河北省衡水武邑中学2024-2025学年高二下学期英语第二次月考英语试题

河北武邑中学2024-2025学年下学期高二年级第二次月考英语试题 命题人：杜荣华 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。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.What color is the woman’s hair now? A. Red. B. Black. C. Brown. 2. What is the woman looking for in the library? A. An elevator to go downstairs. B. A place to borrow some books. C. A private room for group work. 3.What caused the woman’s presentation to go badly? A. She got seriously sick. B. She left her files at home. C. She did extra work and was late. 4. What is the conversation mainly about? A. The importance of taking notes. B. Advice on choosing lecture topics. C. Strategies for remembering lectures. 5. What is the man doing at the beginning of the conversation? A. Watching a movie. B. Eating noodles. C. Cleaning the sofa. 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。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。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6. What kind of holiday does the woman prefer? A. A luxurious hotel stay. B. A beach vacation relaxation. C. A mountain climbing adventure. 7.What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Colleagues. B.Hotel clerk and guest. C. Husband and wife. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8至 10 题 。 8. What does the man need to do while the woman is away? A. Organize her mail. B.Feed her pets. C. Water her plants. 9. Why does the woman cancel her original travel plans? A. Her father is sick. B. She couldn’t find a flight. C. Her mother has a cough. 10.What is the woman’s plan for tonight? A. She is meeting her parents in California. B. She is traveling to Mexico with her family. C. She is going to Washington to see her parents. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. Where are the speakers? A. In a volunteer center. B. At a travel agency. C. In a university office. 12. Why is the woman interested in the South American position? A. She prefers working in a team. B. She wants to work with animals. C. She is looking for a challenging environment. 13. What does the woman need to apply for before volunteering in South America? A. Work permit. B. Travel visa. C. Valid passport. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What is the man asking about at the beginning? A. Delivery time for international shipping. B. Cost of shipping a package internationally. C. Safety regulations for international shipping. 15. What item is the man shipping? A. A set of golf clubs. B. A box of clothes. C. A piece of furniture. 16.What makes international shipping difficult recently? A. Customs restrictions. B. New safety regulations. C. Too many packages to process. 17. What will the man probably do next? A. Call a different shipping company. B. Wait for an update from the manager. C. Search for shipping news on his phone. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What is the disadvantage of old alarm systems? A. They were difficult to install. B. B. They would cause power failures. C. C. They were expensive but unreliable. 19. What happens when a smart camera doesn’t recognize someone? A. It ignores the person. B. It takes a photo of the person. C. It contacts you or the authorities. 20. What is the speaker mainly talking about? A. Pet care. B. Home security. C. Camera technology. 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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 A Fiji is an island nation with mountains to climb, jungles to explore, vast reefs under the waves to dive, and beaches to walk on. You can go to the open-air souvenir markets to shop for authentic Fijian crafts (工艺品) like wooden kava bowls and visit the Fiji Museum. You can also attend Fire walking ceremony, the traditional practice of fire walking, where men walk barefoot across hot stones. Best Time to Go There is no bad time for Fiji vacations. However, November to April is the wet season, when temperatures and humidity (湿度) are higher and there is a greater risk of hurricanes. August and October are some of the most popular months to visit Fiji’s islands, but this also means you will have to deal with high-season crowds and prices. Brave the heavy but short downpours in the wet season if you want to escape the crowds and get some great deals. Accommodation & Transport & Food Some restaurants are expensive and attract the world’s rich and famous, but you can find much cheaper options with equally beautiful locations. Budget hotels start at around $30 a night for a double room with sea views. If you don’t mind getting about on a bus, you will find this is a cheap and efficient form of transport. Traveling from Suva to Nadi, for example, costs around $25 for a four-hour trip. You can eat for as little as $5 in small restaurants, and mid—range restaurants start at around $15 for a meal. Many accommodation options include meals, so you can take full advantage of this to save some money. All up, Fiji is a very reasonably priced destination with priceless experiences on offer. So, what are you waiting for? 21. What can tourists do in Fiji? A. Witness a special ceremony. B. Walk on hot stones with shoes. C. Shop in large indoor souvenir markets. D. Make wooden kava bowls by themselves. 22. In which month are people more likely to avoid crowds of tourists? A. May. B. July. C. September. D. December. 