佛山一中2024-2024学年下学期高二级期中考试题
英语
2024年5月
本试卷共10页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。 注意事项：
1．答题前，考生务必用黑色笔迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卷上。 2．每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卷上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分16分）
情景介绍 角色：你是Jane。
任务：1. 与Andy讨论Justin Bieber演唱会购票事宜；
2. 根据谈话内容回答同学的提问。
第一节 三问 （共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）
听一段对话，对话播放一遍，请根据对话后的中文提示提三个问题，并把答案填写在答题卡上，每题有20秒钟的作答时间。 1. 她说什么了？
_______________________________________ 2. 我们怎么才能赢？
_______________________________________ 3. 如果你赢了，我能和你去吗？
_______________________________________
第二节 五答 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
在每一次按中文提示提问后，你将听到一段答复，每段答复播放两遍。请根据对话内容和答复内容回答五个问题，并把答案填写在答题卡上，每题有15秒钟的作答时间。 (Question 1) 4. _______________________________________ (Question 2) 5. _______________________________________ (Question 3) 6. _______________________________________ (Question 4) 7. _______________________________________
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(Question 5) 8. _______________________________________
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分34分）
第一节 阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24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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WELCOME
Welcome to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. Windsor is one of the official residences (住所) of the Queen, who sometimes stays here.
Audio tours
Free audio tours are available on leaving the Admission Centre at the start of your visit. There is a descriptive audio tour for blind and poor-sighted visitors.
Guided tours
Visitors can explore the history of the Castle through a tour of the Precincts with an expert guide. Tours depart at regular intervals throughout the day from the Courtyard and finish at the entrance to the State Apartments.
Visitors with children
For those visiting with children, a special family tour and various activities are offered during school holidays and at weekends. Please note that, for safety reasons, pushchairs are not permitted in the State Apartments. However, baby carriers are available to borrow.
St George’s Chapel
Visitors arriving at the Castle after 15:00 from March to October are advised to visit St George’s Chapel first before it closes.
Shopping
Shops offer a wide range of souvenirs designed for the Royal Collection, including books, postcards, china, jewellery and children’s toys. Please ask at the Middle Ward shop about our home delivery service.
Refreshments
Bottled water can be purchased from the Courtyard and Middle Ward shops. From April to September ice cream is also available. Visitors wishing to leave the Castle for refreshments in the town may obtain re-entry permits from the castle shops. Eating and drinking are not permitted in
the State Apartments or St George’s Chapel.
Photography and mobile phones Non-commercial photography and filming are welcomed in the Castle. Photography, video
recording and filming are not permitted inside the State Apartments or St George’s Chapel. Mobile phones must be switched off inside the State Apartments and St George’s Chapel in consideration of other visitors.
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Security
As Windsor Castle is a working royal palace, visitors and their belongings should get through airport style security checks. For safety and security reasons, a one-way system operates along the visitor route.
9. A visitor can apply for a free audio tour ．
A. at the Admission Center B. in the State Apartments C. in the Courtyard
D. at St George’s Chapel
10. What is specially offered to visitors with kids? A. A security guard. B. A pushchair. C. A free toy. D. A baby carrier. 11. Who can get re-entry permits?
A. Visitors buying water from the Courtyard. B. Visitors buying gifts in the castle shops. C. Visitors wishing to eat outside the Castle. D. Visitors eating outside St George’s Chapel.
12. Why are visitors required to turn off their mobile phones? A. To ensure the safety of others.
B. To ensure the security of the Castle. C. To prevent them from disturbing others. D. To prevent the use of the built-in cameras.
B
Elon Musk, perhaps the world’s most famous businessman, has a habit of making statements that stretch the bounds of believability.
On July 16th, 2024, he introduced a new type of brain-machine interface (BMI), starting from the design of a “neural lace (神经织网)”, a net of thin electrodes (电极) that capture the information from the brain. However, the electrodes must be flexible, so that they do not damage brain tissue and will last for a long time. And to make the implantation (植入) of so many electrodes safe, painless and effective, the process has to be automated.
Mr. Musk’s team does indeed seem to have made progress towards these goals. Its presentation included videos of a robot that is best described as a sewing machine. This robot grabs “threads”, and shoots them deep into the brain through a hole. The firm has also designed a chip that can handle signals from as many as 3,072 electrodes.
