广东省高州市2023-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

这是一份广东省高州市2023-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题，共8页。试卷主要包含了第一部分 阅读第一节，第二节，第二部分 语言运用，第三节等内容，欢迎下载使用。

第Ⅰ卷 客观题
第Ⅰ卷的注释
第Ⅱ卷 主观题
第Ⅱ卷的注释
一、第一部分 阅读(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)(共15题；共37.5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。
Rad Trip Apps Yu Need Befre Yu Leave
Best App fr Rute Planning
Ever wnder hw delivery drivers manage t hit s many different places in a relatively shrt amunt f time? It's because they're using an app like Rad Warrir t plan their rutes t be as efficient as pssible. Hwever, while many ther rute planning apps nly take things like traffic int accunt, Rad Warrir includes lts f ther time-sucking details. The subscriptin ptins start at $10 per mnth.
Best App fr Gas Prices
Gas prices have been smething f a disaster recently, s travellers are naturally fcused n finding the lwest rates whenever pssible. GasBuddy is ne f the mst ppular apps fr lcating affrdable gas, especially n lng rad trips. Simply enter the starting pint and destinatin, and then watch as all f the cheapest gas prices alng yur rute pp up. Like many apps, there is a free versin, as well as a premium (额外费用) ptin with added features.
Best App fr Family Games and Entertainment
Sure yu culd listen t music r watch mvies, but smetimes it's fun t thrw it way back with classic travel games. The Plates Family Travel app is a mdernized versin f the classic license plate game. There's als a map feature that shws yu exactly where yu saw all the license plates n yur rad trip. This app is available fr Apple r Ggle devices fr free.
Best App fr Planning Sightseeing
Fr peple wh aren't ttally fcused n getting frm pint A t pint B in the fastest time pssible, the Rad Trippers app is an abslute must-have. Users can plan their trip frm start t finish with as many as 150 waypints/stps when using the premium versin f the app, which csts $ 29.99 per year. It wn't let yu miss the famus scenic spts alng the way. It estimates fuel csts, allws fr RV drivers t custmize rutes friendly t their particular vehicle and lets the user cperate with friends wh are als n the rad.
1. Which app can help yu save time mst? A . Plates Family Travel. B . Rad Trippers. C . Rad Warrir. D . Gas Buddy.
2. Wh is mst likely t use GasBuddy? A . Thse wh care abut gas prices. B . Thse wh prefer a unique rute. C . Thse wh need license plates. D . Thse wh like playing games.
3. What is special abut the Rad Trippers app? A . It helps its users t make friends. B . It recmmends turist attractins. C . It prvides the shrtest rute. D . It is available free f charge.
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。
"Wmen d nt wn lands in my cmmunity except if they are able t buy ne, as mst f the lands in a family are passed n t the male children. S a wman wh intends t wn a land must be prepared t wrk hard."
Mnica Maigari was brn and raised in her native cmmunity f Madakiya, lcated in the suthern part f Kaduna state f nrthwestern Nigeria. In 2014, her achievements as a farmer, cmmunity leader, and wmen's advcate wn her recgnitin as an Oxfam Female Fd Her. Since that time, she has deepened her invlvement in the lcal cmmunity while sharing her skills with influential audiences.
Mnica has been a farmer fr mre than 30 years. Despite great challenges faced by rural wmen farmers, such as land accessibility, labur csts, market access, and climate change, she has achieved great success. She started with a small field fr crp cultivatin in 1984 then expanded int varius crps and livestck farming. Like all farmers in her regin, Mnica's agricultural prductivity is threatened by climate change. She is leading her cmmunity in adapting t the effects while challenging plicymakers t act.
In Nvember 2014, ut f the 1,280 cntestants natinwide, Mnica wn the Female Fd Her title fr her innvative and leadership qualities. Against lcal practices, she chse t purchase farmland with her prize mney in rder t reduce the cst f renting a land and help plugh back (把……再投资) that mney int her agribusiness.
