河南省郑州市第一中学2023-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

郑州一中2023~2024学年下学期期中考试 25届高二（英语）试题 命题人： 审题人： 说明：1.本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题），满分150分。 2.考试时间：120分钟。 3,将第I卷的答案代表字母填（涂）在答题卡上。 第I卷 (选择题，共95分) 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二个 选项巾选出最佳选项，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 does the woman prefer to do? A.Work out alone. B.Exercise with someone. C.Eat breakfast at the cafe. 2.What docs Heather do? A.A writcr. B.Ateacher. C.A doctor. 3.Why is the girl upset? A.She has no friends now. B.Her mother is out of work. C.Her family is about to move. 4.What was the weather like in the Lake District on their holiday? A.Snowy. B.Sunny. C.Rainy. 5.Where does the conversation take place? A.Over the phone. B.In a hospital. C.On a beach. 高二（英语）题第1页（共15页） 第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独血。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、7题。 6.Why did the man take all the glass back home? A.There was no space in the bottle bank(玻璃回收站). B.The glass was broken. C.The bottle bank was closed. 7.What does the woman suggest the man do? A.Leave the glass on the ground. B.Make a complaint to a newspaper. C.Empty the bottle bank more often. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8.What are the speakers talking about? A.Going out for sightseeing. B.Moving into a new house. C.Entertaining guests this weekend. 9.What will the man do tomorrow? A.Work in his garden.B.Do some shopping. C.Have a barbccue. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题. 10.What mistake did the woman make? A.She only replaced one kind of desks B.She scnt the desks to a wrong placc. C.She forgot to send the replacements. 11.What did HDC ask the speakers to do? A.Apologize to them.B.Replace all the desks.C.Give their money back. 12.How will the woman solve the problem? A.Explain to them face to face. B.Call them for their forgiveness. 高二（英语）试题第2页（共15页） C.Invite them to visit the company. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13.Where did the woman go from China? A.Thailand B.India. C.Egypt. 14.How long did the woman's trip last? A.Two weeks. B.Five months. C.Half a year. 15.Why did the man plan to go to Brazil last year? A.To visit his parents. B.To look for a job. C.To have a business trip. 16.What will the man do for the woman? A.Offer her some food. B.Find her a place to live. C.Introduce her to his friend. 听第10段材料，回答第16至20题。 17.When is Sweetest Day? A.The second Saturday in October. B.The third Saturday in October. C.The third Sunday in October. 18.What is the purpose of Sweetest Day? A.To make friends. B.To make someone happy C.To make cities more beautiful. 19.Who did the Cleveland man help? A.His friends and relatives. B.The aged and his neighbors. C.The city's orphans and patients. 20.How did the Cleveland man start Sweetest Day? A.By offering hugs. B.By giving away small gifts C.By distributing some cash. 离二（英语）试题第3页（共15页） 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 Four Excellent Museums for Kids to Explore An injection of knowledge,Leeds The Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds is giving a huge makeover recently. It features a Victorian street full of real smells and bugs,and presents shows of the impact of some terrible infectious diseases-cholera and smallpox before vaccinations. There are talks,displays,games as well as some information about health heroes over the years. Adults:f12;children aged 5-15:f10;children under 5:free. Follow that train,Walthamstow,London A huge steam engine stands at the entrance to the small,indoor-outdoor Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum.Two 1967 Victoria Line carriages sit side by side with the cabs open to the would-be train drivers.Fireman Frank displays the fire engine featured in TV programs such as London's Burning. Free entrance. Life through a lens,Edinburgh The Camera Obscura and World of Illusions experience in Edinburgh presents a unique view of the city in the past.With over 100 interactive exhibits on five floors, it is completely kid-friendly with no"don't touch"signs.There's a perspective room where younger children can dance with their own shadow,match their face with a monkey's,serve their head on a plate and even lie on a shark. Adults:f16;children aged 5-15:f12;children under 5:free. Go back in time,Chichester,West Sussex Anybody who wants to see,touch and even smell what life was like in ancient times should head to the Weald and Downland Living Museum-a museum with rural buildings ranging from early medieval England to the Victorian Age,and a multisensory,living presentation.There are also farm animals to visit,a wood and playground to burn off energy,and traditional games in one big house if it rains. 高二（英语）试逊第4页（共15页） Family ticket:f42. 21.What is shown in the Thackray Museum of Medicine recently? A.Vaccinations used to treat COVID-19. B.Streets of the Victorian period. C.Information of inventors. D.Some epidemics years ago. 22.How much does it cost a couple with a child of five to experience the perspective room? A.￡76. B.e44. C.￡32. D.￡16. 