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银滩高级中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语
（2024.11）
本试卷共10页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、座号、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
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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。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. What will Chris do next
A. Drink some coffee. B. Watch the World Cup. C. Go to sleep.
2. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Strangers. B. Classmates. C. Relatives.
3. What does the woman think of the man’s suggestion
A. Considerate. B. Professional. C. Unreasonable.
4. What can we learn about Tom
A. He’s smart for his age.
B. He’s unwilling to study.
C. He’s difficult to get along with.
5. What did Kevin do yesterday
A. He went swimming.
B. He cleaned up his house.
C. He talked with his grandparents.
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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。
6. Who is arranging the meeting
A. Peter. B. David. C. Janet.
7. When does the man prefer to have the meeting
A. This Wednesday. B. This Friday. C. Next Monday.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。
8. What’s the problem with the woman’s present apartment
A. It’s far from campus. B. Its rent is high C. It’s not furmished.
9. Why did the woman call the man
A. To make a complaint. B. To ask for help. C. To rent his house.
10. What will the man do next
A. Inquire about the price. B. Find a roommate. C. Visit an apartment.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。
11. Why does the woman suggest eating at home
A. She wants to save money.
B. She is tired of preparing a meal.
C. She’d like to try something new.
12. What does the woman think of Indian food
A. It is not delicious. B. It is too spicy. C. It is unhealthy.
13. What will they order
A. Indian food. B. Italian food. C. Chinese food.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至16题。
14. What does the man want to do after graduation
A. Work at a hotel. B. Further his study. C. Travel around the world.
15. What’s the woman’s major
A. Hotel Management. B. French. C. Computer Science.
16. How does the woman pay her tuition (学费)
A. By doing a part-time job B. With her scholarship. C. With her parents’ help.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。
17. Where did the speaker learn about college
A. From the movies. B. From her family. C. From the books.
18. What helped change the speaker’s attitude towards study
A. Her professor’s advice. B. Her graduate program. C. Her trip to Africa.
19. How does the speaker feel when she talks about her past experiences
A. Regretful. B. Relieved. C. Grateful.
20. Who is the speaker probably talking to
A. Conservation workers. B. High school students. C. College teachers.
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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The best thing about coming-of-age movies is that you can watch them and get a better understanding of yourself today. These are the best coming-of-age movies we can think of.
The names of the movies Introductions
Lady Bird Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson is a high school senior from the “wrong side of the tracks(社会底层)”. She longs for adventure, sophistication(教养) and opportunity, but find none of them in her Sacramento Catholic high school. This movie follows t the title character’s senior year ear in high s school 1including her first romance, her participation in the school play, and most importantly, her applying for college.
Boyhood This is one of the few movies where you actually get to see the star grow up before your eyes. Richard Linklater filmed with actor Ellar Coltrane over a period of 12 years, a little at a time, and you can watch him go from a little kid to a young adult on screen.
Little Women There’s no more popular coming-of-age story than Little Women, which tracks the lives of the four March sisters. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken woman for her time. The story tells of how the sisters grow up. find love and find their places in the world.
18 Again! Jack Watson is an eighty-one-year-old businessman. While out with his grandson David, they get into a car accident and when he wakes up, he discovers that he is now in David’s body, and David is in his body. He then goes out to enjoy himself, but at the same time discovers just how tough David’s life at school is.
21. What does McPherson think of her life in Sacramento Catholic high school
A. Inspiring. B. Adventurous. C. Disappointing. D. Challenging.
22. Whom can we see grow into an adult on screen
A. Richard Linklater. B. Ellar Coltrane. C. Jack Watson. D. David.
23. Which is a fantasy movie
A. Lady Bird B. Boyhood C. Little Women D. 18 Again!
B
By the time Nalin Kamat was 13, the Toronto teen was well on his way to becoming a working artist. He had already had his first show at a local art center, displaying his series titled “Dispositions”, which illustrated his own growth during adolescence (青少年).
Yet he wanted more—specifically to start showing his work in a juried (评审) exhibition, where a group of art experts would evaluate and select pieces in a competitive review process. That was when he had trouble, discovering in the application that the minimum age for submission was 18
That rejection became a motivation for creation. “I thought it’d be really cool if I could provide the opportunity to more young artists,” says Nalin, now 15. With the support of his parents, in January 2023, Nalin founded Little EGG Gallery, which is now profitable enough to make ends meet by charging a small hanging fee for any displayed work. In turn, Little EGG help promote young talents by displaying their works
Not long after opening, David Griffin, a professor and artist of Ontario College of Art and Design University stepped into the gallery and met Nalin. Griffin regarded him as someone special: “a strong young artist with a really excellent idea—creating a space for showing the natural I genius of young people. It was a void (空白) in the art world.” There Nalin asked Griffin to help judge an upcoming competition. The first juried show was last spring, and five-year-old Jack Gamble won for his abstract painting titled Pokemon.
