唐县第一中学2023-2024学年高二下学期期末考试
英语试题
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.How will the speakers go to the airport
A. By car. B. By bus. C. By train.
2.At what time will the school play start
A.6:45. B. 7:00. C. 7:15.
3.What part of the women’s body was broken
A. Her arms. B. Her neck. C. Her leg.
4.What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. The man’s dog. B. The man’s house. C. The man’s roommate.
5.What is the women’s dancing teacher doing tonight
A. She is seeing a doctor. B. She is taking a flight. C. She is attending a meeting.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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至7题。
6. Where is the new cafe
A. Next to the library. B. Near the bus station. C. Beside the park.
7. How will the speakers go
A. By bus. B. By bike. C. On foot.
听第7段材料，回答8-9题。
8.Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a store. B. In a company. C. At home.
9.What will the speakers do next
A. Move a table. B. Clean a carpet. C. Have a meeting.
听第8段材料，回答10-12题。
10.How much is the blue dress
A. $35. B. $20. C. $18.
11.Why doesn’t the woman buy the dress right now
A. It’s expensive. B. Its color is not good. C. It’s a bit large for her.
12.What will the women do next Tuesday
A. Attend a weeding. B. Fetch a dress. C. Order a dress.
听第9段材料，回答13-16题。
13.Who got the girl a skateboard
A. Her dad. B. Her uncle. C. Her mum.
14. Where is the girl’s box from
A. Canada. B. Australia. C. Brazil.
15. What is the girl’s favorite thing
A. A guitar. B. A toy bear. C. A poster.
16. What does the boy think of the girl’s bowl
A. Strange. B. Interesting. C. Beautiful.
听第10段材料，回答17—20题。
17. When is the competition held
A. On December 7th. B. On December 12th. C. On December 17th.
18. Where is the competition to be held this year
A. Near a lake. B. At the Town Hall. C. At the radio station.
19. What is the prize for the first-prize winner
A. A ride on a plane. B. A talk with a musician. C. A visit to a school.
20. How can people get more information
A. By speaking to Maggie in person.
B. By going to the radio station.
C. By making a phone call.
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。
A
BODYPUMP
BODYPUMP, a total body workout that will burn calories, shape your entire body, increase core strength and improve bone health. BODYPUMP is available as either a 55, 45or 30-minute workout.
World leading instructors will coach you through the scientifically-backed moves and techniques pumping out encouragement, motivation and great music—helping you achieve much more than on your own!
BODYCOMBAT
Step into a BODYCOMBAT workout and you'll punch and kick your way to fitness, burning up to 570 calories along the way. This high-energy martial-arts inspired workout is totally non-contact and there are no complex moves to master. A LES MILLS instructor will challenge you to up the strength and motivate you to make the most of every round. You'll release stress, have fun and feel like a champ. BODYCOMBAT is available as either a 55,45 or 30-minute workout.
BODYCOMBAT will train your whole body and get you fit, fast and strong. It works your legs, strengthens your arms, back and shoulders and provides core training. You destroy calories. develop coordination and speed, and feel empowered.
BODYJAM
Originating in Auckland. New Zealand, BODYJAM is a combination of music and dance. BODYJAM is available as either a 55, 45 or 30-minute workout. If you want to dance, there is nothing like it. All styles of electronic dance music. It's the soul of BODYJAM. This is legal.
Whether you've got two left feet or fancy yourself as Beyonce's back up dancer, we've got your back. Our superb LES MILLS instructors will lead you to have fun. BODYJAMdoesn't discriminate, and dance is free, so what's stop ping you
BODYATTACK
BODYATTACK is a high-energy fitness class with moves that suit total beginners to total addicts. We combine athletic movements like running and jumping with strength exercises such as push-ups and squats(深蹲). BODYATTACK is available as either a 55, 45or 30-minute workout.
A LES MILLS instructor will pump out energizing tunes and lead you through the workout—challenging your limits in a good way, burning up to 555 calories and leaving you with a sense of achievement.
21. If you are interested in dance, which workout suits you best
A. BODYPUMP. B. BODYCOMBAT.
C. BODYJAM. D. BODYATTACK.
22. What do the four works have in common
A. They all need equipment.
B. They are just suitable for athletes.
C. They are all conducted by instructors.
D. They all require special safety measures.
23. Where is the text most probably taken from
A. A notice. B. A brochure.
C. An essay. D. A textbook.
B
Alice Howland leads a busy life. She's a famous professor of psychology at Harvard University and also in great demand as a speaker at seminars and conferences.
As the story begins, Alice has traveled to Stanford University to give a talk. She begins sharing information that she has shared a thousand times before; she needs no notes. Then suddenly, a word escapes from her. The pause seems to last forever while she struggles to find the word. Finally, she clumsily uses the word “stuff” and continues, thinking the slip is due to the jet lag as she finishes her talk.
