吉林省“BEST合作体”2023-2024学年度下学期期末考试
高二英语试题
（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分）
本试卷分客观题和主观题两部分，共67题，共150分，共6页。考试时间为120分钟。考试结束后，只交答题卡。
第Ⅰ卷 客观题（满分95分）
第一部分 听力（略）
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5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
Automation has pioneered innovation, your phone is probably in your pocket or your hands at all times, and it’s easier now, more than ever, to communicate with anyone in the world. Technology is everywhere these days. What are your thoughts on technology, social media, or your phone Do you feel excited every time you get a message, or do you feel trapped by these digital chains
However you feel, we want you to represent technology in artwork — paintings, cutout (剪贴), digital art, photography, etc. You may even see your art work in future issues of our magazine, so keep your eyes wide open!
Deadline: June 21, 2024.
Rules:
·You must be a teen (aged 13 — 19) with our website account to enter.
·No inappropriate content.
·Submissions must focus on the topic: Technology.
Guidelines and Details:
·Your entry must be art work created by yourself for the first time.
·There is no limitation on the number of art work you can submit.
How to Submit:
·Submit entries through our website. All entries submitted to us are automatically considered for the contest. See our submission guidelines for more information.
·Submit your work to the appropriate art category. Include “technology” in your submission’s labels. You can do this by using the “additional labels” field in your submission form.
Prizes:
·The winner and the nominees (被提名者) will have their entries published in our magazine.
·The overall winner will receive a $25 Amazon gift card and also three months’ free access to our magazine.
1. What subject should the entry be related to
A. Collage. B. Photography. C. Technology. D. Communication.
2. Which of the following will result in disqualification
A. A contestant is 16 years old. B. An entry is submitted by post on June 25.
C. An entry is created by only one person. D. A contestant submits as many as 20 entries.
3. What benefit will a nominee receive
A. A $25 gift card. B. Free magazine subscriptions.
C. A label named after them. D. Having their entries published.
B
At the end of 2019,I learned that Here After AI, whose goal is to let the living communicate with the dead, was looking for applicants of its new AI project. Interested in what it was promising, I applied to experiment the software on my very-much-alive parents.
At first, I thought it would be just a fun project to see what was technologically possible. Then their health condition added some urgency to the experiment. I was frightened that my parents might die since my father had been diagnosed with cancer and my mother was recently developing symptoms of early Alzheimer’s disease, and that with the distance between us, I might never have the chance to say goodbye.
The first step was an interview. My parents were asked questions by a techician for hours-about everything from their earliest memories to what they believe will happen after they die. Whether through illness-generated concerns or a willingness to humor their daughter, my parents put up zero resistance. The company then took their responses and started to create the voice assistants. A few months later, my virtual parents arrived via email attachment.
When I communicated with them through the app on my phone, my hands were shaking. I hadn’t seen my actual, real parents for six months. They told me personal stories I’d never heard. They gave me life advice and told me things about their childhoods, as well as my own. It was mesmerizing.
Personally, I have mixed feelings about my experiment. I’m glad to have my virtual parents. They’ve enabled me to learn new things about my parents, and it’s comforting to think that those softwares will be there even when my parents aren’t. On the other hand, I can’t help but find it sad that it took a stranger interviewing my parents for me to properly appreciate the complex people they are. But I feel lucky to have had the chance to grasp that-and to still have the precious opportunity to spend more time with them and learn more about them, face to face, no technology involved.
4. Why did the author initially join the AI project
A. To test out the new technology.
B. To preserve her parents’ voice.
C. To learn more about her parents’ life.
D. To remove the worry about her parents’ health.
5 What can we learn about the author’s parents
A. They liked talking a lot.
B They died from the illnesses.
C. They opposed joining the project at first.
D. They provided data for the project.
6. What does the underlined word “mesmerizing" mean in paragraph 4
A. Alarming. B. Fascinating. C. Inspiring. D. Disgusting.
7. What does the author realize at last
A. AI means never saying goodbye to our parents.
B. The advances in AI technology have pros and cons.
C. The real connection with our parents matters most.
D. AI allows us to learn more about our virtual parents.
C
We all know fresh is best when it comes to food. However, most produce at the store went through weeks of travel and covered hundreds of miles before reaching the table. While farmer’s markets are a solid choice to reduce the journey, Babylon Micro-Farm (BMF) shortens it even more.
