江苏省镇江第一中学2024-2025学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷（含答案，无听力原文及音频）
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2024-2025学年高二下学期期末考试
英语试题
第一部分 听力
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. What is the weather like now
A. Cloudy. B. Sunny. C. Snowy.
2. What is the man recommending to the woman
A. A club. B. A poem. C. A movie.
3. What is the man likely to do next
A. Go to a drugstore. B. Cook lunch. C. Have a rest.
4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Doctor and patient.
B Flight attendant and passenger.
C. Fellow passengers.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. Starting a club. B. Taking a reading class. C. Exchanging their seats.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
请听下面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，每小题将给出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、7题。
6. Why did the man move house
A. For his wife’s career. B. For his parents. C. For his new job
7. Who is probably Esther
A. The man’s wife. B. The woman’s mother. C. The woman’s neighbor.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. When is the man’s presentation
A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Wednesday.
9. How does the man feel about his presentation
A. Confident. B. Excited. C. Anxious.
10. What does the man plan to do
A. Look for information online.
B. Practice singing.
C. Ask Wade for help.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What did Nadim find in the bushes
A. A train ticket. B. A suitcase. C. An ID card.
12. What is the brochure about
A. Ways to prevent the flu.
B. Tips for washing clothes.
C. Introductions to several parks.
13. Where are probably the speakers
A. On the football field. B. At the police station. C. In the clothing shop.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What time is it now
A. 10:30 a.m. B. 10:00 a.m. C. 9:00 a.m.
15. What does the woman want to add to her coffee
A. Sugar. B. Cream. C. Milk.
16. How can the woman get the Wi-Fi password
A. From the man. B. From a menu. C. From a poster.
17. Who is the woman
A. A novelist. B. A university teacher. C. A student.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. How did Katie deal with her cabbage
A. She ate it with her family.
B. She sent it to the school kitchen.
C. She donated it to the hungry people.
19. What helped Katie create Katie’s Krops
A. Her school. B. Her community. C. The government.
20. What do we know about Katie’s Krops gardens
A. They are all in the UK.
B. They only grow cabbages.
C. They are all managed by children.
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。
A
You can air fry almost anything. But, there are foods that just shouldn’t be seen near an air fryer. Before cooking with your air fryer, see which foods won’t work — even though they may be tempting to throw in there.
Fresh greens
Leafy greens, like spinach, will cook unevenly and are very likely to burn due to the air fryer’s high-speed air. When choosing vegetables to cook in the air fryer, make sure they hold some weight, like broccoli or zucchini. Kale chips may also be successful if coated in enough oil to weigh them down.
Whole roasts
The apparent issue with whole roasts is whether or not it will even fit properly into an air fryer basket, but even if it does fit, it’s best to just stick to the regular oven. The roast will not cook evenly, with the part closest to the heat source likely to burn by the time the part furthest away is safe to eat. The problem comes down to overcrowding.
Cheese
Who wouldn’t love to instantly make some fried cheese to snack on Since the air fryer isn’t truly “frying” the food, placing cheese in it without some sort of coating will just melt the cheese into a puddle and create a mess you don’t want to clean up.
Battered foods
Unless the food is pre-fried and frozen, you’ll want to avoid placing wet batter in the air fryer. Aside from the obvious mess it will create, wet batter won’t set the way it does when it’s submerged in oil, meaning the food won’t have that crunchy shell.
1. Why is it not recommended to cook fresh leafy greens like spinach in an air fryer
A. They don’t hold enough weight.
B. They cook unevenly and burn easily.
C. They aren’t coated in oil to weigh them down.
D. They require much preparation time to be successful.
2. What is the main problem with cooking whole roasts in an air fryer
A. The size of them makes them hard to fit.
B. The skin of them usually becomes too dry.
C. No proper circulation of hot air causes uneven cooking.
D. It takes much longer to cook them than in a regular oven.
3. What do cheese and battered foods have in common when using an air fryer
A. They must be coated for preparation.
B. They should be frozen before cooking.
C. They can be cooked directly without issues.
D. They’ll cause problems without proper handling.
B
There was a handful of common clay in the bank of a river. But it had high thoughts of its own value, and wonderful dreams of the great place which it was to fill in the world when the time came for its virtues to be discovered.
One day the clay felt itself carried far away over a rough and stony road. But it was not discouraged, for it said to itself: “This is necessary. The path to glory is always rugged. Now I am on my way to play a great part in the world.”
But the hard journey was nothing, compared with the suffering that came after it. The clay was put into a container and mixed and beaten. It seemed almost unbearable. But there was comfort in the thought that something very fine and noble was certainly coming out of all this trouble. The clay felt sure that, if it could only wait long enough, a wonderful reward was in store for it.
Then an unknown hand put it into an oven, and fires were kindled about it — fierce and penetrating. But through all, the clay held itself together and endured its trials, in the confidence of a great future. At last the baking was finished. The clay was set down upon a board, in the cool air, under the blue sky. The suffering was passed. The reward was at hand.
Then the clay saw the reward of all its patience and pain — a common flower-pot, straight and ugly. It felt that it was not destined for a king’s house, nor for a palace of art, because it was made without glory or beauty or honor. Many days it passed in depression.
After a while it was filled with earth, and something was buried into the middle of the earth. After that, it was set in a greenhouse, where the sunlight fell warm upon it, and day by day as it waited, something was stirring within it — a new hope. Still it was ignorant, and knew not what the new hope meant.
