湖北省武汉市常青联合体2023-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

这是一份湖北省武汉市常青联合体2023-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷，共8页。试卷主要包含了第二部分，阅读，第二节，第三部分，语言运用，第一节，第三部分，语言运用，第二节，第四部分等内容，欢迎下载使用。
第Ⅰ卷 客观题
第Ⅰ卷的注释
一、第一部分，听力，第一节，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。(共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分) (共5题；共7.5分)
1. What will the speakers d n Sunday?
A . Cntinue t wrk. B . G t a party. C . Invite Bb t dinner.
2. What are the speakers talking abut?
A . Hw t make a paper plane. B . Hw t recycle rubbish. C . Hw t bk a flight.
3. Hw des Eric usually get t wrk?
A . By bus. B . By train. C . By car.
4. What did the man d yesterday evening?
A . He watched a match. B . He read a newspaper. C . He did his hmewrk.
5. Hw des the man usually buy tickets?
A . By bking nline. B . By making calls. C . By ging t the statin.
第Ⅱ卷 主观题
第Ⅱ卷的注释
二、第一部分，听力，第二节，听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、 C三个选项中选出最佳选项。(共15小题；每小题1.5 分，满分 22.5 分) (共15题；共22.5分)
听材料，回答问题。
6. What is the special fr tday? A . The steak. B . The chips. C . The chicken.
7. What type f bread des the wman want? A . Hney wheat. B . Whle wheat. C . Italian.
听材料，回答问题。
8. What des the wman say abut puppies? A . They are free. B . They need shts. C . They eat vegetables.
9. What des the by ffer t d? A . Build a huse fr the puppy. B . Take gd care f the puppy. C . Give the puppy sme f his fd.
听材料，回答问题。
10. What des the man want t d this summer? A . Sit arund. B . Earn sme mney. C . Take a vacatin.
11. Wh is Jane? A . The man's sister. B . Mr Smith's neighbr. C . The wman's classmate.
12. What shuld Jane d when huse-sitting? A . Take care f the pets. B . Get rid f the huseplants. C . Empty the huse.
13. What can we learn frm the cnversatin? A . The man tk care f kids last summer. B . The wman called the student emplyment ffice. C . The man desn't have a lt f friends.
听材料，回答问题。
14. What des the wman want t find ut? A . The suitable wrk fr the man. B . The infrmatin n building. C . The nearby wrkplace.
15. What are the man's interests? A . Buying and selling things. B . Building and repairing things. C . Repairing and cllecting things.
16. What has the man been ding this year? A . Delivering newspapers. B . Helping build a huse. C . Selling advertising space.
17. In which clumn des the wman write dwn "sales"? A . "Educatin". B . "Interests". C . "Experience".
听材料，回答问题。
18. Which pet may an utging persn prefer? A . A bird. B . A dg. C . A cat.
19. What may a cat wner be like? A . Clever B . Sciable. C . Careful.
20. What des the speech mainly talk abut? A . Pet peple's persnalities. B . Mre utging dg peple. C . Less sciable cat peple.
三、第二部分，阅读，第一节，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。(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) (共15题；共37.5分)
阅读理解
By ur very rugh calculatins, Reader's Digest has published sme 35, 000 articles in nearly 1, 200 issues. These small pages have held sme very big names, including U. S. presidents, wrld leaders, sprts legends, and, indeed, the biggest cntributrs f all, everyday Americans with a stry t tell. These are sme f ur prudest mments.
Hw t Keep Yung Mentally by Mary B.Mullett
This first article in the first issue highlighted inventr Alexander Graham Bell and his belief in lifelng learning: "The first essential f any real educatin is t bserve. Observe! Remember! Cmpare!" It was an apprpriate beginning. reflecting ur self-educated funder's endless curisity.
I'veCme t Clean Yur Shes by Madge Harrah
The mrning f a family funeral, an acquaintance shws up unannunced and says, "I've cme t clean yur shes." He spends the day quietly shining every pair in the huse. The writer ends with: "Nw, whenever I hear f an acquaintance wh has lst a lved ne. I try t think f ne specific task suiting that persn's need. And if the persn says, ‘Hw did yu knw I needed that dne? ‘ I reply, ‘it's because a man nce cleaned my shes."
