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莆田第二十五中学2024-2025学年上学期期中考试卷 高二英语 （满分150分 考试用时120分钟） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 注意，听力部分答题时请先将答案标在试卷上，听力部分结束前你将有两分钟的时间将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，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．Where does the conversation take place? A．In a hotel. B．In a bank. C．In a supermarket. 2．What does James plan to do this afternoon? A．Go shopping. B．Attend a party. C．Do some decorations. 3．What will the weather be like tomorrow? A．Rainy. B．Sunny. C．Windy. 4． What are the speakers talking about ? A．Their neighbors. B．Their holiday plans. C．Their favorite part-time jobs. 5． How many languages are there in Google Translate? A．133. B．157. C．300. 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。 听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。 6．Where did the woman get the dress? A．From a second-hand shop. B．From a shopping mall. C．From a factory. 7．What’s the main reason for the woman to buy the dress? A．It has good quality. B．It is not expensive. C．It is good for the environment. 听下面一段对话，回答第8 至第9题。 8．What is the relationship between the speakers? A．Mother and son. B．Teacher and parent. C．Husband and wife. 9．What will the woman do later? A．Talk to her family. B．Join a school club. C．Buy a gift. 听下面一段对话，回答第10 至第 12题。 10．Why did Wendy sleep badly last night? A．She worked too late. B．She had too much coffee. C．She suffered from work pressure. 11．What does the man advise Wendy to do before bedtime? A．Take sleeping pills. B．Do some exercise. C．Drink hot milk. 12．What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A．Fellow workers. B．Husband and wife. C．Neighbors. 听下面一段对话，回答第13 至第16题。 13．What will the woman do with her family? A．Attend a food festival. B．Watch a soccer game. C．See a play about lions. 14．How much will the woman pay for the tickets? A．$20. B．$30. C．$45. 15．Which of the following is forbidden in the stadium? A．Entering with food. B．Talking with others. C．Eating and drinking 16．Where can the woman get the tickets? A．At the stand. B．On the Internet. C．From the man’s house. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。 17．What is the talk mainly about? A．The development of electric cars in California. B．The new rules announced in California. C．The temperature rise in California. 18．When should all sales of cars in California be electric? A．By 2026. B．By 2030. C．By 2035. 19．What does California have the biggest number of in America? A．People. B．Beaches. C．Forests. 20．What may inspire California to fight climate change according to the speaker? A．The policies made by other states. B．The natural beauty in California. C．The obvious rise in global temperatures. 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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 A Polytechnic Museum, Russia For many guests of the capital, some of the most vivid childhood memories are associated with this museum. A variety of technical fields are presented in 65 halls-Mining, Space, Energy, and Transportation, etc. And the exposition (博览会) is the only museum project in Russia about the history of the bike. The interactive division “Technoplay” is open, where you not only can but also need touch most of the exhibits with your hands. In addition to self-experimentation, for visitors with special requests the museum's experts will show many enjoyable experiments. Eureka, England The Eureka educational center is a huge complex where modern science and technology are becoming clear, even to kids who are in primary school. The main exhibition is devoted to the human body, the laws of physics and natural things. Visitors can obtain energy or create paper with their own hands. On the area of the Eureka educational park there is a botanical garden and a collection of minerals from the rock types of Finland is presented there. Deutsches Museum, Germany In this museum you can see more than 100 thousand different items from windmills (风车) to medical equipment. All aspects of industrial production appear before the eyes. Several museum rooms are arranged especially for kids — there are exhibits that even entertain children starting from three. NEMO, the Netherlands The largest Dutch research centre stands ready to share its secrets with everyone. This immersion in the world of science and technology will not be dull. All significant information is presented in the form of exciting games. All exhibits are interactive; visitors are allowed to touch, pull and press on anything. The museum is for children from six to sixteen, as well as for their parent — it will be interesting to all. 21．What makes Polytechnic Museum unique? A．It is specially designed for children. B．Some exhibits can be touched or pulled. C．It displays all aspects of industrial production. D．Lots of enjoyable experiments are shown. 22．What can visitors do at the Eureka educational center? A．Obtain the main exhibition. B．Play exciting games. C．Collect minerals from the rock types of Finland. D．Make paper with their hands. 23．Where should a four-year-old kid best go to learn more about science? A．Polytechnic Museum. B．The Eureka educational center. C．Deutsches Museum. D．