湖北省武汉市江岸区2023-2024学年高二下学期7月期末考试英语试题（含答案，含听力原文，无音频）
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江岸区2023-2024学年度第二学期期末质量检测
高二 英语试题
(考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分)
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
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。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19. 15. B. 9. 18. C. 9. 15.
答案是 C。
1. What did the woman do yesterday
A. She played football. B. She watched a game. C. She worked in the lab.
2. Where is John’s father
A. In the dining room. B. In the living room. C. In the garden.
3. What does the woman say about the course
A. It is tough, B. It is bad. C. It is easy.
4. When will the man leave for the airport
A. At 2: 30 pm. B. At 4: 30 pm C. At 6: 30 pm.
5. How will the speakers go to the exhibition
A. By bicycle, B. By subway. C. By car.
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、7题。
6. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. An activity holiday. B. Their hobbies. C. The teamwork spirit.
7. What did the woman get a prize for
A. Climbing. B. Walking. C. Sailing.
听第 7段材料，回答第 8 至 10题。
8. What does the woman think of the book
A. It is boring. B. It is stimulating. C. It is serious.
9. Who wrote the book
A. Lori Gottlieb. B. Aaron Esterson. C. Erik Erikson.
10. What will the man probably do next
A. Read the book. B. Recommend the book. C. Find someone to consult.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. What is the woman doing in Sydney
A. Traveling. B. Studying. C. Teaching.
12. What is purpose of the course
A. To evaluate students reading difficulty.
B. To enhance teachers’ reading techniques.
C. To improve teachers’ ability to teach reading.
13. Why does the woman choose the course
A. It is multi-task. B. It is cost-effective. C. It is time-consuming.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Trainer and trainee. B. Boss and advisor, C. Host and guest.
15. Why does the woman mention losing weight
A. To show how to achieve a goal.
B. To stress the importance of healthy food.
C. To express her wish to improve her health.
16. What can friends do to help in goal-setting
A. Find problems. B. Tell the truth. C. Give support.
17. What makes most people do badly at reaching goals
A. Failing to keep focused. B. Having many missions. C. Losing their way.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
18. What made Chai Lin get his first bike
A. His own efforts. B. His family’s help. C. His successful business.
19. What is the museum intended for
A. Education. B. Fame. C. Recreation.
20. What does Chai Lin expect to do
A. Collect more antiques. B. Produce new brand bikes. C. Expand the exhibition area.
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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
“The days that make us happy make us wise.”—John Masefield
When I first read this line by England’s Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean Without thinking about it much, I had always assumed that the opposite was true. But his calm assurance was arresting. I could not forget it.
Finally, I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom, and without the blind spots caused by fear.
Active happiness---not more satisfaction or contentment—often comes suddenly, like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud. Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener; bird songs are sweeter; the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable. Happiness is like a pair of, eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision.
Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional sadness, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.
The long vista (展望) is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet, the world about you-people, thoughts, emotions, pressures—are now. fitted into the larger scene. Everything assumes a fairer proportion. And here is the beginning of wisdom.
21. What was the author’s initial reaction to the line in the 1st paragraph
A. Deep agreement B. Casualness
C. Shock D. Complete confusion
22. What does the author believe happiness brings in terms of wisdom
A. A reduction in fear and anxiety
B. Pessimistic expectations for the future
C. Discontent and complaints about life
D. An unclear understanding of the surrounding world
23. When the author mentions “The wall crumbles,” what does he refer to
A. A physical obstacle disappears
B. Emotional distress and troubles fade away
C. Fears and worries about the future decrease
D. The pursuit of happiness becomes easier
B
I write this on a spring morning, in the van I have called home for two years now.
From one small window, I have a view of joggers pounding the sunny path by the Oxford Canal, and the other looks onto the busy railway line along which trains travel from Southampton Docks to Birmingham.
The woods where I’ve parked my van have grown up between them. This ancient van, a vehicle designed for freedom and the open road, has proved a stable solution for surviving the current housing crisis.
I became a travel writer after my studies ended, committing to brief “residencies” with museums and artcentres—where temporary accommodation is often provided in exchange for producing new work about a community. Over the years that followed, living and working on location in the polar regions or Scandinavia or the Alps, not settling down for very long, meant wherever I landed was always “home”.
During the pandemic it was necessary to adopt a more permanent engagement with locality. Oxford had often drawn me back. It’s a crossroads of reality and the imagination, the perfect city for a writer.
It takes a surprising amount of work to keep a tiny home in order: buying a used van online; ensuring the smooth running of a gas cooker and car batteries; fetching water and emptying the mobile toilet. I began to enjoy taking care of my immediate surroundings. Over the summer, I worked to turn waste-ground into a wild garden, replacing weeds with wild plants.
I made friends with the self-sufficient boaters living nearby, always ready to share knowledge on the low-carbon simplicity of life without electricity. I’ve learnt that comfort can be found away from the bright infrastructure of urban life: in watching the birds that nest in the tree and the foxes playing in the woods at dawn, in making a cup of coffee on a spring morning. My step away from conventional housing has been a necessary act of personal economy, but the benefits include taking nothing for granted, and unexpected delight.
24. What do the joggers and the railway line represent in the author’s view
A. Two sources of inspiration for writing.
B. Two obstacles to the author’s daily life.
C. Two places the author visits regularly.
D. Two ways the author travels around.
25. What does “immediate surroundings” in Paragraph 6i refer to
A. a used van B. a gas cooker C. a wild garden D. a mobile toilet
26. What does the author enjoy most about his living style
A. Driving his van around different places.
B. Transforming the waste-ground into a garden.
C. The opportunity to meet new friends.
D. The sense of accomplishment and self-reliance.
27. Which of the following is the main benefit of unconventional housing
A. Providing temporary shelter. B. Keeping a tiny home in order easily.
C. Embracing delightful surprises. D. Allowing for mobility and flexibility.
C
Not all birds sing, but several thousand species do. They sing to defend their territory and croon (柔声唱) to impress potential mates. “Why birds sing is relatively well-answered,” says Iris Adam, a behavioral neuroscientist. However, the big question for her was why birds sing so much.
