1、重庆市第一中学2022-2023学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题一、阅读理解Some of the best museums across China are putting their exhibitions online in VR format for free. While stuck at home due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, why not take a detailed online tour at museums that you would not otherwise have time for?The Palace Museu
2、mThe Palace Museum is known as the Forbidden City. Visitors can browse all the buildings of the Palace Museums. More than 400,000 imperial artifacts have been digitized online, which can definitely help you gain knowledge and immerse yourself in a cultural atmosphere.The websites: Shanghai MuseumSha
3、nghai Museum is a large and famous museum, which collects over 120,000 precious artistic relics from more than 5,000 years ago to the Qing Dynasty. The marvelous bronze, ceramics, paintings and calligraphies offer a visual feast for the eyes, and also provide a good chance for people to learn the pr
4、ofound Chinese history and culture.If you are into ancient Chinese arts and crafts, then the online Shanghai Museum is definitely worth your time.The website: Mogao CavesThe Mogao Caves, also known as Thousand Buddha Grottoes, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located near Dunhuang in northwest Chinas
5、 Gansu Province.Now visitors can directly browse dozens of classic caves and appreciate the murals(壁画) by cave rooms through the “Digital Dunhuang”, the website of the Mogao Caves. The development of “Digital Dunhuang” not only shocks visitors in a visual sense but also “moves” the Mogan Grottoes ou
6、tside.The website:https:/www.e-1The people interested in ancient Chinese arts and crafts should visit _.Ahttps:/www.e-BCD2What can the visitors see through “Digital Dunhuang”?APrecious imperial artifacts.BClassic caves and the murals.CAncient people living in the caves.DAll the artistic relics of Du
7、nhuang.3What is the purpose of writing the passage?ATo guide what to do at weekends.BTo recommend an online tour.CTo support the sickness prevention.DTo invite visitors to real scenic spots.In my childhood, my mother spent her evening hours doing something for someone else. Sometimes she knitted (编织
8、) hats for babies, and at other times, she cooked chicken soup for sick neighbors. Therefore, I wasnt surprised when one evening my mother announced she had undertaken a new project.“I am going to telephone seniors,” said my mother. “Every night? But you dont even know these people.” “It doesnt matt
9、er,” she said. “Whats important is that I listen.” I was sixteen years old and couldnt understand why my mother was willing to spend her evenings talking to strangers. She had friends and my two older sisters to call if she felt lonely. “They will talk your ear off. Some people didnt even stop to ca
10、tch breath,” I said.My attitude didnt stop my mothers enthusiasm for the project. That evening, she settled on the sofa and dialed. For a while, I listened as she asked the woman on the other line about her day and what she had eaten for dinner. When she finished the call, I said, “Why do you care w
11、hether she had cookies or rice pudding for dessert?” My mother grasped one of my hands and gave it a slight squeeze. “Im the only person she talked to today.”It took me more than thirty years to fully understand the meaning of that statement. Now, as my mother is nearing eighty, I find myself thinki
12、ng about those nightly calls she used to make. I am often the only person who telephones my mother, and sometimes Im the only person she speaks to all day. I ask her what she cooked for dinner, but mostly I just listen as she describes a walk she took, or how her dog Lucky stole foods from the refri
13、gerator. I realize that my mothers calls were life lines that ensured housebound seniors remained connected to the world. Without her, their world would have been empty.4What is the mothers purpose of calling the seniors?ATo care about their life.BTo know what they eat for dinner.CTo make them feel
14、less lonely.DTo teach them how to make desserts.5What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably mean?AThey will talk all the time on the phone.BThey will blame others wrong doings.CThey will be tired of listening to others.DThey will make you feel really satisfied.6What can be inferred fr
15、om the last paragraph?AThe author started to telephone seniors as her mother.BThe author realized the value of her mothers efforts.CThe authors mother preferred to live alone.DThe authors mother still remains disconnected to the world.7What is the suitable title for the passage?ACall parents often,
16、love them alwaysBMothers eveningsCA new projectDNightly calls, lifeline callsTasked with photographing one of the worlds most precious big cats, you go deep into the jungle of Southeast Asia and set up a camera trap. Back at base camp, you look through the images it captures, identifying monkeys, ot
17、ters and finally, what you have been searching for: the mysterious clouded leopard.All this, without having to leave the comfort of your own home. A new mobile game, turns one of the largest-ever wildlife camera trap studies into a playable experience. The idea is that by letting players take on the
18、 role of a researcher in a real scientific study, the game helps people to better understand wildlife conservation science.The game is based on an ongoing, decade-long camera trap study by professor David Macdonald and his team at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at the University of Oxford.
