2022宁波北仑中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题含听力含答案

北仑中学2021学年第二学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1. 答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2. 选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，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。

1. Where is the party tonight?

A. By the trees.

B. In the boats.

C. In the café.

2. What is said about the woman?

A. She wants to have a relaxing voyage.

B. She'll follow the man's advice.

C. She'll stay in Bali for a few weeks.

3. Who broke the milk bottle?

A. The boy's sister.

B. The boy.

C. The pet.

4. What is the woman telling the man?

A. Where to buy a ticket.

B How to use the machine.

C. How to find the station on the map.

5. What do we know about Jane and the woman?

A. They planned to meet at 1 o'clock.

B. They misunderstood the meeting time and place.

C. Jane is waiting for the woman at the library reference desk.

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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. Why is the man unwilling to buy the evening dress for his wife?

A. It's too expensive.

B. She has already got a lot.

C. He doesn't know if she'll like it.

7. What can we learn about the man?

A. He will buy a necklace for his wife.

B. He wants to buy his wife a birthday gift.

C. He will go to Paris to get fashionable clothes.

听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8、9 题。

8. How does the woman probably want to get to the aquarium(水族馆)?

A. By bus.      B. On foot.       C. By subway.

9. What does the woman mean in the end?

A. She doesn't know the way to the aquarium.

B. She wants the man to go to the aquarium with her.

C. She will give up the idea of going to the aquarium.

听第 8 段材料, 回答第 10 至 12 题。

10. Where are the speakers?

A. In a store.    B. At a bus stop.    C. On a street corner.

11. What will the woman do next?

A. Go to a park.

B. Buy a soft drink.

C. Visit an art museum.

12. Why does the man say the woman is lucky?

A. There is parking room available.

B. Parking is free on Thursdays.

C. She has enough coins to put into the parking meter.

听第 9 段材料, 回答第 13 至 16 题。

13. What is the man doing?

A. Reading some articles.

B. Listening to the radio.

C. Watching a TV program.

14. Why was the ballet performance stopped halfway?

A. Someone turned the lights off.

B. A big fire broke out.

C. The fire alarm rang.

15. What does the woman think of Martin's winning the award?

A. Reasonable.   B. Unbelievable.    C. Worthwhile.

16. How did the Egyptian farmer die?

A. He killed himself with his gun.

B. He was kicked by his sheep.

C. He was shot accidentally.

听第 10 段材料, 回答第 17 至 20 题。

17. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A. relative.      B. His family.    C. His study.

18. How did the speaker feel during the first week at school?

A. Pleased.     B. Lonely.     C. Worried.

19. How old is the speaker?

A. 15 .     B. 16.     C. 17.

20. What is the speaker's problem?

A. He can't find a chance to make peace with (讲和) Sophie.

B. He doesn't know how to refuse Sophie's invitation.

C. He doesn't know how to remind Sophie of her bad manners to him.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）

第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Adnan, a 56-year-old father, wants to make it clear that it's not just mothers who can feel like failures in their home life. "I had the fairytale of what I'd be like as a dad," he says. "When our first child was born, I had images of all this stuff we'd do together. It didn't include pictures of sleepless nights, or every item of clothing being covered in snot and yoghurt."

He also says it doesn't get any easier with more children, because each child will have a different personality requiring different methods of parenting. "There's a fine line between child management, focusing on health and safety, and being a present dad, trying to listen to all their voices, "he says.

"No one explains that you're their protector as well as the person meeting their hygiene (卫生) factors, feeding them, listening to playground politics and building their confidence. You're the person who is the narrative in their head about how great they are."

Adnan says that though he doesn't compare himself with other parents, he still finds it hard to shake the fairytale that is firmly in his head, compared with which he always comes up short. "The continuous refereeing (调解) and the delegate decision-making go beyond anything I've done in the workplace," he says,

"I keep asking myself' Am I equipped to deal with this?' I'm a father, a counsellor (咨询师) and a coach. There's also something about being a parent in your 50 s: you don't have the physicality of your 30s."

