1、福建师大附中2022-2023学年下学期期中考试高二英语试卷时间：120分钟 满分：150分第卷（共75分）第一部分 听力（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）1What event are the speakers mainly talking about?ASnowboarding.BFigure skating.CSpeed skating.2Where are the speakers?AIn a department store.BAt a restaurant.CAt the booking office.3What does the woma
2、n think of the presentation?AInformative.BUnique.CConvincing.4How much will the woman pay for the bills?A$15B$20C$255What will the woman do?AVisit the national gallery.BGo to the dentist.CHave her car repaired.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6What can we learn about the woman?AShe likes playing
3、 badminton.BShe is a good swimmer.CShe is on a diet.7What is the relationship between the speakers?AWorkmates.BA couple.CCoach and player.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8Why does the man talk to the woman?ATo seek tips on using the bus system.BTo make a plan touring around Chicago.CTo reserve a visit to the Modern
4、Art Museum.9Who is the woman?AA tourist guide.BA bus driver.CA ticket seller.听第8段材料，回答第10至 12题。10Which of the following is Lindas job?AWrapping fruit.BCleaning houses.CPulling weeds.11How does the woman find her part-time job?ABoring.BMeaningful.CEnviable（令人羡慕的）.12When will the man plant trees for h
5、is neighbors?AThis morning.BThis weekend.CThis afternoon.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13What is the man doing?AConducting an interview.BHosting a workshop.CAttending a lecture.14Why did Gigi start the project?ATo show respect for retired teachers.BTo make retired teachers available to kids.CTo improve teaching
6、environment for schools.15What should students do at the end of each session?ARaise questions.BChange groups.CGive presentations.16What is a challenge for Gigis work?ALanguage barrier.BNetwork crash.CStaff shortage.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17What do we know about Linda?AShe taught nursing.BShe lacked compa
7、ny.CShe set up the program.18What made Linda and Jessy form a pair?ATheir common interest.BTheir work experiences.CTheir education backgrounds.19How do the high school students help elderly people?ABy reading stories.BBy chatting with them.CBy designing educational programs.20What can we say about t
8、he program?AIt is a fortune-making project.BIt needs further improvements.CIt is a win-win practice.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，共40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ANATIONALGEOGRAPHICThe Stories Behind 3 of the Photos from Our Pictures of the YearEach year, National Geographic
9、 will publish a special issue to showcase some of the impressive images taken around the globe to celebrate the high-quality photography. This year, 49 were selected as the best photos of the year out of millions of images, and the photo editors give a glimpse behind the scenes of 3 images included
10、in 2022 Pictures of the Year annual special issue.Qanaaq, Greenland/Kiliii YyanPhotographer Kiliii Yyan is no stranger to documenting the daily lives of native peoples and the issues they face around the world. He commits himself to capturing surprising and unique images for each story while his col
11、league Mallory has quit in their tracks. In his story, two cousins push strollers（婴儿车）across a snowy plain in Greenland on their way to annual dogsled races. The story itself challenges readers to think about how to treat their ecosystem （生态系统）without destroying it and gives more insight into the da
12、ily lives of Inuit women.Canary Islands, Spain/Carsten PeterIts hard to capture the speed, texture, and sense of danger of lava（岩浆）flowing from a volcanic eruption, but thats what photographer Carsten Peter achieved with this image. He documented the 85-day eruption for National Geographic, then ret
13、urned to focus on the damage and on the scientific fieldwork that had been done once the slow-moving lava had cooled.Minneriya, Sri Lanka/Brent StirtonPhotographer Brent Stirton provided a window into these animals lives, which she hopes will increase awareness and stir up sympathy（同情）through the ph
14、oto.The image was tough to capture not only because Stirton needed to get close to the wild animals for the frame but also because it was a challenging time to work in Sri Lanka. The government was falling apart in economic crisis. “I think theres an opportunity to show people a side of animals they
15、 may have not seen before,” she says.For more pictures and stories, please click: /.21Whose image cares about peoples life?AMallorys.BCarsten Peters.CKiliii Yyans.DBrent Stirtons.22What shared features do these three pictures have?AThey all take efforts and patience.BThey are all about the environme
16、nt.CThey all provide a window into animals lives.DThey all make a difference to scientific fieldwork.23Where is this text probably taken from?AA geography magazine.BAn academic article.CA photography manual.DA photography website.BWhen reading, my mother likes to slice a paragraph or a sentence out
