广东省佛山市顺德区乐从中学2023-2024学年高二下学期第一次质检英语试题(无答案，无听力原文，无音频)

乐从中学2023-2024学年度第二学期高二第一次质检英语学科试题
本试卷共10页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考号填写在答题卡上。在答题卡右上角的“试室号”和“座位号”栏填写试室号、座位号。
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第一部分 听力(共两节，满分20 分)
第一节 听力理解（共 6 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 12 分）
材料及问题播放两遍。每段后有两个小题，各段播放前有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题的问题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
听第一段材料，回答第1-2题。材料和问题读两遍。
1. Question 1: (录音)
A. His mother. B. His teacher. C. His friend.
2. Question 2: (录音)
A. Watch a play. B. Visit his relatives. C. Do his homework
听第二段材料，回答第3-4题。材料和问题读两遍。
3. Question 3: (录音)
A. 7%. B. 10%. C. 15%.
4. Question 4: (录音)
A. By shopping less. B. By cooking more. C. By exercising more.
听第三段材料，回答第5-6题。材料和问题读两遍。
5. Question 5: (录音)
A. To discuss a party. B. To practice football. C. To talk about a school trip.
6. Question 6: (录音)
A. Take some tests. B. Have a music lesson. C. Visit her grandparents
第二节 回答问题(共4小题;每小题2分,满分8分)
听下面一段材料，然后回答问题。材料和问题读两遍。
7. Question 7: (录音)
Answer: _______________________________________________________________________
8. Question 8: (录音)
Answer: _______________________________________________________________________
9. Question 9: (录音)
Answer: _______________________________________________________________________
10. Question 10: (录音)
Answer: _______________________________________________________________________
第二部分 阅读(共两节,满分40分)
第一节 阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
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Cambridge Shakespeare Festival 2020
Special Charity Performances
Once again, in loving memory of Margaret Elizabeth Crilly, the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival will continue its support of the Children’s Hospice in Milton and St. John’s Hospice on the Wirral, with a series of special charity performances. Every penny raised will go directly to these organisations.
All special charity performances begin at 2:00 pm in their usual venues (会场); normal performances begin at 7:30 pm.
Eight Fantastic Performances
Hamlet 8 July-27 July
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 8 July-27 July
Henry IV(Part I) 8 July-27 July
The Winter’s Tale 8 July-27 July
Much Ado About Nothing 29 July-17 August
The Tempest 29 July-17 August
Henry IV(Part II) 29 July-24 August
As You Like It 29 July-24 August
Tickets
Tickets cost 17 and 13 concessions (减价票).
Tickets are available to purchase on our website. We regret the necessary imposition (征收) of a 1.50 booking fee per ticket, but the increase in our own administration costs has made this unavoidable.
IMPORTANT NOTES
Concession tickets:
Please note, you will need to bring proof of eligibility (资格证明) to buy concession tickets. Student concessions only apply to those with proof of being in full-time education. Other categories for concession tickets include the old, unemployed and disabled.
Seating policy:
There are about 200 chairs at each venue available on a first come, first served basis. There is also a picnic area immediately in front of the chairs for audience members to sit on the lawn (草坪) - though this is ground-level only, you should not use your own chairs in this area. Please note: purchase of a ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat.
11. In which way are special charity performances different from normal ones
A. Their showtime. B. Their venues.
C. Their ticket prices. D. Their seating policy.
12. When can you see Much Ado About Nothing
A. On 24 July. B. On 28 July C. On 30 July. D. On 26 July.
13. How much should a disabled person pay to book an evening performance
A. 13. B. 18. 50. C. 17. D. 14. 50.
B
Setting goals is common in our life. We look ahead, predict what may make us happy in the future, and then narrow down the things to something specific. For the most part, having goals is better than not having any, but there are also problems that come with spending an entire life living from goal to goal.
