山西省吕梁市2023-2024学年高二上学期期中英语试题(原卷版)

2023~2024学年高二上学期11月月考
英语
考生注意：
1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。

满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

2.答题前，考生务必用直径毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。

3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。

选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;非选择题请用直径毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。

第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题分，满分分)
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. What does the woman say about herself?
A. She is confident.
B. She likes talking.
C. She is shy and quiet.
2. What do we know about the man?
A. He wears glasses.
B. He dislikes his jacket.
C. He doesn’t look good.
3. What does the woman think of the cell phone?
A. It’s out of style.
B. It’s expensive.
C. Its color is ugly.
4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student.
B. Father and daughter.
C. Classmates.
5. What will the man do tomorrow night?
A. Attend a party.
B. Help James do a report.
C. See an interesting film.
第二节(共15小题;每小题分，满分分)
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. What does the man want to do?
A Go shopping. B. Drive a bus. C. Mail a letter.
7. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. On the street.
B. In the bank.
C. In the shopping center.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Why does the man talk to the woman?
A. To express thanks.
B. To get some information.
C. To exchange a new skateboard.
9. What size skateboard is the man likely to choose?
A. 16cm.
B. 18cm.
C. 20cm.
10. Who is the man going to the store with?
A. His friends.
B. His brother.
C. His father.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. When will the music festival start?
A. This Friday.
B. This Saturday.
C. This Sunday.
12. Why is the wait not bad for the woman?
A. The line is short.
B. She brings something to sit on.
C. The food the band provides is tasty.
13. What does the man agree to do in the end?
A. Turn down the music.
B. Learn about bands.
C. Join the woman.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What is the man going to do in the evening?
A. Eat out.
B. Visit the woman.
C. Finish his homework.
15. When does the woman expect the project to be finished?
A. By 4:00 pm.
B. By 5:00 pm.
C. By 6:00 pm.
16. How will the man go to the woman’s home?
A. By bus.
B. On foot.
C. By bike.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the speaker doing?
A. Teaching a class.
B. Introducing Newtown.
C. Chairing a meeting.
18. Where is Shopsmart?
A. On the edge of town.
B. Near the college.
C. In Bridge Street.
19. How many bookshops are there in Bridge Street?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
20. What can the listeners buy in Mass?
A. Souvenirs.
B. Files and pens.
C. Fruit and vegetables.
第二部分阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题分，满分分)
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。