One day the clay was carried into a great church. It had a fine part to play in the world. Glorious music flowed over it. Still it could not understand. The other vessel told it, “You are carrying a royal lily, and the heart of it is like pure gold. The people look toward you because the root of it is in your heart.” Then the clay was content, because, though an earthen pot, it held so great a treasure.
4. How did the clay feel when it was carried over a rough and stony road
A. Calm and ambitious B. Excited and joyful
C. Confident and hopeful D. Expectant and persistent
5. What motivated the clay to endure the harsh treatments based on paragraphs 3-4
A. The firm belief that its sufferings would lead to a rewarding future.
B. The assumption that it would be decorated carefully after the baking.
C. The thought that its sufferings were necessary to gain a special shape.
D. The expectation that the trials would shape it into a noble and useful object.
6. What can be inferred from the clay’s final role
A. Location decides an object’s worth.
B. Ordinary forms can hold great value.
C. Grand expectations always come true.
D. Suffering always brings instant rewards.
7. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage
A. No pain, no gain.
B. Slow and steady wins the race.
C. Every cloud has a silver lining.
D. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
C
The idea of space-based solar power (SBSP) — using satellites to collect energy from the sun and “beam” it to collection points on Earth — has been around since at least the late 1960s. Despite its huge potential, the concept has not gained sufficient attention due to cost and technological hurdles.
We already harvest energy from the sun. It’s collected directly through what we generally call solar power. This includes different technologies such as photovoltaics (PV, 光伏发电) and solar-thermal energy. The sun’s energy is also gathered indirectly: wind energy is an example of this, because breezes are generated by uneven heating of the atmosphere by the sun. But these green forms of power generation have limitations. They take up lots of space on land and are limited by the availability of light and wind. For example, solar farms don’t collect energy at night and gather less of it in winter and on cloudy days.
PV in orbit won’t be limited by the onset of night. A satellite in geostationary orbit (GEO) — a circular orbit around 36,000 km above the Earth — is exposed to the Sun for more than 99% of the time during a whole year. This allows it to produce green energy 24/7.
Transferring energy collected in space to the ground requires wireless power transmission. Using microwaves for this minimizes the energy lost in the atmosphere, even through cloudy skies. The microwave beam sent by the satellite will be focused towards the ground station, where antennas (天线) change the electromagnetic waves (电磁波) back into electricity. The ground station will need to have a diameter (直径) of 5 km, or more at high latitudes. However, this is still smaller than the areas of land needed to produce the same amount of power using solar or wind.
An SBSP mission will be challenging — and risks still need to be fully assessed. While the electricity produced is fully green, the impact of the pollution from hundreds of heavy-lift launches is difficult to predict. Additionally, controlling such a large structure in space will require substantial amounts of fuel, which involves engineers working with sometimes very poisonous chemicals.
The challenge of building platforms like this in space may seem frightening, but space-based solar power is technologically practicable. To be economically workable, it requires large-scale engineering, and therefore long-term and decisive commitment from governments and space agencies. But with all that in place, SBSP could make a fundamental contribution to delivering net zero by 2050 with sustainable, clean energy from space.
8. What is a common limitation of traditional solar and wind energy
A. They rely on the use of poisonous chemicals.
B. They are difficult to transfer over long distances.
C. They are affected by the availability of light and wind.
D. They require large-scale engineering for construction.
9. Why does the author mention the diameter of the ground station in paragraph 4
A. To emphasize the high cost of building space-based solar power facilities.
B. To prove the complexity of changing electromagnetic waves into electricity.
C. To illustrate the immaturity of the technology for wireless power transmission.
D. To show higher efficiency of space-based solar power than using solar or wind.
10. Which of the following is ONE risk of space-based solar power (SBSP)
A. The large structure in space.
B. Challenging mission of SBSP.
C. Excessive land use for ground stations.
D. Unpredictable pollution from launches.
11. According to the passage, the future development of SBSP mainly depends on ________.
A. the governments’ and space agencies’ long-term and firm support
B. the reduction of the poisonous chemicals used in space engineering
C. the steady improvement of wireless power transmission technology
D. the assessment of the impact of heavy-lift launches on the environment
D
Today’s AI technology allows people of different cultures to communicate instantly and effortlessly with one another. We have Google Translate. We have DeepL. We have ChatGPT and so on. Today it’s a piece of cake to send an email in a tongue you don’t know a word of. You just click on “Translate” and presto! Wow! Isn’t the soon-to-arrive world where everyone can effortlessly speak every language just glorious In fact, I see this as a great tragedy. I see it as the beginning of the end of the age-old tradition of learning foreign languages.
