高二英语上学期期中考试题
四川大学附属中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷
四川大学附属中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读理解The Outdoor CentreOpening timesWater sports: 9 a.m.—5 p.m.Play Park: 10 a.m.—4 p.m.Entrance/Car park feesLow season: Weekdays £2.00 per car; Weekends: £3.00 per carHigh season: 23 July-11 September; Weekdays and weekends: £3.00 per carOne-day adventure (冒险) courseThis is a chance you have been waiting for. Come and try sailing, climbing and surfing (冲浪). This course is trying to introduce outdoor activities to adults in a fun way. You do not need to be very fit or to have had experience of the activities. All you need is to be interested.Play ParkThe Play Park is suitable for children from 2 to 10 years of age. It is one of the best of its type in the country. It has sand and water play, large ball pool, play castle and much, much more.Group day and weekend coursesWe also offer day and long weekend courses for groups. We receive regular visits from schools and colleges There are three large rooms with twelve beds in each, which can be booked beforehand for groups of up to 36 people (12 at least).Summer adventure holiday (for 8—14 years of age)Safety is of great importance at the Outdoor Centre. All our workers are fully trained in first aid (急救) , and able to teach the activities on offer. We also make certain that all children only take part in activities that are suitable for their age and physical abilities. For this programme children must be able to swim 25 metres and be in good physical health. 1．How much should a family driving two cars pay when entering the centre in August?A．£2.00.B．£3.00.C．£4.00.D．£6.00. 2．Which of the following is suitable for a group of ten children aged 6 to 8?A．Play Park.B．Ono-day adventure course.C．Summer adventure holiday.D．Group day and weekend courses. 3．People who want to take the summer adventure holiday _________.A．can stay overnight if they want B．should have basic skills in swimming C．should have a knowledge of first aid D．can do any sport they are interested inIn 2009 Dan Black was hit by a car in his hometown of Chepstow, Wales, as he was biking to his job at a grocery store. The accident left him unable to move from the chest down. During his recovery, he suffered from a stroke (中风) that made his right arm useless. Once anearly $300,000 a year. After the accident, a friend of his started the Help Dan Black Fund to cover some of Dan’s medical expenses. Dan learned about an experimental stem cell (干细胞) treatment in China that could enable him to walk again. After four years, donations to help Dan Black totaled $30,000.One day, in 2013, a news story caught the eye of Dan’s mother, Michaela, who then shared the story with her son. The story featured a five-year-old boy named Brecon V aughan. He had a rare form of disease and never walked by himself. The boy’s family had created a website — the Vaughan website to collect $100,000 needed for the treatment in the St. Louis Children’s Hospital, which could help Brecon walk. However, only half the amount had been raised, said the report.Then, after considering that his own dream of walking could be years away, he donated his $30,000 to Brecon’s cause. “I know how it feels to walk. Brecon doesn’t. He needs it much more than I do,” Dan told a newspaper. Dan’s generosity received a great deal of attention, and contributions started pouring into the Vaughan website.Finally, the family soon went beyond their fund-raising goal. They’ve promised to give the extra funds to the Tree of Hope charity, which helps sick children in the United Kingdom find specialized medical help. In October, Brecon and his family travelled to St. Louis to begin the treatment. “What Dan did is great,” Brecon’s mother said. “It is an extraordinary gift.”4．What can we know about Dan Blaek?A．He promised to be a guitarist.B．He lost his right arm in an accident.C．He needed much money to be treated.D．He created a fund to help other people.5．What does the underlined word “around-the-clock” mean in paragraph 1?A．extraordinary B．continuous C．effective D．temporary 6．How will the Vaughans deal with the extra funds?A．Offering gifts to sick children.B．Paying Brecon’s trip to St. Louis.C．Supporting Dan Black’s treatment.D．Giving them away to a charity. 7．What’s the best title for the text?A．A special fund-raising goal B．An expensive treatmentC．A selfless young man D．A fortunate boyToday, poetry and science are often considered to be mutually exclusive(互相排斥)career paths. But that wasn’t always the case. The mathematician Ada Lovelace and the physicist James Clerk Maxwell were both accomplished poets. The poet John Keats was a licensed surgeon. Combining the two practices fell out of favor in the 1800s. But translating research into lyrics, haiku, and other poetic forms is resurging(再现)among scientists as they look for alternative ways to inspire others with their findings.“Poetry is a great tool for questioning the world,” says Sam Illingworth, a poet and a geoscientist who works at the University of Western Australia. Through workshops and a new science-poetry journal, called Consilience, Illingworth is helping scientists to translate their latest results into poems that can attract appreciation from those outside of their immediate scientific field.Stephany Mazon, a scientist from the University of Helsinki in Finland, joined one of Illingworth’s workshops. In the workshop, she was grouped with other scientists and tasked with writing a haiku, a 17-syllable-long poem, which spotlighted water, a fluid that featured in all of the group members’ research projects. “It was a lot of fun, and surprisingly easy to write the poem,” Mazon says. She plans to continue writing. “We do a disservice(伤害)to ourselves to think that scientists can’t be artistic and that art can’t be used to communicate scientific ideas,” Mazon says.That viewpoint is echoed by Illingworth, who thinks science communication initiatives are too often dominated by public lectures with their hands-off PowerPoint slides. “Actually, when science communication involves writing and sharing poems, it invites a two-way dialogue between experts and nonexperts,” he says. Scientist-poet Manjula Silva, an educator at Imperial College London, agrees. Poetry provides a way to translate complex scientificconcepts into a language that everyone can understand, Silva says.Scientists and poets are both trying to understand the world and communicate that understanding with others. The distinction between scientists and poets is less than people might think. We’re all just people with hopefully really interesting things to say and to share. 8．What is the purpose of mentioning the celebrities in paragraph 1?A．To display they were talented.B．To confirm they were out of favor.C．To encourage different career paths.D．To show poetry and science can be combined.9．What are Illingworth’s workshops aimed to do?A．Promote a new science-poetry journal.B．Inspire outsiders to pursue their careers in science.C．Encourage science communication through poems.D．Get scientists to exchange ideas about the latest research.10．What does Illingworth think of the dominant ways of science communication?A．Conventional.B．Effective.C．Innovative.D．Complex. 11．Which of the following is the best title for the text?A．Scientists Take on PoetryB．Scientists and Poets Think AlikeC．Poetry: A Great Tool to Question the WorldD．Science Communication: A Two-way DialogueBesides soil, all plants need water. This makes it hard to grow plants where it’s dry. But this problem may soon be solved by researchers. Their invention is a super-moisture-absorbent gel (凝胶), or SMAG.“The gel-based material can be used as a soil enhancer, as well as alternative soil in greenhouses,” said Guihua Y u, an engineer at the University of Texas-Austin. He led the team that developed the gel. He also said this material could be “directly mixed with soil or fertilizer at certain amounts”.The gel works similarly to how dew forms. Dew is those water droplets attached to leaves of grass in the morning. It forms because of differences in air temperature between day and night. Air contains different gases, including water vapor (蒸气). Warmer air holds morewater vapor. As the air cools after dark, it loses its ability to hold some of it. When it reaches a certain temperature — known as the dew point — some water vapor will turn into tiny drops of water. When temperature rises the next day, that water evaporates, again turning into vapor.The research team decided to use this process to aid plants. The gel mixed with soil absorbs the water vapor and holds it. The next day, the gel instead slowly releases (释放) that water into the soil.Jeff Hattey, a soil scientist, says the gel sounds pretty helpful in farming, but you probably won’t see the gel at the hardware store anytime soon. He notes that based on the quantities of the new material used in Yu’s experiments, outdoor fields might require a whole lot of it. According to his research, farmers might have to add about 13 trucks of gel to the soil top per acre (英亩).Yu believes future studies will help his team understand if the gel could be used for larger, outdoor fields. “Fortunately, the gel is not poisonous,” Yu says. So it shouldn’t hurt the bacteria or worms that are needed to keep soil healthy for growing things.12．What is the second paragraph mainly about?A．The application of the gel.B．The raw material of the gel.C．The characteristics of the gel.D．The research process of the gel.13．Why is dew mentioned in the third paragraph?A．To introduce its formation.B．To explain the principle of the gel.C．To stress the importance of water vapor.D．To clarify the definition of the dew point.14．What problem with the gel does Jeff Hattey point out?A．It is of little help in real farming.B．It will be too expensive to buy.C．It requires too much calculation to apply it to outdoor fields.D．It must reach a huge amount to be effective in outdoor fields.15．What can we learn about the gel?A．It works only at night.B．