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衢温“5+1”联盟2022学年第一学期高二期中联考
英语试题
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5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。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。
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Where does the woman want to go?
A. To a classroom. B. To a bookstore. C. To a gym.
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What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A city. B. A beach. C. The weather.
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How does the woman feel now?
A. Uncomfortable. B. Concerned. C. Pleased.
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What will the man do first?
A. See a movie. B. Have dinner with Lisa. C. Meet his mother.
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What does the man mean in the end?
A. He was unable to attend the game.
B. Nicole should have joined the game.
C. He needs to take care of his grandpa.
第二节(共5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. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Movies. B. Books. C. Actors.
7. Where probably are the speakers?
A. In the classroom. B. In the bookstore. C. In the cinema.
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. Why does the man plan to go to New York?
A. To be on business. B. To go sightseeing. C. To practice spoken English.
9. How does the man sound in the end?
A. Excited. B. Worried. C. Relaxed.
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. What does the woman think of white lies?
A They’re harmful. B. They’re beneficial. C. They’re useless.
11. Which white lie would the man tell his friend?
A. “I’m almost there.” B. “I’m almost finished.” C. “It isn’t that expensive.”
12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Fellow workers. B. Relatives. C. Friends.
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 is the weather probably like?
A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Snowy.
14. Where does the conversation take place?
A. By the lake. B. By the sea. C. By the river.
15. How did the woman deal with the fish she caught?
A. She cooked them. B. She put them back. C. She sold them.
16. How does the man feel about the woman?
A. Puzzled. B. Admiring. C. Grateful.
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. When was the museum founded?
A. In 2015. B. In 1993. C. In 1991.
18. When can visitors go to the museum?
A. At 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
B. At 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
C. At 9:00 a.m. on Monday.
19. What activities are for young people?
A. Chinese tea-themed activities.
B. Hands-on activities.
C. Free tea-culture lectures.
20. What does the speaker recommend in the end?
A. Tea art training. B. A place to eat. C. A tour guide.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Each year, Boston University proudly celebrates the very best in academics, innovation, and teaching through the awarding of University-wide honors and in our support of applicants for prestigious (有声望的) national scholarships. The following showcase the growing list of opportunities and resources Boston University makes available to students to assist them in research, scholarship and their continued pursuit of excellence.
Harold C. Case scholarship
The Harold C. Case scholarship is offered to outstanding Boston University juniors for support of their senior year. Case scholarships recognize scholarly achievements as well as extracurricular activities that contribute to the University.
Scholarship recipients (领受者) receive between $1,000 and full tuition depending on financial need. Funds can only be applied to undergraduate study. In most application cycles 10-12 recipients are selected.
Dean Elsbeth Melville scholarship
The Dean Elsbeth Melille scholarship was established in 1978 to honor Dean Melville’s “splendid and varied contribution” to the education and lives of women at Boston University. Only two scholarships are awarded each year to top-ranked women in the junior class.
Scholarship recipients receive a minimum of $1,000 depending on financial need. Funds can only be applied to undergraduate study.
Clare Boothe Luce undergraduate scholarships
The Clare Boothe Luce program of the Henry Luce Foundation supports a limited number of Undergraduate Scholarships for women students in the fields of the physical and life sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computer science.
Provost’s scholars award
The Provost’s scholars awards celebrate the achievements of students who have demonstrated their willingness in their first two years of college to stretch themselves intellectually (智力上), to push beyond what they already know they can do, to take significant risks by pursuing the unknown and unpredictable - in short, to demonstrate the spirit of a true scholar at a research university.
Up to 20 awards are given per year, each carrying $1000 of funding for research/creative activity expenses such as travel to conferences and archives (档案馆) or for research-related equipment and supplies.