23.What's the common subject of the four museums? A.Protecting the rural areas. B.Raising awareness of safety. C.Learning about life in the past. D.Inspiring children to learn engineering. B I worked as a bartender at a bar inside an upscale health-food grocery store(it's a real thing,I promise). Most of our customers were well-off retirees.Generally,a nice group of customers,but definitely rich uptight people.Forgetting to bring salt to some might be a huge offense but automatically bringing it causes others to give you a lecture about sodium(钠）intake. It was St.Patrick's Day.Needless to say,it was a crazy evening with me rushing around serving corned beef and cabbage pouring Guinness.For some reason,the bar supervisor always liked to have food specials on display for people to see.While I got the concept,it generally just caused us to get mean looks when we told people they probably shouldn't eat it. As the night was beginning to slow down,I had an older couple sit at the only open seats next to our food displays.I was clearing tables and leaned over to let them know I'd be right with them when a plate slid off the mountain of dishes I was carrying,dropping right into the food display.The 12-hour-old gravy and potatoes somchow still had some fluidity to them and flew up,then dropped right into the 高二（英语）试题第5页（共15页） man's lap. I was horrified and apologizing profusely (while trying to set down the mountain of dishes. The man looked up at me and said "I just have one thing to tell you." He slowly leaned in,at which point I was thinking he was about to spit in my face,and he said "I don't have to hiccup (anymore.You scared it away." It was the laugh I needed that night and he wouldn't even let me give him a free beer as an apology. 24.What's the aim of writing the second paragraph? A.To show the service was a hard balancing act. B.To tell senior citizens prefer food low in salt. C.To complain the customers are difficult to deal with. D.To prove the rich retirees are particular about food. 25.What can be indicated from the third paragraph? A.The author was not working busily on that day. B.Customers might want to eat the food on show. C.Waiters and waitresses were often looked down on. D.The author approved of laying out the food special. 26.What is the reason for the author's apology? A.Her tolerance. B.Her ignorance. C.Her misunderstanding. D.Her carelessness. 27.What lesson does the author want to teach us by sharing her experience? A.Conflicts are well-resolved by laugh. B.You should compromise sometimes. C.Forgiveness can bring pleasure in life. D.You should apologize when necessary. C In the past months,humans have become quite familiar with the term "social distancing".But it turns out that we are not the only ones to avoid contacting our peers when our health may be at risk:Research suggests honeybees do it,too."It's exciting to see that other animals are doing something analogous",said Dr. 高二（英语）试题第6页（共15页） Alessandro Cini,co-author of the research at University College London. Scientists have found that when a hive of honeybees is under threat from the mite()called Varroa destructor,which can cause the collapse of honeybee colonies,the bees will respond by changing the way they interact with one another. By examining videos recorded inside the hives,the researchers found that when hives had mites,foraging (bees performed important dances to indicate the direction of food sources and kept themselves away from the center of the colony where young bees and the queen stayed.This may help to keep the infection at a level that can be controlled,limiting the amount of damage."Foragers are one of the main entrance routes for the mites,"said Cini. The team then carried out experiments in the laboratory,artificially infecting small groups of about 12 young bees with the mites and comparing them to uninfected groups.This time the team found no increase in social distancing among infected groups-which,says Cini,may reflect that it is more important for foragers and young bees to keep their distance when the mites are present and that bees rely on one another. "Probably social distancing is too costly on a small scale,"he said.But there were differences in grooming (behavior:Infected bees were groomed more, inspected more,and had food shared with them more than individuals in uninfected groups. Cini said the study showed the power of natural selection in the evolution of social behavior and also dynamic change in the social behavior to adapt to an ever- changing environment. 28.What does the underlined word"analogous"in the first paragraph probably mean? A.Adventurous. B.Meaningful. C.Alike. D.Creative. 29.What is the purpose of foraging bees'keeping away from the center of the colony? A.To quickly locate the food. B.To show respect for the queen. C.To shorten the entrance route. D.To minimize the potential risk. 30.Why do honeybees keep social distancing? 高二（英语）试题第7页（共15页） A.Because they're artificially infected. B.Because they depend on each other. C.Because they're compared with others. D.Because mites appear among them. 31.What is the best title of the text? A.Social Distancing in Honeybees. B.Communication between Honeybees. C.Honeybees Proved to Be More Social. D.Strict Social Rules in Honeybees. D Housing ranks high among the numerous challenges that still need to be overcome before humans can colonize (Mars.The brave pioneers that make the six-month voyage to the Red Planet will need a place to live in as soon as they land.While the best solution would be to have the structures ready before they get there,it has so far been a challenge given that most construction robots have never made it out of the laboratory.Now,there may be a bit of hope thanks to Massachusetts Institute of Technology's newly revealed Digital Construction Platform (DCP). The DCP comprises a double arm system that is fitted on a tracked vehicle.As the larger arm moves,the smaller,precision motor robotic arm builds the structure by shooting out the necessary construction material,ranging from insulation foam (绝缘泡沫)to concrete..The team of researchers led by Ph.D.Steven Keating say that unlike other 3-D printers that are limited to building objects that fit within their overall enclosure,DCP's free moving systems can be used to construct structures of any size. The team recently demonstrated the DCP's building skills on an empty field in Mountain View CA.The robot began by creating a mold with expanding foam that hardens when dry.It then constructed the building,layer by layer,using sensors to raise itself higher as it progressed.The final product was a sturdy "home"that had 50-foot diameter walls and a 12-foot-high roof with room for essentials like electricity wires and water pipes to be inserted inside.Even more impressive?It took 高二（英语）试题第8页（共15页） a mere 14 hours to "print"! The researchers'next plan is to make the DCP smart enough to analyze the environment where the structure is going to be built and determine the material densities best suited for the area.However,that's not even the best part.Future DCP models are going to be solar-powered,autonomous,and,most importantly,capable of sourcing construction components from its surroundings.This means the robot can be sent to remote,disaster-stricken areas,and perhaps even to Mars,to build shelters using whatever material is available. 