广东省中山市2021-2022学年高二上学期期末考试英语含答案

中山市高二年级2021-2022学年度第一学期期末统一考试

英语科试卷

本试卷共8页，三部分，满分120分。考试用时120分钟。

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第一部分阅读（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）

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Ways to tour Los Angeles

         Hollywood and Celebrity Homes Bus Tour

First-time Hollywood visitors can hit all the top sights without worrying about the city’s traffic and parking by hopping on an open-air bus tour. In addition to top attractions, a guide points out celebrity homes you might miss if traveling on your own.

Duration: 2h

$94.00 per adult. Mobile ticket accepted

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

         Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood

Explore where Hollywood is made. Go behind the lens and discover the secrets of movie-making magic. Our Studio Tour brings you closer than ever to the entertainment you love. You’ll explore one of the busiest working studios in Los Angeles, with your host, one of our expert Tour Guides.

Duration: 2-3h

$69.00 per adult. Mobile tickets accepted

For a full refund, cancel at least 12 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

         Shared 3 Hours Los Angeles VIP Tour

This is not your usual tour. In contrast, it is specially made for Los Angeles culture and history. By the end of this tour, you will have all the “Must Have” LA pictures, make friends with LA locals, and have a very big smile on your face!

Duration: 3h

$49.00 per adult. Mobile tickets accepted

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

         Grand City Tour of Los Angeles

Discover the best that the city has to offer on our guided Grand city Tour of Los Angeles! For over 31 years, we've helped families and special-need tourists to see iconic sights like the Hollywood Sign and Rodeo Drive from the comfort of a private minibus driven by our friendly, experienced tour guides.

Duration: 5h

$79.00 per adult. Free for kids under parental supervision.

For a full refund, cancel at least 48 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

1.Which tour would you pick if you get to know stuff behind the screens?

A.Hollywood and Celebrity Homes Bus Tour.

B.Shared 3 Hours Los Angeles VIP Tour.

C.Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood.

D.Grand City Tour of Los Angeles.

2.What would the guide do on Hollywood and Celebrity Homes Bus Tour?

A.Appreciate top magic show with you.

B.Locate famous actors' residences for you.

C.Drive you around personally.

D.Introduce you to the locals.

3.What can you do during Grand City Tour of Los Angeles?

A.Enjoy a private service.     B.Have an open-air bus tour.

C.Get close to the local culture.    D.Deal with personal needs quickly.

B

China launched a spacecraft bound for its unfinished space station just past midnight Saturday local time. On board were three astronauts — including the first woman to visit the station.

The Shenzhou-13 spacecraft took off from the Gobi Desert in northern China. Zhai Zhigang, who was chosen as mission commander for the six-month trip, graduated from China's first group of astronaut trainees in the 1990s. Selected from more than 1,500 potential astronaut candidates in 1998, Zhai, once a fighter pilot in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, eventually conducted China's first spacewalk. “After 13 years, I am going to set out for outer space again,” Zhai said to reporters. “I feel excited. I feel inspired. I also feel some pressure.” Wang Yaping, 41, is the first female astronaut to visit the Chinese station and the second Chinese woman to enter space.

China has spent a decade working to develop technologies for a space station. Construction of the nation’s first permanent space station, Tiangong, started in April. It is planned to include three elements. One, called Tianhe or “Heavenly Harmony,” is just bigger than a city bus and serves as the main living district. Eleven missions will be needed to fully supply and complete the station.

The six-month trip marks another step in the nation's rapidly advancing space program.

Three Chinese astronauts returned in September from a successful 90-day visit to the station, spending their time checking Tianhe's life-support system and going on spacewalks.

“We will definitely encounter physical and psychological problems, as well as problems related to the equipment and facility,” Zhai told reporters Thursday. “Whether we can complete this flight mission well depends on our team, our firm will and the fighting spirit of our three crew members.” He added that the crew's two years of training together gives them the "]”power and wisdom” to resolve all difficulties.

Ahead of the launch, Beijing renewed a commitment to cooperate with the international peaceful use of spare Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian described sending people to space as a “common cause of mankind.” Zhao said China would “continue to extend the depth and breath of international cooperation and exchanges” in spaceflight and “make positive contributions to the exploration of the mysteries of the universe.”

4.Who is the first Chinese to walk In space?

