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1、内蒙古科尔沁左翼中旗实验高级中学 2022-2023学年高二上学期期中英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解In the year-and-a-half since Broadway reopened, tourism and ticket sales have not returned to pre-pandemic levels. So, looking forward to spring 2023, you never know whats going to hit or miss. Often all you can do when trying to predict w

2、hat will be worth seeing is to look at who wrote the script and whos directing and starring. Here are four Broadway and off-Broadway shows Im keeping an eye on. Bad CinderellaImperial Theatre; begins previews February 17, opens March 23Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber brings his latest show, a contempor

3、ary retelling of the Cinderella story, to New York. Will Lord Lloyd Webber find success with this new musical?The JungleSt. Anns Warehouse; begins performances February 18This immersive production, first seen in 2018, puts the audience right inside the tents of a refugee (难民) camp in Calais, France.

4、 It tells the heart-breaking stories of refugees from the Middle East and Africa. Fat HamAmerican Airlines Theatre; begins previews March 21, opens April 12James Ijames Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy was a hit on a small stage in 2022. A retelling of Hamlet, set at a Black family cookout, it deals wi

5、th questions of manliness and is both funny and joyous. Prima FacieGolden Theatre; begins previews April 11, opens April 23Emmy Award-winning actress Jodie Comer, who acts as a lawyer, appears in this one-person play by Suzie Miller, which was a hit in London. It will be exciting to see this actress

6、 in person.1Which is put on show for the first time?ABad CinderellaBThe JungleCFat HamDPrima Facie2On which day can you enjoy a show with amusing plots?AFebruary18.BMarch 23.CApril 12.DApril 23.3Where can audiences meet Jodie Comer on the spot?AImperial Theatre.BSt. Anns Warehouse.CAmerican Airlines

7、 Theatre.DGolden Theatre.A good gift is one that is more valuable for the recipient than it is for the giver. But most gifts destroy value rather than create it. Think of the Christmas-tree-shaped cookie jar that cost your aunt 530 but is worth considerably less than zero to you, posing a moral conu

8、ndrum (难题): Do you throw it right into the trash or wait a couple of months? The economist Joel Waldfogel calls this discrepancy the “deadweight loss” of gifts, and estimates that, on average, it is from 10 percent to a third of a gifts price. One explanation for the deadweight loss is a mismatch be

9、tween desirability and feasibility. Consider n gadget that is useful (high disability) but difficult to set up and time-consuming to use (low feasibility). Scholars have found that givers usually focus on desirability, and receivers are more aware of feasibility. Your friend who bought you a fancy w

10、earable fitness tracker probably thought it was a really cool and helpful gift; to you, it seems like a massive headache to figure out, requires an app download and a monthly fee, and offers data that will either make you feel terrible about yourself or turn into a life-ruining obsession. Thats why

11、it is still sitting in your drawer in its original package. Another happiness-killing mismatch can occur between the receivers initial reaction and their long-term satisfaction. As Anna Goldfarb noted in The Atlantic a few weeks ago, givers tend to look for “reaction-maximizing gifts” (such as the w

12、ifes over-the-top response to the car) as opposed to “satisfaction-maximizing gifts.” Once the giver is not present to see the receivers reaction, the receiver might not actually be that excited about socks with her best friends face on them. Someone looking for a big reaction might be tempted to bu

13、y a wildly expensive gift, which poses its own emotional problems. In the worst cases, they may even be trying to exert dominance over you, or manipulate you into doing them a favor later. Either way, receiving a gift thats too nice might make you feel guilty. According to one 2019 survey from Compa

14、reCards, 46 percent of respondents felt guilty for being unable to give a gift worth as much as the one they received. In truth, the biggest benefit to most gift giving is to the giver herself. Generosity is truly a way to buy happiness. As my colleague Michael Norton and his co-authors showed in th

15、e journal Science in 2008, although spending money on oneself is weakly related to happiness, spending money on others significantly rises the givers well-being. Neuroscientists have shown that charitable giving to others engages the reward system, inducing pleasure in one of the same ways that alco

