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2024 年秋“荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟”
高二期中联考
英 语 试 题
考试时间：2024年11月13日 考试用时：120分钟 试卷满分：150分
祝考试顺利
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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. Where does Anna work?
A. At a theater. B. At a bank. C. At a restaurant.
2. What will the man do next Monday?
A. Call the woman. B. Attend a party. C. Take care of his mother.
3. What is the man doing?
A. He is doing his homework.
B. He is reading some books.
C. He is working on his project.
4. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. On a beach. B. At a hotel. C. In a castle.
5. What are the speakers taking about?
A. An exam. B. A match. C. Some homework.
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. What is the man’s reaction to the woman’s idea at first?
A. Excitement. B. Disbelief. C. Surprise.
7. Why does the woman suggest traveling abroad this year?
A. To visit her sister. B. To attend a wedding. C. To mark an event.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Who is Mr. Brown probably?
A. Robert’s doctor. B. Robert’s teacher. C. Robert’s father.
9. What does Mrs. Hill offer to do for Robert?
A. Make sure he can get his homework.
B. Get some medicine for him.
C. Pick him up from school.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At Sylvia’s home B. At a museum. C. At a hotel.
11. What is on the postcard the man sent to Sylvia?
A. A TV. B. A fridge. C. A coffee can.
12. What do we learn about the man’s trip?
A. He didn’t take any photos.
B. He visited many museums.
C. He went to Berlin.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man think of the original book of the action film?
A. Surprising. B. Interesting. C. Average.
14. Why did the man miss last week’s film?
A. He went shopping. B. He went to school. C. He had no interest in it.
15. What is said about last week’s film?
A. It is set in India. B. It features a detective. C. It has excellent characters.
16. What does the man dislike about the crime series?
A. The plot. B. The special effects. C. The character.
听第10段材料，回答第17 至20题。
17. What have officials asked people to do?
A. Stay in their homes.
B. Drive off the east coast.
C. Help emergency workers clear the roads.
18. When is the power supposed to be repaired?
A. In about three hours. B. In about five hours. C. In about seven hours.19. What is to blame for the disappearance of some animals?
A. Natural disasters. B. Human activities. C. The declining temperature.
20. What happened to the hometown team in the championship game?
A. They lost the game. B. They scored two goals. C. They won first place.
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。
A
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A. Tackling team-wide daily tasks.
B. Removing video contents on webs.
C. Advertising different digital platforms.
D. Correcting wrong parts of raw footage.
22. Who is most likely to get the job?A. A new graduate expert at Adobe Premiere.
B. A journalist working in BBC for five years.
C. A novelist with two years’ writing experience.
D. An editor with a fixed working schedule.
23. In which section of a website may the text appear?
A. Tourism. B. Features.
C. Editorial. D. Employment.
B
After years of pounding my knees and ankles in dashes and the long jump, pain ended my decades of track and
field competition. But how do you live without the adrenaline（肾上腺素）of racing? That’s simple. You just
become sensible at age sixty and turn to competitive swimming! Suddenly, the pounding was gone, and so was the
pain. However, in less than a month, I was fed up with pool laps and no sights. Now what?
A friend in the Annapolis Striders had the answer. This marathoner said he had stayed fit by intense walking
while healing from a running injury. “Try it,” he said. “It’s even a competitive sport.” Sure enough, a certain kind of
energetic walking is a 100-year-old Olympic event called racewalking.
I took to this sport immediately. I didn’t have to enter races to be a racewalker. However, those who compete
must follow rules and must please numerous hard-eyed judges or be disqualified（DQ）. But for me, doing it was
enough. It took me many months to become smooth in the style. I had lost a sport but had found another.
Then came a disaster. Lower back pain had arrived. “Surgery is a last solution,” I was told. Dr. Clifford
Solomon, super-surgeon of Annapolis, Maryland, had the cure. It left me with full leg control, but a flopping（耷拉
的）foot. I would be able to jog, but not meet racewalk rules. By chance I tuned the TV to an old movie showing
Fred Astaire dancing up a storm. From the ankle down, his feet swiveled（旋转）in the very motion I needed. I
turned off the TV and went to the Senior Center.
As the only man among twenty-nine students in the tap dancing class I learned that grandmothers are
programmed to care for any wounded creature. Some paid particular attention to this seventy-five-year-old patient,
staying after class to guide and inspire. With examples, humor, encouragement and advice, they taught me to tap
dance. They cured my flopping foot.
Within a year, I was competing well enough to enter the USA Track and Field Nationals in Boston and break
the American record for the 3,000- meter racewalk. And now, at eighty-six, I’m still competing and often thinking
of those ladies.
