甘肃省兰州市教育局第四片区2021-2022学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题含答案

2021-2022学年第一学期联片办学期末考试高二年级英语学科试卷

高二 英语

（满分120分,考试时间100分钟）

注意事项：

1. 答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息；
2. 请将答案正确填写在答题卡的对应区域，答在试卷上不得分。

第一部分：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、D）中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

         A

Crystal Cruiser-Luxury Every Day

What do you plan to do this summer vacation? Do you want to travel over the sea, experience the ocean wave and enjoy the wonderful sea scenery? We have what you want. Come and sail on a Crystal Cruise ship（游轮）. We have three ships: The Crystal Queen, The Crystal Princess, The Crystal Palace. Come and sail in luxury on cruisers around the Caribbean Sea for 7 or 14 days.

Our seven-day cruise costs $2, 000 and or two-week cruise is $ 3, 500.

A typical one week cruise:

Day One---set off from Miami

Day Two---free day in Nassau, in the Bahamas

Day Three---near Haiti

Day Four---Visit Puerto Rico and Antigua

Day Five---free day in Barbados

Day Six---free day in Port of Spain, Trinidad

Day Seven---travel to Caracas, Venezuela

Day Eight---fly home

All food and drinks is included in the price of your cruise (except for the wines). Our cruise ships all have a cinema, a five star restaurant, a theatre, a library and a gym. However, you have to pay extra money to enjoy the films and plays.

If you prefer to go on a cruise in another part of the world, we also organize cruises in the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean.

Our ships carry over 2, 000 passengers and we have nearly 600 crew members in all. So come on board today for the holiday of a lifetime!

Call immediately: 020-4455832

I’m sure you will enjoy your luxury cruise ship journey very much!

1. What's the main purpose of the text?

A. To advertise summer holiday cruises.

B. To offer instruction on how to sail on a cruise ship

C. To give suggestions on taking summer vacation.

D. To share an experience of a sailing journey.

2. When can travelers wander about Trinidad?

A. On the third day.  B. On the fourth day.  C. On the fifth day.  D. On the sixth day.

3. What can people do on the cruise ships for free?

A. See films in the cinema.     B. Enjoy play in the theater.

C. Have some wines.          D. Do sports in the gym.      

B

There is no best way to learn a language, just different ways that suit different people. Some people prefer to “pick up” the language by reading books or magazines, watching films, visiting the country where the target language is spoken, etc. They focus on the meanings of words and don't worry too much about the language forms used. This method often suits children if they find themselves in a foreign country or with foreign friends. However, this approach doesn't suit everyone if your aim is to become good at writing.

   Probably the most common way to learn a language is in a classroom with a teacher. The teacher can explain difficult words, give guidance, and provide extra motivation and feedback on progress. Unfortunately, some people do not have very pleasant experiences of learning a language in the classroom. Language learning can be great fun. But your writing level will be increased most efficiently this way. Besides learning in a classroom, you can use a personal tutor and arrange a very flexible system of tuition. That means if you are busy at a particular time, you can still arrange to have your language tuition at a time that suits you.

   With recent improvements in modern technology, it is now possible to purchase a wide range of multi-media materials for learning a language. You can teach yourself using cassettes, videos, CD- ROMs, books, and any combination of these. This approach is best suited to students who are self-disciplined and well-organized. It also tends to assist with the development of reading and listening skills. But be sure to pick out materials of high quality. If you want to become fluent at speaking and writing a language, you'll also benefit from cooperating with other users.

4. The method mentioned in the first paragraph can be considered _______.

A. negative learning                        B. natural and active learning  

C. the most effective learning method          D. a structured learning method

5. The underlined word “flexible” in the second paragraph means “________”.

A. strict   B. pleasant          C. safe   D. free 

6. From the passage, we can NOT learn that ________.

A. people need to care about grammar when speaking a language

B. classroom studying can be boring sometimes

C. not all learning materials can help improve our language level

D. students lacking self-control may not benefit much from self-study

7. What might be talked about in the next passage? 

A. How to find a personal tutor.

B. How to deal with the difficulties in study.

C. How to work together with other language learners.

D. How to find the best studying method.  

                         C

The kindly “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” wearing Han Chinese clothing and holding a fortune bag debuted (亮相) at the Imperial Ancestral Shrine in Beijing on the day after Christmas. The final image of the Chinese gift-giver was selected through a global design competition against “Santa Claus”, according to a report by Guangming Daily.