NEMO. B Dan Mancina is a skateboarder whose jaw-dropping videos get hundreds of thousands of views. Mancina also happens to be blind, and videos of him using his white cane (手杖) as he skateboards have gained admiration from fans around the world. “I’ve lost my vision slowly throughout my life,"Mancina said. It wasn’t until his mid-20s that his condition—an eye disease started to affect his day-to-day life, stopping him from driving and biking. The Michigan native started skating at seven, and got into it more seriously at 13, saying the sport helps him express himself. He stopped skating for a couple of years. This period, the 35-year-old said, was his “lowest point”. However, mobility training helped him gain confidence. Slowly, he returned to doing what he loved. Mancina started filming short videos of his progress and posting them online and met a new group of people to skate with, gaining enough confidence to return to the streets. “I was just actually trying it, and then realized I was still the same person and that I could still do all the things that I love,” he said. Now, Mancina wants to create spaces where visually impaired (视力受损的) people can enjoy the sport. “I wanted to build the first skatepark designed for visually impaired people, so I started a foundation called ‘Keep Pushing’ and have been raising money ever since for a few years now,” he said. The park, set to be built in Michigan, will use adaptive methods, such as increasing the size of obstacles, to make it safe and accessible. “To change the perception of the visually impaired, I started my social media stuff. Some people think it’s crazy for a blind people to skate. It’s not that crazy in my head. I just enjoy skating. I encourage people to think that way—don't let other people decide what you can and can't do. You know. It's all up to you,”Mancina added. 24. Which of the following best describes Mancina skateboarding? A. Time-consuming B. Breath-taking. C. Labour-saving. D. Stress-reducing. 25. What happened to Mancina before he started skateboarding again? A. His eye disease had been cured. B. He lost all interest in skateboarding. C. His story inspired many disabled people. D. He experienced the worst moment of his life. 26. What can be learned about Mancina as he started skateboarding again? A. He went through a lot of suffering. B He had a sense of belonging gradually. C. He was very anxious about his performance. D. He was optimistic about the spread of the sport. 27. Why does Mancina post videos of his skateboarding online? A. To improve the image of blind people. B. To introduce the skatepark he has built C. To persuade more people to skateboard. D. To raise money for the visually impaired. C After waking up, you may feel frustrated that you cannot recall the dreams you had last night. Artificial intelligence (AI) may be able to help. Previously, there have been AI models that can turn text into images. They can do this by learning from a large amount of data from both tests and images. This time, researchers from Osaka University in Japan have trained an AIsystem called Stable Diffusion to re-create images based on people’s brain scans, reported Science magazine. The researchers used an online data set provided by the University of Minnesota, US which consisted of brain scans from four participants as they each viewed a set of 10,000 photos The scans were recorded by functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI功能性磁共振成像). The AI then learned about the brain activities by analyzing changes in blood flow shown by the FMRI data — when a part of the brain is activated, more blood will flow to it. It then matched the brain activities with the photos. Through this method, AI learned how human brains would react when seeing different photos. Finally, the researchers tested the Al on additional brain scans from the same participants when they viewed photos of a toy bear, airplane, clock and train. If the person looked at an airplane, for example, the Al would use the brain scan data to create an image of a very blurry airplane. Then, it would turn on the previous “text-to-image” model and make the image clear by feeding itself the keyword “airplane”, The final images were “convincing” with about 80 percent of accuracy, according to the researchers. The new study created a novel approach that incorporates texts and images to “decipher (解码) the brain”, Ariel Goldstein from Princeton University, US, told Science magazine. In the future, scientists hope that the technology can be used to record imagined thoughts and dreams or allow people to understand how differently other animals perceive reality. 28. What do we know about Stable Diffusion? A. It can help train people’s minds. B. It can fully present people’s dreams. C. It was created to draw people’s brains! D. It can produce pictures from people’s thoughts. 29. How did the Al system learn about human brain activity? A. By recording brain scans from participants. B. By analyzing descriptions of human thoughts C. By studying patterns of blood flow in the brain. D. By examining 10,000 photos about human brains. 30. What does the underlined word “blurry” in Paragraph 5 probably mean? A. Unclear. B. Striking. C. Factual. D. Unusual. 