田家炳中学教育集团2021-2022学年高二下学期期中考试
英语试题
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)
请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。
1. Where are the speakers probably
A. In the office. B. In the restaurant. C. In the supermarket.
2. How will the woman probably go to work tomorrow
A. By bus. B. By car. C. By motorbike.
3. What films do the speakers both like
A. Detective films. B. Adventure films. C. Comedies.
4. What did the woman do first in the city
A. She visited a friend. B. She went to a museum. C. She did some shopping.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A hat. B. A coat. C. A television.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What does the man usually do in the park
A. He meets his friends, B. He walks the dog. C. He does physical exercise.
7. Which is the man S favorite place in town
A. The pub. B. The library. C. The main square.
请听第7段材料,回答第8.9题。
8. What is the woman' s attitude towards planes without pilots
A. Doubtful. B. Negative. C. Favorable.
9. What does the man think are impossible
A. Flying cars. B. Elevators into space. C. Holidays on the moon.
请听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. Who will take photos
A. Anton. B. Emma. C. George.
11. What will Sarah help with
A. The make-up. B. The lights. C. The costumes.
12. What does the woman think is difficult
A. Choosing the music. B. Preparing the snacks. C. Selling the tickets.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What day is it today
A. Tuesday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday.
14. Which place do the speakers decide to go to
A. The King' s. B. Ben' s café. C. Moortown.
15. What time will the speakers meet
A. At 7:00. B. At 7:30. C. At 8:00.
16. What will the woman probably do next
A. Call her friends. B. Book a place. C. Have a bath.
请听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. How many new servers does the restaurant employ
A. Four. B. Five. C. Six.
18. What does the speaker take pride in about the restaurant
A. The dishes. B. The service. C. The atmosphere.
19. What do most customers probably order at the restaurant
A. Fish. B. Chicken. C. Burgers.
20. What will the new servers probably do after training today
A. Practice taking orders. B. Taste some desserts. C. Look at the menu.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。
A
Find the perfect way to keep fit with these websites
www.activelife.co.uk
This site is perfect for those who like to combine living a healthy lifestyle with enjoying the countryside. You can get a list of locations that offer routes for cycling. There is also information on cycling competitions in Britain.
www.swavedon.com
Swavedon is a national park with a lake, which offers many different ways of keeping fit in the great outdoors. There are three cycle routes around the lake and several woodland walks.
www.fitnet.co.uk
Steve Amos started this site for busy people wanting to keep fit. Fill in a questionnaire and Steve will create a fitness programme for you. Although Steve’s fee (学费) is high, you can email him for advice whenever you want. Besides, Steve has designed many fitness clothes, which anyone can order.
www.fitnessonline.co.uk
This is a free government website that encourages people to keep fit. It gives diet advice, and allows you to work through a fitness programme without leaving your house. It also offers advice on equipment to buy and has a chat (聊天) room, where you can compare experiences with others.
www.sportsarena.co.uk
This website tells you how you can keep fit at this group of London sports centres. You don’t have to be a member — these centres run a pay-as-you-go system. They all have a pool and gym. The website includes information about locations, opening times and prices.
www.NAG.co.uk
The National Athletics (田径运动) Group is a site for people interested in athletics. It allows you to find out where your nearest athletics club is and provides information about races and other athletics events around the country. There is a popular chat room where athletes exchange suggestions and ideas.
21. Which of the following websites has information on cycling competitions
A. www.sportsarena.co.uk. B. www.activelife.co.uk. \
C. www.swavedon.com. D. www.fitnet.co.uk.
22. What can we learn about Steve Amos
A. He always helps people for free. B. He started the site to sell fitness clothes.
C. He is unwilling to answer people’s emails.
D. He offers personalized and convenient services.
23. What can people do on www.NAG.co.uk
A. Search for the best gym. B. Buy sports equipment they need.
C. Communicate with other athletes. D. Find information about indoor sports.
B
A few years ago, Adina Lichtman was handing out sandwiches on the streets of New York City to help people experiencing homelessness. One man, grateful for the sandwich, approached her and offered a surprising idea.
“It’s great that you’re giving out sandwiches,” he said, “but one thing we really need is socks, especially as winter approaches.”
“Here I was, sandwiches in hand, thinking I knew the best way to help people,” Lichtman said. “It was a powerful lesson, and I wanted to put it into action.”
