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四川天府新区实外高级中学
2023-2024学年度下期高二年级英语学科期中考试题
考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：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，满分7.5分）
1. When will the woman most likely pick up her son
A. At 3:00. B. At 3:30. C. At 4:30.
2. What will the weather be like tomorrow
A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Snowy.
3. What does the man want to buy
A. A bag. B. A shirt. C. A pair of trousers.
74. Why was the woman late for class
A. She was stuck in traffic.
B. She forgot about the class.
C. She was hurt in a car accident.
5. What will the woman probably do next
A. Fill in the form. B. Pay 20 dollars. C. Go to the student center.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Why can’t the man go to the music festival
A. It is too far away. B. He has work to do. C. He doesn’t like music.
7. Which part of the paper is the man having difficulties with
A. The structure. B. The theoretical part. C. The examples.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. How many people will come for the dinner
A. 14. B. 17. C. 20.
9. What kind of table will be used for the dinner
A. A big round table. B. A big long table. C. Two round tables.
10. What is the dinner for
A. A family get-together. B. A party for friends. C. A graduation ceremony.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What is the possible problem with the woman’s car
A. The oil tank is broken.
B. The engine has stopped working.
C. There’s not enough gas.
12. What does the man advise the woman to do
A. Examine the problem by herself.
B. Ask professional workers for help.
C. Turn to a more experienced driver.
13. What is the possible relationship between the speakers
A. Classmates. B. Neighbors. C. Relatives.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What gift did the man give the woman for her last birthday
A. Some flowers. B. A novel. C. A fashion magazine.
15. What does the man do for his job
A. Writing. B. Painting. C. Fashion designing.
16. What did the man do yesterday
A. He accidentally hurt himself.
B. He took his dog to the pet hospital.
C. He paid a visit to his brother.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the lecture mainly about
A. The way squirrels hide nuts.
B. Some animals’ habits of storing food.
C. The locations of squirrels in America.
18. In which part of the US does the squirrel mentioned live
A. The southeast. B. The northeast. C. The southwest.
19. When does the squirrel collect nuts
A. In autumn. B. In winter. C. In spring.
20. Why does the squirrel put one nu t in many different holes
A. To help other animals survive.
B. To prevent the nuts from being stolen.
C. To make sure it can find enough food later.
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
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Searching for the perfect gift can be difficult, especially age-appropriate material for teenagers. Look no furtherl We have a list of the best teen magazines. Give the gift of reading to your teens today!
Muse For teens up to age 14, Muse teaches, challenges, and excites readers of both genders. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute, this magazine features award-winning authors and focuses on science, history, and the arts. Whether your teen is interested in genetics, video games, outer space, beekeeping, robots, or mythology, this magazine has it all!
Sports Illustrated Kids Perfect for sports fans aged 8 to 14, SI Kids supplies readers with interesting sports news they won’t want to miss. Articles on favorite athletes feature incredible photography and illustrations. Girls and boys alike will enjoy the advice from athletes, coaches, and experts in the field: they’ll find tips on nutrition, performance, morale, and more.
Girls’ Life Magazine Designed for 10 to 15-year-olds, Girls’ Life provides inspiration and entertainment for every reader. She’ll find tips for dealing with stress, navigating high school, achieving academic success, and beauty and fashion advice. This print magazine delivers fun—quizzes, reader submissions, and more—helping guide young women through their teen years while still allowing them to be young.
National Geographic Kids While designed for kids aged six and up, this magazine features a lot of important, fun information about the world around us. Discover great stories about wildlife, current events, pop culture, science, technology, other kids’ adventures, and more! They’ll feel like they’re exploring the places themselves, with stunning photography, lively stories, and exciting facts.
21. Which of the following can you learn from Girls’ Life
A. News about award-winning authors. B. Information about interesting events.
C. Suggestions from coaches about nutrition. D. Advice on dealing with pressure.
22. Which magazine has the youngest readers
A. Girls’ Life. B. Muse.
C. Sports Illustrated Kids. D. National Geographic Kids.
23. Who is the passage mainly written for
A. Parents. B. Teenage boys.
C. Kids. D. Teenage girls.
B
Days before her 15th birthday, Ashima Shiraishi successfully climbed Horizon on Mt. Hiei in Japan. She became the first woman and youngest person ever to solve the“V15”boulder（攀岩）problem, considered the most difficult type of problem in the sport. Shiraishi is also the world’s youngest person to solve the V10, V13, and V14 boulder problem, which she did at ages 8, 10, and 13.
