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1、广西南宁市第三中学2022-2022学年高二英语下学期期中试题第一局部：听力共两节，总分值20分第一节共5小题；每题1分，总分值5分听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一小题，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 do we know about Susan?A. She left hospital this morning. B. She is still in hospital.C. She is in good health.2. When will the wom

2、an type the letter for the man?A. In the morning B. In the afternoon C. In the evening3. What will Alice probably do this afternoon?A. Go shopping. B. Watch a film. C. Prepare for exams.4. What does the woman suggest the man should do?A. Read the newspaper in class.B. Go to the library to read the n

3、ewspaper.C. Finish the newspaper as soon as possible.5. What might the weather be like tomorrow afternoon?A. Fine. B. Rainy. C. Cloudy. 第二节共15小题；每题1分，总分值15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。 听第6段材料，答复第6、7题。6. What do

4、es the man ask the woman to do?A. Work for her former employer.B. Recommend a customer.C. Join his company.7. What is the woman doing?A. Working for a company.B. Running a business.C. Hunting for a job听第7段材料，答复第8、9题。8. How many rooms does the house have altogether?A. Five. B. Seven. C. Eight.9. What

5、 does the woman like best about the house?A. The small garden. B. The modern kitchen. C. The big sitting room.听第8段材料，答复第10至12题。10. What do the speakers talk about at first?A. Vacation plans. B. History. C. A photo.11. How high is the Great Pyramid?A. About 137 meters. B. About 173 meters. C. About 2

6、30 meters.12. Where did the woman go last summer?A. To Egypt. B. To Japan. C. To France.听第9段材料，答复第13至16题。13. What does the woman have to do on Saturday morning?A. Finish her homework. B. Go to the dentist. C. Do the cleaning.14. Why will the woman meet Julie?A. To teach her how to cook.B. To have so

7、ccer practice.C. To help her with her homework.15. When will the woman pick up her brother?A. At 2:00 pm. B. At 4:30 pm. C. At 5:30 pm.16. What is the woman expected to do after picking up her brother?A. Read a book.B. Clean the dishes. C. Cook a meal.听第10段材料，答复第17至20题。17. How did the speaker get to

8、 Calais?A. By car. B. By ferry. C. By train.18. Why was the speaker delayed even more in Calais?A. He got seriously sick in Calais.B. He forgot Lauras instructions.C. He was caught in terrible weather. 19. What happened to the speaker on his way home from Dover?A. He had an accident. B. He had a bre

9、akdown. C. He walked to Orpington.20. Why did the speaker go to work once he got home?A. He had an important meeting.B. He came back later than expected.C. He had already got off work for several days.第二局部：阅读理解共两节，总分值40分第一节： (共15小题；每题2分，总分值30分)阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最正确选项。ATake Action for a Bet

10、ter World: Volunteers NeededSix months preparation in Denmark: Africa studies, team work combined with social work with risk group teenagers.Six months community work in Malawi in People to People Projects: Child Aid, HIV/AIDS Fights and Teacher Training. Qualifications (条件) : 18 years, hard-working

11、 and social engagement.Please contact us by email: takeaction betterworld. ComPart-time Work with Exchange StudentsYOUTH International is a non-profit high school foreign exchange student organization. We welcome teenagers from over 80 countries worldwide and provide host families. The Community Rep

12、resentative is a part time position designed for people with a strong desire to do something rewarding in the community and earn some extra money.Applicants (申请人) best suited for this work should enjoy teenagers, have a strong interest in cross-cultural communication, and feel comfortable networking

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14、. I am looking for a summer job in an English-speaking country. I can teach Chinese or do house and garden work, and cook Chinese dishes. Can anybody offer me a job? I dont need to earn much, just enough in 2 months (July-August) to pay for my return ticket to China. My goal is to improve my English

15、 and see a bit more of the world.My email is: ram3462 hotmail. comCall for Native Speakers of EnglishI am looking for native speakers of English to join in an experiment. This experiment is carried out over the Internet. You dont need any specific knowledge other than understanding and speaking Engl

16、ish at a native level. The first task will take you around 15 minutes. After this task, you can decide whether you want to continue the experiment. The tasks involve reading texts and designing questions and answers.If you are willing to help me, then please email me: club3864 hotmail. com21. Who is

17、 suitable to work as a Community Representative in YOUTH International?A. One who enjoys working with teenagers from different countries.B. One who hopes to take action in fighting against diseases.C. One who has a strong desire to improve his or her English.D. One who wants to earn some pocket mone

18、y in the program.22. Where will Jack, a volunteer, receive the training before he is sent to work in Malawi?A. In some local offices in the U. S.B. In an ESL organization in China.C. In a preparation program in Denmark.D. In an exchange student center in Africa.23. If Mrs. Black in the U.S. hopes to

19、 learn some Chinese at home, she may contact .A. takeaction betterworld. com B. ram3462 hotmail. cornC. club3864hotmail. com D. staff youth.org24. What are volunteers for an experiment over the Internet supposed to do?A. To interview people online. B. To do some housework.C. To offer advice on Child

20、 Aid. D. To provide language exercises.BLONDON Thursday July 26(Reuters)Eddy missed his girlfriend Anna so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose(求婚)to her. The problem is that she did the same in the opposite direction.He and Anna even managed to miss each other when they sat i

21、n the same airport waiting room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.Anna, heartbroken when she arrived at Eddys Sydney flat to find he had flown to London, told The Times: “It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us.“He is the most romantic person I have ever kn

