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1、杭西高2022年4月高二英语试卷听力试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）中%国教育出版*网做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。来源:zzstep.co&%m#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。例: How much is the shirt？A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是C.1. What are the speakers t

2、alking about？A. Having a birthday party. B. Doing some exercise. C. Getting Lydia a gift.2. What is the woman going to do？A. Help the man. B. Take a bus. C. Get a camera.3. What does the woman suggest the man do？www#.zzs%te*A. Tell Kate to stop. B. Call Kates friends. C. Stay away from Kate.4. Where

3、 does the conversation probably take place？A. In a wine shop. B. In a supermarket. C. In a restaurant.来源:中#国%教育出版网5. What does the woman mean？来源:中国教&育%#出版网A. Keep the window closed. B. Go out for fresh air. C. Turn on the fan.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。

4、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 the man going to do this summer？A. Teach a course.B. Repair his house.C. Work at a hotel.7. How will the man use the money？A. To hire a gardener. B. To buy books. C. To pay for a boat trip.听第7段材料，回答第8.9题。8. What is

5、the probable relationship between the speakers？A. Schoolmates.B. Colleagues.C. Roommates.9. What does Frank plan to do right after graduation？A. Work as a programmer. 来源:&%中教网B. Travel around the world. C. Start his own business.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the woman make the call？A. To book a hote

6、l room.B. To ask about the room service.C. To make changes to a reservation.11. When will the woman arrive at the hotel？A. On September 15. B. On September 16. C. On September 23.www.zz&step%.com*12. How much will the woman pay for her room per night？A. $179. B. $199. C. $219.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Wh

7、at is the womans plan for Saturday？A. Going shopping. B. Going camping.C. Going boating.14. Where will the woman stay in Keswick？A. In a country inn.B. In a five-star hotel. C. In her aunts home.15. What will Gordon do over the weekend？来源%#:中教网&A. Visit his friends. B. Watch DVDs. C. Join the woman.

8、 16. What does the woman think of Gordons coming weekend？来&源:*%A. Relaxed. B. Boring.C. Busy.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Who is Wang Ming？A. A student. B. An employer. C. An engineer. 18. What does the speaker say about the college job market this year？中国教育出版&网#A. Its unpredictable. B. Its quite stable. C

9、. Its not optimistic. 19. What percentage of student job seekers have found a job by now？来源:zzstep.c%om*A. 20% B. 22%. C. 50%. 20. Why are engineering graduates more likely to accept a job？A. They need more work experience. www.zzs&t#ep.co*mB. The salary is usually good. C. Their choice is limited.

10、第二部分 阅读（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）ADuring my study in Czech，one of the things that I have learned is that Czech people are really good at celebrating and holding parties. Since I graduated this year，the greatest event for us was definitely the senior prom (毕业年级舞会).Girls started ar

11、ranging their clothes a year beforehand. Graduating students also needed to give their “Midnight Surprise” (a group performance). One interesting thing was that students from every class were holding a huge colorful bag and people had to throw money into it. I didnt get any sleep that night because

12、we all went to an after-party with our teachers and friends.At the end of April，we held the traditional activity called “The Last Ringing”，which lasted for two days. Every class had a theme and seniors wore different costumes. We prepared tasty desserts to sell. We broke into one classroom after ano

13、ther asking students to give us money，which might seem insane but it is part of the tradition.By the end of May，we had already finished all of the final exams and we started preparing for the graduation ceremony. It was held in the conference hall in our school. We got our graduation certificate fro

14、m our teacher，and shook hands with the headmaster. When I received my certificate，I was close to tearsI didnt want to say goodbye to the people or to the school.来源%:中教*#网That wasnt the last celebration though. After four days，our class invited all of our teachers to come to a farewell dinner at an I

15、talian restaurant. We used all of the money we collected from the prom and “The Last Ringing” to order pizzas and champagne. We all talked and ate together.A year ago，we were all complaining and hoping that high school would end. But I felt sad when the time finally came. We have officially left our

