河北省辛集中学2024-2025学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

高二年级英语期中素养练习 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） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1．Why does the woman invite the man? A．To practice English. B．To meet her parents. C．To do homework together. 2．What is the man interested in? A．The postcard. B．The letter. C．The advertisement. 3．Where are the speakers? A．In a bookstore. B．In a library. C．In a classroom. 4．Why is the woman making the call? A．To ask for sick leave for Judy. B．To check on her daughter. C．To seek medical advice. 5．What are the speakers talking about? A．A travel experience. B．A weekend plan. C．A favorite destination. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。 6．What is Alice going to do? A．Give Bill a surprise. B．Take Bill to a party. C．Pick Bill up from work. 7．Who will bring dessert? A．Susan. B．Joe. C．Jim. 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。 8．What are the speakers discussing? A．A car accident. B．A car theft. C．A car park. 9．What is said about Howard’s car? A．It was recently purchased. B．It is not insured. C．It is a good deal. 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。 10．What does the man have to do? A．Choose a course. B．Speak French at home. C．Give a talk in Spanish. 11．What does the woman suggest the man consider? A．Language environment. B．Difficulty level. C．Practical use. 12．What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A．Teacher and student. B．Mother and son. C．Old classmates. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。 13．How does John go to work on rainy days? A．By bus B．On foot. C．By car. 14．What does John usually do on weekends? A．He bakes something. B．He learns cooking. C．He buys sweets. 15．When does Carol eat out? A．When she has a busy day at work. B．When she doesn’t know what to eat. C．When her husband is too busy to cook. 16．What does Carol think of the restaurants? A．They are popular. B．They are diverse. C．They are expensive. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。 17．What will the children do during the trip? A．Admire artworks. B．Talk with scientists. C．Do voluntary work. 18．How long will it take to get to the destination? A．About half an hour. B．About one hour. C．About two hours. 19．What is free of charge? A．The lunch. B．The bus ride. C．The entrance fee. 20．Who is the talk mainly for? A．Students. B．Teachers. C．Parents. 第二部分 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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A The Best Pen Pal Programs for Kids No matter how old you are, everyone longs to feel a little more connected. Email and texting connect us across the globe in an instant, but nothing quite beats the feeling of opening a hand-written letter. The following are some programs that offer penpals for kids and other letter writing opportunities. Write to an Author Is your little bookworm obsessed with their favorite author? Or maybe you have an aspiring author of your own? Why not put pen to paper and write a letter to your writer. Simply look for the publisher’s address on the inside cover of the book and address your letter to the author. While there’s no guarantee of a response, you can increase your chances of receiving a reply by including a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Kids for Peace What better reason to write a letter than to spread peace and kindness? Kids for Peace was founded with the intention of bringing kids together. The platform, which features over 300 chapters around the world, empowers kids across all cultural backgrounds through service projects, global friendship and acts of kindness. The Peaceful Pen Pals program, just one of the many initiatives offered by Kids for Peace, is designed to connect kids through love, acceptance, compassion and kindness. International Pen Friends Founded in 1967, the International Pen Friends Club has connected millions of pen pals across the globe. Once you sign your kids up and pay a small membership fee, they’ll be provided a list of 4 to 14 pen friends from the same age group (starting at age 8) to choose from. Pen friends are typically paired by similar interests, and you can also request specific countries you’ re interested in. Your own address is also circulated to pen friends in the same age group, so you might get surprised with some international mail! 1. What might ensure you a reply from the author? A. Writing to the publisher for his address. B. Writing a letter to the author directly. C. Asking the publisher to relay your letter. D. Attaching a stamped envelope with your address. 2. What do you know about the Kids for Peace? A. It connects kids to spread peace and love. B. It aims to help kids make foreign friends. C. It has many branches all over the world. D. It intends to promote cultural exchange. 3. How are the kids grouped after signing up in the International Pen Friends Club? A. By gender. B. By age. C. By nationality. D. By interest. B Jahkil Jackson is the creator of the famous Project I Am. Through the project, Jahkil looks to raise awareness for reducing homelessness in Chicago and beyond. Even at a very tender age, his deeds already drew the recognition of former U. S. President Barack Obama in 2017. Jahkil also pushes to motivate and influence fellow kids to get more active and useful in their communities. When he was five years old, Jahkil assisted his aunt in distributing food to the homeless in Chicago. Then the little boy was unhappy to find out that people could not afford a home. He was always eager to find out how he could offer help to people. And he would be mad for not being able to give money to anyone asking for help on the streets. He was determined to help the homeless in every way he could. That strong desire later gave birth to the Project I Am, his nonprofit organization, which focused on helping the homeless people. He founded it at the age of eight, and has since then never looked back on his journey of charity. Through Project I Am, Jahkil Jackson reaches out to the homeless by distributing “Blessing bags”. Provided in the blessing bags are diverse kinds of materials to help the needy, including wipes, hand sanitizers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, socks, bottled water, among other things. Jahkil Jackson is also one of the key workers in Dream for Kids, another nonprofit organization founded by Tom Tuohy, a social entrepreneur. Jahkil met with Tuohy at a Holiday for Hope event organized by the Dream for Kids. From there, he became the youngest ever student in the YES (Youth Enterprise Solution) program by the Dream For Kids. He has been working with them since then. 4. For what purpose did Jahkil create Project I Am? A. To get awards. B. To collect money. C. To do charity. D. To make friends. 