天津市滨海新区塘沽第一中学2023-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题(无答案)

塘沽一中2023-2024学年度第一学期
高二年级期中考试英语学科试题
本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试时间100分钟，试卷共10页。卷I答案用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡上，卷Ⅱ答案用黑色字迹的笔直接答在答题纸规定区域内。
第I卷（共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
注意：听力部分请按试卷上题号顺序涂卡。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面五段对话。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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有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 city has the woman been to
A. Paris. B. London. C. Amsterdam.
2. How much do two shirts cost today
A. $15. B. $20. C. $30.
3. What does the woman think of the person yesterday
A. He is smart. B. He is careless. C. He is brave.
4. What will the woman probably do next
A. Help the man with his school project. B. Continue to do her homework. C. Do some cleaning.
5. What is the main topic of the conversation
A. Printers. B. Reports. C. Online shopping.
第二节（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）
听下面几段材料。每段材料后有几个小问题，从题中所给的A、B、C、三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前，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。每段材料读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8三个小题。
6. Why does the man refuse to play badminton at first
A. He got hurt. B. He is busy on Sunday. C. He is not good at it.
7. What do we know about the badminton players
A. They will play for the first time this weekend. B. They are all professionals.
C. They are a relaxed group.
8. What does the man decide to do
A. Join the game. B. Get into better shape. C. Play a different sport.
听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。
9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Coach and athlete. B. Father and daughter. C. Doctor and patient.
10. What did the man suggest the woman do
A. Go to the hospital. B. Take some days off. C. Change to another sport.
11. What is the world record for running 400m
A. 47 seconds. B. 47. 6 seconds. C. 48 seconds.
听下面一段对话，回答第12至第15四个小题。
12. What was the speaker's problem in attending a university
A. His parents didn't support him. B. He wasn't qualified. C. He had no money.
13. What is the speaker's life-changing moment
A. When he got a job. B. When he received a scholarship.
C. When he graduated from university.
14. What is the speaker's job
A. A managing director. B. A university president. C. A professor.
15. What advice does the speaker offer
A. To make a difference. B. To be determined. C. To get a job.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
16. —I have got the first prize in the VEX Robotics Competition.
—________ I Your efforts have paid off.
A. Good luck B. Come on C. Good for you D. Cheer up
17. ________ good service, the restaurant offers different kinds of traditional Fujian dishes.
A. Far from B. Apart from C. Instead of D. Regardless of
18. ________ he had worked out the challenging math problem aroused our curiosity.
A. What B. How C. Which D. Where
19. Such a simple experiment can effectively ________ people's doubts about the new technology, so they are willing to embrace the innovation.
A. figure out B. put out C. carry out D. wipe out
20. Many young people, most ________ were well educated, headed for remote regions to chase their dreams.
A. of which B. of them C. of whom D. of those
21. It is reported that more than 70% of water ________ in the past five years.
A. was polluted B. were polluted C. have been polluted D. has been polluted
22. More and more people choose to withdraw from their busy life and seek a ________ relationship with nature in the quietness of some faraway places.
A harmonious B. crucial C. identical D. outstanding
23. In China, a man from Jiangsu Province ________ from university at the ago of 88, ________ him the oldest university graduate in the country.
A. graduated: making B. graduated: to make
C. being graduated: made D. having graduated: made
24. Finally, my thanks go to my tutor, who has offered a lot of suggestions and comments on my paper and ________ every page of my draft.
A. converted B. regulated C. polished D. enlarged
25. China has ________ improved the living standards of the ordinary people in the past four decades.
A. necessarily B. additionally C. dramatically D. desperately
26. —Did you have butterflies in your stomach at the interview
—________. That was my first job interview.
A. It depends B. Not really C. Never mind D. You bet
27. I want to put the photo ________ I can see it every day, because it can remind me of the happy days ________ I spent in the countryside.
A in which; when B. where; when C. in which; which D. where; which
28. We shouldn't take ________ for granted that we still have a lot of time before the Entrance Examination.
A. this B. that C. it D. such
29. You must set realistic ________ for yourself, so you are able to track your growth in the long run.
A. objectives B. occupation C. capacity D. reputation
30. Only a few people are ________ to enter this Potala, which helps to ________ the buildings and the items in it
A. admitted, protect B. allowed, preserve
C. admitted, protecting D. allowed, preserving
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从31-50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。
For a long time Gabriel didn't want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at music students, 31 across the campus with their heavy instrument cases. 32 at school for practice hours. 33 anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to 34 music, as he hated getting to school extra early.
