2022-2023學(xué)年廣東省廣州五中高二（上）期末英語(yǔ)試卷

第一部分 閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）

• 1．Use this list of winter festivals to plan your trip or plan around them，as many of these festivals will tie up transport and accommodations and drive up prices.It's all up to you：either plan your travel dates around them，or arrive early enough to jump into the festive atmosphere!
     Lighting Festival
     A day-trip away from South Korea's capital Seoul，the Garden of Morning Calm is a must-see during the Festival.The lights there cover an area of some 330，000 square meters，using 30，000 colorful LED lights hanging from the trees.Wander around the fairy-like wonderland created by the lights-through such fields like Bonsai Garden，Moonlight Garden，and the Garden of Eden.
     *Where：Gapyeong County，South Korea
     *When：December-Mid-March
     Harbin Ice Festival
     Millions of tourists visit this icy festival every year，drawn by the massive ice sculptures that decorate the fairgrounds next to Songhua River.The sculptures，ice palaces，mazes and slides are simply massive in scale，constructed from some 260，000 cubic yards of ice blocks harvested from the river.They range in size from life-scale carvings of animals and fantastic creatures，to massive 250-foot structures that tower over the crowds.
     *Where：Harbin，China
     *When：January 5-February 5
     Sapporo Snow Festival
     Japan's biggest winter festival has expanded in size and scope since its first celebration in 1950.The Festival covers two main sites in Sapporo.The centerpiece Odori Park site features some 100 ice sculptures dazzlingly lit up after dark.The Susukino district site features a smaller scale of ice sculptures decorating the district.The sculptures cover animals both real and fantastic，including anime-based creatures like Pokemon.Visitors can also enjoy snow mazes，street food，musical performances and skating on the ice rink near Odori Park.
     *Where：Sapporo，Japan
     *When：February 4-11
     Sky Lantern Festival
     The Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in Taiwan，China is Taiwan's most visited lantern festival，lighting the skies with floating lanterns bearing messages for the gods.Its counterpart in the Yangshui District favors a noisier kind of illumination - the Tainan Yanshui Fireworks Display takes place at Tainan's Wumiao Temple，where locals dare to be hit by small fireworks as a test of their strength and to ward off evil.
     *Where：Pingxi and Yangshui，Taiwan，China
     *When：February
  
  （1）Which winter festival has the longest duration？

  
  A．Lighting Festival.
  B．Harbin Ice Festival.
  C．Sapporo Snow Festival.
  D．Sky Lantern Festival.
  （2）Which of the following statements is true？

  
  A．All of the sculptures in Harbin are massive in size.
  B．Sapporo Snow Festival has a history of over 70 years.
  C．The sculptures in Sapporo are smaller than those in Harbin.
  D．Visitors can enjoy colorful lights in Seoul during Lighting Festival.
  （3）What is the purpose of the passage？

  
  A．To encourage visitors to experience winter festivals.
  B．To popularize well-planned visits to potential customers.
  C．To promote a better understanding of winter festivals among the public.
  D．To offer information to help winter festival enthusiasts make good plans.
  組卷：5引用：4難度：0.5

