九江市2023-2024学年度上学期期末考试试卷
高二英语参考答案
听力
1-5 CACAB
6-10 CBBAC
11-15 BBACB
16-20 CABCA
阅读星解
21-25 DCA BB
26-30 BCCAB
31-35 DBCDC
36-40 CGDAE
完形填空
41-45 DCABC
46-50 DBACD
51-55 ABABC
语法填空
56.agricultural
57.more remarkable
58.before
59.who
60.naturally
61.s0
62.to invent
63.including
64.had cnded
65.led
书面表达
第一节
Dear editor,
I am Li Hua,a student in our school.I am excited to know that your English newspaper will
need an editor of sports section.I am writing to apply for the position.
Being responsible and cooperative.I think I am quite qualified for the job.First of all,I have
a good grasp of English,which I believe is a basic requirement for this job.Moreover.I am crazy
about everything to do with sports.As an editor.I will share what I know with the readers.
I would appreciate it if you could let me try it.Looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节
Susan and Mrs.Monroe met one day during hinch time.Mrs.Monroe was thrilled with the
idea,and said she would make sure copies of the letter went home with all the students in the class!
Susan burst into tears and held her arms tightly with excitement,"Great!We start right now!"They
collected the winter clothing for a few weeks.then were able to take their field trip to two parks in
the area to leave the clothes where families who needed them could get them.
Three days after their field trip to the park,Susan and her mom were driving once again.She
saw the same family walking together that had given her the idea for Hats in York.This time,
though.the family looked nice and warm in some new coats,hats.and gloves.Seeing this.her
mom smiled to her."Sweetie,you did a wonderful job !"Susan felt a warm glow in her heart.and
was very glad she could help her community.秘密★启用前
九江市 2023 -2024 学年度上学期期末考试
高二 英语试题卷
(本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。测试时间：120分钟 卷面总分：150分)
第Ⅰ卷(选择题，共95分)
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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。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 soon will the party begin
A. In 5 minutes. B. In 10 minutes. C. In 30 minutes.
2. What does the woman offer to do
A. Send the man her class notes.
B. Send the man to the hospital.
C. Help the man ask for leave.
3. What do we know about the man
A. He arrived before 3:00 p. m.
B. He didn't make a reservation.
C. He can't check in at the hotel.
4. What does the man suggest the woman do on Mother's Day
A. Eat out. B. Stay in. C. Go to the movies.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. The weather. B. A gift. C. Their friend.
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段村料，回答第6、7题。
6. What has recently been done to the space
A. A new bathroom has been added.
B. A private office has been built.
C. The walls have been painted.
7. What is the man most interested in about the space
A. The position. B. The rent. C. The size.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the woman think of the man's paper
A. It's interesting. B. It's easy to finish. C. It's hard to understand.
9. Why doesn't the man want to write about clocks or umbrellas
A. He knows nothing about them.
B. He thinks everybody is going to write about them.
C. He is unwilling to do research on them.
听第8段材料。回答第 10 至12题。
10. How long are some supermarkets open in New York
A.10 hours. B.12 hours. C.24 hours.
11. Where are the speakers
A. In Paris. B. In London. C. In New York.
12. What is the woman's opinion on Americans
A. Normal. B. Direct. C. Interesting.
听第9段材料,回答第 13 至16 题。
13. When does the conversation take place
A. In the late morning. B. At noon. C. In the early afternoon.
14. What is the weather probably like
A. Windy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.
15. What does the woman like best about the new job
A. The salary. B. The working time. C. The working conditions.
16. Where are the woman's family living now
A. In Australia. B. In Mexico. C. In Britain.
听第10段材料，回答第17 至20题。
17. When did Bill Wales leave his parents
A. At the age of 18. B. At the age of 20. C. At the age of 23.
18. How does Bill Wales pay his tuition
A. By asking his parents for money.
B. By working in his spare time.
C. By borrowing from his roommates.
19. What did Bill Wales do after his second year at university
A. He moved to another place.
B. He left London and found a job.
C. He left school and worked for a year.
20. Why did Bill Wales decide to move the second time
A. The rent of his room was raised.
B. He couldn't stand his roommates.
C. He didn't get along well with the house - owner.
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
Four Free Mobile Apps to Help You Learn English Faster
Have you realized that you can put your smartphone to really good use for learning English Here are 4 free mobile apps that will help you do just that.
Hello English
It covers all the aspects of language learning, including vocabulary, translation, grammar, spelling, speaking and reading skills. It uses interactive games to teach different English lessons and offers new audiobooks, the latest news, and books. However, you should already understand basic English structures and the alphabet, for the app can't help you learn English from scratch(从零开始).
