2023-2024学年云南师大附中高二（上）开学英语试卷

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共4小题；每小题6分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

• 1．English Poetry Contest of 2023
  Are you good at writing poetry？Enter your poem to join!Our poetry contest is held every two years.Write a poem about how the pandemic has changed your life.
     Prizes
     The contest awards one first place prize of 2，000 andafirstprizewallplaque（100 value）；twenty second place prizes of 100 eachandasecondplacewallplaque（75 value）；one hundred third place winners of a third place wall plaque（＄25 value）.
     Rules
     Follow all rules carefully to prevent disqualification（取消资格）.
     IMPORTANT：
     ☆Contestants must be at least thirteen years of age.
     ☆Only one poem per person in a family is allowed.
     ☆A poem in its entirety must be an original work by the person entering the contest.
     ☆All entries are judged anonymously（匿名地）.Please do not include your name，address，phone number，etc.，or your entry will be disqualified.
     Deadline：Email your entry by 30th June 2023.
     Length：42 lines max.No minimum.Title not included in the line count.
     Format：Entries must be typed.We do not accept handwritten submissions.
     Fees：£10 per poem.
     Judging：The judges' decision is final and no individual correspondence（通信） can be entered into.Judges are unable to comment on individual entries.Judging is fair.
     Copyright：Worldwide copyright of each entry remains with the author but the Bridport Prize has unrestricted rights to publish the winning and highly praised poems.
  
  （1）What do we know about the poetry contest？

  
  A．It takes place twice a year.
  B．It focuses on the development of poetry.
  C．Contestants have to pay for it.
  D．It gives feedback on each entry.
  （2）How many entries can a single-parent family with 2 children submit at most？

  
  A．One.
  B．Two.
  C．Three.
  D．Four.
  （3）Which of the following won't result in disqualification？

  
  A．Typing your poem out.
  B．Writing a poem of 43 lines，excluding the title.
  C．Emailing your entry on July 30.
  D．Including personal information in your entry.
  组卷：2引用：3难度：0.5

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• 2．Spring lifts our spirjye.ais.It's a time for Nature to bring us back to life after a cold season.I live not far from the Kairaku Park，which is one of the largest gardens in Japan，and famous for its near 10，000 plum trees.I am fortunate to have them all outside my backyard，and take advantage of the walking paths daily.
     I see the same trees and swans every day，but that day was different.At the edge of the small lake，I saw some new-born black swans.They were pretty and cute.They stayed with their mom.While taking a few photos of the sunset，I was interrupted by a high sound going on for some time.So，I turned around and saw one little swan was stuck by two stones.Its mother was trying to make it out but failed.I tried to get near but the mother was ever so angry!She wouldn't allow me to get close，so I turned to an old man sitting on the bench and said，"Excuse me，the swan baby can't move and I want to help it，but the mother is extremely angry!Could you please do me a favor？"
     After hearing my words，the man smiled at me first and then agreed to help me.He drove the mother away with great efforts，and for several times，he was almost hurt by the mother.Thanks to him，I was able to get there and push the little swan out of the gap finally.Oh，I really hoped it wasn't injured，but at least it was alive and swimming!
     In spring，I become more physically active.Things around don't make us，but Nature does，and it keeps us going.I am positive that all of us have a little piece of nature in our own neighborhoods.Somewhere we will be reminded why natural life is so important-- -because we grow with it!Personally，I am happy that baby birds can put a smile on my face!I struggle for having a small number of "things" in life，and being filled with simple reality--at one with Nature.
  
  （1）What can we know about the author from Paragraph 1？

  
  A．Her favorite season is spring.
  B．She enjoys doing outdoor sports.
  C．Her backyard is filled with plum trees.
  D．She is satisfied with her living environment.
  （2）Why was that day special for the author？

  
  A．She took a few photos of the sunset.
  B．She made a little swan's mother angry.
  C．She met some swans and helped one of them.
  D．She met an old man and made friends with him.
  （3）What kind of person is probably the old man？

  
  A．Well-known.
  B．Warm-hearted.
  C．Selfish.
  D．Outgoing.
  （4）What makes us more physically active according to the author？

