2022盐城阜宁中学等四校高二下学期期中考试英语试题（含听力）含答案

2021—2022学年第二学期高二年级期中考试

英语试题

第一部分 听力（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

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。

第一节 （共5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 did the woman first do this afternoon?

A. She got a sleep.                B. She took a walk.                C. She did some shopping.

2. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a department store.            B. In a post office.                C. In a bank.

3. How does the woman feel?

A. Sad.                            B. Afraid.                        C. Sick.

4. Why does the man want to run more?

A. To be in better health.            B. To be close to nature.            C. To race across the country.

5. How will the woman probably get to the airport?

A. By bus.                        B. By subway.                    C. By taxi.

第二节 （共15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. Which animals does the man like the most?

A. Tigers.                        B. Giraffes.                    C. Monkeys.

7. How much do kids pay to get in?

A. $10.                            B. $9.                        C. $5.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What were the days like in Australia in July?

A. Nice and cool.                B. Rainy and cold.                C. Bright and sunny.

9. Where did the man start his trip?

A. In Melbourne.                    B. In Sydney.                    C. In Perth.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where did the woman stay during her holiday?

A. In a hotel.                    B. In the mountains.            C. At a farmer’s house.

11. What was the weather like in the country?

A. Fine.                        B. Rainy.                        C. Windy.

12. What time did the woman get home this morning?

A. At 4:30.                        B. At 5:00.                    C. At 9:00.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How do the speakers know each other?

A. They’re co-workers.            B. They’re neighbors.            C. They’re brother and sister.

14. What type of animal is Penny?

A. A cat.                        B. A dog.                        C. A bird.

15. How is the man getting to New York?

A. By train.                        B. By car.                        C. By airplane.

16. Where do the speakers live?

A. In Florida.                    B. In New York.                C. In Pennsylvania.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When will the Motor Show end?

A. On July 15th.                    B. On July 18th.                C. On July 22nd.

18. What problem did the Motor Show have last year?

A. No new cars at the show.        B. No chances to drive a car.        C. Not enough space for parking.

19. What is designed for women drivers?

A. A sports car.                    B. An electric car.                C. A sun-powered car.

20. What is the price of a family ticket?

A. Six pounds.                    B. Twelve pounds.                C. Thirty pounds.

第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

4 Study and Homework Apps for Android!

Brainly

Price：Free/$15 per 3 months/$24 per year

Brainly is a social network for learners. You sign up, ask questions, and get answers (usually).Additionally, you can browse the site, answer other people's questions, and help them out as well. They charge on a quarter basis ($15)or a yearly basis($24).

Forest

Price: Free/Up to $1.99

Forest is a different type of app. One of the biggest distractions during study is your smartphone.Forest helps put a stop to that. You open the app and a tree grows, The tree dies if you leave the app.Thus, there is a little motivation to leave the thing alone while you study or do homework.

Google Play Books

Price: Free app, book costs vary

Google Play Books is an excellent source of learning material. Sometimes your textbook just isn't enough and apps like this have plenty of additional resources. Books cost money obviously. However, you only pay for them once. Books are available offline on your smartphone or tablet.

Quizlet

Price: Free/$19.99 per year

Quizlet is one of the most popular flashcard apps for language learning. You can create flashcards play memory games, and even share flashcards with classmates. It also supports 18 languages for about any subject or topic. The free version should work just fine for simple uses, though. The premium version costs $19.99 per year, which isn't expensive for a study aid.

1. What is special about Forest?

A. It helps keep you focused. B. It answers your questions.

C. It provides textbooks for your study. D. It motivates you to plant more trees.

2. Which app can you choose to learn languages?

A. Brainy. B. Forest.

C. Google Play Book. D. Quizlet.

3. What do these apps have in common?

A. They have no advertisements. B. They charge for some services.

C. They have enough learning resources. D. They are designed to do homework quickly.

【1~3题答案】

【答案】1. A    2. D    3. B

B

An advance in electronic publishing could make the book you are reading seem as dated as a silent film. Publishers are releasing books with added soundtracks and musical accompaniments.

The noise in the first multimedia books released in Britain include rain hitting a window in a Sherlock Holmes tale. Works by Oscar Wilde and Rudyard Kipling are also available. When the plot of a book reaches a climax, background music will create tension. In America, works by Shakespeare and Jane Austen have already been released with music and background noise so that, for example, readers can hear tea cups clinking in Mr. Darcy's garden as they read Pride and Prejudice.

Supporters argue that sound effects are the next logical development for e-books and will add excitement for younger readers. Critics, however, will argue that the noises will ruin the simple pleasure of enjoying the imagination required to read a book.

Caroline Michel, chief executive of the literary agency PFD, said, "Concentration now is such that people have split computer screens where they may be watching television and replying an email at the same time. If that's what the market wants, then we should respond to the market.

Booktrack's sound effects work by figuring out the user's reading speed. Each time you “turn” a page, the software reassesses(重新评估) where you have reached in the text and times the sounds to play accordingly. If the soundtrack is not in agreement with the words, a click on any word will re-set it.

Some authors fear a soundtrack could destroy the peace and quiet of libraries and ruin the pleasure of reading. David Nicholls, author of One Day, said, "This sounds like the opposite of reading. I have enough trouble reading an e-book because I'm constantly disturbed (干扰)by emails and so I've given up on it for the time being.

Stuart MacBride, the crime writer whose novel Shatter the Bones was an e-book bestseller, sells 18% of his books as electronic downloads. He said, "If I'm reading, I will do the noises in my head. I don't need someone to tell me what cutting a tree sounds like. That would upset me.

4. The e-book soundtrack is intended________.

A. to make readers focus on the story

B. to help readers with unknown vocabulary

C. to strengthen readers' impression of characters

D. to add tension when the book reaches an exciting point

5. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 5 refers to________.

A. the soundtrack

B. the speed of reading

C. the software

D. the required time

6. What's Stuart MacBride' s attitude to soundtracks?

A. Supportive. B. Disapproving. C. Unconcerned. D. Disrespectful

7. The text is most probably taken from________.

A. a book review

B. a personal diary

C. a science textbook

D. a newspaper report

【4~7题答案】

【答案】4. D    5. A    6. B    7. D

C

Time and how we experience it have always puzzled us. Physicists have created fascinating theories, but their time is measured by a pendulum (钟摆) and is not psychological time, which leaps with little regard to the clock or calendar. As someone who understood the distinction observed, “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours it seems like a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove, a minute seems like two hours.”

Psychologists have long noticed that larger units of time, such as months and years, fly on swifter wings as we age. They also note that the more time is structured with schedules and appointments, the more rapidly it seems to pass. For example, a day at the office flies compared with a day at the beach.

Expectation and familiarity also make time seem to flow more rapidly. Almost all of us have had the experience of driving somewhere we’ve never been before. Surrounded by unfamiliar scenery, with no real idea of when we’ll arrive, we experience the trip as if lasting a long time. But the return trip, although exactly as long, seems to take far less time. The novelty of the outward journey has become routine.

When days become as identical as beads (小珠子)on a string, they mix together, and even months become a single day. To counter this, try to find ways to interrupt the structure of your day-to stop time, so to speak.

Learning something new is one of the ways to slow the passage of time. One of the reasons the days of our youth seems so full and long is that these are the days of learning and discovery. For many of us, learning ends when we leave school, but this doesn’t have to be.

8. What is the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 is used to show?

A. Physical theory has nothing to do with the true sense of time.

B. Physical time is different from psychological time.

C. Time should not be measured by a pendulum.

D. Psychological time is quite puzzling.

9. Which of the following will make you feel time flies faster?

A. A day spent exploring something unknown.

B. Staying with a person who you dislike.

C. A day packed with appointments to handle.

D. Driving to a new place for the first time.

10. What does “novelty” in Paragraph 3 probably means?

A. Amusement.

B. Excitement.

C. Imagination.

D. Unfamiliarity.

11. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To explain why time flies and how to slow it down psychologically.

B. To describe how we experience time psychologically.

C. To show the different ideas of physicists and psychologists on time.

D. To give various explanations about time.

【8~11题答案】

【答案】8. B    9. C    10. D    11. A

D

Over the phone, Jack's mother told him, “Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday." Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.

“Jack, did you hear me?"

“Oh, sorry, Mum. Yes, I heard you. It's been so long since I thought of him. I'm sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago," Jack replied.

“You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life,' she said.

As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Belser's funeral was small and uneventful. The night before he had to return home, Jack and his Mum stopped by to see the old house next door one more time.

Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time. The house was exactly as he remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture. Jack stopped suddenly ...

“What's wrong, Jack?” his Mum asked.

“The box is gone," he said.

“What box?" Mum asked

"There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he'd ever told me was the thing he valued most. Now I'll never know what was so valuable to him," Jack said.

Returning home from work one day Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. 'Signature required on a package. No one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days,' the note read. Early the next day Jack retrieved the package. There inside was the gold box and an envelope. Jack s hands shook as he read the note inside.

"Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It's the thing I valued most in my life.'

Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch. Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover. Inside he found these words engraved (雕刻): 'Jack, Thanks for your time!- Harold Belser.'

