浙江省温州十校联合体2022-2023学年高二上学期期中联考英语试题.docx

1、2022学年第一学期温州十校联合体期中联考高二年级英语学科试题考生须知：1. 本卷共8页满分150分，考试时间120分钟。2. 答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字。3. 所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试卷上无效。4. 考试结束后，只需上交答题纸。选择题部分第一部分听力(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 does the woman re

2、commend the man do?A. Use similar words. B. Watch English films. C. Read a dictionary.2. What season is it now?A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Winter.3. What does the man plan to do tonight?A. Do the homework. B. Read newspaper. C. Look at shooting stars.4. Where does the conversation most likely take plac

3、e?A. In a house. B. On a street. C. At a supermarket.5. Where will the woman go next?A. To Paris. B. To Berlin. C. To London.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What are the speakers ma

4、inly discussing?A. A company. B. A meeting. C. A manager.7. What has the man forgotten to do?A. Print the report out. B. Invite some managers. C. Attend an important meeting.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Boss and employee. B. Husband and wife. C. Brothe

5、r and sister.9. Why does the woman want to leave her present job?A. She doesnt like it. B. She wants to travel abroad. C. She wants another job.10. Whats the mans attitude to the woman leaving her present job?A. He hesitates. B. He disagrees. C. He understands.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is the woman

6、doing?A. Chairing a meeting. B. Reporting on a study. C. Teaching a class.12. How many people are absent today?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.13 How will the teams be judged?A. On how well they work. B. On how much money made. C. On how creative they are.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Where is the woman?A. In a ta

7、xi. B. On a bus. C. On a plane.15. When will the speakers flight leave?A. In 15 minutes. B. In 20 minutes. C. In 30 minutes.16. Who are the speakers going to visit?A. Their former classmates. B. The mans parents. C. The womans parents.17. How is the man feeling?A. Relaxed. B. Nervous. C. Excited.听第1

8、0段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What does the store mainly sell?A. Glasses. B. Clothes. C. Electronics.19. Who is the speaker probably?A. A cashier. B. A sales manager. C. A store owner.20 What does the speaker want the listeners to do?A. Spread the good news. B. Write down their needs. C. Use their credit rewar

9、ds.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。ABecoming a Nature Lover through Citizen ScienceCitizen Science is an education series featuring workshops on a variety of topics in a relaxed and inspiring environment. There is no registration fee; instead, each instruct

10、or suggests items or services they will accept in exchange for class participation.Our volunteer instructors prepare based on how many people sign up, so please only sign up if you will actually attend.Date & TimeFriday, May 4; 8:30 am-10:30 amClass descriptionInterested in studying nature, feeling

11、more connected to your surroundings, helping the natural environment, but not sure where to start? Join us on a PowerPoint tour through the instructors favorite citizen science platforms that apply to our region. Just through being observant on a daily walk, you can submit meaningful data to scienti

12、sts who will use your data to take meaningful conservation steps! Well show you how! Its easy!Suggested items in exchange for this class*Baked snacks*Homemade preserved foods*Houseplants*Nature art (draw me a picture?)About the instructorKelsey Frey is the manager of education and outreach(外展服务) for

13、 York County Parks, part-time environmental educator for Lancaster County Parks, and runs her own business in her spare time. Kelseys passionate about many natural history topics, including butterflies, and landscaping with native plants.1. Who are most likely to attend the class?A. Data collectors.