16、hol and certain drugs do. (Maybe this is the real reason Santa is so jolly.)4What does “deadweight loss” of gifts in para.1 refer to?AThe value the gift creates rather than destroys.BThe money the giver spends on a meaningful giftCThe good-will and thoughtfulness of the gift giver.DThe loss of the g

17、ift value in the eyes of the receiver.5How would the receiver describe the fancy wearable fitness tracker as a gift?AFashionable and practical.BUnfriendly and upsetting.CDesirable and satisfactory.DExpensive and unworthy.6What makes the receiver not excited about socks printed with her best friends

18、face?AThat the giver is not present to see the receivers reaction.BThat the receiver was expecting something wildly expensive.CThot the giver is confused about what gift brings satisfaction.DThat the receiver was expecting something he/she truly wants.7Which of the following best describes the main

19、idea of this article?AIt is in giving that givers receive.BGift-giving is in most cases a win-win situation.CThe greatest gift you can give is your time and attention.DPresents are generally terrible, but they can still bring you joy.The world has faced a food crisis of unprecedented(前所未有的) proporti

20、ons in 2022the largest in modern history, as conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis and rising costs have combined to pose great risks for hungry people across the world. As many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night. The number of those facing acute food insecurity has risen f

21、rom 135 million to 345 million since 2019. A total of 49 million people in 49 countries are suffering hunger, according to figures from the United Nations World Food Programme.“We are facing an unprecedented global food crisis and all signs suggest we have not yet seen the worst. For the last three

22、years, hunger numbers have repeatedly hit new peaks,” WFP Executive Director David Beasley said. He warned that things can and will get worse unless there is a large-scale and coordinated(协调一致的) effort to address the causes of this crisis.There are many reasons for prevailing high levels of food ins

23、ecurity. These reasons include conflicts, climate changes and weather extremes, economic slowdowns and downturns. In addition, these drivers often do not act alone. For instance, conflicts are often accompanied by economic downturns, which affect livelihoods and the ability of people to earn resourc

24、es, leading to increasing poverty levels and higher prevalence(流行) of food insecurity.Unfortunately, the main reasons for high levels of food insecurity have not improved this year. People in the Horn of Africa are facing a fifth consecutive(连续的) failed rain season in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and So

25、malia, which will constrain their production, and is likely to push many people deeper into food insecurity.Moreover, there is uncertainty about the weather. And climatic shock affecting any major producer or exporter will introduce additional uncertainty into production and consequently prices, whi

26、ch in turn impact the ability to purchase food, particularly of the most vulnerable people.8How does the author lead in the topic?ABy making a comparison.BBy sharing personal experience.CBy giving opinions with evidence.DBy listing facts and accurate figures.9What can we know from David Beasleys wor

27、ds?AThis global food crisis wont last longer.BIts certain that the global food crisis will get worse.CWe need to work together to deal with the global food crisis.DThere will be another new peak of hunger numbers in three years.10What does the underlined word in Paragraph 3 mean?ACharacters.BOperato

28、rs.CFactors.DActivities.11What is the best title for the passage?AThe Issue of Food SafetyBThe Unprecedented Food CrisisCConflicts Causing Food ShortageDEfforts Put into the Study of Food InsecurityArguably, the biggest science development of the year to date has been the images of the very depths o

29、f the universe taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Those images beg a comparison between the external and internal universes that science is bent on observing and understanding.Decades ago, astrophysicist Carl Sagan famously said, “The universe is also within is. Were made of star-stuff.

30、 We are a way for the universe to know itself. ” He was commenting then on the reality that our internal universe was as complex and as fantastic as the outer space.There are many similarities between the progress weve made in understanding the universe and in piecing together lifes inner workings.

