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1、江苏省江阴市二中、要塞中学等四校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30分)第一节听下面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 man ask the woman to do?A. Buy a desk for him. B. Get a key for Joe. C. Share the cupboard with him.()2. How does the woman f

2、eel now?A. Nervous. B. Confident. C. Surprised.()3. What is the woman doing?A. Watching a movie. B. Buying a ticket. C. Waiting for James.()4. What does the woman say about the new clothes shop?A. Its crowded on Saturday. B. The clothes are expensive.C. There are many changing rooms there.()5. What

3、will the man probably do?A. Have the fax machine repaired. B. Call Mr. Steven in Washington.C. Get the paper faxed next door.第二节听下面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. Why does the man call the woman?A.

4、 To make an appointment. B. To change an appointment.C. To cancel an appointment.()7. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Have her pipes checked. B. Repair her front stairs. C. Replace her back door.听第7段材料，答复第8、9题。()8. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a restaurant. B. Over the phone

5、. C. In the office.()9. When can the man order?A. At 10：30 pm. B. At 10：00 pm. C. At 8：00 pm.听第8段材料，答复第10至12题。()10. What does the woman plan to do?A. Rent a house. B. Buy some furniture. C. Move her house.()11. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Landlord and renter. B. Agent and cust

6、omer. C. Neighbors.()12. How much should the woman pay altogether?A. $260. B. $390. C. $650.听第9段材料，答复第13至16题。()13. What can we know about the couples TV set?A. It has been sold. B. It has been given away. C. It is being repaired.()14. What kind of film will be on at the Silver Star Theater?A. A war

7、movie. B. A western film. C. A comedy.()15. Why does the man refuse to see the film The Killer?A. He has no money to pay for it. B. The film is not his preference.C. The theater is far from their home.()16. What time is it now?A. 8：00 pm. B. 7：30 pm. C. 7：00 pm.听第10段材料，答复第17至20题。()17. What is the se

8、ason now according to the text?A. Winter. B. Spring. C. Autumn.()18. Which place does the speaker suggest visiting?A. A beach. B. A national park. C. A camp.()19. How many people died in 2022 in national parks?A. 1，025. B. 129. C. 145. ()20. What may get people into trouble?A. Extra batteries. B. Po

9、or judgment. C. Over preparation.第二局部： 阅读理解(共两节，总分值35分)第一节共10小题，每题2.5分请认真阅读以下短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最正确选项。AIslands that could disappear in your lifetimeIsland vacations are dreams for many tourists, but climate change has lifted ocean temperatures, raised sea levels and worsened storm severity.

10、As a result, some islands are threatened and could disappear in the coming decades.Federal States of Micronesia2022 Population: 112，640The average rate of sealevel rise worldwide has been 3.1 mm per year since 1993. But the rate around Federated States of Micronesia is three times faster. The countr

11、y is at risk of disappearing because of coastal flooding, erosion, and frequent storms.Tuvalu2022 Population: 11，508.Tuvalu is a small chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean. For more than 25 years, its representatives have raised alarms that climate change could raise sea levels enough to flood the

12、islands. Even if waters never get that high, Tuvalu could still become uninhabitable as rising sea levels have polluted the nations groundwater resources with salt.Marshall Islands2022 Population: 58，413Residents of Marshall Islands, a chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacifi

13、c Ocean, have known for years that they have to either build new artificial islands to relocate or raise the existing ones.Shishmaref, Alaska2022 Population: 617In 2022, people living in Shishmaref, Alaska, located near the Bering Strait, voted to relocate before melting ice and land erosion would f

14、orced them to. Alaska had granted the city $8 million toward the move, but officials say it will cost $200 million.()21. The sea level around Federal States of Micronesia is rising as much as _ or so a year.A. 1.1 mm B. 3.1 mm C. 6.6 mm D. 9.3 mm()22. Which island has been granted some funds to relo

15、cate by the state government?A. Federal States of Micronesia B. TuvaluC. Marshall Islands D. ShishmarefBThe term “crocodile tears refers to insincere sadness. This term has an etymology dating back several centuries. As early as the fourth century, crocodile tears are referenced in the literature wi

