天津市五区县2023-2024学年重点校联考高二上学期1月期末英语试题

试卷更新日期:2024-03-07 类型:期末考试

一、英语知识运用,第一节:单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)

  • 1. — I feel nervous at the thought that I'm going to attend the English Speech Contest to be held in our city tomorrow.

    —____. I believe you can perform well.

    A、Don't bother B、It all depends C、Take it easy D、No kidding
  • 2.  My family provides ____support when I feel very painful.
    A、infectious B、emotional C、humble D、bittersweet
  • 3. Better ___________ between teacher and students can promote the effectiveness of the class to an extent.
    A、criticism B、expectation C、interaction D、contribution
  • 4.  In 1963 the UN set up the World Food Programme, one of ____ purposes is to relieve worldwide starvation.
    A、which B、its C、whose D、whom
  • 5.  The manager came up with a new sales plan at the meeting, which will be discussed ____ by the salesmen.
    A、originally B、rarely C、subsequently D、literally
  • 6. I'm lucky to have the opportunity to participate in the national dancing competition ____ our school.
    A、in favor of B、on account of C、in honor of D、on behalf of
  • 7.  People of all ages can participate in this kind of exercise ____ classify garbage, which will make their neighbourhood clean and beautiful.
    A、helping B、to help C、helped D、having helped
  • 8.  —Could you meet me at the airport?

    —I'd like to, but I'm afraid I ____ a very important meeting when you return.

    A、am attending B、was attending C、will be attending D、will have attended
  • 9. Zhang Boli has devoted all his life to____Traditional Chinese Medicine, for which he____the title "People's Hero".
    A、promoting; impresses B、promote; illuminates C、promote; concludes D、promoting; deserves
  • 10.  Laurence, you look so busy. Is there anything I can do to help you? ____ I do the washing-up?
    A、Must B、Shall C、Would D、Will
  • 11. Why don't you bring ____ to his attention that you are too busy to do it?
    A、this B、what C、that D、it
  • 12.  I have ____ all my credit cards. Can you lend me 1,500 dollars?
    A、put aside B、taken up C、checked out D、maxed out
  • 13.  —Jenny is becoming slimmer and slimmer.

    — It is said that she hired a fitness instructor last year and ____ since.

    A、is working out B、worked out C、has been working out D、had worked out
  • 14.  I remember the whole thing clearly ____ it happened yesterday.
    A、as if B、unless C、as long as D、even if
  • 15.  —Guess what! Alice has failed in the English exam. 

    — ____? She is second to none in English in our class. 

    A、Why not B、How come C、So what D、What for

二、英语知识运用,第二节:完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分)

  • 16.  完形填空

    The Fitting-in of Suzy Khan

    The first time I saw Suzy Khan, I knew I had to help her. She was really small for her age of 12. The boys in my class often 1  about her and laughed their heads off. She would open a book, pretending to read, with tears dropping on the open page.

    All I knew was that she was an orphan (孤儿) from Africa. She had just been adopted by a family in town who 2  that the best way for her to learn American ways of life was to be with American kids. I looked down at this 3  girl and promised myself that somehow I would help her.

    But how could I help her 4  in with us? There had to be a 5  .

    One day, when I went into the classroom, I saw that Suzy had 6  her geography book to a picture of a train, and in her notebook, she had made a(n) 7  copy.

    I was surprised and thought that she could do something in the coming 8 show. So, I took her to see the art teacher, Miss Parker, and showed her what Suzy had 9 . "why, it's wonderful," said Miss Parker, who then showed us a poster she had painted 10 the talent show. "I need more of these, but I just don't have enough 11 . Could you help me, Suzy?"

    On the day of the talent show, Suzy's 12 were everywhere — all over the hall and all over the school, each one different.

    "And finally," said Mr Brown, the schoolmaster, at the end of the show, "we have a (n) 13 award. I'm sure you've all noticed the wonderful posters." Everyone nodded. "One of our own students 14 them."

