2022南通高二下学期期中考试英语含解析

2021-2022学年（下）高二期中质量监测

英语

注意事项

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1. 本试卷共10页，包含听力（共30分）、阅读（共50分），语言运用（共30分）、写作（共40分）四部分。本次考试满分为150分，考试时间为120分钟。

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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 What is the man going to do after school today?

A. Have dinner with the woman. B. Do his homework at school. C. Teach his brother math.

2. Where is the man right now?

A. On the subway. B. In a taxi. C. On the train.

3 Why does the man want to stay inside today?

A. The temperature is too high. B. He is very exhausted. C. It’s too cloudy outside.

4. Who is Mr. Parker?

A. The woman’s classmate. B. The woman’s teacher. C. The woman’s boss.

5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A surprise party. B. Today’s weather. C. The woman’s trip to London.

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，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. Where is he man going tonight?

A. To the Japanese Bar. B. To the Italian Diner. C. To the Indian Deli.

7. What will the speakers do together?

A. Have dinner. B. Go to a party. C. Visit the man’s cousin.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is the woman’s newest hobby?

A. Running. B. Swimming. C. Playing tennis.

9. How often does the man go to the gym?

A. Every day. B. Once a week. C. Twice a month.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Boss and employee. B. Brother and sister. C. Teacher and student.

11. How long will Jane stay in Sydney?

A. For one month. B. For ten days. C. For one week.

12. Why is Jane going to New York?

A. To go to school. B. To have a holiday. C. To have job interviews.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why does the woman want to become a teacher?

A. She’s inspired by a teacher.

B. She’s attracted to the holidays.

C. She’s influenced by her family.

14. What does being a teacher allow people to do according to the woman?

A. Make positive influence. B. Earn much money. C. Meet good students.

15. How does the woman feel about the challenge of being a teacher?

A. She has doubts about it. B. She finds it very hard. C. She would enjoy it

16. What is the woman mainly doing probably at the moment?

A. She’s studying at a college.

B. She’s studying for getting a teaching certificate.

C. She’s working full time at a kindergarten.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where is Alberta located?

A. In eastern Canada. B. In western Canada. C. In central Canada.

18. When did Alberta become an official province of Canada?

A. In 1867. B. In 1905. C. In 1950.

19. Which products of Alberta have a big market around the world?

A. Beef. B. Wool. C. Crops.

20 What is the weather usually like in Alberta in the winter?

A. Snowy. B. Rainy. C. Warm.

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。

A

Yosemite National Park has long been a place of inspiration for artists, climbers, and nature lovers.

Yosemite Falls

Repeatedly coming into view over treetops and around corners as you drive through the valley, the falls look different from every angle, and it’s impossible to take your eyes off. You don’t have to hike or even get out of your car to appreciate this waterfall, but the most complete view of the falls is from the start of the Yosemite Falls hike, along the route on the left side of the river. You can walk right to the bass of the falls with minimum effort and feel the mist sweeping over you.

Half Dome

Halt Dome is one of Yosemite’s most famous sites and particularly well-know in the climbing world for being one of the first “big climbs”. This granite icon (花岗岩雕像) looks much different depending on the angle you are viewing it from. Looking up at the sheer rock face from the valley, you can appreciate why climbers have been drawn here. The best place to view it is from the lookout at Glacier Point. From here, you get a true picture of the rock and how much higher it stands than the surrounding mountains.

EI Capitan

Popular among climbers, EI Capitan is a 3,000-footsheer rock face on the north side of Yosemite Valley. Although it may not seem like it, EI Capitan is actually 1,000 feet higher than the face of Half Dome. EI Capitan gained interest with the free solo climb of Alex Honnold in June of 2017, and the Academy Award winning documentary film, Free Solo. He became the first person to climb EI Capitan without ropes, and completely unaided.

Tunnel View

The most classic view of Yosemite Valley is from Tunnel View. This vista, which will feel very familiar to most climbers, stretches out to EI Capitan on the left, Bridalveil Fall on the right, Half Dome in the distance, and also takes in the lush valley at the base of the huge granite walls. The best time to appreciate this scene is in the afternoon, when the walls are bathed in sunlight.

1. Which place can you walk to without much effort?

A. Yosemite Falls. B. Half Dome. C. EI Capitan. D. Tunnel View.

2. What do Half Dome and EI Capitan have in common?

A. They have their granite icons.

B. They are well received by climbers.

C. They are actually of the same height.

D. They rise to fame because of a celebrity.

3. What may attract tourists to Tunnel View?

A. The lush valley of it at the base. B. The beautiful afternoon scenery.

C. Easy access to all the tourist spots. D. The short distance from Half Dome.

B

Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in northern Malawi, children did their school homework by candlelight: There was no electricity. But that started to change in 2006, when villager Colrerd Nkosi finished secondary school in Mzimba, and returned home—and found he could no longer live without power.

