江苏省南京师大附中2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷

这是一份江苏省南京师大附中2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷，共16页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，完形填空，语法填空，单词拼写，完成句子，书信写作等内容，欢迎下载使用。

一、阅读理解
A visit t Antarctica is much mre than a hliday. Remte and undamaged, any jurney there is a unique adventure yu’ll find nwhere else n earth.
As yu cruise in style abard Discvery, yu will gaze upn majestic, icy peaks, giant icebergs and diverse wildlife that includes whales, seals, penguins and birds. Yu will sail thrugh glassy bays and have the pprtunity, weather permitting, t set ft n Antarctica’s shres and vlcanic beaches. On all cruises, yu will get as clse t nature as yu wuld n smaller ships, while enjying a higher class f Discvery’s 4-star cmfrts.
Exciting cruises abard Discvery
N single supplement n cabins
Vyage t Antarctica
20 Days, departing 16 Nvember 2023
Frm Lisbn acrss the Atlantic Ocean t Buens Aires with stps in extic settings like Funchal, Ri de Janeir and Ushuaia
Nw frm £ 3575
Antarctica, Chile &Patagnia
18 Days, departing 16 December 2023
Frm Buens Aires sail t Antarctica and depart the ship in Santiag
Nw frm £ 3145
Nte: sme sailings might be in reverse, frm Santiag t Buens Aires
Cape t Cape
23 Days, departing 7 February 2023
Leave frm Buens Aires and sail arund Cape Hrn, visit Antarctica and make yur way t Cape Twn, Suth Africa
Nw frm £ 2995
What’s included:
●All meals, entertainment and tips n bard. Return flights t/frm UK. Overseas transfers between airprts, htels and ship. Htel stays in Buens Aires and Santiag. Infrmative lecture prgramme, Landings ashre and small bat sightseeing.
●PLUS—Save an extra £500 per cuple n early bkings befre September 2023.
The pririty f the cruises is t prvide yu with pprtunities t learn abut Antarctica’s fragile ecsystem. Lectures given by Dr. Peter Carey and his team will bring Antarctica t life. They will accmpany yu n yur landings ashre and n small bat field trips（depending n ice and weather cnditins）.
1．What activity is included n Discvery cruises?
A．Camping n the vlcanic beaches.
B．Interacting with seals and penguins if pssible.
C．Swimming thrugh the waters filled with icebergs.
D．Setting ft n Antarctica’s shres if the weather allws.
2．Which mnth’s cruise plan ffers the pssibility f sailing in the ppsite way?
A．February.B．December.C．Nvember.D．September.
3．A majr fcus f Discvery cruises is ________.
A．extending luxury htel staysB．small bat sightseeing and landing ashre
C．learning abut the envirnment f AntarcticaD．prviding free meals and entertainment n bard
“Think different.”—Apple
“The nly thing wrse than being talked abut is nt being talked abut.”—Oscar Wilde
Apple’s tw-wrd slgan and Oscar Wilde’s wit are examples f micrstyle, the art f creating shrt messages that grab attentin, cmmunicate instantly, stick in the mind, and rll ff the tngue. We all need micrstyle in this age f scial media. Twitter and Facebk prvide an pprtunity t use writing in everyday life. Hwever, tday readers have t much t absrb, and knwing hw t write shrt, pwerful messages is ne f the mst imprtant writing skills in the 21st century. Here are sme techniques fr getting nticed.
Help peple find meaning
The meanings f wrds are the result f backgrund knwledge, assciatins and assumptins that linguist Charles Fillmre called “frames”. Cmmunicating well is largely a matter f successful framing. Cnsider the slgan f Lilipit, which makes educatinal sftware fr children: “Feeding curisity daily”. The wrd “educatin” is avided because it prduces a dry teaching r training cntext, but “curisity” made the sftware int smething peple wuld want t use. That is an example f great framing. Framing als uses metaphr, which can make cmplex meanings immediately accessible. Cnsider the way the name Twitter, fr example, uses the simple ntin f birds chattering t give a sense f what this multi-vcal cmmunicatin platfrm is all abut.