  解析

• 2．BEIJING- Wang Yaping，a taikonaut onboard China's space station core module （艙），offered people on Earth a zero-gravity musical performance on Tuesday evening to celebrate the Lantern Festival.The space show was shared via a video released at an annual TV gala for the festival celebration.In the video，Wang was seen floating in the space module while playing a guzheng，or Chinese zither.She played a segment of the popular Chinese folk song. "Jasmine Flower".
     The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar.People usually hang colorful lanterns，play riddle games and express their wishes and hopes for the future.
     The crew members，who traveled to the space station core module on the Shenzhou-13 mission，kept some festive traditions alive as they continued to rotate around the Earth.Commander Zhai Zhigang wrote riddles on red paper scrolls with a brush pen.He displayed the calligraphy together with taikonaut Ye Guangfu and extended festival greetings to the audience.They also sent blessing to athletes at the ongoing Beijing Winter Olympics： "We hope that you all achieve success，gain friendship and harvest your best Olympic experience."
     The video of the space performance was received with much enthusiasm after it was shared on social media platforms.It drew nearly 2 million clicks in one hour after several national media outlets posted it on the Chinese micro-blogging site Sina Weibo.The Weibo account of Zhurong，China's first rover on Mars，reposted the video，commenting， "The music was so beautiful，and it made me homesick，too."
     The Lantern Festival also marks the last day of the lunar New Year celebration.Though far from home，the festive sentiments in space are the same.The China Manned Space Agency released a video on social media platforms on Tuesday，showing that the taikonauts had decorated the orbiting core module with red lanterns，Chinese knots and paper- cutting decorations.Wearing new clothes，the trio （三人小組） enjoyed the traditions of eating dumplings and posting spring couplets on walls During the Chinese New Year holiday，they were also spotted watching the Winter Olympics and doing workouts in orbit.
  
  （1）How did the mass enjoy the musical performance according to the text？

  
  A．By watching a video posted online by Wang Yaping herself.
  B．By logging on the Internet through computers.
  C．By watching the Lantern Festival gala at the scene.
  D．By watching a video coming from a TV gala.
  （2）What does the underlined word "rotate" mean according to the context？

  
  A．Access.
  B．Substitute.
  C．Circle.
  D．Launch.
  （3）What can we learn from the text？

  
  A．The video of the space performance became a great hit.
  B．Zhai Zhigang showed the calligraphy on his own.
  C．The Beijing Winter Olympics had come to an end when the astronauts sent their regards.
  D．Wang Yaping shared puzzles on red paper scrolls.
  （4）Which is the best title of the passage？

  
  A．Chinese folk song "Jasmine Flower" is played on space station
  B．Taikonauts send blessings to the Beijing Winter Olympics athletes
  C．Taikonauts keep Lantern Festival traditions alive on space station
  D．China makes major breakthroughs in the outer space exploration
  組卷：4引用：3難度：0.5

  解析

• 3．In May 2012，Australia's Macquarie Dictionary and the McCann Advertising Agency gathered a group of language experts to name a phenomenon common in the age of the smartphone.They called the phenomenon "phubbing"，and defined （定義）it as "the act of snubbing （無(wú)視）someone in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention." It's not the usual way words begin to exist.
     A month later，the first example of phubbing in a major newspaper appeared in a letter to the editor of The Age，published in Melbourne.Since then，the word has appeared in various media the world over.Phubbing has yet to be fully adopted in the U.S. ，but we have collected some evidence of it in use.
     On 29 September 2015，James A.Roberts wrote in the Huffinington Post， "In the present case，phubbing is a combination of the words phone and snubbing.To be phubbed is to be snubbed by someone using their cell phone while in your company.The "phubb" could be an interruption of your conversation with someone when he or she uses their cell phone or is distracted by it （steal glances when they think you're not looking） instead of paying attention to you.Maybe worse，you've been phubbed if someone used their cell phone instead of communicating with you while staying close to you.Oh，the shame. "
     The meaning and various forms of the word have yet to settle out.Is it phubbing if you're staring at your tablet instead of your phone？Is the singular noun （and the base form of the verb） spelled phubb，as in the example above，or phubb，as in some other sources？These are the sorts of questions we'll need answers to before we're ready to consider phubbing and its relations for entry.In the meanwhile，you can of course use phubbing if you feel the need.It seems we all do these days.
  
