2023-2024學(xué)年廣東省清遠(yuǎn)市名校高二（上）期中英語試卷

第一節(jié)

• 1． Why does the man need a map？
  A.To tour Manchester.
  B.To find a restaurant.
  C.To learn about China.
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• 2． What does the woman want to do for vacation？
  A.Go to the beach.
  B.Travel to Colorado.
  C.Learn to snowboard.
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• 3． What will the man probably do？
  A.Take the job.
  B.Refuse the offer.
  C.Change the working hours.
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• 4． What does the woman say about John？
  A.He won't wait for her.
  B.He won't come home today.
  C.He won't be on time for dinner.
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• 5． What will the speakers probably do next？
  A.Order some boxes.
  B.Go home and rest.
  C.Continue working.
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第二節(jié) （共3小題；每小題3分，滿分10分）

• 6．（1）What does the man suggest the woman do？
  A.Save up for the car.
  B.Go to another car dealer.
  C.Ask someone to check the car.
  （2）What is the salesman going to do？
  A.Give a discount.
  B.Stick to a high price.
  C.Ask for cash payment.
  （3）How will the man help the woman？
  A.Lend money to her.
  B.Drive her car home.
  C.Take care of her car.
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• 7．（1）What does the woman think of the living expenses in the city？
  A.Fairly low.
  B.Just Okay.
  C.Very high.
  （2）What does the woman spend most on？
  A.Meals.
  B.Trains.
  C.Clothes.
  （3）What does the woman do in her free time？
  A.See films.
  B.Travel around.
  C.Go for a drink.
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• 8．（1）What did the speaker decide to do after lunch that day？
  A.Stay to help her friend.
  B.Walk alone to her car.
  C.Wait for the train to stop.
  （2）What can we learn about the speaker then？
  A.She worked at a hotel.
  B.She had bought a new car.
  C.She was having a baby soon.
  （3）Where did the speaker meet the taxi passenger？
  A.At a crossroads.
  B.In front of a hotel.
  C.Besides a car park.
  （4）What does the speaker mainly talk about？
  A.An exciting lunch party.
  B.A well-known short story.
  C.An unforgettable experience.
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閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分47.5分）

• 9．Donna Strickland was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou.It's the first time in 55 years that a woman has won this famous prize，but why has it taken so long？We look at five other pioneering female physicists-past and present-who actually deserve the prize.
     Jocelyn Bell Burnell
     Perhaps the most famous snub（冷落）：then-student Bell discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967，when she was a PhD student at Cambridge.The Nobel Prize that recognised this landmark discovery in 1974，however，went to her male supervisor，Antony Hewish.Recently awarded a ￡2.3 million Breakthrough Prize，which she gave away to help under-represented students，she joked to The Guardian， "I feel I've done very well out of not getting a Nobel Prize."
     Lene Hau
     Hau is best-known for leading the research team at Harvard University in 1999 that managed to slow a beam of light，before managing to stop it completely in 2001.Often topping Nobel Prize prediction lists，could 2019 be Hau's year？
     Vera Rubin
     Rubin discovered dark matter in the 1980s，opening up a new field of astronomy.She died in 2016，without recognition from the committee.
     Chien-Shiung Wu
     Wu's "Wu experiment" helped disprove the "law of conservation of parity".Her experimental work was helpful but never honoured，and instead，her male colleagues won the 1957 Nobel Prize for their theoretical work behind the study.
     Lise Meitner
     Meitner led groundbreaking work on the discovery of nuclear fission.However，the discovery was acknowledged by the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry，which was won by her male co-lead，Otto Hahn.
  
  （1）When was the discovery of radio pulsars recognised by the Nobel？

  
  A．In 1944.
  B．In 1967.
  C．In 1974.
  D．In 1980.
  （2）Which woman is most likely to win a Nobel Prize later according to the text？

  
  A．Donna Strickland.
  B．Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
  C．Lene Hau.
  D．Vera Rubin.
  （3）What do we know about the five females？

  
  A．The five female scientists did greatly in chemistry.
  B．Vera Rubin had opened up a new field in geometry.
  C．Lise Meitner's teacher won a Nobel Prize for her work.
  D．The five female scientists haven't been awarded Nobel Prize.
  組卷：6引用：4難度：0.6