She began that night, with a simple step: going door-to-door on the floor of her dormitory (宿舍) at New York University, asking her classmates if they could each just donate (捐赠) just one pair of their own socks to someone experiencing homelessness. She got 40 pairs of socks in a single night, from a single floor. The next morning she opened her door to find a lot of socks that other people had donated.
That morning officially kicked off Knock Knock, Give a Sock (KKGS), a new nonprofit (非营利的) organization that has now provided over 350,000 pairs of socks to the homeless across America. To date, over 50 colleges and high schools across the US have joined KKGS over the years.
“While many people donate clothing, 9 out of every 10 clothing donors have never donated socks. On top of that, people who are trying to donate socks often find it difficult to donate used socks,” she says. “KKGS is one of the only organizations that collects used socks. We have volunteers knocking on doors of their classmates in school, of their workmates at work, and even of their neighbors.”
But, whether you’re 26 or 62, you don’t need to wait to organize your own sock drive, collect socks, or even wash and clean some of your own to donate to your local shelter (收容所), or someone in need who you meet on the street.
24. How did the homeless man’s words affect Lichtman
A. They caused her to start KKGS. B. They pushed her to go to college.
C. They encouraged her to house the homeless.
D. They made her continue to give out sandwiches.
25. How did Lichtman’s classmates react to her request for donation
A. Some refused it politely. B. They strongly supported it.
C. Some felt quite surprised by it. D. They considered it unreasonable.
26. In what way is KKGS special
A. It has earned a lot of money from students. B. It employs college students as volunteers.
C. It provides socks for those in need. D. It was set up by the government.
27. What advice does the author offer to people
A. Take action in small ways. B. Start your own organization.
C. Make donations from an early age. D. Find creative ways to help people.
C
Entire towns in western Germany were destroyed last week by “the flood of the century”, said Susanne Scholz in Express, and the whole country is in shock. The images on TV news looked like they were coming from a tropical monsoon zone (热带季风区), not our first-world nation. Never did we think we would see our own citizens “trapped in houses on the edge of crash, in danger of being swept away by masses of water”.
Days of severe rain got rivers to burst their banks in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, and in neighboring Belgium and the Netherlands. In the small town of Sinzig, the River Ahr reached its highest level at about 23 feet, flooding a nursing home and drowning 12 disabled residents who could not flee.
Authorities have so far confirmed some 200 deaths across Germany, but hundreds more people remain missing. While authorities say it’s too early to put a price tag on the damage, the images of flooded homes and electrical stations, damaged bridges, and cars crumpled (变皱) by fallen trees tell a tale of vast material loss. “The German language hardly knows any words for the damage that has been brought about,” said Chancellor Angela Merkel. She praised the thousands of volunteers who came to pump out water, load sandbags, and search for survivors.
“Disaster control clearly failed,” said Peter Tiede in Bild. State and local authorities responsible for evacuation (疏散) warnings relied on smartphone apps that many Germans don’t have — and service was out anyway because the storms had downed the cell towers. Only old-fashioned alarms work in such emergencies, yet our few loudspeaker vans never left the stations. Public radio, meanwhile, “was playing pop music while hundreds of people were being washed away, houses collapsing, villages torn down to the ground.” It’s simply unforgivable. “How bad will it get when such a flood hits a major city like Cologne or Hamburg instead of villages and small towns ”
28.How did the whole country react to the flood
A. They were indifferent. B. They were quite surprised.
C. They were in high spirits. D. They were well-prepared.
29. What was the direct cause of the disaster
A. Days of heavy rain. B. Failure in disaster control.
C. Old-fashioned alarms. D. Delayed Evacuation warnings.
30. What does Angela Merkel intend to say
A. The German language is limited. B. Volunteers are needed badly.
C. The damage is beyond description. D. New vocabulary should be added.
31. What can be the best title for the text
A. Authorities Should Be to Blame B. Major Cities Are Ready for Emergency
C. Harmful Floods Raise Concerns in Germany
D. Deaths Are Confirmed in Terrible Floods
D
Carleen Hutchins finished building her first stringed instrument (弦乐器) in 1949, when she was 38. She is remembered as an excellent luthier. A luthier is a person who makes stringed instruments, such as violins and guitars.
Hutchins was a primary school science teacher. She took up the viola (中提琴) at 36. But she wasn’t satisfied with the viola she bought. Since she was a skilled woodworker, she decided to build one herself.
For more than 50 years, she carved (雕刻) stringed instruments. Hutchins worked from her home — often in her kitchen. She used a scientific method to carve them. Over the years, she made around 500 instruments. Her method is still used. It helps luthiers carve high-quality stringed instruments.
