广东省深圳市光明区高级中学2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题（含解析）.docx

2024下学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷第一部分 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。AThese national parks, classified as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, protect and preserve some of the worlds most beautiful natural wonders. Wadi Rum Protected Area, JordanKnown as Valley of the Moon, Wadi Rum is located in the south of Jordan, a little more than 60 miles south of the ancient city of Petra. As a desert landscape, its been the location for many space films. Its worth spending some time overnight heretraditional Bedouin camps around the desert. Fiordland National Park, New ZealandA large part of this national park is uninhabited (无人居住的) and only accessible by boat or hiking trail. Its filled with snow-capped mountains, and visitors might see fur seals, bottlenose dolphins and possibly even penguins.Cairngorms National Park, ScotlandIn the spring and summer months, its best to explore this part of Scotlands eastern Highlands by foot but in wintertime, skis take over. Its the largest park in the UKtwice as big as the Lake District National Park. With nine national nature reserves and three rivers, it doesnt have a shortage of local wildlife. For the best places to bed down nearby, we suggest art-filled The Fife Arms and Killliehuntly Farmhouse and Cottages. Sagarmatha National Park, NepalHome to Mount Everestthe highest mountain in the world at 29,032 ftSagarmatha National Park in Nepal is where many hikers kick-start their lifetime goal of climbing from Everests Base Camp. The park is also home to several rare animal species. Its an adventurers paradise (天堂) for those looking for less of hiking.1. In which park can you enjoy the desert landscape?A. Wadi Rum Protected Area.B. Fiordland National Park.C. Cairngorms National Park.D. Sagarmatha National Park.2. What do Fiordland National Park and Cairngorms National Park have in common?A. They are located in the UK.B. They attract space film lovers.C. They are suitable to explore wildlife.D. They cover an area as large as Nepal.3. What can you do in Sagarmatha National Park?A. See penguins.B. Camp on a boat.C. Live in The Fife Arms.D. Climb Mount Everest.BSaving a drowning woman is all in a days work for two boys who had already collected their swimming and lifesaving merit badges (奖章).A June heavy storm hit Columbia in Missouri with little warning, causing floodwaters from rivers to burst their banks and overflow zones to turn into ponds.When 15-year-old Dominic Viet and 16-year-old Joseph Diener passed a basketball court that had turned into a pool, they heard the frantic shouting of a young woman desperately trying to keep her head above water under the force of a current (水流). The boys had seen the woman swimming with a friend there before, but it was now obvious that she was drowning.“The first thing that came into my mind was to get into the water,” Dominic recalled. “We didnt have time to think. Her head was barely above the water and we could see her sinking more down every second. We didnt think about the risks. We had to get her out.”Heroes will do as heroes do, and pulling her up onto their shoulders, Dominic and Joseph got her ashore, where emergency services arriving at someone elses call performed first aid and rushed her to the hospital.The fire department honored the two boys with a “Citizen Life Safety Award”. Assistant Fire Chief Jerry Jenkins described the boys act as heroic and courageous. He added, “Floodwaters are no conditions to be swimming in. There can be waste water runoff, loose chemicals, downed power lines charging the current with electricity, or pieces of wood, metal, or brick, etc.”4. What does the underlined word “frantic” in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Angry.B. Low.C. Terrified.D. Patient.5. What were the two boys first reaction when hearing the woman shouting?A. They worried about the risks.B. They performed first aid at once.C. They called emergency services.D. They jumped into the water to save her.6. Which of the following can best describe the two boys?A. Helpful and brave.B. Humorous and polite.C. Generous and modest.D. Ambitious and gifted.7. What message does Jerry Jenkins want to convey?A. We must be careful with floodwaters.B. Children should learn how to swim.C. Swimming in floodwaters is attractive.D. Performing first aid is a must for children.CIn the far, far future, bicycles and perhaps skates may be run by jet power, and a new thing to ride may be a small flying saucer (飞碟). Imagine a race between them!There may be telepathy helmets (心灵感应头盔) that send thought waves from your brain to that of your friend miles away. You just think a thought and your friend knows it! You can have secrets with each other that nobody else can turn in on!What