山東省濰坊市2023-2024學(xué)年高二下學(xué)期期末考試英語試題

這是一份山東省濰坊市2023-2024學(xué)年高二下學(xué)期期末考試英語試題，共14頁。試卷主要包含了5分，滿分7等內(nèi)容，歡迎下載使用。
第一節(jié)(共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分)
聽下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C 三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最 佳選項(xiàng)。聽完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段 對(duì)話僅讀一遍。
1.Why des the wman cycle t schl?
A.It can help save mney.B.It's a gd frm f exercise.C.It's envirnmentally friendly.
2.Hw des the wman respnd t the man's request?
A.She agrees t it.B.She bjects t it.C.She'll recnsider it.
3.What is the relatinship between Alex and Sarah?
A.Brther and sister.B.Husband and wife. C.Emplyer and emplyee.
4.What d the speakers mainly talk abut?
A.A machine. B.A twn C.A shp.
5.Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A.In a restaurant. B.In an ffice. C.At hme.
第二節(jié)(共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分)
聽下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè) 選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘； 聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。
聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。
6.Why was the by late?
A.The alarm clck didn't ring.B.It tk him mre time t arrive.C.His mther fell ill unexpectedly.
7.When was the by suppsed t hand in his hmewrk initially?
A.On Thursday. B.On Friday. C.On Saturday.
聽第7段材料，回答第8至10題。
8.What is the ccupatin f the celebrity Linda admires?
A.Actr. B.Singer. C.Writer.
9.What des the man think abut celebrities?
A.Creative. B.Influential. C.Prud.
10.What is the man ging t d next?
A.Deliver a cntract. B.Send a message. C.Visit a client.
聽第8段材料，回答第11至13題。
11.Why is Mm disappinted?
A.Dminic perfrms badly at schl.
B.Dminic intends nt t becme a dctr.
C.Dminic fails t be admitted t a high schl.
12.What des Dminic desire t d?
A.Make instruments. B.Play n stage. C.Create sngs
13.What is the wman's attitude twards Dminic's decisin?
A.Disapprving. B.Supprtive. C.Uncncerned.
聽第9段材料，回答第14至16題。
14.When did the wman start calling the man?
A.Yesterday afternn. B.Last night C.This mrning
15.Where is the wman nw?
A.In the schl. B.In the htel C.In the hspital.
16.Hw des the man sund?
A.Scared B.Helpless. C.Guilty.
聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。
17.Where des Lecmte usually take freigners t?
A.Unknwn sites. B.Camping spts C.Ppular attractins.
18.What des Lecmte enjy ding with his friends?
A.Riding a mtrcycleB.Helping the lcals pick teaC.Singing and playing the ukulele
19.Which pht astnished the yung Chinese netizen?
A.A little girl making a snwman.B.A man reading a bk by the riverC.Children running arund with lanterns.
20.What d Lecmte's childhd and his current life have in cmmn?
A.Living in a huse with red walls.
B.Taking phts f ancient villages.
C.Enjying the stars while camping.
第二部分閱讀(共兩節(jié)，滿分50分)
第一節(jié)(共15小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分)
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
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22.Which day allws the lngest time fr Open Swim?
A.Sunday B.Wednesday C.Friday. D.Saturday.
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A.Age. B.Membership. C.Dressing. D.Gender.
B
Yu may have heard the name“Michelin”because it's related t Michelin tires.The tire prducers Andre and Eduard Michelin created smething called a“Michelin Guide”in 1900. It was riginally meant as a guide specifically fr France,utlining all f the travel destinatins and why yu shuld visit them,and thus encuraging peple t buy cars,which meant mre tire sales.
This guide included gas statins,repair shps,and ntable restaurants.The Michelin Guide began t cver all srts f Eurpean and Nrth African cuntries,but then,the First Wrld War hit and prductin stpped.After the war,thugh,the Michelin brthers adapted the guide and began charging fr it.This adapted guide included htel listings.It remved advertising and then began t actually categrize and rate restaurants.
By the year 1936,they had finalized their three-star standards that they wuld award t restaurants.One Michelin star was classified as“a very gd restaurant in its categry”.Tw Michelin stars meant“excellent cking,wrth a detur(迂回)”.And lastly,three Michelin stars meant“exceptinal cuisine,wrth a special jurney”.
