[英语]2023_2024学年广西钦州浦北县高二下学期期中英语试卷(4月)

这是一份[英语]2023_2024学年广西钦州浦北县高二下学期期中英语试卷(4月)，共6页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，完形填空，语法填空，书信写作，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

2023~2024学年广西钦州浦北县高二下学期期中英语试卷（4月）
一、阅读理解
1.D yu knw there are apps that make it easy t help thers, ur planet, and urselves, s we lead mre giving and meaningful lives? Check ut
fur f the best nes and spring int actin!
Be My Eyes
This app cnnects visually impaired peple in need f sme help with sighted peple with a few minutes f spare time t ffer thrugh vide calls.
The help needed may be smething like finding a missing bject in the hme. This app is available in ver 150 cuntries and in mre than 150
languages. Vlunteers register and detail which languages they speak. When smene needs help,a message reminder appears n their device.
Zniverse
Want t help with cutting edge glbal research? Zniverse is an app with millins f registered vlunteers that lets yu becme a citizen
researcher! Help prfessinal scientific researchers thrugh yur mbile device r the cmpanin website. Glbal vlunteers taking part in this exciting
crwd surcing prject typically dn5t have a scientific backgrund but their cntributin is highly valued.
My Selfless Act
This is a scial netwrking site and app prmting the idea f giving back t the cmmunity thrugh vlunteering. It ffers infrmatin n lcal
vlunteering pprtunities glbally and encurages the sharing f ideas and activities.
Ale Bud
Created by smene wh struggles with his mental illness, rutine and remembering daily self-care, Ale Bud is a welcming and simple “self-care
pcket cmpanin” app. It gently reminds users abut self-care activities in physical, mental and emtinal needs. These reminders relate t anything
frm drinking enugh water t taking screen breaks t maintaining cnnectins.
【小题1】What is Zniverse intended t d?
A．Help with disabled peple.
B．Prvide access t research.
D．Organize self-care activities.
C．Share cmmunity resurces.
【小题2】What is prbably the majr cncern f users wh chse Ale Bud?
A．Persnal well-being.
B．Cmmunity service.
C．Prfessinal develpment.
D．Vlunteering infrmatin.
【小题3】Which app targets users with eye prblems?
A．Ale Bud.
B．Zniverse.
C．Be My Eyes.
D．My Selfless Act.
2.I’ve lng believed that psitive living isn’t abut being ptimistic every minute f every day. That kind f permanently happy state can’t be the
gal, because it’s impssible t achieve.
It turns ut that psychlgical research finds true happiness cmes frm authentic psitivity, and authentic psitivity cmes frm emtinal
flexibility.
Being flexible emtinally means being pen t the full range f emtinal experiences, including the challenging nes like anger, disappintment
and sadness. Emtinal flexibility means being able t shift behavirs and mindsets t meet different situatinal needs, and adapting when
circumstances change.
Hwever, emtinally flexible peple are nt chamelens whse utlk changes based n which way the wind is blwing. Instead, emtinal
flexibility is a skill that helps peple judge the cmplexities f daily life, and stick t their deeply held values.
I’ve learned a new wrd that I’d like t share with yu: Eudaimnia. Eudaimnia is the ppsite f hednism, the idea that happiness cmes frm
the cnstant pursuit f pleasure and avidance f pain. Eudaimnia, by cntrast, encurages us t pursue meaning and authenticity, grwth and hnest
jy. Bth are philsphical appraches t happiness, and recent psychlgical thught is leaning tward eudaimnia as a mre sustainable, satisfying
mdel.
Eudaimnia was first mentined by Aristtle, wh gt the term frm the Greek wrd “daimn,” which means “true nature.” T me, walking a
psitive path means accepting that we each have psitive true nature and permanent gdness. What we learn frm the cncept f eudaimnia is that
we are best equipped t realize this nature when we are emtinally hnest and flexible.

