2022鄂州高二下学期期末英语试题（含答案）

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鄂州市2021~2022学年度下学期期末质量监测
高二英语
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。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. Where does the man want to go?
A. The Donghu Park. B. The History Museum. C. The City Library.
2. Why is the man moving to New York City?
A. To work there. B. To meet new people. C. To live near his friends
3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A kind of food. B. Places of interest. C. A trip.
4. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Patient and doctor. B. Father and daughter. C. Waiter and customer.
5. Which color will the woman choose?
A. Red. B. Purple. C. White.
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6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What can be known about the woman?
A. She has been playing tennis for six years.
B. She started playing tennis at an early age.
C. She practises in a famous training center.
7. What does the man ask the woman to do?
A. Find an experienced teacher.
B. Have a rest from a tight schedule.
C. Teach at his training center.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What has the woman been doing?
A. Singing. B. Sleeping. C. Reading.
9. How does the woman feel about the competition?
A. Excited. B. Confident. C. Nervous.
10. What would the woman like to do next?
A. Chat with her parents. B. Go for a walk. C. Watch TV.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In an office. B. In a lift. C. In a restaurant.
12. Why did the man walk up the stairs the other day?
A. The lift broke down. B. He wanted to lose weight. C. He wanted to exercise.
13. What does the woman think of delivery foods?
A. Delicious. B. Unhealthy. C. Expensive.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. When did the man retire?
A. In 2014. B. In 2015. C. In 2020.
15. Why did the man choose to volunteer after retirement?
A. To develop a new hobby.
B. To find a good way to make money.
C. To put his experience and knowledge to use.
16. What is the man doing now as a volunteer?
A. Being a traffic guide.
B. Teaching in local schools.
C. Offering food to the homeless.
17. Who is the woman?
A. A hostess. B. A volunteer. C. A student.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. When will the headmaster give a speech?
A. At 8:45. B. At 9:00. C. At 9:30.
19. What can the visitors learn from the exhibition?
A. Achievements of the students.
B. The equipment of science labs.
C. The history of the school.
20. What are the teachers and student leaders ready to do?
A. Answer guests’ questions. B. Cook lunch for visitors. C. Perform music together.
第二部分 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）
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
What to Watch
My Brilliant Friend
The film, taken from the brilliant fiction of Elena Ferrante, is mainly about two women’s friendship. In the 1970s, Elena marries a professor and publishes a famous novel. Lila is smarter but is forced to skip college and marries a local man. Later, she becomes a single mom working in a terrible factory. Will they ever get along as well as before? It’s complicated.
Watch it: on HBO and HBO Max
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Season 4
The film is about how a housewife became a Greenwich Village stand-up comic（喜剧演员）Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) is divorced and trying to find herself in 1960,and her dad (Tony Shalhoub) has become a Village Voice drama critic. We also can’t wait for the upcoming guest stars: Jason Alexander, Kelly Bishop, John Waters, Milo Ventimiglia and Lenny Bruce.
Watch it: on Amazon Prime
Succession, Season 3
In the superb show about power struggles in a super-rich family, son Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) has the upper hand over his domineering（专横的）dad, Logan (Brian Cox, 75),who promises to “go full beast” on his child. New cast members Alexander Skarsgard and Adrien Brody also appeared in the film.
Watch it: on Netflix
Ted Lasso, Season 2
If you watch only one show this summer, make it this one, a heartwarming hit comedy. Jason Sudeikis plays a positive American football coach who knows little about soccer but gets hired to coach a soccer team in England. Apple TV + has a first-week-free offer, and if you bought a new iPhone lately, you probably have a year’s free subscription（订阅）on it.
Watch it: on Apple TV +
21. Where can we see My Brilliant Friend?
A. On HBO and HBO Max. B. On Amazon Prime.
C. On Netflix. D. On Apple TV +.
22. What do we know about The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Season 4?
A. It is a comedy. B. It is an inspirational film.
C. It is directed by Jason Alexander. D. It is about power struggles.
23. Which movie can you enjoy for a first-week-free offer on Apple TV+?
A. My Brilliant Friend. B. Succession, Season 3.
C. Ted Lasso, Season 2. D. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Season 4.
B
This fall, children in the Eixample area of Barcelona have a new way to get to school on Fridays-they ride their bikes. In September, a group of five children began biking to school with their parents on Fridays. Soon the group grew to 150 or more. The program is called bike bus.
The bike bus begins around 8: 25 every Friday morning. The path it will follow is always posted ahead of time, so everyone knows where to join. The bike bus starts off with just a few students and parents, with more and more joining as it travels along.
