2021-2022高二上学期英语期中考试试题.pdf

1、12021-2022 学年度高二第一学期期中考试英语科试题出卷人：丘夏扬，杨锟审核：王文贞 2021.10第二部分：第一节 阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）阅读下列短文，从 1-15 每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AA Summer Horse Camp in Montana and Wyoming for Teen GirlsDates:June 23July 5,2021Ages:1416(grades 8,9&10)Tuition:2,955(not including airfare)Start:Bo

2、zeman,MontanaEnd:Jackson,WyomingTraversing(横越)the Continental Divide,this camp takes place on the borders of Montana,Idaho,and Wyoming,where girls will go whitewater rafting,scenic river floating,hot spring soaking,and willtour both Yellowstone and Teton National Parks.Girls who participate in this

3、adventure will gain knowledge and appreciation with each turn,becoming keepers of the land,and being introduced to skills necessary to work with pack animals in thewilderness.All of this adventure and learning take place in a fun,non-competitive atmosphere,which willmake this an adventure to remembe

4、r.Trip Campsite&FacilitiesEight nights are spent in tents in public“frontcountry”campgrounds where we have pre-assignedcampsite with neighbors and campgrounds hosts nearby,running drinkable water,and privateouthouses(屋外厕所)or flushing toilets(抽水马桶)Four nights are spent in tents in“backcountry”wildern

5、ess areas where we will purify our waterbefore drinking and learn and practice basic Leave No Trace camping skills such as how to select acampsite,how to go to the bathroom,and how to keep clean outdoors.All backcountry campsites in thistravel plan have an outhouse available to us.Why choose this tr

6、ipGirls who love horses but also want to go rafting,standing up paddle boarding,and exploreYellowstone Country will automatically love this camp.From rivers,to lakes,to mountains,YellowstoneHorseback Adventure camp will give girls a variety of outdoor settings in which they can fall in love withthe

7、natural world!1.How long will the camp last?A.8 daysB.10 daysC.12 daysD.13 days2.What does the underlined word“backcountry”refer to?A.An area which lies in the backB.An area which is opposite the frontC.An area which has existed for a long timeD.An area where few people live3.Who is the camp intende

8、d for?2A.The girls who love riding horses and exploring natureB.The boys who enjoy swimming and outdoor activitiesC.The teens who are fond of experiencing the camps outdoorsD.The people who enjoy riding horses and swimmingBAccording to body language expert Robert Phipps,the way people sleep at night

9、 actually determines alot about the type of personality they have.Phipps has identified four sleeping positions that affectpersonality.Phipps found that worriers,those who stress the most,tend to sleep in the fetal(胎儿的)position.Hefound that this is the most common bedtime position,with nearly 58 per

10、cent of people sleeping on theirside with knees up and head down.The more we curl up(蜷曲),the more comfort we are seeking，accordingto Phipps.The second most common position is the log.Sleeping with a straight body,with arms at each side，asif they are standing guard at Buckingham Palace,indicates stub

11、bornness,and these people(the 28 percentwho sleep this way)often wake up stiffer than when they went to sleep.“The longer you sleep like this,the more rigid your thinking is and you can become inflexible,whichmeans you make things harder for yourself,”according to Phipps.Yearner(向往型)sleepers are nex

12、t on the list.About 25 percent of people sleep in this styleon theirside with arms stretched out in front,looking as if they are either chasing a dream or perhaps being chasedthemselves.Yearners are typically their own worst critics,always expecting the best results,explainedPhipps.These people ofte

13、n wake up refreshed and eager to face the challenges of the day ahead.Perhaps the most peculiar(奇怪的)of sleep styles is the freefaller position.This sleep style makes up17 percent of the population.They sleep face down with arms stretched out.These people,according toPhipps，feel like they have little

14、 control over their life.Not only is this the strangest of sleep styles,but alsothe least comfortable,and people may wake up feeling tired and have no energy.In conclusion,Phipps has only one more thing to add:“A good nights sleep sets you up for thefollowing day and our sleeping positions can deter

15、mine how we feel when we wake.”4What is the main idea of the passage?AA Good Nights Sleep Sets You Up for the Following Day.BYour Personality Depends a Lot on How You Sleep at Night.CHow You Sleep at Night Affects What You Do the Next Day.DWhich Sleeping Position Helps You Sleep Comfortably.5Which o

16、f the following pictures is the fetal position?6The underlined word“rigid”is closest in meaning to“_”AstubbornBflexibleCcomfortableDstrange37Which sleeping position indicates that the sleeper tends to seek perfection?AThe fetal position.BThe log position.CThe freefaller position.DThe yearner positio

17、n.CThis month,Germanys transport minister,Alexander Dobrindt,proposed the first set of rules forautonomous vehicles(自主驾驶车辆).They would define the drivers role in such cars and govern howsuch cars perform in crashes where lives might be lost.The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the“death

18、 valley”of autonomous vehicles:thegrey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.Dobrindt wants three things:that a car always chooses property(财产)damage over personal injury;that it never distinguishes between humans based on age or race;and that

