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1、武汉市部分重点中学2024学年度下学期期中联考高二英语试卷第卷(选择题共95分)第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)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. Which class will the speakers share?A. Biology. B. English. C. Chemistry.2. How will Jenny spend most of her time in Can
2、ada?A. Studying at a school. B. Looking after her uncle. C. Travelling around.3. How does the man feel?A. Impatient. B. Helpless. C. Exhausted.4. Who might the man be?A. A librarian. B. A student. C. A novelist.5. What will the woman do this afternoon?A. Go to a movie. B. visit Alice in the country.
3、 C. Go for a walk.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What does the woman probably want to do?A. Return a sweater. B. Exchange sizes. C. Get some money back.7. How does the m
4、an deal with the situation?A. Helpfully. B. Rudely. C. Unfairly.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Which place can Market Street lead to?A. A river. B. A fire station. C. A shopping centre.9. What should the woman do after crossing Riverside Street?A. Turn left. B. Go straight on. C. Go across a bridge.10. Where is
5、 the swimming pool?A. On North Street. B. On Market Street. C. On Museum Street.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Why couldnt the woman contact the man?A. His phone was turned off.B. The man didnt take his phone with him.C. There was something wrong with his phone.12. What does the man like doing?A. Learning Gre
6、ek. B. Going to exhibitions. C. Visiting famous people.13. How did the woman find Taylor Swifts concert?A. Costly. B. Wonderful. C. Disappointing.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Who are more likely to get overweight?A. Low-income people. B. Middle-income people. C. High-income people15. According to the survey
7、，what is the main cause for peoples overweight?A. Lack of exercise. B. Huge work pressure. C. Unhealthy food.16. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Take exercise. B. Go on a diet. C. See a doctor.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is expected at around five or six in the evening?A. Ice. B. Snow. C.
8、 Rain.18. How many inches of snow are predicted?A. One or two. B. Three or four. C. Five or six.19. Why has the high school been closed?A. The roads are dangerous to drive on.B. The college has already shut.C. The town is unprepared for the weather.20. What suggestions does the speaker make?A. Prepa
9、ring supplies for one or two days.B. Helping push snow off the roads.C. Putting more salt to prepare for the weather.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。ADifferent countries celebrate Christmas in different ways. We asked some of our friends to explain what
10、 happens in their countries. This is what they told us:FranceIn France, Christmas is always called Nol. Everyone has a Christmas tree, sometimes decorated in the old way with red ribbons and real white wax candles. Fir trees in the garden are often decorated too with lights on all night.Father Chris
11、tmas is called Pre Nol. The Christmas meal is an important family gathering with good meat and the best wine. Few people send Christmas cards. More people send New Year cards to wish everyone good luck and joy for the New Year. These days Christmas lunch is a starter of foie gras (a strong tasting p
12、ate made from goose liver) followed by lunch of seafood usually including lobsters and oysters.New ZealandChristmas starts for us with gifts under the tree, to be opened on Christmas morning. Then its onto a Christmas lunch either at home or at ones parents place. Turkey or chicken with all the trim
13、mings (佐料) is eaten. Then comes tea time. It is a BBQ for friends and family to get together, and have a few beers or wines with the meal!RussiaIn the days of the Soviet Union, Christmas was not celebrated very much. New Year was the important time when “Father Frost” brought presents to children. W
14、ith the fall of Communism, Christmas can be openly celebrated either on December 25th; or more often on January 7th. This unusual date is because the Russian Orthodox church uses the old “Julian” calendar for religious celebration days. Special Christmas food includes cakes, pies and “meat dumplings
15、”.SwedenThe most important day is Christmas Eve. A special Christmas meal is eaten on Christmas Eve ham (pork) herring fish, and brown beans and this is the time when families give presents to each other. Many people attend a church meeting early on Christmas Day.1. Why do people in France send New
16、Year cards?A. To tell their friends the New Year is coming.B. To ask for some special presents.C. To invite their friends to family gathering.D. To send their friends best wishes and happiness for the New Year.2. What do they have in common when celebrating Christmas?A A special meal is prepared.B.