Most kids ride their bikes, but others ride scooters（滑板车）or use skates. Instead of riding in bike lanes or on sidewalks, the bike bus takes over the entire street. With music playing and bike bells ringing, the bike bus feels like a party.
“Being able to ride with a bunch of kids is a big part of the fun,” says nine-year-old Maria Pitarch. “The best part of the bike bus is that we ride along and pick up my friends and we ride together.”
It was possible to bike to school in Eixample before, but it wasn’t really safe for kids. There are a few bike lanes, but there are also lots of cars. One of the main roads used by the Eixample bike bus has about 20,000 cars and motorcycles every day. Because these are busy streets, the local police are helping stop traffic by riding in front of the bike bus and behind it.
Parents are hoping that the bike bus will help change ideas about how people can get around in the city. They want the city to create wider and kid-friendly bike lanes that are separate from car traffic. They point out that the bike bus also helps cut down on pollution.
Barcelona isn’t the first bike bus ever. The idea has been around for quite a while. There have been bike buses in Madrid and other parts of Spain for years.
24. What do we know about the bike bus?
A. It begins every morning. B. All riders join it by riding a bike.
C. It has more than one hundred riders. D. Kids start the ride trip together.
25. What does Maria Pitarch think of the bike bus?
A. Interesting. B. Tiring. C. Challenging. D. Boring.
26. Who help clear the streets for the bike bus?
A. Parents. B. Teachers. C. Students. D. Police.
27. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Bike bus greatly cuts down the city pollution.
B. Eixample kids are taking the “Bike Bus” to school.
C. Parents call on the local government to improve the traffic.
D. Eixample schools find a safe way to school for the children.
C
The world can be a scary place when you’re young. It can be even scarier when you’re a young little blue penguin（企鹅）,the tiniest of the penguin species. Luckily, there are some humans willing to help. They stepped in to protect Billy, a blue penguin that appeared on a beach in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Spotted on November 29 at the slipway at Moncks Bay, near Sumner, in Christchurch, the little penguin immediately attracted a small crowd. Jeff Mein Smith saw the crowd while he was bicycling that afternoon, and he biked home to get his camera. When he returned to the scene, he found that the penguin had received a little sign, one that read, “Hi, I’m waiting for my mum to come back.DOC (Department of Conservation) knows I’m here. Please leave me alone. Keep your dogs away. Thanks, Billy the baby blue penguin.”
Billy didn’t move away from the sign. The DOC arrived later that afternoon to pick up Billy, though they were surprised to see it on the beach. “It’s unusual for a blue penguin to be out in the open on the beach during the day,” Anita Spencer, a DOC senior ranger（巡逻队）, told Stuff.
Billy was taken to the Christchurch Penguin Rehabilitation Center after being brought back from the beach. Volunteers believe the bird may actually be a female penguin, and is around 2 months old. The chick weighs merely 550 grams, less than a standard basketball. A blue penguin should weigh around 900 grams at this age. Most little penguins grow up to weigh 1 kilogram.
The center will help the little penguin gain some weight by feeding it with fish juice, before it’s set free into the ocean.
28. Who is Billy?
A. A penguin. B. A fish. C. A dog. D. A ranger.
29. What can be inferred from the text?
A. Billy is a male penguin. B. Jeff will take care of Billy.
C. Billy weighs more at its age. D. Some dogs probably chased Billy initially.
30. How did the DOC feel about Billy appearing on the beach?
A. Disappointed. B. Unexpected. C. Regretful. D. Frightened.
31. What will happen to Billy at last?
A. It will be studied by scientists. B. It will live in DOC.
C. It will come back to the ocean. D. It will stay in a zoo.
D
Beethoven, one of the world’s most-loved composers, is famous for his nine symphonies（交响曲）Before he died, he began a new symphony, but never finished it. Computer scientists and musicians have now used artificial intelligence to finish his 10th Symphony.
Beethoven wrote many famous pieces of music, but he’s probably best known for his nine symphonies. When Beethoven died in 1827, he had some ideas for a 10th Symphony. But all he left behind were some notes about the piece and a few “sketches”（草稿）— short bits of written music.
In 2019, a special team of musicians, computer scientists and historians was formed. Their goal: to try to complete Beethoven’s 10th Symphony to celebrate his 250th birthday.
The team didn’t just want to complete the symphony. They wanted to come as close as possible to producing the symphony that Beethoven meant to write. That’s where deep learning came in.
To fulfill the task, the team trained an AI to help with the symphony. They turned every piece of music that Beethoven ever wrote into a form the computer could understand.
