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1、 2021-2022 学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 一、短对话 1.What did the man think of the book?A.Out of date.BUnsuitable for students.CWorth reading.2.Which country do the speakers probably live in?AChina.BThe U.K.CThe U.S.3.Why does the woman want to change her booking?A.To prepare for a BTo go home CTo attend a meeting.ea

2、rlier.party.4.Why didnt the man go to the dining room at lunchtime?AHe had to see a doctor.B.He needed to have a rest.C.He had lunch out with his daughter.5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.When to do BHow to start a CWhere to meet exercise.day.friends.二、长对话 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。6.How does t

3、he man feel?AExcited.BAnxious.CConfident.7.What does the woman suggest doing in the end?ATalking with teachers and friends.B.Learning to control emotions.CListening to more speeches.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。8.Where are the speakers?A.At home.BIn a car.CIn a restaurant.9.What does the man want to do in the p

4、ark?A.Have afternoon tea.BRelax on the grass.CFly kites.10.What will the speakers probably do next?A.Go to Jacks BBuy a piece of CDrive to a coffee home.cloth.shop.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。11.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?ATeacher and student.BBrother and sister.CClassmates.12.What

5、does the man suggest the woman do?AKeep studying literature.B.Choose a major she likes.C.Talk with her teachers.13.Which subject does the woman want to learn?ATranslation.BEducation.CMath.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。14.What is the purpose of the womans call?ATo have a business talk.BTo talk about her work plan

6、.CTo know about the mans job experience.15.Where is the man working?A.At a bank.B At a computer shop.CAt a foreign trade company.16.What is the womans main concern?AHow long people can work.B.How much she should pay.C.How many salespersons she need.17.Who will the man probably talk to next?AA secret

7、ary.BA sales director.CA hiring manager.三、短文 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。18.What happened to Samantha last month?AShe lost her pet BShe wrote a warm CShe began a new dog.story.project.19.When did the speaker first meet Samantha?AHalf a month ago.BOne month ago.COne year ago.20.What is Samantha probably doing?ADr

8、iving to a farm.B Visiting a pet shop.C Going to the studio.四、阅读理解 There are a lot of museums in London.Of course,there are world-famous names like the British Museum and Natural History Museum.But then there are many tiny plain peculiar museums in every corner of the city.18 Stafford Terrace The Ke

9、nsington address provides a chance to see a late-Victorian,middle-class home that has survived largely unchanged.The house was passed on from one generation of the family to the next and almost all the original decoration remains unchanged.The house closes during summer for maintenance.Opening hours

10、:2 pm 5:30 pm Wed,Sat,Sun Brunel Museum An exhibition celebrates the Thames Tunnel as the birthplace of the tube system,and the Great Eastern steamship as the first modern ocean liner.The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and International Landmark Site above the oldest tunnel in the Underground,

11、which tells the story of the men who worked in the dark,dodging flames and raw sewage every day.Opening hours:Daily 10 am 5 pm The Cinema Museum This collection of artifacts,memorabilia and equipment telling the history of cinema from the 1890s to the present is open by tour(advance booking required

12、)while the museum raises funds to secure its future.Among the displays are cinema seats and signs,stills and posters,projectors and other machinery.Opening hours:11 am 5 pm Mon-Fri by appointment only Dennis Severs House Dennis Severs House is a time capsule attraction in which visitors are immersed

13、 in a unique form of theatre.The tour takes you through the cellar,kitchen,dining room,smoking room and upstairs to the bedrooms.It feels as though the inhabitants had deserted the rooms only moments before.The Dennis Severs House tour is unsuitable for children as tours are conducted in silence.Ope

14、ning hours:Wed,Fri 5 pm 9 pm 21.If you are interested in the life of Victorian,which museum should you choose to visit?A18 Stafford Terrace.BBrunel Museum.CThe Cinema Museum.DDennis Severs House.22.What are you required to do before visiting The Cinema Museum?ALearn the history of cinema.BBook ahead

15、.CRaise money.DCollect posters.23.What do the listed museums have in common?AThey are world-famous.BThey are accessible on Wednesday.CThey feature tube system.DThey are suitable for children.Earth Day is April 22.Every year,people around the world observe the day by helping to care for the environme

16、nt.They carry out all kinds of activities in an effort to better the planets heath.One way to support this goal is to grow plants native to your area.This helps wildlife like birds and insects that evolved alongside native plants.For many of these animals,plant pollen(花粉)is their food.Native pollina

17、tors often cannot recognize non-native plants as food.This means they do not collect the pollen or spread plants seeds.Plan ting non-native species creates so-called“food deserts”for pollinators including bees,birds,bats,butterflies and more.Doug Taamy is a professor of entomology at the University

18、of Delaware.Entomology is the study of insects.He found that non-native plant species can harm the natural food chain,which can lead to a collapse of the environment.“Plant choice matters,”he said.“The plants we choose to landscape our properties should be determined by how much life can live there.

