肇庆市四会市2024-2025学年高二上学期期末英语试卷

这是一份肇庆市四会市2024-2025学年高二上学期期末英语试卷，共9页。
考生须知：
1．本卷满分150分，考试时间90分钟；
2．答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字。3．所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试卷上无效
听力选择题
1. What will the wman d tmrrw?
2. Hw many subjects will the man d in the afternn?
3. What is the wman’s main reasn fr ging ut?
4. What did the man d n New Year’s Day?
5. When will the man prbably have dinner?
6. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When shuld the listeners get t schl next Tuesday?
2. What des the speaker ask the listeners t d?
3. Hw much shuld each listener pay fr the visit in ttal?
4. What will the listeners d after visiting Stauntn Theater?
7. Hw des the man keep himself in shape?
8. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下对话。
1. What’s the man’s dream?
2. What d we knw abut Cpernicus’ thery?
3. What was thught t be the center f the universe at the time f Cpernicus?
4. Why did Cpernicus publish his thery when he was dying?
9. What are the speakers ding?
10. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.
2.What d we knw abut Blink?
3.Which f the fllwing is TRUE abut the law?
阅读理解
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Shuld I stay r shuld I g? An LED device fr driverless cars aims t give pedestrians at a crssing the pwer t cmmunicate with cars, signaling fr them t stp r drive n.
Blink, created by researchers at the Ryal Cllege f Arts and Imperial Cllege Lndn, turns the awkward dance f eye cntact and hand gestures that happens when a car slws dwn while smene is waiting t crss the rad int smething driverless cars can understand.
Blink cmbines an rganic light display with the windscreen and windws f a car and uses light signals t shw pedestrians when the car is aware f their presence. If the car detects a pedestrian,a figure lights up.
If a pedestrian raises a hand as a stp sign, the figure turns green, directing the pedestrian t crss, and the car is prevented frm mving frward. If they place a hand ut t the side t signal fr the car t g frward, the figure turns red and the car cntinues.
But Gerge Filip at the University f Nttingham, UK, isn’t certain it is a gd idea t give pedestrians cntrl ver driverless cars. He says cities culd end up crwded because pedestrians keep stpping cars.
“Prducers shuld wait until the nvelty f driverless cars has wrn ff befre creating car pedestrian cmmunicatins systems,” he says.“ We need t learn hw peple actually cmmunicate with autnmus cars.”
The idea is t help peple feel mre cmfrtable arund driverless cars, says Blink ccreatr Raunaq Bse. “It effectively gives pedestrians the car stpping pwers f lllipp men and wmen.”
The team hasn’t yet tested the device n a driverless car, but Bse says several autmtive cmpanies have expressed interest.
1. What d we knw abut Blink?
2. What will a driverless car d when a pedestrian puts a hand t the side?
3. What’s Gerge Filip’s attitude twards Blink?
4. What can be inferred frm what Bse said?
B
When yur alarm clck rings and yu drag yurself ut f bed, yu prbably wnder: Why n earth des schl have t start s early?
Frtunately, there is a new law t back yu up — r better still, science.
A law in Califrnia, passed n Oct 13, requires that public middle schls begin classes n earlier than 8:00 am and that high schls start n earlier than 8:30 am. The law will g int effect by Nvember 1, 2022.
Starting schl at 8:00 r 8:30 in the mrning may nt sund like t big f a change, but it culd mean ne mre hur f sleep fr students wh used t start schl at 7:30 r even earlier.
“The effect f that ne hur is smething they will be feeling as 40-year-ld adults,” Sumit Bhargava, a sleep expert at Stanfrd University, tld The New Yrk Times. He said that nt having enugh sleep can affect students’ mental health and increase the risk f being verweight and diabetes (糖尿病).
In the shrt run, students’ schl perfrmances shuld imprve almst immediately. Kyla Wahlstrm, a researcher at the University f Minnesta’s Cllege f Educatin, fund that students wh have enugh sleep are alert in class and get much mre satisfying grades.
