2022南通高二下学期期末考试英语含解析

2021~2022学年（下）高二英语期末质量监测试题

（考试时间：120分钟，满分：150分）

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每题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. Why is the woman's left eye red?

A. Someone hit it.

B. Some soap got into it.

C. She stared at the computer screen for too long.

2. When did Janet call?

A. At 5：00 p.m.      B. At 6：00 p.m.      C. At 6：10 p.m.

3. Where does the conversation take place?

A. On a bus.      B. In a library.      C. In a classroom.

4. What did the woman do last night?

A. She worked overtime.      B. She ate at a restaurant.      C. She watched a movie.

5. What will the man do next?

A. Check the bedroom window.

B. Watch the weather report.

C. Look for an umbrella.

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 time did Pete arrive?

A. At 9：00 a.m.      B. At 9：10 a.m.      C. At 10：00 a.m.

7. What's Mr. Stein's part-time job?

A. Teaching social studies.      B. Teaching economics.      C. Teaching English.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What activity did the woman recommend?

A. Running.      B. Swimming.      C. Skating.

9. When does the woman do her leg training?

A. On Mondays.      B. On Wednesdays.      C. On Fridays.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. An air crash.      B. A fire accident.      C. A traffic accident.

11. When did the accident happen?

A. In the early morning.      B. At noon.      C. In the afternoon.

12. How many people were killed altogether?

A. Four.      B. Five.      C. Seven.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Colleagues.      B. Family members.      C. Waiter and customer.

14. Where did the woman meet her husband?

A. In a hotel.      B. In a silver mine.      C. In a travel agency.

15. Where is the woman's husband originally from?

A. Australia.      B. Britain.      C. South America.

16. Which level of the mine did the woman find unbearable?

A The first.      B. The second.      C. The third.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What has no change according to the speaker?

A. Shopping.      B. Going to work.      C. Going to school.

18. How many language lessons are offered for free on Openculture.com?

A. 200.      B. 300.      C. 1500.

19. What do we know about the recorded classes on Openculture.com?

A. They are popular with few foreigners.

B They are expensive to take online.

C. They are from first-level schools.

20. What is the speaker's attitude toward online learning?

A. Optimistic.      B. Worried.      C. Uncertain.

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

Based on the success of the Coxheath club, Alison set up a club in Tunbridge Wells for parents caught between work and babysitting.

Children are dropped off and signed in by parents or carers. If they haven’t eaten breakfast they will be offered toast with a selection of spreads or a variety of cereals, plus a drink of juice, milk or water. Once they have finished their breakfast children then play freely. Around 10:30 a.m. children have a drink and a biscuit and then discuss what activities they might like to do next.

Lunch is around midday and all children sit together with the staff and eat their packed lunches that they bring with them. After lunch children will then carry on with free play or take part in another activity.

Around 4 p.m. children will have tea which is a snack similar to what is given at after school club. After tea some children should help with the washing up and then continue free play or another activity initiated by the teacher.

Throughout the day at the club staff will arrange various activities for the children to take part in such as a craft or a game. Every day we have one specific activity planned such as a craft, or baking, and the children can join in the activity if they wish throughout the entire day.

Depending on the weather they may go for a walk to the local park or just play outside with the various toys. Children can go climbing, horse riding, to the cinema, kayaking, swimming, and to the theatre.

We feel that by doing some of the activities listed above children are able to develop new skills and learn from the experience. It is also refreshing and allows both staff and children to get out of the usual club space.

1. Which of the following doesn’t the club offer?

A. A cup of juice. B. Lunch. C. Biscuits. D. Breakfast.

2. What do we learn about the club?

A. It arranges outdoor activities every day. B. It instructs children to invent various tools.

C. It involves children in daily horse riding. D. It helps children develop the living skills.

3 What’s the purpose of the text?

A. To promote some children activities. B. To introduce a babysitting club.

C. To encourage training for new. skills. D. To advertise for babysitting staff.

B

“What would you do if you weren’t in science? ”I was once asked during an interview many years ago. I hadn’t really thought about it before. A constructor? I was interested in construction and had spent some summer holidays in college as a frame carpenter. A musician? It was appealing. I’m not too bad on guitar but I thought that I might be bored with it one day. “A mailman, I shouted out, “so I could walk around all day and think about things. “Little did I know then that, after a 30-year career in science, I would in fact end up as a letter carrier.

