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莆田锦江中学2024-2025学年上学期期中考试卷 高二英语 第Ⅰ卷 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。 1．When did the woman graduate from college? A．In 2017. B．In 2018. C．In 2020. 2．Where does the conversation most probably take place? A．At the woman’s house. B．In a hospital. C．At a travel agency. 3．What is the man looking for? A．His car. B．The woman’s house. C．Some keys. 4．What does the man think of the tie? A．It’s very cheap. B．It’s in bad condition. C．It’s of good quality. 5．What will the man do next? A．Take a nap. B．Watch a film. C．Move some furniture. 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2至4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 5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 6．What does the man ask the woman to do? A．Tidy up the table. B．Help her colleague. C．Take a lunch break 7．What does the man want? A．A cake. B．A sandwich. C．Some coffee. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 8．How did the woman get the camera? A．From her brother. B．From her father. C．From a camera shop. 9．What does the woman plan to do? A．Take a trip. B．Buy a new camera. C．Get the camera fixed. 10．What is Jack most probably? A．A repairman. B．A photographer. C．A shop assistant. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 11．Why does Cindy use public transportation? A．It is convenient. B．It is quite cheap. C．It is environmentally friendly. 12．How will the speakers go downtown? A．By car. B．By bus. C．By bike. 13．What are the speakers mainly talking about? A．Different ways of getting around. B．Experience of freedom. C．Life in the suburbs. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 14．Where will Grace go for her vacation? A．Spain. B．Australia. C．New Zealand. 15．How long did Grace’s mother stay in Spain? A．Two weeks. B．Two months. C．Six months. 16．Who is Jane? A．Steve’s sister. B．Steve’s aunt. C．Steve’s wife. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 17．Who is the speaker talking to? A．Teachers. B．Students. C．Visitors. 18．What department is newly opened? A．The German department. B．The Chinese department. C．The Russian department. 19．Where are the teachers in the English department mainly from? A．England and America B．America and Australia C．America and Canada 20．Which is the largest building in the college? A．The main library. B．The dining hall. C．The English department building. 第二部分 阅读理解（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 ART GALLERY GUIDES Martin Lawrence Galleries Distinguished as the largest contemporary collection in New York, the gallery contains works by Rembrandt, Picasso, Chagall, Keith Haring, Sam Francis, Takashi Murakami and others. Located in a two-floor space in the heart of SoHo, this gallery provides a great fine art buying experience for all ages. Location: 457 West Broadway, New York, NY, telephone: 212-995-8865. Email:soho@martinlawrence.com BertaArt Studio Gallery BertaArt Studio Gallery is the working studio and exhibition space for International award-winning artist Clara Berta. Her highly abstract paintings have been shown in the United States and collected worldwide. Location: 816 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014, telephone: 818-692-0465. Website:https://bertaart.com Bill Lowe Gallery For over three decades, Bill Lowe Gallery has served as a gate to global visual culture for art enthusiasts around the world. Our unique juxtaposition (并列) of style is expressed in exhibitions with great visual drama. This has earned the gallery recognition as a place for the cross-cultural point of beauty and meaning. Location: 764 Miami Circle, NE, Suite 210, Atlanta, GA 30324, telephone: 404-352-8114. Website: https://lowegallery.com Baterbys Art Auction Gallery Our art collection features limited pieces by 20th Century Masters like Picasso, Chagall, Modigliani, Matisse and Degas among others. We offer specialized services such as art renting and fine art home delivery. Located: Orlando, FL, telephone: 888-682-9995. Website: www.Baterbys.com 21．Where should visitors go if they want to buy artworks? A．New York. B．Los Angeles. C．Atlanta. D．Orlando. 22．What can visitors do at Bill Lowe Gallery? A．See visual culture. B．Meet famous artists. C．Enjoy Clara Berta’s works. D．Learn the history of Miami. 23．What is special about Baterbys Art Auction Gallery? A．It has works by Picasso. B．It is the oldest gallery. C．It is an awarding-winning gallery. D．