Sme might say that asking students t g t bed earlier culd have been a much easier slutin than changing the schl timetable acrss an entire state. But accrding t the American Academy f Sleep Medicine, teenagers g thrugh bilgical changes when they enter puberty (青春期), which makes it difficult fr them t fall asleep befre 11:00 pm. S when schl starts at 8:00 r earlier, they can hardly get the ideal 8.5 - 9.5 hurs f sleep that experts suggest they need t d their best in the daytime.
This is why when the new law came ut, its authr, Anthny Prtantin, said, “Generatins f children will cme t appreciate this histric day and ur gvernr fr taking actin.”
1. Which f the fllwing is TRUE abut the law?
2. What can we learn frm Bhargava’s wrds?
3. What des the underlined wrd “alert” in Paragraph 6 prbably mean?
4. What’s the text mainly abut?
C
Accrding t the Slar Energy Industry Assciatin, the number f slar panels installed(安装)has grwn rapidly in the past decade, and it has t grw even faster t meet climate gals. But all f that grwth will take up a lt f space, and thugh mre and mre peple accept the cncept f slar energy, few like large slar panels t be installed near them.
Slar develpers want t put up panels as quickly and cheaply as pssible, s they haven’t given much thught t what they put under them. Often, they’ll end up filling the area with small stnes and using chemicals t cntrl weeds. The result is that many cmmunities, especially in farming regins, see slar farms as destryers f the sil.
“Slar prjects need t be gd neighbrs,” says Jrdan Macknick, the head f the Innvative Site Preparatin and Impact Reductins n the Envirnment(InSPIRE)prject. “They need t be prtectrs f the land and cntribute t the agricultural ecnmy.” InSPIRE is investigating practical appraches t “lw-impact” slar develpment, which fcuses n establishing and perating slar farms in a way that is kinder t the land. One f the easiest lw-impact slar strategies is prviding habitat fr pllinatrs(传粉昆虫).
Habitat lss, pesticide use, and climate change have caused dramatic declines in pllinatr ppulatins ver the past cuple f decades, which has damaged the U.S. agricultural ecnmy. Over 28 states have passed laws related t pllinatr habitat prtectin and pesticide use. Cnservatin rganizatins put ut pllinatr-friendliness guidelines fr hme gardens, businesses, schls, cities—and nw there are guidelines fr slar farms.
Over the past few years, many slar farm develpers have transfrmed the space under their slar panels int a shelter fr varius kinds f pllinatrs, resulting in sil imprvement and carbn reductin. “These pllinatr-friendly slar farms can have a valuable impact n everything that’s ging n in the landscape,” says Macknick.
1. What d slar develpers ften ignre?
2. What des InSPIRE aim t d?
3. What is the purpse f the laws mentined in paragraph 4?
4. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
D
It was a sunny afternn in June f 2022 when 20-year-ld Anthny Perry stepped ff the train at Chicag’s 69th Street statin. On the platfrm, tw men were fighting bitterly. Then the unthinkable happened: the pair fell ver the edge and nt the tracks. One man ended up n his back. Suddenly, he started cnvulsing (抽搐) unnaturally. He had fallen n the third rail, the cnduit (导线管) fr the 600 vlts f electricity that pwers Chicag’s L trains. The aggressr leaped backward, bunded back up nt the platfrm and disappeared.
Perry culdn’t just stand there and watch. He sat at the edge f the platfrm and eased himself dwn. He tk a few quick bunds and apprached the victim. The guy lked dead, his bdy still mving vilently as the electricity pulsed (搏动). Gathering up his curage, Perry reached dwn and grasped the victim’s wrist. Instantly, he felt a blast f electric shck sht thrugh his bdy. Perry shrank and jumped back. He reached dwn a secnd time, and was shcked again. But the third time he seized the man’s wrist and frearm and, braving the shck, pulled with all his strength. The guy’s bdy slid briefly alng the third rail, cming t rest n the gravel n the uter edge f the tracks.
