2023_2024学年5月山西忻州高二下学期月考英语试卷

这是一份2023_2024学年5月山西忻州高二下学期月考英语试卷，共7页。试卷主要包含了听力选择题，阅读理解，新添加的题型等内容，欢迎下载使用。
2023~2024学年5月山西忻州高二下学期月考英语试卷
一、听力选择题
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What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A．An apartment building.
B．A cllege campus.
C．A labratry.
二、阅读理解
While there are already apps that guide blind users t a bus stp’s apprximate lcatin, thse peple may unknwingly end up standing t far
away frm the actual stp. A new app addresses that shrtcming by letting the smartphne’s camera in n the act.
Knwn as All_Abard, the AI-based app was develped by a team f scientists at the Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts Eye and Ear treatment and
research center. It’s made t be used alng with a third-party GPS-based nline navigatinal(导航的) map.
Users start by using ther apps t get t a bus stp’s lcatin. They then pen All _Abard and prceed t hld their smartphne up s that its
back camera can “see” the surrunding street. Drawing upn a deep learning neural netwrk which was trained n arund 10,000 images f bus stps
within that city, the app is reprtedly able t visually identify the target stp’s sign if it’s within a range f up t 15 meters away. Once the sign has
been sptted, the app guides the user via snar-like beeps(哔哔声) which change pitch and speed as the persn gets clser t the bus stp.
In field tests, 24 legally blind vlunteers used bth nline maps and All _Abard t lcate 20 bus stps—10 in an urban setting and 10 in a suburban
envirnment.
When it came t getting clse enugh t thse stps, nline maps alne had a success rate f just 52%, whereas All _Abard bsted the number t
93%. Additinally, while the average distance between the map’s endpint and the actual bus stp was 6.62 meters with nline maps, it was just 1.54
meters with All _Abard.
“Our findings suggest that the All _Abard app culd help travelers with visual impairments(视力受损) in navigatin by accurately detecting the bus
stp, and therefre greatly reducing their chance f missing buses due t standing t far frm the bus stps,” said Massachusetts Eye and Ear’s
Assc. Prf. Gang Lu. “This study indicates that cmputer visin-based bject recgnitin capabilities can be used in a cmplementary(补充的) way and
prvide added benefit t purely mapping-based, macr-navigatin services in real-wrld settings.”
【小题1】What is the authr’s purpse f writing paragraph 1?
A．T intrduce the tpic.
B．T highlight ther apps.
C．T shw the new app’s shrtcmings.
D．T detailedly cmpare the new app with thers.
【小题2】What is paragraph 3 mainly abut?
A．The imprtance f camera in smartphnes.
B．The ptential advantage f the new app.
C．Hw the new app All _ Abard wrks.
D．Why users get clser t the bus stp.
【小题3】What can we infer abut All _ Abard frm the data given in paragraph 5?
A．High accuracy.
B．Gd reputatin.
D．Mre applicatin.
C．Perfect prperty.
【小题4】What can be the best title fr the text?
A．Blind Users Benefiting Frm Science
B．A New App Is In The Charge Of Its Users

C．Online Maps Needing Imprvement T The Bus Service
D．All _ Abard Making Navigatin Efficient Fr The Blind
三、新添加的题型
What is Gerge's favrite sprt?
A．Tennis.
B．Fishing.
C．Swimming.
What is the man ging t d?
A．Try t catch the plane at 6:00.
C．Change his ticket.
B．Give the ticket t smene.
Hw will the man pay the bill?
A．In cash.
B．By phne.
C．By card.
What time is it nw?
A．8:00.
B．7:40.
C．8:20.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
【小题1】What des the wman majr in?
A．English.
B．Math.
C．Art.
【小题2】What will the wman d tmrrw?
A．Buy the man lunch.
B．Start a new jb.
C．See a dctr.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
【小题1】What's the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A．Schlmates.
B．Neighbrs.
C．Wrkmates.
C．In Paris.
【小题2】Where are the speakers?