With all these technological breakthroughs, the firm now hopes to help people overcome such illnesses as blindness and paralysis. They designed a small device that would sit behind someone’s
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ear, picking up signals from the implanted chip and passing them on as appropriate. In a few years, using a brain implant to control your devices may be as prevalent as wearing wireless earphones today. Finally, Musk predicts neural lace will allow humans to be combined with AI systems, thus enabling the species to survive.
Though, as this announcement shows, Mr. Musk does have a habit of presenting himself as the hero of the human race, the idea that some machines at least will come under the direct control of human brains seems possible to be carried out. The biggest barrier to this happening will probably not be writing the software needed to interpret brainwaves, but rather persuading people that the necessary surgery, whether by sewing machine or otherwise, is actually a good idea. 13. We can learn from the first two paragraphs that _____. A. electrodes should be flexible to extend life
B. Elon Musk constantly comes up with unexpected ideas C. a neural lace is used to store information from the brain D. electrodes are implanted by top surgeons for safety reasons
14. What does the underlined word “prevalent” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. useful
B. common
C. professional
D. appropriate
15. What is the hardest part of carrying out BMI? A. Convincing people to accept the surgery. B. Developing devices to perform the surgery. C. Writing the software to interpret brainwaves. D. Informing people of the success of the surgery. 16. What is the best title of this passage? A. Artificial Intelligence, the Way to Survive. B. Elon Musk, the Hero of Human Beings. C. The Neural Lace, a New Type of BMI. D. A Brain Implant, a Step to Control Machines.
C
“Did you hear what happened to Adam last Friday?” Lindsey whispers to Tori. With her eyes shining, Tori brags, “You bet I did. Sean told me two days ago.”
Who are Lindsey and Tori talking about? It just happens to be yours truly, Adam Freedman. I can tell you that what they are saying is (a) not nice and (b) not even true. Still, Lindsey and Tori
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aren’t very different from most students here at Linton High School, including me. Many of our conversations are gossip (闲话). I have noticed three effects of gossip: it can hurt people, it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.
An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about. Usually, gossip spreads information about a topic – breakups, trouble at home, even dropping out – that a person would rather keep secret. The more embarrassing or shameful the secret is, the juicier the gossip it makes. Probably the worst type of gossip is the absolute lie. People often think of gossipers as harmless, but cruel lies can cause pain.
If we know that gossip can be harmful, then why do so many of us do it? The answer lies in another effect of gossip: the satisfaction it gives us. Sharing the latest rumor (传言) can make a person feel important because he or she knows something that others don’t. Similarly, hearing the latest rumor can make a person feel like part of the “in group”. In other words, gossip is satisfying because it gives people a sense of belonging or even superiority (优越感).
Gossip also can have a third effect: it strengthens unwritten, unspoken rules about how people should act. Professor David Wilson explains that gossip is important in policing behaviors in a group. Translated into high school terms, this means that if everybody you hang around with is laughing at what John wore or what Jane said, then you can bet that wearing or saying something similar will get you the same kind of negative attention. The do’s and don’ts conveyed through gossip will never show up in any student handbook.
The effects of gossip vary depending on the situation. The next time you feel the urge to spread the latest news, think about why you want to gossip and what effects your “juicy story” might have. 17. The author uses a conversation at the beginning of the passage to ______________. A. present an argument B. describe the characters C. clarify his writing purpose D. introduce a topic
18. In the author’s opinion, many people like to gossip because it ______________. A. gives them a feeling of pleasure B. helps them to make more friends C. makes them better at telling stories D. enables them to meet important people
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19. Professor David Wilson thinks that gossip can ______________. A. provide students with written rules B. help people watch their own behaviors C. force school to improve student handbooks D. attract the police’s attention to group behaviors 20. What advice does the author give in the passage? A. Never become a gossiper. B. Stay away from gossipers. C. Don’t let gossip turn into lies. D. Think twice before you gossip.
第二节 七选五填空 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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项。请将答案按题号涂到相应的答卷题号上。
Mary went through a personal experience 40 years ago that changed her life path and established her connection with Chinese herbal medicine.
