安徽省六安第二中学河西校区2023-2024学年高一下学期期末英语试题（含答案，无听力原文及音频）

六安二中河西校区2023级高一年级第二学期期末考试
英语试卷
分值: 150分 时间: 120 分钟
第一部分 听力(共两节, 满分30分).
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 did the man do
A. He did the dishes. B. He took out the trash. C. He washed the clothes.
2. What will the woman bring to the barbecue
A. Hamburgers. B. Hot dogs. C. Potato salad.
3. What can we learn from the conversation
A. The woman cannot see well.
B. The man’s dog looks like a cat.
C. The speakers are from different countries.
4. Why is the woman excited
A. She got an interview opportunity.
B. She was hired for a new job.
C. She just left her old job.
5 What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Salesman and customer. B. Neighbors. C. Husband and wife.
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.
请听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。
6. When will the grass be cut
A. Today. B. Tomorrow C. In three weeks.
7. Why is Mrs. Johnson’s grass long
A. She is too busy. B. Jim hasn’t cut it. C. Her husband hasn’t cut it.
请听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8-10 题。
8. What did the man use to clean the tea pot
A. Oil. B. Dish soap. C. Water.
9. What does the man say about electric tea pots
A. They are safer. B. They save energy. C. They are easy to clean.
10. What can we learn about the man
A. He asked the woman to clean the kitchen.
B. He’s always been a master at cleaning.
C. He didn’t know how to clean before.
请听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。
11. What do the speakers need money for
A. A car. B. The soccer team. C. The summer camp.
12. Where will the man sell lemonade
A. In front of his house. B. Near his school. C. At the beach.
13. How will the woman make money
A. By selling cups. B. By washing cars. C. By working at a snack bar.
请听第9段材料, 回答第14至16题。
14. Where are the speakers
A. In New Orleans. B. In Memphis. C. In Boston.
15. Why doesn’t the boy want to go skiing in the front yard
A. He thinks skiing there dangerous.
B. He wants to build a snowman instead.
C. He doesn’t want to be covered in snow.
16. How does the girl know so much about the snow
A. She grew up in a cold area.
B. She learned about it from her mother.
C. She spent every winter in the mountains.
请听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。
17. How many visitors choose to attend LSU
A. A small percentage of its visitors.
B. About half of its visitors.
C. Most of its visitors.
18. Why are many students attracted to the school
A. Because of its history.
B. Because of the beautiful environment.
C. Because of the good athletes in school.
19. Which are the strong programs at the school
A Education and sports.
B. Agriculture and Spanish.
C. Sports and environmental studies.
20. What is a unique fact about the school
A. They have cows on campus.
B. 80% of their buildings are brand new.
C. Most of the world’s best athletes go there.
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和D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
A
Stuck at home These famous museums offer virtual tours you can take on your sofa. According to Fast Company, Google Arts&Culture teamed up with over 2,500 museums and galleries around the world to bring you virtual tours and online exhibits.
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Google’s Street View lets visitors tour the Guggenheim’s famous spiral staircase without ever leaving home. From there, you can discover incredible works of art from the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary times.
Pergamon Museum, Berlin
As one of Germany’s largest museums, Pergamon has a lot to offer—even if you can’t physically be there. This historical museum is home to plenty of ancient works including the Ishtar Gate of Babylon and, of course, the Pergamon Altar.
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Anyone who is a fan of this tragic, gifted painter can see his works up close(or, almost up close)by virtually visiting this museum—the largest collection of artworks by Vincent Van Gogh, including over 200 paintings, 500 drawings, and over 750 personal letters.
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
European artworks from as far back as the 8th century can be found in this California art museum. Take a Street View tour to discover a huge collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, manuscripts, and photographs.
To see more of Google Arts&Culture’s collection of museums, visit the collection’s website.
