贵州省铜仁市碧江区-学高二英语下学期期中试题

1、20222022 学年第二学期高二年级期中考试试题英语本试卷分第 I 、 II 卷，总分值 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。 第 I 卷 共 115分第一局部 听力共两节，每题 1.5 分，总分值 30 分第一节共 5 小题，每题分，总分值分1. What did the speakers want to buy?A. A pair of shoes.B. A cheap shirt.C. An expensive coat2. When will the woman most probably meet the man?A. At 6:15.B. At 6:00.C. At 6:30.3

2、. What are the speakers doing?A. Discussing sports.B. Watching TV.C. Talking about news.4. What would the woman probably think of the man?A. He is a sports fan.B. He used to be an excellent athlete.C. He is a real sportsman.5. What does the man mean?A. Professor Smith is going to speak some other ni

3、ght.B. He' s never heard of Professor Smith.C. He didn ' t know Professor Smith was speaking tonight. 第二节共 15 小题，每题分，总分值分 听下面一段对话，答复第 6 和第 7 题6. Why is Mark worried?A. He failed in his last test.B. He missed his medical checkup.C. His exams will start soon.7. Why does Mark turn to Ann for he

4、lp?A. Ann is Mark ' s elder sister.B. She had a similar experience.C. She works in health services.听下面一段对话，答复第 8 至 9 题8. What are the speakers talking about?A. An interview.B. A meal.C. A job.9. How is the man feeling?A. Tired. B. Nervous. C. Hopeless. 听下面一段对话，答复第 10 至第 12 题10. What ' s the

5、most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife.B. Brother and sister.C. Boss and secretary.11. When will the man meet Diane according to the two speakers?A. On July 24th.B. On August 20th.C. On June 23th.12. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The telegram is from N

6、ew York.B. The woman couldn ' t forgive the man.C. The man met Diane on a plane ten years ago. 听下面一段对话，答复第 13 至第 16 题13. How long has the man been playing the guitar?A. For about 13 years. B. For about 15 years. C. For about 20 years.14. Where does the man play the guitar?A. Only in local clubs.

7、 B. On the streets. C. On the tours.15. What is the best thing about being in the band according to the man?A. It can make you very famous.B. It ' s good for relaxing and having fun.C. It can make you earn money easily.16. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman plays the drums.B. T

8、he woman wants to play in the band.C. The man plays in the band just for fun. 听下面一段独白，答复第 17 至第 20 题17. Which hand do babies use most for touching when they are at 16 weeks old?A. The left hand.B. Both hands.C. The right hand.18. Until how old will a child' s one hand be strongly dominant 占优势的 o

9、ver theother one?A. 4 years old. B. 8 years old.C. 3 years old.19. What do we learn about babies ' using their hands?A. Most children in the world are born right-handed.B. The younger they are, the less they use both of their hands.C. They become one-handed and start using both hands alternately

10、交替地20. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. 19% of people are left-handed.B. Parents often force children to use the right hand.C. Most children of age two use the right hand.第二局部阅读理解共两节，每题 2 分，总分值 40 分 第一节共 15小题，每题 2分，总分值 30 分AIn many countries, schools have long su

11、mmer holidays, with shorter holidays in between. However, a new report suggests shortening school holidays to stop children forgetting what they have learnt during the long summer break. Instead of three school terms, it says, there should be five eight-week terms. And there should be just four week

12、s off in the summer, with a two-week break between the other terms.Sonia Montero has two children at primary school and works full-time. She supports the idea. “ The kids, she says, “ have much longer holidays than me and I can ' t afford to take several weeks off work, so I need someone to take

13、 care of them. But nobody wants the work in thesummer months they all haveholidays of their own. Not surprisingly, some young people disagree. Student Jason Panos says,“ It 'sa stupid idea. I would hate staying at school in the summer. It' s unfair, too. Thepeople who suggest this had long s

14、chool holidays when they were young, but now they want to stop us enjoying the summer. The kids in Spain and America have much longer holidays than here, but they don' t forget everything they ' ve learnt in a few mon ths.Nadia Salib agrees. “ Sure, she says, “ the first week at school after

15、 the summer is n ever easy, but you soon get back into it. The real problem round here is thatkids get bored after so many weeks out of school, and then some of them start causing trouble. But the an swer is to give them someth ing to do, not make every one stay in school Ion ger. 21. Why is Sonia i

