仙桃市田家炳实验高中2024年春季学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
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。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. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. At school. B. At home. C. In a restaurant.
2. How many days does the museum open every week
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
3. What did the woman do on Thursday
A. She ate a cake.
B. She looked after her mum.
C. She played with her mum.
4. What does the man think of Seoul
A. It is a wonderful city.
B. It makes him feel bored.
C. The weather there is cool.
5. What is the man doing
A. Telling a story. B. Listening to music. C. Reading a book.
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 woman get in her Spanish class
A. C. B. F. C. A.
7. Which class does the woman like best
A. Math. B. English. C. History.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What is the man’s job
A. A public speaker. B. A DJ. C. A music teacher.
9. What might surprise Sarah’s parents
A. The man’s education. B. The man’s hairstyle. C. The man’s dressing style.
10. What do we know about the man
A. He is always outgoing.
B. He will continue to study.
C. He is worried about the meeting.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Who introduced Laura to the woman
A. The man. B. Ian. C. A singer.
12. What does Laura look like
A. She is tall and a little fat.
B. She is short with green eyes.
C. She is short with brown hair.
13. When did Laura win the writing competition
A. In September. B. In July. C. In January.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What does the man want to look for
A. The lift. B. The washroom. C. The underground.
15. Where is the drugstore
A. It is past the toilet. B. It is on the third floor. C. It is on the right of the road.
16. What difficulty did the man meet
A. Language difference. B. Culture difference. C. Value difference.
17. What’s the possible relationship between the speakers
A. Teacher and student. B. Colleagues. C. Strangers.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What did Trevor Baylis invent in 1996
A. The wind-up TV. B. The wind-up radio. C. The telephone-like shoes.
19. Which word can best describe Trevor Baylis
A. Funny. B. Creative. C. Generous.
20. Where did Baylis get the idea of the telephone
A. In a dream. B. On TV. C. Over the radio.
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。
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Museum Day is here for one day and one day only — so you’ll need to hurry if you want to grasp the chance to get free Saturday admission to one of the hundreds of participating museums. The yearly event is hosted by Smithsonian magazine and involves museums and cultural institutions（机构）coming together to offer free admission for visitors who would otherwise have to pay for entry.
You just need an email address to get a ticket
To get a ticket. you’ll need to go to the Smithsonian magazine website and pick which museum you want to go to. You’ll be able to search to see which museums near you are participating, and from there you just have to put in your email address and name. After that, you can download your ticket and head out for some fun. Each Museum Day ticket is good for two people, so if you’re in a group larger than that, a few people might need to sign up.
A lot of museums are still feeling financial stress from the pandemic
The event is happening as museums are still struggling from the hits they took during the first few years of the pandemic. The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) estimated it will take years for museums to fully recover.
AAM president and CEO Aura Lots noted that federal relief helped remove the potential of closure that many institutions were facing, but “2021 proved to be another painful year in which operating in go me dropped further and attendance was down nearly 40% for many of our nation’s museums. ” But there’s hope that a free day at the museums might stimulate following visits.
Free Admission to Participating Museums FIND A MUSEUM
21. What do we know about this year’s Museum Day
A. Some cultural institutions contribute to it. B. Visitors can get free tickets every Saturday.
C. More museums will participate than before. D. Smithsonian magazine hosts it to raise funds.
22. You can get a Museum Day ticket by
A. writing an email B. signing up on the Internet
C. visiting the nearest museum D. downloading a Smithsonian magazine
23. How can Museum Day help participating museums
A. Recover the financial loses. B. Remove the potential of closure
C. Increase the future attendance D. Improve the museum operation.
B
Martha Payne is 9 years old. She lives in a small community in Scotland. Martha is interested in the food at her school. She is interested in how good it tastes, and how healthy it is, and whether it contains any hairs. A few months ago, she started to write a blog about her school dinners. She photographed her school dinners, and then posted the pictures on her blog and told us what she thought about the food. Most days, she thought the food was OK, and on some days she thought it was really good.
Children in other schools, and other countries, started to read Martha's blog. Some of them left comments on Martha's school dinners. And some sent Martha pictures of their own school dinners, and Martha published these on her blog. Then Martha started to use her blog to raise money for a charity called Mary's Meals, which provides school meals for children in poor communities in developing countries.
And at this point, the officials who run the education system in the part of Scotland where Martha lives became aware of her blog. They didn't want publicity for the food in their schools. Perhaps they were afraid that people would start to criticize (批评) their school dinners and say that they were unhealthy. They said that Martha's blog had to stop.
