2022-2023學(xué)年湖南省長(zhǎng)沙市雅禮教育集團(tuán)高二（上）期中英語(yǔ)試卷
發(fā)布：2024/4/20 14:35:0
第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分37.5分）第一節(jié)（共4小題，每小題2.5分，滿(mǎn)分37.5分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
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1．If you'd rather eat out on Thanksgiving or order the meal to go，you have no shortage of options.Here are some Chicago restaurants celebrating the holiday with a variety of dishes on offer.
Cyrano's Bistrot and Wine Bars，546 N.Wells St
Go French for Thanksgiving，with Cyrano's six-course to-go menu.It's packed with four appetizers；four vegetable sides；pumpkin soup；a choice of turkey，duck or chicken；a cheese plate，and desserts also included；reheating instructions.The cost's US﹩ 39 a person.To order，call（312）467-0546.
Fairmont Chicago，200 N.Columbus Drive
The hotel is going retro （懷舊的） and green this year with its Thanksgiving to-go menu，from Organic green bean casserole （砂鍋） made with mushroom soup to organic mashed potatoes with bacon bits and sour cream.The meal，which serves 8 to 10 is US﹩195，plus tax.Orders must be in by 3 p.m.Wednesday.To order，call（312）565-6665.
Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club，3700 N.Halsted St
The restaurant celebrates Thanksgiving a day early with a three-course menu on Wednesday.Menu items include a wild mushroom tart （餡餅） with Gruyere and Cabernet-marinated steak with Havarti mashed potatoes.The US ﹩35 dinner each，tax and tip not included，includes a martini.For reservations，call（773）525-1 111.
Lawry's The Prime Rib，100 E.Ontario St
The star of the Thanksgiving menu is organic，free-range turkey from Pennsylvania.To-go dinner package also will be offered，with 10 percent of proceeds （收益） going to the Greater Chicago Food Depository.Carry-out packages range from US﹩27 for an individual turkey dinner to US﹩480 for a meal serving 12 to 14 Orders must be placed by Tuesday.Call（312）787-5000.
Popeyes，various locations
Thirteen of the chicken chain's Chicago locations sue taking orders now for takeout fried turkeys.The turkeys，which serve 8 to 10，range from US﹩40 to US﹩45.Use the restaurant locator at www.popeves.jye.ai for locations and phone numbers.
（1）If a person wants to order sweet food like pudding，he or she should dial.
A．（312）467-0546
B．（312）787-50000
C．（773）525-1111
D．（312）565-6665
（2）Which restaurant offers the cheapest meal for each person？
A．Cyrano's Bistrot and Wine Bar.
B．Fairmont Chicago.
C．Kik Kat Lounge and Supper Club.
D．Lawry's The Prime Rib.
（3）If a 13-member family wants to celebrate Thanksgiving at home，they should order food in.
A．Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club
B．Fairmont Chicago
C．Cyrano's Bistrot and Wine Bar
D．Lawry's The Prime Rib組卷：6引用：1難度：0.5 -
2．I enjoy throwing stuff away.I'd love to go full minimalism （極簡(jiǎn)主義），but my wife and two teenage kids do not share my dream of a house with almost nothing in it.I have tried.When the kids were little，I taught them my two favorite games- "Do We Need It？" and "Put It in Its Place"– and made them play every few months.Their enthusiasm never matched mine.
If I'm going to be honest，my own tidying skills are not as great as I'd like.My "discarded" pile is never quite the trash mountain I want because I make up excuses for why things are useful.I consider this unhealthy.I want to be better at moving on.
So，this time I found help - the classics for people like me：The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up，by Marie Kondo.Kondo's commitment to her craft is astonishing.Her philosophy is only to keep things you love.Can I go full Kondo？I will try.One central idea is to clean by category.You start by collecting all clothes and gathering them together for consideration.It makes you rethink how you organize.Next，hold each item and ask if it brings you joy.This way you're choosing what to keep.And that's how I find myself with all my clothes on my bedroom floor.My wife walks by and gives me a look that says I'm nuts.She's probably not wrong.