“As soon as you sing, you reveal yourself,” Adam says. “Like, where you are and where your territory is.” In a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, Adam and her co-workers offer a new explanation for why birds take that risk. They may have to sing a lot every day to give their vocal (发声的) muscles the regular exercise they need to produce top- quality songs. To figure out whether the muscles that produce birdsongs require daily exercise, Adam designed an experiment on zebra finches-the little Australian songbirds.
She prevented them from singing for a week by keeping them in the dark cage almost around the clock. Light is what galvanizes the birds to sing, so she had to work to keep them from warbling (鸣叫). “The first two or three days, it’s quite easy,” she says. “But the longer the experiment goes, the more they are like, “I need to sing. ““. At that point, she’d tap the cage and tell them to stop singing.
After a week, the birds’ singing muscles lost half their strength. But Adam wondered whether that impacted the quality of songs. When she played a male’s song before and after the seven days of darkness, she couldn’t hear a difference. But when Adam played it to a group of female birds, six out of nine preferred the song that came from a male who’d been using his singing muscles daily.
Adam’s conclusion shows that “songbirds need to exercise their vocal muscles to produce top-performance songs. If they don’t sing, they lose performance, and their songs get less attractive to females.” This may help explain songbirds’ continuous singing.
It’s a good rule to live by, whether you’re a bird or a human-practice makes perfect, at least when it comes to singing one’s heart out.
28. According to Iris Adam, birds sing so much to ____________.
A. warn other birds of risks B. produce more songs
C. perform perfectly in singing D. defend their territory
29. What does the underlined word “galvanizes” in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Prepares. B. Stimulates. C. Forbids. D. Frightens.
30. Why did Adam conduct an experiment on zebra finches
A. To understand their mating behavior.
B. To study their singing patterns.
C. To test the effects of darkness on their singing muscles.
D. To analyze the quality of their songs.
31. What is the overall message of the passage
A. Singing is beneficial for those that do.
B. Zebra finches are for studying singing patterns.
C. Singing is a risk for birds, but they have to.
D. Songbirds need to sing regularly for attraction,
D
We may weep for the dodo, but could and should we bring this lovely bird back from the dead De-extinction is the science of restoring lost species and it has been in the news for decades.
The story in modern times began in 1990 when Michael Crichton published his science fiction novel Jurassic Park, in which he imagined a world where scientists were able to bring dinosaurs back to life. Crichton imagined that polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology could be a way to amplify (放大) tiny quantities of dinosaur DNA and thus build a living embryo.
Sadly, biologists soon realized that DNA in fact breaks down super-fast; even after 10o years, DNA from museum skins of dodos was decayed (腐烂) beyond repair. They could be sequenced (测 定序列) using massive computational power, but then only with considerable uncertainty. And even if you capture a DNA sequence, there’s still the problem of how you get living cells to read that sequence and express proteins that make the dinosaur or the dodo.
But why would anyone want to see mammoths, or something like them, roaming (漫游) present-day Siberia Well, they were undoubtedly amazing beasts. As well as hunting them, our distant ancestors painted their likenesses in caves across Europe. Fascinating as they may be, there’s some ecological justification for the project too.
It was this diversity of land surface, broken up by heavy limbs and randomly fertilized by faeces (排泄物), that supported so much flora (植物群) . Without the mammoths, that diversity disappeared. Return them and landscapes would once again be with a variety of species, including flowers and bushes.
True, it’s not de-extinction in the sense of bringing a long-dead species back to life. Instead it’s more like making a “dodo” by engineering a modern pigeon, its closest relative, to become huge and flightless. The result would be a big, fatty pigeon that, whether it looked like a dodo or not, would probably fulfill some of its ecological roles.
As a paleontologist, I would of course love to see living dinosaurs, mammoths and dodos. In some ways, though, I am relieved that the optimistic claims for cloning and genetic technologies have not been borne out. The slowdown gives us time to consider the outcomes—and hopefully avoid some of Michael Crichton’s more fevered imaginings.
32. What is paragraph 2 of the text mainly about
A. A science fiction review. B. The development of DNA.
C. An inspired guess of de-extinction. D. The application of PCR technology.
33. Why are people interested in cloning extinct species
A. They expect to seek hunt fun. B. They lack sources of modern art.
C. They want to see biodiversity. D. They need them for research.
34. What does the slowdown in cloning and genetic technologies allow the author to do
A. Witness the birth of cloned dinosaurs.
B. Avoid Michael Crichton’s imaginings,
C. Stop the progress of genetic engineering.
D. Consider the potential outcomes of these technologies.
35. What’s the author’s attitude toward cloning extinct species
A. Cautious. B. Unclear. C. Dismissive. D. Approving.
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。
There are several ups and downs in everyone’s life. No matter how strong an individual is, there is usually a time when he finds the need of someone encouraging him to meet the challenges. 36 That may make him feel the power and the energy to deal with all sorts of negativity in life.
The power of motivation is beyond explanation. However, the person, who benefits from it, understands its importance instantly he hears it. 37 The fact is that there exists the gap between the speech of an expert and that of the average. And probably the reason is the experience of a life coach in dealing with the life of countless people on the Earth in his entire career.
38 Or rather, whatever he says or advises is not only the output of the words on the page, but also what he has learned from the lives of people around. It is his real life experience that he uses to improve the lives of other people on the globe. Having met countless people throughout the career, the life coach becomes used to the problems. 39 So, his every suggestion goes straight, touches the heart and increases the energy of a listener, and eventually helps them address different problems in life.
If you think such speeches are mere words and sentences, you are absolutely wrong. But actually they are the magical words that bring a great change in the life of disappointed and annoyed people on the globe. With such speeches, life coaches dig out the problems that the listener is facing in life, 40
A. Sometimes, it is not difficult to define an expert.
B. In particular, a speech from an expert is motivational,
C. The knowledge of an expert is not limited to the books.
D. Especially when stuck in dilemma, you really feel helpless.
E. Besides, he knows what kind of solutions will prove the best.
F. And they also find the root cause to come up with a final solution.
G. If you think anyone can deliver such a speech, you might be wrong.
第三部分 语言运用 (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)
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。
When Eugenie George first heard that her friend passed a financial exam, her heart sank. She’d 41 the same test weeks earlier.
