河北省正定中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题

这是一份河北省正定中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题，共13页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，完形填空，语法填空，单词拼写，书信写作，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

一、阅读理解
Like flavrs f ice cream, peple have different tastes and preferences fr music. Yu need t map ut yur playlist based n the theme f yur essay. Here are a few film scres fr different themes, yu can decide which is the best music fr writing:
Nutmeg by Alexandre Desplat
Fear Will Find Yu by Hans Zimmer
The Statin Inspectr by Hward Shre
If yu are a student writing a reflectin paper abut a mvie yur teacher asked yu t watch, listening t its film scre wuld get yur creative juices flwing. Besides, yu can even add what yu feel abut the music and its impact n the mvie. S less wrk fr yu and mre additinal pints n yur paper.
Sme wuld be happy t listen t anything while thers are mre specific. Fr example, there are peple wh wuld happily listen t any music while sme are mre particular and prefer classical music t jazz. If yu are ne f them, here are a few classical pieces yu can listen t while writing:
Tamburin chinis, Op. 3 by Fritz Kreisler
The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: VIII. Rmance by Dmitri Shstakvich
The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams
The number ne prblem that writers cmplain abut is writer’s blck. Even if yu are nt a prfessinal and just writing a 2000-wrd research paper, yu can still experience writer’s blck and nt knw hw t get started. With that, here are a few sngs t get yu all pumped up t write:
Irn Maiden’s by The Trper
Run By Run by Wdkid
Knights f Cydnia by Muse
If ppular sngs are nt yur thing, then yu can just listen t famus scres frm mvies.
1．Which is classical music?
A．Nutmeg.B．Run By Run.
C．Irn Maiden’s.D．The Lark Ascending.
2．Whse wrk will yu chse t get mtivated with yur writing?
A．Hans Zimmer.B．Hward Shre.
C．Muse.D．Fritz Kreisler.
3．What is the authr’s advice fr peple wh dn’t like ppular sngs?
A．Listen t famus sngs frm mvies.
B．Listen t sngs recmmended by thers.
C．Listen t sngs sung by famus singers.
D．Listen t sngs created by famus artists.
In a studi n the tp flr f a three-stry Tibetan-style huse in Lhasa, Phuntsk Tbgye and thers are busy wrking n a thangka painting, which shws Tibet’s breathtaking beauty and famus attractins like the Ptala Palace.
Phuntsk Tbgye is ne f the inheritrs (继承人) f Tsedng thangka. It is a branch f the Miantang painting, the mst influential schl f Tibetan thangka painting. Thrugh the effrts f thangka painters, the skills have been passed t yunger generatins, with their wrks reaching a wider range f art lvers.
When he was a child, Phuntsk Tbgye develped an interest in the thangka paintings. He started sketching the landscape f his hmetwn. After primary schl, he began t learn thangka painting. When he was 18 years ld, he traveled t Lhasa, learning frm thangka masters t help repair the murals (壁画) in the Ptala Palace. It was there that he learned different styles f the art frm.
In the fllwing years, he cntinued t learn the art frm in Lhasa. During this perid, his wrks were displayed at varius exhibitins, including ne in Beijing and ne in Vancuver, Canada. His sl exhibitin held in Lhasa in June 2015 attracted nearly 1,000 visitrs n its pening day and his wrks gained ppularity amng art cllectrs.
Snam Wangden, Phuntsk Tbgye’s sn, is learning thangka painting frm his father. He says he can recall his father being busy with the canvas (帆布). Nt lng ag, Snam Wangden and his father went t Lhasa t undertake restratin wrk f temple murals. After finishing their wrk, they sat by the wall chatting abut their restratin wrk. Nw, many f his relatives paint thangka. Phuntsk Tbgye takes pride in that.
4．What des the thangka painting Phuntsk Tbgye is wrking n shw?
A．Tibet’s architecture.B．Tibet’s wrking peple.
C．Tibet’s lng histry.D．Tibet’s scenery and turists spts.
5．What inspired Phuntsk Tbgye t learn thangka paintings?
A．His early interest.B．His childhd experience.
C．His family’s supprt.D．His teacher’s encuragement.
6．Hw des Phuntsk Tbgye feel abut his relatives’ painting thangka?
A．Excited.B．Prud.C．Surprised.D．Disappinted.
7．What is the best title f the text?
