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高2025届2023-2024学年度下期半期考试
英语试卷
考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分
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，共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。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 many tablets does the man need to take every day
A．Two. B．Three. C．Six.
2．Where does this conversation take place
A．In a hospital. B．At an airport. C．In a museum.
3．What will the speakers do next
A．Find a bike. B．Watch a movie. C．Have some food.
4．What are the speakers likely to be
A．Students. B．Teachers. C．Construction workers.
5．Why does the man impress the woman
A．He works out every day. B．He has lost a lot of weight. C．He cooks delicious meals.
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 is the woman looking for
A．A bus station. B．A farmer’s market. C．A grocery store.
7．Where should the woman get off the bus
A．Green Road. B．Lion Street. C．Huston Avenue.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．Who is absent today
A．Jack. B．Jane. C．Juliana.
9．What was wrong with Jack yesterday
A．He had a fever. B．He had a sore throat. C．He had a stomachache.
10．What does the teacher tell Jack to do
A．Tell her the truth next time.
B．Hand in his homework later.
C．Stay at home until he gets better.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．What did the man do for Spring Festival
A．He cleaned the house.
B．He had a trip with his family.
C．He learned how to make dumplings.
12．When will the man leave for London
A．This summer. B．After Spring Festival. C．During the semester.
13．Which course will the man choose for the next semester
A．Math. B．Physics. C．Geography.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14．What is the man doing
A．Giving an apology. B．Attending an interview. C．Making an appointment.
15．What is the man’s major
A．Accounting. B．Humanism. C．Management.
16．When will the man receive the result
A．Next week. B．Within three days. C．This evening.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What is the program mainly about
A．Sharing book reviews.
B．Selling a newly-published book.
C．Teaching basic reading skills.
18．What kind of book is Tuesdays with Morrie
A．A romance story. B．A personal memoir. C．A science fiction.
19．Why does the speaker recommend this book
A．It honors a respected professor Morrie.
B．It tackles serious social issues in the world.
C．It provides touching and profound life lessons.
20．How can a person get the extended book reading list
A．By writing an email.
B．By making a phone call.
C．By downloading it on social media.
第二部分 阅读理解（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The ebike has become an essential item, and even the King has been spotted riding one. According to the market research company Mintel, sales have almost tripled over the past five years. While ebikes have become increasingly commonplace, they are still undeniably expensive. You can pick up a perfectly adequate pushbike for 300, but most ebikes cost over 2,000．Now, Cycling Electric, designed to help consumers choose an ebike, offers the following recommendations.
Best folding bike
Carbo Model X
Price:f2,799|Weight: 13.3kg
Range: up to 34 miles
This is one of the most convenient bikes, from a little-known label. The lightweight Carbo X is the perfect example of convenience thanks to its carbon frame and belt drive, instead of a metal bike chain. This makes it lighter and less likely to get messy than an electric Brompton, with its more traditional, oil y chain.
Most stylish
Temple Cycles Classic
Price: from f2,995|Weight: 19kg
Range: up to 74 miles
This Bristol-based brand is known for its elegant pushbikes, which are hand-built in the city. This is its electric version. It’s a very sleek and functional commuter option and not too heavy. Temples have fewer proprietary（品牌专卖的）parts and so are serviceable in an y bike shop. Stylish as they may be, the VanMoofs and the Cowboys can be a bit more complex to get back-up and service.
The money-no-object option
Riese & Müller Nevo4 GT Vario GX
Price: 5,380|Weight: 28．4kg
Range: up to 93 miles
This is a prime example of the attention to detail delivering a high-quality experience in functionality, comfort and practicality —if you can afford it. It has the capacity to handle 25kg of luggage in a pannier, powerful road lights and a beautifully smooth motor.
21．What is the advantage of the Temples over other stylish ebike brands
A．They are more light weight. B．They are more comfortable.
C．They have more functions. D．They have easier access to service.
22．Which ebike will a consumer probably choose, who cares most about an excellent experience
A．Carbo Model X. B．Riese &Müller Nevo4 GT Vario GX.
C．Temple Cycles Classic. D．The VanMoofs and the Cowboys.
23．Where is the text probably taken from
A．A magazine column. B．A store advertisement.
C．An official document. D．A market research report.
