1、浙江省台州八校联盟2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、短对话1Where does the conversation probably take place?AIn a hospital.BIn a bookstore.CIn a library.2How much was the mans new bike?A$ 50.B$ 170.C$120.3What kind of books did the man prefer as an adult?ADetective stories.BScience fiction.CAdventure sto
2、ries.4Where did Steves mother go in the summer?AChina.BMexico.CAustralia.5Why does Bob refuse the womans offer?AHe is very busy.BHe is poorly paid.CHe is not confident.二、长对话听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。6What day is it today?AFridayBSaturdayCSunday7What does the man have to do?AMiss the partyBRearrange his sched
3、uleCHave dinner with his parents as planned听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。8What does the woman do?AShes a bank clerk.BShes a receptionist.CShes a salesperson.9What is the discount for the man?A10%.B15%.C20%.10How will the man pay finally?ABy card.BBy check.CBy cash.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。11What is the man going to do?A
4、Work in the employment office.BHelp some students find jobs.CFind a part-time job in the school.12How long does the man want to work per week?AOver 20 hours.B10 to 20 hours.COnly 10 hours.13What does the woman tell the man to do tomorrow?APhone her.BFill out a form.CTell her some news.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下
5、小题。14Where is the man now?AIn the US.BIn Iceland.CIn Ireland.15What does the man think of the people here generally?ASad.BCareless.CFriendly.16How did the man feel about the life here?ADifficult.BRelaxing.CAmazing.17What does the man like here?AThe peoples sense of humor.BThe rainy weather.CThe tota
6、lly different food.三、短文听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。18How long will the exhibition run?AFor about twelve weeks.BFor about eight weeks.CFor about ten weeks.19What is Kate Maine good at?ADesigning dining tables.BPlanting garden vegetables.CMaking pots and bowls.20What will Cynthia Course introduce in the exhibition
7、?AHer silver jewelry.BHer colored stones.CHer white paper sculpture.四、阅读理解New Attractions Across the UKGlide at Battersea power station, London The Battersea power station has Londons newest ice-skating arena. Glide has three interconnected skating areas around a 10-metre Christmas tree. There is a
8、rinkside bar serving wine and hot chocolate; street-food trucks and huts dishing up hog roasts and fondues; and a vintage fun fair. Until 8 January, from 8 children /12 adults /36 families, www.batterseapowerstation.co.uk Wake the Tiger, Bristol This “amazement park” combines an art gallery, theme p
9、ark and film set. Artists, videographers and robotics experts have teamed up to make an immersive experience with 27 different environments, such as secret passageways, hidden forests and ice caves. Visitors enter a portal to a parallel dimension , emerging in an abandoned factory that is now home t
10、o alchemists (炼金术士) who are trying to save the world. 12.50 children /18.50adults, The Childrens Country House at Sudbury, Derbyshire Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire reopened as the Childrens Country House - the first stately home aimed at kids. The National Trust worked with 100 children to make the hal
11、l fun and interactive, so now visitors can create their own portraits in the picture gallery, dance and sing in the saloon and curl up with a book in the library. There is also an evacuee - themed escape room, a revamped museum of childhood and gardens with new play and picnic areas. 11 children /22
12、 adults /55 families , www. nationaltrust. org. uk Eureka ! Science and Discovery, Merseyside Designed for children under 15, Eureka! is a museum aiming to bring science, technology, engineering and maths to life. Home, exploring how things around the house work; and Nature, looking at solutions to
13、big environmental problems. Mersey Ferries is offering museum-goers 20% off river cruise tickets, so families can combine a visit with a hop-on, hop-off boat trip from Liverpool. From L6.95 children /15.95 adults, closed 1 January, www. eurekadiscovery. org. uk21Where is the amazement park Wake the
14、Tiger located?AIn London.BIn Bristol.CIn Derbyshire.DIn Merseyside.22What can people do in The Childrens Country House?APaint pictures.BMake a film.CGo ice - skating.DTake a cruise.23Which website can a parent visit if he wants his kid to acquire scientific knowledge?Awww. batterseapowerstation. co.
