上海市晋元高级中学2021-2022学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题含详解.docx

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1、2021学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语学科自助获取听力音频I. Listening Comprehension Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After y

2、ou hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. Where does the conversation take place?C. At the Customs.D. At aB. He is not prepared.D. He dislikes it.A. At the airport.B. In a

3、hotel,travel agency.2. How does the man feel about the exam?A. He is confident.C. He lacks confidence.3. According to the man, how many students passed the exam?A. 1060.B. 1016.C. 530.D. 560.4. What do we learn from the conversation?A. The man has been abroad for many years.B. The woman thinks the m

4、ans English is not pure but pleasant.C. The man is angry at what the woman says.D The man owes his accent to his mothers influence.5. What does the woman think of the article?A. The article is perfect.B. The article is too boring.C. On the whole, she agrees with the man.D. She thinks only one part o

5、f it is good.6. What do we learn from the conversation?A. The woman encourages the man to study French.B. The man is very interested in French literature.C. The man wants to go to France.D. The man is interested in foreign languages but not in French.7. What does the woman imply?decades, so I went a

6、ll out and spent so much on wallpaper that we couldnt really afford furniture fbr a while.63 It can be learned from paragraph 2 that.A. the estate agents finally figured out why the author didnt like the housesthe unaffordable housing prices sent the author into a minor depression8. the houses the a

7、uthor was hunting turned out to be disappointingly uniformthe teenager experience of being in a psychiatric unit troubled the author64. What does the author think of safely neutral”?A. It may bring about ridicule from others.B. It will make a home much less depressing.C. It is too abstract for peopl

8、e to understand.D. It robs us of the chance to pursue pleasure.65. The underlined sentence in paragraph 3 can be best illustrated as.A. throwing away the apple due to the coreB. dealing with a man as he deals withyouC. killing two birds with one stoneD. cherishing imaginary or groundlessfears66. Wha

9、ts the purpose of the passage?A. To highlight the vital importance of wallpaper.B. To reveal how to add color to home decoration.C. To indicate why people tend to get depressed.D. To explain what safe neutrality is all about.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a

10、proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.The MetamorphosisOne morning, Gregor Samsa woke up from a bad dream and realized he was some kind of a terrible insect. He was a cockroach （蟋蟀），and he was as large as a man! Ly

11、ing on his back, he could see his large brown belly and thin legs. 67He began to think about his job as a traveling salesman. He hated his job, but he had to do it to support his father, mother, and sister because his father no longer worked. He looked at the clock and realized he had oversleptit wa

12、s 6:30! He was late. The next train left at 7:00. He would have to hurry to make it. A few minutes later his mother yelled to him: Its 6:45. You are late. Get up!”68 Yes, mother. Tm getting up now. His sister now whispered through the door, “Gregor, are you all right? Do you need anything?”Well, it

13、was time to get up. Surely, as soon as he got out of bed, he would realize this had all been a bad dream. He tried to move his back part out first, but it moved so slowly, and it was so difficult. His thin little legs seemed useless, just moving and moving in the air, not helping him at all. Then he

14、 tried the front part. 69 He began rocking back and forth, stronger and stronger, and finally threw himself onto the floor, hitting his head as he fell.All of a sudden, he heard a knock at the door. It was his manager, who had come to see why he was late. COh, thought Gregor, “I hate my job. Then th

15、e manger spoke. “Mr. Samsa, I must warn you that you could lose your job because of this. Lately, your work has not been very good, and now I find you in bed when you should be at work!” Gregor panicked and said, No, no, I will come out immediately. I was sick, but now I feel much better. The manage

16、r and Gregors family didnt understand a single word he said, for his speech was now the hiss of insect. As he talked, he managed to move himself to the chest of drawers, tried to stand up, then slipped and fell, holding tightly to a chair with his thin legs. 70This worked better, but he still couldn

17、t move enough to get out of bed.A. He tried to turn over onto his side, but every time he tried, he would roll onto his back again.B. Gregor awoke as it was getting dark.C. When he answered her, he was surprised to hear his voice; it sounded so high.D. Gregor tried to return to his bedroom, but coul

18、dnt fit through the doorway.E. He finally managed to open the door and lean against it.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Surfer Guys to the RescuePast

19、 the Breakers, about 50 feet from shore, two brothers were fighting for their lives. They had been swept out to sea in a wild current, their mouth barely able to stay above water. Thick fog made it difficult for beachgoers to see the guys, but the screams were unmistakable. And every second counted.

