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1、2024年春季鄂东南省级示范高中教育教学改革联盟学校期中联考高二英语试卷第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时, 先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的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。例：How much is the shirt？A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15. 答案是C。1. When will the lectur
2、e be given?A. On June 10th. B. On June 11th. C. On June 12th. 2. What caused the company sales to rise?A. The online marketing campaign. B. The extra salespeople. C. The discount prices. 3. What is Jimmy doing?A. Reading a storybook. B. Doing his homework. C. Playing computer games. 4. What does the
3、 woman suggest the man do?A. Forgive the player. B. Kick the player out. C. Apologize to the player. 5 Where does the woman usually get the book?A In the shop. B. In the supermarket. C. On the Internet. 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 出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题
4、, 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。听第六段材料, 回答第6、7题。6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The preparations for a camping. B. The changeable weather. C. Their favorite food. 7. What will the man take?A. Bread. B. Hamburgers. C. Cards. 听下面一段对话, 回答第8至10题。8. What is wrong with the woman?A
5、. She has a fever. B. She has a headache. C. She has a sleeping problem. 9. What did the woman do last night?A. She prepared for a meeting. B. She attended a meeting. C. She went to bed early. 10. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Quit the job. B. Take some medicine. C. Take a rest. 听下面一段对话，回
6、答第11至13题。11. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a theater. B. At a hotel. C. At a snack bar. 12 What would the man probably do at 6:00 p. m. tomorrow?A. Celebrate their wedding anniversary. B. Attend a wedding ceremony. C. Spend his 20th birthday. 13. How much should the man pay?A. $100. B
7、. $200. C. $300. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至17题。14. What is the most probable relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Schoolmates. C. Teacher and student. 15. What is the womans problem?A. Her brother is disturbing her. B. She has no dictionary to use. C. Her parents cant give her any advice. 16. Wha
8、t does the man suggest the woman do?A. Tell her brother to stop. B. Go to the library to study. C. Ask her parents for help. 17. What is the woman embarrassed at?A. Remembering little from history. B. Reviewing by singing her notes. C. Writing down what she has read. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至20题。18. What was t
9、he main meal for people in Prussia in the 18th century?A. Rice. B. Potatoes. C. Bread. 19. How did people feel about the potatoes in the palace garden?A. Disappointed. B. Curious. C. Anxious. 20. What can we learn about the king?A. He was very smart. B. He liked making jokes. C. He was crazy about p
10、otatoes. 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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AIts a good idea to buy from local nursery(苗圃)to get a variety of plants that grow well in your region. Heres our latest list of plant and garden events in the L. A. area in February. California Nati
11、ve Container Plants, a class about growing native plants in potstaught by Flora Ito, nursery sales manager at the Payne Foundation nursery, 10459 Tuxford St. in Sun Valley, from 9 to 10:15 a. m. Feb 4. Participants must have proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative COVID-19 PCR test
12、taken within 72 hours of the class. Register online, $25, or $20 for members. Secrets of a Healthy Vegetable Garden, a free workshop sponsored by the Orange County Organic Gardening Club and taught by Julie Bawden-Davis, master gardener and author of “Southern California Vegetable Gardening, ”at 7:3
13、0 p. m. Feb 8 in the Orange County Fairgrounds Silo Building, 88 Fair Drive in Costa Mesa. Camellia Societys 49th Camellia Show at Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, from 1 to 5 p. m. Feb. 12. The show is free to visitors after $29 admission to the gardens ($24 for seniors 65 and older
14、, $13 ages 4-11. Members and children under age 4 enter free. ) Masks are required indoors. Payne Foundation Winter Plant Sale at the foundations nursery, 10459 Tuxford St. in Sun Valley, from 8:30 a.m.to 4 p.m.Feb. 15-19. The sale includes native seeds, books and other merchandise(货物), as well as o
15、ne of the regions largest selections of native plants. Members receive a 15% discount, and nonmembers get a 10% discount on all plants and seeds.1. Who is the passage intended for?A. College students in Botany.B. Gardeners and plant lovers.C. Researchers on native plants.D. Nursery sales managers.2.