16、 school. I keep telling myself that everything has an ending. This journey was amazing. Although it has come to an end，I will always keep the memories.来源%:*中教网&21.Why did students hold a huge colorful bag on the prom？A. To raise money for the last celebration.B. To store money from tickets for the p

17、rom.C. To collect money to cover after-party fees.D. To get money to prepare “The Last Ringing”.中国教#育出版*&网22.What does the underlined word “insane” in Paragraph 2 mean？A. Violent. B. Crazy.C. Dangerous. D. Impossible.23.Whats the authors purpose of writing the text？A. To show the precious friendship

18、 in high school.B. To express the sadness of graduating from high school.C. To introduce Czech high school graduation celebrations.中国*教育%出&版网#D. To share wonderful memories of the senior year in high school.来源%:中教网#B Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson， Arizon

19、a. He moved there a few years ago， and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends. My earliest memories of my father are a tall， handsome， successful man devoted to his work and his family， but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got

20、 straight As and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends， I used to struggle to think up things to say， feeling on guard. On the first day of my visit， we went out with one of my fathers friends for lunch at an outdoor

21、caf. We walked along that afternoon， did some shopping， ate on the street table， and laughed over my sons funny facial expressions. Gone was my fathers critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father， who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around？ What had held him

22、 back before？来源#:*zzste& The next day dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years， I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years， Im at last seeing another side of my father.

23、And in so doing， Im delighted with my new friend. My dad， in his new home in Arizona， is back to me from where he was. 24. Why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult？A. He was silent most of the time. B. He was too proud of himself.C. He did not love his children. D. He expecte

24、d too much of her.来源:中国教育*%&出版网25. When the author went out with her father on weekend， she would feel A. nervous B. sorry C. tired D. safe26. What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson？A. More critical. B. More talkativeC. Gentle and friendly. D. Strict and hard-working.27.

25、The underlined words “my new friend” in the last paragraph refer to A. the authors son B. the authors fatherC. the friend of the authors father D. the caf ownerCCalifornia has been facing a drought for many years now， with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distr

26、ibution system. The problem is growing as the population of the state continues to expand. 46.New research has found deep water reserves under the state which could help solve their drought crisis. Previous drilling of wells could only reach depths of 1，000 feet， 47.but due to new pumping practices，

27、 water deeper than this can now be extracted (抽取). The team at Stanford investigated the aquifers(地下蓄水层)below this depth and found that reserves may be triple what was previously thought.It is profitable to drill to depths more than 1，000 feet for oil and gas extraction， but only recently in Califor

28、nia has it become profitable to pump water from this depth. The aquifers range from 1，000 to 3，000 feet below the ground， which means that pumping will be expensive and there are other concerns. 48.The biggest concern of pumping out water from this deep in the gradual settling down of the land surfa

29、ce. As the water is pumped out， the vacant space left is compacted by the weight of the earth above.来*源%:#zzstep&.comEven though pumping from these depths is expensive， it is still cheaper than desalinating(脱盐)the ocean water in the largely coastal state. Some desalination plants exist where feasibl

30、e， but they are costly to run and can need constant repairs.49. Wells are much more reliable sources of freshwater， and California is hoping that these deep wells may be the answer to their severe water shortage. www.z%zst&One problem with these sources is that the deep water also has a higher level

31、 of salt than shallower aquifers. This means that some wells may even need to undergo desalination after extraction， thus increasing the cost. Research from the exhaustive study of groundwater from over 950 drilling logs has just been published. New estimates of the water reserves now go up to 2，700

32、 billion cubic meters of fresh water.28.According to the text， what causes the water crisis in California？A. Previous drilling of wells.B. The messy distribution system.C. Constant droughts in the area.D. The adoption of new pumping practices.29.The research teams think it to extract water from deep

