2022-2023学年广东省广州市番禺区祈福英语实验学校高二(上)期中考试英语试卷注意事项:1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑;如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时,将答案写在答题卡上,写在试卷上无效。3.考试结束后,本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第I卷(选择题)第一部分阅读理解(共两节,每小题 2.5 分,满分 50 分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.A4 Popular Places to Go This WinterHarbin, ChinaChina Harbins winter is for the brave onesthe average temperature is 1.8F- but those who brave the cold will be rewarded with experiencing one of the worlds largest winter festivals. 2021 marks the 37th Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (January-March), when massive frozen structures rise and are lit up, transforming the city into a winter wonderland. Lyon, FranceParis may be called The City of Light,but every December, light takes center stage in Lyon, Frances third-largest city. Thats when the annual Festival of Lights (around December 8) takes over, with light installations (装置)that transform the citys streetscapes into modern works of art. The city is also home to two Christmas markets (one in La Croix-Rousse; the other at the Place Carnot; through December 25). Lima, PeruPerus capital Lima is home to the worlds highest number of cooking schools per person. Aside from its delicate dining, the city also has great cocktail bars where you can taste classic or contemporary takes on the Pisco Sour.Combine that with the oceanfront setting and temperatures in the 80s, and youll understand why Lima should no longer be ignored this winter. Vermont, USWinter in Vermont means skiing and snowboarding, Many resorts (度假胜地)have greatly upgraded their snowmaking abilities as part of a $15 million statewide program that replaced many outdated snow guns with new, low-energy models.These new machines will also improve the quality of snow surfaces and lengthen the season, meaning this will be one of the best winters for skiing and riding in Vermont in recent memory.1. What similarities do the first two places have?A. They are decorated with lights.B. They offer snow sculptures.C. They have three-day festivals.D. They are extremely cold.2. Which provides a good chance to buy a Christmas gift?A. Harbin.B. Lyon.C. Lima.D. Vermont.3. Whats new to the resorts in Vermont?A. Skiing and snowboarding.B. A longer winter.C. Cooking schools.D. Updated equipment.BBWhen her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing oneperson. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didnt have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Dannys mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business.Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.4. Helene tied several chopsticks together to show _.A. the strength of family unityB. the difficulty of growing upC. the advantage of chopsticksD. the best way of giving a lesson5. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the Helene An family _.A. started a business in 1975B. left Vietnam without much moneyC. bought a restaurant in San FranciscoD. opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles6. What can we infer about the five daughters?A They did not finish their college education.B. They could not bear to work in the family business.C. They were influenced by what Helene taught them.D They were troubled by disagreement among family members.7. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. How to Run a CorporationB. Strength Comes from PeaceC.