江西省九江市2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷 附答案

这是一份江西省九江市2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷 附答案，共12页。
高二 英语试题卷
(本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。测试时间：120分钟 卷面总分：150分)
第Ⅰ卷(选择题，共95分)
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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。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. Hw sn will the party begin?
A. In 5 minutes. B. In 10 minutes. C. In 30 minutes.
2. What des the wman ffer t d?
A. Send the man her class ntes.
B. Send the man t the hspital.
C. Help the man ask fr leave.
3. What d we knw abut the man?
A. He arrived befre 3:00 p. m.
B. He didn't make a reservatin.
C. He can't check in at the htel.
4. What des the man suggest the wman d n Mther's Day?
A. Eat ut. B. Stay in. C. G t the mvies.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A. The weather. B. A gift. C. Their friend.
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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段村料，回答第6、7题。
6. What has recently been dne t the space?
A. A new bathrm has been added.
B. A private ffice has been built.
C. The walls have been painted.
7. What is the man mst interested in abut the space?
A. The psitin. B. The rent. C. The size.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What des the wman think f the man's paper?
A. It's interesting. B. It's easy t finish. C. It's hard t understand.
9. Why desn't the man want t write abut clcks r umbrellas?
A. He knws nthing abut them.
B. He thinks everybdy is ging t write abut them.
C. He is unwilling t d research n them.
听第8段材料。回答第 10 至12题。
10. Hw lng are sme supermarkets pen in New Yrk?
A.10 hurs. B.12 hurs. C.24 hurs.
11. Where are the speakers?
A. In Paris. B. In Lndn. C. In New Yrk.
12. What is the wman's pinin n Americans?
A. Nrmal. B. Direct. C. Interesting.
听第9段材料,回答第 13 至16 题。
13. When des the cnversatin take place?
A. In the late mrning. B. At nn. C. In the early afternn.
14. What is the weather prbably like?
A. Windy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.
15. What des the wman like best abut the new jb?
A. The salary. B. The wrking time. C. The wrking cnditins.
16. Where are the wman's family living nw?
A. In Australia. B. In Mexic. C. In Britain.
听第10段材料，回答第17 至20题。
17. When did Bill Wales leave his parents?
A. At the age f 18. B. At the age f 20. C. At the age f 23.
18. Hw des Bill Wales pay his tuitin?
A. By asking his parents fr mney.
B. By wrking in his spare time.
C. By brrwing frm his rmmates.
19. What did Bill Wales d after his secnd year at university?
A. He mved t anther place.
B. He left Lndn and fund a jb.
C. He left schl and wrked fr a year.
20. Why did Bill Wales decide t mve the secnd time?
A. The rent f his rm was raised.
B. He culdn't stand his rmmates.
C. He didn't get alng well with the huse - wner.
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)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Fur Free Mbile Apps t Help Yu Learn English Faster
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Hell English
It cvers all the aspects f language learning, including vcabulary, translatin, grammar, spelling, speaking and reading skills. It uses interactive games t teach different English lessns and ffers new audibks, the latest news, and bks. Hwever, yu shuld already understand basic English structures and the alphabet, fr the app can't help yu learn English frm scratch(从零开始).
Duling
If yu want t learn English frm scratch, then this is the app yu are lking fr. Duling uses interactive games t help yu learn English. Fr beginners, the app fcuses n helping yu learn verbs, phrases and sentences.
Lingbe
If yu are ready t practise yur spken skills in the real - wrld cmmunicatin, yu'll need Lingbe. It's a cmmunity-based app where peple help each ther and share their native languages .It cnnects yu with real peple n call wh are native English speakers.
Hell Talk
Hell Talk is similar t Lingbe as it cnnects yu with native speakers t help imprve yur language skills. Hwever, it adds a few extra functins that might interest yu. Yu can view the infrmatin abut users t find a match that interests yu. Additinally, yu can als send text and audi messages, and even make vide calls with ther peple.
If yu are a beginner, start frm Duling and then use Hell English t have a gd cm mand f the language. Fr fluent spken English learners, yu can try ut Lingbe r Hell Talk.
21. What infrmatin can't yu get frm Hell English?
A. New audibk. B. The latest news.
C. Bks. D. Audi messages.
22. Which apps can yu use t cmmunicate with native speakers?
A. Hell English and Duling. B. Hell English and Lingbe.
C. Lingbe and Hell Talk. D. Duling and Hell Talk.
23. Which app is the best chice t master English?
A. Hell English. B. Duling.
C. Lingbe. D. Hell Talk.
B
Everyne was shcked as I placed my sn Ilias's first birthday cake in frnt f him. He lved Sesame Street, s I made him an Elm cake in rich red icing(糖霜). I'd wrked fr hurs t perfect my design and make the mst delicius and jaw-drpping cake. I enjyed every minute f it.
