2022-2023學(xué)年福建省廈門一中高二（上）期中英語試卷

第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié)（共4小題；每小題2.5分，滿分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)。

• 1．Grand Canyon National Park
     Located entirely in northern Arizona，the park covers 277 miles of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands.One of the most spectacular examples of erosion anywhere in the world，Grand Canyon is unmatched in the incomparable vistas（遠(yuǎn)景） it offers to visitors on the rim.Grand Canyon National Park is a World Heritage Site.
     Park Openings and Closings
     The Village and Desert View on the South Rim are open all year and park entrances remain open 24 hours a day.North Rim facilities open mid-May and close mid-October.Park entrances remain open 24 hours a day during this time.Hours for visitor centers and businesses vary throughout the year.
     Park Information
     The park produces a Pocket Map with a North Rim and South Rim edition that contains a map and information about services，facilities，and park ranger programs.It is available in French，German，Japanese，Italian，Spanish，Korean，and Chinese.A hiking brochure is available for those planning to hike one of the park's main trails down into Grand Canyon.Obtain publications at entrance stations，visitor centers，or at go.nps.gov/136 ojl.
      Accessibility
     Many of the facilities at Grand Canyon are historic and built before current accessibility standards were set.The terrain is rugged with narrow，rocky trails and steep cliffs.Visitors using wheelchairs or having visual impairments may need assistance.For more information about accessibility in Grand Canyon National Park，see go.nps.gov/1 rtxl2.
     Park Entrance Fees
     Fees collected support projects in the park.Admission to the park is ＄35 per private vehicle；＄30 per motorcycle；and ＄20 per person entering the park via Grand Canyon Railway，park shuttle bus，private rafting trip，walking，or riding a bicycle.The pass can be used for seven days and includes both rims.Pay fees at park entrance stations or at some businesses outside the park.Every year the National Park Service offers entrance fee free days.For complete fee information，including Annual，Active Military，Senior，and Access passes，visit go.nps.gov/y5 uu6 f.
     Sustainability
     Grand Canyon National Park incorporates sustainability into all aspects of its operations.Use your refillable water bottle to fill up on free Grand Canyon spring water at major trailheads，visitor centers and grocery stores.Please recycle - recycling containers are conveniently located and as common as trash bins.Discover what else you can do to protect the environment while traveling here and beyond at go.nps.gov/1 b2 rzt.
  
  （1）People with physical disabilities can find detailed information on park facilities designed for them by visiting

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  A．go.nps.gov/y5 uu6 f
  B．go.nps.gov/1 rtxl2
  C．go.nps.gov/136 ojl
  D．go.nps.gov/1 b2 rzt
  （2）What is the admission fee if you and your parents plan to go on a ten-day vacation to Grand Canyon National Park by driving a car？

  
  A． ＄35.
  B． ＄60.
  C． ＄70.
  D． ＄120.
  （3）Which of the following statements is true according to the passage？

  
  A．Visitors have year-round access to every corner of the national park.
  B．Hikers who can only speak Chinese cannot explore the North Rim without an interpreter.
  C．The Grand Canyon features its one of the world's most visually breathtaking landscapes.
  D．Visitors are forbidden to leave any trash in the National Park to maintain sustainability.
  組卷：25引用：4難度：0.7

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• 2．Even when communing with nature we depend on technology for help - but then，so did Thoreau （梭羅） at Walden Pond （瓦爾登湖）.
     Walking in the same woods yesterday，I let myself wander at random，communing with nature.
     I took in beautiful scenery near and far thanks to my progressive-lens eyeglasses.Occasionally I'd pull out my smartphone to take pictures on anything interesting.I recorded an inner monologue with a background of all sounds of the forest.At times，I consulted my smart watch to check on my heartbeat，mileage and calorie burn.Eventually I realized I was quite lost.Not a problem of course.Online maps came to my rescue.
     But something bothered me.In what I'd intended as a nature experience，here I was using very high technology to help myself out.This insight triggered a reconsideration of everything that happened during my "nature walk，" which had been technologically enhanced every step of the way.I'd been functioning as a man-machine combination：a cyborg.
     What would the true naturalist Thoreau think of that？My first thought was that he'd be shocked.But later I did some research.Thoreau enjoyed what his spyglass discovered，like this eagle from his journal：
     Lying on the ground with my glass，I could watch him very easily …till I almost lost him in the clouds ...I think I have got the worth of my glass now that it has revealed to me the white-headed eagle.
     Famously，Thoreau always set out equipped with a walking stick，which he used not only for support but also to take measurements of water and snow levels.His hat was also a tool，which he called his "botany-box." And he was prepared even with needles and thread，so when coming out of the woods，he was "the best dressed." Clearly，Thoreau was a bit of a cyborg himself.
     Thinking more deeply，I realized we've come a long way from our hunter-gatherer ancestors，who walked from necessity and relied on nature's gift.Cyborgs are us.
  
