江苏省扬州市广陵区红桥高级中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月期中英语试题

这是一份江苏省扬州市广陵区红桥高级中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月期中英语试题，共8页。
（本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 24 分）
做题时，请先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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。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. What wuld the man like t rder?
A.A cup f tea. B. Sme apple juice. C. Sme cffee.
2. Which prgram des the man like best?
A. News. B. Histry. C. Sprts.
3. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Salesgirl and custmer. B. Passenger and driver. C. Wife and husband.
4. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. In a bank. B. In a department stre. C. In a ticket ffice.
5. When did the fire prbably break ut?
A. At abut 7. B. At abut 8. C. At abut 9.
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. What des the man's friend want t drink?
A. Milk with sugar. B. Orange juice. C. Cffee with milk.
7. Hw much shuld the man pay?
A.10 yuan. B.90 yuan. C.100 yuan.
听第7段材料,回答第8.9题。
8. Wh did Fred have a fight with last night?
A. A strekeeper. B. A pliceman. C. His brther.
9. Where is Fred nw?
A. In the plice statin. B. In the hspital. C. At hme,
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. Whse huse is the girl ging t n Sunday?
A. Mary's. B. Susie's. C. Jenny's.
11. What will the girl prbably d n Friday?
A. See a mvie. B. G shpping. C. Watch a basketball game.
12. Why des the girl want her father t buy a new backpack fr her?
A. Her backpack is lst. B. Her backpack is brken. C. Her backpack is full f bks.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. In which place did Lisa find the wallet?
A. A park. B. A parking lt. C. A shpping mall.
14. What is inside the wallet?
A. A pht f a persn.该试卷源自 每日更新，享更低价下载。B. Sme paper and an ID card.
C. Sme mney and business cards.
15. Wh des the wallet prbably belng t?
A. A businessman. B. An ld lady. C. A schl by.
16. Hw will Lisa get in tuch with the wallet's wner?
A. By asking the plice fr help.
B. By making a telephne call.
C. By waiting where she fund the wallet.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. Wh mentined in the speech use camels in their sprts?
A. Americans. B. The Arabs. C. Chinese peple.
18. Which sprt has the lngest histry?
A. Vlleyball. B. Basketball, C. Running.
19. Hw ld is vlleyball sprt?
A. Less than 200 years. B. Abut 300 years. C. Over 1,000 years.
20. What ften cmes ut f a game in the speaker's pinin?
A. Friendship. B. Indignity. C. War.
第二部分 阅读理解（共三节；满分50分）
第一节 单项选择（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
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Lking fr a big-leafed huseplant that will make a statement in yur rm and decrate yurhme? If s, then yu’ve cme t the right place!
Peace Lily
Extremely easy t lk after this ppular, flwering plant is very tlerant and undemanding. It is a belved huseplant fr its large, glssy val leaves and unusual white spn-shaped flwers. Typically blming in the spring, this lvely plant can effectively brighten up a living space.
African Mask Plant
This indr plant is a smaller plant with large dark green leaves that are shaped like a heart. Native t trpical (热带的) parts f Africa, it prefers high heat and high humidity. That can be smewhat a tricky task fr the average plant wner t achieve in their hme, wh is likely t have truble duplicating (复制) these steamy cnditins.
Snake plant
Cmmnly referred t as mther-in-law’s tngue, it is ne f the easiest huseplants t take care f. With tall, twisting swrd-shaped leaves that grw upright, it has air-purifying capabilities and can merrily grw in almst dark crners f the huse. But the plant is pisnus t dgs and cats, s it’s wise t keep this plant away frm them, if yur pets are plant chewers.
Kentia Palm
Caring fr the Kentia Palm plant is very straightfrward, which can be neglected fr weeks at a time. Quite enjying a bit f shade, it has big leaves that grw frm a narrw base and is great fr filling a crner withut taking up much flr-space. Place it in frnt f a blank wall, and its archingfrnds (大型复叶) will cast beautiful shadws.
21. Which f the fllwing requires an experienced plant wner?
A. Peace Lily.
B. African Mask Plant.
C. Snake plant.
D. Kentia Palm.
22. What d we knw abut the Snake Plant?
A. It pses little danger t dgs and cats.
B. It is better fr purifying air than thers.
C. It gets its name frm a pisnus snake.
D. It grws well in shady areas f the huse.
23. What feature d the listed husehld plants share?
A. Distinctive leaves.
B. Flwering seasn.
C. Grwth temperature.
D. Striking size.
B
Fr many peple, barbecues are a chance t enjy a meal with family and friends. Fr Stan Hays, hwever, barbecuing becmes his skill t feed peple in need when the disaster happens.