“Once I have a project in mind, I don’t really give up,” she said. “And even if my skin is looking really bad from bouldering, I’ll just get back on it.”
The New York City native first got to know the sport at age 6 when she saw park-goers climbing Rat Rock in a city park in New York City. Attracted, she started climbing it every day after school and began training at an indoor climbing gym -soon-after. She won her first competition at age 7, competing against grown women climbers.
“It was mostly the movement that really attracted me because it was almost like dancing. It felt like I was dancing on the rock,” she said.
Watching Shiraishi climb is like watching a dance of mental and physical courage. At 5-foot-1 and 100 pounds, she could be considered at a physical disadvantage compared to taller climbers who can reach holds more readily. But she makes up for it with smooth movements that only a climber of small size could make.
“The most important part of climbing is not really thinking at all. Once you start thinking, you doubt yourself, and that’s the worst that could happen to you,” she said.
Shiraishi hopes to compete on the most important stage for sports, the Olympic Games, where climbing only made its first official appearance in 2020.
24. When did Shiraishi start climbing
A. After visiting an indoor climbing gym.
B. After seeing people climbing in a city park.
C. After watching a climbing competition.
D. After reading a news report about climbing.
25. What is key to successful climbing according to Shiraishi
A. Thinking about nothing.
B. Encouraging yourself.
C. Receiving a lot of training.
D. Entering a lot of competitions.
26. Which of the following is Shiraishi’s wish
A. She can solve the “V15” boulder problem.
B. Climbing will become an Olympic event.
C. She can take part in the Olympic Games.
D. Bouldering will attract more young people.
27. What is the text mainly about
A. A difficult boulder problem.
B. The personal life of a teenager.
C. The popularity of bouldering.
D. A successful young climber.
C
We live in a town with three beaches. There are two parks less than 10 minutes’ walk from home where neighbourhood children gather to play. However, what my children want to do after school is pick up a screen-any screen-and star eat it for hours. They are not alone. Today’s children spend an average of four and a half hours a day looking at screens, split between watching television and using the Internet.
In the past few years, an increasing number of people and organisations have begun coming up with plans to counter this trend. A couple of years ago, film-maker David Bond realised that his children, then aged five and three, were attached to-screens to the point where he was ab1 to say “chocolate” into his three-year-old son’s ear without getting a response. He realised that something needed to change, and, being a London media type, appointed himself “marketing director for Nature”. He documented his journey as he set about treating nature as a brand to be marketed to young people. The result was Project Wild Thing, a film which charts the birth of the Wild Network, a group of organisations with the common goal of getting children out into nature.
“Just five more minutes outdoors can make a difference,” David Bond says. “There is a lot of really interesting evidence which seems to be suggesting that if children are inspired up to the age of seven, then being outdoors will be a habit for life.” His own children have got into the habit of playing outside now: “We just send them out into the garden and tell them not to come back in for a while.”
Summer is upon us. There is an amazing world out there, and it needs our children as much as they need it. Let us get them out and let them play.
28. What is the problem with the author’s children
A. They often annoy the neighbours.
B. They are tired of doing their homework.
B. They have no friends to play with.
D. They stay in front of screens for too long.
29. How did David Bond advocate his idea
A. By making a documentary film.
B. By organizing outdoor activities.
C. By advertising in London media.
D. By creating a network of friends.
30. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “charts” in paragraph 2
A. records B. predicts
C. delays D. confirms
31. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. Let Children Have Fun
B. Young Children Need More Free Time
C. Market Nature to Children
D. David Bond: A Role Model for Children
D
The world’s animal populations have decreased by more than two-thirds since 1970, according to a recent research from the World Wildlife Fund（WWF）.
The London group provided information on 32,000 wildlife populations which included more than 5,000 species. The researchers found that population sizes had reduced by 69 percent on average. They said the loss of forests. human exploitation（开发）of the environment, pollution, and climate change were great causes of the loss. Land-use change is still the biggest threat to wildlife. However, the researchers added, “If we cannot limit warming to 1.5℃, climate change is likely to become the primary cause of biodiversity loss in the coming years.”