A
Sequoia National Park
Located about 80 miles east of Fresno, California, in the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range, Sequoia National Park was established in 1890 as a measure to protect the giant trees from being cut down, making it America’s second national park.
Highlights of the park are, of course, the trees. Perhaps the most famous is the General Sherman Tree, which has rightfully earned the title of the world’s largest tree (it stands 275 feet tall and its base measures more than 36 feet in diameter).
·Best Months to Visit
The best time to visit Sequoia National Park is June through August, when the weather is fine. The park is open 24/7, yearround, but there are certain challenges during winter and spring seasons. Beginning in September, the park reduces its ranger(护林员)led programming and certain facilities cut their hours.
·What You Need to Know
Don’t rely on technology
Cell service in many areas of the park is spotty, meaning your GPS or smartphone may not work. Plan to pick up paper maps at the park’s visitor centers.
Check the weather
Some areas in the park might be closed or you might need snow tires or chains to get through, even in the spring and fall. Check the park’s website for the most uptodate information.
Gas up
No gasoline is sold within the park, so make sure you have a full tank before you start your journey.
Pay to play
A vehicle pass to the park costs $35; an individual pass, for an adult on a bike or on foot, costs $20.
1. What is Sequoia National Park best known for?
A. Its service.
B. Its trees.
C. Its covering area.
D. Its history.
2. Which of the following is the best time to visit Sequoia National Park?
A. July.
B. September.
C. October.
D. December.
3. How much should a couple pay if they visit Sequoia National Park by bike?
A. $20.
B. $35.
C. $40.
D. $70.
B
When a woman bought a painting that appeared to bear the signature (签名) of N. C. Wyeth at a store in 2017, she joked that the 4dollar item might actually be a real work by the Maine painter. Her joke was no laughing matter, and the painting is now estimated to fetch as much as $250,000 at auction (拍卖会) in September.
According to experts at Bonhams Skinner auction house, the seller unknowingly bought the work at a Savers store in Manchester, New Hampshire, while searching for frames to reuse. At that time, the Wyeth painting had been put against a wall along with mostly damaged posters and prints.
The woman took the piece home, and then made a quick Internet search but could not find any information about the work. After hanging the painting in her bedroom for several years, she eventually stored it in her study.
She rediscovered the painting this past May while doing cleaning, and this time posted images of the work on an online page titled “Things Found in Walls”, which is devoted to “stories of things you have found in walls, dug up in y our backyard, or in that spare house across the street from your grandma’s”, according to the group’s description.
ments on the post led her to contact Lauren Lewis, a former curator who worked with paintings by three generations of the Wyeths: N. C. Wyeth, his son Andrew Wyeth and his grandson Jamie Wyeth. So she did.
“After seeing the piece in person, Lewis was 99% certain it was authentic instead of a copy,” she told The Boston Globe. “While it certainly had some small scratches (划痕), it was in remarkable condition considering none of us had any idea of its journey over the last 80 years.”
Wyeth often produced cover art for publishers of periodicals and novels. The painting up for sale in September is one of four he pleted for a 1939 edition of Helen Hunt Jackson’s book Ramona, originally published in 1884. In it, Wyeth painted the young title character facing her elderly mother.
4. What was the woman’s joke?
A. The storekeeper was lazy and foolish.
B. The painting she bought might be valuable.
C. The signature of N. C. Wyeth was wrong.
D. The Maine painter would appear at auction.
5. How did the woman deal with the painting shortly after she got home?
A. She put it in her study.
B. She sold it to Lauren Lewis.
C. She sent it to her friend.
D. She searched online about it.
6. What does the underlined word “authentic” in paragraph 6 mean?
A. Real.
B. Damaged.
C. Famous.
D. Stolen.
7. What is the text mainly about?
A. A worldfamous artist in the US.
B. A novel by Helen Hunt Jackson.
C. A painting getting its recognition.
D. An expert going on a treasure hunt.
C
Clarence DeMar would train for races by running to and from his job in Boston, up to 14 miles a day. His hard work paid off. He won the 1911 Boston Marathon and peted in the next year’s Olympics.
But at the time, many people and medical experts thought prolonged (持续很久的) exercise was dangerous.
A doctor, detecting a heart murmur (杂音), warned DeMar to quit the sport.
DeMar proved them all wrong—both during his lifetime and after—in ways that helped change people’s minds about the benefits of exercise.
He became one of the most noticeable distance runners of his day, peting in two more Olympics and winning the Boston Marathon a record seven times between 1911 and 1930. He kept winning races well into his 40s. The press called him “Mr. DeMarathon”.
After he died of cancer at age 70, two Bostonarea experts took a look at his heart. What they found were different from all those terrifying warnings. Not only was DeMar’s heart in good shape, but his arteries(动脉) were also two to three times the size of a typical person’s — reducing the risk of a fatal blockage. As for that heart murmur the doctor warned DeMar about? Experts say, “We now know that highly trained athletes often have a heart mu rmur, and it’s normal.”
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1961, made the front page of The Boston Globe. “It was one of those first studies that taught us that the human body can really handle, very healthfully, lots and lots o f exercise,” said Dr. Aaron Baggish, a professor at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and the former medical director of the Boston Marathon.
The popularity of running exploded in the decades after DeMar’s death, as further research backed that up. It’s now wellestablished that regular exercise makes us healthier and prolongs our lives.
The current national guidelines remend at least two and a half to five hours of moderate exercise like walking each week, or an hour and fifteen minutes to two and a half hours of vigorous activity like running—and research suggests more is generally better.
8. Why did the doctor advise DeMar to give up prolonged exercise?
A. He was in poor health.
B. He had a heart murmur.
C. He must focus on his job.
D. He was unable to finish it.
9. What was DeMar’s attitude to the doctor’s warning?
A. Favorable.
B. Worried.
C. Mistrustful.
D. Unclear.
10. What did the two Boston experts find about DeMar?
A. His heart was in bad shape.
B. He died from too much exercise.
C. He suffered from artery blockage.
D. He benefited from lots of exercise.
11. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?
A. Advice on exercise.
B. Several forms of exercise.
C. The advantages of walking.
D. The purpose of the research.
D
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools designed to operate at human levels have greatly expanded in popularity over the past year. These include OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s AIpowered search engine Bing. Such tools, also known as chatbots or generative AI, are puterpowered systems. They are designed to interact smoothly with humans and perform highlevel writing and creative work.
In recent months, these tools have demonstrated an ability to produce highquality work. This has led some technology experts to warn that generative AI systems could end up replacing workers in many industries.
This year, researchers at Harvard Business School and other organizations carried out an experiment. It aimed to test how well AI tools could help workers perform their usual duties or tasks. It involved more than 700 business advisors, called consultants, from Massachusettsbased Boston Consulting Group.
Harvard Business School recently published the results from the experiment in a working paper. The main findings suggest that AI tools like ChatGPT can greatly improve worker performance. For example, researchers found that, on average, workers who used OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT 4 tool pleted 12 percent more tasks than nonChatGPT users. Tasks carried out with help from the AI technology were pleted 25 percent faster. And the team found the quality of work performed by consultants using ChatGPT 4 increased by about 40 percent.
However, the paper also noted areas where the performance of consultants using ChatGPT 4 dropped. The researchers said this was especially true with tasks the AI tool was not good at pleting. “Of tasks the AI was good at, the experiment showed it significantly improved human performance,” the paper said. “But for tasks ChatGPT 4 was not right for, humans relied too much on the AI and were more likely to make mistakes.”
The team suggests one of the biggest barriers to panies effectively using AI is not knowing which tasks
can be pleted best with the technology. Finding this out will require businesses to carry out thoughtful research and training efforts in order to find the right mix of AI and humanlevel work.
12. What is a purpose of designing AI tools according to the text?
A. To perform lowlevel writing.
B. To replace technology experts.
C. To finish highquality work.
D. To improve interpersonal munication.
13. Why does the author mention ChatGPT 4 in paragraph 4?
A. To explain the disadvantages of AI tools.
B. To show how well AI tools could help workers.
C. To forecast changes in the future working environment.
D. To pare the work performance between humans and AI tools.
14. What can be learned from the last paragraph?
A. panies need to balance the work of AI and humans.
B It is useless to train so many workers to learn to use AI.
C. It is easy to find the right mix of AI and humanlevel work.
D. Research on using AI effectively has been made by businesses.
15. What is the best title for the text?
A. ChatGPT Can See, Hear and Speak Now
B. Ways to Improve Your Performance at Work
C. The Fast Development of Artificial Intelligence
D. AI Tools Help but also Harm Worker Performance
第二节(共5小题;每小题分，满分分)
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。

