荆州市洪湖市2024-2025学年高二上学期期末英语试卷

这是一份荆州市洪湖市2024-2025学年高二上学期期末英语试卷，共10页。
考生须知：
1．本卷满分150分，考试时间90分钟；
2．答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字。3．所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试卷上无效
听力选择题
1. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What des the man’s friend want t drink?
2. Hw much shuld the man pay?
2. Which club will the man chse?
3. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题
1. What’s the speaker’s advice n new clthes?
2. What helps leave a great first impressin?
3. Wh is the speaker prbably talking t?
4. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where are the tw speakers?
2. What breed is the man’s dg?
3. What des the man think abut his dg?
4. What kind f dg des the wman want t raise?
5. What are the speakers discussing?
6. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What des the speaker think f the weather in Lndn?
2. Hw many hurs did the man wrk daily befre?
3. What d American peple call “autumn”?
4. What difference des the speaker nt mentin?
7. What did the man mean?
8. What des the wman ffer t d fr the man?
9. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Hw des the wman want t pay?
2. What des the man think f PayPal?
3. Where is Venm accepted?
4. What des the wman ffer t d fr the man?
10. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Hw lng did Hurricane Sandy last in America?
2. Hw many deaths did Hurricane Sandy cause in America?
3. Where did Hurricane Sandy begin?
4. When did Hurricane Sandy grw strnger?
阅读理解
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The ancient silk rad was a nce in a life time jurney. It was ne f the mst imprtant milestnes f trade and culture in wrld histry, and the pineer, Zhang Qian, culd nt be easily frgtten by histry. He was an utstanding diplmat, traveler and explrer in the Han Dynasty f China, hnred as the “the first Chinese t pen their eyes t see the wrld” and “the Clumbus f the east”.
In 138 BC, at the reign f Emperr Wudi, Zhang Qian was sent t the west f China fr an alliance with the Yue-chi peple t fight against the Xingnu. He started his trip frm Chang’an(nw Xi’an in Shanxi Prvince)t Lngxi(in Gansu Prvince). Alng the way, n matter hw difficult the envirnment was, his faith was firm. But unfrtunately, Zhang was caught by the Xingnu peple just as he left Han, and was held prisner fr ten years.
Zhang finally managed t escape with sme f his men and cntinued t travel west withut any dry fd r drinking water. Due t the excellent skill f shting arrws, they survived by eating sme birds and ther animals alng the way. When Zhang at last reached the Yue-chi in Nrthern India, he was disappinted t find that they didn’t want t fight against the Xingnu peple. On the return jurney, Zhang Qian and his men were again caught. It was nt until 125 BC that they returned t Chang’an.
Thugh Zhang hadn’t finished his missin, he brught back first-hand infrmatin n the gegraphy, ethngraphy, and scieties f Central Asia. The paths Zhang Qian explred later served as the highways cnnecting Eurpe, the Middle East, Mesptamia, Central Asia, and East Asia. Cmmdities, crps, animals, religins, ideas, music, technlgy, and artifacts have been transprted by diplmats, merchants and sldiers alng this netwrk f highways, which have, since the 19th century been knwn as the “Silk Rad”. Zhang Qian has been remembered as the great explrer that pened up a new era f cultural exchange between East and West with lng-lasting treasure well bservable tday.
1. What is the passage mainly abut?
2. The wrd “alliance” in Paragraph 2 has the similar meaning t ________.
3. Accrding t the passage, what is true abut the Silk Rad?
4. Which wrds best describe Zhang Qian?
B
Jane Gdall, a wrld-renwned primatlgist and cnservatinist, has dedicated her life t studying chimpanzees in their natural habitat. Brn in Lndn, England, in 1934, Gdall develped a fascinatin with animals frm a yung age. This fascinatin led her t Tanzania’s Gmbe Stream Natinal Park, where she cnducted grundbreaking research n chimpanzee behavir.
Gdall’s wrk revlutinized the field f primatlgy. She bserved that chimpanzees use tls, a trait previusly thught t be unique t humans. This discvery challenged the cnventinal wisdm f the time and pened up new avenues f research int animal cgnitin and behavir.
