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射洪中学高 2023 级高二下期半期考试
英语试题
(考试时间：150分钟 满分：150分）
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的班级、姓名、考号填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，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。写在本试卷上无效。
3.回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡对应题号的位置上。写在本试卷上无效。
4.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。
第 I 卷（选择题）
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。
1. Why is the man going to Florida?
A. To buy a cat.
B. To take yoga classes.
C. To attend a business meeting.
2. How will the woman go to school?
A. By car. B. By bike. C. On foot.
3. What is the woman doing?
A. Drawing a map.
B. Making a travel plan.
C. Preparing for a class.
4. What can we know about the woman?
A. She didn’t have a bike.
B. She didn’t tell her mother the truth.
C. Her mother made up a story.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Rainforests. B. Animals. C. Weather.
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。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. What’s the girl going to do this afternoon?
A. Go to Miss Defoe’s office.
B. Work in the restaurant.
C. Have a biology test.
7. Why is the girl going to give up biology?
A. She isn’t fond of the subject.
B. She wants to take another course.
高二英语 第 1 页 共 8 页C. She is afraid she can’t pass the exam.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. Where is Susan going?
A. America. B. Canada. C. Britain.
9. Who insists on taking the trip by air?
A Susan’s husband. B. Susan’s children. C. Susan’s parents.
10. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Husband and wife. B. Teacher and student. C. Friends.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
11. Where are the speakers?
A. In Rome. B. In America. C. In England.
12. Why does the woman feel envious?
A. There is more sunshine in Rome.
B. It rains less often in England.
C. Americans know how to enjoy themselves.
13. What do many tourists go to Rome for according to the man?
A. The beautiful scenery. B. The delicious food. C. The tasteful wine.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
14. When will most of the exams end?
A. By this Friday. B. By January 23rd. C. By January 26th.
15. How many students are there in the man’s dorm?
A. 4. B. 5. C. 6.
16. What will the woman do tomorrow?
A. Make a video.
B. Give Mark a call.
C. Make a plan for the party.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题
17. What does the speaker say about the dolphin?
A. It is man’s largest friend.
B. It is man’s favorite animal.
C. It is man’s most intelligent friend.
18. What were those dolphin paintings mainly made of?
A. Glass. B. Wood. C. Stones.
19. How many dolphin themes were there at the exhibition?
A. About 100. B. About 150. C. About 750.
20. Who is Pandora?
A. An organizer. B. A dolphin. C. A reporter.
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
There are tons of physics textbooks available around the world. Based on our web
research, here are our top four picks with the introduction of physics in simple, practical
language.
高二英语 第 2 页 共 8 页Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics
This book is a collection of online teachings by Professor R. Shankar. Shankar is one
of the first to be involved in the innovative Open Yale Courses program. It is a perfect
introduction to college-level physics. Students of chemistry, engineering, and AP Physics
will find this book helpful.
Physics for Students of Science and Engineering
This book helps students to read scientific data, answer scientific questions, and
identify fundamental concepts. The new and improved 10th edition features multi-media
resources, and questions to test students’ understanding of each concept.
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Richard Feynman is regarded as one of the greatest teachers of physics to walk the
face of the earth. This book is a collection of Feynman’s lectures. In his words, these
lectures all began as an experiment, which, in turn, formed the basis of this book.
University Physics with Modern Physics
The book is recognized for teaching and applying principles of physics through a
narrative (叙事的) method. To ensure a better understanding and ability to apply these
concepts, practical examples are provided, giving students tools to develop problem-
solving skills and conceptual understanding.
21. What do the first two books have in common?
A. They are improved editions. B. They are written by professors.
C. They favor students of engineering. D. They feature multi-media resources.
22. Which book best suits students who enjoy learning physics through practical examples?
A. Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics.
B. Physics for Students of Science and Engineering.
C. The Feynman Lectures on Physics.
D. University Physics with Modern Physics.
23. Where is this text probably taken from?
A. An online article. B. A research paper.
C. A physics textbook. D. A science journal.
B
With the most attractive view along the road, it is a popular route for cyclists: the road
from Land’s End in England to John O’ Groats in Scotland, about 874 miles long. It covers
almost the full length of Great Britain. The 12-year-old boy named Laurence Chandler
became the youngest cyclist to finish the route.