It can replace soil in dry areas.C．It is friendly to the creatures in the soil.D．It makes use of dew to offer plants water.isn’t true, but this shouldn’t stop you improving you communication skills. Here are a few tips to help you become a better communicator.17Verbal language is only one aspect of the communication—body language is another aspect. If you ever wanted to know how to tell if someone is lying, body language is the answer. Your body language tells other people what you aren’t verbally saying, such as if you are anxious, confident, confused, angry or any other type of emotion or state of mind. If you become great at reading body language,it will help you become a better communicator.Listen to othersBefore you ever begin to speak, take a minute to see if anyone else has something to say.18 Listening to others has many benefits, such as allowing you to learn new things or get information that you may later need.Think before you speakYou parents probably told you this as a child, but many people still do not take a moment to think about the words they are about to say. 19 . There is a time and place for all words and tones of voice.20 You will have to practice your communication skills before you can ever become an excellent communicator.A．This is not and over-night thing.B．Singing a song for them is good.C．Become fluent in body languageD．Don’t try to make the conversation go your way.E．You should decide what you want to get in any conversation before you choose your words.F．If you are too anxious, you can’t find the right body language to use in the communication.G．In fact, if everybody were excellent communicators, the world would be a muchbetter place.二、完形填空Before it was proven that the earth was round, it was a well-known “fact” that it wasbelieved it couldn’t be done, it wasn’t done.That is, until Columbus 24 common knowledge and asked “what if?”, this question literally expanded the 25 of his country, changed history, and altered the 26 reality forever.In spite of our 27 to think of reality as the undoubted 28 of our experience, the definition of reality changes every time someone 29 the boundary conditions of traditional wisdom. When our view of reality changes, our 30 changes with it, based on 31 is newly considered possible. When Columbus returned from the New World, a revised world map was 32 and this began a new era of exploration and adventure.Examples of the impossible being made possible can be found throughout history. When Chuck Yeager flew the X-1, he destroyed the myth that there was such a thing as a sound barrier. His training and talent, 33 with the new technology of the day, not only enabled him to go 34 the speed of sound, but strengthened the fact that even so-called technological barriers can be 35 as well.21．A．rough B．smooth C．hard D．flat 22．A．generously B．entirely C．widely D．brilliantly 23．A．In other words B．In addition C．On the whole D．For instance 24．A．proved B．questioned C．declared D．demonstrated 25．A．size B．capacity C．foundation D．boundary 26．A．obtained B．accepted C．adjusted D．justified 27．A．attitude B．strategy C．tendency D．insight 28．A．proof B．basis C．origin D．confirmation 29．A．pushes B．pulls C．prints D．presses 30．A．behavior B．theory C．experience D．achievement 31．A．that B．which C．what D．it32．A．let down B．put down C．set up D．drawn up 33．A．concerned B．combined C．covered D．loaded 34．A．beyond B．through C．over D．down 35．A．admitted B．assured C．overcome D．ignored三、语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入一个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
浙江省杭州地区(含周边)重点中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中联考英语试题(含答案)
绝密★考试结束前2024学年第一学期期中杭州地区（含周边）重点中学高二年级英语学科试题考生须知：1. 本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟；2. 答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字。
3. 所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效；4. 考试结束后，只需上交答题卷。
第I卷第一部分：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。
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例：How much is the shirtA. 19.15B. 9.18.C. 9.15.答案是C。
1. When will the meeting startA. At 9:10.B. At 9:20.C. At 9:25.2. Why does the man make the callA. To learn about a policy.B. To cancel an appointment.C. To ask about a medical bill.3. What are the speakers talking aboutA. A web page.B. A computer problem.C. A downloaded file.4. Where does the conversation take placeA. At an airport.B. In a delivery company.C. At a hotel5. What do the speakers think of JoelA. He is organized.B. He is unreliable.C. He is silent.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。
天津市2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题(含答案,无听力原文及音频)
天津市2024-2025学年度第一学期期中学情调研高二年级英语学科本试卷分共100分，考试时间为100分钟。
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祝各位同学考试顺利！第Ⅰ卷 (共65分)第一部分：听力理解 (共15 小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5分)第一节听下面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。
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1. What does the man want to know?A. Where the woman works out.B. How the woman stays fit.C. How to stay healthy.2. What is the man interested in?A. Whether people in China bargain everywhere.B. How to get a better price when doing the shopping in China.C. Where Chinese people usually go shopping.3. What's the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Old friends.B. Boss and secretary.C. Colleagues.4. What do we know about the woman?A. She is severely stressed.B. She is the man's doctor.C. She falls asleep easily.5. When was the woman scheduled to go to China at first?A. This Friday.B. This Saturday.C. This Sunday第二节听下面几段材料。
安徽省合肥市第一中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷
安徽省合肥市第一中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷一、阅读理解Impressive exhibitions in the US worth traveling for in 2024 Here are several museum exhibitions across the USA that are worth traveling for in 2024.1. Yayoi Kusama: Infinite LoveSFMOMA, San FranciscoOn view: now through September 7For six decades now, Japanese polymath Yayoi Kusama has been exploring the concept of the “infinity room.” These meditations on perception, the universe and existence itself combine bold colors, three-dimensional forms and mirror-generated visual illusions to transport viewers to an inclusive aesthetic world. In the exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love, they have landed in Northern California for the first time. Featured works including the brand-new Dreaming of Earth’s Sphericity, I Would Offer My Love (2023) and the famous LOVE IS CALLING (2013) will be on display at SFMOMA through next fall. Be sure to reserve advance tickets the minute they go on sale.2. Matisse and the SeaSt Louis Art Museum, St LouisOn view: February 17-May 12,2024Henri Matisse lived for decades near the Mediterranean, and a number of blues carry through his entire oeuvre (全部作品), largely inspired by the reflection of light of the water. With the artist’s Bathers with Turtle (1907–8) as a museum highlight, the exhibition travels across both Matisse’s works and the world itself, with works by this 20th-century master in various media, depicting the sea as a subject and as a theme.3. Georgia O’ Keeffe: “My New Yorks”Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoOn view: June 2-September 24,2024This show at the Art Institute of Chicago will explore how Georgia O’ Keeffe - an artist soclosely associated with the Southwest and nature - spent her formative years in the USA’s biggest city. Before she turned her eye to flowers and desert sunsets, Georgia O’ Keeffe captured the distinctive perspectives of New York City, looking up at skyscrapers from street level and down from her 30th-floor apartment.4. Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real ThingWhitney Museum of American Art, New Y ork CityOn view: starting March 20,2024Some leave angry. Others emerge inspired. Yet however you react, it’s hard to forget any Whitney Biennial. Multimedia pieces and political themes are never hard to detect. Organized by Chrissi e Iles and Meg Onli, the lineup at this year’s -Biennial has yet to be announced. But whoever the participants are, their work is sure to make a statement.1．What can we learn from the artist Yayoi Kusama and his works?A．His work Infinite Love has been on display for decades.B．His works feature incorporating varied colors boldly into the works.C．Dreaming of Earth’s Sphericity was inspired by the light of water.D．Four-dimensional forms will transport viewers to the universe.2．Who is most likely to be the target audience for the last exhibition?A．people concerned with current political affairs.B．people having a passion for economy.C．people fond of pursuing old fashion.D．people enthusiastic about different reactions. 3．What do the exhibition 2 and 3 have in common?A．Both artists prefer using city landscape in the works.B．Both exhibitions need to be reserved in advance.C．Both artists’ works focus on themes concerning surroundings.D．Both artists’ works embody political themes.My husband and I fell in love when we would sit and talk in the living room of my old apartment in front of the windows drinking cups of black coffee, sometimes until sunrise. I was so extremely fortunate to have finally found that one special person.However, it was soon after our honeymoon that my husband climbed into the tomb called “the office” and buried himself in piles of paperwork and clients, and I just kept silent for fear ofturning into a complaining wife. It seemed as if overnight an invisible wall had been put up between us. He just lay beside snoring like a hibernating bear unaware of my winter.When our daughter was born, my life was centred on her and I no longer seemed to care that my husband was getting busier and spending less time at home. Somewhere between his work timetable and our home and young daughter, we were losing contact with each other. That invisible wall was now being hardened by the mortar (砂浆) of indifference.Then tragedy struck our lives, when my husband’s younger brother was killed in 2001, together with thousands of other innocent people. He was identified only by the engraving (雕刻) on the inside of his wedding ring. Attending our brother’s memorial service was an eye-opening experience for both of us. For the first time, we saw our own marriage was almost like my in-laws. At the tragic death of the youngest son they could not reach out to comfort one another. It seemed as if somewhere between the oldest son’s first tooth and the youngest son’s graduation they had lost each other.Later one night, my husband told of his fear of dying and I spoke of trying to find myself in the writings of my journal. It seemed as if each of us had been hiding our soul-searching from the other.We are slowly working toward building a bridge - not a wall, so that when we reach out to each other, we do not find a barrier we cannot pass through or retreat from the stranger on the other side.4．