育才学校2023-2024学年上学期高二开学摸底考试
英语试题
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．How many students actually attended the meeting
A．Twenty one. B．Thirty. C．Nine.
2．What’s the woman going to do
A．Fly to Hong Kong. B．Buy an air ticket. C．Say goodbye to Bill.
3．What does the woman imply
A．She can’t go to see the play with the man.
B．She’s particularly interested in plays.
C．She can lend her notes to the man.
4．What is the probable relationship between the two speakers
A．Colleagues. B．Teacher and student. C．Mother and son.
5．What are the two speakers talking about
A．Responsibility. B．Airplane pilots. C．Salary.
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。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6．Where does this conversation take place
A．In the classroom. B．At the playground. C．Over the phone.
7．What is the woman probably doing
A．Watching a football game. B．Studying. C．Taking an exam.
8．What will the man do this Friday
A．Play a football game.
B．Have a cup of coffee with the woman.
C．Take an exam.
听第7段材料，回答第9、10题。
9．At what time might the paper arrive normally
A．5 pm. B．7 pm. C．7 am.
10．Whom are the animals being aggressive towards
A．Postmen. B．Milkmen. C．Salesmen.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．Who visited the woman last night
A．A strange man. B．Her uncle. C．A cat.
12．When did the woman hear a knock at the door
A．Before supper. B．After supper. C．While she was having supper.
13．How did the woman feel when she saw nobody at the door
A．Terrified. B．Sad. C．Uncertain.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14．Whose car has broken down
A．Mr Mason’s. B．Mr William Jackson’s. C．Mr William Jackson’s secretary’s.
15．When will the man come to collect the car
A．At 8：00 pm. B．At 8：00 am. C．At 10：00 pm.
16．Who should the man go for the key to the car
A．Mr William Jackson. B．Mr William Jackson’s secretary. C．The attendant.
17．What’s the man
A．A salesman. B．A doorkeeper. C．A repairman.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18．How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass
A．Anxious and worried. B．Proud and excited. C．Nervous and confused.
19．What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves
A．Scolded him severely. B．Asked him to do it again. C．Took back the six dollars.
20．What can we learn from the passage
A．One can benefit a lot from working with his father.
B．Manual laborers shouldn’t be looked down upon.
C．One should always do his job earnestly.
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
Ever keen to keep you saving, we’ve come up with three more great ideas to keep money in your pockets.
Pay in cash
Pay in cash rather than stick everything on a card to worry about later — that way, money seems more ‘real’. By doing this, you can actually get a sense of what you’re spending. But don’t make repeated trips to the cash-point(取款机) every day, spending randomly your hard-earned money bit by bit. Instead, make one withdrawal at the start of the week, then put your cards away and set yourself a cash budget.
DIY
Fancy making your own bookshelves or turning a scarf into a skirt There are plenty of sites that will teach you clever new tricks with old junk, from threading a string bracelet(手镯) to building your own shoe containers from recycled tins. These enlightening ideas will transform your home and wardrobe(衣橱) and, even if you’re usually all fingers and thumbs, this can be done easily in less than an hour. A few minutes exploring for ‘DIY crafts’ online provides plenty of cheap creative ideas.
Cut back online shopping
We’ve all done it, surfed the net at lunch or late at night, aimlessly dropping virtual bargains in our virtual basket and hitting the virtual checkout button. However, the resulting damage to your bank balance is all too real. Why do you think online retailers(零售商) keep your credit card details on file So you can just press ‘Buy’ and they’ve got your cash. Again and again. But all you end up with is loads of goods you wouldn’t otherwise have bought. If you’re tempted(诱惑), be strict, put the mouse down and ask yourself: “Do I really need this ” The answer is most probably: “No.”
21. Which of the following can help save your money
A. Visiting a bank regularly. B. Limiting visits to cash-points.
C. Surfing DIY sites for old junks. D. Relying on a card while shopping.
22. What does the underlined words in the idea of DIY mean
A. Awkward. B. Busy. C. Creative. D. Nervous.
23. What may aimless virtual shopping result in
A. Saving money. B. Making a good deal.
C. Making ends meet. D. Piling up unwanted items.
B
Climbing, I once thought, was a very manly activity, but as I found my way into this activity, I came to see that something quite different happens on the rock.
Like wild swimming, rock climbing involves you into the landscape. On the rock, I am fully present. Eyes pay close attention.ears are alert (警觉的), and hands move across the surface. Unlike walking, where I could happily wander about absent-mindedly, in climbing, attentive observation is essential.
As an arts student studying English literature, I discovered a new type of reading from outdoor climbing. Going out on to the crags (悬崖), I saw how you can learn to read the rocks and develop a vocabulary of physical movements. Good climbers knew how to map their bodies on to the stone. Watching them, I wanted to possess that skillful language.