    I could hear everyone whispering. "Who in our school could draw 15 well?"

    Mr. Brown waited a while before saying, " 16 this student worked so hard on the posters, she deserves a 17 ,too. Our mystery(神秘) artist is our new student — Suzy Khan!"

    Mr. Brown thanked her for all the wonderful posters and gave her a professional artist's set. "Thank you," she cried.

    I 18 , at that time when I was looking at her excited face, she'd probably never 19 anything in her whole life.

    Everyone started to 20 their hands. Suzy Khan gave them a shy smile and the applause was deafening. I knew then Suzy was going to be all right.

    (1)
    A、 joked B、 cared C、 trains D、 worried
    (2)
    A、 reported B、 decided C、 complained D、 questioned
    (3)
    A、 rich B、 proud C、 tiny D、 popular
    (4)
    A、 come B、 fall C、 fit D、 tie
    (5)
    A、 manner B、 pattern C、 choice D、 way
    (6)
    A、 read B、 taken C、 opened D、 put
    (7)
    A、 free B、 perfect C、 final D、 extra
    (8)
    A、 art B、 talk C、 quiz D、 talent
    (9)
    A、 colored B、 written C、 carved D、 drawn
    (10)
    A、 at B、 after C、 for D、 around
    (11)
    A、 room B、 time C、 paper D、 interest
    (12)
    A、 gifts B、 books C、 photos D、 posters
    (13)
    A、 special B、 academic C、 national D、 royal
    (14)
    A、 painted B、 found C、 printed D、 collected
    (15)
    A、 very B、 that C、 quite D、 too
    (16)
    A、 If B、 Though C、 Unless D、 Since
    (17)
    A、 prize B、 rank C、 rest D、 place
    (18)
    A、 replied B、 realized C、 remembered D、 regretted
    (19)
    A、 offered B、 valued C、 owned D、 controlled
    (20)
    A、 clap B、 wave C、 raise D、 shake

三、阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2.5分,满分50分)

  • 17.  阅读理解

    Are you looking for a great day camp program for your little ones this summer? Here we have rounded up some of the best summer camps close to New York.

    Atletico de Madrid

    This camp once worked with Arsenal Football Club. It offers boys and girls aged 5-16 chances to train with one of the world's most successful soccer colleges. Two players from the camp will be chosen by coaches to play a game in Madrid in October. This year, this camp will be running for two weeks.

    Abrons Art Center

    The Abrons Art Center offers learning experiences in dance, music and theater to campers aged 5-13. Campers will take part in an exchange with professional artists and arts workers, who will explain the artistic process. Extended (延长的) day classes provide more chances for arts learning.

    A Montessori Summer

    A Montessori Summer is for children aged 3.5-14. Each week, the program provides the students with a day trip away from school. Usually, children can enjoy the trips to beaches, parks and wildlife preserves(保护区) and they also go mountain-climbing. Certainly, these activities make students' life more colorful.

    92Y

    The 92Y offers all kinds of experiences to every camper, from their outdoor day camps in beautiful Rockland County (县) (suitable for kids from 5-13 years of age) to their Preschool Day Camp for kids from 3-5 years of age. They also include more camps in the city for kids aged 3-18. From sports to language learning to adventure camps, every kid can pick whatever they like.

    (1)、Campers in Atletico de Madrid may have a chance to ____.
    A、take a trip to Madrid B、win a two-week free training course C、join Arsenal Football Club for free D、attend a famous soccer college in Madrid
    (2)、Which program best suits campers interested in performances?
    A、A Montessori Summer. B、Atletico de Madrid. C、Abrons Art Center. D、92Y.
    (3)、What can we learn about A Montessori Summer?
    A、It focuses on animal protection. B、It offers various outdoor activities. C、Campers can learn from some great artists. D、Campers can experience the country side life in America.
    (4)、How is 92Y different from the other three programs?
    A、It often holds some sports games. B、Its activities mainly take place in cities. C、Its adventure camps are very popular. D、It has suitable camps for kids of different age groups.
    (5)、For whom is the text most probably written?
    A、Children from poor family backgrounds. B、Children with learning difficulties. C、Parents looking for summer activities for kids. D、Parents searching for family activities.
  • 18.  阅读理解

    Do you think cookies can tell stories? Jasmine Cho, 35, does.

