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1、山东泰安肥城市2022-2022学年高二英语上学期期中试题本试卷共12页。总分值150分，考试用时120分钟。考试结束，将答题卡交回。考前须知： 1. 答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座号、考生号填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。 2. 选择题每题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。 3. 非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应的位置，不能写在试卷上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。第一局部 听力

2、共两节，总分值30分第一节共5小题；每题1.5分, 总分值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三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the woman suggest doing this weekend?A. Staying at home.B. Visiting a museum. C. Reading books about Picasso.2. Why did the man give up his job?A. He was not

3、interested in it. B. The manager asked him to leave. C. It was a long way from his home. 3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A passage.B. Difficult sentences. C. The womans new ideas.4. How did the woman get her party dress?A. She made it by herself. B. She bought it in a store. C. She

4、borrowed it from others. 5. What does the woman think of the professors speech?A. Easy.B. Confusing.C. Interesting. 第二节共15小题；每题1.5分，总分值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三个选项中选出最正确选项，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。听下面一段对话，答复第6和第7两个小题。6. When is Tom leaving

5、 for London?A. On July 10th.B. On July 12th.C. On July 15th. 7. How will Tom go to the airport?A. By bus.B. By car. C. By taxi.听下面一段对话，答复第8和第9两个小题。8. What was held on Friday afternoon?A. A volleyball game.B. A basketball game.C. A football game. 9. Why did the man run along the country road?A. To ke

6、ep fit. B. To enjoy the scenery. C. To know the other people. 听下面一段对话，答复第10至第12三个小题。10. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends.B. Mother and son.C. Policeman and driver.11. Why did Jason get a ticket?A. He drove too fast. B. He ran through a red light. C. He stopped on the d

7、ouble yellow line. 12. What bothered Jason?A. His shopping list.B. His mothers illness.C. His driving skill. 听下面一段对话，答复第13至第16四个小题。13. Who is the man?A. A business traveler.B. A tour guide.C. A hotel clerk. 14. What is the most important thing to business travelers?A. Quick check-in and check-out. B

8、. Good room service. C. Nice transportation. 15. Where do business travelers tend to eat their meals?A. In their rooms.B. At restaurants.C. At the bars. 16. What does the hotel provide for free?A. Meeting rooms.B. A bus to the city center. C. Airport pick-up service. 听下面一段独白，答复第17至第20四个小题。17. Which

9、room is the speaker in?A. Room 204.B. Room 307.C. Room 405. 18. Where should the students put all their belongings?A. In the lockers. B. In the front of the testing room. C. On the chairs outside the testing room. 19. What must the students do if they want to use the restroom?A. Go with a monitor.B.

10、 Wait to be called.C. Ask for permission. 20. What do we know about the students?A. They should go to Room 204 for the GRE test. B. They cant wear their coats in the testing room. C. They can use their own pens, paper and pencils. 第二局部 阅读理解共两节，总分值 50分 第一节共16小题；每题2.5分，总分值40分阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，

11、选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AWeve got a list of teen scientists from a variety of fields.Jack AndrakaJack Andraka created a biosensor for cancer that he says is 168 times faster, 26, 667 times less expensive and 400 times more sensitive than technology nowadays.Hes the youngest person to have spoken in fro

12、nt of the Royal Society of Medicine.Taylor WilsonTaylor Wilson was the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion (核聚变). He was inspired by The Radioactive Boy Scout, a novel in which a kid tries and fails to build a nuclear reactor.Taylor thought he could do better. Long story short, he wanted to bu

13、ild a small nuclear reactor. And he did it at the age of fourteen. He received a Thiel Fellowship, which gave him $100,000 to work on his own research.Sara VolzSara Volz performed experiments in which she grew algae based on their oil output for the purpose of growing them as biofuel (生物燃料). This re

14、search is especially important as the world continues to search for a way to lessen our dependence on non-renewable energy. She won the top prize of S100,000 in the Intel Science Talent Search.Daniel BurdPlastic usually takes thousands of years to decompose (降解), but this high school student Daniel

15、Burd managed to do it in three months.In an experiment, he mixed plastic bags and a special kind of dirt together, and found that they did decompose faster. He then performed tests to find the bacteria responsible for decomposing the plastics.His solution only produces water and small amounts of car