Back home, Alice decides to go for a run. She follows a familiar route, but out of the blue(出乎意外) it isn't familiar. She knows she is in Harvard Square but has no idea which way is home. She begins to panic. Then as suddenly as her sense of direction left her, it's back again. She rapidly walks the distance to her house.
Alice continues to experience other small mistakes now and then. But it isn't until they become more and more frequent that she has a series of tests confirming that she has early-onset Alzheimer’s disease(阿尔兹海默症).
As Alice's condition worsens, she loses the ability to enjoy books and movies because she can no longer follow the plots. She doesn't know how to spend her days. The once famous expert in linguistics(语言学), who was used to a busy schedule, suddenly has nothing really to do. She depends on her husband, John, and their three grown children, but she loses touch with everyone else.
Although life was disappearing for Alice, it was moving on for her family. Anna, one of her daughters, has twins. Alice's husband, a successful scientist in his own field, decides to accept a position in New York City and move there leaving Alice with their children. Not long before he leaves, John takes Alice to their beach house for one last vacation. While there, Alice has a clear moment and tells John that she remembers him and that she was smart once. John assures her that she is the smartest person he has ever known, and Alice replies that she misses herself. With John gone, a nurse comes to take care of Alice, who no longer recognizes her own children. Her daughters help care for her every day.
24. What does Alice think causes her mistake when giving a talk at Stanford University
A. The long plane trip. B. Her clumsiness.
C. Her forgetting the notes. D. The busy schedule.
25. What does Alice feel when she first gets lost in her neighborhood
A. Embarrassed. B. Frightened.
C. Thrilled. D. Annoyed.
26. How does Alice realize she may be ill
A. She can't enjoy books and movies.
B. She gets lost while jogging.
C. Her husband decides to go to New York.
D. She keeps forgetting familiar things.
27. Why does Alice say “she misses herself”
A. She can't remember herself.
B. She blames her husband.
C. She is quite lonely every day.
D. She feels sorry for herself.
C
A recent study in the journal Current Biology found that people danced 12% more when very low frequency bass （低音） was played. Scientists wanted to see what factors of music make us want to dance. “We look at things like what kinds of rhythms make us really drawn in and want to move more,” said Daniel Cameron, a neuroscientist and the lead author of the study.
Volunteers were led into a lab that was changed into an electronic dance music concert, with live music performed for them, who were equipped with headband s that had a motion capture sensor. The lab had special speakers that could play a very low frequency bass, undetectable to the human ear. The set lasted about an hour. Researchers introduced the very low bass every 2.5 minutes and found that the concertgoers moved more when the speakers were on—even though they couldn’t hear it.
Cameron thinks that our vestibular（前庭的） system can help explain the reason. “It’s the inner-ear structures that give us a sense of where our head is in space,” he says. “That system is sensitive to low-frequency stimulation, especially if it’s loud.”
Some people hear music and can’t help but move, whether there are low, silent bass frequencies or not. So why do humans dance “It’s hard to test this, but there has been some work on why we may have evolved this way. We know that moving together in synchrony（同步） when we’re making music together and dancing together leads to social bonding. We feel better about the people we’re with. We feel more connected with them,” Cameron says. “So you can imagine this has potential advantages for groups throughout the long history of our species.”
Evolution aside, Cameron finds value in knowing his study has uncovered just one of the ingredients for what makes us want to dance a little bit more.
28．What does Cameron’s research focus on
A．The popularity of dancing among people. B．The evolutionary reasons why humans dance.
C．The musical elements that encourage dancing. D．The little effect of low frequency bass on dancers.
29．What can we learn about the research setup described in paragraph 2
A．Low frequency bass was played regularly. B．Participants tracked their own movements.
C．The dance music was performed in a live concert. D．The human speakers performed for an entire hour.
30．Why might humans have evolved to dance according to Cameron
A．To inspire imagination. B．To promote communication.
C．To create work opportunities. D．To stimulate the body’s potential.
31．What can be the best title for the text
A．The Science of Dance B．The Benefit Behind Dancing
C．The Role of Rhythms in Music D．The Evolution of the Musical System
D
In 2021, a wildfire bloomed in the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona. By June 7, winds had blown the wildfire east-northeast into the Pinal Mountains, in the Tonto’s southern reaches. The fire rose quickly, climbing over cliffs（悬崖） and sweeping across vast jungles. When the fire hit the tops of mountains with pine forests, it consumed them as well.
The Telegraph Fire, as it’s now called, grew very intense, creating its own wind as its heat rose, pulling air in from the edges. On the fifth day, the fire neared the city of Globe. By then, it had already destroyed a large area of Globe, making it one of the most powerful wildfires in Arizona’s history, spanning approximately 700 square kilometers of land. But the fire would not swallow Globe. Instead, on a ridge, the Telegraph Fire encountered a protective bulwark, remains of a previous great fire.
