北京市首师大附属育新学校中学部2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

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考生注意：本试卷共9页，共3部分、44道小题，卷面满分100分，答题时间90分钟。
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第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I was studying chemistry at cllege because my family thught it was the key t success. One day, my prfessr tk me aside and asked a very simple questin,“Why are yu in my class when it’s bvius that yu have little r n 1 in chemistry?”
I came up with an explanatin by 2 pressure frm my dad, but he knew it was just a(n) 3 excuse. He gave me the fllwing advice.
“Yur success will nt be the same as mine, as yur neighbrs’ r yur parents’. There is n secret frmula (公式), but there is a secret ingredient— 4 . T be successful in life in the bradest sense, yu must pursue yur passin. Yu must be passinate abut yur gal and set a path t achieve it. Only then will yu find true 5 .”
I made a cnscius self-examinatin f my shrt life t 6 where my passin was hiding. It was s bvius that even my kid sister culd have tld me my true passin was music. It was in my genes.
Culd I be a successful musician? Or a sngwriter? Or a music critic? There was nly ne way t find ut, s I tk my prfessr’s 7 and switched t the university’s music schl.
I’m nw fifty-fur years ld, and a very happy and 8 man. As I lk at the walls f my small ffice, I still get a thrill at seeing the recrds I 9 , the phts f the famus musicians I was lucky enugh t play with, and the praises frm many f the finest instrumentalists in the wrld wh I am hnred t call my friends.
Life was a lng jurney, and nt a(n) 10 ne, but I fllwed my passin and succeeded.
B.dubt C.interest D.faith
B.gathering C.vercming D.reducing
B.weak C.direct D.inncent
B.cnfidence C.passin D.effrt
B.friendship C.character D.happiness
B.reprt C.discver D.fllw
B.lecture C.advice D.view
B.patientC.brave D.cntented
B.madeC.received D.cpied
B.gd C.rdinary D.safe
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
Extinctins, where entire species 11 (wipe) ut, are nt unusual in ur Earth’s histry. In fact, ver 90 percent f all species that ever lived are nw extinct. In the last 500 millin years, there 12 (be) five times when life n Earth has almst ended. These include the third mass extinctin, 13 (knw) as the “Great Dying”, which killed 90% t 96% f all species.
B
Extreme heat is becming increasingly cmmn acrss the glbe. It is an 14 (extreme) dangerus weather cnditin where the temperatures are much htter than average. It's clear that hw ht future summers will get depends n 15 humans d t stp climate change. Gvernments appeal t peple t reduce greenhuse gases-like methane (甲烷) and carbn dixide (COz) -in the atmsphere. Als, they will set up public cling statins t prtect peple 16 risk.
C
The railway line 17 (cnnect) Beijing and Zhangjiaku, the c-hst city f the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, is the wrld’s first intelligent, high-speed railway. It 18 (g) int peratin n Dec 30, 2019. The railway is 174 km lng, with a maximum design speed f 350 kph. It reduces the travel time between Beijing and Zhangjiaku frm ver three hurs t 47 minutes. The train is designed with 19 area t stre snwbards, a device t secure wheelchairs and a mbile news center 20 passengers can watch live Olympic bradcasts.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分）
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。
A
The bald eagle was nce a dying species in the United States. This is because the bird wasn’t always held with respect. At the Natinal Bk Festival, authr Jack E. Davis detailed the bald eagle’s “great cnservatin success stry”.
The bald eagle has faced extinctin twice. The first ccurred in the late 19th century. “It was then that a bald eagle seen was ne t be sht,” he said. He explained that the bird had been regarded as a dangerus animal, and cnsidered a threat. But such threat tended t be verstated. Thrughut the early 20th century, thusands f bald eagles were sht dwn. Things began t change fr the bird in 1940, when the gvernment passed its legal prtectin — the Bald Eagle Prtectin Act.
Hwever, nly five years later, the bird faced its secnd near extinctin when DDT, an envirnmentally harmful insecticide (杀虫剂), was intrduced at the end f Wrld War Ⅱ. In 1963, the bald eagle hit its lwest number — ttaling less than 500 nesting pairs acrss the U.S. “At that time, nly abut ne-third f the natin’s water was safe fr swimming and fishing,” Davis said. “That was eagle habitat, but als ur habitat.” “We stepped up.” He mentined that this situatin led a nnprfit rganizatin, Fish and Wildlife, t launch “hugely successful” eagle prtectin prjects.
