山西省阳泉市第一中学校2023-2024学年高二上学期11月期中考试英语试题+含答案

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阳泉一中 2023-2024 学年第一学期 高二 年级期中考试
试题
学科： 英语 考试时间： 120 分钟 分值： 150 分
注意事项：
1. 本试卷分第 I卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）。满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。
2. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。并在规定位置粘贴考试
条形码。回答第 I卷时，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如[■]。如需改
动，须用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。答在试卷上无效。
3. 回答第 II 卷时，须用 0.5 毫米黑色字迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上相对应的答题区
域内，答在试卷上无效。
4. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。
第 I 卷
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 60 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 3分，满分 45 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Chicago has all the offerings you would expect from a major city. If you plan to spend a
wonderful time here, just see the followings:
Museum of Science and Industry
5700 S. Lake Shore Drive
Price: $21 for adults; $12 for kids 3-17
Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry shows more than 35,000 artifacts and a variety
of hands-on exhibits. Displays here cater to all types of curious minds: feel the physics of a
tornado in “Science Storms” and see baby chicks at the Genetics, etc.
Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave
Price: $25 for adults; $19 for kids 3-17
Home to one of the country’s most impressive collections of impressionist art, the Art
Institute of Chicago features nearly 300,000 works from all over the world in its collection.
Highlights include paintings from famous artists like Van Gogh and Monet.
Skydeck Chicago at the Willis Tower
233 S. Wacker Drive
Price: $30 for adults; $22 for kids 3-17
On the 103rd floor of the 110-story Willis Tower, the third-tallest building in North
America, Skydeck Chicago is famous for breathtaking views of the city. Visit on a sunny day
and you may be able to see 4 states.
Navy Pier
600 E. Grand Ave
Price: Free
Navy Pier offers a family-friendly entertainment. Kids enjoy their rides on a drop tower
while grown-ups catch a show at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater or grab a drink at the Navy
Pier Beer Garden. Beautiful fireworks displays light up the skies on Wednesday and Saturday
nights.
1. Where can impressionist art fans go to appreciate works?
A 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive. B. 111 S. Michigan Ave.
C. 233 S. Wacker Drive. D. 600 E. Grand Ave.
2. How much will a couple with a child aged 6 pay if they enjoy a bird view of Chicago?
A. $60. B. $64. C. $69. D. $82.
3. What can people do at Navy Pier?
A. Enjoy a beer. B. Make fireworks.
C. Observe baby chicks. D. Discover secrets of tornadoes.
B
My grandparents actively practised simplicity. They both grew up in very large families
and lived
through the Great Depression. Saving for a rainy day and avoiding superfluous spending
was their life guide. Rather than seeking fulfillment through material items, they chose to spend
really simple life together, with family and in nature.
Over the years my grandparents noticed dramatic changes in their community. Every year
more farmland was destroyed to build larger and larger homes. As land prices rose, many of
their neighbors sold their homes. Lots of family members encouraged my grandparents to
expand their little old house. But they didn’t want a bigger place. My grandparents built and
lived in a small cottage for most of their lives. They loved their little house and were content
with what they had.
My grandparents avoided consumptive lifestyle by painting and repairing the house
themselves. They lived in a small home, but had a huge garden. They loved gardening and
planting because it reduced their grocery bill, improved their health, and gave them an excuse to
be outside. They also reused and recycled everything. For instance, they had driven the same car
for over 15 years and didn’t buy a new one until the old Chevrolet was worn out.
Through their example I learned an important lesson: It is possible to live a simple and
fulfilling life. My grandparents taught me that living a simple life isn’t about self-deprivation
(剥 夺 ) . Instead, it is about giving yourself the time, freedom, and money to pursue your
dreams. Becoming debt free, downsizing to a smaller home, are a few ways to take control of
your life and start pursuing your dreams.
4. What does the underlined word “superfluous” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. meaningful B. unnecessary C. increasing
D. troublesome
5. Why didn’t the author’s grandparents expand their house?
A. They didn’t notice the family members’ advice.
B. Their house were really new and large enough.
C. They were satisfied with the house they lived in.
D. They were too old to do any house-building job.
6. Which of the following is a consumptive lifestyle in the grandparents’ opinion?
A. Repairing the house themselves.
B. Planting vegetables in the garden.
C. Reusing and recycling things.
D. Changing cars in a short time.
7.What does the author think of his grandparents’ lifestyle?
A. unacceptable B. favorable C. unreasonable D.
impossible
C
As 17-year-old Torri’ell Norwood drove through Florida, last February, the laughter from
the four teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way to screams. As they approached an
crossing, another car crashed them, sending their car into the yard of a nearby home, coming to
a stop only when it knocked into a tree.
As smoke rose from the car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to blow up! Get out!”.
Shaken, Norwood climbed out through the window as the driver’s side door couldn’t be opened.
Along with two of her friends, who’d also managed to free themselves, she ran for her life. But
halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood
ran back and found Simmons unconscious in the back seat. She threw open the back door and
pulled her friend out. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ground and
started CPR (心肺复苏术) .
If the accident happened a few weeks earlier, she might not have known what to do. But
just several days before, Norwood, who wanted to pursue a career in medicine, had earned her
CPR certificate by learning on her own. Kneeling on the ground and looking down at her dying
friend, Norwood knew she had precious little time to practise what she’d learned.