The man was breathing, but irregularly. Smething wasn’t right. “Give him chest cmpressins (按压)!” yelled a wman. Perry was n expert, but fr a few mments he wrked n the man’s heart until the victim began cnvulsing. Then he heard a sudden nise behind him — medical wrkers and firefighters had arrived. Perry let the prfessinals take ver. His heart still racing frm the electric shcks, he climbed back up nt the platfrm, grabbed his things and headed hme.
The evening news reprted the incident. After a friend uted him t the media, Perry became the tast f Chicag. Perry was then recruited by the Chicag Fire Department and is nw training t be an emergency medical technician.
1. What made the rescue f the victim particularly difficult?
2. What can be inferred abut Perry accrding t paragraphs 3—4?
3. What des the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean?
4. What is the authr’s main purpse f writing the text?
E
We never get ur childhd back nce we’re adults! Fr teenagers, life is nt a playgrund, it’s a jungle（丛林）. 1 It’s imprtant t learn the principles and rules will help them t reach their gals and live a successful life. Fllw the steps belw, and yu can achieve a successful teenage life.
D best in schl. 2 N matter hw bring it is nw, educatin will help yu be a prductive member in sciety. Wrk hard fr excellence in schl. Ding s will help yu get int a better university, which will enable yu t get a great jb in the future.
Draw yur future. Life is full f amazing things t d and learn abut. Start frm ne single step t reach yur gal. Start thinking abut careers yu wuld like t be in, and make a gd chice based n yur interests and strengths. 3
4 Never hang ut with smene wh desn’t make yu feel cmfrtable. Be with peple wh make yu happy, and get rid f the nes wh dn’t. Create a grup f supprtive and lving friends that can help yu succeed in life and live yur dreams.
Be practive（积极主动）. Being practive is the key t unlcking the ther habits. Practive peple understand that they are respnsible fr their wn happiness r unhappiness. 5
完形填空
Bdy language is the quiet, secret and mst pwerful language f all! It speaks ____ than wrds. Accrding t specialists, ur bdies send ut mre _______ than we realize. In fact, nn-verbal cmmunicatin takes up abut 50% f what we really _______. And bdy language is particularly _______ when we attempt t cmmunicate acrss cultures. Indeed, what is called bdy language is s _______ a part f us that it's actually ften unnticed. And misunderstandings ccur as a result f it. Fr example, different scieties treat the _______ between peple differently. Nrthern Eurpeans usually d nt like having _______ cntact even with friends, and certainly nt with strangers. Peple frm Latin American cuntries, _______, tuch each ther quite a lt. Therefre, it’s pssible that in ________, it may lk like a Latin is __________ a Nrwegian all ver the rm. The Latin, trying t express friendship, will keep mving __________. The Nrwegian, very prbably seeing this as pushiness, will keep backing away — which the Latin will in return regard as cldness.
Clearly, a great deal is ging n when peple __________ And nly a part f it is in the wrds themselves. And when parties are frm different cultures, there’s a strng pssibility f __________. But whatever the situatin, the best __________ is t bey the Glden Rule: treat thers as yu wuld like t be __________.
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语法填空
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。
The Day After Thanksgiving (Friday) is knwn as Black Friday. This used t be unfficially r fficially the start f hliday shpping seasn. Almst all stres cme ut with special early bird ffers 1 (attract) cnsumers t their shp. Peple stand in line hurs befre the stres are pened, t grab the bargains f the year. In the last few years, we 2 (witness) a trend twards bringing thse Black Friday Sales nline befre Friday.
In the last few years (starting frm 2013 t be precise), Black Friday Sales have started befre Friday—with sme stres 3 (start) their Black Friday sales n Thanksgiving day r even n Wednesday and Mnday. It wuld nt be surprising t see Black Friday sale starting n Mnday n the Black Friday week.
