齐市第八高级中学2022-2023学年高二上学期9月开学考试英语科试卷
时间：90分钟 分值：150分
第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 (共10小题；每小题3分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
What’s the best book to read when you travel Of course, it is the book with the background of the story. Books will bring you closer to the places you visit. When it comes to the names of places and scenic spots, you can’t help thinking out of your mind and the scenery in front of you will become romantic.
Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple’s novel, which has recently been adapted into a movie, is told in emails, and stories. It follows Bee Branch trying to track down her mother.
Set in Seattle, Washington, this funny yet heart-breaking novel is a great companion as you visit landmarks mentioned in the book.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children is a fantastical novel that tells some of the histories of India.
Salman Rushdie’s story begins at midnight, on the night of India’s independence, when the 1,001 children born that hour are found to possess magical powers. Featuring magical realism, the book is set during 20th-century India.
A Wild Child’s Guide to Endangered Animals
From New York Times bestselling author Millie Marotta comes this great celebration of the animal kingdom. Stressing the difficulty of 43 endangered species from around the world, the book takes readers on a trip through freshwater, oceans, forests, mountains, deserts, grasslands and wetlands while learning about rare and well-known animals and their living places.
My Name is Red
The book, written by the Nobel Prize winner for Literature Orhan Pamuk, has been translated into more than 50 languages and published around the world.
It tells a story of a young man, who has been away from home for 12 years, coming back to his hometown in Istanbul. The book, painting detailed pictures and telling from many angles, encourages people to have a deeper thinking of life.
1. Which book suits people interested in exploring nature
A. Where’d You Go, Bernadette
B. Midnight’s Children
C. A Wild Child’s Guide to Endangered Animals
D. My Name is Red
2. What can we learn from the text
A. My Name is Red is about 20th-century India.
B. A Wild Child’s Guide to Endangered Animals sells best.
C. Where’d You Go, Bernadette was written in a serious style.
D. Midnight’s Children may attract people interested in fantasy.
3. What is the purpose of the text
A. To compare four books.
B. To recommend four books.
C. To show the meaning of travel.
D. To encourage people to travel.
B
When she was ten years old, Isadora Duncan dropped out of school to teach people dance. If that job was left to any other ten-year-old, it would have turned out frustrating, difficult, and a little discouraging.
But Duncan was different. Not only was she already talented enough to earn money even at that age, but she also had a rare kind of confidence that helped her treat troubles as fuel —something to strengthen the fire that is already burning inside of her.
It’s no surprise, then, that when she moved to New York to join a theatre company, she found herself limited. The existing dancing style, their way of operating—all of this seemed to her the work of a misguided past. Duncan was very direct about what she wanted, confidently telling people she had a different vision of dance that she was going to spread in the world. This, naturally, led to laughs early on, but as she built up her work, these instances became less frequent. Today, she is remembered as “The Mother of Dance”, with much of the modern art owing its expressive style to her influence. Inspired by the ancient Greeks, she brought the style to life.
In her autobiography (自传), one of the things Duncan frequently regards as the basis of her expressive spirit is the fact that she had a childhood where she wasn’t constantly watched. The expectations of her mother were open-ended. It was the freedom of this lifestyle that drove her to see what she could do.
Growing up, before she left school, she was told one of two things: that she was either completely useless or that she was a genius. There was nothing in between. Even when she started working, people either bowed to her or they basically ignored her. But Duncan never doubted her own genius.
There is an old quotation “if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” And it captures an important truth. At school, Isadora Duncan was a failure. In the dance hall, she gave form to brilliance.
4. Which of the following is TRUE about Duncan
A. Her experience in New York was the foundation of her career.
B. Her teaching job when she was little ruined her confidence.
C. Her dancing style was not very well received at the beginning.
D. Her mother set higher expectation on her than she could bear.
5. What does the author try to tell the readers in the last paragraph
A. It is useless climbing a tree to catch fish.
B. Everybody is a genius in his own way.
C. Sadness come from human stupidity.
D. Teachers can affect students greatly.
6. What is this passage mainly about
A. Isadora Duncan’s childhood and her achievements today.
B. Duncan’s career development and other dancers’ opinions of her.
C. Isadora Duncan’s early experiences and the reasons for her success.
D. Duncan’s high status in the dancing world and her unique expressive style.
C
Every April for the past decade, systems biologist Gutiérrez has driven 1,600 kilometers to reach one of the driest places on Earth: Atacama Desert, parts of which receive less than three millimeters of rain annually. His team investigated 32 plant species, some closely related to grains, beans and potato crops, from three altitude ranges. They collected plants and soil from nearly two dozen sites each year, froze the samples in liquid nitrogen, and brought them back to his laboratory. “We knew almost nothing about how these plants survived,” Gutiérrez says. “There was great potential to study these wild species, which is now a little easier with all the genomic(基因组的)tools we have.” They analyzed the plants’ genes and the microorganisms, hoping to find what helps them thrive in such extreme conditions.
