河南省许昌市禹州市重点中学2022-2023学年高二下学期3月月考英语试题及参考答案

禹州市重点中学2022-2023学年高二下学期第一次阶段考试英语试题考试时间：100分钟满分：120分第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）第一节：（共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A

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Formoreinformationgoto:.ukor.uk21.TownerWriterSquadwillbestarted________.A.totraincomedyandTVwritersB.topromotethedevelopmentofyoungwritersC.tointroduceacontemporaryartmuseumD.toexplorethefantasticgalleryspace22.TojointheWriterSquad,eachapplicantshouldfirst_________.A.completeanapplicationformB.meettheWriterSquadLeaderC.offertheirfamilyinformationD.provideapieceoftheirwriting23.Whatismostimportantforthebeginners?A.Gainingconfidenceandhavingfun.B.Practisingasmuchaspossible.C.Studyingandwritingattheirownpace.D.Learningskillsfromwritersandteachers.BMyfatherloveshisgarden.Heplantedsomeseedsinit.Butatthattime,Ididn'tunderstandwhyworkinginthedirtexcitedhimsomuch.Unfortunately,inearlyMay,myfatherwasseriouslyinjuredinanaccident.Hehadtostayinbedforawhile.Mymotherhadseveralbusinesstrips,soshecouldn'ttakecareofthegarden.Ididn'twantmyfathertoworry,soIsaidthatIwouldtakecareofhisgardenuntilherecovered.Iassumedthatthelittleplantswouldcontinuetogrowaslongastheyhadwater,andluckilyitrainedfairlyoften,soIdidn'tthinkmuchaboutthegarden.OneSaturdaymorning,myfathersaidtome,"Christine,thevegetablesshouldbeaboutreadytobepicked.Let'shaveasaladtoday!"Iwentouttothegardenandwasupsettoseethatmanyofthelettuceleavesandcarrotshadbeenhalfeatenbybugs.Therewerehundredsofbugsalloverthem!IpanickedforamomentbutthenIquietlywenttotheneareststoretobuysomevegetables.WhenIgavethesaladtohim,hesaid,"Oh,Christine,whatabeautifulsalad!Ican'tbelievethecarrotsarethisbigalready.Youmustbetakingverygoodcareofmygarden."Ifeltabitguilty.Cominghome,mymothersawthebagfromthesupermarketinthekitchen.IwasembarrassedandIadmitted,"Dadwantedasalad,butthegardenwasadisaster.Ididn'twanttodisappointhim,soIwenttothestore."ShelaughedbutpromisedtohelpmeinthegardenandweekslaterIwasfinallyabletopicksome.Icarefullymadeasaladandtookittomyfather.Helookedatitwithahintofasmile."Christine,thecarrotsaresmallerinthissalad,buttheytastebetter."Now,Ibetterunderstandhowputtingalotofeffortintocaringforsomethingcanhelpyouappreciatetheresultsmore,howeversmalltheymaybe.Perhapsthiswasoneofthereasonsformyfather'sloveofgardening.24.WhydidChristineoriginallypromiseshewoulddothegardening? A.Sheknewitwasimportanttoherfather.B.Shewasinterestedingrowingvegetables.C.Shewasaskedbyherfathertodoit.D.Shewantedtoimprovehergardeningskills.25.Whichofthefollowingwasaprobleminthegarden? A.Thevegetableswerelackinginwater.B.Animalsoftendugholesinthegarden.C.Theplantsweregiventoomuchwater.D.Insectsdestroyedthelettuceandcarrots.26.WhycouldChristinesecretlymakethesaladbyusingstore-boughtvegetables?A.Hermotherhelpedhertobuythevegetables.B.Herfathercouldn'tseethegarden'sprogress.C.Hermotherregularlyhelpedhertomakeaspray.D.Herfatherwentonabusinesstripatthattime.27.WhatdidChristinelearnthroughherexperienceofgardening? A.Alwaysgetreadyforarainyday.B.Don'tbedisappointedbybugs.C.Hardworkcanpayoff.D.Workingaloneproducesresults.CCaliforniahaslosthalfitsbigtreessincethe1930s,accordingtoastudytobepublishedonTuesdayandclimatechangeseemstobeamajorfactor.Thenumberoftreeslargerthantwofeetacrosshasdeclinedby50percentonmorethan46,000squaremilesofCaliforniaforests,thenewstudyfinds.Noareawassparedorunaffected,fromthefoggynortherncoasttotheSierraNevadaMountainstotheSanGabrielsaboveLosAngeles.IntheSierrahighcountry,thenumberofbigtreeshasfallenbymorethan55percent；inpartsofsouthernCaliforniathedeclinewasnearly75percent.Manyfactorscontributedtothedecline,saidPatrickMcIntyre,anecologistwhowastheleadauthorofthestudy.Woodcutterstargetedbigtrees.Housingdevelopmentpushedintothewoods.AggressivewildfirecontrolhasleftCaliforniaforestscrowdedwithsmalltreesthatcompetewithbigtreesforresources.ButincomparingastudyofCaliforniaforestsdoneinthe1920sand1930swithanotheronebetween2001and2010,McIntyreandhiscolleaguesdocumentedawidespreaddeathofbigtreesthatwasevidenteveninwildlandsprotectedfromwoodcuttingordevelopment.Thelossofbigtreeswasgreatestinareaswheretreeshadsufferedthegreatestwatershortage.Theresearchersfiguredoutwaterstresswithacomputermodelthatcalculatedhowmuchwatertreesweregettingincomparisonwithhowmuchtheyneeded,takingintoaccountsuchthingsasrainfall,airtemperature,dampnessofsoil,andthetimingofsnowmelt（融雪）.Sincethe1930s,McIntyresaid,thebiggestfactorsdrivingupwaterstressinthestatehavebeenrisingtemperatures,whichcausetreestolosemorewatertotheair,andearliersnowmelt,whichreducesthewatersupplyavailabletotreesduringthedryseason.28.Whatisthesecondparagraphmainlyabout? A.TheincreasingvarietyofCaliforniabigtrees.B.Theseriousnessofbig-treelossinCalifornia.C.ThedistributionofbigtreesinCaliforniaforests.D.TheinfluenceoffarmingonbigtreesinCalifornia.29.Whichofthefollowingiswell-intentionedbutmaybebadforbigtrees?A.Limitinghousingdevelopment.B.Banningwoodcutting.C.Firecontrolmeasures.D.Ecologicalstudiesofforests.30.WhatisamajorcauseofthewatershortageaccordingtoMcIntyre? A.Awarmerclimate. B.Alongerdryseason.C.Inadequatesnowmelt. D.Dampnessoftheair.31.Whatcanbeasuitabletitleforthetext? A.PatrickMcIntyre：GrowMoreBigTreesinCaliforniaB.CuttingofBigTreestoBeProhibitedinCaliforniaSoonC.California'sForests：WhereHaveAlltheBigTreesGone?D.WhyAretheBigTreesImportanttoCaliforniaForests?DThefastspreadofthevirushasledmostChinesecitizenstowearfacemasksinpublictohelpreduceinfections.TheBeijing-basedHanwangTechnologyLtd.saysithascreatedanewfacialrecognitionsystemthatisthefirsttoeffectivelyidentifypeopleeveniftheyarewearingmasks.Chinaisrecognizedasaworldleaderinthedevelopmentofartificialintelligenceandfacialrecognitionsystem.Thenewsystemisbasedontheexistingtechnologiesdevelopedoverthepast10years."Whenwearingamask,therecognitionratecanreachabout95percent,whichcanensurethatmostpeoplecanbeidentified,"Hanwang'svicepresident,HuangLei,said.Headdedthatthesystem'ssuccessrateforpeoplenotwearingamaskisabout99.5percent.However,thenewsystemstrugglestoidentifypeoplewearingbothamaskandsunglasses."Inthissituation,allofthekeyfacialinformationislost.Insuchcasesrecognitionistough,"Huangsaid.Hanwangisnowsellingtwomainkindsofproductsthatusethetechnology.Oneperforms"singlechannel"recognitionandtheotherisa"multi-channel"recognition,whichcanidentifyindividualsinacrowdofupto30people"withinasecond".HuangsaidofficialscanuseHanwang'stechnologytocompareimageswithministry（部门）recordsonindividualsinordertoidentifyandtrackpeopleastheymoveabout.Thesystemcanidentifycrimesuspects（嫌疑人）,terroristsormakereportsorwarnings,headded.Whilesomecitizenshaveexpresseddoubttosuchtools,morepeopleseemtohaveacceptedthemethodsasawaytodealwiththecurrenthealthemergency.Sofar,HuangsaysmostinterestinthenewsystemhascomefromwithinChina.Butheseestheinterestlikelyexpandingiftheviruscontinuestospreadandtheuseoffacemasksincreases.32.Whatisspecialaboutthenewfacialrecognitionsystem? A.Ithasnorelationtotheexistingtech.B.Itcanidentifypeopleevenifthey'rewearingmasks.C.Itcanrecordpeople'stemperature.D.Itisbeingusedbothathomeandabroad.33.Accordingtothepassage,thenewsystemwillprobablybemosthelpfulfor_________.A.theMinistryofPublicSecurity B.collegesanduniversitiesC.internationalcompanies D.theMinistryofFinance34.What'smostpeople'sattitudetowardstheuseofthenewsystem? A.Uncaring. B.Disapproving. C.Supportive. D.Doubtful.35.What'sthepurposeofthepassage? A.ToshowChina'stechnologicaladvances.B.Toadvertiseanewtech-basedproduct.C.TodemonstratetheinnovationofChina.D.Tointroduceanewlydevelopedsystem.（共5小题,每小题2分,满分10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，在答题卡上将正确选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。FourSimpleWaystoStayPositiveTryingtostaypositive,bothingoodtimesandbad,isagreatwaytoimproveyourqualityoflife.Trythesefourmethodsonadailybasis.Don'tthinkalotaboutnegativity.Ofcourse,stayingpositivehoursaday,sevendaysaweekisabitdifficult.Lettingthingsgettoyouisnormal,andit'sactuallyhealthytocryorexpressfrustrationsonceinawhile.It'swhenthosenegativemomentscontrolyourlifethatyouremotionalbalanceisatrisk.（36）_________However,don'tgivethatsadnessanothersecondinyourday.（37）____________________Whatyouputintoyourbodydirectlyaffectshowyoufeelontheoutside.Fillyourselfwithgood,healthyfoodslikefruitsandvegetablesandlimitsnacking.Exerciseisequallyofgreatimportance.Takeafewdaysoutofyourweekforataleasthalfanhourofactivity,andtrytosticktoit.（38）________________Bekindtoothers.（39）______________Makingsomeone'sdayabitbrighternotonlyputsasmileonhisorherface,butalsoyoursaswell.Remembertosmileandtreateachpersonwithpityandrespect.Gooddeedsarecontagious（传染的）,andyourpositiveattitudemayspreadamongothers.Takeitonedayatatime.Beingpositiveisn'taninstantthing.It'sasteadyeffortthatwefolloweveryhourofeveryday.（40）______________Instead,focusonlivinginthemomentanddoingwhatyoucantomakeeachmomentbetter.A.Eathealthyandstayfit.B.Takeyourlunchbreaksoutside.C.Don'tworryaboutwhatthefuturemaybring.D.Takeafewminutestofeelsadandacceptwhathappened.E.Goodfeelingscomefromactsofkindnessandselflessness.F.Gratefulnesshelpsyouappreciatelifeinbadordifficulttimes.G.Evengoingoutsideforawalkandenjoyingthesunshineimprovesyourmood.第三部分语言知识运用（共两节,满分45分）第一节（共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分）阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Itwasasunnywinterday.Ihadgonedownthetowerwhenablindman（41）towardme.Hekeptclosetothewall,touchingitlightlywith（42）arm.Istoodstillandlookedathim（43）towardtheticketoffice."Whatdoesablindmanwanttoclimbupthe（44）for?"Iwondered,"Nottheviewcertainly,perhapshewantstojump."Thinkingofthis（45）reason,IthoughtIshouldfollowhim.Hewentup（46）andstoppedattimes.I（47）himafewstepsbehind.