Chandler took 20 days to finish the challenge. Each day, he cycled between 40 to 60
miles. He spent six hours on his mountain bike daily. Chandler had to push through rainy
and windy days. Cycling uphill was also hard. “It was much harder than I thought. I wasn’t
expecting so many hills and how busy the roads were,” Chandler said. “But if you put your
mind to anything, then no matter how big, you can do it.”
Chandler first thought of trying the route when he read an article about it two years
ago. Later, as his father’s 50th birthday came around, he decided to go for it. He was
already used to cycling around his village and to school before starting his journey.
During his ride, Chandler raised 600 pounds for Smile Train, a children’s organization
that pays for treatment for children in developing countries who have deft lips (兔唇).
高二英语 第 3 页 共 8 页24.What do we know about Laurence Chandler?
A. He is a green hand in cycling. B. He is fond of jogging.
C. He cycled through England. D. He is a cycling lover.
25. What is suggested from Paragraph 2?
A. Few people chose to cycle the route.
B. Chandler was challenged by the trip.
C. The journey was really disappointing.
D. Chandler rode the same distance every day.
26.What made Chandler decide to try the route?
A. His father’s birthday. B. The voluntary work.
C. A related article. D. The disabled children.
27. What’s the main idea of the text?
A. A teenager finishing a great trip. B. A popular cycling route in the UK.
C. A road leading England to Scotland.D. A children’s organization for cyclists.
C
Is diet（低糖的）soda safe? If you’re concerned about sugar, diet products seem a
better option, sweet and not so bad for you. Wrong! Drinking diet soda regularly can
increase your risk of diseases. Despite the fact that we call these drinks “diet”, the artificial
sweeteners they contain are linked to weight gain, not loss.
There’s the latest evidence that they increase the risk of depression, which comes from
a new analysis by researchers at Harvard Medical School. The team drew upon a data set
of nearly 32,000 female nurses, ages 42 to 62 when the study began. It turned out that the
nurses who consumed the most diet drinks had a 37 percent higher chance of depression,
compared to those who drank the least or none.
Diet soda also increases your risk of stroke (中风), according to a separate meta-
analysis that included 72 studies. Looking for the causes behind the stroke, researchers
took various blood measurements when 12 healthy volunteers in their 20s drank water,
soda, or diet soda. The result showed that both sodas slowed the flow of blood within the
brain. Though the effect didn’t seem sufficient to cause stroke, slower blood flow could
have accumulating effects.
Other researchers have found that diet soda increases the risk of dementia (痴呆), from
data from nearly 178,000 volunteers tracked over an average of nine years. That’s not a big
surprise. An earlier study of about 4,300 volunteers concluded that drinking diet soda every
day was tied to three times the risk of dementia over the following decade. The researchers
looked at brain scans and the results of mental function assessments. A daily diet soda was
linked to smaller brains and aggravates long-term memory, two risk factors for dementia.
Avoiding depression, stroke, and dementia is an obvious goal for whoever desires to
age healthily. So you know what to do.
28. How does the author present his point of view?
A. By analyzing causes. B. By giving opinions.
C. By quoting specialists. D. By presenting research.
29. What effect might diet soda have on people?
A. Slight weight loss. B. Increased blood flow.
高二英语 第 4 页 共 8 页C. Raised depression risk. D. Severe mental decline.
30. Which can best replace the underlined word “aggravates” in paragraph 4?
A. Deletes. B. Worsens. C. Motivates. D. Stimulates.
31. What might the author advise us to do?
A. stop consuming diet sodas. B. Limit the daily sugar intake.
C. Set achievable health goals. D. Follow fixed aging process.
D
Recent developments in robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning have
brought us in the eye of the storm of a new automation(自动化) age. About half of the
work carried out by people was likely to be automated by 2055 with adaption to
technology, a McKinsey Global Institute report predicted.
Automation can enable businesses to improve performance by reducing errors and
improving quality and speed, and in some cases achieving outcomes that go beyond human
capabilities. At a time of weak productivity growth worldwide, automation technologies
can provide the much-needed promotion of economic growth, according to the report.
Automation could raise productivity growth globally by 0.8 percent to 1.4 percent. At a
global level, technically automated activities involved 1.1 billion employees and 11.9
trillion U.S. dollars in wages, the report said.
