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四川师大附中2023-2024学年度（下期）半期考试试题
高2022级 英 语
试卷说明：
英语考试时间共120分钟，满分150分。英语试题卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）。考试做答时，须将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷、草稿纸上答题无效。
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 does the conversation probably take place
A. At a ticket office. B. In a restaurant. C. On a train.
2. How much did the woman pay for the dress
A. 20 pounds. B. 29 pounds. C. 49 pounds.
3. What did the woman do
A. She cleaned the table. B. She took out insurance. C. She received letters.
4. How does the woman sound
A. Excited. B. Interested. C. Surprised.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. What to eat. B. How to cook. C. Who to invite for dinner.
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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。
6. What does the man ask the woman to do
A. Repeat the guide’s words. B. Listen to him. C. Walk faster.
7. What will the speakers probably do next
A. Talk to the guide. B. Visit the museum. C. Travel to Egypt.
听下面一段对话，回答第8、9题。
8. How long does Lucy probably spend playing the piano each day
A. One hour. B. Two hours. C. Three hours.
9. What does the boy mean in the end
A. He is very interested in sports.
B. He wants to spend more time reading.
C. He doesn’t have time to play the guitar.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至12题。
10. Why does the woman talk to the man
A. To seek a solution. B. To ask for permission. C. To take a leave of absence.
11. What problem is bothering the staff in the office
A. Computers don’t work. B. The heat is unbearable. C. The workload is heavy.
12. What will the man do in the afternoon
A. Meet the woman again. B. Go to the doctor. C. Have some rest.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Husband and wife. B. Host and housekeeper. C. Parent and babysitter.
14. What does the man expect the woman to do
A. Put on a performance. B. Make herself feel at ease. C. Help Rick with his homework.
15. What should the woman avoid doing
A. Using the dishwasher. B. Leaving the children alone. C. Giving cookies to the children.
16. What do we know about the man
A. He likes singing. B. He is familiar with Linette. C. He knows his children well.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the speaker doing
A. Introducing a business idea.
B. Explaining a business trend.
C. Sharing his business experience.
18. What is people’s least favorite housework according to the speaker
A. Making meals. B. Washing the clothes. C. Doing the cleaning.
19. What is the most important thing to do in starting the laundry business
A. Do market research. B. Buy necessary equipment. C. Estimate the costs.
20. What does the speaker mainly discuss at the end of the talk
A. When to start the business.
B. How to measure the costs.
C. Where to get the desirable machines.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
A
This document sets out the display standards for Glasgow Museums. This guide will help exhibition planners provide access to exhibitions in our museums. Glasgow Museums’ aim is to improve access to collections by having as many items as possible on display and without physical barriers. We also try out best to protect these objects without limiting access to them.
Object Placement
Don’t place objects in such a way that they could present a danger to visitors.
All object displays, cased or otherwise, must be viewable by all, including people who are small in figure or in wheelchairs.
Open Display
All objects on open display must be secure from theft and damage. 2
All objects identified for potential open display must be viewed and agreed on an object-to-object basis by the Security Manager of the museum.
Recommendations Distance
Recommended distance to place objects out of “casual arm’s 700mm length” (taken from the edge of the object to the edge of any proposed form of barrier) 700mm
*In some cases,600mm may be acceptable, provided the plinth height is above 350mm.
Cased Objects
All cased displays should fall within the general optimum(最优的) viewing band of 750-200mm.Ensure everything is visually accessible from a wheelchair.
Position small objects or those with fine de tail in the front part of a case, with larger items behind.
Position small items or those with fine de tail no higher than 1015mm from floor level. Objects placed above this height are only seen from below by people in wheelchairs or people who are small in figure.
21. From this passage, we can learn that Glasgow Museums __________.
A. limit access to exhibitions on a daily basis
B. are most well-known for its large collection
C. make generous donations to the disabled
D. give weight to the experiences of visitors
22. According to the guide, objects to be placed on open display must __________.
A. be equipped with anti-theft system
B. be viewed from a distance of 700mm
C. receive approval from the museum first
D. fall within arms’reach of a standing man
23. A mother and her 10-year-old son are likely to both feel comfortable in front of a diamond placed in a glass case at the height of __________.
A. 1250mm B. 950mm C. 650mm D. 450mm
B
Every April I am troubled by the same concern that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks dull, with hills, sky and forest appearing grey. My spirits ebb, as they did during an April snowfall when I first came to Maine. “Just wait,” a neighbour advised. “You’ll wake up one morning and spring will just be here.”