19、The hope is that games can provide new ways for people to engage with endangered animals. “If you dont have any encounter or experience with elements of nature, then what motivation can you have to take a personal interest in it?” says Macdonald. “ I think that detail of understanding brings a great
20、 investment in wanting to see a good outcome.”It uses real photographs from the study and allow players to identify species within this rapidly worsening environment. “ Of course, everyone loves attractive photography but theres something just incredibly raw and real about capturing these animals mo
21、ments,” says Macdonald.“I would like to think that engagement with this game will lead to a feeling of value, which will affect how they think about nature,” says Macdonald. “So, in that sense, wed like to be part of a revolution on how people view the role of humanity, alongside the wider environme
22、nt.”8What is the purpose of the first paragraph?ATo present a finding.BTo lead to the topic.CTo advertise a game.DTo demonstrate photographing in the wild.9What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?AThe reason for using real photographs in the game.BThe present situation of the natural environment.CThe w
23、ay of making the photos more appealing.DThe original source of the real photographs.10Which of the following is NOT the benefits of the mobile game?AIt popularizes the knowledge about the science of wildlife protection.BIt offers new methods for developing links with endangered species.CIt influence
24、s people to reflect on more about man and nature.DIt raises funds for the future research into wildlife.11What is Macdonalds attitude towards the mobile game?ADoubtfulBDisapprovingCPositiveDIndifferentCotton bags have become a means for brands, retailers and supermarkets to convey a planet-friendly
25、mindset or, at least, to show that the companies are aware of the overuse of plastic in packaging.Earth-friendly? Not exactly. It turns out the wholehearted embrace of cotton bags may actually have created a new problem. An organic cotton bag needs to be used 20,000 times to make up for its overall
26、impact of production, according to a 2018 study by the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark. That is equal to daily use for 54 years for just one bag. The production of cotton bags is water-intensive, and figuring out how to deal with a bag in an environmentally low-impact way is not nearly a
27、s simple as people think, according to Travis Wagner, an environmental science professor at the University of Maine.In sharp comparison with the frequent use of cotton bags, the disposal (处理) of the bags remains less satisfying. Only 15 percent of the 30 million tons of cotton bags produced every ye
28、ar actually is sent to be recycled. Even when a bag does make it to a treatment facility, most dyes (染料) used to print logos onto them are PVC-based and thus not recyclable; “theyre extremely difficult to disintegrate (分解) chemically,” said Christopher Stanev, the co-founder of Evrnu, a Seattle-base
29、d textile recycling firm. Printed patterns have to be cut out of the cloth; Mr. Stanev estimates 10 to 15 percent of the cotton Evrnu receives is wasted this way.Thats not to say cotton is worse than plastic, or that the two should even be compared. While cotton can use pesticides and has dried up r
30、ivers from water consumption, lightweight plastic bags use greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels and will fill up the oceans.Buffy Reid, of the knitwear label & Daughter, stopped production of her cotton bags in April this year. Aesop is converting the composition of its shopping bags to a 60 40 blen
31、d of recycled and organic cotton. Designer Ally Capellino recently employed a new material, while Hindmarch introduced a new version of her original cotton bag, this time made from recycled water bottles.In the end, the simplest solution may be the most obvious. “Not every product needs a bag,” Come
32、y says.12According to paragraph 2, what can we learn about cotton bags?AIt is easy to recycle cotton bags.BUsing cotton bags is earth-friendly.CProducing cotton is water-consuming.DProducing cotton bags poses no harm to the earth.13What do we know about the disposal of cotton bags?AA large amount of
33、 water is wasted.BPrinted patterns on cotton bags cannot be recycled.CDyes used to print logos are easy to break down.DMost cotton bags end up being recycled.14What is the authors opinion of comparing cotton with plastic?ACotton is worse than plastic.BPlastic is worse than cotton.CBoth are favorable
