2022-2023学年上海外国语大学附中大境中学高二（上）期中英语试卷

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

• 1．Wintry Scenes from a Swedish Wonderland I always give the same advice to ambitious photographers： （1）

  home is，that's where you should begin.Having lived and worked everywhere but in Sweden for most of my life，I was terrible at following it myself.For me，Sweden has always been a place to relax and spend time with family.I've never explored it in the same way I've explored destinations like Zambia （2）

  now.
      With all of my foreign trips （3）

  （cancel） this year，I decided to travel north from my home near Stockholm.What began as a two-week trip quickly turned into journeys （4）

  both starting and finishing in midwinter，lasted the entire year.
      Climate change doesn't have any impact on the length of our daylight.And yet （5）

  （lie） on the back staring up at the magical light show of the aurora borealis（北极光），I hardly minded the lack of daylight.Instead， （6）

  caught my attention was the fascinating beauty of the white，frozen landscapes and the endless shades of blue.
      But Johan Stenevad，my host at Lapland Guesthouse，showed me something else.One day，on a snowmobile path lined with tall trees on both sides，he turned off his engine and asked me what I saw. "Trees，" I answered. "A forest."
      He shook his head. "Not a forest，just a plantation.Soon，this is what （7）

  （leave）." he said.For over half a century now，the ancient forests that once seemed endless continue （8）

  （cut） down.The Sami that live mainly in the northern areas （9）

  （face） an existential crisis.Their lives and culture are closely lined to the ancient forests and the reindeer（驯鹿）jye.aire.The slow growing lichen（地衣）and mushrooms upon which the reindeer depend for survival are not found in plantations.So，the death of one （10）

  mean the death of the other，and an uncertain future for an entire people.
      We are not visitors in nature and it's essential for our own survival as well as that of the natural world.
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Section B

• 2．

  A.exchanges B.unseen C.building D.initiatives AB.jointly AC.broadening AD.predicted BC.popularizing BD.mainstream CD.enters ABC.shouldering

  SAO PAULO，Oct.31 （Xinhua） -- Media representatives from the BRICS countries discussed the development of new media technologies and adopted an action plan to promote cooperation at the fourth BRICS Media Forum here on Thursday.
     The forum，which was held on Oct.30 - 31，gathered nearly 100 representatives from 55 （1）

  media organizations of the group's member countries -- Brazil，Russia，India，China and South Africa.With the theme of "Strengthening Media Cooperation in Building the BRICS Community with a Shared Future，" the forum，organized by China's Xinhua News Agency and Brazil's CMA Group，is aimed at deepening media（2）

  and pragmatic（务实的）cooperation among the BRICS countries.
     Chen Peijie，China's consul general（总领事）in Sao Paulo，said in her opening ceremony speech that the achievements of BRICS cooperation and the bloc's international influence cannot be separated from the media's efforts.
     As the BRICS cooperation（3）

  its second "golden decade，" media cooperation will be crucial，she said.He Ping，editor-in-chief of Xinhua News Agency，said in a keynote speech at the event that the world is undergoing profound changes （4）

  in a century，and the BRICS countries need more than ever to take on global responsibilities.
     As chroniclers（记录者）of history，the BRICS media are（5）

  the important task of promoting cooperation and face a rare opportunity to work hand in hand for progress，he said.He proposed four（6）

  to strengthen the cooperation of the BRICS media.He suggested the BRICS media（7）

  the bloc's development，and actively reflecting economic，cultural，social and environmental achievements made by the BRICS countries.He then called for telling stories of people-to-people exchanges.He also proposed（8）

  a digital media that keeps pace with the times and promote the development and application of new technologies.Moreover，he called for（9）

  the areas of exchanges and mutual assistance.He said the BRICS media need to expand cooperation in news reporting，professional training，personnel training，financial information services and think task exchanges.
     Jose Sanchez.jye.ai-chairman of the forum and president of financial information provider CMA Group，said in his speech that the media of the BRICS countries should（10）

  raise their voices to promote a more fair international public opinion landscape.
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II. Reading Comprehensions