And look, on 3 May that year I awoke to a green so amazing as to be almost electric, as if spring were simply a matter of flipping a switch. Hills, sky and forest revealed their purples, blues and greens. Leaves had unfolded and daffodils were fighting their way heavenward.
Then there was the old apple tree. It sits on an undeveloped lot in my neighbourhood. It belongs to no one and therefore to everyone. The tree’s dark twisted branches stretch out in unpruned(未经修剪的) abandon. Each spring it blossoms so freely that the air becomes filled with the scent of apple.
Until last year, I thought I was the only one aware of this tree. And then one day, in a bit of spring madness, I set out to remove a few disorderly branches. No sooner had I arrived under the tree than neighbours opened their windows and stepped onto their porches(门廊；走廊). These were people I barely knew and seldom spoke to, but it was as if I had come uninvited into their personal gardens.
My mobile-home neighbour was the first to speak. “You’re not cutting it down, are you ” she asked anxiously. Another neighbour frowned as I cut off a branch. “Don’t kill it, now,” he warned. Soon half the neighbourhood had joined me under the apple tree. It struck me that I had lived there for five years and only now was learning these people’s names, what they did for a living and how they passed the winter. It was as if the old apple tree was gathering us under its branches for the purpose of both acquaintanceship and shared wonder. I couldn’t help recalling Robert Frost’s words:
The trees that have it in their pent-up buds
To dark en nature and be summer woods
One t ha w led to another. Just the other day I saw one of my neighbours at the local store. He remarked how this recent winter had been especially long and complained of not having seen or spoken at length to anyone in our neighbourhood. And then, he looked at me and said, “We need to prune that apple tree again.”
24. By saying that “my spirits ebb” in paragraph 1, the author means that __________.
A. he feels relieved B. he is tired
C. he is surprised D. he feels blue
25. The apple tree mentioned in the passage is most likely to __________.
A. be appealing only to the author
B. have been abandoned by its original owner
C. be regarded as a delight in the neighbourhood
D. have been neglected by everyone in the community
26. According to paragraph 4, why did the neighbours open their windows and step onto their porches
A. They wanted to get to know the author.
B. They were concerned about the safety of the tree.
C. They wanted to prevent the author from pruning the tree.
D. They were surprised that someone unknown was pruning the tree.
27. It can be inferred that the author’s neighbour mentioned in the last paragraph most cared about __________.
A. when spring would arrive B. how to pass the long winter
C. the pruning of the apple tree D. the neighbourhood gathering
C
In order to meet growing food production and energy needs in low-and middle-income countries, solar-powered groundwater irrigation(灌溉) is rapidly gaining ground. More than 500,000 solar pumps(泵) have been set up in south Asia over the last few years and a major expansion is planned across sub-Saharan Africa.
Dustin Garrick, professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, along with an international team, examined the trend toward solar pumps as a clear opportunity for boosting agricultural yields and reducing poverty, but the opportunity comes with risks.
While replacing electric or gas pumps with solar-powered irrigation holds the promise of reducing carbon emissions(排放), it is not guaranteed. Farmers who have access to these pumps may expand production of crops or diversify into other activities, which are not emissions neutral. Solar pumps will increase groundwater pumping efficiency, which may be desirable in regions that support such increases, but this could worsen groundwater lessening in regions that are already stressed. The cheap clean energy of solar pumps may lead to increased groundwater development, without necessarily decreasing overall emissions.
Despite these challenges, the clean-energy boost can serve as a stimulus for positive change in water and energy management but will require enhanced regulation and planning in both low-and high-income settings. Garrick and his team advocate for improved data collection initiatives, with a shift from separated to integrated approaches. They suggest using technology to measure water pumping and collecting remotely sensed data to monitor land use changes. As well, regulatory improvements are crucial, with mounting limits for carbon emissions and groundwater lessening established at various levels.
With groundwater management already a difficult challenge, we must act fast to understand the implications of the clean energy boost and poverty reduction act s to avoid these gains being won away by wells running dry. The rapid adoption-of solar irrigation intensifies the urgency, demanding adaptation from governments and institutions to sail through these complexities.
