上海市宝山区2023-2024学年高二下学期期末考试英语 Word版含解析

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2023 学年第二学期期末

高二年级英语学科教学质量监测试卷

（本试卷满分 140 分，考试时间 120 分钟）

Ⅰ．Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of

each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the

questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read

the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question

you have heard.

1．A．Blueberry. B．Apple pie. C．Chocolate cake. D．Strawberry.

2．A．The movie will not be shown. B．They want to see the movie.

C．All the tickets were sold out. D．The movie is highly rated.

3．A．To the school. B．To his home.

C．To the supermarket. D．To the place the woman stays.

4．A．Boring. B．Entertaining. C．Touching. D．Encouraging.

5．A．Teacher and student

B．Husband and wife. C．Boss and secretary. D．Mother and son.

6．A．In a restaurant. B．In a hotel. C．In a museum. D．In a theater.

7．A.7:30. B．7:45. C．7:15. D．7:00.

8．A．She didn’t catch the bus. B．She happened to meet a friend.

C．She was prevented from catching the bus

D．Her car broke down.

9．A．Rick is the man’s cousin. B．The man has graduated from a technical school.

C．It’s hard to land a suitable job. D．Rick got a decent job.

10．A．Drive on through the night. B．Check out of the hotel.

C．Cancel their motel reservation. D．Stop driving for the rest of the day.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you

will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and

the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a

question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best

answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11．A．By bus. B．By train. C．By car. D．By ship.

12．A．Because they saw the first kangaroo. B．Because they saw an Australian tailed eagle.

C．Because they’d never been here before. D．Because they saw a few wild horses.

13．A．Wild horses. B．Kangaroos. C．Large birds. D．Some spiders.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14．A．Internet use is increasing fast in rural and urban areas.

B．More and more rural residents have Internet access.

C．People have a limited choice of Internet providers.

D．City residents use their own Internet frequently.

15．A．Over 2million. B．Around 6 million. C.23 million. D.17 million.

16．A．More girls have their own websites than boys.

B．One in four kids have Internet access from home.

C．Most kids think that they get less time online at school than that at home.

D．Most kids think Internet connection at home is quicker than that at school

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17．A．His health is getting worse. B．He can no longer work at sea.

C．His past life upsets him a good deal. D．He hasn’t got any retirement pay.

18．A．She passed away years ago. B．She used to work as a model.

C．She has been working at a clinic. D．She has been seriously ill for years.

19．A．She has made lots of money as a doctor

B．She is going to take care of her old dad.

C．She has never got on with her father. D．She is kind and generous by nature.

20．A．He dines out with his wife every weekend. B．He is excellent but looks bad-tempered.

C．He does not care about his appearance. D．He is not quite popular with his patients.

Ⅱ．Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically

correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the

other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

First published on October 15, 1952, “Charlotte’s Web” is a popular children’s book written by well-known

American author E. B. White and ____1____（illustrate）by Garth Williams that deals with themes of the nature

of friendship, loss, fate, acceptance, and renewal. The story centers on a pig named Wilbur and the unlikely but

deep friendship ____2____ shares with an uncommonly talented spider named Charlotte.

While it’s normal in the course of events on a farm for pigs ____3____（kill）when they reach a certain size

and age, clever Charlotte works out a scheme to keep Wilbur from his fate by weaving words into her web to create

what amounts to a one-pig publicity campaign. By promoting Wilbur to celebrity status, Charlotte ultimately saves

him ____4____ his date with the butcher’s knife.

The ending of the “Charlotte’s Web” is bittersweet, however, ____5____ while Wilbur survives, Charlotte

does not. But even Charlotte’s passing is a lesson-for Wilbur and those reading his story-about the nature of death

and renewal.

Death and destiny are both themes that the book explores. While Charlotte is willing to help Wilbur avoid a

destiny that’s being imposed on him by outside forces beyond his control, she also understands that some fates are

inevitable: All living creatures are born, ____6____（have）a life cycle, and die. Charlotte accepts her role in this

natural circle without regret.

Charlotte helps Wilbur realize that immortality is not about living forever, but rather,

____7____（ensure）that new generations will follow. She also helps him understand that love and friendship are

not fixed in quantity. While we may lose a friend, new friendships can come along, not as replacements for

____8____ we’ve lost, but as blessings to build on what we’ve learned.

“Charlotte’s Web” got its inspiration from true experiences that author E. B. White had on his farm in Maine,

____9____ he penned the book and lived until his death in 1985 ．While the author claims that the book

_____10_____ never be considered a moral tale, certain messages related to moral principles, or rights and wrongs,

are obviously established in “Charlotte’s Web”.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that

there is one word more than you need.

A．apply B ．broadly C ．complicated D ．downside E ．hardly

F．neighbors

G．overburdened H．pills I．re-labeling J．turning K．worse

Britain appears to be in a mental-health crisis. In the past decade no European country has seen a greater

increase in the use of antidepressants(抗抑郁药); now only the Portuguese and Icelanders are popping more of the

____11____. Around 4.5m Britons were in contact with mental-health services in 2021-22, a rise of almost l m in

five years.

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