四川省资阳市2024-2024学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷
资阳市2024-2024学年度第学期高中年级期末质量检测
英
语
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第Ⅰ卷
注意事项：
1. 答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上。
2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案。不能答在试题卷上，否则无效。
第一部分
听力（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。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. How is the woman going to the airport?
A. By car.
B. By bus.
C. By taxi.
2. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. On the beach.
B. At the bus stop.
C. In the music hall.
3. How much does the man have to pay?
A. 20 dollars.
B. 30 dollars.
C. 40 dollars.
4. Why is the woman asking for a day off tomorrow?
A. To attend a meeting.
B. To prepare the report.
C. To look after her mother.
5. What does the woman mean?
A. The man told a lie.
B. The man is not clever.
C. The man wasted much time.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。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至7题。
6. When will the plane take off?
A. At 5:00.
B. At 7:00.
C. At 7:30.
7. What will the speakers do first?
A. Go to the restaurant.
B. Buy some souvenirs.
C. Check in at the counter.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. How does the woman feel about her job?
A. Satisfied.
B. Tired.
C. Just so-so.
9. Why has the man put on weight?
A. He has an unhealthy diet.
B. He seldom takes exercise.
C. He is under heavy pressure.
听第8段材料，回答第至2题。10. What is Mr. Carson doing when Mr. Prince calls him?
A. Attending a meeting.
B. Talking with a customer.
C. Having lunch with his friends.
11. What’s Mr. Prince’s telephone number?
A. 68621427.
B. 68262714.
C. 68261427.
12. When can Mr. Carson ring Mr. Prince?
A. After lunch.
B. At one o’clock.
C. In the morning.
听第9段材料，回答第3至16题。
13. Why did the woman come to the office?
A. To get her notice letter.
B. To find her English class.
C. To offer her mailing address.
14. How did the man deal with the woman’s question?
A. By giving her notice letter.
B. By checking on the computer.
C. By confirming with the office.
15. When was the letter sent out to the students?
A. A month ago.
B. A fortnight ago.
C. A week ago.
16. Who was responsible for the mistake?
A. The man.
B. The woman.
C. The postman.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where is the speaker now?
A. On a bus.
B. In a restaurant.
C. At a tourist site.
18. What are the tourists asked to do?
A. Fasten the seat belts.
B. Take some food and drinks.
C. Follow the tour manager all the way.
19. How long can the tourists stay in Stonehenge?
A. About half an hour.
B. About one hour.
C. About two hours.
20. What is the second destination famous for?
A. Historic sites.
B. The River Avon.
C. The Roman Baths.
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。
Teens For Planet Earth
This is a social networking site for teenagers who want to get involved in protecting our planet. They can connect with other green-minded teens, choose a project or create their own. Teens For Planet Earth encourages young folks to get busy in their own communities. It offers guidance on local projects with categories such as habitats, animals, water and education. Awards are given to active members.
Meez
At Meez, teens can create their own avatars (头像), rooms and virtual pets. It is a social community of creative people that combines avatars, virtual worlds and games. Meez offers contests and chat as well as homework help, a fashion central and a writers’ corner. A chat area for younger teens is available. Other areas are music, geek central, art and sports.
Cyberteens
Cyberteens is another cool site that celebrates the teen years. Here teenagers can find community, games, and news. There is a link called “creativity” where teens can share their poems, stories, photos and artwork. The “cool links” section offers a huge variety of options to the curious teens. This site also has surveys and helps with jobs and school work.
Student.com
Student.com is a resource site for teens and high school students. Its social network has over 900,000 members. Members earn points to win prizes just by browsing and they offer several multi-player games. Points are used to buy items at auction (拍卖会). Student.com is filled with useful information and articles.
21. What is Teens For Planet Earth aimed to?
A. Set up a project.
B. Give awards to teens.
C. Get young folks busy.
D. Give advice on local projects.
22. Which website offers assistance in jobs?
A. Teens For Planet Earth.
B. Meez.
C. Cyberteens.
D. Student.com.
23. What makes Student.com special among these websites?
A. It has the most members.
B. Teens can read articles on it.
C. It offers help on school work.
D. Teens can make purchases on it.
B
It was Mother’s Day morning last year and I was doing shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the concrete. Her husband was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.
Walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple. He said to me, “Mum, it’s not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”
At the front of the supermarket, Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better,” he said. I was amazed that he’d come up with this sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up. “Just take it.” she replied. “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”
By now paramedics (急救人员) had arrived, and were attending to the injured woman. As we walked up to her, my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her.
Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told him, “My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”
At that, the old man started crying and said “Thank you so much, you have a wonderful son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. Though badly hurt and shaken, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.
