浙江省温州市平阳县万全综合高级中学2021-2022学年高二上学期期中考试 英语.docx

1、万全综合高中2021学年第一学期期中考测试卷高二（普高）英语考生须知：1本卷共 8 页满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。2答题前在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字。3所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试卷上无效。4考试结束后，只需上交答题纸。第 I 卷第一部分听力(共两节，满分 30 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，听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟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. Where will

2、the meeting be held?A. In Room 203.B. In Room 303.C. In Room 302.2. What did Lilys brother do?A. He damaged the cards.B. He helped make Christmas cards.C. He did the laundry for the first time.3. What is the change to the house?A. The guest room is bigger.B. Theres more space in the living room.C. T

3、he wall in the bathroom was knocked down.4. What time did the woman finish typing the report?A. At 6:00.B. At 8:00.C. At 10:00.5. What does the boy find boring?A. P.E.B. Math.C. Biology.第二节（共15小题，每题 1.5分，共22.5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

4、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。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。6. When did the woman decide to go on a diet?A. In the winter.B. In the fall.C. In the summer.7. How often does the man go to the gym?A. Three times a week.B. Twice a week.C. Once a week.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。8. What does the woman think about her former boss

5、?A. Hes serious.B. Hes rude.C. Hes successful.9. What does the man do right now?A. Hes a dancer.B. Hes a businessman.C. Hes a dance teacher.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。10. Why are the animals tearing up the mans yard?A. To find some insects to eat.B. To eat the roots of the grass.C. To eat the food in the garb

6、age cans.11. What is the first thing to do to solve the problem, according to the man?A. Put a fence around the yard.B. Replant the grass.C. Put some chemicals on the grass.12. How does the man feel?A. Upset.B. Nervous.C. Relieved.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。13. Where did the woman hear about the news?A. On th

7、e radio.B. On television.C. From her friends.14. What is the woman warning the man about?A. Well-known brands and companies.B. Fake phones.C. Phone apps.15. Which services should the man be worried about?A. Wal-Mart apps.B. Apps for deals and discounts only.C. Apps that ask for personal information.

8、16. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Call his bank.B. Phone Wal-Mart.C. Pass the message along to others.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。17. What did Mr. and Mrs. Jones do last Saturday night?A. They went out for a walk.B. They went to the movies.C. They watched TV at a friends house.18. What did Mr. and Mr

9、s. Jones see on their way home?A. Nobody in the street.B. Two people running on the road.C. Lots of cars coming and going.19. Why was the woman running so fast?A. She tried to catch a car.B. She had to catch her husband.C. She did not want to wash the dishes.20. What are Mr. and Mrs. Jones like?A. T

10、hey are funny.B. They are serious.C. They are kind-hearted.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分 35 分)第一节(共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AIn 2000, when I was around seven years old, my parents, sister, brother, and I were coming back from a T-ball game. There, in our driveway,

11、we spotted two adult geese and a small gosling. The adults were startled by our return and flew away, but their baby was still too young to fly. We are no strangers to wildlife, so we avoided physical contact with the small gosling out of fear that it would keep us in its mind and be lost to its fam

12、ily forever. Hours passed, and night fell. The tiny little thing was wandering around our yard, unaware of what could happen.And then another morning. And still another. Each morning, we would try to drive the goose over to his parents, who kept coming back to our yard. He wouldnt go to them, though

13、, and they wouldnt come close enough to collect him. My sister Joanna decided to call the little guy Peeper, because he would follow us around the yard making a peeping noise, nonstop.Almost a year passed. My family filled our days with feathery hugs and my dad would throw Peeper up into the air so

14、he could fly a circle around the house.One evening, my uncle came, and my dad wanted to show him Peepers circle. He threw him up in the air, but this time, Peeper just flew off. Everyone was very, very sad. We looked for him for days, calling his name, but he didnt come back. Twenty years passed, an

15、d Peeper became a fond memory for my family.Geese are very loyal, never forgetting their first home. Even so, it came as a total shock to me when, in 2020,an aging adult goose appeared at my home. At first, I assumed it was just another goose. After two weeks of the goose coming back repeatedly, it

16、became clear to me that this wasnt a random goose. He did all of the same things Peeper used to and responded to the name Peeper. My old best friend returned, 20 years later.People desire connection with the natural world. Through Peeper, I have learned so much about myself and about the nature of l

