高中试卷答案网新安中学(集团)高中部2023-2024学年第一学期期中考试题
高二年级英语2023年11月
本试卷共8页，卷面分130分，折算后150分，考试用时120分钟。
第一部分基础知识(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
单项选择 从每题所给的四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。
1.We do still need the human touch or the human_ , particularly when people are in low spirits.
A. rejection B. interaction C. criticism D. motion
2. I get great pleasure from the challenge of doing jobs that others .
A. turn down B. adapt to C.take on D.go about
3. This study may the tough problem which has puzzled academics for long.
A. play a part in B. close in on C. be appreciative of D. throw light on
4. She speaks no Japanese and is Japanese culture.
A. unfamiliar with B. unfamiliar to
C.innovative with D.innovative on
5. If two people have nothing__, exchanging a few words can be difficult.
A. of note B. on display C.in common D. with laughter
6. To find the missing child, villagers all they can over the past five hours.
A. did B. were doing C. had done D. have been doing
7. By the end of 2020, he__more than 140 bikes for donation.
A. repaired B. was repairing C. had repaired D. has been repairing
8._ _many times, the problems were settled at last.
A.Discuss B. Discussed C. Discussing D.To discuss
9. Many children,_ _ parents are away working in big cities, are taken good care of in the
village.
A. which B.who C.that D.whose
10.This bit of success, however, was the pointy problem began.
A. which B. that C.where D.why
第二部分阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Language-learning Apps
Do you want to improve foreign languages If your answer is "yes", here are some language-learning apps for you, which I think will be helpful to you, especially when you are in some foreign countries.
Memrise
Languages Offered: Spanish,French, Japanese,Korcan, German, Portuguese... .
App Overview: Memrise provides an enjoyable learning platform that delivers language -learning results twice as quickly as classroom-based formats. Its immersive learning units allow users to leam conversational dialogue for short-term and long-term use, Users can explore over50,000 "Learn with Locals" videos to get exposure to authentic language use.
Babbel
Languages Offered: Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Norwegian, Italian...
App Overview; Babbel is aimed to get people to quickly speak other languages in as little time as three weeks. Users listen to conversations with native speakers .to better understand pronunciation and cultural contexts for added authenticity. It also offers interesting puzzle games to make learning more approachable.
Mondly
Languages Offered: Spanish,French, German,Russian, Japanese, Korean,Arabic...
App Overview: Mondly prioritizes commonly used words to build familiarity with other languages. The app allows users to listen to real-life conversations with native speakers,offering insight into modern language use in an entertaining way. It features daily lessons to help individuals build a consistent language-learning routine.
Duolingo
Languages Offered: Spanish, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese,Arabic, Korean...
App Overview: Duolingo features funinteractive lessons for users to write, read and speak other languages. It is worth mentioning that the app increases the difficulty of the exercises with each individual's learning progress.
What is Babbel designed to help the users learn to do
Speak some languages fast enough. B. Talk with native speakers face to face.
C. Make conversations with 50,000 words. D.Write in foreign languages in three weeks.
12.Which app offers the exercises whose difficulty rises with the users' progress
A. Duolingo. B. Babbel. C.Memrise. D. Mondly.
13.What do the apps have in common
A.They offer 50,000 new words. B. They combine learning with fun.
C.They record users' game performance. D.They feature classroom-based conversations.
B
Known as the birthplace of hip-hop, the South Bronx in New York City is a global center for music and art. However, it also suffers from poverty and pollution. Heavy trucks deliver unwanted construction waste to sorting stations, which then transfer waste to distant landfills.
Just graduating from college and working for an environmental group, Omar started to think about redirecting waste to those in need. He wondered,"Instead of destroying things like old doors, why not make this business a 'cooperative', which means people who work in the business own it and share the profits "
Omar decided to start his business. He handed out flyers(小传单) along the truck-jammed, waste-filled streets to find individuals with similar ideas and interests to join him. Eventually, Omar found four workers and secured a warehouse. They reached out to relevant people, offering to remove items from construction sites for free. Soon, their warehouse was filled with donated materials, including 80 new toilets, unwanted doors, theater seats, and even a giant popcom machine.
