2022—2023学年第二学期高一期末调研考试
英语
考生注意：
1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将考生号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
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3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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2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. How will the woman go to the man’s house
A. By bus. B. By train. C. By taxi.
2. What will Judy do tonight
A. See a movie. B. Study for her test. C. Visit her teacher.
3. How much should the man pay
A. $20. B. $25. C. $30.
4. What does the man complain about
A. Quality of goods. B. Price of goods. C. The waiting time.
5. Where did the man spend his holiday this year
A. On the beach. B. In the forest. C. In the mountains.
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 man calling for
A. To ask for a double room.
B. To confirm his booking details.
C. To change the date of his booking.
7. When will the man check in
A. On February 9. B. On February 11. C. On February 13.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How will the woman help with dinner
A. By washing the tomatoes. B. By making noodles. C. By setting the table.
9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Husband and wife. B. Hostess and guest. C. Customer and waiter.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What caused the man’s recent weight gain according to himself
A. Staying in bed too much.
B. Eating too much fast food.
C. Being too busy to exercise.
11. What is the man’s attitude to the woman’s advice
A Uncaring. B. Supportive. C. Doubtful.
12. What will the man do next
A. He’ll have a meal. B. He’ll cook at home. C. He’ll go for a run.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Why does the man want to sell some of his things
A. He is short of money.
B. He’ll go somewhere else.
C He plans to open an online store.
14. What will sell well online according to the woman
A. Old furniture. B. Regular shoes. C. High—end clothing.
15. Which features the sale of clothes
A. eBay. B. Amazon. C. Poshmark.
16. What will the woman help the man do
A. Sort his items.
B. Set price for his items.
C. Confirm the condition of the items.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How does the STOP mindfulness technique help
A. It helps us relax.
B. It helps build a strong body.
C. It helps improve our confidence.
18. Which step helps calm your nervous system
A. The first step. B. The second step. C. The third step.
19. What does the “O” in the STOP method stand for
A. Observe. B. Organize. C. Overcome.
20. What is the speaker mainly talking about
A. The harmfulness of stress.
B. How stress affects our health.
C. A method to deal with stress.
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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Freewater
—By Amina Luqman-Dawson, $8.7 Ages 10—14
Homer and his sister run away from a big farm, escaping a life of slavery (奴隶). After crossing dangerous swampland (沼泽地), they reach Freewater, a settlement for former slaves. But their mom is still at the farm. Homer sets out to rescue her. Will they all be together again
Iveliz Explains It All
—By Andrea Beatriz Arango, illustrated (插图) by Alyssa Bermudez, $7.8 Ages 12 and up
In this story, Iveliz keeps a journal and writes about her mental health struggles. She is hoping that seventh grade will be better than the previous year. But she has difficulty getting on well with some people in her life. It is getting in the way of a fresh start.
The Last Mapmaker
—By Christina Soontornvat, $7.5 Ages 8—12
The main character in this fantasy adventure, Sai, can perfectly copy anyone’s handwriting. Her talent wins her a job on a boat that may be heading to a land. Sai holds secrets about her past, and she discovers that she’s not the only one hiding something. This story has a great ending.
Maizy Chen’s Last Chance
—By Lisa Yee, $9.8 Ages 8—12
The Golden Palace restaurant in Minnesota has been in Maizy’s family for years. When her grandfather gets sick, she and her mom travel from their home in Los Angeles to help at the restaurant. Maizy must adapt to the fact that she is the only child of color in the town. She also tries to solve family mysteries.
1. What can be learned about Iveliz Explains It All
A. It’s for children under ten. B. It has pictures.
C. It’s about slavery. D. It costs the least.
2. What is Maizy’s problem
A. She has to save her mother.
B. She can’t get on with others.
C. She fears her secret will be discovered.
D. She is different from the other children.
3. What do the four books have in common
A. The authors have special talents.
B. They are all about children.
C. They are written in simple language.
D. The main characters struggle with something.
【答案】1. B 2. D 3. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四本适合青少年的书，包括其故事梗概，作者，售价，以及适合的读者。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章“Iveliz Explains It All”部分内容“—By Andrea Beatriz Arango, illustrated by Alyssa Bermudez, $7.8(——Andrea Beatriz Arango著，Alyssa Bermudez插画，售价7.8美元)”可知，这本书里配有插画。故选B项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章“Maizy Chen’s Last Chance”部分内容“Maizy must adapt to the fact that she is the only child of color in the town.(Maizy必须适应这个事实：她是镇上唯一的有色人种。)”可知，麦茜的问题是：麦茜是镇上唯一的有色人种，即，她与其他孩子不一样。故选D项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章“Freewater”部分内容“Homer and his sister run away from a big farm, escaping a life of slavery.(Homer和他的妹妹逃离了一个大农场，逃离了奴隶的生活。)”可知，这部书里的主人公Homer和妹妹为逃离奴隶的生活而奋斗；根据“Iveliz Explains It All”中“In this story, Iveliz keeps a journal and writes about her mental health struggles.(在这个故事中，Iveliz写日记，写她的心理健康斗争。)”以及“But she has difficulty getting on well with some people in her life.(但她在生活中与一些人相处得不好。)”可知，Iveliz在进行心理健康斗争，现实生活中也要处理与人的相处；根据“The Last Mapmaker”中内容“Sai holds secrets about her past, and she discovers that she’s not the only one hiding something.(Sai对自己的过去有很多秘密，她发现自己并不是唯一一个有所隐瞒的人。)”可知，Sai对自己过去的秘密有所挣扎；根据“Maizy Chen’s Last Chance”中内容“Maizy must adapt to the fact that she is the only child of color in the town. She also tries to solve family mysteries.(Maizy必须适应这个事实：她是镇上唯一的有色人种。她还试图解决家庭谜团。)”可知，Maizy要为自己的肤色而挣扎还要解决家庭谜团。由此可推知，这四本书的共同点是主角们为某事而挣扎。故选D项。
B
Most of us are familiar with the Sunday scares. Marisa Jo Mayes knew those feelings all too well. Sick of the “instant panic” she felt upon waking up, in 2022, she decided Mondays didn’t have to be so stressful. She started a routine (常规) of Bare Minimum Mondays, which has become a hit on TikTok. The idea is to focus on just two or three important things on Mondays, while looking after your mental health.
Writing in Insider, Mayes explained she doesn’t do any work for the first two hours on Monday mornings — no meetings, no technology — while instead focusing on starting the day feeling good. When she starts work tasks around 10 a.m., she makes sure they’re creative tasks she enjoys. She does that for about an hour, and then takes a break. After that, it’s time to work, meaning no distractions until she gets her main work tasks done, which usually takes two or three hours.
Mayes said Bare Minimum Mondays has changed her life after experiencing burnout (过度劳累) from her old work routine. “Giving myself actual permission to just do the least amount of work possible that day was extremely relaxing, because I’d got used to believing that my worth is directly tied to my productivity and output,” she said. “So relieving that pressure and choosing to let myself off the hook (摆脱困境) was a much-needed change of mindset going into the beginning of the week, which suddenly allowed me to be productive again.”