My leap happened when I worked for the Cairngorms National Park Authority. Guiding my explorations into this strange new landscape was Nan Shepherd. Unlike the goal-directed mindset of many mountaineers, she is not concerned with peaks or personal beats. Shepherd sees the mountain as a total environment and she celebrates the Caingorms as a place alive with plants, rocks, animals and elements. Through her generous spirit and my own wanderings, I saw that rock climbing need not be a process of testing yourself against anything. Rather, the intensity of focus could release you into another way of being.
Spending so much time in high and stony places has changed my view on the world and our place in it. I have come into physical contact with processes that go way beyond the everyday. Working with gravity, geology (地质学), rhythms of weather and deep time, I gain an actual relationship with the earth. This connection lies at the heart of my passion for rock climbing. I return to the rocks, because this is where I feel in touch — with our land.
24. Why does the author like climbing
A. It challenges her to compete with men.
B. Ir allows her a unique attitude toward rock.
C. It teaches her how to possess a new language.
D. It makes her feel connected with the world.
25. What does the writer find important in climbing
A. Balance. B. Concentration C. Determination. D. Curiosity.
26. What does the writer learn from Nan Shepherd
A. Climbing goes together with nature.
B. Every mountain top is within reach.
C. The best climber is the one having fun.
D. You cannot achieve high unless you change.
27. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 5 refer to
A. Time. B. Contact. C. The world. D. My view.
C
Some new comets have been discovered accidentally by amateur (业余的) astronomers. Surprisingly a few bright comets have been discovered with the naked eye (肉眼) by members of the general public. However, a great number of comets are found by comet hunters carrying out telescope searches of chosen areas of the night sky.
As the movement of all comets is directed around the Sun and because these bodies brighten as they move towards the Sun, there is a greater possibility for the discovery of a new comet in the skies towards the Sun rather than away from the Sun's direction. This means that searches should be put on the western sky after evening light and on the eastern sky before morning light.
From the astronomical point there is no time during the year which is the best for the discovery of new comets. A search can be done at any time providing there is no bright Moon.
Studies done on the discovery conditions of comets discovered before show that more comets have been discovered in the morning sky than in the evening sky. Thus the smart comet hunter should make sure that morning activity receives as much if not more attention than any evening effort.
In recent times, the use of advanced CCD technology to discover objects close to the Earth will in the future greatly reduce the chances of new comets being found with small telescopes. An example of the new technology is the very successful LINEAR program operating in New Mexico, However, until a similar system is based in the southern half of the Earth there will continue to be chances for the discovery of new comets which come from the south.
28. What are comet hunters advised to do
A. Look away from the Sun. B. Stay where there's bright light.
C Face the western sky in the daytime. D. Turn to the east in the early morning.
29. What do we know about the time for the discovery of new comets
A. Days when they're close to the Earth are great chances.
B. Certain fixed days are best for watching comets.
C. Every day is the same if there's no bright Moon.
D. Days with the Moon should never be missed.
30. Which of the following is a smart idea for comet hunters
A. Paying more attention in the morning than in the afternoon.
B. Being equally serious both in the morning and afternoon.
C. Being more relaxed in the morning than in the afternoon.
D. Forming a habit of working only in the morning.
31. What can be inferred about the CCD technology
A. It's similar to a telescope. B. It'll disappoint comet hunters.
C. It's spreading all over the world. D. It'll make comet hunters feel lucky.
D
It is a familiar scene these days：employees take newly laid off(下岗) coworkers out for a drink for comfort.But which side deserves sympathy more，the jobless or the still employed On March 6，researchers at a conference at the University of Cambridge heard data suggesting it’s the latter.
Brendan Burchell，a Cambridge sociologist，presented his analysis based on various surveys conducted across Europe.The data suggests that employed people who feel insecure in their jobs show similar levels of anxiety and depression as those who are unemployed.Although a newly jobless person’s mental health may “bottom out” after about six months，and then even begin to improve，“the mental state of people who are continuously worried about losing their jobs just continues to get worse and worse，” Burchell says.
Evolutionary psychologists support this theory by arguing that human beings feel more stressed during times of insecurity because they sense an immediate but invisible threat.Patients have been known to experience higher levels of anxiety，for example，while waiting for examination results than knowing what they are suffering from—even if the result is cancer.It’s better to get the bad news and start doing something about it rather than wait with anxiety.When the uncertainty continues，people stay in a nonstop “fight or flight” response，which leads to damaging stress.