    A baker, artist, entrepreneur and activist, Cho tries to spread knowledge about social justice issues and diversity through the delicious medium of cookies.

    It was in high school that she discovered her love of baking. At a sleepover a friend taught her how to make a dessert, "sort of demystifying baking and that whole process".

    Later, Cho realized her second passion: learning more about her Asian, American culture. An elective in college that taught Asian-American immigrant experiences brought an emotional moment for her. "So many emotions came up that I just couldn't articulate. It was like this mix of anger, of relief, empowerment, sadness..." Cho said.

    Cho realized she could combine these two passions to educate others about influential Asian American people and showcase matters that were important to her. With her online bakery, she designed cookie portraits about people she admired and posted the images on Instagram. "I don't think I ever really knew how to communicate these stories until I found cookies," Cho said. "Cookies are just so disarming. Who doesn't like cookies?"

    One cookie that Cho has identified with deeply is one she made of George Helm, a Hawaiian activist in the 1970s.

    "It's insane the amount of injustice that the native Hawaiian population has faced as well through the whole annexation (吞并) of the kingdom. There were so many horrific stories that I heard about nuclear testing and the fallout ( 核爆炸后的沉降物) impacting native Hawaiian populations in all of this," Cho said, "George Helm was one of those activists who really represented the spirituality of the native Hawaiians and the connection to their land, to nature."

    Among her amazing cookie art are other political figures such as Larry Itliong, a Filipino-American labor organizer, and pop culture figures such as Keanu Reeves, a Canadian actor.

    Cho hopes her cookie art continues to inspire people to be creative and think positively.

    "Instead of trying to think of something new and original, just look inward and see, maybe there's already a passion or a love that you have," Cho said. "Use that for something that will serve the world in a better way."

    (1)、What inspired Cho to take an interest in Asian-American culture?
    A、One of her sleepover experiences. B、One elective course she took at college. C、The process of learning baking from her friend. D、A book she read about Asian-American immigrant experiences.
    (2)、The underlined word "articulate" in Paragraph 4 probably mean____ .
    A、get rid of B、put up with C、express in words D、stay focused
    (3)、Why does Cho think cookies are a useful tool to promote Asian-American culture?
    A、Cookies don't cost much. B、Cookies are easier to make. C、Cookies have different images. D、Cookies are liked by many people.
    (4)、What is the author's purpose in mentioning George Helm in the passage?
    A、To inform the reader of Helm's contributions to Hawaii. B、To show what knowledge Cho focuses on with her cookies. C、To introduce the spirituality of native Hawaiians. D、To explain why Cho is interested in political activists.
    (5)、What can best summarize the message contained in the passage?
    A、Think outside the box to break new ground. B、Spread something original to one's heart content. C、Hold your horses for a better self. D、Throw yourself into your inner world for a better one.
  • 19.  阅读理解

    People who grow up outside of cities are better at finding their way around than urbanites, a large study on navigation suggests. The results, described online on March 30 in Nature, hint that learning to handle environmental complexity as a child strengthens mental muscles for spatial skills. 

    Nearly 400,000 people from 38 countries around the world played a video game called Sea Hero Quest, designed by scientists and game developers as a fun way to collect data about people's brains. Players piloted a boat in search of various targets.

    On average, people who said they had grown up outside of cities, where they would have probably encountered lots of complicated paths, were better at finding the targets than people who were raised in cities.

