广东省惠州市实验中学2023-2024学年高二下学期5月期中英语试题（原卷版+解析版）

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考试时间：120分钟
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
With such a strng artistic heritage, it’s n surprise that England kncks it ut f the park when it cmes t wrld-class art galleries. These are the galleries yu need t add t yur must-visit list.
Ryal Academy f Arts (RA), Lndn
Nt yur standard gallery, the Ryal Academy f Arts is led by artists t prmte nt just the appreciatin f art, but its practice. It is wrld-famus fr hsting sme exhibitins that get everyne talking. Besides, what sets the RA apart is its engagement with the public thrugh participatry experiences, allwing visitrs t nt nly view art but becme part f it in innvative ways.
Sainsbury Centre fr Visual Arts, Nrwich
Sitting n the edge f the University f East Anglia’s campus, the Sainsbury Centre hlds a cllectin f remarkable wrks f art spanning ver 2,000 years. Inside the seminal Nrman Fster building, yu’ll find artwrks frm arund the wrld, including sme stunning pieces f Eurpean mdern art by Degas, Francis Bacn, and Albert Giacmetti.
Yrkshire Sculpture Park, West Yrkshire
Tearing up the rulebk when it cmes t hw we traditinally view art, the Yrkshire Sculpture Park strives t break dwn barriers by shwing wrks frm British and internatinal artists in the pen air. Set in hundreds f acres f West Yrkshire parkland, yu’ll see sculptures by sme f the leading artists f the 20th century.
Whitwrth, Manchester
After a sky-high £15 millin develpment, the Whitwrth is becming ne f the premier galleries in the nrth f England. Making full use f its picturesque park setting, the gallery has a beautiful art garden and a sculpture terrace (露台), all waiting t be explred. Inside the gallery, yu can view an exciting prgramme f ever-changing exhibitins.
1. What is special abut the Ryal Academy f Arts?
A. It ffers interactive experiences.
B. It displays wrks by senir artists.
C. It ccupies a vast space in the museum.
D. It stages exhibitins in a traditinal way.
2. What d Yrkshire Sculpture Park and Whitwrth have in cmmn?
A. They are small in scale.B. They ffer utdr settings.
C. They feature lng-standing wrks.D. They hst exhibitins n an annual basis.
3. Where is the text prbably taken frm?
A. An art textbk.B. An art student’s paper.
C. A persnal travel blg.D. A travel guidebk.
B
Jsefa Marin went t New Yrk frm Mexic in 1987, supprting her daughter back hme with the $140 a week she earned at a sweater factry. With that small incme, she had t cllect recyclables, trading in cans fr five cents each.
When the clthing factry clsed dwn in the late 2000s, she became a full-time recycler, picking up cans and bttles t make ends meet.
Marin’s stry is nt unique. Millins arund the wrld make a living frm picking thrugh waste and reselling it — a vital rle that keeps waste manageable. In New Yrk City, the administrative department cllects nly abut 28 percent f the cans that culd be recycled. Rubbish cllectrs, hwever, keep millins f additinal recyclables ut f landfills every year.
Yet cllectrs are ruled ut by gvernment plicies. The United States Supreme Curt in 1988 stated that husehld garbage is public prperty nce it’s n the street. That enables plice t search rubbish fr evidence, but that prtectin hasn’t always been extended t recyclers. And in places like New Yrk City, which is testing city-wned lcked cntainers t hide garbage frm rats, cntainers are made clearly inaccessible fr cllectrs.
“There’s value in the waste, and we feel that value shuld belng t the peple, nt the city r the crpratins”, says Ryan Castalia, directr f a nnprfit recycling and cmmunity center in Brklyn.
Recgnized r nt, waste pickers have lng been treated with disrespect. Marin recalls an ccasin when smene living next t a building where she was cllecting cans threw water at her. “Because I recycle desn’t mean I am less f a persn than anyne else,” she says. It’s a pity t see that the gvernment desn’t stand by the garbage cllectr’s side, either.
Frtunately, sme gvernments are starting t realize that prtecting the envirnment and humanity g hand in hand. Brazil classified waste picking as an fficial ccupatin in 2001. In 2009, Clmbia’s gvernment granted the right t cllect valuable garbage. The U.S. is slwly catching n t. After all, t the gvernment, the garbage is garbage, but t the cllectrs, it’s smething they make a living n.
