福建省福州市外国语学校2022-2023学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷(无答案)

福州市外国语学校2022-2023学年高二下学期期末考试
英语试卷
（全卷共10页，四个部分，67小题；满分：150分；时间：120分钟）
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班级 座号 姓名
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
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。
1. What is Sonya responsible for
A. Doing some research.
B. Looking up the dates.
C. Deciding on explorers.
2. What is the woman trying to do
A. Make an appointment.
B. Reschedule an appointment.
C. Cancel an appointment.
3. Who is the man
A. A banker. B. A shopper C. A cashier.
4. Where does the conversation take place
A. In a furniture store. B. In a restaurant. C. In a train station.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. The man's daughter. B. A birthday party. C. Something to drink.
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 is the relationship between the speakers
A. House owner and renter.
B. Gym clerk and customer.
C. Hotel clerk and guest.
7. What will the woman do
A. Clean the room. B. Pack her suitcase. C. Have something to eat.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What did the speakers do just now
A. They met a writer. B. They saw a doctor. C. They climbed a mountain.
9. What does the man think of the stories
A. Boring. B. Interesting. C. Difficult.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the woman want to do
A. Work out a plan. B. Look for an apartment. C. Ask the man for help.
11. What will the man do
A. Move on to his new job.
B. Give new employees training.
C. Work on an important project.
12. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Wait for him for two weeks.
B. Extend the deadline.
C. Turn to Mr. Cortez.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What do the speakers agree about a GPS
A. It is not entirely reliable. B. It is very convenient. C. It is quite useless.
14. Why are some people better at finding their way
A. They are more focused.
B. They were born with the skill.
C. They go to the place more frequently.
15. What helped the man find his friend's place
A. A street. B. A building. C. A tree.
16. What will the woman do next
A. Take a look around. B. Share her experience. C. Visit her friend.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the speaker
A. A tour guide. B. A hotel clerk. C. A bus driver.
18. Where are the speaker and the listeners
A. In a hotel. B. On a bus. C. On a bridge.
19. What do we know about Ibiza
A. It is a coastal city.
B. The death rate there is high.
C. It is famous for its restaurants.
20. What does the speaker remind the listeners to do in the end
A. Drink some water.
B. Take care of their luggage.
C. Contact Manuel in advance.
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
Stay Safe with Sonder
Stay Sale wtn bonu As a foreign student arriving in Australia, you may feel both excited and anxious. The prospect of arriving in a new country where you may have no friends or family nearby can be discouraging, particularly the thought of what you would do if you were involved in an accident or fell seriously ill.
Sonder Australia aims to lessen that worry by providing an Australia-wide, multilingual rapid response network, available on-demand 24/7 via a mobile app.
The Sonder: Wellbeing & Safety app has following unique features. When required, Sonder can also work with Murdoch to provide further well-being support.
24/7 help
In urgent situations, the Help button automatically sends an alert to the Sonder Support Centre. Sonder immediately geo-locates you, establishing your exact location. You'll get immediate support, and if required, a Liaison Officer will be sent to you for in-person assistance.
check on me
If you're meeting someone new or going to an unfamiliar destination, you can set a time for us to contact you regularly to make sure you' re OK. You can set a "Check On Me" duration from 30 minutes to over 8 hours and Sonder will use geo-location technology to monitor you.
Safety alerts
24/7 Sonder Support Centre monitors minor and major events which could impact your safety. If we detect an incident occurring nearby your location, we'll give you details and ask you to report as "safe" or "not safe". If you report as "not safe" , we'll take immediate action to insure you get help.
Track my journey
The "Track My Journey" app feature helps you reach your destination while we track your progress, to insure your safety at all times. This is particularly useful when traveling alone, late at night, or in an unfamiliar environment.
21 Who may be the text targeted at in Australia
A. Taxi drivers. B. New settlers.
C. International students. D.Travelers from abroad.
22. Which part of the app functions at a set time
A. 24/7 help. B. Check on me.
C. Safety alerts. D.Track my journey.
23 What technology is used in all the four features
A. Facial recognition. B.Voice interaction.
C. Geographical positioning. D. Cross-platform communication.
B
The American poet Louise Glück, author of 12 collections of poetry, has, been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in New York in 1943, Glück published her first volume of poetry, "Firstborn", in 1968, quickly gaining her reputation as a poet, In the decades since, she has become one of the country's most celebrated literary figures. Her work uses the power of myth to deal with some of our darkest human concerns. Her straightforward language always gets at the heart of deep-seated anxieties: loneliness, rejection, death...
