广东省汕头市2021-2022学年度高二下学期期末考试 英语 WORD版含答案.doc

1、汕头市2021-2022学年度普通高中教学质量监测高二英语本试卷共8页，满分120分。考试用时120分。注意事项：1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。2. 作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案。答案不能答在试卷上。试题序号从“21”开始。3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4. 考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷

2、和答题卡一并交回。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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThe 21st-century doctor now carries a whole set of diagnostic tools in his briefcase, and yes, unfortunately, the iconic stethoscope (听诊器) is now a little outdated! So, exactly what are all these necessary devices f

3、or the 21st century doctor?The stethoscope goes digital. The Eko Core is the new revolution of stethoscopes. It can amplify the sounds of the heart by 40 times when in digital mode. It can also stream the heartbeat data to the cloud, allowing the physician to see the heartbeat in wave form on a mobi

4、le device as well as hear the sound at an amplified level.A palm-sized ECG device. If someone asks you to think about the electrocardiogram (心电图) device, you will probably imagine a huge machine with many wires that are connected to a screen giving someones heart activity. In todays digital health e

5、ra, this machine has been down-sized so it can fit in the palm of your hand. The KardiaMobile 6L is a 6-lead medical-grade pocket-sized ECG machine. It will send the readings directly to your smartphone.High-tech eye tech. The Personal Vision Tracker and the EyeQue Insight are light, accurate, and i

6、nexpensive devices. They allow for eye tests to be performed remotely.Ear tech in your pocket. Ear examination can be uncomfortable for the patient and challenging for physicians in case of small or partially obstructed ear canals. The pocketable WiscMed otoscope aims to overcome these issues with i

7、ts built-in nano camera which gives clear images of the eardrum.1. What is a feature of the Eko Core?A. It is a palm-sized machine.B. It can greatly amplify the heart.C. It allows doctors to check data by cell phone.D. It can show clearly the image of the ear drum.2. Supported by the high-tech devic

8、e, eye examination can be conducted _.A. randomlyB. automaticallyC. through mobile phoneD. from a distance3. What do the four medical devices have in common?AUpdated.B. Cheap.C. Wireless.D. Pocketable.【答案】1. C2. D3. DBChinas newest online hit is a pink fox called LinaBell, who resides in Shanghai Di

9、sneyland Resort. After making her first public appearance on September 29, the life-size plush animal has taken the Chinese social media. On Weibo, the hashtag (话题标签) of LinaBell had amounted to over 430 million views by November 19.Unlike other Disney characters, LinaBell has never been on the big

10、or small screen. Shes not in any cartoon series or movie and doesnt have a full back story. All we know is that she met Duffy, Mickey Mouses teddy bear, in the forest and helped him find his way home, according to Disneys introduction video of the character. Despite her confusing history, she has go

11、ne to conquer the hearts of many Chinese. But why?A lot is working for LinaBell. Disney says shes “a fox with an curious mind and the intelligence that supports it,” but those whove come to know her say they were swooned by her unique personality and adorable appearance.Videos of meet-and-greets wit

12、h the pink fox are all over the internet and LinaBell can be seen communicating with every visitor through expressive body language. She corrects those who mispronounce her name, shows love for those queuing up for hours to meet her and hands out free candy. Shes been called witty, sharp and fun-lov

13、ing. “I feel cured by LinaBell, I watch her videos every night before bed. I even got an annual pass to Disney just for her,” wrote a blogger called “Dobby.” She posted a video of her talking to LinaBell on her account on social media platform “Little Red Book” and received 15,000 likes.As a “locall

14、y born and bred” Chinese fox, LinaBell can understand different Chinese dialects beyond that of Shanghai, and can communicate with visitors from different parts of China. “With or without her fans waiting in line, LinaBell is delivering love and warmth, she made me forget all the displeasure of real

15、 life,” reads one popular comment by Miss Luo. “Maybe this is the power of magic.”4. Which of the following sets LinaBell apart from other Disney characters?A. She loves helping animals in the forest.B. She is not a character in a movie or TV series.C. She keeps updating her everyday life by posting

16、 videos online.D. She first appeared on Disneys introduction video on September 29.5. What does the underlined word “swooned” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Trapped.B. Infected.C. Astonished.D. Attracted.6. What can best describe LinaBell?A. Friendly and sensitive.B. Humorous and adorable.C. Cute a

17、nd ignorant.D. Intelligent and tricky.7. What is the best title for the article?A. The mystery of LinaBell.B. The attraction of Shanghai Disneyland.C. The popularity of Disneys pink fox.D. The birth of a new cartoon character.【答案】4. B5. D6. B7. CCWe arrived here to find everything was in chaos. The

18、whole island is flooded. Many people have fled to mountains to escape. The hospital is badly damaged and in a mess; it cannot be used at the moment.My colleagues on the medical team and I are going to set up a temporary clinic on the north side of the town. Medical supplies are now on their way from

19、 abroad. One of the health problems is that people who need to take medicines regularly cannot get hold of them in a disaster such as this. The majority of wounds are from walls and roofs that have fallen on people. The water makes it difficult for the cuts and wounds to get better and easy for bact

20、eria to spread. Meanwhile, shelter and access to food and clean water are big problems.One good thing here is that many people can speak English or French. This makes it easier to communicate and find out about peoples problems. It seems that many people here just need to talk, so I am finding that

21、my job is not limited to being a nurse. It is also being a person who can listen to and comfort others.It is quite horrible to imagine losing everything including some of your family. Our first job here was to try to organize a place to bury the people who were killed. We needed to do this as soon a

22、s possible to stop disease spreading. That was really a horrible job and I felt so sorry for their relatives.When I think back to all the experiences that I have been around the world since joining Doctors without Borders, I felt that I have been very lucky to be able to help others and do something

23、 worthwhile. Now I must think about tomorrow. We hope the clinic will be open and 1 wont have any time to write my diary. This experience makes me appreciate all the things I have and gives me the chance to see things from another angle. I know I cant change the whole world, but Im proud that I can

24、help here and there, and make a difference to peoples lives.8. Whats the purpose of the first paragraph?A. To introduce the island.B. To express an opinion.C. To highlight the situation.D. To describe local life.9. What problem did the author and her colleagues face when arriving at the island?A. Th

25、ey didnt have enough food.B. They found the hospital gone.C. They were in need of financial support.D. They got infected due to the polluted water.10. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?A. The author found it important to offer sympathy to those in need.B. The author was not only a nurse but also

26、 worked as an interpreter.C. People on the island were quite talkative and many enjoyed chatting.D. There was no language barrier between the medical workers and the residents.11. What can we learn about Doctors without Borders?A. It is horrible and adventurous.B. It is meaningful and helpful.C. It

27、requires nothing but courage.D. It promises better job opportunities.【答案】8. C9. A10. D11. BDIt is a commonly held belief that smiling takes years off your appearance by conveying ayouthful joie de vive (生活之乐). Yet a study has found that smiling actually makes people look older,unless they are over 6

28、0, in which case the wrinkles have set in and it makes little difference.Researchers showed participants hundreds of photographs of faces of people aged between 20and 80, either smiling or with a neutral expression, and were asked to estimate their age. The faces ofyounger people in their twenties a

29、nd thirties were “strongly” and “reliably” identified as lookingolder when they were smiling. However, smiling had little or no effect on the perceived age of thoseover the age of 60.The study found that for middle-aged people between the ages of 40 and 60, gender played arole in whether smiling alt

30、ered the perceived age. Men in this age category appeared older when theysmiled but for their female counterparts, smiling had no effect.Researchers also suggested that it could be down to the gender differences in lifestyle and skin care that could affect facial wrinkling. Mr. Goodale, the lead res

31、earcher, said: “Not only domiddle-aged men have more wrinkles than middle-aged women the wrinkles around the eyesincreases more when middle-aged men smile than it does when middle-aged women smile.”The study follows a similar one undertaken in 2018 which also disproved the theory that smilingcan tak

32、e years off your appearance The same scientists published a paper saying that the belief “well-rooted in media” was “a complete misconception”. They said the misplaced belief was causing social media users to post ageing photos of themselves online.12. According to the passage, what is commonly beli

33、eved about smiling?A. Smiling can fill people with energy.B. Smiling is beneficial to our health.C. Smiling quickens the ageing process.D. Smiling can make one appear younger.13. The following factors are responsible for face wrinkling except _.A. LifestyleB. skin careC. professionD. gender14. Which

34、 of the following will the researchers probably agree with?A. For the middle-aged, smiling affects males more than females.B. For those of advanced age, smiling makes them look younger.C. To avoid looking old, youd better not smile when taking photos.D. Smiling has the same effect on both young adul