Wildlife populations in Latin American and the Caribbean Sea area were greatly affected. The research showed a 94 percent drop in those areas in over 50 years. Wildlife populations in river and lake habitats decreased the most. Freshwater populations have reduced by an average of 83 percent since 1970. For example, one population of pink river dolphins in the Amazon River area of Brazil fell by 65 percent between 1994 and 2016.
These findings are a red flag that warms of a larger system failure on the horizon. Even one species’ population reduction can affect other species, eventually impacting the ecosystem’s ability to function. Humans depend on a stable climate, predictable weather patterns, and productive farmland and fisheries to thrive（蓬勃发展）, but the current trends are severe enough to threaten many life-sustaining systems.
Our future depends on reversing（扭转）the loss of nature just as much as it depends on addressing climate change. And you can’t solve one without solving the other. Everyone has a role in reversing these trends, from individuals to companies to governments. If nothing changes, animal populations will undoubtedly continue to fall, driving wildlife to extinction and threatening the wholeness of the ecosystems on which we all depend.
32. What is the greatest threat to wildlife populations recently
A. Illegal hunting. B. Global warming.
C. Land-use change. D. Environmental pollution.
33. How does the author explain the reduction of freshwater wildlife in paragraph 3
A. By listing figures. B. By analyzing the causes.
C. By making a comparison. D. By referring to a concept.
34. What can we learn from paragraph 4
A. Climate change threatens many wild animals.
B. Farmland is the basis of life-sustaining systems.
C. Extreme weather events have become more frequent.
D. Species variety is important to maintain a stable ecosystem.
35. What is the main purpose of the text
A. To explain the difficulty of restoring ecosystems.
B. To call on people to take action to protect nature.
C. To present the increasing trend of climate change.
D. To show people’s efforts in making up for the loss of nature.
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。
How To Be More Attractive
Having a beautiful face is ha t but having a kind soul is hotter. Having visible success is hot but having invisible achievement is hotter. 36 . After some research, I find some things that instantly attract me.
Living with passion and purpose
People with purpose move differently. You can see confidence in their eyes, discipline in their action, and determination in their voice. When you come across such people, you’re instantly drawn to them. 37 . It leaves you with a whisper, “You’ve got this too”.
Empathy & compassion（同理心）
The most attractive people are kind and ask for nothing back. It tells you a lot about a person when they help a stranger with directions, a homeless person with a meal, a friend with an immediate move and a family member with a listening ear. 38
39
People who are kind but say yes to everything are not kind. They are just people-pleasers who are constantly seeking agreement and have a hidden motive most of the time. They are never afraid to say no to unhealthy relationships and self-doubt.
A sense of humor
You know that kind of person, right The one who doesn’t take themselves too seriously. 40 . When talking with them, you’ll find your guard naturally comes down, and that you’re transported back to that childlike state. It’s like that they accept you with all your flaws（瑕疵）. This sense of comfort and acceptance is attractive.
A. Having bottom lines
B. Thinking before acting
C. These little things make a big difference
D. Charm is all about the treasure that lies within
E. Friendship is built on trust and help from one another
F. The one that can make you laugh until your stomach hurts
G. Their energy is so powerful that it lights up your own ambitions
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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A little girl created a perfect gift for her mother’s birthday. It was a drawing of a 41 on white paper with the words “For mom: love, love, love” decorated with hearts. She folded her letter, but then she 42 it.
For most people, that would be the 43 of this story, but this story had a different result. James Carrell found the letter. He had just 44 his mother, wishing her a happy birthday. After he hung up, Carrell saw the 45 on the ground outside of a hardware store in Manvel. “I 46 it was a gift,” said Carrell. “I opened it up and saw the flower and hearts. It really 47 me.” Carrell thought the letter would 48 someone’s day and that maybe he could find the owner, so he posted it on the Internet. The message moved a lot of people, 49 one man.
“I was sitting at my friend’s house and saw a man’s 50 ,” said Carrell.
The comments included one from Robert Alvarado. He wrote, “I can’t 51 you found my baby’s letter.” Carrell reached Alvarado to 52 the letter. It took a few days, but the man finally met on Thursday night.