For one thing, we attempt to predict an unpredictable future. Who is to say that what you want next year is the same thing you want right now What if what you want right now isn't in the right direction over the long term
Secondly, and just as importantly, you only confine your expectations of happiness and satisfaction to the goal you have set so that you often forget that other things in your life can also add just as much joy to your experience. This creates a strange conflict.
To solve this conflict, we have to move towards something more vague (模糊的). Going after interestingness, I think is what we should do. It's vague enough to be honest about the unpredictability of the future.
Interestingness isn’t hedonism (快乐主义). It' s deeper than that. It’s taking on that random project you had no plan to take on because you have a feeling that you might just learn something you didn’t know about yourself. It's seeing a person you just met not as a potential partner or someone who can do something for you but simply as someone who may open a new, unknown and unique world for you. Goals incorrectly assume that we already know what we want. Interestingness is more modest. It makes up its mind as it moves, slowly blowing from one thing to another, until it eventually grasps something that lies beyond prediction.
14. Setting goals is to predict an unpredictable future because __________.
A. it fails to reach our true potential
B. it proves meaningless in the long run
C. it may lead us to the opposite direction
D. it overlooks possible changes in our life
15. What does the underlined word “confine” in Paragraph 3 probably mean
A. Devote. B. Limit. C. Deliver. D. Compare.
16. What’s the benefit of pursuing interestingness
A. Bringing us self satisfaction at once.
B. Improving our relationship with others.
C. Making us gain something unexpected.
D. Helping us successfully predict the future.
C
A roadside system that detects if a mobile phone is in use in a passing vehicle is being tested in the UK first. Despite being unable to tell whether the driver is using the phone, it is hoped that it will act as a warning to people who make calls behind the wheel. The technology picks up the phone signal in the vehicle and activates a roadside warning sign of a mobile phone with a red line through it.
The system cannot tell the difference between driver and a passenger on a bus, but to some degree it can warn drivers that they can be detected using their phones. Using directional antenna (天线), the detector picks up radio waves produced by a phone handset, and measures the signal strength and length of them. When signal is detected of duration (持续时间) long enough and signal strength strong enough to set off the system, the detector activates the warning sign. The detector is able to distinguish Bluetooth connections or hands-free devices which, when picked up, will prevent the activation.
While this new system is no replacement for a police officer catching someone in the act, it could be enough to make some drivers think twice — and that has to be a positive step forward. However, just as technology has enabled the problem of drivers using mobile phones illegally, it can also be a big part of the solution in getting people to stop. Statistics from the devices will be shared with Norfolk Police, the county council said. The council said that enabling the system to record specific number plates (号码牌) could be a “future development”
Using a mobile phone at the wheel is one of the four road crimes which can have horrible consequences if it causes serious car crash. Law enforcement (执行) technology has been falling behind for a decade and not made any easier by motor producers that encourage users to plug in their phones even before driving.
17. Why is the roadside system used according to Paragraph 1
A. To send out cellphone signals to drivers.
B. To detect drivers’ illegal use of cellphone.
C. To monitor people’s use of phones while driving.
D. To warm people against using phones while driving.
18. How does the detector of the roadside system work
A. It measures the length of the phone.
B. It warns drivers with a phone in hand.
C. It picks up radio waves from handsets.
D. It activates the vehicle's Bluetooth system.
19. What does the text suggest drivers do with the road warning sign
A. Switch to Bluetooth while driving. B. Have a close watch of road signs.
C. Avoid being picked up by detectors. D. Stop using hands-free mobile phone.
20. What will the county council probably do in the future
A. Make the system more advanced. B. Share the devices with the police.
C. Replace the police with the new system. D. Take steps to settle road safety problems.
第二节 语句排序（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）将下列几个部分（A、B、C、D和E）按题号排序，构成一个符合逻辑的完整语篇。
21→22→23→24→25
A. After one month of painting every day, from sunrise to sunset, I was selling here and there, mostly right off the easel（画架）, but I quickly burned through my savings, and soon after, lost my apartment and moved into my car parked along the Pacific Coastline. A few more months passed. I was underfed and had no gas to move my car, but I kept painting.
