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1、学科网（北京）股份有限公司辽宁省沈阳市辽宁省沈阳市 20222023 学年度（下）联合体高二期末检测学年度（下）联合体高二期末检测英语英语（满分：（满分：150 分考试时间：分考试时间：120 分钟）分钟）注意事项：注意事项：1.答题时，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。答题时，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。2.答选择题时答选择题时，必须使用必须使用 2B 铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动如需改动，用橡皮擦擦用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。3.答非选择题时，必须使

2、用黑色墨水笔或黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上，写答非选择题时，必须使用黑色墨水笔或黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上，写在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。4.考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分听力（共两节，满分第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 7.5 分）分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话

3、仅读一遍。1.What does the man stress?A.Environmental pollution.B.Environmental protection.C.White pollution predictions.2.How long will the man stay if his wife comes?A.For 4 nights.B.For 6 nights.C.For 8 nights.3.How will Tom know if the school is canceled?A.By asking his mother.B.By watching the snow.C

4、.By checking the TV news.4.Where was the man born?A.In England.B.In Canada.C.In America.5.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Colleagues.B.Strangers.C.Husband and wife.第二节（共第二节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 22.5 分）分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，

5、你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6.Why does the man choose the cafe around the corner?A.For its better taste.B.For its lower price.C.For its shorter distance.7.How much will the woman pay?A.10 dollars.B.16 dollars.C.20 dollars.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8.What will J

6、udy do this afternoon?A.Attend a meeting.B.Design some models.C.Send Peter a brochure.学科网（北京）股份有限公司9.Why does Peter make the phone call?A.To order some machines.B.To ask for color pictures.C.To change the delivery time.10.When will the speakers sign the agreement?A.This evening.B.Tomorrow morning.C.

7、At noon tomorrow.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11.When did David retire?A.In 2014.B.In 2015.C.In 2020.12.Why did David choose to volunteer after retirement?A.To develop a new hobby.B.To find a good way to make money.C.To put his experience and knowledge to use.13.What is David doing now as a volunteer?A.Be

8、ing a traffic guide.B.Teaching in local schools.C.Offering food to the homeless.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14.What is Johns younger brother like?A.He is smart and naughty.B.He is really fun and playful.C.He is serious but humorous.15.What is Johns father?A.Aworker.B.Alawyer.C.Anovelist.16.What are they

9、mainly talking about?A.Scaring mysteries.B.Police dramas.C.The family members.17.What can we learn from the conversation?A.The speakers must be a couple.B.John knows his family very well.C.The woman also loves horror novels.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18.What is the first cause of fires mentioned?A.Wars

10、.B.Terrorism.C.Carelessness.19.What does the speaker say about wet hay?A.It is easy to store.B.It gives off harmful gases.C.It is more likely to start fires.20.Which city burned in 64 AD?A.Rome.B.Moscow.C.London.第二部分第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 37.5 分）分）阅

11、读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。学科网（北京）股份有限公司AFAMOUS CHINESE PAINTINGS,ARTISTIC TREASURESWith thousands of years of continuous history,China is one of the most unique nations.Over many centuries,Chinese artists have created paintings that are now in the hearts of more than a billion people.Nymph of

12、 the Luo RiverGu KaizhiThe legend has it that Cao Zhi,a prince of the state of Cao Wei,fell in love with the governors daughter.However,she married his brother,Cao Pi,and the prince became upset.Later,he composed an emotional poem aboutthe love between the goddess and common people.In the 4th centur

13、y,Gu Kaizhi,a Chinese artist,was moved by thestory and illustrated the poem.Court Ladies Adorning Their Hair with FlowersZhou FangDuring the Tang Dynasty,China had a prosperous economy and flourishing culture.In this period,the genre of“beautiful women painting”enjoyed popularity.Coming from a noble

14、 background,Zhou Fang,a Chinese artist,created artworks in this genre.In his painting,the ladies stand as though they were fashion models,but one of them isentertaining herself by teasing a cute dog.Along the River During the Qingming FestivalZhang ZeduanZhang Zeduan depicted the landscape in his wo

15、rk Along the River During the Qingming Festival.However,instead of concentrating on the vastness of nature,he captured the daily life of the people of Bianjing,present-dayKaifeng.His work shows much about life in the Northern bong Dynasty.AThousand Li of Rivers and MountainsWang XimengNot only did o

16、fficials and scholars enjoy listening to music t but they also found pleasure in depicting nature.One such painter was Wang Ximeng.He was a prodigy.Wang Ximeng painted A Thousand Li of Rivers andMountains when he was only seventeen years old.He died at the age of twenty,but he left one of the larges

