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泸州市龙马潭区泸化中学高2023级高二上期半期考试
英语试题
注意事项：
1.答卷前考生务必把自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；回答非选择题时，用0.5毫米黑色墨迹签字笔将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3.试卷满分150分，考试时间150分钟，考试结束后将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试题上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
1．What size coat does the woman want
A．Size 90. B．Size 85. C．Size 95.
2．What day is it today
A．Tuesday. B．Wednesday. C．Thursday.
3．
A．Listen to folk music at home. B．Watch a live performance.
C．Appreciate a dance show on TV. D．Go to an exhibition of works of art.
4．When will the speakers meet
A．At 10:00 a. m. B．At 11 :30a. m. C．At 12:30p. m.
5．Why were there so many people at Bill’s party
A．He is popular with children.
B．He has always been popular.
C．He had a surprising party.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6．Where did the woman go at the weekend
A．The city centre.
B．The forest park.
C．The man’s home.
7．How did the man spend his weekend
A．Packing for a move.
B．Going out with Jenny.
C．Looking for a new house.
8．What will the woman do for the man
A．Take Henry to hospital. B．Stay with his kid. C．Look after his pet.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
9．What will the man do tomorrow morning
A．Write a report. B．Have a meeting. C．Meet Mr. Black.
10．Who will the man meet on Wednesday
A．A general manager.
B．A marketing manager.
C．A bank manager.
11．When will the man leave for Hong Kong
A．On Wednesday afternoon.
B．On Thursday morning.
C．On Friday afternoon.
12．What does the woman suggest the man do in the end
A．Study in the language lab.
B．Go to France for vacation.
C．Find a French teacher.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13．What is the relationship between the man and the woman
A．Colleagues. B．Wife and husband. C．Boss and employee.
14．Where will the man and the woman go
A．The Underground World. B．The swimming pool.
C．The Dinosaur Park.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
15．What does it mean to “hit the books”
A．To study. B．To read a novel. C．To close one’s books.
16．On what day does this conversation take place
A．Friday. B．Saturday. C．Sunday.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
17．What does the woman dislike
A．Sailing. B．Fishing. C．Swimming.
18．Where would the speakers like to stay for the nights during the trip
A．In a hotel. B．In a cabin. C．In a tent.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
19．Where does the conversation probably take place
A．At a theater. B．At a school. C．At the man’s home.
20．What does the woman seem to think about drummers
A．They’re admirable. B．They aren’t very talented. C．They’re the best musicians.
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）
（本题6分）The BC Book Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate the achievements of British Columbia writers and publishers. The seven Prizes are presented annually at the Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prizes Gala in the spring, with the winner of The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence being announced beforehand at the annual BC Book Prizes Soiree (an evening party). The Prizes are administered and awarded by members of a non-profit society who represent all aspects of the publishing and writing community.
ABOUT BC BOOK PRIZES
Categories and Criteria
General Criteria
● The book must have an ISBN (International Standard Book Number).
● The book must have a print run of at least 350 copies.
● The book must be at least 48 pages long unless it is a children’s picture book in which case it must be at least 24 pages long.
● The book must show in print that it was published in the appropriate eligible year.
● The main language of the book must be English.
● Three copies of the submitted book must be provided for the judges for each prize category entered.
● Submissions must be made using the BC Book Prizes Official Entry Form.
E-book Specific Criteria in addition to the General Criteria
● E-books are accepted for submission to the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize category only.
● A signed statement of verification of copyright must be provided.
● The book must have gone through a professional editing process.
● Three printed copies of the e-book must be provided for the jury.
Expectations of finalists and winners
● The publishers of finalist book will be expected to participate in the shared cost of print ads placed in BC newspapers announcing the finalists. Cost per book is $100.
● All publishers, authors and illustrators are invited to attend the Soiree, which is a free event.
● Tickets to the Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prizes Gala are not provided to finalists, so must be paid for by the authors/illustrators or their publishers.
21．(2分)What can we learn about the BC Book Prizes
A．They are in the charge of a non-profit society.
B．There are seven members in its administration team.
C．The winners of the prizes are announced beforehand.
D．They are presented at an evening party every spring.
22．(2分)Which of the following books could be accepted for submission
A．A novel written in French. B．A book published in any year.
C．A children’s book with 48 pages. D．An E-book to be edited.
23．(2分)Which of the following statements is true according to the passage
A．No printed copies are required for the submitted e-books.
B．All publishers, authors and illustrators enjoy free admission to the gala.
C．A participant may provide more than three copies of the submitted book.
D．The publishers of submitted books should share the cost of print ads in BC newspapers.
（本题8分）Christmas at my house meant colorful decorations, candles in every window, homemade dinners by Mom and her matching red coat. I always believed that someday my own kids would gather here and enjoy the traditions that had been passed down each December.
