重庆市育才中学校2023-2024学年高二下学期5月月考英语试卷(无答案)

西南大学附中 重庆育才中学 万州高级中学
高2025届拔尖强基联盟高二下五月联合考试
英语试题
（满分：150分；考试时间：120分钟）
命题学校：西南大学附中
2024年5月
注意事项：
1.答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、班级、考场/座位号、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔填涂；答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔书写；必须在题号对应的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写无效；保持答卷清洁、完整。
3.考试结束后，将答题卡交回（试题卷学生保存，以备评讲）。
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. What is Sonya responsible for
A. Doing some research B. Looking up the dates. C. Deciding on explorers.
2. What is the woman trying to do
A. Make an appointment.
B. Revise a paper.
C. Have a class.
3. Who is the man
A. A banker. B. A shopper. C. A cashier.
4. Where does the conversation take place
A. In a furniture store. B. In a restaurant. C. In a train station.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. The man’s daughter. B. A birthday party. C. Something to drink.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的、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 is the relationship between the speakers
A. House owner and renter.
B. Gym clerk and customer.
C. Hotel clerk and guest.
7. What will the woman do
A. Clean the room. B. Pack her suitcase. C. Have something to eat.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What did the speakers do just now
A. They met a writer. B. They wrote a book. C. They climbed a mountain.
9. What does the man think of the stories
A. Boring. B. Fascinating. C. Unclear.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the woman want to do
A. Work out a plan. B. Look for an apartment. C. Ask the man for assistance.
11. What will the man do
A. Move on to his new job.
B. Give new employees coaching.
C. Work on an important project.
12. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Wait for him for two weeks. B. Extend the deadline. C. Turn to Mr. Cortez.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What do the speakers agree about a GPS
A. It is not completely reliable. B. It is very accurate. C. It is quite intelligent.
14. Why are some people better at finding their way
A. They are more focused.
B. They were born with the skill.
C. They were directed by a GPS.
15. What helped the man find his friend’s place
A. A street. B. A building. C. A tree.
16. What will the woman do next
A. Take a look around. B. Share her experience. C. Visit her friend.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the speaker
A. A tour guide. B. A hotel receptionist. C. A bus driver.
18. Where are the speaker and the listeners
A. In a hotel. B. On a bus. C. On a bridge.
19. What do we know about Ibiza
A. It is a coastal city. B. The tax rate there is high. C. It is famous for its restaurants.
20. What does the speaker remind the listeners to do in the end
A. Drink some water. B. Take care of their luggage. C. Contact Manuel in advance.
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.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
There are two drive-in campgrounds in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Nāmakanipaio and Kulanaokuaiki.
N makanipaio
N makanipaio Campground is operated by Hawaii Volcanoes Lodge Company. It is a large, open grassy area with tall trees. This campground has restrooms, water, picnic tables and barbeque pits. Campfires are permitted in the barbeque pits only. Maximum stay is 7 days.
Fees:
There is a pay station on site. Drive-in sites —$15.00 per night.
If there are more than two people in your party, you can expand to four people per site with another tent.
Weather may be cool all year round. Daytime temperature range: 60s to 80s F. Nighttime temperature range: 30s to 50s F. We suggest that you use a tent with a good rainfly and bring warm clothing for cool days and evenings. Reservations are required.
Kulanaokuaiki
Kulanaokuaiki Campground is located about five miles down the Hilina Pali Road. The nine campsites at Kulanaokuaiki have picnic tables and tent pads, and are available on a first come, first served basis. There is NO WATER at this location. Checkout time is 11:00 a. m. Fires are prohibited.
Fees:
$10.00 a night per site; stay limit of seven consecutive days.
$6.00 a night per site for campers who hold the Interagency Senior (Golden Age) and Golden Access passes.
Fees may be paid at the campground’s self-registration station.
Pets are not allowed in the campground or anywhere on Hilina Pali Road. Nighttime temperature range: 40s to 60s F. Daytime temperature range: 60s to 80s F. We suggest that you use a tent with a good rainfly and bring warm clothing for cool days and evenings. Reservations are required.
21. How is Nāmakanipaio Campground different from Kulanaokuaiki Campground
A. It offers no water. B. It allows fire in the barbeque pits.
C. It provides an up to seven-day stay. D. It has a narrower range of temperature.
22. How much should you pay if you stay at Kulanaokuaiki Campground for five nights with Golden Access passes
A.$80. B.$75. C.$50. D.$30.