19、”Humans depend strongly on insects.Without them,we would have no flowering plants,which would harm the food web that supports important animals.Birds,for example,depend on plants for food and spread their seeds while keeping the populations of harmful insects down.Insects support plants that provide

20、 oxygen,clean our water,capture carbon and add nutrients to the soil.That builds topsoil and prevents flooding.Without insects,the biospherethe living parts of the Earthwould rot because of the loss of insect decomposers.Humans simply could not survive that,Tallamy said.In addition to providing food

21、 and habitat for insects and other wildlife,native plants are able to grow easily and do not require much care.That means less watering and less fertilizing.The situation is a win-win for gardeners and pollinators.24.Which section of a website is the text probably taken from?AAround the globe.BTechn

22、ology report.CThe secret of nature.DHealthy Lifestyle.25.Why should we avoid planting non-native species?AThey attract more insects.BThey do harm to native plants.CThey turn soil into desert.DThey break the balance of nature.26.In what aspect are native plants superior to non-native plants?AThey pro

23、duce more BThey prevent flooding more oxygen.effectively.CThey need less care.DThey add more nutrients to the soil.27.What does the author advise us to do?ATake effective measures to protect insects.B.Raise environmental awareness on Earth Day.C.Make great effort to better the planets health.D.Plant

24、 native plants to support local environment.When you were at school,were you ever told to stop daydreaming and concentrate?It was easy for your mind to wander if you werent interested in what you were learning or if you had better things to think about.Staying focused can still be a challenge in adu

25、lt life,but understanding how to do it,and knowing what is distracting you,can help.Scientists have looked at what makes us distract and found a number of ways to help us stay in the zone.One of the most obvious things is eliminating noise.Research by Science Focus magazine found silence is best for

26、 concentration.It also found turning off notifications on your phone,or switching it off altogether,removes a major distraction and helps us focus on the task at hand.Another possible cure for a short attention span(持续时间)is brain training.Psychologists are increasingly interested in our ability to g

27、et down to business and have looked at what we can change inside our head to make us concentrate.An article for BBC Future by Caroline Williams says that“Attention Researcher Nili Lavie of University College London has found that making a task more visually demanding takes up more processing power a

28、nd leaves the brain nothing left to process distractions.”So,keeping your mind busy might be the answer.There are more practical tips on keeping your mind focused.These include making a list or timetable of the tasks you have to do,finding a workspace where youre not tempted to do other things,or ch

29、ewing some gum!Its possible the movement in your mouth occupies parts of the brain that might otherwise get distracted.But according to Science Focus magazine,“if we were always so focused that we never got distracted,wed miss potential changes,such as threats,in our environment.Distraction is vital

30、 for survival.”28.What do the underlined words“stay in the zone”in paragraph 2 mean?AStay focused.BKeep steady.CStay calm.DBe careful.29.How can we extend attention span?ATo do visual task.BTo make the task easier.CTo train processing distraction.DTo keep your mind busy.30.What information does the

31、last paragraph convey?AIts hard to get rid of BDistraction isnt all bad.distraction.CStaying focused can avoid DBeing sensitive to changes is dangers.important.31.Why does the author write this passage?A.To discuss the phenomenon of daydreaming.B.To show the harm of distraction.C.To offer help in ke

32、eping concentrated.D.To introduce the newest study results.Handing power tools over to young students could result in some disastrous situations.But if those tools are combined with effective supervision and teaching,the students can learn valuable new skills and might even find a new career path.On

33、e such program,in Washington,D.C.,aims to teach woodworking and finished carpentry skills to teens and young adults.It includes a woodshop,completely housed inside a truck,which acts as a kind of“classroom on wheels.”The Mobile Woodshop program was started by the nonprofit Zenith Community Arts Foun