A few years ago, Omar started his first cooperative devoted to reusing construction waste. The cooperative began selling construction supplies at reasonable prices to neighborhood builders and home owners. With support from city officials, Omar began developing a new training program to equip local residents with the necessary skills for environmentally impact jobs.
Omar said, "Think about a wooden door that you've just bought. In order to produce that, someone had to cut down trees. In order to ship it across the country, someone had to pump oil out of the ground. You can avoid all that if you buy a good used door. And at the same time, you can reduce pollution, save money, and create jobs in communities like the South Bronx.”
Omar even had the image of a future with a whole network of green cooperative businesses in the area, which would work together to reuse different kinds of construction materials. "If you have a use for something," Omar said, "it's no longer waste."
14.What do we know about the South Bronx in paragraph 1
A It is free from poverty. B. It pays little attention to art.
It faces the problem of waste pollution. D. It suffers from a lack of landfills.
Why did Omar post flyers
To search for new materials. B. To seek for minds alike.
C.To build a warehouse for waste. D.To find repairmen for old doors.
16.Which of the following can best describe Omar
A. Humble and cautious. B. Wealthy and intelligent.
C. Creative and hardworking. D. Humorous and generous.
17.what can be the best title for the text
A. Omar---A Successful Builder
B. Waste---A Way to Get Business
C.Old Doors---Useful Recyclable Resources
D.The South Bronx--The Best-known Construction Site
C
Alongside in-depth original research that shows how families are wrestling with technology's new realities, the goal of this book is to let you make good choices about technology in family life.
The book is broken into three parts. In the introduction, it shares the tech-wise tips, which serve as valuable conversation starters for families and provide guidelines on managing technology use. It
later adds more details to these tips in each chapter.
The first part of the book gives the family unit three key action steps in creating a “tech-wise family". First, families can choose character by developing wisdom and courage together as a family. Second, they can shape spaces within the home for creativity, which helps a family create more than consume. Third, families can structure time so that they use their resources to develop a rhythm of work and rest. It connects these three concepts to technology by giving tangible steps such as turning off devices at least one hour a day, one day a week, and one week a year so that their family can pray, feast, play and rest together.
The second part explores deeply into daily aspects of life such as making sure that families use devices to benefit their lives, rather than allowing the devices to control their lives. It also shows how the writer's family chooses to use car time for conversation rather than use devices to distract(使分心) them, how within their family there is no secrecy on devices and how families use technology intentionally in community instead of using it aimlessly alone.
The final part reads more like an expansion to the second and addresses how technology can distract us from what matters most. The writer argues, "We show up in person for the big events of life. We learn how to be human by being fully present at our moments of greatest vulnerability(脆弱)." These final chapters address how to show up and love people well through simply being truly present for loved ones.
8. What is the book aimed to help family members do
A. Make career choices. B. Live a simple lifestyle.
C. Offer guidance on buying books. D. Put technology in its place.
19. What does the underlined word "tangible" in paragraph 3 mean
A. Latest. B.Practical. C.Passive. D. Double.
20. What is the second part of the book mainly about
A.The distractions that often exist in families.
B.The secrets that should be kept in family life.
C. The benefits individuals bring to their families.
D. The ways the devices are used in everyday life.
21.How does the author of the text present the book's final part
A. By quoting..
B. By asking.
C. By listing statistics.
D. By making comparisons.
D
In the late 1990s, a scientist named Mark Blumberg stood in a lab at the University of Iowa watching a few sleeping newly-born rats. He found that the baby rats kept making small, sharp movements in their sleep, and that their closed eyes moved from side to side in a phenomenon known as rapid eye movement (REM). Blumberg knew that the rats were fine, because he knew people do the same during REM sleep. And scientists have long had an explanation for the twitches(抽动) and REM: They are dreaming about their waking life.
However, as he dug deeper, he wondered why adult rats spend only about two hours of each night in REM sleep, while baby rats spend an unusual amount of time in REM, often sleeping for
sixteen hours a day and dreaming for eight.
