内蒙古自治区包头市昆都仑区包头钢铁职业技术学院（内蒙古冶金技师学院、内蒙古冶金高级技工学校、包钢卫校）2024-2025学年高二下学期7月期末考试中职英语试题

包头职业技术学院2024-2025学年第二学期英语期末测试卷（A） （考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分） 注意事项： 1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2．回答第Ⅰ卷时，选出每小题答案后，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，再选涂其他答案标号。写在本试卷上无效。 3．回答第Ⅱ卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 4．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 听力（共30分） 第一节（共5小题：每小1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下向5段对话， 每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所价的A，B，C三个选项中选 最佳选项，听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来川答有关小题和阅读下一小题， 每段对话仅读一遍 1.How is the man's steak cooked at last? A.Medium.B. Well done. C. Medium well. 2.What's probably the man? A.A college lecturer. B.A company's clerk. C. A university student. 3. Who turned on the TV? A.Jack. B.Tom. C. Maria. 4.What time is it now? A.9:00. B.9:20. C.10:00. 5.What does the woman think of the course? A. Quite tough. B. Very useful. C. Fairly easy. 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 food does Jane prefer? A.Eggs. B. Fruits. C. Chicken. 7.What are the speakers going to do? A.Order dishes online. B. Cook dinner together. C. Go to a supermarket. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8.Why does Holland travel a lot? A.To sample various dishes. B.To conduct business affairs. C.To appreciate diverse culture 9.Where did Holland stay the longest? A.China. B. Hawaii. C. Singapore. 10.Why does the woman feel jealous? A.She especially wants to travel around. B.She has to stay at home to look after kids. C.She needs to work hard to take responsibility. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11.What is the deadline for the report? A.Friday. B. Thursday. C.Yesterday. 12.What does George suggest Sophia do? A.Take a good rest. B. Ask someone else for help. C. Ask the boas for an extension. 13.Where are the speakers? A.At school. B.In the office. C. In a hospital. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14.What can we know about the woman? A.She will give birth to a baby. B. She doesn't like her current life. C. She is easy to get mad at the man. 15.What kind of apartment do the speakers choose? A.A well-furnished apartment. B.A relatively cheap apartment. C. An apartment close to the workplace. 16.What is the monthly rent for the suitable apartment? A.$350. B .$400. C.$415. 17.How can the speakers get more information on the apartment? A.By consulting the real estate agency. B.By reading the introduction in the newspaper. C.By giving the house owner a call directly. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18.Who are the target listeners? A.Parents. B.Children. C. Athletes. 19.What will the raised money be mainly used to do? A.Build a swimming pool . B. Restore the school library. C. Sponsor medical research. 20.Which sport is the least popular? A.Volleyball. B. The long jump. C. The high jump. 第二部分 阅读（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 Top Kid-Friendly Summer Vacations Dude Ranch If you have little cowboys and cowgirls at home, thrill them by visiting a dude ranch(度假牧场) on your next vacation. Your children can learn about nature, enjoy horse back riding, and gain an entirely new perspective. You can choose between programs that have you spending quality time with your kids, and programs that are for children only. This summer, experience the perfect combination of work and play, and enjoy the great outdoors at a dude ranch! For more information, visit: www.Ranchweb.com Six Flags Great Adventure Review a classic vacation by visiting one of the most renowned theme park chains in the country. With locations all over the US, there’s sure to be a Six Flags near you. Take the whole family and be back at work on Monday. Escape the summer heat with countless water rides, or get excited with a thrill ride. Take your kids to have brunch with Bugs Bunny, or check out the new Safari Park, where you can interact with real animals. For more information, visit:www.sixflags. com Rosewell UFO Festival Do you have sci-fi fans in your household? Encourage their interests and experience a special vacation at the annual Rosewell UFO Festival, held every year in early July. Come in costume if you wish, and join the parade. Attend lectures by famous authors and researchers, or watch up-and-coming bands perform. Even if you’re not a believer, you can still enjoy the artwork, music, and great celebration. For more information, visit: www.roswellufofestival. com Earthplace Being green is not easy, but it can be fun if you visit the exhibits at Earthplace in Westport, Connecticut. This 62-acre wildlife reserve is committed to educating the public about the environment and promoting positive action to preserve nature. The exhibits provide hands-on features that make learning fun for your kids. After touring the exhibits, visit the garden and the playground, and enjoy the summer weather. For more information, visit: www. earthplace. org 1．