24. Why did the author stop swimming?
A. He couldn’t bear the pain any longer.
B. He lost the ability to compete with others.
C. He couldn’t adjust adrenaline to normal levels.
D. He was bored with it and couldn’t enjoy scenery.
25. What did the author spend many months doing?
A. Visiting lots of strict judges. B. Perfecting his racewalking techniques.
C. Competing in racewalking events. D. Searching for alternatives to running.26. What does the author want to stress in paragraph 5?
A. He was the only one in need of care.
B. He engaged in diverse after-class activities.
C. He received the female classmates’ kindness.
D. The class was mostly comprised of elderly students.
27. Which of the following can best describe the author?
A. Determined and conventional. B. Energetic and adventurous.
C. Committed and reliable. D. Responsible and courageous.
C
Time off is a treasure, but people often have to work practically twice as hard to prepare for it. There are
projects to get ahead on, meetings to have about how to do tasks that you usually handle, requests to field from co-
workers who know they soon won’t be able to reach you.
Some of the pressure that leads to the last- minute crunch may be coming from a desire not to leave tasks
unfinished. According to Laura Giurge, a behavioral-science professor at the London School of Economics, many
workers feel as though they must conquer their entire to-do list in order to be cut off from work and enjoy their
vacation. “We think we need to finish all the things before holidays,” Giurge told me, “but then we ask, ‘When does
it actually need to be finished? ‘ And it turns out, probably two months from now.”
Another contributor to the pre-vacation pileup is a more general time-management phenomenon known as
“deadline rush”-the idea that people tackle many tasks shortly before they need to be completed. With the single
deadline of a vacation closing in on various tasks, some last-minute stress isn’t unusual.
Surely some of this urge to complete everything is a symptom of a culture that says people must first work in
order to, as Giurge put it, be “deserving” of leisure. But some of it is psychological-having unfinished tasks can be
mentally anxious. In the words of one academic paper, it can “cause an inner tension, originating from the need for
closure.”
And Giurge suggested a fix inspired by something she’d recently heard while conducting a research study at a
company. In an interview, one of the workers told Giurge that, in order to create unbroken time to catch up on
important work tasks, they canceled the last two days of their trip but didn’t tell any co-workers.
To avoid the kind of pressure that would make someone cut their vacation short just to catch up on missions
before officially returning to work, maybe, Giurge thought, it would be helpful to have an official day on either end
of a long vacation that’s blocked off for easing into and out of time off.
28. What does the underlined word “crunch” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Unpleasant situation. B. Inner desire.
C. Strict requirement. D. Quality time.
29. Why do people often feel stressed before the vacation?
A. They are frightened of tasks piling up.
B. They feel ashamed having tasks unfinished.
C. They prefer finishing everything to enjoy the vacation.
D. They are requested to complete the tasks as scheduled.30. What’s Giurge’s attitude towards the pre-vacation pileup?
A. Worried. B. Negative.
C. Favorable. D. Uninterested.
31. How can we ease the pressure according to the last paragraph?
A. We can fix an extra day to adapt to the work schedule.
B. We can improve our work efficiency through practice.
C. We can use the vacation to catch up on missions.
D. We can finish the tasks after the vacation quickly.
D
While humans may think of agriculture as a uniquely human achievement, ants have been farming their own
food for millions of years, a new study has revealed. Researchers found that ants began farming fungi（真菌）66
million years ago, around the time an asteroid（小行星）struck Earth and caused a global mass extinction.
While the mass extinction was destructive for many species, including dinosaurs, it presented an opportunity
for fungi. With plentiful rotten plant matter on the ground, ants developed an evolutionary partnership with fungi
that still endures today. Over time, this relationship grew stronger, with ants improving their agricultural practices
and developing advanced methods 27 million years ago, a process similar to the domestication of crops by humans.
“Ants have been practicing agriculture and fungus farming for much longer than humans have existed,” Ted
Schultz, lead author of the new paper, said in a statement. “We could probably learn something from the
agricultural success of these ants over the past 66 million years.” Fungi-farming ants are particularly diverse in the
Americas and the Caribbean, with nearly 250 different species engaged in this practice.
The research, published in the journal Science, analyzed genetic data from hundreds of an t and fungi species
to create detailed evolutionary trees. These genetic timelines played an important role in revealing the evolution of
ants’ agricultural techniques. The study builds on Schultz’s 35 years of research into ant-fungus relationships,
during which he and his team collected thousands of genetic samples from Central and South America. By
comparing wild fungal species with ants’ domesticated fungus, the researchers determined that ants have been
farming fungi since shortly after the asteroid impact.
The ants have bacteria that can produce antibiotics（抗生素）to fight off diseases attacking their fungi.
“Somehow, over the course of 66 million years, they’ve been able to continue to control crop disease and develop
antibiotics that continue to be effective,” Schultz told Newsweek. “We’ve only been using antibiotics for less
than100 years and we have major problems keeping up with resistance and developing new antibiotics.”
32. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A. Ants began to co-exist with fungi 27 million years ago.
B. Around 250 species of ants worldwide took part in fungi farming.
C. Ants used more advanced ways of practicing agriculture than humans.
D. Dead plant matter provided conditions for fungi to expand.
33. What does paragraph 3 mainly focus on?
A. The methods in the research process. B. The research findings on fungi farming.
C. The analysis of the genetic timeline. D. The impact of the asteroid event.34. Which statement would Schultz probably agree with?
A. Human history is much longer than that of ant agriculture.
B. The antibiotics produced by ants could be used to treat humans.
C. Further study could be focused on how to keep antibiotics effective.
D. It’s meaningless for humans to follow ants’ success story in farming.
35. What’s the best title for this text?
A. Ants are smarter than humans
B. Agriculture isn’t unique to humans
C. Ants provided solutions for human farming
D. Ants mastered agriculture long before humans
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。
Uh oh. It happened again. You’ve walked into a room with a purpose, only to realize you have no idea why
you’ re there or what you were doing. Some people like to call them ‘brain farts’ -those moments when your
brain seems to make you feel or look stupid.
What causes brain farts? Forgetting a name, losing focus, or struggling to think clearly are pretty standard and
often linked to stress, fatigue, and multitasking demand. 3 6 This model contains information about the
environment and the various thoughts and actions that relate to it.
While brain farts are a part of life, there are things you can do to minimize how often they happen-and deal
with them gracefully when they do:
Stay organized: Keeping your space neat, tidy, and organized can go a long way toward minimizing mental
mishaps（晦气）. 3 7
Write things down: If you tend to forget certain information, such as names, dates, or appointments, start
writing them down as soon as you can. 3 8 Sometimes, just the act of writing it down can help strengthen it
more firmly in your memory.
Use active listening: 3 9 “It’s also helpful to resist the urge to multitask,” Dr. Fenkel suggests.
“Instead, try to focus on one thing at a time, allowing your brain to engage with the task entirely.”
4 0 : Brain farts are more likely to happen when you are tired, so strive to get enough rest each night.
“Prioritizing sleep is super important; a well-rested brain is sharper and less prone（易于）to errors,” Dr. Fenkel
says.
If these tricks aren’t helping, or if you notice that your memory problems are worsening, talk to your doctor.
They can evaluate your memory for signs of a more serious problem-and suggest treatments or solutions that can
help.
A. Get plenty of sleep
B. Enjoy a good night
C. Forgetful moments tend to strike when you’re multitasking.
D. According to researchers, it happens because our brains create a temporary “event model.”
E. Make a designated spot for the items you use regularly, like your keys, glasses, and wallet.F. As you take in new information, work on staying fully engaged and giving it your full attention.
G. You might keep a notebook handy or try an online app to keep track of this type of information.
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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“You want to learn what now?” my husband asked.
“The drums. I want to learn the drums,” I replied.
He was 4 1 . Throughout our 35 years of marriage, I’ve shown almost no interest in music, other than
42 saying, “Can you turn it down?”
4 3 this, I’ve spent my career working on music variety television shows like The Grammys and The
Voice and 4 4 that made me “drum curious”.
I saw recent research that said playing music can 4 5 cognitive（认知的）function, which aroused my
desire to learn it. With the kids grown and my work slowing down, I finally 4 6 for a free drum lesson.
Immediately I got 4 7 about it.
The sight of my teacher only worsened my nerves. He was a musician in his 20s, looking like he had just got
out of bed. But he 4 8 me with his enthusiasm. “We get people of all ages,” he insisted.
He taught me how to count 4 9 . Then it was time to attempt a rhythm. I expected that drumming would
be physically 5 0 . For someone who was never good at sports or dance or even walking, this would be a
challenge.
As I 5 1 a basic rhythm, I started to lean into it a bit. It was fun! At the end of class, he said I did great.
I left the class feeling happy.
Eager to 5 2 , I watched online drum videos and found comments from others of my age learning
drums for the first time. Despite feeling indulgent（放纵的）after a lifetime of 5 3 such pleasures ,
knowing others of my age were taking classes made it feel more okay.
In my 5 4 class, I managed to hit patterns of quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes. My teacher said he
was proud of me. Then I went home and practiced more because you never know when a famous musician might
call, needing someone to 5 5 him or her for a few songs.