The clsest reasn fr 4 it is knwn as Black Friday 5 (give) in Wikipedia. Many retailers reprt sme f 6 (they) highest prfits n Black Friday. The black prtin f the name, “Black Friday” relates t businesses recrding their 7 (lse) in red ink and gains in black. This traditin lives n in mdern accunting sftware.
Deals websites like Dealsfamerica.cm started t highlight “Black Friday sales” frm 2003 8 then the retailers picked it up. 9 (essential), Black Friday is an Internet term. But befre it, peple used t regard the sales 10 “Day after Thanksgiving Sale”.
五、书信写作
66. 根据漫画所反映的现象和问题，写一篇题为“The faster, the better？”的短文。
你的短文应该包含：
1. 漫画描述和反映的问题是什么；
2. 面对这样的问题，你有什么样的想法；
3. 在我们的学习生活中应该怎样正确地解决这样的问题；
4. 词数120左右。
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六、书面表达
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。
I must admit, I haven’t always liked animals. In fact, I distrusted them greatly while grwing up, and I still fear the nes I dn’t knw persnally. What set my beliefs in stne was being attacked—nt nce but many times, including the summer after secnd grade when I was bitten by a rabbit. Then, when I was nine and riding my dirt bike dwn the rad, a large dg charged me and tried t bite my ankle. After all thse negative experiences, there was ne thing I knew fr sure: All creatures, great and small, were n friends f mine.
After cllege in Califrnia, I returned t live the single life in Las Vega. Then I met Lisa. In n time at all, we fell in lve, married and mved int a new huse. Despite my avidance f animals, Lisa had a dg called Bailey. Bailey didn’t like me, but he tlerated my existence nce he realized I wasn’t ging anywhere.
Things changed as spring came. We welcmed a new member f ur family: ur sn Evan. One evening Evan grabbed hld f the dg’s tail. The irritated dg paused and turned t lk at his stuck tail but waited patiently until being released. Still the stries I’d heard f animals attacking babies wrries me.
Then my wrst fear ccurred. I sat n the cuch (沙发) reading after a lng day while my wife wrked at the dining-rm table paying the bills. I saw Evan crawl acrss the family-rm carpet as he made his way behind the cuch. One minute, all was quiet and then Bailey entered the rm and headed t where Evan had crawled. I nearly jumped ut f my skin when I heard the dg start a fearful barking behind me.
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。
Thrwing the bk away, I rushed arund the cuch with great fear.
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Having witnessed ur dg killing a scrpin (蝎子) and saving my sn, I was speechless.
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A．Attend a party.
B．Visit sme friends.
C．Have dinner with her mther.
A．Tw.
B．One.
C．Nne.
A．T visit a friend.
B．T ship a bx.
C．T buy milk and eggs.
A．He was away n hliday.
B．He stayed at hme all day.
C．He wrked in the cmpany.
A．At 5:30 pm.
B．At 6:00 pm.
C．At 7:30 pm.
A．At 5:50.
B．At 6:00.
C．At 7:30.
A．Attend a birthday celebratin.
B．Read the play ahead.
C．Cpy the play.
A．$ 15.
B．$ 17.
C．$18.
A．Meet at the frnt gate.
B．Have a big meal.
C．G t a cafe.
A．By skipping meals.
B．By ding exercise.
C．By ging n a diet.
A．T be an artist.
B．T be a teacher.
C．T be a scientist.
A．It prved that the earth was still.
B．It was influenced by Newtn and Einstein.
C．It is the basis f ideas abut the universe tday.
A．The earth.
B．The sun.
C．Gd.
A．He wasn’t sure f his thery until then.
B．He was afraid f being punished.
C．His friends tld him nt t publish it.
A．Making a vide.
B．Cking dinner.
C．Finding a restaurant.
A．Aircraft design.
B．Mathematics.
C．Engineering.
D．Science.
A．40.
B．14.
C．4.
D．0.
A．She stuck t studying engineering at cllege.
B．She addressed t students at high schls and clleges.
C．She tried t persuade wmen nt t d engineering fr its hard wrk.
