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西安市第二十六中学
2024— 2025 学年度第一学期期末考试高二年级
英语试卷
说明: 本试卷满分为 150 分, 考试时间为 120 分钟,
第Ⅰ卷(选择题共 95 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.
1.
What will Susan do this afternoon
A. Go to see a doctor. B. Visit Karen in hospital. C. Go skating with the man.
2.
Where will Henry most probably go this afternoon
A. To a beach. B. To an exhibition. C. To a Chinese restaurant.
3.
What is the most possible relationship between the speakers
A. classmate. B. Brother and sister. C. Father and daughter.
4.
Why does Jane talk to Mark
A. To ask for a favor. B. To borrow some boxes. C. To show Mark around.
5.
What are the speakers talking about
A. Their sports partners. B. Their common hobby. C. Their favorite sports.
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.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What page is Lily reading now
A. The sports page. B. The business page. C. The entertainment page.
7. What will the weather be like tomorrow according to the latest paper
A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Which tourist attraction will the speakers visit first
A. Big Ben. B. Lambeth Bridge. C. Bucking ham Palace.
9. When did the speakers eat breakfast
A. At 7: 00 am. B. At 8: 00 am. C. At 9: 00 am.
10. How will the speakers get to Lambeth Bridge
A. By subway. B. On foot. C. By bus.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
11. Why did Kevin’ family decide to move
A. They got bored with city life.
B. Their rented house would be sold.
C. The landlady charged them a higher rent.
12. What did Kevin think of the houses for rent in the city
A. Beautiful. B. Comfortable. C. Expensive.
13. How long does it take Kevin to go to work now
A. One hour. B. One and a half hours. C. Two hours.
14. What does Kevin think is the most important benefit of living suburbs
A. Saving more money. B. Enjoying quiet life. C. Breathing fresh air.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
15. What was the feature of the earthquake in Peru
A. Lasting for a long time. B. Causing serious damage. C. Being deep in the ground.
16. What damage did the earthquake cause
A. Three slightly injured people. B. Total destruction of a church. C. Traffic accidents on the highway
17. What do Peruvians do to deal with frequent earthquakes
A. Learn skills to survive earthquakes. B. Tun to modern technologies. C. Move to a safer country.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. When is usually the most challenging time for the speaker
A. Prep time. B. Circle time. C. Greeting time.
19. What activity does circle time usually include
A. Singing songs. B. Reading books. C. Learning math.
20. What does the speaker most probably think of circle play
A. Boring. B. Important. C. Tiring.
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)
阅读下列四篇短文, 从每小题后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项.
A
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· Business meeting manners
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Network know-how
· How to start and keep a conversation
· How to hold your food and drinks
· Business card exchange
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· Extending an invitation & duties of the host and guest
· Seating arrangements in a business setting
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· Professional training workshop
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· Four-course lunch
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21. What can you learn in BEWP
A. How to keep a healthy diet. B. How to be polite on the phone.
C. How to use the Internet wisely. D. How to manage time effectively.
22. What will you get if you attend BEWP
A. Four-course free supper. B. A computer manual.
C. Business suits. D. A certificate.
23. How can people acquire more information about BEWP
A. By texting. B. By writing a letter.
C. By sending an email. D. By visiting Sue Brown’s office.
B
People often take the ability to communicate for granted but when you grow up with a sibling who is nonverbal, it changes the way you look at the world.
Archer Calder is a high school student from Utah. His sister Della, two years younger than him, has a rare genetic condition called Bainbridge-ropes syndrome. Even though Della isn’t able to speak, he and her brother are very close. Two years ago, Archer was searching online for an ape that might help Della express her needs, wants, likes, and dislikes.
However, he found that the available alps were too expensive, and didn’t offer everything he was looking for. Since Archer has always loved coding and computer programming, he decided to make his own ape. Apart from that, Archer was determined to make his ape better than the rest, completely open source, and free. That’s how Freespeech was born.
Archer said he decided to help his sister communicate because he wanted to hear her thoughts, but he also had a deeper reason. Growing up, he had a stutter(口吃)that kept him from expressing himself. It took him four years of speech therapy to overcome the difficulty, and the feeling of not being able to get his words out suck with him.
