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2024年春“荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟”高二期中联考英语试题命题学校：襄阳市第四中学 命题人：邢少华 王冠男 审题人：姜晓宁 司亚欢审题学校：襄阳市第五中学考试时间：2024年4月23日 考试用时：120分钟 试卷满分：150分祝考试顺利注意事项：1答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4保持卡面清洁，不要折叠、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）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。例：How much is the shirt?A£19.15.B£9.18.C£9.15.答案是C。1How will the man get to work?ABy car.BBy bus.CBy subway.2What course will the woman take?ASpanish.BPhotography.CArt.3Where does the conversation take place?AAt a bus stop.BAt the airport.CAt a hotel.4Who will be the next CEO?AMr. Matthew.BMr. Jackson.CMr. King.5What time did the man finish his work?AAt about 9 oclock p.m.BAt about 10 oclock p.m.CAt about 12 oclock at night.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段材料，回答第6、7题。6What are the speakers talking about?AWhere to go on a vacation.BHow to choose a birthday gift.CWhat to wear for a job interview.7Why does the man want a new job?ATo try something new.BTo get a high position.CTo earn more money.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8What does the woman plan to do next month?AOrganize a meeting.BAttend a conference.CTake a vacation.9Where can the woman get the special form?AFrom her manager.BFrom the man.CFrom the HR office.10What is the relationship between the speakers?AColleagues.BFriends.CClassmates.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11Why does Bruce ask for another copy of paper?AThe delivery was delayed.BHis newspaper was damaged.CHe couldnt find the newspaper.12Where does Bruce want his newspaper to be put?AIn his yard.BIn his mailbox.CIn his hallway.13What will the woman do next?AVisit Bruces place.BSend an apology letter.CCall the delivery person.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14What causes the woman to have trouble making friends?ALack of social skills.BDifference in interests.CUnpopularity with other kids.15What do we know about the girls family?AThey enjoy a quiet life.BThey prefer a social lifestyle.CThey have a strict daily routine.16How does the woman feel about her lifestyle?AComfortable.BUpset.CLonely.17What kind of friends does the girl want?AThose who are easy-going.BThose who are hard-working.CThose who share similar hobbies.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18What do we learn about the speakers mother?AShe made a lot of records.BShe had a varied taste in music.CShe once worked in the field of music.19What kind of music does the speaker hate?AClassical music.BCountry music.CDance music.20Who has the biggest influence on the speaker in music?AHer mom.BHer sister.CHer schoolmate.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。AUSITCC Regional CompetitionThe Department of Information Technology and Cyber Security in the College of Business is proud to host the U. S. Information Technology Collegiate Conference (USITCC) Regional Competition on October 26-28. The event is open to students majoring in business or computer science.USITCC is quickly becoming the nations top IT competition, networking and career-building event. In one single weekend, student attendees can prove their technology skills in a variety of IT competitions, meet with industry professionals and connect with IT employers providing internships (实习工作) and/or full-time positions.Competitions & ScheduleDateTimeCompetitionsThursday, October 267-10 p.m.Security7-10 p.m.Systems Analysis and DesignFriday, October 278-1l a.m.Application Development12-3 p.m.Office SolutionsSaturday, October 284-7 p.m.Database8-10 a.m.Security Final RoundAccommodation InformationKentwood Hall, 701 E. St. Louis St., Springfield, MO 65806 is a historic six-story building. Kentwood offers private rooms, two-person rooms, super doubles, and three-person rooms.Each room is carpeted and offers a bathroom and height-adjustable beds. All rooms have Wi-Fi and a mid-sized refrigerator. All rooms are smoke-free. Basic bedding will include sheets, a light blanket, and towels.Entry FeeThe early bird rate is $35 / person before September 30, and the price will increase to $45 / person after that date.21What can student competitors expect from the competitions?AA job opportunity.BChanges of college major.CA large cash prize.DInstructions from professors.22Which of the following do rooms of Kentwood Hall provide?ASmoking areas.BPersonalized bedding.CInternet access.DPlus-sized refrigerator.23What is the purpose of the text?ATo introduce a college.BTo advertise a competition.CTo recommend a hotel.DTo promote cyber security.BDavid Chipperfield, the British designer known for his minimalist and inclusive spaces, has won the Pritzker Prize, often called “the Nobel Prize