2024学年下期期末联考
高二英语试题
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第Ⅰ卷（选择题；共70分） 第一部分 听力（略）
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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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What is so special about TOKNOW magazine? Well, it has no ads or promotions inside—instead it is jam-packed with serious ideas. TOKNOW makes complex ideas attractive and accessible to children, who can become involved in advanced concepts and even philosophy（哲学）—and they will soon discover that TOKNOW feels more like a club than just a magazine. What’s inside? Every month the magazine introduces a fresh new topic with articles, experiments and creative things to make—the magazine also explores philosophy and wellbeing to make sure young readers have a balanced take on life.
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21. Why is TOKNOW a special magazine?
A. It entertains young parents. advertisements.
C. It publishes popular science fictions. complex concepts.
22. What does TOKNOW offer its readers?
A. Online courses. topics.
C. Lectures on a balanced life.
D.
Reports
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B. Articles on new D. It combines fun with B. It provides serious
scientific discoveries.
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A. free birthday presents
B. full refund within 28 days
D. chances to meet the
C. membership of the TOKNOW club experts in person B
Disease, poverty, hate, love—Charles Dickens’ stories opened his readers’ eyes to the most important themes of his age. Two hundred years later, his stories still speak volumes across the world, proving that Dickens’ legacy (遗产) was far greater than just “great literature”.
February 7 marks the 200th anniversary of the writer’s birthday. To mark this date, BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern world. Let’s take a look at two of them.
A white Christmas
Dickens is described as “the man who invented Christmas” —not the religious festival, but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive (喜庆的) season today．
In the early 19th century, Christmas was barely worth mentioning, according to critic and writer Leigh Hunt. The committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Day—unthinkable in the West nowadays, when everyone, but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off.
Many people believe that Dickens’ popular descriptions of the festive
period became a blueprint for generations to come. In his classic novel, A Christmas Carol, he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas, but also painted a picture of glowing warmth—“home enjoyments, affections and hopes”.
In his biography of Dickens, Peter Ackroyd wrote, “Dickens can be said to have almost single-handedly created the modern idea of Christmas.”
“Dickensian” poverty
Dickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian (the period during British Queen Victoria’s reign from 1837 to 1901) London.
He helped popularize the term “red tape” to describe situations where people in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy (官僚作风) in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of society.
“Dickensian” has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of poverty. In 2024, when the president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK wanted to talk about poverty in some areas of Britain, she did not use words like “terrible” or “horrific”, but rather described it as “life mirroring the times of Dickens”.
25. The article is mainly about __________.
A. Charles Dickens’ impact on the world.
B. An introduction to Charles Dickens’ classic novels C. Charles Dickens’ amazing characters
D. Why Charles Dickens is popular across the world 26. Why is Dickens called “the man who invented Christmas”?
A. Because he created the religious festival.
B. Because one of his novels helped to shape Christmas celebrations.
C. Because many of his novels have something to do with Christmas. D. Because he was the first man to have proposed celebrating Christmas. 27. According to the passage, the underlined phrase “red tape” refers to __________.
A. rules or procedures that are required to accomplish a task B. a situation in which poor members of society are hurt C. conflict between people in power and weaker people D. pointlessly time-consuming official procedures 28. We can learn from the passage that __________.
A. Charles Dickens’ novels reflect the true life at his age B. everyone can take three days off for Christmas C. Dickens invented Christmas
D. Dickens gave the modern world six things
C
We live in a sweet world. The average American kids eat more than 20 teaspoons of sugar per day, and adults eat 50% more sugar today than they did in the 1970s. We all know that too much sugar isn’t good for us. Researchers at the University of Utah used mice to do a study on the bad effects of sugar. They found it could have serious effects on people’s health seriously.
During the 58-week-long study, mice were fed a diet containing 25% more sugar. This percentage equals a healthy human diet along with three cans of soda daily. The team found that these mice were twice as likely to die as mice fed a similar diet without the sugar. Though the mice did not show signs of obesity or high blood pressure, male mice produced 25% fewer offspring (后代) than the other mice.
河南省商丘市九校2024学年高二英语下学期期末联考试题
