福建省福州第三中学2024-2025学年高二下学期期末考试 英语 Word版含答案含答案解析

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第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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 the wman d next?
A. Turn ff the stve. B. D the laundry. C. Watch a match
2. Where is Tm nw prbably?
A. In the playgrund. B. In the classrm. C. In Miss White's ffice.
3. What is the weather like nw?
A Cludy. B. Rainy. C. Sunny.
4. Hw will the speakers g hme?
A. By subway. B. By taxi. C. By bus.
5. What des the wman think f the mvie?
A. Extrardinary. B. Average. C. Terrible.
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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. Why did Lucy turn dwn Janice's invitatin?
A She wrried she wuld ruin thers' fun.
B. She had a quarrel with Janice.
C. She's made ther plans.
7. What did the man ask his sister t d?
A Prepare many vegetables.
B. Visit Lucy anther day.
C. Intrduce her friends t Lucy.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8. What time is it nw?
A. 11:15. B. 11:45. C. 12:15.
9. Where des the cnversatin take place?
A. In a library. B. In a bkstre. C. In a restaurant.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。
10. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A Husband and wife. B. Clleagues. C Salespersn and custmer.
11. Hw much des the red tie cst nw?
A. $50. B. $100. C. $200.
12. What clr tie will the man take?
A. Red. B. Blue. C. Yellw.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。
13. Why did Nah start hrse-riding?
A T develp his interest in it.
B. T defeat his fear f animals.
C. T get pleasure frm it.
14. What benefit has Nah gt frm hrse-riding?
A. He's mre patient. B. He's mre energetic. C. He's fitter.
15. What des Nah say abut hrse-riding cmpetitins?
A. They are fr peple wh wn their hrses.
B. They ffer him chances t meet friends.
C. They are helpful fr him t find a jb.
16. What wuld Nah like t d when he's lder?
A. Participate in mre races. B. Wrk as a hrse trainer. C. Teach children t ride hrses.
听下面一段对话，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. What is the talk mainly abut?
A. A schl play. B. A fantastic festival. C. A cncert n camp.
18. Where shuld students g t apply fr a stage manager?
A. The band rm. B. The vide rm. C. The drama rm.
19. What is the art students' main duty?
A. Making psters. B. Painting furniture. C. Creating an cean painting.
20. When will Mrs. Blake's team have a rehearsal?
A. In March. B. In April. C. In May.
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
Talking therapies fr anxiety and depressin
Talking therapies, r psychlgical therapies, are effective treatments delivered by fully trained and qualified experts. They can help if yu’re struggling with things like feelings f depressin, excessive wrry, scial anxiety r pst-traumatic stress disrder (PTSD).
· Yu can access talking therapies fr free n the Natinal Health Service (NHS) in UK.
· Yu can refer yurself directly t a talking therapies service withut recmmendatin.
· Help is available in persn, by vide, ver the phne r as an nline curse.
What can talking therapies help with?
Yu d nt need t have a diagnsed mental health prblem first. Getting supprt as sn as yu start having difficulties can help t reduce their impact.
Yu may be:
· feeling anxius
· feeling lw and hpeless
· having panic attacks
· finding it hard t cpe with wrk, life r relatinships
· struggling with flashbacks and nightmares abut things frm yur past
· feeling stressed
Other things that talking therapies can help with include:
· wrrying a lt
· excessive thughts r behaviurs
· fear scial situatins
· being afraid f things, such as spiders, flying r heights
Types f talking therapies
There are a range f evidence-based talking therapies. Which therapy yu are ffered depends n which ne has been shwn t be mst helpful fr yur symptms.
Examples f talking therapies include:
· guided self-help-where a therapist caches yu as yu wrk thrugh a self-help curse in yur wn time, either using a wrkbk r an nline curse
· cgnitive behaviural therapy (CBT)-based n the idea that thughts, feelings, what we d, and hw ur bdies feel physically, are all cnnected. CBT helps yu ntice and challenge thughts r behaviurs t help yu feel better.
· interpersnal therapy (IPT) r dynamic interpersnal therapy (DIT)-therapies that lk at the link between yur depressin and yur relatinships
Talking therapies can als help if yu have mental health prblems resulting frm ther cnditins, such as diabetes (糖尿病), cancer, lng-term pain.