In additin t her scientific achievements, Gdall is als knwn fr her advcacy wrk. She funded the Jane Gdall Institute (JGI) in 1977, which fcuses n cnservatin, cmmunity-centered develpment, and envirnmental educatin. Thrugh the Rts & Shts prgram, JGI empwers yung peple t make a psitive impact n the wrld by encuraging them t engage in prjects related t the envirnment, animals, and cmmunity service.
Gdall’s dedicatin t her wrk has earned her numerus acclades, including Damehd frm Queen Elizabeth II and the United Natins Messenger f Peace title. Despite her many achievements, Gdall remains humble and cntinues t inspire peple arund the wrld with her passin fr wildlife and cnservatin.
1. What did Gdall bserve abut chimpanzees that challenged cnventinal wisdm?
2. What is the main fcus f the Jane Gdall Institute?
3. What prgram des the Jane Gdall Institute ffer t empwer yung peple?
4. Which acclade did Jane Gdall receive frm Queen Elizabeth II?
C
Priscilla Ouchida’s “energy efficient” huse turned ut t be a hrrible dream. When she and her engineer husband married a few years ag, they built a $100,000 three-bedrm hme in Califrnia. Tightly sealed t prevent air leaks, the huse was equipped with small duble-paned windws and several ther energy-saving features. Prblems began as sn as the cuple mved in, hwever. Priscilla’s eyes burned. Her thrat was cnstantly dry. She suffered frm headaches and culd hardly sleep. It was as thugh she had suddenly develped a strange illness.
Experts finally traced the cause f her illness. The level f frmaldehyde gas in her kitchen was twice the maximum allwed by federal standards fr chemical wrkers. The surce f the gas? Her new kitchen cabinets and wall-t-wall carpeting.
The Ouchidas are victims f indr air pllutin, which is nt given sufficient attentin partly because f the natin’s drive t save energy. The prblem itself isn’t new. “The indr envirnment was dirty lng befre energy cnservatin came alng,” says Mschandreas, a pllutin scientist at Gemet Technlgies in Maryland. “Energy cnservatin has tended t accentuate the situatin in sme cases.”
The prblem appears t be mre trublesme in newly cnstructed hmes rather than ld nes. Back in the days when energy was cheap, hme builders didn’t wrry much abut unsealed cracks. Because f such leaks, the air in an average hme was replaced by fresh utdr air abut nce an hur. As a result, the pllutants generated in mst husehlds seldm built up t dangerus levels.
1. It can be learned frm the passage that the Ouchidas’ huse ________.
2. What made the Ouchidas’ new huse a hrrible dream?
3. The wrd “accentuate” (Para. 3) mst prbably means “________”.
4. Why were cracks in ld huses nt a big cncern?
D
It was a sunny afternn in June f 2022 when 20-year-ld Anthny Perry stepped ff the train at Chicag’s 69th Street statin. On the platfrm, tw men were fighting bitterly. Then the unthinkable happened: the pair fell ver the edge and nt the tracks. One man ended up n his back. Suddenly, he started cnvulsing (抽搐) unnaturally. He had fallen n the third rail, the cnduit (导线管) fr the 600 vlts f electricity that pwers Chicag’s L trains. The aggressr leaped backward, bunded back up nt the platfrm and disappeared.
Perry culdn’t just stand there and watch. He sat at the edge f the platfrm and eased himself dwn. He tk a few quick bunds and apprached the victim. The guy lked dead, his bdy still mving vilently as the electricity pulsed (搏动). Gathering up his curage, Perry reached dwn and grasped the victim’s wrist. Instantly, he felt a blast f electric shck sht thrugh his bdy. Perry shrank and jumped back. He reached dwn a secnd time, and was shcked again. But the third time he seized the man’s wrist and frearm and, braving the shck, pulled with all his strength. The guy’s bdy slid briefly alng the third rail, cming t rest n the gravel n the uter edge f the tracks.