Duolingo
If you want to learn English from scratch, then this is the app you are looking for. Duolingo uses interactive games to help you learn English. For beginners, the app focuses on helping you learn verbs, phrases and sentences.
Lingbe
If you are ready to practise your spoken skills in the real - world communication, you'll need Lingbe. It's a community-based app where people help each other and share their native languages .It connects you with real people on call who are native English speakers.
Hello Talk
Hello Talk is similar to Lingbe as it connects you with native speakers to help improve your language skills. However, it adds a few extra functions that might interest you. You can view the information about users to find a match that interests you. Additionally, you can also send text and audio messages, and even make video calls with other people.
If you are a beginner, start from Duolingo and then use Hello English to have a good com mand of the language. For fluent spoken English learners, you can try out Lingbe or Hello Talk.
21. What information can't you get from Hello English
A. New audiobook. B. The latest news.
C. Books. D. Audio messages.
22. Which apps can you use to communicate with native speakers
A. Hello English and Duolingo. B. Hello English and Lingbe.
C. Lingbe and Hello Talk. D. Duolingo and Hello Talk.
23. Which app is the best choice to master English
A. Hello English. B. Duolingo.
C. Lingbe. D. Hello Talk.
B
Everyone was shocked as I placed my son Ilias's first birthday cake in front of him. He loved Sesame Street, so I made him an Elmo cake in rich red icing(糖霜). I'd worked for hours to perfect my design and make the most delicious and jaw-dropping cake. I enjoyed every minute of it.
I started baking(烘焙) when Ilias was born. At that time, I struggled with the pressure of being a new mum and was diagnosed with postnatal depression(产后抑郁症). So to help walk out of that dark hole, at night when Ilias slept I ran into the kitchen and decided to bake a cake.
Then, with my mum's birthday coming up, I saw a handbag cake in a shop. I threw my all into copying it and finally I made it. Mum was so blown away by my creation that she didn't cut the cake. Instead, she kept it in a glass cake stand on display at home for a month.
Over time I created many delicious delights. The best part was seeing Ilias's face light up when he saw them. “You should do this for a living,” my husband, Michael, suggested. I laughed it off, but it
wasn't a bad idea.
After Ilias's third birthday, I set up a shop for my cake baking, calling it Cake Queen Oz, and orders started to come in. As time passed, the bakeshop became my full-time job. Once, I made a Titanic cake that was the length of a table for a lady whose family loved ships. It's been seven years since Cake Queen Oz was born.
Cake baking brought me joy when I was going through a tough time. Every day I feel lucky that I've been able to turn my hobby into my job.
24. Why did the author start baking
A. Because her son was born.
B. Because she wanted to get rid of that dark hole.
C. Because her son was asleep.
D. Because she was diagnosed with postnatal depression.
25. How did the author's mother feel when she saw her birthday cake
A. Bored. B. Surprised. C. Frightened. D. Annoyed.
26. For whom did the author create a Titanic cake
A. Her mother. B. Her customer.
C. Her child. D. Her husband.
27. Which is the most suitable title for the text
A. My Experience in Making Cake B. Baking Cake Is Good for You
C. My Love Affair with Cake D. Children Always Like Eating Cake
C
If you go to the country, far from city lights, you can see about 3,000 stars on a clear night. If your eyes were bigger, you could see many more stars . With a pair of binoculars, an optical device that effectively enlarges the pupil of your eye by about 30 times, the number of stars you can see increases to the tens of thousands. With a medium-sized telescope with a light-collecting mirror 30centimeters in diameter, you can see hundreds of thousands of stars. With a large observatory telescope, millions of stars become visible.
It would seem that when it comes to observing the universe, the larger the instrument , the better. This is true up to a point, but there are limits—limits not imposed by technology but by nature itself.
Surrounding Earth is a life -sustaining atmosphere that stands between our eyes and the radiation that falls upon Earth from outer space. This radiation is comprised of a very broad spectrum(光谱) of energies and wavelengths. Gases and other components of our atmosphere distort(扭曲), filter, and block most of this radiation which does harm to life permitting only a partial picture, primarily visible radiation and some radio waves, to reach Earth's surface. Although many things can be learned about our universe by studying it from the surface of Earth, the story is incomplete. To view celestial(天空的) objects over the whole range of the electromagnetic spectrum, it is essential to climb above the atmosphere into outer space.