Make it sing
Peple remember shrt messages by their sunds. Pets knw this, f curse, as d advertisers. Names and slgans make use f rhythm and rhyme. The classic Hallmark slgan, “When yu care enugh t send the very best” uses the same rhythm fund in Shakespeare’s blank verse. Rhyme brightens slgans such as “Must-see TV” and names such as 7-Eleven. Specific sunds can g well with the meanings f the messages. Makers f beauty prducts, such as Chanel, Avn and L’Oreal, have names with “sft” sunds. Hwever, a cmpany such as Black and Decker, which makes tls, has a name with a frceful rhythm and “hard” cnsnants.
Be creative
Smetimes a message will get the pwer frm the way it tys with the ld and familiar. After the crisis f 2019 a finance cmpany used the slgan, “We turn the financial wrld right side up”. This reversed the usual expressin “t turn smething upside dwn”. S t make peple understand yur pint, yu d nt ________. A few wrds, cleverly chsen, will d the jb fr yu.
4．Based n the text, micrstyle messages are ________.
A．easy t ignreB．hard t prnunce
C．easy t rememberD．hard t understand
5．Fillmre’s “frames” indicate that wrds ________.
A．mean nly ne thingB．have meanings that never change
C．have fairly bvius meaningsD．depend n experience fr their meaning
6．Accrding t the text, which statement is TRUE?
A．The scial media ask peple t write shrt messages.
B．The name“7-eleven”uses numbers t grab attentin.
C．Twitter emphasizes the sunds birds use t cmmunicate.
D．Black and Decker uses strng rhythm t g well with its prducts.
7．Which f the fllwing ges in the gap in the last paragraph?
A．have t break a rutineB．have t use lts f wrds
C．need t chse the right ideaD．need t emply the prper writing strategies
Playing in a big internatinal rchestra is ne f life’s mst exciting experiences, yet it is als a very tugh jb. Players are part f a team f eighty r mre musicians playing sme f the wrld’s greatest music. They wrk very lng hurs—turning up early fr rehearsals (排练) n dark, cld, winter’s mrnings in a chilly, empty hall; wrking till late in the evening n the night f a cncert; travelling at all hurs f the day and night; eating and sleeping when they can; trying t play well when they are tired r hungry r have a headache. There’s nt much time left fr family r friends. In fact, their family is the rest f the rchestra. The musicians share the quick pace and the wrries, but they als share the wnderful mments when they are all playing tgether and feel n tp f the wrld.
Much f an rchestra’s time is spent in rehearsal. The players may already knw the music by heart, but every cnductr has his r her wn ideas abut hw a piece f music shuld be played. Sme cnductrs like t g thrugh a piece f music bar by bar, stpping the rchestra each time they want t make a cmment. Others let an rchestra play fr lng stretches at a time, then g back t a particular pint they want t rehearse again. Whatever the cnductr’s methd, it is imprtant that the musicians are happy with it. If the players dn’t like the cnductr, they can becme very difficult, interrupting the sessin with questins r cmplaints. At ne time cnductrs, such as Tscanini, used t get such fine perfrmances ut f an rchestra by shuting at the musicians and almst frightening them int playing well. That srt f behavir wuld nt wrk with mst rchestras tday. After all, rchestral musicians are highly trained and experienced peple and they shuld be treated with respect.
If a rehearsal is held in the mrning f a cncert, everybdy will be in casual clthes in the mrning but in the evening they will change int frmal dress. Mst will arrive at least an hur early t unpack and inspect their instruments—vilinists t check their strings and bw, wdwind players t check their reeds, and everyne t run ver any difficult passages f music.
Musicians, like actrs, are aware f the audience; they ntice whether the audience is a gd ne r nt. A gd audience will listen and respnd t the music, whereas a difficult audience cughs and fidgets thrughut the perfrmance. Abve all, the musicians are als aware f whether they are playing well, nt just individually but as a team. Knwing they are giving a gd perfrmance makes all the difference at the end f a lng, hard day.
8．Playing in a large rchestra is a tugh jb mainly because ________.
A．members get sick frm time t timeB．rehearsals require painstaking effrts
C．the cmpetitin amng members is fierceD．family gatherings ccupy t much time
9．An effective cnductr is ne wh ________.
