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山西省朔州市怀仁市二校2024-2025学年高二下学期5月期中联考英语试题
一、阅读理解
Movies for Families
Look at our family movies list. We have prepared four top family movies for you to enjoy with parents.
The Goonies, 114 minutes
If you’re hosting a sleepover(彻夜狂欢), you’ll be a hero by turning on this fantasy about some adventure-seeking kids. What we all remember and love about the children is that they “never say die (永不言败)”.
Warning: it can be a bit scary, but we think it’s safe for kids aged 10 and over.
Pollyanna, 134 minutes
Hayley Mills in Pollyanna is one of Hollywood’s most lovable child characters in film. An orphan (孤儿) sent to live with her rich Aunt Polly, she’s unbelievably positive, and brings the town together. Don’t miss other Hayley Mills’ classics, like The Trouble With Angels and The Parent Trap.
The Land Before Time, 70 minutes
Baby dinosaurs stressing friendship may seem a little too much like Barney, but The Land Before Time wins over audiences of all ages. Littlefoot, a young, orphaned dinosaur, must make his way to the Great Valley in order to survive a natural disaster, and makes lots of friends in the process.
Newsies, 121 Minutes
Set in 1899, this Disney Musical about some singing and dancing paperboys isn’t exactly historical. But if your kids love music, they won’t be able to turn it off. The stars include Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, Bill Pullman and Christian Bale, so there’s something for you, too.
1．Which of the following is suitable for Children aged 8
A．Newsies. B．The Goonies.
C．The Trouble With Angels. D．The Land Before Time.
2．Who is Hayley Mills
A．A film director. B．A movie star.
C．An orphaned dinosaur. D．A lovable child character.
3．Why does the young dinosaur go to the Great Valley in The Land Before Time
A．To escape from a disaster. B．To find his friends.
C．To give a performance. D．To meet his mother.
When Stanford University student Ellen Xu, now 18, was a five-year-old in San Diego, California, she clearly remembers that her parents rushed her little sister to the hospital. Three-year-old Kate had fallen seriously ill; she had a fever, reddened eyes, and some swelling (肿胀) in her hands and tongue.
At first, the puzzled doctors thought she had flu, but when her condition didn’t improve, the Xus returned to the clinic room, where a doctor by chance had a similar earlier experience with such symptoms (症状) in the blood known as Kawasaki disease. Though rare (罕见的), it’s the leading cause of the heart disease in babies and young children, and its causes remain unknown.
The doctor knew how to treat it: He ordered some medicine for Kate, and finally she shook off-the illness without suffering damage to her heart.
Xu remembers being curious about her sister’s illness condition and was amazed that the grown-ups couldn’t answer her questions about why it was so hard to check. “In my mind, it was this puzzle I wanted to solve,” she says.
Ten years later, wanting to enter a high school science fair, she had an idea. What if we had a doctor in our pocket So she created just that: Using Al, Xu designed a program that uses visual facts to check the disease based on five physical symptoms.
The technology works the same way as apps that can identify birds and plants with photos you’ve taken on your cellphone. Worried parents can upload a photo that they have taken of their child, and the technology will scan the picture for symptoms of the disease, which often have strong visual factors, such as a swollen longue.
Xu’s invention has been applied as a web app on the website. “The technology could also be developed for recognizing some other diseases,” she says. “It means a lot to me. I want to use AI to help people live happier and healthier lives.”
Xu says that her sister Kale, now in her third year of high school with dreams of becoming an environmental engineer, is strong and healthy.
4．Why did the author mention Kate’s illness
A．To explain who treated Kate’s illness.
B．To prove how serious Kale’s illness was.
C．To show how much Ellen loved her sister.
D．To tell why Ellen wanted to solve the puzzle in her mind.
5．Why did Ellen design the program
A．To save her sister. B．To earn a prize.
C．To check a rare disease. D．To identify birds and plants.
6．What can best describe Ellen according to the text
A．Determined and careful. B．Creative and helpful.
C．Diligent and selfless. D．Active and easy-going.
7．What is the best title for the text
A．An App That Detects a Rare Disease B．An Invention Helping Doctors
C．A Girl Recovering from a Disease D．A New Method to Treat a Disease
Laughter comes in many forms, from a polite and quiet laugh to a great hearty laugh. Scientists are now developing an AI system to recreate different laughs in proper social contexts. The team behind the laughing robot Erica said that the system could improve natural conversations between people and an AI robot. “We think that one of the important functions of conversational AI is empathy (共情),” said Dr Koji Inoue, the lead author of the research. “So we decided that one way a robot can empathize with its users is to share their laughter.”
