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2024年茂名市普通高中高二年级教学质量监测 英语试卷 全卷满分130分。考试用时120分钟。 注意事项： 1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接写在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。 第一部分 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 Now it's time to take the learning outdoors with our exciting summer camp sessions. Let's have a look at what's coming up for summer camps. Evergreen Explorers Join us as we travel through the ecosystems of Washington State in search of adventure and discovery. Campers will plant mini gardens, create useful items from recycled materials, and learn to filter water using the power of nature. (Grades 2 -3) Green by Design Explore the science behind sustainability and eco-friendly design in this hands-on camp session. Campers will work together to find ways to lead a greener life, from analyzing renewable energy sources to designing sustainable solutions for everyday challenges. (Grades6--8) Greener Future Empower your child to make a positive impact on the planet in our Greener Future camp session. Campers will discover how to reduce environmental impacts, explore renewable energy sources, and create sustainable solutions for their communities. (Grades 6-8) Register for our sustainability camp! Don't miss out on the opportunity for your child to become an eco-leader and make a difference for the planet! Register now for our Camps for Curious Minds sustainability sessions and set out on a journey towards a greener, more sustainable future. Together, let's cultivate a generation of environmental protectors who are ready to change the world! 1. Which session can a third grader join? A. Evergreen Explorers. B. Green by Design. C. creeper Future. D. Recycling Camp. 2. What do participants learn to do in Greener Future camp session? A. Grow plants in mini gardens. B. Make use of the power of nature. C. Create ways for their daily challenges. D Help communities develop sustainably. 3. Who is the advertisement intended for? A Campers. B. Leaders. C. Teachers. D. Parents. B I She came into my life when I was eight years old. My dad found her. She was getting lost and starving. He took one look at her, opened the door and she jumped in. Mom and Dad fed her and gave her a bath. As a girl, I had always wanted a dog. My parents told me when I was old enough and responsible, I could have one. When I got home, I was greeted with many puppy kisses. A very special friendship was born that day. Now she needed a name. My older brother laughed at her and said her tail was deformed. It didn't wag its tail back and forth, instead, it went in a circle. He said, “She's squirrely.” Thus my puppy, Squirrely got her name. Squirrely was a smart dog. I taught her to play hide and seek. We would play for hours, spending our days learning and growing together. Eleven years we were together, best of friends. Arthritis(关节炎) and old age set in on her. My parents knew what had to be done, but they stood back and let me make the decision myself. She was suffering so much and the medicine didn't help. She could barely walk. I looked into those deep brown eyes and realized it was time to let her go. I carried her into the pet doctor's office and placed her on the table. Squirrely leaned her head forward and gave a lick to my hand, as if to say she understood. Her tail was wagging in that circle as it always did. When the pet doctor said “It's over”, I wrapped her up in her favorite blanket, and carried her out. I buried her in the farm, where she loved playing and chasing rabbits. I know that special friend will be with me always. 4. What does the underlined word “squirrely” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Strange. B. Cute. C. Active. D. Energetic. 5. What can we infer from the first three paragraphs? A. The author's parents didn't like the puppy. B. The author wasn't responsible when she was young. C. The author's brother gave the puppy a name on purpose. D. The author and the puppy loved each other at first sight. 6. Why did the author realize it was time to let her pet go? A. Her dog didn't eat anything anymore. B. Her dog had serious illness and suffered. C. Her dog didn't play hide and seek with her. D. Her parents asked her to make the decision. 