安徽省蚌埠第二中学安徽省蚌埠市蚌山区蚌埠第二中学2023-2024学年高二下学期5月期中英语试题Word版无答案.docx

蚌埠二中2023-2024学年度高二第二学期5月月巩固检测英语试题满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟注意事项： 1. 答题前，考生务必用 0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、学校、班级、准考证号及座位号填写在答题卡上规定的位置。 2. 每小题选出答案后，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。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。3. 考试结束，将答题卡交回。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。1. What did the speakers do?A. They took photos. B. They reported a storm. C. They cleaned the park. 2. Where does the conversation take place?A. In the street. B. In a store. C. In the womans office.3. What does the man think of Professor Johnson?A. Easy-going. B. Demanding. C. Difficult.4 How did the woman spend her vacation?A. She did some gardening.B. She took walks around her place.C. She enjoyed the garden scenery.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. A sales plan. B. Customer service. C. Operating instructions.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。6. Who is away from work?A. John. B. Frank. C. Sally.7. What is the woman looking forward to?A Contacting Mayhem Electronics.B. Getting help from another department.C. Posting a job advertisement right away.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Why did Billy perform poorly last year?A. He didnt adapt to the new school.B. He didnt get help from his family.C. He didnt try his best to study.9. What is Billy weak at?A. Writing. B. Spelling. C. Reading.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What was the matter with the first room?A. It had a bad view. B. It was noisy. C. It was untidy.11. What could be seen from the room the woman stayed in last?A. A garden. B. The ocean. C. A parking lot.12. What did the hotel manager promise the woman?A. She could get her money back.B. She could be upgraded with a lower price.C. She could be accommodated for free next time.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What first impression did Bonnie leave on the woman?A. She was thoughtful. B. She was quiet. C. She was smart.14. What did the man ask Bonnie to do?A. To attend a weekend activity.B. To share snacks with him.C. To join the study group.15. What is Jenny good at?A. Hiking. B. Cooking. C. Communicating.16. What happened to the woman last week?A. She didnt feel well. B. She missed the hiking trip.C. She failed to join the class discussion. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. When was Now and Then recorded by Lennon?A. In 1970. B. In 1977. C. In 1979.18. What made it possible to release Now and Then?A. The use of advanced technology.B. The living will of Lennon.C. The request of fans.19. What do we know about blue album?A. It consists of classics. B. It was finished in 1967. C. It doesnt include Now and Then.20. What did Ringo Starr say about recording the song?A. It would make their album a hit.B. It allowed the members to get together.C. It offered a chance to remember Lennon.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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 AIs an electric vehicle right for you?Many people will ask themselves that question for the first time this year. Prices are falling, battery range is rising and mainstream brands are adding new EVs at a breakneck pace.Here are three things anybody seriously considering buying an EV should know:1. The price to install a 240v charger Anybody who owns an electric vehicle needs a 240-volt charger at home. With one, you can recharge overnight, so you start every day with the equivalent of a full tank.Just a few years ago, home 240v EV chargers cost $2,500-$3,000, including installation, but prices have declined as competition grows with the number of EVs on the road.2. The time it takes to chargeAbout 80% of miles driven in EVs are powered by electricity charged at home, but youll need to charge elsewhere occasionally. Thats when charging time becomes a big deal, but how long it takes depends on a couple of factors.3. Where to chargeGood route-planning apps will help you find chargers on a road trip.“Most people have no idea how many public charging stations are within, say, a 10-or 15-mile radius (半径) because theyre small, people dont look for them or even dont know what to look for, and theyre rarely signposted,” said journalist John Voelcker, who has studied EVs and charging exhaustively.4. On the horizonIf an EV doesnt meet your needs now, watch this space. Theyre coming closer, but large numbers of gasoline vehicles will remain in production for years. Beyond that, companies will keep making spare parts for oil-burners for decades.1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Popular brands are introducing new EVs at an incredibly fast rate.B. An electric vehicle cant run the same distance as a completely filled fuel vehicle.C. The price of installing a home EV charger has remained stable in the past few years.D. Its quite easy to identify the public charging stations with the help of striking signposts.2. What should the potential consumers do in the future?A. Make space for an EV.B. Find an alternative to EV.C. Give up the plan to purchase an EV.D Keep an eye out for future developments.3. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To illustrate the factors charging time depends on.B. To offer advice on purchasing an electric vehicle.C. To look forward to the future of electric vehicles.D. To explain the reason for the falling prices of electric vehicles.BIts a classic story: A kid is forced to learn an instrument from a young age, they play it throughout their childhood, and they develop a bittersweet relationship with it. Is the constant battle between the love for the music and the hate for the constant challenge worth the fight? For me, it was.I started playing the piano when I was four-that was 15 years ago! This was huge commitment, so there must have been something worth holding on to, right?The easy guess is that I was purely in love with music and piano. Although thats the sweeter tale, its a bit more complicated. I struggled a lot with piano. Family and peers were, at least in my own head, constantly placed beside me in competition. I felt pressure to be the best in order to prove something to others-and more devastatingly (破坏性地) to prove something to myself. The seed of my musical interest was grown in the sunlight of competition and doubt. Hate sprouted (滋生) when my self-criticism hit too hard.Its difficult to learn to love something that didnt originate from love. For a while, piano was more of an annoyance than a hobby. But somehow, love grew. It was deeply buried. But it was there, and by high school,it was strong enough that when I was truly on the verge of quitting any kind of formal training. I found the strength to hold on tighter, and dig further. I switched teachers, and got incredibly lucky with one who helped me tunnel into what I loved. I learned pieces for myself, I composed for myself, and I found confidence not because I got “good enough,” but because I learned that anything I had was good enough.The love and hate Ive had for the piano were both planted and grown. If you too have learned to hate something, remember that with commitment, it can be uprooted, and love can make a home in its place. There is always time. There is always room.4. What does the author want to show by telling a classic story?A. The benefits of music.B. Kids struggle in learning instruments.C. Kids bittersweet childhood.D. The popularity of learning instruments.5. What can we know about the authors experience of playing the piano?A. She finally quit formal training.B. She never treated it as her hobby.C. She was in pure love with music and piano.D. She once experienced great pressure from herself.6. What helped the author find confidence?A. Her attitude.B. Her training.C. Her compromise.D. Her achievement.7. What message is mainly delivered in the passage?A. Practice makes perfect.B. Love is a thing that grows.C. Content is better than riches.D. Chance favors the prepared mind.CPick up any packaged processed food, and theres a decent chance that one of its listed ingredients will be “natural flavor”. The ingredient sounds good, particularly in contrast to “artificial flavor”. But what exactly does natural flavor mean? It refers to extracts (提取物) got from natural sources like plants, meat or seafood. When consumers see “natural flavor” on a label, they are unlikely to assume that someone is squeezing the juice from oranges into their bottle. They know even though natural flavor must come from natural sources, it neednt all come from the plant or meat. For example, orange flavor might contain not only orange extract, but also extracts from bark and grass. Nor is the common belief true that ingredients extracted from nature are necessarily safer than something artificially made.So if flavors like orange are needed, why not just use oranges? The answer comes down to “availability, cost and sustainability”, according to flavor chemist Gary Reineccius of the University of Minnesota. “If youre going to use all your grapes on grape soda,” Reineccius says, “you dont have any grapes for wine making; the products are going to be exorbitant; besides, what do you do with the by-products you create after youve squeezed all the juice out of the grape?”Actually, while chemists make natural flavors by extracting chemicals from natural ingredients, artificial flavors are made by creating the same chemicals artificially. The reason why companies bother to use natural flavors rather than artificial flavors