四川省内江市2024-2025学年高二上学期11月期中英语试题(无答案)
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2026届高二上学期11月月考英语试题
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 kind of movie does the man want to watch
A. A comedy. B. An action movie. C. A scary film.
2. How does the man feel now
A. Amused. B. Sleepy. C. Worried.
3. What made the man's eyes red
A. Lack of sleep. B. Too much e-reading. C. A sad thing.
4. What does Cathy ask Mike to do
A. Attend a meeting. B. Meet her parents. C. Buy her lunch.
5. When does the park close on Saturday
A. At 6: 00 p. m. B. At 9: 00 p. m. C. At 10: 00 p. m.
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2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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和第7题。
6. What did the speakers see
A. A ballet. B. A concert. C. A film.
7. What made the woman fall asleep
A. The hot weather. B. The boring performance. C. The quiet music.
听第7段材料，回答第8至 10题。
8. What time is it
A. 10: 30 a. m. B. 11: 00a. m. C. 11: 30 a. m.
9. Why is Michelle hungry now
A. She did physical activity. B. She forgot to have breakfast.
C. She only had two eggs this morning.
10. What will Michelle do next
A. Eat in the studio. B. Go to the restaurant. C. Take her food out.
听第8段材料, 回答第11 至 13 题。
11. Where did Henry learn about the accident
A. From a newspaper. B. From a witness. C. From a news program.
12. Why were firefighters called
A. To remove chocolate. B. To rescue people. C. To put off a fire.
13. What will Henry tell the woman next
A. The loss of the chocolate factory. B. The traffic of the town. C. The cause of the accident.
听第9段材料，回答第14至 16题。
14. What happened to Eric this morning
A. He got stuck in traffic jams. B. He didn't catch the bus. C. He lost his job.
15. Why were the drivers on strike today
A. To ask for more pay. B. To avoid unemployment. C. To get long holidays.
16. How did the woman get to work today
A. By bike. B. By taxi. C. By bus.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。
17. How many kinds of tea will Ms. Wei talk about
A. 3. B. 4. C. 5.
18. In which part can the audience make tea
A. The first part. B. The second part. C. The last part.
19. What will Ms. Wei do in the last half-hour
A. Answer some questions. B. Share her journey. C. Talk about tea history.
20. When will the famous chef deliver a lecture
A. In April. B. In May. C. In June.
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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
Imperial Bricks（皇家砖）
Imperial bricks were made completely for imperial buildings, especially palaces, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They have a fine quality, and are strong and hard. They have a pure blue-green color like a mirror and produce a metal sound when knocked. Because they are very valuable, they are called the golden bricks. The craft（工艺品） has been on the national-level cultural heritage （遗产） list since 2006.
Peking Duck
Peking duck has been a famous dish from Beijing. The cooked duck is cut into pieces and eaten with green onion, cucumber and sweet bean sauce, often with pancake rolled around fillings. It was selected as a national - level cultural heritage in2008.
Shadow Play
Shadow play（皮影） is an ancient form of storytelling that uses flat cut-out figures or shadow play between a source of light and a screen. Various sight effects can be achieved by moving both the dolls and the light source. In 2011, Chinese shadow play entered the list of Cultural Heritage by UNESCO（United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization） which is located in Paris, France.
Kunqu Opera
Kunqu Opera, one of the oldest existing forms of Chinese opera, came from Kunshan, Jiangsu province. Using emotional lines from classic poems and through sweet and beautiful singing, it made progress in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and naturally reached other parts of the country via the Grand Canal.
21. Which makes imperial Bricks get the name of golden bricks
A. Their color. B. Their shape. C. Their value D. Their history.
22. What is a cultural heritage of the world's level according to the text
A. Peking Duck. B. Shadow Play. C. Imperial Bricks. D. Kunqu Opera.
23. Where did the emotional lines of Kunqu Opera come from
A. Classic poems. B. Theater writers. C. Famous magazines. D. Ancient stories.
B
Last Monday, I visited Jalan Besar to find a new fan blade（扇叶） for a standing fan that my daughters had broken.
I'd worked in the Jalan Besar area 30 years ago and remembered that there were lots of small hardware（五金制品） shops selling unusual things so I thought that I would have no problem finding a fan blade. However, after walking around for almost an hour, I found out that these shops were no longer around.
