机密★启用前
礼嘉中学2024-2025学年度高2024级上期中期考试
英语试卷
（全卷满分150分，考试时间：120分钟）
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写在答题卡上。
2.作答前认真阅读答题卡上的注意事项。
3.作答时务必将答案写在答题卡上，写在试卷及草稿纸上无效。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
注意，听力部分答题时请先将答案标在试卷上， 听力部分结束前你将有两分钟的时间将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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. How long has the woman been in hospital
A. For 4 days. B. For 5 days. C. For 6 days.
2. What does the woman want to do
A. Stop the TV. B. Look for her watch. C. Watch a TV program.
3. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. In a bookstore. B. In a post office. C. In a hospital.
4. Who will probably pick up Anne tonight
A Michael. B. Jenny. C. John.
5. What is the matter with the man
A. He is not interested in his English class.
B. He is not satisfied with his English.
C. He fails to pass the English test.
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三个选项中选出最英语试题第佳选项。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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What does the agent want Lily to do today
A. Act in an advertisement. B. Perform in a song. C. Dance for a movie.
7. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers
A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient. C. Husband and wife.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8 What is the problem with the man
A. He feels cold. B He has a headache. C. He drinks too much.
9. What is the man doing
A. Lying in the bed. B. Drinking water. C. Smoking.
10. Where are the speakers
A. At a clinic. B. At home. C. At a cafe.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
11. Why does the man feel surprised about Betty
A. She went to the concert late.
B. She didn’t enjoy the concerts.
C. She hardly argues with others.
12. What did the boy do in the concert
A. He kicked the seat.
B. He threw the rubbish everywhere.
C. He argued with Betty.
13. What would the man have done if he was there
A. Turn to the security. B. Talk to the boy C. Argued with the woman.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
14. When will the first course end
A. On July 3. B: On July 20. C. On August 10.
15. Where is the man from
A England. B. France. C. Finland.
16. How much is the the second course
A. 50. B. 500. C 550.
17. How should the man pay
A. In cash. B. In a bank. C. Through the website.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. How long has the man been riding the New York Subway
A. For 50 years B For 110 years C. For 60 years
19. What did the subway mean to the speaker’s childhood
A. Tiring journeys. B. Oreat adventures. C. Frightening experience
20. What do we know about Rosie Ruiz during the New York marathon
A. She won the first prize. B. She run through tunnels.
C. She cheated by taking a subway.
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，共37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Lying on the north-south axis (轴线) line of Beijing City, Bell and Drum Towers were built in 1272 and rebuilt twice after two fires. In one period in history they were the time-telling center of the capital city during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Bell Tower
The Bell Tower is 47.9 meters high. This brick-and-stone-made building has two floors. Located on- the second floor, the bell is the largest and heaviest in China. It is 7. 02 meters high, with a weight of63tons(吨). It was made of copper (铜), and you can hear its clear sound from far away.
Drum Tower
Situated 91 meters south to the bell tower, it was placed on a 4-meter-high stone and brick groundwork. It is 46. 7 meters high. It is a two-floor wooden building. There was one big drum and 24 smaller ones before, but only the big remains now.
On New Year’s Eve 1990, the bell was rung again and the drum was rung on New Year’s Eve 2001 after being silent for so long. Since then, the drum and the bell have sounded 108 times every New Year’s Eve.
How to get to Bell Drum Towers
By Subway:
1. Take Subway Line 8 and get off at Shichahai Station.
2. Take Subway Line 2 and get off at Guloudajie Station.
By Bus:
1. Take Bus 5,60,82,107,124, or 635 and get off at Gulou (Drum Tower) Station.
2. Take the Sightseeing Bus 3 and get off at Gulou (Houhai) Station.
Ticket Price: Bell Tower: CNY 15; Drum Tower: CNY 20
Ticket for both places: CNY 30
Opening Hours:09:00 to 17:00
Drum Performances at the Drum Tower:09:30, 10:00, 11:30, 13:30, 14:’30,15:30,16:45
Note: an extra performance is at 17: 15 in high season.
