2024南昌一中高二下学期4月期中英语试题

这是一份2024南昌一中高二下学期4月期中英语试题，共9页。试卷主要包含了5分，满分7等内容，欢迎下载使用。
第一部分 听力（共两节, 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. Wh des the wman suggest the man travel with?
A. Jhn. B. David. C. Craig.
2. What is the date n the letter?
A. The 2nd. B. The 8th. C. The 10th.
3. What will the wman d n Friday?
A. Watch a basketball game.B. Perfrm at the art festival.C. Jin the band practice.
4. Which bk did the man enjy reading?
A. The Great Gatsby. B. Wuthering Heights. C. Vanity Fair.
5. What made the wman start learning Kung Fu?
A. Its beauty attracted her.
B. Her cach advised her t try it.
C. She wanted t d sme physical exercise.
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。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. Where did the wman get the dress?
A. Frm a secnd-hand shp.B. Frm a shpping mall.C. Frm a factry.
7. What’s the main reasn fr the wman t buy the dress?
A. It has gd quality. B. It is nt expensive. C. It is gd fr the envirnment.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What is the relatinship between the speakers?
A. Mther and sn. B. Teacher and parent. C. Husband and wife.
9. What will the wman d later?
A. Talk t her family. B. Jin a schl club. C. Buy a gift.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. At the ffice. B. At the restaurant. C. At the supermarket.
11. What’s the wman’s favrite thing abut the sandwich shp?
A. The envirnment. B. The fd. C. The prices.
12. What is the man ging t eat?
A. A beef sandwich. B. A chicken sandwich. C. A cheese sandwich.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Hw des the man feel at first?
A. Excited. B. Dubtful. C. Upset.
14. What des the wman ffer t d?
A. Help the man apply fr a curse.
B. Fix the technical prblem.
C. Put ff the deadline.
15. Which curse des the man want t sign up fr mst?
A. Creative writing. B. Fictin writing. C. Business writing.
16. What des the man need t bring t the first class?
A. His ID Card. B. Curse materials. C. A ntebk.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the talk mainly abut?
A. The develpment f electric cars in Califrnia.
B. The new rules annunced in Califrnia.
C. The temperature rise in Califrnia.
18. When shuld all sales f cars in Califrnia be electric?
A. By 2026. B. By 2030. C. By 2035.
19. What des Califrnia have the biggest number f in America?
A. Peple. B. Beaches. C. Frests.
20. What may inspire Califrnia t fight climate change accrding t the speaker?
A. The plicies made by ther states.
B. The natural beauty in Califrnia.
C. The bvius rise in glbal temperatures.
第二部分 阅读 （共两节，满分50分）
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）
A
If yu want t knw smething abut British life, their spirit, and even their humr, watching sme classic British films will certainly help. Here are sme recmmended t yu.
Ntting Hill
After the success f his film Fur Weddings and a Funeral, writer and prducer Richard Curtis captured the essence f being British in 1999’s Ntting Hill. Set against the backgrund f affluent (富足的) West Lndn, the film became ppular fr its charming and funny prtrayal(刻画) f a British nbdy trying t impress a Hllywd star.
The Full Mnty
This 1997 film is a Sheffield-based cmedy abut six unemplyed men wh frm a grup t make mney fr a better life. Despite its humr, the film dives deeper int sme serius issues surrunding wrking-class culture. The Full Mnty is an uplifting film that gives an insight int the wrk and life f the wrking class in Britain.
Trainsptting
Danny Byle’s 1996 cmedy-drama Trainsptting is abut a grup f Scts in the 1980s, based n the bk by Irvine Welsh. With a cast f truly great actrs including Ewan MeGregr, the tale impressed the audience glbally. It rapidly became a critical success.
Mnty Pythn’s Life f Brian
Featuring a jam-packed cast f cmedic stars. Mnty Pythn’s Life f Brian tells the stry f a yung man wh is in a case f mistaken identity. The film reflects the unusual and wnderful British sense f humur. As a film guaranteed t entertain, Mnty Pythns Life f Brian is nt t be missed by thse lking fr an insight int what makes the British laugh.
21．What can the audience learn abut by watching The Full Mnty?
A．Hardships f cmedic starsB．Daily life f peple in West Lndn
C．Unique experiences f sme Scts.D．Life f the British wrking class.
22．What kind f film des Mnty Pythn’s Life f Brian belng t?
A．A cmedy film.B．A science fictin film.
C．An actin mvieD．A hrrr mvie.
23．Which f the fllwing films is adapted frm a bk?
A．Ntting Hill.B．The Full Mnty.
C．Trainsptting.D．Mnty Pythn’s Life f Brian.