What do Dude Ranch and Six Flags Great Adventure have in common? A．They are suitable for a family vacation. B．They only provide programs for kids. C．They allow people to have brunch. D．They provide thrill rides. 2．What can you do at Rosewell UFO Festival? A．Travel in space. B．Act on the stage. C．Watch bands perform. D．Give lectures. 3．Which will you join if you are interested in protecting wild animals? A．Dude Ranch. B．Six Flags Great Adventure. C．Rosewell UFO Festival. D．Earthplace. B Days after Argentina canceled all international passenger flights to protect the country from the new coronavirus, Juan Manuel Ballestero began his journey home the only way possible: He stepped aboard his small sailboat for what turned out to be an 85-day odyssey across the Atlantic. The 47-year-old sailor could have stayed put on the tiny Portuguese island of Porto Santo, but the idea of spending what he thought could be “the end of the world” away from his family, especially his father who was soon to turn 90, was unbearable. So he loaded his 29-foot sailboat with canned fish, fruit and rice and set sail in mid-March. “I didn’t want to stay like a coward on an island where there were no cases,” Mr. Ballestero said. “I wanted to do everything possible to return home. The most important thing for me was to be with my family.” Friends tried to dissuade Mr. Ballestero from starting the perilous journey, and the authorities in Portugal warned him he might not be allowed to re-enter if he ran into trouble and had to turn back. But he was determined, “I bought myself a one-way ticket and there was no going back,” he said. Sailing can be a lonely passion, and it was particularly so on this voyage for Mr. Ballestero, who each night tuned into the news on a radio for 30 minutes to assess how the virus was spreading across the globe. “I kept thinking about whether this would be my last trip,” he said. When he made it to his native Mar del Plata, on June 17, he was surprised by the hero’s welcome he received. “Entering my port where my father had his sailboat, where he taught me so many things about how to sail, gave me the taste of a mission accomplished,” he said. A medical professional administered a test for Covid-19 on the dock. Within 72 hours, after the test came back negative, he was allowed to set foot on Argentine soil. While he didn’t get to celebrate his father’s 90th birthday in May, he did make it home in time for Father’s Day. 4．Why did Juan Manuel Ballestero start his journey? A．To prove his bravery. B．To be reunited with his family. C．To realize his dream of sailing. D．To avoid being infected by the coronavirus. 5．What do we know about Juan Manuel Ballestero? A．He failed to celebrate his father’s birthday. B．He was forbidden to enter Mar del Plata port. C．He was not allowed to leave Porto Santo by the authorities in Portugal. D．He didn’t receive any information about the outside world during the journey. 6．What does the underlined word “perilous” in paragraph 4 mean? A．distant B．tiring C．boring D．adventurous 7．What can we infer from the text? A．The man was born in Porto Santo in Argentina. B．The man wanted to prove his bravery. C．The man’s father was expert at sailing. D．There were no cases in Mar del Plata. C There is a piece of amazing news that a firm has introduced an electric, self-flying air taxi that can travel at up to 180 km/h. It can do 100 km on a single charge, and it takes off and lands vertically(垂直). “It will eventually be available to customers as a service similar to an airline or a ride share,” said the parent company Kittyhawk on the Cora website. “And it operates using self-flying software combined with human oversight. ” The aircraft(飞行器)has been developed in New Zealand, where the government said it welcomed the project. “We’ve got big goals here in New Zealand. We want to get to net zero emission by 2050 and that includes transportation, ” said Dr. Megan Woods, minister of the research . This type of aircraft is known as an eVTOL, which stands for Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing. One expert told BBC that while there are many varieties of eVTOL in development,Cora was an interesting model. “Vertical take-off and then changing to winged-flight is quite a feat of engineering,” said Steve Wright, associate professor in aerospace engineering at the University of the West of England. He said,“We have been doing it for a long time but that doesn’t stop it being hard. Doing it with batteries is even more impressive. ” Steve said, “The present battery tech holds back the innovation. For 150 years engineers have been spoiled (溺爱) by petrol and oil, because they stuff a huge amount of energy into a small space. But everyone would dearly love a new battery that could store 10 or 15 times as much charge. ”However, the passenger drone(无人)concept has so far proved difficult to get off the ground in practice. A test flight at the tech fair CES of a people-carrying drone. by SureFly was cancelled due to light rain in January. Dubai hasn’t introduced the self-flying taxi service yet, though it initially said it would start in July 2017. 