2022-2023学年黑龙江省哈绥化市青冈实验中学师大高二（上）期中英语试卷

第一部分 阅读第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

• 1．Endangered Wildlife of Malaysian Borneo
  May 2023- 4 days
     Register now at tours@ newscientist.jye.ai and we will contact you soon with full tour information.
     Day 1：Arrive into Sepilok
     Welcome to Borneo!You will be met upon arrival at Sandakan airport and then go to Sepilok Nature Resort.In the evening，your guest expert and guide Charles Ryan will give a talk on the trip ahead and then you can enjoy a welcome meal together.After dinner，head out for a night walk in the thick rainforest to search for wildlife（野生动物） active at night.
     Day 2：Sepilok Orangutang Rehabilitation Centre
     Start early for a pre - breakfast birdwatching walk.Return to the lodge for breakfast and walk the short distance from the resort to the Sepilok Orangutang Rehabilitation Centre.In the afternoon，head out to the Rainforest Discovery Centre.In the evening，Charles will give talks about the day's finds.He will also help you improve your skills to take pictures.
     Day 3：River Safaris and Sustainable Farming
     There will be an early wakeup call today for coffee and tea，before searching for wildlife.You will finish at the village of Abai for breakfast at one of the houses.Afterwards，visit a forest restoration site，see the effect that it has on wildlife and have an opportunity to plant some trees.After returning by boat to the lodge for lunch，we will take another river trip in search of more wildlife.
     Day 4：Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre
     After breakfast，leave for the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre，where you will be given a private tour of the centre by the founder of the centre，Dr Wong.The sun bear is the smallest bear species（物种） in the world.Afterwards，go to an early lunch at San Da Gen Kopitiam.At night，you can walk to search for some wild animals in the forest.
  
  （1）What can visitors do early on the second day？

  
  A．Enjoy a welcome meal.
  B．Watch wild birds.
  C．Make coffee by themselves.
  D．Learn to plant trees.
  （2）What do activities on Day 1 and Day 4 have in common？

  
  A．Visitors have to take an early lunch.
  B．Visitors search for wild animals at night.
  C．Visitors watch the world' s smallest bear.
  D．Visitors wake up early for coffee and tea.
  （3）On which day do visitors eat at a local house？

  
  A．Day 1.
  B．Day 2.
  C．Day 3.
  D．Day 4.
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• 2．It's funny—as a writer，it's easy to share your knowledge，or your personal stories with an unknown listener of many.You think your friends and family may not read your articles.But as I began to talk more openly about Chinese traditions and food，I learned that they were interested，curious and really hungered for it.Their interest and curiosity grew and the culmination of their interest and curiosity was this past Spring Festival.They would like to spend the Spring Festival with me.It was an inconvenient Monday.I'd never had the Spring Festival when anyone but my father cooked.
     I took the day off work in a madness of last-minute preparation.I drove 45 minutes out of town to a Cantonese BBQ shop where I bought a whole roast duck （烤鸭） and watched，fascinated，as it was changed into bite sizes.I shopped at a faraway international market like madwoman，looking for Chinese vegetables and other foods that would be new for my guests I called my dad，asking for six-second pointers on how to make dishes I'd never made.I texted him pictures of the sea fish I picked out，and the red clothing they threw on for luck.
     In just a few hours，I cooked a dinner of 15 dishes for six friends who cared enough about me and my culture to come over on a cold winter Monday night to celebrate my tradition with me.We drank，ate and toasted the beautiful night.And that night，I felt what it was to be loved for my culture as well as our food.
  
  （1）What does the underlined word "culmination" mean in paragraph 1？

  
  A．Top.
  B．Celebration.
  C．Tradition.
  D．Trouble.
  （2）What did the author do in the BBQ shop？

  
  A．She ate a whole roast duck.
  B．She took a roast duck.
  C．She asked to cook a duck herself.
  D．She took beautiful photos of the duck.
  （3）What does the second paragraph mainly talk about？

  
  A．The shops the author went to.
  B．The author's love of Chinese food.
  C．The author's preparation for dinner.
  D．The suggestions the author's father gave.
  （4）What can we say about the author from the text？