“Envy was eating me up,” recalls George. But anyway she 42 her friend. “And I told her I failed and admitted I was 43 ” she says. George knew that being 44 would ease her envy, but she was surprised that it also enabled her to 45 her friend’ s happiness and experience her own in turn.
Finding 46 in another person’s good fortune is what social scientists call freudenfreude, the great joy we feel when someone else succeeds, 47 it doesn’t directly involve us. Freudenfreude is like a kind of social 48 says Catherine Chambliss, a professor of psychology. It makes relationships “closer. “
Too often, we think our friends 49 us most during their hard times: a job 50 getting divorced. In fact, how friends 51 our joy is even more important for us than how they respond to our 52 . Too often, we think of joy passively. We see it as something that comes to us, instead of something we can 53 While it can be difficult in practice, freudenfreude can lift us up and 54 our day. So celebrating our friends’ 55 is a win-win to us all.
41. A. taken B. passed C. failed D. prepared
42. A. congratulated B. forgave C. blamed D. ignored
43. A. badly-behaved B. over-burdened C. short-sighted D. green-eyed
44. A. tough B. honest C. tolerant D. optimistic
45. A. imagine B. understand C. share D. increase
46. A. hope B. passion C. confidence D. pleasure
47. A. even if B. as if C. now that D. so that
48. A. platform B. glue C. booster D. routine
49. A. support B. annoy C. upset D. need
50. A. loss B. change C. interview D. application
51. A. look forward to B. contribute to C. get used to D. react to
52. A. envy B. complaints C. suffering D. mistakes
53. A. predict B. produce C. judge D. measure
54. A. fill B. start C. brighten D. balance
55. A. survival B. success C. recovery D. generosity
第二节 短文填空 (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。
Desertification is a serious problem ____________ (56) (face) numerous countries in the world. Shi Guangyin, an eco-warrior from Shanxi Province, ____________ (57) (battle) desertification for about 40 years. Born in a town on the southern edge of the Mu Us Desert, Shi remembers how sandstorms easily destroyed the crops the villagers had grown and made their life ____________ (58) misery.
In 1984, the government issued new policies to encourage individuals to plant trees in contracted sand lands. Despite the ____________ (59) (oppose) of his family, Shi resigned from his leadership position at a state-owned farm and began his fight against desertification.
____________ (60) (initial), Shi’ met with the challenge of lacking funds. He managed to raise RMB 12, 000 by selling all his sheep and borrowing money from door to door. ____________ (61) followed was tireless work by Shi and his team, planting several species of drought-enduring trees over sand. Langwosha is an area of about 400 hectares ____________ (62) strong winds blow hard all year round. After failing ____________ (63) the first two attempts, Shi realized scientific research was also important. In 1988, Shi challenged Langwosha the third time. This time he ____________ (64) (equip) with a newly acquired technique, which enabled most of the planted trees, well over 80%, ____________ (65) (survive).
“My fight continues as long as my life continues. I shall not stop planting trees until my last breath,” said ShiGuangyin.
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分 15 分)
假定你是李华。你校图书馆计划布置一个英语读书角，需要一张图片作为背景。校方搜集了以下两张图片，向同学们征求意见。请你给图书馆馆长写封邮件，内容包括：
(1) 你的选择；
(2) 你的理由。
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。 Dear the head librarian,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节 (满分25分)
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。
It was early spring and Nana was in the backyard with her grandchildren. Amy, Michael, and Justin were playing when Nana said, “I’m going to start planting my garden. Who wants to help me ”
“What are going to plant, Nana ” asked Amy. “I like big, yellow sunflowers.”
“I’m going to plant vegetables. That way we can have them to eat when they are ready,” said Nana.
“How long does that take ” asked Michael. He liked vegetables sometimes, especially carrots.
“It will take a few months before anything is ready to eat,” answered Nana. The children were surprised.
“Months Why would you do all that work and then have to wait so long ” asked Amy. “You should just go to the store and buy them.”
“Patience, my sweeties! Don’t you know food always tastes best when you grow it yourself ” replied Nana. “And if all of you come to help, it won’t be too much work.”
“I’ll help you, Nana,” offered Justin. He put down the soccer ball and went to look at the gardening tools Nana had laid out. “What do we do first ” Michael and Amy came over to look, too.
Nana taught Justin how to use a-trowel (小铲子) to dig small rows of holes for the seeds. Next, Nana showed Amy how to pour the seeds into each hole, And it was Michael’s job to cover up the holes with soil. Finally, Amy wrote the vegetable names on sticks that Justin pushed into the ground. “This way we can remember which vegetable seeds we have planted.” said Nana.
When they had planted everything, the children took turns filling up the watering can so that Nana could make the soil nice and wet for the seeds to start to grow.
“Now we just water them a little every day, and with some time and sunshine, we’ll have some delicious things to eat in the summer,” said Nana,
注意：
1. 续写词数应为 150 词左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Whenever the grandchildren came to visit, they would dash into the garden. _________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Finally, Nana said it was time for the first harvest. _____________________________________________
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江岸区2023-2024学年度第二学期期末质量检测
高二 英语试题 参考答案
第一部分 听力理解 (共两节，满分30分)
1-5 CCABB 6-10 ABBAA 11-15 BCBCA 16-20 CABAC
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)
21-23 CAB 24-27. ACDC 28-31. CBBA 32-35. CCDA
第二节 (共 5 小题：每小题 2. 5 分，满分 12. 5 分)
36-40. BGCEF
第三部分 语言运用 (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)
41-45. CADBC 46-50. DABDA 51-55. DCBCB
第二节 短文填空 (共 10 小题：每小题 1. 5 分，满分 15 分)
56. facing 57. has been battling / has battled 58. a 59. opposition
60. Initially
61. What 62. where 63. at/on 64. was equipped 65. to survive
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分 15 分)
Dear the head librarian,
I’m delighted to have the chance to express my opinion about the choice of the background image for the English corner. As far as I am concerned, I choose the second one. The reasons are as follows.
First, the second image is easy to understand, highly symbolic, with an originality that anyone can swim in the ocean of books at the English corner. Its visual appeal can make people spontaneously come to take part in the reading there, making students feel the atmosphere of the reading and learning English.
Second, the pattern is clear and smooth, the colors are simple and generous, with an appropriate and profound impression to stimulate students’ interest in English learning.