Strange Encunter n Ch Creek by Mrris Hmer Erwin
A miner spends days camping in the Alaskan wilderness, wrking hard t earn the trust f a mther wlf stuck in a trap befre she and her fur pups starve t death. Eventually, he is able t free her. Fur years later, he encunters a wlf in the same meadw. Yes, the same wlf. When we shared this classic n rd. cm in 2019, it went viral and it has nw been read by many millins nline and in print.
Hw Hnest Are We by Ralph Kinney Bennett
Our famus "wallet drp" set up the ultimate test f hnesty: If we left wallets in cities arund the cuntry, hw many wuld be returned? Well ver half, it turned ut—67 percent. The mst hnest city? Seattle, whse upstanding residents returned nine ut f ten wallets.
21. What d we knw abut the acquaintance in the stry I've Cme t Clean Yur Shes? A . He shws cncern by cleaning shes. B . He cleans shes at the wner's request. C . He cmfrts the wner by telling his wn stry. D . He visits the huse where the wner is severely sick.
22. Which article gained significant ppularity nline? A . Hw t Keep Yung Mentally. B . I've Cme t Clean Yur Shes. C . Strange Encunter n Ch Creek. D . Hw Hnest Are We.
23. Where can the text be fund? A . In a histry bk. B . In a magazine. C . In a nvel. D . In a brchure.
阅读理解
If yu wanted t make a Disney-style animatin f, say, Reggie, a spirited rabbit, planning t save his frest, yu'd have a lead animatr draw the extremes f the actin: Reggie lking intensely fcused, and then prudly annuncing, "There's a new her in the frest! "Then yu'd bring in an in-betweener - that is, the animatr wh draws all the cmprehensive frames that bridge the majr actins.
In-betweeners dn't get the glry, but withut them cartns wuld hp frm ne emtinal peak t anther, missing cnnective grace. Burny Mattinsn (1935 2023) started his career at the Walt Disney Cmpany in the mail rm, and, even thugh he had n frmal training in animatin, he was given a swing at in-betweening just six mnths later.
His first big assignment was t in-between the wagging f a dg's tail. Disney animatin was famus fr its silky elegance, wing in n small part t the skill f its in-betweeners, and, thanks t Mattinsn, the tail practically glided frm side t side.
Mattinsn had wanted t be an animatr ever since his mther had taken him t see" Pincchi" at a theatre when he was six. In a bld mve, Mattinsn shwed up at the Disney Studis gate with his prtfli (作品) as sn as he finished high schl. The magical part f this stry is that, instead f shing him away, the security guard liked his drawings and called the head f persnnel t take a lk.
Thus, Mattinsn became a messenger at Disney, beginning a career that wuld eventually make him the emplyee with the lngest service at the cmpany. He had jined the cmpany at a glden mment. Listing the films that he wrked n is a little like listing the entire utput f the Walt Disney Cmpany ver the past six decades: Sleeping Beauty, "The Lin King," and n and n.
Mattinsn was, perhaps, ne f the last f an almst extinct gentype - the happy cmpany man, the lifer. He never had an emplyer besides Disney. When asked what Mattinsn enjyed ding utside f his life at Disney, his sn said, "He just lved his wrk."
24. What rle d in-betweeners play in animatin prductin? A . Design the stryline. B . Draw the backgrund. C . Invent extreme actins. D . Generate smth mtin.
25. Which f the fllwing can best describe Mattinsn's path t Disney? A . Uncnventinal. B . Typical. C . Illegal. D . Accidental.
26. What makes Mattinsn exceptinal in Disney's histry? A . His lifelng dedicatin t Disney. B . His detailed wrk as an in-betweener. C . His passin fr animatin beynd wrk. D . His pineering rle in Disney animatin.
27. What is the best title f the passage? A . A lifer in the Disney. B . In-betweeners' rle in animatin. C . A bld mve t Disney. D . A glrius career.