Nw,there are Michelin Guides fr 23 cuntries.Michelin hires undercver reviewers called“inspectrs”that travel t restaurants secretly and decide their categry.These inspectrs are nt even allwed t disclse t their parents their actual line f wrk,since parents will likely feel hnred and shw it ff.S the number f inspectrs that actually exist is unpublicized.
T get a three-star rating isn't always a gd thing,thugh.A few restaurants have asked Michelin t take back their star rating.Fr example, Petersham Nurseries Cafe in Lndn gt a star in 2011,but peple visiting expected a frmal dining experience and unrealistic expectatins f what the restaurant really was.Sme restaurants in Japan als turned it dwn because they wuldn't be able t keep up their quality f fd with such a fierce jump in ppularity.
Everything must be perfect.Nt gd,nt excellent—perfect.These are the abslute bare basics f the Michelin star system:sme histry and sme highlights
24.What is the riginal purpse f making Michelin Guide?
A.T prmte the cmpany's tire sales
B.T ppularize sme fascinating htels.
C.T develp turism industry in France.
D.T regularize the reference n restaurants.
25.What des paragraph 3 mainly talk abut?
A.The principles f Michelin charge.
B.The intrductin f Michelin Guide.
C.The criteria f Michelin star ranking.
D.The distributin f Michelin restaurants.
26.Which f the fllwing best describes an inspectr?
A.Rmantic. B.Mysterius. C.Respectable. D.Prmising.
27.Why d sme restaurants give up their Michelin star rating?
A.They are fed up with the crwded custmers.
B.The Michelin star rating ruins their reputatins.
C.There are sme drawbacks in the Michelin star system.
D.They can't live up t the expectatins f the custmers.
C
The majrity f plastic that pllutes ur planet's ceans desn't flat n the surface,but rather underneath the waves.This makes tracking and mnitring the prblematic rubbish using technlgy like satellites challenging fr researchers .But a new system f supercmputer-pwered search prgram culd help enable satellites fr the task.With additinal research and fine tuning,it has becme a valuable tl in tackling the glbal issue.
As detailed in a study published n June 14 in Nature Cmmunicatins,a prject trained a machine-learning prgram n 300,000 imagery f the Mediterranean Sea gathered ver six years by the Eurpean Space Agency's Cpernicus Sentinel-2 satellite.The team then used this database t identify what are knwn as windrws—flating filaments(絲狀物)cmpsed f garbage and plastic frmed by cean currents and wind.
Windrws, frequently shrt-lived structures,can extend fr miles befre spreading int the cean.While windrws nly accunt fr an extremely small prtin f verall cean litter, researchers therized the rubbish culd serve as prxies fr pllutin htspts. Between July 2015 and September 2021,the team detected and mnitred a ttal f 14,374 windrws—an expnential(指數(shù)的)increase in dcumented litter structures.Many f the windrws psitined by satellite images were then subsequently checked by ships in the regin.In ttal,the pllutin is estimated t have cvered 94.5 square kilmeters,an area equal t rughly 7,500 sccer fields.
Further analyses allwed the team t infer a number f influences,such as nearby ppulatin distributin,gegraphy,and rainfall,n where and when cean litter piles up.A regin that frequently experiences heavy rain mre ften carries garbage ut int the water, where castal desert areas may cntribute far less.These htspts are als primarily lcated within 15 km f a cast and frequently return t shre within the fllwing weeks r mnths.
“Ocean litter mirrrs the failures f ur civilizatin t manage waste,”the team writes in their study.“Satellite-based bservatins are ne f the best hpes fr large-scale mnitring.”
28.What challenge d researchers face cncerning cean pllutin?
A.The hidden plastic. B.The unstable currents.
C.The fund shrtage. D.The inadequate satellites.
29.What is the fcus f paragraph 2?
A.The prperty f windrws.
B.The prcess f cnfirming windrws
C.The way f cnstructing a database.
D.The study f a machine-learning prgram.
30.What des the underlined wrd“prxies”in paragraph 3 mean?
A.Signs B.Cmpnents. C.Defenders. D.Slutins.
31.Why des the writer mentin castal desert areas?
A.T emphasize their impact. B.T advcate cean prtectin.
C.T prve the team's inference. D.T intrduce anther influence.