D．She researched defense systems f satellites and rckets.
A．It’s a new car brand.
B．It’s a driving aid system.
C．It’s a car prducing cmpany.
D．It’s already widely knwn t the public.
A．Pick up speed.
B．Slw dwn.
C．Cme t a stp.
D．Keep mving.
A．Negative.
B．Curius.
C．Uninterested.
D．Appreciative.
A．There’s a demand fr the device.
B．The device has an uncertain future.
C．The device is perfect fr driverless cars.
D．Several cmpanies have begun t use the device.
A．The law has nt been put int practice yet.
B．The law will be passed by Nvember 1, 2022.
C．The law is made by a university in Califrnia.
D．The law requires schls t start later than 8:30 am.
A．The new law is f lasting benefit t students.
B．Lack f sleep affects adults mre than children.
C．The amunt f sleep peple need changes with age.
D．Enugh sleep makes sure that students are mentally healthy.
A．Friendly.
B．Hnest.
C．Calm.
D．Sharp.
A．Lack f sleep culd lead t health prblems.
B．Califrnia is pushing back schl start times.
C．A law t start the schl day later takes effect.
D．Teenagers’ bilgical changes affect their sleep patterns.
A．The decline in the demand fr slar energy.
B．The negative impact f installing slar panels.
C．The rising labr cst f building slar farms.
D．The mst recent advances in slar technlgy.
A．Imprve the prductivity f lcal farms.
B．Invent new methds fr cntrlling weeds.
C．Make slar prjects envirnmentally friendly.
D．Prmte the use f slar energy in rural areas.
A．T cnserve pllinatrs.
B．T restrict slar develpment.
C．T diversify the ecnmy.
D．T ensure the supply f energy.
A．Pllinatrs: T Leave r t Stay
B．Slar Energy: Hpe fr the Future
C．InSPIRE: A Leader in Agriculture
D．Slar Farms: A New Develpment
A．The man had lst his cnsciusness.
B．The victim lay injured n tp f a track.
C．The rescuer was at risk f an electric shck.
D．The electricity pwering trains was hard t cut ff.
A．He had received prfessinal first aid training.
B．The lcal newspaper interviewed him n the spt.
C．His chest cmpressins played a key rle in saving life.
D．His heart beat fast because f nervusness and tiredness.
A．Perry landed a jb in the Fire Department.
B．The city f Chicag awarded Perry a prize.
C．Peple in Chicag tasted Perry fr his brave deeds.
D．Perry gt ppular and greatly admired in Chicag.
A．T credit a her with saving a victim’s life.
B．T highlight Perry’s curage in stpping a fight.
C．T stress the imprtance f calmness in rescue wrk.
D．T display peple’s cperatin in assisting the victim.
A．D what yu lve.
B．Chse yur friends wisely,
C．Schl sets yu n the right track!
D．This culd be yur jb fr the rest f yur life!
E．Yu get the pprtunity t enjy life nly nce.
F．They dn’t blame thers fr their wn actins r feelings.
G．The life f a teenager is full f difficulties and life-changing decisins.
A．straighter
B．luder
C．harder
D．further
A．sunds
B．invitatins
C．feeling
D．messages
A．hpe
B．receive
C．discver
D．mean
A．immediate
B．misleading
C．imprtant
D．difficult
A．well
B．far
C．much
D．lng
A．trade
B．distance
C．cnnectins
D．greetings
A．eye
B．verbal
C．bdily
D．telephne
A．in ther wrds
B．n the ther hand
C．in a similar way
D．by all means
A．truble
B．cnversatin
C．silence
D．experiment
A．disturbing
B．helping
C．guiding
D．fllwing
A．clser
B．faster
C．in
D．away
A．talk
B．travel
C．laugh
D．think
A．curisity
B．excitement
C．misunderstanding
D．nervusness
A．chance
B．time
C．result
D．advice
A．nticed
B．treated
C．respected
D．pleased