I started baking(烘焙) when Ilias was brn. At that time, I struggled with the pressure f being a new mum and was diagnsed with pstnatal depressin(产后抑郁症). S t help walk ut f that dark hle, at night when Ilias slept I ran int the kitchen and decided t bake a cake.
Then, with my mum's birthday cming up, I saw a handbag cake in a shp. I threw my all int cpying it and finally I made it. Mum was s blwn away by my creatin that she didn't cut the cake. Instead, she kept it in a glass cake stand n display at hme fr a mnth.
Over time I created many delicius delights. The best part was seeing Ilias's face light up when he saw them. “Yu shuld d this fr a living,” my husband, Michael, suggested. I laughed it ff, but it
wasn't a bad idea.
After Ilias's third birthday, I set up a shp fr my cake baking, calling it Cake Queen Oz, and rders started t cme in. As time passed, the bakeshp became my full-time jb. Once, I made a Titanic cake that was the length f a table fr a lady whse family lved ships. It's been seven years since Cake Queen Oz was brn.
Cake baking brught me jy when I was ging thrugh a tugh time. Every day I feel lucky that I've been able t turn my hbby int my jb.
24. Why did the authr start baking?
A. Because her sn was brn.
B. Because she wanted t get rid f that dark hle.
C. Because her sn was asleep.
D. Because she was diagnsed with pstnatal depressin.
25. Hw did the authr's mther feel when she saw her birthday cake?
A. Bred. B. Surprised. C. Frightened. D. Annyed.
26. Fr whm did the authr create a Titanic cake?
A. Her mther. B. Her custmer.
C. Her child. D. Her husband.
27. Which is the mst suitable title fr the text?
A. My Experience in Making Cake B. Baking Cake Is Gd fr Yu
C. My Lve Affair with Cake D. Children Always Like Eating Cake
C
If yu g t the cuntry, far frm city lights, yu can see abut 3,000 stars n a clear night. If yur eyes were bigger, yu culd see many mre stars . With a pair f binculars, an ptical device that effectively enlarges the pupil f yur eye by abut 30 times, the number f stars yu can see increases t the tens f thusands. With a medium-sized telescpe with a light-cllecting mirrr 30centimeters in diameter, yu can see hundreds f thusands f stars. With a large bservatry telescpe, millins f stars becme visible.
It wuld seem that when it cmes t bserving the universe, the larger the instrument , the better. This is true up t a pint, but there are limits—limits nt impsed by technlgy but by nature itself.
Surrunding Earth is a life -sustaining atmsphere that stands between ur eyes and the radiatin that falls upn Earth frm uter space. This radiatin is cmprised f a very brad spectrum(光谱) f energies and wavelengths. Gases and ther cmpnents f ur atmsphere distrt(扭曲), filter, and blck mst f this radiatin which des harm t life permitting nly a partial picture, primarily visible radiatin and sme radi waves, t reach Earth's surface. Althugh many things can be learned abut ur universe by studying it frm the surface f Earth, the stry is incmplete. T view celestial(天空的) bjects ver the whle range f the electrmagnetic spectrum, it is essential t climb abve the atmsphere int uter space.
Frm its earliest days, the Natinal Aernautics and Space Administratin (NASA) has used the emerging(新兴的) technlgy f rckets t explre the universe. By lfting telescpes and ther scientific instruments abve the veil f Earth's atmsphere, NASA has delivered a treasure huse f infrmatin t astrnmers, leading them t rethink their mst fundamental ideas abut what the universe is, hw it came t be, hw it functins, and what it is likely t becme.
28. What d yu need t see hundreds f thusands f stars?
A. A pair f binculars. B. Yur eyes.
C. A medium-sized telescpe. D. A large bservatry telescpe.
29. What des the Earth's atmsphere d t sustain life n Earth?
A. Blck harmful radiatin. B. Prvide high energies.
C. Permit celestial bjects. D. Give ff gases and ther cmpnents.
30. What d the underlined wrds "a treasure huse f" mean in paragraph 4?
A. Minr. B. Wealthy. C. Stable. D. Rare.
31. What is the text mainly abut?
A. The rute f radiatin frm uter space.
B. The imprtance f life-sustaining atmsphere.
C. The rle NASA played in space technlgy and astrnmy.
D. The use f telescpes launched int space t explre the universe.
D
Adverse impacts n health due t extreme weather and vectr-brn e disease risks culd increase in the United Kingdm(UK) under a warming climate, accrding t a reprt published n Mnday by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
The reprt, written by 90 experts, is based n climate prjectins using a high-end warming scenari(可能发生的情况) r a “wrst-case scenari” f apprximately 4.3 degrees Celsius f warming by 2100.“Our changing climate pses ne f the greatest health security and scietal challenges, impacting everything frm the air we breathe t the quality and availability f ur fd and water,” Isabel Oliver, chief scientific fficer at UKHSA, said in a statement. The reprt estimates that there will be up t 10,000 deaths in the cuntry by the 2050s as a result f extreme heat.
