江西省景德镇市2024-2025学年高二下学期4月期中考试英语试卷（Word版附答案）

这是一份江西省景德镇市2024-2025学年高二下学期4月期中考试英语试卷（Word版附答案），共14页。
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1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。
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3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What is the wman ging t d?
A. Visit her uncle. B. G t a stre. C. Deliver gds.
2. What is the prbable relatinship between Mr. Blake and the man?
A. Dctr and patient. B. Bss and secretary. C. Driver and passenger.
3. What are the speakers ding nw?
A. Buying clrful balls. B. Drinking water. C. Ding an experiment.
4. Why des Mary turn dwn the man’s ffer?
A. She is prly paid. B. She is very busy. C. She is uncnfident.
5. Hw des the wman feel nw?
A. Prud. B. Tired. C. Wrried.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What des the man suggest the wman d?
A. Have sme whiskey. B. Travel by bat. C. Run a business.
7. What will the speakers d tnight?
A. G t a bar. B. Bk a ticket. C. Attend a cncert.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What is the man’s favurite sprt?
A. Tennis. B. Swimming. C. Vlleyball.
9. Hw lng des the wman ride a bike every day?
A. 20 minutes. B. 30 minutes. C. 90 minutes.
10. What will the wman d tmrrw?
A. G cycling. B. Play vlleyball. C. Watch a match.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A A place. B. An accident. C. A pp sng.
12. What des the wman say abut the ld man’s stry?
A. It’s disappinting. B. It’s exciting. C. It’s mving.
13. What d we knw abut Frank?
A. He plans t phne his mther weekly.
B. He likes teaching thers t dance.
C. He ften dances by himself.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. In a htel. B. In a gym. C. In a restaurant.
15. What des the wman think f the Japanese restaurant?
A. It’s special. B. It’s expensive. C. It’s far.
16. What is the man ging t d this evening?
A. G swimming. B. Taste the Japanese fd. C. Hld a business meeting.
17. Which rm will the man chse fr a meeting?
A. Rm 323. B. Rm 213. C. Rm 312.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Where did Jseph Pulitzer jin the army?
A. In Austria. B. In the U. S. C. In the U. K.
19. What did Jseph Pulitzer d mstly in the Mercantile Library?
A. He wrte papers.
B. He studied English and law.
C. He taught French and German.
20. What did Jseph Pulitzer d in 1892?
A. He gt t St. Luis.
B. He started a newspaper.
C. He gave away mney t Clumbia University.
第二部分 阅读（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）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A. B. C. D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
In Paris, yu nly need t see the Luvre, right? Wrng! There’s s much mre t see in ne f the wrld’s greatest cities fr arts and culture! In this article, discver the best museums t visit in Paris.
Luis Vuittn Fundatin
The architecture f this building alne makes a visit wrth it. The building was designed by famus architect Frank Gehry. There are wrks f art by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ellswrth Kelly, Olafur Eliassn, Gilbert & Gerge, Jeff Kns, and many thers. The admissin ticket csts €16.
Hurs: Mn-Sat,10:00 am-6:00 pm (clsed Sundays)
Paris Museum f Mdern Art
The museum has a few huge wrks f art and a tn f ther eye-catchers. It is technically free t visit, but they ask fr a nn-mandatry (非强制性的) dnatin f €5 t see the permanent artwrks.
Hurs: Tues — Sun,10:00 am-6:00 pm (clsed Mndays)
Musée Natinal Picass-Paris
The museum is hme t thusands f Picass wrks. Unlike the Rdin Museum, which cntains wrks frm many artists, the Picass Museum keeps its cllectin clsely tied t the master. The admissin ticket csts €14.
Hurs: Tues — Fri, 10:00 am-6:30 pm; Sat and Sun, 9:30 am-6:00 pm (clsed Mndays)
Musée Marmttan Mnet
Similar t the Picass Museum, the Mnet Museum is mstly abut Mnet. The museum is nly what it is tday thanks t Michel Mnet’s famus dnatin f his father’s remaining wrks f art. The Admissin will run yu frm €9 t €14.