David Yadush is a doctor. He said Bare Minimum Mondays could help reduce stress and burnout by giving people time to focus on their mental health. He added that burnout decreases the quality of work, so sometimes reducing how much we work could actually have better results.
Of course, not everyone can do this every Monday. But Yadush said just taking breaks often at work and going to bed early on Sundays could help, too.
4. Why did Mayes start her routine of Bare Minimum Mondays
A. To make herself feel better. B. To make her work purposeful.
C. To help increase her productivity. D. To keep her work-exercise balance.
5. What can we learn about Mayes’ Bare Minimum Mondays
A. It’s a waste of time. B. It’s beneficial.
C. It’s suitable for everyone. D. It’s difficult to carry out.
6. What’s David Yadush’s suggestion on reducing burnout on Mondays
A. Sleeping early on Sundays. B. Asking for leave on Mondays.
C. Doing sports on Mondays. D. Working hard on Sundays.
7. What lesson can we draw from Mayes’ story
A. Health is the first wealth.
B. Many hands make light work.
C. Working smartly is harder than working hard.
D. You can’t do a good job if your job is all you do.
【答案】4. A 5. B 6. A 7. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是夹叙夹议文。文章主要通过讲述梅斯的故事告诉我们：要想减少周一的过度劳累的压力，就不能只顾着工作，还要利用合适的方法管理好心理健康。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“Most of us are familiar with the Sunday scares. Marisa Jo Mayes knew those feelings all too well. Sick of the “instant panic” she felt upon waking up, in 2022, she decided Mondays didn’t have to be so stressful. She started a routine (常规) of Bare Minimum Mondays, which has become a hit on TikTok. (我们大多数人都熟悉星期天的恐慌。玛丽莎·乔·梅斯非常清楚这种感觉。2022年，她厌倦了醒来时的“瞬间恐慌”，决定周一不必那么紧张。她开始了Bare Minimum Mondays节目，该节目在TikTok上大受欢迎。)”可知，梅斯开始做Bare Minimum Mondays节目是为了让周一变得不必那么紧张。故选A。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“Mayes said Bare Minimum Mondays has changed her life after experiencing burnout (过度劳累) from her old work routine. “Giving myself actual permission to just do the least amount of work possible that day was extremely relaxing, because I’d got used to believing that my worth is directly tied to my productivity and output,” she said. “So relieving that pressure and choosing to let myself off the hook (摆脱困境) was a much-needed change of mindset going into the beginning of the week, which suddenly allowed me to be productive again.”(梅斯说，在经历了以往工作的倦怠之后，Bare Minimum Mondays改变了她的生活。她说：“允许自己当天只做尽可能少的工作是非常放松的，因为我已经习惯了相信我的价值与我的生产力和产出直接相关。因此，缓解压力并选择让自己摆脱困境是本周初急需的心态转变，这让我突然又有了生产力。”)”可知，Bare Minimum Mondays对梅斯是有很大的好处的。故选B。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“But Yadush said just taking breaks often at work and going to bed early on Sundays could help, too. (但亚杜什说，只要在工作中经常休息，周日早点睡觉也会有所帮助。)”可知，在亚杜什看来，周日早点睡觉也会对减少周一的过度劳累有所帮助。故选A。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Most of us are familiar with the Sunday scares. Marisa Jo Mayes knew those feelings all too well. Sick of the “instant panic” she felt upon waking up, in 2022, she decided Mondays didn’t have to be so stressful. She started a routine (常规) of Bare Minimum Mondays, which has become a hit on TikTok. The idea is to focus on just two or three important things on Mondays, while looking after your mental health. (我们大多数人都熟悉星期天的恐慌。玛丽莎·乔·梅斯非常清楚这种感觉。2022年，她厌倦了醒来时的“瞬间恐慌”，决定周一不必那么紧张。她开始了Bare Minimum Mondays节目，该节目在TikTok上大受欢迎。这个想法是在周一只关注两三件重要的事情，同时照顾你的心理健康。)”可知，这篇文章主要通过讲述梅斯的故事告诉我们：要想减少周一过度劳累所带来的压力，就不能只顾着工作，还要利用合适的方法管理好心理健康。故选D。
C
One company in Japan is working with farmers in the coastal town of Namie. Nearby is the Fukushima nuclear (原子能的) center, closed since a nuclear disaster there in March 2011.
Jinichi Abe is a local rice farmer. He says people do not want to buy his rice because they worry it is polluted. The farmer has been trying for years to recover from the effects of the disaster.
Now, he has a new way to sell his rice. Tokyo-based company Biomass Resin opened a factory in Namie in November, 2022. It turns locally grown rice into materials that can be made into all kinds of products, including plastic tools, food containers and shopping bags.
“Without growing rice, this town can’t recover, the 85-year-old Abe said, adding that in the years since the disaster, he has tried selling rice as animal feed, among other things. “Even now, we can’t sell it as Fukushima rice,” Abe said. “So having Biomass come is a huge help. We can grow rice without worries.”
In 2011, officials ordered people in the area to retreat when the nuclear disaster happened. In 2017, the government allowed some people to return to their lives in Namie after a cleanup of the area. But about 80 percent of the town’s land remains off-limits and currently about 2,000 people live there, while about 21,000 people lived in Namie before the accident.
Biomass Resin now employs 10 people in Namie, including a 20-year-old who returned, and the company hopes to expand (扩大). It uses only about 50 tons of Namie rice. The rest of the 1,500 tons needed is mainly from elsewhere in Fukushima. But the company says it will buy a larger amount from Abe and his cooperative (合作社) next year, grown on the freshly cleared fields.
