湖北省新高考联考协作体2024年高二下学期期末考试英语试题（含解析）.docx

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1、2024年湖北省新高考联考协作体高二下学期期末考试高二英语试卷注意事项:1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定的位置上。2.回答选择题时，选出每题答案后，用铅笔把答案卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，先用橡皮擦干净后，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，写在试卷上无效。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，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。1.

2、【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】How does the girl want to go to the museum?A. By subway.B. By bus.C. By car.2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What has the weather been like recently?A. Really dry.B. Really wet.C. Really cold.3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What does the wedding hall forbid doing?A. Throwing rice.B. Throwing the pieces o

3、f newspaper.C. Throwing colored paper.4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What is the probable occupation of the man?A. A politician.B. A lawyer.C. A journalist.5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】How many liters of water did the man drink today?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.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

4、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。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】6. How does the man sound at first?A. Nervous.B. Thrilled.C. Disappointed.7. What color does the woman think old trains were?A. Black.B. Green.C. Red.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处

5、可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】8. What kind of show does the man want to make?A. A cooking show.B. A quiz show.C. An interview show.9. Where does the man want people to watch his show?A. In their offices.B. In their homes.C. In their cars.10. What is the womans advice?A. Picking a different goal.B. Saving up some m

6、oney.C. Making his show different from others.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】11. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A Co-workers.B. Doctor and patient.C. Teacher and student.12. What is the woman planning on doing first?A. Buying a gift.B. Going to the hospital.C. Picking u

7、p name cards.13 How did the woman feel at Andys birthday last year?A. Angry.B. Confused.C. Satisfied.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】14. Why is going to the lake a bad idea?A. It is too small.B. It will be too crowded.C. It is too hot.15. What does the woman plan to do first?A. Prepare lunch.B. P

8、ack the luggage.C. Make coffee.16. Where will the man probably get his drink?A. At home.B. At the gas station.C. At the beach store.17. What does the man want to use the towels for?A. Lying on.B. Drying him off.C. Giving shade.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】18. What is the goal of the exercise?A.

9、To learn how to follow instructions.B. To learn about the importance of business.C. To learn about the Industrial Revolution.19. Which class did business managers belong to according to the speaker?A. The upper class.B. The middle to lower class.C. The working class.20. How many students will be nee

10、ded to be the bank and security officers in total?A. Four.B. Three.C. Two.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 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThis Mothers Day we asked a handful of childrens book experts and writers which stories and characters come to mind when the

11、y think about motherhood.Runaway Bunnyby Margaret Wise BrownSince it was first published in 1942, Browns Runaway Bunny has never gone out of print. It is pretty much a work of genius! Brown opened the door for parents to feel like theyre reading a story about love and caring about their children whi

12、le the children are exploring their own individual identity and how close they are or separated they are from the adults in their lives.Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verseby Walter Dean MyersIt is a collection of photographs Myers collected over the years. Myers writes, “Seeing their faces

13、scrubbed and beaming and them dressed in their Sunday best makes me think about the hardworking parents and grandparents who have taken time to take care of their children.”Mommys Hometownby Hope LimThis story is about a boy and his mothers trip to her childhood home in Korea. The boy discovers the

14、town is not how he imagined it would be. Mommys Hometown starts from the specific lens (镜头) of Korean culture, but has the universal feature of memory and perception.Happy Dreams, Little Bunnywritten and illustrated by Leah HongHappy Dreams, Little Bunny is ”a next-generation Runaway Bunny.“ Through

15、 a gentle dialogue, it guides us to find peace in our imagination and to grow in autonomy and independence.21. Which statement of Runaway Bunny is NOT correct?A. It has been published for 80 years.B. It is appreciated widely.C. It will separate adults and children.D. It can help kids to find their i

16、ndividuality.22. Whose book is the best choice for a photograph fan?A. Margaret Wise Brown.B. Walter Dean Myers.C. Leah Hong.D. Hope Lim.23. What do these books have in common?A. They all have no pictures.B. They are all about Korean culture.C. They all have gentle dialogues.D. They are all suitable