21. What do the Harold C. Case scholarship and the Dean Elsbeth Melville scholarship have in common?
A. Both are in honor of outstanding women.
B. Both can only be applied to undergraduate study.
C. Both are offered to 10-12 recipients each year.
D. Both carry a maximum of $1,000 of funding.
22. Which of the following scholarships is specifically for female students studying engineering?
A. Dean Elsbeth Melville scholarship.
B. Clare Boothe Luce undergraduate scholarships.
C. Provost’s scholars award.
D. Harold C. Case scholarship.
23. What can Provost’s scholars award winners do with the funding?
A. Buy research-related supplies. B. Travel to scenic spots.
C. Build archives. D. Pay tuition fees.
B
I stare at the row of jars filled with my parents’ homemade tomato sauce. Every time I wonder: “Should I really use one?” I have been saving these jars like precious treasures. No matter how hard I try to find something instead, nothing compares. Store-bought sauces? It just doesn’t taste right. It doesn’t taste like home.
During the tomato season, all my family were a lot busier than usual. My parents would use the basement as an area for letting the tomatoes they had collected locally ripen. Like the other Italian families in the area, we would then take them to the garage when they were ripe enough. There they were cleaned and boiled. Once stewed (炖), whole tomatoes were passed through my father’s homemade machine used to separate the sauce from the skins. Jars at the ready, we filled them with sauce and seasoning. They would then be lined up and ready to use.
My parents would make more than just sauce every fall. I loved it when they would season all the pork sausage. We would fry the meat, tasting it before making the separate sausages. My parents expertly hand-tied the sausages while I would poke (戳) them all over. These were my family’s traditions.
These traditions were hard to maintain when my father got ill. After being diagnosed with cancer in 2019, he spent most of his time in hospital. In September that year he came home, on the same weekend we decided to continue the tradition. I have glorious (美好的) memories of that day as they once again made the sauce. It was a beautiful but short-lived moment. My father died soon after.
Every time I go to reach for one of the jars, something stops me. My mother, ever practical, was visiting us recently and just stared at them. “You should use these or they will go to waste.”
What will it feel like to use that last jar? It would mean the end of an era (时代). Who knows? Maybe it’s time to bring new traditions to life.
24. Why does the author attach so great importance to the jars containing the tomato sauce?
A. The recipe is unique. B. The sauce is delicious.
C. It reminds him of home. D. It took great patience to make it.
25. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A. The time spent making tomato sauce.
B. The differences between homemade and store-bought sauces.
C. The rules of selecting tomatoes to make sauce.
D. The procedure for making tomato sauce.
26. What is the author’s mother like?
A. Kind. B. Polite. C. Enthusiastic. D. Down-to-earth.
27. What is the purpose of writing the passage?
A. To recall his family traditions of the past. B. To show his respect for his late father.
C. To introduce his family traditions. D. To complain about his tough past experience.
C
Making a deer out of paper without cutting or using glue sounds impossible. But for Du Jialei, paper can be folded into anything. There is no limit to his imagination.
Du, 23, an architecture major from Shanghai University, won third place at the ninth International Origami Internet Olympiad (IOIO, 国际折纸奥林匹克). Founded by Russian origami master Andrey Elmakov in 2011, the event is seen as the ultimate (最终的) challenge to prove their origami skills.
“I was very excited. But it is a pity that I was edged out by a narrow margin of 0.4 points,” Du said.
Du discovered his interest in folding paper in his childhood. It was when Du went to college in 2017 that he had enough time to take the hobby seriously. He learned folding online, and later he copied patterns from books. He spent almost three years improving his basic skills by making copies of other artists’ designs before making his own original creations.
As a minor art form in China, the public may have a bias (偏见) against it, Du said. “I felt misunderstood as people around me thought that I was wasting time on an easy and simple thing,” he added. But actually, folding paper is not easy at all. “It is an art requiring a lot of theoretical knowledge including geometry (几何学) and materials science,” Du said.
In the competition, Du completed an original artwork, which scored the highest among all of his 14 works. He added a nautilus (鹦鹉螺) and a sailing ship, which respectively (分别) represent the concepts (观念) of creativity and trying for something.
For Du, folding paper developed his ability to pay attention to both the bigger picture and the details. In his mentor (导师)’s eyes, Du is a logical young man. “More importantly, he is creative as he has been challenging himself to make original works,” said Pei.
28. Which of the following can you learn from the passage?
A. A nautilus represents the concepts of creativity.
B. Du can’t make a deer out of paper only with his hands.
C. Du felt extremely satisfied about the result of the competition.
D The original artwork earned the highest scores among all the participants’ works.