7. What's the author's purpose in writing the text? A. To show how she trained her dog. B. To explain how she got a smart dog. C. To tell her deep friendship with her dog. D. To describe the final days she spent with her dog. C l Spending time outdoors, especially in green spaces, is one of the fastest ways to improve your health and happiness. It can lower stress, blood pressure and heart rate. Doctors are increasingly taking these findings seriously and using them to their patients. Now, a new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Health Research adds to the evidence and shows just how little time it takes to get the benefits of being outside. Spending just 20 minutes in a park —even if you don't exercise while you're there —— is enough to improve well-being, according to the research. For the study, researchers surveyed 94 adults who visited one of three urban parks over the summer and fall. They were given fitness trackers to measure physical activity but were not told what to do in the park or how long to stay. Each person also answered questions about their life satisfaction and mood — which were used to calculate a subjective well-being score, with a maximum value of 55 — before and after their park visit. The average park visit lasted 32 minutes, and 30% of people engaged in at least moderate-intensity(中等强度) physical activity while there. Well-being scores rose during the park visit in 60% of people, with an average increase of about 1.5 points (from about 37 to 39). For many people in the study, simply being in green space seemed to be enough to make a change. The medical community is increasingly viewing green space as a place for their patients to gain physical and mental health benefits. Some physicians, like Dr. Robert Zarr, are even writing prescriptions (处方) for it. By writing nature prescriptions, physicians are encouraging their patients to get outdoors and take advantage of what many view to be free medicine. 8. What does the underlined word “It” in paragraph 1 refer to? A. Health. B. Happiness. C. Staying outdoors. D. Taking exercise. 9. What did the new study find? A. Being outside costs a lot. B. A 20-minute break in nature is beneficial. C. Exercise is enough to improve well-being. D. Spending time outdoors is the fastest way to improve happiness. 10. What can we learn from paragraph 3? A. The participants were recorded subjectively. B. The participants were recorded all the year round. C. The participants had to stay in the park for at least 20 minutes. D. The participants' mood was calculated by their answering questions. 11. What does Dr. Robert Zarr think of spending time outdoors? A. Doubtful.一 一 一 B. Supportive. C. Unconcerned. D. Unclear. D Time speeds up when you are having fun. But it slows down, it turns out, when one looks at something worth remembering. According to a research, people's sense of how fast time passes can be influenced by the memorability of the images in front of them. A team led by Martin Wiener, a cognitive (认知) neuroscientist at George Mason University in America, tested how visual stimuli change people's experience of time. They showed several dozen participants images of different scenes — from empty box rooms to filled stadiums ——for between 300 and 900 milliseconds. After each one the participants had to say if the time spent looking at the image was short or long. Their responses showed that, when the images featured large scenes, such as an empty warehouse, more time seemed to have passed. The opposite happened when the images were of spaces jammed with objects, such as an overfull garage. That was strange. Previous research has found that the experience of stretched time increases with size; for instance, if people are flashed images of different numbers for equal lengths of time, they think the higher numbers are shown for longer. But the jammed scenes seemed to contradict that trend. To see if something else was at play, the researchers ran another experiment using pictures that differed in memorability. Humans better remembered pictures focused on people, actions and centrally placed objects. Dr. Wiener's team used images from a 60,000-image data set, where each image had been judged on its memorability (a man with flowers in his beard: memorable). The more memorable the image, the more it seemed to stretch time. Exactly how processing speed leads to different time perception (理解) is still unclear, but the researchers believe the connection lies in how the brain prioritises incoming information. 12. What has a great effect on people's sense of time? A. Time's speeding up. B. Time's slowing down. C. Incoming information. D. Memorability of the images. 13. When you look at a(n) , it seems more time has passed. A. filled stadium B. overfull garage C. empty warehouse D. tree in the corner 14. From which is the text probably taken? A. A research paper. B. A travel brochure. C. A health magazine. D. A biology textbook. 15. What is the mian idea of the text? A. How time thos with different images. B. The experience of time increases with size. C. Memorable images make time pass more slowly. D. Processing speed leads to different time perception. 