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• 10．    There is a famous story about how Walt Disney was inspired to build Disneyland.The story goes that during an afternoon visit to Griffith Park located near the Burbank Studios，Walt took a seat while his two young daughters rode the merry-go-round（旋轉(zhuǎn)木馬）.Walt thought there should be a place where both children and their parents could enjoy spending some time together in an environment that would be both entertaining and pleasing to the eye，so with this thought came the idea for Disneyland.
      Walt's original plan was to build an eight-acre park located near the Burbank Studios that would be a place for his employees and their families.Those plans were put on hold because of the start of World War Ⅱ.By 1952，Walt had created a special department that was devoted to planning his dream.
      Finally in 1953，the first steps in building the park happened when Walt employed the Stanford Research Institute to make a survey to determine the best possible location of the future park.Considering population growth and the future freeway construction，they finally found a location in Anaheim and 160 acres of land was bought for the site of the new park.
      The building of the park was very expensive and to collect money for the project，Walt developed the idea of the"Walt Disney's Disneyland"television show.It turned out to be a wonderful idea—not only gaining the money to build the park but also presenting the park to the American public.
      Construction officially began on July 21，1954，and it was an ambitious（有雄心的）building schedule of less than one year to complete the new park for the projected opening day.Walt watched over the park's construction and progress continued with just a few minor hold-ups.Finally，the park was ready for the opening day on July 17，1955.
  
  （1）What inspired Walt Disney to build Disneyland？

  
  A.The special design of Griffith Park.
  B.A trip to a park with his daughters.
  C.Requests from his family and employees.
  D.The idea to build a park for his daughters.
  （2）What was mainly considered in choosing the location of Disneyland？

  
  A.Population and traffic.
  B.The advice of the public.
  C.The natural environment.
  D.Walt Disney's personal preference.
  （3）What can we learn about the construction process？

  
  A.It was smooth generally.
  B.It was affected by World War Ⅱ.
  C.It was completed later than expected.
  D.It was influenced by a shortage of money.
  （4）Where is the text most likely from？

  
  A.A diary.
  B.A novel.
  C.A magazine.
  D.A guidebook.
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• 11．    A simple gesture can be formed into a child's memory so quickly that it will cause the child to give a false answer to a question along with that gesture.A new finding suggests that parents，social workers，psychologists and lawyers should be careful with their hands as well as their words.
      While memories of both adults and children are easy to react to suggestion，those of children are known to be particularly influenced，said lead researcher Sara Broaders of Northwestern University.Kids are used to looking to adults to tell events for them and can be misled even if not intentionally.
      Previous research，for example，has shown that detail-loaded questions often cause false answers；when asked，say"Did you drink juice at the picnic？"the child is likely to say"yes"even if no juice had been available.It is not that the child is consciously lying，but rather the detail is quickly formed into his or her memory.
      To avoid this problem，social workers have long been advised to ask children only open-ended questions，such as"What did you have at the picnic？"But an open-ended question paired with a gesture，briefly meaning a juice box，is treated like a detailed question.That is，children become likely to answer falsely.
      And it isn't just a few kids：77% of children gave at least one piece of false information when a detail was suggested by an ordinary gesture.Gestures may also become more popular when talking with non-fluent language users，such as little kids，Broaders said as hand movements can impart meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases. "It certainly seems reasonable that adults would gesture more with children."
      In general，Broaders advises parents and other adults to"try to be aware of your hands when questioning a child about an event.Otherwise，you might be getting answers that don't reflect what actually happened."
  
  （1）What can we know about gestures from the text？

  
  A.They are rarely used by people.
  B.They have not any function at all.
  C.They have certain effect on children.
  D.They are often used by social workers.
  （2）Why are kids easy to be misled by gestures according to Sara Broaders？

  
  A.Children are easy to tell lies.
  B.These gestures are very attractive.
  C.These gestures are used frequently.
  D.Children's memories are affected easily.
  （3）Which may cause a wrong reply according to the text？

  
  A.Where are you going Lucy？
  B.What will you have for lunch？
  C.Did you see anything else last night？
  D.Did you cheat in the last English examination？
  （4）What does the underlined word"impart"in paragraph 5 mean？

