2023-2024學年江蘇省蘇州市高二（上）期中英語試卷

一、閱讀理解（共4小題；每小題2.5分，共37.5分）

• 1．

  Museum Day is here for one day and one day only—so you'll need to hurry if you want to grasp the chance to get free Saturday admission to one of the hundreds of participating museums.The yearly event is hosted by Smithsonian magazine and involves museums and cultural institutions （機構(gòu)） coming together to offer free admission for visitors who would otherwise have to pay for entry.    You just need an email address to get a ticket    To get a ticket，you'll need to go to the Smithsonian magazine website and pick which museum you want to go to.You'll be able to search to see which museums near you are participating，and from there you just have to put in your email address and name.After that，you can download your ticket and head out for some fun.Each Museum Day ticket is good for two people，so if you're in a group larger than that，a few people might need to sign up.    A lot of museums are still feeling financial stress from the pandemic    The event is happening as museums are still struggling from the hits they took during the first few years of the pandemic.The American Alliance of Museums （AAM） estimated it will take years for museums to fully recover.    AAM President and CEO Laura Lott noted that federal relief helped remove the potential of closure that many institutions were facing，but "2021 proved to be another painful year in which operating income dropped further and attendance was down nearly 40% for many of our nation's museums." But there's hope that a free day at the museums might stimulate following visits.

  （1）What do we know about this year's Museum Day？

  
  A．Some cultural institutions contribute to it.
  B．Visitors can get free tickets every Saturday.
  C．More museums will participate than before.
  D．Smithsonian magazine hosts it to raise funds.
  （2）You can get a Museum Day ticket by

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  A．writing an email
  B．signing up on the Internet
  C．visiting the nearest museum
  D．downloading a Smithsonian magazine
  （3）How can Museum Day help participating museums？

  
  A．Recover the financial losses.
  B．Remove the potential of closure.
  C．Increase the future attendance.
  D．Improve the museum operation.
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• 2．    Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people thinner than spending hours doing some exercises，according to scientists．They say that socializing and meeting with friends help increase levels of brown fat in the body which burns calories（卡路里）to produce heat．
     Living in an exciting social environment was found to reduce fat in mice's belly by half over four weeks，even if they ate more．US researchers say that social excitement aids weight loss by turning white fat into brown．White fat stores calories and makes us fatter，while brown burns energy to produce heat．Turning white fat into brown is extremely difficult，normally requiring long-term stay in cold conditions or exciting part of the body's nervous system．
     However，scientists from Ohio State University now think that having a busy social life is an even more effective way of changing white fat into brown．The team came up with their theory by studying the effects of various living environments on mice．Those，who lived alongside a greater number of mice，had more space and toys to excite themselves and then lost far more weight over the course of the study than their"couch potato"fellows．
     Study author，Dr Matthew During，whose team's findings appear in the journal Cell Metabolism，said，"I'm still amazed at the degree of fat loss that occurs．"Explaining how new technology had threatened face-to-face socializing，he added，"It's not just a sedentary （久坐的）lifestyle and high calorie foods，but an increasing lack of social activities．"Co-author Dr Lei Cao said，"Loneliness is a potential factor for cancer and death；it's equal to cigarette smoking to a certain extent．Social activities are very vital．，
  
  （1）What information can we get from the first two paragraphs？

  
  A．Brown fat stores calories and makes us fatter．
  B．It doesn't take long to turn white fat into brown．
  C．Social excitement helps gain more weight．
  D．Brown fat can burn energy to produce heat．
  （2）Which of the following statement does the text support？

  
  A．Levels of brown fat can be increased by socializing．
  B．The mice lacking social life lose more weight．
  C．The research findings haven't been published so far．
  D．Dr Matthew During wasn't convinced of the result．
  （3）We can conclude from the text that

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  A．the fat in mice's belly was reduced because of the relaxing environment
  B．a(chǎn) sedentary lifestyle and high calories foods influence people's social life
  C．surfing the Internet may influence people's face-to-face communication
  D．cancer and death are mainly caused for lack of social life
  （4）What's the main idea of the text？

  
  A．Brown fat is beneficial to people's health．
  B．Socializing is unnecessarily important in people's daily life．
  C．White fat can be changed into brown fat．
  D．Socializing contributes to people's losing weight．
  組卷：9引用：3難度：0.5

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語法填空（共1題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文， 在空白處填入1個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式

• 7．I graduated from the Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine in 1994，and （1）

  （work） in orthopedics （骨科） for 26 years by the time I took part in （2）

  Chinese Medical Volunteers tour in Yushu，Qinghai province in August 2020.
     Then，I used Traditional Chinese Medicine （TCM） to treat a variety of health problems，including severe pains，blood pressure issues and knee （3）

  （injure）.These conditions are （4）

  （primary） caused by the local people's herding practices and he tough environment（5）

  they live，and are also associated with some their unhealthy living habits.
     TCM methods can only relieve the pain for a short time，and sometimes they are unable to address the fundamental causes.So，I suggested that Chinese Medical Volunteers perform surgeries
  locally （6）

  bring the patients to better developed regions.We successfully completed surgeries on 21 patients.One surgery had to （7）

  （cancel） because the patient had severe heart failure.
     As the head of the surgical team，I was （8）

  a lot of pressure because we were responsible for ensuring the safety of every patient， （9）

  （rid） them of their pain and improving their quality of life.Another goal of our action was（10）

  （provide） local medical workers with hands-on training，so local villagers would still be able to access quality treatment conveniently after we left.
  組卷：18引用：4難度：0.5

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五、讀后續(xù)寫（共20分）讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。

• 8．Alex hold his bike on his way home，and Johnson's Pond cane into view.
     Sometimes his dad took him canoeing （劃獨木舟） there，and Alex loved it.The pond was always so alive with activity，and sometimes Alex discovered turtles （烏龜） sunbathing on sunny rocks.Alex was curious about turtles.When it was too rainy to go canoeing he often went to the library to check out books on turtles.
     Now it looked like tomorrow might be another sunny day.He decided to ask Dad if they could go canoeing and look for turtles again.Suddenly Alex saw something in the road up ahead.It looked like a big gray rock.But it was a funny place for a rock to be.He jumped off to have a look.
     And then，the rock started to move!It was actually a large turtle slowly making its way across the road!Alex knew right away it was a snapping turtle.
     Out of the corner of his eye，he saw a car approaching.The turtle was still only halfway across the road.Alex knew he couldn't pick it up because snapping turtles have a powerful bite and they could even bite off someone's finger!What could he do？
     Thinking fast，he started waving both hands wildly. "Stop!Stop!" he cried.The car slowed to a stop.
     "Are you alright，Alex？" It was his neighbor，Mrs.Ramos.
     "I'm fine，Mrs.Ramos." said Alex. "I'm just trying to save a turtle.It's probably going to lay eggs."
     "Oh，yeah.It's spring." said Mrs.Ramos. "So，I guess a lot of turtles need to lay their eggs in the grass across the road." Then she waved goodbye and drove off/
     Alex thought about what Mrs.Ramos had said. "There would probably be more turtles trying to cross the road at this spot!" he realized.But he couldn't stand there all day trying to stop cars.He looked around and a road sign caught his eye.And then his face brightened.
  
  He jumped on his bike and raced home to find Dad._____________________
  The next morning，Dad and Alex drove to the pond with the wooden sign in the car.________________
  組卷：5引用：5難度：0.5

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