重庆市“七校联盟”2023-2024学年高二下学期期中测试英语试题(无答案)

七校联盟2024年高二半期联合考试
高二英语试题
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分, 考试时间 120分钟。
注意事项:
1. 答题前, 务必将自己的姓名、准考证号等填写在答题卡规定的位置上。
2. 答选择题时, 必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
3. 答非选择题时, 必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔, 将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。
4. 考试结束后, 将答题卷交回。
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 听力（共两节, 满分30分）（改编）
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. Which place will the man go to next
A. The park. B. The office. C. The cafe.
2. What will the man do tomorrow
A. Eat out. B. Bring a cake to Granddad. C. Watch a match
3. What are the speakers talking about
A. Repairing a jacket. B. Buying a new jacket. C. Returning a jacket.
4. How does the woman feel about the man's work
A. Satisfied. B. Disappointed. C. Worried.
5. What does the man complain about
A. The terrible food. B. The loud noise. C. The slow service.
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, 选出最佳选项。
听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。
6. What did the man do first every morning as an assistant cook
A. He cleaned the equipment.
B. He washed vegetables.
C. He prepared the ingredients.
7. What did the man think of the chef
A. He was difficult. B. He was helpful. C. He was famous.
听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。
8. What is the man responsible for
A. Organizing a conference.
B. Booking the hotel.
C. Arranging the trade show.
9. Why does the woman talk to the man
A. To tell him about a discount offer.
B. To check on his work progress.
C. To remind him to read the email.
听第8段材料, 回答第10至13题。
10. Why does the man come to the classroom
A. To ask for help. B. To do promotion. C. To attend a meeting.
11. Who is the woman probably
A. A student. B. A local painter. C. An art teacher.
12. Where will the exhibition be held
A. In the gallery. B. In the gym. C. In the main hall
13. How many people are involved in the exhibition planning in total
A. 8. B. 14. C. 11.
听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。
14. Why did the man decide to work at the greenhouse
A. He has a love for plants.
B. He can learn new things.
C. He lives near the workplace.
15. What does the man mainly do at the greenhouse now
A. He does the cleaning. B. He waters the plants. C. He treats the disease.
16. What is the greenhouse mainly used for
A. Research. B. Classes. C. Relaxation.
17. How does the greenhouse get most of their money
A. From the plant sale. B. From the university. C. From personal donations.
听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。
18. When did the speaker start Tasca Coffee Company with her husband
A. Ten years ago. B. Fifteen years ago. C. Twenty years ago.
19. Where are the majority of Tasca shops located
A. In Wales. B. In Scotland. C. In England.
20. What can customers do in all Tasca shops
A. Get free delivery. B. Use the loyalty card. C. Enjoy live music.
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, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项。
A（改编）
People in different regions of China consume different foods on the day according to local customs on Tomb-Sweeping Day. Here are seven traditional foods people cat on the special day.
Green rice ball
Green rice balls, are widely consumed in China's Jiangnan area-the region south of the Yangtze River. The seasonal delicacies are usually made from glutinous rice mixed with pounded mugwort—an edible wild herb thought to prevent toxic insect bites.
Sanzi
In both northern and southern China, it is an age-old tradition to eat sanzi, or fried dough twists. However, the sanzi in North and South China are different from each other in terms of size and material. Northern people prefer larger ones made from wheat, while people in the south enjoy smaller ones made from rice.
Thin pancake
The thin pancake is a popular food for people in Xiamen in Southeast China's Fujian province. To make it tastier, they usually add dried seaweed, omelet, veggies and chili sauce to the pancake.
Spring onion and omelet
In Qingdao in East China's Shandong province people eat spring onion and omelet. They believe the special combination helps improve eyesight and makes eyes brighter. In ancient times, pupils often sent eggs to their teachers to show respect on the day.
Steamed rice with leaf mustard
In many places in Southeast China's Fujian province, people thought eating steamed rice with leaf mustard could help prevent scabies and other skin diseases for the whole year.