Stephanic Burt, an English professor at Harvard University, said, "She's someone who's been able to make emotion states vivid on the page... Few poets have tried as hard as she has not to repeat herself. And her strongest books are really different from one another". "She offers poetry lovers a lot of inspiration, but she's also on a lot of bookshelves," said Chiasson, a poet, who added she is a generous reader of her fellow writers' work.
At Yale, where Glück is a professor of English, she served for years as judge of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize and worked closely with poets she chose for the prize and those she did not, helping them shape their work. "In that very practical way she's had an enormous influence on a great many figures," said Langdon Hammer, a professor of English at Yale. "She's someone who has been a 'guiding spirit' for generations of students, writers, and readers." Glück described teaching and writing as symbiotic（共生关系）." I teach not out of selflessness or generosity: I do it because it feeds me," she said. "It feeds them, too, so it's a happy relationship. I’m sure not all my students feel that way, but some do. I never feel that it takes me from my work: I think it gives me my work."
24.Which of the following topics might Glück tend to explore in her work
A.Victory. B.Divorce. C.Romance. D.Achievement.
25.What quality does Glück have according to the passage
A.Humorous and intelligent. C.Considerate and optimistic.
B.Ambitious and helpful. D.Inspiring and creative.
26.What does teaching mean to Glück
A.A source of wealth. B.A barrier to writing.
C.A fountain of creation. D.A stepping stone to fame.
27.What is the best title for the text
A.A Guiding Spirit B.A Successful Pioneer
C.An Adventurous Creator D.A Hardworking Writer
C
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans for achieving net-zero emissions（排放）in Canada by 2050. His party subscribed a bill that would require the government to create new targets and a plan on how it will achieve those targets, every five years between 2030-2050. It would also have to regularly report on its progress towards those goals.
Canada is one of nearly 200 countries that has signed onto the Paris climate agreement. Signatories promise to achieve net-zero emissions beginning at some point between 2050 and -zero means that all emissions produced are absorbed through plants and trees or buried through carbon-capture technology.
Countries must also report on their progress every five years under the agreement. Mr. Trudeau's bill, which was subscribed on Thursday, formalizes this reporting requirement and forces the government to set regular goals. Greenhouse gases have hit record lows because of the pandemic-induced（大流行病引起的）economic slowdown. US emissions dropped by 9.2% this year.
The bill does not provide any kind of enforcement mechanism（机制）or attach any additional spending to achieve its goals. The bill also does not detail how the country will meet its five-year targets. It simply says the government will be required to come up with a plan.
"Canada is a wonderful country, but it didn't happen by accident and won't continued without effort, "Mr. Trudeau said. He made climate action a goal during his 2019 election cam paign.
Canada has failed to meet its environmental targets in the past. Under the Paris Agreement, Canada is supposed to reduce its emissions by 30%by 2030. The country will miss its 2020 target and is on track to miss its 2025 target.
28. What does "net-zero"mean in Paragraph 1
A. Any emission is not allowed.
B. All emissions must be cleaned first.
C. All emissions must go though net.
D. All emissions are absorbed or buried.
29. What are countries also required to do under the Paris climate agreement
A. Pass laws to cut emissions.
B. Report progress every five years.
C. Make targets every five years.
D. Find new ways, to reduce pollution.
30. Why have greenhouse gases hit record lows
A. Countries all met their targets.
B. More advanced techniques were used.
C. Economy around the world slowed down.
D. People cared more about protecting the environment.
31. What can we learn about Canada from the last paragraph
A. It will reduce its emissions by 30%.
B. It sets too high environmental targets.
C. It may not meet its environmental targets in the following years.
D. It doesn't try to achieve its environmental targets.
D
Given how valuable intelligence and automation are, we will continue to improve our technology if we are at all able to. At a certain point, we will build machines that are smarter than we are. Once we have machines that are smarter than we are, they will begin to improve themselves. The concern is really that we will build machines that are much more competent than we are. And the slightest divergence（分歧）between their goals and our own could destroy us.