17、and attach it to the wall of her kitchen. She picks boring sentences that puzzle me. But I prefer copying favorite bright lines into a journal in soft, gray No.2. pencil, word by word.She doesnt know any of this. Theres nothing shocking: for our chatting. We seldom begin certain conversations though
18、 we talk on the phone weekly, sometimes making each other laugh so hard that I choke and she cries. But what we dont say could fill up rooms. Fights with my father. Small failures in school. Anything that really upsets us.My mother has never told me “I love you, Lisa.”-as if the four-word absence ex
19、plains who I amso I carry it with me, like a label on me. The last time she almost spoke the words was two years ago, when she called to tell me a friend had been in hospital. I said, “I love you, Mom.” She stopped for a while and then said, “Thank you.” I havent said it since, but Ive wondered why
20、my mother doesnt until Ive found a poem that supplies words for the blank spaces I try to figure out in our conversations:Dont fill up on bread. I say absent-mindedly. The servings here are huge.My son, middle-aged, says: Did you really just say that to me?What he doesnt know is that when were walki
21、ng together, I desire to reach for his hand.Its humble, yet heartbreaking. After copying it down in my journal, I emailed it to mom, adding “This poem makes me think of you.” My mother doesnt read poetryor at least, she doesnt tell me, and I felt nervous clicking “Send”.She never mentioned the poem.
22、 But the next time I went home for vacation, I noticed something new in the kitchen fixed to an antique. board: the poem. The board hung above the heater, the warmest spot in the kitchen. The poem still hangs there. Neither my mother no r I have ever spoken about it.24Whats the function of paragraph
23、 1?ATo stress the theme.BTo establish the setting.CTo represent the characters.DTo create the atmosphere.25Which of the following best describes the mother-daughter relationship?AShaky.BDistant.CReserved.DIntense.26Why did the author send the poem to her mom?AIt suited moms taste of literature.BShe
24、wanted to apologize to mom.CShe needed an interpretation from mom.DIt reminded her of moms love.27What does the poem mean to mom?AA memory of golden days.BDaughters understanding of her.CA decoration in the plain kitchen.DDaughters gratefulness to her.CA new study has found that a childs reading spe
25、ed can be improved by simply increasing the space between letters within a piece of text. The research, led by Dr Steven Stagg of Anglia Ruskin University（ARU）, examined the benefits of letter spacing and colored overlays（颜色标注）among children.Two groups of children, dyslexic（有阅读障碍的）and non-dyslexic c
26、hildren, were asked to read four texts with either standard or extra-large letter spacing, both with and without a colored overlay. They were instructed to read the text out loud while being recorded. The recording was used to measure the number of errors they madespecifically missed words, added wo
27、rds, wrong words, and pronunciationas well as the participants reading time.The study discovered that text with increased space between letters provided a benefit for both groups. On average, the dyslexia group showed a 13% increase in reading speed, while the group of non-dyslexic children showed a
28、 5% increase. In addition to improving reading speed, it also resulted in a significant decline in the number of words missed by the children with dyslexia. However, the study found that colored overlays had no significant impact on reading speed or the reduction of crrors for either group.Dr Stagg,
29、 Senior Lecturer in Psychology at ARU, said: “We believe extra-large letter spacing works by reducing what is known as the crowding effect, which can hamper the location and identification of letters and reduce reading speed.”“Our findings strongly suggest that teachers can be confident that all chi
30、ldren would be aided by increased letter spacing in reading materials.” Dr Stagg added. “While we found that colored overlays provided little benefit, we suggest children should be encouraged to use overlays if they find these help their reading. Colored overlays may not increase reading speeds, but
31、 they may extend reading stamina（持久力）. Previous research suggests their benefits may not become apparent if reading time is less than 10 minutes and the short reading duration of the tests in our study may have put colored overlays at a disadvantage.28Which of the following best describes the resear
32、ch process in paragraph 2?AIllustrate, group and report.BRead, instruct and measure.CQuestion, assume and prove.DCategorize, record and count.29What can we learn about increased letter spacing from paragraph 3?AIt enhances reading input.BIt sharpens reading skills.CIt reduces reading errors.DIt arou