She describes the FFH as being a truly life changing experience, "I acquired several skills. I was taught the value chain. My prductivity and incme has steadily increased. I am mre financially stable." Since her recgnitin frm Oxfam, Mnica has been in demand as a speaker thrughut Nigeria and abrad, and she is nw able t educate ther female farmers. Realizing this yet always humble, Mnica simply describes herself as "a hard-wrking wman devted t encuraging wmen especially thse less privileged t g int agriculture".
4. What des the authr intend t stress in Paragraph 1? A . The challenges f having lands faced by wmen. B . Mnica's achievements as a wmen's advcate. C . The rle f male children played in pssessing lands. D . The imprtance f wmen's invlvement in agriculture.
5. Why was Mnica chsen as a Fd Her? A . She served as a public speaker at hme and abrad. B . She used her mney t buy farmland. C . She wned lands in a cmmunity where wmen typically d nt. D . She was creative and had strng leadership.
6. Which f the fllwing can best describe Mnica? A . Hard-wrking and sensitive. B . Devted and inspiring. C . Creative but prud. D . Shy but strict.
7. Which can be a suitable title fr the text? A . Wmen's Land Rights in Madakiya B . A Farmer's Jurney in Nrthwestern Nigeria C . Climate Change and Agriculture in Nigeria D . Oxfam Female Fd Her: Mnica Maigari
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。
Recently, fur prfessrs f neurscience were awarded the Brain Prize fr their lifechanging cntributins t the research n migraines (偏头痛), a disease previusly nt understd well.
Prfessr Michael Mskwitz frm Harvard Medical Schl, Peter Gadsby frm King's Cllege Lndn, Lars Edvinssn frm Lund University in Sweden, and Jes Olesen frm Rigshspitalet, Denmark, were celebrated as the recipients f the Brain Prize, the wrld's mst distinguished award highlighting achievements in brain research. The Crw n Prince f Denmark presented the fur prfessrs with a grand prize f rughly 1.5 millin dllars n Octber 25 in Cpenhagen, Denmark.
Migraines remain ne f the mst serius and cmmn neurlgical illnesses millins arund the wrld suffer. Studies shw that wmen are three times mre likely t experience frequent and intense migraines than men, and symptms can last up t 24 hurs. Typically, these intense head-thrbbing pains are als accmpanied by vmiting (呕吐), dizziness and sensitivity t sund, light, and tuch.
After ver frty years f research, the fur prfessrs pinpinted the majr cause—chemicals released within the brain. Previusly, the main causes f migraines were thught t be stress, pressure r anxiety. In 1979, Prfessr Michael Mskwitz discvered that headaches ccur when thin nerves are fund in ur head and face t interact with a highly-sensitive membrane (膜) surrunding ur brain, releasing chemicals called neurpeptides. These chemicals can then cause the bld vessels in ur head t expand and als send pain signals t the brain. Later, research by Prfessr Gadsby and Edvinssn revealed that the specific neurpeptide which plays the central rle in causing the intense headache is calcitnin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Then, Prfessr Olesen's wrk further cnfirmed that CGRP is indeed respnsible fr the pain, rather than a chemical prduced in the brain as a result f the migraines.
The wrk by these scientists paves the way fr develping mre effective medicine. While past treatments can nly temprarily stp the pain, scientists say that the newly develped drugs nt nly prevent migraines but als dn't cause the harmful side effects patients had t endure.
8. Wh received the grand prize in the cuntry where he wrks? A . Jes Olesen. B . Peter Gadsby. C . Lars Edvinssn. D . Michael Mskwitz.
9. What d we knw abut migraines? A . Migraines are a rare and strange illness. B . All the symptms f intense migraines last 24 hurs. C . Females' chance f getting migraines is higher than males'. D . Vmiting, dizziness and sensitivity lead t migraines.
10. What is the majr cause f migraines? A . Stress, pressure r anxiety. B . A highly-sensitive membrane. C . Chemical called neurpeptides. D . Interactins between thin nerves.