By 2007, the bald eagle was remved frm the list as the species regained its health, reaching nearly 11,000 nesting pairs natinwide, and tday’s number is smewhere arund 500,000.
Fr thse lking t assist in the nging cmeback f the bald eagle and ther endangered animals, Davis said, almst every state has a center that accepts dnatins and welcmes visitrs and vlunteers.
21. What made the bald eagle almst extinct fr the first time?
A. The illegal hunting. B. The lse cntrl f guns.
C. The attack frm ther animals. D. The misunderstanding f their threat.
22. What caused Fish and Wildlife t start eagle prtectin prjects?
A. The utbreak f Wrld War II. B. The veruse f DDT natinwide.
C. The disappearance f eagle habitat. D. The wrsening f eagles’ living cnditin.
23. What’s the main purpse f the passage?
A. T tell a stry f a dying species.
B. T advertise the bk f Jack E. Davis.
C. T raise the awareness f prtecting wildlife.
D. T intrduce the ways f prtecting bald eagles.
B
Mst kids lve breaks, but fr Hannah Kristan, a break was her least favrite part f the schl day. “I never gt t d anything except sit there,” she recalls.
Hannah was brn with a disease that kept the bnes in her back frm frming prperly. She uses a wheelchair. Sadly, fr kids like her, mst playgrund equipment is ff limits. In fact, Hannah is ne f 5 millin kids in the United States wh cannt use traditinal playgrund equipment because f sme type f disability.
Then Hannah heard abut Bundless Playgrunds—playgrunds withut limits fr children with disabilities. The wnderful grup behind Bundless Playgrunds helps cmmunities create special playgrunds fr children f all abilities. There are swings and sandbxes specially designed fr kids with physical disabilities. Kids with visin prblems can enjy the mvement f swings and als use musical activities such as chime walls. Since her hmetwn in Cnnecticut had nthing like it, Hannah helped raise mney fr this new kind f playgrund.
The inspiratin fr Bundless Playgrunds was a playgrund created by Amy Jaffe Barzach. It is named Jnathan’s Dream in hnr f her sn. Jnathan’s Dream and many Bundless Playgrunds arund the cuntry have a glider swing that can be used by kids wh use wheelchairs and their friends. The glider swing at Jnathan’s Dream was designed by Matthew Cavedn, wh wasn’t even 10 years ld at the time. Matthew was mtivated because he used a wheelchair himself and wanted t be able t have fun at playgrunds with ther kids, regardless f their physical abilities r disabilities.
The basic idea behind Bundless Playgrund is that play is bth part f the jy f childhd and an imprtant way fr children t learn abut the wrld. Kids wh are kept away frm playgrunds are denied this enjyment as well as the learning. Far frm being a place f happy excitement, traditinal playgrunds are ften places f separatin and lneliness fr thse wh can’t jin in the fun.
Cntrary t sme strict ideas abut what a playgrund fr children with special needs shuld be like, a Bundless Playgrund is every bit as clrful and challenging as a traditinal playgrund. That’s why it is inviting and fun fr all children. And fr Hannah, Matthew, and ther kids like them, a playgrund like this is als a dream that cmes true.
24. What did Hannah Kristan d?
A. She cllected mney fr the playgrund. B. She invented a swing fr the disabled.
C. She designed Bundless Playgrund. D. She dnated equipment t her hmetwn.
25. We can learn frm the passage that Bundless Playgrunds _____________.
A. prvide training instructins fr the disabled
B. brrwed the idea frm Jnathan’s Dream
C. were invented by Amy Jaffe Barzach
D. are financed by cmmunities
26. What is Hannah and Matthew’s dream?
A. T vercme their disabilities.
B. T receive special physical training.
C. T get equal chances f playing and learning.
D. T acquire understanding frm their fellw students.
C
Did yu see American figure skater, Jeremy Abbtt, crash t the ice during the shrt prgram at the Schi Olympics, rlling int the wall, clutching his side in pain. Ten secnds later, he gt up and cntinued his skate—despite the pain, embarrassment and fear. All I culd think was: this kid’s gt curage. In business we have a wrd fr it—resilience, the ability t gain strengths and cnfidence frm vercming unpleasant events.
Hwever, ppsite examples appeared in Schi Olympics as well. Fr them, failure is smene else’s fault, because they d nt accept persnal respnsibility. Therefre, they have t pay a high price fr this attitude. After years f studying failure, I have learned ne thing: mdesty and pen-mindedness in the face f mistakes is the single best thing yu can d t imprve results. Everyne fails, but nt everyne recvers frm failure. The key is t learn frm it rather than get beaten by it.
