听力：1—5 ACABB 6—10 CCBA 11—15 CABCA 16—20 CAABC
阅读：21-23：BCB 24-27: CABB 28-31: ACAA 32-35: CDBB
七选五：36-40：GAEBD
完形：41. B 42. A 43. B 44. A 45. C 46. C 47. D 48. A 49. D 50. B 51. D 52. C 53. B 54. C 55. A 56. A 57. D 58. D 59. C 60. D
语法填空：61.safety 62. using 63. itself 64.prepared 65.that
66. accidents 67. starts 68. potentially 69. a 70. before；
原文填空：71.positions 72.on guard 73.a gesture of 74.give away much more
短文改错：
Self-protection is one of the most important skill for teenagers. But how can we protect ourselves
skills
Here are some of my advice.
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First, we should be careful when we make friends, especial on line. Second, whether we are in
especially when/if
danger, we must call the police for help on time so that we can keep ourselves safe. Also, we ought to eat
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healthily and safely. Beside, we shouldn’t crowd each other when we go to upstairs or downstairs at school.
Besides
Last but not least, summer is coming, and we must remember swim alone is dangerous.
swimming
In word, we need to learn how to protect yourselves and stay away from danger.
a ourselves
范文：
Dear Jack,
I'm glad to hear from you last week. Since you are interested in the continuous improvement of China's environment ， I'm writing to introduce it to you.
In recent years, our government attaches much greater importance to the development of the environment, making it quite different from the past. On the one hand, they have made relevant laws and regulations and put large amounts of money to the environmental protection. On the other hand, popularized education as well as international cooperation is being carried out.
As for myself, I should take the responsibility to dedicate myself to sustainable development. Our future and the lives of our children and our grandchildren won't be in danger if we all realize the problem and do something we can in our daily life.
Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours truly,
Li Hua眉山中学校2022-2023学年高二上学期期中考试 英语
I 卷
一、听力（共二节，满分20分）
第一节 请听下面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，每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What are the speakers going to eat
A. Pizza. B. Sandwiches. C. Hamburgers.
2. What time is it now
A. 6:00 a.m. B. 6:15 p.m. C. 7:15 p.m.
3. What has the boy already done
A. He made his bed. B. He washed the dishes. C. He took out the garbage.
4. What is the man doing
A. Watching TV. B. Writing a report. C. Listening to music.
5. Why is the woman sad
A. She doesn’t have enough to eat.
B. She can’t help the children.
C. She misses her parents.
第二节
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What does the man ask the woman for
A. A dollar. B. A receipt. C. Some quarters.
7. Where will the man get something to eat
A. From a store. B. From a movie theater. C. From a candy machine.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Boss and employee. B. Co-workers. C. Neighbors.
9. Why was Cindy fired
A. She lied on her résumé.
B. She was not good at her job.
C. She went on vacation without asking for leave.
10. How does the man feel about the whole thing
A. He’s disappointed.
B. He’s not surprised.
C. He finds it unbelievable.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What are the speakers doing
A. Buying some furniture.
B. Decorating their house.
C. Arranging the woman’s room.
12. What will the speakers do first
A. Move the bed. B. Move the desk. C. Hang the curtains.
13. Where does the woman want to put the desk
A. In the corner. B. Against the wall. C. Far away from the window.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What does the boy think about Mrs. Hobbs
A. She is very poor. B. She is too serious. C. She looks very funny.
15. What does Freddie sometimes do to Mrs. Hobbs
A. He makes fun of her.
B. He plays games with her.
C. He helps her with the housework.
16. How does the woman feel about what the boy said
A. Amused. B. Ashamed. C. Angry.
17. What does the woman advise the boy to do
A. Respect older people.
B. Stop being friends with Freddie.
C. Work hard to be a good teacher.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What did Jennifer tell the students to do
A. Leave at once.
B. Wait in the classroom.
C. Find out what the problem was.
19. What caused the fire alarm
A. A fire broke out at school.
B. Someone was playing a joke.
C. Someone hit the alarm by mistake.
20. Who turned off the alarm
A. Jennifer. B. A fireman. C. A police officer.
二、阅读理解
第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（30分）
A
Tipping customs differ from country to country. You need to know how to tip in the country that you’re in when you travel; or you’ll leave servers annoyed everywhere you go. Here are just a few guidelines to tipping in different countries.
Dubai
In Dubai it’s a rule for restaurants to charge 10% tip on all restaurant and bar bills. You can add a couple of dirhams (货币单位)to this if you feel like it. Waiters are not paid very much in Dubai, so it is always very appreciated.
Brazil
There will always be a standard 10% service charge added to your bill, and you won’t necessarily have to tip. If you do feel like being generous, an extra 5-10% will really make your server very happy. Just remember to do this as skillfully as possible - Brazilians don’t make a big show of this.