35 , one day, In the music class that was 36 of his school's standard curriculum, he was playing idly（随意地）on the piano and found it 37 to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, be realized that he actually. 38 doing it. He tried to hide his 39 pleasure from the music teacher, who had, 40 over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, 41 the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good 42 and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there. 43 him. There he decided to give the cello（大提琴）a 44 . When he began practicing, he took it very 45 . But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was 46 to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
This 47 , of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, 48 his heavy instrument case across the campus to the 49 Jooks of the non-musicians he had left 50 .
31. A. travelling B. marching C. pacing D. struggling
32. A. rising up B. coming up C. driving up D. turning up
33. A. before B. after C. until D. since
34. A. betray B. accept C. avoid D. appreciate
35. A. Therefore B. However C. Thus D. Moreover
36. A. part B. nature C. basis D. spirit
37. A. complicated B. safe C. confusing D. easy
38. A. missed B. disliked C. enjoyed D. denied
39. A. transparent B. obvious C. false D. similar
40. A. run B. jogged C. jumped D. wandered
41. A. because B. but C. though D. so
42. A. car B. tasto C. heart D. voice
43. A. occurred to B. took to C. appealed to D. held to
44. A. change B. chance C. mission D. function
45. A. seriously B. proudly C. casually D. naturally
46. A. committed B. used C. limited D. admitted
47. A. proved B. showed C. stressed D. meant
48. A. pushing B. dragging C. lifting D. rushing
49. A. admiring B. pitying C. annoying D. teasing
50. A. aside B. aside C. behind D. out
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2. 5分，满分50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
Smile: It's a family photo! While your background might not be a foreign place or an international landmark, it's still important to capture your family's current experiences for future reference and enjoyment. Here are five ideas to consider:
① People pictures stand the test of time
Including people, especially your loved ones. In your thot it adds tremendous（极大的） interest. Encourage family members to be the focus of landscape images. providing context and great memories. Overtime, you may not remember that towering forest or the flower-strewn grassland. But you will recall the memories made in that location.
②Capture color
Whether you travel near or far, markets; parades（游行） and streetscapes will often provide a lot of colorful subjects and unique experiences that will help tell the story of your family adventure. At the market, for example, be on the lookout for brightly colored vegetables, fruits, meat or fish unlike those in your local grocery store. Inspire your children's natural curiosity by asking the seller to explain the origin of items.
③Give animal photos a shot
Whether at the zoo, in the countryside or in a national park, shooting photos of animals can be an enriching experience. Will you get the shot when the lion roars. the giraffe reaches upward or the monkey swings from the branch
④ Get in on the action
It's fun to capture the movement and the excitement of the adventure. Whether it's a swing or slide in a nearby park, a child running through a field, rafting（漂流） through the rapids or biking down at rail, capture the action in an image or video.
⑤Seck beauty
Focus on the small details of everyday life. Look for the beauty found in blooming wildflowers. the fluttering wings of a hummingbird, a bird building a nest, shifting clouds or a full moon.
Consider sharing your favorite pictures with friends and family in distant places. They will likely take comfort in the connection and the glory of your extraordinary images.
51. Who is the passage intended for
A. Someone who loves his family.
B. People who are good at finding beauty.
C. People who want to take good family photos.
D. Someone who wants to capture the family experiences.
52. The underlined part “stand the test of time” in Paragraph 2 can be understood as ________.
A. Your pictures can help bring back memories
B. Your pictures can be stored for a long time
C. The family members in the pictures will live forever
D. The family members must stand for a long time while being photographed
53. According to Paragraph 3, what is the purpose of asking the seller to explain the origin of goods
A. To get the kids interested. B. To add more colors into your pictures.
C. To better understand the local customs. D. To get along well with the seller.
54. According to the passage, to take good family pictures, you'd better NOT ________.
A. shoot animals B. shoot while your family members are rafting through the rapids
C. miss the little details of everyday life D. focus on the shifting clouds
55. Where is the passage probably taken from
A. An ad website. B. A fiction book
C. A travel magazine. D. An environmental report.
B
Technological progress has transformed every aspect of my life. I bank online and learn online. Just like other young people, when I'm hungry and busy, I will order food through a food delivery app, especially during the pandemic. These apps are fast and convenient.
A survey of the food delivery service online conducted in the US shows that 26% of the people surveyed use food delivery service once a week, while 24% order food 2-3 times per week. Some have meals delivered even more often, with 8% ordering 6 times per week.