Aged 23 at the time, Nkosi soon figured out that a stream gushing past the house where he grew up had just enough force to push the pedals on his bicycle. He created a makeshift generator (临时发电机) that brought power into his home. Word spread quickly among the cluster of brick houses and neighbours began paying regular visits to charge their mobile phones. “I started getting requests for electricity and decided to upgrade,” said Nkosi, now 38.

With no prior training, he turned an old fridge compressor into a water-powered turbine and put it in a nearby river, generating electricity for six households. Today, the village is supplied by a bigger turbine, built from the motor of a disused maize seller (玉米剥粒机). The power is carried along metal cables strung from a two-kilometre line of tree trunks topped with wooden planks.

The users pay no fee for the power but give Nkosi some money for maintenance—slightly more than $1 per household per month. “The electricity is basically free,” Nkosi said, speaking in local Chichewa. He admitted that the maintenance income was too small to cover repair costs, which he mainly funded from his own pocket.

Despite the challenges, he is determined to expand his mini-grid to surrounding areas. “Once more villages and schools have electricity, people will no longer cut down trees for charcoal,” he said. “Students will have a lot more time to study.”

As dusk settles over Kasangazi Primary School, chatty groups of learners file into a classroom for a night-time study session. “Before we had electricity here, we used to use candles to study,” said student Gift Mfune, “Now we all have no excuse but to pass our examinations,” he exclaimed.

4. Why did the temporary generator need updating?

A. To make much more money. B. To meet more people’s needs.

C. To attract more people’s visits. D. To charge more mobile phones.

5. What can we know about the students in Kasangazi Primary School?

A. They show no concern for their exams.

B. They take little interest in their studies.

C. They feel grateful to Nkosi for his help.

D. They’re sure to have a promising future.

6. Which words can best describe Nkosi?

A. Determined and generous. B. Easy-going and courageous.

C Open-minded and tolerant. D. Intelligent and cooperative.

7. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text?

A. The Founding of a Power Station B. The Contribution of a Young Man

C. The Situation of a Primary School D. The Development of a Poor Village

C

Thousands of families will hit Europe’s ski resorts this month, hoping that snow conditions will be more favourable than at the start of the season in December. A warming world is changing precisely how, when and where snow falls. For the winter-sports industry, such shifts could hit profits harder than a springtime avalanche (雪崩).

The snowfall season has become shorter in places such as the Alps, says David Robinson of Rutgers University in New Jersey, as snow arrives later and melts earlier than it once did. Resorts at lower altitudes are among the most affected. Since the beginning of the 1980s the duration of the snow season, averaged over the northern hemisphere, has declined by five days a decade, according to the European Environment Agency. Huge regional variation exists, however both in Europe and elsewhere. Californian resorts that were unable to open in recent years because of snow shortages had to close at the start of 2021.

For resorts worried about strange weather, there are plenty of firms to help with piste-covering (铺设滑雪道). Snow guns and other devices use water and compressed air to allow tiny snow crystals to form if it is cold enough. According to Max Rougeaux, a manager at the firm, it produces about 4,500 machines a year. Turnover has grown from €90m in 2011 to €170m as more and more resorts try to satisfy snow-seekers. The cost of covering pistes with manufactured snow depends on many factors including the type of terrain (地形).

No snowmaker can stand still when global temperatures are changing. Thus, firms spend around 5% of revenues in researching how to make snow even when temperatures are around 0℃. Humidity (湿度) affects the process: the damper the air the less moisture it can absorb and the colder it must become for snow crystals to form from water droplets. Snowmakers have enjoyed much success recently but profits will be limited if their flakes turn to slush (雪水).

8. What’s the effect of the change of snowfall?

A. More visitors to ski resorts. B. Earlier springtime avalanches.

C. A more serious warming world. D. A decline of snow-sports industry.

9. What can we infer about the duration of the snowfall season?

A. It varies from place to place slightly.

B. It doesn’t affect resorts at high altitudes.

C. It doesn’t change in the southern hemisphere.

D. It has shortened by about 20 days in some areas.

10. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph imply?

