2022-2023學(xué)年廣東省廣州市番禺區(qū)象賢中學(xué)高二（上）期末英語(yǔ)試卷

閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分50.0分）

• 1．Where to go？ Here are some of the best places across the UK for your whole family to enjoy the quality time together in nature.
     Drove Orchards （果園），Thornham，Norfolk
     Drove shines a bit brighter each autumn，when it starts delivering fruit.Many of the fresh apples and pears there are ready-picked as well as PYO （short for pick-your-own）.Also juice made from the orchards' special varieties of apples is strongly recommended.
     Opening time：10 am-4 pm daily until the end of October （booking not necessary but checking what's fruiting before visiting at droveorchards.jye.ai）
     Blooming Green，Linton，Kent
     Blooming Green is a "no-dig" flower business，selling flowers directly to customers and opening for PYO activities from summer to the end of October.In November and December there are wreath-making （花環(huán)制作） workshops，where participants pick their favorite flowers.
     Opening time：10 am-4 pm on Saturdays only（with pre-booking of one-hour slots，bloominggreenflowers.co.jye.ai）
     Towerbrook Farm Banwell，Somerset
     Like many other farms，Towerbrook Farm offers pick-your-own and cut-your-own service.But it's the first place that offers dig-your-own Christmas trees，meaning you can take your tree back after the holiday and replant it there，which allows you to avoid sending your tree to the recycling centre.
     Opening time：8am-4pm daily between 20 November and 30 December （pre-booking not necessary）
     Shute Fruit，Bishopsteignton，South Devon
     As well as selling preserves made from kinds of berries（漿果），Shute Fruit also manages an extensive pick-your-own operation.There you can pick your own sloe berries.If you are a fan of sloe gin，a kind of alcoholic drink，whose alcohol content is between 15 and 30 percent，ask the farm for recipes to make your own sloe gin at home.
     Opening time：11 am-5pm daily except rainy days and Mondays，until the end of October （booking not necessary，shutefruit.co.jye.ai）
  
  （1）If you go to Drove Orchards，what can be recommended to you？

  
  A．Delivering fruit.
  B．Tasting freshly squeezed apple juice.
  C．Planting Christmas trees.
  D．Picking your own apples at 8 am.
  （2）If you want to dig your own Christmas tree and take it back，where will you most probably visit？

  
  A．Thorham.
  B．Linton.
  C．Banwell.
  D．Bishopsteignton.
  （3）What do the four places have in common？

  
  A．Their relevant Information can be got from the same website.
  B．They have the same opening time.
  C．They all offer pick-your-own service.
  D．They needn't be booked in advance.
  組卷：10引用：2難度：0.7

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• 2．Every year on April 22，Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.It gave a voice to an emerging public consciousness about the state of our planet.The founder was Gaylord Nelson.
     What moved Gaylord Nelson to action was the 1969 massive oil spill（溢出）in California，the largest oil spill in the United States at that time.The spill proved to be an environmental nightmare as it had a strong impact on marine life，killing an estimated 3，500 sea birds，as well as marine animals such as dolphins，elephant seals and sea lions.Inspired by the student antiwar movement at that period of time，Nelson found it was a right time to channel the energy of the students towards a fight for environmental protection.He decided that it was time to educate the Americans on the need to protect the environment.Thus，Earth Day was born in 1970，and public environmental consciousness took centre stage.
     On 22nd April 1970，millions of Americans took to the streets to demonstrate for a healthy，sustainable environment and thousands of students marched in protest of the terrible situation of the environment.Businesses were forced to follow environmental standards if they wanted to continue their operations.The year 1990 saw Earth Day reach out to many more countries around the world.It helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro，bringing together many nations，for a joint effort towards protecting the environment.In 2009，the United Nations decided to officially set April 22 as Earth Day.
     For his role as founder of Earth Day，Gaylord Nelson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom（1995），the highest honour given to civilians in the United States.We honor the man，as the fight for a cleaner environment continues.
  
  （1）What can we learn about Earth Day？

  
  A．It was founded at the end of 1970s.
  B．It was first celebrated in Rio de Janeiro.
  C．People will march on the street on this day.
  D．It arouses public environmental awareness.
  （2）What did Gaylord Nelson do to make Earth Day possible？

  
  A．He reduced the loss of the oil spill.
  B．He participated in an antiwar movement.
  C．He set environmental standards for business.
  D．He involved more people in environmental issues.
  （3）What is the fourth paragraph mainly about？

  
  A．The focus of Earth Day.
  B．The development of Earth Day.
  C．The world's concern on the environment.
  D．The joint efforts of different countries.
  （4）Which of the following best describes Gaylord Nelson？

  
  A．Intelligent.
  B．Responsible.
  C．Considerate.
  D．Knowledgeable.
  組卷：10引用：4難度：0.5