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When discussins are getting heated, divisins n pinins ptentially lead t sme awkward mments .This causes many f us t struggle with hw t cnvince peple t change their minds and hw t argue ur side effectively. Unfrtunately, we've already becme quite divided.
One study shwed that when peple receive infrmatin against their beliefs,their brains aren't as active as when they receive infrmatin that cnfirms their beliefs.Humans have a well- dcumented bias( 偏 見 )called the“cnfirmatin bias”, which is a tendency t seek ut infrmatin that cnfirms ur existing views and t avid infrmatin that discnfirms them.
Thrwing data at peple isn't at all effective in changing minds and especially hearts. Instead,peple just find it super annying. Luckily,research has prvided sme guidance abut best practices,and,nt surprisingly,they all suggest what ur parents have been telling us fr decades:Yu catch mre flies with hney than with vinegar.In fact,it turns ut that instead f citing why yu are right and smene else is wrng in a heated cnversatin,ne f the mst effective strategies yu can use fr changing smene's mind is t find areas where yu agree.
Anther thing we can d is t be pen t ther perspectives(觀點(diǎn)) . We can start by acknwledging ur wn cnfirmatin bias and making a cnscius effrt t verride it.We can als try t take ther peple's perspectives.And better yet—ask them fr it.Ask them why they feel the way they d and what wuld change their mind.Be pen t admitting that yu culd be wrng and make it easy fr thers t admit their wn mistakes.
Finally, make new friends—friends that are different frm yu. Make yur bias a discnfirmatin bias; in ther wrds,when yu have an pinin n smething,dn't just read infrmatin that cnfirms it.Instead,make an effrt t find infrmatin that culd ptentially prve yu wrng.If yu were right all alng,this exercise will nly make yur arguments strnger.If yu were wrng,yur mind will have been pened up t new ideas.Either way,this kind f pen-mindedness will give yu a brand-new perspective n life,and yu might even make sme unlikely new friends in the prcess.
32.Which can illustrate“cnfirmatin bias”?
A.We tend t welcme different ideas.B.We accept messages frm the thers.
C.We argue against pints f disagreement.D.We prefer infrmatin in line with ur views
33.What des the underlined wrd“hney”in paragraph 3 refer t?
A.Fllwing advice. B.Sharing cmmn grund.
C.Admitting mistakes. D.Blcking different ideas.
34.Hw can we benefit frm ur bias accrding t the last paragraph?
A.By letting g f ur wn pinin.B.By making arguments mre reliable.
C.By pening up minds t new friends.D.By securing infrmatin ppsite t urs.
35.What is the best title f the text?
A.Hw t negtiate with thers
B.Why it's s hard t change hearts and minds
C.Hw t shift minds in plarized cmmunicatin
D.Why pen-mindedness is effective in cnversatins
第二節(jié)(共5小題；每小題2.5分，滿分12.5分)
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為 多余選項(xiàng)。
Yur bx rm hlds endless ptential,just waiting fr yu t unlck it.Tailr these tips t yur specific needs and preferences t create a functinal and rganised living space.
Ask yurself,“What d I want this rm t be?” 36 Whether it's transfrming yur bx rm int a functinal space,a cmfrtable bedrm,a prductive ffice,a kids'playrm,r even a cmbined ffice and laundry rm,make sure t revisit yur“why”thrughut the
prcess.
A rm with multiple rles demands furniture that can be flexible.Opt fr space-saving furniture:wall beds ,sfa beds that can be used frm seating t shrt sleeping,wall desks that appear when yu need them,and slimline pieces that d duble duty. 37 They allw yur rm t transfrm as yu d.
Try flr-t-ceiling slutins.G big r g hme,right?Let's make use f all that rm height.Get furniture that reaches frm the flr t the ceiling—creating a stylish and practical design. 38
What abut the seasnal and ccasinal pieces yu nly use nce in a blue mn?Think seasnal decratins ,archived(存檔的)dcuments,r hliday clthes. 39 Fr thse yu dn't quite have space fr in yur rm,but dn't want t get rid f,cnsider an ff-site strage slutin like Attic Self Strage in Lndn.
40 Install hks( 安 裝 掛 鉤 )and shelves in yur bx rm t keep yur frequently used stuff within arm's reach.If yu're a renter,yu can als get sme cnvenient hks that require n installatin.