Life had other plans Mom found breast cancer in 2006 and died three years later. Three years after her death. I made my yearly trip to my childhood home for Christmas with my dad and sister. When I hunted for Christmas decorations up in the attic, an unusual yellow envelope caught my eye. Inside was a never published children’s book by Mom, dated February 10, 1993. It was titled The Evil Stepmother (Who Wasn’t). It’s the story of a little girl who loses her mother to cancer. Her father soon remarries, and at Christmas, the girl returns home to find her stepmother crying with a woman’s photograph in her hands. The stepmother says that she lost her mother, too, and always misses her most at Christmas.
I read Mom’s book and wondered why she had been moved to write it. She was years away from her cancer at the time. But there was no stepmother in our lives. So I put the book away, found the decorations I came for, and forgot abourt Mom’s book quickly.
Without the home that had been full of so many memories, I didn’t celebrate Christmas any more. I began to avoid the holiday music and even, for a while, the color red.
That changed in December 2017. Dad brought a woman to Christmas unexpectedly. When we first met we hugged each other shyly. Soon, she had Dad and me laughing. It was going so well. The three of us went out to pick out gifts. That’s when “While Christmas” began to play over the store’s speakers. I froze. It was the song Mom sang to me as a child to get me to sleep. Tears streamed down my face.
We got home, and I went to my room to calm down. There was a knock on the door, Dad’s girlfriend. She told me that Christmas was hard for her too and that she had lost her mother to Alzheimer’s.
“Do you see my coat ” she asked. “It was my mom’s. Your dad tells me your mother had a red coat too. Maybe we can wear them together sometime ”
I remembered the scene from Mom’s book and hugged this woman who made my dad happy, who was offering us a second chance at Christmas.
A year later, my sister and I attended Dad’s wedding. This past December, I hosted my first Christmas in New York. My stepmother and I decorated the house, candles in every window. We walked arm in arm down Broadway in our mothers’ red coats.
24．(2分)What is the first paragraph mainly about
A．The author’s happy childhood.
B．The author’s hopes for the future.
C．Some unforgettable Christmas traditions.
D．The author’s sweet memories at Christmas.
25．(2分)The author didn’t celebrate Christmas anymore because ________.
A．she was unwilling to recall the past
B．she couldn’t stand the holiday music
C．she was unable to spare time for celebration
D．she could not enjoy Christmas without Mom
26．(2分)As for the red coats, which of the following statements is NOT true
A．They belong to two mothers.
B．They are necessary at Christmas.
C．They remind the author and her stepmother of their mothers.
D．They are a bridge connecting the author and her stepmother.
27．(2分)What can be the best title for the text
A．The woman in the red coat. B．A never-bublished book.
C．A newly-built happy family. D．The sensitive stepmother.
（本题8分）You’re doing homework online for a science class. A question comes up: Do newborn human babies see the world in black and white Do you guess or search for the answer Searching online for the answer may get you a better grade on the homework. But a study suggests it won’t necessarily help you learn.
Psychologist Amold Glass gave his students a series of quiz?style online homework assignments. The day before a lesson, students answered homework questions about the upcoming material. They answered similar questions in class a week later and again on the exam. If you read about a topic again and again, you’re not likely to remember it very well. But if you test yourself again and again, you will have better performance in the end. So the students in Glass’s classes should have performed better on each set of questions in the homework series, and then best of all on the exam.
For many years, students had improved through each set of questions and did best on the exam. But later, many students are doing more poorly on the exam than before. Glass wonders “What a bizarre result that is How can it be ” His students tend to blame themselves, thinking, “I’ m not smart enough,” or “I should have studied more.” He suspects something else is going on, so he think about what has changed over those 11 years. One big thing is the rise of smartphones. So it is easier today to quickly go online and find the answer to just about any homework question. But students can’t use phones during an exam. And that might explain why they aren’t doing as well on the tests.
To test this, Glass and Kang asked students in 2017 and 2018 whether they came up with their homework answers themselves or looked them up. Students who tended to look up answers also tended to do better on homework than their exams.
28．(2分)What can we infer from the first 2 paragraphs
A．Doing homework online is a trend. B．Childish question is hard to answer.
C．Thinking over a question helps you a lot. D．It is necessary to find an effective learning method.
29．(2分)What can we know about Amold Glass’ tests
A．Students get enough knowledge from tests.
B．Questions on tests were chosen from homework.
C．Students performed better on tests than on homework.
D．Questions on tests had nothing to do with homework.
30．(2分)What does the underlined word “ bizarre” mean
A．Final. B．Strange. C．Possible. D．Obvious.