B
When was the last time you used a telephone box I mean to make an actual phone call—not to shelter from the rain. Ages ago, right The last time I used a phone box for its intended purpose was... 2006．I was conducting auditions（试镜）for my play in my tiny old shared house in London. Hoping to impress some talented actors to come and work for me for nothing, I spread some throws over the sofas and lit candles to make it seem a bit more “young professional”.
As I rushed outdoors to empty the wastepaper baskets, the door swung shut behind me. Suddenly I was locked outside. My mobile phone was inside, but luckily there was a telephone box across the street. So, I called Directory Assistance, got put through to our landlady’s managing agent, and had a spare key sent to me with just enough time to get back in before the actors arrived.
As it has been many years since I last used one, I should hardly be surprised that there are no longer any public telephones near my house. The last one standing has just been turned into a “mini community library”: any passer-by can “borrow” a book from its shelves and return it later, or replace it with another title from their own collection.
For a few months after the “library” opened, I didn’t bother taking a look, as I had assumed that it would be stuffed full of cheese love stories. Then I noticed folk conducting spring cleans dropping boxes of voluminous books on various subjects there. And these books were free. This unbeatable price-point encouraged me to experiment with dozens of titles that I would never normally consider buying. And I’ve discovered some great books!
If I ever get trapped outside my house again, my local telephone box will, sadly, no longer be able to connect me with my keys. But it can certainly keep me entertained while I wait for my wife to rescue me.
24．What does the underlined word “if” in the first paragraph refer to
A．The play. B．The telephone box.
C．The sofa. D．The shared house.
25．Why did the author use the telephone box in 2006
A．To put up a notice. B．To place an urgent call.
C．To hold an audition. D．To shelter from the rain.
26．What do we know about the “mini community library”
A．It provides phone service for free. B．Anyone can contribute to its collection.
C．It is popular among young readers. D．Books must be returned with in a month.
27．Why did the author start to use the “library”
A．He wanted to borrow some love stories. B．He was encouraged by a close neighbor.
C．He found there were excellent free books. D．He thought it was an ideal place for reading.
C
People have come to understand the enormous impacts —beneficial as well as harmful—plastics have on human lives and the environment. As polymer（聚合物）scientists committed to inventing sustainable solutions for real-world problems, we set out to tackle the issue of plastic waste by rethinking the way polymers are designed so we could make plastics with recyclability built right in.
Everyday items including milk jug, grocery bags, and takeout containers are made from a class of polymers called polyolefins（聚烯烃）. These plastics are really durable because the chemical bonds in those polymers are extremely stable. In a world set up for disposable items, durability is no longer a design feature but rather a design drawback. Imagine if half the plastics used today were recyclable through twice as many processes as they are now. Also conventional recycling requires careful sorting of all the collected materials, which can be challenging with so many different plastics. For example, separating paper from metal doesn’t require complex technology, but sorting a container from a milk jug of a different polyolefin is difficult to do without the occasional mistake.
In a study published in Science in October 2023, we described a series of polymers with only two building blocks—one soft polymer and one hard polymer —that behave like polyolefins but could be chemically recycled. Connecting two different polymers multiple times until they form a single, long molecule（分子）creates what’s called a multiblock polymer. By changing how much of each polymer type goes into the multiblock polymer, our team produced a wide range of materials with properties（性质）that covered all polyolefin types.
Using the same strategy but by adding hydrogen, we could disconnect the polymers back into their building blocks and easily separate them to use again. When we made new polymers out of these recycled plastics, they performed just as well as the original materials even after several rounds of chemical recycling. So we were able to create materials with similar properties of the plastics the world relies on. We believe this work is a step toward more sustainable plastics.
28．What is paragraph 2mainly about concerning plastics
A．Their multiple uses. B．Their chemical properties.
C．Their recycling challenges. D．Their classification criteria.
29．A key factor of producing diverse multiblock polymers is ______.
A．mixing building blocks with long molecules
B．integrating chemicals into the two polymers
C．adjusting the percentage of the two polymers
D．combining two different multiblock polymers
30．Which is a feature of multiblock polymers
A．They are made from sustainable materials.
B．They can be recycled by adding hydrogen.
C．Their reliability outperforms traditional plastics.
D．Their properties change with rounds of recycling.
