2022湖北省鄂东南联盟学校高二下学期期中联考试题英语含答案（含听力）

2022 年春季鄂东南省级示范高中教育教学改革联盟学校

期中联考高二英语试卷

考试时间∶2022年4月19日上午08∶00-10∶00 试卷满分∶150分

第一部分 听力（共两节, 满分 30分）

做题时, 先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后, 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。

例∶ How much is the shirt?

A. £19. 15.     B. £9. 18.     C. £9. 15.

答案是C。

1. When will the lecture be given?

A. On June 10th.    B. On June 1llth.    C. On June 12th.

2. What caused the company sales to rise?

A. The online marketing campaign.

B. The extra salespeople.

C. The discount prices.

3. What is Jimmy doing?

A. Reading a storybook.  B. Doing his homework.  C. Playing computer games.

4. What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Forgive the player.   B. Kick the player out.  C. Apologize to the player.

5. Where does the woman usually get the book?

A. In the shop.    C. On the Internet.    B. In the supermarket.

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。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。

听第六段材料, 回答第6、7题。

6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. The preparations for a camping. B. The changeable weather. C. Their favorite food.

7. What will the man take?

A. Bread.      B. Hamburgers.    C. Cards.

听下面一段对话, 回答第8至 10题。

8. What is wrong with the woman?

A. She has a fever.     B. She has a headache.   C. She has a sleeping problem.

9. What did the woman do last night?

A. She prepared for a meeting.  B. She attended a meeting.  C. She went to bed early.

10. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. Quit the job.     B. Take some medicine.  C. Take a rest.

听下面一段对话, 回答第 11 至13题。

11. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At a theater.     B. At a hotel.     C. At a snack bar.

12. What would the man probably do at6:00 p. m. tomorrow?

A. Celebrate their wedding anniversary.

B. Attend a wedding ceremony.

C. Spend his 20th birthday.

13. How much should the man pay?

A. $100.       B. $200.      C. $ 300.

听下面一段对话, 回答第14 至17题。

14. What is the most probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Colleagues.     B. Schoolmates.     C. Teacher and student.

15. What is the woman's problem?

A. Her brother is disturbing her.

B. She has no dictionary to use.

C. Her parents can't give her any advice.

16. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Tell her brother to stop.   B. Go to the library to study. C. Ask her parents for help.

17. What is the woman embarrassed at?

A. Remembering little from history.

B. Reviewing by singing her notes.

C. Writing down what she has read.

听下面一段独白, 回答第 18至 20 题。

18. What was the main meal for people in Prussia in the 18th century?

A. Rice       B. Potatoes.     C. Bread.

19. How did people feel about the potatoes in the palace garden?

A. Disappointed.     B. Curious.     C. Anxious.   

20. What can we learn about the king?

A. He was very smart.    B. He liked making jokes.  C. He was crazy about potatoes.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分 50 分）

第一节（共15小题;每小题2. 5分, 满分37. 5分）

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A

It's a good idea to buy from local nursery（苗圃）to get a variety of plants that grow well in your region. Here's our latest list of plant and garden events in the L. A. area in February.

California Native Container Plants, a class about growing native plants in pots— taught by Flora Ito, nursery sales manager at the Payne Foundation nursery, 10459 Tuxford St. in Sun Valley, from 9 to 10:15 a. m. Feb 4. Participants must have proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of the class. Register online, $25, or $20 for members.

Secrets of a Healthy Vegetable Garden, a free workshop sponsored by the Orange County Organic Gardening Club and taught by Julie Bawden-Davis, master gardener and author of "Southern California Vegetable Gardening, "at 7:30 p. m. Feb8 in the Orange County Fairgrounds Silo Building, 88 Fair Drive in Costa Mesa.

Camellia Society’s 49th Camellia Show at Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, from 1 to 5 p. m. Feb. 12. The show is free to visitors after $29 admission to the gardens($24 for seniors 65 and older, $13 ages 4-11. Members and children under age 4 enter free. ) Masks are required indoors.