what can we learn about the author’s husband From the second paragraph?A．He was fully involved in his work.B．He didn’t show any affection for her.C．He preferred his work to his family D．He got tired of his nagging wife5．What does the underlined word in Paragraph 4 mean?A．The author’s husband’s brothers.B．The author’s husband’s brothers-in-law.C．The author’s husband’s parents.D．The author’s husband’s sisters-in-law. 6．Which of the following best describe the author?A．Dependent and critical.B．Sensitive and sensible.C．Sympathetic and emotional.D．Ambitious and understanding.7．What can we infer from the passage about the couple?A．Attending the memorial service worsened their relationship.B．Their brother’s death set off their reflection on marriage.C．Communication was a most effective means to break the barrier.D．The fear of dying prevented the husband from reaching out.Nobel science prizes are awarded in three areas: physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine. But occasionally some noteworthy discovery comes along that does not really fit into any of them. Similar flexibility, though in an area with far more profound consequences than ethology (行为学), has been demonstrated with regard to this year’s physics prize.Showing a sense of timeliness not always apparent in its deliberations, Sweden’s Royal Academy of Science has stretched the definition of physics to include computer science, and given its recognition to two of the pioneers of the artificial-intelligence (AI) revolution.John Hopfield of Princeton University and Geoffrey Hinton of the University of Toronto both did their crucial work in the early 1980s, at a time when computer hardware was unable to take full advantage of it. Dr Hopfield was responsible for what has become known as the Hopfield network - a type of artificial neural network that behaves like a physical structure called a spin glass, which gave the academy a fa int reason to call the field "physics". Dr Hinton’s contribution was to use an algorithm (算法) known to train neural networks.Artificial neural networks are computer programs based loosely on the way in which real; biological networks of nerve cells are believed to work. In particular, the strengths of the connections between "nodes" (结点) in such networks are plastic. Hopfield networks, in which each node is connected to every other except itself, are particularly good at learning to extract patterns from sparse (稀疏的) or noisy data.Dr Hinton’s algorithm enhances neural networks’ learning ability by letting them work, in effect, in three dimensions. Hopfield networks and their types are, in essence, two-dimensional. Though they actually exist only as simulations in software, they can be thought of as a structure of physical layers of nodes. Dr Hinton adjusted Dr Hopfield’s networks using a branch of maths called statistical mechanics to create what are known as Boltzmann machines. Boltzmann machines can be used to create systems that learn in an unsupervised manner, spotting patterns in data without having to be explicitly taught.It is, then, the activities of these two researchers which have made machine learning reallysing. AI models can now not only learn, but create. Such tools have thus gone from being able to perform highly specific tasks, such as recognizing cancerous cells in pictures of tissue samples or streamlining particle-physics data, to anything from writing essays for lazy undergraduates to running robots.8．Why does the writer mention the three areas of Nobel science prizes?A．To inform readers of the specific information.B．To introduce the flexibility of this years’ Nobel physics prize.C．To share with readers the importance of the Nobel prizes.D．To highlight the critical role physics plays in the world.9．What can be the evidence that the two researcher’s activities can be called “physics”?A．The Hopfield Networks are two-dimensional.B．The nodes in the Hopfield Network connect each other.C．The Hopfield Network functions in a similar way to a spin glass.D．The Hopfield Network can extract patterns using a little data.10．How did Dr Hinton strengthen neural networks’ learning ability?A．He used special physical principles.B．He changed the function of the networks.C．He thought of a structure suitable for the networks.D．He made use of maths to transform their ways of working11．What can be the main idea of the passage?A．AI neural networks can be widely used.B．Two researchers will be awarded the Nobel Physics Prize.C．AI researchers have received the Nobel Prize for Physics.D．Physiology and medicine researchers are common in the Nobel Prize winners.The term parasocial interaction (虚拟社交) was introduced in the 1950s by the social scientists Donald Horton and R. Richard Wohl. It was the early days of home television, and they were seeing people form a close connection with actors who were appearing virtually in their home. Today, the definition is much broader. After all, actors, singers, comedians, athletes, and countless other celebrities are available to us in more ways than ever before. Forming parasocialbonds has never been easier.Psychologists document cases of parasocial relationships that can go much deeper, with severe consequences. Scholars note parasocial bonds range from casual talk about stars to intense emotions, to uncontrollable behavior and fantasies. At the deepest level, the parasocial relationship can be dangerous, such as when a fan loses touch with reality and secretly follows a star. It can also lead to confusion about one’s own identity, particularly in adolescents who are still forming their sense of self, as they may model themselves on the media figures with whom they have parasocial relationships.In 2021, two psychologists from York University, in Canada, found that forming parasocial bonds was strongly related to avoidant attachment. That is, people who tended to push others away in their day-to-day lives were more likely to relate to fictional characters. You can easily see how parasocial relationships could be a replacement when one finds real-life attachment difficult. This could start a feedback cycle, in which avoiding close relationships stimulates parasocial bonding, which in turn leads to reduced interactions with real-life family and friends as the fans spends their time and energy on someone who doesn’t know they exist.My purpose here is not to say that parasocial interactions are always bad for you, or even abnormal. Rather, it is to suggest that heavy parasocial bonding might be a signal that you are crowding out the real people who can give you the love you truly need. One way to address this is to get some more distance from your fictional friends, thus pausing the feedback cycle and giving yourself more space to pursue in-person connection.12．How has parasocial interaction changed according to Paragraph 1?A．It has become more accessible.B．It has affected more celebrities.C．It has lost much of its significance.D．It has turned into a two-way process. 13．What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A．Reasons behind celebrity following.B．Origins of dangerous relationships.C．Different types of parasocial relationships.D．Potential harm of parasocialrelationships.14．Which of the following can lead to parasocial relationships?A．Socializing with strangers.B．Having strong family support.C．Participating in group activities.D．Struggling with relationships in reality.15．What might the author suggest for those with heavy parasocial relationships?A．Meeting fictional friends in real life.B．Seeking guidance from professionals.C．Hanging out more with real friends.D．Creating more space for being alone.We are overwhelmed by an unprecedented volume of information. 16 if we don’t actively engage with it.In order to stay focused and retain more information, it’s important to be highly engaged with the content. 17 It mostly relies on critical thinking. Active reading transforms passive absorption into an interactive, analytical process. There are many active reading strategies, but here are some of the most immediately useful.Understand the author’s purpose. 18 Take a few minutes to read the introduction or any other material available to become aware of the reason and intent of writing.Adjust your reading rate. Instead of using a constant rate, adapt yourself to the content you’re reading. 19 , and speeding up when it’s information you are already familiar with.Annotate the content. Taking notes is a great way to stay engaged with the content. Use the margins to write ideas that pop into your mind when reading something.Paraphrase. Whenever a new concept seems a bit more complex to grasp, stop reading and try to paraphrase it using your own words. This will force you to assess your level of understanding.Organize the information visually. Map the content into a graphic to better visualize it and make it your own. You can craft a simple mind map, or be creative with collages and other forms of visual thinking.Evaluate the content. Every so often, take a step back and think critically about what you’re reading. 