宜昌市部分示范高中教学协作体2024年春期中联考
高二英语
（全卷满分：150分 考试用时：120分钟）
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，从试题所给的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 food will the boy have at this party？
A.Pizza. B.Salad. C.Fried chicken. 2.What does that man think of the new play?
A.Strange. B.Boring. C.Interesting. 3.What does the man have to do today?
A.Attend a class. B.Work on a report. C.Visit his mother. 4.How will the woman go to the show?
A.By bus. B.By car. C.On foot. 5.Where does the conversation take place?
A.In a bookstore. B.In a library. C.In a classroom. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面五段对话或独白。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6、7题。
6.Who could the woman most probably be?
A.A hotel clerk. B.A travel agent. C.A tour guide. 7.Why is the man going to Bangkok?
A.To go on business. B.To meet his boss. C.To visit the Temple of the Dawn. 听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8.What are the speakers talking about in general?
A.A funny holiday. B.A newly married couple. C.A great wedding ceremony. 9.Where did Lisa ask Henry to marry her?
A.At Henry’s house. B.At Lisa’s house. C.On a ship. 听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10.What does Mike asked Susan to do? A.Meet a customer.
B.Drive him to the airport.
C.Make an appointment with a customer. 11.Why is Mike asking for help? A.He is too busy at his office. B.He needs to pick up a customer.
C.He has a personal matter to deal with.
12.What probable relation is Rebecca to Susan?
A.Her secretary. B.Her sister. C.Her customer. 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13.What subject is Toward the World related to?
A.Geography. B.Politics. C.History. 14.Where is Toward the World? A.In the study room. B.In the reading room. C.In the reserve room.
15.What do we know about Toward the World? A.It can only be used in the library.
B.It must be returned in a few days. C.It can only be borrowed by teachers. 16.What will the woman probably do next?
A.Take a lift. B.Walk upstairs. C.Leave the library. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17.How long did the speak spend in making the desk?
A.One week. B.Two months. C.Eighteen months. 18.Where did the speaker originally plan to put the desk?
A.In the sitting room. B.In the hall. C.In the bedroom. 19.What advice does the speaker give to beginners? A.Use electric tools.
B.Develop skills fairly quickly.
C.Start with small and simple things. 20.What will the class do next?
A.Make a list. B.Choose tools. C.Put up a shelf.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Sure, you could visit the Louvre. But this planet has some extremely strange museums, as well. If you're interested here are four of them.
International Spy Museum
This Washington, D.C. museum includes everything from spy clothing to spy tools, plus a spy camp for kids. Each day the spy camp is filled with activities that will put top spy skills and street smarts to the test.
Address: 800 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Phone: +1 202-393-7798.
Opening times: 9.00 am-7.00 pm daily.
Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen(方便面)Museum
Find ramen exhibits, an instant noodles tunnel and a CupNoodles factory where you can design your own at this ramen-centric museum in Osaka, Japan. And you can
also watch how all kinds of noodles are made.
Phone: +81 72-752-3484.
Opening times: 9.30 am-16.00 pm; closed Wednesday.
Velveteria
Velveteria is located at 711 New Height St, Chinatown, Los Angeles. This museum collection includes 3,000 paintings done on velvet(天鹅绒) and exhibits 450 at a time. Its mission(使命)is to celebrate the art and culture of all peoples spreading joy all over this precious Earth.
Phone: +1 626-714-8545.
Opening times: 11.00 am-6.00 pm; closed Tuesday.
Admission is $10 (Children ages 6-10: A half; ages 5 and under: FREE).
British Lawnmower Museum
The Museum, at 106-114 Shakespeare Street, Southport, has now become one of the world's leading authorities on the oldest lawnmowers and is now a specialist in antique garden machinery, supplying parts, and valuing garden machines from all over the world.
Phone: +44 1704 501336.
Opening times: 9.00 am-5.30 pm; Monday-Saturday. 21. When can you enjoy a noodle-making performance? A. At 9 o'clock on Sunday. B. At 10 o'clock on Monday. C. At 14 o'clock on Wednesday. D. At 19 o'clock on Thursday.
22.How much will a couple and their five-year-old child pay if they visit the Velveteria Museum?
A. 10 dollars. B.20 dollars. C. 25 dollars. D.30 dollars.
23.Which number should you call if you want to learn more about garden machines? A. +1 202-393-7798. B. +1 626-714-8545. C. +44 1704 501336. D. +81 72-752-3484.
B
Many people are fascinated by the speaking profession. So was I. Ten years ago, I was teaching English as a second language to adult immigrants and bored silly. I was looking around for another profession.
When my friend Daniel Star took a leave of absence from his teaching job, he started speaking to groups. Although Daniel’s first year as a speaker was a little lean(收益差的) financially, he was getting paid more as a speaker than as a teacher since the second year. When his leave of absence was over, his old employer called him in for a new position. Daniel agreed to an interview but then later called to cancel it.
