内蒙古自治区呼和浩特市第二中学2024-2025学年高一下学期5月期中英语试题

呼和浩特市第二中学高一年级2024一2025学年第二学期期中考试 英语试卷 出题人：张杰，邓婕试题审核人：谢雪芸 考查知识范围：必修二U2-U6考试时间：5月16日 (试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟) 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） 请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。 1.Who keeps Harry Potter at present? A.The man. B.Mary. C.John. 2.How will the man celebrate his birthday? A.By going on a picnic. B.By watching a football match. C.By inviting his workmates over. 3.What are the speakers talking about? A.Lifestyles. B.A movie. C.An actor. 4.What will Jane do? A.Finish her homework. B.Join a band. C.Go to a concert. 5.What does the woman imply about the restaurant? A.It is very popular. B.It is easy to book a table. C.It only accepts reservations. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。 听第6段对话，回答6、7小题。1 6.How long did the festival last? A.15 days. B.8 days. C.9 days. 7.What did Susan do during the festival? A.She saw films from different countries. B.She did some volunteer work at theaters. C.She participated in the filming of a movie. 听第7段对话，回答8、9小题。 8.What is the man doing? A.Preparing for a conference. B.Sharing a marketing plan. C.Working out a schedule. 9.When does the man plan to go on holiday? A.In summer. B.In autumn. C.In winter. 听第8段对话，回答10一13小题。 10.What is Jack's attitude toward writing? A.Enjoyable. B.Casual. C.Serious. 11.When did Jack use to begin writing as a teacher? A.In the morning. B.In the evening. C.In the afternoon. 12.What does Jack usually do from Monday to Saturday? A.He goes swimming. B.He goes running. C.He goes for a walk. 13.Where does Jack usually write? A.In his office. B.In the bedroom. C.In the sitting room. 听第9段对话，回答14一17小题。 14.What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A.Mother and son. B.Schoolmates. C.Teacher and student. 15.What problem is the man facing now? A.How to choose his major. B.How to look for a job. C.How to apply to a college. 16.What does the man want to be? A.A biologist. B.A doctor. C.An IT engineer. 17.What does Alice suggest the man do? A.Give up his idea B.Attend some lectures. C.Have a talk with his father. 听第10段独白，回答18一20小题。 18.Which field is virtual reality widely used in? A.Education. B.Entertainment. C.Health care. 19.What are Xinge Yu and his colleagues trying to do? A.Improve the touch of VR. B.Bring smell into VR C.Make hearing advanced. 2 20.Where can people learn more about the design? A.In a journal. B.In a movie. C.On aTV show. 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A Three Most Beautiful Deserts in the World Deserts are mysterious landscapes that cover nearly one-third of Earth's surface. These are some of the world's most beautiful deserts that you can see while traveling. Salar de Uyuni,Bolivia Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt desert and a truly mystical place to visit. Tens of thousands of years ago,this region was part of a prehistoric lake.However, these lakes-dried up and left behind two new smaller lakes and these expansive salt flats.An estimated 10 billion tons of salt can be found in this desert. Painted Desert,Arizona,USA The Painted Desert of Arizona got its name from the vibrant red,orange,blue, and purple colors painted across the landscape.Less than 10 inches of rain fall here each year,and the colors were created by minerals in the clay and sandstone rock. There are lots of great trails to hike through this desert,especially at sunset when the colors are on display. Pinnacles Desert,Australia You'll need to head to the Nambung National Park in Western Australia to experience the Pinnacles Desert for yourself.This desert gets its name from the beautiful spires (made of rock that rise from the sand dunes ()The rock formations here have been weathered so much over time to undeniably stand out among the gentle yellow sand dunes. Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest 21.What do the first two deserts have in common? A.Diverse colors. B.Rich minerals. C.Expansive flats. D.Countless trails. 22.Why does Pinnacles Desert get its name? A.For its sand dunes. B.For its long history. C.For its special shape. D.For its unusual weather. 