2022南充阆中中学校高二下学期期中学习试题英语含解析

阆中中学校2022年春高2020级期中学习质量检测

英语试题

（满分：150分  时间：150分钟）

注意事项:

1、答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上;

2、回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后, 用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号,回答非选择题时. 将答案写在答题卡上,写在本试卷上无效.

3、考试结束后, 将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第一部分  听力(共两节,满分30分)

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。

1. What was the weather like during Jane's trip?

A. Rainy.                B. Windy.                C. Sunny.

2. When will the programme end?

A. In February.        B. In October.                C. In December.

3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Mother and son.        B. Doctor and patient.        C. Teacher and student.

4. How will the man go home?

A. By car.            B. By bus.                C. By subway.

5. What is the woman going to do?

A. Throw a party.        B. Do the cleaning.            C. Get some sleep.

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What is the man doing?

A. Booking a room.    B. Making a complaint.        C. Asking for directions.

7. What does the woman like best about their room?

A. The soft bed.        B. The large bathroom.        C. The good view.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why does Jason hesitate to take part in the competition?

A. He is not sure of himself.       

B. He is over the age limit.

C. He is tired of video games.

9. What does the woman advise Jason to do?

A. Print the competition rules.      

B. Check the competition rules.

C. Have a talk with the designers.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where are the speakers most probably?

A. At home.                B. In a travel agency.        C. In a museum.

11. What can people enjoy in the Reality Room?

A. Train exhibits.            B. Juicy tomatoes.            C. New York's scenery.

12. What is the man's attitude towards transgenic food?

A. Ambiguous.            B. Worried.                C. Approving.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where is Story Time held?

A. In the Children's Room.     B. In the Meeting Room.        C. In the Reference Room.

14. When does Family Movies take place now?

A. On Thursday.            B. On Saturday.            C. On Sunday.

15. What will the man probably do on Friday night?

A. Give a speech.            B. Listen to a lecture.        C. Read stories to children.

16. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Movie nights.            B. Library events.            C. Weekend activities.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where are the teachers in the English Summer Camps from?

A Canada.                B. Italy.                    C. America.

18. What activity is arranged during the trip to Canada?

A. Going to the green jungle.   

B. Visiting famous museums.

C Learning about some architecture.

19. How long does the trip to Italy last?

A. 7 days.                B. 10 days.                C. 20 days.

20. What is the aim of the English Summer Camps?

A. To speak English perfectly.   

B. To avoid making mistakes.

C. To learn English happily.

第二部分  阅读(共两节,满分50分)

第一节 (共15小题: 每小题25分, 满分37. 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

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Hardcover $17.99

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by Bob Goff

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What happens when we stop avoiding difficult people and simply love everyone? In his wildly entertaining and inspiring follow-up to the New York Times bestselling phenomenon Love Does, Bob Goff takes readers on a life-altering journey into the secret of living without fear, care, restriction, or worry.

1. If you want to become an effective leader, you can try ________.

A. How to Read a Book B. Everybody, Always

C. 12 Rules for Life D. A Higher Loyalty

2. What do we know about How to Read a Book?

A. It is written by Mortimer J. Adler.

B. It is completely the same as the original one.

C. It has been published since 1940.

D. There are many other books similar to it.

3. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. All the four books are paperbacks

B. Paperbacks are cheaper than hardbacks

C. Jordan B. Peterson is the former FBI director

D. Bob Goff is a journalist of the New York Times

B

Most of us have quite good memories, but our memories are limited. For example, we cannot remember everyone we have ever met or what we did on every single day of our lives. However, there are some people who do have prodigious memories. These people have a rare condition known as savant syndrome（学者症候群）. Savants suffer

from a developmental disorder, but they also exhibit great talents that contrast（显出差异）sharply with their physical and mental disabilities.

Kim Peek (1951-2009) was a savant who lived in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. He was born with damage to parts of his brain, but it seemed that other parts of his brain, particularly those relating to memory, became over-developed.

Peek’s unique abilities appeared at a very early age. When he was just 20 months old, he could already remember every book that was read to him. Peek could read two pages of a book at the same time-one page with the right eye and one with the left-in less than 10 seconds and remember everything he read. By the time he died, Peek had memorized more than 9,000 books. He could remember all the names and numbers in a variety of telephone books. He could remember thousands of facts about history, literature, geography and sports.

Dr. David Treffert, an expert on savant syndrome, once described Peek as “a living Google” because of his astonishing ability to memorize and connect facts. However, at the same time, Peek was unable to carry out simple tasks, such as brushing his hair or getting dressed, and he needed others to help him. In 1989, the movie Rain Man won the Oscar for best Picture. The main character in the movie, played by Dustin Hoffman, was based on Kim Peek's life. He started to appear on television, where he would amaze audiences by correctly answering difficult questions on different topics. Peek-became world famous, and he and his father began touring widely to talk about overcoming disabilities. He inspired a great many people with his words. “Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone in the way you want them to treat you, will make our world a better place for everyone.