【小题1】What is the authr’s belief?
A．Peple can’t always be happy.
B．Peple shuld live alne.
C．Peple shuld pursue true achievements.
【小题2】What d emtinally flexible peple cmmit themselves t?
A．Their different needs.
D．Peple can’t always achieve their gals.
B．Their strngly believed values.
D．Permanent happiness.
C．The pursuit f hednism.
【小题3】Hw can peple gain eudaimnia accrding t the authr?
A．By keeping realistically ptimistic.
B．By pursuing pleasure cnstantly.
D．By changing true nature.
C．By being hnest t thers.
【小题4】Which f the fllwing is a suitable title fr the text?
A．What’s the difference between eudaimnia and hednism?
B．Why can’t peple be happy all the time?
C．What is the imprtance f eudaimnia?
D．What shuld we d t stay psitive?
3.Buddy r Friendship Benches (长椅) are needed because playgrunds can be lnely places sme times. When a schl places the bench, they teach
a little lessn t the kids n hw it is t be used. Then when a child sits n the bench, it sends ut a message t thers that basic ally says, “Hey, I’m
alne right nw and wuld welcme the cmpany (陪伴) f thers.” Kids in the playgrund see this and frm their training, they see there is a fellw
student in ne ed. They are encuraged t cme ver and sit n the bench and make a new friend.
Benches like this have been arund fr a while nw in many schls. But in Ireland, they are trying t d smething different with them. This schl
in Crk in the suth f Ireland is the 247th t get benches frm a scial rganizatin called “Buddy Bench Ireland” that desn’t just prvide schls
with benches, but als runs special prjects with trained child psychiatrists (精神病专家). They use the bench as an pprtunity t start cnversatins
abut mental health. They talk abut the imprtance f knwing and understanding yur feelings and thse f thers.
Judith Ashtn, a c-funder f Buddy Bench Ireland said, “The children need t understand what the bench is abut, what it represents —
friendship, understanding, listening t each ther and the mst imprtant thing is that it’s imprtant t express feelings.”
But d children really use the bench? It’s a matter f great public cncern. Sinead Mcgillway frm Maynth University carried ut a study and
said, “We fund that 40% f the children tld us that they had actually used the benches at the time f the study. And ver 90% said that they wuld
talk t a child if that child was sitting n the bench. S, there’s nthing t wrry abut.”
Children’s mental health and safety at schl is increasingly a cncern in many cuntries. In Ireland, they’re hping these benches will n t nly
tackle prblems like schl vilence and schl bullying(校园暴力和校园欺凌), but als give students the cnfidence t pen up abut t heir feelings.
【小题1】Accrding t the passage, buddy benches might ______
A．make students feel relaxed
B．help students feeling lnely t find friends
D．appear in schls filled with prblem children
C．be a symbl f psychlgy classes
【小题2】The rganizatin “Buddy Bench Ireland” ______.
A．makes buddy benches mre ppular
B．brings mre new-pattern benches t schls
D．prvides psychlgical care prjects alng
C．encurages mre students t chse buddy benches
【小题3】In Judith Ashtn’s pinin, what students mst need t knw is ______.
A．hw t understand each ther
B．what buddy benches are abut
C．the imprtance f expressing themselves
D．the necessity f listening t their friends
【小题4】Frm what Sinead Mcgillway said, we can knw that ______.
A．60% f the children in the study disliked these benches
B．ver 90% f the children in the study nce felt lnely
C．he nce wrried abut children with mental prblems
D．the public dn’t have t wrry abut the use f buddy benches

