宁夏银川一中2024-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷
银川一中2024/2024学年度(上)高二期末考试
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（总分：10分；考试时间：120分钟）
本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。考生作答时, 将答案答在答题卡上, 在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后, 将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
注意事项：
1. 答题前, 考生务必先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上, 认真核对条形码上的姓名、准考证号, 并将条形码粘贴在答题卡的指定位置上。
2. 选择题答案使用2B铅笔填涂,如需改动, 用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其他答案的标号；非选择题答案使用0.5毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔或碳素笔书写, 字体工整、笔迹清楚。
3. 请按照题号在各题的答题区域(黑色线框)内作答, 超出答题区域书写的答案无效。
4. 保持卡面清洁, 不折叠, 不破损。
第一部分听力（共两节, 满分0分）
第一节（共5小题;每小题1分, 满分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 are the speakers going to meet?
A. In a cafe.
B. In the station.
C. At the post office.
2. Who was the last one to show up?
A. Mary.
B. Daniel.
C. Ann.
3. What does Miss Green think of Tom?
A. Stupid.
B. Naughty.
C. Lazy.
4. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Give her a lift.
B. Carry the ladder for her.
C. Clean the windows.
5. What will the speakers do probably?
A. Go for a bike ride.
B. Run around the park.
C. Borrow another bike.
第二节（共15小题;每小题1分, 满分15分）
听下面5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, 各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。
6. What are the speakers probably doing?
A. Walking to school.
B. Studying in a classroom.
C. Exercising in a gym.
7. What does Charles look like?
A. He has big eyes and brown hair.
B. He has small eyes but big ears.
C. He has a big nose but small eyes.
听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。
8. What kind of tickets can be bought?
A. Standing tickets on August 29.B. Standing tickets on August 30.
C. Tickets for seats on August 30.
9. How will the speakers go to Beijing?
A. By car.
B. By train.
C. By air.
听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。
10. What’s the relationship between Grace and Teresa?
A. Roommates.
B. Colleagues.
C. Sisters.
11. Why did the woman come to London?
A. To travel.
B. To work.
C. To visit friends.
12. Where are the speakers?
A. In a class.
B. At a meeting.
C. At a party.
听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。
13. What happened in Pullman’s life in 1954?
A. His father died in a plane crash.
B. His father became a pilot.
C. His mother remarried.
14. What did Pullman decide to do after he moved to Australia?
A. Travel around the world.
B. Publish novels about Superman.
C. Write fantasy novels when he grew up.
15. What was Pullman’s university life like?
A. He was a top student.
B. He never took part in activities.
C. He didn’t like the English course.
16. When was Pullman’s first novel published?
A. In 1972.
B. In 1986.
C. In 1993.
听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。
17. When did the extreme heat wave strike Greenland in 2024?
A. In August.
B. In July.
C. In June.
18. What happened at one scientific research station?
A. Flags fell over.
B. The ice runway broke.
C. Supply planes crashed.
19. How much of the island’s surface ice melted for a short time this summer?
A. 79 percent
B. 90 percent
C. 97 percent
20. What is Marco Tedesco worried about?
A. Greenland may lose its ice forever.
B. Melts may occur in other seasons.
C. Greenland may become greener.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节, 满分30分）
第一节（共10小题；每小题2分, 满分20分）
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
A
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
21. The writer of this passage must be ______.
A. an American
B. a Chinese
C. a professor
D. a student
22. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport
B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home
D. treated to dinner in a restaurant
23. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese
B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans’ hospitality
D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships
B
Londoners are great readers. They read and buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books – especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound(装订) between hard covers.
There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book–selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of (自夸) being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of books, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!
Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collectors must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small handcarts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.
24. “Londoners are great readers.” means that _________.