A．receives the players’ apprvalB．frces the team t play well
C．explains everything t the playersD．allws n interruptin r cmplaints
10．Orchestral players feel the greatest sense f achievement when ________.
A．the cnductr treats them with respect in rehearsals
B．they change int frmal dress befre a cncert
C．the audience listens and respnds t their music
D．they cperate well as a team in the perfrmance
11．What is the main idea f the passage?
A．Music makes a difference t the wrld.
B．Rehearsals are imprtant t musicians.
C．The cnductr determines the success f a cncert.
D．Musicians have a demanding yet rewarding career.
Wikipedia (维基百科), ne f the last remaining pillars f the pen and free web, is in existential crisis.
The trend twards ratinality (理性) was endangered lng befre the birth f the Wrld Wide Web. As Neil Pstman nted in his 1985 bk Amusing Ourselves t Death, the rise f televisin intrduced nt just a new medium but a new atmsphere: a gradual shift frm a typgraphic (印刷的) culture t a phtgraphic ne, which in turn meant a shift frm ratinality t emtins, pinins t entertainment.
In an image-centered and pleasure-driven wrld, Pstman nted, there is n place fr thinking, because yu simply cannt think with images. It is text that enables us t “uncver lies and cnfusins, and t detect abuses f lgic and cmmn sense. It als means t weigh ideas, t cmpare and cntrast statements, t cnnect ne generalizatin t anther.”
The dminance f televisin was nt cntained t ur living rms. It verturned all f thse habits f mind, fundamentally changing ur experience f the wrld, affecting plitics, religin, business, and culture. It reduced many aspects f mdern life t entertainment and cmmerce. “Americans dn’t talk t each ther; we entertain each ther,” Pstman wrte. “They dn’t exchange ideas; they exchange images. They d nt argue with prpsitins; they argue with gd lks, celebrities and cmmercials.”
At first, the web seemed t push against this trend. When it emerged twards the late 1980s as a purely text-based medium, it was seen as a tl t pursue knwledge, nt pleasure. Reasn and thught were mst valued in this garden. Universities were amng the first t cnnect t this new medium, hsting discussin grups, infrmative blgs, electrnic magazines, and academic frums. It was an intellectual prject, nt abut cmmerce r cntrl, created in a scientific research center in Switzerland.
Wikipedia was a fruit f this garden. S was Ggle search and its text-based advertising mdel. And s were blgs, which valued text, hyperlinks, knwledge, and literature. And fr mre than a decade, the web created an alternative space that threatened televisin’s pwer ver sciety.
Scial netwrks, thugh, have since clnized the web fr televisin’s values. Frm Facebk t Instagram, the medium refcuses ur attentin n vides and images, rewarding emtinal appeals — “like” buttns ver ratinal nes. Instead f searching fr knwledge, it engages us in an endless passin fr instant apprval frm an audience, fr which we are cnstantly but uncnsciusly perfrming. It reduces ur curisity by shwing us exactly what we already want and think, based n ur prfiles and preferences. The Enlightenment’s mtt(座右铭)f “Dare t knw” has becme “Dare nt t care t knw.”
Nw the challenge is t save Wikipedia and its prmise f a free and pen cllectin f all human knwledge amng the cnquest f scial media — hw t cllect and preserve knwledge when nbdy cares t knw. We need t understand that the decline f the web and thereby f the Wikipedia is part f a much larger civilizatinal shift which has just started t unfld.
12．Accrding t Neil Pstman, which f the fllwing statements is TRUE?
A．Televisin started a revlutin in phtgraphic technlgy.
B．Texts help peple think critically t make judgements.
C．Images give peple mre chances t cmmunicate deeper.
D．The web was meant t serve as an entertainment platfrm.
13．The underlined wrd “prpsitins” in paragraph 4 prbably means “________”.
A．experiencesB．appearancesC．pininsD．cnsequences
14．What can we infer abut the influence f scial media frm the underlined sentence?
A．We are cnstantly distracted and can’t fcus fr lng.
B．We are well kept updated with the latest infrmatin.
C．We have becme mre curius abut the utside wrld.