I hope my suggestion will be accepted by you. Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节 (满分 25 分)
Possible version 1:
Whenever the grandchildren came to visit, they would dash into the garden. Not surprisingly, they were going to see how the garden was growing. After watering the vegetables, they would remove the weeds that popped up around the plants and apply organic fertilizer under Nana’s instruction if necessary. As time went by, the plants were growing taller and stronger. When they noticed the vegetables flowering and producing fruits, their eyes were sparkling like diamonds. Never had they looked forward to summer like this before. But they clearly knew that it’s worthwhile to wait for the inviting results.
Finally, Nana said it was time for the first harvest. Hearing that, the children all jumped into the air and cheers filled the whole garden. Nana gave them each baskets and, together they gathered some of the cucumbers, carrots and tomatoes, which were turned into delicacies. “Who wants to help eat this fresh salad ” Nana asked. “Me!“” everyone responded loudly. Tasting the salad, they thought nothing could be more delicious, because it was they who grew these vegetables. They all learned that many hands make light work and patience really pays off.
Possible version 2:
Whenever the grandchildren came to visit, they would dash into the garden. Eager to help grow the vegetables well, they first took turns to water the plants. Then Nana showed them which plants needed trimming or which needed tying up to grow tall and straight. Day after day, spring turned into summer and finally, the plants started revealing their colorful secrets. The children were thrilled to see the tomatoes turning red, the cucumbers hiding under the green leaves and the peppers growing bigger. Not until then did they realize that Nana was right—all they needed was patience.
Finally, Nana said it was time for the first harvest. With baskets ready, Nana and the children started out on their business. Nana took them around the garden and picked some tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and cabbages. Then for the following hour, they were busying making vegetable salad. The children helped wash the dirt off the food while Nana chopped up the vegetables. When Nana asked who wanted to try the fresh salad, everyone expressed their willingness excitedly. “OK. Amy, get the plates. Justin, get the water and cups, and Michael, get the forks. Let’s celebrate the harvest!”
第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 30分)
听力原文
Text 1.
M: Our school football team played very well. Did you watch it yesterday
W: No, I couldn’t make it. I was stuck in the laboratory.
Text 2.
W: John, ask your father to come to have dinner now.
M: Alright. But where is he Is he in the living room
W: No, he must be watering the vegetables in the garden.
Text 3.
M: Is that physics course really as hard as everybody says
W: Worse, believe it or not.
Text 4.
W: Steven, what time is your flight
M: It leaves at 6: 30 this evening. I’m starting off at 4: 30 to avoid rush-hour traffic.
W: OK, but don’t forget your video conference with Mr. Brown at 2: 30 pm.
Text 5.
W: You know what An exhibition of Picasso’s paintings is being held in the Art Gallery. Do you want to go with me
M: How can I miss it But it is burning hot. We will melt if we cycle there.
W: So we have no choice but to take the subway. If only we had a car!
Text 6.
M: How was the activity holiday
W: It really wore me out. There were many activities: climbing, walking, sailing and so on. Every day was somewhat different, and then on the last day they gave out prizes to the best people at each activity.
M: Did you get one
W: Yeah. I was surprised to get one. Climbing was awful - I couldn’t reach the top of the wall. My team was the best at the walking, though. We were left in a place and had to find our way back. We were first because luckily I could read the map.
Text 7.
M: What are you up to lately
W: I have been reading a book named Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.
M: How do you feel about it
W: It is wonderful. I got to this book by chance. Then I was attracted from the very first page. M: Tell me more!
W: Lori Gottlieb, the writer, helps the readers become aware of his or her own barriers and strengths. I could even relate to some of the situations in the book. It is very real and not boring at all.
M: So it is nothing like the serious books written by AaronEsterson or Erik Erikson.
W: You bet! Lori Gottlieb is an excellent storyteller. Plus, the chapters are bite-sized, both laugh out-loud funny and inspiring.
M: Sounds good. I will give it a shot.
W: I am sure you will find someone to talk to after reading the book.
Text 8.
M: Are you traveling in Sydney, too
W: No. I’m here to attend a three-week course.
M: What are you studying, then
W: It’s more like a training course. I’m a school teacher, and the course is about a special teaching method. It’s for helping children who have difficulty in reading.
M: What does that mean
W: Well, it’s not that they don’t know how to read, but rather, they can’t understand what they read.
M: Okay. I thought it was for kids who can’t see clearly. Anyway, it sounds very meaningful. W: Thanks.
M: Is Sydney the only place where you can take this course
W: No, but it’s much cheaper here. It also lasts longer, which means it provides more information.
Text 9.
M: Good morning. Today we’ll talk about goal-setting and we have a special guest here, Kate Warwick. Welcome to our program, Mrs. Warwick.
W: Thank you!
M: So Mrs. Warwick, can you tell us about your work in goal-setting
W: Well. When it comes to goal-setting, I’m really focused. For example, if I want to lose weight, I will get a group of close friends around me and tell them I want to lose weight and increase my health. Then I’ll take action to achieve this goal by stopping eating unhealthy foods, etc.
M: Why do you gather some close friends together
W: It is important for me because I need support. I know I can’t do it on my own. Also it helps, because I am able to share my problems with them. And by telling other people “I really want to do this and I seek your help”, they can keep you honest, I suppose.
M: And why is it that most people do so badly at reaching goals
W: They lose focus. Everybody’s life is busy. There is so much happening in everybody’s life that what happens is that they might have a goal, and then something will get in the road of that.
Text 10.
How many bicycles do you need in your life For 67-year-oldChai Lin, the answer is 1, 300. Chai’s passion for bicycles dates back to the 1960s. However, a bicycle was very expensive then. Thanks to all the efforts and support in his family, Chai got his first bike in 1980. After becoming a successful businessman years later, Chai began to collect bikes of various brands and ages, especially antiques, from around the world. Hard-won items have brought Chai great satisfaction. With his collection growing, there was no space big enough to keep it. In 2009, he invested 200 million yuan for a museum just for his bikes. After 10 years’ efforts, the Gansu Sanmu Bicycle Museum finally opened to the public in January 2019 free of charge. The museum stores not only bikes, some 200 years old, but also some 13, 500 bike-related parts, books and photos. The museum has been used as an off-campus research center for local primary and middle school students and is also popular with tourists. Chai has equipped the museum with the latest technology. Due to limited space, a large part of Chai’s collection is not yet exhibited. Chai hopes to enlarge the displaying area.
