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这是一份上海市古美高级中学2023-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷，文件包含2023学年第二学期上海市古美高级中学期中考试高二年级英语试卷docx、高二第二学期英语期中听力文本docx、2023学年第二学期上海市古美高级中学期中考试高二年级英语答案docx等3份试卷配套教学资源，其中试卷共17页， 欢迎下载使用。
Directins: In Sectin A, yu will hear ten shrt cnversatins between tw speakers. At the end f each cnversatin, a questin will be asked abut what was said. The cnversatins and the questins will be spken nly nce. After yu hear a cnversatin and the questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
1. M: Mary, why isn’t Mrs. Green teaching here this term?
W: She can’t. She was fired.
Q: Why isn’t Mrs. Green teaching this term?
2. M: The bld test shws that my liver desn’t seem t be in gd cnditin.
W: I think yu’d better cut dwn n wine cnsumptin.
Q: What des the wman suggest the man d?
3. M: Fr dessert, I want t have an ice cream. Hw abut yu?
W: N, thanks. I am a little full.
Q: What des the wman mean?
4. W: I am wndering if there’s a service charge fr ur meal in such a fancy restaurant?
M: I think s. The menu says the service charge is 10 percent.
Q: Hw much is the service charge if the fd csts $80?
5. W: Prfessr Smith caught sme students cheating n the final exam and failed them right then and
there.
M: Serve them right. I dn’t sympathize with anyne trying t pass that way.
Q: What is the man’s attitude twards what Prfessr Smith did?
6. W: Hi Mike, I hear yu have fund a new place.
M: Yeah, the apartment is pretty nice, but after living there a cuple f mnths, I am wndering if I
can affrd t stay in it.
Q: What des the man imply?
7. M: Frank is certainly in a gd md.
W: The bargain he gt n his new cellphne made him very happy.
Q: What des the wman say abut Frank?
8. M: Where have yu been? We were suppsed t meet at the library half an hur ag.
W: Yeah, I knw. I’m really srry. I guess I just lst track f the time.
Q: What can be learned abut the wman frm the cnversatin?
9. M: I dn’t feel like ging ut. Why dn’t we just stay hme and watch a ftball match n TV?
W: Cme n. Yu prmised t take me ut fr dinner and t the theatre n ur wedding anniversary.
Q: What d we learn frm the cnversatin?
10. M: I’m the nly ne in class wh didn’t sign up fr the bilgy field trip. Walking in the rain can’t
be fun.
W: N. But I’ve gt the feeling yur classmates will cme back knwing sme things yu wn’t
knw.
Q: What des the wman mean?
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages and ne lnger cnversatin, and yu will be asked three questins n each f the passages and the cnversatin. The passages and the cnversatin will be read twice, but the questins will be spken nly nce. When yu hear a questin, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper and decide which ne wuld be the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
Pictures f the bird called the red siskin appear n Venezuela’s mney, n prducts and in schl bks. The “Little Cardinal,” as the bird is knwn, is lved by Venezuelans. But the small sng bird is disappearing frm the wild. It has becme the victim f shrinking frests.
That threat has brught tgether an internatinal team. The team includes scientists frm the Smithsnian Institutin in Washingtn D.C. and cffee farmers in Venezuela’s muntains. They hpe t save the bird. The plan is t have farmers plant rganic cffee plants. Such cffee plants are cvered with branches which make gd nesting places fr the birds.
The Red Siskin Initiative began abut three years ag n a budget f less than $100,000 frm the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and private grups in the U.S. and Venezuela. Planting rganic cffee crps with branches stps farmers frm increasing prductin by thinning their cffee crps t let mre sun nt their fields.
Farmers wh meet the prject’s rules will win the right t sell their beans with “Bird Friendly” labels. They will be able t set prices fr such “high quality” prducts that can be five times higher than legal prices set by the gvernment. At the same time, a red siskin breeding center is being built at a private z in Venezuela. There, 200 birds are expected t be brn next year. This number will be added t the 25 siskins at the Smithsnian Institutin. Red siskins frm the center will be placed in the cffee plants. These effrts culd prevent the birds frm disappearing.
