考试用时 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。
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，交回答题卡。
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。录音内容结束后，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。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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15.
答案是 C。
1. Where are the speakers probably now?
A. On Church Street. B. On Renton Street. C. On King Street.
2. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Neighbors. B. Colleagues. C. Strangers.
3. What will the woman buy?
A. Some apples. B. Some grapes. C. Some bananas.
4. How does the man probably feel?
A. Worried. B. Excited. C. Bored.
5. When will the party start?
A. At 7:00. B. At 9:00. C. At 9:30.
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、7题。
6. What will they do?
A. Go to a picnic. B. Eat in a restaurant. C. Buy some sandwiches.
7. What will the speakers take to eat?
A. Chicken legs. B. Pasta salad. C. Cheese sandwiches.
听第 7段材料，回答第 8、9题。
8. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Wedding arrangement. B. Book sharing. C. Room reservation.
9. What does the woman say about the rooms?
A. They are fully booked.
B. A few of them are available.
C. There is no single room left.
听第 8段材料，回答第 10 至12 题。
10. Why does the woman call?
A. To join a band. B. To buy a guitar. C. To ask about guitar classes.
11. What class is more suitable for Ellie?
A. Spanish classes. B. Spanish guitar classes. C. Rock guitar classes.
12. How much is a lesson this year?
A. £11.50. B. £12.00. C. £12.50.
听第 9段材料，回答第 13 至16 题。
13. Where is the man’s new house?
A. Near the river. B. Opposite the library. C. Next to the park.
14. What does the man like about his new house?
A. The garden. B. The kitchen. C. The living room.
15. What has the man bought for his new bedroom?
A. A chair. B. A clock. C. A bookcase.
16. What do we know about the man’s new house?
A. It’s made of wood. B. It has a red roof. C. It’s painted white.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至20 题。
17. Why is the Music Day held?
A. To prepare for a concert.
B. To give a musical performance.
C. To give students professional teaching.
18. What will students do first on the Music Day?
A. Take a class. B. Watch a performance. C. Choose an instrument.
19. What is the plan for 6 p.m.?
A. To watch DVDs. B. To change clothes. C. To prepare the stage.
20. Who is the speaker probably speaking to?
A. Professional musicians. B. School teachers. C. Music students.
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
Have your ever tried podcasts （播客）? If you wish to feel happier, or just learn random things, click here.
Here are some of the most exciting podcast series that can help you through your learning journey.
Ten percent happier
It was created after Dan Harris, a journalist, had a panic attack on live national television. This led him to try
meditation to heal. During this journey, he wrote the book 10% Happier, which talks about the stages of his
development. After the book became a best-seller, Dan Harris created the podcast, inviting special guests, such as
meditation teachers and scientists to talk about personal development.
Delicious ways to feel better
Ella Woodward is known as a writer and businesswoman who owns the blog “Deliciously Ella”. She approaches
a sensitive subject about our relationship with food. This podcast can help you fix your negative food experiences
with positive ones, which can result in enjoying all types of food in moderation and respecting your body’s natural
hunger cues.
Power hour
Sometimes, it’s challenging to see our true value within ourselves, which stops us from improving. If you’ve
been down lately, you may want to check out this podcast. “Power Hour” was created by Adrienne Herbert, a
wellness professional. She talks about motivation, trends, career paths and anything about self-improvement.
Professionals are invited to discuss important matters.
Routines and ruts
Sometimes, keeping your habits in place when life is putting you down is not that easy. “Routines and Ruts” can
help you make a significant change in your life. The podcast is produced by Madeleine Dore, a writer who likes to
explore how we can spend our days in a balanced way that includes both productivity and relaxation. She also has
some interesting guests.
21. Where is this text probably taken from?
A. A travel brochure. B. A website.
C. A course plan. D. A scientific report.
22. Which podcast is targeted at people who are interested in diet advice?
A. Power hour. B. Ten percent happier.
C. Routines and ruts D. Delicious ways to feel better.
23. What do the four podcasts have in common?
A. They are based on popular books.
B. They often invite famous professionals.
C. They are all created by experienced writers.
D. They may contribute to our personal growth.
B
It is hard to say I was a runner years ago. The longest I had ever run was 5 km. What’s more, I didn’t like
running. No matter how hard I tried, every so often I would fasten my old shoes, walk out of the house with heavy
steps, get less than a mile in and wonder why I was bothering, especially when there are many more satisfying ways
of exercising.
Before last summer, I had never taken part in any kind of race at all. But at the end of July, I completed a
triathlon（三项全能）after two weeks’ training. At the end of it came the run—which ended up more like a walk.
Then I realized something about it attracted me. The extremely painful fun of doing something I hated and was
unprepared for turned out to be an excitement. The difficulty felt like something to test my abilities.
When an invitation of the Berlin Marathon dropped onto my desk a few weeks after the triathlon, it felt like a
change of fate. After the triathlon, I didn’t say I should start running at once. Was it because I hate running? In fact, in
course of running I enjoyed the joy of exceeding my limits. I felt necessary to find out again where those limits might
lie. So I said yes.