Somewhere near the bottom of this chaos is my special jacket.I move through the pile：pants，shirts，suits and shoes.Then my last category：jackets.I haven't worn the thing in about 30 years.Somehow，it has survived.Now that I'm striving to follow Kondo-surely，its time has come？
I hold it in my hand.There is a tear just below the collar that widens as I hold jye.ai.It's literally falling apart.Will I ever wear it again？Not a chance.Does it feel good to wear？Does it bring me joy？Actually，yes.At this moment，my daughter walks in.She asks about the jacket.I tell her the story.She thinks I should keep jye.ai.It's cool and unique and full of memories.She is arguing that nostalgia （懷念） is the very reason.
I'm not entirely convinced by my daughter's arguments.I believe in looking ahead，not backward.Nevertheless，sometimes it's hard to let go.So I gently place the jacket on the "keep" pile.
（1）What does the underlined word "discarded" probably mean in Paragraph 2？
A．Adjusted.
B．Reserved.
C．Abandoned.
D．Tidied.
（2）What drives the author to read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up？
A．To learn how to categorize.
B．To improve his tidying skills.
C．To persuade his family members.
D．To develop passion for minimalism.
（3）What is the attitude of the author's family members toward minimalism？
A．They don't understand it.
B．They completely support it.
C．They are strongly opposed to it.
D．They are less passionate about it.
（4）What's the best title for the text？
A．Knowing when to let go
B．Classifying what you love
C．Throwing worn-out clothes
D．Keeping valuable possessions組卷：53引用：13難度：0.3 -
3．Running is often tiring and a lot of hard work，but nothing beats the feeling you get after finishing a long workout around the track．
But while it's long been believed that endorphins （腦內(nèi)啡）一chemicals in the body that cause happiness 一 are behind the so-called "runner's high"，a study suggested that there may be more to this phenomenon than we previously knew．
According to a recent study published by a group of scientists from several German universities，a group of chemicals called endocannabinoids （內(nèi)源性大麻素）may actually be responsible for this familiar great feeling．
To test this theory，the scientists turned to mice．
Both mice and humans release high levels of endorphins and endocannabinoids after exercise，along with many other chemicals．After exercising on running wheels，the mice seemed happy and relaxed and displayed no signs of anxiety．
But after being given a drug to block their endorphins the change．However，when their endocannabinoids were block with a different drug，their runner's high symptoms seemed to fade．
"The long-held notion of endorphins being responsible for the runner's high is false．Endorphins are effective pain relievers，but only when it comes to the pain in your body and muscles you feel after working out，"Patrick Lucas Austin wrote on science blog Lifchacker．
Similar studies are yet to be carried out on humans，but it's already well known that exercise is a highly effective way to get rid of stress or anxiety．
The UK's National Health Service even prescribes （開(kāi)藥方）exercise to patients who are suffering from depression．
"Being depressed can leave you feeling low in energy，which might put you off being more active．Regular exercise can boost your mood if you have depression，and it's especially useful for people with mild to moderate （中等的）depression，" it wrote on its website．
It seems like nothing can beat that feeling we get after a good workout，even if we don't fully understand where it comes from．At least if we're feeling down，we know that all we have to do is put on our running shoes．
（1）What did scientists from German universities recently discover？
A．Working out is a highly effective way to treat depression．
B．The runner's high could be caused by endocannabinoids．
C．Endorphins may contribute to one's high spirits after running．
D．The level of endorphins and endocannabinoids could affect one's mood．
（2）The scientists gave mice drugs in their experiment to．
A．find what reduces the runner's high symptoms
B．see the specific symptoms of the runner's high
C．identify what is responsible for the runner's high
D．test what influences the level of endocannabinoids released
（3）The underlined word "notion" in Paragraph 7 has the closest meaning to．
A．effect
B．goal
C．question
D．belief
（4）According to the UK's National Health Service，regular workouts．
A．a(chǎn)re the best way to treat depression
B．can help ease depression symptoms
C．only work for those with serious depression
D．can help people completely recover from depression組卷：94引用：3難度：0.1 -
4．A team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly．The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech integrated systems．Designed to do what a fly does naturally，the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly．Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks．
"It's extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components，" said Robert Wood，the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade．A few years ago，his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components． "The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own，" he said．