Just think about how we relate to ants. We don't hate them. We don't go out of our way to harm them. In fact, sometimes we take pains not to harm them. We step over them on the sidewalk. But whenever their presence seriously conflicts with one of our goals, we will kill them without hesitation. The concern is that we will one day build machines that, whether they're conscious or not, could treat us with similar disregard.
The bare fact is that we will continue to improve our intelligent machines. We have problems that we desperately need to solve. So we will do this, if we can. The train is already out of the station, and there's no brake to pull. If we build machines that are more intelligent than we are, they will very likely develop in ways that we can't imagine, and transcend us in ways that we can't imagine.
So imagine we hit upon a design of super intelligent AI that has no safety concerns. This machine would be the perfect labor-saving device. It can design the machine that can build the machine which can do any physical work, powered by sunlight, more or less for the cost of raw materials. So we're talking about the end of human labor. We' re also talking about the end of most intellectual work. So what would apes like ourselves do in these circumstances
But the moment we admit that information processing is the source of intelligence, we have to admit that we are in the process of building some sort of god. Now would be a good ti me to make sure it's a god we can live with.
32. Why does the author mention ants in Paragraph 2
A. To compare intelligent machines to ants.
B. To show improved machines will get away from us.
C. To stress the presence of machines does conflict with our goals.
D. To explain future intelligent machines could treat us without mercy.
33. What does the underlined word "transcend"in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Disable. B. Inspire. C. Disappoint. D. Outpace.
34. How is the passage mainly developed
A. By making comparisons.
B. By giving assumptions.
C. By showing valid evidence.
D. By analyzing statistics.
35. Which of the following statements can best summarize the author's viewpoint toward AI
A. Human beings will no doubt be destroyed by AI in the future.
B. Super intelligent AI will put an end to human labor eventually.
C. We should keep the development of AI within humans' control.
D. Human beings should stop the development of super intelligent AI.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，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。
There have been several incidents in recent years where people died because of unsafe crowd conditions and stampedes（人群的蜂拥）, the latest one unfolding in Seoul, South Korea, with at least 155 deaths reported. This may leave some people thinking there's little you can do to survive a stampede. 36 But crowd-safety experts say there are several strategies that could help you avoid a potentially deadly outcome. Consider these steps below.
The key to staying safe in a crowd begins as soon as you arrive at the location, says Randy Atlas, a safety consultant based in Fort Lauderdale. 37 It's a piece of common sense advice that Atlas applies not just at big events, but even when entering almost any room.
If there's a sudden panic and crowds begin to push in a certain direction, your instinct（本能）may be to fight back and push the opposite way. 38 If you go against the flow, you increase your chances of getting tripped and knocked down. Another risk, according to experts: If you fight the crowd, you will tire yourself out quickly in a situation where energy is needed.
As you move forward with the crowd, it's best to move in a diagonal（对角线的）direction so you can potentially angle your way out of the situation. The goal is to get to the edge of the stampede where it's less likely that you'll end up stuck at a choke-point, like a doorway.
39 Look for a solid structure to stand behind such as a pillar or a wall. Other places to duck: behind a car or even a lamp post.
In many stampede events, people die simply because they are crushed to the point they can't breathe. But a possible way to avoid this is to place your arms in front of you, almost in ad boxer-like position. That could give you some very valuable breathing room, literally. 40
A. To shelter yourself is, indeed, another potential way.
B. But that could be a big mistake, Atlas warns.
C. In this case, you don't necessarily have to wait and let time slip by.
D. Namely, to take note of where the nearest exits are.
E. It's simple, but surprisingly effective and possibly life-saving.
F. Furthermore, events like Halloween gathering, are likely to turn deadly.
G. Indeed, it's a frightening situation and circumstances may make it impossible to escape.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I've been working as a UN Peacekeeper in the Central African Republic for the past two years. Before this, I was a pilot and I 41 my work. However, I felt it was my duty to help innocent people who are caught in trouble, so I 42 the United Nations.
The Central African Republic is a relatively small country. Since it got 43 from France in the 1950s, there have been many violent conflicts between the government and rebels（反叛者）. In 2012, a civil war began, due to which, over one million people were forced to 44 their homes and there were many deaths and injuries. 45 , the United Nations launched a peacekeeping 46 in the country.
We peacekeepers 47 cities and villages to 48 that no conflict is occurring and help bring supplies of food and medicine. We are a 49 that can keep people in conflict apart.