1. What do we know about Drum Tower
A. Drums are beaten every hour.
B. In all there are twenty-five old drums now.
C. Drum Tower is a little bit higher than Bell Tower.
D. There are 8 drum performances in total in high season.
2. What do Bell and Drum Towers have in common
A Their heights are the same. B. Their tickets cost the same.
C. They have the same number of floors. D. They are both made of brick and stone.
3. What is this text probably from
A. A travel brochure B. An advertisement
C. A historical textbook D. A city construction plan
B
When Sam Fisher took his two young sons and their cousin on a hike in the Badlands of North Dakota, he was probably expecting a day of sightseeing and light exercise. What he could not have expected, however, was the group coming across the remains of a young Tyrannosaurus rex (霸王龙) that had lived millions of years ago.
Fisher and the boys were surely excited by their discovery, but they didn’t know what to do with the fossil(化石). Fisher sent a photo to his classmate, Dr. Lyson, an expert in the Denver Museum of Nature& Science. Then, Dr. Lyson arrived with a skilled team to dig up the fossil. Together, they unearthed the remains of the teenage Tyrannosaurus rex.
Their find was considered as an “incredible discovery” by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. It is unusual to find complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossils, and even more unusual to find the remains of a young one, so Dr. Lyson was excited when he realized what they had unearthed. The fossil, called “Teen Rex”, is between 12 and 14 years old at the time of death. Even though it was still growing, the dinosaur already weighed 3,500 pounds and was 25 feet long, though these impressive measurements still put it at about half the size of a fully developed Tyrannosaurus rex.
“These boys have made an incredible dinosaur discovery that advances science and deepens our understanding of the natural world,” says Dr. Lyson. “I’m excited for museum guests to dig into the “Teen Rex Discovery” experience, which I think will inspire the imagination and . wonder, not only in our community, but around the world!”
The fossil will be on show as part of the temporary (临时的) Discovering Teen Rex exhibition, which will open at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science next month. In addition to the exhibition, the museum will also be screening a new 40-minute documentary T. REX.
4. How did Sam Fisher feel when they found the fossil
A. Satisfied. B. Awkward. C. Amazed. D. Alarmed.
5. Why did Fisher send a photo of the fossil to Dr. Lyson
A. To ask for help. B. To sell the fossil.
C. To find a museum. D. To show off the fossil.
6. What did Dr. Lyson think of the discovery
A. He believed it was just another common find.
B. He considered it of great value to science.
C. He thought it would attract little interest.
D. He was uncertain about its significance.
7. What might the author continue to talk about
A. A summary of the exhibition. B. Details about the documentary.
C. Advice for unearthing the fossil. D. Information on how to become an expert.
C
People are motivated to try a vegetarian diet for different reasons - from religious beliefs to potential health and environmental benefits. But many people have a hard time sticking with it. In fact studies show many self-reported vegetarians actually do consume some animal products.
“A lot of people who want to be vegetarian are perhaps notable to.” says Dr. Nabeel Yassen of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “We wanted to know if genetics is part of the reason,” he says.
Yaseen and his colleagues compared the DNA of about 330,000 people, using data from the UK Biobank initiative. The study included 5.324 vegetarians, who had not eaten any animal flesh or products obtained from animals for at least one year. They found 34 genes that may play a role in maintain a strict vegetarian diet. And they identified 3 genes that are more tightly linked to it.
“What we can say is that these genes have something to do with vegetarianism (素食主义),” Yaseen says. “Perhaps vegetarians have different variants (变体) of these genes that make them able to pursue a strict vegetarian diet,” he explains. The study is published in PLOS ONE, a science journal.
Of the three genes most strongly associated with vegetarianism, the authors say two of them have important functions in fat metabolism(新陈代谢). The study can’t answer exactly how genetic differences could shape or influence vegetarians, but Dr. Yaseen has some ideas. “One theory is that maybe there’s a fat nutrient, or nutrients, in meat that some people need and others don’t,” he says.
“Lots of factors influence what we eat, everything from our taste preferences, to our budgets, to our culture. So, the idea that food choice is also influenced by genetics is not surprising,” Yaseen says. “But this is just the first step,” he adds, “More research is needed to determine which genes and which variants maybe crucial.”
