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1、2024 年 6 月第 1 页 共 10 页绵阳南山中学 2022 级高二下学期 6 月期末热身试题绵阳南山中学 2022 级高二下学期 6 月期末热身试题英语英语满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟第一部分 听力满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟第一部分 听力(共两节，满分共两节，满分 30 分分)第一节第一节(共共 5 小题小题;每小题每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 7.5 分分)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。每段对话仅读一遍。1.Where are the speakers?A.In a caf.B.In a li
2、brary.C.On a street.2.What will the woman do tonight?A.Watch a basketball game.B.Practice debating.C.Study for an exam.3.What does the man probably want to do?A.See a film.B.Travel around.C.Go for a drink.4.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.The mans hobby.B.The mans holiday plan.C.The man
3、s childhood.5.How does the woman sound?A.Shes surprised.B.Shes annoyed.C.Shes in a hurry.第二节第二节听下面 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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第听第 6 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 6、7 题。题。6.What does Emma expect to do in ten years?A.To do a job she loves very much.B.To travel all over the world.C.To
4、 live with her families.7.What do the speakers agree on finally?A.Keeping track of their goals on social media.B.Having a book published together.C.Meeting up in ten years.听第听第 7 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 8、9 题。题。8.What kind of game are the speakers watching?A.Badminton.B.Football.C.Basketball.9.What happened
5、in the end?A.Someone almost made a score.B.The womans team won the game.2024 年 6 月第 2 页 共 10 页C.The competition is nearly finished.听第听第 8 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 10 至至 13 题。题。10.What are the speakers doing?A.Discussing a play.B.Sharing opinions on a piece of news.C.Working on a school task together.11.What i
6、dea does the woman come up with?A.Discussing the meaning of courage.B.Determining the length of the story first.C.Reading some heroic stories for reference.12.How does the man describe his mother?A.She is quiet and shy.B.She is loving and determined.C.She is energetic and adventurous.13.What is the
7、probable relationship between the speakers?A.Family members.B.Teacher and student.C.Classmates.听第听第 9 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 14 至至 17 题。题。14.What will James do next?A.Walk a dog.B.Take out the rubbish.C.Sweep the front steps.15.When does Mrs.Smiths son help her?A.On Mondays.B.On Tuesdays.C.On Thursdays.16.W
8、hy does James want a bike?A.To visit his grandfather.B.To go to Mrs.Smiths house.C.To ride to his basketball practice.17.Who will work for Mrs.Smith next weekend?A.Leah.B.Alison.C.Eric.听第听第 10 段材料，回答第段材料，回答第 18 至至 20 题。题。18.What does the speaker do now?A.Atourist guide.B.Ateacher.C.Astudent.19.Where
9、 did the speaker receive his college education?A.In America.B.In Egypt.C.In France.20.How does the speaker feel about new challenges?A.Difficult to handle.B.Hesitant to accept.C.Willing to welcome.第二部分第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分）分）第一节第一节（共（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 37.5 分）分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、
10、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ATeach English Abroad2024 年 6 月第 3 页 共 10 页Teaching English abroad is the perfect way to gain valuable experience in teaching English as aforeign language whilst exploring new countries.This is a great opportunity for qualified andexperienced teachers as well as college students
11、 and any aspiring teachers who want to gain more workexperience in education.Search&compare the best international volunteer programs offered by volunteer organizations andlocal NGOs with just a few clicks.Peru English Teaching Volunteers12 weeks Age 18-50Highlights:70%of volunteers are 18-22 years
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17、 about teaching abroad.D.Offering information about volunteer projects.22.In which program are you most likely to experience religious culture?A.Peru English Teaching Volunteers.B.Bali English Teaching Volunteers.C.Nepal English Teaching to Monks Volunteers.D.South Africa English Teaching Volunteers
18、.23.What is a common characteristic among the volunteer programs?A.Time of duration.B.Major volunteer duties.C.Natural landscape.D.Cultural atmosphere.BNative to New Zealand,this sweet little bird is called the tturiwhatu,or New Zealand dotterel,and thoughendangered,it has found a unique shelter whe
19、re it can nest and feed in relative peace.Relative,because it comes with a significant amount of noise pollution.Its the Auckland Airport,and 4 pairsof dotterels have been recorded in the green areas alongside the outer runways this year.Even though human activities are on the whole the largest driv