Zitui bun
This steamed bun is named after Jie Zitui, a famous hermit of the Spring and Autumn Period（770-476BC）. People in Shanxi province have a tradition of eating the bun. Colorful dough animals and flowers are frequent decorations, while eggs and jujubes are added inside to increase sweetness.
Ai ban
To Hakka people in China, ai ban, or dumplings made from wormwood and rice, are a festival must-eat made by blending wormwood paste and glutinous rice powder together. They also feature peanuts and black-eyed beans for a more diversified flavor. After steaming the dumplings for15-20minutes, the food is ready to serve.
21. What is special about sanzi
A. People in South China prefer sanzi made from wheat.
B. The sanzi varies in different places.
C. People in North China prefer smaller size of sanzi.
D. It is only accessible on Tom-Sweeping Day.
22. What foods are made of glutinous rice
A. Green rice ball and ai ban B. Sanzi and ai ban
C. Thin pancake and Zitui bun D. Spring onion and omelet and ai ban
23. What is added to the steamed bun to make it look better
A. Colorful flowers B. Dough eggs
C. Dough animals D. Jujubes
B（原创）
Jilin is not a place that was ever high up on my list of places that I wanted to go to in China, but after visiting it I can confidently say it should be at the top of yours.
My first stop was the Jingyuetan National Forest Park, situated in the southeast of Changchun city. The freshness and calmness of this park was idyllic, with pockets of people out for their afternoon run or just getting some alone time. I was taken to a cable lift that took me up to one of the highest points and got to toboggan（长雪橇）down the hill side, which I had done once before beside the Great Wall of China, but this time I was in among the trees and wilderness.
The forestry in Jilin is second to none, which was evident when I visited the Changchun Zoological and Botanical Gardens, featuring multiple parades and performances, but my favorite of all was the glowing lantern sculptures decorated around and in among the greenery. I was fortunate enough to dress up in some of the performance costumes. I have attended a performing arts academy for many years, so I was over the moon when greeted by performers in Siping.
My last day in Jilin was a day of relaxation. I started the day by rafting down a local river, where butterflies adorned the trees like Christmas decorations. From here I made the journey to a rural forest to partake in the intangible cultural heritage protection project of ginseng picking. A master guided me into the forest in search of the root plant and showed me the correct way to unearth the roots. The practice can only be done during two months of the year and the rest is left for the ginseng to grow back. It can take many years for the ginseng to grow to a profitable size.
My expectations were blown up to the mountains in Jilin as the people here showed me all warmth and generosity, sharing their wonderful province with me. It is most definitely a place I'm itching to climb back into.
24. What's the meaning of the underlined world "idyllic" in the second paragraph
A. Crowded B. Lonely C. Peaceful D. Wild
25. What does the author mean by saying "The forestry in Jilin is second to none" in paragraph 3
A. You can't miss the forestry.
B. The forestry ranks second.
C. Changchun Zoological and Botanical Gardens is the second largest park in Jilin.
D. He likes the Changchun Zoological and Botanical Gardens most.
26. What can we learn about the author
A. He hasn't been to other tourist attractions in China.
B. Jilin was a must place to visit for him.
C. He can pick ginseng at any time of a year.
D. He is a performing artist.
27. Where did this passage taken from
A. A geography textbook. B. A health care report
C. A travel magazine. D. A science brochure
C（改编）
Artificial intelligence（AI）is showing promise in earthquake prediction, challenging the long-held belief that it is impossible. Researchers at the University of Texas, Austin, have developed an Al algorithm（算法）that correctly predicted 70% of earthquakes a week in advance during a trial in China and provided accurate strength calculations for the predicted earthquakes.
The research team believes their method succeeded because they stuck with a relatively simple machine learning approach. The AI was provided with a set of statistical features based on the team's knowledge of earthquake physics, and then instructed to train itself using a five-year database of earthquake recordings. Once trained, the AI provided its prediction by listening for signs of incoming earthquakes within the background rumblings（隆隆声）in the Earth.
