甘肃省白银市白银区大成学校2023-2024学年高二下学期期中英语试卷

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（考生注意：本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。
What time is it nw?
A. 8:30.B. 9:00.C. 9:10.
2．Wh will cme t the party tnight?
A. Harry.B. Smith.C. David.
3．What’s the wman’s excuse?
A. She was ill. B. She frgt it. C. She saw his uncle ff.
4．What are the speakers talking abut?
A. Where t eat fr dinner. B. Hw t ck beef.C. When t have dinner.
5．What des Brwn always remind everyne?
A. He always fails t ck. B. He desn’t like cking. C. He is a gd ck.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
6. What’s David prbably ding nw?
A. He’s wrking in the ffice. B. He’s calling ne f his friends.
C. He’s having a meal utside.
7. Hw will David reply t Linda?
A. By mbile phne.B. By e-mail.C. By fax.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Hw lng will the curse last?
A. 10 days.B. 19 days.C. 28 days.
9. Wh has the timetable?
A. The Miss. B. The yung fellw. C. The wman’s wrkmate.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
10. What wrk des Michelle d?
A. She wrks as a merchant. B. She is engaged in advertising.
C. She wrks in a wine cmpany.
11. Hw many times des the man cme t China nce a year?
A. Abut twice.B. A but fur times.C. Abut six times.
12. Where des the man cme frm?
A. Australia.B. China.C. Spain.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. Why des the man want t rent a car?
A. T see his girlfriend. B. T attend a party. C. T save mney fr a cncert.
14. What des the wrd “Prsche” prbably refer t?
A. A rental agency. B. A car brand. C. The name f a factry.
15. Where did the man nce g fr renting a car?
A. The airprt. B. The bus statin. C. The Benz cmpany.
16. Which aspect is the man satisfied with the car?
A. Shape.B. Quality.C. Speed.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
17. What’s the tpic f the mnlgue?
A. Different cultures in different cuntries. B. Table manners in different cuntries.
C. Hw t make delicius fd.
18. In which cuntry can’t yu eat with yur left hand?
A. Britain.B. Arabian cuntries.C. Mexic.
19. In which cuntry can a persn make a nise while eating?
A. Mexic.B. Britain.C. Japan.
20. What des the speaker suggest?
A. D in Rme as Rmans d. B. D as yu d at hme. C. Ask yur friends fr advice.
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
D yu knw what STEM is? It stands fr science, technlgy(技术), engineering(工程), and maths. STEM classes are ppular in the US. But mst STEM students are bys.
Alice Hu is a girl frm Texas. She is 16 years ld nw. She first nticed(注意到) the STEM gender gap(性别差异) when she was in the ninth grade. Frty students frm her hmetwn went t the state science fair that year, but nly seven f them were girls.
She decided t d smething abut this. She set up(创建) a club called Girls in STEM. It helps girls learn mre abut STEM subjects. Girls can try sme fun activities that can raise(激发) their interest in STEM. They can als talk t each ther abut studying these subjects.
The club started with seven girls at Hu’s schl. But nw it has 45! Other schls have als started their wn Girls in STEM clubs.
21．What des the letter “M” mean in the wrd “STEM”?
A．Music.B．Mney.C．Maths.D．Match.
22．Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A．STEM classes are nly fr bys.
B．Alice Hu fund the gender gap at the age f 16.
C．At first, mre girls went t the state science fair.
D．Girls in STEM makes girls interested in STEM.
23．What can yu d in Alice’s club?
A．Talk abut science.B．Have a birthday party.
C．Learn abut histry.D．D sme sprts.
24．What can we prbably see in the next state science fair?
A．There are sme rbts(机器人).B．There are mre girls.
C．There are mre teachers.D．There are mre clubs.
B
Are yu an early persn (人) r an evening persn? That’s the questin. When d yu wrk best? Fr me, the answer is easy. I wrk best in the mrning. I d all my best wrk befre lunchtime. I get up at abut eight, and then have breakfast. I listen t the radi, and read the papers. And then I start t wrk. Usually I wrk frm nine t twelve, but after that I gets tired easily. On a gd day I write fifteen hundred wrds r mre, smetimes tw thusand wrds, in the mrning. Then after lunch I g fr a walk r d sme reading. In the evening, I like t listen t music, g t my favurite club r g ut t meet peple. Befre ten ’clck, I g t bed and in abut five minutes I fall asleep (入睡的) very quickly. If yu are a writer, yu need self-discipline. But when yu are tired, it shws that yu have t refresh (使……恢复) yur mind and bdy.
