长沙市同升湖高级中学2023年下学期高二期中
英语试卷
时量120分钟 满分150分
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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.Why does the man make the phone call
A. To cancel a weekend trip.
B. To make an appointment.
C. To get some information.
2.Where did Sara go this summer
A. France. B. China. C. South Korea.
3.What may the woman do next
A. Learn to play the guitar.
B. Sell her old guitar.
C. Buy a child-size guitar.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. David’s height. B. David’s habit. C. David’s hobby.
5.What is the woman most excited about
A. Seeing sharks. B. Going to the beach. C. Staying with her relatives.
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，回到6、7题。
6. What are the speakers talking about
A. The woman’s travel. B. The woman’s friends. C. The woman’s hobby.
7. What did the farmers invite the woman to do
A. Taste food. B. Drink tea. C. Light a fire.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8 How long does the man plan to practice Tai Chi every day
A. 60 minutes. B. 30 minutes. C. 15 minutes.
9. Why won’t the woman practice Tai Chi in the morning
A. She can’t get up early.
B. She has to work early.
C. She dislikes doing exercise then.
听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。
10. What did the woman enjoy doing during the flight
A. Sleeping. B. Watching films. C. Seeing the views outside.
11. How was the weather when the speakers arrived in South Africa
A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Windy.
12. What animals did the man like best
A. Elephants. B. Lions. C. Monkeys.
13 What did the speakers do on Sunday
A. They went boating. B. They went swimming. C. They walked in the desert.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What does the man want to learn to cook
A. Fish. B. Steak. C. Soup.
15. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. At the woman’s house. B. At the man’s house. C. In a restaurant.
16. What does the woman ask the man to do
A. Have some soup. B. Have more rice. C. Bring his family next time
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. When will the exhibition start
A. On November 15. B. On November 16. C. On December 16.
18. What will be on display
A. Cave paintings. B. Oil paintings. C. History paintings.
19. Who do Lowry’s works mainly show
A. Famous people. B. Ordinary people. C. Young people.
20. What should the students do before going to the exhibition
A. Get tickets at the front desk. B. Gain some art knowledge. C. Book tickets online.
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
Free Online Drawing Classes
Drawing is a skill you can learn at any age. When you are ready, you can learn the basics of drawing by taking one or more of the free online drawing classes offered here. The websites all offer helpful instruction for beginning artists, and many of them offer classes at intermediate (中级的) or high levels. When you use the websites as your art instructors, you can log on to learn whenever you please.
Artyfactory
The Artyfactory Art Lessons Gallery offers free online art lessons that include basic drawing classes for pencil, ink and colored pencil. For visitors who want to expand their knowledge of art, the site also offers an Art Appreciation Gallery and a Design Lessons Gallery.
Academy of Art University
This free video class from the Academy of Art University called “How to Draw a Head” teaches you how to draw a head from a photo or from memory. The instruction is mainly on facial proportion (比例), expression and drawing basics.
How to Draw It
The How to Draw It website offers a simple approach to drawing animals and people. The animal tutorials (教程) are super easy to do, while the people lessons are a bit more difficult. All are free to visitors and making fast progress in your drawing skills is possible.
Free Online Art Classes
This site covers a range of art classes, but there are several free drawing tutorials for online learners, including: Learn Basic Drawing, Draw with Pen and Ink, and Learn Colored Pencils. Some of the classes are downloadable and some are in video form.
1. What is special about the drawing classes offered by How to Draw It
A. They have different levels.
B. They are quite hard to learn.
C. They focus on people and animals.
D. They charge learners a little money.
2. Which website provides head drawing lessons
A. Artyfactory.
B. Academy of Art University.
C. How to Draw It.
D. Free Online Art Classes.
3. What do the drawing classes on Artyfactory and Free Online Art Classes have in common
A. They are for adult learners.
B. They provide download services.
C. They have art appreciation classes.
D. They teach basic drawing techniques.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. D
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了四个免费的在线绘画课程来学习绘画的基础知识。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据How to Draw It中第一句The How to Draw It website offers a simple approach to drawing animals and people. 该网站提供了一个简单的画动物和人的方法。可知，How to Draw It网站课程以画动物和人为主。故选C项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Academy of Art University中第一句This free video class from the Academy of Art University called “How to Draw a Head” teaches you how to draw a head from a photo or from memory. 这个来自艺术学院的免费视频课程叫做“如何画头像”，它教你如何从照片或记忆中画出头像。可知，Academy of Art University网站提供头像画教学。故选B项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据Artyfactory中第一句The Artyfactory Art Lessons Gallery offers free online art lessons that include basic drawing classes for pencil, ink and colored pencil. Artyfactory艺术课程画廊提供免费的在线艺术课程，包括铅笔、墨水和彩色铅笔的基本绘画课程。Free Online Art Classes中第一句This site covers a range of art classes, but there are several free drawing tutorials for online learners, including: Learn Basic Drawing, Draw with Pen and Ink, and Learn Colored Pencils. 这个网站涵盖了一系列的艺术课程，但有几个为在线学习者免费的绘画教程，包括：学习基本的绘画，用钢笔和墨水，和学习彩色铅笔。可知，这两个课程的共同点是教授基本的绘画技巧。故选D项。
B
President Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his speech. His lines included "speak softly and carry a big stick". He also said, "The government is us; we are the government, you and I." Roosevelt was also a conservationist and his skills came into play in support of that cause.
At the Conference of Governors in 1908, the question of what should be done with America's natural resources was discussed. It might sound ordinary now, but then it was something new. Roosevelt opened the conference with a speech titled "Conservation as a National Duty". Conservation "is second only ...to the great fundamental questions of morality". "We have become great in a material sense because of the wasteful use of our resources," he explained. "But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the resources are used up, when the soils shall have been still further impoverished (使贫瘠) and washed into the streams, polluting the rivers and making the fields bare." He said by planning ahead, these could be avoided.
Roosevelt understood there would be impediments when saying resource use should be limited. For centuries citizens held the belief that the land with abundant resources belonged to them and allowed free use (and misuse) for survival and profit. Yet he also knew that was a must.
During his presidential years since 1901, he had worked to establish a system and create national wildlife reserves, but his opening speech in 1908 was a critical moment in conservation. It positioned conservation "in a way that reassessed America's past actions and warned its possible future if nature was not saved". The address greatly affected Americans，view of conservation. It made conservation sound public and moral rather than a private and economic issue. And Roosevelt did so on a grand stage: his event involved all levels of governments and created a spectacle (壮观的场面) for the press to report on. Newspapers which were filled with advance notice of the Conference of Governors wrote at length about the event and Roosevelt's speech.
4. How did Roosevelt stress the importance of conservation in his speech
A. By putting it in a place before morality.
B. By listing potential consequences of overdeveloping.
C. By criticizing Americans' use of resources.
D. By giving examples of environmental destruction.
5. What does the underlined word "impediments" in Paragraph 3 probably mean
A. Approvals. B. Failures. C. Risks. D. Barriers.
6. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the speech __________.
