北京市西城区2024-2025学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题

北京市西城区2024一2025学年度第一学期期末试卷 高二英语 2025.1 本试卷共14页，共140分。考试时长120分钟。考生务必将答案写在答题 卡上，在试卷上作答无效。 圜 第1卷（供75分） 如 1.听力理解（共三节，22.5分) 第一节：（共4小题；每小题1.5分，共6分） 听下面四段对话，每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选 的 项中选出最佳选项。每段对话你将听一遍。 1.What color umbrella does the man buy? 长 A.Yellow. B.Black. C.Blue. 如 2.How will the two speakers go to the post office? A.On foot B.By bike. C.By bus. 区 3.Why does the man go to the woman's place? A.To have dinner. 数 B.To throw a party. C.To return a book. 羹 4.What does the woman like most about the trip? 病 A.The views. B.The music. C.The picnic. 第二节：（共6小题：每小题1.5分，共9分） 粗 听下面三段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有两道小题，从每题所给的A、 B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。 听第5段材料，回答第5至第6小题。 5.What will the man do this Saturday? A.Enjoy a barbeque. B.Attend a wedding. C.Check out a restaurant. 北京市西城区2024—2025学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第1页（共14页） 6.Why does the woman talk to the man? A.To ask for help. B.To give some advice. C.To extend an invitation. 听第6段材料，回答第7至第8小题。 7.What will the man do to honor Mr.Birtles? A.Make a trip. B.Raise money. C.Use old technology. 8.What is the woman? A.A TV hostess. B.A tour guide. C.An explorer. 听第7段材料，回答第9至第10小题。 9.What can Echo Pop do? A.Design games. B.Broadcast news. C.Write reports. 10.What is the main purpose of the talk? A.To explain an idea. B.To introduce an app. C.To advertise an item. 第三节：（共5小题：每小题1.5分，共7.5分） 听下面一段独白，根据题目要求在相应的横线上写下第11题至第15题的 关键信息。每小题仅填写一个词。这段独白你将听两遍。 How to Make a Successful Project for School ·Begin 11. Decide on a project ·Brainstorm ideas. ·Pick a12 Make a list of materials you'll need. Plan out and research Use your 13 to find them. your project ·14 through them. 15 your project ·Write out your text. Pull your project together. 北京市西城区2024-2025学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第2页（共14页） L.完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，共22.5分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，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。 I'm not a professional 16.My husband and I had suddenly decided on a wild holiday after watching several videos on rock climbing.Our first climb was 17 than I had imagined,as it required much arm strength.I'm pretty active and fit,but my arm muscles aren't the strongest.Yet we managed to 18t the route and it was quite fun. Soon we tried the next climb.I stood at the bottom of a cliff, wondering whether I should climb or not.I was 19-half of me wanted to back out,while the other half felt like I should go for it. My husband was above me,just a little farther up the cliff face.He was 20-or appeared to be at least-and was willing me on. I carried on until there seemed to be fewer pegs(攀岩的岩点).I had to stretch my leg to 21 the next peg,which was hard to land on,because it was so skinny.I hesitated.I knew if I 22 myself,I could miss it and fall.As fear was beginning to 23,my legs started to shake.I knew if I allowed this panic to flood me,I might fall.So I 24 my head,visualized where my foot would land on the peg, managed to stop my legs from 25 and went for it.Phew!I 26 it.I was on the peg.It was smaller than the last.I could only fit one foot on,the other balanced on top.I felt 27 for a moment-we were halfway through and had passed the trickiest part. Thirty meters high-we were near the top.By this point,the rock was sticking outward,which was dangerous.But I couldn't afford to panic now.I managed to blank my mind and drag myself around the rock,transforming my fear into the 28 I needed.I grabbed the handhold and swung my foot around onto the rock. For the first time,I experienced fear as being separate from myself.I realized that I actually had the power to notice myself feeling fear and I knew exactly what I needed to do:to breathe,and take the leap with 29. Finally,I reached the top and felt excited.Something had 30.Fear is unbelievably powerful,but now I know,so am I. 北京市西城区20242025学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第3页（共14页） 16.A.walker B.climber C.coach D.rescuer 17.A.safer B.faster C.harder D.smoother 18.A.plan B.track C.accept D.complete 19.A.torn B.hurt C.serious D.excited 20.A.sad B.calm C.scared D.lucky 21.A.fix B.kick C.break D.reach 22.A.doubted B.comforted C.satisfied D.disappointed 23.A.run out B.give in C.take hold D.break down 24.A.nodded B.cleared C.raised D.clouded 25.A.aching B.moving C.shaking D.twisting 26.A.left B.made C.missed D.changed 27.A.relieved B.nervous C.hesitant D.regretful 28.A.joy B.honesty C.pride D.strength 29.A.surprise B.gratitude C.curiosity D.confidence 30.A.mixed B.dropped C.shifted D.darkened Ⅲ皿.阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，共30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。 A The Translators without Borders (TWB)Community is a nonprofit helping people get important information and be heard,whatever language they speak. 烟 By becoming part of the TWB Community,you'll join over 100,000 people from around the world,and get a chance to make meaningful changes through language.You'll provide language support to local and global organizations,helping bridge communication gaps between them and people living through a crisis-and beyond.You'll contribute significantly to making information accessible,inclusive, and useful for people who need that information in their language. 霄 As a TWB Community member,you could contribute to a range of language-related projects,including translation,revision,and subtitling.You could help provide information about various topics,such as heath,climate change and so on.When you join us,you'll immediately get access to our tools and resources, including peer support,so you never feel alone or overwhelmed. 