1. What was Adnan's "fairytale"?

ATo be a father of many children.

B. To raise the children with his wife.

C. To experience parenting hardships.

D. To enjoy the fantastic role of a parent.

2. What makes it no easier to raise more children?

A. Having more sleepless nights.

B. Meeting children's hygiene factors.

C. Tailoring parenting to fit children.

D. Focusing on kids' health and safety problems.

3. What can be learnt about Adnan from paragraph 4?

A. He thinks parenting affects work.

B. He does better than other parents.

C. He falls short of kids' expectation.

D. He finds being a dad quite challenging.

B

Everyone has a phone in their pocket nowadays, but how often do we really use them for their original purpose—to make a call? Telephone culture is disappearing. What brought us to this moment, and what are its effects?

“No one picks up the phone anymore,” wrote Alex C. Madrigal on The Atlantic. “The reflex (习惯性动作) of answering—20th-century telephonic culture—is gone.”

The shift is of course due in large part to more communication options: Texting with photos, videos, emojis, reaction gifs, links and even voice messages can be a more attractive option.

Texting is light and fun, not nearly as demanding of your attention as a phone call. It can also be done with multiple people at the same time. Social media, email and video calls have also eaten away at traditional phone calls.

In recent years, another reason has caused people to ignore phone calls completely: robocalls. Robocalls are automate (自动化的) messages from organizations verifying (核实) your phone number or telemarketers trying to sell something. Americans received 22.8 billion robocalls halfway through 2020, equaling an annual rate of 45.6 billion, slightly below 2018 numbers, according to YouMail, a robocall protection service and blocking app.

As telephone culture disappears, what is the loss of a singular family phone doing to the family unit? Early landline phones unified family members, whereas mobile phones isolate(隔离) them.

“The shared family phone served as an anchor for home,” said Luke Fernandez, a Weber State University computer-science professor and co-author of Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid: Feelings About Technology, From the Telegraph to Twitter. “With smart phones, we have gained mobility and privacy. But the value of the home has been diminished, as has its ability to guide and monitor family behavior and perhaps connect families more closely,”Fernandez said.

Of course, as technology progresses, lives always change for better or for worse. With the loss of telephone culture, families will need to find other ways to unite.

4. What has caused the traditional telephone to lose its appeal according to the text?

A. People’s preference for robocalls.

B. People’s addiction to social media

C. People’s growing need for privacy

D. People’s wide range of communication choices

5. What can we infer from Fernandez’s remark?

A. Smart phones make families closer.

B. Smart phones help people monitor family behavior.

CThe value of home depends on how phones are used.

D. The use of mobile phone has affected family bonds.

6. What does the article mainly talk about?

AThe past and future of telephone

B. The development of communication tools.

C. The downfall of traditional telephone culture.

D. The relation between phone use and family bonds.

C

On a dark night, 11-year-old Joe was playing hide-and-seek with his friends in the backyard when he thought he saw Magellan—a huge housecat. However, when the cat suddenly jumped on his head, Joe found it turned out a young cougar. He backed away from the animal, then turned and ran inside the house.

Cougar encounters like this one are becoming increasingly common in the U.S. Most people assume that’s because cougar populations are growing, or because the big cats are coming into closer contact with the expanding web of human suburbs. But Professor Robert Wielgus at Washington State University argues that poorly designed hunting policies might be causing an increase in cougar-human conflicts.

Wielgus’s research teams have been fitting the big cats with radio collars and monitoring their movements. They find that the cougar population is actually declining rapidly and almost no male cougars are over four years of age. And a study shows that the heavily hunted area has five times as many cougar complaints as the lightly hunted area—even though the density of cougars is about the same in both areas.