B. This was back in 2008 and so many years later, I'm painting more than ever. I will still pick up an illustration job from time to time, but painting plein air is what I love more than anything - this is how I spend my time. I have work in a couple of galleries here in Oregon, but I do most of my sales through my website, which is updated daily.
C. One day, with a dozen paintings laid out by my feet in South Laguna with a serious sunburn and hungry stomach, a woman walked by, complimented my work and then bought all of my paintings! Turns out this woman was a big art collector. Then she generously gave me a show in her home a couple of weeks later. I nearly sold out at the show and then I got picked up by a famous gallery in Laguna Beach the following week.
D. After graduating from art school with a degree in illustration（插图）, I was at a stand still and didn't know how to work in the art industry. Back then, I was still living in Laguna Beach, California, so I decided to try my hand at plein air（野外写生）painting. This was something I had only done once or twice before, and with little success.
E. After a week, I fell in love with the work of Edgar Payne, William Wendt and the like, and at that moment I knew this was what I wanted to do with my life.
第三节 选句填空（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Social bond of animals
Friendship is an important part of human life. Friends can share our joys and our hardships. We aren’t alone. 26
Recently, a British research team finished an eight-year study of Indo-Pacific dolphins off the coast of-Western Australia. These dolphins can use different tools to search for food. 27 Other factors, like family closeness, have no impact on this relationship.
“It suggests that dolphins form social bonds based on shared interests,” UK biologist Simon Allen told Science Daily. “Using different tools is time-consuming for dolphins to cooperate.”
Apart from dolphins, elephants, horses and bats are also known to form friendships. 28
Of course not, The Atlantic reported. In 2015, a goat was originally left in a tiger’s enclosure (围场) as a meal. 29 The Atlantic said it’s not unusual among captive (圈禁的) animals. That’s because in captivity, animals don’t need to spend much time and energy marking their territory or looking for mates the way they would in the wild. They are actually more likely to feel bored. “In this particular situation, the animal’s motivation to engage socially and playfully may be higher than eating.”
___30___ Take bats as an example. In 2011, scientists found bats prefer to hang out with a few certain friends, keeping loose ties to the rest of their group.
Humans aren’t so different. “We do not work, play and live together with the same friends all the time,” Swiss zoologist Gerald Kerth explained. “But nevertheless, we are able to maintain long term relationships... despite our often highly dynamic social lives.”
A. Many different animals also make friends.
B. Are friendships only limited to the same species
C. Dolphins live on fish but they do not spend all their time looking for fish.
D. More interestingly, animals not only make friends but also try to keep lasting friendships.
E. The goat was frightened of the tiger, and pretended to make friends with it for the sake of its own safety.
F. The researchers found that these dolphins are more willing to hang out with partners that like the same tool.
G. But instead of eating the goat, the tiger likes to play with it and gets jealous when other animals are close to his friend.
第三部分 语言知识及运用(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)
What is the most fun you can have in 21 hours and 23 minutes On 15 October 2003, Yang Liwei answered this question. His 31 in space took him 600,000 kilometers in orbit, around the earth 14times, in just over21 hours. It made him China's first astronaut in space. He had worked towards this 32 for many years.
Born in 1965, Yang had wanted to 33 since he was a young boy. His friends and teachers have all said that he loved science and technology from a young age. He always had a(n) 34 of flying.
In 1983, he joined the army and went to flight school. He 35 in 1987 and became a pilot. In1998, he 36 to be a member of Project 921, which is now called Shenzhou. He was one of the only 14 37 from 1, 500 candidates(候选人). The team spent the next five years being trained. They not only studied all the subjects 38 to be an astronaut, but also learned 39 skills and all about how spaceships and rockets are built. Yang scored among the very 40 in everything the group studied.