25．The writer usually wrks ________ in the mrning.
A. abut half an hur B. abut l hursC. abut 3 hurs D. abut 4 hurs
26．What des the first sentence (句子) mean (意思是) after reading the passage?
A. Yu are a persn wh likes getting up early.
B. Yu are a persn wh likes ging t bed late.
C. Yu are a persn wh wrks best in the mrning r in the evening.
D. Yu are a persn wh likes wrking in the mrning r in the evening.
27．What des the underlined wrd “self-discipline” mean in the passage?
A．自私的B．自律的C．自我的D．自以为是的
28．The passage tells us that ________.
A．the writer’s daily life is busyB．the writer ges fr a walk after supper
C．the writer des best wrk in the mrningD．the writer always need refresh mind and bdy
C
Since I became a teenager, I have thught a lt abut my wn future jb and set gal fr it. It’s very necessary and imprtant fr me nw t decide what I want t becme. In the past, I used t want t be an engineer because I’m gd at drawing and building stuff, but my thught has changed thrugh time. I end up all f my chices as a manager wh manages the whle system in the service htel. I have planned that I will study hard in high schl, then finish IGCSE and IB with a high scre. After that, I will mve t a gd schl in USA t learn abut business and the ecnmy in my cuntry.
During my life in university, I prperly will apply t wrk fr sme small stres and htels t have the feeling f hw things wrk in the real life. Firstly, the reasn I like t be a htel manager is I find it interesting t use techniques t persuade mre peple t stay at the htel. Secndly, I see that the develpment in business is the fastest grwing in sectrs f industry besides the primary and the secndary, s I can make a lt f mney. Thirdly, it’s the range f cmmunity; it has a very high range t meet different peple with different natinalities.
Furthly, I want t have mre cnfidence and becme a gd leader with skill, fr example, I still can’ t cntrl and persuade peple t listen t me smetimes when I’ m in charge f PE’s lessn. The last reasn why I strngly chse t be a htel manager is because f my pressure frm my family. They are the secnd generatin f successful 3 stars htels’ managers. They like me t becme what
I’m ging t d when I becme a manager.
29.Why did the authr want t be an engineer at first?
A.Because he wanted t fllw his parents’ expectatin.
B.Because he was gd at silence subjects at schl.
C.Because he thught being an engineer was respected.
D.Because he did very well in drawing and building staff.
30.The advantages in a htel business are many except
A.earning a lt f mney
B.cming acrss different peple
C.learning the special culture in the USA
D.using techniques t persuade mre peple t stay
31. What des the text mainly talk abut?
A.My future jb. B. My cllege life
C.My family business. D. My experience in a htel.
D
Chse the best chice frm A B C accrding t what yu read.
32．The elephant is frm _______.
A．China B．Australia C．Suth Africa D. Japan
33．The _______ is cute and eats bamb.
A．Kala B．Panda C．Elephant D. Tiger
34．Yu can visit the z at _______.
A．9: 30 am n Saturday B．5: 00 pm n Sunday
C．8: 50 am n Tuesday D. 7: 00 pm n Mnday
35．Tm is 13 years ld. He ges t the z with his mther. They spend _______.
A．$10 B．$15 C. $50 D．$20

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
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。
Vlunteering is fun and rewarding (有益的), but if yu want t be a gd vlunteer, yu need t learn mre. 36 Be well-trained. Knw what yu’re ding as a vlunteer. If yu need t learn abut yur jb, 37 If yu’re gd at yur jb, it will be easier t help thers. 38 Wrk as part f a team and make sure everyne wrks tgether and shares the wrk. If smene asked fr help, just give a hand. If yu need sme help, ask plitely fr it.
Be understanding. 39 Be friendly. 40 T be a vlunteer, yu might meet new peple wh want t make friends with. Yu might just meet smene wh becmes a friend fr the rest f yur life.
A．Treat thers like friends, and they’ll d the same fr yu.
B．begin t d it at nce.
C．Try t understand what ther peple are facing.
D．Here’s sme advice n hw t d the vlunteering jbs well.
E．Dn’t try t d everything by yurself.
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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A by walked int a candy stre with his father and since he was just 6 years ld, he was surprised by s many candies n ffer. “It’s amazing. What shuld I ___41___?” he asked himself.
“Cme n, sn, we dn’t have much ___42___. I have t attend an imprtant meeting,” his dad said.
