山东省聊城市2024-2025学年高二下学期7月期末英语试题

2024一2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量抽测 高二英语试题 本试卷分四部分，共12页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡指定位置上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用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。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题 卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）】 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案 转涂到答题卡上。 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.What did Sarah do? A.She walked her dog. B.She did her homework.C.She cleaned her bedroom. 2.What is the man complaining about? A.The long wait. B.The terrible food. C.The noisy environment. 3.What does the woman want to do? A.Have her hair cut. B.Buy a new dress. C.Attend a fashion show. 4.What.is the probable relationship between the speakers? A.Customer and clerk.B.Tourist and guide. C.Passenger and driver. 5.How much did it cost the woman to visit Shanghai Disneyland? A.$150. B.$300. C.$450. 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追。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6.What did the man do when he met Claire? A.He bought her something. B.He stopped to talk to her. C.He waved his hand to her. 高二英语试题（共12页）第1页 7.Where is Claire probably working now? A.In a supermarket. B.In a school. C.In a bank. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8.Why does the man make the call? A.To follow up a booking. B.To make a reservation. C.To postpone an appointment. 9.When does the man want the party to end? A.At 9:30 p.m. B.At10:30p.m. C.At11:30p.m. 10.What can the man enjoy on Saturday night? A.Welcome drinks. B.A meal discount. C.A free tour of the park. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11.Where does the conversation probably take place? A.In a garden. B.In a supermarket. C.In a museum. 12.What pose does the man suggest? A.A finger heart. B.A“V”sign. C.Crossed arms. 13.What does the woman take the photo for? A.A graduation album. B.A job interview. C.An online profile. 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 shipping. B.Cost of shipping a package. C.Safety regulations for 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. 高二英语试题（共12页）第2页 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18.What does the speaker mainly talk about? A.Advantages of using email at work. B.Disadvantages of using email in daily life. C.Ways of using email more efficiently at work. 19.What is the speaker's second suggestion? A.Turn off the sound. B.Limit the frequency and time. C.Read all the email messages at once. 20.How can people judge which messages to answer right away? A.By looking through the contents. B.By checking the sender of each email. C.By scanning through the subjects. 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 Penguin's Who Was?series tells the incredible stories of pioneers,legends, innovators,and creators.The following are four books about them. Who Was Selena? As a young girl,Selena Quintanilla sang in a band called Selena Y Los Dinos with her brother and sister.The family performed at fairs,weddings,parties,and on street corners in their native Texas.Selena learned how to sing in Spanish and soon became hugely popular within the Latino community so much so that she became the best-selling Latin artist of the 1990s. Who Was Chuck Jones？ Charles Jones was an American animator,cartoon artist,screenwriter,producer,and director of many classic animated cartoon shorts.They starred Bugs Bunny,Daffy Duck, Pepe LePew,Porky Pig and many other Warner Brothers characters.Jones won three Academy Awards and received an honorary Oscar.His career spanned almost seventy years,during which he made over 250 animated films. 高二英语试题（共12页)第3页 Who Was Leif Erikson? Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer.His father,Erik the Red,had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland,and although he didn't yet know it,Leif was destined to engage in a risky journey of his own.The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland almost five centuries before Christopher Columbus even set sail! Who Is Ralph Lauren? Born in the Bronx,even as a teenager Ralph Lauren was known for his distinctive fashion sense,having a taste for both classic clothes and traditional looks like beat-up leather jackets.He got his start in the fashion business by selling ties that he designed. From ties he went on to create a global fashion empire. 21.What is special about Selena? A.She had a very long career. B.She had a humble beginning. C.She won two Academy Awards. D.She was a Spanish native. 22.What led Ralph to his career? A.His special talent. B.His great ambition. C.His childhood experience. D.His educational background. 