第二节 (共5 小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Ways To Increase The Quality of Your Life It is time to do something to increase the quality of your life. Nothing can beat living an active, purposeful, successful life filled with happiness and fulfillment. 16 Treat yourself. It doesn't matter if it's a meal out, or a visit to a theater. Make the first thing you do a treat that you have been longing for some time. 17 Treats can be free, and you can always make time. Take up a hobby. When you lead a boring life, it is great to have something to think about that takes you into another world. 18 If you love to read, devote time to just sitting with a book and losing yourself in an imaginary world. The whole point of a hobby is that it is something for you, so it doesn't matter what it is as long as you enjoy it. 19 Often we lose sight of the positive, beneficial things in our lives. Everyone has things to be grateful for and making a list helps to concentrate your mind on these positives. Allow yourself a few minutes to think about your life and identify the good things. Exercise. 20 Go running, or get down to the gym. Sweat out the negatives and get fit for the future. Follow the advice above and you will surely increase the quality of your life. A. Create a gratitude list. B. Doing morning exercise makes you fresh. C. Make the most of the years you have on Earth. D. Don't make excuses about not having time or money. E. Taking exercise is an excellent way of boosting your mood. F. Hobbies are brilliant for giving you something different to do. G. Read our list of things to do now to make your life better and more enjoyable. 第二部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共15 小题；每小题1分，满分15 分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 We took the bus every day that summer many years ago. One of the passengers was a small grey man who took the bus to the center for 21 citizens every morning. He walked with a stoop (驼背) and a sad look on his face when he, with some 22 , got on the bus and sat down alone behind the driver. No one ever paid very much attention to him. Then one July morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled shortsightedly down through the bus before he sat down. The driver nodded 23 . The rest of us were 24 . The next day, the old man 25 the bus energetically, smiled and said in a loud voice: “And a very good morning to you all!” Some of us 26 , amazed, and said “Good morning”, in reply. The following weeks we were more 27 . Our friend was now dressed in a nice old suit and a wide out-of-date tie. The thin hair had been 28 combed (梳理). He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to 29 and talk to each other. One morning he had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. They were already becoming a little dry because of the 30 . The driver turned around smilingly and asked: “Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?” We never got to know if his name really was “Charlie”, but he nodded 31 . The other passengers whistled and 32 at him. Charlie bowed and 33 the flowers before he sat down on his seat. Every morning after that Charlie always brought a flower. Some of the 34 passengers began bringing him flowers for his bunch, gently pushed him and said: “Here.” Everyone smiled. People started to joke about it, talk to each other, and 35 the newspaper. 21. A. educated B. senior C. average D. rich 22. A. difficulty B. joy C. suspicion D. satisfaction 23. A. sweetly B. fearfully C. guardedly D. confidently 24. A. disappointed B. silent C. polite D. serious 25. A. caught B. changed C. drove D. boarded 26. A. broke down B. looked up C. went down D. warmed up 27. A. friendly B. humble C. grateful D. nervous 28. A. quickly B. carefully C. heavily D. softly 29. A. nod B. shake C. bend D. sit 30. A. bus B. price C. heat D. seat 31. A. tiredly B. shyly C. calmly D. confusedly 32. A. shouted B. looked C. clapped D. laughed 33. A. picked B. watered C. waved D. smelled 34. A. regular B. active C. devoted D. intelligent 35. A. buy B. read C. open D. share 第二节 (共10 小题;每小题1.5 分,满分15 分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 “Slow train” is a lifeline in China's remote regions. Train No.5629/5630, 36 is the only passenger train serving on the Sichuan-Guizhou Railway Line, is one of the 81 pairs of slow trains operating in China. The pair of trains running between Chongqing and Zunyi city of Guizhou Province 37 (stop) at 20 stations on the 300-kilometer journey. Running for nearly 30 years, the trains, with the 38 (low) ticket price of only 6 yu an are still providing convenience for people 39 (live) in the Wumeng Mountain area. Though it is home to the world's most developed high-speed railway network, China still keeps the slow train services in the less-developed regions for people without access 40 other means of transport. The slow trains, carrying the hope of local people, move forward 41 (steady) and surely with a unique rhythm. The slow train is 42 cure for the dullness of life, bringing stories from the outside. Every time the slow train 43 (expect) to pull into the station, workers, the old, 44 (child) and dogs all stand together on the platform. The train only stays for two minutes, but it is enough to wash away loneliness of the 45 (tire) people. 