1. Who will be interested in Guggenheim Museum
A. One who likes modern art. B. One who is fond of tragic films.
C. One who likes paintings of Van Gogh. D. One who enjoys European artworks.
2. Which one will you visit if you are interested in ancient artworks
A. The J. Paul Getty Museum. B. Pergamon Museum.
C. Van Gogh Museum. D. Guggenheim Museum.
3. Which statement is true
A. The J. Paul Getty Museum includes all forms of artworks in the world.
B. Van Gogh Museum exhibits European artworks from the 8th century.
C. People can visit these museums online.
D. The J. Paul Getty Museum is the only home to artworks in California.
B
Jiang Shumei learned her first Chinese character at the age of 60. Now, the 87-year-old grandmother is the proud author of six books.
She learned her first character in 1996, after her husband died in a devastating car accident, when her daughter Zhang Ailing suggested that she learn to read to take her mind off the loneliness and sadness.
The elderly woman bad her own way of learning. She composed lyrics for songs, and asked children to write them down, so that she could read each character as she sang the songs again and again. Whenever she came across characters she didn’t know on pamphlets, bus stops, or shop signs, she found someone to ask.
“It sounds unbelievable, and my brother used to laugh at my daydreams.” the grandmother says. She first put pen to paper in 2012, at the age of 75. It was not easy. Sometimes, completing a single sentence could take a day. As a college teacher and a writer herself, Zhang gave her mother a lot of encouragement and help.
The first book, Time of Trouble, Time of Poverty, was published later that year, and proved to be a success. Some critics even hailed it as the “lived history of a nation plagued by war, death and hunger”.
So far, the elderly woman has published six books, totaling more than 600,000 characters in length. In her spare time, she is also learning painting and calligraphy. “I would like to be a writer, a painter and a calligrapher,” she says, adding that her dream now is to have her own art exhibition when she is 90. “If I could live as long as 130, would you still say that it is too late for me to start after 60 ” she asks, jokingly.
4. Why did Jiang Shumei start to learn Chinese characters
A. To challenge herself B. Her daughter’s car accident.
C. Her husband’s suggestion D. To get rid of sorrow.
5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. How she learned characters. B. How she met new characters.
C. How she composed songs. D. How she learnt to sing the songs.
6. What did Jiang Shumei’s brother think of her
A. She’s determined. B. She’s odd.
C. She’s severe. D. She’s admirable.
7. What can we learn from Jiang Shumei’s words in the last paragraph
A. Facts speak louder than words. B. Where there’s life, there’s hope.
C. It’s never too late to learn. D. No pains, no gains.
C
The Himalayan mountains are increasingly filled with mounting waste left by mountaineering activities over the years. There is no official data, but Nepal’s Department of Tourism estimates that on Qomolangma alone, there is nearly 140,000 tons of waste.
Now some of that material is finding its way to local craftswomen, thanks to a new plan led by Shilshila Acharya. Acharya owns Avni Center for-Sustainability, a waste processing business in Kathmandu. She has been working with the cleaning activity since 2019, targeting mountains such as Qomolangma, Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Ama Dablam and Annapurna.
“Metals go through the recycling process, but we were not able to find a way to recycle these ropes and small cooking gas cans,” she says: It occurred to her that the non-recyclable waste could be reused, but it wasn’t until she met Maya Rai at an event that a solution was born. Rai, helped connect Acharya with Sunita Chaudhary and her team of Tharu craftswomen in the hope of turning the mountain’ waste into economic opportunity.
“People like me, who are far from the mountains but belong to the local Tharu community, are using our traditional skills to change this waste into something entirely new,” Chaudhary says.
Finished crafts are sold at craft exhibitions. The craftswomen are paid according to how many items they make and sell, earning an average of 400 Nepali Rupees per half-day’s work. With flexible hours, the project gives women an opportunity to earn money even as they keep their household responsibilities.