Everyone is different.”

4. The underlined word “prodigious” in Paragraph 1 probably means ______.

A. happy B. clear.

C. amazing D. short

5. According to the text, Peek ______.

A. could take care of himself

B. was born with a good memory

C. was the student of Dr. David Treffert

D. became brain-damaged at 20 months old

6. How is Paragraph 3 mainly developed?

A. By giving facts. B. By following time order.

C. By explaining causes. D. By making comparisons.

7. Peek’s words suggest that we should ______.

A. respect different cultures B. listen to different opinions

C. treat different people differently D. respect others’ differences

C

Last year, my oldest son Matthew went off to college. Things at home were not as “busy” as they used to be. We still had our 15-year-old Gabriel with us, but we missed having Matthew around. My wife soon had a crazy idea.“Let's get a dog,”she told me. I wasn’t exactly thrilled with the idea, but agreed. I mean, what’s a better way to replace a kid that has gone off to college than to get a dog?

When we got to the animal shelter, it seemed like every dog was a pit bull (比特犬). I’d had many bad experiences with pit bulls as a child, so I didn’t want to take one of them home with me. While I walked along the rows and rows of cold metal cages, a dog caught my eye. He was scared, and looked like he'd given up on life. There was only one problem: he was a pit bull.

As he looked at me with his big, beautiful eyes, I could see into his soul. I could see how scared he was and that he just wanted a happy life. I couldn’t just walk away—I had to at least go over and look at him. I approached his cage, and he just sat there, looking at me. I stuck my finger through the hole in the cage and petted him on the head. I expected him to get mad, but he didn’t. I knew that this dog had never felt love before, and he was enjoying every bit of the love I could give him in that moment. Tears began to stream down my face because I felt everything that this poor creature was feeling right then. He just wanted to be loved; he just wanted a home and a family.

It’s been a year since we took the dog home, and our lives have been changed forever. Now, his favorite thing to do is give us kisses with his giant tongue every morning. He is always there to greet us when we come home with a huge smile. He’s shown us more love than any other living creature on Earth ever had before. And every time I look into his eyes, I see love, compassion and gratitude—things I never thought that a pit bull was capable of feeling.

8. How did the author react to his wife’s idea of getting a dog?

A. He became excited. B. He thought it was a bad idea.

C. He found it acceptable. D. It made him feel angry.

9. Why did the author adopt the pit bull in the end?

A. His wife liked the dog a lot.

B He found the dog was more active than the other dogs.

C. He found the dog was similar to one he used to own.

D. He found he could understand the dog’s feelings.

10. What was the author and his wife’s life like with the pit bull?

A. They lived a life full of love.

B. They found it hard to get along with him.

C. They missed having Matthew around even more.

D. They regretted adopting him.

11. What is the main purpose of the article?

A. To give advice on how to keep a pet.

B. To stress the benefits of keeping a pet.

C. To suggest people keep a pet of their own.

D. To share a warm story about adopting a pet.

D

Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

In the early years, these schools were much similar. Only young men went to colleges. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students left school, most of them became ministers or teachers.

In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard's law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history.

As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were all owed to choose the subjects that interested them.

Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with (涉及) special fields of learning. There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer it all.

12. The oldest university in the US is________．

A. Yale B. Harvard C. Princeton D. Columbia．

13. From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years，________．

A. those colleges and universities were the same．

B. people young or old, might study in the colleges．

C. students studied only some languages and science．

D. when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers．

14. As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach________．

A. everything that was known B. law and something about medicine．

C. many new subjects D. the subjects that interested students．

15. On the whole, the passage is about________．

A. how to start a university B. the world-famous colleges in America．

C. how colleges have changed D. what kind of lesson each college teaches．

第二节 (共5小题：每小题2分，满分10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。

Cold Weather Helps Your Body

We think of winter as cold and flu season, but the chilly temperatures have powerful biological upsides too.

Boosts your brain

___16___Studies have found that people perform some cognitive(认知的) tasks(such as making decisions) better when the temperature is cooler. Research has also shown that people less tend to tackle complex tasks in the summer than in the winter. The brain requires glucose(葡萄糖) to function, but the body uses more of it in warmer temperatures to keep the body cool. That leaves less available fuel for reasoning and remembering tasks.

Burns calories

When its cold, your body works harder to keep your core temperature, which is typically about 98.6 degrees.____17____So tie up your boot: A recent study of 53 people showed that participants burned 34 percent more calories when they hiked in 14- to 23 -degree temperatures than they did hiking on 50-degree days.

Encourages better sleep

Your body's core temperature drops when you're trying to sleep.This process can take up to two hours in the summer, but it's much faster in winter.___18___

Fights infections

Yes, you might get more colds during the winter. However, studies have shown that the immune(免疫的)system can be activated by colder temperatures, which improves our ability to fight infections. That said, the flu virus becomes stronger in cold, dry air, and time spent indoors increases your chance of infection.___19___

Strengthens your heart

In cold weather, the heart works harder to pump blood and keep the body's core temperature. That's a good thing .____20____Once you warm up, you may be able to go farther than when it's hot outside. But if you are at risk for heart disease, be careful when exercising outdoors in the cold; the extra stress can cause problems.