“Finally the letter made it home,” said Alvarado. “We are 53 for what James Carrell did.”
We often forget the power of 54 things, but for this family from Alvin, Carrell’s small act left a（n） 55 impression.
41. A. bird B. card C. flower D. cake
42. A. received B. lost C. destroyed D. posted
43. A. part B. end C. influence D. cause
44. A. A. promised B. invited C. seen D. called
45. A. paper B. cash C. bag D. tool
46. A. realised B. proved C. explained D. admitted
47. A. satisfied B. frightened C. touched D. shocked
48. A. start B. continue C. brighten D. ruin
49. A. obviously B. especially C. extremely D. probably
50. A. photograph B. arrival C. conclusion D. reply
51. A. forget B. believe C. understand D. pretend
52. A. read B. present C. return D. publish
53. A. ready B. grateful C. responsible D. anxious
54. A. little B. certain C. useless D. extra
55. A. unhappy B. beneficial C. reasonable D. lasting
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。
In 2020, a 63-year-old Chinese grandpa attracted millions of viewers online with his 56. ________（tradition）Chinese carpentry skills. The Chinese master carpenter, Wang Dewen, well known as “Grandpa Amu” online, has been called modern Lu Ban due 57. ________ his vast knowledge of carpentry.
His first video, 58. ________ showed him making a fantastic wooden arch bridge, has gained more than 42 million views since it was posted. When 59. ________（build）the arch bridge, Grandpa Amu followed an ancient Chinese mortise and tenon（榫卯）technique, which means no nails or glue are involved in 60. ________ whole process.
Grandpa Amu also made several wooden toys for 61. ________（he）grandson, using the same technique t Among all the toys, a walking Peppa Pig and a bubble blowing toy were his grandson’s 62. ________（favorite）and won viewers’ praise.
In 2022, during the Qatar World Cup, Grandpa Amu posted a video in which he created a wooden football. “A block of wood is 63. ________（eventual）transformed into a football. Genius,” one viewer commented under the video.
By the end of 2023, Grandpa Amu 64. ________（attract）over 1.2 million fans on social media. However, he insisted, “I am not a super star 65. ________ just an ordinary farmer.”
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假如你是李华，学校英文报主编。我校最近正在举行主题为“我与西区的故事（My Story at West Campus）”的征文比赛，请你代表学校英文报写一则通知，号召同学们积极参与此次比赛。内容包括：
1. 比赛目的；
2. 稿件要求：
3. 投稿方式：请将文稿发送至邮箱：swxq2019@
4.截止日期:2024年6月1日
注意：1. 词数：80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Notice
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The School English Newspaper
第二节（满分26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。
My high school was in a border town, meaning we got new students who came over with their families from another country. Sometimes they’d speak English, and sometimes they didn’t. Due to differences in various aspects, we just sort of stuck with our own group.
Lisa was a new one in our class, who sat beside me. She always wore a shining smile on her face, making her a bit different from others. However, we seldom talk to each other. The first time she was called on in my favorite U. S. History, she knew the answer（which I didn’t）, and she spoke in perfect English, which completely shocked me. Later, I secretly found she was also a U. S. history addict.
One day, I was sitting in U. S. History, totally stressing about a midterm we were having the next day. I didn’t even notice the headteacher come in. When he called my name, I didn’t hear him. Then Lisa clapped me on my shoulder. When looking up, I found a strange expression on his face. Something was wrong. I figured I was in trouble, but I couldn’t imagine for what.
I followed the headteacher into his office. After being silent for a minute, the headteacher began to speak, “Your father has had a car accident. The doctors did everything they could to save him, but I’m afraid he didn’t make it…”. The news came as a big 5tow. I stood silently, tears rolling down my face.
The next few weeks were a blur（模糊的记忆）as we had the funeral and began adjusting to life without my dad. I went back to school after I ran out of things to do at home. Everything felt a little different. I couldn’t exactly explain how, but it just did. I felt like I couldn’t talk to my friends about the same old things and couldn’t deal with listening to the same stupid jokes. I started eating lunch on the bench alone. Sometimes, I was just sitting there, eating nothing.
注意：1. 续写词数应为至少150；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
One day, at lunch time, I sat on the bench as usual, staring off into space. Lisa and I started having lunch on that bench every day.

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