is simple: marketing. “Many of these products have health titles,” says Platkin, professor from Hunter College. “Consumers may be talked to believe products with natural flavors are healthier, though theyre nutritionally no different from those with artificial flavors. Natural flavors may involve more forest clear-cutting and carbon emissions from transport than flavors created in the lab.”Platkin suggests getting more transparent labeling on packaging that describes exactly what the natural or artificial flavors are, so consumers are not misled into buying one product over another because of “natural flavors”. Reineccius also offers some simple guidance: “Dont buy anything because it says natural flavors. Buy it because you like it.”8. Which is a misunderstanding about the “natural flavor” juice according to paragraph 1?A. It comes from 100% original fruit. B. It is nothing but advertising tricks.C. It certainly contains extracts made in the lab.D. It is absolutely safer than juice with artificial flavors9. What does the underlined word “exorbitant” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Popular.B. Expensive.C. Durable.D. Innovative.10. Why do companies use natural flavors in their products?A. To cut the costs.B. To promote the sales.C. To advocate a healthy diet.D. To avoid food safety issues.11 What can we conclude from the text?A. Gary and Platkin hold opposite perspectives.B. Natural flavors are more environmentally-friendly.C. Customers are misled for ignoring labels on packaging.D. Natural and artificial flavors are more alike than you think.DRecently, I accidentally found a set of Hanfu l only wore once from the bottom of the cupboard. I remember buying them simply to match the ancient-style hair accessories (配饰) a friend gave me. It occurred to me that 1 had been trapped in the “birdcage effect”.“Birdcage effect” means that when you get an item one day, you will prepare more things to match it. Weeks ago, I was in the company of friends engaged in shopping. One said that she wanted to buy a good writing pen to match the delicate notebook that her sister gave her, so that she would fall in love with taking notes on reading, and thus love reading, not just reading. I joked that she must have fallen for the “birdcage effect”. But the friend said with a smile: “Why not use the birdcage effect instead?” For the first time, I heard that the “birdcage effect” can be used in reverse (逆向). However, this cant help but remind me of middle school, and I seem to have used the “birdcage effect”. Passing by a bookstore one day, I purchased a magazine and saw the call for contributions published in the magazine, so I started writing with eager hands, and then I fell in love with writing.After shopping with my friends that time, I began to proceed to use the “birdcage effect”. I bought a small fresh tablecloth to decorate my desk, and a beautiful notebook to record my inspiration. When everything was ready, I started writing again.But how can we get rid of the “birdcage effect” in many things, and even use the “birdcage effect” in the opposite way? Various “birdcages” unavoidably appear in life, but we can distinguish them. If it is not in line with the actual situation, it is a “negative birdcage”, then we must learn to stop losses in time and maintain a heart of abandonment and separation. If it is a “positive birdcage” that motivates us to develop upward, we can clarify our goals, shop or decorate appropriately, and motivate ourselves to move towards our goals. At this time, you will find that the “birdcage effect” is actually not so terrible!12. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?A. The application of the “birdcage effect” in life.B. The necessity of using the “birdcage effect” in life.C. The turning point of the authors idea on the “birdcage effect”.D. The authors conflict with her friend over the “birdcage effect”.13. What is the authors purpose in mentioning her middle school experience?A. To recall her delightful days at school.B. To explain the reason for her love with writing.C. To confirm the positive of the “birdcage effect”.D. To prove her knowledge of the “birdcage effect”.14. How can we make use of the “birdcage effect” positively?A. By realizing this effect has two sides.B. By promoting our personal consumption.C. By recognizing this effect is not so terrible.D. By guiding our acts to go with reasonable goals.15. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Getting Rid of the Birdcage Effect ConfidentlyB. Motivating Ourselves to Move Towards Our GoalsC. The Birdcage Effect: Influence on Consumer BehaviorD. The Birdcage Effect: How to Use It to Your Advantage第二节（共 5小题；每小题 2.5分，满分 12.5分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Perhaps youve stopped doing what you w