北京市西城区2024一2025学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第4页（共14页） Requirements TWB sets some personal and professional standards that we expect all our translators to meet. As a TWB translator,you should: accept responsibility for the quality of the work you deliver; show care and respect to source and target cultures; respect delivery dates and inform us 24 hours in advance if you cannot meet any deadlines; understand and strictly follow all the regulations of the International Red Cross in your work; 器 如 .never reassign or share with others any TWB materials,content,or information. Rewards 酃 TWB Community Recognition Program is our way of thanking our amazing community members.We offer rewards based on the number of points collected. 长 You can request: 如 Rewards Points Needed Confirmation of volunteer work 5,000 ? Reference letters 15,000 Recommendations on professional platforms 30,000 You will receive points based on different volunteer activities.Your points will 都 keep on increasing with your contributions!The more points you obtain,the higher the rewards.You might lose points if the quality of your translation is poor.If you constantly deliver poor-quality translation,you might be removed from the Program. 拓 If you are interested or have questions,please send an email to our official email address for inquiries. 阳 31.What is the main goal of the TWB Community? A.To improve communication through language. B.To offer tools and resources for translators. C.To provide language courses for free. D.To get more community members. 北京市西城区2024一2025学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第5页（共14页） 32.A TWB translator should A.share TWB materials with others B.show respect to the cultures involved C.complete the task 24 hours in advance D.have certain work experience in the Red Cross 33.How do translators get points in TWB Community Recognition Program? A.By writing some reference letters. B.By asking for more challenging tasks. C.By assigning others various materials. D.By delivering high-quality translation. B I watched the earth get smaller and smaller below me.It all looked very far away,especially given that I was to journey all the way back to the ground with a parachute ()I looked at the door on the side of the aircraft and thought about why I was there. Today should have been my granny's 80th birthday.But she passed away from cancer when she was 76.Milestone birthdays were a big deal for my granny.She marked her 50th year by running her first marathon,her 60th year by learning to swim so she could do her first triathlon(铁人三项)，and her70 year by jumping out of a plane.I know she was afraid to jump out of the plane that day,but she wanted to make that jump and met her fear with joy and determination,qualities that defined how she lived through everything-raising my father and my aunt,marathons, triathlons,cancer. I started the day looking at her birthday photos,eagerly wondering what she would do for today.I wanted to transport myself into the plane with her,ask her everything about how she was feeling and why she was there,and hear her answering every question I regret never asking her.Actually,I miss her so much and always find it hard to decide what to do with the big days like her birthdays. Feeling lost in my thoughts,I went for a run but only made it a few blocks before I was hit with an unstoppable thought."I should've gone skydiving today."It came out of nowhere.But once it was in my head,I couldn't shake it.I pulled out my 北京市西城区2024一2025学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第6页（共14页） phone and searched for"skydiving Oregon".I clicked on the first result and the first thing I saw was blue text on the bottom corner of the website"Call for same day appointments".That is how I found myself high up at the back of a plane. "You can always back out,"my brother reminded me,when I called him on my way to the skydiving place.But I didn't.Something had kept me going.I just kept seeing my granny,staring out the plane window,smiling wide.And I had been surprised that it wasn't just fear I was feeling.As I took off,my smile was as wide as my granny's. The door slid open.Every nerve ending in my body flashed red.I didn't back out. I wanted to live the day as my granny would have-in a brave,wholehearted way. Today,that meant jumping out of a plane. 34.How did the writer's granny celebrate her milestone birthdays? A.By making exciting life plans. B.By enjoying family gatherings. C.By conquering new challenges. D.By hosting sports competitions. 35.The writer decided to go skydiving when A.she was looking through her granny's photos B.she was running around the neighborhood C.she was searching for information online D.she was making a call to her brother 36.How did the writer feel when she was on the plane? A.Fearful but expectant. B.Upset but determined. C.Regretful but curious. D.Hesitant but inspired. 37.What can we learn from the story? A.Home is where the heart is. B.Milestones are the stepping stones to success. C.The greatest memorial is to pass something on. D.The only limits to tomorrow are the doubts of today. 北京市西城区2024一2025学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第7页（共14页） C In the 1970s,a nation confronted a crisis of traffic deaths.Protesters took to the streets to fight a rooted culture of drivers who considered roads theirs alone.But this wasn't the US-it was the Netherlands.In 1975,the rate of traffic deaths there was 20%higher than in the US,but by the mid-2000s it had fallen to 60%lower than in the US.Thanks to a Dutch movement,traffic deaths fell and streets were restored for people,not for cars.Today the country is a haven for cyclists and pedestrians () The US has the highest number of traffic deaths among wealthy countries.And 贫 the death rate is more than double the average rate in other wealthy countries. Many US cities have abundant space for parking and wide,multilane(多车道的) 学 "stroads",a mix between a street(where cars move slowly and people can walk safely)and a road (where cars move fast).Stroads are optimized for moving many vehicles through an area at high speed.Yet widening or expanding the number of 赔 streets only incentivizes more people to drive,which results in more traffic.At the same time,cars have