Speaking any language, for me, is a living, dynamic process that is surrounded by my own unique humanness, with all its weaknesses and strengths. When I speak any language, I am always searching for the most appropriate word or idiom, frequently hesitating; constantly joking by playing with ambiguity; having fun by putting on droll accents; etc. How is all of this wildly bubbling richness in Language a going to be mirrored in real time in Language B by a mechanical device that has nothing of those qualities driving it, that has no sense of humor, that has no understanding of irony (讽刺) or self-mockery, that has no awareness of how phrases are unconsciously blended, and so on
For me, using a language is the very essence of being human. Through my word choices and tiny hesitations, I am revealing who I am. Today, though, it strikes me as possible that humans are collectively going to give in and throw in the towel as far as foreign languages are concerned. Are we language users going to hand over all engagement with other tongues to chatbots If everything we might ever wish for is just handed to us for free on a silver platter, then what, I wonder, is the purpose of living
When children first hear the sounds of another language, they can’t help but wonder: What in the world would it feel like to speak that language Such eager childlike curiosity might seem irrepressible. But what if that human curiosity is suddenly snuffed out forever by AI When we collectively abandon the age-old challenge of learning the languages of other lands, when we give up that challenge to ultrarapid machines, then we will have lost a major part of what it is to be human and alive.
12. Why does the author list examples of AI translation tools
A. To showcase the convenience modern technology has brought.
B. To introduce the topic and set up the opposing view for criticism.
C. To prove the unnecessary nature of present multilingual communication.
D. To compare their efficiency with challenges of human language learning.
13. What can be inferred from the underlined sentences in paragraph 2
A. AI translation can’t provide appropriate word or idiom.
B. Only humans can communicate efficiently in languages.
C. Human language use is a complex and personal process.
D. Humor and self-mockery are difficult to translate accurately.
14. The author’s series of questions in paragraph 3 are intended to ________.
A. demonstrate the superiority of human communication
B. encourage the reflection on the value of active engagement
C. explain life’s purpose of pursuing technological advancement
D. show purposeless existence of human without foreign language learning
15. Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the last paragraph
A. Children’s curiosity is the driving force for language learning.
B. AI has brought more convenience to language communication.
C. The traditional way of learning foreign languages must be reformed.
D. Humans’ nature and vitality may suffer due to ultrarapid machines now.
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，选项中有两项为多余选项。
What does life purpose mean and, more importantly, how does one find and fulfill it It has been a long journey getting to this point, and here is what I have learned so far along the way.
____16____
Your life purpose is not something you can define today, nor is it something you will ever fully know or accomplish during your lifetime. ____17____ Then we can say, “This is what that person’s life meant.”
Play to your strengths.
____18____ You were born with certain natural talents and abilities — use them. Develop your natural talents into skills by studying and practicing those talents. There is nothing wrong with trying to learn new things, but the likelihood is that you were born with the abilities needed to fulfill your life purpose.
Pursue your passions.
For whatever reason, we all feel passionate about certain things in life. In order to live your life purpose, you must become completely immersed in whatever it is, which means it must be something you are passionate about. ____19____ That way, it will be impossible to perform at the highest level.
Focus on what you can control.
If there is one lesson I have lived repeatedly in my life, it is that there is only one thing you can control: yourself. No matter how hard you try, you absolutely cannot control the results of your actions. All that we can do in life is put forth our best efforts. ____20____
A. Embrace your life.
B. You are not capable of being all things to all people.
C. After all, opportunities always favor the prepared mind.
D. Remember your life purpose is a journey, not a destination.
E. Only when your life has ended, will we have the full picture of it
F. The path to living your purpose is paved with continual self-improvement.
G. Otherwise, you will be doing something that ultimately makes you miserable.
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，满分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。
Last year, my husband and I planned to visit my relatives in Italy. To ____21____ with them, we had to learn Italian. I ____22____ with enthusiasm while my husband had no ____23____ at all. “Bellissimo (very beautiful)” was the only Italian word he knew.
The day arrived: While he snoozed (打瞌睡) on the plane, I nervously practiced my arrival speech over and over with my phrase book. Then we were there. “Bellissimo!” he greeted them enthusiastically. They instantly ____24____ him, cheering and laughing. He made gestures of gratitude, offering the occasional “Bellissimo!” when smiles and gestures were ____25____.
Then it was my ____26____. I cleared my throat. “Piacere, cari cugini...” I looked around the group expectantly before I went on. ____27____, I had prepared for this moment for a year. But my words were met with only ____28____ smiles.
What was wrong Was it my ever-present phrase book that put them off Or was it my ____29____ — to get everything right, not to ____30____ even a moment of comprehension at our family reunion across the ocean Whatever the ____31____, it was clear that in my eagerness to ____32____ the language barrier, I had built one of another kind. With the best ____33____, I had made them uncomfortable. While they appreciated my year-long effort to learn their ____34____, they loved Mr. Bellissimo, who understood the people, more.
I put away my phrase book. In the following days, I relaxed and ____35____ myself. Although I missed a word here and there, I was there with my family — and that was all that really mattered.
21. A. agree B. negotiate C. interact D. cope
22. A. dived in B. woke up C. backed up D. stepped aside
23. A. confidence B. interest C. intention D. ability
24. A. respected B. supported C. trusted D. loved
25. A. irrelevant B. insincere C. inadequate D. unclear
26. A. honor B. turn C. chance D. strength
27 A. As a result B. After all C. In time D. On the contrary
28. A. cold B. satisfied C. polite D. apologetic
29. A. politeness B. ability C. tolerance D. eagerness
30. A. miss B. ignore C. forget D. avoid
31. A. motivation B. cause C. consequence D. effect
32. A. break down B. build up C. walk around D. run into
33. A. explanations B. arrangements C. intentions D. solutions
34. A. book B. gesture C. custom D. language
35. A. enjoyed B. admired C. blamed D. questioned
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分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。
Since its launch on May 10, the Jiangsu Provincial City Football League, called the “SuChao”, has taken Jiangsu ____36____ storm and even made waves across the country.