The man was breathing, but irregularly. Smething wasn’t right. “Give him chest cmpressins (按压)!” yelled a wman. Perry was n expert, but fr a few mments he wrked n the man’s heart until the victim began cnvulsing. Then he heard a sudden nise behind him — medical wrkers and firefighters had arrived. Perry let the prfessinals take ver. His heart still racing frm the electric shcks, he climbed back up nt the platfrm, grabbed his things and headed hme.
The evening news reprted the incident. After a friend uted him t the media, Perry became the tast f Chicag. Perry was then recruited by the Chicag Fire Department and is nw training t be an emergency medical technician.
1. What made the rescue f the victim particularly difficult?
2. What can be inferred abut Perry accrding t paragraphs 3—4?
3. What des the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean?
4. What is the authr’s main purpse f writing the text?
E
T an utsider，any culture can seem cnfusing.And the UK's gt a thing r tw that raises a few eyebrws.Hwever，understand the why and things might be less puzzling. 1 .
In a wrld where 61％f natins drive n the right，Brits drive n the left.Why? Mst peple think it ges back t Medieval，maybe even Rman times. 2 when yu remember that right-handed peple wear a swrd n their left hip.Travelling n the left allwed yu t keep yur weapn arm tward yur ppnent，wh wuld be n yur right.This practice cntinued until the 18th century when a law was passed requiring all traffic crssing Lndn Bridge t keep t the left.
Visitrs t the UK that have just washed their hands in an ld-fashined sink might be wndering why ne tap is nly fr ht water，the ther cld. 3 .S，why this ddity? It relates t a time when ht and cld water were kept separate t prevent pllutin.Drinkable cld water came frm a mains supply，but ht water came frm attic tanks and was nt cnsidered suitable fr cnsumptin.S they were kept apart.
Millins f peple drink tea wrldwide，but the dd Brits put milk in theirs.Why? This mysterius practice relates t the quality f china cup used in the 18th century when tea was first impsed.Fr the majrity f Brits，the cups available culdn’t stand the heat f the biling water and wuld break，s milk was added first. 4 .And this practical tweak sn became a natinal habit.
5 .As yu can see，these dd Brits have perfectly clear reasns fr left-hand driving，tw-tap sinks and tea with milk.Even if they still seem strange，at least nw yu’re in the knw.
完形填空
Reagan Lawrence is a 13-year-ld girl and band member at Bnaire Middle Schl, in central Gergia, USA. Over the past several mnths, she has used the grief and stress _______ by the COVID-19 pandemic t _______ her best and help thers in the prcess.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been very _______ t Reagan and her family. She lst tw f her aunts as well as her great grandfather. And she hasn’t been able t visit sme f her _______ such as her grandfather.
Feeling _______ sad, she struggled t find ut what she culd d t make things better. While thinking abut ways she culd _______, her band began t sell “the wrld’s finest candy” t raise funds.
This gave her a(n) _______ — why nt buy the wrld’s finest chclate bars t _______ the wrld’s finest peple? In her mind, the finest peple in the wrld are the healthcare wrkers, firemen, and first respnders wh have _______ themselves during this pandemic t helping thers while putting themselves in danger.
And s she did! While Reagan is typically a ________ persn, this did nt stp her frm prmting ________ and then using the mney btained t buy chclate bars fr first respnders.
In all, Reagan ________ ver 400 bars. The first respnders that received them were ________ nt just fr the wrld’s finest chclate, but the caring actins f ne f the wrld’s finest 13-year-ld girls !
Reagan Lawrence’s stry has ________ many thers t help thse in ________ during this challenging mment.
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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。
The Day After Thanksgiving (Friday) is knwn as Black Friday. This used t be unfficially r fficially the start f hliday shpping seasn. Almst all stres cme ut with special early bird ffers 1 (attract) cnsumers t their shp. Peple stand in line hurs befre the stres are pened, t grab the bargains f the year. In the last few years, we 2 (witness) a trend twards bringing thse Black Friday Sales nline befre Friday.
In the last few years (starting frm 2013 t be precise), Black Friday Sales have started befre Friday—with sme stres 3 (start) their Black Friday sales n Thanksgiving day r even n Wednesday and Mnday. It wuld nt be surprising t see Black Friday sale starting n Mnday n the Black Friday week.