16、n support of shorter school holidays?A. She doesn ' t get any summer holidays in her job.B. She is worried that her children will forget what they' ve learnt.C. She can ' t afford to pay some one to look after her childre n.D. She can ' t get anyone to look after her children in summ

17、er.22. What does Jas on say about l ong summer holidays?A. They have no in flue nee on childre n' s educati on. B.They can help childre nforget about school.C. It doesn' t make any sense.D. Schools in othercountries don ' t have them.23. What is the main idea of the text?A. It has bee n

18、decided that summer holidays should be shorte ned.B. Stude nts are angry that school holidays have bee n cha nged.C. Not every one agrees to cha nge school holidays.D. Teenagers are worried that they will be busy during summer holidays.BThere was a garde ner who looked after his garde n with great c

19、are. To water hisflowers, he used two buckets. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a veryold and dilapidated one, which had see n many years of service, but was now past itsbest.Every morning, the garde ner would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carrythem along the path, one on each

20、side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a sin gle drop spilled 溢出 . The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.Sometimes the new bucket would say

21、, the gardener has me to water the flowers with you. What a waste of space you are!“ See how capable I am! How good it is that every day! I don't know why he still bothersAnd all that the old bucket could say was.“I know I 'm not very useful, butI can only do my best. I' m happy that the

22、 gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said,“ You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carryyou back. I want you to look carefully along the path.Then the two buckets di

23、d so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side wherethe new bucket was carried, there was just bare 光秃秃的 earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.24. What does the underlined word“ dilapidated probably m

24、ean?A. Dirty B. DarkC. Worn-outD. Plain-looking.25. What was the old bucket ashamed of?A. His past.B. His aging.C. His manner.D. Hisleaking.26. The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to .A. laugh at the old oneB. take pity on the old oneC. show off its beautiful looksD. praise the

25、 gardener ' s kindness27. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?A. Because it had its own function.B. Because it stayed in its best condition.C. Because it was taken as a treasure.D. Because it was used to keep a balance.CTwo hundred years ago the English poet William Wordsworth wrot

26、e“I Wander ' d Lonely as a Cloud , a poem that expresses a basic spirit of early English Romanticism.What makes this poem an example of Romantic thinking? It isn ' t just that Wordsworth chooses to write about a natural scene: it is the way he describes the scene as if it had human emotions.

27、 For him, nature is not merely a neutral 无感情 色彩的 mixture of scenery, colors, plants, rocks, soil, water and air. It is a living force that feels joy and sadness, shares humanpain and even tries to educate us human beings by showing us the beauty of life.Wordsworth ' s home, Dove Cottage, is now

28、one of the most popular destinations in the Lake District. You can go on a tour of the garden which William planted with wild flowers and which survived in his backyard even after they disappeared from the area. “He always said that if he hadn' t been a poet, he would have been a wonderful lands

29、cape gardener, says Allan King of the Wordsworth Trust.The place near Ullswater, where Wordsworth saw the daffodils水仙花 , is at thesouthernmost end of the lake. The lake is wide and calm at this turning point. There ' s a bay where the trees have had their soil eroded侵蚀 by lake water so that thei

30、rroots are shockingly exposed. You walk along from tree to tree, hardly daring to breathe, because you are walking in the footprints of William from two centuries ago. The first group of daffodils appear, but they aren ' t tall yellow trumpets 小号状 的花 proudly swinging in the gentle wind. They are

31、 tiny wild daffodils, most of them still green and unopened, in groups of six or seven. They 're grouped around individual trees rather than collecting together.But as you look north, from beside a huge ancient oak, you realize this is what delighted Wordsworth: group after group of the things,

32、spread out to left and right but coming togetherin your sight so that theyform a beautiful, pale-yellow carpet.What you ' re seeing at last is nature transformed by human sight and imagination.28. What was Wordsworth ' s attitude to nature?A. Nature had a character of its own.B. Nature could

33、 talk topeople.C. Man could influence nature. D. Nature was human-like.29. We can learn from the text that Dove Cottage .B. has a wide range ofA. has gardens designed by a landscape gardener flowers in its gardenC. receives a lot of visitors every yearD. is famous for an actor30. In what way is the

34、scene at the southernmost end of the lake different from Wordsworth ' s description?A. All the daffodils are green and small.B. The daffodils arefewer and samller.C. There are no daffodils around trees.D. There are no daffodilsby the lake.31. The writer implies that the poem describes .A. exactl