Talking therapies are ftered in different ways, including:
· using a self-help wrkbk with the supprt f a therapist
· as an nline curse
· ne-t-ne sessins either in persn, ver the phne r as a vide cnsultatin
· in a grup
1. Yu are recmmended talking therapics if yu are________.
A. feeling ptimistic abut the future
B. suffering frm diabetes r cancer
C. lacking in thughts r behaviurs
D. afraid f getting alng with thers
2. During the therapy, which f the fllwing might happen?
A. Yu cnduct a self-help curse all by yurself.
B. Yur thughts and hw yur bdy feel discnnect.
C. Yu feel better after nticing and challenging thughts.
D. Yu have t wrk in a grup t receive talking therapies.
3. What is the purpse f the passage?
A. T infrm peple f talking therapies.
B. T persuade peple t take talking therapies.
C. T call fr dnatin fr talking therapies.
D. T describe the histry f talking therapies.
B
At 18, British writer Lara Prir-Palmer chse an extrardinary path: the Mngl Derby, an extremely challenging 1,000-kilmeter hrse race acrss Mnglia’s wilderness.
In her first bk, Rugh Magic, Prir-Palmer describes her ride in all its pain bredm, and ultimate success. “Smehw,” she writes at the beginning, “against all the dds, I wn a race labeled the lngest and tughest in the wrld and became the yungest persn, and first female, ever t have dne s.” Yet her stry avids verused phrases f self-praise, balancing vivid landscapes with hnest wrds abut painful saddle (马鞍) wunds and bad-smelling utdr tilets, making it an unusual pleasure t read.
Fr much f the bk, she and her hrses — 25 in all, a new hrse every 40 km — drag slwly with great effrt acrss a landscape that resists Prir-Palmer’s sight. She’s especially gifted with metaphr — when it rains, “there appears a smth path behind us, as thugh the earth is water and we have been fish, until nw,” and the cluds are “piled high as if lining up fr a funeral”. Fr every grgeus metaphr, there’s a pair f wet riding trusers r a tilet that is nly “a smelly hle in the grund with wet bards abve t stp yu frm slipping int it”.
By the end f Rugh Magic, Prir-Palmer is amazed by the land arund her. “Living in desertin,” she writes, “the land knws what I dn’t, n ne can carve a stry int earth r sky. The wind sweeps the cluds away, the stage clears fr anther day.” She keeps cmpeting, while trying t persuade herself t be mre patient, and humbler. Her final hpe is nt t win the race — thugh she wants that, t — but t let the race make her free.
Rugh Magic seems t stand as prf that she succeeded. And as I read it frm the skyless cmfrt f my cuch, I briefly felt a bit freer, t.
4. Hw did Prir-Palmer feel abut her perfrmance in Mngl Derby?
A. Unsatisfied.B. Pitiful.C. Expected.D. Prud.
5. What is the language style f Rugh Magic?
A. Plain.B. Humrus.C. Descriptive.D. Lgical.
6. Why des the land impress Prir Palmer?
A. It blcks heavy winds.B. It mirrrs human evlutin.
C. It shws cmpetitive spirits.D. It varies with time and weather.
7. What is Rugh Magic abut?
A. A bittersweet jurney.B. A well-grunded thery.
C. An inspiring fairy tale.D. An impressive landscape.
C
Peple pursuing perfectin and thse valuing being n time ften dn’t see eye t eye in the wrkplace. But accrding t a recent study, it is better t deliver a gd-enugh prject n schedule rather than perfecting it thrugh prcrastinatin.
Researchers surveyed thusands f peple in the U.S. and U.K, including managers and thers whse jbs included evaluating thers. They presented participants with the same examples f wrk, and then asked them t rate it. But first, they mentined whether it was either submitted early, right at the deadline r late.
Respndents wh were tld it was late cnsistently rated the wrk as wrse in quality than thse wh were tld the same wrk was early r n time. The study als fund there wasn’t much benefit t submitting wrk early since evaluatrs tended t rank wrk submitted befre and at the deadline as the same quality. Furthermre, it didn’t matter hw late the wrk was submitted, with ne day r ne week delays viewed just as negatively and that remained the case if the emplyee gave their manager advance warning.