28. According to paragraph 3, there is a conflict between __________.
A. poor farmers and solar-powered irrigation
B. human consumption and clean energy limits
C. crop diversity and crop production expansion
D. pumping efficiency and groundwater exhaustion
29. What did Garrick and his team suggest for a positive change
A. Integrating data collection and regulation.
B. Improving carbon emission monitoring.
C. Separating data for land use changes.
D. Establishing groundwater levels.
30. What does the author propose the readers do
A. Perform as the authorities suggest.
B. Act based on further understanding.
C. Quicken the adoption of solar irrigation.
D. Challenge the groundwater management.
31. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. The Complexities of Adopting Solar Pumps
B. Solar-Powered Irrigation: Farmers’ New Future
C. The Promise and Risks of Solar-Powered Irrigation
D. Balancing Clean Energy Boost and Poverty Reduction
D
Until recently, gravitational(引力的) waves could have been the stuff of Einstein’s imagination. Before they were detected, these waves in space time existed only in the physicist’s general theory of relativity, as far as scientists knew. Now, researchers are on the hunt for more ways to detect the waves. “The study of gravitational waves is booming,” says astrophysicist Karan Jani of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. “This is just remarkable. No field I can think of in fundamental physics has seen progress this fast.”
Just as light comes in a variety of wavelengths, so do gravitational waves. Different wave lengths point to different types of origins of the universe and require different kinds of detectors. Gravitational waves with wavelengths of a few thousand kilometers—like those detected by the United States, Italy and Japan—come mostly from pairs of black holes 10 or so times the mass of the sun, or from collisions of dense cosmic blocks called neutron stars(中子星). These detectors could also spot waves from certain types of exploding stars and rapidly moving neutron stars.
In contrast, huge waves that span light-years are thought to be created by orbiting pairs of bigger black holes with masses billions of times that of the sun. In June, scientists reported the first strong evidence of these types of waves by turning the entire galaxy(星系) into a detector, watching how the waves make slight changes to the timing of regular blinks from neutron stars throughout the Milky Way.
Physicists now hope to div e into a vast, cosmic ocean of gravitation al waves of all sorts of sizes. These waves could reveal new details about the secret lives of exotic objects such as black holes and unknown parts of the universe.
Physicist Jason Hogan of Stanford University thinks there are still a lot of gaps in the coverage of wavelengths. “But it makes sense to cover all the bases. Who knows what else we may find ” he says. The search for capturing the full complement of the universe’s gravitational waves exactly could take observatories out into the moon, to the atomic area and elsewhere.
32. What does Karan Jani think of the current study on gravitational waves
A. It is rapid and pioneering.
B. It is slow but steadily increasing.
C. It is interrupted due to limited detectors.
D. It is progressing as fast as any other field.
33. What do the detected gravitation al waves mostly indicate
A. The creation of different kinds of detectors.
B. Collisions of planets outside the solar system.
C. The presence of light in different wavelengths.
D. Activities involving black holes and neutron stars.
34. How did scientists manage to find huge waves’ evidence
A. By analyzing sunlight. B. By locating the new galaxy.
C. By using the whole galaxy as a tool. D. By observing the sun’s regular movement.
35. What can be inferred about the future study according to the last paragraph
A. It’ll exclude the atomic field.
B. It’ll focus exactly on the mapping of the galaxy.
C. It’ll require prioritizing certain wavelengths on the moon.
D. It’ll explore potential places to detect gravitational waves.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
As the proverb goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 36 A paper published two years ago in Nature found a connection between people’s sense of well-being and the scenicness(美景) of where they lived. The paper’s authors measured scenicness by conducting a survey among volunteers.
The connection, the paper’s authors found, held true whether a neighborhood was urban or rural. 37 Nor did levels of air pollution have any influence on it. The authors also discovered that differences in volunteers’ health were better explained by the scenicness of where they lived than by the amount of green space around them.
38 The team behind that Nature paper have nevertheless decided to have a go. They have adapted a computer program to recognize beautiful landscapes, whether natural or artificial, using the criteria that a human beholder would employ. The program’s task was to work out, by analyzing each photograph’s features in the context of its Scenic-or-Not ratings, what it is that makes a landscape scenic.
Most of the results are not surprising. Lakes and horizons scored well. So did valleys and snowy mountains. In artificial landscapes, castles, churches and cottages were seen as scenic. 39 The analysis did, however, confirm one important finding from the team’s previous study, which is also a message for town planners. Green spaces alone are not scenic. To be so they need to involve contours(高低起伏的轮廓) and trees. 40
A. But surroundings matter.
B. Hospitals, garages and motel s were not so much.
C. So people have a deep affection for where they live.
D. It bore no relation to volunteers’social and economic status.
E. Therefore, less grass and more trees and bushes would be welcome.
F. Natural landscapes are rated as scenicness as opposed to artificial landscapes.
G. Determining what scenicness is, though, has always been frustrating for scientists.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
How I Failed My Oxford Interview
As soon as the words left my mouth I knew I’d 41 “You think Jane Austen is soft ” The man opposite me asked in disbelief. Then, he and his colleague took turns to 42 my claim, finishing each other’s sentences as they stressed Austen’s novels were, in fact, fierce.
