江苏省徐州市第一中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月期中英语试题

这是一份江苏省徐州市第一中学2023-2024学年高二下学期4月期中英语试题，共10页。试卷主要包含了5分，满分7等内容，欢迎下载使用。

（满分：150分 时长：120分钟）
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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. What des the man suggest the wman d?
A. Walk t the bank.B. Be mre patient.C. Cme back anther day.
2. Where will the man prbably g n hliday this year?
A. In the U.S.B. In Spain.C. In France.
3. Hw many bedrms d the speakers have nw?
A. Tw.B. Three.C. Fur.
4. Hw des the wman prbably feel nw?
A. Cnfident.B. Regretful.C. Calm.
5. What des the man say abut Vin Daniel?
A. He culd be an excellent actin actr.
B. He will film his first mvie.
C. He helped direct a mvie.
第二节
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 main tpic f the cnversatin?
A. Why English-speaking cuntries have different accents.
B. Whether accents matter when speaking English.
C. Hw students can imprve their English accent.
7. What is the man’s last suggestin?
A. Being cnfident.
B. Learning t understand different accents.
C. Fcusing n prnunciatin when speaking.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. At a pet shp.B. At a supermarket.C. At an animal shelter.
9. Why des the man talk t the wman?
A. T encurage her t take part in an activity.
B. T knw mre abut the wman’s dgs.
C. T invite her t dnate sme fd.
10. What is the main benefit f pet adptin accrding t the man?
A. Peple can get free pets.
B. The shelters ffer advice and supprt.
C. Hmeless animals becme belved pets.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student.B. C-wrkers.C. Brther and sister.
12. What des the wman need t change?
A. The wrking hurs.B. The curse.C. The badmintn time.
13. When will the speakers attend the class?
A. On Mndays and Wednesdays.
B. On Tuesdays and Thursdays.
C. On Saturdays and Sundays.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. Which item is the man trying t buy?
A. Fd.B. Clthes.C. Electrnics.
15. What issue des the wman find?
A. The website is stuck.
B. The items are n lnger available.
C. The man desn’t have an accunt.
16. What will the man prbably d next?
A. Send the gifts ff.B. Drive t the supermarket. C. D sme nline shpping.
17. What is the wman like?
A. Wrried.B. Supprtive.C. Impatient.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Why des the speaker give the speech?
A. T sell his business.
B. T say gdbye t his jb.
C. T celebrate the cmpany’s anniversary.
19. What has remained unchanged abut the speaker?
A. His persnality.B. His wrk style.C. His beliefs.
20. What des the speaker plan t fcus n next?
A. Helping teenagers cmplete their educatin.
B. Helping students apply t tp universities.
C. Helping graduates lk fr jbs.
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
Originally a medieval frtress and kings’ hmes n the right bank f the Seine, the Luvre Museum has many famus pieces n permanent display.
Mna Lisa
The Mna Lisa, painted by Lenard da Vinci, has been n display at the Luvre Museum since 1797. Mre than six millin peple visit the Luvre t see the Mna Lisa each year. The fame is almst entirely the result f a rbbery that tk place in 1911, when the Mna Lisa was taken frm the Luvre by an Italian patrit. The thief was caught trying t sell the painting t the Uffizi Museum in Flrence, and the Mna Lisa was returned t Paris in early 1914.
Winged Victry f Samthrace
Representing the Greek gddess f victry, Nike was fund in hundreds f different pieces in 1863 n the Greek island f Samthrace befre she was brught t the Luvre Museum. She was psitined as the sle figure n tp f a staircase in the museum in 1863 where she has remained ever since. The athletic wear cmpany f the same name used the gddess f victry as inspiratin fr the brand, and the Nike lg is taken frm the shape f the tp f her wings.
Venus de Mil
Discvered in 1820 n the Greek island f Mil, the Venus de Mil was gifted t King Luis XⅧ, wh dnated it t the Luvre cllectin. Venus de Mil is thught t represent the Greek gddess Aphrdite, thugh her identity has never been prven. She is psitined t appear as if she is lking acrss the ther Rman depictins f Venus that appear in the same hall at the Luvre Museum.