    What's more, the difference between city residents and outsiders was most obvious in countries where cities tend to have simple layouts (布局), such as Chicago with its streets laid out at 90-degree angles. The simpler the cities, the bigger the advantage for people from more rural areas, cognitive scientist Antoine Coutrot of CNRS and his colleagues report.

    Still, from these video game data, scientists can't definitively say that the childhood environment is behind the differences in navigation. But it's possible. "As a kid, if you are exposed to a complex environment, you learn to find your way, and you develop the right cognitive processes to do so," Coutrot says.

    Other factors have been linked to navigational performance, including age, gender, education and even a superior sense of smell. Figuring out these details will give doctors a more precise baseline (基准) of a person's navigational abilities. That, in turn, might help reveal when these skills weaken, as they do in early Alzheimer's disease, for instance.

    (1)、What does the underlined word "urbanites" in Paragraph 1 refer to?
    A、Those who live close to urban areas. B、Those who are from rural areas. C、Those who are raised in cities. D、Those who long for urban life.
    (2)、How did the researchers carry out the study?
    A、By playing a game called Sea Hero Quest. B、By gathering data from the video game. C、By recording electrical activities in brains. D、By comparing various targets of the game.
    (3)、What can we learn from Paragraph 3 and 4?
    A、City outsiders performed no better than city residents in the study. B、Cities' simple layouts gave city residents an advantage in the game. C、There was no significant difference between city residents and outsiders. D、The players' performance had something to do with their earlier experience.
    (4)、Which of the following may Coutrot agree with?
    A、Childhood surroundings might affect people's navigational abilities. B、Gender and education are key to developing navigational abilities. C、A superior sense of smell bears no relation to navigational abilities. D、The study of navigational abilities can help cure Alzheimer's disease.
    (5)、Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
    A、How environment impacts early childhood development B、Why is early childhood education important for our future C、When is the best time to obtain your navigational skills D、Where you grew up may shape your navigational skills
  • 20.  阅读理解

    The behaviour of a building's users may be at least as important as its design when it comes to energy use, according to new research from the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC). The UK promises to reduce its carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050, part of which will be achieved by all new homes being zero-carbon by 2016. But this report shows that sustainable building design on its own — though extremely important—is not enough to achieve such reductions: the behaviour of the people using the building has to change too.

    The study suggests that the ways that people use and live in their homes have been largely ignored by existing efforts to improve energy efficiency, which instead focus on architectural and technological developments.

    "Technology is going to assist but it is not going to do everything," explains Katy Janda, a UKERC senior researcher, "consumption patterns of building users can defeat the most careful design." In other words, old habits die hard, even in the best-designed eco-home.

    Another part of the problem is information. Households and bill-payers don't have the knowledge they need to change their energy-use habits. Without specific information, it's hard to estimate the costs and benefits of making different choices. Feedback facilities, like smart meters and energy monitors, could help bridge this information gap by helping people see how changing their behaviour directly affects their energy use; some studies have shown that households can achieve up to 15 percent energy savings using smart meters.

    Social science research has added a further dimension, suggesting that individuals' behaviour in the home can be personal and cannot be predicted—whether people throw open their windows rather than turn down the thermostat, for example. Janda argues that education is the key. She calls for a focused programme to teach people about buildings and their own behaviour in them.

    (1)、As to energy use, the new research from UKERC stresses the importance of____.
    A、zero-carbon homes B、the behaviour of building users C、sustainable building design D、the reduction of carbon emissions
    (2)、The underlined word "which" in Paragraph 2 refers to"____."
    A、the ways B、their homes C、developments D、existing efforts
    (3)、What are Katy Janda's words mainly about?
    A、The importance of changing building users, habits. B、The necessity of making a careful building design. C、The variety of consumption patterns of building users. D、The role of technology in improving energy efficiency.
    (4)、The information gap in energy use ____.
    A、can be bridged by feedback facilities B、affects the study on energy monitors C、brings about problems for smart meters D、will be caused by building users' old habits
    (5)、What does the dimension added by social science research suggest?
    A、The social science research is to be furthered. B、The education programme is under discussion. C、The behaviour of building users is unpredictable. D、The behaviour preference of building users is similar.