The “SuChao” event features 13 city ____37____ (represent) teams with a total of 516 players, only 29 of ____38____ are professional footballers. The mix of college students, high school students, and amateur players comes from various walks of life. The league has captured the imagination of football enthusiasts and the general public alike.
The matches are not only fierce on the field but also alive with online buzz with creative memes and heated discussions. Up till now, the unique city-derby matches, such as the “Xuzhou vs. Suqian Derby” and the “Wuxi vs. Suzhou Derby”, ____39____ (become) the talk of the town, drawing large crowds of spectators ____40____ sparking a wave of online attention.
The games are exciting and full of surprises. In the first two rounds, the average crowd reached 8.798 per match higher than China’s second-tier professional league. ____41____ (attend) for the fifth round ____42____ (expect) to average more than 20,000, with cities such as Nanjing and Suzhou drawing over 50,000 fans.
____43____ (reflect) on the broader impact of the league, Wu Yuyang, a journalist at the Jiaohuidian news app, noted that Jiangsu’s approach has presented ____44____ new perspective on soccer development by integrating the sport with city pride and local culture ____45____ (strategic), instead of replicating foreign league models.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，你将参加明天英语课的课前分享活动。你想以最近你校举行的“手工制作丰富生活”（Handicrafting Enriches Life）为主题写一篇发言稿，分享你们小组的作品，内容包括：
(1)作品描述；
(2)创作缘由。
注意：
(1)写作词数应为80个左右；
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear classmates,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That’s all. Thank you for listening!
第二节(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。
One Saturday afternoon, my phone rang. A young boy’s hesitant voice explained that he had been walking a dog in the forest — the same winding trails where I used to walk May, my late therapy dog (治疗犬) —when he spotted something metal in the grass. It was an old dog tag (狗牌) , bearing my name, address and number.
When I arrived, three boys — none older than ten—stood waiting. The oldest held the tag carefully. They found it while returning a dog after their weekly volunteer shift in the animal shelter — they always helped at weekends, walking anxious dogs, cleaning the doghouses or naming shy puppies. The moment I took it, my breath caught. That little piece of metal held so many memories.
May had golden far that shone brightly in sunlight and would wag her fluffy tail excitedly whenever she was happy. Her big, round eyes always radiated a gentle warmth.
I shared stories about her decade as a therapy dog. How she spent years visiting hospitals and nursing homes, how she would curl up beside those who needed her most.
I remembered the day she lost her tag. She’d comforted a girl patient until sunset, her collar mysteriously bare when we got home.
“She passed away peacefully in my arms — free from illness. She wasn’t just a dog,” I said softly, "She was a companion to those who felt hopeless and lonely, and to me, of course.” The boys listened intently, their eyes wide and wet.
As I showed pictures of my golden-furred girl, the boys lit up. The youngest exclaimed, “She is like the golden retriever (金毛寻回犬) in the animal shelter!” The oldest boy’s eyes sparkled. The three exchanged excited glances, whispering urgently. The two younger boys stared at their leader with silent intensity, as if willing him to speak. The oldest hesitated, but then pointed to the tag in my hand.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150个左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
“Can we keep it for a while ” he asked.
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I had nearly forgotten their “surprise” when a knock came one day.
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2024-2025学年高二下学期期末考试
英语答案
第一部分 听力
略
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。
A
【1~3题答案】
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D
B
【4~7题答案】
【答案】4. C 5. A 6. B 7. C
C
【8~11题答案】
【答案】8. C 9. D 10. D 11. A
D
【12~15题答案】
【答案】12. B 13. C 14. B 15. D
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，选项中有两项为多余选项。
【16~20题答案】
【答案】16. D 17. E 18. B 19. G 20. C
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，满分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。
【21~35题答案】
【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. B 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. A
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
【36~45题答案】
【答案】36. by 37. representative
38. whom 39. have become
40. and 41. Attendance
42. is expected
43. Reflecting
44. a 45. strategically
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
【46题答案】
【答案】Dear classmates,
I’m excited to share our group’s handicraft today. We made a mini-model of our school using waste cardboard boxes. It has small classrooms, a tiny playground, and even a little library, all carefully crafted.
The reason for creating it is multifaceted. Firstly, we want to raise environmental awareness. By reusing waste materials, we show that trash can be turned into treasure. Secondly, our school holds many precious memories. This model serves as a reminder to cherish our time here.
That’s all. Thank you for listening!
第二节(满分25分)
【47题答案】
【答案】
“Can we keep it for a while ” he asked.I hesitated but seeing the earnest hope in their eyes, I nodded. “Only if you promise to return it,” I said, smiling. The boys erupted into cheers, promising to cherish the tag as if it were a sacred relic. Over the next few weeks, they visited often, sharing stories of their volunteer work and asking endless questions about May. Each time, the tag accompanied them, a silent bond between my past and their present.
I had nearly forgotten their “surprise” when a knock came one day.The three boys stood on my doorstep, the youngest clutching a beautifully wrapped box. Inside lay a hand-painted plaque with May’s name and a golden retriever silhouette, crafted from recycled wood. “We made this for her,” the oldest boy said softly. “And for you, to remember her.” Tears welled as I hugged them, realizing May’s spirit lived on through their kindness — a legacy of compassion, woven into the hearts of these young volunteers.
