广东省揭阳第一中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期末英语试卷

揭阳第一中学2024~2025学年度高二级（104届） 第一学期期末考试 英语 第一部分：听说合考（共三节，满分20分） 英语听说合考部分在本次阶段考试笔试前完成，卷面满分60分，按照高考英语听说合考成绩折算成20分制，结果按“四舍五入”取整数，计入本次考试总分。 笔试部分注意事项： 1、笔试部分满分120分，按高考笔试部分的算法折算成130分制，结果按“四舍五入”方式取整数，计入考试总成绩。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。 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。 3、考试结束后，将本试卷答题卡交回。 第二部分：阅读理解（共二节，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 LOST AND FOUND ROOMMATES FOUND: Cat, 6 months old, black and white marking. Found near Linden and South U. Steve, 800-4661. FEMALE ROOMMATE WANTED Own room near campus. Available December 1st. Rent $80 per month until March 1st. $129 thereafter. Call Jill for details, 800-7839. LOST: Gold wire rim glasses in brown case. Campus area. Reward. Call Gregg 800-2896. NEED PERSON to assume lease for own bedroom in apt. near campus, $92/mo. You can click here to find more information of the bedroom. Starting Jan.1st. Call 800-6157 after 5:00 FOR SALE HELP WANTED MOVING: Must sell. TV b/w 2”, $50; AM/FM transistor radio A/C or battery, $15; Cassette tape recorder, $10; music records. Call John or Pat, 800-0739 after 5 or weekends. BABYSITTER-MY HOME If you are available a few hours during the day, some evenings and occasional weekends to care for 2 school age children, please call Gayle Moore days 800-1111, evenings and weekends 800-4964. USED FUR COATS and JACKETS GOOD CONDITION. $50-￥125.Call 800-0436 after 12 noon. WAITRESS WANTED: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or 10: 30 a.m.-5p.m. Apply in person, 207 S. Mai. Curtis Restaurant. 1. You will call if you want to buy a radio. A. 800-0436 B. 800-0739 C. 800-4661 D. 800-4964 2. Where can you find the Ads? A. On the Internet B. On the campus billboard C. In the newspaper D. On the street bulletin board B When my daughter Abigail got her learner’s permit a few months ago, I was appreciative of those drivers who saw a nervous teenager behind the wheel and treated her with patience as we drove around our neighborhood and the country roads close by. Her first travels around our part of the Southern End were rather slow (cars piled up behind us). So thank you, nice people. But I want to single out other drivers for my appreciation. I will call you “friends”. But no kidding, I sincerely want to thank you “friends”, because you have taught my daughter not to take anything for granted on the roads. You deserve the credit for making her a defensive driver. I warned her about “friends” like you, but your actions speak much louder than my words. She’s watched you go through red lights and stop signs, turn without signaling, fail to yield at the crossroads, or hesitate at a stop sign and then pull out into her path at the last millisecond. I especially appreciated the “friend” who pulled up beside us the other night at a stop sign on a two-way road and took off quickly as Abigail just started to make her move. “What was that!” Abigail shouted. “That’s a ‘friend’!” I yelled. And then there are those of you who find a slow-moving vehicle (farm machinery down our way) in your lane and swing out into the opposite lane to pass, oblivious of vehicles coming in the opposite direction. My daughter has learned that a tractor coming her way means there might be an impatient “friend” hiding, ready to cross into her lane. That’s an invaluable lesson. Thanks. And thank you to all the walkers, adults and children, who appear from between cars. “Be ready to stop” is a lesson that you have taught my daughter well. At the same time, I have taught her the rules for yielding to walkers. Teaching a teen to be a defensive driver isn’t easy. I want you to know that I couldn’t have done it without you, my “friends”. 3. The people mentioned in the first two paragraphs were . A. tolerant B. strict C. cautious D. slow 4. According to the passage, the author’s daughter . A. has made a lot of friends after she got her learner’s permit. B. often turns without signaling and hesitates at a stop sign. C. has learned to be careful of drivers who break the rules. D. has become an experienced driver in a few months. 5. What is the author’s attitude towards the drivers whom he calls “friends”? A. Grateful B. Indifferent C. Sympathetic D. Annoyed 6. The underlined word “yield” in Paragraph 6 means . A. make way for you B. give up hope C. shout at you D. produce crops 7. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage? A. To express his thanks to his friends. B. To warn people to obey traffic rules. C. To advise teens to be careful when driving. D. To explain to teens how to be a good driver. C A supersonic airline like Concorde, flies at twice the speed of sound. A passenger can leave London at noon and arrive in New York at ten o’clock that same morning! There is a five-hour time difference between the two cities and Concorde can fly the Atlantic in only three hours. That evening the passenger will feel it is time to go to bed when it is only six o’clock in the evening. Airline pilots suffer from this jet lag very much. It may be in the middle of the night in Hong Kong but their stomachs are still on London time, where it is dinner time. Pilots and other airline crew have to adjust to constant changes in time. That is why they often look fifty years old when they are only forty. This adjustment to sudden changes causes all sorts of problems. Businessmen who travel from one side of the world to the other in one day are told never to make important decisions during the first twenty-four hours after landing. Air travel is getting faster all the time. Engineers say that soon people will be “shot” to their destinations in huge rockets, which will be able to carry a quarter of passenger capacity in general airliner at a time. These rockets will be shot high above the earth’s atmosphere and land on the other side of the earth forty-five minutes after take-off. They will be able to cross the Pacific Ocean, such as from Los Angeles to Honolulu, in only eighteen minutes. But, of course, passengers will be faced with the same problems on the ground that they face at present. We shall still spend hours getting to the airport. Today, the shortest part of the journey and the least difficult is in the air. The worst and longest part is on the roads leading from the center of town to the airport. The roads become crowded increasingly while our planes become faster and faster. 