A. was highly valued by newspapers
B. won support from all government members
C. promoted the establishment of the system
D. made conservation a private and economic issue
7. Which can be the most suitable title for the text
A. Conservation and Morality, Which Comes First
B. President Roosevelt Contributed Much to the US
C. An Address Changed Americans'Attitude to Nature
D. Roosevelt, a Great Man Remembered for His Speech
【答案】4. B 5. D 6. A 7. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了罗斯福总统利用自己出色的演讲口才，改变了美国人对自然保护的看法。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段倒第二句“But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the resources are used up, when the soils shall have been still further impoverished (使贫瘠) and washed into the streams, polluting the rivers and making the fields bare.”(但是，当我们的森林消失，当资源枯竭，当土壤进一步贫瘠，被冲进溪流，污染河流，裸露田地时，我们该认真研究会发生什么。)可知，罗斯福在演讲中通过列举过度开发的潜在后果强调保护的重要性。故选B。
【5题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第三段第二句“For centuries citizens held the belief that the land with abundant resources belonged to them and allowed free use (and misuse) for survival and profit.”(几个世纪以来，公民们一直坚信，拥有丰富资源的土地属于他们，允许自由使用（和滥用）来生存和获利。)可知，因为美国人一直认为拥有丰富资源的土地属于他们，允许自由使用（和滥用），所以罗斯福明白在说资源的使用应该受到限制时会有障碍。所以impediments意为“障碍”。故选D。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段最后两句“And Roosevelt did so on a grand stage: his event involved all levels of governments and created a spectacle (壮观的场面) for the press to report on. Newspapers which were filled with advance notice of the Conference of Governors wrote at length about the event and Roosevelt's speech.”(罗斯福在一个宏大的舞台上这样做：他的活动涉及各级政府，并创造了一个壮观的新闻报道。报纸上满是州长会议的预告，详细报道了这一事件和罗斯福的讲话。)可知，这篇演讲受到报纸的高度评价。故选A。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段第一句“President Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his speech.”(西奥多·罗斯福总统因他的演讲而闻名。)和最后一段第一句“During his presidential years since 1901, he had worked to establish a system and create national wildlife reserves, but his opening speech in 1908 was a critical moment in conservation.”(自1901年担任总统以来，他一直致力于建立一个系统和创建国家野生动物保护区，但他在1908年的开幕演讲是保护工作的关键时刻。)可知，文章主要是讲罗斯福关于环境保护的演讲，根据最后一段第三句“The address greatly affected Americans' view of conservation.”(这一讲话极大地影响了美国人的环保观。)可知，罗斯福关于环境保护的演讲极大地影响了美国人的环保观。所以选项C是最好的标题。故选C。
C
Fine arts are important in the curriculum (课程) because of what they do for learning. In other words, the arts, especially music, should be an important part of every school’s curriculum.
Students would be much smarter if they had some music experience. They would improve their classroom skills, like paying attention, following directions, and taking part actively. People develop all these skills when they learn music. Musicians are better in math, and they get higher SAT (美国高中毕业生学术能力水平考试) scores. While they make music, they use their imaginations, unlike playing video games. It provides students a chance to try out their own ideas.
Music not only makes children better students but also gives them something positive to do. Parents can enjoy listening to their children’s music instead of seeing them always playing computer games or watching TV. In a music program, children can be part of a band instead of joining bad people. They can communicate with old friends and make new friends through music. While they learn and make music, they can also be thinking about a possible career.
Music builds self-confidence. To make music is something for them to be proud of, and it lets kids practise performing in front of groups of people. It gives students a feeling of importance to have a skill someone appreciates. Music gives children a chance to express themselves, and that helps develop their self-confidence. They are also learning how to complete something from beginning to end and actually come out with a product that they can take pride in.
Though important, many schools exclude music lesson on the pretext of delaying students’ studies. Then what shall we do
8. What can we know from the passage
A. Music gets one to be more creative.
B. Music helps one to get a job earlier.
C. Famous people should love music.
D. Outgoing people learn music more easily.
9. The last sentence suggests that ________.
A. the author wonders whether music is necessary
B. the author has no way to solve the problem
C. music lessons should be part of the curriculum
D. all kinds of lessons should be included at school
10. Why does the author write this article
A. To blame the present education.
B. To attract attention to music education.
C. To make people enjoy music.
D. To take children away from computer games.
11. The statement “So music makes children well-rounded students” should go to the end of ________.
A. Para. 1 B. Para. 2 C. Para. 4 D. Para. 5
【答案】8. A 9. C 10. B 11. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述音乐对学生的积极影响，表达了对学校缺少音乐课的担忧。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段中“Students would be much smarter if they had some music experience. They would improve their classroom skills, like paying attention, following directions, and taking part actively.（如果学生有一些音乐经验，他们会聪明得多。他们会提高课堂技能，比如专心听讲、听从指示、积极参与。）”和“It provides students a chance to try out their own ideas. （它为学生提供了一个尝试自己想法的机会。）”可知，从文章中我们能知道“音乐让人更有创造力。”故选A。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Though important, many schools exclude music lesson on the pretext of delaying students’ studies. Then what shall we do （音乐课虽然很重要，但许多学校以耽误学生学习为借口，把音乐课排除在外。那我们该怎么办 ）”可知，最后一句建议音乐课应该是课程的一部分。故选C。
【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“Fine arts are important in the curriculum (课程) because of what they do for learning. In other words, the arts, especially music, should be an important part of every school’s curriculum. （美术在课程中很重要，因为它们对学习有帮助。换句话说，艺术，尤其是音乐，应该是每所学校课程的重要组成部分。）”和最后一段“Though important, many schools exclude music lesson on the pretext of delaying students’ studies. Then what shall we do （音乐课虽然很重要，但许多学校以耽误学生学习为借口，把音乐课排除在外。那我们该怎么办 ）”可知，作者写这篇文章吸引人们对音乐教育的关注。故选B。
【11题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“They would improve their classroom skills, like paying attention, following directions, and taking part actively. People develop all these skills when they learn music. Musicians are better in math, and they get higher SAT (美国高中毕业生学术能力水平考试) scores. While they make music, they use their imaginations, unlike playing video games. It provides students a chance to try out their own ideas.. （他们会提高课堂技能，比如专心听讲、听从指示、积极参与。人们在学习音乐的时候可以发展所有这些技能。音乐家的数学更好，他们的SAT分数也更高。当他们创作音乐时，他们会发挥自己的想象力，这与玩电子游戏不同。它为学生提供了一个尝试自己想法的机会。。）”可知，音乐让孩子有自己的想法，所以音乐使孩子们成为全面发展的学生。故选B。
D
The food, by its very nature, may be harmful for us; it may change while stored; or various chemicals may be added. It may grow in soil contaminated (污染) with lead or arsenic, or it may be watered high in arsenic. Grains, fruit and vegetables are sprayed with chemicals, and these may combine to be far more harmful than one chemical alone. Fish may be caught in areas of sea contaminated with mercury (汞) and arsenic. Meat may contain antibiotic residues.
