广东省广州市执信中学2024-2025学年高二下学期英语试题

2024-2025 学年第二学期

高二年级英语科期中考试卷

本试卷分听力、选择题和非选择题三部分，共12页，满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。

注意事项:

1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和学号填写在答题卡相应的位置上用 2B铅笔将自己的学号填涂在题卡上。

2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 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:不能在试卷上

3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内的相应位置上，超出指定区域的答案无效:如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁和平整。

第一部分听力(共16分)

听力:请根据录音和所给中文，用英语写出三个问题和回答五个问题。(共8小题;每小题2分，满分16分)

情景介绍:

角色:你是女生。

任务:(1)和你的朋友 Tom 谈论兴趣爱好的相关话题:

(2)根据谈话内容回答问题。

1. Now please listen to the dialogue.

2. Now please ask the speaker three questions.

请听完对话后，根据下面中文提示请你用英语提出三个问题(请把英语问题写在答卷对应的横线上)

(1)你们一起做什么运动?

(2)你们每天都运动吗?

(3)你周二和周四做什么?

Now please answer five questions in English.(请把英语回答写在答卷对应标号为3(4)-(8)的横线上)

 

第二部分 选择题(共 65 分)

阅读理解(共两节，每小题 2.5分，满分50分)

第一节(共 15 小题，每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分)

A

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9. Why are C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien mentioned?

A. To state the importance of writing.

B. To show their contributions.

C. To introduce the celebrities of Oxford.

D. To emphasize the inspiration of Oxford.

10. What's the feature of the courses?

A. Learning with professional guidance.

B. Improving writing skills in two months.

C. Teamwork for publishing book series.

D. Expert tutors’ instructions in all subjects.

11. What's the intention of the text?

A. Inspiring writing creativity.

B. Advertising the writing courses.

C. Explaining the entrance to the courses.

D. Recommending required courses of Oxford.

 

B

I am the only Maida I know. This is true in Uruguay (乌拉圭), where I was born, and in Canada, the country that guided me through girlhood. My name has roots in some Portuguese situation comedies where my mother heard “Maira” and decided she liked “Maida” more.

   My name is passed between grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins like warm bread at the dinner table. Maida is also My-dah to strangers who see their culture in mine. The woman who watches a group of kids after school. The man who paints houses in the neighborhood. The girl in the park who looks like me. The people who feel my name in their mind like their heritage.

   One day, like many children, I walked down the steps of my house and came back a different person. I don’t remember who first struggled to say my name, or how it happened, but I accepted it.

   I accepted the mispronunciation “May-dah” to fit in, wanting to be approachable and memorable without showcasing my immigrant background. This mindset followed me through university and into my career, where I felt the need to please others and disappear into the background.

   When words such as diversity and inclusion went from occasional e-mails to important departments, the trend turned. New voices and ideas entered our boardrooms, encouraging people to be themselves at work.

   Companies raced to remove old ideals about culture, gender and identity, replacing them with new terms and lessons on understanding. The shift was good for business, but terrible for me. Now, I was out in the open. The mispronunciation of my name became obvious, and I struggled with the expectations and discomfort of maintaining

my identity.

   Over time, I allowed both pronunciations of my name, recognizing the efforts of others and eventually embracing the opportunity to educate.

   Today, I stand determined, welcoming those who make the effort to pronounce my name correctly. My name is Maida, pronounced as “My-dah”, a proud proof to my identity.

12. What does paragraph 2 focus on about the author's name?

A. Its meaning.    B. Its origins.

C. Its cultural ties. D. Its family focus.

13. Why did the author initially accept the mispronunciation of her name?

A. To fit in with those around her.

B. To aid others in recalling her name.

C. To honor her immigrant background.

D. To avoid causing pain to others.

14. How did Maida initially feel when diversity and inclusion became important at work?

A. Proud.  B. Thrilled.  C. Relieved.   D.  Uneasy.

15. What is Maida's current attitude toward her name?

A. More accepting of “My-dah”.

B. Still adapting to her true self.

C. Wearing her identity proudly.

D. Struggling with mispronunciations.

 

C

The definition of the standard kilogram is fundamentally imperfect. Getting the definition right is a challenge that has tried the patience and intelligence of scientists for decades.

     Scientists use just seven basic units to define all the other quantities we use --- quantities such as speed, density, or electric power. All of those basic units except the kilogram are themselves defined in terms of natural properties that are beyond human control.

For example, the standard second (time) is defined as a specific number of vibration of a type of radiation released by atoms of a special metal. The standard meter (length), in turn, is defined as the length of the path light travels in a vacuum during a specific fraction of a second.

Not so the kilogram. This orphan of the basic unit family is simply the mass of a small platinum-iridium alloy cylinder(铂-铱合金筒) locked away by the international Bureau of Weighs & Measures in France.

     Embarrassingly, the last time the copies were brought for a checkup in the 1980s, officials found that some copies had gained about 20 parts per billion in weight compared to the master cylinder since the previous checkup in the 1940s. This implies that the master cylinder itself may be an inconstant standard.

No one knows what causes the weight changes. But the uncertainty can't be tolerated when precision in research and some manufacturing now demands accuracy to a few parts per billion.

     Several efforts in several different countries are under way to redefine the kilogram in terms of basic physical quantities such as counting the actual number of atoms of a specific substance in a kilogram or the electromagnetic force that balances a kilogram mass against gravity.

     A project of the latter type at the NIST laboratories in Gaithersburg hopes to define mass in terms of electrical units eventually. So far, none of these redefinition projects has borne fruit. They require precision of measurement and control of experimental conditions. The slightest pollution, tiny vibrations, or other influences --- even changes in weather --- can ruin results. You've got to hand it to scientists who are willing to devote many years to such painstaking but fundamentally important research.