1、第 1 页，共 8 页象贤中学象贤中学2022-2023学年度第一学期期末综合训练高二级英语科试题学年度第一学期期末综合训练高二级英语科试题命题人：黄兆泉审阅：杜斯兰第一部分第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分）分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）AWhere to go?Here are some of the best places across the UK for your whole family to enjoy the quality timetogether in nature.Drove Orchards(果园果园),Thorn
2、ham,NorfolkDrove shines a bit brighter each autumn,when it starts delivering fruit.Many of the freshapples and pears there are ready-picked as well as PYO(short for pick-your-own).Also juice madefrom the orchards special varieties of apples is strongly recommended.Opening time:10 am-4 pm daily until
3、 the end of October(booking not necessary but checkingwhats fruiting before visiting at )Blooming Green,Linton,KentBlooming Green is a no-dig flower business,selling flowers directly to customers andopening for PYO activities from summer to the end of October.In November and December thereare wreath
4、-making(花环制作)workshops,where participants pick their favorite flowers.Opening time:10 am-4 pm on Saturdays only(with pre-booking of one-hour slots,bloominggreenflowers.co.uk)Towerbrook Farm,Banwell,SomersetLike many other farms,Towerbrook Farm offers pick-your-own and cut-your-own service.Butits the
5、 first place that offers dig-your-own Christmas trees,meaning you can take your tree backafter the holiday and replant it there,which allows you to avoid sending your tree to the recyclingcentre.Opening time:8am-4pm daily between 20 November and 30 December(pre-booking notnecessary)Shute Fruit,Bisho
6、psteignton,South DevonAs well as selling preserves made from kinds of berries(浆果),Shute Fruit also manages anextensive pick-your-own operation.There you can pick your own sloe berries.If you are a fan ofsloe gin,a kind of alcoholic drink,whose alcohol content is between 15 and 30 percent,ask thefarm
7、 for recipes to make your own sloe gin at home.Opening time:11 am-5pm daily except rainy days and Mondays,until the end of October(booking not necessary,shutefruit.co.uk)1.If you go to Drove Orchards，what can be recommended to you?A.Delivering fruit.B.Tasting freshly squeezed apple juice.C.Planting
8、Christmas trees.D.Picking your own apples at 8 am.2.If you want to dig your own Christmas tree and take it back,where will you most probably visit?A.Thornham.B.Linton.C.Banwell.D.Bishopsteignton.3.What do the four places have in common?A.Their relevant Information can be got from the same website.第
9、2 页，共 8 页B.They have the same opening time.C.They all offer pick-your-own service.D.They neednt be booked in advance.BEvery year on April 22,Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modernenvironmental movement in 1970.It gives a voice to emerging public consciousness about the stateof ou
10、r planet.The founder is Gaylord Nelson.What moved Gaylord Nelson to action was the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill(溢出)in SouthernCalifornia,the largest oil spill in the United States at that time.The spill proved to be anenvironmental nightmare as it had a strong impact on marine life,killing an estima
11、ted 3,500seabirds,as well as marine animals such as dolphins,elephant seals and sea lions.Inspired by thestudent antiwar movement at that period of time,Nelson found it was the right time to channel theenergy of the students towards a fight for environmental protection.He decided that it was time to
12、educate the Americans on the need to protect the environment.Thus,Earth Day was born in 1970,and public environmental consciousness took centre stage.On 22nd April 1970,millions of Americans took to the streets to demonstrate for a healthy,sustainable environment and thousands of students marched in
13、 protest at the terrible situation of theenvironment.Businesses were forced to follow environmental standards if they wanted to continuetheir operations.The year 1990 saw Earth Day reach out to many more countries around the world.It helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Ri
14、o de Janeiro,bringingtogether many nations,for a joint effort towards protecting the environment.In 2009,the UnitedNations decided to officially set April 22 as Earth Day.For his role as the founder of Earth Day,Gaylord Nelson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom(1995),the highest honour gi
15、ven tocivilians in the United States.We honour the man,as the fight for a cleaner environment continues.4.What can we learn about Earth Day?A.It was founded at the end of 1970s.B.It was first celebrated in Rio de Janeiro.C.People will march on the streets on this day.D.It arouses public environmenta
16、l awareness.5.What did Gaylord Nelson do to make Earth Day possible?A.He reduced the loss of the oil spill.B.He participated in an antiwar movement.C.He set environmental standards for businesses.D.He involved more people in environmental issues.6.What is the third paragraph mainly about?A.The focus
17、 of Earth Day.B.The development of Earth Day.C.The worlds concern for the environment.D.The joint efforts of different countries.7.Which of the following best describes Gaylord Nelson?A.Intelligent.B.Responsible.C.Considerate.D.Knowledgeable.第 3 页，共 8 页CIn the Ancient Greek world,one was meant to fo