I first became inspired by the idea that my work could make a practical impact on the world after I changed from academia (学术生涯) to biotech. I had initially been attracted to scientific research by the fun of solving problems and discovering something new. Before I started in biotech and my work became more practical, I had thought that my research could lead to potential treatments for some human diseases.

However, none of my projects resulted in anything real to help people. My first biotech job ended when the company was restructured. I got a job at another biotech company, but it went bankrupt (破产) one year later. Eventually, after some part-time consulting work, I decided I needed something more permanent, but I failed to find another full-time position in a science-related field. I started to wonder how I could still make a meaningful contribution.

I decided to get a job as a letter carrier in a post office. I have 30 years’ experience of conducting scientific research, yet here I am just delivering mail. But I try to keep an open mind. Although I miss research, I do enjoy getting to walk around and think about things. Lately I’ve been thinking about COVID-19 and my career. I certainly hope I’m making a difference to the society by delivering medicines and checks. Now, I think I’ll make a more positive impact on people’s lives than before.

4. What can we know about the author according to Paragraph 1?

A. He tried different types of jobs.

B. He expressed regret for being a scientist.

C. He was a person of wide interests and hobbies.

D. He hesitated when choosing science as his career.

5. What did the author consider when choosing his job?

A. His eagerness to make a fortune. B. The balance between work and life.

C. His hope of being respected by others. D. The practical significance of the work.

6. How did the author’s unpleasant working experiences influence him?

A. They led to his suffering from a financial crisis.

B. They made him reflect on the real meaning of life.

C. They helped him clearly understand his drawbacks.

D. They damaged his confidence in finding good jobs.

7. What does the author want to express in the text?

A. Failure plays a major role in our daily life.

B. A change in attitude leads to career success.

C. Everyone can make contributions to science.

D. A small job can make a difference to the world.

C

That’s one small stem for a plant, one giant leap for plant science.

In a tiny, lab-grown garden, the first seeds ever sown in lunar dirt have sprouted (发芽). This small crop offers hope that astronauts could someday grow their own food on the moon.

But plants potted in lunar dirt grew more slowly and were much thinner than others grown in volcanic material from Earth, researchers report May 12 in Communications Biology. That finding suggests that farming on the moon would take a lot more than a green thumb.

“Ever since these samples came back, there’ve been botanists that wanted to know what would happen if you grew plants in them,” says Barker, who wasn’t involved in the study. “But everyone knows those precious samples are priceless, and so you can understand why NASA was reluctant to release them.”

The dirt, or regolith, that covers the moon is basically a gardener’s worst nightmare. This fine powder of razor-sharp bits is full of metallic iron, rather than the oxidized (氧化的) kind that is friendly to plants. But it is not full of nitrogen, phosphorus or much else that plants need to grow. So no one knew whether newborn plants could put down their delicate roots in the real stuff.

To find out, researchers at the University of Florida in Gainesville ran experiments with that cress, a well-studied plant that can grow in just a tiny clod of material. That was key because the researchers had only a little bit of the moon dirt to go around.

“Nothing really compared to when we first saw the seedlings as they were sprouting in the lunar dirt,” says Anna-Lisa Paul, a plant molecular biologist. “That was a moving experience, to be able to say that we’ re watching the very first earth organisms to grow in extraterrestrial materials, ever. And it was amazing.”

Plants grew in all the pots of lunar dirt, but none grew as well as those cultivated in earthly material.

Barker isn’t frightened by the challenges promised by this first attempt at lunar gardening. “There’re many, many steps and pieces of technology to be developed before humanity (人类) can really engage in lunar agriculture,” he says. “But having this particular dataset (资料) is really important for those of us that believe it’s possible and important.”

8. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?

