云南省云南民族大学附属高级中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中测试英语试卷

[考试时间：2024年11月04日19：30至21：30] 云南民族大学附属高级中学2024一2025学年秋季学期期中诊断测试 高二年级英语试卷 (考试时间120分钟，满分150分) 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必用黑色碳素笔将自己的考号、姓名、考场、座位号、班级在答题卡上 写清楚。 2.每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应的题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，月 橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。在试卷上作答无效。 密 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车 涂到答题卡上。 封 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道 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 ! 下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? 线 A.￡19.15. B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15. 答案是C。 1.Why does the woman congratulate the man? A.He was praised. B.He was hired. C.He learned new skills. 2.What does the man mean? 邱 A.The notes are like pictures. B.The handwriting is terrible. C.The woman writes too much. 3.What are the speakers talking about? A.A vehicle. B.A sport. C.A job. 高二英语试卷 第1页（共12页） 4.Where does the woman want to go? A.To the railway station. B.To the bus station. C.To the library. 5.When does the man plan to reach the station? A.At4:30 B.At5:00. C.At5:30. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项 中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，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 happened to the man a month ago? A.He lost his suitcase B.He got his back injured. C.He gave his neighbor a suitcase. 7.What is wrong with the man? A.His leg hurts. B.He had a fall. C.He lost his notes. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8.Where are the speakers? A.In the office. B.In the theatre. C.In the store. 9.How many sweaters does Lucy buy for herself? A.One. B.Two. C.Three. 听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。 10.What is the possible relationship between the speakers? A.Mom and Dad. B.Sister and brother. C.Customer and salesgirl. 11.What's the benefit of getting a credit card? A.Buying things at a discount. B.Building a credit rating. C.Borrowing money from family. 12.How does the woman plan to pay off the credit card bill? A.By saving money. B.By earning money by herself. C.By using birthday money. 高二英语试卷第2页（共12页）】 13.What does the man think of the woman's behavior? A.Satisfying. B.Crazy. C.Inspiring. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14.Where does the man work? A.In a hospital. B.In a school. C.In a TV station. 15.Why did the woman drop out of college? A.She broke.rules and was sent away. B.She needs money to support her family. C.She doesn't want to spend too much time in school. 16.What is needed to become a nursing assistant? A.Some training. B.An advanced degree. C.A bachelor's degree. 17.What does the man advise the woman to do? A.To learn to.cook meals B.To study hard. C.To become an actress. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18.Why did Felix give up studying engineering? A.He didn't like the professor. B.He was badly treated by classmates. C.He had no confidence to learn it well. 19.What talent does Felix have? A.Managing a business B.Communicating with others. C.Counting numbers. 20.Where did Felix get a job? A.In Japan. B.In Canada. C.In the USA. 高二英语试卷第3页（共12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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Welcome to the Following Art Activities Family Zone Sunday,October 1,I p.m.-4 p.m. Families are invited to visit the MFAH Family Zone.You'll find attractive activities with coloring sheets,colored pencils,books,and more.Knowledgeable professionals are on hand to help answer questions about the works of art on show. Happy Hour Thursday Thursday,September 28,5 p.m.-8 p.m. Happy Hour Thursday is the place to be!Meet your friends at the MFAH for the best night of the week.Explore the campus,visit the galleries,and get a drink at the public house(cash only). General admission is free on Thursday,and the Museum is open late. Art BiteslAmerican Painting and Sculpture Thursday,October 5,6 p.m.-6:30 p.m. A little art ean go a long way!Visit the galleries and enjoy the art.The focus of this Art Bite tour is on American painting and sculpture.Art Bite tours are 30 minutes long and are part of the Happy Hour Thursday festivities at the Museum.This guided tour is included with general admission,which is free on Thursdays. Glassell Studio School Courses in art are offered in the fall,spring,and summer The Glassell Studio School offers courses in art history and studio arts for adults ages 18 and older of all skill and experience levels.Studio courses and workshops are available in various forms of media,including painting,drawing,printmaking,digital and film photography,3D design, and more.Courses are offered in the fall,spring,and summer semesters.Sign up for the next semester below. 21.What can you do when visiting Family Zone? A.Have a drink with your family. B.Take a course to learn art skills. C.Ask experts for information about art. D.Put your own artworks on show. 高二英语试卷第4页（共12页）】 22.What do Happy Hour Thursday and Art Bites have in common? A.They last 30 minutes. B.They only accept cash. C.They are held at night. D.They are free on Thursdays. 