2022宝鸡金台区高二下学期期末考试英语试题含解析

2021-2022学年度第二学期期末质量检测题

高二英语(选修8)

说明：

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，只需交回答题卡。

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，用碳素笔或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

第一部分听力部分 （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.Where will the woman go?

A. The bank.                B. The stop.                C. The train station. 

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

A. Clean his room.           B.Leave the room.            C. Have a rest.

3. How long has the woman been in Beijing?

A. About one week.           B.One and a half months.      C .One month.

4.What do we know about the commercial street?

A. It is not famous.           B. It's full of shops and sculptures.   

C. It's not as busy and wealthy as before.

5. What is the man's job?

A. A doctor.                B. A reporter.               C. A lawyer.

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至7题。

6.When will the man leave?

A. In two days.                B. In two hours.               C.Tomorrow.

7. What is the most probable relationship between them?

A.A couple.                   B.Strangers.                  C.Close friends.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8.What is the girl going to do?

A. Find her mom.               B.Go to school.            C.Travel around the world.

9. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Mother and son.              B.Father and daughter.       C.Teacher and student.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Which doesn't the novel concern?

A.The relationship.              B. The education.           C.The childhood.

11.What does Linda dislike to do?

A.Read literature.              B.Read books on various subjects.           C.Kill her time.

12.What do we know about the man?

A He dislikes reading books.   

B. He is falling in love with Linda.

C. He agrees with the views on reading.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.How many wedding parties did they have?

A.One.                        B.Two.                      C.Three. 

14.Where do the new couple live?

A. In the husband's country.       B. In the wife's country.       C In the third country.

15.What do we know about their wedding parties?

A.Their wedding parties were expensive and traditional.

BThe husband's parents came to celebrate theirs.

C.The husband's parents didn't spare time for them.

16. Where will the couple go to spend their honeymoon?

A.Africa.                      B.America.                C.Europe.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What does the speaker think of his summer vacation?

A.Pleasant.                  B.Bad.                      C.Short.

18How long did the speaker spend on the morning work?

A. Half an hour.               B.Three hours or more.     C.Four hours.

19. What did the speaker do in the afternoon?

A He went swimming.          B. He listened to a lecture.      C. He talked with teachers.

20. What is probably the speaker?

A. A teacher.                  B. A worker.                 C.A student.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从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。

A

Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. For example, New York City is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness (荒野). But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000.

Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warming. An avalanche (雪崩) once closed the path, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.

But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and go — to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson City — its present population is 762.

1. What attracted the early settlers to New York City?

A. Its business culture. B. Its small population.

C. Its favourable climate. D. Its geographical position.

2. What made Dawson become a big city with a large population in the west?

A. Communications and trade. B. Gold discovery.

C. Comfortable living conditions. D. Natural harbors.

3. What do we know about those who first dug for gold in Dawson?

A. Two-thirds of them stayed there. B. Almost everyone gave up.

C. One out of five people got rich. D. Half of them died.

4. What was the main reason for many people to leave Dawson?

A. They found the city too crowded. B. They were unable to stand the winter.

C. They were short of food. D. They wanted to try their luck elsewhere.

5. What is the text mainly about?

A. The rise and fall of a city. B. The gold rush in Canada.

C. Journeys into the wilderness. D. Tourism in Dawson.

B

Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events — love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells real-life, stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated (复杂), it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music, sometimes called country-western, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern Unite States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the west. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South.  

But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps (军营) in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.

Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada — in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1, 200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day. English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor southerners is now popular all over the world.

6. It can be learned from the passage that country music comes from ____.

A. the Northeast and Midwest B. real-life stories in small towns

C. factories and army camps in the South D. the Appalachian Mountains and the West

7. Before World War II country music was popular mainly in _____.

A. the Northeast B. the north C. the Midwest D. the south

8. During World War II many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Mid-west because ___.

A. they wanted to take music with them B. they wanted to work in the factories there

C. they wanted to make country music popular D. they wanted to make other people like country music

9. Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the world today because ______.

