2022年河北省保定市部分重点中学高二下学期期中联考英语试题(不含听力音频）.pdf

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1、河北省保定市部分重点中学2021-2022学年高二下学期期中联考英语试题本试卷共四个部分。考试结束后，将答题卡一并交回。满 分 150分，考试用时120分钟。第一部分：听 力（共两节，满分30分）第 一 节（共 5 小题：每小题1.5 分，满分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 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读i遍。1.What does the woman need to do?A.Order some red wine.B.Buy some wool pant

2、s.C.Have her clothes cleaned.2.What mistake did the woman make?A.She forgot the mans order.B.She dialed the wrong number.C.She mistook the delivery address.3.What is the woman looking for?A.A meeting hall.B.A restaurant.C.A friends house.4.Where will the speakers take these books?A.A library.B.Their

3、 house.C.A public college.5.What kind of restaurant will the speakers go tonight?A.A French one.B.An Italian one.C.A German one.第 二 节（共 15小题；每小题1.5 分，满分22.5 分）听下面5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2 至 4 个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你 将 有 5 秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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，回答第6、7

4、 题6.Why does the man talk to the woman?A.To return books.B.To buy books.C.To borrow books.7.What does the man think of the novel The Sun Also Rises?A.Boring.B.Difficult.C.Interesting.听第7 段材料，回答第8 至 10题8.What do the speakers choose the restaurant for?A.A birthday party.B.A class party.C.A New Year pa

5、rty.9.Why dont the speakers choose Big Daves?A.It is closed.B.It will be too cold.C.It is a little small.10.Which is the final place for the party?A.Honey House.B.Oceanside.听第8 段材料，回答第11至 13题11.Why does the man call the woman?A.To invite her to dinner.B.To hold a party for his sister.C.To book a roo

6、m for a holiday.12.What day is it today?A.Monday.B.Tuesday.13.What does the man choose for the main course?A.Meat.B.Fish.听第9 段材料，回答第14至 17题C.New Green.C.Wednesday.C.Pasta.14.What percentage of the surveyed college students drank?A.22%.B.37.9%.C.58%.15.What do the speakers have in common?A.They dont

7、drink.B.They both like sodas.C.They are always drunk.16.What is the woman?A.A waitress.B.A student.C.A teacher.听 第 10段材料，回答第18至 20题17.What problem do people often have according to the speaker?A.They waste a lot of time.B.Theyre too busy to enjoy life.C.They dont want to take exercise.18.What sport

8、did Travis like best in the past?A.Walking.B.Swimming.C.Running.19.What does the speaker suggest doing in preparation?A.Getting up earlier.B.Taking a quick shower.C.Having a good breakfast.20.Why does the speaker give the talk?A.To sell walking shoes.B.To suggest saving time.C.To tell a healthy life

9、style.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第 一 节（共 15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms,which reflect the Chinese peoplesunderstanding of time.Here several special solar terms are listed.Rain WaterRain Water s

10、ignals the increase in rainfall and rise in temperature.With its arrival,the river water defreezes,wild geese move from south to north,and trees and grass turn green again.Extra care is needed to cope with areturning cold spell in this period.The wet and damp weather during Rain Water period is cons

11、idered harmful forpeoples spleen（脾）and stomach according to Chinese medical practice.Therefore,a bowl of nutritious porridgeis the best choice to nourish the body.Awakening of InsectsAs the third solar term in the lunar year,its name implies that animals sleeping in winter are awakened byspring thun

12、der and that the earth begins to come back to life.It is the key time for spring agricultural activities.Modern meteorological science shows that around this period,the earth becomes wet,the hot humid air from thenorth is strong and creates frequent winds.For this reason,thunder often occurs.Spring

13、EquinoxSpring Equinox signals the equal length of the day and night time.On the day of the Spring Equinox,the sunis directly above the equator.After the equinox,the sun moves northwards,resulting in gradually longer day time inthe Northern Hemisphere.Standing an egg upright is a popular game during

14、this period.It is believed that ifsomeone can make the egg stand,he will have good luck in the future.Grain RainGrain Rain originates from the old saying,Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains*,which showsthat this period of rainfall is extremely important for the growth of crops and people

15、 are busy working on the land.Grain Rain falls between the end of spring and the beginning of summer,with infrequent cold air moving to thesouth and lingering cold air in the north.With dry soil,an unsteady atmosphere and heavy winds and sandstormsbecome more frequent.21.What can we know about Rain

