2020-2021学年广西上林县高二上学期文科半期考试英语试卷(Word版)听力

1、上林县20202021学年度上期高2022届半期考试英语试卷考试时间：120分钟满分：150分第一部分 听力（共两节：每小题15分，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上°录音结束后，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L5分，共7.5分）听下而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. How old is the man's own car?C. Five years old.C. Her son.C. Vi

2、olent.C. It's beautiful thereA. One month old.B. One year old.2. Who did the woman buy the shirt for?A. Herself.B. Her daughter.3. What did the speakers think of the movie?A. Meaningful.B. Confusing.4. What does the man like most about the park?A It's clean there.B. Ifs relaxing there.5. Wha

3、t will the woman do tonight?A. Paint the living room.B. Visit her friend Jason.C. Have dinner at her parents第二节（共15小题：每小题L5分，共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至7题。6. What is the spcakci-s5 relati

4、onship?A. Friends.B. Neighbors.C. Renter and owner.7. Why does the woman complain about her neighbor?A. He is always rude to her.B. He always fixes things late at night.共11页第1页C. He always wakes her up tn the mormn.听第7段材料,回答第8至10期。8. How did Harriet know the lime1?A. Fnmi her iPhone.B. Fmin her waic

5、h.9. Wh»t dws Dot： think about HarricTs explanation?A： Ifs wrong.B. Ifs ftini里10. Wb er 6 isight ih catvenukli 的 X la Lint： place?A. In a field.B. Inaclaroom.所第*段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What does the wonwn w about playing teskethal I?A. She is good at ii.B. She fincis it pretty easy.C. Sbc knows the g

6、eneral rules.12. Where did the woiran buy the basketball?A. In a sturc.B. On die «Jtrcc4.1A. What will the speakers do firstJA, Buy sonic special shoes. B. Go home co change, 听第9段打科.回答第14至17 .14. Where did the wunun firsi m«i. the man?A. In college.R. In high whmLC. In a chemistry compelhi

7、orL15. What did the man ck> aRcr high school?A. He went straight to university.B. He traveled around the world.C. lie worked at a small school.16. What is the school in Connecticut known for?A hs k>v co5t.R. Its lamnus teachers:.C. Its tbreign depaiimenL17. Whal docs the woimn mean at the endT

8、.1A. h is cnioyahlc to srud>T Chinese.BJi is her lifetime goal to s-pcai; Chinese well.C. Ii taka a lung time to niaMcra (urcign Jjjiguagr. 听第2段材料回答笫”至2。题。伴.What is the purpose ofk staff mcciing?A- To find wayj to help Mrs. Sinith.B. To inferrn how Mrs. Smith doing.C. Tl> figure oul what s wru

9、ng vilh Mrs. Smith.C- Ft uni ilic sun.C. Ifs too scientific.C. Al a coniputcr lab.C. At sebauLC. Find a baskettail court.JJJ11讥 凯2石19. Where did Mrs. Smith feel the pain?A. In her arm.B. In her lung.C. In her shoulder.20. How long has Mrs. Smith worked at the company?A. Over five years.B. About thre

10、e months.C. Less than two weeks.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F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。AArc you interested in working with animals? Now here comes the CHANCE. Kirby Wildlife Park has set up the unique Keeper Experience package. The fantastic experience is available to anyone over

11、the age of 18 who is reasonably fit. We regret that for health and safety reasons, participants who arc pregnant, in a wheelchair or suffering from illnesses cannot take part.A typical day9:15 Arrival9:30 Health and Safety Briefing10:00 Apes and MonkeysWhile cleaning out the enclosure （围场）you will f

12、ind out about how enclosures are enriched with novel items and new smells to stimulate the animals' senses and imitate their natural environment.12:00 Lunch14:00 Big CatsAs one of the highlights of this volunteer experience, you will feed the cats and learn about their nutritional needs. The kee

13、per will give you an introduction to how cat behavior can be read to get an idea of their welfare and health.16:30 Meet the TeamMeet more of the staff and learn how you can get further involved with work at the park. LzCarn about our animal adoption plan, what it takes to be a good keeper and where

14、to obtain the right qualifications for a career in animal welfare.Booking and cancellationThe Keeper Experience is available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the year, and must be booked at least two weeks in advance. Full payment is needed when booking.Cancellations must be made more t

15、han fourteen days before the event. Otherwise, you won't receive a full refund.21. What kind of people can experience working with animals in Kirby Wildlife Park?A. A pregnant woman.B. A man who is quite healthy.共11贞第7页C. A teenager sitting in a wheelchair. D. A student under the age of 18.22. W

