河北省部分名校2024年高二上学期期中考试英语试题（含解析）.docx

河北省部分名校2024年高二年级上学期期中考试英语注意事项：1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用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。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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。例：How much is the shirt?A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15.答案是C。1. Where will the woman most probably spend the evening?A. Out of town. B. At home. C. At a restaurant.2. How much money do the speakers have in all?A. $18. B. $38. C. $28.3. Why did the woman go to the US?A. To do some business. B. To go sightseeing. C. To visit some friends.4. What is the man speaker?A. A student. B. A manager, C. A teacher.5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Strangers. B. Friends. C. Neighbors.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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What is the man doing?A. Reading a newspaper.B. Writing for the newspaper.C. Finding stories from the newspaper.7. What book does the girl want her father to read?A. A book about business.B. A book about animals.C. A book about cookies.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What did the man do during the holiday?A. He traveled to some places.B. He played with his friends.C. He studied on the Internet.9. How did the woman feel about her holiday?A. Interesting. B. Meaningful. C. Boring.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where does the conversation take place?A. At the doctors. B. In a shop. C. In a college.11. What happened to the man?A. He had his finger wounded.B. He had his leg burned.C. He had his foot hurt.12 What do we know about the man?A. He has to stay in bed for two days.B. He has to attend an important meeting.C. He cannot play in a football match.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What major did the man study at university?A. Social Sciences. B. Environmental Sciences. C. Geography.14. In which country did the man study?A. The United Kingdom. B. The Philippines. C. Japan.15. What is the population of the Philippines?A. About 7 million. B. About 70 million. C. About 75 million.16. What is the man surprised at in the sea of the Philippines?A. Beautiful fish.B. Lots of fishes.C. Coral reefs.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Who explained the puzzle to the speaker?A. A teacher. B. A classmate. C. A former colleague.18. Where does the speaker come from?A. America. B. France. C. China.19. What is the speaker talking about?A. A birthday party of an American woman.B. A special party held for her teachers.C. A young womans birthday.20. How do American women feel about their ages?A. Careless. B. Sensitive. C. Scared.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。AThe perfect gift for your favorite young readers!The NYRB Childrens Book Club will be the perfect gift for your favorite young readers!Weve grouped some of our books by age and interest and will send one book every other month for a year to the lucky child. All are “forever books”. To order a Childrens Book Club subscription (订购), please call 800-354-0050 or visit www. nyrb. com/cbc.First Chapter BooksAge: 5-9Fun tales of family, friendship, fantasy and frustration will even attract the youngest children.Books: Hickory, The School For Cats, Wee Gillis Jennys Moonlight Adventure, The Sorely Trying Day He Was There From The Day We Moved InFee: $77.95 with free US shippingWhimsical Early ReadersAge: 3-7Fun with words, yucky (难以下咽的) gourmet food, and a hareandtortoiselike race are a few of the subjects of these silly books.Books: Three Ladies Beside The Sea, Junket Is Nice, The Marzipan Pig, Mud Pies And Other Recipes, The Two CarsFee: $77. 95 with free US shippingEarly Chapter BooksAge: 5-9Page-turners featuring tall tales of the sea, and a little boy who keeps interrupting (打扰) his fathers story.Books: Wolf Story, Jim At The Comer, Jenny Goes To Sea 9 Jenny And The Cat Club 9 Beyond The Pawpaw Trees, The MousewifeFee: $82, 95 with free US shippingHeroesAge: 8-14Real and fantastical adventures inaction-packed stories that take place in small-town America, Ireland, war-torn Holland, India, and mystical Cythera.Books: Winter In Wartime, The Island Of Horses, The Village By The Sea, The Lost Island, The Adventures Of Anatole, Lizard MusicFee: $60.95 with free US shipping1. Who are the books fit for?A. College students.B. Little children.C. Office workers.D. Young parents.2. Which age of children is the group Heroes fit for?A. 2-5.B. 3-7.C. 5-9.D. 8-14.3. Which group of books costs the most?A. First Chapter Books.B. Whimsical Early Readers.C Early Chapter Books.D. Heroes.BThere are many challenges such as kayaking (划独木舟)the Colorado River Rapids, climbing to the summit (顶峰)of Qomolangma, mountain biking Colorados 100-mile