2023-2024学年河北省衡水英才学校高二下学期3月考试英语试题

2023-2024学年河北省衡水英才学校高二下学期3月考试英语试题
Summer reading
Finding Junie Kim
by Ellen Oh
Middle schooler Junie Kim is facing bullying (欺凌) at school, but she keeps quiet. Then, for a school project, Junie interviews her grandparents, who grew up in Korea during wartime in the 1950s. In their story of struggle, Junie finds the courage to speak up. The book will encourage any kid who has ever been in Junie’s shoes.
Simon B. Rhymin’
by Dwayne Reed
Simon is starting fifth grade and wants everyone to call him Notorious D. O. G. because he wants to be a famous rapper (说唱歌手). But he’s shy about using his voice to express his thoughts. When a teacher asks the class to give a talk, Simon must face his fears. Simon B. Rhymin’ is a great book that will give confidence to readers who are going through similar struggles.
A Shot in the Arm!
by Don Brown
A Shot in the Arm! is a novel about the history of vaccines (疫苗). Readers learn how vaccines have been used throughout history to fight disease. The author also introduces people around the world who helped with the development of vaccines. A Shot in the Arm! is an exciting read that uses colorful drawings to pull the reader in.
The One Thing You’d Save
by Linda Sue Park
If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Writer Linda Sue Park explores different answers to this question in poems that show the different voices of a middle school class. Some choose baseball cards or toy animals. One picks a sweater that was passed down for generations. The book is illustrated (给……作插图) with black-and-white art. Readers of all ages will like this book. It helps you realize what matters most.
1. What problem does Simon have?
A．He is bullied at school. B．He fears receiving vaccines.
C．He dislikes doing his homework. D．He is afraid of expressing his ideas.
2. Which book will you choose if you’re interested in history or science?
A．Finding Junie Kim . B．Simon B. Rhymin’.
C．A Shot in the Arm!D．The One Thing You’d Save.
3. What do we know about The One Thing You’d Save?
A．It is for teenage readers. B．It is written in poem form.
C．It has many colorful pictures. D．It was written by Dwayne Reed.
China has named the nation’s first Mars rover (火星车) Zhu Rong. For all of us, Zhu Rong is a well-suited name.
In an ancient Chinese story, Zhu Rong had the face of a man and the body of an animal. He rode on two dragons.
When he had a big fight with Gong Gong, the god of water, Zhu Rong won. But after the fight, the human world came into complete darkness. Then he brought fire from heaven to the world.
“Zhu Rong is regarded as the earliest god of fire in traditional Chinese culture,” a space official said. “The first Mars rover was named Zhu Rong. The name symboliz es light and hope for space exploration in our country, and means to guide humans to continue exploration.”
After leaving the earth last summer, Zhu Rong circled Mars for several months and landed on it in May. In recent years, our country has sent up the world’s first quantum satellite (量子卫星), and Chang’e-4 has made a soft landing on the moon. We have made great progress in space technology and will soon start building our own space station.
4. What Zhu Rong brought from heaven to the world was ________.
A．fire B．wars C．water D．animals
5. For China’s space exploration, the name Zhu Rong symbolizes ________.
C．light and hope D．Chinese culture A．a big fight B．complete
darkness
6. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to “________”.
A．the earth B．Mars C．the moon D．the sun
7. According to the passage, we can infer that ________.
A．Zhu Rong is a bad person in an ancient Chinese story
B．China has been the best in the field of space technology
C．the writer is proud of China’s space technology
D．the official doesn’t like the name Zhu Rong
Yellow is usually the color of happy, joyful emotions. But according to a new study, not all people associate the color with good feelings.
To find out what factors might play a role, researchers tested a new hypothesis (假设): What if people’s physical surroundings affect their feelings about certain colors? For example, if someone
lived in cold and rainy Finland, would he feel differently about the color yellow from someone who lived near the Sahara Desert?
The researchers looked at color-emotion data from an ongoing international survey of 6, 625 people in 55 countries. The survey asked participants to rate 12 colors on how closely they were associated with feelings including joy, pride, fear, and shame.
The researchers paid particular attention to the data for yellow, and analyzed how different factors—including hours of sunshine, hours of daylight, and the amount of rainfall—were associated with the emotions people reported for the color. The two best predictors of how people felt about yellow were the annual amount of rainfall, and how far they lived from the equator (赤道).
Overall, people were more likely to associate yellow with joy when they lived in rainier countries that lay farther from the equator, researchers reported in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. In Egypt, the likelihood (可能性) of yellow being associated with joy was just 5. 7%, whereas in chilly Finland it was 87. 7%. In the United States, with its mild climate and amber (琥珀色的) waves of grain, people’s yellow-joy association levels were between 60% and 70%.
The researchers also checked whether associations changed with the season—whether, for example, people in a certain country liked yellow more in the winter than they did in the summer. They found that opinions about the color remained fairly constant all year round—even when the weather changed, the data on yellow-joy associations were as good as gold.
8. What did the researchers do before the survey?
A．They went to Finland. B．They made an assumption.
C．They studied certain colors. D．They analyzed some data.
9. Which of the following affects people’s feelings about yellow?
A．The changeable weather. B．The length of daytime.
C．The geographical position. D．The amount of snowfall.
10. How did the researchers carry out the survey?
A．By interviewing participants. B．By studying the data collected.
C．By traveling around the world. D．By looking at color combinations.
11. What can be the best title for the text?
A．Yellow: Associated with Good Feelings B．Color: An Important Role in Joy
D．Color: Associated with Emotions C．Yellow: Connected with Joy
Conditionally
Everyone has “down days”. Maybe it’s because of the bad weather, or the disappointing grades on a difficult test, and some days teenagers just act uninterested in life or school. But these symptoms(症状) often pass quickly, as teens move on to new school subjects, or meet with friends to prevent