"If dreams are hints of waking life, adult rats who have more experiences should spend more time in REM sleep. Why do baby rats, whose eyes are still shut, spend so much time in REM sleep when they have too little to dream about ” he wondered. “Why do their eyes, their legs, tails and whiskers move hundreds of thousands of times during their sleep ”
In the end, Blumberg concluded that it might be the other way around---perhaps the movements were sending signals to the brain to help it learn about the body.
“You wouldn't think that the body is something a brain needs.to learn,” he wrote in a paper."But we aren't born with maps of our bodies. We can't be, because our bodies change by the day. But in waking life, we cannot move only a single muscle. Even the simplest act of swallowing (吞咽) employs more than thirty pairs of nerves and muscles working together. Our small and sharp movements in sleep, by contrast, are exact and precise: They involve muscles one at a time. In other words, such movements allow the muscles and nerves to form one-to-one connections that otherwise would be impossible. It's a process that's most important for the brain to leam about the body as we grow, suffer injuries and learn new skills.
22.What was the previous explanation for REM
A. It showed the difficulty in sleeping.
B. It only occurred to sleeping baby rats.
C.It was an indicator of terrible dreams.
D. It was just an outward sign of dreams.
23. What can be learned from paragraph 2
A. Baby rats have to spend all night in REM sleep.
B. It is unnecessary for baby rats to sleep 16 hours a day.
C. REM sleep just accounts for part of the sleeping time,
D. It is not enough for adults to have two hours of REM sleep.
24. What is a feature of the movements in REM sleep according to Mark Blumberg
A. They teach the brain new skills and heal injuries.
B. Muscles have to work together to start the movements.
C. They are less exact and precise than our daily movements.
D. Each of them just involves a muscle and a nerve at a time.
25. What is the text mainly about
A. The importance of REM sleep.
B. A latest discovery about dreaming.
C. An explanation for the twitches and REM.
D. The relationship between dreams and waking life.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
It's a common practice to take off your shoes when_you enter your home. Many do this to prevent dirt and bacteria (细菌) from getting inside. 26
Technically, yes. As you walk around outside, your shoes pick up bacteria, viruses and dirt. A2017 study showed that more than 26 percent of the soles (底) of shoes worn in homes contained Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, a common healthcare-associated infection that can be deadly.
But if that worries you, get this --- the average person has more than 100 trillion bacteria in and on their body. 27 And if your pets go outside, they're bringing in dirty stuff on their paws and fur. Thankfully, most of the bacteria on your body and in your home are harmless. Same with the stuff you track in on your shoes.
28 Take them off if you've got little kids crawling around on the floors, who may then put their fingers in their mouths. Disinfect if someone in your home is sensitive to infection. And since pollen (花粉) can be transferred from shoes to floors, and especially carpets, kick off your shoes if someone at home has allergies.
If you're really determined to cut down on dirt, keep your slippers on rather than going barefoot. Each of your feet has about 125,000 sweat glands (汗腺) on the sole, and any sweat on your feet
can be transferred to carpets.29
In the end, the choice of whether or not to go shoeless is yours.But whether your shoes are on or off, you may want to clean your home as soon as possible.
But is that really an issue
Wet carpets, in turn, trap dirt.
Wet carpets make a home for bacteria.
Your home is covered in bacteria, too.
E. Despite this,other people think this is unnecessary.
F. Some people just like the feel of walking around in bare feet.
G.Still, there are some cases where it may make sense to remove your shoes.
第三部分语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。
It was at noon, and Juliet was starting to get really hungry. As she watched her fellow second graders leave the classroom to buy their lunch, she started to felt 31 .
Juliet lived in San Mateo, Mexico, with her parents, who were flower farmers. The family was struggling 32 , so Juliet's mother would 33 food at the school every noon to save expenses. But that day, she didn't show up.
Juliet was 34 what had happened. Usually, she would eat her meal and then chat with her friends. But her 35 discouraged her from doing anything. So she just resolved to sit in the empty classroom because she was somewhat in a(n) 36 mood.