Wielgus suspects that hunting policies, which allow older males to be killed to keep cougar populations in check, were the culprit and teenage cougars in the heavily hunted area may be responsible for most of the trouble. To test his theory, he adds two more groups of cougars to the tracking program—one in a heavily hunted area and another in a comparable but lightly hunted area. He concludes that heavy hunting indeed almost wipes out older males and the population structure in the heavily hunted area shifts toward younger animals.

With these findings, Wielgus believes without adults to keep them under control, the disorderly teens are more likely to come into conflict with humans, farm animals and pets.

Wielgus’s ideas don’t sit well with everyone. “Hunting definitely does cause lots of teenage males to flow in, but I don’t yet see solid proof that they are more likely to cause trouble than older cats,” says the University of Montana’s Robinson. “In many cases, the new arrivals have been squeezed out of remote wilderness habitat and forced into areas where they are more likely to encounter humans. I think humans are primarily responsible for all the interaction you see. We’re moving into these areas where cougars and deer are,” according to Alldredge, a researcher at the Colorado Division of Wildlife.

We may not understand what makes 18-year-old males more likely than 48-year-old men to do dangerous things, Wielgus says, but we know that the world would be a different place, if teenagers were in charge.

7. The passage begins with a story to ________.

A. lead into the topic B. describe an incident

C. show the author’s attitude D. warn of the dangers of cougars

8. The underline word “culprit” in Para. 4 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. effect B. evidence C. cause D. target

9. Which of the following is true?

A. Alldredge agrees hunting results in the arrival of lots of teens.

B. Robinson doubts whether age is a key factor in human-cougar conflicts.

C. Alldredge believes killing older males may cause a bigger threat.

D. Robinson holds humans are to blame for the fall of older males.

10. What might Wielgus suggest to reduce cougar attacks?

A. Driving teenage cougars back into their natural habitat.

B. Getting people to move out of the areas where cougars are.

C. Forbidding children to play in the backyard by themselves.

D. Changing hunting policies to ensure a healthy cougar population.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。

What Can We See in a Logo?

We see hundreds of logos on signs, vehicles, websites, and even on the clothes we wear. All of these logos are designed to attract our attention. They also help us remember a product or service connected to that image. ___11___

Researchers gave 85 students a simple assignment to draw the Apple logo purely from memory. Surprisingly, only one student in the study could accurately draw the logo from memory. ___12___

Researchers have developed a theory that they think might help to explain this blind spot in our memories.

Logos are typically designed to be simple and easy to recognize with a quick glance. ___13___This process is known as “attentional saturation (注意力饱和).” Our brains actually signal us to ignore information we don’t think we will need to remember.

Even though the brain is accustomed to ignoring unnecessary details, it is also programmed for recognition. ___14___ This constant exposure leads to something scientists refer to as gist (梗概) memory. It means that our brain remembers the basic idea without all of the details. This general sense of memory has its own benefits. In fact, familiarity with a popular logo can even make people feel more comfortable about purchasing or using certain products.

Logos are everywhere we look today. A fancy design or a thoughtful color combination may be a good start for a logo concept, but there are other factors to consider. ___15___ A clever design may be interesting, but most people will forget the details—especially if our brains have anything to say about it.

A. This may be inspiring to logo designers.

B. People will know the product behind the logo.

C. So why is it so difficult for people to recall the details of images?

D. Yet the frequent exposure to these logos can actually make our brains overlook them.

E. When we see images such as logos over and over again, we become familiar with them.

F. Logo designers need to know that people will only remember what they believe is worthwhile.

G. However, recently research supports the idea that remembering what a logo looks like is a very difficult task.

第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：完型填空（共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Ciudad Perdida, Colombia’s “Lost City” is older than Machu Picchu（马丘比丘古城）. There are no trains or buses allowing of ____16____ travels to reach its ruins. The chance of getting to this remote place is merely ____17____ on foot: a tiring hike lasting several days nonstop.