Payne Foundation Winter Plant Sale at the foundation's nursery, 10459 Tuxford St. in Sun Valley, from 8∶30 a. m. to 4 p. m. Feb. 15-19. The sale includes native seeds, books and other merchandise（货物）, as well as one of the region's largest selections of native plants. Members receive a 15% discount, and nonmembers get a 10% discount on all plants and seeds.

21. Who is the passage intended for?

A. College students in Botany.    B. Gardeners and plant lovers.

C. Researchers on native plants.    D. Nursery sales managers.

22. How much will a nonmember who attends a lecture on container plants pay?

A. $20     B. $24    C. $25     D. $29

23. Which place might a native plant shopper go to?

A. 1151 Oxford Road     B. 88 Fair Drive

C. the Organic Gardening Club    D. the Payne Foundation nursery

B

When Peter Kahn became an English teacher at the Chicago Oak Park High School, he was terrified of teaching poetry. "Poetry was my least favorite subject as a student, and my least favorite subject to teach as a teacher, " he says. "I was terrible at it. "So he asked a former student of his for help, who suggested the idea of a poetry slam — a competition in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience. "The student with the lowest grade in my class ended up winning it, "says Kahn. "And I realized this is something powerful. "

That was 1999. Inspired by the club's potential to engage students, Kahn created an after-school spoken word club at the high school. And for over 20 years, the club has created space for students to engage in storytelling.

Many students have gone on to become award-winning poets, scholars, or even National Youth Poet Winners. Now a new poetry collection called Respect the Mic is showing a portion of that talent. The collection features 76 honest, powerful poems by the club's students and alumni（校友）, with a foreword by Pulitzer-prize winning poet Tyehimba Jess. Over the years, Kahn has invited distinguished poets like National Book Award winner Terrance Hayes and National Poetry Slam champion Patricia Smith to visit his classroom.

For Kahn, the collection and the club were all about helping students who just didn't like school, as well as students of color-Black students in particular -who, Kahn writes in the book, faced an "opportunity gap"in classrooms. On average, they had a lower GPA(Grade Point Average) than white students.

Ultimately, the editors and some critics hope the club will take this power of poetry and move it beyond the Oak Park classroom, so that teachers like Kahn, who were once afraid of poetry, will be able to get themselves and their students excited about it.

24. What does Kahn think of the idea of a poetry competition?

A. Effective.  B. Nonsense.  C. Disappointing. D. Demanding.

25. What do we know about the poetry collection Respect the Mic?

A. It's a record of students' life.

B. It's about Kahn's teaching experiences.

C. It includes a poem by a Pulitzer-prize winning poet.

D. It shows the students’ gift for writing poetry.

26. Kahn's after-school spoken word club _________________.

A. can wipe out color discrimination in the high school

B. is helpful to the black students

C. fails to fill the opportunity gap in the classroom

D. has moved to classrooms of other schools

27. What is the text mainly about?

A. A reunion of Kahn's outstanding students.

B. An English teacher overcoming the fear of teaching.

C. A high school spoken-word club changing students' lives.

D. A famous poem composed by a club's students.

C

Every so often, a Chinese fashion symbol unknowingly turned the fashion landscape upside down. This time, we unearth the imperial tomb of China's Empress Dowager Cixi（慈禧）（1835-1908）and find her great passion for luxurious nails.

Ancient Chinese nobles started growing long nails during the Warring States Period to show that they weren't manual laborers, but it wasn't until the Ming Dynasty that long nails and nail guards became an important symbol of material prosperity. And the trend reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty, with Cixi as its poster woman. Cixi nurtured a nail length of roughly 20 cm on her ring and pinky fingers and took care of them in gem-laden（镶满宝石）, colorful nail guards. During the day, Cixi usually wore nail guards made of gold or silver. According to the memoirs of her maid, before bed, she would switch them into nail pockets made of bright yellow satin（缎子）, probably in a motherly manner similar to covering her nail babies into their sleeping bags.

