四川省阆中中学校2023-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

这是一份四川省阆中中学校2023-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题，共8页。

英 语 试 题
（满分:150分 时间:120分钟 命题教师：宋振宇 审题教师：寇 月）
注意事项：
1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、班级、准考证号填写在答题卡上规定的位置。
2.选择题作答时，使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题号的答案方框涂黑；用0.5毫米黑色墨迹签字笔将非选择题答案填写在答题卡上对应题号的答题区域内，超出答题区域的答案无效，在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。
第I卷 选择题(共95分)
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有1个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Hw will the speakers g t the cncert hall?
A. By subway.B. On ft.C. By taxi.
2. What d the speakers need t buy nw?
A. Sme butter.B. Sme eggs.C. Sme bread.
3. What are the speakers talking abut?
A. A CD.B. A gift.C. A musician.
4. What is the weather like in the west f the man’s cuntry?
A. SunnyB. Windy.C. Rainy.
5. What des the man like ding nw?
A. Drawing.B. Practicing calligraphy.C. Playing the pian.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. At an ffice.B. At a cafe.C. At a schl.
7. What is the wman ging t d?
A. Send an email.B. Pick up her sn.C. G t the sprts center.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What des the wman decide t d this Sunday?
A. Visit a museum.B. See a film.C. Take sme pictures.
9. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Clleagues.B. Neighbrs.C. Schlmates.该试卷源自 每日更新，享更低价下载。听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What des Alex want t watch?
A. Tm and Jerry.B. Superman.C. Jurney t the West.
11. What des Alex think f Tm and Jerry?
A. It’s silly.B. It’s funny.C. It’s ppular.
12. Which cartn character des the wman like best?
A. Tm.B. Jerry.C. The Mnkey King.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. When is Mary’s birthday?
A. On July 22nd.B. On July 23rd.C. On July 24th.
14. Wh went n a business trip this mrning?
A. Mary’s parents.B. Jenny’s father.C. Jhn.
15. Where will the party be held?
A. At Jenny’s hme.B. At Hill Restaurant.C. At Sutheast Center.
16. What will Jhn bring t the party?
A. Sme ice cream.B. Sme flwers.C. Sme cakes.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What des the speaker mst prbably d?
A. She is a tur guide.
B. She is a teacher.
C. She is an rganizer f the exhibitin.
18. Hw much is the ticket t the castle?
A. £2.B. £3.C. £5.
19. What time will the bus leave n Saturday?
A. At 8:40 am.B. At 8:50 am.C. At 9:10 am.
20. What can the listeners learn frm the special exhibitin?
A. When the castle was built.
B. What ancient peple wre.
C. Hw the cars were invented.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节（共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A 、B 、C 和 D )中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The Outdr Centre
Opening times
Water sprts: 9 a.m.—5 p.m.
Play Park: 10 a.m.—4 p.m.
Entrance/Car park fees
Lw seasn: Weekdays £2.00 per car; Weekends: £3.00 per car
High seasn: 23 July-11 September; Weekdays and weekends: £3.00 per car
One-day adventure curse
This is a chance yu have been waiting fr. Cme and try sailing, climbing and surfing. This curse is trying t intrduce utdr activities t adults in a fun way. Yu d nt need t be very fit r t have had experience f the activities. All yu need is t be interested.
Play Park
The Play Park is suitable fr children frm 2 t 10 years f age. It is ne f the best f its type in the cuntry. It has sand and water play, large ball pl, play castle and much, much mre.
Grup day and weekend curses
We als ffer day and lng weekend curses fr grups. We receive regular visits frm schls and clleges. There are three large rms with twelve beds in each, which can be bked befrehand fr grups f up t 36 peple (12 at least).
Summer adventure hliday (fr 8—14 years f age)
Safety is f great imprtance at the Outdr Centre. All ur wrkers are fully trained in first aid (急救) , and able t teach the activities n ffer. We als make certain that all children nly take part in activities that are suitable fr their ages and physical abilities. Fr this prgramme children must be able t swim 25 metres and be in gd physical health.
21. Hw much shuld a family driving tw cars pay when entering the centre in August?
A. £2.00.B. £3.00 C. £4.00.D. £6.00.
22. Which f the fllwing is suitable fr a grup f ten children aged 6 t 8?
A. Play Park.B. On-day adventure curse.
C. Summer adventure hliday.D. Grup day and weekend curses.
23. Peple wh want t take the summer adventure hliday _________.
A. can stay vernight if they want B. shuld have basic skills in swimming
C. shuld have a knwledge f first aid D. can d any sprt they are interested in
B
In 2014, Xu Yitang, a Beijing native wh had been studying Peking Opera since childhd, went with friends fr a birthday celebratin t Beijing Z. Little did he knw that a chance encunter at the aquarium(水族馆) there wuld excite a lifelng passin. As Xu Yitang stared at crals bathed in tank’s light, a sense f wnder crwded int his mind. Lst in the beauty and mystery f the creatures, he spent the entire afternn in frnt f it. After that, he began t frequent the lcal market t learn abut cral farming frm merchants wh sell rnamental plants, fish and crals. He als searched fr infrmatin n relevant frums nline. Befre lng, he had set up a small fish tank at hme and started cultivating a cral.
Nwadays, Xu Yitang wh has mved t the trpical island f Suth China’s Hainan prvince, wrks fr a Sanya-based trpical bilgical labratry belnging t the Chinese Academy f Sciences. Each day, he spends several hurs diving deep under the waves t bserve and dcument the grwth and develpment f the creatures that captured his heart all thse years ag. Nicknamed “cral man”, he is actively engaged n such scial media platfrms as Sina Weib, where he regularly shares visually beautiful phts and entertaining vides f crals. He aims t encurage individuals t take actin in prtecting cral reefs and the ceans as a whle frm the destructive impact f climate change and human activities.
Unfrtunately, with the strengthening f the greenhuse effect, rising sea temperatures have led t cral bleaching (白化) and decay. A cral reef’s beautiful clrs cme frm the symbitic algae (共生藻类) zxanthellae that prvide mre than 90 percent f the energy thrugh phtsynthesis (光合作用). Cral bleaching ccurs when cral expels the algae and dies due t the lack f nutrients.
In the labratry, he wuld film educatinal vides t raise awareness and knwledge abut crals, s that peple can learn hw t prtect them effectively.
24. What changed Xu Yitang’s career chice?
A. Frequenting the lcal market.
B. Setting up a small fish tank at hme.
C. Having an encunter at the aquarium.
D. Observing cral grwth and develpment.
25. What can we infer frm paragraph 2 ?
A. Xu is a diver in the lab.
B. Xu is a cral cnservatinist.
C. Xu spends few hurs n his wrk every day.
D. Xu shares his vides fr crals thrugh scial media platfrms.
26. What caused cral bleaching?
A. Rising sea temperatures.B. Lts f nutrients in the water.
C. Cral farming practices.D. Lack f sunlight in deep waters.
27. Hw des he feel abut his jb nw ?
A. Critical. B. Indifferent. C. Objective. D. Enthusiastic.
C
High schl students perfrm better n tests if they are in a classrm with a view f a green space, instead f a windwless rm r a rm with a view f built-up space, accrding t research frm the University f Illinis Department f Landscape Architecture.
“It is the first t shw a relatinship between studying with a green view and students’ perfrmance.” said William Sullivan, head f the research team. “It’s a substantial finding that if yu have a green view utside yur windw, yu’ll d better n tests.” Sullivan hpes the results f their research will lead t sme changes. “Changes in schl design, fr example, wuld be a much better thing than any f the things we spend mney n in secndary educatin tday,” Sullivan said.
The research included 94 students at five central Illinis high schls. Students were randmly assigned t ne f three kinds f classrms—windwless, with a windw lking ut nt built-up space, r with a windw lking ut nt green space. Each kind f classrm had almst the same size and layut(布局)．The students tk part in ne-n-ne experiments in which they did 30 minutes f activities that included a prfreading(勘校) exercise, a speech and a math exercise. Fllwing the activities the students were given an attentin test which asked them t repeat a series f numbers.
The findings: Students did better n bth study activities and the attentin test if they were in a classrm with a green view, Sullivan said.
The researchers suggest their findings can help planners and plicymakers imprve students’ health and learning. Fr example, planners can chse places fr new schls that already have trees, r they can plant many trees n the site; architects can design classrm windws s they lk nt green spaces.
28. What did the study find ut abut high schl students?
A. They like t have green plants in their classrms.
B. They will get better grades when studying in different classrms.
C. Changes in schl design will influence their attitudes twards teachers.
D. A green view thrugh a classrm windw can imprve their perfrmance.
29. What des the underlined wrd “substantial” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Early.B. Imprtant.C. Useless.D. Pssible.
30. What is paragraph 3 mainly abut?
A. Hw the study was carried ut.B. The result f the study.
C. Why the study was different.D. The purpse f the study.
31. What d the researchers think f the study?
A. It has drawn public attentin t educatin.
B. It can play a guiding rle in schl planning.
C. It has encuraged students t get clse t nature.
D. It needs mre supprt frm high schl teachers.
D
Reading is t success what water is t fish. It is clear that every successful persn develps a passin fr reading. This is because reading is a key element t acquire the infrmatin required t understand smething. Fr example, lawyers have t study and learn every established law n their specific branches. Smetimes the law changes accrding t peple’s needs. A gd lawyer has t be infrmed abut the latest news in the curt. A dctr has t be infrmed f the latest advances in medicine.