Still childless after 13 years of marriage, Mary longed to become a mother. For years she travelled from country to country and visited top experts in the field, but without success. 21 . However, her Chinese herbalist grandmother gave her hope through a herbal treatment.
After three and a half years she became pregnant. 22 The expectant mother’s delight was shared by the rest of her family too. This was the point when she made up her mind to carry on her grandmother’s work and devote her life to herbal medicine research, development and promotion. To this end, she invested in a large herbal garden in the suburbs of Jakarta, where more than 30,000 plants are grown. 23 Through the application of great effort and resources over many, many years, Mary’s career has developed vigorously, as has her garden. 24 When she was asked whether it was worthwhile to have devoted so much of her life to this research, she firmly responded, “What I have done is to fulfill a promise I once made. More importantly, I want to bring Chinese herbal medicine to all those in need. 25 ”
A. More than 7,000 of these can be used as medicines.
B. The moment the news was confirmed, she burst into tears of happiness.
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C. I believe it can help relieve pain and let the sick regain their hope of life.
D. Mary decided to make great contributions to the development of Chinese medicine. E. The heartbreak and disappointment was so great that she came close to giving up. F. I’m so happy that the local people like to use Chinese medicine for treatment.
G. Although she is now 80 years old, she is still committed to the study of Chinese herbal medicine.
第三部分 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My dad is my hero because he is brave, skilled, and respectful. I know many people say their dads are their heroes, but my dad 26 me about becoming a man, which is 27 important for a young boy.
Respect goes a long way with my dad, as does patience. As a(n) 28 , my dad must 29 people every day, some of whom are nice and some are not. Either way, he 30 his well-mannered attitude.
Dad is not afraid of many things, or if he is, he doesn’t tell me 31 he wants to seem tough. He may not be a big guy but since he works with his 32 all day, he is very strong. Dad works outdoors in all kinds of 33 but the worst thing he has to do is 34 up and work in an attic (顶楼) in the middle of the summer. Trust me, this is the 35 place you will experience as an electrician and when you come back 36 , what is in your lungs will make you 37 for hours.
My dad and I have a very good 38 . We talk about almost everything. We go hunting, fishing, and everything a dad and son would do. My dad and I enjoy hiking 39 because it gives us time outdoors together and there is nothing like that. He has 40 and taught me everything I need to know about 41 .
I am 42 to be the son of Mike C., and would not have it any other way. People come up to me all the time to 43 me I have a good dad. It makes me feel good that a lot of people think so 44 of him. He is a good teacher of my 45 and would do anything for me. This is why my father is my hero.
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26. A. teaches 27. A. basically 28. A. worker 29. A. look after 30. A. offers 31. A. though 32. A. ears
B. arranges
C. changes C. nearly
D. reminds D. hardly D. electrician D. search for
D. keeps
B. extremely
B. officer
C. engineer
C. wait for
B. deal with B. makes
C. likes C. when
C. hands
B. unless
B. eyes
D. because D. legs D. destinations D. set D. hottest D. up D. sleep D. companion D. latest
D. warned
33. A. positions 34. A. climb 35. A. coldest 36. A. down 37. A. rest
B. situations B. put
C. conditions C. send C. best C. inside
B. highest
B. over B. cough
C. ache
38. A. relationship B. friendship C. agreement 39. A. widest 40. A. learned 41. A. work
B. least B. referred
B. nature
C. most C. shown
C. study C. upset
C. tell
D. skill
42. A. excited 43. A. ask
B. eager
B. tease
D. proud
D. promise D. lightly
D. home
44. A. highly B. seriously C. easily
45. A school B. life C. mind
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空格处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Police are trying to work out what drove a 46 (wealth) former accountant to open fire on concertgoers in Las Vegas, 47 (kill) at least 58 people and injuring almost 500. The gunman, Stephen Paddock, 64, set up a firing point in a hotel overlooking an open-air music festival 48 shot himself dead before the police stormed his room.
Some 22,000 people 49 (attend) a country music festival late on Sunday, 1 October, in the open air by the Las Vegas strip when the firing occurred. The first shots rang out at around 22:05 local time (05:05 GMT) and continued 50 a rapid rate in sustained bursts for 10 minutes.