8. If you leave London at eight o’clock by plane whose speed is the same as that of sound, you will arrive in New York at . A. three o’clock B. six o’clock C. nine o’clock D. twelve o’clock 9. Pilots often look older than they really are because . A. they eat dinner in the middle of the night B they suffer a lot from the changes in time C. they have to work at the weekend D. they live far away from the airport 10. According to the text, the number of passengers in a general airliner is the one in a huge rocket at a time. A. four times larger than B. a quarter as large as C. seventy-five percent of D. five times larger than 11. What can be learned according to the passage? A. people will spend less time on the ground as air travel is getting faster B. a supersonic plane can fly the Pacific in only eighteen minutes C. the rocket is the fastest and least difficult means of travel D. the speed of sound is only half that of a Concorde D Over Half of Young Chinese Block Parents on WeChat Moments We all know the feeling — you want to check what someone you care about has been up to on social media, and suddenly you find you are denied access to their feeds. It’s an instant start of mixed emotions and speculations — When did this happen? Did I do anything wrong? What are they attempting to hide from me? And that’s what half of Chinese parents have to deal with when they try to browse their children’s WeChat Moments, also known as “Friends’ Circle”, as suggested by a recent survey released by Tencent, the Chinese Internet giant. According to the report, entitled Annual White Paper on Family Affection on WeChat Moments, about 52 percent of WeChat users aged 18 to 29 block their parents on Moments, a major feature on the platform that allows users to share everything they like with their WeChat contacts. About 62 percent of the young interviewees said that parents “are neurotic about everything”, along with reasons such as fear of parents’ disapproval, rejection to parents’ nagging (唠叨), and seeking privacy. “My parents don’t know Moments very well, so I just told them I don’t use it anymore,” said Qin Jianping, a 28-year-old son. He added that his parents had been leaving comments requesting updates on his dating status on every post he made on Moments since he broke up with his girlfriend two years ago. Xie Yun, a 26- year-old daughter, said that while she didn’t block her parents entirely, they were in a specific group to which she only shares positive posts. “I don’t want my parents to see minor setbacks in my life,” she said, adding that once her parents saw a Moments picture of her hand getting slightly burned while cooking, and they traveled all the way to her city to make sure she was all right. The report also found that more than 49 percent of Chinese parents use WeChat as a main channel to communicate with their children. Roughly 36 percent of the parents who took the survey said they checked every post made by their children. When asked how they would react to being blocked, some parents said they would initiate a conversation with their children to find out the reason, while others said they wouldn’t care. And some parents just outsmart their kids in this hide-and-seek game online. “I didn’t realize I was blocked until I compared what I could see on my phone to what my son’s aunt could see,” said Chen, a mother of a 27-year-old son. “I chose to remain silent on this and now I’m following my son’s posts through his aunt.” 12. Parents would like to read their children’s WeChat Moments because they . A. are too emotional and speculative B. want to keep up with the trend of time C. leave a lot of comments on their feeds D. are concerned about their children’s lives 13. The children block their parents to . A. protect their privacy B. learn from parents’ nagging C. challenge parental authority D. maintain a positive state 14. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? A. Parents have a better understanding of their children. B. Parents are clever enough to win the “hide-and-seek game”. C. Parents exchange ideas with their kids on the hide-and-seek game. D. Parents learn more knowledge from their kids in the hide-and-seek game. 15. The author looks into parents’ being blocked to . A. criticize parents B. support students C. analyze a phenomenon D. solve a problem 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。 