广东省廉江实验学校2023-2024学年高二上学期期末英语试卷 （原卷版）-A4

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第一部分 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)
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Understanding Financial Aid fr Cllege: A Guide
Many families are shcked by a cllege’s sticker price. While the cst f tuitin can be verwhelming, financial aid can make higher educatin mre affrdable. Here are a few answers t cmmn financial aid questins.
What Are the Different Types f Financial Aid?
There are tw types f aid: need-based and merit-based.
Need-based aid is determined by a family’s demnstrated ability t pay fr cllege. Merit aid, n the ther hand, can be awarded by an institutin, cllege r private rganizatin t a student fr a specific talent r an athletic r academic ability. These awards aren’t based n financial need.
Hw D I Apply fr Financial Aid?
Yu need t file the Free Applicatin fr Federal Student Aid, knwn as the FAFSA. This applicatin is used by many state agencies and schls t determine cllege aid. This is usually based n their husehld incme as reprted n federal incme taxes.
Sme schls mstly private clleges — use a frm called the CSS Prfile t determine hw t give ut their wn funds This frm is mre detailed than the FAFSA and can be mre time-cnsuming t cmplete.
Fr instance, the CSS Prfile takes int accunt assets (资产) that are excluded n the FAFSA, as well as infrmatin abut medical r additinal educatinal expenses.
The initial submissin fee fr the CSS Prfile is $25; each additinal reprt is $16.
When Will I Receive a Financial Aid Award Letter?
Financial aid award letters typically g ut t cllege-bund students in early spring usually shrtly after they receive a cllege acceptance ffer.
1. Wh are mst likely t receive merit-based financial aid?
A Students wh excel in sprts.B. Students struggling academically.
C. Students with great financial need.D. Students active in cmmunity service.
2. Hw des the CSS Prfile differ frm the FAFSA?
A. It is a less cmplicated frm.B. It charges less fr applicatin.
C. It is mre widely used amng clleges.D. It digs deeper int the family’s finances.
3. When d students typically receive their financial aid award letters?
A. Right after they register fr cllege.B. During their first semester in cllege.
C. Between admissin and the start f cllege.D. Befre receiving a cllege acceptance letter.
B
Nt all heres wear capes(斗篷) and Steve Mntelng prved the statement. While he desn’t cnsider himself a her, he has saved the lives f three peple during the last tw decades.
The 80-year-ld man was in the right place at the right time, when he pulled a man ut f his sinking car after he had accidentally driven int a river. Mntelng jumped t the man’s help withut any hesitatin(犹豫) r regard t his wn health.
The accident happened while the elderly man was taking his granddaughter hme after a dentist’s appintment. They had stpped at a traffic light when the girl saw the car fall int the river. Mntelng gt ut f his car t check ut the scene and instantly nticed that water had begun rushing int the vehicle f the trapped driver. He walked int the river and managed t pen the autmbile’s back dr, which frtunately was unlcked. As the water began t rush int the car faster, the 80-year-ld managed t pull the 62-year-ld Jack Swarts frm the car by his shirt.
He later said in an interview—“I dn’t cnsider myself a her. I was just a man that gt put in the right place at the right time”—wrds frm a genuine mdern-day gd persn.
This, hwever, wasn’t Mntelng’s nly act f herism. Nearly 20 years ag, he helped tw f his neighbrs get t safety as their huse was caught in a fire. He was 62 years ld at the time and had t kick pen his neighbr’s frnt dr t pull ut 80-year-ld Kathirne Mattx and 79-year-ld Wayne Maxwell. During the rescue, Mntelng suffered chest pains and had t be hspitalized but made a quick recvery (恢复). He was awarded the Carnegie Her Fund Cmmissin medal fr this bravery and act f herism.
4. What des the underlined part in paragraph 1 mean?
A. Heres like special clthes.B. Everyne wants t be a her.
C. Heres deserve t be praised.D. Ordinary peple can be heres.
5. Hw did Mntelng save Jack Swarts?
A. By managing t start the car.B. By pulling him ut f the car.
C. By clearing the car f water.D. By giving him first aid treatment.
6. What can we infer abut Mntelng frm his wrds in the interview?
A. He is mdest.B. He is brave.
C. He is respnsible.D. He is clever.
7. What can we learn frm Mntelng’s stry?
A. A her is a man f cnfidence.
B. Care is an imprtant part f curage.
C. Fr what they ught t d, such a persn is brave.
D. The mst terrible enemy is the lack f strng faith.
C
Scream if yu want t charge yur phne.