From its earliest days, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has used the emerging(新兴的) technology of rockets to explore the universe. By lofting telescopes and other scientific instruments above the veil of Earth's atmosphere, NASA has delivered a treasure house of information to astronomers, leading them to rethink their most fundamental ideas about what the universe is, how it came to be, how it functions, and what it is likely to become.
28. What do you need to see hundreds of thousands of stars
A. A pair of binoculars. B. Your eyes.
C. A medium-sized telescope. D. A large observatory telescope.
29. What does the Earth's atmosphere do to sustain life on Earth
A. Block harmful radiation. B. Provide high energies.
C. Permit celestial objects. D. Give off gases and other components.
30. What do the underlined words "a treasure house of" mean in paragraph 4
A. Minor. B. Wealthy. C. Stable. D. Rare.
31. What is the text mainly about
A. The route of radiation from outer space.
B. The importance of life-sustaining atmosphere.
C. The role NASA played in space technology and astronomy.
D. The use of telescopes launched into space to explore the universe.
D
Adverse impacts on health due to extreme weather and vector-born e disease risks could increase in the United Kingdom(UK) under a warming climate, according to a report published on Monday by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
The report, written by 90 experts, is based on climate projections using a high-end warming scenario(可能发生的情况) or a “worst-case scenario” of approximately 4.3 degrees Celsius of warming by 2100.“Our changing climate poses one of the greatest health security and societal challenges, impacting everything from the air we breathe to the quality and availability of our food and water,” Isabel Oliver, chief scientific officer at UKHSA, said in a statement. The report estimates that there will be up to 10,000 deaths in the country by the 2050s as a result of extreme heat.
Based on a high end warming scenario, the report anticipates a substantial surge in heat related deaths, with an increase of over 1.5 times by the 2030s and an over 12-fold rise by the 2070s. It also states that vector-born e diseases, such as chikungunya, dengue and Zika viruses, could become transmissible in London and other parts of the UK due to more Aedes albopictus ( Asian tiger mosquitoes) and Culex mosquitoes.
The report also warns that more people will be at high risk of flooding in the future due to changing rainfall patterns.
“Action is needed now to adapt our policies, environments and our behaviors to secure health, well-being and livelihoods,” Oliver said, adding that much can be done to “avert(避免) and prevent” the impacts of climate change on health.
UKHSA, an executive agency sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care, is responsible for planning, preventing and responding to external health threats.
This year is set to be the hottest year on record in human history, according to a report published by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization ( WMO) at the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
32. What is the author's purpose in writing this passage
A. To introduce the warming climate.
B. To remind people about the harmful impacts on health under climate change.
C. To help people get rid of external health threats.
D. To display UK's dependence on food.
33. Which of the following is the possible risk according to the passage
A. Availability of our food and water caused by high-end warming scenario.
B.10000 deaths caused by vector borne disca808.
C. Flooding in the future caused by varied rainfall patterns.
D. Transmissible vector-born e diseases caused by flooding in the future
34. What do the underlined words “a substantial surge” mean in paragraph 3
A. A smooth drop. B. A sharp decline.
C. A small growth. D. A massive rise.
35. What does Olivo r suggest on securing people's health, well-being and livelihoods
A. Increasing food supplies.
B. Averting and preventing the climate change.
C. Adjusting the policies, environments and people's behaviors.
D. Planning, preventing and responding , to health threats.
第二节(共5 小题:每小题2.5分。满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两项是多余选项。
Have you been hanging out with a guy and wondering does he like me We're here to help you figure it out! 36
See if he makes eye contact with you when you're around. If you notice the guy looking you in the eyes, try meeting his gaze with a smile, and hold it for a few seconds 37
Pay attention to whether he smiles around you 38 If the guy you're around always lights up as soon as he sees you, it could mean that he has a crush on you!
Ask yourself whether he seems nervous or awkward when you are around. Sometimes, guys can get a little bashful(害羞) when they like someone. If you notice that a guy blushes, stammers(口吃) or gets quiet when you come around, he might have a crush on you, although he could just be naturally shy.
39 If you're talking to a guy or hanging out with him as part of a group, you might notice that whenever you touch your face or your hair, he does the same thing. Subconsciously mirroring someone else's behavior is a sign that you're attracted to them, so that could be a good clue that he's into you.
Observe whether his body and feet are angled toward you. Without realizing it, we tend to lean toward people we like 40 When you're talking to the guy in question, watch whether he turns his body toward you or away from you. You can also watch whether his feet are pointing toward you, which can be another sign that he's interested.