16、Water?A.River water starts to freeze.B.Taking off the thick coats is advisable.C.Lively spring-like scenery can be seen.D.It falls between the end of spring and the start of summer.22.What do Awakening of Insects and Grain Rain have in common?AFarming season.B.Animal activities.C.Air temperature.D.F

17、requent thundering.23.In which solar term would people most probably put on masks?A.Rain Water.B.Grain Rain.C.Spring Equinox.D.Awakening of Insects.BZhang Shuai has a sense of fun that is being widely appreciated on the internet.When deliverymen bringcardboard boxes to his doorstep,Zhang soon builds

18、 them into interactive toys for his daughter Nini,who is 5.The 32-year-old father from Zhengzhou,Henan Province,has made more than 120 toys from waste cardboardin the past three years.His toy-making videos have gone viral（走红）on the internet and many netizens commentthat it shows an environment-frien

19、dly way to spend quality time with children.In Zhangs eyes,everything can have a hard cardboard copy.Even the classic video games,such as Need forSpeed,Tetris and Submarine Game Challenge,can be played in the actual world.“These are toys or games that people born after 1980 had in childhood that are

20、 rarely seen today.I want mydaughter to see what her father played with as a boy,building a kind of connection between the two generations,Zhang says.The homemade toy,cardboard version of Need for Speed,has got more than 1.6 million likes on short videoplatform Douyin.The screen is made of paper wit

21、h three lanes（车道）with cars and a magnet（磁铁）underneath.Inthe video,Nini uses a steering wheel to control a metal car to overtake painted cars in its lane with her fatherrolling the paper.He also built a marble obstacle course,a pool table,a robot WALL-E and many others.His most liked video,atoy bank

22、in the shape of a house,has gained more than 2.7 million likes.“As people are becoming more addicted to digital devices,there are harmful effects brought by technology,like difficulty in concentration,Zhang says,adding that parents should control their childrens screen time.24 What do we know about

23、Zhang Shuais cardboard toys?A.They are interact!ve.B.They are of a style.C.They are commonly seen.D.They are a waste of money.25.What can we learn from the fifth paragraph?A.How a cardboard toy is played.B.How likes on Douyin are gained.C.What games were popular in 1980.D.What materials are needed f

24、or a toy.26.What does Zhang Shuai mean by his words in the last paragraph?A.Digital devices are beneficial to people.B.Children rely on their parents to buy toys.C.Harmful effects brought by technology are unnoticed.D.Parents should spend quality time with their children.27.Which of the following ca

25、n best describe Zhang Shuai?A.Kind and generous.B.Patient and creative.C.Brave and ambitious.D.Just and sympathetic.CWhen learning a foreign language,most people fall back on traditional methods:reading,writing,listeningand repeating.But Brian Mathias research team found out that if you gesture with

26、 your arms while studying,youcan remember the vocabulary better,even months later.As Mathias describes,they had 22 German-speaking adults learn a total of 90 invented artificial words overfour days.While the test subjects first heard the new vocabulary,they were shown a video of a person making ages

27、ture that matched the meaning of the word.When the word was repeated,the subjects performed the gesturethemselves.Five months later,they were asked to translate the vocabulary they had learned into German.Thosewho performed better on the task showed a higher level of activity in their motor cortex t

28、he part of the brain thatis responsible for our body movements.The researchers concluded that the motor cortex contributed to thetranslation of the vocabulary learned with gestures.The effect did not occur when the subjects were only presentedwith matching pictures instead of gestures.Another resear

29、ch group led by Leipzig had young adults and eight-year-old children listen to newvocabulary for five days,paired with matching pictures or videos of gestures.After two months,the two methodswere still tied.But after six months,the adults benefited more from the gestures than the pictures,while thec

30、hildren were helped equally by both.But it is not only the motor component itself that promotes learning.The meaning conveyed by the gesturealso figures in.I think we underuse（利用不足）gesture in our classrooms,*Goldin-Meadow says.Goodteachers and good listeners use it,but not always in a systematic way

31、.Others dont necessarily bring it into theclass-and it could be used more often and more effectively.28.What is the finding of Brian Mathias*research?A.Translation helps vocabulary building.B.Motor cortex interprets body language.C.Gestures facilitate vocabulary learning.D.Memory improves with regul

32、ar practice.29.What does Leipzigs research tell us about language learning?A.Adults and children are equally efficient learners.B.Pictures have little influence on language learning.C.Pictures are found more helpful than videos for children.D.Benefits of gestures are more evident in adults in the lo

33、ng run.30.What do the underlined words“figures in“in the last paragraph mean?A.Makes a deal.B.Plays a part.C.Takes a chance.D.Gives a warning.31.What does the author suggest teachers do in the classroom?A.Make better use of gestures.B.Teach listening in a systematic way.C.Abandon traditional teachin

