福建省厦门市2023-2024学年高二下学期7月期末英语试题

厦门市2023—2024学年第二学期高二年级质量检测 英语试题 本试卷分五部分，共12页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。本试题附有答题卡。 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号等信息填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。 2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3. 考试结束，考生将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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，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。 例：How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. Who probably has the information? A. Kate. B. John. C. Ginger. 2. What should the man do? A. Keep on practising. B. Control his anger. C. Adjust the schedule. 3. What is the man going to do next? A. Perform magic. B. Do hairdressing. C. Teach painting. 4. How is the man feeling now? A. Confused. B. Ashamed. C. Anxious. 5. Why does Steven still live in the old flat? A. He can't afford a new one. B. He has friendly neighbors. C. He wants to save money. 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。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、7题。 6. What is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Potential business partners. B. Project competitors. C. Boss and secretary. 7. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The price. B. The quality. C. The standard. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What disease is the man suffering from? A. Brain cancer. B. Tension headache. C. Flu infection. 9. What does the woman suggest for further questions? A. Following the instructions. B. Searching the Internet. C. Consulting the doctor. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Why does Bob call Tina? A. To ask for a favour. B. To arrange a meal. C. To explain a change. 11. When will the concert be held? A. On Wednesday. B. On Friday. C. On Sunday. 12. What does Bob finally decide to do tonight? A. Attend a concert. B. Go to work. C. See a play. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What does the man think of the hostess? A. Wonderful. B. Average. C. Grateful. 14. Which country will the man visit next? A. Norway. B. America. C. Netherlands. 15. What will the man do right after the conversation? A. Seek a job. B. Take a taxi. C. Write a letter. 16. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. At a travel agency. B. At a guesthouse. C. At an airport. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What did the speaker enjoy most when picking strawberries? A. Tasting strawberries. B. Weeding the garden. C. Sunbathing. 18. How many rows of onions did the speaker plant? A. 1. B. 2. C. 3. 19. Why did Granddad say the onions the speaker planted were bigger? A. To make her proud. B. To tell her the truth. C. To make fun of her. 20. What is the speaker? A. A professor. B. A gardener. C. A student. 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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Mind-Bending Facts About Yoga It’s been around for roughly 5,000 years, but yoga is more popular today than ever. Here are some mind-bending facts about yoga. 1 Vinyasa yoga, also called flow, is one of the most popular styles in the West. It focuses on linking a series of poses with the breath at a quick, smooth pace. Ashtanga is like Vinyasa, but more structured: it is made up of a series of poses done in the same order every time. Hot yoga is performed in a room heated between 33-40℃. The heat is said to increase vitality, flexibility and kilojoule (千焦尔) burn. 2 Already into yoga and looking to change up your practice? Try one of the many modern yoga variations, such as Aerial and Animal yoga. Aerial yoga involves hanging from a silk swing attached to the ceiling; it reduces joint pressure that some people feel while doing floor poses. Animal yoga, on the other hand, is less about mastering poses and more about decreasing stress and boosting your mood by practicing alongside puppies, goats and even horses. 3 Savasana looks simple, but it can be difficult to master, as it calls for a state of calm. Typically the final position of a yoga class, the purpose of this pose is to allow your practice to settle in your mind and body, and it’s ideally done for at least five minutes. After that, you and your classmates typically acknowledge each other with a greeting that even non-yogis know: Namaste. 21. Why is Ashtanga more structured than Vinyasa? A. It consists of a fixed order of poses. B. It emphasizes slow movements. C. It is practiced in a hot environment. D. It does not link poses with breath. 22. Which helps to ease stress on joints? A. Vinyasa yoga. B. Hot yoga. C. Aerial yoga. D. Animal yoga. 23. What is the aim of the final position in a yoga class? A. To boost overall vitality and flexibility. B. To acknowledge each other’s progress. C. To prepare for subsequent yoga sessions. D. To integrate practice into mind and body. B OAK HARBOR, OHIO—“Over there!” A tall young man points above the crowd. “A magnolia is moving in the branches.” Named after the tree in which they were discovered, male magnolia warblers are eye-catching birds, with a coal-black mask and a brilliant yellow belly. Bodies and binoculars twist for a look. Camera shutters (快门) click violently, and then only birdsong fills the air again. I’m at the boardwalk of Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, for the