湖北省武昌实验中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题

这是一份湖北省武昌实验中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题，共13页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，完形填空，语法填空，书信写作，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

一、阅读理解
A Taste f China
I nce travelled acrss China. As a chef, I really felt at hme with this place and realized that its variety f fd is as vast as its land.
In Beijing, I tk t eating Beijing Rast Duck. The barbecue gives it that famus smky flavur. Crunchy n the utside and sft n the inside, the tender and juicy duck ges well with the pancakes and the sweet sauce. Peple say that when in Rme, d as the Rmans d. Table manners are n exceptin. I had t hld chpsticks instead f a knife and frk while eating.
In Shandng, I came acrss Fur-Jy Meatball in a wedding feast. The large rund meatball is steamed thrugh t keep its riginal flavr. Slightly rugh and brwn utside but incredibly sft inside, it melts in the muth. I didn’t think anything culd beat my tender bacn until I met it!
When it cmes t smething spicy, what else but Chngqing ht pt! There is nthing that a ht pt can’t fix, s n tur f China is cmplete withut trying a ht pt. In the restaurant I chse, there were s many custmers eating that there’s nt enugh rm t swing a cat. I have t say my muth was n fire but I just culdn’t stp!
As well as a burning muth, I was left with a full stmach, sme lvely memries, and a wider understanding f the tastes f China.
1．What d Beijing Rast Duck and Fur-Jy Meatball have in cmmn?
A．They adpt the same cking methd.B．They’re served with dipping sauce.
C．They have crispy skin and tender meat.D．Their flavur defeat tender bacn
2．What can we knw frm the furth paragraph?
A．Chngqing ht pt is the nly spicy fd.
B．Ht pt is a must when traveling in China.
C．Pets are nt allwed int ht pt restaurants.
D．Spicy fd fails t appeal t the authr.
3．Where is the text mst prbably taken frm?
A．A travel jurnal.B．A restaurant guide
C．A Chinese recipe.D．An nline fd review.
There’s anther universe nt far frm land. It lacks buildings, trees, cars, cellphnes and the Internet. Seemingly limitless water extends uninterruptedly in all directins. Civilizatin ges away, alng with any sign f humanity. And it is why I’m really int sailing. I grew up arund bats. My father liked sailing and built them.
My lder sister and I were stuffed int a car nearly every summer weekend until my late teens t make the trip frm nrtheast Indiana t the suth shre f Lake Erie in Ohi, where Talisman built by my father waited patiently thrugh the week.
As a kid, I read the adventures f Rbin Lee Graham, a traveller explring the sea alne, in the pages f Natinal Gegraphic and, later, in Graham’s bk, Dve. Hwever, it wasn’t until abut 20 years ag, well int my adulthd, that I tk up sailing in a serius way. I’ve made vyages in fair and strmy weather, n my wn bats and thse f my friends, and ranging frm nearshre day sails t blue-water passages.
Still, I’ve made plenty f mistakes. While living in Asia, a sailing friend and I set ff acrss the Suth China Sea and intended t get t Thailand, nly t be pushed by a late-seasn typhn that frced us t make landfall in Vietnam, glad t be alive.
Years later, my wife and I lived abard ur 37-ft ship, Symbisis, while we saved enugh t take a tw-year leave frm ur jbs t jurney dwn the U.S. Atlantic cast and thrugh the Bahamas and the Caribbean. We visited many places that never see ships r airplanes and that are nearly impssible t reach anyway ther than at the helm f a small bat. But bats are expensive and time-cnsuming.
After returning frm the Caribbean a few years ag, we decided t sell Symbisis, reslving instead t sail nly “ther peple’s bats”. It didn’t last, thugh. A few mnths ag, we fund a gd deal n a smaller sailbat—easier t maintain but still capable f sme shrt ffshre jurneys. I think we’ll name her Talisman.
4．What wuld the authr d n summer weekends as a kid?
A．He wuld explre the lst civilizatin.
B．He wuld tur nrtheast Indiana by car.
C．He wuld patiently wait fr his father.
D．He wuld sail with his father and his sister.
5．What can we learn abut the bk Dve?
A．It is the mst famus wrk by Graham.
B．It was published in Natinal Gegraphic.
C．It has smething t d with explring the sea.
D．It was an inspiratin fr the authr’s writing.
6．Why did the authr sell his ship Symbisis?
A．It didn’t functin well.B．He culdn’t affrd t maintain it.
C．He was fed up with sailing.D．He assumed thers’ bats were better.
7．What message des the authr cnvey by the underlined sentence?
A．He is particular abut bat names.
B．The new bat will be his favrite ne.
C．Talisman bred his lifelng passin fr sailing.
