江苏省宿迁市2023-2024学年高二上学期期末英语试卷

高二年级调研测试英语注意事项：1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用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。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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．Whatdoesthewomandecidetodofirst?A．Goonatrip． B．Lookforajob． C．Getanassistant．2．WhatdoesSamusuallydoattheweekend?A．Heworksout．B．Hedealswithhiswork．C．Hedoessomeshopping．3．WhydoesthemantalktoDrSimpson?A．Tomakeanapology． B．Toaskforhelp． C．Todiscusshisstudy．4．Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?A．Theman’ssister． B．Anelevatoraccident． C．Anelevatorrepairman．5．Whatdoesthemanthinkofthepainting?A．It’speaceful． B．It’scolorful． C．It’sboring．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．Whathappenedtotheman?A．Heoverslept．B．Hecouldn’tgetoutoftheroom．C．Hehadaquarrelwithhisroommate．7．Whocametohelpthemanatlast?A．Hisroommate． B．Hisfriend． C．Hiscolleague．听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8．Wheredoesthemancomefrom?A．Canada． B．China． C．Britain9．Whatisthewomandoing?A．Seeingofftheman．B．Pickingupherbrother．C．Planningavacation．听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。10．Whowillthewomangowith?A．Herparents． B．Theman． C．Herbrother．11．Whenwillthewomanbeattheairport?A．At7:00pm． B．At8:00pm． C．At9:00pm．12．Whatdoesthemanthinkofthewoman’sstay?A．Toolong． B．Tooshort． C．Justenough．13．HowwillthewomantravelinCanada?A．Bytrain． B．Bycar． C．Bybus．听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14．Wheredoesthisconversationtakeplace?A．Inaclassroom． B．Atalibrary． C．Atapark．15．Whatisthemandoinghere?A．Eating． B．Studying． C．Working．16．Whendoesthemanusuallystudy?A．Inthemornings． B．Intheafternoons． C．Intheevenings．17．Whatcanwelearnabouttheman?A．Hedoesn’tliketogodancing．B．Heistoobusytorelaxhimself．C．Hewilltalkhisschedulewithhisboss．听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18．Whendidthespeakerstartplayingbasketball?A．Beforehighschool．B．Duringhighschool．C．Afterhighschool．19．Howlongdidthespeakerplaybasketballeverymorning?A．Aboutthreehours． B．Abouttwohours． C．Aboutonehour．20．Howdidthespeakerlearnhowtoshoot?A．Hetaughthimself． B．Sonnytaughthim． C．Skiptaughthim．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。ATherearethousandsofsciencebooksonahugevarietyoftopics．Whichonesshouldyouchoose?Luckilyforyou,wehavemadealistofthebestsciencebooksthatyoushouldnotmiss．AShortHistoryofNearlyEverythingWrittenbyBillBryson,itisapopularsciencebookthatexplainssomeareasofscience．ItwaspublishedonFebruary4,2003,andwasoneofthebest-sellingpopularsciencebooksof2005intheUK．Itexplainsavarietyofscientifictopicsinavividandcomprehensiveway,whichmakesitaccessibleforpeoplewithnoscienceknowledge．Butit’squitelong．ThingExplainer:ComplicatedStuffinSimpleWordsItisa2015non-fictionbookcreatedbyRandallMunroe,inwhichtheauthorexplainsvariouscomplexsubjectsusingcommonEnglishwords．Itcoversawiderangeoftopicsandexplainscomplexideasusingillustrations,soit’sentertainingandeasilyunderstood．However,thewordsandphrasesusedtodescribethesubjectsaretootechnicaltounderstand．AskanAstronaut:MyGuidetoLifeinSpacePublishedonOctober19,2017,thebookisTimPeake’spersonalguidetolifeinspace,basedonhisownexperience.Q&Aformatmakesiteasytoquicklyfindanswersandimagesareusedtoillustratesomeofthemorecomplexideas,makingitsuitableforbothchildrenandadults．