上海市长征中学2023-2024学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷
上海
高二
期中
2024-05-07
63次
整体难度：
适中
考查范围：
主题、语篇范围、单词辨析、短语辨析、语法
一、语法填空 添加题型下试题
The Art of Blooming Late
Mozart struggled during his teens and early twenties. Though already a productive composer, he had to work as an organist (风琴手)to make ends meet.
Underpaid by his frustratingly average work, he felt a
If you aspire to do more personally fulfilling work — say,
In Aristotle’s Way, the classicist Edith Hall describes the ancient philosopher’s belief
What, then, is holding you back? Rich Karlgaard, author of Late Bloomers, argues that our culture’s obsession with early achievement discourages us from pursuing our passions.
As a result, most of us end up choosing professional excellence over personal fulfillment and often we lose ourselves in the process.
The authors of Dark Horse, Todd Rose and Ogi Ogas of Harvard’s School of Education, noticed the negative effects of early specialization in a study of people who came out of nowhere to achieve great success. “Despite feeling
To prompt this kind of revolution in your own life, Rose and Ogas suggest creating a goal tailored to extremely specific activities
【知识点】 哲理感悟
二、选词填空 添加题型下试题
| A. moderation B. subjects C. snacked D. stimulant E. conflicting F. intense G. prompt H. depending I. commercial J. focused K. presented |
Does Watching TV Make You Hungrier?
Sitting down in front of the television with a meal or snack after a long day is a very popular recreational pastime. And thanks to streaming services that play every episode of a television series automatically, some viewers aren’t even burning the few calories it might take to reach for the remote.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, television isn’t so much an appetite
In 2015, a study published in The International Journal of Communication and Health surveyed 591 undergraduates at the University of Houston. It showed that the more students watched, the more they
One reason could be that excessive television viewing of news, entertainment, and advertising sends
Combining television and snacking also creates a cognitive association in your brain that may
That’s not to say the content of a program isn’t influential. In 2013, a study in the journal Appetite looked at a group of eighty
So is snacking while watching television that bad? Like most things, it’s reasonable in
三、完形填空 添加题型下试题
Studies have shown that when people’s mental health improves, they’re more likely to
Reflect on whether you’d like to continue with the same online habits in 2024, says Nedra Glover Tawwab, a therapist. “Do you want to set some
“Make new friends, but keep the old” is an adage (格言) for a reason. Loneliness affects physical and mental health while
The “core four” help guard against life’s stressors. First, do something
If you’re
| A．compete | B．quit | C．recall | D．thrive |
| A．in memory of | B．in the name of | C．with the aid of | D．with the exception of |
| A．boundaries | B．standards | C．records | D．examples |
| A．uncover | B．unlock | C．unfollow | D．unlike |
| A．time-consuming | B．time-saving | C．time-honored | D．time-starved |
| A．deep | B．new | C．private | D．safe |
| A．dear | B．indifferent | C．rare | D．strange |
| A．Decorate | B．End | C．Lengthen | D．Start |
| A．moral | B．literature | C．real | D．empathetic |
| A．comfortable | B．efficient | C．pleasurable | D．unusual |
| A．decreases | B．enhances | C．extends | D．supplies |
| A．energetic | B．healthy | C．responsible | D．social |
| A．ambitious | B．cautious | C．confident | D．distressed |
| A．conceal | B．ease | C．measure | D．track |
| A．emphasizing | B．defeating | C．underestimating | D．approaching |
四、阅读理解 添加题型下试题
Australia looks browner and flatter than I remembered; it’s dry grass here and there dotted with tough bushes and unremarkable buildings. The lighting is violently intense.
My friend keeps talking in the driver’s seat and I respond with ‘Ah-huh’ and ‘Oh really?’ to appear interested in her string of gossip about people whose faces I have long forgotten, whose stories I’ve stopped caring about.
‘Are you okay?’ my friend asks, taking her eyes off the road to study my expression with her all-knowing eyes.
‘Just tired,’ I say. She accepts my lie with an unconvinced shrug. I keep searching in my mind’s eyes, hoping to bring back into focus images from the remote towns of Asia: steam coming off boiling pots, baskets filled with strange fruits, giant pigs alongside little kids.
I laugh at the thought.
‘Something funny?’ my friend asks.
‘Oh, just a memory,’ I say. ‘The little kids in northern Thailand were so friendly. When we’d pass them in the street, they’d greet us at the top of their lungs in their native language.’
‘Cool,’ she says, and then-’Hey, guess what? I had my bathroom remade!’ ‘Wow,’ I say. And then she details her bathroom project, and I ‘Ah-huh’ and ‘Oh really?’. Home improvements, kids, full-time jobs: these are the standard conversation topics of thirty-something women. In the years since I left, my friends have matured into responsible adults, but I’m stuck in another place entirely, more comfortable in a local bus traveling along the edge of a Himalayan mountain. If they are all grownups now, what does that make me?