D．Talisman displayed his father’s craftsmanship
Marie Curie is remembered tday fr her pineering wrk n radiactivity, which nt nly earned her tw Nbel Prizes but als the recgnitin as the “mther f mdern physics”. But while her research int the radiactive elements plnium and radium may have secured her a lasting scientific legacy, thse same substances have als had a lasting effect n her bdy.
Then, in 1911, after much persnal tragedy (Pierre Curie had died suddenly in 1906), Curie was awarded the Nbel Prize fr Chemistry fr islating pure radium. She wuld g n t devte her research t the study f the chemistry f radiactive substances as well as their applicatins in medicine. In fact, if it were nt fr Curie’s wrk, ur treatments fr cancer wuld likely nt be anywhere near as develped as they are tday. But despite advcating precautins (预防), Curie’s cnsistent and prlnged expsure t these substances came at a cst.
Marie Curie died n July 4, 1934, frm aplastic anemia (再生障碍性贫血) caused by her wrk with radiatin. Despite its name, aplastic anemia is mre than just anemia; it is a rare bld cnditin that appears when bne marrw cannt make enugh new bld cells fr yur bdy t functin prperly. When Curie died, her bdy was s radiactive that she had t be laid t rest in a lead-lined (铅封的) cffin. Hwever, n ne knew this until 1995 when her cffin was unearthed.
At the time, the French authrities wanted t mve the Curies t the natinal cemetery, the Panthen, in hnr f their cntributins t science and fr being great figures in French histry. The fficials respnsible fr the exhumatin (掘尸) cntacted the French radiatin prtectin agency with cncerns abut remaining radiatin and asked fr assistance t prtect wrkers in the cemetery.
When the exhumers apprached the grave, they detected nrmal levels f radiatin n the air, which then rse as the grave was pened (thugh nt by large amunts). At first, Marie Curie’s cffin appeared t be made f wd, but when pened, they fund it was lined with 2.5 millimeters (0.09 inches) f lead. Later examinatin f Curie’s bdy revealed that she had remained remarkably well preserved and nly small levels f alpha and beta cntaminatin were detected. This, accrding t The Jurnal f British Sciety fr the Histry f Radilgy, was likely because Curie had taken steps t limit expsure t radiatin in later life.
8．We can infer frm the text that Marie Curie ________.
A．invested amunts f mney in her research
B．was awarded the Nbel Prize fr radium precautin
C．is credited with the develpment f cancer treatment
D．abandned her research after her husband’s sudden death
9．What can we knw abut the exhumatin fficials?
A．They verestimated the actual radiatin level.
B．They were nt licensed fr the exhumatin wrk.
C．They had n regard fr the safety f their wrkers.
D．They were previusly infrmed f the lead-lined cffin.
10．Why nly small levels f radiatin was detected frm Curie’s bdy?
A．Her bdy remained remarkably well preserved.
B．Curie was less expsed t radiatin in later life
C．The exhumers lacked adequate assistance technically.
D．The lead-lined cffin prtect her bdy frm radiatin.
11．Which wrds can best describe Marie Curie based n the text?
A．Remarkable but careless.B．Successful but aggressive.
C．Ambitius and cnsiderate.D．Cmmitted and persistent.
It is a general belief amng academics that the humanities(人文学科) are in crisis. Accrding t Harvard histrian James Hankins, part f the prblem is the dminance f “critical” reading ver “primary” reading. Primary reading takes a text at face value and simply tries t understand what the authr intended t say. Critical reading assumes an authr’s statements can never be taken at face value. Instead, they must be “seen thrugh” t expse the text’s real meaning, which is determined in line with this r that fashinable thery.
Mr. Hankins says primary reading “must be recvered” fr higher educatin in the humanities t be effective. I wuld g further. Primary reading isn’t imprtant nly fr the humanities, but fr educatin mre generally. The restratin f primary reading culd be a crucial weapn in fighting the “idle talk” that trubles American sciety.
Idle talk was philspher Martin Heidegger’s term fr inauthentic discurse(话语). It invlves adpting and circulating thers’ pinins abut smething withut ever persnally engaging that thing fr yurself. Peple engaged in idle talk speak in line with expectatins fr their particular rle. They hld and express the pinins a persn in their rle is expected t hld.
Idle talk can be harmless. Each year my mther frms strng pinins abut which films shuld win Academy Awards withut seeing any f them, after reading articles by critics she favrs. But idle talk can als be dangerus. Cnsider jurnalism. The nrm nwadays is fr ne reprter t break a stry, fllwed by dzens r hundreds f jurnalists recycling that cntent. They may add a little spin f their wn but rarely lk int the issue fr themselves—even when this wuld require but a few clicks. Sme jurnalists even just search scial media fr the stry f the day and rewrite it in their wn wrds.