Free speech refers to the augmentative and alternative communication(AAC)that helps people communicate by pressing buttons that represent words. Users like Della can make sentenced by pressing multiple buttons in a sequence. It opens up a whole new world of communication for people who are nonverbal. Now Della can communicate like anybody else, through the iPad.
Archer first put it on TikTok, and the response was so positive that he continued sharing it on Git Hub, where experienced programmer helped beef it up. Archer said even if Free speech could only help one person, his sister, all the time and effort he put in was worth it.
24. What do we know about Archer
A. He gets along well with Della. B. He likes collecting electronic device.
C. He has the same physical condition as Della. D. He works part-time as a computer programmer.
25. What does Archer probably think of the available alps online
A. Disappointing. B. Surprising. C. Interesting. D. Inspiring.
26. What is Archer’s deeper drive to design Free speech
A. His enthusiasm for computer programming. B. His willingness to help his sister.
C. His high expectation of success. D. His early experiences.
27. How do users apply Free speech to expressing the information
A. By pushing buttons representing different words. B. By uploading their voice into it.
C. By spelling important keywords. D. By learning gesture from it.
C
Parrots live extremely long partly due to their relatively large brains, an international team of researchers has discovered. Simeon Smeele, a doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, led the study, the results of which were published in March in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
When it comes to lifespan (寿命), birds truly stand out. Lifespan tends to increase with an animal’s body size, roughly speaking. Thus, the bigger the animal, the longer they live. But a bird tends to live much longer than a comparably-sized mammal (哺乳动物). One theory is that birds’ ability to fly means they are less at risk from the animals that kill them, which reduces their risk of being eaten, decreases stress, and frees up bodily resources for growth.
And among birds, parrots are the aging champions. The confirmed longest living bird was Cookie, a Major Mitchell’s cockatoo (a species of parrot), who lived at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois for all but one of his 83 years. Though cockatoos often weigh around a pound, they usually live for four decades. Most of the other 398 parrot species also live longer than other birds of similar size.
What sets parrots apart In the new research, Smeele and his colleagues gathered data on over 130,000 individual parrots held in more than 1,000 zoos, representing 217 species. Through this data, they created reliable estimates of the average lifespan for each species. They next searched for a link between each species’ lifespan and its relative brain size and found a clear, positive correspondence. Parrot species with larger brains relative to their body size lived longer than species with smaller brains.
“This supports the idea that in general larger brains make species more flexible and allow them to live longer,” Smeele said in a statement. “For example, if they run out of their favorite food, they could learn to find something new and thus survive.” He added, “All parrots have relatively large brain sizes compared to most other birds.”
Researchers have previously shown that, when trained, some parrots can recognize and understand objects, colors, and shapes, and even speak with an impressive vocabulary. They can even match five-year-old humans on basic tests of intelligence.
28. What may cause birds’ long life
A. Their big body size. B. Their ability to fly.
C. Their less adventurous nature. D. Their slow-paced lifestyle.
29. What do we know about parrots according to the text
A. They outlive other similar-sized birds.
B. They live longer in the zoo than in the wild.
C. They have an average lifespan of four decades.
D. They live in relatively less competitive environments.
30. What does the underlined word “correspondence” in Paragraph 4 probably mean
A. Goal. B. Evidence. C. Difference D. Connection.
31 What does the author want to stress with the example in Paragraph5
A. Parrots find it hard to survive nowadays.
B. Bigger brains give parrots more adaptability(适应性).
C. Parrots like to discover new things by nature.
D. Bigger brains aid parrots with their social ability.
D
For many people, breakfast — often called the most important meal of the day — is also the day’s least-exciting meal. Foods at breakfast are typically simple, quick, and easy to prepare and eat. And when people find a breakfast option they like, they generally stick with it, day after day, scientists have found.
When researchers evaluated the daily eating habits in thousands of U. S. And French study subjects, they saw that people repeatedly ate the same thing for breakfast and were happy to do so. By comparison, when those people sat down to have lunch or dinner, they expected greater variety and wanted a more pleasurable experience from their meals.
