浙江省名校协作体2022-2023学年高二下学期开学考试英语试题.docx

1、2022学年第二学期浙江省名校协作体试题高二年级英语学科考生须知：1.本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟;2.答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写学校、班级、姓名、考场、座位号及准考证号;3.所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效;4.考试结束后，只需上交答题卷。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，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。1. Where might the speakers

2、be now?A. In a supermarket.B In a hospital.C. At home.2. How did the man feel last night?A. Exhausted.B.Excited.C. Curious.3. What does the woman hope to do?A. Take an exam.B. Get some guidance.C. Take a trip.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Where to meet.B. What sport to play.C. Whi

3、ch club to join.5. What is the relationship between Emma and Tim?A. Classmates.B. Teacher and student.C. Brother and sister.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. How will the s

4、peakers go to the airport?A. By bus.B. By taxi.C. By car.7. When does the plane take off?A.At 9:15 a.m.B. At 10: 15 a.m.C. At 10: 45 a.m.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。8. What did the man do in 2014?A. He left college.B. He changed his major.C. He made a new kind of toy.9.What do we know about the man?A.He won a d

5、esign championship.B. He lacks interest in leading teams.C. He has gained experience in marketing.10. What is the woman doing?A. Having a meeting.B. Hosting a program.C. Conducting an interview.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is the man going to do next?A. Go shopping.B. Pick up his sisters.C. Cook dinner

6、.12. What does the woman think of the man?A. Hes proud.B. Hes helpful.C. Hes busy.13. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. See her aunts off.B. Make some new friends.C. Go to her graduation ceremony.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Why does the man choose the 10 Harley Street?A. The houses here are quite ch

7、eap.B. It is near his office.C. It has enough parking spaces.15. What does the man care most about the apartment?A.Its location.B. Its size.C. Its decoration.16. What will the man probably do next?A. Take part in a contest.B. Talk with his friend.C. Make payment.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Who is the spea

8、ker?A.A tourist.B. A reporter.C. A tour guide.18. Why does the speaker recommend Top of the Rock?A. Its the cheapest.B. It offers relaxing drinks.C. It has wonderful views of New York.19. What can people do on the second day?A. Go for a picnic.B. Watch an art show.C. Visit Greenwich Village.20. What

9、 is Three Lives & Company?A. Its a bar.B. Its a bookstore.C. Its a park.第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15个小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AJust as slang words table manners, and other common customs vary greatly from nation to nation, so do rude gestures. The last thing you want t

10、o do when traveling to a new country is to offend (冒犯) the locals. Here are some hand motions youll want to be careful about making in certain countries.IranWhat might seem to Americans like a universally positive gesture is not, in fact, universal. “Unfortunately, in Iran and neighboring countries,

11、 the thumbs-up is the same as the middle finger!” explains Dana Hooshmand, an author for Discover Discomfort. In America, the middle finger is the one showing disrespect; in Iran, its the thumb. So, bear it in mind to avoid making this sign to Iranians.MalaysiaAs a little kid, you may have been blam

12、ed that “its not respectful to point with your index finger!” especially if you dared pair the gesture with laughter. This is especially true in Malaysia. As a result, employees at Disney parks are trained to avoid doing this. Instead, if they must, they use two fingers or, the common alternative is

13、 to point with your thumb (particularly the right thumb).ThailandIn USA, patting someones head can be a sweet gesture, and messing someones hair is a playful one. But in Thailand, it can be a serious offense. The head “is considered the most sacred (神圣的) part of the body, ” she explains. So keep you

14、r hands away from others heads to avoid disrespecting.Taiwan, ChinaAccording to the locals, pointing to the moon will offend the moon goddess. Her punishment for this is very specific: Shell cut your ear of, or at the very least cut it in Van Gogh-style. So if youre admiring a beautiful full moon in

15、 Taiwan, try your best to keep your hands by your sides.1. What is the common reason for minding gestures in different countries?A. Out of admiration.B. Out of curiosity.C. Out of concern.D. Out of respect.2. According to the article, which of the following can visitors do?A. Touching others head in