A．In Rme.
B．In Lndn.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
【小题1】What des the wman need?
A．A hand.
B．A prject.
C．Sme tape.
【小题2】What d we knw abut the tw speakers?
A．They are bth busy.
B．They d the same prject.
C．They need t help each ther.
【小题3】What des the wman think is imprtant?
A．Wrking hard.
B．Making gd preparatins.
C．Staying in cntrl.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
【小题1】What kind f music des the man like?

A．Lively music.
B．Dance music.
C．Classical music.
【小题2】What des the wman d when she listens t music?
A．She des sme cking.
B．She des hmewrk.
C．She surfs the Internet.
【小题3】Why is the man ging t listen t classical music?
A．Because he is sad.
B．Because he is a lively persn.
C．Because it is gd fr the brain.
【小题4】What des the wman advise the man t d?
A．Listen t the radi.
B．Dwnlad sme music.
C．G t the cncert.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
【小题1】What clr shuld be used t paint living rm walls?
A．Red and purple.
B．Green and blue.
C．Yellw and white.
【小题2】Hw des range make peple feel?
A．Energetic.
B．Cheerful.
C．Imaginative.
【小题3】Which rm shuld be painted white?
A．The kitchen.
【小题4】Wh will answer the phne if ne calls 8745632?
A．An expert. B．A painter.
B．The dining rm.
C．The bathrm.
C．A ck.
Singapre is a lively island cuntry knwn fr a mix f cultures and tastes. Here are fur ppular dishes that ffer a true taste f Singapre.
Hainanese Chicken Rice
This dish is a favrite and is very simple yet very tasty. The chicken is cked in water t be very sft and is served with rice that has been cked
with chicken sup, alng with a bit f spicy sauce. Each part f this dish is carefully made t make the eating experience even better.
Bak Kut Teh (Prk Ribs Tea)
A strng and health y breakfast chice, Bak Kut Teh is a dish that warms yu up. Even thugh tea is in the name, it's nt a drink. It's a tasty sup
made by cking prk bnes with Chinese herbs and spices. The sup is usually eaten with rice and has a bit f a spicy taste that wakes up yur taste
buds, a great way t start the day.
Katng Laksa
Laksa is a ht ndle sup that shws Singapre's mix f cultures. The sup has a thick ccnut milk（椰奶） base with a strng smell f spices like
lemngrass and tamarind. It's ften filled with things like shrimp, fishcakes, and sft tfu, making it a full and satisfying meal that pleases yur muth
with each bite.
Char Kway Tew (Stir-Fried Rice Ndles)
If yu like fd that's a bit smky and tasty, try char kway tew. This ndle dish is a must-eat at Singapre's fd stalls. It's cked in a wk（炒菜
锅） with things like clams, Chinese sausage, and lng beans, then flavred with a sauce that is bth tasty and a little sweet. The last step is t add a bit
f chpped chili, which gives the dish a nice little spicy taste.
【小题1】Hw is the chicken in Hainanese chicken rice typically prepared?
A．It is rasted in an ven.
C．It is cked with a sur sauce.
【小题2】What is Bak Kut Teh?
A．A kind f cattle bne.
C．A kind f rice.
B．It is cked t be very sft.
D．It is rasted with herbs and spices.
B．A kind f drink.
D．A kind f sup.
【小题3】Which f the fllwing dishes is described as having a smky and tasty flavr?
A．Cha r kway tew.
C．Katng laksa.
B．Bak Kut Teh.
D．Hainanese chicken rice.

In a vide shared nline, a yung phtgrapher, Lily, is seen cnfidently directing a well-knwn actin mvie star fr a phtshpt. Even thugh
the actr is very tall, she is nt nervus. She tells him what t d like a real prfessinal, even thugh she's still quite yung.
"Given his size, I asked him t make mre prnunced mvements," said Lily, reflecting n the sht in a recent interview. The yung shutterbug（摄
影爱好者） has already taken phts f several persnalities and has earned a significant fllwing nline, with her wrk receiving millins f likes.
