2022武汉部分重点中学高二下学期期中联考英语试题含听力无答案

武汉市部分重点中学2021-2022学年度下学期期中联考

高二英语试卷

命题学校: 武汉市第一中学  命题教师: 李启冰  审题教师: 朱馨雅

考试时间: 2022年4月20日上午9: 00-11: 00     试卷满分: 150分

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第I卷（选择题共95分）

第一部分听力（共两节, 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, 并标在

试卷的相应位置。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. Which class will the speakers share?

A. Biology.    B. English.   C. Chemistry.

2. How will Jenny spend most of her time in Canada?

A. Studying at a school.

B. Looking after her uncle.

C. Travelling around.

3. How does the man feel?

A. Impatient.   B. Helpless.   C. Exhausted.

4. Who might the man be?

A. A librarian.   B. A student.  C. A novelist.

5. What will the woman do this afternoon?

A. Go to a movie.

B. Visit Alice in the country.

C. Go for a walk.

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, 并标在试卷的相应位置。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 does the woman probably want to do?

A. Return a sweater.

B. Exchange sizes.

C. Get some money back.

7. How does the man deal with the situation?

A. Helpfully.   B. Rudely.     C. Unfairly.

听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。

8. Which place can Market Street lead to?

A. A river.    B. A fire station.    C. A shopping centre.

9. What should the woman do after crossing Riverside Street?

A. Turn left.   B. Go straight on.   C. Go across a bridge.

10. Where is the swimming pool?

A. On North Street.

B. On Market Street.

C. On Museum Street.

听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。

11. Why couldn't the woman contact the man?

A. His phone was turned off.

B. The man didn't take his phone with him.

C. There was something wrong with his phone.

12. What does the man like doing?

A. Learning Greek.

B. Going to exhibitions.

C. Visiting famous people.

13. How did the woman find Taylor Swift's concert?

A. Costly.    B. Wonderful.    C. Disappointing.

听第9段材料, 回答第14至16题。

14. Who are more likely to get overweight?

A. Low-income people.

B. Middle-income people.

C. High-income people

15. According to the survey, what is the main cause for people's overweight?

A. Lack of exercise.

B. Huge work pressure.

C. Unhealthy food.

16. What does the woman advise the man to do?

A. Take exercise.   B. Go on a diet.    C. See a doctor.

听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。

17. What is expected at around five or six in the evening?

A. Ice.      B. Snow.     C. Rain.

18. How many inches of snow are predicted?

A. One or two.    B. Three or four.    C. Five or six.

19. Why has the high school been closed?

A. The roads are dangerous to drive on.

B. The college has already shut.

C. The town is unprepared for the weather.

20. What suggestions does the speaker make?

A. Preparing supplies for one or two days.

B. Helping push snow off the roads.

C. Putting more salt to prepare for the weather.

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A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。

A

Different countries celebrate Christmas in different ways. We asked some of our friends to explain what happens in their countries. This is what they told us.

France

In France, Christmas is always called Noël. Everyone has a Christmas tree, sometimes decorated in the old way with red ribbons and real white wax candles. Fir trees in the garden are often decorated too, with lights on all night.

Father Christmas is called Père Noël. The Christmas meal is an important family gathering with good meat and the best wine. Few people send Christmas cards. More people send New Year cards to wish everyone good luck and joy for the New Year. These days Christmas lunch is a starter of foie gras （a strong tasting pate made from goose liver） followed by lunch of seafood - usually including lobsters and oysters.

New Zealand

Christmas starts for us with gifts under the tree, to be opened on Christmas morning. Then it's onto a Christmas lunch either at home or at one's parents place. Turkey or chicken with all the trimmings（佐料） is eaten, then comes tea time, it is a BBQ for friends and family to get together, and have a few beers or wines with the meal!

Russia

In the days of the Soviet Union, Christmas was not celebrated very much. New Year was the important time - when “Father Frost” brought presents to children. With the fall of Communism, Christmas can be openly celebrated - either on December 25th;or more often on January 7th. Th unusual date is because the Russian Orthodox church uses the old “Julian” calendar for religious celebration days. Special Christmas food includes cakes, pies and “meat dumplings”.

Sweden

The most important day is Christmas Eve. A special Christmas meal is eaten on Christmas Eve- ham （pork）, herring fish, and brown beans-and this is the time when families give presents to each other. Many people attend a church meeting early on Christmas Day.

21. Why do people in France send New Year cards?

A. To tell their friends the New Year is coming.

B. To ask for some special presents.

C. To invite their friends to family gathering.

D. To send their friends best wishes and happiness for the New Year.

22. What do they have in common when celebrating Christmas?

A. A special meal is prepared.

B. Everyone has a Christmas tree.

C. Parents give gifts to their children.

D. People attend a church gathering.

23. Which country celebrates Christmas"twice”?

A. France.    B. New Zealand   C. Sweden  D. Russia

B

EradajereOleita thinks she may have a partial solution for two of our country's persistent problems: garbage and poverty. It's called the Chip Bag Project. The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers: Rather than throw your empty chip bags into the trash, donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless.