Leadville Trail and skydiving solo. Adventurers take on these challenges all the time. One thing that makes an American named Erik Weihenmayer stand out is that he has done them all without the sense of sight.He is the first blind person to have climbed the tallest peak in every continent. When he was 4 or 5 years old, he was diagnosed with an extremely rare disease called retinoschisis (视网膜劈裂症)and when he finally went blind, he felt it was an unbelievable relief as if the worst thing had happened, so theres nothing else to lose.He began rock climbing with the help of a recreational group taking blind kids rock climbing and fell in love with it immediately. He felt it was just for him. It was sort of the full package of adventure, all the things he wouldnt have as a blind person. He has learned to do the things, which sighted people learn to do with their eyes, with his hands.He stated “When people say they climb for the view, I think theyre misunderstanding why we do the things we do. Honestly, the summit is not the destination. The movement is for me the most exciting part.”As a blind climber, its really hard, but he has to accept that suffering. Blindness is just a thing that happened to him. He thinks he likes all challenges and that people have got to use them as a drive to push them in new directions. Its the idea of turning bad things into good things, and its something all could use.4. What is special about Erik Weihenmayer?A. He skydived with other adventures.B. He swam across the Colorado River Rapids.C. He completed many adventures as a blind man.D. He kayaked Colorados 100-mile Leadville Trail.5. How did Erik Weihenmayer feel when he eventually lost his sight?A. Relaxed.B. Shocked.C. Annoyed.D. Disappointed.6. What does Erik Weihenmayer value most in climbing Qomolangma?A. The recognition of others.B. The process of climbing.C. The destination of climbing.D. The feeling of standing on the summit.7. What is the purpose of the text?A. To talk about some adventures.B. To attract other blind persons.C. To gain other blind climbers, support.D. To introduce an adventurer without sight.CA new study out of Canada suggests teenagers should spend less time looking at screens and more time getting involved in activities. The findings published in the journal Preventive Medicine were based on a survey of 28,000 7th graders in British Columbia.They answered questions about how much time they spent watching TV, streaming videos 9 playing video games and how much time they spent on after-school activities like sports and music programs. Then they ranked how good they felt about each day when they woke up. From their answers, researchers concluded that teens who spent more time on activities were mentally healthier and less anxious and depressed than those who spent more time on screens. And the study suggested that extra screen time was especially harmful to girls. For them, researchers say the negative effects were stronger.So how much screen time is too much? The Canadian Pediatric Society says all teens should have less than two hours of screen time per day and that guideline was factored into the study. But its important to point out that the information about it was gathered between 2014 and 2018, years before the CO VID hit. And this year, with fewer opportunities to see friends and participate in after-school events, teenagers have shown higher levels of depression and anxiety according to other research.The lead author of the Canadian study says even though its harder to do, its still important to find ways for teens to safely get involved with programs and hobbies away from screens.8. How was the study organized?A. By doing a survey.B. By referring to other research.C. By conducting medical examination.D. By using the results of other studies.9. What can we infer from paragraph 2?A. Teens spending more time on activities are more anxious.B. Teens spending less time on screens are mentally healthier.C. Girls spending more time on screens are less anxious than boys.D. Boys spending more time on activities are more anxious than girls.10. What does the underlined word “factored” in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Confessed.B. Continued.C. Confused.D. Considered.11. In which part of a newspaper can we find the text?A. Sport.B. Culture.C. Health.D. Music.DAn alarming scientific review has found human activity is driving insects to extinction. When the bottom of the food chain is endangered, so is everything up the chain, including people. Insect reductions threaten birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians (两栖动物)that eat insects, as well as many plants that require them for pollination(授粉). Insects are also important to soil health, nutrient recycling and ecosystem functioning.Habitat loss from