2022-2023学年四川省南充市陈寿中学高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析

1、2022-2023学年四川省南充市陈寿中学高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. He found the book is worth _ again. A. being read B. be read C. to be read D. reading 参考答案：D20. We are grateful _ you_ the help you have given us.A. for; to B. to;for C. for;for D.to;to参考答案：B略3. -Each of the students，working hard at his other lessons，_to g

2、o to university-So do IA. hope B. hopes C. hoping D. hoped 参考答案：B 解析：认真分析语境和句子结构，working hard at his other lessons为插入语，如果将其去掉，不难发现该空应填谓语动词形式hopes。4. After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope _.A. providing B. providedC. having provided D. provide参考答案：B考查非谓语动词的用法。此

3、处动词provide与其逻辑主语envelope之间是被动关系，在句中作定语，相当于which is provided。句意：完成并签名后，请把表格放入我们提供的信封内送回。5. The scientist, who successfully cloned a human embryo, proudly presented his new achievement to the related organization, only _ against this research. A. being warned B. warned C. having been warned D. to be w

4、arned 参考答案：D6. Is _ necessary to complete the design before National Day? A. this B. that C. it D. he参考答案：C7. Welcome, everyone! Maria, _ tell us a little about the Venice Film Festival. A. do B. does C. to do D. doing参考答案：A略8. Is this the reason at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?A. he

5、 explainedB. what he explainedC. how he explainedD. why he explained参考答案：A9. I am _ talking to you. You never listen to me. A. ignorant of B. tired from C. bored of D. fed up with参考答案：D10. Chinas oil price _ very sharp increase during the year 2010 and it is continuing to rise further in 2011.A. obs

6、erved B. witnessed C. proved D. supplied参考答案：B略11. - Dad, I have won the first prize in the English competition. - Congratulations! and get prepared for studying abroad.A. All the best.B. Keep it upC. Never mind.D. Take it easy.参考答案：B12. _ you write so well?By reading and keeping diaries every day.A

7、. How is it B. What is it C. How is it that D. What is it that参考答案：C13. Books are a worthy invention of human history since they make it possible for us to make a_of humans thoughts.A. plan B. sign C. point D. record参考答案：D14. With so many enthusiastic teachers _ us, we believe well _ to our favorite

8、 colleges.A. teach; be admittedB. to teach; admitC. teaching; be admittingD. teaching; be admitted参考答案：D15. A young woman was found dead in her own apartment and the police _ murder. A. charged B. doubted C. suspected D. accused参考答案：C二、 完型填空16. Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shared a Nobel

9、Prize for her research on telomeres (端粒)structures at the tips of chromosomes (染色体）that play a key role in cellular aging. _31_ she was frustrated that the important health implications of her work werent reaching beyond academia.So along with psychologist Elissa Epel, she has published her findings

10、 in a new book _32_ a general audience - laying out a scientific case that may give readers_33_ to keep their new years resolutions to not smoke, eat well, sleep enough, exercise regularly，and _34_stress.The main message of The Telomere Effect, being published Tuesday, is that you have more control

11、over your own aging than you may imagine. You can actually _35_ your telomeresand perhaps your lifeby following sound health advice, the authors argue, based on a review of thousands of studies.“Telomeres listen to you, they listen to your _36_，they listen to your state of mind，” said Blackburn, pre

12、sident of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolia, Calif.Telomeres sit at the end of the strands of DNA, like the _37_ caps on shoelaces. Stress from a rough lifestyle will shorten those caps, making it more likely that cells will _38_ dividing and essentially die.Too many of these cel

13、ls accelerate_39_，the pair say. This doesnt cause any particular disease, but research suggests that it speeds up the time when whatever your genes have in store will occur - so if youre _40_ to heart disease，youre more likely to get it younger if your telomeres are shorter, said Epel, director of t

14、he University of California, San Franciscos Aging, Metabolism and Emotions Center.“We can provide a new level of specificity and tell people more precisely with clues _41_from telomere science about what exactly _42_ is related to long telomeres, what exact foods are related to long telomeres, what

15、aspects of sleep are more related to long telomeres,” Epel added.Other researchers in the field praised Blackburn and Epels efforts to make telomere research relevant to the general public, _43_ several warned that it risked _44_ the science.“I think its a very difficult thing to prove that lifestyl

16、e can affect telomere length and therefore lifespan,”said Harvard geneticist and anti-aging researcher David Sinclair. “To get cause-effect in humans is _45_，so its based on associations.”31. A. HenceB. FurthermoreC. ButD. And32. A. referred toB. addressed toC. aimed atD. informed of33. A. implicati