gotten bigger and deadlier-SUVs and trucks now represent more than 80%of car sales in the US.If we want to give more space to pedestrians and cyclists,we need to separate them from high-speed vehicles by building more well-maintained sidewalks and protected bike lanes,and by implementing traffic-calming measures such as speed bumps and narrower streets. We can redesign streets to make people drive more slowly or to discourage driving altogether.And we can invest in better public transit to make it an inviting alternative to cars.Buses need reliable schedules and dedicated lanes so they don't 相 get stuck in the traffic we're trying to reduce. However,efforts to reduce car dependence are often met with fierce opposition 够 by people who dismiss them as a"war on cars".But drivers also benefit from many of these changes,which would reduce traffic and make driving safer.Others argue that these changes will harm disabled people,yet the opposite may be true-reduced 傅 car dependence,if paired with disability-centered infrastructure(基础设施)，could make cities more accessible.And emergency vehicles aren't much help to anyone if they're stuck in traffic. Coming up with better road designs and public transit will require significant up-front investment,and the effects may not be seen for years.But we could 北京市西城区2024-2025学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第8页（共14页） subsidize (the cost,get rid of free parking,and add more bike lanes. Of course,the same solutions won't work everywhere,and change won't happen all at once.Each city has its own unique considerations and challenges.And such an ambitious project will require rethinking many of our assumptions about our car culture.But the benefits could make everyone safer. 圜 38.Why does the author mention the Netherlands in Paragraph 1? A.To make a contrast. B.To clarify a concept. C.To justify an argument. D.To present an assumption 如 39.What does the underlined word"incentivize"in Paragraph 3 probably mean? 》 A.Order. B.Remind. C.Challenge. D.Encourage. 40.Which of the following practices may the author support? A.Widening streets. B.Establishing free parking areas. C.Constructing bus-only lanes. D.Producing large and secure cars. 41.What can we learn from the passage? 长 A.More stroads result in fewer traffic deaths. 戡 B.Decreased reliance on cars contributes to road safety. C.Improving public transportation will bring an instant impact. 区 D.Other wealthy countries should copy the Netherlands'example. D 都 A pair of papers,published in the scientific journal Nature,touts (the potential of new AI weather forecasting approaches-systems that could produce 留 faster and more accurate results than traditional models.They are part of a new wave 南 of AI models sweeping the meteorology(气象学)community worldwide. Conventional forecasts rely on a system known as numerical weather prediction. It's a kind of mathematical model that uses complex equations (to predict the way weather systems change over time and space.These equations describe the actual physics behind the movement of air and water in the atmosphere and the oceans.Because there's so much math and physics involved,numerical weather models require extremely high levels of computational power.That makes them expensive and time-consuming to run.It also limits the fine-scale processes that these models can accurately capture. Scientists have come up with various ways to get around these difficulties in 北京市西城区2024一2025学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第9页（共14页） traditional models.One strategy is a method known as parameterization-that's when scientists replace the actual physical equations in a model with a simplified program that generally captures the process without forcing the model to represent the actual physics. But artificial intelligence could replace these workarounds,enthusiasts argue, with potentially faster and more accurate results. AI models don't have to represent actual physics in the form of mathematical equations.Instead,they take in large amounts of historical weather data and learn to recognize patterns.They then use these patterns to make predictions when presented with new data on present-day weather conditions. In principle,the much faster computational speed could provide immense benefits.But some experts note that the changing climate may pose a unique challenge for developing AI weather models.AI systems rely on historical weather data to teach them how to produce accurate forecasts.But certain kinds of weather events,such as heat waves and hurricanes,are growing more intense as the planet warms-and in some cases,they're becoming so extreme that there are few examples at all in the historical record.That could make it difficult for AI weather models to accurately simulate (events that are record-breaking or have never been seen before. Accurately forecasting extreme weather events is one of the most crucial functions for weather models,enabling decision-makers to issue public safety announcements or facilitate evacuations (with enough time to protect high-risk populations.But if AI models are presented with weather conditions that are entirely foreign to them,it may be hard to predict how they'll react.The authors of the 2021 Royal Society paper point out that when it comes to capturing extremes with limited data,AI systems have produced mixed results-some have performed well while others not that satisfactorily. Hybrid models that include both AI components and numerical model components may run into fewer difficulties with record-breaking events,Russ Schumacher,Colorado's state climatologist,suggested.He noted that numerical models and AI models may end up with different strengths,and human experience will remain valuable for communicating information about the weather. 42.What does the underlined expression"these workarounds"in Paragraph 4 refer to? A.High costs. B.Various methods. C.Weather systems. D.Inaccurate results. 北京市西城区2024-2025学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第10页（共14页）