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2023—2024学年度下学期高中期末考试卷 高二英语 2024.7 考生注意： 1.本试卷分四部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 2.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；主观题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。 3.本试卷命题范围：选择性必修第三册~选择性必修第四册。 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。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 want the man to do? A. Have some milk. B. Go shopping. C. Take out the garbage. 2. What will the man do tonight? A. Go bowling. B. Visit the woman. C. Prepare for an exam. 3. What will the man most probably do? A. Pay for the tickets. B. Go to the ticket office. C. Ask the woman for a discount. 4. Where does the conversation take place? A. At home. B. At the doctor’s. C. At the man’s office. 5. Where will Greg go after finishing the language course? A. Colombia. B. Cuba. C. Spain. 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。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、7题。 6. What does the man want the woman to do? A. Buy him a boat. B. Lend him some money. C. Spend the summer on a boat. 7. What is the woman’s attitude towards the man’s idea? A. Supportive. B. Opposed. C. Confused. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where does the woman work? A. In a radio station. B. In a hotel. C. In a building company. 9. Why is the woman looking for Mr. Nash? A. To book a hotel. B. To talk about his concern. C. To invite him for an interview. 10. How will the woman get in touch with Mr. Nash? A. By writing an e-mail. B. By sending a text message. C. By making a phone call. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What does the woman ask the man about first? A. The packing. B. The receipt. C. The price. 12. What does the man decide to do with the camera? A. Change it. B. Have it fixed. C. Return it. 13. Who is the woman most likely to be? A. A technician. B. A photographer. C. A saleswoman. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What happened to the man last week? A. He injured his back. B. He fell off his motorcycle. C. He lost his motorcycle. 15. Why did the man buy a motorcycle? A. He likes it. B. He thinks it safe. C. He’ll go to work on it. 16. How does the man usually go to work now? A. By car. B. By bus. C. By bike. 17. What does the man mostly do on the bus? A. Read books. B. Look outside. C. Talk with others. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. When will the competitors get the results? A. In about one month. B. In about two months. C. In about four months. 19. What does the speaker stress strongly? A. The length of the story. B. The ticket to the theater. C. The prize of the competition. 20. What can we learn about this year’s competition? A. Its topic is Spring. B. It has to be interesting. C. It’s open to every 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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Gently trimming your hedge (修剪树篱) every 2 weeks will thicken it up and give it a beautiful look, but heavy trimmers, wires and stepladders make hedge trimming a job that some people hate. Gtech’s Cordless HT50 Hedge Trimmer makes it a pleasure. Great Convenience With 60 minutes of runtime, move freely around your garden without being bothered by wires and messy petrol. Running off a 18V motor, the HT50 Hedge Trimmer supplies the power directly when needed. The lightweight but super strong drive system is designed for quiet running. In addition, the precision laser cut blades (刀片) move through branches up to 25 mm thick, leaving a clean cut vital to promote a healthy hedge. Long Reach The HT50 Hedge Trimmer has an adjustable head so that you have full control over the cut of your hedge. The head adjusts downwards so you can cut the top of your hedge easily, and upwards so that you can cut thorny (多刺的) hedges without hurting your arms. Keep your hedges neat by cutting flat along the tops of hedges up to 10 feet tall using the 55 cm long blade. Perfectly Balanced Weighing only 2.94kg, the HT50 is well balanced, giving you a more enjoyable gardening experience. Get the HT50 Hedge Trimmer (£224.98) for just £149.98 if you order before May 9th 2024, with a Branch Cutter attached free of charge. Call our 24-hour freephone information and sales lines or visit our website for more information. 1. What is a feature of the HT50Hedge Trimmer? A. It needs no power support. B. It helps maintain weak leaves. C. It has no time limit for a single run. D. It has no noise disturbance while working. 2. How much can be saved if you buy two sets of the tool before May 9th 2024? A. £75. B. £149.98. C. £150. D. £299.96. 3. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To advertise. B. To introduce. C. To inform. D. To analyse. 【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了一款修剪树的工具。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Great Convenience部分中“The lightweight but super strong drive system is designed for quiet running. (轻巧但超强的驱动系统是专为安静运行。)”可知，轻巧但超强的驱动系统是专为安静运行而设计的、即在工作时没有噪声干扰。故选D。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“Weighing only 2.94kg, the HT50 is well balanced, giving you a more enjoyable gardening experience. Get the HT50 Hedge Trimmer (£224.98) for just £149.98 if you order before May 9th 2024, with a Branch Cutter attached free of charge. (HT50重量仅2.94公斤，平衡良好，给你更愉快的园艺体验。如果您在2024年5月9日之前订购，只需149.98英镑即可获得HT50 Hedge Trimmer (原价224.98英镑)，并免费附带一枝剪。)”可知，原价是£224.98，2024年5月9日之前购买是£149.98，可算出每套省£75，两套省£150。故选C。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是由文章第一段“Gently trimming your hedge (修剪树篱) every 2 weeks will thicken it up and give it a beautiful look, but heavy trimmers, wires and stepladders make hedge trimming a job that some people hate. Gtech’s Cordless HT50 Hedge Trimmer makes it a pleasure. (每两周轻轻地修剪一次树篱会使树篱变厚，看起来很漂亮，但是笨重的修剪器、电线和梯子使修剪树篱成为一项有些人讨厌的工作。Gtech的无绳HT50对冲修剪器使它成为一种乐趣。)”可知，文章介绍了一款修剪树篱的工具，尤其侧重交代其优于传统工具的特性，最后一段重在让消费者了解其正在促销。故文章旨在为这款工具做广告。故选A。 B One January evening in 2008, Rachel Lapierre bought a $4 lottery ticket at the grocery store. As a nearly full-time emergency-room nurse and part-time volunteer aid worker, after an exhausting day cutting sugar maples , she needed something to lift her spirits. For years, Lapierre had done humanitarian work overseas for organizations and she longed to be able to one day quit her nursing job and focus on the volunteer work she found most fulfilling. She swore to herself that if she ever won the lottery, that’s what she would do. Lapierre went home and scratched her ticket, revealing three sunny faces. Not sure what they meant, she took it to a corner store, where the ticket-checking machine went berserk but didn’t reveal the prize. The next day, the lottery office informed her that she had won a lump sum of $6,75,000 or $1,000 a week for life. She chose the latter. “I know myself, ”she says.” The lump sum would have melted like snow in the sun.” Staying true to her word, Lapierre quit her nursing job and dedicated her life to helping others through her passion project, Le Book Humanitaire, which has since become a registered charity. LeBook, as Lapierre, now 62, affectionately calls it, began as a simple list of good deeds she jotted down in a black-and-white notebook. She had been using it to keep track of what she had done to help those living in the small communities around her. To her, the deeds were just small acts of kindness that anyone else might have done. But word started spreading, her phone began ringing and a Facebook page she created for the project became an efficient way to field requests from those in need and those who wanted to help. Le Book Humanitaire now has a team of 80 volunteers. The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge. Its kitchen volunteers make about 500 meals a day, with all food donated from local restaurants, hospitals and schools. The book itself? It has since been replaced by dozens more, representing millions of deeds. In2022 alone, the organization carried out nearly 4,50,000 acts of service. 4. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs? A. Lapierre chose a lump sum of $6,75,000. B. Lapierre loved her full- time job very much. C. Lapierre knew the meaning of three sunny faces at first. D. Lapierre didn’t think she would spend a large amount of money wisely. 5. What is Le Book Humanitaire? A. It is a notebook. B. It is a Facebook page. C. It is a non-profit charity. D. It is run by local communities. 6. Which of the following is true about the project? A. It conducted 45000 acts of service in all. B. It provided everything a community needed. C. It relied on local donations to provide meals. D. It was just about small acts of kindness for anyone else . 7. Which words can best describe Lapierre? A. Greedy and close-minded. B. Courageous and easy-going. C. Humorous and self-disciplined. D. Determined and tender-hearted. 【答案】4. D 5. C 6. C 7. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是记叙文。文章讲述了中彩票的Rachel Lapierre信守诺言，辞去了护士的工作，并通过她的项目“Le Book Humanitaire”致力于帮助他人，她认为一件好事可以影响十个人。如果我们都做一件好事就可以拯救世界。 【4题详解】 推理判断题。从文中第二段最后一句““I know myself, ”she says.” The lump sum would have melted like snow in the sun.”(“我了解我自己，”她说。“这笔钱会像阳光下的雪一样融化。”)”可知，她觉得自己当时不会理智地使用这笔钱。故选D。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。 从文中第三段“Staying true to her word, Lapierre quit her nursing job and dedicated her life to helping others through her passion project, Le Book Humanitaire, which has since become a registered charity.(Lapierre信守诺言，辞去了护士的工作，并通过她的热情项目Le Book Humanitaire致力于帮助他人，该项目已成为一家注册慈善机构。)”和第五段“The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge.(这家非营利组织为当地提供紧急援助、无家可归者和医疗救助、老年人食品配送和社区冰箱。)”可知，这是一个非营利的慈善组织 。故选C。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。从文中第五段“Its kitchen volunteers make about 500 meals a day, with all food donated from local restaurants, hospitals and schools.(它的厨房志愿者每天做大约500顿饭，所有的食物都来自当地的餐馆、医院和学校。)”可知，食材来自于当地的捐赠。故选C。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。从第二段“She swore to herself that if she ever won the lottery, that’s what she would do.(她对自己发誓，如果她中了彩票，她就会这么做。)”可知，她是下定决心的，坚定的（determined）；根据后文提到她做慈善，比如倒数第二段“The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge.(这家非营利组织为当地提供紧急援助、无家可归者和医疗救助、老年人食品配送和社区冰箱。)”可以看出，她是慈悲的，心肠软的（tender-hearted）。故选D。 C Want to know what is coming soon to a cinema near you? Probably not a 1.5-hour-long movie, as in the old days. On October 20th comes Killers of the Flower Moon. At nearly three and a half hours, its length is nearly double that of the average film last year. Even movie fans struggle to concentrate for that long and some viewers even nod off. Afterwards there is a mad dash for the toilets. When does watching a film become such a slog? The Economist analyzed over 100,000 feature films released internationally since the 1930s, the start of Hollywood’s golden age, using data from IMDb, a movie database. The average length of productions rose by around 24%, from one hour and 21 minutes in the 1930s to one hour and 47 minutes in 2022. For the ten most-popular titles, the average length grew to around two and a half hours in 2022, nearly 50% higher than in the 1930s. One driver of this trend is that studios want to squeeze the most out of their costly intellectual property (知识产权), but they are competing with streaming platforms for eyeballs. The hope is that a spectacular, drawn-out “event” movie will draw audiences away from the small screen and into cinemas. This approach has often paid off: Avengers: Endgame Marvel’s three-hour superhero masterpieces, was the highest-grossing (票房最高的) film in 2019. Last year long movies series made up most of the highest-grossing films in America. Another explanation for longer films has to do with directors’ growing influence. Who would dare tell the likes of Mr. Nolan to cut out his masterpieces? Moreover, streaming platforms, which do not have to worry as much about the length because viewers can pause whenever they like, may attract big names by promising them sufficient fund and creative freedom. Netflix funded and released three-hour The Irishman in 2019, a film that would have benefited from a decisive editor, Irish or otherwise. 8. The underlined part “a slog” in paragraph 1 refers to a(n)___. A. pleasure B. effort C. conflict D. feast 9. What can be inferred from paragraph 2? A. The average length affects the popularity of films. B. Great advances have been made in film industry. C. Hollywood starts a golden age of feature films. D. The average duration of movies has stretched. 10. What sets the trend of longer movies? A. Competition for the target audience. B. Thirst for more classic productions. C. Influence of streaming platforms. D. Preference for decisive editors. 11. What is probably the best title for the passage? A. Movie Enthusiasts B. Movie Marathons C. Movie Production D. Movie Influence 【答案】8. B 9. D 10. A 11. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。为什么电影的时长变得越来越长，文章分析了出现这种现象的原因。 【8题详解】 词句猜测题。根据划线词上文“Even movie fans struggle to concentrate for that long and some viewers even nod off. Afterwards there is a mad dash for the toilets.(即使是影迷也很难在这么长时间内集中注意力，一些观众甚至会打盹。之后，人们疯狂地冲向厕所)”可知，看电影也不再是轻松的事，所以划线单词a slog指的是“艰苦的工作”，与effort意义一致。故填B项。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“The average length of productions rose by around 24%, from one hour and 21 minutes in the 1930s to one hour and 47 minutes in 2022. For the ten most-popular titles, the average length grew to around two and a half hours in 2022, nearly 50% higher than in the 1930s.(制作的平均长度增加了约24%，从20世纪30年代的1小时21分钟增加到2022年的1小时47分钟。2022年，十大最受欢迎的游戏的平均时长增长到两个半小时左右，比上世纪30年代高出近50%)”可推知，电影的平均时长延长了。故选D项。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“One driver of this trend is that studios want to squeeze the most out of their costly intellectual property (知识产权), but they are competing with streaming platforms for eyeballs. The hope is that a spectacular, drawn-out “event” movie will draw audiences away from the small screen and into cinemas.(推动这一趋势的一个因素是，电影公司希望最大限度地利用其昂贵的知识产权，但他们也在与流媒体平台争夺眼球。他们希望一部壮观的、旷日持久的“大事件”电影能把观众从小屏幕吸引到电影院)”可知，电影平均时长延长是为了吸引观众到电影院。故选A项。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“Want to know what is coming soon to a cinema near you? Probably not a 1.5-hour-long movie, as in the old days. On October 20th comes Killers of the Flower Moon. At nearly three and a half hours, its length is nearly double that of the average film last year. Even movie fans struggle to concentrate for that long and some viewers even nod off. Afterwards there is a mad dash for the toilets. When does watching a film become such a slog?(想知道你附近的电影院即将上映什么电影吗？可能不会像过去那样是一部1.5小时长的电影。10月20日上映的《花月杀手》。该片时长近三个半小时，几乎是去年平均时长的两倍。即使是影迷也很难在这么长时间内集中注意力，一些观众甚至会打盹。之后，人们疯狂地冲向厕所。什么时候看电影变成了一件苦差事？)”