29. Which is right about origami from the text?
A. It originated from Russia. B. The IOIO started in 2017.
C. It combines science and art. D. It’s a popular art form in China.
30. How did Du improve his basic origami skills?
A. He kept making his own original works.
B. He watched a TV program about origami.
C. He took a relevant optional course in college.
D. He practiced copying other artists’ designs.
31. What benefits Du by folding paper?
A. It deepens his love for architecture.
B. It allows him to make many new friends.
C. It helps improve his academic performance.
D. It improves his ability to consider more carefully.
D
The movie Moonfall follows the story of a mysterious force knocking the moon from its orbit. Although it’s just a Hollywood movie, is there any fact behind the fiction (虚构的事)? Would it be possible to change the moon’s orbit around Earth?
One way for the orbit of an object in space to change would be if it were hit by another object.
This risk is one area of focus for NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). CNEOS identifies and tracks near-Earth objects (NEOs), such as asteroids (小行星) and comets (彗星). They then determine whether the object creates a threat to Earth, the moon, or other neighbors.
Size is a significant factor when determining the risk created by an object from space. If the impact of an asteroid could affect the moon’s orbit, the asteroid “would have to be at least as big as the moon itself”, Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s NEO office, told Live Science.
Due to the size of the moon, “it would have to be a huge object that would have to hit it at high speed”, he added. Because of the incredibly low chance of an object the size of the moon wandering into our solar system, it can therefore be determined that the chance of the moon’s orbit changing enough for it to hit Earth is minuscule.
Viewers of the night sky are convinced that the moon isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. However, although it’s unlikely to ever hit our planet, the moon still has an impact on life on Earth. A study from NASA states that the moon’s orbit is likely to begin “wobbling (摇晃)” sometime in the 2030s. This is a natural event that occurs every 18 years.
This period will see tides (潮汐) around the world “amplified (放大): High tides get higher, and low tides get lower”, which creates a risk to coastal cities around the globe, according to NASA.
32. What do we know about NEOs from the text?
A. Some of them create the risk of impact. B. They are objects in orbit around Earth.
C. They are at least as large as the moon. D. They are asteroids in the solar system.
33. What can we learn from paragraph 4 and 5?
A. There is no chance of the moon hitting Earth.
B. many objects larger than the moon are wandering into our solar system.
C. High speed is vital factor determining the danger from an object from space.
D. Size plays a small role when judging the threat from an object from space.
34. What does the underlined word “minuscule” most probably mean in paragraph 6?
A. Tiny. B. Dangerous. C. Difficult. D. Unpredictable.
35. What does the article mainly discuss?
A. The moon’s impact on life on Earth. B. The possibility of the moon hitting Earth.
C. Possible ways to change the moon’s orbit. D. The potential dangers of near Earth objects.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。
Have you ever dreamed of traveling to space? With many developments in space travel, you may soon be able to book a ticket.
The International Space Station (ISS) welcomed the first all-private team of astronauts on April 9. The four-man team made a flight hailed by NASA as a milestone (里程碑) in commercial spaceflight. ____36____. Let’s take a look.
Fly me to the moon
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, 46, has invited eight members of the public to join him for a trip around the moon with the help of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company. ____37____. Finally it will spend three days returning. In addition to its historic first as a private lunar (月球) mission, the rocket’s flight path means it will go beyond the distance traveled by the US Apollo missions. The mission, called DearMoon, is scheduled for 2023.
Living in space hotel
Instead of squeezing (挤) into a space cabin (太空舱), how about enjoying your time in a hotel? ____38____. It is expected to have restaurants, cinemas and rooms for up to 400 guests. Developed by a US company, the space station will be a large circular (圆形的) structure. ____39____. It is similar to the gravity found on the surface of the moon.
Short space trip
While some people may like to stay in space for a long time, others may prefer to simply have a taste. Tickets for a 90-minute journey have been on sale to the public since Feb 16. ____40____. The commercial tourist flights with a private space tourism company are arranged later this year.
