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秘密★启用前
2024-2025 学年度第二学期第二次段考
高一年级 英语试题
教学处命题中心
试卷分值:150 分 考试时间:120 分钟
注意事项:
1.本卷共 10 页。
2.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、试室号和座位号填写在答题卡上。
3.作答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用 2B 铅笔将答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑;如需
改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。
4.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答,答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置
上;如需改动,先划掉原来的答案,然后再写上新答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。
5.考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。
第一部分 阅读理解(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,从短文后每题所给的 A、B、C和 D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡
上将该项涂黑。
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B
Most people in their eighties would consider themselves lucky not to have health problems, but
this is not the case with Toshisuke Kanazawa. The 82-year-old Japanese bodybuilder is not only in
perfect physical condition, he also looks better than a lot of men a quarter his age.
Kanazawa is living proof (证明) that you’re never too old to hit the gym and achieve the body
you’ve always dreamed of. A champion bodybuilder in his youth, Kanazawa stopped exercising
completely after he retired at age 34, drinking, smoking and eating whatever he liked. It wasn’t until
he turned 50 that he got his motivation to regain the perfect body of his younger years.
Kanazawa’s wife felt sick frequently, and the former bodybuilder remembered that she had
never been happier than when he won the national championship. So to please her, he decided to
return to the gym and completely change his diet.
His workout schedule had to be adjusted to his age as well. In his youth, he would spend up to
six hours training in the gym every day, and his body would recover within two days after a
particularly intensive (强化的) workout, but that was not the case anymore. He cut the daily gym
time to three hours and started giving his body one week to recover after exercising every muscle
group.
Kanazawa’s efforts paid off. In 2016, at the age of 80, Kanazawa defeated many opponents and
placed sixth in the world in a contest for bodybuilders over 65, and won the admiration of the
crowd.
Sport keeps this elderly man healthy, as he claims not to have suffered so much as a cold since
he started bodybuilding again at age 50.
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“I want to be a super old man in the bodybuilder community,” Kanazawa said, “If I have a goal,
I can continue moving forward. I have to work much harder.”
24. What can we learn about Kanazawa from Paragraph 2?
A. He started bodybuilding at the age of 34.
B. He seldom exercised when he was young.
C. He had serious health problems in his childhood.
D. He developed an unhealthy lifestyle after he retired.
25. Why did Kanazawa decide to take up exercise again?
A. To help change his diet. B. To cheer up his wife.
C. To stand to his promise. D. To recover from illness.
26. What did old Kanazawa do while rebuilding his body?
A. He took the same workout schedule. B. He turned to the doctors for advice.
C. He combined relaxation with exercise. D. He spent over six hours training every day.
27. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Bodybuilding: No Age Limit B. Champion: The Result of Workout
C. Exercise: The Best Medicine for Illnesses D. Understanding: A Guarantee of Happiness
C
Elephants’ important role in maintaining biodiversity and healthy ecosystems has earned them
various names including ecosystem engineers and forest gardeners. However, African forest
elephants — a species living in the rainforests of central Africa — are increasingly recognized by
another name: “climate heroes”.
African forest elephants help lessen climate change by increasing carbon storage in their forest
habitats, meaning they help remove heat-trapping CO2 from the atmosphere. They do this by
influencing the forest structure, including by increasing the diversity and abundance of plant species.
It’s estimated that one forest elephant can increase the net carbon capture (捕获 ) capacity of the
forest by almost 250 acres. This is equal to removing from the atmosphere a year’s worth of
emissions (排放量) from 2,047 cars.
“As strange as it seems, all that eating and destruction help the forest pull more carbon out of
the air,” says Alison Pearce Stevens in the book Animal Climate Heroes! . Elephants eat more than
400 pounds of food a day, so they spend a lot of time searching for food. As they walk through the
forest, they do a lot of damage to the surrounding smaller trees, leading to the survival of trees that
have the ability to absorb and store more CO2.
In addition, their thirst for fruits also helps to promote forest growth. This is because elephants
disperse fruit seeds. In other words, the seeds pass through the elephant bodies until they drop back
to the forest floor.
But African forest elephants are seriously endangered and continue to face threats. These
mainly come from hunting for the illegal international trade in elephant ivory (象牙), but also from
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habitat loss and fewer food sources. The number of forest elephants fell by more than 86% over a
period of 31 years, and their habitats are thought to have reduced by 75%. Protecting forest
elephants and the forests they depend on means we are safeguarding their ecological contributions
that we all rely on.