When I was ready to give up and go home, I found an old-fashioned hardware store. After being greeted by a woman, I explained my predicament. She immediately asked me to show her the broken blade. Out of nowhere, a man who looked to be in his 60s came out.
He asked to see the blade and then disappeared into the shop. He came back with a blade but it did not look the same as what I had in my hand. We compared the two blades and he said that it might work.
I asked him how much it was.
He told me that he had taken the blade off an old fan that someone had brought in for repair.
He said: “It didn't cost me anything, so why should I charge you for it ”
That really touched me. I took the blade home and it work perfectly! My daughters got a “new” fan for nothing.
When I told them this story, they were shocked as they are used to patronizing（经常光顾） big modern shops where everything is transactional （交易型的） and the employees go strictly by the book. Not so much my wife. She is almost in her 60s, and said this reminded her of the kind aunties and uncles who used to run small shops and were always ready to help others when she was growing up.
24. Why did the author go to Jalan Besar
A. To find a way to fix the broken fan. B. To visit some old friends.
C. To apply for a highly - paid job. D. To buy a new standing fan
25. What does the underlined word “predicament” in paragraph 3 mean
A. Potential risk. B. Basic rules.
C. Contact information. D. Difficult situation.
26. Which of the following can best describe the old man
A. Kind and brave. B. Hard-working and curious.
C. Honest and helpful. D. Easy-going and humorous.
27. How did the author's wife react to his experience
A. She thought little of it. B. She remembered the good old days.
C. She was greatly surprised. D. She thought it was too good to be true.
C
There is more of a connection between food and culture than you may think. On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. It becomes a part of who we are. Many associate（联系） from our childhood with warm feelings and good memories and it ties us to our families, holding a special and personal value for us. Food from our family often becomes the comfort food we seek as adults in times of frustration and stress.
On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture. It also operates as an expression of culture identity. Immigrants（移民） bring it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride in their culture and means of coping with homesickness.
Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional cuisine. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some ingredients needed to make traditional cuisine may not be readily available, so the taste and flavor can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants do not only sell cuisine to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. Therefore, they have to make small changes to the original cuisine to cater to a wider range of customers. Those changes can create new flavors that still keep the cultural significance of the cuisine.
We should not only embrace our heritage through our culture's food but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food. It is important to remember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it. Food is a window into culture, and it should be treated as such.
28. What's the function of the traditional food
A. It shows a community's superiority. B. It helps motivate homesickness.
C. It reflects a country's history. D. It shows culture identity.
29. Why do some immigrants have to change the original dishes in their restaurant
A. To present their own food culture in a new way.
B. To announce the beginning of their life on foreign soil.
C. To attach cultural importance to their dishes.
D. To make the dishes popular among customers.
30 What's the author's attitude towards different food cultures
A. Balanced. B Unfair. C. Negative. D. Unchangeable.
31. Which column does the passage come from
A. Space B. Science C. Food D. Entertainment
D
Breathing dirty air can cost someone's lifespan（寿命） months—even years, a—new study finds. Worldwide, air pollution lowers average lifespans by a year. Scientists shared their new findings in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
Air pollution（污染） has been related to many health problems. Most earlier studies have looked at how tiny air pollutants affected rates of illness or death. But now an environmental scientist, Joshua Apte, is going even further. He works at the University of Texas, Austin. He together with his team is looking at life expectancy, hoping to make the threat easier to understand.
PM 2. 5 is what scientists call tiny particles of pollution in the air. Higher levels of PM 2. 5 can cause health problems and cut months, if not years, from the average lifespan. This analysis shows pollution affects life expectancy in different parts of the world.
The World Health Organization （WHO） recommends limiting PM 2. 5 to 10 micrograms（微克） per cubic （立方） meter of air. Apte's group used data to try to find how this low level would help people. But meeting the WHO standard won't get rid of health damage from dirty air. That's because even below 10 micrograms per cubic meter pollution still causes huge risks.
Reducing air pollution could increase life expectancy. The scientists also compared how other threats shorten life spans across the globe. These risk factors included smoking and cancer.
