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浙东北联盟(ZDB)2023/2024学年第一学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
总分150分 考试时间120分钟
第Ⅰ卷（选择题部分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，20 小题，每小题 1.5 分，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。
例: How much is the shirt
A. 19. 15. B. 9. 18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. What has happened to the man
A. He has been sent to the hospital.
B. He has been in a car accident.
C. He has injured himself while cooking.
2. Where is the man probably going
A. To a café. B. To a supermarket. C. To a restaurant.
3. What is the source of the smell
A. A factory. B. A bakery. C. A fruit shop.
4. Why is the man working from home today
A. He has something urgent to deal with.
B. The air quality is very poor.
C. His office is closed.
5. How do the speakers feel
A. Confused. B. Amused. C. Delighted.
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。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. When will the field trip take place
A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.
7. Why doesn’t the man allow the woman to go on the field trip
A. He doesn’t like her friends.
B. He wants her to finish her homework.
C. He is concerned about her safety.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Where does the conversation take place
A. In a hotel.
B. In an airport.
C. In a school dormitory.
9. How much will the man pay
A. $15. B. $40. C. $80.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Artist and art lover.
B. Gallery owner and client.
C. Charity owner and supporter.
11. Where did the woman first meet Rhona
A. In Glasgow. B. In Paris. C. In Oxford.
12. What do we know about the Glasgow School of Art
A. One of its buildings burned down.
B. It won a design award.
C. The woman redesigned it.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Who might the man be
A. A pilot. B. A tour guide. C. A reporter.
14. Where does the woman work
A. At a travel agency. B. On an airplane. C. In a hotel.
15. What does the woman love most about her job
A. Getting free flights.
B. Staying at nice hotels.
C. Helping other people reach their destination.
16. What does the woman do first after she has finished work
A. She exercises.
B. She has a shower.
C. She goes straight to bed.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the speaker mainly talking about
A. Environmental protection.
B. Valuable companies.
C. Education investment.
18. How much has Amazon promised to donate in the US
A. $10 billion. B. $25 billion. C. $1 trillion.
19. What does the speaker think was the best thing Bill Gates did to help others
A. Helping fight disease.
B. Helping support education.
C. Helping protect the environment.
20. What does the speaker believe about business
A. Big companies should support college students financially.
B. Online marketplaces will be more popular than physical stores.
C. Anyone who is brilliant and motivated can succeed in business.
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（A、B、C、D）四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The magical world of The Little Prince brought to life!
About the exhibition
French visual artist Arnaud Nazare-Aga has worked with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation, and together they have designed a unique touring art exhibition of sculptures inspired by the original watercolor illustrations of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s book, The Little Prince, as well as photos, manuscripts (手稿) and drawings.
The exhibition will be presented for the very first time in Auckland from 1st June to 25th June, 2023 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the publication of The Little Prince.
Entitled “The Little Prince in the Dark”, the exhibition attempts to bring Saint-Exupéry’s illustrations to life in a different way. The artist has created 13 all-white sculptures with relief (浮雕). They are displayed in the dark to be discovered by the senses of touch and hearing. All the magic, dreams and poetry of Saint-Exupéry’s beloved book will thus be revealed in a new way never imagined before.
What to do
First, start off from the entrance on the first floor to see historical photography describing the great adventure of the pioneering pilot Latécoère. Then, move up to the second floor, where you can find rare original manuscripts and drawings by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. After that, climb up to the third floor to experience the sculptures. Finally, don’t forget to stop off on your way out at the gift shop right next to the entrance and pick up some Little Prince memorabilia to remember your visit.
Prices
The exhibition is free for everyone!
Opening Times
Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location
House of Minoima, 26 Greek Street, Auckland
21. Why is the exhibition presented
A. To introduce a special city tour. B. To honour the production of a book.
C. To promote a French art foundation. D. To celebrate the birthday of a writer.
22. What is special about the exhibition
A. It presents dark sculptures in a different way.
B. It can be explored with hands and ears.
C. It offers a unique night-time experience.
D. It displays sculptures of the little prince.
23. On which floor(s) can visitors buy gifts
A. The first floor. B. The second floor.
C. The third floor. D. All floors.
B
Fergal Keane is a well-known BBC war reporter. His reporting helped his television audiences make sense of the horrors of war, but underneath there were more personal scars attracting him to the frontline.
Fergal had seen violence ever since the early days of his work covering the fighting in Belfast. Having reported wars all over the world, in 1994, he was sent to cover the civil war in Rwanda. But what Fergal saw there shocked him like nothing before, as he told BBC World Service programme, Lives Less Ordinary. “I began to have terrible dreams of Rwanda. And of course, at that stage, it was clear that I was mentally hurt. Did I go to the experts in hospital No, I didn’t.”