17、onB. warningC. appealingD. motivation34. A. cut down onB. contribute toC. lay emphasis onD. add to35. A. enhanceB. lengthenC. shortenD. simplify36. A. extinctionB. behaviorsC. instinctsD. attitudes37. A. influentialB. inevitableC. progressiveD. protective38. A. initiateB. neglectC. ceaseD. maintain3

18、9. A. human healthB. human agingC. human resolutionD. psychological stress40. A. relevantB. sensitiveC. reluctantD. dedicated41. A. emergingB. sufferingC. profitingD. suspending42. A. illnessB. geneC. smokingD. exercise43. A. thoughB. becauseC. soD. or44. A. overestimatingB. oversimplifyingC. undere

19、stimatingD. over-viewing45. A. impropriateB. impossibleC. irrelevantD. imaginary参考答案：31. C 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. B 37. D 38. C 39. B 40. B 41. A 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. B这是一篇说明文。分子生物学家伊丽莎白布莱克本(Elizabeth Blackburn)因对端粒染色体末端的结构，在细胞衰老过程中起着关键作用的研究而分享了诺贝尔奖。但她感到沮丧的是，她的工作对健康的重要影响并没有超出学术界。因此，她和心理学家埃莉萨埃佩

20、尔(Elissa Epel)一起，在一本针对普通读者的新书中发表了自己的发现。【31题详解】考查连词辨析。句意：但令她沮丧的是，她的工作对健康的重要影响并没有超出学术界。A. Hence因此；B. Furthermore此外；C. But但是；D. And和。根据上文Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shared a Nobel Prize for her research on telomeres可知，此处与下文构成转折关系，应使用转折连词。故C选项正确。【32题详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：因此，她和心理学家埃莉萨埃佩尔在一本针对普通读者的新书

21、中发表了自己的发现。A. referred to提及；B. addressed to写信给；C. aimed at针对；D. informed of通知。根据句意可知，此处指“针对普通读者”。故C选项正确。【33题详解】考查名词辨析。句意：列出一个科学案例，可能会给读者动力，让他们保持不吸烟、吃得好、睡得好、经常锻炼的新年决心。A. implication含义；B. warning警告；C. appealing吸引；D. motivation动力。故D选项正确。【34题详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：列出一个科学案例，可能会给读者动力，让他们保持不吸烟、吃得好、睡得好、经常锻炼、减少压力的新年决

22、心。A. cut down on减少；B. contribute to有助于；C. lay emphasis on重视；D. add to添加。根据空前列举的例子可知，此处指“减少压力”。故A选项正确。【35题详解】考查动词辨析。句意：根据对数千项研究的回顾，作者认为，遵循健康建议实际上可以延长你的端粒长度，甚至延长你的寿命。A. enhance增强；B. lengthen延长；C. shorten缩短；D. simplify简化。根据上文The main message of The Telomere Effect, being published Tuesday, is that you

23、have more control over your own aging than you may imagine.可知，你可以延长你的端粒长度。故B选项正确。【36题详解】考查名词辨析。句意：端粒听你说话，它们听你的行为，它们听你的思想状态。A. extinction灭绝；B. behaviors行为；C. instincts本能；D. attitudes态度。根据上文You can actually _5_ your telomeresand perhaps your lifeby following sound health advice,可知，此处指“你的行为”。故B选项正确。【37

24、题详解】考查形容词辨析。句意：端粒位于DNA链的末端，就像鞋带上的保护帽。A. influential有影响的；B. inevitable不可避免的；C. progressive进步的；D. protective防护的。根据下文Stress from a rough lifestyle will shorten those caps, making it more likely that cells will _8_ dividing and essentially die.可知，此处指“保护帽”。故D选项正确。【38题详解】考查动词辨析。句意：粗犷的生活方式带来的压力会缩短这些细胞帽，使其更

25、有可能停止分裂并最终死亡。A. initiate启动；B. neglect忽视；C. cease停止；D. maintain维护。根据essentially die可知，此处指这些细胞帽更有可能停止分裂。故C选项正确。【39题详解】考查名词短语辨析。句意：这两人说，这些细胞太多会加速人类衰老。A. human health人类健康；B. human aging人类的衰老；C. human resolution人的分辨力；D. psychological stress心理压力。根据下文This doesnt cause any particular disease, but research s