15、 uk.B.Cwww. nationaltrust. org. uk.Dwww. eurekadiscotery. org. uk.As a young girl growing up in France, Sarah Toumi dreamed of becoming a leader who could make the world a better place. Her passion to help others was awakened when, from the age of nine, she accompanied her Tunisian father to his bir
16、thplace in the east of the country during holidays. There she organized homework clubs and activities for children. Toumi witnessed first-hand the destructive effect of desertification. “Within 10 years rich farmers became worse off, and in 10 years from now they will be poor. I wanted to stop the S
17、ahara Desert in its tracks.” A decrease in average rainfall and an increase in the severity of droughts (干旱) have led to an estimated 75 percent of Tunisias agricultural lands being threatened by desertification.Toumi recognized that farming practices needed to change. She is confident that small la
18、nd areas can bring large returns if farmers are able to adapt by planting sustainable crops, using new technologies for water treatment and focusing on natural products and fertilizers (肥料) rather than chemicals.In 2012, Toumi consolidated her dream to fight the desert. She moved to Tunisia, and set
19、 up a programme named Acacias for All to put her sustainable farming philosophy into action. “I want to show young people in rural areas that they can create opportunities where they are. Nobody is better able to understand the impact of desertification and climate change than somebody who is living
20、 with no access to water.”By September 2016, more than 130, 000 acacia trees had been planted on 20 pilot farms, with farmers recording a 60 percent survival rate. Toumi estimates that some 3 million acacia trees are needed to protect Tunisias farmland. She expects to plant 1 million trees by 2018.
21、In the next couple of years, Toumi hopes to extend the programme to Algeria and Morocco.24How did Toumis holiday trips to Tunisia influence her?AThey made her decide to leave the country.BThey helped her better understand her father.CThey fired her enthusiasm for helping others.DThey destroyed her d
22、ream of being a teacher.25What is the main cause of the desertification of Tunisias farmland?ALow rainfall.BSoil pollution.CCold weather.DForest damage.26Why did Toumi set up Acacias for All in Tunisia?ATo create job opportunities for young people.BTo help the children obtain a basic education.CTo p
23、ersuade the farmers not to use fertilizers.DTo facilitate the protection of their farmland.27Which of the following can be the best title for the text?ASaving Water in TunisiaBPlanting Trees of Native SpeciesCHolding back the SaharaDFighting Poverty in North AfricaWHEN KIM JI-UN lived in Seoul, she
24、worried about finding a good job. Now, she is worried that drought may ruin her crop. The 23-year-old started a farm last year. Her first harvest was a success; she was surprised that her black beans did better than her strawberries. Ms Kim is part of a phenomenon called kwichon, or returning to rur
25、al life. Created a millennium ago, kwichon appears during periods of economic hardship. This time, in the wake of the pandemic, many new farmers have never lived in the countryside before. By planting young farmers in rural areas, the government hopes to enjoy big rewards in future. The plan is work
26、ing. In 2021 nearly 380, 000 people moved to the countryside. Comfort with digital technology gives young farmers a leg up, says Cho Kyung-ik, the director of the Beginning Farmers Centre, an institution educating those who wish to kwichon at its downtown offices. They sell fresh produce on Naver, S
27、outh Koreas largest search engine. The centre teaches techniques like how to use a tractor or select the best crops. It arranges a trial period during which ambitious farmers work under the guidance of an old hand, learning what it means to do back-breaking labour from dawn to dusk. The most importa
28、nt lesson is how to get on with the locals. The villagers are also offered tips on how to act towards the newcomers. That part is not yet a total success. Ms Kim says her neighbors have a bad temper. “The old people come in here and give me unwanted advice, or say that I will never be able to grow a
29、nything,” she says. Her black beans beg to differ. She and the South Korean government will be hoping that her crops put the argument to rest for good.28Why does the writer tell Ms Kims story?ATo explain a solution.BTo introduce a topic.CTo start a discussion.DTo make a comparison.29What does the un
30、derlined “a leg up” in paragraph 3 mean?AA helping hand.BA new identity.CA big reward.DA different idea.30What is the challenge for the young farmers?AFarming techniques.BHard work.CCommunicative skills.DUnwanted advice.31What can we infer from kwichon in South Korea?AFarming makes huge profits.BLoc
31、als need technical training.CIt helps to bring rural areas back to life.DGovernment should help farmers.Theres a new AI bot: ChatGPT, and youd better pay attention, even if you arent into artificial intelligence. The tool is an AI chatbot system that OpenAI released in November 2022 to show off and
