湖南省长沙市第一中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期中英语试卷(不含音频

长沙市第一中学2022-2023学年度高二第二学期期中考试

英语

时量：120分钟 满分：150分

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卷上的答案转涂

到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt？

A. £19.15.

B.£9.18.

C.£9.15.

答案是C。

is the man likely to vote for?

.

.

.

many people have read the man's email?

A.20.

B.100.

C.120.

will the boy do next?

an exam.

to bed.

the call.

does the conversation probably take place?

the office.

the hospital.

the police station.

is the probable relationship between Mary and the woman?

mates.

and secretary.

r and student.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中

选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，

各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

long did Mike stay in China?

days.

days.

weeks.

did Mike go last year?

.

.

.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

does the woman think about the restaurant?

's special.

's expensive.

's popular.

many steaks will the speakers liker?

.

.

.

will the woman drink?

.

.

.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

is the man reading at first?

A.A book.

B.A newspaper.

C.A business report.

does the girl ask her father to read the book to her?

father promised to do it before.

book belongs to her friend.

is her teacher's requirement.

does the man decide to do at last?

to bed.

to the girl.

some cookies.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

will the party start?

2 o'clock.

4 o'clock.

6 o'clock.

does the man think of making coffee?

.

.

nging.

can we infer about Susan?

works in a coffee bar.

knows well about coffee.

will help the man make coffee.

will the speakers do next?

some milk.

Susan to the party.

to the ice cream shop.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

will control the tree house's temperature?

roof.

leaf.

soil.

is the most important design of a lizard house?

ng colors.

ting sunlight.

ing energy.

can the chimney be a useful air conditioner?

is deep under the ground.

is easy for hot air to flow out.

allows cool air to come in easily.

第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Published in 1897, this science fiction has inspired countless novels since then and still

continues to fascinate its readers. The unnamed hero is one of the first witnesses to a

strange-looking meteorite（陨石）in England. Not long after that， it is apparent that the meteorite

is

Martian and that an invasion is around the corner. What is it like for man,who dominates the

Earth,to be dominated by a race of aliens?

Dune Saga by Frank Herbert

Published from 1965 to 1985, Dune Saga contains 6 novels and is widely considered an epic

of science fiction. Instead of sticking to a single character, these novels begin with Paul

Atreides,first a son of a noble family and then the emperor of the known universe. The novels

follow Paul＇s descendants（后裔），ending by revealing the fate of his planet，Arrakis， and the

fate of his generations.

This series contains three books that were published from 1938 to 1945. Lewis explores the

nature of humanity by taking the main character, Dr. Elwin Ransom, outside of Earth and to the

planets of Mars and Venus. On these planets, the local residents are not corrupted （腐化），but

corruption from Earth threatens them. When Ransom returns to Earth in the final book, corruption

even greater than when he left awaits him there.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Future society in the priceless 1953 novel is made worse by technology. Ray Bradbury

discusses the importance of books by using such a society that burns them. The main character,

Guy Montag, is a fireman, someone who burns books and the houses that contain

culture is obsessed（着迷）with the society of television but doesn’t realize the value-and the

freedom-that comes with literature.

is Ransom originally from?

.

.

.

s.

book explores the potential for technology to make humans less free?

War of the Worlds.

Space Trilogy.

Saga.

ahrenheit 451.

do the four books have in common?

show an imaginary world.

each have two main characters.

explore the nature of humanity.

were published in the 20th century.

B

Get up at , arrive at the hospital one hour earlier to help patients check in, and

accompany patients In recent years, “patient escorts” has emerged as a new

industry, and those who have taken on this career are known as “people who sell time".26-year-old

Zhang Tian is one of them.

September 4 was a lucky day for Zhang Tian. On this day, Zhang Tian saw a video about

patient escorts on a short video platform. The daily routine of patient escorts shown in the video

fascinated her and gradually inspired her to take this on as a business. She browsed through many

platforms and read multiple information and found there indeed exists a certain demand for patient

escorts, especially from the elderly, children, and pregnant women. Since she had never engaged

in this kind of work before, she spent two days in major hospitals in Wuhan, in order to familiarize

herself with all the departments on different floors, as well as the processes of medical

consultation and preparation for surgery.

After early preparatory work, Zhang Tian posted a video of her self-introduction on major

social platforms, talking about the help and services a patient escort provides, as well as some tips

for a quick and convenient medical consultation. At first, she was a little worried that her video

would go unnoticed. However, after she uploaded the video, it got over 100 likes and she received

her first ever offer as a patient escort.

The memory of her first task is still alive and fresh in her mind. She received a phone call on

September 9 from a man whose father was seriously ill and might need surgery. He wanted Zhang

Tian to accompany his father through his consultation and treatment. Zhang Tian made full

preparations before meeting her first client and did a very good job despite her nervousness.

“Later, the family expressed their gratitude to me over and over again, which warmed my

heart and gave me a sense of achievement,” Zhang Tian said.

do patient escorts do?

assist doctors in hospitals.

arrive at hospitals early to check in.

take on this career to sell their time.

help patients get treated in hospitals.

ber 4 was a lucky day for Zhang Tian because

enjoyed seeing an interesting video

got inspiration for her own career

found a demand for medical workers

was well received on social platforms

did Zhang Tian get her first client?

got familiar with the routine work in hospitals.

spent two days in major hospitals meeting patients.

video on social platforms attracted her first client.

man's father was seriously ill and might need surgery.

of the following words best describe Zhang Tian?

rking and considerate.

ous and imaginative.

us and careful.

ive and positive.

C

These days, there’s a green version of just about everything. There are cars that run on

electricity and alternative fuels, houses that are powered by solar energy and wind farms

seemingly popping up on every open space from California to coastal Japan. Even drones are

getting in on the action. The unmanned air vehicles are also being put to environmental uses

around the globe.

The eye in the sky that they provide helps researchers better understand what's going on with

the natural world in which we live. For environmentalists and earth scientists, the flying machines

can be sent way up in the air to record sweeping footage of a large area to track the impact of

things like climate change, migration and the acts of cutting down and burning forest trees, which

can be done without having to buy a helicopter, rent a plane or tape a video camera to a bird.

Sure, there’s plenty of satellite footage already out there, but drones let researchers accurately

position the data set that they want to get a quicker, closer look at the area that they're looking to

monitor. In 2013, for example, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) sent a

drone into the Turrialba Volcano in Costa Rica to gather data about its emissions. The temperature,

ash height and gas concentration information collected during the mission helped earth scientists

determine which way the volcanic and potentially poisonous gas erupting from the volcano was

moving and take steps to limit its environmental impact.

Similarly, Arctic researchers are using drones to help study temperature change and the

melting of glaciers. They use drones equipped with infrared（红外线的 cameras to sweep into

places that they may otherwise not be able to reach to monitor and collect data on the melting ice.

The same flying machines may also eventually be used to transport other data collection tools into

the wild.

does the author lead in the topic of the text?

giving examples.

drawing a distinction.

listing data.

making assumptions.

mainly makes drones used to better watch nature?

high safety.

huge space.

recovery capability after damage.

ability to collect data at a high altitude.

do the last two paragraphs mainly tell us about drones?

production steps.

practical functions.

potential impacts on the atmosphere.

data set for monitoring the environment.

is a suitable title for the text?

: Poisonous

: Limited

: Eco-friendly

: Adaptable

D

A study led by Oleguer Plana-Ripoll, a researcher at Aarhus University in Denmark, tries to

deal with a fundamental question that has bothered researchers for more than a century-what

exactly causes mental illness?

In the hope of finding the answer, scientists have piled up a large amount of data over the