This work is clearly a milestone in research for AI-driven earthquake prediction. "You don't see earthquakes coming," explains Alexandros Savvaidis, a senior research scientist who leads the Texas Seismological Network Program（TexNet）. "It's a matter of milliseconds, and the only thing you can control is how prepared you are. Even with the 70% accuracy, that's a huge result and could help minimize economic and human losses and has the potential to remarkably improve earthquake preparation worldwide."
While it is unknown whether the same approach will work at other locations, the researchers are confident that their AI algorithm could produce more accurate predictions if used in areas with reliable earthquake tracking networks. The next step is to test artificial intelligence in Texas, since UT's Bureau TexNet hastions and over six years worth of continuous records, making it an ideal location 300 earthquake sta for these purposes.
Eventually, the authors hope to combine the system with physics-based models. This strategy could prove especially important where data is poor or lacking. "That may be a long way off, but many advances such as this one, taken together, are what moves science forward," concludes Scott Tinker, the bureau's director.
28. How does the AI forecast earthquakes
A. By identifying data from the satellites.
B. By modeling data based on earthquake recordings.
C. By analyzing background sounds in the Earth.
D. By monitoring changes in the Earth's magnetic field.
29. What does Alexandros Savvaidis intend to show in paragraph 3
A. The ways to reduce losses in earthquakes.
B. The importance of preparing for earthquakes.
C. The limitation of AI algorithms in earthquake prediction.
D. The significance of developing the AI prediction.
30. What does the follow-up research focus on
A. Applying the AI approach to other fields.
B. Conducting tests in different locations.
C. Building more earthquake stations in Texas.
D. Enlarging the database to train the calculation accuracy.
31. Which words can best describe the earthquake-predicting technology
A. Pioneering and promising. B. Stable but outdated.
C. Effective but costly. D. Potential and economical.
D（改编）
Tun on a light outside at night, and it won't be long before lots of insects start gathering around it. This behavior has led to a popular comparison for attraction, "like a moth to a flame." However, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, it turns out that insects aren't "attracted" to artificial lights, but rather confused by it.
The new finding is based on a theory about insect orientation（定位）. Due to their small and lightweight bodies, insects experience less air resistance, allowing them to achieve higher accelerations（加速度）, which in turn makes it challenging for them to sense up and down during flight. So, they typically rely on stable light sources like the moon and stars to orient themselves at night, keeping the sky at their backs to stay upright. However, the introduction of artificial lights confuses their natural sense of direction. The insects you see circling street lights, in other words, are probably lost.
To reach these conclusions, scientists used high-resolution cameras to film insects flying around artificial lights in Costa Rica. They also attached tiny sensors to insects and filmed motion-capture videos of them in flight. In this way, researchers can slow down the insects pace and study their movements in greater detail. The videos showed insects turning their backs toward sources of artificial light—even at the price of flipping over or crashing.
This can be dangerous for insects, as circling around artificial lights can put them at risk from enemies, exhaustion, and starvation, causing many to die before morning. Night artificial light is a major cause of insect population loss, which could severely impact crop pollination and food supplies for larger animals, including humans. "Insects have been flying around for 370 million years, and it's just in the last 150 years that it's really gone wrong for them," says entomologist Samuel Fabian of Imperial College London. "If we don't want to influence large amounts of insect populations, we should not have lights shining up into the sky."