It provides art rental service. B Most people in their eighties would consider themselves lucky not to have health problems, but this is not the case with Toshisuke Kanazawa. The 82-year-old Japanese bodybuilder is not only in perfect physical condition, he also looks better than a lot of men a quarter his age. Kanazawa is living proof (证明) that you’re never too old to hit the gym and achieve the body you’ve always dreamed of. A champion bodybuilder in his youth, Kanazawa stopped exercising completely after he retired at age 34, drinking, smoking and eating whatever he liked. It wasn’t until he turned 50 that he got his motivation to regain the perfect body of his younger years. Kanazawa’s wife felt sick frequently, and the former bodybuilder remembered that she had never been happier than when he won the national championship. So to please her, he decided to return to the gym and completely change his diet. His workout schedule had to be adjusted to his age as well. In his youth, he would spend up to six hours training in the gym every day, and his body would recover within two days after a particularly intensive (强化的) workout, but that was not the case anymore. He cut the daily gym time to three hours and started giving his body one week to recover after exercising every muscle group. Kanazawa’s efforts paid off. In 2016, at the age of 80, Kanazawa defeated many opponents and placed sixth in the world in a contest for bodybuilders over 65, and won the admiration of the crowd. Sport keeps this elderly man healthy, as he claims not to have suffered so much as a cold since he started bodybuilding again at age 50. “I want to be a super old man in the bodybuilder community,” Kanazawa said, “If I have a goal, I can continue moving forward. I have to work much harder.” 24. What can we learn about Kanazawa from Paragraph 2? A. He started bodybuilding at the age of 34. B. He seldom exercised when he was young C. He had serious health problems in his childhood. D. He developed an unhealthy lifestyle after he retired. 25. Why did Kanazawa decide to take up exercise again? A. To help change his diet. B. To cheer up his wife. C. To stand to his promise. D. To recover from illness. 26. What did old Kanazawa do while rebuilding his body? A. He took the same workout schedule. B. He turned to the doctors for advice. C. He combined relaxation with exercise. D. He spent over six hours training every day. 27. What can be the best title for the text? A. Bodybuilding: No Age Limit B. Champion: The Result of Workout C. Exercise: The Best Medicine for Illnesses D. Understanding: A Guarantee of Happiness C You may have already seen them in some restaurants around the world; robots. They are about the size of a child. They can welcome people and lead them to their tables. They can deliver food and drinks and bring dirty dishes back to the kitchen. Many people think robot waiters are the answer to worker shortages. Sales of robots have been growing in recent years. There are tens of thousands of them now moving through eating places worldwide. But others say robot waiters still have a long way to go before they can replace humans. They cannot take orders. And they cannot walk up steps to different areas of a restaurant. Still the use of robots is growing. In Madison Heights, Michigan, Li Zhai was having trouble finding workers for his restaurant Noodle Topia in the summer of 2021. So, he bought a robot from Pudu Robotics. The robot was so successful that he added two more; now, one robot leads diners to their seats while another delivers food to tables. And his employees load dirty dishes onto the third robot to bring them back to the kitchen. Zhai said he now needs three people to do the same work that five or six people used to do. And they save him money. A robot costs around $15,000, he said, but a person costs him $5,000 to $6,000 per month. Zhai noted that the robots give his human servers more time to spend with diners, which increases tips. And diners often post videos of the robots on social media, which leads to more visits. “Besides saving labor, the robots benefit business,” he said. But not all restaurants have had success with robots. Chili’s introduced a robot server in 2020. The restaurant company expanded the test to 61 U.S. restaurants before suddenly stopping last August. Chili’s found that the robot moved too slowly and got in the way of human servers. And 58 percent of guests surveyed said robots did not improve their overall experience. 28. What is Li Zhai’s third robot used to do? A. Lead diners to their seats. B. Deliver food to tables. C. Take orders from customers. D. Carry away dirty dishes. 29. What do Li Zhai’s words mainly tell us in Paragraph 5? A. The popularity of robots. B. The low prices of robots. C. The advantages of using robots. D. The impression of robots on people. 30. Why did Chili’s give up robot servers? A. They broke down easily. B. They didn’t work well enough. C. They often made big mistakes. D. They couldn’t understand customers’ demand. 