8. Why don’t people want to buy Abe’s rice
A. It tastes terrible. B. It costs too much.
C. It may go bad quickly. D. It may affect their health.
9. What does the underlined word “retreat” mean in paragraph 5
A. Hide. B. Leave. C. Volunteer. D. Relax.
10. What can we know about Biomass Resin
A. It has been studying nuclear for years.
B. It plans to open more factories in Namie.
C. It processes about 1,500 tons of rice a year.
D. It decides to help the farmers clear more fields.
11. What is the text
A. A news report. B. A book review.
C. A farmer’s story. D. A research paper.
【答案】8. D 9. B 10. C 11. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了日本一家公司与福岛核中心附近的滨江镇的农民合作的故事。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段前两句话“Jinichi Abe is a local rice farmer. He says people do not want to buy his rice because they worry it is polluted. (Jinichi Abe是当地的一位稻农。他说，人们不想买他的大米，因为他们担心它被污染了)”可推知，人们不想买Abe的大米是因为担心大米被污染了，从而导致人们的健康问题。故选D。
【9题详解】
词义猜测题。根据倒数第二段第二句话“In 2017, the government allowed some people to return to their lives in Namie after a cleanup of the area. (2017年，政府允许一些人在纳米江地区清理后重返生活)”可知，2017年，政府允许一些人在纳米江地区清理后重返生活，说明2011年时，由于核泄漏政府命令人们离开了这个区域。所以划线的单词意为“离开”。故选B。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段第二、三句话“It uses only about 50 tons of Namie rice. The rest of the 1,500 tons needed is mainly from elsewhere in Fukushima. (它只使用了大约50吨浪江米。其需要的1500吨大米中的剩余部分主要来自福岛其他地方)”可知，Biomass Resin这家公司一年加工大约1500吨大米。故选C。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。本篇文章在第一段直接说明文章大意，既日本一家公司与福岛核中心附近的滨江镇的农民合作，以及第二段“Jinichi Abe is a local rice farmer. He says people do not want to buy his rice because they worry it is polluted. The farmer has been trying for years to recover from the effects of the disaster.(Jinichi Abe是当地的一位稻农。他说，人们不想买他的大米，因为他们担心它被污染了。这位农民多年来一直在努力从灾难的影响中恢复过来)”可推知，此处表达了在对当地农民的采访中，他们表达了对于核泄漏造成影响的担忧。由此可知，本篇文章是一篇新闻报道。故选A。
D
Sea ice around Antarctica reached a record low for the second straight year this month, scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced. “Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 691,000 square miles on February 21, 2023,” the data center said.
The 2023 ice minimum is the lowest since records began in 1979. This year’s minimum extent beat the previous record low set last year by 52,500 square miles, an area about the size of the state of Alabama. “Antarctica’s response to climate change has been different from the Arctic’s,” said Ted Scambos, a senior research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences and contributor to the data center’s Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis page.
“The downward trend (趋势) in sea ice may be a signal that global warming is finally affecting the floating ice around Antarctica, but it will take several more years to be confident of it,” Scambos said, adding that, “lower sea ice extent means that ocean waves will strike the coast of the giant ice sheet, further reducing ice shelves around Antarctica.”
Sea ice loss—especially in the Arctic and less so in the Antarctic—is one of the clearest signals of global warming, the National Climate Assessment reported in 2018. In addition to human-caused warming of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, many factors—including the geography of Antarctica, the region’s winds, as well as air and ocean temperatures—affect the ice around Antarctica.
Although the sea ice around Antarctica has been undergoing a downward trend over the past ten years or so, it’s not sharp, the data center said. This is in clear contrast to the Arctic, where the trend in the sea ice minimum is larger in magnitude (程度). The data center said that even though sea ice occurs mainly in the polar regions, it influences our global climate and weather patterns around the world.
12. What was the record low in 2022
A. 691,000 square miles. B. 52,500 square miles.
C. 16,600 square miles. D. 743,500 square miles.
13. What is paragraph 4 mainly about
A. Influence of the sea ice loss. B. Evidence of the sea ice loss.
C. Causes of the sea ice loss. D. Levels of the sea ice loss.
14. What can we learn from the last paragraph
A. The loss of sea ice in Arctic is more obvious.
B. The loss of sea ice has existed for decades.
C. The loss of sea ice in Antarctica is not taken seriously.
D. The loss of sea ice won’t affect humans’ life.
15. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. Humans’ Activity Causes the Loss of Sea Ice
B. Scientists Carry out Experiments on Climate Change
C. Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest Level Ever Recorded
D. Sea Ice in Arctic Disappears Faster than That in Antarctic
【答案】12 D 13. C 14. A 15. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了南极洲周围的海冰连续两年达到了历史最低水平。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话““Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 691,000 square miles on February 21, 2023,” the data center said.(数据中心表示：“南极海冰可能在2023年2月21日达到今年的最小面积，达到691000平方英里。”)”以及第二段前两句话“The 2023 ice minimum is the lowest since records began in 1979. This year’s minimum extent beat the previous record low set last year by 52,500 square miles, an area about the size of the state of Alabama.(2023年的最低冰量是自1979年有记录以来的最低水平。今年的最小面积比去年创下的历史最低纪录高出5.25万平方英里，这个面积与亚拉巴马州差不多）”可知，2023年的南极海冰达到历史最低，面积大约691000平方英里，比2022年减少 52,500平方英里。所以2022年南极的海冰量为743,500平方英里。故选D。
【13题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第四段“Sea ice loss—especially in the Arctic and less so in the Antarctic—is one of the clearest signals of global warming, the National Climate Assessment reported in 2018. In addition to human-caused warming of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, many factors—including the geography of Antarctica, the region’s winds, as well as air and ocean temperatures—affect the ice around Antarctica.(2018年，国家气候评估报告称，海冰减少是全球变暖最明显的信号之一，尤其是在北极，而在南极则不然。除了人类造成的地球大气层和海洋变暖外，许多因素——包括南极洲的地理位置、该地区的风以及空气和海洋温度——都会影响南极洲周围的冰)”可知，第四段主要是关于海冰消失的原因。故选C。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句话“This is in clear contrast to the Arctic, where the trend in the sea ice minimum is larger in magnitude (程度). (这与北极形成了鲜明对比，北极的海冰最小值趋势更大)”可知，从最后一段了解到，北极的海冰减少的更加明显。故选A。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文，并根据第一段第一句话“Sea ice around Antarctica reached a record low for the second straight year this month, scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced.(国家冰雪数据中心的科学家宣布，本月南极洲周围的海冰连续第二年创下历史新低)”可知，本文主要介绍了南极洲周围的海冰连续两年达到了历史最低水平。所以“南极海冰达到有记录以来的最低水平”适合作本文标题。故选C。
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Have you ever watched a legal drama and found yourself wondering what everyone’s talking about On TV or in movies, it might not be that important to know what everything means — but it’s different if you’re really living through a legal drama. ____16____
In fact, it matters so much that steps are being taken in some English-speaking countries to make legal language simpler. ____17____ In March 2023, the Colorado Politics website reported that a local judge had begun adding simple explanations to her decisions to make them easier to understand when people who didn’t have lawyers were representing themselves in court. This is often known as writing in “plain (简单的) language”, or “plain English”.
____18____ Set up in 1983, an international organization called Clarity encourages the use of plain language in legal documents. Clarity says it wants to give power back to people by allowing them to understand things that may be important to them.
As plain language supporters say, it’s a matter of equality: making sure everyone has easy access to information, whatever their educational background — or whether they speak English as a second language. ____19____ It even has laws explaining when plain language must be used in things like government documents. The US and New Zealand have also introduced laws designed to encourage clear language and reduce jargon (术语).
____20____ They argue that plain language can be less proper than legal vocabulary. But for many others, the use of plain language — even along with a more difficult text — has a great many advantages. For example, we can get plain language subtitles (字幕) on our favorite legal dramas.