4. What is the authr’s purpse f telling abut Marin?
A. T highlight waste cllectrs’ rle.
B. T reflect the unemplyed’s hardship.
C. T praise her devtin t her daughter.
D. T shw the seriusness f unemplyment.
5. Hw des the authr shw the imprtance f waste pickers’ wrk in paragraph 3?
A. By citing reference.B. By cntrasting.
C. By giving definitins.D. By cause-effect analysis.
6. What wuld Marin agree with?
A. N jb is nble r humble.B. Business is business.
C. The early birds catches wrms.D. One gd turn deserves anther.
7. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A. Wh wns ur garbage?B. Hw can we end pverty?
C. Wh takes blame fr waste?D. Hw shuld we recycle rubbish?
C
Eating insects is ne f thse ideas that never quite seem t catch n. The United Natins spread the idea a decade ag, but, in the West at least, insects remain mstly absent frm supermarket shelves. Faced with an unsatisfied public, scientists have been explring ther ptins. One is t feed the insects instead t farm animals, which are nt s picky.
Of curse, the insects need t eat, t. T date, they have mstly reared (饲养) n leftver chicken feed. But the supply f that is limited, and if insect-reared meat is t take ff, new surces will be needed. Niels Eriksen, a bichemist at Aalbrg University, suggests feeding them n the waste prducts f the beer industry.
The wrld kncks back arund 185bn litres f beer every year. Each litre prduces between three and ten litres f wastewater full f thrwn-away grains. The mix is rich in prtein but lacking in carbhydrates (碳水化合物), especially cmpared with chicken feed.
Mst insects grwn fr feed depend, in the wild, n the carbhydrates fund in bad fruit. Whether insects wuld actually cnsider beer waste a square meal was, therefre, unclear.
The researchers used the baby insects f the black sldier fly. The yung insects were divided int three grups, which were ffered beer waste, chicken feed r a mixture f bth. The researchers mnitred bth their weight gain and the amunt f CO, they prduced. They fund the baby insects happily cnsumed bth beer waste and chicken feed, and grew equally well n either fd surce. Dr Eriksen fund few differences in hw nutritius the insects wuld be t farm animals.
The experiment may have implicatins beynd the beer business, t. Bne meal frm farms, and waste frm ther fd industries are all likewise plentiful and prtein-rich.
All nw lk t be reasnable targets fr nutrient recycling by insects. Whether cnsumers will be willing t eat insect-reared beef, thugh, remains t be seen.
8. What is the purpse f Niels Eriksen’s research?
A T find alternatives t chicken feed.
B. T recycle the wastewater in beer industry.
C. T change public’s attitude tward insects.
D. T reduce the cnsumptin f waste prducts.
9. What is paragraph 6 mainly abut?
A. The future applicatin f the research.B. The imprtance f prtein in the cycle.
C. The extended influence f the research.D. The cntributin f the beer industry.
10. What is the pssible fd chain described in the article?
A. chickens-insects-cws-humansB. humans-beer waste-insects-cws
C. beer waste-insects-cws-humansD. cws-chickens-insects-beer waste
11. What can be a suitable title f the article?
A. Waste recycling will be taking ff sn
B. Eating insects is the new ptin fr peple
C. Insects culd help turn beer waste int beef
D. Insects culd gain ppularity in supermarket
D
Frests absrb huge amunts f carbn dixide (CO2) frm Earth’s atmsphere, which makes them a key part f easing climate change. But humans may have already made the wrld’s largest rainfrest useless in—and perhaps even detrimental t—the battle against greenhuse gases, a new study finds.
Accrding t the study, the carbn balance f the Amazn rainfrest is damaged largely due t large-scale (大规模的) human disturbance t the Amazn ecsystem, with wildfires—many deliberately set t clear land fr agriculture and industry—respnsible fr mst f the CO2 emissins (排放量) frm the regin and the htter dry seasns.
“The first very bad news is that frest burning prduces arund three times mre CO2 than the frest absrbs,” lead authr f the study Luciana Gatti said. “The secnd bad news is that the places where defrestatin is 30 percent r mre shw carbn emissins 10 times higher than the places where less than 20 percent f frest is destryed.”
In the new study, the researchers analyzed nearly 600 measurements f CO2 and CO cncentratin at fur spts in the Brazilian Amazn cllected frm 2010 t 2018. The team fund that, n average, fires pured abut 1.6 billin tns f CO2 int the atmsphere each year, while healthy trees absrbed nly abut half a billin tns. The team als fund that, while the Eastern Amazn, which has seen histrically greater amunts f defrestatin ver the past 40 years, has becme a place where carbn emissins are frm, the Western Amazn, which has seen much less defrestatin, is neither a carbn “prducer” nr a carbn sink. There, CO2 absrptin by healthy frests balances the emissins frm fires.
