湖南省娄底市2023-2024学年高二下学期学业水平考试英语模拟试题(附答案)

湖南省娄底市2023-2024学年高二下学期学业水平考试英语

模拟试题

本试题卷分阅读技能、知识运用、写作技能三个部分，共8页。时量90分钟，满分100分。

第一部分 阅读技能（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 阅读理解（共12小题；每小题3分，满分36分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Tailor your own summer break in Chengdu! This tour includes close. contact with the giant

pandas.

DAY 1 Chengdu

Transfer via: plane—your arrangement

Activities for today: Airport to hotel transfer

Upon arrival at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, you'll be warmly greeted and escorted

to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure.

DAY 2 Chengdu

Transfer via: private vehicle

Morning 7: 30 pick you up from your hotel and drive to Chengdu Research Base of Giant

Panda Breeding. Later, watch the film at Panda Museum to know the pandas' daily life, baby pandas

getting birth, etc. After a happy time with the pandas, drive back to Chengdu downtown area for a

leisure walking in the Jinli Old Street, where you can enjoy all kinds of local snacks and the

traditional artifacts（手工制品）. Then visit Wuhou Temple to learn some stories about the Three

Kingdoms.

DAY 3 Chengdu

Transfer via: private vehicle Morning around 8: 30 pick you up from your hotel, and drive to

visit Qingyang Palace which is a Taoism temple with a history of more than 1, 000 years. Then visit

Du Fu Thatched Cottage, the former residence of the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu（712—770 AD）,

now a park and museum in honour of him. After a hearty Sichuan-style lunch, drive to visit Chengdu 2 / 9 Songxianqiao Art Market, where you will find Chinese old paintings, unique Shu Brocade and

Embroidery（刺绣）, bamboo products and antique stuff, etc. Have the wonderful taste of the

vegetarian dishes near the Wenshu Temple for dinner. Then drive back to your hotel.

DAY 4 Chengdu/Exit

Transfer via: plane—your arrangement

Activities for today: Hotel to airport transfer

1. Where can you learn about history on Day 2?

A. At Wuhou Temple. B. On Jinli Old Street.

C. At Giant Panda Breeding Base. D. In Qingyang Palace.

2. What is visited first on Day 3?

A. Chengdu Songxianqiao Art Market. B. Wuhou Temple.

C. Qingyang Palace. D. Du Fu Thatched Cottage.

3. How does the tour start and end?

A. With a temple visit. B. With a museum tour.

C. With airport transfers. D. With art market shopping.

4. What does the passage function as?

A. A reminder. B. A report. C. A test. D. An advertisement.

B

On New Year's Eve a teenager escaped from a house fire, all thanks to the heroic actions of the

family dog, Macho.

Nicole Evans, a mom, received a sad call while out of town, learning that her house was on a

big fire. Macho, sensing danger, took action and woke up Nicole's teenage son. Griffin, around 5: 30

a. m. , warning him of the fire.

“He just kept going at him and then he just gave him a light bite, a couple of them, and woke him up.

And Griffin said, ‘What's happening?’ And as soon as he turned around, there was just no doubt he

had to go. He had to go quickly, "Nicole told WFLA News. "It was probably the worst experience of

my life not to be with the person you love the most while something's happening to them that you

can't do something about,” she added.

While the cause of the fire is still under investigation（调查）, the family has completely lost

their home. Although they lost a lot, Nicole praised the value of Macho's quick thinking. “All those 3 / 9 things are just things, and some of those things do matter. They do. but in the end, it's all replaceable（可替代的）. Griffin's not replaceable, and my dog is not replaceable. There are no better results

than this,” she expressed.

5. Where was Nicole Evans when the fire started?

A. At home. B. At work. C. At the store. D. Out of the town.

6. How did Macho warn Griffin of the fire?

A. By barking outside. B. By calling the police.

C. By biting lightly. D. By pulling him out.

7. What was Nicole's reaction to the fire incident?

A. She was relieved about being saved. B. She regretted. being careless.

C. She was thankful for her saved house. D. She valued lives over things.

8. What is unknown about the fire?

A. Macho's awareness. B. The fire cause.

C. Time of the incident. D. The effect of the fire.

C

Research has shown that playing music to keep your mind busy while showering, taking a walk

or travelling to school could affect your ability to think outside the box and come up with artistic or

inventive things to do. By comparison, experts say being bored can lead to daydreaming plus the

birth of new ideas.

Listening to music while taking a shower or going for a walk takes away from time that could

be spent thinking about yourself and your life—he perfect time to let your creative juices flow,

happiness expert Gretchen Rubin said. “You need this open-searching time for new ideas to bubble

up,” she said. “This is why people get ideas in the shower or in the middle of the night—it's a