河北省唐山市2022-2023学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题.docx

1、唐山市20222023学年度高二年级第一学期学业水平调研考试英语注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上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。第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What must the wo

2、man do first?A Warm up.B. Read the rule.C. Share her experience.2. Why does the man make the phone call?A. To make an appointment.B. To buy farming products.C. To locate a store.3. Where are the speakers?A. At a restaurant.B. In a supermarket.C. At a cake factory.4. What are the speakers mainly talk

3、ing about?A. Singing songs.B. Learning English.C. Watching movies.5. What will the man probably do next?A. Read a novel.B. Get some rest.C. Go for a walk.第二节（共15小题；每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分）请听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第

4、6、7题。6. How does the man sound at the womans decision at first?A. Joyful.B. Peaceful.C. Doubtful.7. What will the woman probably plant in her garden?A. Fruits.B. Flowers.C. Vegetables.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题8. What has the man learned?A. Performing CPR.B. Curing deep cuts.C. Measuring blood pressure.9. How d

5、oes the woman feel about attending a first aid course?A. Angry.B. Confident.C. Unwilling.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What excites the woman?A. A camping invitation.B. The coming vacation.C. Her exam scores.11. How long will the woman stay in New York?A. One week.B. One month.C. Two weeks.12. What is the wo

6、man going to do next vacation?A. Teach in a village.B. Train volunteers.C. Organize a charity event.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why does the woman like giraffes?A. They are smart.B. They are strong.C. They are graceful.14. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Colleagues.B. Classmat

7、es.C. Teacher and student.15. What will the man do on Saturday?A. Visit a dentist.B. Work on his essay.C. Visit Professor Wang.16. When will they meet?A At 3: 30 pm.B. At 4: 00 pm.C. At 4:30 pm.听第10段独白，回答第17至20题。17. What is Kirsty?A. A teacher.B. A student.C. A librarian.18. Where will you go to use

8、 a computer?A. The cafe.B. Information Point.C. The library.19. How can you get a place in study areas?A. In person.B. On the net.C. By telephone.20. What activity is available next month?A. A pop music concert.B. A singing competition.C. A display of instruments.第二部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2. 5分，

9、满分25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。AChien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American nuclear physicist who has been recognized as “the First Lady of Physics” and “Queen of Nuclear Research”. Her research contributions include work on the Manhattan Project and the Wu experiment.Born in a small town near Sh

10、anghai, China, on May 31, 1912, Chien-Shiung Wu was the only daughter of three children. Education was important to the Wu family, which influenced young Wu the most. Her mother, a teacher, and her father, an engineer, encouraged her to pursue science and mathematics from an early age. She began her

11、 study in one of the first schools founded by her father, and then went to Suzhou School. Later she attended Shanghai Gong Xue public school for one year. In 1930, Wu entered Nanjing University, where she first pursued mathematics but quickly switched her major to physics, inspired by a famous femal

12、e scientist, Marie Curie. She graduated with top honors at the head of her class with a B. S. degree in 1934.After graduation, she went to the University of California. There she met Professor Ernest Lawrence, a later Nobel Prize winner. Wus graduate work focused on a highly desirable topic of that

13、age: uranium fission (铀裂变) products. After completing her Ph. D. in 1940, Wu accepted an offer from Princeton University as the first female teacher. In 1944, she joined the Manhattan Project at Columbia University.After leaving the Manhattan Project in 1945, Wu spent the rest of her career in the D

14、epartment of Physics at Columbia. She is best known for conducting the Wu experiment, the discovery of which resulted in her colleagues Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen-Ning Yang winning the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, while Wu was not included. Wu was aware of the injustice and at an MIT conference in Octob

15、er of 1964, she stated “I wonder whether the physics symbols have any preference for either male or female treatment.”Wu retired from Columbia in 1981 and devoted her time to educational programs until she died in 1997.1. What played the most important role in Chien-Shiung Wus early education?A. Her

16、 fathers school.B. Her family culture.C. Her personal intelligence.D. Her parents preference for her.2. Why did Wu change her major in Nanjing University?A. She desired to learn from a great.B. She wanted to develop her strength.C. She wanted to receive more honors.D. She was tired of studying mathe

