福建省福州市福外高级中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（原卷版）

这是一份福建省福州市福外高级中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（原卷版），共10页。试卷主要包含了选择题等内容，欢迎下载使用。
英语学科试卷
注：试卷分为选择题与非选择题两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟
一、选择题
第一部分 听力（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）
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。
1. Why did the wman have t walk?
A. Her car was brken. B. Her car was brrwed. C. Her car was stlen.
2. Hw much culd the wman save accrding t the man?
A. 15 bucks. B. 20 bucks. C. 30 bucks.
3. What did the by d this mrning?
A. He had a histry lessn. B. He had a chemistry lessn. C. He attended a meeting.
4. What shuld kids d in the man’s pinin?
A. Eat mre ptates. B. D mre exercises. C. Watch mre TV.
5 When will the wman arrive there?
A. At 1:45 pm. B. At 2:00 pm. C. At 2:15 pm.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。现在你有10秒钟时间阅读这两个小题。
6. What is the man ging t d in the summer vacatin?
A. Stay at hme. B. D a part-time jb. C. Prepare fr a test.
7. What did the wman d last summer?
A. She wrked in a shp. B. She wrked in a bar. C. She studied at hme.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。现在你有15秒的时间阅读这三个小题。
8. Hw des the wman feel abut jazz?
A. It is ppular. B. It is exciting. C. It is relaxing.
9. What d we knw abut the wman?
A. She will buy sme CDs.
B. She hasn’t listened t peras.
C. She likes classical music best.
10 Hw many cmpsers are mentined?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。现在你有15秒钟时间阅读这三个小题。
11. What curse des the man mst prbably teach?
A. Chemistry. B. Mdern American nvel. C. Calculus.
12. What des the wman think f the music curse?
A. Difficult. B. Easy. C. Just s-s.
13. What des the man seem t be mst cncerned abut?
A. Whether the girl can deal with six curses.
B. Whether his seminar is welcmed.
C. Whether the girl can visit him.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。现在你有15秒钟时间阅读这三个小题。
14. What is the man ging t d?
A. Have a jb interview. B. G shpping. C. Attend a party.
15. What lks terrible n the man accrding t the wman?
A. The jacket. B. The pants. C. The tie.
16. What clr tie is the man ging t wear?
A. Orange. B. Red. C. Blue.
17. What makes the man lk smarter?
A. The briefcase. B. The black shes. C. The suit.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。现在你有15秒钟时间阅读这三个小题。
18. When is it gd fr stmach t eat sweets?
A. At the beginning f a meal.
B. In the middle f a meal.
C. At the end f a meal.
19. Which is a gd eating habit?
A. Eating ice-cream befre a meal.
B Eating at the same time each day.
C. Eating when we are angry.
20. Hw culd judges in England knw a man was telling lies?
A. He culd nt swallw dry bread.
B. He ate t much bread.
C. He refused t eat bread.
第二部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每题2.5分，满分37.5分）
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The mysterius science f reading gestures is explained using practical explanatins and clear images. Gestures are prducts f bth genetic (遗传的) and envirnmental influences. Understanding ur gestures is nt as difficult as sme peple wuld have yu believe. All human beings use them and s actually have a “built-in” ability t recgnise and read it.
Fingers crssed
Generally this means “wishing fr gd luck r frtune”.
Anther explanatin culd be seen as “here’s hping”. The gesture prbably has Christian rigins where the gesture was believed t get away frm evil. As such, peple believe that crssing the fingers when telling a lie smehw gets away frm the evil f the lie. Sme histrians believe that crssing yur fingers is a hidden r secret way f making the Christian sign f the crss a perfect way f defeating evils. As a gesture it has bth gd and bad meanings. Luck r lies.
Waving the first finger
Mthers and teachers are cmmn users with this hand gesture. In general, it is used t warn a single persn. It is a change f the “yu” gesture. If translated int language it wuld say “Stp whatever yu are ding and pay attentin t me. I am yur superir and I am warning yu!” Classed as a “silent” parent t child gesture, it is nt cmpletely allwed in an frmal ccasin where it will be explained as rude. Sme psychlgists believe that it has a meaning f the whip.
1. What can we infer frm the first paragraph?
A. Reading gestures is secret.B. Gestures are frmed in daily life.
C. Sme peple make reading gestures difficult n purpse.D. It is hard t explain gestures by images.
2. If a Christian crsses his fingers, he wants t .
A. shw he isn’t luckyB. wish t succeed
C. gets away frm the evil f the lieD. crss the street
3. If yur mum waves her first finger, she wants t .
A. wish fr gd luckB. stp yu
C. praise yuD. help yu
B
Marie Curie, brn in Skldvka, Pland in 1876, led a hard life as a girl. Her parents, bth teachers, had small salaries and were quite pr, especially after her mther stpped teaching t raise five children and take care f her pr health.