31．Which of the following might be a proper title for the passage
A．Designing for Recycling B．Classifying Plastic Waste
C．Replace Plastics with Polymers D．Technology Creates the Future
D
As cities balloon with growth, access to nature for people living in urban areas is becoming hard er to find. If you’re lucky, there might be a pocket park near where you live, but it’s unusual to find places in a city that are relatively wild.
Past research has found health and wellness benefits of nature for humans, but a new study shows that wildness in urban areas is extremely important for human well-being.
The research team focused on a large urban park. They surveyed several hundred park-goers, asking them to submit a written summary online of a meaningful interaction they had with nature in the park. The researchers then examined these submissions, coding（编码）experiences into different categories. For example, one participant’s experience of “We sat and listened to the waves at the beach for a while” was assigned the categories “sitting at beach” and “listening to waves.”
Across the 320 submissions, a pattern of categories the researchers call a “nature language” began to emerge. After the coding of all submissions, half a dozen categories were noted most often as important to visitors. These include encountering wildlife, walking along the edge of water, and following an established trail.
Naming each nature experience creates a usable language, which helps people recognize and take part in the activities that are most satisfying and meaningful to them. For example, the experience of walking along the edge of water might be satisfying for a young professional on a weekend hike in the park. Back downtown during a workday, they can enjoy a more domestic form of this interaction by walking along a fountain on their lunch break.
“We’re trying to generate a language that helps bring the human-nature interactions back into our daily lives. And for that to happen, we also need to protect nature so that we can interact with it,” said Peter Kahn, a senior author of the study.
32．What phenomenon does the author describe at the beginning of the text
A．Pocket parks are now popular. B．Wild nature is hard to find in cities.
C．Many cities are overpopulated. D．People enjoy living close to nature.
33．Why did the researchers code participant submissions into categories
A．To compare different types of park-goers. B．To explain why the park attracts tourists.
C．To analyze the main features of the park. D．To find patterns in the visitors’ summaries.
34．What can we learn from the example given in paragraph5
A．Walking is the best way to gain access to nature.
B．Young people are too busy to interact with nature.
C．The same nature experience takes different forms.
D．The nature language enhances work performance.
35．What should be done before we can interact with nature according to Kahn
A．Language study. B．Intercultural communication.
C．Public education. D．Environmental conservation.
第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，共12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Paulo Magalhaes, a 34-year-old Portuguese computer engineer, loves to open his mailbox and find a brightly colored picture of Rome’s Colosseum. Or Africa’s Victoria Falls. Or China’s Great Wall. 36
“I often send postcards to family and friends,” he says to China Daily, “but you can imagine that after awhile, you never receive as many as you send, and you realize that not everyone is into it. 37 ”Seeking other like-minded souls, however, Paulo started looking in a somewhat unlikely place: online. Many would say the Internet is a place for people who have given up on the traditional postal service, but Paulo’s hunch（直觉）paid off.
Today his hobby has developed into the website , a social network that has grown to575,217 registered users in 214 countries and regions since he started it 10 years ago. 38 Running the websites has almost turned into a full-time job.
Language is certainly a barrier for many people. For postcrossing to work worldwide, a common communication language is needed so that everyone can understand each other. As cool as it may be to receive a postcard written in Chinese, the concept doesn’t make any sense if one doesn’t understand it. 39 So a common language is required and in postcrossing that’s English since it’s widely spoken.
“Many people in China have limited exposure to English. 40 That said, we know of many postcrossing members, including Chinese, who have actually improved their English skills through their use of postcrossing,” Paulo says.
A．And that’s totally fine.
B．That makes it extra hard to learn and practice it.
C．He likes to think of sending postcards as a family-friendly hobby.
D．Many love to make a connection with someone from across the world.
E．On August5, the number of postcards exchanged by members toppe d 31 million.
F．Similarly, if you speak only Chinese, receiving a card in Swedish takes part of the fun away.
G．In short, he loves postcards, and the excitement of getting a hand-written note from someone far away.
第三部分 语言知识运用（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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In April last year, I saw a post on the PNP（Pilots N Paws）website from a family in Topeka. They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight 41 . They could not afford to pay for 42 for their dog, Tiffy, and 43 wanted to take her with them.
It just 44 that I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who 45 to take Tiff y from Kansas City to Virginia. What I was to do was fly to Topeka to 46 Tiffy.
When I met Tiffy’s owners, they seemed very 47 . George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was 48 for him, having to leave his dog to a 49 and trust that everything would 50 .