23. Where is the text most probably taken from
A. A guidebook to a volcano. B. A brochure about campsites.
C. A survey on Hawaiian tourism. D. A user’s review of campgrounds.
B
Joseph Bologne, also known as the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is perhaps the most famous musician and composer you’ve never heard of.
Bologne was born in 1745 on the French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe, son of an enslaved Senegalese woman and a white plantation owner. Bologne’s father was eager for him to acquire a good education and he was sent to France to be schooled in literature and fencing（击剑）. As well as showing great skill in sport, Bologne was intelligent and appealing.
As if being handsome, clever and a champi on athlete wasn’t enough, Bologne was also a seriously skilled musician and composer. His main instrument was the violin, and in 1761, he was made a member of the Royal Guards as a soldier and musician. It was around this time that he became known as the Chevalier de Saint-Georges in recognition of his skill as a fence r and horseman. He was invited to join the incredibly distinguished Concert des Amateurs as the first violinist and became its leader in 1773.
Although things were going very well for Bologne, he still experienced apparent racism. Some of the opera’s leading women campaigned against having what they called “a mixed-race person in charge of the opera. Despite this attempt to undermine his career, he fell into favour with the influential playwright Madame de Montesson, who put him in charge of her private theatre and introduced him to her husband, the Duke of Orleans. When the French Revolution broke out in 1789, Bologne sided with the revolutionaries. However, he was later imprisoned for 18 months and ultimately died in 1799 due to a severe leg injury.
Shortly after Bologne’s death, Napoleon restored slavery in the French colonies and also banned Bologne’s music in an attempt to erase him from French history. However, Afro-Caribbean communities in France, and on Guadeloupe and Martinique have been working tirelessly to keep his legacy alive and Joseph Bologne is now enjoying a long overdue and richly deserved revival.
24. What can we learn about Bologne from paragraph 2 and paragraph 3
A. He had a difficult and troubled childhood.
B. He displayed exceptional talents in multiple fields.
C. His athletic abilities earned him access to Concert des Amateurs.
D. He was named the Chevalier de Saint-Georges for his music al achievements.
25. What did the campaign of some women in the opera imply
A. Bologne faced evident discrimination.
B. Bologne’s talents were a threat to the opera.
C. Bologne shouldn’t have joined the private theatre.
D. Bologne’s career prospects suffered from a lack of foresight.
26.What does the underlined expression “fell into favour with” in paragraph 4 probably mean
A. Got in contact with. B. Met the resistance of.
C. Had cooperation with. D. Gained the support of.
27.What is happening to Bologne’s music now
A. It’s banned for political reasons. B. It’s receiving conflicting opinions.
C. It’s being welcomed and celebrated. D. It’s leading to a revolution in music.
C
The twilight time between full wakefulness and being sound asleep may be packed with creative potential. In a new experiment, people who went into a light sleep were better problem solvers later.
It is said that the famous inventor, Thomas Edison, used to fall asleep in a chair holding two steel balls. As he nodded off, the balls fell into metal pans. The resulting noise woke him. Then, he could write down his inventive ideas before he fell into a deep sleep and forgot them.
Researchers tested Edison’s method of cultivating creativity with 103 healthy people. Volunteers came to the lab to solve a tricky number problem. They were asked to change a string of numbers into a shorter sequence. They were told to follow two simple rules. What the volunteers weren’t told was that there was an easy trick to do this task. The second number in the sequence would always be the correct final number. Once discovered, this trick dramatically cut the solving time.
After doing this task 60 times, the volunteers earned a 20-minute break. This downtime was spent in a quiet, dark room. Volunteers sat in chairs and held a version of the steel balls that Edison used as “alarm clocks”—it was a light drinking bottle in one dangling hand. The researchers told participants to close their eyes and rest or sleep if they desired.
About half of the participants stayed awake. Twenty-four fell asleep and stayed in the shallow, twilight stage of sleep called N1. Fourteen others progressed to N2,a deeper stage of sleep.
After their rest, participants returned to their number problem. The researchers saw a clear difference between the groups. People who had fallen into a shallow sleep were 2.7 times as likely to spot the hidden trick as people who stayed awake. Shallow sleepers were 5.8 times as likely to spot the trick as people who reached the deeper N2 stage.