17、matics.3. What can be inferred from Wu at an MIT conference?A. She argued for female rights.B. She had no desire for Nobel prize.C. She called on women to study physics.D. She showed respect for peoples preferences.BImagine youre a farmer in India with a crop of potatoes to sell. Typically, you go t

18、o a marketplace called a mandi and get the best price you can from a local middleman, who will then sell them to another middleman.Sanjay Agarwalla learned about Indian farmers lack of access to buyers even when he was a student decades ago. After talking the problem over with his son Aditya then a

19、computer science major at Princeton University, the two decided to form an online marketplace they called the Kisan Network in late 2015.“Anything that deals with agriculture in India is pretty large. So, if its a problem, the problem can affect millions of people, and the impact of the solution cou

20、ld be enormous,” Sanjay says. After all, some 70 percent of rural households in the country depend on agriculture as a main source of income.Kisan Networks app lets farmers advertise their produce and see potential buyers beyond the local mandi. Once the deal is completed online, Kisan runs the prod

21、uce from the farmer direct to the buyer, each side staying put.Kisans fee ranges from 5 to 15 percent of the sale and farmers get to keep more than they would under the traditional system, where middleman after middleman raises the price of the produce before it reaches a final buyer. “Even with low

22、-profit crops like potatoes, we have been able to offer 10 percent more than physical market rates. Thats what our entire goal is,” says Aditya. “As for higher-profit crops, the improvement goes up.”Building products for this new set of technology consumers brings its own challenges. “All of our eng

23、ineers are from urban backgrounds,” says Aditya Agarwalla. “Its not like youre building something you would use on your own.” To be effective, Kisans platform must work with inexpensive smartphones on slower networks and be able to support regional languages.Today, farmers feel its better selling to

24、 someone who is at their doors. They do not have to typically travel miles to a mandi, staying overnight without a place to sleep.4. How does the writer begin the passage?A. By telling a story.B. By creating a scene.C. By discussing a topic.D. By introducing a place.5. What is Sanjays entire goal?A.

25、 To get rid of middlemen.B. To promote high-profit crops.C. To improve the Kisan Network.D. To help Indian growers earn more.6. What can we learn from paragraph 6?A. The platform needs improving.B. The network company does not help.C. The apps consumers are in less developed areas.D. The engineers a

26、re not well equipped with knowledge.CWords are powerful: they have the ability to lift up the lowest of the low or tear down the highest of the high. But a strong argument could be made that our body language is even more influential. The most effective communication occurs when the importance of bo

27、dy language in teaching is acknowledged. When these nonverbal signals are working together with our words, it creates communication synergy.It has been suggested that two-thirds of our communication is nonverbal. Positive body language in a classroom setting has the ability to motivate, inspire and

28、engage. It can not only give you the confidence you need to teach but can also inform your students that you actually know what youre talking about. It can even make your students feel safe and confident enough to participate in the lessons more frequently.Most leadership positions encourage body la

29、nguage that shows power and confidence. Signals include standing tall, gesturing only from the waist up, head straight and forward, and talking while pointing to others, which are obvious ways to exercise control. But when teaching, the nonverbal signals need to show a different type of leader. Thes

30、e signals convey warmth and understanding, reminding your students that you are approachable and there to help them grow. For example, fix your eyes on one student for about 15-30 seconds before changing to another student, which is one of the best ways to keep students focus. Nod your head. Give a

31、thumbs upmaybe two! Show them they are on the right path and they will be more confident in continuing down it.The importance of body language can never be ignored. Its desirable that you should advocate using body language in teaching and pay attention to the use rule and using skills. You should u

32、se right, natural and clear body language. Its crucial that you create good classroom atmosphere, inspire students imagination and grasp students mood.7. Which has a similar meaning as the underlined word “synergy” in Paragraph 1?A. Energy loss.B. Confusing result.C. Individual effect.D. Combined po

33、wer.8. What do most leadership positions mainly express?A. Warmth.B. Control.C. Understanding.D. Encouragement.9. Whats the purpose of the last paragraph?A. To explain a theory.B. To make a description.C. To give suggestions.D. To summarize a debate.10. What is the text mainly talking about?A. The i