23. What can be learned about Fiji? A. It is friendly to budget tourists. B. It takes five hours to get there. C. It can be reached only by bus. D. It offers free meals in any hotel. B Duncan Jurman became interested in butterflies when he was around 5 years old. He noticed a couple of caterpillars (毛虫) in his backyard and was attracted by the different ways that caterpillars can disguise (伪装) themselves to stay safe in potentially dangerous surroundings. From there, he started to learn more about caterpillars and butterflies. Jurman believes that butterflies play a vital role in our ecosystems. They’re very low on the food web, so they support a lot of different species that rely on them. They’re an indicator species for the health of the environment. Once they disappear, everything else is soon to follow. Jurman’s goal is to transform the landscape of Florida’s Broward County by turning a weedy suburb into a lively butterfly reserve at a time when insect populations are decreasing quickly worldwide. Jurman believes that every flower planted is a potential home and source of food for caterpillars and butterflies. He eventually developed a butterfly-friendly garden in his backyard by researching the different plants that butterflies prefer. He’s already raised and released more than 5, 000 butterflies from his garden. Jurman also launched the Bring Butterflies Back campaign to educate people about butterflies and invite them to join his cause of protecting butterflies. He said that a lot of people are surprised to learn that insects are declining at such an alarming rate, largely because the decline has been so gradual. This phenomenon, known as the shifting baselines theory, helps to explain why people are unwilling to take meaningful action to save the environment. In 2018, Jurman helped to build a butterfly garden at his high school. The garden has had a regenerative effect on the surrounding environment — birds, native lizards, and other insects have returned in great numbers. Other schools have been inspired to start gardens. “I don’t know if we can ever reach the point that we were once at with butterflies, but I think that if everyone gets involved and starts their own garden, they can make their own impact,” Jurman said. 24. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2? A. The significance of butterflies in nature. B. The potential danger to butterflies. C. The competition between species. D. The food web of insects. 25. Why did Jurman develop a butterfly-friendly garden? A. To research butterflies’ favorite plants. B. To boost the quantity of butterflies. C. To spread the knowledge about butterflies. D. To enhance the beauty of his backyard. 26. Which of the following illustrates the shifting baselines theory? A. The rapid decline of butterfly populations worldwide. B. People’s unawareness of gradual change in environment. C. The process of transforming natural landscapes into reserves. D. The impact of human activities on insect habitats. 27. What can be inferred from Jurman’s statement in the last paragraph? A. He is enthusiastic about gardening. B. He feels satisfied with his garden-building efforts. C. He will carry on despite an uncertain future. D. He holds a pessimistic attitude to the future of butterflies. C In summer the extreme heat often makes people sweaty and restless. While people are annoyed by it, experts suggest summer is the best season to discharge your body’s toxins (毒素) and recover your energy. One popular option is hot-stone treatment. Therapists (治疗师) use smooth and heated stones, usually river rocks, to rub or press certain parts of the body, or place them on key points of the body. The warmth of the hot stones will improve blood circulation and also help relax muscles, while sweating is also believed to be good for discharging the body’s toxins. Another popular option is hot-stone baths. The hot-stone bath will help the body discharge toxins and humidity (湿气) that accumulated during the last winter. Summer is the best season to build a good body. Rather than use water or steam to heat and wash the body, people simply wear a coat or something comfortable, and then lie on heated stone tablets made of hot stones, which are warmed to around 45℃. The body will gradually warm up and blood circulation will also be improved. More sweat will come out quickly. The sweat is smooth and fresh, not smelly like that released after sports activities. Such baths bring a number of health benefits, such as anti-aging, improved blood circulation and stress relief. The slimming effect of dieting can even be promoted. Using hot stones for health benefits dates back to ancient times, but the modern renewal of hot-stone massage is generally credited to Mary Nelson, a native of Tucson, Arizona, America, whose trademark is “LaStone Therapy”. The therapy is gaining wide popularity with many people, especially those who have jobs in cool air-conditioned rooms. The hot-stone therapy can help cure many diseases, including back pain. 28．What does the hot-stone treatment can not do? A．Relax your muscle. B．Better your blood circulation. C．Improve your dieting. D．Discharge the toxins inside. 29．What will you do while taking hot-stone bath? A．Accumulate toxins during last winter. B．Bath in hot water or steam. C．Participate in sports activities before it. D．Lie on some hot flat stones. 30．What can be learned about the hot-stone therapy? A．It successfully cured many diseases by itself. B．Its popularity lies in its benefits on health. C．Its origin comes from modern concepts. D．It can help people sweat little in summer. 31．