“I just mean…” I said in a(n) 43 voice, trying to keep the tone light, “that she’s not as fierce as Virginia Woolf.”
The two professors patted this idea around, too, like a couple of cats toying with a frightened bird—giving 44 examples of how Austen’s work was, on the contrary, more fierce than Woolf’s. With no more defensive action to take, I 45 smiled and said, “Let’s just agree to disagree, shall we ” And all that moment, my dreams of going to Oxford university 46 in a puff of smoke.
Part of my problem, in hindsight was a lack of confidence. 47 I was a straight A student and had prepared for the interview to the best of my ability, I wasn’t a skilled debater. When faced with two experts who told me that I was wrong, instead of defending myself, I rolled over and accepted 48 .
To pass the interview, you need confidence, of course. You also need a 49 passion for your subject, not just a keen interest. In other words, don’t put comments on your personal statement that you don’t have 50 for your in-person backup.
So, months later, I already knew the contents of my thin envelope when it appeared on my doormat. 51 , I felt a pan g of disappointment. I had wanted to go to Oxford since I was 13. I used to look up images of my favorite college with the same 52 of a bride-to-be browsing wedding dresses.
Ultimately, I didn’t have what it took—but, looking back, that was 53 a bad thing. Instead of going to Oxford, I found a university that was a better fit for my interests. I loved my eclectic course, where I could write an essay comparing Jane Eyre to 50 Shades of Grey.
Failing my Oxford interview also provided a valuable life lesson. I’m now more confident in my opinions, more passionate when it comes to debate, and I try to back up my points with 54 evidence. What’s more, I had never since ended a discussion by giving a 55 laugh and saying, “let’s just agree to disagree, shall we ”
41. A. made a joke B. made a mistake C. caused sympathy D. caused confusion
12. A. repeat B. praise C. ignore D. challenge
43. A. coarse B. bright C. subtle D. serious
44. A. specific B. brief C. ambiguous D. abstract
45. A. simply B. hardly C. precisely D. rudely
46. A. faded away B. came true C. came alive D. put away
47. A. As long as B. Even though C. In spite of D. In case
48. A. intervention B. endeavor C. defeat D. embarrassment
49. A. burning B. dying C. weak D. mild
50. A. substitute B. readiness C. optimism D. prejudice
51. A. Previously B. Practically C. Naturally D. Fortunately
52. A. bitterness B. resistance C. duration D. keenness
53. A. not necessarily B. after all C. not least D. at length
54. A. concise B. hard C. stubborn D. generous
55. A. striking B. winning C. hearty D. silly
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
French disaster epic(史诗般的电影) Notre-Dame on Fire hits Chinese big screen
This April marks the 56 (four) anniversary of Notre-Dame in Paris being engulfed by the biggest blaze in its history.
NotreDame on Fire, now in Chinese cinemas, is a disaster epic 57 veteran French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud, who also helmed Wolf Totem (2015), a drama film 58 (adapt) from Chinese writer Jiang Rong’s eponymous novel. The film made its China premiere on April 6 in Beijing in the presence of France’s Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak and the director.
Presenting a blow-by-blow recreation of the gripping events that 59 (happen) on April 15, 2019 when the fire at the French medieval catholic cathedral rocked France and shocked the whole world, Annaud’s new film hails the heroic people who put their lives on 60 line to accomplish the awe-inspiring rescue. Annaud unveiled the filming details of the film to the audience 61 (attend) the China premiere.
“It was a 62 (danger) movie. The actors were actually very close to the extremely violent fire, 1,200-degree Fahrenheit fire. There are very few digital special effects. Almost all of what you have seen are 63 (identical) reconstructed sets that I set on fire,” he said.
“When I saw this movie in Paris last year, it took me a few hours 64 I could breathe and walk normally on the street,” said Malak at the film’s China premiere.