17、 for moms and kids.BHis interest in Chinese language and characters dates from 1972, when Richard Sears, was a 22-year-old physics major at Portland State University in Oregon. To Sears, the characters were complex with many strokes(笔画)and almost no apparent logic. But when he could get an explanati

18、on of a Chinese characters original meaning and an interpretation of its pictographs (象形文字), it would suddenly become apparent how all the strokes had come to be. “Im a physicist, so I dont like blind memorization. I knew that Chinese characters came from pictographs and I wanted to know the stories

19、 behind the Chinese characters.”As he studied, Sears found that many of the explanations were conflicting and even the experts were at odds. He decided to computerize the characters, so that he could separate good opinions from bad ones. He scanned about 96,000 ancient characters and established the

20、 database of them. In 2002 he got his website up and named it Chinese Etymology, where visitors can check for free the development of Chinese characters in various forms, from the original pictographs to the modern simplified forms. The clicks to the website went up to 600,000 in one day. Overnight

21、he became American Uncle Hanzi, a nickname(绰号)given by Chinese netizens. Besides, he has explained the origin of 15,000 modern characters. For example, the character jia (home) has a rooftop and a pig underneath. In southern China where it rains a lot, people put their houses on stilts(木桩), so if it

22、 flooded, the inside of the house would not get wet. So, the pigs live underneath the house.Last year, Sears set up his studio in Nanjing that focuses on applying AR, animation(动画)and artificial intelligence to tell stories of Chinese culture and character origins. He has made over 60 such videos in

23、 English with Chinese subtitles for Bilibili, a video website. “They have both entertainment and educational value,” he says.In the meantime, Sears has been updating the database. “My philosophy is huo dao lao xue dao lao.”24. According to Paragraph 1, why did Sears want to know the stories behind t

24、he Chinese characters?A. To make his life in China much easier.B. To become an expert at Chinese characters.C. To solve some related problems in physics.D. To memorize Chinese characters more easily.25. What does “were at odds” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Held different views.B. Showed no interest.C. Had

25、 no doubt at all.D. Were under attack.26. What did Sears do to tell the stories behind the Chinese characters?A. He established a database for all the ancient Chinese characters.B. He built a website about the development of Chinese characters forms.C. He illustrated the structures of 15,000 modern

26、Chinese characters.D. He set up a studio to make videos about the stories of Chinese history.27. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Chinese characters catching the worlds wide attention.B. A Chinese character website established by an American.C. American Uncle Hanzi devoted to Chinese chara

27、cters.D. The secret to language learning long-lasting interest.CBEIJING Chinas education authority will tighten the widely criticized policy of “extra credits” for the national college entrance examination to ensure a fairer chance for all exam-takersUnder the present policy, high school students wh

28、o win awards in national Olympic competitions could get “extra credits”, up to 20 points for the national college entrance exam. Students with talent in sports and students who are from ethnic groups can also benefit from this policy. The extra credits have increased these students chances of being

29、admitted to famous universities. Some parents were found to have helped their children fabricate (伪造) award experiences or falsify qualifications to get extra credits.“It has harmed education equality.” the ministry said.Xiong Bingqi, vice-chief of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said

30、 “the policy is designed to help students who have special talents but may be weak in academic performance to have a chance to receive higher education. It will still be needed but it is time to make the rules fairer,” he said.The ministry said it would reduce the range of competitions whose winners

31、 could get extra credits, and limit the winners privileges.Chen Lei, a mother of a 15-year-old girl, said she welcomed the ministrys policy adjustment as she did not want her daughter to be an Olympic competition geek.But not all the Chinese parents welcomed the new policy. “It is like a thunderbolt

32、 for me. My 13-year-old son has spent so much time studying Olympic math, and participated in so many technological competitions during vacations. It is useless now,” said Dong Wen, a 43-year-old mother.A student said, “Many students have changed the current study plan, and they can abandon the comp