19、if a human removes his or herhands from the driving wheelto check email,saythe cars maker is responsible if there is a crash.“The change to the road traffic law will permit fully automatic driving,”says Dobrindt.It will putfully driverless cars on an equal legal footing to human drivers,he says.Who

20、is responsible for the operation of such vehicles is not clear among car makers,consumers andlawyers.“The liability(法 律 责 任)issue is the biggest one of them all,”says Natasha Merat at theUniversity of Leeds,UK.An assumption behind UK insurance for driverless cars,introduced earlier this year,insists

21、 that ahuman“be watchful and monitoring the road”at every moment.But that is not what many people have in mind when thinking of driverless cars.“When you saydriverless cars,people expect driverless cars,”Merat says.“You knowno driver.”Because of the confusion,Merat thinks some car makers will wait u

22、ntil vehicles can be fullyautomated without human operation.Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own,says RyanCalo at Stanford University,California.That is happening in the UK and Singapore,wheregovernment-provided driverless vehicles are being launch

23、ed.That would go down poorly in the US,however.“The idea that the government would take overdriverless cars and treat them as a public good would get absolutely nowhere here,”says Calo.8.What does the phrase“death valley”in Paragraph 2 refer to?A.A place where cars often break down.B.A case where pa

24、ssing a law is impossible.C.An area where no driving is permitted.D.A situation where drivers role is not clear.9.The proposal put forward by Dobrindt aims to_.A.stop people from breaking traffic rulesB.protect drivers of all ages and racesC.help promote fully automatic drivingD.prevent serious prop

25、erty damage10.What do consumers think of the operation of driverless cars?A.It should get the attention of insurance companies.4B.It should be the main concern of law makers.C.It should not cause deadly traffic accidents.D.It should involve no human responsibility.11.What could be the best title for

26、 the passage?A.Fully Automatic Cars:A New BreakthroughB.Autonomous Driving:Whose Liability?C.Autonomous Vehicles:Driver Removed!D.Driverless Cars:Root of Road AccidentsDAn international team led by scientists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(HKUST)has recently developed the worl

27、ds first 3D artificial eye with capabilities that even outperformthose of the human eyes,bringing vision to humanoid robots and new hope to patients with visual damage.Scientists have spent decades trying to produce the exact copies of the structure and clarity of abiological eye,but vision provided

28、 by existing artificial eyes with external wires are still in poor resolution(分辨率)with 2D flat image sensors.The Electrochemical Eye(EC-Eye)developed at HKUST,however,may actually offer sharper vision than a human eye,with extra functions such as the ability to see things indarkness.The key feature

29、allowing such breakthroughs is a 3D artificial retina(视网膜),made of nanowirelight sensors which are like the photoreceptor in human retinas.The scientists connected the nanowirelight sensors to some liquid-metal wires serving as nerves behind the human-made retina during theexperiment,and successfull

30、y carried out the visual signal transmission to reflect what the eye sees onto thecomputer screen.In the future,those nanowire light sensors could be directly connected to the nerves ofthe visually damaged patients.Apart from that,the artificial retina can receive more light signals andpotentially a

31、ttain a higher image resolution than human retina.With further adjustment,the EC-Eye can be a self-powered image sensor,so there is no need forexternal power source,which will be much more user-friendly as compared with the current technology.“The current artificial eyes are still of no match to the

32、 human eyes.A new technology is in urgent need,and it gives me a strong motivation to start this unconventional project.In the next step,we plan to furtherimprove the performance of our device.Animal and clinical trials are now being planned.I think ifeverything is on track,perhaps in five years,the

33、 technology will become practical,”said Prof.Fan,whoseteam has spent nine years to complete the current study.12.Whats the feature of the EC Eye?A.It uses 2D flat image sensors.B.It provides a clearer vision than human eyes.C.It performs better at night than in the day.D.It is attached with external

34、 wires.13.Whats the function of nanowire light sensors?A.To send computer signals.B.To serve as nerves behind the retina.C.To receive visual signals.D.To connect nerves of patients to the wires.14.What can we infer about the EC-Eye from Dr.Fans words?A.It is different from the previous devices.B.It

35、has been improved by the team.C.It will be in clinical trials in five years.D.It is of no match to human eyes.515.What can be the best title for the text?A.EC-Eye Will Become PopularB.Nanowire Light Sensors Help People SeeC.Scientists Have Developed First Artificial 3D EyeD.EC-Eye Helps to Cure Peop

36、le of Eye Diseases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 16-20 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 things we remember from our childhood the games we played,the music welistened to;but what about earning pocket money?This was our first ever wage for completing tasks suchas tidying our b

37、edroom or sorting the laundry.Our reward was a handful of coins that we safely stored._16_There was a time when cash was the main currency for financial transactions(交易).These days,though,using credit cards,or making cashless payments,are the most convenient ways of paying._17_ Research has found th

38、at 84%of British parents currently give notes and coins to their childrenusually 7 pounds a week as an allowance.But banks predict that by 2028 only one in ten transactions will be with cash,and that is somethingtodays children will have to deal with.One issue is that children may not understand the