17、ove.21. What does the underlined word “startled” in paragraph 1 mean?A. Moved.B. Frightened.C. Confused.D. Attracted.22. Why did the writers family avoid physical contact with the baby goose at first?A. They were worried about its health.B. They didnt know what to do with it.C They didnt want it to

18、take them as its family.D. They feared being attacked by its parents.23. How does the writer find the experience?A. Pitiful.B. Entertaining.C. Discouraging.D. Rewarding.24. What is the best title for the text?A. My Goose Returned HomeB. Dad Trained GooseC. The Love for NatureD. A friendly GooseBA st

19、rong coffee after a poor nights sleep is the kick-start many people need in the morning but new research suggests that it might be best to have a bite to eat first.A study has found that drinking coffee first can have a negative effect on blood sugar control - a risk factor for diabetes and heart di

20、sease.“We know that nearly half of us will wake in the morning and, before doing anything else, drink coffeesubjectively the more tired we feel, the stronger the coffee,” said Professor James Betts, at the University of Bath in the UK.For their study, researchers at the University of Bath got 29 hea

21、lthy men and women to take part in three different overnight experiments, with at least a week between them.In one, the participants had a normal nights sleep, roughly from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., and were asked to consume a sugary drink on waking in the morning. They then experienced an interrupted nigh

22、ts sleep, where the researchers woke them every hour for five minutes by sending them text messages to which they had to respond and upon waking were given the same sugary drink.On another night, participants experienced the same sleep interruption, but this time were first given a strong black coff

23、ee 30 minutes before consuming the sugary drink.They found that one night of interrupted sleep did not worsen the participants blood sugar and insulinresponses when compared to the normal nights sleepalthough previous research suggested that losing many hours of sleep or many nights of poor sleep co

24、uld have a negative effect. However, strong black coffee consumed before breakfast actually increased the blood sugar response by around 50% suggesting that relying on coffee after a bad night to stop feeling sleepy could limit your bodys ability to tolerate the sugar in your breakfast.25. What was

25、unchanged in the three experiments?A. The sugary drink.B. The blood sugar response.C. The amount of sleep.D. The intake of coffee.26. What increased the participants blood sugar response most before breakfast?A. A normal sugary drink.B. A normal nights sleep.C. A cup of strong black coffee.D. An int

26、errupted nights sleep.27. How did researchers draw the conclusion?A. By referring to some documents.B. By listing some examples.C. By surveying the participants.D. By comparing the results.CBorn in London in 1825, Thomas Henry Huxley was one of the greatest men of the nineteenth century. In 1846 Tho

27、mas Henry Huxley was appointed assistant doctor aboard H. M.S. Rattlesnake. The ship had been asked to survey areas of the Great Barrier Reef and the neighboring seas. This gave Thomas Henry Huxley an opportunity to study animal life and was the start of his biological career. The voyage lasted four

28、 years, during which time he gathered much information on plankton (浮游生物).On his return from the voyage, Thomas Henry Huxley was made a member of the Royal Society in recognition of his scientific work. Although he continued to publish papers about plankton, his interest was turning towards vertebra

29、te (有脊椎的) animals. For some time Thomas Henry Huxley and his workmates had been discussing the possibility that animal species had evolved (进化), one from another. No satisfactory theories had been put forward, but in 1859 Darwins Origin of Species appeared. Thomas Henry Huxley at once realized its i

30、mportance and how the theory of natural selection provided “the working hypothesis (假说) we sought”.For the rest of his life Thomas Henry Huxley struggled to ensure the full recognition of Darwins work. In 1863 Thomas Henry Huxley published Mans Place in Nature in which he compared man and great apes

31、 (猿). He clearly showed similarities.Despite his many achievements, he was given no award by the British state until late in his life. From about 1870, Thomas Henry Huxley was too involved in other things to continue actual research. He had always been interested in education. He pioneered the teach

32、ing of biology and his method of selecting “type animals” is still followed today. He spent the last ten years of his life writing essays mainly on biology.28. Why did Huxley go on the voyage?A. To explore the deep sea.B. To do research on sea animals.C. To work as a doctor on the ship.D. To gather