及下文内容可知，文章主要讲述了电影的时长变得越来越长这一现象，并分析了出现这种现象的原因。由此可知，B项“Movie Marathons(电影马拉松)”适合作本文最佳标题。故选B项。 D You’re lying in bed, looking at the ceiling. Go to sleep, you tell yourself. You shut your eyes tight, force your body to relax, and wait for the pleasant sleep to come. But nothing happens. It’s 3 a. m. and you’re still staring at the ceiling. We have all been in this situation. Try as we might, it is nearly impossible to let yourself sleep. Sleep comes to those who let their mind wander and focus on anything other than sleep itself. Count sheep, control your breathing, listen to an audiobook, or whatever — so long as it turns your mind from wanting to sleep. This is a common example of the “law of reversed effort (反向努力定律).” The Law of Reversed Effort was first created by Aldous Huxley. “The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed.” Suppose, for instance, that you are learning how to ride a bike. You are told to hold the handlebars, to push off with this foot, to pedal at that speed, to hold your balance here, and so on. When riding, we know all these instructions, but we do not try to do them. They just happen. In Huxley’s words, it’s “combining relaxation with activity.” There’s a spiritual way of viewing the “law of reversed effort” as well. It’s something that has a much longer history than Aldous Huxley — it’s the Daoist idea of “Wu Wei (无为).” It is to walk the path that opens up and push the door that gives. Call it fate, divine (神圣的) calling, or whatever, but Wu Wei is to stop doing what you think is right, and to let yourself be pulled by some other power. Wu Wei is the grass bending in the wind. It’s the stick riding down the river. There are many moments in life when trying harder makes things worse. When you have a mosquito bite, a broken bone, or a nosebleed, you leave it be. Picking and tapping only worsen the problem. So, too, with a lot of life’s major moments. 12. Why is the example of the failure to falling asleep mentioned in the text? A. To show how common sleep loss is. B. To introduce the Law of Reversed Effort. C. To recommend effective ways to get to sleep. D. To prove the impossibility of willing ourselves to sleep. 13. What might help us learn riding a bike according to Paragraph 3? A. Making reversed effort. B. Trying our best to practice. C. Riding in a relaxed manner. D. Remembering to follow instructions. 14. Which might be an example of “Wu Wei” according to the text? A. Ignore a mosquito bite. B. Sail against a strong wind. C. Will yourself to sleep when suffering sleep loss. D. Remind yourself of instructions when riding a bike. 15. Where might the text come from? A. A storybook. B. A game book. C. A magazine on healthy life. D. A brochure of Chinese history. 【答案】12. B 13. C 14. A 15. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了生活中有许多事情是无法通过更大的努力来改善的。有时候，生活需要你退一步。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“Count sheep, control your breathing, listen to an audiobook, or whatever — so long as it turns your mind from wanting to sleep. This is a common example of the ‘law of reversed effort (反向努力定律).’(数羊，控制呼吸，听有声读物，或者其他什么都行——只要它能让你不再想睡觉。这是‘反向努力定律’的一个常见例子。)”可推断，文中提到了无法入睡的例子是为了介绍“反向努力定律”。故选B项。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“Suppose, for instance, that you are learning how to ride a bike. You are told to hold the handlebars, to push off with this foot, to pedal at that speed, to hold your balance here, and so on. When riding, we know all these instructions, but we do not try to do them. They just happen.(例如，假设你正在学习如何骑自行车。你被告知要握住车把，用这只脚蹬，以这样的速度踩踏板，保持平衡，等等。当我们骑车时，我们知道所有这些指示，但我们不尝试去做。它们就这样发生了。)”可知，以放松的方式骑车可以帮助我们学习骑自行车。故选C项。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“It’s something that has a much longer history than Aldous Huxley — it’s the Daoist idea of ‘Wu Wei (无为).’ It is to walk the path that opens up and push the door that gives. Call it fate, divine (神圣的) calling, or whatever, but Wu Wei is to stop doing what you think is right, and to let yourself be pulled by some other power. (这是一种比Aldous Huxley更悠久的历史——它是道家的‘无为而治’思想。它是去走那条打开的路，推开那扇给予的门。你可以称之为命运，神的召唤，或者其他什么，但无为就是停止做你认为正确的事情，让自己被其他力量所牵引。)”和第五段“When you have a mosquito bite, a broken bone, or a nosebleed, you leave it be.(当你被蚊子咬了，骨折了，或者流鼻血了，你就不要管它。)”可知，忽略蚊虫叮咬可能是“无为”的例子。故选A项。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed.(我们越是有意识地努力去做某事，我们就越不可能成功。)”和最后一段“There are many moments in life when trying harder makes things worse.(生活中有很多时候，越努力结果越糟。)”及全文可知，文章主要介绍了生活中有许多事情是无法通过更大的努力来改善的。有时候，生活需要你退一步，这才是一种健康生活的态度，所以这篇文章可能来自一本关于健康生活的杂志。故选C项。 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。 The woman bringing Mandarin to Uganda Wang Lihong Sooma, who moved to East Africa from China more than two decades ago, is determined to teach Ugandans how to speak Mandarin (普通话). ____16____ The first 30 teachers have now completed their training and have started holding Mandarin classes in schools across the country. Forty more teachers are now enrolled (入学) and classes start at 8:00 and finish at 22:00 from Monday to Friday. ____17____ However, Pavin Mulokwa, a teacher from Mbarara, sees it as an opportunity to broaden her job prospects. Another trainee, Praise Twebaze, agrees and hopes it will enable him to travel too. ____18____ Gao Yahui, who has been teaching Mandarin in Uganda for a year, says it has changed her understanding of Africa. From Xi’an city in central China, the 39-year-old left her husband and child behind to come and teach but was warned by her family and friends not to because of “diseases and war”. “____19____ When I go back to China, I will introduce the real Africa to the people in China and change their way of looking at Africa.” Wang’s goal is to have 100 teachers trained up and teaching Mandarin in 60 Ugandan schools by 2023. She sees it as a win-win situation, giving the example of how Chinese have benefited from learning English. “____20____ We learnt their technology and skills and then we developed.” A. They learn our language. B. I just think in the same way. C. We learnt their language and we understood them. D. When I came here, it changed my fixed ideas about African people. E. It is not just Ugandans who see this course as a life-changing opportunity. F. She and her husband are organising nine-month courses for teachers to learn Mandarin. G. To become fluent and be able to teach a language within nine months is a huge undertaking. 【答案】16. F 17. G 18. E 19. D 20. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是记叙文。文章讲述了一名中国女子在乌干达办学教中文的故事。 【16题详解】 根据该空上一句“Wang Lihong Sooma, who moved to East Africa from China more than two decades ago, is determined to teach Ugandans how to speak Mandarin(普通话).( 20多年前从中国移居东非的王丽红·索玛(Wang Lihong Sooma)决心教乌干达人说普通话。)”和下文“The first 30 teachers have now completed their training and have started holding Mandarin classes in schools across the country.(首批30名教师现已完成培训，并开始在全国各地的学校开设普通话课程。)”可知,王丽红决定教授乌干达人学习汉语,而第一批受训的教师已经结业。F项“她和丈夫正在为教师组织为期9个月的普通话课程。”提到王丽红和她的丈夫开设了针对教师的为期九个月的汉语培训课程,符合此处语境。故选F项。 【17题详解】 该空与下一句为转折关系。根据下文“However, Pavin Mulokwa, a teacher from Mbarara, sees it as an opportunity to broaden her job prospects. Another trainee, Praise Twebaze, agrees and hopes it will enable him to travel too.(然而，来自姆巴拉拉的教师Pavin Mulokwa认为这是一个拓宽自己就业前景的机会。另一位学员普雷兹·特韦伯兹对此表示赞同，并希望这也能让他去旅行。)”可知,乌干达的一名教师把学习汉语看成是拓展职业前景的机遇。G项“要在9个月内掌握一门流利的语言并能够教授它是一项艰巨的任务。”提到在九个月内学会汉语是一项艰巨的任务，符合此处语境。故选G项。 