14、B. Cooking lovers.C. Environmental protectors.D. Sports advocators.2. What can be learnt from the text?A. Kelsey Frey manages Lancaster Country Parks.B. Citizen Science is a workshop with various topics.C. Participants can take a PowerPoint tour to local regions.DParticipants can exchange homemade c

15、ookies for the class.3. Where is this text probably taken from?A. An environmental paper.B. An education courseC. A teaching plan.D. An academic article.BWhen the phone rang, Rebecca Richards-Kortum thought it was a telemarketer. Instead, it was the MacArthur Foundation calling to tell her shed just

16、 won a grant totaling $625,000. The MacArthur Fellowships, known as the “genius grants”, are often given out each year to 20 to 30 people who show “exceptional creativity.” Past winners have included painters, filmmakers, scientists, a violin-maker, human rights lawyers and others.In announcing Rebe

17、cca as one of this years 23 fellows, the Foundation noted her commitment to “improving access to quality health care for all the worlds people”. Rebecca, who teaches bioengineering at Rice University in Houston, is not only developing novel solutions but also training and inspiring the next generati

18、on of engineers and scientists to address our shared global challenges. She has made a name for herself in the field not for her own inventions, but for the incredible creativity of her students.Rebecca says she challenges students to design new medical devices and technologies that can actually be

19、put into practice in low-resource settings. “In the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Malawi, there are 83 broken oxygen concentrators. If any one of them was working, it could be saving lives.” The original syringe pump(注射泵) could operate for only an hour or two on battery backup, but Malawi curr

20、ently is facing major power outages(断供期). So Rebecca asked her students to re-engineer the device and theyve come up with a new syringe pump that can run for 66 hours.In addition to teaching and overseeing projects in remote parts of the developing world, Richards-Kortum is married with six children

21、. She also runs marathons and is planning to run the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D. C. next month. Rebecca says she thinks about marathon running in relation to her work teaching bioengineering. Those final steps in building a new medical device or using a new technology in the field can be

22、 the most difficult. “We all have times when we need to hear Come on! You can make it!” she says. “As an educator, my job is to be that voice.”4. Why could Rebecca win the MacArthur Fellowships?A. Because she had just won a genius grant up to $625,000.B. Because she inspired students to re-engineer

23、medical devices.C. Because she was devoted to making quality health care available.D. Because she worked at Rice University as a bioengineering teacher.5. Whats the purpose of mentioning the syringe pump in Paragraph 3?ATo explain the big challenges she met while teaching.B. To prove the exceptional

24、 creativity of Rebeccas students.C. To stress the importance of designing low-resource devices.D. To show her achievement in stimulating students creativity.6. Which of the following words can best describe Rebecca?A. Responsible and committed.B. Patient and generous.C. Energetic and cooperative.D.

25、Critical and courageous.7. What do the underlined words “that voice” refer to in the last paragraph?A. The voice of cheers.B. The voice of encouragement.C. The voice of praise.D. The voice of education.CTen years after introducing “Google Glass”, Alphabet Inc. has created a new kind of smart eyeglas

26、ses. The company says the wearable computer device can translate different languages in real time.A working model of the yet-unnamed device was presented to the public this week during the yearly Google I/O developer conference. Google did not say when the glasses might go on sale to the public.The

27、first Google Glass device included a wearable camera that could film what the wearers saw. That caused widespread privacy concerns. The camera element also gave Google Glass a kind of science-fiction look. The latest device looks more similar to traditional glasses.A brief demonstration of the new e

28、yeglasses described its translation ability, but did not provide additional details. The company also did not say whether the new device would be equipped with a camera. A demonstration explained that a person, wearing the glasses and talking with someone who speaks a different language, can see the

29、 spoken words in their own language. The description showed translations involving English, Mandarin, Spanish and American Sign Language.The new device is one of several products shared at the conference that are currently in development. The company says the products aim to better connect Google se

30、rvices with activities happening in the real world. This includes company offerings for searching and viewing maps, as well as other services using the latest developments in artificial intelligence.Eddie Chung, a director of product management at Google, spoke to developers about the new eyeglasses

31、. “What were working on is technology that enables us to break down language barriers, taking years of research in Google Translate and bringing that to glasses,” he said.8. What can we learn about the smart eyeglasses?A. They have a kind of science-fiction look.B. They can translate some languages

32、into oral English.C. They will be equipped with a camera.D. They can help certain people remove language barriers.9. Whats the purpose of this text?A. To share a wearable computer device on sale.B. To advertise the smart eyeglasses for sale.C. To introduce a new product in development.D. To show the