39、 value of cashbecause they never see it._18_ They either should find a new way to hand out pocket money,orneednt bother to pay it at all.Still,solutions are available.Giving children lessons at school about finance is important._19_The trick is to go and get some coins so that children have the oppo

40、rtunity to interact with them.Besides,bank accounts for older children can be opened to give them cash cards to use.Parents can choosewhatever method they like._20_.A.This,in turn,makes the buying much easier.B.Parents face difficult choices too.C.They have completely taken the place of cash.D.So ho

41、w do parents hand out pocket money at present?E.But they need to teach their kids that money doesnt grow on trees!F.But now,it seems that parents attitude to handing out cash is changing.G.And parents are advised to get children started with money as young as possible.第三部分语言运用（共两节）第一节：完形填空（共 15 小题；每

42、小题 1 分，满分 15 分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。For a long time Gabriel didnt want to be involved in music at all.In his first years of high school,Gabriel would look pityingly at the music students,21across the campus with their heavy instrument6cases,22at school for practice ho

43、urs23anyone else had to be there.He swore to himself to24music,as he hated getting to school extra early.However,one day,in the music class that was25of his schools standard curriculum,he wasplaying idly(随 意 地)on the piano and found it26to pick out tunes.With a sinking feeling,herealized that he act

44、ually27doing it.He tried to hide his28pleasure from the music teacher,whohad wandered over to listen.He might not have done this particularly well,because the teacher toldGabriel that he had a good29and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any ofthe instruments there30him.Th

45、ere he decided to give the cello(大提琴)a chance.When he beganpracticing,he took it very31.But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument,andwas32to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.This33,of course,that he arrived at school early in the morning

46、,34his heavy instrumentcase across the campus to the pitying looks of the non-musicians he had left35.21.A.travellingB.marchingC.pacingD.struggling22.A.rising upB.coming upC.driving upD.turning up23.A.beforeB.afterC.untilD.since24.A.betrayB.acceptC.avoidD.appreciate25.A.partB.natureC.basisD.spirit26

47、.A.complicatedB.safeC.confusingD.easy27.A.missedB.dislikedC.enjoyedD.denied28.A.transparentB.obviousC.falseD.similar29.A.earB.tasteC.heartD.voice30.A.occurred toB.took toC.appealed toD.held to31.A.seriouslyB.proudlyC.casuallyD.naturally32.A.committedB.usedC.limitedD.admitted33.A.provedB.showedC.stre

48、ssedD.meant34.A.pushingB.draggingC.liftingD.rushing35.A.overB.asideC.behindD.out第二节 语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分,满分 15 分）阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。One Sunday morning in August I went to local music festival.I left it early because I had anappointment _36_(late)that day.My friends walked me to t

49、he bus stop and waited with me_37_ the bus arrived.I got on the bus and found a seat near the back,and then I noticed a man_38_(sit)at the front.He _39_(pretend)that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice.He mustbe _40_(mental)disabled.Behind him were other people to _41_ he was trying to talk,b

50、ut after some minutes they walkedaway and sat near me,looking _42_(annoy).I didnt want to be laughed at for talking to him but I7didnt like leaving him _43_ his own either.After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the frontof the bus.I sat next to the man and introduced _44_(me).We had an amaz

51、ing conversation.After his_45_(depart),I felt very happy the rest of the way home.Im glad I made a choice.It made both of us feel good.第四部分写作(共两节,满分 40 分)第一节 基础写作(满分 15 分)假定你是李华，市电视台将举办中国诗词比赛)(Chinese poetry Contest)国际友人专场，你想邀请对中国文化感兴趣的外教老师 Adam 一同观赛。请给他写一封信，内容包括:1.时间:下周五晚六点半；2.地点:市中心；3.诗词比赛的意义。注意:1

52、.词数 80 左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Adam,_Yours,Li Hua第二节 读后续写(满分 25 分)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。When the employees at the Dominos pizza place in Salem,Oregon,hadnt received any order fromKirk Alexander for more than 2 weeks,they knew something wasnt right.Kirk was a loyal customer andthe st

53、aff all knew him.So it was natural that they got worried when they had no news about him.Theirconcern saved his life.Sarah Fuller,the general manager at the Dominos branch,said that Kirk,who was 48 years old,hadbeen a loyal customer since 2009.“He orders every day,or every other day.Normally,his ord

54、er came upon the screen because he ordered online.So we saw it came across the screen and we were thinking thatit was Kirks order.”Sarah said.After a few days without a single order,Sarah and the staff started toworry.A few Dominos drivers had mentioned that they hadnt seen his order come across the

55、ir screen in awhile.Sarah checked the system and saw that no order had come in 11 days.So they decided toinvestigate.8Sarah decided to send Tracy Hamblen,a deliver driver,to Kirks place.When he got there,heimmediately knew something was wrong.While the lights and TV were on,Kirk did not come to the door.Additionally,his phone went directly to voicemail.So Tracy immediately called 911.Para.1:When the police arrived at the place,_Para.2:A few days later,Kirk was released(出院)from the hospital._