5. How does Project I Am help? A. Doing voluntary work. B. Giving out daily necessities. C. Donating money to the poor. D. Offering shelters for the homeless. 6 Which of the following can best describe Jahkil? A. Friendly and sociable. B. Kind-hearted and generous. C. Energetic and powerful. D. Innocent and thoughtful. 7 What’s the best title of the text? A. New Homes for the Homeless B. An Anti-poverty Project in Chicago C. Do Your Charity at an Early Age D. Jahkil Jackson and His Blessing Bags C Space tourism is the term used to describe space travel for recreational or leisure purposes. What was once only a dream, as described in A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, is now becoming a reality. Futurologists attempt to make predictions of what life will be like in the future. After the first man landed on the moon, they thought that hotels would be built on the moon by the year 2000. They also considered the possibility that, in the 21st century, families might go for a holiday on the moon. Neither of these predictions have come true yet-but the rapid development of technology may mean these predictions are possible in the years to come. Space Adventures is currently the only company to have succeeded in sending paying passengers into space. It worked with the Federal Space Agency of Russia and Rocket and Space Corporation Energia to provide flights for the world’s first private space explorers. Each paid over $20 million for their 10-day trip to the International Space Station. Following successful explorations into space, other companies are now considering the possibility of enabling tourists to visit space. To make it affordable, suborbital space travel is being considered by some companies, like Virgin Galactic. Passengers would be transported to a height of between 100 and 160 km above earth, experience 3 — 6 minutes of weightlessness and a view of the stars before back to earth. This is expected to cost around $200, 000 per person. Whilst it could be an enriching experience, there are some disadvantages. Many critics say that a huge growth in the spaceflight industry could drastically speed up the process of global warming. The ozone layer would be damaged further and the polar regions would suffer. In addition, space travel is only really affordable for the super-rich, though Virgin Galactic claims to be ‘opening space to the rest of us’. 8. What do you know about space tourism? A. It is nothing but a dream. B. It’s only in some fairy tales. C. It’s a sightseeing tour in space. D. It’s a scientific expedition. 9. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about? A. The future life on the moon. B. Landing on the moon in 1969. C. Predictions about trips to the moon. D. The history of the moon exploration. 10. Why is suborbital space travel considered possible? A. It’s cheaper. B. It’s safer. C. It’s greener. D. It’s convenient. 11. What is some critics’ major concern about space tourism? A. Its safety. B. Environmental effect. C. Social equality. D. Its expense. D A carbon capturing device, called Orca, began operating in Iceland in September. The machine was invented and made by a Swiss company called Climeworks. The name comes from the Icelandic word orka which means energy. Orca can pull carbon dioxide out of the air and send it deep into the ground, where it is turned into stone. The device is made up of four sections which look like giant air conditioners stacked together. Each section contains 12 large fans that suck air from outside into steel compartments. Inside the air passes through a filter (过滤器) which gathers the carbon dioxide. It is then heated to a high temperature so the carbon dioxide can be collected from the filter. Then, the carbon dioxide is mixed with water and put deep in the ground into a type of rock called basalt. Basalt causes the carbon dioxide mixture to turn into stone after two or three years. Orca is an experimental device. It was built to demonstrate that it is possible to permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It can remove 4, 000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air each year. That’s about the same amount as the emissions produced by 850 cars in a year. In order to remove enough carbon dioxide to make a big difference to global warming, much larger devices like Orca would have to be built in many countries around the world. Some environmental activists say governments should spend more time and money on reducing the amount of greenhouse gas we produce each year, instead of investing in carbon capture methods. But others say that, in order for countries to meet their goal of net zero emissions by 2050, they will need to do both: reduce new emissions and remove the carbon dioxide already in the air. 12. What’s the purpose of designing Orca? A. To conserve energy. B. To achieve zero emissions. C. To protect natural resources. D. To remove carbon dioxide in the air. 13. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 2? A. Orca. B. The basalt. C. The air. D. Carbon dioxide. 