16、 Thailand.B. Pointing with index finger in Malaysia.C. Making a thumb-up to others in USA.D. Aiming ones finger directly at the moon in Taiwan.3. Where is this text probably taken from?A. A travel magazine.B. A novel.C. A biography.D. A science report.BWorking at a bank in New York City in the mid-2

17、010s, Anna Sacks was living the life - just not the life she wanted. Sure, she was happy. But she wanted to do something that felt important and was fulfilling on a deeper level.Some people seeking meaning might read a self-help book or perhaps volunteer a few hours a week. Sacks packed up her life

18、and moved to Connecticut for three months to participate in Adamah, a Jewish farming program that focuses on sustainable (可持续) living and growing sustainable food. She returned to New York with a new purpose and a variety of new skills to make her dreams a reality.“One of the things that really stuc

19、k with me from Adamah, which means Earth in Hebrew, was how they handled the waste they had, primarily through composting (堆肥),” she says. “And I just thought, Why arent we doing that here?”The Adamah program opened Sacks eyes to the damage that consumer culture is doing on a local, national, and gl

20、obal level, and the need to find solutions. So in 2016, she took a master composting course and started working with a food rescue program, which she named “trash walking.”During walks around her neighborhood, Sacks, 31, picked through garbage to look for reusable items. Soon, her trash walks expand

21、ed to include company trash cans along with residential trash. Surprisingly, she discovered a wide range of really great stuff - like clothing, decorations, plates and food.Sacks main focus is simply getting people to pay attention to how many unnecessary things they buy and then throw away. “Once y

22、ou become conscious of the way you consume, you can see ways you improve,” she says.4. Why did Sacks participate in the program Adamah?A. She was concerned about her job.B. She intended to do volunteer work.C. She preferred a more meaningful life.D. She expected to learn living skills.5. What impres

23、sed Sacks most about the program Adamah?A. The way they dealt with the waste.B. The sustainable food they produced.C. The importance they placed on farming.D. The modern lifestyle they stuck to.6. Which of the following best describes Sacks?A. A farmer.B. A doer.C. A follower.D. A dreamer.7. What do

24、es Sacks suggest people do?A. Take part in trash walking.B. Reflect on consumption patterns.C. Stop throwing away things.D. Avoid buying new items.CThe Moon is attracting much attention these days as NASA is ready for its Artemis I launch and preparing for more to follow. The mission objectives are

25、clear: develop a sustainable presence on its surface and pave the way to go to Mars.And then what? Whats the next great leap in humans quest for the secrets of the universe? When it comes to the near future scientific exploration, there are a few areas of the solar system that will be receiving some

26、 special attention.First off theres Venus, a planet which was a relative paradise (天堂), with oceans and a pleasant atmosphere. Something went terribly wrong there a few billion years ago, and NASA has scheduled a series of missions to explore what exactly is going on there.At the other end are the g

27、as giants. Several of the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn are covered in thick sheets of ice, and underneath that ice sit oceans of liquid water. NASA has missions planned to investigate those mysterious worlds, hunting for any signs of possible life hidden deep within.As for us humans, Mars is cer

28、tainly the grand prize in the coming decades. If we have the adequate drive and funds, we can establish a semi-permanent presence on the red planet, keeping crews working and studying in person on the Martian surface. The other planets of our solar system are not so suitable for people to settle on.

29、 Mercury is too close to the Sun for comfort and too far away from the Earth.Over the coming decades humans expect to see a rise of “space hotels”, set up for visiting tourists and scientific explorations. Naturally, turning the space rock into a habitat for humans is not very practical considering

30、our current level of technological maturity, but in my best estimation, its the next easiest thing to accomplish, after the Moon and Mars, of course.8. What does the underlined word “quest” probably mean in the second paragraph?A. Question.B. Explanation.C. Request.D. Search.9. Which is the least li

31、kely to be explored in the next decades according to the passage?A. Mars.B. Mercury.C. Venus.D. Gas giants.10. Whats the authors attitude towards the “space hotels”?A. Ambiguous.B. Critical.C. Hopeful.D. Indifferent.11. Whats the passage mainly about?A. The launch of Artemis I.B. The secrets of the