Furthermore, there are additives we are concerned about. What are added to food to maintain or improve the safety, freshness, taste, or appearance of food are known as food additives. Some food additives have been in use for centuries for preservation — such as salt (in meats such as bacon or dried fish), sugar, or sulphur dioxide (in wine). Additives are also needed to ensure processed food remains safe and in good condition throughout its journey from factories or industrial kitchens, during transportation to warehouses and shops, and finally to consumers.
However, food production is highly competitive. If companies can cut their costs by using additives like chemical flavouring, they are likely to do so. It will increase profits, and consumers won’t always realize they are being tricked. As a result, most drinks stating that they are fruit flavoured contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit.
Oh dear! We have to eat, and we just have to find the best food we can, and treat it carefully. Compared with those in other countries, it is fortunate for us to have access to information, and to have choice available in the shops and markets. Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have bought.
Besides, food should be prepared by someone who knows how to make the food safe. Eggs need enough cooking to kill off salmonella. Green potatoes should be thrown away, and the end of a mango should be cut off and thrown away.
12. What does paragraph 2 centre on
A. Harm of food additives. B. Use of food additives.
C. Concept of food additives. D. Tradition of food additives.
13. Why are drinks mentioned in paragraph 3
A To advise people not to consume drinks.
B. To give evidence that drinks never contain real fruit.
C. To tell readers food production is highly competitive.
D. To prove additives are likely to be used in food production.
14. What does the author consider to be lucky
A. Grains, fruit and vegetables are never sprayed with chemicals.
B. Additives are also needed to ensure processed food remains safe.
C. Consumers have the rights to know about what they have bought.
D. Food is prepared by someone who knows how to cook the food well.
15. What is author’s attitude to food additives
A. Objective. B. Casual. C. Disgusted. D. Favourite.
【答案】12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了什么是食品添加剂，食品添加剂的使用以及如何对待食品添加剂。
【12题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段“Furthermore, there are additives we are concerned about. What are added to food to maintain or improve the safety, freshness, taste, or appearance of food are known as food additives. Some food additives have been in use for centuries for preservation — such as salt (in meats such as bacon or dried fish), sugar, or sulphur dioxide (in wine). Additives are also needed to ensure processed food remains safe and in good condition throughout its journey from factories or industrial kitchens, during transportation to warehouses and shops, and finally to consumers.(此外，还有我们所关注的添加剂。添加到食品中以保持或改善食品的安全性、新鲜度、味道或外观的东西被称为食品添加剂。一些食品添加剂已经使用了几个世纪，如盐（在肉类如培根或鱼干中），糖或二氧化硫（在葡萄酒中）。还需要添加剂来确保加工食品在从工厂或工业厨房、运输到仓库和商店、最后到达消费者的整个过程中保持安全并处于良好状态)”可知，第二段的中心是食品添加剂的使用。故选B。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“However, food production is highly competitive. If companies can cut their costs by using additives like chemical flavouring, they are likely to do so. It will increase profits, and consumers won’t always realize they are being tricked. As a result, most drinks stating that they are fruit flavoured contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit.(然而，食品生产竞争非常激烈。如果公司可以通过使用化学调味剂等添加剂来降低成本，他们很可能会这样做。这将增加利润，消费者也不会总能意识到自己被骗了。因此，大多数声称自己是水果味的饮料根本不含水果，而其余的大多数饮料只含有少量的水果)”可推知，第三段提到了饮料是为了证明添加剂可能被用于食品生产。故选D。
【14题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Compared with those in other countries, it is fortunate for us to have access to information, and to have choice available in the shops and markets. Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have bought.(与其他国家的人相比，我们能获得信息，在商店和市场上有选择是幸运的。消费者有权清楚地知道他们买了什么)”可知，作者认为消费者有权知道他们买了什么是幸运的。故选C。
【15题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了什么是食品添加剂，食品添加剂的使用并建议人们找到最好的食物小心处理。由此推知，作者对食品添加剂的态度是客观的。故选A。
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Musical instruments range from simple to complex. They differ from one part of the world to another. But all instruments produce sound the same way, by means of vibrations (rapid back-and-forth movements). These vibrations reach our ears as sound waves.____16____ Vibrations come from striking, plucking (弹或拨), and blowing on instruments, or by moving a bow across them. Faster vibrations produce higher notes.
Instruments we strike
____17____ When we shake a rattle, objects inside it strike the rattle’s wall and make a sound. Instruments that make sounds by striking them have been used since the Stone Age. Striking the instrument starts the vibrations.
____18____ This kind of instrument is a drum. The stretched membrane vibrates to produce the sound. Drums are found in nearly every culture around the world.
Instruments with strings
Some musical instruments, such as violins and harps, have strings that vibrate. Stretching the strings by plucking or striking makes them vibrate. Violins, violas, and cellos are played by drawing a bow across their strings. The guitar, lute, banjo, and harp have strings that are plucked with the fingers. ____19____ Pressing a key on the keyboard causes a string to be hit with a small hammer.
____20____
Flutes, trumpets, saxophones, and other instruments produce sound through vibrations of air. A flute sounds when we breathe air into a hole on its side or its end. By covering finger holes on the flute, we can change the pitch of the notes—how high or low the notes are.
A. Instruments we blow on
B. The piano has strings and a keyboard.
C. We strike gongs and xylophones.
D. We can group musical instruments into families by how they produce vibrations.
E. Sometimes we strike an object that has a skin or other membrane (膜) stretched tight across it.
F Instruments we strike range from hollowed-out logs to complicated bells.
G. But we usually think of musical instruments as objects specially created to produce the sounds of the music we know—folk, rock, classical, and all other types.