8．What can we know about the aircraft? A．It is the same as a taxi. B．It is the quickest aircraft. C．It is electricity-powered. D．It is available to customers. 9．Why did New Zealand support the aircraft’s development? A．To reduce pollution. B．To improve transportation. C．To set some big goals. D．To attract more visitors. 10．How did Steve feel about the present battery tech? A．It’s expensive. B．It’s special. C．It’s efficient. D．It’s underdeveloped. 11．What is the author’s attitude to the aircraft’s future? A．Negative. B．Uncertain. C．Friendly. D．Flexible D Have you noticed that many people can spend a lot of time comparing prices while shopping online, but always make careless decisions in the critical moments of their life? Maybe you are one of them? Take choosing college major for example. Many people choose their current major simply because they “liked” it, or because they had heard that it is a promising industry in this era. However, few people consider carefully what they do in college, what they will be doing after graduation, and how much they get paid. You can probably imagine that they will be completely overwhelmed after four years in college. To explore this issue, we must first understand three concepts: strategy, tactics, and guideline. If you can’t figure out the difference among them, then it’s not surprising that you’ve messed up your life. Simply put, the “strategy” is “what to do”, that is, to choose a direction. The “tactics” have to be lower than “strategy”, which means that they decide “how to do it” after the “strategy” has been established. The “guideline” is even lower, referring to doing things the way other people have done it. It is sad that the current education system seems to focus only on the “guideline” level. From primary school to high school, all knowledge is well-defined, the direction of effort is certain, and we do not need to make choices. When it comes to the university, such lifestyle of certainty suddenly collapses. Many people find that they lack the ability to choose. When no one helped them make a decision, they could achieve nothing. They are just like those who spend a lot of energy comparing product parameters (参数) when shopping online but don’t consider whether they really need those things. They are using tactical and guideline diligence to hide their strategic laziness. Strategy is a ruler’s learning. For each person himself, whether to consider strategic issues determines whether you are the master of your own life. 12．What’s the purpose of paragraph 2? A．To explain the facts above. B．To introduce the main topic. C．To show students plans for future career. D．To tell students ways of choosing major. 13．Which of the following can be described as “tactics”? A．Alice practices her spoken English by chatting with foreigners. B．Tom wants to improve his public speaking skills. C．Jack follows his friends to start playing computer games. D．Mary doesn’t know how to lose her weight. 14．What does the underlined word “collapses” in paragraph 5 probably mean? A．Improves. B．Disappears. C．Breaks down. D．Works out. 15．What is the best title for the text? A．Compare Prices While Shopping Online B．The Relationship among the Three Concepts C．How to Make Choices at University D．Be the Master of Your Own Life 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 Make Reading a Regular Habit I’ve always been a bookworm. There’s no place I’d rather be than buried in the pages of an attractive story, absorbed into another life, another world. Yet many friends and fellow book-lovers have told me: “Oh, I haven’t read a book in ages... I’m just too busy.” However, research has found that regular reading helps us relax: reading for just six minutes can reduce stress levels by 68 percent. ____16____ Dedicate reading time. Setting aside some dedicated time every day—whether on your morning commute (通勤) or in the bath before bed—is a good place to start. ____17____ Listen to an audiobook. For those who find it tough to spend time on reading, audiobooks