Liberty Leading the Peple
Painted by Eugene Delacrix, this wrk depicts a wman, a symbl f the French Revlutin knwn as Marianne, hlding the triclr revlutinary French flag that wuld later becme the fficial flag f France, while standing abve the bdies f fallen men. Delacrix created the painting t cmmemrate the July Revlutin, which tppled King Charles X f France. In 1874, it was acquired by the Luvre Museum.
21.What d we knw abut the painting Mna Lisa in the Luvre Museum?
A. It was nt kept in the Luvre Museum fr several years.
B. It has attracted a ttal f six millin peple t the museum.
C. It was s famus as t almst fuel a crime in 1911.
D. It was nce displayed in the Uffizi Museum in Flrence.
22. Which f the fllwing pieces is set in France?
A. Mna Lisa. B. Liberty Leading the Peple.
C. Venus de Mil. D. Winged Victry f Samthrace.
23.What d the “Winged Victrv f Samthrace” and “Venus de Mil” have in cmmn?
A. Bth f them inspired athletic wear designers.
B. Bthf them were psitined as sle figures.
C. Bth f them are cnnected with Greek beliefs.
D. Bth f them were gifts t French kings.
B
In 1975, a San Dieg hmemaker named Marjrie Rice came acrss a clumn in Scientific American abut tiling（瓷砖）. There is a prblem which has interested mathematicians since ancient Greek times. After Rice’s chance encunter with tiling, family members ften saw her in the kitchen cnstantly drawing shapes. “I thught she was just drawing casually,” her daughter Kathy said. But Rice wh tk nly ne year f math in high schl, was actually discvering never-befre-seen patterns.
Brn in Flrida, she lved learning and particularly her brief expsure t math, but tight budget and scial culture prevented her family frm even cnsidering that she might attend cllege. “Fr Rice, math was a pleasure,” her sn David nce said.
Rice gave ne f her sns a subscriptin t Scientific American partly because she culd read it carefully while the children were at schl. When she read Gardner’s clumn abut tiling as she later recalled in an interview: “I thught it must be wnderful that smene culd discver these beautiful patterns which n ne had seen befre.” She als wrte in an essay, “My interest was engaged by the subject and I wanted t understand every detail f it. Lacking a mathematical backgrund, I develped my wn symbl system and in a few mnths discvered a new type.”
Astnished and delighted, she sent her wrk t Gardner, wh sent it t Dris, a tiling expert at Mravian Cllege. Dris cnfirmed that Rice’s finding was crrect.
Later, Rice declined t lecture n her discveries, citing shyness, but at Dris’s invitatin, she attended a university mathematics meeting, where she was intrduced t the audience. Rice still said nthing f her achievements t her children, but they eventually fund ut as the awards munted.
24. Why did Rice ften draw shapes in the kitchen?
A. T becme a mathematician. B. T explre the secret f tiling.
C. T fill her leisure time. D. T shw her passin fr drawing.
25. What can we learn abut Rice frm paragraphs 2 and 3?
A. She lnged t start a clumn. B. She was rejected frm a cllege.
C. She was gd at designing patterns. D. She succeeded in develping a system.
26. What is the text mainly abut?
A. The magic f math. B. The effrts f Rice.
C. The humility f Rice. D. The patterns f tiling.
27. What can we learn frm the Rice’s experience?
A. Nthing is impssible t a willing mind. B. Actins speak luder than wrds.
C. Every clud has a silver lining. D. Practice makes perfect.
C
“Anxiety.” The very wrd invites discmfrt. Its effects―shrtness f breath, punding heart, muscle tensin―are utright upsetting. But, as a clinician, I find that we tend t miss ut n many valuable pprtunities presented by this human emtin. In and f itself, anxiety is nt deadly, nr is it a disease. Quite the cntrary: it is an indicatr f brain and sensry health. Once we accept that it is a nrmal, thugh uncmfrtable, part f life, we can use it t help us.
We all knw wrking ut at the gym is hard. By nature, a “gd wrkut” is uncmfrtable, since it invlves pushing ur physical strength past what we can easily d. The sweet spt f exercise is always a smewhat challenging experience. Similarly, if yu want t be emtinally strnger, yu need t face sme tensin. Fr example, ne effective treatment fr fear is expsure therapy(疗法), which invlves gradually encuntering things that make ne anxius, reducing fear ver time.