31. What is the potential use of this technology according to scientists? A. To help understand our dreams. B. To improve text-to-image models. C. To create more accurate brain scans. D. To learn how animals view the world. D Chinese food is well received by the world. Who doesn’t long for a favorite Chinese dish? But there is one interesting concept concerning Chinese food which is almost unheard of in the West, and which is becoming increasingly ignored by the youth of the East — the ancient custom of “tonic (滋补) food”. Tonic food is food which is consumed to improve one’s well-being or avoid sickness. For instance, it was once the custom for new mothers to eat a sesame oil (麻油) hot pot every day for the first month after giving birth. It was believed that this dish would benefit the muscles, reduce pain, improve circulation, stimulate sweating, and warm the body. Some foods, such as goat meat and spinach, are seen as “hot”, while others, such as Chinese cabbage and radishes, are seen as “cold”. One should be careful not to eat too much of either “hot” or “cold” food. However, how much “hot” or “cold” food one should eat depends on the time of the year, how the food is prepared and what it is prepared with, and the individual’s health. The custom of employing tonic food for a healthier life also influences the catering industry. Chinese herbal medicines, such as wolfberry (枸杞), can be found on many a restaurant menu, either added to fruit tea or as a beneficial addition to a dish. These herbs attract customers, such as overworked office staff, in need of a modest pick-me-up. So, whether you need to boost your strength with a large helping of chicken soup, or increase your mental powers with a serving of fish soup, you may find that this ancient Chinese custom could be just the tonic you were looking for. 32．What is the present situation of tonic food? A．It is catching less attention. B．It is enjoyed by many young people. C．It is well-known worldwide. D．It is becoming increasingly popular. 33．What is believed to benefit new mothers? A．Chinese cabbage. B．Fruit tea. C．Fish soup. D．Sesame oil hot pot. 34．Which of the following best explains “catering” underlined in Paragraph 3? A．Medicine. B．Restaurant. C．Manufacture. D．Agriculture. 35．What can be a suitable title for the text? A．The Charm of Chinese Cuisine B．The Popularity of Tonic Food C．An Introduction of Chinese Tonic Food D．Differences Between Hot Food and Cold Food 第二节（共5小题, 每小题2. 5分, 共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。 Whether you’re just starting your own business or thinking about beginning one, keeping costs down is important. 36____. Here are some tips you can use to save money for your business. ·Repurpose when possible Before you spend money on a business, look around your home to see if you have something that could be repurposed to fill the need you have at work. For example, you could use some of your paint in the garage to make an old table and chairs look new. This is another form of recycling. 37 _____ ·Simplify your needs 38_____ and imagine what your business would look like without each one. If you don’t need it, consider the cost savings and if it’s worth doing without saving that money. If you’re still designing your business plan, then build it with necessities only and add on as your business grows. ·Give and take Sharing advertising space on local posters or booths at trade shows can also help keep expenses down but your community recognition up. 39 _____ such as sharing materials, transportation or building space. But make sure you engage with professionals you trust and get everything in writing so it’s clear who is responsible for what. · 40 ________ Always keep your eyes and ears open to new opportunities not just for clients and work, but also for ways to improve on services you need as part of your business. If a new local business is offering good service at a reduced rate, support it and save money. Research each addition to your work until you find the best deal. Taking time to do this now will save money in the long run. A．Never stop learning B．Know your numbers C．Partnerships can take many forms D．Examine your expenses line by line E．After all, every dollar saved will lead to a better future F．Moreover, it keeps materials in circulation and your costs down G．There are various free services and goods your business can make use of 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 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 It was Grace Williams’s mother that made her ____41____ to books. A librarian, she read to her three children every day. When Williams, now 54, became an primary school teacher, she wanted her students to fall in love with ____42____ just as she had. But early on, she realized that some kids had limited ____43____ to books. To Williams the ____44____ was simple: Give kids books. In 2017, she ____45____ 900 used children’s books over three days. She said. “I wanted to do something that’s going to ____46____ my faith, my everything.” So she ____47____ a new goal for herself: Give away one million books. It sounds like a(n) ____48____ number, but first, she tried to get her friends to donate books or ____49____ money to buy books. Before long, as news of Williams’s project spread, ____50____ started donating piles of books. As the books come in, Williams ____51____ gives them to local schools free of charge and also supplies books to little free libraries around the city just over the North Carolina border. In the four years she’s been doing all this, the Book Lady has given away more than 78,000 books — only 922,000 more to reach her ____52____! And she’s not slowing down. It’s too ____53____ for kids with few options. “Reading can ____54____ you anywhere,” she told CNN. “You can travel in time and space. If you can read, you are more likely to ____55____ the essence of things.” 