themselves from thinking what troubles them at the moment. But if a teenager displays symptoms of sadness for more than two lasting weeks, it might point to something serious.
As teenagers develop, they push new boundaries(边界), complain about rules and look for more free rights from their parents. According to the online Health Guide on Adolescent Development, parents must be lasting figures in their teenagers’ life, providing safe boundaries for teens to grow, even if the teenagers act like these boundaries are unwanted.
Parents need to provide rules, while also remaining flexible(灵活的) and respectful of the growing teens’ need for freedom. For example, teenagers will often feel frustrated, embarrassed, and even angry that thought they want freedom, they still need to ask their parents for an agreement to go to a friend’s house, o r need their mothers to take them to school.
The US Department of Education says that parents should respect and support their teen’s choices as long as those choices won’t have long-term harmful effects. For example, even if a parent doesn’t enjoy the mus ic his or her teen listens to, it’s unlikely that the choice of music will prevent that teen from entering a good college, or lead to health problems. However, if that teen is drinking alcohol and driving, parents must get through strict punishments to teach that there are bad results for poor choices that come with increased freedom.
12. Why do teen’s feelings of bad days usually disappear quickly?
A．Their teachers help them.
B．They take some medicine.
C．Their parents talk with them.
D．They change their attention.
13. What does the example in paragraph 3 show?
A．Freedom must be given at anytime.
B．Teens are mad at being controlled.
C．Teens need both freedom and proper rules.
D．Rules must be absolutely strict for teens.
14. What should parents do about their teens’ choices?
A．Support their helpful hobbies. B．Tell them which college to attend.
C．Cancel their after-school activities. D．Get them away from singing pop songs.
15. What is the best title for the text?
A．How to Be With Growing Teens
B．Causes of Teens’ Sadness
C．Teens’ Worries About Strict Rules
D．The Importance of Making Friends With Teens
How to enhance your immunity during the winter months?
As the temperatures drop and flu and cold season approaches, we need to start thinking about looking after our immune (免疫) health. 16 .Get seven to nine hours sleep every day.
There is strong evidence that sleep enhances immune defence. Try to aim for between seven and nine hours of good quality, restorative sleep every night. 17 . Develop a relaxing bedtime routine and avoid screen time around 90 minutes before you sleep.Spend more time with others.
18 . It doesn’t matter whether it is volunteering in the community, picking up the shopping for an elderly neighbour, maintaining your friendships or making quality time for your friends and family.
19 .
Regular exercise improves heart health, lowers blood pressure, helps maintain healthy body weight, and protects against a variety of diseases including viral and bacterial infections.Avoid smoking and reduce alcohol.
The relationship between smoking and/or extra alcohol consumption and bad immune-related health effects such as inability to pneumonia is well documented. 20 . Try to avoid or reduce risky substances such as alcohol as these have a negative impact on immune health.
It was a need that he first _________ back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an education, he was _________ against many difficulties. His family was poor. His dad couldn’t afford the _________ at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to _________ classes. Study had to be done between his farm-work routines. He stopped taking part in many school activities because he didn’t have the time or the _________. He had only one good suit. He tried for the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too
_________. During this period Dale was slowly _________ an inferiority complex(自卑感), which his mother knew could _________ him from achieving his real potential. She suggested that Dale join the debating team, believing that _________ in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts __________ made it. This proved to be a __________ point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the confidence he needed. And his hard work __________. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top __________ in speech. Now other students were coming to him for coaching and later they, __________, were winning contests.
Out of this early struggle to overcome his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to __________ an idea to an audience builds a person’s confidence. And, with it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do and so could others.
21.
A．wanted B．recognized C．filled D．supplied
22.
A．succeeding B．dealing C．struggling D．trying
23.
A．teaching B．equipment C．board D．training
24.
A．skip B．participate C．instruct D．attend
25.
A．idea B．interest C．clothes D．talent
26.
A．outstanding B．light C．optimistic D．easy-going
27.
A．gaining B．achieving C．seeking D．developing
28.
A．prevent B．protect C．save D．free
29.
A．presence B．potential C．patience D．practice
30.
A．hopefully B．certainly C．finally D．naturally
31.
A．key B．turning C．breaking D．basic
32.
A．paid in B．paid up C．paid back D．paid off
33.
A．race B．work C．praise D．honor
34.
A．in return B．in brief C．in turn D．in charge
35.
A．express B．stress C．contribute D．reply
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People have always had a dream of exploring outer space and with the help of scientists, their dream, 36 was once considered to be impossible, is turning into reality.
Scientists earned out many experiments and 37 (success) made rockets that could escape the earths gravity. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin from the USSR became the first person to be sent into space and in 1969 Neil Armstrong from the US set foot on the moon 38 (say) “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Despite the great 39 (achieve), sometimes accidents did happen, resulting in huge losses. 40 , scientists are determined to further explore the universe. One ongoing project is the International Space Station orbiting the earth.
41 (compare) with the USSR and the US, China started later in its space program, but it has made huge progress. So far, several astronauts, including Yang Liwei, 42 (be) to space. China has also launched the Tiangong 2 space lab, 43 (mark) a huge step in its effort to establish 44 space station.
It 45 (believe) that the future of space exploration is bright thanks to the efforts of the scientists all over the world.
46. 假定你是李华，你在美国纽约旅游期间受到了Mrs Smith的接待。