Based n a high end warming scenari, the reprt anticipates a substantial surge in heat related deaths, with an increase f ver 1.5 times by the 2030s and an ver 12-fld rise by the 2070s. It als states that vectr-brn e diseases, such as chikungunya, dengue and Zika viruses, culd becme transmissible in Lndn and ther parts f the UK due t mre Aedes albpictus ( Asian tiger msquites) and Culex msquites.
The reprt als warns that mre peple will be at high risk f flding in the future due t changing rainfall patterns.
“Actin is needed nw t adapt ur plicies, envirnments and ur behavirs t secure health, well-being and livelihds,” Oliver said, adding that much can be dne t “avert(避免) and prevent” the impacts f climate change n health.
UKHSA, an executive agency spnsred by the Department f Health and Scial Care, is respnsible fr planning, preventing and respnding t external health threats.
This year is set t be the httest year n recrd in human histry, accrding t a reprt published by the United Natins Wrld Meterlgical Organizatin ( WMO) at the 28th meeting f the Cnference f the Parties t the UN Framewrk Cnventin n Climate Change.
32. What is the authr's purpse in writing this passage?
A. T intrduce the warming climate.
B. T remind peple abut the harmful impacts n health under climate change.
C. T help peple get rid f external health threats.
D. T display UK's dependence n fd.
33. Which f the fllwing is the pssible risk accrding t the passage?
A. Availability f ur fd and water caused by high-end warming scenari.
B.10000 deaths caused by vectr brne disca808.
C. Flding in the future caused by varied rainfall patterns.
D. Transmissible vectr-brn e diseases caused by flding in the future
34. What d the underlined wrds “a substantial surge” mean in paragraph 3?
A. A smth drp. B. A sharp decline.
C. A small grwth. D. A massive rise.
35. What des Oliv r suggest n securing peple's health, well-being and livelihds?
A. Increasing fd supplies.
B. Averting and preventing the climate change.
C. Adjusting the plicies, envirnments and peple's behavirs.
D. Planning, preventing and respnding , t health threats.
第二节(共5 小题:每小题2.5分。满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两项是多余选项。
Have yu been hanging ut with a guy and wndering des he like me? We're here t help yu figure it ut! 36
See if he makes eye cntact with yu when yu're arund. If yu ntice the guy lking yu in the eyes, try meeting his gaze with a smile, and hld it fr a few secnds 37
Pay attentin t whether he smiles arund yu 38 If the guy yu're arund always lights up as sn as he sees yu, it culd mean that he has a crush n yu!
Ask yurself whether he seems nervus r awkward when yu are arund. Smetimes, guys can get a little bashful(害羞) when they like smene. If yu ntice that a guy blushes, stammers(口吃) r gets quiet when yu cme arund, he might have a crush n yu, althugh he culd just be naturally shy.
39 If yu're talking t a guy r hanging ut with him as part f a grup, yu might ntice that whenever yu tuch yur face r yur hair, he des the same thing. Subcnsciusly mirrring smene else's behavir is a sign that yu're attracted t them, s that culd be a gd clue that he's int yu.
Observe whether his bdy and feet are angled tward yu. Withut realizing it, we tend t lean tward peple we like 40 When yu're talking t the guy in questin, watch whether he turns his bdy tward yu r away frm yu. Yu can als watch whether his feet are pinting tward yu, which can be anther sign that he's interested.
A. Watch whether he mirrrs yur behavir.
B. Watch whether he finds excuses t tuch yu.
C. Read n fr all the signs a guy likes yu.
D. When yu like smene, yu can't help but smile when they're near.
E. And we lean away frm peple we dn't like.
F. That means he has feelings fr yu.
G. If he desn't lk away, he might be interested in yu, especially if he smiles back.
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答案填入空白处。
My husband and I spent lw days in nrthern Ontari last week We have 41 a cabin frm the same peple fr
several years nw. It in n interesting business as it is a cnvenience stre, a liqur atm, n take-ut restaurant and the wner f the cttages.