A. No snowmakers can stand the climate change.

B. Rising temperatures don’t affect snowmaking.

C. Snowmakers react actively to global warming.

D. All snowmakers invest much in various devices.

11. What is the text mainly about?

A. The effects of a warming climate.

B. Snow shortage faced by ski lovers.

C. A chance and challenge for snowmakers.

D. New equipment created by snowmakers.

D

Scroll through social media sites such as Instagram, Twitter or Facebook and you will be confronted with picture after picture of perfectly presented and delicious-looking meals. While the smell and taste of food can have an undeniably powerful effect on our cravings, are endless posts of steaming snacks more than just a feast for our eyes?

Our eating habits are influenced by what we see. “There is some evidence that, if you see pictures of food, that visual stimulation can prompt you to feel a desire to eat,” says Suzanne Higgs, a professor in the psychobiology of appetite. “If all your fiends on social media are posting pictures or livestreaming of themselves consuming fast food, it’s going to set a norm that eating fast food is what people do.” says Higgs.

Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned that food-related content on social media is making us think differently about food. Social media algorithms promote content that users engage with more, so viewing more unhealthy food means seeing more of it on our social media feeds.

It seems that healthier foods are often seen as boring in comparison, says Tina Tessitore, associate professor of marketing, “In advertising, you see unhealthy food in social settings—people having a barbecue with friends, for example, while healthy food often focuses more on the nutritional value. If you saw friends eating salad together, it would seem so incredible,” she says.

But while studies have found that social media can make us think differently about food, and that we typically engage more with content featuring unhealthy food, it’s uncertain yet whether this actually translates to our changes in our behavior in daily life. “If I’m scrolling through Instagram, looking at photos of tasty food, whether I seek out the food depends on how hungry I am, and whether it’s appropriate in that moment,” says Higgs. And when we do eat, we’re influenced by more than what we’ve seen online, she adds.

12. What does the author want to tell us in the first two paragraphs?

A. The flavour of food can stimulate our appetite.

B. There are many food posts on the social media.

C. Social media can help us establish healthy habits.

D. Food posts can bring us negative impacts as well.

13. Why are scientists becoming increasingly worried?

A. People have got used to viewing unhealthy food.

B. Social media always encourage us to eat more.

C. Food posts may have negative effects on people.

D. Consuming fast food is becoming more common.

14. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A. More attention has been paid to healthier foods.

B. All healthy food seems to lack nutritional value.

C. Friends can hardly be seen eating salad together.

D. Having a barbecue is healthier than eating salad.

15. What might the author tell us in the following paragraph?

A. Social media is changing our daily behavior.

B. More factors are influencing our eating habits.

C. Photos of tasty food always appeal to us to eat.

D. People have formed the same idea of food eating.

第二节（共5小题；每小题25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。

Time management skills are important for all areas of our lives. But improving time management skills can be challenging. ____16____ You can run a training course to teach time management, considering ways to help participants learn strategies to organize their lives.

For many people, goal planning is an important part of time management. In a training course, help participants learn how to assess their work and personal needs and set goals for the long and short term. Then, work together to divide each goal into small ones. ____17____ Talk through ways that each person can use an hour or so each day to prepare for coming projects, thus making their lives more manageable.

A common phenomenon in effective time management is delay. Teach participants to keep a journal that will help them recognize when they tend to delay. ____18____ Is that because of fear, confusion, or even laziness? Brainstorm ideas to help them out of trouble through teamwork. ____19____

____20____ Work with them to figure out organization systems that might work for their individual situations. Busy managers might have better luck with a digital organizer than they would with a paper planner. With systems in place to organize communication, files, financial data and personal information, your trainees will be better able to locate the things they need for a new task.

A. How do you avoid?

B. Where do you start?

C. Then, work together to figure out why.

D. They check their emails once every two hours.

E. Hence participants might learn to set deadlines.

F. In this way, you can make them feel less anxious.

G. Disorganized people may not make the most of their time.

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白处的最佳选项。

Though completely blind, Jasen Bracy, a 15-year-old quarterback is unstoppable when he’s on the football field. The young star grew up enjoying the sport every time football season came around and knew that football was his ____21____.

Jasen has been ____22____ since he was a young child. All he can tell is when it’s morning or night time. However, Jasen never felt ____23____ to follow his dream that one day he would be on TV or on the football field himself. When Jasen ____24____ 13, his parents gave him a phone, which he used to call every football ____25____ in he area and asked if they would give him a try without his parents ____26____. “All of a sudden, one day we get a call from coach David Nichols saying, ‘Hey, I got a (an) ____27____ from your son asking if he can come to play football for us, but did he say he was blind?’” “Jasen’s father said. But ____28____ the many other teams who rejected Jasen, Nichols was ready to give him a ____29____.

