广东省东莞市五校2024-2025学年高二下学期5月联考英语试题（无答案）

2024～2025 学年度第二学期五校联考
高二年级 英语
注意事项：
1. 答题前，考生请用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名、考生号、试室号填写在答题卡上。
2. 作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如
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的答案无效。
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第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20 分）
第一节 听力理解（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有 5 秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各
段播放内容及其相关小题，在 5 秒钟内从题中所给的 A、B、C 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答
题卡上将该项涂黑。
听下面一段对话，回答第 1-2 题。
1. What does the man advise the woman to buy
A. A dress. B. A pair of trousers. C. A jacket.
2. Why does the woman want to go shopping tomorrow
A. To go to a party. B. To attend a ceremony. C. To give a performance.
听下面一段对话，回答第 3-5 题。
3. Why does the man come to the woman
A. To ask for help. B. To make an apology. C. To send an invitation.
4. What relation is Mr. Lee to the woman probably
A. Her customer. B. Her teacher. C. Her colleague.
5. What will the woman probably do next
A. Write a report. B. Call Mr. Lee. C. Give a presentation.
第二节 听取信息（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标
号为 6-10 的空格中。听录音前，你将有 10 秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍。
Volunteering at the tournament
6 volunteers Six volunteers Stay outside the gym to direct traffic Make sure that visitors do not 7 near the back door Stay inside the gym at the ticket stand Sell tickets and 8 -themed souvenirs Remind guests to maintain order
Eight volunteers Direct guests to the seating area
Help guests find the 9 or any other locations
All volunteers 10 the garbage after the game
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
第一节（共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 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
For generations, the name Milton Hershey has been a well-known word closely connected with
fine chocolate products throughout the country and around the world. He was born in 1857 on a
farm near Derry Church, a small Pennsylvania community. Frequent family moves interrupted his
schooling and left him with limited education. He only completed the fourth grade.
Following a four-year apprenticeship (学徒期) with a Lancaster candy maker, he established
his first candy-making business in Philadelphia. That initial effort failed, so did his next two
attempts in Chicago and New York. Returning to Lancaster in 1883, Hershey persevered in his
dream and finally established the Lancaster Caramel Company, which quickly became an
outstanding success.
Hershey became fascinated with the German chocolate-making machinery exhibited at the
1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. He bought the equipment for his Lancaster plant and soon
began producing various chocolate creations. Hershey sold the Lancaster Company in 1900 in order
to focus entirely on his chocolate business.
Three years later, he returned to Derry Church to build a new factory. Through trial and error,
he created his own formula (配方) for milk chocolate. In 1903 he began construction on what was
to become the world’s largest chocolate plant. After its completion, Hershey’s milk chocolate
quickly became the first nationally marketed product of its kind.
With Milton Hershey’s success came a great sense of social responsibility. Hershey created a
complete new community around his factory. He built a model town for his employees that included
comfortable homes, an inexpensive public transportation system, a quality public school system and
broad cultural opportunities. The town of Hershey continues to be a special place for its residents
and a popular attraction for millions of visitors each year. Indeed, Milton Hershey’s achievements
do speak for themselves.
11. What stopped Hershey from having systematic school education
A. His lack of interest in study.
B. His family’s continual relocation.
C. His failure to meet school requirements.
D. His parents’ attaching little value to education.
12. Why did Hershey sell his Lancaster plant
A. The chocolate creation were of low quality.
B. The plant had suffered a great financial loss.
C. His chocolate business required a lot of money.
D. He decided to fully concentrate on his business.
13. Which of the following best describes Hershey
A. Generous and open-minded. B. Strict and well-behaved.
C. Determined and public-spirited. D. Humorous and ambitious.
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B
Water shortage is one of the world’s biggest challenges. The World Health Organization (WHO)
thinks one in three people globally do not have easy access to clean water. Desalinating (给…脱盐)
ocean water could help. But currently-available desalination units typically require high-pressure
pumps to push water through filters (过滤器), which makes it difficult to reduce their size without
influencing the energy-efficiency of the device. Meanwhile, they are too expensive to set up widely.