高二 英语试题
(考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分)
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
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。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19. 15. B. 9. 18. C. 9. 15.
答案是 C。
1. What did the woman do yesterday
A. She played football. B. She watched a game. C. She worked in the lab.
2. Where is John’s father
A. In the dining room. B. In the living room. C. In the garden.
3. What does the woman say about the course
A. It is tough, B. It is bad. C. It is easy.
4. When will the man leave for the airport
A. At 2: 30 pm. B. At 4: 30 pm C. At 6: 30 pm.
5. How will the speakers go to the exhibition
A. By bicycle, B. By subway. C. By car.
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、7题。
6. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. An activity holiday. B. Their hobbies. C. The teamwork spirit.
7. What did the woman get a prize for
A. Climbing. B. Walking. C. Sailing.
听第 7段材料，回答第 8 至 10题。
8. What does the woman think of the book
A. It is boring. B. It is stimulating. C. It is serious.
9. Who wrote the book
A. Lori Gottlieb. B. Aaron Esterson. C. Erik Erikson.
10. What will the man probably do next
A. Read the book. B. Recommend the book. C. Find someone to consult.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. What is the woman doing in Sydney
A. Traveling. B. Studying. C. Teaching.
12. What is purpose of the course
A. To evaluate students reading difficulty.
B. To enhance teachers’ reading techniques.
C. To improve teachers’ ability to teach reading.
13. Why does the woman choose the course
A. It is multi-task. B. It is cost-effective. C. It is time-consuming.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Trainer and trainee. B. Boss and advisor, C. Host and guest.
15. Why does the woman mention losing weight
A. To show how to achieve a goal.
B. To stress the importance of healthy food.
C. To express her wish to improve her health.
16. What can friends do to help in goal-setting
A. Find problems. B. Tell the truth. C. Give support.
17. What makes most people do badly at reaching goals
A. Failing to keep focused. B. Having many missions. C. Losing their way.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
18. What made Chai Lin get his first bike
A. His own efforts. B. His family’s help. C. His successful business.
19. What is the museum intended for
A. Education. B. Fame. C. Recreation.
20. What does Chai Lin expect to do
A. Collect more antiques. B. Produce new brand bikes. C. Expand the exhibition area.
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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
“The days that make us happy make us wise.”—John Masefield
When I first read this line by England’s Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean Without thinking about it much, I had always assumed that the opposite was true. But his calm assurance was arresting. I could not forget it.
Finally, I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom, and without the blind spots caused by fear.
Active happiness---not more satisfaction or contentment—often comes suddenly, like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud. Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener; bird songs are sweeter; the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable. Happiness is like a pair of, eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision.
Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional sadness, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.
The long vista (展望) is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet, the world about you-people, thoughts, emotions, pressures—are now. fitted into the larger scene. Everything assumes a fairer proportion. And here is the beginning of wisdom.
21. What was the author’s initial reaction to the line in the 1st paragraph
A. Deep agreement B. Casualness
C. Shock D. Complete confusion
22. What does the author believe happiness brings in terms of wisdom
A. A reduction in fear and anxiety
B. Pessimistic expectations for the future
C. Discontent and complaints about life
D. An unclear understanding of the surrounding world
23. When the author mentions “The wall crumbles,” what does he refer to
A. A physical obstacle disappears
B. Emotional distress and troubles fade away
C. Fears and worries about the future decrease
D. The pursuit of happiness becomes easier
B
I write this on a spring morning, in the van I have called home for two years now.
From one small window, I have a view of joggers pounding the sunny path by the Oxford Canal, and the other looks onto the busy railway line along which trains travel from Southampton Docks to Birmingham.
The woods where I’ve parked my van have grown up between them. This ancient van, a vehicle designed for freedom and the open road, has proved a stable solution for surviving the current housing crisis.
I became a travel writer after my studies ended, committing to brief “residencies” with museums and artcentres—where temporary accommodation is often provided in exchange for producing new work about a community. Over the years that followed, living and working on location in the polar regions or Scandinavia or the Alps, not settling down for very long, meant wherever I landed was always “home”.
During the pandemic it was necessary to adopt a more permanent engagement with locality. Oxford had often drawn me back. It’s a crossroads of reality and the imagination, the perfect city for a writer.
It takes a surprising amount of work to keep a tiny home in order: buying a used van online; ensuring the smooth running of a gas cooker and car batteries; fetching water and emptying the mobile toilet. I began to enjoy taking care of my immediate surroundings. Over the summer, I worked to turn waste-ground into a wild garden, replacing weeds with wild plants.
I made friends with the self-sufficient boaters living nearby, always ready to share knowledge on the low-carbon simplicity of life without electricity. I’ve learnt that comfort can be found away from the bright infrastructure of urban life: in watching the birds that nest in the tree and the foxes playing in the woods at dawn, in making a cup of coffee on a spring morning. My step away from conventional housing has been a necessary act of personal economy, but the benefits include taking nothing for granted, and unexpected delight.
24. What do the joggers and the railway line represent in the author’s view
A. Two sources of inspiration for writing.
B. Two obstacles to the author’s daily life.
C. Two places the author visits regularly.
D. Two ways the author travels around.
25. What does “immediate surroundings” in Paragraph 6i refer to
A. a used van B. a gas cooker C. a wild garden D. a mobile toilet
26. What does the author enjoy most about his living style
A. Driving his van around different places.
B. Transforming the waste-ground into a garden.
C. The opportunity to meet new friends.
D. The sense of accomplishment and self-reliance.
27. Which of the following is the main benefit of unconventional housing
A. Providing temporary shelter. B. Keeping a tiny home in order easily.
C. Embracing delightful surprises. D. Allowing for mobility and flexibility.
C
Not all birds sing, but several thousand species do. They sing to defend their territory and croon (柔声唱) to impress potential mates. “Why birds sing is relatively well-answered,” says Iris Adam, a behavioral neuroscientist. However, the big question for her was why birds sing so much.