Marie’s mther suffered frm tuberculsis (肺结核) and died f it when Marie was ten. When Marie was small, she shwed great interest in science. She lved t study and hped t becme a scientist when she grew up. Her parents encuraged her interest in science. Excellent as she was in her studies, she culdn’t g n with the advanced educatin she needed because Pland was then ruled by Russia and wmen were nt permitted t g t cllege.
In rder t cntinue her educatin, she smthed away many difficulties and entered Paris University, where she lived a simple life and studied hard, s she graduated with the highest grades in her class.
After graduatin she was engaged in scientific research in Paris University.
There she met Pierre Curie whm she married. Pierre jined her in her research int an unknwn phenmenn “radiatin”, which a certain scientist had declared that uranium gave ff. The Curie spent several years trying their best t find the element that prduced radiatin.Finally they succeeded in 1902.
Marie Curie wn tw Nbel Prizes, ne fr physics in 1906, tgether with her husband and anther scientist; the ther fr chemistry herself in 1911. Madame Curie was a scientist f great achievement, and the first wman ever t be hnred in the Nbel Prize histry.
4. When Marie was yung,her family became prer because________.
A. the family had five childrenB. Marie’s mther gave up her jb
C. Marie’s father had a small salaryD. the family was cruelly taxed by the Russians
5. Marie culdn’t cntinue the advanced educatin because_______.
A. she wanted t help her father t supprt the family
B. her father culdn’t affrd t send her t cllege
C. clleges in Pland wuld nt take wmen as students then
D. her grades were very pr
6. What prves Marie was the best student in her class is that________.
A. her grades were the highest in her class
B. she smthed away many difficulties and entered Paris University
C. she did research wrk after her graduatin
D. she wn the Nbel Prize finally
7. The best title fr this passage is _______.
A. Madame Curie’s Interest in ScienceB. Madame Curie and Radiatin
C. Marie Curie’s ChildhdD. A Brief Intrductin f Madame Curie’s Life
C
Wrk starts early n White Gate Farm in East Lyme, Cnnecticut. By 7 a. m., farm manager Dan Wd was at the East Lyme Pst Office drpping ff a bx f fresh prduce that later in the day wuld be delivered by mail t Chelsea Gubbins, wh lives acrss twn.
White Gate Farm is a member f Farmers Pst, a pilt prgramme that enables smallhlder farms acrss eastern Cnnecticut t ship fresh prduce and ther farm prducts t lcal husehlds thrugh the United States Pstal Service (USPS). Farmers Pst takes advantage f a USPS prgramme called Cnnect Lcal that allws small businesses t ffer same-day and next-day delivery at a fixed lw cst.
Fd remains in the fields because either market prices are t lw r the cst f the wrkfrce is t high, r because the size and shape f the prduce make it unattractive t stres. Each year, arund 10 millin tns f crps never get harvested, causing abut 16% f ttal US fd lss and waste.
“Fd that is wasted has a much larger influence than just the lss f the fd itself,” says Julia Kurnik, senir directr f Innvatin Start-ups at WWF. “Everything that went int grwing it ges ut the windw as well—the water, the land, and the energy. And as the fd breaks dwn, it prduces greenhuse gases. The bad effects amplify greatly.”
Besides reducing fd waste, selling farm prducts directly t lcal custmers cuts dwn n the crss-cuntry shipping f fd grwn in Califrnia r elsewhere. This reduces the s-called fd miles that researchers believe cause abut 6% f the wrld’s greenhuse gases. Fruits and vegetables, which are ften transprted ut f seasn and require refrigeratin, prduce lts f greenhuse gases between farms and peple’s plates.
Wd understands that Farmers Pst can help t end that waste. “Farming is kind f like cking fr a big grup.” he says. “This is helping us get right n the mney, using almst 100% f what we grw and harvest.”
8. Why was Farmers Pst started?
A. T prvide prfessinal mdern farming methds.
B. T create mre delivery jbs fr lcal peple
C. T pick up and carry custmers t different farms.
D. T make the delivery f prduce easier and cheaper.
9. What may cause sme US crps t remain unharvested accrding t the text?
A. The limited need fr farm prducts.B. The shrtage f wrkers and harvesting tl.
C. Their lw value and pr quality.D. Bad weather and rad cnditins.
10. What des the underlined wrd “amplify” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. Increase.B. Slw.C. Switch.D. Weaken.
11. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A. The Fd Safety Mvement Has Met Sme Challenges
B. A Farm-t-Table Prgramme Helps Reduce Fd Waste
C. Farmers Pst Explres Ways t Make High-Quality Prducts
D. Small Farms Play a Leading Rle in Serving Cmmunities
D
On September 9, 2024, Apple released its latest iPhne 16 series at an event called “It’s Glwtime”. At the event, Tim Ck, the cmpany’s CEO, played up the prmise f the phnes’ AI features in a pre-recrded vide.
Indeed, the demnstratin seemed impressive. When Ck pinted the camera at a restaurant, the AI assistant Siri culd tell him what was n the menu. It als culd answer his questins fairly well and learn abut the users frm their interactins with their devices. Fr instance, Siri culd knw if a user’s mther was calling and acted apprpriately.
Apple is ne f many firms that want t take AI beynd huge data centres, knwn as the clud, and run it n smaller devices, knwn as the edge. Samsung, Apple’s majr cmpetitr, launched its Galaxy S24 with sme AI features earlier this year. S did Micrsft, which has launched Windws PCs designed fr AI. But their effrts have shwn that it is nt easy t shift clud-based AI mdels t the edge devices.
At present, clud-based AI mdels are mstly trained n graphics prcessing units (GPUs) that cnsume s much energy that it can take a nuclear-pwer plant t fuel them. They als need huge amunts f memry and data. All these can cst hundreds f millins f dllars. Even nce they are trained, running these AI mdels is cstly. Accrding t ne estimate, it csts OpenAI, the maker f ChatGPT, 36 cents every time smene asks its AI mdel a questin.
Cmpanies are experimenting with varius slutins t these prblems. Apple will ffer n-device AI t deal with the easiest tasks, but send trickier prblems t the firm’s private clud. The service will direct the mst difficult requests t third-party mdels such as ChatGPT. But even such smaller n-device AI mdels require a lt f cmputing pwer t run, which puts huge stress n the edge devices’ batteries.
“Making the technlgy wrk culd nt nly start a supercycle in device sales, but als create new pprtunities fr apps and digital advertising,” says Neil Shah f Cunterpint, a research firm. “But fr the mment, edge devices are barely ready fr basic functins, let alne Glwtime.”
12. What is the secnd paragraph mainly abut?
A. The Glwtime event.B. iPhne 16’s AI features.
C. Tim Ck’s perfrmance.D. The future f AI phnes.
13. Why are Samsung and Micrsft mentined in the text?
A. T tell readers hw bad cmpetitin can be.
B. T warn Apple f the ptential cnsequences.
C. T cmpare their newly released edge devices.
D. T shw hw hard it is t apply AI t edge devices.
14. What is the prblem with clud-based AI mdels?
A. OpenAI charges t much mney.
B. All f them have t be trained n GPUs.
C. It is t expensive t train and run them.
D. They can nly deal with the easiest tasks.
15. What des Neil Shah mst prbably imply?
A. iPhne 16 is bund t disappint its users.
B AI phnes’ success will depend n new apps.
C. Sales f AI phnes will increase greatly sn.
D. Tim Ck was nt hnest with the AI features.
第三部分 七选五（每题2.5分，共12.5分）
Making gd eye cntact is a surprisingly difficult yet imprtant part f gd cmmunicatin skills. If yu want t imprve yur ability t lk peple in the eye, yu can practice making eye cntact n yur wn t give the right impressin in cnversatins. ___16___
Try t relax as much as pssible. The mre yu think abut what yu’re ding, the mre awkward yu’ll feel. Yur nervusness can then be misinterpreted as dishnesty. ___17___ If yu’re ging int an imprtant meeting r interview, d sme breathing exercises. A few big, full, deep breaths can d a lt t calm yu dwn.
___18___ It’s actually physically smewhat difficult t keep yur eyes lcked n bth f anther persn’s eyes. It’s mre cmmn t fcus n ne, r n a spt n the face, rather than trying t lk at bth eyes at nce. If it helps, try mving back and frth between the tw eyes.
Break yur gaze (凝视) t make ther gestures while listening. ___19___ This lks natural as well as prviding yu with a needed break if necessary.
Try t keep yur eyes fcused while yu talk as well as listen. It’s ne thing t lk while yu’re listening. ___20___ Dn’t be afraid if yu have t break yur gaze ccasinally, but try t keep yur face and eyes frward and up as yu’re talking.
A. Fcus n ne eye.
B. Practice ther gd listening skills.
C. S staying relaxed is f particular imprtance.
D. Try t keep yur eyes pen as much as pssible.
E. Ding s can make yu a better listener and a mre effective speaker.
F. It’s gd t break eye cntact when yu’re laughing, r t nd and smile.
G. But it’s mre difficult t keep eye cntact while yu’re als trying t say smething.
第四部分 完形填空（每题1分，共15分）
Sarkar is a nantechnlgist (纳米技术专家) and assistant prfessr at MIT. She is cnducting her research n brain diseases that ____21____ the minds f millins f peple wrldwide.
