2023_2024学年浙江宁波余姚市余姚中学高二下学期期中英语试卷

这是一份2023_2024学年浙江宁波余姚市余姚中学高二下学期期中英语试卷，共8页。试卷主要包含了听力选择题，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。

2023~2024学年浙江宁波余姚市余姚中学高二下学期期中英语试卷
一、听力选择题
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What class will Charles chse?
A．The Gegraphy class.
B．The Science class.
C．The Literature class.
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Why des the wman call the man?
A．T make a cmplaint.
B．T place an rder.
C．T arrange a delivery date.
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What day is it tday?
A．Saturday.
B．Sunday.
C．Mnday.
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Where will the speakers prbably meet the wman’s mther?
A．At the farm huse.
B．At the restaurant.
C．At the htel cafe.
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What des the wman mean?
A．She wishes t take up the psitin.
B．She is used t wrking ver the weekends.
C．She is hesitant t take ver the respnsibility.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小 题。
【小题1】What kind f rm did the man bk?
A．A duble rm.
B．A single rm.
C．A presidential suite.

【小题2】Hw des the htel deal with the mix-up?
A．They give Charles his reserved rm.
B．They allw Charles a generus discunt.
C．They ffer Charles the suite fr n extra charge.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小 题。
【小题1】What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A．Salesman and custmer.
B．Fellw wrkers.
C．Teacher and student.
【小题2】What des the man suggest the wman d?
A．Find anther pleasant jb.
B．Devte herself t the present jb.
C．Return t cllege fr self-imprvement.
【小题3】Hw des the wman sund?
A．Uncnfident.
B．Impatient.
C．Disappinted.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小 题。
【小题1】What des the man d?
A．A dctr.
B．A teacher.
C．A musician.
【小题2】Why did the man drp ut f cllege?
A．He gt tired f schling.
B．He lst his mther t cancer.
C．He wanted t get n-the-jb training.
【小题3】What d we knw abut Raphael?
A．He was pen-minded.
B．He was a strict teacher.
C．He started a Chinese music grup.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小 题。
【小题1】Where des the dialgue happen?
A．At the custms ffice.
B．At the airprt.
C．At a delivery statin.
C．Sme brchures.
C．£11. 50.
【小题2】What des the man want t deliver?
A．Sme bks.
B．Sme DVDs.
【小题3】Hw much shuld the man pay if he uses Internatinal Signed Fr?
A．£9. 50.
B．£10. 50.
【小题4】Hw will the man deliver his package?

A．By surface mail.
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B．By airmail.
C．By Air Sure.
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小 题。
【小题1】Hw sn will the speaker get his nvel published?
A．In tw mnths.
B．In three mnths.
C．In eight mnths.
【小题2】What led the speaker t switch his majr in university?
A．The pr jb prspect as a reprter.
B．His lasting passin fr fictin-writing.
C．The heavy pressure frm the prfessr.
【小题3】What des the speaker mainly talk abut?
A．His wrking career.
B．His childhd hbby.
C．His writing experiences.
二、阅读理解
Best Places t Visit in Canada
Thinking abut explring Canada? Here is the perfect list f the great places that are wrthy f being visited in Canada n yur trip.
Niagara Falls
Have a great time enjying the views and taking pictures f the cascading (倾泄) falls. Yu’ll have a matchless sightseeing experience when yu visit
it at night.
Best time t visit: June — August
Hw t reach: The nearest airprt is just 30 — 40 minutes away. Yu can take a cab and reach the falls easily.
Things t d: • Witness the excellent waterfalls • Spend time at the MarineLand
Whistler
Hme t ne f the largest ski resrts in Nrth America, it’s ne f the best places in Canada fr winter hlidays. Skiing and snwsheing are tw
thrilling sprts t indulge (沉迷) in. Yu can enjy yurself in this fascinating snw land!
Best time t visit: June — August, December — March
Hw t reach: The nearest airprt is 2.5 hurs away frm Whistler. Yu can take a cab and reach Whistler easily.
Things t d: • Take part in snwmbiling • Visit dzens f art museums and cultural centers
Quebec City
Have an amazing time with yur partner in the magical city. It is ne f the mst charming places t see in Canada because f art and cultural
scenes.
Best time t visit: June, September — December
Hw t reach: Yu can take a cab frm the airprt t reach the city easily.
Things t d: • Visit the histric attractins • Walk alng the scenic Terrasse Dufferin
Butchart Gardens
It’s the best place t explre with a camera in hand. With a charming display f flwers arund and fun bat turs, there’s a lt t see and d!
Best time t visit: July & August
Hw t reach: The best way is by taking bus number 75.
Things t d: • Capture the excellent flwers arund • Witness the firewrks shw
【小题1】Accrding t the text, what can NOT be dne while visiting the Niagara Falls?
A．See the stunning waterfalls.
B．Visit a charming flwer display.
D．Tur arund the MarineLand.
C．Enjy a matchless night view.
【小题2】What d Whistler and Quebec City have in cmmn?