Witnesses described hundreds of shots being fired. 51 sounded like automatic gunfire
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can be heard on videos from the scene. There are reports that Paddock was using a “bump stock” – a modification（改良）to a weapon that can 52 (able) it to fire hundreds of rounds a minute. There were reports of other incidents at different locations along the Las Vegas strip, but police later said 53 were false.
At 22:15, the last shot was fired. Three minutes 54 (early), an officer on the 31st floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel identified the gunman’s location on the 32nd floor. Officers reached the 32nd floor at 22:17, finding an 55 (injure) security guard, another of Paddock’s victims.
第四部分 词汇基础与写作（共两节, 满分55分）
第一节 词汇基础（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，用单词的恰当形式填空，并把完整单词填写在答题卷相应的位置上。
56. They live in h____________ with each other in the dormitory and seldom do they quarrel with each other.
57. I am s____________ to death now as I have been suffering from lack of food. 58. It is known to all that drivers are f____________ to drive after they get drunk. 59. This book is well worth reading so I will r____________ it to you.
60. He is just an a____________ football player but he plays as well as professional ones. 61. I find his analysis not based on facts but entirely____________ (主观的). 62. The church clock ____________ (敲响) twelve, signaling midnight.
63. There are 20 ____________ (申请人) for the position but only one can be accepted.
64.The thieves who had stolen the diamonds several minutes before found themselves ____________ (包围) by a group of policemen.
65. I insist that you hand in your composition without ____________ (延迟).
第二节 书面表达（共两部分，满分40分） Part A 应用文写作（满分25分）
假定你是李华，得知英国牛津大学面向海外高中生举办暑期夏令营。请你写一封英文信，咨询相关情况，内容包括：
1. 活动安排及费用；
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2. 住宿情况；
3. 索取报名表及相关资料。 注意：
1. 词数100左右（信件的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）； 2. 可以适当增加细节，使表意清晰、行文连贯； 3. 文中不得出现真实的姓名与学校名称。 Dear Sir/Madam,
I’m Li Hua, a senior two student from
China.________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
Part B 概要写作（满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Bees are important to the production of food we eat. Bees make honey, but they also pollinate (授粉）large areas of crops, such as straw berries, apples and onions. About a third of the food we eat is a result of pollination of the bees. Unfortunately, bees have been disappearing at an alarming rate.
In 2006, bee keepers started reporting about something called Colony Collapse Disaster (CCD).The main sign of CCD is the loss of adult honey bees from a hive (蜂巢). In October of 2006, some beekeepers reported that they had lost between 30 and 90 percent of their hives.
There were many theories for the disappearance of the bees. But the most convincing one has to do with pesticides (杀虫剂) and lifestyles of bees today. Nowadays, beekeepers get most of their income not from producing honey but from renting bees to pollinate plants. This means that the life of the typical bee now consists of travelling all around the country to pollinate crops as the seasons change. That means a lot of traveling on trucks, which is very stressful to bees. It is not unusual for up to 30% of the hive to die during transport due to stress. In addition, bees that spend most of their time locked up on trucks are not exposed (使暴露) to what they usually live on. Instead, they live
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on a sweet liquid from corn, usually polluted with pesticides.
The exact reason for the disappearance of bees is not sure, but losing bees is very costly to the economy. The bee pollination services are worth over $8 billion a year. With no bees, pollination will have to be done by hand, which would have effects on the quality of food and increase food prices. We hear a lot about big environmental disasters almost every day. But one of the biggest may just be the less of that tiny flying insect.
佛山一中2024-2024学年下学期高二级期中考试题答案
英语
第一部分：
第一节 三问（共3小题，满分6分）
1. What did she say? /What did she talk about? /What did she tell you?
2. How could we win?/ How can we win? /What can we do to win? /What could we do to win? 3. If you win, can I go with you?/ If you win, could I go with you?/ If you win, may I go with you? 第二节 五答（共5小题，满分10分）
4. We want to go to Justin Bieber’s concert./ To go to Justin Bieber’s concert. We want to go to Justin Bieber’s concert so badly. We want to go to Justin Bieber’s concert very much. 5. $250. /They are $250./ The only tickets left are $250.
6. 2./ 2 tickets./The winner will receive 2 tickets./The winner will get 2 tickets. 7. He will search for some information about Justin Bieber.