33、 development of Google Glass Device.10. Who are the smart eyeglasses most likely intended for?A. Deaf men at international conferences.B. E-readers reading foreign original works.C. Japanese talking with Frenchmen.D. Travellers searching and viewing maps abroad.11. Whats Eddie Chungs attitude toward

34、s the new eyeglasses?A. Concerned.B. Doubtful.C. Disapproving.D. Positive.DDo you listen to music at the gym? Today, most gym-goers like to wear head-phones and listen to self-selected music while theyre doing exercise. Why do songs from personalized playlists seem to increase motivation and make in

35、tense exercise more enjoyable when someone is walking or jogging?Based on practical experience, a recent study provides new evidence that listening to music while running on a treadmill(跑步机) fights with mental tiredness and improves performance. According to a news release, this study is “the first

36、to investigate the effect of listening to music playlists on long-distance running capacity and performance when mentally tired.”These findings were published online ahead of print on June 22.For this study, researchers from the University of Edinburgh had a group of experienced runners do a high-in

37、tensity 5-kilometre treadmill run with and without self-selected motivational music after theyd performed a series of cognitive (认知的) exams designed to put them in a mentally tired state. The researchers found that “listening to self-selected music in a mentally tired state reduces the negative impa

38、ct of mental tiredness on their running capacity and performance, potentially due to changed perception of effort when listening to music.”“Mental tiredness is a common occurrence for many of us and can negatively impact many of our day-to-day activities, including exercise. Finding safe and effecti

39、ve ways to reduce this negative impact is, therefore, useful,” Shaun Phillips of Edinburghs Moray House School said in the news release.“The findings indicate that listening to personalized motivational music may be a useful strategy to help active people improve their endurance running capacity and

40、 performance when mentally tired,” he added. “This positive impact of self-selected music could help people to better keep the quality and beneficial impact of their exercise sessions.”12. Whats the function of the questions in Paragraph 1?A. To make a comparism.B. To lead in the topic.C. To make a

41、prediction.D. To ask for information.13. What was taken into consideration in the experiment design?A. Runners cognitive levels.B. Runners mental states.C. Runners running ability.D. Runners music preference.14. Why does the author quote Shaun Phillips in the last two paragraphs?A. To describe the e

42、xperimental process.B. To explore ways to enhance sports performance.C. To further clarify the result of the finding.D. To explain the harmful effects of mental tiredness.15. What is the main idea of the text?A. Personalized music makes runners less tired.B. Motivational music cheers runners up.C. S

43、elf-selected music maintains life quality.D. Self-selected music treats mental illnesses.第二节(共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Climate change has increased average temperatures by 1 over the past century, making heat waves more frequent and intense than those from any ot

44、her point in recorded history. _16_ A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change found global warming responsible for 37 percent of heat-related deaths between 1991 and 2018.The following is what happens if youre the next to be killed. First, your brain sends a series of messages to your s

45、weat glands telling them to increase sweat production. Then your heart starts beating faster to pump blood to the skin while blood flow is directed away from important organs(器官) like your liver, kidneys and gut. _17_If heat stroke occurs, your body might get hot and direct so much oxygen-rich blood

46、 to the skin that it suffocates(把闷死) vital internal organs. If your body fails to cool you down, its internal temperature might start to climb from a normal level to about 104 degrees. _18_ You may feel it start as a dull headache. Before long, you might lose consciousness. Your brain might begin to

47、 swell.While you struggle to stay awake and avoid dizzying confusion, the excessive internal heat is damaging your gut, consequently causing an inflammatory(发炎的) response. _19_Thats just part of what we know about how extreme heat kills you. _20_ A lot of what we know comes from studies on animal mo

48、dels, like mice and rats, or from examinations of people dying of heat stroke.A. As the heat rises quickly, so does the death number.B. Thats because we cant study it in humans in the laboratory.C. As temperatures tick ever higher, that figure may well rise.D. At that temperature, your brain becomes affected.E. Surviving the organ failure might require an emergency transplant