Humans are scial creatures. When my patients learn t pen up t their partners abut their anxieties, they almst always reprt a greater sense f emtinal clseness. Als, as internatinal relatinship expert Sue Jhnsn teaches, when we express ur need fr cnnectin during challenging mments (e.g., “I’m having a hard time right nw and culd really use yur supprt”), it creates greater cnnectin and turns ur anxiety int lve.
Frm time t time, we find urselves at the end f ur rpe. Our respnsibilities pile up, ur resurces break dwn, and we feel uncmfrtably anxius-what we’re experiencing is called stress. Simply put, the demands placed upn us utweigh ur available resurces, just like a set f scales (天平) ging ut f balance. Fcusing n wrk and pretending everything is OK nly leads t disastrus results. Medical treatment fr stress may functin fr a while, but it tends t make things wrse in the lng run. The nly slutin t deal with stress is t d the mathematics t balance the scales.
28. What des the authr say abut anxiety?
A. It is an invitatin t diseases.
B. It indicates stable mental health.
C. It csts us many valuable chances.
D. It is a natural emtinal expressin.
29. Why des the authr mentin “gd wrkut” in paragraph 2?
A. T prve hw exercise influences emtins.
B. T suggest an effective way t challenge limits.
C. T explain hw anxiety builds emtinal strength.
D. T shw a psitive cnnectin between mind and bdy.
30. What is paragraph 3 mainly abut?
A. The key t clseness is partners’ supprt.
B. Sharing anxieties imprves relatinships.
C. Humans are defined by their scial nature.
D. Expressing feelings keeps us ff anxieties.
31. Accrding t the last paragraph, hw can we deal with stress?
A. Devte mre energy t ur wrk. B. Increase resurces available t us.
C. Seek prfessinal medical treatment. D. Master advanced mathematical skills.
D
Users f Ggle Gemini, the tech giant’s artificial-intelligence mdel, recently nticed that asking it t create images f Vikings, r German sldiers frm 1943 prduced surprising results: hardly any f the peple depicted were white. Other image-generatin tls have been criticized because they tend t shw white men when asked fr images f entrepreneurs r dctrs. Ggle wanted Gemini t avid this trap; instead, it fell int anther ne, depicting Gerge Washingtn as black. Nw attentin has mved n t the chatbt’s text respnses, which turned ut t be just as surprising.
Gemini happily prvided arguments in favr f psitive actin in higher educatin, but refused t prvide arguments against. It declined t write a jb ad fr a fssil-fuel lbby grup(游说团体), because fssil fuels are bad and lbby grups priritize “the interests f crpratins ver public well-being”. Asked if Hamas is a terrrist rganizatin, it replied that the cnflict in Gaza is “cmplex”; asked if Eln Musk’s tweeting f memes had dne mre harm than Hitler, it said it was “difficult t say”. Yu d nt have t be a critic t perceive its prgressive bias.
Inadequate testing may be partly t blame. Ggle lags behind OpenAI, maker f the better-knwn ChatGPT. As it races t catch up, Ggle may have cut crners. Other chatbts have als had cntrversial launches. Releasing chatbts and letting users uncver dd behavirs, which can be swiftly addressed, lets firms mve faster, prvided they are prepared t weather(经受住) the ptential risks and bad publicity, bserves Ethan Mllick, a prfessr at Whartn Business Schl. But Gemini has clearly been deliberately adjusted, r “fine-tuned”, t prduce these respnses. This raises questins abut Ggle’s culture. Is the firm s financially secure, with vast prfits frm internet advertising, that it feels free t try its hand at scial engineering? D sme emplyees think it has nt just an pprtunity, but a respnsibility, t use its reach and pwer t prmte a particular agenda? All eyes are nw n Ggle’s bss, Sundar Pichai. He says Gemini is being fixed. But des Ggle need fixing t?
32.What d the wrds “this trap” underlined in the first paragraph refer t?
A. Having a racial bias. B. Respnding t wrng texts.
C. Criticizing plitical figures. D. Ging against histrical facts.
33.What is Paragraph 2 mainly abut?