Hurs: Tues — Sun,10:00 am-6:00 pm, late nights n Thursdays until 9:00 pm (clsed Mndays)
1. Which museum was designed by the architect Frank Gehry?
A. Paris Museum f Mdern Art.B. Musée Nàtinal Picass-Paris.
C. Musée Marmttan Mnet.D. Luis Vuittn Fundatin.
2. What d Musée Natinal Picass-Paris and Musée Marmttan Mnet have in cmmn?
A. Bth are clsed n Sundays.B. Bth fcus n a single artist’s wrks.
C. Bth charge ver €14 fr admissin.D. Bth have extended hurs n weekends.
3 When can yu enter Musée Marmttan Mnet?
A. 6:00 pm n Mnday.B. 8:00 pm n Thursday.
C. 10:00 pm n Saturday.D. 9:00 am n Sunday.
B
In my mind, the effect that experience had n me lasted frever. I was determined t learn swimming at the age f ten. There was a pl, at the , ffering the pprtunity. My mther cnstantly warned against it, and bre fresh in my mind the details f each drwning in the river. But the B. pl was safe.
My fear f water started frm childhd. It began when I was fur years ld and father tk me t the beach. There the huge waves kncked me dwn and swept ver me.
The pl was quiet. I was afraid f ging in all alne, s I sat n the side f the pl t wait fr thers. Then came a big by. He yelled, “Hi, Skinny! Hw’d yu like t be ducked?” With that he picked me up and threw me int the deep end. I landed in a sitting psitin, and swallwed water. But I was nt frightened ut f my wits—when my feet hit the bttm, I wuld make a big jump, cme ut f the surface. It seemed a lng way dwn. I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thught was a great spring upwards. Then I pened my eyes and saw nthing but water. I tried t yell but n sund came ut. I went dwn, dwn, endlessly. When I came t cnsciusness, I fund myself n the bed in the hspital.
I never went back t the pl. I avided water whenever I culd. This misadventure stayed with me as the years rlled by. It deprived me f the jy f bating and swimming. Finally, I decided t get an instructr. Piece by piece, I practiced hard and finally he built a swimmer. Several mnths later, the instructin was finished, but I was nt. Smetimes the terrr wuld return.
This went n till July. I swam acrss the Lake Wentwrth. Only nce did the terrr return. When I was in the middle f the lake, I put my face under and saw nthing but bttmless water. I laughed and said, “Well, Mr. Terrr, what d yu think yu can d t me?”
I had cnquered my fear f water.
4. Why was the authr frightened f water riginally?
A. His swimming skill was very pr.
B. An experience at the beach affected him.
C. He had an unpleasant memry f the pl at the age f fur.
D. His mther warned him abut the danger f being drwned.
5. Which f the fllwing is right abut the authr’s experience in the pl?
A. The experience made him aware that the pl was safe.
B. The big by eagerly helped him cnquer the fear f water.
C. When thrwn int water, he knew smene wuld save him
D. While he had n skill in swimming, he struggled t g upwards.
6. Which f the fllwing can be used t describe the authr?
A. Diligent and cautius.B. Determined and grateful.
C. Dependable and adaptable.D. Humrus and curageus.
7. What des the authr try t tell us?
A. A fall int a pit, a gain in yur wit.
B. D ne thing at a time, and d well.
C. Deed divides beings int lwer and higher nes.
D. Success always cmes frm daring t challenge.
C
A rbt as large as a truck mves alng the bttm f the deep sea. It eats metallic (含金属的) rck and sft mud. They travel up a lng pipe t a ship, where wrkers and machinery separate ut the rck and thrw the mud back int the cean. This is a mining peratin. The rck cntains a mixture f metals, including nes called rare earth metals. Peple use these materials t make batteries and electrnics like cmputers and phnes.
Deep-sea mining hasn’t happened yet. But it prbably will ccur within the next decade. N cuntry wns any part f the deep sea, s a UN rganizatin called the Internatinal Seabed Authrity (ISA国际海底管理局) decides wh is allwed t mine there. It has allwed 29 rganizatins t explre the deep sea and make plans fr mining, ne f which plans t begin mining in the year 2027.
Scientists and envirnmentalists, thugh, warn that mining culd destry deep-sea ecsystem. In 1989, eclgist Hjalmar Thiel carried ut a test. His team searched the seaflr f the Pacific Ocean, in a spt with lts f the metallic rcks that miners wanted. They didn’t actually cllect any f the rcks. But they disturbed the mud, just as a mining peratin wuld. The clud f mud fell back dwn ver the cean flr burying creatures living there. Up t nw, the area they disturbed has nt recvered. Signs f the search are still there. Deep sea creatures like spnges and crals have nt mved back in. That means mining culd have harmful, lng-lasting cnsequences fr deep cean life. Scientists want t understand the deep sea better befre disturbing it.