8. What is the purpose of the study
A. To promote vegetarianism among senior people.
B. To determine why people choose a vegetarian diet.
C. To explore the cultural influence on vegetarianism.
D. To find out relation between genes and vegetarianism.
9. How does the author mainly organize Paragraph 3
A. By giving examples.
B. By giving definitions.
C. By making comparisons.
D. By listing some numbers.
10. Which of the following can replace the underlined “flesh” in paragraph 3
A. egg B. milk C. meat D. blood
11. What can we learn from Yaseen’s words
A. Genes have no influence on vegetarianism.
B. More research needs conducting to identify critical genes
C. The study has successfully determined the key genetic variants.
D. The study has accurately explained how genetics shape food choices.
D
A new center at the Stanford School of Engineering will fund artificial intelligence(AI) in the service of space science, exploration, and business.
The Center for Aerospace Autonomy Research, or CAESAR, aims at making these activities more efficient, safe, and continuous. Researchers at the center say that AI could optimize navigation for spacecraft, skillfully land space vehicles on planets or asteroids (小行星), allow driverless rovers to make decisions about where to go, what to avoid, and what to analyze, keep tabs on all the space junk( some60,000 pieces, at last count) spinning around Earth, and much more.
To achieve such ambitions, Marco Pavone, CAESAR co-founder and relative professor of aeronautics and astronautics, announced that one of the center’s main projects will be to build a foundation model for space pursuits. A foundation model is one kind of general-purpose AI that’s trained on huge amounts of data and can solve various tasks, like producing text, images, and even videos. “This space foundation model,” Pavone said, “will be designed to synthesize (合成) information across a range of modalities, including vision, text, remote sensing ( such as multi-spectral (多色谱的) imagery and radar), and space-object catalogs, and will be able to address different kinds of space-related tasks, including situational awareness, positioning, and navigation.”
Simone D’ Amico, CAESAR co-founder and associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics, made it clear that he, Pavone, and their co-workers arrange to proceed carefully, with eyes wide open to the potential risks (隐患) of seeking AI for spacecraft and robots. He stated that in some cases, AI components are by no means the most effective choice for space systems.
“We founded CAESAR with the objective to tackle unsolved problems in space borne autonomy through the wise incorporation (合并) of artificial intelligence components,” D’ Amico said.
Though the space foundation model will be a game changer, D’ Amico also noted the restrictions (限制) space imposes on the startup technology. For instance, space is a difficult, far-distance environment that’s not suitable for AI training, and powerful microprocessors needed for AI are still not flexible to space radiation.
12. What are CAESAR systems designed for
A. Clearing up the space junk. B. Navigating planets and asteroids.
C. Raising space-related fund. D. Doing space activities by AI.
13. What is one of CAESAR’s main pursuits according to the text
A. To provide once-and-for-all solutions to space problems.
B. To build a foundation model to help handle different missions.
C. To adopt the off-the-beaten-track incorporation of AI sets.
D. To address potential problems of AI used in space exploration.
14. What is D’ Amico’s attitude towards CAESAR
A. Careful. B. Unclear. C. Doubtful. D. Disapproving.
15. What is the best title for the text
A. CAESAR’s Exploration in Asteroids B. CAESAR’s Success in Engineering
C. CAESAR’s Attempt with Space-related AI D. CAESAR’s Restrictions on Robots
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，共12.5分）
阅读下列短文，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。
How to lower costs and improve the living quality
There are numerous products posted on social media, and you might believe an electric toothbrush, a flight ticket to Phuket and so on will bring you a better life. But for many graduates or those who have worked for only one or two years, your income cannot keep pace with expense. ____16____ Here’s how:
____17____
It seems to be a challenge to afford a fitness center costing over 10,000 yuan in annual fees or for a personal trainer. But you can buy a pair of sneakers or a yoga mat instead. Running in a park regularly or doing yoga at home using free online resources is definitely a type of quality life. Exercise is more rewarding than holding a membership card at an expensive fitness club.