28. What can be inferred about Thomas Edison
A. His creative ideas were often forgotten.
B. He once got inspiration from steel balls and metal pans.
C. His sleeping pattern was inspired by researchers.
D. He woke himself up from a light sleep on purpose.
29. What were the volunteers asked to do in the experiment
A. Find out the rules in a sequence of words.
B. Work out a new number sequence.
C. Work out the correct final number.
D. Find out an easy trick to do the task.
30. Which group of volunteers did best in the experiment
A. Those who stayed awake.
B. Those who progressed to the stage of N2.
C. Those who slept for the longest hours.
D. Those who woke up from the stage of N1.
31. What can be a suitable title of the text
A. Light Sleep May Turn Your Creativity on.
B. Shallow Sleepers May Be Better Inventors.
C. Write down Your Ideas Before You Forget.
D. Number Problems Are Solved in a Shallow Sleep.
D
Do you have a suit or dress in the closet that you haven’t worn for years but are reluctant to get rid of Maybe you say, “I can’t throw that away because I paid good money for it.” If you recognize this in yourself, then you are suffering from commitment to the sunk cost fallacy（谬论）. It occurs when we feel that we have invested too much to quit. This psychological trap causes us to stick with a plan even if it no longer serves us and the costs clearly outweigh the benefits.
Arkes and Blumer conducted a survey revealing that people are influenced by sunk cost fallacy in their decisions. Participants were asked to imagine a situation where they accidentally booked two ski tickets for the same date, spending $100 on a ski trip to Michigan and $50 on Wisconsin. They were also told the latter would be more enjoyable. It turned out that 54% chose Michigan despite the reasonable choice being Wisconsin, because they had made a greater initial investment.
Sunk cost fallacy takes place when we let emotions cloud our decisions. Once we’ve invested in a choice, we feel guilt or regret if we don’t follow through, without realizing that past investments won’t be recovered. Instead, we base decisions on past costs, ignoring present and future costs and benefits. This may be due to loss aversion（厌恶）, where people place more weight on losses than on gains. As a result, our decisions often aim to avoid losses instead of seeking the benefits gained if we let go of the past commitment.
No one can deny the fact that we benefit a lot from perseverance. So our society loves to emphasize perseverance. Never give up! Don’t waste. But only you know the right path for you. Sometimes walking away is the hardest choice of all. You might realize a path you’re on is no longer the right one or never was. That’s a painful realization.
32. What phenomenon does the author describe at the bèginning of the text
A. People benefit from sticking with a plan.
B. People’s consumption view has changed.
C. People refuse to give up the past commitment.
D. People’s clothes are becoming more expensive.
33. Why did 54% of the participants choose the Michigan trip
A. To save more of the loss. B. To appear more reasonable.
C. To make a greater investment. D. To enjoy more of themselves.
34. When does “sunk cost fallacy” occur
A. When we don’t follow through our choices.
B. When we attach more importance to potential gains.
C. When we feel it worthwhile to invest in past decisions.
D. When we emotionally stick with investment already made.
35. What is the author’s attitude toward “perseverance”
A. Favorable. B. Objective. C. Critical. D. Unclear.
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 Write a Free Verse Poem
Let’s say you are working on homework or an assignment about writing a free verse poem and you’re all set to start. 36 Fortunately, the following steps can solve your problem.
Choose a subject. Maybe you can write a poem about a person or your favorite pet. 37 If you have trouble choosing a subject, try closing your eyes and visualizing what is meaningful to you. Then select one that you have an emotional connection to.
Think about how to approach the subject. 38 Are you focusing on the specific scene or are you going to write more generally about a certain theme Are you considering how you can choose certain words to describe the subject It can be helpful to decide ahead of time what you want to say about the topic.
39 Not being too worried about rhyming, you can feel free to explore your topic. Write down as many details as you can think of. For example, if you are describing your last birthday party, you may start by describing who was at the party, the gifts you received, and how you felt during the party.
Create a draft and improve it. Use the list of keywords to help you draft a poem. 40 These will help you to create a stronger free verse poem. Then, read your draft loudly and take note of any lines or sections that have a certain rhythm, as well as any lines where a word or phrase sounds off or flat.
A. Focus on using devices like metaphor, simile, etc.
B. You can also focus on a theme like love or sorrow.
C. Write down the key words that relate to your subject.
D. Look at the place where you could improve on a description.
E. Are you planning to write a perfect draft or write your poem directly
F. However, there’s one problem: you don’t know how to write a free verse poem!
G. Are you going to write from a certain point of view, like the first person or the third person
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。
Christy was helping Mum sort through boxes they’d found in their new home.“Look,”she held up an old photo. “It says Mabel beside Dream Lake, summer 1910.” It looked so 41 . Christy asked if she could 42 it. Mum agreed, adding that Mabel was once the owner of the house, but she didn’t know about the 43 .