It culd be argued that scial media has cntributed t the ppularizatin f idle talk. Authentic discurse requires time, effrt and gd-faith engagement, but scial media tends t encurage the ppsite. Scial media raises this vice, pushing it int user feeds 24/7. We hear abut everything, and we can’t hear abut anything withut als being tld what pinin we shuld have abut it. Opinins befre facts; knw what t think abut smething befre actually lking int it fr yurself. And really, why even bther with that?
Primary reading isn’t nly smething the humanities need. Our entire culture needs its value t be recgnized and restred.
12．What d we knw frm the first tw paragraphs?
A．Critical reading leads t the crisis in the humanities.
B．Critical reading is generally dminated nwadays.
C．Primary reading fails t expse the real meaning.
D．Primary reading isn’t imprtant fr the humanities.
13．What des the underlined wrd “spin” in paragraph 4 prbably mean?
A．Interpretatin.B．Interventin.C．Interactin.D．Investigatin.
14．What des the authr think f scial media?
A．It tends t encurage high engagement.B．It prmtes the spread f idle talk
C．It ffers peple facts instead f pinins.D．It advcates independent thinking ability.
15．What’s the authr’s advice fr readers?
A．T fcus mre n facts.B．T get ff scial media.
C．T gain an insight int idle talk.D．T read riginal texts exclusively.
Aunt Suzy insists yu have secnds befre yu’ve even finished yur meal. Or yu can cunt n yur cwrker t say things like, “I can’t believe yu’re nly ging t have a salad fr lunch! “These are bth examples f fd pushing.
It’s cmmn t find yurself in a situatin where smene is pressuring yu t eat r cmmenting n yur fd chices. Intentinal r nt, the pressure t eat can make yu feel uncmfrtable, r wrse, disturb yur dietary preferences. 16
Change the subject. It can be helpful t change the subject immediately upn yur respnse. Yu can simply say, “n thank yu”, and immediately fllw with a questin t distract the fd pusher. 17
Keep it psitive. Avid making negative cmments abut the fd, yur bdy, r health cnditin when declining a fd pusher. 18 . Praise the chef fr their hard wrk and hw amazing the fd lks r smells while plitely saying n.
19 Cmmunicating yur bundaries hnestly and penly puts yu back in cntrl f what yu eat and lets thers knw yur wants and needs. Remember, yu’re allwed t say n withut feeling guilty.
Avid challenging situatins. Yu knw yur fd preferences. Take time befrehand t research the restaurant r ask abut the menu s yu can be sure there’s fd yu can eat. 20
Even if yu can’t find the “right” way t say n, chances are n permanent damage will be dne t the relatinships in yur life when yu d, s stick t yur guns. Remember, n ne but yu is in cntrl f yur wn behavir. Yu have the right t make yur persnal health a tp pririty.
A．Stay hnest.
B．Instead, keep it light.
C．Hld yur bundaries.
D．It may be smething like “what are yur plans fr this weekend?”
E．It may be uncmfrtable, but yu’ll have t kindly repeat yurself.
F．Having that infrmatin will empwer yu t make suitable chices.
G．Learning hw t say n will help yu cpe with similar experiences.
二、完形填空
I ften read f incidents f misunderstanding r cnflict. I’m left 21 . Why d these peple create mistrust and prblems, especially with thse frm ther 22 ?
I was grwing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, when children frm different races and religins played and studied tgether 23 . At that time my family lived a stne’s 24 frm Ismail’s. And n ne was bthered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just 25 ur differences. Perhaps, ur elders had nt filled ur heads with unnecessary advice, well 26 r therwise. We were nine when we became friends. During the schl hlidays, we’d explre the cuntryside n ur bicycles, hping t 27 the unexpected. At times Ismail wuld accmpany my family as we made a rare shpping trip t twn. We wuld be glad f his 28 . When I was twelve, my family mved t Jhr. Ismail’s family later returned t their village, and I lst tuch with him.
One spring afternn in 1983, I stpped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. When I 29 my destinatin, the driver acknwledged my 30 but did nt mve ff. Instead, he lked fixedly at me. “Raddar?” he said, using my childhd nickname. I was astnished at being s 31 addressed. Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after tw 32 we still recgnized each ther. Grasping his shulder, I felt a true 33 , smething hard t describe.
If we can allw ur children t be themselves withut prejudice, they’ll build friendships with peple 34 race r religin, wh will be 35 their side thrugh thick and thin. On such friendships are scieties built and then we can truly be, as William Shakespeare nce wrte, “We happy few. We band f brthers”.
