广东省汕头市潮阳区河溪中学2023-2024学年高二下学期5月期中英语试题(无答案)

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本试卷共8页,满分130分。考试用时120分.
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第二部分阅读（共两节,满分40分）
第一节（共11小题:每小题2.5分,满分27.5分）
阅读下列短文, 从题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Watching the latest Hllywd mvie in a great cinema brings abut a lt f excitement. Here are the best mvie theaters in the wrld.
Prasad—Hyderabad, India
Can yu think f anything better than a mvie viewed n a screen measuring 97×117 feet? Prasad has the answer. It has been screening mvies since 2003. Every day, it gets rund 1,500 inquiries（咨询）n its phne bking system.
Castr Theater—San Francisc, United States
Back during the 20s, mvie palaces with huge receptin halls and vide halls were put up fr the pleasure f custmers. This theater, with a cathedral façade（立面）, is ne f the last frm that perid.
Cine de Chef—Seul, Suth Krea
Want t g ut fr dinner and a mvie? Here yu get t d bth. And the fd is nt just the typical ppcrn and sda, but a real meal made up f French and Italian cuisine（菜肴）.
Secret Cinema—Wrldwide
Secret Cinema is a grup based in Lndn that hlds mnthly screenings f a mvie. Yu have t sign up fr it, and they will tell yu where and when t g fr the mvie. Hired actrs will then act ut the scenes frm the film.
1. What makes Prasad well-knwn?
A. Its lng histry. B. Its large-sized screen.
C. Its special decratin. D. Its phne bking system.
2. Which shuld yu chse t g ut fr a mvie and dinner?
A. Prasad B. Castr Theater. C. Cine de Chef. D. Secret Cinema.
3. What’s the authr’s purpse in writing the text?
A. T advertise. B. T educate. C. T persuade. D. T intrduce.
B
Plastic straws（吸管）have been a majr prblem in glbal discussins f envirnmental damage. Maybe because f their small size, the prductin cst f straws is lw. In many cuntries, straws are ffered freely after buying sft drinks. Therefre, plastic straws are ne f the mst used plastics and pllutants in the wrld.
The plastic straw is light and small. Due t their small size, plastic straws are ften eaten by sea animals. Envirnmentalists have shwn that the death f many sea animals is caused by eating plastic straws. The ther damaging characteristic f plastic straws is that they are made f materials which cannt degrade. That means the materials cannt be changed int small harmless nes.
The mst effective way f dealing with the envirnmental pllutin caused by plastic straws is the reuse r banning（禁止）the use f plastic straws. Being plastics, the straws can be made int new items. Many rganizatins arund the wrld change used straws int new prducts. In Africa, lcal cmmunities cllect used plastic straws and use them t make mats and bags. Anther way f dealing with envirnmental pllutin caused by plastic straws is placing a ban n their prductin and use. Experts advise gvernments t ban using plastic straws t save the envirnment. A few cuntries in the wrld, such as Rwanda, Macednia, China, Kenya, have already banned the use f plastic bags and are expected t include plastic straws t save the envirnment. A few cuntries in the wrld, such as Rwanda, Macednia, China, Kenya, have already banned the use f plastic bags and are expected t include plastic straws and bttles. But it will be a lng way t d this effectively.
There are few envirnmentally friendly and bidegradable prducts t take the place f plastic straws. These prducts include paper straws and bamb straws. Hwever, such straws are usually expensive as their prductin cst is high. It’s still a questin whether they can entirely take the place f plastic straws.