16、th the meaning of insincere sorrow. It is said that crocodiles weep while eating their hunted animals because they are sad; however, this sadness is not honest.The term crocodile tears became widely popular after it was documented in a fifteenthcentury book titled The Voyage and Travel of Sir John M

17、andeville, Knight. A passage from the book reads: “These crocodiles kill men and they eat them weeping. As you may already know, crocodilians(鳄目动物) likely feel bad about littleespecially feeding. However, the assumption of the crocodiletears metaphor may be true. In a 2022 paper published in BioScie

18、nce titled “Crocodile Tears: And thei eten hem wepynge(“Crocodile Tears: And they eat them weeping), researchers observed 7 crocodilians in cages during feeding time at a reserve(4 caimans and 3 American alligators). The researchers observed the animals outside of water at feeding stations to better

19、 find out whether tearing developed. Five of the 7 crocodilians developed something like tears in their eyes before, during or after feeding. The researchers suggest that these crocodile tears occur because a crocodilian hisses(发出嘶嘶声) while it eats, and this hissing forces air through the spaces in

20、the bone behind the nose and out the eye, in the process picking up nasolacrimal secretions(鼻泪管分泌物)In humans, “crocodile tears is a medical condition that causes a person to tear up while eating. Crocodile tears typically occur because of a temporary loss of facial control due to damage of the facia

21、l nerve. Specifically, when the facial nerve grows again, it does so incorrectly thus resulting in tears during chewing food.()23. The underlined word “etymology in Paragraph 1 refers to _A. a reference book containing articles on various topicsB. the origin and history of a particular termC. a prin

22、ted sheet of paper that are given free to advertiseD. the application and influence of a new theory()24. The term “crocodile tears _A. is a medical condition that causes a crocodile to tear upB. became widely popular as early as the fourth centuryC. refers to pretended sadnessD. proved to be only an

23、 assumption()25. From the 2022 paper published in BioScience, we can know that _A. crocodilians especially feel bad about feedingB. not all the 7 crocodilians developed tearingC. the crocodilians were carefully observed inside waterD. crocodile tears occur because a crocodilian hisses after it eats(

24、)26. The passage is mainly about _A. what the real truth is about crocodile tearsB. when the term “crocodile tears got popular in literatureC. how researchers made the experiment on crocodiliansD. why crocodile tears typically occur in humansCFor several decades, there has been an organized campaign

25、 intended to produce distrust in science, funded by those whose interests are threatened by the findings of modern science. In response, scientists have tended to stress the success of science. After all, scientists have been right about most things, from the structure of the universe to the relativ

26、ity of time and space.Stressing successes isnt wrong, but for many people its not persuasive. An alternative answer to the question “Why trust science？ is that scientists use the socalled scientific method. But what is called the scientific method isnt what scientists actually do. Science is dynamic

27、: new methods get invented; old ones get abandoned; and at any particular point, scientists can be found doing many different things. False theories sometimes lead to true results, so even if an experiment works, it doesnt prove that the theory it was designed to test is true. If there is no specifi

28、c scientific method, then what is the basis for trust in science? The answer is the methods by which those claims are evaluated. A scientific claim is never accepted as true until it has gone through a long process of examination by fellow scientists.Scientists draft the initial version of a paper a

29、nd then send it to colleagues for suggestions. Until this point, scientific feedback is typically fairly friendly. But the next step is different: the revised paper is submitted to a scientific journal, where things get a whole lot tougher. Editors deliberately send scientific papers to people who a

30、re not friends or colleagues of the authors, and the job of the reviewer is to find errors or other faults. We call this process “peer review because the reviewers are scientific peersexperts in the same fieldbut they act in the role of a superior who has both the right and the responsibility to fin

31、d fault. It is only after the reviewers and the editor are satisfied that any problems have been fixed that the paper will be printed in the journal and enters the body of “scienceSome people argue that we should not trust science because scientists are “always changing their minds. While examples o

32、f truly settled science being overturned are far fewer than is sometimes claimed, they do exist. But the beauty of this scientific process is that science produces both creativity and stability. New observations, ideas, explanations and attempts to combine competing claims introduce creativity; tran