  （1）What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about phubbing？

  
  A．Its usage.
  B．Its birth.
  C．Its influence.
  D．Its definition.
  （2）What may phubbing probably lead to according to James A.Roberts？

  
  A．Complete ignorance by your friends.
  B．Heavy reliance on cellphones.
  C．Obvious embarrassment in life.
  D．Permanent breakup of relationship.
  （3）What can we learn from the last paragraph about the word phubb？

  
  A．It arouses heated arguments.
  B．It proves to be settled.
  C．It's not included in a dictionary.
  D．It's not difficult to understand.
  （4）Which of the following is a suitable title for the text？

  
  A．Where Phubbing Leads Us？
  B．Why Phubbing Ruins Our Life？
  C．What Makes Phubbing Commonly Seen？
  D．How Phone Snubbing Becomes Phubbing？
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5

  解析

• 4．Colin Chapman，the founder of Lotus Cars，was one of motor racing's most influential engineers.Between 1962 and 1978 Lotus won seven Formula One constructors championships.He summed up his philosophy as "simplify，then add lightness".It appears to be an uncommon insight.A paper published in Nature suggests that humans struggle with subtractive（減法的） thinking.When asked to improve something，they tend to suggest adding new things rather than removing what is already there，even when additions lead to sub-par（低于標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的） results.The research was motivated by everyday observation rather than psychological theory，says Gabrielle Adams，the paper's first author，who cites folk wisdom such as 'less is more' and 'keep it simple'.Perhaps the need for such reminders was evidence of a blind spot in people's thinking？
     Along with colleagues at the University of Virginia，Dr.Adams conducted a series of observational studies.In one，when participants were asked to alter an essay they had written，16% cut words while 80% added them.Others gave similar results.Of 827 suggestions received by the new boss of an American university for how the institution could be improved，581 involved adding new things and just 70 suggested removing something.
     Having established that addition does indeed seem to be more popular than subtraction，the next step was to work out why.One possibility was that people were considering subtractive options，but deliberately choosing not to pursue them.Another was that they were not even thinking of them in the first place.
     Let's enter a new set of experiments.One experiment asked participants to redesign a lopsided（不平衡的） Lego structure so that it could support a house-brick.Participants could earn a dollar for fixing the problem，but each piece of Lego they added cut that reward by ten cents.Even then，only 41% worked out that simplifying the structure by removing a single block，rather than strengthening it by adding more，which was the way to maximise the payout.Another example，asking people to make a golf course worse rather than better did not change their preference for additions，which suggested that many were simply not thinking of the possibility，at least at first.
     What all this amounts to，says Benjamin Converse，another of the study's authors，is evidence for a new entry in the list of "cognitive biases" that skew（歪曲） how humans think.Instead of thinking a problem through and coming up with an ideal solution，they tend to use cognitive shortcuts that are fast and mostly "good enough".
     Such research has inspired an entire field dedicated to working out when such shortcuts lead people astray.Dr.Adams and her colleagues，meanwhile，are keen to investigate their result in more detail.One question is whether the preference for addition is inborn or learned.
  
  （1）The purpose of mentioning the story of Colin Chapman is

  .
  A．to attract readers' interest
  B．to highlight the experience
  C．to present background information
  D．to introduce the topic of the passage
  （2）What can we learn from the passage？

  
  A．People prefer additions to subtractions in most situations.
  B．People tend to use shortcuts and come up with ideal solutions.
  C．Strengthening the structure is the way to maximize the payout.
  D．The philosophy-"less is more" is well-received.
  （3）What are Dr.Adams and his colleagues likely to study next？

  
  A．The benefits of subtractions.
  B．The ways of changing how people think.
  C．The details of the preference for addition.
  D．The influence of cognitive biases on people's thinking.
  （4）What does the author propose？

  
  A．A way that people automatically think.
  B．A fact that people routinely forget.
  C．A view that shortcuts are good enough.
  D．A point that addition is better.
  組卷：12引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

第二節(jié) 七選五（共1小題，每小題2.5分，滿分12.5分）

• 5．Are you frequently depressed by the feeling that life is leaving you behind particularly when you look over social media sites and are faced with all the exciting things your friends are up to？（1）

