2022-2023學年廣東省汕頭市金平區(qū)高二（上）期末英語試卷

第一部分 閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

• 1．

  Welcome to join our School Pal Program!The foreign students in our school have been dreaming of this exchange opportunity for years.However，leaving family，friends，school and their cultures behind is challenging.This is the time when you step in as a School Pal to assist these exchange students in our school，since it's just easier for teenagers to relate to one another. Your basic duties： ? to establish friendships with exchange students prior to their arrival ? to help them get involved in school and after-class activities ? to provide ongoing support to them through regular communication ? to organize occasional social outings and/or service projects for them Your benefits as a School Pal： ? to learn about another country and culture ? to grow your leadership skills ? to make friends from all over the world ? scholarship for our school's Study Abroad Program ? community service credits Participation requirements： If selected，you are required to： ? attend some training ? run official social media accounts ? attend at least 5 activities per semester Application deadlines： ? Students to participate in the fall and winter programs：August 31 ? Students to participate in the spring and summer programs：January 31 For more information，please email：Andrea Simon，ICES2023@yahoo.edu.

  （1）Why are school pals needed？

  
  A．To invite foreign students to visit the school.
  B．To help foreign students adapt to the school life.
  C．To assist foreign students to contact host families.
  D．To select foreign students who apply for the school.
  （2）What benefit can a school pal get？

  
  A．Cultural experiences.
  B．Academic credits.
  C．Community financial support.
  D．Chances to be a school leader.
  （3）Which of the following is required of a school pal？

  
  A．To apply four times every year.
  B．To have a private social media account.
  C．To organize at least 5 activities each term.
  D．To get trained once the application is approved.
  組卷：1引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

• 2．It was one boring Saturday when my mom suggested a journey to Canada's Wonderland Amusement Park. "Don't you think we are too old for it？" I asked. "Well，you've never been to the Wonderland.Plus，it needs me to take some pictures for its advertisement，so I got three VIP tickets.I have invited Penny to join us." Well，Penny was my mother's best friend，and she was the promise of a thrilling journey，so I agreed and the next day I got the best shock of my life.
     Penny did do the research thoroughly about every exciting ride.We started with the Flight Deck.With the train climbing，I felt my heart beat faster and faster.The cold bars turned warm and wet since I grasped them so tightly.Then out of sudden，it began to dash down.The next ten minutes was an outburst of screams，the wind buffeting through our hair，and a burst of laughter.I could hardly see anything clearly till the end of the journey.What an experience that was!
     The Time Warp was not so different.We just had to lie on with face down instead of sitting.All I could do was close my eyes，hold my teeth together and pray that the whole ride ends so quickly.The little strength I had left was preserved for the Leviathan，the longest roller coaster in the park.That was the peak，the mother of all rides.I left that place nearly deaf，because tears blocked my ears.A ride on the bumper cars made me feel 15 years younger.Mum chose to take photos of us as Penny and I bumped into each other's rides.After all the fun，we were really tired and headed back home.
     If being a child could give one such pleasure and happiness，I would not really wish to grow up any time soon.I promised myself to go back and cover the places I did not go to.
  
  （1）Why did the author agree to go the park？

  
  A．Because she had never been to the park before.
  B．Because she needed to take pictures of the park.
  C．Because she got three VIP tickets from the park.
  D．Because she thought it would be fun to go with Penny.
  （2）Which sense is NOT used to describe the author's ride on the Flight Deck？

  
  A．Touch.
  B．Smell.
  C．Sight.
  D．Sound.
  （3）Which does the author think is the most exciting？

  
  A．The Leviathan.
  B．The Flight Deck.
  C．The Time Warp.
  D．The bumper cars.
  （4）What can we infer from the last paragraph？

  
  A．The author had a happy childhood.
  B．The author wished to grow faster.
  C．The author enjoyed her visit to the park.
  D．The author disliked her life now.
  組卷：1引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