B
J. K. Rwling frequently shws there is magic every day. Her Harry Ptter series has helped peple thrugh times f stress and depressin and she is always there t deliver wise wrds f encuragement.
She is ne celebrity wh is very active n Twitter. S when a single dad named Matt Burke sent her a message thanking her fr the series, she nticed. Her series had helped strengthen his relatinship with his 9­year­ld daughter Bailey.
He included a link t his article titled Being a Brke Parent. He explained hw he hadn’t fund a level f financial stability that allwed him t pay bills n time and take his daughter n mre activities and events. The family als desn’t have the Internet r TV, which means there’s n “digital babysitter” and he has t rely n his wn creative ways t bnd with his daughter. Since he received the series, the main thing that has ccupied them these days is reading bks tgether.
Burke admits that he thught he was “t cl” fr the bks when they first came ut and he was in his twenties, but he’s lving reading them nw. “We switch ff chapter by chapter reading them ut lud，“Burke explains.”This nt nly allws her t get mre used t reading alud in frnt f smene, but it gets me directly invlved in smething she lves, and it gives me the chance t be very dramatic when I read my chapters and bring myself int the characters in the bk, which has prven t be a tn f fun.”
After hearing Burke’s stry, Rwling said hw hnred she was when Harry Ptter was a part f his family’s life and ffered Burke mre bks. Besides, peple are als ffering t send Burke mre bks as gifts. Fr Burke, this experience, far mre than gifts, will be what he treasures.
24．Why did Burke thank accrding t the text?
A．She guided him hw t write a gd stry.
B．She encuraged him when he was in truble.
C．Her bks helped him thrugh times f cnfusin.
D．Her bks helped him imprve his bnd with his daughter.
25．What is implied in Burke’s wrds in paragraph 4?
A．He has fund it interesting t read the series.
B．He was t ld t understand the series better.
C．He has chsen a better way f reading the series.
D．He hpes t play a rle in the drama in the future.
26．Which wrd can best describe Burke’s experience accrding t the text?
A．Useless. B．Nrmal. C．Valuable. D．Bring.
27．What is the main idea f this text?
A． chses t help imprve kids’ health.
B． gives a magical gift t a single father.
C． has a deep influence n thers’ grwth.
D．Burke cmes t knw thrugh her series.
C
Fr decades sleep scientists have thught ver the link between dreaming and creative inspiratin. They have lng thught the insight came frm the stage f rapid eye mvement sleep, which is rich with dreams and begins arund 90 minutes after ne falling asleep. But new evidence puts the sptlight n a much earlier phase — the perid that separates sleep and wakefulness. In a study by MIT, researchers shw that peple wh take brief naps (小睡) that bring abut the beginning f sleep scre higher n several measures f creativity than thse wh undertake the tasks after staying awake.
The findings suggest researchers culd even exercise sme measure f cntrl ver the dreaming prcess by directing peple's dreams tward a specific tpic. The mre frequently peple dreamed abut that, the mre creative they were n tasks related t it. “We can cme t the cnclusin that dreaming abut a tpic enhances yur subsequent creativity n it,” says Rbert Stickgld, a member f the study team.
The experiment tk advantage f a glvelike sleep detectr, which charts sleep by mnitring ne's muscle tne, skin cnductance and heart rate thrugh cntacts n the wrist and hand. It cmmunicates with an app that issues vice prmpts (提示) fr dreams and recrds dream reprts.
Mre than ne famus thinker has capitalized n the phase called nn-rapid eye mvement sleep stage 1,r N1, illustrating the pint abut generating creative insights. The painter Salvadr Dalí wuld deliberately nap, hlding a set f keys abve a metal plate, when thinking ver an idea fr a painting. As he ndded ff, he'd drp the keys, which wuld hit the plate and wake him up, and he'd hld nt the image frm his dream. Thmas Alva Edisn is said t have used a similar technique with metal balls t gain insights.
“It's exciting because, in principle, peple culd use the technlgy themselves t develp creativity,” says Jnathan Schler, a prfessr f psychlgical and brain sciences at the University f Califrnia. There seems t be n shrtage f flks cming t try it. “S many different kinds f peple have visited, kncking n the lab dr and asking t have dreams,” c-lead investigatr Haar Hrwitz says.
28．Which phase bsts creative ideas accrding t the study?
A．The initial sleep stage.
B．The middle f the sleep cycle.
C．The wakefulness after sleep.
D．The rapid eye mvement sleep stage.
29．What d the findings mentined in paragraph 2 shw?
A．Physical changes reflect the sleep phase.
B．Dream cntents relate t real life.
C．Creativity levels vary with the nap length.
D．The theme f the dream can be guided.