As a woman, I am particularly 50 as I can act as a role model for many women and girls in the country. When they see how others respect me, they feel that they also 51 to be respected and treated 52 to man.
My life is not 53 in any way! It's long hours in a very tough environment. I have basic 54 with just a bed in a shared room. Of course, being away from my family and friends is also very hard at times. However, I know that the Central African Republic is safer because of the UN Peacekeepers, and that makes it all 55 .
41. A. hated B. changed C. guarded D. enjoyed
42. A. gave in to B. signed up with C. kept up with D. looked up to
43. A. treatment B. inspiration C. technology D. independence
44. A. flee B. return C. sweep D. tend
45. A. In return B. In surprise C. In addition D. In response
46. A. measure B. reputation C. mission D. business
47. A. monitor B. expand C. follow D. block
48. A. report B. prove C. Ensure D. predict
49. A. bridge B. castle C. barrier D. shelter
50. A. protected B. valued C. trusted D. doubted
51. A. deserve B. prefer C. plan D. fail
52. A. gently B. equally C. intimately D. honestly
53. A. boring B. rewarding C. difficult D. fancy
54. A. association B. administration C. accommodation D. adaptation
55. A. available B. worthwhile C. ambitious D. educational
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，调分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Most of the efforts aimed at reducing climate change center on 56. （reduce）the use of fossil fuels. But 57. new study warns that pollution caused by the world's food production system is also a major driver of rising temperatures on the planet.
The study found that if the world food system stays on 58. （it）current growth path, it 59.
（produce）nearly 1.4 trillion tons of greenhouse gases over the next 80 years. That pollution 60. （expect）to come from chemical fertilizers used in agriculture, mismanaged soil, food waste and methane gas released from cows and other animals. Other 61. （cause）include land-clearing operations and deforestation（滥伐森林）.
Researchers from the University of Minnesota and the University of Oxford in Britain led the study, 62.
recently appeared in the publication Science. The researchers predict that even if fossil fuel emissions were halted（停止）63. （current）, emissions from the world food system would make it impossible 64. （reach）current international climate change targets. They say that emissions from food production alone could push world temperatures past 1.5 degrees Celsius by the middle of this century.
A main goal of the 2015 United Nations Paris Agreement 65. climate change is to keep rises in the Earth's temperature during this century to between 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66.假定你是李华，上周日你校举办了5公里越野赛跑活动。请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1.参加人员；2.跑步路线：从校门口到南山脚下；3.活动反响。
注意：1.习作词数应为80左右。2.题目已给出
A Cross-Country Running Race
第二节（满分25分）
67.阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Twenty years ago, Chase Poust was only 7. On Sunday morning just before the Memorial Day, he, his dad Steven, and his 4-year-old sister, Abigail, were out for a family boating trip on Florida's St. Johns River, which was trackless and almost nobody knew about it. And there's no rescue center nearby. Chase and Abigail were swimming at the back of the anchored boat while Steven was on deck（甲板）fishing.
It was a perfect outing-it was so peaceful and quiet and the colors of the deep blue sky, the light green river water and the mild late May sunshine mixed to create a magic scene. Everything was sound until a strong current emerged and loosened Abigail's grasp and she let go of the boat. Instantly realizing his sister would be swept away, Chase let go of the boat as well to try and reach her. At the same time, Chase screamed at his father desperately.
Without thinking twice, Steven jumped into the water and swam towards the two kids with all his efforts. But after realizing he couldn't keep up with both kids, he was faced with a heartbroken decision. He told them he loved them very much because he wasn't sure what's going to happen. Steven tried his best to stick with both of his children. He wore himself out. But his little daughter was washed away from him. Directing Chase to swim to shore for help Steven stayed behind, keeping as close as he could to Abigail as the life-vest that was keeping her above the waves floated further and further from his reach.
It was a tough go for the 7-year-old, but rather than attempting to swim all out, Chase wisely paced himself. Stopping to float or dog paddle when he was tired, he'd rest and then set off again. The current was going the opposite way of going to the boat and the shore, so it was very hard to swim that way for Chase.
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。
Paragraph 1:
An hour later, Chase swam to the shore, anyhow.
Paragraph 2:
Luckily, Steven and Abigail were found and rescued.