“As soon as you sing, you reveal yourself,” Adam says. “Like, where you are and where your territory is.” In a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, Adam and her co-workers offer a new explanation for why birds take that risk. They may have to sing a lot every day to give their vocal (发声的) muscles the regular exercise they need to produce top- quality songs. To figure out whether the muscles that produce birdsongs require daily exercise, Adam designed an experiment on zebra finches-the little Australian songbirds.
She prevented them from singing for a week by keeping them in the dark cage almost around the clock. Light is what galvanizes the birds to sing, so she had to work to keep them from warbling (鸣叫). “The first two or three days, it’s quite easy,” she says. “But the longer the experiment goes, the more they are like, “I need to sing. ““. At that point, she’d tap the cage and tell them to stop singing.
After a week, the birds’ singing muscles lost half their strength. But Adam wondered whether that impacted the quality of songs. When she played a male’s song before and after the seven days of darkness, she couldn’t hear a difference. But when Adam played it to a group of female birds, six out of nine preferred the song that came from a male who’d been using his singing muscles daily.
Adam’s conclusion shows that “songbirds need to exercise their vocal muscles to produce top-performance songs. If they don’t sing, they lose performance, and their songs get less attractive to females.” This may help explain songbirds’ continuous singing.
It’s a good rule to live by, whether you’re a bird or a human-practice makes perfect, at least when it comes to singing one’s heart out.
28. According to Iris Adam, birds sing so much to ____________.
A. warn other birds of risks B. produce more songs
C. perform perfectly in singing D. defend their territory
29. What does the underlined word “galvanizes” in Paragraph 3 mean
A. Prepares. B. Stimulates. C. Forbids. D. Frightens.
30. Why did Adam conduct an experiment on zebra finches
A. To understand their mating behavior.
B. To study their singing patterns.
C. To test the effects of darkness on their singing muscles.
D. To analyze the quality of their songs.
31. What is the overall message of the passage
A. Singing is beneficial for those that do.
B. Zebra finches are for studying singing patterns.
C. Singing is a risk for birds, but they have to.
D. Songbirds need to sing regularly for attraction,
D
We may weep for the dodo, but could and should we bring this lovely bird back from the dead De-extinction is the science of restoring lost species and it has been in the news for decades.
The story in modern times began in 1990 when Michael Crichton published his science fiction novel Jurassic Park, in which he imagined a world where scientists were able to bring dinosaurs back to life. Crichton imagined that polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology could be a way to amplify (放大) tiny quantities of dinosaur DNA and thus build a living embryo.
Sadly, biologists soon realized that DNA in fact breaks down super-fast; even after 10o years, DNA from museum skins of dodos was decayed (腐烂) beyond repair. They could be sequenced (测 定序列) using massive computational power, but then only with considerable uncertainty. And even if you capture a DNA sequence, there’s still the problem of how you get living cells to read that sequence and express proteins that make the dinosaur or the dodo.
But why would anyone want to see mammoths, or something like them, roaming (漫游) present-day Siberia Well, they were undoubtedly amazing beasts. As well as hunting them, our distant ancestors painted their likenesses in caves across Europe. Fascinating as they may be, there’s some ecological justification for the project too.
It was this diversity of land surface, broken up by heavy limbs and randomly fertilized by faeces (排泄物), that supported so much flora (植物群) . Without the mammoths, that diversity disappeared. Return them and landscapes would once again be with a variety of species, including flowers and bushes.
True, it’s not de-extinction in the sense of bringing a long-dead species back to life. Instead it’s more like making a “dodo” by engineering a modern pigeon, its closest relative, to become huge and flightless. The result would be a big, fatty pigeon that, whether it looked like a dodo or not, would probably fulfill some of its ecological roles.
As a paleontologist, I would of course love to see living dinosaurs, mammoths and dodos. In some ways, though, I am relieved that the optimistic claims for cloning and genetic technologies have not been borne out. The slowdown gives us time to consider the outcomes—and hopefully avoid some of Michael Crichton’s more fevered imaginings.
32. What is paragraph 2 of the text mainly about
A. A science fiction review. B. The development of DNA.
C. An inspired guess of de-extinction. D. The application of PCR technology.
33. Why are people interested in cloning extinct species
A. They expect to seek hunt fun. B. They lack sources of modern art.
C. They want to see biodiversity. D. They need them for research.
34. What does the slowdown in cloning and genetic technologies allow the author to do
A. Witness the birth of cloned dinosaurs.
B. Avoid Michael Crichton’s imaginings,
C. Stop the progress of genetic engineering.
D. Consider the potential outcomes of these technologies.
35. What’s the author’s attitude toward cloning extinct species
A. Cautious. B. Unclear. C. Dismissive. D. Approving.
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。
There are several ups and downs in everyone’s life. No matter how strong an individual is, there is usually a time when he finds the need of someone encouraging him to meet the challenges. 36 That may make him feel the power and the energy to deal with all sorts of negativity in life.
The power of motivation is beyond explanation. However, the person, who benefits from it, understands its importance instantly he hears it. 37 The fact is that there exists the gap between the speech of an expert and that of the average. And probably the reason is the experience of a life coach in dealing with the life of countless people on the Earth in his entire career.
38 Or rather, whatever he says or advises is not only the output of the words on the page, but also what he has learned from the lives of people around. It is his real life experience that he uses to improve the lives of other people on the globe. Having met countless people throughout the career, the life coach becomes used to the problems. 39 So, his every suggestion goes straight, touches the heart and increases the energy of a listener, and eventually helps them address different problems in life.
If you think such speeches are mere words and sentences, you are absolutely wrong. But actually they are the magical words that bring a great change in the life of disappointed and annoyed people on the globe. With such speeches, life coaches dig out the problems that the listener is facing in life, 40
A. Sometimes, it is not difficult to define an expert.
B. In particular, a speech from an expert is motivational,
C. The knowledge of an expert is not limited to the books.
D. Especially when stuck in dilemma, you really feel helpless.
E. Besides, he knows what kind of solutions will prove the best.
F. And they also find the root cause to come up with a final solution.
G. If you think anyone can deliver such a speech, you might be wrong.
第三部分 语言运用 (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)
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。
When Eugenie George first heard that her friend passed a financial exam, her heart sank. She’d 41 the same test weeks earlier.
