精品解析：湖南省长郡中学2021-2022学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题（含听力）

长郡中学2021-2022学年度高二第一学期期末考试

英语

第一部分 听力(共两节，满分10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0.5分，满分2.5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。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。

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Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a restaurant. B. In a coffee shop. C. In a hotel.

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What time will the next train to Los Angeles leave?

A. At 10:05 a.m. B. At 10:15 a.m. C. At 10:50 a.m.

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What did Smith offer the woman?

A. Smith offered her a typing machine.

B. Smith offered her more salary.

C. Smith offered her a job as a typist.

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What does the woman want to do?

A. She wants to know the time.

B. She wants to read a newspaper.

C. She wants to buy a watch.

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What does the woman think of her piano lessons?

A Interesting. B. Boring. C. Rewarding.

第二节(共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5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。

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

6. How many days does the man work in a week?

A. 5 days. B. 6 days. C. 7 days.

7. Who is the girl?

A A passenger. B. The man’s colleague. C. The man’s daughter.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

8. What did Sandra do last night?

A. She repaired her phone. B. She called Michael. C. She learned to paint.

9. What did Sandra and Peter agree to do on Sunday?

A. Play tennis. B. Visit London. C. Go to the dentist.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

10. Where is the noise coming from?

A. The motor. B. The motorbike. C. The bicycle.

11. Where did the speakers stop their car?

A. At a factory. B. At a parking lot. C. At a hotel.

12 What’s wrong with the motor?

A. Its temperature is too high. B. It runs out of energy. C. It needs heating up.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

13. What do you think the man is?

A. A tour guide. B. A repairman. C. A hotel worker.

14. Where can the woman find the washing powder?

A. In the cupboard. B. On the shelf. C. In the box.

15. When is the best time to visit the gallery?

A. On Thursday. B. On Friday. C. On Sunday.

16. What is the woman’s purpose of this call?

A. To book a room. B. To complain. C. To ask for help.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

17. What do people mean by saying they never dream?

A. They forget about their dreams.

B. They don’t want to tell the truth.

C. They have important dreams.

18. Why did Tom stop having dreams?

A. He got a serious heart attack.

B. He was too sad about his brother’s death.

C. He was frightened by a terrible event.

19. What is the speaker’s opinion about dreaming?

A. It is very useful.

B. It makes things worse.

C. It stops the mind from working.

20. What is the function of dreaming according to the speaker?

A. To sleep better.

B. To recover from illnesses.

C. To stay away from their problems.

第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

A simple mosquito(蚊子)bite can mean serious illness or death. So we use some chemicals to kill mosquitoes. But this has a bad influence on the whole ecosystem and your health. Now there’s a new device(装置), which can keep you and your family mosquito-free:

What are we talking about?

Mosquitron, a brand-new type of bug(虫子)catcher, designed by two German engineers, is perfect for clearing your home of all annoying and dangerous flying pests!

How does it work?

◆It is easy to set up; plug it in —and away you go!

◆It lures(引诱)the mosquitoes near by using a safe UV light.

◆A fan sucks(吸入)the insects through a one-way trapdoor.

◆Once got in the drying basket, mosquitoes are killed by the fan within 2 minutes.

◆You can simply empty the dead bugs into the trash,without even touching them.

◆No need for batteries or any chemicals.

How much does it cost?

It’s now $ 179.99. It may seem expensive at first, but when you consider most devices don’t work for more than 10 minutes, this is a pretty good deal. In fact, other products using the same UV technology are priced at over $ 250! Now you can buy it from our website with 50% off and with free delivery for a limited time by clicking here.

Note: The device can only be returned or exchanged if it arrives damaged, and you must pay in advance.

21. What is the advantage of a Mosquitron?

A. It is cheaper than other devices. B. It doesn’t need battery.

C. It is silent when working. D. It kills mosquitoes with UV light.

22. What can you enjoy if buying a Mosquitron online now?

A. A high discount. B. A cheap delivery.

C. Return without reasons. D. A great gift.

23. What type of writing is this text?

A. An analysis. B. An advertisement.

C. A story. D. A report.

B

That morning, I dropped our eldest at kindergarten and returned home to let our two younger children play while I worked on my medical report. It was a wonderful chance to work from home, but it hit me that my career in hospital wasn't making a difference in anyone's life. I needed something that would stretch my limits and push me to grow. My career enabled me to work from home. I could work from home, and become a foster mother, providing safety for a child who needed it desperately.