A．They are pen in the same mnths.
C．They bth appeal t culture lvers.
【小题3】Where can we prbably find this text?
A．A newspaper.
B．They are bth accessible by bat.
D．They bth ffer a ht air balln ride.
B．A leaflet.
C．An applicatin.
D．A website.
I’m in a cffee shp in Manhattan and I’m abut t becme the mst disliked persn in the rm. First, I’m ging t interrupt the man reading
quietly near the windw and ask fr a drink f his latte. Next, I’m ging t ask the line f peple waiting t pay if I can cut t the frnt f the queue.
This is hw I chse t spend my last vacatin. Here’s why.
Grwing up, all I ever heard abut was “EQ.” It was the mid-1990s, and psychlgist Daniel Gleman had just ppularized the cncept f
emtinal intelligence. Unlike IQ, which tracked cnventinal measures f intelligence like reasning and recall, EQ measured the ability t understand
ther peple — t listen, t empathize (共情), and t appreciate.
My mther, an elementary schl principal, prized brains and hard wrk, but she placed a special emphasis n Gleman’s new idea. T her, EQ was
the elixir (万能药) that separated the gd students frm the great after they left schl. She was determined t send me int the adult wrld with as
much f this elixir as pssible.
But when I finally began my first jb, I nticed a secnd elixir in the pckets f sme f my clleagues. It gave their pinins extra weight and their
decisins added impact. Strangest f all, it seemed like the anti-EQ: Instead f knwing hw t make thers feel gd, this elixir gave peple the curage
t d the ppsite — t say things thers didn’t want t hear.
This was assertiveness (魄力). It biled dwn t the cmmand f a single skill: the ability t have uncmfrtable cnversatins. Assertive peple —
thse with high “AQ”— ask fr things they want, decline things they dn’t, prvide cnstructive feedback, and engage in direct cnfrntatin (对峙)
and debate.
A lifetime imprving my EQ helped me empathize with thers, but it als left me verly sensitive t situatins where I had t say r d things that
might make thers unhappy. While I didn’t avid cnflict, I was always frustrated by my pwerlessness when I had t say r d smething that culd
upset smene. This is my prblem and I’m wrking n it.
【小题1】Why did the authr act that way in the cffee shp?
A．T imprve a skill.
B．T test a cncept.
C．T advcate a new idea.
D．T have a unique vacatin.
【小题2】What d we knw abut the authr’s mther?
A．She thught little f IQ.
B．She ppularized Gleman’s idea.
C．She was a strict mther and principal.
D．She valued EQ as the key t greatness.
【小题3】What des the wrd “it” underlined in the furth paragraph refer t?
A．EQ. B．AQ. C．Empathy.
【小题4】Accrding t the passage, thse with high EQ but lw AQ are likely t be ______.
D．Curage.
A．successful leaders
C．terrible cmplainers
B．peple pleasers
D．pleasure seekers
Lng believed t have little scial structure, giraffes actually are scially cmplex, University f Bristl scientists suggest. Their scial rganizatin is
cmparable t that f elephants, dlphins and whales.
Lead authr Ze Miller started research wrk n giraffes in 2005. “I had nticed that giraffe ppulatin numbers were decreasing, and I realized
that the tallest f all land animals had hardly had any scientific wrk dne n them, which I just fund unbelievable. I decided t devte my career t
understanding this species better,” said Muller.
Muller and her team lked at research wrk dne in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Researchers then cnsidered giraffes very unsciable and that
they frmed n lng-lasting relatinships. “Hwever, this was nt what I saw in Africa, and I started t questin why they were described as having
‘little r n scial structure’ when I culd clearly bserve them always tgether,” Muller said.