D．We have becme uninterested in intellectual pursuits.
15．Which f the fllwing can be the best title f this passage?
A．The Decline f Televisin
B．The Pwer f Scial Media
C．Why We Amuse Ourselves t Death
D．Hw Scial Media Endangers Knwledge
Sptting AI art mistakes
Artificial intelligence(AI) has been increasingly gd at fling peple. Several phts shwing frmer US president Dnald Trump being aggressively arrested by plice have caught peple’s attentin. They were fake but very cnvincing.
Created by the AI prgram Midjurney, the phts were highly realistic, frm the characters’ mvements t the surrundings. 16 The Washingtn Pst’s technlgy writer Shira Ovide shared her tips. The main idea is t spt the glitches-anything that wuld lk strange in a pht.
17 It smetimes can create hands with mre than five fingers. This is because AI isn’t sure what a “hand” exactly is, accrding t Ppular Science. The data Al uses t learn ften shw hands and fingers in different kinds f gestures, which can be very cnfusing fr AI.
AI-generated images als usually cntain details that cntradict reality. 18 T spt this, fcus n small items which are easy t ignre. And if there’s a text in an image, such as a newspaper r pster, it’s usually garbled (篡改的), even thugh the text may lk realistic frm a distance.
Anther thing AI is terrible at handling is the backgrund. If there’s a crwd in the image, peple’s faces in the backgrund are usually unclear. 19
The develpment f AI-generated art als raises alarm bells abut hw these fake images culd be used t spread misinfrmatin. 20 Jamie Chen, a digital culture and AI expert in the US, argued that generating an AI artwrk is t “create reality”. He added that being able t tell whether the wrk is real r nt requires high media literacy skills. “The wrld may nt be ready fr hw realistic the images have becme,” Shane Kittelsn, a US researcher, tld The Washingtn Pst.
A．Smetimes even wrse, they dn’t have faces at all!
B．Al sftware has a histry f generating human hands incrrectly.
C．Experts are cncerned that misinfrmatin may hit an all-time high.
D．Al-generated art raises tricky questins abut and security.
E．Hwever, many details can give away the fact that they are made by AI.
F．Fr example, earrings r ne part f peple’s sunglasses may be missing in an image.
G．Searching images als prvides clues—if n riginal pht cmes up, it is likely t be fake.
二、完形填空
I was brn and raised in the Netherlands, and I had always lived there until I was 30 years ld. In the Dutch 21 , I was sciable and intelligent. And it never ccurred t me that this culd be different in anther culture. 22 , the first time I mved t the US, I felt emtinally ut f 23 n many ccasins. I want t 24 this with three true stries.
At the start f my stay at the University f Michigan, ne prfessr asked me t jin a seminar n emtins. I intrduced myself in an 25 way as “interested in culture and emtin.” The prfessr then added my self-intrductin t 26 American standards, saying that I was ne f the wrld’s experts n the tpic. In respnse, I lked dwn in 27 , thinking “expert” was a big wrd.
We lived in Nrth Carlina and had friends cming ver t dinner. Cnversatins were lively and there was a lt f sharing. When my guests left, they thanked me fr dinner. My heart 28 , because “thanking fr dinner” in the Netherlands means that the relatinship is distant.
I wrte n my student’s paper that part f her paper was “bring”, then I tld my undergraduate students at my U. S. university that they shuld reflect better and 29 mre readings. In their teaching 30 , students wrte that I was “rude”.
N ne wuld suggest the Netherlands and the U.S. are dramatically different cultures. The prfessr meant t make me feel gd, but instead made me 31 . My friends meant t shw 32 , but I thught they were distancing themselves frm us. I meant t give my students the cmments t which they were 33 , but they felt it was rude. Where did it g wrng?
We think emtins are feelings deep inside us, but 34 , we always have ur emtins in interactins with thers. Our emtins are nt 35 mental feelings, but deeply rted in the culture where we are raised.