BMF is an indoor garden system. It can be set up for a family. Additionally, it could serve a larger audience such as a hospital, restaurant or school. The innovative design requires little effort to achieve a reliable weekly supply of fresh greens.
Specifically, it’s a farm that relies on new technology. By connecting through the Cloud, BMF is remotely monitored. Also, there is a convenient app that provides growing data in real time. Because the system is automated, it significantly reduces the amount of water needed to grow plants. Rather than watering rows of soil, the system provides just the right amount to each plant. After harvest, users simply replace the plants with a new pre-seeded pod (容器) to get the next growth cycle started.
Moreover, having a system in the same building where it’s eaten means zero emissions (排放) from transporting plants from soil to salad. In addition, there’s no need for pesticides and other chemicals that pollute traditional farms and the surrounding environment.
BMF employees live out sustainability in their everyday lives. About half of them walk or bike to work. Inside the office, they encourage recycling and waste reduction by limiting garbage cans and avoiding single-use plastic. “We are passionate about reducing waste, carbon and chemicals in our environment,” said a BMF employee.
8. What can be learned about BMF from paragraph 1
A. It guarantees the variety of food. B. It requires day-to-day care.
C. It cuts the farm-to-table distance. D. It relies on farmer’s markets.
9 What information does the convenient app offer
A. Real-time weather changes. B. Current condition of the plants.
C. Chemical pollutants in the soil. D. Availability of pre-seeded pods.
10. What can be concluded about BMF employees
A. They have a great passion for sports.
B. They are devoted to community service.
C. They are fond of sharing daily experiences.
D. They have a strong environmental awareness.
11. What does the text mainly talk about
A. BMF’s major strengths. B. BMF’s general management.
C. BMF’s global influence. D. BMF’s technical standards.
D
As humans, we might believe that we are the smartest and perhaps the only creatures in the world capable of having feelings and subjective experience, but is this really the case A new study finds that bumblebees (大黄蜂) like to play. They like to roll around small wooden balls with no apparent motivation — it likely makes them feel good.
Previous evidence suggests that bees have positive and negative emotion-like states usually when they are given food rewards to test their abilities. However, in an experiment of the new study, some researchers had trained bumblebees to roll balls into a target in exchange for a sweet treat. They noticed that sometimes bumblebees would roll the balls outside of the experiment area for no reward.
This observation gave rise to new questions: What are they doing Why Is this random or intentional
To answer these questions, the researchers set up more experiments. In the latest experiment, they watched 45 bumblebees in an enclosed area where they could walk through a clear path to reach a feeding area, or they could go off the path into areas with wooden balls. They found the bumblebees went out of their way to sit on the balls or push them. Each rolled the balls between one and 117 times during the experiment.
The researchers say that because they did it repeatedly with no food payoff, it suggests that the ball rolling was rewarding.
“The behavior was voluntary,” says study first-author Samadi Galpayage. “Bees have a reputation for being hard workers, but the prospect of bees engaging in something like play is really novel and exciting because it shows that bees may experience pleasure and don’t only carry out duties that are strictly essential for immediate survival.”
Galpayage adds, “Personally, I find this behavior fascinating because it tells us that bumblebees, like many other animals, are more than little robotic beings, but have a richer behavior and life than we would have previously thought.”
12 What is probably humans’ typical view on bumblebees according to paragraph 1
A. They have no subjective feelings. B. They are friendly to human beings.
C. They like rolling balls for pleasure. D. They are smarter than other creatures.
13. What did bumblebees do in the latest experiment of the new study
A. They rolled their food around. B. They played with the balls.
C. They stayed in the feeding area. D. They shared food with each other.
14. How does Samadi Galpayage feel about bumblebees’ behavior in the new study
A. Calm. B. Regretful. C. Unconcerned. D. Amazed.
15. Which of the following can serve as the best title of the text
A. Bumblebees Are Hard Workers B. Bumblebees Roll Balls for Food
C. Bumblebees Are Selfless Insects D. Bumblebees Probably Enjoy Playing
第二节（共5小题；每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5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。
The voice within can be your inside guidance system toward development and optimism. But sometimes, that inner dialogue also presents a critical voice that points out shortcomings, limits and concerns. ____16____
●Identify negative thoughts. ____17____ So you must first learn how to identify these thoughts to break the bad cycle of negative thought patterns. It is important for you to write down any negative thought that may be coming to your mind. You may replace negative thoughts with healthy ones as you begin to change your way of thinking.
●____18____ If you want to live a happy and fulfilling life, it’s vital to surround yourself with people who want to see you do good and support your highest self. Spend a lot of time together with friends who express healthy thoughts and a positive mindset, and then your own thought pattern can be positively influenced.
●Shift your mindset toward growth. A growth mindset is a belief that your talents will develop over time. A person with a growth mindset tends to be less likely to suffer mental health problems than someone with a fixed mindset. People with a fixed mindset tend to become stuck in their ways, with repetitive thoughts circling around their heads. ____19____ It can guide them toward happiness and success.
●Choose to respond rather than react. Often, when people feel touched, they react without thinking. ____20____ However, by choosing to respond mindfully rather than react, you are controlling your thoughts in a healthy way. So next time you notice a powerful thought coming up, take a moment to reflect before reacting.
A. Choose your friend circle wisely.
B. Spend much time with all kinds of friends.
C. Here are some ways to train your inner voice.
D. It is easy to change your way of thinking and mindset.
E. This usually ends with saying something they may regret.
F. People who lack confidence can allow negative thoughts to guide them.
G. However, those who develop a growth mindset often express determination.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I suggested my 13-year-old try tennis, she quickly turned me down. “I’m not ____21____, so stop trying to get me to do sports,” Julianna said. I suggested it because some of my recent happiest memories were of playing ping-pong with her. Tennis seemed like a natural progression from ping-pong and a great way to____22____ some of her growing teen worries on a larger playing field. But my suggestion was always met with ____23____.
Still, I was undiscouraged. I was convinced that ____24____ some physical energy would help Julianna. I’ve seen how sports help deal with stress, which was ____25____ to me when I was a teenage girl.
Midway through summer, we stayed at home one afternoon,really bored. “Do you want to play tennis ” I asked. “Sure,” she said. Arriving at the ____26____, we set down our bags, picked up our rackets (球拍), and ____27____ towards our sides of the court. The net felt like the visual representation of a growing ____28____ between us-I desiring a connection and my teenage daughter longing for independence.
I started by hitting a ball over the net, and Julianna took a big swing and ____29____. We repeated this several more times. I held back the _____30_____ to tell her she was _____31_____ the racket too close to the neck or to step more into her forehand. We just repeated the _____32_____ of me hitting the ball and her missing it a few times before she finally got it back over the net. “This is fun,” she said with a mixture of surprise and joy and then she smiled _____33_____.
Now we always find time to play tennis. We’re both eager for an activity that can _____34_____ tensions between us in daily life. It’s nice to have a place where both of us can release our _____35_____ feelings and let them go.
21. A. mindful B. sporty C. incredible D. refreshed
22. A. pick out B. turn out C. work out D. leave out
23. A. resistance B. insight C. agreement D. isolation
24. A. reproducing B. identifying C. releasing D. storing
25. A. complete B. beneficial C. ignorant D. bearable
26. A. parking B. milestone C. source D. court
27. A. headed B. turned C. inched D. dragged
28. A. affection B. hate C. divide D. connection
29. A. acquired B. missed C. fell D. grabbed
30. A. imagination B. alternative C. appeal D. urge
31. A. removing B. scratching C. holding D. charging
32. A. illustration B. frequency C. measurement D. pattern
33. A. widely B. disappointedly C. specifically D. desperately
34. A. fuel B. ease C. transmit D. target
35. A. negative B. relevant C. prospective D. personalized
第Ⅱ卷 主观题（满分55分）
第二节 短文语法填空（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The golden snub-nosed monkey is ___36___ unique species found only in the mountainous forests of central and southwestern China. These monkeys get their common names from their golden-orange fur and snub noses.
The golden snub-nosed monkey is a large primate (灵长类动物), with males___37___ (weigh) up to 25 kilos and females around 15 kilos. They have a thick coat of fur that helps them adapt ___38___ the cold, mountainous environment. Their diet ___39___ (consist) mainly of leaves, flowers and fruits. The monkey is also known for its playful nature, often ___40___ (see) swinging from branches and playing with each other.
Unfortunately, the golden snub-nosed monkey is facing numerous threats to its___41___ (survive). Habitat loss due to deforestation and agriculture has ___42___ (significant) reduced the monkeys’ living space. Additionally, hunting for their fur and body parts poses a constant threat to these ___43___ (endanger) creatures.