The origins of nail guards began in the Han Dynasty more than 1000 years prior to their mainstream glory. At that time, they weren't particularly decorative. It wasn't until the Qing Dynasty that they became as expensive and delicate as people today know them to have been. Common design patterns included plants, flowers, and calligraphy art. Cixi, on the other hand, had unique rights to dragon and phoenix（凤凰）carvings on her nail guards. Needless to say, she didn't skimp on exercising these rights.

Long nails may no longer be front and center on the fashion stage today. Yet the period drama series like Empresses in the Palace (201l), Ruyi' Royal Love in the Palace(2018), and Story of Yanxi Palace （2018） brought in the popularity of the Morandi color palette（莫兰迪调色盘）in China's nail art circle. Inspired by Italian painter Giorgio Morandi, the manicure（美甲）industry today also adopts a more softened color scheme that gives off a feeling of balance and elegance.

28. What does the writer mainly tell us?

A. The legend of China's Empress Dowager Cixi.

B. The history of long nails and nail guards.

C. Long nails plays an important role in period drama series.

D. Women in ancient times should wear long nails and nail guards.

29. What can we learn from the text?

A. Cixi took off nail guards when she went to bed.

B. Nail guards can show the status on the royal ladder in the Han Dynasty.

C. Ming and Qing Dynasties had lower degree of acceptance of long nails.

D. Cixi can only wear nail guards with dragon and phoenix carvings.

30. What do underlined words "skimp on" mean in the third paragraph?

A. subscribe to B. delay C. be mean with D. practice

31. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Fashion nail art will permanently be on the fashion stage.

B. The period drama series are very popular today.

C. Morandi is a great master in period drama.

D. There is still a market for nail art.

D

When faced with a problem, people tend to select solutions that involve adding new elements rather than taking existing components away.

Adams, a social psychologist at the university of Virginia and her colleagues wanted to figure out why this was the case. They wanted to investigate whether, and to what degree, people actually overlook subtraction（减法）when they are tasked with changing things.

The researchers looked through a profile of ideas for improvement submitted to a university president, and found that only 1l percent of 651 proposals involved removing an existing rule or program. Similar results appeared across tasks about adjusting essays and plans. The vast majority of people chose to add rather than remove.

The team dug deeper by conducting eight experiments with more than l, 500 participants. In one experiment, people were asked to stabilize（固定）the roof of a Lego structure held up by a single block that rested on top of a cube-shaped base. The reward for completing the task was $ 1, and participants could add new blocks for 10 cents a piece or get rid of blocks for free. One group was reminded, "Each piece that you add costs ten cents but removing pieces is free, "while another group was just told, "Each piece that you add costs ten cents. "Almost two thirds of people who had been reminded chose to get rid of the single block rather than adding new ones, compared with 41 percent of those who had not been reminded.

These findings were published in Nature, suggesting that "additive solutions tend to come to mind quickly and easily. Subtractive solutions are not necessarily harder to consider, but they take more effort to find. While the tendency for businesses and organizations to choose for complexity rather than simplification was previously known, the novelty（新颖）of this paper is that it shows that people tend toward adding new features even when subtracting would clearly be better.

The team hopes that these findings will encourage more people to think about subtractive options that might often be overlooked.