A. The short space trip has appealed to some people.
B. It will climb to reach the edge of the atmosphere.
C. There are also many other space travel choices available.
D. It will rotate (旋转) to create artificial gravity.
E. The mission will take three days to fly to the moon and then orbit.
F. The world’s first space hotel is due to start construction in 2025.
G. The mission will enjoy the views of Earth.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30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。
It was June 14 and the last day of middle school had arrived. The ____41____ in the halls was full of excitement as the students ran around the school ____42____ forward to the final bell so they could celebrate the arrival of summer vacation. As I cleaned out my drawers, I ____43____ a student’s past homework assignment dating all the ____44____ back to 1964, long before I became a teacher. The ____45____ yellow paper had been wedged (塞入) behind two drawers, yet it was in perfect shape.
Looking into my ____46____, you could see about two dozen boxes and bins inside. The 22-million-dollar renovation (翻新) was only days away from starting and we were instructed (告知) that everything must ____47____.
My family, ____48____ newborn baby Summer, had arrived that day and the students were ____49____ to meet her. Upon their arrival, ____50____ spread quickly that my daughter was here. The joy surrounding Summer was ____51____. What is it about a baby that draws people together? Magical ____52____ were happening and I was capturing (捕捉) as many of them as I could.
The day before, I held a party for the students. I knew that this would be the last farewell (告别) party in my classroom of 19 years and the last time I would see all of these students together. ____53____, the feelings were bittersweet (苦乐参半的). I ____54____ when they were all in middle school and would visit me on my birthday, and they made it an annual tradition.
I will ____55____ these moments for the rest of my life
41. A. property B. atmosphere C. routine D. preference
42. A. moving B. taking C. heading D. looking
43. A. counted B. encountered C. valued D. evaluated
44. A. means B. method C. way D. measure
45. A. faded B. efficient C. academic D. available
46. A. party B. school C. classroom D. drawer
47. A. walk B. go C. make D. work
48. A. inferring B. founding C. preparing D. including
49. A. unfortunate B. uncomfortable C. sorry D. excited
50. A. word B. idea C. wind D. voice
51. A. uncertain B. unclear C. apparent D. abnormal
52. A. moments B. memories C. consequences D. circumstances
53. A. In no case B. As a result C. By no means D. To sum up
54. A. thought of B. thought over C. thought back to D. thought highly of
55. A. treasure B. obtain C. conclude D. accompany
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Having an identity card on hand is a must for many situations in China. We need it when we take a train, do business in a bank or check ____56____ at a hotel. If we forget to take our ID cards or lose them, it would be inconvenient.
But soon, people ____57____ (get) digital ID cards and will only need to access them through their smartphones. China’s government will introduce a digital version of the national ID cards this year, ____58____ is to better meet the basic living needs of more than 100 million people living away from their home provinces. They have to go to school or work in ____59____ (place) far from their homes. Sometimes, to prove that “I am who I am”, they have to run back and forth across provinces ____60____ (provide) IDs on the spot. It is ____61____ waste of time, money and manpower. Digital ID cards will allow relevant information to be accessed by a simple scan with a smartphone.
____62____ (follow) the fast development of information technologies, including cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence, the increased digitization of licenses (证件) and certificates (证明) ____63____ (be) a common theme in recent years. Digital driving licenses have been promoted across the country since December 2021.
To address data security, measures including monitoring, defense and proper handling of cybersecurity risks and threats from both home and overseas will be carried out, ____64____ key information systems will come under the country’s special protection. China will also need to revise (修改) its Resident Identity Card Law to make using digital IDs _____65_____ (legal) practicable.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 假定你是学生李华，你们班级上周六去敬老院(nursing home)陪老人们过重阳节(the Double Ninth Festival)，请你给校刊写一篇英文报道，介绍活动的过程，内容如下：
1. 活动时间与地点；
2. 活动的内容；
3. 你自己的感受。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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第二节(满分25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。
Into the Night
There was no one on the streets, not even a police car. When you don’t even see a police car, you know it’s bad out there. It was a Sunday night in February 1978. I was on my way to the night duty with ambulance, and the snow was really coming down.
When I got to the workplace at 6:25 P.M. my partner, Joe, arrived a few minutes later, and the other workers went home.