Go to museums or libraries
Chasing young good-looking stars, watching their films and buying expensive tickets for their concerts are popular with many young people. ____18____ You seem to fail to take into account a variety of exhibitions and resources updated frequently in major cities. Why not have a try What you need to do is to choose themes that you are interested in, make an online appointment in advance and then enjoy your weekend.
Stop over-spending online
For some young people, the easy and instant access and the discount codes of online shopping make it an addictive draw. Sometimes what you buy online is not what you really need. ____19____ For example, many buy a lot of new clothes that they seldom wear.
____20____ Money is not the only thing that can improve your quality of living, but your optimistic attitude towards life and self-disciplined way of life are.
A. Keep exercising in your own way
B. Jogging or doing yoga is a good way
C. Actually, the demands are created by the producers.
D. Making money and saving money are not the final goal of life.
E. So, how can we save some money and improve quality of life
F. To live a quality life requires positive mindset and more self-control than money.
G. However, this would do little to enrich your spiritual life and add to economic burdens.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题：每小题1分，共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。
There was a girl who could do anything she wanted. All she had to do was to choose something and ____21____. So, one day she sat down and began to ____22____. Every stroke (笔画) was more perfect than the next. When she finished painting, she stared ____23____ at her work and smiled.
It was obvious that she had a ____24____. She was an artist. But a few moments after she finished painting, she got ____25____ and quickly stood up. Because she realized that ____26____ she had the ability to do anything she ____27____ to do, she was simply spending all her time painting.
She felt like there was so much more in the world to see and do — so many ____28____. And if she decided to do something else, then all the time she spent painting would be a ____29____. So she walked out the door.
She had to choose one thing to do out of all the possibilities in the world. Should she practice medicine Or design buildings She was ____30____.
Twenty-five years later, the girl began to cry. She ____31____ that over the years she had become so enamored (迷恋) of everything that she could do that she hadn’t done anything ____32____ at all. And she learned, at last, that life isn’t about ____33____ — anything is possible. Life is about making a decision.
So the girl continued painting through the day and into the night, because she had ____34____ made a decision. And there was still some ____35____ to enjoy the magic that life is all about.
21. A. focus B. wait C. buy D. wish
22. A. teach B. smile C. paint D. design
23. A. coldly B. curiously C. directly D. proudly
24. A. mistake B. gift C. task D. chance
25. A. excited B. worried C. tired D. famous
26. A. while B. if C. unless D. because
27. A. forgot B. wanted C. refused D. agreed
28. A. choices B. ways C. reasons D. places
29. A. mess B. change C. lie D. waste
30. A. amazed B. pleased C. confused D. sorry
31. A. wondered B. predicted C. accepted D. realized
32. A. interesting B. different C. meaningful D. cheerful
33. A. purpose B. possibility C. discovery D. support
34 A. quickly B. hopefully C. probably D. finally
35. A. space B. money C. time D. power
第二节 （共10小题：每小题1.5分，共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。
The 21-year-old Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen made history as the first Asian player to win an Olympic single s title by ____36____ (beat) Croatia’s Donna Vekic in the final match in Paris on Saturday. It was ____37____ first singles medal for China in tennis since the sport returned to the Olympics in 1988.
Zheng expressed her thanks to her two coaches, Xia Xiyao and YuLiqiao, both of ____38____ once coached Li Na. Her first coach was Xia Xiyao. After training under Xia for a year, she ____39____ (send) to Yu Liqiao. Known for her strict and tough coaching style, Yu was famously demanding . Zheng remarked that during her stay in Wuhan, Yu was the coach who contributed most ____40____ (significant) to her progress.
Zheng also showed the lengths her supportive parents went to during her early ____41____ (year) to prepare for the victory. “My parents sacrificed a lot for me,” Zheng said, “When I was 12, my mum quit her job ____42____ support) my tennis journey. When I was 14 ____43____15, my father sold our house to help me to realize my tennis dream. My success is not just ____44____(I). It’s also my parents’. They taught me how to stay _____45_____ (focus) on my dream. They always believed in me.”