He is going to search for some information about Justin Bieber. He will look for some information about Justin Bieber.
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8. Ted./His classmate Ted./Andy’s classmate Ted.
第二部分：
第一节 阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分） 9-12 ADCC 13-16 BBAC 17-20 DABD
第二节 七选五填空（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 21-25 EBAGC
第三部分：
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 26-30 ABDBD 31-35 DCCAD 36-40 ABACC 41-45 BDCAB 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
46. wealthy 47. killing 48. and 49. were attending 50. at 51. What 52 enable 53. they 54. earlier 55. injured
第四部分：
第一节 词汇基础 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
56. harmony 57. starving 58. forbidden 59. recommend 60. amateur 61. subjective 62. struck 63. applicants 64. surrounded 65. delay 第二节 书面表达（共两部分，满分40分） Part A 应用文写作（满分25分） Dear Sir/Madam,
I'm Li Hua, a senior two student from China. Greatly interested in your summer club intended for international students, I’m writing to inquire about the program.
First, would you please tell me the specific time of the program and how long it will last, so that I can properly schedule my time. Second, what core lectures and social activities does it offer to students? Are there any English cultural lessons and cultural tours? Besides, I also wonder how much I have to pay for the program and whether accommodations will be provided for the participants. I would appreciate it very much if you could send me the application forms and some related materials that provide further information regarding the program.
Thank you for your time. I am looking forward to getting your reply!
Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
Part B 概要写作（满分15分）
Bees, playing a significant part in producing our food, are now suffering a sharp decline in number (要点1), which started being reported in 2006 (要点2) . Among many hypotheses for it, the present lifestyle of being transported to pollinate plants and the polluted corns as food are the most persuasive (要点3). Sadly, the loss of such tiny creatures will be disastrous to our economy and our food quality will suffer (要点4).
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听力原文：
W: I want to go to Justin Bieber’s concert so badly, Andy! So badly! I can’t believe how all of the tickets that we could afford sold so quickly.
M: I know, Jane. I can’t believe it, either. It’s awful. I mean, who knows when Justin Bieber will next be in St. Louis?
W: I checked on the Internet again today and the only tickets left are the $250 ones.
M: Well, could we rent a DVD and watch him in concert at our house instead of going to the live concert?
W: Yeah, I guess. It just sounds so boring compared to going and watching him in person, you know? Did you get a text, Andy? M: Yeah, it’s from Jessica.
1.她说什么了？ 参考答案：
What did she say?/What did she talk about?/What did she tell you?
（回答：She said Station 101.7 is now holding the Justin Bieber Concert Experience Competition. The winner will receive two front row tickets to see Justin Bieber live in concert, as well as backstage passes to meet him.）
2.我们怎么才能赢？ 参考答案：
How could we win? How can we win?
What can we do to win? What could we do to win?
（回答：All we have to do is to be the 94th caller tomorrow night at 10 p.m., and correctly answer some questions about Justin Bieber, and then we can win. I’ll search for some information about Justin Bieber first.
3.如果你赢了，我能和你去吗？ 参考答案：
If you win, can I go with you? If you win, could I go with you? If you win, may I go with you?
（回答：Of course, we both have to try, though. We need as many people as we can to call in tomorrow night. I will ask my classmate Ted to help. He knows a lot about Justin Bieber. I will try to persuade him to take one of us with him if he wins!）
4. What do you and Andy want to do so badly? 参考答案：
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We want to go to Justin Bieber’s concert./ To go to Justin Bieber’s concert. We want to go to Justin Bieber’s concert so badly. We want to go to Justin Bieber’s concert very much.
5. How much are the only tickets left? 参考答案： $250.
They are $250.
The only tickets left are $250.
6. How many tickets will the winner receive? 参考答案：
2./ 2 tickets./The winner will receive 2 tickets./The winner will get 2 tickets.
7. What will Andy do first? 参考答案：
He will search for some information about Justin Bieber.
He is going to search for some information about Justin Bieber. He will look for some information about Justin Bieber.
8. Who will Andy ask for help? 参考答案：
Ted./His classmate Ted./Andy’s classmate Ted.
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广东省佛山市第一中学2024-2024学年高二下学期期中考试 英语 Word版含答案