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• 3．In the Ancient Greek world，one was meant to focus on a close knowledge of just two books.Homer's Odyssey and his Iliad，because these were the best guides to action in military and civilian affairs.However，the modern world firmly equals the intelligent person with the well-read person.
     Nowadays，if we do not rush to read four of this year's major prize winning books，we will feel guilty at how far behind we are.We think that there should be no limit to how much we read because in answer to the question of why we read，there is only one response that will ever be ambitious enough：we read in order to know everything.
     But this tiring approach to reading does not make us particularly happy.So in order to ease and simplify our lives，we might have a much more limited，focused and useful goal.We might，for example，read in order to learn to be content.Nothing less and nothing more.
     With this new，far more targeted ambition in mind，much of the pressure to read constantly and randomly starts to fade.Once we know that we are reading to be content，we don't need to chase every book published this season.We can zero in on titles that best explain what we need.So for example，we may need a few key books that will teach us about how families work and how they might work better，that can take us through how to find a job，or how to develop the courage to develop our opportunities.
     The more we understand what reading is for us，the more we can enjoy close relationships with a few works only.The truly well-read person isn't the one who has read a huge number of books，but someone who has let themselves be deeply shaped by just a few，very well-chosen titles.
  
  （1）Why are Homer's Odyssey and Iliad mentioned in the first paragraph？

  
  A．To present a fact.
  B．To explain a point.
  C．To raise a question.
  D．To make a comparison.
  （2）What can we infer from paragraph 2 and 3？

  
  A．Major prize winning books should be read.
  B．We should be ambitious to read to know everything.
  C．Reading as much as we can leads to happiness.
  D．We should read with focused purpose.
  （3）What kind of books does the author advise us to read？

  
  A．The newly published ones.
  B．Those with innovative names.
  C．The books meeting your needs.
  D．The books improving your ambitions.
  （4）What is the author's purpose in writing the text？

  
  A．To promote our interest in reading.
  B．To advocate a targeted reading way.
  C．To criticize reading blindly.
  D．To compare different reading styles.
  組卷：5引用：2難度：0.5

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• 4．In order to help discover spoilage （變質(zhì)） and reduce food waste for supermarkets and consumers，researchers have developed new low-cost，smart phone-linked，eco-friendly spoilage sensors for meat and fish packaging.
     One in three UK consumers throw away food just because it reaches the use-by date （保存期），but 60% of the ￡12.5 billion-worth of food we throw away each year is safe to eat.
     The researchers，whose findings were published in ACS Sensors，say the sensors could also eventually replace the use-by date—a widely used indicator of being fresh and eatable.
     The sensors cost two US cents each to make.Known as "paper-based electrical gas sensors （PEGS）"，they detect spoilage gases like ammonia （a poisonous gas with a strong unpleasant smell） in meat and fish products.The information provided by the electronic nose is received by a smart phone，and then you can know whether the food is fresh and safe to eat.
     The Imperial College London researchers who developed PEGS made the sensors by printing carbon electrodes （電極） onto a special type of paper.The materials are eco-friendly and harmless，so they don't damage the environment and are safe to use in food packaging.The sensors，combined with a tiny electronic system，then inform nearby mobile devices，which identify and understand the data about spoilage gases.
     Lead author Dr Firat Guder of Imperial's Department of Bioengineering，said， "Although they're designed to keep us safe，use-by dates can lead to eatable food being thrown away.They don't always reflect its actual freshness.In fact，people often get sick from food-borne diseases due to poor storage，even when an item is within its use-by date."
     "These sensors are cheap enough so we hope to see supermarkets using them within three years.Our goal is to use PEGS in food packaging to reduce unnecessary food waste."
     The authors hope that PEGS could have applications beyond food processing，like sensing chemicals in agriculture，air quality，and detecting disease markers in breath like those involved in kidney disease.
  
  （1）What is the function of PEGS according to the text？

  
  A．To improve the taste of foods.
  B．To improve the service of stores.
  C．To help supermarkets store foods.
  D．To help people test food freshness.
  （2）What role does the smartphone play while PEGS are functioning？

  
  A．It acts as an electronic nose.
  B．It reads the data collected by PEGS.
  C．It helps print the gas sensors onto paper.
  D．It discovers the spoilage gases from foods.
  （3）What does Dr Firat Guder say about use-by dates？

  
  A．They are not completely reliable.
  B．They can help reduce food waste.
  C．They are based on scientific research.
  D．They are not accepted by the consumers.
  （4）What does the author mainly talk about in the text？

  
  A．The process of researching spoilage sensors.
  B．A new technology in packaging to reduce food waste.
  C．The application of spoilage sensors beyond food processing.
  D．The influence of use-by dates on supermarkets and consumers.
  組卷：11引用：3難度：0.5