intensive agriculture and urbanization is the main cause of the reductions, according to the review “Worldwide reduction of insects： A review of its drivers”. Agricultural pesticide(杀虫剂)and fertilizer use, pathogens, invasive species and climate change are also major reasons.A World Wildlife Fund study concluded that weve wiped out 60 percent of mammals, fish, birds and reptiles since 1970. Another study found people have destroyed 83 percent of wild mammals and half of all plants since the dawn of civilization. As frightening as that, the rate of insect extinction is eight times that of mammals, birds and reptiles. If these trends continue, most insects could be gone within a century, which will severely affect all life.Some solutions can be carried out quickly and relatively easily, such as banning the worst pesticides, carrying out many available and emerging solutions to pollution and global warming, and examining better ways to grow, produce and distribute food. Sanchez-Bayo argues that changes in agricultural methods are extremely important, noting organic farms and farms that used limited pesticide amounts in the past had more insects. Research also shows organic farms maintain healthier soils, use less energy, send out fewer greenhouse gas emissions and produce higher yields than conventional farms, especially during droughts.Many people are frightened at the thought of bites and stings by insects. But whatever you think of them, theres no doubt that theyre essential to all life. If insects die out, we wont survive. From banning destructive pesticides to reforming agricultural methods to planting insect- and pollinator-friendly gardens in urban areas, theres much we can and must do to help the creatures survive and develop.12. What may insect extinction result in?A. Improving soil health.B. Reducing human activities.C. Increasing the varieties of plants and animals.D. Threatening all up the food chain depending on them.13. Which of the following creatures disappear most quickly according to paragraph 3?A. Plants.B. Wild mammals.C. Insects.D. Birds and reptiles.14. According to Sanchez-Bayo, what is a vital method to prevent the insect reduction?A. Allowing people to keep insects.B. Improving the way of farming.C. Banning destructive pesticides.D. Planting insect-friendly gardens.15. What would be the best title for the text?A. Like Them Or Not, We Need InsectsB. Find Out Better Ways To Grow FoodC. Insects Are Developing Very QuicklyD. Agricultural Methods Need Changing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。Are you struggling with a mid-afternoon energy slump (衰退)? We have all experienced times when we feel we are dragging both physically and emotionally. _16_.Eat every 3 to 4 hoursPeople feel like they have more energy when they eat something every three hours or so during the day._17_. If you are very active, you might find yourself hungry more often. Someone who is taking part in more physical activities need to eat more frequently such as every 3 to 4 hours._18_.Caffeine can help improve short-term mental performance and provide an energy increase, but it can decrease energy afterward. There is nothing wrong with starting the day with some caffeine, but if you find you rely on multiple cups of coffee during the day to maintain your energy level, you may want to take a look at how you are spacing out your food intake.Stress lessToo much stress can empty you of energy. It can also contribute to poor sleep quality. Aiming for at least seven to nine hours of sleep each night can help to decrease stress levels. Finding a hobby you enjoy and listening to music can also help to reduce stress levels. There are many other ways to reduce stress._19_.Care about self-care_20_. Before turning towards the afternoon cookie, identify whether you need a physical boost, or an emotional lift. Choosing an activity that resets the negative energy can help balance those energy needs.A. Avoid caffeine for energyB. Choose nutrient-rich snacksC. Getting enough sleep is critical to energy levelsD. The key is to find which strategy works best for youE. How often you should eat varies from person to personF. Here are four simple ways to improve your energy levelsG. Energy comes from two sources: physical energy and emotional energy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四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Giorgio has just moved to London from Italy. In February, he was _21_ by the wonderful sound of a piano coming from next door.One day, on a whim (一时兴起) Giorgio wrote a note to his _22_ asking him to play Celine Dions classic My Heart Will Go On. The next day, he was both touched and delighted when the familiar melody (旋律) ran through the next _23_ . Immediately, he started playing River Flows In You, then stopped