四川省自贡市2024-2025学年高二年级上学期期末考试英语试题

null 2024-2025学年高二年级上学期期末考试 英语试题 本试卷共150分，考试时间为120分钟。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上，并在规定位置粘贴考试用条形码。答卷时，须将答案答在答题卡上，在本试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。考试结束后，本试题卷由学生自己保留，只将答题卡交回。 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。 例：How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. What does the woman suggest doing this summer? A. Traveling to India. B. Going to the beach. C. Attending a summer camp. 2. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At a store. B. At home. C. At a restaurant. 3. What does the man mean? A. The shirt might be tight. B. He doesn't like the shirt. C. The receipt got missing. 4. What will the man do tomorrow? A. Go sightseeing. B. Look after his daughter. C. Be on duty. 5. Why is the woman growing sunflowers? A. To eat the seeds. B. To enjoy the flowers. C. To make some money. 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。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 does the woman advise the man to do at first? A. To ring his wife. B. To pick up his wife. C. To drive his wife to work. 7. What is the man's car like? A. It runs slowly. B. It needs repairs. C. It works well. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What are they talking about? A. A famous actor. B. A new movie. C. An adventure story. 9. What does the woman like best? A. The visual effects. B. The excellent plot. C. The main actors. 10. Why does the man finally decide to see the movie? A. The story is adventurous. B. The woman recommends it. C. He is a fan of Tom Johnson. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. When did David come back last night? A. At 6:00 pm. B. At 7:00 pm. C. At 8:30 pm. 12. Why did David go out last night? A. To watch a film. B. To borrow some books. C. To have some discussions. 13. What will the woman do next? A. Apply for a job in the club. B. Contact Lucy for more information. C. Learn more about the neighborhood. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。 14. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Co-workers. B. Boss and secretary. C. Interviewer and interviewee. 15. What is probably the man? A. A writer. B. A video-producer. C. A photographer. 16. What is the most important thing in journalism according to the woman? A. Sharing recent events. B. Presenting honest opinions. C. Bringing the global community together. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What can be seen from space? A. The smoke in the Arctic. B. The wildfires in Scandinavia. C. The melting ice in Greenland. 18. Where are 400 fires out of control? A. In Greenland. B. In Alaska. C. In Siberia. 19. What caused the wildfires in the Arctic? A. Strong winds. B. More lightning strikes. C. High temperatures. 20. What is the text mainly about? A. The Arctic fires. B. The habitat loss. C. The death of animals. 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 NYC Rental Cars Taking a trip to New York City? You're in for an experience unlike any other! New York City takes up 305 square miles on the northeastern most side of the United States and is the largest and most populated city in the nation. Bottom line? You're almost guaranteed an incredible travel experience. The climate in New York City can be enjoyable or severe, depending on what time of year you plan on visiting. The temperatures rise to a pleasant warmth in the summer, but become quite hot in July. The winters are freezing and windy, so prepare yourself for the biting cold if you're planning a trip between December and March. There are two major airports that you can choose to fly into, and we've set up shops in each with plenty of rental cars for the choosing. Whether you choose to rent a car in New York City at JFK International Airport site or our rental car location at Laguardia Airport, you can just get on the free shuttle (摆渡车) from either airport that brings you right to our doors. If you're arriving in the city by a different route, don't worry: we have multiple locations across NYC for your convenience. Address Hours of Operation Phone Brooklyn Bridge Sun—Sat 7:00 AM—9:00 PM 718-237-3190 Jersey City Gotham Garage Sun & Sat 8:00 AM—4:00 PM; Mon—Fri 7:30 AM—6:00 PM 201-792-2028 Manhattan-Eastside Sun—Sat 7:00 AM—3:00 PM 646-559-6552 21. When should you go to New York if you want to visit it in pleasant weather? A. In July. B. In April. C. In January. D. In February. 22. What is an advantage of NYC Rental Cars? A. It offers a discount for air passengers. B. It has free shuttle service from train stations. C. It provides environmentally friendly vehicles. D. It is easily accessible at JFK International Airport. 