  FOMO，or Fear of Missing Out refers to the perception that other people's lives are superior to our own.It appears as a deep sense of envy，and constant exposure to it can have a weakening effect on our self-esteem（自尊）.
    While feelings of envy and lack of confidence seem to be human nature，social media seems to have added fuel to the fire.（2）

  Social media，with its built-in appeal，allows us to share only the best presentations of our life，while leaving out the more boring aspects.Although this could be characterized as dishonest，it is the atmosphere social media seems to demand.So how do we avoid being trapped into our own insecurities by social media？
     Consider your own social media posts.（3）

  Well，so have others.And what they've left hidden is the fact that boredom，loneliness and unpleasant chores are an unavoidable part of everyone's life，and you're not the only one feeling left out.
     （4）

  You may not be a regular at fancy parties or a climber of dizzying peaks，but you have your health，a place to live and real friends who appreciate your presence in their lives.
        Lean to shake it off.We are all flooded daily with photos of other people's perfections，but really，what does it matter？（5）

  And even if you are more easily affected than others by social media envy，all you need to do is to look around you and acknowledge that you are doing pretty well after all.
  
  
  A．If so，you are not alone.
  B．Value your friends in real life.
  C．Learn to appreciate the positives.
  D．Why does it have such a stimulating effect？
  E．They are probably no more real than the funniest reality TV show.
  F．The feeling that we are left out has long-term damaging psychological consequences.
  G．Have you ever chosen photos that lead others to the rosiest conclusions about your life？
  組卷：8引用：6難度：0.5

  解析

第二部分 語(yǔ)言運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）

• 6．"Man up." That's the "advice" that some guys hear from their family and friends when they're not（1）

  "manly" enough because they're showing "too many" emotions.
     And，frankly，it's the kind of advice that ends up doing great（2）

  .Love and support are what strengthen a person；toxic masculinity（有毒的男子氣概）is what（3）

  some problems in the future.
     A16-year-old boy told his（4）

  about how he cried after not getting into a soccer team.It was a pretty big（5）

  to him and，naturally，he was upset.And（6）

  his mom and his sisters comforted him，his dad had a（7）

  attitude towards the entire situation.A big fight followed full of accusations of the boy not being enough of a man.
     The boy's dad（8）

  him for "not doing enough" to get into the soccer team.He then went on to give the boy some（9）

  on how to be more athletic and take care of his diet more.（10）

  ，the dad said that it was stupid to cry over a thing like this，and that it was time that he "manned up".What followed was a long（11）

  and afterwards，the boy ignored his dad for a week.
     The boy's behaviour can be（12）

  .Men，just like women，experience depression and anxiety.However，men are（13）

  told to control their emotions and not to（14）

  their problems with others，as it's seen as being weak.Actually，for men，it is good to（15）

  their emotions properly.
  
  

  （1）	A．a(chǎn)ppearing	B．a(chǎn)cting	C．responding	D．offering
  （2）	A．harm	B．failure	C．confusion	D．a(chǎn)nxiety
  （3）	A．deals with	B．runs into	C．brings about	D．looks into
  （4）	A．opinion	B．story	C．secret	D．trip
  （5）	A．loss	B．change	C．turn	D．blow
  （6）	A．unless	B．if	C．because	D．while
  （7）	A．different	B．positive	C．friendly	D．flexible
  （8）	A．praised	B．thanked	C．forgave	D．blamed
  （9）	A．information	B．inspiration	C．suggestions	D．demands
  （10）	A．However	B．Besides	C．Therefore	D．Instead
  （11）	A．silence	B．separation	C．conversation	D．a(chǎn)rgument
  （12）	A．glorious	B．practical	C．understandable	D．impressive
  （13）	A．traditionally	B．originally	C．immediately	D．simply
  （14）	A．combine	B．share	C．handle	D．compare
  （15）	A．hide	B．generate	C．release	D．control
  組卷：7引用：4難度：0.5