The Amazn Basin cntains abut 2.8 millin square miles f jungle, representing mre than half f the trpical (热带的) rainfrest area remaining n Earth. “Limiting defrestatin, and especially wildfires, is key t changing this dangerus trend in the Amazn. Imagine if we culd keep the Amazn frm fires, the frest culd be a carbn sink,” Gatti said. “But we are ding the ppsite—we are accelerating climate change.”
12. What des the underlined wrd “detrimental” mean in paragraph 1?
A. Harmful.B. Sensitive.
C. Respnsible.D. Ineffective.
13. Which is the majr cause f the Amazn’s carbn imbalance?
A. Climate change.B. Industrial develpment.
C. Human activity.D. Natural wildfires.
14. What did the researchers discver in their study?
A. The Eastern Amazn is relatively better-preserved.
B. The Amazn witnessed mre fires frm 2010 t 2018.
C. The majrity f frest fires resulted frm defrestatin.
D. The Amazn rainfrest creates mre CO2 than it absrbs.
15. What des Gatti imply at the end f the text?
A. Mre frests shuld have been prtected.
B. The Amazn rainfrest is shrinking rapidly.
C Peple shuld greatly reduce their carbn ftprint.
D. Preventing fires helps imprve the Amazn’s cnditin.
第二节 (共5小题; 每小题2.5分, 满分12.5分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Research has shwn that mindful eating has psitive impacts n peple s it’s beneficial t knw hw t eat mre mindfully. Here are sme techniques fr eating at a healthy pace.
Remve all distractins while yu eat. ____16____ Make sure yur cell phne is face dwn and yu’re nt ging t be respnding t any messages that cme thrugh.
Take enugh time t finish yur meal. Even with all distractins remved, very ften yu still find yurself eating faster than yu shuld.____17____ It takes abut that time fr yur bdy t get the signal t the brain that yu are full.
____18____ Yu might wnder hw t spend 20 whle minutes eating a sandwich. One way t slwdwn is t engage yur senses and think thrugh all the details abut yur meal. Ask yurself: What’s n my plate? Hw hungry am I tday? Is it t salty? Ntice the smell, the taste and whatever ther senses that arise as yu eat.
Limit the amunt f the fd yu might munch n(大口吃) mindlessly. Put a small amunt f snack fd, like ptat chips, in a separate bwl t help avid mindless munching.____19____ Putting aside sme f the fd can help yu eat less at a healthier pace.
Actually chew. If yu’re wlfing dwn(狼吞虎咽) yur fd yu’re prbably nt chewing it. And chewing is an imprtant part f digestin. ____20____ Lk at each bite befre putting it int yur muth, acknwledge what yu’re eating and chew, chew, chew.
A. Ntice all the little details abut yur fd.
B. Limit yur time fr a meal within 20 minutes.
C. It helps break up the fds s it’s easier fr absrptin.
D. Watch ut fr yur fd intake and the time yu spend n it.
E. When yu sit dwn t eat, spend at least 20 minutes ding s.
F. If yu have a whle bag f it, it is challenging t stp after several bites.
G They can limit yur ability t enjy yur fd and ntice when yu are full.
第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分 45 分)
第一节 完形填空(共 15 小题；每小题1分，满分 15 分)
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was in third grade, my family and I tk n an unfrgettable trip acrss the cuntry. It turned ut t be mre than just a/an ___21___ jurney; it was a jurney f discvery int ur ___22___. Every day, Dad ___23___ us with his trusty rad map. Mm, the heart f ur family, shared flk tales and painted pictures abut the upcming ___24___. We went thrugh diverse ___25___frm the thick frests t the vast deserts f the West.
One day, while hiking thrugh the Grand Canyn, I ___26___ a particularly rugh path. Frightened, I ___27___, nt knwing hw t prceed. That’s when my parents ___28___ .
As Dad shwed me fthlds, Mm cached me with calming ___29___and reminded me f the breathtaking views that lay ahead. Then, I____30____the cnfidence as my feet ____31____ slid grund again. When I finally vercame my fear, I felt we became ____32____ as a family.
Frm then n, every evening, we’d gather arund a campfire fr what we____33____called “Family Reflectin Time”. During these sessins, we’d share laughs, ____34____, and insights frm the day’s experiences.
The trip taught me that the true meaning f travel isn’t merely abut reaching the destinatin but abut the persnal grwth that happens n the rute, and the family bnds frmed when facing ____35____ tgether.