34、g methods.D.Do some academic researches on teaching.DWhat does it mean to cry over a book?Im a reader who did not weep.”Ruth Graham,a well-known critic,wrote.Does this make me heartless?Or does it make me a grown-up?”Tears have played a surprisingly important part in the history of the novel.Readers

35、 have always asked aboutthe role that emotion plays in reading:What does it mean to be deeply moved by a book?Which books are worthyobjects of our feelings?In different times,people answered those questions in different ways.In the 18th century,when the novel wasstill a new form,crying was a sign of

36、 readers9 virtue.Sentimental“novels,full of touching scenes,gave readers anoccasion to exercise their finer feelings.Your tear proved your susceptibility（易感性）to the suffering of others.At that time,sentimental novels were hugely popular,but also easy to attack.Tears,after all,had no necessaryconnect

37、ion to actual virtue,and they could be fake.There could also be too many of them.As the critic JohnMullan points out,by the end of the eighteenth century,the word“sentimental“had acquired a new meaningaddicted to indulgence（沉3 弱）in superficial（肤浅的）emotion”bringing it closer to the meaning that it ha

38、s for ustoday.In the 19th century the meaning of tears evolved in two different directions.Some writers sought to waken“higher“feelings in their readers:Victorian sentimentalists wrote touching scenes in an effort to inspire social andpolitical reform.However,the sensation novel,a different type of

39、Victorian best-seller,showed that tears couldbe enjoyable in themselves.Sensation novels were the forerunners（先导）of the modem thriller and mystery.Heavyon secrets,and madness,they were known for creating physical“sensations“in their readers-trembling,a fastbeating heart,and tears.But these were tear

40、s without moral purpose or effect.Todays debate about crying while reading looks back on all of this history.The debate,in fact,is about whybooks matter to us,and what reading is fdr”.Talking about what makes us cry is a way of talking about ourselves.32.What was peoples attitude towards crying over

41、 novels in the early 18th century?A.Doubtful.B.Positive C.Unclearing D.Worried.33.According to the text,“sensation“novel s.A.were similar to the modern thriller and mysteryB.were the same as sentimental novelsC.aimed for social and political reformD.tended to amuse the readers34.How does the author

42、present this text?A.By providing examples.B.By making comparisons.C.Byfollowing the order of time.D.By following the order of importance.35.Whats the best title for the text?A.Crying While Reading Through Centuries B.The History of The NovelC.Sentimental Novels&Sensation Novels D.Why Books Matter to

43、 Us第 二 节（共 5 小题：每小题2.5分，满 分 12.5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佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。There is no escaping our evolution into a cashless society.The idea that all transactions（交易）can becompleted digitally is becoming more realistic day by day.36 As it is,people increasingly demandlow-touch or contactless payme

44、nts with growing concerns over the spread of viruses and diseases.A cashlesssociety would give rise to a new era for financial deals.The key benefits would include lower crime rates,easierforeign transactions,and reduced risks and costs.The idea of a cashless society appears very common in ours o c

45、ie t y.37Economic inequality and inclusivity（包容性）are fundamental issues still present worldwide._38_Theunbanked and poor could face significant challenges with digital modes of payment.In fact,most of the unbankedview the cashless movement as an unfair act against those without bank accounts.For a c

46、ashless society,there needs to be an understanding and acceptance by governments and paymentproviders of the financial inclusion issues currently in e x is te n c e.39 There are also the elderly and thedisabled who face their own challenges with rapid digitalization and technological advancement.The

47、re are stillparts of society that lack trust in digital payments or have barriers to accessing mobile phones and the Internet.40 It is also about to launch a national digital currency（货 币）,the worlds first.Nearly everythingcan be transacted by digital means here.As we prepare for the consequence of

48、COVID-19,and use the model set byChina,other countries need to take it upon themselves to provide a harmonious,effective,and cashlesssociety-one that does not leave anyone behind.A.However,this is far from reality.B.Several countries have entered cashless society.C.A cashless society might actually

49、worsen these problems.D.COVID-19 has sped up the move away from physical cash.E.In China,four out of every five payments are now cashless.F.It isnt just the unbanked who are at risk of being left behind.G.So financial inclusion needs to be the core value in a cashless society.第三部分:语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节

50、完形填空（共 15小题：每小题1 分，满 分 15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Kimberly and I had planned a trip to Europe for a long time,but we encountered some issues.Getting thedeparture time wrong,we had to_41_from the original train trip to a ship one.Boarding the ship,w e_42_it was not