32、solar system.C. The missions of NASA.D. The areas of the future universe exploration.DThe typical image of a knitter (编织者) may be a white-haired lady but in the 1940s, young male Royal Air Force pilots used needles as they waited for their next mission. Wartime pilots crashed a lot and knitting help

33、ed rebuild flexibility in wounded limbs (四肢) and meanwhile settle wounded minds. They were the basis of early occupational therapy.Today, millions of people around the world employ the same technique. Occupational therapist Jill Riley was part of a team from Cardiff University that surveyed more tha

34、n 3,500 knitters and found that the more frequently people knitted, the calmer and happier they felt. As one person surveyed put it, “That rhythm of making stitch (针脚) after stitch is like deep breathing. Its a flow where you dont have to stress about it and youve got the rhythm happening.”“Flow” is

35、 a concept first named by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. As he wrote in his book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, the best moments in our lives are not the passive or relaxing times. The best moments usually occur if a persons body or mind is in a voluntary effort to accomplish som

36、ething difficult and worthwhile. An artist, Shauna Richardson, knows just how true this is. The artist spent 18 months in a state of flow when she knitted three seven-metre-long lions for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. To complete the task, she says she had to concentrate all her attention and keep a s

37、tate of mind driven by rhythm and process.Csikszentmihalyi also describes the opposite to flow. He points out that although people are healthier and live longer, they often end up feeling anxious and bored and cut off from satisfying work. Because knitting is so accessible at its heart its two stick

38、s and one stitch-it helps people build confidence in their abilities. After all, if you make a mistake, you can just pull it all out and start again.12. Why does the author mention “a white-haired lady” in paragraph 1?A. To introduce the topic.B. To make a comparison.C. To prove the writers opinion.

39、D. To give an example.13. According to the passage, how does “occupational therapy” help people?A. Filling their free time by doing handwork.B. Improving their bodies and minds by knitting.C. Reducing their stress by breathing deeply.D. Perfecting their skills by completing a task.14. How do people

40、feel in a state of flow?A. Anxious.B. Relaxed.CBored.D. Focused.15. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Active Hands, Calm MindsB. Knitting: An Easy Skill to LearnC. Slower Rhythm, Greater ConfidenceD. Flow: The Best Moments to Enjoy第二节(共5个小题;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

41、能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。How to Cram (仓促准备) for a Test without Going CrazyDo you have a test coming up you should have been studying for weeks ago? Dont worry. Youre not alone, and all hope is not lost. _16_You must start with the basics. No, were not talking about the material youre learning; were t

42、alking about the environment youre in. Do it in a space that isnt crowded or messy. _17_ If youre worried about spending more time cleaning than studying, some of other favorite places to cram include coffee shops, bookstores, and parks.We already stressed the importance of an environment, but we di

43、dnt talk about what you are using in that environment. If you have your phone with you, we suggest turning it on silent and putting it away. _18_ Close any outside communication applications and remove distractions from your study site to completely focus on the task at hand._19_ When studying, you

44、shouldnt push yourself past your limit. Our general rule of thumb is to give yourself a break at least once every hour. Each of your breaks should last for at least 10 minutes at a time to ensure you are refreshed and ready to get back into it.There are few things in the world as stressful as crammi

45、ng for a test. Luckily, there are methods and tips to ensure you can still come out on top of your next test or exam. _20_ Grab a pencil and a notebook and start cramming!A. So, what are you waiting for?B. The same goes for your computer or laptop.C. Youre cramming, so it doesnt have to be neat.DEle

46、ctronic products will help you find a rhythm for cramming.E. In fact, there are a ton of effective methods to cram for a test the right way.F. If you study in an unorganized place, you will lose focus and the motivation to succeed.G. It may come as a shock to you, but you should set up a timer to re

47、mind yourself of a break.第三部分：语言运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节：完形填空(共15个小题;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。Smith Justice and his son were coming back from the dentist, when they saw a homeless man in the road. Smith _21_ to give the man some money, but didnt have any cash. His

48、son suggested giving the man the 30 cents he had. But Smith was _22_. He didnt want to give this man just 30 cents since the man _23_ needed all the help he could get. Moreover, his own pride and thoughts of the homeless mans unknown _24_ to receiving just thirty cents was standing _25_.Smith told his son what people saw as a good thing was not goo