A. Farming on the moon is no easy job. B. Lunar dirt is very scarce for humans.

C. Knowing how to farm matters much. D. Volcanic material from Earth is better.

9. What is the purpose of the experiments?

A. To explore the moon for more lunar dirt.

B. To increase the richness of the moon dirt.

C. To reveal what elements lunar dirt contains.

D. To find whether lunar dirt is proper for plants.

10. Why isn’t Barker frightened by the challenges?

A. Because researches have laid the foundation.

B. Because lunar gardening is quite important.

C. Because technology has solved the problems.

D. Because humans have engaged in lunar farming.

11. What is this text mainly about?

A. Astronauts growing plants on the moon.

B. Human's great success in lunar gardening.

C. Experiments of growing plants in moon soil.

D. A well-studied plant growing in earthly material.

D

The current generation is not like any other generation I have seen in history. Due to the rise in technology, the world is evolving fast and changing the way most of us do things. Today’s young generation is so used to the technology which they learn very quickly. It could be considered as a benediction, but there are times when it is not appropriate.

In my generation, we met friends face to face to have real conversations rather than texting each other all the time. We walked everywhere, to the store or up the stairs instead of climbing into our car or on a motored skateboard each time we had to go two or three blocks away.

Most of the new generation expects things to be done for them. If something requires some extra effort or focus, they are easily discouraged. But if we want to reach success in this day and age, it is expected of us to work to achieve our dreams. The old generation knows that the world does not owe them squat. It understands that no one else than them can do it and that is their responsibility to make something of themselves.

Nowadays, there is no longer a sense of honor, because most people hide behind a computer screen. When you handle issues or hate for no reason over social media, it just proves that you are a weak person. I just put an ad in one of my groups for teaching Kung Fu, and one hater wrote “Kung Fu clown.” And this is for no reason as I have never seen or met the guy before.

The new generation relies too much on social media for their lives and doing things. It is okay to use it but not to abuse it. My final word is that each generation has its own advantages and downsides, but what matters is that each generation, old or new, has to give lessons which are valuable for future generations.

12. What does the underlined word “benediction” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. Drawback. B. Blessing. C. Prejudice. D. Criterion.

13. How does the author develop his argument?

A. By analyzing reasons. B. By explaining concepts.

C. By criticizing young guys. D. By comparing generations.

14. What does the author demonstrate by talking about his ad?

A. The rapid development of social media. B. The tough situations for future generations.

C. New generation’s inappropriate behaviour. D. Genuine strangers behind computer screens.

15. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A. The balanced use of social media B. Lessons for old generations

C The growth of new technology D. No reason for hating others

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。

Some people think that to be happy you must feel good all the time, but something unexpected is certain to happen and people have bad days. ___16___ With the right attitude, it is possible to find happiness even in difficult circumstances.

According to the research, being genuinely happy actually requires you to go through a fair amount of pain and struggle. How you react to these will define your happiness. For example, solving everyday problems builds confidence, helps you feel empowered and improves your well-being. ___17___ They will seem more manageable, more achievable, and then you’ll start to feel better right away!

 ___18___ However, everyone is good at something. Find out what you’re good at, enjoy it, and spend lots of time doing it. Besides, stop comparing yourself to others. This is a sure recipe for great unhappiness. Life isn’t just about self-improvement. Sometimes, it’s about self-acceptance, too. ___19___

Meanwhile, pay attention to how your thoughts affect your feelings and try to recognize and eliminate (消除) negative thought patterns that make you feel bad. Focus on the bright side. ___20___ And remember to adopt a “can do” attitude to problem-solving which will help build resilience (韧性) and confidence, to help get you through challenging times.

A. Success results in happiness.

B. Real happiness is a state of mind.

C. You might not be brilliant at everything.

D. You’d better break problems down into small tasks.

E. You need to switch the attention away from criticism.

F. Know your strengths and stop focusing on your weaknesses.

G. This makes you think more clearly and feel more empowered.

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。

The teacher who changed my life was Marjorie Hurd. She actually set the ___21___ of my life in the new land I entered as a young war refugee (难民).

Shortly after I met Marjorie Hurd, I was ___22___. She introduced me to the ___23___ wealth of Greece — giving me a new ___24___ on my war-ravaged (受战争蹂躏的) homeland. I began to be proud of my ___25___.

One day, after ___26___ how writers should write about what they know, she ___27___ us to compose an essay from our own experience. Then looking at me, she ___28___, “Nick, I want you to write about what happened to your family back in Greece.” I had been trying to put those ___29___  memories behind me and left the assignment until the last moment. Then I ___30___ the essay, hoping never to see it again, but Miss Hurd ___31___ the essay to a contest sponsored by the Worcester paper and it won a medal.

