安徽省泗县重点中学2023-2024年学年高二下学期开学考试英语试题(无答案 无听力音频 无听力原文)

泗县一中2023-2024学年度第二学期高二开学质量检测试卷
英 语
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 is the man probably going to do
A. Buy some magazines. B. Go to the hospital. C. Return some books.
2. On which day would the woman like to go to the zoo
A. Saturday. B. Friday. C. Sunday.
3. Where is Jennifer working now
A. In a hospital. B. In a college. C. In a drugstore.
4. When will the flight arrive
A. At 2:30 pm. A. At 1:00 pm. C. At 1:30 pm.
5. What does the woman mean
A. The man needs to finish the book.
B. The book is boring.
C. The man should check with his professor.
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 did the man do last Saturday
A. He studied a lot. B. He joined a club. C. He went camping.
7. Why do people join “Flash Play”
A. To make friends. B. To earn money. C. To play sports inside.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter
A. She has to give up her travel plan.
B. She needs to put off her test.
C. She wants to visit another city.
9. What does Diana want Peter to do
A. Take a book to her friend. B. Help her with her study. C. Teach a geography lesson.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where are the speakers
A. In Boston. B. In New Orleans. C. In Memphis.
11. What does the boy think of skiing in the front yard
A. It is popular. B. It is unsafe. C. It is uninteresting.
12. Why does the girl know so much about the snow
A. She learned about it from her mother.
B. She grew up in a cold area.
C. She spent every winter in the mountains.
听第9段材料，回答第3至16题。
13. What is the woman
A. A student. B. A doctor. C. A teacher.
14. What is the woman doing
A. Giving a class. B. Going shopping. C. Making a survey.
15. How many hours a week does the man work
A. About 40. B. About 50. C. About 14.
16. What does the man spend three hours doing per week
A. Talking to friends. B. Reading. C. Talking to the family.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What did John enjoy doing in his childhood
A. Touring France. B. Playing outdoors. C. Painting pictures.
18. What did John do soon after he moved to the US
A. He studied biology. B. He did business C. He worked on a farm.
19. Why did John initially go hunting
A. For money. B. For pleasure. C. For food.
20. What are the main objects of John’s works
A. American birds. B. Human behaviors. C. Family members.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50）
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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What do you do when you have a few minutes to spare There are thousands of puzzles to choose from that can be worked on at your convenience. They all have something in common: they test your skills or knowledge. Here are four of the most common.
Word puzzles
One of the most popular word puzzles — the crossword — has been around for nearly 110 years. Crosswords can be done with paper and pencil or online. Sometimes word puzzles involve finding new words within a large group of letters. This type of word puzzle is called a word search. Word puzzles usually test your vocabulary. Knowing the language that the game is designed in is required for success, however.
Math puzzles
Math puzzles involve numbers, words or objects and the use of math. Surprisingly, the ever-popular Candy Crush is classified as a math puzzle. Math skills are required for players to successfully move and match colored candies.
Mechanical puzzles
Mechanical puzzles have pieces that must be arranged in some way. The world’s best-selling puzzle, the Rubik’s Cube, is a mechanical puzzle. As of 2020, over 450 million Rubik’s Cubes had been sold. Jigsaw puzzles also fall into the category of mechanical puzzles. They typically involve putting pieces in the right place to form a picture. Jigsaw puzzles have from two to over 550,000 pieces — the largest one on record.
Logic puzzles
Figuring out the solution to a logic puzzle requires careful thought rather than guessing. Sudoku and Mine Finder are examples of logic puzzles. In Mine Finder players must determine where the mines are hidden in a grid.
21. Which puzzles contribute to word learning
A. Word puzzles. B. Math puzzles. C. Logic puzzles. D. Mechanical puzzles.
22. What do Rubik’s Cubes and Jigsaw puzzles share in common
A. Both are best-selling puzzles.
B. Both have more than 550,000 pieces.
C. Both have pieces that must be put in the right place.
D. Both test mechanical engineering skills or knowledge.
23. In which section of magazine can you probably read this passage
A. Life skills. B. Pop culture. C. Technology. D. Games.
B
For Cruz, who grew up in Peru’s mountainous region of Cuzco, fog represents a massive opportunity. As a boy, he had to hike for more than an hour every day across hills to collect water from the nearest source. But over time, he realized that during the rainy season, droplets of water would gather in the large leaves of banana trees. So one day he and his father tried to build a canal system with the leaves to collect water and it turned out a success. But afterwards, he moved to Lima at the age of 25.
There, shocked by the water shortages and expensive water supply that some of the city’s poorest residents were faced with, Cruz set up El Movimiento Peruanos sin Agua in 2005. The idea was to deploy the method he learned in his hometown on a larger scale, which would provide free, independently sourced and easily accessible water to those who needed it most. He began installing (安装) a traditional fog catcher model developed in the 1980s.