of architecture”. With this honor, he joins the company of groundbreaking designers such as Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Richard Rogers and Oscar Niemeyer.Chipperfield has distinguished his works by creating sharp, minimalist socially conscious buildings. The Pritzker committee wrote, “His architectural language balances consistency with the fundamental design principles and flexibility towards the local cultures . The work of David Chipperfield harmonizes European classicism, the complex nature of Britain and even the delicateness of Japan.”In 1997, Chipperfields firm was chosen to renovate Berlins Neues Museum, which was a mess long after being damaged by World War I. Chipperfield approached the project in honor of the buildings history. For more than a decade, he searched through stones and bricks from the original structure for pieces to use, some of which had bullet(子弹) holes in them.The architect has applied the same belief to his recent works, including the expansion of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, where he renovated galleries, created a new auditorium(礼堂) and built a concrete bridge to connect its original buildings.“While some architects may use the attention that comes with the Pritzker Prize to go big and advance their commercial ambitions, Chipperfields win is unlikely to result in steel-and-glass supertall skyscrapers,” writes Bloombergs Kriston Capps.Instead, Chipperfield says he will work harder to create architecture that has a specific mission. “I regard this award as an encouragement, continuing to direct my attention not only to the substance of architecture and its meaning but also to the contribution that we can make as architects to address the existing challenges of climate change and social inequality,” he says in a statement. He adds, “We must rise to these challenges and help inspire the next generation to shoulder this responsibility with vision and courage.”24What do the groundbreaking designers mentioned in paragraph 1 indicate?AThe fierce competition for the Pritzker Prize.BThe inspiration for Chipperfields design features.CChipperfields goal to become a leading architect.DChipperfields amazing architectural achievements.25What makes Chipperfields works unique according to the Pritzker committee?AThe creation of visually striking buildings.BThe integration of different cultural elements.CThe consistent design style in different projects.DThe flexible selection of architectural materials.26What does the underlined word “renovate” in paragraph 3 mean?AResearch.BRestore.CBuild.DDecorate.27What does Chipperfield hope to do with his architecture?ARealize personal commercial ambitions.BTake up environmental protection industry.CMake a positive impact on critical social issues.DEncourage more people to major in architecture.CRead a few news headlines and youll see some common themes: the rising number of languages dying worldwide, the isolation of individual last speakers, and the wider cultural loss for humanity. These stories often mention how people try to protect such languages. However, they tend to focus less on how such efforts actually help speakers of endangered languages. Such efforts sometimes help, sometimes harm, and sometimes do both.Encouraging someone to keep speaking a declining minority language could certainly boost his or her sense of identity. But when a bigger language is adopted somewhere, it doesnt remove everything that came before. Often, intense contact between big and small languages leads to a new mixture - for example, Sheng in Kenya and Tsotsitaal in South Africa. In other cases, such language contact results in a new localized dialect. As linguist Peter Trudgill argues, this can also hold a highly local identity.Sure enough, enabling a people to use their traditional language can make them feel better about themselves. But is it really helping them? Simply adding your ancestral language as a new school subject isnt very helpful if your school is falling down, or youre not eating well. To think anything much can be solved just by performing CPR (心肺复苏) in a minority language is to ignore how complicated human society is and how many different simultaneous (同时的) needs we have.In Québec, Canada, just under 75% of residents have French as their native language, but the percentage has fallen over the past five years. In 2022, the Québec Legislature passed Bill 96, which requires people to only use French for official speech and writing. This is an example of the prioritization of language, yet its unclear whether the law will actually improve Québec residents lives, or even help preserve French in Québec.So promoting endangered languages can be a positive force, but we shouldnt assume thats universally