These results show that in poor countries, cleaning up dirty air could greatly increase lifespans. It could have as big an effect as cleaning up drinking water, or curing lung cancer. However, in wealthier countries air pollution shortens life expectancy by less than half a year. All forms of cancer, in fact, shorten the average life expectancy by more than 3. 5 years. “Knowing this can really help people. or policymakers, decide where to spend their money. ” says Kirk Smith.
32. Why is Joshua Apte's team carrying out the study
A. Know how small air pollutants are. B. Study many different healthy problems.
C. Let people understand air pollution better. D. Study the life expectancy of different people.
33. What will happen if one country limits PM 2. 5 to 10 micrograms per cube meter
A. Its air is very clean. B. It still has pollution risks.
C. It will get a prize from WHO. D. Its people will live a healthy life.
34. What can we infer from the last paragraph
A. It's very hard to clean up dirty air in a short time.
B. Lung cancer is the leading killer in all kinds of cancers.
C. Reducing air pollution can increase all people's lifespans much.
D. The study will help different countries or people take different policies.
35. What can be the best title for the text
A. Air Pollution is Shortening Lives Worldwide
B. Many Factors are Affecting People's Health
C. Governments are Trying to Make Lifespan Long
D. The Effect of Cancer is Worse than Dirty Air
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.
Rabbits are a courageous little species able to live on every continent, except Antarctica. Alongside the beginning of 2023, the new Year of the Rabbit has started! 36
Cultural image of rabbits in China
Rabbits are instinctively quiet but agile（敏捷）, which suits traditional Chinese aesthetic（美学的） values of being gentle and cultivated. There is a view of rabbits in Chinese culture as being smart and gentle. 37 , a Chinese idiom praising people who are smart and agile like a rabbit.
Legend has it that there is a Jade Rabbit living on the moon which is the pet of Chang'e, a goddess widely known in China. This can explain why rabbits are regarded as an auspicious sign.
Also, in ancient China, it was common sense that the more children you had, the luckier and happier you would be. This belief made the rabbit a popular sign of good fortune. 38
Cultural image of rabbits in the West
Similarly in the West, rabbits are full of energy and fertile in nature, with populations growing to enormous sizes in short amounts of time. Rabbits are also considered to be incredibly lucky in the West, with several traditions illustrating how to gain the animal's good luck for yourself.
A hunter being able to catch a rabbit in the first place is also a sign of good luck. Another tradition for good luck found in North America and the UK is to say the word “rabbit” on the first morning of every month.
39 It is a rabbit that Alice follows in the novel of Alice in Wonderland to escape the normal world and helps to begin her adventure. Rabbits are also related to Easter, with the Easter bunny（复活节兔子） being thought to be in some way related to the chocolate eggs eaten at this time of year: While the animal appears in many different places, it is always seen as an animal to be welcomed.
So, now it is the lucky animal's turn on the Chinese zodiac. （生肖） 40
A. This is shown by the phrase “dong ru tuo tu”
B. We are all familiar with the phrase “shou zhu dai tu”
C. Maybe now is the best time to talk about this adorable animal in the eyes of different cultures
D. May the Year of the Rabbit bring you some good fortune, too!
E. Rabbits also non up in other areas of Western culture
F. A stuffed rabbit's foot is supposed to bring good fortune
G. They are well-known to be able to reproduce and succeed in sometimes difficult and surprising conditions
第三部分 英语知识运用（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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Standing on the top of Mount Tai, I watched the sun rising through the cloud and taking its place in the sky. I haven't seen many 41 , but . I can feel that seeing one from the top of Mount Tai must be one of the best ways to 42 the beauty of nature.
When I left for China, the 43 of climbing Mount Tai had not even 44 me. I was going to China to 45 its language, history and culture and gain a better understanding of international agricultural trade between my country and China.
Now I have stayed in China for a few weeks. In Beijing, my group have 46 friendships with many Chinese students. Through our broken Chinese and their 47 English, we are still able to teach each other about our cultures. We 48 that we are all just students working towards the same 49 of having careers, families and lives and trying to make the world 50 —even the better. Cultural differences seem language almost completely differs from our own. But their daily lives are similar to our own routines（常规）. 51 , people worry about the same things as we do here. They are 52 food safety, pay close attention to the government and feel the effects of the economic market.
This 53 makes me realize how many cultures my country has in common with other countries around the world. More importantly, it makes me 54 for travel, and I am looking forward to having more 55 to engage in cross-cultural communication and learning.