11. In which sectin f a newspaper may this text appear? A . Medicine. B . Bilgy. C . Literature. D . Psychlgy.
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。
The Glbal Fd Dnatin Plicy Atlas has issued a recent reprt in rder t recmmend ways t increase fd dnatins, reduce fd waste, and fight hunger, which may help Kenyan leaders meet 2030 fd waste reductin gals.
Fd dnatin can rerute eatable fd—that wuld therwise give ff greenhuse gasses in a landfill—t thse experiencing hunger. Accrding t the Famine Early Warning Systems Netwrk, 3.5 millin Kenyans, rughly 37 percent f the ppulatin, face severe hunger. At the same time, the Plicy Atlas reprts rughly 40 percent f fd prduced within Kenya ges t waste. But Brad Leib, Deputy Directr f Harvard Law Schl Fd Law and Plicy Clinic (FLPC), sees sme prmising changes. "While prgress is nt happening as quickly as needed, Kenya's fd lss index has been steadily reduced frm 1,744 metric tns in 2017, t1,531 in 2018, t 1,446 metric tns in 2019, indicating a steady imprvement and natinal cmmitment t fd lss reductin," reprts Brad Leib.
Accrding t the Plicy Atlas, mtivating fd dnatin with rewards is particularly imprtant, which helps fd dnrs and fd recvery rganizatins make up fr csts necessary fr recvery, string, prcessing, and transprting fd fr dnatin.
"A majr driver f fd waste is incnsistent r unclear date labels that cause cnfusin amng all actrs alng the value chain and limit the ability f businesses t dnate fd. This increases the likelihd that much safe fd will g t waste," Brad Leib tells Fd Tank. Hwever, he acknwledges Kenya's current dual (双的) date labeling laws. While fd may lse its freshness ver time, it is still edible befre expiratin (到期). Dual date labeling n packaged fds reduces cnfusin by defining dates fr bth safety and quality. This helps reduce cnsiderable waste and respnsibility fr dnrs.
Brad Leib believes that the private sectr can als play a significant rle in decreasing fd waste in Kenya. It is vital fr cnsumer educatin campaigns. FLPC's research shws that public-private initiatives can help raise awareness amng cnsumers and dnrs arund issues f fd waste and fd dnatin.
12. What changes des Brad Leib see? A . Kenya is nt cmmitted t reducing fd lss. B . Prgress in reducing fd waste is happening quickly. C . Peple in Kenya n lnger suffer hunger. D . Kenya has gradually reduced its fd waste.
13. What des the underlined wrd "edible" mean in Paragraph 4? A . Eatable. B . Affrdable. C . Delicius. D . Cnvenient.
14. Hw can Kenya reduce fd waste accrding t Brad Leib? A . By reducing fd prduced within the cuntry. B . By using duble date labeling n packaged fd. C . By increasing strehuses. D . By fighting hunger with rewards.
15. What can we learn frm the last paragraph? A . Only the private sectr is helpful in reducing fd waste. B . Br ad Leib desn't agree with FLPC n fd waste reductin. C . Private and public jint effrts matter arund fd issues. D . Cnsumer educatin campaigns are the mst imprtant.
二、第二节 (共5 小题;每小题 2.5分,满分 12.5分)(共1题；共12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The wrld is designed fr right-handed peple, but why des a tenth f the ppulatin prefer the left? 16.
The answer t it remains a bit f a mystery. 17 S it's assumed that left-handedness has a genetic(基因的) cmpnent t it. In ther wrds, left-handers are brn that way. In fact, identical twins, wh share the same genes, can smetimes prefer t use different hands. There are als plenty f theries n what else might determine which hand yu write with, but many experts believe that it's kind f randm.
18 The unfavurable assciatins f the use f the left hand amng cultures are varied. In sme areas, the left hand became knwn as the "unclean" hand. In many religins, the right hand f Gd is the favured hand. Fr example, Jesus sits at Gd's right side. Gd's left hand, hwever, is the hand f judgment. Varius activities and experiences becme rude r even signs f bad luck when the left hand becmes invlved. In sme parts f Sctland, it is cnsidered bad luck t meet a left-handed persn at the start f a jurney. In Ghana, pinting, gesturing, giving r receiving items with the left hand is cnsidered rude. A persn giving directins will put their left hand behind them and even physically try t pint with their right hand if necessary. 19.
