2022-2023学年湖南省岳阳一中高二（上）期末英语试卷

第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分37.5分）第一节 （共4小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）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．Are you looking to make your career in science，design or engineering？Then join our community of online learners!Here are some courses.
  
     Electronic products bring countless benefits to society，but their production and waste treatment also lead to numerous negative environmental and economic impacts.In a circular economy，products are designed to last.Recycling can help recover the value in the materials so that these can be used again to produce new products.This course supports you to explore both Design for Recycling and Designing with Recycled Plastics.
  
     Building design strongly influences the quantity of heating，cooling and electricity needed during building operation.This course will enable you to understand the base principle（原理） of the energy chain：demand，supply and distribution；and how they related to design principle for sustainable and energy-efficient buildings.
  
     Energy markets are governed by the laws of economics.But how does the "invisible hand" of economics show up in practice？This course will help you understand the functioning of energy markets as the necessary first step to promotion of the energy transition.By using the European electricity market as an example，you will obtain a deeper understanding of it a principle and effectiveness.
  
     Electric cars are more than a novel means of mobility.If you want to explore the business opportunities this new market offers，then this is the course for you!This course explains how electric mobility can work for various businesses.The experts will provide examples of how innovations have changed conventional businesses and created new businesses altogether.
  
  （1）Which section of the website is this text probably taken from？

  
  A．Research News
  B．Campus life
  C．Extension School.
  D．Career Opportunities
  （2）Which of the course can teach you how to estimate the electricity needs for home lighting？

  
  A．Demand in Buildings
  B．Designing Electronics for Recycling in a Circular Economy
  C．Energy Markets of Today
  D．Electric Cars ：Business
  （3）What do the courses have in common？

  
  A．Start time.
  B．Flexible schedule.
  C．Learning content.
  D．Teaching language.
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• 2．World history has seen three ancient dramas：Greek tragedy and comedy，Indian Sanskrit drama and Chinese opera.The first two have become historical and only Chinese opera has survived.
     Chinese opera took shape in the 12th century.After developing for more than 800 years，its abundant local styles of opera are still enjoying great popularity，of which Qingiang is one of the most ancient operas.
     Qinqiang opera is a thousand-year-old local opera originating in China's inland northwestern region.It has established a unique tradition as an"opera shouted out"with its high-pitched arias（高音唱腔）.LiMei has won a reputation as one of the four greatest Qinqiang actresses.She's also known for her passionate commitment to exploring the theatrical possibilities offered by Qinqíang.
     LiMei and her workmates are halfway through an afternoon rehearsal（排练） and most have broken into a sweat Singing in a near whisper，the forty-year-old opera star performs the stylized movements for the leading role the bitter dead Lady Li Huiniang in Ghost's Hate.
     Little wonder that LiMei is such a powerful presence on stage.She's the greatest contributory actress who's able to interpret a character so persuasively and tell a story so convincingly that European audiences warmly hug this unfamiliar art form.
     Li Mei said，"We performed this opera in the Netherlands to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of Holland's Nationa!Theater.We enjoyed e fifteen-minute curtain call and the audiences applauded wildly for a long time.The local press entitled me the 'Nemesis of the Orient' and 'the Chinese Venus'，Why is that so？Because they've fully understood what the opera implied—the loyalty towards love，and dead as she maybe，her love persists.The reason why this opera was able to touch millions of hearts is that it has a beautiful story presented by a beautiful art form."
  
  （1）What can be inferred about Chinese opera from the passage？

  
  A．It made history with ancient Greek operas.
  B．It has a history shorter than Indian Sanskrit drama.
  C．It consists of various dynamic local operas.
  D．It originated from the most ancient local Qinqiang opera.
  （2）What is the greatest feature of Oinqiang opera according to the passage？

  
  A．The popular curtain call
  B．The northwestern origin.
  C．The stylized movement.
  D．The spirited high tone.
  （3）Why is Ghost's Hate starring Li Mer loved by foreigners？

  
  A．Because it has a perfect combination of touching plot and attractive form.
  B．Because its leading role Li Mei is famous as the 'Chinese Venus'.
  C．Because it conveys the popular messages of loyalty towards love.
  D．Because the story is easy to be fully understood by foreigners.
  （4）What is Li Mei's greatest contribution to Qinqiang opera？