A.Wang Yaping.   B.Zhao Lijian.   C.Yang Liwei.  D.Zhai Zhigang.

5.What did the astronautsmainlydoduring the 90-day visit to the station?

A.Developed technologies for the construction of Tiangong.

B.Started the missions for the other two parts of Tiangong.

C.Walked out of Tianhe to supply with the international astronauts.

D.Evaluated the system that helps maintain life in Tianhe.

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

A.The successful launch for the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft.

B.The commitment of international cooperation and exchanges.

C.China's expectation and outlook for exploration of the universe.

D.The great importance of space exploration for China and the world.

7.Which of the following words can best describe the crew?

A.Enthusiastic and ambitious.     B.Strong-willed and intelligent.

C.Cautious and generous.     D.Creative and interactive.

C

A librarian in Indonesia's Java island is lending books to children in exchange for trash to clean up the environment and get the kids to read more.

Each weekday Raden Roro Hendarti rides her three wheeler with books stacked up at the back for children in Muntang village to exchange for plastic cups, bags and other waste that she carries back.

She told Reuters the is helping promote reading in the kids as well make them aware of the environment. As soon as she shows up, little children, many accompanied by their mothers, surround her “Trash Library” and shout for the books. They are all carrying trash bags and Raden's three-wheeler quickly fills up with them as the books fly out. She's happy the kids are going to spend less time on online games as a result.

“Let us build a culture of literacy from young age to lessen the harm of the online world,” Raden said. “We should also take care of our waste in order to fight climate change and to save the earth from trash,” Raden said. She collects about 100 kg of waste each week, which is then sorted out by her colleagues and sent for recycling or sold. She has a stock of 6,000 books to lend and wants to take the mobile service to neighboring areas as well.

Kevin Alamsyah, an 11-year-old book lover, search for waste lying in the village. “When there is too much trash, our environment will become dirty and it's not healthy. That's why I look for trash to borrow a book,” he says.

Jiah Palupi, the head of the main public library in the area, said Raden's work strengthened their efforts in a novel way to battle online gaming addiction among the youth and promote reading.

The literacy rate for above-15-year-olds in Indonesia is around 96 percent, but a September report by the World Bank warned that the pandemic will leave more than 80% of 15-year-olds below the minimum reading proficiency (阅读水平) level identified by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

8.What can we know about the “trash library”?

A.It is much welcomed by kids and their parents.

B.It mainly lend books about environment to kids.

C.Kids can buy books from it by donating collected trash.

D.It is a special library built with plastics and other waste.

9.What does the underlined word “novel” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A.Dramatic.    B.Interesting.   C.Creative.  D.Strange.

10.What can we infer from the passage?

A.Indonesia’s environmental situation is worrying.

B.People in Indonesia has a very low literacy rate.

C.The trash library has been introduced to many other cities.

D.The pandemic has a negative effect on teenagers’ reading.

11.What is the best title of this passage?

A.Trash for Books.       B.A Great Librarian.

C.Reading for Literacy.      D.More Reading, Less Online Games.

D

Many are familiar with the potentially deadly danger caused by lightning, which is blamed for an average of 43 deaths in the United States each year, based on data from 1989 to 2018. However, the researchers recently uncovered a surprising and beneficial impact of lighting.

Published at the end of April in Science, the new study found that lightning may play a bigger role in global climate change than what was previously known by the  scientific community, “Lightning increases the atmosphere's ability to clean itself,” the researchers wrote in the study.

The study, which included efforts from nine atmospheric experts across a dozen universities and meteorological agencies, was based on an airborne research flight conducted by a NASADC-8 storm-chasing plane in 2012. The plane used to examine the top part of the top part of thunderstorm clouds, which are known as anvils (砧状云).

According to Dr.William Brune, a professor of meteorology and atmospheric sciences at Pennsylvania State University and co-author of the study, researchers initially thought there was a problem with the equipment on the plane, which was being used to measure the hydroxyl radicals（羟基自由基）in the atmosphere. But soon they realized the sharp increase they observed came along with lightning flashes.

Hydroxyl radicals, described as a “chemical cleaner” by Science Direct, are important chemical compounds (化合物) found in the atmosphere due to the reactive nature with other organic molecules (有机分子).