【18题详解】 该空承上启下。根据下文“Gao Yahui, who has been teaching Mandarin in Uganda for a year, says it has changed her understanding of Africa.(在乌干达教汉语已有一年的高雅慧(音译)表示，这改变了她对非洲的理解。)”可知,不仅乌干达人把学习汉语看作是改变人生的机会,这也是中国人重新认识乌干达的机会,故E项“不仅仅是乌干达人将这门课程视为改变人生的机会。”符合此处语境。故选E项。 【19题详解】 根据该空前“From Xi’an city in central China, the 39-year-old left her husband and child behind to come and teach but was warned by her family and friends not to because of “diseases and war”.(来自中国中部城市西安，39岁的她离开丈夫和孩子来这里教书，但她的家人和朋友警告她不要来，因为“疾病和战争”。)”的was warned by her family and friends not to because of “diseases and war”和该空后的“When I go back to China, I will introduce the real Africa to the people in China and change their way of looking at Africa.”(当我回到中国时，我要把真实的非洲介绍给中国人民，改变他们对非洲的看法。”)”可知,高女士去了乌干达之后,重新认识了非洲人,因此D项“当我来到这里，它改变了我对非洲人的固有观念。”符合此处语境。故选D项。 【20题详解】 该空与下一句为并列关系。根据上句“She sees it as a win-win situation, giving the example of how Chinese have benefited from learning English.(她认为这是一个双赢的局面，并举了中国人如何从学习英语中受益的例子。)”中的giving the example of how Chinese have benefited from learning English可知，王丽红以中国学生通过学习英文了解英美国家并获益为例,进一步说明了我们学习他们的语言、理解他们的想法、学习他们的科技与技术,继而我们可以得到发展,故C项“我们学会了他们的语言，理解了他们。”符合此处语境。故选C项。 第三部分 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。 Hungry and thirsty on our way home, my young sister and I came across a splendid plum tree with bright reddish fruit. It belonged to an elderly disabled lady known for giving___21___ in return for an errand(差事). We knocked on her door asking for some plums in payment for___22___an errand. The lady smiled and gave us two___23___baskets. When we filled the baskets with the ripest plums we picked, she handed us a bag with fresh meat, rice and dried beans. “Take this bag and one basket of plums to the Gomez family on the top of this hill,___24___with their payment and you will___25___yours.” With great expectations to get our plums after the errand, we rushed to the Gomez home. Mrs. Gomez___26___ the door with three little children behind her. Her husband was sick in bed and times were___27___. We told her our intention___28___, She didn’t seem ___29___but appreciated it with the payment, a large envelope stuffed full. Could the Gomez ___30___to pay so much for the food? It looked like much money. Our___31___wasn’t cleared until we handed the envelope to the plum lady. “Lovely!” The lady said in delight as she pulled the___32___ out of the envelope. In her hands were colorful drawings from the Gomez children, the Gomez’s payment for her food. My sister and I___33___each other and broke out in smiles. As we walked home, we enjoyed the___34___from the lady. The juice running down our arms was as sweet and warm as the___35___we had inside. 21. A. juice B. rice C. meat D. fruit 22. A. rejecting B. cancelling C. offering D. running 23. A. large B. clean C. empty D. firm 24. A. depart B. return C. survive D. travel 25. A. make B. purchase C. obtain D. increase 26. A. locked B. answered C. decorated D. painted 27. A. hard B. changeable C. different D. unsettled 28. A. doubtfully B. patiently C. helplessly D. secretly 29. A. annoyed B. injured C. disappointed D. surprised 30. A. afford B. refuse C. expect D. accept 31. A. cheque B. appointment C. confusion D. baskets 32. A. contents B. notes C. stamps D. letters 33. A. calmed down B. competed with C. approved of D. looked at 34. A. assistance B. treat C. company D. comfort 35. A. wish B. promise C. feeling D. appetite 【答案】21. D 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. C 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者和妹妹为了得到梅子，帮助一位女士跑腿，结果看到这位女士帮助Gomez一家，报酬只是孩子的画，感到温暖和甜蜜。 【21题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：它属于一位年老的残疾女士，以送水果换取差事而闻名。A. juice果汁；B. rice大米；C. meat肉；D. fruit水果。根据前文“Hungry and thirsty on our way home, my young sister and I came across a splendid plum tree with bright reddish fruit.”可知，前文提到梅子树，它属于这位女士，所以女士用水果换取差事。故选D项。 【22题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们敲开她的门，要一些梅子作为她跑腿的报酬。A. rejecting拒收；B. cancelling取消；C. offering供应；D. running运行，跑。根据前文“It belonged to an elderly disabled lady known for giving　　　1　　　 in return for an errand”可知，这位女士会以送水果换取差事，所以作者和妹妹希望要一些梅子作为她跑腿的报酬，running an errand意为“跑腿”。故选D项。 【23题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：那位女士笑了笑，给了我们两个空篮子。当我们把摘的最成熟的梅子装满篮子时，她递给我们一袋鲜肉、大米和干豆子。A. large大的；B. clean干净的；C. empty空的；D. firm坚固的。根据后文“When we filled the baskets with the ripest plums we picked”可知，之后作者和妹妹用篮子装满了梅子，所以开始给的是空篮子。故选C项。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：把这个袋子和一篮子李子带到山顶上的Gomez家，带着他们的钱回来，你们就会得到你们的。A. depart离开；B. return返回；C. survive幸存；D. travel旅行。根据后文“It looked like much money. Our　　　11　　　　wasn’t cleared until we handed the envelope to the plum lady.”可知，作者和妹妹需要带着钱回到梅子女士家。故选B项。 【25题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：把这个袋子和一篮子李子带到山顶上的戈麦斯家，带着他们的钱回来，你们就会得到你们的。A. make制作；B. purchase购买；C. obtain获得；D. increase提高。根据前文“We knocked on her door asking for some plums in payment for　　　2　　　an errand. ”可知，作者和妹妹希望通过跑腿换水果，所以此处是他们把钱带回来，就能得到自己的报酬。故选C项。 【26题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：戈麦斯太太开了门，身后有三个小孩。A. locked锁上；B. answered回答；C. decorated装饰；D. painted在…上刷油漆。根据前文“With great expectations to get our plums after the errand, we rushed to the Gomez home.”可知，作者和妹妹赶去了Gomez家，所以此处是Mrs. Gomez开门，answered the door意为“应门”。故选B项。 【27题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她丈夫卧病在床，日子过得很艰难。A. hard困苦的；B. changeable可变的；C. different不同的；D. unsettled多变的。根据前文“Mrs. Gomez　　　6　　　 the door with three little children behind her. Her husband was sick in bed”可知，Gomez家有三个孩子，丈夫还卧病在床，所以是日子过得很艰难。故选A项。 【28题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们耐心地告诉了她我们的打算，她似乎并不惊讶，而是用一个塞满了钱的大信封表示感谢。A. doubtfully迟疑地；B. patiently耐心地；C. helplessly无助地；D. secretly秘密地。根据前文“Take this bag and one basket of plums to the Gomez family on the top of this hill,　　　4　　　with their payment and you will　　　5　　yours.”可知，梅子女士要求作者和妹妹给Gomez一家送食物，并拿回钱，之后他们就能获得梅子，事情有点绕，所以需要耐心解释。故选B项。 【29题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们耐心地告诉了她我们的打算，她似乎并不惊讶，而是用一个塞满了钱的大信封表示感谢。A. annoyed恼怒；B. injured受伤的；C. disappointed失望的；D. surprised惊讶的。根据前文“We told her our intention”以及后文“but appreciated it with the payment”中的转折可知，对于作者和妹妹到来目的并不惊讶，而是用一个塞满了钱的大信封表示感谢。故选D项。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：Gomez一家付得起这么多钱买食物吗?A. afford买得起；B. refuse拒绝；C. expect预料；D. accept接受。根据前文“Her husband was sick in bed and times were　　　7　　　.”可知，作者看到Gomez一家的情况，猜想是否能付得起这么多钱买食物。故选A项。 【31题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们的困惑直到我们把信封递给那位梅子女士才消除。A. cheque支票；B. appointment约定；C. confusion困惑；D. baskets篮子。根据前文“Could the Gomez 　　　10　　　to pay so much for the food? ”可知，作者对Gomez一家是否能付得起这么多钱买食物而有疑问，所以此处是困惑。故选C项。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：“可爱!”这位女士高兴地说，她把里面的东西从信封里抽出来。A. contents所含之物；B. notes笔记；C. stamps邮票；D. letters信。根据后文“In her hands were colorful drawings from the Gomez children, the Gomez’s payment for her food.”可知，是女士把信封里的东西拿出来，是Gomez家的孩子画的画。故选A项。 【33题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：我和妹妹面面相觑，笑了起来。A. calmed down冷静下来；B. competed with与...竞争；C. approved of赞同；D. looked at看。根据前文“Could the Gomez 　　　10　　　to pay so much for the food? It looked like much money.”以及“In her hands were colorful drawings from the Gomez children, the Gomez’s payment for her food.”可知，作者和妹妹担心Gomez一家是否有足够的钱，结果他们是用小孩的画支付，所以作者和妹妹感到惊讶，面面相觑。故选D项。 【34题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：在回家的路上，我们享受着这位女士的款待。