On Monday morning. I picked up the phone and dialed the number I had Googled for the nearest Department of Children's Services. The man on the other end was receptive to my questions and explained the next step of training, involving eight weeks of classes designed to prepare and educate foster parents. We continued through all the classes, the home visits, background checks, and seemingly endless steps.

Five long months after we were approved, the phone rang. In the middle of the night, I woke my husband and rushed to East Tennessee Children's Hospital. Our placement was waiting for us in the emergency room, sick and lack of nutrition. It didn't take long for us to realize the full depth of her suffering. Six months later, her half-brother came to us by our request. We now had five children under our care.

On August 12, 2016, our family of seven walked into a small courtroom. The children's lawyer and social worker were there. With just a few words, our adoption was finalized. These two amazing children weren't going home, because they were already home. We are their forever family, and they are our forever children. We may not be able to change the entire world, but we have changed the world entirely for our new children.

24. How did the author feel about her hospital work?

A. Lacking of motivation. B. Filled with challenge.

C. Highly motivating. D. Unusually Demanding.

25. What led the author to decide to adopt children?

A. She felt sympathetic for abused children she knew.

B. She wanted to make a difference in other people.

C. She felt confident about her ability to raise children.

D. She experienced training to raise children properly.

26. What does the underlined word "placement" in Para 3 refer to?

A. The child to be adopted. B. The need to get trained.

C The approval of adoption. D. The official at the hospital.

27. Why did the author appear at the courtroom?

A. To put the adopted kids elsewhere. B. To receive another adopted child.

C. To make the adoption officially legal. D. To begin the kids' adoption in her home.

C

According to a new US study, couples who expect their children to look after them in old age should hope they have daughters because daughters are twice as loving as sons generally.

The research by Angelina Grigoryeva, from Princeton University, found that, while women provide as much care for their elderly parents as they can manage, men do as little as they can get away with and often leave it to female family members.

Her analysis of the family networks of 26, 000 old Americans concluded that gender (性别)is one of the most important things that decide whether or not people will actively care for their elderly parents.

In a paper presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, she concludes that simply having a sister makes men likely provide less care. Using data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a study which has been recording those people over 50s for the last decade, she analyzed that women provide an average of 12. 3 hours a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only 5. 6 hours.

“Sons reduce their relative caregiving efforts when they have a sister, while daughters increase theirs when they have a brother.”

“This suggests that sons pass on parent caregiving responsibilities to their sisters.”

In the UK, the 2011 Census showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with caring responsibilities, a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade.

But many are doing so at the risk of their health. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a fulltime job are three times more likely to be struggling with ill health than their working counterparts who are not carers.

28. According to the passage, what’s the key factor to decide if people will actively care for the old?

A. Education. B. Gender. C. Career. D. Income.

29. The US study finds that ________.

A. having a sister makes men less likely to look after their parents

B. sons are twice as likely as daughters to care for parents in old age

C. sons are unwilling to leave caregiving responsibilities to their sisters

D. sons and daughters seem to give equal care to their parents

30. What does the author stress in the last paragraph?

A. People should give up their jobs to care for the elderly.

B. Many care providers work longer hours than others.

C. Many care providers have potential health problems.

D. People shouldn’t pass on caring responsibilities to others.

31. The author develops the text by ________.

A. explaining social networks of careers

B. describing people’s experiences

C. analyzing various researches and data

D. comparing different gender

D

The French Danone company is the latest to replace some plastic water bottles with aluminum (铝) cans. Competitors like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestle have also started selling water in aluminum cans.

Replacing plastic water bottles that pollute the seas with recyclable aluminum cans should be an easy way to help the environment, right?

Maybe not.

Aluminum cans might result in less ocean waste, and the metal containers also are lighter than glass or plastic bottles, but they also come with their own cost to the environment. The production of an aluminum can is estimated to release two times as much carbon dioxide into the air as a plastic bottle.