21．A．cntentB．cntextC．cntactD．cntract
22．A．TherefreB．InsteadC．HweverD．Mrever
23．A．shapeB．placeC．rderD．sight
24．A．generateB．appreciateC．dminateD．illustrate
25．A．ver-reactedB．ver-estimatedC．under-develpedD．under-stated
26．A．fitB．bendC．lwerD．set
27．A．disappintmentB．amazementC．embarrassmentD．excitement
28．A．racedB．meltedC．achedD．sank
29．A．cntribute tB．refer tC．adapt tD．appeal t
30．A．evaluatinsB．predictinsC．cmpsitinsD．preparatins
31．A．uncmfrtableB．uncnfidentC．uncnstrainedD．unfrgiving
32．A．respectB．curisityC．cncernD．gratitude
33．A．addictedB．entitledC．cmparedD．attached
34．A．in ttalB．in advanceC．in realityD．in detail
35．A．mstlyB．merelyC．rarelyD．nearly
三、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。
Van Ggh is tday ne f the mst ppular f the Pst-impressinist painters. 36 he was nt widely appreciated during his lifetime, he is nw well-knwn fr the great vitality f his wrks which are characterized by expressive use f brilliant clur and energetic 37 (apply) f paint. The severe emtinal shck and pain f his life, 38 (recrd) in his letters, have tended t dminate and distrt mdern perceptins f his art.
Van Ggh was brn in Hlland, the sn f a preacher; he travelled t Lndn in1873, and first visited Paris in 1874. Over the next decade he was emplyed in 39 (vary) ways, including as a lay preacher. By 1883 he 40 (start) painting, and in 1885-1886 he attended the academy in Antwerp where he 41 (impress) by Japanese prints and by the wrks f Rubens. On his return t Paris in 1886 he met artists such as Degas, Gauguin and Seurat, and as a result lightened the clurs he used.
In 1888 Van Ggh settled in Arles in Prvence, 42 he was visited by Gauguin and painted his nw famus series 43 “Sunflwers”. In 44 fllwing year a nervus breakdwn brught him t a hspital at St Remy. It was at this perid 45 he painted “A Wheat field, with Cypresses”. In 1890, suffering frm a new but f depressin, he sht himself in the chest and died tw days later.
46．There is still sme dubt the sprts meeting will be held in ur schl next Friday because f the pssible rain. （用适当的词填空）
47．As the city expands, dzens f mdern buildings have been set up in was a wasteland ten years ag. （用适当的词填空）
48．The latest news reprted hw the wman was saved by the firefighters and she was currently recvering in the hspital. （用适当的词填空）
49．Yu think that yur parents dn’t care abut yu at all. That’s yu are wrng. （用适当的词填空）
50．I lved it my grandmther strked my head and sang a lullaby t me when I was a little child. （用适当的词填空）
51．One reasn fr her preference fr city life is she can have easy access t places like shps and restaurants. (用适当的词填空)
52．We chse this htel because the price fr a night here is dwn t $20, half f it used t charge. （用单词适当形式填空）
53．As a representative in the United Natins, yu say things is as imprtant as what yu say and when yu say them. (用适当的词填空)
54．Many graduates mistakenly apply fr jbs they are bviusly nt qualified fr, leaving them cnfused abut they’re nt getting interviews. （用适当的词填空）
55．It was uncertain cnsequences the strm wuld bring abut, althugh the weather frecast reprted that it culd be really destructive. （用适当的词填空）
56．With his eyes (fix) n the screen, he paid n attentin t things happening arund him. （所给词的适当形式填空）
57．There is n pint (cmplain) abut everything. Yu’d better change yur attitude twards life. （所给词的适当形式填空）
58．Mr. Green std up in defense f the by, saying that he was nt the ne (blame) fr the accident. （所给词的适当形式填空）
59． (nt finish) her wrk this mrning, she had t cancel her appintment with her friends. （所给词的适当形式填空）