33、ses reading interest.30What does the underlined word “hamper” in paragraph 4 probably mean?AObtain.BPrevent.CShift.DInvolve.31What can be inferred about colored overlays from paragraph 5?AThey might not have been evaluated fairly.BThey might not be recommended by experts.CThey might work better in s
34、hort reading.DThey might have some. disadvantages.DHave you ever seen one of the many videos of an elephant grabbing a paintbrush, putting it in paint, and producing a painting similar to something a 5-year-old could create? While watching an elephant paint is an amazing sight, we cant help but wond
35、er whether the training methods and results reflect animal cruelty.A 2014 study on four captive（圈养的）Asian elephants at the Melbourne Zoo in Australia sought to identify stress-related behaviors around the activity of painting. While the researchers found that the elephants had a neutral response to
36、painting-not stressful, nor enriching-it seemed that when an elephant was not selected to paint, it displayed non-interactive behavior. This is seen as a possible signal of stress in the animals.In addition, PETA, a famous animal rights group, has cited several American zoos that use harmful trainin
37、g methods to get elephants to paint, perform tricks, play instruments, and more. Not every zoo that organizes elephant painting uses aggression（攻击）to encourage the elephants. However, PETA argues that animal shelters should not force animals to do tricks at all.A ctivist organizations warn that elep
38、hants can undergo extreme discomfort in the training process. Furthermore, many of the painting elephants are very young, at an age where they should still be with their mothers. It raises questions about whether theres a chance they were caught for the express purpose of performing, or if they coul
39、d somehow be restored（恢复）to a return to the wild.It is difficult to support any kind of trained behavior that differs greatly from a wild animals natural tendencies. The role of a shelter, ideally, is to allow an animal to live as close to its normal life as possible, perhaps with an eye to returnin
40、g the animal to the wild; teaching them to paint does not seem to align with that target, especially if its not a learned behavior that the animal would be willing to do independently.32What can be safely concluded from the 2014 study?AResearchers didnt collect solid evidence.BPainting promoted elep
41、hants interaction.C、Negative effects of painting were confirmed.DElephants made strong responses to painting.33What is a concern of activist organizations?AComplexity of the training process.BPurposes of elephantsperformance.CDaily activities of captive elephants.DPotential for elephantsreturn to na
42、ture.34What does the underlined phrase “align with” in the last paragraph mean?ADeal with.BAgree with.CContrast with.DConnect with.35What might be the best title for the text?AHow PETA Helps?BWhy Animal Enjoys Rights?CShould Elephants Paint?DShould Elephants Live in Captivity?第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10 分）根据
43、短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。 We are masters of distraction especially when we feel an uncomfortable emotion appearing. And our society makes it easier than ever. 36 . Those range from videos on TikTok（抖音国际版）to online shopping.But does distraction really help deal with emotions?. Or does i
44、t merely worsen the problem? 37 . In some ways it can help, and oftentimes distraction avoids the root of the problem.In the loud world in which we live nowadays, avoiding an emotion is easier than processing it. During the sequencing of an emotion, distraction occurs when we first notice it. The em
45、otion in question causes physiological changes and often causes action. 38 . It isnt always a bad thing. Theres pretty good evidence that distraction can help adjust the anxiety around a negative emotion. 39 . There are longer mood states that last days or months, although most emotions only last a
46、few minutes before they pass. Thats why, if youre seeking long-term solutions, learning to process emotions is the only way. When you slow down and make space for your emotions, you can start to process them.Jacobs Hendel, a psychotherapist（心理治疗师）, uses a process, which involves connecting your feet
47、 to the floor, deep belly（腹部）breathing, slowing down and then identifying where different emotions are felt in the body. 40 once anxiety goes down, you can identify the other emotions that are coming up in your body. If the same emotions keep coming up and causing you stress, learning to sit with them and work through them. Facing your emotions may help you see that they arent as scary as you thought.AAccording to experts, the answer is a mixed bagBGrabbing your phone isnt necessarily a bad thingCAnd feeling them in the body is