35、ts and the elderly.15. What is the text type?A. A medical leaflet.B. A science report.C. An encyclopedia.D. A biology textbook.【答案】12. D13. C14. A15. 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。The tomato is definitely one of the most popular of all home grown vegetables and

36、for goodreason. _16_ They can be grown in garden beds, grow bags, potted vegetable gardens or evenhanging baskets. Though buying commercially grown plants from a garden center or online is quitehandy, some just prefer growing tomatoes the other way._17_ The trick is to start your seed raising early

37、either in a green house or indoors,especially in colder climates.SOW your seeds about four weeks before the last expected frost. Fill some seed trays or smallpots with a good quality potting soil. _18_ Actually even some soil from the garden will work.After anywhere from 3-15 days you should start t

38、o see little shoots sprouting out of the soil.TRANSPLANT your seedlings once two true leaves have formed. Gently take out yourseedling and plant it into the new pot but plant it up to just below its first leaves. _19_WATER your plants frequently enough when required to try and keep the soil evenly m

39、oist.FEED your tomato plants with a good quality tomato feed every 10-14 days. _20_HARVEST your tomatoes when they are fully ripened on the vine and enjoy what your hardwork has provided you with.A. But dont worry if you cant get this.B. This ensures a deeper and stronger root.C. They are vibrant, d

40、elicious and easy to grow.D. Growing tomatoes from seed is easy and quite rewarding.E. Or you can make your own homemade organic liquid fertilizer.F. This means you should keep them 50cm/20 inches apart from each other.G. Tomatoes are warm season plants and can be planted with others like eggplants

41、and potatoes.【答案】16. C17. G18. A19. B20. E第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（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格处的最佳选项。Whether or not we care to admit it, were all familiar with procrastination:waiting until the lastminute to catch up with pressing tasks. The antidote (矫正方法) while easier said th

42、an done is_21_ to start on your assignments sooner. But in your pursuit of _22_procrastination, is it possible to go too far?David Rosenbaum, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside,certainly thinks so. His research _23_ on the dangers of “precrastination”, the _24_ toru

43、sh too quickly into tasks.As _25_ to a procrastinator, who might leave an inbox full of emails untouched untilthe next day, a precrastinator would read and _26_ to each of them first thing in themorning. This can mean reducing a lot of amount of the precious energy they might need for amore urgent _

44、27_ later on.So why do people precrastinate? Rosenbaum says that for most, its tough to _28_ reachingfor low-hanging fruit. When you complete simple short-term tasks, you have one fewer thing to thinkabout “I can wrap this up in five minutes. Why not _29_ it now?”The real _30_ of precrastination com

45、es when, in your rush to finish, you encounter thenaturally higher chance of doing your work incompletely or inaccurately. In the _31_ of emails, sometimes waiting to respond can show respect for _32_ thought over expediency (权宜之计).Of course, precrastination is not without its benefits, but its _33_

46、 to do so only when itmakes sense. Chronic precrastinators must also realise that its OK to set unimportant things aside,because they will not require huge mental _34_ later in the day, Rosenbaum says. Besides, itshould be agreed in our society that its OK to be allowed to _35_.21. A. entirelyB. sim

47、plyC. totallyD. roughly22. A. beatingB. improvingC. achievingD. blaming23. A. callsB. reliesC. focusesD. agrees24. A. attitudeB. tendencyC. solutionD. answer25. A. devotedB. relatedC. regardedD. opposed26. A. applyB. appealC. respondD. refer27. A. taskB. appointmentC. messageD. talk28. A. keepB. res

48、istC. practiseD. start29. A. get hold ofB. make use ofC. make sense ofD. take care of30. A. disadvantageB. struggleC. benefitD. reason31. A. faceB. controlC. caseD. name32. A. idealB. suddenC. efficientD. careful33. A. criticalB. relevantC. objectiveD. ambitious34. A. healthB. processC. developmentD

49、. energy35. A. speed upB. slow downC. show upD. fade away【答案】21. B22. A23. C24. B25. D26. C27. A28. B29. D30. A31. C32. D33. A34. D35. A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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Around the world, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is _36_ hot topic. It seems thatmost health food stores

50、 have a section with TCM herbal remedies, and many cities have at least oneacupuncture (针灸) clinic. Whats more, some Western doctors recommend TCM for certainillnesses. Within China, TCM is _37_ (wide) used. All in all, 28% of drug sales in China aremade up _38_ medicinal herbs, and there are over 4