The gd news is that each f us has the ptential t live a resilient life n and ff the jb. It may be difficult, but that just makes it all the mre pwerful and imprtant. If yu believe the abve paragraph t be true, then yu’re prbably mre resilient than yu think yu are. It takes cnfidence t be resilient but that t much cnfidence is a killer is s true f leadership. Fr example, Rn Jhnsn, the ill-fated CEO f JC Penney, was s stubbrn that he cmpletely missed all srts f signals frm emplyees and custmers and instead listened t all thse wh agreed with him, which failed his strategy. Buncing back frm failure requires that yu recgnize smething has gne wrng, and yu were the ne wh made it happen.
The challenge f resilience is nt just abut ur wrk. When parents help their kids deal with every challenging situatin, they are ding an unhelpful actin t their children. Parents want t prtect their kids frm failure, but ding s takes away the pprtunity frm them t practice nt just a life skill but an essential wrk skill. When self-esteem becmes mre imprtant than results, we are accidentally training yung peple t becme less adaptable, nt mre.
Resilience is nt just abut getting up ff the flr, but als being ready fr whatever cmes next, even when yu dn’t knw what it is. Failures and setbacks are n lnger unusual events, but regular features f a dynamic, cmpetitive and highly demanding wrk envirnment. Getting up t finish yur skate is n lnger ptinal.
27. The example f Jeremy Abbtt shws that ne shuld ______.
A. recver frm failure B. stick t his wn viewpint
C. take thers’ pinins t heart D. challenge difficulties bravely
28. Accrding t the authr, what can best build up resilience?
A. Being psitive and pwerful. B. Being cmpetitive and helpful.
C. Being mdest and pen-minded. D. Being cnfident and respnsible.
29. Which f the fllwing examples shws us resilience?
A. A teacher ffers students timely help and care.
B. A determined athlete practices skating hard every day.
C. A cnfident leader persuades his staff t fllw his plan.
D. A student has gt a lw grade but cntinues t wrk hard.
30. Which might be the best title fr the passage?
A. An Example f Resilience: Rn Jhnsn B. Resilience: A Lessn frm Schi
C. Optinal Challenges f Resilience D. Resilience in Family Educatin
D
It was widely believed that, in rder t get the first languages ff the grund, ur ancestrs first needed a way t create nvel signals that culd be understd by thers, relying n visual signs whse frm was directly similar t the intended meaning. Sme gestures can be understd almst anywhere: pinting t direct smene’s attentin, fr instance.
Hwever, an internatinal research team, led by experts frm the University f Birmingham and the Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin, have discvered that certain vcalizatins (发声法) can als be icnic and recgnizable t peple arund the wrld —even when a speaker is nt simply imitating a well-knwn sund. These findings, published in Scientific Reprts, may help explain the rise f mdern spken language.
In 2015, language researchers challenged sme English speakers t make up sunds representing varius basic cncepts (“sleep”, “child”, “meat”, “rck”, and mre). When ther English speakers listened t these sunds and tried matching them t cncepts, they were largely successful. But “we wanted t be able t shw that these vcalizatins are understandable acrss cultures,” says study c-authr and University f Birmingham cgnitive scientist Marcus Perlman.
S Perlman and his clleagues cnducted nline and in-persn experiments in seven cuntries, frm Mrcc t Brazil. They recruited mre than 900 participants, wh spke a ttal f 28 languages, t listen t the best-understd vcalizatins frm the 2015 investigatin and select matching cncepts frm a set f wrds r images. Vcalizatins that called frth well-knwn sunds — fr example, dripping water — perfrmed best. But many thers were als understd at rates significantly abve chance acrss all languages tested, the team fund. “There is a ntable degree f success utside f just nmatpeia (象声词),” Perlman says.
This is likely because certain patterns related t sund are universal, the team suggests. Fr example, shrt and basic sunds ften cnvey the cncept f “ne” and repeated sunds are typically assciated with “many”. Likewise, lw-pitched sunds accmpany smething big, and high-pitched sunds cnvey small size. These findings f “icnic” sunds culd help scientists understand hw human ancestrs started using rich acustic (传音的) cmmunicatin, says c-authr Aleksandra Ćwiek, a linguist at the Leibniz-Center General Linguistics in Berlin. The human vice, she says, might “affrd enugh icnicity t get language ff the grund.”
University f Tübingen linguist Matthias Urban, wh was nt invlved in the research, agrees. “It’s unclear hw wrds came int being in the first place,” he says. Icnic vcalizatins are “ptentially ne pathway that culd have been invlved.”