阅读理解
In June a massive "heat dme" baked the famusly temperate Pacific Nrthwest, subjecting parts f Washingtn State, Oregn and western Canada t extreme temperatures. It is virtually impssible that heat waves like this wuld have ccurred withut climate change. Scientists estimate it was a ne-in-1, 000-year event. "And that's an ‘at least,'" says Kristie. L. Ebi. "It culd be mre rare than that. "If warming reaches tw degrees Cabve preindustrial levels — the threshld that mst natinal gvernments have agreed t try t avid in hpes f reducing climate change impacts, "that event culd ccur every five t 10 years," Ebi says. "In an average year in the U. S. , heat kills mre peple than any ther type f extreme weather, " says Kristina Dahl, a climate scientist. Hundreds f peple died in the recent Pacific Nrthwest heat wave, accrding t estimates: there were at least 486 deaths in British Clumbia, 116 in Oregn and 78 in Washingtn. A recent U. S. Centers fr Disease Cntrl and Preventin reprt fund there were mre than 3, 500 emergency department visits fr heat-related illness this past May and June in a regin that includes Oregn and Washingtn State.
The human bdy functins best at 98. 6 degrees F (37 degrees C). The bdy has mechanisms t rid itself f excess heat, mst ntably sweating. But at a certain pint, that fails t wrk, causing lss f cnsciusness. Peple can eventually acclimatize t sme level f heat. If yu live in a ht climate r wrk in ht cnditins fr a perid f weeks r mnths, yur bdy becmes mre efficient at sweating and cling itself dwn. This prcess takes time, hwever.
As the planet warms, heat waves like these this year are becming frighteningly cmmn and catching climate scientists ff guard. "Even a lt f ur climate mdels that prject ut hw frequent extreme heat will be in the future wuldn't have necessarily predicted this level f heat fr that part f the cuntry," Kristina Dahl says. "But then t realize that I am seeing it in my lifetime, and living it right nw, is really terrifying."
28. What des Ebi's saying imply in Paragraph 1? A . Heat dme has affected at least three regins. B . Temperature reaches the threshld immediately. C . Heat waves affect the Pacific Nrthwest greatly. D . Severe weather culd becme frighteningly cmmn.
29. What is Paragraph 2 mainly abut? A . Many areas are badly affected by heat waves. B . Heat waves pse a majr risk t public health. C . Mre peple died f illnesses in this summer. D . Latest news n heat waves are widely reprted.
30. What des the underlined wrd "acclimatize" in Paragraph 3 mean? A . Adapt. B . Settle. C . Respnd. D . Object.
31. Accrding t Kristina Dahl, the extreme heat ____. A . ruins his nrmal daily life. B . gets scientists prepared t it. C . fails t be accurately frecast. D . shuld be examined frequently.
阅读理解
The idea that we can have it all and d it all is nt new. This myth has been spread fr s lng, I believe virtually everyne alive tday is infected with it. It is sld in advertising. It is included in university applicatins that require dzens f extracurricular activities.
What is new is hw especially damaging this myth is tday, in a time when chice and expectatins have increased expnentially. It results in stressed peple trying t stuff mre activities int their already ver-scheduled lives.
The wrd pririty came int the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first r prir thing. It stayed singular fr the next five hundred years. Only in the 1900s did we pluralize the term and start talking abut pririties. Illgically, we reasned that by changing the wrd we culd bend reality. Smehw we wuld nw be able t have multiple "first" things. Peple rutinely try t d just that. This gave the impressin f many things being the pririty but actually meant nthing was.
When we dn't purpsefully and deliberately chse where t fcus ur energies and time, ther peple will chse fr us, and befre lng we'll have lst sight f everything that is meaningful and imprtant.
Once an Australian nurse named Brnnie Ware, wh cared fr peple in the last twelve weeks f their lives, recrded their mst ften discussed regrets. At the tp f the list: "I wish I'd had the curage t live a life true t myself, nt the life thers expected f me." Instead f reacting t the scial pressure pulling yu t g in a millin directins, yu will learn a way t fcus n what is abslutely essential by getting rid f everything else cmpletely.
32. What des Paragraph 1 mainly talk abut? A . The miscnceptin that peple can achieve unlimited gals. B . The tlerance fr imperfectin in all aspects f life. C . The decline in individuals' ability t make decisins. D . The lack f mtivatin t pursue persnal gals.
33. Why is the idea that yu can have it all particularly harmful? A . It prvides individuals with mre chices. B . It cultivates a culture f ver-cnsumptin C . It leads t ver-scheduling due t scial stress. D . It lwers individuals' expectatins twards life.