12. What did Mr. Belser do when Jack was a child?

A. He played the role of a father.

B. He taught Jack school subjects.

C. He sponsored Jack for education.

D. He brought Jack longer memories.

13. Why was Jack deeply impressed with the gold box?

A. It belonged to Mr. Belser. B. It remained a mystery to him.

C. It was his childhood memory. D. It was worth a lot of money.

14. What does the underlined word “retrieved” in Paragraph 11 probably mean?

A. Take over. B. Reach for. C. Pull out. D. Get back.

15. What can we learn from the story?

A. A gold pocket watch is the best gift.

B. Good company deserves treasuring.

C. Loss of father influences a boy deeply.

D. Close neighbors should help each other.

【12~15题答案】

【答案】12. A    13. B    14. D    15. B

第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Improve Your Relationships

Having stable and positive relationships in your life can make you happier and more fulfilled. Whether it's your friends, family, or significant other, improving a relationship can sometimes be confusing. ____16____

Express your appreciation for the person.

____17____ Notice the positive things that the person is doing and go out of your way to show your appreciation for them. You can also show your appreciation by remembering important events like anniversaries or birthdays.

____18____

If you hardly see each other or talk to each other, it can be difficult to maintain a relationship. Take extra time out of your day and devote it to the person that you want to improve relations with. Try to work around the other person's schedule so that you can spend the time together. You can share a meal, watch a show, listen to music, or go shopping with them.

Turn off distractions.

Distractions like a cell phone, social media, or video games can create a division in between you and another person. If you notice that you are always distracted, you should turn off your cell phone or computer and talk to them. ____19____

Seek therapy(心理治疗) if you can't get along.

To fix or improve family relationships or relationships with your significant other, you can turn to therapy. If you notice that you and the person are always arguing over the same kinds of things, and nothing has worked, you should consider seeking therapy with them. ____20____ And family therapy may be able to restore bonds between family members.

A. Spend more time with the person.

B. Maintain a relationship if possible.

C. People often like to be praised for achievements.

D. A specialist can help solve long­term issues in the relationship.

E. If they are the one always distracted, ask them if they can do the same.

F. Follow the tips and you can develop good relationships with your family.

G. Luckily, by adjusting your behaviour, you can improve any relationship in your life.

【16~20题答案】

【答案】16. G    17. C    18. A    19. E    20. D

第三部分 语言运用

第一节（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

He came from somewhere south of Rome. I didn’t know when or how he got to America, swam maybe. But one evening I found him standing in the driveway, behind my garage, extremely thin.

“My name Tony Trivionno and I mow your lawn.” he said. It was hard to comprehend his ____21____ English. “I mow your lawn,” he said again and walked away. Yes, these Depression days were ____22____ , but how could I ____23____ a person who had come to me for help? When I got home the next evening, the lawn had been mowed, the walks swept and the garden weeded. ____24____, my wife assumed I had hired him. I told her of my ____25____the night before and we thought it strange that he had not asked for ____26____. The next two days were busy, and I forgot about him. But on Friday, I saw him, behind my garage again and busy around.

I managed to ____27____ some small weekly pay for him and each day he cleaned up the yard and took care of any little tasks. He was very helpful ____28____ there were any heavy objects to lift or things to fix in my factory.

“I want to be an apprentice,” he said one day. ____29____ we had a good Prentice school that trained laborers, I doubted whether he had the ability to ____30____blueprints and micrometers. Therefore, he took a ____31____ in pay to become an apprentice.

Many years later, I found him in our ____32____ meeting spot, much heavier than he used to be and taking on a look of ____33____. He was a millionaire now!

Tony came to America ____34____ the American Dream. But he did not find it — he ____35____ it himself. Tony didn’t begin on the bottom rung of the ladder. He began in the basement. Tony’s affairs were tiny, and all he had were 24 hours a day. He wasted none of them and succeeded finally.

21. A. repeated B. broken C. strange D. simple

22. A. special B. boring C. ordinary D. difficult

23. A. give away B. turn away C. pick up D. cheer up

24. A. Precisely B. Fortunately C. Apparently D. Secretly

25. A. impression B. experience C. competence D. anxiety

26. A. trouble B. award C. pay D. leave

27. A. bring in B. leave out C. work out D. take in

28. A. whenever B. whatever C. whoever D. however

29. A. Now that B. In case C. Even if D. Ever since

30. A. read B. record C. copy D. draw

31. A. rise B. cut C. step D. break

32. A. casual B. memorable C. formal D. familiar

33. A. confusion B. confidence C. innocence D. astonishment

34. A. shifting B. shaping C. searching D. seeking

35. A. discovered B. acknowledged C. deserved D. created

【21~35题答案】

【答案】21. B    22. D    23. B    24. C    25. B    26. C    27. C    28. A    29. C    30. A    31. B    32. D    33. B    34. D    35. D

第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式．

AirCar is the latest generation flying car ______36______ transforms from road vehicle into air vehicle in less than 3 minutes. Useful for leisure and self-driving ______37______(journey), the vehicle can go from driving to flying mode with the click of a button. The fifth generation flying car designed by Professor Stefan Klein ______38______(complete) two flight tests at Piestany airport in Slovakia so far.