A.Befre yu start any makever,cnsider yur needs.
B.When it cmes t space-saving strategy,less is ften mre.
C.N crner ges t waste,and yur rm becmes a picture f efficiency.
D.Explre regular beds with built-in r separate under-bed drawers t match yur style.
E.These adaptable items will nt nly serve different purpses but save yu flr space.
F.Walls and drs are fr mre than just decratin—they're ptential strage gldmines.
G.They ften get thrwn away due t lack f strage space r are put away in a place we usually frget
第三部分語言運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié)，滿分30分)
第一節(jié)(共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分)
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和 D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處 的最佳選項(xiàng)。
It's knwn that ur screens are like prisns.But can we 41 urselves?As a cmmitted writer,I've decided t try the pre-internet life with a ne-week digital detx(脫癮) —n cmputers r cellphnes.But befre it,I need a little 42 .First,I need t explain the cncept t my friends and family s they're nt 43 why I've suddenly fallen ff the map. Then I find my landline phne 44 years ag and plug it in.At last,I'll put my iPhne in the drawer and shut it.Once it's 45 ,there will be n turning back.Very sn,I realise that I underestimated my screen 46 .I feel nervus.
The next mrning,the alarm clck ges ff and I 47 ______ reach tward the bedside table. N phne. N checking messages.I have n chice but t lk ut the windw:It's a beautiful day. At wrk,I'm nt thinking abut the 48 piling up in the phne.Afterwards, I realise I've 49______ much f the day ffline. And all my vitals are 50___
Back at hme,I manage t prduce mre than ten lines n paper befre my 51____ weakens slightly,and the digital device tempts( 誘 惑 )me.We all knw hw it ges.Yu 52 ___ yur phne fr a very specific reasn such as calling yur mm,then get caught in a scial media pst.When yu put yur phne dwn,yu wnder why yu 53 the phne in the first place.
At night,I fall 54____n the bed,my bk n my chest,with a little less blue light in my bdy and withut a 55 at my emails,just in case.In case f what exactly?
第二節(jié)(共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分)
閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。
The drama,Crcdile, prduced by Magnificent Culture C.,Ltd,was released in Suzhu, East China's Jiangsu prvince,n May 3,2024, fllwed by a natinal tur until September.
Crcdile is an riginal drama script( 劇本) _56 ________ (pen) by the Nbel laureate M Yan. Celebrated fr his remarkably _57 ________ (imagine)and humanistic fictin,M wn the Nbel Prize fr Literature in 2012.
M Yan spent ver a decade devtedly __58 _______ (create)the stry f Crcdile. _ 59________ (it)plt centers arund the main character, Shan Wudan, and a crcdile he received as a gift fr his birthday.
Thrugh an infinitely(無限地)grwing crcdile,the stry digs int the 60________ (cmplex)f human nature and explres the theme f“desire”.
During the launch event, M Yan expressed his lifelng cnnectin 61 __________ drama since childhd.“I’ve been a lyal drama fan since childhd.I've watched many dramas and pera wrks,and even played sme small rles, _62 ________ left a deep memry f the stage,”said M “Therefre,I feel like I shuld write several plays t repay _63 ________ theater has brught t me.”
Wang Keran,the directr f Crcdile,said:“Crcdile is a 64_______(true) rare script that I _65________ (cme)acrss in the past mre than 20 years in the theater industry.”He nted that there is a special“her”in the play—light.“Each character is pursuing the light in their hearts,”he says.

up
B.behave
B.cmfrt
B.declaring
B.abandned
B.lcked
B.stress
B.habitually
B.bks
B.wasted
B.stable
B.tensin
B.answer
B.handed ver
B.dwn
B.stp
C.frgive
C.cncentratin C.wndering
C.sld
C.imprved
C.examinatin
C.curiusly
C.applicatins
C.survived
C.uncntrllable
C.curisity
C.grab
C.tk away
C.asleep
C.smile
D.enjy
D.preparatin D.frecasting D.brken
D.updated
D.dependency
D.suddenly
D.cdes
D.celebrated
D.unpredictable D.inspiratin
D.charge
D.sent back
D.apart
D.reflectin
第四部分寫作(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分)
第 一 節(jié)(滿分15分)
你校將舉辦英語演講比賽，請(qǐng)你以“Failure and Grwth”為題寫一篇演講稿。內(nèi)容包 括：
1.你生活中的一次失敗經(jīng)歷；
2.對(duì)你的成長(zhǎng)帶來的影響。
注意：
1.寫作詞數(shù)應(yīng)為80個(gè)左右；
2.請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
第二節(jié)(滿分25分)
閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
Eleven-year-ld Jack was selling ballns in a park ne day ver a lng hliday weekend when he stepped upn a wallet. After picking it up,he searched the wallet t identify the wner and fund sme $100 ntes,sme lse change and a key card inside.He didn't hesitate t d the right thing:accrding t the sign n the key card,he fund where the wner lived.