Despite this, I couldn’t ____18____ the opportunity to visit Ciudad Perdida. Twelve other hikers and I went there in ____19____ with a licensed guide. The dirt path, which ____20____ through towering palms and dangling vines（藤蔓）, proved ____21____ right from the start. It’s suggested that hikers have good physical ___22___, as the journey is difficult. Horses helped to carry basic ____23____ like food to the cottages where we would sleep. Along the way we also met the ____24____. They have been left undisturbed for centuries and there’s a deep ____25____ between them and the land.

The next morning, we were off early to ____26____ the heat, but high temperatures and muscle pain had already ____27____ by the time we reached the final stage—1, 200 stone steps to ____28____. Finally, my eyes rested on the splendid scene that had ____29____ the hard journey to Ciudad Perdida,____30____ lifting my painful body up the long flight of stairs.

I looked down and ____31____ at the beautiful site below. We were among a handful of other groups visiting, which seemed like ____32____ compared to other crowded tourist attractions. While the return trip included ____33____ the mental barrier of having already achieved our goal, the experience is the one I would do ____34____. It is the difficulty that makes the journey a more ____35____ one. Earned views are always better.

16A. endless B. easy C. frequent D. fake

17. A. dangerous B. impressive C. identical D. available

18. A. resist B. obtain C. promote D. employ

19. A. comparison B. combination C. company D. communication

20. A. buried B. swung C. wound D. leaked

21. A. disappointing B. embarrassing C. challenging D. amazing

22. A. character B. fitness C. independence D. confidence

23. A. equipment B. furniture C. possessions D. supplies

24. A. natives B. visitors C. guides D. drivers

25. A. conflict B. distance C. bond D. belief

26. A. reduce B. avoid C. lower D. detect

27. A. set in B. cut off C. watched out D. gave in

28. A. cover B. catch C. display D. explore

29. A. predicted B. convinced C. motivated D. evaluated

30. A. before B. after C. even though D. as if

31. A. aimed B. pointed C. puzzled D. wondered

32. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything

33. A. overcoming B. memorizing C. observing D. witnessing

34. A. otherwise B. instead C. though D. again

35. A. luxurious B. relevant C. flexible D. rewarding

第Ⅱ卷

注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

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。

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a health care system in which patients ____36____ (treat) with natural plant, animal, and mineral remedies (药物). It is assumed, for a person to be healthy, ____37____ yin and yang forces should he in balance. Imbalance causes illness or injury. TCM is about ____38____ (restore) the balance between yin and yang forces in patients. It has been a major part of traditional Chinese culture and continues to play ____39____ vital role in medical treatment in China today.

According to the World Health Organization, nearly 80 percent of the world's population depends for its primary health care needs____40____ medicines from plants and animals. This is especially true in countries where traditional medicines are ____41____ (wide) used.

Increasingly, however, modern medicines also contain substances from animals and plants. Given growing populations, increasing wealth, and the spreading____42____ (popular) of natural remedies around the world, the demand for these medicines and remedies ____43____ (rise) now. The rising demand, ____44____ (combine) with reduced habitat, has caused an alarming increase in the number of plant and animal species used for medicinal purposes at risk for many years. For instance, TCM uses about 1,000 plant and 36 animal species, including the tiger, rhinoceros, and sea horse, _____45_____ are all in danger.

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. 假定你是李华，你所在的国际学校要征集一封英文感谢信，以致谢奋战在抗击新冠肺炎一线的医护人员，请你根据下列要点写一封信投稿：

1. 表达谢意; 2. 个人感受; 3. 表达信心。

注意: 1.词数100左右; 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：流行病epidemic    疫情epidemic situation    新型冠状病毒COVID-19

Dear Medical workers,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

第二节读后续写（满分25分）

47. 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

At dawn, Taylor opened her sleepy eyes and looked out of the window at the foggy field below.  “NO!” she cried, now fully awake. Buttermilk the cow was in Mama's daisy patch (雏菊地）.