41. A. supportive B. speechless C. embarrassed D. talkative
42. A. eagerly B. eventually C. willingly D. occasionally
43. A. Without B. Before C. Despite D. Besides
44. A. otherwise B. instead C. somehow D. still
45. A. preserve B. decrease C. evaluate D. supply
46. A. paid B. called C. accounted D. registered
47. A. crazy B. anxious C. annoyed D. confident
48. A. amused B. confused C. surprised D. reminded
49. A. numbers B. beats C. notes D. keys
50. A. damaging B. appealing C. relaxing D. demanding
51. A. drummed B. sang C. danced D. recited52. A. escape B. struggle C. advance D. pause
53. A. showing B. containing C. promising D. pursuing
54. A. first B. favorite C. familiar D. latest
55. A. stand in for B. catch up with C. drop in on D. fit in with
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个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Third-century poet Cao Zhi’s Luo Shen Fu（Rhapsody on the Nymph（仙女）of the Luo River）tells about
a story of a romantic meeting with a nymph 5 6 （live）in the Luo River and the sadness of her ill-fated
relationship with a mortal man（凡人）.
Cao used graceful words, especially in creating many phrases that inspire visualization, 5 7 （praise）
the goddess’ elegance, making the poem 5 8 classic throughout the following centuries. Its popularity was
even increased by fourth- century 5 9 （distinguish）artist Gu Kaizhi, who made a vivid painting to show
the love story.
The encounter takes place when Cao, a prince of the kingdom of Wei, and his attendants 6 0 （return）
to his fiefdom（封地）. 6 1 comes into sight is amazing when they stop on the bank of the Luo River to
rest and feed their horses. An 6 2 （extraordinary）attractive woman stands by the mountain. Cao describes
her: “She moves as lightly as a swan and as softly as a dragon.” “Seen from afar, her brightness is like 6 3 of
the sun rising above the rosy clouds of dawn. Close-up, she is as shining as a lotus flower in clear waters.” When
the nymph disappears into the waves, sadness seizes Cao as he continues his journey home.
Cao Zhi 6 4 （defeat）and sidelined by his brother, Cao Pi, who inherited the crown. Cao Zhi
constantly bore political setbacks and depression until his death at age 40, so Cao’s imagined romance with the
nymph is believed to be a metaphor, 6 5 the nymph represents his unfulfilled political ambitions.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华，你校广播站英语节目“Music Enriches Life”正在面向全校征徇能帮助缓解高中生学习和心
理压力的音乐或歌曲。请你给负责人 Eric写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 介绍推荐乐曲；
2. 说明推荐理由。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Eric,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Two tickets. Only two tickets to the big basketball game. Three pairs of eyes all focused on the tickets in Dad’s
outstretched hand.
Marcus, the oldest, spoke the question running through everyone’s mind, “Only two tickets? But, Dad, which
of us gets to go with you?”
“Yeah, Daddy, who gets to go?” repeated Caleb, the youngest.
“Dad, can’t you get any more tickets?” I asked. I might be the in-between sister, but I was just as eager as my
basketball-crazy brothers were for a night out with Dad.
“I’m afraid not,” Dad answered. “Mr. Williams only has two tickets. He was thoughtful enough to offer the
tickets to me when he found out he’d be out of town this weekend.”
Dad scratched his head, “Caleb, don’t you think you’re a little young to enjoy a professional basketball
game…?”“Am not! Am not!” Caleb insisted. Dad shifted his focus and tried again. “Jill, since you’re a girl…”
Before I could respond, Mom came to my defense and said, “Jill’s out there practicing with Marcus and all of his
friends, and she’s better than quite a few of them, too!”
“Okay, okay,” Dad smiled. “I guess I’ll have to figure out a fair way of choosing between the three of you by
tomorrow morning. I’ll have to decide who deserves it most.”
The next morning, Marcus hurried into the kitchen. “Where’s Dad?” he asked. “He and Mom went to pick up
some books from the library,” Caleb answered, digging his spoon into a bowl of cereal（麦片）.
“And he said we should all get started on our Saturday household chores as soon as we finish breakfast,” I
added.
“Chores! He’s got to be kidding. ” Marcus said. “How can we concentrate on chores when the big game is a
mere eleven hours away?” “I’m going to play basketball for a while,” Marcus announced.
“Wait for me!” Caleb added and dashed after his brother. The back door slammed shut as the two boys ran
down the driveway.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I looked at the breakfast table in front of me: bits of cereal here and there.
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A white envelope was taped to the inside of the rubbish bin lid（盖子）.
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_______________________2024 年秋“荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟”
高二期中联考英语试题参考答案
听力
1-5 BCABA 6-10 BCBAA 11-15 CCBAA 16-20CABBC
阅读理解
21-23 ABD 24-27 DBCB 28-31 ACBA32-35 DACD
七选五
36-40 DEGFA
完形填空
41-45 BDCCA 46-50 DBCBD 51-55 ACBDA
语法填空
56. living 57. to praise 58. a 59. distinguished 60. are returning
61. What 62. extraordinarily 63. that 64. was defeated 65. where
应用文写作
Possible Version:
Dear Eric,
Knowing that you are planning to collect some music that helps relieve our learning stress, I’m writing with
great delight and excitement to share with you my ideal music-Schubert’s Serenade（舒伯特小夜曲）.