Researchers analyzed data in which a group of l, 275 American volunteers and a group of 2, 624 French volunteers reported what they ate for different meals to find patterns in meal experiences. They discovered that in both groups, 68 % of the participants ate the same breakfast at least twice in one week, and French people did so even more often than Americans did. By comparison, just 9 % of the people repeated a dinner they had already eaten and this repetition was higher for the American participants than for the French participants. The researchers then proposed that psychological (心理的) factors could also map onto circadian rhythms (昼夜节律) to further push people toward certain meal choice. Early in the day, when energy levels are higher, people tend to make practical choice. This makes it more likely that they’d be guided by practicality over pleasure when eating breakfast and would therefore be satisfied with a meal choice that they don’t have to think about too much. And it would be more possible for them to find one breakfast they like and then eat the same thing over and over again, according to the study.
But as the day progresses, and a person’s energy increased and decreased, the importance of practical goals reduces. Pleasure-sacking becomes more important, and a person would then be more likely to seek variety in tastes and texture.
However, even though culture, biology, and psychology make it seem natural to seek practical goals for breakfast, by consciously introducing variation into weekday breakfasts, breakfast can become much more enjoyable, which can help set a more positive tone for the rest of the day.
32. What did the researchers find in their study
A. People have realized the benefits of eating breakfast.
B. People think it hard to find their favorite breakfast.
C. People usually spend a lot of time on cooking.
D. People tend to repeat their breakfast option.
33. Which method did the researchers most likely use to collect data
A. Making surveys. B. Performing experiments.
C. Working with local restaurants. D. Observing participants’ daily diets.
34. What did the researchers conclude from people’s circadian rhythms
A. Eating regularly contributes to good health.
B. People’s attitudes towards breakfast vary throughout the day.
C. People’s mood is the decisive factor in choosing their breakfast.
D. Energy changes throughout the day greatly affect people’s food choices.
35. Which of the following could be the best title for the text
A. The Significance of Breakfast in Our Daily Life
B. Breakfast Habits: Why We Repeat
C. Differences in Meal Choices between Americans and French
D. The Influence of Circadian Rhythms on Our Eating Patterns
第二节(共5小题; 每小题2.5分, 满分12. 5分)
根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空自处的最佳选项. 选项中有两项为多余选项.
While traveling in a group makes a journey fun, it can come with challenges. Unlike solo travel, you will probably have less control over the itinerary (旅程) when you travel in a group.____36____ No matter who’s in your group, you can have a life-changing journey together. Here are some tips for making group travel as smooth as possible:
____37____ If you’re in charge of planning the itinerary, avoid arranging too many activities in on day and set aside time for relaxation. For example, one day, you might book an adventurous trip, like hiking to ancient ruins, and plan to relax on the beach the next day. This way, you can avoid stress and keep the group energized.
Be open to new experiences. If someone in your group suggests trying something you never considered before, whether it is sampling frog porridge in Singapore or riding an all-terrain vehicle(全地形车) in Mexico, be open to the new idea.____38____
Stay in touch. Ensure everyone in your group has a way to communicate with each other.____39____You might exchange phone numbers, set up a group text or print a list of contact information.
Be patient.____40____For example, you may have to wait for someone in the morning before setting out or stick around a souvenir shop until a friend finishes browsing. Before you begin your trip, set realistic expectations and get into a flexible mindset. If you can go with the flow during your group trip, you will be more likely to have a relaxing experience.
A. Vote on activities.
B Create a balanced itinerary.
C. Thus, you might discover something new about yourself.
D. It’s ok to skip a group activity if you need some time alone.
E. Besides, you may be around people with different preferences.
F. If someone gets lost or the group break up, it’s easy to reconnect.
G. Traveling in a group means some activities will take longer than if you did them alone.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节, 满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题; 每题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
Can you remember the first time you received a generous act I can’t, but I clearly remember the first time I understood the meaning of generosity.
I was in Grade Four. Fred was a boy in my class who lived in difficult conditions. His parents didn’t have the ___41___ to buy him all the stationery (文具) that he needed, and one of the basic items he ___42___ was colored pencils. So every time we needed to use colored pencils, Fred would ___43___ some of mine.