Frtunately, nwadays mst scieties and cultures n lnger reject left-handedness like befre. Peple cme t realize that left-handedness is natural. Sme researchers find ut that lefties are mre creative and can deal with abstract thinking better. The left-handedness is mre easily adaptable t the right-handed wrld as well. 20 Instead, it is a wnderful gift r maybe it is smething yu shuld take pride in.
A. Being left-handed is n lnger a sad stry nw.
B. Left-handedness used t be regarded as a disability.
C. Scientists have nticed that left-handedness tends t run in families.
D. In sme Asian cuntries, eating with the left hand is cnsidered implite.
E. Why d they use their left hand instead f their right hand fr rutine activities?
F. Why d sme parents frce their left-handed children t be right-handed when writing?
G. Histrically, the left side and left-handedness have been cnsidered a negative thing.
三、第二部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30 分)(共1题；共15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was waiting t pick up a friend at the airprt. That day I had ne f thse 21 that change peple's lives. It happened just tw feet away frm me. I nticed a man, carrying tw bags, cming tward me. He stpped next t me t 22 his family.
First f all he 23 his bag and came clser t his yunger sn (abut six years ld), they gave each ther a 24 hug. Then the father lked in his sn's eyes with wrds: "I missed yu s much; it's s gd t see yu, sn!" The by 25 and said, "Me t, dad."
Then the man talked t his lder sn (nine r ten years ld). "Oh, yu are quite the yung man; I lve yu very much!" Then they had the mst caring 26 t.
27 the father said"Hi, baby girl"t his baby daughter, wh was squirming (扭动)excitedly in her mther's arm and watching him all the time. The man 28 tk his little daughter, quickly kissed her 29 all ver and then held her clse t his chest. The little girl laid her head n his shulder in pure 30 .
After several mments the man lked at his wife and said, "I've saved the best 31 ." Then he shared with her the mst passinate kiss. They reminded me f newlyweds (新婚夫妇).
Suddenly, I heard myself asking "Ww, hw lng have yu been married?" "Been 32 furteen years, and married twelve f thse." "Well then, hw lng have yu been away?" He replied with jyus smile n his face, "Tw whle 33 !"
I was 34 , as I imagined that he had been gne fr several weeks at least. I culd nly say, "I hpe that my marriage is still that heartfelt after twelve years." The man lked straight int my eyes and tld me smething that changed my life, "Dn't 35 , friend, decide!"
21.
A . memries B . adventures C . experiences D . pprtunities
22.
A . greet B . defend C . ntice D . impress
23.
A . picked up B . put acrss C . relied n D . laid dwn
24.
A . grateful B . lving C . weak D . distant
25.
A . waited B . jumped C . smiled D . knelt
26.
A . laugh B . cnversatin C . mvement D . hug
27.
A . Afterwards B . Finally C . Therefre D . Meanwhile
28.
A . skilfully B . gently C . patiently D . tirelessly
29.
A . back B . face C . hand D . arm
30.
A . security B . cnfusin C . satisfactin D . excitement
31.
A . at least B . in full length C . fr last D . fr gd measure
32.
A . back B . apart C . away D . tgether
33.
A . days B . hurs C . years D . weeks
34.
A . surprised B . awkward C . amused D . disappinted
35.
A . hesitate B . hpe C . stp D . prmise
四、第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15 分)(共1题；共15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
On the secnd flr f the Zitng Art Gallery, 43-year-ld Jiang Xiaqi n is wrking n her painting in a studi, 36 dubles as part f an exhibitin hall. She draws sme yellw frm her palette (调色板) and tips it n her canvas (画布) befre stpping 37(check) if it is t thick. Nw and then, she stands back a pace r tw, takes a survey f her painting and then 38 (decide) whether t apply mre.
Arund her are five ther men and wmen, 39(stand) in frnt f their respective easels (画架) and wrking n their wn paintings. They lk exactly like thse 40 (prfessin) artists that ne wuld meet in an art academy.