about the food of the future? Scientists think that much of it will be artificialmade in factories from such surprising things as coal, limestone, air and water. The artificial food will be healthful because all the things that you need to live a long and healthy life will be put into it.The future hospitals will probably have “body banks” that can give you almost any new part you need to keep on living. People of the future may live to be a lot older than 100 years. What about highways of the future? Well, a very small child probably will be able to drive a car. Electric signals will hold each car on the right road to get wherever the “driver” wants to go. And it probably will be impossible for cars to crash together. Controls that wont even have to be touched will make all speeding cars miss each other or will put on the brakes. Driving cars will be as safe as being at home.But maybe the most wonderful surprise in the future will be weather control. Cities may have giant plastic domes (圆顶罩) over them to keep out snow, rain, or storms. When you plan a picnic in a park, you wont have to worry about rain. It will rain only when the “weatherman” thinks it is necessary to fresh the air inside the city. All other days will be fair and warm.The future should be a wonderful time in which to live and the time we are living in now is also a wonderful future to the people who lived 100 years ago.8. How will you probably talk with each other in the future according to paragraph 2?A. With a safety helmet.B. By thought waves.C. Through secret words.D. On a special phone.9. What can we say about the artificial food?A. It only consists of water.B. It is difficult to digest.C. It is nutritious enough.D. It can keep us from aging.10. What can we expect of the future life?A. Road safety will be hugely raised.B. People will not see a doctor any more.C. Driving on the highways will be avoided.D. No storms will happen in the neighborhood.11. Where is this text most likely from?A A health report.B. A magazine.C. A guidebook.D. An advertisement.DSince 1960, considerable scientific researches have been done on chimps in their natural habitats. Scientists have found out that the social behaviors of chimps are very different from humans. Chimps just cooperate in certain ways. But beyond the minimum requirements as social beings, they have little instinct (本能) to help one another. Chimps in the wild seek food for themselves. Even chimp mothers regularly refuse to share food with their children.In the laboratory, chimps dont naturally share food either. If a chimp is put in a cage where he can reach one plate full of food for himself or, with no greater effort, a plate that provides food for a neighbour in the next cage, he will pull casuallyhe just doesnt care whether his neighbour gets fed or not. Chimps are truly selfish.Human children, on the other hand, are extremely cooperative. The psychologist Michael Tomasello has studied this cooperation in a series of experiments with very young children. He finds that if babies aged 18 months see a worried adult with hands full trying to open a door, almost all will immediately try to help.There are several reasons to believe that the urges to help, inform and share are not taught, but naturally possessed in young children. One is that these instincts appear at a very young age before most parents have started to train their children to behave socially. Another is that the helping behaviors are not improved if the children are rewarded. A third reason is that social intelligence develops in children before their general cognitive (认知的) skills, at least when compared with chimps. In tests conducted by Tomasello, the human children did no better than the chimps on the physical world tests but were considerably better at understanding the social world.The central part of what childrens minds have and chimps dont is what Tomasello calls shared intentionality. Part of this ability is that they can infer what others know or are thinking. But beyond that, even very young children want to be part of a shared purpose.12. What can be known about chimps from the first paragraph?A. They behave identically as humans do.B. They dont care about others a lot.C. They are willing to share food.D. They are social animals as humans.13. Why did Tomasello conduct experiments with young children?A To link his studies with home schooling.B. To teach those babies how to be cooperative.C. To show worried parents how to raise babies.D. To better understand humans instinct to cooperate.14. What can we infer about young children from the text?A. They did better than chimps in physical tests.B. They are born with the urges to help and share.C. Their ability to know the social world is as good as chimps.D. Their helping behaviors will be improved if they are rewarded.15. Which can be a suitable title for the text?A. Chimps Outstanding Social BehaviorsB. Chimps: Mankinds Closest Living RelativesC. Difference Between Humans and ChimpsD. Close Connection Between Humans and Chimps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。