18、cus on a close knowledge of just two books,Homers The Odyssey and his The Iliad,because these were the best guides to action in militaryand civilian affairs.However,the modern world firmly equals the intelligent person with thewell-read person.Nowadays,if we do not rush to read four of this years ma
19、jor prize-winning books,we willfeel guilty about how far behind we are.We think that there should be no limit to how much weread because in answer to the question of why we read,there is only one response that will everbe ambitious enough:We read in order to know everything.But this tiring approach
20、to reading does not make us particularly happy.So in order to easeand simplify our lives,we might have a much more limited,focused and useful goal.We might,for example,read in order to learn to be content.Nothing less and nothing more.With this new,far more targeted ambition in mind,much of the pres
21、sure to read constantlyand randomly starts to fade.Once we know that we are reading to be content,we dont need tochase every book published this season.We can zero in on titles that best explain what we need.So for example,we may need a few key books that will teach us about how families work andhow
22、 they might work better,that can take us through how to find a job,or how to develop thecourage to develop our opportunities.The more we understand what reading is for us,the more we can enjoy close relationshipswith a few works only.The truly well-read person isnt the one who has read a huge number
23、 ofbooks,but someone who has let themselves be deeply shaped by just a few,very well-chosentitles.8.Why are Homers The Odyssey and The Iliad mentioned in the first paragraph?A.To present a fact.B.To explain a point.C.To raise a question.D.To make a comparison.9.What can we infer from Paragraph 2 and
24、 Paragraph 3?A.Major prize-winning books should be read.B.We should be ambitious to read to know everything.C.Reading as much as we can leads to happiness.D.We should read with focused purposes.10.What kind of books does the author advise us to read?A.The newly published ones.B.Those with groundbrea
25、king names.C.The books meeting your needs.D.The books improving your ambitions.11.What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A.To promote our interest in reading.B.To advocate a targeted reading way.C.To criticize reading blindly.D.To compare different reading styles.第 4 页，共 8 页DIn order to hel
26、p discover spoilage and reduce food waste for supermarkets and consumers,researchers have developed new low-cost,smart phone-linked,eco-friendly spoilage sensors formeat and fish packaging.One in three UK consumers throws away food just because it reaches the use-by date,but60%of the 12.5 billion wo
27、rth of food we throw away each year is safe to eat.The researchers,whose findings were published in ACS Sensors,say the sensors could alsoeventually replace the use-by date a widely used indicator of being fresh and eatable.The sensors cost two US cents each to make.Known as paper-based electrical g
28、as sensors(PEGS),they detect spoilage gases like ammonia(a poisonous gas with a strong unpleasantsmell)in meat and fish products.The information provided by the electronic nose is received by asmart phone,and then you can know whether the food is fresh and safe to eat.Imperial College London researc
29、hers who developed PEGS made the sensors by printingcarbon electrodes onto a special type of paper.The materials are eco-friendly and harmless,sothey dont damage the environment and are safe to use in food packaging.The sensors,combinedwith a tiny electronic system,then inform nearby mobile devices,
30、which identify and understandthe data on spoilage gases.Lead author Dr.Firat Guder from the Department of Bioengineering,said,Although theyredesigned to keep us safe,use-by dates can lead to eatable food being thrown away.They dontalways reflect its actual freshness.In fact,people often get sick fro
31、m food-borne diseases due topoor storage,even when an item is within its use-by date.These sensors are cheap enough so we hope to see supermarkets using them within threeyears.Our goal is to use PEGS in food packaging to reduce unnecessary food waste.The authors hope that PEGS could have application
32、s beyond food processing,like sensingchemicals in agriculture and air quality,and detecting disease markers in breath like thoseinvolved in kidney disease.12.What is the function of PEGS according to the text?A.To improve the taste of foods.B.To improve the service of stores.C.To help supermarkets s
33、tore foods.D.To help people test food freshness.13.What role does the smart phone play while PEGS are functioning?A.It acts as an electronic nose.B.It reads the data collected by PEGS.C.It helps print the gas sensors onto paper.D.It discovers the spoilage gases from foods.14.What does Dr.Firat Guder