allow you to multitask. Book blogger Amanda Chatterton says she sticks to her headphones and “reads” while going for an hour-long pre-work walk in the morning. She says, “ ____18____You can listen on transport, out walking, in the bath, doing jobs around the house or just sitting and relaxing”. ____19____ If you’re the kind of person who is motivated by targets, try using sites like GoodReads to set yourself a reading challenge for the year. You can also add an element of competition by following what friends are reading. Join a book club. Joining in a book club is a perfect solution for people who like to combine reading with socializing. ____20____ Belonging to a book club where others choose stretches you beyond your habit of reading. Making more time for reading doesn’t have to be a chore, and your life will be all the richer for it. A．Set a challenge. B．Connect with book lovers online. C．It can also inspire you to try new types. D．So how can we make reading a regular habit? E．They are such a good way to increase your reading. F．There are plenty of ways to build up a reading community. G．Even just 15 minutes will see you finish an average-length book in 20 days 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （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。 Celebrity has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public ____21____ to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost ____22____ the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous ____23____. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to ____24____ their own. Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a ____25____ new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and ____26____ a few TV actresses. Today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top ____27____. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with ____28____ personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, ____29____ almost all the products of daily life. However, for every success story, there’s a related ____30____ tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product’s ____31____ is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities, it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the ____32____ attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty returning to tried-and-true labels. Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to ____33____ a celebrity’s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. ____34____, the ego’s (自我的) potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as ____35____ might last a lifetime, but fashion-like celebrity-has always been short-lived. 21．A．tends B．returns C．aims D．means 22．A．abandoned B．delayed C．established D．assumed 23．A．films B．faces C．issues D．stories 24．A．inventing B．composing C．exploring D．developing 25．A．dramatically B．completely C．steadily D．normally 26．A．taken by B．set for C．limited to D．listed on 27．A．brands B．trends C．sales D．editions 28．A．common B．specific C．potential D．artificial 29．A．promoting B．extending C．engaging D．covering 30．A．disappointing B．warning C．greeting D．amazing 31．A．origin B．organization C．release D．intention 32．A．continuous B．crazy C．initial D．sincere 33．A．strike B．isolate C．promote D．reduce 34．A．Still B．Thus C．Moreover D．Indeed 35．A．stars B．models C．designers D．advertisers 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。 Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, globally known for developing the first hybrid rice strain in 1973 that rid countless people ___36___hunger, passed away in 2021 at the age of 91. The scientist spent over five decades researching and improving hybrid rice, ___37___has reached its third generation, feeding ___38___(near) one-fifth of the world’s population with less than 9 percent of the world’s total land. In China, the annual planting area of hybrid rice has topped 16 million hectares, or 57 percent of ___39___total planting area of rice. Its growth area overseas has reached 8 million hectares. His more recent achievements included developing ___40___(vary) seawater rice, or saline-alkali(盐碱) tolerant rice. His team planned to use the rice ___41___(transform) 6.7 million hectares of saline-alkali land in China over the next eight to 10 years. Yuan once said he had two dreams - to “enjoy the cool under the rice crops ___42___(tall) than men” and that hybrid rice could be grown all over the world to help solve the global ___43___(short) of food. Yuan’s lifelong devotion to ___44___(reduce) hunger has made him a national hero and household name in China. In 1999, an asteroid(小行星) discovered by the National Astronomical Observatories ____45____(name) after Yuan. In 2019, he was awarded the Medal of the Republic, China’s highest state honor. 