Martha's head teacher told Martha the bad news, and Martha was sad and wrote a final blog post to say goodbye to her readers. The newspapers, the radio and the television all carried stories about Martha's blog. This was not at all what the officials wanted. A day later, they decided that Martha could continue writing her blog about her school dinners, and taking pictures of them.
24．Why does Martha write a blog about her school dinners
A．She is interested in the school food. B．She wants to learn to cook.
C．She wants the school food improved. D．She is worried about the school food.
25．What can we learn from Paragraph 2
A．Martha's blog didn't reach far. B．Martha's blog received wide attention.
C．Martha's blog wasn't quite successful. D．Martha's blog helped to raise little money.
26．Why did the officials want to stop Martha's blog
A．The school food was unhealthy.
B．Martha gave bad comments on her blog.
C．They were afraid the school food would be criticized.
D．The public thought poorly of the school food.
27．What made the officials give in finally
A．Martha's great fame. B．The popularity of Martha's blog.
C．Support from the press. D．Support from Martha's head teacher.
C
Perhaps you know them as “taters,” “spuds,” or “Kennebees,” or as “chips,” “Idahoes,” or even “shoestrings. ” No matter, a potato by any other name is still a potato - the world’s most widely grown vegetable. As a matter of fact, if you are an average potato eater, you will put away at least 100 pounds of them each year.
That’s only a tiny amount grown every year, however. Worldwide, the annual potato harvest is over 6 billion bags. Each bag contains 100 pounds of potatoes, some of them as large as four pounds each. Here in the United States, farmers fill about 400 million bags a year. That may seem like a lot of “taters, ” but it leaves the United States a distant third among world potato growers. Polish farmers dig up just over 800 million bags a year, while the Russians lead the world with nearly 1. 5 billion bags.
People eat potatoes in many ways-baked, mashed, and roasted, to name just three. However, in the United States most potatoes are devoured in the form of French fries. One fast-food chain alone sells more than $1 billion worth of fries each year. No wonder, then, that the company pays particular attention to the way its fries are prepared.
Before any fry makes it to the people who eat at these popular restaurants, it must pass many separate tests. Fail any one of these tests and the potato is rejected. For example, only Russet Burbank potatoes are used. These Idaho potatoes have less water content than other kinds, which can have as much as 80 percent water. Once cut into “shoestrings” shapes, the potatoes are partly fried in a secret blend of oils, sprayed with liquid sugar to brown them, steam dried at high heat, then flash frozen for shipment to individual restaurants.
So, now that you realize the enormous size and value of the potato crop, you can understand why most people agree that this part of the food industry is no “small potatoes. ”
28. What can we learn from the passage about potato
A. Taters don’t belong to the category of potato.
B. One potato can weigh 4 pounds.
C. Potato lovers eat 100 pounds of potato every day.
D. Polish farmers harvest the most potatoes in the world.
29. What does the underlined word “devoured” in paragraph 3 probably mean
A. planted B. consumed C. produced D. harvested
30. How does paragraph 4 mainly develop
A. By making comparison. B. By listing figures
C. By following the order of space. D. By providing examples.
31. What’s the main idea of the passage
A. Potatoes are disliked by many people. B. Potatoes have experienced many changes.
C. Potatoes are small, but the industry is large. D. Potatoes have been made into different food.
D
The Stanford marshmallow（棉花糖）test was originally conducted by psychologist Walter Mischel in the late 1960s. Children aged four to six at a nursery school were placed in a room. A single sugary treat, selected by the child, was placed on a table. Each child was told if they waited for 15 minutes before eating the treat, they would be given a second treat. Then they were left alone in the room. Follow-up studies with the children later in life showed a connection between an ability to wait long enough to obtain a second treat and various forms of success.
As adults we face a version of the marshmallow test every day. We’re not tempted（诱惑）by sugary treats, but by our computers, phones, and tablets — all the devices that connect us to the global delivery system for various types of information that do to us what marshmallows do to preschoolers.
We are tempted by sugary treats because our ancestors lived in a calorie-poor world, and our brains developed a response mechanism to these treats that reflected their value — a feeling of reward and satisfaction. But as we’ve reshaped the world around us, dramatically reducing the cost and effort involved in obtaining calories, we still have the same brains we had thousands of years ago, and this mismatch is at the heart of why so many of us struggle to resist tempting foods that we know we shouldn’t eat.
A similar process is at work in our response to information. Our formative environment as a species was information-poor, so our brains developed a mechanism that prized new information. But global connectivity has greatly changed our information environment. We are now ceaselessly bombed（轰炸）with new information. Therefore, just as we need to be more thoughtful about our caloric consumption, we also need to be more thoughtful about our information consumption, resisting the temptation of the mental “junk food” in order to manage our time most effectively.