21. A. crwdedB. physicalC. creativeD. necessary
22. A. relatinshipsB. ptentialsC. dreamsD. inspiratins
23. A. guidedB. encuragedC. cmfrtedD. attracted
24. A. eventsB. statinsC. lcatinsD. shws
25 A. culturesB. landscapesC. grupsD. cuntries
26. A. imaginedB. cnstructedC. smthedD. encuntered
27. A. frzeB. flewC. fellD. frgt
28. A. reached dwnB. std asideC. stepped inD. turned back
29. A. wrdsB. wrriesC. nisesD. thughts
30. A. lstB. maintainedC. demnstrateD. restred
31. A. leftB. brkeC. fundD. dug
32. A. nicerB. tugherC. braverD. clser
33. A. riginallyB. affectinatelyC. frequentlyD. simply
34. A. sympathyB. cnflictC. tearsD. prfits
35. A. challengesB. defeatsC. ppsitinD. uncertainty
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。
Zheng Cha, wh grew up in Jiaya village, a high-altitude muntainus area with pr land, was raised by tea. His family, which has been grwing tea ____36____ three generatins, used t have truble putting fd n the table, ____37____ nw he earns 70, 000 yuan a year just frm selling tea.
In 2019, Kuang and seven ther yung peple in the village set up a tea cperative. With the supprt f the ecnmic cperative in their village, they ____38____ (successful) integrated the resurces f the tea industry, and carried ut the mdel f unified (统一的) planting, fertilizatin, prcessing and sales, attempting ____39____ (achieve) high quality and a gd flavr. An ld huse in the village ____40____ (transfrm) int a tea prcessing and exhibitin wrkshp, while the huse facing the green ____41____ (muntain)and the tea garden became a separate tea tasting rm.
Last year, the cperative assigned 40 percent f its ____42____ (expect) earnings t the sharehlders in the village. ____43____ Ma Huayan, Kuang’s wife, received her bnus f 1,097 yuan, she felt like a child ____44____ (get) “lucky” mney during Spring Festival. Mre imprtant was the _____45_____ (industry)develpment that helped them t accumulate wealth.
第三部分 写作(共两节，满分 40 分)
第一节 (满分15分)
46. 假定你是学生会主席李华，你所在的校园一些学生有不良饮食习惯，请你在你校英语论坛上以“Yu are what yu eat!”为题发表演讲, 号召同学们养成健康的饮食习惯。内容包括:
1.健康饮食问题；
2.你的建议;
3.提出呼吁。
注意：
1. 词数80左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Yu are what yu eat!
Hell, everyne,
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Thank yu.
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。
Frm the day Tny was brn, Jeff refused t let his sn’s disabilities hld him back. Tny has cerebral palsy (脑瘫), making it difficult fr him t walk. Determined t shw Tny that he culd pursue his dream f being an athlete, when he was 15 years ld, Jeff signed him up with Team Triumph, an rganizatin that helps kids with disabilities engage in endurance sprts.
“It gave me a new perspective n life, Tny said. He even dreamed f walking marathn ne day. Frm then n, Tny became addicted t racing, and Jeff als wanted t be a part f it. Thugh Jeff had been a minr league baseball player, endurance (耐力) sprts were new t him. He made up his mind t achieve Tny’s dream and started ding things he never dreamed abut. He began waking up at 4 a. m. S he culd run in the silent street while pushing Tny in a special wheelchair called a racing chair. Every mrning, he drve himself t run increasingly lnger distances. Sn, he and Tny were entering 5K races, then n t Irn-man triathlns.
Finishing the Irn-man cmpetitin in under 16 hurs wuld be anther dream fr Jeff and Tny. The big day came. The race began with a 2.4-mile swim in the river. Jeff helped Tny int a kayak (皮船). With ne end f a rpe tied t a belt arund his back and the ther end t the kayak, Jeff eased himself int the water. Swimming while dragging anther persn is quite tugh. The pair cmpleted the swim in 90 minutes, and then it was n t the next leg; a 112-mile bicycle ride. Their custm-built bike had an additinal seat in the back fr Tny that faced backward.
After cmpleting the demanding bike part in rughly nine hurs, they set their sights n the final leg f the race-a 26.2-mile marathn with Jeff pushing Tny in the racing chair. They’d been cmpeting fr 10 hurs, with nly 6 hurs left fr the race. The first 7 miles went smthly.
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。
But at mile 19, Jeff began t wrry they were ging t slw.
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Jeff handed Tny his rlling walker (助行器).
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