A. assistance帮助；B. treat款待；C. company公司；D. comfort安慰。根据前文“Take this bag and one basket of plums to the Gomez family on the top of this hill,　　　4　　with their payment and you will　　　5　　　yours. ”可知，作者和妹妹完成了梅子女士的跑腿任务，获得了梅子，所以是享受着这位女士的款待。故选B项。 【35题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：流淌在我们手臂上的果汁就像我们内心的感觉一样甜蜜温暖。A. wish希望；B. promise诺言；C. feeling感觉；D. appetite食欲。根据前文可知Gomez一家过得很艰难，而梅子女士帮助他们，报酬只是Gomez家孩子的话，梅子女士的善举，让作者很感动，内心感到温软和甜蜜，所以此处是表达“内心的感觉”之意。故选C项。 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。 Among many changes the COVID-19 pandemic has brought ____36____ the U. S., one is a possible move closer to a cashless society. Since more people decided to stay home when the coronavirus outbreak spread, they were spending ____37____(little) money than before. If people were out, fear of catching the virus kept them from ____38____(touch) many things, including loose change at the register. Unfortunately, a move to a cashless society could cause problems for some communities. About 8% of Americans don’t have a checking account. About 18% of Americans rely on alternative banking ____39____(solution), like a check cashing location, even though they have a savings or checking account. So these people rely on cash ____40____(purchase) goods and services. “For those ____41____ have the option to move away from cash to credit cards, there will be fewer problems,” said Harvard business professor Shelle Santana. “But there are ____42____ number of people who don’t have the ability to do that substitution (替换), and those are the vulnerable (易受影响的) people in the community.” While ____43____(convenient) is an advantage of using a card or electronic payment, everything someone purchases ____44____(track) and documented. Cash, however, _____45_____(protect) the user’s privacy and doesn’t leave a footprint behind. 【答案】36. to 37. less 38. touching 39. solutions 40. to purchase 41. who ##that 42. a 43. convenience 44. is tracked 45. protects 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。在新冠疫情给美国带来的诸多变化中，有一个可能是向无现金社会迈进。 【36题详解】 考查介词。句意：在COVID-19大流行带给美国的许多变化中，其中之一是可能更接近无现金社会。bring sth to…是固定搭配，意为“带来”。故填to。 【37题详解】 考查比较级。句意：由于更多的人决定在冠状病毒爆发蔓延时呆在家里，他们花的钱比以前少。根据句意，比较级形式less表示“更少”。故填less。 【38题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：如果人们外出，害怕感染病毒使他们不愿意触摸许多东西，包括收银台的零钱。keep sb. from doing sth.是固定搭配，意为“阻止某人做某事”。故填touching。 【39题详解】 考查名词复数。句意：大约18%的美国人依赖于替代银行解决方案，比如支票兑现地点，即使他们有储蓄或支票账户。solution是可数名词，这里表示多种解决方案，应用复数形式作宾语。故填solutions。 【40题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：所以这些人依赖现金来购买商品和服务。rely on sth to do sth依靠某事做某事。故填to purchase。 【41题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：对于那些可以选择从现金转向信用卡的人来说，问题会更少，哈佛商学院教授谢尔·桑塔纳说。先行词是those，在从句中作主语，应用关系代词who/that引导定语从句。故填who/that。 【42题详解】 考查冠词。句意：但是有一些人没有能力进行这种替换，而这些人是社区中脆弱的人群。 a number of许多，大量。为固定短语。故填a。 【43题详解】 考查名词。句意：虽然方便是使用卡或电子支付的一个优点，但每个人购买的所有东西都会被跟踪和记录。作主语，应用名词形式convenience。故填convenience。 【44题详解】 考查时态语态。句意：每个人购买的所有东西都会被跟踪和记录。主语everything与动词track之间是被动关系，且描述的是一般情况，应用一般现在时的被动语态。故填is tracked。 【45题详解】 考查动词。句意：然而，现金保护用户的隐私，不会留下痕迹。主语cash是单数，谓语动词用单数形式。陈述事实，为一般现在时。故填protects。 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，你校英语俱乐部将组织主题为“遨游太空”的英文绘本制作大赛。请你给你的交换生朋友Grace写一封邮件，邀请她参加比赛。内容包括： 1. 比赛目的和时间； 2. 作品要求； 3. 邀请她参加比赛。 注意：写作词数应为80左右。 Dear Grace, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】［参考范文］ Dear Grace, To develop students’ imagination, creativity and ability to express themselves in English, the English Club is going to organize an English picture book contest, whose theme is space travel. The contest will last from March 5th to April 5th. The participants are required to create a picture book with a front and back cover, title page and text pages. The work can be handmade or digital. I hope you can take part in the event, and we can co-create a picture book if you like. I’m looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达要求考生给交换生朋友Grace写一封邮件，邀请她参加校英语俱乐部将组织的主题为“遨游太空”的英文绘本制作大赛。 【详解】1.词汇积累 培养：develop→foster 表达：express→convey 参赛者：participant→contestant 回复：reply→response 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：The participants are required to create a picture book with a front and back cover, title page and text pages. 拓展句：The participants are required to create a picture book which has a front and back cover, title page and text pages. 【点睛】[高分句型1] To develop students’ imagination, creativity and ability to express themselves in English, the English Club is going to organize an English picture book contest, whose theme is space travel. (运用了whose引导的非限制性定语从句) [高分句型2] I hope you can take part in the event, and we can co-create a picture book if you like. (运用了省略that引导的宾语从句，if引导的条件状语从句) 第二节（满分25分） 47. 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。 When my daughters reached the third and fourth grades, I sometimes allowed them to walk to and from school alone if the weather permitted. One warm spring day, a little dog followed them home after school. It had short legs and long lovely ears. It was the cutest dog I had ever seen and the girls begged me to keep it. The dog was about twelve weeks old. It had no collar(项圈) or identifying marks of any sort. I didn’t know what to do. I thought about posting an advertisement but I really didn’t want to. It would break the kids’ hearts if someone should show up. Besides, its owners should have watched it more closely. By the end of the week the dog was part of our family. It was very intelligent and good with the girls. The following week something told me to check the lost—and—found section in the local paper. One particular advertisement jumped out at me and my heart beat with fear for what I read. Someone was begging for the return of a lost dog in the neighborhood of our grade school. They sounded extremely eager. My hand shook, couldn’t bring myself to pick up the paper. Instead, I pretended I hadn’t seen the advertisement. I quickly put paper away in the drawer and continued with my dusting. I never said a word about it to the kids or my husband. By now we had named the dog. It looked like a Molly, so that was what we called it. It followed the girls everywhere they went. When they went outside, it was one step behind them. When they did the housework, it was there to lend a hand. There was only one problem with this seemingly perfect picture: my conscience(良心)was bothering me. I knew in my heart I had to call that number in the paper and see if our Molly was the dog they were desperately seeking. It was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. 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。 With mixed feelings, I finally picked up the phone. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I asked the woman to come in and she quickly bent over and hugged Molly tightly. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 With mixed feelings, I finally picked up the phone. With butterflies in my stomach, I dialed the telephone number. Secretly I prayed no one would answer, but someone did. The voice on the other end was that of a young woman. After describing the dog to her in detail, she immediately wanted to come over. I said that my daughters love it very much and meanwhile apologized for not having contacted her a few days before. 