英语试题
第一部分 听力
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. What is the weather like now
A. Cloudy. B. Sunny. C. Snowy.
2. What is the man recommending to the woman
A. A club. B. A poem. C. A movie.
3. What is the man likely to do next
A. Go to a drugstore. B. Cook lunch. C. Have a rest.
4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Doctor and patient.
B Flight attendant and passenger.
C. Fellow passengers.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. Starting a club. B. Taking a reading class. C. Exchanging their seats.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
请听下面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，每小题将给出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、7题。
6. Why did the man move house
A. For his wife’s career. B. For his parents. C. For his new job
7. Who is probably Esther
A. The man’s wife. B. The woman’s mother. C. The woman’s neighbor.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. When is the man’s presentation
A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Wednesday.
9. How does the man feel about his presentation
A. Confident. B. Excited. C. Anxious.
10. What does the man plan to do
A. Look for information online.
B. Practice singing.
C. Ask Wade for help.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What did Nadim find in the bushes
A. A train ticket. B. A suitcase. C. An ID card.
12. What is the brochure about
A. Ways to prevent the flu.
B. Tips for washing clothes.
C. Introductions to several parks.
13. Where are probably the speakers
A. On the football field. B. At the police station. C. In the clothing shop.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What time is it now
A. 10:30 a.m. B. 10:00 a.m. C. 9:00 a.m.
15. What does the woman want to add to her coffee
A. Sugar. B. Cream. C. Milk.
16. How can the woman get the Wi-Fi password
A. From the man. B. From a menu. C. From a poster.
17. Who is the woman
A. A novelist. B. A university teacher. C. A student.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. How did Katie deal with her cabbage
A. She ate it with her family.
B. She sent it to the school kitchen.
C. She donated it to the hungry people.
19. What helped Katie create Katie’s Krops
A. Her school. B. Her community. C. The government.
20. What do we know about Katie’s Krops gardens
A. They are all in the UK.
B. They only grow cabbages.
C. They are all managed by children.
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。
A
You can air fry almost anything. But, there are foods that just shouldn’t be seen near an air fryer. Before cooking with your air fryer, see which foods won’t work — even though they may be tempting to throw in there.
Fresh greens
Leafy greens, like spinach, will cook unevenly and are very likely to burn due to the air fryer’s high-speed air. When choosing vegetables to cook in the air fryer, make sure they hold some weight, like broccoli or zucchini. Kale chips may also be successful if coated in enough oil to weigh them down.
Whole roasts
The apparent issue with whole roasts is whether or not it will even fit properly into an air fryer basket, but even if it does fit, it’s best to just stick to the regular oven. The roast will not cook evenly, with the part closest to the heat source likely to burn by the time the part furthest away is safe to eat. The problem comes down to overcrowding.
Cheese
Who wouldn’t love to instantly make some fried cheese to snack on Since the air fryer isn’t truly “frying” the food, placing cheese in it without some sort of coating will just melt the cheese into a puddle and create a mess you don’t want to clean up.
Battered foods
Unless the food is pre-fried and frozen, you’ll want to avoid placing wet batter in the air fryer. Aside from the obvious mess it will create, wet batter won’t set the way it does when it’s submerged in oil, meaning the food won’t have that crunchy shell.
1. Why is it not recommended to cook fresh leafy greens like spinach in an air fryer
A. They don’t hold enough weight.
B. They cook unevenly and burn easily.
C. They aren’t coated in oil to weigh them down.
D. They require much preparation time to be successful.
2. What is the main problem with cooking whole roasts in an air fryer
A. The size of them makes them hard to fit.
B. The skin of them usually becomes too dry.
C. No proper circulation of hot air causes uneven cooking.
D. It takes much longer to cook them than in a regular oven.
3. What do cheese and battered foods have in common when using an air fryer
A. They must be coated for preparation.
B. They should be frozen before cooking.
C. They can be cooked directly without issues.
D. They’ll cause problems without proper handling.
B
There was a handful of common clay in the bank of a river. But it had high thoughts of its own value, and wonderful dreams of the great place which it was to fill in the world when the time came for its virtues to be discovered.
One day the clay felt itself carried far away over a rough and stony road. But it was not discouraged, for it said to itself: “This is necessary. The path to glory is always rugged. Now I am on my way to play a great part in the world.”
But the hard journey was nothing, compared with the suffering that came after it. The clay was put into a container and mixed and beaten. It seemed almost unbearable. But there was comfort in the thought that something very fine and noble was certainly coming out of all this trouble. The clay felt sure that, if it could only wait long enough, a wonderful reward was in store for it.
Then an unknown hand put it into an oven, and fires were kindled about it — fierce and penetrating. But through all, the clay held itself together and endured its trials, in the confidence of a great future. At last the baking was finished. The clay was set down upon a board, in the cool air, under the blue sky. The suffering was passed. The reward was at hand.
Then the clay saw the reward of all its patience and pain — a common flower-pot, straight and ugly. It felt that it was not destined for a king’s house, nor for a palace of art, because it was made without glory or beauty or honor. Many days it passed in depression.
After a while it was filled with earth, and something was buried into the middle of the earth. After that, it was set in a greenhouse, where the sunlight fell warm upon it, and day by day as it waited, something was stirring within it — a new hope. Still it was ignorant, and knew not what the new hope meant.