“Envy was eating me up,” recalls George. But anyway she 42 her friend. “And I told her I failed and admitted I was 43 ” she says. George knew that being 44 would ease her envy, but she was surprised that it also enabled her to 45 her friend’ s happiness and experience her own in turn.
Finding 46 in another person’s good fortune is what social scientists call freudenfreude, the great joy we feel when someone else succeeds, 47 it doesn’t directly involve us. Freudenfreude is like a kind of social 48 says Catherine Chambliss, a professor of psychology. It makes relationships “closer. “
Too often, we think our friends 49 us most during their hard times: a job 50 getting divorced. In fact, how friends 51 our joy is even more important for us than how they respond to our 52 . Too often, we think of joy passively. We see it as something that comes to us, instead of something we can 53 While it can be difficult in practice, freudenfreude can lift us up and 54 our day. So celebrating our friends’ 55 is a win-win to us all.
41. A. taken B. passed C. failed D. prepared
42. A. congratulated B. forgave C. blamed D. ignored
43. A. badly-behaved B. over-burdened C. short-sighted D. green-eyed
44. A. tough B. honest C. tolerant D. optimistic
45. A. imagine B. understand C. share D. increase
46. A. hope B. passion C. confidence D. pleasure
47. A. even if B. as if C. now that D. so that
48. A. platform B. glue C. booster D. routine
49. A. support B. annoy C. upset D. need
50. A. loss B. change C. interview D. application
51. A. look forward to B. contribute to C. get used to D. react to
52. A. envy B. complaints C. suffering D. mistakes
53. A. predict B. produce C. judge D. measure
54. A. fill B. start C. brighten D. balance
55. A. survival B. success C. recovery D. generosity
第二节 短文填空 (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。
Desertification is a serious problem ____________ (56) (face) numerous countries in the world. Shi Guangyin, an eco-warrior from Shanxi Province, ____________ (57) (battle) desertification for about 40 years. Born in a town on the southern edge of the Mu Us Desert, Shi remembers how sandstorms easily destroyed the crops the villagers had grown and made their life ____________ (58) misery.
In 1984, the government issued new policies to encourage individuals to plant trees in contracted sand lands. Despite the ____________ (59) (oppose) of his family, Shi resigned from his leadership position at a state-owned farm and began his fight against desertification.
____________ (60) (initial), Shi’ met with the challenge of lacking funds. He managed to raise RMB 12, 000 by selling all his sheep and borrowing money from door to door. ____________ (61) followed was tireless work by Shi and his team, planting several species of drought-enduring trees over sand. Langwosha is an area of about 400 hectares ____________ (62) strong winds blow hard all year round. After failing ____________ (63) the first two attempts, Shi realized scientific research was also important. In 1988, Shi challenged Langwosha the third time. This time he ____________ (64) (equip) with a newly acquired technique, which enabled most of the planted trees, well over 80%, ____________ (65) (survive).
“My fight continues as long as my life continues. I shall not stop planting trees until my last breath,” said ShiGuangyin.
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分 15 分)
假定你是李华。你校图书馆计划布置一个英语读书角，需要一张图片作为背景。校方搜集了以下两张图片，向同学们征求意见。请你给图书馆馆长写封邮件，内容包括：
(1) 你的选择；
(2) 你的理由。
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。 Dear the head librarian,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节 (满分25分)
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。
It was early spring and Nana was in the backyard with her grandchildren. Amy, Michael, and Justin were playing when Nana said, “I’m going to start planting my garden. Who wants to help me ”
“What are going to plant, Nana ” asked Amy. “I like big, yellow sunflowers.”
“I’m going to plant vegetables. That way we can have them to eat when they are ready,” said Nana.
“How long does that take ” asked Michael. He liked vegetables sometimes, especially carrots.
“It will take a few months before anything is ready to eat,” answered Nana. The children were surprised.
“Months Why would you do all that work and then have to wait so long ” asked Amy. “You should just go to the store and buy them.”
“Patience, my sweeties! Don’t you know food always tastes best when you grow it yourself ” replied Nana. “And if all of you come to help, it won’t be too much work.”
“I’ll help you, Nana,” offered Justin. He put down the soccer ball and went to look at the gardening tools Nana had laid out. “What do we do first ” Michael and Amy came over to look, too.
Nana taught Justin how to use a-trowel (小铲子) to dig small rows of holes for the seeds. Next, Nana showed Amy how to pour the seeds into each hole, And it was Michael’s job to cover up the holes with soil. Finally, Amy wrote the vegetable names on sticks that Justin pushed into the ground. “This way we can remember which vegetable seeds we have planted.” said Nana.
When they had planted everything, the children took turns filling up the watering can so that Nana could make the soil nice and wet for the seeds to start to grow.
“Now we just water them a little every day, and with some time and sunshine, we’ll have some delicious things to eat in the summer,” said Nana,
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江岸区2023-2024学年度第二学期期末质量检测
高二 英语试题 参考答案
第一部分 听力理解 (共两节，满分30分)
1-5 CCABB 6-10 ABBAA 11-15 BCBCA 16-20 CABAC
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)
21-23 CAB 24-27. ACDC 28-31. CBBA 32-35. CCDA
第二节 (共 5 小题：每小题 2. 5 分，满分 12. 5 分)
36-40. BGCEF
第三部分 语言运用 (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)
41-45. CADBC 46-50. DABDA 51-55. DCBCB
第二节 短文填空 (共 10 小题：每小题 1. 5 分，满分 15 分)
56. facing 57. has been battling / has battled 58. a 59. opposition
60. Initially
61. What 62. where 63. at/on 64. was equipped 65. to survive
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分 15 分)
Dear the head librarian,
I’m delighted to have the chance to express my opinion about the choice of the background image for the English corner. As far as I am concerned, I choose the second one. The reasons are as follows.
First, the second image is easy to understand, highly symbolic, with an originality that anyone can swim in the ocean of books at the English corner. Its visual appeal can make people spontaneously come to take part in the reading there, making students feel the atmosphere of the reading and learning English.
Second, the pattern is clear and smooth, the colors are simple and generous, with an appropriate and profound impression to stimulate students’ interest in English learning.