20Consult a reference. Whenever you’ re in doubt, use a dictionary or another external reference to make sure you understand a new concept or an unfamiliar word’s meaning and have all the necessary background information.Summarize the ideas. Once you’ re done reading a book, sit down and write your own summary. Get bonus points if you publish it online to learn in public and get feedback and additional perspectives from other readers.Active reading will help you make the most of the time you spend reading books and blog posts by ensuring you retain more of the relevant content and can apply it in your day-to-day life and work.A．This means slowing down to comprehend better new or more complex information. B．Yet, research suggests that we forget up to 70% of new information within 24 hours.C．It matters for you to assess what you read.D．Active reading basically means reading something with the determination to understand, evaluate, and remember relevant aspects of what you read.E．Is it well structured, are there gaps in the argument, does the author sound biased?F．Is the goal of the author to inform, entertain, or advertise their product or services?G．Our life is packed with varied information.二、完形填空Michael Surrell and his wife had just parked the car when they got a call from their daughter, “The house next door is on fire!” He immediately went to 21 and saw an old woman cried. “The baby is inside!” “The baby” was 8-year-old Tiara Roberts, the woman’s 22 .Though the fire department had been called, Surrell 23 rushed into the burning house. The thick 24 caused him to stumble blindly around and made it impossible to 25 . After a few minutes in the smoke-filled house, he moved outside to 26 his breath.“Where is Tiara?” he asked 27 .“The second floor,” her grandma shouted back.Taking a deep breath, Surrell went in a second time. Because the house had a 28 layout to his, he found the stairs 29 and made it to the second floor.But the darkness was overwhelming. All he could feel was the crackling and popping of burning wood. Then a soft but 30 moan emerged. He crawled toward the sound, feeling around for any 31 of the little girl. Finally, he 32 something. He scooped Tiara into his arms, 33 through the smoke.Fortunately, Surrell managed to help Tiara out; she was 34 from the hospitalafter a few days. However, the fire worsened Surrell’s pulmonary (肺的) condition, which he suffered before, and he feels the effects even two years later. “It’s a small 35 to pay,” he says. “I would do it again without a second thought.”21．A．stimulate B．witness C．investigate D．innovate 22．A．niece B．granddaughter C．cousin D．daughter 23．A．consciously B．passionately C．instantly D．occasionally 24．A．mist B．smoke C．dust D．smog 25．A．escape B．distinguish C．see D．breathe 26．A．hold B．save C．waste D．catch 27．A．randomly B．cautiously C．nervously D．desperately 28．A．opposite B．similar C．different D．striking 29．A．mysteriously B．thrillingly C．threateningly D．effortlessly 30．A．distinct B．loud C．massive D．sharp 31．A．sense B．symbol C．sound D．sign 32．A．touched B．found C．explored D．got 33．A．running B．breaking C．struggling D．going 34．A．rescued B．composed C．suspended D．released 35．A．fee B．bill C．check D．price三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
北京市第九中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷(含答案)
北京九中2024--2025学年度第一学期期中统练2024.11年级：高二科目：英语（考试时间 100 分钟满分 100 分）第一部分：知识运用（共30分）一、词汇（共20小题，每小题0.5分, 共10分。
从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
)1.请选出与单词“access”匹配的释义。
A. 特点B. 主人C. 报告D. 进入2.请选出与单词“convince”匹配的释义。
A. 便利B. 自信C. 说服D. 控制3.请选出与单词“effective”匹配的释义。
A. 效率B. 有效的C. 效果D. 影响4.请选出与单词“employee”匹配的释义。
A. 雇员B. 雇主C. 雇佣D. 雇佣合同5.请选出与单词“depressed”匹配的释义。
A. 绝望的B. 沮丧的C. 拼命的D. 敏感的6.请选出与单词“guilty”匹配的释义。
A. 自私的B. 忧愁的C. 内疚的D. 烦恼的7.请选出与单词“competitor”匹配的释义。
A. 竞争B. 比赛C. 能力D. 选手8.请选出与单词“devotion”匹配的释义。
A. 宿舍B. 提升C. 奉献D. 信任9.请选出与单词“contrast”匹配的释义。
A. 合同B. 差异C. 控制D. 捐献10.请选出与单词“intensity”匹配的释义。
A. 强度B. 意图C. 影响D. 邀请11.请选出与释义“极好的；难以置信的”匹配的单词。
A. incredibleB. passionateC. worthwhileD. sensitive12.请选出与释义“热心的，热衷的”匹配的单词。
A. emotionalB. enthusiasticC. gratefulD. practical13.请选出与释义“偏好，爱好”匹配的单词。
A. passionB. presentationC. preferenceD. principle14.请选出与释义“最后的，最终的”匹配的单词。
四川省成都蓉城联盟2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试 英语试题(含答案)
2024~2025学年度上期高中2023级期中考试英语考试时间120分钟，满分150分注意事项：1. 答题前，考生务必在答题卡上将自己的姓名、座位号和准考证号用0.5毫米黑色签字笔填写清楚，考生考试条形码由监考老师粘贴在答题卡上的“贴条形码区”。
2. 选择题使用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡上对应题目标号的位置上，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后再填涂其它答案；非选择题用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡的对应区域内作答，超出答题区域答题的答案无效；在草稿纸上、试卷上答题无效。
3. 考试结束后由监考老师将答题卡收回。
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。
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. How will the speakers go to the concert hallA. By subway.B. On foot.C. By taxi.2. What do the speakers need to buy nowA. Some bread.B. Some eggs.C. Some butter.3. What are the speakers talking aboutA. A CD.B. A gift.C. A musician.4. What is the weather like in the west of the man’s countryA. Sunny.B. Windy.C. Rainy.5. What does the man like doing nowA. Drawing.B. Practicing calligraphy.C. Playing the piano.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。
江苏省徐州市2023-2024学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题
江苏省徐州市2023-2024学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读理解If you’re feeling in the mood for grilled food but don’t have a barbecue, then deciding what product to purchase can be a bit difficult. So to help you get a better understanding of just some of the choices available, here’s our guide to buying a new BBQ.Charcoal vs GasThe first decision is how your BBQ is going to be powered. There are essentially two main choices: the traditional way with charcoal, or the quick and convenient way with gas. For those who get frustrated with the process of lighting coals and waiting for them to reach the desired temperature, then gas is the easy option. It’s clean and gets up to temperature in an instant. But for many, the main fun of a barbecue lies in the back-to-basics cooking that hot coal brings natural barbecue fire. You’ll also find a far greater range of charcoal barbecues. SizeFor anyone who likes to throw a garden party with a busy barbecue at the centre of the action, there are some vast grills (烤架) available. But unless you’re regularly feeding the masses, then these BBQ beasts can be impractical. Smaller meals are better suited to smaller equipment, so be realistic about the size that best suits you.Open grill or lidWhile facing the barbecue selection of your nearest retailer, you’ll notice that some of them have lids. These will usually be round and will make you pay more than the lidless options. But if you want the benefit of being able to cook larger items over a longer period of time, such as a whole chicken, then a lid will be essential.1．Which BBQ is suitable for Jack, who likes back-to-basics cooking and often invites friends to the garden party?A．Gas barbecue in small size.B．Gas barbecue in big size.C．Charcoal barbecue with big grills.D．Charcoal barbecue with small grills. 2．What is the difference between the open grill and the one with a lid?A．The open grill costs more.B．The open grill looks superior.C．The open grill is more reliable.D．The open grill is less suitable for larger items.3．Which column of the magazine is the passage most likely selected from?A．Lifestyle.B．Business.C．Culture.D．Sports.In recent years, wooden buildings have reached new heights, with soaring(高耸的)wooden skyscrapers completed or underway in countries like Norway, Switzerland and AustraliA．Sweden, likewise, has come up with a plan—building the world’s biggest wooden city. As the world’s largest urban construction project in wood, Stockholm Wood City will be built in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm in 2025.“By using wood, the project is expected to reduce carbon footprint by up to 40%,compared with building in concrete and steel,” says Annica Anäs, CEO of Atrium Ljungberg, a Swedish urban development company. Some people may have concerns over fire risks posed by wooden buildings, but experts say engineered timber(木材)can resist fire as well. As with other modern construction projects using wood, Wood City will still use some concrete and steel in places like the foundations, but the overall amounts will be greatly reduced.“The construction will not be as noisy as it is built from concrete and bricks,” adds Ms Anäs. This makes wooden buildings particularly suitable for urban redevelopment in general, since putting them up is less likely to annoy the neighbours. It should also be profitable. Ms Anäs is looking for a return on investment of 20% or better.The world’s largest wooden city is supposed to make commute (通勤) easier and shorter, decreasing emissions from transportation. The website for the project describes Stockholm Wood City as a “five minute city”. As Anäs concluded, “We want to create an environment where our customers, who will live and work here, can participate in the development and design of the city district of the future. ”4．The project mentioned in the passage is about__________.A．making a modern city B．creating wooden skyscrapersC．building the highest wooden building D．constructing the largest wooden city 5．What advantage do wooden buildings have over concrete and steel buildings?A．Resisting fires.B．Lasting long.C．Being environmentally friendly.D．Being comfortable.6．Wooden buildings are suitable for urban redevelopment mainly because__________.A．they are profitable for investors B．they cause less noise when builtC．they have a short construction period D．they are less costly to maintain and repair 7．What is Anäs’ attitude to the future of wood construction?A．Optimistic.B．Critical.C．Concerned.D．