Training for a marathon often takes at least 20 weeks or more. The training plan becomes something to stop me
worrying when the race seems too frightening. This worry feels impossible to avoid, but there is something equally
sure about the training plan: if I follow it, then I have done everything I can; if I do everything I can, then I won’t
regret what comes at the end.
24. What aspect of the triathlon drew the writer?
A. The special feeling of facing a challenge.
B. The fun of walking to the finish line.
C. The excitement of winning a race.
D. The two-week painful training.
25. Why did the writer accept the invitation of the Berlin Marathon?
A. He was eager to change his destiny.
B. He wasn’t supposed to stop running.
C. He wanted to realize his full potential.
D. He was keen on taking part in another triathlon.
26. Which of the following words can best describe the writer?
A. Patient and pessimistic. B. Courageous and determined.
C. Helpful and persistent. D. Energetic and changeable.
27. What can be learned from the text?
A. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
B. Challenge ourselves to live without regrets.
C. Life is full of challenges that can’t be avoided.
D. Exercise is to the body what reading is to the mind.
C
In Silent Spring, a book that she referred to as her “poison book”, Rachel Carson revealed the damaging effects
of the abuse of chemical pesticides on the environment. She focused mainly on the insecticide DDT, which had been
considered “one of the greatest discoveries of World War II” for its ability to kill insects and was routinely used in
homes and on crops.
Carson called for much greater caution against this great discovery. Though the scientific community already
knew of the dangers, Carson was the first to make the information accessible to a mass audience in her book. “She
wrote for the general public, not the scientific community,” says Linda Lear, author of Rachel Carson: Witness for
Nature. “Readers, including housewives who used a lot of these chemicals, were shocked at what they learned.”
The public’s first taste of Silent Spring actually came in June 1962 when The New Yorker ran three excerpts（节
选）. By the time it was published that fall, it was in such high demand that it became an instant bestseller.
As expected, the reaction from the chemical companies was severe. One industry spokesperson
dismissed Carson’s claims as “absurd”. Others accused her of being a terrible woman. The president of the company
that made DDT said Carson wrote “not as a scientist, but as a crazy defender of the balance of nature.”
Fortunately, Carson decided the personal risks were worth it. Shortly after her book was published, President
Kennedy was asked at a conference if the government would look into the long-term effects of pesticides. He
responded, “Yes, and I know they already are. I think, particularly, of course, since Miss Carson’s book.” Just as
William Souder, author of On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, says, “Carson changed the
conversation about the environment, thinking of humankind as part of nature, not above it.”
28. Who might be the intended readers of Silent Spring?
A. Environmentalists. B. Ordinary people. C. Scientists. D. Businessmen.
29. What does the underlined word “dismissed” mean in paragraph 4?
A. Criticized. B. Recognized. C. Abandoned. D. Praised.
30. What can we infer from the text?
A. The profit of human beings should come first.
B. Silent Spring enjoyed great popularity before 1962.
C. Carson was the first to discover the danger of DDT.
D. William Souder thinks highly of Carson and her book.
31. What can be the best title for the text?
A. DDT: One of the Greatest Discoveries in the World
B. Rachel Carson: Introducing Readers to the Natural World
C. A “Poison Book”: Awakening the World to the Danger of DDT
D. Silent Spring: Winning the Approval of People from all Walks of Life
D
One key element of human language is the connection of words with meanings. Scientists had long thought that
unlike our words, animal vocalizations （发出的声音） were involuntary, showing the feelings of the animal
without communicating any other information. However, over the last forty years, many studies have shown that
different animals have different calls with specific meanings. Interestingly, the most impressive are birds.
Many bird species use different alarm calls for different predators （捕食性动物）. Japanese tits, which nest in
tree holes, have one call that causes their young to lower down to avoid being pulled out of the nest by crows, and
another call for tree snakes that sends the young jumping out of the nest completely. And black-capped chickadees
change the number of “dees” in their calls to indicate the size and threat of predators.
Besides alarm calls, many bird species use recruitment calls that gather other members of their species. Japanese
tits add alarm calls to recruitment calls to create a sort of call to arm, gathering their partner members to attack and
drive off a predator. When the birds hear this call, they approach the caller while scanning for danger.
Scientists led by Professor Toshitaka Suzuki of Kyoto University discovered that the order of the combined calls
matters to the Japanese tits. When Suzuki’s team played a recorded “alarm + recruitment” call to tits, it gets a much
stronger response than a “recruitment + alarm” call. However, this could simply be explained by the birds responding
to the combined calls without knowing the parts of the combination, but the scientists tried to clarify this question
from different angles.
32. What do we know about animal vocalizations?
A. They are produced unconsciously.
B. They lack meaningful information.
C. They are difficult for scientists to understand.
D. They are connected with particular meanings.
33. How does the writer develop paragraph 2?
A. By the order of time. B. By the order of space.
C. By providing examples. D. By making comparisons.
34. What’s the reaction of Japanese tits to a predator?
A. They jump out of their nests immediately.
B. They change the number of “dees” in their calls.
C. They combine alarm calls with recruitment calls.
D. They approach the predator while looking for danger.
35. What will the text talk about next?
A. Other reasons for the birds’ different responses.
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