For the first time I began to understand the ___32___ of the written word. I followed the literary path that Miss Hurd had once set me on. After graduation, I became the ___33___ of the Worcester paper. When the paper ___34___ a picture of me standing next to President Kennedy, my father cut out the photograph and ___35___ it in his breast pocket for the rest of his life to show everyone he met.

21 A. sign B. course C. form D. cycle

22. A. hesitant B. awkward C. shocked D. impressed

23. A. literary B. family C. personal D. military

24. A. feedback B. perspective C. emphasis D. influence

25. A. lives B. schools C. origins D. teachers

26. A. discussing B. inquiring C. justifying D. anticipating

27. A. assigned B. challenged C. persuaded D. promised

28. A. complained B. sighed C. shouted D. added

29. A. pleasant B. unclear C. painful D. temporary

30. A. subscribed to B. gave up C. picked out D. handed in

31. A. compared B. submitted C. donated D. attached

32. A. magic B. mode C. fault D. principle

33. A. waiter B. reader C. editor D. monitor

34. A. renewed B. polished C. displayed D. interpreted

35. A. found B. carried C. noticed D. forgot

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。

On Nov 19, 2021, our school organized an online activity ____36____ two schools from Canada. During the two-hour online class, both sides introduced their schools as well as local festivals. And most ____37____(important), we got to engage in a “face-to-face” chat with each other.

I believe students on the other side of the world are curious about our school lives, ____38____I signed up to make a video of our campus. It was difficult because I needed to make the video mostly by ____39____(I), which included writing a video script (脚本), and deciding where and how to shoot.

The video was divided into seven parts, ____40____different students shared their personal feelings about the school. As the only one who ____41____(study)at our school for more than 10 years, I took the initiative to do the overall introduction. How could I start the video in a ____42____(relax)tone and engage the viewers? I racked my brain (绞尽脑汁) for ideas. When I looked through my WeChat Moments, I discovered an often-used word: “Shiwairen”, meaning students belonging to our school. This immediately gave me some ____43____(inspire). Why not use a popular buzzword (热词) to begin the video? ____44____(decide) on a creative beginning, I finished writing my part smoothly without wasting too much time. _____45_____I’ve learned from this experience is that the small things in life are also precious, as long as you have the right perspective.

第四部分写作（共两节；满分40分）

第一节（满分15分）

46. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Michael打算来中国旅行，让你推荐一个旅游胜地。请你给Michael回信，内容包括：

1.你的建议；

2.你的理由；

3.你的祝愿。

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

Dear Michael,

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Yours,

Li Hua

第二节（满分25分）

47. 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。

At 76 years old, Melanie felt tired all the time. It had nothing to do with her age, though. 14 years ago, her son, Anthony, died in a plane crash. After a long-time search, the rescuers said there were no survivors and no hope for the victims’ families.

Luckily, Melanie had Anthony’s son, Mark, and his wife, Kayla, to get her by. But it wasn’t the same. She missed Anthony and often felt hopeless about life. Her son died at a young age. He left a baby, and Kayla had not recovered from his death either.

One day at home, when watching the news on TV, Melanie and Kayla were suddenly surprised by what they were seeing. A news reporter was talking beside a man who looked like Anthony. He seemed older than he had ever been. The news caused great excitement. “It must be him!” Melanie and Kayla both said happily.

“If you recognize this man, please call the number on the screen. Recently, a vague (模糊的)memory of having a plane crash hit this man’s mind. But he still doesn’t remember anything before the crash 14 years ago near the Canary Islands. Authorities now have reason to believe that there was a mistake in the previous report that the crash left no survivors…”

When the news ended, Kayla called the number immediately. She told the attendant that she believed the man was her husband Anthony and provided details. Kayla also asked for more information about what had happened over the past 14 years since the accident. The attendant said, “14 years ago, some local fishermen found him who lost his memory. They offered him a job, and he has worked and lived with one of them since then.”

This attendant then told Anthony that his family were waiting for him to go home. Weeks later, Anthony went to the city where Melanie and Kayla lived. All the family members were waiting at the airport. Finally, the gates opened, and people were coming out.

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。

Suddenly, Kayla noticed a familiar face in the crowd.

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Back home, Melanie and Kayla tried to restore Anthony’s memory.

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