One day the clay was carried into a great church. It had a fine part to play in the world. Glorious music flowed over it. Still it could not understand. The other vessel told it, “You are carrying a royal lily, and the heart of it is like pure gold. The people look toward you because the root of it is in your heart.” Then the clay was content, because, though an earthen pot, it held so great a treasure.
4. How did the clay feel when it was carried over a rough and stony road
A. Calm and ambitious B. Excited and joyful
C. Confident and hopeful D. Expectant and persistent
5. What motivated the clay to endure the harsh treatments based on paragraphs 3-4
A. The firm belief that its sufferings would lead to a rewarding future.
B. The assumption that it would be decorated carefully after the baking.
C. The thought that its sufferings were necessary to gain a special shape.
D. The expectation that the trials would shape it into a noble and useful object.
6. What can be inferred from the clay’s final role
A. Location decides an object’s worth.
B. Ordinary forms can hold great value.
C. Grand expectations always come true.
D. Suffering always brings instant rewards.
7. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage
A. No pain, no gain.
B. Slow and steady wins the race.
C. Every cloud has a silver lining.
D. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
C
The idea of space-based solar power (SBSP) — using satellites to collect energy from the sun and “beam” it to collection points on Earth — has been around since at least the late 1960s. Despite its huge potential, the concept has not gained sufficient attention due to cost and technological hurdles.
We already harvest energy from the sun. It’s collected directly through what we generally call solar power. This includes different technologies such as photovoltaics (PV, 光伏发电) and solar-thermal energy. The sun’s energy is also gathered indirectly: wind energy is an example of this, because breezes are generated by uneven heating of the atmosphere by the sun. But these green forms of power generation have limitations. They take up lots of space on land and are limited by the availability of light and wind. For example, solar farms don’t collect energy at night and gather less of it in winter and on cloudy days.
PV in orbit won’t be limited by the onset of night. A satellite in geostationary orbit (GEO) — a circular orbit around 36,000 km above the Earth — is exposed to the Sun for more than 99% of the time during a whole year. This allows it to produce green energy 24/7.
Transferring energy collected in space to the ground requires wireless power transmission. Using microwaves for this minimizes the energy lost in the atmosphere, even through cloudy skies. The microwave beam sent by the satellite will be focused towards the ground station, where antennas (天线) change the electromagnetic waves (电磁波) back into electricity. The ground station will need to have a diameter (直径) of 5 km, or more at high latitudes. However, this is still smaller than the areas of land needed to produce the same amount of power using solar or wind.
An SBSP mission will be challenging — and risks still need to be fully assessed. While the electricity produced is fully green, the impact of the pollution from hundreds of heavy-lift launches is difficult to predict. Additionally, controlling such a large structure in space will require substantial amounts of fuel, which involves engineers working with sometimes very poisonous chemicals.
The challenge of building platforms like this in space may seem frightening, but space-based solar power is technologically practicable. To be economically workable, it requires large-scale engineering, and therefore long-term and decisive commitment from governments and space agencies. But with all that in place, SBSP could make a fundamental contribution to delivering net zero by 2050 with sustainable, clean energy from space.
8. What is a common limitation of traditional solar and wind energy
A. They rely on the use of poisonous chemicals.
B. They are difficult to transfer over long distances.
C. They are affected by the availability of light and wind.
D. They require large-scale engineering for construction.
9. Why does the author mention the diameter of the ground station in paragraph 4
A. To emphasize the high cost of building space-based solar power facilities.
B. To prove the complexity of changing electromagnetic waves into electricity.
C. To illustrate the immaturity of the technology for wireless power transmission.
D. To show higher efficiency of space-based solar power than using solar or wind.
10. Which of the following is ONE risk of space-based solar power (SBSP)
A. The large structure in space.
B. Challenging mission of SBSP.
C. Excessive land use for ground stations.
D. Unpredictable pollution from launches.
11. According to the passage, the future development of SBSP mainly depends on ________.
A. the governments’ and space agencies’ long-term and firm support
B. the reduction of the poisonous chemicals used in space engineering
C. the steady improvement of wireless power transmission technology
D. the assessment of the impact of heavy-lift launches on the environment
D
Today’s AI technology allows people of different cultures to communicate instantly and effortlessly with one another. We have Google Translate. We have DeepL. We have ChatGPT and so on. Today it’s a piece of cake to send an email in a tongue you don’t know a word of. You just click on “Translate” and presto! Wow! Isn’t the soon-to-arrive world where everyone can effortlessly speak every language just glorious In fact, I see this as a great tragedy. I see it as the beginning of the end of the age-old tradition of learning foreign languages.
Speaking any language, for me, is a living, dynamic process that is surrounded by my own unique humanness, with all its weaknesses and strengths. When I speak any language, I am always searching for the most appropriate word or idiom, frequently hesitating; constantly joking by playing with ambiguity; having fun by putting on droll accents; etc. How is all of this wildly bubbling richness in Language a going to be mirrored in real time in Language B by a mechanical device that has nothing of those qualities driving it, that has no sense of humor, that has no understanding of irony (讽刺) or self-mockery, that has no awareness of how phrases are unconsciously blended, and so on
For me, using a language is the very essence of being human. Through my word choices and tiny hesitations, I am revealing who I am. Today, though, it strikes me as possible that humans are collectively going to give in and throw in the towel as far as foreign languages are concerned. Are we language users going to hand over all engagement with other tongues to chatbots If everything we might ever wish for is just handed to us for free on a silver platter, then what, I wonder, is the purpose of living
When children first hear the sounds of another language, they can’t help but wonder: What in the world would it feel like to speak that language Such eager childlike curiosity might seem irrepressible. But what if that human curiosity is suddenly snuffed out forever by AI When we collectively abandon the age-old challenge of learning the languages of other lands, when we give up that challenge to ultrarapid machines, then we will have lost a major part of what it is to be human and alive.