33、sformative questioning leads to collective decisions and the stability of scientific knowledge. Scientists_do_change_their_minds_in_the_face_of_new_evidence,_but_this_is_a_strength_of_science,_not_a_weakness()27. Scientists stress the success of science in order to _A. promote basic knowledge of sci

34、enceB. remind people of scientific achievementsC. remove possible doubts about scienceD. show their attitude towards the campaign()28. What can we learn about the socalled scientific method?A. Its an easy job to prove its existence. B. It usually agrees with scientists ideas.C. It hardly gets mixed

35、with false theories. D. It constantly changes and progresses.()29. What can we learn about “peer review？A. It seldom gives negative evaluation of a paper.B. It is usually conducted by unfriendly experts.C. It aims to perfect the paper to be published.D. It happens at the beginning of the evaluation

36、process.()30. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that _A. it is not uncommon for science to be overturnedB. scientists are very strong in changing their mindsC. people lose faith in those changeable scientistsD. changes bring creativity and stability to science第二节(共5小题；每题2分，总分值10分

37、)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。Pick up Your GameA youth soccer coach，Hugo Grajeda，director of Pro Youth Soccer Academy in Chester，New York，shares some tips to help you improve your soccer skills.Start with basic drills.“Go outdoors，get a ball and keep it close to your feet， Grajeda says.

38、“ 31 If you have a backyard，work on shooting. 32 “Its a good way of building skills without having the pressure of games.Choose a camp that emphasizes building skills and go to one of those.There are plenty of camps that begin right after school ends.Dont forget to stretch. 33 Then do a series of st

39、retches to loosen up your muscles.Dont forget to take a drink of water before you even step on the field.“Water is important，especially in summer， Grajeda says.Watch the World Cup.Grajeda will be telling his athletes to watch as many games as they can. 34 Then，you should try to bring some of their m

40、oves into your own game.“Pick up something that you like and practice it， Grajeda says.Keep practicing.Practice may not seem like the most fun part of playing soccer. 35 Look for ways to make practice fun by adding some competition to simple drills，and dont be discouraged if it takes time to master

41、new skills.“If someone were struggling to improve，I would tell them to keep practicing，keep trying.Practice makes perfect.ASign up for a soccer camp.BReduce the pressure of games.CStudy how the best players move with the ball.DA game is sometimes used as an educational tool.EHowever，its the best way

42、 to develop good techniques.FThat will help improve your ability to run with the ball close to you.GBefore each game or practice，start with a proper tenminute warmup.第三局部 语言应用共两节，总分值60分第一节： 完形填空(共20小题；每题1.5分，总分值30分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最正确选项。My father was a Jamaican(牙买加) immigrant while

43、 my mother was a white woman. They never got married but I was born. However, my father never _36_ his family about my existence. Whatever the case, I didnt know I was a _37_ until my thirteenth birthday. Walking into my aunts apartment brought a lot of emotions. What if my _38_ didnt want anything

44、to do with me because I was half white? How _39_ can I learn the jokes that my family members told? Should I _40_ them for all the years they didnt spend with me? My mind was full of thoughts when I was _41_ to everyone, trying desperately to understand family members who almost were _42_ strangers.

45、 Meanwhile, I was _43_ to just remember everybodys name. One of my aunts, whod been quiet for most of the morning looked at me with tearful eyes. She mentioned how _44_ she was for my father to have a daughter, saying, “Hes always dreamt of having a daughter. However, she then expressed her _45_ tow

46、ards my father for keeping the family in the _46_ about me. From this _47_， I have learned more about what it means to be biracial(代表两种人种的). Can I still _48_ myself Jamaican even though my first time trying curry goat, a traditional dish, was not until my teenage years?Ive become aware that no matte

47、r how much DNA you might _49_ with a particular race, you wont feel truly connected if you did not _50_ with that cultures customs. I believe this event has _51_ me into becoming a more understanding person when analyzing someones actions. I have realized that I am far from a _52_. I am determined to prove that Im here for a reason by using my talents to _53_ those around me. I have grown in not _54_ on my parents and families to tell me who I am, but I have understood my uniqueness and _55_ my real self. I really feel proud that among strangers I eventually know who I am