Czech Republic
While locals in the Czech Republic don’t leave tips, that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook. Foreign tourists are definitely expected to leave some kind of tip for service - as long as you’re in a high tourist traffic area, like Prague for instance. The standard tip is 10%.
India
Here it is often considered appropriate for a tourist to tip your server 5-10%. You have to adjust that number by yourself though. This is how the rules go in this country. If the bill is for a small meal and totals less than 300 rupees, tip the full 10％.If the bill is higher, tip towards the 5％．
21. In which country is it OK if you don’t give a tip
A. Dubai B. Czech Republic C. India D. Brazil
22. In India, the amount of tip mainly depends on________.
A. The size and environment of the restaurant
B. The service that you have received
C. The size of the meal you are eating is
D. The rules that the restaurants make
23. In which section of a website can you probably find the passage
A. News B. Culture C. Sports D. Entertainment
B
Nick Prosser, a 28-year-old New Zealander, has been stuttering(口吃)for as long as he can remember, but he recently discovered that speaking in an Irish accent makes his speech disorder disappear.
The young New Zealander claims he discovered the simple cure for his stutter completely by accident, while trying different accents with a friend for fun. When he tried the Irish accent, both he and his friend were amazed that his stutter almost vanished. They were able to have a long conversation without his stuttering at all, which had never happened before. He just couldn’t believe that something so simple could be the cure for a problem that had seriously affected his self-confidence ever since he was a child.
“I couldn’t believe it. I had been to so many speech therapists who never suggested this technique,” Prosser said.
Interestingly, Nick has never been to Ireland, but he believes that speaking in an Irish accent comes naturally for him because of his mother, who comes from an Irish family. He suggests that people suffering from similar speech disorders try looking at their genealogies(家谱) and attempt to speak in an accent associated with them. However, the local speech specialist Annette Stock said she had never heard about this technique.
“We know as speech language therapists that singing certainly helps with people that have stutters but you can’t just go around singing in your everyday life,” Stock said. “I think that this is something that works for him and that’s fine. But in six months’ time if it is still working I would be saying ‘Wow, that’s amazing’.”
So why does the Irish accent make Prosser’s stutter vanish No one knows for sure, but Ants Haines, who has been Nick’s barber for years, has an interesting theory: he claims that this way, the 28-year-old spends more time thinking how to pronounce the words, which somehow helps.
24. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “vanished” in Paragraph 2
A. Erupted. B. Worsened. C. Disappeared. D. Functioned.
25. What happened to Nick Prosser after he tried the Irish accent
A. He had more faith in himself.
B. He turned to his friends for their help.
C. He took pride in his language ability.
D. He went to speech therapists for advice.
26. How did Annette Stock react to Nick Prosser’s suggestion
A. She confirmed it. B. She doubted it.
C. She tried to prove it. D. She was amazed by its effect.
27. What does Ants Haines intend to tell us
A. His relationship with Nick.
B. His idea of the end of Nick’s stutter.
C. His confidence in Nick’s learning ability.
D. The influence of speaking in different accents.
C
Being able to tell human faces apart is a skill that almost every person has, although some are far better at it than others. But a new study from the journal Scientific Reports says that this is not just a skill that humans possess. Even fish can do it.
Following up on research studying different species’ abilities to recognize human faces (sheep, dogs, cows, horses, and birds have all been tried), the researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Queensland decided to pick an animal that does not have an evolved neocortex (大脑新皮层), the part of the brain that processes sight and sounds, and does not have a close relationship with humans. That way, there would be no reason why these test subjects would have a past history of identifying human faces. So they picked the archerfish, a reef fish variety that shoots water into the air to knock its prey(猎物) out of the sky. They used this adaptation to have the fish spray water at a face on a monitor hanging over their tanks for a reward. Most of the fish were able to pick out their learned face, even when colours were taken away or methods were used to make the face shapes unclear.
This study gives more backing to the hypothesis (假设) that differentiating between faces is not just a skill that big-brained organisms are born with. It is possible that a good portion of recognizing faces is learned over time. The development of the neocortex may contribute only to quickly process a large number of faces in varying situations. But more work needs to be conducted to find a deeper link to this possible learned behaviour. The subject(实验对象) of this study was very small – only eight fish were used altogether. Also, the faces displayed on the monitor were only white, female faces from a German database, shown in a frontal view, with no expressions. Other animal trials have shown that some species, like pigeons, respond more to differing angles and varied expressions.
