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青海省西宁市海湖中学学年高二上学期开学考试2023-2024英语试题学校:姓名班级考号
一、阅读理解Wonderful triparound theMediterraneanDays1-2Barcelona,SpainDiscover theinteresting buildings,Catalan cultureand GothicQuarter inGaudis cityofBarcelona.Day3Board Regal PrincessDay4Relaxing atseaDay5Gibraltar（领土）,Youve gota full day to get toknow thisBritish territoryhome tomany cultures.（缆车）Choose toride thecable carfor greatviews of the Rockof Gibraltaror discoverthebeautiful lighthouse.Day6Relaxing atseaDay7Marseille,FranceEnjoy afulldaydiscovering allthat Provencehas tooffer-flower fields,fishing boatsor（遗迹）.Roman ruinsCity orcountryside,you decide.Day8Genoa,Italy（Get toknow thisbusy townby walkingthrough thewonderful streetsand piazzaspublic）squares,especially in an Italiantown.Day9Florence/Pisa（酒庄）Choose tovisit wonderfulwineries inTuscany orthe famousLeaning Towerof Pisaonyour lastday inItaly.（下船）Day10Disembark RegalPrincessGo to the airportfor yourflight home.Your holidayincludes•Direct flights•2nights4star Barcelonahotel inclbreakfast•7nights aboardRegalPrincess•Private guidemorning,Ms.Robbins calledme.Paragraph1:With worryand uncertainty,I enteredher office.Paragraph2:After Itook thecourage totell my parents thebad news,they weresilent.10day holidayfromSingle room£1,199A.A tourdiary.Mini doubleroom£1,949C.A travelmagazine.B.Go rockclimbing.
1.What can a visitordo onDay5D.Visit theEnglish countryside.A.See alighthouse.C.Enjoy Catalanfood.C.Three days.D.Eight days.
2.How longcanavisitor stay in ItalyA.One day.B.Two days.B.A businessreport.
3.Where is the textprobably fromD.A geographytextbook.Frederick Phiriisthejunk-art king of Zambia:at just22,he startedto earnan international（废弃的）reputation forbeing ableto makecomplex andelegant sculpturesfrom scrapmetal foundinhis community.Phiris fatherdied when he wasstarting primary school.Then hismother abandonedhim andhe had tostay withhis grandfather.His grandfatherpaid for his schoolingthrough primaryschoolbut whenhe enteredsecondary school,hehadto getvarious jobsto payfor hisfees.Yet eveninschool,he was always drawingand makingthings in class.After graduating,he didwhat hecould to support himselfby makinganimal sculpturesfromwires andsold themto tourists.His workwas sopopular thatit caughtthe eyeof KarenBeattie,director ofProject Luangwa,a nonprofitorganization dedicatedto education and economicdevelopmentin centralAfrica.（焊工）I introducedhim toa localwelder JBeattie toldNewsweek.In2017,Phiri workedwith welderMoses Mbeweduring the rainy season,helping to make acomplexset ofdoors forProject Luangwa.The piecesparked anidea inBeatties mind:I handedhima bunchof scrapmetal andsaid,Make somethingwith this.9And hedid.It waswonderful.Today,Phiri continueshis art,using piecesof junkpeople bringhim-keys,broken bikechains,old metalplugs andwhatever scrapmetal islying around.He thenturns thejunk into abstractanimals-elephants,cranes,giraffes,chameleons-and sellsthem atProject Luangwaheadquarters.The communityhas recognizedhis talents.“My dreamis toearn enough to studyart at the EvelynHone Collegein Lusakaand be able tomakea livingfrom itJ Phirisaid“and thentomakevery largesculptures.A.Serving hiscommunity.B.Collecting worksof art.
4.What isPhiri knownforC-Being thekingof Zambia.D.Turning trashinto treasure.
5.What canwe learnabout Phirifrom paragraph2A.He hadan unhappychildhood.B,He paidforhisprimaryschool.C.He hadtosupporthis grandfather.D.He missedschool to do part-time jobs
6.How doesPhiri feelabout hisfutureA.Uncertain.
8.Confident.C.Depressed.D.Satisfied.
7.What canbeasuitable titlefor thepassageA.A SuccessfulPath of Art.