The two-seat AirCar ______39______(weigh) 1,100kg and can carry an additional load of 200kg per flight. ______40______(power) by a BMW 1.6L engine, the car-plane has an effective power output of 140HP. The estimated travel range of the vehicle is 1, 000km and the flight ______41______(consume) is 18 liters (升) per hour. AirCar can transform from a ground-based vehicle to aircraft with its speed ______42______(reach) up to 200 km/h. But most importantly, the stability and controllability of the AirCar is ______43______(access) to any pilot.

“With AirCar you will arrive at your destination ______44______ the trouble of getting a ride to airport and passing through commercial security. You can drive your AirCar to the golf course, the office, the shopping centre or your hotel and park ________45________ in a normal parking space,” said Anton Zajac, Klein Vision’s co-founder, investor and pilot.

【36~45题答案】

【答案】36. that   

37. journeys   

38. has completed   

39. weighs    40. Powered   

41. consumption   

42. reaching   

43. accessible   

44. without   

45. it

第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)

46. 假如你叫李华，你的英语老师 Peter在你因病住院期间经常在线辅导你学习英语，鼓励你积极面对生活，战胜困难，请给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：

1.表示感谢；

2.回顾帮助；

3.邀请来中国游玩。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

【46题答案】

【答案】Dear Peter,

I’m writing to express my gratitude to you for your help and encouragement during my stay in hospital.

Undoubtedly, without your help with my English online every day, I couldn’t have made my English study go smoothly as usual. And it’s your frequent encouragement and positive attitudes towards life that guide me out of low spirits to deal with my illness, study and life in such a sound way.

Thank you for your kindness again and I do hope you will come to China to have a nice trip where you can witness in person the perfect combination of culture and nature.

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节 读后续写（满分25分）

47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

My knees started shaking, yet my body froze; it felt as though my soul departed (离开) my body and I had no control over it. Anxiously, I looked through the name list posted on the wall of the locker room; my heart was beating harder and harder as I slowly saw all my friends’ names on that list but could not find mine. John, Bryce, Ro, I thought, everybody is on here except me. At that moment, I froze; I just could not accept that all my friends were on the basketball team but I was not.

I was so convinced there was a mistake that I went and found the coach. “Hey coach, are you sure that the name list you posted is correct?” I asked anxiously.

“Yes. Sorry if you did not make it this year. There is always next year,” the coach replied without the slightest bit of regret.

I could feel the hot, bitter tears building in my eyes, and I ran out of the room as fast as I could. As soon as I walked out, I saw my friends crowding into the locker room to look at the team list. I heard them shouting and laughing as I slowly walked away, every one of them jumping around with excitement after seeing that they made the team.

I felt dead inside，like nothing mattered. I trudged (步履艰难) through the rest of school; walking was such a burden that it felt as if I had a 100-pound weight tied to my backpack. My mind was also blank for the rest of the school day; everything my teachers said went in one ear and out the other.

After school, as I walked to the parking lot to get picked up, I saw all my friends gathered near the back of the lot，celebrating and joking around. I detoured (绕道) around the side of the school to avoid them, trying not to think about being one of the only people in our friend group to not make the team.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右。

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I saw my father’s red car pull up near the school lot.

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After almost a year of training, I tried out for my seventh-grade team.

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【47题答案】

【答案】I saw my father’s red car pull up near the school lot. I walked up to the car and got in. He smiled at me, played the radio, and started driving home. And soon he noticed my gloomy face, and asked me what was wrong. “Nothing. Well, it’s just that all my friends made the school team. Everyone! Except me…” I stammered. “Well, what are you going to do about it?” he asked. Surprised, I didn’t know what to say. Nobody was going to give me a spot on that team. I would have to earn it. I decided to train for my goal of making the team. After all, I thought, hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.

After almost a year of training, I tried out for my seventh-grade team. “Step, dribble, shoot,” I said to myself, “You got this!” After the tryout, I felt confident and congratulated myself. Regardless of the outcome, I knew that I had worked hard and learned something about mental toughness. The next day, I found out I made the team; seeing my name printed in large bold letters felt as though all my dreams came true in one wondrous moment. The greater the effort, the sweeter the reward, and by making the team, I had officially made a turnaround.