As Nalin is busy with school, life and his own art, I Little EGG is mostly open by appointment only, but he’s still devoted to growing it with seasonal and themed shows scheduled a few times a year.
24. What do we know about Nalin from the first two paragraphs
A. He became a working artist at 13.
B. Art experts sang high praise for his works.
C. He was disqualified for a juried exhibition.
D. Teenagers’ growth was the theme of his works.
25. Why did Nalin decide to set up Little EGG Gallery
A. To earn money to support his parents.
B. To show artists’ talent through themed shows.
C. To form the connection between different galleries.
D. To show young artists’ talent by offering them a stage.
26. Which of the following can best describe Nalin’s idea of opening the gallery
A. Pioneering. B. Romantic. C. Popular. D. Incredible.
27. In which column of a magazine is this text most likely to appear
A. Figure. B. Opinion. C. Culture D. Lifestyle.
C
A new form of house is popping up along the beaches of South Africa -tiny white beach nests (巢). They are just big enough to fit a family of African penguins. Their unique selling point: a safe and cool place for penguins to breed (繁殖).
African penguins grow strong in the cold currents of the South Atlantic Ocean. But when they come to land, their thick black coat absorbs the heat, and they desperately look for cover—both for themselves and their eggs.
Historically, the penguins dug holes in layers of guano(海鸟粪层), but in the 1800s, traders started selling guano as fertilizer (肥料), leaving the penguins and their eggs increasingly exposed to hunters and the burning sun. This, combined with other threats such as egg hunting, overfishing and climate change, has caused African penguin populations to decline sharply. That’s why conservationists have come to the rescue with the African Penguin Nest Project (APNP), which aims to build artificial nests to give penguin parents a safe and shaded place to raise their babies.
Although guano 0trade gradually disappeared, recreating the layers isn’t easy. Seabird populations have declined so much over time, so there are simply not enough birds to recreate it, says Kevin Graham, director of the project.
Instead, the project decided to build artificial nests. The design took years to develop, as Graham and other scientists closely studied old guano nests and worked out how best to copy “Mother Nature”. Getting the right temperature and humidity, the nests create an air conditioning effect. “The project started to build the nests in 2018 and the nests have usage rates of at least 99%,” he explains.
Graham agrees that population recovery depends on more than just giving African penguins a safe place to breed. It’s not simply a case of “we give them a nest, the species is saved,” he says. “It’s a big part of it, but there has to be more.”
28. What can we learn about earlier penguins
A. Their eggs were often eaten by seabirds.
B. They were traded in markets in the 1800s.
C. Their waste was used as excellent fertilizer.
D. They used guano layers to house themselves.
29. Why was the APNP started
A. To fight against egg hunting
B. To offer penguins a shelter to live and breed.
C. To call on people to rescue injured penguins.
D. To build artificial nests to save endangered seabirds.
30. Why is it difficult to have natural nests for penguins
A. There isn’t enough guano. B. The land space is too limited.
C. The temperature is too low. D. There are too many penguins.
31. What is the purpose of the text
A. To call for the protection of penguins.
B. To introduce a new nest for African penguins.
C. To promote the African Penguin Nest Project.
D. To compare penguins’ natural and artificial nests.
D
Have you ever seen your cat or dog eating grass They do so because it can help their digestion, and many wild species use natural substances to prevent and control diseases. This is called “zoo pharmacognosy” or, more commonly, animal self-medication.
Scientists have discovered that tamarin monkeys(绢毛猴) use a specific tree resin (树脂) as medicine. In the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, scientists followed several groups of them to collect data. During one of their daily studies, tamarin monkeys were observed rubbing their bodies on the trunk of a tree. At first, researchers thought that they were marking their territory, a common behaviour in this species. Botanical experts 5later confirmed that the tree was a species of cabreuva (红檀香),v which is well known for its medical properties.
Researchers decided to place camera-traps in different sites at the foot of the tree to record future visits by tamarin monkeys. The records surprisingly showed that many animals living in the forest visited it. Totally, ten species were observed. For many of them, it was the first time that behaviors similar to self-medication had been observed. More surprisingly, one species spread resin on each other’s fur in pairs. In general, the species seemed to specifically visit the tree to acquire the resin and seemingly benefit from it, either healing their wounds or fighting back parasites (寄生虫).
While further studies are needed to identify the properties of the resin and thus confirm that this is indeed self-medication, the use of it suggests that cabreuva represents a common and universal drugstore for the residents of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. It is likely to be a valuable resource helping the species to improve their health.