annual 10-day Biggest Week in American Birding Festival, created in 2010 by the conservation organization, Black Swamp Bird Observatory. Migrating songbirds, especially warblers, stop here every May, one of the major flyways for bird migration. As the largest birding festival in the U.S., it attracts upward of 90,000 people, bringing in around $40 million to the local economy. Birding enthusiasm is hard to contain. “I pretty much spent whatever I had coming in, and it went out just that fast. Plus five credit cards,” said Greg Miller, a Biggest Week guide and birder. Miller is famous in the avian (鸟类的) world: He inspired the character Brad Harris, played by Jack Black, in the movie The Big Year, in which Jack crosses the country to compete for the Big Year record—a type of treasure hunt to see the most bird species in a year. A similar energy spreads through the gathering today. When a rare bird shows up at Magee Marsh, people will leave wherever they’re at and run to see whatever has shown up. After an exciting morning, I head to Blackberry Comers Tavern, a well-known stop for many Biggest Week attendees. The restaurant is packed with faces I saw earlier on the boardwalk. Birders from across the world are sharing stories and dessert—a mixed crowd on their own migration, following the birds. 24. What does the author intend to do in paragraph 1? A. Introduce a particular bird. B. Explain the rules of birding. C. Unfold a picture of birding. D. Present ways of watching birds. 25. Why is Magee Marsh chosen for the Biggest Week? A. It is popular among birders. B. It advocates bird conservation C. It matters to the local economy D. It is a main stopover for migrating birds 26. What do we know about Greg Miller in paragraph 3? A. He is a former Big Year record winner. B. He hunts for treasure across the country. C. He is willing to invest heavily in birding. D. He motivates Jack to become an actor. 27. What is the text? A. A movie review. B. A research report. C. An ecology leaflet. D. A news feature. C If you have used Google lately and been lucky—or unlucky—enough to encounter an answer to your query (查询) rather than a bunch of links, you have been subjected to something called AI Overviews, a new core feature that Google has been rolling out. What’s different about AI Overviews is that answers are not simply extracted from relevant sources but generated behind the scenes by Google’s generative AI technology. The company’s goal is to give you a personalized, on-demand answer instead of a standard set of documents matching your query. But there’s more to the picture. People’s searching needs don’t end with factual information. They look for ideas, opinions and advice. Looking for suggestions about how to keep the cheese from sliding off your pizza? Google will tell you that you should add some glue to the sauce. While a reasonable user can understand that such shocking answers are likely to be wrong, it’s hard to detect that for factual questions. Google has acknowledged issues with AI Overviews and said it has addressed them. But the concern remains: Can you really trust any answers you receive through this service? There are alternatives. You can always go back to the traditional Google search with its 10 blue links. You can then do what you have likely done for decades now—sift through some of the top results, visit a few of those sites and decide for yourself. It does take a little work, but it gives you back the ability to examine multiple sites and evidence to support or disprove something. More importantly, you leave open the possibilities for learning and discovery. AI Overviews is like fast food that gets delivered through a drive-through window—it’s quick, hot and convenient, but not the healthiest choice. Perhaps you can’t afford to eat out at a nice restaurant every time, but it’s important to avoid ending up going through a drive-through for all your nutrition. After all, you are what you eat, and similarly, you are how you search. 28. What is a feature of AI Overviews? A. It highlights the credibility. B. It provides individualized answers. C. It produces optional documents. D. It upgrades generative AI technology. 29. What does the author indicate by mentioning “cheese” and “pizza”? A. Cheese is an important ingredient of pizza. B. People’s needs go beyond mere information. C. AI Overviews deals with factual information well. D. AI Overviews sometimes offers unreasonable responses. 30. What does the underlined phrase “sift through” probably mean in paragraph 4? A. Sort through. B. Wait for. C. Predict. D. Summarize. 