2021-2022学年广东省江门市高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案

1、2021-2022学年广东省江门市高二下学期期中考试英语试题本试卷共8页 满分120分 考试时间为120分钟 （命题人：）单项选择（每小题1分，满分10分）The reading room _ yesterday afternoon.A. cleaned B. is cleaned C. was cleaning D. was cleaned2. Tom _ in the library every night over the last three months. A. has been working B. has been worked C. is working D. works 3.

2、 Have you checked all the machines_ to Tibet next month? A. to send B. sending C. to be sent D. to be senting4. Many lessons are now available online, from _ students can choose for free.A. whose B. which C. when D. whom5. I love coming here and seeing my family and all the friends I _over the years

3、. A.made B.was made C. have made D. am made6. Great changes _ in the town since 1988.A. have taken place B. have been taken placeC. has taken place D. has been taken place7. I opened the door and found the ground _ with _leaves.A. covered; falling B. covering; falling C. covered; fallen D. covering;

4、 fallen8. _ you know, Lily is an excellent student in our class.A. Which B. As C. That D. Who9. _ the news, she burst into tears at once. A. To hear B. Hear C. To be heard D. Hearing10. When speaking or writing to someone, do your best to make yourself _. A. understand B. understanding C. to underst

5、and D. understood 二、完形填空（每小题1分，满分15分）Our family finally managed to get together, but in a few days we scattered again to the ends of the earth, and I will begin my new job in a new city. My family has never been 11 in this way. When I think about the 12 future, my heart feel grayish. When I woke up

6、in the morning, it was raining outside and the sky was as 13 as my mood. My daughter 14 the new skirt that her uncle bought and she flew around the departure hall in the 15 and drew a small and beautiful picture in the dim crowd. The airplane had a good 16 of newspapers, magazines, television progra

7、ms, food and drinks. The meal even included a serving of Hagen-Dazs ice cream. This small present brightened me up 17 . The gentle smile of the stewardess(空姐) was as beautiful as the 18 after the rain. When I got off the airplane, the language that entered my 19 was completely different from what I

8、was hearing three hours ago. Although the street lights were as 20 as Allentowns, the different clothes and expressions of the people 21 me that I am in a new world. I stood in the busy streets like Alice 22 the world in a fairy tale. My heart was 23 with puzzlement about the uncertain future and lo

9、nging for the new life. When I 24 being able to do what I like once more, that I will make new friends and that I can enjoy the fun of exploration, I could not 25 to think about starting my new life. 11AseparatedBgatheredCdivided Dsurprised12Abright BexcitingCuncertain Dunusual13Aclear BhighCdark Dg

10、ray14Adressed BworeC1iked Dhad15Astation BairportCport Dhouse16Aoffer BnumberCsupply Damount17Asuccessfully BespeciallyCeventually Dfortunately18Arainbow BgroundCsky Dflower19Amouth BeyesCmind Dears20A1ong BwellCbrilliant Dmany21Atold BremindedCsuggested Dexplained22Avisiting BtravelingCwandering De

11、xploring23Afull BfilledCsatisfied Dpleased24Aset about Bset outCthought over Dthought about25Await Bhelp Cdecide Dafford三、阅读理解（共两节，满分25分）（每小题2分，满分20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。AThe Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge？The Cambridge

12、 Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity how it inspires them to explore their world.Students are being d

13、ared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue.Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are sel

14、ected as winners will be honor at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be include

15、d in celebration and brunch will be served.Between March 10th and March 15h, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at :http:/ .26. Who can take part in the Curiosity

16、Challenge?A. School students. B. Cambridge locals. C. CSF winners. D. MIT artists.27. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?A. On February 8th. B. On March 10th. C. On March 15th. D. On April 21st.28. What type of writing is this text?A. An exhibition guide. B. An art show review.C. An announc

17、ement. D. An official report.BYour friends might be in England or may be just next-door neighbors, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has changed a lot for millions of young people who like to make friends online around the world. Whether you use chat room, QQ, MSN or OICQ, you are in thi