The report also showed that activities most influenced by automation were physical
ones in highly structured and predictable environments, as well as data collection and
processing. In the United States, these activities make up 51 percent of activities in the
economy, accounting for almost 2.7 trillion dollars in wages. They are most common in
production, accommodation and food service, and the retail (零售) trade. And it’s not just
low-skill, low-wage work that is likely to be influenced by automation; middle-skill and
high-paying, high-skill occupations, too, have a degree of automation potential.
The robots and computers not only can perform a range of routine physical work
activities better and more cheaply than humans, but are also increasingly capable of
accomplishing activities that require cognitive ( 认知的) capabilities, such as feeling
emotions or driving.
While much of the current debate about automation has focused on the potential that
many people may be replaced and therefore lose their financial resources, the analysis
shows that humans will still be needed: The total productivity gains will only come about
if people work alongside machines.
32. What is the report mainly about?
A. Comparisons of robots with humans.
B. Analysis of automation’s potential in economy.
C. Prediction of the unemployment problem.
D. Explanations of the concept of the automation age.
33. What might happen in 2055 according to the text?
A. Automation will cause weak productivity growth.
B. Automation will reduce employees’ wages.
C. Activities like data collection and processing will disappear.
D. Activities involve feeling emotions can be performed by robots.
高二英语 第 5 页 共 8 页34. How does the author feel about human workers?
A. Worried. B. Mixed.
C. Optimistic. D. Doubtful.
35. Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Automation: A challenge to all?
B. Automation: Where to go from here?
C. Automation: Who is the eventual winner?
D. Automation: A future replacement for humans?
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。请将答案写在答题卷上。
Do you have a passion for art? Believe it or not, you don’t need a special degree or
certification to get your art career started. 36 It’s definitely not impossible,
however. With enough focus, drive, and determination, you might see your art goals
become a reality. We’ve put together a list of tips and tricks to help you get started on your
artistic journey.
37
Give yourself a foundation with art skills. Art fundamentals, like perspective, anatomy
(解剖), and composition are important building blocks in your art career. These skills may
seem basic, but they’ll make a big difference in your future art pieces.
Sign up for online classes.
Pick an online class that fits your art niche. From traditional sketches to digital art,
there are tons of classes out there that can help you refine specific art skill sets. Search
online for classes run by professional artists — these are great, hands-on ways to improve
your skills. A lot of professional classes cost money. 38
Inquire about feedback.
39 Friends or art acquaintances can be a big help. They can help point out areas
of improvement, so you know what to focus on in the future.
Go easy on yourself.
Becoming a self-taught artist is a long journey. 40 Instead, love and accept
your art for what it is instead of expecting it to be of professional caliber right away.
A. Learn the basics.
B. Focus on painting techniques.
C. Being a self-taught artist isn’t easy.
D. Don’t compare your art to the real artists’.
E. However, some universities offer free art classes.
F. Ask a second pair of eyes to look at your artwork.
G. And you don’t need to be an expert to experience art.
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。
I visited my best friend Sean, whose mom, Cheryl could only communicate by her
gesture I couldn’t understand. I felt 41 and fetched a notepad (记事本) to explain to her
the reason for my visit.
高二英语 第 6 页 共 8 页Then I went to see Sean several times. Each time I entered her house, my mind
flooded with guilt and anxiety. I always needed someone to 42 to me, but her daughter-
in-law, even her grandchildren, wouldn’t take the time to learn sign language.
That night I saw that look of 43 on her face. The next time I saw Cheryl, I didn’t
get the notepad or let my friend Sean help me, but decided to 44 sign language,
whatever it would take.
I could see 45 appearing on her face as I spelled out each word with gesture. I
knew how she felt knowing that someone 46 enough to learn to communicate with her.
Within three weeks I had learned 47 American Sign Language (ASL). One night,
everyone was signing, when suddenly I could follow the 48 , Cheryl slapped her hand,
looked at me in the eyes, and 49 directly to me. She knew my heart and how much I
loved her culture.
About a month ago, Cheryl, Sean, my dad, and I took a trip to California State
University, Northridge, where I would study. As we sat in the deaf student advisor’s office,
no one 50 but I understood. He explained the 51 I would receive there would help
me become a sign language interpreter and how he’d like me to start in an advanced ASL
class.