28. What is the purpose of this passage
A. To introduce a scientific discovery.
B. To present the differences between species.
C. To show how animals tell human faces apart.
D. To introduce the animals that can recognize human faces.
29. Why were the archerfish chosen as test subjects
A. They are cleverer than other species.
B. They have sharp vision and hearing.
C. They aren’t closely related to humans.
D. They spray water to hit the prey.
30. What is the author’s attitude toward the study
A. Cautious. B. Negative. C. Positive D. Sympathetic.
31. Which of the following is suggested for similar studies in the future
A. Including more experimental subjects. B. Enlarging the human faces.
C. Employing more male researchers. D. Using black-and-white pictures.
D
If one more person talks about the benefits of mindfulness, I will throw cabbage at them. Just kidding. But I do have lots of cabbage happily rotting away in my kitchen, thanks to the wellness obsession(痴迷) that failed to keep my attention. This is a symptom of a phenomenon known as “wellness tiredness”.
Wellness is seriously big business with a worth of $3.72 trillion and a healthy annual growth of 14 percent. To satisfy this consuming desire, brands of super foods and various exercise classes crowd in. “The problem with all this constantly changing information on what to eat or which exercise class to take is that people begin to form distorted (扭曲的) ideas towards the concept of a healthy lifestyle,” explains Dr Bijal, a psychologist at Nightingale Hospital. “The least harmful result of a distorted mindset will be confusion. The most harmful would be serious physical and mental disorders like extreme dieting or over-exercising.”
It’s little wonder that many people are beginning to reject the idea of wellness and the lifestyle it advocates. “I can’t tell you the number of wellness accounts I’ve unfollowed on Instagram,” one fitness-enthusiast friend tells me. When I ask her why, she tells me that the public pursuit of wellness has reached “the eye-roll stage”. Meanwhile, sales of fitness trackers and wearable wellness things have dropped sharply.
Speaking of gym culture, which offers classes like hula hoop and yoga, it’s also beginning to show signs that people are returning to more conventional forms of exercise—some that wouldn’t look out of place on a school timetable.
The whole point of wellness is that it should become such an everyday thing that you forget about seeking it. Living a healthy lifestyle becomes a given(假定事实) rather than something singled out as impressive and worth applauding. Now, more people are starting to cycle to and from work, swim on lunch breaks and even try to buy old school exercise bikes.
32. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2
A. The wellness business costs people a great deal of money.
B. People are faced with too many food and exercise choices.
C. Distorted ideas towards wellness cause harmful consequences.
D. The wellness industry has been developing at a steady speed.
33. Why is the author’s friend mentioned in Paragraph 3
A. To inform us wearable wellness things are not popular.
B. To advocate the idea of wellness and a healthy lifestyle.
C. To tell us that online wellness accounts are hard to follow.
D. To show people’s negative attitude to wellness obsession.
34. Why are people starting to return to traditional forms of exercise
A. Sports such as cycling are more impressive.
B. People are treating wellness as an everyday thing.
C. Classes like hula hoop and yoga are too expensive.
D. People have come to know wellness is not so necessary.
35. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. The Importance of Living a Healthy Lifestyle
B. Are You Suffering from Wellness Tiredness
C. The Benefits of Mindfulness in the Wellness Industry
D. What is the Real Meaning of Wellness Obsession
七选五 （每小题2分 共10分）
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Memory loss can occur to anyone. If you are unable to take good care of your memory, then chances are you will suffer from memory loss at a very young age. 36
Stress is a state of mental or emotional fatigue(疲劳). 37 This is the reason why we fail to remember or learn new things when we are mentally stressed. To prevent stress-related loss of memory and learning ability, one has to find the factors that increase stress and anxiety and deal with them.
If you exercise on a regular basis, your body will become stronger over time. 38 As your brain does more exercise, it gets healthier and works better. This is why students are encouraged to do mind exercises or play mind-related games regularly.
39 It allows good blood circulation(循环) in the body and enable the mind to process present as well as past information quickly. However, many people neglect the importance of doing so. Also, always include healthy foods in your daily diet that can improve your memory, such as blueberries, spinach and broccoli.
These are just some of the causes of memory loss. At present, experts are unable to tell exactly what the main reason leading to memory loss is. This is because there could be many reasons leading to it, such as environmental factors. The brain is a complex organ. 40 What matters is that you are able to follow the right set of guidelines to prevent yourself from suffering from memory loss.
A. It affects the memory and learning ability of an individual.
B. Having a healthy and balanced diet is very important.
C. Trying giving yourself a break will be a good way.
D. It makes it almost impossible to find the true cause of memory loss.
E. This rule applies to the brain as well.
F. It is very helpful to have a regular place to put things in.
G. The following are the top three reasons for memory loss and how you can avoid them.
三、完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Have you ever met someone with exactly the same name as you Paul O’ Sullivan from Baltimore has, and his fellow Paul O’ Sullivans ended up becoming ___41___.