Only they aren't. They are farmers frm Dujing village, the administrative seat f Zitng twnship, Chun'an cunty 41 East China's Zhejiang prvince.
Starting t learn painting nly three years ag, Jiang has already made 42 name fr herself. Indeed, she is 43 (warm) knwn as "Sister Crn" fr her crn-themed paintings and artistic 44 (creatin), especially after her il painting-titled Crn, unsurprisingly—was sld fr 7,500 yuan at a special exhibitin 45 (hld) in Shanghai in 2020 featuring 61wrks by Zitng's farmers.
五、第三部分 写作(共三节，满分 50 分)第一节 (共5 小题；每小题2分，满分 10分)根据汉语句子，完成英语句子，每个空格只准填一个单词。(共5题；共10分)
46. 她约好涂指甲，然后走进一家昂贵的服装店。
She had her nails, then she went int an expensive clthes shp.
47. 国王、贵族和上流社会人士都想购买自己和所爱之人的准确照片。
Kings, , and peple wanted t purchase accurate pictures f themselves and the peple they lved.
48. 为了促进我们不良习惯的积极改变，我们必须首先审视我们的不良习惯循环，然后尝试去改变它们。
a change in ur bad habits, we must first ur bad habit cycles and then try adapt them.
49. 事实上，新闻报道经常播出极端暴雨和热浪造成死亡和经济损失。
In fact, news reprts are abut and heatwaves causing deaths and ecnmic lsses.
50. 在我们弃船之前，沙克尔顿镇静地把我们召集在一起，告诉我们要抢出我们最基本的给养——小船、食物、炉子、蜡烛、衣服和毯子。
Befre we the ship, Shackletn calmly called us tgether and tld us t rescue ur mst —the small bats, ur fd, the ck stve, candles, clthes, and .
六、第二节 (满分 15 分)(共1题；共15分)
51. 假定你是李华，随着人工智能的普遍应用，人们的生活方式也或多或少地发生了一些变化。为了鼓励创新和发展,你校上周举办了以"Technlgy Changes Our Life"为主题的科技节活动。请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括:
1）活动目的；
2）活动内容；
3）活动反响。
注意：
1）写作词数应为 80左右；
2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
七、第三节 (满分 25分)(共1题；共25分)
52. 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。
Kevin was a member f a well-knwn family—well respected and industrius. Hwever, a crisis left their family penniless.
Kevin decided t leave hme city and make a living by himself because his family was t pr. Befre leaving, he tld his father, "I want t learn the circus (马戏) perfrmance."
His father was cnfused and wndered why he had such a strange idea.
What his father didn't knw was that Kevin lved the circus since childhd. Every time there was news f a circus perfrmance, he hurried hme n his bicycle. He ran thrugh the frnt dr. "Mum, Dad," he shuted. "The circus has cme t twn."
He was very excited when his father tk him and his sister t the circus the next day. At the circus, the audience always burst ut laughing when the clwns (小丑) appeared. The attractin f the circus was endless.
He clearly remembered nce they went and sat dwn, a lady in a shiny cstume walked a tightrpe. When a by f Kevin's age rde a unicycle (独轮脚踏车), he asked fr a vlunteer. Kevin raised his hand and he was picked. The by taught Kevin t ride a unicycle. The audience clapped. He had a great time at the circus!
His father was unhappy with his answer, "What? N, yu can't d that. A circus is the place fr clwns. Our family will be ashamed f yu."
But Kevin insisted. "Our family is s pr nw. Which is mre imprtant t yu, dignity r fd? I will give yu sme mney every mnth frm the circus. It prbably will be a huge frtune." His father was very stubbrn (固执的). "If yu g there, smebdy will knw abut it very sn and I'll be very embarrassed, and it must be really tugh t be skilled at perfrming such tricks."
Hwever, Kevin still left hme and fund a circus t stay regardless. He wrked very hard studying magic and lived with animals. Every mnth, his parents wuld get a check frm him.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
But they never knew Kevin's address.
Kevin's father went t the shw.