At the highest point of Los Tres Miradores, there is a. curious set of large structures that resemble a fleet of ships in the sky. They are so-called “fog ted devices, made of high density Raschel polyethylene and spanning several meters wide, are lined up at the top of a misty mound and linked by a network of tubes that lead to storage containers. The 40 fog catchers there provide enough water for 180 families, whether to bathe, clean, drink or to irrigate crops on small garden patches.
Supporters believe that fog catchers have the potential to improve water supply for communities around the world among the ever-challenging circumstances. German researcher Lummerich says, “They are cheap, easy to construct. “In a world searching for water supply systems, it is one important puzzle piece that can make an essential difference locally.
However, there are some issues. For one, fog catchers require space, which is not always easy to come by in cities, let alone urban slums. At the same time, fog catchers must be properly cleaned and maintained to stay effective. Most crucially, appropriate climate conditions are required. Fog isn’t everywhere.
24. What does the underlined word “deploy” probably mean in paragraph 2
A. Employ. B. Adjust. C. Design. D. Study.
25. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about
A. The reason why. Cruz installed fog catchers.
B. The difficulties of constructing a canal system.
C. The installation and benefits of fog catchers.
D. The inspiration Cruz gained to build a canal system.
26. What is the biggest challenge associated with the use of fog catchers
A. High costs. B. Public opposition.
C. Space limitation. D. Climate conditions.
27. What’s the best title for the text
A. Urban Areas: A Struggle for Sufficient Water
B. Innovative Water Collection Techniques in Peru
C. The Global Water Crisis and Possible Solutions
D. Fog Catchers: A Local Solution with Global Potential
C
Computers are pretty good at answering questions. Just ask Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant, who can tell you the weather or puters are good at spitting back facts, but haven’t shown the same critical or creative thinking that humans have. That could be changing, at least when it comes to reading, because of advances in Al (artificial intelligence) .
Research teams at Microsoft and Chinese tech company Alibaba reached what they described as a milestone (里程碑) earlier this January. Their Al systems outperformed the estimated human score on a reading comprehension test.
The test was developed at Stanford University. It showed that, in at least some situations, computers can beat humans at quickly “reading” hundreds of Wikipedia articles. AI machines could come up with accurate answers to questions about warrior-king Genghis Khan, or the Apollo space program.
The computers, however, also made mistakes that many people wouldn’t have. Microsoft, for instance, failed an easy football question. The computer was asked which member of the Carolina Panthers football team intercepted (拦截) the most passes in the 2015 season. The correct answer was Kurt Coleman, not Josh Norman. Any person who carefully read the Wikipedia passage would have discovered the right answer. However, the computer made a mistake in the word “most” and didn’t understand that seven is bigger than four.
“We’re still a long way from computers being able to read and comprehend general text in the same way that humans can,” Kevin Scott, Microsoft’s head of technology, wrote. He praised the Al system for passing the test, calling it a major achievement by the company’s researchers.
“It strikes me for the kind of problem that they’re solving that it’s not possible to do better than people, because people are defining what’s correct,” Littman said. “The impressive thing here is that they met human performance, not that they’ve exceeded (超载) it.”
28. Why did the research team describe their work as a-milestone
A. Because their computers showed critical and creative thinking like humans.
B. Because their AI systems beat humans in reading comprehension.
C. Because their AI systems could tell you weather and direction.
D. Because their computers are good at answering questions.
29. Which of the following are TRUE according to paragraph 3
A. Al machines could propose incorrect answers to Genghis Khan.
B. Smart AI machines were answering questions
C. AI machines did better than humans in reading.
D. AI machines can do everything that human can’t do.
30. What can be inferred from paragraph 4
A. AI still struggles with logical reasoning.
B. Computers often mistake seven for four.
C. Computers seldom make stupid mistakes.
D. The Wikipedia passage was controversial.
31. What does the underlined word “met” in the last paragraph mean
A. visited. B. contacted. C. greeted. D. satisfied.
D
I have a friend who bird watches. She feels comfortable whenever she’s doing it. If you ask her why she likes it, she will say things like “Well, birds are the world’s most magical creatures.” I have another friend who knits. She likes it because it’s satisfying, and has an astonishingly impressive impact on people for whom being able to knit gloves is out of reach.
As a term, “hobby” has always been of arguable meaning. Ask someone what they think a hobby is, and you’ll get a dictionary definition that they will have just looked up on their phones and, then, a passionate speech on all of the activities that can under no circumstances be put into groups as hobbies by their own highly unique and inflexible standards. Being online is not a hobby, apparently, nor is listening to music.