41. A. clouds B. sunrises C. mountains D. tops
42. A. describe B. select C. imagine D. experience
43. A. thought B. aim C. mission D. origin
44. A. belonged to B. occurred to C. fallen to D. turned to
45. A. discover B. study C. spread D. update
46. A. developed B. sought C. kept D. showed
47. A. spoken B. brief C. poor D. unique
48. A. assume B. claim C. realize D. expect
49. A. chance B. reason C. function D. goal
50. A. amazing B. striking C. powerful D. terrible
51. A. Besides B. Otherwise C. However D. Anyhow
52. A. addicted to B. confused about C. used to D. concerned about
53. A. adventure B. course C. climbing D. journey
54. A. eager B. energetic C. amazed D. tired
55. A. effects B. measures C. opportunities D. applications
第二节 用单词正确形式填空。（每小题1. 5分，共15分）
56. In recent years, we have seen large areas of wetland _________ （damaged） by human activity.
57. Today, as we learn more about sharks, more people than ever want to protect them from _________ （extinct）
58. To my anger, I have got _________ very bad sense of direction, making me easily get lost.
59. It was an area _________ fishermen were finning, and the sea floor was covered with dead sharks.
60. Jaws was a great success, _________ （attract） huge audiences.
61. She came to see the new teacher _________ her best friend.
62. Miss Guo made up her mind to devote herself to _________ （improve） her spoke English before the contest.
63. _________ （fortunate）, more and more people become interested in understanding sharks.
64. It is the production _________ uses most of the energy and produces most of the greenhouse gases.
65. You will have _________ （mass） of time to make arrangements before the opera begins.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分20分）
随着全球变暖越来越严重，地球的环境正遭受到严重的破坏。假定你是翔龙中学学生会主席李华，你校即将举行主题为 “Let's go green now” 的一项环保活动。请你用英语写一封倡议书，要点包括：
①倡导绿色生活的原因；
②实践途径（至少两点）；
③呼吁大家积极参加。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Boys and girls.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
The Students' Union
第二节（满分20分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Joe entered Mr. Cooper's classroom on the first day of the new school year, his long hair tied in a ponytail（马尾辫）. “What are you doing with that ponytail, dear Joe You look like a little girl!” Mr. Cooper asked curiously. The rest of his classmates laughed. Joe looked down in shame, but he knew he had to keep growing it for his reasons.
The previous year, Joe had decided to grow his hair, a decision that hadn't attracted much attention due to the start of the summer holidays. However, now that he was back at school, everyone saw how overgrown his hair was because he kept it in a ponytail.
Unfortunately, the comments didn't stop. Every day, the boys in his class laughed at him, believing he simply wanted to be different. The poor eight-year-old boy returned home each day in tears, but he never told the truth to his parents. Instead, he started hiding his tears in the bathroom at some point.
Mrs. Burns, the art teacher, was relatively new at the school. One day, after everyone had left for recess（课间休息）, she found Joe crying. “Joe, what's going on Why are you growing your hair so long ” she asked gently.
“Well, I volunteered in a children's hospital last April. There were many kids who had cancer and lost their hair, ” Joe explained. After a brief pause, he continued, “The hospital called for young volunteers to grow hair and donate it. They would use the donated hair to create beautiful wigs（假发） for those unfortunate children. Since then, I've been growing my hair. Unfortunately, now boys in my class often laugh at me when seeing my long hair. ”
Touched by his story, Mrs. Burns asked, “Do your classmates know why you're growing your hair ” Joe shook his head, telling that no one had ever asked him. “Do you have any photos of the children in the hospital ” she asked. Joe nodded and quickly took a few out from his school bag.