After a while, Juliet's 37 , Dick, came to the classroom and asked why Juliet wasn't playing with her other classmates. After Juliet 38 for her situation, Dick told her to wait in the classroom. When he 39 , he passed some food to her, saying, "You shouldn't skip the meal.40 , you would be hungry. You still have three more hours for school." Then Dick added whenever his students, including Juliet, met with difficulties, he was ready to help. They talked through the 41 hour. And Juliet felt how much 42 she received.
Juliet is now studying at Western Illinois University. She is 43 in Spanish education to follow in Dick's 44 ." I want to go into teaching like Dick," Juliet said. "He is a huge 45 for me."
31.A. awkward B. frightened C.calm D.pleased
32.A. academically B. medically C. politically D. financially
33. A. put away B.drop off C. eat up D. pick out
34. A. stating B.commenting C. wondering D. inquiring
35.A. punishment V B.error C.disability D. starvation
36.A. carefree B. depressed C.hopeful D.angry
37. A. classmate B. father C. follower D. master
38. A. accounted B. thanked C. looked D.longed
39. A. left B. awoke C. returned D. started
40.A.Otherwise B. Therefore C.Besides D. However
41.A. breakfast B. lunch C.study D.rest
42. A.budget B. trust C.victory D.support
43.A. handing B. majoring C. hesitating D. cheating
44.A. hobbies B. rules C.footsteps D. arrangements
45.A. inspiration B. candidate C.amateur D. opponent
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
On an early August morning, craftsman Zhang Xi drove his car quickly along a winding mountain road in Longquan,Zhejiang province,46 (hope) to reach his destination---a century-old kiln (窑)---as soon as possible, 47 hundreds of pieces of pottery(瓷器) that had been given their final celadon glaze(青釉) were finally ready.
The 51-year-old craftsman 48 (use) the old kiln, which is located on a mountain near Xitou village, for many years. Every time he removes his 49 (create), from the kiln, seeing them in their finished celadon color remains as exciting as ever.
“It is like opening various blind boxes. The same glaze (apply)to different vases can look 51 (total)different on each one," says Zhang.
Their colors usually fall between lavender gray and plum green. However, sometimes they end up being brown or yellow. All these colors depend on temperature changes during the two-day firing---52 process described by local craftsmen 53 “a song of clay and fire”.
The 54 (tradition) firing technique of Longquan celadon pottery, which dates back further than 1,600 years,55 (include) on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity List in2009.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)第一节(满分15分)
假设你是学校英语社团(English Club)的负责人。你们邀请到了在本市访学的英国学者Mr. Trolley来校举行主题为“英美国家文化”(British and American culture)的讲座。请你在英语校报上写一则英文通知，邀请同学们参加。包含以下要点:
1.讲座目的;
2.时间和地点;
3.参加讲座的注意事项。注意:
Notice
English Club
第二节(满分20分)
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When I was in middle school, my family moved to Seattle, where my parents started their new business---a small grocery store downstairs my house. As a girl of shy and reserved nature, I had to take a fresh start to fit into the challenging city life.
One sunny day, my school announced an exciting event, a talent show for the local food bank. Students were encouraged to showcase their unique talents in front of the public in the city hall on National Day. A buzz of excitement filled the school as everyone began preparing for the big day. Deep down, I felt a spark of curiosity and a desire to participate. However, my self-doubt held me back, "I don't have any special skills to share."
Days turned into weeks, and the talent show drew closer. I couldn't shake the upsetting feeling until one day Emma, one of the most popular girls in my class, came to me while I was helping in the grocery store after class. “How about singing together in the talent show " She grinned, “I heard you singing a tune, along the way back home. I can't help following you here." Gosh, I couldn't believe my ears. Emma, with personality and popularity, acknowledged my little talent. Since Emma had the world's prettiest voice, I felt like being favoured by fortune.
Emma and I began rehearsing(排练) almost every single day after school. We brainstormed, exchanged ideas and rehearsed the scene. As the days rolled by, I was feeling pretty good about our act.
Finally came the big day. I arrived at the city hall one hour before the performance and Emma did not show up then.
注意:
1.续写词数应为80左右; 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Half an hour later, Emma called that she had an acute(急性的)stomachache and was not in any shape to perform.