湖南省邵阳市邵东市创新高级中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月期中英语试题

这是一份湖南省邵阳市邵东市创新高级中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月期中英语试题，共8页。试卷主要包含了7 题，9 题等内容，欢迎下载使用。
时量：120 分钟分值：150 分
听力
What are the speakers talking abut?
Having a birthday party.B. Ding sme exercise.C. Getting Lydia a gift.
What is the wman ging t d?
Help the man.B. Take a bus.C. Get a camera.
What des the wman suggest the man d?
Tell Kate t stp.B. Call Kate’s friends.C. Stay away frm Kate.
Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
In a wine shp.B. In a supermarket.C. In a restaurant.
What des the wman mean?
Keep the windw clsed.B. G ut fr fresh air.C. Turn n the fan.
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
What is the man ging t d this summer?
Teach a curse.B. Repair his huse.C. Wrk at a htel.
Hw will the man use the mney?
T hire a gardener.B. T buy bks.C. T pay fr a bat trip.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。
What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
Schlmates.B. Clleagues.C. Rmmates.
What des Frank plan t d right after graduatin?
Wrk as a prgrammer.B. Travel arund the wrld.C. Start his wn business.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
Why des the wman make the call?
T bk a htel rm.B. T ask abut the rm service.
C. T make changes t a reservatin.
When will the wman arrive at the htel?
On September 15.B. On September 16.C. On September 23.
Hw much will the wman pay fr her rm per night?
$179.B. $199.C. $219.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
What is the wman’s plan fr Saturday?
Ging shpping.B. Ging camping.C. Ging bating.
Where will the wman stay in Keswick?
In a cuntry inn.B. In a five-star htel.C. In her aunt’s hme.
What will Grdn d ver the weekend?
Visit his friends.B. Watch DVDs.C. Jin the wman.
What des the wman think f Grdn’s cming weekend?
Relaxed.B. Bring.C. Busy.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
Wh is Wang Ming?
A student.B. An emplyer.C. An engineer.
What des the speaker say abut the cllege jb market this year?
It’s unpredictable.B. It’s quite stable.C. It’s nt ptimistic.
What percentage f student jb seekers have fund a jb by nw?
20%.B. 22%.C. 50%.
Why are engineering graduates mre likely t accept a jb?
They need mre wrk experience.B. The salary is usually gd.
C. Their chice is limited.
阅读理解
Electric Undergrund
A
What’s On?
7.30pm－1.00am Free at the Cyclps Theatre
D yu knw wh’s playing in yur area? We’re bringing yu an evening f live rck and pp music frm the best lcal bands. Are yu interested in becming a musician and getting a recrding cntract(合同)? If s, cme early t the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successful recrd prducer. He’s ging t talk abut hw yu can find the right persn t prduce yu music.
Gee Whizz
8.30pm-10.30pm Cmedy at Kaleidscpe
Cme and see Gee Whizz perfrm. He’s the funniest stand-up cmedian n the cmedy scene. This jyful shw will please everyne, frm the yungest t the ldest. Gee Whizz really knws hw t make yu laugh! Our bar is pen frm 7.00pm fr drinks and snacks.
Simn’s Wrkshp
5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesdays at Victria Stage
This is a gd chance fr anyne wh wants t learn hw t d cmedy. The wrkshp lks at every kind f cmedy, and practices many different ways f making peple laugh. Simn is a cmedian and actr wh has 10 years’ experience f teaching cmedy. His wrkshps are exciting and fun. An evening with Simn will give yu the cnfidence t be funny.
Charltte Stne
8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza Wrld
Fine fd with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening ut. Charltte Stne will perfrm sngs frm her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering n the pian. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Bk early t get a table. Our bar is pen all day, and serves ccktails, cffee, beer, and white wine.
Wh can help yu if yu want t have yur music prduced?
A. Jules Skye.B. Gee Whizz.C. Charltte Stne.D. James Pickering.
What d we knw abut Simn’s Wrkshp?
It requires membership status.B. It lasts three hurs each time.
C. It is run by a cmedy club.D. It is held every Wednesday.
At which place can peple f different ages enjy a gd laugh?
A. The Cyclps Theatre.B. Kaleidscpe.C. Victria Stage.D. Pizza Wrld.
B
Ralph Wald Emersn was brn n May 25, 1803 in Bstn, Massachusetts and died frm a lung disease n April 27, 1882. Althugh he was in pr health fr mst f his adult life, he still created numerus literary wrks which he later turned int essays. One f his greatest and mst influential wrks was an essay called Nature. He als wrte petry and was a well-knwn pet in America.