【答案】16. D 17. F 18. E 19. B 20. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文。文章介绍乐器。乐器有简单的也有复杂的。它们在世界各地各不相同。但所有乐器发出声音的方式都是一样的，都是通过振动。
【16题详解】
根据上文提示“These vibrations reach our ears as sound waves.（这些振动以声波的形式到达我们的耳朵。）”，再根据下文提示“Vibrations come from striking, plucking (弹或拨), and blowing on instruments, or by moving a bow across them.（振动来自于敲击、弹拨和吹奏乐器，或者在乐器上移动琴弓。）”可知，这里在说“靠振动可以分类乐器的类别”。承接上下文，D项We can group musical instruments into families by how they produce vibrations.（我们可以根据乐器产生振动的方式将它们分为不同的类别。）切题。故选D。
【17题详解】
本段小标题“Instruments we strike（我们击打的乐器）”。再根据下文提示“When we shake a rattle, objects inside it strike the rattle’s wall and make a sound. Instruments that make sounds by striking them have been used since the Stone Age.（当我们摇动拨浪鼓时，里面的物体会撞击拨浪鼓壁并发出声音。通过敲击发出声音的乐器从石器时代就开始使用了。）”可知，我们击打的乐器范围很广。所以，F项Instruments we strike range from hollowed-out logs to complicated bells.（我们演奏的乐器有镂空的圆木，也有复杂的铃铛。）切题。故选F。
【18题详解】
根据上文提示“The guitar, lute, banjo, and harp have strings that are plucked with the fingers.（吉他、鲁特琴、班卓琴和竖琴的弦都是用手指拨动的。）”，再根据下文提示“Pressing a key on the keyboard causes a string to be hit with a small hammer.（按下键盘上的一个键，小锤子就会敲击琴弦。）”可知，这里在说乐器发出声音的方法，有用手拨的，也有按下键盘的。承接上下文，E项Sometimes we strike an object that has a skin or other membrane (膜) stretched tight across it.（有时我们碰到的物体上有一层皮肤或其他薄膜紧紧地绷在上面。）切题。故选E。
【19题详解】
根据上文提示“The guitar, lute, banjo, and harp have strings that are plucked with the fingers.（吉他、鲁特琴、班卓琴和竖琴的弦都是用手指拨动的。）”，再根据下文提示“Pressing a key on the keyboard causes a string to be hit with a small hammer.（按下键盘上的一个键，小锤子就会敲击琴弦。）”可知，设空处的乐器带键盘。顺承下文，B项The piano has strings and a keyboard.（这架钢琴有琴弦和键盘）切题。故选B。
【20题详解】
该空是小标题。根据下文提示“Flutes, trumpets, saxophones, and other instruments produce sound through vibrations of air. A flute sounds when we breathe air into a hole on its side or its end. By covering finger holes on the flute, we can change the pitch of the notes—how high or low the notes are.（长笛、小号、萨克斯管和其他乐器通过空气的振动发出声音。当我们把空气吹进笛子一侧或一端的洞里时，笛子就会发出声音。通过覆盖长笛上的手指孔，我们可以改变音符的音高，即音符的高或低。）”可知，这里介绍的乐器需要用嘴吹。所以，A项Instruments we blow on（我们吹奏的乐器）作为小标题符合句意。故选A。
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(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。
My twin sister and I studied in the same school for ten years. The first day we entered the campus, we were ____21____ by its beauty and bright-colored stone sculptures of fairies (精灵) that ____22____ there.
As we got older, I discovered the school wasn’t always where beauty was an everyday ____23____. The weather-beaten stone statues badly needed ____24____. However, there weren’t enough staff to get everything done.
I decided to do something to give the campus a new ____25____. My sister had a similar idea and we came up with a plan to secretly ____26____ the school. Having carefully worked out a project, we got ____27____ from the administration (管理层) to do it.
We first painted the stone sculptures, refreshing the few remaining fairies. To bring ____28____ and magic to the campus, we painted on the doors of the boy’s and the girl’s bathrooms the sun and moon representation ____29____ designed by my sister.
The tree by the school gate was dead and its bare branches were ____30____, leaving only the trunk. The young schoolmates were ____31____ by the loss of this tree and the trunk left was a sad ____32____ to them of the once-living tree. ____33____ transforming this trunk into a fairy house for visiting fairies to stop by and have a little snack, I put little ____34____ in the house so that the children could look into the little fairy kitchen while walking by. While cutting and shaping the trunk took many hours, it was well worth it for we ____35____ a wound in our natural environment.
Everything done, we smiled heartily looking around the fantastic “new” school.
21. A. educated B. struck C. relaxed D. disturbed
22. A. settled B. visited C. worked D. chatted
23. A. routine B. habit C. expectation D. purpose
24. A. removing B. replacing C. wrapping D. painting
25. A. chance B. look C. background D. culture
26. A. explore B. publicize C. beautify D. protect
27. A. permission B. reward C. promise D. concern
28. A. security B. honesty C. politeness D. imagination
29. A. proudly B. bravely C. artfully D. anxiously
30. A. turned in B. cut off C. picked out D. given up
31. A. astonished B. disappointed C. annoyed D. upset
32. A. flag B. reminder C. tool D. start
33. A. Instead of B. In hope of C. In addition to D. In spite of
34. A. windows B. bells C. handles D. curtains
35. A. recorded B. hid C. cured D. spotted
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. D 32. B 33. B 34. A 35. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了双胞胎姐妹帮助美化校园的事情。
【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：进入校园的第一天，我们就被它的美丽和放置在那里的仙女彩石雕塑所打动。A. educated 受过教育的；B. struck对…印象好的；C. relaxed放松的；D. disturbed烦恼的。根据该句中的“its beauty and bright-colored stone sculptures of fairies”（它的美丽和彩石雕刻的仙女）可知，作者对校园的印象很好。故选B项。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：进入校园的第一天，我们就被它的美丽和放置在那里的仙女彩石雕塑所打动。A. settled放置；B. visited看望；C. worked工作；D. chatted闲聊。根据句型结构，可知此处是定语从句，修饰前面的名词stone sculptures of fairies，表示放置在校园的雕塑。故选A项。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：随着年龄的增长，我发现在学校里，美丽并不总是人们每天的期望。A. routine常规；B. habit习惯；C. expectation期望；D. purpose目标。根据后句“The weather-beaten stone statues badly needed ____4____.”（这些饱经风霜的石像急需喷涂。）可知，校园里的一些设施和雕塑都年久失修，没有达到人们对美丽校园的期望。故选C项。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些饱经风霜的石像急需喷涂。A. removing移开；B. replacing替代；C. wrapping包装；D. painting喷涂。根据前句“As we got older, I discovered the school wasn’t always where beauty was an everyday ____3____.”可知，校园里的设施都需要维护。故选D项。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我决定做点什么来让校园焕然一新。A. chance机会；B. look面貌；C. background背景；D. culture文化。根据前文，可知校园里的设施需要修缮，但是没有足够的人员去做这件事，于是我决定行动起来去修缮校园。故选B项。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我姐姐也有类似的想法，我们想出了一个秘密美化学校的计划。A. explore探索；B. publicize出版；C. beautify美化；D. protect保护。根据前句“I decided to do something to give the campus a new ____5____.”可知，姐妹俩打算修复校园里的设施，美化校园。故选C项。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们仔细拟定了一个项目，得到了管理部门的许可去做这件事。A. permission允许；B. reward回报；C. promise承诺；D. concern关注。根据文意，此处意指姐妹俩拟定计划后向学校管理层申请许可执行自己的美化校园的计划。故选A项。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：为了把想象力和魔力带入校园，我们在男女洗手间的门上画上了我姐姐巧妙设计的太阳和月亮的图案。A. security安全；B. honesty诚实；C. politeness礼貌；D. imagination想象力。根据句意及and后名词magic，可知此处意指姐妹俩用想象力装扮校园。故选D项。
