山西省阳泉市郊区阳泉市第一中学校2024-2025学年高二上学期开学英语试题（含答案）

阳泉一中2024年高二分班考试试题
学科：英语 考试时间：120 分钟 分值：150分
第I卷
第一部分 阅读 (共两节，满分60分)
第一节 ( 共15小题;每小题3分，满分45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
Welcome to Holker Hall & Gardens
Visitor Information
How to Get to Holker
By Car: Follow brown signs an A590 from JB6, M6. Approximate travel times: Windermere-20 minutes, Kendal-25 minutes, Lancaster-45 minutes, Manchester-1 hour 30 minutes.
By Rail: The nearest station is Cark-in-Cartmel with trains to Carnforth, Lancaster Preston for connections to major cities & airports.
Opening Times
Sunday-Friday (closed on Saturday)11:00 am-4:00pm,30 March-2nd November.
Admission Charges
Hall & Gardens Gardens
Adults: 12.00 8.00
Groups 9 5.5
Special Events
Producers: Market 13th April
Join us to taste a variety of fresh local food and drinks. Meet the producers and get some excellent recipe ideas.
Holker Garden Festival 30th May
The event celebrate its 22nd anniversary with a great show of the very best of gardening, making it one of the most popular events in gardening.
National Garden Day 28th August
Holker once again opens is gardens in aid of the disadvantaged. For just a small donation you can take a tour with our garden guide.
Winter Market 8th November
This is an event for all the family. Wander among a variety of shops selling gifs while enjoying a live music show and nice street entertainment.
1. How long does it probably take a tourist to drive to Holker from Manchester
A. 20 minutes. B. 25 minutes.
C. 45 minutes. D. 90 minutes.
2. How much should a member of a tour group pay to visit to Hall & Cardens
A. 12.00. B. 9.00.
C. 8.0 D. 5.50
3. Which event will you go to if you want to see a live music show
A. Producers’ Market. B. Holker Garden Festival.
C. National Garden Day. D. Winter Market.
B
Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.
During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all
his important papers, including his passport.
He reported the case to the police and then sat there, lost and lonely in a strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one.
Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can(垃圾桶) that had been left out on the footpath.
My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.
That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.
4. What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney
A. Go shopping B. Find a house
C. Join his family D. Take a vacation
5. The girl’s parents got Rashid’s phone number from_________.
A. a friend of his family B. a Sydney policeman
C. a letter in his papers D. a stranger in China
6. What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean
A. Showed B. Gave up
C. Wanted D. Gave back
7. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. From India to Australia. B. Living in a New Country
C. Turning Trash to Treasure. D. In Search of New Friends.
C
A large flood caused by heavy rains and melting mountain snow recently hit America’s Yellowstone National Park. It caused widespread damage and resulted in many changes.
It changed the path of a river popular for fishing and also devastated hundreds of homes, bridges and roadways in nearby communities. It drove more than 10, 000 visitors out of the park. Luckily, no one was reported hurt. However, the park could remain closed for up to one week. The water also washed away camp structures, flooded small towns and cut power to parts of southern Montana and northern Wyoming.
The Yellowstone River was running at a historically high level of 4. 9 meters as it flowed past Billings, Montana’s largest city. The city got its water from the river and was forced to close its treatment plant (工厂) because it couldn’t operate effectively with water levels that high. Billings officials said the city only had a 24-hour supply of water. They were asking people to save water until the river could drop and the plant could restart operations.
Yellowstone officials said, “The northern half of the park is likely to remain closed over the summer. This will greatly affect local economies that depend on summer tourists. But we have faith in the park repairs and economic recovery.”
8. What does the underlined word “devastated” mean in Paragraph 2
A. Ruined. B. Promoted. C. Challenged. D. Demanded.
9. What can we learn from Paragraph 2
A. The flood lasted quite long. B. The flood left bad effects.
C. The flood was caused for some reasons. D. The flood killed 10, 000 visitors.
10. What happened to the treatment plant in Billings after the flood
A. It needed new equipment to supply water.
B. It cut down the city’s water supply for 24 hours.
C. It was forced to operate in 24 hours.
D. It stopped working.
11. What’s the Yellowstone officials’ attitude to the park repairs and economic recovery
A. Positive. B. Doubtful. C. Uncertain. D. Curious.
D
Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment. “We didn’t know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,” says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.
