广东省佛山市2024-2025学年高二上学期1月期末英语试题

2024～2025学年上学期佛山市普通高中教学质量检测

高二英语

注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。

2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

第一部分 听力(共两节，满分20分)

第一节 听力理解(共6小题;每小题2分，满分12分)

材料及问题播放两遍。每段后有三个小题，各段播放前有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题的问题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第一段材料，回答第1-3题。材料和问题读两遍。

1．Question 1:(录音)

A．To attract cat lovers.    B．To promote reading.    C．To accompany visitors.

2．Question 2:(录音)

A．5.    B．3.    C．2.

3．Question 3:(录音)

A．Library workmates.    B．Employer and employee.    C．Interviewer and interviewee.

听第二段材料，回答第4-6题。材料和问题读两遍。

4．Question 4:(录音)

A．In the woods.    B．On the beach.    C．At the mountain foot.

5．Question 5:(录音)

A．Traveling on a road trip.    B．Conducting research.    C．Climbing a mountain.

6．Question 6:(录音)

A．Take a shower.    B．Prepare a meal.    C．Take a picture.

第二节 回答问题(共4小题;每小题2分，满分8分)

听下面一段材料，然后回答问题。材料和问题读两遍，读完每个问题后你将有10秒钟的作答时间。

7．Question 7:(录音)

Answer: _______________________________________________________________________________

8．Question 8:(录音)

Answer: _______________________________________________________________________________

9．Question 9:(录音)

Answer: _______________________________________________________________________________

10．Question 10:(录音)

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第二部分 阅读(共三节，满分40分)

第一节 阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

In 1980, when Malcolm Campbell was a senior in high school, he took a history class with a teacher named Don Lawson. One of the units that Mr. Lawson taught was about the 1960s, and movements against the Vietnam War.

For two days, Mr. Lawson played them songs by Bob Dylan to show that art can be an important vehicle for protest. On the second day, Campbell raised his hand, with a question.

“Is this gonna be on the test?” he recalled asking. “And Mr. Lawson looked at me and said, ‘No, man, this is for you,’” Campbell said.

That’s when Campbell suddenly understood what Mr. Lawson was trying to do.

“It was like in the movies,” Campbell remembered. “A light went off in my head, and I realized, ‘Wow, he’s planned this material not for the content, but for personal enrichment — for my own epiphany.’”

Campbell went on to earn a doctor’s degree in biology. From there, he spent 30 years teaching biology at Davidson College. All along, he kept the lessons of Mr. Lawson in the back of his mind.

“I tried to convey the idea to my students that they should be as eager as possible in school, and learn as much as possible,” Campbell said.

“Don’t worry about pleasing me. Do it for yourself,” Campbell told his students.

Campbell recently retired from teaching. Looking back at his long academic career, one of his proudest achievements was helping students have their own moments of enlightenment (启迪).

“That’s an amazing career — basically I go around throwing lit matches onto masses of leaves and watching them take fire,” Campbell said. “And that’s pretty cool. Because once they really understand what learning is, all you gotta do is add that match, and poof... they’re going to learn the rest of their lives,” Campbell said. “And that’s what Mr. Lawson did for me.”

1. Why did Mr. Lawson play Dylan’s songs in class?

A. To highlight the role of songs. B. To provide the contents of exams.

C. To encourage students’ interaction. D. To protest against the Vietnam War.

2. What does the underlined word “epiphany” probably mean?

A. Interest. B. Realization. C. Passion. D. Reflection.

3. What should a teacher do according to the last paragraph?

A. Learn from experienced teachers. B. Arouse students’ passion for learning.

C. Devote their whole life to the career. D. Provide professional help for students.

B

Every spring, about two billion birds fly through Texas. However, light pollution in urban areas can be deadly for many migratory (迁徙的) species.

The experts from the Texas Conservation Alliance, who ran the Lights Out program in 2020, convinced downtown businesses and residents to switch off unnecessary lighting from 11 p. m. to 6 a. m. during spring and autumn, reducing light pollution that is otherwise misleading to birds.

As of October 31 of 2024, the team recorded 42 bird deaths, down from the 110 deaths documented in the fall of 2023. This is partly due to the support of downtown building owners who have agreed to turn off lights overnight after joining the Lights Out program in 2021.

In addition to making the very simple switch, Lights Out teaches city officials and other involved parties how to decrease light pollution and save urban wildlife. The Alliance has also developed a way to forecast bird migration during specific times and in specific locations, helping residents and businesses predict when birds may pass so they can activate the Lights Out program more accurately.

And it’s not just a win for the birds, but for everyone who shares an ecosystem with them. Birds are good signs of ecosystem health. Plus, birds look and sound really cool and have interesting behaviors.

Bird lovers can do their part, too. The Lights Out program, for instance, has started using dBird, a website where residents can report cases of dead and injured birds, which helps experts target their efforts.

“We’re only one team. We can’t collect all the data on the building strikes. We know there is more happening,” director Mei Ling Liu told a reporter. “So spreading the word that anyone can report a bird strike and help us collect this data is what we’ re trying to do with this website.”

4 What does paragraph 3 tell us about the Lights Out program?