31. Which can be a suitable title for the text? A. AI Overviews: A Reliable Source for Query B. AI Overviews: The End of Traditional Search Engines C. AI Overviews: Convenience at the Cost of Nutrition D. AI Overviews: The Future of Learning and Discovery D Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, published 200 years ago, is often called the first modern work of science fiction—so much so that even people who haven’t read it know the story: an ambitious young scientist named Victor Frankenstein creates a human-like creature from the spare parts of dead bodies, but he loses control of his creation, and chaos follows. It reflects the anxieties over new ideas and new scientific knowledge that were about to transform the very fabric of life in the 19th century. Frankenstein is, of course, a work of fiction, but a good deal of real-life science informs Shelley’s masterpiece, beginning with the adventure story that frames Victor Frankenstein’s tale: that of Captain Walton’s voyage to the Arctic. Walton hopes to reach the North Pole where he might “discover the power that attracts the needle”—referring to the then-mysterious force of magnetism (磁力). The links between electricity and magnetism were a major subject of investigation during Shelley’s time, and a number of expeditions departed for the North and South Poles in the hope of discovering the secrets of the planet’s magnetic field. Erasmus Darwin is mentioned in the introduction to Frankenstein. There, Shelley claims that Darwin “preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move with a voluntary motion”. She adds, “Perhaps a dead body would be brought back to life; galvanism (电击法) had shown signs of such things: perhaps the component parts of a creature might be made, brought together, and given life.” However, Frankenstein serves as more than just a reflection on scientific effort; it is also a warning tale about the moral responsibilities of the creator. Victor’s scientific experiments blind him to the potential consequences of his work. When he realizes what damage the creature has done, he is overwhelmed with regret. But he fails to relate to the creature, which leads to the miserable events that follow. Victor Frankenstein’s failing isn’t his over-enthusiasm for science but his failing to connect emotionally with his creation. 32. What do we know about Frankenstein? A. It is influential. B. It reflects pop culture. C. It targets scientists. D. It is based on a real story. 33. Why does Captain Walton conduct his Arctic expedition? A. To map northern regions. B. To uncover a mysterious force. C. To trace the route of great voyagers. D. To distinguish electricity from magnetism. 34. What do Shelley’s words in paragraph 3 focus on? A. The significance of galvanism B. Her inspiration for the creature. C. The procedure for creating a being. D. Her support for Darwin’s research. 35. What message does Frankenstein convey? A. Adventure can inspire creativity. B. Regret can lead to miserable events. C. Creators should work out the origin of life. D. Scientific creations should include moral considerations. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 根据下面短文，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。 Many parents are looking for ways to help their kids learn at home. Toys advertised as teaching STEM might seem like one way to achieve this goal. 36 The answer is yes. Toys can indeed teach science, technology, engineering and math concepts—but don’t focus on advertising or fancy labels to find the best bets. There’s no minimum educational requirement that toys must reach to label themselves a “STEM toy”, so almost everything on the market is untested. 37 Some proven winners? Tinkertoys, board games, decks of cards and building blocks. 38 In preschool, for example, the construction of complex block buildings is associated with an improvement in math learning. Blocks, puzzles and shape toys boost spatial skills. Spatial skills, in turn, are associated with later math learning, suggesting that the early exploration of shapes acts as a springboard for more complex math concepts. There are five characteristics that make for a good educational toy: active, engaging, meaningful, encouraging social play and fun. Good play has these characteristics built in. Toys that allow children to build and create also have the advantage of being renewable. 39 It means that kids don’t become bored with them easily. Though adults certainly don’t have to participate in the building of every block tower, some grown-up guidance can help boost kids’ learning from play. One useful tool adults can use while playing with their children is “math talk”. This kind of talk encourages kids to think more deeply about math. 40 Parents can play guessing games with their kids like “Which is the most?” or play simple scorekeeping games like drop-the-clothespins-in-the-jar. A. But do they really work? B. Are the advertisements misleading? C. They’re different every time children return to them. D. Parents get involved by having math talks with kids. E. Conveniently, math talk doesn’t require any toy purchases at all. F. Instead, look for toys that encourage open-ended, active play and problem-solving. G. Research shows creative, open-ended play is how young children learn STEM concepts 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I was driving down a busy road yesterday. Traffic was extremely heavy and I was in a bad 41 . I 42 at the lights at a busy intersection and there was a man with a really tall unicycle (独轮脚踏车) doing 43 at the lights. This on its own wasn’t 44 . I had seen street performers at these lights before. But in the lane (车道) next to me was a truck with three men, who began shouting and cheering on the unicycle man. They were so excited and 45 him up so much. I looked around and everyone was 46 the performance with them cheering him on. It was funny: these three big men in a big truck being so excited every time he did a new trick. Their 47 could be heard by everyone at the intersection. And they had 48 lit up the face of the street performer. There was a big grin on his