20、 The brothers, ages 15 and 20, were wearing shorts and T-shirts, unsuitable for a November day, let alone the 50-degree water. Keven Harder, a supervising ranger, told the North Coast Journal that swimming in such a temperature takes the fight right out of you.”Luckily, four surfers in wet suits wer

21、e nearby. Narayan Weibel, Spenser Straton, and Sdrian York, all 16, along with Taj, 15, were on their surfing boards riding up and down the coast on five-foot waves when they heard the cries. They turned and saw two bobbing heads and four flailing arms.“We looked at each other and knew these guys we

22、re about to drown “ Weibel told theWashington Post.Weibel, Stratton, and Ortize-Beck paddled toward the distressed swimmers while York headed to shore to alert someone to call 911. He then dived back in to help his friends.As the surfers drew close, the brothers were struggling. t4It was pretty stre

23、ssful, but there wasnt any time to think about it, and that helped me keep cool J Ortiz-Beck says.Ortiz-Beck pulled up alongside the younger brother. Grabbing him under his arms, he lifted him onto his board. Stratton and Weibel, meanwhile, were straining to help the older brother. He was large, 250

24、 to 300 pounds and he was panicked!York arrived in time to help get the older brother atop the second board. The surfers then paddled several minutes through the water to the medical help waiting onshore. The brothers were scared but fine.“When we get a call like this, its usually too late by the ti

25、me we get there J says Dillon, a first-aider. 6CI cant say enough about what these guys did. They were willing and prepared to risk their lives.”TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72 .缺乏配合是昨天我们比赛失利的原因吗？（blame）（汉译英）.蚂蚁非常小，可以沿着硬

26、币的边缘爬行。（So）（汉译英）73 .新规实施第一天，就有很多电动自行车骑手因为没有佩戴头盔而被罚款。（The first day） （汉译英）.下周对这位喜剧演员进行的访谈将在许多主要的社交媒体平台上直播，难怪他如此在意 自己的妆容。（汉译英）VL Guided Writing. Directions: Write an English composition in about 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.假如你是中学生李华，你的同学王海最近感觉体质较差想要健身，他对于在家添置家用健身 器材和

27、去专业健身房健身这两种方式犹豫不决。你作为班级中的健身达人，给王海写一封信 谈谈你的想法，供他参考。你的信必须满足以下要求：1 .简述你写信的目的以及你建议王海选择哪一种健身方式；.说明你的理由（从便利性、费用和效果等方面对这两个健身选择进行对比）。2021学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语学科I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation,

28、 a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. Where does the

29、 conversation take place?A. At the airport.B. In a hotel.C. At the Customs.D. At atravel agency.【答案】B【解析】【原文】 M: I just got off the plane coming here from the airport. My secretary told me that she had already made room reservation for me. Which room is mine?W: Im sorry. We had no record for your re

30、servation. Let me check it again, will you?Q: Where does the conversation take place?2. How does the man feel about the exam?A. He is confident.B. He is not prepared.C. He lacks confidence.D. He dislikes it.【答案】A【解析】【原文】 W: I have never seen you have such confidence before an exam.M: Ifs more than c

31、onfidence. Right now I feel that if I get less than an A, it will be the fault of the exam, not me.Q: How does the man feel about the exam?3. According to the man, how many students passed the exam?A. 1060.B. 1016.C. 530.D. 560.【答案】C【解析】【原文】 W: How many students passed the College English Test last

32、term in your school?M: Well, let me see. 1,060 students took the exam, but half of them failed.Q: According to the man, how many students passed the exam?4. What do we learn from the conversation?A. The man has been abroad for many years.B. The woman thinks the mans English is not pure but pleasant.

