2023_2024学年甘肃白银白银区大成学校高二下学期期中英语试卷

这是一份2023_2024学年甘肃白银白银区大成学校高二下学期期中英语试卷，共5页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，完形填空，语法填空，书信写作，翻译等内容，欢迎下载使用。

2023~2024学年甘肃白银白银区大成学校高二下学期期中英语试卷
一、阅读理解
D yu knw what STEM is? It stands fr science, technlgy (技术), engineering (工程), and maths. STEM classes are ppular in the US. But mst
STEM students are bys.
Alice Hu is a girl frm Texas. She is 16 years ld nw. She first nticed (注意到) the STEM gender gap (性别差异) when she was in the ninth grade.
Frty students frm her hmetwn went t the state science fair that year, but nly seven f them were girls.
She decided t d smething abut this. She set up (创建) a club called Girls in STEM. It helps girls learn mre abut STEM subjects. Girls can try
sme fun activities that can raise (激发) their interest in STEM. They can als talk t each ther abut studying these subjects.
The club started with seven girls at Hu’s schl. But nw it has 45! Other schls have als started their wn Girls in STEM clubs.
【小题1】What des the letter “M” mean in the wrd “STEM”?
A．Music.
B．Mney.
C．Maths.
D．Match.
【小题2】Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A．STEM classes are nly fr bys.
B．Alice Hu fund the gender gap at the age f 16.
C．At first, mre girls went t the state science fair.
D．Girls in STEM makes girls interested in STEM.
【小题3】What can yu d in Alice’s club?
A．Talk abut science.
B．Have a birthday party.
D．D sme sprts.
C．Learn abut histry.
【小题4】What can we prbably see in the next state science fair?
A．There are sme rbts (机器人).
B．There are mre girls.
D．There are mre clubs.
C．There are mre teachers.
Are yu an early persn (人) r an evening persn? That’s the questin. When d yu wrk best? Fr me, the answer is easy. I wrk best in the
mrning. I d all my best wrk befre lunchtime. I get up at abut eight, and then have breakfast. I listen t the radi, and read the papers. And then I
start t wrk. Usually I wrk frm nine t twelve, but after that I gets tired easily. On a gd day I write fifteen hundred wrds r mre, smetimes tw
thusand wrds, in the mrning. Then after lunch I g fr a walk r d sme reading. In the evening, I like t listen t music, g t my favurite club r
g ut t meet peple. Befre ten ’clck, I g t bed and in abut five minutes I fall asleep (入睡的) very quickly. If yu are a writer, yu need self-
discipline. But when yu are tired, it shws that yu have t refresh (使……恢复) yur mind and bdy.
【小题1】The writer usually wrks ________ in the mrning.
A．abut half an hur
B．abut l hurs
D．abut 4 hurs
C．abut 3 hurs
【小题2】What des the first sentence (句子) mean (意思是) after reading the passage?
A．Yu are a persn wh likes getting up early.
B．Yu are a persn wh likes ging t bed late.
C．Yu are a persn wh wrks best in the mrning r in the evening.
D．Yu are a persn wh likes wrking in the mrning r in the evening.
【小题3】What des the underlined wrd “self-discipline” mean in the passage?
A．自私的
B．自律的
C．自我的
D．自以为是的
【小题4】The passage tells us that ________.
A．the writer’s daily life is busy
B．the writer ges fr a walk after supper
C．the writer des best wrk in the mrning
D．the writer always need refresh mind and bdy