4.Animals can adapt quickly t survive unfavrable envirnmental cnditins. Evidence is munting t shw that plants can, t. A paper published
in the jurnal Trends in Plant Science details hw plants are rapidly adapting t the effects f climate change, and hw they are passing dwn these
adaptatins t their ffspring（后代）.
Plants are facing mre envirnmental stresses than ever. Fr example, climate change is making winters shrter in many lcatins, and plants are
respnding. "Many plants require a minimum perid f cld in rder t set up their envirnmental clck t define their flwering time, " says Martinelli, a
plant geneticist at the University f Flrence. "As cld seasns shrten, plants have adapted t require shrter perids f cld t delay flwering. These
mechanisms allw plants t avid flwering in perids when they have fewer pprtunities t reprduce."
Because plants dn't have neural（神经的） netwrks, their memry is based entirely n cellular（细胞的）, mlecular（分子的）, and bichemical
netwrks. These netwrks make up what the researchers call smatic memry（体细胞记忆）. "It allws plants t recgnize the ccurrence f a previus
envirnmental cnditin and t react accrdingly, " says Martinelli.
These smatic memries can then be passed t the plants' ffspring via epigenetics（表现遗传）. "Several examples demnstrate the existence f
mlecular mechanisms mdulating plant memry t envirnmental stresses and affecting the adaptatin f ffspring t these stresses, " says Martinelli.
Ging frward, Martinelli hpes t understand even mre abut the genes that are being passed dwn. "We are particularly interested in decding
the epigenetic alphabet withut changes in DNA sequence（序列）, " he says. "This is especially imprtant when we cnsider the rapid climate change,
we bserve tday that every living rganism, including plants, needs t quickly adapt t survive."
（ 1 ）What adaptatins have plants made t shrtened cld seasns?
A. They have shrtened their flwering time.
C. They have avided flwering in cld seasns.
（ 2 ）What can we learn abut smatic memry?
A. It is entirely based n neural netwrks.
B. They have gt mre chances t reprduce.
D. They have adjusted their envirnmental clck.
B. It can help relieve envirnmental stresses.
D. It disturbs the plants' bichemical netwrks.
C. It can help the plants' ffspring t survive.
（ 3 ）What des the underlined wrd "mdulating" mean in paragraph 4?
A. Adjusting.
B. Treasuring.
C. Recrding.
D. Sharing.
（ 4 ）Which f the fllwing is a suitable title fr the text?
A. Plants are smart abut flwering time
B. Plants can als adapt t climate change
D. Mysteries f plant genes are t be unflded
C. Envirnmental stresses challenge plants
5.Why are peple taking pictures f their faces, their hbbies and their fd? Why d we capture every single mment?
【小题1】
The special thing abut phtgraphy is that we can capture mments anywhere and anytime. All we need fr this is ur smartphne—smething
that rarely leaves ur side.
【小题2】
Every single ne f us can get started with this wnderful hbby, n matter if yur gal is t sell yur phtgraphs r just t keep
them fr yur wn viewing pleasure.
Every picture yu take is a persnal stry. There is n painting withut cntext(背景). Hwever, unlike a painting, yu dn’t need t spend hurs f
yur time n it.
【小题3】
If yu prefer t share yur pictures with the wrld, yu can als get immediate feedback(反馈).
peple arund us what’s ging n in ur life right nw.
【小题4】
Pictures cnnect and shw the
The mst amazing thing fr me is withut questin the ability t capture every single click f a buttn.
【小题5】
It’s crazy hw the
emtins f ne single picture can thrw yu back in time. We can cnnect t ur past, n matter where we are and preserve thse memries that are
mst meaningful.
A．It is a way t allw each f yu t becme an artist.
B．It is a way t express yurself thrugh different phtgraphs.
C．This enables me t remember every experience as it happens.
D．Camera phnes allw us t uplad ur pictures in a few secnds.
E．Cmpared t ther frms f visual art, yu dn’t need any special talent fr it.
F．I can’t really give yu an answer, because I als like taking phts f everything.
G．Phtgraphy is an amazing tl t appreciate the wrld arund us and t stay in the mment.

二、完形填空
6.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Until a few years ag, I had what mst peple wuld call a gd life, and there was nthing much wrng in my life.
, I was bred.
I wanted mre. I wanted t live
and ludly and make sharp memries instead f the gray nes f everyday life. But I was . I’ve never
had any
I never
And I tried everything, like reading bks abut cnfidence. I tk tiny steps leading t my gals. But nne f them really
S I that the small steps weren't enugh. I signed up fr an internship(实习期的工作) teaching English in Vietnam, an
that terrified me as much as it excited me. And then the day came and I left my hme and my lved nes. I was alne in a cuntry where the fd and
in myself. As a child, even buying smething in a shp caused me a great deal f
, and even thugh I did get better as I gt lder,
that childhd shyness.
.
huge step, ne
the streets were
I spent five mnths in Vietnam, teaching and explring and laughing. I'd learned t
hme being , even t myself let alne t thers. The
That ne big chance changed everything fr me, and in me.
【小题1】
. I had n idea whether I wuld be able t
everything this very strange envirnment wuld
at me.
myself, my skills, my abilities and my decisins. I returned
that had cntrlled my life and the self- dubt were cmpletely wrn ff.
A．Thus
B．Instead
C．Otherwise
D．Hwever
D．mdestly
【小题2】
A．easily
B．brightly
C．peacefully
【小题3】
A．prud
【小题4】
A．pride
B．inncent
C．utging
D．afraid
B．cnfidence
B．excitement
C．interest
D．shame
【小题5】
A．stress
C．cnfusin
D．surprise
【小题6】
A．added t
【小题7】
A．cntinued
【小题8】
A．decided
【小题9】
A．equally
【小题10】
A．nice
B．talked abut
C．gt ver
D．suffered frm
B．survived
C．failed
D．helped
D．disagreed
B．prmised
C．predicted
B．incredibly
C．unnecessarily
D．ccasinally
B．clrful
C．strange
D．adequate
【小题11】
A．dubt
【小题12】
A．pint
B．handle
B．thrw
C．quit
D．btain
C．shut
D．aim
【小题13】
A．trust
B．enjy
C．excuse
D．frgive
【小题14】
A．uncncerned
【小题15】
A．fear
B．unsatisfied
C．Unchangeable
C．curage
D．unrecgnizable
D．anger
B．respect
三、语法填空