But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement .Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many， many times,” says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first. According to US government reports, emissions (排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons .The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9. Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with, the world is a safer and healthier place. A kind of “Green thinking” has become part of practices.
Great improvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs; today in 1995 there are about 6,600. Advanced lights, motors, and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.
Twenty –five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment. Today, it’s hard to find a public school, university, or law school that does not have such a kind of program. “Until we do that, nothing else will change!” says Bruce Anderson.
12. According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about ___.
A. the social movement B. recycling techniques
C. environmental problems D. the importance of Earth Day
13. Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from
A. The grass –roots level. B. The business circle.
C. Government officials. D. University professors.
14. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection
A. They have cut car emissions to the lowest.
B. They have settled their environmental problems.
C. They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.
D. They have reduced pollution through effective measures.
15. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph
A. Education. B. Planning
C. Green living D. CO reduction
第二节 (共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。
Food safety is a problem in all places around the world. Therefore, the WHO released five simple rules for preparing food in a safe way. ___16___
Key 1: Keep clean.
___17___ People should wash their hands often before touching food and while they are preparing food. People should wash all surfaces and equipment used for preparing food.
Key 2: ___18___
People should use different equipment and tools for touching and preparing raw (生的) foods.
Key 3: Cook completely.
People should cook eggs and meat especially carefully. These foods may carry more microorganisms (微生物) than other foods. Food like soup must be boiled for at least a minute to make it be cooked completely. ___19___
Key 4: Keep food at safe temperatures.
When people are finished with eating, they should keep the left food in a refrigerator below 5°C and shouldn't store it for too long. At room temperature, about 20°C, the amount of micro-organisms can increase very quickly. But temperatures above 60° C or below 5° C control the growth of microorganisms. ___20___
Key 5: Use safe water and raw materials.
People should use safe water and choose fresh foods. Damaged or old food may develop harmful chemicals as it gets older.
A. Separate raw and cooked.
B. Raw food should not touch prepared food.
C. This key tells about the importance of washing.
D. They call these rules the "Five Keys to Safer Food".
E. These five are golden rules for us to obey while cooking.
F. It is also important that people re-heat cooked food completely.
G. They cannot grow as quickly in a very hot or very cold environment.
第二部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分，满分30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。
I woke up to the sound of the alarm clock at six in the morning. I walked down the___21___ , half-awake, still wanting to go back and sleep for another hour or so. But that idea soon ____22____ as the words of the doctor, whom I had met the previous day,____23____ inside my head. A few weeks before this, when I had been in Paris, I had felt some ___24___ heaviness in my chest. On returning, I went to a doctor who cautioned me to work on my ___25___ . So there I was, jogging down a lonely narrow lane. A few weeks went by, and every day when I went to jog, I saw an old man ____26____ on that bench. And I just couldn’t ____27____ why he was there doing nothing. My ____28____ was building up as each day ____29____.
The next morning, I went and sat beside him on the bench. I asked him, “Why are you seated here every day ” He answered, “Because this is the most beautiful place that I know.” ____30____, I asked again, “What is so beautiful about this place ” and he said, “Look!” And I tried to ____31____. I saw the rising sun shining from behind the clouds, and several rays penetrating (穿过) through them. Birds were singing ____32____ from the trees of the surrounding wilderness. The sun’s light glittered on the water, and it looked as if there was a path of light between me and the far-off mountains. I had been through that place ____33____ times, but I had never looked; it was one of the most beautiful places I’d ever seen. And I realized that I don’t have to travel miles to ____34____ the beauty. All I have to do is to look ____35____.
21.A. roof B.backyard C. stairs D. garden
22. A. occurred B. disappeared C. came D. spread
23. A. heard B. described C. reacted D. resounded
24. A. strange B. delighted C. necessary D. unique
25. A. mind B. appearance C. fitness D. soul
26. A. sitting B. standing C. approaching D. sleeping
27. A. take out B. look out C. turn out D. figure out
28. A. judgment B. curiosity C. observation D. power
29. A. passed B. remained C. spared D. reached
30. A. Worried B. Satisfied C. Interested D. Confused
31. A. speed up B. get away C. look around D. come up
32. A. terribly B. nervously C. sweetly D. patiently
33. A. many B. few C. rare D. any
34. A. respect B. desire C. attract D. enjoy
35. A. luckily B. completely C. closely D. mainly
第二节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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。
Learning Chinese calligraphy was listed as one of the must-do things when I ___36___ (come) to China. Now, I’m in the course of learning this unique art, ___37___ is considered very valuable in China, even across East Asia today. It is not only ___38___ ancient artistic form of human language, but it also reflects Chinese traditions.