Emersn was a well-educated individual, but sme f his ideas were cnsidered t be quite radical( 激进的) at the time. In September 1836, Emersn funded the Transcendental Club . He believed in things like self-reliance and individualism. These things were very hard fr peple t understand at the time. But fr Emersn, it was simply an extensin f the bigger picture. He had always challenged lng-standing beliefs abut everything and had always been a frnt runner when it came t change.
Besides Nature, he wrte essays such as Self-Reliance and Circles. He finished these wrks by writing as lectures. He was a skilled public speaker, s he wuld prepare these mre like speeches and later edited them t make them read better fr the general public. During his early career, he spent mst f his time writing essays. But as his health declined, he was frced t change his lifestyle, and began writing sme petry.
Many f his essays and petry are still ppular tday, which prves his success as a writer as well as a philsphical thinker. As a result, his wrks have becme smething that almst everyne has t read. In reality, he was an prgressive thinker that led a number f peple int a cmpletely different way f thinking during the 19th century. He just happened t be a gifted writer and put many f his thughts dwn n paper s peple can still rend them tday.
What is the purpse f the first paragraph?
T shw us numerus famus literary wrks.
T give us a brief intrductin t Emersn.
T explain hw t create influential petry t us.
T tell us the news abut the death f Emersn.
What can we learn frm paragraph 2?
A well-educated individual shuldn’t be quite radical.
The Club was very hard fr peple t understand.
Emersn didn’t agree with the cnventinal beliefs.
Self-reliance and individualism were ppular at that time.
Why did Emersn change his lifestyle t write petry?
His health was in a pr cnditin.B. His essay was difficult t understand.
C. He was quite radical in his later time.D. He wanted t challenge lng-standing beliefs.
What can we infer frm the text ?
Emersn’ s wrks are nt ppular nw.
Emersn was a pineer when it came t change.
Emersn wrte many nvels f high quality later.
Emersn was a traditinal thinker and writer.
C
The meaning f silence varies amng cultural grups. Silences may be thughtful, r they may be empty when a persn has nthing t say. A silence in a cnversatin may als shw stubbrnness, uneasiness, r wrry. Silence may be viewed by sme cultural grups as extremely uncmfrtable; therefre attempts may be made t fill every gap(间隙) with cnversatin. Persns in ther cultural grups value silence and view it as necessary fr understanding a persn’s needs.
Many Native Americans value silence and feel it is a basic part f cmmunicating amng peple, just as sme traditinal Chinese and Thai persns d. Therefre, when a persn frm ne f these cultures is speaking and suddenly stps, what may be implied (暗示) is that the persn wants the listener t cnsider what has been said befre cntinuing. In these cultures, silence is a call fr reflectin.
Other cultures may use silence in ther ways, particularly when dealing with cnflicts amng peple r in relatinships f peple with different amunts f pwer. Fr example, Russian, French, and Spanish persns may use silence t shw agreement between parties abut the tpic under discussin. Hwever, Mexicans may use silence when instructins are given by a persn in authrity rather than be rude t that persn by arguing with him r her. In still anther use, persns in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign f respect, particularly t an elder r a persn in authrity.
Nurses and ther care-givers need t be aware f the pssible meanings f silence when they cme acrss the persnal anxiety their patients may be experiencing. Nurses shuld recgnize their wn persnal and cultural cnstructin f silence s that a patient’s silence is nt interrupted t early r allwed t g n unnecessarily. A nurse wh understands the healing ( 治愈) value f silence can use this understanding t assist in the care f patients frm their wn and frm ther cultures.
What des the authr say abut silence in cnversatins?
It implies anger.B. It prmtes friendship.
C. It is culture-specific.D. It is cntent-based.
Which f the fllwing peple might regard silence as a call fr careful thught?
A. The Chinese.B. The French.C. The Mexicans.D. The Russians.
What des the authr advise nurses t d abut silence?
Let it cntinue as the patient pleases.B. Break it while treating patients.
C. Evaluate its harm t patients.D. Make use f its healing effects.
What may be the best title fr the text?
Sund and SilenceB. What It Means t Be Silent
C. Silence t Native AmericansD. Speech Is Silver, Silence Is Gld
D
There was a time when an event wuld nt begin withut a phtgrapher. “I remember the days when event rganizers wuld even delay a shw if the phtgrapher was running late ,” says Balachandra Raju, a phtgrapher f Sathyam Studi, a still surviving pht studi in India’s suthern city f Chennai.
Pht studis are facing extinctin in the digital age. But as they struggle t cntinue ding the business, ne research prject is lking at ways t preserve their legacy( 遗产 ) by digitizing archival pictures.