Knowing this, my mother said it must have been hard for him to always ___44___ others. Instead of driving home, she drove directly to the closest stationery shop and had me ___45___ some for Fred.
The next day I was sent to school with these things and was told to give them to Fred ___46___. I shouldn’t cause Fred to feel ___47___ , but should just give them to him and tell him they were his to ___48___. Receiving these, Fred looked ___49___ at first, then happy and proud. He had his own stationery!
To me, it’s okay to let Fred use my pencils. ___50___ my mom realized what a difference it would make for Fred to have his own. Generosity is ___51___ an opportunity to do something within your capability. Besides, it’s never limited to ___52___ things. Thinking creatively and sharing ___53___ to help others find solutions are also acts of generosity. Give someone your time and ___54___ by listening mind fully. More importantly, it isn’t doing something to be seen; it is giving with no ___55___ of anything in exchange.
41. A. ideas B. means C. desire D. excuses
42. A. owned B. lost C. mentioned D. lacked
43. A. borrow B. collect C. show D. exchange
44. A. care about B. rely on C. communicate with D. play with
45. A. select B. remember C. design D. recommend
46. A. at once B. at last C. in return D. in secret
47. A. surprised B. confused C. embarrassed D. disappointed
48. A. present B. keep C. notice D. treasure
49. A. unpleasant B. confident C. uncertain D. angry
50. A. However B. Otherwise C. Moreover D. Therefore
51 A. giving B. missing C. bringing D. finding
52. A. essential B. positive C. material D. exciting
53. A. wisdom B. benefit C. interest D. responsibility
54. A. politeness B. attention C. permission D. curiosity
55. A. argument B. hesitation C. doubt D. expectation
第二节语法填空(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.
Some students at a primary school organized an activity to raise money for the society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(SPCA). Due to their efforts, they eventually managed____56____(raise) 3, 500 in total. The students, together with their parents and teachers, then went to____57____supermarket to buy things to donate to the non-profit____58____(organize). They bought items____59____(list)on the SPCA’s wish list and filled up nine carts with kitty litter, bird food, paper towels, dog ____60____ (toy), etc. However, when the teacher Mrs. Carneiro was paying for the remaining items, she found that the school’s credit card ____61____ (refuse) as the amount charged was above the card limit. Unfortunately, Mrs. Carneiro didn’t take her wallet. And the parents were outside ____62____ (load) the items into the car. To her surprise, after seeing her problem, the kindhearted cashier Phyllis Collins ____63____ (generous) offered to use her own credit card to pay for $648 worth of items. They were all touched by Phyllis’ kindness and returned the money to Phyllis later that day. When asked ____64____she did that, Phyllis said that she wanted to contribute ____65____the children’s initiative.
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)
66. 假定你是李华,你准备参加学校举办的英文歌曲大赛。请给你班交换生Anna写一封邮件,请她给予指导。内容包括:
1. 说明比赛要求；2.请她推荐歌曲；3.请求陪同练习。
注意:
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行行文连贯。
Dear Anna ,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sincerely yours ,
Li Hua
第二节 读后续写(满分25分)
67. 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。续写的词数应为150左右。
8-year-old Evan was standing by the sidewalk when he noticed Mrs. Carter opening her shop again.
Several days ago, when Evan was passing by her store, he saw a closed sign on the store’s door. When the shop remained closed for not just two days, Evan was worried he’d never be able to get his “dream job”.
85-year-old Mrs. Carter was a woman selling flowers for a living and Evan had befriended her when he helped her cross the street one day.
Now seeing her again, Evan ran up to her and greeted her. “Can I help you today, Evan Do you want flowers ” Mrs. Carter asked. Evan smiled, “I’m looking for a job! Can you please hire me ”
“A job ” the elderly lady laughed, thinking Evan was too little for that. But Evan proudly replied he knew many things, like making sandwiches and helping his mom get grocery bags from the car. Mrs. Carter laughed and asked Evan how much money she would have to pay him if she hired him.
Evan shook his head. “All I want is a big bouquet (花束) for my mom. Her name is Stacey and her birthday is one week away. Mom says we should work hard for what we want. I want to work hard for that bouquet. Can you hire me ” Evan asked. Mrs. Carter was impressed and nodded.