doubtful.Since 2001, robotic tools have caused great changes in the practice of surgery. They have greatly reduced the stress and physical demands normally placed on surgeons and have made certain procedures possible.One example is “keyhole surgery”, or minimally invasive (微创) surgery, which normally requires surgeons to stand at awkward angles and make difficult movements with their hands to make a cut inside the patient. But in June 2022, surgeon James Ansell used 3D glasses and two joysticks(操纵杆) to control four robotic arms to perform a procedure to remove a cancerous tumor (肿瘤). “My colleague said… that this feels like cheating,” Ansell said to The Guardian.Another area of surgery that has had major technological breakthroughs in recent years is telesurgery. Telesurgery, or remote surgery, is the use of technology that allows a surgeon to perform a procedure on a patient not in the same physical location.Normally, telesurgery relies on a wired connection due to concerns of harming the patient if a wireless connection should drop during surgery, but China made several advancements in wireless telesurgery based on 5G technology.China achieved the first 5G-based remote operation in March 2019 involving a brain surgery procedure between a surgeon in Sanya and a patient in Beijing, a distance totaling nearly 3,000 kilometers, reported CGTN. More recently, a team of surgeons at the Hainan Eye Hospital successfully completed remote micron–level eye surgery via a 5G robot on rabbits located at the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, reported China Daily.Some people even believe that robotic systems, combined with AI, could one day surpass(超过)human surgeons. But given current technological limitations and the high costs of these robots, the complete robot takeover of surgery may still be a while off.8．The underlined part in paragraph 2 indicates the procedure may___________.A．be illegal B．be difficult to controlC．cheat the patient D．be conducted unknowingly9．What significant achievement did China make in the field of telesurgery?A．Removing a cancerous tumor using 3D glasses.B．Achieving remote surgery using a wired connection.C．Doing the first 5G-based eye remote operation on humans.D．Performing the first wireless brain surgery with 5G technology.10．What can we infer about robots in the medical field according to the passage?A．They still need further development.B．They have been widely adopted.C．They are currently in high demand.D．They have surpassed human surgeons. 11．What is the article mainly about?A．The benefits of robotic surgery.B．The future of robotic surgery.C．The advancements in medical robotics.D．The achievements of China’s medicine.I’m a recovering addict. I was addicted to YouTube.My addiction started several years ago. My first experience was on the recommendation of a friend to check out Susan Boyle’s amazing singing on Britain’s Got Talent. I didn’t think much about it and got on with my life.But soon I found myself spending a lot of time staring at the screen and discovered onscreen offerings were truly endless. From one YouTuber I learned how to plant my own vegetable garden. Someone else gave wise sayings from philosophers. Down the rabbit hole I went, for hours and hours, watching other people living their lives and giving me advice on how to live mine.As the months rolled by, checking in every day with people who were talking to me personally (or so it seemed) became an addiction. I subscribed to (订阅) many channels and waited anxiously for new weekly offerings. I found all this calming and therapeutic.At some point, though, I got annoyed by these artistic and seemingly perfect lives. Who are filming them? Do they happen to live in a meadow (草地)? The questions started to disturb me while forcing comparisons with my own somewhat more ordinary existence.Regardless of my growing anxiety, I continued to click on the YouTube icon on my phone whenever I had a spare five minutes. I compared my life constantly with the images onscreen. I started to hate the endless rules presented for good health, financial stability and mental contentment. In a moment of clarity (清晰), I realized that I had a full and happy life myself, which suited me perfectly although it wouldn’t win awards for perfection onscreen. I put my phone away and started paying attention to my own life, instead of watching other people live theirs. I still like checking in once in a while for some entertainment andinspiration, but I’ve limited my exposure. I am content in the knowledge that my addiction to life onscreen has been replaced by life itself.12．What led the author to use YouTube for the first time?A．Her search for gardening tips.B．Her friend’s recommendation.C．Her curiosity about the platform.D．Her admiration for a famous singer. 13．What did the author think of YouTube videos at first?A．Informative and relaxing.B．Dull and discouraging.C．Creative and puzzling.D．Addictive and useless.14．What happened after the author became addicted to YouTube?A．She gradually lost purpose in life.B．She tried to copy others’ lifestyle.C．She sought for the peace of country life.D．She kept making comparisons withothers.15．What kind of life does the author live now?A．Stop surfing online.B．Upload videos about her life.C．Appreciate real-life experiences more.D．Spend more time on her social life.二、七选五meat by growing cells obtained from an animal’s body.Lab-grown meat, also called “cell–cultivated” or “cultured” meat, is made by feeding a mix of nutrients to animal cells in steel tanks in labs. The idea is to create an alternative to agriculturally raised meat. And unlike other meat substitutes which are made from plant proteins and other ingredients, lab-grown meat is real meat. 17Recently, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has given two companies approval to sell lab–grown chicken. 18 It’s aimed at eliminating (消除) harm to animals, and reducing the environmental impacts of grazing(放牧) and growing feed for animals.“Everything we know about how meat can be made is going to change. But don’t expect to see cultivated meat in grocery stores just yet,” said Uma Vaieti, CEO of UPSIDE Foods.19 That’s because it cannot yet be produced on the scale of traditional meat.“To make cultivated meat, we need much more energy,” said Bruce Friedrich, presidentand founder of the Good Food Institute. However, those high energy needs will be offset(补偿)by the reduction in land and water use and other benefits. It’s thought that cultured meat will be probably produced on a large scale. 20A．Lab-grown meat is much more expensive now.B．When ready, lab-grown meat is formed into shapes.C．The approval launches a new era of meat production.D．It looks, smells and tastes like any other grocery store version.E．But scientists behind lab-grown meat say that’s no longer necessary.F．That could also offer a solution to feeding the world’s growing population.G．The typical way meat is produced now is a risk factor for the emergence of diseases.三、完形填空Yue–Sai Kan’ s autobiography, Be a Pioneer, was released after three years’making. Her23．A．race B．game C．chance D．medal 24．A．beginning B．middle C．end D．peak 25．A．absorbed B．committed C．engaged D．lost 26．A．watched B．created C．participated D．appreciated 27．A．food B．people C．cultures D．politics 28．A．brands B．patents C．awards D．rewards 29．A．build B．restrict C．separate D．connect 30．A．adjusted to B．returned to C．withdrew from D．came from 31．A．English B．American C．French D．Chinese 32．A．include B．conclude C．deny D．monitor 33．A．hear B．witness C．miss D．catch 34．A．rare B．common C．normal D．strange 35．A．harm B．restore C．fund D．benefit四、用单词的适当形式完成短文五、邀请信46．假如你是李华，你校广播站新增英语频道，你负责英语播音员的招募工作，请你给外教Josh写一封邮件邀请他担任面试官。
高二上册期中英语考试试题及答案
【导语】⾼⼆⼀年,强⼈将浮出⽔⾯,鸟⼈将沉⼊海底。
⾼⼆重点解决三个问题:⼀,吃透课本;⼆，找寻适合⾃⼰的学习⽅法；三，总结⾃⼰考试技巧，形成习惯。
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每段对话后有⼀个⼩题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话前，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。
每段对话读⼀遍。
1.WhatisBobinterestedinaboutthebook?A.Thephotos.B.Theideas.C.Thedata. 2.Wheredoestheconversationtakeplace?A.Inahotel.B.Onabus.C.Atacinema. 3.Whatdoesthewomanwanttodo?A.Buyaticket.B.Parkhercar.C.Waitherturn. 4.WhathasBilldone? A.Forgottenhispromise. B.Failedtofinishhiswork. C.Repeatedhiscarelessness. 5.Whichplacedoesthemanliketolivein?A.Aquietplace.B.Alonelyplace.C.Anoisyplace. 第⼆节(共15⼩题；每⼩题1分，满分15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三个选项中选出选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话或独⽩前，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秒钟的做答时间。
每段对话或独⽩读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6⾄7题。
天津市第一中学2024_2025学年高二英语上学期期中试题
天津市第一中学2024-2025学年高二英语上学期期中试题本试卷分为第I 卷（选择题）、第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分，共 100 分，考试用时90 分钟。
第I 卷 1 至 5 页，第 II 卷 6 页。
考生务必将答案涂写规定的位置上，答在试卷上的无效。
祝各位考生考试顺当!I 卷 (满分 70 分)I.听力理解（共 20 小题，每小题 0.5 分，满分 10 分）第一节听下面 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。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What will the man go to London to do?A. Attend a meeting.B. Go sightseeing.C. Visit someone.2.What’s wrong with the man’s alarm clock?A. It doesn’t work well.B. It tells wrong time.C. It rings all the time.3.What’s the man’s nationality?A. Canadian.B. British.C. American.4.What’s the weather going to be like tomorrow?A. Cloudy.B. Rainy.C. Sunny.5.What is the man going to do first after school today?A. Play basketball.B. Study at the library.C. Go home.其次节听下面 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。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6~7 题。
6.What can we know about Peter?A.He has just got married.B.He met his girlfriend unexpectedly.C.He has returned home from abroad.7.What will the man go to Pairs for?A. Business.B. Sightseeing.C. Honeymoon. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8~10 题。
上海市2024-2025学年高二上学期11月期中英语试题(含答案)
2024学年第一学期期中教学质量检测高二英语试卷说明：（1）本场考试时间为120分钟，总分140分；（2）请认真答卷，并用规范文字书写。