Leaving the deep sea alne sunds great, but peple need thse metals. “Mines n land are sn ging t run ut,” gelgist Steven Sclt f the University f Trnt tld Smithsnian Magazine. “Every electrnic device in the wrld has rare earth metals in it... we need raw resurces.” New energy technlgies including slar and wind pwer and electric cars rely n these metals as well. We may need t mine them frm the sea in rder t switch t greener energy surces.
8. Why a rbt is placed at the bttm f the deep sea?
A. T transprt equipment t the ship.B. T restre damaged ceanic ecsystems.
C. T extract valuable metallic resurces frm the seabed.D. T test underwater rbtic technlgy.
9. What d we learn abut deep-sea mining?
A. It has caused terrible damage t ceanic ecsystems.
B. All rganizatins are permitted t explre the deep sea.
C. It is likely t begin within the next ten years.
D. The ISA directly rganizes deep-sea mining peratins.
10. What did Hjalmar Thiel find in his test?
A. The deep-sea ecsystem recvered rapidly after the test.
B. The test caused lng-term damage t the deep-sea ecsystem.
C. N eclgical damage was detected during the test.
D. Deep see creatures adapted quickly t the effect f the test.
11. What is Steven Sclt’ s attitude twards deep-sea mining?
A. Objective.B. Indifferent.C. Disapprving.D. Supprtive.
D
A study fllwing nearly 30,000 lder adults fr mre than 10 years has fund that six key healthy lifestyle factrs can significantly reduce memry lss and thse adults engaging in between fur and six f the healthy lifestyle behavirs culd dramatically reduce their risks f develping dementia (痴呆), even when carrying genes that increase their risks f Alzheimer’s disease.
“Six healthy lifestyle aspects were assessed: a healthy diet, regular physical exercise, active scial cntact, active cgnitive (认知的) activity, never smking, and never drinking alchl,” the researchers explained in the new study. Participants were classified int the favrable grup if they had fur t six healthy lifestyle factrs, int the average grup fr tw t three factrs, and int the unfavrable grup fr zer t ne factr.
The study fund that peple with fur t six healthy habits had a much slwer lss f memry than thse with fewer healthy habits. Peple with these gd habits were als much less likely t get dementia than thse with ne r n healthy habits. Thse wh had tw r three gd habits were 30% less likely t get dementia.
The study didn’t figure ut which f the six healthy habits was the best fr stpping dementia r which cmbinatin was the best. Hwever, the infrmatin did shw that eating healthy seemed t help prevent memry lss the mst, with brain exercise and regular physical exercise als very helpful.
Abut 20% f the peple in the study had a gene that makes Alzheimer’s disease mre likely. Even s, having several gd health habits helped slw dwn memry lss. This shws that changing hw we live can really help.
Even thugh each health habit helped in a different way, verall, the study fund that peple with mre gd health habits had much less memry lss than thse with fewer gd habits. This suggests that the chices we make in hw we live can help prtect ur memry. The study adds t the evidence that we might be able t change ur risk f memry lss.
12. What were the grups categrized based n?
A. The participants’ age.B. What hbbies the participants gt rid f.
C. The healthy lifestyles the participants had.D. What the participants’ attitudes t factrs were.
13. What can we infer frm paragraph 3?
A. The favrable grup was happier than the ther tw.
B. Mre healthy lifestyles were f mre benefit t health.
C. Healthy habits had little impact n memry r dementia.
D Peple with a healthy diet wuldn’t suffer a lss f memry.
14. Which plays the greatest rle in reducing memry lss?
A. Never drinking alchl.B. Regular physical exercise.
C. Active cgnitive activities.D. A healthy diet.
15. What can be the best title fr the text?
A. Healthy Lifestyles Slwing Memry Lss.B. A Study Making A Great Breakthrugh.
C. A Healthy Diet Being The Best Lifestyle.D. Old Adults Suffering Frm Health Prblems.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
Climate Change Causes Damage t Small Farms
A new study says the speed and severity f climate change culd cause majr damage t small African farms. These farmers are already struggling t deal with the effects f climate change. The study was released at the African Green Revlutin Frum in Addis Ababa last mnth. It is called the 2014 African Agriculture Status Reprt.