Instead, Fergal turned to drinking alcohol and he had another addiction to deal with—the need to keep returning to war. Fergal knew it wasn’t healthy, but he couldn’t stop.
Around the year 2001, it seemed that war was everywhere, and Fergal kept on reporting in Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. But the nightmares didn’t stop, and his mental health got worse and worse. You might expect Fergal to call it a day at this point, but that’s not how addiction works. He just kept getting pulled back in. He reached a point where he couldn’t carry that anymore, and it’s not dramatic, it’s a slow, steady ruin. Fergal had a nervous breakdown—a period of dangerous mental illness, leaving him unable to face his life. At last, he was admitted into hospital, and this time diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD—a mental illness experienced after violent or shocking events.
After his diagnosis of PTSD, he got support and was finally able to stay away from alcohol and war. In his new book, The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD, Fergal discusses his horrible life living with PTSD.
24. What caused Fergal’s illness
A. The fighting he covered in Belfast. B. The violence he saw in Rwanda.
C. The terrible dreams he had in Rwanda. D. The wars he reported all over the world.
25. How did he deal with his illness
A. He went to the hospital to seek help.
B. He talked to the experts about his illness.
C. He told the audiences through BBC.
D. He abandoned himself to alcohol and the frontline.
26. What does the underlined phrase in Paragraph 4 possibly mean
A. To call for help. B. To call someone one day.
C. To cry all day. D. To put a stop to it.
27. Which can be inferred from Fergal’s experience
A. Overwork can make a person mad. B. Every experience ends in a book.
C. Wars are cruel and damaging. D. Devotion to one’s job is respectable.
C
Most of Texas has recently broken a heat-related record in one way or another. Dallas reached a record high of 110 degrees Fahrenheit amid weeks of continuing 100 or near 100 degrees days. So did Austin with more than 100 degrees and Houston 109 degrees.
Heat and drought are slow disasters, ones we don’t jump to respond to, like we do for a hurricane or a tornado. But the destruction is piecemeal—a buckled road here, a broken water main there, water tables that aren’t filling as fast as we drain them. Worse still, we tend to underestimate its damage to our health, infrastructure, water, housing and other basics we need to survive.
While heat is normal in Texas, what it does shouldn’t be normalized. We’ve been asked to reduce our electrical use and our water use. We’re rightfully fined if our sprinklers（喷洒器） run on the wrong days. When my handyman texts me, asking to postpone work around my house because his day job is outside and he is literally burned out, I see how life at this temperature is stressful, harmful and terrifying.
Is there political will around heat Jesse Keenan, who studies climate change and infrastructure at Tulane University, told me yes. And no. Some of the fixes are alarmingly simple, like painting buildings white or making roads lighter when we rebuild them so they reflect heat. But others, like updating water lines, are expensive and time-consuming, he explained. And costs for things like water are going to skyrocket soon. Infrastructure doesn’t energize the electorate（全体选民）, he added. But if Texas is going to be livable for our kids and grandkids, and if the southern half of the U.S. in general is going to survive, infrastructure is going to have to become Real Housewives–level gripping.
28. Which of the following words can best describe heat
A. Slow and preventable
B. Destructive and underestimated.
C. Noticeable and intensive.
D. Slow and widespread.
29. Why does the author say “what it does shouldn’t be normalized”
A. We have been asked to reduce electrical use and water use because of heat.
B. My handyman texts me to postpone work because he is almost burned out.
C. The heat has broken records and certainly it was not a normal phenomenon.
D. The heat has caused extreme stress and terrifying harm to people’s life.
30. What is most likely the author’s attitude toward the heat in Texas
A. concerned B. hopeful C. despaired D. indifferent
31. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage
A. Painting buildings white helps solve the problem of heat by reflecting heat.
B. It is necessary to improve infrastructure for the sake of generations to come.
C. The government is willing to take whatever it costs to deal with heat.
D. Jesse thinks the government needs to place more emphasis on infrastructure.
D
While some observers worry about potential dangers in AI, others are focusing on the potential rewards and believe that AI can turbocharge science and lead to a golden age of discovery.
Such claims are worth examining. The mechanism by which AI will supposedly solve the world’s problems has a strong historical basis because there have been periods when new approaches and new tools did indeed help bring about world-changing scientific innovation. In the 1700s microscopes and telescopes opened up new vision of discovery and scientific journals helped share and publicise researchers’ findings. In the late 1900s, research laboratories that brought together ideas, people and materials on an industrial scale, gave rise to further innovations, such as the transistor. From the 1950s, computers made the design of weapons and aircraft and weather forecasting a reality. Today AI is being employed in new ways such as identifying new antibiotics(抗生素) and spotting regional accents in wolves.