“These are all my ___43___ and I dn’t knw what t chse.” He picked up sme bags and then put them back . He culdn’t make up his mind. “ Hurry up, sn, we have n time. I’m very ___44___,” his dad said. S the by ran arund the stre ___45__ again. His eyes mved frm ne bag t anther, ___46___ all f the sweets lked s gd and he culdn’t make up his mind. ___47___, the dad had enugh. He caught his sn by the hand and they walked ut the stre empty-handed(两手空空). The by___48____. He wanted them all, but ended up with ____49____ because he culdn’t chse just ne.
Sme f us are that by. The ____50____ is that candy stre. We have a great number f chices available t us, but if we dn’t make a(n) ____51___ abut ur jbs, educatin, relatinships, marriage r ther ____52____ things, we will end up empty-handed. Smetimes we wrry abut making the ____53____chice. What if we ___54____ the directin that we take and it’s t late t g back? We dn’t have t wrry abut this. Hw d we knw whether it is gd r nt if we dn’t make a chice? The bigger ____55____ is that we make n decisin at all and end up ging nwhere and ding nthing.
41．A．thinkB．chseC．sayD．make
42．A．timeB．mneyC．interestD．pwer
43．A．secretsB．ideasC．favritesD．away
44．A．busyB．tiredC．fairD．patient
45．A．carefullyB．quicklyC．quietlyD．nervusly
46．A．andB．rC．thughD．but
47．A．LuckilyB．FinallyC．CertainlyD．Hpefully
48．A．returnedB．waitedC．criedD．understd
49．A．nthingB．fearC．peaceD．fun
50．A．skyB．schlC．wrldD．cmpany
51．A．decisinB．planC．guessD．ending
52．A．simpleB．imprtantC．cmmnD．gd
53．A．rightB．greatC．wrngD．difficult
54．A．regretB．changeC．acceptD．face
55．A．differenceB．gameC．dangerD．fact
（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。
Tday, I will talk abut my favurite nvel, The Adventure f Tm Sawyer, 56 is written by Mark Twain. Tm was the her f the stry. He 57 (live) with his aunt in a small twn named St Petersburg. He ran away 58 his tw friends t an island in the middle f Mississippi River fr several days. They went t lk fr gld but gt 59 (lse) in a cave. 60 (luck), they fund a bx f gld. My favurite scene in the bk is when everyne thught Tm was dead. He decided 61 (g) t his wn funeral and appeared suddenly. Everyne was 62 (surprise) t see him. They were als pleased t see him alive. The main theme f the stry is surviving in dangerus situatins. It is als abut 63 (free) , scial rules, and what peple d abut bad behavirs. The Adventures f Tm Sawyer is great. It’ s thught t be ne f the greatest 64 (nvel) in American literature. I think yu will lve___65_____.
写作（共两节，满分40分）
（满分15分）
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Jamie来信说他对中国传统文学非常感兴趣，但在阅读时遇到了困难，比如，很多汉字不认识，读不懂文章等，希望得到你的帮助。请给他回信，内容包括：
1. 表示理解并给予安慰；
2. 提出建议。
注意: 1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jamie,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
（满分25分）
阅读下面短文，将短文中画线部分的句子翻译成中文。
Fr the last three nights, I haven’t slept t well. I wake up an hur earlier than nrmal and then I’m unable t get back t sleep. I was a bit tired when I went int my bedrm t watch TV this evening. I picked up a bk and tried t read, but culd feel my eyelids getting heavier and heavier. Finally, I clsed them and laid my bk n the table. Suddenly I felt smething rusing（唤醒）me. It was warm breath hitting me right in the face. I slwly pened my eyes and saw a lng, sweet-lking face cvered in white and gld fur. Its pink nse was breathing n me and its big, brwn eyes were lking at me with lve.
I smiled and said, “Hell Fluffy.” Suddenly my face was cvered in dg kisses. I hugged his neck, and laughed as he cntinued t shw me with his lve. I thught t myself “If nly we humans culd lve each ther as purely（纯真地）as ur dgs lve us. and hw wnderful that wuld be.”
Dgs are ur best friends and greatest teachers f lve. We shuld nt frget their lessns. We shuld give ur hearts freely and ur lve jyfully. We shuld live ur lives n the side f lve.
1． 2．
3． 4．
5． Name
Kala
Panda
Elephant
Cuntry
Australia
China
Suth Africa
Descriptin(描述)
It is cute and small. It eats leaves. It likes sleeping in the trees.
It’s fat and cute. It’s black and white. It eats bamb.
It’s very quiet and strng. It eats grass and leaves, Its nse is very lng.
Time
Only weekends 8: 00 a. m. — 4: 00 p. m.
Tickets
Adults: $ 10. 00 Children: Over 10: $ 5. 00 Under 10: free