face. It had instantly 49 my mood so I was desperately searching my car for 50 but only had 45 cents to give him. It wasn’t necessary though, because as soon as the unicycle man 51 and right before the lights went green, the men in the truck 52 $10 out the window for him. They gave him words of 53 and before we all knew it, we were on the 54 again. I didn’t 55 the traffic for the rest of the journey home. 41. A. storm B. mood C. vehicle D. accident 42. A. pulled up B. broke down C. got off D. set out 43. A. sports B. deliveries C. tricks D. repairs 44. A. unclear B. effortless C. unusual D. meaningless 45. A. ringing B. keeping C. dressing D. pumping 46. A. discussing B. instructing C. interrupting D. enjoying 47. A. warning B. singing C. celebration D. conversation 48. A. absolutely B. respectively C. frequently D. initially 49. A. ruined B. lifted C. detected D. monitored 50. A. cards B. change C. keys D. water 51. A. finished B. replied C. arrived D. accepted 52. A. held B. dragged C. dropped D. showed 53. A. comfort B. wisdom C. encouragement D. welcome 54. A. scene B. stage C. air D. move 55. A. direct B. mind C. handle D. avoid 第二节 语法填空（共3篇，10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下列短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 A The past decades have witnessed a dramatic change in the 56 (globe) climate. The cause for the increase in the surface temperature is the “man-made” greenhouse effect. When people produce huge amounts of extra greenhouse gases by burning fossil fuels, more heat energy is trapped in the atmosphere and 57 (cause) Earth’s surface temperature to rise quickly. Climate scientists have claimed that the warming trend will continue and cause serious damage. So, climate change requires our attention and we should take 58 (measure) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. B In ancient China, calligraphy, poetry and painting were practiced 59 (separate), either at court or privately among the elites (精英). In the 7th century, the civil examination system gave rise to a new class of scholar-officials 60 gained their status through knowledge. Many of them were excellent poets, calligraphers, and painters. Ever since, these three arts have been connected and appreciated 61 the ultimate (极致) in the visual arts, known simply as “the three perfections”. C White-collar worker Zheng Yishan now calls herself 62 “office farmer”, harvesting her first desktop bananas earlier this month. She said growing fruit was a fantastic stress reliever, 63 (explain) that when a green banana, whose Chinese name is similar to “anxiety”, turns yellow, it symbolizes the passing of worry. Zheng is among a growing number of office workers in favor of fruit-bearing plants. Such plants are easy to care for because most 64 (deliver) with half-ripened fruits. The “office farmers” need only to change water regularly, give the plant’s 65 (contain) a gentle brush, and add plant nutrient solutions. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（满分15分） 你校厦门中学生助手英文报正在举办以“The Power of Perseverance”为题的征文活动。请你结合具体事例，写一篇短文投稿，谈谈对“Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.”的理解。 注意： （1）写作词数应为80个左右； （2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 The Power of Perseverance As the saying goes, great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. 第二节（满分15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。 I had booked the flights in somewhat of a hurry with just a carry-on bag, thinking 7 kgs was enough for a 3-day trip to Taupo. I thought I’d given myself enough time to get to the airport, however, as often was the case, I was running late and had to pack my bag with little time left. Confused about what to carry, I stuffed all the clothes in my little bag, taking no notice of the weight. Thirty minutes before the flight, I was waiting at my terminal (航站楼) in the airport and couldn’t stop smiling. I was too excited to go on a much-needed trip. A little while later, I heard an announcement “Passengers flying to Taupo on Flight NZ5091 are requested to weigh your cabin luggage and collect your tag”. I stood in the line waiting for my turn, clueless about how much my bag would weigh, deep inside hoping not over the weight limit. When it was my turn, I placed my bag on the weighing scale and whoaaaa!! It was 9.4 kgs. I asked the flight attendant if I could buy $20 extra luggage allowance (行李额) as shown on the app but I was too late for it. Instead, I was asked to pay an additional fee of $65. I either had to pay or leave something away to bring it down to 7 kgs. I asked the attendant whether they would give my stuff back to me if I returned 3 days later and surprisingly I was told I wouldn’t get it back. To me, a bad luggage experience had the power to completely sour a trip. With no other alternatives, I decided to give up some of my stuff. Unsettled, annoyed, disappointed! As I started removing the items, I saw a lady approaching me. It looked like she had heard the whole thing. She sat down next to me. “Are you OK? I should be able to help you.” She said. 注意： （1）续写词数应为150个左右； （2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 I looked up, surprised, and saw her pointing at her bag. While I was worried whether I could get my stuff back, the plane landed. 第五部分 口语交际（10分） 试题及评分标准由学校备课组根据学生的情况自定。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$