The unique effrt began in May, when a severe trnad (龙卷风) hit Jplin, abut tw hurs frm Hays’ hme. His wife asked him t help. S, he put ut the wrd t his partners and headed dwn with his barbecue. “We thught we’d be there three t fur days, serving maybe 5,000 meals,” Hays said. But the need was there, s Hays and ver 300 vlunteers wrked fr 11 days t meet the need.
It was a life-changing experience fr Hays, wh had never rganized any type f large vluntary effrt befre. While preparing t head hme, he and his friends Will Cleaver and Jeff Stith came t the realizatin. “A barbecue cmmunity is able t respnd t disasters like this quickly,” Hays said. “S, befre we left, we put tgether a plan t create the Operatin BBQ Relief.”
During the last eight years, the grup has respnded t almst 60 disasters acrss the United States, including Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the wildfires in nrthern Califrnia. Mre than 6,800 vlunteers have jined the effrt, and the grup ften partners with ther rganizatins t serve the meals.
“Barbecues are cmfrt fd,” Hays said. “If yu just lst yur huse r a lved ne, getting a ht meal wuld remind yu f the barbecues yu had in the backyard and make yu frget abut the bad stuff in yur life. That’s wrth it t me.”
24. What can we learn frm paragraph 2?
A. Vlunteers culdn’t meet the requirements.
B. Supplies were far frm enugh fr the victims.
C. Hays’ hme was severely damaged by the trnad.
D. The need fr fd was beynd Hays’ expectatin.
25. What made Hays create the Operatin BBQ Relief?
A. His friends’ suggestin.B. His preference fr barbecues.
C. His vluntary activity in Jplin.D. His cperatin with ther rganizatins.
26. Which wrd best describes Hays?
A. Warm-hearted.B. Strng-willed.
C. Brad-minded.D. Gd-tempered.
27. What’s the best title fr the text?
A. The Bright Future f Barbecues
B. Barbecues: the Best Cmfrt Fd
C. The Rle f Barbecues in Vluntary Activities
D. When Disasters Fall, They Bring Barbecues
C
Authr Walter Dean Myers died at the age f 76 after a brief illness. Walter Dean Myers was the authr f mre than 100 bks fr children and yung adults and received many tp awards.
The prlific authr was lved fr his vivid descriptin f the lives f African American children, and fr writing bks fr yung peple that cvered different subjects. “Myers has written abut all thse subjects with deep understanding and a hardwn, qualified sense f hpe, ” said Lenard S. Marcus in 2008.
He was brn in 1937 and was adpted by Flrence Dean and Herbert after his mther died while giving birth t his yunger sister. They lved him very much and his mther read t him frm a very yung age. Reading pushed him t discver wrlds beynd his landscape.
He began writing at an early age. He wrte well in high schl and an English teacher recgnized this and advised him t keep n writing n matter what happened t him. “It’s what yu d, ” she said.
He drpped ut f high schl at 17 and jined the army. After finishing his service, he entered a dark perid in his life. Myers began writing at night t pull himself thrugh that miserable time. In an essay published in The New Yrk Times earlier this year, Myers described hw a shrt stry by James Arthur Baldwin helped change the curse f his life. “I didn’t lve the stry, but I was lifted by it, ” he wrte, “fr it tk place in Harlem, and it was a stry cncerned with black peple like thse I knew. By humanizing the peple wh were like me, Baldwin’s stry als humanized me. The stry gave me a permissin that I didn’t knw I needed, the permissin t write abut my wn landscape, my wn map.”
“I write bks fr the trubled by I nce was, ” he wrte, “and fr the by wh lives within me still.”
4. What des the secnd paragraph mainly talk abut?
A. Hw ppular Myers was.
B. Hw Myers became successful.
C. What makes Myers’ wrks ppular.
D. What peple think f Myers’ wrks.
5. What des the underlined wrd “prlific” in Paragraph 2 prbably mean?
A. Prductive.B. Wealthy.C. Cnservative.D. Humrus.
6. Wh discvered Myers’ writing talent?
A. James Arthur Baldwin.
B. His mther.
C. Lenard S. Marcus.
D. One f his teachers.
7. Why was the shrt stry by James Arthur Baldwin s imprtant fr Myers?
A. It helped him survive the dark perid.
B. It inspired him t pursue his writing career.
C. He learned many writing techniques frm it.
D. The authr f the stry permitted him t write.
D
Sharn Rseman was five years ld when her wrld changed frever.She was playing Blind Man’s Bluff with friends utside her huse.When she remved her blindfld (眼罩), she culdn’t recgnize where she was.Frm that mment n, Rseman has been lst every day f her life.
