2021-2022学年上海高二下学期期末英语试卷（解析版）.pdf
上海市进才中学2021学年第二学期期末练习高二英语I.Listening Comprehension（25 分）Section ADirections:In Section A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At theend of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said.The conversations andthe questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a conversation and a question about it,read the four possible answers on your paper,and decide which one is the best answer to thequestion you have heard.LA.6:45.B.6:15.C.5:45.D.5:30.2.A.Order some takeout from a restaurant.B.Make a meal by themselves.C.Go out and find something to eat.D.V isit their friends9 house and have a meal together.3.A.Husband and wife.B.Boss and secretary.C.Customer and waitress.D.Passenger and attendant.4.A.Johnny devotes less time but gains more achievements.B.Mandy doesnt contribute all her energy to her work.C.Mandy cant reach the top even if she becomes more attentive.D.Johnny is no longer unreachable.5.A.The time to finish the report is so limited.B.The deadline will be surely extended.C.Staff want to assign some extra tasks to students.D.Students should upload their information by themselves before December 22nd.6.A.He won great popularity.B.He got hurt in the perfbnnance.C.He didnt do a good job.D.He amazed his fans.7.A.Go back to apply for the job again.B.Think about whether to quit the job.C.Get some training before quitting the job.D.Apply for another part-time job.8.A.He was slightly hurt in the accident.B.He was luckily saved by the doctor.C.He was looking forward to his friends help.D.He should take a longer break because of his injury.9.A.Mary was dismissed by the company for some private affairs.B.The immigration of Marys family was such an emergency.C.Mary quit her job regardless of her work prospect.D.Marys family forced her to give up her work for the family.10.A.The woman is the mans boss.B.The man wants to be as successful as the woman.C.The woman keeps a balance between work and family.D.The woman is humble.Section BDirections:In Section B,you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation,and youwill be asked some questions on the passages and the conversation.The passages and theconversation will be read twice,but the questions will be spoken only once.When you hear aquestion,read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answerto the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A.Queenstown.B.Melbourne.C.New South Wales.D.Sydney.12.A.Australia has never been struck by bushfires before.B.Residents in Noosa are more accustomed to floods rather than flames.C.Coffs Harbour is suffering the biggest fire in Australia.D.The bushfires have been extinguished with the help of firefighters.13.A.The summer season.B.The lack of awareness.C.The density of forests.D.The weather.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A.Exercise leads only to modest weight loss without diet changes.B Exercise can make people lose their weight as expected.C.Hoping to lose weight sometimes would be ruined due to bad habits.D.People can lose extra weight in an appropriate way.15.A.They didnt get any check.B.They were unwilling to join the research.C.They were heart disease patients.D.They were heavy and young.16.A.The group which exercised most lost more weight than expected.B.The non-exercise group gained five pounds in weight.C.The group which exercised moderately lost the most of their weight.D.The three groups almost have no distinction.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A.Only he can manage to do that.B.Our planet is not large enough to support us in the future.C.That program can make him live better.D.He thinks it is inspiring.18.A.Depressing.B.Appealing.C.Exhausting.D.Thrilling.19.A.The future is incredibly depressing.B.Sustainable energy can be achieved sooner or later.C.Technology just automatically improves.D.There is no need for us to speed up space travel program.20.A.If not speeding up,technology will slow down surely.B.Technology was the same as the great civilizations in ancient.C.Egyptians developed technology in making the pyramids.D.Romans forgot how to improve technology in waterways.IL Grammar and VocabularySection A(15 分)Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammaticallycorrect.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper fonn of the given word;for the otherblanks,use one word that best fits each blank.Chekhov(契科夫)wrote more than 500 short stories,which,in terms of depth and artistry,rival the greatnovels of other writers.He was the first 1 (focus)not on overblown drama,but on everyday life.MaximGorky wrote to Chekhov that no one could equal him when it came to 2(write)about the simple things.“After reading even your 3(insignificant)story,everything else seems crude,written not with a pen,butwith a log.MHere are 2 of the master storyteller must-reads.1.The Chameleon 变色龙，1884A minor episode occurs on the market square of the city of N:a dog bites the finger of the goldsmithKhryukin.Police inspector Ochumelov arrives to sort out the issue.At first,the inspector exclaims that the animal4 be put down and its owner fined.But when he learns 5 the dog belongs to a general,hisopinion changes.All of a sudden,Khryukin is 6(blame)for provoking the animal.One of Chekhovs first stories,read by all schoolchildren,it is a humorous critique of how peoples attitudeschange chameleon-like,depending 7 who they are dealing with.2.Man in a Case,1898Even in warm weather,Belikov wears a coat and carries an umbrella in a case.In fact,all his possessions havetheir own personal case.He hides his face behind his collar.Suspicious and paranoid,he craves order and neatnessin 8.Only in his coffin 9 he wear an almost cheerful expression on his face.In Russian,the phrase man in a case“has become an idiom,said about people 0 are afraid to openup to the world and lose many opportunities by never leaving their comfort zone.【答案】1.to focus2.writing 3.most insignificant4.should 5.that6.to blame 7.on8.himself9.does10.who#that【解析】【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了短篇小说作者契科夫及其必读的两部作品。【1题详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：他是第一个不把注意力放在夸张的戏剧上，而是放在日常生活上的人。the+序数词+n+todo,意 为“第几个做的人/物”，所以空处用不定式做后置定语，故填tofbeus。【2 题详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：马克西姆 高尔基写信给契诃夫说，在写简单的事情方面，没有人能与他相提并论。when it comes/came to 是固定搭配，意 为“当谈及到.，其中to 是介词，此处应用动名词做宾语，故填writing。【3 题详解】考查形容词。句意：即使是读了你最不起眼的故事，其他的一切都显得粗糙，就像不是用笔写的，而是用木头写的。空处应用形容词修饰名词sto ry,作定语，结合语境和上文“more than 500 shortstories”可知，此处是指读了契诃夫最不起眼的故事，应用形容词最高级。insignificant是多音节词，其最高级是加the m o st,因前面有物主代词your不再使用定冠词th e,故填most insignificant1【4 题详解】考查情态动词。句意：起初，检查员大声呼喊说这只动物应该被处死，而它的主人应该被罚款。此处表示 应该”应用情态动词should,与 be put down 一起构成谓语，故填shouldo【5 题详解】考查宾语从句。句意：但是当他知道这只狗是某个将军的时候，他的观点改变了。“the dog belongsto a general”在动词learns后面，是宾语从句，且从句句意完整，不缺少任何成分，应用无任何意义，只起连接作用的that来引导，故填that。【6 题详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：突然之间，Khryukin成了挑衅动物的罪魁祸首。be to blame fbr是固定搭配，意为“对负责任；的罪魁祸首”，故填toblame。【7 题详解】考查介词。句意：契诃夫的第一个故事，所有的学生都读过，这是一个幽默的批判，批判人们的态度就像变色龙一样，他们态度的转变取决于他们与谁打交道。depend on是固定搭配，故填on。8 题详解】考查代词。句意：他多疑和偏执，渴望自身的秩序和整洁。in oneself是固定搭配，意 为“自身；本质上”.主语是h e,所以此处应用反身代词him self,故填himself。【9 题详解】考查倒装句。句意：只有在他的棺材里，他的脸上才带着几乎快乐的表情。only+状语位于句首，主句用部分倒装，即将助动词/情态动词/be提到主语前面，该句子描述的是一般性事实，应用一般现在时，且已有动词w ear,主语是第三人称单数h e,助动词应用d o es,故填does。【10题详解】考查定语从句。句意：在俄罗斯，“套子里的人”这个短语已经成为一个成语，用来形容那些害怕向世界敞开心扉，和那些永远不离开自己的舒适区而失去许多机会的人。空处引导限制性定语从句，先行词是people,指人，在定语从句中做主语，应用关系代词who或 that来引导，故填who或 that。Section B（15 分）Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box.Each word can only be used only once.Note that there is one word more than you need.A.chaotically B.compared C.corresponding D.granted E.numbering F.portionG.position H.represent I.royal J.substantially K.unlockedThe method by which the greater part of the Egyptian alphabet was 11 is this:The ovalG Z J.o r“cartouche as it is called,always contained a（n）12 name.There is only one cartouche on the RosettaStone concerning a Ptolemy.If the cartouche did contain the name of Ptolemy,who ruled over Egypt,the charactersin it would have the sounds of the Greek letters,and that all together they would 13 the Greek form of thename of Ptolemy.On the obelisk（方尖碑）which Mr.Bankes had brought from Phite（菲莱，埃及一地名），thereis an inscription in two languages,Egyptian and Greek.In the Greek 14,two sacred names arementioned,Ptolemy and Cleopatra,and on the second face of the obelisk are two cartouches.When thesecartouches were 15 with the one on the Rosetta Stone,one contained hieroglyphic（象形文字的）characters almost identical with those on the Rosetta Stone.Rosetta Stone csHEnsn Obelisk from PhilaeGSSMIEITaking the cartouches supposed to contain the names of Ptolemy and Cleopatra from the Philse Obelisk,and16 the signs,we have:Ptolemy,A.Q N 34三6 叩1 8 尸）a X或旦Cleopatra,B.No.1 in A and No.5 in B are identical,and judging by their 17 in the names,they must represent theletter P.No.4 in A and No.2 in B are identical,and they must represent the letter L.As L is the second letter in thename of Cleopatra,No.1 /must represent K.the Greek form of Cleopatra,there aretwo vowels between the L and the P,18 to the two hieroglyphs,Q and=E and=O.Insome forms of Cleopatra,No.7 replaced by identical with No.2 in A and No.10 in B.As Tfollows P in the name Ptolemy,as there is a T in the Greek form of Cleopatra,and have19 the same sound of T.In the Greek fbnn of Cleopatra there arc two as,the positions of which agreewith No.6 and No.9,so 瓜 can be 20 the value of A.Substituting these values for the hieroglyphs inB,we may write it as thus:L E O P A T A【答案】ILK12.I13.H14.F15.B 16.E17.G 18.C19.J 20.D【解析】【导语】这还是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍解锁埃及字母的方法和推断的过程。【11题详解】考查语态及过去分词。句意：解锁大部分埃及字母的方法如下：椭圆形（或所谓的“椭圆形花饰”总是包含一个皇室名字。根据句意，设空处表示“解锁，揭开”。根据句子结构可知，the Egyptianalphabet与 解 锁”是动宾关系，故用被动语态（be done）。空前有w a s,故此处应填过去分词unlocked,故选 K。【12题详解】考查形容词。句意：解锁大部分埃及字母的方法如下：椭圆形（或所谓的“椭圆形花饰”总是包含一个皇室名字。根据句意及句子结构可知，设空处应填形容词royal,作定语，修饰名词nam es,表 示“皇家的，王室的”，故选1。【13题详解】考查动词原形。句意：如 果“椭圆形花饰”确实包含统治埃及的托勒密的名字，那么其中的字符将具有希腊字母的发音，并且它们将共同代表托勒密名字的希腊字母形式。根据句子结构可知，此处位于would后，故用动词原形。根据句意，设空处表示“代表，表示”，故填represent。故选H。【14题详解】考查名词。句意：在希腊语部分，提到了两个神圣的名字，托勒密和克利奥帕特拉，在方尖碑的第二面是两个椭圆形花饰。根据句意及句子结构可知，此处表示“在希腊语部分”，故填名词portion。故选F。【15题详解】考查语态及过去分词。句意：当将这些椭圆形花饰与罗塞塔石碑上的椭圆形花饰进行比较时，其中一个包含象形文字的字符与罗塞塔石碑上的字符几乎相同。根据句意，此处表示“比较”。根据句子结构可知，these cartouches与 比较 是动宾关系。故用被动语态（be done）。空前有w ere,故设空处填过去分词compared,故选 B。【16题详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：从菲莱方尖碑中拿出应该包含托勒密和克利奥帕特拉名字的椭圆形花饰，并对符号进行编号，我们得出：Ptolemy,A.1。根据句意，此处表Cleopatra,B.(1&3 q 响1 6 心为3 9会10H示“编号”。根据句子结构及并列连词and可知，设空处应与Taking一致，故用现在分词numbering,作状语，故选E。【17题详解】考查名词。句意：A 中 的 1号和B 中的5 号是相同的，并且从它们在名字中的位置来看，它们肯定代表字母 P。根据句子结构可知，设空处被形容词性物主代词their修饰，故填名词。根据句意，此处表示“位置“，故填position。故选G。【18题详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：在 Cleopatra的希腊形式中，L 和 P 之间有两个元音，对应于两个象形文字Q和那么，等于E,f 等于O。根据句意及空后t。可知，此处表示“等同于，与对应”。根据句子结构可知，设空处应填非谓语动词。two vowels与“等同于 是主谓关系，故填现在分词corresponding o 故选 C。【19题详解】考查副词。句意：在托勒密的名字中，A中的字母T在字母p 后。r 和u w n 在希腊语形式的Cleopatra中是字母T,并且具有基本相同的T 音。根据句意及句子结构可知，此处应填副词substantially,作状语，表 示“大体上，实质上”，故选J。【20题详解】考查语态及过去分词。句意：在 Cleopatra的希腊形式中，有两个a,其位置与第6 个和第9 个一致，因此长 可 以被赋予字母A 的值。根据句意，此处表示“授予，赋予”。根据句子结构可知，主语 篇 与“赋予”是动宾关系，故用被动语态(be done)。空前有b e,故填过去分词granted,故选D。III.Reading ComprehensionSection A(30 分)Directions:For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrasesmarked A,B,C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits thecontext.(A)Wordsworth is celebrated as the nature poet because of his beautiful descriptions of nature andrural/countryside areas.However,to 21 his work to just an imitation of trees and flowers would beimmature.Wordsworth admired nature/countryside not only because it looked beautiful,but because of the simplicity andbeauty that nature/countryside provided allowed people to be in 22 with their soul and experience truebeauty in life.Wordsworth believed that the city life made the masses dull and depressed it had reduced them to23 machines who failed to appreciate the simple beauty of life.He called this mental state savage torpor（原始麻木）.24 of the highly elevated topics of neoclassical（新古典主义）poets and their over-complicatedlanguage,Wordsworth wanted“to make the ordinary extraordinary.Wordsworth found 25 fromeveryday figures of everyday life.Whether it be the famous Solitary Reaper or the Daffodils Wordsworthspoetry flows to admire the simple beauty that exists in daily life.For Wordsworth,a poet is simply“a man speaking to men,一 a fellow human just like all of us trying tocommunicate his 26 and experience of truth and beauty.27,the poet differs from regular peoplebecause of his higher sensitivity to the happenings around him and a deeper connection with his own feelings,moods and emotions as they arise in 28 to these outer happenings.Wordsworth famously 29 poetry as“a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings which arerecollected in tranquility.Simply speaking,the highly sensitive poet is able to experience the beauty of ordinarylife,capture his own emotions as they 30 and is finally able to sit in a calm,peaceful space to use hisimagination to recollect these emotions and finally write about them.Wordsworth 31 to the belief that the 4real language of men”-ordinary daily language shouldbe used to write poetry.However,Wordsworth refined this common language to a purer form without losing the32 of its simplicity.The Egotistical Sublime（个人崇高）is a concept which simply means that a poets own subjective view oftruth and beauty is extremely 33 to his work.The poems they produce are 34 with theirown imagination and perspective on how they perceive things around them.Wordsworths works are often said tobe examples of the Egotistical Sublime since his own experience of things is what he believes to be everyonesexperience of things.In conclusion,if II be safe to say those modern-day poets who hold ideas like self-expression and sensitivity sodear to their hearts truly _35_it to Wordsworths works to reinforce ideas so simple yet so revolutionary.21.A.reduceB.relate C.extend D.restore22.A.conflictB.touch C.cooperation D.proportion23.A.overworkedB.overestimated C.overweight D.overnight24.A.IgnorantB.Aware C.Tired D.Reminded25.A.inspirationB.contact C.heritage D.loneliness2 6.A.perceptionB.qualificationC.concernD.projection2 7.A.ThereforeB.HoweverC.SimilarlyI).Additionally2 8.A.contrastB.referenceC.responseD.parallel2 9.A.defineB.dismissC.advertiseD.impose30.A.ariseB.reflectC.composeD.release31.A.belongedB.clungC.appealedD.headed3 2.A.lackB.essenceC.obligationI),decoration33.A.resistantB.attachedC.comparedD.relevant3 4.A.restrictedB.burdenedC.coveredD.filled3 5.A.shiftB.oweC.addD.channel【答案】21.A 22.B23.A 24.C25.A 26.A 27.B28.C 29.A 30.A 31.B3 2.B 3 3.B34.D 35.B【解析】【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要分析了英国著名诗人华兹华斯对英国诗歌做出的贡献，并介绍了他对诗歌的理解。2 1 题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，把他的作品简化为对树木和花卉的模仿是不成熟的。A.reduce减少、简化；B.relate 叙述、相关；C.extend 延长；D.restore 恢复。根据上文Wordsworth is celebrated as the naturepoet because of his beautiful descriptions of nature and rural/countryside areas.可知，华兹华斯因其对自然和乡村的优美描写而被誉为自然诗人，下文的however出现转折，所以不能简单地认为他的作品只是对树木的模仿。故选A。【22题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：华兹华斯欣赏自然