31．(2分)What would be the best title
A．Bad Effects of Online Knowledge B．Technology is not Always Good for Us
C．What Is the Best Way to Get Knowledge D．Guessing Answers or Searching Them Online
（本题8分）Climate change is changing the migration routes of animals worldwide. Take the mule deer for example. Every spring in Wyoming, green-up first appears at lower altitudes before progressing up the mountainside. Migrating mule deer follow and seek food on this green wave. But as a changing climate leads to more frequent and more severe droughts, the greenery is not as abundant as it used to be.
Ellen Aikens, a researcher from the University of Wyoming, tracked mule deer as they surfed the green wave. In comparison to wet years, the green-up lasted across the landscape for about half as long in drought years and was also fragmented. Although the deer were able to keep up with the faster green wave, the nutritional value was lower, leaving the animals less prepared for the challenges of the year ahead.
Meanwhile in Europe, the population of Bewick’s swans that spend the winter in the Netherlands is declining. But when researchers looked at the data more closely, they found an increase in the wintering population of swans in Germany. It turns out that since the 1970s, the swans’ wintering habitat has shifted an average of 13 kilometers to the east each year.
“The swans like to spend time where it’s 5℃. And the temperature line has shifted in the same rate as the swans shifted eastward,” said Rascha Nuijten, an ecologist at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology.
These findings are important to our understanding of the conservation of migrant animals. When it comes to protecting a certain species, it’s not just about the current situation. Nature is dynamic. And the species that is present now might not be present in 10 years, not because we didn’t protect it but because maybe it is dynamic in its way. We need to include the dynamics of nature into our legislation and management.
32．(2分)What’s the challenge the mule deer face
A．Wet years. B．Low altitudes.
C．Fast green wave. D．Lack of quality food.
33．(2分)What do we know about Bewick’s swans from Paragraph 3
A．They are endangered.
B．They used to spend winter in Germany.
C．They move their wintering habitats eastward.
D．Germany has more of them than the Netherlands.
34．(2分)What does Rascha Nuijten intend to tell us
A．Its warmer in the east.
B．The 5℃ line shifts at a fast rate.
C．The swans move with the temperature line.
D．Climate change affects the swans’ feeding habits.
35．(2分)What is the purpose of the passage
A．To introduce two research findings.
B．To appeal to protect animals in a dynamic way.
C．To discuss methods of fighting climate change.
D．To explain why animals change their migration routes.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5分）
（本题10分）Some people seem to have a skill for learning languages. They can pick up new vocabulary, master rules of grammar, and learn to write in the new language more quickly than others. 36 First of all, successful language learners are independent learners. They do not depend on the book or teacher. 37 They try to find the patterns and rules by themselves. They are good guessers who look for clues and form their own conclusions. When they guess wrong, they guess again. They try to learn from their mistakes.
38 Therefore, successful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language. They look for such a chance. They find people who speak the language and ask these people to correct them when they make a mistake. 39 They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say strange things. They are willing to make mistakes and try again. When communication is difficult, they can accept information that is inexact or incomplete. It is more important for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every word.
40 They want to learn the language because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it. It is necessary for them to learn the language in order to communicate with these people and to learn from them.
A．Successful language learning is active learning.
B．They will try their best to communicate with others.
C．They discover their own way to learn the language.
D．Here’s a study of the way children learn to speak.
E．What makes language learning so much easier for them
F．They find it easy to practice using the language regularly.
G．Finally, successful language learners are learners with a purpose.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
My daughter was having trouble recently deciding on what to major in at college, so she asked for my 41 . I told her the one thing I wish that I had been told at her age: “Find a 42 that you love and you will never work a day.” I didn't know how to answer, though, when she asked me what she should do if she had to take a job that she 43 .
That question brought back a lot of 44 of jobs that I had over the years. I remembered one in particular. My young family was 45 . We had no money, and there were no good 46 to be had in the area. My brother, 47 , got me a job at a local lumber mill (木材场). The work was hard and meant constant pain for my back. Hours were spent loading and stacking (码放) wood. The pay was very 48 . In the winter the skin on my fingers bled from the cold, dry air. In the several years I worked there, many people left. Only those of us who had families to support didn't leave to 49 something better.
Still, I also remembered singing to myself while working. I remember as I pushed the lumber carts, glancing out the window and 50 watching the leaves changing in the fall. I remembered how a 51 sandwich tasted like the greatest meal in the world after hours of hard work. I remembered being grateful for this job so I could 52 my family. Remembering all this gave me the answer I needed for my daughter. “Just 53 your love to your job then, sweetheart,” I said. “If you can't do what you love, then 54 what you do.”
In this life we work to 55 but we live to love. Without love, work is drudgery (苦差事). Yet, with love, work is joy.
