北京市顺义区第一中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中英语试题

顺义一中2024-2025学年度第一学期期中考试 高二英语试卷 请将答案全部填涂作答到答题卡上！ 第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分） 第一节：完型填空：（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to El Capitain, a huge rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew immediately I wanted to climb it. That has been my life's passion（热爱）ever since— 1 the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I've long made Yosemite my home. About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of 2 , like beer cans, empty boxes, around the area. It's beyond me why visitors started respecting the place 3 and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way. I tried 4 trash（垃圾）myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, 1 decided something had to change. In 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a 5 . On that day, more than 300 people 6 . Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to achieve. I couldn't believe the 7 we made — the park looked clean! Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash. I often hear people 8 about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by 9 rather than complaining. We need to teach by 10 . 1. A. imagining B. painting C. climbing D. describing 2. A. material B. waste C. resources D. goods 3. A. less B. most C. more D. least 4. A. throwing away B. digging out C. breaking down D. picking up 5. A. party B. cleanup C. picnic D. concert 6. A. showed up B. dropped out C. looked around D. called back 7. A. plan B. visit C. difference D. contact 8. A. talk B. argue C. complain D. quarrel 9. A. thinking B. doing C. questioning D. watching 10. A. method B. explanation C. research D. example 第二节：语法填空：（共10 小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 （A） Cui Zhenshuo and Yang Bo discovered that because of the far location of most paper workshops and lifestyles of the paper-making craftsmen, their products were unable to reach the market 11 （easy）. Therefore, Cui and Yang came up 12 the idea of establishing their own studio that could serve as a bridge to connect far workshops with buyers to advance 13 （tradition）Chinese hand-made paper. （B） High school students and those who help in their education in Cyprus 14 （develop）an unusual robot so far. The robot uses ChatGPT artificial intelligence or AI technology. ChatGPT is an AI system that can have a 15 （discuss）and create written works. It can create material based on 16 it has learned from a large database of digital books, online writings, and other media. The robot is named Alnstein. It is the size of a small adult. The robot even has a screen for a face that appears to show human facial expressions. （C） 17 （see）from outer space, Earth is a blue planet, due to the fact that the ocean covers over70% of its surface. According to a new study published in the journal Science, the ocean plays a great role in 18 （slow）down global warming. As the New York Times reported, it is an important buffer（缓冲物）. The ocean can absorb 93% of the heat trapped by the greenhouse gases 19 human release into the atmosphere. And the other 7% 20 （absorb） by the air, land and ice caps, according to an analysis. 第二部分：阅读理解（共三节，38分） 第一节：（共10个小题；每小题2分，共20分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Creative teens with a passion for storytelling may just find their calling in the exciting world of film. There are plenty of opportunities in this industry, from producing to editing to directing to technical work. Curious about whether film-making is the path for you? Through these programs designed for high school students, you can find out. Summer Arts Institute This free four-week program for students in grades 10 through 12 is not to be missed. Participants （参与者）can major in several creative fields, including film. Students selected for the program work with professional artists to build skills and gain hands-on experience. The program ends with an exhibition of participants' work. Cinematic Arts Program The oldest film school encourages high school students to learn about the world of filmmaking, screenwriting, computer animation, or the film/ television business through these six-week summer sessions Students take real college-level courses. Teen Filmmaking Camps In summer film camps, students will write, shoot, direct and edit their own films. In this program designed for teens with little to no film experience, students receive in-class instruction and take part in on-set production, learning all about the exciting world of storytelling through film. The program ends with a screening of the participants' works. Museum of Media Teen Council The MoM Teen Council is a two-month job development program for teens interested in the media arts who want a look at how good films are born and how a media museum works. Participants help the museum shape its program offerings. They can build leadership skills and teamwork. They also get real-world project management experience by organizing events like the museum's Film Festival. 21. Which program offers college-level courses? A. Summer Arts Institute. B. Cinematic Arts Program. C. Teen Filmmaking Camps. D. Museum of Media Teen Council. 22. What will students of the MoM Teen Council get? A. A film directed by themselves. B. A free six- week summer camp. C. Chances of working with artists. D. Project management experience. 