Scientists usually conduct genetic studies on lab-grown plants, which lets researchers tightly control factors such as the amount of nutrients and light the plants receive. But sampling plants in nature captures critical differences based on their varied living conditions. “This study merges the genomics with ecological understanding of how plants behave in their natural environment,” says Davis, a plant biologist, who was not involved in the research. “That just by itself makes it very significant.”
To identify genes that contribute to the plants’ survival, Gutiérrez worked with other scientists to compare the genetic codes of the sampled Atacama species with those of closely related plants. In what the researchers describe as a “genetic gold mine,” they traced genomes’ evolutionary changes and identified adaptive mutations(变异)related to stress response, metabolism（新陈代谢）and energy production. These mutations might help desert plants tolerate intense solar radiation, get the most out of water capture and adjust flowering times. The researchers also discovered some bacteria that live on the desert plants’ roots and convert nitrogen from the air into a usable form, aiding growth in nitrogen-poor soils.
Researchers could potentially insert newfound genes into food plants and grasses used for biofuel, Gutiérrez says, giving such species better survival odds when planted in saltier soils and areas experiencing drought—conditions expected to become more severe with climate change.
7. What is the main idea of the first paragraph
A. The process of collecting samples.
B. The reason of choosing samples.
C. The living environment of samples.
D. The diversity of the samples.
8. Why did Davis think the study was important
A. The samples were from nature.
B. The samples had mutations in genome.
C. The study mixed biology and ecology.
D. The study focus on plants’ behavior.
9. What does the underlined word “odds” in paragraph 4 probably mean
A. strange B. bets C. difficulties D. possibilities
10. What is the purpose of the passage
A. To introduce a study by Gutiérrez’s team
B. To explain mutations in the plants.
C. To put new findings into practice.
D. To express climate change is serve.
第二节 七选五 (共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。
We're directly affected by our environment. When the rising temperature or the bitter cold is the first thing on your mind, it might be hard to discuss anything else. However, as a matter of fact, you needn't have worried so much about this. 11 However, there are ways to change the activity into a meaningful moment between two people.
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Talking about shared interests is the easiest way to make a connection with someone-and more personal talking
about the weather. When you start a conversation with someone, try searching for pieces of information that you can connect to.
2. Don't ask someone what they do.
When speaking with someone for the first time, work is always one of our topics. But wanting to know what someone does for a living may kill our conversations. 13 When it comes to small talk, try avoiding jobs and discovering general interests instead.
3.Enjoy the silence.
No one likes a long stop-but most silent moments between topics aren't as long as you think they are. 14 Sometimes stops are needed in order to continue a conversation. Remember that if you say something, the other person may need to think about it, so enjoy the silence.
4. Look at your conversation as a learning experience.
Different people have different thoughts, ideas and feelings. Ask someone about a topic they're familiar with that you know nothing about. Every time you meet someone new-or even speak with someone you know-it's an opportunity to learn something. 15 You can expand your knowledge of other areas, cultures and nations.
A. Search for common interests.
B. Keep your introduction simple.
C. Small talk may not be pleasant.
D. In fact, a little quiet can be a good thing.
E. It'll benefit you more than you may realize.
F. Making small talk is an art that can be mastered.
G. It may send the signal that the most important part about us is our job.
第二部分 语言运用(共两节，满分65分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The evening before Walter Carr's first day of work, his car broke down. After he asked for a ride and it 16 , the young man was anxious about 17 to get to work in Pelham. Carr considered and concluded there was only one 18 : He would walk it . It would take him five hours 19 , according to the web mapping service. He 20 the road at midnight to arrive at his place of work by8:30 a.m. It was 21 to stick to one side of the road in the darkness. Sometimes the light of the oncoming vehicles 22 him and he lost the sense of 23 now and then. "I just worried about taking a wrong way," Carr said to The Washington Post. Even he 24 two aggressive dogs on the road. After his several hours' 25 , he reached Pelham and the day 26 . A kind driver came along in the daylight of dawn and 27 a ride and breakfast while he was resting by the side.
Twenty-year-old Carr 28 made it. When his new boss Luke Marklin heard his story, he was so 29 with Carr's heart that he gave Carr his Ford Escape. "The only thing standing in his way seemed to be the 30 . The vehicle was going to be put to better use." said Marklin .
16. A. set out B. broke off C. fell through D. dropped by
17. A. how B. whether C. where D. when
18. A. desire B. option C. challenge D. route
19. A. on schedule B. on leave C. on foot D. on arrival
20. A. observed B. adjusted C. sought D. hit
21. A. dangerous B. tough C. boring D. noticeable
22. A. delayed B. blinded C. reminded D. frightened
23. A. direction B. security C. touch D. purpose
24. A. followed B. accompanied C. fed D. encountered
25. A. wait B. wander C. struggle D. search
26. A. broke B. finished C. changed D. worked
27. A. charged B. recommended C. offered D. demanded
28. A. hopefully B. ultimately C. desperately D. proudly
29. A. impressed B. concerned C. popular D. careful
30. A. bonus B. service C. residence D. transport
第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
The British have many traditions but there is nothing more quint essential(典型的) than taking afternoon tea. We know the Brits have a love affair with drinking tea, 31 more than 160 million cups drunk every day, but it was the invention of afternoon tea that turned tea-drink into 32 popular pastime.
