天津市和平区双菱中学2024-2025学年高二上期中考试英语试卷（原卷版）-A4

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一、听力选择题（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1．Hw much did Tny pay fr the bk?
A．$6． B．$12． C．$18.
2．What d the speakers suggest?
A．Susan can hear better when she sits alne.
B．Susan will d better n the exam if she sits alne.
C．Susan may be cpying Marsha’s exam paper.
3．What des the mar i think f his cake?
A．It’s nt sft. B．It’s nt fresh. C．It’s nt sweet.
4．What is the relatinship between the speakers?
A．Teacher and student. B．Wrkmates. C．Husband and wife.
5．What des the man mean?
A．A cld drink can be relaxing.
B．Sctt and Tina like t play jcks n each ther.
C．Humr can be helpful in embarrassing situatins
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6．What des Bill have fr lunch?
A．A sausage. B．A salad. C．A hamburger.
7．Why des Bill pay attentin t sdium-rich fds?
A．T delay the aging prcess.
B．T prevent high bld pressure.
C．T lwer the risk f heart attack.
8．What will Mary d tnight?
A．Eat ut. B．Watch TV. C．Jin a health club.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
9．What des the wman dislike abut the play?
A．The clthes. B．The set. C．The acting.
10．Wh is the man’s ld classmate?
A．The actress. B．The directr. C．The screenwriter.
11．When des the cnversatin take place?
A．At the beginning f a play.
B．In the middle f a play.
C．At the end f a play.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
12．What is the speaker mainly talking abut?
A．A summer vacatin plan.
B．Safety rules in water.
C．Swimming curses.
13．What is the mst imprtant thing abut playing in the water?
A．Learning t swim first.
B．Taking thers fr cmpany.
C．Being under lifeguards’ prtectin.
14．Where des the speaker wrk prbably?
A．At a water park. B．At a plice statin. C．At a sprts center.
15．What are the students reminded t d while bating?
A．A Wear a life jacket.
B．Be away frm ther bats.
C．Learn abut the depth f the water.
单项选择
1. Distracted by the upcming messages and varius appealing entertainment applicatins, addicted peple multiply the time finishing a single task and gradually develp _______.
A. expsureB. distinctinC. delayD. intelligence
2. The event is a clear indicatin that fd safety is a big prblem; nbdy can ________ all fds are secure t us, but we are sure that the situatin is turning fr the better.
A. acknwledgeB. guaranteeC. identifyD. clarify
3. The study suggested that the ________ use f chemicals in agriculture had caused water pllutin in this area.
A. cmplexB. cmmercialC. widespreadD. ultimate
4. Sina Weib banned 1,830 users fr 90 days, silenced 100 accunts ______ and deleted 3,770 psts fr vilating laws.
A. particularlyB. ultimatelyC. permanentlyD. extensively
5. Plat believed that talent and intelligence _________genetically and thus _________in children brn t all classes, althugh his prpsed system f selective public educatin fr an educated minrity f the ppulatin des nt really fllw a demcratic mdel.
A. is nt distributed, is t be fundB. are nt distributed, are t be fund
C. is nt distributed, has been fundD. are nt distributed, have been fund
6. Large quantities f infrmatin gathered frm extensive’ research studies _________ valuable insights int the trends affecting glbal health utcmes.
A. prvideB. has been prvidingC. prvidesD. is prviding
7. After ______ by the heavy deluge, Henan prvince suffered frm serius damages t its scenic spts, many turists ______ in the disaster regin.
A. struck, were trappedB. being struck, trapped
C. struck, having been trappedD. having been struck ; were trapped
8. China and the United States will make jint effrts t ensure a successful United Natins climate change cnference in Nvember, a key task _________ will be t set a new financial target fr supprting develping cuntries in their climate actins.
A. fr whichB. thrugh whichC. f whichD. frm which
9. —Peter and I get equal pay fr equal wrk, but he has bught a new Benz again! —Dn’t be jealus. Peter is the man wh ______.