  解析

第二節(jié) 語(yǔ)法填空

• 7．The need for speed is so deeply rooted in modern society that we often forget to press pause and think about the things that get（1）

  （good）with time：antiques，aged wine，long-term relationships and expertise over the years.
      Peking Opera is a slow process too.An often-repeated saying goes as follows：Three minutes on stage，10 years（2）

  stage.It's meant as a nod to its demanding nature and a reminder of its high standards that ensure that any performance（3）

  （do）the way the forefathers wanted it.
      Peking Opera is demanding because of the extensive list of skills it（4）

  （require）.A performer is an actor，singer，dancer，acrobat，mime and martial artist all rolled into one.They're also expected（5）

  （apply） delicate make-up，put on heavy costumes and，（6）

  （depend）on their character，perform on stage in 15cm platform shoes.
      There is so much to take in（7）

  disciples（學(xué)徒）usually start their career as young children，spending years conditioning their bodies and minds for the stage.
      So what chance does（8）

  theatre beginner with little patience and zero flexibility like me stand against Peking Opera？Do I have what it takes to put on a（9）

  （success） show？There's only one way to find out：I'm rolling up my sleeves and training under the（10）

  （guide）of senior stage masters in the field.
  組卷：5引用：4難度：0.5

  解析

第三部分 寫(xiě)作（共三節(jié)，滿分 50 分）

• 8．Yuan was

  （使相信） that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice.
  組卷：3引用：6難度：0.8

  解析

• 9．Many of these new innovations are already

  （可獲得的）and being used in some homes.
  組卷：4引用：7難度：0.7

  解析

第二節(jié) 完成句子（共10小題，每小題1.5分，滿分15.0分）

• 27．確實(shí)，袁隆平瘦削但結(jié)實(shí)的身軀，與其為之奉獻(xiàn)畢生的千千萬(wàn)萬(wàn)的中國(guó)農(nóng)民無(wú)異。
  Indeed，Yuan Longping's slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers，

  he has

  his life.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5

  解析

第三節(jié) 讀后續(xù)寫(xiě)（共1題，滿分25分）

• 28．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)續(xù)寫(xiě)兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
      My father asked me to chat with him for a while.Actually，I was unwilling to listen to his talking endlessly as he always did.My father was a lawyer，but I never wanted to go to law school or follow his path through life.
      As expected，he started to say，"Er…What..What do you really want to do in the future？"
      I was silent for a moment and kept thinking， "Should I tell him my true thoughts？What if he gets angry？What if I let him down？" Later I replied， "Well，I want to be a writer."
      I guessed this may not be the answer he would expect.But he answered surprisingly， "Interesting idea!" I was shocked，speaking in a low voice with hesitation.
      "Are you serious，Dad？"
      "Well，you need confidence and good preparations，and you still have plenty of time.You need to find out what you really enjoy now.Look，it's late.Let's take the boat out tomorrow morning，just you and me.Maybe we can catch some crabs （蟹） for dinner，and we can talk more."
      Early next morning we packed up the equipment （裝備） and set off along the coast.We didn't talk much，but enjoyed the sound of the seabirds and the sight of the coastline.
      There were no big waves and blinding sunlight at that time. "Let's see if we are lucky，" he said，and picked up a cage with a rope tied to it and threw it into the sea.We waited a while，then my father stood up and said， "Give me a hand with this." Then we pulled up the crab cage onto the deck （甲板）.
      To our joy，the cage was filled with dozens of crabs.Squatting （蹲）down，we watched them for a moment.At first they fought against each other to climb out hard，trying to escape.Many were pulled back into the cage.Later，some gave up，but there were still some crabs trying to escape again and again.
  注意：
  （1）續(xù)寫(xiě)詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
  （2）請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
  At that moment，my father pointed to the cage， "Look at that crab，there!_____
  From that day on，I was determined to make my dream come true.______
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5

  解析