23.Which would be the best choice for a teen with a spirit of adventure? A.Who Was Selena? B.Who Was Chuck Jones? C.Who Was Leif Erikson? D.Who Is Ralph Laren? B Severson rarely hiked alone,but partners had been tough to find that Monday.And the day had dawned gloriously,so he headed up the trail()sending periodic messages to a friend from his phone as a safeguard.By 1:30 pm,he was standing on the summit. Despite clouds racing in from the west,Severson didn't yet realize how severely he'd mistaken in neglecting to check the forecast.He could still see cairns()through the decreasing visibility,so he walked downhill quickly.It wasn't until he reached an unfamiliar low-lying land that he realized he'd gone off course. Severson had followed a different set of cairns,heading east rather than south.He laid low in the forest,but the storm kept building,so he started back up the 2,000-foot slope,hoping to backtrack his steps to the trailhead by flashlight.When darkness fell, snowfall blocked his view.With zero visibility,he found a crack between three stones and lay down. 高二英语试题（共12页）第4页 "When my water bottles froze solid before 10 pm,I knew not to fall asleep,"says Severson.Alone,afraid,and with no help coming,he prepared himself for a night out in a September snowstorm.In wind chills down to -30F,he stretched his muscles to stay warm,wishing he could call his wife.But no cell phone connected."I never thought I was going to die,.”he says,“But I was worried about severe frostbite..” By dawn,when Severson emerged dazed and weak,a search was in full swing,but the 50 ground searchers,several rescue dogs,and two helicopters were unable to locate him."We began to theorize that he was hiding from the helicopters,perhaps from embarrassment,"says Cindy Purcell,incident commander for the search. At around 1 pm,Severson began moving again.He managed to gain the south summit,found his original valley,and,just before dark,encountered the searchers. 24.What led to Severson's being caught in a snowstorm? A.Sending messages constantly. B.Ignoring the weather report. C.Forgetting the position of cairns. D.Falling into an unfamiliar valley. 25.What did Severson try to do by returning to the slope? A.Follow the cairns to the east. B.Shelter himself in the low forest. C.Return to the starting point of the trail. D.Find the way to the narrow low-lying land. 26.How did Severson feel during the night out in a snowstorm? A.He was confident of survival. B.He was afraid of dying at high altitudes. C.He regretted not contacting his wife. D.He enjoyed being alone in the wild. 27.What can we infer from Cindy's words? A.They were ashamed at not locating Severson. B.They were puzzled by Severson's absence. C.They were exhausted at the extensive search. D.They were frustrated at Severson's hiding. 高二英语试题（共12页）第5页 C Suppose you're looking ahead to your evenings as a chance to catch up on the latest TV series or televised sport.Nothing looks more attractive to you than your couch(). In the back of your mind,though,runs the possibility of using that time to figure out how to complete the home craft project.That project so far has become so complicated that it will take you at least an hour of watching instructional videos to complete it.You know that you'd feel proud of yourself if you got it done.However,the couch's temptation becomes too hard to resist,and so the project will have to be abandoned. According to California State University's Max Alberhasky,your situation is a typical example of what's called the "happiness paradox".Simply stated,this is the tendency for people to choose a leisure activity that requires very little effort even though they know that a true mood boost would come from applying their skills. Put somewhat differently,when you're looking at how to spend your leisure time right in the moment,you're less likely to consider the long-term consequences of your decision. In one experiment conducted in the lab,undergraduates participated in either the high-skill activity of playing the online game"2048"(where you build chains of sums)or the low-skill activity of playing "Plinko"(a game based merely on luck).Participants playing the "2048"game reported being happier and finding more meaning in the activity than the“Plinko”players did. You now know why the couch looks so inviting compared to the halfway-done home project that just seems like it will be too hard and,hence,not very attractive.You can only pull yourself away from what will eventually be a less beneficial choice if you project yourself into the future and think about how good you'll feel when it's done and you can stand back and admire your work. 28.Why do we tend to give up the home craft project? A.We seek instant pleasures. B.We prefer rewarding tasks. C.We usually ignore easy activities. D.We focus on long-term interests. 