  
  A．She is living with her father.
  B．She is a madwoman.
  C．She is a world famous writer.
  D．She is proud of Chinese culture.
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• 3．Washing clothes by hand sounds like a simple task，but for many women around the world it can do harm to their well-being and living.What would you do with your time if you could spend less time washing your clothes？ "Paid work，" replied Aleas，a 49-year-old woman from a family of 10 with no access to an electric washing machine.She spent 8-12 hours every week washing everyone's clothes by hand and described how the required body position of sitting on her feet caused her back pain.
     Washing Machine Project provides low-income communities with an accessible washing solution.Its task is to help women save the time to take charge of their lives. "A mother or a child doesn't have to spend 20 hours a week washing clothes by hand，" said Nav Sawhney，an engineering student at University of Bath in the UK.
     Sawhney has created a movable washing machine that is operated by hand.He came up with the idea when Divya，a woman he met in southern India，explained the struggle of washing clothes without a machine.This burden is often shouldered by women and girls in many developing countries.Now，Sawhney's washing machines，which he named Divya after the woman，could greatly reduce the time of washing clothes and allow women and young girls to receive education and have paid work.
     After research in Iraq，Lebanon，the Philippines and Jordan，as well as India，Sawhney came up with a machine that uses only 10 liters of water every time，compared with 30 by a typical electric machine，extremely important in places where water is short.It's also made out of things that are easy to get and replace，which means it doesn't need much money to make it.Sawhney and his volunteers won the support of University of Bath，and already received orders from Kenya，Nigeria and Uganda.
  
  （1）What does washing clothes by hand mean to Aleas？

  
  A．A hard way of making a living.
  B．A simple method of killing time.
  C．The tiring housework she has to do.
  D．The family duty she volunteers to do.
  （2）Why was the washing machine named after Divya？

  
  A．She inspired the invention.
  B．She helped with the design.
  C．She was the first to order it.
  D．She thought up the idea first.
  （3）What can we learn about the washing machine "Divya"？

  
  A．It is cheap and water-saving.
  B．It is mainly promoted in India.
  C．It is shared by a community.
  D．It is free to use.
  （4）What is the main purpose of Sawhney's washing machines？

  
  A．To develop the market in developing countries.
  B．To reduce women's burden in low-income areas.
  C．To take the place of traditional washing machines.
  D．To wash clothes in an environmentally-friendly way.
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第三部分 写作第一节 （满分15分）

• 8．假定你是晨光中学的李津。你在校报英语专栏看到了学校"英语文化节"在招募志愿者，为"Talent Show，Speech Contest"和"English Debate"等活动提供志愿服务，请根据写作要点写一封应征邮件。
  写作要点：
  1.表明写信意图；
  2.陈述应征目的；
  3.说明应征条件（性格、能力等）。
  注意：1.词数：100 词左右，开头结尾已给出，不算入总词数；
  2.可适当加入细节，以使内容充实、行文连贯；
  3.请勿提及与考生身份相关的信息。
  Dear Ms Chen，
       I'm Li Jin，a student from Class 2，Senior 2._______
       Looking forward to your reply.
  Yours truly，
  Li Jin
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第二节（满分25分）阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为 150 左右。

• 9．My parents came to the US from India in the 1960s，along with other immigrants from India.Back then，there were few Indians anywhere around the US.My father came to Kansas，where he would get his Ph.D.Six months later，my mother came with the three of us kids — my sister，my brother，and me.We were just six，five and three years old then.
     It was the very first winter when we were in Kansas.It was so cold，but we didn't have heavy coats or warm clothes.We didn't have a concept of how cold it really could be in the Midwest，and there was a new surprise every day.We didn't have a car or anything like that，and my dad didn't have a US driver's license.But anyway，my father was studying for his Ph.D.，and he would walk up and down a big hill to and from the campus on a regular basis.
     Since I was three years old，I didn't go to school，but my sister and brother were in school.My father had to walk down the big hill to take them to school every day and then walk back up the hill to go to university.After about three weeks of living like this，a woman called Valerie，whose son John was in the same class as my brother，started noticing them.On a very cold snowy morning，when they went to school as usual，Valerie passed by.She pulled up and said， "I see you on the way every day.Don't you feel cold without coats？"My father responded，"We didn't expect the weather would be so cold in Kansas."Valerie said，"Maybe I can take your daughter and son to school.Would you like a ride？"
  
  Paragraph 1：Hearing that，my dad nodded with great joy.____________________
  Paragraph 2：Later，Valerie and her family became so dear to my family.____________________
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