Reading is very imprtant fr all the peple. Everything is relative in this wrld, especially reading. Reading can pen many drs and it can lead yu int a path f success. Studies have prved that reading t yur unbrn child is very gd. This way yur child will develp a lve fr reading.
Hw d yu develp a lve fr reading? There is nly ne way yu can bst yur lve fr reading. Let me explain this t yu. If yu want t learn hw t ride a bike, yu have t get n the bike as many times as pssible until yu have learned. It wrks the same way with reading. If yu want t bst yur reading, take a bk and read it all the way thrugh. When yu finish reading yur first bk, take anther bk and d the same. Try t read as much as yu can. If yu are ging ut, grab a magazine, a bk, an article r smething t read.
There is a very imprtant factr behind the reading—reading cmprehensin（理解）. It’s what makes yu understand the meaning behind the text. Let’s assume that yu read an essay and yu are suppsed t explain the meaning f the essay. Hw wuld yu explain the essay if yu culdn’t catch the message f the authr?
32. What des the first tw paragraphs mainly talk abut?
A. What reading cmprehensin is.B. Hw t develp a lve fr reading.
C. The key t success.D. The imprtance f reading
33. What can we define reading cmprehensin as?
A. It is a very imprtant factr behind reading.
B. It is smething that makes peple understand what they read.
C. It is a strng lve fr reading.
D. It is the latest infrmatin in reading.
34. Hw des the authr mainly develp the passage?
A. By cmparing the pinins f different peple.
B. By presenting a cause and analyzing its effects.
C. By presenting pinins and giving examples.
D. By fllwing the natural time rder.
35. What will prbably be discussed abut in the fllwing paragraph?
A. Ways t imprve reading cmprehensin.
B. The imprtance f reading at schl.
C. Famus peple wh lve reading.
D. Ppular reading websites.
第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Raising teenagers can be bth difficult and rewarding. They are becming yung adults. Almst all teenagers will have sme behaviral utbursts with their families during this perid f life. 36 Here are sme ideas that may create psitive experiences fr teens and parents.
Have meals tgether. Mealtime is when we check in with each ther. 37 Eating meals tgether ffers a way fr parents and kids t share what is n their minds. It brings families clser by creating trust and understanding t help guide children thrugh the challenges f the teen years.
38 As teens develp their wn sense f independence, it gets harder t find time t talk. Talk in the car tgether, when ding dishes tgether, r any time yu have a chance. Remember that n matter hw big their prblems seem, what mst teens want is lve and supprt. Help them cnnect with their families and cmmunities．During these years, help teens learn that their wrds and actins matter. 39 Others may find cnnectin thrugh spiritual cmmunities r frm having mre respnsibilities at hme. Cnnecting with families and cmmunities als helps keep teens safe frm riskier activities.
Find time t have fun tgether! What d yu bth enjy? Playing chess? Ging t the ballet? Vlunteering in yur cmmunity? Take time t have fun and enjy each ther’s cmpany. N ne wants the attentin f peple they lve t be fcused nly n what nt t d. This is true fr teenagers, t. 40
A. Talk with yur teen.
B. Never try t cntrl yur child.
C. Parents have a rle in keeping their teens safe.
D. Relaxing tgether helps them feel lved and valued.
E. This can be hard t d with busy schedules, but it is imprtant.
F. Sme teens learn this by playing in music bands r team sprts.
G. But strng relatinships can help teens and their parents thrugh hard times.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
It’s time t register fr tenth grade, but my parents culd nt pay the tuitin(学费). 41 I was the tp student in my class, I was sent hme. This was 42 experience, as I lved being in schl and 43 wanted t cntinue my educatin. I went hme and helped my father at his tire -repair shp.
Hwever, things tk an unexpected turn three days later. One f my classmates 44
t tell me t g back t schl because my tuitin was fully paid. I returned t my classrm, but I kept 45 wh had dne this fr me. I 46 the registrar t tell me the dnatr’s name , nly t be tld that the dnatr wanted t keep it a 47 . Upn my insistence and n cnditin that I didn’t g and thank the persn, she 48 me that it was my English teacher, Olivia Balian. When Ms. Balian learned the reasn fr my absence frm schl, she paid my tuitin with her salary. The whle year I sat in Ms. Balian’s class, thinking abut her
49 dnatin but unable t express my 50 .