7.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。
Mre than 11,000 scientists frm 153 cuntries have sunded the alarm n climate change. In a paper
【小题1】
(publish) last week in the
【小题
jurnal BiScience, they signed a declaratin(声明) stating clearly that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency, saying that if n changes
2】
(make) , the wrld will face untld suffering. The evidence that the scientists cllected reveals an undeniable truth
【小题3】
human
activities have been causing glbal warming frm the fast rise f fssil fuel cnsumptin
放) ver the past 40 years.
【小题4】
the increase in greenhuse gas emissins(排
The scientists als gave sme instructins t fight against glbal warming, prpsing six actins t prevent
【小题5】
(far) disasters:
stabilizing ppulatin 【小题6】 (grw) by investing int family-planning services and girls’ educatin, replacing fssil fuels, cutting the
emissins f climate pllutants, eating less meat, restring and prtecting
ecnmy.
【小题7】
(ecsystem) , and building
【小题8】
carbn-free
The scientists say the climate crisis is
【小题9】
(clse) related t human activities, s they call n peple
【小题10】
(change) their life
styles. But these measures are cmparatively abstract. Therefre, it is high time fr plicymakers t figure ut mre practical measures that can bring
dwn carbn emissins.
四、书信写作
8.你校英文网站“Super Heres”专栏邀请大家分享心目中的“超级英雄”。请你根据所给信息，介绍战斗英雄张富清。
1．曾为中国人民解放军（Chinese Peple’s Liberatin Army）战士，且在战争期间两次被授予“战斗英雄”（Cmbat Her）称号；
2．1955年退役后，到湖北来凤县的贫困山区工作；
3．淡泊名利，从未提及自己的成就。直到2018年底，他的人生故事经媒体报道后才为人所知；
4．于2019年获得“感动中国”奖（the“Tuching China”award）。
注意：1．词数100左右；2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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五、书面表达
9.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。
We met Max at the pickup area f Alaska Airlines. A standard pdle (鬈毛狗) brn n Valentine’s Day in 2002, he came t us in a small blue bx.
We had adpted him frm a friend, wh raised many dgs.
We were a sweet little family—me, my husband, and ur children, Sphie and Jake. But fr years I’d felt as if we wuldn’t really be cmplete until
we had a dg. Als, my husband travelled fr sme 200 days a year n business, and I knew I’d feel safer with a large animal sleeping by the dr.
When we pened the bx, we saw him. With his curly black hair and intelligent eyes, Max was beautiful. He was s small that he fit int the palm (手
掌) f my hand, his big paws (爪子) lapping ver the sides. He was als scared. As I pulled him clse, I felt his heart pund and wndered if we’d dne
the right thing, taking him frm his mther. But it was t late. Sphie and Jake were already fighting ver wh wuld hld him next.
Over the fllwing mnths, we spent endless hurs watching Max play with his ty r run arund the living rm. Like mst pdles, he was smart.
He mastered huse-training quickly and never chewed n ur furniture r shes. He cnsidered himself ne f us.
Sme days after schl, I’d find Jake curled up with Max inside his bx. When I suggested that my sn get ut f the dg bx, Jake yelled, “Max
wants me in here! We’re brthers!”
By his first birthday, Max had grwn int a 50-pund guard dg. He manned the frnt dr like a sldier, barking fiercely at ther dgs walking by. I
felt safe with him there, especially when my husband was away. Smetimes, when I was missing my husband a lt, I held Max clse.
Many years later, my husband passed away. My kids grew up and went t university. They wrked in ther cities after graduatin.
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。
Paragraph 1:
And then, suddenly, I was alne.

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Paragraph 2:
One Day, I fund there was smething wrng with Max’s back legs.
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