However, I deleted Uber Eats from my phone two months ago. Not because I didn't like using it I loved it. I can order precisely what I feel like eating. And I can have that hot meal delivered to my door within about 30 minutes with only a small fee. It's the kind of on-demand service that used to be reserved for the ultra-wealthy. Now ordinary people, like me, lying on their couches, working late in their living rooms, or isolating themselves at home during the pandemic can enjoy it, too.
However, I was shocked when I knew that five delivery riders were killed in three months last spring. Some riders sometimes were paid at rates lower than the minimum wage or without much of the basic protection enjoyed by the rest of us. They were also doing their jobs in an unsafe working environment—our city streets. This is particularly the case in Sydney, where some major media organizations have complained about the construction of safe cycling infra-structure（基础设施）for decades and worse still, state governments have previously torn up bike paths.
So I deleted the app and haven't used it, or any of its competitors, since then. I have no illusions that my standpoint will make a big difference. But I think our governments need to fight against the companies reshaping our lives and our communities for the worse to make our cities safer for everyone, including cyclists.
56. What does the survey conducted in the US tell us
A. The use of food delivery apps.
B. The quality of food delivery apps.
C. People's preference for certain apps.
D. Influences of the food delivery service on people's life.
57. What can wo learn about Uber Eats from Paragraph 3
A. It used to deliver hot food. B. It can satisfy different users' demands.
C. It favors a particular group of people. D. It was the most popular app during the pandemic.
58. What's the main reason for the author's deleting Uber Eats
A. The extra delivery fee. B. The attraction from other apps.
C. Delivery riders' safety problems. D. Heavy traffic jams caused by delivery riders.
59. What's the author's purpose of writing the last paragraph
A. To ask us to rethink the advantages of technological advances.
B. To call on us to play a role in the community development.
C. To state the problems of commercial companies.
D. To appeal to governments to make some changes.
60. What can be the best title for the text
A. Why I gave up using food delivery apps B. The rise and fall of Uber Eats
C. My addiction to social apps D. How I can live with apps
C
Every spring, as the weather warms, trees up and down the East Coast explode in a display of bright green life as leaves fill their branches, and every fall, the same leaves provide one of nature's great color displays of vivid yellow, orange and red.
Thanks to climate change, the timing of these events has shifted over the last two decades, Harvard scientists say.
Andrew Richardson, an associate professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, and research associate Trevor Keenan worked with colleagues from seven different institutions on a study which found that forests throughout the eastern United States are showing signs of spring growth dramatically earlier, and that the growing season in some areas extends further into the fall.
Richardson said, “Climate change isn't just about warmer temperatures. It's also about changes in precipitation（降水） patterns. so in the future, an earlier spring might not help forests take up more carbon dioxide if they end up running out of water in mid-summer.”
The research combined information from three sources. Using satellite data, Keenan tracked when forests across the region began to turn green in the spring, and when leaves began to turn yellow in the fall. Ground observations made every three to seven days at the Harvard Forest in Petersham and a long-term research site in New Hampshire provided information about the state of buds, leaves and branches. When combined with records from instrument towers, the data sets allowed the researchers to paint a richly detailed picture that shows spring starting earlier, and the growing season lasting longer than at any point in the past two decades.
Another important result, Richardson said, was the discovery of a significant source of error in existing computer models on how forest ecosystems work.
“This shows an opportunity to improve the models and how they simulate how forests will work under future climate scenarios forecast.” he said.
The real power of the findings, however, may be in helping to make the effects of climate change clearer to the public, the researchers said.
61. What is the reason of the earlier spring according to the Harvard scientists
A. The human activities. B. The climate change.
C. The tree growth. D. The reduction in water.
62. What can wo Infer from Richardson's words in the fourth paragraph
A. An earlier spring can only bring benefits.
B. The influence of climate change is complex.
C. The water in mid-summer will increase.
D. The role of forests becomes less important.
63. What is closest in meaning to the underlined word simulate in the seventh paragraph
A. Change B. Explain C. Imitate D. Create
64. What is the real power of the findings of the research
A. It helps scientists to figure out how forest ecosystems work.
B. It reflects how the growing season is extending faster.
C. It provides an opportunity to improve the computer models.
D. It helps to make the effects of climate change clearer to the public.
65. What is the purpose of this text
A. To tell us people should be more aware of the climate change.
B. To tell us the climate change has some effects on the world.
C. To tell us the early spring in eastern USA is a good time to travel
D. To tell us high technology is useful to detect the climate change.
D
We are in the midst of a battle for our attention. Our devices have affected our brains and destroyed our collective ability to concentrate. Journalist Johann Hair's new book, Stolen Focus, has just joined the voices complaining about the great influence of the digital age. His and other recent books reflect a public perception that our focus is under attack.