This discovery could have an important protection influence, as the disappearance of some trees could potentially affect the survival of some animals.
32. Why did tamarin monkeys rub themselves against the tree
A. They did this to help their digestion.
B. They were attracting companions’ attention.1.
C. They were trying to keep themselves healthy y.
D. They regarded the tree as part of their territory.
33. What does paragraph 3 focus on about the research
A. The purpose. B. The method C. The process. D. The findings.
34. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to
A. The resin. B. Self-medication. C. Cabreuva. D. A drugstore.
35. What is the possible significance of the discovery according to the text
A. Promoting evolution of creatures.
B. Contributing to forest conservation.
C. Developing new medicine from resin.
D. Motivating the study of monkeys’ health.
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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Time and money are life’s most valuable resources. One of the great laws of economics is that time equals money. The phrase “time is money” is usually credited to Benjamin Franklin, who used it in an essay (Advice to a Young Tradesman.1748) 36 He encouraged people to treat time like money. However, most people think about time and money in vastly different ways.
Time is our most scarce (稀缺) resource. Poor or rich, we all have 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 37 In a world of scarcity, choosing one thing means not being able to do something else.
38 Time is relatively scarce for people with higher incomes, partly because their time is more valuable. So, to have lots of time, rich people hire other people to do their household chores. However, a non-working person may spend more time on household chores.
Time cannot be stored. One of the reasons we give little thought about how we use our limited resources is that we cannot save time. Time moves on whether we choose to spend it or not. 39 However, when people are made aware of their mortality (生命的有限), they wonder if they did make the most of their lives.
In sum, time is anything but free. As a non-renewable resource, time is quite expensive. 40 They do their best to think of their time as unlimited, and unlimited goods have little value. Knowing that time is limited encourages us to ask how we are using our time. Do we want to spend these precious moments on social media or spend that time learning something new Skills and knowledge take time so the more time you spend on them, the more you improve.
A. It cannot be bought at any price.
B. It means time is a valuable resource.
C. The value of time varies from person to person.
D. Some people fail to realize that time is scarce
E. Thus, each of us faces the choice of how to spend our time.
F. You can’t bottle time and exchange it for an object or event.
G. Actually, time and money are greatly different from each other.
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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Soon after my arrival in Luanda. I realized 1t that I was S going to have some free time available. I decided to spend it doing something 41 and involving in the local community.
I started my search for 42 opportunities and a blog post caught my eye. It was Ashima’s post on how she started her volunteering journey in Luanda. Ashima has been volunteering at the 43 for Art and Culture for more than a year. I 44 to get in touch with them and soon after I got a very 45 and welcoming response 46 me to the foundation. The next day as I walked into the foundation, little did I know it would become such a(n) 47 part of my life in Luanda.
I was a bit 48 at first as I had never worked with 49 before and my Portuguese(葡萄牙语) then was much poorer than now. But as I slowly started doing some 50 with children, there were not any 51 . All that you needed was a 52 full of love and everyone spoke the language of love.
I found plenty of activities to do with kids, keeping them busy and having 53 . Together we played, sang, learned new things, created new games and reinvented the old. The children coming to the foundation are 54 , and full of love and energy. It is a beautiful place with wonderful projects. Without doubt, it is the best place I could have found in Luanda, and I am very happy to go there as 55 as I can. The staff working there really make you feel welcome and at home.
41. A. easy B. useful C. interesting D. relaxing
42. A. working B. training C. teaching D. volunteering
43. A. Center B. Gallery C. Foundation D. Museum
44. A. decided B. agreed C. waited D. promised
45. A. warm B. familiar C. short D. strange
46. A. helping B. inviting C. connecting D. introducing
47. A. natural B. independent C. comfortable D. beautiful
48. A. excited B. hesitant C. disappointed D. upset
49. A. foreigners B. artists C. children D. volunteers
50. A. exercises B. homework C. activities D. experiments
51. A. risks B. responses C. resources D. troubles
52. A. heart B. world C. culture D. journey
53. A. fun B. faith C. freedom D. confidence
54. A. shy B. careful C. wonderful D. adventurous
55. A. early B. often C. quickly D. silently
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。
Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s “Le Petit Prince” has been translated into more than 250 languages since it 56 (publish) in 1943. There have been radio plays, television adaptations and film versions. So why tell this story again Could Mark Osborne, the director of “Kung Fu Panda,” really have something new 57 (say) on this timeless story
Osborne and his team change focus to a new heroine(女主角), the Little Girl, who is being trained by her mother for the world of adulthood. She’s trying to get into a famous school and her mother has her entire summer vacation 58 (plan) out on a big board. Let’s just say, in this community 59 all the homes look the same, this poor girl is going to be doing a lot of studying and not a lot of playing. Until she meets her neighbor, the Aviator.