One night，Baltimore Paul was adding Paul O’ Sullivans on Facebook and many of them ___42___ his friend request. He ___43___ what they had in common: They were all ___44___. Rotterdam Paul sings and plays the guitar. Another from Pennsylvania is a drummer. Baltimore Paul reached out to other Paul around the world. Finally, three Pauls ___45___ to form a musical group with him, named The Paul O’ Sullivan Band.
When the world shut down due to COVID-19, they ___46___ they had been working remotely together, so they ___47___ to use the lockdown (防范禁闭期) to ___48___ a whole album for the first time.
“It feels great to be able to ___49___ people on the other side of the world because you don’t feel ____50____ at the moment,” said Rotterdam Paul. For all four Pauls, music was more ____51____ than ever. “I have always used music to ____52____ me to get through the bad times. ____53____, I think the lockdown went faster because I was doing this at this moment.” Rotterdam Paul added.
During a year when many things were put on pause, these four were able to stay ____54____ and make something great. “Once COVID came, so many ____55____ had shut on musicians,” Pennsylvania Paul said, “And Baltimore Paul ____56____ this door already, right？Then we had a(an) ____57____ purpose,” “And I think for me, that gave me a lot of ____58____ that I wasn't locked out of ____59____.In fact, we could ____60____ something, despite the new adversity (逆境),” he continued, “Everybody said no, and The Paul O’ Sullivan Band said yes.”
41 A. colleagues B. friends C. neighbors D. relatives
42. A. accepted B. needed C. met D. expressed
43. A. believed B. noticed C. wondered D. doubted
44. A. musicians B. players C. composers D. pianists
45. A. learned B. wanted C. agreed D. tried
46. A. expected B. admitted C. realized D. concluded
47. A. had B. continued C. failed D. decided
48. A. record B. improve C. sell D. advertise
49. A. remember B. telephone C. miss D. contact
50. A. tired B. alone C. sick D. angry
51. A. practical B. different C. impossible D. important
52. A. order B. force C. help D. carry
53. A. Gradually B. Actually C. Occasionally D. Obviously
54. A. quiet B. calm C. connected D. relaxed
55. A. doors B. companies C. stores D. hospitals
56. A. opened up B. pointed to C. looked at D. focused on
57. A. unreachable B. uncertain C. limited D. extra
58. A. adventures B. satisfaction C. tasks D.information
59. A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. something
60. A. predict B. stop C. imagine D. achieve
第II卷
一、语法填空（共10小题；每题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。(在答题卡上作答，在此答题无效)
In the near future, we will be living in smart homes, which will ensure our 61 (safe), save us energy and provide a more comfortable environment to live in.
In the smart homes, 62 (use) advanced technology daily for automatic control of everything will be common. Our future home will use integrated sensors to tell when we leave home and then go into an energy-efficient mode all by 63 (it).
We will find our dinner already 64 ( prepare) without turning switchs on and off ourselves. It is also amazing 65 all controls will respond to voice commands.
Smart homes can help to keep serious damage from 66 (accident). For instance, if a water pipe 67 (start) leaking, our smart home will detect it. In addition, they can help monitor our health. They can also warn us early on if we have a critical sickness and 68 (potential) save our lives.
This smart technology isn't 69 daydream or fantasy any longer. Many new innovations have become a reality. Nevertheless, it will take a few years 70 most new homes start to use this new technology.
二、原文填空（共10小题；每题1分，共10分）
71. Indeed, body are part of what we call “body language”.
72. Like other animals, we are until we know it is safe to relax.
73. Even today, when some people have very informal styles of greeting, they still use their hands as trust.
74. People by their gestures than by their words.
三、短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
下面一篇短文中共有10处语言错误，每句最多有两处错误，每处错误只涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词作斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Self-protection is one of the most important skill for teenagers. But how can we protect ourselves Here are some of my advice.
First, we should be careful when we make friends, especial on line. Second, whether we are in danger, we must call the police for help on time so that we can keep ourselves safe. Also, we ought to eat healthily and safely. Beside, we shouldn’t crowd each other when we go to upstairs or downstairs at school. Last but not least, summer is coming, and we must remember swim alone is dangerous.
In word, we need to learn how to protect yourselves and stay away from danger.
四、书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Jack在网上看到一篇关于中国环境持续改善的报道，对此感到非常好奇，发来邮件询问你所在地的情况，请你根据以下内容写一封回信：
1.环境的变化； 2.所采取的措施； 3.个人感受。
注意： 1.词数100左右； 2.首句已给出，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jack,
I'm glad to hear from you last week. Since you are interested in the continuous improvement of China's environment，I'm writing to introduce it to you. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