The call came in at 7:20 P.M. It was said that at the Children Hospital, there was a baby called Jack with a healthy heart but near death. In Hamilton was another very sick baby named Mary who was waiting for a heart transplant (移植). If we could get Mary to the Children Hospital in time, Jack’s parents were ready to stop his life support and the doctors would be able to use his heart to save Mary’s life.
The dispatcher (调度员) was looking for volunteers to pick up a nurse, a doctor and Mary from Hamilton, and took them to the Children Hospital where Jack was dying. The problem was this heavy snowstorm. All of southern region was almost shut down, and nothing was moving anywhere. So they were asking for volunteers. The driving conditions were so bad that to accept the task was a challenge. But, with our help that night, although one baby would die, the other one might live. That was the deal.
When I explained the situation to my partner, he just looked at me. And I said to the dispatcher, “Okay, we’re going. Let’s move now.”
With great efforts, we finally entered the medical centre in Hamilton. After they got on our ambulance, we headed toward the Children Hospital. Time was precious.
Faced with strong winds, we inched our way along the road, feeling like we were flying a plane in the middle of a fog—sometimes we couldn’t see anything. We slowly made our way under such driving conditions.
Suddenly, they realized how to arrive there in time became urgent (急迫).
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Joe and I both looked at each other with a broad smile.
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衢温“5+1”联盟2022学年第一学期高二期中联考
英语试题
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5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。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题答案】
【答案】B
【2题答案】
【答案】C
【3题答案】
【答案】A
【4题答案】
【答案】C
【5题答案】
【答案】B
第二节(共5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。
【6~7题答案】
【答案】6. B 7. A
【8~9题答案】
【答案】8. C 9. B
【10~12题答案】
【答案】10. A 11. A 12. C
【13~16题答案】
【答案】13. A 14. C 15. B 16. A
【17~20题答案】
【答案】17. C 18. A 19. C 20. B
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
【21~23题答案】
【答案】21. B 22. B 23. A
B
【24~27题答案】
【答案】24. C 25. D 26. D 27. A
C
【28~31题答案】
【答案】28. A 29. C 30. D 31. D
D
【32~35题答案】
【答案】32. A 33. C 34. A 35. B
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。
【36~40题答案】
【答案】36. C 37. E 38. F 39. D 40. A
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30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。
【41~55题答案】
【答案】41. B 42. D 43. B 44. C 45. A 46. C 47. B 48. D 49. D 50. A 51. C 52. A 53. B 54. C 55. A
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
【56~65题答案】
【答案】56. in 57. will get
58. which 59. places
60. to provide
61. a 62. Following
63. has been
64. and 65. legally
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
【66题答案】
【答案】 Last Saturday, our class visited a nearby nursing home for the Double Ninth Festival, which is of great significance in Chinese culture.
The Double Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, aiming to arouse our awareness of respecting the elderly. On that day, we brought necessary materials to make dumplings and cakes for people there. Besides, to make them happy, we gave performances, such as singing, dancing, and so on. Seeing their satisfied smile, we felt proud. Not only did we show warmth, but also we received happiness.
It is such a meaningful activity that we are all looking forward to the next visit.
第二节(满分25分)
【67题答案】
【答案】One Possible Version:
Suddenly, we realized how to reach there in time became urgent (急迫的). We were burning more fuel than usual because of our slow speed and the bad conditions. Joe and I were both watching the fuel level and not saying a word. We would likely use up fuel. We had to go for the hospital. I called the dispatcher for help. To our surprise, she told us that a police car was available and we could expect it on the way. So, we put on our full emergency lights. Under their escort (护送), we continued our way confidently. Eventually, we stopped right in front of the doors.
Joe and I both looked at each other with a broad smile. We shut off our lights, our engine—everything. It was now nearly five A.M. The whole trip took much longer than usual. We called the dispatcher to say we had successfully completed our mission. We later learned the surgery was a success, and one set of parents that day had cause to celebrate life. We were totally tired, but also happy, knowing that because of our efforts, a baby had lived. When I got home later that morning, I dropped into bed exhausted—but fell asleep feeling good about myself, and my life.