23.Which of the following holds art classes. A.Art Bites. B.Glassell Studio School. C.Family Zone. D.Happy Hour Thursday. B In my 4 years of graduate school,I-like many Ph.D.students-have become well familiar with various sources of stress,such as pressure from deadlines,backaches from desk work,and rejection from professors and journals.I couldn't feel the appeal from the campus life and seldom saw content looks from the professors. For the first year and a half,I tried to manage the stress by following the traditional wisdom: get some exercise,get enough sleep,and maintain a healthy work-life balance.But this only helps during the least stressful times. I'm a lifelong novelty seeker.This hasn't always served me well.But in my second year of graduate school,it came to my rescue.The pressure to pass my qualifying exam was mounting.I was wired with nervous energy,and I needed some kind of release.So,I invited one of my fellow graduate students to come swimming with me-in a river,in the middle of winter,by jumping off a cliff. The moment I jumped into the water,I immediately felt a surge of energy and fear.When I surfaced(浮出水面)，I was totally energized.My brain was temporarily rewired.I felt capable of anything.For the rest of the day,I felt calm and attentive. And so it became our weekly routine.Throughout the winter more students joined in,and even a professor..Although the energizing rush of adrenaline(肾上腺素)was the initial draw,I found it had other unexpected benefits,too.I noticed I was approaching my work with a calmer state of mind and taking the failures easier.I also valued the company and the weekly escape from the lab. The seasons changed and the water was no longer cold,but the stresses of graduate school remained.I began to explore other types of activities that would produce the effects I had felt from the cold winter swims. 24.How was the author's graduate school life? A.Familiar. B.Appealing. C.Satisfying. D.Struggling. 高二英语试卷第5页（共12页） 25.Why did the author go swimming in winter? A.To reduce stress. B.To get exercise. C.To develop a hobby. D.To accompany classmates. 26.How did the author find winter swimming? A.Unusual and inspiring. B.Beneficial and exciting. C.Difficuk but popular. D.Time-wasting but healthy. 27.What spirit can we learn from the author? A.Never giving in to failure. B.Cooperating with others. C.Being active and brave. D.Being helpful and hard-working. C Skincare experts and beauty lovers often say that we should be applying SPF(Sun Protection Factor)to our skin every day.When you apply sun cream(),it can reduce your risk of developing skin cancer,plus it also helps prevent skin ageing and age spots.But an English doctor, Karan Raj,who has 5.3 million TikTok followers and shares his top tips for a healthy lifestyle on his page,weighed in with a slightly different take. The doctor says that some of us don't need to wear SPF every day,and he explaines that your skin color will determine the degree or risk benefit relationship with sun expose and when you need to apply sun cream. Speaking about whether some people should wear sun cream every day,Dr.Karan said,"It depends on why you're wearing sun cream.Is it to reduce your risk of skin cancer or to limit skin ageing？" He added if "it's to limit skin ageing,you should probably wear sun cream,no matter what the color of your skin is."But if you're just concerned about reducing your risk of skin cancer, you can be more selective about wearing sun cream,the medical expert explained He commented:“This is determined by your skin color and UV index(紫外线指数). Generally,sun cream is recommended when the UV index is three and above.So if you've got pale,syn-sensitive skin,or you've got darker white skin,or light brown skin and the UV index is three and above,you should use sun cream regularly. The doctor says that the UV index of seven on a white male equals a UV less than minus(f )one on a male with dark brown skin.He added,"So if you've got dark brown skin,you probably don't always need sun cream unless you're going to be exposed to the sun for long periods of time..” 高二英语试卷第6页（共12页） 28.What does the underlined word "take"in paragraph 1 probably mean? A Method. B.Opinion. C.Reason. D.Product. 29.For what purpose should a person always apply sun cream? A.To prevent skin ageing. B.To avoid dust and dirt. C.To improve the makeup D.To lower the risk of skin cancer. 30.How does Dr.Karan explain the-effect of the UV on different skins? A.By explaining reasons. B.By making comparisons. C.By analyzing phenomena. D.By sharing personal experience. 31.What is mainly talked about in the text? A.Ways to choose sun cream. B.Methods to avoid the UV. C.The ageing process of skin. D.The application of sun cream. D A new study published in the journal Science Advances finds that AI enhances creativity by boosting the novelty of story ideas as well as the "usefulness"of stories-their ability to engage the target audience and potential for publication.It finds that AI"professionalizes"stories,making them more enjoyable,more likely to have plot twists,better written and less boring. In a study,300 participants were tasked with writing a short,eight-sentence "micro story"for a target audience of young adults.They were divided into three groups:one group was allowed no AI help,a second group could use ChatGPT to provide a single three-sentence starting idea,and writers in the third group could choose from up to five AI-generated ideas for their inspiration. They then asked 600 people to judge how good the stories were,assessing them for novelty and "usefulness".They found that writers with the most access to AI experienced the greatest gains to their creativity,their stories scoring 8.1%higher for novelty and 9%higher for novelty compared with stories written without Al.Writers who used up to five Al-generated ideas also scored higher for emotional characteristics,producing stories that were better written,more enjoyable,less boring and funnier. The researchers evaluated the writers'creativity using a Divergent Association Task(DAT) and found that more creative writers-those with the highest DAT scores-benefitted least from generative AI ideas. Less creative writers conversely saw a greater increase in creativity:access to five Al ideas improved novelty by 10.7%and usefulness by 11.5%compared with those who used no AI ideas. 