A. city people said it was low class B. it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

C. people could sing it in many different languages D. it is loved by different kinds of people in the world

10. Which of the following is wrong according to the passage?

A. City people didn’t like country music at first.

B. Country music is sung by stars all in English.

C. Country music is about human feelings and events.

D. Country music is popular among city people today.

C

What would it be like to take a walk on the surface of Mars? If you could design the tallest building in the world, what would it look like? Do you dream of being the next J.K. Rowling? This summer, you can experience all of these things, and more. All you need is an Internet connection and your imagination.

A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that kids spend an average of 1 hour and 29 minutes online each day. Many kids like to use that time to chat with friends, play games or check e-mails. But next time you get on the Web, try exploring the world instead. “With the Internet, you can go back 11,000 years in time, or go 11,000 kilometers across the planet,” said Russell, Web search expert of Google. “The whole scope of history and the world is open to you.”

There is a wealth of information to be found online. For example, if your family is going on vacation somewhere, do a quick online search on the area before you even get in the car. “What’s the background of the place; what’s the history?” says Russell. “I like to tell my kids, ‘Whenever you have a question, whenever you have a doubt, search it out.’”

Ready to launch a virtual journey of your own? Here are a few starting points to get you thinking and to help you on your way. You can invite your parents along for the ride, too. Always ask for permission before downloading programs and software into your computer. And, check with a parent or adult before visiting any new website.

Navigate the world in 3-D with Google Earth. Begin in outer space and zoom into the streets of any city, from Hong Kong to San Francisco. Or, visit ancient monuments and watch the changing rainforests over time. With the moon in Google Earth tool, you can walk in Neil Armstrong’s famous footsteps. Take a guided tour of the moon’s surface with Armstrong’s fellow shuttle mate astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

11. According to Russell, the kids _________.

A. spend too much time on the Internet

B. should never chat and play games online

C. can solve their problems through the Internet

D. should study hard instead of chatting online

12. From the passage we know that _________.

A. we can find much information we need online

B. Neil Armstrong traveled to the moon alone

C. the kids can download programs onto the computer freely

D. the kids can visit the new website freely without parents’ guidance

13. According to the passage, if you want to go to Tropical Rainforests, you can _________.

A. take the time shuttle

B. go to the cinema to watch 3-D films

C. find a travel agency in Google

D. use Google Earth

14. The passage is mainly intended for _________.

A. parents B. kids

C. teachers D. adults

15. In which section of a website can we probably read this passage?

A. Culture. B. Health.

C. Internet World. D. Tourism.

第二节( 共5小题， 每小题2分，共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。

According to Jessica Hagy, author of How to Be Interesting, it’s not difficult to make yourself interesting at a dinner party.

___16___, if you’re out of your comfort zone or if you’re wandering into somebody’s house for the first time. So the main thing is just to show up and be adventurous, trying different foods and talking to strangers.

People love to talk about themselves. If you can start the conversation with a question other than “What do you do for a living?”, you’ll be able to get a lot more interesting conversation out of whomever it is you’re talking to. ___17___, it can bring in “I have this old, broken-down vehicle” or “I rode the bus with these crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back.” It just opens up conversation.

___18___? If you can’t take their wine away, you should certainly try to take away their soapbox （讲台）. If you’re the host, you can ask them to help you in the kitchen with something and just remove them from the situation.___19___.

And what about that other dinner-party killer: awkward silence? If you’re faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking again is to give the host a compliment（赞扬）. ___20___. Just quickly turn around and say, “This cake is extremely delicious and you have to tell me all about it.”

So being interesting at a dinner party isn’t that hard.

A. How do you know the host

B. The first step is to go exploring

C. If you ask the question “How did you get here?”

D. Be prepared to have awkward conversations with strangers

E. Or turn the conversation into a topic where they have little to say

F. What about that person who had too much to drink or won’t stop talking

G. He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

What do you think of Bill Gates? You might think of him as a hard-working _____21_____of Microsoft or a technological genius_____22_____one thing you might not know about him is that he's one of the world's_____23_____men who has donated billions of dollars and_____24_____the world by creating new inventions.