51 , I received tw master’s degrees. Almst 40 years later, I visited Ms. Balian. She had 52 frm teaching lng ag. She was as excited t see me as I was t see her. I was finally able t thank her. I ffered t assist her in any way pssible, but she 53 all ffers.
While this stry is abut Ms. Olivia Balian, it is als a stry that ne persn can make a great 54 t the lives f thers. 55 her timely assistance, I prbably wuld have spent the rest f my life repairing tires.
41. A. Even thughB. Nw that C. If nly D. N wnder
42. A. risk-takingB. face-saving C. heart-breaking D. breath-taking
43. A. desperatelyB. exactly C. slightly D. hardly
44. A. came acrssB. came ver C. came ut D. came back
45. A. dubtingB. wndering C. talking D. cnnecting
46. A. rderedB. persuaded C. begged D. suggested
47. A. magicB. fact C. duty D. secret
48. A. remindedB. infrmed C. prmised D. warned
49. A. amusingB. graceful C. generus D. creative
50. A. regretB. appreciatin C. hnesty D. aplgy
51. A. EasilyB. Obviusly C. Eventually D. Definitely
52 A. retiredB. served C. missed D. recvered
53. A. acceptedB. declined C. cnsidered D. returned
54. A. pprtunityB. chice C. decisin D. difference
55. A. WithutB. With C. Fr D. Under
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，共55分）
第三部分 语言知识运用
第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或所给单词的正确形式。
Humans successfully reached the tp f the wrld, Munt Qmlangma, fr the first time in 1953. On May 23, 70 years later, a Chinese expeditin team reached its peak and 56
(carry) ut scientific research, which celebrated the histrical adventure. The jurney t the tp is 57 (extreme) dangerus and takes bth bravery and gd physical health 58 (cmplete). Climbers fight against the harsh (恶劣的) envirnment and g beynd 59 (they) limits.
The main reasn why scientists fearlessly cntinue this climb t the tp can be the rich infrmatin that Mt Qmlangma prvides. Due t its bidiversity, it can 60 (see) as a “micr Earth”. The drp in altitude (海拔) frm the tp is huge, frming 61 wide range f climates and creating its wn ecsystem. Als, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原), 62
Mt Qmlangma is lcated, is an imprtant eclgical resurce.
“The expeditin has transfrmed frm ‘I want t cnquer yu’ t ‘I want t understand yu’,” said Ya Tandng, team 63 (lead) f the expeditin. The scientists’ wrk was beynd 64 (cllect) samples. Advanced equipment like drnes (无人机) and 3D laser scanning, was used t better mnitr pllutants and changes in glaciers. With thse new technlgies, the expeditin resulted 65 imprtant internatinal influence.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作（15分）
假如你是李华。你从网站得知阆中古城需要志愿者英语导游，请你给项目负责人写一封申请信。内容包括：1.介绍你的基本信息；2.说明你的优势；3.希望获得机会。
注意：1．词数80字左右；2．可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：Langzhng Ancient City 阆中古城
Dear Sir r Madam,
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Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节 读后续写(满分25分)
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
After I stepped int the schl library, I went straight t the shelves filled with bks at nce. It was break time and I had drpped by the library t brrw a bk. Just as I was lking thrugh sme bks, a girl in my class, Alice, came up t me. Alice was a pain in the neck as she wuld ften make fun f thers. That day, Alice laughed at me abut my deepest secret that I had cme last in class in the mid-year examinatins.
I blushed(脸红)htly in shame. At the same time, I became extremely angry. My best friend, Lynn, was the nly ne wh knew my secret. Hw culd she betray(背叛)me?
My anger grew as thughts abut my friendship with Lynn flashed thrugh my mind. We had been gd friends since Primary 1. We hung ut tgether, studied tgether and stayed up till the early hurs f the mrning t exchange ur dreams. We were clser than sisters. When she needed a shulder t cry n, I wuld be there. Hw culd she d this t me? I was s mad that I culd nt cntrl myself.
Brushing aside Alice’s taunts(嘲弄), I strmed t the place where Lynn usually went—the schl field. Lynn lked at me with a welcming smile n her face. The sight f her treacherus(背信弃义的)face made me mad and crazy.
“Hw culd yu d this t me? I thught we were friends!” I shuted at Lynn. “I hate yu!”
A lk f bewilderment(迷茫)crssed her face as she said,
“What ... What’s wrng? What did I d?”
Lynn cried ut but I was cld and I didn’t shw any kindness t her at all. I tld her, “Yu are n lnger my friend!”
And then I strmed away and returned t the library t calm myself dwn.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150字左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡上相应位置作答。
Abut 5 minutes later, ne f my classmates came up t me and handed me my diary.
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Luckily, Lynn was still in the field.
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