Many Chinese cities have been filled with Christmas neon lights, Christmas songs, Christmas trees, and the images of “Santa Claus” in recent days. As a matter of fact, foreign festivals are becoming more popular than certain traditional Chinese festivals among the Chinese people, particularly the youth. “Certain traditional festivals have died out because people have forgotten their spiritual meanings, ”said noted writer Feng Jicai. More and more Chinese people are beginning to exchange gifts on Valentine's Day and Christmas. However, many of them know nothing about Chinese New Year pictures or sugarcoated figurines (小糖人), and have never heard suona music. Certain folk customs on the Dragon Boat Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, and other traditional festivals have gradually disappeared. Under such circumstances, even the “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” is unlikely to defeat “Santa Claus”.

However, it is not a bad thing to some extent. It constantly reminds people to restore the “true face” of traditional festivals. China has listed traditional Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival as legal holidays, which brings more paid leaves to the public, and helps to awake the public awareness of traditional festivals.

In modern society, festival is a carrier of culture and its meaning largely depends on their understandings and usages by people. Compared with foreign festivals, traditional Chinese festivals are not inferior (次于) in cultural meanings, but lack of fashion sought by modern people. If people do not appreciate the historical culture contained by traditional festivals, and only take pleasure-seeking as the most important, the significance of traditional festivals will fade away and the inheritance (继承) of fine traditional culture will be cut off.

8. The second paragraph implies that ________.

A. traditional festivals should co-exist with foreign festivals.

B. all the Chinese festivals are disappearing in the near future.

C. western festivals are constantly impacting on our festivals.

D. the Chinese people have the public awareness of traditional festivals.

9. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. an image designed by the Chinese people will be displayed.

B. the Chinese gift-giver was intended to symbolize traditional culture.

C. many foreigners know nothing about Chinese festivals.

D. the Chinese are beginning to exchange gifts on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

10. Many Chinese youth dislike traditional festivals because they think ________.

A. traditional festivals are out of fashion now.

B. the historical culture is more difficult to understand.

C. western festivals contain more cultural meanings.

D. the inheritance will cut off their contact with western festivals.

11. What would be the best title of the passage?

A. Gone are Chinese Traditional Festivals.

B. True Face of Chinese Traditional Culture.

C. Foreign Festivals Popular with Chinese.

D. Chinese Fortune Grandpa VS Santa Claus.   

                                       D

We are surrounded every day by thousands of chemicals. These chemicals have been found to be safe－on their own.  But are they still “safe” if mixed with other chemicals? That's the big question.

On its own, each chemical seems harmless. But in combination with other chemicals, they may become deadly. That is the finding of a two-year study by a high-profile task force of scientists. The task force was told to investigate the cancer-causing possibility of chemical mixtures.

Linda Gulliver was one of 174 scientists on the task force. Their job was to study the cancer－causing potential of 85 chemicals. All 85 are said to be common in the environment. Ms Gulliver explains that chemicals have the potential to form dangerous mixtures. Even simple minerals can become dangerous when mixed with chemicals found in plastics or beauty products. While the chemicals are safe on their own, she says, the researchers found that many chemical compound cause cancer in human cells.

Working in groups, the scientists explored how different chemical mixtures could lead to cancer. Ms Gulliver's team looked at the ability of different combinations to support the increase of malignant (恶性的) human cells.

She says the big issue－what she calls “the $ 64 million dollar question”－is, “Which common, everyday chemicals do people need to avoid？” “The $ 64 million dollar question that everybody wants to ask is, ‘Which chemicals should we be looking out for？’ And the answer to that is, ‘We don't know yet.’ ”

She says the current way to identify whether chemicals cause cancer is to test them one at a time. This method leads, she adds, to a long list of supposedly “safe” chemicals. She and her team say that approach needs to change.

“We definitely need certain research ... to find out what mixtures of chemicals would be more harmful than others; what groups of chemicals, when together, would produce more harmful effects. And at the moment, that is not known.”