Hardly anyone knows what a hobby is, and this is particularly the case now that so many of us are spending our leisure time online arguing about these sorts of basic definitions with people, as the writer Max Read put it in an essay, “to whom the world has been created again every morning, for whom every settled argument of modernity must be rewritten, but this time with their engagement.”
Even taking these difficulties into account, however, it seems obvious that birdwatching and knitting are classic hobbies. They are enjoyable, involve practice and reward effort, and they are given immediate access to a group with the same interests. They are the sorts of hobbies advice columnists (专栏作家) have in mind when people write in. about their imbalanced lives. It’s interesting, then, that not one of my two clearly hobby-having friends would admit to the practice.
They worried that their hobbies, which give them pleasure and keep them far from their computers, made them seem like they had too much leisure time and too Lew inner resources that would enable them to naturally avoid boredom. They are fully paid-up members of society, with busy lives, fulfilling interpersonal relationships and, again, hobbies that make them happy. It’s just that hobbies have an undeservedly bad reputation, one made worse by the Internet, like everything else.
The birdwatcher said the problem with having a hobby was that it made people seem like they were contributing and learning nothing. The knitter said that she personally connected hobbies with having no friends and no idea of what normal people do to have fun, Actually, they do not want to be seen as mad people who intentionally get away from the correct course.
Well, I enjoy certain light operas. I play music for my own amusement. And yes, I am an ordinary student, and that is not a sign of madness.
32. The author mentions two friends with different hobbies in Paragraph 1 mainly to ________.
A. explain the definition of “hobby”
B. attract the readers’ attention to hobbies
C. stress the importance of having a hobby
D. compare two different types of hobbies
33. What does the author mean by quoting Max Read in Paragraph 3
A. “Hobby”as a term can only be defined without the Internet.
B. People online discuss the definition of “hobby” to change lives.
C. People create a new world by expressing their ideas of hobbies online.
D. It is hard for online people to reach an agreement on the definition of “hobby”.
34. What can be inferred from the two friends’ concers about their hobbies
A. They are afraid of being seen as crazy people.
B. They fear their hobbies are not impressive enough.
C. They find it necessary to share hobbies to balance their lives.
D. They refuse to share their feelings about their hobbies with mad people.
35. What does the author intend to tell us in the last paragraph
A. Hobbies are great for people’s mental health.
B. Different people have their own standards of hobbies.
C. It is reasonable and normal for people to have hobbies.
D. People who suffer from madness can also have hobbies.
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。
Active listening is a communication skill that involves going beyond simply hearing the words that another person speaks but also seeking to understand the meaning and intention behind them. The word “active” implies that you are taking some type of action when listening to others. 36
Be fully present
Active listening requires being fully present in the conversation. It enables you to concentrate on what is being said. Being present involves listening with all your senses and giving your full attention to the speaker. To use this active listening technique effectively, put away your cell phone, ignore distractions, and shut down your internal dialogue. 37 And let everything else slip away.
Pay attention to non-verbal cues (非言语暗示)
As much as 65% of a person’s communication is unspoken. 38 . This involves not folding your arms, smiling while listening, leaning in, and nodding at key points. It can also be helpful to pay attention to your facial expressions when active listening so that you don’t convey any type of negative response.
Keep good eye contact
When engaged in active listening, making eye contact is especially important. This tells the other person that you are present and listening to what he or she says. 39 At the same time, you don’t want to use so much eye contact that the conversation feels strange. To keep this from happening, follow the 50/70 rule. This involves maintaining eye contact for 50%to 70%of the time spent listening, holding the contact for four to five seconds before briefly looking away.
Be patient
Patience is an important active listening technique because it allows the other person to speak without interruption. Being patient involves not trying to fill periods of silence with your own thoughts or stories. This also requires listening to understand, not to respond. 40 Also, don’t change the subject too abruptly as this conveys boredom and impatience.
A. Don’t prepare a reply while listening.
B. It also shows that you aren’t distracted.
C. This isn’t helpful during active listening.
D. So use open, non-threatening body language.
E. Don’t focus too much on insignificant details.
F. Place your focus on your conversation partner.
G. This involves using certain strategies or techniques.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（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。
Dressed in a kachhad, a traditional Nepalese clothes, Umesh Balal walked into his meetings at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) on climate change in Dubai with a sense of determination.
Balal, who has physical disability, was there to publicly 41 inclusion of disability rights in the climate change conference-an aspect that he said has long been 42 by organizers of the world’s largest annual meeting on climate issues.
As a student, Balal was 43 about science and involved himself in research on environmental science. Those were his first few interactions that 44 the. climate-related issues to him. Being from a mountainous region, Balal 45 more about how climate change had, 46 people there, which led him to develop climate anxiety.
