湖北省襄阳市襄州第一高级中学2022-2023学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题
一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分 37.5分）
（2023高二上·襄阳期末）阅读理解
Volunteer Day
What better way is there to enjoy your own hobbies while helping others at the same time? Come to Volunteer Day and choose an activity you'd like to join for the day. See below for a schedule of events on Volunteer Day.
Volunteer Day Schedule:
7:30 a.m.: Meet at the Community Centre for juice and bagels.
8:00-8:30 a.m.: Choose which activity you'd like to help with for the day. 8:30 a.m.: Board the bus to your activity site.
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.: Work as a volunteer.
3:30 p.m.: Board the bus that will take you back to the Community Centre.
See below for a list of volunteer opportunities for Volunteer Day so you can begin thinking about which activity you might want to join.
A list of volunteer activities:
Paint houses: Happy Homes is a local organization that provides home
painting. For elderly or physically disabled people who cannot do repairs to their homes, Happy Homes provides volunteer painters to repaint old houses.
Plant flowers: Help plant flowers and bushes in city parks, help lay paths at Cave Springs Park, or help pick up rubbish around the river banks.
Read to children: Love and Learning is an organization that provides volunteers to help children with learning disabilities. Read books out loud to groups of children four to six years old, or read one- on-one with struggling readers seven to eight years old.
Play with animals Lovely Friends is an organization that visits local animal shelters and provides volunteers to spend time with the animals while their cages are being cleaned.
If you take interest in it, please call 0195242 for more information.
1．At what time do volunteers leave for their activity sites?  
A．7:30 a.m. B．8:00 a.m. C．8:30 a.m. D．9:00 a.m.
2．What do Lovely Friends volunteers do?  
A．Read books to children. B．Pick up garbage along the river.
C．Help plant bushes in parks. D．Spend time with animals.
3．The purpose of the passage is to______.
A．attract volunteers B．educate volunteers
C．praise volunteers D．help volunteers
（2023高二上·襄阳期末）阅读理解
One night, I received a message from my former classmate, someone I hadn't spoken to in 15 years. "Hey Mary," she said. "I know you've always been an animal lover. I have a mini pig that is not getting along with my dogs. So I can't keep the pig." Of course, the whole situation was strange, but I've always been a trusting person. I replied "Let me do some research and I'll get back to you."
I knew nothing about mini pigs. I didn't know what they ate; and I had no idea how big they got. Once I started doing some Internet research, I found a few people claiming that "there's no such thing as a mini pig," but I was blinded by my sudden obsession and my faith in my onetime friend. She had said the pig was six months old and this mini pig would grow to be about 70 pounds, maximum. That was pretty close to the size of Shelly, one of my dogs. So I told my former classmate that I'd take the animal.
It's intractable enough bringing a pig back to the house I share with two dogs, two cats, and my husband, Derek. But I knew I wanted the pig and the day finally came. When Derek went back, he stood in the doorway like a statue. Every emotion other than happiness flashed across his face. He was extremely angry. The only positive thing I could say was, "She's a mini pig! She'll stay small!" Surprisingly, soon enough, the lovely pig smoothed things over by itself. Derek started talking about where the pig's liter would go. You don't care about "litter" of someone you're getting rid of.
However, a few months later, she'd started closing in on 80 pounds. It was becoming clear that I'd probably adopted a commercial pig and she was going to be enormous. While it might be unexpected, it's more than worth it for the happiness she has added to our world.
4．What does the underlined word "intractable" mean in Paragraph3?  
A．Easy. B．Interesting. C．Tricky. D．Urgent.
5．Why did Derek ask about the pig's litter?  
A．He already accepted the pig.
B．He disliked everything about the pig.