17、t and mostbeautiful paintings in Chinese history.21.What can we learn from this passage?A.Zhou Fang painted fashion models in his painting.B.Nymph of the Luo River is a poem written by Cao Zhi.C.Wang Ximeng created his masterpiece two years before he died.D.Zhang Zeduans painting was set in the Nort

18、hern Song Dynasty.22.Which is the best choice if you want to enjoy a painting showing the beauty of nature?A.Nymph of the Luo RiverGu KaizhiB.Court Ladies Adorning Their Hair with FlowersZhou FangC.A Thousand Li of Rivers and MountainsWang XimengD.Along the River During the Qingming FestivalZhang Ze

19、duan23.Which part of a magazine can this passage come from?A.Business.B.Culture.C.Travel.D.Lifestyle.BYes,study comes hard to you,my dear Enrico,as your mother says.I do not yet see you set out for school withthat determined mind and that smiling face which I should like.You are still stubborn.But l

20、isten;reflect a little！What学科网（北京）股份有限公司a miserable thing your day would be if you did not go to school！At the end of a week you would beg with tears thatyou might return there,for you would be eaten up with boredom and shame;disgusted with your sports and with yourexistence.Everybody,everybody stud

21、ies now,my child.Think of the workmen who go to school in the evening afterhaving worked hard all the day;think of the women,of the girls,of the people,who go to school on Sunday,afterhaving worked all the week;of the soldiers who turn to their books and copy-books when they return exhausted fromthe

22、ir drill！Think of the dumb and of the boys who are blind,but who study,nevertheless.Think of the innumerableboys who,at nearly this precise hour,are going to school in all countries.Behold them with your imagination,alone,in couples,in groups,in long lines,all with their books under their arms,dress

23、ed in a thousand ways,speaking athousand tongues,from the most remote schools in Russia almost lost in the ice to the furthermost schools ofArabia,shaded by palm-trees,millions and millions,all going to learn the same things,in a hundred varied forms.Imaginethis vast,vast crowd of boys of a hundred

24、races,this great movement of which you form a part,and think,if thismovement were to cease,humanity would fall back into barbarism（野蛮）;this movement is the progress,the hope,the glory of the world.Courage,then,little soldier of the immense army.Your books are your arms,your class is your squadron（中队

25、）,the field of battle is the whole earth,and the victory is human civilisation.Be not a cowardly soldier,my Enrico.24.That do we know about Enrico?A.He dislikes sports.B.He is good at self-reflection.C.He is unwilling to go to school.D.He feels ashamed of himself.25.Why does the father mention so ma

26、ny people in Paragraph 2?A.To support an argument.B.To present a fact.C.To make a prediction.D.To clarify a concept.26.Whats the fundamental tune of the text?A.Annoying.B.Worrying.C.Relaxing.D.Inspiring.27.What is the purpose of the text?A.To express a fathers complaints.B.To persuade Enrico to valu

27、e his study.C.To stress the importance of education.D.To promote the parent-child relationship.CMedicine is not only a human invention.Many other animals have been known to self-medicate with plants andminerals for infections and other conditions.Behavioural ecologist Helen Morrogh-Bernard has spent

28、 decades studying orangutans（猩猩）and says she hasnow found evidence that they use plants in a medicinal way.Morrogh and her colleagues watched 10 orangutans occasionally chew a particular plant which is not part of theirnormal diet into a foamy lather（泡沫）and then rub it into their fur.The orangutans

29、spent up to 45 minutes at a timemassaging the mixture onto their upper arms or legs.The researchers believe this behaviour is the first knownexample using a painkiller.Local people use the same plant,Dracaena cantleyi,to treat aches and pains.Morroghs coauthors studied itschemistry.They added extrac

30、ts（汁）from the plant to human cells that had been grown in a dish and had been学科网（北京）股份有限公司artificially stimulated to produce cytokines（细胞因子）that cause inflammation（炎症）and discomfort.The plantextract reduced the production of several types of cytokines,the scientists reported the finding in a study p

31、ublishedlast November in Scientific Reports.The results suggest that orangutans use the plant to reduce inflammation and treat pain.Suchfindings could helpidentify plants and chemicals that might be useful for human medications.In creatures such as insects,the ability to self-medicate is almost cert

32、ainly innate;woolly bears（灯蛾毛虫）infected with flies seek out and eat plant substances poisonous to the flies.But more complex animals may learn suchtricks after an initial discovery by one member of their group.For example,an orangutan may have rubbed the plant on its skin to try to treat parasites（寄