There are reprts f early success. Abut 40 farmers in the muntains f Carayaca, nrthwest f the capital Caracas, have stpped cutting dwn trees, a mve that will help the siskin.
Nw listen again.
Questins
11. What did cffee farmers d that put red siskins in danger?
12. Hw can farmers benefit frm planting rganic cffee crps?
13. What is the passage mainly abut?
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
Tday I’m ging t talk abut the cmmercial jingle. S, first f all, what is it? Well, it’s a wrd, a phrase, r a sentence that is set t music. It culd be very simple, fr example just a cmpany name, if that’s the mst imprtant message t get acrss.
Jingles have been in existence since the birth f cmmercial radi in the USA in the 1920s. It is generally believed that the mdern cmmercial jingle tk ff n Christmas Eve 1926, when a grup f fur signers was heard perfrming a jingle fr a breakfast cereal. The prduct in questin had nt been selling well but sales increased nticeably after the bradcast.
In the early 1930s, listening t the radi was very ppular in the States—there was n televisin then f curse. The rules n advertising did nt permit the direct prmtin f prducts during peak listening hurs. The jingle was a clever way rund this prblem, and s advertisers started using them a lt. Fr example, ne lng-running radi series called The Adventures f the Jenkins Family began with a shrt rhyming jingle fr a dessert. Interestingly, this prduct was the first f its type t be marketed in the United States, and the catchy rhyme made a big impact n the public.
Nw listen again.
Questins
14. What is the passage mainly abut?
15. Accrding t cmmn belief, when did the mdern cmmercial jingle take ff?
16. Why did advertisers start using cmmercial jingles a lt in the 1930s?
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
W: Dr. Rsenthal, nice t see yu again. Tday we will still talk abut the human brain. Actually, I smetimes feel as if my brain wrks mre and mre slwly. S, d ur brains wrk less well as we get lder?
M: Well, nt necessarily. The brain keeps grwing in size until yu’re 18, but it cntinues t develp until yu’re in yur late 40s. After that, it’s “use it r lse it!”
W: OK. We’ve heard a lt in recent years abut right- and left-brain functins. Culd yu take us thrugh that area briefly?
M: Yes, f curse. We’re familiar with the brain having tw sides, and each side f the brain largely interacts with just ne half f the bdy. The left side f the brain is mre respnsible fr language, math, and lgic, while the right side deals with aspects f spatial awareness, face recgnitin, and visual imagery. It’s nt as clear-cut as many peple think, thugh. Fr example, the right side f the brain is als imprtant fr language, helping us t recgnize emphasis. Generally, bth sides are needed fr different aspects f all functins.
W: Mmm. I see. Anyway, is there anything we shuld d t take care f ur brains?
M: Well, the brain is 60% fat and needs energy fr fuel, s it des need us t eat regularly. And the fd needs t be gd quality. Junk fd, like fried chickens and hamburgers is n-n as far as brain functin is cncerned. And the same fr sugary drinks with lts f additives.
W: S, I imagine plain water is best fr the brain?
M: That’s right. Water is a must fr brain functin. Studies have shwn that children wh were allwed t drink water during a tw-hur exam had nticeably better results.
W: Hmm. And exercise?
M: Yes, sme exercise gets mre xygen t the brain, s it’s great fr brainpwer. It can wrk the ther way, t. In ne experiment, vlunteers were asked t spend fifteen minutes a day just thinking abut exercising their arms and develping their arm muscles. After twelve weeks, their arms were 13% strnger—withut actually exercising them.
W: N! That’s unbelievable!
M: And exercise als prmtes the grwth f new brain cells. Scientists used t think that we were brn with all brain cells, but nw we knw that we keep prducing them thrughut ur lifetime, and exercise is ne f the best ways t achieve this.
W: Ah, the ability t prduce new brain cells … That’s very reassuring, and a gd nte t end n! Thank yu very much.
Nw listen again.