By feeding the program all of Beethoven’s music, the AI could look for patterns in the way Beethoven wrote. This included, for example, how he re-used simple melodies（曲调）all through a piece to create a theme, or how he moved between different parts of the symphony.
Finally, the AI had the challenge of trying to connect the little musical bits into a symphony. It took over two years, but the team was able to complete Beethoven’s 10th Symphony. Not simply a melody,but40 minutes of music for a full orchestra（管弦乐队）.
So Beethoven now has a 10th Symphony. And though Beethoven didn’t write it all, we feel sure that the music is very much like what he might have written, if he’d had the chance.
32. What is the aim of the team?
A. To create a new type of musical AI.
B. To carry forward Beethoven’s symphonies.
C. To complete Beethoven’s 10th Symphony.
D. To study the value of Beethoven’s 10th Symphony.
33. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “fulfil” in paragraph 5?
A. Assign. B. Complete. C. Explain. D. Analyze.
34. What does the author agree with?
A. The team has done a good job.
B. The AI will be widely acknowledged.
C. The 10th Symphony is a simple melody.
D. Beethoven is satisfied with the 10th Symphony.
35. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. AI and Music: Servant Rather Than Master
B. Beethoven and Al: the Battle of the Superhumans
C .Musicians Succeeded in the Study of Symphonies
D. A Team Used AI to Help Finish Beethoven’s 10th Symphony
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。
The Guide to Winter Activities in the White Mountains
The weather in the White Mountains can be unpredictable, especially during the winter months. It’s common for the temperature to drop below zero or for a snowstorm to occur in the White Mountains. 36 !
Catch a show or a film
BarnZ’s Cinema is the local movie theater in Lincoln. Home to four screens, this hometown favorite plays all the latest and greatest movies from Hollywood. Pack the kids in the car and head to the cinema for an afternoon of movies and popcorn.
37
Itching to burn some calories, but not looking forward to the cold? Head to Live a Little Fitness, a full-service fitness studio with a kid’s play space. You’ll find daily group fitness classes, like Pilates, kickboxing, Vinyasa Flow Yoga and more. There’s even a special Beer Yoga class held at the Woodstock Inn Brewery. 38 .It is a giant interactive room where kids can run around and jump to their delight.
Play a game
39 . The family-friendly game room is like a blast（狂欢）from the past. You’ll find football, a pool table, air hockey and more. Kids and adults of all ages will have much fun here.
Get creative
Break out the paints and get creative at Fired on the Mountain, which is owned and operated by two local women. 40 .You can choose painting your own pottery that is kid-friendly or tons of special art classes. The paint and material used in the studio are all non-toxic（无毒）and washed off easily with a little water.
A. Burn some calories
B. Warm up from the inside out
C. Thankfully, even if the weather turns, you can still have fun
D. For the kids, there is a Kids Play Zone that they really love
E. Send the kids to the Game Room and enjoy a little peace and quiet
F. This art and pottery studio is a great place to spend a cold day inside
G. No worries, the expert staff will teach everything you need to know
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。
In the United States, Christmas is a very important day. Many needy families are seeking assistance every year on the occasion of Christmas so they can get 41 toys and gifts for their children. And the charities and organizations come forward to 42 those poor families and bring joy to the poor children. Every year many free gifts and toys are indeed 43 . This is very kind and 44 work for poor families as well as for children. Here is a family who have been 45 their love on this special day.
Three decades ago, Norah Wilkinson started a Christmas 46 that her family is keeping alive five years after her 47 . It all came from the 48 grandmother’s simple motto（座右铭）, “It’s nice to be nice.” Back in 1990, this 49 led her to start spending ￡10 a year on presents for children who’d 50 have nothing to open on Christmas day, according to The Mirror.
Although Norah passed away five years ago, at the great age of 92, her grandchildren wanted to 51 up the tradition. So Norah’s seven children and their children have managed to 52 an amazing ￡250,000 worth of gifts that will be handed out to more than 5,000 families for Christmas.
This year, more than ever, many families are 53 to put food on the table. Yet, thanks to the generous strangers and this hard-working and caring family, thousands of children will soon have a smile on their face.
The work of the grandchildren and their parents is totally 54 and it’s wonderful to see how much of an inspiration from a grandmother can be in life and death, and how a simple desire to be kind can snowball into a 55 to help thousands.