14. How does Orca work? a. Sucking the air. b. Collecting the carbon dioxide. c. Mixing with water. d. Filtering and heating. e. Putting into the ground. A. a, d, b, c, e B. a, c, d, b, e C. a, d, c, b, e D. a, b, c, d, e 15 Why are some environmentalists not in favor? A. Reducing emissions is more important. B. It might result in new pollution. C. The technology is not mature. D. It doesn’t work efficiently. 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 Nowadays, the world is in the middle of the second wave of the Covid-19. Travel is far below the level it used to be, and it’ll be some time before it picks back up to former levels.But, travel will make a comeback, because travelling has numerous benefits. ___16___ Travel makes you happier. ___17___ And, if you can get away from your daily routine, that will surely put a smile on your face. However, travel makes you happier in another way as well. According to a study by Cornell University, money spent on doing something, like travelling will leave you with a longer-lasting sense of happiness than money spent on having something. Travel lets you disconnect & recharge(恢复精力). One of the best things you can do for your mental health is to disconnect. ___18___Therefore, you deserve a break fro m the stress. If not, you may suffer from burnout and other problems. Traveling relieves stress and anxiety. In a trial carried out by Austrian researchers, one of the travel benefits is that it can reduce stress levels and anxiety. ___19___ Furthermore, the beneficial effects last quite a while after you return home. ___20___ Are you a student, writer, photographer, or video game designer struggling with coming up with your next great idea?Traveling can help!If you’re looking to reignite(重新激起)your creativity, it pays to go travelling. A. Traveling can encourage your creativity. B. Here are a few of them that make travelling attractive. C. You had better not step outside your comfort zone. D. Working for days and weeks continuously may leave you extremely tired. E. The researchers found even one short vacation can improve one’s well-being. F. Travelling can expose people to different cultures and risks. G. Sure,a travel experience easily makes you happier by getting you away from your daily struggles. 第三部分 语言运用（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。 Dilys Price is not a typical 85-year-old grandmother. She might look like a ____21____ teacher from Cardiff — which, technically, is exactly what she is — but she’s also made a (an) ____22____ of jumping out of planes. Known throughout Wales as “Daredevil Dilys”, the ____23____ woman made her first parachute jump at the age of 54. She has now completed more than 1,139 jumps for ____24____. ____25____, Dilys was afraid of heights before her first jump, but 30 years later, she ____26____ the Guinness World Record as the Oldest Female Solo Sky Diver, and she has ____27____ tens of thousands of pounds for charity. Dilys has ____28____ her life to helping young people with disabilities. In 1996, she ____29____ The Touch Trust from her kitchen in Cardiff, and it soon ______30______ into a renowned centre for “touch therapy (疗法)” for people with disabilities. With her new ______31______, they help more than 1 , 000 adults and children every week. She ______32______ from running the charity in 2015 — but she’s still helping to fundraise its work through her parachute ______33______. Dilys says, “I’ve had a lovely ______34______! I’m extremely stubborn and I won’t give up in what I believe in. Life should be fun, be ______35______ and have a purpose.” 21. A. physical B. retired C. young D. flight 22. A. habit B. promise C. career D. attempt 23. A. generous B. delicate C. fearless D. tender 24. A. charity B. exercise C. living D. pleasure 25. A. Naturally B. Typically C. Fortunately D. Incredibly 26. A. holds B. takes C. equals D. leaves 27. A. earned B. raised C. donated D. saved 28. A. lost B. lived C. devoted D. spared 29. A. applied B. named C. invented D. founded 30. A. moved B. joined C. broke D. grew 31. A. thought B. technique C. finding D. medicine 32. A. stepped down B. drove away C. ran out D. held back 33. A. records B. skills C. memories D. jumps 34. A. job B. business C. life D. centre 35. A. peaceful B. challenging C. simple D. difficult 第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 ____36____ (locate) in South America, the Amazon rainforest, the iconic attraction of the continent, plays a significant role ____37____ maintaining the fine balance of the Earth’s ecosystem. The Amazon River, ____38____ brings the name to the rainforest, is close to 6,400 kilometres in ____39____ (long) — roughly 100 kilometres longer than the Yangtze River. Providing food and shelter for an unbelievable ____40____ (vary) of wildlife, the Amazon rainforest is the natural domain of more than 1,300 species of birds and over 400 species of mammals ____41____ ( hide) among the Amazon rainforest’s plant life. The Amazon rainforest is a treasure house of species that can be used for food ____42____ medicine. Over the past 50 years, about 17 percent of the rainforest ____43____ (destroy) due to human activities. As the impact of human activities ____44____ (continue) to grow and the list of species in danger of extinction becomes longer, we are left with a question: can we have an urge _____45_____ (suspend) the damage to the “lungs of the planet”? 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 在学校刚举办的科技创新设计大赛中，你设计的一款老人智能陪护机器人荣获一等奖。请以“My Intelligent Robot for the Elderly”为题写一篇英语短文，内容包括： 1.设计理由； 2.功能介绍； 3.你的期望。 注意：1.写作词数应为80左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 My Intelligent Robot for the Elderly _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节（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。 