30 minutes later, the bell rang and Molly was barking. I opened the door, forcing myself to face it. I asked the woman to come in and she quickly bent over and hugged Molly tightly. Molly started wagging its tail and barking excitedly as if it had recognized someone familiar. Surprised and excited, the woman told me that she couldn’t sleep well without it and thanked us for keeping her dog for these days. She offered to give me some cash as a reward, but I refused. After she took Molly away, I cracked a smile. I knew I had done the right thing―that puppy was exactly where she belonged． 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，主要讲述了一条小狗跟着孩子们来到了作者家，由于小狗很可爱，孩子们特别喜爱它，乞求作者收留小狗。作者心里明白，应该刊登广告寻找狗主人。但为了不伤孩子们的心，作者决定收留小狗。几周后，作者在报纸上看到了一条寻找失踪小狗的信息，而小狗已融入作者家中，所以作者不想打电话联系失主，但仍良心不安，陷入纠结。 【详解】1.段落续写: ①由第一段首句内容“我百感交集，终于拿起了电话”可知，第一段可描写作者打电话之后发生的事。 ②由第二段首句内容“我请那个女人进来，她很快弯下腰，紧紧地抱住莫利。”可知，第二段可描写小狗确实是这家人的，虽然不舍，但作者一家归还了小狗，作者认为自己做了正确的事情。 2.续写线索:打电话——确认信息——失主到来——认狗——还狗 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①过来：come over/ drop over ②道歉: apologize for /say sorry for ③告诉：tell/inform 情绪类 ①开心: crack a smile /happy ②兴奋的：excited/thrilled 【点睛】[高分句型1] I said that my daughters love it very much and meanwhile apologized for not having contacted her a few days before. (that引导的宾语从句) [高分句型2] I knew I had done the right thing―that puppy was exactly where she belonged．(where引导的表语从句) 听力1~5 CCBBA 6~10 BBACA 11~15 BACBC 16~20 ABCAC 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2023—2024学年度下学期高中期末考试卷 高二英语 2024.7 考生注意： 1.本试卷分四部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 2.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；主观题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。 3.本试卷命题范围：选择性必修第三册~选择性必修第四册。 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。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 want the man to do? A. Have some milk. B. Go shopping. C. Take out the garbage. 2. What will the man do tonight? A. Go bowling. B. Visit the woman. C. Prepare for an exam. 3. What will the man most probably do? A. Pay for the tickets. B. Go to the ticket office. C. Ask the woman for a discount. 4. Where does the conversation take place? A. At home. B. At the doctor’s. C. At the man’s office. 5. Where will Greg go after finishing the language course? A. Colombia. B. Cuba. C. Spain. 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。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、7题。 6. What does the man want the woman to do? A. Buy him a boat. B. Lend him some money. C. Spend the summer on a boat. 7. What is the woman’s attitude towards the man’s idea? A. Supportive. B. Opposed. C. Confused. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where does the woman work? A. In a radio station. B. In a hotel. C. In a building company. 9. Why is the woman looking for Mr. Nash? A. To book a hotel. B. To talk about his concern. C. To invite him for an interview. 10. How will the woman get in touch with Mr. Nash? A. By writing an e-mail. B. By sending a text message. C. By making a phone call. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What does the woman ask the man about first? A. The packing. B. The receipt. C. The price. 12. What does the man decide to do with the camera? A. Change it. B. Have it fixed. C. Return it. 13. Who is the woman most likely to be? A. A technician. B. A photographer. C. A saleswoman. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What happened to the man last week? A. He injured his back. B. He fell off his motorcycle. C. He lost his motorcycle. 15. Why did the man buy a motorcycle? A. He likes it. B. He thinks it safe. C. He’ll go to work on it. 16. How does the man usually go to work now? A. By car. B. By bus. C. By bike. 17. What does the man mostly do on the bus? A. Read books. B. Look outside. C. Talk with others. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. When will the competitors get the results? A. In about one month. B. In about two months. C. In about four months. 19. What does the speaker stress strongly? A. The length of the story. B. The ticket to the theater. C. The prize of the competition. 20. What can we learn about this year’s competition? A. Its topic is Spring. B. It has to be interesting. C. It’s open to every 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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Gently trimming your hedge (修剪树篱) every 2 weeks will thicken it up and give it a beautiful look, but heavy trimmers, wires and stepladders make hedge trimming a job that some people hate. Gtech’s Cordless HT50 Hedge Trimmer makes it a pleasure. Great Convenience With 60 minutes of runtime, move freely around your garden without being bothered by wires and messy petrol. Running off a 18V motor, the HT50 Hedge Trimmer supplies the power directly when needed. The lightweight but super strong drive system is designed for quiet running. In addition, the precision laser cut blades (刀片) move through branches up to 25 mm thick, leaving a clean cut vital to promote a healthy hedge. Long Reach The HT50 Hedge Trimmer has an adjustable head so that you have full control over the cut of your hedge. The head adjusts downwards so you can cut the top of your hedge easily, and upwards so that you can cut thorny (多刺的) hedges without hurting your arms. Keep your hedges neat by cutting flat along the tops of hedges up to 10 feet tall using the 55 cm long blade. Perfectly Balanced Weighing only 2.94kg, the HT50 is well balanced, giving you a more enjoyable gardening experience. Get the HT50 Hedge Trimmer (£224.98) for just £149.98 if you order before May 9th 2024, with a Branch Cutter attached free of charge. Call our 24-hour freephone information and sales lines or visit our website for more information. 1. What is a feature of the HT50Hedge Trimmer? A. It needs no power support. B. It helps maintain weak leaves. C. It has no time limit for a single run. D. It has no noise disturbance while working. 2. How much can be saved if you buy two sets of the tool before May 9th 2024? A. £75. B. £149.98. C. £150. D. £299.96. 3. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To advertise. B. To introduce. C. To inform. D. To analyse. B One January evening in 2008, Rachel Lapierre bought a $4 lottery ticket at the grocery store. As a nearly full-time emergency-room nurse and part-time volunteer aid worker, after an exhausting day cutting sugar maples , she needed something to lift her spirits. For years, Lapierre had done humanitarian work overseas for organizations and she longed to be able to one day quit her nursing job and focus on the volunteer work she found most fulfilling. She swore to herself that if she ever won the lottery, that’s what she would do. Lapierre went home and scratched her ticket, revealing three sunny faces. Not sure what they meant, she took it to a corner store, where the ticket-checking machine went berserk but didn’t reveal the prize. The next day, the lottery office informed her that she had won a lump sum of $6,75,000 or $1,000 a week for life. She chose the latter. “I know myself, ”she says.” The lump sum would have melted like snow in the sun.” Staying true to her word, Lapierre quit her nursing job and dedicated her life to helping others through her passion project, Le Book Humanitaire, which has since become a registered charity. LeBook, as Lapierre, now 62, affectionately calls it, began as a simple list of good deeds she jotted down in a black-and-white notebook. She had been using it to keep track of what she had done to help those living in the small communities around her. To her, the deeds were just small acts of kindness that anyone else might have done. But word started spreading, her phone began ringing and a Facebook page she created for the project became an efficient way to field requests from those in need and those who wanted to help. Le Book Humanitaire now has a team of 80 volunteers. The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge. Its kitchen volunteers make about 500 meals a day, with all food donated from local restaurants, hospitals and schools. The book itself? It has since been replaced by dozens more, representing millions of deeds. In2022 alone, the organization carried out nearly 4,50,000 acts of service. 4. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs? A. Lapierre chose a lump sum of $6,75,000. B. Lapierre loved her full- time job very much. C. Lapierre knew the meaning of three sunny faces at first. D. Lapierre didn’t think she would spend a large amount of money wisely. 5. What is Le Book Humanitaire? A. It is a notebook. B. It is a Facebook page. C. It is a non-profit charity. D. It is run by local communities. 6. Which of the following is true about the project? A. It conducted 45000 acts of service in all. B. It provided everything a community needed. C. It relied on local donations to provide meals. D. It was just about small acts of kindness for anyone else . 7. Which words can best describe Lapierre? A. Greedy and close-minded. B. Courageous and easy-going. C. Humorous and self-disciplined. D. Determined and tender-hearted. C Want to know what is coming soon to a cinema near you? Probably not a 1.5-hour-long movie, as in the old days. On October 20th comes Killers of the Flower Moon. At nearly three and a half hours, its length is nearly double that of the average film last year. Even movie fans struggle to concentrate for that long and some viewers even nod off. Afterwards there is a mad dash for the toilets. When does watching a film become such a slog? The Economist analyzed over 100,000 feature films released internationally since the 1930s, the start of Hollywood’s golden age, using data from IMDb, a movie database. The average length of productions rose by around 24%, from one hour and 21 minutes in the 1930s to one hour and 47 minutes in 2022. For the ten most-popular titles, the average length grew to around two and a half hours in 2022, nearly 50% higher than in the 1930s. One driver of this trend is that studios want to squeeze the most out of their costly intellectual property (知识产权), but they are competing with streaming platforms for eyeballs. The hope is that a spectacular, drawn-out “event” movie will draw audiences away from the small screen and into cinemas. This approach has often paid off: Avengers: Endgame Marvel’s three-hour superhero masterpieces, was the highest-grossing (票房最高的) film in 2019. Last year long movies series made up most of the highest-grossing films in America. Another explanation for longer films has to do with directors’ growing influence. Who would dare tell the likes of Mr. Nolan to cut out his masterpieces? Moreover, streaming platforms, which do not have to worry as much about the length because viewers can pause whenever they like, may attract big names by promising them sufficient fund and creative freedom. Netflix funded and released three-hour The Irishman in 2019, a film that would have benefited from a decisive editor, Irish or otherwise. 8. The underlined part “a slog” in paragraph 1 refers to a(n)___. A. pleasure B. effort C. conflict D. feast 9. What can be inferred from paragraph 2? A. The average length affects the popularity of films. B. Great advances have been made in film industry. C. Hollywood starts a golden age of feature films. D. The average duration of movies has stretched. 10. What sets the trend of longer movies? A. Competition for the target audience. B. Thirst for more classic productions. C. Influence of streaming platforms. D. Preference for decisive editors. 11. What is probably the best title for the passage? A. Movie Enthusiasts B. Movie Marathons C. Movie Production D. Movie Influence D You’re lying in bed, looking at the ceiling. Go to sleep, you tell yourself. You shut your eyes tight, force your body to relax, and wait for the pleasant sleep to come. But nothing happens. It’s 3 a. m. and you’re still staring at the ceiling. We have all been in this situation. Try as we might, it is nearly impossible to let yourself sleep. Sleep comes to those who let their mind wander and focus on anything other than sleep itself. Count sheep, control your breathing, listen to an audiobook, or whatever — so long as it turns your mind from wanting to sleep. This is a common example of the “law of reversed effort (反向努力定律).” The Law of Reversed Effort was first created by Aldous Huxley. “The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed.” Suppose, for instance, that you are learning how to ride a bike. You are told to hold the handlebars, to push off with this foot, to pedal at that speed, to hold your balance here, and so on. When riding, we know all these instructions, but we do not try to do them. They just happen. In Huxley’s words, it’s “combining relaxation with activity.” There’s a spiritual way of viewing the “law of reversed effort” as well. It’s something that has a much longer history than Aldous Huxley — it’s the Daoist idea of “Wu Wei (无为).” It is to walk the path that opens up and push the door that gives. Call it fate, divine (神圣的) calling, or whatever, but Wu Wei is to stop doing what you think is right, and to let yourself be pulled by some other power. Wu Wei is the grass bending in the wind. It’s the stick riding down the river. There are many moments in life when trying harder makes things worse. When you have a mosquito bite, a broken bone, or a nosebleed, you leave it be. Picking and tapping only worsen the problem. So, too, with a lot of life’s major moments. 12. Why is the example of the failure to falling asleep mentioned in the text? A. To show how common sleep loss is. B. To introduce the Law of Reversed Effort. C. To recommend effective ways to get to sleep. D. To prove the impossibility of willing ourselves to sleep. 13. What might help us learn riding a bike according to Paragraph 3? A. Making reversed effort. B. Trying our best to practice. C. Riding in a relaxed manner. D. Remembering to follow instructions. 14. Which might be an example of “Wu Wei” according to the text? A. Ignore a mosquito bite. B. Sail against a strong wind. C. Will yourself to sleep when suffering sleep loss. D. Remind yourself of instructions when riding a bike. 15. Where might the text come from? A. A storybook. B. A game book. C. A magazine on healthy life. D. A brochure of Chinese history. 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。 