41. A. cheap B. precious C. free D. great
42. A. inquire B. help C. choose D. dismiss
43. A. put away B. thrown away C. rented out D. given out
44. A. wonderful B. difficult C. absurd D. uniform
45. A. checking B. noting C. calculating D. devoting
46. A. party B. tradition C. conflict D. consultation
47. A. death B. illness C. abuse D. participation
48. A. gifted B. loving C. strict D. unsuspecting
49. A. courage B. greed C. kindness D. curiosity
50. A. gradually B. thus C. otherwise D. sincerely
51. A. break B. set C. give D. keep
52. A. gather B. spread C. sell D. withdraw
53. A. struggling B. determining C. hesitating D. learning
54. A. professional B. admirable C. decent D. normal
55. A. trip B. plan C. battle D. campaign
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。
Walking is great for weight loss, but the benefits go far beyond from higher energy and better mood to stress relief, creativity boost, and more. Whether you’re just having a down day or a down life, taking 56 walk can lift your mood especially when you go outdoors.
Money for a gym membership, home exercise 57 (equip), workout clothes and shoes 58 (add) up a lot. But it doesn’t have to. Walking requires 59 (absolute) nothing but still provides great health benefits. And 60 it can save is not only on things, but also on healthcare. Those who exercised regularly saved much money when it came to healthcare costs compared to those not meeting the minimum weekly exercise requirements.
Sleeping a solid eight hours a day 61 (be) one of the most important 62 (thing) you can do for your health. But sometimes that’s easier 63 (say) than to do. Thankfully, a fast walk may be all you need. People who exercise regularly, including walking, fall asleep more quickly, sleep 64 (long), and have better quality sleep. Walking is also good for your brain. When you walk, your foot’s impact 65 the ground sends pressure waves through the arteries（动脉）that increase blood flow to the brain.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
假定你是李华，一个月前你在一家电脑专卖店买了一台电脑，仅用了三天就出现了各种问题。请你就此事给该店经理写封邮件投诉，内容包括：
1.介绍购物的情况：
2.反映存在的问题；
3.提出解决的方案
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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。
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom where there lived a king who only had one leg and one eye. But his skill, intelligence and generosity made him a competent ruler. As a result, the people in his kingdom lived a joyful and healthy life under his rule. Then, one day while the King was walking in his palace, he noticed the portraits（肖像）of his ancestors along the hallway. The paintings of his ancestors sparked（触发）a thought in the King’s mind. He thought that his children would walk the same hallway one day and remember all the ancestors through these portraits.
So the King sent an invitation to all the painters from across the kingdoms to his court. He announced that he wanted a beautiful portrait made of himself that would be placed in the palace. So any painter who wants to paint his picture should come forward. The painter will be rewarded based on how good the painting will turn out.
The painters started to panic and thought about making the King with only one leg and one eye look beautiful. How can his picture be beautiful? It is not possible. They were also scared that the King may get angry and punish them if the portrait did not turn out beautiful. So one by one, all the painters started to make excuses and politely declined to make a painting of the King.
But one young painter raised his hand and said that he would make a beautiful portrait of the King that the King would like. The King was finally happy hearing that at least one of the painters was interested in making his painting. The other painters got curious about how this young painter would make a beautiful painting of the King. The King excitedly permitted him, and the painter started drawing the portrait. He then filled the drawing with paints. Finally, after a long wait, he said that the picture was ready!
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。
All the people were curious and nervous about how the painting would turn out.
The young painter had made a portrait in which the King was sitting on the horse.
鄂州市2021~2022学年度下学期期末质量监测·高二英语
参考答案、提示及评分细则
听力部分录音稿
(Text 1)
M: Excuse me. Does this bus go to the History Museum?
W: Yes.You can get off at the Donghu Park and walk straight until you see the City Library. The museum is just opposite the library.
(Text 2)
W: Why are you moving to New York City?
M: I’ve got a new job in an international trading company there.
W: How fascinating! You can meet people from all over the world.
M: Yeah, but just one problem. I’ll have to leave my friends behind.
(Text 3)
M: How’s your trip to Beijing?
W: Wonderful! There are so many places of interest. And I really love the roast duck.
(Text 4)
M: Doctor. I’ve been coughing since yesterday.
W: Do you have any other problems. like a headache or a fever?
M: No.
W: Let me check. I’ll give you some medicine.
(Text 5)
W: Do you have this dress in other colors?
M: Well, they come in white, red and purple. Will a purple one do?
W: Yeah. That’ll be nice. I’ll take one.
(Text 6)
M: You are really a good tennis player.
W: Thanks. I’ve been playing tennis since I was six.
M: Wow, that’s a very early age.
W: Exactly.
M: Why not join my training center and teach for us? You can earn some extra money.
W: I’d like to, but I don’t think I can fit that into such a tight schedule.
(Text 7)
M: Darling, you’ve been singing for nearly three hours. It’s time you had a rest.