The prject, funded by the British Library, visited arund 100 pht studis acrss the suth Indian state f Tamil Nadu and digitized 10,000 prints. Many f the phts were taken between 1880 and 1980, and they ranged frm pictures f families and famus stars t weddings and funerals. “The digital archive will be useful fr thse interested in histry,” said Ze E. Headley, ne f the researchers. Ramesh Kumar, anther researcher n the prject, called it a “gld mine” fr phtgraphers. “The research we’ve dne als highlights prductin techniques used befre digital phtgraphy arrived in ur cities and twns,” he said .
Hwever, the researchers wuld ften find ld phts piled n tp f ne anther in the strage rm f a studi. “N ne had bthered t clean them,” Kumar said, adding that many phts had been damaged due t the ht and wet weather in Tamil Nadu.
The wner f Nallapillai Studi in central Tamil Nadu said he spends abut 20,000 rupees (￡230, $310) each mnth t run the studi that was funded by his great grandfather almst 150 years ag. T survive in this digital age has been a struggle. “Many custmers dn’t bk us fr
special events anymre,” he said, adding that they have all gt smartphnes t d the jb. “I’m nt sure if pht studis will exist five years frm nw,” he said. But this is why, accrding t Mr Raju, this archival prject is s imprtant.
What’s the main purpse f the archival prject?
T prtect the legacy f pht studis.B. T slw dwn the extinctin f pht studis.
C. T search fr better ways f taking phts.D. T visit all the pht studis acrss the India.
Which f the fllwing shws the effect f the archival prject ?
Pht studis can attract many visitrs.
Phtgraphers can have a gd wrking place.
Phtgraphers get t learn abut ld phtgraphy techniques.
Pht studis have the chance t take pictures f famus stars.
What d we knw abut pht studis?
A. They are perating quite well .B. They gave ld phts little prtectin. C.Sme were prtected frm ht and wet weather.D.They were always bked fr special events.
What des Raju think abut the archival prject?
A. Creative.B. Fruitless.C. Meaningful.D. Unsatisfactry.
E
All the wisdm f the ages, 36 , are easily and cheaply available t all f us within the cvers f bks-but we must knw hw t avail urselves f this treasure and hw t get the mst
frm it.
I am mst interested in peple, in meeting them and finding ut abut them. 37 , then n the pages f his bk, and then, again, in my imaginatin. I’ve fund in bks new friends, new scieties, new wrlds.
38 , thers are interested nt s much in “wh” as in “hw”. “Wh” in the bks includes everybdy frm science-fictin superman tw hundred centuries in the future all the way back t the first figures in histry. “Hw” cvers everything frm the explanatins f Sherlck Hlmes t the discveries f science and ways f teaching manners t children.
Reading is a pleasure f the mind, which means that it is a little like a sprt: yur eagerness and knwledge and quickness make yu a gd reader. Reading is fun, nt because the writer is telling yu smething, but because it makes yur mind wrk. 39 . Yur experience, cmpared with his, brings yu t the same r different cnclusins, and yur ideas develp as yu understand his.
Every bk stands by itself, like a ne-family huse, but bks in a library are like huses in a city. 40 ; they are cnnected with each ther and with ther cities. The same ideas, r related nes, turn up in different places; the human prblems that repeat themselves in life repeat themselves in literature, but with different slutins accrding t different writings at different times.
If I am interested in peple
Reading can nly be fun if yu expect it t be
all the stries that have delighted mankind fr centuries
Althugh they are separate, tgether they all add up t smething
Yur wn imaginatin wrks alng with the authr’s r even ges beynd his
Sme f the mst remarkable peple I’ve met existed nly in a writer’s imaginatin
as a result f reading, better, wiser, kinder, r gentler, yu wn’t have suffered during the prcess
完形填空
Grwing up in Mauritius, I lve nature. Behind my huse, there is a muntain named Le Puce, where I spent much time 41 he frest as a kid. Hwever, my instinct(天性) fr explratin
42 at the water’ s edge. Even thugh Mauritius is an island cuntry 43 by the Indian Ocean, the thught f entering the cean made me 44 .
When I was abut 10, this started t change. I began learning abut the 45 climate change presented t island cuntries, and I started develping an interest in prtecting the envirnment. I watched nature dcumentaries, 46 the steps I culd take t change the wrld, 47 I still didn’t knw hw t effectively achieve it. Later, I tk the Natinal Gegraphic Sciety’s Explring Cnservatin curses, which set me n a path t helping start and 48 The Oceanic Prject, an rganizatin dedicated t helping peple understand the cean and enhancing peple’s 49 f prtecting the cean.
Gradually, I realized hw much humans 50 the cean fr its natural resurces and that it was nt as dangerus as I had imagined. My fear was rted in a(n) 51 f falling int a river in my childhd. Determined t vercme it, I became a certified diver last year .
