2021-2022学年湖南省长沙市某中学高一下学期期末考试英语试题（含详解）（全国通用）.pdf

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1、雅礼教育集团2022年高一下学期期末考试试卷英语分值：150分 时 量：120分钟第一部分听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，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。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。每段对话仅读一遍。1.What does Lily think of the new skirt?A.Traditional.B.Fashioned.C.Ordinary.2.Why did Joe go to Miami?A.To go sightseeing

2、.B.To take a business trip.C.To meet a friend.3.What time is it now?A.3：17 p.m.B.3：32 p.m.C.3：47 p.m.4.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.How to bake fish pie.B.Where to learn cooking skills.C.What to eat for supper.5.What does Mandy want to watch?A.A comedy.B.A sports documentary.C.A hist

3、ory program.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几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题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，回答第6、7题。6.What is Haley going to do tonight?A.Meet Jane.B.Work overtime.C.Watch TV.7.What does the man ask Haley to do?A.Buy some sweets.B.Pay

4、attention to her study.C.Avoid coming home too late.听第7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。8.How does Gloria usually get design inspiration?A.From the Internet.B.From magazines.C.From TV programs.9.What might Andy do next?A.Go to the mall.B.Visit Glorias design studio.C.Put on a newly designed tie.听第8 段材料，回答第10至 12题。10.W

5、here does the conversation probably take place?A.In a club.B.In a concert hall.C.In a restaurant.11.How did the woman learn to play the guitar after she was 10?A.She learned from her father.B.She taught herself.C.She joined a band.12.Why does the woman want to make more money?A.She needs to support

6、her studies.B.She wants to buy a new guitar.C.Her band is short of money.听第9 段材料，回答第13至 16题。13.How does the woman sound at first?A.Worried.B.Excited.C.Disappointed.14.What was the speakers*previous apartment like?A.Small and old.B.Small but nice C.Big and bright.15.What does the woman plan to do in

7、the backyard?A.Plant some flowers.B.Walk her dog.C.Hold parties.16.What do the speakers place first?A.The coffee table.B.The mirror.C.The small sofa.听第10段材料，回答第17至 20题。17.Why does the speaker mention Alice?A.To introduce the topic of the talk.B.To explain what fake news is.C.To show how she spotted

8、fake news.18.How many suggestions does the speaker give to spot fake news?A.Five.B.Four.C.Three.19.What kind of extension is probably suspect?A.c o m”.B.c o.uk.C.infonet9,.20.What is the speakers last suggestion?A.Develop critical thinking.B.See who else is reporting the story.C.Dont take images at

9、face value.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 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。AYou dont have to be royalty to visit a castle.In the United States there are numerous castles open forexploration.Hearst Castle,San Simeon,CaliforniaFrom 1919 to 1947,William Randolph Hearst an

10、d architect Julia Morgan built a castle fit for a king.Locatedon 250,000 acres of land halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles,the idea for Hearst Castle began as a“modest dwelling（居所）“but eventually grew to a multi-million-dollar project that included multiple buildings,including Casa Grande,

11、a huge home featuring 38 bedrooms,42 bathrooms and 14 sitting rooms.But perhaps themost attractive parts of the property are the two swimming pools.The castle now hosts a variety of themed tours,including evening tours where visitors can experience the property at dusk.Biltmore Estate,Asheville,Nort

12、h CarolinaWith an area of more than 178,000 square feet,the Biltmore Estate is considered the largest privately ownedhome in the United States.Designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt,the finished estate contains 250 rooms,43bathrooms and 65 fireplaces.Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead des

13、igned the propertys collection ofgardens（you may recognize his name as the designer of New York Citys Central Park and Prospect Park）.Bishop Castle,Rye,ColoradoWhen Jim Bishop began building a summer cottage（村舍）in 1969,on a two-and-a-half-acre plot of forestedland he had purchased ten years earlier

14、at the age of 15,little did he know he would end up building a castle.Withthe help of his father,Willard,the pair gathered nearby rocks and,without using a single blueprint,set out to createa stone cottage.By 1995,the massive structure towered 165 feet in height,nearly as tall as al6-story building.