A. ges with the flwB. makes hay while the sun is shining
C. crsses ver t the dark sideD. sees the handwriting n the wall
10. Thugh ur ftball bys are faced with fur gals behind, they are still struggling hard in the field t ______.
A. face the musicB. save face
C. cst their arm and legD. land n their feet
二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
Last term, I read the bk The Bk Thief. It is a stry abut a 9-year-ld girl named Liesel Meminger and her ____11____in Nazi Germany in 1939. In this bk, Liesel’s father is taken away by the Nazis. Her mther_____12_____and never returns and her brther dies. Then she is sent t a fster family (寄养家庭) in a pr area f Munich.On the way,she ____13____a bk named The Grave Digger’s Handbk, which becmes the first bk she “steals”. It’s her_____14_____fster father Hans wh helps Liesel t read, and the 14 bks she steals prvide her with_____15_____cmfrt. She manages t_____16_____the war and_____17_____helps the peple arund her wh are als ____18____.
As I ____19____each page, I fund myself absrbed in the______20______created by the authr. The light but lingering (绵长的)_____21_____made me hld my _____22_____, as if I had the same experience as Liesel.
Every time I _____23_____this bk, what cmes t mind is nt the _____24_____f the Nazis r the despair in the face f a very difficult and unfavurable situatin. All I can think f is the resilience (韧性), sincerity and kindness f_____25_____in such a(n)_____26_____cruel perid.Despite the fact that it is nt easy fr fster parents t _____27_____themselves, they still chse t fster Liesel when she is_____28_____. They als save and hide a Jewish girl in their basement when the Nazis start t kill the Jews.
All these details make me feel that _____29_____we keep the mst _____30_____thing inside ur hearts, even in despair, we still have the ability t walk tward the brightest future in frnt f us.
11. A. interviewB. scheduleC. respnsibilityD. experience
12. A. strugglesB. disappearsC. remainsD. hesitates
13. A. cmes acrssB. puts awayC. turns verD. leaves behind
14. A. selfishB. narrw-mindedC. kind-heartedD. wealthy
15. A. endlessB. instantC. littleD. physical
16. A. enterB. frgetC. describeD. survive
17. A. sadlyB. readilyC. suddenlyD. unfrtunately
18. A. travellingB. peratingC. sufferingD. recvering
19. A. turnedB. treC. cveredD. struck
20. A. wrldB. huseC. streetD. field
21. A. cmplaintB. srrwC. delightD. regret
22. A. psitinB. recrdC. viewD. breath
23. A. make rm frB. take advantage fC. think back nD. get rid f
24. A. madnessB. tirednessC. sicknessD. awareness
25. A. literatureB. humanityC. cmpetitinD. hardship
26. A. eventuallyB. initiallyC. extremelyD. slightly
27 A. tlerateB. representC. supprtD. treat
28. A. abandnedB. bservedC. cntrlledD. trained
29. A. fr fear thatB. in rder thatC. even ifD. as lng as
30. A. similarB. preciusC. seriusD. natural
三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
Like tlmaking, teaching was nce thught t be an exclusive capacity f the human mind. It is nt actually.
“Teaching” requires this: ne individual must take time frm their wn task t demnstrate and instruct with effrt and the student must learn a new skill That’s a tall rder.
When a yung chimpanzee watches a skilled adult and then imitates, that’s learning. But the adult has nt taken time specifically t instruct, s it is nt teaching. In the hneybees’ amazing dance, the dancer takes time t indicate infrmatin abut a surce f fd, but bservers learn n new skill. They d take time t shw, but they d nt pass n new skills t learners.
Dlphins teach. Atlantic sptted dlphin mthers smetimes free a caught fish in the presence f their yungsters and let their yungsters chase it, catching it again if it’s getting away. Dlphin yungsters als psitin themselves alngside mthers wh are scanning sandy bttms fr hidden fish, and the mther spends extra time demnstrating.
Other teachers include: husecats wh bring back live prey and let their yung learn t catch it, and meerkats (猫鼬) wh first bring t their grwing yung dead scrpins (蝎子), then disabled nes, t demnstrate hw t remve the pisnus part n their tails.