8. What is the issue of the Himalayan mountains according to paragraph 1
A. Lack of funds for environment. B. No true data about waste.
C. Mountaineering activities. D. Tons of mounting waste.
9. What made Acharya come up with the idea of reusing non-recyclable waste
A. Meeting Rai at an event. B. Th recycling process.
C. A cleaning activity in 2019 D. A visit to Chaudhary’s house.
10. How do the Tharu craftswomen profit from the project
A. They sell crafts at exhibitions. B. They receive fixed pay.
C. They learn new skills. D. They explore the Himalayan mountains.
11. What is a suitable title for the text
A. Promoting Tourism in Kathmandu
B. Crafting Economic Opportunities from Mountain Waste
C. Exploring Traditional Skills of Local Craftswomen
D. Mountaineering Adventures in the Himalayas
D
Training the Brain
People who can accomplish unbelievable tasks, such as memorizing thousands of random numbers in under an hour, state that they just have normal brains. Some memory superstars compete in Olympic-like World Memory Championships. These mental athletes, or MAs for short, can memorize names of dozens of strangers in a few minutes or any poem handed them. Ed Cooke, a 24-year-old MA, explains they see themselves as participants rescuing the long-lost art of memory training. These techniques existed not to recall useless information, but to cut into the brain basic text and ideas.
A study in the journal Nature examined eight people who finished near the top of the World Memory Championships. The scientists examined whether their brains were fundamentally different from everyone else’s or whether they were simply making better use of memorizing abilities we all possess. They put the MAs and control subjects into brain scanners and had them memorize numbers and photographs. The result surprised everyone. The brains of the MAs and those of the control subjects were indistinguishable. On every test, the MAs scored in the normal range. However, when the scientists examined what part of the brain was used during a memory activity, they found the MAs relied more heavily on areas in the brain involved in spatial memory.
MAs offer an explanation: anything can be fixed upon our memories and kept in order by constructing a building in the imagination and filling it with pictures of what needs to be recalled. Dating back to the fifth century, the building is called a memory palace. Even as late as the fourteenth century, when there were copies of any text, scholars needed to remember what was read to them. Reading to remember requires a different technique than speed reading. If something is made memorable, it has to be repeated. Until relatively recently, people read only a few books intensively (细致地) again and again, usually aloud. Today we read extensively, usually only once and without continuous focus.
So the great difference is the ability to create impressive pictures in mind and to do it quickly. Using memory palaces, MAs create memorized pictures. For example, recombine the pictures to form unforgettable scenes such as the ways through a town. One competitor used his own body parts to help him memorize a 57,000-word dictionary.
Anyone who wishes to train the mind needs first to create fantastical palaces in the imagination. Then they should cut each building into cubbyholes for memories. In a short amount of time, they will notice improvement with remembering things. To keep the skill sharp, MAs deliberately empty their palaces after competitions, so they can reuse them and they recommend that beginners do the same.
12. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that a mental athlete ________.
A. owns a brain that is larger in size
B. shows a gift in mental ability tests
C. uses the memorizing technique better
D. depends less on the areas that control spatial memory
13. Why does the author mention “speed reading” in Paragraph 3
A. To discuss the memorizing technique in the fifth century.
B. To give the reason why people read only a few books carefully.
C. To explain the text fourteenth century scholars had to remember.
D. To compare the type of reading nowadays with that of earlier times.
14. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4
A. There is a variety of unforgettable scenes.
B. Memory palaces can be quickly forgotten.
C. Impressive pictures are in actual buildings.
D. One person probably has 57,000 body parts.
15. What does the underlined word “cubbyholes” in the last paragraph probably mean
A. Small spaces. B. Blacks holes.
C. Technical skills. D. Different numbers.
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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
When you have negative (消极的) emotions and physical symptoms (症状) like stress and anxiety over a long period of time, to the point that it affects your everyday life, you may be experiencing sadness. ____16____, like losing a job or having to plan a big event. The good news is that there are ways to prevent feelings of discomfort from changing into sadness.
____17____
If you’re feeling anxious or you’re having trouble focusing — find a way to remove it. Go outside, go to the bathroom, call a friend, or take a few deep breath. Your nervous system is being flooded with stress hormones (荷尔蒙), making it hard to calm down and see things clearly. So you need to change your environment.
Relate what happened
Go over your situation again. ____18____. Do this with a friend, a family member or even yourself, by writing a diary or talking out loud while walking your dog. By doing this, you can remind yourself of details you may have paid no attention to.
Name your emotions
As you describe what happened, name your emotions. ____19____. For example, instead of saying you simply feel annoyed, maybe you actually feel disappointed. You can use the feelings wheel, a tool that can help you express your emotions more accurately.