Chip eaters drop off their empty bags from Doritos, Lay's, and other favorites at two locations in Detroit: a print shop and a clothing store, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they sanitize the chip bags in soapy hot water, they slice them open, lay them flat, and iron them together. They use padding and liners from old coats to line the insides.

It takes about four hours to sew a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags, depending on whether they're single-serve or family size. The result is a sleeping bag that is "waterproof, lightweight, and easy to carry around,”Oleita told the Detroit News.

Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800, 000 chip bags and, as of last December, created 110 sleeping bags.

Sure, it would be simpler to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But that's only half the goal for Oleita-whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life-and her fellow volunteers. “We are dedicated to making an impact not only socially, but environmentally, " she says.

And, of course, there's the symbolism of recycling bags that would otherwise land in the trash and using them to help the homeless. It's a powerful reminder that environmental injustice and poverty often go hand in hand. As Oleita told hourdetroit. com: “I think it's time to show connections between all of these issues.”

24. What does the underlined word “persistent” mean in the first paragraph?

A. Temporary.    B. Tireless.   C. Continuous.   D. Primitive.

25. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The empty chip bags are collected from two locations.

B. The chip bags are sealed with old coats.

C. A sleeping bag costs only 200 chip bags.

D. A sleeping bag couldn't be washed out if dirty.

26. Why did Oleita start the Chip Bag Project?

A. To get rid of poverty.     

B. To make use of garbage.

C. To gain a better life.     

D. To make our society and environment better.

27. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Recycling bags will be landed in the trash at last.

B. Connections between these issues are hard to set up.

C. Environmental injustice and poverty often go separately.

D. There's a symbolic meaning in this way to help the homeless.

C

Like a tired marriage, the relationship between libraries and publishers has long been dull. E- books, however, are causing heartache. Libraries know they need digital wares, but many publishers are too cautious about piracy（盗版） and lost sales to co-operate. Among the big six, only Random House and Harper Collins license e-books with most libraries.

Publishers are wise to be nervous. Owners of e-readers are exactly the customers they need: book-lovers with money. If these people switch to borrowing e-books instead of buying them, what then? Electronic borrowing is awfully convenient. Unlike printed books, which must be checked out and returned to a physical library miles from where you live, book files can be downloaded at home. The files disappear from the device when they are due.

E-lending is not simple, however. There are lots of different and often incompatible（不兼容的） e-book formats, devices and licenses. Most libraries use a company called OverDrive, which secures rights from publishers and provides e-books and audio files in every format. Yet publishers and libraries are worried by OverDrive's global market dominance, as the company can control fees and conditions. Publishers were annoyed when OverDrive cooperated with Amazon, the world's biggest online bookseller, last year. Owners of Amazon's Kindle e-reader who want to borrow e-books from libraries are now redirected to Amazon's website, where theymust use their Amazon account to secure a loan.

According to Pew, an opinion researcher, library users are a perfect market for Amazon. Late last year Amazon introduced its Kindle Owners' Lending Library, which lets its best customers borrow free one of thousands of popular books each month.

Library supporters argue that book borrowers are also book buyers and that libraries are vital spaces for readers to discover new work. Many were cheered by a recent Pew survey, which found that more than half of Americans with library cards say they prefer to buy their e-books.

So publishers keep adjusting their lending arrangements in search of the right balance.

Random House raised its licensing prices earlier this year, and Harper Collins limits libraries to lending its titles 26 times. The story of the library e-book is a nail-biter.

28. What can be inferred from paragraph 1?

A. Several big publishers have sold e-books to libraries.

B. Most publishers are hesitant to cooperate with libraries.

C. Libraries are eager to keep strong relationship with publishers.

D. Libraries and publishers face the same problem of e-books' piracy.

29. Why are publishers worried that people will switch to electronic borrowing?

A. E-books must be checked out and returned to libraries regularly.

B. There is no time limit for the book files downloaded on the device.

C. There are lots of different and incompatible e-book formats available.

D. Book sales may drop sharply because of convenient electronic borrowing.

30. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Amazon is adopting measures to win more customers.

B. Over half of Americans are borrowing e-books from libraries.

C. E-books can be lent at libraries as many times as you like.

D. OverDrive distributes e-books and audio files to publishers.

31. What is the best title for the text?

A. The Uncertain Economics of E-lending.

B. The Hopeful Future of Publishing Business.

C. The Dull Relationship between Libraries and Publishers.

D. The Close Cooperation between OverDrive and Amazon.

D

In 2019, the world generated 54. 6 million tons of e-waste. However, just 17. 4 percent of it was formally collected and recycled. Since 2014, the amount of e-waste recycled has grown by 1. 8 million tons- a relatively small amount, considering that the amount of e-waste generated increased by 9. 2 million tons in the same period.