Muller was based in Kenya fr five years, cnducting research n giraffes and their scial rganizatin. She and her team fund that giraffes are
actually a highly cmplex scial species that may live in matriarchal (母系的) scial systems and include shared care f their yung.
“Giraffes may take part in shared parenting f the yung, and remain in grups f related females. These types f scial rganizatin are well-
knwn in ther species, fr example elephants and whales, but nbdy has ever befre suggested that the same culd be true fr giraffes,” Muller said.
The grandmther giraffes stay in their family grups, passing n survival benefits in tugh times t the yunger members f the grup. Fr example,
they may knw where there is water r where they can find fd. “This is imprtant infrmatin, as this means we shuld fcus n prtecting the lder
adult females, since they are imprtant members t aid the survival f yunger generatins,” explained Muller.
【小题1】What did Ze Muller think f researchers’ wrk dne in the 1950s-1970s?
A．Questinable.
B．Inspiring.
C．Reliable.
D．Creative.
【小题2】In what way are giraffes similar t elephants accrding t the text?
A．Their ppulatin numbers are drpping.
B．They remain in grups f related males.
C．They have been well prtected in the wild.
D．They take part in shared raising f the yung.
【小题3】Why are lder female giraffes particularly wrthy f prtectin?
A．They can help keep the balance f nature.
B．They can help researchers learn abut giraffes.
C．They can pass n life skills t the yunger generatins.
D．They can help yunger giraffes get n well with each ther.
【小题4】Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the text?
A．Secrets f Giraffes: The Older, The Smarter
B．Scial Structure: A Gap in Animal Research
C．Giraffes: Mre Scially Cmplex than Imagined
D．Survival f Giraffes: The Rle f Older Members
Is frgiveness against ur human nature? T answer ur questin, we need t ask a further questin: What is the essence f ur humanity? Fr the
sake f simplicity, peple cnsider tw distinctly different views f humanity.
The first view invlves dminance and pwer. In an early paper n the psychlgy f frgiveness, Drll (1984) made the interesting claim that
humans’ essential nature is mre aggressive than frgiving allws. Thse wh frgive are against their basic nature, much t their harm. In his pinin,
frgivers are cmprmising their well-being as they ffer mercy t thers, wh might then take advantage f them.
The secnd view invlves the theme f cperatin, mutual respect, and even lve as the basis f wh we are as humans. Researchers find that t
fully grw as human beings, we need bth t receive lve frm and ffer lve t thers. Withut lve, ur cnnectins with a wide range f individuals in
ur lives can fall apart. Even cmmn sense strngly suggests that the will t pwer ver thers des nt make fr harmnius interactins. Fr
example, hw well has slavery wrked as a mde f scial harmny?
Frm this secnd viewpint f wh we are as humans, frgiveness plays a key rle in the bilgical and psychlgical integrity f bth individuals
and cmmunities because ne f the utcmes f frgiveness, shwn thrugh scientific studies, is the decreasing f hate and the restratin f
harmny. Frgiveness can break the cycle f anger. At least t the extent the peple frm whm yu are estranged (不和的) accept yur lve and
frgiveness and are prepared t make the required adjustments. Frgiveness can heal relatinships and recnnect peple.
As an imprtant nte, when we take a classical philsphical perspective, we see the distinctin between ptentiality and actuality. We are nt
necessarily brn with the capacity t frgive, but instead with the ptential t learn abut it and t grw in ur ability t frgive. The actuality f
frgiving, in real situatins, develps with practice.
【小题1】What is Drll’s idea abut frgiveness?
A．Peple shuld ffer mercy t thers.
B．Aggressive peple shuld learn t frgive.
C．Frgiveness depends n the nature f humanity.
D．Peple wh frgive can have their wn welfare affected.
【小题2】What des the example in Paragraph 3 illustrate?