“That’s the dilemma you’re going to have to choose between,” said Ruben Griffioen, an official at beermaker Heineken. He said his company was Lrying to reduce the use of plastic bottles.

Bruce Karas of Coca - Cola North America agreed. He said, “There’s a mix. There are some things that are not that desirable, but if you have five good things and one that isn’t, we’ll all have to make decisions.” He added, “It’ll never be that clean.”

Bottled water is a 19 billion industry. Although its use of cans is increasing, experts say cans are unlikely to completely replace plastic bottles.

Aluminum is costlier than plastic so canned drinks mean higher prices for buyers. Another major consideration is user convenience-cans stay open while bottles can be reclosed. More importantly, there is one barrier to ending the use of plastic water bottles: There may not be enough cans to go around. Beer and wine makers are now also increasingly using aluminum.

32. What’s the advantage of aluminum cans?

A. They are pollution-free. B. They are lighter.

C. They are cost-effective. D. They are low-carbon.

33. What is Karas’s attitude to replacing plastic bottles with aluminum cans?

A. Supportive. B. Disapproving. C. Neutral D. Indifferent.

34. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. The wide application of aluminum cans. B. The promising future aluminum cans

C. The major advantages of aluminum cans. D. The unavoidable limitations of aluminum cans.

35. What is the best title for the text?

A. Aluminum Cans or Plastic Bottles? B. A Blessing or a Misfortune?

C. How to Deal with Plastic Bottles? D. Why Do We Choose Aluminum Cans?

第二节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

阅读下面短文，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。

How to Teach Kids About Setting Goals

___36___ It can become an easy process for a lifetime if kids are taught goal setting at an early stage. They need to be offered a project to make them work on achieving something personal.

Set smart goals. A goal needs to be measurable, specific, realistic and timely in order to be effective. Kids prefer generalizing when it comes to goal setting. For example, one may want to be the best basketball player in the team. ___37___ What exactly does a goal like this mean? You need to ask them to be specific. Begin with scoring two baskets in each game(or however many; just something measurable!) so that they can keep pushing the barriers to achieve greater goals.

Write down goals. ___38___ Recent studies show that when goals are written down, the individual is likely to achieve them.

___39___ Kids have the habit of choosing goals that just seem impossible to achieve. You need to teach them the meaning of short and long-term goals and give your child reality checks.

Set up review points. You can ask them to write their main goal on the poster and mention the steps they would take for achieving their goal. ___40___ It is important to help your children have their own checkpoint systems that actually work for them.

A. Learn to set a long-term goal.

B. How is a goal like this measured?

C. Give up goals that are not realistic.

D. This tip is supported by science as well.

E. Goals can never be achieved unless they are written down.

F. It is essential for everybody, especially for kids, to set goals in life.

G. You can also ask them to track their progress once a week or month.

第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分25分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My mom has been and will always be my biggest inspiration. She is a single parent of eight, and I have no idea how she ___41___. Throughout the years, my mom has overcome many hardships which could easily ___42___ someone with little faith.

Even when doctors ___43___ if my little sister Jessica would live to see the age of 1, my mom never lost ___44___. After visiting many doctors, my mom ___45___ to bring her home and make the best of my sister’s life instead of receiving the same results from different hospitals.

Jessica’s numerous hospital visits surely ___46___ her, but my mom never showed signs of ___47___. Her strength helped Jessica through every ___48___ time. No matter how confused Jessica was, my mom always made her feel as if there was nothing to ___49___, which enabled Jessica to live the life of a___50___ child. She attended a public school, went to parties to dance around excitedly. We actually ___51___ that she was even sick.

___52___, things began to take a turn for the worse. The whole family were heartbroken. Once again, my mom found a way to ___53___ us all. She made it her job to let us know that she had an effective support system. She decided to ___54___ her job and attend to Jessica’s every need. Gradually, I noticed our faith grew stronger than anything. Now Jessica is 18 years old and is enjoying her college life.

My mom gets us to realize that no matter how ___55___ our trials may appear, we have an effective support system. We are a family that will always be there for one another.