33、生虫）and realisedthat it also had a pleasant pain-killing effect.That behaviour may then have been passed on to other orangutans.Because this type of self-medication is seen only in south-central Borneo,Morrogh says,it was probably learnedlocally.28.Why do orangutans chew Dracaena cantleyi?A.To have t

34、heir normal diet.B.To self-medicate.C.To scare other animals away.D.To pass on a message to other orangutans.29.How can the findings benefit human beings?A.They can help vets treat pets.B.They can help scientists study orangutans.C.They can help botanists learn more about plants.D.They can help peop

35、le find new resources for human medication.30.Which of the following best explains the underlined word“innate”in Paragraph 6?A.Obtainable.B.Sociable.C.Natural.D.Professional.31.What is the main idea of the text?A.Orangutans use plant extracts to treat pain.B.Humans and animals have a lot in common.C

36、.Aplant has been found useful for human medication.D.Morrogh-Bemard and her colleagues have been observing orangutans.DBlack taxis have been a common sight in London for decades.Now these taxis and their drivers have become thefocus of a new exploration into Alzheimers（阿尔茨海默症）.For those on the outsi

37、de,it may seem that behind thewheel of these black taxis are just regular people who help move us to our destinations.But within their brains is amap of Londons streets that has put GPS technology to shame for decades.“The Knowledge”,the test for Londons taxi drivers,stands among the hardest mental

38、examinations one couldever undergo.It involves recalling information repeatedly from the memory of minute details about 560,000 streets inLondon,from Trafalgar Square to the tiniest residential lanes.Normally,the hippocampus（海马体）feels the effects ofAlzheimers most.University College London andAlzhei

39、mers Research UK are studying these taxi driversbrains,as it has been found that the hippocampuscontrolling the brains short-term memory and spatial（空间的）memory systems is enlarged in their brains.Moreover,学科网（北京）股份有限公司the taxi drivershippocampi continue to enlarge as they go on doing the job for mor

40、e years,suggesting that perhapstheres something we can do to reproduce the effect in the general population.Lead researcher Hugo Spiers was part of the team which 20 years ago found that,like birds and squirrels,the taxidrivershippocampi gradually got bigger.Indeed,research has found for years that

41、any animal that requires a detailedspatial knowledge of their territory experiences growth in the hippocampus.Spiersteam hopes to deal with Alzheimers by studying the taxi driversbrains.To collect more information onthe mechanisms that cause the“brain gain”,Spiers has asked thirty of Londons taxi dr

42、ivers connected to an MRImachine to drive around on their routes.The machine will allow the researchers to gather real time observations of theworkings of the hippocampus.“Its been a joy to help scientists fight with the disease,”said a taxi driver RobertLordan.32.What can we say about“The Knowledge

43、”？A.It lasts for a few minutes only.B.It is a great challenge to peoples memory.C.It is usually held in Londons busy streets.D.It invites residents in London to be judges.33.What has been found about the taxi drivershippocampi?A.They grow in the taxi driverscareers.B.They are more likely to be harme

44、d.C.They benefit from daily communication most.D.They are poor at controlling short-term memory.34.Why does the author mention the research on animals?A.To imply the new study benefits the animal kingdom as well.B.To point out that more studies on animalsbrains are needed.C.To prove the use of certa

45、in knowledge affects brain development.D.To show animalshippocampi are very different from humans.35.Why do the researchers observe the taxi drivers with an MRI machine?A.To figure out who has the largest hippocampus.B.To test whether the special machine is effective.C.To know howAlzheimers develops

46、 in their brains.D.To find out how their hippocampi perform at work.第二节（共第二节（共 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 12.5 分）分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Active listening is a way of communicating that can increase understanding between a speaker and a listener.36It shows respect and consideratio

47、n for the person speaking.Active listening is very useful for family members.Family members often develop bad listening habits.Theyreact to each other based on what they expect the other person to say rather than on what is actually said.37Active listening can also be useful in the workplace.Miscomm

48、unication or lack of understanding betweenco-workers can lead to hurt feelings,which in turn can make it difficult for people to work together.Active listeningcan solve such issues and create greater understanding and team spirit among co-workers.学科网（北京）股份有限公司For example,someone is unexpectedly rude

49、 to their co-worker,or seems inconsiderate of their needs.Theco-worker might feel hurt,or they might become angry and begin to dislike that person.Active listening can helpresolve such problems.It allows a person to say how they feel about their coworkers behaviour.38It could be that the rude co-wor

50、ker was going through a difficult time at home or on the job and was unaware ofhow bad his or her behaviour was.39And he also gains that co-workers appreciation for their willingness tolisten.In this way,situations that could turn into major conflicts instead lead to greater understanding.Sometimes