16、bon dioxide. He says it could easily be used elsewhere.21. Who designed a medical instrument?A. Sara Volz. B. Daniel Burd. C. Jack Andraka. D. Taylor Wilson.22. What excited Taylor Wilsons interest in his invention?A. A novel by a kid. B. Plastic pollution. C. Energy shortage. D. A story book.23. Wh

17、at do we know about Daniel Burds invention?A. It won him a $100,000 prize.B. It is environmentally friendly.C. It was completed in three months.D. It is widely used in everyday waste.24. Where is the text probably taken from? A. A guidebook.B. A magazine.C. An advertisement.D. A dictionary. BOne Sat

18、urday afternoon, I went to a fast food restaurant to have some food with my kids. As we were walking into the restaurant, I noticed a woman smoking a cigarette outside. While we were waiting in line, with about ten other people, we saw the woman rush back into the store to help the busy staff.A cust

19、omer standing next to us started yelling at the employee who had begun filling brown paper bags with fries, burgers, and nuggets, “I saw you, she said. “I saw you out there smoking; then you came in straight and touched our food! Its disgusting! Why would you do that? The woman wouldnt stop. Everyon

20、e was staring. The employee was getting teary. It looked as if she just wanted to find a place to hide. The manager came over and told her to wash her hands and leave the floor for a while. He then apologized to the customer.“Thats disgusting, my oldest son whispered to me, “But I do feel bad for he

21、r. I was glad he followed it up with that last sentence. His comment showed me that hed probably never treat someone the way that customer had treated that employee.You are allowed to be angry at others improper behavior and tell them how you feel. However, you dont need some audience or witnesses w

22、hen you are making negative comments on others. Doing that in public doesnt strengthen your point.Im willing to bet that the woman being criticized was so shamed that she wasnt able to hear the message that was being forced down her throat. However, had the customer taken her aside, and said in a qu

23、iet voice, “I noticed you didnt wash your hands after your smoke break; can you please go to do that now? The employee would have had the opportunity to do just that. The message the customer wanted to convey would have gotten to that employee more effectively, and her entire day would not have been

24、 ruined.25. Why was the customer so angry?A. The employee smoked in front of her.B. She was yelled at by people around her.C. She had to wait in a long line for her food.D. The employee touched food without washing hands.26. How did the employee respond after hearing the customers words?A. She felt

25、confused and annoyed.B. She turned to her manager for help.C. She was very sad and embarrassed.D. She dealt with the problem calmly.27. The comments of the authors oldest son indicated that he .A. had sympathy for the employeeB. supported the customers behaviorC. cared little about the employees act

26、ionD. had experienced the situation many times28. What does the author mainly want to convey?A. We should treat every person equally.B. We should always mind our behavior.C. We should admit our mistakes bravely.D. We should avoid criticizing someone in public.CA city in South Korea, which has the wo

27、rlds highest smartphone usage rate, has placed flashing lights at a road crossing to warn “smartphone zombies (低头族) to look up and drivers to slow down, in the hope of preventing accidents.The designers of the system were motivated by growing worry that more pedestrians (行人) addicted to their phones

28、 will become victims in a country that already has some of the highest injury rates among developed countries.State-run Korea Institute of Civil Engining and Building Technology believed its system of flashing lights at crossings can warn both pedestrians and drivers.In addition to red, yellow and b

29、lue LED lights on the road, “smartphone zombies will be warned by flashing lights and a warning sent to the phones by an app that they are about to step into traffic.“Increasing numbers of accidents are happening at pedestrian crossings, so these lights are needed to prevent these pedestrian acciden

30、ts, said KICT senior researcher Kim Jong-hoon.South Korea has the worlds highest smartphone usage rate, according to Pew Research Center, with about 94 percent of adults owning smartphones in 2022, compared with 77 percent in the United States and 59 percent in Japan.For now, the warning system is s

31、et up only in Ilsan, a city about 30 km northwest of the capital, Seoul, but is expected to go nationwide, according to the institute.Kim Dan-hee, a 23-year-old citizen of Ilsan, welcomed the system, saying she was often too absorbed in her phone to remember to look at traffic. “This flashing light