【29题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：为了把想象力和魔力带入校园，我们在男女洗手间的门上画上了我姐姐巧妙设计的太阳和月亮的图案。A. proudly骄傲地；B. bravely勇敢地；C. artfully艺术地；D. anxiously焦虑地。根据本句“To bring ____8____ and magic to the campus”可知，姐妹俩非常创造性地，用艺术性的手段装饰校园。故选C项。
【30题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：学校门口的那棵树已经死了，光秃秃的树枝都被砍掉了，只剩下树干。A. turned in上交；B. cut off砍掉；C. picked out挑选出；D. given up放弃。根据本句“leaving only the trunk”可知，姐妹俩把树枝都砍掉了。故选B项。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：年轻的同学们为这棵树的消失而难过，留下的树干是他们对这棵曾经活着的树的悲伤提醒。A. astonished震惊的；B. disappointed失望的；C. annoyed烦恼的；D. upset失落的。根据“the loss of this tree”可知，有些校友因为砍掉了树枝感到有些失落。故选D项。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：年轻的同学们为这棵树的消失而难过，留下的树干是他们对这棵曾经活着的树的悲伤提醒。A. flag旗帜；B. reminder提醒；C. tool工具；D. start开始。根据句意，此处意指剩下的树干对这些校友来说，就是一个令人shide提醒。故选B项。
【33题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。句意：我希望把这个箱子变成一个仙女之家，让来访的仙女们在这里停留和吃一点零食，我在房子里装了小窗户，这样孩子们走过的时候可以看到仙女的小厨房。A. Instead of替代；B. In hope of希望；C. In addition to除了；D. In spite of尽管。根据句意，此处意指姐妹俩想把这个树干变成一个仙女之家。故选B项。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我希望把这个箱子变成一个仙女之家，让来访的仙女们在这里停留和吃一点零食，我在房子里装了小窗户，这样孩子们走过的时候可以看到仙女的小厨房。A. windows窗户；B. bells铃铛；C. handles门把手；D. curtains窗帘。根据本句“look into the little fairy kitchen while walking by”可知，姐妹俩给树干做了一个小窗户，这样路过的人就可以看到树干里面。故选A项。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然切割和塑造树干花了很多时间，但这是非常值得的，因为我们治愈了一个我们自然环境里的伤口。A. recorded记录；B. hid隐藏；C. cured治愈；D. spotted看到。根据“wound”及文意，此处意指姐妹俩的行动美化了校园，修复了校园里的缺陷和伤痕。故选C项。
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。
The time for the palace examination came. Ouyang Xiu was appointed by the emperor as the chief examiner. The approach to this most critical moment of a scholar’s life ___36___ (fill) with keen excitement, tense hope, and a nervous fear of failure. It was the moment to ___37___ all his years of hard work and hours of burning the midnight oil were supposed to lead.
The candidates had to get up in the middle of the night and come to the palace at dawn, ___38___ (bring) their cold meals with them. During the examinations, they were shut up in small rooms ___39___ the watch of palace guards. There was a strict system to prevent cheating. The candidates’ papers were recopied by official clerks ___40___ they were submitted to the judge, to avoid ___41___ (recognize) of their identity by their handwriting.
After the examinations, the judges were shut up within the palace until the papers were properly graded and submitted to the emperor. The candidates were examined first on questions of history or ___42___ (principle) of government. There was ___43___ second examination on the classics, and finally, there was one under the direct supervision of the emperor.
Emperor Jentsung (宋仁宗) was ___44___ (especial)anxious to hire good talent and took a personal interest in these tests. He sent out the subjects for the papers by his own personal servants, and sometimes, to prevent leak, changed ___45___ (they) at the last moment.
【答案】36. was filled
37. which 38. bringing
39. under 40. before
41. recognition
42. principles
43. a 44. especially
45. them
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文，文章介绍了中国宋代的考试制度。
【36题详解】
考查时态和主谓一致。句意：在一个学生生命中最关键的时刻，充满了强烈的兴奋、强烈的希望和对失败的紧张恐惧。be filled with充满，固定短语，结合上下文可知，句子是描述过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时，主语approach是名词单数，be动词用was，故填was filled。
37题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：他多年的辛勤工作和数小时的挑灯夜战终于迎来了这一刻。分析句子可知，此处是“to+关系代词”引导的定语从句，先行词是moment，关系词在从句中作介词to的宾语，应用关系代词which，故填which。
【38题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：考生必须在半夜起床，黎明时分带着冷饭来到宫殿。动词bring和逻辑主语candidates之间是主谓关系，应用现在分词作状语，故填bringing。
【39题详解】
考查介词。句意：考试期间，他们被关在小房间里，由宫中卫兵看守。under the watch of在……的监视下，固定搭配，故填under。
【40题详解】
考查连词。句意：考生的试卷在提交给考官之前由官员抄写，以避免通过笔迹识别他们的身份。结合句意可知，此处指“考生的试卷在提交给考官之前由官员抄写”，用连词before引导时间状语从句，故填before。
【41题详解】
考查名词。句意同上。空处应填名词作动词avoid的宾语，recognition认出，识别，不可数名词，故填recognition。
【42题详解】
考查名词复数。句意：考生首先要接受有关历史问题或朝廷原则的考试。principle原则，可数名词，此处应和questions保持一致，用复数形式，故填principles。
【43题详解】
考查冠词。句意：还有第二次经典考试，最后一次是皇帝直接监督下的考试。此处是“不定冠词+序数词”的用法，表示“又一，再一”，故填a。
【44题详解】
考查副词。句意：宋仁宗特别渴望任用优秀的人才，并对这些考试产生了个人兴趣。修饰形容词anxious应用副词形式，故填especially。
【45题详解】
考查代词。句意：他让自己的仆人把试卷题目分发下去，有时为了防止泄露，还在最后一刻改变试题。作动词changed的宾语应用代词的宾格形式，故填them。
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40 分)
第一节(满分 15 分)
46. 假定你是李华，你的英国朋友George对中国画很感兴趣。请你给他写一封电子邮件，推荐一副画，内容包括：
1.写信目的；
2.画作简介；
3.推荐理由。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear George,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best regards,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear George,
I heard that you have a keen interest in Chinese paintings, and I’m writing to recommend one masterwork to you.
The Qingming Scroll by Zhang Zeduan is painted on a five-meter-long silk scroll, offering an important insight into life in China in the 12th century.
Using ink on silk, Zhang Zeduan creates realistic images and displays a remarkable mastery of perspective. The overall scene appears peaceful but on closer inspection, it also exposes serious political and social problems. The painting greatly influenced Chinese art and inspired future artists.
I believe it would be a remarkable choice for you, and will deepen your appreciation for Chinese art and culture.
Best regards,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。要求考生给英国朋友George写信推荐一幅画，简单介绍这幅画并说明推荐的理由。
【详解】1. 词汇积累
对……感兴趣：have a keen interest in→be interested in
非凡的：remarkable→extraordinary
揭示：expose→uncover
影响：influence→affect
2.句型拓展
陈述句变倒装句
原句：The overall scene appears peaceful but on closer inspection, it also exposes serious political and social problems.
拓展句：Not only does the overall scene appears peaceful but on closer inspection, but also exposes serious political and social problems.