Aa I was paying my bill fr the 42 , the clerk asked the man behind me 43 things were ging H shared that things were imprving but it had been a 44 week His wife had undergne heart surgery and had just been 45 frm the hspital I asked if I culd give him a 46 and he gladly 47 with turs in his eyes Sme may say that it was risky t hug a 48 and yet t me it simply felt right My mther went 49 a similar surgery many years ag and I culd 50 t hw he was feeling A shrt time 51 my husband went t the same stre t purchase a few bagels as we had 52 urs at hme They didn't have any but sld him fur frm their restaurant's kitchen supplies.
While this might happen in a larger city, I have nt 53 experienced it I fund that thrugh giving and 54 kindness set the tne fr the rest f my day, my heart is 55
41. A. built B. bught C. learned D. rented
42. A. restaurant B. hspital C. cttage D. kitchen
43. A. hw B. why C. what D. where
44. A. cmmn B. rugh C. smth D. pleasant
45. A. relieved B. recmmended C. released D. recalled
46. A. hand B. smile C. gift D. hug
47. A. accused B. accepted C. accmpanied D. refused
48. A. stranger B. patient C. dctr D. businessman
49. A. by B. n C. thrugh D. acrss
50. A. lead B. refer C. cmpare D. relate
51. A. later B. ag C. befre D. earlier
52. A. hidden B. frgtten C. stred D. received
53. A. persnally B. riginally C. particularly D. publicly
54. A. ffering B. receiving C. displaying D. benefiting
55. A. blank B. heavy C. full D. light
第Ⅱ卷(非选择题，共55分)
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。
Gerge Washingtn Carver was an 56 (agriculture) scientist wh became ne f America's mst well-knwn inventrs His accmplishments are even 57 (remark) when we learn hw his life began.
Gerge certainly did nt have an easy start t life He was brn int slavery just ne year 58 it was made illegal in America. As a child, he lived with his mther's previus wners, the Carvers, 59 wned a farm in Missuri There, Mrs Carver taught him hw t read and write and hw t wrk the land.
Frm a yung age, Gerge was 60 (nature) curius He lved art, music, and science He was especially interested in farming and enjyed experimenting with sil and plants. He had a knack fr understanding hw t prtect crps frm pests and diseases He became 61 skilled that neighbring farmers recruited him t help them with their rchards and farms. Gerge sn became knwn in the area as the “Plant Dctr.”
Carver als used his creative genius 62 (invent) ver 150 uses fr sweet ptates, 63 (include) flur, vinegar, paint, and ink. Carver is best knwn tday fr als inventing ver 300 uses fr peanuts. These included milk, il, paper, and makeup.
Gerge’s lasting reputatin, thugh, did nt cme easily. As an African American living at a time when slavery 64 ( end), he faced many unjust bstacles and dangers Hwever, thrugh educatin and hard wrk, Carver achieved his gals His passin fr plants and peple 65 (lead)him frm slavery t success.
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分 15分)
假定你是李华，你校英文报现正在招聘编辑，负责撰写体育运动板块的文章。请你写封信，申请该职位。内容包括：
1.写信目的；2.优势、特长。
注意：1.词数80 左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear editr,
I am Li Hua, a student in ur schl




Lking frward t yur reply.
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
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。
Hats in Yrk
Whsh! The cld wind rared thrugh the trees and between buildings. Winter was n its way. Susan was warm in her huse, thinking abut an article she'd read at schl. The article had been abut kids wh helped ut their cmmunities, and she thught it wuld be really cl t help her wn twn, Yrk.
The nly prblem was that she wasn't sure hw t help. What did her twn need a kid t d? In the article, the kids had grwn fd fr peple wh needed fd, but it was winter. She culdn't start a garden. Susan was still deep in thught when her mm said it was time t g grcery shpping.
As they drve alng the rad, Susan saw a family walking n the sidewalk, wearing nly light jackets. Hw cld they must be , Susan thught. That gave her an idea! She culd help her twn, she culd cllect winter cats, hats, and glves fr peple in Yrk wh needed them.
She shared her idea with her mm, wh thught it was a great idea. But hw wuld they spread the wrd s that they culd get a lt f winter clthing? They decided t call the prject " Hats in Yrk," and they wrte up a letter explaining the idea that peple can drp ff their winter clthing in the park t thse in need t the families. Her mm asked Susan talk t her teacher, Mrs. Mnre, because then Mrs Mnre culd share her idea with her classmates at least.
Susan and Mrs Mnre met ne day during lunch time




Three days after their field trip t the park, Susan and her mm were driving nce again.