  （1）What is the purpose of the text？

  
  A．To recommend Thoreau's book Walden Pond.
  B．To argue that humans have developed into cyborgs.
  C．To share the reflections on man's reliance on nature.
  D．To question whether people are technology-dependent.
  （2）Which picture best illustrates a cyborg in the author's eye？

  
  A.B.C.D.
  （3）Why does the author quote Thoreau's journal？

  
  A．To introduce a literary work on nature.
  B．To explain how to prepare for a nature walk.
  C．To prove that even naturalists use technology.
  D．To describe the natural beauty Thoreau enjoyed.
  （4）What is the author's attitude towards being a cyborg？

  
  A．Favorable.
  B．Intolerant.
  C．Doubtful.
  D．Unclear.
  組卷：12引用：6難度：0.5

  解析

• 3．Some penguins （企鵝） adapt their calls to become more similar to their partners over time，an ability that was previously known in only a few species，including humans.
     Luigi Baciadonna at the University of Turin，Italy，and his coworkers recorded African penguins from three different colonies （群體） over three years，and also observed the behavioral patterns of one of the colonies to see which penguins were partners or friendly.
     They then analyzed specific vocal （聲音的） calls，which the penguins made when they were alone or trying to keep track of their friends.They compared four distinct vocal signatures such as the frequency of the calls.The signatures became more similar over time for penguins that were partners or in the same colony，and for penguins that heard more of each other's calls.
     This adaptation could make it easier for penguins to find their partners and friends in a colony. "Imagine that you are in a pub，you are with your friends and your environment is quite noisy，" says Baciadonna. "What you do is try to talk in a certain way so that your communication is more effective."
     The ability to adapt calls in response to the environment，known as vocal accommodation，is a key part of vocal learning，a more complex set of skills such as producing new sounds through learning.Identifying which species display vocal accommodation could provide clues for how vocal learning developed.Baciadonna and his team also propose that this accommodation could help with group harmony and social bonds between individual penguins.
     The distance of penguins from humans on the evolutionary tree suggests that vocal accommodation could be common to many species，but a lot more data needs gathering first. "There could be a huge variety of different species that are able to adapt their calls slightly，but we don't know that yet，" says Sara Torres Ortiz at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Munich，Germany.
  
  （1）What does the underlined word"signatures"mean in paragraph 3？

  
  A．Effects.
  B．Characteristics.
  C．Sources.
  D．Adjustments.
  （2）What is the intention of the quotes from Baciadonna in paragraph 4？

  
  A．To explain the reason why penguins adapt their calls.
  B．To highlight the role communication plays in social life.
  C．To prove humans' ability to recognize each other's voices.
  D．To stress the difference between human and animal sounds.
  （3）What remains to be explored according to Sara Torres Ortiz？

  
  A．Whether penguins can promote group harmony.
  B．Whether all species can adapt to the environment.
  C．Whether more species display vocal accommodation.
  D．Whether penguins and humans are similar in vocal learning.
  （4）What is the main idea of the text？

  
  A．Vocal learning involves a complex set of skills.
  B．Vocal accommodation helps build up social bonds.
  C．Penguins produce similar sounds even in different colonies.
  D．Penguins adapt their accents to sound more like their friends.
  組卷：4引用：5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）

• 8．科技的日新月異讓人們對(duì)未來的生活更加充滿期待。廈門市湖濱中學(xué)正在開展"Life in the Future"主題征文活動(dòng)，請(qǐng)你寫一篇短文投稿，描述未來生活，可以涉及環(huán)境、交通、健康等方面。
  注意：
  1.寫作詞數(shù)應(yīng)為80左右；
  2.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
  Life in the Future                                                                                                                                                      
  組卷：13引用：1難度：0.6

  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。

• 9．The Overturned Bins I weaved my cart around table after table of hungry customers."Char siu bao （叉燒包），"I called out."Barbecue pork buns!"
      It was Saturday morning—the height of the yum cha （brunch） rush-and everyone in the neighborhood knew that Grandma Wu's restaurant was the place to go for the warmest tea and the freshest dim sum.
      Grandma's array （大量） of shareable Chinese dishes was irresistible，and a line of customers always formed out the door.Knowing I wanted to be part of the excitement，my parents agreed to let me help at the restaurant on weekends.
      The yummy sweet scent of the barbecue pork-filled bao followed me around the room，and it wasn't long before I was handing out the last bamboo steamer basket and marking down the order on a customer's stamp card.With my cart now empty，I was free to enjoy some of Grandma's cooking myself.
      I took my break at the tiny table in the alley behind the restaurant.I poured myself some tea and peeled the little square of paper off the bottom of my bao.But just as I was about to take my first bite，1 noticed something odd.Our garbage bins had been knocked over!
      How could those have fallen？I wondered.Trash and half-eaten dim sum littered the ground.After devouring （狼吞虎咽） my treats，I found my dad inside.We put on some plastic gloves and quickly picked up the mess.When we were finished，we washed our hands，and I headed back into the restaurant to help with the rest of the rush.
      I forgot all about the mystery of the knocked-over bins until the last customer had left.I was about to follow Dad to take the trash out to the alley. "KABOOM!"Upon hearing the loud noise，we rushed out and found that the garbage bins had tipped over again!
      Could it have been the wind？As we cleaned up for a second time，I looked at the darkening sky.A storm was heading our way，but the tree branches were barely moving.So what had caused the bins to fall over？
  注意：
  1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右：
  2.請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
  That's when I noticed two yellow eyes staring at me.
                                                                                                                                                        
  With the rain picking up，the poor cat was too scared to come out of his hiding spot.
                                                                                                                                                        
  組卷：3引用：1難度：0.5

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