28. How do African forest elephants help relieve climate change?
A. They help to maintain the plants of the forest.
B. They increase the diversity of wildlife species.
C. They take in heat-trapping CO2 from the atmosphere.
D. They promote the net carbon capture ability of the forest.
29. What does the underlined word “disperse” in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Consume. B. Preserve. C. Spread. D. Gather.
30. What are the threats facing African forest elephants?
A. Illegal hunting and habitat loss.
B. The disturbed balance of the forest ecosystem.
C. Natural disasters resulting from climate change.
D. Competition for water sources with other animals.
31. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Preserving Forests: Elephants’ Contribution
B. New Role of African Forest Elephants: Climate Heroes
C. Ivory Trade Threatens African Forest Elephants
D. Forest Elephants Are Approaching the Edge of Extinction
D
The design theory behind a pair of tiny robots may one day find its way into environmental
monitoring, as well as search and rescue tasks. Modeled after a water strider (水黾), an insect, the
two robots each weigh in at 8 and 55 milligrams, and may mark the smallest, lightest, and fastest
fully functional micro-robots in the world, according to Washington State University (WSU).
Developed by a team of WSU researchers, the robots’ tininess largely relies on a material
known as a shape memory alloy (合金). Although shape memory alloys change form when heated,
they can “remember” their original shapes and return to them after cooling. Because of this, the two
micro-robots do not require standard motors, and they use light and small ones instead of bulky
moving parts.
Both the robots’ motors are each made up of two shape memory alloys, allowing them to move
their fins as fast as 40 times a second while also lifting over 150 times their weight. “They’re very
technologically sound. The development of the very lightweight robots opens up new possibilities
in micro-robotics,” said Conor Trygstad, a material engineering PhD student and study lead author.
“Although the robots are impressive when compared to other robots, the pair still fall behind their
biological relatives’,” Trygstad said. They can currently move at a speed of about six millimeters a
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second; a water strider, by comparison, speeds along at about a meter per second. For now, the
robots also require wired ( 连线的 ) power sources, thus seriously preventing any real-world
applications for the moment.
Going forward, however, the team plans to copy other small insect species while also creating
a new water strider robot which can move at a higher speed. Depending on using small batteries
could also greatly increase the robots’ areas of use, If the breakthrough designs continue improving,
similar micro-robots could one day be employed to monitor hard-to-reach dangerous environments.
32. What is the inspiration for the two robots?
A. A special monitor. B. The lightest micro robot.
C. An insect species. D. A search-and rescue task.
33. What might Conor Trygstad agree with?
A. Both robots can identify sound.
B. Both robots need wireless power sources.
C. Both robots work better than water striders.
D. Both robots have weaknesses besides strengths.
34. What can be inferred about future versions of these robots?
A. They will completely replace biological insects.
B. Their speed may approach that of real water striders.
C. They will prioritize appearance over functionality.
D. Their production costs will make them impractical.
35. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To compare robots with water striders.
B. To introduce breakthrough micro-robots and their potential.
C. To explain how shape memory alloys work.
D. To show the limitations of current robotics.
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。
You are well aware that you truly desire to achieve good grades. Either your parents have put
pressure on you, or you’ve promised yourself to perform better. However, you are constantly being
distracted! 36 You can cut out the distractions you have control over and minimize the ones
you can’t stop completely if you try the following tips.
When you notice specific distractions, you can block them out. ___37___ Take note of this
specific distraction and then tell yourself you are going to overcome it. The next time you see it
happen, remind yourself not to look. Keep doing this every time the distraction comes up, and
eventually you will no longer notice it.
___38___ Life can get really busy, so it’s no surprise if you find yourself distracted from
studying by thoughts about everything else. Rather than acting like all of those other needs don’t
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exist, why not give yourself an outlet? Spend 5 minutes thinking about everything that’s on your
plate, but then tell yourself it’s time to focus on the main task for now: studying.
Prioritize your studying by setting a main goal. For example, if you have a biology exam
coming up that covers three chapters, you don’t have to cram everything into one study session.
___39___ Breaking things down and establishing just one primary aim will make your study plan
more manageable.
Go off the network. Texting, social media, calls, and other distractions that come from our
electronic devices are some of the biggest barriers to staying focused when studying. 40
If you do these consistently, you should find that you gradually spend less and less time being
distracted.