Thanks t the wnders f science, riders n Thrpe Park’s new attractin, a rller caster called The Walking Dead, can nw pwer their smart phnes by screaming ludly. That’s because there are devices n it that “harvest kinetic energy (动能)”. The park cnducted research which shws that peple’s biggest fear is their phnes running ut f battery, s the device shuld prve ppular.
All f the Walking Dead’s carriages have been fitted with the harvesting devices, which nt nly harvest the energy f screams, but that frm g-frce and vibratins (振动) f the ride, t. It is stred in a pwer management unit. The unit is then remved frm the carriages by staff and depsited int an n-site mbile charging pint where ride gers will charge their devices. The 188mmx 188mm x 67mm energy harvester is jet black, blending int its dark and mysterius surrundings n the rller caster themed arund the glbal TV shws.
Thrpe Park said: “If thrill-seekers are brave enugh t pen their eyes, they will see a set f LED lights in bld red pwering up as guests’ screams becme luder... thrughut the 90-secnd experience.”
Designed and installed by researchers at Queen Mary University Lndn and the engineering team at Thrpe Park Resrt, the technlgy tk three mnths t be carried ut, frm design t installatin. It will be available at the theme park fr an initial trial perid.
Thrpe Park Resrt’s Jhn Burtn, wh came up with the ride cncept, said, “The Walking Dead’s ride is 15 ut f 10 n the scare factr scale, s it makes sense t be able t cmbine and use the pwer f ur visitrs’ screams and the ride’s vibratins t help slve a prblem each and every ne f us faces — lsing the charge n ur mbiles when we’re n a day ut.”
Dr Je Brisce, Schl f Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary University f Lndn, said, “This is an exciting cncept that will undubtedly be used mre frequently in the future. The system uses a mini energy harvester t capture the kinetic energy, transferring it t a separate electrical circuit and strage unit, which is enugh t charge a mbile phne.”
8. Where culd ride gers easily get their phnes charged?
A. At the carriage.B. At the charging pint.
C At the LED light.D. At the energy harvester.
9. Why des Jhn Burtn cnsider the cncept wrkable?
A. Because a mini energy harvester is applied.
B. Because The Walking Dead is mst frightening.
C. Because the park has quite a number f scary rides.
D. Because almst everyne is faced with pwer failure.
10. What’s Dr Je Brisce’s attitude tward the technlgy?
A. Favrable.B. Dubtful.C. Neutral.D. Disapprving.
11. What’s the main idea f the text?
A. A new battery fr pwering yur phne is invented.
B. The traditinal way f charging yur phne is n the way ut.
C. Visitrs’ scream in Thrpe Park can be used t charge the phne.
D The mst effective way f charging yur phne has been fund in Thrpe Park.
D
Scientists have shwn hw plants can prtect themselves against genetic (基因的) damage caused by envirnmental stresses. The grwing tips f plant rts and shts have an in-built mechanism (机制) that spells cell death if DNA damage is detected, aviding passing n faulty DNA.
Plants have small ppulatins f stem cells (干细胞) at the tips f their rts and shts, which enable them t cntinuusly grw and prduce new tissues thrughut their lifetime. These stem cells serve as ancestrs fr plant tissues and rgans. Hwever, any genetic faults present in the stem cells will cntinue t exist and be passed n permanently thrughut the plant’s life, which culd last thusands f years.
Given the critical rle f stem cells and their expsure t ptentially dangerus envirnments at the grwing tips f rts and shts, safeguards are necessary t prevent stem cell faults frm becming fixed. Researchers Nick Fulcher and Rbert Sablwski, funded by the Bitechnlgy and Bilgical Sciences Research Cuncil, aimed t uncver these prtective mechanisms. Thrugh experiments invlving X-rays and chemicals, they discvered that stem cells were mre sensitive t DNA damage cmpared t ther cells.
When DNA damage ccurs, the cells have the capacity t detect it and cause prgrammed cells t die, preventing the prpagatin f the damaged genetic cde t the rest f the plant tissues. This prcess has similarities t the safeguard mechanism fund in animal cells, which has been bradly studied due t its relevance in preventing cancer.
The identificatin f a similar prtective system in plants is f great interest in the field f plant develpment. It als helps scientists develp plants that can better handle envirnmental stress. S knwledge f hw plants deal with these stresses is f fundamental significance t agricultural science’s respnse t climate change.
12. What is the functin f the in-built mechanism in plants?
A. T prduce mre rts and shts.B. T increase the verall lifetime f the plant.
C T enhance plant grwth and nutrient intake.D. T stp genetic faults in stem cells passing n.