Which of the following could be the best title for the Text? A．Small hot stones, big healthy functions B．Summer, the best time to recover your energy C．Hot-stone therapy, a way to cure all diseases D．Sweating, the best way to release toxins D Laughter comes in many forms, from a polite and quiet laugh to a great hearty laugh. Scientists are now developing an AI system to recreate different laughs in proper social contexts. The team behind the laughing robot Erica said that the system could improve natural conversations between people and an AI robot. “We think that one of the important functions of conversational AI is empathy(共情),” said Dr Koji Inoue, the lead author of the research. “So we decided that one way a robot can empathize with its users is to share their laughter.” The team have set out to teach their AI system the art of conversational laughter. They gathered training data from more than 80 daily dialogues between male subjects and the robot that was initially operated by four actresses remotely. The dialogue data were grouped into social laughs (where polite or embarrassed laughter isn’t involved) and laughter of joy. Based on the audio files, the robot has learned the basic characteristics of social laughs so far, which tend to be softer, and merry laughs, with the aim of mirroring these inappropriate situations. “Our biggest obstructor in the work was identifying the actual cases of shared laughter because as you know, most laughter is actually not shared at all,” said Inoue. “We had to carefully decide exactly which laughs we could use for our analysis and we couldn’t just assume that any laugh can be responded to. It was really not easy work.” The team said laughter could help create robots with their own distinct character although it could take more than 20 years before it would be possible to have a casual chat with a robot like we would with a friend. “One of the things we’d keep in mind is that a laughing robot or algorithm will never be able to understand you or the meaning of laughter,” points out Prof. Sandra Wachter of the Oxford Internet Institute. “But with their development, they might get very good at tricking you into believing they understand what’s going on.” 32. Why did Inoue’s team develop the AI system? A. To better understand human empathy. B. To promote the social skills of robots. C. To explore the differences between laughs. D. To assist robots in identifying people's moods. 33. What can robot Erica probably do at present? A. Repeat the details of the 80 dialogues B. Distinguish people by hearing their laughs C. Recreate a scene played by the four actresses D. Master the features of laughs provided by data. 34. What does the underlined word “obstructor” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Potential. B. Barrier. C. Alternative. D. Division. 35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. Are AI systems going beyond human ability? B. Can conversational AI really understand us? C. Laughing robots are around the corner. D. Robots become laughing masters. 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能填入空白处的最佳选项；选项中有两项为多余选项。 Are you having a hard time sticking to your daily schedule? That’s a problem many people have. Here are some tips that might help you. Start with anchor habits. An anchor habit is something you do at a particular time of day that you’re not at risk of skipping. It will help shape and structure your day. It doesn’t matter what the habit is, but it should be easy for you to do. ___36___ Don’t choose something you struggle to get done as an anchor habit. Be very consistent for about three months. A daily schedule is a series of behaviors. Behaviors only become automatic if you keep how, when, and where you do them consistently for about three months. ___37___ Plan your rewards. Plan rewards and link them to the schedule you’re trying to keep up with in natural ways. Structure rewards around daily tasks, such as watching a video after a period of study and scheduling walks as enjoyable motivations. ___38___ What do you want to do as a reward either during or after the daily behavior you’re trying to maintain? ___39___ Equipment can help you maintain a schedule. Kitchen equipment might help support a cooking schedule. Hiking equipment might help support an outdoor activity schedule. However, keep in mind that these tools don’t magically do the work for you. Find and join a community. ___40___ Therefore, find a community where the schedule or behaviors you’re trying to maintain are normal and join it. A. Use tools to support you. B. Get to know yourself and what works for you. C. You can invite the people around you together. D. For example, reading a few pages of a book every night before bed. E. Once they become more automatic, they will take less effort to keep. F. It’s normal that you have no motivation to maintain a daily schedule. G. It’s much harder to maintain any behavior if it isn’t common for the people around you. 