Jasen shocked Nichols and his team, immediately _____30_____ the uniform and mastering _____31_____ needed to play football without seeing the field, players or ball. In the games, the opposing team doesn’t even _____32_____ Jasen is blind.

Football isn’t the only thing Jasen can do. He is good at _____33_____ sports, including swimming, golf and wresting. His dreams are boundless, and nothing seems out of _____34_____ to him. But his heart _____35_____ in football and his focus is on reaching the National Football League.

21. A. passion B. possession C. privilege D. principle

22. A. deaf B. lame C. blind D. sick

23. A. satisfied B. thrilled C. anxious D. hesitant

24. A. turned B. counted C. grew D. remained

25. A. class B. team C. store D. brand

26. A. knowing B. understanding C. supporting D. believing

27. A. e-mail B. text C. call D. letter

28. A. as B. despite C. except D. unlike

29. A. chance B. choice C. reason D. reply

30 A. setting aside B. putting on C. taking over D. sorting out

31. A. regulations B. routines C. techniques D. disciplines

32. A. demonstrate B. realize C. recommend D. approach

33. A. elegant B. virtual C. primitive D. numerous

34. A. reach B. control C. practice D. favour

35. A. hands B. gives C. lies D. results

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面句子，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

36. The city ________ (recognize) as the musical capital of Europe since the 16th century, home to the likes of Mozart and Beethoven.（所给词的适当形式填空）

37. Only when you give serious consideration to their points of view will you be able to see ________ accounts for their emotions.（用适当的词填空）

38. Zheng He’s accomplishments are now widely acknowledged, and he is remembered as one of China’s most ________ (influence) explorers. (所给词的适当形式填空)

39. They could be interpreted as a welcoming greeting from a close friend, especially if ________ (accompany) by a gentle smile. （所给词的适当形式填空）

40. An interview allows the interviewer to assess the job ________ (apply) to see if he or she is suitable for the position. （所给词的适当形式填空）

41. Always give your best in whatever you set out to do, ________ difficult that might be. (用适当的词填空)

42. Out of 37 sets of brothers, Russell and his brother were the only full pair ________ (survive) the attack. （所给词的适当形式填空）

43. The French ________ (specific) have an official organization that creates new words in order to avoid borrowed words. (所给词的适当形式填空)

44. “You have been ________ arrest for ten minutes, ‘Silky’ Bob,” said the tall man.（用适当的词填空）

45. As you go through your daily life, you will encounter many difficult situations ________ things may go wrong.（用适当的词填空）

第四部分 写作（共两节；满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

46. 假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter告诉你，他目前玩手机上瘾，成了“手机控”，影响了学习生活，他发邮件向你求助。 请你回复邮件，内容包括：

1. 写信目的；

2. 具体建议；

3. 美好祝愿。

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。

Dear Peter,

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Yours,

Li Hua

第二节（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。

I love to play the piano and I greatly enjoy performing my music, so when the annual winter recital (独奏会) was canceled, I was disappointed. I had looked forward to it for a long time and had already prepared two of my best songs. My mom had a wonderful idea, however, to turn this disappointing letdown into something worthwhile. “You and your sister should perform your songs at Carriage House Senior Living (养老院),” my mom suggested brightly. “I’m sure the seniors there would really appreciate the music and you could each play more than just two songs.”

I immediately thought this was a great idea. One of the things I did not like about the recitals was that I was limited to playing just a couple of songs. Playing the piano at Carriage House seemed like a win-win situation because not only would I get to play more songs, but I would also have the chance to cheer up the residents at the home with some lively tunes.

My mom called Carriage House and made arrangements for my sister and me to perform. We were told we could play the piano during the Sunday diner hour in two weeks. In the coming days, I worked especially hard to polish up fifteen pieces that I thought the crowd would enjoy, including many old classics. My sister and I decided that first I would play three songs and then she would, taking turns until the end of the hour.

When the much-anticipated day finally arrived, my family and I drove to Carriage House. We were greeted by an old woman who introduced herself as Phyllis. Then we came to the dining room and Phyllis announced to the room, “These two girls have come to sing and want to introduce themselves!” As she handed the microphone to me there was scattered applause.

“Hi, my name is Baylie,” I said with a smile.

“Hi, I’m Chloe,” my sister said shyly.

“We have come here to entertain you with some piano songs. We hope you enjoy our performance,” I enthusiastically announced.

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。

When I sat down and turned to my first song, I felt a little bit nervous.

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The moment our last music ended, the crowd burst into applause.

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