精品解析：广东省广州市天河区第八十九中学2023～2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

2023学年第二学期中考试 高二年级 英语试卷 命恩：高一英语备课组 审核：高一英语备课组 命题时间：2024年4月 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。 注意事项： 1、答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号等信息填写在各题纸上。 2、答案必须填写在答题纸的相应位置上，答案写在试题卷上无效。 第Ⅰ卷(选择题 共75分) 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分45分) 第一节(共10小题;每小题3分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中进出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A In the day, the view of Wuzhen is dominated by white walls and brown wooden doors, but this scene changes in the night when the different lights in the water town create various stunning colors against the black sky. Of all the shops in Wuzhen, the workshop selling traditional handmade lanterns stands out the most during the night. The man behind these amazing creations is Gu Yeguang, a 53-year-old craftsman who was born into a family of lantern makers in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province. Although Gu has spent nearly his entire life making lanterns, he has never grown weary of the profession, saying that getting to teach the craft to young people is what motivates him these days. To craft the frame of the lantern, Gu has to chop bamboo carefully into long and thin sticks before using a candle to scorch (烧焦) the areas that need to be handled. After bending the sticks, Gu binds the ends together and wraps the completed frame with paper. All these have to be done with great skills and rich experience. The lantern workshop is without doubt one of the most popular attractions in Wuzhen. According to Gu, the workshop would receive more than 100 people during its opening hours from 9 am to 5 pm during the peak summer season. To craft a simple round lantern costs 30 yuan ($4.54). The more unique ones cost 50 yuan each. After a large group of people departs the workshop following their short class on lantern making, Gu returns to his seat and continues work on a complex dragon-shaped creation. But before he could even pick up his tools, a small girl and her mother enter the space. “Mummy, mummy, I want a lantern!” the girl exclaims excitedly. Gu raises his head and gets back on his feet. “Sure,