Seventeen-year-ld Chase had lst his wallet earlier that day while ut fishing with his friends. He had searched and searched,but in vain.Eventually,Chase returned hme and fund his wallet sent back in the gate huse f the cmmunity. But the ne wh sent the wallet had left withut leaving his name r address.
When the family were talking abut the stry later that day,they decided that they wanted t d smething t pay back the finder's kindness.But what culd they d? They didn't knw wh the finder was,nt t mentin his address.Culd they find him?
It was when they were at a lss that a gd idea ccurred t Chase's mther,Michelle: they culd check the mnitr recrding f the gate huse.Luckily,they gt a picture f the by. She quickly made a Facebk pst using the pht,describing the by's hnest act and expressing hw the family were hping t meet him t cnvey their thanks in persn.
In n time at all,sme peple in the cmmunity recgnised Jack and infrmed Michelle. When Michelle and her family gt cntact with Jack,they were surprised t learn just what Jack's family had been ging thrugh.
Jack's father had recently recvered frm a disease but was still suffering frm the aftereffects(后遺癥).
He had difficulty breathing and wasn't allwed t return t his jb at a meat packing plant.S that was the reasn why the by had t sell ballns t help supprt the family.
Gd mrning,everyne
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Thank yu.
注意：
1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150個(gè)左右；
2.請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
Chase and his mther decided t help.
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The respnse nline was great.
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高二英語參考答案及評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)
2024.7
第一部分聽力(共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分)
1-5 CBBCC
6-10 BACBB
11-15 BCABC
16-20CACAC
第二部分閱讀(共20小題;每小題2.5分,滿分50分)
21-25 BDDAC
26-30 BDABA
31 -35 CDBDC
36-40 AECGF
第三部分語言運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié),滿分30分)
第一節(jié)(共15小題;每小題1分,滿分15分)
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第二節(jié)(共10小題;每小題1.5分,滿分15分)
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第四部分寫作(共兩節(jié),滿分40分)
第一節(jié)(滿分15分)
One pssible versin:
Gd mrning, everyne! Tday, I'd like t deliver a speech n" Failure and Grwth”. I believe failures are inevitable in life.A schl music cmpetitin witnessed my setback experience. I had prepared diligently, but n the day f the perfrmance, my nerves gt the better f me. My vice trembled and I frgt the lyries. The audience's whispers and
disappinted expressins were a harsh reminder f my failure, which urges me t strive frward.
Nt nly des this experience make me strnger, but it teaches me a valuable lessn. Failure is nt the end but a stepping stne t success. It mtivates me t practice harder, staymre fcused and get better prepared fr the future.
Thank yu.
第二節(jié)(滿分25分)
One pssible versin:
Chase and his mther decided t help. Originally, they wanted t give a reward t the by wh demnstrated his integrity even when he was in such a great need f mney,but nw they thught Jack and his family needed mre help. They mapped ut a strategy. It was the Internet that helped them quickly find Jack, s they turned t the Facebk again. They psted phts f Jack's selling ballns, his stry f returning the wallet and his family's suffering n the Internet,
appealing t peple t help.
The respnse nline was great. The supprt came rlling in, quicker and in greater quantities than expected! Jack's stry went viral. Peple living in the city visited the park where Jack sld ballns, and happily bught ne r tw. Besides, a stre wner nearby ffered an easy jb t Jack's father. The kind man said he was impressed by Jack. “Nthing culd be shinier than an hnest heart and duty fr the family fr a child, ” he added. Indeed, an hnest heart deserved all the best things in the wrld.