26、uggests that it speeds up the time when whatever your genes have in store will occur可知，此处指加速人类衰老。故B选项正确。【40题详解】考查形容词辨析。句意：因此，如果你对心脏病很敏感，端粒越短，你就越有可能患上心脏病。A. relevant相关的；B. sensitive敏感的；C. reluctant不情愿的；D. dedicated专用的。根据youre more likely to get it younger if your telomeres are shorter可知，此处指对心脏病敏感。故B选

27、项正确。【41题详解】考查动词（短语）辨析。句意：我们可以提供一个新的水平的特异性，并告诉人们更准确的线索来自端粒科学。A. emerging from从显露出来；B. suffering from遭受；C. profiting from从受益；D. suspending from从悬吊下来。根据句意可知，此处指来自于端粒科学。故A选项正确。【42题详解】考查名词辨析。句意：到底是什么运动与端粒有关，什么食物与端粒有关，睡眠的哪些方面与端粒更有关。A. illness疾病；B. gene基因；C. smoking吸烟；D. exercise运动。根据下文what exact foodswhat

28、 aspects of sleep可知，此处指运动。故D选项正确。【43题详解】考查连词辨析。句意：该领域的其他研究人员赞扬了布莱克本和埃佩尔使端粒研究与普通大众相关的努力，尽管一些人警告说这可能会使科学过于简单化。A. though尽管；B. because因为；C. so所以；D. or或者，否则。根据句意可知，此是让步状语从句。故A选项正确。【44题详解】考查动词辨析。句意：该领域的其他研究人员赞扬了布莱克本和埃佩尔使端粒研究与普通大众相关的努力，尽管一些人警告说这可能会使科学过于简单化。A. overestimating高估；B. oversimplifying简单化；C. under

29、estimating低估；D. over-viewing综述。根据上文about what exactly _12_ is related to long telomeres, what exact foods are related to long telomeres, what aspects of sleep are more related to long telomeres可知，此处指一些人警告说这可能会使科学过于简单化。故B选项正确。【45题详解】考查形容词辨析。句意：在人类身上获得因果关系是不可能的，所以它是建立在联系的基础上的。A. impropriate以此方式移交的；B.

30、impossible不可能的；C. irrelevant无关紧要的；D. imaginary虚构的。根据上文I think its a very difficult thing to prove that lifestyle can affect telomere length and therefore lifespan,可知，哈佛大学遗传学家、抗衰老研究员戴维辛克莱认为在人类身上获得因果关系是不可能的。故B选项正确。三、 阅读理解17. Londoners are great readers. They read and buy vast numbers of newspapers and

31、 magazines and of books especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound(装订) between hard covers.There are many streets in London containing shops whi

32、ch specialize in bookselling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of (自夸) being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem

33、to have been left over from Dickens time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of books, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop

34、 in this area specializes only in books about ballet!Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collectors must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the Eas

35、t Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small handcarts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, oc

36、casionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.24. “Londoners are great readers.” means that _.A. Londoners are great because they read a lotB. There are a great number of readers in LondonC. Londoners are readers who read only great booksD. Londoners read a lot25. Acco

37、rding to this passage, Charring Cross Road _.A. is in the suburbs of LondonB. is famous for its bookshopsC. contains various kinds of shopsD. is the busiest street in London26. In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean?A. move away from a busy street. B. buy

38、books in a most busy street.C. waste time looking for books.D. take a risk of losing ones life.27. On Farringdon Road, _.A. you can find fine books for the latest booksB. there are only small bookshops for the secondhand booksC. you can see booksellers selling books on handcartsD. the same books as

39、the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold 参考答案：24-27 DBAC 18. Soon after you have your first child, the question of having a second one is raised by friends and family. However, as the pattern of having two children in a family is challenged by modern family units, there are a few re

40、asons why it is not selfish to want only one child. Today, the role of women has changed a lot. But nowadays, a wife has to help her husband earn the bread and butter as well as well as looking after her family. In demanding times like these, a woman has to put in more physical and emotional effort

41、than any other member of the family. Raising a child comes at a cost that remains only heard of, until you find yourself paying it. The good reality of double income with no kids suddenly comes crashing down when there is a child involved in the picture. When one parent (the mother) needs to take so

42、me time off to look after the newborn, only one person becomes the earning member. Of course, the expenses went up rapidly. According to Susan Newman, PhD, a social psychologist, the average cost of raising a child is $227,000 from birth to college.Most young mothers also think that having one child would mean that there is more income for the child, and thus, better facilities can be provided. It is much easier to educate a single child at a good school, and give him/her bett