4. Why can peple be free t use plastic straws?
A. They are very cheap. B. They are light and small.
C. They are dangerus. D. They are easy t use.
5. What des the underlined wrd “degrade” in paragraph2 mean?
A. Cut up. B. Break dwn. C. Burn up. D. G by.
6. What can we learn frm paragraph3?
A. It’s nt difficult t ban using plastic straws.
B. Many cuntries have stpped using plastic straws.
C. Experts advise peple t stp prducing plastic straws.
D. Sme Africans change plastic straws int new prducts.
7. What des the authr think f envirnmentally friendly straws?
A. It is a must t use them.
B. It’s nt easy t reuse them.
C. There are still sme prblems t be slved.
D. There are sme ther kinds f cheaper straws.
C
Accrding t the Glbal Times, it is reprted that tw nline vides shwing children telling their parents “I lve yu” have gne viral in China. The first, filmed by an Anhui TV statin, shws a number f cllege students telling their parents they lve them. The respnses are mixed. “Are yu drunk?” asked ne parent. In anther similar vide, sht by a Shanxi TV statin, a father respnded even less patiently— “I am ging t a meeting, s cut the crap.”
Why dn’t Chinese families use thse wrds? Theries revlve arund the nature f Cnfucian teaching. “The parents’ respnses shw that many Chinese are nt gd at expressing psitive emtins,” Xia Xueluan, a scilgist frm Peking University, tld the Glbal Times. “They are used t educating children with negative language.”
This isn’t the first time that China has dne sme sul-searching abut familial lve—last year China Daily asked a crss-sectin f peple if they said “I lve yu” t their parents, spuses, and children. “I have never said ‘I lve yu’ t my family, and I dn’t think I will in the future,” ne 56-year-ld man tld the paper. “Saying it alud is embarrassing fr me.”
Still, that desn’t mean that lve can’t be expressed. In a separate article, China Daily spke t Zha Mengmeng, a 31-year-ld wman wh said she had never tld her father she lved him face-t-face（“I find it a bit dd”）. Smetimes actins speak luder than wrds. Zha gave her father a pht album featuring phtgraphs f them tgether n almst every ne f her birthdays in June 2012. The pictures went viral nline, being frwarded hundreds f thusands f times n Weib.
“I didn’t sleep the night I heard abut it,” her father tld China Daily after the stry attracted mainstream attentin. “I have nw memrized sme f the cmments n the cllectin f pictures.”
8. What can we infer frm the text?
A. It is nt direct fr Chinese families t say “I lve yu”.
B. Chinese parents are t prud t express “I lve yu”.
C. Chinese parents are gd at expressing psitive emtins.
D. Yung parents in China are willing t express “I lve yu”.
9. Why dn’t Chinese parents express “I lve yu” t their children?
A. Because they can’t express it.
B. Because they are nt in the habit f expressing s.
C. Because they think it unnecessary.
D. Because they think it shuld be dne nly amng yung cuples.
10. Zha Mengmeng expressed “I lve yu” t her father by ________.
A. giving him an album cntaining their phts
B. kissing her father’s face and telling him by wrds
C. speaking it ut bravely in a TV prgram
D. writing ut the three wrds in a letter
11. What’s the authr’s attitude tward the statements abut “I lve yu”?
A. Oppsed. B. Objective. C. Critical. D. Indifferent.
二、阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
N Mre Negative Energy
It’s been a hard year but, while we attempt t change what’s happening in the wrld, we can fcus n bsting ur psitive emtins.
Accept sufferings.
Hard times are rubbish, but they make yu what yu are. It’s a lucky persn indeed wh manages t avid upset as they g thrugh life. What’s imprtant is hw yu deal with it. 12
Embrace negative feelings.
13 It`s a defence mechanism（机制）that flags up danger s yu can avid it. S, althugh yu dn`t want t be cntrlled by negativity, yu shuld knw that it`s actually a healthy respnse t unpleasant situatins.
Cunt yur nice things.
Try writing a list f the things yu’re thankful fr r spend a few minutes every evening writing dwn three nice things that have happened t yu that day. 14 Strked a dg in the park? Write it dwn. Laughed at a silly meme n scial media? Put that n the list t.
Freshen up yur hme.