The clsest reasn fr 4 it is knwn as Black Friday 5 (give) in Wikipedia. Many retailers reprt sme f 6 (they) highest prfits n Black Friday. The black prtin f the name, “Black Friday” relates t businesses recrding their 7 (lse) in red ink and gains in black. This traditin lives n in mdern accunting sftware.
Deals websites like Dealsfamerica.cm started t highlight “Black Friday sales” frm 2003 8 then the retailers picked it up. 9 (essential), Black Friday is an Internet term. But befre it, peple used t regard the sales 10 “Day after Thanksgiving Sale”.
五、书信写作
66. 根据漫画所反映的现象和问题，写一篇题为“The faster, the better？”的短文。
你的短文应该包含：
1. 漫画描述和反映的问题是什么；
2. 面对这样的问题，你有什么样的想法；
3. 在我们的学习生活中应该怎样正确地解决这样的问题；
4. 词数120左右。
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六、书面表达
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。
I must admit, I haven’t always liked animals. In fact, I distrusted them greatly while grwing up, and I still fear the nes I dn’t knw persnally. What set my beliefs in stne was being attacked—nt nce but many times, including the summer after secnd grade when I was bitten by a rabbit. Then, when I was nine and riding my dirt bike dwn the rad, a large dg charged me and tried t bite my ankle. After all thse negative experiences, there was ne thing I knew fr sure: All creatures, great and small, were n friends f mine.
After cllege in Califrnia, I returned t live the single life in Las Vega. Then I met Lisa. In n time at all, we fell in lve, married and mved int a new huse. Despite my avidance f animals, Lisa had a dg called Bailey. Bailey didn’t like me, but he tlerated my existence nce he realized I wasn’t ging anywhere.
Things changed as spring came. We welcmed a new member f ur family: ur sn Evan. One evening Evan grabbed hld f the dg’s tail. The irritated dg paused and turned t lk at his stuck tail but waited patiently until being released. Still the stries I’d heard f animals attacking babies wrries me.
Then my wrst fear ccurred. I sat n the cuch (沙发) reading after a lng day while my wife wrked at the dining-rm table paying the bills. I saw Evan crawl acrss the family-rm carpet as he made his way behind the cuch. One minute, all was quiet and then Bailey entered the rm and headed t where Evan had crawled. I nearly jumped ut f my skin when I heard the dg start a fearful barking behind me.
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。
Thrwing the bk away, I rushed arund the cuch with great fear.
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Having witnessed ur dg killing a scrpin (蝎子) and saving my sn, I was speechless.
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A．Milk with sugar.
B．Orange juice.
C．Cffee with milk.
A．10 yuan.
B．90 yuan.
C．100 yuan.
A．Petry club.
B．Chess club.
C．Debate club.
A．Buying unifrms.
B．Chsing suitable nes.
C．Wearing them in advance.
A．Using right bdy language.
B．Answering questins smartly.
C．Shwing yur readiness t learn.
A．Cllege applicants.
B．New emplyees.
C．Jb seekers.
A．On the street.
B．In a park.
C．At a square.
A．Glden retriever.
B．Chihuahua.
C．Samyed.
A．He’s cute.
B．He’s shy.
C．He’s dangerus.
A．A large-sized dg.
B．A brave dg.
C．A smart dg.
A．Cultural differences.
B．Entertainment.
C．Languages.
A．Changeable.
B．Great.
C．Uncmfrtable.
A．8.
B．11.
C．14.
A．Undergrund.
B．Subway.
C．Fall.
A．Sprts.
B．Traffic rules.
C．Sme expressins.
A．He quite agreed with the wman.
B．He enjyed the lecture the whle time.
C．The lecture was mre than ne hur lng.
A．It is easy.
B．It is difficult.
C．He desn’t believe thers’ wrds.
D．He des prly in it.
A．In cash.
B．By credit card.
C．With her smartphne.
A．It is free.
B．It is ppular.
C．It isn’t very fast.
A．At many small shps.
B．At mst large stres.
C．At a lt f restaurants.
A．Dwnlad the app.
B．Send him an invitatin.
C．Lend him sme mney.