Lily's jurney int phtgraphy began when she was just fur years ld, with a simple pint-and-sht camera. Her father, recgnizing her natural
ability t cnnect with peple, encuraged her t explre street phtgraphy. At the age f five, she captured a prtrait f a renwned musician-turned-
actress during a chance encunter in a stre, which quickly went viral n the scial media.
Since then, Lily has been receiving numerus requests t phtgraph tp talents. "The mre I phtgraph in public places, the mre recgnitin I
get, which in turn leads t mre chances t wrk with well-knwn figures," she explained.
Because f her yung age, sme have questined hw she manages t secure such high-prfile shts. Her father, wh assists with minr pst-
prductin edits, explained that her unique perspective was what attracted the attentin f talent agencies. "Thrugh Lily's lens （镜头）, subjects shw a
different side," he said. "Her phts capture a sfter, gentler aspect f peple, celebrity r nt."
Addressing cncerns abut the use f filters and heavy editing, Lily insists that her images are minimally prcessed. Her ultimate gal is t evke（唤
起） emtins thrugh her phtgraphy and, eventually, t becme a full-time prtrait phtgrapher. Fr nw, she cntinues t hne（磨炼） her craft
and enjys the present mment.
【小题1】What phenmenn is described in the first paragraph?
A．A girl is directing a film.
B．Hw a girl is phtgraphing.
D．Hw a shrt vide is prduced.
C．Children need scial activities.
【小题2】What made Lily gain mre attentin?
A．She phtgraphed many actin mvies.
C．Her father made her skills knwn.
B．A famus actress ffered t help her.
D．Scial media played a significant rle.
【小题3】Hw des Lily differ frm prfessinal phtgraphers in phtgraphing?
A．She is gd at adjusting lens.
B．She cnstantly learns frm thers.
D．She gains recgnitin frm celebrities.
C．She phtgraphs frm a special angle.
【小题4】What is Lily's attitude t imprving her skill?
A．Hesitant.
B．Determined.
C．Pessimistic.
D．Negative.
Suthern Africa is hme t mst f the wrld's black and white rhins. Because f glbal warming，the weather in this area is changing quickly.
Peple have wrked hard t prtect rhins frm being hunted，but until nw，n ne has really lked at hw the changing weather might hurt these
animals.
A research team frm the University f Massachusetts Amherst has recently reprted that the area will be affected by bth higher temperatures and
changing precipitatin（降水）and the rhins are mre sensitive t rising temperatures，which will quickly increase abve the animals' acceptable
maximum threshld.
Over the last 100 years，Africa's average mnthly temperatures have gne up by 0.5 C t 2℃.Scientists think that in the next 100 years，it might get
even warmer，up t 2 mre degrees. This change in weather might als change hw much rain we get. But here's the thing：Fr animals like white and
black rhins，which peple have been trying t prtect fr a lng time，will the heat r the rain changes hurt them mre？This is a big questin
because shady spts. rhins dn't have sweat t cl dwn. They stay cl by taking baths and staying in cl，shady spts.
T understand hw changing climate will affect rhin ppulatins，lead authr Hlelwenkhsi S. Mamba and his clleague，fcused their effrts n
five large natinal parks representing diverse landscapes in suthern Africa that are hme t mst f the rhins. They have fund that temperature
cnditins in all study parks will becme increasingly unsuitable fr bth species，but it is predicted that white rhins will be affected earlier than black
rhins，
"This research highlights the imprtance f using climate predictins tr bth park and rhin management，" says Randhir."We prpse that park
managers nw think abut increasing water supplies，tree cver，watching fr stress and planning t allw rhin migratin as the wrld warms."
【小题1】Hw are rhins traditinally prtected?
A．By building their living habitats.
B．By saving them frm illegal hunt.
C．By mnitring their physical health.

D．By remving their breeding surrundings.
【小题2】Which can best replace the underlined wrd "threshld" in paragraph 2?