  
  A．Nature.
  B．kindness.
  C．The garden.
  D．The things around.
  （5）It can be inferred from the text that the author

  .
  A．is really a nature lover
  B．is short of some life skill
  C．asks people to help the weak
  D．calls on more people to protect the environment
  组卷：11引用：3难度：0.5

  解析

• 3．    It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house.Our children were upstairs unpacking，and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. "What are you doing out there？" I called to him.
      He looked up，smiling. "I'm making you a surprise." I thought it could be just about anything.When we were kids，he always created something surprising for us.Today，however，Dad would say no more，and caught up in the business of our new life，I eventually forgot about his surprise.
  Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window，saw a dot of blue across the yard.I headed outside for a closer look.They were crocuses（番红花）throughout the front lawn blue，yellow and my favorite pink，with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind.I remembered the things Dad secretly planted last autumn.He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down.What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs？
      My father's crocuses bloomed（开花）each spring for the next five seasons，always bringing the same assurance：Hard times are almost over.Hold on，keep going，and light is coming soon.
      Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms and the next spring there were none.I missed the crocuses，so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs.But I never did.He died suddenly one October day.My family were in deep sorrow，leaning on our faith.
      On a spring afternoon four years later，I was driving back when I felt depressed.It was Dad's birthday，and I found myself thinking about him.This was not unusual-my family often talked about him，remembering how he lived up to his faith.Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway.I stopped and stared at the lawn.There on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow，bravely waving in the wind，was one pink crocus.
      How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago，one that hadn't bloomed in over a decade？But there was the crocus.Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.
      Hold on，keep going，and light is coming soon.The pink crocus bloomed for only a day，but it built my faith for a lifetime.
  
  （1）According to the first three paragraphs，we learn that

  .
  A．it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise was
  B．the author was unpacking when her father was making the surprise
  C．it was not the first time that the author's father had made a surprise
  D．the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father
  （2）Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？

  
  A．The author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.
  B．The author's father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.
  C．The author often thought about her father after he died.
  D．The crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.
  （3）The author's father should be best described as

  .
  A．a part-time worker who loved flowers
  B．a kind-hearted man who lived with faith
  C．a full-time gardener with skillful hands
  D．an ordinary man with doubts in his life
  组卷：0引用：1难度：0.5

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写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（满分 15 分）

• 8．假定你是学生会主席李华，你校筹划下周举办一次"魅力中国"城市展览，给国际学生提供了解中国城市的机会。请你用英语写一份通知，号召国际学生积极参与，内容包括：
  （1）活动时间、地点；
  （2）活动内容及意义。
  注意：
  （1）词数不少于80；
  （2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
  
  NOTICENovember 19，2022
  _________
  The Students' Union
  组卷：1引用：3难度：0.5

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第二节、读后续写

• 9．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。
      The Netherlands is a country where much of it is below sea level.Dikes （堤坝） are great walls that stop the North Sea from rushing in and flooding the country.For many centuries the people of the Netherlands have worked to keep the walls strong to keep their country safe.Even little children there are quite aware that a small hole in the walls can cause big damage in the country.There was a boy who was named Peter.His father was one of the men who would open and close the gates in the dikes for the ships to pass out of the Netherlands' canals into the great sea.
      One cold afternoon when Peter was eight years old，his mother asked him to deliver some cakes she baked to his blind friend who lived across the dike.Peter stayed with him for a while，shared his experience of the walk and described the sun，the flowers，and the ships far out in the sea.
      Then he found it was dark totally.So he said goodbye to his friend and set out for home immediately.On his way back，as he walked beside the canal，he noticed that the water had risen a lot because of rain and it was beating against the dike violently.
      As Peter was walking along，he suddenly heard a noise of trickling （滴流的） water.He stopped and saw a small hole in the dike through which a tiny stream was flowing.Peter knew the danger that could be caused as the little hole would soon become a larger one and the whole country could be flooded.So he climbed down the side of the dike and put his finger into the tiny hole.The flowing of the water stopped in no time.
  注意：
  （1）续写词数应为150左右；
  （2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
      Peter shouted for help，but in vain （徒劳）.
  ______
      Early the next morning，a man going for work heard Peter's groan （呻吟）.
  ______
  组卷：2引用：4难度：0.5

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