• 3．While many Thais understand the common greeting ways used around the world，they feel proud of their special way of greeting — wai.Therefore，being skilled in such non-verbal communication can help you win deeper respect and acceptance among the Thais with whom you interact.
     "Wai" sounds like the word "why" and is usually paired with the word "hello" in Thai，thereby making it a way of greeting and saying hello；Thais also wai one another when thanking someone，apologizing to someone，saying goodbye or showing respect.
     Largely speaking，the way you wai indicates the degree of respect.To make a wai，you should first put palms （手心） together，and bring your hands to touch the middle of your chest and slightly lower your head so that your index fingers （食指） touch your nose.You can use this wai for friends and people of the same ages.The second，and a bit more formal，way to wai is to bring your thumbs to the tip of your nose and your index fingers to your forehead.And lastly，for royalty （皇室） and monks，lower your head until your thumbs are in-between your eyebrows.In this case，men should bow while women should bend their knees.
     As a foreigner，you are not supposed to give a wai to everyone you see，but you are often expected to return the greeting.Thais won't feel disrespected if you make mistakes during the exchange of wais，but will appreciate the effort you take to respect local customs.The safest bet is to wai back who wais you；however，do not wai anyone who is clearly younger than you.Instead，give him a nod and smile.
  
  （1）What can we know from the first paragraph？

  
  A．Thais know little about some common ways to greet.
  B．You can win an award when you give a wai to a Thai.
  C．It can be beneficial if you can wai properly in Thailand.
  D．Thais think highly of their ways of verbal communication.
  （2）What is paragraph 2 mainly about？

  
  A．The types of wais.
  B．The occasions to use a wai.
  C．The benefits of a wai.
  D．The people to use a wai to.
  （3）Which of the following is the wai you use to greet a friend？

  
  A．
  B．
  C．
  D．
  （4）How is a foreigner supposed to wai in Thailand？

  
  A．To give a wai to a child.
  B．To give a wai to whoever he meets.
  C．To nod his head and smile at the same time.
  D．To return a wai to someone not younger than him.
  組卷：1引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

• 4．Most of today's farmers make decisions about how much fertiliser to apply based on a combination of rough measurements，experience and recommendations.It takes some time before a course of action is decided and applied，but the results are normally not seen until harvest time.
     A digital agriculture system，however，gathers data more frequently and accurately，often combined with external sources （such as weather information）.The combined data is analysed and interpreted so the farmer can make more informed and appropriate decisions.These decisions can then be quickly carried out with greater accuracy through robotics and advanced machinery，and farmers can get real-time feedback on the impact of their actions.
     Believe it or not，technologies have been widely applied in different aspects of agriculture，ranging from managing，producing to transporting.For example，a software is developed to control growing conditions so as to grow vegetable for some customers with special needs.The rise in digital shelves and smart warehouses means farmers can better react to changes in demand.While new intelligent transport systems，such as driverless vehicles and drones，offer the prospect of delivering food from farm to fork in far more flexible，creative ways.
     While the benefits of digital agriculture are appealing，it has met with significant challenges，such as disquietude about data usage.There is uncertainty about who will have access to the farmer's data and what they will do with it.More progressive farmers are aware that their farming data could potentially fall into the wrong hands and be used against them.
     In short，new as the approach is，digital agriculture does have the great potential to transform the way we produce the world's food.
  
  （1）How does the writer explain the advantage of digital agriculture？

  
  A．By analyzing data.
  B．By making comparison.
  C．By giving experiment results.
  D．By referring to some theories.
  （2）What difference has technology brought to agriculture？

  
  A．Lower transportation cost.
  B．Shorter growing process.
  C．Larger numbers of customers.
  D．Smarter producing ways.
  （3）What does the underline word "disquietude" mean in paragraph 4？

  
  A．Conflict.
  B．Competition.
  C．Concern.
  D．Curiosity.
  （4）What does the author think of the future of digital agriculture？