Brn in Klkata, India, Sarkar credits bth f her parents as early ____22____. Her curage as a researcher cmes frm her ____23____, wh as a yung wman went against scial nrms (常态) in her village by ____24____ t fund her wn educatin. Meanwhile, Sarkar’s father ____25____ her interest in engineering. Sarkar recalls her father finding time fr his ____26____, fashining devices t make hme life mre ___27___, including an electricity-free washing machine. “That gt me very ____28____ in science and technlgy.” Sarkar says.
After ____29____ a bachelr’s degree in electrical engineering frm the Indian Institute f Technlgy Dhanbad, Sarkar _____30_____ Califrnia t study nanclectrnics. There, she tested new ways t _____31_____ nandevices that culd reduce the amunt f _____32_____ cnsumed by cmputers and ther everyday electrnics. _____33_____, she made a breakthrugh by develping a standut nandevice.
Alng the way, Sarkar became fascinated with the _____34_____, which she calls “the lwest energy cmputer”. She hpes t put nandevices between human neurns (神经细胞) t imprve the cmputing speed f the prcessr in ur brains. “Our brains are _____35_____, but we culd be better than what we are.” she says.
21. A. enrichB. readC. affectD. pisn
22. A. birdsB. researchersC. failuresD. inspiratins
23. A. auntB. mtherC. sisterD. grandmther
24. A. wrkingB. pretendingC. refusingD. waiting
25. A. prtectedB. switchedC. stimulatedD. supprted
26. A. jbB. hlidayC. discmfrtD. passin
27. A. cmplexB. cnvenientC. peacefulD. meaningful
28. A. interestedB. hnestC. luckyD. disappinted
29. A. startingB. carningC. needingD. intrducing
30. A. adapted tB. related tC. headed tD. belnged t
31. A. createB. fixC. perateD. sell
32. A. waterB. mneyC. pwerD. time
33. A. UnfrtunatelyB. ImmediatelyC. ObviuslyD. Eventually
34. A. cmputerB. brainC. exerciseD. fashin
35. A. emptyB. busyC. relaxedD. remarkable
第五部分 词汇运用（每题1.5分，共15分）
36. It is nt length f life, but _________(deep) f life. (所给词的适当形式填空)
37. ________ (give) that Yuan’s hybrids made him quite wealthy, ne might think he wuld have retired t a life f leisure. (所给词的适当形式填空)
38. The cllectin_________(cmprise) f 327 paintings s far. (所给词的适当形式填空)
39. It makes n difference______yu supprt my plan r nt. (用适当的词填空)
40. There is a grwing _________(tend) amng emplyers t hire casual staff. (所给词的适当形式填空)
41. The news was shcking, and there was a ________ (frighten) lk n her face. (所给词的适当形式填空)
42. Snw suspected that the water pump ________(blame). (所给词的适当形式填空)
43. N tl is _________ (pwerful) fr understanding the natural wrld than the scientific methd. (所给词的适当形式填空)
44. When ________ （wait）fr the pprtunity t get prmted, Henry did his best t perfrm his duty. (所给词的适当形式填空)
45. He nt nly exercises utdrs but als_________(read) bks indrs every weekend. (所给词的适当形式填空)
第六部分 语法填空（每题1.5分，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。
Yuan Lngping, ____46____ (knw) as the “father f hybrid rice”, is ne f China’s mst famus scientists. Hwever, he cnsidered himself a farmer because he ____47____ (cntinual) wrked the land in his research. Indeed, his slim but strng bdy was just like that f millins f Chinese farmers, t ____48____ he devted his life.
When he was yung, ____49____ cncerned him mst was that farmers ften had pr harvests and smetimes even had a serius ____50____ (shrt) f fd t eat. T tackle this crisis, he ____51____ (chse) t study agriculture at Suthwest Agricultural Cllege in Chngqing.
After ____52____ (graduate) frm cllege in 1953, he wrked as a researcher. ____53____ intense effrt, he successfully develped the first hybrid rice that culd be used fr farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers ____54____ (expand) their utput greatly. As a man f the sil, he cared little fr celebrity r mney. Instead, _____55_____ (make) large dnatins t supprt agricultural research was what he ften did.
第七部分 应用文写作（25分）
56. 你校正在组织英语作文比赛，请以“The Persn I Admire”为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：
1. 人物简介；
2. 钦佩和欣赏的原因。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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