13. What can we knw abut stem cells in plants accrding t the text?
A. They are relatively abundant in quantity.B. They are resistant t envirnmental stresses.
C. They make quick respnse t DNA damage.D. They have the ability t repair damaged DNA.
14. What des the underlined wrd “prpagatin” in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Spread.B. Change.C. Existence.D. Self-repair.
15. What des the last paragraph fcus n?
A. The way f dealing with climate change n the earth.
B. The significance f identifying the prtective system in plants.
C. The methd f ensuring plant survival under envirnmental stress.
D. The urgency f develping plants that can handle envirnmental stress.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分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。
Yu may nt get enugh physical activity thrughut the day, especially since sitting still is required r encuraged in many jbs, at schl, and in scial situatins. But there’s smething yu shuld knw. ___16___. Read t learn whether yu might be classified as inactive r sedentary (久坐的).
What cunts as being physically inactive?
While there is n strict definitin f what can be cnsidered a sedentary lifestyle, researchers have a few different measures t assess what a sedentary lifestyle is. One measure is the time an individual spends seated during waking hurs. ___17___. Sme ther researchers label peple inactive r sedentary if they take fewer than 5, 000 steps per day.
Is physical inactivity dangerus?
___18___ It can als affect the way the bdy prcesses fats and sugars in the diet and lead t sme weight gain if yu aren’t burning enugh calries. Over the lng term, sedentary lifestyles increase the risk f death frm heart discase and cancer.
Hw can yu prevent being inactive?
Health authrities recmmend exercise at a medium level fr either 30 minutes a day fr five days a week r a ttal f 2 hurs and 30 minutes per week. ___19___. It can wrk t break up sitting time and add steps hurly thrughut the day. A pedmeter r fitness band can shw yu whether yu are getting enugh steps. Many peple aim t take 10. 000 steps per day, which indicates that yu have met yur daily physical activity gal. ___20___, but the value f being mre physically active is wrth it fr its many benefits.
A. Walking is an easy activity t add t yur day
B. There are many ptins fr exercise
C. Being physically inactive r sedentary can increase health risks
D. In the shrt term, being inactive can increase depressin r anxiety
E. Fixing a sedentary lifestyle takes sme cnscius effrt at first
F. Spending fur t six waking hurs sitting r lying dwn is cnsidered sedentary
G. Simply walking mre r ding husehld chres psitively impacts health
第二部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分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。
Liam Garner was just 17 years ld when he started ut n his big adventure—a 20,000 mile bike trip frm Alaska t Argentina. In early January, he finally ____21____ his trip, 17 mnths after he started. He had a tent, a sleeping bag, a phne, a first-aid kit, and sme ____22____ parts fr his bike. Other than sme ____23____ and water, he didn’t have much else. Initially, his parents were ____24____, but they became his biggest supprters as he traveled suth alng the West Cast, ____25____ Mexic by December.
____26____ up with a friend, Lgan, they vercame ____27____ like a bike accident, extreme heat, and even rbbery in Clmbia. In Mexic, they cnsidered ____28____ because the incredible heat made biking extremely difficult. But things ____29____ nce they reached Central America, and they decided t keep ging.
Withut being disheartened, Liam pressed n thrugh rain, sun, heat, cld, deserts and muntains. Finally, n _____30_____ 6th, 2023, he reached Ushuaia, Argentina, cmpleting his _____31_____ jurney. Nw, accmpanied by his girlfriend, Liam is _____32_____ hme t Califrnia, fueled by ambitin t _____33_____ a bk detailing his incredible adventure. He dreams f _____34_____ thers t start their wn adventures, highlighting that everyne is capable f amazing achievements; the _____35_____ is building cnfidence t attempt the extrardinary.
21. A. cntinuedB. triedC. prceededD. finished
22. A. additinalB. prtectiveC. spareD. attractive
23. A. mapsB. bagsC. wineD. fd
24. A. uneasyB. unbelievableC. uncmfrtableD. unwilling
25. A. survivingB. reachingC. escapingD. turing
26. A. CatchingB. TeamingC. PuttingD. Cming
27. A. challengesB. disadvantagesC. injuriesD. differences
28. A. cmplainingB. pausingC. apprachingD. quitting
29. A. cunted dwnB. put dwnC. cled dwnD. brke dwn
30. A. FebruaryB. JanuaryC. MarchD. April
31. A. dangerusB. enjyableC. remarkableD. rdinary
32. A. backpackingB. leavingC. rushingD. tracking
33. A. readB. buyC. prmteD. pen
34. A. tellingB. pushingC. inspiringD. sharing
35. A. puzzleB. keyC. tlD. prduct
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分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。
When it cmes t addictive fds and fds which are mre than wrthy f being spread all ver scial media, Chinese sugar painting deserves sme time in the sptlight. Sugar painting is ___36___ cnventinal Chinese frm f flk art. Ht liquid sugar is used ___37___ (create) tw dimensinal figures like small animals. Sugar art is pretty ppular ___38___ children, but it’s beautiful enugh t attract just abut anyne.