12. The purpose of the researchers' work is ________.

A. to find ways to protect human cells.

B. to study the character of the chemicals.

C. to study how deadly the chemicals in our homes are.

D. to study the cancer-causing possibility of mixtures.

13. According to Ms Gulliver's words, their research work is ________.

A. practical to other researchers             B. completely successful

C. still limited                         D. not well received

14. What's the best title of the passage?

A. Chemicals are everywhere

B. Chemicals can lead to cancer

C. What is in chemicals in our daily life?

D. Mixture of safe chemicals may cause cancer

15. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Harmful chemicals are throughout our homes.

B. It is hard to tell what mixture of chemicals is harmful.

C. Researchers have quick approaches to studying the chemicals.

D. Scientists know which mixture does harm to our health.   

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。

Life is full of surprises and events that sometimes change one's daily routine. Some of them might be good and pleasant.___16____ The unexpected events may cause you anxiety and stress. So you need to find some ways to be less affected by them.

___17___ Even if you live the same kind of life, doing the same things day after day, there could be unexpected events. So you need to realize that such events can't be avoided and you need to be prepared for them. In this way, you'll find it easier to deal with whatever happens in your life.

Have a positive attitude. Not all unexpected events are bad.___18___ For example, even getting fired for work could finally turn out well, as you might find a more satisfying job.

Always focus on the present moment, learning from it and making use of changes that come your way. In other words, make the most of the present moment, instead of thinking about what you lost, or how bad the situation is. ___19___

Introduce small changes into your life. ___20___ You can try eating a different breakfast or drink tea in the morning instead of coffee, or do things that you usually do, but in a different way.

A. This is useless and is a waste of time.

B. Admit the fact that unexpected events are part of life.

C. However, there are some that are bad and unpleasant.

D. Think before speaking when facing unexpected events.

E. This will help you deal more easily with unexpected events.

F. Sometimes what seems like a problem could be a good thing.

G. It would be much more useful to think about the new situation.  

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分40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、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A family owned a farm near Beulah, Michigan U.S. They kept a bull 21____ an old elm tree. The bull walked around the tree, 22____ a heavy iron chain with him, which cut a trench (沟痕) on the surface of the tree about three feet off ground. The trench 23____ over the years, though for whatever 24____, it didn’t kill the tree. Later, the family sold the 25____ and took their bull to their new home in another state. They cut the chain, 26____ the iron ring behind around the tree. Over the years, bark(树皮) 27____ covered the rusting (生锈的) chain.

Then one year, an agricultural disaster 28____ Michigan. All of the elms lining the road leading to the farm became 29____ with the disease and died. Everyone figured that the old, badly wounded elm could hardly 30____. The farm’s owners even considered cutting down the tree 31____ it died. But they simply 32____ to do so. It was as if the old tree had become a family friend. So they decided to leave it as it was.

33____, the tree didn’t die! Year after year it 34____. Nobody could understand why it was the only elm still standing there. 35____experts came over to study the tree. They observed the trench left by the iron chain, now almost completely covered by bark and badly corroded (侵蚀). The experts 36____ that it was the rusting chain that saved the elm’s life. They 37____ that the tree must have absorbed so much iron from the rusting chain that it became 38____ to the disease.

It is said that what doesn’t kill you will make you 39____. Or, as Ernest Hemingway put it, “Life 40____ us all, but afterwards, many of us are strongest at the broken places.”

  21. A. covered with       B. exposed to         C. chained to        D. marked with

  22. A. dragging          B. pushing        C. snatching          D. holding

  23. A. widened      B. strengthened       C. brightened       D. deepened

  24. A. reason      B. cost           C. weather       D. background

  25. A. tree        B. bull        C. car          D. farm

  26. A. falling      B. hiding      C. leaving      D. showing

  27. A. slowly           B. luckily          C. quickly      D. frequently

  28. A. happened         B. beat         C. struck         D. occurred

  29. A. supplied         B. infected      C. equipped      D. filled

  30. A. survive      B. restore        C. boom          D. shape

  31. A. after        B. until        C. before          D. unless

  32. A. preferred          B. resisted      C. tended          D. hated

  33. A. Excitedly      B. Unfortunately       C. Amusingly        D. Amazingly

  34. A. expanded rapidly   B. died instantly       C. fell ill             D. grew well

  35. A. Health            B. Plant           C. Food           D. Animal

  36. A. decided          B. argued             C. realized       D. understood

  37. A. agreed           B. reasoned           C. responded         D. replied

  38. A. accustomed     B. attached           C. immune       D. defenseless

  39. A. stronger        B. kinder           C. weaker       D. Gentler

  40. A. breaks            B. makes            C. takes              D. wakes

第二节（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面的材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式。