34. What are readers encuraged t d in the last paragraph? A . Make the best f their talents. B . Listen t their inner vices. C . Tell the truth instead f lies. D . Extend helping hands t thers.
35. Which clumn f a magazine des the text belng t? A . Entertainment. B . Fashin. C . Humanity. D . Anecdte.
四、第二部分，阅读，第二节 (共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) (共1题；共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。
Life isn't fair. Sme peple just seem blessed with the ability t effrtlessly charm anyne they meet. Well, it might seem like a magical pwer, but in fact there are a number f factrs at wrk. 36 The answer is: t a large extent, yes yu can.
But first, the bad news. Peple initially judge each ther based purely n physical appearance. With just a glimpse f a face, peple make snap judgments abut each ther's likeability, trustwrthiness and cnfidence. Hw shuld we deal with this? 37 Peple perceive a smiling face as mre trustwrthy, warmer and sciable. It sunds like cmmn sense, desn't it? Smile and thers will smile with yu.
What ther tricks might we have? 38 Cnsequently, three things we can d t signal that we are nt a threat: raise ur eyebrws quickly, tilt (仰起) ur heads slightly, and nce again, t smile.
S we've lked at bdy language, but f curse what yu say is hugely imprtant t, unless yu want t just stand there grinning flishly. The glden rule f friendship is if yu make peple feel gd abut themselves, they're ging t like yu. In ther wrds, yu shuld nt talk abut yurself and all yur wnderful achievements. 39
Finally, finding cmmn grund is gd t frm a cnnectin. Charming peple are particularly skilled at seeking ut shared interests r experiences t bnd with thers. Simple things like asking where smene's frm really can pen up a discussin and allw yu t find areas in cmmn. And if all else fails, yu can fall back n that mst British f tpics: the weather. 40
A. It can be a nice start f a cnversatin.
B. Instead, yu need t shw interest in them.
C. There's ne incredibly simple tl: yur smile.
D. S, can yu learn t develp superhuman charm?
E. What gd tricks can we emply t becme charming?
F. Shared interests are the key t making cnnectins with thers.
G. Our brains ften survey the envirnment fr friend r enemy signals.
五、第三部分，语言运用，第一节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) (共1题；共15分)
阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。
As an rdinary senir schl student, I've discvered a wnderful way t 41 life with a psitive attitude — my daily bicycle rides. Riding my bike has becme mre than just a fun activity. It's like a little 42 that has taught me imprtant lessns abut staying psitive, facing challenges and being 43 .
When I get n my bike and ride arund familiar streets, it feels like I'm n a small quest. It's nt just abut reaching a (n) 44 ; it's abut enjying the ride itself. Cycling has turned int a kind f teacher, helping me understand the 45 f practice and having a can-d spirit. One f the clest things I've learned is abut nt giving up when things get hard. Yu knw, when I'm trying t pedal up a steep hill, it's hard! But guess what? Even when my legs feel super tired, I keep ging and d nt give up, till I reach the 46 Life is kind f like that t. When I have a challenging task r any prblems in my studies, I remember thse steep hills. I knw if I keep trying, I can 47 anything.
Anther thing that cycling has taught me is t be ready fr surprises. The rad isn't always 48 Smetimes there are bumps, and yu have t ride arund them. When smething is wrng with my bike, I d nt49 . I try t find a slutin. Life's a bit like that t. It's nt always easy, but being flexible and staying psitive helps me rise t the challenge and handle 50 prblems.
The mst imprtant part, thugh, is hw cycling makes me feel happy and 51 . The wind in my hair and the rhythm f pedaling makes everything seem OK. It's like a secret pwer — n matter what's ging n, it keeps me happy, lets me 52 my batteries, and lets me cme back feeling 53 .
In the end, my daily bike rides have becme mre than just a way t get arund. They've becme a (n) 54 fr hw I want t live my life. Cycling has shwn me that being psitive, facing challenges with 55 , and keeping an ptimistic attitude can turn the life jurney int a fantastic adventure. S, here's t mre bike rides and mre fun!
41.
A . estimate B . apprach C . guarantee D . challenge
42.
A . phenmenn B . cincidence C . adventure D . entertainment
43.