A. Gemini’s refusal t make prgress. B. Gemini’s failure t give definite answers.
C. Gemini’s prejudice in text respnses.D. Gemini’s avidance f plitical cnflicts.
34.What des Ethan Mllick think f Gemini’s early launch?
A. Creative. B. Prmising.C. Illegal. D. Cntrversial.
35.What can we infer abut Ggle frm the last paragraph?
A. Its security is dubted. B. It lacks financial supprt.
C. It needs further imprvement. D. Its emplyees are irrespnsible.
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。
D yu get nervus thinking abut gemetry（几何）, equatins r a cming math test? If yes, yu are far frm alne. 36 Students in cuntries with higher levels f math anxiety tend t achieve lwer math grades, accrding t a study published in the Prceedings f the Natinal Academy f Sciences n Feb 15.
Accrding t a University f Cambridge study, in rdinary life, many peple experience sme degree f discmfrt when faced with a math prblem, ranging frm mild tensin t strng fear. 37 They may then try t avid every situatin invlving numbers, meaning they are held back frm pursuing careers related t this subject.
Cmfrt cmes frm the fact that thse with math anxiety are nt necessarily t be bad at math. 38 They may have had a really bad experience with math and there are ways t imprve math achievement.
39 If yu’re feeling stressed befre a math exam, it may help t spend a few minutes explring thse feelings befre the exam begins. It’s abut making sure yu’re interpreting yur feelings crrectly. In additin, a little math anxiety culd be taken as a psitive challenge t vercme. 40
A．Als, there are ways t manage yur stress related t math.
B．Students with math anxiety are nt cgnitively disadvantaged.
C．If a child has math anxiety, dn’t assume that they’re nt gd at math.
D．Math anxiety has becme a cmmn psychlgical cnditin amng students arund the wrld.
E．Just because yu have a fast heartbeat and sweaty palms, that des nt necessarily mean yu will fail.
F．Just like many peple get stage fright befre delivering a speech, this nervus energy can help t mtivate.
G．Sme peple als experience physical symptms such as sweaty palms r a racing heart.
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 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
“I’m ging t tell yu a stry,” I tell my class f high schl senirs. “It’s a tale abut lve. And heart-break. And embarrassment.”
Their eyes widen. I 41 my thrat. “In eleventh grade,” I begin, “I fell madly in lve. Her name was Lewis. She was nt tall, but extremely 42 , kind f a smart and independent girl—which I fund fascinating. Unfrtunately, she had n interest in me at all. S it was Valentine’s Day. That day as I spilled my Valentine cards nt my desk, and amng many small cards, I saw an enrmus ne, decrated beautifully. My mind 43 : ‘Wh culd it be frm?’ With trembling hands, I 44 pen the envelpe and ut fell an image f a king, the heading f which 45 , ‘T a King f a Valentine.’”
I give the class a 46 lk. “I turned the valentine ver, and at the bttm I saw the signature and almst fainted: Lewis. Then my eyes 47 up t the writing abve her signature. It said, ‘T the Ugliest By in Our Class.’”
“Well, it ruined Valentine’s Day fr me. It shk what little 48 I had in myself fr a lng time after. But I 49 . Cincidently, I fund ut the wire-puller wh did this trick. It was nt her. And nw I refuse t give up this hliday f lve t the meanness f ne 50 persn.” I smile. “ And that’s why we’re ging t have a party. A party that 51 kindness instead f cruelty.”
Their eyes 52 . They are willing t let me take them 53 I am ging. I hand ut sme paper s they can make cards. “Nw please write smething psitive and sincere t everyne in the class. Even if it’s smene yu barely knw, there’s always smething nice t say.”
All these years, I’ve made it a rutine in each f my class. After 20 years f teaching, I 54 few hpes that students will remember all f the grammar r vcabulary I taught them. But if all a student 55 f ne f my classes are the valentines they received ne lng-ag February, t me that makes it all wrthwhile.