31. What des the underlined wrd “icnic” in Paragraph 2 prbably mean?
A. Symblic.B. Humrus.C. Magic.D. Classic.
32. The finding f Perlman’s research may ________.
A. well explain the rise f English culture
B. thrw light n the rigin f spken language
C. demnstrate that nmatpeia may be ppular
D. shw hw ur ancestrs imitate unknwn sunds
33. What can we learn frm the experiments in this passage?
A. The English language is universally understd.
B. Sund patterns may be related t their meanings.
C. Sign language appeared earlier than spken language.
D. Wrds were evlved frm vcalizatins in ancient times.
34. Which might be the best title fr the passage?
A. Frm Hand t Muth: The Origins f Language
B. Icnic Vcalizatins are Created fr Cmmunicatin
C. Made-up Sunds Cnvey Meanings acrss Cultures
D. Hw Language Began: Gesture and Speech in Evlutin
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
阅读短文，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。有两项为多余选项。
Is Managing Kids' Screen Time a Gd Idea?
Screen time is a big tpic f cnversatin in tday's husehlds, particularly during the pandemic when nline educatin hurs have multiplied fr many students. 35 They hpe t spare their kids frm the cuntless challenges that technlgy can bring. Yet the challenges f screen time veruse seldm cme frm kids' devices themselves, but rather frm the tense relatinships that technlgy can bring t families. 36 But technlgy has psitive benefits t. Since every child and family is different, managing screen time calls fr jint family decisin-making.
If parents believe they can manage a child's screen time thrugh adlescence, they are nt nly fling themselves but als inviting relatinship truble with their teens. It is a myth t think that parents can r shuld manage their kids' screen time thrugh authritarian restrictins, even during elementary schl. 37 When children are left ut f thse decisins, they ften becme less cmmunicative with parents and siblings. This is the ppsite f what parents want t achieve.
38 Frm early ages, children are quite capable f understanding that a gd life invlves awareness and balance. Just as they learn right frm wrng, and gd frm bad, they can als learn t use technlgy in healthy ways. Learning hw t regulate neself and develp healthy behavirs is ne f the primary tasks f childhd and adlescence. What happens when an adult tries t regulate a child is that the child misses ut n the pprtunity t learn fr themselves. Enfrced restrictins can als make children feel helpless and less cnfident.
T be clear, this article is nt suggesting that families never use apps r trackers, r that there shuld be n restrictins n screen time. 39 Parents shuld give vice t children and invlve them in the planning and decisin-making prcess.
A. Of curse, there are websites that are unhealthy fr kids t access.
B. The alternative is t invlve children in decisins that gvern screen time.
C. Hwever, every family needs a family media plan between family members.
D. The gal is t see, hear, feel, and understand hw children view screen time.
E. T manage children's screen time, parents have invested in apps and trackers.
F. T get children invlved, parents shuld trust and develp kids' self-awareness.
G. What it is suggesting is that parents lk at managing screen time in a different way.
第三部分：书面表达（共两节，32分）
第一节 阅读表达（共4小题；第40、41题各2分，42题3分，44题5分， 共12分）。
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求回答问题。
Balancing Trees and CO2
Tree planting used t be regarded as an effective means f reducing climate change. Perhaps it’s time fr us t rethink this practice. Trees pull CO2 frm the air. This effectively remves CO2 frm the atmsphere. But trees nly hld nt CO2 as lng as they’re alive. Once they die, trees decay(腐烂) and release that CO2 back int the atmsphere.
Recent studies have fund that trees arund the wrld are grwing faster than ever. The rise f CO2 , mainly due t burning fssil fuels, is prbably driving that rapid grwth, said Rel Brienen, a frest eclgist at the University f Leeds, UK. High levels f CO2 are increasing temperatures, which in turn speeds tree grwth in thse areas, he added.
The faster trees grw, the faster they stre carbn. It seems like gd news. Hwever, it is knwn that fast-grwing tree species, in general, live shrter lives than their slw-grwing relatives.
In rder t see whether the grwth-lifespan trade-ff(生长与寿命之间的权衡) is a universal phenmenn, Brienen and his clleagues analyzed ver 210,000 individual tree ring recrds f 110 tree species frm mre than 79,000 sites wrldwide. They fund that, in almst all habitats and all sites, faster-grwing tree species died yunger than slw-grwing species, and even within a species, the trade-ff between grwth and lifespan held strng.