• 3．Against all our wishes，advertising works，which is why，even in hard economic times，Madison Avenue is a ﹩34-billion–a–year business.And if Martin Lindstrom，a marketing consultant is correct，trying to（1）

  the advertisement is about to get especially hard.
     83% of all forms of advertising principally（2）

  only one of our senses：sight.Hearing，however，can be just as powerful，though advertisers have taken only limited advantage of it.Historically，ads have relied on slogans（广告语）to catch our ear，（3）

  everyday sounds—a steak sizzling（发嘶嘶声），a baby laughing and other sounds we can't help paying attention to.Weave these everyday sounds into an ad campaign and we customers may be（4）

  to resist them.
     According to Lindstrom，the everyday sound that is most impressive，both in terms of interest and（5）

  feelings，is a baby laughing.The other high-ranking sounds are also powerful-the sound of a car engine or a soda being poured.
     In all of these cases，it doesn't need an experienced advertisement designer to invent the sounds，associate them with meanings and then play them over and over until the subjects（6）

  them.Rather，the everyday sounds already have meanings and thus can cause a kind of（7）

  ：hunger，thirst or happy expectation.
     Some TV ads have already given viewers close-up shots of meat with sizzling sounds.And retailers are（8）

  .Lindstrom is now consulting with clients，intending to pipe the sound of filtering coffee or fizzing soda into the drink department or that of a baby laughing sound into the baby-food section.
     Of course，this doesn't mean that advertisers can just press the audio button（9）

  and consumers will come eagerly.Indeed，sometimes customers flee.In the early years of cell-phone use，the ringtone（铃音）of a famous cell phone brand was recognized by many people in the U.K.，but soon it became widely（10）

  .That，Lindstrom says，was partly because so few users observed cell-phone manners and（11）

  accidents kept happening in places like movie jye.aiaters.The computer start-up sound has taken on the similarly negative（12）

  ，because people so often hear it when they're restarting the computer after it（13）

  .In these cases，manufacturers themselves may as well revise the bothersome sound or（14）

  it entirely.
     Lindstrom's experiment also shows that people respond to a sound better when it's（15）

  .If nothing else，smart marketers may at least keep the volume low.
  
  

  （1）	A．tune out	B．admit to	C．depend on	D．take over
  （2）	A．evaluate	B．spoil	C．engage	D．portray
  （3）	A．classifying	B．ignoring	C．challenging	D．representing
  （4）	A．sensible	B．selfish	C．powerless	D．pleasant
  （5）	A．hollow	B．positive	C．violent	D．foreign
  （6）	A．infer	B．reject	C．internalize	D．perform
  （7）	A．consumption	B．reaction	C．favor	D．spread
  （8）	A．following suit	B．cooling down	C．losing heart	D．taking risks
  （9）	A．on guard	B．with ease	C．under way	D．in reality
  （10）	A．disliked	B．observed	C．represented	D．enveloped
  （11）	A．objective	B．temporary	C．mysterious	D．annoying
  （12）	A．association	B．agreement	C．tip	D．symptom
  （13）	A．responded	B．revived	C．crashed	D．persisted
  （14）	A．replace	B．rescue	C．balance	D．refund
  （15）	A．optional	B．random	C．specific	D．faint
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Section B

• 4．Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution for two of American's persistent problems：garbage and poverty.It's called the Chip Bag Project.The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers：Rather than toss your empty chip bags into the trash，donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless.
     Chip eaters drop off their empty bags from Doritos，Lay's，and other favorites at two locations in Detroit：a print shop and a clothing store，where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them.After they sanitize the chip bags in soapy hot water，they slice them open，lay them flat，and iron them together.They use padding and liners from old coats to line the insides.
    It takes about four hours to sew a sleeping bag，and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags，depending on whether they're single-serve or family size.The result is a sleeping bag that is "waterproof，lightweight，and easy to carry around，" Oleita told the Detroit News.
     Since its start in 2020，the Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800，000 chip bags and，as of last December，created 110 sleeping bags.Sure，it would be simpler to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags.But that's only half the goal for Oleita—whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life—and her fellow volunteers.They are dedicated to making an impact not only socially，but environmentally，" she says.
     And，of course，there's the symbolism of salvaging bags that would otherwise land in the trash and using them to help the homeless.It's a powerful reminder that environmental injustice and poverty often go hand in hand.As Oleita told the media： "I think it's time to show connections between all of these issues."
  