23. What is the shared goal of the four programs? A - To seek local partners. B. To carry out summer camps. C. To find out creative high schoolers. D. To help teens know about filmmaking. B Tyler Dison had just finished his night shift （夜班）when a call came across the radio. An apartment near the police station had caught fire and the dispatcher（调度员）reported a 3-year-old child trapped inside. Though firefighters were on the way, Tyler knew he could get there sooner. And so, the 25-year- old police officer raced to the scene determined to help. “I must save this child at all costs.” he thought. When Tyler Dison arrived at the apartment building, he saw fire flames shooting out of the windows. The police officer gave no thought to his own safety. Instead, he rushed into the flames. Rushing into the apartment filled with flames and thick, black smoke. Tyler immediately began searching for the child. The heat was unbearable but the brave officer refused to give up until, at last, he located the child. Officer Dison raced out with the 3-year-old boy in his arms, taking the child to his police car. The brave hero then drove to meet the ambulance （救护车）halfway so the boy could receive medical attention as quickly as possible. “If I hadn’t done something, that baby would have died.” Officer Dison explained. “His breathing was very shallow, and he wasn't really responding.” Officer Dison got burned in his arm. However, it didn't matter to Tyler Dison. All he cared about was saving the 3-year-old. And thanks to his courage, the little boy got the help he needed and was going to be just fine. “I'm so happy that baby is doing OK,” Tyler said. “I grew up in this town, and I want to protect it always.” The call Tyler Dison received that day was unlike any one he had ever experienced. Even so, when he arrived at the scene, Tyler's past training and his deep desire to save lives told him just what to do. 24. What did Tyler Dison choose to do after he received the call? A. Call the ambulance. B. Join the firefighters. C. Rush to the fire scene. D. Finish his night shift. 25. The boy's life was finally saved because ________. A. he refused to give up hope B. he received treatment in time C. Dison helped him get his breath back D. Dison wasted no time putting out the fire 26 What are the best words to describe Tyler Dison? A. Responsıble and honest. B. Brave and adventurous. C. Courageous and selfless. D. Independent and humorous. C Episodic memory（情景记忆）allows humans to revisit past personal experiences in their minds, and it was once thought to be a special skill of humans. Although there are still arguments about the extent of this type of memory in non-human animals, scientists have proved that creatures like rats and dogs can pass tests that are developed to assess episodic memory over the past two decades. “Curiously, there is a lack of research investigating dolphins' episodic memory,” University of Cambridge cognitive （认知的）scientist James Davies says. Therefore, this surprising fact encourages him to fill this gap. The team used “where” and “who” questions in their research, each on a different test. Each dolphin was first trained to retrieve a ball from the water, and then trained to get a ball by approaching a person holding it in front of them while ignoring an empty-handed person standing at a different spot. During this training, the locations were randomized（使随机化）and the person holding the ball differed each time, so that those details were irrelevant to learning the retrieving behavior. Then, for the tests, the dolphins were asked to retrieve the ball as they had learned to do, but after10 minutes, something changed-this time, the ball couldn't be seen, as it was now behind one of the two people's backs. In the “where” tests, the ball was hidden in the same spot as in the training, but both people had been changed, while in the “who” tests, the locations of the people changed but the ball remained with the person who’d had it previously. Eight dolphins went through each of the two tests, separated by at least 48 hours. All the dolphins got it right in choosing the correct spot on the “where” experiments, and seven achieved success on the “who” experiments. Kelly Jaakkola, a psychologist, says that based on their cognitive skills, dolphins are a good candidate for having episodic-like memory, and this study goes really far in showing that. She also says, “The more we look for such capabilities in non-human animals, the more species we’ll likely find them in.” She adds, “An exciting question is therefore ‘Where do we draw that line? Which animals do have it, which animals don't, and what sort of cognitive or neurological or social characteristics do those animals share? “That's going to be the fun part of the game.” 27. What does the underlined word “retrieve” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Fetch. B. Move. C. Throw. D. Play. 28. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about? A. The locations of the people involved in the tests. B. The memory tasks that dolphins need to perform. C. The ability of dolphins to communicate with humans. D. The dolphins' characteristics related to their memory processing. 29. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Dolphins pass the tests as a result of training. B. It is very likely that dolphins are affected by people during the tests. C. Scientists will probably find episodic memory in all non-human animals. D. The influence of dolphins' familiarity with a location or a person is avoided. 30. Which would be the best title for the passage? A. Dolphins Are the Most Intelligent Animals B. Dolphins May Remember Personal Experiences C. Episodic Memory Is Important for Humans and Animals D. A Scientific Method Is Used to Study Dolphins’ Memory 第二节：（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。 There are several reasons to use canvas（帆布）grocery bags or reusable grocery bags made from other materials. Some environmental organizations have been pushing for the use of such bags. 31 From an environmental aspect, canvas grocery bags are better choices than paper or plastic bags. 32 Besides, turning to reusable supplies is viewed as greener than using disposable（一次性的）products, many of which wind up in landfills. Plastic grocery bags have a number of environmental disadvantages. When plastic grocery bags end up in the natural environment, they can cause a wide range of problems. Animals may choke on or be caught in such bags. 33 While the bags may eventually break down, they can poison a wide range of sea creatures along the way. As anyone who has had a bag broken open in the parking lot knows, it can be very upsetting to lose a lot of groceries to a poorly-constructed grocery bag. 34 . They can also be easily washed in the event of leaks or spills. 