16、 How much will a nonmember who attends a lecture on container plants pay?A. $20B. $24C. $25D. $293. Which place might a native plant shopper go to?A. 1151 Oxford RoadB. 88 Fair DriveC. the Organic Gardening ClubD. the Payne Foundation nurseryBWhen Peter Kahn became an English teacher at the Chicago
17、Oak Park High School, he was terrified of teaching poetry. “Poetry was my least favorite subject as a student, and my least favorite subject to teach as a teacher, ”he says. “I was terrible at it. ” So he asked a former student of his for help, who suggested the idea of a poetry slam a competition i
18、n which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience. “The student with the lowest grade in my class ended up winning it, ” says Kahn. “And I realized this is something powerful.”That was 1999. Inspired by the clubs potential to engage students, Kahn created an after-school spoken word cl
19、ub at the high school. And for over 20 years, the club has created space for students to engage in storytelling.Many students have gone on to become award-winning poets, scholars, or even National Youth Poet Winners. Now a new poetry collection called Respect the Mic is showing a portion of that tal
20、ent. The collection features 76 honest, powerful poems by the clubs students and alumni(校友), with a foreword by Pulitzer-prize winning poet Tyehimba Jess. Over the years, Kahn has invited distinguished poets like National Book Award winner Terrance Hayes and National Poetry Slam champion Patricia Sm
21、ith to visit his classroom.For Kahn, the collection and the club were all about helping students who just didnt like school, as well as students of color Black students in particular who, Kahn writes in the book, faced an “opportunity gap” in classrooms. On average, they had a lower GPA (Grade Point
22、 Average) than white students.Ultimately, the editors and some critics hope the club will take this power of poetry and move it beyond the Oak Park classroom, so that teachers like Kahn, who were once afraid of poetry, will be able to get themselves and their students excited about it.4. What does K
23、ahn think of the idea of a poetry competition?A. Effective.B. Nonsense.C. Disappointing.D. Demanding.5. What do we know about the poetry collection Respect the Mic?A. Its a record of students life.B. Its about Kahns teaching experiences.C. It includes a poem by a Pulitzer-prize winning poet.D. It sh
24、ows the students gift for writing poetry.6. Kahns after-school spoken word club _.A. can wipe out color discrimination in the high schoolB. is helpful to the black studentsC. fails to fill the opportunity gap in the classroomD. has moved to classrooms of other schools7. What is the text mainly about
25、?A. A reunion of Kahns outstanding students.B. An English teacher overcoming the fear of teaching.C. A high school spoken-word club changing students lives.D. A famous poem composed by a clubs students.CEvery so often, a Chinese fashion symbol unknowingly turned the fashion landscape upside down. Th
26、is time, we unearth the imperial tomb of Chinas Empress Dowager Cixi(慈禧)(1835-1908)and find her great passion for luxurious nails. Ancient Chinese nobles started growing long nails during the Warring States Period to show that they werent manual laborers, but it wasnt until the Ming Dynasty that lon
27、g nails and nail guards became an important symbol of material prosperity. And the trend reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty, with Cixi as its poster woman. Cixi nurtured a nail length of roughly 20 cm on her ring and pinky fingers and took care of them in gem-laden(镶满宝石), colorful nail guards. Dur
28、ing the day, Cixi usually wore nail guards made of gold or silver. According to the memoirs of her maid, before bed, she would switch them into nail pockets made of bright yellow satin(缎子), probably in a motherly manner similar to covering her nail babies into their sleeping bags. The origins of nai
29、l guards began in the Han Dynasty more than 1000 years prior to their mainstream glory. At that time, they werent particularly decorative. It wasnt until the Qing Dynasty that they became as expensive and delicate as people today know them to have been. Common design patterns included plants, flower
30、s, and calligraphy art. Cixi, on the other hand, had unique rights to dragon and phoenix(凤凰)carvings on her nail guards. Needless to say, she didnt skimp on exercising these rights. Long nails may no longer be front and center on the fashion stage today. Yet the period drama series like Empresses in
31、 the Palace (2011), Ruyis Royal Love in the Palace (2018), and Story of Yanxi Palace(2018)brought in the popularity of the Morandi color palette(莫兰迪调色盘)in Chinas nail art circle. Inspired by Italian painter Giorgio Morandi, the manicure(美甲)industry today also adopts a more softened color scheme that
32、 gives off a feeling of balance and elegance.8. What does the writer mainly tell us?A. The legend of Chinas Empress Dowager Cixi.B. The history of long nails and nail guards.C. Long nails plays an important role in period drama series.D. Women in ancient times should wear long nails and nail guards.