As a person who paints, draws, and loves all ___39___ (create) things, at first, I assumed I would be rather good at Chinese calligraphy. But I was ___40___ (total) wrong. I have no idea about the different ___41___ (type) of calligraphy and the meaning hidden behind each one. Also, I have to hold the brush in a very special way. I need to be very ___42___ (care) when changing the angle or direction of the brush, especially if I press too hard ___43___ the paper.
After ___44___ (take) the lesson, I now understand the difficulty of calligraphy and that it will take efforts ___45___ (master) this art form. Yet, I am grateful to learn such a special Chinese tradition.
第II卷
第三部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假如你是李华，你学校打算举办关于中国传统节日的才艺大赛，你想邀请你的好朋友，来自新西兰的交换生Jimmy参加。请依据下列要点，给Jimmy写封邀请函。
要点：1. 比赛安排；
2. 比赛目的、内容。
注意：1. 词数100词左右;
可适当增加细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。
Dear Jimmy, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Yours,
Li Hua
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。
We had a garden in our backyard and I always watered the flowers together with my little sister, Laynie. She had her own watering cans and small shovels so she could ”work“ with me. One day, I showed her how to grow flowers: Dig a hole. Put in a few seeds. Cover them up with dirt. Water them every two or three days.
“See, Laynie,” I explained to her, “Beautiful flowers will grow from these tiny seeds in a few months.”
The next day, after everything was watered, she ran to the fence and started watering another spot. I walked over and saw some fresh dirt near the fence.
“Did you plant something here ” I asked.
“Yes,” she said. “I’m growing a pencil. My pencil got too short, so I planted it.”
“But. . . ”
I wanted to laugh and tell her the truth, but I changed my mind and said, “Uh. . . I had never tried
that before.”
Late in the evening when Laynie was asleep, I dug up the short pencil and “planted” a brand-new one. Laynie was really excited when she dug it up the next morning.
“My pencil grew!” she shouted.
A few days later, Laynie was watering on the same spot. One day later, new crayons（彩笔）stuck their pointy little heads out, thanks to me.
“My crayons grew, too!” Laynie yelled, jumping up and down.
Next, Laynie grew an adult bear doll from a tiny one, a soup spoon from a teaspoon, and a hand mirror from a piece of glass. When she claimed that she had grown these things, I just kept my mouth shut! Actually, it was fun trying to think of what should grow from Laynie’s magic “seeds”. And it was cool to see her get excited.
One morning, I saw her carrying our little gold fish to the fence. I knew immediately what she was going to do and rushed to its rescue.
“How long does it take to grow a big goldfish ” she asked me seriously.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I couldn’t answer her question immediately. _________________________________________
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“No!” my baby sister screamed and burst into tears. __________________________________
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阳泉一中2024-2025学年高二分班考试试题
答案
1. D 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. D 11. A
12. C 13. A 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. F 20. G
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. C 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. C
36. came 37. which 38. an 39. creative 40. totally 41. types 42. careful 43. on 44. taking 45. to master
【作文一】
Dear Jimmy,
Is everything going smoothly with you recently To strengthen our understanding of Chinese culture, our school will hold a talent show about traditional Chinese festivals. The reason why I write the letter to you is that I want to invite you to take part in it.
The competition will be held on the stage set up on the playground in our school on the morning of May 16, when all the teachers will be present. You’d better present your favorite dance to show your understanding of one Chinese festival in my opinion, which not only provides you with the chance to prove your talent, but it will also win the judges.
Hoping that you can take part. Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
【读后续写】
I couldn’t answer her question immediately. When she was digging, I sat down with my back to the fence and struggled to come up with an idea that could save the poor fish while not disappoint my baby sister. Sighing, I decided there was only one right thing I could do. I got up and took out all those things she had planted and put the short pencil, the crayons, the teaspoon... on the ground.
“No!” my baby sister screamed and burst into tears. I swallowed hard and gently held her in my arms and apologized. While Laynie was crying, I explained that we could only grow things from seeds and that if she put our gold fish in the soil, it would die very soon. After she calmed down, she looked at me for a few seconds as if thinking about something. Then she went inside the house and returned with the seeds of her favorite flowers.This time, I thought she would have a real harvest.