16、hen can you know something about an animal adoption plan?A. At 12:00. B. At 9:30.C. At 10:00.D. At 16:30.23. It can be learned from the text that.A. a booking should be made over two weeks before the eventB. people arc allowed to cancel a booking with a full refund at any timeC. cancellations need t

17、o be made on Mondays, Wednesdays and FridaysD. participants can have the unique experience every day throughout the yearBShort and shy, Ben Sanders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket-anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a

18、 laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England's rural Devonshire.It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Sa

19、nders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Sanders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's s

20、chool of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man's brave and exciting cold-water travels. Intrigued. Sanders read all he could find about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, and then decided that this would be his future.Journeys to the Pole aren't the usual holi

21、days for British country boys, and many people thought of his dream as fantasy. John Ridgway was one of the few who didn't say, “You are completely crazy.In 2001, after becoming a skilled skien Sanders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a

22、 close encounter with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit. Sanders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he has skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.This October, Sanders, 27, he

23、ads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.24. The turning point in Sander's life came when.A. he started to play ball gamesB. he got a mountain bike at 15C. he ran his first marathon at 18D. he started

24、 to receive Ridgway's training25. What do we know about Ridgway?A. He considered Sanders drcam unrealistic.B. He built up his body together with Sanders.共11页第4页C. He hired Sanders for his cold-water travels to the Arctic.D. He established his reputation by his voyage across the Atlantic.26. The

25、underlined word “Intrigued" in Paragraph 3 probably means.A. Fascinated B. Grateful C. FrightenedD. Pleased27. According to the passage, Sanders'journey to the North Pole.A. made him well-known in the 1960sB. was favored by other Artic explorersC. was accompanied by his old playmatesD. set

26、a record in the North Pole expeditionCIn the Amazon rainforest of Venezuela, Yanomami hunter-gatherers exist on cassava, palm hearts and wild bananas. They also hunt frogs and monkeys using techniques that would have been familiar to their ancestors 11,000 years ago. The extraordinary continuity of

27、their culture, and the fact that some of the groups have had little contact with outsiders, led biologists to wonder whether the Yanomami might reveal what the human digestive system looked like before industrialization supplied the world with processed foods and antibiotics.In 2019, researchers at

28、the Icahn School of Medicine had a chance to find the answer in a previously unknown Yanomami village. Health workers collected feces （排泄物）from about 30 villagers. When the researchers cultured and analyzed microbes （微生物）from the feces in their laboratory, they discovered whole categories of bacteri

29、a that were absent from the guts。扬道）of people from industrialized countries. Even more strikingly, they found the microbial population in the average Westerner to be about half as diverse as the community inside these hunter-gatherers. The researchers realized that the microbes might have implicatio

30、ns beyond basic science. People's microbial communities arc believed to play a role in disorders like obesity, diabetes and Alzheimer's, which shorten lives and overburden health care systems. These disorders don't trouble these preindustrial hunter-gatherers, however. Therefore, researc

31、hers want to learn which microbes protect them and figure out how to reintroduce them in modern societies. It has the potential to affect health more profoundly than the discovery of the fabled Fountain of Youth.But the opi）ortimitY might be more fleeting than、auth itself. “The world is becoming urb

32、an so fast.” says microbiologist Maria Gloria, co-author of the study that reveals the Yanomami niicrobiome （微生物群）.“Our lifestyles arc killing microbial diversity.” Although nobody has yet determined exactly what the Yanomami mystery bugs are doing and how they improve an individualhealth, she belie

33、ves that scientists need to collect and preserve as many microbes as possible for future breakthroughs. ctWe cannot afford to wait J she says, “or well have lost the high diversity of the human microbiome of traditional peoples before we understand how to use the microbiome to improve health.” 28. W

34、hat did the researchers find out in 2019?A. The hunter-gatherers had a different digestive system.B. Microbial communities were to blame for many disorders.C. People from industrialized countries had less diverse microbes.D. Some categories of bacteria did not exist in the villagers, guts.29. How di

35、d the researchers make their discovery?A. By collecting health data.B. By conducting experiments.C. By interviewing the villagers.D. By recording the Yanonianu daily life.30. What does the author mean by “the opportunity might be more fleeting than youth itself,?A. The opportunity seems more preciou