四、单词拼写,根据中文和首字母用单词的正确形式完成句子(每小题1分,满分10分)

  • 21.  I  (紧急地) needed to buy some daily items, such as toothpaste and soap.(根据汉语提示单词拼写)
  • 22.  They  (怀疑) the attack was carried out by animal rights activists. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
  • 23.  There is convincing e of a link between balanced diets with good health. (根据首字母单词拼写)
  • 24. Chinese characters and paintings can help you(欣赏) China's culture and history. (不可用admire) (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
  • 25.  There is really nothing  (值得的) in this world than helping other people improve their lives. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
  • 26. We're presented with more d experiences: starting university, getting a job and raising a family.(根据首字母单词拼写)
  • 27. Luckily the elderly woman (持续不断地) got her neighbors' generous assistance. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
  • 28.  Having done several temporary jobs, Mr. Dan eventually got a p one. (根据首字母单词拼写)
  • 29.  In response to the severe traffic pressure, many city authorities have started to r the use of private vehicles. (根据首字母单词拼写)
  • 30. A for the job must possess a master's degree in their specific fields. (根据首字母单词拼写)

五、写作,阅读表达(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)

  • 31.  阅读短文,按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

    It was a tough situation. At 8,700 meters above sea level, Zhang Hong and his team members faced a difficult decision. Based on the oxygen they had consumed, they might not have enough to reach the summit of Qomolangma. Should they press on or turn back?

    Zhang's guide Chen Tao made a quick decision that he and the two photographers with the group should immediately withdraw and leave their oxygen tanks to Zhang to let him finish the climb to the summit of the mountain.

    The wind was strong, and Zhang was terrified. The three Sherpa guides didn't speak Chinese and their English instructions to Zhang were muffled by the high wind. And there was additional difficulty for Zhang — he can't see.

    To walk on a path was often hard for the Chinese mountaineer. And there was no actual path on the mountain. Zhang had to follow the guides' directions precisely on every single step. The guides told him in which direction to go and the length of each step. But one mistake could cost Zhang his life.

    At first, Zhang didn't want to continue. But Chen told Zhang "if you don't continue, this may be the last chance you have to reach the top of Qomolangma, while I will still have more chances". There was no time left for 46-year-old Zhang to argue with Chen and Chen gave Zhang a gentle nudge to hurry him on.

    Zhang continued his climb with one guide in front of him and two behind. After several more hours' climbing, the guide leading the way told Zhang that he was standing at the top of the mountain. Zhang was first visually impaired person from Asia ever to conquer the world's highest peak.

    On the rock face of the mountain, Zhang etched his name alongside that of Erik Weihenmayer and Andy Holzer, who completed the feat in 2001 and 2017 respectively. They are the only three blind mountaineers to have climbed Qomolangma.

    (1)、Why did Chen decide to withdraw while letting Zhang finish the climb?(no more than 10 words)
    (2)、How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 3? (no more than 10 words)
    (3)、What's the main idea of Paragraph 5? (no more than 10 words)
    (4)、What made Zhang different from other mountaineers who reached the summit of Qomolangma? (no more than 10 words)
    (5)、What's your attitude towards the "mountain" in your life? Please explain. (no more than 20 words)

六、第五部分:写作,第二节 书面表达(满分20分)

  • 32. 假设你是晨光中学的学生李津。你校校刊的英文专栏Fitness & Exercise正在面向全体学生征文,请你以"My Favorite Sport"为题写一篇英语短文进行投稿。内容包括:1. 热爱的运动项目;2. 热爱的理由;3. 向同学们推荐或期望。

    注意:(1)词数不少于100;(2)内容充实,行文连贯;(3)题目已给出,不计入词数。

    My Favorite Sport