32. What did the children need to do to get a second treat in Mischel’s test
A. Delay eating for fifteen minutes. B. Show respect for the researchers.
C. Share their treats with others. D. Take an examination alone.
33. According to paragraph 3, there is a mismatch between .
A. the rich food supply and our unchanged brains.
B. the shortage of sugar and our nutritional needs.
C. the calorie-poor world and our good appetites.
D. the tempting foods and our efforts to keep fit.
34. What does the author suggest readers do
A. Absorb new information readily. B. Protect the information environment.
C. Use diverse information sources. D. Be selective information consumers.
35. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Eat Less, Read More B. The Bitter Truth about Early Humans
C. The Marshmallow Test for Grown-ups D. The Later, the Better
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 Avoid an Internet Addiction
It may seem like everyone surfs the web these days. But if you can’t have interest in other aspects of your life because of the Internet, you may be on your way to an Internet addiction. You might fear you’re the only one who has experienced that feeling. 36 Luckily, there are some ways to avoid living your life in front of the computer.
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More and more people in the world are becoming addicted to the Internet, and you are not the only one with this problem. So do not be embarrassed. Just be brave to admit that you are on your way to an Internet addiction. And then find others with the same problem and help each other beat it.
Set aside limited time for computer use.
Make sure not to turn it on too many times a week. If you have a laptop, make sure to put it somewhere that you can remember but not somewhere that you see every day. Try keeping the lid closed when you are not using it. 38 If you have a desktop PC, try not to go near it or put something over it like a sheet.
Call people instead of sending instant messages or texts.
If you are free on weekends, call friends and ask them to go outside to do something you enjoy, like playing a sport. This will take your mind off the computer. 39
Use an alarm clock or timer（计时器）.
Before using your computer, decide on a time limit such as 30 minutes. Set the clock or timer and make sure that you get away from the computer when the time is up. Alternatively create a shutdown timer on your desktop. 40
A. The truth, though, is that it’s quite common to be an addict.
B. When the computer is not looking at you, you are less likely to use it.
C. Being addicted to it is quite normal.
D. Admit you are at risk of an addiction.
E. If you have a problem on weekdays, phone your friends or ask for help in person.
F. This will stop you from using the Internet so often or going on to another page.
G. This can be programmed to shut down your computer after the set time.
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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Ten years ago I adopted my dog Rudy from a shelter just days before they were going to euthanize (使安乐死) him. We’ve had a special 41 ever since.
I’ve found his 42 really meaningful. Every night I get in my bed and he gets in his doggy bed right next to mine. But a year ago suddenly Rudy 43 . Every night when I got in bed he’d jump up on my 44 and start licking (舔) my face. I’d get 45 and make him get off but the next night he’d do it again.
I was considering taking him to obedience (驯服) school when I suddenly 46 that he was licking the same spot on my jaw over and over again. I 47 my jaw and it seemed okay but it was so 48 for my dog that I decided to just trust him. I made an appointment with the 49 and felt silly telling her why I came in but she agreed to do some 50 . It turns out I had a tumor (肿瘤) in my jaw. It couldn’t be felt from the 51 but somehow Rudy knew it was there. I’m doing much 52 now but the doctors said if I’d 53 until the tumor was big enough to be felt, it’s likely I would have 54 . I saved my dog’s life and now he’s 55 mine!
41. A. connection B. exercise C. task D. communication
42. A. trust B. company C. support D. comfort
43. A. gave up B. changed C. left D. fell sick
44. A. table B. desk C. bed D. chair
45. A. happy B. worried C. mad D. sad
46. A. remembered B. imagined C. guessed D. realized
47. A. saw B. opened C. dropped D. felt
48. A. unusual B. interesting C. impossible D. natural
49. A. friend B. doctor C. dentist D. manager
50. A. experiments B. tests C. treatment D. research
51. A. outside B. inside C. throat D. hand
52. A. faster B. slower C. better D. worse
53. A. waited B. continued C. refused D. thought
54. A. lost B. died C. failed D. fallen
55. A. protected B. influenced C. guided D. saved
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。
In 2023, Chinese Dragon Boat Festival 56 (fall) on June 22, a Thursday. It is known as the Duanwu Festival in China.
As the first 57 (tradition) Chinese festival listed on the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritages, it is one of the three most important lunar 58 (festival) in China, along 59 the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. To celebrate this festival, there 60 (be) a three-day holiday in China since 2008.
Dragon Boat Festival dates back to 2,000 years ago and there are many legends about this festival, among 61 the most famous one is about commemorating Qu Yuan, a famous patriot poet during Warring States Period.