This piece is one of the masterpieces of Austrian composer Schubert, who is known as “Lord of the Songs”.
And the entire piece lasts less than ten minutes, which makes it a perfect choice to play in the ten - minute break. At
the sound of the music, you will find yourself immersed in its beautiful melody and fantastic world, thus forgetting
your worries and sufferings. Admittedly, it is an effective way to reduce anxiety and stress, get refreshed and stay
focused in class if you listen attentively on a daily basis.
With an increasing number of students under various stress, finding a way out is a must. So, why not give this
melody a shot?
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【应用文写作】本篇应用文要求考生写推荐信，推荐适合减缓学生学习和心理压力的乐曲。
【详解】
第一步：审题
体裁：应用文
人称：以第三人称为主。
时态：以一般现在时为主。
要求：写作内容完整（1.推荐乐曲，2.推荐理由不少于三条。）
第二步：列提纲（重点词汇）
collect music, relieve learning stress, share ideal music, known as, masterpieces, a perfect choice, at the sound of…,
find oneself immersed, beautiful melody, get refreshed, stay focused, give…a shot.第三步：连词成句
根据关键词（组），使用复合句（定语从句、宾语从句，状语从句），非谓语，with复合结构，it形式主
语进行遣词造句，注意主谓一致和时态问题。
第四步：连句成篇
连句成文，注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡。
读后续写 Possible Version:
Paragraph 1:
I looked at the breakfast table in front of me: bits of cereal here and there. I pushed my chair away from the
table, thinking to myself: “It looks like Saturday morning chores start right here.” As I was doing the chores, I
heard the basketball bouncing off the driveway. I glanced out of the kitchen window and saw Marcus practicing
shooting the basketball while Caleb cheered him on. Frustrated, though, I continued the household chores. I carried
the rubbish outside the back door and opened the lid on the rubbish bin.
Paragraph 2:
A white envelope was taped to the inside of the rubbish bin lid（盖子）. Someone had written the word
“Congratulations!” on the cover. I opened the envelope and pulled out a folded piece of paper, “To the one who
deserves to go”, the paper read, and inside of it was a ticket to the basketball game! That evening turned out to be as
special as I’d imagined: Two seats at Center Court, and Dad and I cheering our team to victory. It was also a lesson
in responsibility from a dad, who let his kids make their own choices and earn their own rewards.
【读后续写】
本文讲述的是爸爸有两张大型篮球比赛的门票，但只能选择带三个孩子中的其中一个观看比赛。那么什么
样的方式才能最公平地选出最值得去的孩子呢? 第二天爸爸和妈妈一大早就出去了，让孩子们完成家务。
两个男孩都去打篮球了，只有作者认真地打扫。最终她在丢垃圾时，在垃圾箱盖子里面发现了一个信封。
主题围绕责任与成长的话题即可。
第一段主要写作者收拾早餐残局，打扫屋子，去倒垃圾。第二段主要写作者在垃圾桶盖的内侧发现了信封，
信封里或装有门票，或有可以得到门票的便条、卡片等。印证了前文谁是最值得去的孩子—就是做家务的
孩子。
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高二期中联考英语试题答案详解
阅读理解
A篇
语篇类型：应用文 主题语境：人与社会
【语篇导读】本文是关于CNN的工作招聘
21. A【解析】理解具体信息根据The daily中的第三点内容可知，在轮班期间协调团队工作，体现了处理团
队日常事务的能力，故选A。
22. B 【解析】理解具体信息根据 Qualifications & Experience 中的条件可知，该岗位需要有至少2-3年经验，本科学历，熟练运用编辑软件以及能适应24小时待命。有5年经验的记者最有可能获得这份工作。故
选B。
23. D 【解析】理解全文 整篇文章是对 CNN producer 岗位的招聘，因此最有可能在网页的 Employment
版面。故选D。
B 篇
语篇类型：记叙文 主题语境：人与自我
【语篇导读】本文讲述了作者因伤痛无奈告别跑步，投身竞走后，问题还是接踵而至。作者没有放弃，而
