2022-2023学年宁夏吴忠市青铜峡市宁朔中学高二（下）期末英语试卷

一、阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

• 1．Trip to Moonlight Island
  

  Day 1 （Oct.4） 9：00 Meet at Red Star Airport ◇The Old Town ◇The Historical House 12：30 Lunch （The famous fish） ◇Windmill Park ◇Dolphin watching 18：00 Dinner（Rice noodles） ◇Rainbow Bridge	Day 2 （Oct.5） 9：00 Breakfast （Bread and milk） ◇Rose Mountain 12：30 Lunch （A BBQ） ◇Waterside Farm ◇Back 18：00 End at Green Bush Airport Have a nice trip!
  Cost： ﹩ 200 each person     *If you book（预订）the trip before Farmers' Harvest Festival （Sept.23），you can get 20% off.    *Kids under 9 are free.

  （1）Tourists will have

  for lunch on Day 1.
  A．bread and milk
  B．a BBQ
  C．fish
  D．rice noodles
  （2）Tourists will visit

  on the morning of Oct.5.
  A．Windmill Park
  B．Rainbow Bridge
  C．Waterside Farm
  D．Rose Mountain
  （3）If Mrs.Zhao and her 8-year-old son book the trip on Sept.22，they will pay

  .
  A．﹩ 160
  B．﹩ 40
  C．﹩ 200
  D．﹩ 320
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• 2．Duan Jiayang，a 12-year-old student of a primary school in Yinchuan，Ningxia，learns the skills required to attend vegetable fields.
     "I learned how to place the mulch film（地膜），" he says， "It's not easy."
     In China，many parents place a heavy focus on their children's good marks，but career skills have little been cared.
     "Some parents do everything for their children，" says Yan Mei，an official in a primary school，adding that many students lack the basic sills which are needed in their daily lives.For example，Yan says，some parents，not their children，would do the school's general cleaning.
     Since March last year，the governments have launched（发布） a lot of policies（政策），requiring that colleges，middle schools and primary schools pay more attention to teaching students practical skills.
     Following these policies，the primary school launched an "agricultural class base" on one of its schoolyards.Students plant fruit and vegetables on an area of land about 4，000 m² in size.
  With May Day holiday coming near，students of various grades at the school worked together in the fields，says school principal Yang Bo.They planted watermelon，carrot and corn.May Day，also known as Labor Day，is celebrated on May 1st in China.
     The school hopes that students will understand the food is quite precious so that they will better realize the difficulties that their parents went through.
  
  （1）Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word in the first paragraph？

  
  A．look for
  B．turn up
  C．take care of
  D．cut out
  （2）What do many parents care most in the passage？

  
  A．Children's life skills.
  B．Children's high marks.
  C．Teachers' skills course.
  D．Teachers' teaching level.
  （3）What is the school's purpose to hold the planting activity before Labor Day？

  
  A．Students should understand the importance of labor.
  B．Students should realize the difficulties their parents went through.
  C．Students should learn the basic life skills.
  D．Students should enjoy themselves at school.
  （4）Which of the following is the best title for the passage？

  
  A．Kids Get a Lesson in Life through Skills Course
  B．Duan Jiayang，a Hard-working Student
  C．Schools Follow the Governments' Policies
  D．Parents Hope for Children's Good Results in School
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• 3．    When my son，Mark，was in the third grade，he saved all his pocket money for over three months to buy holiday presents.The third Saturday in December Mark said he had made his list and had twenty dollars in his pocket.
     I drove him to a nearby superjye.aiet.Mark picked up a hand basket and went in while I waited and watched in the car.After choosing his presents，he came to the checkout counter （交款处） and reached into his pocket for his money.It was not there!There was a hole in his pocket，but no money.Mark stood there holding his basket，tears falling down his face.
     Then a surprising thing happened.A woman came up to Mark and took him in her arms. "You would help me a lot if you let me pay for you，" said the woman. "It would be the most wonderful gift you could give me.I only ask that one day you will pass it on.When you grow up，I would like you to find someone you can help.When you help others，I know you will feel as good about it as I do now."
     Mark took the money，dried his tears and ran back to the checkout counter as fast as he could.That year we all enjoyed our gifts almost as much as Mark enjoyed giving them to us.
     I would like to say "thank you" to that very kind woman，and tell her that four years later，Mark went house to house collecting blankets and clothes for the homeless people in the fire.And I want to promise her that Mark will never forget to keep passing it on.
  