32. What have scientists found out about insects
A. Artificial lights can disturb their sense of direction.
B. Their populations are in decline.
C. They often fly quickly during the night.
D. Their eyesight is well adapted to light changes.
33. How did the scientists conduct the experiment
A. By detecting the living environment of insects.
B. By monitoring the insects' brain activity during flight.
C. By making videos to study insects' movements.
D. By building models to analyze insects' motion patterns.
34. Why does the author mention Fabian's words in the last paragraph
A. To stress the importance of insects to food supplies.
B. To appeal to people to reduce light pollution.
C. To show the reasons for insects flying around lights.
D. To explain the effects of insects' death on human life.
35. Which is the most suitable title for the text
A. How Artificial Lights Impact the Ecosystem
B. What Leads to the Loss of Insect Populations
C. How Insects Orient Themselves in the Flight
D. Why Insects are Attracted to Lights at Night
第二节七选五阅读（共5小题: 每小题2.5分, 满分12.5分）（原创）
根据下面短文, 从短文后的选项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。
In order to recover from mental distress, there's really no alternative but to get acquainted with psychotherapy. 36
Every human is in part neurotic（神经质）.
A neurosis is any pattern of thinking or behavior that blocks our personalities and potential. 37 . It should be part of every evolved human's mission to seek to understand the neurotic elements of their own personalities. The enquiry "And how are you neurotic " should not be taken as an insult rather a sensible request for more information on our particular flaws.
The origins of most of our neuroses lie in our childhoods
38 . A trauma（创伤）may be continuous petty criticism or emotional neglect. Something qualities as a trauma because the child isn't able to make sense of the extreme pain and therefore suffers a serious blow to its command of trust, intelligence, and love.
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Where there is an over-controlling parent, there will be a child with problems around autonomy（自主权）. Where there is a belittling parent, there will be a child with difficulties of confidence and self-esteem. Every character flaw on the side of the parent necessarily imposes a toll on a child.
Healing comes through self-awareness.
To improve, we need to get rid of the state of depression and recover contact with the original trauma. And in order to do that, we need to accept that doing so would be a good idea. 40 .
It won't be enough to know the past, we will need to feel it too.
We may have a practical sense of the central details of our childhoods, but an intellectual grasp won't be enough. We need to sincerely reexperience rather than merely intellectually know the past to free ourselves from its hold. Our neuroses will weaken or dissolve once the traumas are finally known and, even more importantly, felt.
A. Parents tend to give rise to a neurosis.
B. Its central ideas can be summarized as follows.
C. We have to agree that self-knowledge will be what can save us.
D: Parents assist their children in figuring out the difficulties.
E. Trauma leads to depression which overtime inspires the formation of neurotic symptoms.
F. What causes neuroses are intolerable frustrations and pains that we can refer to as traumas.
G. We may be neurotic in love or at work, in our friendships or in our attitudes to creativity or politics.
第三部分 语言知识运用（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）（改编）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Several years ago, a neighbor kid kicked a football and broke a basement window of my house. Due to financial problems, I 41 it up, thinking I'd get to it someday.
Over the years, I had planned to upgrade to energy-efficient windows. But with the frame rusted（锈）and firmly 42 in the foundation, whoever did it would need to chisel（凿）it out by hand. It would be a 43 process and there were six of those windows in the house. The cost was estimated at $15,000. It was simply 44 .
Honestly, the thought of that window 45 me for years. I knew I needed to fix it, but I had built up the 46 so much in my mind that I put it off again and again.
Then I had a job change and needed to sell the house before moving away. But it was almost 47 to find a buyer if there was a broken window. So I pulled off the boards to face this thing head-on. I grabbed some rust remover, 48 it around the frame of the window, and gave it a pull. To my astonishment, it easily 49 . I took the window downtown. It only cost me $12. I could have 50 the problem for only $12 when it occurred, but I let it bother me for five years!
51 , this isn't just about my window. Many of us live with broken windows of one type or another. They are things that seriously affect our 52 of life. If you recognize your broken window, don't 53 to mend it. It may turn out to be 54 than expected. Usually we suffer more in 55 than in reality.