是积极应对困难，最终通过练习踢踏舞得以重返赛场。
24. D【解析】理解具体信息 根据第一段中的“However, in less than a month, I was fed up with pool laps and
no sights”可知，作者厌倦了游泳和不能欣赏风光。
25. B 【解析】理解具体信息 根据第三段中的“It took me many months to become smooth in the style”可知，
作者花了几个月的时间来完善他的竞走技术。
26. C【解析】理解目的 根据第五段，作者作为踢踏舞班上唯一的男学生，在学习的过程中得到了多位祖
母级别的女同学的特别关照和教导。这些女同学不仅教会了作者踢踏舞，还治好了他的脚。因此，作者通
过本段强调他收到了这些祖母级同学对他的善意。
27. B 【解析】推断 根据第一段中的“how do you live without the adrenaline （肾上腺素）of racing?”第二
段中的“I took to this sport immediately”第四段中的“From the ankle down, his feet swiveled （旋转）in the
very motion I needed. I turned off the TV and went to the Senior Center”及最后一段中的“And now, at eighty-
six, I’m still competing”可知，作者是一个既充满活力又敢于冒险尝试的人。
C篇
语篇类型：说明文 主题语境：人与社会
【语篇导读】本文主要阐述了人们放假前因加班而带来的压力，分析了造成压力的原因，提出了解决办法。
28. A 【解析】理解词汇 根据第一段中的“But people often have to work practically twice as hard to prepare
for it. There are projects to get ahead on, meetings to have about how to do tasks that you usually handle, requests
to field from co-workers who know they soon won’t be able to reach you.”它描述了人们放假前疯狂加班的情形；
再结合第二段第一句中导致“last-minute crunch”可知，它指的是人们节前疯狂加班的这个“令人不愉快的
情况”。
29. C 【解析】推断 根据第二段“Some of the pressure that leads to the last-minute crunch may be coming
from a desire not to leave tasks unfinished.”和“many workers feel as though they must conquer their entire to-do
list in order to be cut off from work and enjoy their vacation.”可知人们之所以压力大是因为他们更想在节前完
成所有任务，以便享受一个完全的假期。
30. B【解析】理解作者观点态度 文章前四段讲了节前加班，客观分析了加班造成压力的原因，接着第五
段第一句“And Giurge suggested a fix inspired by something she’ d recently heard while conducting a research
study at a company.” Guiurge建议解决这个问题，可知，他对于人们节前加班这一现象持否定的态度；文章
没有提到人们节前加班可能的后果及作者对此的担忧，所以不选A。
31. A 【解析】推断题 根据文章最后一段“To avoid the kind of pressure that would make someone cut their
vacation short just to catch up on missions before officially returning to work, maybe, Giurge thought, it would be
helpful to have an official day on either end of a long vacation that’s blocked off for easing into and out of timeoff.”为了避免这种不得不缩短假期赶任务的压力，Giurge认为，在节前或者节后拿出一天来过渡会是很好
的适应工作安排的办法。所以答案选 A。
D篇
语篇类型：说明文 主题语境：人与自然
【语篇导读】本文通过一个最新研究展开，主要讲述了蚂蚁比人类更早种植“庄稼”。
32. D 【解析】推断 通过第二段“While the mass extinction was destructive for many species, including
dinosaurs, it presented an opportunity for fungi. With plentiful rotten plant matter on the ground, ants developed an
evolutionary partnership with fungi that still endures today.”可知，大灭绝让土地上出现了很多腐烂的植物，这
却给真菌大量繁殖提供了条件。故选D。
33. A【解析】主旨大意文章第三段作者主要介绍了实验中用到的实验方法 , 包括 collecting , analyzing,
comparing等。故选A。
34. C 【解析】推断 根据最后一段“Somehow, over the course of 66 million years, they’ve been able to
continue to control crop disease and develop antibiotics that continue to be effective,” “We’ve only been using
antibiotics and herbicides for less than 100 years and we have major problems keeping up with resistance and
developing new antibiotics.”可知, Schultz认为，人类在保持抗生素的持续有效性方面不如蚂蚁，因此以后的
研究集中在这一领域 , Schultz可能会同意这一观点。故选C。
35. D【解析】理解主旨 文章第一段就提出观点：蚂蚁很早就开始种植“粮食”，围绕这一观点，展开全
文。故选D。
七选五