20、er of species decline around the Earth,whatcan be an obstacle to one species can be a shelter to another,and in the case of the Auckland Airport,wildlifemanager Lucy Hawley said the high fences keep out the birds invasive predators.“This is very attractive to nesting dotterels and our airfields beco
21、me a real shelter for them,”Hawley toldRZN.com.“These tiny little birds take absolutely no notice of the giant planes moving all around them and haveno issues setting up home right beside the taxiways.”Over the last ten years,Hawley has estimated that she and her groundskeepers have seen 80 dotterel
22、s hatchon the taxiways of the countrys busiest airport.The parents typically arrive between November and December.Over time the airport has taken time to work with professional wildlife biologists who have banded some of thebirds in order to track their movements and nesting behavior.Concerning the
23、dotterel,there may only be 2,500 of them left in the country following years of egg predationfrom invasive creatures like stoats.Fortunately,the ground-nesting bird poses no risk to aviation and can livealongside the planes in relative comfort.Hawley and her team use stakes(篱笆桩)to mark the nesting s
24、ites which can be practically invisible amongthe grass blades.“We love doing our part to help this important species to breed,”she said.24.Where do these New Zealand dotterels live?A.In a bird shelter.B.In a busy airport.C.On a motorway.D.In an abandoned airport.25.What can be learned from Hawleys w
25、ords?A.Dotterels have poor hearing.B.Beautiful airfield is a big attraction to dotterels.C.High fences are obstacles to dotterelsnatural enemies.2024 年 6 月第 5 页 共 10 页D.Dotterels are natural architects and have great nesting skill.26.What do Hawleys team do to protect the species?A.They ensure the s
26、afety of its nest.B.They help it build the nest and breed.C.They move its nest to a nearby reserve.D.They track its possible invasive predators.27.What can be inferred from the passage?A.Illegal hunting has pushed dotterels to extinction.B.Dotterels are putting the airport in great potential danger.
27、C.Excessive human protection does no good to endangered animals.D.Endangered dotterels and the busy airport coexist in relative harmony.CThe stranger struck up conversation on a delayed flight between Florida and New York.We were bothstruggling to entertain our kids,and we sympathized with each othe
28、r awhile.After the children fell asleep,he toldme hed recently left the church.He said he missed the community and the certainty he once felt.He was stillfiguring out how to raise a child without faith:for example,would I say there was a heaven if my daughter asked,even if I didnt fully believe it?M
29、aybe it feels more natural to speak intimately with a stranger on a flight,when you are both uprooted,notquite sure if its night or day or where the sun should hang in the sky.For a few hours we talked about fear andloss,and I later thought that while this kind of intensity is discouraged,maybe such
30、 subjects are actually bestexplored with someone completely unfamiliar to you,who sees the world quite differently.Once on solid ground again,the man told me hed actually had a lot of life-changing chats with strangers.Hewas inspired by the cognitive scientist Laurie Santos,whose course on the scien
31、ce of well-being is now availablefor free online.Santos teaches that the pursuit of happiness is often counter-intuitive.The things we think willmake us feel happier acing exams,securing a dream job,buying that dress usually dont,but small habits canmake a big difference.One of them is talking to st
32、rangers.While we tend to focus on our close relationships,psychologists have noticed that even what they call“minimal social interactions”can make us feel happier and more connected.One study found that people who hada brief chat with their waiter,or simply made eye contact and smiled,felt happier a
33、nd experienced a greater senseof belonging than those who treated the human being in front of them as an extension of the coffee machine.I feel lucky that as a journalist I speak to more strangers than most.Encounters with strangers can be areminder of the vastness of the world and of each other,the
34、 impossible-feeling truth that each one of us containsan entire universe of inner life and a singular perspective.28.What was the mans problem?A.The naughty kids exhausted him.B.His daughter was against his faith.C.Talking to a stranger intimately was improper.D.He was uncertain about whether he sho