36、s than youth.B. The opportunity enables people to stay young forever.C. The opportunity is of great significance to modern society.D. The opportunity disappears so quickly that we cannot afford to miss it.31. What can be inferred from the passage?A. We are close to solving the mystery of Yanoniami m

37、icrobiome.B. Processed foods and antibiotics have changed human digestive system.C. Treating diseases by introducing beneficial bacteria has been made possible.D. The discovery of those microbes will help cure many life-threatening diseases.DAfter years of observing hunian nature, I have decided tha

38、t two qualities make the difference between men of great achievement and men of average performance: curiosity and discontent. I have never known an outstanding man who lacked either. And I have never known an average man who had both. The two belong together.Together, these deep human urges （驱策力）co

39、unt for much more than ambition. Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa and timed their fall to the ground. Like Galileo, all the great names in history were curious and asked in discontent, ctWhy? Why? Why?”Fortunately, curiosity a

40、nd discontent don't have to be learned. Wc are born with them and need only recapture them.“The great man," said Mencius, “is he who does not lose his child's heart.n Yet most of us do lose it. Wc stop asking questions. Wc stop challenging custom. Wc never doubt. Wc just follow the crow

41、d that desires only the calm and restful average. The crowd encourages us to occupy our own little corner to avoid foolish leaps into the dark, to be satisfied. We will have to force ourselves to do just the opposite so as to waken our curiosity and discontent.How should you start, modestly, so as n

42、ot to become discouraged? I think of one friend who couldnt arrange flowers to satisfy herself. She was curious about how the experts did it. Now she is one of the experts, writing books on flower arrangement.One way to begin is to answer your own excuses. You haven't any special ability? Most p

43、eople don't; there are only a few geniuses. You haven't any time? That's good, because it's always the people with no time who get things done. Harriet Stowe, mother of six, wrote parts of Uncle Tom Cabin while cooking. Ybue too old? Remember that Thomas Costain was 57 when he publis

44、hed his first novel, and that Grandma Moses showed her first pictures when she was 78.However you start, remember there is no better time to start than right now, for you'll never be more alive than you are at this moment.B. present an argument D. make a comparison32. In writing Paragraph 1, the

45、 author aims to 一A. give an exampleC. propose a definition33. What docs the example of Galileo tell us?A. Trial and error leads to the finding of truth.B. Creativity results from challenging authority.C. Greatness comes from a lasting desire to explore.D. Ambition is more important than curiosity an

46、d discontent.34. What can you do to recapture curiosity and discontent?B. Follow the fashion.D. Observe the unknown around you.B. Never Too Late to LearnD. Reflections on Human NatureA. Lead a life of adventure.C. Develop a questioning mind.35. What could be the best title for the passage?A. The Key

47、s to AchievementC. Curious Minds Never Feel Content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。The Diet Zone: A Dangerous PlaceDiet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet. We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. Wc have so easily been

48、 attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. 36Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weigh

49、t, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale （秤）instead. 卫共11页第9页On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-caloric drink, we arc

50、telling ourselves without our awareness that we don't have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain and that life can be without resistance and struggle.38 Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods mean

51、s we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients （营养成 分）.Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional. 39Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products hav

52、e on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them to reduce weight. 40 Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the harm that comes from using them.A. It's believed diet products contribute to losing weight.B. Chemicals that go into

53、diet products are potentially dangerous.C. We all know the danger of diet products, but it's hard to resist them.D. The danger of diet products lies also in the physical harm they cause.E. Wc are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.F. Losing weight lies in the power o

54、f minds, not in the power of chemicals.G. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.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）阅读下面的短文，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。I've been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tra

55、ctor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.One morning I 4 a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its 42_, so I jumped out of the tractor to 43 it while Don stayed in his scat.Lamb and mot

56、her 44_, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so 45 because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out. 46 Don had somehow made the 47 move.My heart froze in my chest as I 48 the tractor heading towards the 49_. I ran desperately but failed to 50_. It cr

57、ashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The 5j_ thing I saw was Don's face, looking calmly back at me.Heart in mouth, I 52 the fence and looked over. The tractor was 53 共11页第8页against the crash barrier in the central resen ation (中央分道带)，having crossed the 54 road with fast-flowing traffic

58、by a miracle. I couldn't see Don, but as I 55 the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently 56_, and dashed back to me.The police 57 and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn't quite believe my 58. It turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been 59_. Don was given a special 60 that night I didn't want him to think I was angry with him.41. A. droppedB. carriedC. spottedD. returned42. A. kidsB. friendsC. ownerD. mother43. A. ask aboutB.