22、own. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(冲动) people. We are always trying to surprise each other.After an 11 000-mile flight across the globe, she was greeted by Eddys astonished roommate asking what she was doing there.Eddy, a 27-year-old engineer, had taken a year off to travel

23、 round Australia. But he was missing Anna, a 26-year-old secretary, so much that he got a job on a Sydney building site(工地) and started saving for a surprise.He then flew home to Britain and went to her flat armed with an engagement(订婚) ring, wine and flowers.“I really missed Anna and Id been thinki

24、ng about her all the time. I was so excited when she phoned me from Australia, he said.Eddy then asked Anna to marry him on the phone. “I didnt know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted, she said.Anna was given a tour of Sydney by Eddys friends before going back home. Eddy had to stay in Britain f

25、or two weeks because he could not change his ticket.25. What does the last sentence of the first paragraph tell us?A. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to propose to him.B. Anna flew to Australia from Britain to propose to him.C. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to marry him.D. Anna flew to Aus

26、tralia from Britain to marry him.26. The underlined word “miss in paragraph 2 most probably means .A. fail to meetB. fail to understandC. escape fromD. long to see27. Eddy got a job on a Sydney building site because he .A. was an engineer at this building siteB. wanted to travel round AustraliaC. ho

27、ped to make money from this jobD. needed money to pay his daily cost28. Which of the following is TRUE about Eddy and Anna according to the text?A. Eddy met Anna in the airport waiting room by chance.B. Eddy proposed to Anna on the phone and Anna accepted.C. Anna had a good time touring Sydney with

28、Eddy.D. Anna stayed in Australia waiting for Eddys arrival.CSupermarkets are trying out new computers that make shopping carts(购物手推车) more intelligent. They will help shoppers find paper cups or toilet soap, and keep a record of the bill.The touch-screen devices(触摸屏装置) are on show at the Food Market

29、ing Institutes exhibition here this week. “These devices are able to create value and get you around the store quicker, said Michael Alexandor, manager of Springboard Retail Networks Inc., which makes a smart cart computer called the Concierge.Canadian stores will test the Concierge in July. A simil

30、ar device, IBMs “Shopping Buddy, has recently been test-marketed at Stop & Shop stores in Massachusetts.Neither device tells you how many fat grams or calories are in your cart, but they will flash you with items on sale. The idea is to make it easier for people to buy, not to have second thoughts t

31、hat maybe you should put something back on the shelf.“The whole model is driven by advertisers need to get in front of shoppers, said Alexandor. “Theyre not watching 30-second TV ads anymore.People can use a home computer to make their shopping lists. Once at the store, a shopper can use a preferred

32、 customer card to start a system that will organize the trip around the store. If youre looking for toothpicks, you type in the word or pick it from a list, and a map will appear on the screen showing where you are and where you can find them.The device also keeps a record of what you buy. When your

33、e finished, the device figures out your bill. Then you go to the checker or place your card into a self-checkout stand and pay.The new computerized shopping assistants dont come cheap. The Buddy devices will cost the average store about $ 160 000, and the Concierge will cost stores about $ 500 for e

34、ach device.29. The underlined word “They (paragraph 1) refers to .A. supermarkets B. shop assistants C. shopping carts D. shop managers30. We can learn from the last paragraph that .A. intelligent shopping carts cost a large sum of moneyB. the Concierge is cheaper than the Buddy devicesC. shop assis

35、tants with computer knowledge are well paidD. average stores prefer the Concierge to the Buddy devices31. What might be the most suitable title for the text?A. New age for supermarketsB. Concierge and Shopping BuddyC. New computers make shopping carts smarterD. Touch-screen devices make shopping enj

36、oyableD When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money?What should our attitude to beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full

37、 of terribly sad stories. It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars.Certainly, most of the worlds great religions(宗教) order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves. But

38、 has the world changed? Maybe what was morally(道德方面) right in the old days, when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their arguments.First, some believe that many city beg

39、gars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good living from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil(罪行). Secondly, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs. Thirdly, there is the opinion that there is no real excuse for b

40、egging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing ones sense of pride and self-dependence.Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and receive h

41、elp.It is hard to come to any final conclusion: there are various cases and we must deal with them differently. A few corns can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the giver.32. What is mainly discussed in the passage? A. Mor

42、al deeds of people. B. Religious activties of the church. C. Moral goodness of the giver. D. Arguments on giving to beggars.33. What can we infer from the sentence “But has the world changed? in the third paragraph? A. People no longer know who suffers misfortune in the village. B. Some people will

43、not do what was morally right in the past. C. We dont meet with those who need help any more. D. Now it is the governments duty to help the beggars.34. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars. B. Some beggars want money to help their c

44、hildren go to school. C. Some beggars use the money to buy drugs. D. Some beggars have no excuse for begging.35. In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that it is hard to come to any final conclusion, because .A. the cases can be so different B. there are so many beggarsC. there is so much money w

45、asted D. there are so many different arguments第二节共5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。When I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm. Especially in the winter we wear quite out off from the outside world. As soo

46、n as I left school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital. However, 36 37 It costs so much to go out, not to mention basics like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from a kind of throat illness, and the air is so bad that I am afraid to go outside. 38 Although I have a

47、 car, I seldom use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle, but that can be quite dangerous. 39 First, there is so much to do in the city, whatever your taste in culture or entertainment. Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more important job or position. Finally, if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprisingand, what is more, shops are often only a short walk away. Is life better then, in the city? Perhaps it is, when you are in your tee