Mrs. Burns took them from Joe's hands and looked at them carefully. What came into her eyes were some children lying in bed, most of whom were smiling bravely. Deeply touched, she gave Joe a huge hug. “Joe, you should be proud of yourself for helping others. Let me help you! ” She said gently, her voice full of admiration. When the bell rang, Joe's classmates hurriedly returned to the classroom. Having noted that everyone was seated, Mrs. Burns showed them photos of those poor kids. After hearing the story, Joe's classmates were all moved, with tears welling up in their eyes.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Suddenly, one boy stood up and rushed towards Joe, giving him a hug. __________________________________
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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 kind of movie does the man want to watch
A. A comedy. B. An action movie. C. A scary film.
2. How does the man feel now
A. Amused. B. Sleepy. C. Worried.
3. What made the man's eyes red
A. Lack of sleep. B. Too much e-reading. C. A sad thing.
4. What does Cathy ask Mike to do
A. Attend a meeting. B. Meet her parents. C. Buy her lunch.
5. When does the park close on Saturday
A. At 6: 00 p. m. B. At 9: 00 p. m. C. At 10: 00 p. m.
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2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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和第7题。
6. What did the speakers see
A. A ballet. B. A concert. C. A film.
7. What made the woman fall asleep
A. The hot weather. B. The boring performance. C. The quiet music.
听第7段材料，回答第8至 10题。
8. What time is it
A. 10: 30 a. m. B. 11: 00a. m. C. 11: 30 a. m.
9. Why is Michelle hungry now
A. She did physical activity. B. She forgot to have breakfast.
C. She only had two eggs this morning.
10. What will Michelle do next
A. Eat in the studio. B. Go to the restaurant. C. Take her food out.
听第8段材料, 回答第11 至 13 题。
11. Where did Henry learn about the accident
A. From a newspaper. B. From a witness. C. From a news program.
12. Why were firefighters called
A. To remove chocolate. B. To rescue people. C. To put off a fire.
13. What will Henry tell the woman next
A. The loss of the chocolate factory. B. The traffic of the town. C. The cause of the accident.
听第9段材料，回答第14至 16题。
14. What happened to Eric this morning
A. He got stuck in traffic jams. B. He didn't catch the bus. C. He lost his job.
15. Why were the drivers on strike today
A. To ask for more pay. B. To avoid unemployment. C. To get long holidays.
16. How did the woman get to work today
A. By bike. B. By taxi. C. By bus.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。
17. How many kinds of tea will Ms. Wei talk about
A. 3. B. 4. C. 5.
18. In which part can the audience make tea
A. The first part. B. The second part. C. The last part.
19. What will Ms. Wei do in the last half-hour
A. Answer some questions. B. Share her journey. C. Talk about tea history.
20. When will the famous chef deliver a lecture
A. In April. B. In May. C. In June.
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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
Imperial Bricks（皇家砖）
Imperial bricks were made completely for imperial buildings, especially palaces, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They have a fine quality, and are strong and hard. They have a pure blue-green color like a mirror and produce a metal sound when knocked. Because they are very valuable, they are called the golden bricks. The craft（工艺品） has been on the national-level cultural heritage （遗产） list since 2006.
Peking Duck
Peking duck has been a famous dish from Beijing. The cooked duck is cut into pieces and eaten with green onion, cucumber and sweet bean sauce, often with pancake rolled around fillings. It was selected as a national - level cultural heritage in2008.
Shadow Play
Shadow play（皮影） is an ancient form of storytelling that uses flat cut-out figures or shadow play between a source of light and a screen. Various sight effects can be achieved by moving both the dolls and the light source. In 2011, Chinese shadow play entered the list of Cultural Heritage by UNESCO（United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization） which is located in Paris, France.
Kunqu Opera
Kunqu Opera, one of the oldest existing forms of Chinese opera, came from Kunshan, Jiangsu province. Using emotional lines from classic poems and through sweet and beautiful singing, it made progress in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and naturally reached other parts of the country via the Grand Canal.
21. Which makes imperial Bricks get the name of golden bricks
A. Their color. B. Their shape. C. Their value D. Their history.
22. What is a cultural heritage of the world's level according to the text
A. Peking Duck. B. Shadow Play. C. Imperial Bricks. D. Kunqu Opera.
23. Where did the emotional lines of Kunqu Opera come from
A. Classic poems. B. Theater writers. C. Famous magazines. D. Ancient stories.
B
Last Monday, I visited Jalan Besar to find a new fan blade（扇叶） for a standing fan that my daughters had broken.
I'd worked in the Jalan Besar area 30 years ago and remembered that there were lots of small hardware（五金制品） shops selling unusual things so I thought that I would have no problem finding a fan blade. However, after walking around for almost an hour, I found out that these shops were no longer around.