Global reserves of some elements, such as platinum（铂）, are supposed to be fully used up within 15 years if the proportion of recycled stocks entering production doesn't increase. E-waste and EV batteries are currently recycled through processes called pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy. However, they involve burning temperatures with a high energy demand and deep carbon footprint, and poisonous chemicals which are harmful to the environment. Alternatives are therefore being sought.

A team of scientists from the University of Coventry are extending one such alternative. They have been using non-poisonous bacteria to oxidize（使氧化）and recover the precious metals-a process known as “bioleaching". They have shown that copper is widely recoverable from e-waste, and that all metals present in EV batteries can be recovered by using microbes（微生物）. If extended, bioleaching facilities would mean that manufacturers of EV batteries and other electronic goods would be able to recover metals locally, relying less on costly exports to recycling centers abroad.

“At present, a key limitation for e-waste recycling is the lack of certification detailing the types and amounts of metals contained in electronic goods. But with an efficient recycling process appearing, manufacturers have the motivation to use more recycled material in their products, which will change the very design of electronics goods. It's about closing the loop of a product's life cycle,” said the leader of the Bioleaching Research Group, Sebastien Farnaud.

Ultimately, bioleaching technology is born out of the idea of creating a truly circular process for the things that we consume. We need to shift from a mindset and economy where we see waste as an end product, to one where there isn't even a start or an end at all.

32. What do the statistics in paragraph 1 indicate?

A. The recycling rate of e-waste is comparatively low.

B. People pay little attention to e-waste recycling.

C. E-waste has caused serious environmental problems.

D. The amount of e-waste is sharply increasing every year.

33. What is the disadvantage of current ways of recycling e-waste?

A. They only apply to certain e-waste.

B. They generate metals with a complex process.

C. They are not environmentally friendly.

D. They cause a sharp rise in local temperatures.

34. What do we know about the bioleaching technology?

A. It recovers metals by microbes.

B. It produces non-poisonous bacteria.

C. It has been applied abroad.

D. It promotes the local export trade.

35. Where is the text most probably from?

A. A news report.     B. A scientific journal.

C. A health magazine.    D. A fiction novel.

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。

How to Stop Spam Calls for Good

If you made a list of the little things that bothered you the most, phone call scams would no doubt be at the top. Telemarketers, or more often, automated robot-callers, have tricks for interrupting you at the worst possible moment. 36__

Fact is that robot-callers are never going to stop trying to reach you. Their schemes bring in hundreds of thousands-if not millions-of dollars annually. And unfortunately, older people are more likely to fall prey to these scams. 37___

Sign up for the National Do Not Call Registry

Your first move: Join the Federal Trade Commission's National Do Not Call Registry. You can get on the list by calling 1-888-382-1222 from the phone number you want to register. ___38. To date, the agency has taken 51 legal actions against companies and telemarketers, recovering $112 million.

Use spam-filtering apps and tech

__39 ___A spam-filtering app can give you a second layer of protection and is a good add-on to your overall smartphone security. The app's makers maintain a large database of user-reported robocalls. When one of those numbers dials you, the app blocks the phone from ringing and informs you the call is spam. Genius!

__40__

You probably know that a caller who insists you owe money to the IRS or says you'll be arrested if you don't settle a debt is a scammer. But your 10-year-old kid and your older parents and grandparents may be tricked. And remember: Knowing how to stop spam calls is just one step toward avoiding scams; don't forget to explain how to stop spam texts to your loved ones, too.

A. Warn family members

B. Report to the police at once

C. Follow these steps to pull the plug on them once and for all.

D. If you have multiple numbers to input, register them at DoNotCall. gov.

E. Spam calls can reach you anytime and anywhere when you use your smartphone.

F. They're annoying, but that's not the only reason you should know how to stop spam calls.

G. The National Do Not Call Registry will prevent a lot of unwanted calls, but it won't stop all ofthem.

第三部分语言运用（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, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

You never know when your life is about to change forever. It can happen any day, at any moment, and for some people, that _41_ moment is a life-or-death situation.

When I was 13, I climbed my first mountain - a fairly gentle 3, 900-foot peak near where I live in Surrey, British Columbia. I loved the challenge of _42_ something bigger than myself.

I often go climbing with my friend Mel Olsen. Two years ago, on December 30, when I was 16, she and I drove to Oregon to_43_ 11, 240-foot Mount Hood. It's safer to start winter climbs at night when there's less risk of the sun _44_ the snowpack. After about five hours, we reached Devil's Kitchen, a plateau at about 10, 000 feet, just before the final _45_ to the top.