A．range
B．register
C．average
D．cntent
【小题3】What is a means fr rhins t fight against heat?
A．Cling heat ff by sweating.
B．Drinking much water.
D．Bathing in the water.
C．Migrating t ther places.
【小题4】What is the key suggestin fr park managers t help rhins adapt t climate change?
A．Predicting the weather.
C．Bsting habitats.
B．Buying new species.
D．Restricting visitrs.
Smiling's A Stress Reliever
A University f Kansas study fund that participant s wh were asked t smile during stressful tasks had lwer heart rates during stress recvery. S
it seems even frcing yurself t lk happy helps manage tricky situatins.
【小题1】
The fact smiling reduces yur heart rate when yu're stressed is als likely t have a knck-n effect n bld pressure. Other
research has shwn bld pressure desn't rise when peple are expsed t humur.
Beaming（笑容满面） bsts immunity. A smile releases certain hrmnes in the brain, including sertnin（血清素）, which is assciated with an
imprvement in immune functin.
【小题2】
Depressin, n the ther hand, can weaken yur immune system.
A smile can relieve yur pain. Being amused als prmpts the release f endrphins（内啡肽） in the brain.
participants wh smiled while being injected reprted 40% less pain than thse hlding a neutral expressin.
【小题3】
In ne study,
Lking happy encurages psitivity.
when they smiled.
【小题4】
A 2022 study f 3,878 participants in 19 cuntries fund peple's happiness rating was higher
Smiling makes yu welcme t thers and helps yu cnnect with them. Frtunately, with enugh practice, smiling can becme an autmatic
behavir. Yu can use certain situatins as cues t smile. Yu might remind yurself t smile when yu hear smene laugh r while yu're in the prcess
f making tea. Yu culd set a nte n yur phne t help remember t smile.
A．Smiling can reduce heart rate.
【小题5】
B．Smiling may lwer bld pressure.
C．They are the bdy's natural painkillers.
D．Study fund that smiling can make ne live lnger.
E．S, if yu want t stay well, yu shuld smile mre.
F．Smiling can bst md, nt just a respnse t happiness.
G．Thinking f a favrite persn r happy memry can make yu smile t.
Lyn Stry is a retiree in Frt Wrth, Texas. She had a lt f
uterine cancer（子宫癌）.
time n her hands until she met Apryl Gdwin, wh had been diagnsed with
Apryl had n transprtatin and didn't knw what t d. S she sught fr
n the cmmunity app Nextdr. Smene
and said, "I'll
take yu t yur
That
." She ignred it because it was a stranger and didn't accept it until Lyn
her again and said, "I'll take yu. I mean it. I'm
and sincere."
was Lyn, and ver the last year, she has taken Apryl t mre than 25 radiatin appintments, six chemtherapy treatments and
dctr visits. Apryl said Lyn was like her guardian.
Lyn's
desn't stp there. Mnths after meeting Apryl, she was n the Nextdr app again when she
a pst frm Kevin Hrrigan, wh
is legally blind. "Lyn's really a kind wman," said Kevin. "She really is, because I can't
."
his burdens. Lyn drives him t wrk r she picks him up frm wrk. Kevin
Tugh times made Kevin cme back t wrk after retiring. Nw Lyn
says what Lyn has dne helps him
.
Lyn said she started thinking f herself as a bad-weather friend. "Yu knw, fair-weather friends nly
yu when everything's gd fr yu,"
she explained. "But a bad-weather friend is there t help yu in times f
Filled with lve, Lyn's stry is life changing fr s many.
."