41. A. boarded B. made C. tore D. packed
42. A. lost B. buried C. stuck D. mixed
43. A. brain-burning B. labor-consuming C. energy-wasting D. risk-taking
44. A. in a mess B. beyond control C. at hand D. out of reach
45. A. frightened B. confused C. bothered D. attracted
46. A. difficulty B. confidence C. confusion D. harm
47. A. shameful B. impossible C. pointless D. unfair
48. A. blew B. turned C. passed D. spread
49. A. broke B. fell C. moved D. missed
50. A. addressed B. ignored C. delayed D. considered
51. A. Luckily B. Consequently C. Unexpectedly D. Actually
52. A. quality B. pace C. way D. meaning
53. A. attempt B. guarantee C. hesitate D. pretend
54. A. worse B. tougher C. rarer D. easier
55. A. imagination B. memory C. principle D. practice
第II卷
第二节语法填空（共10小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分15分）（原创）
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。
The box office of China's Qingming Festival holiday earned 56. _________estimated 823 million yuan as of April 6, which is highly 57. _________（benefit）to the healthy operation of the entire film market. Foreign language films: The Boy and the Heron, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and Kung Fu Panda 4, took the top three spots, according to Chinese ticketing platform Maoyan.
A film analyst from Maoyan said that Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, whose 58. _________（recognize）and popularity in China are high, 59. _________（see）several of his works achieve impressive box-office results in recent years, such as Castle in the Sky（135 million yuan）, Spirited Away（488 million yuan）and My Neighbor Totoro（173 million yuan）. The film The Boy and the Heron also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. 60. _________（add）further momentum to its box office. It tells the story of a young boy, 61. _________ loses his mother in a fire and moves into a new home with his father and stepmother. It is replete with Miyazaki's symbols of life, echoing his classic works, and reflects his own childhood experiences 62. _________ （project）onto the protagonist, according to Toshio Suzuki chairman and producer of Studio Ghibli.
63. _________（reflect）on their over 40 years of friendship, Suzuki 64. _________（sincere）expressed his commitment to continue walking alongside Miyazaki until one of them passes away. "We show our full respect for ‘Grandpa Hayao Miyazaki', who is still devoted 65. _________ film creation in his 80s," one netizen commented.
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）（原创）
假定你是某国际学校的学生会主席李华, 你校将举办一场以“最美劳动者”为主题的摄影作品比赛。请你用英语写一则通知, 内容包括:
1. 活动的目的;
2. 活动的要求和意义;
3. 表达期待。
注意: 1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Notice
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Student Union
第二节读后续写（满分25分）（改编）
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。
An A for Mrs. Bartlett
I was sitting next to Missy in my ninth-grade world history class when Mrs. Bartlett announced a new project. In groups, we were to create a poster around what we were studying.
On a piece of paper, we wrote the names of three friends we wanted in our group. After collecting all the requests, Mrs. Bartlett informed us that she would take into consideration the names we chose and would let us know the results the next day. I was a well-rounded top student in the class, so I had no doubt I would get the group of my choice. There were only a handful of sociably decent（体面的）people in the class, and Missy was one of them. I knew we had chosen each other.
The next day, I anxiously awaited the class. After the bell rang, Missy and I stopped talking as Mrs. Bartlett called for our attention. She started to call out names. When she reached group three, Missy's name was called. So I'm in group three, I thought. The second, third and fourth members of the group were called. My name was not included. There had to be some mistake!
Then I heard it. The last group: "Mauro, Juliette, Rachel, Karina." I could feel the tears well in my eyes. How could I face being in that group—the boy who barely spoke English, the one girl who was always covered by skirts that went down to her ankles, and the other girl who was often wearing strange clothes with fancy items. They certainly fell into the category of the least popular in our class. They were considered misfit（不合群的人）!
There must be something wrong! Mrs. Bartlett was such a person of insight, vision and thoughtfulness that she never forgot to bring out the potential of all her students. Oh, how badly I wanted to be with my friends. Finally I was determined to convince her I should be in the "good" group.
注意: 1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右; 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Para 1 I fought back tears as I walked up to Mrs. Bartlett. ____________________________________________
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Para 2 Halfway through the week, I found myself enjoying the company of these three misfits. ______________
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