This sociable feast involves drinking good quality tea 33 (comfortable) while nibbling(小口吃) on nice sandwiches, scones with jam and cream and a selection of small cakes. And, of course, it can only happen in the afternoon! Afternoon tea, which 34 (design) as a light snack to bridge the gap between lunch and dinner, dates back to the 1840s. It went on to become a 35 (fashion) social occasion for the upper classes.
Now there is a resurgence(复苏) in its 36 (popular) in the UK and it is available to anyone who can afford it. 37 it can be enjoyed at home, the best way to experience it is at a smart hotel or café. But if you’re thinking of visiting such a place 38 (enjoy) a plate of sweet and savory treats with a steaming hot brew, remember the rules you must follow to avoid 39 (ask) to leave.
Writer Henry James once noted that “there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea”. I’m sure once you 40 (try) it, you will agree.
第三部分 写作 （共两节；满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作 （满分15分）
假定你是李华，为了激发学生的英语学习兴趣，上周五你班举行了英语诗歌创作大赛。请你为校英语报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1.赛前准备（了解诗歌形式等）；2.比赛情况（作品展示，比赛结果等）；3.活动效果。
注意： 1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
An English Poetry Writing Competition
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第二节 读后续写 （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。
On a beautiful Thursday of this April, Amy and Alan Green took their daughter Abbey out for a walk in the neighborhood. On their way back, Amy picked up a kite for Abbey from the Dollar Tree, blue with rainbows—there are a lot of rainbows decorating homes around the region these days, which helps make life less dull during the coronavirus pandemic.
In the afternoon, Abbey took the kite out for its first flight. At first, the wind was perfect. It took the kite high in the sky. However, suddenly, the wind became much stronger and whipped the kite out of Abbey's hands in a moment. It sailed farther and farther and finally got stuck on the power lines next to a big tree, wrapping itself over and over again around the wires. Since the kite was too high for them to reach, the Greens could do nothing about it. Worried less about the kite than the potential danger it might present to the lines, Amy called National Grid to report the incident.
About one hour later, Mike, a worker from the power company arrived. He carefully unwound the kite line from the wires. After about 10 minutes' effort, he successfully freed it. But unfortunately, as the kite was wrapped so tightly, there was some unpreventable damage. Still, he presented it at the door to Alan Green. As he left, he noticed Abbey took the kite to the backyard. Out of curiosity, he stood there for a while to see how the girl would deal with it. Surprisingly, she dug a hole and buried the kite in a shoebox! Even though he could not see the girl's face clearly, he knew exactly how sad Abbey could be. He really felt bad for her. And it was at that moment that he decided to do something.
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。
The next day, Alan went out to get the mail as usual.
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Deeply moved by this act of kindness, Alan posted the whole story on the Internet.
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1-15 CDB/ CBC/ BCDA/ CAGDE
16-30 CABCD/ BBADC/ ACBAD
31with; 32 a; 33 comfortably; 34was designed; 35 fashionable; 36 popularity; 37 Although/Though/while; 38 to enjoy;
39 being asked; 40 have tried
【作文】An English Poetry Writing Competition
To arouse our interest in English, an English poetry writing competition was organized in our classroom last Friday.
All of us made full preparations in advance. Some surfed the Internet, others went to the library to study different forms of poetry and writing techniques. During the competition, the works were presented in various ways. The vivid language left a deep impression on us. Then everyone voted on the best poems and the winners were awarded.
We thought highly of the competition, which broadened our horizons and enriched our knowledge about English poems as well.
【答案】Para 1:
The next day, Alan went out to get the mail as usual. To his surprise, there was a new kite--a cute robin with beautiful feathers-in the box along with a note written on the National Grid's notepaper." I felt bad for your daughter, so I hope this new kite could make her smile," it read. "Stay safe and healthy!" The note was unsigned.
Para 2:
Deeply moved by this act of kindness, Alan posted the whole story on the Internet. Soon, word got back to National Grid, which quickly identified Mike, the worker who had carefully saved the kite from the wires. He told that as he saw Abbey burying the kite, he thought of his own little sister and knew it well that the girl must be extremely sad. So after he left the Greens' house for more service calls that afternoon, he stopped by a shop to buy the new kite and sent it to the family. He didn't expect to be recognized, but Alan's post led to his identity being revealed, which resulted in the story being shared and liked by millions of people throughout the Internet.