A. Watch whether he mirrors your behavior.
B. Watch whether he finds excuses to touch you.
C. Read on for all the signs a guy likes you.
D. When you like someone, you can't help but smile when they're near.
E. And we lean away from people we don't like.
F. That means he has feelings for you.
G. If he doesn't look away, he might be interested in you, especially if he smiles back.
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 四个选项中选出最佳答案填入空白处。
My husband and I spent low days in northern Ontario last week We have 41 a cabin from the same people for
several years now. It in on interesting business as it is a convenience store, a liquor atom, n take-out restaurant and the owner of the cottages.
Aa I was paying my bill for the 42 , the clerk asked the man behind me 43 things were going Ho shared that things were improving but it had been a 44 week His wife had undergone heart surgery and had just been 45 from the hospital I asked if I could give him a 46 and he gladly 47 with tours in his eyes Some may say that it was risky to hug a 48 and yet to me it simply felt right My mother went 49 a similar surgery many years ago and I could 50 to how he was feeling A short time 51 my husband went to the same store to purchase a few bagels as we had 52 ours at home They didn't have any but sold him four from their restaurant's kitchen supplies.
While this might happen in a larger city, I have not 53 experienced it I found that through giving and 54 kindness set the tone for the rest of my day, my heart is 55
41. A. built B. bought C. learned D. rented
42. A. restaurant B. hospital C. cottage D. kitchen
43. A. how B. why C. what D. where
44. A. common B. rough C. smooth D. pleasant
45. A. relieved B. recommended C. released D. recalled
46. A. hand B. smile C. gift D. hug
47. A. accused B. accepted C. accompanied D. refused
48. A. stranger B. patient C. doctor D. businessman
49. A. by B. on C. through D. across
50. A. lead B. refer C. compare D. relate
51. A. later B. ago C. before D. earlier
52. A. hidden B. forgotten C. stored D. received
53. A. personally B. originally C. particularly D. publicly
54. A. offering B. receiving C. displaying D. benefiting
55. A. blank B. heavy C. full D. light
第Ⅱ卷(非选择题，共55分)
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。
George Washington Carver was an 56 (agriculture) scientist who became one of America's most well-known inventors His accomplishments are even 57 (remark) when we learn how his life began.
George certainly did not have an easy start to life He was born into slavery just one year 58 it was made illegal in America. As a child, he lived with his mother's previous owners, the Carvers, 59 owned a farm in Missouri There, Mrs Carver taught him how to read and write and how to work the land.
From a young age, George was 60 (nature) curious He loved art, music, and science He was especially interested in farming and enjoyed experimenting with soil and plants. He had a knack for understanding how to protect crops from pests and diseases He became 61 skilled that neighboring farmers recruited him to help them with their orchards and farms. George soon became known in the area as the “Plant Doctor.”
Carver also used his creative genius 62 (invent) over 150 uses for sweet potatoes, 63 (include) flour, vinegar, paint, and ink. Carver is best known today for also inventing over 300 uses for peanuts. These included milk, oil, paper, and makeup.
George’s lasting reputation, though, did not come easily. As an African American living at a time when slavery 64 ( end), he faced many unjust obstacles and dangers However, through education and hard work, Carver achieved his goals His passion for plants and people 65 (lead)him from slavery to success.
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分 15分)
假定你是李华，你校英文报现正在招聘编辑，负责撰写体育运动板块的文章。请你写封信，申请该职位。内容包括：
1.写信目的；2.优势、特长。
注意：1.词数80 左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear editor,
I am Li Hua, a student in our school
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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。
Hats in York
Whoosh! The cold wind roared through the trees and between buildings. Winter was on its way. Susan was warm in her house, thinking about an article she'd read at school. The article had been about kids who helped out their communities, and she thought it would be really cool to help her own town, York.
The only problem was that she wasn't sure how to help. What did her town need a kid to do In the article, the kids had grown food for people who needed food, but it was winter. She couldn't start a garden. Susan was still deep in thought when her mom said it was time to go grocery shopping.
As they drove along the road, Susan saw a family walking on the sidewalk, wearing only light jackets. How cold they must be , Susan thought. That gave her an idea! She could help her town, she could collect winter coats, hats, and gloves for people in York who needed them.
She shared her idea with her mom, who thought it was a great idea. But how would they spread the word so that they could get a lot of winter clothing They decided to call the project " Hats in York," and they wrote up a letter explaining the idea that people can drop off their winter clothing in the park to those in need to the families. Her mom asked Susan talk to her teacher, Mrs. Monroe, because then Mrs Monroe could share her idea with her classmates at least.
Susan and Mrs Monroe met one day during lunch time
Three days after their field trip to the park, Susan and her mom were driving once again.