60．Standing n the tp f the muntain is an ancient twer （date）back t tw hundred years ag．
61．The lady was mved by the stry, tears (rll) dwn her face. （所给词的适当形式填空）
62．In rder t avid (catch) fr vilating visa cnditins, many freign drivers use ther peple’s accunts. （所给词的适当形式填空）
63． (judge) frm her clthes, she’s pretty rich and well-educated. （所给词的适当形式填空）
64．The president is scheduled t attend the meeting (hld) next mnth. （所给词的适当形式填空）
65． (absrb) in their game, the children skipped their lunch and didn’t feel hungry at all. （所给词的适当形式填空）
四、单词拼写
66．The study i the impact f vilent TV prgrams n children and fund that it increased the likelihd f aggressive behavir. （根据首字母单词拼写）
67．Adele’s latest album, which was just r last week, became an instant hit. （根据首字母单词拼写）
68．Despite several defeats, the cach still managed t b the team’s cnfidence, which cntributed t their final success.(根据首字母单词拼写)
69．Celebrities and pp stars can use Weib as a platfrm t increase i with fans by respnding t their cmments. （根据首字母单词拼写）
70．Martin Luther King was c t advcating fr equality, spending his lifetime n the civil rights mvement in America. （根据首字母单词拼写）
71．The new law aims t bring an end t widespread d against the elderly in the jb market.(根据首字母单词拼写)
72．The public was never cnvinced that Jhn Snw was the murderer since there was n p evidence. （根据首字母单词拼写）
73．The Wrld Cup Qatar 2022 was s by Cca Cla, which prvided financial supprt fr the smth peratin. （根据首字母单词拼写）
74．The 1980s w a ppulatin bm and enrmus ecnmic grwth. （根据首字母单词拼写）
75．In his cmmencement speech at Harvard University, Steve Jbs first e his sincere thanks t the schl cmmittee.(根据首字母单词拼写)
76．Special prgrams f study are t t the needs f specific grups. （根据首字母单词拼写）
77．What yu said is true; n , it was a little unkind. (根据首字母单词拼写)
五、完成句子
78．We must （把……讲清楚）the simple fact that drugs are dangerus. （根据汉语提示完成句子）
79．The prfessr (被控告) stealing his student’s ideas and publishing them.(根据汉语提示完成句子)
80．After the first Librairie Avant-Grade pened in Nanjing, a variety f bkstres (迅速出现，突然兴起) all ver the city. （根据汉语提示完成句子）
81．With the living csts (逐步增加), sme families can n lnger make bth ends meet. （根据汉语提示完成句子）
82．News reprts written at different stages f an event culd cntain different infrmatin as new facts are cnstantly (揭露，披露). （根据汉语提示完成句子）
六、书信写作
83．假设你是李华，你的朋友Anthny对中国古诗很感兴趣，报名参加了“我最喜爱的中国古代诗人”（My Favrite Ancient Chinese Pet）英语演讲比赛，但不知如何准备，来信寻求你的建议。请你用英语写一封回信，内容如下：
1.推荐的诗人及推荐原因；
2.演讲的注意事项；
3.鼓励和祝福。
注意：
1.词数80词左右；
2.短文的开头已写好，不计入总数。
Dear Anthny,
Hearing that yu have signed up fr the English Speaking Cntest “My Favrite Ancient Chinese Pet”,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案：
1．D 2．B 3．C
4．C 5．D 6．D 7．B
8．B 9．A 10．D 11．B
12．B 13．C 14．D 15．D
16．E 17．B 18．F 19．A 20．C
21．B 22．C 23．B 24．D 25．D 26．A 27．C 28．D 29．B 30．A 31．A 32．D 33．B 34．C 35．B
36．Althugh/ Thugh 37．applicatin 38．recrded 39．varius 40．had started 41．was impressed 42．where 43．f 44．the 45．that
46．whether
47．what
48．that
49．where
50．when
51．that
52．what
53．hw
54．why
55．what
56．fixed
57．cmplaining
58．t blame
59．Nt finishing
60．dating
61．rlling
62．being caught
63．Judging
64．t be held
65．Absrbed
66．investigated/nvestigated
67．released/eleased
68．bst/st
69．interactin/nteractin
70．cmmitted/mmitted
71．discriminatin/iscriminatin
72．physical/hysical
73．spnsred/pnsred
74．witnessed/itnessed
75．expressed/xpressed
76．tailred/ailred
77．nnetheless/netheless；nevertheless/evertheless
78． get acrss
79． was accused f
80． sprang up
81． munting up
82． brught t light