高二英语试卷第7页（共12页）】 Their stories were judged to be up to 26.6%better written,up to 22.6%more enjoyable and up to 15.2%less boring. Anil Doshi,Assistant Professor at the UCL School of Management,said,"While these results point to an increase in individual creativity,there is risk of losing collective novelty.If the publishing industry were to use more generative AI-inspired stories,our findings suggest that the stories would become less unique and more similar to each other.That is not encouraged in writing.” 2.What were some participants assigned to do in the study? A.Help targeted young writers. B.Improve some less creative works. C.Create a mini story for young men. 密 D.Use AI to judge the quality of stories. 3.Who benefitted most from the AI-assisted writing in the study? A.Those using AI most. B.Those of most creativity. C.Those with the help of ChatGPT. D.Those writing the most. 4.What might be Anil Doshi's attitude toward the AI-assisted writing? A.Objective. B.Optimistic. C.Indifferent. D.Dismissive. 35.What can be the best title for the passage? A.AI Is Being Used to Create Novel Stories Nowadays B.AI Is Catching on But Threatening the Future of Writers C.AI Can Boost Creativity in Writing But Has Its Disadvantages D.AI Helps Improve Writing Skills But Is Limited to Young Writers 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人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多 余选项。 Body Language Presentation Cues to Use in Your Next Speech Some people may go into a presentation like they're going into battle.I was one of those people.But after years of public speaking experience,I've learned some body language tips. 36 When we're nervous on stage,we often go into "deer in the headlights"mode.We bring ous arms in close and keep our feet in the smallest space possible.To give effective presentations,you've got to learn how to master your space.Don't forget there is space around you!Walk around,use big gestures and power pose. 高二英语试卷第8页（共12页） Use hand gestures.Here's the deal:research shows that using hand gestures increases the value of your message by 60%!37 In our human behavior research lab,we analyzed thousands of hours of TED talks and found one striking pattern:the most viral TED talkers spoke with their words and their hands. Raise your hand.Remember those times in class when the teachers asked us to raise our hands?38 Whenever you ask a question to the audience,try to spin it in a way to get the audience to participate.Instead of asking your audience,"Did you think the event was amazing?" 整 try asking,"Raise your hand if you think the event was amazing." Laugh it off.Humor is one of the best ways to tum a dull presentation into a lively one.Whe doesn't love to laugh?Chances are,you're not laughing enough.Research shows that adults only 密 laugh an average of 15 times a day,while preschoolers laugh 400 times!39 Laughing is actually more about building relationships than reacting to jokes. Have fun!Remember,your goak as a presenter isn't just to relay information.You've also got a second job as an entertamer.Remember to engage the audience and enjoy yourself on stage！40 封 A.Take up space. B.Be brave on stage. C.And we confirmed it using science. D.It's not only about feeling good,either. E.You are sure to have a good time in class. 如 F.They do it for a reason:it increases audience involvement! G.Your audience will appreciate it,and you'll feel much freer,too. 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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最 佳选项。 略 Many years ago,I wrote a story.My 41 was to see the story on the shelves.42,it was far from being published. I had to 43 I should rewrite it and I needed fresh views on my story.I needed an editor to 44 where I was going wrong,edit away unnecessary description,and point out where I needed to add more details. 高二英语试卷第9页（共12页） There were some applicants for the job but finally Jasmine Gower 45 the position.Her feedback was so detailed that I knew she was the 46 person that I was looking for.One key thing Jasmine spotted was my book should balance the 47.Also,she suggested adding more details to the older characters of the story.When I struggled with how to 48 the story,I found it hard to create a satisfying ending.Then Jasmine 49 me to create an unexpected ending that readers couldn't 50.With her advice,the story went nicely and left readers with a surprising ending.As a 51,my dream of publishing the story was achieved.And it seemed as if readers couldn't 52 reading it! I've received so many 53 that have truly warmed my heart.What I could be completely confident about was the fact that I had a really 54 story,a well-balanced structure,characters, and a wonderful ending.With Jasmine's help,I feel very proud of what I've created and now 55 to write the next five books in my series. 41.A.reason B.objective C.theory D.choice 42.A.Unavoidably B.Finally C.Regularly D.Unfortunately 43.A.inform B.believe C.acknowledge D.mean 44.A.spot B.doubt C.hide D.obey 45.A.made out B.left off C.competed for D.took up 46.A.secure B.honest C.suitable D.energetic 47.A.mind B.structure C.origin D.time 48.A.conclude B.continue C.promote D.follow 49.A.commanded B.advised C.forced D.allowed 50.A.understand B.evaluate C.advocate D.predict 51.A.rule B.mode C.consequence D.threat F2.A.enjoy B.suggest C.finish D.resist 53.A.reviews B.patents C.warnings D.applications 54.A.average B.great C.short D.familiar 35.A.decide B.fail C.offer D.learn 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。 Researchers have found that rai chi could slow down Parkinson's disease by years.Tai chi, with its slow movements,56 know to benefit physical and mental well-being.The researchers 57 (conduct)a five-year study on people with Parkinson's.They discovered that 高二英语试卷第10页（共12页）