Hutchins also created a family of eight violins known as the violin octet. They change in size and tone (音调). “It’s how the instrument is carved that makes it a violin,” Joe McNalley says. He is the founder of the Hutchins Consort, a group that plays the octet.
The four instruments in the string family are violin, viola, cello, and bass. They cannot play the lowest or highest notes of the piano. They play the notes in between. Hutchins created a family of eight violins that play all the notes a piano plays.
D. Quincy Whitney has written a book about Hutchins. “For centuries, musicians had talked about creating a family of violins that had a total string sound as wide as a piano,” she said.
Hutchins was an artist and a scientist. A big part of her dream was to create top-quality instruments that were affordable. “Her story is about how one person can not only make a difference,” says Whitney, “but can change a whole world.”
32. Why did Hutchins start to make stringed instruments
A. She hoped to create a better viola. B. She was not satisfied with her career.
C. She expected to be a skilled woodworker.
D. She wanted to teach her students about music.
33. What do we know about Hutchins
A. She headed the Hutchins Consort. B. She is very good at playing the octet.
C. She learned a simple method to make instruments.
D. She is a pioneer in the design of stringed instruments.
34. Different from the traditional violin family, the violin octet _____.
A. is easier to make B. has the same size
C. produces richer sounds D. is less enjoyed by musicians
35. What is Whitney’s attitude to Hutchins
A. Respectful. B. Concerned. C. Doubtful. D. Worried.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
New lives for old phones
When a new mobile phone starts to be sold in stores, many people rush out to buy one. We all want the newest, latest thing. 36
Mike Townsend works at Total Recall, a mobile phone recycling company. “Don’t throw your old phone away. 37 If you throw it away, it goes with other rubbish to become landfill. In other words, it is put in a big hole in the ground — and it becomes a big problem,” he says.
Mobile phones contain some poisonous (有毒的) materials. If your phone goes to a landfill, these poisonous materials can get out and get into the water under the ground. That’s the water we need to drink or water that goes into rivers or the ocean. 38 That’s a lot of landfill and a lot of poisonous materials.
“At Total Recall, we separate the old phones into pieces. Most of the materials in a mobile phone can be recycled and used again. 39 For example, phone batteries (电池) contain nickel and cadmium. The nickel is used to make steel (钢), and the cadmium can be used to make new batteries,” explains Mike.
“ 40 You can usually just take it into a mobile phone shop and they’ll send it to us,” says Mike.
So, before you throw that old mobile phone away, use it one last time: search for a recycler near you and give them a call.
A. Send it to us and we’ll recycle it.
B. Recycling your old phone is easy.
C. How much is our old mobile phone worth
D. But what should we do with our old mobile phones
E. Millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year.
F. We sell the parts and they are used to make new products.
G. Recycling materials helps keep the environment greener and cleaner.
第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
As an eco-minimalist, Su Yige has developed an environmentally friendly lifestyle for the past three years while studying in Canada. 41 , her eco-friendly actions have often led to the 23-year-old being 42 as Japanese. At first, she believed it was a result of similarities in Asians’ 43 in the eyes of many Westerners, but after long observation she has 44 that it is based on “environment-related racism (种族偏见) 45 Chinese people”.
That conclusion 46 her to create an environmental video blog as a platform to 47
this noticeable racism. The idea of 48 an environmental blog came when she 49 to find many examples of such content on Chinese social media platforms, though it is common on the 50 in the West.
She probably would not have put the idea into 51 so quickly if she hadn’t been mistaken as Japanese 52 in March last year, when she was cleaning up an area filled with litter while taking a walk.
A Canadian man, who stopped running and 53 her, asked if she was from Japan. Dressed in regular clothes, she could find no 54 for the mistake. “I suddenly realized that it’s 55
to break the prejudice (偏见),” she said.
However, she wants to keep her environmental blog 56 to make full use of her spare time, and hopes to 57 with vloggers (视频博主) by sharing her personal experiences to make her platform more 58 .
What drives her to 59 the time-consuming activity that provides no 60 benefit is the hope of stopping the longstanding environmental prejudice（偏见） against Chinese people.