Nthing cheers yu up quite like imprving where yu live. 15 Yu might want t redecrate a rm, r d smething as simple as hanging a new picture, r putting ut a vase f tulips.
16
A gd mrning rutine will give yu the best pssible chance f picking up gd md every day. Get up at the same time, d sme exercise physical activity is prven t help mental health—and have a gd breakfast.
A. Start the day well.
B. A well beginning is half dne.
C. Feeling dwn is actually nrmal.
D. Yu shuld start frm the small things.
E. It desn`t matter if they are small and insignificant.
F. Try t find smething gd in all the bad yu`re ging thrugh.
G. That`s because yur envirnment has a big impact n the way yu feel.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节,满分30分）
第一节完形填空（共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分）
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Natalie and Callie, bth 13 years ld, started raising mnarch butterflies fr fun in 2020.
But after realizing the mnarchs were an endangered species, their 17 sn turned int a serius missin.
They learned that the ppulatin f mnarch butterflies had 18 since the early 1990s, due t habitat 19 and widespread use f chemicals, which made the milkweeds（马利筋草）the mnarchs 20 fr their main diet dangerus t eat.
S the girls teamed up with a natinal nnprfit grup t plant a native garden 21 fr the mnarchs. The garden grew rganic milkweeds that 22 and kept the butterflies. T help 23 the lcals t sustain the mnarch ppulatin, they created an exhibitin abut the mnarchs in the lcal library. They als wanted t put up an educatinal sign in twn, but it 24 a lt. T cver the expense, they set up a stand at the Farmers Market t sell their 25 milkweeds fr peple t plant. Althugh the fundraising days were 26 , they finally succeeded in earning enugh mney with their hard wrk and peple’s supprt.
The team has wn the Silver Award fr their 27 f taking care f butterflies, but they are nt 28 with their wrk. “Our next step is t cut dwn n the use f 29 t guarantee a safe envirnment fr the mnarchs,” said Natalie. In the award ceremny, their teacher Brian 30 , “I am s prud f them fr their cnstant 31 .”
17. A. dream B. hbby C. career D. decisin
18. A. dubled B. aged C. declined D. explded
19. A. management B. assessment C. selectin D. destructin
20. A. relied n B. kept ff C. brke dwn D. gave away
21. A. partly B. secretly C. rarely D. specially
22. A. attracted B. prtected C. mnitred D. trapped
23. A. emply B. educate C. frce D. limit
24. A. meant B. cst C. changed D. hurt
25. A. dry B. medical C. healthy D. wild
26. A. pleasing B. light C. lng D. disappinting
27. A. prject B. cncept C. schedule D. assignment
28. A. cncerned B. cnnected C. finished D. ccupied
29. A. chemicals B. time C. funds D. energy
30. A. quted B. cntinued C. replied D. cmmented
31. A. dnatins B. supprt C. patience D. effrts
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。
Tai chi is a centuries-ld Chinese martial art and an internatinally ppular frm f exercise. It is a series f pstures（姿势）and mtins that develps ne`s 32 （strng）and flexibility thrugh careful, flwing mvements and fcused breathing. Each psture 33 （slw）transfrms int anther, and we gradually need t shift ur weight 34 （maintain）balance. At the end, we return t the starting psitin: in ther wrds, all f the mvements 35 （cnnect）in an endless, cntinuus flw.
The practice f tai chi is rted in 36 （traditin）Chinese philsphy, particularly the ancient cncept f yin-yang. The tai chi symbl, r taijitu, 37 （shw）yin and yang tgether: yin symblizes the dark, female frce in nature, 38 yang represents the bright, male frce. Yin cannt exist withut yang, and yang cannt exist withut yin. Tai chi aims t achieve balance 39 ppsites in life: yin and yang; sft and hard; mind and bdy, and s n. At the heart f tai chi is the cncept f qi, 40 generally translates as “vital energy”. The different exercises help mve the qi thrugh yur bdy, 41 （prduce）psitive effects n ne`s mental and spiritual health.