A. So it can be understood by everyone.
B. How can we understand the language easily
C. Then, understanding the language really matters.
D. However, some legal professionals have different ideas.
E. The plain language has a great influence on people’s life.
F. The plain language movement has been developing for many years.
G. Canada has long encouraged plain language in government documents.
【答案】16. C 17. A 18. F 19. G 20. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文，文章主要讲述一些国家正在使法律用语更加简单，确保每个人都能轻松获取信息。
【16题详解】
根据上文“On TV or in movies, it might not be that important to know what everything means — but it’s different if you’re really living through a legal drama.(在电视或电影中，了解每句话的含义可能并不那么重要——但如果你真的经历了一场法律剧，那就不一样了)”可知，如果真的经历一场法律剧，就知道解每句话的含义很重要，故C项“然后，理解语言真的很重要”与上文语义一致。故选C。
【17题详解】
根据上文“In fact, it matters so much that steps are being taken in some English-speaking countries to make legal language simpler.(事实上，这非常重要，一些英语国家正在采取措施使法律语言更简单)”可知，一些国家正在采取措施使法律语言更简单，由此推知，空处陈述这样做的结果，故A项“这样每个人都能理解”符合语境，故选A。
【18题详解】
根据下文“Set up in 1983, an international organization called Clarity encourages the use of plain language in legal documents. Clarity says it wants to give power back to people by allowing them to understand things that may be important to them.(成立于1983年的国际组织Clarity鼓励在法律文件中使用通俗易懂的语言。Clarity表示，它希望通过让人们理解对他们来说可能很重要的事情，将权力交还给人们)”可知，本文是关于在法律文件中使用通俗易懂的语言的历史，F项“简单语言的运动已经发展了很多年”符合题意，引起下文，故选F。
【19题详解】
根据下文“It even has laws explaining when plain language must be used in things like government documents. The US and New Zealand have also introduced laws designed to encourage clear language and reduce jargon (术语).(它甚至有法律解释什么时候必须在政府文件中使用通俗易懂的语言。美国和新西兰也出台了旨在鼓励语言清晰、减少行话的法律)”可知，此处是列举鼓励使用简单语言的国家，G项“加拿大长期以来一直鼓励在政府文件中使用通俗易懂的语言”符合语境，下文中的“It”指代G项中的“Canada”，故选G。
【20题详解】
根据下文“They argue that plain language can be less proper than legal vocabulary.(他们认为，普通语言可能不如法律词汇恰当)”可知，此处与上文是转折关系，是描述有些人不赞成在法律中使用简单的语言，D项“然而，一些法律专业人士有不同的想法”符合语境，故选D。
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The doorbell was ringing! I looked up from the sofa. Who in the world could that be I had been ____21____ for months. Being ____22____ because of serious illness, I’d locked myself in my home, separating from everyone and everything. Friends telephoned, texted, emailed, or sent cards. I didn’t ____23____, thinking that I had nothing to offer anyone in the sorry shape I was in.
The bell continued ringing, so I ____24____ got up and opened the door and found that it was a flower delivery. As I put the bunch of flowers on my dining table, I was ____25____ by its uniqueness (独特性). It was ____26____ flowers of many varieties that shouldn’t really go together yet somehow did. The ____27____ flowers had come in a blue bottle, without a card.
Instead of ____28____ to the sofa, I telephoned the flower shop. The boss told me some of my friends were behind the ____29____, with names unknown. “They wanted to send a(n)_____30_____ to you,” he said, “through the language of flowers.”
It was _____31_____ that the flowers were specifically picked. Each of them _____32_____ something different. The more I _____33_____ what the flowers meant, the more I started to remember the woman who I used to be before I _____34_____ myself. My friends knew I was still that woman, with value beyond my health. Suddenly, my hope for life was _____35_____ again!
21. A. experimenting B. learning C. training D. suffering
22. A. independent B. selfish C. hopeless D. curious
23. A. attempt B. protest C. respond D. impress
24. A. confidently B. suddenly C. energetically D. slowly
25. A. attracted B. disappointed C. annoyed D. represented
26. A. broken away from B. made up of C. kept off D. named after
27. A. similar B. familiar C. mysterious D. expensive
28. A. adapting B. returning C. referring D. pointing
29. A. delivery B. store C. comment D. reward
30. A. announcement B. agreement C. message D. postcard
31. A. natural B. obvious C. strange D. necessary
32. A. avoided B. mentioned C. promoted D. expressed
33. A. understood B. proved C. explained D. expected
34. A. behaved B. hid C. enjoyed D. recovered
35. A. appreciated B. delayed C. killed D. lighted
【答案】21 D 22. C 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. C 31. B 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述作者因为生病，拒绝见任何人和任何事物。后来收到了朋友们匿名送给她的一束花，最后又对生活燃起了希望。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我已经痛苦了好几个月。A. experimenting做实验；B. learning学习；C. training训练；D. suffering遭受；受苦。根据下文“because of serious illness”可知，作者生病了，所以感到痛苦。故选D。
【22题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：由于重病而绝望，我把自己锁在家里，与所有人和一切隔绝。A. independent独立的；B. selfish自私的；C. hopeless无望的；D. curious好奇的。根据下文“because of serious illness”可知，作者生病了，所以感到绝望。故选C。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我没有回应，以为处于这样糟糕状态的我没有什么可以提供给他人的。A. attempt试图；B. protest抗议；C. respond回应；D. impress留下印象。根据下文“thinking that I had nothing to offer anyone”可知，作者觉得她没什么可跟别人说的，所以应该是没有回应敲门声。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：铃声继续响着，我慢慢地站起来，打开门，发现是送花的。A. confidently自信地；B. suddenly突然；C. energetically精力充沛地；D. slowly慢慢地。根据上文“because of serious illness”可知，作者生病了，所以应该是没有力气，只能慢慢地站起来。故选D。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我把那束花放在餐桌上时，我被它的独特性所吸引。A. attracted吸引；B. disappointed使失望；C. annoyed使心烦；D. represented代表。根据下文“by its uniqueness”可知，作者应该是被花的独特性吸引了。故选A。
【26题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：它由许多品种的花组成，这些花本不应该真正组合在一起，但不知何故却组合在一起了。A. broken away from摆脱；B. made up of由……组成；C. kept off远离；D. named after以……命名。根据下文“flowers of many varieties that shouldn’t really go together”可知，作者受到的这束花是由许多品种的花组成。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这些神秘的花装在一个蓝色的瓶子里，没有卡片。A. similar类似的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. mysterious神秘的；D. expensive昂贵的。根据下文“without a card”可知，作者不知道是谁送来的花，所以花是神秘的。故选C。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我没有回到沙发上，而是给花店打了电话。A. adapting适应；B. returning回归；C. referring提到；D. pointing指向。根据下文“I telephoned the flower shop”可知，作者没有回到沙发上，而是给花店打了电话。故选B。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：老板告诉我，我的一些朋友是送货的幕后推手，他们的名字不详。A. delivery递送；B. store商店；C. comment评论；D. reward回报。根据上文“I telephoned the flower shop”可知，作者给花店打电话是想问这些花是谁送给她的。故选A。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：“他们想通过花的语言向你传递一个信息，”他说。A. announcement公布；B. agreement协议；C. message信息；D. postcard明信片。根据下文“through the language of flowers”可知，通过花语应该是要传递信息。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：很明显，这些花是专门采摘的。A. natural自然的；B. obvious明显的；C. strange奇怪的；D. necessary必要的。根据下文“the flowers were specifically picked”可知，这些花是专门采摘的是很明显就可以看出来的事情。故选B。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：它们每朵花都表达了不同的东西。A. avoided避免；B. mentioned提到；C. promoted提升；D. expressed表达。根据上文““They wanted to send a(n)____10____ to you,” he said, “through the language of flowers.””可知，每朵花都通过花语表达了不同的东西。故选D。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我越是理解这些花的含义，就越开始想起那个在我隐藏自己之前的女人。A. understood理解；B. proved证明；C. explained解释；D. expected期待。根据下文“what the flowers meant”可知，这里应该是指作者理解了这些花的含义。故选A。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：见第13题详解。A. behaved行为；B. hid躲藏；C. enjoyed喜欢；D. recovered覆盖。根据上文“Being ____2____ because of serious illness, I’d locked myself in my home, separating from everyone and everything.”可知，因为生病，作者自己躲起来了。故选B。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：突然，我对生活的希望又燃起了！A. appreciated感激；B. delayed推迟；C. killed杀死；D. lighted点亮。根据上文“my hope for life”可知，作者最后又对生活燃起了希望。故选D。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。
In Japan, Chen Jianyi was a household name. He devoted his life to cooking and adapting the hot and spicy Chinese dish for Japanese ____36____ (customer). His career and life even inspired a Japanese artist ____37____ (create) Cooking Master Boy, a household cartoon ____38____ became a common childhood memory among the Japanese born in the 1980s and 1990s.