When I was ready to give up and go home, I found an old-fashioned hardware store. After being greeted by a woman, I explained my predicament. She immediately asked me to show her the broken blade. Out of nowhere, a man who looked to be in his 60s came out.
He asked to see the blade and then disappeared into the shop. He came back with a blade but it did not look the same as what I had in my hand. We compared the two blades and he said that it might work.
I asked him how much it was.
He told me that he had taken the blade off an old fan that someone had brought in for repair.
He said: “It didn't cost me anything, so why should I charge you for it ”
That really touched me. I took the blade home and it work perfectly! My daughters got a “new” fan for nothing.
When I told them this story, they were shocked as they are used to patronizing（经常光顾） big modern shops where everything is transactional （交易型的） and the employees go strictly by the book. Not so much my wife. She is almost in her 60s, and said this reminded her of the kind aunties and uncles who used to run small shops and were always ready to help others when she was growing up.
24. Why did the author go to Jalan Besar
A. To find a way to fix the broken fan. B. To visit some old friends.
C. To apply for a highly - paid job. D. To buy a new standing fan
25. What does the underlined word “predicament” in paragraph 3 mean
A. Potential risk. B. Basic rules.
C. Contact information. D. Difficult situation.
26. Which of the following can best describe the old man
A. Kind and brave. B. Hard-working and curious.
C. Honest and helpful. D. Easy-going and humorous.
27. How did the author's wife react to his experience
A. She thought little of it. B. She remembered the good old days.
C. She was greatly surprised. D. She thought it was too good to be true.
C
There is more of a connection between food and culture than you may think. On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. It becomes a part of who we are. Many associate（联系） from our childhood with warm feelings and good memories and it ties us to our families, holding a special and personal value for us. Food from our family often becomes the comfort food we seek as adults in times of frustration and stress.
On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture. It also operates as an expression of culture identity. Immigrants（移民） bring it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride in their culture and means of coping with homesickness.
Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional cuisine. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some ingredients needed to make traditional cuisine may not be readily available, so the taste and flavor can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants do not only sell cuisine to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. Therefore, they have to make small changes to the original cuisine to cater to a wider range of customers. Those changes can create new flavors that still keep the cultural significance of the cuisine.
We should not only embrace our heritage through our culture's food but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food. It is important to remember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it. Food is a window into culture, and it should be treated as such.
28. What's the function of the traditional food
A. It shows a community's superiority. B. It helps motivate homesickness.
C. It reflects a country's history. D. It shows culture identity.
29. Why do some immigrants have to change the original dishes in their restaurant
A. To present their own food culture in a new way.
B. To announce the beginning of their life on foreign soil.
C. To attach cultural importance to their dishes.
D. To make the dishes popular among customers.
30 What's the author's attitude towards different food cultures
A. Balanced. B Unfair. C. Negative. D. Unchangeable.
31. Which column does the passage come from
A. Space B. Science C. Food D. Entertainment
D
Breathing dirty air can cost someone's lifespan（寿命） months—even years, a—new study finds. Worldwide, air pollution lowers average lifespans by a year. Scientists shared their new findings in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
Air pollution（污染） has been related to many health problems. Most earlier studies have looked at how tiny air pollutants affected rates of illness or death. But now an environmental scientist, Joshua Apte, is going even further. He works at the University of Texas, Austin. He together with his team is looking at life expectancy, hoping to make the threat easier to understand.
PM 2. 5 is what scientists call tiny particles of pollution in the air. Higher levels of PM 2. 5 can cause health problems and cut months, if not years, from the average lifespan. This analysis shows pollution affects life expectancy in different parts of the world.
The World Health Organization （WHO） recommends limiting PM 2. 5 to 10 micrograms（微克） per cubic （立方） meter of air. Apte's group used data to try to find how this low level would help people. But meeting the WHO standard won't get rid of health damage from dirty air. That's because even below 10 micrograms per cubic meter pollution still causes huge risks.
Reducing air pollution could increase life expectancy. The scientists also compared how other threats shorten life spans across the globe. These risk factors included smoking and cancer.
These results show that in poor countries, cleaning up dirty air could greatly increase lifespans. It could have as big an effect as cleaning up drinking water, or curing lung cancer. However, in wealthier countries air pollution shortens life expectancy by less than half a year. All forms of cancer, in fact, shorten the average life expectancy by more than 3. 5 years. “Knowing this can really help people. or policymakers, decide where to spend their money. ” says Kirk Smith.