12. Why does the author list examples of AI translation tools
A. To showcase the convenience modern technology has brought.
B. To introduce the topic and set up the opposing view for criticism.
C. To prove the unnecessary nature of present multilingual communication.
D. To compare their efficiency with challenges of human language learning.
13. What can be inferred from the underlined sentences in paragraph 2
A. AI translation can’t provide appropriate word or idiom.
B. Only humans can communicate efficiently in languages.
C. Human language use is a complex and personal process.
D. Humor and self-mockery are difficult to translate accurately.
14. The author’s series of questions in paragraph 3 are intended to ________.
A. demonstrate the superiority of human communication
B. encourage the reflection on the value of active engagement
C. explain life’s purpose of pursuing technological advancement
D. show purposeless existence of human without foreign language learning
15. Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the last paragraph
A. Children’s curiosity is the driving force for language learning.
B. AI has brought more convenience to language communication.
C. The traditional way of learning foreign languages must be reformed.
D. Humans’ nature and vitality may suffer due to ultrarapid machines now.
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，选项中有两项为多余选项。
What does life purpose mean and, more importantly, how does one find and fulfill it It has been a long journey getting to this point, and here is what I have learned so far along the way.
____16____
Your life purpose is not something you can define today, nor is it something you will ever fully know or accomplish during your lifetime. ____17____ Then we can say, “This is what that person’s life meant.”
Play to your strengths.
____18____ You were born with certain natural talents and abilities — use them. Develop your natural talents into skills by studying and practicing those talents. There is nothing wrong with trying to learn new things, but the likelihood is that you were born with the abilities needed to fulfill your life purpose.
Pursue your passions.
For whatever reason, we all feel passionate about certain things in life. In order to live your life purpose, you must become completely immersed in whatever it is, which means it must be something you are passionate about. ____19____ That way, it will be impossible to perform at the highest level.
Focus on what you can control.
If there is one lesson I have lived repeatedly in my life, it is that there is only one thing you can control: yourself. No matter how hard you try, you absolutely cannot control the results of your actions. All that we can do in life is put forth our best efforts. ____20____
A. Embrace your life.
B. You are not capable of being all things to all people.
C. After all, opportunities always favor the prepared mind.
D. Remember your life purpose is a journey, not a destination.
E. Only when your life has ended, will we have the full picture of it
F. The path to living your purpose is paved with continual self-improvement.
G. Otherwise, you will be doing something that ultimately makes you miserable.
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，满分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。
Last year, my husband and I planned to visit my relatives in Italy. To ____21____ with them, we had to learn Italian. I ____22____ with enthusiasm while my husband had no ____23____ at all. “Bellissimo (very beautiful)” was the only Italian word he knew.
The day arrived: While he snoozed (打瞌睡) on the plane, I nervously practiced my arrival speech over and over with my phrase book. Then we were there. “Bellissimo!” he greeted them enthusiastically. They instantly ____24____ him, cheering and laughing. He made gestures of gratitude, offering the occasional “Bellissimo!” when smiles and gestures were ____25____.
Then it was my ____26____. I cleared my throat. “Piacere, cari cugini...” I looked around the group expectantly before I went on. ____27____, I had prepared for this moment for a year. But my words were met with only ____28____ smiles.
What was wrong Was it my ever-present phrase book that put them off Or was it my ____29____ — to get everything right, not to ____30____ even a moment of comprehension at our family reunion across the ocean Whatever the ____31____, it was clear that in my eagerness to ____32____ the language barrier, I had built one of another kind. With the best ____33____, I had made them uncomfortable. While they appreciated my year-long effort to learn their ____34____, they loved Mr. Bellissimo, who understood the people, more.
I put away my phrase book. In the following days, I relaxed and ____35____ myself. Although I missed a word here and there, I was there with my family — and that was all that really mattered.
21. A. agree B. negotiate C. interact D. cope
22. A. dived in B. woke up C. backed up D. stepped aside
23. A. confidence B. interest C. intention D. ability
24. A. respected B. supported C. trusted D. loved
25. A. irrelevant B. insincere C. inadequate D. unclear
26. A. honor B. turn C. chance D. strength
27 A. As a result B. After all C. In time D. On the contrary
28. A. cold B. satisfied C. polite D. apologetic
29. A. politeness B. ability C. tolerance D. eagerness
30. A. miss B. ignore C. forget D. avoid
31. A. motivation B. cause C. consequence D. effect
32. A. break down B. build up C. walk around D. run into
33. A. explanations B. arrangements C. intentions D. solutions
34. A. book B. gesture C. custom D. language
35. A. enjoyed B. admired C. blamed D. questioned
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分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。
Since its launch on May 10, the Jiangsu Provincial City Football League, called the “SuChao”, has taken Jiangsu ____36____ storm and even made waves across the country.