I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. At 7:15. B. At 7:50. C. At 8:05. D. At 9:00.2. A. Unconcerned. B. Surprised. C. Doubtful. D. Delighted.3. A. He is rather disappointed. B. He can’t accept the result.C. He knows his own limitation.D. He doesn’t care about a promotion.4. A. She wants to get some sleep. B. She is to prepare a presentation.C. She has to attend a chemistry class.D. She is troubled by her sleep problem.5. A. Get more food and drinks. B. Invite more people.C. Frepare for a party.D. Tidy up the place.6. A. Take a taxi to the zoo. B. Walk to the zoo.C. Cross the street.D. Wait for the bus.7. A. The woman arrived too early for registration.B. The woman got a wrong class permit.C. The woman misplaced her class permit.D. The woman missed the registration deadline.8. A. They haven’t agreed on where to live.B. They don’t want to live in a noisy area.C. They both work in the downtown area.D. They hope to save money for the wedding.9. A. It will clear up in the lake area tomorrow.B. The lake will be clear after the heavy rain.C. The woman is inviting the man to go to the lake.D. The woman might have to change her plan for tomorrow.10. A. They love Italian food more than anything else.B. They are disappointed at the restaurant’s recent changes.C. They are satisfied with the current chef at the restaurant.D. They are unhappy with the prices of food at the restaurant. Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear a short passage and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passage and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the fourpossible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. They found it charming. B. They didn’t care about it.C. They were annoyed by it.D. They had mixed feelings about it.12. A. It wasn’t being properly maintained.B. People didn’t care whateve r mess it might be in.C. There were no effective regulations concerning visitors.D. It was poorly designed and constructed in the first place.13. A How the White House has become what it is today.B. Why more people from home and abroad visit the White House nowadays.C. How the White House has been damaged by tourists throughout history.D. How the White House became the official residence of the U. S President.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. More of them are smoking cigars.B. Teens are becoming more addicted to cigarettes.C. There has been an 11% increase in the number of teen smokers.D. Teens are increasingly exploring healthy alternatives to cigarettes15. A. Most of the teens buy cigars because of peer pressure.B. There are only fruit-flavored cigars available on the market.C. They can be purchased one at a time so they are afforded by the teens.D. They are quite expensive and require the teens to save their allowance.16. A. The Cigar Association has taken action against flavored cigars.B. There are no special restrictions on the sale of flavored cigars.C: Teens have been taught cigars are less poisonous than cigarettes D. The attempts to stop teens from smoking cigars have been effective. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. She is interested in attending an American university.B. She is calling to consult for her friend.C. She wants to learn some basic language skills.D. She has to study English for the sake of her job.18. A. To help people find a hetter job.B. To help people with English learning.C. To help people get enrolled in, a famous university.D. To help people improve communication skills.19. A. It is a form that helps the students get a student vise.B. It is a certificate that Indicates the student’s English proficiency.-C. It is a certificate that shows the student’s education experiences,D. It is a reference letter that helps the students get into the U. Sembassy.20. A. Applicants need to pay the tuition at the beginning.B. Applicants must confirm their applications in person.C. Applications can be made through the Internet or by mail.D. Applicants can apply to join the program at any time they want.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.The Hell of the Sandwich LunchThe competition to be the worst two words in the English language is extremely hard-fought. Surprise party. Cruise holiday. Rice pudding. Keen golfer. The list goes on and on. But right up there is “sandwich lunch”. S eparately, (21) ______ of these words contains lots of beautiful promise. In combination, however, they spell horrible disaster.Most obviously, they signal that your lunch is ruined. You might have been planning to stroll through a park or eat with a friend. Now you will be spending your break working, (22) ______(trap) in a meeting room with several of your colleagues. Even more annoyingly, your manager has announced that sandwiches will be provided (23) ______ you shouldbe grateful for the kindness and consideration.The actual food choices are not yours. Instead, they appear(24) ______ make) by a six-year- old. The centre piece is a piatter of sandwiches cut into triangles. There are paper plates. You can’t help (25) ______( look) around for party hats and balloons.Not that you actually eat much. The etiquette（礼仪）of the sandwich lunch requires everyone to take less than they want, in order to signal that they are team players (26) ______ know how to share. People politely wait their turn and then restrict themselves (27) ______a few items. Your own paper plate is fairly typical: two triangles of bread, four salt-and-vinegar crisps （薯片）,a limp salad leaf and one plum tomato. It’s about as appetizing as a cup of sand. You pick up the biggest of your four crisps and put it in your mouth just as the boss begins to lay out the agenda for the discussion. Crisps are never (28) ______ (noisy) than when eaten at a sandwich lunch. Every bite thunders（响声穿透）through the room; eyes flick your way with each crunch and then back to the speaker. You wonder (29) ______ it takes for a crisp to dissolve（溶解）through the action of saliva（唾液）alone, and conclude it is better to get the whole thing over with. Cue a desperate loud burst of chewing and all eyes are now on you. The boss has stopped speaking. One final bite, and a swallow. The crisp as well as your promotion prospects (30) ______( be) dead.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. easeB. fittingC. forceD. modestE. preciselyF. primarilyG. robbedH. awesomeI. encounterJ. starvingK. warnedThe Problem of Totally Epic Language InflationStan Carey recently wrote a short blog about language inflation, which ultimately creates devaluation in meaning Today, popular expressions like epic and brilliant are used to express a more 31 meaning than their traditional uses. Brilliant actually means clever, and epic actually means surprising. Such is our desire to elevate words with power and importance, that we use hyperbole（夸张）to draw attention.The same tendency can be seen in numbers as well. Once giving 110% became cliché, people started insisting that they give 210%,310%, and on and on. To create even more 32 behind the phrase, people will also throw in a literally. I literally gave 210%.This is no new trend. My generation destroyed words like awesome and totally. My parents and grandparents 33 of meaning words like incredible, wonderful, and fantastic.Irish novelist C. S. Lewis expressed concern over language inflation: “Don’t say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise, you’ll have noword left when you want to talk about something really infinite.”And this is 34 where we find ourselves right now. We have no words 35 when we want to say that something truly is awe-inspiring.This can also make it all the more difficult for modern readers to connect with older books. Particularly, it can cheapen our understanding of the Scriptures（圣经）. As a child of the 80s, I was never at 36 calling God awesome, because as far as I knew, it meant something much less great. If my sunglasses are totally awesome, I need some other word for God! Our souls are 37 in the current culture. We neglect the spiritual aspects of our own existence more and more. It makes sense that the language would reflect that as well. Caring 38 for our physical needs, we run across fewer moments that inspire us with true awe. Those emotions would require a(n) 39 with the significant and the time to contemplate （沉思）it.But who’s got the time or the desire for that We’ll settle for（将就）pretty good experiences and call them totally 40III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Dare to FollowAlmost everyone aspires to lead. If there is one thing anyone with a job and a pulse needs to learn, it is how to 41 . That, at least, is the message from the tsunami of books, courses, videos and podcasts on the topic. Business schools offer all kinds of leadership training. You are told how to lead without actually being a leader.42 in all this is an inconvenient fact. Most people in the workforce are not leaders and pretty much everyone 43 someone else. The most useful skill to have in your current job may well be how to be a good follower. That leaders depend on followers might seem blindingly obvious, but the way that people lower down the ladder interact with those above them gets much less attention than the 44 . A corner of the management literature is 45 to “followership”, but it remains small, for several reasons.The first is that you don’t need any advice to achieve the positi on of 46 ; you will never be more of one than on the very first day of your very first job.The second reason is that, although some people have little desire to be in a position of authority, very few aspire to follow. The word itself is associated with 47 , weakness and complaints. In an experiment conducted by Colette Hoption of Seattle University and her co-authors, people who were randomly assigned to the role of followers felt unhappier and were less willing to do work at the weekends and early inthe morning than those given the 48 of leaders.The third reason why the art of following gets little attention is that most subordinates（下属）have much less agency than the people 49 them. There is often no choice in whom you report to. Leaders, not followers, set the tone: 50 bosses are not old-school command-and- control types, they shape how everyone beneath them behaves.