  
  A．Hopeful.
  B．Uncertain.
  C．Risky.
  D．Arguable.
  組卷：1引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

第二節(jié) 閱讀下面短文，從短文后的選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，選項中有兩項為多余選項。

• 5．Elon Musk's start-up was an internet company called Zip2 on his father's investment （投資）. （1）

  Things got so bad for Elon at one point that the only bed he could afford was the couch in their start-up's office.However，he eventually found some investors who saw promise in the company and its useful city guide mapping software.In 1999，he sold the company for ﹩307 million.
     After selling the company，Musk earned 22 million dollars.He went on to invest that money into his next venture.It was a financial services company he co-founded called X.jye.ai. （2）

  Just three years after starting up X.jye.ai，lining it up with PayPal.jye.ai，he sold it off to eBay for ﹩1.5 billion.
     Thanks to eBay，Musk's net worth would grow to be ﹩123 million.At this point Musk could've retired early and lived happily ever after. （3）

  Musk invested most of the newfound millions into two companies.One of them was Tesla Motors，an electric transportation. （4）

  
     （5）

  And his commitment paid off.Tesla，is now one of the most valuable companies in the world and SpaceX is worth near ﹩100 billion.
  
  A．And this is what Musk actually did.
  B．But that's not how legends are made.
  C．This time he was favored by good fortune.
  D．The second one was Solarcity，a solar energy company.
  E．That was a time when Musk had to struggle financially.
  F．Musk poured his money，blood，sweat，and tears into both companies.
  G．The other was SpaceX，a company on commercial space exploration.
  組卷：1引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

第二部分 語言運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié) 閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

• 6．One day，Debbie's doorbell rang all of a sudden.It was 16-year-old Amy from next door. "Help，my brother Dylan is bleeding，" she（1）

  .Debbie and her sister Ellen（2）

  to their house.They found 8-year-old Dylan bleeding（3）

  from a huge cut in his arm.
     Amy had been（4）

  Dylan while their mum was doing her shopping.Dylan fell down while running through the house，（5）

  cutting his arm through a sharp edge of the glass door.
     Debbie had recently taken a first aid course and knew what to do. "I knew I needed something to（6）

  the bleeding.I（7）

  a towel from the bathroom and used it to press on the wound，" she said.Dylan was crying and shaken so Debbie spoke（8）

  to comfort him while pressing on the towel to stop the blood flow.She told Ellen to call for an ambulance since she knew the cut would need medical（9）

  .Amy was so（10）

  at the sight of Dylan's blood that she had to go and wait in another room.
     Just as the ambulance pulled up，Dylan's mum came home.She was deeply shocked but immediately calmed herself and held Dylan's arm.Then the two of them（11）

  to the hospital together in the ambulance.
     After a few weeks，the wound had healed and Dylan was（12）

  the scar on his arm to local children.Dylan's mother expressed her（13）

  to Debbie and Ellen the day after the incident. "I'm so happy that I learned first aid，" Debbie said. "I never thought I'd need to use my first aid（14）

  so soon，but I'm very glad I knew what to do.I didn't need a first aid kit.The towel（15）

  well in stopping the blood flow."
  
  

  （1）	A．a(chǎn)rgued	B．claimed	C．screamed	D．whispered
  （2）	A．walked	B．slipped	C．rode	D．hurried
  （3）	A．heavily	B．steadily	C．slightly	D．slowly
  （4）	A．looking at	B．looking into	C．looking after	D．looking through
  （5）	A．carefully	B．a(chǎn)ccidentally	C．stably	D．tightly
  （6）	A．examine	B．stop	C．ease	D．a(chǎn)bsorb
  （7）	A．grabbed	B．borrowed	C．removed	D．brought
  （8）	A．delightfully	B．a(chǎn)nxiously	C．gently	D．desperately
  （9）	A．practice	B．supply	C．record	D．treatment
  （10）	A．a(chǎn)ngry	B．confused	C．modest	D．upset
  （11）	A．travelled	B．sent	C．drove	D．ran
  （12）	A．cutting out	B．covering up	C．showing off	D．leaving behind
  （13）	A．regret	B．gratefulness	C．a(chǎn)nger	D．blessing
  （14）	A．lessons	B．skills	C．medicine	D．manuals
  （15）	A．worked	B．prevented	C．used	D．fit
  組卷：2引用：2難度：0.3