18、s group.“I dont often talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my friends on QQ,” said Tears in Hand, an online name used by a girl student in China.QQ is the biggest messaging service in China now. A report from the company which developed QQ says that 4 million people used it on

19、e Saturday night in October. And probably Tears in Hand was one of them. “I log in on Friday nights, Saturdays or Sundays, when I feel bored. I usually spend about ten hours chatting online every week,” she said. “But I never talk with strangers, especially boys or men.” Even though she likes chatti

20、ng, she is careful about making friends with strangers online because she knows that she shouldnt believe in the strangers online easily.Many people like to meet online when they feel they have got to know someone very well. Tears in Hand once met one online friend face to face and they went to a fo

21、otball match together.A boy named Blue Sky dislikes QQ users, “I used to chat on QQ, but I found most people are talking about foolish things. Now I only chat in English in MSN with my Japanese or American friends because I want to learn more about foreign cultures. So he spends very little time cha

22、tting on QQ and he thinks its a waste of time and money. He said, “If you are addicted to it, you cant concentrate on your lessons. We should know that friends in our real life are more important than those online ones.29. From the first paragraph, we know “they are all just a few clicks away” means

23、 “_”.A. it is wonderful to see your friends by clickingB. it is impossible to make friend onlineC. it is easy and fast to get in touch with your friendsD. it is popular to live much closer to your friends30. Tears in Hand thinks QQ is _.A. the biggest messaging service in China B. a good place to sp

24、end her boring timeC. a safe place to chat with strangers D. the best place to make friends31. Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the last paragraph?A. All the people on QQ are talking about foolish things.B. Chatting online is helpful and interesting. C. We cant believe boys or m

25、en online. D. We should think more of our friends in real life.CThe freezing Northeast hasnt been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin

26、 C (维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets (at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best part particularly to my taste,

27、 dulled by months of cold weather root vegetables was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call. The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1 p.m, rain or shine, along North Lemon and State

28、streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened (蔓上成熟的) promise, Ive refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attra

29、ctive they look in the store, once I get them home theyre unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Browns Grove Farms stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal and at that moment, I realized that

30、 the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldnt be experiencing again for months. Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Browns Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened re

31、staurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where luckily for me I was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew Id be ordering every tomato on it.32. What did the author think of her winter life in New York?A. Exciting. B. Boring. C. Relaxing. D. Annoying.33. What mad

32、e the authors getting up early worthwhile?A. Having a swim.B. Breathing in fresh air.C. Walking in the morning sun.D. Visiting a local farmers market.34. What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?A. They are soft.B. They look nice.C. They taste great.D. They are juicy.35. What was

33、the author going to do that evening?A. Eat in a restaurant.B. Check into a hotel.C. Go to a farm. D. Buy fresh vegetables.第二节 （每小题1分，满分5分）阅读短文,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。Laziness is a state of inaction. Its something that you do, not something that you are. 36 This is obvious but the mistake

34、 that many people make is identifying themselves as someone who is lazy. Lazy people are the ones who dont do anything. You can view a stu- dent who never studies as lazy. You can see an employee who doesnt do his work as being lazy. 37 But are they really being lazy or are they acting lazily?There

35、is a huge difference between saying you act lazily sometimes and saying you are a lazy person. 38 This is the myth of laziness. People who are lazy arent lazy; they simply are people who are temporarily acting that way.So what causes a person to be inactive? 39 If you give someone a good enough reas

36、on to do something, they will do it. For example, if you are too lazy to go to the gym, would you go if someone offered you a million dollars to go? If you are too lazy to clean out the garage, would someone pointing a gun to your head help you take action? 40 Before you take action though, you need

37、 a compelling reason to do so. To motivate someone who is lazy, what you need to do is help them find purpose and enough reasons to work towards a certain goal.The answer is a lack of goals and purpose.B. They can be seen as underachievers or even bums.C. Being lazy means you have no motivation to d

38、o anything.D. In these cases, what the lazy person is doing is being lazy.E. One suggests that your laziness is temporary while the other suggests that its permanent.The bottom line of overcoming laziness comes down to finding enough reasonsto take action.People who dont seem to do anything just hav