A field experiment was cnducted in a high schl in China that had students grade pieces f art in a staged cntest. The art was n a piece f paper that als included the date it was submitted. Even thugh the kids were tld t ignre all ther details n the paper ther than the art itself, the wrks submitted after the deadline received lwer grades. That study made the brader pint that it didn’t really matter wh set the deadline. In the eyes f the evaluatr, any miss was a meaningful miss.
Hwever, the reasn behind the missed deadline mattered, researchers fund. If it was due t frces beynd an emplyee’s cntrl, evaluatrs didn’t end up with as negative a view f the wrk as they did when the reasn was ne within their cntrl. “If the reasn why yu missed the deadline was beynd yur cntrl, yu as the emplyee shuld let yur manager knw,” Magli says. “That seems t be ne f the few situatins in which peple cut yu a break.”
8. What des the underlined wrd “prcrastinatin” in paragraph 1 mean?
A. Delay.B. Editing.C. Teamwrk.D. Reviewing.
9. What can be cncluded frm the research result?
A. Minimal delays get better evaluatins.B. Preannunced delays get psitive feedback.
C. Late submissins are mre negatively judged.D. Submitting wrk early means a lt in evaluatins.
10. What des the authr want t shw by mentining the field experiment in China?
A. Kids judge submissins mre bjectively.B. The art itself rather than ther details cunts.
C. A peer-t-peer evaluatin can be infrmative.D. The finding hlds true acrss age and culture.
11. What can be implied frm the last paragraph?
A. Emplyees get unfair reviews.B. A set deadline is abslutely unchangeable.
C. Bsses shuld care abut emplyees.D. Emplyees shuld reprt unavidable misses.
D
Natins with large amunts f wind and slar in their pwer grids (电网) are particularly expsed t rising energy bills due t sharp increases in the gas price. The relatinship between decarbnizatin and swings in prices has been a cntrversial (有争议的) issue as gvernments cnsider clean energy strategies, but an analysis f pwer prices has nw prvided evidence t infrm the debate.
Vast quantities f wind and slar capacity have been intrduced acrss Eurpe in recent years, but these pwer surces are intermittent, generating electricity nly when winds blw r the sky is cludless.
Gas pwer plants, which can be switched n and ff relatively easily, are frequently relied n t prvide pwer when renewable generatin is lw. But gas is ften the mst expensive surce f pwer, and electricity market rules mean the mst expensive generatr sets the price fr the entire market.
Raul Baj-Buenestad at the University f Navarra and his clleagues fund natins with mre wind and slar in their pwer systems were mre vulnerable (易受影响) t natural gas price shcks. Spain, fr example, has large vlumes f slar pwer and is particularly sensitive t pwer price changes. ‌“If yu have natural gas, wind and slar, this is ging t make the perfect ccktail fr yu t be vulnerable,” says Baj-Buenestad.
It is the need fr flexible generatin alngside wind and slar that is the issue. Baj-Buenestad pints ut that ther natins with lw-carbn pwer grids, such as Nrway and France, rely n hydrpwer and nuclear technlgy, which are reliable generatrs. ‌“We dn’t see a clear crrelatin between decarbnizatin and sensitivity t natural gas price changes,” he says.
Slving the prblem will require natins t replace gas as the back-up fuel f chice. One answer is fr grid peratrs t push the pwer system t becme better able t absrb peaks and valleys in generatin. ‌“The underlying message is that getting a flexible system is nw as imprtant as building renewables,” says Michael Grubb at University Cllege Lndn.
12. What des the cntrversial issue in the first paragraph refer t?
A. Hw rising gas prices will affect pwer grids.
B. Which cuntries may face higher energy bills.
C. What shuld be included in clean energy strategies.
D. Whether carbn cuts are linked t varying pwer prices.
13. What des the underlined wrd ‌“intermittent” in paragraph 2 prbably mean?
A. Faulty.B. Cstly.C. Unstable.D. Inefficient.
14. Why is natural gas still needed in high-renewable-energy systems?
A. It helps lwer energy csts.
B. It can quickly fill gaps in supply.
C. It ensures cnsistent market prices.
D. It is a key driver f energy innvatin.
15. What might be an ideal cmbinatin f pwer surces?
A. Slar and gas.B. Nuclear and gas.
C. Slar and wind.D. Nuclear and wind.
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。
Orienteering: My Life-lng Passin
Orienteering is a timed event acrss a mstly natural landscape, where participants navigate thrugh a series f checkpints alng the way. The rute frm ne checkpint t the next isn’t marked. ___16___ Beynd mere exercise, rienteering builds physical endurance and mental sharpness, with each mve requiring split-secnd judgement.