Researchers previously understood that lightning could help to clean the atmosphere, but there was no evidence that it could produce compounds like these radicals. As a result, the study estimates that somewhere between 2% and 16% of the cleaning that happens naturally in the Earth's atmosphere, is done by lightning.

Why is this significant? The existence of the hydroxyl radicals helps to reduce chemicals like carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere. These chemicals, known for greenhouse gases, have been proven to contribute to rising temperatures associated with climate change.

12.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A.Lightning can cause something surprising.

B.Many people feel scared when meeting lightening.

C.Lightning in the United States is more dangerous.

D.Few people know the positive influence of lightning.

13. Which of the statements is true about the study?

A.The research lasted about 30 years.

B.Several experts contributed to the study.

C.Equipment on storm-chasing plane once failed.

D.Its finding is the first to show lightning can clean atmosphere.

14.Why can lightning help clean atmosphere according to the study?

A.It can bring about hydroxyl radicals.

B.It can produce carbon dioxide and methane.

C.It happens on the top of thunderstorm clouds.

D.It can clean up more than half of pollution in the atmosphere.

15.What is the purpose of the passage?

A.To explain the process of lightning.

B.To tell us a new study about lightning.

C.To tell us lightning is not as dangerous as we think.

D.To tell us researchers find a solution to greenhouse effect.

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自处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Visitors to my home are often curious about the fact that my kids share a room. “How do you make it?” they ask, as if seeing some children in the same sleeping space is impossible.    16   I will share my practical tips below.

Set the sleepy environment.This applies to any child’s bedroom, but it’s particularly important to set bedtime when you've got multiple little ones sharing a space.    17    Get a white noise machine.

   18   Regularity is key when putting young kids to bed in the same space. If they are close in ago, do it at the same time. We put all our children to bed by 7 p.m.. And we also wake them up at 7 a.m..

Some noise is OK.   19    They will need reminders not to care about it, to stay in bed, to settle down, and go to sleep. This is normal. Kids do wake up sometimes when babies cry, although I'm always amazed at how much they can sleep through once they are used to it.

Buy the right furniture. Invest in good space-saving furniture, like beds with drawers.    20    Try to keep the room dedicatedforsleeping. Thiswillmaketheroomfeellesscramped, which — at least for me — makes having multiple kids in the same place feel more manageable.

A.Stick to the schedule.

B.How do l make it work?

C.Keep toys to a minimum.

D.Again, regularity is key to success.

E.Kids in a shared room will make noise.

F.Use darkening curtains on the window and a closed door.

G.If your baby has trouble settling at bedtime, you can start the night in another room.

第二部分语言运用（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自处的最佳选项。

At thirteen, I was diagnosed (诊断) with a kind of attention disorder. It made school    21    for me. In my first    22    class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I    23    my hand right away and said, “Mrs.Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.” she glanced down at me through her    24   , “You are no different from your classmates, young man.”

Not finishing the    25    when the bell rang, I had to    26    it home. In the    27    of my bedroom, the story    28    all became cleat to me! Louis Braille lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much    29   . But Louis didn't give up. Instead, he    30    a reading system of raised dots, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

Wasn't I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “   31   ” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to    32   . I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no    33    from other; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?

I didn't    34    anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs.Smith, so it was quite a    35    when it came back to me the next day — with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words: “See what you can do when you keep trying?”

21.A. common B. difficult C. violent D.cruel

22.A. grammar B. spelling C. history D. literature

23.A. hid B. raised C. rubbed D. washed

24.A. fingers B. papers C. glasses D. seat

25.A. writing B. speaking C. listening D. reading

26.A. put B. drive C. drag D. take

27.A. blindness B. calmness C.quietness D. brightness

28.A. suddenly B. wildly C. certainly D. naturally

29.A. education B. aid C. sympathy D. respect

30.A. bought B. discovered C. searched D. invented

31.A. sighted B. confident C. talented D. intelligent

32.A. sing B. dance C. walk D. rest

33.A. qualification B. inspiration C. isolation D. difference

34.A. consider B. evaluate C. expect D. express

35.A. surprise B. reminder C. danger D. challenge

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个适当的单词成括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese calligraphy (书法) has great value which is considered very high in China even across East Asia today. It is not only an ancient artistic form of human language,    36    it reflects Chinese traditions. So, learning Chinese calligraphy    37   (list) as one of the must-do things when I came to China.