30．What des the underlined wrd “charts” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Encurages.B．Imprves.C．Tracks.D．Influences.
31．Why are Salvadr Dalí and Thmas Alva Edisn mentined?
A．T prve the effect f dreams.
B．T prvide supprt fr the findings.
C．T interpret the benefits f N1.
D．T give examples f fueling creativity.
D
I’m used t seeing small leaps in technlgical prgress, but ccasinally, there are things that will still shck me. At the end f last year, a cmpany called OpenAI released a truly jaw-drpping demnstratin f a new AI technlgy that feels almst like technlgy has skipped ahead by a few generatins.
This new AI technlgy is called ChatGPT, a cmputer prgram that can understand and respnd t human language. It is trained n a lt f text, s it can understand what peple are saying and respnd in a way that sunds like a real persn. What’s even mre amazing is that ChatGPT seems frighteningly human in its ability t understand questins and answer them cmpetently. “Write a stry abut Lenard da Vinci in the style f Rald Dahl,” yu can ask it, and it’ll spin up a pretty gd children’s stry.
One area where I’ve fund ChatGPT t be enrmusly useful is its ability t write cmputer cde. This has particularly amazed me as unlike the English language, when yu write cde it has t be very precise and carefully structured – but when I asked it t write me a prgram that wuld put sme data int a database fr me, in a particularly cmplex way, within secnds it generated smething that wuld have taken me hurs t d manually (人工地).
ChatGPT isn’t cmpletely human, hwever. Fr example, it smetimes generates things that sund true, but are actually just nnsense. This is because f the way the AI learns thrugh pattern recgnitin. There’s n real intelligence perating there – it is just repeating smething based n what it has “read” befre. ChatGPT is better at sme tasks than thers: it can write a brilliant invitatin email, but its ability t rhyme leaves a lt t be desired.
And this is why I’m pretty cnvinced that ChatGPT is ging t change the wrld, sner rather than later. It’s already hugely impressive, but what exists at the mment is just a demnstratin. Once the same AI is built int ther apps and can cnnect t the live internet t learn mre, it will becme even mre sphisticated. Our cmputers will n lnger be just ur wrd prcessrs, but ur writing partners t.
32．What can we learn abut ChatGPT frm the secnd paragraph?
A．It can talk t peple with emtin.
B．It seems like having a cnversatin with a real persn.
C．It is unable t generate riginal cntent.
D．What it can d frightens many peple.
33．Which aspect abut ChatGPT’s ability t generate respnses des the authr feel t be particularly useful?
A．Its efficiency.B．Its precisin.C．Its structure.D．Its diversity.
34．What des paragraph 4 mainly talk abut?
A．AI cannt think the same way as humans d.
B．There’s n real intelligence in the wrld.
C．ChatGPT has sme limitatins.
D．ChatGPT is better than ther chatbt AI.
35．What is the authr’s attitude tward ChatGPT?
A．Optimistic.B．Wrried.C．Dubtful.D．Cnservative.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Health is wealth. 36 Here are sme ways t prevent diseases and take care f yurself s yu can live yur healthiest, best life.
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A study published in 2019 cncluded that cnsumptin f mre than 4 servings f extra-prcessed fd was assciated with a 62% increased danger fr all-cause deaths. Fr each additinal serving, all-cause deaths increased t 18%. These fds can cause chrnic inflammatin (慢性炎症), a nrmal bdily prcess that can cntribute t heart disease, diabetes and even cancer.
Get yur chlesterl (胆固醇) checked.
When checking yur chlesterl, yur test results will shw yur chlesterl levels in milligrams per decilitre. It’s crucial t get yur chlesterl checked because yur dctr will be able t advise yu n hw t maintain healthy levels. 38
Watch yur bld pressure.
39 Having high bld pressure puts yu at risk fr heart disease and strke, which are leading causes f death in the United States. Even small weight lss can help manage r prevent high bld pressure in many verweight peple.
Get up and get mving.
Thrw away any cmmn miscnceptins abut exercising like that it has t be in a gym r a structured envirnment. 40 Taking 10, 000 steps a day is a ppular gal because research has shwn that when cmbined with ther healthy behavirs, it can lead t a decrease in chrnic illness like diabetes, metablic syndrme and heart disease. Exercise des nt need t be dne in cnsecutive (连续的) minutes. Yu can walk fr 30 t 60 minutes nce a day r yu can d activities tw t three times a day in 10 t 20 minute increments.
A．Watch yur bdy mass.
B．Make healthy fd chices.
C．Frequency, intensity and time are what matter mst.
D．Sleep restres us and has a huge effect n hw we feel.
E．In turn it lwers yur chances f getting heart disease and strke.
F．Nrmal bld pressure is defined as bld pressure