In 2014 Bill Gates wife, Melinda Gates,_____25_____Bill to quit Microsoft and work with her to help what Bill Gates _____26_____the Bottom Two Billion. The Bottom Two Billion _____27_____ a third of the world's population that live with less than 2 US dollars a day. These people_____28_____live in areas where electricity is rear and disease is far and wide.

One of the_____29_____to diseases are vaccines, which help the body defeat the disease. A problem_____30_____with vaccines because they need to be kept______31______to remain functional. When electricity is rare, it's often very hard to keep refrigerators______32______. One way Gates has proposed is something he calls the "Super Thermos". It's a strong heat-resistant thermos ______33______ from the same material spaceships use to meet the______34______. This thermos can keep vaccines cold for 50 days.

Another problem for the Bottom Two Billion is ______35______.From the 1960s to 1980s, there was an agricultural revolution, which has______36______a lot of new ways to produce crops faster. This meant that the world thought the food______37______problem in Africa was gone but this was ______38______the case. The way Gates plans to solve this problem is to talk to each farmer one by one, discuss their unique ______39______, and give the farmers heartier seeds that grow better on the______40______soil in that area. Doing this will help the farmers grow crops faster and better.

21. A. officer B. official C. millionaire D. founder

22. A. so B. and C. but D. or

23. A. richest B. busiest C. kindest D. hardest

24. A. watched B. helped C. missed D. visited

25 A. permitted B. forced C. persuaded D. required

26. A. sells B. plans C. designs D. calls

27. A. consists of B. thinks of C. accuses of D. complains of

28. A. probably B. originally C. recently D. mainly

29. A. medicines B. efforts C. solutions D. secrets

30. A. disappears B. appears C. discovers D. covers

31. A. cold B. covered C. safe D. warm

32. A. racing B. flying C. running D. resting

33. A. separated B. made C. recovered D. resulted

34. A. requirements B. satisfactions C. opportunities D. deadlines

35. A. science B. education C. industry D. agriculture

36. A. delayed B. introduced C. imagined D. recorded

37. A. supply B. health C. quality D. cleanness

38. A. constantly B. generally C. hardly D. actually

39. A. dream B. drugs C. crop D. needs

40. A. rich B. poor C. narrow D. high

第II卷

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

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。

Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It’s a way of making an ____41____ (exactly) copy of another animal or plant. Cloning has two major uses. Firstly, gardeners use it all the time to produce commercial quantities of plants. Secondly, it’s valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals. Cloning animals is a difficult task ____42____ (undertake). At last the determination and patience of the scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough—the cloning of Dolly the sheep. 

The fact ____43____ she seemed to develop normally was very ____44____ (encourage). Then came the disturbing news that Dolly had become ____45____ (serious) ill and she only lived six and a half years. Dolly’s appearance raised a storm of ____46____ (object) and had a great impact ____47____ the media and public imagination. Newspapers told stories of evil leaders ____48____ (hope) to clone themselves to attain their ambitions. Religious leaders raised moral questions. Now some governments have ____49____ (forbid) research into human cloning, _____50_____ others think cloning is useful for humans.

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

51. 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线（  ），并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：每处错误及修改均仅限一词;

Many students are unwilling to do housework at home, say that they are too busy studying. However, in my opinion, students should spent some time helping with housework. Here are some reason. If we left all the housework to our parents, it will make them very much tired. For our part, being independent is really benefit. As a matter fact, the earlier we learn to be independent, the better our future will be. Doing housework can help us to learn to look after us. Now we are no long small children, but we ought to help with housework to reduce our parents’ burdens.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

52. 上周末，你和同学参加了一次采摘活动。请你为班级英语角写一篇短文，介绍这次活动，内容包括:

1. 农场情况；

2. 采摘过程；

3. 个人感受

注意:

1. 词数100左右；

2. 题目已为你写好。

题目:My Weekend

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