The team have set out to teach their AI system the art of conversational laughter. They gathered training data from more than 80 daily dialogues between male subjects and the robot that was initially operated by four actresses remotely. The dialogue data was grouped into social laughs (where polite or embarrassed laughter isn’t involved) and laughter of joy. Based on the audio files, the algorithm (算法) learned the basic characteristics of social laughs, which tend to be softer, and merry laughs, with the aim of mirroring these inappropriate situations.
“Our biggest obstructor in the work was identifying the actual cases of shared laughter because as you know, most laughter is actually not shared at all,” said Inoue. “We had to carefully decide exactly which laughs we could use for our analysis and we couldn’t just assume that any laugh can be responded to. It was really not easy work.” The team said laughter could help create robots with their own distinct character although it could take more than 20 years before it would be possible to have a casual chat with a robot like we would with a friend.
“One of the things we’d keep in mind is that a laughing robot or algorithm will never be able to understand you or the meaning of laughter,” points out Prof. Sandra Wachter of the Oxford Internet Institute. “But with their development, they might get very good at tricking you into believing they understand what’s going on.”
8．Why did Inoue’s team develop the AI system
A．To better understand human empathy.
B．To promote the social skills of robots.
C．To explore the differences between laughs.
D．To assist robots in identifying people's moods.
9．What can robot Erica probably do at present
A．Repeat the details of the 80 dialogues
B．Distinguish people by hearing their laughs
C．Recreate a scene played by the four actresses
D．Master the features of laughs provided by data.
10．What does the underlined word “obstructor” in Paragraph 3 mean
A．Potential. B．Barrier. C．Alternative. D．Division.
11．Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A．Are AI systems going beyond human ability
B．Can conversational AI really understand us
C．Laughing robots are round the conner.
D．Robots become laughing masters.
“Eat local.” It's one way to reduce human effect on the planet. Eating local means to try to buy and consume foods that are grown in places close to home. However, most of the food sold at supermarkets is not locally grown or produced. Trucks and planes deliver these foods from hundreds or thousands of miles away. During the transportation, greenhouse (温室) gases are produced, causing global warming. So the shorter the distance your foods must travel, the less harm is done to the environment.
But how do you get local food if you live in a large city, hundreds of miles away from farms Environmental health scientist Dickson Despommier and his students came up with the idea of a “vertical (垂直的)farm”.
A vertical farm is a glass-walled structure that could be built as tall as a skyscraper (摩天大楼). Since the garden is built upwards, rather than outwards, it requires much less space than an ordinary farm. The world is quickly running out of room for ordinary farming.
Vertical farms could be a key to this situation. Despommier imagines a 30-storey building with a greenhouse on every floor.
The walls of the building would be clear to allow crops to get as much sunlight as possible. Depending on a city's water resources, Despommier thinks hydroponic (水培的) farming is another method for the vertical farm which needs no soil to grow plants.
Despommier says the hydroponic greenhouses would use a system that would use a city's waste water and fill it with nutrition to make the crops grow. If this method works, it would provide food to a city and save millions of tons of water.
The idea of a vertical farm has attracted the attention of government officials around the world. Scott Stringer, a government official from New York City, thinks the city is suitable for the vertical farming. “Obviously we don't have much land left for us,” Stringer said. “But the sky is the limit in Manhattan.”
Despommier admits that there is still a lot of work to do to make vertical farms a reality. “But I think vertical farming is an idea that can work in a big way,” he says.
12．Why are people advised to eat local
A．Because it means convenience to people. B．Because it can help people save a lot of money.
C．Because local food has more nutrition. D．Because it is environmentally friendly.
13．Which is one of the vertical farm's benefits when compared with ordinary farming
A．It produces healthier food. B．It does less harm to the cities.
C．It needs more space of the city. D．It requires less transport costs.
14．By saying “the sky is the limit in Manhattan”, Stringer means ________.
A．people can make full use of vertical space of Manhattan
B．there is a limit for using empty land in Manhattan
C．the height of buildings in Manhattan is limited
D．Manhattan can spread as far as possible
15．What can we learn about the vertical farming in the passage
A．No soil is needed to grow plants on a vertical farm.