  
  A.Tell apart.
  B.Pass on.
  C.Mix up.
  D.Break up.
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• 12．Cars could soon be communicating with each other using 5 G to make drivers aware of upcoming hazards（危險），scientists say.The extremely fast mobile internet would allow for rapid information transmission and could make drivers aware of black ice，pot holes or other dangers up ahead.
     Several car manufacturers（制造商） are already using 5 G in their vehicles，including as a tool to help serve in the generation of self-driving vehicles.
     Experts at Glasgow Caledonian University（GCU） believe the high-speed connection will also improve the reliability and capability of automated vehicles to the point where they will be safer than the manual cars being driven today.They predict the number of road traffic accidents，which according to the World Health Organization account for more than 1.3 million deaths and up to 50 million people injured worldwide every year，will drop really as a result.
     Dr Dimitrios Liarokapis，a member of the research group，said， "To have a better idea of what the future will look like，think of having such cars that not only use sensors to scan what s around them，they can also talk to each other and exchange safety-related information about their surroundings over an area that covers several square miles.With the help of 5 G，a vehicle-generated early warning system that reminds drivers is possible within the next few years.Cars that are close enough to the danger area will transmit warning messages to other cars around them using short-range communication technologies，but also to cars further away using -5 G，fast and reliably.
     A few manufacturers are already working on connected cars.Of them，F(xiàn)ord told its intention to fit 80 percent of its future vehicles with technology that warns drivers about upcoming road accidents，bad weather and traffic jams.
  
  （1）What is the benefit of 5 G mentioned in the text？

  
  A．It can improve the safety of automated vehicles.
  B．It can help drivers communicate with each other.
  C．It can effectively wipe out road traffic accidents.
  D．It can help make more profits for the manufacturers.
  （2）What can we know about the vehicle generated early warning system？

  
  A．It can get information several miles ahead.
  B．It has been proved extremely helpful for driving.
  C．It is under research and development at present.
  D．It will send messages to drivers a few days earlier.
  （3）What will be probably continued with the text？

  
  A．Some safety rules when using 5 G.
  B．Some car manufacturers.
  C．The sales information of cars with 5 G.
  D．The advantages when using 5 G.
  （4）Which of the following is a suitable title for the text？

  
  A．5 G Leaves Drivers Free When They Are Driving
  B．5 G Is to Bring Great Convenience to Our Daily Life
  C．5 G Has Been Popular with Drivers Around the World
  D．5 G Is on the Way to Making"Dialogue"Between Cars
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• 13．How to be Creative？Most of us think that creativity is a quality belonging only to artists，writers，or dancers，rather than ourselves. （1）

  .The following tips are a great beginning for developing our creativity.
     Get out of your comfort zone We eagerly accept the familiar and fear the unknown.Break out of your usual patterns（模式）and welcome creativity into your life.As stated earlier，the human brain was designed to recognize patterns. （2）

  .In fact，our comfort zone is nothing more than a collection of patterns.As we become more efficient at recognizing and using patterns，we rely less on creativity to find new paths.We should force ourselves out of our comfort zone and open up new possibilities.
     Try different things
     We are used to habits and routines，and creativity hates routines.If you usually drive to work，take the subway for a few days. （3）

  .Interrupt your routine，experiment and try something new.New things are often creative，but the same old thing never is.
     （4）

  
     Having a great idea is not enough；you must work to make it a reality.Have you ever seen a new product and realized that you thought of the same thing long ago？Yet someone else is making money with "your" idea. （5）

  .The difference between a dreamer and a doer is action.Do whatever it takes to bring your ideas to life.If you can put them into practice，you are wellon your way to improving your creativity in all areas of your life.
  
  A.Take action
  B.Seek several choices
  C.Think from the other person's point of view
  D.If you usually eat in the office，have lunch under a tree
  E.So we can create patterns for almost everything we do
  F.The truth is that we are all born with the ability to be creative
  G.We all have great ideas sometimes，but only a few people turn their ideas into realities
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• 40．她再次考試沒有及格，但是她的妹妹，相比之下，考得非常好。
  She failed the exam again，but her sister，

  ，did it very well.
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寫作

• 41．近年來，有機(jī)農(nóng)業(yè)已成為一個熱點話題，為此你班同學(xué)在上周的英語課上展開了一場關(guān)于有機(jī)農(nóng)業(yè)的討論。請你根據(jù)下表提示寫一篇文章向你校英文報投稿。
  

  80%贊同	降低環(huán)境污染的程度 降低農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)成本
  20%反對	目前有機(jī)食物不能滿足市場需求
  你的觀點	?

  注意：
  （1）詞數(shù)100左右；
  （2）可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
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