Since I became a teenager, I have thught a lt abut my wn future jb and set gal fr it. It’s very necessary and imprtant fr me nw t decide
what I want t becme. In the past, I used t want t be an engineer because I’m gd at drawing and building stuff, but my thught has changed
thrugh time. I end up all f my chices as a manager wh manages the whle system in the service htel. I have planned that I will study hard in high
schl, then finish IGCSE and IB with a high scre. After that, I will mve t a gd schl in USA t learn abut business and the ecnmy in my
cuntry.
During my life in university, I prperly will apply t wrk fr sme small stres and htels t have the feeling f hw things wrk in the real life.
Firstly, the reasn I like t be a htel manager is I find it interesting t use techniques t persuade mre peple t stay at the htel. Secndly, I see that
the develpment in business is the fastest grwing in sectrs f industry besides the primary and the secndary, s I can make a lt f mney. Thirdly,
it’s the range f cmmunity; it has a very high range t meet different peple with different natinalities.
Furthly, I want t have mre cnfidence and becme a gd leader with skill, fr example, I still can’ t cntrl and persuade peple t listen t me
smetimes when I’ m in charge f PE’s lessn. The last reasn why I strngly chse t be a htel manager is because f my pressure frm my family.
They are the secnd generatin f successful 3 stars htels’ managers. They like me t becme what I’m ging t d when I becme a manager.
【小题1】Why did the authr want t be an engineer at first?
A．Because he wanted t fllw his parents’ expectatin.
B．Because he was gd at silence subjects at schl.
C．Because he thught being an engineer was respected.
D．Because he did very well in drawing and building staff.
【小题2】The advantages in a htel business are many except ________.
A．earning a lt f mney
B．cming acrss different peple
C．learning the special culture in the USA
D．using techniques t persuade mre peple t stay
【小题3】What des the text mainly talk abut?
A．My future jb.
B．My cllege life
C．My family business.
D．My experience in a htel.
Name
Kala
Panda
China
Elephant
Cuntry
Australia
Suth Africa
Descriptin(描 It is cute and small. It eats leaves. It likes
It’s fat and cute. It’s black and white. It’s very quiet and strng. It eats grass and leaves,
It eats bamb. Its nse is very lng.
述)
sleeping in the trees.
Time
Tickets
Only weekends 8: 00 a. m. — 4: 00 p. m.
Adults: ＄ 10. 00 Children: Over 10: ＄ 5. 00 Under 10: free
Chse the best chice frm A B C accrding t what yu read.
【小题1】The elephant is frm _______.
A．China
【小题2】The _______ is cute and eats bamb.
A．Kala B．Panda
B．Australia
C．Suth Africa
C．Elephant
D．Japan
D．Tiger
【小题3】Yu can visit the z at _______.
A．9: 30 am n Saturday
B．5: 00 pm n Sunday
D．7: 00 pm n Mnday
C．8: 50 am n Tuesday
【小题4】Tm is 13 years ld. He ges t the z with his mther. They spend _______.
A．＄10 B．＄15 C．＄50
D．＄20
Vlunteering is fun and rewarding (有益的), but if yu want t be a gd vlunteer, yu need t learn mre.
【小题1】
Be well-trained. Knw
what yu’re ding as a vlunteer. If yu need t learn abut yur jb, 【小题2】 If yu’re gd at yur jb, it will be easier t help thers.

【小题3】
need sme help, ask plitely fr it.
Be understanding. 【小题4】
Wrk as part f a team and make sure everyne wrks tgether and shares the wrk. If smene asked fr help, just give a hand. If yu
Be friendly.
【小题5】
T be a vlunteer, yu might meet new peple wh want t make friends with. Yu
might just meet smene wh becmes a friend fr the rest f yur life.
A．Treat thers like friends, and they’ll d the same fr yu.
B．begin t d it at nce.
C．Try t understand what ther peple are facing.
D．Here’s sme advice n hw t d the vlunteering jbs well.
E．Dn’t try t d everything by yurself.
二、完形填空
A by walked int a candy stre with his father and since he was just 6 years ld, he was surprised by s many candies n ffer. “It’s amazing.
What shuld I
?” he asked himself.
“Cme n, sn, we dn’t have much
. I have t attend an imprtant meeting,” his dad said.
“These are all my
and I dn’t knw what t chse.” He picked up sme bags and then put them back . He culdn’t make up his mind.
,” his dad said. S the by ran arund the stre again. His eyes mved frm ne bag t
“ Hurry up, sn, we have n time. I’m very
anther,
all f the sweets lked s gd and he culdn’t make up his mind.
, the dad had enugh. He caught his sn by the hand and
they walked ut the stre empty-handed (两手空空). The by
ne.
. He wanted them all, but ended up with
because he culdn’t chse just
Sme f us are that by. The
is that candy stre. We have a great number f chices available t us, but if we dn’t make a(n)
abut ur jbs, educatin, relatinships, marriage r ther
things, we will end up empty-handed. Smetimes we wrry abut making the
chice. What if we
the directin that we take and it’s t late t g back? We dn’t have t wrry abut this. Hw d we knw
whether it is gd r nt if we dn’t make a chice? The bigger
is that we make n decisin at all and end up ging nwhere and ding
nthing.
【小题1】
A．think
【小题2】
A．time
B．chse
C．say
D．make
D．pwer
B．mney
C．interest
【小题3】
A．secrets
【小题4】
A．busy
B．ideas
C．favrites
C．fair
D．away
B．tired
D．patient
【小题5】
A．carefully
【小题6】
A．and
B．quickly
C．quietly
D．nervusly
B．r
C．thugh
D．but
【小题7】
A．Luckily
【小题8】
A．returned
【小题9】
A．nthing
【小题10】
A．sky
B．Finally
C．Certainly
D．Hpefully
B．waited
C．cried
D．understd
B．fear
C．peace
D．fun
B．schl
C．wrld
D．cmpany
【小题11】