In September 2003, only three out of the 14candidates were 41 for the Chinese space adventure, and Yang was one of them. He took all kinds of tests to 42 he was fit for this important task. 43 he did not get the best scores on every single test, it was his high scores on the psychological(心理的）tests that finally won him the chance.
In the end, Yang was indeed a success. His name will go down in history. The people of China can be 44 of him and young people all over the world 45 him as an example of a man who managed to fulfill his dream.
31.A. sailing B. voyage C. walk D. leap
32.A. goal B. idea C. risk D. reward
33. A. explore B. operate C. compete D. fly
34. A. dream B. chance C. opinion D. schedule
35. A. dropped B. survived C. graduated D. succeeded
36. A. wanted B. hoped C. deserved D. applied
37. A. got B. taken C. selected D. kept
38. A. required B. added C. simplified D. released
39. A. walking B. communication C. management D. survival
40. A. altitude B. middle C. top D. bottom
41. A. designed B. picked C. coached D. praised
42. A. admit B. prove C. expect D. mention
43. A. Although B. Because C. Unless D. When
44. A. confident B. proud C. afraid D. ashamed
45. A. get along with B. care about C. deal with D. look up to
第二节 语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 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。
Covering 7 million square kilometers of jungle and river over eight countries, the Amazon Rainforest is home to millions of sorts of plants and animals, some of ___46___ are still being discovered today.
It's also the world’s ___47___ (large) supplier of oxygen and is a treasure chest for medical ___48___ (researcher) who are experimenting with different plants in hopes of finding cures for certain diseases. ___49___, the world is at risk of losing this rich rainforest because of deforestation (滥伐森林) ___50___ (cause) by the actions of farmers, loggers and settlers.
The Amazon Basin ___51___ (lose) 20% of its rainforest since 1970. Cattle farmers have___52___ (continuous) cleared the land for cows ___53___ (eat) on and crop farmers have begun “slash and burn” (刀耕火种), a farming method that involves cutting down forests and burning the land to make ___54___ suitable for agricultural purpose. Loggers have been cutting down the trees for timber(木材), further decreasing its size.
With the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest, global warming becomes more of a threat. It is up to each individual to fight against the ___55___ (disappear) of the Amazon by making the world know something about this environmental disaster.
第四部分 词汇句型与写作(共三节,共60分)
第一节 词汇基础(共10小题;每小题2分,共20分)
56. Please allow me to express my deepest __________(同情) to the family.
57. He is a successful businessman, and he c__________ his success more to luck than to ability.
58.The task requires a good comprehension of __________(复杂的) instructions.
59.Various t__________ have been adopted to improve the efficiency of the production.
60. These days there is a growing ________(趋势)for college students to have difficulties in finding jobs when they graduate.
61.As the only w________ of the terrible accident, he was interviewed by correspondents from different newspapers.
62.I wonder whether the equipment will be ______________(可用的)in ten days.
63.We didn’t travel much during the holiday, in part because of the tight b__________, but also because of the huge crowds.
64.The purpose of the __________ (运动) is to raise the public’s awareness of the dangers of passive smoking.
65.She used to be terribly shy, but her staying abroad a year has completely t___________ her.
第二节 翻译下列句子（共 3 小题，每题5 分；共 15 分）
66.这些严重的障碍限制了海伦的正常交流，也让她的行为常常令人难以忍受。
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67.该课程寓教于乐，适合五岁以下儿童。
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68. 这家公司由许多小分公司组成，它们在市场上很有竞争力。
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第三节 写作（满分25)
69. 假设你是红星中学学生会主席李华。你从报纸上得知英国人 Christopher J. A. Smith先生骑自行车从英国抵达北京，创下了新的世界纪录。请你用英文给他写一封邮件,邀请他近期到你校做一次演讲。内容包括：
1.说明邀请他的原因；
2.告知演讲的相关信息（如：时间、地点、听众等）；
3.询问对方能否前来。
注意：1.词数不少于90词；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Smith,
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Sincerely Yours, Li Hua