41. A. failed B. survived C. succeeded D. developed

42. A. shame B. influence C. anger D. discourage

43. A. declared B. questioned C. mentioned D. asked

44. A. hope B. temper C. interest D. patience

45. A. refused B. threatened C. decided D. hesitated

46. A. upset B. destroyed C. satisfied D. relieved

47. A. fright B. curiosity C. weakness D. sympathy

48. A. ripe B. tough C. lonely D. precious

49. A. worry about B. rely on C. learn from D. show off

50. A. difficult B. super C. gifted D. common

51. A. forgot B. noticed C. discovered D. sensed

52. A. Hopefully B. Unluckily C. Generally D. Seriously

53. A. blame B. comfort C. unite D. smooth

54. A. offer B. finish C. continue D. quit

55. A. complete B. temporary C. unfair D. unbearable

第二节(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Youth Olympic Games are the youth version of the Olympic Games. Young athletes ____56____ (age) between 15 and 18 compete in a wide range of sports. The ____57____(major) of these sports are identical to those at the Olympics but other sports, such as wushu, ____58____(add) too. The Youth Olympic Games give talented teenagers a chance ____59____(connect) with fellow athletes from diverse backgrounds. The focus is ____60____ building bridges between different cultures, so there are competitions ____61____(feature) mixed teams, such as mixed swimming relays. In these competitions, both male and female athletes, sometimes of different nationalities, play side by side.

The first Youth Olympic Games ____62____(hold) in Singapore in 2010, and China ranked first in the medal table with 30 gold medals. In 2014, Nanjing had ____63____ honour of hosting the second Summer Youth Olympic Games. This was another great success and China ____64____(top) the medal table again.

People across the world applaud athletes _____65_____ try hard to achieve sporting excellence.

第四部分 写作(共三节，满分35分)

第一节(满分10分)

66. 假定你是李华，你在肯尼亚的笔友John擅长长跑，请你用英语给他写封邮件，邀请他来中国参加马拉松比赛。内容包括：

1. 你写信的目的；

2. John的优势；

3. 你能帮他做什么。

注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

参考词汇：肯尼亚Kenya  马拉松marathon

第二节(满分20分)

67. 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。

Growing up, my family always had cats—but by the time I got to college, I wanted one l could call my own. So, I visited Animal Home in Michigan, looking for the perfect cat.

There was a black kitten I nearly ignored. He was skinny and small and not even cute, but he stuck his paws through the cage, trying to play with me. He was clearly interested in me, so I asked to hug him. He curled up on my shoulder and began purring(发出咕噜声). Our connection was immediate. I adopted him, named him Adam, and brought him home.

Over the next 16 years, Adam and I were so close. He was gentle, sweet and playful. But one night last year, everything changed.

It was as if one day Adam was still acting like a kitten, and then the next day he was vomiting(呕吐)all the time and no longer acting like his usual self. He'd lost weight and I knew that he was sick. I took him to the vet(兽医)and the diagnosis was sad: stomach cancer. Worse yet, the vet thought he was too old for operation. All I could do was give him medicine to help make him more comfortable.

A month later, Adam got worse. I took him to the emergency vet, where they kept him overnight to administer fluids(输液). When I went to pick him up the next morning, on Christmas Eve, the vet said it was time to end his life. It was the best thing to do for him. With deep sorrow, I said goodbye to him.

Once I got back home, reality hurt me much. Usually, Adam was there to wait for me at the door. But he was gone, leaving an aching emptiness in my life and in my home. I suffered from huge pain. I told my husband I didn't want another cat.

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。

Few weeks later, my friend Amy who rescued homeless cats called me.

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After I brought the new cat home, my huge pain gradually disappeared.

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第三节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

68. Every four years, thousands of highly trained and talented athletes gather together in the spirit of friendship, ________ and fair play, ready to test their abilities against each other in the hope of being recognized as the best of the best. (根据课文内容填空)

69. ________, genome editing is one of the greatest inventions in the history of science. (根据课文内容填空)

70. To sum up，it is wise to read news reports written from various perspectives and at different stages，which brings us to a more______understanding of a situation. (根据句意填空)

71. In short, this technology is transforming the way we live. ______.(根据句意填空)

72. Though journalists ______ presenting the truth，it is better to use our own judgement than rely entirely on news reports. (根据句意填空)