A．decisin
【小题12】
A．simple
【小题13】
A．right
B．plan
C．guess
D．ending
B．imprtant
C．cmmn
D．gd
B．great
C．wrng
D．difficult
【小题14】
A．regret
B．change
C．accept
D．face
【小题15】
A．difference
B．game
C．danger
D．fact
三、语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Tday, I will talk abut my favrite nvel, The Adventures f Tm Sawyer,
【小题1】
is written by Mark Twain. Tm was the her f the stry.
He
Mississippi River fr several days. They went t lk fr gld but gt
My favrite scene in the bk is when everyne thught Tm was dead. He decided
【小题2】
(live) with his aunt in a small twn named St. Petersburg. He ran away
【小题3】
, his tw friends t an island in the middle f
【小题5】 (luck), they fund a bx f gld.
(g) t his wn funeral(葬礼)and appeared suddenly.
【小题4】
(lse) in a cave.
【小题6】
Everyne was
【小题7】
(surprise) t see him. They were als pleased t see him alive. The main theme(主题)f the stry is surviving in dangerus
【小题8】 (free), scial rules, and what peple d abut bad behavirs. The Adventures f Tm Sawyer is great. It's
【小题9】 (nvel) in American literature. I think yu will lve 【小题10】
situatins. It is als abut
thught t be ne f the greatest
.
四、书信写作
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Jamie来信说他对中国传统文学非常感兴趣，但在阅读时遇到了困难，比如，很多汉字不认识，读不懂文章等，希望得到你的帮助。请给
他回信，内容包括：
1. 表示理解并给予安慰；
2. 提出建议。
注意: 1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jamie,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
五、翻译
阅读下面短文，将短文中画线部分的句子翻译成中文。
Fr the last three nights, I haven’t slept t well.
【小题1】
I wake up an hur earlier than nrmal and then I’m unable t get back t sleep.
I was a bit tired when I went int my bedrm t watch TV this evening.
【小题2】
I picked up a bk and tried t read, but culd feel my eyelids
getting heavier and heavier. Finally, I clsed them and laid my bk n the table. Suddenly I felt smething rusing (唤醒) me. It was warm breath hitting
me right in the face. I slwly pened my eyes and saw a lng, sweet-lking face cvered in white and gld fur.
breathing n me and its big, brwn eyes were lking at me with lve.
【小题3】
Its pink nse was
I smiled and said, “Hell Fluffy.” Suddenly my face was cvered in dg kisses. I hugged his neck, and laughed as he cntinued t shw me with his
lve. I thught t myself 【小题4】 “If nly we humans culd lve each ther as purely (纯真地) as ur dgs lve us, and hw wnderful that

wuld be.”
【小题5】
ur lve jyfully. We shuld live ur lives n the side f lve.
Dgs are ur best friends and greatest teachers f lve. We shuld nt frget their lessns. We shuld give ur hearts freely and