The Aviator tells his new friend 60 (story), including the time he met “The Little Prince.” The Little Girl is 61 (strong)attracted by the drawings which will be familiar 62 fans of the book and 63 (learn) lessons like “Growing up is not the problem, forgetting is” and “It is only with the heart 64 one can see rightly.” It gets a little repetitive in the midsection, but the final act brings the Aviator’s stories and lessons to life, 65 (make) the journey worthwhile.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
为推进诚信教育，你校即将开展“无监督考试（unsupervised examination）”活动。校英文报Opinion栏目针对此活动进行征稿。请你写一篇英语短文投稿，表明你的观点，并陈述理由。
注意：1.词数80左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数：
2.不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息。
To promote the value of honesty, our school plans to introduce an activity called “unsupervised examination”. In my opinion,
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两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Today was Community Service Day at school. Maya’s class was going to make cards for the seniors living in a nursing home (养老院). It was also the first day Maya would be wearing her leg brace(腿支架) to school, which was designed to help her walk more steadily and smoothly.
It was a cold autumn morning, Maya looked down, feeling embarrassed. To make it lovelier, she had delicately decorated the brace with pretty butterfly patterns. Still, she was unsure about others’ reaction. All morning at school, kids kept glancing at her brace. To her relief, they didn’t say anything.
In the classroom, Maya was drawing pretty flowers when her friend Samir came over and sat by her. She felt his eyes fixed on her brace and heard him asking, “What’s that for ” No knowing what to say, Maya pretended she didn’t hear him. After a few seconds of awkwardness, she glanced back at him, and found that he looked a little sad.
After lunch, the class set off. The nursing home was on a small hill and all of them walked there happily along the path. Maya found that the brace did make it easier for her to walk up.
Maya and Samir were paired up with a lady who was 83 years old. There at the end of the hall in in a wheelchair, with a big smile on her face, sat the lady, wearing a pink coat, with red lipstick and beautiful earrings. She looked bright and bright and full of life. Moving flexibly and fast towards Maya and Samir, she greeted first “I’m Joan,” she said cheerfully. “Glad to meet you.”
Maya and Samir handed her the cards they made. Joan looked at Samir’s card carefully and spoke with admiration. “You’ve written a poem! That’s so artistic!” Samir’s face reddened with shyness. Then Joan turned to Maya’s picture. “The first flowers of spring!” she cried in delight. “You really have a gift for using colour!” she said. Clearly, Joan’s praise added great power into Maya.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150个左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1：
In a sudden wave of bravery, Maya asked, “What’s it like being in a wheelchair ”
Paragraph 2：
Deeply impressed by Joan, Maya offered to sit beside Samir on the bus ride back home.
高二英语参考答案（2024.11）
I听力（每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1-5 AACBC 6-10 CBABC 11-15 ABCAC 16-20 BABCB
II阅读（每小题2.5分，满分50分）
21-25 CBDCD 26-30 AADBA 31-35 BCDAB 36-40 BECFD
III-1语言运用（每小题1分，满分15分）
41-45 BDCAA 46-50 BDBCC 51-55 DAACB
III-2短文填空（每小题1.5分，满分15分）
56. was published 57. to say 58. planned 59. where 60. stories
61. strongly 62. to 63. learns 64. That 65. making
IV-1应用文写作（满分15分）
Open
IV-2 读后续写：（满分25分）
Possible version:
Paragraph1:
In a sudden wave of bravery, Maya asked, “What’s it like being in a wheelchair ” Right after asking the question, an immediate sense of regret seized Maya. What if her words embarrassed Joan However, Joan said cheerfully, “It helps me get around. You’d be surprised at how fast I can go in this thing!” Right then, she moved the wheelchair across the room, turning around, back and forth. And what surprised Maya most was that she didn’t detect any pity or embarrassment from her. Then Maya found Joan was smiling, eyes purposefully resting on her brace. It was then that a spark of power was lit up deep inside Maya. That afternoon, the three of them had a pleasant talk.
Paragraph 2:
Deeply impressed by Joan, Maya offered to sit beside Samir on the bus ride back home. “Joan is great. I like her,” Samir admired. Maya nodded, lost in thought. With Joan’s wheelchair and smile in mind, she summoned up her courage to apologize for ignoring him in the morning and explained to him, “The brace keeps my toe up so I can walk better.” “Really ” Samir looked amazed, reached out and touched it gently. “That’s super cool!” His words were so sincere that Maya felt warm and moved. Though it was cold autumn outside, it felt like warm spring for Maya. A little green bud was bursting—she and her brace looked cool, beautiful and dynamic in her and others’ eyes.

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