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• 5．Cayce Zavaglia is an artist with a unique transformation to her work.（1）

  Painting with tiny needles is not as fast as painting with a brush.（2）

  It takes two months-nearly 200 hours to complete a portrait.
     （3）

  Once she decides，she invites that person to her studio and takes hundreds of photographs.She studies the way the light falls across the person's face.After many hours of studying the photos，she chooses the perfect one for her portrait.Next，she enlarges the photo on a canvas（畫(huà)布）.Then，she matches the colors in the photo and the stitching begins.
     Cayce starts with the hair and forehead，then moves on to the shoulders and clothing，and finally the face.The human face is what she most enjoys creating in her art.（4）

  In a portrait of her baby daughter，the skin appears soft and smooth.In a portrait of her dad，the stitches show a wrinkled and aging face.
     Cayce believes her success depends on three things：her choice of colors，the length and direction of the stitches，and her ability to make the portrait look true.She loves the surprise when people view her art.From a distance，people believe the portraits are painted.（5）

  
  
  A.She makes sure the person looks straight into her.
  B.The biggest challenge is making the skin look real.
  C.Instead of painting with a brush，she sews with a needle.
  D.Cayce's first step is deciding who will be in the portrait.
  E.She loves creating portraits of her family and close friends.
  F.It requires a lot of patience，for you often have to rethread your needle.
  G.But when they take a closer look，they see the portrait has been embroidered.
  組卷：9引用：4難度：0.5

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語(yǔ)言運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）

• 6．What makes a home？Love and sympathy and confidence.It is a place where kindly（1）

  exist among all the members of the family.The parents take good care of their children，and the children are interested in the（2）

  of their parents.Thus，all of them are（3）

  together by affection，and they find their home to be a（4）

  place in the world.
     But for me，sometimes I can't feel the love from my father and can't feel the warmth of the home.（5）

  happen between us frequently.
     "BANG" the door caused a protest. "Never（6）

  this house again!" shouted Father.With tears welling up in my eyes，I rushed out of the house and ran along the street.
     A young father who held a child in his arm walked（7）

  me.I felt as if I saw my（8）

  from another space：happy and harmonious.
     But now I don't know（9）

  it is because I have grown up or because Dad is getting（10）

  .We are just like two people coming from two different worlds.It feels like there is an iron（11）

  between us that can never be opened.
     I wandered the streets，（12）

  a destination in my mind.My heart was（13）

  on this hot summer night.As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people in the streets，until I had only streets to keep me company.When I finally reached the high rise apartment block in which I lived，I saw that the light was still（14）

  .
     I thought to myself，"Is Father waiting for me，or is he still angry with me？" After a long hesitation，I opened the door and instantly tears ran down my cheeks.I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had（15）

  between us did not exist at all because love is second to none.
  
  

  （1）	A．greetings	B．suggestions	C．a(chǎn)ffections	D．education
  （2）	A．a(chǎn)ctivities	B．a(chǎn)musements	C．games	D．difficulties
  （3）	A．put	B．bound	C．caught	D．led
  （4）	A．richest	B．funniest	C．farthest	D．cheeriest
  （5）	A．Regrets	B．Injuries	C．Dangers	D．Quarrels
  （6）	A．put heart in	B．set foot in	C．bury head in	D．keep hand in
  （7）	A．towards	B．past	C．beyond	D．over
  （8）	A．a(chǎn)dulthood	B．a(chǎn)dolescence	C．childhood	D．youth
  （9）	A．what	B．how	C．why	D．whether
  （10）	A．old	B．stubborn	C．a(chǎn)ngry	D．emotional
  （11）	A．house	B．door	C．wall	D．block
  （12）	A．with	B．a(chǎn)cross	C．without	D．from
  （13）	A．unhappy	B．melt	C．confused	D．frozen
  （14）	A．on	B．off	C．out	D．in
  （15）	A．created	B．built	C．opened	D．imagined
  組卷：28引用：2難度：0.7

  解析

單詞拼寫(xiě)（共10空，每空1分，滿分10分）請(qǐng)根據(jù)句子的意思、首字母和漢語(yǔ)提示用正確形式完成下列句子，每空只填一個(gè)單詞。

• 17．Because of the shortage of boats，the v

  （受害者）couldn't receive urgent aid. （根據(jù)中英文提示填空）
  組卷：5引用：1難度：0.5

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應(yīng)用文（滿分30分）

• 18．假定你是李華，與留學(xué)生朋友Bob約好一起去書(shū)店，因故不能赴約．請(qǐng)給他寫(xiě)封郵件，內(nèi)容包括：
  1．表示歉意
  2．說(shuō)明原因
  3．另約時(shí)間
  注意：1．詞數(shù)100左右；
  2．可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫．
  Dear Bob，
  

  
  Yours，
  Li Hua
  組卷：224引用：39難度：0.3

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