Rseman is nt alne in her experience.As an adult living in Denver, Clrad, in 2008, Rseman was diagnsed with a rare and newly discvered cnditin called Develpmental Tpgraphical Disrientatin(DTD), which is a disrder that dramatically affects peple’s abilities t navigate their familiar envirnment.
Dr. Giuseppe Iaria f the University f Calgary in Canada is credited with first identifying DTD.He cnfirms that dd as it sunds, peple with DTD have n brain damage. He thinks genetic factrs are likely t be respnsible fr it.
Paul Dudchenk, frm the University f Stirling in the United Kingdm, has what he calls a place-cell thery. He says we get lst because all ur hippcampal cells appear t be cnnected t landmarks. “They use things in the envirnment t rientate (确定方向) themselves and create a cgnitive map,” he says. “If we dn’t have things in the utside wrld t update the cgnitive map, then it is likely t errr.” That’s why peple wh are lst in a snwstrm, fr instance, tend t g in circles. They think they’re heading in the right directin, but withut external reference pints their brain is unable t frm a cgnitive map, s they naturally tend t get lst.
“There seems t be a systematic errr in the way peple with DTD place landmarks in their mind,” Dudchenk says. Hw exactly this happens is still under investigatin, but Dudchenk thinks the answer lies in the relatinship between the varius regins f the brain respnsible fr spatial cgnitin (空间认知).
Fr his part, Giuseppe Iaria is cntinuing with his research.Sme f his recent wrk has fcused n the rle genes play in DTD.As well as helping sufferers f DTD, Iaria believes his research will ffer an explanatin fr why sme peple are better at finding their way than thers.While tp researchers have mre t learn, they are cnfident the answers wn’t stay lst in the cmplexity f the brain frever.
32. Why des the authr mentin Rseman’s experience?
A. T infrm us f a sad stry.
B. T give us backgrund infrmatin.
C. T intrduce a rare disease.
D. T supprt the authr’s argument.
33. What truble wuld peple with DTD have?
A. Navigating nvel and unfamiliar envirnments.
B. Remembering the layut f their neighbrhd.
C. Understanding the detailed infrmatin n a map.
D. Recalling the names f familiar places and peple.
34. What des Dudchenk say abut DTD?
A. It gives rise t severe brain damage.
B. It happens when cgnitive map fails.
C. It cnnects ne’s brain and cgnitin.
D. It arises frm a systematic genetic errr.
35. What can be inferred frm the last paragraph?
A. Genes play the mst imprtant rle in DTD.
B. The ability t find ne’s way can be imprved.
C. Iaria’s research has already helped sufferers f DTD.
D. The truth abut DTD will be brught t light smeday.
第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。
Life desn’t always seem fair. Sme peple are just brn with the ability t attract anyne they meet easily. Well, it might seem like a magical pwer, but actually there are varius 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 break the ice.
B. S, can yu develp exceptinal charm?
C. There’s ne incredibly basic tl: yur smile.
D. Alternatively, yu need t display interest in them.
E. What effective strategies can we emply t becme charming?
F. Our brains frequently scan the surrundings fr signs f friend r enemy.
G. Mutual interests are the fundatin fr building cnnectins with thers.
第三部分 语言运用（共三节；满分55分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last year, I started the jurney f being a remte prduct designer. The thught f a ___41___schedule, a cmfrtable hme ffice, and the escape frm the crwded public transprt was incredibly ___42___. The first few weeks were filled with a lng-lst feeling f___43___.
Hwever, the ___44___f wrking frm hme gradually set in. I had started my day with the best intentins, prmising myself quick breaks and regular___45___ . But deadlines, endless emails, and virtual meetings ___46___ me t my cmputer thrughut the day, leaving me little time t ___47___. Gne were the shrt walks t a clleague’s desk and the quick lunchtime walks arund the ffice cmplex. Finally, my wrld was___48___ t the walls f my hme, my steps ___49___ in mere meters rather than kilmeters.
One day, I tried ___50___ ne f my favrite dresses and it wasn’t passing thrugh my waist at all. Glancing at myself in the mirrr, I saw a ___51___ persn carrying extra weight, rather than smene enjying freedm. The___52___f wrk and persnal life had left me feeling like I was a never ending mtin machine.