32、test what a very large, powerful AI system can achieve.ChatGPT remembers the thread of your dialogue, using previous questions and answers to inform its next responses. It derives its answers from huge volumes of information on the Internet. ChatGPT is built on top of the OpenAI GPT-3 family of larg
33、e language models and is fine-tuned (a method of transfer learning) using both supervised and reinforcement learning (监督和强化学习).You can ask ChatGPT anything, like explaining physics, asking for birthday party ideas and getting programming (编程) help. Perhaps its not smart enough to replace all humans
34、yet, but it can be creative, and its answers can sound downright authoritative. A few days after its launch, more than 1 million people were trying out ChatGPT. UBS analyst Lloyd Walmsley estimated in February 2023 that ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly users in January, accomplishing in 2 months
35、what took TikTok about 9 months and Instagram two and a half years.ChatGPT is free to use at the moment because it is still in its research phase. But when too many people hop onto the server (服务器), it overloads and cant process your request. It just means you should try visiting the site at a later
36、 time when fewer people are trying to access it. If you want to skip the wait and have reliable access, there is an option for you. As of Feb.1, 2023, OpenAI has a ChatGPT pro plan, ChatGPT Plus, which allows users to have general access even during peak times. This service does come at a cost of $2
37、0 / month.However, ChatGPT can not replace Google. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence bot that provides solutions to your questions, but Google is a search engine in which you can search for as much information as possible. ChatGPT has limited knowledge due to its programming but Google has unlim
38、ited knowledge which is updated every day.32What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about ChatGPT?AIts language model.BIts working theory.CIts design inspiration.DIts development process.33Why does the author list figures in paragraph 3?ATo show the popularity of ChatGPT.BTo stress the high cost of inv
39、enting ChatGPT.CTo present the creativity of artificial intelligence.DTo prove the necessity of developing tools for chatting online.34What is ChatGPT Plus intended for?AGuiding users to experience free services.BAllowing net surfers to skip advertisements.CHelping researchers detect the failure of
40、the system.DOffering consumers priority access during peak hours.35What is a limitation of ChatGPT compared with Google?AIt operates based on limited data.BIt takes more time to search for solutions.CIt can only update information at a fixed time.DIt may provide replies unrelated to the questions.五、
41、七选五Planting and growing things offer a lot more than fresh vegetables and flowers. Working in a nice outdoor space can benefit people in more than one way. _36_. Its a fun workout. Its wonderful to get out in the garden on a beautiful day to give it a tidy. _37_. Planting seeds, pulling up weeds, mo
42、ving pots, pushing a lawnmower, and other gardening tasks actually provide a whole-body, moderate-intensity workout for adults over 65 years old, suggested a 2014 paper from the American Society for Horticultural Science. Even better, whatever your age, it is an activity with a purpose-and one that
43、might keep you in motion longer than traditional exercise. _38_ More than just good exercise for your body, gardening provides a workout for your brain, according to a 2019 study that appeared in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Researchers measured brain nerve
44、growth factors related to memory in study participants - all seniors - before and after they created a vegetable garden, and found that their levels of brain nerve growth had increased significantly. It boosts your immune system. Having dirt under your fingernails may be a sign of poor hygiene, but
45、scientists say it could also be a mark of good health. Thanks to beneficial bacteria found in soil, gardening may strengthen your immune system, _39_, according to research that includes a 2015 study published in the international journal ImmunoTargets and Therapy. It nourishes your spirit. _40_ , s
46、uggests an experiment conducted by NASA in 2016. The scientists found that planting and nurturing seeds, even in small pots, lifted astronauts moods and eased their stress in the severe environment of outer space. And if gardening can do that for astronauts, it should be more than good enough for th
47、ose of us who watch them on TV.AIt sharpens your mindBIt improves adaptabilityCHere are some science-based advantagesDhelping you get sick less and fight off infections easierEHelping you have a better appetite and gain more weightFKnowing its doing you good physically might make it more entertainingGWorking with plants provides stress relief and positive sensory stimulation六、完形填空I was a stay-at-home dad, which gave me plenty of time to cook. Ever since I was a kid, cooking had