  
  A．She won a reputation as one of the four greatest Qinqiang actrasses.
  B．She brought Li Huiniang，the bitter dead Lady in Ghost's Hate to life.
  C．She explored many theatrical possibilities offered by Qinqiang opera.
  D．She spread one of Chinese traditional cultures to the other side of the world.
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• 3．The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games may become known as the "Robot Games".Organizers showed that robots will be used at the new National Stadium to provide assistance for visitors using wheelchairs.Tokyo Olympic official Masaki Komiya pointed out that Japan is known for its robot technology，and the 2020 Summer Games are a good chance to show it. "Robots should not defeat people，" said Komiya. "Robots are something that has a friendly relationship with human beings and can work together with them."
     The robots are made by a major Olympic ：sponsor Toyota Motor Corporation.Toyota officials said 16 of the so-called "human support robots" will be used at the National Stadium with five other "delivery support robots "and "media support robots" also being available.
     Minoru Yamauchi of Toyota，the general manager for 2020 Robot Development，said Toyota is opening up a new field and becoming a "mobility company" ."We have been looking at how we can support people's daily life and how we can develop robots that can partner with daily life，" Yamauchi said. "In the Tokyo Olympics，there will be many guests in wheelchairs and we hope they can enjoy the games without worrying about their mobility."
     Panasonic Corporation—also a major Olympic sponsor—showed its "power assist suit".When worn，the suit offers support to the back and bottom area and allows heavy objects to be lifted with less effort.Panasonic said 20 of the suits will be used in the Tokyo Olympics and can help guests with their luggage.Panasonic also planned to develop entertainment robots to help visitors enjoy their stay in Japan.
     Yoshifumi Uchida，general manager of Panasonic，said its power assist suit technology was developed party because of Japan's aging population.This could help get more women and the elderly into the working population." We would like to have a society where people can work without caring about sex differences or age differences，" Uchida said.
  
  （1）What can be learned from Yamauchi's words？

  
  A．More disabled people will attend the 20 Tokyo Olympics.
  B．Robots of Toyota are the most advanced in the world.
  C．Toyota is constantly improving their robotics.
  D．Yamauchi invented a new kind of wheelchair.
  （2）The power assist suit designed to

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  A．keep people's body warm
  B．help visitors carry heavy objects
  C．treat guests in wheelchairs
  D．lift up entertainment robot
  （3）What can we infer from the last paragraph？

  
  A．Women in Japan usually stay at home.
  B．The employment rate in Japan is very low.
  C．Robot technology serves the development of society.
  D．Power assist suits help e：beply people to become younger.
  （4）What can be a suitable title for the text？

  
  A．Japan's future\that technology.
  B．The effects of robots on people's daily life.
  C．Major Olympic sponsors of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
  D．Robot technology to be used in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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第四部分 写作（共两节，满分15分）第一节 （满分15分）

• 8．假定你是李华，想要参加China Daily发起的"A letter to Year 3023"的时光胶囊征稿比赛，向3023年的地球人介绍现代中国"新四大发明"（高速铁路，移动支付，共享单车和在线购物），并以其中之一为例，说明新四大发明对生活的影响。
  要求：
  （1）词数80左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
  （2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
      To whom it may concern，__________________
  Yours sincerely，
  Li Hua
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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。

• 9．One day I got stuck in the Tube on my way to work.
      The Tube----that's what most people call it-----is London's underground railway system.
      It was about nine o'clock in the morning，the middle of the rush-hour.Nobody had expected something unusual would happen later and everyone was doing their usual.A pretty girl chatted merrily with her boyfriend about a newly released film.Siting next to me，a young woman with a suitcase and a baby took a scarf out of her suitcase and made her baby a nest，so that it could lie more comfortably.In fact，the train had just left Green Park Station when，instead of speeding up，it started to slow down and then came to a stand-still.
      Ten minutes passed，though it seemed like half a day，the train didn't move.Had the railway men forgotten all about our existence？Had there been a crash on the line in front？How serious was the breakdown？We had no means of knowing.However，to anxious people who are stuck in the Tube，I suppose it doesn't really matter what it is that has broken down.What they care is when they can get out of the trouble.
  Twenty minutes passed.All hope of getting to work on time had long since gone.Had the train really broken down？Several people thought so，but they were wrong.A railway man at last came down the length of the train to tell us that the power supply had failed，and that we were not to worry as they were working to put it right.
      We could not leave the train，as it had stopped in the tunnel（隧道），not at a station.There was nothing else to do.The weak signal disabled cellphones.Besides，the train was getting hot and stuffy（闷）.I even began to wonder if we were going to stay there for the rest of the day.
  注意：
  （1）续写词数应为150左右；
  （2）请按如下格式在以下位置作答。
      The hopeless waiting in the darkness drove us crazy.__________________
      As a commuter（上班族） who traveled to work on the train every day，I thought it my duty to do something.__________________
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