Body language can reflect our confidence level. ____16____ and another wa y when we’re nervous. At a glance (看一眼), most people can tell if we’re confident or not. So we should learn some tips to show confidence through body language so that we always appear confident and ready.
____17____
The first tip to show confidence with body language is to keep your hands out of your pockets. We often put our hands in our pockets when we’re unsure of ourselves. And that’s how other people will view us.
Keep your eyes forward
____18____, it often feels natural to lower your head slightly and watch your step. However, this gesture municates to others that you don’t want to interact. And if you’re not careful, you might get into the habit of doing it all the time. So keep your head up and your eyes forward, even when you’re walking down the street by yourself.
Smile
Try this as an experiment: Smile at someone as you pass by them on the street or walk around the office.
____19____. Now wouldn’t you like to have that effect on people all the time?
Firm handshakes
There are few things worse than reaching out your hand during an introduction and getting a handshake which is not firm enough. Don’t be that guy. Instead, hold the other person’s hand firmly and confidently. Of course, a handshake is not a contest. ____20____.
A. Take wide steps
B. Avoid your pockets
C. It’s very likely that they’ll smile back
D. When you’re walking anywhere by yourself
E. Don’t try to hold the other person’s hand too long
F. If you want to show confidence with body language
G. We stand and walk a certain way when we’re confident
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。