23. When can you rent a car at Gotham Garage in Jersey City? A. Sunday 7:30 AM. B. Monday 7:30 PM. C. Saturday 6:00 PM. D. Thursday 4:00 PM. B An adventure-loving pet cat called Rayne Beau returned home to his owners in California after getting lost in Yellowstone National Park two months ago. His owners, Penny and Susanne Anguiano, took Rayne Beau to Yellowstone in June for the cat's first trip to the forest. However, the holiday ended badly after Rayne Beau was shocked and ran into nearby trees. Though the Anguianos searched for four days, they were unable to find their lost pet, finally returning home to Salinas with heavy hearts. Despite heading home, Ms. Anguiano said she never lost hope she would find him and took a double rainbow she saw on the drive home as "a sign" that he would be OK. In August, the Anguianos received a surprise phone call from Rayne Beau's microchip company to tell them their pet was safe and well at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Roseville, California. The animal shelter was nearly 1,448 km from Yellowstone, and just 322 km away from their home. A woman who first saw Rayne Beau wandering the streets of the northern California city fed him until she managed to catch him on 3 August, taking him to the local SPCA. When Susanne picked him up the following day, she said: "I believe truly that he made that journey mostly on his own. His paws were really beat up, and he lost 40% of his body weight because of inadequate nutrition. He was not cared for." It remains a mystery how Rayne Beau got to Roseville, and his owners are hoping the public may be able to fill in the blanks. Rayne Beau has now been fitted with a GPS global tracker in case of further misadventure. His owners say they will practise "camping in their driveway to get him used to it," before hitting the road again. 24. How did Rayne Beau's owners feel when heading home? A. Positive. B. Desperate. C. Settled. D. Touched. 25. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A. Rayne Beau's way back on its own. B. The sighting of Rayne Beau at SPCA. C. The unexpected discovery of Rayne Beau. D. The finding of Rayne Beau in Yellowstone. 26. What does the underlined words "fill in the blanks" mean in paragraph 2? A. Give information. B. Conduct a survey. C. Shoulder responsibility. D. Launch a tracking device to it. 27. What is done to prevent Rayne Beau from missing again? A. Building up its courage. B. Fixing a tracking device to it. C. Familiarizing it with camping. D. Removing its painful memories. C It was a truth known to Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell back in 1968, but now scientists have caught up with them: there really are not nothing like the real thing. A study in the Netherlands has revealed that real works of art in a museum stimulate the brain in a way that is 10 times stronger than looking at a poster. The independent study used eye-tracking technology and MRI scans to record the brain activity of volunteers looking at genuine artworks and their reproductions. Scientists found the volunteers had a response that was 10 times stronger when looking at the former. The volunteers, aged between 21 and 65, were attached to a brain scanner and eye-tracking equipment and asked to look at five paintings in the museum, plus posters of them in the museum shop. "If you want to know what people think, it is better to measure it than to ask them," the lead researcher of the study said. "The results were extraordinary." The real artworks aroused a strong positive response in the precuneus, part of the brain involved with consciousness, self-reflection and personal memories, researchers said. Gerrit van Honthorst's The Violin Player gave a positive stimulus of 0.41 out of 1 in real life, for instance, but just 0.05 in poster form. The research also analysed Girl with a Pearl Earring. The popular work attracted most overall attention and drew the eye in what researchers described as a "sustained attention loop"—a triangle between the girl's highlighted eye, mouth and pearl earring. Erik Scherder, a professor in neuropsychology (神经心理学) invited to comment on the results, said the study underlined the importance of culture. "It shows what it does for your brain when you see a real artwork," he said. "This is a rich environment that really makes a difference, particularly for children in the growth period." 28. What did volunteers do during the study? A. Making creations. B. Observing paintings. C. Operating devices. D. Identifying originals. 29. Why do real artworks lead to a stronger stimulation? A. They are rich in details. B. They reflect cultural significance. C. They possess higher market value. D. They engage more deeply with the brain. 30. What can we infer from Erik Scherder’s words in the last paragraph? A. Children should be exposed to cultural differences. B. Artworks and posters form a diverse cultural setting. C. The value of artworks cannot be ignored in education. D. Posters are equally effective in helping brain development. 31. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Reproductions Harm Innovations. B. Genuine Artworks Heal Mental Diseases. C. New Technology Assists Brain Activity Analysis. D. Real Art Stimulates Brain Much More than Reprints. D It is a classic problem for job seekers and anyone: If you brag (吹嘘) about your accomplishments, you seem more competent—but less likable. The solution? Add a bit of playfulness when discussing your talents. A team of researchers have found that “humorbragging”—referring to your accomplishments through a veil of humor—allows people to play up their skills without being described as vain. And that makes them more likely to get hired or get their opinions accepted. “The self-enhancing humor helps them be seen as confident without sacrificing likability,” says Jieun Pai, an assistant professor at Imperial College London who led the research. The researchers used a series of studies to test the impact of what they called humorbragging. In one instance, they sent out two resumes to 345 companies—but one resume added a dash of self-promotional humor instead of being purely serious: “The more coffee you can provide, the more output I will produce.” The resume with the joke got an email or a callback by 156 companies, versus 125 for the other. In another case, the researchers found that study participants were more likely to hire chefs who are humorous when selling themselves. One chef described making a soccer-themed cake for a boy’s fifth-birthday party and mentioned that he got the biggest tip he had ever seen. A baker who was the hiring favorite told the same story, but ended up by saying, “I am just glad that I only had to make the soccer ball, not actually kick one.” “People need to be cautious, though, when using humor to sell themselves,” Pai says. Self-deprecating (自嘲式的) humor without any bragging at all, or humor intended to belittle others in any form, doesn’t have the same positive impact that humorous bragging does, according to the research. “We sometimes use self-deprecating humor, but that may lead to the opposite result that was intended,” she says. “It doesn’t help you be seen as more competent.” 32. What do we know about humorbragging? A. It lowers likability. B. It is favored by employers. C. It is a must for job seekers. D. It makes one appear overconfident. 33. Which aspect of humorbragging does the research team focus on? A. Various forms. B. Psychological causes. C. Beneficial effects. D. Practical applications. 34. What can we say about the two chefs from paragraph 4? A. They expect the same salary. B. They differ in working experience. C. They specialize in different types of cakes. D. They adopt distinct ways of self-introduction. 35. Which example agrees with Pai's advice on humorbragging? A. I'm a challenge addict—bring on the tough stuff! B. I'm an office clown, who always makes everyone laugh. C. I'm the master of the "almost got it"—close enough is good enough. D. I may not be the smartest person, but I'm surely smarter than the next guy! 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。 When it comes to being fit and healthy, most of us know by now that 10,000 steps is recommended everywhere as a target to achieve. 36 The 10,000 steps a day target seems to have come about from a trade name pedometer (计步器) sold in 1965 by Yamasa Clock in Japan. The device was called "Manpo-kei", which translates to "10,000 steps meter". This was a marketing tool for the device and has seemed to have stuck across the world as the daily step target. 37 But while some research has shown health benefits at 10,000 steps, recent research from Harvard Medical School has shown that, on average, approximately 4,400 steps a day is enough to significantly lower the risk of death in women. This was when compared to only walking around 2,700 steps daily. The more steps people walked, the lower their risk of dying was, before leveling off at around 7,500 steps a day. 38 Although it's uncertain whether similar results would be seen in men, it's one example of how moving a little bit more daily can improve health and lower risk of death. _39 One easy way to do that is to increase your current step count by about 2,000 steps a day. Other easy ways to move more daily include walking to work if possible, or taking part of an online exercise program if you're working from home. __40 And given that even small amounts of physical activity positively impact your health, taking regular breaks to move around if you're working at a desk all day will help to easily get more physical activity. A. No additional benefits were seen with more steps. B. Is walking 10,000 steps every day really necessary? C. But do you know where this number actually came from? D. There are several ways to increase steps or simply move more. E. It's even included in daily activity targets by popular smart watches. F. The ways to improve our health lie in many aspects such as exercising more. G. Meeting with friends for a walk rather than in a cafe or pub can also be useful. 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四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 In 2013, Kahn-Scolaro's sister, Susan Kahn, was diagnosed with pancreatic (胰腺的) cancer. About a year later, she was __41____ to a hospital in Bronxville, New York. Kahn had been hoping to attend the high school ___42___ ceremony for her daughter, Ferree. But it quickly became clear that Kahn's condition was getting worse. "We realized that my sister was probably not going to ___43___ to Ferree's graduation," Kahn-Scolaro remembered. So the hospital staff and a few friends ___44___ came up with a plan: They would ___45___ the ceremony, right there in the hospital. "At first, I thought I could not ___46___ to stand there and watch this happen in front of me," Kahn-Scolaro said. "But I realized that the hospital staff was giving us the greatest ___47___ ever." A week before the high school ceremony, dozens of