Now, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a convenient
desalination machine. Unlike traditional desalination units, the MIT machine uses electricity to
remove the salt and other small things from the ocean water. More importantly, the suitcase-sized
device needs less power to run. It can also be powered by a small solar panel that costs less than
$50. The lack of filters and the low electricity requirements make the machine extremely cheap to
set up. “Ease of use was one of the main motivations for creating the device.” said one researcher.
After running lab experiments using water with different salinity(盐度) levels, they field-tested
the device at Boston’s Carson Beach. The researchers set the box near the shore and put the
tube
into the water. In about half an hour, the device had filled a plastic cup with clear, drinkable water.
The researchers believe their invention can deliver drinking water meeting WHO quality
standards with a push of a button. Meanwhile, a smartphone app allows the user to control the unit
wirelessly and receive real-time data on power consumption and water salinity. It also sends out
information when the water is drinkable.
The MIT team is now exploring ways to bring their machine to market. They believe it will
benefit residents of small islands or those running away from natural disasters in the future.
14. What do we know about the current desalination units
A. They cannot work efficiently. B. They are usually large in size.
C. They were developed by MIT. D. They cannot stand high pressure.
15. Which aspect of the new desalination device is Paragraph 2 mainly about
A. The original purpose. B. The working process.
C. The practical advantages. D. The major components.
16. What makes the researchers confident in their invention
A. That it is user-friendly and effective.
B. That it can provide lots of real-time data.
C. That it can be supported by several smartphone apps.
D. That it has successfully passed many lab experiments.
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C
If a stranger offered you a free cookie, you might well eat it. But what if they also offered to
give you $2 You might politely decline and walk away thinking, “Something smells odd.” In a
study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, researchers found people tend to
reject offers of “free money” because they seem “too good to be true”. The research bridges
economics and psychology to explain why financial attraction can backfire.
In the initial experiment, nearly 40 percent of participants ate a cookie offered freely, compared
with about 20 percent of those offered $2 as well. “People typically imagine things like that
someone did something disgusting to the cookie,” says study lead author Andrew J. Vonasch, a
psychological scientist at University of Canterbury. Nine further experiments, involving more than
4,000 participants, used online questionnaires to present other cases. These included being
offered
money to accept a ride home, incredibly decent job wages and surprisingly cheap flights. In each
case, higher financial profit reduced participants’ potential of accepting the offer.
When an offer goes against normal expectations without explanation, people assume there are
hidden reasons and imagine there will be “phantom costs”: unseen negative consequences, which
lower the offer’s appeal.
Other factors beyond the present moment may act as additional evidence for these costs.
“Understanding that when others seem too generous, it may put us in their debt could also help
explain people’s unwillingness. ” says Rachel McCloy, a psychologist at England’s University of
Reading. “The old saying ‘there’s no such thing as a free lunch’ still holds true.”
Another study showed that people who scored high on distrust tests tended to have more
phantom costs. The researchers also showed how to reduce the effect: simply provide a reason for
the deal. The “cheap flights” experiment included a condition where the seats were revealed to be
very uncomfortable. “Uncomfortable seats aren’t typically a selling point,” Vonasch says. “But
telling people the seats were uncomfortable made them more willing to take them because it was
sufficient explanation.”
17. What does the underlined word “backfire” in Para. 1 mean
A. Bring about an opposite effect. B. Boost the success of an offer.
C. Strengthen the appeal of a proposal. D. Cause an unexpectedly positive result.
18. Why is the saying “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” quoted in the last but one paragraph
A. To prove the phantom costs.
B. To promote generosity in society.
C. To doubt hidden costs of generous offers.
D. To stop people from being cautious of free items.
19. What helps make the “cheap flights” more acceptable according to the experiment
A. Offering more flight credits.
B. Discounting the price further.
C. Providing some unrelated
gifts.