In 1952, Chen’s father moved to Japan. 6 years ____39____ (late), he opened the first Sichuan cuisine restaurant in Tokyo. Then he set up an “Institute of Chinese Cuisine” ____40____ the help of his wife. It has trained 15,000 chefs, making a great ____41____ (contribute) to the spread of Chinese food in Japan.
In 1990, Chen took over the Sichuan restaurant at ____42____ age of 34 after his father’s death. He improved their family’s signature dish (招牌菜) even further to give it a “spicy and ____43____ (slight) sweet taste.” In a cooking competition in 1993, he broke a record and ____44____ (claim) the title of “First Chef of Chinese Food” in Japan.
Sadly, chef Chen passed away in March, 2023. The news of his death made media headlines in Japan. It shows just how much the Japanese love the dish he cooked and Chinese cuisine, and how food culture has played an important role in promoting communication and ____45____ (culture) exchanges.
【答案】36. customers
37. to create
38. which##that
39. later 40. with
41. contribution
42. the 43. slightly
44. claimed
45. cultural
【解析】
【导语】本文是记叙文。主要讲述了华裔厨师陈建一使中国美食在日本广泛传播的事情。
【36题详解】
考查名词的数。句意：他一生致力于为日本顾客烹饪和改良辛辣的中国菜。此处应用名词customer作宾语，为可数名词，前面无冠词，应用复数表示泛指，故填customers。
【37题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：他的职业生涯和生活甚至启发了一位日本艺术家创作了一部家喻户晓的卡通片《烹饪大师男孩》 ，这部卡通片成为了80年代和90年代出生的日本人共同的童年记忆。inspire sb. to do sth.固定搭配，意为“鼓励某人做某事”，故填to create。
【38题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：他的职业生涯和生活甚至启发了一位日本艺术家创作了一部家喻户晓的卡通片《烹饪大师男孩》 ，这部卡通片成为了80年代和90年代出生的日本人共同的童年记忆。空处引导限制性定语从句，修饰先行词a household cartoon，指物，且从句中缺少主语，应用关系代词which/that引导定语从句，故填which/that。
【39题详解】
考查副词。句意：6年后，他在东京开了第一家川菜馆。时间+later，表示“多久之后”，故填later。
【40题详解】
考查介词。句意：然后他在妻子的帮助下成立了“中国烹饪学院”。with the help of sb.固定搭配，意为“在某人的帮助下”，故填with。
【41题详解】
考查名词。句意：它培养了15000名厨师，为中国菜在日本的传播做出了巨大贡献。此处应用名词作宾语，由a可知，应用单数，故填contribution。
【42题详解】
考查冠词。句意：1990年，34岁的陈在父亲去世后接管了这家四川餐厅。at the age of固定搭配，意为“在……岁时”，故填the。
【43题详解】
考查副词。句意：他进一步改进了他们家的招牌菜，使其具有“辛辣而略带甜味”。此处应用副词slightly修饰形容词sweet，故填slightly。
【44题详解】
考查时态。句意：在1993年的一次烹饪比赛中，他打破了一项记录，并在日本赢得了“中国菜第一厨师”的称号。此处在句中作谓语，和broke是并列谓语动词，句子描述过去发生的事，应用一般过去时，故填claimed。
【45题详解】
考查形容词。句意：它表明了日本人是多么热爱他烹饪的菜肴和中国菜，以及饮食文化如何在促进沟通和文化交流方面发挥了重要作用。此处应用形容词cultural作定语，修饰名词exchanges，故填cultural。
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 某英语刊物正在进行以Environment and Health为题的征文活动。请根据以下提示写一篇短文，向该刊投稿。内容包括：
1. 论述两者关系；
2. 列举具体事例。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Environment and Health
A person’s health is partially determined by the environment that he or she lives in.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】One possible version:
Environment and Health
A person’s health is partially determined by the environment that he or she lives in. If the air is clean, people are less likely to have problems with their lungs. Breathing problems are widespread in places where factories, vehicles and power plants send pollution into the air. The cleanliness of available water is another environmental factor that has an impact on health. In the places where water is polluted, there are often outbreaks of disease. In a word, both air and water are parts of the environment that affect the health of humans. Therefore, to live a happy life, we must protect the environment.
【解析】
【导语】本文是开放作文。某英语刊物正在进行以Environment and Health为题的征文活动。请根据以下提示写一篇短文，向该刊投稿。内容包括：1. 论述两者关系；2. 列举具体事例。
【详解】1.词汇积累
原因：factor→cause
对……有影响：have an impact on→have an effect/influence on
简言之：In a word→In short
因此：therefore→as a result
2.句式拓展
原句变复合句
简单句：Therefore, to live a happy life, we must protect the environment.
拓展句：Therefore, we must protect the environment so that we can live a happy life.