34、 say about use-by dates?A.They are not completely reliable.B.They can help reduce food waste.C.They are based on scientific research.D.They are not accepted by the consumers.15.What does the author mainly talk about in the text?A.The process of researching spoilage sensors.B.A new technology in pack
35、aging to reduce food waste.C.The application of spoilage sensors beyond food processing.D.The influence of use-by dates on supermarkets and consumers.第 5 页，共 8 页第二节 七选五（共 5 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分 12.5 分。）Cayce Zavaglia is an artist with a unique transformation to her work.16Paintingwith tiny needles is not
36、 as fast as painting with a brush.17It takes two months nearly 200 hours to complete a portrait.18Once she decides,she invites that person to her studio and takes hundreds ofphotographs.She studies the way the light falls across the persons face.After many hours ofstudying the photos,she chooses the
37、 perfect one for her portrait.Next,she enlarges the photo on acanvas(画布).Then,she matches the colors in the photo and the stitching begins.Cayce starts with the hair and forehead,then moves on to the shoulders and clothing,andfinally the face.The human face is what she most enjoys creating in her ar
38、t.19In aportrait of her baby daughter,the skin appears soft and smooth.In a portrait of her dad,thestitches show a wrinkled and aging face.Cayce believes her success depends on three things:her choice of colors,the length anddirection of the stitches,and her ability to make the portrait look true.Sh
39、e loves the surprise whenpeople view her art.From a distance,people believe the portraits are painted.20A.She makes sure the person looks straight at her.B.The biggest challenge is making the skin look real.C.Instead of painting with a brush,she sews with a needle.D.Cayces first step is deciding who
40、 will be in the portrait.E.She loves creating portraits of her family and close friends.F.It requires a lot of patience,for you often have to rethread your needle.G.But when they take a closer look,they see the portraits are embroidered第二部分语言运用（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）What makes a h
41、ome?Love,sympathy and confidence.It is a place where kind21exist(s)among all the members of the family.The parents take good care of their children,and the childrenare interested in the22of their parents.Thus,all of them are23together by affection,andthey find their home to be the24place in the worl
42、d.But for me,sometimes I cant feel the love from my father and cant feel the warmth of the home._25happen between us frequently.Bang!the door caused a protest.Never26this house again!shouted Dad.With tearswelling up in my eyes,I rushed out of the house and ran along the street.A young father who hel
43、d achild in his arms walked27me.I felt as if I saw my28from another space:happy andharmonious.But then I didnt know29it was because I had grown up or because Dad was getting_30.We were just like two people coming from two different worlds.It felt like there was aniron31between us that could never be
44、 opened.I wandered the streets,32a destination in my mind.My heart was33on this hot第 6 页，共 8 页summer night.As I walked,there were fewer and fewer people in the streets,until I had only streetsto keep me company.When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived,I sawthat the light
45、 was still _34.I thought to myself,Is Dad waiting for me,or is he still angry with me?After a longhesitation,I opened the door and instantly tears ran down my cheeks.I suddenly realized that theiron door that I had _35between us did not exist at all because love is second to none.21.A.greetingsB.sug
46、gestionsC.affectionD.education22.A.activitiesB.amusementsC.gamesD.difficulties23.A.putB.boundC.caughtD.led24.A.richestB.funniestC.farthestD.cheeriest25.A.RegretsB.InjuriesC.DangersD.Quarrels26.A.put heart inB.set foot inC.bury head inD.keep hand in27.A.towardsB.pastC.beyondD.over28.A.adulthoodB.adol
47、escenceC.childhoodD.youth29.A.whatB.howC.whyD.whether30.A.oldB.stubbornC.angryD.emotional31.A.houseB.doorC.wallD.block32.A.withB.acrossC.withoutD.from33.A.unhappyB.movedC.confusedD.frozen34.A.onB.offC.outD.in35.A.createdB.builtC.imaginedD.opened第二节 语法填空（共 10小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 15分）Christmas is no fun wh
48、en youre poor.Twenty years ago I was a young,_36_（struggle）,substitute（替补）teacher _37_ calls into work had been few.Moneywas tight,bills were due and my wife and I couldnt even afford _38_(get)Christmasgifts for each other.The only gifts we could get for our children were a few soft toys that I hadf
49、ound _39_（sell）at half price in the supermarket.I opened the door and brought inthe gifts I _40_（hide）in our old cars trunk before.Then I handed_41_to my son and daughter.I watched with a sad smile _42_they didtheir best to tear off the wrapping paper.As they pulled out t heir toys,though,I noticed
50、their eyeslit up and they jumped up and down.My daughter happily hugged her toy and then hugged herMomandmeaswell.IlaughedasIwatchedmychildrenplaywiththeirtoys_43_hours,and thanked God for the _44_（great）bifilar ever beengiven.Till today I still treasure _45_gift of pure love that my son and daughte