A．T fight is t grw.
B．T give is t receive.
C．T frgive is t abuse.
D．T dminate is t harm.
【小题3】What is the writer’s attitude tward frgiveness?
A．Favrable.
B．Reserved.
C．Objective.
D．Skeptical.
【小题4】What message des the last paragraph cnvey?
A．Frgiveness is in ur nature.
B．Frgiveness grws with time.
C．It takes practice t frgive.
D．Actuality is based n ptentiality.
Have yu ever wndered why yu want t d smething, r what causes peple t g thrugh extrardinary pain r persnal investment just t
achieve a particular utcme? 【小题1】 Mtivatin.
Mtivatin is the reasn fr peple’s actins, gals, and willingness t pursue the gals. Smetimes it seems difficult t find, but we all have that
spark at ur cre. Here are sme ways yu can turn that spark back int a flame.
【小题2】
If yur mtivatin is fading, ntice when this starts t happen and what events culd have driven it. Yu’ll find that yu’re mre
likely t feel bred when yu’re in certain envirnments. As yu becme mre aware f this, yu can put yurself in situatins where yu’re mre
likely t thrive.
Keep a thankfulness jurnal.
【小题3】
When they’re aware f what they’re thankful fr, it drives them in specific areas f their lives.
Cnsidering this, yu may find value in keeping a thankfulness jurnal where yu regularly list blessings.
Design an accmplishment bk. Creative peple may d well t design an accmplishment bk with images f past wrk and accmplishments as
a frm f encuragement. It can be as infrmal r frmal as yu’d like. It might be a simple scrapbk yu keep at yur desk, r a prfessinally
printed bklet that yu keep by yur bed.
【小题4】
Get ut f the huse. If yur life cnsists f ging t wrk, cming hme, watching Netflix, and ging t sleep, yu shuldn’t be surprised that
yu’re unmtivated. 【小题5】 Stretching yurself will expse yu t new ideas, activities, and peple, which will either strike up new mtivatin
r rekindle things yu have frgtten abut.
A．What’s the pssible slutin?
B．Identify when mtivatin slips.
C．What’s at the heart f this issue?
D．Decide what wrks best fr yu and give it a try.
E．A thankfulness jurnal is a perfect way t shw yur gratitude t thers.
F．Sme peple find that thankfulness and mtivatin are directly cnnected.
G．Make it a pint t g utdrs and try new things even when yu dn’t want t.
三、完形填空
My wife and I parked by a rugh path the same time as a yung man cvered in tatts (纹身). I
he was unfriendly，s we tried t
urselves frm him. But he struggled hard t
We left him in the dust，heading up the river.
Hurs later we turned back a flash fld had taken ut the bridge. There he was again, fllwing t
. He lst his mther and sister in a car accident and he was permanently t. We slwed dwn t the pace he culd
and wanted t talk sme. We slwed dwn. He said he was recvering frm a bad time in his life.
us. He shared a little mre f his
fr the whle
way back.
He cntinued, “During much surgery and
I came t hate life...” Then he pulled up his shirt t shw us a
life size tatt frm neck t
waist. It was tw ladies in a
light waving t him. “This is my mm and this is my sister,” he pinted, “They tld me t stp hating everything.
They lved me just as they always had and
me t live in lve t!” He explained the brightly clred tatt was the exact dream he had that
day.
My
went away. It had painted a wrng picture f this wnderful persn with a beautiful . I learned mre than he hped t tell.
【小题1】
A．assumed
B．remembered
C．admitted
D．cnfirmed