At the age f ten my family mved t a new twn and I changed t a new schl. In my new class there was an rienteer and I jined him in the practices. Nw 50 years later, I still d rienteering!
I have always enjyed nature. Grwing up in a village n the frest’s edge, I spent my childhd in nature, playing, walking, and skiing. ___17___
When I started with rienteering, I was the first in ur family. But sn afterwards my parents realized that instead f just driving me t the practices and cmpetitins, they culd just as well participate themselves. We have always been ut walking in the frest, but their participatin pened up a new dimensin. ___18___ With a lt f discussins driving t the cmpetitins, abut anything, and the analysis after the race, ur family bnds grew strnger.
___19___ In mst cases the cmpetitins are in new areas where I have never been and wuld never g t therwise, each ffering unique landscapes t explre.
But maybe the best part is that each race is a new challenge. N ne runs the same curse twice, s each time there are new challenges. Orienteering is fr life. ___20___
A. Nature ffers cuntless things fr us t explre.
B. The event als requires accurate map-reading skills.
C. I hpe I will be able t cntinue fr many years t cme.
D. Each participant decides the best rute n the run r walk.
E. I think that rienteering is a perfect activity fr the family.
F. I als appreciate hw rienteering cnnects us t different places.
G. Such experiences laid the fundatin fr my lve f utdr activities.
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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
We had stayed n Elephant Island fr nly a day, but Shackletn shwed ____21____cncern. He realised many f us were t ill t survive very lng withut ____22____. He ____23____ t g t Suth Gergia Island fr help. He chse five crew members t jin him, me included. As an excellent ____24____ , I was assigned t guide us acrss the dangerus sea.
We sailed n very ____25____ seas fr days. It was almst impssible fr me t navigate. I was nly able t use my instruments three times during the ____26____. It scared me t think we might sail past Suth Gergia Island int the pen sea where there wuld be n rescue. ____27____ , we did sail-ff-curse fr a while, landed n the wrng side f Suth Gergia Island. My heart ____28____. We had t climb ver the steep muntains t get help.
When we reached the whaling statin, Shackletn immediately arranged fr a rescue bat t ____29____ t Elephant Island. Hwever, due t the rugh seas, we culd nt apprach the ____30____ . Shackletn was anxius, but under his guidance, we ____31____. We tried fr rughly three ____32____ mnths t rescue the 22 men. Finally, we made it t Elephant Island and fund everyne ____33____! Relief and jy ____34____ their faces and every ne cried with abandn.
This was a(n) ____35____ in my life that I wuld never frget.
21. A. thrughB. genuineC. enviusD. enthusiastic
22. A. recreatinB. perseveranceC. rescueD. guidance
23. A. reslvedB. guaranteedC. enduredD. declined
24. A. candidateB. navigatrC. advertiserD. mtrist
25. A. rughB. dampC. bitterD. cruel
26. A. cntestB. vyageC. navyD. campaign
27. A. UnfrtunatelyB. ObviuslyC. FrequentlyD. Surprisingly
28. A. perseveredB. meltedC. hurtD. sank
29. A. submitB. returnC. batD. bark
30. A. cupbardB. islandC. furnitureD. blanket
31. A. held nB. set ffC. caught upD. made up
32. A. recreatinalB. decentC. csyD. miserable
33. A. aliveB. selfishC. lyalD. qualified
34. A. gave ffB. lit upC. cheered upD. kept up
35. A. reslutinB. mtiveC. cmmitmentD. episde
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。
I ___36___ (bear) and raised in Cleveland, Ohi in the United States. Yet nw, I live in the cuntryside f Zhejiang, China with my Chinese husband and his family, ___37___ bamb and tea bushes grw wild in the muntains, chickens are always free-range, and ___38___ (center) heating desn’t exist.