“____16____ Abut 70 percent f the rural ppulatin in sub-Saharan Africa are small-scale farmers. They prduce abut 80 percent f the fd need in Africa,” said Ameyaw, a lead prducer f the reprt. ____17____
Climate change may be impacting sme farmers mre than thers. Scientists have fund that small-scale family farmers acrss Africa are being verwhelmed (压垮) with the impact and severity f climate change.
Small-scale farmers grw mst f the crps in Africa n fields that are usually frm 2 t 10 hectares (公顷). ____18____ In African cuntries, farmers prduce abut ne-pint-five tns f cereal (谷物) frm each hectare. Farmers in many ther cuntries prduce mre than five tns per hectare. Mr. Ameyaw says there are several reasns fr this difference.
“____19____ Weather is rainfall. Weather is drught. Weather is an increase in temperature. They are mre expsed t these climate effects than any ther part f the wrld. On tp f that mst f them use their wn labr r family labr. They are nt mechanized,” he said.
Climate change is als expected t affect the average length f the grwing seasn. This culd cntinue t reduce the already lw amunt f crps that cme frm each hectare. Mr. Ameyaw says experts are urging African farmers t reduce the effects f climate change with a prgram called Climate Smart Agriculture. ____20____ “We are talking abut farmers being able t adpt nutrient-enriching technlgy t imprve their sil fertility,” Ameyaw said.
A. The prgram includes ways t imprve and care fr sil.
B. Small-scale farmers are the backbne f African agriculture.
C. This majr rise in temperature brings a lt f issues t African fd security.
D. Small-scale farmers in Africa are much less prductive than thse in ther cntinents.
E. There is a great pssibility fr agricultural grwth in Africa led by small - scale farmers.
F. Abut 90-percent f these farms are rain - fed, which means that they depend n the weather.
G. Hwever, they are als the greatest victims f climate change.
第三部分 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。
My daughter Alex had talent fr acting. When she was accepted int New Yrk University’s musical theater prgram, I ___21___ the dress I’d wear t her Bradway debut (首秀). But then she decided t be a exercise instructr. It was ___22___ fr me t understand it.
“I thught ___23___ at gyms was just t pay the bills until yu had yur gd luck, wasn’t it?” I asked when Alex ___24___ her full-time jb at a gym called Equinx in New Yrk City.
“Acting was my childhd dream,” she explained. “I lved ___25___, but my adult self wants t help peple ___26___.”
Even after Alex earned her persnal training certificatin, I still culdn’t accept her ___27___.
In the spring f 2020, New Yrk’s gyms were clsed, and Alex returned t Richmnd in a jbless state. My ___28___ f her wrking n an acting website was rejected. Instead, she launched nline exercise classes and runded up clients using scial media. Her ___29___ tk ff, and ur huse became her virtual studi until she returned t Manhattan in August 2020.
One day I signed up fr her private sessins. In between my training, I asked, “What are yu ding t find a real jb?”
Alex pinted t her waist, ___30___ my psture. “Mm, this is my ___31___. I’m grwing a business.”
And she was. Sn she was making mre than what she ever did in gyms and had ttal ___32___ f her schedule. I was ne f the many wh ___33___ frm her patient encuragement. Over time, my lwer-back pain disappeared and I culd lift a heavy bx ___34___. Thrugh my training, I learned she knew the right ___35___ fr her.