According to ecologist Kit O’Connor, the Telegraph Fire shift ed from a powerful fire, which was killing roughly 60% to 70% of the trees it encountered, to a slow-moving ground fire that only killed about 1% of the trees it came across. “Ultimately, the fire stopped approximately a kilometer away from a residential area on the outskirts of Globe,” said Lata, a wildfire management expert. She notes that without the Pinal Fire, the Telegraph Fire would have likely spread into the town and that they would have no means to prevent it.
The decision to allow the Pinal Fire to burn was guided by a new approach to wildfire management called potential operational delineations（PODs）. PODs categorize the landscape into zones where fires can potentially be contained. These zones are determined before the fire season begins, using a combination of AI and local expertise. A PODs network can assist land managers in identifying opportunities to exploit wildfires that light under manageable conditions. The goal is that, if subsequent fires break out under extreme conditions, there will be fewer bushes available to feed their great power.
32．What does paragraph 1 mainly describe about the wildfire
A．Its extension. B．Its origin. C．Its duration. D．Its management.
33．What does the underlined word “bulwark” in paragraph 2 refer to
A．A water source. B．A defensive wall.
C．A type of vegetation. D．A fire-fighting technique.
34．What is Lata’s attitude to the Pinal Fire
A．Critical. B．Indifferent. C．Cautious. D．Supportive.
35．What is the main purpose of PODs in wildfire management
A．To predict wildfire occurrences. B．To reduce fuel for future wildfires.
C．To help land managers put out wildfires. D．To create landscapes against potential wildfires.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，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。
I adore poetry-I still remember early lessons on haikus back in my Grade Three classroom. Poetry can be amazing. Here's three ways to bring poetry into your classroom.
Combine poetry and art
Poems often use a few words to create pictures, so they're perfect to combine with art. ____36____ Students can write a poem inspired by a piece of art or create a piece of art inspired by a poem, which can be especially effective when you're looking at particular styles of art-abstract art or sculpture.
____37____ They can look at how poetry can be a part of public art or how words, color and shapes can be combined to create something beautiful.
Create poetry displays
Due to their shorter size, poems make wonderful subject for displays. There are a few ways you can display poetry in the classroom. For instance, if you write or explore poems on a particular theme, you can use that to create a display. Autumn poetry can be displayed on colorful trees made out of paper. ____38____
Students can also use a display board to create their own poetry. ____39____ They can also write lines of poetry to pin up on a board to continue a poem which is being written.
Explore poetry in song
Poetry and songs are two different forms of writing. ____40____ They both use rhyme, rhythm and highly effective word choice to make you feel something. Students can also think about how already written songs could be set to music.
Take a moment to share some poetry with your students and open up a whole world of different rhythms, rhymes and pictures made out of words.
A. This can be especially effective with songs.
B. You can start with using one to inspire another.
C. Beach poems can be written into a beach scene.
D. But it's not hard to see the similarities between them.
E. Students can also combine poetry and art in one piece.
F. They create poetry using pieces of paper with words on a board.
G. Share some poetry with your students and open up a whole world.
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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Faisal is a fifth-grade student at an Islamic School &. Academy in Ramtha, Jordan. He was born without a right hand and only two fingers on his left, as well as a tongue-tie for which he had to____41____surgery at a very young age. These physical disabilities made Faisal feel____42____and isolated(隔绝) from his peers, as he could not____43____seeing the looks of pity they would give him.
Books were Faisal’s____44____shelter, where he could explore new worlds and lose himself in stories that made him feel alive.____45____, he struggled to find a way to develop his passion for ____46____until his teacher introduced him to the Arab Reading Challenge.
Faisal____47____the Challenge’s fifth edition, qualifying at both the school and district levels. He was____48____when his school district’s director recognized him for his district qualification. He then went on to____49____at the country level. Thanks to his success in the Challenge, Faisal_____50_____felt comfortable with opening up and_____51_____with his classmates, who now look at him with_____52_____rather than sympathy.
Faisal is now preparing for the sixth Arab Reading Challenge and is_____53_____to reach the finals. The child who once_____54_____to interact with others is now filled with hope and a_____55_____for life. His constant smiles and laughs fill the room as he talks to friends he met through the Arab Reading Challenge.