23.Where is the passage probably taken from? A.A trip discovery platform. B.A geography textbook. C.A fashion magazine. D.A travel brochure. B For 78-year-old Wang Gaiying,the remote ancient building in Gaoping,Shanxi Province,is not only a hidden architeetural treasure but also her home for the past 58 years.Its 24 vividly detailed statues have become popular online recently.With the main hall built in 1168,the structure was repaired and expanded during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911).Thanks to its recent popularity,the once-damaged building was restored and opened to the public on Aug.24th.Now many people come to admire it every day. As more people visit,Wang's devotion to preserving the structure has gon viral and hit national headlines,giving a lot of publicity to these caretakers of the country's cultural heritage.What makes Wang stand out is that her family has been guarding the building for four generations-cleaning it,keeping people from entering and preventing theft.Since getting married at 20,Wang began assisting her mother-in-law who became the guardian of the building in the 1950s.When she passed away in 1988,Wang took over the responsibility. With the passing years,it has been a challenge for her to preserve the structure. After discussions with her daughter and her son-in-law,the couple moved from their nearby home to the building to help Wang Gaiying.Just as promised,her daughter took on the role of part-time tour guide after graduating from college,joining her grandmother and mother in safeguarding it. In some ancient buildings that are not open to the public in the quiet mountains and countryside of Shanxi,more than 3,000 grassroots protectors like Wang Gaiying care for these rarely known ancient structures.The locals call them culture keepers, who watch over the structures day and night.Like unsung heroes,they have been preserving the past and ensuring that the cultural treasures of Shanxi are protected for future generations. 24.What can we learn about the ancient building? A.It was first built in the Ming Dynasty B.It is located in a faraway region. C.It has been open to the public since 1168. D.It has been well maintained throughout its history. 25.What makes Wang's work unique according to the passage? A.Her hard work. B.Her selfless devotion. C.Her family's joint efforts. D.Her earlier-on participation. 26.What is the focus of Wang's work? A.To guide the visitors. B.To attract more visitors. C.To make it known to the public. D.To preserve the structure. 27.The phrase "unsung heroes"in the passage suggests that these protectors are A.famous singcrs. B.unrecognized contributors. C.strict guards. D.wealthy donors. Q No one can say whether human-like robots will have a sweet dream,but they will almost certainly need periods of rest that offer benefits like what sleep provides to living brains,according to new research from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). We study spiking neural networks(尖峰神经网络)，which are systems that learn much as living brains do,"said Yijing Watkins,a computer scientist from LANL."We rained a neuromorphic(神经形态的)processor in a way how humans and other biological systems learn from their environment during childhood development." Watkins and her research team found that the network simulations became unstable after continuous periods of unattended learning.When they exposed the networks to states that are analogous to what living brains experience during sleep, stability was recovered."It was as though we were giving the neural networks a good night's rest."said Watkins. The discovery came about as the research team worked to develop neural networks that are as close as how humans and other biological systems learn to see. The group initially struggled with stabilizing simulated neural networks undergoing (unattended dictionary training,which involves classifying objects without providing examples to compare them to.The researchers expose the networks to an artificial simulation of sleep as nearly a final effort to stabilize them.They experimented with various types of noise.The best results came when they used waves of so-called Gaussian noise.These waves can make sure that the neural networks keep stable. The group's next goal is to apply their algorithm()to Intel's Loihi,a product which uses spiking neural networks to work.They hope allowing Loihi to sleep from time to time will enable it to stably process information from a camera in real time.If it can confirm the need for sleep in artificial brains,we can probably expect the same to be true of human-like robots and other intelligent machines that may come about in the future. 5 28.What did Watkins and her research team find? A.Ncural networks are far from stable. B.Neural networks are very sensitive to noise. C.Artificial brains may need break as well. D.Human-like robots need equal rest to humans. 