Ht sugar is pured slwly in a thin line frm a small spn nt a flat surface(usually made f metal) and the utline f the figure ___39___ (draw) with a relatively thick stream f sugar. After the main utline is dne, thinner ___40___ (supprt) strings f sugar are placed t supprt the utline and fill in the figure f the bdy in a ___41___ (cmbine) f swirls, zig-zags r ther patterns. The whle design is held by a wden stick.
Custmers ___42___ (traditinal) spin(旋转) an arrw n a wheel, which lands n a certain figure ___43___ (inspire) by nature r wildlife in frms like a dragn, fish, mnkey, dg, bird r flwer basket. This ancient Sichuan art frm might nt be as cmmn as it nce was, ___44___ it still has the pwer t interest turists ___45___ cme acrss talented street artists making these amazing creatins.
第三部分 课本单词填空(满分30分)
根据首字母，应用选必修一(Unit 3-5)和选必修二的单词填空，每空填一词，填入后确保句子语义通顺，形式正确。(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
46. The rf c______ (倒塌) under the weight f snw. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
47. At the age f five he shwed e______ (杰出的) talent as a musician. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
48. It was hard t d______ (辨别) ne twin frm the ther. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
49. Nw that the prblem has been identified, a______ (合适的) actin can be taken. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
50. We are wrking n the a______ (假设) that everyne invited will turn up. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
51. There was a general e______ (期望) that he wuld win. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
52. It seemed i______ (不可思议的)) that she had been there a week already. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
53. Even in small cmpanies, cmputers are an e______ (必不可少的) tl. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
54. His wife a______ (陪伴) him n the trip last year. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
55. I ________ (真诚地) believe that this is the right decisin. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
56. The h______ (最重要的部分) f my day used t be cking Meg a meal when she came. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
57. The weather was damp and f______ (有雾的) after the snw. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
58. We s______ (订阅) t several sprts channels every year. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
59. My a______ (助手) will nw demnstrate the machine in actin. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
60. My i_______(最初的) reactin was t decline the ffer. (根据中英文提示填空)
第四部分(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
61. 学校是教育学生节约粮食的主阵地，你校为了提高学生珍惜粮食的意识举办了一系列的活动。假定你是校英语报的记者，请你为校英语报写一篇活动报道，内容包括：1. 活动过程；2. 活动反响。
注意：1.词数80词左右：2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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第二节(满分25分)
62. 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。
Jeff and I had many cnversatins during the year, but I will always remember the time he tld me abut his family. His father, a successful physician, was cld and strict in Jeffs wrds. His father had even paved the way fr Jeff t attend the same cllege frm which he had graduated.
Jeff was twenty-seven and a successful business planner at a cmpany — withut a degree. His passin was skiing. When he graduated frm high schl, he decided t decline his father’s ffer and, instead, t wrk with a ski patrl (滑雪巡逻队). With pain in his eyes, Jeff tld me he still remembered the day when he tld his father he was ging t give up cllege and take a jb at a ski resrt.
Hearing Jeffs decisin, his father lked ff int the distance. Then came the wrds that still eched in Jeff’s mind: “Yu lazy kid. N sn f mine is ging t wrk with a ski patrl and des nt attend cllege. I shuld have knwn yu’d never amunt t anything!” The tw had nt spken since that cnversatin.
Later, he was back in the area near where he grew up and he certainly did nt want his father t knw he was attending cllege. He was ding this fr himself, nt fr his father. He said it ver and ver again. Jeff’s sister had always remained supprtive f Jeffs decisins. She stayed in cntact with their father, but Jeff had made her prmise that she wuld nt share any infrmatin abut his life with him.
The day when the graduatin ceremny came, I walked arund talking t peple befre it started. I nticed a man with a cnfused expressin.
“Excuse me,” he said as he plitely apprached me. “What is happening here tday?”
“It’s graduatin day,” I replied, smiling. “Well, that’s dd,” he said, “my daughter asked me t meet her at this address.” His eyes sparkled and he smiled. “Maybe she cmpleted her assciate’s degree and wanted t surprise me!”
I helped him find a seat.
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: As I left him, he said, “Thank yu. By the way, my name’s Dr. Hlstrm.”
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Paragraph 2: Jeff was the last persn t crss the stage.
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