8.The Junk-art KingofZambia.C.A YoungMans WildestDream.D.The ModernJunk WorksofArt.Whom shouldyou marryWhere shouldyou liveHow shouldyou spendyour timeFor（直觉）centuries,people haverelied ontheir gut instincts tofigure outthe answers to theselife-changing questions.Now,though,there isa betterway.We areliving througha dataexplosion,as vastamounts ofinformation aboutall aspectsof humanbehavior havebecome moreand moreaccessible.We canuse thisbig data to helpdetermine thebest courseto chart.（算法）There haslong beenoverwhelming-and oftensurprising-evidence that algorithmscan bemuch better than peopleat makingdifficult decisions.Researchers havecollected dataonvarious kinds of choicespeople make,the informationthey basethose choiceson,and howthingsturn out.They havefound,for example,thatasimple data-driven algorithmwould havebeen better（监狱）than judgesat decidingwhether adefendant shouldstayinjail orbe released;better thandoctorsat decidingwhether apatient shouldget aprocedure;and betterthan schoolprincipals atdecidingwhich teachersshould bepromoted.The powerof data analysis hasbeen provedin thesports andbusiness worlds,too.As madefamousby thebook andmovie Moneyball,baseball teamsfound thatalgorithms werebetterthan（物色优秀运动员的人）scouts at picking players,and betterthan managersatpickingstrategies.（避险基金）In finance,the hedgefund RenaissanceTechnologies dramaticallydefeatedcompetitors byseeking outpatterns instock marketdata andusing themto informits investmentstrategy.Tech firmsin SiliconValley havefound thatdata fromexperiments providesbetterinsights intohow todesign theirwebsites thandesigners could.These arethe earlydays of the datarevolution indecision-making.I amnot claimingthat we（夕卜包）can completelyoutsource ourlifestyle choices to algorithms,though wemight getto thatpointin the future.I amclaiming insteadthat wecan alldramatically improveour decision-makingby consultingevidence minedfrom thousandsor millionsof peoplewho faceddilemmas similartoours.And wecan dothat now.
8..What makespeople betterat findinganswerstolife-changing questionsA.Peoples bettergutinstincts.B.Changed humanbehavior.C.The moderninformation era.D.Various coursesaccessible.
9.According toparagraph2,algorithms mightNOT defeatpeople in.A.court rulingsB.job promotionsC.operative estimationD.teaching practices
10.What canwe learnfrom paragraph3A.The plot of themovie Moneyballis relatedto successfuldataanalysis.B.Scouts andmanagers are not neededin successfulbaseball teams.C.The hedgefund RenaissanceTechnologies hadsome financialproblems.D.Tech firmsin SiliconValley mainlyrelied ondatatodesign websites.
11.Which of the followingwill theauthor most probably agreewithA.The moderninformation erais matureenoughtotake advantageof.B.People shouldoutsource allthe lifestylechoicestoalgorithms.C.With bigdata peoplecan learnfrom countlesssimilar examples.D.Face-to-face consultationwill bethe majortrend in thefuture.Gardeners whouse pesticidesare contributingto thedecline ofBritish songbirds,a studysuggests.Scientists haveurged peopleto stopspraying theirgardens with poisons,,in orderto haltbirddecline andadopt insteadwildlife-friendly practices.The resultsof theUniversity ofSussexstudy,which researcherscall thefirst ofits kind,were publishedin thejournal Scienceof theTotalEnvironment.The experiment,which surveyed615gardens inBritain,found25%fewer housesparrows（草甘瞬）when glyphosatewas usedregularly.This isan ingredientfound incommonly used（除草齐［|）（鼻涕虫杀虫齐herbicide brandssuch asRoundup orGallup.Slug pelletsll alsoseemedto havean impacton birdsightings;in gardenswhere Slugpellets wereused,house sparrownumberswere downby almost40%.Prof.Dave Goulson,of the school of life sciencesattheUniversity ofSussex,said,“The UKhas22million gardens,which collectivelycould bea fantasticrefuge forwildlife,but notif theyareoverly tidyand sprayedwithpoisons.We justdont needpesticides inour gardens.Many townsaroundthe worldare nowpesticide free.We shouldsimply banthe use of thesepoisons inurbanareas,following the example ofFrance.The RoyalHorticultural Society,the UKsleadinggardening charity,said theuse ofpesticides andherbicides shouldbe avoidedif possibleand theyshouldonly beused,if ever,in smalland targetedapplications.The researchalso foundthat those who adoptedwildlife-friendly practicessuch asplantingnative shrubsand flowers,or digginga wildlifepond,saw morebirds thanthosewhodid not.Cannelle Tassinde Montaigu,a PhDresearcher within theschooloflifesciences andan authorofthe study,said,“Its encouragingto findthat simplemeasures,such asplanting nativeshrubs andtreesand creatinga pond,together withavoiding theuseofpesticides,really makea measurabledifferenceto the number of birds youwill seein yourgarden.”