I left the university and felt so 52 . So many people don’t know about deaf people
because of their 53 to communicate with them. Now I would be able to help.
That night Cheryl and I sat in our hotel room; she 54 and signed with smiling eyes.
Unlike the days in her living room with a notepad, I 55 and signed back, “I love you,
too!”
41. A. pleased B. interested C. relieved D. embarrassed
42. A. lead B. point C. explain D. expose
43. A. hope B. approval C. satisfaction D. loneliness
44. A. leave B. learn C. check D. escape
45. A. pleasure B. anger C. disappointment D. sadness
46. A. grew B. cared C. changed D. reserved
47. A. advanced B. entire C. skillful D. basic
48. A. conversation B. belief C. instruction D. task
49. A. admitted B. signed C. talked D. apologized
50. A. translated B. repeated C. interrupted D. occurred
51. A. permission B. regulation C. education D. suggestion
52. A. shocked B. excited C. upset D. worried
53. A. will B. promise C. turn D. inability
54. A. set out B. worked out C. reached out D. moved out
55. A. finished B. admitted C. understood D. refused
第 II 卷（非选择题）
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。
Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province in southwestern China, is a city 56.
combines ancient charm with modern society. 57. (know) as the "Land of
Abundance," this city has a rich history 58. (date) back over 2,300
years, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited 59. (city) in the
world. Chengdu is not only celebrated for its historical and cultural 60.
(significant) but also for its vibrant food scene, relaxed lifestyle, and natural beauty.
One of the most iconic symbols of Chengdu is the giant panda. The city is
home
61. the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, where visitors
can observe these adorable creatures in a natural environment. This base plays a
crucial role in the conservation efforts of the giant panda, which is 62.
高二英语 第 7 页 共 8 页endangered species.
Food enthusiasts will find Chengdu a paradise. The city is renowned for 63.
(it) spicy and numbing Sichuan cuisine, which 64. (include) famous dishes
like Kung Pao Chicken, Mapo Tofu, and Hot Pot. These dishes are not only
delicious but also reflect the courageous and 65. (adventure) spirit of the local
people.
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，你校将举办音乐节。请写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友 Allen参加，
内容包括：1.时间；2.活动安排；3.欢迎他表演节目。
注意:词数应为80左右 ; 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Allen，
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。
The piano looked like a giant black beast under the bright lights. My hands shook as I
waited backstage. This was the biggest competition of my life, but all I could think about
was Mom's pale face when I left her hospital room this morning.
Four weeks ago, everything changed. Mom had a car accident and needed to stay in
hospital. My piano teacher, Mr. Harris, said, “You're messing up the fast parts, Jake. You
need to practice every day." But how could I tell him I'd been practicing on an old, even
broken piano in the hospital? Some of the keys didn't even work.
The week before the competition, snow coated the streets. A nurse texted me: Mom's
fever wouldn't go down. I had determined to quit the competition but Mom insisted that
she was OK and made me promise to compete, even with her sunken eyes and cracked (干
裂的) lips. I was so anxious. When Mr. Harris saw me staring at the piano, dull and
hopeless, he said, "Maybe you should skip this one. No one will blame you."“I'm doing
it." I interrupted, determined to keep up.
Then came the big day. Backstage, some kids were practising like crazy. My stomach
ached. The broken C key on the hospital piano kept coming to my mind—that note was
important for my piece. I'd practiced keeping the beat of music on Mom's table bedside,
air-typing the missing note on my jeans.
Now it was my turn. The piano seat felt colder than the hospital chairs. Bright lights
made my eyes water. For a second, I forgot the first note, but my fingers remembered—the
sad, slow opening tune poured out like Mom's smile. I pretended I was back at the hospital
piano. When the missing note came, I pressed the D key instead, turning mistakes into
something brave. In the end, my shirt stuck to my back. The last note hung in the air over
the silent hall. With the crowd exploding suddenly, I rose to my feet slowly and walked to
the center of the stage, smiling as I bowed to the audience in gratitude. Then I headed
backstage.
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。
Mr. Harris was waiting for me there, his eyes red.
I rushed to the hospital and handed my silver medal to Mom.
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