Dragon boat racing is the main custom in the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that in ancient times, when Qu Yuan drowned(淹死) 62 (he) in the river, many fishermen rode their boats on the river, trying to find his body, but in vain. Some locals threw rice rolls, eggs and meat into the river to feed the creatures under the river, 6 (hope) they wouldn’t eat the body of Qu Yuan. Years later people used leaves to roll the rice rolls and tightened them with colorful threads, which is known as Zongzi.
Now eating Zongzi has become 64 important part of Dragon Boat Festival celebration. It is 65 (believe) that the most outstanding versions of Zongzi can be found in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. Zongzi is not only popular in China, but it has also spread to Korea, Japan and other countries in Southeast Asia.
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,你校新来的外教Mr.Smith 周末想去博物馆游览,想找一名向导陪同。得知事后,你写信向他推荐自己,内容包括:
1.写信目的; 2.自荐的理由;3.表达期待。
注意:1.写作词数应为80左右;2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
推荐v. recommend, n. recommendation 向导 n. guide
Dear Smith,
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
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，使之构成一个完整的故事。
As usual, the whole class burst out laughing as Patric rushed into the classroom. He was a strange sight. His half-buttoned white shirt revealed a red striped pajama (条纹睡衣) top underneath, and instead of white school shoes, he had on a pair of bright green sandals (凉鞋) that were two sizes too big. The physics teacher’s hand froze in the middle of writing a formula (公式) on the blackboard.
Patric mumbled, “Sorry, teacher,” and rushed to his seat. Mr Gao glared (怒视) at the rest of the students. The chuckles (轻声笑) quickly stopped. Patric’s classmates always looked forward to Mondays. Nine times out of ten, they would be entertained by Patric’s late arrival and his odd appearance, which usually included improper clothing. That day, it was the pajama top and green sandals.
Patric lived just a street away from the school. He walked to school every day. Students passing by in buses would yell his name together just to see him jump and stop in his tracks. When he spotted the merry classmates in the bus, he would wave kindly. Although Patric was likable, he was too lost in his own thoughts to make friends. His classmates found him amusing but they ignored him most of the time. Only Kevin, who sat next to Patric , tried to be his friend.
The following Monday, Patric did not turn up at school. His classmates were a little disappointed but quickly forgot about him. After school, Kevin decided to walk over to Patric’s house to check on him. As he approached the gate, he could hear violin music. Patric must be listening to music, he thought. The gate was not locked. Kevin let himself in. He called Patric’s name a few times but there was no response. The music played on. Kevin peered (仔细看) in through a window. His eyes widened in surprise. In the middle of the living room, Patric was playing the violin. His eyes were closed in concentration as he drew the bow (琴弓) over the strings expertly. He played flawlessly (完美无瑕地), so much so that it sounded like a recording. Kevin left quietly.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150个左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
With the Teacher’s Day approaching, Kevin had a plan. ____________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
As the last note(音符) ended, there was a moment of silence. ________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________高二英语期中考试答案
1-5 BBAAC 6-10 BCBBC 11-15 BBCAA 16-20 ACBBA
21-23 ABC 24-27 ABCC 28-31 BBDC 32-35AADC
36-40 ADBEF 41-45 ABBCC 46-50 DAABB 51-55ACABD
56.fell 57.traditional 58.festivals 59.with 60.has been
61. which 62.himself 63.hoping 64. an 65 believed
第一节
Dear Smith ,
I'm Li Hua, president of the Student Union of our school. Having heard you are looking for a guide for your visit to our local museum this weekend, I am writing to recommend myself.
With a good command of English and outgoing personality, I think I will be a good guide for you. Besides, I have gained some relevant experience while working as a volunteer in the museum. Additionally, as a history lover, my insight into the local history and culture is bound to make your visit enjoyable and unforgettable.
I hope you will consider my recommendation and have a good weekend!
第二节
With the teacher’s day approaching ,Hamed had a plan. lt was the tradition of the school to have a concert for the teachers. Every class had to contribute an program. Hamed convinced the class to let Mohi perform. Short of ideas, the class agreed. On the day of the concert, both the teachers and students were surprised to see the school's clumsiest student walking on stage with a violin. When he started to play, the audience fell silent. Jaws dropped.
As the last note ended, there was a moment of silence. Then the audience erupted into thunderous applause. After the performance, shy and silent as Mohi was, he gave Hamed a big hug. Love may be silent， but it was always there. Since then, Mohi and Hamed have been best friends. With the encouragement of Hamed, Mohi has pursued his dream of being a musician. Not only do friends keep us company but also help us to be a better self.[