24. Why did Tenyson suggest buying the elderly woman a flower?
A. To relieve her pain.
B. To show sympathy for her.
C. To celebrate Mother’s Day.
D. To remove her embarrassment.
25. The underlined word “intimidated” in the fourth paragraph probably means “______”.
A. frightened
B. curious
C. astonished
D. excited
26. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The woman was knocked down by Tenyson.
B. The woman was moved to tears by Tenyson’s gesture.
C. Tenyson’s idea of buying a flower gained his mother’s support.
D. Tenyson’s care for the elderly woman made the flower seller puzzled.
27. What does the author intend to tell us?
A. One can never be too careful.
B. Love begins with a little smile.
C. Actions always speak louder than words.
D. A small act of goodness brings a great joy.
C
Experts predict nine billion people will live on our planet by 2050. They say by that time demand for food will be two times what it is now. Officials are worried about that prediction because many people already suffer from a lack of food. More than 800 million people go to bed hungry.
A solution to the problem may be as close as our forests. A new report says forests could help reduce hunger and improve nutrition if they are properly managed.
Bhaskar Vira is the director of the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute and an expert with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). It recently released a report at the United Nations about forest and jungle foods.
Mr. Vira says crops that grow on trees can help feed people living in and around forests. “It’s like an insurance policy. Having access to those tree-based foods is hugely important when you can’t buy food from other sources or when you can’t produce food because your fields have failed.”
The report says that forest health and economic value improves when people who live in or near forests are given greater control of them. For example, a project in Ghana aims for proper management of forests and fields together. The people involved hope to grow the Allanblackia plant. The oil from its seed can be used in soap, beauty products and food.
Okai Michael Henchard leads the project. He says he will help people who live nearby. He says they earn money and get trees on their land. The trees provide shade and improve air quality. Mr. Henchard says the project also helps fight climate change.
28. What are officials worried about in the future?
A. Population and health.
B. Great demand for food.
C. Pollution and starvation.
D. Sharp decrease of forests.
29. Which can settle the problem discussed in the text according to Mr. Vira?
A. Farming fields.
B. Tree-based foods.
C. Living conditions.
D. Insurance policies.
30. What is the initial purpose of the project in Ghana?
A. To manage forests and fields.
B. To grow the Allanblackia plant.
C. To produce more oil.
D. To beautify the environment.
31. What would be the best title for the text?
A. The Importance of Forest Health
B. Forests Can Help Feed the World
C. The Project in Ghana Helps Natives
D. A Solution to Controlling Population
D
If you’re a yoga lover, you’ve probably noticed the ways yoga works — you’re sleeping better, getting fewer colds or just feeling more relaxed and at ease. But if you’ve ever tried telling a beginner how it works, you might find explanations like “It increases the flow of prana” or “It brings energy up your spine” fall on skeptical ears.
As it happens, Western science is starting to provide some concrete clues about how yoga works to improve health, heal aches and pains, and prevent sicknesses. Once you understand them, you’ll have even more motivation to step onto your mat.
I myself have experienced yoga’s healing power in a very real way. Weeks before a trip to India in 2002 to investigate yoga therapy, I developed numbness and tingling (刺痛) in my right hand. After first considering scary things like a brain tumor and multiple sclerosis, I figured out that the cause of the symptoms was thoracic outlet syndrome, a nerve blockage in my neck and chest.
Despite the uncomfortable symptoms, I realized how useful my condition could be during my trip. While visiting various yoga therapy centers, I would submit myself for evaluation and treatment by the various experts, try their suggestions and see what worked for me.
Thanks to the techniques I learned in India, advice from teachers in the United States, and my own exploration, my chest is more flexible than it was, my posture has improved, and for more than a year, I’ve been free of symptoms.
My experience inspired me to dig into the scientific studies that I’d collected in India as well as the West to identify and explain how yoga can both prevent disease and help you recover from it.
32. What is the author probably?
A. A teacher.
B. A doctor.
C. A journalist.
D. A salesman.
33. Which will further motivate a yoga beginner to step onto the mat?
A. Personal feelings.
B. Professional terms.
C. Western medicine.
D. Scientific evidence.
34. What does the author mainly base on to persuade people to practise yoga?
A. His own experience.
B. Experts’ evaluation.
C. Teachers’ suggestions.
D. Practitioners’ exploration.
35. What might the text be followed by?
A. Scientific studies you should do.
B. Ways yoga improves your health.
C. The author’s trip to India.
D. The author’s recovery from illness.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
I don’t think I need to tell you that reading is good for you. Unfortunately, most people don’t read; sometimes, people do want to read, but can never seem to find the time.
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★ Have a goal.
Some people set goals for themselves like reading one book a week. You can start by reading a book a month, or a book every two months even. It’s up to you, whatever floats your boat.