34、 to the earth.DBoth have disadvantages.15What is the best title for the text?ACotton bags a new fashionBNot every product needs a bagCCotton bags a way to be earth-friendlyDAre cotton bags harmless to the environment?Its a clich (陈词滥调) that everyones too busy these days. But one specific complaint i
35、s made especially mournfully: Theres never any time to read.What makes the problem thorny is that the usual time-management techniques dont seem sufficient. The webs full of articles offering tips on making time to read: “Give up TV” or “Carry a book with you at all times.” But in my experience, usi
36、ng such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes doesnt work. Sit down to read and work-related thoughts keep spinning (旋转) or else youre so exhausted that a challenging books the last thing you need. The modern mind, Tim Parks, a novelist and critic, writes, “is showing more tendency toward communicat
37、ion. It is not simply that one is interrupted; it is that one is actually ready for interruption.” Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which cant be obtained merely by becoming more efficient.In fact, “becoming more efficient” is part of the problem. Thinking of time as a
38、 resource to be maximised means you approach it for your specific purpose, judging any given moment should be well spent which advances toward some goal. Deep reading, by contrast, depends on being willing to risk inefficiency, goallessness, even time-wasting. Try to arrange it in as a to-do list it
39、em and youll manage only goal-focused reading useful, sometimes, but not the most fulfilling kind. “The future comes at us like empty bottles along an unstoppable and nearly endless conveyor belt (传送带),” writes Gary Eberle in his book Sacred Time, and “we feel a pressure to fill these different-size
40、d bottles (days, hours, minutes) as they pass, for if they get by without being filled, we will have wasted them.” No mindset could be worse for losing yourself in a book.So what does work? Perhaps surprisingly, scheduling regular times for reading. Youd think this might fuel the efficiency mindset,
41、 but in fact, Eberle notes, such habitual behaviour helps us “step outside times flow” into “soul time.” You could limit distractions by reading only physical books, or on single-purpose e-readers. “Carry a book with you at all times” can actually work, too providing you dip in often enough, so that
42、 reading becomes the common state from which you can temporarily get away to take care of business, before getting dipped again. On a really good day, it no longer feels as if youre “making time to read,” but just reading, and making time for everything else.16Which can best replace the underlined w
43、ord “thorny” in Paragraph 2?AtoughBpleasantCslightDessential17Why do the usual time-management techniques fail to work?AThe modern mind is not shaped.BRepetition is required in deep reading.CPeople always forget to carry a book with them.DDeep reading is not fully guaranteed.18What does the “fill th
44、e empty bottles” metaphor in Paragraph 3 imply?ATo update their to-do lists.BTo fulfill their passing time.CTo carry out their big plans.DTo pursue carefree reading.19Which statement may Eberle agree with?APeople should devote themselves to reading for fear of wasting time.BScheduling regular times
45、for reading is helpful in achieving deep reading.CDeep reading can only be achieved after dealing with all the daily businesses.DDistractions can be avoided by developing online reading habits.二、七选五Yes, trying new things is exciting and mind-expanding and all that, but it can also be awkward and emb
46、arrassing. No one likes to feel embarrassed and incompetent._20_ Here are a few ways to feel a little better about launching yourself into a new experienceand help you get over the part of that initial misery to the part where its actually fun.First, we should know were born to be afraid of new expe
47、riences. From an evolutionary standpoint, trying new things, for much of human history, could have been dangerous. This means that deep in our brains theres a primeval (原始的) fear of looking bad, a fear of not performing as well as others._21_ Its part of being human. Enjoyment will come as the newness fades.Going in with the right mindset is also important. Its good to have an end goal in mind._22_ Maybe your new hobby is m