A．Phuntsk Tbgye Held Sl Exhibitins in Lhasa
B．Phuntsk Tbgye Lved Thangka Painting when yung
C．Tibetan Artist Phuntsk Tbgye and Thangka Painting
D．A Tibetan Man Learns Thangka Painting frm His Father
"While prtected areas are generally designed t be safe havens, unchecked human pressures car have a negative impact," says zlgist Femke Brekhuis, lead authr f a new study by the University f Oxfrd that has raised questins abut levels f turism in prtected areas.
The study fcused n female cheetahs（非洲猎豹）in the Maasai Mara Natinal Reserve, Kenya. Cheetahs have babies f ne t six, few f which make it t adulthd. The study claims that the already lw cubs（幼崽）survival rate is made even wrse by turist pressure. It fund that ne r n cub survived t adulthd in areas with high levels f turism, while an average f tw survived in areas with lw levels.
The higher death rate is likely t be caused by pr fd supplies fr the cubs. "Cheetahs, especially thse with cubs, are a majr turist attractin and cmmnly attract large numbers f vehicles," says Brekhuis. "High turist numbers have been fund t negatively impact cheetah hunts and even if a hunt is successful, the presence f turists can result in a cheetah abandning its kill."
While Brekhuis is eager t stress the psitive rle f cnservatin, she als admits the results are wrrying. Cheetah numbers are already being squeezed. Predatin（掠夺）frm lins as well as habitat reductin means the big cats have experienced sharp ppulatin decline. In fact, their numbers are thught t have halved in Kenya in the past 40 years t arund 7,000. They have als disappeared frm 91 percent f their histric range.
Researchers suggest stricter limits n the number f cars allwed near the animals. Grwth rates fr cheetahs inside the prtected areas need t be high if they are t make up fr declines utside f them.
8．What is the text mainly abut?
A．Cheetah numbers halved.
B．Cnservatin has a psitive effect，
C．Turism reduced cheetah numbers,
D．Turists are nt allwed t get clse t cheetahs.
9．Why d cubs suffer higher death rate?
A．Because the birth rate is lw,
B．Because hunman hunt them cruelly.
C．Because their habitat is reduced.
D．Because they have pr fd supplies.
10．What is Brekhuis' attitude twards the results?
A．DisappintedB．Wrried.
C．Satisfied.D．Shcked.
11．What is the researchers' advice?
A．Set mre preserves.B．Stp hunting cheetahs.
C．Give cheetahs mre fd.D．Limit cars near cheetahs.
In this day and age we live in, ur life is taken ver by technlgy. We can’t imagine ur life withut it, and listening t stries that my mm tells abut hw she grew up withut the Internet r cell phnes sunds like a nightmare t me.
Thugh technlgy is wnderful and we are used t it and have n desire t be withut it, it can be a gd idea t smetimes just unplug (拔掉) frm it all. Have yu ever wken up in the mrning just t see yu have actually replied t a message t which the reply either desn’t make sense r yu can’t even remember that yu did reply? This can be ne f the signs that yu are allwing technlgy t take ver yur life.
It can be very difficult t pull yurself away frm the technlgy and yu will feel yu are ging t be separated frm the things r peple arund and miss a lt, but is it really s bad t at least get away frm it at night and make sure yu get a gd night’s rest? Yu may feel yu dn’t need a lt f sleep, but at the end f the day yu are making it difficult t cncentrate the next day.
S let’s pack away the technlgy fr a few hurs at night—yu nly have t make a few small changes. Turn ff yur cell phne and switch ff yur cmputer at night when yu g t bed. If yu feel yu will use yur phne during the night, charge yur phne in anther rm.
Make enugh sleep a pririty and feel and lk gd the next day. Yu may think it is a really silly idea t be withut a cell phne r a cmputer during the night, but nce yu d it a few times and yu get enugh sleep and feel refreshed the fllwing day, yu will understand why it is a gd idea and will try and unplug mre times.
12．Why des the authr mentin his mm’s stries?
A．T shw life withut the Internet.B．T intrduce the tpic f the text.
C．T cmpare tw generatins’ life.D．T analyze the effects f cell phnes.
13．Hw will yu feel if yu are free frm the technlgy?
A．Carefree.B．Sleepy.C．Discnnected.D．Cmfrtable.
14．What des the underlined wrd “pririty” in the last paragraph mean?
A．Smething imprtant.B．Smething interesting.