true. It is especially difficult for a language expert to say so. Perhaps we should focus less on languages themselves, and pay more attention to the lives of the people who speak them.28What do the news stories about languages usually focus on?AThe efforts to save endangered languages.BThe future development of our languages.CThe cultural functions of languages worldwide.DThe problem with promoting language uniformity.29What can a bigger adopted language bring about according to Peter Trudgill?AThe separation from the past.BThe enrichment of local cultures.CThe loss of social interaction.DThe preservation of peoples identity.30What can be inferred about saving endangered languages?AIt will take ages to see its effect.BIt requires more attention to native speakers.CIt will guarantee a win-win result.DIt needs more focus on languages themselves.31Which of the following is the best title for the text?AHow to Improve Minority Language Speakers LifeBHow to Boost Minority Language speakers IdentityCPromotion of French in Canada: Fruitful or FruitlessDEndangered Language Protection: Helpful or HarmfulDIn America, the “Big Dig”, a highway project that resulted in a mess of traffic in the centre of Boston for years, came in five times over its initial budget. Even the Germans get huge projects wrong. Conception to operation of Berlin Brandenburg Airport has taken 30 years, with seven missed opening dates. The airport ended up costing $8.2 billion. However, the original estimate was about $2.7 billion.Huge projects like Berlin Brandenburg Airport are the subject of an amusing new book called How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner. Mr. Flyvbjerg sets up a database of over 16, 000 projects and data analysis reveals that only 8.5% of the projects meet their initial estimates on cost and time, and 0.5% of them achieve what they set out to do on cost, time and benefits.Over-optimistic time and cost estimates originate from both psychological and political perceptions: the reliance on intuition (直觉) rather than data, and a problem that Mr. Flyvbjerg calls “strategic misrepresentation”. This is when budgets are intentionally reduced in order to get things going. And once the projects are under way, they will not be stopped, because money spent on them will thus be wasted.Mr. Flyvbjerg speaks highly of Pixars methodical approach to developing and testing films in great detail before they go into production. He also tells the story of how Frank Gehrys well-developed architectural models helped ensure the success of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Narrowing down the producing window of a project before it is actually carried out reduces the probability of unexpected events.Big customized projects are particularly likely to run into trouble. However, the more a project can be divided into standardized processes, the better its prospects are. Projects run into problems for specific reasons as well as general ones: Britains trouble is not something that China has to worry about, for instance. But the iron law is that if you plan strictly and standardize where possible, you are less likely to dig yourself into a hole.32How does the author introduce the topic of the passage?ABy making a contrast.BBy giving an explanation.CBy presenting examples.DBy showing an experience.33What message does Bent Flyvbjergs data analysis convey?AProjects success rates can be estimated.BProjects desired outcome cant be achieved.CMost projects suffer overspending and delays.DMost projects lack comprehensive data analysis.34What is paragraph 3 mainly about?AFailures in decision-making.BMethods of reducing massive costs.CStrategies for getting work done.DReasons behind inaccurate estimates.35What is the key to preventing projects getting into trouble?APlanning thoroughly in advance.BAnalyzing specific and general reasons.CFocusing on efficiency of projects.DDrawing lessons from former experiences.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。Our relationship with pets has changed greatly in recent decades. 36 A recent survey found that 69% of Australian households have at least one pet.While owning a pet is linked to numerous mental and physical health benefits, our pets can also carry infectious diseases that can sometimes be passed on to us. For most people, the risk is low. But some people, like those with weakened immune systems, are at greater risk of getting sick. 37 Infectious diseases that move from animals to humans are called zoonotic diseases (动物传染病). More than 70 pathogens (病原体) of companion animals are known to be transmissible to people. 38 But often there may be no visible signs of sickness, making it easier for you to catch it, because you dont suspect your pet of carr