15、Today,the stone castle draws crowds from around the world to enjoy the creation.1.What can we learn about Hearst Castle from the text?A.It took people 40 years to build.B.It is located in the middle of Los Angeles.C.The two swimming pools are a huge attraction.D.Evening tours are preferred by touris

16、ts.2.Who designed Biltmore Estate?A.Richard Morris Hunt.B.Frederick Law Olmstead.C.Richard Morris Hunt and Frederick Law Olmstead.D.Jim Bishop.3.The text is most probably taken from a.A.geography textbook B.travel magazineC.science report D.commercial advertisementBIn my early 20s my left arm became

17、 completely paralyzed in a traffic accident.Going from two fullyfunctional arms to one meant I had to relearn everything I used to do with two hands.And as a person whod soonerget lost than ask for directions,asking fbr help was difficult for me.I just wanted to swim;in the water I feltpowerful beca

18、use it removed gravitys limitation.It was the only place I couldnt feel the weight of my arm.After college,I met Coach Alan through the Challenged Athletes Foundation.He was the reason why I startedto train for the Tokyo Paralympics.I took part in my first Paralympics just two months after we met.In

19、 swimming,a racing suit is called a tech suit,or a second skin.For tech suits,I aimed to go two or threesizes smaller than my usual size.It took me 15 minutes to put a tech suit on that day,but after the swimming event,with only one hand,I couldnt take it off.I was stuck.I was prepared to reach for

20、the knife in my bag and cut myway out of this expensive new suit.A girl sitting on the bench near me,with her prosthetic legs beside her as she changed,saw me struggling.“Come here!said,grabbing me with her knees to pull me closer.We both pulled the hopeless suit fbr a while.Then she called for help

21、.A visually-impaired swimmer rushed over and managed to free me in less than a minute.That locker room incident became the new normal for me.And finally,I got to be on the helping end as well.Asking for help is quite normal for anyone who lives with a disability.4tCan you pass me my leg?”Could you t

22、iemy shoes?”Helping others and accepting help is a way of life in the Paralympics.Learning to ask for what I needed was the adaptation that proved to be even more difficult than managing aone-handed ponytail.And learning to do so was the win I hadnt previously set my sights on,but ended up wantingth

23、e most.4.Why did the author like swimming after the accident?A.She met a great swim coach who could help her out.B.She didnt need to ask for directions when she was swimming.C.She wanted to be the champion in the next Paralympic Games.D.She could fbrget her disability and become powerful in the wate

24、r.5.What happened in the locker room?A.The author was helped by other athletes.B.The author helped a a girl with prosthetic legs.C.The author couldnt find a suitable racing suit.D.The author took off her racing suit using a knife.6.What did the author learn in the Paralympics?A.Skiing for directions

25、 is better than getting lost.B.Offering and accepting help is normal and essential.C.Doing sports helps disabled people regain confidence.D.Disabled athletes have to overcome lots of difficulties to succeed.7.What can be a suitable title for the text?A.Swimming cured my pain B.An adventure in the Pa

26、ralympicsC.My best lesson in the locker room D.Helping others means helping yourselfcBogre Udell,the co-founder of a nonprofit called Wikilongues,who speaks four languages,met FredericoAndrade,who speaks five,at the Parsons New School in New York City.In 2014,they started a project to make thefirst

27、public records of every language in the world.Theyve already recorded more than 350 languages,and plan tohit 1,000 in the coming years.“When humans lose a language,we also lose greater diversity（多样性）in art and traditions,said Bore Udell.Between 1950 and 2010,230 languages disappeared.Today,a third o

28、f the worlds languages have fewer than 1,000speakers left.Every two weeks a language dies with its last speaker,and 50 to 90 percent of them are said todisappear by the next century.Wikitongues has asked volunteers in 40 countries to film native speakers talking in the past,present,andfuture tenses

29、of their mother languages.Native speakers are asked to recall childhood,share their stories anddiscuss their hopes and goals.One volunteer in the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu recorded a language that hadnever been studied by linguists（语言学家）before.Another volunteer found a speaker of Ainu,a langu

30、age in Japanthat has no relation to any other known language.However,priceless recording opportunities disappear regularly.Not long ago,one of the last two speakers of a Saami language died right before his recording session withWikitongues.A lack of protection and globalization are to blame for the

31、 dwindling language diversity.For much of the 20thcentury,governments across the world have forced some local people to use official languages.More than 100languages in Australia-have disappeared since European settlers arrived.However,most languages die todaybecause of other factors;climate change

32、and urbanization contribute greatly to the disappearance of languages.8.Why did Bogre Udell and Frederico Andrade start the project?A.To test peoples language levels.B.To offer language courses to people.C.To record all the languages in the world.D.To find out the reasons for language loss.9.What do

33、es the author point out in Paragraph 2?A.Language loss is becoming quite serious.B.Many people are worried about language loss.C.Language loss makes it difficult for people to communicate.D.Some countries fail to slow down the process of language loss.10.How did volunteers help protect languages?A.B