35 For, example, they can be used to pick up books at the library or carry other shopping, and they make great beach bags because of their washability. For people who don't want to carry around a grocery store logo, canvas grocery bags can be turned inside out and left plain or painted with new designs. A. Many grocery stores carry canvas grocery bags. B. Canvas grocery bags have uses beyond the grocery store. C. Instead, you only have to buy a canvas grocery bag once. D. What's worse, plastic can stay in the ocean for thousands of years. E. They point out reusable bags can be a small change with a big difference. F. Canvas is more environmentally friendly to produce than paper or plastic. G. However, canvas grocery bags can hold much more weight than regular ones. 第三节：（共4小题；每小题2分，共8分） 阅读下面短文和问题，根据短文内容和每小题后的具体要求，在答题卡相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息，完成对该问题的回答。答语要意思清楚，结构正确，书写工整。 It was a dark and stormy night. The ferocious wind shook the windows wildly, as though someone outside were beating on the glass. It was also New Year's Eve. We were having our annual party just starting to celebrate. Suddenly, we heard loud explosions （爆炸声）. Looking outside and up into the hills, we saw sparks（火花）flying from electrical transformers（变压器）. One area after another went dark up in those hills. Then there was the loudest explosion of them all and our house went dark too. I tried to find every candle we had and lit them. The candles made everything look lovely. But we had problems. We had fifteen people standing around and we still had to cook dinner. How would we do that without electricity? The barbecue! Why not cook on the barbecue? We men went outside, some holding flashlights and others cooking. We did a wonderful job. The women stayed inside and got the salads ready. Everything was delicious. There were still a few hours to go before the beginning of the new year, so we all sat around the dining room table and sang up until a few minutes before midnight. We couldn't watch the ball drop in Times Square on television but that wouldn't stop us from celebrating. I stood on a chair and, with the help of someone's watch to tell us the time, we all counted down and I dropped a tennis ball! We all screamed Happy New Year. We didn't need electricity for that! Nowadays, we still get together with the same group to celebrate the New Year and we still talk about that special night. I don't think we have ever laughed so much as we did on that New Year's Eve. 36. What were the people doing to celebrate the New Year? _________________________________________________________________________ 37. What made dinner preparation difficult according to Paragraph 2? _________________________________________________________________________ 38. Where did they cook dinner that night? _________________________________________________________________________ 39. What does the author think of that particular New Year's Eve? _________________________________________________________________________ 第三部分 词汇运用：（共12分） 第一节、根据句意及所给的首字母和中文提示，写出该单词的正确形式。 （共6小题；每小题1分，共6分） 40. Now, in society, the ________（大多数）of human life is spent in the house, so people are eager to be close to the natural environment. 41. He cuts down on coffee and cigarettes and keeps a b________平衡的）diet. 42. Yi Jiefang is the f________ （创办人）of NPO-Greenlife. 43. The show was held to encourage students to r________（回收利用）their trash and protect the environment. 44. Soon after problems came up and the “white bikes” all d________ thieves stole them all in a matter of weeks. 45. She o________（克服）injury to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics. 第二节、用所给提示词翻译句子。（共3小题；每小题2分，共6分） 46. 让他的梦想成真不是一件容易的事。 （make one's dream come true） ________________________________________ is not an easy thing. 47. 为了保护环境，我们应该采取行动。（take action） To protect the environment, ________________________________________ 48. 许多居民参加了这个有关节约能源的活动。（take part in） ________________________________________________________________ 第四部分：书面表达 （20分） 假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。2024年世界地球日（the World Earth Day）的主题为“Planet vs. Plastics”,上周你校举办了相关活动。你给你的笔友 John发邮件，介绍该活动情况。内容包括： （1）活动内容 （讲座、讨论、走进社区等）； （2）你的任务； 注意：（1）词数100左右；（2）开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数。 Dear John, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 高二期中考试答案 完形填空： 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. D 语法填空： 11. easily 12. with 13. traditional 14. have developed 15. discussion 16. what 17. Seen 18. slowing 19. that/ which 20. is absorbed 阅读理解：A: BDD B: CBC C: ABDB 七选五：EFDGB 阅读与表达 36. Having an annual party./ They were having an annual party. 37. No electricity./ The power failure./ There was no electricity./ Electricity was gone. 38. On the barbecue. 39. It was the most exciting one./ It was filled with laughter./ It was special./ Exciting./ Pleasant./ Unforgettable./ Joyful./ Different./ Memorable./ Unique. 单词填空 40. majority 41. balanced 42. founder 43. recycle 44. disappeared 45. overcame 翻译句子 46. Making his dream come true/ To make his dream come true 47. we should take action 48. Many residents took part in the energy-saving activity. 书面表达 Dear John, How is everything going? As you know, the theme of the World Earth Day 2024 is “Planet vs. Plastics”. Last week, our school organized an event to raise students' awareness of plastic pollution and inspire us to make a difference. I'm writing to share more with you. The event featured some activities like presentations by environmental experts and discussions about the impact of plastic pollution on our planet. The highlight of the event was a hands-on workshop. To help with it, I went to the nearby neighborhood with my classmates to collect plastic waste, which was creatively made into artworks in the workshop. After that, we gave them back to the neighbors. The event was a great success. I attach some photos to share the joyful moments with you. If you want more details, don't hesitate to drop me a line. Looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$