51、,000 TCM hospitals in China. Let _39_ (we) take a look at how TCM started.In ancient times, many people around the world thought that illnesses _40_ (cause) by evilspirits, and so spells and prayers were used to get rid of the spirits and thus bring relief. At the sametime, some doctors in China rec

52、ognized that many illnesses had _41_ (vary) possible naturalcauses. The doctors believed that since illnesses were natural in origin, they could be cured throughnatural remedies. Perhaps the most important of these early doctors was Qin Yueren, who wanderedfrom place to place, _42_ (provide) medical

53、 care to those in need. He was so respected _43_ people called him Bian Que.Much of what has been passed down through history about Bian Que has a legendary quality.However, Bian Que sought _44_ (set) the medical profession on a firm basis of preventativetreatment, observing symptoms, and offering n

54、atural _45_ (cure) without resorting to spells.【答案】36. a37. widely38. of39. us40. were caused41. various42providing43. that44. to set45. cures第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节（满分15分）46. 你参加了学校的成人节活动，校英语俱乐部正在举办以“Being An Adult, Being Responsible”为主题的成人节（coming-of-age ceremony）征文，请你写一篇文章投稿，内容包括：1. 成人节的活动时间和主要过程：2.

55、 你的感想和对未来高中生活的规划。注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Being An Adult, Being Responsible_【答案】Being An Adult, Being ResponsibleOn Dec 30th. I, together with my classmates, attended the coming-of-age ceremony in the school hall, where our teachers and parents witnessed our special process. After the p

56、rincipal delivered an inspiring speech articulating the real meaning of being a mature grown-up, we made an oath that we should have a sense of duty for our society as grown-ups from now on. Finally, we walked through the Longmen with our parents, with photos taken to mark this special occasion.This

57、 once-in-a-lifetime ceremony is a golden opportunity to impress upon us students the significance of shouldering responsibility and fulfilling our obligation as a young adult. I am determined to study hard. Only in this way can I equip myself for the future of our society.第二节（满分25分）47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和

58、所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。I eventually managed to persuade my parents to buy me a new football shirt for the school matches. My old shirt had worn out and made me depressed every time I put it on. But now I had a brand new shirt! I was so excited. I decided to wear it today for the first time during a

59、 kick about in our street. I wish I hadnt! As soon as we had been playing for ten minutes, the shirt sleeve ripped when I made a turn.I didnt pay much attention to it at first. “Ill sew it back together after the match”, I thought. But then I noticed that actually the whole sleeve was torn. Only a p

60、rofessional can mend it now. I couldnt tell my mum and dad that my new football shirt was ruined. They would feel sad and they might not allow me to play football any longer. As I walked home, feeling totally at a loss what to do, I was astonished to suddenly come across a shop sign “All kinds of re

61、pairs and services!”I went inside immediately. A man with white bushy hair said “Welcome!” I looked around the shop. I saw an iron, broken toys and a broken chair. “I guess this is the wrong place. What I really need is a tailors”, I thought to myself. But as I started to leave, I noticed a photo of

62、 a football team next to the sewing machine. I couldnt make out which team it was. “Maybe the owner also liked playing football.” Thinking of this, I decided to have a try: “Excuse me, this tear needs repairing. I need it to take part in the school match.”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。“Ive

63、been waiting a long, long time to repair a football shirt,” said the man. _I felt so relieved but began to worry about the charge. _【答案】“Ive been waiting a long, long time to repair a football shirt,” said the man. “Are you serious?” I held the shirt tight so he couldnt take from me. I thought to my

64、self, “My luck isnt good today! I just wish I could run out of this shop and find other tailors.” But the man didnt let me move and took the shirt from me. The man began to repair the tear with thread. A moment later, he showed me the patch that he was sewing onto the tear. “Great! The tear hardly s

65、hows now. Sorry for doubting you. I had thought that you wouldnt be able to repair it.” I said.I felt so relieved but began to worry about the charge. Noticing my anxiety, the man didnt charge me and asked me if I wanted to be a professional football player. “No, because my parents think I should be an engineer, a doctor or a teacher.” I replied. He was silent and didnt say anything else. He put my repaired shirt in a bag and patted me on the shoulder as I started to leave. “Follow your dreams.” he said.学科网（北京）股份有限公司高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家- 11 - 版权所有高考资源网