Long ago, there was a big apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the top of the tree, ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree also enjoyed playing with him. As time went by, the little boy grew up and he no longer played around the tree. One day, the boy came back to the tree, appearing sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy gently. “I am no longer a kid; I won’t play around trees any more,” the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, but I don’t have money. However, you can pick all my apples and sell them. Then, you will have money.” The boy was so excited that he picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy didn’t come back after that. The tree was upset. One day, the boy returned and the tree was so joyful. “Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?” “Sorry, I don’t have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left with delight. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy didn’t appear since then. The tree was again lonely and sad. One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree requested. “I am sad and becoming old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?”“Use my trunk to build the boat. You can sail and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and did not show up for a long time. 注意：续写词数应为150左右。 Many years later, the boy finally returned. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The apple tree is our mother. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 高二年级英语期中素养练习 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） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1．Why does the woman invite the man? A．To practice English. B．To meet her parents. C．To do homework together. 2．What is the man interested in? A．The postcard. B．The letter. C．The advertisement. 3．Where are the speakers? A．In a bookstore. B．In a library. C．In a classroom. 4．Why is the woman making the call? A．To ask for sick leave for Judy. B．To check on her daughter. C．To seek medical advice. 5．What are the speakers talking about? A．A travel experience. B．A weekend plan. C．A favorite destination. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。 6．What is Alice going to do? A．Give Bill a surprise. B．Take Bill to a party. C．Pick Bill up from work. 7．Who will bring dessert? A．Susan. B．Joe. C．Jim. 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。 8．What are the speakers discussing? A．A car accident. B．A car theft. C．A car park. 9．What is said about Howard’s car? A．It was recently purchased. B．It is not insured. C．It is a good deal. 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。 10．What does the man have to do? A．Choose a course. B．Speak French at home. C．Give a talk in Spanish. 11．What does the woman suggest the man consider? A．Language environment. B．Difficulty level. C．Practical use. 12．What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A．Teacher and student. B．Mother and son. C．Old classmates. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。 13．How does John go to work on rainy days? A．By bus. B．On foot. C．By car. 14．What does John usually do on weekends? A．He bakes something. B．He learns cooking. C．He buys sweets. 15．When does Carol eat out? A．When she has a busy day at work. B．When she doesn’t know what to eat. C．When her husband is too busy to cook. 16．What does Carol think of the restaurants? A．They are popular. B．They are diverse. C．They are expensive. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。 17．What will the children do during the trip? A．Admire artworks. B．Talk with scientists. C．Do voluntary work. 18．How long will it take to get to the destination? A．About half an hour. B．About one hour. C．About two hours. 19．What is free of charge? A．The lunch. B．The bus ride. C．The entrance fee. 20．Who is the talk mainly for? A．Students. B．Teachers. C．Parents. 第二部分 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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A 【1~3题答案】 【答案】1. D 2. C 3. B B 【4~7题答案】 【答案】4. C 5. B 6. B 7. D C 【8~11题答案】 【答案】8. C 9. C 10. A 11. B D 【12~15题答案】 【答案】12. D 13. D 14. A 15. A 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. A 第三部分 语言运用（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。 【21~35题答案】 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. D 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. B 第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分） 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36. Located 37. in 38. which 39. length 40. variety 41. hiding 42. or 43. has been destroyed 44. continues 45. to suspend 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 【46题答案】 【答案】 My Intelligent Robot for the Elderly As we all know, with the development of economy, people have to face various pressures. They don’t have enough time to attend to the old people in their families, which has become а social problem. Tо solve this problem, I designed a kind of household robot, which is intended to take care of old people. It can cook meals at а fixed time which can be adjusted according to individual needs. It can also accompany old people in having а chat, playing chess, and doing exercise. Moreover, it can deal with emergencies. For example, if an old man falls ill suddenly, the robot will call doctors for help. It would be a great help for us if we own such а robot. I hope everyone can find my robot beneficial to them. 第二节（满分25分） 【47题答案】 【答案】Many years later, the boy finally returned. Feeling tired, he went to see the apple tree. At the sight of him, the tree said, “I’m sorry, boy, but now I no longer have anything for you, no apples, no branches, no trunk.” “It doesn’t matter. I have no intention of getting anything from you this time. As you know, I’m getting old and nothing is better than a comfortable place to rest,” said the boy. Hearing this, the tree smiled with relief, adding, “My dying trunk is the right one for you. Please come here and have a seat.” The boy did as was told and the tree smiled again. The apple tree is our mother. When we are young, she tries her best to take care of us and play with us. When we grow up, we leave her for some reasons and only come back when necessary or in trouble. But she is always there, waiting for us and ready to give what she owns without complaint. Never does she ask for rewards; instead, it is our happiness that she desires. 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