17、Everyone has a Christmas tree.C. Parents give gifts to their children.D. People attend a church gathering.3. Which country celebrates Christmas “twice”?A France.B. New Zealand.C. Sweden.D. Russia.BEradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution for two of our countrys persistent problems: ga
18、rbage and poverty. Its called the Chip Bag Project. The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers:Rather than throw your empty chip bags into the trash，donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless.Chip eaters drop off their
19、empty bags from Doritos，Lays, and other favorites at two locations in Detroit: a print shop and a clothing store, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them.After they sanitize the chip bags in soapy hot water, they slice them open, lay them flat, and iron them together. They use padding an
20、d liners from old coats to line the insides.It takes about four hours to sew a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags.depending on whether theyre single-serve or family size. The result is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof, lightweight, and easy to carry around,” Oleita told the D
21、etroit News.Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800,000 chip bags and,as of last December, created 110 sleeping bags.Sure, it would be simpler to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But thats only half the goal for Oleitawhose family moved to the United States
22、 from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life and her fellow volunteers. “We are dedicated to making an impact not only socially, but environmentally,” she says.And, of course, theres the symbolism of recycling bags that would otherwise land in the trash and using them to help
23、the homeless. Its a powerful reminder that environmental injustice and poverty often go hand in hand. As Oleita told : “I think its time to show connections between all of these issues.”4. What does the underlined word “persistent” mean in the first paragraph?A. Temporary.B. Tireless.C. Continuous.D
24、. Primitive.5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The empty chip bags are collected from two locations.B. The chip bags are sealed with old coats.C. A sleeping bag costs only 200 chip bags.D. A sleeping bag couldnt be washed out if dirty.6. Why did Oleita start the Chip Bag Project?A. To g
25、et rid of poverty.B. To make use of garbage.C. To gain a better life.D. To make our society and environment better.7. What can we learn from the last paragraph ?A. Recycling bags will be landed in the trash at last.B. Connections between these issues are hard to set up.C. Environmental injustice and
26、 poverty often go separately.D. Theres a symbolic meaning in this way to help the homeless.CLike a tired marriage, the relationship between libraries and publishers has long been dull. E-books, however, are causing heartache. Libraries know they need digital wares, but many publishers are too cautio
27、us about piracy (盗版) and lost sales to co-operate. Among the big six, only Random House and Harper Collins license e-books with most libraries.Publishers are wise to be nervous. Owners of e-readers are exactly the customers they need: book-lovers with money. If these people switch to borrowing e-boo
28、ks instead of buying them, what then? Electronic borrowing is awfully convenient. Unlike printed books, which must be checked out and returned to a physical library miles from where you live, book files can be downloaded at home.The files disappear from the device when they are due.E-lending is not
29、simple, however.There are lots of different and often incompatible (不兼容的) e-book formats, devices and licenses.Most libraries use a company called OverDrive, which secures rights from publishers and provides e-books and audio files in every format. Yet publishers and libraries are worried by OverDri
30、ves global market dominance, as the company can control fees and conditions. Publishers were annoyed when OverDrive cooperated with Amazon. the worlds biggest online bookseller, last year. Owners of Amazons Kindle e-reader who want to borrow e-books from libraries are now redirected to Amazons websi
31、te, where they must use their Amazon account to secure a loan.According to Pew, an opinion researcher, library users are a perfect market for Amazon. Late last year Amazon introduced its Kindle Owners Lending Library, which lets its best customers borrow free one of thousands of popular books each m
32、onth.Library supporters argue that book borrowers are also book buyers and that libraries are vital spaces for readers to discover new work. Many were cheered by a recent Pew survey, which found that more than half of Americans with library cards say they prefer to buy their c-books.So publishers ke
