2022-2023学年山西省大同市平城区恒德学校高二（下）期末英语试卷
发布：2024/6/18 8:0:10
阅读理解（共4小题；每小题9分，满分45分）
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1．St David's Hall
St David's Hall is the award winning National Concert Hall of Wales standing at the very heart of Cardiff's entertainment centre.With an impressive 2，000—seat concert hall，S David's Hall is home to the annual Welsh Proms Cardiff.It presents live entertainment，including pop，rock，folk，jazz，musicals，dance，world music，films and classical music.
www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.jye.ai
The Glee Club
Every weekend this is "Wales" premier comedy club where having a great time is the order for both audiences and comedy stars alike.It is hard to name a comedy star who hasn't been on the stage here.If you are looking for the best comedies on tour and brilliant live music，you should start here.
www.glee.co.jye.ai/cardiff
Sherman Cymru
Sherman Cymru's theatre in the Cathays area of Cardiff reopened in February 2012.This special building is a place in which theatre is made and where children，artists，writers and anyone else have the opportunity to do creative things.Sherman Cymru is excited to present a packed programme of the very best theatre，dance，family shows and music from Wales and the rest of the world.
www.shermancymru.co.jye.ai
New Theatre
The New Theatre has been the home of quality drama，musicals，dance and children's shows for more than 100 years.Presenting the best of the West End along with the pick of the UK's touring shows，the New Theatre is Cardiff's oldest surviving traditional theatre.Be sure to pay a visit as part of your stay in the city.
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.jye.ai
（1）Where is the Welsh Proms Cardiff hosted？
A．At St David's Hall.
B．At the Glee Club.
C．At Sherman Cymru.
D．At the New Theatre.
（2）What can people do at the Glee Club？
A．Watch musicals.
B．Do creative things.
C．See family shows.
D．Enjoy comedies.
（3）Which website can you visit to learn about Cardiff's oldest surviving theatre？
A．www.glee.co.jye.ai/cardiff
B．www.shermancymru.co.jye.ai
C．www.newtheatrecardiff.co.jye.ai
D．www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.jye.ai组卷：135引用：3难度：0.5 -
2．Research shows people have a tendency to seek out information during uncertain times — it's a natural coping mechanism （机制）.But is continuous information-seeking on social media，sometimes called doomscrolling （末日刷刷刷），helpful during a pandemic，or any time？
Research on the effects of bad news on mood suggests exposure to negative COVID news is likely to be dangerous to our emotional well being.For instance，one study conducted in March 2020 involving more than 6，000 Americans found that the more time participants spent consuming COVID news in a day，the unhappier they felt.
These findings are striking but leave a few key questions unanswered.Does doomscrolling make people unhappy，or are unhappy people just more likely to doomscroll？How much time spent doomscrolling is a problem？And what would happen if，instead of doomscrolling，we were " kindness scrolling " — reading about humanity's positive responses to a global crisis？
To find out answers to these questions，researchers conducted a study where they showed hundreds of people real-world content on either Twitter or YouTube for two to four minutes.The Twitter feeds and YouTube videos featured either general news about the COVID，or news about kindness during COVID.Researchers then measured these participants' moods using a questionnaire，and compared their moods with participants who did not engage with any content at all.
People who were shown general COVID-related news experienced lower moods than people who were shown nothing at all.Meanwhile，people who were shown COVID news stories involving acts of kindness didn't experience the same decline in mood，but also didn't gain the boost in mood they' d predicted.These findings suggest that spending as little as two to four minutes consuming negative news about COVID-19 can have a negative impact on our mood.
Researchers are still working on what people can do to look after themselves，and make time on social media more pleasurable.
（1）How did the author introduce the topic of the text？
A．By asking a question.
B．By telling a story.
C．By listing lots of figures.
D．By answering a question.
（2）Why did researchers conduct the study mentioned in paragraph 4？
A．To figure out why people like doomscrolling.