Now Christy had a puzzle to 44 . Where was Dream Lake The next morning, Christy went to the local 45 , where she looked through 46 of the town. They showed streets, businesses, but no lakes. Back home, while she was staring out of her bedroom window, a(n) 47 scene hit her. Christy quickly 48 Mabel’s photo and ran outside. In its 49 ,a steeple （尖塔） rose above a border of short trees. It looked much like the one now visible above the line of trees of her backyard. “Mum!” shouted Christy. “It’s the same steeple. This picture was taken in our 50 !”
Mum hurried outside to look. “Yeah, the trees have 51 grown, but it’s the same steeple. But where’s the lake ” They finally turned to the historical society. But no one there had ever heard of such a lake. And all the 52 proved useless.
“I don’t 53 it,” said Christy in confusion.
That night, 54 came down and cooled the air. Early the next morning, Christ y woke up and looked out of her window. “Dream Lake!” yelled Christy. “We 55 the puzzle, Mum!”
41. A. miserable B. contemporary C. vibrant D. historical
42. A. keep B. hang C. maintain D. reproduce
43. A. lady B. time C. lake D. photo
44. A. turn to B. work out C. worry about D. take up
45. A. library B. laboratory C. monument D. gallery
46. A. posters B. maps C. films D. journals
47. A. fabulous B. alien C. odd D. familiar
48. A. wrapped B. unfolded C. grabbed D. submitted
49. A. composition B. reflection C. background D. frame
50. A. town B. garage C. neighbourhood D. backyard
51. A. truly B. abruptly C. gradually D. merely
52. A. sufferings B. searches C. concepts D. assumptions
53. A. make B. fancy C. believe D. get
54. A. snow B. rain C. wind D. fog
55. A. solved B. found C. completed D. proved
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。
The Angkor Archeological Park, 56 (lie) in Northwest Cambodia’s Siem Reap province and listed as a World Heritage in 1992, is the most popular tourist destination in the kingdom. It is also home 57 91 ancient temples built between the 9th and the 13th century. Cambodia 58 (have) a significant rise in the number of Chinese holidaymakers to its 59 (fame) park during the past two months in a state-owned Angkor Enterprise’s report, in which 60 total of 235,850 foreigners from 169 countries and regions toured the ancient park, up 50 percent in the same period last year.
Officials hope that the 2024 Cambodia-China Exchange Year would help bring Chinese tourists to Cambodia, especially to the Angkor. “I’m super confident that this year will become a new 61 (rise) force to attract more Chinese tourists,” Tourism Minister Sok Soken addressed at the launching event. He also said China was the fifth 62 (large) source of international tourists to the Angkor after South Korea, the USA, France, and Britain, 63 presence has significantly benefited the kingdom’s tourism development, economic growth and poverty 64 (reduce). He believes that the Chinese-invested Angkor International Airport, which officially launched its commercial operations in November 2023, would help motivate more international 65 (invest) to pump in fresh capital.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文（满分15分）
假定你是校英语报记者李华，你校上周开展了以“Chinese Cuisine”为主题的校园美食节活动。请写一篇短文，报道此次活动。
内容包括：1.活动时间、地点、参与者；
2.活动环节；
3.活动反响。
注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.请按如下格式作答。
Chinese Cuisine
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第二节 读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给的段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
A boy named Andrew lived with his parents in a poor community. One day, he saw a beautiful brooch （胸针） in a shop window that set his heart racing. Thinking that his mother’s birthday was coming, he wanted to give her a present. But the price ---- five dollars --- was too high for him. Five dollars would purchase almost a week’s food for his family.
Well aware of his family’s financial situation, Andrew could not ask his father for the money. Every penny his father earned through driving went to his mother, Dara. Slim and beautiful, she was the center of the home and the glue that held it together. She struggled to feed and clothe their three children, thinking about how to make ends meet every month, but she was happy as her family and their well-being were all she truly cared about.
Nevertheless, he stepped inside. Standing proudly and straight in his ragged shirt and washed-out trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, “But I don’t have the money right now. Could you please hold it for me for some time ”
“I’ll try,” the shopkeeper smiled. “People around here don’t usually have that kind of money to spend on things. It should keep for a while.”
Andrew respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out. He would raise the money and not tell anybody, for he thought his mom would get surprised when she saw that brooch. But how to raise the money An idea struck him when he saw the scene of workers painting external walls of buildings in the city. The paint was bought in buckets from a local factory. Sometimes the useless buckets were thrown away at the construction site, and Andrew knew he could raise money by selling them back to the factory for five cents apiece. That day he sold two paint buckets and hid the money in a rust y soda tin.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Every day after school, Andrew stuck to his plan. _____________________________________
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Eventually, the moment came!_____________________________________________________
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