Many holidays are centered around surrounding yourself with family members and gathering in large groups, so it can be tough to enjoy your holidays all by yourself. However, spending a holiday alone can actually be more enjoyable and you might even find that you like it more. _16_Limit your technology use. If youre spending your holidays alone, it might be attractive to stay completely connected to your social media and email. _17_ So, try turning off your phone and computer to focus on yourself throughout the day instead of others._18_ Holidays offer you a good chance to award yourself for your hard work. Whether you go out to your favorite restaurant or cook at home, allow yourself to enjoy a big meal. After that, plan an outing to the movies, a museum or a park to relax. Also, giving yourself a gift is a great idea.Volunteer somewhere. If you live near a shelter, reach out to see if they need help during the holidays. If you already volunteer somewhere, ask if you can come in on your day off. _19_ If you volunteer somewhere and you enjoy the experience, consider volunteering more often.Dive into a creative project. _20_ You can draw, paint or make paper cuttingsanything that makes you feel accomplished. If you need to get holiday gifts for people, you could use your crafting skills to make some for them.A. Treat yourself.B. Get a creative technology-related gift.C. However, a real break means limiting your technology use.D. There are many reasons why you should spend holidays alone.E. If you have a creative outlet, dive in and make something special.F. Giving back is what holidays are about and it probably makes you feel good.G. Here are a few things you can do on your own to make your holidays special.第二部分 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。When they were just kids, twin brothers Harrison and Henry enjoyed helping their father harvest firewood. Their father, Shane McDaniel found this was a great _21_ to communicate with his two sons. The familys hardworking nature _22_ as the boys grew into adults.A heavy _23_ knocked down a lot of trees near Lake Stevens, Washington. The father _24_ that they could do something productive with all the wood.“I had a lot of wood that I had to cut because of storm damage and trees that were _25_. It just kept piling up and piling up. Once it got to be such a(n) _26_ of wood we thought we could do something _27_ with it,” Shane said.With there being so much firewood _28_ the father and sons decided they would _29_ it to those who needed it most.Shane then _30_ the following to his Facebook page to look for people who could _31_ from the wood he and his boys harvested:It _32_, “If you know someone who burns _33_, and living in a cold house this holiday season; maybe someone elderly or with small children just in the house. then please help us help them. My boys and I have cut lots of firewood this summer. It is seasoned and ready to _34_ homes where it is truly needed.When asked about Shanes behavior, he said, “Its a pretty _35_ thing to see. You can just see this feeling of pride and sharing that I dont think my sons had before.”21. A. abilityB. planC. wayD. trend22. A. adjustedB. continuedC. stoppedD. changed23. A. earthquakeB. typhoonC. floodD. storm24. A. decidedB. complainedC. orderedD. dreamed25. A. checking outB. dropping inC. broken upD. taken down26. A. qualityB. amountC. pieceD. option27. A. betterB. lessC. furtherD. more28. A. nearbyB. availableC. necessaryD. concerned29. A. oweB. lendC. offerD. show30. A. predictedB. deletedC. postedD. examined31. A. comeB. hearC. keepD. benefit32. A. readsB. skipsC. signsD. quotes33. A. paperB. woodC. gasD. coal34. A. returnB. getC. buildD. warm35. A. wonderfulB. sadC. logicalD. professional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个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Human beings are part of nature, but for many centuries, we have been living in _36_ (complete) man-made environments. Modern cities make our lives quite _37_ (comfort), but most people live in a way that is disconnected from other living things and the natural cycles of the earth. A special school in Western Australia is now creating opportunities for everyone to safely experience nature.Steve Aldridges school _38_ (call) Wild Movement, and it is located near the city of Perth. Children and adults who attend programs at Wild Movement can learn survival skills like gathering food, making shelters, _39_ building fires. Some courses offer instruction on using tools, such as knives or bows and arrows. Others are focused on using plants _40_ (make) baskets, bags and rope.Howeve