32. What can we know about the researchers'findings in their researches?

A. People added elements to deal with problems in any case.

B. People tended to add elements to solve problems.

C. People preferred subtraction options to additive options.

D. People refused to remove elements to avoid costs.

33. What is special about the experiment mentioned in Para4?

A. The experiment was carried out in the most advanced way.

B. The participants chose to add pieces whatever costs.

C. It was hard to choose between adding and removing.

D. The participants got rid of pieces when it was clearly to their advantage.

34. What is the purpose of the research team?

A. To encourage more people to do further research.

B. To get more participants involved in their next research.

C. To inspire more people to consider subtraction choices.

D. To get a handsome reward from businesses and organizations.

35. What can be the best title for the text?

A. Adding New Features Is More Effective

B. Removing Features Is More Difficult

C. Subtraction Outweighs Addition

D. Our Brain Typically Overlooks Subtraction

第二节（共5小题;每小题2. 5分, 满分12. 5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。

Travel with a Green Conscience（良知）

Travel is a form of consumption, from jet fuel to trash 36__________. For me, seeing the world has been an education on the environment and the challenges we face. Witnessing other cultures has inspired me to reduce my carbon footprint. Ironically, travel has made me"greener. "

●Take public transport or carpool. Public buses or trains are an eco-friendly option for getting around your destination, Many youth hostels have carpool sing-ups for popular trips, which is an exciting way to meet fellow travelers. 37____________ Exploring on foot is great exercise and offers excellent people watching opportunities.

● Be aware of food packaging and waste. As for packaging, to-go containers are made of Styrofoam, paper or plastic bags, which almost always end up in the garbage. Be conscious of your purchases. Street vendors（小商贩）sometimes offer delicious finger food, such as kabobs, which have little to no food packaging. Pack your own silverware. 38 _________ Every little bit helps.

●39___________ As I backpacked through Thailand recently, I noticed that the majority of the trash littered on the beaches and in the streets was from tourists. It disgusted me. Why would you come all this way to see a beautiful beach, only to destroy it? I began picking up litter when I saw it and disposing of it properly. When I go on a hike and see trash on the trail, I pick it up. You can help compensate（补偿）for others by going the extra mile!

● Consider the sustainability of the ecosystem. 40__________ Are the waters overfished? Do they import their meat from another country? How much meat, fish, grain does the average local eat? How much water, gas, electricity does the average local use? This information can help you make educated discussions on your consumption. Being eco-friendly will enhance your adventure.

A. Refuse a straw in your drink.

B. Challenge yourself to live like the locals.

C. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

D. Before traveling to a new country, do your research.

E. On my first day in a new city, I get a map and start walking!

F. My travel clothes are also quick-dry fabrics or wool, so they dry quickly.

G. It's up to you to determine how much waste you will produce on your trip.

第三部分 语言运用（共两节, 满分30分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题;每小题1分, 满分15分）

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

Princess Power

"Elsa, it's you!"It was the four-year-old's 41 birthday party, and her favorite Disney character Elsa from Frozen had arrived. The two cheerfully began to sing the movie's big song, "Let It Go, "and weresoon42by Tinker Bell and four other fairy-tale princesses: Anna, Ariel, Jasmine, and Snow White.

You would swear they were 43 at the most 44  place on earth. But this wasn't Disney World. It was the pediatric（儿科）cancer ward at a hospital on Long Island in New York. And the 45 were college students who 46 for A Moment of Magic, a 47 organization whose mission is to 48 the spirits of sick children.

It all began once upon a time with a family movie night 49Frozen. McGrane, now 23, 50 that she and Elsa had51blond hair and big blue eyes. McGrane and her friend McAndrew were then searching for a new community project, 52 one with kids.

That sparked an idea-53 Disney princesses and visiting pediatric cancer patients.