As a baby, Jack’s remarkable swimming journey began. At ten months, he already practised with swim aids. At six, he won his first swimming competition in a group for kids ten-and-under. At seven, he stayed at the pool from nine in the morning till eight hours later. His mother, recognizing his gift, took it as her duty to guide him. _____16_____ By a young age, Jack had been ranked the number one swimmer of the country, a title he held for a record-breaking duration. _____17_____He played skiing, tennis, soccer, and many more. Sam was a kid who loved to play, and his parents had no particular athletic ambitions for him. It was nearing his teens that he began to focus more on basketball. _____18_____In his mid-thirties, an age by which many professional basketball players are typically retired, Sam was still in the national basketball team. Top athletes like Jack at the peak of their abilities do spend more time on focused, deliberate practice than their peers (同龄人). But scientists also find that potential champions typically devote less time to deliberate practice in childhood, but more to “sampling” various activities. _____19_____ In a world that demands people to specialize early, we face a challenge to keep the benefits of diverse experiences and delayed concentration. There’s a need for those with Jack’s early focus. _____20_____— People who start with many different things and accept various experiences. People with range. A. There was no time to waste. B. And it was all going according to plan. C. The growing complexity of the world also calls for more Sams. D. But it didn’t seem to hold back his development in the long run. E. In reality, the Sam’s path to success is far more common, yet less told. F. In contrast to Jack, Sam didn’t show significant sporting talent until later. G. Unlike the swimming talent, Sam’s early years were filled with a variety of sports. 第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Reggie couldn’t hear. Although everyone in town was fond of him, he always ____21____ being treated differently. Children worried they would hurt Reggie, and that he wouldn’t hear the ball being hit in his ____22____. Adults acted like he was incapable of understanding them. Reggie didn’t like it, but his friend Michael hated it more and decided things had to be ____23____. He proposed the Day of Silence: in honour of Reggie, they should set aside one day for ____24____ people, when everyone would have to wear earplugs (耳塞). People liked the ____25____. When the day arrived everyone stuck plugs in their ears in a spirit of great ____26____. That morning was filled with jokes and laughter. But, as the hours passed, people became aware of how ____27____ life was when one couldn't hear anything. However, that was nothing compared to the greatest ____28____ of the day: Reggie was amazing! Just using his ____29____ body language, he was the best to communicate with everyone. People paid more attention to what Reggie was saying, and were ____30____ by his intelligence. They realized all Reggie needed was a little more ____31____ to enable communication. That was the only ____32____. So on the Day of Silence, Reggie’s true ____33____ became known. And everyone realised you have to give people a chance to show how ____34____ they are. They also learn that you couldn’t hear the slightest thing until you truly ____35____. 21. A. ended up B. insisted on C. felt sick of D. put up with 22. A. presence B. turn C. direction D. power 23. A. explained B. balanced C. assessed D. changed 24. A. special B. deaf C. silent D. kind 25. A. rule B. game C. idea D. solution 26. A. fun B. support C. respect D. love 27. A. dangerous B. meaningless C. boring D. difficult 28. A. understanding B. discovery C. challenge D. entertainment 29. A. usual B. random C. creative D. attractive 30. A. touched B. surprised C. confused D. amused 31. A. practice B. help C. patience D. freedom 32. A. wish B. difference C. promise D. problem 33. A. role B. goal C. nature D. interest 34. A. valuable B. helpful C. positive D. humorous 35. A. agree B. believe C. think D. listen 第二节 语法填空（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。 Currently under construction off the country’s northeast coast, the Dalian Jinzhou Bay International Airport will eventually cover ___36___ 8-square-mile island with four runways and a 969,000 sq ft passenger terminal, according to an airport statement. Its operators aim ___37___ (handle) 80 million passengers per year across 540,000 flights, with the first phase due to open in 2035. “The country’s largest offshore airport is rising slowly from the sea level like the sunrise in the east,” ___38___ (read) a post by Dalian Jinzhou Bay International on Chinese social media platform WeChat. Once ___39___ (accomplish), it will become the world’s largest airport on an artificial island, surpassing both Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) and Japan’s Kansai Airport (KIX). “There have been great challenges to the construction,” Li Xiang, chief engineer of Dalian Airport Construction and Development Co., Ltd., told state-run local media in October, “as not only does the project have complex geological conditions and high drilling difficulty, ___40___ high demand in quality with a tight construction schedule is another challenge we have to take into account.” As it is, it is the city of Dalian, with a population of 7.5 million, ___41___ has long been a transport hub due to its proximity to Japan and South Korea. Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport, the city’s international airport, ____42____ has been operating for nearly a century, has already met its maximum capacity and ___43___ (expand) several times these years, according to YiCai Global, a state-linked newspaper. The city started site selection and ____44____ (demonstrate) work on the new airport in 2003, but construction only began in earnest a few years ago. China’s aviation ____45____ (boom) fast, new airports are a key part and surprisingly, the country is on track to pass the United States and become the world’s largest air travel market. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分15分） 46. 假定你是甄益忠，揭阳第一中学104届高二级的学生。最近，英语老师Jack Young打算使用“E听说读写”App的AI技术辅助英语作文批改，并向同学们征询意见。请你给Jack Young写一封邮件，内容包括： 1、利弊分析； 2、相关建议。 *注意：1.词数不少于80； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.开头结尾已经为你写好，不计入总词数。 Dear Jack Young， I hope this email finds you well. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Zhen Yizhong 第二节 读后续写（满分25分） 47. 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。 Susan had a secret: she loved robots. She had helped her dad in his workshop and knew a lot about motors but her friends didn’t know this. One day, she heard Alex and Jacob talking about their robot, Robbie. They were preparing for a big competition but Robbie wasn’t working properly. Susan was surprised by their courage, as they always seemed unpopular among the boys. She felt bad for them and wanted to help. On the school bus home Susan sat behind Alex and Jacob, who were still trying to fix their robot. “This is impossible! The legs move before you press the switch and stop after you press the switch!” Alex said, looking at Robbie’s legs, which were not moving right. “The competition is only eight days away!” Jacob looked sad. He thought they were going to lose. “Umm, how did you connect the wires from the switch?” Susan asked quietly over their shoulders. Alex turned and gave her a cautious look. Susan smiled and asked, “Did you connect the NO wire or the NC wire to the motor?” The boys stared at her as if she had just landed from Mars. Susan gently took the robot and pointed out the wire connected to the motor. “Here’s the problem!” She explained that it was the NC wire. It means the circuit (电路) is Normally Closed. She then pulled a loose wire out of the robot and explained that it was the NO wire, which means Normally Open. “If you connect this wire instead, Robbie will walk when you press the switch.” Susan handed the robot back to Alex, who was staring at her with his mouth open. “Change the wires and see,” she said before getting off the bus. Ten minutes later, her phone rang. It was Jacob: “Your idea worked, and we're wondering if you could come over and help improve our Robbie.” Susan smiled. She knew she had made the right choice. 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。 Paragraph 1. After dinner, Susan walked cheerfully to Jacob’s house. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2. Finally, the competition day came, and the new team was ready. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 揭阳第一中学2024~2025学年度高二级（104届） 第一学期期末考试 英语 第一部分：听说合考（共三节，满分20分） 英语听说合考部分在本次阶段考试笔试前完成，卷面满分60分，按照高考英语听说合考成绩折算成20分制，结果按“四舍五入”取整数，计入本次考试总分。 笔试部分注意事项： 1、笔试部分满分120分，按高考笔试部分的算法折算成130分制，结果按“四舍五入”方式取整数，计入考试总成绩。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。 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。 3、考试结束后，将本试卷答题卡交回。 第二部分：阅读理解（共二节，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 【1~2题答案】 【答案】1. B 2. A B 【3~7题答案】 【答案】3. A 4. C 5. A 6. A 7. B C 【8~11题答案】 【答案】8. C 9. B 10. A 11. D D 【12~15题答案】 【答案】12. D 13. A 14. B 15. C 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。 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. B 17. G 18. D 19. E 20. C 第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 【21~35题答案】 【答案】21. A 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. B 31. C 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. D 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36 an 37. to handle 38. reads 39. accomplished 40. but 41. that 42. which 43. has been expanded 44. demonstration 45. booming 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分15分） 【46题答案】 【答案】 Dear Jack Young, I hope this email finds you well. I’m really glad to share my thoughts on using the AI in “E-Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing” App for English composition correction. The advantages are obvious. It can quickly identify grammar mistakes and offer vocabulary suggestions, which helps us learn from errors right away. Besides, it saves you much time. However, the AI lacks human touch and may not fully understand the meaning behind our words. My advice is to let the AI do the initial check, and then you can add personalized comments. This way, we can learn more effectively. Thank you! I’m looking forward to seeing how it works. Yours sincerely, Zhen Yizhong 第二节 读后续写（满分25分） 【47题答案】 【答案】Paragraph 1. After dinner, Susan walked cheerfully to Jacob’s house. She was excited to see how she could further help improve Robbie. When she arrived, Alex and Jacob greeted her warmly and eagerly showed her the changes they had made based on her advice. Together, they fine-tuned the robot’s movements, adjusted the sensors, and ensured that everything was working perfectly. Susan’s knowledge and skills were invaluable, and the boys were grateful for her help. As they worked , they chatted and laughed, forming a strong bond over their shared love of robots. Paragraph 2. Finally, the competition day came, and the new team was ready. With Susan standing by their side, Alex and Jacob confidently presented Robbie to the judges. The robot moved smoothly and performed all its tasks with precision. The crowd cheered as Robbie demonstrated its abilities, and the judges were impressed by its design and functionality. When the results were announced, the team was thrilled to learn that they had won first place. They hugged Susan and thanked her profusely for her contribution. Susan felt proud and happy, knowing that her secret love for robots had helped her friends achieve their dreams. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$