B．To find out what news has bad effects on emotion.
C．To figure out the answers to the few key questions.
D．To find out what news people like about doomscrolling.
（3）What can we learn about the relation between news and emotion？
A．No news may lead people to low mood.
B．General COVID-related news may cause low spirits.
C．COVID news of kindness may boost mood.
D．2-4 minutes of COVID-19 news viewing doesn't affect mood.
（4）What is unmentioned in the text？
A．The research time.
B．The results of the study.
C．The study institution.
D．The number of participants.组卷：2引用：3难度：0.6 -
3．It's a simple yet effective message that appeals，and leads to a satisfying way of motivating us to promote environmentalism in our own way.
Born in Nairobi，Lesein Mutunkei is in his late teens，and his Trees4 Goals is the means with which he intends to make the world greener.It unites two of his self-declared passions in life：love of the outdoors，with his love of football.Lesein enjoyed walking in the forest，but recognized his country was experiencing a serious loss of tree coverage.Between 2001 and 2020，Kenya lost an estimated 11% of trees，releasing as many as 176 million tons of CO2.
In a blog post for WWF Kenya，Lesein revealed that，once he started the Trees4 Goals initiative，he originally planned to plant one tree per goal.By 2020，he wanted to take his efforts even further.What started as one tree planted per goal mushroomed into 11 trees planted per goal.Explaining the reasoning behind expanding the tree-planting，he said， "It represents team effort in football and the contribution by my team.I have managed to hit the 1，000th tree milestone in the last two years."
While it's something of an own goal to destroy the forests and jungles providing enormous biodiversity，innovative initiatives like Trees4 Goals are an assured way to score an environmentalist hat-trick.Football is popular.It cuts through cultural barriers regardless of the country it is played in.By increasing the trees planted per goal，with more such initiatives springing up，even more will be grown.
Like a seed，best ideas start small and change into something that can become far larger than anticipated.While Lesein continues planting 11 trees per goal，Kenyan government is aiming to ensure the planting of 1.8 billion trees to reach 10% forest coverage.The science behind is clear：if 900 million hectares are devoted to half a trillion trees，the world can offset（抵消）half of all carbon released since 1960.
（1）What gave Lesein the idea of launching the project？
A．Release of too much CO2.
B．Dream of motivating others.
C．Passion for sports and nature.
D．Habit of exercising in the woods.
（2）What did Lesein do in 2020？
A．He created a blog for WWF.
B．He multiplied his commitment.
C．He planted one tree for each goal.
D．He extended his work to other teams.
（3）What do the underlined words "own goal" in paragraph 4 refer to？
A．Aim that is intended to achieve.
B．Action that harms one's own interests.
C．Pursuit toward which effort is directed.
D．Goal that is scored for the opposing team.
（4）What can we learn from Lesein's story？
A．United，we win.
B．No pains，no gains.
C．Love me，love my dog.
D．Small deeds，big difference.组卷：1引用：3难度：0.6
短文改错（共15分）
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8．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Despite the three largest state in the USA，California has the largest population and becomes the most multicultural society，having attracted immigrants from all over the world，among which are the Spanish.Of the first Spanish to go to California，the majority were religious man，whose the ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.In the eighteenth century，California ruled by Spajye.ai.In 1821，the people of Mexico gained their independent from Spain.California then became part of Mexico.In 1846，the United States declared war to Mexico，and after lose the war，Mexico had to give California to the USA.Therefore，there is still a strong Spanish influence.Today over forty percent of the Californians speak Spanish as our first or second language.组卷：3引用：2难度：0.5
书面表达（共25分）
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9．假设你校正在组织题为"The person who inspires me"的英语征文比赛，请你写一篇短文参赛。内容包括：
（1）该人物的简单介绍；
（2）激励或鼓舞你的原因。
注意：
（1）词数100左右；
（2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
The person who inspires me______组卷：18引用：2难度：0.5