29.What may cause the "happiness paradox"? A.Not realizing a job's value. B.Not finding a worthwhile job. C.Escaping from boring tasks. D.Escaping from demanding tasks. 高二英语试题（共12页）第6页 30.What can we infer from the experiment in paragraph 4? A.High-skill activities are more popular. B.Low-skill activities are more interesting. C.Higher level of difficulty leads to more fun. D.Lower level of difficulty results in more benefits. 31.What does the author advise us to do in the last paragraph? A.Realise potential rewards. B.Keep improving ourselves. C.Have a passion for our job. D.Find pleasure in the process. D For wind and wildlife ecologist Emma Bennett,getting wind farms to adopt methods of avoiding bat collisions()has long been a priority. For reasons nobody fully understands,bats are attracted to turbine()towers, perhaps because they see them as potential nesting sites or places to find insects."Unlike birds,bats are actually investigating wind turbines and spending more time around them, which makes them at higher risk for death rate,"says Bennett.This attraction means that even when turbines are intentionally set up in places with little to no bat activity,the animals still often end up flying there and getting killed. The most effective solution,many experts agree,is to limit the times when the turbines are active.Ecologists have noticed that small bat species in particular are most likely to get struck by the blades when wind speeds are relatively low,around 2 to 5 meters per second.These small bats,weighing less than a chocolate bar,can't fly if conditions get much windier.So at night,when the bats are out and about,setting wind turbines spinning only when higher wind speeds have been reached-an approach called curtailment-can help.For example,a two-year study at a Pennsylvania wind farm found that raising the wind speed at which turbines start to spin from 3.5 meters per second to 5 or 6.5 meters per second reduced bat deaths by between 44 percent and 93 percent. Because most wind power is generated at high wind speeds anyway,the impact of the restriction on energy production is minimal,says Bennett.When she tested a very modest restriction raising the cut-in speed from 3 meters per second to 4.5 meters per second,she and her colleagues saw bat death rate decline by around 54 percent,while the australian wind farm in question lost less than 0.1 percent of earnings."Any small increase in this cut-in speed actually has'a massive effect on bat survival,"Bennett says. 高二英语试题（共12页）第7页 32.What is the problem disturbing Emma Bennett? A.The noises of turbines. B.The endangered bat species. C.Turbine towers'attraction to bats. D.The location of turbine towers. 33.Why is "a chocolate bar"mentioned in paragraph 3? A.To provide an example. B.To support an argument. C.To justify a new theory. D.To give a description. 34.How does the "curtailment"method help save small bats? A.By making the turbines spin slower. B.By making the turbines spin a little faster. C.By starting the turbines at lower wind speeds. D.By starting the turbines at higher wind speeds. 35.What does the last paragraph focus on? A.The definition of the cut-in speed. B.The efficiency of the restriction approach. C.The profits of the Australian wind farm. D.The experimental process of the restriction. 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。 Millions of people enter later life carrying extra 10 to 15 pounds,the weight they've gained after having children,developing joint problems,becoming less active,or making meals the center of their social lives.36 This question has attracted great attention with weight loss drugs giving people the hope of losing excess pounds. 37 On the one hand,weight gain is associated with the accumulation of fat.And that can have serious negative health consequences,contributing to heart disease, diabetes,and a host of other medical conditions.On the other hand,numerous studies suggest that carrying some extra weight can sometimes be protective in later life.38 And for people who become seriously ill with conditions such as cancers or advanced diseases,that fat can be a source of energy,helping them tolerate demanding therapies. Of course,it depends on how heavy someone is to begin with.For those who are already overweight or mildly obese(肥胖的)，putting on extra pounds places them at much greater risk than those with lower weights.39 Experts are more concerned about a lack of activity in older adults who are overweight or mildly obese than about weight loss.40 It raises the risk of developing a disability or functional damage that can influence independence.Therefore,for older adults wanting to lose weight,they need to be willing at the same time to increase physical activity. 