21 A. bughtB. withdrewC. picturedD. treasured
22. A. vitalB. hardC. inspiringD. tuching
23. A. exercisingB. hangingC. strugglingD. teaching
24. A. annuncedB. quitC. changedD. rejected
25. A. trainingB. tryingC. perfrmingD. scializing
26. A. pliteB. healthyC. psitiveD. ambitius
27. A. prpsalB. prgressC. refusalD. decisin
28. A. suggestinB. pprtunityC. knwledgeD. dream
29. A. prfessinB. businessC. researchD. rganizatin
30. A. spttingB. describingC. crrectingD. appreciating
31. A. jbB. hbbyC. prgramD. instructin
32. A. lackB. ignranceC. cntrlD. understanding
33. A. escapedB. benefitedC. resultedD. grew
34. A. exactlyB. extremelyC. slightlyD. easily
35. A. methdB. persnC. pathD. lessn
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。
Qi Baishi is ne f the ____36____ (famus) painters in China. He achieved success by cmbining talent with hard wrk. He was hnred with the title “Peple’s Artist” in 1953. Qi’s paintings tuch n ____37____ (vary) subjects. The general public are mst impressed by his creatins f aquatic life like shrimps, crabs and fish. Peple als lve his paintings f flwers and vegetables, ____38____ indicate wishes fr ____39____ (prsperus) and harvests. These wrks als remind them f the cuntryside and f their hmetwns. Anther cmmn subject in Qi’s art is the dve, ____40____ (shw) his wish fr wrld peace. His wrks are fresh and lively, rich ____41____ expressin and detail. Thugh ____42____ (express) in a traditinal Chinese way, Qi’s wrks reflect an internatinal trend in mdern art. Qi is recgnized first as a painter, but is als famus fr seal carvings and pems. The lder he gt, the higher the gal he set fr himself. Unlike ther elderly artists wh retired frm public life, Qi played ____43____ mre active scial rle as he ____44____ (age). The Internatinal Peace Prize ____45____ (award) t him in 1956.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Olive对中国唐诗很感兴趣，请你给他写一封邮件作一下简单介绍。内容包括：1. 唐诗在中国的影响及地位；2. 唐代三大著名诗人及其诗歌风格。
注意：1. 写作词数应80左右；2. 请按如下格式作答。
Dear Olive,
I’m glad t learn that yu are interested in Tang pems f China. Nw let me tell yu smething abut them.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
47. 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。
It was spring in 2018. The whle schl was bathed in beautiful sunshine when Kelly Mattisn, an English teacher in J.K.F High Schl, suddenly saw Dylan Belscher anxiusly walking up and dwn, his right hand in his pcket. It was nthing like the everyday Belscher she had cme t knw. Mrs Mattisn wndered if smething had happened.
Belscher was an average student, but nt an average persn. Generally, his smile wuld spread acrss the classrm. Frm a yung age, he had started wrking part-time t help supprt his family. He had struggled t grw up, and althugh he was a tugh by, he was als psitive and generus. He was always willing t help and was ppular amng his classmates. Recently, hwever, he had changed. He nw wrked lnger hurs, trying t earn mre mney. It seemed every dllar, even every cent, meant a lt t him.
That mrning, when Belscher nticed a dllar n the flr, excitement and pprtunity tk hld f him. Lking arund t make sure n ne was lking, he quickly bent dwn, picked up the dllar and put it int his pcket. Hwever, immediately after putting the dllar in his pcket, Belscher began t feel uneasy. As the day prgressed, he began t feel wrse and he culdn’t even cncentrate during class. The ne dllar bill felt like a fire burning in his pcket. He kept thinking abut Mrs Mattisn, wh always taped (粘贴) lst items n the whitebard and asked students t d the same.
He was s lst in thught that he didn’t even hear his deskmate call his name.
“Are yu OK, Belscher?” His deskmate, Megan Rse, asked.
“Sure...” Belscher paused, unable t cmplete the sentence. His heart began t race and his mind went blank. “ ”
Rse was curius. “Yur face is s red!” she whispered.
The whisper explded like a bmb, and Belscher felt as if the whle wrld was watching him and culd see inside his pcket. Belscher was s vercme with embarrassment and guilt that he rushed ut f the classrm. Even the bright spring sunshine wasn’t strng enugh t wash away his shame.
Paragraph 1: Just then, Mrs Mattisn apprached, “What’s up, Belscher?”
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Paragraph 2: The next day, mved by what she had heard, Mrs Mattisn psted the stry n her blg.
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景德镇市2024-2025学年下学期期中质量检测卷
高二英语答案
听力
阅读
1. D 2. B 3. B
4. B 5. D 6. A 7. D
8. C 9. C 10. B 11. D
12. C 13. B 14. D 15. A
16. B 17. G 18. D 19. F 20. A
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. C 31. A 32. C 33. B 34. D 35. C
36. mst famus
37. varius
38. which 39. prsperity
40. shwing
41. in 42. expressed
43. a 44. aged
45. was awarded
46.
Dear Olive,
I’m glad t learn that yu are interested in Tang pems f China. Nw let me tell yu smething abut them.
Tang petry, regarded as the glden age f Chinese literature, has prfundly influenced Chinese culture. Its cncise language and rich themes make it widely studied and recited even tday. Amng numerus pets, three stand ut: Li Bai, knwn fr his rmantic and bld style celebrating nature; Du Fu, whse realistic wrks reflect scial hardships with deep cmpassin; and Bai Juyi, whse simple language cnveys universal emtins. Their masterpieces remain husehld names in China.
Lking frward t hearing yur thughts!
Yurs,
Li Hua
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