Examine what gives you discomfort
If you have terrible road rage (狂怒), have a conversation with yourself about it. You might ask yourself: Why am I so angry on the road Is it because I am in a rush Or is it because I hate sitting in traffic Then, find ways to lessen the situation. ____20____. To avoid traffic, ask your boss if you can work from home a couple times a week.
A. Learn new words
B. Change the situation
C. It may result from a major life challenge
D. Anger can influence your daily life greatly
E. This can help find what is giving you discomfort
F. To avoid being rushed, you can leave the house a half hour early
G. The key is that you should express your emotions more specifically
第三部分 语言知识运用(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和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In 2012, Laura Eshelman was in the middle of a mental unsettlement. She was having ___21___ in finding work. “I was leaving a downtown business where I had another job application ___22___ . I was feeling pretty ___23___ and decided to go to the Whole Foods across the street,” Eshelman recalled.
As she crossed the street, Eshelman ___24___ a man asking for money on the comer. But he was ___25___ by passersby. As Eshelman ___26___ , he turned to her, and asked if he could have a little bit of money. She was ___27___ and said: “Leave me alone. I don’t have anything to give you. Get away!”
Eshelman ___28___ into the grocery store. But suddenly she realized how ___29___ she bad been to the man. Eshelman rushed outside to find him. She ___30___ and ___31___ some coins from the bottom of her pocket.
As she handed him the ___32___ the man said, “It’s OK. Everything ___33___ will disappear.” And all of a sudden, she felt like somebody was seeing her ___34___ , and she started to cry.
“That moment on the street was one of the few ___35___ in that extremely dark period of my life,” Eshelman later said.
21. A. fortune B. experience C. difficulty D. fun
22. A. displayed B. followed C. rejected D. submitted
23. A. anxious B. depressed C. ambitious D. awkward
24. A. remembered B. guided C. spotted D. comforted
25. A. rewarded B. moved C. ignored D. cheated
26. A. escaped B. approached C. hesitated D. explored
27. A. positive B. impatient C. romantic D. desperate
28. A. slid B. struggled C. got D. left
29 A. reliable B. rude C. generous D. particular
30. A. thanked B. apologized C. owned D. returned
31. A. dug out B. put away C. set aside D. used up
32. A. bill B. change C. cheque D. award
33. A. inaccessible B. abnormal C. unpleasant D. unforgettable
34. A. selection B. pain C. effort D. privilege
35. A. flashes B. opportunities C. differences D. experiments
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。
Primary schools now attach great importance ___36___ labor education, ___37___ (advocate) students to do activities such as cooking, making handicrafts and decorating houses.
Xue Youmei, a Grade 3 student, spent the winter holiday in Guangxi: Everything about village life was novel to Xue who was used to urban life. Xue joined her family to work at a farm field ___38___ (plant) with Chinese water chestnuts. Xue, wearing a pair of gloves, helped her father pick up water chestnuts at the field.
For Yang Liqiao, a Grade 6 student, the past winter holiday gave her, ___39___ new identity — garbage sorting guide. Yang ___40___ (wear) a volunteer’s vest and recorded the situation of the garbage sorting work at her residential community. ___41___ (addition), Yang also invited her classmates to walk around the park nearby to pick up garbage on the ground. Yang’s father observed labor activities offered students a chance to acquire knowledge, ___42___ was not taught at class.
At the same time, some schools in China also assigned specialized homework during the winter vacation to let students enjoy play-based learning. Some students were asked to cooperate with parents to decorate their homes with New Year paintings. The task aimed to develop students’ ___43___ (creativity) thinking. And some ___44___ (require) to collect physics-related Chinese poems, make an ___45___ (analyse) and draw a conclusion.
第四部分写作(共两节, 满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假设你是光华中学的李华，你们班在英语课上就共享单车的利弊进行了讨论。请你代表你们小组，把讨论情况用英语做一份口头报告。报告内容需要包括以下几点：
1. 共享单车的好处与弊端；
2. 你对共享单车的看法。
注意：
1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
On behalf of our group, I’d like to give a summary of our discussion.