第四部分 写作（共两节, 满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46．假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Terry就读于天津某国际学校，对传统中国文化非常感兴趣，你校将举办中国传统文化周，请给Terry写封邮件，邀请他参加。内容包括： 1.活动时间地点； 2.邀请Terry参加； 3.介绍活动内容（看京剧，赏国画等）。 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。 3.参考词汇：京剧Peking Opera 国画：Chinese painting Dear Terry, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua 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。 “I wish my mother had a ring like those the ladies wear at the hotel,” said Hiram Green to himself one day. Hiram was the son of a fisherman, but the fisherman had died when Hiram was a little boy. Hiram’s mother took on sewing work to earn money to support herself and her son. He helped her when he could re out of school hours, and during vacation time. He had two uncles who had taught him how to catch shrimps. With the money he earned by selling them he could buy things for his own use or pleasure. He had a “bank” almost full of what he called his “shrimp money.” The sight of the flashing diamonds on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother would own someday. He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more. This had discouraged him very much. But one day, he happened to pass a shop in the neighboring town and saw a number of diamond rings displayed in the window. He stopped fascinated, and pressed his face against the glass eagerly to see if any prices were marked upon them. Imagine his surprise when he saw upon the largest one a tag marked $4.75. He looked again to see if he had made a mistake. Perhaps it was $475. But no, he knew enough about figures to see that he was right the first time. He went home as fast as he could, and ran up into his bedroom. Then, he opened his “bank” and counted its contents. “Three dollars and twenty-two cents!” he cried. “I’ll have that ring before another week.” Hiram worked early and late for the next few days. He caught more shrimps than he had ever caught in the same length of time, and sold them readily. 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。 At the end of the week he had the sum he desired. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Years after, Hiram learned what he had bought was in fact only glass, and he decided to tell his mother. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 听力二维码 答案第1页，共2页 答案第1页，共2页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 参考答案： 听力 1-5 C B A B B 6-10 B A B C B 11-15 B C B A B 16-20 B C A C C 1．A    2．C    3．D 4．B    5．A    6．D    7．C 8．C    9．A    10．D    11．A 12．B    13．A    14．C    15．D 16．D    17．G    18．E    19．A    20．C 21．A    22．A    23．B    24．D    25．B    26．C    27．A    28．B    29．D    30．B    31．A    32．C    33．D    34．A    35．C 36．of    37．which    38．nearly    39．the    40．various##varied    41．to transform    42．taller    43．shortage    44．reducing    45．was named 46．参考范文 Dear Terry, Knowing that you are fascinated by diverse cultures, I’m exceedingly delighted to invite you to the upcoming event, Chinese Traditional Culture Week. This cultural event is scheduled to be held in the Art Building from September 21st to 25th, which will last for a week. Aimed at promoting traditional culture and enrich students’ life, various activities will be arranged, including lectures on Chinese festivals, exhibitions of Chinese artworks, Beijing Opera performances and solving lantern riddles. By participating in these activities, not only will you have fun with students, but you will be offered a golden chance to further explore our culture. Please join us and your participation is greatly expected. I am pretty sure the activities will not fail to impress you. Yours sincerely, Li Hua 47．   At the end of the week he had the sum he desired. Hurrying to the shop where he had seen the ring, before going inside he gave one swift, almost frightened look into the window. Could it be gone? No, there it was flashing and shining as before. That evening, he placed it on his mother’s finger. She looked at it in surprise. “It is yours, Mother,” he cried, proudly. “I bought it with my shrimp money.” “My dear boy,” said his mother, while something as bright as the shining stone flashed in her eyes, “not one of those ladies can value their rings as I shall value mine.” Years afterwards Hiram learned that what he had thought was a diamond was only a bit of glass. “Did you know it then, Mother?” he asked. His mother nodded. “And you never told me.” “It was brighter to me than any real diamond,” she said. “The brightness I saw flashing in it was the unselfish love of my boy.” Indeed, nothing in the world is more precious than a sincere heart. $$