A. Set a study schedule.
B. To be distracted is common.
C. You should give yourself a worry break.
D. Try focusing first on the parts that give you trouble.
E. Luckily, the fix is easy and totally within your control — unplug yourself!
F. If you keep your phone in another room, you’re less likely to use it while studying.
G. Say you’re trying to study in the library and you keep getting distracted by someone texting.
第二部分 (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。
Last spring, Clara and I teamed up for a school geology project studying unusual rock
fomations on Pine Hill. 41 with notebooks and basic tools, we set off eagerly, 42 that
this adventure would teach us more than just about rocks.
The first two days went smoothly. We drew stone patterns and recorded colour variations.
Clara’s artistic abilities 43 well with my systematic data collection skills. However, on
Wednesday morning, 44 struck. While climbing to our usual observation spot, I tripped,
sending our measurement 45 rolling down the hillside. My heart sank as we watched our only
compass (指南针) disappear into thick bushes.
“Without those tools...” I said, frustration choking my voice. “Wait, “ Clara interrupted, 46
the afternoon shadows stretching across the rocks, “Remember what Mr. Evans taught about using
natural markers?” Her eyes lit up with a(n) 47 .
We spent the afternoon 48 . Clara tracked shadow lengths while I compared rock layers.
When shadows proved 49 , we used fern (蕨类植物) growth patterns as directional guides.
Sometimes we argued about methods, but 50 our approaches came together like building
blocks. By Friday, we’d created a(n) 51 mapping system using nature’s clues.
Our final presentation surprised everyone. The teachers 52 our creative method, but the
real reward was discovering how different ideas combined to create 53 .
That evening, Clara showed me her project journal. Beside rock sketches, she’d written:
“Stones survive storms through 54 . So do good teams.” I smiled, realizing our rocky challenge
had taught us a valuable lesson: the strongest 55 doesn’t lie in mountains, but in teamwork.
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41. A. Armed B. Burdened C. Linked D. Rewarded
42. A. proud B. doubtful C. unaware D. worried
43. A. developed B. balanced C. replaced D. competed
44. A. conflict B. disaster C. chance D. inspiration
45. A. ropes B. books C. notes D. tools
46. A. pointing at B. marking down C. running after D. blocking out
47. A. idea B. surprise C. secret D. promise
48. A. reflecting B. experimenting C. planning D. wandering
49. A. helpful B. dangerous C. unreliable D. interesting
50. A. suddenly B. occasionally C. frequently D. gradually
51. A. interactive B. imaginary C. alternative D. advanced
52. A. tested B. improved C. selected D. praised
53. A. connections B. stories C. solutions D. presentations
54. A. luck B. unity C. silence D. speed
55. A. foundation B. argument C. desire D. system
第三部分 听力(共两节,满分 15 分)
第一节 听力理解(共 5小题;每小题 2分,满分 10 分)
每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题,每段播放前每小题有 5 秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播
放内容及其相关小题,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。
听第一段对话,回答第 1—2题(即 56-57 题)。
56. When will the speakers meet?
A. At 10:00 a. m. tomorrow. B. At 3:00 p. m. tomorrow. C. It is not decided.
57. What will the man do next?
A. Make a call. B. Have a meeting. C. Write something down.
听第二段对话,回答第 3—5 题(即 58-60题)。
58. What did the man think of the movie?
A. Interesting. B. Too long. C. A bit violent.
59. What kind of movie will the speakers watch next time?
A. A horror movie. B. A war movie. C. A romantic comedy.
60. When will the speakers meet on Friday?
A. At 6:00 p. m. B. At 7:00 p. m. C. At 8:00 p. m.
第二节 听取信息(共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 10 分)
听下面一段对话,从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息,填入答题卡标号为 6-10(及 61-65
题)的空格中。听录音前,你将有 10 秒钟的阅题时间,录音读两遍。
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Job advertisements
Employers Positions Work time Phone Number
Daybreaker Night ___61___ Five nights a week 3513-2144
The Midland ___62___
Two people to join their team
of lifesavers
Some evenings and
___63___
6119-9035
Computer
International
Train to be a computer
___64___
___65___
第四部分 基础知识(共三节,满分 45分)
第一节 单词拼写(共 10小题;每小题 1分,满分 10分)
根据括号内的中文提示,在空格处填入 Book 3 U1-3 所学单词的正确形式。
66. Honesty and kindness are among the most important ________(美德) in life.
67. She ________(寻求) comfort in music when she faced difficulties.
68. Her family’s support is particularly ________(宝贵的) to Josie.
69. The ________(数字) represent a general decline in employment.
70. Keeping a proper balance between study and rest keeps us __________(充满活力的).
71. The whole experience was __________(肯定) more positive than negative.
72. The professor used charts and graphs to __________(说明) his point clearly.
73. Two men ________(宣称 ) to be police officers went to the plotician’s house and took him
away.