【点睛】[高分句型1]I heard that you have a keen interest in Chinese paintings, and I’m writing to recommend one masterwork to you.（运用了that引导的宾语从句）
[高分句型2]The Qingming Scroll by Zhang Zeduan is painted on a five-meter-long silk scroll, offering an important insight into life in China in the 12th century.（运用了现在分词作状语）
第二节 读后续写(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。
My name’s Don Ball. I’m fifteen and I go to Blueway Comprehensive School, Mike is the same age and goes to the local grammar school, but we’ve been friends since junior school, We both live in the village of Saltley, which is in the Midlands. We’ve been birdwatching together since we were 11. I suppose we’re quite good at it now, because we do it regularly, read about it, use the Net to find out about birds, and we’re members of a club for birdwatchers, too.
We have a secret place, named RP, to watch birds. RP is the name we gave to a set of three small lakes surrounded by woods. They are called Redman’s Pools on large maps, but lots of people don’t know they are there because they are hidden by trees.
One day, Mike told me that he saw osprey(鱼鹰) there, which surprised me. There weren’t any in Britain because they’d been hunted too much. They were protected by the RSPB, because lots of people wanted the eggs for their collections.
By now the ospreys had finished building their nest at the top of one of the pine trees on the island in the middle of Big Pool, Of course, we still went to watch them every weekend, and a couple of nights after school, now that the days were getting longer.
One Saturday we were surprised to find a white car parked on the roadside near the track, and as we wheeled our bikes down the track to Redman’s Pools we saw a middle-aged man walking along the side of the pools with a large blue plastic bag over his shoulder.
He stopped at the point where the bank was closest to the island and started doing something with the bag. I was horrified by what I saw. The man had taken a small inflatable(可充气的) plastic boat out of his blue bag, and he was blowing it up.
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。
He was going to row over to the ospreys’ island!
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Seeing him climbing up the tree, I knew it was the time to call the police.
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【答案】He was going to row over to the ospreys’ island! After fully inflating the boat, he placed it in the water, got in, and started to row himself across the water to the island. The male osprey flew off its branch, and circled around. The female on the nest looked worried but didn't move, watching as the small boat got closer. The man moved his boat around to the island. Then he pulled the boat out of the water and made his ways towards the tree. When he got to the tree, he looked up and climbed up!
Seeing him climbing up the tree, I knew it was the time to call the police. Hearing what I said, one policeman promised to come as soon as he could. I took a series of photographs of the man holding the bag with the eggs in it. When I was thinking what to do next, I heard a loud voice was speaking clearly. “You are under arrest for stealing the eggs of a protected bird.” It was the policeman speaking through a police megaphone. “Sit down with your hands on your head and wait.” Later, the man was taken to the police station. Mike and I cycled back home, feeling proud that we had managed to save the eggs.
【解析】
【分析】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者经常和朋友在一起观鸟，在他们的秘密基地发现了受到皇家鸟类保护协会保护的鱼鹰，两人总是去观察鱼鹰。一个星期六，两人发现一个中年男人走到湖边，正打算给塑料船充气。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“他要划船去鱼鹰在的那座岛！”可知，第一段可描写中年男人划船到岛上，鱼鹰的反应以及中年男人所做的事。
②由第二段首句内容“看到他爬上树，我知道该报警了。”可知，第二段可描写警察到来，抓捕了偷鸟蛋的中年男人，作者和朋友感到自豪。
2.续写线索：划船到岛上——鱼鹰惊慌——男人偷鸟蛋——报警——警察抓人——自豪
3.词汇激活
行为类
①放：place/put/release
②朝着树走：make his ways towards the tree/walk towards the tree
③骑自行车回家：cycle back home/go home by bike
情绪类
①担心的：worried/anxious
②感到自豪：feel proud/take pride
【点睛】[高分句型1]The female on the nest looked worried but didn’t move, watching as the small boat got closer.（由连接词as引导时间状语从句）
[高分句型2]When I was thinking what to do next, I heard a loud voice was speaking clearly.（由连接词when引导时间状语从句，由连接词what引导的宾语从句作think的宾语，由省略连接词that引导的宾语从句作hear的宾语）
听力答案：1-5CACCC 6-10ABABC 11-15ACBBA 16-20CABBA长沙市同升湖高级中学2023年下学期高二期中
英语试卷
时量120分钟 满分150分
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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.Why does the man make the phone call
A. To cancel a weekend trip.
B. To make an appointment.
C. To get some information.
2.Where did Sara go this summer
A. France. B. China. C. South Korea.
3.What may the woman do next
A. Learn to play the guitar.
B. Sell her old guitar.
C. Buy a child-size guitar.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. David’s height. B. David’s habit. C. David’s hobby.
5.What is the woman most excited about
A. Seeing sharks. B. Going to the beach. C. Staying with her relatives.
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，回到6、7题。
6. What are the speakers talking about
A. The woman’s travel. B. The woman’s friends. C. The woman’s hobby.
7. What did the farmers invite the woman to do
A. Taste food. B. Drink tea. C. Light a fire.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. How long does the man plan to practice Tai Chi every day
A. 60 minutes. B. 30 minutes. C. 15 minutes.
9. Why won’t the woman practice Tai Chi in the morning
A. She can’t get up early.
B. She has to work early.
C. She dislikes doing exercise then.
听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。
10. What did the woman enjoy doing during the flight
A. Sleeping. B. Watching films. C. Seeing the views outside.
11. How was the weather when the speakers arrived in South Africa
A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Windy.
12. What animals did the man like best
A. Elephants. B. Lions. C. Monkeys.
13. What did the speakers do on Sunday
A. They went boating. B. They went swimming. C. They walked in the desert.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What does the man want to learn to cook
A. Fish. B. Steak. C. Soup.
15. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. At the woman’s house. B. At the man’s house. C. In a restaurant.
16. What does the woman ask the man to do
A. Have some soup. B. Have more rice. C. Bring his family next time
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. When will the exhibition start
A. On November 15. B. On November 16. C. On December 16.
18. What will be on display
A. Cave paintings. B. Oil paintings. C. History paintings.
19. Who do Lowry’s works mainly show
A. Famous people. B. Ordinary people. C. Young people.
20. What should the students do before going to the exhibition
A. Get tickets at the front desk. B. Gain some art knowledge. C. Book tickets online.
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
Free Online Drawing Classes
Drawing is a skill you can learn at any age. When you are ready, you can learn the basics of drawing by taking one or more of the free online drawing classes offered here. The websites all offer helpful instruction for beginning artists, and many of them offer classes at intermediate (中级的) or high levels. When you use the websites as your art instructors, you can log on to learn whenever you please.
Artyfactory
The Artyfactory Art Lessons Gallery offers free online art lessons that include basic drawing classes for pencil, ink and colored pencil. For visitors who want to expand their knowledge of art, the site also offers an Art Appreciation Gallery and a Design Lessons Gallery.
Academy of Art University
This free video class from the Academy of Art University called “How to Draw a Head” teaches you how to draw a head from a photo or from memory. The instruction is mainly on facial proportion (比例), expression and drawing basics.