语篇类型：说明文 主题语境：人与自我
【语篇导读】本文介绍了“大脑短路”的现象，产生的原因并提供了解决方式。
36. D 【解析】根据下句出现的“This model”可知,上文应该提到某种“model”，D选项中的“event
model”符合指代逻辑。故选D。
37. E 【解析】根据此段标题“Stay organized”可知,此段主要讲“保持有条理”，再根据空前“Keeping
your space neat…”（保持你的空间的整洁，干净，有序的对最小化你的精神晦气的大有帮助）可知，接下
来要介绍保持有序的具体做法。E选项“把你经常用的东西放在指定的地方”是有序的做法。故选E。
38. G 【解析】根据空前的“If you tend to forget certain information… writing them down as soon as you
can”（如果你容易忘记一些信息，如姓名，日期，约会，尽快地把他们写下来），下面就介绍写下此类东
西可以用的工具，G选项中的“keep a notebook handy or try an online app to keep track of this type of
information”符合逻辑。故选G。
39. F【解析】根据空后内容可知，此段主要讲抵制做多项任务，一次专注于一件事情，让你的大脑完全专
注于那项任务。F选项中的“staying fully engaged and giving it your full attention”可知符合题意。故选F。
40. A 【解析】根据空后内容“strive to get enough rest each night”, “Prioritizing sleep is super important”可知，
此段强调充足睡眠的重要性。A 选项“Get plenty of sleep”符合题意。故选A。
完形填空
语篇类型：记叙文 主题语境：人与自我
【语篇导读】作者分享了自己年过半百后尝试学习打鼓的经历。虽对打鼓毫无经验，却在年轻老师的鼓励
下逐渐克服不安，享受其中，并为自己的进步感到自豪。她的经历生动诠释了：无论年龄几何，勇于探索新事物，生命便会充满无限可能。
41. B【解析】考察形容词。根据下文所说，作者35年婚姻期间，几乎未对音乐产生过兴趣，只是
（occasionally）偶尔要求丈夫把音乐声调小一点。现在突然要学打鼓，丈夫对此表示（speechless）无语。
supportive 支持的；embarrassed尴尬的；talkative健谈的。
42. D 【解析】考察副词。参见上题解析。 surprisedly 惊讶地；eventually 最后；willingly乐意地。
43. C 【解析】考察介词。（Despite）尽管如此，我在音乐综艺节目当中工作，（somehow）不知怎么地
这让我对打鼓慢慢产生了好奇。这与上文作者对音乐不感兴趣的状态形成对比。
44. C 【解析】考查副词。参见上题解析。 otherwise 否则；instead反而；still仍然。
45. A【解析】考查动词。作者在研究中看到音乐可以（preserve）维持人的认知功能。 decrease 降低；
evaluate 评价；supply提供。
46. D 【解析】考查动词搭配。根据下文介词 for以及a free drum lesson 的搭配,可知作者在孩子长大和工
作节奏慢下来之后,最终（registered for）报名参加了一节免费的打鼓课。 pay for…购买；call for需要；
account for 导致。
47. B【解析】考查形容词。根据下一段开头，作者描述看到打鼓老师的样子（worsened my nerves）让她更
加紧张，可知作者报完名后很快就变得（anxious）焦虑了。
48. C【解析】考查动词。根据空前的转折词 but可知，老师用他的热情改变我的看法，让我十分惊喜
（surprised）。 amused 逗笑；confused 使困惑；reminded 提醒。
49. B【解析】考查名词。根据上下文可知，老师先教作者数拍子（beats），然后开始尝试打一段节奏。
notes音符；key琴键；调。
50. D【解析】考查形容词。根据下文可知，打鼓对于不擅长运动的人来说是一项挑战，也就是在体力上
（demanding）要求高的。 damaging有害的；appealing有吸引力的；relaxing令人放松的。
51. A【解析】考查动词。根据上文所说，作者开始尝试打一段节奏，这里已经在学习之后可以打基本的节
奏了。
52. C【解析】考查动词。根据下文所说，作者在网上看打鼓视频,是想要在技术上（advance）进步。
escape逃避；struggle 奋斗；pause 暂停。
53. B【解析】考查动词。作者前半辈子一直都克制自己（contain）享受快乐，打鼓课让作者享受到了音乐
带来的乐趣。尽管这让作者觉得太放纵自己了，但看到和她差不多年纪的其他人也在上课，也就心安理得
了。
54. D【解析】考查形容词。根据下文所说，老师对我感到骄傲，可知这是在最近的（latest）一堂课上发生
的。
55. A【解析】考查动词短语。你永远也无法预知，什么时候一位著名音乐家可能会因为需要有人来（stand
in for）暂代他,而打来电话。 catch up with 赶上；drop in on 顺道拜访；fit in with 适应。
语法填空
语篇类型：说明文 主题语境：人与社会
【语篇导读】本文介绍了三国时期曹魏文学家曹植创作的《洛神赋》虚构了作者自己与洛水之神的浪漫邂
逅，洛神的“翩若惊鸿，婉若游龙”美貌隐喻生命的美好，寄托自己政治抱负和对理想境界的向往与追求，
也反映了自己政治失意的无奈与苦楚。
56. living 考查现在分词作后置定语。57. to praise 考查动词不定式作宾语补足语，use… to do
58. a 考查不定冠词。
59. distinguished 考查 distinguish 过去分词转化的形容词作定语，意为“杰出的；著名的”
60. are returning 考查时态。根据后面的内容可知,他们此时还未返回封地，所以表达“正在返回”，表示在
此过程中。
61. What 考查主语从句。
62. extraordinarily 考查辅音字母加y结尾的形容词变副词。
63. that 考查指示代词 that代指不可数名词 brightness。
64. was defeated 考查一般过去式的被动语态。
65. where 考查非限制性定语从句，先行词为metaphor，在后面的从句中充当抽象概念的地点状语，故用
where。
2024 年秋“荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟”
高二期中联考英语听力录音稿
（Text 1）
W: Did you hear about Anna’s new job at the bank?