"When kids are in a54for so long, they don't get all the magic that most kids do, "says McGrane. "It's nice to give them time to be 55. "

41. A. unhappy  B. panic   C. surprise  D. trial

42. A. spotted   B. defended  C. tripped   D. joined

43. A. recalling  B. celebrating  C. displaying  D. pursuing

44. A. primitive  B. complex  C. magical  D. secure

45. A. princesses  B. cartoons  C. magicians  D. educators

46. A. struggle   B. emerge  C. ask   D. volunteer

47. A. nonprofit  B. potential  C. massive  D. multiple

48. A. cease   B. lift   C. expand  D. shift

49. A. featuring  B. opposing  C. proving  D. meaning

50. A. expected  B. noticed  C. figured  D. argued

51. A. comparing  B. making  C. checking  D. matching

52. A. ideally   B. logically  C. regularly  D. generally

53. A. speaking up  B. taking care of C. dressing up as D. engaging in

54. A. home   B. hospital  C. college  D. party

55. A. themselves  B. characters  C. patients  D. adults

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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As an Internet hot word, Gen Z 56_______ (refer) to the young people born between 1995 and 2009 in the Internet era with avant-garde（前卫的）worldviews and new-age behaviors, some of 57________ are becoming leaders in different fields.

The average age of Team China at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is 25. 2 years old, with the youngest being 17 years old, 58________ (make)Gen Z as the backbone of China's winter sports. So far they 59 _______(impress) the world with their sportsmanship, 60________(strong) and charm.

The 18-year-old Gu Ailing won the women's freeski big air competition. She took a risk and challenged 61________(she) in her final run-a left double 1620 with a safety grab— after it was certain that she was in the top three. She became the first female skier at the Winter Olympics62________ (complete) this difficult task.

Besides, Gen Z volunteers are also worth mentioning. They contribute to the Games with their top-class services. Their 63_________ (commit)has originated from their passion for the Olympic Games Outside of the Olympics, the Gen Z audiences have followed every game. Snow and ice cannot freeze the enthusiasm of Gen Z audience who64_________ (active)talk about the Winter Olympics and show their love 65__________ sports.

第四部分 写作（共两节, 满分40分）

第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）

假设你是李华, 你们班在学校的运动会中获得了第一名, 请你作为班级代表向校英文网站投稿, 主要内容包括∶

1. 获奖心情;

2. 成功秘诀;

3. 鼓励同学们积极锻炼。

注意∶

1. 写作词数应为80左右;

2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

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第二节 读后续写（满分25分）

阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Usually, it's my dad who sings silly songs or tells corny（老套的）jokes around my friends. But a few weeks ago, it was my mom who played the embarrassing parent role.

While my mom and I were shopping, we ran into my teacher, who mentioned that the school didn't have a music teacher to help our class put together a performance for Winter Fair. And, right then and there, my mom said, "I know the perfect song and dance. I'll teach it to the kids!"

Before I could say"Please don't, "my mom had agreed to come to my class every morning at 9:30 for a week. Oh, and just to be clear, it's not as if she's a professional entertainer. My parents run a small grocery store, and the only singing my mom does is in the shower.

"Um, "I said on our way home, "are you sure this is such a good idea?""Of course!"she said. "If we want your school's Winter Fair to happen, people need to step up and volunteer. ""I know volunteering is important, "I said, "but couldn't you help out in Tex and Indi's kindergarten instead?"She laughed. "Don't be silly. We'll have great fun!"

"OK, class", my teacher said at 9:28 on Monday. "We're going to stop silent reading a little early because a special guest is here to help us with a performance for Winter Fair. Let's all welcome Arizona's mother. "7

I looked up to discover my mom standing at the front of the room wearing a stupid snowflake hat. "I'm very excited to be here with you guys!"my mom said. "I'm going to teach you a fun little song-and-dance number I learned a few years back, when I did some theater in college. Here goes!"

Oh, please, oh, please, I said over and over in my head, let there be a fire drill（消防演习）, or a morning meeting, or a power failure, or anything to stop my mom from completely embarrassing herself and me!

But apparently, my mom was not at all concerned about looking silly. She turned on some background music and started singing and dancing away.

注意∶

1. 续写词数应为150左右;

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1:

I can't imagine what would happen next. ______________________________________________________________

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Paragraph 2:

By the time of the Winter Fair, I was actually proud of her for putting herself out there for the sake of us kids. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

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