34、y writing down native speakersstories.B.By learning languages from native speakers.C.By improving the living conditions of native speakers.D.By videoing native speakers talking in their languages.11.What does the underlined word“dwindling in the last paragraph probably mean?A.Rich.B.Growing.C.Decrea

35、sing.D.Changing.DHave you ever been astonished by a magicians trick,and then tried to work out how they did it?If so,thenyouve done more than just try to solve a particular bit of stagecra代（舞台艺术）.Youve taken a step towardfiguring out some of the mysteries of human brain itself in the company of an e

36、xpert.It may be carefully hidden,but the psychology of learning is an important aspect of magicians?art.Its moreimportant than their props,their assistants and even the physical skills developed over decades.A sharpunderstanding of thinking and learning is important to every trick they do.So,its not

37、 surprising that psychologists are now exploring beyond the smoke and mirrors to“learn aboutlearning from these masters of magic and the human mind.In the process,theyre uncovering secrets that can helpus all to use our brains better,and showing how we can add an extra bit of sparkle（火花）to everythin

38、g we do.Magic has been a rich resource for research ever since.Magicians change visual processing with opticalillusions（视觉幻象）.They use false logic to affect volunteers9 decision-making.Even the most natural-lookingmovement of a hand can have a powerful psychological effect.Magicians know,for example

39、,that our eyes look wherever they look.And they rely on the brain5s instinct（直觉）to watch moving objects.In many ways,they know our minds better than we do!Recently,the research has gathered pace,and it has become more complicated.As magician Matthew L.Tompkins shows in his book The Spectacle of Illu

40、sion,psychologists are now using magic to understand moreabout processes such as observation,decision-making and belief-forming.12.What are you trying to do while reflecting on a magic trick?A.Expect more explanations from experts.B.Understand more about our brains.C.Learn more performance skills.D.

41、Solve some mysteries in life.13.Why do psychologists further study magic?A.To know more about magicians,thinking.B.To explore more stage props.C.To help people better use their brains.D.To discover more mysterious magic tricks.14.How can a magician produce a powerful effect in front of the audience?

42、A.By giving them a false visual effect.B By relying on natural-looking movements.C.By negatively affecting their brains9 instinct.D.By following the pace of their decision-making.15.Whafs mainly discussed in the text?A.The mysteries of human brain.B.Common tricks used by magicians.C.The importance o

43、f psychology in magic.D.The relationship between magic and science.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 are many theories that suggest different ways of improving memory or thinking more clearly.One ofthose is the idea that adding rosemary（迷迭香）to your food or water

44、,or even breathing in its fragrance,can giveyour brain a boost.First,its important to understand what rosemary is.16 Ifs a perennial,meaning that once you plantit,it should re-grow every year when the weather is warm enough for it to do so.Its native to Asia and theMediterranean.17Rosemary is relate

45、d to the mint（薄荷）family of plants.When it blooms,its flowers are white,purple,pink ordeep blue.It is often used as a flavor in food,including soups,meat,fish and other Mediterranean food.And it hasa somewhat bitter flavor.Some people also enjoy tea flavored with rosemary.18One study that involved 28

46、 older adults found that consumption of a small amount of dried rosemary powderwas associated with statistically significantly improved memory speed.19 Researchers found that theirmemory of images and numbers improved when the essential oil of rosemary was sprayed in the room.20 But one theory is th

47、at rosemary appears to have some antioxidant（抗氧齐（J）properties that mayoffer some healing for the damage in our bodies.Another idea is that rosemary appears to lower anxiety,which inturn,may increase the ability to concentrate.While rosemary shows some promise fbr boosting our brain power,its importa

48、nt to check with your doctorbefore you begin having it.A.But it is grown in the United States,as well.B Rosemary is a herb with needle-like leaves.C.Heres what research has found about rosemary.D.It is unknown if those benefits would hold true fbr humans.E.Its not known fbr sure why there may be a b

49、enefitfrom rosemary.F.Rosemary is also used as a perfume and added to shampoo and soap.G.Another study was performed with 53 students between 13 and 15 years old.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节完形填空（共 15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。My father never kept anything for emotional purpo

50、ses except once.I was the only one in my family whocared about baseball and I always 21 watching my heroes at Yankee Stadium.One winter I wrote downa schedule for the summer dates and dreamed every night.To my surprise,one evening I saw my father22 it before going out to work.The following Sunday,he