33、ep adjusting their lending arrangements in search of the right balance.Random House raised its licensing prices earlier this year, and Harper Collins limits libraries to lending its titles 26 times. The story of the library e-book is a nail-biter.8. What can be inferred from paragraph 1?A. Several b
34、ig publishers have sold c-books to libraries.B. Most publishers are hesitant to cooperate with libraries.C. Libraries are eager to keep strong relationship with publishers.D. Libraries and publishers face the same problem of e-books piracy.9. Why are publishers worried that people will switch to ele
35、ctronic borrowing?A. E-books must be checked out and returned to libraries regularly.B. There is no time limit for the book files downloaded on the device.C. There are lots of different and incompatible c-book formats available.D. Book sales may drop sharply because of convenient electronic borrowin
36、g.10. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Amazon is adopting measures to win more customers.B. Over half of Americans are borrowing e-books from libraries.C. E-books can be lent at libraries as many times as you like.D. OverDrive distributes e-books and audio files to publishers.11. What is the best t
37、itle for the text?A. The Uncertain Economics of E-lending.B. The Hopeful Future of Publishing Business.C. The Dull Relationship between Libraries and Publishers.D. The Close Cooperation between OverDrive and Amazon.DIn 2019, the world generated 54.6 million tons of e-waste. However, just 17.4 percen
38、t of it was formally collected and recycled. Since 2014, the amount of c-waste recycled has grown by 1.8 million tons a relatively small amount, considering that the amount of e-waste generated increased by 9.2million tons in the same period.Global reserves of some elements, such as platinum (铂), ar
39、e supposed to be fully used up within15 years if the proportion of recycled stocks entering production doesnt increase. E-waste and EV batteries are currently recycled through processes called pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy. However, they involve burning temperatures with a high energy demand an
40、d deep carbon footprint, and poisonous chemicals which are harmful to the environment. Alternatives are therefore being sought.A team of scientists from the University of Coventry are extending one such alternative. They have been using non-poisonous bacteria to oxidize (使氧化) and recover the preciou
41、s metals a process known as “bioleaching”. They have shown that copper is widely recoverable from e-waste, and that all metals present in EV batteries can be recovered by using microbes (微生物). If extended, bioleaching facilities would mean that manufacturers of EV batteries and other electronic good
42、s would be able to recover metals locally, relying less on costly exports to recycling centers abroad.“At present, a key limitation for e-waste recycling is the lack of certification detailing the typesand amounts of metals contained in electronic goods. But with an efficient recycling process appea
43、ring, manufacturers have the motivation to use more recycled material in their products, which will change the very design of electronics goods. Its about closing the loop of a products life cycle,” said the leader of the Bioleaching Research Group, Sebastien Farnaud.Ultimately, bioleaching technolo
44、gy is born out of the idea of creating a truly circular process for the things that we consume. We need to shift from a mindset and economy where we see waste as an end product, to one where there isnt even a start or an end at all.12. What do the statistics in paragraph 1 indicate?A. The recycling
45、rate of e-waste is comparatively low.B. People pay little attention to e-waste recycling.C. E-waste has caused serious environmental problems.D. The amount of e-waste is sharply increasing every year.13. What is the disadvantage of current ways of recycling e-waste?A. They only apply to certain e-wa
46、ste.B. They generate metals with a complex process.C. They are not environmentally friendly.D. They cause a sharp rise in local temperatures.14. What do we know about the bioleaching technology?A. It recovers metals by microbes.B. It produces non-poisonous bacteria.C. It has been applied abroad.D. I
47、t promotes the local export trade.15. Where is the text most probably from?A. A news report.B. A scientific journal.C. A health magazine.D. A fiction novel.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。How to Stop Spam Calls for GoodIf you made a list of the little things that bothered you the most, phone call scams would no doubt be at the top. Telemarketers, or more often, automated robot-callers, have tricks for interrupting you at the worst possible moment. _16_ Fact is that robot-callers are never going to stop trying to reach yo