第二部分 语言运用(共两节，满分 55 分) 第一节 (共 15 个小题；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 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Ezra suffered liver (肝脏) damage at birth. Ever since, he has been fighting ongoing health challenges and taken a lot of medicine, 41 his recent diagnosis that his liver is 42 due to end-stage liver disease. But Ezra has been given 43 since joining the transplant list in February. His former teacher, Carissa Fisher, learned of his condition in March, and without letting Ezra’s family know, she applied to become a 44 . After Fisher’s application was 45 , she also traveled to the hospital, where she underwent 46 . After weeks of waiting for the result, Fisher learned on May 24th that she had been approved to donate part of her liver. Fisher 47 couldn’t wait to share the news and on May 25th, she headed straight to the family’s home with a toy, balloons and a sign 48 , “Hey Ezra! Would you like to 49 my liver?” “I was shocked. My brain literally couldn’t 50 the words on the sign until she said it out loud. Miss Carissa is a perfect 51 ! I can’t even begin to express how 52 I am!” Ezra’s mother Karen said. She continued, “The tears keep coming, and though I knew it would be a 53 to get the news eventually, I had no idea just how it would 54 me! There has been no shortage of love and kindness. But this is the most 55 gift!” 41．A．checking out B．turning to C．seeking for D．resulting in 42．A．working B．decreasing C．failing D．changing 43．A．treatment B．hope C．support D．guarantee 44．A．donor B．volunteer C．doctor D．challenger 45．A．approved B．rejected C．advocated D．submitted 46．A．experiments B．testing C．suffering D．improvements 47．A．simply B．exactly C．suddenly D．particularly 48．A．attaching B．writing C．explaining D．reading 49．A．contribute B．transplant C．share D．restore 50．A．recall B．classify C．calculate D．process 51．A．witness B．opponent C．match D．partner 52．A．enthusiastic B．optimistic C．grateful D．successful 53．A．relief B．fortune C．sympathy D．bond 54．A．describe B．shock C．transform D．detect 55．A．amazing B．distinct C．substantial D．worthwhile 第二节(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。 The automotive industry is undergoing a profound transformation, and new energy vehicles (NEVs) lie at the heart of this revolution. In recent years, new energy vehicles (NEVs) ____56____ (gain) significant popularity worldwide. This trend is driven by a growing awareness of environmental protection and ____57____ urgent need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. NEVs mainly consist of electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), among ____58____ EVs are rapidly becoming the top choice for many consumers. Thanks __59___ technological advancements, the driving range(续航里程) of EVs has been extended, with their charging times ____60____ (shorten). The Chinese government has taken measures to encourage car manufacturers to produce more NEVs, and increase consumer confidence in these vehicles. However, challenges remain. The construction of charging infrastructure is still insufficient , ____61____ (make) it inconvenient for some EV owners to charge their vehicles. ____62___(addition) , the high cost of battery production limits the ___63______(affordable) of some NEVs. Despite these challenges, new energy vehicles ____64____ (expect) to replace traditional internal combustion engine vehicles gradually and lead the way towards a _____65_____ (clean) and more sustainable future. 第四部分 应用文写作（满分15分） 假如你是李华，你的留学朋友Jack要在暑假回国，打算为他妈妈准备几件富有中国特色的礼物，特来向你咨询。请你回复一封邮件。内容包括： 1. 建议礼物旗袍(Qipao)和中国结(Chinese knots)； 2. 说明礼物原因； 3. 表达祝福。 Dear Jack, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节 (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。 The Power of Determination When I was a child, my town held an annual kite flying competition. It was a much-anticipated event, attracting participants of all ages. I remember being particularly fascinated by the way those colorful kites danced in the sky, seemingly free from the control of the earth. This year, something about the competition called out to me in a way it never had before. Perhaps it was the stories I had heard of perseverance, or maybe it was the dream of seeing my own kite flying higher than all else. Regardless of the reason, I decided that this would be the year I took part. The road to the competition was not easy. My first difficulty was convincing my parents to let me participate. They were concerned about my studies and how I would manage my time. After much discussion, they agreed, but with the condition that I would not let it influence my academics. With their permission came a newfound determination within me. Next, I needed to build my kite. I had no idea where to start, but luckily, my grandfather was an expert kite maker. He showed me the ropes, teaching me everything from selecting the right materials to balancing the kite for the best flight. We spent hours in his workshop, cutting, pasting, and discussing strategies(策略). His belief in me strengthened my resolve(决心). However, the flying practices were far from successful at first. My kite barely left the ground, let alone flew. Each failed attempt weighed heavily on me, making me question if all this effort was worth it. The taunts (挑衅) of other children who saw my struggles did not help either. But then I remembered why I started this journey — the thrill(激动) of seeing my kite fly high and the sense of accomplishment it would bring. I returned to my practice with renewed courage, analyzing what went wrong each time and making adjustments. Gradually, my kite began to rise higher and stay up longer. This progress filled me with pride and hope. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Finally, the day of the competition arrived. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Though I didn’t win first place, I wasn’t disappointed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 )高二下月考 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$