C．Smething amusing.D．Smething disturbing.
15．What might the authr agree with?
A．Sleep is the mst imprtant thing in ur life.
B．It is silly withut cell phnes r cmputers.
C．We shuld try t switch ff ur electrnic prducts fr ne night.
D．Turning ff electrnic prducts at night makes us energetic in daytime.
Street Art is a very ppular frm f art that is spreading quickly all ver the wrld. Yu can find it n buildings, sidewalks, street signs and trash cans. Even art museums and galleries are cllecting the wrk f street artists. 16
Art experts claim that the mvement began in New Yrk in the 1960s. 17 This clrful, energetic style f writing became knwn as graf-fiti (涂鸦). It shwed that yung peple didn’t want t accept rules and traveled arund cities t create paintings that everyne culd see.
One well-knwn New Yrk street artist is Swn. She cuts ut paper images f peple and puts them n walls r sets them up n sidewalks. 18 She enjyed studying art, but as time went n, she gt bred with the wrk she saw in museums and galleries. Swn started t create strng and imaginative style, which attracted a lt f fans.
19 Sme f them dislike artists wh make s much mney in galleries and museums. They chse street art because it is clser t peple. Sme artists try t express their pinins in their wrk. They ften want t prtest against smething. Advertising cmpanies als use street art in their ads because it gives peple the impressin f yuth and energy.
In tday’s wrld, the Internet has a big influence n street art. 20 Many city residents, hwever, say that seeing a picture n the Internet is never as gd as seeing it live. The street art mvement lives with the energy and life f a big city. There it will cntinue t change and grw.
A．There are varius frms f street art.
B．Street art has becme a glbal culture.
C．Street artists d their wrk fr sme reasn.
D．Swn didn’t start her career as a street artist.
E．It was cnsidered as a very new ppular frm f culture.
F．Artists can shw their pictures t peple all ver the wrld.
G．Yung adults sprayed (喷洒) wrds and ther images n walls and trains.
二、完形填空
Luis Pasteur was brn n December 27, 1822, in Dle, France, int a pr family. The French chemist and micrbilgist made remarkable scientific 21 regarding the principles f vaccinatin (疫苗接种), micrbial fermentatin, and pasteurizatin (巴氏灭菌法) .
The family was n a very tight 22 . Hwever, his parents 23 educatin and fund supprt t send him t the best schls they culd affrd. Pasteur had a 24 fr painting and drawing. When he realized that art was 25 t earn a living, he changed t 26
He was nt a (n) 27 student, but he wrked very hard nce he put his mind t it. It tk him three tries t pass the exam t get int his 28 schl. Later, he wed his success t his 29 . He impressed senir scientists with his hard wrk and willpwer in 30 sme f the mst difficult scientific prblems.
Pasteur’s 31 research was cmpletely self-funded. His wife, Marie, 32 supprted his wrk and acted as his assistant in the lab.
As he became famus gradually, he was able t 33 research psitins at mre great institutins. Eventually, he was able t establish the Pasteur Institute t 34 and prevent the causes f disease, particularly rabies.
He was highly respected and wn just abut every award 35 in his field. As a cnsequence, Pasteur greatly advanced the science f his day.
21．A．predictinsB．discveriesC．methdsD．perfrmances
22．A．turnB．scheduleC．relatinshipD．budget
23．A．valuedB．verestimatedC．sharpenedD．assigned
24．A．demandB．temptatinC．passinD．inspiratin
25．A．unavidableB．unlikelyC．unexpectedD．uneventful
26．A．gegraphyB．arithmeticC．pliticsD．chemistry
27．A．cnsiderateB．intelligentC．lifelngD．intimate
28．A．desiredB．apprvedC．engagedD．varied
29．A．fameB．rutineC．perseveranceD．blessing
30．A．fundraisingB．tacklingC．mtivatingD．ccupying
31．A．vernightB．jintC．mnthlyD．early
32．A．activelyB．bjectivelyC．humblyD．nbly
33．A．turn dwnB．cpe withC．wrk utD．take up
34．A．dedicateB．treatC．findD．cmmit
35．A．availableB．memrableC．favrableD．knwledgeable
三、语法填空
阅读下列材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
China’s traditinal Laba Festival is celebrated n the eighth day f the 12th mnth f the lunar Chinese calendar, 36 falls n January 18 this year. It 37 (regard) as the prelude (序幕) t Chinese New Year.