ThedisadvantageisthattheQ&Aformatcanbecomeboringsometimes．BriefAnswerstotheBigQuestionsWrittenbyStephenHawking,the2018bookexaminessomeoftheuniverse’sgreatestmysteriesandpromotestheviewthatscienceisveryimportantinhelpingsolveproblems．ItprovidesagreatintroductiontoStephenHawking’sthoughts．Sincecomplexideasarecommunicatedinasimpleandunderstandablelanguage,yourpreviousphysicsknowledgeisnotrequired．Formoreadvancedreaders,it’stoobasic．21．Whichistheoldestofthefollowingbooks?A．AShortHistoryofNearlyEverything．B．ThingExplainer:ComplicatedStuffinSimpleWords．C．AskanAstronaut:MyGuidetoLifeinSpace．D．BriefAnswerstotheBigQuestions．22．Whatisthechallengeofreadingthesecondbook?A．Varioustopics． B．Technicalterms．C．Complicatedsubjects． D．Scientificillustrations．23．Whatdothelasttwobookshaveincommon?A．Theystressthepracticaluseofscience．B．TheyuseQ&Aformatstoexplainideas．C．Theyrequirepreviousscienceknowledge．D．Theyseemtoappealtothegeneralpublic．BAward-winningChineseshoedesigner,HuangQinqin,shareshertransformativejourney,combiningculturalheritageandinternationaldesigntoshapetheartofpracticalwear．Believingthatthevalueofherproductsdoesn’tlieinbusinessoperation,Huangalwaysfocusesonhowtoconveythestoriesbehindhershoestocustomersinstead．“Itislikestorytelling,anaturalabilityIpossess,”shesaidwithasmile．However,Huang’sjourneyintodesignwasunforeseenandittookherseveralyearstodiscoverhertruepassion.Huangswitchedhermajorfromphysicstointernationalcommunicationsstudiesatuniversity．Whileshefoundgreatenjoymentinthesecourses,shestilldidn’tknowwhatshecoulddointhefuture．“Oneday,IgrabbedasheetofpaperandbegandrawingsomeshoedesignsIsawonline．Itwasatthatmomentthatthelightsuddenlydawned.”recalledHuang．Toherastonishment,HuangdiscoveredwhileinternationalluxuryshoebrandslikeJimmyChooandChristianLouboutinarehouseholdnames,Chinesebrandsarerarelyseen．ThisfindingfueledHuang’sdeterminationtopursuehercareerasashoedesigner,hopingtofilltheblankintheinternationalmarket．AfterreturningtoChinafromtheUK,Huangestablishedherownshoebrand．“IthinkChinesestudentsstudyingabroadtodayallshareastrongsenseofmission—toshowcasewhatChinatrulyhastooffertotheworld,”Huangsaid．Lookingback,Huangsaidthatshetookalongtimetofinallyfindherlifelongpassion．“Thereisasayingthatonemustachievefameatayoungage,butIbelieveitisnevertoolatetounlockone’spotential,sinceeveryoneoperatesontheirunique‘timezone’,”shesaid．Beforehercurrentcareerpath,Huangneverstoppedtryingnewthings,includinggardendesignanddance．Thesediverseexperienceshaveallbecomeprecioustreasuresinherlife,nurturingherself-directedlearningabilities,whichhaveturnedouttobeessentialskillsforherstartupbusinesstoday．24．WhatdoesHuangvaluemostaboutherproducts?A．Designconcept． B．Marketshare．C．Qualitystandard． D．Businessoperation．25．WhatfurthermotivatedHuangQinqintobeashoedesigner?A．Passionforfashionanddesign．B．LackofChinesebrandsinthefield．C．Desiretochallengeconventionalnorms．D．Loveforinternationalluxuryshoebrands．26．WhatcanbestdescribeHuang?A．Creativeandflexible． B．Ambitiousandeasy-going．C．Talentedandaccessible． D．Responsibleandhumorous．27．WhatmightHuangagreewith?A．Wellbegunishalfdone．