【小题2】
A．tell
B．distance
C．save
D．free
【小题3】
A．turn away
【小题4】
B．set ut
C．catch up
D．settle dwn
A．plitely
【小题5】
B．secretly
C．carelessly
D．accidentally
A．thugh
【小题6】
B．unless
C．because
C．persuade
C．plan
D．befre
A．impress
【小题7】
B．interrupt
B．stry
D．engage
A．target
D．jurney
【小题8】
A．cnfused
【小题9】
B．discuraged
B．judge
C．ignred
D．injured
A．bserve
【小题10】
A．silence
【小题11】
A．massive
【小题12】
A．brilliant
【小题13】
A．allwed
【小题14】
A．dubt
【小题15】
A．reputatin
C．manage
D．challenge
B．pain
C．failure
D．guilt
B．funny
C．randm
D．ppular
B．gentle
B．begged
C．weak
C．frced
D．sensitive
D．expected
D．resistance
B．sympathy
C．prejudice
B．message
C．appearance
D．insight
四、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。
Over the last decade, China
its peple. There are many ways
vivid.
【小题1】
【小题3】
(witness) tremendus changes, which culd nt have been achieved
【小题2】
the hard wrk f
(recrd) the past time, but the stry that, at times, leaves a mark n each persn is surely the mst
Recently, a man named Zu Yi,
【小题4】 has recrded Beiing’s blue sky, shared his bservatins n the imprvement f air quality in
China’s capital, as well as his understanding f the effrts behind the brilliant blue skies. His first pht
did the same the next day, and the day after that. He cntinued fr nine mre years and, 【小题6】
【小题5】
(take) n January 27, 2013. He
(natural), has the mst direct amateur
bservatins ever captured f the changes abve the heart f Beijing.
【小题7】
tk mre than 50 years fr Lndn and Ls Angeles t deal
with air pllutin, 【小题8】 (cmpare) with just a decade fr Beijing. The battle against air pllutin has claimed sme majr stepwise victries
ver the years, which perfectly shws the Chinese administratin’s
and beautiful cuntry.
【小题9】
(determine) and actin in building
【小题10】
prsperus
五、书信写作

目前，很多学生苦恼学习效率低，觉得时间不够用。学校组织班会，以“Hw t Spend Time Prperly”为题，让同学们进行讨论。请你从以下方面准备发言稿。
1. 恰当管理时间的意义；
2. 如何恰当管理时间，给出建议。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Hw t Spend Time Prperly
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六、书面表达
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。
Music has always been an essential part f my family. As a little girl, I ften watched my mm singing with thers in the church. As I grew lder, she
and I wuld sing while we did the dishes r hung clthes. My brther Dean was als a musical sul. In gd time r in bad, there was always music in ur
huse. It shaped us, cmfrted us, and gave us a way t express feelings that might therwise have gne unspken.
After Dean became a father, we learned that his ldest sn was n the autism spectrum. My nephew Dj did nt handle scial situatin well, and
smetimes even fr him t speak alud utside the family was a struggle. He wrked very hard t vercme his fears, s much s that the year he was
eight, he decided he wanted t be part f the Christmas music prgram with the ther children in his Sunday schl class. The part he had been ffered
was ne that required him t sing a verse all n his wn - a sl.
My brther carefully explained t him that this wuld mean singing in frnt f the audience; there wuld be n ne singing with him. Dj cnsidered
this very carefully. After a cuple f days, he decided that he wuld accept the part. He explained t us that he believed he culd d it because it was a
very special ccasin, and lie wuld practice until he was as perfect as he culd be. He said he knew his daddy wuld help him t be the best singer
pssible.
Fr ver a mnth, he and his father practiced tgether. Every evening wuld find them lcked away in the music rm, my brther n guitar, and my
nephew’s small vice cming frm smewhere deep dwn inside his little bdy. He gained cnfidence, and when the day f the cncert arrived, he was
certain all wuld g well. My brther waited backstage, giving Dj duble thumbs-up, and he came ut l sit with the rest f the family t watch and take
phts.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
When it was finally time fr Dj t sing, the music played n, and he frze.
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Everyne turned t see wh was singing, while I knew it was my brther.
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