34、mportance of teachers body language.B. The effective ways of good communication.C. The value of teacher-student communication.D. The prospect of students nonverbal learning.第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。For some people, its easy to get stuck in the same thought patte

35、rns. _11_ People who have creative thinking, however, can have many solutions to any problem, and they can recognize innovative solutions more quickly. So, creative thinking may feel like a superpower reserved only for a “creative person”. _12_ Anyone can develop a creative mind with some practice._

36、13_ One powerful one is to meet new people, especially if theyre in the arts or in a different industry from you. Sharing your interests and listening to others can inspire you to view the world differently. Practicing boredom can help you develop your creativity, too. Allowing yourself to become bo

37、red and seeing what pulls your interest can help you practice letting your curiosity lead the way. _14_ When youre feeling uninspired, coaching can refocus your attention and help you get curious about your experience.Thinking more creatively can take effort, but a little practice can make you a bet

38、ter employee; it can make you a better parent, student, and leader, too. _15_A. They may hold back peoples innovation.B. Coaching can also help train your creative thinking.C. There are many ways to encourage creative thinking.D. Inspiration is a powerful tool to help foster your related skills.E. T

39、hankfully, creative masters arent the only ones with innovative ideas.F. Many creative thinking methods work best when theyre done in a group.G. The benefits of thinking creatively can show up throughout your daily life.第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项

40、。At the age of fifteen, I was expert at tying my fathers shoelaces (鞋带). I bent over and _16_ the tried-and-true bunny-ear method. When I _17_, his lips twitched (抽搐) in disappointment before falling into a hard line. He opened his mouth once again, trying to say something. _18_, they refused to com

41、e. Eventually, he turned to _19_: little pats on his _20_ followed by a wave in my direction. I _21_ a smile, and whispered “I love you, too, Dad,” trying to hide the cry caught in my throat.Before this, my father had been a sales trainer. “Life is good,” he would say. _22_, everything changed when

42、a disease left my dad with a loss of _23_. It does not affect brainpower, so my father was like being _24_ in his own body, unable to say what he wanted. I despaired and felt overcome by fear and uncertaintywas life really worth living?I finally found my _25_. On a weekend trip, my dad saw a group o

43、f people parasailing (滑帆伞) on the lake. “You and me!” he _26_ to say. We floated high above the water, eyes fixed on the setting sun. Just after the sky _27_ its last flash of pink, my dad looked at me with a _28_ expression. “Lifegood.” In that _29_ moment, I understood exactly what he meant. “Yes,

44、” I whispered back. “It really is.” How beautiful it is to know that we need _30_ to see the stars!16. A. employedB. changedC. improvedD. considered17. A. looked downB. gave upC. stood upD. stepped down18. A. InsteadB. ThusC. OtherwiseD. Still19. A. complainingB. gesturingC. lecturingD. crying20. A.

45、 chestB. headC. armD. face21. A. receivedB. sawC. hidD. forced22. A. AshamedlyB. UnfortunatelyC. HopefullyD. Doubtfully23. A. patienceB. confidenceC. speechD. sight24. A. trappedB. curedC. blamedD. inspected25. A. valueB. destinationC. dreamD. answer26. A. pretendedB. managedC. hesitatedD. hurried27

46、. A. adapted toB. relied onC. put outD. stirred up28. A. familiarB. surprisedC. simpleD. puzzled29. A. awkwardB. nervousC. safeD. precious30. A. courageB. atmosphereC. darknessD. pressure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。Sarek National Park is a hidden natural treasure. _31_ (

47、locate) in the extreme north of Sweden, the park is described as Europes last wilderness. No other place in Sweden offers such awe-inspiring views _32_ this wild and untouched land.The most noted features of the park are its peaks. Several of _33_ are over 2,000 meters, among which stands the second

48、 _34_ (high) in Sweden, Mount Sarek. Equally splendid are its approximately 100 glaciers and broad _35_ (valley) cut by fast-flowing rivers. In this undisturbed landscape, eagles fly overhead as wild animals move below. Experiencing this will be _36_ (true) a memory.Sarek holds a special importance in the world, due to not only