33、9. What can we learn from the text?A. Cixi took off nail guards when she went to bed.B. Nail guards can show the status on the royal ladder in the Han Dynasty.C. Ming and Qing Dynasties had lower degree of acceptance of long nails.D. Cixi can only wear nail guards with dragon and phoenix carvings.10
34、. What do underlined words “skimp on” mean in the third paragraph?A. subscribe toB. delayC. be mean withD. practice11. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Fashion nail art will permanently be on the fashion stage.B. The period drama series are very popular today.C. Morandi is a great master
35、 in period drama.D. There is still a market for nail art.DWhen faced with a problem, people tend to select solutions that involve adding new elements rather than taking existing components away. Adams, a social psychologist at the university of Virginia and her colleagues wanted to figure out why th
36、is was the case. They wanted to investigate whether, and to what degree, people actually overlook subtraction(减法)when they are tasked with changing things. The researchers looked through a profile of ideas for improvement submitted to a university president, and found that only 11 percent of 651 pro
37、posals involved removing an existing rule or program. Similar results appeared across tasks about adjusting essays and plans. The vast majority of people chose to add rather than remove. The team dug deeper by conducting eight experiments with more than 1,500 participants. In one experiment, people
38、were asked to stabilize(固定)the roof of a Lego structure held up by a single block that rested on top of a cube-shaped base. The reward for completing the task was $ 1, and participants could add new blocks for 10 cents a piece or get rid of blocks for free. One group was reminded, “Each piece that y
39、ou add costs ten cents but removing pieces is free, ” while another group was just told, “Each piece that you add costs ten cents. ”Almost two thirds of people who had been reminded chose to get rid of the single block rather than adding new ones, compared with 41 percent of those who had not been r
40、eminded. These findings were published in Nature, suggesting that “additive solutions tend to come to mind quickly and easily. Subtractive solutions are not necessarily harder to consider, but they take more effort to find. While the tendency for businesses and organizations to choose for complexity
41、 rather than simplification was previously known, the novelty(新颖)of this paper is that it shows that people tend toward adding new features even when subtracting would clearly be better. The team hopes that these findings will encourage more people to think about subtractive options that might often
42、 be overlooked.12. What can we know about the researchers findings in their researches?A. People added elements to deal with problems in any case.B. People tended to add elements to solve problems.C. People preferred subtraction options to additive options.D. People refused to remove elements to avo
43、id costs.13. What is special about the experiment mentioned in Para 4?A. The experiment was carried out in the most advanced way.B. The participants chose to add pieces whatever costs.C. It was hard to choose between adding and removing.D. The participants got rid of pieces when it was clearly to th
44、eir advantage.14. What is the purpose of the research team?A. To encourage more people to do further research.B. To get more participants involved in their next research.C. To inspire more people to consider subtraction choices.D. To get a handsome reward from businesses and organizations.15. What c
45、an be the best title for the text?A. Adding New Features Is More EffectiveB. Removing Features Is More DifficultC. Subtraction Outweighs AdditionD. Our Brain Typically Overlooks Subtraction第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分, 满分12.5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。Travel with a Green Conscience(良知)Travel is
46、a form of consumption, from jet fuel to trash. _16_ . For me, seeing the world has been an education on the environment and the challenges we face. Witnessing other cultures has inspired me to reduce my carbon footprint. Ironically, travel has made me “greener. ” Take public transport or carpool. Pu
47、blic buses or trains are an eco-friendly option for getting around your destination. Many youth hostels have carpool sing-ups for popular trips, which is an exciting way, to meet fellow travelers. _17_ Exploring on foot is great exercise and offers excellent people watching opportunities. Be aware of food packaging and was