33、er aquifers.A. expensive but practicalB. reliable and profitableC. cost-free but demanding中%&国*教育出版网D. cheap and environment-friendly30. What is mentioned as a consequence of extracting water from deep underground？A. The damage to aquifers.B. The sinking of the land surface.C. The decrease in operat

34、ion costs.D. The negative effects on the climate.31. What is the authors purpose in writing the text？A. To encourage people to save water.B. To promote the sea water desalination.C. To introduce a new way of extracting fresh water.D. To draw peoples attention to the droughts in California.DVirtual(虚

35、拟的)reality(VR)-long advertised as the next big thing in technology -hasnt taken off as a consumer product， but employers consider it as a more effective tool for on-the-job training.In virtual reality， things look and sound as if they were real， and the brain processes them as though they were a rea

36、l experience. “People learn by doing.getting feedback(反馈)on mistakes， and then repeating， says Stanford communication professor Jeremy Beilenson.Not every workplace situation is appropriate for virtual reality training. Some skills require better experience in real life. But the technology is especi

37、ally useful in training people for novel or emergency situations.Verizon， for example， has been using the technology to train its workers in handling armed robberies -a common crime in the wireless industry. Workers can feel themselves being held at gunpoint， and in the process learn proper ways to

38、put safety in the first place and decrease the risk of physical harm.Feeling like they were at gunpoint creates a real stress response without putting employees in actual danger. “Verizon employees who survived robberies say the video version is true to life， says Lou Tedrick， who heads the companys

39、 learning and development. “The feelings they may have during the robbery are experienced during the VR experience， “she explains. “That realism makes them better prepared and more likely to remember the lessons.But present software of virtual reality isnt yet good at responding to some other things

40、， like how an employee rolls his eyes or raises his voice in an interview. So virtual reality could someday be programmed to understand the complex human action and help people make better decisions.32. What can we learn about virtual reality from the text？来源:%&zzsA. Virtual reality is designed to g

41、uarantee employees safety.来源:中国教育出#版*%网B. Facial expressions can be identified by virtual reality software.C. Virtual reality provides employees with the real life experience.D. People consider virtual reality a very successful consumer product.33.What does the author suggest by mentioning the examp

42、le of Verizon？A. Virtual reality is of great use in training people for urgent cases.www.z%#z&st*B. Virtual reality is more effective than any other way in an interview.C. Virtual reality has been widely applied in job training in recent years.来&源:%中国教育*#出版网D. Virtual reality can remind employees of

43、 danger while they are working.34.What is the authors attitude towards the future of virtual reality？A. Cautious. B. Doubtful.C. Ambiguous. D. Hopeful.35.What can be a suitable title for the text？A. Virtual Reality Goes to Work中国教#育出&版网%B. Labor-free Tech Lights up Life来*&#源:中教网C. Virtual Reality Of

44、fers Better JobsD. Verizon Welcomes Virtual Reality第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）How do you relax after a stressful day in the office？ There are many ways to help you relax. 36 It takes a little effort to get there but the benefits are great for our stressed-out lives. I am talking about the activ

45、ity of forest bathing. 37 It was introduced as a national health programme by the countrys government. Stressed Japanese workers are today still relaxing and reconnecting with nature. The Forest Therapy Society has certified 62 forest therapy sites in the country and the forest bathing movement is a

46、lso booming in other parts of the world. It says， Just as bathing in a hot spring helps to soak your cares away， going for a walk in the woods is said to have a comforting effect.Forest bathing is about taking time to wander through woodland with no fixed plan or route and just expose yourself to th

47、e forest atmosphere. 38 Thats particularly good for people with mental health issues. A study conducted in 24 forests across Japan found that walking among trees lowered blood pressure， the pulse rate， thus improving our immune systems. 39 Another study carried out a few years ago by Stanford University in the US， found similar benefits. Brain scans showed reduced activity in an area of the brain linked to the risk of men