People say that travel changes you, but I never anticipated it would be like this. I close my eyes and return to the excitement of being sped at 565 miles per hour to somewhere foreign and wild. But I must stay this time. My dad has been diagnosed with a serious illness and so here I am, back in reality, back to my roots.
36. How does the author feel on her arrival in Australia?| A．Interested. | B．Conflicted. | C．Exhausted. | D．Excited. |
| A．They have different interests and lives as grownups. |
| B．They share fond memories of growing up together. |
| C．They care about and provide updates for each other. |
| D．They enjoy telling personal stories to exchange ideas. |
| A．they make me think of growing up as they do |
| B．we are all adults who will eventually settle down |
| C．a comfortable home is what we all need as adults |
| D．diverse experiences shape individuals’ life paths |
| A．Feeling Lost When Back in Australia |
| B．The Excitement of Traveling to Australia |
| C．Australia: A Place like Asia in My Heart |
| D．Out of Asia, Out of Mind |
NEW STORY CONTEST
Ah, the New Year — a time for visiting friends and family as we ring out the old, ring in the new and imagine all the new adventures that await us in the year ahead.
Who knows what you’ll find when you open the door to your dryer or gaze up at the night sky? Will you write about a visit from a mythical creature, or maybe a lost animal? Will the visitor cause a problem — or solve one?
Whoever your visitor is, every buggy in Cricket (an American children’s magazine) Country will be gathered around the mailbox, awaiting the visit of your best story — just 350 words or less, please — featuring a surprising or unexpected visitor. Happy New Year!
Contest Rules
Your contest entry must be original. Ideas and words should not be copied.
Your entry must be signed by your parent or guardian, saying it is original, that no help was given, and granting Cricket permission to publish prize-winning entries in the May 2024 issue or on our website.
Be sure to include your name, age and full address on your entry.
Only one entry per person, please.
If you want your work returned, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for each entry.
Incomplete entries cannot be considered. Your entry will be incomplete if you forget to include your age or the signature of your parent or guardian that confirms that your work is original.
Your entry must be received by April 25, 2024.
Send entries to Cricket League, P. O. Box 300, Peru, IL 61354. (No faxes or email submissions, please!)
40. The theme of the new story contest is “_________”.| A．new adventures | B．New Year’s resolution |
| C．unexpected visitors | D．surprising inventions |
| A．be sent by means of email | B．arrive after January 25,2018 |
| C．be the contestant’s own work | D．contain no less than 350 words |
| A．the prize-winning entry can be publicized on the media |
| B．all the required information has been included |
| C．the content of the story is based on a real event |
| D．editors can make revision to the participant’s entry |
Everybody loves a fat pay rise. Yet pleasure at your own can vanish if you learn that a colleague has been given a bigger one. Indeed, if he has a reputation for slacking, you might even be angry. Such behaviour is regarded as “all too human”, with the underlying assumption that other animals would not be capable of this finely developed sense of grievance. But a study by Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, which has just been published in Nature, suggests that it is all too monkey, as well.
The researchers studied the behaviour of female brown capuchin monkeys. They look cute. They are good-natured, co-cooperative creatures, and they share their food readily. Above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than males.
Such characteristics make them perfect candidates for Dr. Brosnan’s and Dr. de Waal’s study. The researchers spent two years teaching their monkeys to exchange tokens for food. Normally, the monkeys were happy enough to exchange pieces of rock for slices of cucumber. However, when two monkeys were placed in separate but adjoining chambers, so that each could observe what the other was getting in return for its rock, their behaviour became markedly different.
In the world of capuchins, grapes are luxury goods (and much preferable to cucumbers). So when one monkey was handed a grape in exchange for her token, the second was reluctant to hand hers over for a mere piece of cucumber. And if one received a grape without having to provide her token in exchange at all, the other either tossed her own token at the researcher or out of the chamber, or refused to accept the slice of cucumber. Indeed, the mere presence of a grape in the other chamber (without an actual monkey to eat it) was enough to induce resentment in a female capuchin.
The researchers suggest that capuchin monkeys, like humans, are guided by social emotions. In the wild, they are a co-operative, group-living species. Such co-operation is likely to be stable only when each animal feels it is not being cheated. Feelings of righteous indignation(义愤填膺), it seems, are not the preserve of people alone. Refusing a lesser reward completely makes these feelings abundantly clear to other members of the group. However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.