There are different 38 (rigin) f the Laba cngee, but ne f the mst ppular is abut Emperr Zhu Yuanzhang f the Ming Dynasty.
Befre Zhu became emperr, he was suffering in a prisn n a winter day. When he was starving, he fund sme red beans, rice, dates and ther grains near a rat hle 39 (unexpected), s he biled these tgether t make prridge. That day was the 40 (eight) day f the 12th lunar mnth. Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang was emperr, he decided 41 (name) the prridge he ate Laba cngee 42 memry f that special day in prisn.
Since then, 43 (enjy) a bwl f Laba cngee with families and friends has been a time-hnred traditin in China, 44 it als sweetens a winter day. Made f a 45 (varius) f ingredients, including varius beans, rice, ltus seeds, peanuts, etc., it is believed t be gd fr peple’s health.
四、单词拼写
46．Smetimes ur pinins are (主观的), s we’d better think twice befre we make a decisin. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
47．When children read t him, Danny des nt (批评) r crrect their prnunciatin. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
48．The bk is expected t (支配；统治) the best-seller lists. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
49．Winning the match was just a (回报) fr the effrt the team had made. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
50．Once it’s in the sil, plants (吸收) it thrugh their rts. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
五、书信写作
51．假定你是李华，你的英国朋友 Peter打算这个寒假来中国旅游，让你推荐一个城市，请用英语给他写一封推荐信，内容包括：
1.推荐城市；
2.推荐理由；
3.你的祝愿。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
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Yurs,
Li Hua
六、书面表达
52．阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给的段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Grace and Ellen, bth prmising in their schl’s dance cmpetitin, were fierce cmpetitrs. They bth had great passin fr dancing and dreamed fr bigger stages. They were bth friends and cmpetitrs. They had similar taste in music, and had similar dressing styles. Even they wre shes f the same size. They had bth cmmitted themselves t preparing fr the upcming cntest.
Grace’s jurney t the cmpetitin was marked by cuntless hurs f practice and determinatin. She wuld rise befre the sun, and the studi lights were her nly cmpany. Every mvement was perfected with unwavering cmmitment. She knew that this cmpetitin wasn’t just abut persnal success; it was als abut uphlding her schl’s hnr. “Grace, yu’re incredible!” Grace’s dance instructr, Mrs. Andersn, ften praised her. “Yur hard wrk will pay ff.”
Ellen had been practicing hard fr this cmpetitin as well. Her lve fr dance was her driving frce. After schl, she wuld head straight t the dance studi, tirelessly perfecting every step and twirl. Her dance shes had becme an extensin f her feet, and her heart burned with a strng desire fr victry. “Ellen, yu’re a natural,” her fellw dancers wuld ften say. “Yu’ve gt this!”
The day f the cmpetitin finally arrived, and there were five cmpetitrs fighting fr the champinship title. Ellen was scheduled t perfrm befre Grace.
As Ellen std backstage, the butterflies in her stmach seemed t have turned int a whirlwind (漩涡). She checked her dance shes ne last time and realized a huge mistake. The shes themselves were a size t small—It turned ut she tk her little sister’s shes by mistake. Panic set in as her mind raced fr g slutin.
“Ellen, yu’re up next!” the stage manager annunced.
In the dimly lit (灰暗的) backstage area, Grace verheard Ellen’s whispers t her friend, Sarah.
“I brught the wrng shes, Sarah,” Ellen’s vice trembled (颤抖). “They are t small. What am I ging t d?”
Grace’s heart sank as she verheard the cnversatin.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右：
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Grace knew her shes wuld fit Ellen perfectly, but she hesitated.
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Tears f gratitude welled up in Ellen’s eyes as she slipped int Grace’s shes.
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参考答案：
1．D 2．C 3．A
4．D 5．A 6．B 7．C
8．C 9．D 10．B 11．D
12．B 13．C 14．A 15．D
16．B 17．G 18．D 19．C 20．F
21．B 22．D 23．A 24．C 25．B 26．D 27．B 28．A 29．C 30．B 31．D 32．A 33．D 34．C 35．A
36．which 37．is regarded 38．rigins 39．unexpectedly 40．eighth 41．t name 42．in 43．enjying 44．and 45．variety
46．subjective
47．criticize/criticise
48．dminate
49．reward
50．absrb