The “SuChao” event features 13 city ____37____ (represent) teams with a total of 516 players, only 29 of ____38____ are professional footballers. The mix of college students, high school students, and amateur players comes from various walks of life. The league has captured the imagination of football enthusiasts and the general public alike.
The matches are not only fierce on the field but also alive with online buzz with creative memes and heated discussions. Up till now, the unique city-derby matches, such as the “Xuzhou vs. Suqian Derby” and the “Wuxi vs. Suzhou Derby”, ____39____ (become) the talk of the town, drawing large crowds of spectators ____40____ sparking a wave of online attention.
The games are exciting and full of surprises. In the first two rounds, the average crowd reached 8.798 per match higher than China’s second-tier professional league. ____41____ (attend) for the fifth round ____42____ (expect) to average more than 20,000, with cities such as Nanjing and Suzhou drawing over 50,000 fans.
____43____ (reflect) on the broader impact of the league, Wu Yuyang, a journalist at the Jiaohuidian news app, noted that Jiangsu’s approach has presented ____44____ new perspective on soccer development by integrating the sport with city pride and local culture ____45____ (strategic), instead of replicating foreign league models.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，你将参加明天英语课的课前分享活动。你想以最近你校举行的“手工制作丰富生活”（Handicrafting Enriches Life）为主题写一篇发言稿，分享你们小组的作品，内容包括：
(1)作品描述；
(2)创作缘由。
注意：
(1)写作词数应为80个左右；
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear classmates,
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That’s all. Thank you for listening!
第二节(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。
One Saturday afternoon, my phone rang. A young boy’s hesitant voice explained that he had been walking a dog in the forest — the same winding trails where I used to walk May, my late therapy dog (治疗犬) —when he spotted something metal in the grass. It was an old dog tag (狗牌) , bearing my name, address and number.
When I arrived, three boys — none older than ten—stood waiting. The oldest held the tag carefully. They found it while returning a dog after their weekly volunteer shift in the animal shelter — they always helped at weekends, walking anxious dogs, cleaning the doghouses or naming shy puppies. The moment I took it, my breath caught. That little piece of metal held so many memories.
May had golden far that shone brightly in sunlight and would wag her fluffy tail excitedly whenever she was happy. Her big, round eyes always radiated a gentle warmth.
I shared stories about her decade as a therapy dog. How she spent years visiting hospitals and nursing homes, how she would curl up beside those who needed her most.
I remembered the day she lost her tag. She’d comforted a girl patient until sunset, her collar mysteriously bare when we got home.
“She passed away peacefully in my arms — free from illness. She wasn’t just a dog,” I said softly, "She was a companion to those who felt hopeless and lonely, and to me, of course.” The boys listened intently, their eyes wide and wet.
As I showed pictures of my golden-furred girl, the boys lit up. The youngest exclaimed, “She is like the golden retriever (金毛寻回犬) in the animal shelter!” The oldest boy’s eyes sparkled. The three exchanged excited glances, whispering urgently. The two younger boys stared at their leader with silent intensity, as if willing him to speak. The oldest hesitated, but then pointed to the tag in my hand.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150个左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
“Can we keep it for a while ” he asked.
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I had nearly forgotten their “surprise” when a knock came one day.
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2024-2025学年高二下学期期末考试
英语答案
第一部分 听力
略
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。
A
【1~3题答案】
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D
B
【4~7题答案】
【答案】4. C 5. A 6. B 7. C
C
【8~11题答案】
【答案】8. C 9. D 10. D 11. A
D
【12~15题答案】
【答案】12. B 13. C 14. B 15. D
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，选项中有两项为多余选项。
【16~20题答案】
【答案】16. D 17. E 18. B 19. G 20. C
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，满分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。
【21~35题答案】
【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. B 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. A
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
【36~45题答案】
【答案】36. by 37. representative
38. whom 39. have become
40. and 41. Attendance
42. is expected
43. Reflecting
44. a 45. strategically
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
【46题答案】
【答案】Dear classmates,
I’m excited to share our group’s handicraft today. We made a mini-model of our school using waste cardboard boxes. It has small classrooms, a tiny playground, and even a little library, all carefully crafted.
The reason for creating it is multifaceted. Firstly, we want to raise environmental awareness. By reusing waste materials, we show that trash can be turned into treasure. Secondly, our school holds many precious memories. This model serves as a reminder to cherish our time here.
That’s all. Thank you for listening!
第二节(满分25分)
【47题答案】
【答案】
“Can we keep it for a while ” he asked.I hesitated but seeing the earnest hope in their eyes, I nodded. “Only if you promise to return it,” I said, smiling. The boys erupted into cheers, promising to cherish the tag as if it were a sacred relic. Over the next few weeks, they visited often, sharing stories of their volunteer work and asking endless questions about May. Each time, the tag accompanied them, a silent bond between my past and their present.
I had nearly forgotten their “surprise” when a knock came one day.The three boys stood on my doorstep, the youngest clutching a beautifully wrapped box. Inside lay a hand-painted plaque with May’s name and a golden retriever silhouette, crafted from recycled wood. “We made this for her,” the oldest boy said softly. “And for you, to remember her.” Tears welled as I hugged them, realizing May’s spirit lived on through their kindness — a legacy of compassion, woven into the hearts of these young volunteers.
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