第三部分基础运用（共两节,满分15分）
第一节单词拼写（共10小题;每空一词1分,满分10分）
根据括号中所提示的中文,结合句意,选用相应的英语单词,写出其正确形式。（请填写选择性必修三的单词,每空1分,共10分）
42. They are each recgnized specialists in their ___________（各自的）fields.
43. Yu shuld get yur draft ________（润色）befre yu hand in yur cmpsitin.
44. Althugh the captain was angry, he ___________（分派, 分配）the by the jb f cking.
45. It`s high time that yu ___________（提交）yur applicatin, therwise yu will be banned frm participating in the activity.
46. I have t tell yu that intelligence alne is n _____________（保证）f success.
47. It is reprted that running can __________（刺激）the brains pleasure centre
48. Our cmpany has made a _____________（承诺）t quality and custmer service.
49. The guides are fully _________（具备资格）t take grups anywhere n these muntains.
50. On the peak, she burst int tears, ___________（释放）all her emtins.
51. Cmpared t sadness, happiness prduces an atmsphere f jy and strength that ___________（维持, 支撑）us.
第二节完成句子（共三个句子;每空1分,共10分）
52. Mr. Li didn`t have the heart t _______ ________ Jack`s genuine request.
李先生不忍心拒绝Jack真诚的要求。
53. Numb with a _______ ________, they culdn’t let ut a scream anymre, with palms sweating.
由于头脑一片空白, 他们发不出呼喊, 且手掌一直在出汗。
54. Our team shwed great _____________ in the face f difficulty, ________ cntributed t ur great achievement.
我们团队在面对困难的时候展现出坚持不懈的精神, 这促使我们获得极高的成就。
55. With time ______ ________, he almst frgt everything.
随着时间的流逝, 他几乎忘记了周围的一切。
56. The use f cmputers has ______ ________ pssible fr mre peple t wrk at hme.
电脑的使用已使得更多的人在家工作成为可能。
第四部分写作（共两节,满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
57. 假定你是李华, 上周五你校邀请了大学的刘教授做线上讲座, 为全体同学介绍了英语学习的规律与方法。请你为校英文报写一篇报道, 内容包括:
1. 教授简介;
2. 主要内容;
3. 讲座反响。
注意: 1. 词数 80 左右; 2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
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第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
58. 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。
A 12-year-ld by saw smething in a shp windw. It was a necklace（项链）with shining pearls. But it needed five dllars.
Reuben culdn’t ask his father fr the mney. Everything his father made thrugh fishing went t his mther, Dra, wh struggled t feed and clthe her five children.
Nevertheless, he pened the shp’s dr and went inside. He tld the shpkeeper what he wanted, adding, “Once we went t New Yrk, my mum saw a same ne. I knw she liked it very much, because she fixed her eyes n it. I will buy it fr her. But I dn’t have the mney right nw. Can yu please hld it fr me fr sme time?”
“I’ll try,” the shp wner smiled. “Peple arund here dn’t usually have that kind f mney t spend n such gd-lking but cstly things. It shuld keep fr a while.”
Reuben had made up his mind t raise the five dllars and nt tell anybdy.
Reuben had an idea. He culd cllect the hessian sacks（麻袋）thrwn away in the street and sell them back fr five cents a piece.
Every day after schl, Reuben walked dwn the twn, cllecting the hessian sacks. Reuben kept n his secret task. Often, he was cld, tired and hungry, but the thught f the necklace in the shp windw supprted him.
Eventually, the time had cme! It was Mthers` Day. He pured the cins（硬币）ut and began t cunt（数）. Then he cunted again. He made it! Exactly five dllars, nt a cent mre, nt a cent less.
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。
Hlding the mney in hands, Reuben went t the shp. ______________________________________________
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Mther pened the bx carefully, and a shining necklace appeared. _____________________________________
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