She started pumping Simmons’s chest with her interlocked fingers and breathing into her
friend’s mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the kiss of life. After quite a while, Simmons
began coughing and taking quick deep breaths. The CPR had worked! Soon, the ambulance
arrived and rushed Simmons
to the hospital. And then she heard how her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn’t
shocked,” Simmons told others. “She will always help any way she can.”
8. What caused the car crash?
A. Another car hit Norwood’s car near the crossing.
B. Norwood drove the car too quickly that day.
C. Norwood’s car crashed into a tree in a yard.
D. The girls were too excited to notice another car.
9. What did Norwood do after hearing the bystander’s warning?
A. She climbed out through the window and ran without stopping.
B. She dragged her friends out and performed CPR at once.
C. She ran for her life but turned back to save her friend.
D. She opened the driver’s side door and pulled her friend out.
10. Why did Norwood know how to perform CPR?
A. She had learned CPR in school classes.
B. She has got a career in medicine.
C. The bystander told her how to do it.
D. She just earned her CPR certificate.
11. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Breath of Life. B. A Frightening Night.
C. Power of Knowledge. D. An Admirable Girl.
D
Nature has inspired researchers to develop a robotic gripper ( 抓取器) that behaves like an
elephant’s trunk (象鼻) to pick up and put down objects without breaking them. The University
of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney researchers said the technology could be widely applied
in industries where breakable objects are handled, such as agriculture, food and the scientific
exploration industries — even for human rescue operations.
Dr Thanh Nho Do, UNSW Medical Robotics Lab director, said the gripper could reach
consumers in the next 12 to 16 months if his team found an industry partner. “Our new soft
fabric gripper is thin, flat, lightweight and can grip various objects — even in narrow spaces —
for example, a pen inside a tube,” Dr Do said. “This gripper also has an improved real-time
force sensor which is 15 times more sensitive than traditional designs and detects the grip
strength required to prevent damage to objects it’s handling. The gripper body can change,
enabling it to hold objects of various shapes and weights.”
Dr Do said the researchers found inspiration in nature when designing their soft fabric
gripper. “Animals such as an elephant use the soft structures of their bodies to hold objects.
These animals can do this because of a combination of highly sensitive organs, the sense of
touch and the strength of thousands of muscles without bone — for example, an elephant's trunk
has up to 40,000 muscles. So, we wanted to copy these gripping abilities,” he said.
Dr Do said the researchers’ new soft gripper was an improvement on existing designs that
had disadvantages that limited their application. “Many soft grippers are based on human hand-
like structures with multiple inward-bending fingers, but this makes them unsuitable to grip
objects that are strangely shaped, heavy or big, or objects smaller or larger than the gripper’s
opening. Many existing soft grippers also lack the ability to provide sensory information and
flexibility, which means you can’t use them with breakable objects or in narrow spaces,” he
said. “Our technology can grip long objects and get them from narrow spaces, as well as get into
holes to pick up objects.”
12. What is Dr Thanh Nho Do’s team trying to do at the moment?
A. Perfect the gripper. B. Partner with agriculturalists.
C. Put the gripper on the market. D. Increase their new products’sales.
13. What is a characteristic of this robotic gripper?
A. It is quite hard. B. It can change to meet needs.
C. It comes in different shapes. D. It is able to send real-time
warnings.
14. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. How the researchers carried out the study.
B. What the researchers want to achieve.
C. Where the researchers got the idea.
D. Why the researchers love nature.
15. What is the problem with the existing grippers?
A. They are very weak. B. They are big and heavy.
C. They have limited applications. D. They work differently
from human hands.
第二节（共 5小题；每小题 3分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，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。
How to Efficiently Prepare for a Test
Exam taking is a demanding process. Preparing for it is even more challenging. Sometimes
you have that eagerness to stay focused on the books and try to input everything into your
brain. ____16____ Here are some tips in better preparing for a test.
____17____ Reviewing is useless if your heart is not into it. Focus and maintain that drive
to prepare for the exam. Also, take note of your reasons for scoring highly in the exam. Give
yourself multiple positive objectives. It is like setting the mood for it.
After motivating yourself, check how reliable your memory is. It can be useful if you have
lots of concepts to remember. Every day make it a point to memorize at least ten
terms. ____18____
If you have the materials, try to summarize them by listing down important points. Gather
lessons, notes, and books about the subject you are to take an exam for. ____19____ It does not
only test your skill in memory recall, but also how well you have been studying.
When you study, choose the perfect time and place for you where there are no
distractions. Likewise, you must determine your learning style. You might find it more
comfortable studying in the library than at your own home.
Remember that reviewing allows you to recount the lessons and process them more
systematically. When you know you have studied well, then you wouldn’t really have to worry
about taking the test. ____20____
A. Add more terms as the days succeed.
B. Take memory-enhancing games and puzzles.
C. One of the most important things is to motivate yourself.
D. So give yourself enough time in studying, and beat the nervousness.
E. Reread your notes and try to recall how they were discussed by your professor.
F. But other times you just don’t know what to do with the loads of lessons to study about.
G. You wouldn’t expect yourself to be mentally and physically prepared for the test as well.
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2分，满分 30 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.
Asia has long tradition of tea-drinking. And China is no _____21_____.
However, lately more and more Chinese people are turning to a different drink. Coffee has
become a/an ____22____ popular choice of Chinese people living abroad and in the country’s
_____23_____ cities. In big cities such as Beijing, coffee shops seem to be on nearly every
major street corner. These ___24____ are not just selling drinks from Starbucks, the world-
famous coffee company. Coffee businesses from South Korea and Britain are also ____25____
in China.
Many young Chinese people drink coffee ____26____ —especially when meeting with
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