32.What does the author want to tell us in the first paragraph? A.Colonizing Mars is out of the question. B.Housing pioneers on Mars is a reality. C.Finding a livable place on Mars is a top priority. D.Building structures on Mars is in the testing phases. 33.What is the difference between DCP and other 3-D printers? A.It comes in more different sizes. B.It consumes less time. C.It can build more diverse struetures. D.It is more cnvironmentally friendly 34.What is the main idea of the third paragraph? A.The instructions of using the DCP. B.The working principle of the DCP. C.The successful case of the DCP. D.The limitation of the DCP's function. 35.What might be the biggest advantage of future DCP? A.Bcing powered by solar. B.Building shelters anywhere. C.Analyzing building material densities. D.Collecting building materials on site. 高二（英语）试题第9页（共15页） 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住选项。选项 中有两项为多余选项。 Whoever wrote the song "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"must have never experienced the holiday blues.Fortunately,psychological research suggests some effective ways you can use to beat the holiday blues.The key point is that sadness and other tough emotions are not what we should try to avoid.36 Here are four strategies to help you make your own happiness recipe this holiday season. Don't force cheer At family gatherings with cousins you secretly can't stand,you tend to put on a happy face.Indeed,that might even seem like the most mature response-no drama, no conflict.But a 2011 study followed dozens of bus drivers,looking to see when they gave forced or honest smiles at their passengers.37 Thus,trying to force happiness seems to have the opposite effects. 38 The results of the bus-driver study can be explained by researchers who find that negative feelings like sadness or anger only increase when we try to control them. We feel bad when our appearance is not consistent with our inside feelings.We don't like contradictory behavior. Respond cautiously Recently,scientists have been paying special attention to the benefits of caution. When you respond cautiously to an emotional trigger,you pause rather than react at once.A cautious response to a negative event reduces sadness we expericnce.39 Enjoy a mix of emotions Of course,the holidays will bring a mix of highs and lows,but the most important lesson to keep in mind is that this variety of cmotions might be the best thing possible for your overall well-being.40 Just make sure you're balancing them with lighter experiences.And don't forget to give yourself a break. A.Let off sadness B.Relax your mind C.Instead,they can help contribute to a healthy and happy life. 高二（英话）试题第10页（共15页）null高二 英语参考答案 第 1 页 （共 2 页） 郑州一中 2023～2024 学年下学期期中考试 25 届 高二（英语）试题答案 一、选择题：共 95 分 1. 听力：共 20 小题，每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分。 题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 答案 B A C C A A B C B A 题号 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 答案 C A A B C C B B C B 2. 阅读：共 20 小题，每小题 2.5 分，共 50 分。 题号 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 答案 D B C A B D C C D D 题号 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 答案 A D C C D C G A F E 3. 完形填空：共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，共 15 分。 题号 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 答案 D C B C A A D C B A 题号 51 52 53 54 55 答案 D A B A B 二、非选择题：共 55 分 1. 语法填空：共 10 小题，每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分。 56．competitive 57．production 58．would be 59．Starting 60．into 61．where 62．to improve 63．were made 64．it 65．awareness 2. 书面表达：共 40 分。 第一节：满分 15 分 参考范文： To help students relax, our school organized a spring tour to Xiliu Lake Park last Wednesday. It was a beautiful sunny day. At 7: 30 a.m., we met at our school gate and set off for the park. The scenery there was amazing. We were free to walk around and enjoy the amazing scenery for a few hours. After lunch, we played games, singing and dancing happily. 高二 英语参考答案 第 2 页 （共 2 页） This activity not only offered us a chance to get close to nature, but also brought us closer to each other. 第二节：满分 25 分 参考范文： Mr. Zhang told Mei that Mei’s painting was excellent and moved him. With tears in his eyes, he told her how her painting of the sunrise had profoundly touched him. Mr. Zhang explained that he had been going through a tough time and that Mei’s painting reminded him of the beauty and hope in the world. He described how the warm colors and the image of the sun rising over the ocean gave him a sense of peace and comfort. Mr. Zhang’s words made Mei realize that her works had a significant impact, reaching beyond just winning contests. Mr. Zhang’s recognition of Mei’s works renewed Mei’s interest in painting. She started to see her art not just as a means to achieve personal recognition, but as a tool for healing and bringing joy to others. Mei began to paint with a new purpose, creating artworks that depicted scenes of hope and beauty. Her art soon became a source of warmth and inspiration in her community. Through her journey, Mei discovered the true essence of her art: It was not just about creating beautiful scenes on canvas, but about touching hearts and warming souls.