41．A．cleanedB．cmmandedC．calculateD．cleared
42．A．meanB．cuteC．wrthyD．generus
43．A．stppedB．jumpedC．racedD．thught
44．A．intendedB．spilledC．scratchedD．tre
45．A．sangB．wrteC．readD．decrated
46．A．meaningfulB．excitedC．shyD．embarrassing
47．A．traveledB．flatedC．ranD．remved
48．A．lveB．faithC．friendshipD．kindness
49．A．stdB．upgradedC．witnessedD．survived
50．A．imaginativeB．smartC．rttenD．permanent
51．A．remainsB．celebratesC．receivesD．cngratulates
52．A．light upB．narrw upC．clse upD．g up
53．A．whetherB．hweverC．wheneverD．wherever
54．A．harbrB．enjyC．acceptD．welcme
55．A．recallsB．favrsC．infrmsD．engages
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。
A skywell, r “tian jing” in Mandarin, is a typical feature f a traditinal hme in suthern and eastern China. Less 56 (expse) t the utdr envirnment makes a skywell different frm a nrthern Chinese curtyard. Skywells are 57 cmmn residents in large areas f suthern and eastern China had in the past.
In tday’s rapidly urbanising China, fewer and fewer peple live in skywell dwellings, 58 a revival(重新流行) f interest in traditinal Chinese architecture is leading sme f histric buildings with skywells 59 (restre) fr mdern times. Meanwhile, sme architects are drawing inspiratin frm skywells t help keep new buildings cler, which is a methd 60 (cmbine) design and technlgy t cl a building withut the use f pwer.
Hwever, there are sme challenges fr bringing skywells int mdern designs. The effect that the mechanisms(结构) f curtyards have 61 natural lighting, ventilatin(通风) and rain cllectin is well knwn , but applying these principles 62 (need) t be site-specific. Because traditinal skywells had different shapes, sizes and features, 63 were highly dependent n their natural surrundings. Adding skywells int mdern buildings requires designers t be 64 (sense) t their prject’s cntext and situatin, making it difficult t apply them as 65 universal slutin.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
假定你是某国际中学的学生会主席李华，你校下周将举办一次主题为 “关爱地球”(Caring fr the Earth)的活动。请你用英语写一则通知。
内容包括：
1. 活动目的；
2. 活动安排；
注意：
1. 词数不少于80词；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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The Students’ Unin
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。
“This Saturday, we’ll be visiting cats at the animal shelter. If yu’d like t jin us, here’s an applicatin frm”, said Ms. Delgad, the schl librarian wh had held the reading engagement event fr students.
Ben lved cats and he had always wanted ne, s he hurried t take an applicatin frm. Then Ms. Delgad added, “We’ll be reading t the cats and award readers wh make mst prgress.” Ben stpped. Reading alud can be a challenging task. Ben might feel his heart racing, his palms sweating, and his vice shaking as he read. He might stumble ver wrds r lse his place in the text. He might feel like everyne was watching him and judging him. Still, he really wanted t visit the cats, s he tk an applicatin frm anyway.
On Saturday, Ben arrived at the shelter with sme f his classmates. “This is Max,” the shelter wrker tld Ben as she handed him a gray cat. Ben carried Max t a beanbag chair and sat dwn. Max settled nt his lap. He tk a bk he’d been wrking n and started reading. Max, very different frm ther cats walking arund the rm while the kids read, purred(发出呼噜声) n his lap as if he had understd what Ben read.
“I’m glad Max is staying and listening t my reading and he is the best cat ever,” Ben tld Dad excitedly. “I’m glad yu tw are friends,” Dad said. All week, Ben’s heart was filled with anxiety as he waited fr Saturday t arrive. He was eager t read t Max and the anticipatin f spending time with his feline(猫咪的)friend made him restless and nervus. When it arrived, Ben gt t read t Max again.
“What if smene adpts Max?” Ben asked Dad later. “I guess yu’d read t a different cat,” Dad said. “But I dn’t want a different cat. I wish we culd adpt Max,” Ben said t Dad. He knew they culdn’t because Mm had allergies(过敏). Ben lved the cat s much that he even tld his next-dr neighbr, Mrs. Patel, abut Max. “Max sunds like a special cat,” said Mrs. Patel.
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。
Week by week, Ben realized that reading seemed easier in Max’s cmpany.
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