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1、2021202120222022 学年度学年度下下学期期中考试学期期中考试 高高二二英语试题英语试题 第一部分第一部分 听力（共两节听力（共两节, , 满分满分 3030 分）分） 第一节 （共 5 小题； 每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒中的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What is the man going to do first? A. Write his paper. B. Visit Profess

2、or Green. C. Go to the cinema with the woman. 2. Where do most of the womans earnings come from now? A. Her recordings. B. Her advertising work. C. Her concert performance. 3. What time is it now? A. 7:00 pm. B. 7:30 pm. C. 8:00 pm. 4. Which postcard will the speakers send? A. Garden. B. Castle. C.

3、Beach. 5. Where are the speakers? A. At a hotel. B. At a restaurant. C. At a store. 第二节第二节 （共（共 1515 小题；小题； 每小题每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 22.522.5 分）分） 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。 6. Wha

4、t is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Tourist and travel agent. C. Customer and house agent. 7. What are the speakers discussing? A. Where to travel. B. Whether to buy a house. C. How to use their money. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10 题。 8. How much has the man paid for h

5、is lessons? A. 14. B. 114. C. 140. 9. Why did the man fail his last driving test? A. He hit something by accident. B. He drove through the red lights. C. He didnt park his car properly 听第 8 段材料,回答第 11 至 13 题。 10. How does the boy feel at first about living in the village? A. Annoyed. B. Excited. C.

6、Satisfied. 11. Why does the boys father decide to live in the village? A. He has changed his job. B. He thinks its quiet there. C. He wants to save money. 12. What does the woman suggest the boy do? A. Go to school by bus. B. Ask his parents for a motorbike. C. Have his parents drive him to schoo1.

7、听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 17 题。 13. What did Vanessa and Robert decide to do last year? A. Get married. B. Look for new jobs. C. Return to England by boat. 14. What was Vanessa most worried? A. The living conditions would be bad. B. She wouldnt be prepared. C. The baby would get ill. 15. What do we know abo

8、ut Vanessa when she reached Singapore? A. She considered flying home. B. She was worried about the boat. C. She enjoyed the break from traveling. 16. How was Vanessas father-in-law helpful? A. He looked after the baby. B. He helped to sail the boat. C. He was a good cook. 听第 10 段材料,回答第 18 至 20 题。 17

9、. Who helped the students organize the show? A. The art teacher. B. The maths teacher. C. The maths teachers daughter. 18. What was the money raised for? A. More books. B. More computers. C. Some lights. 19. Where did the students find the useful information? A. In magazines. B. On websites. C. From

10、 books. 20. What was everybody asked to wear at the beginning? A. A hat. B. A jacket. C. A dress. 第二部分阅读理解第二部分阅读理解( (共两节，满分共两节，满分 40 40 分分) ) 第一节（共第一节（共 15 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 30 30 分）分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A A、B B、C C 和和 D D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Learn English with Apps Impro

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22、n a schoolyard bench, and in addition, a scholarship for up-and-coming teachers at Sam Houston State has been established in her name. Smiths life is an example as well as an inspiration. By always trying to be the best she could be, with hard work and the strong will, she graduated from cleaning cl

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25、age? ATo stress the importance of setting up a dream. BTo advocate lifelong learning by introducing Smiths story, CTo show how Smith achieved her best with heart and devotion. DTo illustrate how Smiths experience inspired the people around. C The Arctic Circlethe habitat of polar bears and decreasin

26、g sea ice at the top of the worldhit 32 degrees Celsius, last week. This was the temperature in Banak, Norway on July 30, though some Norwegian areas even reached a couple degrees warmer, according to the European meteorology site severe-weather.eu. Banak sits atop northern Europe, over 350 miles ab

27、ove the bottom edge of the Arctic Circle. The greater Northern Hemisphere and Europe itself have been repeatedly scorched by both record and near-record temperatures this summer, a consequence of overall rising global temperatures. In the past 40 years, Earths climate has experienced an accelerated

28、warming trend, which adds an extra level of background warming to hot spellsmaking heatwaves more extreme, climate scientists have said. A photo of what appears to be Scandinavian folks taking a dip in a river while reindeerthe cold-adapted herbivores(食草动物)cooled off in the water beside them is perh

29、aps the best example of just how hot it is in parts of the Arctic Circle right now. The “warm season” in Banak is short, lasting around three months, but the very warmest day of the year, around July 23, is usually around 62 degrees Fahrenheit(华氏度)about 30 degrees cooler than temperatures there now.