【点睛】【高分句型1】Breathing problems are widespread in places where factories, vehicles and power plants send pollution into the air. (运用了where引导的的定语从句)
【高分句型2】The cleanliness of available water is another environmental factor that has an impact on health.(运用了that引导的限制性定语从句)
第二节(满分25分)
47. 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。
I always thought of myself as having a “rubber stomach”. I can put anything in it, and the stomach will digest it without giving me any trouble. In fact, I don’t remember having had an upset stomach since I was five years old. However, all of this changed one summer day after a meal in a seafood restaurant.
It was 3 o’clock in the morning when my dreams were interrupted by an aching pain in my stomach. I rushed out of bed and headed straight for the washroom. After a few minutes, I returned to bed, but before I was able to fall asleep again, another pain hit. I ran to the washroom again. This happened again and again. It was like that all night. By 6 o’clock in the morning, I could barely stand up. I decided I’d better head to the hospital.
The doctor at the emergency room was a young lady. She took a good look at me and then started pressing down on different spots of my stomach. As she pressed, she asked if I felt any pain. I did, but I wasn’t sure where the pain was. She asked me to take some blood tests. Soon she got the test results. My blood tests suggested that I had an infection (感染). Then she advised me to take four bottles of intravenous drip (静脉注射).
After lying in a hospital bed for half a day, I went home, hoping to get better soon, but I was not feeling any better. I hadn’t eaten anything for a full day. And I couldn’t even fall asleep anymore. Not only did I still feel very weak, but my arms and legs began to hurt as well. In fact, I even started having trouble breathing. What should I do
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。
I suddenly remembered that my aunt’s friend was a doctor.
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To be honest, I didn’t believe that some noodle soup could make any difference.
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【答案】One possible version:
I suddenly remembered that my aunt’s friend was a doctor. I called my aunt, and she suggested that I see her doctor friend. Like the previous one, this doctor asked me some questions about my illness. To my surprise, he didn’t do any further testing. Instead, he told me that there was nothing wrong with my body. I just needed to have a good rest and have some food. He advised me to go home and have some noodle soup and promised I would be all right the next morning.
To be honest, I didn’t believe that some noodle soup could make any difference. But I decided to have a try. That evening, after having an entire pot of noodle soup, I went to bed early, hoping for the best but expecting the worst. When I woke up, just as the second doctor had said, I was entirely healthy again! I shook my arms and legs, walked back and forth, and jumped up and down. No problems. All my discomfort had disappeared! It is really amazing what a good pot of noodle soup can do.
【解析】
【导语】本文以故事发展为线索展开。作者一直以来认为自己拥有“橡皮胃”，什么都能消化，但在一次海鲜餐后出现了严重的胃痛，最终去医院治疗。然而，治疗后作者的症状并没有改善。最后，作者去找姑姑的一位医生朋友，得到了正确的治疗方法，通过喝一碗面条汤恢复了健康。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“我突然想起我姑妈的朋友是个医生。”可知，第一段可描写作者通过姑妈介绍找到了另一位医生，作者去看医生的情况。
②由第二段首句内容“说实话，我不相信一些面汤会有什么不同。”可知，第二段可描写作者喝完了面汤之后身体完全恢复的情况以及作者的反应。
2.续写线索：生病——寻求医生帮助——回家喝面汤——作者怀疑——尝试喝汤——最终能恢复
3.词汇激活
行为类
①建议：suggest/give sb advice
②醒来：wake up/revive
③来回走：walk back and forth /wander around
情绪类
①惊讶：to one’s surprise/to one’s astonishment
②不可思议的：amazing/ miraculous
【点睛】[高分句型1]He advised me to go home and have some noodle soup and promised I would be all right the next morning. （运用省略that的宾语从句）
[高分句型2]That evening, after having an entire pot of noodle soup, I went to bed early, hoping for the best but expecting the worst.（现分词作伴随状语）
听力答案：1—5 CBACC 6—10 CBCAB 11—15 BCBCC 16—20 BABAC2022—2023学年第二学期高一期末调研考试
英语
考生注意：
1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将考生号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡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，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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2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. How will the woman go to the man’s house
A. By bus. B. By train. C. By taxi.
2. What will Judy do tonight
A. See a movie. B. Study for her test. C. Visit her teacher.
3. How much should the man pay
A. $20. B. $25. C. $30.
4. What does the man complain about
A. Quality of goods. B. Price of goods. C. The waiting time.
5. Where did the man spend his holiday this year
A. On the beach. B. In the forest. C. In the mountains.
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 man calling for
A. To ask for a double room.
B. To confirm his booking details.
C. To change the date of his booking.
7. When will the man check in
A. On February 9. B. On February 11. C. On February 13.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How will the woman help with dinner
A. By washing the tomatoes. B. By making noodles. C. By setting the table.
9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Husband and wife. B. Hostess and guest. C. Customer and waiter.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What caused the man’s recent weight gain according to himself
A. Staying in bed too much.
B. Eating too much fast food.
C. Being too busy to exercise.
11. What is the man’s attitude to the woman’s advice
A. Uncaring. B. Supportive. C. Doubtful.
12. What will the man do next
A. He’ll have a meal. B. He’ll cook at home. C. He’ll go for a run.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Why does the man want to sell some of his things
A. He is short of money.
B. He’ll go somewhere else.
C. He plans to open an online store.
14. What will sell well online according to the woman
A. Old furniture. B. Regular shoes. C. High—end clothing.
15. Which features the sale of clothes
A. eBay. B. Amazon. C. Poshmark.
16. What will the woman help the man do
A. Sort his items.
B. Set price for his items.
C. Confirm the condition of the items.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How does the STOP mindfulness technique help
A. It helps us relax.
B. It helps build a strong body.
C. It helps improve our confidence.
18. Which step helps calm your nervous system
A. The first step. B. The second step. C. The third step.
19. What does the “O” in the STOP method stand for
A. Observe. B. Organize. C. Overcome.
20. What is the speaker mainly talking about
A. The harmfulness of stress.
B. How stress affects our health.
C. A method to deal with stress.
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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Freewater
—By Amina Luqman-Dawson, $8.7 Ages 10—14
Homer and his sister run away from a big farm, escaping a life of slavery (奴隶). After crossing dangerous swampland (沼泽地), they reach Freewater, a settlement for former slaves. But their mom is still at the farm. Homer sets out to rescue her. Will they all be together again
Iveliz Explains It All
—By Andrea Beatriz Arango, illustrated (插图) by Alyssa Bermudez, $7.8 Ages 12 and up
In this story, Iveliz keeps a journal and writes about her mental health struggles. She is hoping that seventh grade will be better than the previous year. But she has difficulty getting on well with some people in her life. It is getting in the way of a fresh start.
The Last Mapmaker
—By Christina Soontornvat, $7.5 Ages 8—12
The main character in this fantasy adventure, Sai, can perfectly copy anyone’s handwriting. Her talent wins her a job on a boat that may be heading to a land. Sai holds secrets about her past, and she discovers that she’s not the only one hiding something. This story has a great ending.