     Food waste is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and fruit and vegetables are especially problematic, as about 52% of them go bad before ___41___（eventual） reaching consumers. But one Malaysian company has come up ___42___ a simple solution to solve this problem — a tiny sticker that keeps fruit from ___43___ (go) bad for up to weeks.

You've probably seen stickers on fruit before, ___44___ not like the ones created by the Malaysian company, Stixfresh. Those common stickers are typically ___45___ (use) only to provide consumers with ____46____ (inform) about the growers and how the fruit was grown, but Stixfresh has a completely different purpose. It contains something special and all-natural that slows down the ripening(成熟)process, keeping the fruit fresh and juicy for much ___47___(long).

Stixfresh founder Zhafri Zainudin says that he thought of the idea for the stickers after visiting a friend ___48___ ran a fruit store. The man was worried about losing money every day because of bad fruit, but he knew that there was no way to stop nature from taking ____49____ (it) course. The Malaysian businessman worked with many ___50___ (university) to develop and test his sticker.

At first, Stixfresh stickers were only used to lengthen the shelf-life of mangoes, but the company later worked on other fruit, like dragon fruit, star fruit, apples and pears.

第三部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你的同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，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：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

There is many interesting idioms in China. Now let me to explain one of them, Ye Gong Hao Long. In ancient times there was the man called Ye Gong. He told everyone that he loved dragons very much．In his house almost everything decorated with dragon designs, including the walls, two window and doors. When a real dragon heard about his story, it was deeply impressing and decided to visit Ye Gong. However, when the dragon stuck their head through one window,

Ye Gong was frightened and run away. Well, you see, this idiom is used to describe those people which appear to like something, and actually don't．

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

假设你叫李华，是一家英文杂志社的心理咨询师。某中学生小王给你写信，提到自己偏胖，想节食减肥，征求你的意见。请你给她回一封信，谈谈你对该问题的见解。内容要点如下：

1．学生以学习为主；

2．健康更重要；

3．减肥的正确方法；

4．健康的心态也很重要。

注意：1．短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；

2．词数：100左右。   

3．参考词汇：state of mind 心态

Dear Xiao Wang,

I have received and read your letter, in which you mentioned that you wanted to lose weight by dieting.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua 

2021-2022学年第一学期联片办学期末考试高二英语 参考答案    

阅读：（每小题2分，15题，共30分）

1-5     ADDBD        6-10  ACCBA       11-15 DDCDB

七选五：（每小题2分，5题，共10分）

16-20   CBFAE

完形：（每小题1.5分，20题，共30分）

21-25 CADAD    26-30 CACBA     31-35 CDDDB      36-40 ABCAA

语法填空：（每小题1分,10题，共10分）

41. eventually  42. with  43. going   44. but  45. used 

46. information  47. longer   48. who/that    49. its  50. universities

短文改错：（每小题1.5分,10题，共15分）

第一处： is改成are         第二处：去掉to          第三处： the改成a

第四处： everything之后加was            第五处： window改成 windows

第六处： impressing改成impressed         第七处： their改成its

第八处： run改成ran        第九处： which改成who   

第十处： and改成but

书面表达：（共25分）

Dear Xiao Wang,

I have received and read your letter, in which you mentioned that you wanted to lose weight by dieting.

It is only natural that young girls at your age hope to look beautiful .However,in my opinion ,health is more important than beauty.For a student, studying is the first thing to consider while appearance is the second. So do not let others’ opinions affect your normal life . However, if you do want to lose weight, it is a good idea to do it by getting more exercise and changing unhealthy eating habits. The most important thing is that you keep a healthy state of mind, as it will help with your studies, and will also help you overcome difficulties in dieting.

I hope my advice will be helpful to you and I’m looking forward to your next letter.

Yours,

Li Hua.