32、makes me feel safe as it makes me look around again, and I hope that we can have more of these in town, she said.29. What is the purpose of South Koreas new warning system?A. To prevent pedestrian accidents.B. To limit the use of phones. C. To remind pedestrians to look around.D. To ensure drivers s

33、afety.30. How does the writer introduce the high smartphone usage rate of South Korea? A. By describing a scene. B. By making comparison. C. By explaining a subject. D. By raising a question.31. Whats Kim Dan-hees attitude to the new warning system? A. Supportive. B. Indifferent. C. Objective. D. Do

34、ubtful.32. What is the best title for the text? A. Flashing lights at the crossing in different countries. B. Watching out for safety while crossing the road. C. South Korea ranking the worlds highest phone usage rate. D. New warning system to prevent accidents in South Korea.DIf you watched TV in t

35、he 1980s, you probably remember the Head &Shoulders advertisement warning, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.Now new research suggests that this isnt totally true. For a paper called “The Tipping Point of Moral Change: When Do Good and Bad Acts Make Good and Bad Actors? publi

36、shed in Social Cognition, Nadav Klein and Ed O Brien, psychological scientists at the University of Chicago, ran several experiments designed to discover how quickly people are willing to change impressions.In one online study of 201 participants, an office worker known as “Barbara started off, but

37、occasionally committed (做) a series of positive or negative actions. Sometimes she held doors for people. Other times she would cut in line. Subjects answered how long such behavior had to go on for their view of Barbara to tip in various directions.The result? Barbara had to do nice things for more

38、 weeks to become regarded as a good person than the number of weeks she had to do bad things to become bad. Another online experiment involving 200 female participants also found that people were quick to judge when Barbara was doing wrong and much slower to believe shed changed for the better.“Peop

39、le only need to commit just a few bad actions to appear greatly changed for the worse, but need to commit many good actions to appear greatly changed for the better, the authors write.If youve made a good first impression on a group of people, dont get too comfortable. Flub something, and theyll qui

40、ckly change their impression for the worse. But if you made a bad first impression? Then the Head & Shoulders advertisement is on to something because, as Heather Huhman, president of Come Recommended, puts it, “People are always quick to judge, and we like our opinionswe dont like to change our min

41、ds.“It is difficult to change a bad first impression, but not impossible. Dont try to force new relationships. Let relationships develop naturally and dont do things just to make people like you. Be yourself, Huhman advises.33. What did the Head & Shoulders advertisement show?A. First impressions ar

42、e lasting.B. First impressions are not reliable.C. First impressions can work wonders.D. First impressions are the most natural.34. What are the findings of the studies?A. People are quick to judge.B. It takes more time to become bad.C. Its hard to change bad impressions.D. People always focus on ba

43、d actions.35. What does the underlined part “Flub something in Paragraph 6 refer to?A. Show something.B. Do something bad.C. Try something new.D. Keep on doing something.36. Whats Huhmans advice?A. Be the real you.B. Make people like you.C. Create a good impression.D. Ignore peoples judgements.第二节共5

44、小题；每题2分，总分值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正确选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Heart disease is the leading cause of disability and death worldwide. 37 With that in mind, if you knew that you could help keep your heart healthy by eating just a little bit less every day about six standard-size Oreos worth of calorieswould

45、 you? Researchers have found evidence that just a modest reduction in our daily caloric intake (摄入) could have protective benefits for our hearts. They drew on data from the Long term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy (ERIE) study. According to the study, the experiment began with 218 participant

46、s, all of whom were normal weight or just slightly overweight and between the ages of 21 and 50. Researchers started 143 participants on a diet that reduced their caloric intake by 25%. 38 . In the end, 188 participants completed the study117 with caloric restriction and 71 without. Over two years,

47、people in the calorie-cutting group reduced their caloric intake by an average of about 12%. 39 . They lost about 16.5 pounds on average and saw improvements, including lowered cholesterol (胆固醇) and blood pressure, on all six primary factors associated with risks to heart health. “We expected there to be some improvement on cardiometabolic (心血管代谢) factors, says William Kraus, the studys lead author. “ 40 . Though the weight loss was relatively impressive, it wasnt responsible for a majority of the heart benefits. After conduct