M: No! Last I heard she was working at the theater.
W: Oh that was two years ago! Before this new job she was a waitress, remember?
（Text 2）
W: I’ll call you next Monday to let you know how the party went.
M: I’m going to be out all day on Monday because my mom’s having a small operation that day.
（Text 3）
W: We stopped by to see if you could join us tonight.
M: It’s just not possible tonight. After I finish this physics homework, I’m going to the library to get some
reference books to finish my project.
（Text 4）
W: The view is so nice from here. You can see all the way to the beach.
M: I’m glad we booked our reservations early. We had a lot of choices concerning accommodations.
W: And let’s not forget to go to the castle everyone greatly recommends.
（Text 5）
M: I could kick myself. As soon as I’d handed it in, I remembered what the answer was.
W: That’s always so annoying! But do you think you’ve still passed?
（Text 6）
W: Let’s go somewhere exciting this year.
M: Mm. You say that every year, and every year we end up staying with your sister in Black pool.
W: I know, but this year I want to do something different.
M: Like go to Brighton to see your mother?
W: Be sensible. I want to go abroad… see something exciting and get some sun.M: We haven’t been abroad since our honeymoon, and that’s 25 years ago. Ah, now I see!
W: Well, yes. It is our silver wedding anniversary, and we should go somewhere special.
（Text 7）
W: Why aren’t you in class, Robert?
M: I started feeling ill in PE, so Mr. Brown sent me to the school nurse.
W: Has someone called your parents?
M: Yes. My dad’s coming to collect me. His office is about half an hour away.
W: What’s wrong with you?
M: My ear has been blocked since I went swimming on Saturday, and now it’s really starting to hurt.
W: Do you have a temperature?
M: The nurse felt my head and said it was okay. But she thinks I should see the doctor and get some medicine.
W: Probably a good idea. Get some rest. If you’re off for more than a day or two, I’ll arrange to have your
homework sent to you.
M: Thanks, Mrs. Hill.
（Text 8）
M: Hi Sylvia. Wow, the new place looks great!
W: Thanks! We unpacked the last moving box yesterday. It’s finally starting to feel like a real home. For a while, it
felt like we were living in a very untidy hotel!
M: It’s really lovely.
W: Come in, and I’ll make some tea. I’m looking forward to hearing about your trip!
M: Oh, it was great. I took about a million photos!
W: I bet! Look, I’ve put the postcard you sent me on the fridge.
M: Oh, great! I’m glad it arrived. I couldn’t decide between this one and a picture of a crazy 1950sTV. But, in the
end, I went for the coffee can.
W: It’s great! Where on earth did you find it?
M: I came across a small museum while exploring Berlin. The name translates to, “The Museum of Things”, and
it’s basically a celebration of everyday objects and design.
W: Wow, that sounds right up my street!
（Text 9）
W: Wow, that was such a great film! I love action films.
M: So do I, but this one wasn’t as good as I’d expected. When I read the book, I couldn’t put it down, but I never
felt that excitement during the film.
W: Hmm, I know what you mean, though sometimes it works the other way, like last week’s film.
M: Which one was that? I don’t remember.
W: That’s because you weren’t able to come to the film club that day! Your mom wanted you to go to the newly -
opened Oakbrook Center with her, remember?
M: Oh yeah, to get trousers for school. Boring! But you were saying that that film was better than the book?
W: It was, yeah. The story of the book takes place in India and I didn’t really know anything about India. The filmreally brings the places to life.
M: That’s true, but with characters it can be a problem too. I was shocked when a crime series I’d read and enjoyed
was made for TV. The detective looked nothing like my picture of him. He had no hair on his head, for a start!
W: How funny!
M: Well, what about next week’s film club? Are we going?
W: What is the film about?
M: My favorite-a scary movie!
W: OK, see you there.
（Text 10）
Good evening, and welcome to Seven O’clock News. In our top story tonight, a major storm has hit the east
coast of the United States, causing widespread damage and power cut. The storm, which has been named Storm
Maria, has caused flooding and wind damage. Officials are warning residents to stay indoors and avoid driving, as
many roads have been closed due to flooding or fallen trees. Emergency staff are working around the clock to clear
the roads and repair power lines. Power is expected to be fixed by midnight today. In other news, a new study has
found that the number of animals in danger of disappearing is on the rise. Researchers say that climate change and
pollution, which result from agriculture, transportation, electricity generation, etc., are the main causes. They are
calling on governments and businesses to take action to protect these animals and their homes. And in sports, the
hometown team is celebrating a victory in the football championship game. The final score was 3-2, with the
hometown team coming out on top. Fans are thrilled with the win, and celebrations are expected to continue
throughout the night. That’s all for the news tonight.