Maizy Chen’s Last Chance
—By Lisa Yee, $9.8 Ages 8—12
The Golden Palace restaurant in Minnesota has been in Maizy’s family for years. When her grandfather gets sick, she and her mom travel from their home in Los Angeles to help at the restaurant. Maizy must adapt to the fact that she is the only child of color in the town. She also tries to solve family mysteries.
1. What can be learned about Iveliz Explains It All
A. It’s for children under ten. B. It has pictures.
C. It’s about slavery. D. It costs the least.
2. What is Maizy’s problem
A. She has to save her mother.
B. She can’t get on with others.
C. She fears her secret will be discovered.
D. She is different from the other children.
3. What do the four books have in common
A. The authors have special talents.
B. They are all about children.
C. They are written in simple language.
D. The main characters struggle with something.
B
Most of us are familiar with the Sunday scares. Marisa Jo Mayes knew those feelings all too well. Sick of the “instant panic” she felt upon waking up, in 2022, she decided Mondays didn’t have to be so stressful. She started a routine (常规) of Bare Minimum Mondays, which has become a hit on TikTok. The idea is to focus on just two or three important things on Mondays, while looking after your mental health.
Writing in Insider, Mayes explained she doesn’t do any work for the first two hours on Monday mornings — no meetings, no technology — while instead focusing on starting the day feeling good. When she starts work tasks around 10 a.m., she makes sure they’re creative tasks she enjoys. She does that for about an hour, and then takes a break. After that, it’s time to work, meaning no distractions until she gets her main work tasks done, which usually takes two or three hours.
Mayes said Bare Minimum Mondays has changed her life after experiencing burnout (过度劳累) from her old work routine. “Giving myself actual permission to just do the least amount of work possible that day was extremely relaxing, because I’d got used to believing that my worth is directly tied to my productivity and output,” she said. “So relieving that pressure and choosing to let myself off the hook (摆脱困境) was a much-needed change of mindset going into the beginning of the week, which suddenly allowed me to be productive again.”
David Yadush is a doctor. He said Bare Minimum Mondays could help reduce stress and burnout by giving people time to focus on their mental health. He added that burnout decreases the quality of work, so sometimes reducing how much we work could actually have better results.
Of course, not everyone can do this every Monday. But Yadush said just taking breaks often at work and going to bed early on Sundays could help, too.
4. Why did Mayes start her routine of Bare Minimum Mondays
A. To make herself feel better. B. To make her work purposeful.
C. To help increase her productivity. D. To keep her work-exercise balance.
5. What can we learn about Mayes’ Bare Minimum Mondays
A. It’s a waste of time. B. It’s beneficial.
C. It’s suitable for everyone. D. It’s difficult to carry out.
6. What’s David Yadush’s suggestion on reducing burnout on Mondays
A. Sleeping early on Sundays. B. Asking for leave on Mondays.
C. Doing sports on Mondays. D. Working hard on Sundays.
7. What lesson can we draw from Mayes’ story
A. Health is the first wealth.
B Many hands make light work.
C. Working smartly is harder than working hard.
D. You can’t do a good job if your job is all you do.
C
One company in Japan is working with farmers in the coastal town of Namie. Nearby is the Fukushima nuclear (原子能的) center, closed since a nuclear disaster there in March 2011.
Jinichi Abe is a local rice farmer. He says people do not want to buy his rice because they worry it is polluted. The farmer has been trying for years to recover from the effects of the disaster.
Now, he has a new way to sell his rice. Tokyo-based company Biomass Resin opened a factory in Namie in November, 2022. It turns locally grown rice into materials that can be made into all kinds of products, including plastic tools, food containers and shopping bags.
“Without growing rice, this town can’t recover, the 85-year-old Abe said, adding that in the years since the disaster, he has tried selling rice as animal feed, among other things. “Even now, we can’t sell it as Fukushima rice,” Abe said. “So having Biomass come is a huge help. We can grow rice without worries.”
In 2011, officials ordered people in the area to retreat when the nuclear disaster happened. In 2017, the government allowed some people to return to their lives in Namie after a cleanup of the area. But about 80 percent of the town’s land remains off-limits and currently about 2,000 people live there, while about 21,000 people lived in Namie before the accident.
Biomass Resin now employs 10 people in Namie, including a 20-year-old who returned, and the company hopes to expand (扩大). It uses only about 50 tons of Namie rice. The rest of the 1,500 tons needed is mainly from elsewhere in Fukushima. But the company says it will buy a larger amount from Abe and his cooperative (合作社) next year, grown on the freshly cleared fields.
8. Why don’t people want to buy Abe’s rice
A. It tastes terrible. B. It costs too much.
C. It may go bad quickly. D. It may affect their health.
9. What does the underlined word “retreat” mean in paragraph 5
A. Hide. B. Leave. C. Volunteer. D. Relax.
10. What can we know about Biomass Resin
A. It has been studying nuclear for years.
B. It plans to open more factories in Namie.
C. It processes about 1,500 tons of rice a year.
D. It decides to help the farmers clear more fields.
11. What is the text
A. A news report. B. A book review.
C. A farmer’s story. D. A research paper.
D
Sea ice around Antarctica reached a record low for the second straight year this month, scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced. “Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 691,000 square miles on February 21, 2023,” the data center said.
The 2023 ice minimum is the lowest since records began in 1979. This year’s minimum extent beat the previous record low set last year by 52500 square miles, an area about the size of the state of Alabama. “Antarctica’s response to climate change has been different from the Arctic’s,” said Ted Scambos, a senior research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences and contributor to the data center’s Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis page.
“The downward trend (趋势) in sea ice may be a signal that global warming is finally affecting the floating ice around Antarctica, but it will take several more years to be confident of it,” Scambos said, adding that, “lower sea ice extent means that ocean waves will strike the coast of the giant ice sheet, further reducing ice shelves around Antarctica.”
Sea ice loss—especially in the Arctic and less so in the Antarctic—is one of the clearest signals of global warming, the National Climate Assessment reported in 2018. In addition to human-caused warming of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, many factors—including the geography of Antarctica, the region’s winds, as well as air and ocean temperatures—affect the ice around Antarctica.
Although the sea ice around Antarctica has been undergoing a downward trend over the past ten years or so, it’s not sharp, the data center said. This is in clear contrast to the Arctic, where the trend in the sea ice minimum is larger in magnitude (程度). The data center said that even though sea ice occurs mainly in the polar regions, it influences our global climate and weather patterns around the world.