W: I wish. But you don’t know how nervous I am about the singing competition.
M: How come? You should be excited! Both your mother and I believe you have the most beautiful voice.
W: Maybe the most beautiful voice in our family but certainly not in my school.
M: Remember, no one is perfect. Just try your best. Don’t push yourself too hard. Why not watch your favorite TV show now?
W: In that case. I’d rather go for a walk to get some fresh air.
M: Good idea.
(Text 8)
W: Here’s the menu. What would you like, pizza and fried chicken again?
M: No. I’m on a diet.
W: Really?
M: Yes. You remember the other day when the lift broke down and we had to walk up the stairs? When I got to our office I was out of breath. I knew I really needed to lose some weight.
W: I see.
M: I know it’s not easy to stay on a diet so I must stick to it from the beginning.
W: Cool! The next thing you need to do is remove all the food delivery apps from your phone.
M: Why? They are so handy.
W: Well, they are, but delivery foods are not so healthy.
M: Ah, you’re right. I’ll do it right now.
(Text 9)
W: Good evening. David. I’m so glad to have you here.
M: It’s my pleasure.
W: When did you start to volunteer?
M: When I retired in 2014 I found myself with more time to spare and I was looking for things to do. So I began volunteering the next year.
W: There are many ways we can occupy ourselves as we get older. We can start new hobbies: we can travel. Why did you choose to volunteer?
M: You know there’s always someone out there that needs your help and seniors have valuable experience and knowledge that can be put to good use.
W: I can’t agree more. Are there many seniors out there volunteering?
M: Absolutely. There were about two million senior volunteers in the United States in 2020 alone.
W: What volunteer activities do you participate in?
M: I used to offer food to the homeless at the Food Bank. But now I’m doing teaching in local schools.
W: What do you get from volunteering?
M: I gain a sense of purpose. It just feels good to be needed.
W: Thank you again. David.
M: You’re welcome. And thank you for inviting me to the show.
(Text 10)
W: Welcome to Montfort School. Thank you for choosing our school and for joining the happy Montfort family, which has been educating boys since 1916.We are so happy that you have taken time off to be with us today. It is with great pleasure that we have prepared some events that we hope will please you. At 9:00 am, our headmaster will give a welcome speech: this will be in the school hall. Please be seated by 8:45 am. Following the speech, it’s the guide tour of the exhibition at 9:30.Here you can see the proud history of our school and our achievements in the field of education. The exhibition is laid out in the classrooms on the 2nd floor.
Then the guide tour of science labs at 10:20 am. Here you can see the subjects that new students will be studying. You will also notice that our labs have excellent equipment. At 11:00 o’clock am. you will be guided to the tour to practical areas. This covers our technical workshops, music, and other areas of our school life. At Montfort, we believe in all-round development of our students. Lunch will be at 12:00 o’clock. It has been specially prepared for our guests. All our teachers and student leaders will be present to answer any questions that you have in your minds. We are so happy that you could be with us today.
参考答案
1~5 BACAB 6~10 BCACB 11~15 CABAC 16~20 BABCA
21~23 ABC 24~27 CADB 28~31 ADBC 32~35 CBAD
36~40 CADEF 41~45 CBDAD 46~50 BABCC 51~55 DAABD
56.a 57.equipment 58.adds 59.absolutely 60.what 61.is 62.things 63.to say 64.longer 65.on
第一节
One possible version:
Dear manager.
One month ago, because of the recommendation of your salesperson, I bought a computer in your shop. It worked well for the first three days. I liked it very much. But three days later, it didn’t work very well. I’m afraid I will complain about it’s bad quality. First, the picture was very unclear. And then, it didn’t have the voice sometimes. Last, it couldn’t load any software. So, this computer not only brings me no help but also creates a big problem for me.
I am a frequent customer of your shop and like your message “Customer first”. Now, I want to change the computer. Or else, I would rather get the money back.
I am looking forward to your satisfactory reply!
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节
One possible version:
All the people were curious and nervous about how the painting would turn out. How will the portrait look beautiful with all the physical abnormalities of the King? What if the King doesn’t like the art and gets angry? They curiously waited for the big reveal. Finally, the painter uncovered the painting in front of the court. Everyone in the court, including the King, was left stunned, looking at the picture.
The young painter had made a portrait in which the King was sitting on the horse. He was on the one-leg side, holding his bow and aiming the arrow with his one eye closed. Indeed archery and horse riding were few of the skills the King possessed. Nevertheless, the King was delighted to see that the painter had made a beautiful portrait by creatively presenting the King’s abnormalities. The King adored the picture, and the painter received a very generous reward.