31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. Are Robot Waiters the Future? B. Will Human Servers Lose Jobs? C. Robots Will Never Replace Humans D. Robot Services Are Better Than Humans D “If you don’t behave，I’ll call the police” is a lie that parents generally use to get their young children to behave. Parents’ lies work in the short terns，but a new study led by NTU Singapore suggests that they’re associated with harmful effects when the child becomes an adult. The research team asked 379 Singaporean young adults whether their parents lied to them when they were children，how much they lie to their parents now，and how well they adjust to adulthood challenges. Adults who reported being lied to more as children were more likely to report deceiving their parents in their adulthood. They also said they faced greater difficulty in meeting psychological and social challenges. Lead author Assistant Professor Setoh Peipei from NTU Singapore’s School of Social Sciences said，“Parenting by lying can seem to save time especially when the real reasons behind why parents want children to do something is complicated to explain. When parents tell children that ‘honesty is the best policy’, but display dishonesty by lying, such behaviour can send conflicting messages to their children. Parents’ dishonesty may eventually break trust and promote dishonesty in children. Our research suggests that parenting by lying is a practice that has bad consequences for children when they grow up. Parents should be aware of this and consider alternatives to lying, such as acknowledging children’s feelings, giving information so children know what to expect, offering choices and problem-solving together, to help children develop good behaviour.” The analysis found that parenting by lying could place children at a greater risk of developing problems that the society disapproves, such as aggression and rule-breaking behaviour. Some limitations of the study include relying on what young adults report about their past experience of parents’ lying. “Future research can explore using more information providers, such as parents, to report on the same topic,” suggested Asst Prof Setoh. 32．Why is a parental lie mentioned in the first paragraph? A．To introduce the topic for discussion. B．To tell a popular way to educate children. C．To prove the great influence of the police. D．To show the harmful effects of parental lies. 33．The underlined word “deceiving” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “________”. A．worrying B．abusing C．disappointing D．cheating 34．According to the research，which of the following can parents do? A．Give children chances to choose. B．Force good behaviour on children. C．Let children solve problems alone. D．Stop children knowing what to expect. 35．What does the last paragraph imply about the study? A．It is quite controversial. B．It is rather meaningless. C．It needs to be perfected. D．It demands honest responses. 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2. 5 分，满分 12. 5 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Music is known to have a great deal of mental and physical benefits on humans. From helping to treat physical medical problems to relieving stress, music can be extremely beneficial in helping to improve health. ____36____ Animals may have a great deal of stress. ____37____ Dogs and cats may be stressed when around men because they were badly treated by a man, and they may never forget that. A dog who was attacked by another dog while on a walk may be always afraid to go on walks, or even be afraid to leave the house. ____38____ Cats, dogs and horses will not all have the exact same stressors (压力源), so you just have to pay close attention to your animal and what makes them unique, such as changes in eating habits, too much sleep and too little sleep, just to name a few. Music can be extremely beneficial for animals in high stress situations. ____39____ In the atmosphere, they feel calm, safe and well protected. Music can be specifically helpful when played at veterinary (兽医的) clinics for animals who are afraid of the vet. This helps calm the owners of the animals and the staff at the office besides the animals. ____40____ That’s why it is being taken up at a variety of veterinary clinics around the world. A. It can create a space for them. B. The same goes for our furry friends, too. C. They could be stressed for a variety of reasons. D. It would be a beneficial practice for all parties. E. Another place where music can be helpful is in car rides. F. There are ways that you can identify stress in your animals. G. It’s no wonder loud noises can cause dogs and cats so much stress. 第三部分：英语知识运用（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） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Born in Moscow, Russia, Mason is a disabled person, with no legs and only one arm. The 25-year-old man is ____41____ millions of people with his videos on TikTok. Mason told News 8 about his ____42____, explaining that his own natural mother took him to an orphanage（孤儿院）. “I have a letter, where she says she didn’t want to ____43____ a terrible creature. But now I don’t have any ____44____ or disappointment towards that letter or her. ____45____, without her giving me up, I wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t have the amazing mom I do and the amazing ____46____ I have.” He was adopted（收养）when he was 3 years old and has been taught to be ____47____ ever since. “I have two sayings, ‘I can’ and ‘I will’ and that’s something my mom would always make me ____48____,” he explained. Last September, a TikTok video of him on a