请你写一封感谢信，内容要点如下：
1. 告知安全返回；
2. 感谢她的帮助；
3. 表达美好愿望。

注意：词数80左右；可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mrs. Smith,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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。

My Best Teaching Experience
Tyler was only in my senior class for a semester. He had been suspended (使停学) many times in previous years because of his anger issues. When he entered my class, I thought the worst.
Tyler sat in the back row. Every time I talked to the class, I would ask students questions, calling them by name. Unfortunately, every time I called on Tyler, he would respond with a joke. If he got an answer wrong, he would become angry.
About a month into the year, I was still trying to connect with Tyler. I can usually get students involved in class discussions or at least have them sit quietly and attentively (专心地). By contrast, Tyler was often loud and sometimes rude.
He had been in so much trouble over the years. He expected his teachers to know about his past; about how many times he had been sent to the office or suspended from school. I had found that these sorts of referrals (移交) were not very effective and that students would return from the office behaving worse than before.
One day, Tyler wa s talking over me while I was teaching. I stopped my lesson and said, “Tyler, why don’t you join in our discussion instead of having one of your own?” With that, he got up from his chair, pushed it over and yelled something. I can’t remember what he said o ther than that he included some impolite words. I sent Tyler straight to the office, and he received a week’s suspension.
To this point, this was one of my worst teaching experiences. Tyler’s anger was almost too much for me. The week Tyler was suspended from school was a wonderful time, and we got a lot accomplished as a class. However, the suspension week would soon come to an end, and I was fearful of his return.续写要求：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

On the day of Tyler’s return, I stood at the door awaiting him.
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A spark of surprise flashed across his
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