B．Thinktwicebeforeyouleap．C．Everystepcountsinyourlife．D．Itmattersmuchwhenyousucceed．CTheopeningofCalifornia’scommercialcrabseason,whichnormallystartsinNovember,isdelayedonceagaintoprotectwhalessearchingfortheirprey（猎物）alongthecoast．CaliforniahasbeenaffectedbyamarineheatwavesinceMay．TheBlob,asthismassofwarmwaterhasbecomeknown,issqueezingcoolerwaterpreferredbywhalesandtheirpreyclosetoshore,wherefishermensettheirtraps.Thiscrowdingcanleadtotangle（缠结）betweenwhalesandfishingequipment,endangeringtheanimals’livesandrequiringrescuemissions．Inanewstudy,scientistssaytheycannowuseglobaltemperaturemodels,commonlyusedinclimatescience,topredictuptoayearinadvancewhenhotoceantemperaturesraisetheriskoftanglesbetweenwhalesandfishingequipment．Thetoolanalyzedinthenewstudy,calledtheHabitatCompressionIndex,worksbyfeedingsea-surfacetemperaturemeasurementsintoanequation（方程式）thatestimatesthelikelihoodofwhalehabitatshrinkingclosertoshore．Regulatorsandfishermenagreethatthenewforecastingresearchcouldhelpthemwalkthetightropebetweenprotectingwhalesandprotectinglocallivelihoods（生计）．MrOgg,acommercialfishingboatcaptain,describeshimselfasaconservationistwhodoesn’twanttoseewhalesharmed．“Fishermenhaveabigmotivationtoprotectthenaturalenvironment,”hesaid,“becausethat’swheretheymaketheirliving.”Previously,thechallengewasadaptingtochangingconditionsandfishingregulationsonshortnotice,especiallyforsmallerbusinessownersandtheircrews．“Oneofthebiggestproblemswehadwastheunpredictability,”MrOggsaid,“Wewerelivingfromweektoweekthen.”ThoughscientistshaveshowntheHabitatCompressionIndexcannowforecastmonthsinadvance,stateofficialswouldprobablywaittoseeconditionsinrealtimebeforemakingdecisionsaboutthecrabfishery,saidRyanBartling,anenvironmentalscientistattheCaliforniaDepartmentofFishandWildlife．28．Whatdothewhalescometoshoreforaccordingtothefirsttwoparagraphs?A．Safety． B．Shelter． C．Leisure． D．Food．29．Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“walkthetightrope”probablymean?A．Totakearisk． B．Tojoininanact．C．Tostrikeabalance． D．Towalkonarope．30．What’sthestateofficials’attitudetowardsthetoolinthestudy?A．Supportive． B．Indifferent． C．Cautious． D．Pessimistic．31．Whichofthefollowingisasuitabletitleforthetext?A．HowclimatedatagiveswhalesroomtoswimB．WhatcausesthedecreaseinwhalepopulationC．WhyglobaltemperaturemodelsareingreatneedD．WhethertoprotectwhalesorthelocallivelihoodsDSharonRosemanwasfiveyearsoldwhenherworldchangedforever．ShewasplayingBlindMan’sBluffwithfriendsoutsideherhouse．Whensheremovedherblindfold（眼罩）,shecouldn’trecognizewhereshewas．Fromthatmomenton,Rosemanhasbeenlosteverydayofherlife．Rosemanisnotaloneinherexperience．AsanadultlivinginDenver,Colorado,in2008,RosemanwasdiagnosedwitharareandnewlydiscoveredconditioncalledDevelopmentalTopographicalDisorientation（DTD）,whichisadisorderthatdramaticallyaffectspeople’sabilitiestonavigatetheirfamiliarenvironment．Dr.GiuseppeIariaoftheUniversityofCalgaryinCanadaiscreditedwithfirstidentifyingDTD．Heconfirmsthatoddasitsounds,peoplewithDTDhavenobraindamage．Hethinksgeneticfactorsarelikelytoberesponsibleforit．PaulDudchenko,fromtheUniversityofStirlingintheUnitedKingdom,haswhathecallsaplace-celltheory．Hesayswegetlostbecauseallourhippocampalcellsappeartobeconnectedtolandmarks．