running machine was ____49____ widely. “I went to bed and when I woke up, it had two million ____50____,” he said. “And it just kept growing from that.” Fast forward to now, his videos have ____51____ nearly 14 million likes. The recent attention might mean a new direction for Mason and he’s ready for any ____52____. He said he would love to become an influential speaker someday. “I am on a journey right now and I will let it ____53____ me wherever it goes,” Mason said. In the meantime, he ____54____ to make more videos. You can ____55____ Mason on TikTok here. 41. A. inviting B. protecting C. inspiring D. warning 42. A. job B. experience C. hobby D. dream 43. A. raise B. describe C. change D. trouble 44. A. pleasure B. memory C. fear D. anger 45. A. Similarly B. Honestly C. Eventually D. Accidentally 46. A. family B. neighbor C. school D. office 47. A. patient B. simple C. careful D. independent 48. A. catch up with B. keep in mind C. put aside D. pass down 49. A. spread B. doubted C. expected D. limited 50. A. supplies B. applications C. views D. suggestions 51. A. missed B. designed C. demanded D. gathered 52. A. challenge B. experiment C. mistake D. comparison 53. A. recognize B. promote C. take D. introduce 54. A. agrees B. intends C. hesitates D. happens 55. A. refuse B. guide C. amaze D. follow 第II卷 第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 30 分） 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。 Many people hold at least one memory of a kite from their childhoods. It could be a sunny spring day in 56.____________ open area with family members. the wind picks up, the flyer 57.____________（run）as fast as they can, until the kite climbs high into the sky and dances in the air. Kites’ origins can date back 58.____________ the late Spring and Autumn Period (770——476 BC). Historical accounts showed that philosopher Mozi spent three years 59.____________（craft） a wooden hawk, 60.____________ is believed to be a prototype (原型) of today’s kite. Later, Lu Ban made improvements by using bamboo instead of wood. Kites are considered one of the 61.____________ (early) forms of aircraft. People observed birds and thought of using wood and paper 62.____________ (make) objects that could fly in the sky. They 63.____________ (drive) by curiosity and a spirit of scientific exploration to understand and make use of the power of wind. In China, Weifang, Beijing, Tianjin and Jiangsu province’s Nantong are four major areas that are celebrated for unique kite-making 64.____________ (skill). Yet they all share the same devotion to preserving and promoting 65.___________（tradition）craftsmanship. 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分 15 分） 66. 假如你是李华，你校英语报正在举办"大国科技推动者"主题征文比赛，请你写一篇英语短文，介绍你最敬佩的一名科学工作者，内容包括： 1）人物简介； 2）令人敬佩的原因。 注意： 1）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 2）词数：80左右 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节 读后续写（满分 25 分） 67．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。 My teenage son, Jordan, always complained about having to be home earlier than all his friends. He would tell me that he was already seventeen, but still had a curfew (宵禁). He believed he was practically an adult. I pointed out that he was not an adult as he was still in high school. “You don’t trust me!” he yelled. Before I continued, he rolled his eyes, slammed the door and walked away. I sighed. How could I make Jordan see that I only wanted to keep him safe? I decided to go for a walk, hoping the December air would clear my head. I opened the front door and nearly stepped on her: a small black cat, just like a meatball. “Hi, Meatball,” I said, bringing her into my arms. I walked back in, touching her neck gently. Meatball seemed happy enough to come in the house, but after an hour or two, she sat by the door, meowing to go back outside. “Why won’t she just stay in with us all the time?” Nathan, my youngest son asked. I explained to him that she was happy here but she liked being able to come and go as she pleased. “That must be nice,” Jordan muttered from the other room, complaining why the cat, not him, could come and go. He even asked me to give Meatball a curfew. Meatball became a regular. One night, temperatures were unusually low. Meatball stood at the door, meowing to go outside. I shook my head at her, afraid that she might freeze to death. She stared at me and meowed again. I patted her head, “I know you’re not happy, but it’s for your own good.” “Mom’s not being mean to you,” Nathan told the cat. “She’s just trying to keep you from turning into a frozen meatball.” We both laughed at his joke. The next morning, I couldn’t find Meatball. I asked the kids if anyone had seen her. 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。 Jordan nodded, “I let her out last night.” ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As I drove to the animal hospital, Jordan sat in the back, holding Meatball inside his coat. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 试卷第1页，共3页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$