The team als created a cmputer prgram that mdeled a frest and tweaked(微量调整) the grwth f the trees in this mdel. Early n, it shwed that “the frest culd hld mre carbn as the trees grew faster”, Brienen reprted. But after 20 years, these trees started dying and lsing this extra carbn again. “We must understand that the nly slutin t bringing dwn CO2 levels is t stp emitting (排放) it int the atmsphere,” said Brienen.
What des “this practice” in Para.1 refer t?
Why are trees arund the wrld grwing faster than ever?
42. Read the fllwing statement, underline the false part f it and explain the reasn.
The team has fund that the faster trees grw, the faster they stre CO2 , and the lnger lives they live.
43. Please briefly present what yu can d in daily life t reduce the emissin f CO2 . (abut 40 wrds)
第二节（20分）
假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。近期，你校学生会组织了一场辩论赛，主题为 “中学生是否可以借助网络资源完成作业”。请你给校刊英语角投稿，用英文介绍辩论赛的开展情况。内容包括：
1.正反双方的观点及理由；
2.你的看法。
注意: 1.词数 100 左右; 2.开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Our Student Unin held a debate n whether middle schl students culd d hmewrk with the help f the internet.


首师大附属育新学校中学部2024——2025学年度第一学期期中考试试卷
高二英语答案
教研组长审核签字：_______________
一、完型填空：1-5CABCD 6-10CCDBA
二、语法填空: 1.are wiped 2. have been 3. knwn 4. extremely 5. what6.at 7.cnnecting 8. went 9. an 10. where
三、阅读理解： 21.DDC 24. ABC 27．ACDB ABBC
四、七选五： EABFG
五、回答问题：One pssible versin:
40. Planting trees t reduce climate change. /Tree planting is used t reduce climate change. /Using tree planting t reduce climate change.
41. Because f the rise f CO2 frm burning fssil fuels. /Because f the rise f CO2. /Because burning fssil fuels leads t the rise f CO2.
42.
The team has fund that the faster trees grw, the faster they stre CO2, and the lnger lives they live.
Because Berienen and his team fund that faster-grwing tree species died yunger than slw-grwing species. /Accrding t Berienen and his team’s research, faster-grwing tree species died yunger than slw-grwing species. /Because fast-grwing tree species died yunger than slw-grwing species.
43. Pssible versin:
There are many things I can d t help. Firstly, I’ll take a reusable clth bag and say n t plastic bags while shpping, fr it can save energy and reduce pllutin. Secndly, when I g smewhere, I’ll chse public transprtatin instead f private cars t reduce the emissin f CO2.
六、书面表达：
Our Student Unin held a debate n whether middle schl students culd d hmewrk with the help f the internet.
Students wh supprt it maintain that many apps can facilitate ur learning. Fr instance, we ften use sme apps t practice English listening and speaking skills, which can ffer us real-time feedbacks. In this way, we can identify ur prblems and quickly make adjustments. Cmpared t asking teachers and classmates, it is mre cnvenient and efficient.
Hwever, every cin has tw sides. Oppnents think the drawbacks f ding hmewrk with the help f the internet utweigh its benefits. Firstly, as nt s many f us are s self-disciplined, few students can resist the temptatin f nline ads r games, which disrupts ur learning. Mrever, easy access t answers t difficult questins nline will fster heavy reliance n the internet and gradually rb us f ur independent thinking ability.
Frm my perspective, teenagers can easily fall victim t nline distractins. We had better keep a distance frm it and refrain frm using it while ding hmewrk.（反对）
In my pinin, we shuld use the internet wisely and be fully aware f its pssible dwnsides.（中立）
As far as I’m cncerned, using the internet t study and wrk has becme the nrm f mdern sciety. The earlier students gain the ability t make full use f it, the better it will be fr ur future develpment.（支持）
Pssible versin 2:
Our schl had a debate ver whether students shuld be allwed t use the internet fr their hmewrk. Bth sides have valid arguments.
Sme students supprt the idea fr the fllwing reasns. They argue that the internet prvides rich resurces, enabling students t access infrmatin quickly and easily. Mrever, it encurages independent researching skills and prepares them fr the digital wrld.
On the ther hand, sme students are against the idea. They believe that excessive reliance n the internet may hinder critical thinking and creativity. Besides, they argue that traditinal methds like using the textbks and libraries fster a deeper understanding f the subject.
In my pinin, a balanced apprach is crucial. The internet can be a valuable tl fr research and learning, but it shuld nt replace traditinal methds entirely. It is essential t equip students with the necessary skills t navigate bth the digital and physical wrlds effectively.