Indeed, in our new research, we found some clear concerns. We surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2, 093 UK adults in 2021. Half of those surveyed felt their attention spans were shorter than they used to be, compared with a quarter who didn't And three quarters of participants agreed we're living through a time when there's non-stop competition for our attention between a variety of media channels and information outlets（渠道）.
There has long been a worry about the threat to attention brought by new cultural forms, whether that's social media or the cheap paperback sensation novels of the 19th century. Even as far back as ancient Greece, the philosopher Socrates complained that the written words created “forgetfulness in our souls”. There has always been a tendency to fear the effects that new media and technologies will have on our minds.
The reality is that we simply don't have long-term studies that tell us whether our attention spans have actually shrunk. What we do know from our study is that people overestimate some of the problems. There's no such thing as an average attention span. Our ability to focus varies hugely depending on the individual and the task at hand.
It's also important not to ignore the many benefits that technology brings to our life. Much of the public surveyed recognized these, so while half thought big tech and social media were ruining young people's attention spans, roughly another half felt that being easily distracted was more to do with people's personalities than any negative influence that technology may or may not have. Also, half of the public believed multitasking at work and switching frequently between emails, phone calls, and other tasks can create a more efficient and satisfactory work experience.
66. What might be the theme of the books mentioned in Paragraph 1
A. The main focus of social media. B. The great influence of public opinion.
C. The attention crisis in the digital age. D. The fierce competition in the digital age.
67. What can we know about some of the participants in the new research
A. They were frequently disturbed by digital devices.
B. They felt it hard to acquire useful information online.
C. They had shorter attention spans than average people.
D. They felt challenged by fierce competition from others.
68. Why does the author mention Socrates in Paragraph 3
A. To stress new cultural forms have limitations.
B. To show worry about attention is an age-old problem.
C. To prove the important role be played in literary history
D. To explain cultural differences between the past and the present
69. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. People tend to overestimate their abilities.
B. Digital distractions might have potential benefits.
C. Technology's benefits have been largely ignored.
D. Switching between different tasks frequently is difficult.
70. What message does the author want to convey
A. Digital devices can benefit our work. B. We should say “No” to digital devices.
C. We should think highly of new cultural forms. D. Digital distractions really affect us so much.
第Ⅱ卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 阅读表达（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Just like everyone, I have experienced ups and downs in my life. I am an aerospace engineer from India. I was told by my relatives, close friends and others that it was hard for a non-IT student to pursue a master's degree in IT and graduate from a US university.
I had never taken courses related to computers or programming. I was never interested in being a programmer, but things changed. I became so captivated by the convenience IT has brought to our life that I made up my mind to chase a master's degree in IT.
At first, I came across too many difficulties and ing from a middle-class family, the huge cost per credit was a big issue. My English ac cent was terrible. Most importantly, the course seemed Impossible at first. Although I felt so discouraged and frustrated, I never thought of giving up.
Then I decided to choose my university because it promised its students to help them learn practically. During my first month, it was difficult to understand the Americans' accent and finish my assignments. But I never gave in. I walked two miles to the university every day so that I could use my travel money to buy a meal. I started looking for jobs and I got an offer to work as a student assistant, which meant lifting benches and chairs every day.
I took all these challenges as my chances, and I believed that hard work was my strength. Right now I am graduating with a GPA of 3. 96/4 and a job offer from a multinational company that has asked me to start right after graduation.
When you have a dream to realize, there is nothing that can stop you. All you need is the diligence and persistence. Hard work always pays off. Having a determined will is also necessary.
71. Why did the author's family and friends say that it was hard for him to pursue a master's degree in IT （no more than 8 words）
72. What does the underlined part “captivated by” in paragraph 2 mean （2 word）
73. What is the main idea of paragraph 3 （no more than 10 words）
74. What made the author graduate with a higher GPA and a good job offer （no more than 15 words）
75. What do you learn from the author's story （no more than 25 words）
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
76. 假定你是李华，你校正在组织英语演讲比赛。请以“你敬佩的一位名人”为主题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：
（1）人物简介；
（2）敬佩的原因。
注意：（1）写作词数应为100词左右；
（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
The person I admire most