I must have forgotten to lock the gate last night, Taylor thought as she pulled a sweater over her head. Mama was planning to sell daisy bouquets (花束） at the fair next week, but Buttermilk was eating the flowers.

Taylor hurried outside and grabbed the lead rope on the wall. “Why can't you stay in the field?” she called to Buttermilk as she headed across the yard to the daisy patch.

Buttermilk still stood there chewing flowers. Annoyed, Taylor thought to herself, “When I grew up, I'll be an artist and paint pictures all day. I'll never own a cow. Too much trouble.”

Just as Taylor was about to throw the lead rope onto Buttermilk's collar, the family dog, Red, rounded the corner of the house. Startled, Buttermilk took off, tearing through the daisies and across the yard. She finally ran through the open gate and into the field.

“Thank goodness!” Taylor said as she closed the gate and secured the lock.

She turned to look at the flower garden, where most of the daisies were either eaten or trampled (踩踏).

Mama came out of the house. “What's going on?” she asked. She looked sadly at her garden.

“I forgot to lock the gate,” Taylor said. “I'm so sorry.”

“I know you are.” Mama sighed and gave Taylor a hug. “You learned an important lesson today.”

Taylor's heart was heavy as she went back into the house. She had to think of a way to make it up to her mother.

注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

Suddenly, a painting on the wall caught Taylor's eye.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

The morning of the fair, Taylor came downstairs to invite Mama to see the surprise.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

听力答案：1-5 AACBB  6-10CABCA  11-15 CBACB  16-20CAABC

【答案】1. D2. C3. D

【答案】4. D5. D6. C

【答案】7. A8. C9. B10. D

【答案】11. G12. C13. D14. E15. F

【答案】16. B17. D18. A19. C20. C21. C22. B23. D24. A25. C26. B27. A28. A29. C30. B31. D32. B33. A34. D35. D

【答案】36. are treated

37. that38. restoring

39. a40. on##upon

41. widely42. popularity

43. is rising

44. combined

45. which

【解析】

【46题答案】

【答案】One possible version:

Dear Medical workers,

I am Li Hua, a high middle school student. I m writing to express sincere gratitude to you all for your devotion and sacrifice in this battle against COVID-19.

In this epidemic, it is you who, despite the lack of equipment and the potential of infection, desperately rescue those infected but striving for life. It is also you who have shed new light on(阐明; 解释) the virus with expertise(专业知识) to build up our confidence to defeat it. It is you who deserve all the admiration and love!

I can never express our thankfulness too much for your selfless contribution. It’s widely believed that with our joint efforts China will win the battle and make a quick recovery.

Good luck and stay well!

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

【47题答案】

【答案】Paragraph 1:

Suddenly, a painting on the wall caught Taylor’s eye. “That’s it,” she exclaimed, her eyes twinkling with excitement. Taylor raced upstairs, grabbed her art supplies and got ready to paint. She sat down at her desk, looking out the window at the remaining daisies below. As her brush moved smoothly across the papers, daisies came alive. At the thought that this ideal way may work, Taylor’s face lit up with pleasure. During the days before the fair, Taylor made one painting after another, hoping to give Mama a big surprise which could make up for her mistake.

Paragraph 2:

The morning of the fair, Taylor came downstairs to invite Mama to see the surprise. Hardly had Mama opened the door when she was entirely surprised at the scene, utterly in disbelief at what she was seeing. Daisy paintings were everywhere, bright and cheerful in the morning light. “Do you think anyone will buy them?” Taylor asked. Stroking her hair affectionately, Mama wrapped her in a hug and nodded, “Oh, sweetie, yes. I’m sure they will.” After loading the daisy bouquets and paintings into the van, they headed for the fair. No matter how much money the paintings valued, Taylor’s warm heart and commitment were invaluable.

听力答案：1-5 AACBB  6-10CABCA  11-15 CBACB  16-20CAABC