“But not every employee in insecure industries has such a discouraging view，” Burchell says.In general，women get on better.While reporting higher levels of anxiety than men when directly questioned，women scored lower in stress on the GHQ 12，even when they had a job they felt insecure about losing.As Burchell explains，“For women，most studies show that any job—it doesn’t matter whether it is secure or insecure—gives psychological improvement over unemployment.” Burchell supposes that the difference in men is that they tend to feel pressured not only to be employed，but also to be the primary breadwinner，and that more of a man’s self worth depends on his job.
32．Why do researchers think the still employed deserve sympathy more
A．They have to do more work since then.
B．They have no chance to find better jobs.
C．They have to work with inexperienced workers.
D．They constantly worry about losing their jobs.
33．What is most likely to cause a “fight or flight” response
A．Not having a paid job. B．Fierce competition for jobs.
C．Not knowing what will happen. D．Pressure to work longer hours.
34．What will the writer talk about following the last paragraph
A．Advice on preparing a job interview.
B．Advice to those in insecure industries.
C．Some knowledge of psychology.
D．Differences between men and women.
35．What could be the best title for the text
A．Is It Less Stressful to Get Laid off than Stay on
B．Should Greater Sympathy Be Given to the Jobless
C．Do Employees Bear More Stress than Ever Before
D．Do Men or Women Show Higher Levels of Anxiety
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。
Have you ever thought about traveling to new places, but you can’t afford it _36 Basically, you work a few hours each week in exchange for free housing. Both meals and other benefits are often thrown in. The jobs range from cleaning to computer work. You can search by location or for the type of work you’re interested in. One benefit of the more popular programs is that they assist you in different ways. They also charge as little as US$ 39 and offer extra features. _37_And World packers pride themselves on their attention to safety and security. They carefully check out each potential host. They also provide a 24/7 support network for volunteers and hosts.
_38_You can gain new skills in creativity, leadership, languages and more. You can drown yourself in a new culture. You’ll make new friends because you stay in one place for a while and work. Practically anyone at any age can join a program and travel throughout the year.
Your length of stay depends on your host. _39_ Typically, you’ll work 20 to 30 hours a week. This gives you plenty of free time to explore the area.
When it comes to work exchange opportunities, the sky is the limit! You can help on a farm in Ireland. You might work in a wildlife park in Australia or as a photographer in Mexico. You could work in reception in a Japanese guesthouse. Or you might help at a South African surf camp. _40_Consider a travel work exchange. It might be the most exciting trip you ever take!
A. The opportunities are endless!
B. How can you work for the program
C. It can be from one week to many months.
D. If so, consider a work exchange program.
E. What are the reasons to do a work exchange
F. That doesn’t mean you have no choice but to stay at home.
G. For example, Workaway’s site lists over 50,000 places to choose from.
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。
Mariah Reading is an environmentalist, who grew up with an early appreciation for nature. While studying art at Bowdoin College, she saw the vast amounts of _41_from her painting and sculpture classes. She began to seriously consider her footprint as a(n) _42_. “How can I paint landscapes if I’m _43_ them ” she thought. Then she started using the rubbish as her canvas (画布).
After graduation, Mariah travelled throughout the country, __44_rubbish to bring to her studio. One day, a __45_hubcap (轮毂盖) she found by the side of the road gave her a new _46_.She noticed the half hubcap had cracked off to _47_the line of the mountain range that she was in. So she _48__the mountain landscape on it and held it up in front of the real _49_ and took a photo. It became the first in her _50_series.
Over the years, she has painted more than 100 pieces of rubbish and photographed her transformations _51_matching real-life landscapes. It’s like _52_ new life into forgotten objects. Her practice _53_the principle of “leaving no trace” by _54_ painting with sculpture and photography. Mariah hopes people see themselves and their own habits _55_into her works and make small changes in their everyday lives.
41. A. paper B. waste C. power D. work
42. A. artist B. cleaner C. journalist D. agent
43. A. exploring B. forgetting C. harming D. shaping
44. A. taking out B. running out C. setting up D. picking up
45. A. broken B. lost C. new D. hidden
46. A. medium B. idea C. reason D. life
47. A. damage B. connect C. form D. cross
48. A. protected B. enjoyed C. changed D. painted
49. A. car B. range C. picture D. road
50. A. ongoing B. outdated C. occasional D. odd
51. A. against B. as C. from D. without
52. A. forcing B. turning C. attracting D. breathing
53. A. highlights B. replaces C. attaches D. ignores
54. A. replacing B. filling C. comparing D. combining
55. A. trapped B. contained C. reflected D. admitted
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。
For Greek photographer George Doupas, Beijing is home now. During the past decade, he has been photographing the city, capturing its beauty __56_ sharing these photos online and in exhibitions.