B．It has solved the problem of the food shortage in a big way.
C．The walls of the building would be clear to let people see the plants clearly.
D．Crops are mainly grown in the rainwater on a vertical farm.
Trust is the basic foundation of any relationship in both professional and personal capacity. Here are some ways to build trust and be trustworthy.
Be always honest. Honesty is a virtue that must be cultivated (培养) fully if you desire to establish trust with others. Half-truths and white lies are a recipe for disaster. 16
Communicate effectively. Poor communication is one of the main reasons why trust is unable to be sustained (维持) in any environment. The failure to clarify your stand may lead to unpleasant assumption. 17 If you want to avoid any issues, it’s important to communicate openly and freely with other involved parties in the beginning.
18 Promises are not meant to be broken. Once you make a promise, it’s as binding (必须遵守的) as legal papers. It’s important that you honor your commitments if you’re interested in building trust.
Do not be too quick in making decisions. There is no need to take too much pressure if you’re faced with a dilemma. 19 If the other part asks you to make a comment immediately and you have reservations about it, you can decline the task and say no in the beginning.
Take the necessary time. 20 It’s an ongoing process that needs time to take root and develop effectively. Steady progress is possible only if it’s a regular activity; therefore, prepare to take small steps if you are looking for ways to build trust. Focus on the endgame and do not expect results in the beginning.
A．Keep your word.
B．Don’t take everything for granted.
C．Trust cannot be earned in seconds.
D．This can cause disagreements and the breaking of trust.
E．Therefore, avoid them at all costs if you are trying to build trust.
F．You’d better take the time to consider your approach from every angle.
G．Make sure you are paying attention to old and new relationships equally.
二、完形填空
When John asked his daughters which sculptures they like best, they shouted excitedly, “The Story birds!”. These birds are the 21 of Robin and John. Robin explains, “Made from plain clay (黏土), the colorful ceramic birds stand on metal legs. There is a little 22 in it. Together, we make something better.”
At John’s house, art is a family 23 . Robin brings style to their ceramics. John crafts the metal elements of the sculptures, Their daughters, Ruby, Eliza and Carmella, help too. “The girls 24 into bodies,” says John, “Everyone contributes to the works, so every sculpture is a symbol of our 25 effort.”
There are lots of 26 to turn a clay into a bird. First, John breaks the clay and 27 it until about one-quarter inch thick. He covers it so that it won’t dry out and 28 . Then, Robin 29 . She thins the clay here and there, pushing in and out to make the bird’s body. John adds fresh clay on the drier clay and Robin 30 the body with bright colors. Then it is Ruby’s turn. She sculpts it. Eventually, the bird will go into an oven for firing-baking and 31 . Robin programs the oven so that the temperature 32 bit by bit. Total oven time can be 20 hours. “That may be a long time.but the 33 you heat the clay, the more likely it is to crack.” Robin says.
Soon, the bird stands 34 on its feet, John shows it to his families. “I did the carving!” Ruby says excitedly. The girls gather for a closer look. The 35 expressions on their faces tell a story — they love making art together.
21．A．memories B．creations C．copies D．reforms
22．A．magic B．challenge C．reward D．effort
23．A．regulation B．guidance C．affair D．decision
24．A．look B．move C．come D．carve
25．A．joint B．real C．final D．serious
26．A．highlights B．steps C．ideas D．benefits
27．A．rolls B．fires C．paints D．brushes
28．A．disappear B．enlarge C．crack D．explode
29．A．takes over B．runs out C．tests out D．turns over
30．A．washes B．decorates C．refreshes D．strengthens
31．A．resting B．cycling C．striking D．hardening
32．A．drops B．changes C．stabilizes D．rises
33．A．hotter B．tougher C．faster D．deeper
34．A．quietly B．closely C．temporarily D．firmly
35．A．sensitive B．innocent C．enthusiastic D．gentle
三、语法填空
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。
Weiqi is the Chinese name for the classic board game 36 (common) known in English as Go. The game, 37 was called yi in ancient China, has a history of over 3, 000 years. Weiqi is a board game between two players 38 (use) black and white game pieces.
According to ancient books, weiqi 39 (invent) by the Chinese emperor Yao. In the Spring and Autumn Period, people would use terms in weiqi like “ju qi bu ding”(meaning “holding a game piece but not sure what move to make”) 40 (describe) vacillation (犹豫不决) in polities. It’s quite clear how popular the game was at that time. Later, there were lots of talented weiqi 41 (player) in all dynasties and many emperors in ancient China were weiqi lovers, such as Cao Cao and Zhu Yuanzhang.