people ___48___ in Kahn's hospital room. Along with members of her family, Ferree's principal, teachers and other students also attended. Ferree ___49___ her cap and gown and was presented with her diploma. They then moved to a room next door, where the staff had ___50___ out snacks and drinks for a reception. Just as it would be for the ___51___ graduation," Kahn-Scolaro recalled. Kahn died a few days later. "But she was able to ___52___ her joy of watching her daughter graduate and going on to her ___53___ college," Kahn-Scolaro said. Looking back, Kahn-Scolaro is still struck by the ___54___ of the workers who cared for her sister. She hopes that sharing this story will inspire other healthcare providers to go that ___55___ mile. 41. A. carried B. reported C. admitted D. exposed 42. A. graduation B. opening C. award D. art 43. A. be adapted B. have access C. give priority D. make it 44. A. anxiously B. secretly C. merrily D. accidentally 45. A. design B. record C. describe D. recreate 46. A. stop B. decide C. bear D. pretend 47. A. gift B. sympathy C. freedom D. resolution 48. A. gathered B. rested C. waited D. reunited 49. A. picked B. wore C. threw D. illustrated 50. A. swept B. sold C. left D. set 51. A. remarkable B. typical C. obvious D. simple 52. A. witness B. experience C. confirm D. share 53. A. familiar B. reliable C. ideal D. convenient 54. A. thoughtfulness B. organization C. technique D. cooperation 55. A. tough B. remote C. regular D. extra 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。 The closing ceremony of "Chinese Culture Meets Students in Sri Lanka" and the award ceremony of the "China Through My Eyes" event were 56 (successfully) held in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka on Nov 7. Forty-eight Sri Lankan primary and secondary school students were awarded prizes 57 essay writing, calligraphy, paper cutting and painting competitions. The series of activities began in May at 11 Sri Lankan primary and secondary schools, 58 (display) traditional Chinese culture. The friendship between Sri Lanka 59 China is long-standing and the event provided 60 (opportunity) for Sri Lankan students to understand China and Chinese culture, which is 61 (benefit) to promoting cultural exchange and mutual understanding between the two countries. Ji Lili, advisor of the Chinese embassy (大使馆) in Sri Lanka, says the friendship between the two countries 62 (grow) stronger in recent years through expanding and deepening exchanges and cooperation in various fields. "I hope all the students 63 participated in the cultural events will continue to study hard and make contributions to the friendly exchanges between our two nations," says Ji. "China is one of the 64 (big) countries in the world, with a variety of arts and cultures," says a student 65 (name) Imashi Kawya Dasanayaka. "My dream is to study and travel in China. I'm one step closer to my dream." 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 假定你是李华，学校英语社社长。英语社将在寒假举办英语冬令营。请你写一封邮件邀请全校学生参加，内容包括： 1. 冬令营简介； 2. 报名条件和须知。 注意： 1. 写作词数应为80个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 信件格式： Dear Schoolmates, I'm Li Hua, president of the English Club. Yours, Li Hua 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。 The school science fair is always an exciting event that shows the creativity and knowledge of students. This year, our group's experience was particularly unforgettable, not just for the final outcome, but for the voyage we set out on hand in hand. As the final week approached, panic set in. We had taken on a challenging project of building a complex robot model which we thought would be a surprise to the judges, but it seemed like everything was going wrong. Time was not on our side, we still had a lot to do, and mistakes were made along the way. The instructions were so confusing that we couldn't make sense of them. To make matters worse, some of the essential parts appeared to be missing. It seemed as if the universe itself were plotting against us. The weight of looming failure pressed heavily on our shoulders. We were cross to complain or blame each other. Feeling defeated and frustrated (沮丧), four of us were on the edge of giving up. Just when all hope seemed lost, the group leader, Mary came to our rescue. She patiently sat down with us. "Hey, guys, cheer up! Time is limited, it's impossible!" Lily murmured. "But I really thought we couldn't do this. It's impossible!" Lily murmured. "Don't give up. Remember what Winston Churchill said, 'Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.' We can do this." "Yes. But great things never come easy," Mary stood up, "We've come this far; we can't quit now. We are a group, let's work together and we can make it. Come on, my friends!" Her encouragements was like a ray of light in the darkness. The other five group members stood up one by one and said firmly, "You're right. Let's keep going." "That's the spirit! Together, we'll overcome this challenge." We put our hands together. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 With Mary's leadership, we regained our confidence and started working together. Finally, the day of the science fair arrived. 2 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$