第三部分 课本知识考查(共两节，满分10分) 第一节 单词拼写(共5 小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 请根据所给中文或所给英语单词的正确形式填空。 46. She is so (贪婪的) and selfish that nobody likes her. 47. The police (逮捕) three men last week because of fighting. 48. The (每周的) magazine is popular with the young.·、 49. She shouted with (violent). 50. We should not laugh at people with a (disable). 第二节 完成句子(共5 小题；每空0.5分，每小题1分，满分5分) 请根据所给中文完成句子。 51.她很难说谎。 It is difficult for her a lie. 52.我很荣幸被邀请在会议上发表演讲。 It is a great honour for me to to address this meeting. 53.从山顶上看，这座城市像颗闪亮的钻石。 the top of the mountain, the city is like a shining diamond. 54.不要想当然地认为他总能随叫随到。 Don't take it that he would always be around. 55.那要看他能做什么，怎样做。 That depends on he can do and he does it. 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (满分15 分) 假定你是李华,暑假在伦敦学习,你注意到“Chinese-English Youth Cultural Travel Project”正在招募志愿者。请用英语写一封申请信，内容包括： 1.写信目的； 2.个人优势及能做的事情。 注意： 1.写作词数应为80 左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Sir/Madam, Yours faithfully, Li Hua 第二节 (满分25 分) 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Once upon a time, in a small town, there was a young boy named Sam. He was very kind and loved helping others. He lived with his parents, but they were busy working all the time, so he often felt lonely. One day, as Sam was walking home from school, he saw a new family had moved into the house next door. They had a daughter about his age named Lily. She was disabled and used a wheelchair to get around. Sam noticed that Lily seemed sad and lonely too. The next morning, Sam decided to knock on their door and introduce himself. Lily's mother answered the door and invited him inside. When Lily saw Sam, she smiled for the first time. Sam and Lily quickly became friends, and Sam would visit her every day after school. Sometimes, they would play board games or watch movies together. Other times, Sam would help Lily with her homework. As the years went by, Sam and Lily's friendship grew stronger. They were always there for each other, no matter what. One summer, Sam's parents lost their jobs and couldn't afford to pay the rent. They were going to have to move away. Sam was upset and didn't know what to do. When Lily heard the news, she knew she had to help her friend. 注意： 1.续写词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 She came up with a plan to save Sam's house. From then on, Sam and Lily promised to make the world a better place. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$参考答案及解析 英语 2024年茂名市普通高中高二年级教学质量监测 英语参考答案及解析 第一部分阅读 have one.When I got home,I was greeted with many 第一节 puppy kisses.A very special friendship was bomn that day.”可推知，Squirre小y一见到作者就欢喜地舔作者， 【语篇导读】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了 特殊的友情从此诞生了。故选D。 几个夏令营。 6.B【解析】细节理解题。根据第六段“She was suffer- L.A【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段“Grades2-3” ing so much and the medicine didn't help.She could 可知，三年级的学生可以参加的正是第二段介绍的 barely walk.I looked into those deep brown eyes and re- Evergreen Explorers。故选A。 alized it was time to let her go.”可知，狗狗很遭罪，药 2.D【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段“and create 物也不起作用了，已经瘫在家里。故选B。 sustainable solutions for their communities”可知，参加7.C【解析】推理判断题。通读全文可知，作者心爱的 Greener Future的人可以学习为社区创造可持续发展 狗陪伴了作者多年，在它生命的最后时光，作者为了 的办法。故选D。 减轻它的疾病痛苦而给它采取了安乐死。由此可推 3.D【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段“Let's have a 知，本文的写作目的在于讲述作者与其狗之间的深厚 look at what's coming up for summer camps."以及最后 友谊。故选C。 一段“your child”可推知，本广告是针对父母而发布 c 的。故选D。 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了 B 待在户外绿地对健康和幸福的好处，并且医生也将这个 【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了 运用到日常的诊疗上了。 作者心爱的狗陪伴了作者多年，在它生命的最后时光， 8.C【解析】代词指代题。根据第一段可推知，上代指 作者为了藏轻它的疾病痛苦而给它采取了安乐死 前一句话的主语“Spending time outdoors”。故选C。 4.A【解析】词义猜测题。根据第三段可知，作者的 9.B【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段“Spending just 哥哥笑Squirrely的尾巴畸形，和别的狗的尾巴不一 20 minutes in a park-even if you don't exereise while 样，很奇怪。由此可推知，画线词与A项意思相近。 you're there-is enough to improve well-being,accord- 故选A。 ing to the research.”可知答案。故选B。 5,D【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段“My parents I10.D【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段“Each person told me when I was old enough and responsible,I could also answered questions about their life satisfaction and 1 英语 参考答案及解析 mood-which were used to calculate a subjective well- l6.G【解析】根据下文“Treat yourself.”,“Take up a being score,with a maximum value of 55-before and hobby."