All this is to be welcomed. But the journal and the laboratory went further: they altered scientific practice and unlocked more powerful means of making discoveries, by allowing people and ideas to mingle in new ways on a larger scale. AI, too, has the potential to set off such a transformation.
Two areas in particular look promising. The first is “literature-based discovery” (LBD), which involves analysing existing scientific literature, using ChatGPT-style language analysis, to look for new hypotheses, connections or ideas that humans may have missed. LBD is showing promise in identifying new experiments to try. This could stimulate interdisciplinary work and foster innovation.
The second area is “robot scientists”, also known as “self-driving labs”. These are robotic systems that use AI to form new hypotheses, based on existing data and literature, and then test those hypotheses by performing countless experiments. Unlike human scientists, robots are less attached to previous results, less driven by bias—and, crucially, easy to replicate. They could scale up experimental research, develop unexpected theories and explore avenues that researchers might not have considered.
32. What is the second paragraph mainly about
A. The reason why AI is likely to revolutionize science.
B. The wide spread of AI in today’s world
C. How AI has developed throughout the history
D. The importance of AI in scientific revolution
33. According to the passage, how can AI start a revolution in science
A. by analyzing existing data and literature
B. by forming new hypotheses
C. by developing unexpected theories
D. by combining people and ideas
34. What is the advantage of AI over human scientists
A. AI can perform hundreds of thousands of experiments.
B. AI is more likely to make new discoveries.
C. AI is more independent and is easy to replicate.
D. AI takes many more methods into consideration.
35. Which of the following is the title for the passage
A. How Artificial Intelligence can revolutionize science
B. What Artificial Intelligence has brought to our modern society
C. Whether it is possible for Artificial Intelligence to change science
D. Why unexpected innovation results from Artificial Intelligence
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入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Anxiety is often viewed as a negative feeling but this emotion can be used to help us manage uncertainty, stay safe and prepared.
A growing number of psychologists and neuroscientists are arguing that anxiety and other negative feelings have a role to play in our lives. Psychologist Todd Kashdan, director of the Well-Being Lab at George Mason University, notes that sometimes it’s right to worry. 36
Anxiety is an adaptive strategy in human evolution. 37 Anxiety prompts us to seek solutions to unknowns by planning, imagining and plotting out possible scenarios. From an evolutionary point of view, anxiety is the best emotion to help us manage uncertainty because it forces us to run those ‘what-if' simulations.
38 But if we simply approach anxiety as something to avoid, we not only don’t solve the problem it’s warning us to, but actually miss an opportunity to leverage（利用） the generative power of anxiety. When we’re in an anxious state, the amount of dopamine in our brains increases, which prompts us to take action. In evolutionary terms, millions of years ago that might have meant looking for shelter to evade predatory animals. 39
Interestingly enough, thanks to the emotion we do not miss an opportunity to get things prepared. 40 Case in point: hiding unopened envelopes from the HMRC ( http: / / www. / " \t "https: / / www.readersdigest.co.uk / health / _blank ) in a drawer—even if they could be just the routine updates that some self-employed people receive—could result in missing a changed deadline.
A. It helps us to prepare for the uncertain future ( http: / / www. / " \t "https: / / www.readersdigest.co.uk / health / _blank ).
B. We have every reason to be cautious and aware of the harm anxiety brings.
C. Anxiety continually pushes us to take responsibility and complete must-do tasks.
D. However, by not facing our anxiety, we lose its benefits, and can make things worse.
E. For example, the fear of heights keeps us from falling off a cliff while taking a selfie.
F. Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki believes that anxiety actually serves us by sending out a warning.
G.Today, it might mean leaving a job because of a predatory boss.
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, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son’s soccer team. It was the final 41 . The score was two to one, my son’s team 42 . Parents encircled the field, offering encouragement.
With less than ten seconds 43 , the ball rolled in front of my son’s teammate, one Mikey O’Donnel. With shouts of “Kick it!” 44 across the field, Mikey reared back and gave it 45 he had. All round me the crowd 46 . O’Donnel had scored!
Then there was 47 . Mikey had scored all right, but in the 48 goal, ending the game in a 49 . For a moment there was total hush. You see, Mikey has Down’s syndrome and for him there is no such thing as a wrong goal. All goals were 50 by a joyous hug from Mikey. He had even been known to hug the opposing players when they scored.
The silence was finally 51 when Mikey, his face filled with 52 , grabbed my son, hugged him and yelled, “I scored! I scored. Everybody won! Everybody won!” For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would 53 . I need not have worried. I watched, through 54 , as my son threw up his hand in the classic high-five salute and started chanting, “Way to go Mikey! Way to go Mikey!” Within moments both teams 55 Mikey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his goal.
Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied, “It was a tie. Everybody won.”
41. A. quarter B. second C. court D. goal
42. A. in the front B. in the lead C. in the behind D. in the back
43. A. leaving B. missing C. remaining D. going
44. A. repeating B. shouting C. yelling D. echoing
45. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
46. A. boiled B. broke C. erupted D. quieted
47. A. silence B. twitter C. whisper D. applause
48. A. right B. final C. weak D. wrong
49. A. loss B. disaster C. failure D. tie
50. A. praised B. celebrated C. congratulated D. applauded
51. A. broken B. ended C. stopped D. heard
52. A. fear B. wonder C. joy D. victory
53. A. act B. reply C. react D. behave
54. A. cheers B. tears C. scores D. crowds
55. A. admired B. held C. encouraged D. surrounded
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。
The 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou opened on Saturday. Hangzhou has 56 (previous) hosted a number of international sports events, including the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships, FINA World Aquatics Convention, 57 contributes to the city's reputation 58 an international sports hub.
Major international sports events have become an important source of revenue for the host cities and countries, with the revenue being generated both in the short and long term.
International sports events require host countries 59 (make) huge investments in infrastructure. And the revenue（收入） for host cities and countries 60 (come) from TV rights, licensing and ticketing, as well as the tourism and hospitality industries. International sports events involve 61 _(nation) and international sports bodies, with the host cities and countries 62 (require) to comply to their demands.
For the Olympic Games, the income from TV 63 (right) and top sponsors helps fund the organizational costs 64 pay the International Olympic Committee and the domestic Olympic body. Nowadays, Olympic host cities and countries also earn revenue from multimedia and streaming rights. Major sports events also boost tourism and generate tourism revenue.
The 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina (Italy) will likely be an example of the Winter Games 65 (spread) across cities.
第四部分 写作 (共两节, 满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)
假定你是高二学生李华, 你们学校刚刚组织一次主题公园的秋游活动。请你为此活动写一篇报道，要点包括:
1. 时间、地点、参加者等;
2. 活动形式等;
3. 同学们的反响。
（注意: 1. 词数 80 左右; 2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。）
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第二节 读后续写（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两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It was around 7 p. m. on one of the hottest days of the summer. I'd just poured myself a tall glass of lemonade when my phone rang. "Mom, you have to come," said my 14-year-old daughter, Alliana. “I found a hurt bunny on the road.”
What a coincidence! When I was eight, I found a baby rabbit too—outside our Bronx apartment building. A rabbit is one of the least likely things you'd find in the Bronx and my sister and I marveled at our good fortune. My parents scooped the rabbit into the car and we sped off to the Zoo, proud to have found him a good home. Now Alliana had stumbled across a bunny, and I figured that rescuing rabbits was some sort of a rite of passage（成人礼）. Except my bunny had been healthy; Alliana's had two seriously broken hind legs.
"I'm sorry, honey, but there's not much we can do," I said as I stood in the middle of the road redirecting traffic around the rabbit. On the sidewalk, tired and overheated neighbors heading home from the train station didn't seem eager to stop to think over rescue options.
I called my husband, Martin, who took the Darwinian view. "Tell Alliana it's the circle of life," he said, not unkindly. "Some animals aren't meant to survive." Still, Alliana stood firm, so I called the police, who told me to call the humane society—which gave me a number for a wildlife hotline. "Whatever you do, don’t leave the bunny outside overnight-the raccoons (浣熊) will rip off his skin and eat him alive." As the woman at the hotline said that, Alliana burst into tears.
Moments later, I flagged down a passing police car. The policeman pulled on a pair of rubber gloves as I grabbed a wastepaper basket out of a neighbor's recycling bin. He swooped up the rabbit and placed him in the basket. Then, along with my daughter, I walked down the block to our house with the tiny creature curled up in the basket.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150词左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph1:
At home, Alliana fed it some organic carrots. _______________________________
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Paragraph2:
By the second day I was still no closer to a solution. ___________________________
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浙东北联盟(ZDB)2023/2024学年第一学期期中考试
高二英语答案
一.听力答案
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. A
6. B 7. C 8. A 9. C 10. A
11. C 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. C
16. B 17. B 18. A 19. A 20. C
二. 阅读理解答案：21-23 BBA 24-27 BDDC 28-31 BDAC 32-35 ADCA
三. 七选五：EAFGD
四. 完型：41-45 ABCDB 46-50 CADDB 51-55 ACCBD
五. 语法填空：56 previously 57. which 58 as 59. to make 60 comes
61 national 62 required 63 rights 64 and 65 being spread
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