D. Giving a reasonable
explanation.
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20. Which could be the best title for the text
A. Why People Embrace High-Value Offers
B. How People Reject Free Money and Offers
C. Why Some Deals Seem Too Good to Be True
D. How Offers of Money Increase Acceptance Rates
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可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该
项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In every culture throughout time, the kitchen has had a powerful influence. The simple practice
of sitting down together at the table gives us the chance to connect and communicate. 21
It depends on where you live, your age, and other factors, but the answer is, yes. Our intentions for
“home” are developing.
22 Fast-paced lifestyles and work schedules make it hard to find time to shop for
groceries and prepare meals. Online food delivery services have taken off, too. In 2016, one in 10
Chinese were ordering food online. Throughout Europe, online ordering accounts for 56 percent of
the market in Sweden and 43 percent in Austria. In India, online food ordering is expected to reach
close to 12 million dollars by 2023.
While there is a trend towards bring-in and order-in food as well as dining out, the kitchen is
still a core in home life. The magazine Food & Wine cited a survey in 22 countries asking about
cooking habits. 23 At the lower end were South Koreans, who spent just 3.7 hours per
week cooking. People in India were at the top with 13.2 hours per week spent in the kitchen.
Simply being in the kitchen, cooking and eating with other people, can have healthy benefits.
Regardless of its size, the kitchen is a warm and inviting place. 24 The difference is, now
you can follow a recipe on your iPad while cooking.
It’s true that impersonal appliances are connecting to each other and to us. Refrigerators order
vegetables. Cooktop hoods with sensors turn on by themselves. While technology and our
expectations for the kitchen are shape-shifting in real time, the fundamentals still remain the same.
25
A. So is cooking a way to express yourself
B. The global average was almost 6.5 hours.
C. But is our relationship to the kitchen changing
D. It’s like gathering around a campfire in the past.
E. People seem to be spending less time cooking worldwide.
F. Now more of them are eating outside the home more frequently.
G. The kitchen is where we connect with food and company in the soul of the home.
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第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 37.5 分）
第一节 完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 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。
I was annoyed that my mom had even scheduled the appointment with a doctor for me. As
doctors so often do, when he arrived he went straight into the basic small talk about my 26
history.
But then he 27 a question that took me off guard. “So Robin, what are you going to do
after high school ” He wrote something at his notes, with not even a glance in my 28 . “I
don’t know,” I whispered. I was seventeen. I had no 29 what I was going to do after high
school. My high school teacher told me that I wasn’t “college material” and I believed her.
Education wasn’t exactly 30 in my family.
“You don’t know Why don’t you go to college to become a 31 like me ” He smiled
as he glanced at his watch. I thought he was 32 for even suggesting it. No one in my family
had even graduated from college, let alone become a doctor. “I’m not smart enough to be a doctor.”
He stared directly into my eyes when he 33 said, “Let me tell you something. You
don’t have to be smart to be a doctor. You just have to be persevering.” Then the doctor hurriedly
gathered his things and rushed off to his next 34 .
I 35 to think about it when I was at school. What would I do after high-school Even
though I wasn’t college material, that doctor made a(n) 36 on me. I applied to a college and
soon found myself walking in the 37 as a new student. I often questioned what I was doing
there. Maybe I wasn’t smart enough for college, but I could be persevering.
I was 38 to find that with each individual achievement came newfound 39
in myself. I graduated with a master’s degree in September 2014, two decades after that 40
with my doctor.