  （1）What does the Chip Bag Project call on people to do？

  
  A．To throw empty chip bags into dustbins
  B．To bring empty chip bags to appointed locations
  C．To donate them to those homeless
  D．To sanitize empty chip bags for recycle
  （2）The underlined word " line" in the 2^nd paragraph probably means

  .
  A．charge
  B．protect
  C．load
  D．fill
  （3）What is the motivation of Oleita to carry out the Chip Bag Project？

  
  A．To lead a better life with her immigrated family in U.S.A
  B．To launch a charity project with other volunteers in school time.
  C．To make a difference both socially and environmentally.
  D．To help those homeless by giving them handmade sleeping bags.
  （4）According to the passage，what is Oleita like？

  
  A．Adaptable and extroverted.
  B．Creative and warm-hearted.
  C．Aggressive and capable.
  D．Modest and generous.
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• 6．During the most isolating worldwide pandemic in a century，it's time to take a closer look at what may result in loneliness.
     As a group，humans develop being around others，but how much and what kind of contact each person needs to feel part of a community varies among individuals as well as over one person's stage of life. "A common belief is that the loneliest people are those who are alone；actually，it's important to separate the two，" said Dr.Perissinotto，a professor of medicine at the University of California. "Kids with their families can be lonely because they can't see the friends at school；people who are not physically isolated can feel lonely because the community doesn't welcome them in；and older adults can experience loneliness through retirement or death of a loved one." What leads to loneliness is much deeper than being alone.
     With the pandemic exacerbating loneliness issues，an increasing number of health professionals are concerned about the mental and physical health risks associated with the feeling—like depression and early death，according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.That's why，experts say，it's also time to look more closely at what we can do about loneliness.
     "When it comes to fighting loneliness，the key is not looking at circumstances and assuming what feelings should be associated with it，but actually asking yourself if you are lonely，" Perissinotto said. "If your solitude （独处） is a choice and you have people who can support you if you need help，there is no saying you can't live a happy life." And just as solitude doesn't necessarily equal loneliness，interaction doesn't mean fulfilment for everyone，according to Hawkley，a principal research scientist at the University of Chicago. "People can be around others and feel lonely anyway or they can be pretty much single souls and not be lonely，" Hawkley pointed out.
     Hawkley divides connections into three primary types and holds that loneliness can stem from the sensing of a lack of any of them. "The first type happens when someone like a spouse is so close to you that part of your identity becomes closely connected with his or hers.Then there is the second type，which you establish with your close friends，as well as the third type—those interactions that make you feel part of a community."
     It is suggested that one identify what kind of loss of connection his loneliness is coming from and then evaluate the quality of his various relationships.Identifying the kind of connection that one is longing for and the quality of the relationships he already has are important first steps，but where one goes from there depends entirely on his specific context.
  
  （1）According to the passage，Perissinotto probably agrees that

  .
  A．people who live alone are much more likely to feel lonely
  B．asking someone if he's lonely doesn't help fight loneliness
  C．those choosing to be alone do not necessarily feel unhappy
  D．death of loved ones is the main cause of people's loneliness
  （2）The word exacerbating in paragraph 3 most probably means

  .
  A．worsening
  B．exploring
  C．confusing
  D．addressing
  （3）What can we conclude from the last two paragraphs？

  
  A．There're no obvious connections among three different types of loneliness.
  B．Hawkley holds that people lacking one of the three connections feel lonely.
  C．Recognizing one's missing connection is helpful in dealing with loneliness.
  D．The quality of one's relationships is not so important as his specific context.
  （4）What is the passage mainly about？

  
  A．Differences between being alone and lonely.
  B．Causes of loneliness and ways to deal with it.
  C．Effects of a pandemic on people's way of keeping connected.
  D．Reasons for people's loneliness and importance of fighting it.
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III. Translation

• 17．能意识到潜在顾客未被满足的需求的公司，可以在这个领域创造出一个目标市场。（aware） （汉译英）
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VI. Guided Writing

• 18．近期，某社区正在开展"让家园更美好"的活动。希望大家献言献计，为社区发展出谋划策。请你提出一个社区中存在的问题或需要改进的方面，并说出你的建议和理由。
  内容包括：
  （1）存在的问题和不足；
  （2）你的建议和理由。
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