Questins
17. Which f the fllwing statement is true f the develpment f the human brain?
18. What des Dr Rsenthal say abut the tw sides f the brain?
19. Which fd des mre gd t the human brain?
20. What gd des exercise d t the human brain?
That’s the end f listening cmprehensin.
Directins: In Sectin A, yu will hear ten shrt cnversatins between tw speakers. At the end f each cnversatin, a questin will be asked abut what was said. The cnversatins and the questins will be spken nly nce. After yu hear a cnversatin and the questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
1. M: Mary, why isn’t Mrs. Green teaching here this term?
W: She can’t. She was fired.
Q: Why isn’t Mrs. Green teaching this term?
2. M: The bld test shws that my liver desn’t seem t be in gd cnditin.
W: I think yu’d better cut dwn n wine cnsumptin.
Q: What des the wman suggest the man d?
3. M: Fr dessert, I want t have an ice cream. Hw abut yu?
W: N, thanks. I am a little full.
Q: What des the wman mean?
4. W: I am wndering if there’s a service charge fr ur meal in such a fancy restaurant?
M: I think s. The menu says the service charge is 10 percent.
Q: Hw much is the service charge if the fd csts $80?
5. W: Prfessr Smith caught sme students cheating n the final exam and failed them right then and
there.
M: Serve them right. I dn’t sympathize with anyne trying t pass that way.
Q: What is the man’s attitude twards what Prfessr Smith did?
6. W: Hi Mike, I hear yu have fund a new place.
M: Yeah, the apartment is pretty nice, but after living there a cuple f mnths, I am wndering if I
can affrd t stay in it.
Q: What des the man imply?
7. M: Frank is certainly in a gd md.
W: The bargain he gt n his new cellphne made him very happy.
Q: What des the wman say abut Frank?
8. M: Where have yu been? We were suppsed t meet at the library half an hur ag.
W: Yeah, I knw. I’m really srry. I guess I just lst track f the time.
Q: What can be learned abut the wman frm the cnversatin?
9. M: I dn’t feel like ging ut. Why dn’t we just stay hme and watch a ftball match n TV?
W: Cme n. Yu prmised t take me ut fr dinner and t the theatre n ur wedding anniversary.
Q: What d we learn frm the cnversatin?
10. M: I’m the nly ne in class wh didn’t sign up fr the bilgy field trip. Walking in the rain can’t
be fun.
W: N. But I’ve gt the feeling yur classmates will cme back knwing sme things yu wn’t
knw.
Q: What des the wman mean?
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages and ne lnger cnversatin, and yu will be asked three questins n each f the passages and the cnversatin. The passages and the cnversatin will be read twice, but the questins will be spken nly nce. When yu hear a questin, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper and decide which ne wuld be the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
Pictures f the bird called the red siskin appear n Venezuela’s mney, n prducts and in schl bks. The “Little Cardinal,” as the bird is knwn, is lved by Venezuelans. But the small sng bird is disappearing frm the wild. It has becme the victim f shrinking frests.
That threat has brught tgether an internatinal team. The team includes scientists frm the Smithsnian Institutin in Washingtn D.C. and cffee farmers in Venezuela’s muntains. They hpe t save the bird. The plan is t have farmers plant rganic cffee plants. Such cffee plants are cvered with branches which make gd nesting places fr the birds.
The Red Siskin Initiative began abut three years ag n a budget f less than $100,000 frm the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and private grups in the U.S. and Venezuela. Planting rganic cffee crps with branches stps farmers frm increasing prductin by thinning their cffee crps t let mre sun nt their fields.
Farmers wh meet the prject’s rules will win the right t sell their beans with “Bird Friendly” labels. They will be able t set prices fr such “high quality” prducts that can be five times higher than legal prices set by the gvernment. At the same time, a red siskin breeding center is being built at a private z in Venezuela. There, 200 birds are expected t be brn next year. This number will be added t the 25 siskins at the Smithsnian Institutin. Red siskins frm the center will be placed in the cffee plants. These effrts culd prevent the birds frm disappearing.
There are reprts f early success. Abut 40 farmers in the muntains f Carayaca, nrthwest f the capital Caracas, have stpped cutting dwn trees, a mve that will help the siskin.