The trails we_46_ grew narrower and steeper. At around 9 a. m. ,we reached a patch of ice called an ice step. It was about three or four feet tall and sloped at a 75- degree angle. I_47_ to go first. I placed my left foot on the ice step. Confident I was safe, I put my full_48_ on it. _49_, I heard a crack, and a whole piece of ice broke off the step, right under my foot. In an instant, I fell backward. I could hear Mel calling my name as I_50_down, bouncing off the rock face and rolling down the mountain 51 I was a character in a video game. I _52_ out my arms and legs, grabbing at anything. I'd fallen 600 feet before I came to a stop. Then I took a（n）_ 53_ of my body to see where I was hurt, starting with my head, then my neck and arms. As Mel made her way down, I yelled for help. Four hours later, rescuers reached me.

The doctors told me it would be a year before I could climb again, but I was back on the _54_within six months. The fall has made me more _55_. One slip on a mountain can changeeverything. The experience also made me grow as a person.

41. A. awesome B. fundamental C. life-changing D. influential

42. A. conquering B. slicing C. motivating D. purchasing

43. A. proceed B. tackle C. trace D. dominate

44. A. guaranteeing B. declining C. absorbing D. melting

45. A. push B. access C. consequence D. response

46. A. recommended B. scheduled C. followed D. arranged

47. A. claimed B. volunteered C. admitted D. confirmed

48. A. pack B. hope C. mind D. weight

49. A. Desperately B. Precisely C. Apparently D. Suddenly

50. A. tripped B. broke C. revealed D. lowered

51. A. even though B. as if C. in spite of D. regardless of

52. A. exposed B. grasped C. stuck D. showed

53. A. survey B. breath C. expectation D. rest

54. A. destination B. trails C. performance D. innovation

55. A. energetic B. ambitious C. adventurous D. careful

第二节（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。

A Tsinghua University student's online stories have brought many netizens to tears. The stories are about 56 he saved money living on campus.

Upon enrollment, the student_57_（award）a total of 13, 000 yuan through a scholarship and government loan for lower-income students. _58_（put）aside tuition and other fees, he was left with just 6, 500 yuan, which covered all his expenses for a year. He lived _59_ a tight budget of about 400 yuan a month. He often ate in the canteen and avoided class outings _60_ cost extra money. In his junior year, he found a tutoring job near campus. The work earned him 100 yuan _61_ hour, raising his spending power to 2, 000-3, 000 yuan a month.

After entering graduate school, he decided to donate his hard-earned money to _62 （need） students. He gives 3, 200 yuan to four students every semester through a charity organization.

_63_（express） his gratitude, he sends two handwritten letters to the people who helped him every year. He sometimes films a short video for those who helped him, sending them birthday wishes. “Having received help myself, I believe I should give back to help match the_64_（kind）,” he said. “I hope one day I can establish a foundation like my fellow Tsinghua University _65_（graduate） to help people in need.”

第四部分写作（共两节, 满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

假定你是李华, 你的英国笔友Tom想了解你高中日常生活中的体育活动情况。请你根据以下提示回一封e-mail。

1. 体育课情况和课余体育活动；

2. 你的感受。

注意: 1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节（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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Just a few weeks before I entered my high school, my parents gave me the greatest gift any teenage boy could ask for: a cellphone. I lived on that phone all summer with my face buried in its screen. I ignored my family and my surroundings. Being connected was more important than being present.

So, you can imagine my displeasure when I learned what my dad had planned for our family vacation that year. “This year,” my dad said, “we'll be doing something special. We're going camping!” His excitement was met with a disappointed sigh. It wasn't my dream vacation because mind was on my phone. I was so buried in the screen, in fact, that the first time I can remember truly looking up was when we drove across a bridge on the way to our campsite.

I stared out the window and saw redwoods towering above us, their branches threatening to pierce（刺破） the blue sky. I saw a roaring river, with slivers of silky black water appearing between crashing white rapids. The air blowing into the car from the open windows was hot. But none of that mattered to me. The reason I had looked up was for something far more serious: my phone no longer had service.

The last hour of the drive was increasingly tense. My dad announced that he had chosen a campsite that had no cell service, and that my phone would be useless until we returned home. I would be trapped in the forest for four days with no way to contact the outside world! I went through the full cycle of teenage emotions during the first day of the trip. I raged（发怒）. I bargained. I begged. I flip-flopped（转变） from a depressive state to anger and back.

I went to bed angrily that night. But when I awoke in the morning, something had changed.

注意:

1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1

Instead of burying myself in my phone, I focused on something else: my surroundings.

Paragraph 2

The next four days passed in a flash with many fun activities.