A. Any activity can leave your heart driving.

B. Plus, with darker mornings, you naturally sleep later.

C. Colder temperatures can help you think more clearly.

D. Exercising in the winter makes heart muscles stronger.

E. Storing up too much ordinary fat can endanger our health.

F. Our bodies use a large amount of energy to keep us warm.

G. To reduce risk, get your annual flu shot, wash your hands frequently.

第三部分  语言运用(共两节,满分30分)

第一节 (共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分)

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

When Heather McHugh, a poet, won a $500,000”genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation, she didn't buy a luxurious car or fly to Paris. ___21___, she put the money in the bank and ___22___ writing poems.

In 2015, she finally ___23___ what to do with it. That year, Heather's godson and his wife ___24___ their first child, a beautiful baby girl but severely disabled. “I saw how people's ___25___  can change overnight. I started thinking about people in a ___26___  situation,” says Heather.

She ___27___ there were millions of caregivers taking care of the chronically (慢性地) ill or disabled. So in 2012, Heather ___28___ a nonprofit organization offering a seven­ day vacation, with all ___29___ paid, to people who have been caregivers for at least ten years.

Tricia was one of the first caregivers to go on vacation. When Tricia got a call saying she was offered a ___30___ vacation, she couldn't ___31___ it; disbelief even ___32___ her concern about leaving her two kids.

Tricia went, and her favorite parts of the trip were to enjoy the ___33___ things. “I got to eat hot food hot and cold food cold. I could go to bed when I wanted to and wake up whenever I chose to,” says Tricia. She was afraid the ___34___would return when the ___35___ was over, but to her surprise, it hasn't been back since.

Heather says Tricia's ___36___ resembles those of the other ten caregivers she helps every year. “Before the vacation they are so ___37___, but the ___38___ is so amazing. They reflect and relax. It feels ___39___ like another world and gives them a chance to see their lives from another ___40___,” she adds.

21. A. However B. Therefore C. Instead D. Besides

22. A. continued B. quitted C. practiced D. started

23. A. thought over B. wondered C. talked about D. decided

24. A. held B. welcomed C. lost D. saved

25. A. feelings B. future C. lives D. routine

26. A. different B. similar C. worse D. better

27. A. discovered B. claimed C. admitted D. felt

28. A. donated B. found C. visited D. formed

29. A. taxes B. salary C. expenses D. rent

30. A. free B. caring C. short D. long

31. A. believe B. take C. refuse D. enjoy

32. A. woke B. defeated C. showed D. moved

33. A. wonderful B. delicious C. peaceful D. simple

34 A. heaviness B. pain C. sadness D. disbelief

35. A. entertainment B. dream C. vacation D. freedom

36. A. comment B. story C. surprise D. fortune

37. A. worried B. confused C. unexpected D. stressed

38. A. award B. change C. scenery D. accommodation

39. A. slightly B. interestingly C. magically D. mostly

40. A. place B. situation C. height D. angle

第二节 (共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分)

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,

John Keats, ____41____ lived from 1795 to 1821, was a well-known and talented English poet. Although he died early, he is one of the world’s most popular ____42____ (poet) of all time.

____43____ (bear) in London, Keats suffered a good deal of misfortune from a young age. His father died after ____44____ (fall) from a horse and his mother passed away from tuberculosis (结核病). Keats was only 15 years old at the time but he became the primary carer for his younger brother, Tom. ____45____ (sad), Tom also suffered from tuberculosis and died. Two years later, Keats was diagnosed (诊断) with tuberculosis. On his doctor’s advice, he moved from London to Italy ____46____ (receive) treatment. Unfortunately, he did not recover from the disease and died of tuberculosis in 1821.

Although John Keats died early, he ____47____ (leave) a large body of works. His poem called “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, written in 1819, is often considered to be one of the ____48____ (great) works in English literature.

Since his death, Keats has served____49____ a great inspiration to many writers. And his influence has even spread to ____50____ music world.

第四部分  写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

51. 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。每处错误仅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。

It is known that some students cheat in exams. It has three reason. First of all, there are too many exams. Beside, the exams given are difficulty in some way. Secondly, some students have to cheat in exams because of they are too lazy. The last reason is to please our parents and teachers. For some students, low marks brought them great pressure and make them depressing. In my opinion, cheating in exams are wrong. We should take active attitude to our studies, and try to get a mark what is true as well as good.

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

52. 假设你是李华，你的朋友John沉迷于抖音 (TikTok) 而不能自拔，写信向你寻求帮助，请你给他回一封电子邮件。内容包括：

1. 表示理解和关心；

2. 沉迷抖音的影响；

3. 提出具体建议。

要求：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear John,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua

听力答案：1-5 CCACB 6-10 BCABC 11-15 CBABB 16-20 BCAAC