They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly． "The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components，each of which individually has to perform well，but then has to be matched well to everything it's connected to，" said Wood．The flight device was built into a set of power，computation，sensing and control systems．Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured．
While this first robotic fly is linked to a small，off-board power source，the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source，so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites，in farmers' fields or on the battlefield． "Basically，it should be able to take off，land and fly around，" he said．
Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale．Yet，the power，sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications． "You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions，you know，to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals，but using these robots instead，" he said． "So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day to day basis．"
（1）Which of the following statements was the difficulty engineers met while making the robotic fly？
A．They did not have sufficient fund．
B．No ready-made components were available．
C．There was no model in their mind．
D．It was hard for them to assemble the components．
（2）What do we know about the robotic fly？
A．The robotic fly has been put into wide application．
B．The robotic fly consists of a flight device and a control system．
C．The robotic fly can collect information from many sources．
D．The robotic fly can fly well with the cooperation of individual components．
（3）Which of the following can be learned from the passage？
A．The robotic fly can replace animals in some experiments．
B．Animals are not allowed in biological experiments．
C．The robotic fly is designed to learn about insects．
D．There used to be few ways to study how insects fly．
（4）Which of the following might be the best title of the passage？
A．The Development of Robotic Fly
B．Robotic Fly Promotes Engineering Science
C．Harvard's Efforts in Making Robotic Fly
D．Robotic Fly Imitates Real Life Insect組卷：13引用：3難度：0.5
第四部分 寫(xiě)作（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分15分）第一節(jié) （滿(mǎn)分15分）
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13．假設(shè)你是李華，你的新西蘭筆友Sam給你發(fā)來(lái)郵件說(shuō)對(duì)中國(guó)文化很感興趣，尤其喜歡唐詩(shī)（Tang poetry）。請(qǐng)你給他回復(fù)一封郵件，分享你對(duì)唐詩(shī)的了解，提出學(xué)習(xí)計(jì)劃并表達(dá)祝愿。具體內(nèi)容包括：1、唐詩(shī)的地位及影響；2、列舉著名詩(shī)人；3、歡迎來(lái)中國(guó)交流文化。
注意：1、詞數(shù)80左右；2、可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
Dear Sam，
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Yours，Li Hua組卷：10引用：3難度：0.5
第二節(jié)（滿(mǎn)分25分）閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)續(xù)寫(xiě)兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
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14．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)續(xù)寫(xiě)兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。續(xù)寫(xiě)的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右。
I lay on my bed，legs leaning against the wall，desperately wishing my mother would call.But I remembered the last time I'd seen her，right before the train for Providence pulled out of the station， "You know how expensive it is to call，" she said，then hugged me tight and said good-bye.
This was my first birthday away from home.I missed my mom，missed my sister，and most certainly missed the special pound cake my mother always made for my birthday.Since getting to college that year，I would watch jealously as the other freshmen received care packages from their parents on their birthdays--and even on ordinary days.Big boxes containing summer slacks and blouses，packages of M&M's and Snickers ，things they needed and things they didn't.Instead of feeling thrilled about my upcoming eighteenth birthday，I felt empty.I wished my mom would send me something，too，but I knew that she couldn't afford presents or the postage.She had done her best with my sister and me--raising us by herself.The simple truth was there just was never enough money.
But that didn't stop her from filling us with dreams. "You can be anything you want to be，" she would tell us. "Politicians，dancers，writers -- you just have to work for it；you have to get an education."
Thanks to my mom's sacrifices and big dreams，I'd made it to the Ivy League：Brown University in Providence，Rhode Island.
As I was recalling these things，my roommate joined me on the bed. "Hey.After we study，let's buy ice cream and cake." I nodded，closed my eyes，and imagined the cake Mom would have made.Mmm.I could see the golden yellow of each of the twelve eggs，and I could almost smell the vanilla（香草） filling the house while the cake baked.
注意：
（1）所續(xù)寫(xiě)短文的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
（2）續(xù)寫(xiě)部分分為兩段，每段的開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)已為你寫(xiě)好。
Paragraph 1
As I daydreamed，there was a knock on the door.__________
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How had she managed to afford it？__________組卷：5引用：3難度：0.5