12. What was the record low in 2022
A. 691,000 square miles. B. 52,500 square miles.
C. 16,600 square miles. D. 743,500 square miles.
13. What is paragraph 4 mainly about
A. Influence of the sea ice loss. B. Evidence of the sea ice loss.
C. Causes of the sea ice loss. D. Levels of the sea ice loss.
14. What can we learn from the last paragraph
A. The loss of sea ice in Arctic is more obvious.
B. The loss of sea ice has existed for decades.
C. The loss of sea ice in Antarctica is not taken seriously.
D. The loss of sea ice won’t affect humans’ life.
15. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. Humans’ Activity Causes the Loss of Sea Ice
B. Scientists Carry out Experiments on Climate Change
C. Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest Level Ever Recorded
D. Sea Ice in Arctic Disappears Faster than That in Antarctic
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Have you ever watched a legal drama and found yourself wondering what everyone’s talking about On TV or in movies, it might not be that important to know what everything means — but it’s different if you’re really living through a legal drama. ____16____
In fact, it matters so much that steps are being taken in some English-speaking countries to make legal language simpler. ____17____ In March 2023, the Colorado Politics website reported that a local judge had begun adding simple explanations to her decisions to make them easier to understand when people who didn’t have lawyers were representing themselves in court. This is often known as writing in “plain (简单的) language”, or “plain English”.
____18____ Set up in 1983, an international organization called Clarity encourages the use of plain language in legal documents. Clarity says it wants to give power back to people by allowing them to understand things that may be important to them.
As plain language supporters say, it’s a matter of equality: making sure everyone has easy access to information, whatever their educational background — or whether they speak English as a second language. ____19____ It even has laws explaining when plain language must be used in things like government documents. The US and New Zealand have also introduced laws designed to encourage clear language and reduce jargon (术语).
____20____ They argue that plain language can be less proper than legal vocabulary. But for many others, the use of plain language — even along with a more difficult text — has a great many advantages. For example, we can get plain language subtitles (字幕) on our favorite legal dramas.
A. So it can be understood by everyone.
B. How can we understand the language easily
C. Then, understanding the language really matters.
D. However, some legal professionals have different ideas.
E. The plain language has a great influence on people’s life.
F. The plain language movement has been developing for many years.
G. Canada has long encouraged plain language in government documents.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The doorbell was ringing! I looked up from the sofa. Who in the world could that be I had been ____21____ for months. Being ____22____ because of serious illness, I’d locked myself in my home, separating from everyone and everything. Friends telephoned, texted, emailed, or sent cards. I didn’t ____23____, thinking that I had nothing to offer anyone in the sorry shape I was in.
The bell continued ringing, so I ____24____ got up and opened the door and found that it was a flower delivery. As I put the bunch of flowers on my dining table, I was ____25____ by its uniqueness (独特性). It was ____26____ flowers of many varieties that shouldn’t really go together yet somehow did. The ____27____ flowers had come in a blue bottle, without a card.
Instead of ____28____ to the sofa, I telephoned the flower shop. The boss told me some of my friends were behind the ____29____, with names unknown. “They wanted to send a(n)_____30_____ to you,” he said, “through the language of flowers.”
It was _____31_____ that the flowers were specifically picked. Each of them _____32_____ something different. The more I _____33_____ what the flowers meant, the more I started to remember the woman who I used to be before I _____34_____ myself. My friends knew I was still that woman, with value beyond my health. Suddenly, my hope for life was _____35_____ again!
21. A. experimenting B. learning C. training D. suffering
22. A. independent B. selfish C. hopeless D. curious
23. A. attempt B. protest C. respond D. impress
24. A. confidently B. suddenly C. energetically D. slowly
25 A. attracted B. disappointed C. annoyed D. represented
26. A. broken away from B. made up of C. kept off D. named after
27. A. similar B. familiar C. mysterious D. expensive
28. A. adapting B. returning C. referring D. pointing
29. A. delivery B. store C. comment D. reward
30 A. announcement B. agreement C. message D. postcard
31. A. natural B. obvious C. strange D. necessary
32. A. avoided B. mentioned C. promoted D. expressed
33. A. understood B. proved C. explained D. expected
34. A. behaved B. hid C. enjoyed D. recovered
35 A. appreciated B. delayed C. killed D. lighted
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。
In Japan, Chen Jianyi was a household name. He devoted his life to cooking and adapting the hot and spicy Chinese dish for Japanese ____36____ (customer). His career and life even inspired a Japanese artist ____37____ (create) Cooking Master Boy, a household cartoon ____38____ became a common childhood memory among the Japanese born in the 1980s and 1990s.
In 1952, Chen’s father moved to Japan. 6 years ____39____ (late), he opened the first Sichuan cuisine restaurant in Tokyo. Then he set up an “Institute of Chinese Cuisine” ____40____ the help of his wife. It has trained 15,000 chefs, making a great ____41____ (contribute) to the spread of Chinese food in Japan.
In 1990, Chen took over the Sichuan restaurant at ____42____ age of 34 after his father’s death. He improved their family’s signature dish (招牌菜) even further to give it a “spicy and ____43____ (slight) sweet taste.” In a cooking competition in 1993, he broke a record and ____44____ (claim) the title of “First Chef of Chinese Food” in Japan.
Sadly, chef Chen passed away in March, 2023. The news of his death made media headlines in Japan. It shows just how much the Japanese love the dish he cooked and Chinese cuisine, and how food culture has played an important role in promoting communication and ____45____ (culture) exchanges.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 某英语刊物正在进行以Environment and Health为题的征文活动。请根据以下提示写一篇短文，向该刊投稿。内容包括：
1. 论述两者关系；
2. 列举具体事例。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Environment and Health
A person’s health is partially determined by the environment that he or she lives in.
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第二节(满分25分)
47. 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。
I always thought of myself as having a “rubber stomach”. I can put anything in it, and the stomach will digest it without giving me any trouble. In fact, I don’t remember having had an upset stomach since I was five years old. However, all of this changed one summer day after a meal in a seafood restaurant.
It was 3 o’clock in the morning when my dreams were interrupted by an aching pain in my stomach. I rushed out of bed and headed straight for the washroom. After a few minutes, I returned to bed, but before I was able to fall asleep again, another pain hit. I ran to the washroom again. This happened again and again. It was like that all night. By 6 o’clock in the morning, I could barely stand up. I decided I’d better head to the hospital.
The doctor at the emergency room was a young lady. She took a good look at me and then started pressing down on different spots of my stomach. As she pressed, she asked if I felt any pain. I did, but I wasn’t sure where the pain was. She asked me to take some blood tests. Soon she got the test results. My blood tests suggested that I had an infection (感染). Then she advised me to take four bottles of intravenous drip (静脉注射).
After lying in a hospital bed for half a day, I went home, hoping to get better soon, but I was not feeling any better. I hadn’t eaten anything for a full day. And I couldn’t even fall asleep anymore. Not only did I still feel very weak, but my arms and legs began to hurt as well. In fact, I even started having trouble breathing. What should I do
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。
I suddenly remembered that my aunt’s friend was a doctor.
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To be honest, I didn’t believe that some noodle soup could make any difference.
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听力答案：1—5 CBACC 6—10 CBCAB 11—15 BCBCC 16—20 BABAC