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
（原创） 第一节 单词填空（满分15分，每小题1分，请使用单词的正确形式填空。）
46. We finally decided to choose the hotel on their ______ (recommend). (所给词的适当形式填空)
47. If there’s something wrong about your personal information, please contact the r______ office. (根据首字母单词拼写)
48. We ______ (request) to wear the uniform in formal situations. (所给词的适当形式填空)
49. Her ______ (impress) speech made a deep impression on all of us. (所给词的适当形式填空)
50. You can always exchange ideas with your classmates about the learning s______. (根据首字母单词拼写)
51. I am coming here just to have a look out of ______ (curious) (所给词的适当形式填空)
52. To memorize all the new words in one day is actually a c______ task. (根据首字母单词拼写)
53. They’ll learn some ______ (survive) skills from the expert. (所给词的适当形式填空)
54. She has worked out a s______ to that problem. (根据首字母单词拼写)
55. Please call us as soon as you reach the d______. (根据首字母单词拼写)
56. Britain took c______ of Hong Kong in the 19th century and ruled until 1997. (根据首字母单词拼写)
57. Online games are quite ______ (attract) to teenagers nowadays. (所给词的适当形式填空)
58. With the mid-term exam coming I have a tight s______ for the next few days. (根据首字母单词拼写)
59. Remember to b______ yourself when attending the ceremony. (根据首字母单词拼写)
60. That’s a famous tourist attraction. You must make reservations for the tickets in a______(根据首字母单词拼写)
（原创） 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
61. 假如你是礼嘉中学高一学生李华，你在好朋友 Jack 的QQ空间(Q-zone)上看到他因为英语考得不好而十分沮丧，请用英语写一篇邮件，安慰他并给出一些学习建议。
内容包括：1、安慰；2、建议(至少两条)；3、希望。
注意：1、写作词数为100词左右；
2、请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
3、注意卷面，不用修正带或修正液。
My dear Jack,
I learned from your Q-zone that
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua1
机密★启用前
礼嘉中学2024-2025学年度高2024级上期中期考试
英语试卷
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，共37.5分）
【答案】1. D2. C3. A
【答案】4. C5. A6. B7. B
【答案】8. D9. D10. C11. B
【答案】12. D13. B14. A15. C
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，共12.5分）
阅读下列短文，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。
【答案】16. E17. B18. G19. C20. F
第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题：每小题1分，共15分）
【答案】21. A22. C23. D24. B25. B26. A27. B28. A29. D30. C31. D32. C33. B34. D35. C
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第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，共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。
【答案】36. beating
37. the38. whom
39. was sent
40. significantly
41. years42. to support
43. or44. mine
45. focused
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
（原创）第一节单词填空（满分15分，每小题1分，请使用单词的正确形式填空。）
46.
【答案】recommendation
47. If there’s something wrong about your personal information, please contact the r______ office. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】registration##egistration
48. We ______ (request) to wear the uniform in formal situations. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】are requested
49. Her ______ (impress) speech made a deep impression on all of us. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】impressive
50. You can always exchange ideas with your classmates about the learning s______. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】strategies##trategies
51. I am coming here just to have a look out of ______ (curious) (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】curiosity
52. To memorize all the new words in one day is actually a c______ task. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】challenging##hallenging
53. They’ll learn some ______ (survive) skills from the expert. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】survival
54. She has worked out a s______ to that problem. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】solution##olution
55. Please call us as soon as you reach the d______. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】destination##estination
56. Britain took c______ of Hong Kong in the 19th century and ruled until 1997. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】control##ontrol
57. Online games are quite ______ (attract) to teenagers nowadays. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】attractive
58. With the mid-term exam coming, I have a tight s______ for the next few days. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】schedule##chedule
59Remember to b______ yourself when attending the ceremony. (根据首字母单词拼写)
【答案】behave##ehave
61.
【答案】My dear Jack,
I learned from your Q-zone that you are feeling quite upset about your recent English exam. I understand how disappointing it can be not to meet your expectations. However, every setback is a setup for a comeback.
To improve your English, I suggest you practice speaking every day and read more English books to enhance your comprehension skills. Additionally, watching English movies can improve your listening skills while you are making learning enjoyable. Remember, persistence is the key to success. I believe in your ability to overcome this challenge and achieve great things.
Cheer up and best of luck for your next exam!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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