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43、ogrammes.第二节共5小题，每题2分，总分值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正确选项。其中有两项多余。Black Friday is the day after Than ksgivi ng Day and the Friday before Cyber Mon dayin the United States. It is abusy shopping day and is a holiday in some states. Manypeople have a day off work on Black Friday. Some people use this t

44、o make trips tosee family members or friends who live in other areas or to go on vacati on.36Shopping for Christmas presents is also popular on Black Friday. Many stores have special offers and lower their prices on some goods, such as toys.37 Many people take a day of their annual leave on the day

45、after Than ksgivi ngDay. Many orga ni zati ons also close for the Than ksgivi ng weeke nd.Public transport systems may run on their normal schedule or mayhave changes.38There can also be con gesti on 拥挤on roads to popular shopp ing dest in ati ons.Black Friday is one of the busiest shopp ing days in

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47、s in esses, particularly small bus in esses, started making profits before Christmas. Many hoped to start showing a profit, marked in black ink, on the day after Than ksgivi ng Day.A. Black Friday is a public holiday in some states.B. Black Friday is a shopp ing day for a lot of reas ons.C. Losses w

48、ere recorded in red ink and profits in black ink.D. Others use it to start shopp ing for the Christmas seas on.E. Some stores extend their opening hours on Black Friday.F. As time goes on, a new explanation of Black Friday has become popular.G. There are two popular theories as to why the day after

49、Thanksgiving Day is called Black Friday.第三局部英语知识运用共两节，总分值45分第一节完形填空共20小题；每题1.5分，总分值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正确选项。When I was 13, my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant 41_ Miller King, who was the best _42_ at our school.Footballseas on started in Se

50、ptember and all summer long I worked out. I carriedmy football everywhere for _43_. _Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I wenttosee him after he came back from 44_. He looked very _45一， buthe didn'tcry.That seas on, I _46_ all of Miller ' s records whil

51、e he _47_ thehome games fromthe ben ch. We went 101 and I was n amed most valuable player, _48_ I often hadcrazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller ' s _ 49.One after noon, I was cross ing the field to go home and saw Miller _50_ going_over a fence which wasn ' t _ 51_ to climb if you

52、 had both arms. I' m sure I was thelast pers on in the world he wan ted to accept _52_ from. But eve n that challe nge he accepted. I _53_ him move slowly over the fence. When we were fin ally _54_ on the _ other side, he said to me,“ You kno w, I did n ' t tell you this duri ng the seas on,

53、but you did _55_ Thank you for filling in for _56. His words freed me from my bad _57_.J_thought to myself, how eve n without anD.arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was _58_ ahead of me. I was right to have _59him. From that day on, I grew _60_ and a little more real.41. A. ch

54、eeri ng forstay ing withB. relyi ng onC. beati ng outD42. A. coachB. stude ntC. teacherD. player43. A. showB. practiceC. comfortD. pleasure44. A. schoolB. vacati onC. hospitalD. trai ning45. A. paleB. calmC. RelaxedD. ashamed46. A. heldB. setC. brokeD. tried47. A. reportedB. judgedC. orga ni zedwatc

55、hed48. A. butB. thenC. andD. thus49. A. decisi onB. mistakeC. accide ntD. sacrifice50. A. stuckB. hurtC. triedD. lost51. A. steadyB. hardC. funD. fit52. A. praiseB. adviceC. assista neeD.apology53. A. helpedB. letC. hadD. no ticed54. A. droppedB. readyC. trappedD. safe55. A. wrongB. fineC. quicklyD.

56、 n ormally56. A. usB. yourselfC. meD. them57. A. memoriesB. ideasC. attitudesD. dreams58. A. stillB. alsoC. yetD. just59. A. challe ngedB. curedC. i nvitedD.admired60. A. biggerB. healthierC. clevererD. Cooler第n卷第二节 语法填空共10小题；每题1.5分，总分值15分阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容不多于 3个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。“ Come in, Kim. Have a

57、seat, please, said Bill Williams, the man ager. This was Kim's first experie nee with an assessme nt(评估).After only six mon ths he was duefor a raise _61 is assessme nt was satisfactory.“Kim, began Bill Williams, “I am very 62 (satisfy) with the quality of your work. My only concern is that you aren ' t active eno ugh in _63 (put) forward yoursuggestions. “But, replied Kim, “ I have always completed every assignment _64_ gave me,Mr Williams. “ I know that, Kim. And please, call me Bill. But wha