Like tlmaking and teaching, imitatin is als cnsidered t reflect high intelligence. In Suth Africa lived a baby dlphin named Dlly. One day while she was just six mnths ld, Dlly was watching a trainer standing at the windw smking a cigarette, blwing puffs f smke. Dlly swam t her mther, gt a muthful f milk, then returned t the windw and released a clud f milk that surrunded her head. The trainer was “abslutely astnished”. Smehw Dlly came up with the idea f using milk t represent smke. Using ne thing t represent smething else isn’t just imitatin. It is art.
31. What des the underlined phrase “a tall rder” prbably mean in paragraph 2?
A. A clear instructin.B. A high risk.
C. A difficult requirement.D. useful purpse.
32. What can we infer abut animals that can teach?
A. Bees shw their dance t yunger generatins.
B. Husecats teach in a way similar t dlphins.
C. Yung dlphins must learn hw t free a fish.
D. Meerkats have pisnus parts n the tails.
33. Why des the authr use Dlly’s example?
A. T prve smking can affect ther animals.
B. T explain dlphins are capable f making art.
C. T shw animals can be surprisingly intelligent.
D. T stress milk is t dlphins what smking is t men.
B
Sme sngs might speak t yur sul even if yu dn't knw the wrds. The almst magical way that music reflects and influences ur emtins led American pet Henry Wadswrth Lngfellw t declare it the “universal language f mankind”. But hw universal is it really?
A team f mre than a dzen researchers and cuntless undergraduates set ut t cllect and interpret descriptins and recrdings f musical perfrmances arund the wrld. Their first finding: Music is indeed universal. Or at least statistical mdeling strngly suggests that mre than 99% f scieties have music. Then, they analyzed the sng descriptins fr sixty very different scieties and lked at different qualities related t sng perfrmance.
As they classified the sngs, they fund that three dimensins (方面) accunted fr mre than a quarter f the variability between sngs. The first was hw frmal r infrmal a sng was. Sngs high in frmality had large audiences and lts f instruments, ften invlved ceremnial events, and frequently had adult-nly audiences. Infrmal events had smaller audiences, including children, r n audience at all. The secnd was hw arusing a sng was t its listeners. Lively events invlving lts f dancing were high n this dimensin, while a lw value reflected a calmer event, like smene singing t themselves r a baby. The last was hw religius sng was. Sngs used in ceremnies were high in religisity, while thse withut a spiritual cntext scred lw.
The researchers applied their findings t fur widespread categries f music: lullabies (摇篮), dance sngs, lve sngs and healing sngs, and fund clear trend. Mst dance was highly arusing and frmal, but lw in religisity. Lullabies were mstly lw in frmality and lw in arusal. And healing sngs scred high in all dimensins while lve sngs were lw in all dimensins. Even mre interesting, the distributin f these behavirs was similar in all scieties studied.
Schlars say that their database culd fuel future research int even mre inspiring questins abut music universals. And their methd might be used t pick ut patterns in ther hard-t-analyze fields, like strytelling r visual art.
34. Hw was the research cnducted?
A. By making cmparisn and cntrast.B. By finding similarities.
C. By cllecting and analyzing data.D. By illustrating examples.
35. Which kind f music may invlve the mst audiences and instruments?
A. Lullabies.B. Dance sngs.C. Lve sngs.D. Healing sngs.
36. Hw is the future f their research findings accrding t the schlars?
A. Prmising.B. Unpredictable.C. Impractical.D. Limited.
37. What can be cncluded frm the passage?
A. Sngs can speak t yur sul nly if yu knw their wrds.
B. Differences in frmality lead t the variability between sngs.
C. Music is classified by the number f audience and instruments.
D. Research n the universals f music can help explre ther fields.
C
The life f a jurnalist can be exciting. T be in cnstant pursuit f the latest news demands a curisity that can nly be rewarded by getting t “where it is happening” as sn as pssible. The gal, f curse, is t relate what is happening t the public as clearly as pssible.