41．A．permission B．advice C．choice D．expectation
42．A．hobby B．person C．major D．career
43．A．hated B．wanted C．needed D．enjoyed
44．A．thoughts B．regrets C．memories D．opinions
45．A．improving B．enlarging C．moving D．struggling
46．A．stores B．jobs C．markets D．universities
47．A．however B．instead C．therefore D．meanwhile
48．A．good B．low C．promising D．reasonable
49．A．ask for B．wait for C．look for D．prepare for
50．A．boringly B．anxiously C．angrily D．joyously
51．A．different B．simple C．unique D．healthy
52．A．see B．save C．start D．feed
53．A．bring B．prove C．continue D．put
54．A．change B．end C．love D．respect
55．A．live B．get C．succeed D．practice
第II卷（非选择题，共55分）
注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上几双。
第二节（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
At the beginning of the 18th century, there appeared an 56 （extreme）famous novel called Liaozhaizhiyi, which may be translated as Strange Tales of the Make-Do Studio. It is about the fairy-tales of ghost-foxes. Pu Songling（1640～1715）was an outstanding novelist in Qing dynasty. He was born of a merchant family, mainly 57 （live）on teaching for his whole life. He had produced a large number of literature（文学）works, and Strange Tales of the Make-Do Studio was one of those. There are altogether 491 chapters, the shortest 58 which has only 2 to 3 hundred words, while the 59 （long）has thousands of words. The book, on 60 （first）hand, criticizes the corruption of imperial examinations, and on the other hand, advocates freedom and personality. The love stories are the favorite part of the readers. These stories feature in the love between 61 （human）and ghost-foxes, showing the wishes of the young men and women to break those feudal bondages. In 62 word, Pu Songling had written many female characters in the name of foxes, but placed on then some virtues, 63 may not be found in human beings. Strange Tales of the Make-Do Studio is a 64 （succeed）in the history of Chinese literature. It has been translated into versions in more than twenty languages. Some chapters of this novel even 65 （make）into movies and televisions liked by many people.
五、改错（共10分）
66．（本题10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
My grandmother is 89 years old. She had never used a mobile phone until she received it for her birthday this year. Since then, she has addicted to the Internet, used different kinds of software applications on her mobile device. She spends a plenty of time each day exploring websites and chatting with other people online. Instead of going to supermarket, nowadays she just presses a button and then her orders are delivered the next day. At first, my father has some doubt whether she was spending too much time in the virtual world, and now he sees how happy she is. She even downloads some materials what can help my father with his work, so now he’s very happy, too! We are all proud with her as she has proven that it’s never very late to learn a new skill.
六、书信写作（共25分）
67．（本题25分）假定你是李华，兼职为你校英文报工作。目前校报正在招募记者，你校的一名交换生Bill 有意参加此次面试并向你寻求建议，请你根据下列要点写一封回信。要点如下：
1. 准时到达；
2. 充满自信；
3. 阅读一些新闻报道的文章，收集相关的资料。
注意写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Bill,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案：
题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
答案 B A B B B B A C B C
题号 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
答案 A A B A A B B C B A
题号 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
答案 A C C D D B A C B B
题号 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
答案 D D C C B E C A B G
题号 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
答案 B D A C D B A B C D
题号 51 52 53 54 55
答案 B D A C A
1．B
2．A
3．B
4．B
5．B
6．B 7．A 8．C
9．B 10．C 11．A
12．A
13．B 14．A
15．A 16．B
17．B 18．C
19．B 20．A
21．A 22．C 23．C
24．D 25．D 26．B 27．A
28．C 29．B 30．B 31．D
32．D 33．C 34．C 35．B
36．E 37．C 38．A 39．B 40．G
41．B 42．D 43．A 44．C 45．D 46．B 47．A 48．B 49．C 50．D 51．B 52．D 53．A 54．C 55．A
56．extremely 57．living 58．of 59．longest 60．one 61．humans 62．a 63．which 64．success 65．have been made
66．1. it→one 2. 在has后加been 3. used→using 4. 去掉a 5. supermarket→supermarkets 6. has→had 7. and→but 8. what→that 9. with→of 10. very→too
67．Dear Bill,
Learning that you are willing to become a reporter of our school English newspaper, I’m glad to offer you some advice on how to perform well in the interview.
My suggestions are as follows. Firstly, I would like to recommend that you arrive at the appointed time, because being punctual is a good quality. Then, when interviewed, I believe a confident person will leave a good impression on others. Please smile at the interviewers and behave in a good manner. Lastly, you’d better read some well-written articles of news reports and collect relevant materials in advance, which helps you better serve our school newspaper.
I hope you will find these proposals practical. I would be more than delighted if you keep me informed of the result. Good luck.
Yours,
Li Hua

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