高二英语试题（共12页）第8页 A.See your doctor if you 're losing weight without trying to. B.Should they lose this little extra weight to imiprove their health? C.And rapid weight gain in later life is always a cause for concern. D.Why is losing a few extra pounds so important for elder people? E.For years,experts have debated what to advise older adults in this situation. F.For people who fall,fat can serve as the shock absorber,protecting from breaks. G.With minimal or no activity,muscle mass becomes worse and strength decreases. 第三部分语言运用（共三节，满分35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人空白处的最佳选项。 On September 19 at ll pm,we were awakened by the sound of exploding glass.We were in our 41 up the hills of Mariana,Humacao,in Puerto Rico-just a few miles north from where the eye of Hurricane Maria had 42 landfall.When we emerged from our hideout we couldn't believe our eyes.Everything looked like a bomb had exploded. We were 43 and displaced.With most of our belongings 44 damaged by water, we sought shelter in my husband's cousin's house next door.Three days later,we realized no 45 was coming and we were our only hope. In Mariana we didn't have water for over six months and we 46 power for nine months.My husband and I started Proyecto de Apoyo Mutuo Mariana,which was roughly 47 as "Mariana Mutual Support Project",in partnership with a local community organization and we were now the ones who could 48 ourselves. After several months of 49 up to 500 meals a day in an entirely grassroots effort, we moved toward building a community-led emergency center 50 with a water filtration system,solar power,a crowd-sourced emergency plan,a laundry,a library, showers and beds. From this 51 we asked ourselves,what would it take for all communities to face disasters and loss with 52 instead of switching to 53 This is why my husband and I founded Emerge Puerto Rico,an education and leadership development non-profit organization 54 equipping our youngest generation with the mindset they need to release their greater collective power and face 55 odds. 41.A.home B.school C.factory D.office 42.A.seen B.made C.met D.watched 43.A.excited B.shocked C.interested D.informed 44.A.possibly B.eventually C.temporarily D.permanently 45.A.help B.warmth C.storm D.award 高二英语试题（共12页）第9页 46.A.lost B.gained C.searched D.seized 47.A.connected B.viewed C.translated D.responded 48.A.save B.feed C.teach D.understand 49.A.enjoying B.serving C.selling D.preparing 50.A.busy B.familiar C.content D.complete 51.A.adventure B.platform C.accident D.experience 52.A.skill B.wisdom C.courage D.delight 53.A.pride B.failure C.doubt D.depression 54.A.used to B.related to C.focused on D.based on 55.A.pleasant B.terrible C.ultimate D.distant 第二节（共5小题：每小题1分，满分5分） 根据提示完成句子，在答题卡相应位置填人1个适当的完整单词，注意所填单词的形式。 56.Last week,a powerful typhoon s (吹过)the coastal city,causing severe damage to buildings and infrastructure. 57.The ballerina danced with such f (流畅)that she seemed to float across the stage. 58.After kneeling affectionately to his mother,Zhang Wei went d (拼命地)to rescue the fifth drowning person. 59.The company only hires q (合格的)candidates with relevant experience. 60.The report must be s (to the manager by Friday. 第三节（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 Chinese nation respects and loves nature and preserves harmony between humanity and nature.61 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization has an abundance of ideas about nature and environment. The Chinese classic Tao Te Ching 62 (contain)well-known sayings about the laws of nature:Man patterns 63 (he)on the operation of the earth;the earth patterns itself on the operation of heaven;heaven patterns itself on the operation of Dao;Dao patterns itself on 64 is nature.The contemporary Chinese principles follow the laws of nature,and apply bio-measures and farming techniques 65 (restore)the original eco-environment of rivers and address both symptoms and root causes.All of these ideas come 66 the ancient belief that humanity should follow the laws of nature. The ancient Chinese philosophy also talks about the relationship between opening up the source and regulating the flow,67 between protecting environment and developing the economy.It holds maintaining rational(development and proper use of natural 68 (resource).For centuries,the idea of taking from nature at the proper time and to the proper extent 69 (inspire)Chinese people to address various social problems and achieve harmony between humanity and nature.Traditional ideas are 70 (close) related to our respect of nature today. 高二英语试题（共12页）第10页