安徽省六安第一中学2023-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

六安一中2024年春学期高二年级期中考试

英语试卷

第一部分  听力(共两节，满分30分)

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Moving the sofa.    B. Placing the coffee table.    C. Buying a useful sofa.

2. How does Martha keep in shape?

A. By swimming.    B. By playing games.    C. By running around the pool.

3. What is the problem with the jacket?

A. It is too tight.    B. It’s too expensive.    C. It is too long.

4. What is the woman looking for?

A. The post office.    B. The church.    C. The museum.

5. What does the man think of his new roommate?

A. Neat and clean.    B. Untidy and messy.    C. Lazy and careless.

第二节(共25小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In the fields.    B. In a restaurant.    C. In a classroom.

7. What’s Mike’s major?

A. Physics.    B. English.    C. Nuclear physics.

听第7段材料，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a department store.    B. In a restaurant.    C. On a plane.

9. What’s the man’s problem?

A. Another man has the same seat number.

B. He should be in a different seat.

C. He wants to move to a window seat.

听第8段材料，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. Where does the man want to go?

A. Lift 63.    B. Block 3.    C. Building 63.

11. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Strangers.    B. Classmates.    C. Teacher and student.

12. Which English does the man speak?

A. Chinese English.    B. British English.    C. American English.

听第9段材料，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. What is the main purpose of the conversation?

A. To talk about matches of the Olympics.

B. To predict who will win the Olympics.

C. To make a plan for the Olympics.

14. How many events are mentioned in the conversation?

A. 4.    B. 5.    C. 6.

15. What are Ricky and his mom going to do next?

A. Have a rest at the hotel.    B. Go sightseeing.    C. Watch volleyball.

16. What do we know about the speakers?

A. They live in London.    B. They are tired from traveling.    C. They live in South Korea.

听第10段材料，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. When is ICBD celebrated?

A. On April 2nd.    B. On April 25th.    C. On April 19th.

18. Which of the following is included in ICBD?

A. Reading poems.    B. Acting out fairy tales.    C. Writing competitions.

19. How long did Anderson live?

A. For 50 years.    B. For 70 years.    C. For 75 years.

20. What was Anderson the most famous for?

A. His poems.    B. His own stories.    C. His fairy tales.

第二部分  阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Unsolved Mysteries About the Earth

◆Mystery 1: Where did all the water come from?

Water covers 70 percent of the earth’s surface and earns it the nickname “the blue planet”. And where did it come from? The most popular scientific theory states that the H2O arrived in the form of several violent asteroids (小行星)filled with ice. Another suggests that the water actually has been around since the earth’s formation. However it happened, though, it’s certainly worked out well for the earth’s life forms.

◆Mystery 2: What about all the oxygen?

Another thing is the planet’s oxygen. Tiny creatures released oxygen as a waste product, filling the

atmosphere with it. After that, the level of oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere went wildly up and down until it finally calmed down around 540 million years ago. Since then, it’s remained at about the breathable level we experience today. But what caused it to be suddenly steady?

◆Mystery3: What caused the Cambrian(寒武纪)Explosion?

The Cambrian Explosion refers to the explosion of complex life that occurred on the earth about 540 million years ago. Before then life had consisted mostly of bacteria. But at the beginning of the Cambrian period, complex creatures began developing at a rate never before seen. Suddenly, advanced life forms had brains eyes and bones. Most creatures alive today can trace their blood back to the Cambrian period.

◆Mystery 4: Will we ever be able to predict earthquakes?

We still haven’t been able to come up with a way to accurately predict earthquakes, which is practically significant. We can certainly try, but our current technology cannot predict them exactly. We know that earthquakes start when rocks crack underground and send earthquake waves toward the surface, but we haven’t figured out why they happen, or how to predict them.

1. What was created later by tiny creatures on the earth?

A. Water. B. Ice. C. Bacteria. D. Oxygen.

2. Which of the following talks about the earth’s advanced species?

A. Mystery 1. B. Mystery 2.

C. Mystery 3. D. Mystery 4.

3. What do we know about Mystery 4?

A. It is the oldest mystery of the four.

B. It is a matter that has practical significance.

C. It is the most difficult to solve of the four.

D. It has already been solved.

B

I woke to the sound of birds outside my window and lay in bed, going over the busy day ahead of me. Finally, I got up and attempted to switch on the light — nothing happened. I checked my phone. No Wi-Fi, no data. With our unstable cell service, there was no way of knowing if we had received alerts fbr a power failure. I grabbed a sweater, went downstairs, found a flashlight and a match to light the gas stove, and then boiled water to brew coffee. Outside the window, the falling snow obscured (遮蔽) the sunrise. Deep piles of snow covered the road.

My work meetings and deadlines, my sons’ classes and tests, my husband’s plans — everything would have to wait. Why does this happen today of all days?“ I asked. Thankfully, the wood stove was still going strong. I took a