12.What doesthe underlinedwordhalt”in paragraph1mostprobablymeanA.Stop.B.Attract.C.Note.D.Witness.
13.Why arethe statisticsmentioned inparagraph2A.To revealthe severeinfluence ofpesticides onbirds.B.To comparethe effectsof twokindsofpesticides.C.To convincereaders ofthe importanceof housesparrows.D.To helpgardeners choosethe properpesticides.
14.What canbe inferredfrom Prof.Dave GoulsonswordsA.The idealplaces forwildlife in the UK are extremelytidy gardens.B.The gardensintheUKareso tidythat pesticidesarenotneeded.C.Pesticides shouldbe prohibitedfrom usethroughout theUK.D.Some countrieslike Francehave madeurban areaspesticide free.
15..What isthe lastparagraph mainlyaboutA.Alternative methodsto keepgardens tidy.B.Assistant waysto increasethenumberofbirds.C.Gardeners9attitudes towardsthe experiment.D.Other researchers9interest inthe experiment.
二、七选五There arethings weall do,or dontdo,that leadus towaste farmore timethan werealize inthe（沉湎于）moment.The biggesttime regret,I think,is dwellingon mistakes and shortcomings.16In astudy,researchers askedsubjects tospend moneyduring animaginary tripto the，mall.Before“shopping somesubjects wereasked torecall apast financialmistake.They found（招致）those subjectswere more likely toincur debt.Dwelling madethem feellike afailure andtoldthem therewas noneed totry,because theyalready sucked.So,they gotfurther intodebt whenalreadyfeeling likean overspender.Of course,we dontwant toskip overour mistakesor ignorethemeither.17I alsomissed toomuch forfear ofmy ownshortcomings.18I wantedto travelafter highschool,but Iwent touniversity closeto homeinstead,because I was tooshy tomeet newpeople andwas afraid Icouldnt makeit inanother city.After university,I wantedto bea writer,but I decided tofinda morestable,accessible jobinstead,because thatseasier.19Idecidedto findwork Iactuallyenjoyed,travel moreand livesomewhere else.I madea tonof mistakesalong theway,but thebiggermistake wasnot tryingsooner.20So,never beatyourself upover yourmistakesandshortcomings.The sooneryou learnfrom them,the sooneryou canfree upyour time and energyto livethe lifeyou want.A.Eventually,I gottired ofthis.B.Regret isanother bigwaste oftime.C.Iwasdoing itfor thewrong reasonthat Iwasafraidto fail.D.For years,I stayedinacomfortable place,doing thingsI disliked.E.The goalis tolearn somethingfromthem,and thenrelease thefailure.F.When youfinally relateit toyour ownpast experiences,it probablybecomes easier.G.Dwelling onmistakes wastestimeand,worse still,makes usmorelikelyto repeatmistakes.
三、完形填空The Munfordswere movingintoahouse theybought.They wantedto seeif allthe furniturewas in goodcondition beforethey usedit.James Munfordwas21the built-in drawersintheclosetlast month,whenhefound twocases holding46gold Liberty$5coins and18Morgan silverdollarsthat weremade inthe1800s.They lookedreally old,like they were reallyworth alotof
22.James andhis wife,Clarrisa,who areboth retiredthought thecoins are23a familyheirloom（传家宝），so theywent aheadand madesure theowner24them back.James textedpictures ofthe25to thehomes formerowner andmade plansto26them.“We reallydidnt knowanything aboutthe27ofthecoins.We reallydidnt28to behonest withyou.We knewtheywerenot oursJ saidClarrisa Munfbrd,who runsa restaurantbusiness.（估算）The homes29owner,who askednot tobe30,estimated thatthecoins wereworth about$25,
000.He saidhed putthe containersintheback of his sockdrawer afewmonths agofor safekeeping anddidnt seeit inhis31to getpacked upand movedout ofthehouse.The restofhiscoin collectionwas inhis safe.He didntrealize thecoins were32until theMunfordscontacted him.He addedthat hewould neverhave knownif theyhad33to sellthe coinsandkeep themoney forthemselves.The Munfordsare stillunpacking andtheir furniturejust arrivedlast week,so theyhavent hada34to seeif thereare anyother
35.
21.A.trying B.repairing C.removing D.checking
22.A.trouble B.money C.effort D.time
23.A.specially B.actually c.probably D.exactly
24.A.got B.put c.gave D.held
25.A.closets B.drawers c.cases D.coins
26.A.return B.collect c.sell D.examine
27.A.number B.origin c.value D.use
28.A.believe B.care c.understand D.agree
29.A.generous B.real c.kind D.former
30.A.named B.paid c.rewarded D.praised
31.A.attempt B.hope c.hurry D.demand
32.A.missing B.old C.dangerous D.secure
33.A.struggled B,decided C.helped D.promised
34.A.place B.means C.chance D.desire
35.A.choices B.problems C.suggestions D.surprises
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文语法填空It wasraining lightlywhen I36arrive inYangshuo justbefore dawn.But I didnt care.A fewhours37Id beenat homein HongKong,with38it chokingsmog.Here,the airwas cleanandfresh,even withtherain.rd skippednearby Guilin,a dreamplace fbrtourists seekingthe limestonemountain topsand darkwatersoftheLi River39are picturedby artistsin somany Chinese40painting.Instead,Id headstraightfbr Yangshuo.For thosewho flyto Guilin,its onlyan houraway41car andoffers allthescenery ofthe better-known city.Yangshuo42be reallybeautiful.A studyof travelers43conduct bythe websiteTripAdvisornames Yangshuoas oneofthetop10destinations inthe world.And thetown isfast becomingapopular weekenddestination forpeople inAsia.Abercrombie amp;Kent,a travelcompany inHongKong,says it44regular arrangesquick getawayshere forpeople45live inShanghai andHongKong.
五、其他应用文.假定你是李华.你的英国笔友询问你进入高中后的学习和生活情况请用英语给46Jenny他回一封信，主要内容包括学校印象；
1.校园活动；
2.学习情况
3.注意词数左右；
1.100可适当增加细节，使行文连贯
2.
六、读后续写.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续47写的词数应为左右150（家庭教币）When Iwasinseventh grade,myparentspaid atutor fortydollars aweek forhercoming tomy houseand helpingme withmath.It endedup raisingmy marksfrom fiftyto fifty-five.I hadto admitit wasmainly myfault.Maybe Ishould haveconcentrated mymath fromthebeginning.But studyingmath wasa toughthing.Sitting ona chairto workon confusingmath（坐立problems fortwo hourswasaslow andpainful process.During theprocess,I wouldfidget不安）and havemany tripstotherefrigerator inan attempttogetoff thatchair forat leastfiveminutes.During mathtests,my teacherswould alwaysstay bymy desk.My teachersand friendswouldfrequently askthe questionafter tests,Hows yourmath thistime SoI becameextremely afraidofmath.While normalpeople ofmy agewere scaredof someinsects andadventurous travels,I fearedanythingtodowith numbers.The thoughtof ateacher pickingon meinclassmade mefeel scared.The redmarks onthe testpaper werealso terrifying.My fearof mathgot worsein ninthgrade.Every reportcard Ireceived frommy newmathteacher MsRobbins hadthe commentto encourageme JTmglad todo whatI canto helpyou.^^ButI couldnttell herthe realreason whyI didntask fbrhelp-Ididntwant tobe consideredstupid.Every questionT hadwas,in myopinion atthe time,something thatthe wholeclass hadunderstoodbut I.So instead,I endedup notcaring aboutanything relatedto math,without workinghard onmathat all.And Iconcluded everythingwould workout inthe endEventually,my classmatesand Itook thefinal testthat wouldlead toour graduationfrommiddle schooland steppinginto highschool.Days aftertheexam—onarainy summer。
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