32. Why is Joshua Apte's team carrying out the study
A. Know how small air pollutants are. B. Study many different healthy problems.
C. Let people understand air pollution better. D. Study the life expectancy of different people.
33. What will happen if one country limits PM 2. 5 to 10 micrograms per cube meter
A. Its air is very clean. B. It still has pollution risks.
C. It will get a prize from WHO. D. Its people will live a healthy life.
34. What can we infer from the last paragraph
A. It's very hard to clean up dirty air in a short time.
B. Lung cancer is the leading killer in all kinds of cancers.
C. Reducing air pollution can increase all people's lifespans much.
D. The study will help different countries or people take different policies.
35. What can be the best title for the text
A. Air Pollution is Shortening Lives Worldwide
B. Many Factors are Affecting People's Health
C. Governments are Trying to Make Lifespan Long
D. The Effect of Cancer is Worse than Dirty Air
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.
Rabbits are a courageous little species able to live on every continent, except Antarctica. Alongside the beginning of 2023, the new Year of the Rabbit has started! 36
Cultural image of rabbits in China
Rabbits are instinctively quiet but agile（敏捷）, which suits traditional Chinese aesthetic（美学的） values of being gentle and cultivated. There is a view of rabbits in Chinese culture as being smart and gentle. 37 , a Chinese idiom praising people who are smart and agile like a rabbit.
Legend has it that there is a Jade Rabbit living on the moon which is the pet of Chang'e, a goddess widely known in China. This can explain why rabbits are regarded as an auspicious sign.
Also, in ancient China, it was common sense that the more children you had, the luckier and happier you would be. This belief made the rabbit a popular sign of good fortune. 38
Cultural image of rabbits in the West
Similarly in the West, rabbits are full of energy and fertile in nature, with populations growing to enormous sizes in short amounts of time. Rabbits are also considered to be incredibly lucky in the West, with several traditions illustrating how to gain the animal's good luck for yourself.
A hunter being able to catch a rabbit in the first place is also a sign of good luck. Another tradition for good luck found in North America and the UK is to say the word “rabbit” on the first morning of every month.
39 It is a rabbit that Alice follows in the novel of Alice in Wonderland to escape the normal world and helps to begin her adventure. Rabbits are also related to Easter, with the Easter bunny（复活节兔子） being thought to be in some way related to the chocolate eggs eaten at this time of year: While the animal appears in many different places, it is always seen as an animal to be welcomed.
So, now it is the lucky animal's turn on the Chinese zodiac. （生肖） 40
A. This is shown by the phrase “dong ru tuo tu”
B. We are all familiar with the phrase “shou zhu dai tu”
C. Maybe now is the best time to talk about this adorable animal in the eyes of different cultures
D. May the Year of the Rabbit bring you some good fortune, too!
E. Rabbits also non up in other areas of Western culture
F. A stuffed rabbit's foot is supposed to bring good fortune
G. They are well-known to be able to reproduce and succeed in sometimes difficult and surprising conditions
第三部分 英语知识运用（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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Standing on the top of Mount Tai, I watched the sun rising through the cloud and taking its place in the sky. I haven't seen many 41 , but . I can feel that seeing one from the top of Mount Tai must be one of the best ways to 42 the beauty of nature.
When I left for China, the 43 of climbing Mount Tai had not even 44 me. I was going to China to 45 its language, history and culture and gain a better understanding of international agricultural trade between my country and China.
Now I have stayed in China for a few weeks. In Beijing, my group have 46 friendships with many Chinese students. Through our broken Chinese and their 47 English, we are still able to teach each other about our cultures. We 48 that we are all just students working towards the same 49 of having careers, families and lives and trying to make the world 50 —even the better. Cultural differences seem language almost completely differs from our own. But their daily lives are similar to our own routines（常规）. 51 , people worry about the same things as we do here. They are 52 food safety, pay close attention to the government and feel the effects of the economic market.
This 53 makes me realize how many cultures my country has in common with other countries around the world. More importantly, it makes me 54 for travel, and I am looking forward to having more 55 to engage in cross-cultural communication and learning.