41. A. However B. Therefore C. Naturally D. Obviously
42. A. respected B. praised C. ignored D. mistaken
43. A. history B. culture C. appearance D. personality
44. A. concluded B. explained C. denied D. admitted
45. A. about B. against C. for D. with
46. A. required B. allowed C. drove D. advised
47. A. change B. affect C. accept D. protect
48. A. searching B. starting C. appreciating D. decorating
49. A. managed B. promised C. failed D. refused
50. A. schoolyard B. street C. radio D. Internet
51. A. consideration B. practice C. discussion D. test
52. A. eventually B. suddenly C. forever D. again
53. A. interviewed B. blamed C. joined D. comforted
54. A. result B. reason C. information D. effect
55. A. difficult B. meaningless C. impossible D. unnecessary
56. A. disappearing B. running C. stopping D. emptying
57. A. cooperate B. argue C. compare D. compete
58. A. amusing B. complex C. fashionable D. influential
59. A. report B. repeat C. continue D. mention
60. A. environmental B. physical C. political D. financial
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。
Hero police officer saves 3-year-old girl’s life on his wedding day
“He’s always at the right place at the right (or wrong) time,” said one of the officer’s 61. ________ (colleague).
John O’Rourke will surely never forget his wedding (婚礼) day.
Not only did the Indiana University Police Department officer get married that day, he also 62. ________ (save) a little girl’s life. O’Rourke pulled off the heroic actions at a small shop in Sanford, Florida, 63. ________ the morning of his wedding day.
While 64. ________ (stand) in line to buy some breakfast, he saw a crowd standing around and looking on an 65.____(conscious )3-year-old lying on the floor.
O’Rourke got a bystander to call 911 so that he could report 66. ________ had happened here. He then gave first aid treatment to the poor child. 67. ________ (fortunate), no sooner had the girl recovered consciousness 68. ________ doctors and nurses arrived.
With the youngster in the care of the medical professionals, shop staff gave O’Rourke a free box of sandwiches 69. ________ (express) their thanks for his actions.
He later joined his bride, Virginia, in saying their vows (誓词) in front of friends from the Florida Highway Patrol, 70. ________ said he had a habit of being “at the right place at the right (or wrong) time.”
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）
Yesterday, I spent one memorable afternoon with my little friend Tom, which was the child of my neighbors next door. When I reached home after school, I find Tom sitting on the stairs．
Knowing he had lost his key, and I invited him to my home. He started to do his homework. Meanwhile, I called her mother and told her what had happened. Soon Tom finished all his homework. Since it was still early, I decided play Chinese chess with him so that he wouldn't feel boring. Tom was very careful and he thought very hard before makes any move. Later, Tom's mother arrived and thanked me for taking care of her sons. Tom said he had a enjoyable afternoon. In fact, I also felt very happily.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是某国际学校的学生李华，你最近从学校网站上得知你校正在招聘一名帮助外教组织教学的助教，你有意应聘。请你根据所给要点，用英语给你校负责人Mr. Brown写一封求职信。
1. 说明写信目的；2. 介绍个人优势。
注意：词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）。
参考词汇：助教teaching assistant.
Dear Mr. Brown,
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua田家炳中学教育集团2021-2022学年高二下学期期中考试
参考答案
1-5 ABCCA 6-10 BCBAB 11-15 CBBCC 16-20 ABBAB
21-25 BDCAB 26-30 CABAC 31-35 CADCA 36-40 DAEFB
41-45 ADCAB 46-50 CABCD 51-55 BDCBA 56-60 BADCD
61. colleagues 62. saved 63. unconscious 64. standing
65. at 66. what 67. Fortunately 68. than
69. to express 70. who
短文改错
71. ... which was the child ... which → who
72. ... I find Tom sitting ... find → found
73. Know he had ... Know → Knowing或去掉and
74. ... I called her mother ... her → his
75. ... I decided play ... decided后加to
76.. ... wouldn't feel boring. boring → bored
77. ... before makes any move. makes → making
78. ... taking care of her sons. sons → son
79....said he had a enjoyable afternoon a→an
80. ... felt very happily. happily → happy
Dear Mr. Brown,
I’ve learned from our school website that you’re looking for a teaching assistant. I’m quite interested in the position.
I think I’m the right person for the job. First, as a hard-working student, I have a good command of English and do well in both speaking and writing. Besides, being the assistant to our English teacher, I’ve helped her hold many English activities, so I’ve got much experience and I’m familiar with all the aspects of this kind of work. Last, I’m easy to get along with and I enjoy working with others. For these reasons, I’m sure I can do the job well.
I really appreciate your attention and I hope I can hear from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