39、ent found a good enough reason to do anything.四、语法填空（每小题1分，满分10分）Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It was unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it actually 41 (

40、catch) fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of the most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.But the river wasnt changed in a few days 42 even a few months. It took years of work 43 (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and n

41、ow the water in the river is 44 (clean) than ever.Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you leave a habit 45 is driving your family crazy. 46 (possible) you drink too much or dont know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, dont you want 47 qui

42、ck fix and something to change immediately?While there are 48 (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the 49 (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be 50 (patience).五、根据首字母提示和课文内容填空，在答题卡填写完整单词。（每空1分，满分10分）25 SepNext week I

43、m travelling to Australia to visit a friend there over the school holidays. I plan to keep this blog to record my experiences and what I learn. I have already done some r_51_ on the country. Located to the south of the e_52_，below many other countries on the globe, its often informally referred to a

44、s “down under”. I have also read about some i_53_ sites, such as the Sydney Opera House and the Great Ocean Road, and animals like the cute koalas and kangaroos. I cant w_54_ to see all of them! However, as I major in social studies, Im more interested in meeting people in Australia and e_55_ their

45、culture, food, and way of life.1 OctIm here in Sydney! Since I arrived, my friend has b_56_ me to my first open-air barbecue and has also shared many different but yummy meals with me, so my first i_57_ of Australia have been all about food! A lot of t_58_ Australian food, such as the Sunday roast,

46、is originally British. Bakeries, fast-food joints, butcher shops, cafes, and restaurants everywhere p_59_ some of the premier food experiences in the world. The influence of Asian cultures, on the other hand, led to the introduction of bean curd and Asian herbs, along with Australian v_60_ of foods

47、like the Chinese-inspired dim sum. 单词词组填空（每空0.5分，满分20分）61.They rose to a_ (鼓掌) the speaker.62. The boy got his dog to f_（去取）his beg for him at home.63. Some colleagues e_ (妒忌) the lucky young man, but he didnt care about it. 64. The young man is a s_ (坦率的) person and always tells his truth in public

48、. 65. They looked at him with a m_(混合) of horror, envy, and awe.66. I will p_(修改) my article before sending it to the teacher.67. Seeing those people，the woman turned around to hide her s_(悲伤).68. From that simple truth students learn to respect the d_(尊严) of every single person.69. The company has

49、s_(赞助) a certain kinds of television programmes as part of its marketing strategy.70. The loss of the first game was a c_ (残酷的) blow for my nephew because he had been preparing for it for a long time.71. I want to ask for leave of absence but Im afraid the team leader will t_ me d_ (拒绝). 72. She beh

50、aves towards me m_ l_ (更像是) a friend than a mother.73. Fleets w_ f_ (撤回) the northeast of the country last March.74. Another simple form of poem that amateurs can easily write is the cinquain, which is m_ u_ (组成) of five lines.75. The boy took a h_ o_ (一把) sweets from the bag, and gave them out to o

51、ther children.七、书面表达（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）假定你是李华，你校将举办主题为“保护海洋动物，人人有责”的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿参赛，内容包括：保护海洋动物的意义；保护海洋动物的举措。注意：1. 词数80左右; 2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。Good afternoon, everyone! _ Thank you! 读后续写（满分25分） Pumpkin（南瓜）carving at Halloween is a family tradition. We visit a local farm every October. In t

52、he pumpkin field, I compete with my three brothers and sister to seek out the biggest pumpkin. My dad has a rule that we have to carry our pumpkins back home, and as the eldest child I have an advantage I carried an 85-pounder（85磅重的南瓜） back last year.This year, it was hard to tell whether my prize o

53、r the one chosen by my 14-year-old brother, Jason, was the winner. Unfortunately we forgot to weigh them before taking out their insides, but I was determined to prove my point. All of us were hard at work at the kitchen table, with my mom filming the annual event. Im unsure now why I thought forcing my head inside the pumpkin would settle the matter, but it seemed