21．A．fascinatedB．curiusC．frustratedD．puzzled
22．A．partiesB．natinalitiesC．reginsD．races
23．A．at randmB．in harmnyC．n ccasinD．by turns
24．A．castB．drpC．flightD．rll
25．A．embracedB．remvedC．sughtD．defended
26．A．paidB．preservedC．meantD．treated
27．A．get thrughB．cme acrssC．deal withD．run int
28．A．absenceB．chiceC．effrtD．cmpany
29．A．statedB．tracedC．decidedD．rdered
30．A．instructinsB．attemptsC．intentinsD．arrangements
31．A．similarlyB．strangelyC．familiarlyD．dramatically
32．A．departuresB．decadesC．yearsD．mnths
33．A．infectinB．affectinC．mtivatinD．hmesickness
34．A．let alneB．accrding tC．rather thanD．regardless f
35．A．frmB．withC．byD．against
三、语法填空
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。
Liu Lijia takes a break frm her cmputer screen in Beijing and places tw 36 (rder) n her mbile phne, ne fr herself and anther fr a friend in the suthern city f Guangzhu sme 2, 200 km away.
Befre lng, brick-and-mrtar chain stres(实体连锁店) in the tw cities have the rders 37 (deliver)—tw tea drinks blended with fruits and cheese. While 38 (take) sips f the tea-based beverages, the pair pst snapshts n scial media t shw their visual “tea party”.
In recent years, China 39 (see) a bm in “new tea beverages” that cmbine brewed tea, fresh fruits and vegetables, smetimes laced with dairy prducts r juice, which are 40 (particular) sught-after amng yung peple like Liu.
41 natural ingredients, fancy designs and digital services, such drinks cater t the spending habits and aesthetics f yung cnsumers, a grup that seeks nvelty and has relatively strng buying pwer, 42 bservers believe reflects a new cnsumer market.
As lightweight cmmdities, new tea drinks 43 (expect) t meet yung peple’s desire fr relaxatin and scial sharing, and have even becme 44 vehicle fr scial life.
“Peple say that a cup f tea beverage a day keeps 45 (tired) away, and I d agree with that,” Liu said.
四、书信写作
46．假设你是晨光中学的李华。你校近期要举办英语演讲比赛，请以“Chinese Yuth f the New Era”为题，写一篇演讲稿。内容包括：
1. 新青年应具备的品质；
2. 新青年应该如何做。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 内容充实、行文连贯；
3. 题目已给出，不计入总词数。
Chinese Yuth f the New Era
Dear fellw students,
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五、书面表达
47．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。
It was in the 1930s, and things were tugh. Mum had a hard time raising us n her wn in ur small cmmunity f New Westminster, BC． My dad had drwned in Pitt Lake, five years ag.
Lking back, I realize what Mum went thrugh sending us kids t schl. Every mrning she wuld put a new piece f cardbard in ur shes, because the bttm parts were wrn ut. When we gt hme, Mum wuld have “French tast” ready fr us. Cnstant mving was typical fr my family in thse times. Rent was 25 dllars a mnth, but Mum culdn’t pay it, and we knew we wuld be evicted right after Christmas n the first f January.
Christmas was appraching, and we were entitled t a twenty-five-dllar Christmas fund frm scial services. The inspectr came t ur huse, and searched it frm tp t bttm t be sure we didn’t have any fd hidden away. When he didn’t find any, he issued the cheque t Mum.
Mum said that instead f buying fd, she wuld use the 25 dllars t pay back rent, assuring all f us a rf ver ur heads fr a little while lnger. She tld us then there wuld be nthing fr Christmas.
Unknwn t Mum, I had been selling Christmas tree, cleaning snw, and ding part-time jbs t earn enugh mney t buy a new pair f bts. Bts that weren’t patched, bts with n cardbard in the sles. I knew exactly which bts I wanted. They were ten-inch Tp Genuine Pierre Paris and they had a price f 23 dllars.
Well, the big day came n the afternn f Christmas Eve. I was excited, as I hurried up the rad t the she stre, but n the way I nticed a huse with Christmas lights and decratins. It was then I realized at ur huse, we had n lights, n decratins, nr any mney fr Christmas meals. I knew that we wuld have n turkey r ham fr Christmas, and I felt sad.
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。
As I cntinued walking, I began t recnsider my plan.
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With great excitement and tears, I kncked n the dr f ur huse.
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参考答案：
1．C 2．B 3．A
4．D 5．C 6．B 7．D
8．C 9．A 10．B 11．D
12．B 13．A 14．B 15．A
16．G 17．D 18．B 19．A 20．F
21．D 22．D 23．B 24．A 25．A 26．C 27．B 28．D 29．A 30．A 31．C 32．B 33．B 34．D 35．C
36．rders 37．delivered 38．taking 39．has seen 40．particularly 41．With 42．which 43．are expected 44．a 45．tiredness