26. A. career B. health C. credit D. growth
27. A. threw in B. set off C. came across D. made up
28. A. account B. opinion C. resolution D. direction
29. A. idea B. core C. pressure D. discovery
30. A. abandoned B. protested C. emphasized D. declared
31. A. professor B. doctor C. blogger D. sponsor
32. A. crazy B. anxious C. genuine D. greedy
33. A. casually B. automatically C. seriously D. doubtfully
34. A. recreation B. commitment C. contest D. appointment
35. A. continued B. hesitated C. calculated D. pretended
36. A. comment B. impact C. distribution D. advertisement
37. A. venue B. campus C. workshop D. stadium
38. A. frightened B. annoyed C. surprised D. discouraged
39. A. freedom B. sympathy C. guilt D. confidence
40. A. argument B. debate C. conversation D. negotiation
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第二节 语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
根据句子结构的语法性，在下面空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中所给词的适当形
式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 41-50 的相应位置。
41. The newly-built library is superior ___________ the old one in terms of book collection and
reading environment, providing a better space for students to study.
42. The Internet service in this area is ___________ (temporary) unavailable due to some technical
problems.
43. The charity event is sponsored by several local ___________ (chairwoman) who provide funds
and resources.
44. After watching the inspiring movie about space, he developed ___________ urge to become a
devoted astronaut.
45. ___________ (complete) all the preparations for a week, the research team was ready to start
the experiment.
46. The ancient vase, which ___________ (steal) from the museum last month, has been found.
47. They are discussing ___________ the new policy should be carried out now or be put off later.
48. Up to now, neither the actors nor the director ___________ (know) the outcome of the selection.
49. The concert hall has the most wonderful atmosphere ___________ can make the audience fully
immersed in the music.
50. Some plants have the capacity ___________ (communicate) with each other by releasing
chemical signals when under attack.
第四部分 写作（共三节，满分 55 分）
第一节 句子考查（第 51-54 小题每空 0.5 分，第 55-57 小题每题 3 分，满分 15 分）
根据下面各个句子的要求，完成、改写或翻译句子。
51. Unexpectedly, Jim firmly ________ ________ （拒绝） the job that offered excellent salary the
other day.
52. It’s significant to consider the ________ ________ ________ （利与弊） of each option before
making a decision.
53. It is reported that the tech company is launching a new smartphone model next month.
（同义句改写）
The tech company is reported ________ ________ ________ a new smartphone model next
month.
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54. The teachers have tested out this new teaching method since the beginning of this term.
（用被动语态改写）
This new teaching method ________ ________ ________ ________ by the teachers since the
beginning of this term.
55. I asked Susan, “Why do you look so worried ” （用间接引语改写）
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
56. The child is going through a difficult phase. More care and guidance are needed in this phase.
（用定语从句合并句子）
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
57. 使我们开心的是，一个专业的团队将会接管这个组织。（用主语从句翻译句子）
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
第二节 应用文写作（满分 15 分）
假定你是李华，上周五你校举办了以 Tech Festival Highlights Innovation and Creativity 为
主题的科技节活动。请你为校英语报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1. 活动目的；
2. 活动内容；
3. 活动反响及意义。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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第三节 读后续写（满分 25 分）
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。
One pleasant New-year morning, Edward rose, washed and dressed himself in a hurry. He
wanted to be the first to wish a happy New Year to his family. He turned up at every door of the
house, and shouted the words of “Happy New Year” in an excited voice. After a quick breakfast he
hopped along the street like a happy bird, greeted and repeated the words to those he met.
When he came back, his father gave him 50 dollars, saying he could buy whatever he had been
wishing for. His face lighted up as he took them. He had wished for a long time to buy some
interesting books that he had seen at the bookstore located near the river through the city. He
thanked his father and danced out of the house again with a light heart, intending to buy those
books.
As he ran down the street, he noticed a poor family, the father, the mother, and three children
shivering with cold in the winter wind. “I wish you a happy New Year,” cried Edward as he was
happily passing on. The man took a look at the happy boy and shook his head sadly.
Edward stopped and said, “It seems that you do not belong to this country.” The man again
shook his head, a confused expression flashed over his face, for he could not understand or
speak
English.
But the poor man pointed to his dry mouth, and to the children with hungry looks, as if to say,
“These little ones have had nothing to eat for a long time.”
注意：
1．续写词数应为 150 左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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