In recent years, conversation efforts have been made to protect the golden snub-nosed monkey and its habitat. Many protected areas have been established in their range, including nature reserves and national parks, ___44___ provide safe shelters for the monkeys.
The golden snub-nosed monkey is not only a symbol of China's rich biodiversity, but an essential part of the ecosystem. Their conservation is, without doubt, of vital ____45____ (important).
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，学校中国传统文化俱乐部的负责人。请给正在你校学习的美国交换生Ryan写封邮件，邀请他参加下周的俱乐部活动。内容包括：
1. 活动时间及集合地点；
2. 活动内容：探访孔子故里曲阜，诵读孔子经典名句；
3. 活动准备：了解孔子生平。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Ryan,
I'm Li Hua, chairman of the traditional Chinese culture club.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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。
Beyond the Horizon
Oshima was sitting at the sea side but the beautiful site did not make her feel good. Her face was dull and gloomy. She was staring at the setting sun without an expression on her face.
But she was not an unhappy child like this always. Six months before, Oshima was a happy child who loved playing at the beach with her brother and sister. Her brother Mittsu used to make sandcastle and Oshima and her sister Osheen collected the sea shells. Her father always shouted, “Come home, it's late”, but they would not listen. The seaside was like their second home. At house also, they were a happy family who always laughed and played and had no problems to bother for.
One day all of a sudden something terrible happened. A violent tsunami came and took the entire country in its grip. It was a huge natural disaster. Most of the houses were washed away. The cities and towns were flooded with water. Oshima’s town was near the sea and so the tsunami flooded her town as well. Her house was washed and they lost all their belongings.
Her grandmother Midori cried and cried and was totally shocked. She has not seen such destruction in her whole life. They were homeless. Oshima wept and wept and complained that why a violent tsunami hit her city. She was very angry.
The government shifted them to a refugee (难民) camp where many families shared the living space. Helicopters dropped food packets and they had to stand in long queues even for drinking water. Their life had turned upside down. Oshima could see the sadness visible in her parents' eyes. Now she did not like the sea at all and always felt that the sea had broken her trust and was very disappointed with the waves. For her the sea was very cruel who had taken her beautiful house away.
注意：
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。
One day Oshima saw two little children playing in the camp without any trace of sadness on their face.
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A new ray of hope filled her spirits, making her cheer up.
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吉林省“BEST合作体”2023-2024学年度下学期期末考试
高二英语试题 答案
第Ⅰ卷 客观题（满分95分）
第一部分 听力（略）
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5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
【1~3题答案】
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. D
B
【4~7题答案】
【答案】4. A 5. D 6. B 7. C
C
【8~11题答案】
【答案】8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A
D
【12~15题答案】
【答案】12. A 13. B 14. D 15. D
第二节（共5小题；每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5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。
【16~20题答案】
【答案】16. C 17. F 18. A 19. G 20. E
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
【21~35题答案】
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. C 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. A
第Ⅱ卷 主观题（满分55分）
第二节 短文语法填空（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，共15分）
【36~45题答案】
【答案】36. a 37. weighing
38. to 39. consists
40. seen 41. survival
42. significantly
43. endangered
44. which 45. importance
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
【46题答案】
【答案】Dear Ryan,
I'm Li Hua, chairman of the traditional Chinese culture club. Learning that you like traditional Chinese culture, I'm writing to invite you for a field trip concerning Confucius, a great educator in ancient China. We are planning to set off at 7 a. m. next Saturday, so you should turn up at the school gate on time. During the activity, not only will we visit Qufu, the hometown of Confucius, but we will also read in chorus his renowned sayings. To enhance your experience, you'd better grasp a brief account of Confucius' life in advance.
I sincerely hope that you can join us and have a good time.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
【47题答案】
【答案】范文
One day Oshima saw two little children playing in the camp without any trace of sadness on their face. Oshima started playing with them and while talking the kids told her that they had lost their entire family in the disaster. The kids said, “We used to cry a lot but now we have stopped complaining and try to be happy for whatever we are left with.” Oshima was shocked. She became silent. She had her family by her side, which was indeed the most important thing for her.
A new ray of hope filled her spirits, making her cheer up. She wholeheartedly thanked God for keeping them safe. Oshima had learned a new meaning of satisfaction and the small children taught her a very big lesson in a child's play. The setting sun was so beautiful, throwing the shiny rays on the magnificent sea. Oshima was viewing the sea with a changed perspective. From that moment on, she was no more a teary eyed but a grateful soul.

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