【小题1】
A．valuable
【小题2】
A．help
B．free
C．bring
C．space
D．extra
B．frgiveness
D．treatment
【小题3】
A．came ff
【小题4】
A．settings
【小题5】
A．phned
【小题6】
A．hnest
【小题7】
A．dctr
【小题8】
A．selfless
【小题9】
A．dream
【小题10】
A．nticed
【小题11】
A．imagine
【小题12】
A．reduces
【小题13】
A．reasnably
【小题14】
A．frget
【小题15】
A．peace
B．gt arund
C．spke up
D．went away
B．gyms
C．fences
D．appintments
B．evaluated
C．messaged
D．fund
B．satisfied
C．frtunate
D．renwned
D．stranger
B．friend
B．cuntless
B．ambitin
B．received
C．nvelist
C．helpless
D．careless
C．kindness
C．ignred
D．intentin
D．expected
B．drive
C．walk
D．run
B．restres
C．arranges
D．prmtes
B．immediately
C．greatly
D．generally
B．accmpany
C．train
D．warn
D．need
B．survival
C．danger
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
An exhibitin, featuring arund 200 cultural artifacts frm the era f interactin between the Chinese and French ryal curts in the 17th and 18th
centuries, kicked ff at the Palace Museum in Beijing n Mnday, 【小题1】 (mark) the pening f the 18th editin f the Festival
Crisements, 【小题2】 celebrated the 60-year diplmatic bnd between the tw cuntries.
【小题3】 (launch) in 2006, the Festival Crisements is dedicated t prmting exchanges and dialgue between Chinese and French art
institutins and artists. A
【小题5】 (city) acrss China as part f the festival that spans（持续） t the end f the year.
The number 60 【小题6】 (indicate) a cycle in Chinese traditin. The unveiling new cycle will generate mre cllabratin and
(far) prmte cultural dialgues and mutual understanding between the tw cuntries.
Crisements, meaning crssver in French, symblizes mutual （相互的） influence and cnnectins between Chinese and French cultures. The name
【小题4】
(varius) f activities in fields such as the visual arts, crafts, theater, music and dance will be held in multiple
【小题
7】
reminds peple
【小题8】
a gathering where different cultures strengthen each ther, which is
【小题9】
reflectin f ur daily life, either
f ur career r persnal life. The festival will prvide pprtunity
【小题10】 (discver) new art frms.
下周，学校急救知识宣传小组将举办一次宣传活动。请你用英语在学校的英语墙报上撰写一则通知，内容包括：
1.活动时间和地点；

2.活动目的和内容；
3.鼓励全校师生积极参与。
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。
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The First Aid Awareness Team
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。
After schl, I rushed back hme, excited. "Mm," I said, "I've been nminated（提名）fr the Natinal Junir Hnr Sciety." My mther patted my
shulders, saying, "I'm s prud f yu."
As I filled ut the hnr sciety applicatin frm, I had t prve that I had all the characteristics required in a candidate: schlarship, leadership,
service, and character. I wrte that I wrked hard at my classes; I made the high hnr rll mst quarters; I listed my singing with the District Select
Chrus t raise mney fr the cmmunity. The next day, I handed in the applicatin frm t the schl and didn't think any mre abut it.
Mnths went by, and I received a letter frm the schl abut the hnr sciety. My mther was typing at the cmputer. "Mm," I said sadly, "I
didn't make the hnr sciety." She smiled and held up her hand t give me a high five. "Yu are jking." I felt tears rll dwn frm my eyes. "N, really,
they didn't pick me," I said and handed her the letter.
"Oh, hney, I'm srry. I thught yu were kidding," my mther replied. "There must be sme mistake." She grabbed the phne and dialed the
principal （校长）. He tld her that n mistake was made. It was the decisin f the schl cmmittee.
"It's nt fair," I said that night at supper. My mther agreed. Nearly all f my friends were chsen fr the hnr sciety. Nt being a member f the
hnr sciety wasn't ging t ruin my future, but it was hurting me nw.
My dad nted, "They shuld set up specific requirements fr selectin. Fr example, each candidate must have five hurs f cmmunity service a
mnth." "The cmmittee shuld give a reasn why I wasn't chsen, s the student can d better," I said.
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。
Hearing my wrds, Dad advised having a discussin abut the selectin prcess.
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A few days later, the principal phned t say that the cmmittee was ging t use sme f ur suggestins.
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