30、 Overall, temperatures in northern Europe are between 14 to 21 degrees Fahrenheit, 8 to 13 degrees Celsius, above average. All-time temperature records were set in both Norway and Finland on July 30, including 86 degrees Fahrenheit, 30 degrees Celsius, in Verde, near Banak, though extreme or near-re

31、cord temperatures blanketed the region. Persistent heat and dryness this summer have transformed normally green European countries into brown and yellow lands, and the continents extreme heat is expected to persist. Andrew Derocher, a professor at the University of Alberta who studies polar bears, s

32、aid climate change is shrinking the ice bears usually hunt on, making them faced with the danger of extinction. 28. What does the underlined word “scorched” in the third paragraph probably mean? A. burned B. achieved C. scored D. reached 29. What does the photo show according to the author? A. Scand

33、inavian folks like to swim in a river. B. Reindeer have adapted to the cold climate. C. The ice there has totally been melted into water. D. The temperature of the Arctic Circle now is high. 30. What can you learn from Professor Derochers words? A. Maybe bears will die out in the near future. B. Cli

34、mate change is threatening polar bears. C. He is worried about the shrinking of the sea ice. D. He advises people to do something to improve the condition. 31. Where may you find this article? A. In a fashion magazine. B. In a news report. C. In a geography textbook. D. In a travel handbook. D Most

35、dog owners are convinced that their four-legged friends know exactly what they mean when they use certain words like sit, stay or treat. However, researchers have always wondered whether dogs really understand human speech or if they rely on other information to get the meaning. For example, does th

36、e word “fetch” form a picture of a stick or ball in the dogs mind, or does the dog bring back the object based on the owners voice or gesture? A new study by scientists at Atlantas Emory University seems to indicate that “mans best friend” does indeed know what the owner is saying. The researchers b

37、egan by asking the owners of twelve dogs of various kinds to train their pets to identify two toys of different materials, such as a toy animal and a ball. Once the dogs had mastered the task, they took turns inside a special scanner. The owners then tested their dogs language skill by first calling

38、 out the names of the toys they had been trained to recognize and then saying meaningless words such as “bobbu” and “bodmick” while holding up random objects the dogs hadnt seen before. The scans suggested that the parts of the dogs brains responsible for processing of sounds showed different brain

39、patterns when they heard words they were familiar with, compared with the ones they had never heard before. While that was not enough to prove that the dogs were picturing their toys when they heard the word, it did indicate some sort of recognition. The researchers believe this is an important step

40、 forward in understanding how dogs process language. Even more interesting was that the dogs brains showed a higher level of neural (神经) activity at the sound of unknown words. This is the exact opposite of what happens in human brains, which get more active at the sound of familiar words. The resea

41、rchers say the dogs may become cheerful at the sound of new words to try to understand them in the hope of delighting their masters. “Dogs want to please their owners, and perhaps also receive praise or food,” says Emory neuroscientist Gregory Burns, senior author of the study. However, though your

42、pet may understand human speech, the scientists recommend using visual signals and smell for training. “When people want to teach their dog a trick, they often use spoken command because thats what we humans prefer,” Prichard says. “From the dogs view, however, a visual command might be more effecti

43、ve, helping the dog learn the trick faster.” 32. Whats the purpose of the new study? A. To convince dog owners to understand their dogs. B. To advise dog owners to treat their dogs kindly. C. To prove dogs follow owners order by listening. D. To test out how dogs get information from owners. 33. Wha

44、t does the author intend to do in paragraph 2? A. Inform the result of the research. B. State the process of the research. C. Stress the importance of the research. D. Introduce the subjects of the research. 34. How do human brains and dog brains react to words? A. Human brains become active at unfa

45、miliar words. B. Dog brains become delighted at unfamiliar words. C. Human brains are not sensitive to familiar words. D. Dog brains show no response to familiar words. 35. What do scientists advise the owners to do in dog training? A. Give dogs oral command. B. Teach dogs new tricks. C. Involve sig

46、ht and smell. D. Encourage faster learning. 第二节： （共第二节： （共 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 分，满分分，满分 10 分）分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 For average working people, they normally change their careers five to seven times throughout their whole lives. _36_ Without

47、 that, you are just a dreamer. It happens that you neglect thinking about your career when you are busy, but you must spend time considering your current situation and your ideal career path to develop a specific career plan. _37_ When you have a better understanding of yourself and what you want, y

48、ou are more likely to make a plan that suits your goals and lifestyle. By this kind of self-reflection, you will discover the type of career you want. _38_ You probably need SMART goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound to prepare for success. Studies prove that SMA

49、RT goals work better when they are written down and shared with others. Sharing enhances your sense of responsibility while writing down allows you to commit them to memory. Therefore, you can always have access to them because they are kept in your subconscious. Now that you have understood what yo

50、u want and had your goals set and written down, its time to make career decisions. _39_ And then think about how each path lines up with your values. Finally, evaluate how they could influence your future. So how do you feel when talking about your career? Do you want to stay where you are or are yo