How to Draw It
The How to Draw It website offers a simple approach to drawing animals and people. The animal tutorials (教程) are super easy to do, while the people lessons are a bit more difficult. All are free to visitors and making fast progress in your drawing skills is possible.
Free Online Art Classes
This site covers a range of art classes, but there are several free drawing tutorials for online learners, including: Learn Basic Drawing, Draw with Pen and Ink, and Learn Colored Pencils. Some of the classes are downloadable and some are in video form.
1. What is special about the drawing classes offered by How to Draw It
A. They have different levels.
B. They are quite hard to learn.
C. They focus on people and animals.
D. They charge learners a little money.
2. Which website provides head drawing lessons
A. Artyfactory.
B. Academy of Art University.
C How to Draw It.
D. Free Online Art Classes.
3. What do the drawing classes on Artyfactory and Free Online Art Classes have in common
A. They are for adult learners.
B. They provide download services.
C. They have art appreciation classes.
D. They teach basic drawing techniques.
B
President Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his speech. His lines included "speak softly and carry a big stick". He also said, "The government is us; we are the government, you and I." Roosevelt was also a conservationist and his skills came into play in support of that cause.
At the Conference of Governors in 1908, the question of what should be done with America's natural resources was discussed. It might sound ordinary now, but then it was something new. Roosevelt opened the conference with a speech titled "Conservation as a National Duty". Conservation "is second only ...to the great fundamental questions of morality". "We have become great in a material sense because of the wasteful use of our resources," he explained. "But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the resources are used up, when the soils shall have been still further impoverished (使贫瘠) and washed into the streams, polluting the rivers and making the fields bare." He said by planning ahead, these could be avoided.
Roosevelt understood there would be impediments when saying resource use should be limited. For centuries citizens held the belief that the land with abundant resources belonged to them and allowed free use (and misuse) for survival and profit. Yet he also knew that was a must.
During his presidential years since 1901, he had worked to establish a system and create national wildlife reserves, but his opening speech in 1908 was a critical moment in conservation. It positioned conservation "in a way that reassessed America's past actions and warned its possible future if nature was not saved". The address greatly affected Americans，view of conservation. It made conservation sound public and moral rather than a private and economic issue. And Roosevelt did so on a grand stage: his event involved all levels of governments and created a spectacle (壮观的场面) for the press to report on. Newspapers which were filled with advance notice of the Conference of Governors wrote at length about the event and Roosevelt's speech.
4 How did Roosevelt stress the importance of conservation in his speech
A. By putting it in a place before morality.
B. By listing potential consequences of overdeveloping.
C. By criticizing Americans' use of resources.
D. By giving examples of environmental destruction.
5. What does the underlined word "impediments" in Paragraph 3 probably mean
A. Approvals. B. Failures. C. Risks. D. Barriers.
6. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the speech __________.
A. was highly valued by newspapers
B. won support from all government members
C. promoted the establishment of the system
D. made conservation a private and economic issue
7. Which can be the most suitable title for the text
A. Conservation and Morality, Which Comes First
B President Roosevelt Contributed Much to the US
C. An Address Changed Americans'Attitude to Nature
D. Roosevelt, a Great Man Remembered for His Speech
C
Fine arts are important in the curriculum (课程) because of what they do for learning. In other words, the arts, especially music, should be an important part of every school’s curriculum.
Students would be much smarter if they had some music experience. They would improve their classroom skills, like paying attention, following directions, and taking part actively. People develop all these skills when they learn music. Musicians are better in math, and they get higher SAT (美国高中毕业生学术能力水平考试) scores. While they make music, they use their imaginations, unlike playing video games. It provides students a chance to try out their own ideas.
Music not only makes children better students but also gives them something positive to do. Parents can enjoy listening to their children’s music instead of seeing them always playing computer games or watching TV. In a music program, children can be part of a band instead of joining bad people. They can communicate with old friends and make new friends through music. While they learn and make music, they can also be thinking about a possible career.
Music builds self-confidence. To make music is something for them to be proud of, and it lets kids practise performing in front of groups of people. It gives students a feeling of importance to have a skill someone appreciates. Music gives children a chance to express themselves, and that helps develop their self-confidence. They are also learning how to complete something from beginning to end and actually come out with a product that they can take pride in.
Though important, many schools exclude music lesson on the pretext of delaying students’ studies. Then what shall we do
8. What can we know from the passage
A. Music gets one to be more creative.
B. Music helps one to get a job earlier.
C. Famous people should love music.
D. Outgoing people learn music more easily.
9. The last sentence suggests that ________.
A. the author wonders whether music is necessary
B. the author has no way to solve the problem
C. music lessons should be part of the curriculum
D. all kinds of lessons should be included at school
10. Why does the author write this article
A. To blame the present education.
B. To attract attention to music education.
C. To make people enjoy music.
D. To take children away from computer games.
11. The statement “So music makes children well-rounded students” should go to the end of ________.
A. Para. 1 B. Para. 2 C. Para. 4 D. Para. 5
D
The food, by its very nature, may be harmful for us; it may change while stored; or various chemicals may be added. It may grow in soil contaminated (污染) with lead or arsenic, or it may be watered high in arsenic. Grains, fruit and vegetables are sprayed with chemicals, and these may combine to be far more harmful than one chemical alone. Fish may be caught in areas of sea contaminated with mercury (汞) and arsenic. Meat may contain antibiotic residues.
Furthermore, there are additives we are concerned about. What are added to food to maintain or improve the safety, freshness, taste, or appearance of food are known as food additives. Some food additives have been in use for centuries for preservation — such as salt (in meats such as bacon or dried fish), sugar, or sulphur dioxide (in wine). Additives are also needed to ensure processed food remains safe and in good condition throughout its journey from factories or industrial kitchens, during transportation to warehouses and shops, and finally to consumers.
However, food production is highly competitive. If companies can cut their costs by using additives like chemical flavouring, they are likely to do so. It will increase profits, and consumers won’t always realize they are being tricked. As a result, most drinks stating that they are fruit flavoured contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit.
Oh dear! We have to eat, and we just have to find the best food we can, and treat it carefully. Compared with those in other countries, it is fortunate for us to have access to information, and to have choice available in the shops and markets. Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have bought.
Besides, food should be prepared by someone who knows how to make the food safe. Eggs need enough cooking to kill off salmonella. Green potatoes should be thrown away, and the end of a mango should be cut off and thrown away.
12. What does paragraph 2 centre on
A. Harm of food additives. B. Use of food additives.
C. Concept of food additives. D. Tradition of food additives.
13. Why are drinks mentioned in paragraph 3
A. To advise people not to consume drinks.
B. To give evidence that drinks never contain real fruit.
C. To tell readers food production is highly competitive.
D. To prove additives are likely to be used in food production.
14. What does the author consider to be lucky
A. Grains, fruit and vegetables are never sprayed with chemicals.
B. Additives are also needed to ensure processed food remains safe.
C. Consumers have the rights to know about what they have bought.
D. Food is prepared by someone who knows how to cook the food well.
15. What is author’s attitude to food additives
A. Objective. B. Casual. C. Disgusted. D. Favourite.
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Musical instruments range from simple to complex. They differ from one part of the world to another. But all instruments produce sound the same way, by means of vibrations (rapid back-and-forth movements). These vibrations reach our ears as sound waves.____16____ Vibrations come from striking, plucking (弹或拨), and blowing on instruments, or by moving a bow across them. Faster vibrations produce higher notes.