43. In the opening paragraph, the author introduces his topic by ________.| A．posing a question |
| B．justifying an assumption |
| C．making a comparison |
| D．explaining a phenomenon |
| A．monkeys are also angered by slack rivals |
| B．hating unfairness is also monkeys’ nature |
| C．monkeys, like humans, tend to be jealous of each other |
| D．no animals other than monkeys can develop such emotions |
| A．more inclined to weigh what they get |
| B．attentive to researchers’ instructions |
| C．nice in both appearance and temperament |
| D．more generous than their male companions |
| A．Monkeys can be trained to develop social emotions. |
| B．Human anger evolved from an uncertain source. |
| C．Animals usually show their feelings openly as human do. |
| D．Cooperation among monkeys remains stable only in the wild. |
A Victory for Women in Economics
Economic history has long been documented through a male perspective, putting emphasis on the contributions of men and their viewpoints. For proof, just look to the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Not only are women insufficiently represented as economists, economics as a field has historically ignored the role women play in the economy.
Goldin has challenged the traditional male-centered world and turned the attention to women’s economic roles and challenges. Her Nobel recognition isn’t merely an honor for her individual achievements. It shows the world how inclusive, diverse and interconnected the field truly is.
| A．Economics isn’t just the boring science — it’s a human science. |
| B．Goldin’s research advocates the establishment of support systems for families to address the gender pay gap. |
| C．Part of the problem is that economics is often identified with finance, banking and the stock market. |
| D．It wasn’t a victory just for her but for women in the field. |
| E．It’s been awarded to 90 men since 1969 — and just three women. |
| F．Traditional models often oversimplified households’ decision-making processes and did not account for women’s contributions. |
【知识点】 科学家
五、书面表达 添加题型下试题
e-learning: Hazy past—better future?
How much of an effect does technology have on students’ learning? A significant one, it seems, according to experts. Currently available technologies, the most important of which are computers and the Internet, apparently provide a learning environment in which problem-solving and intellectual enquiry can flourish. The process of learning in the classroom may become significantly more effective as students can deal with information on the computer. Or so the theory goes. My own viewpoint is rather different, I’m afraid.
Computers have been around for two decades as part of school equipment. There are, of course, obstacles like costs to overcome, but it’s just a matter of time and effort. This is because schools have done what every organisation does when it sees an innovation—it applies the innovation to its existing model, which adds cost but doesn’t transform the standard classroom. We have, during that period, spent over $60 billion on them, but in my view they seem to have had little or no effect on learning in schools. Content is king and the mode of delivery is irrelevant. If a teacher makes the subject matter interesting, it does not matter what, if any, equipment is used.
However, change is on the horizon. I think student-centred learning will become the norm and transform education. Computers will pave the way for far more independent learning. Students who currently don’t have access to schools or teachers are now able to get online. They can study from home thanks to the fact that more learning programmes are being written for learners who are forced by their circumstances to be self-sufficient. This would prove especially beneficial in those areas of the world where quality education is limited or extremely expensive. Therefore, in a few years’ time we could have a completely different conversation about technology and its impact on learning.
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六、翻译 添加题型下试题
七、书面表达 添加题型下试题
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以上海博物馆馆藏藏品为主题的日历，印有中华古代水墨画、书法、历史文物的展品细节信息。 | 以中外名画为主题，色彩艳丽，可作为贺卡、明信片、书签使用。 | 以“帆船”为主题元素、以海上丝绸之路航线为底，以浅蓝色呼应瓷器配色，100%桑蚕丝材料。 |
售价：79元 | 售价：10元/ 张 | 售价：330元 |
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知识点分析
细目表分析 导出
| 题号 | 难度系数 | 详细知识点 | 备注 |
| 一、语法填空 | |||
| 1-10 | 0.4 | 哲理感悟 | 短文语填 |
| 二、选词填空 | |||
| 11-20 | 0.65 | 健康饮食 科普知识 | 短文选词填空 |
| 三、完形填空 | |||
| 21-35 | 0.65 | 方法/策略 个人保健 说明文 | |
| 四、阅读理解 | |||
| 36-39 | 0.65 | 记叙文 生活故事 | 阅读单选 |
| 40-42 | 0.85 | 广告/布告 竞技/比赛 应用文 | 阅读单选 |
| 43-46 | 0.65 | 动物 科普知识 说明文 | 阅读单选 |
| 47-50 | 0.65 | 科学家 | 六选四 |
| 五、书面表达 | |||
| 51 | 0.65 | 学习 科学技术 | 概要写作 |
| 56 | 0.65 | 旅游观光 中国文化与节日 | 开放性作文 |
| 六、翻译 | |||
| 52 | 0.65 | amazing finish speed first aid 介词与其它词类的搭配 一般过去时 固定句型 | 整句汉译英 |
| 53 | 0.65 | ban government immediately organization reduce call on 不定式作目的状语 介词与其它词类的搭配 现在完成时 | 整句汉译英 |
| 54 | 0.65 | reduce 动名词作主语 现在分词作状语 | 整句汉译英 |
| 55 | 0.65 | each-other orphanage grow up in the future 一般现在时 一般过去时 | 整句汉译英 |