Then for a whole week, Evan would come to Mrs. Carter’s store in the evenings and help her, and having Evan around relieved Mrs. Carter’s boredom while she was working. Some customers thought Evan was lovely and entertaining, so they bought more flowers. Mrs. Carter’s business became better.
A week later, on Evan’s last day on the job, Mrs. Carter was emotional. They had grown close for working together, and Evan had become like a grandchild to her. While making a huge bouquet for Evan’s mother, Mrs. Carter secretly placed one envelope into the bouquet. The envelope contained $200. When handing him the bouquet, she said, “Will you come to see me someday, Evan I’d be delighted to have you here.”
“I will!” Evan smiled and waved goodbye to Mrs. Carter.
注意：续写词数应为150左右。
Paragraph1:
Carrying the flowers, Evan rushed home to surprise his mom.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph2:
Then, Evan and his mom hurried to return the money to Mrs. Carter.
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西安市第二十六中学
2024— 2025 学年度第一学期期末考试高二年级
英语试卷 答案
说明: 本试卷满分为 150 分, 考试时间为 120 分钟,
第Ⅰ卷(选择题共 95 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.
【1题答案】
【答案】B
【2题答案】
【答案】B
【3题答案】
【答案】B
【4题答案】
【答案】A
【5题答案】
【答案】C
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.
【6~7题答案】
【答案】6. A 7. B
【8~10题答案】
【答案】8. B 9. A 10. C
【11~14题答案】
【答案】11. B 12. C 13. B 14. A
【15~17题答案】
【答案】15. C 16. A 17. A
【18~20题答案】
【答案】18. C 19. A 20. B
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)
阅读下列四篇短文, 从每小题后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项.
A
【21~23题答案】
【答案】21. B 22. D 23. C
B
【24~27题答案】
【答案】24. A 25. A 26. D 27. A
C
【28~31题答案】
【答案】28. B 29. A 30. D 31. B
D
【32~35题答案】
【答案】32. D 33. A 34. D 35. B
第二节(共5小题; 每小题2.5分, 满分12. 5分)
根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空自处的最佳选项. 选项中有两项为多余选项.
【36~40题答案】
【答案】36. E 37. B 38. C 39. F 40. G
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节, 满分30分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题; 每题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
【41~55题答案】
【答案】41. B 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. A 46. D 47. C 48. B 49. C 50. A 51. D 52. C 53. A 54. B 55. D
第二节语法填空(共 10 小题, 每小题1.5分, 满分15分)
【56~65题答案】
【答案】56. to raise
57. a 58. organization
59. listed 60. toys
61. was refused
62. loading
63 generously
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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)
【66题答案】
【答案】Dear Anna,
I’m writing to ask for your help. Our school will hold an English Singing Contest next weekend. I have signed up for it. It is required that the theme should be about nature. Each contestant is given up to five minutes to sing the song. So, would you please give me some recommendations on which
song to choose？
Besides, what I need are the skills of singing, including pronunciation and intonation, which will perfect my performance. I’d appreciate it if you could practice it with me.
Looking forward to your reply.
Sincerely yours ,
Li Hua
第二节 读后续写(满分25分)
【67题答案】
【答案】Paragraph 1:
Carrying the flowers, Evan rushed home to surprise his mom. “Happy birthday, Mom!” he cried, running up to her. Stacey was shocked at the huge bouquet. “Where did you get it ” she asked. When Evan told the whole story, Stacey was delighted and hugged her son closely. Evan smiled and was about to give her the bouquet when he suddenly noticed the envelope. He pulled it out and found the money in it. “But I told Mrs. Carter not to pay me! I think this got here by mistake!” said Evan.
Paragraph 2:
Then, Evan and his mom hurried to return the money to Mrs. Carter. When they reached her shop and were about to return the money, Mrs. Carter smiled and said, “It’s my pay for Evan. He did a very good job. Keep it. The flowers are my gift for you.” Stacey was grateful for Mrs. Carter’s kindness and invited her home for dinner that night to celebrate her birthday together. From then on, Stacey started to join Evan in helping Mrs. Carter in her shop and they became friends.

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