“This __57__ (true) represents Beijing — the old and the new, nicely mixing together,” Doupas said while __58__(show) his photograph of the Zhihua Temple, a delicate Ming Dynasty building. It __59__ (locate) in front of a modern office building, Galaxy SOHO, which features weaving bridges and interlocking passageways.
With rich historical heritage, Beijing has been an important center of traditional Chinese culture since the Ming Dynasty. Doupas often gets __60__ (lose) in the city’s splendid ancient architecture. Meanwhile, he is also amazed by the modern city combining high-end businesses and various 61__(industry). “It is fascinating 62__(see) a rapidly-developing city that invests so much effort in preserving its past, 63__is why I decided to pursue my career here,” he said
Doupas is determined to continue with his career in China, hoping to serve 64 a bridge between China and the West. The displays that show his photos about Beijing have attracted a large audience in Greece and the Czech Republic.
“I call Beijing my home now,” he said, “I’ll keep sharing photos of China with _65_ rest of the world.”
写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
假如你是李华，你刚刚参观了你市博物馆举办的一次“遇见艺术家”的展览，请为你校英文报写一则评论，内容包括：
1. 展览概况；2. 观展感受；3. 意见建议。参考词汇：exhibition
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；2. 为使行文连贯，可以适当增加细节。
第二节 读后续写 (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。
Two days before Christmas, I received a Facebook message from a stranger. “Hi, Peter,” it began, “my name is Al Sodaro and I’m a former patient of your Dad.”
My father was a doctor, and Al wanted to share holiday greetings and a childhood story involving a talk he’d had with Dad. Over the years I’ve received many such messages, or had people ask me if I was related to Dr. Zheutlin, or Dr. Z as he was well known in my New Jersey hometown. A story of grace or kindness would always follow.
When he was diagnosed (诊断) with lung cancer in 1997 and realized he was going to have to close his practice of more than 40 years, Dad asked me to help him draft a letter to his patients. He was heartbroken. “I think I need my patients more than they need me,” he told me.
We had the letters copied and mailed them out the old-fashioned way. He was completely unprepared for the outpouring of love and appreciation that followed. He was just doing his job, he said.
The cards and letters-hundreds of them-came from near and far. Young children sent drawings, many recalling their past with my father, or enclosed a lollipop (棒棒糖). Some came from parents who had been his patients when they were young. Some were several pages long, filled with stories about the doctor who, above all, showed kindness, answering their calls in the middle of the night or meeting them in the office before sunrise.
Sometimes his greatest gift was his ability to simply reduce their anxiety. At other times, he recognized rare but serious symptoms (due to his clinical excellence) where quick thinking avoided disaster. Many of the cards and letters contained stories like Al Sodaro’s. There was one, however, that is still fresh in my mind, which I shared at his standing-room-only memorial service.
When he was quite young, a little boy named Chris Eckershard came to the office, proud of a new pair of sneakers he was wearing.
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。
Dad asked Chris if he could have one, just one, of Chris’s sneakers.
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The box came from a woman, who was Chris’s mother.
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)高二英语暑期试卷答案
答案 1.B 2.A 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.C 7.B 8.A 9．A 10.A 11.C 12.B 13.C 14.B 15.A 16.C 17．C 18.B 19.B 20.C
21-23：BAD 24-27:DBAC 28-31:DCBB 32-35:DCBA
36-40:DGECA
41-45:BACDA 46-50:BCDBA 51-55:ADADC
56. and 57. truly 58. showing 59. is located 60. lost
61. industries 62. to see 63. which 64. as 65. the
Last Saturday, I just visited an exhibition titled “Meeting Artists” held by our city’s museum. The exhibition attracted many masters and amateurs at home and abroad. Many artworks including Chinese handwriting and landscape paintings from ancient and modern times were on show.
The host explained every work in details on the spot. The exhibition left a deep impression on me. In my view, it not only promoted the inheritance of Chinese traditional culture but strengthened our national pride as well. I hope there will be more activities like this in the future.
【答案】One possible version:
Dad asked Chris if he could have one, just one, of Chris’s sneakers. I imagine at first Chris was confused, but then understood Dad was gently joking with him. By the time Dad was dying, Chris was about 12 and the sneaker joke had been ongoing for years. Every time he came to the office, Dad would ask him for one of his shoes. A week before Dad died, a small box arrived in the mail and inside was a single well-worn sneaker. It remains a cherished possession in our family.
The box came from a woman, who was Chris’s mother. Hearing the news of Dad’s death, she drove all the way to the funeral home to tell us something. She was a single, working mom raising Chris on a tight budget, and had no health insurance. She wanted us to know that for years, Dad refused to take a penny from her. Dad never told us such stories as these. He did these things not because he wanted others to think better of him, but because he believed what mattered most in the world was kindness.