“Theyusethingsintheenvironmenttoorientate（确定方向）themselvesandcreateacognitivemap,”hesays．“Ifwedon’thavethingsintheoutsideworldtoupdatethecognitivemap,thenitislikelytoerror.”That’swhypeoplewhoarelostinasnowstorm,forinstance,tendtogoincircles．Theythinkthey’reheadingintherightdirection,butwithoutexternalreferencepointstheirbrainisunabletoformacognitivemap,sotheynaturallytendtogetlost．“ThereseemstobeasystematicerrorinthewaypeoplewithDTDplacelandmarksintheirmind,”Dudchenkosays．Howexactlythishappensisstillunderinvestigation,butDudchenkothinkstheanswerliesintherelationshipbetweenthevariousregionsofthebrainresponsibleforspatialcognition（空间认知）．Forhispart,GiuseppeIariaiscontinuingwithhisresearch．SomeofhisrecentworkhasfocusedontherolegenesplayinDTD．AswellashelpingsufferersofDTD,Iariabelieveshisresearchwillofferanexplanationforwhysomepeoplearebetteratfindingtheirwaythanothers．Whiletopresearchershavemoretolearn,theyareconfidenttheanswerswon’tstaylostinthecomplexityofthebrainforever．32．WhydoestheauthormentionRoseman’sexperience?A．Toinformusofasadstory． B．Togiveusbackgroundinformation．C．Tointroduceararedisease． D．Tosupporttheauthor’sargument．33．WhattroublewouldpeoplewithDTDhave?A．Navigatingnovelandunfamiliarenvironments．B．Rememberingthelayoutoftheirneighborhood．C．Understandingthedetailedinformationonamap．D．Recallingthenamesoffamiliarplacesandpeople．34．WhatdoesDudchenkosayaboutDTD?A．Itgivesrisetoseverebraindamage．B．Ithappenswhencognitivemapfails．C．Itconnectsone’sbrainandcognition．D．Itarisesfromasystematicgeneticerror．35．Whatcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraph?A．GenesplaythemostimportantroleinDTD．B．Theabilitytofindone’swaycanbeimproved．C．Iaria’sresearchhasalreadyhelpedsufferersofDTD．D．ThetruthaboutDTDwillbebroughttolightsomeday．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。Everyonefeelslazyfromtimetotime,butsometimesyougetstuckinananxiousmood．36We’reheretohelpyoubreakoutofyourpatternoflazinesssoyoucanstarttacklingthethingsthatareimportanttoyou．Withourhelp,you’llbeabletobeatprocrastination（拖延）andregainyourmotivation．37Youspendalldaywithyourself,soit’stimeyoustartedtreatingyourselflikeabestfriend．Youmaycatchnegativethoughtsfromtimetotime．Nexttime,replacethoughtslike,“I’msolazy,”with“Ineededthisrest.Now,Icantackleanewtask.”Practicemindfulness．38Somanyofusdon’ttaketimetostopandsmelltheroses．We’realwaysthinkingaboutthenextgreatthinginsteadoflivinginthiswonderfulmomentthatisrightnow．Reallyengageyourfivesensestolookatthescenearoundyou,listentomusic,smellalovelyscent．Justenjoybeingrootedtotheearth．Setyourselfupforsuccess．Behonestaboutwhatmotivatesyou,andwhatdistractsyou．Setupyourenvironmentandyourschedulesothatyoucaneasilysticktoyourgoals．Also,doyourbesttobalanceworkinghardandgettingproperrest．Setdeadlinesforyourself,butbeflexible．39Makeachecklisttocheckoffsmalltasks．Everybitofprogressthatyoumakeisworthyofacelebration．40Placeyourchecklistsomewhereyou’llseeit,likeonyourdeskorrefrigerator．Oncethosechecksstartaccumulating,youwon’twanttostop．You’llliterallyseewhatyou’vebeenworkingtowardsandwhatyou’recapableof．A．Practicemorepositiveself-talks．B．Rewardyourselfforachievements．C．Learntofocusonthepresentmoment．D．Everyoneencountersfailures,sodon’tgetdiscouraged．