I hope my suggestion will be accepted by you. Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节 (满分 25 分)
Possible version 1:
Whenever the grandchildren came to visit, they would dash into the garden. Not surprisingly, they were going to see how the garden was growing. After watering the vegetables, they would remove the weeds that popped up around the plants and apply organic fertilizer under Nana’s instruction if necessary. As time went by, the plants were growing taller and stronger. When they noticed the vegetables flowering and producing fruits, their eyes were sparkling like diamonds. Never had they looked forward to summer like this before. But they clearly knew that it’s worthwhile to wait for the inviting results.
Finally, Nana said it was time for the first harvest. Hearing that, the children all jumped into the air and cheers filled the whole garden. Nana gave them each baskets and, together they gathered some of the cucumbers, carrots and tomatoes, which were turned into delicacies. “Who wants to help eat this fresh salad ” Nana asked. “Me!“” everyone responded loudly. Tasting the salad, they thought nothing could be more delicious, because it was they who grew these vegetables. They all learned that many hands make light work and patience really pays off.
Possible version 2:
Whenever the grandchildren came to visit, they would dash into the garden. Eager to help grow the vegetables well, they first took turns to water the plants. Then Nana showed them which plants needed trimming or which needed tying up to grow tall and straight. Day after day, spring turned into summer and finally, the plants started revealing their colorful secrets. The children were thrilled to see the tomatoes turning red, the cucumbers hiding under the green leaves and the peppers growing bigger. Not until then did they realize that Nana was right—all they needed was patience.
Finally, Nana said it was time for the first harvest. With baskets ready, Nana and the children started out on their business. Nana took them around the garden and picked some tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and cabbages. Then for the following hour, they were busying making vegetable salad. The children helped wash the dirt off the food while Nana chopped up the vegetables. When Nana asked who wanted to try the fresh salad, everyone expressed their willingness excitedly. “OK. Amy, get the plates. Justin, get the water and cups, and Michael, get the forks. Let’s celebrate the harvest!”
第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 30分)
听力原文
Text 1.
M: Our school football team played very well. Did you watch it yesterday
W: No, I couldn’t make it. I was stuck in the laboratory.
Text 2.
W: John, ask your father to come to have dinner now.
M: Alright. But where is he Is he in the living room
W: No, he must be watering the vegetables in the garden.
Text 3.
M: Is that physics course really as hard as everybody says
W: Worse, believe it or not.
Text 4.
W: Steven, what time is your flight
M: It leaves at 6: 30 this evening. I’m starting off at 4: 30 to avoid rush-hour traffic.
W: OK, but don’t forget your video conference with Mr. Brown at 2: 30 pm.
Text 5.
W: You know what An exhibition of Picasso’s paintings is being held in the Art Gallery. Do you want to go with me
M: How can I miss it But it is burning hot. We will melt if we cycle there.
W: So we have no choice but to take the subway. If only we had a car!
Text 6.
M: How was the activity holiday
W: It really wore me out. There were many activities: climbing, walking, sailing and so on. Every day was somewhat different, and then on the last day they gave out prizes to the best people at each activity.
M: Did you get one
W: Yeah. I was surprised to get one. Climbing was awful - I couldn’t reach the top of the wall. My team was the best at the walking, though. We were left in a place and had to find our way back. We were first because luckily I could read the map.
Text 7.
M: What are you up to lately
W: I have been reading a book named Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.
M: How do you feel about it
W: It is wonderful. I got to this book by chance. Then I was attracted from the very first page. M: Tell me more!
W: Lori Gottlieb, the writer, helps the readers become aware of his or her own barriers and strengths. I could even relate to some of the situations in the book. It is very real and not boring at all.
M: So it is nothing like the serious books written by AaronEsterson or Erik Erikson.
W: You bet! Lori Gottlieb is an excellent storyteller. Plus, the chapters are bite-sized, both laugh out-loud funny and inspiring.
M: Sounds good. I will give it a shot.
W: I am sure you will find someone to talk to after reading the book.
Text 8.
M: Are you traveling in Sydney, too
W: No. I’m here to attend a three-week course.
M: What are you studying, then
W: It’s more like a training course. I’m a school teacher, and the course is about a special teaching method. It’s for helping children who have difficulty in reading.
M: What does that mean
W: Well, it’s not that they don’t know how to read, but rather, they can’t understand what they read.
M: Okay. I thought it was for kids who can’t see clearly. Anyway, it sounds very meaningful. W: Thanks.
M: Is Sydney the only place where you can take this course
W: No, but it’s much cheaper here. It also lasts longer, which means it provides more information.
Text 9.
M: Good morning. Today we’ll talk about goal-setting and we have a special guest here, Kate Warwick. Welcome to our program, Mrs. Warwick.
W: Thank you!
M: So Mrs. Warwick, can you tell us about your work in goal-setting
W: Well. When it comes to goal-setting, I’m really focused. For example, if I want to lose weight, I will get a group of close friends around me and tell them I want to lose weight and increase my health. Then I’ll take action to achieve this goal by stopping eating unhealthy foods, etc.
M: Why do you gather some close friends together
W: It is important for me because I need support. I know I can’t do it on my own. Also it helps, because I am able to share my problems with them. And by telling other people “I really want to do this and I seek your help”, they can keep you honest, I suppose.
M: And why is it that most people do so badly at reaching goals
W: They lose focus. Everybody’s life is busy. There is so much happening in everybody’s life that what happens is that they might have a goal, and then something will get in the road of that.
Text 10.
How many bicycles do you need in your life For 67-year-oldChai Lin, the answer is 1, 300. Chai’s passion for bicycles dates back to the 1960s. However, a bicycle was very expensive then. Thanks to all the efforts and support in his family, Chai got his first bike in 1980. After becoming a successful businessman years later, Chai began to collect bikes of various brands and ages, especially antiques, from around the world. Hard-won items have brought Chai great satisfaction. With his collection growing, there was no space big enough to keep it. In 2009, he invested 200 million yuan for a museum just for his bikes. After 10 years’ efforts, the Gansu Sanmu Bicycle Museum finally opened to the public in January 2019 free of charge. The museum stores not only bikes, some 200 years old, but also some 13, 500 bike-related parts, books and photos. The museum has been used as an off-campus research center for local primary and middle school students and is also popular with tourists. Chai has equipped the museum with the latest technology. Due to limited space, a large part of Chai’s collection is not yet exhibited. Chai hopes to enlarge the displaying area.
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