31、Like the technological developments that took us from Galileos telescope to the Hubble to the JWST, life science tools have also improved rapidly. From early light microscopes to modern super-resolution ones, these developments have afforded researchers a deep look into biologys infinitesimal (无限小的)

32、 landscape. Learning that living things were composed of cells was, not a terribly long time ago, a revolutionary observation. Since then, scientists have been able to dive ever deeper into the components of life.Going beyond merely observing the complicated makeup of organisms, life scientists can

33、now discover the workings of molecules (分子). And that is where scanning the universe differs from peering into biology. Understanding the universe, especially from a functional standpoint, is not necessarily an immediate urgency. Understanding biology on that level is. Simply observing the amazing i

34、nternal structure of cells is not enough. Biologists must also characterize how all those parts interact and change in different environments and when faced with various challenges. Being able to image a virus or bacterium is nice at the level of basic science. But knowing how viruses gain entry int

35、o cells and spread, infect, and disable can literally save lives. Through time, biology has risen to this mechanistic challenge. Not only can life science tools produce images of cell components, even more importantly, they can help predict the effects of drugs on receptors, of immune cells on forei

36、gn invaders (入侵者), and of genetic perturbations (基因干扰) on development and aging.This is not to belittle the work of scientists researching into universe. They should rightly be praised for delivering views of impossibly distant, impossibly massive phenomena. My aim is to celebrate these accomplishme

37、nts while at the same time recognizing that sciences inward search for detail and insight is equally impressive and, in my view, more urgent. The output of both the outward and inward explorations should stimulate wonder in everyone. After all, its all star-stuff.12Why does the author quote Carl Sag

38、ans comment in Paragraph 2?ATo introduce the background.BTo prove an assumption.CTo make a comparison.DTo present an idea.13Like the study of the universe, life science has been advancing in _.Astudy approachesBsystem managementCresearch facilitiesDtechnology integration14We can infer from Paragraph

39、 4 that biologists work is _.ApracticalBriskyCflexibleDpopular15As for life science, which would the author agree with?AIt has received universal recognition.BIt should enjoy priority in development.CIt can be applied in the majority of areas.DIt is more complicated than space science.二、七选五With clim

40、ate change continuing to worsen, our situation is beginning to feel increasingly serious. 16 Is it right? Maybe not.Techno-optimism is one of the greatest misconceptions when it comes to solutions to ensure our future. It can be defined as a belief that future technologies will solve all of our curr

41、ent problems. This definition reinforces (强化) the idea that theres no reason to panic or change our current energy-intensive lifestyle. All society needs to do is look to green technology to work its magic. 17 One of the best examples of this optimistic misconception is the electric car. Despite bei

42、ng highly regarded as an eco-friendly way to get around, electric cars are not the end for the future of transport. Batteries in electric cars use chemical elements which we could be seeing a shortage of by the midcentury. 18 Techno-optimism has led many to believe that if everyone just switched to

43、driving electric vehicles, we would be making incredible steps towards sustainability. However, the reality is that the amount of resources and energy needed to produce enough electric vehicles for everyone is not even remotely sustainable. 19 Investing in public transportation and moving away from

44、individually owned vehicles. Producing fewer cars. Improving recycling practices of old batteries. The solutions we seek should not be rooted in new technology, but be about changing the way our society functions.Techno-optimism puts too much emphasis on technology and not enough on what we can do r

45、ight this minute. Unfortunately, people seem to like the picture that techno-optimism paints. 20 It is important to understand that the problem begins when we see those technologies as a way to make our current lifestyles eco-friendly. Until we are ready to face the need for a less complex life, we

46、cannot make true progress towards sustainability.ASo where should we look for answers instead?BThe modern worlds simple solution is technology.CMoreover, they are more energy intensive to produce.DIs it a trap that many people have fallen into in recent years?EUnfortunately, this is an incredibly da

47、ngerous opinion to hold.FDespite any technology, we as a whole are not living sustainably.GNevertheless, the truth is, we need a widespread change in our lifestyles.三、完形填空One of the most inspiring quotes(名言) I ever heard was by Brian Tracy. He said: “The 21 between successful people and unsuccessful

48、 people is that successful people 22 many more times than unsuccessful people.”I deeply understood the 23 of the quote soon after my first book was published.I was living in Atlanta at the time and 24 my first signing sale for my new book at the phoenix and Dragon, the largest bookstore in the city. Although a nice sign was placed outside the room 25 images of both me and my book, The 9 Insights of the Wealthy Sou