33、information for his paper.29. How did Huxley react to the theory of natural selection?A. He had doubt about it.B. He thought highly of it.C. He couldnt understand it.D. He thought he developed it first.30. What can we learn about Huxley from the last paragraph?A. He contributed a lot to biology teac

34、hing.B. He continued his research till his death.C. He became a good novelist late in his life.D. He never got awards for his achievements.第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 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。 A recent survey shows that roughly 85 percent of people feel physical symptoms of stress. 31

35、 and they will help you feel more energetic tomorrow:Double your chewsChewing is a super important part of digesting process. Chewing makes it easier for your body to break down food and turn it into energy. The most proper number of chews per bite is unclear. 32 . It will be easy for your body to b

36、reak down the food and store energy.Drink one less cup of coffeeAlthough caffeine in coffee blocks your brain from receiving adenosine, which causes tiredness, it doesnt stop your body from producing it. So once the caffeine disappears, its the build-up of adenosine that causes you to crash and reac

37、h for more coffee, creating a bad circle. 33 but drinking less coffee can help you feel more energetic in the long term.Take a few deep breathsBy not breathing deeply enough, you end up sending a signal to your nervous system that increases your anxiety even further. Changing your breathing habits b

38、y taking a few long, slow breaths throughout the day reduces the stress response while energizing your cells. 34 : Simply breathe in through your nose for a count of three and out through your mouth for a count of three. Repeat if necessary. 35 Take some time to reflect on the positive by writing do

39、wn three things that went smoothly during your day or just items you feel grateful for. This exercise can prepare your mind for whats going right in your life, putting the brakes on stress increases while helping to protect your energy reserves.A. Set down what went well todayB. Try an exercise to a

40、chieve this C. Reflect on your day sometimesD. Reducing your reliance on it sounds scaryE. Take a look at the small changes you can make todayF. Shallow breathing is one of the annoying side effects of stressG. However, its been suggested that 25 to 40 times will be beneficial第三部分语言运用(共两节，满分 45 分)第一

41、节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。I can still remember the afternoon when we climbed the mountain as if it were yesterday. It was a sunny day. _36_ to spend some time outdoors, I went up the mountain with Uncle Jimmy. The mountain was not ea

42、sy to climb and had tough rocks and streams on it. In the end, _37_ and hot, I couldnt go any further. _38_, we went back down the mountain in the end. On the way back down, Uncle Jimmy asked me a question, which _39_ me speechless for a second: “Whats your dream, young lady?” “I have no idea,” I an

43、swered after thinking for a while. Then he smiled and told me about his _40_. He didnt _41_ well at school when he was a student. Although _42_ thought he could succeed, he knew _43_ what his dream was to be a _44_. “I knew I wasnt _45_ when it came to studying, so I tried to buy snacks from a nearb

44、y market and sell them after class,” he told me. After he left school, he started selling different items to _46_ which one was most attractive to customers. Of course, he often had no money in his pocket, but _47_ difficult life was, he never gave up.“There is no _48_ that a person who puts in a gr

45、eat deal of _49_ to reach his or her goal will have good luck at some point. The meaning of life is to chase your dream,” he said gently.That night I could not fall asleep. With my eyes wide open, I lay in bed tossing and turning, asking myself, “Whats my motivation?” I wanted to be a top student, b

46、ut the hard work _50_ meant putting everything into following my _51_. If I find myself _52_ willpower, what should I do? Leaving home early the next morning, I climbed the mountain again all by myself. It made me think: If we dont _53_ the climb, how can we get to enjoy the scenery on the top of th

47、e mountain? At last, I reached the top and was _54_ by the warm breeze and sunshine. Nothing could be more _55_ than that.36. A. HesitantB. UnwillingC. SatisfiedD. Eager37. A. worriedB. anxiousC. exhaustedD. scared38. A. ConsequentlyB. HoweverC. MeanwhileD. Furthermore39. A. causedB. leftC. pushedD.

48、 brought40. A. careerB. storyC. ideaD. confusion41. A. behaveB. performC. respondD. impress42. A. somebodyB. everybodyC. nobodyD. anybody43. A. shortlyB. directlyC. clearlyD. rapidly44. A. chefB. scholarC. deliverymanD. businessman45. A. giftedB. skilledC. diligentD. knowledgeable46. A. make sureB. check inC. figure outD