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第二节(满分25分)
47. 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。
Mo and Terry were best friends. Whether they were walking to school, doing homework or just hanging out at the weekend, they were hardly out of each other’s sight. But several weeks ago, Terry started to stay away from Mo, which confused Mo.
This day they had a physics exam, so Mo was waiting outside her class. She hated physics, because it was her worst subject. Terry looked back at her from the front, then looked away quickly. Mo thought she looked guilty. Terry didn’t have a problem with physics.
“Hi, Mo. What’s wrong with Terry I thought you were friends,” said one of her classmates, as Mo arrived.
“Yes, so did I,” said Mo, “but she hasn’t spoken to me for two weeks. She promised to help me revise for the physics exam, but then she ignored all my calls and texts. And when I rang her house, her mum told me she was busy. She doesn’t remember who her friends are!” said Mo angrily.
The other students were going into the exam room. The exam started. Mo couldn’t answer question number five. She looked up and saw Terry sitting in the next row. Mo was surprised. Terry was holding her phone under the table and she was reading from it. Is that how Terry always got good grades She felt really angry at Terry but didn’t know what to do. It wasn’t fair! Mo never cheated and she failed lots of exams.
Terry had already put her phone away when Mo looked up again. She looked back at Mo and smiled sadly. Actually, Terry’s family were having a terrible time: her father was in the hospital because of a heart attack. Her father had a big operation today, and Terry was very worried. She couldn’t wait to check her mother’s message on the phone. But Mo knew nothing about it.
The bell rang. “Stop writing and put your pens down,” said Mr. Reed, a caring and easygoing teacher who was popular among students. Oh no, Mo hadn’t answered two of the questions. She was going to fail again!
After the test, Mo wanted to talk to Terry, but she couldn’t find her. She was angry with Terry but she didn’t know what to do about Terry. Then, Mo decided to go to the office.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150字左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
“Mr. Reed, I have something to tell you.” Mo whispered.
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Knowing the truth, Mo felt guilty.
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试题答案
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. A 11. B
12. C 13. D 14. A 15. A 16. C 17. B 18. E 19. G 20. F
21. C 22. C 23. B 24. C 25. C 26. B 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. B 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. B 35. A
36. to 37. advocating 38. planted 39. a 40. wore 41. Additionally
42. which 43. creative 44. were required 45. analysis
作文范文：
On behalf of our group, I’d like to give a summary of our discussion.
As we all know, cycling is a fun, healthy and economical means of travel around the neighborhood. Parking a bike takes up less space. Besides, with more people taking to bicycles, the traffic problem in big cities will greatly be eased.
Although there are so many advantages, it also has its own limitations. It is unsuitable for a long journey. As most shared bikes don’t have a roof in case of rain, it is inconvenient and unsafe to ride bicycles in the heavy rain. What is worse, some people with bad manners park the bicycle everywhere at their will, which leads to the disorder of the city.
Anyway, the shared bike is now a popular means of transport in China. In my opinion, such a change will contribute to a healthy and responsible lifestyle.
读后续写范文：
“Mr. Reed, I have something to tell you.” Mo whispered. Mr. Reed looked up from the papers. Mo said with anger, “I think Terry might be cheating on the exam. I saw her looking at her phone under the table. I’m sure she was reading answers from it.” Mr. Reed’s eyebrows furrowed in concern. He couldn’t bear anyone cheating, especially the student who he thought was an excellent one. So he let Terry in right away. “Did you use your phone in the exam ” He asked. Taking a glance at Mo, Terry understood what happened, and she took her phone out of the pocket and opened it. To their surprise, Terry cried and explained she was so worried about her father that she couldn’t wait to check the message.
Knowing the truth, Mo felt guilty. She realized that she had jumped to conclusions and hadn’t even tried to understand why Terry had been avoiding her. She realized that true friendship meant supporting each other through tough times, not just sharing happy moments. She decided to apologize to Terry and offer her support. After school, Mo found Terry alone and explained that she had misunderstood. Terry was relieved and grateful for Mo’s understanding. Their friendship was restored, and they learned an important lesson about the value of communication and compassion.