The more Balan 47 himself to climate science, the more he learned about the impact of climate change. People with more resources have better chances of. 48 the climate crisis. But the less developed countries, for the 49 communities, usually don’t have the same opportunities, which will push them further into the 50 .
And it is even harder for people with 51 . Many people with disabilities in Nepal don’t have 52 to proper education or opportunities for growth. As a result, they aren’t able to advocate for their rights.
In an interview, Balan said, “ 53 , I am honored that I come from a supportive family, where I had a chance of good education which 54 me to grow in life. This is what I 55 for others, to change the way they live their lives.
41. A. control B. achieve C. measure D. support
42. A. studied B. ignored C. respected D. issued
43. A. curious B. anxious C. particular D. worried
44. A. sold B. lent C. awarded D. introduced
45. A. brought B. complained C. knew D. quarreled
46. A. prepared B. affected C. organized D. admitted
47. A. limited B. changed C. devoted D. helped
48. A. coping with B. resulting from C. differing from D. comparing with
49. A. warmer B. cleaner C. quieter D. poorer
50. A. confidence B. crisis C. calmness D. honesty
51. A. rights B. degrees C. advertisements D. disabilities
52. A. access B. objection C. attention D. gratitude
53. A. Similarly B. Secretly C. Fortunately D. Naturall
54. A. allowed B. forced C. warned D. ordered
55. A. occupy B. blame C. want D. cheer
第二节 语篇填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
In China, even for the most accomplished chefs, cooking 56_________ (involve) improvising with the ingredients (原料) on hand: feel and taste. For the Chinese, the idea of exact time and amounts in cooking is an alien concept. In fact, times and measuring cups won’t be found in a traditional Chinese kitchen. Nor will a Chinese cook asked 57_________ he or she makes a particular dish respond with clear 58_________ (quantum) of ingredients and an exact cooking time, for such concrete instructions are almost not 59_________ (exist) in the world of Chinese cuisine.
60_________ (make) Chinese food can be very time consuming. One reason is 61_________ the preparation before the actual cooking takes time, as ingredients for the same dish are 62_________ (typical) cut into uniform shapes, and preferably into bite-sized pieces. Chinese cooking employs different methods according to the nature of the ingredients, the length of cooking time, and the degree of heat. The major 63_________ (emphasize) , though, is on enhancing the natural flavor of ingredients, as well as retaining nutrients.
Almost every Chinese kitchen has 64_________ bamboo steamer. In this method, foods are put in the steamer above boiling water. This technique preserves the colors, ’flavors, and nutrients of the food. A good cook knows which techniques to use 65_________ (combine) the natural flavors of the ingredients for the best taste and nutrition.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：应用文写作（满分15分）
假如你是李华，上周五你校举办了以“Be a Lifelong Learner”为主题的演讲比赛，你的朋友David获得一等奖。请根据以下提示写一封英文电子邮件向他表示祝贺。
内容要求：1. 祝贺获奖；2. 表达你对该主愿的理解。
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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。
The Perfect Christmas Tree
In our house in Middle Cove, Newfoundland, the tradition was to find the perfect tree before Christmas Eve. And this year, my brother Gilbert and I were being trusted to do it entirely on our own. And we took the challenge very seriously. So, axe in Gilbert’s hand, saw in mine, we set out for all the spots where we imagined we might find a magnificent fir (冷杉树).
We were young, but we knew the rules. Trees could not be taken from personal land and not near any road. We started out with the best of intentions. We were on Pine River Lane, and looking at the firs in the fields, but none of them looked quite good enough. It was getting dark but we still had no luck. On the way home, it was Gilbert who stopped, grabbed my arm and said, “I see it!”
“You see what ” I said.
“Right there, look. It’s perfect.”
And he was right. It was a young tree, two metres tall, standing alone. It was the classic Christmas tree. In all my years, I had never seen such a perfect one.
Perfect except for one small problem. The tree was pretty close to the road. Also, it was behind a fence, so the tree was in someone’s yard. And not just any someone. It was in the yard of Timmy Green, my best friend. However, the chances of our finding another one like it were slim to none.
“You stand guard, “Gilbert said. And with that, we were over the fence and on our bellies crawling toward the target. I lay in the snow and put the Greens’ house under surveillance (监视). I was to whistle or cough if I saw anyone coming.
Within a few minutes, it fell.
“Grab the end,” Gilbert said, and we lifted it over the fence. Now we were on the road.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Suddenly Gilbert’s eyes widened. “Our footprints!” he said. __________________________________________
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So it shocked me when I found Mr. Green in our house with my parents, drinking tea on Christmas Eve. _______
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