The rules of weiqi are very simple 42 the choices to move the game pieces vary.
This is where the charm of the game lies. The time for one round of weiqi can be 43 (difference). In most cases, it takes one or two hours to finish one round of weiqi.
Weiqi is a game that combines science, art and 44 (compete). It’s no wonder that the game has been popular for thousands of years and is gradually becoming 45 international cultural game.
四、书面表达
46．随着网络的普及，网络诈骗，网络欺凌等青少年网络安全问题成为大家关注的一个焦点，李华所在的班级围绕“网络安全问题”召开主题班会，假定你是李华，以“How to stay safe online”为标题，写一篇发言稿。主要包括以下内容：
1. 强调网络安全的重要性；
2. 提出建议（如保护好个人隐私、文明上网等）；
注意：
1. 词数80词左右；
2. 可适当增加情节，以使行文连贯。
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47．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。
When I was in high school, my art teacher asked me to participate in a regional painting competition. I hesitated at first. Although I loved art, I had always painted for myself, not for contests or recognition. My family, who had moved from Mexico, encouraged me to express our culture through my art, but I was unsure about exposing my work to the public. Painting was a personal journey for me, a way to connect with my roots and express my emotions.
But my teacher saw something in my paintings that I hadn’t. She said, “Your work tells a story, a vibrant narrative of your heritage and dreams. You should share it with the world.” Motivated by her confidence in me, I decided to take the leap.
I chose the theme of ‘Migration’ for my painting. It was a tribute to my family’s journey from Mexico to the United States, a blend of colors and emotions depicting both the struggles and hopes of moving to a new land. I poured my heart into that canvas, each stroke representing a piece of my story.
As I worked, I found myself lost in the memories and experiences of my family. The more I painted, the more I understood the sacrifices they had made for me. My doubts turned into determination. I wanted this painting not just to be seen but to be felt. I stayed up late for several nights, perfecting every detail, ensuring that every color and every line conveyed the emotions I felt so deeply.
When I finally finished, I was no longer concerned about winning. The painting was a part of me, a representation of my family’s journey and my growth as an artist.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The day of the competition arrived, and my heart was racing as I displayed my painting among the others.
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After the competition, I walked up to my art teacher, filled with a mix of gratitude and pride.
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参考答案
题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
答案 D D A D C B A B D B
题号 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
答案 C D B A A E D A F C
题号 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
答案 B B C D A B A C A B
题号 31 32 33 34 35
答案 D D C D C
36．commonly 37．which 38．using 39．was invented 40．to describe 41．players 42．but 43．different 44．competition 45．an
46．A possible version:
Good afternoon, my dear classmates/fellow students!
With the wide spread of the Internet, we have easy access to almost everything we want to know. Meanwhile, there are also hidden/potential dangers that we can’t see through. Then what should we do to stay safe online
First of all, don’t click on any strange link so as to avoid property loss. Second, protect your privacy. Don’t give away your personal information like name or address, and never see strangers you meet online. Finally, always be polite in the virtual world. Try not to be a target for a cyberbully.
Only when we obey the rules above can we build a healthy and harmonious online world.
Thank you!
47．One possible version:
The day of the competition arrived, and my heart was racing as I displayed my painting among the others. I felt a mix of excitement and nervousness as I saw the diverse and impressive artworks surrounding mine. Each piece told a unique story, but I knew that my painting held a special place in my heart, embodying not only my artistic expression but also my family’s journey and cultural heritage. As the judges began to evaluate the paintings, I closed my eyes and whispered a silent prayer, hoping that my message would resonate with those who viewed it. Finally, the head judge announced that I won!
After the competition, I walked up to my art teacher, filled with a mix of gratitude and pride. She smiled warmly at me and said, “Congratulations! You’ve captured the essence of ‘Migration’ beautifully.” Her words filled me with a sense of validation and accomplishment. I knew that I had succeeded in sharing a piece of myself with the world. The journey of creating and exhibiting my painting had not only honed my artistic skills but had also deepened my connection to my roots. As I thanked my teacher for her guidance and support, I realized that taking that leap of faith had led me to a new level of artistic fulfillment and self-discovery.

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