Nw listen again.
Questins
11. What did cffee farmers d that put red siskins in danger?
12. Hw can farmers benefit frm planting rganic cffee crps?
13. What is the passage mainly abut?
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
Tday I’m ging t talk abut the cmmercial jingle. S, first f all, what is it? Well, it’s a wrd, a phrase, r a sentence that is set t music. It culd be very simple, fr example just a cmpany name, if that’s the mst imprtant message t get acrss.
Jingles have been in existence since the birth f cmmercial radi in the USA in the 1920s. It is generally believed that the mdern cmmercial jingle tk ff n Christmas Eve 1926, when a grup f fur signers was heard perfrming a jingle fr a breakfast cereal. The prduct in questin had nt been selling well but sales increased nticeably after the bradcast.
In the early 1930s, listening t the radi was very ppular in the States—there was n televisin then f curse. The rules n advertising did nt permit the direct prmtin f prducts during peak listening hurs. The jingle was a clever way rund this prblem, and s advertisers started using them a lt. Fr example, ne lng-running radi series called The Adventures f the Jenkins Family began with a shrt rhyming jingle fr a dessert. Interestingly, this prduct was the first f its type t be marketed in the United States, and the catchy rhyme made a big impact n the public.
Nw listen again.
Questins
14. What is the passage mainly abut?
15. Accrding t cmmn belief, when did the mdern cmmercial jingle take ff?
16. Why did advertisers start using cmmercial jingles a lt in the 1930s?
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
W: Dr. Rsenthal, nice t see yu again. Tday we will still talk abut the human brain. Actually, I smetimes feel as if my brain wrks mre and mre slwly. S, d ur brains wrk less well as we get lder?
M: Well, nt necessarily. The brain keeps grwing in size until yu’re 18, but it cntinues t develp until yu’re in yur late 40s. After that, it’s “use it r lse it!”
W: OK. We’ve heard a lt in recent years abut right- and left-brain functins. Culd yu take us thrugh that area briefly?
M: Yes, f curse. We’re familiar with the brain having tw sides, and each side f the brain largely interacts with just ne half f the bdy. The left side f the brain is mre respnsible fr language, math, and lgic, while the right side deals with aspects f spatial awareness, face recgnitin, and visual imagery. It’s nt as clear-cut as many peple think, thugh. Fr example, the right side f the brain is als imprtant fr language, helping us t recgnize emphasis. Generally, bth sides are needed fr different aspects f all functins.
W: Mmm. I see. Anyway, is there anything we shuld d t take care f ur brains?
M: Well, the brain is 60% fat and needs energy fr fuel, s it des need us t eat regularly. And the fd needs t be gd quality. Junk fd, like fried chickens and hamburgers is n-n as far as brain functin is cncerned. And the same fr sugary drinks with lts f additives.
W: S, I imagine plain water is best fr the brain?
M: That’s right. Water is a must fr brain functin. Studies have shwn that children wh were allwed t drink water during a tw-hur exam had nticeably better results.
W: Hmm. And exercise?
M: Yes, sme exercise gets mre xygen t the brain, s it’s great fr brainpwer. It can wrk the ther way, t. In ne experiment, vlunteers were asked t spend fifteen minutes a day just thinking abut exercising their arms and develping their arm muscles. After twelve weeks, their arms were 13% strnger—withut actually exercising them.
W: N! That’s unbelievable!
M: And exercise als prmtes the grwth f new brain cells. Scientists used t think that we were brn with all brain cells, but nw we knw that we keep prducing them thrughut ur lifetime, and exercise is ne f the best ways t achieve this.
W: Ah, the ability t prduce new brain cells … That’s very reassuring, and a gd nte t end n! Thank yu very much.
Nw listen again.
Questins
17. Which f the fllwing statement is true f the develpment f the human brain?
18. What des Dr Rsenthal say abut the tw sides f the brain?
19. Which fd des mre gd t the human brain?
20. What gd des exercise d t the human brain?
That’s the end f listening cmprehensin.
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