74. The university ________(准许进入) only 10% of applicants this year due to high competition.
75. There were __________(显著的) differences among women based on age, place of residence,
and educational levels.
第二节 单句语法填空(共 10小题;每小题 1.5分,满分 15分)
在下面空格处填入一个适当的单词或使用括号中单词的适当形式填空。
76. The exhibition __________(feature) paintings by Picasso will be held soon.
77. The customer filed a __________(complain) about the poor service at the restaurant.
78. The reason __________ he was late for the ceremony was that he got stuck in traffic.
79. The snake, which is considered highly __________ (poison), has been found in the nearby
forest.
80. The scientist, with ________ I worked on the project, will attend the international conference
next month.
81. The old man, with poor eyesight, tripped ______ a small stone on the dimly - lit sidewalk and
almost fell.
82. This is __________ they call a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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83. The novel, __________ main character is a young detective, has won the annual literature
award.
84. The lecture __________ (deliver) by the Nobel laureate last week has sparked a heated debate
among students.
85. In order to adapt to the changing market, companies need to adjust their strategies __________
(flexible).
第三节 句子考查(86~93小题,每空 0.5分;94~96题每题 3分。满分 20分)
根据下面各个句子的要求,完成、改写或翻译句子。(限 Book 3 U1-3 短语)
86. His determination ________ him ________(渡过难关) the toughest challenges.
87. ______ ______(毕竟), 15 minutes of exercise is better than nothing.
88. I’m going to make use of this tour to explore the history of the castle. (同义句转换)
I’m going to ______ ______ ______ this tour to explore the history of the castle.
89. The heavy rains ______ ______(引起) severe flooding in the coastal areas.
90. Lucas still attended the lecture though he was ill. (同义句转换)
Lucas still attended the lecture ______ ______ ______ ______ ill.
91. A special ceremony was held ______ ______ ______(纪念) the victims of the disaster.
92. In addition to providing warmth, what was fire used for? (同义句转换)
______ ______ providing warmth, what was fire used for?
93. Finally, Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River ______ ______(绝望地) on the fifth day
of the fifth lunar month.
94. It struck me that he might be interested in the problem we had discussed. (同义句转换)
It ________ ________ me that he might be interested in the problem we had discussed.
95. 获奖时没人比我更惊讶。(翻译句子)
________________________________________________________________________________
96. Since he has lived in the city for many years, he knows it very well. (用分词作状语改写)
________________________________________________________________________________
97. 老人站在那里,眼睛盯着墙上的画。(用 with 复合结构翻译)
________________________________________________________________________________
第五部分 读后续写(共 1 题,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。
On Dec. 20, Mello called his mother on FaceTime, which he does every day after school. That
afternoon, Mello broke down in tears the moment his mother, Anita James, answered the phone.
“Mello, what happened?” James asked her son on the phone.
“I’m getting tired of them bullying (欺凌) my friend about his shoes. It’s making me so upset,”
he answered in a serious voice, explaining that his classmates made fun of his friend Melvin for
having worn-out (穿破的) muddy sneakers.
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James listened to Mello’s narration with a thoughtful expression. Then, Mello earnestly asked,
“Can we go buy him some shoes?”
James told her son they would talk about it when she got home from work. During their
in-person conversation a few hours later, James found her son still upset. At last, Mello decided to
buy his friend a fresh pair of sneakers to get rid of bullies and remind him that he has people who
care about him.
“Can I use my pocket money, or you can take something away that I would get for Christmas?”
Mello asked his mother.
The sincere request from her son hit James for many reasons, including that when she was
growing up, her older brother used to buy her sneakers when her parents couldn’t afford them. Now,
in their adult lives, James buys her brother a pair of sneakers for his birthday every year to show her
appreciation. James was so touched by her little boy’s genuine care for his friend and she knew how
it would matter to the poor kid, Melvin.
That evening, they went to a sneaker store and bought a pair of black-and-white Nike shoes for
Melvin. Mello used savings from his pocket money to pay for the $85 shoes. This way, Mello
thought, “nobody could laugh at him or say anything about him anymore.” Mello was so excited to
give Melvin the gift that he woke up nearly an hour earlier for school.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
Before class began, Mello handed his friend the orange Nike box in private. ______________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
Bryant Brown, the head teacher, found the shoe box on Melvin’s desk when he came into the
classroom. _________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
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