I thought he was nuts. I said,“ Daniel, you know speaking is not a secure profession. It's good to have something to fall back on!” And he said something that changed my life. He said, “Cathleen, when you have something to fall back on, you
fall back!” It rang so true! I saw immediately and with a shock that the teaching job that I thought provided a financial cushion in fact was holding me back from pursuing(追求) my dreams and interests.
A few months later， I quitted my job, packed up my car, kissed my grown kids and friends goodbye and moved to a different part of the country to try my luck as a speaker. It was a little unnerving(令人紧张的) to give up my teaching job but I’d been wanting to do it for a long time and finally it was sink or swim time!
Well, at first I knew nothing about business and had so much to learn about the speaking profession. I did everything the hard way and learned a lot gradually. Finally I succeeded in doing what I love. Because I was happier, my health immediately improved along with my outlook on life.
24.Why did the author want to change her job? A. She needed a steady job.
B. She was bad at teaching adults. C. She wanted to earn more money.
D. She was bored with her teaching job.
25.What does the underlined part “he was nuts” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. He was crazy. B. He was smart.
C. He was unreliable. D. He was courageous. 26. What can we infer from Daniel’s words? A. All roads lead to Rome.
B. By falling we learn to go safely.
C. All things are difficult before they are easy. D. You can't make egg rolls without breaking eggs. 27. What is the author’s attitude towards her new job?
A. Casual. B. Satisfied. C. Doubtful. D. Disappointed.
C
Solly is our security guard. He moved in the day after we did. He was light brown, and was very thin and serious. Solly hadn't always been so thin. He'd been out of work for a year, supporting an extended family.
“My wife says I must buy new clothes,” he said. “My church clothes are falling off me. But I told her, ‘Don't worry. I'll get fat again. Now I have a job. ’”This news kept our family buzzing(低声谈话) through quite a few mealtimes. My kids announced they were going to bake for him every day. And so every evening my husband and children began delivering food to Solly.
Just outside our gate, all down Jabu Ndlovu Street, as the day begins to fade, security guards take their places. They are cheerful. And they sleep right through their shifts. No one expects a security guard to stay awake. That's why the whole street knew Solly. He not only stayed awake, but also walk around to check the block，picked up litter, and knocked on doors and asked residents to turn their music down.
Then one night, a car ran into a cyclist. Solly saw the crash. He saw the driver drive away. For two hours, Solly helped the rider, the police, and the ambulance personnel. The next day, some residents complained: Solly wasn't at the gate last night. Solly wasn't doing tis job. After the whole story came out, Solly kept his
job.
After a month, Solly wasn't getting any fatter. He lived far from the city. His taxi ride to work each day cost him one-third of his salary, so we got him a used bike. But he wouldn't take it until he saved the money.
A few weeks later he fetched the bike. “My wife thinks I’m joking -- a bike for this price,” he said with a smile on his face. “I'll ride home and surprise her.” I wondered if his wife would smile too.
28. Why did Solly’s wife think he needed new clothes？ A. His clothes were shabby.
B. He was getting fatter and fatter. C. His clothes didn't suit him any more. D. He didn't like his old clothes any more. 29. What made Solly different from other guards？ A. His skin color. B. His hard work.
C. His friendly manner. D. His lovable character. 30. When did the author see Solly smile？
A. After he told him a joke. B. After he got a cheap bike. C. When she gave him a free bike. D. When he knew he'd keep his job.
31. Which word can best describe the authors’ family？
A. Intelligent. B. Courageous. C. Kind-hearted. D. Strong-minded.
D
With so much focus on children’s use of screens, it's easy for parents to forget about their own screen use. “Tech is designed to really suck you in,” says Jenny Radesky in her study of digital play, “and digital products are there to promote maximum involvement. It makes it hard to disconnect, and leads to a lot of bleed-over into the family routine.”
Radesky has studied the use of mobile phones and tablets at mealtimes by giving mother-child pairs a food-testing exercise. She found that mothers who used devices(设备) during the exercise started 20 percent fewer verbal and 39 percent fewer nonverbal communications with their children. During a separate observation, she saw that phones became a source of tension. Parents would be looking at their emails while the children would be making excited bids for their attention.
Babies are excited to look at parents’ faces. If those faces are blank and unresponsive -- as they often are when absorbed in a device -- it makes the children feel anxious or confused. Radesky cites(引用) the “still face experiment”, which was conducted by psychologist Ed Tronick. In it ,a mother is asked to communicate with her child in a normal way before putting on a blank expression and not giving her any visual social feedback(反馈). The child becomes increasingly upset as she tries to draw her mother's attention.
On the other hand, Tronick himself is concerned that the worries about kids’ use of screens are born out of a theory that parents should always be communicating with their children:“ If you're failing to expose your child to 30,000 words you
湖北省宜昌市部分示范高中教学协作体2017-2024学年高二英语下学期期中联考试题