This incident marked the___53___ f a jurney f self-discvery. I made up my mind that I needed a(n)___54___ nt just fr my waistline but fr my verall well-being. It was a prmise t priritize my physical and mental health, and a cmmitment that I culd ____55____ cntrl ver my life and my bdy.
41. A. tight B. regular C. full D. flexible
42. A. appealingB. amusing C. challenging D. disturbing
43.A. directinB. security C. freedm D. respnsibility
44. A. duties B. rewards C. prblems D. expectatins
45. A. visits B. emails C. updates D. stretches
46. A. tied B. inspired C. guided D. intrduced
47. A. reply B. relax C. react D. read
48. A. extendedB. limited C. related D. expsed
49. A. cunted B. repeated C. watched D. fllwed
50. A. tidying upB. putting aside C. fitting int D. getting back
51. A. lazy B. tired C. rude D. mad
52. A. mix B. success C. balance D. value
53. A. distance B. memry C. beginning D. training
54. A. prmise B. excuse C. answer D. change
55. A. maintainB. ease C. remve D. regain
第二节 短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Rujiam is clsely assciated with the nrth-central city f Xi’an in Shaanxi Prvince. Since 210BCE, Xi’an has been bth the eastern terminus f the Silk Rad and the capital fr 13 mre-r-less Chinese ___56___ (dynasty).
The meat preparatin used t make the filling fr rujiam traditinally ___57___ (date) back t the Warring States Perid. The intrductin int China f Central Asian-style flat breads, like the kind used in rujiam, is ften credited t Ban Cha, ___58___ Chinese general wh spent mre than 30 years ___59___(battle) an assciatin f tribes during the 1st century t regain cntrl f the ___60___(far) western reaches f China.
Every family has its wn rujiam recipe, but there are sme cnstants (不变的事物). First cmes the lazhi, which includes a list f spices: ginger, star anise, cassia and s n. A special imprtance ___61___(place) n aged stck (陈年老汁). Once the stck is made, thick slices f prk take ___62___(they) turn in the pt, simmering(炖) fr hurs. The flatbread bun, called baijim, takes its name frm ___63___ is tday knwn as Baiji twnship.
T be sure, rujiam is far ___64___ the perfect fd. It’s risky t eat n the g. One has t use bth hands ____65____ (eat) rujiam; therwise, the filling is ging t launch ut frm bth sides f the burn.
第四部分 写作（共两节, 满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66. 假如你是李华，你的学校开展了一场关于高中学生自主学习（autnmus learning）的活动，请你根据以下要点给你的美国朋友Alan写邮件分享此事。
内容包括： 1. 活动的主要内容（教授讲座，学生讨论……）；
2. 自己的收获体会；
3. 询问对方学校如何开展自主学习。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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第二节（满分25分）
67．阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。
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。
By the age f sixteen years ld, Ben had always been an utstanding student. He went t great lengths t achieve high grades and managed t keep his parents delighted and prud. Neither f his parents had the pprtunity t attend university and it was their biggest ambitin that Ben culd land a well-paid and decent jb as a lawyer. He knew that achieving this gal wuld make his parents walk n air, but he wasn’t certain whether he wuld feel the same.
Since he was nly a child, Ben had been passinate abut cmputer prgramming. He taught himself hw t use a cmputer, and by the age f 12, he had been prficient in three difterent prgramming languages. He did all f this in his spare time. He was quite an intrvert (内向的人), s he preferred staying in with his cmputer, rather than ging ut scializing with his fellw classmates r playing sprts in the brilliant sunshine. It was acceptable with his parents, as lng as he cntinued t fcus n his studies.
One day, while reading an article nline abut a yung technlgy billinaire called Tm, Ben was fascinated by the magical pwer f technlgy and the wisdm and imnvatin f the yung CEO. The inner vice tld him that he lnged t becme a cmputer prgrammer. Everything changed fr Ben. In the article, the CEO said that his cmpany was trying t create a new and imprved way f paying fr gds nline but that they were struggling with the security system. He said if they culd vercme this, they culd launch the biggest and best nline payment system in the wrld. It ccurred t Ben that he had an innvative idea n hw t handle this prblem. Thinking that it wuldn’t cme t anything, he emailed the CEO, intrducing himself and explaining his idea.
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。
He frgt all abut it, but then a mnth later; the mst amazing thing happened.
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With all these cncerns in mind, Ben determined t cmmunicate with his parents frankly.
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