29.What docs the underlined word "analogous"in paragraph 2 mean? A.Contrary.B.Beneficial.C.Related.D.Similar. 30.What did the researchers use to stabilize the neural networks? A.Continuous learning without breaks. B.Gaussian noise waves. C.Human-like dream simulations. D.Biological sleep patterns from animals. 31.Why will the researchers apply the algorithm to Loihi? A.To further confirm their discovery. B.To enable Loihi to run faster. C.To better update Loihi. D.To make sure Loihi get enough sleep. D It is a well-known fact that plastic bottles,which take hundreds of years to rot( )are harmful to our environment.However,efforts by environmentalists to encourage consumers to switch to alternatives(替代物)，like water fountains or reusable bottles,have not been very effective.The U.S.alone uses over 50 million plastic bottles annually,80%of which end up in landfills. To try to stop that,Rodrigo Garcfa Gonzalez,Pierre Paslier and Guillaume Couche from the Imperial College London have been working on a revolutionary solution-water wrapped inside an eatable container made mostly from seaweed.All the customer has to do to relieve his/her thirst is pop the entire drop into the mouth. The inventors,who have been working on the Ooho bubble since 2014,use a simple two-step cooking process called spherification ()to create the delicate container.They begin by dipping a frozen ball of water or juice into a chemical solution ()This helps form a layer around the liquid.The ball is then absorbed in a solution made from seaweed extract )This creates a second layer,helping strengthen the structure so that the water or juice does not leak.In addition to saving our environment,.the biodegradable(可降解的)packaging costs just two cents each, making it cheaper to produce than plastic. After three years of perfecting the design,the inventors,who recently raised over 1 million USD from a financial activity,are ready to bring the Ooho bubble to local 6 market.However,there are a few challenges that still need to be overcome before the product's launch.In addition to getting accustomed to the taste of the covering,each eatable container contains just a mouthful of water,requiring consumers to drink multiple bubbles to relieve their thirst.There is also the issue of finding an eco-friendly packaging to transport the bubbles so that they remain clean and do not burst.Hopefully,the inventors will find ways to handle the.issues so that we can reduce or perhaps even remove plastic bottles. 32.Why was the Ooho bubble created? A.To test a newly-designed material. B.To change consumers'drinking habit. C.To take a share of drinking water industry. D.To reduce pollution caused by plastic. 33.What will the inventors probably do next? A.Collect more money to expand production. B.Solve some specific problems of the product. C.Distribute the Ooho bubble to global market. D.Advertise the advantages of the Ooho bubble 34.What is the author's attitude towards the Ooho bubble's launch? A.Uncaring.B.Doubtful. C.Opposed. D.Confident. 35.Which of the following could be the best title for the text? A.The Ooho Bubble Aims to Remove Plastic Bottles. B.Plastic Bottles Will Be Replaced by the Ooho Bubble. C.Environmental Pollution is Expected to Be Solved. D.Scientists Work out a New Kind of Water. 第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有 两项为多余选项。 How to remalu calm during the exam Pack everything you need the night before.36 If you start off the exan scrambling(仓促行动)to borrow a pen,you'll go in stressed,The night before the exam,get everything you need ready.Prepare a bag with all the essentials. Focus on only the exan).When you're in the exam room,do not let your mind wander.As soon as the exam is set down before you,focus your energy there and nowhere else.Avoid wondering how others are doing.Do not get caught up in the fact that someone has finished before you.37 1 Make an effort to relax when you feel tense.You may tense up at certain points during the exam.During these times,do something to loosen up.Take a few deep breaths.Stretch.38 Taking a few moments to relax can help you ease exam anxiety. Start with the easiest questions.39 Tackle these questions first.This way, you'll get a chunk of the exam done right away.You'll be feeling more confident as you move on to the other questions.This will also give you more time to focus on the difficult questions. 