The French minister announced that 2024 will be the France-China Year of Culture and Tourism and she invited Chinese tourists to travel to France for the occasion, especially to see the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, 65 , after almost six years of extensive renovations, is scheduled to reopen to the public in December of the same year.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
为了传承和弘扬中国传统文化和让师生领略非物质文化遗产（Intangible cultural heritage）的魅力，你校在艺术节期间开展了“非遗进校园”活动。请你用英文写一篇报道，内容包括：
1.活动宗旨;
2.活动内容及方式；
3.活动影响及你的体会。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
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第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
We Survived Getting Swallowed by a Whale
Respect and revere(敬畏) nature. I’m Julie, 56 years old, living in San Luis Obispo, California, about four miles from the beach. Every few years, the humpback whales come into the bay for several days while migrating.
In November 2020, the whales were around, so I took out my yellow double kayak(皮划艇) to watch the wildlife. I paddled out the pier(长堤) and saw seals, dolphins, and about 20 whales feeding on silverfish. They sprayed through their blowholes. Each one is huge, about 15 metres long. Sometimes they turned side fins as if waving at me. It was incredible.
At the time, my friend Liz was with me. We had me t 28 years earlier. I asked Liz if she wanted to see the whales. I really wanted to share the magnificent experience with her.
“No way,” she said. She’s terrified of whales and sharks. I promised that the craft was stable and safe enough. Moreover, humpback whales couldn’t swallow down kayaks for their throats were tight even though they had enormous mouths and white-wall-like internal mouth structures, not to mention that we got paddles and life jackets. After some persuasion, Liz finally agreed.
We set off at about 8:30 the next morning. There were already about 15 other kayakers in the bay. One hour later, I spotted two whales right past the pier, swimming to ward us. We were in awe, feeling amazed to be so close to a creature that size.
When whales swam down after breaching(跃身激浪), they disappeared in ripples. I figured if we paddled there, we’d be safe since they’d just left. We followed them at a distance—or what I thought was a distance. I later learned that it’s recommended to keep 90 metres away, or about the length of a football field. We were probably 18 metres away.
All of a sudden, a swarm(群) of fish started jumping out of the water into our kayak. Their movement sounded like crackling glass. Now I knew we were too close. I was terrified. Then our kayak was lifted out of the water—about two metres—and tipped back into the ocean. I figured the whale was going to drag us down somehow, and I had no idea how deep.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I didn’t realize that Liz and I sitting in the kayak were in the whale’s mouth.
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Thankfully, the whale spitted us out, people paddling to help, shooting videos.
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高2022级英语半期考试 参考答案
1-5. CACCA 6-10. ABCBA 11-15. BACBB 16-20. CABAB
21-23 DCB 24-27. DCBD 28-31. DABC 32-35. ADCD 36-40. ADGBE
41-45. BDBAA 46-50. ABCAB 51-55. CDABD
56. Fourth 57. by 58. adapted 59. happened 60. the
61. attending 62. dangerous 63. identically 64. before 65. which
写作 第一节：
To promote and inherit Chinese traditional culture, our school organized an event titled “Intangible Cultural Heritage on campus” during the arts festival. The aim was to introduce students and teachers to the captivating beauty of China’s rich intangible cultural heritage.
The event featured a series of workshops, where master artisans showcased traditional crafts like paper-cutting, pottery making, and Chinese knot tying. Participants had hands-on experiences, learning firsthand about the intricate skills involved. There were also cultural performances, showcasing traditional dances and music.
The event left a profound impression on all involved. Not only did it enhance our understanding of China’s cultural heritage, but it also fostered a sense of pride and appreciation for our national’s rich cultural diversity. Personally, I was inspired by the dedication and craftsmanship of the artisans, and am eager to explore more of China’s intangible cultural treasures.
第二节：
What I didn’t realise at the moment was that Liz and I were in the whale’s mouth. It had engulfed my entire body except for my right arm and paddle. Liz, meanwhile, was looking up directly into the whale’s jaw—it was like a big white wall. She told me later she thought she was going to die. I was still worried about being sucked down by the vacuum, so I just kept thinking that I had to get up and fight this. Whales have enormous mouths but tiny throats. Anything they can’t swallow, they spit out. We were wearing life jackets, and soon we both popped up out of the water about a meter apart. The entire ordeal lasted only ten seconds, but to me it felt like an eternity.
Thankfully, the whale spitted us out, people paddling to help, shooting videos. A few people were nearby, and someone shot a video of the entire incident. A few days later, I studied the video and saw how close I’d come to being injured or killed. I became so much more appreciative of life after that day. There’s no way I’m getting that close to whales again. I want to respect their space and now I’m very aware of the power of nature.

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