云南省昆明2024-2025学年高二下学期开学检测英语试题（无主观题）（无答案）

昆明2024-2025 学年度下学期开学考试
高二 英语
总分: 100 分 时间：40 分钟
第一部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分 70分)
第一节 (共12 小题；每小题5分，满分 60分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Julia Butterfly Hill worked at a restaurant. For many years, she was only interested in making money. Then one day she had a serious car accident, which changed her life. Hill said: “I realized I wanted to find a more powerful purpose for being here on this planet.”
As soon as she recovered, Hill traveled to California and she wanted to do something meaningful. There she saw ancient redwood trees, which are the largest trees in the whole world. The wood from redwood trunks is very hard. So the Pacific Lumber Company cut down many of the huge redwoods to use for construction. There are not many forests of these trees left. Many environmental activists want to protect the remaining trees. The redwoods are very important to the environment.
In 2012, Hill learned a group called Earth First was working to protect a particular group of trees. They decided to send someone up into a redwood tree, hoping this would stop the company from cutting the trees down. Julia Butterfly Hill volunteered.
Hill lived in the tree for over two years without ever coming down. Her home was a 6-by-8-foot tree house, 180 feet up. It is always cold and wet in a redwood tree. There were even very serious winter storms while Hill was in the tree. The wind and cold almost knocked Hill out of the tree. But she did not fall — she survived.
Finally, after years of arguing, the company decided to protect Luna, the tree Hill lived in. They signed an agreement to never cut down this huge redwood tree or the trees around it. When Hill put her feet on the earth again, she began to cry. But from that moment on, Hill hasn't stopped working to protect the environment.
1. What made Hill think about doing something meaningful
A. A car accident. B. A forest fire.
C. A redwood tree. D. A serious disease.
2. What problem did Hill find in California
A. The Pacific Lumber Company lost much money.
B. People could only use the redwoods for construction.
C. Environmental activists didn't work together.
D. The redwoods were disappearing quickly.
3. How were Julia Butterfly Hill's living conditions in the tree
A. Comfortable. B. Tough. C. Cool. D. Satisfying.
4. Which of the following is NOT true about Julia Butterfly Hill
A. She once lived in a redwood tree for over two years.
B. She had a sense of social responsibility.
C. She continued working to protect the environment.
D. She finally gave in to the Pacific Lumber Company.
B
Recently, African ports are expected to welcome a unique border-patrol(巡逻)“team”— Giant African Pouched Rats wearing small red vests. Relying on their remarkable sense of smell, they are about to play a crucial role in the fight against illegal wildlife trade.
In regions such as West Africa, the rich wildlife resources attract enormous tourists. However, poaching(偷猎) and smuggling(偷运) activities are pushing some species to the danger of extinction. Poachers, driven by huge profits, either capture animals for the illegal pet trade or cruelly kill elephants, rhinos, etc. to obtain ivory and rhino horns. These precious items are then smuggled to other countries for sale, severely disturbing local biodiversity.
Isabelle Szott, a behavioral ecologist, previously cooperated with the organization APOPO in Tanzania, which has successfully trained these rats for various tasks before, like detecting dangerous weapons and some infectious diseases. Given their excellent olfactory(嗅觉) ability, APOPO believes the rats also have great potential in port prevention and control.
Szott's team carefully selected and trained 11 rats. In a specially-made training box in the laboratory, researchers placed different smell samples to teach the rats to identify the smells of poached animals. Each time a rat accurately detected the target smell and signaled, it received delicious food as a reward. After training, these rats can not only recognize the smells of elephant tusks, rhino horns and African blackwood, but also precisely distinguish them from 146 other smells.
Lab training is just the first step. Some rats then underwent field drills in simulated warehouses and real ports. When these rats get too old to work, they will “retire” honorably and enjoy their remaining years surrounded by fruits, vegetables, and dried fish. The involvement of Giant African Pouched Rats is expected to bring new hope to tackling wildlife poaching and smuggling.
5. Why are these rats a good choice for border-patrol
A. They are out of extinction. B. They are sensitive to the smell.
C. They can maintain local biodiversity. D. They can distract poachers’ attention.
6. What tasks have the African Pouched Rats been trained for before
A. Detecting threatening arms. B. Controlling wildlife products.
C. Protecting tourists in West Africa. D. Identifying different kinds of fruits.
7. How did the researchers train the 11 rats in the laboratory
A. They satisfy the rats’ appetite as a reward. B. They taught the rats to fit in the real fields.
C. They let the rats play with different samples. D. They led the rats to track the poachers’ smells.
8. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. New Hope Brought by APOPO for the Rats in Red Vests
B. Measures Taken to Prevent Poaching and Smuggling
C. The Remarkable Life of Giant African Pouched Rats
D. A New Force in Fighting Wildlife Smuggling
C
It is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers(生产商) follow certain uniform standards for various features of clothes. What seems strange, however, is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men. Take a look at the way your clothes button. Men's clothes tend to button from the right, and women's from the left. Considering most of the world's population-men and women-are right-handed, the men's standard would appear to make more sense for women. So why do women's clothes button from the left
History really seems to matter here. Button first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. For the mostly right-handed servants, having women's shirts button from the left would be easier. On the other hand, having men's shirts button from the right made sense, too. Most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt.