·If such things explain why leadership is 51 , the behaviour of followers is still crucial. Hierarchies（等级制度）can be more fluid（流动的）than they sometimes look: as teams form and dissolve, you may be leading a project one month and 52 the next. Things generally go better when people at every level are engaged in their work and prepared to take on responsibility.Proactivity is a big part of being an effective follower. One of the fathers of the field, Robert Kelley, has usefully 53 five styles of followership: sheep, yes-people, unfriendly followers, pragmatists, and stars. Which 54 of follower people fall into will undoubtedly depend on their boss. But it will also depend on them: on whether they ingratiate（讨好）themselves with their managers or 55 them; on whether they see their boss as someone to support or complain about. As the British Army puts it, “To follow effectively… is a choice.”41. A. start B. lead C. acquire D. convey42. A. Special B. Abundant C. Missing D. Competent43. A. counts on B. reports to C. calls for D. alternates with44. A. reverse B. authority C. agenda D. convention45. A. blinded B. reduced C. dedicated D. accustomed46. A. candidate B. consultant C. executive D. follower47. A. courage B. passivity C. discrimination D. dignity48. A. leisure B. duty C. label D. payment49. A. supervising B. surrounding C. defending D. entertaining50. A. even if B. now that C. given that D. provided that51. A. under the weather B. in the dark C. in the spotlight D. on cloud nine52. A. contributing B. dominating C. selecting D. appointing53. A. hired B. surveyed C. identified D. designed54. A. campaign B. category C. trap D. business55. A. defend B. sponsor C. influence D. challengeSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A)A biography of Bill Gates: Dollar Bill“Americans appear to be growing increasingly uneasy about billionaires,”observes Anupreeta Das, a journalist at the New York Times. With his long career and its many ups and downs, Mr. Gates is “the perfect prism （棱镜）through which to project tricky moral questions” in pursuit of a “collective rethink” about American values.In the biography, Ms. Das goes from the founding of Microsoft in 1975 to its stock market flotation（上市）11 years later. By 1995 Mr. Gates was the youngest billionaire and the richest person in America but was facing a new problem: his company was so dominant that it attracted the attention of antitrust regulators. The heroic nerd had come to be seen as a villain（反派）.So, Mr. Gates reinvented himself as a philanthropist（慈善家）, establishing the world’s largest charitable foundation with his then wife Melinda and promoting among other billionaires the Giving Pledge (a promise to donate most of one’s wealth to charitable causes). So successful was this reinvention that Mr. Gates was the most admired man in the world from 2014 to 2019, according toYouGov polls.But then his scandals （丑闻）led to the collapse of his marriage. At the same time, the power of his foundation began to come under increasing inspection. The foundation pours billions into public-health initiatives, outspending many governments, and thus shapes health policy in many countries - yet it is accountable to nobody but the Gateses. During the covid-19 pandemic, Mr. Gates was also the subject of conspiracytheories（阴谋论）suggesting that he was profiting from vaccines and even injecting tiny microchips into people. The hero had once again become a villain.But Ms. Das’s book is most interesting when it shows how Mr. Gates has influenced other billionaires, such as Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, - how they have followed his example, and how they have not.The book shows Mr. Gates from many angles but provides few insights of him as a person. There is a Gates-shaped hole at the centre of the narrative; Ms. Das was not allowed to interview Mr. Gates. So what does she conclude about billionaires They are, she suggests, lightning rods.（避雷针）for deeper concerns about inequality and privilege. But she holds back from making a strong argument about Mr. Gates. A book that promises to tackle billionaires’ place in society asks many questions, but also asks readers to make up their own minds.56. What is the main pur pose of Anupreeta Das’s biography of Bill GatesA. To document the personal life and career success of Bill Gates.B To celebrate Bill Gates’s achievements in the technology industry.C. To provide a detailed account of the history of Microsoft.D. To explore the moral implications of America values.57. Why was Bill Gates regarded a villain①Microsoft was so dominant as to attract the attention of antitrust regulators.②He established the world’s largest charitable foundation and reinvented himself as a philanthropist.③His investment in public-health initiatives exceeded many governments, thus shaping health policy accountable to only the Gateses.④He was accused of profiting from vaccines and even injecting tiny microchips into people during the covid-19 pandemic.A. ①②④B.①③④C. ②③④D. ①②③④58. Which of the following is most likely to be included in this bookA. A specific description of Ms. Das’ interview with Bill Gates and the transcript of it.B. Bill Gates’ personality, hobbies, and personal anecdote s in his early life at Microsoft.C. The story that Mr. Zuckerberg faced his own crisis, and turned to Mr. Gates for advice.D. Ms. Das’ strong argument about Mr. Gates, such as concerns about inequality and privilege.59. What is the overall tone of the author towards Bill Gates and other tech billionaires in this bookA. Neutral and informative.B. Admiring and supportive.C. Critical and disapproving.D. Sympathetic and understanding.(B)Hiking Three Great WalksTHE LARAPINTA TRAILDifficulty: ModerateThe Larapinta Trail is a 142-mile bushwalk across the Northern Territory’s sunbaked West MacDonnell Ranges, traversing arid outcrops before descending to swimming holes. Starting in Alice Springs/ Mparntwe, it takes nearly three weeks to hike the length of the trail to its glorious sunrise climax at Mount Sonder, but the trail is divided into 12 sections to allow for day walks, overnight treks and multi-day hikes. World Expeditions offers packages ranging from self-guided treks toall-inclusive guided tours with stays at tented eco-camps,fromA$4,000( 2,040) perperson. au worldCAPE TO CAPE WALKDifficulty: ModerateWestern Australia’s Margaret River draws surfers and oenophiles thanks to its bountiful breaks and wineries. Weaving between them is the77-mile Cape to Cape Track, a coastal trail that navigates karri forests and cliffs along the length of Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park. The trail can take up to seven days to complete and is open year-round-plan your visit between June and December for the chance to spot humpbackwhales during their annual migration. Basic camping is allowed on the trail but a popular option is to stay in Margaret River and catch shuttles from there to the trailheads..auSCENIC RIM TRAILDifficulty: HardQueensland’s four-day, 29-mile Scenic Rim Trail starts with aheart-pumping climb 2,300ft up the Mistake Mountains. From here, you’re met with steep, track that meander through ancient rainforest. Look out for koalas in the treetops and kangaroos bouncing across the path and spend the night camping beneath eucalypts. The challenging topography means independent hiking is best left to experienced navigators. Spicers Scenic Rim Trail offers small group tours with stays in luxury tents and farmhouses,fromA$1,750( 900)perperson.parks.desi.qld.60. Which of the following statement is TRUEYou can go camping on all of these three hiking trails.B: You can spot many wild animals when hiking the larapinta trail.C. It is recommended for beginner hikers to choose the scenic rim trail.D. The difficulty, cost, length and related site of each hiking route are mentioned in the passage.61. John has a budget of A$2,000 and two weeks of vacation time to go on a hiking adventure. He loves sea views, and is also a wine lover.Which trail would be the most suitable for himA. The larapinta trail.B. Cape to cape walk.C. Scenic rim trail.D. None of them.62. Where is this article most likely to appearA. China DailyB. The EconomistC. The New YorkerD. National Geographic Traveller(C)Increasingly, AI-generated outputs drift across our feeds and searches. Far beyond our screens, the entire culture is becoming affected.A recent study examining scientists’ peer reviews revealed that the word “meticulous（严谨的）” was used 34 times more often than in t he previous year. The phrasing, one of the favorite buzzwords of modern large language models like ChatGPT, indicates that many researchers are handing their work over to AI.This reflects a much bigger problem. Any viral post on social media now almost certainly includes AI-generated replies, all to attract follows. Then there is the growing use of AI to scale the creation of cheap synthetic videos for children on YouTube. The narratives make no sense, and characters appear and disappear randomly. As a neuroscientist, this worries me. Isn’t it possible that human culture contains within it cognitive nutrients— things like cohesive narrations and character continuity— that developing brains need But what happens when atoddler is consuming mostly AI-generated contentIt’s worth looking to a historical analogy（类比）for our current situation: the environmental movement. For just as companies and individuals were driven to pollute by economic incentives, so, too, is AI’s cultural pollution driven by a rational de cision to fill the internet’s appetite for content as cheaply as possible. However, there has been undeniable progress keeping our cities mostly free of smog. HowGarrett Hardin, a biologist and ecologist, emphasized in 1968 that pollution was an over exploitation of shared resources driven by people acting in their own interest, and that “we are locked into a system of‘fouling（污染）our own nest,’ so long as we behave only as independent, rational, free enterprisers.” He summed up the problem as a “tragedy of the commons（公共用地）.” This acknowledgement was crucial to the environmental movement, which relied on government regulation to do what companies alone could or would not do.Once again, we find ourselves enacting a tragedy of the commons:short-term economic self- interest encourages using cheap AI content to maximize clicks and views, which in turn pollutes our culture. And so far, major AI companies are refusing to help identify AI’s creation- which they could do by adding statistical patterns hidden in word use or in the pixels of images.To deal with this corporate refusal to act we need the equivalent of aClean Air Act: a Clean Internet Act. A simple solution would be to legislatively force advanced watermarking in AI- generated outputs. Just as the 20th century required extensive interventions to protect the shared environment, the 21st century must protect a different, but equally critical, common resource: our shared human culture.63. Why does the author express concernA. AI-generated content is difficult to detect.B. Young children are overly exposed to online content.C. Our culture is affected by low-quality AI-generated content.D. Technological issues, similar to environmental problems, are serious.64. Which of the following examples best il lustrates a “tragedy of the commons”？