41. A. perform B. undergo C. consider D. interrupt
42. A. nervous B. bored C. shy D. crazy
43. A. bear B. resist C. help D. deny
44. A. simple B. normal C. rough D. safe
45. A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Additionally
46. A. teaching B. writing C. reading D. dancing
47. A. participated in B. prepared for C. approve of D. subscribed to
48. A. curious B. embarrassed C. sensitive D. overjoyed
49. A. recall B. cease C. qualify D. lose
50. A. eventually B. suddenly C. frequently D. genuinely
51. A. competing B. interacting C. reasoning D. experimenting
52. A. hesitation B. loyalty C. confusion D. admiration
53. A. satisfied B. worried C. determined D. ashamed
54. A. refused B. afforded C. managed D. expected
55. A. preference B. passion C. potential D. prediction
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。
A 50-minute drive northwest of downtown Beijing, pops up a village, ___56___ houses a shadow puppetry troupe (皮影戏剧团) and a theater, Beijing Long Zaitian Shadow Puppetry Theater.
Shadow puppetry___57___ (see) as the prequel (前篇) to film and animation in China. In2011, the art landed a spot on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
Besides performances___58___(create) by light and shadow, performers must master multiple skills as the plays combine painting, carving, opera___59___literature. However, due to low income and a small market, few young people are willing___60___(learn) shadow puppetry.
This particular troupe, however, stands out from the crowd: Average performer age is only 25. Moreover, of the 300 performers it has trained over the years, many are under 1. 4 min___61___ (high).
In 2006, Wang Xi, inheritor of Beijing Western-School Shadow Puppetry, ___62___ (establish) the troupe in Beijing, and ___63___ first four very short persons joined her two years later. After a four-month training, they picked up basic performance skills and started working in the theater.
In 2021, the team designed Winter Olympics-themed shadow puppets. The puppets were gifted to foreign athletes during the Games. The troupe also staged___64___(variety) plays introducing ice and snow sports through fairy tales.
”We are lucky to have these people. They have been devoted____65____the inheritance of shadow puppetry for over a decade, “Wang Xi said.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 假定你是李华，上周五你校举办了以“Be Grateful to Parents, Cherish Life”为主题的班会。请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1.活动的目的；
2.活动的内容；
3.你的感受。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
A Meaningful Theme Class Meeting
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第二节(满分25分)
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
At a moment’s notice, quick thinking can save lives. Nothing illustrates this better than the story of 13-year-old hero named Dillon Reeves, who jumped into action when his school bus driver experienced a medical emergency, bringing the bus to a stop and avoiding what could have been a very tragic accident. Reeves’ parents expressed their pride at his actions.
“It’s an honor, said his dad Steve. ”I am a bus driver, too. Because of that, Reeves could probably know how to hold the steering wheel (方向盘) and step on the brakes. "
That day, Reeves came back home from school and was riding a school bus full of students in Michigan. And he sat in the fifth rows as usual.
The school bus driver has ten years of driving experience, and during these years, he has never had a driving accident. He held the steering wheel confidently, and he stepped on the brakes carefully. All the students were chatting as usual. Everything went smoothly.
A few minutes later, Reeves noticed something was off, but others didn’t feel anything wrong at the beginning.
The bus driver felt lightheaded and said on the intercom (对讲机)， “I am going to pullover for a moment. Hearing that, students thought the bus would stopped in a certain parking area.
However, the bus didn’t make it to the pull-off area, and began to drift onto on coming traffic. Security camera footage showed the driver already lost consciousness. Seeing that, all the students shouted loudly and shook all over, feeling like sitting on pins and needles, but Reeves kept his head at that time and told himself he should take some actions quickly.
Noticing the danger of the situation, he knew it was time for him to do something.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Without hesitation, Reeves sprang from five rows back.
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Emergency services arrived at the scene in no time.
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英语答案
第一部分：听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分 ，满分15分）
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第一节（满分15分）
Notice
A campus safety lecture will be held in the school hall at 3: 30 this Friday afternoon and it will last for two hours. Everyone is welcome to attend the lecture. The lecture is believed to be meaningful and practical because you will get to know potential safety problems and how to avoid them on campus. For example, be careful when you go up and down stairs, which is very important when students are crowded. In addition, pay attention to accidental injuries in PE class. I think you will benefit from the lecture. If you are interested in the lecture, please enter the school hall ahead of time and keep quiet during the lecture.
Students’ Union
第二节（满分25分）
【答案】I told him I’d lost $400, eight fifties. “That’s good enough for us,” he said, reached into his pocket and pulled out the roll of bills. Touching the bills carrying the father’s body temperature, I felt waves of warmth on this cold night. I took out two bills and tried to hand them to his son, but his son shook his head. “You wouldn’t want to ruin Christmas for me and my son, would you They are yours, and my son and I won’t take them,” the father said.
They left before I could ask them their names. This is the most regrettable thing for me. I was too excited at the time and just kept thanking them without asking their names in a timely manner. However, while I don’t have their names, I’ll never forget the Christmas gift from the two total strangers. Who said that in the Chicago area, people didn’t return money when they found it In fact, there are many honest and kind people around us. Al’s email has also proved this point.