Today women are seldom dressed by servants, but buttoning from the left is still the standard for them. Is it interesting Actually, a standard, once set, resists change. At a time when all women's shirts buttoned from the left, it would have been risky for any single manufacturer to offer women's shirts that buttoned from the right. After all, women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch, since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing men's shirts.
9. What is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry
A. It fails to consider right-handed people.
B. It woks better with men than with women.
C. It is different for men's clothing and women's.
D. It has been followed by the industry for over 400 years.
10. What do we know about the rich men in the 17th century
A. They tended to wear clothes without buttons. B. They were interested in the historical matters.
C. They were mostly dressed by servants. D. They drew their swords from the left.
11. Women's clothes still button from the left today because .
A. customs are hard to change B. modern women dress themselves
C. manufacturers should follow standards D. adopting men's style is improper for women
12. The passage is mainly developed by .
A. analyzing cause B. making comparisons
C. examining differences D. following the time order
第二节 (共5 小题；每小题2分，满分 10分)
根据短文内容，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。
Do you have a song that you cannot stop thinking about You try to stop, but the song just continues in your mind. 13 This is a common problem and the problem has an unusual name. It is called an earworm.
14 Some people experience earworms almost every day. For other people, it only happens once in a while. So what makes people experience earworms There are four possible reasons.
The first reason is simply hearing the song. A song may become an earworm for an individual just because they have heard it recently. 15 Sometimes an individual hears or plays a particular song often. When this happens, the song is more likely to become an earworm. Another reason is stress. It can bring past experiences into the mind and often people have strong connections between memories and music. 16 Triggers such as sights, sounds or smells are also major causes for earworms. These stimuli can cause an individual to start thinking about a particular song.
What can you do when you have an earworm playing over and over in your head Scientists do not have a cure for earworms. But people who experience earworms often have many suggested solutions. For example, doing difficult math problems in your head can help you concentrate on the problems rather than earworms. Another method is to write the words of the song down backwards and then sing the words as written down. 17
A. Earworms are difficult to research.
B. It plays again, and again, and again.
C. Almost everyone has experienced an earworm.
D. Repeated exposure also makes a song an earworm.
E. This troubles the brain and it immediately stops singing.
F. Then your mind starts singing the main part of a popular song.
G. So a particular memory may cause the brain to think of a particular song.
第三部分 语言运用(共一节，满分 30 分)
完形填空(共15 小题；每题 2分，满分 30分)
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、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。
I am Tayebwa Philips from Western Uganda. As I grow up, life was 18 , filled with peace and freedom. My father, a kind man, taught me the 19 of living in harmony with everyone around us.
One windy day, a friend invited me to 20 Nakivale Refugee(避难者) Settlement. Walking through the narrow, dusty paths, I felt 21 observing how people lived. Children played in the dirt, their faces weary but full of laughter. Elderly men and women moved slowly, their eyes cast low, as 22 as the sky was windy black.
That night, 23 of the settlement flashed through my mind like a restless wind. The sharp 24 between my childhood and the life of families in Nakivale 25 me deeply. The wind, once a playful whisper through banana leaves, now carried the weight of dusty 26 . I felt a gentle pull in my heart. My purpose seed had 27 taken root, and I was ready to answer the 28 .
The following morning, I returned to the settlement, where I started 29 in various areas health education, livelihood skills, and psycho-social support.
Slowly, I 30 my efforts, and within five years, my tiny seed of purpose had 31 a whole team of dedicated volunteers — teachers, nurses and trainers. We still face many challenges, but together we stand, 32 by the belief that every person has a seed of purpose waiting to sprout(发芽). In unity, there is strength, and in hope, endless possibilities.
18. A. balanced B. creative C. harmonious D. simple
19. A. mystery B. value C. definition D. process
20. A. support B. inspect C. invest D. tour
21 A. helpless B. confused C. troubled D. heartbroken
22. A. bored B. depressed C. lonely D. frightening
23. A. images B. thoughts C. reflections D. shadows
24. A. connection B. similarity C. contrast D. unity
25. A. pushed B. shaped C. burned D. moved
26. A. desperation B. guilt C. regret D. anger
27. A. truly B. suddenly C. carefully D. constantly
28. A. challenge B. call C. question D. demand
29. A. organizing B. advocating C. evaluating D. volunteering
30. A. adjusted B. complicated C. expanded D. varied
31. A. grown into B. broken into C. transformed into D. fallen into
32. A. changed B. influenced C. united D. comforted