Instruments we strike
____17____ When we shake a rattle, objects inside it strike the rattle’s wall and make a sound. Instruments that make sounds by striking them have been used since the Stone Age. Striking the instrument starts the vibrations.
____18____ This kind of instrument is a drum. The stretched membrane vibrates to produce the sound. Drums are found in nearly every culture around the world.
Instruments with strings
Some musical instruments, such as violins and harps, have strings that vibrate. Stretching the strings by plucking or striking makes them vibrate. Violins, violas, and cellos are played by drawing a bow across their strings. The guitar, lute, banjo, and harp have strings that are plucked with the fingers. ____19____ Pressing a key on the keyboard causes a string to be hit with a small hammer.
____20____
Flutes, trumpets, saxophones, and other instruments produce sound through vibrations of air. A flute sounds when we breathe air into a hole on its side or its end. By covering finger holes on the flute, we can change the pitch of the notes—how high or low the notes are.
A. Instruments we blow on
B. The piano has strings and a keyboard.
C. We strike gongs and xylophones.
D We can group musical instruments into families by how they produce vibrations.
E. Sometimes we strike an object that has a skin or other membrane (膜) stretched tight across it.
F. Instruments we strike range from hollowed-out logs to complicated bells.
G. But we usually think of musical instruments as objects specially created to produce the sounds of the music we know—folk, rock, classical, and all other types.
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(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。
My twin sister and I studied in the same school for ten years. The first day we entered the campus, we were ____21____ by its beauty and bright-colored stone sculptures of fairies (精灵) that ____22____ there.
As we got older, I discovered the school wasn’t always where beauty was an everyday ____23____. The weather-beaten stone statues badly needed ____24____. However, there weren’t enough staff to get everything done.
I decided to do something to give the campus a new ____25____. My sister had a similar idea and we came up with a plan to secretly ____26____ the school. Having carefully worked out a project, we got ____27____ from the administration (管理层) to do it.
We first painted the stone sculptures, refreshing the few remaining fairies. To bring ____28____ and magic to the campus, we painted on the doors of the boy’s and the girl’s bathrooms the sun and moon representation ____29____ designed by my sister.
The tree by the school gate was dead and its bare branches were ____30____, leaving only the trunk. The young schoolmates were ____31____ by the loss of this tree and the trunk left was a sad ____32____ to them of the once-living tree. ____33____ transforming this trunk into a fairy house for visiting fairies to stop by and have a little snack, I put little ____34____ in the house so that the children could look into the little fairy kitchen while walking by. While cutting and shaping the trunk took many hours, it was well worth it for we ____35____ a wound in our natural environment.
Everything done, we smiled heartily looking around the fantastic “new” school.
21. A. educated B. struck C. relaxed D. disturbed
22. A. settled B. visited C. worked D. chatted
23. A. routine B. habit C. expectation D. purpose
24. A. removing B. replacing C. wrapping D. painting
25. A. chance B. look C. background D. culture
26. A. explore B. publicize C. beautify D. protect
27. A. permission B. reward C. promise D. concern
28. A. security B. honesty C. politeness D. imagination
29 A. proudly B. bravely C. artfully D. anxiously
30. A. turned in B. cut off C. picked out D. given up
31. A. astonished B. disappointed C. annoyed D. upset
32. A. flag B. reminder C. tool D. start
33. A. Instead of B. In hope of C. In addition to D. In spite of
34. A. windows B. bells C. handles D. curtains
35. A. recorded B. hid C. cured D. spotted
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。
The time for the palace examination came. Ouyang Xiu was appointed by the emperor as the chief examiner. The approach to this most critical moment of a scholar’s life ___36___ (fill) with keen excitement, tense hope, and a nervous fear of failure. It was the moment to ___37___ all his years of hard work and hours of burning the midnight oil were supposed to lead.
The candidates had to get up in the middle of the night and come to the palace at dawn, ___38___ (bring) their cold meals with them. During the examinations, they were shut up in small rooms ___39___ the watch of palace guards. There was a strict system to prevent cheating. The candidates’ papers were recopied by official clerks ___40___ they were submitted to the judge, to avoid ___41___ (recognize) of their identity by their handwriting.
After the examinations, the judges were shut up within the palace until the papers were properly graded and submitted to the emperor. The candidates were examined first on questions of history or ___42___ (principle) of government. There was ___43___ second examination on the classics, and finally, there was one under the direct supervision of the emperor.
Emperor Jentsung (宋仁宗) was ___44___ (especial)anxious to hire good talent and took a personal interest in these tests. He sent out the subjects for the papers by his own personal servants, and sometimes, to prevent leak, changed ___45___ (they) at the last moment.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40 分)
第一节(满分 15 分)
46. 假定你是李华，你的英国朋友George对中国画很感兴趣。请你给他写一封电子邮件，推荐一副画，内容包括：
1.写信目的；
2.画作简介；
3.推荐理由。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear George,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best regards,
Li Hua
第二节 读后续写(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。
My name’s Don Ball. I’m fifteen and I go to Blueway Comprehensive School, Mike is the same age and goes to the local grammar school, but we’ve been friends since junior school, We both live in the village of Saltley, which is in the Midlands. We’ve been birdwatching together since we were 11. I suppose we’re quite good at it now, because we do it regularly, read about it, use the Net to find out about birds, and we’re members of a club for birdwatchers, too.
We have a secret place, named RP, to watch birds. RP is the name we gave to a set of three small lakes surrounded by woods. They are called Redman’s Pools on large maps, but lots of people don’t know they are there because they are hidden by trees.
One day, Mike told me that he saw osprey(鱼鹰) there, which surprised me. There weren’t any in Britain because they’d been hunted too much. They were protected by the RSPB, because lots of people wanted the eggs for their collections.
By now the ospreys had finished building their nest at the top of one of the pine trees on the island in the middle of Big Pool, Of course, we still went to watch them every weekend, and a couple of nights after school, now that the days were getting longer.
One Saturday we were surprised to find a white car parked on the roadside near the track, and as we wheeled our bikes down the track to Redman’s Pools we saw a middle-aged man walking along the side of the pools with a large blue plastic bag over his shoulder.
He stopped at the point where the bank was closest to the island and started doing something with the bag. I was horrified by what I saw. The man had taken a small inflatable(可充气的) plastic boat out of his blue bag, and he was blowing it up.
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。
He was going to row over to the ospreys’ island!
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Seeing him climbing up the tree, I knew it was the time to call the police.
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听力答案：1-5CACCC 6-10ABABC 11-15ACBBA 16-20CABBA