（48）hegottothefirstcornerofthebelltower,Iapproachedhim."Excuseme,"IsaidaspolitelyasIcould,"butIamvery（49）toknowwhyyoucameup.""You'dnever（50）."hesaid."Tellme,then."Hesmiled."Perhapsclimbingupthetower,youhavenoticed-andyet,notbeingblind,perhapsyouwon't-howthesun（51）intothetowerthroughthewindowshereandthere,soonecan（52）thecoolstepssuddenlybecomequitewarm,evenin（53）.Butbehindthewallthereisshade.Thereisnoplacesogoodasthisforfeelingthecontrast（对比）（54）lightanddarkness.（55）I'mblind,Ialsowanttofeelthehappiness（56）bythesunlight.Infact,itisn'tmyfirsttimetobehere."Hesaidandseemedas（57）asachild.Ihadneverthoughtthatevena（58）mancouldhavehiswaytoenjoythebeautifullife.Butweoftenpaidnoattentiontoits（59）becauseweneverlostit.Wewentdownthetower（60）andIlefthim.Fromthenon,Ibegantotreasurewhatlifehasgivenme.41.A.came B.climbed C.went D.traveled42.A.her B.your C.my D.his 43.A.running B.jumping C.walking D.rushing 44.A.house B.tower C.mountain D.hill45.A.wonderful B.interesting C.exciting D.terrible46.A.suddenly B.slowly C.madly D.carelessly47.A.followed B.stopped C.held D.pulled48.A.How B.What C.When D.Where49.A.angry B.sad C.worried D.curious50.A.say B.dare C.guess D.wonder51.A.pours B.cuts C.looks D.puts52.A.look B.feel C.sound D.smell53.A.Spring B.Autumn C.Winter D.Summer54.A.on B.to C.from D.between55.A.So B.Since C.Though D.Because56.A.fetched B.brought C.taken D.bought57.A.sad B.foolish C.clever D.pleased58.A.blind B.sick C.healthy D.deaf59.A.height B.value C.possibility D.appearance60.A.separately B.alone C.lonely D.together第二节：（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）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，并将相应答案写在答题纸上。Thereareover2,000differentkindsofteaintheworld.Thehugenumberofteascan（61）_________（divide）intosixtypes：greentea,blacktea,whitetea,Longjingtea,yellowteaanddarktea.Akindofteathathas（62）________（recent）growninpopularityworldwideisgreentea.Thereareseveralreasonswhygreenteahasbecomepopular.Oneofthereasonsisthatithas（63）_________（little）caffeinethanblackteaandhasanicerflavor.Chinawasthefirstcountry（64）_______（drink）greenteamorethan4,000yearsago（65）_________itstillenjoyspopularitytheretoday.TherearemanydifferentkindsofgreenteainChina.ThemostfamousChinesetea,（66）___________（call）Longjingtea,comesfromZhejiangProvince.FujianProvinceisalsofamous（67）_________growingtea.Peoplehavebelievedfor（68） __________longtimethatgreenteahaspositiveeffectsonourhealth.Scientistshavestudiedgreentea'seffectsonweightloss,cancer,andheartdisease.The（69）__________（result）ofthesestudieshaveshownthatgreenteamighttreatorpreventthesediseases.（70）_____________youbelievethatitcancureyourdiseasesornot,greenteaispopularandcontinuestobepopularinthefuture.第四部分：写作（共两节,满分35分）第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分,满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。

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每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

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只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。ThomasPaneklovessportsandeverywinterheoftengoskiinginthemountains.HewentskiingintheAndesinlastDecember.Itwasagoodday,soPanekdidn'tthinkthatsomethingbadlywouldhappen.However,whenhewasskiingdownaslope,alotofsnowsfelldownfromthemountain.