The woman bringing Mandarin to Uganda Wang Lihong Sooma, who moved to East Africa from China more than two decades ago, is determined to teach Ugandans how to speak Mandarin (普通话). ____16____ The first 30 teachers have now completed their training and have started holding Mandarin classes in schools across the country. Forty more teachers are now enrolled (入学) and classes start at 8:00 and finish at 22:00 from Monday to Friday. ____17____ However, Pavin Mulokwa, a teacher from Mbarara, sees it as an opportunity to broaden her job prospects. Another trainee, Praise Twebaze, agrees and hopes it will enable him to travel too. ____18____ Gao Yahui, who has been teaching Mandarin in Uganda for a year, says it has changed her understanding of Africa. From Xi’an city in central China, the 39-year-old left her husband and child behind to come and teach but was warned by her family and friends not to because of “diseases and war”. “____19____ When I go back to China, I will introduce the real Africa to the people in China and change their way of looking at Africa.” Wang’s goal is to have 100 teachers trained up and teaching Mandarin in 60 Ugandan schools by 2023. She sees it as a win-win situation, giving the example of how Chinese have benefited from learning English. “____20____ We learnt their technology and skills and then we developed.” A. They learn our language. B. I just think in the same way. C. We learnt their language and we understood them. D. When I came here, it changed my fixed ideas about African people. E. It is not just Ugandans who see this course as a life-changing opportunity. F. She and her husband are organising nine-month courses for teachers to learn Mandarin. G. To become fluent and be able to teach a language within nine months is a huge undertaking. 第三部分 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。 Hungry and thirsty on our way home, my young sister and I came across a splendid plum tree with bright reddish fruit. It belonged to an elderly disabled lady known for giving___21___ in return for an errand(差事). We knocked on her door asking for some plums in payment for___22___an errand. The lady smiled and gave us two___23___baskets. When we filled the baskets with the ripest plums we picked, she handed us a bag with fresh meat, rice and dried beans. “Take this bag and one basket of plums to the Gomez family on the top of this hill,___24___with their payment and you will___25___yours.” With great expectations to get our plums after the errand, we rushed to the Gomez home. Mrs. Gomez___26___ the door with three little children behind her. Her husband was sick in bed and times were___27___. We told her our intention___28___, She didn’t seem ___29___but appreciated it with the payment, a large envelope stuffed full. Could the Gomez ___30___to pay so much for the food? It looked like much money. Our___31___wasn’t cleared until we handed the envelope to the plum lady. “Lovely!” The lady said in delight as she pulled the___32___ out of the envelope. In her hands were colorful drawings from the Gomez children, the Gomez’s payment for her food. My sister and I___33___each other and broke out in smiles. As we walked home, we enjoyed the___34___from the lady. The juice running down our arms was as sweet and warm as the___35___we had inside. 21. A. juice B. rice C. meat D. fruit 22. A. rejecting B. cancelling C. offering D. running 23. A. large B. clean C. empty D. firm 24. A. depart B. return C. survive D. travel 25. A. make B. purchase C. obtain D. increase 26. A. locked B. answered C. decorated D. painted 27. A. hard B. changeable C. different D. unsettled 28. A. doubtfully B. patiently C. helplessly D. secretly 29. A. annoyed B. injured C. disappointed D. surprised 30. A. afford B. refuse C. expect D. accept 31. A. cheque B. appointment C. confusion D. baskets 32. A. contents B. notes C. stamps D. letters 33. A. calmed down B. competed with C. approved of D. looked at 34. A. assistance B. treat C. company D. comfort 35. A. wish B. promise C. feeling D. appetite 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。 Among many changes the COVID-19 pandemic has brought ____36____ the U. S., one is a possible move closer to a cashless society. Since more people decided to stay home when the coronavirus outbreak spread, they were spending ____37____(little) money than before. If people were out, fear of catching the virus kept them from ____38____(touch) many things, including loose change at the register. Unfortunately, a move to a cashless society could cause problems for some communities. About 8% of Americans don’t have a checking account. About 18% of Americans rely on alternative banking ____39____(solution), like a check cashing location, even though they have a savings or checking account. So these people rely on cash ____40____(purchase) goods and services. “For those ____41____ have the option to move away from cash to credit cards, there will be fewer problems,” said Harvard business professor Shelle Santana. “But there are ____42____ number of people who don’t have the ability to do that substitution (替换), and those are the vulnerable (易受影响的) people in the community.” While ____43____(convenient) is an advantage of using a card or electronic payment, everything someone purchases ____44____(track) and documented. Cash, however, _____45_____(protect) the user’s privacy and doesn’t leave a footprint behind. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，你校英语俱乐部将组织主题为“遨游太空”的英文绘本制作大赛。请你给你的交换生朋友Grace写一封邮件，邀请她参加比赛。内容包括： 1. 比赛目的和时间； 2. 作品要求； 3. 邀请她参加比赛。 注意：写作词数应为80左右。 Dear Grace, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节（满分25分） 47. 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。 When my daughters reached the third and fourth grades, I sometimes allowed them to walk to and from school alone if the weather permitted. One warm spring day, a little dog followed them home after school. It had short legs and long lovely ears. It was the cutest dog I had ever seen and the girls begged me to keep it. The dog was about twelve weeks old. It had no collar(项圈) or identifying marks of any sort. I didn’t know what to do. I thought about posting an advertisement but I really didn’t want to. It would break the kids’ hearts if someone should show up. Besides, its owners should have watched it more closely. By the end of the week the dog was part of our family. It was very intelligent and good with the girls. The following week something told me to check the lost—and—found section in the local paper. One particular advertisement jumped out at me and my heart beat with fear for what I read. Someone was begging for the return of a lost dog in the neighborhood of our grade school. They sounded extremely eager. My hand shook, couldn’t bring myself to pick up the paper. Instead, I pretended I hadn’t seen the advertisement. I quickly put paper away in the drawer and continued with my dusting. I never said a word about it to the kids or my husband. By now we had named the dog. It looked like a Molly, so that was what we called it. It followed the girls everywhere they went. When they went outside, it was one step behind them. When they did the housework, it was there to lend a hand. There was only one problem with this seemingly perfect picture: my conscience(良心)was bothering me. I knew in my heart I had to call that number in the paper and see if our Molly was the dog they were desperately seeking. It was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. 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。 With mixed feelings, I finally picked up the phone. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I asked the woman to come in and she quickly bent over and hugged Molly tightly. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 听力1~5 CCBBA 6~10 BBACA 11~15 BACBC 16~20 ABCAC 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $