重庆市第八中学校2021-2022学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题（原卷版）.docx

重庆八中20212022学年度（下）半期考试高二年级英语试题第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题分，满分分）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。例：How much is the shirt?A. £19.15. B.£9.18. C. £9.15.1. Which kind of club does the man want to join?A. Reading. B. Basketball. C. Football.2. What has the man finished?A. His history paper. B. His English paper. C. His math homework.3. What is Martin busy doing?A. Writing a book. B. Reading a book. C. Looking for good news.4. How does the man feel?A. Lonely. B. Excited. C. Happy.5. Where are the speakers?A. At home. B. In a classroom. C. In a bookstore.第二节（共15小题；每小题分，满分分）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、7题。6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends. B. Workmates. C. Family members.7. Where did the boy go?A. Tom's home. B. An old factory. C. His brother's workplace.（deliver） packages are nice looking/9 she said. Bubble wrap is 41 plastic product that is used to protect goods that are being delivered. She said white bubble wraps were good for making wedding dresses. The dresses are used for everything from coming-of-age parties for a woman's 18th birthday, 42 weddings.In Asia, there is plenty of waste material for Buenviaje to work with: about 80 percent of the world ocean plastic 43 （estimate） to come from Asian rivers.“It's important to recycle used materials so we can help our earth J said Lalaine Alcalde, who buys clothes from Buenviaje. Buenviaje said her dresses were used in beauty competitions and 44 she got delighted whenever they won. "The designs are simple 45 they still win J she said.第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节应用文写作（满分15分）46.假定你是李华，你最近在英国大使馆的微博上，得知其即将举办英伦文化节并且正在招募志愿者，你 想参加应聘。请用英语写一封邮件给负责面试的老师，内容包括：1 .简要介绍自己；2.应聘理由；3,你的优势。注意：1 .词数80左右；2 .可以适当增加细节，以使得行文连贯。3.不可泄露真实信息。参考词汇：英伦文化节U.K. Cultural Festival第二节读后续写（满分25分）47 .阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。From the first day he entered my classroom Willard P. Frank existed in his own world, shutting out hisclassmates and me. My attempts at building a friendly relationship with him were met with complete indifference. I could see that his classmates fared no better. Willard was strictly a loner who seemed to have no desire or need to break his silence.Shortly after the Thanksgiving holiday, we received word of the annual Christmas collection of money for theless fortunate people in our school district."Christmas is a season of giving," I told my students. "There are a few students in the school who might not have a happy holiday season. By contributing to our Christmas collection, you will help buy food clothing and toys for these needy people. We will start the collection tomorrow.When I called for the contributions the next day, I discovered that almost everyone had forgotten except for Willard P. Frank. The boy dug deep into his pants pockets as he walked slowly to my desk. Carefully, he dropped two quarters into the small container.“I don't need milk for lunch J he mumbled. For a moment, just a moment, he smiled. Then he turned and walked back to his desk.That night, after school, I took our few contributions to the school principal. I couldn*t help sharing the incident that had taken place.“I may be wrong, but I believe Willard might be getting ready to become a part of the world around him," I told the principal.“Yes." he nodded. "And we might do well to have him share a bit of his world with us. I just received a list of the poor families in our school who most need help through the Christmas collection. Here, take a look at it.”As I gazed down to read, I discovered Willard P. Frank and his family were the top names on the list. Seeing this, I decided to do something for him.注意：1所续写短文的词数应为100左右；2,续写两段，开头语已为你写好。Paragraph 1:On that Sunday, I paid a visit to Willard* s family.Paragraph 2:The next day, I had a special class for Willard.听力答案：1-5 BCAAB 6-10 CBBCA 11-15 CBACB 16-20 ACBCB听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Home insurance. B. Car insurance. C. Life insurance.9. How does the man like the woman's insurance fee?A. Higher than his.B. The same as his.C. Lower than his.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What was the man doing when the woman called him?A. Seeing a movie.B. Cleaning the room.C. Watching a TV show.11. Why does the woman want the man to come down the stairs?A. To help her cut the tree.B. To help repair her camera.C. To see a tree covered in snow.12. What does the man think of the tree?A. It looks very beautiful.B. There's nothing special.C. If s more interesting than the movie.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What probably is the man?A. A doctor. B. A lawyer. C. An architect.14. How will the man go to the bus station tomorrow morning?A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By car.15. When will the man take the return bus tomorrow?A. At 6:30 pm. B. At 8:00 pm. C. At 9:30 pm.16. What will the man do after coming back?A. See a movie with his wife.B. Go to a party with his wife.C. Have dinner with the woman.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where did the speaker prefer to get the information?A. Magazines. B. Books. C. Internet.18. What field did the speaker's team work in?A. Chemistry. B. Biology. C. Physics.19. What did the teacher advise the speaker's team to do?A. Work with other groups.B. Write each part of the process.C. Conduct the experiment at least three times.20. What was the difference between the speaker's team and the others?A. They designed a display.B. They took a lot of photos.C. They wrote much about the experiment.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题分，满分分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Competition results aren't the only thing generating Winter Olympics buzz right now food is too! The Chinese food being served in the Olympic village has been one of the hottest topics on social media.Tessa Maud, Snowboarding (USA)First-time Olympian Tessa Maud wanted to try "everything” in Beijing and usually "ordered too much J as she often said in her TikTok videos detailing her food tours.And while she loved the sweet and sour pork, Peking Duck, and dan-dan noodles, one of her favorite items was the scallion pancakes, which Maud called "so fire”.Julia Marino, Snowboarding (USA)Julia Marino, who took the silver medal in the women's snowboard slopestyle, has tried lots of different foods in Beijing. But when asked what her favorite meal at the Olympic Village is, Marino didn't hesitate fbr a second: dumplings. "I get back from the mountain一dumplings. Ifs the only thing I feel like is consistently always good.Adam Runnails, Biathlon (Canada)The biathlete recently gave his followers a tour of the Olympic Village food hall and shared which food items he's been enjoying eating.Like Marino, Runnall is also a fan of the dumplings. And for a taste of the West, he goes for the KFC chicken sandwich, which is "always good”.Tom Kuhnhackl, Ice hockey (Germany)Aside from the dumplings, noodles and hot pot, German ice hockey player Tom Kuhnhackl says "I'm a huge dessert guy. I tried all the desserts.” "All kinds of cakes, all kinds of cookies. They were pretty dynamite." Red velvet cake, green tea cake and avocado ice cream are some of the sweets he's loved.1. What can we learn about Tessa Maud?A She was addicted to social media.B. She participated in her first Olympics.C. She loved the sweet and sour pork most.D. She tried everything in the Olympic village.2. What do Julia Marino and Adam Runnalls have in common?A. They are both Canadians.B. They both won medals in the game.C. They are both big fans of dumplings.D. They both took part in the same sports event.3. Which athlete may probably have a sweet tooth?A. Tessa Maud.B. Julia Marino.C. Adam Runnalls.D. Tom Kuhnhackl.BMy mother-in-law left us an unexpected and priceless gift. After she died, my husband and his sister were going through the contents of her house when they discovered every letter that we had written her during our 46- year marriage. She also kept all the letters that my mother had written to her over the years.During the pandemic (大流彳亍，声)，I've had time to go through these letters. I read of our early married life, our struggle to have children and, especially, the progress of our three children from birth to adulthood. I began writing all these details for my children, and now they have details about when they were small. I discovered much that I had forgotten. To read the letters written by my mother to my husband's mother is a gift. I wish that I had saved my mother's letters to me, but now I have these letters that tell me things about my own mother that I never knew.I come from a long line of letter writers and was trained to stay in touch with our parents. My grandparents loved to receive letters from across the ocean. When I was away on a student exchange in 1970, my mother told methat my grandfather kept my airmail letters in his shirt pocket and read them daily. Knowing this, I have tried my best to write to our two families regularly.To all of you who write to me, I thank you. The handwritten word is a powerful tool of friendship; it connects us together. Perhaps I shall file them for my children so that they can read the events of our lives and know that they, too, were cherished. Keep writing to those you love. Those letters are our greatest gifts to each other.4. What did the author do after she read the letters?A. She started to write letters.B. She read the letters to her children.C. She asked her children to write letters regularly.D. She wrote down details about her children's childhood.5. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?A. The reason for writing letters.B. The importance of studying abroad.C. The influence of her grandfather.D. The way to keep in touch with others.6. What is the power of handwritten words according to the article?A. They help us record a person's life.B. They strengthen emotional exchanges.C. They enable us to survive the pandemic.D. They allow us to practice writing skills.7. Which can be a suitable title for the article?A. Written letters a New TrendB. Communication - a Useful ToolC. Written Memories 一 a Priceless GiftD. Mother-in-law - a Beloved Family MemberC“You can tune （为调音）a piano, but you can't tuna fish." Upon reading the sentence, you're eitherlaughing, scratching your head or rolling your eyes. Welcome to the world of puns （双关t吾）.A pun is a form of wordplay that uses similar-sounding words or phrases for comic effect. For example, in the first sentence, the usage of "tuna" is a pun because it sounds like "tune a”. Of course, you can't "tune a" fish, but it's a clever way of using words in an unexpected way.“They can be a demonstration of cleverness,9, John Pollack, author of The Pun Also Rises (the title itself a pun based on Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises). "You're relying on a person's ability to analyze language, to understand the nuances (细微差另U) and complexities of words. Puns show us how subjective meaning and its many layers can be packed into one word. Thafs why for most of Western history, puns were a sign of high intellect. They were a tool, and they remain a tool, to pack more meaning into fewer words.”Puns are used widely throughout popular culture in TV, movies, and campaigns and marketing. For example, the ice cream company Ben and Jerry's regularly uses puns in their flavors, such as "Americone Dream". The American animated comedy Bob's Burgers uses puns in every episode from the title sequence, episode name and Bob's burgers of the day- like the Poblano Picasso burger (a burger that uses poblano peppers named after the artist, Pablo Picasso) or Eggers Can't Be Cheesers (an egg burger based on the saying, "Beggars can't be choosers')You can try writing your own puns, but remember, don't write with a broken pencil because it's pointless.8. Why does the author mention a pun at the beginning of the text?A. To introduce the origin of puns.B. To help readers see what a pun is.C. To show how confusing puns can be.D. To describe people's reactions to puns.9. What can we conclude from John Pollack's words?A. Puns help us analyze language.B. Puns are popular with clever people.C. Puns are usually presented in complex forms.D. Puns make use of different meanings of words.10. How is paragraph 4 developed?B. By making comparisons.D. By drawing a conclusion.B. ask for adviceD. show comic effectA. By giving examples.C. By making a classification.11. In the last paragraph, the author wants toA. give a warningC offer suggestionsImagine a world without insects. It might sound good at first without creepy-crawly bugs and annoying flies in your apartment. However, the consequences would be disastrous.The number of insects has dropped by more than half in the past decades, according to British biologist Dave Goulson, author of Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse. As insects make up most of the known species on this planet, this data is not good news.Insects are indeed on the path to extinction, according to the first global scientific review of insect population decline, which was published in the journal Biological Conservation in January 2019. The researchers say intensive agriculture has been the main cause of the decline. Pesticides （杀虫剂）,in particular, destroy insect habitats. Urbanization and climate change are also significant factors. "Unless we convert our ways of producing food, insects will go down the path of extinction in a few decades.”What would happen to Earth without insects? It's almost impossible to predict, but the consequences would be far-reaching. We need insects to pollinate （授粉）crops, recycle plant and animal material, keep the soil healthy and much more. Without insects, many animals would have nothing to eat, and the predators （捕食者）of those animals would go hungry as well. The ecosystem would be thrown off balance.“If insect species losses cannot be halted, this will have catastrophic consequences fbr both the planefs ecosystems and fbr the survival of mankind,said Sanchez-Bayo, one of the authors of the review. The first step to halt this process is "to engender a society that values the natural world, both for what it does fbr us and for its own sake”, SanchezBayo suggests. "The obvious place to start is with our children, encouraging environmental awareness from an early age.”12. What's people's general impression of insects?A. Quite unpleasant.B. Very interesting.C. Extremely helpful.D. Unexpectedly disastrous.13. What does the underlined word in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Change.B. Abandon.C. Expand.D.