After some goodbyes, I asked George and his wife to help me 51 Tiff y in the plane. I promised to take care of Tiffy and 52 them as soon as we got to Kansas City.
The flight was 53 , and Tiffy was a great passenger. The next day, she 54 with Karen and made it back to George in Virginia within a few days. He was so 55 and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures. It felt great to know that I had helped bring this family together again.
41．A．schedule B．investment C．budget D．connection
42．A．food B．shelter C．medicine D．transportation
43．A．secretly B．originally C．desperately D．temporarily
44．A．proved B．happened C．appeared D．showed
45．A．offered B．hurried C．failed D．waited
46．A．see off B．pick up C．hand over D．look after
47．A．curious B．confused C．annoyed D．nervous
48．A．perfect B．common C．hard D．lucky
49．A．stranger B．neighbor C．coworker D．facilitator
50．A．figure out B．work out C．turn out D．run out
51．A．feed B．change C．follow D．load
52．A．join B．call C．leave D．serve
53．A．unexpected B．unnecessary C．uneventful D．unavoidable
54．A．returned B．flew C．fought D．accompanied
55．A．proud B．generous C．sympathetic D．grateful
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Berck-sur-Mer is a little gem of a seaside resort in the North of France. The sandy beaches run for 12 kilometers, making the city 56 ideal location for sand yachters and kite flyers. The tourist season there begins in April with the International Kite Festival, the largest and 57 （influence）kite-themed event in France.
The festival this year from April 20 to 28 is 58 （unprecedented）anticipated, as China will become the guest country of honor. It’s the first time that the festival 59 （introduce）the concept of guest countries since its establishment in 1987．The China Cultural Center in Paris will join hands with Weifang city —known as the “kite capital of the world” — 60 （showcase）authentic Chinese kite art to the audience. Spectators are sure to be blown away by a 100-meter-long dragon kite 61 （take）flight to kick off the nine-day event.
The festival offers a wide range of activities from kite-making camps to keep kids 62 （occupy）to a series of kite-flying competitions 63 over 400 enthusiasts test their skills and show off the creativity behind their colorful designs. Meanwhile, kite lovers unable to attend 64 person can join an online competition by sharing their kite-flying videos via a social media mini-program. Presenting a metaverse version of the kite festival, this virtual space makes it impossible for people to resist the 65 （tempt）to explore the awe-inspiring and fun-packed event.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
英语校刊New Babel组织同学们介绍自己在假期中学到的新技能，请你以此为主题写一篇短文投稿。内容包括：
1．描述经历；
2．分享感受。
注意：
1．词数80左右；
2．题目已为你写好。
Learning A New Skill
第二节（满分25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。
Pumpkin carving at Halloween is a family tradition. We visit a local farm every October. In the pumpkin field, I compete with my three brothers and sister to seek out the biggest pumpkin. My dad has a rule that we have to carry our pumpkins back home, and as the eldest child I have an advantage —I carried an 85-pounder back last year.
This year, it was hard to tell whether my prize or the one chosen by my 14-year-old brother, Jason, was the winner. Unfortunately, we forgot to weigh them before taking out their insides, but I was determined to prove my point. All of us were hard at work at the kitchen table, with my mom filming the annual event. I’m unsure now why I thought forcing my head inside the pumpkin would settle the matter, but it seemed to make perfect sense at the time.
With the pumpkin resting on the table, hole uppermost, I bent over and pressed my head against the opening . At first, I got jammed just above my eyes and then, as I went on with my task, unwilling to quit, my nose briefly prevented entry. Finally, I managed to put my whole head into it, like cork（软木塞）forced into a bottle. I was able to straighten up with the huge pumpkin resting on my shoulders.
My excitement was short-lived. The pumpkin was heavy. “I’m going to set it down, now,” I said, and with Jason helping to support its weight, I bent back over the table to give it somewhere to rest. It was only when I tried to remove my head that I realized getting out was going to be less straightforward than getting in. When I pulled hard, my nose got in the way. I got into a panic as I pressed firmly against the table and moved my head around trying to find the right angle, but it was no use. “I can’t get it out!”I shouted, my voice sounding unnaturally loud in the enclosed space.
注意：
1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1: I was stuck for five or six minutes though it felt much longer. _______________________________
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Paragraph 2: The video was posted the Monday before Halloween.. ______________________________________
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