A. Londoners are great because they read a lot
B. There are a great number of readers in London
C. Londoners are readers who read only great books
D. Londoners read a lot
25. According to this passage, Charring Cross Road _________.
A. is in the suburbs of London
B. is famous for its bookshops
C. contains various kinds of shops
D. is the busiest street in London
26. In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean?
A. move away from a busy street.
B. buy books in a most busy street.
C. waste time looking for books.
D. take a risk of losing one’s life.
27. On Farringdon Road, _________.
A. you can find fine books for the latest books
B. there are only small bookshops for the secondhand books
C. you can see booksellers selling books on handcarts
D. the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold
C
“When your mother scolds you, you can look elsewhere and think about other things. Just ignore her words. But remember: such a tough attitude cannot be used often.” These words are from a series of cartoons which outline skills for children to fight against their mothers. The images have created heated debate among Chinese netizens（网民）.
Regarded as “a book for children aged 6 to 12 who are always scolded by their parents”,
the cartoons, drawn by two 10-year-old Beijing girls, list over 20 skills which children can use to deal with their mothers’ anger such as crying, pretending to be ashamed, fleeing into the toilet and pleasing her afterwards. Each skill is described with vivid pictures and humorous notes. The creativity of the young girls has amazed netizens, the Yangtse Evening Post reported on Thursday.
According to one of the girls’ mothers, her daughter once received a poor mark in an exam, and the mother blamed her and compared her performance with another classmate. The daughter’s feelings led to her creating the cartoons. The girl’s father, who first posted the pictures on his Sohu Microblog on Monday, said he hopes parents pay close attention to the pictures, allow children to feel free to develop their own characteristics and try not to criticize them so often.
“The cartoons, although an individual case, reflect a modern phenomenon and some of the problems within Chinese family education,” said Yu Qinfang, an expert on family education. According to a survey of 104 children and their parents, Yu discovered that as many as 51.9 percent of primary school students hate being urged to do things by their mothers.“Not giving children enough time and hurrying them to do things seems to be a very tiny detail within family life, but it is potentially a huge problem which can easily be ignored by parents. A mother’s blame may lead to negative feelings within her child’s heart,” Yu said. “Parents should learn to blame less and be more patient.”
28.What do we know about the cartoon book according to the passage?
A. It is finished by children aged 6 to 12.
B. It tells us how to control mothers’ feelings.
C. It is intended for primary school teachers.
D. It includes a number of vivid pictures and humorous notes.
29. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Yu Qinfang found that primary school pupils disliked being forced to do things.
B. The father posted the cartoons on his microblog to show off his daughter’s cleverness.
C. Parents are advised to speak highly of their children frequently.
D. How to blame children needs parents’ further study of cartoons.
30. Where would you probably find this passage?
A. An advertisement.
B. A textbook.
C. A newspaper.
D. A novel.
第二节 (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选项。
A major source of teen stress is school exams, and test anxiety is not uncommon. When you recognize your teen is under stress, how can parents help your teen stay calm before an exam?
Be involved.
Parents need to be involved in their teen’s work. 31
. What they look for is your presence — to talk, to cry, or simply to sit with them quietly. Communicate openly with your teen. Encourage your teen to express her worries and fears, but don’t let them focus on those fears.
Help them get organized. 32.________ . Together, you and your teen can work out a time-table in which she can study for what she knows will be on the test.
Provide a calm setting.
Help your teen set up a quiet place to study and protect his privacy. Give them a nutritious diet. It is important for your teen to eat a healthy, balanced diet during exam times to focus and do her best. 33
If this happens, encourage your teen to eat light meals or sandwiches. A healthy diet, rather than junk food, is best for reducing stress. 34.________ .
Persuade your teenager to get some sleep and /or do something active when she needs a real break from studying. Making time for relaxation, fun, and exercise are all important in reducing stress. Help your teen balance her time so that she will feel comfortable taking time out from studying to spend time with friends or rest.
Show a positive attitude.
___35
.Your panic, anxiety and blame contribute to your teen’s pressure. Make your teen feel accepted and valued for her efforts. Most importantly, reassure your teen that things will be all right, no matter what the results are.
A. A parent’s attitude will dictate their teen’s emotions.
B. Exam stress can make some teens lose their appetite.
C. They will only make the situation worse.
D. Encourage your teen to relax.
E. The best thing is simply to listen.
F. Help your teen think about what she has to study and plan accordingly.
G. Your teen may also make negative comments about themselves.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节,满分55）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每题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和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。