A．Three weeks.
B．Fur weeks.
C．One week.
A．69.
B．At least 117.
C．Abut 286.
A．In the Caribbean Sea.
B．Off the cast f Africa.
C．In the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
A．On Octber 18th.
B．On Octber 25th.
C．On Octber 27th.
A．Zhang Qian and Yue-chi peple.
B．The imprtance f the Silk Rad.
C．The paths Zhang Qian explred.
D．Zhang Qian and the Silk Rad.
A．decisin
B．explratin
C．agreement
D．excitement
A．Clumbus set the ftprints n the ancient silk rad.
B．The Silk Rad was a highway t Eurpe in Han Dynasty.
C．Zhang Qian was a pineer pening up the Silk Rad.
D．The Silk Rad has the greatest value in Chinese histry.
A．Brave and strng-willed.
B．Careful and cnfident
C．Prud and pen-minded.
D．Hnest and excellent.
A．They cmmunicate using cmplex language.
B．They use tls.
C．They have a cmplex scial structure.
D．They exhibit emtins similar t humans.
A．Scientific research n chimpanzees.
B．Cnservatin, cmmunity-centered develpment, and envirnmental educatin.
C．Advcacy fr animal rights.
D．Prviding medical care t chimpanzees.
A．Rts & Shts.
B．Chimpanzee Cnservatin.
C．Envirnmental Science.
D．Cmmunity Develpment.
A．The Nbel Peace Prize.
B．Damehd.
C．The United Natins Messenger f Peace title.
D．The Wrld Wildlife Fund Award.
A．is well wrth the mney spent n its cnstructin
B．is almst faultless frm the pint f energy cnservatin
C．failed t meet energy cnservatin standards
D．was designed and cnstructed in a scientific way
A．Pr quality f the air inside.
B．Pr quality f the cnstructin.
C．Gas leakage in the kitchen.
D．The newly painted walls.
A．relieve
B．accelerate
C．wrsen
D．imprve
A．Because indr cleanliness was nt emphasized.
B．Because energy used t be inexpensive.
C．Because envirnmental prtectin was given tp pririty.
D．Because they were technically unavidable.
A．The man had lst his cnsciusness.
B．The victim lay injured n tp f a track.
C．The rescuer was at risk f an electric shck.
D．The electricity pwering trains was hard t cut ff.
A．He had received prfessinal first aid training.
B．The lcal newspaper interviewed him n the spt.
C．His chest cmpressins played a key rle in saving life.
D．His heart beat fast because f nervusness and tiredness.
A．Perry landed a jb in the Fire Department.
B．The city f Chicag awarded Perry a prize.
C．Peple in Chicag tasted Perry fr his brave deeds.
D．Perry gt ppular and greatly admired in Chicag.
A．T credit a her with saving a victim’s life.
B．T highlight Perry’s curage in stpping a fight.
C．T stress the imprtance f calmness in rescue wrk.
D．T display peple’s cperatin in assisting the victim.
A．This makes it difficult t imprve
B．There is a methd t the madness
C．This unusual behavir makes sense
D．Yu can knw the rigins f the practices
E．Either can make washing very uncmfrtable
F．This cled the cup enugh t resist the biling water
G．Here are the reasns fr three f Britain’s mre puzzling practices
A．released
B．created
C．frmed
D．caused
A．put ut
B．bring ut
C．let ut
D．make ut
A．typical
B．special
C．cruel
D．nrmal
A．relatives
B．classmates
C．friends
D．dctrs
A．ccasinally
B．cnstantly
C．suddenly
D．temprarily
A．recver
B．cure
C．help
D．save
A．inspiratin
B．excuse
C．prmise
D．ambitin
A．evaluate
B．praise
C．admire
D．reward
A．invlved
B．adapted
C．devted
D．attached
A．shy
B．brave
C．generus
D．patient
A．sales
B．awareness
C．quality
D．service
A．brught
B．dnated
C．sld
D．stred
A．cnsiderate
B．brave
C．respnsible
D．grateful
A．invited
B．mtivated
C．persuaded
D．required
A．danger
B．rder
C．charge
D．need