A. Fishermen overfishing to earn as much as possible.B. Netizens uploading an excessive number of videos online.C. Students using AI to generate answers for exam questions.D. Governments failing to establish partnership with companies.65. According to the author, the issue discussed can be resolved by______ .A. controlling the volume of AI-generated contentB. regulating AI outputs to make them more identifiableC. urging tech companies to improve the quality of AI generationD. encouraging people to treat culture as seriously as they treatenvironmental issues66. Which of the following serves as the most suitable title for the passageA. A tragedy of the commons: the importance of regulationB. AI outputs are overwhelming: potential risks of AI technologyC. Navigating the digital age: why AI should be used with cautionD. Addressing AI-generated garbage: endangered culture needs legislationSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. But that is complicated by another of the researchers’ findings.B. They are predatory birds that will gladly seize unattended eggs.C. Now a paper by Libourel and Lee reports another clever adaptation.D. The birds may readily steal nesting materials from unguarded neighbours, for instance.E. But the fact that the birds are able to incubate eggs under such conditions proves the naps useful.F. Like ducks, chinstrap penguins can sleep with either their whole brain or with just one hemisphere at a time.The biology of sleep: Forty thousand naps near the seaSleep is a bit of an evolutionary mystery. A sleeping animal cannot lookfor food, defend its territory or flee from danger. The fact that sleep is nonetheless common among animals suggests its restorative powers are essential. So does the fact that, if laboratory animals are deprived of it for long enough, they die.Some animals, though, have developed unique ways to balance the need for sleep and the need for staying alert. Dolphins and ducks can sleep with only half their brains at a time, leaving the other half alert. 67 Chinstrap penguins（帽带企鹅）, it seems, take their sleep in the form of thousands of tiny micro-naps.The researchers captured 14 penguins on King George Island, and their brain activity was tracked remotely through electrodes. While ducks sleep in long stretches, the researchers discovered that the penguins were napping for just a few seconds at a time, hundreds of times an hour.They offer two explanations for the penguins’ sleep patterns. The first is to do with external threats. Penguins often incubate（孵化）their eggs alone while their partners are away foraging for food. Colonies are threatened by brown skuas（棕贼鸥）. 68 Broken sleep may be an evolutionarily smart way of getting some shut-eye during longegg-guarding watches while still remaining able to react to danger.69 Birds with nests near the edge of the colony ought to be at greater risk than those in the centre. But birds on the edges of the colonyseemed to enjoy longer and deeper naps than those near the middle. That leads to the second suggestion, which is to do with the penguins themselves. Penguin colonies are noisy, crowded places, and threats may come from within as well as without. 70 Birds in the bustling, crime-ridden centre of the colony may simply find it harder to get any shut-eye than those living in the safer, quieter suburbs.Choosing between those theories will require more research. Both, of course, could prove to be true.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.71. The Marketing Success of the Staley Cup QuencherIn the world of drinkware, the Stanley Cup Quencher has emerged as a true success story. captivating consumers and dominating, the market. This insulated tumbler has become a household name, with its popularity soaring across various demographics. The Stanley Cup Quencher’s success is not just a matter of luck; it is a testament to the power of effective product positioning.The company identified its target market as millennials and Gen Z consumers who value durability, style, and functionality in their drinkware. These consumers lead active lifestyles and are always on the。
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高二英语上学期期中考试题英语命题人：陈通发审题：冉光柏第一部分：听力（Unit 4----共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5）听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个题，从题中所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
每段对话仅读一遍。
（）1. What time is it now?A. 7：30.B. 6：55．C. 7：35．（）2. What is the man's job？A. A cook.B. A waiter.C. A salesman．（）3. How does the man go to school every day？A. He walks to school every day．B. Every day he takes a bus to school．C. He goes to school by bike every day．（）4. Why does the man like December best of all？A. Because he can see snow in December.B. Because he can skate in December．C. Because he enjoys the cold weather in December.（）5. Why does the man take a walk？A. He wants to keep healthy by walking．B. He is used to walking.C. He won't feel well if he takes a bus．第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面每段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个题。
从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6一8小题。
（）6. Where does this conversation probably take place？A. At a cinema.B. At an airport.C. On the phone.（）7. Why did Nancy call Bob?A. Because she wanted to get in touch with him．B. Because she wanted to tell him the good news．C. Because she wanted to invite him to a party．（）8. What were Nancy and Bob going to do that evening？A. They wanted to see each other and discuss something．B. They wanted to go to a restaurant for dinner．C. They were going to a movie together.听第7段材料，回答第9一11小题。
（）9. Why does Mr. Hunt make the telephone call？A. He wants to buy some furniture．B. He plans to have a party．C. He wants to book a table．（）10. At what time does Mr. Hunt want the table to be ready on Saturday night?A. 6. 45．B. 7：00．C. 7：15．（）11．What will Mr. Hunt probably do on Saturday night？A. Visit his mother.B. Have dinner with a friend．C. Buy a table．听第8段材料，回答第12～14小题。
（）12. Why does the man say the lady may take the potatoes and watermelon for nothing?A. He doesn't make any money on his birthday．B. He is joking.C. They've known each other for a long time．（）13．What is the possible price of the potatoes actually？A. ＄1 a kilo.B. ＄2 a kilo.C. Less than＄1 a kilo.（）14．How does the woman feel when she leaves the store？A. Funny.B. Unhappy.C. Angry.听第9段材料，回答第15--17小题。
（）15．What does the man advise the girl to buy？A. A pair of gloves.B. A pair of glasses.C. A pair of shoes．（）16. What present did the girl give her boyfriend last yearA. Some books.B. Some gloves.C. Some scarves（围巾）．（）17. What kind of gloves does the girl buy in the end？A. Driving gloves．B. Special gloves．C. Boxing gloves．听第10段材料，回答第18～20小题。
（）18. Who is the speakerA. A student．B. An editor.C. A journalist．（）19. How many days a week is THE VOICE printed？A. Two.B. Five．C. Seven．（）20. What is most likely the best reason for joining the staff?A. To make a great deal of money．B. To become an excellent student．C. To get some interesting experiences．第二部分:英语知识运用（45分）第一节：语法和词汇知识（15分）从21-35各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
21. ______more and more trees cut down, many animals are dying out.A. BecauseB. AsC. WithD. Since22. The microphone made big difference to the performance and theparty turned out to be success.A. a; theB. the; /C. a; aD. the; the23. There is no ___________ in trying to talk him into joining us. He enjoys beingalone.A. doubtB. wonderC. hopeD. point24. The broken bike needs______.A. to repairB. repairedC. being repairedD. repairing25. _____ in the mountains for a week, the two students were finally saved by thelocal police.A. Having lostB. LostC. Being lostD. Losing26. Air is to us .A. what water is to fishB.that water is to fishC. water to fishD. that fish is to water27. Loo k！Here .A. the old lady comesB. comes the old ladyC. come the old ladyD. comes she28. Hawking says that even the best theory can________ to be wrong．A. turn outB. turn downC. turn offD. turn up29. good, the apples were soon sold out.A. TastingB. TasteC. TastedD. Having tasted30. ______ certain that his invention will lead to the development of production.A. That'sB. It'sC. There'sD. What's31. There is a mountain the top is always covered with snow.A. of thatB. of whichC. whoseD. that32. He must be lying，for what he says doesn't__________ the fact．A. fitB. matchC. suitD. get33. She still failed in the final exam_______ hard she worked.A. whatever B wherever C. however D. whenever34. The editor's job is to keep the newspaper______ and _____ to the readers．A. balanced；interestedB. balancing；interestingC. balanced；interestingD. balancing；interested35. ----Which of the two teams do you think will win?---- . They are very close in the way of playing.A. That's true.B. It's hard to say.C. I'm sorry.D. I'm afraid not. 第二节: 完型填空( 共20小题;每小题1.5分, 满分30分 )阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。