  解析

第二節(jié)（共1小題，每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

• 7．閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。
     Xingshisu，a kind of traditional lion-shape pastry （酥皮點心），enjoyed overnight popularity due to the innovation of the 35-year-old chef，Wu Yang.
     "The idea （1）

  （inspire） by the lion dancing in the movie，Wong Fei-Hung." said Wu， "Since 2021，I （2）

  （search） a great deal of relevant materials and finally completed my design."
     Making Xingshisu is very complicated，with 10 steps including （3）

  （shape） and frying.Take the pastries （4）

  example.Wu has to prepare at least seven pastries with various （5）

  （color）.Let alone the cutting skill，temperature and the cooking time.Therefore，it usually takes four to five hours to finish，which is a test of both （6）

  （patient） and skill.
     The complex procedures also raise a great interest among other dessert-makers online. "Only （7）

  you try by yourself can you realize how difficult it is to make a xingshisu." said one chef， （8）

  took the challenge.
     The great success in xingshisu doesn't put （9）

  pause in Wu's innovation.Now he is considering bringing some elements of traditional buildings into his （10）

  （late） snacks.
  組卷：3引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

第四部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié) （滿分15分）

• 22．假設(shè)你是李華，剛剛得知你進入了高中生現(xiàn)場英語作文比賽（On-site English Composition Contest）決賽，想寫一份郵件給你在英國的好朋友Tom分享這個好消息。內(nèi)容包括：
  （1）你在備賽過程中的收獲與感受；
  （2）希望Tom給一些有關(guān)建議。
  注意：
  （1）詞數(shù)80字左右；（2）可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
  Dear Tom，
     How is everything going？
                             
  Yours，
  Li Hua
  組卷：4引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

第二節(jié)（滿分25分）閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。

• 23．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
     When I was 13，I climbed my first mountain — a fairly gentle 3，900-foot peak.I was overweight at the time and became breathless after reaching the top.But I loved the challenge of conquering something bigger than myself，and soon I'd climbed nearly 100 peaks.
     I often go climbing with my friend Mel.Two years ago，on 30 December when I was 16，we drove to tackle 11，240-foot Mount Hood.It's safer to start winter climbs at night when there's less risk of the sun melting the snow.That day，we started at 3 a.m.，though the temperature was extremely low.
     Five hours later，we reached Devil's Kitchen at about 10，000 feet.However，the wind was blowing fiercely.The other climbers decided to turn back，but Mel and I went ahead since we thought we were well prepared.
     The path became harder and harder to climb.At around 9 a.m.，we reached a narrow ice step.I volunteered to go first.I placed my left foot on the ice step.Confident I was safe，I put my full weight on it.Suddenly，I heard a crack and fell backwards.I stuck out my arms and legs，grabbing at anything.That helped but I was still sliding.Finally，I stopped somewhere above the Devil's Kitchen.Having fallen 600 feet，I found my face bloodied.
     To make sure if I still had my senses，I asked myself，where are you？Mount Hood.What's the date？30 December.Good.My brain still functioned.Then I took a survey of my body，starting with my head，then my neck and arms.For the most part，I was fine，except for a sharp pain in my left leg.Strangely，touching my left leg，I couldn't feel anything，so I tried to make my toes move.Fortunately，that worked — I wasn't paralyzed （癱瘓）.
  注意：
  （1）續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應為150左右；
  （2）請按如下格式答題。
     I was relieved and started to yell for help.                    
     The doctors advised me not to climb again but I wouldn't give up.                  
  組卷：1引用：2難度：0.5

  解析