Diving plays a big part in my life nw, and I wrk t 52 the prtectin f the underwater envirnment. I gt encuraged by the 53 f the activity when a parent tld me her sn insisted n replacing plastic items in their hme with bamb alternatives after returning hme .
Prtecting the cean is very 54 and I’ll keep devting myself t it. And I sincerely hpe mre peple will 55 me. Only with everyne’s effrt can we make the wrld a wnderful place fr human beings.
56 (lcate) in Nrthwest China’s Gansu Prvince, the Bingling Temple Wrld Heritage Turist Area cvers 150 square kilmeters. It is hme 57 the Stne Grttes(石窟) f Bingling Temple, a cmpnent f the Wrld Heritage f the Silk Rad.
The turist area lies alng the mst charming sectin f the upper reaches f the Yellw River, with magnificent natural scenery and splendid civilizatin. Thanks t 58 (it) places f interest integrating ancient and mdern culture, the Bingling Temple Wrld Heritage Turist Area has becme 59 gd place fr eclgical turism, science 60 (educate), and leisurely vacatins.
As the largest stne grttes in Gansu Prvince, the Bingling Temple Grttes are a wrld cultural heritage with a histry 61 dates back t mre than 1,600 years ag. What is impressive is that the earliest China’s well-preserved statue inscriptin( 铭文) during the Western Qin State 62(discver) in the N.169 grtt. This grtt’s inscriptin, statues, and murals(壁画) prvide 63 (rely) evidence fr the cnfirmatin f the histry f the Bingling Temple Grttes and the early stne statues in China.
With the grtt murals and stne statues f different histrical perids, the Bingling Temple Grttes are believed 64 (have) histrical, artistic and academic value 65 (arise) frm the develpment f stne grttes and sculpture art in China.
41. A. explring
B. transfrming
C. extending
D. cnstructing
42. A. shifted
B. appeared
C. stretched
D. stpped
43. A. destryed
B. surrunded
C. cvered
D. represented
44. A. scared
B. excited
C. addicted
D. disappinted
45. A. prgress
B. threat
C. pprtunity
D. image
46. A. aviding
B. cunting
C. highlighting
D. cnsidering
47. A. then
B. yet
C. thus
D. mrever
48. A. lead
B. fllw
C. recgnize
D. prevent
49. A. efficiency
B. awareness
C. memry
D. cnfidence
50. A. paid back
B. adapted t
C. depended n
D. kept up
51. A. md
B. imaginatin
C. hbby
D. experience
52. A. turn dwn
B. hld back
C. add up
D. cntribute t
53. A. intrductin
B. influence
C. advertisement
D. predictin
54. A. risky
B. impractical
C. shcking
D. crucial
55. A. jin
B. respect
C. teach
D. guide
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写作
假定你是某国际学校学生会主席，你校将于下周举行一场英文讲座。请你写一则英文通知，内容包括：
讲座主题：The Wrld Wildlife Day；
时间、地点及讲座内容。
注意：1. 词数为 80 左右；2. 请按如下格式作答。
Ntice
The Student Cuncil March, 1
续写
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 February 21, the Internatinal Mther Language Day, a day t celebrate language and cultural diversity. At the end f the day, Mr Brwn gave us an assignment: “All f yu are t make a presentatin abut yur native language.” Max, whse family came frm France and I, wh was brn in China, were chsen t be the first tw presenters. Hwever, bth f us were at a lss, wndering what shuld be talked abut. Needless t say, there were many questins abut what he meant. What shuld be talked abut? Hw many sentences are needed? What frmat? D we need t write dwn everything?
On the way hme frm schl, Max and I scratched( 抓) ur heads, trying t figure ut the meaning f Mr Brwn’s assignment. At first, we thught he was just giving an assignment t get us back int the habit f hmewrk. We als wndered if it had mre t d with hw we presented t ur classmates. Eventually, we bth decided we wuld impress Mr Brwn and the class with sme unique answers.
The next day, Max started his presentatin by asking the class a questin: “Is café an English wrd?” Sme f the students ndded while a few shk their heads. Max cntinued with a smile and tld the class that “café” actually came frm French. “As ne f the mst spken languages in the whle wrld, French has a charm f its wn!” Max said. He instructed the class as if he were a university prfessr: “It is said that abut 45% f the mdern English wrds came frm French.” After writing sme cmmn French wrds n the blackbard, he began t teach the class hw t prnunce them. Everyne, including Mr Brwn, applauded when he was dne. I clapped alng, excited and nervus abut my fllwing presentatin.
注意：1. 续写词数为 150 左右；
2.请按如下格式作答。
I was ready t d sme fun activities with the class.
Mr Brwn was ttally pleased with ur presentatins.