40 You do not want to end up scrambling to complete the exam as time is running out.Be conscious of time as you complete the exam.Periodically glance at your watch to make sure you're not giving too much energy or focus to a single question.Break up the exam into sections.If it has 3 pages,and you have 45 minutes to complete it,try to stick to 15 minutes per page. A.Compete against each other. B.Take control of your time. C.Close your eyes for a few seconds. D Nothing will make an exam more stressful than showing up unprepared. B.Prioritize and focus on the most important questions. F.Scan the exam paper before you start and look for your strong areas. G.Keep your energies focused on the exam at hand. 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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以 填入空白处的最佳选项。 I lean back on the wooden bench and the day's stresses are gone.It seems perfectly placed for this spot,a place of my 41 and growth.It has really 42 me to a world I've never imagined. Two years ago,I was diagnosed with cancer.Before surgery,my doctor told me to 43 out much to help with recovery.So I returned to hiking in the nearby woods. My fear was 44,but I still felt lonely. My fearlessness45.As everyone expected,the surgery went46.I imagined what I could1 when getting home.One day,I thought of building a bench because I loved 48.And I was only 49 enough to do a little bit each day.However,I was getting better in the work.Finally,I placed the bench I made in the yard,but it didn't feel like the right 50. One morning,I passed by the woods,51 to find many cyclists and climbers there.It was a world of 52 beyond my imagination.I put the bench there,built a wooden box and left a notebook and a pen inside.I wrote on the first page,"This is my favorite spot.I'd love to know what it 53 to you." The next day,I 54 the first entry:Facing pressure every day,I keep on going because I have this place to get away from it all.People regularly stop to sit on the bench and pour out their 55 and write encouraging words to me in the notebook. Now,my life is fuller and I no longer feel lonely. 41.A.sadness B.recovery C.production D.tension 42.A.preferred B.described C.devoted D.connected 43.A.work B.find C.figure D.eat 44.A.mounting B.fading C.appearing D.returning 45.A.let out B.went down C.paid off D.broke off 46.A.roughly B.smoothly C.slowly D.disappointingly 47.A.gain B.say C.promise D.do 48.A.hiking B.handwriting C.woodwork D.exercise 49.A.able-bodied B.well-known C.smart D.brave 50.A.atmosphere B.status C.height D.place 51.A.embarrassed B.astonished C.unsatisfied D.undisturbed 52.A sports B.values C.resources D.champions 53.A.means B.presents C.explains D.announces 54.A.remarked B.deleted C.wrote D.read 55.A.gifts B.boxes C.emotions D.impressions 第二节语法填空（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 On January28,3,000 drones(无人机)performed a dazzling light show in Chongqing during the Spring Festival Gala.The show,organized by Damoda Intelligent Control Technology,56(feature)patterns of famous landmarks and flowers across the night sky. Despite57(challenge)such as unpredictablc weather and signal interference(干扰)，the team,_S8 average age is27,delivered a flawless(无 performance.Most of the team members specialize in drone technology, 9 while others are enthusiasts recruited by the company. In recent years,drone performances have become59 major trend in entertainment.Compared to traditional fireworks,drones are 60 (safe)and less polluting.Advancements in technology have made larger-scale performances possible.Damoda's third-generation drones 61(design)to take off from a small box,and the fourth-generation models charge 62(automatic).In 2023, the company set two Guinness World Records by flying 10,197 drones at the same time. With the industry 63(grow),competition is shifting 64 technology to creativity,with a greater emphasis on storytelling and cultural elements.Beyond entertainment,drones are also fueling the low-altitude economy,with widespread use in logistics,agriculture,and emergency rescue. As is expected by industry experts,drone shows are going to become even more breathtaking,with continuous technological progress.China's drone industry continues to grow globally,setting new standards and strengthen its 65(influence)position in aerial technology. 第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 假定你是红星中学的学生李华，从网上得知你市博物馆将接待来自澳大利亚 的旅行团，需招募(recruit0一个志愿者导游，你想应聘。请你写一封电子邮件， 内容包括： 1.自荐理由： 2.表达期待。 注意：1.80词左右： 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。· Dear Sir/Madam, I am Li Hua,a Senior One student from Hongxing High School Yours sincerely, Li Hua 10