As a man    38    paints, draws, and loves all creative things, at first, I assumed I would be rather good at Chinese calligraphy. I was    39   (total) wrong. Using thick brush tips to produce awkward brush strokes (笔画)    40   (be) very challenging for a beginner. I have no idea about the different types of calligraphy and the different    41   (meaning) hidden behind each one. Also, I have to hold the paintbrush in a very specific way:    42    a pen or pencil, the paintbrush should be held upright in the hand. I need to be careful when    43    (change) the angle or direction of the brush, especially if I press too hard on the paper.

After taking the lesson, I now understand the difficulty of calligraphy and that it will take efforts and commitment    44   (master) this art form. Yet, I am grateful to learn such    45    unique Chinese tradition.

第三部分写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

假定你是李华，你班来自英国的交换生Jim即将结束学习回国，请你用英文写一封邮件他。内容包括：

1．感谢他对你英语学习的帮助：

2．深感不舍并为他购买了一些中国折扇(folding fan)作为礼物。

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。

第二节（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。

I was about 13. My father frequently took me on short outings on Saturdays. Sometimes we went to a park, or to a marina (码头) to look at boats. My favorites were trips to junk stores，where we could admire old electronic stuff. Once in a while we would buy something for 50 cents just to take it apart.

On the way home from these trips, Dad frequently stopped at the Dairy Queen for l0cent ice cream cones. Not every single time: just often enough. I couldn't expect it, but I could hope and pray from the time we started heading home to that critical corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or turn and go home empty handed. That corner meant either mouthwatering excitement or disappointment.

A few times my father teased me by going home the long way. “I'm just going this wry for variety.” he would say, as we drove by the Dairy Queen without stopping. It was a game, and I was well fed, so we’re not talking torture (折磨) here.

On the best days he would ask, in a tone that made it sound novel and spontaneous, “Would you like an ice cream cone?” and I would say, “That sounds great, Dad!” I’d always have chocolate and he’d have vanilla. He would hand me 20 cents and I would run in to buy the usual. We'd eat them in the car. I loved my dad and I loved ice cream — so that was heaven.

On one fateful day, we were heading home, and I was hoping and praying for the beautiful sound of his offer. It came. “Would you like an ice cream cone today?” “That sounds great, Dad!”

注意：

1．续写调数应为150左右：

2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

中山市高二年级2021－2022学年度第一学期期末统一考试

英语参考答案

第一部分阅读（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）

1-3CBA      4-7  DDCB      8-11  ACDA   12-15  DBAB

第二节  （共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）

16-20  BFAEC

第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节  （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

21-25 BDBCD          26-30 DCAAD      31-35 ABDCA

第二节  （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

36. but   37. was listed  38. who / that  39. totally  40. is

41. meanings 42. unlike  43. changing 44. to master  45. a

【注：单词拼写、大小写未区分不给分】

第三部分写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节  （满分15分）

Dear Jim,

It’s really a pity that you will leave us and go back to your country. And here, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to you for your help with my English study over these months. With your patient help, my English has improved a lot, especially my spoken English. What's more, you told me much about the culture and history of UK, which made me have a better understanding of your country.

To express my sincere thanks, I have bought some folding fans as farewell gifts. A foldingfan or “shanzi” in Chinese, is a typical craftsmanship of the traditional Chinese culture. Hopefully, you will like them. And you can send them as gifts to your family and relatives too.

Wish you a good journey back home!

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节  （满分25分）

But then he said, “It sounds good to me too, Son. How would you like to treat today?” Twenty cents! I felt dizzy. I could afford it. But saving money was important. And when it was my money, ice cream just wasn't a good use of it. Why didn't it occur to me that this was a golden opportunity to give something back to my very generous father who had bought me 50 ice cream cones? But all I could think was “20 cents!” In a fit of selfish, miserly ingratitude, I said the awful words that have rung in my ears ever since. “Well, in that case, I guess I'll pass.”

My father just said, “Okay, Son.” But as we turned to head home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to turn back. I felt awful for my selfishness and ungratefulness. He didn’t mention it, or even act disappointed. But I don't think he could have done anything to make a deeper impression on me. I learned that generosity goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs a little more than “thank you.” We went on another trip the next week, and as we approached the crucial corner, I said, “Dad, would you like an ice cream cone today? My treat.”