41. A. clouds B. sunrises C. mountains D. tops
42. A. describe B. select C. imagine D. experience
43. A. thought B. aim C. mission D. origin
44. A. belonged to B. occurred to C. fallen to D. turned to
45. A. discover B. study C. spread D. update
46. A. developed B. sought C. kept D. showed
47. A. spoken B. brief C. poor D. unique
48. A. assume B. claim C. realize D. expect
49. A. chance B. reason C. function D. goal
50. A. amazing B. striking C. powerful D. terrible
51. A. Besides B. Otherwise C. However D. Anyhow
52. A. addicted to B. confused about C. used to D. concerned about
53. A. adventure B. course C. climbing D. journey
54. A. eager B. energetic C. amazed D. tired
55. A. effects B. measures C. opportunities D. applications
第二节 用单词正确形式填空。（每小题1. 5分，共15分）
56. In recent years, we have seen large areas of wetland _________ （damaged） by human activity.
57. Today, as we learn more about sharks, more people than ever want to protect them from _________ （extinct）
58. To my anger, I have got _________ very bad sense of direction, making me easily get lost.
59. It was an area _________ fishermen were finning, and the sea floor was covered with dead sharks.
60. Jaws was a great success, _________ （attract） huge audiences.
61. She came to see the new teacher _________ her best friend.
62. Miss Guo made up her mind to devote herself to _________ （improve） her spoke English before the contest.
63. _________ （fortunate）, more and more people become interested in understanding sharks.
64. It is the production _________ uses most of the energy and produces most of the greenhouse gases.
65. You will have _________ （mass） of time to make arrangements before the opera begins.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分20分）
随着全球变暖越来越严重，地球的环境正遭受到严重的破坏。假定你是翔龙中学学生会主席李华，你校即将举行主题为 “Let's go green now” 的一项环保活动。请你用英语写一封倡议书，要点包括：
①倡导绿色生活的原因；
②实践途径（至少两点）；
③呼吁大家积极参加。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Boys and girls.
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The Students' Union
第二节（满分20分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Joe entered Mr. Cooper's classroom on the first day of the new school year, his long hair tied in a ponytail（马尾辫）. “What are you doing with that ponytail, dear Joe You look like a little girl!” Mr. Cooper asked curiously. The rest of his classmates laughed. Joe looked down in shame, but he knew he had to keep growing it for his reasons.
The previous year, Joe had decided to grow his hair, a decision that hadn't attracted much attention due to the start of the summer holidays. However, now that he was back at school, everyone saw how overgrown his hair was because he kept it in a ponytail.
Unfortunately, the comments didn't stop. Every day, the boys in his class laughed at him, believing he simply wanted to be different. The poor eight-year-old boy returned home each day in tears, but he never told the truth to his parents. Instead, he started hiding his tears in the bathroom at some point.
Mrs. Burns, the art teacher, was relatively new at the school. One day, after everyone had left for recess（课间休息）, she found Joe crying. “Joe, what's going on Why are you growing your hair so long ” she asked gently.
“Well, I volunteered in a children's hospital last April. There were many kids who had cancer and lost their hair, ” Joe explained. After a brief pause, he continued, “The hospital called for young volunteers to grow hair and donate it. They would use the donated hair to create beautiful wigs（假发） for those unfortunate children. Since then, I've been growing my hair. Unfortunately, now boys in my class often laugh at me when seeing my long hair. ”
Touched by his story, Mrs. Burns asked, “Do your classmates know why you're growing your hair ” Joe shook his head, telling that no one had ever asked him. “Do you have any photos of the children in the hospital ” she asked. Joe nodded and quickly took a few out from his school bag.
Mrs. Burns took them from Joe's hands and looked at them carefully. What came into her eyes were some children lying in bed, most of whom were smiling bravely. Deeply touched, she gave Joe a huge hug. “Joe, you should be proud of yourself for helping others. Let me help you! ” She said gently, her voice full of admiration. When the bell rang, Joe's classmates hurriedly returned to the classroom. Having noted that everyone was seated, Mrs. Burns showed them photos of those poor kids. After hearing the story, Joe's classmates were all moved, with tears welling up in their eyes.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Suddenly, one boy stood up and rushed towards Joe, giving him a hug. __________________________________
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