Hwever, every jurnalist must be careful t reprt nt nly a vivid picture f what is happening, but a true picture. Each jurnalist reprts his r her wn versin f what has taken place. Still, this versin must be an actual accunt if the reprter is t maintain a reliable reputatin.
In rder t get t the truth in sme new stries, a reprter must rely n the statements f smene wh is n the inside f the situatin. Often this insider will nly talk t a reprter if the reprter prmises never t reveal the insider’s name. The insider usually threatens never t admit meeting with the reprter if his r her name is revealed.
Because stries f this nature ften invlve criminal activity, reprting them becmes a dangerus jb. This kind f wrk invlved in btaining news in this summer serves as an inviting situatin fr the underwrld as well as the legal wrld. Members f the underwrld want t find ut wh the insider is s that they can keep him r her quiet. Members f the legal wrld claim that the reprter will disturb justice if he r she fails t disclse the insider’s name.
Rather than be unaccuntable t a trusted infrmant, mst reprters will g t jail if need be. Freedm f the press is prvided by the First Amendment f the Cnstitutin f the United States. Impure interpretatins f this prtin f the cnstitutin cause a small number f reprters t be jailed every year. Hwever, as yet, n amunt f legal maneuvering (操纵) has been able t put ut this light f freedm set up by ur frefathers. All f the reprters refusing t reveal the names f their infrmants have eventually been released.
Devtin f this kind has given jurnalism its reputatin fr reliability — a reliability that each jurnalist is expected t uphld in his r her search fr truth. Supplying a truthful accunt f each day’s ccurrence is the serius cntract made between reprter and the public.
38. Accrding t the passage, thse wh give inside infrmatin ________.
A. are usually under plice prtectin
B. d nt want their names made public
C. are n rare ccasins n gd terms with reliable reprter
D. ften have difficulty in prtecting their lives
39. Judging by the cntext, the wrd “inviting” in paragraph 4 can be replaced by _____.
A. schemingB. unknwingC. stirringD. tempting
40. Sme reprters are put int prisn mainly because ________.
A. the curts smetimes misinterpret the First Amendment f the Cnstitutin
B. they get inside stries by dishnest means
C. they are against the First Amendment f the Cnstitutin
D. there is n law in the United States t prtect freedm f the press
41. The authr implies in the passage that a reliable reprter ________.
A. seldm fllws the First Amendment f the Cnstitutin f the United States
B. shuld be diligent, clever and inventive
C. must prvide the public with a truthful accunt as clearly as pssible
D. must try every means t satisfy the public’s curisity
D
“Assume yu are wrng.” The advice came frm Brian Nsek, a psychlgy prfessr, wh was ffering a strategy fr pursuing better science.
T understand the cntext fr Nsek’s advice, we need t take a step back t the nature f science itself. Yu see despite what many f us learned in elementary schl, there is n single scientific methd. Just as scientific theries becme elabrated and change, s d scientific methds.
But methdlgical refrm hasn’t cme withut sme fretting and frictin. Nasty things have been said by and abut methdlgical refrmers. Few peple like having the value f their life’s wrk called int questin. On the ther side, few peple are gd at vicing criticisms in kind and cnstructive ways. S, part f the challenge is figuring ut hw t bake critical self-reflectin int the culture f science itself, s it unflds as a welcme and integrated part f the prcess, and nt an embarrassing sideshw.
What Nsek recmmended was a strategy fr changing the way we ffer and respnd t critique. Assuming yu are right might be a mtivating frce, sustaining the enrmus effrt that cnducting scientific wrk requires. But it als makes it easy t interpret criticisms as persnal attacks. Beginning, instead, frm the assumptin yu are wrng, a criticism is easier t interpret as a cnstructive suggestin fr hw t be less wrng — a gal that yur critic presumably shares.
One wrry abut this apprach is that it culd be demralizing fr scientists. Striving t be less wrng might be a less effective mtivatin than the prmise f being right. Anther cncern is that a strategy that wrks well within science culd backfire when it cmes t cmmunicating science with the public. Withut an appreciatin fr hw science wrks, it’s easy t take uncertainty r disagreements as marks against science, when in fact they reflect sme f the very features f science that make it ur best apprach t reaching reliable cnclusins abut the wrld. Science is reliable because it respnds t evidence: as the quantity and quality f ur evidence imprves, ur theries can and shuld change, t.