41. A. opposed B. addicted C. related D. admitted 42. A. writing B. drawing C. singing D. reading 43. A. access B. knowledge C. time D. space 44. A. reason B. rule C. concept D. solution 45. A. dealt with B. dug up C. gave away D. called for 46. A. steal B. break C. spread D. possess 47. A. achieved B. set C. abandoned D. adjusted 48. A. unreachable B. unfamiliar C. precise D. increasing 49. A. accept B. contribute C. invest D. earn 50. A. strangers B. audiences C. natives D. dwellers 51. A. regularly B. rarely C. immediately D. gently 52. A. limit B. goal C. dream D. level 53. A. complicated B. difficult C. boring D. significant 54. A. educate B. upset C. stop D. take 55. A. grasp B. miss C. estimate D. hide 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。 Xu Beihong’s paintings best indicate his personality: patriotic, diligent and humanistic. Born in rural Yixing, Jiangsu province, he learned the basics of classic Chinese ink painting 56 _ his father, Xu Dazhang, 57 private school teacher who was skilled in painting, calligraphy and writing. After his father died. Xu mostly taught 58 (he) the oil painting, while he taught at primary schools in hometown. In 1915, he left the teaching job for Shanghai and made a living drawing 59 (illustrate) and commercial advertisements. His artistic talent was 60 (late) recognized by some well-known and 61 (respect) social figures, including Kang Youwei and Cai Yuanpei. Xu won a scholarship to study at the famous National High School of Fine Arts in Paris in 1919. He 62 (study) and travelled in Europe almost a decade. There he was 63 (great) nurtured(熏陶) by the classic traditions of European art and culture, absorbing these clement s into his works of traditional Chinese ink painting. The great painter lived most of his life during a chaotic time 64 his motherland experienced wars and his fellow Chinese suffered poverty, illness and social instability. In his paintings, he depleted(描绘) the pains of his nation and people while 65 (encourage) others to stand against these difficulties and never give up. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 目前，越来越多的中学生使用电子词典笔来学英语。最近，你班同学就“Should students use electronic dictionary pens?”这一话题进行了讨论，大家对此看法不一。请你根据表格提示，用英语写一篇短文，介绍此次的讨论情况并表明自己的观点，然后将其发表在你校英语报上。 赞成（40%）的理由 1. 电子词典笔便于携带；2. 查单词容易；3. 功能多：可以纠正发音，练习听力等。 反对（60%）的理由 1. 收录的单词少；2. 单词释义少；3. 容易产生依赖性，不再下功夫记单词。 你的观点 ？ 注意：1. 写作词数应为 80 左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节(满分25分) 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。 Jenny was the only child in her family. She had a quarrel with her mother that afternoon and she stormed out of the house. She couldn’t help but cry at the thought of her mother’s scolding. Having wandered in the street for hours, she felt a little hungry and wished for something to eat. She stood beside a stand for a while, looking at the middle-aged seller who was busy with his business. However, with no money in hand, she sighed and had to leave. The seller behind the stand noticed the young girl and asked, “Hey, girl, do you want to have the noodles?”“Oh, yes... but I don’t have money on me,” she replied.“It’s no big deal. I’ll treat you today,” said the seller. “Come in.”The seller brought her a bowl of noodles, which smelt so attractive. As Jenny was eating, she cried in silence.“What is it?” asked the seller kindly. “Nothing, actually I was just touched by your kindness!” said Jenny. “Even a stranger on the street will give me a bowl of noodles, while my mother drove me out of the house. She showed no care for me. She is so merciless (残忍的) compared to a stranger!” Hearing the words, the seller smiled, “Girl, do you really think so? All I did was to give you a bowl of noodles and you thanked me a lot. But it is your mother who has raised you since you were a baby. Can you count the times she cooked for you? Have you expressed your gratitude to her?”Jenny sat there, speechless and numb with shock; she remembered her mother’s familiar face and weathered hands. “Why didn’t I think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel grateful, but I have never thanked my mom for what she has done for me.” On the way home, Jenny made up her mind to make an apology to her mother for her rudeness as soon as she arrived home. 注意： 1)所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2)续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。 Paragraph 1：Approaching the doorway, Jenny took a deep breath. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Paragraph 2：A gentle touch on her hair called her mind back. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$