Nthing in my life befre prepared me ___39___ this ne — and t be sure, the first time I came here I never imagined I wuld ever feel cmfrtable in this area. But it’s amazing hw yu can adapt ___40___ learn in a new envirnment. Over time, I’ve fund ___41___(I) feeling extremely at hme here. And in the prcess, I’ve experienced things that really surprise me at times. The “sunshine scent” f freshly sunned clthes is ne f them.
Grwing up, my family and ur neighbrs never used cltheslines t dry clthing, denying me the chance___42___ (discver) ne f the great wnders f sunshine — the sweet “sunshine scent” after sunning clthes fr an entire day. The sun-dried clthes smell especially pleasant where I live, thanks t the ___43___ (absent) f smg and plenty f blue sky ___44___ (afternn) with lts f fresh air.
If yu’ve never experienced the “sunshine scent” frm a sheet r shirt ____45____(leave) t sun fr a day well, yu’re missing ut n ne f life’s wnders.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，你班的英语报要增设一个栏目。外教Jenny提出“Envirnmental Prtectin Arund Us”和“My Stry With Petry”两个选项供大家选择。请给Jenny写一封邮件，内容包括：
(1)你的选择；
(2)说明理由。
注意：
(1)写作词数应为80个左右；
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jenny,
I really like the idea f adding a new clumn t ur English newspaper.
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Yurs
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
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 my daughters reached the third and furth grades, I ccasinally allwed them t walk t and frm schl alne, if the weather permitted. One warm spring day, a small friend fllwed them hme after schl. This friend was different frm any ther friends they had brught hme. With a yellwish cat and tiny brwn spts drpped acrss her nse, she was the cutest puppy I had ever seen. When my husband gt hme that evening, she ran t him right away and after dinner climbed int his lap t watch TV. By nw the girls were bth begging me t keep her.
She had n cllar (颈圈) r identifying marks f any srt. I didn’t knw what t d. I thught abut running an ad in the lst-and-fund but I really didn’t want t. It wuld break the kids’ hearts if smene shuld shw up. Resides, her wners shuld have watched her mre clsely. I tried t find seemingly lgical reasns t explain my behavir.
By the end f the week, she was part f ur family. We had named the puppy Mlly. She was very intelligent and gd with the girls. This was a gd idea, I thught. It was time fr the girls t take respnsibility fr anther life, s they wuld learn the nurturing skills they’d need if they decided t becme mmmies when they grew up.
The fllwing week, smething tld me t check the lst-and-fund sectin in the lcal paper. One particular ad jumped ut at me and my heart punded with fear at what I read. Smene was asking fr the return f a lst beagle puppy near ur grade schl. They sunded desperate. My hand shk. I knew in my heart I had t call that number and see if ur Mlly was the puppy they were desperately seeking.
注意：
(1)续写词数应为150个左右；
(2)请按如下格式在答题纸相应位置作答。
Instead, I pretended I hadn’t seen the ad.
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The girls were verwhelmingly stricken when I tld them the whle stry. But in the end, they decided t g with me.
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福州三中2024-2025学年第二学期高二期末考试
英语答案
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
1-10 ACABC AACCA 11-20 BCCAB BABCB
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
【1~3题答案】
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A
B
【4~7题答案】
【答案】4. D 5. C 6. D 7. A
C
【8~11题答案】
【答案】8. A 9. C 10. D 11. D
D
【12~15题答案】
【答案】12. D 13. C 14. B 15. D
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。
【16~20题答案】
【答案】16. D 17. G 18. E 19. F 20. C
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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
【21~35题答案】
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. D
第二节(共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
【36~45题答案】
【答案】36. was brn
37. where 38. central
39. fr 40. and
41. myself 42. t discver
43. absence
44 afternns
45. left
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
【46题答案】
【答案】Dear Jenny,
I really like the idea f adding a new clumn t ur English newspaper. I’d chse “Envirnmental Prtectin Arund Us”.
Envirnmental issues are part f ur daily life. The clumn can share small acts like saving water, recycling, r planting trees — things every student can relate t. It’ll make us mre aware f ur rle in prtecting the planet. By writing abut these, we practice English while spreading green ideas. It may even inspire class activities, linking studies t real change. This mix f learning and actin makes it a great chice.
Lking frward t yur reply.
Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
【47题答案】
【答案】One pssible versin:
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