A . flexible B . unique C . traditinal D . respnsible
44.
A . cperatin B . dilemma C . crisis D . destinatin
45.
A . discvery B . value C . cmment D . grwth
46.
A . tp B . cast C . stage D . platfrm
47.
A . describe B . detect C . remve D . vercme
48.
A . delicate B . fragile C . smth D . tugh
49.
A . vlunteer B . insist C . pray D . panic
50.
A . riginal B . unexpected C . crucial D . natural
51.
A . useful B . efficient C . carefree D . curius
52.
A . apply B . recharge C . develp D . recgnize
53.
A . alarmed B . embarrassed C . fresh D . emtinal
54.
A . audience B . passenger C . victim D . guide
55.
A . determinatin B . attempt C . cmfrt D . curage
六、第三部分，语言运用，第二节 (共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分) (共1题；共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 Hang, a mdern-lking neighbrhd in Hng Kng, is hme t the Tai Hang Fire Dragn Dance, a flk art frm that 56 (perfrm) during the Mid-Autumn Festival fr ver 100 years. 57 started as a way t rid this fishing village f bad luck has becme a cultural treasure.
The dragn is abut 70 meters lng and weighs mre than 200 punds, with its bdy 58 (wrap) with pearl grass. Mre than 70, 000 incense sticks (香柱) are lit and strung alng the dragn' s back and head t make the "fire" f the fire dragn. At the festival, hundreds f peple wrk 59 turn t parade the burning dragn thrugh the streets f Tai Hang. The 60 (strng) man amng the grup has 61 hnr f supprting the 30-kilgram head. Dzens f perfrmers 62 (mve) the dragn smthly up and dwn thrugh the air attract runds f cheers and 63 (applaud) frm surrunding crwds.
The inheritrs f the dragn dance have set up wrkshps t demnstrate varius aspects f the traditinal art frm the making techniques t 64 (base) dance skills. In June, 2022, the Hng Kng Tai Hang Fire Dragn Museum was pened 65 (inspire) mre peple t learn mre abut this traditinal dance culture.
七、第四部分：书面表达 (共两节，满分40分) (共2题；共40分)
66. 假定你是李华，在一所国际学校就读，最近你校图书馆决定缩短中午开放时间，你认为这种做法存在问题。请给图书馆写一封邮件，内容包括：1. 反馈问题；2. 提出建议。
注意：1. 写作词数应为 80 左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Library Staff,
My name is Li Hua, and I am a student in Class I, Senir 3.
……
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
67. 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。
When I was nly seven years ld, I didn't realize the whle arrangements f ur jurney as a family t Manchester in 1978. My mther was in great pain and wished t visit specialists in Manchester. My father unwillingly had t sell ur prperty in Australia. The day befre we barded the ship, Father reluctantly said gdbye t his six-year-ld cattle dg, Plut, wh was lved by us all. Father's friend Julia was t be his guardian while we were verseas, as he had been getting t knw Plut fr many weeks.
Seven weeks later, an air letter arrived frm Julia, giving my father the news that Plut had run away just tw weeks after we had sailed. Julia had advertised cnstantly n ABC and ther reginal newspapers. Despite many "sightings", the dg was never fund. It seems Plut just kept running and searching fr us. As he was cattle dg, my father thught he wuld she r ding-trapped, because f his appearance. But ur family thught that Father held a secret hpe that Plut was still alive.
We sailed back t Australia tw years later and re-established ur hme. My father immediately began his wn search fr Plut. One cld winter's Saturday mrning eight mnths after ur return, my father had a call frm an elderly lady living n her wn n the utskirts f the twn. As she tld my father n the telephne, it was "just glimpses f a ding-type dg in the shadws" f her disused tennis curt. That was enugh fr my father t interrupt my hmewrk.
We set ff in his blue and black Jensen car which he had brught back frm England. It was hardly the right vehicle fr the rugh rads we travelled that day. Five and a half hurs later, we fund the run-dwn ld prperty. Sadly, she tld my father that the "ding dg" hadn't been arund fr a few days. My father had a strange lk in his eye. He put tw fingers t his lips and did his special whistle fr Plut.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150个左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Para 1: Suddenly there was a sund in the bush.
Para 2: Once hme we had the task f getting all the prickles (刺) ff him.