以及“Exercise,”可知答案。故选G。 after their park visit..”可知，每个人就他们的生活满 I7.D【解析】根据下文“Treats can be free,and you 意度和情绪回答了问题，这些都用来计算他们的主 can always make time.”可知，不要总是以没有时间和 观幸福感的分数。故选D。 金钱为借口，很多乐事是免费的，时间也总是会有 11.B【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Some 的。故选D。 physicians,like Dr.Robert Zarr,are even writing pre- I8.F【解析】根据小标题“Take up a hobby.“以及下 scriptions for it..”可推知，Dr.Robert Zarr对待在户外 "The whole point of a hobby is that it is something 这一做法持支持态度。故选B。 for you,so it doesn't matter what it is as long as you en- D jyL.”可知，此处在强调兴趣的作用以及重要性。 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了 故选F。 当人们看一些值得记住的东西时，时间仿佛变慢了。 19.A【解析】根据下文“Everyone has things to be 12.D【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段“According to grateful for and making a list helps to concentrate your a research,people's sense of how fast time passes can mind on these positives..”中的“making a list'”可知答 be influenced by the memorability of the images in front 案。故选A。 ofhm.”可知，人们对于时间快慢的感悟是由图象 20.E【解析】根据小标题“Exercise."以及下文“Go 的可记忆性决定的。故选D。 running,or get down to the gym.”可知，此处在强调 13.C【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段“Their respon- 锻炼的作用以及重要性。故选E。 ses showed that,when the images featured large 第二部分语言运用 scenes,such as an empty warehouse,more time 第一节 seemed to have passed..”可知答案。故选C。 【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了 14.A【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段可推知，本篇 一位老人每天乘坐一趙公共汽车，他坚持向大家打招 文章可能来自于一篇研究报告。故选A。 呼，最后大家也相互打招呼，从而改变了公共汽车上大 15.C【解析】主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要 家的冷漠氛围。 介绍了当人们看一些值得记住的东西时，时间仿佛 2l.B【解析】根据上文“small grey man”可知，老人去 变慢了。故选C 的地方应该是老年人活动中心。故选B。 第二节 22.A【解析】根据上文“grey man"以及“stoop”可知， 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了 老人上车有点困难。故选A。 可以提高生活质量，令人变得快乐的一些方法。 23.C【解析】根据上文“No one ever paid very much at-- 2· 参考答案及解析 英语 tention to him."可知，汽车上的气氛是比较沉闷的， 36.which 【解析】分析句子结构可知，此处为非限制 所以当老人向司机打招呼时，司机小心翼翼地点头 性定语从句，且从句中缺少主语。故填whih。 回应，表示司机想不到会听到打招呼的声音。故 37.stops【解析】分析句子结构可知，此处为谓语，主 选C。 语为单数，且此处在陈述一般事实。故填stops。 24.B【解析】根据上下文语境可知，汽车上的气氛是 :38.lowest 【解析】根据句意可知，此处需填形容词的 比较沉闷的，所以当老人第一次向大家打招呼时，人 最高级，表示“最低票价”。故填lowest。. 们都默不作声。故选B。 39.living【解析】此处需填动词的-ing形式作后置定 25.D【解析】老人上车时向大家打招呼。故选D。 语修饰people。故填living 26.B【解析】人们当中的一些人抬头和老人打招呼。40.o 【解析】without access to为固定搭配，意为“无 故选B 法获取”。故填o。 27.A【解析】人们之间的关系逐渐由冷漠到惊奇，再 41.steadily【解析】此处需填利词修饰动词短语moe 到友好。故选A。 forward。故填steadily 28.B【解析】老人的头发被小心地梳好。故选B。 42.a【解析】句意：慢火车是一种治疗生活沉闷的良 29.A【解析】大家开始相互点头致意并且交谈。故 药，它带来了外面的故事。故填 选A。 43.is expected【解析】根据句意可知，此处需用被动 30.C【解析】高温使花朵好像干枯了一些。故选C。 语态，主语为单数，且此处在陈述一般事实。故填 31.B【解析】当问到老人的女朋友时，他有些害羞了。 expected 故选B。 44.children【解析】根据上文的workers以及下文的 32.C【解析】其他乘客为老人高兴，鼓起掌来。故 dog可知，此处需用名词的复数形式。故填cil 选C。 dren 33.C【解析】老人挥了一下手里的花回应大家。故 45.iel【解析】此处需填形容词修饰名词people。故 选C。 填tired。 34.A【解析】车上的常客才知道老人的事情，才会带 第三部分 课本知识考查 花给他。故选A。 第一节。单词拼写 35.D【解析】人们开始相互交谈，说笑，并分享报纸。 46.greedy 47.arrested 故选D。 48.weekly 49.violence 第二节 50.disability 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了 第二节完成句子 中国的慢火车及其存在的意义。 51.to tell ·3 英语 参考答案及解析 52.be invited 第二节 53.Seen from One possible version: 54.for granted She came up with a plan to save Sam's house.She or- 55.what,how ganized a community event,inviting everyone in town to 第四部分写作 come and support them.On the day of the event,there 第一节 were games,food,and live musie.Almost the whole town One possible rersion: showed up,donating money and giving whatever they could Dear Sir/Madam, to help Sam's family.By the end of the day,they had I am writing to apply for the position as a volunteer in raised enough money to pay off the rent for Sam's house. the Chinese-English Youth Cultural Travel Project with the Sam was overjoyed and couldn't believe how much kindness purpose of helping build stronger cultural connections be- and love there was in the world. tween young people in both countries. From then on.Sam and Lily promised to make the I would like to outline my advantages as a potential corld a better place.Not only did they start volunteering at volunteer.Firstly,I communicate well in both English and the local animal shelter and helped take care of abandoned Chinese,which means I can assist with translation during pets.but also they visited nursing homes and spent time the travel.Secondly,I have lived in both countries,so I with the elderly residents.Their acts of kindness inspired understand the cultural differences and can help bridge any others in the town to do the same,and soon,the whole gaps in understanding.Lastly,I know Chinese and British community was coming together to help those in need.Sam places of interest well. realized that even the smallest act of kindness can make a Thank you for considering my application. big difference in someone's life. Yours faithfully. Li Hua ·4