34、dation.Margery Goldberg,Zeniths director,is an artist,wood sculptor,She had long dreamed of creating a mobile woodshop to asst students.That dream finally came true in 2020,when the city gave her.a large grant for the program.Goldberg believes woodshop programs can help prepare the next generation o

35、f woodworkers.Students at Ballou can learn the same skills as a beginning carpenter would.These include cutting,marking,measuring,nailing and how to use different tools.The truck is equipped with all the instructional materials and tools necessary to operate as a complete mobile classroom.Mobile wor

36、kstations are also available so students can work on projects outside the truck.If students pass the class,they can seek to enter the union apprenticeship(学 徒)program Instead of a usual four-year apprenticeship,graduates of the mobile woodshop can finish in less time.Joe Largess is a teacher at the

37、woodshop.He said much of the class centers on teaching students“soft skills”These are skills that are desirable in all jobs,such as teamwork,being able to follow instructions and arriving to work on time.Students also learn basic skills like math and how to read a ruler.Largess said the class at Bal

38、lou seeks“to help some people who wouldnt have the chance to even get into the apprenticeship program,and give them a leg up”.That,he added,can“hopefully help them with a better future”.32.Why did Margery Goldberg start the program?ATo help adults find jobs.B.To get grant from the government.C.To as

39、sist students for the future career.D.To spread the art of wood sculpture.33.How does the program run?A.The local carpenters union is in charge of teaching.B.Students learn on the truck all the time.C.Students begin from the basic skills of carpentry.D.Students can enter the union apprenticeship pro

40、gram directly.34.What can be learned from Joe Largesss words?ABasic skills for all jobs are the center of teaching.B.Students at the class are slow learners.C.The class helps people prepare for the future.D.The apprenticeship program is not ft for students at Ballou.35.Which is a suitable title for

41、the text?AClassroom on Wheels BSkills for a Better Future CLearning to Find a Good DMargery Goldberg,an Artist and Wood Job Sculptor 五、七选五 In all ones lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with.But it is just yourself that one has the least understanding of.When

42、tend to overestimate yourself.you are going upwards in life you 36 When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself.To gain a correct view of oneself and be a realist is important.You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much,for ideals can never be fu

43、lly realized.37 38 Whether you think you are a towering tree or a blade of grass,a high mountain or a small stone,you represent a state of nature that has its own reason of existence.If you earnestly admire yourself youll have a real sense of self-appreciation,which will give you confidence.As soon

44、as you gain full confidence in yourself,youll be enabled to fight any difficulty.39 Show yourself loving concern about your health and daily life.Unless you know perfectly well when and how to do yourself a favor,you wont be confident and ready enough to resist the attack of illness.As you are aware

45、,what a person physically has is but a human body thats vulnerable(脆弱的)when expose to the elements.40 In a word,to get a thorough understanding of oneself is to get a full control of ones life.Then one will find ones life full of color and flavor.A.Be patient with yourself.B.Then you need turn to ot

46、hers for help.C.Doing yourself a favor when its needed.D.It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach.E.So if you fall ill,its up to you to take a good care of yourself.F.To get a thorough understanding of oneself needs self-appreciation.G.You may be courageous to meet challenges but k

47、eep in mind your limitation as well.六、完形填空 We have had bad news this week,my husband was laid off on Tuesday.41 ,we are better off than most family,and still be able to 42 our finances until he finds another job.When seeing doctors,nurses and staff working around the 43 to take care of patients duri

48、ng this COVID-19 pandemic,my husband gave me$100 cash and said,“Go out,buy some restaurant gift cards and take them to the 44 for the medical workers.”Restaurant gift cards can make it 45 for them to quickly get meals between shifts.Without health care 46 we cannot join in that fight directly,but we

49、 can 47 themwith meals,with supplies and even with a 48,heartfelt“thank you”.I dont often have to say we cant do things because we 49 the money ourselves,but that was my first 50.Realizing my 51 he said,“We will be okay,we need to look outwards not inwards.”What a special man!I agreed that it was a

50、52 attitude to have!It was a beautiful thing to remain kind to 53 others even in our 54 moments.55 thoughts helped us pull through smoothly.He found another job soon.Always think positively,have 100%faith and success is yours.41.AGratefully BUnfortunately CImmediately DEventually 42.Amake Benlarge C