E．Keeptrackofallyou’reaccomplishingsoyoucanpatyourselfontheback．F．Sometimesyouhavetoadjustyourexpectationsbecauseyouunderestimatedatask．G．Whatyou’reexperiencingistotallynormal,andyoucanchangeyourhabitsforthebetter．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。IknockedlightlyonMrs.B’sdoor．“I’mBarbara,ahospice（临终安养院）volunteer.”Isaidnervously．Itwasmyfirstweekonthejob,andmybiggest41wasfiguringouthowtobeginwithapatient．“Please,sitdown,”Mrs.Bsaid,indicatingthechairbesideherbed．Wechatted42aboutthe43onherwindowsill—hertwodaughters,manygrandchildren,evengreat-grandchildren．Thenshegrew44．“WhatwereyouthinkingaboutwhenIwalkedin?”Iasked,sensingshemightbewaitingtoseeifIwould45hertothetruestplacewherethisconversationcouldgo．“IknowI’mnotgoingtobearoundmuch46．I’matpeacewiththat．Butmygrandsoncalledyesterday．He’s47thathecan’tmakeittoseemebeforeIpass.”“Haveyouthoughtaboutwritinghima（n）48?”Mrs.Bseemedto49alittle．“Icandictate（口述）ifyou’dwriteforme,”shesaid．Iwalkeddownthehalland50pensandpapermaterials．Mrs.B51hergrandson’sletteranddecidedtodictateothers—forherdaughters,theothergrandchildrenandgreat-grandchildren．Thenshe52herchurchcommunityandherbridgeclubtoo．SheaskedmetoputawaythelettersbeforeIleft．“IaskedGodtosendmea（n）53thismorning,”shesaid．“NowIknowitwasyou.”AttheverymomentIcametorealizethatweall54alovingspark．KissingMrs.Bonherforehead,Iknewsimplyshowingupmightbeaprecious55．41．A．pity B．concern C．shame D．strength42．A．calmly B．eagerly C．easily D．proudly43．A．photos B．albums C．posters D．stickers44．A．active B．careful C．polite D．silent45．A．accompany B．follow C．expose D．introduce46．A．faster B．earlier C．longer D．quicker47．A．sensitive B．awkward C．sad D．stressed48．A．article B．e-mail C．note D．letter49．A．brightenup B．clearup C．springup D．keepup50．A．submitted B．returned C．distributed D．fetched51．A．continued B．finished C．delivered D．received52．A．described B．assessed C．targeted D．added53．A．angel B．expert C．hero D．doctor54．A．perceive B．advocate C．defend D．carry55．A．skill B．gift C．clue D．sign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。Livestreamershelpspreadreachofe-commerce,intangibleheritageandculturaldiversionsindifferentwaysnowadays．Inthe56（absent）ofaprofessionalsettingandafilllight,amobilephoneandamobilephoneholderare57DuZhanpingcancountonforhislivestreamingefforts．Yetitwasthroughthisbasicset-upthatthe46-year-oldman58（manage）togetatraditionalfelt-making（毛毡制作）skill59（know）toviewersacrossthecountry．Felt-makingskillisontheregionalintangibleculturalheritagelist．60theimprovementofpeople’slivingstandardsovertime,however,felthasbeenusedlessandless．Startingfromscratch,Dulearnedbyhimselfhowtofilmandtheneditvideo,andisnow61proudownerofanaccountwith150,000followers．62（normal）,hereceivesthreetofiveordersduringasinglelivestreamingsession．“Inthepastfewmonths,mynumberoffeltorders63（double）thankstosocialmedia,withthosefromonlineplatforms64（account）forabout70percentofthetotal,”hesaid．Bybringingintangibleculturalheritagesintolivestreamingstudios,wecanintroducethemtomorepeoplewhilepreservingtraditionaltechniques,65expandtheirmarketstoboostboththeconfidenceandincomeofinheritors.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,上周五你校组织了“ExploringChineseHistor