  （1）When they got to the supermarket，Mark went in

  .
  A．with the writer
  B．by himself
  C．with the woman
  D．with his friends
  （2）What happened to Mark in the supermarket？

  
  A．His gifts were stolen.
  B．He broke his basket.
  C．He lost his money.
  D．He lost his way.
  （3）What did the woman ask Mark to do after paying for him？

  
  A．To help others.
  B．To give her money.
  C．To say "thank you" to her.
  D．To forget the experience.
  （4）What's the best title for this passage？

  
  A．A big supermarket
  B．A kind woman
  C．A happy family
  D．A wonderful gift
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• 4．    More and more people around the world are joining in dangerous sports.Some people climbed the highest mountains；some traveled to unknown parts of the world；some sailed small boats across the largest sea.Now some people begin to look for new excitement.
     Bungee jumping and motorcycle racing （摩托车赛） are quite thrilling sports.Bungee jumping only lasts for a few minutes or even seconds.You jump from a high place，about 200 meters above the ground，and there is a rubber band （橡胶带子） tied to your legs.When you jump down，the rubber band pulls you up.About 2，000，000 people around the world have tried bungee jumping.
     Why do people join in these dangerous sports？Some scientists say that it is because modern life has become safe and it is not jye.aiterestjye.aig.In the past，people lived in danger.They had to go out and look for food，and life was like a fight but was interesting.
     Many people think that there is little excitement in life.They live and work in safe places，buy food in shops，and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill.
  
  （1）People like to join in dangerous sports because

  .
  A．they have a lot of free time
  B．they can go to the hospital if they are hurt
  C．they need excitement
  D．they don't need to look for food
  （2）What does the underlined word in Para 2 mean？

  
  A．Safe
  B．dangerous
  C．beautiful
  D．ancient
  （3）The following statements are right EXCEPT

  ？
  A．everyone's life is dangerous now.
  B．many people live and work in safe places.
  C．many people buy food in shops.
  D．people can go to see the doctors when they become ill.
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五. 语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

• 12．    Once I went to a German city for vacation.The trip left a（1）

  （deep） impression on me than before.It was already dark outside when I arrived at the airport at 6 p.m.The first thing was to find a place to stay.I decided （2）

  （call） the youth hotel.But to use the phone I（3）

  （need） some coins.I asked a lady for help.To my surprise，she gave me three （4）

  （coin） to use.But all the phones there needed phone cards which could only be bought at post-offices during the daytime.I was afraid I wouldn't be able to call the hotel. （5）

  old gentleman helped me.He couldn't speak English （6）

  understand that I needed to make a phone call.He showed me to the phone and inserted（插入）his phone card.I called the hotel and found a place to stay that night.The （7）

  （kind） of German people made me feel at home.
     Wherever I went，I asked people for directions.It surprised me that almost every young German could speak English （8）

  （ fluent）.Older Germans couldn't speak English very well，but they would try to help me whenever they could.One middle-aged man even drove me to the place I was looking for.My experience in Germany completely changed （9）

  （I） impression of Germans.
     I thought Germans were not （10）

  （friend） to foreigners before，but things have changed since jye.ain.The people in Germany couldn't be more friendly.
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六、书面表达

• 13．假定你是李华，外教Ryan准备将学生随机分为两人一组，让大家课后练习口语，你认为这样分组存在问题。请你给外教写一封邮件，内容包括；
  （1）说明问题；
  （2）提出建议。
  注意：
  （1）写作词数应为80个左右：
  （2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
  Dear Ryan，
      I'm Li Hua from Class 3.
  ______
  Yours sincerely，
  Li Hua
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