33、etition. I will be interested in learning the courses which can improve my abilities.”Yuan Guiren, a member of CPPCC, told China Daily that the reform would be an attempt to consider the overall quality of an applicant. “But the country will not stop the national college entrance examination as it i

34、s still the most objective way to evaluate talent in China,” he said.28. It can be inferred from the passage that_.A. high school students with talent in sports are weak in academic performanceB. students who win awards in Olympic competitions cant get extra credits soonC. the number of competitions

35、 whose winners can be awarded extra credits will be smallerD. the extra credits have reduced students chances of being admitted to famous colleges29. Why did Chinas education ministry decide to tighten the policy of “extra credits”?A. To highlight academic performance.B. To respond to the criticism

36、from the public.C. To meet the need of national college entrance exam.D. To guarantee education equality for all exam-takers.30. What does the underlined word “geek” probably mean?A. An addict.B. A smart learner.C. A winner.D. A slow walker.31. What might be the best title for the text?A. “Extra Cre

37、dits” Policy in China to be AdjustedB. Promotion of National Olympic CompetitionsC. Advice on the National College Entrance ExamD. Chinese Government to Push Education ReformDFlowering plants (angiosperms) make up about 90 percent of the Kingdom Plantae. The total number of described species is over

38、 250,000, and many tropical species are as yet unnamed. During the past 130 million years, flowering plants have colonized every possible habitat on earth, from sun-baked deserts and windswept alpine (阿尔卑斯) summits to fertile grasslands and dense forests.However, hundreds of millions of years ago, t

39、he Earth was dominated by ferns and conifers (针叶植物和蕨类植物). Then, how have flowers evolved and spread to all parts of the world, thus changing the landscape from green and brown to a variety of colours?Actually, why angiosperms are successful and diverse on Earth has been debated for centuries. Even C

40、harles Darwin himself called it a “mystery”, fearing this apparent sudden leap might challenge his theory of evolution.Now, to this puzzle, some scientists claim they have the answer.Kevin Simonin, from San Francisco State University in California, US and other researchers wondered if the size of th

41、e plants genetic material - or genome (基因组) - might be important. They analyzed data held by the Royal Botanic Gardens, on the genome size of thousands of plants, including flowering plants, gymnosperms (a group of plants including conifers) and ferns. They then compared genome size with anatomical

42、(结构上的) features.This provides “strong evidence”, that the success and rapid spread of flowering plants around the world is due to “genome downsizing.”By shrinking the size of the genome, which is contained within the nucleus of the cell, plants can build smaller cells. In turn, this allows greater c

43、arbon dioxide uptake (摄入) and carbon gain from photosynthesis, the process by which plants use light energy to turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen.The researchers say genome downsizing happens only in the angiosperms, and this was “a necessary condition for rapid growth rates among l

44、and plants”.32. According to this passage, what do we know about angiosperms?A. They belong to gymnosperms.B. They add colors to the landscape of the earth.C. They ruled the earth hundreds of millions of years ago.D. They make up approximately 90% of the living species on earth.33. It can be inferre

45、d that_.A. Charles Darwin was quite confident of his theory of evolutionB. Kevin Simonin is probably an American biologistC. Kevin Simonin works in the Royal Botanic GardensD. Charles Darwin succeeded in figuring out the flower evolution34. Which of the following contributes to the success and diver

46、sity of angiosperms?A. Phtotsynthesis.B. The larger nucleus.C. The smaller genome.D. The stronger cell.35. What kind of passage is it?A a brochureB. a biographyC. a science fictionD. a popular science article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。Which is lighter i

47、n colour: a grass lawn or a pine tree? The lawn, right? And how did you decide? Almost certainly by “seeing” them both in your mind, and comparing the two shades of green. _36_ Recent research using this very question, along with other visualization tests has unearthed a small but significant set of

48、 people who dont seem to use mental images at all. The condition they have is thought to be shared by between two and five percent of the population: “aphantasia (想象障碍症)”.While most people use mental imagery to help them remember, aphantasiacs have to use other techniques._37_They can use all these routes to learn, recall, explore and apply the information they need.Research suggests that the ability to visualize is a sliding