33、C. The man is angry at what the woman says.D. The man owes his accent to his mothers influence.【答案】D【解析】【原文】 W: You were born in England and as far as I know, you rarely get any chance to go abroad, do you? But Ive got the impression that you speak English with a foreign accent.M: Thats true. You se

34、e, I have a Dutch mother.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?5. What does the woman think of the article?A. The article is perfect.B. The article is too boring.C. On the whole, she agrees with the man.D. She thinks only one part of it is good.【答案】C【解析】【原文】M: The article sounds all right, doesn

35、t it?W: Yes. On the whole its very well-written, all except the first part. Thats somewhat boring, I think.Q: What does the woman think of the article?6. What do we learn from the conversation?A. The woman encourages the man to study French.B. The man is very interested in French literature.C. The m

36、an wants to go to France.D. The man is interested in foreign languages but not in French.【答案】A【解析】原文W: Why dont you study French since you are so interested in French philosophy? Besides, there are so many great French novels.M: If you want to arouse my interest in foreign languages why dont you pay

37、 for me to study abroad?Q: What do we learn from the conversation?7. What does the woman imply?A. She is going to miss her first class.B. She prefers going to the dentist later in the day.C. The man will be back before his first class.D. The man might sleep late and miss his appointment.【答案】C【解析】【原文

38、】 M: I have to be at the dentisfs at seven thirty tomorrow morning.W: Then you wont miss any classes.Q: What does the woman imply?8.What would the man probably do?A. Tell Julia he is fine.C. See Julia.【答案】D【解析】【原文 J W: Julia suggested going to the play.M: Whatever she decides is fine with me.Q: What

39、 would the man probably do?9.Why did the man turn down the cigarette?A. He doesnt care for that brand.C. He isnt seated in the smoking section.【答案】D【解析】【原文】W: May I offer you one of my cigarettes?B. Ask Julia for advice.D. Go to the play.B. He had just finished a cigarette.D. He doesnt like to smoke

40、 cigarettes.M: No, thanks. Tm sitting here only because all the seats in the non-smoking section were already occupied.Q: Why did the man turn down the cigarette?10. What does the woman imply?A. She also needs a new tennis racket.B. She wants to borrow some money, too.C She doesnt think Brian will r

41、epay the money.D. She couldnt get Brian to play tennis.【答案】c【解析】【原文】M: If I can get Brian to pay back the money I lent him last week, I could get that new tennis racket.W: I hope you have better luck than I did.Q: What does the woman imply?Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short p

42、assages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked some questions on the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one

43、is the best answer to the question you have heard.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。11. What is the story mainly about?A. How to make different hats.B. Why soldiers wear helmets.C. Hats in different times and countries.D. The best type of hat towear.12. Who often wore a kind of cap in classical Rome to show their stat

44、us?A. Horsemen.B. Soldiers.C. Slaves.D. The working classes.13. What do rich men in Britain often wear on special occasions?A. Bowlers.B. Top hats.C. HelmetsD. Clothcaps.【答案】1LC 12. D 13. B【解析】【原文】People all around the world have been wearing hats for thousands of years. Hats serve several purposes-

45、as decoration, fbr protection or to indicate the wearers status. In classical Rome, the working classes often wore a kind of cap, and upon being freed slaves were usually presented with this cap to symbolize their new status. The same cap was adopted as the liberty cap of the French Revolutionaries,

46、 and it also served as a symbol of liberty in the United States of America before 1800. In some Eastern countries, like India, men have traditionally worn colourful turbans, a long piece of cloth that you wind tightly round your head. Soldiers from most countries wear hard metal hats called helmets

47、to protect their head while fighting. In North Africa, a small, red, cloth hat called a fez was popular for a while and was even part of Turkish national dress until 1925, when it was abolished. One of the most famous hats is the Mexican sombrero, which is a large hat made of straw or firm thick clo

48、th with a wide brim to protect the wearer from the sun. Horsemen in theUnited States wear a similar hat made of leather. It is called the ten-gallon hat because it can hold a lot of water, if necessary. There is almost no end to the different kinds of hats that people wear. In Britain, many London businessmen still wear a hat called a bowler, which is like a black bowl with a narrow brim. Named after the London hat maker who invented it, the bowler was introduced in 1850. For im