In 2013, Alie Ward’s life was falling apart. Her dad was diagnosed (诊断) with a rare form of cancer, and she was feeling increasingly ____21____ in her job.
To distract herself from her troubles, she liked to find and take pictures of insects. Sometimes, if she found one she ____22____ liked, she’d post it online. Those ____23____ attracted the attention of a woman named Lila Higgins, who worked as an entomologist (昆虫学家) at the local natural history museum. After ____24____ Ward’s pictures, Higgins reached out to see if she would want a ____25____ of the museum’s insectary.
When Ward arrived at the museum, Higgins ____26____ her and led her through the different exhibits.
For the first time in ages, Ward felt herself ____27____. Higgins noticed her enthusiasm and ____28____ Ward to volunteer at the museum for a few hours every week.
“But at the time I really felt like I didn’t have a lot to ____29____ many people. That’s because I felt
____30____ those days and cried constantly,” Ward remembered.
Despite her ____31____, Ward decided to sign up. Every Wed nesday she’d arrive at the ____32____. And with each volunteer shift, she felt a little bit ____33____.
“It gave me this sense of purpose. It helped me reconnect with my ____34____ of science and nature that I’d always had,” Ward said.
Soon, Ward quit her original job and started ____35____ in science media. She now is the creator and host of
a podcast called Ologies. Ward had Higgins on the show as her first guest.
21.
A. curious
B. incredible
C. unhappy
D. ashamed
22.
A. gradually
B. particularly
C. hardly
D. mostly
23.
A. posts
B. troubles
C. volunteers
D. words
24.
A. printing
B. drawing
C. seeing
D. passing
25.
A. place
B. treasure
C. director
D. tour
26.
A. defeated
B. greeted
C. warned
D. resisted
27.
A. give up
B. break down
C. check in
D. light up
28.
A. caused
B. reminded
C. advised
D. begged
29.
A. teach
B. pay
C. award
D. offer
30.
A. painful
B. independent
C. proud
D. excited
31
A. efforts
B. doubts
C. injuries
D. smiles
32.
A. party
B. hospital
C. office
D. museum
33.
A better B. embarrassed C. anxious D. healthier
34.
A. list
B. story
C. love
D. hope
35.
A. playing
B. working
C. thinking
D. waiting
第二节(共10小题;每小题分，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。

As the saying goes, laughter is the best medicine. Laughing is like a super drug for your health that can lift your mood, lessen pain, and protect you from the ____36____ (harm) effects of stress.
Journalist, author and professor Norman Cousins was ____37____ wellknown supporter of laughter as a form of medicine and an outstanding figure ____38____ the field of health and wellness. Diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (强直性脊柱炎) in the late 1960s, Cousins ____39____ (age) about 50, had little hope of recovery; just one in 500 chances. However, Cousins ____40____ (notice) that his pain decreased when he involved in laughter, according to the Newport Academy. So, he began to schedule funny movies for ____41____ (he) on a regular basis. ____42____ (remarkable), he lived another 25 years postdiagnosis and conducted indepth research on the medical benefits of laughter, with the support of California University Hospital.
Since then, research has continuously confirmed the effectiveness of laughter in relieving pain ____43____ improving overall wellbeing. It’s been found that a hearty laugh can lessen physical tension, ____44____ (leave) muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes. Importantly, these physical improvements have a significant positive impact on mental health, as the mind and body _____45_____ (connect).
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，你的外国笔友Bob了解到你的家乡今年农业丰收，想过来参观。

请给他写封电子邮件，推荐一个农业示范区（agriculture demonstration zone），内容包括：
1.表示欢迎；
2推荐地方及理由；
3.表达祝愿。

注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Bob,
____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua 第二节(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

It was a beautiful May morning. As usual, I started my day by sitting outside breathing the fresh air as I read my book and drank my coffee. Afterwards, there were two things I was determined to do. First, make sure my husband got our small Christmas trees down from the attic(阁楼) and, second, take several bags of clothes, blankets and forters to the donation center. I had been faithful in doing that every year, but for whatever reason, I had delayed this year and the bags were now piling up and overflowing.
After reading for a while, I went into the bedroom to ask my husband to bring the trees down. He was asleep so I figured I’d surprise him and get them down by myself.
I went to the garage to access the attic storage and moved our tall metal ladder into place. I had to move the
bags of clothing and blankets out of the way, determined once again to get those to the donation center.
I climbed the ladder, and two steps from the top I was able to reach up and push open the attic door. Then, with my feet on the very last step and part of my upper body in the attic, I saw my trees. I awkwardly raised my
leg to climb onto the attic floor. Looking down, and then looking up again, I decided that this was actually too much for me. I should wait for my husband to get them.
As I stepped down, my foot missed the shaky ladder’s step. With one foot swinging and the other on the top step, I grabbed(抓住) the attic floorboard and called my h usband. Unfortunately, he couldn’t hear me. As I went to take another step down, the ladder suddenly came out from under me, loudly crashing onto the concrete(混凝土的) garage floor, leaving me hanging from the attic with sweaty hands. In that second, which seemed like a century, I prayed and then called my husband.
注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

With my body swinging in midair and my hands slowly sliding closer to the edge, I fell.
____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Arriving at the emergency center, I anxiously waited to see the doctor.
____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________
听力答案：1~5 CABCA 6~10 CABAC 11~15 BBCAA 16~20 CBACB。