Despite these wrries, I like Nsek’s suggestin because it builds in cgnitive humility alng with a sense that we can d better. It als builds in a sense f cmmunity — we’re all in the same bat when it cmes t falling shrt f getting things right.
Unfrtunately, this still leaves us with an untested hypthesis (假说): that assuming ne is wrng can change cmmunity nrms fr the better, and ultimately supprt better science and even, perhaps, better decisins in life. I dn’t knw if that’s true. In fact, I shuld prbably assume that it’s wrng. But with the benefit f the scientific cmmunity and ur best methdlgical tls, I hpe we can get it less wrng, tgether.
42. What can we learn frm Paragraph 3?
A. Refrmers tend t devalue researchers’ wrk.
B. Scientists are unwilling t express kind criticisms.
C. Peple hld wrng assumptins abut the culture f science.
D. The scientific cmmunity shuld practice critical self-reflectin.
43. The strategy f “assuming yu are wrng” may cntribute t ______.
A. the enrmus effrts f scientists at wrkB. the reliability f ptential research results
C. the public’s passin fr scientific findingsD. the imprvement in the quality f evidence
44. The underlined wrd “demralizing” in Paragraph 5 means ______.
A. discuragingB. ineffectiveC. unfairD. misleading
45. The tne the authr uses in talking abut the untested hypthesis is ______.
A. dubtful but sincereB. disapprving but sft
C. authritative and directD. reflective and humrus
四、阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
I am sitting in an empty ftball field after my last high schl ftball game has finished a few hurs ag. I’m the quarterback (前卫) n my team. But in fact that’s nt true nw. I was the quarterback, and that’s a gd way t end a high schl ftball career at a high pint.
I’ve been sitting here by myself shivering in the cld and thinking back ver the game and ther games I’ve played in my life. I’m lking at the gal and thinking hw it always seemed t reach ut and pull me with a secret magical frce.
I was 8 when I first started playing ftball. My dad lved ftball and wuld practice with me at hme- passing, catching, running. He tried t teach me everything he knew abut the game. “Just remember: dn’t ever give up.” “Stay in the game. Dn’t lse yur cncentratin.” “G ut there-and give 110 percent every time.” Well, that was a lng time ag but I still hear his wrds ringing in my ears. I had a lt n my mind befre the game tday. I dn’t like things t be an end, I guess, and this was the last game, and it was the league champinship. I was talking t myself and reminding myself abut what t d and nt t d. I didn’t sleep at all last night. But when the game started my mind became empty. Everything drpped away frm me. I just lived in this game, this mment. I didn’t hear the crwd; I didn’t feel the cld r the pain; I never felt tired. I just kept my eyes n the ball, and inside a sft white light shwing me the way t the gal, which was a beautiful feeling.
It’s all ver nw and it’s really getting cld here. It’s starting t snw. The sun’s almst gne and I can hardly see the gal. Nw it’s dark and I’m sitting here all alne. Well I guess it’s time t say gdbye and mve n.
46. Why des the writer say that he was the quarterback in paragraph 1? (n mre than 15 wrds)
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47. Fr what reasn did the writer have a lt n his mind befre the game? (n mre than 20 wrds)
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48. What made him feel beautiful in his last game? (n mre than 15 wrds)
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49. Hw can yu understand the underlined sentence? (n mre than 10 wrds)
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50. What is the gal f yur life? And hw will yu make it realized? (n mre than 20 wrds)
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五、书面表达（满分15分）
51. 为了迎接世界读书日，学校英语社计划以“Reading Fr Fun”为主题组织一场读书活动，请你写一份英文倡议书。内容包括：
1. 活动目的；
2. 活动内容；
3. 发出倡议。
参考词汇：Wrld Bk Day世界读书日
注意：
1 词数80左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
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