35、uld back to church.29.What can we learn from Laurie Santoscourse?2024 年 6 月第 6 页 共 10 页A.Our happiness depends on whether we can land an ideal job.B.The pursuit of happiness is seemingly contrary to our common sense.C.Getting all Agrades in the exam will absolutely make us feel happier.D.Satisfying
36、your material needs is the way to your happiness and well-being.30.Why does the author mention the study in a coffee shop in paragraph 4?A.To compare human waiters with coffee machines.B.To show the mental benefits of minimal social interactions.C.To share some customershappy memory in the coffee sh
37、op.D.To criticize some customers didnt treat their waiter as human-being.31.Whats the best title of the passage?A.An Unforgettable Flight ExperienceB.ALife-changing Chat with a FatherC.Interactions with Strangers:the More,the MerrierD.Different Individuals with a Singular PerspectiveDHumans have alw
38、ays looked to nature for inspiration to solve problems.Leonardo da Vinci appliedbiomimicry to the study of birds in the hope of enabling human flight.Although he was not successful at his ownflying machine,his ideas lived on and were the source of inspiration for the Wright Brothers,who were alsoins
39、pired by their observations of pigeon in flight,They finally did succeed in creating and flying the first airplanein 1903.Recent success stories exist in terms of how biomimicry can be applied to building design.While buildingsserve to protect us from natures extremes,this does not mean that they do
40、 not have anything to learn from thebiological world.In fact,nature regularly builds structures with functionality that human-built structures could usefully emulate.Biomimetic research,science and applications continue to grow and are already influencingthe next generation of building products and
41、systems as well as whole building designs.For example,photovoltaic systems(光 伏 系 统),which harvest solar energy,are a first step atmimicking the way a leaf harvests energy.Research is underway to create solar cells that are very similar to nature.These cells are water-gel-basedessentially artificial
42、leaves that couple plant chlorophyll(叶 绿 素)with carbon materials,ultimately resulting in a more flexible and cost-effective solar cell.The rough surface of a lotus leaf acts as a self-cleaning mechanism allowing dirt to be cleansed off the surfacenaturally by water,for instance,during a rain shower.
43、Even the smallest of breezes on the plant causes a subtleshift in the angle of the plant allowing gravity to remove thedirt without the plant having to consume anyenergy.This same idea has been applied to the design of new building materials such as paints,textiles,and glassthat reduce the need for
44、cleaning and also reduce maintenance and material replacement costs.32.What can we learn from paragraph 1?A.Da Vincis idea was of little practical use.B.Da Vinci was the first to study biomimicry.C.The Wright Brothers owed their success to da Vinci.D.Pigeons are one source of the inspiration for the
45、 first airplane.33.What does the underlined word“emulate”in paragraph 2 probably mean?2024 年 6 月第 7 页 共 10 页A.Compare.B.Perform.C.Copy.D.Apply.34.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?A.Solar cells are more productive with lower cost.B.Solar cells have been widely used in conserving ener
46、gy.C.The lotus leaves can be employed in new building materials.D.The effect of gravity inspired the development of self-cleaning materials.35.What is the main idea of the text?A.Nature has inspired many inventions and will continue to.B.It is rewarding for designers to observe and learn from nature
47、.C.Humans have benefited a lot from consuming natural resources.D.Even the greatest scientists need to stand on the shoulders of giants.第二节（共第二节（共 5 小题：每小题小题：每小题 2.5 分分,满分满分 12.5 分）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。People approach their work and future career plan differently depending on
48、their personal beliefs,values,and worldview.36However,I am convinced that personal profit is not the final point inperforming my working duties.37.The first one regards self-realization,as I appreciate my work for the possibility ofdeveloping my skills and update my knowledge.I consider it unaccepta
49、ble to perform working dutieswithout my personal interest in the activity and desire to achieve the best result.Each person has aunique set of talents and strengths,and people are to find and develop them.38.For this reason,I attempt to explore the leadership side of my profession,such as participat
50、ion in project management,inorder to be able to realize this bond.The second purpose is to provide the best possible benefit for people by fulfilling my responsibility._39_.For instance,my organization skills may contribute to establishing appropriate workingatmosphere,structure the process,and moti