新草桥中学2024-2024学年高二下学期期中考试
英语试卷
第一部分：听力理解 (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. Where did the woman get the information about the job?
A. In the paper B. From a friend C. On the Internet. 2. What will the woman probably do on Thanksgiving Day?
A. Visit her sister. B. Stay at home. C. Visit her grandfather 3. When did the movie begin?
A. At 9:15. B. At 9:45 C. At 10:15 4. When will the man leave for Tokyo?
A. Today. B. Tomorrow morning. C. The day after tomorrow. 5. Where did the woman go in the end?
A. Xi’an B. Chengdu. C. Qinhuangdao 第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分） 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What do we know about the man?
A. He has quit his job. B. He does well in his job. C. He has opened his
own company.
7. What does the woman decide to do?
A. To become a model. B. To find a new job. C. To open a school. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. When will the speakers go shopping?
A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday. 9. What will the man buy as a birthday present?
A. A dress. B. A necklace. C. A birthday cake. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Where does the woman live now?
A. In a local family. B. In a hotel. C. In a rented apartment. 11. What is the woman’s main problem in studying?
A. The housing problem. B. Language difficulties. C. A lack of practical work.
12. What is the woman studying?
A. International Trade B. Language. C. Music. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. Why does the man take English classes?
A. To prepare for an English examination. B. To prepare for further study abroad.
C. To prepare for his future business career.
14. Why does the man choose to take an evening course?
A. The evening course is cheaper. B. He has to work during the day. C. He already has a day course.
15. What can we learn about the weekend course?
A. It costs US $300. B. It lasts for five weeks. C. There are two classes each evening.
16. What does the man want to know at the end of the conversation?
A. Where to attend the class. B. What to bring for registration. C. How to get to Rose Hall.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the Liberty Bell mainly made up of?
A. Copper and zinc. B. Tin and silver. C. Copper and tin.
18. When was the Bell sent to the Pennsylvania State House?
A. In 1743. B. In 1756. C. In 1753.
19. What was added to the Bell the first time by the local artisans? A. Silver. B. Copper. C. Tin. 20. What can we learn about the Liberty Bell center?
A. It opens nine hours a day. B. The admission to it is free of charge. C. It is not open in summer.
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。
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Before I studied psychology, I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred. While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke. When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laugh and the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be.
I was attending a stand-up comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their hearts out. The main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly. The joke wasn’t only funny; it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.
The better a joke makes a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it. For example, if you envy one of your friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you weren’t jealous of him.
In short, we don’t laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke. I strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh. All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a person’s emotions, he will certainly like it a lot.
21. What did the author find out after studying psychology?
A. Only good jokes make people laugh. B. Laughter can make people healthy.
C. Funny things can make people laugh. D. Many factors lead to people laughing.
22. Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?
A. They played a trick on the pedestrians. B. The pedestrians behaved in a funny way.
C. Their emotion was approved of by the show. D. They could feel the pedestrians’ happiness.
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23. What does the underlined word “belittling” probably mean?
A. Praise. B. Blame. C. Make up to. D. Look down on.
B
Money with no strings attached. It’s not something you see every day. But at Union Station in Los Angeles last month, a board went up with dollar bills attached to it with pins and a sign that read, \
People quickly caught on. And while many took dollars, many others pinned their own cash to the board. “People of all ages, races, and social-economic (社会经济的)backgrounds gave and took, ”said Tyler Bridges of The Toolbox, which created the project. \dollars.\even twenties. The video clip(片段)shows one man who had found a $ 20 bill pinning it to the board.
“What I can say for the folks that gave the most, is that they were full of smiles,” Bridges said. “There’s a certain feeling that giving can do for you and that was apparent in those that gave the most.\a very small number took as much as they could.
While the clip might look like part of a new ad campaign, Bridges said the only goal was to show generosity and sympathy. He added that he hopes people in other cities might try similar projects and post their own videos on the Internet.
“After all, everyone has bad days and good days,\helping hand and some days you can be the one giving the helping hand.”
24. What does the expression \A. Money spent without hesitation. B. Money not legally made. C. Money offered without conditions. D. Money not tied together. 25. What did Bridges want to show by mentioning the bride? A. Women tended to be more sociable. B. The activity attracted various people.
C. Economic problems were getting worse. D. Young couples needed financial assistance.
26. Why did Bridges carry out the project? A. To do a test on people’s morals. B. To raise money for his company. C. To earn himself a good reputation. D. To promote kindness and sympathy.
C
Before the end of the year, workers at Ubiquitous Energy, a company in Redwood City, Calif, will gather in a window-lined conference room to stare toward the future. That’s because their new glass windows will offer more than an amazing view of the North California sights. They will also be able to power the company’s lights, computers and air conditioners.
Several years in the making, Ubiquitous’ energy-producing glass is a remarkable technological achievement. Its power lies in the layers of organic polymers (聚合物) between sheets of glass. As light enters the window, the flow between the polymer layers creates electricity which is then collected by tiny wires in the glass.
“It’s sort of like a computer display run in reverse (反过来),” says Veeral Hardev, director of business development at Ubiquitous Energy. “Instead of electricity being sent to different points in a display to light them up, light is producing electricity to be sent out
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江苏省苏州新草桥中学2024-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷
