辽宁省部分中学2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考试
英 语 试 题
考生注意：考试时间120分钟，试卷满分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. About what are the two speakers talking？
A. A new book. B. A new film. C. A new craftwork.
2. What does the man mean？
A. He would lock the language lab at the moment.
B. The language lab will be used later.
C. Let the woman check the lab.
3. How can the man get to the bus stop？
A. To turn to the left. B. To turn left，then right. C. To turn left twice.
4. Which of the following is TRUE？
A. The man didn’t attend the conference.
B. The woman did the speech.
C. The man wanted to make the speech.
5. What can we learn from the dialogue？
A. The woman is going to have a trip this summer vacation.
B. The woman is going to stay at home this summer vacation.
C. The woman hasn’t decided how to spend the summer vacation.
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、7两个小题。
6. What are the people doing in the house？
A. They are having dinner.
B. They are having a party.
C. They are having a discussion.
7. What is Mike Smith？
A. He is a lawyer.
B. He is the woman’s boyfriend.
C. He is a college student.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9两个小题。
8. What’s the relationship of the two speakers？
A. Teacher and student. B. Interviewer and interviewee. C. Fellow-workers.
9. On which day does the conversation probably take place？
A. On Wednesday. B. On Thursday. C. On Tuesday.
听第8段材料，回答第10—12三个小题。
10. What’s Tony’s telephone number？
A. 05661605. B. 66051605. C. 66006605.
11. How many languages does the school offer to teach？
A. 2. B. 3. C. At least 4.
12. Where is Tony going to learn German？
A. In the Lake District. B. In the New Century. C. In the Central Park.
听第9段材料，回答第13—16四个小题。
13. How is the woman going to Paris？
A. By bus. B. By air. C. By car.
14. How many people will go to see her off？
A. 4. B. 3. C. 2.
15. What can we conclude from the dialogue？
A. The man wants to meet Thomas Gross in Paris.
B. The man and Thomas Gross studied in the same college.
C. The man don’t know much about Thomas Gross.
16. How long will the man be with the woman next Friday？
A. The whole afternoon.
B. More than 45 minutes.
C.Less than 45 minutes.
听第10段材料，回答第17—20四个小题。
17. Why does man say that vacations are as unique as the people who take them？
A. Because of the different spots and sightseeing.
B. Because of different people group choosing different visiting places.
C. Because of the different home incomes.
18. What do daring souls like to do after the passage？
A. They like to go fishing，skiing or white-water rafting.
B. They like to seek out famous historical sites and museums.
C. They like to trek expeditions and safaris in remote places.
19. What have created a world of globetrotters？
A. International business and mass communications.
B. International business and jet airplanes.
C. Both A and B.
20. Which statement is TRUE after the passage？
A. Americans are the only people in the world who like to travel.
B. People all over the world do going-abroad travel.
C. Almost every American is a tourist sometime.
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
Below is a list of the most worthwhile writing competitions available.
TALF Flash Fiction Competition
The theme of this contest from Theme Arts and Literature Festival is “The Prime of Lile” in recognition of the 15th anniversary of the death of Muriel Spark. You can deal with this theme in any genre（体裁） and in any way you choose, although you are limited to 500 words.
Prizes : 200, 100, 50.
Entry Fee : 8.
Wild Nature Poetry Award 2022
Here we have a new contest from Indigo Dreams Publishing. It is for poems of up to 48 lines on the subject of cruel sports, wildlife in general, the natural world, or the environment.
Prizes: 200, 100, 75.
Entry Fee: 5.
SPM Poetry Book Competition
This international contest from Sentinel Poetry Movement is for full-length poetry collections on any theme and in any style. To enter, you submit up to 20 pages initially. If shortlisted（入围）, you have to submit the full collection before December 31 .
Prizes: 500, 250, 100.
Entry Fee: 25.
Poetry Space Competition 2022
Here’s a new contest from Poetry Space, an online platform for modern poetry from around the world, which requires poems of up to 40 lines on any subject. You have to be over 16 to enter. The judge is Rosie Jackson, a poet and creative writing tutor.
Prizes: 300, 200, 100.
Entry Fee: 5.
21．What is special about TALF Flash Fiction Competition
A．It requires no entry fee. B．It is about a certain theme.
C．It has the longest history. D．It was started by a famous person.
22．Which contest requests part of the entry first
A．SPM Poetry Book Competition. B．Poetry Space Competition 2022.
C．Wild Nature Poetry Award 2022. D．TALF Flash Fiction Competition.
23．What can we know about the contest from Poetry Space
A．It is a yearly contest. B．Anyone can take part.
C．It has more than one limit. D．In offers the most prize money.
B
On Sept 25, a team of doctors made medical history. In a two-hour procedure, led by Dr Robert Montgomery at New York University（NYU）Langone Health in the US, doctors successfully attached a kidney（肾） from a genetically-engineered（转基因的） pig to a human. The kidney functioned normally and wasn’t rejected（排斥） by the person’s immune system.
Montgomery said that the success was great. “It was a kidney that was immediately functioning,” Montgomery told CBS News.
The recipient（接受者） was a brain-dead patient with signs of kidney dysfunction（功能障碍）whose family agreed to the experiment before she was due to be taken off life support, researchers told Reuters.
For three days, the kidney was attached to the patient’s blood vessels（血管） by the upper leg and kept outside her body.
This kidney was never meant to serve as a permanently functioning organ for the patient. Instead, the point of the operation was to test whether the body would reject the organ. Researchers have been working toward the possibility of using animal organs, for example pigs’, for transplants for years. The problem lies in how to prevent the body from rejecting the organ.
This is where the idea of using an organ from a genetically-engineered pig came into play.
According to Popular Science, pig cells contain a sugar molecule（分子） that is foreign to the human body and causes organ rejection. Montgomery’s team thought that using a genetically -engineered pig that wouldn’t produce this sugar molecule would overcome the problem of organ rejection. This could give hope to many common people.
Montgomery said that the NYU kidney transplant（移植） experiment would bring hope for patients with kidney failure, possibly in the next year or two, CNN reported.
While there is still much to be done before entire pig organs are regularly used in people, the future itself is encouraging. Amy Friedman told The New York Times that she hopes that in the future, it will be possible to use other organs grown in pigs as well. “ It’s truly unbelievable to think of how many transplants we might be able to offer.”
24．What was the aim of the experiment
A．To find out what causes kidney dysfunction.
B．To test if the animal organ would be rejected.
C．To study what causes the human body to reject an organ.
D．To see what kinds of animal organs could work in humans.
25．How did the researchers overcome the challenge
A．By enlarging the sugar molecule.
B．By adjusting the position of the kidney.
C．By using a genetically-engineered pig.
D．By adding a sugar molecule to the organ.
26．What’s the meaning of the experiment
A．It developed a permanently functioning organ.
B．It provides a perfect solution to kidney failure.
C．It is the first time a brain-dead patient has been cured.
D．It marks a step toward using pig kidneys for transplants.
27．What’s Friedman’s attitude toward the prospect of using entire pig organs for transplants
A．Doubtful. B．Worried.
C．Positive. D．Uncertain.
C
Like most robots, social robots use artificial intelligence to decide how to act on information received through cameras and other sensors. The ability to respond in ways that seem lifelike has been informed by research into such issues as how perceptions（知觉） form, what constitutes social and emotional intelligence, and how people can infer others’ thoughts and feelings. Advances in Al have enabled designers to translate such psychological and neuroscientific insights into algorithms that allow robots to recognize voices, feces and emotions; interpret speech and gestures; respond appropriately to complex verbal and nonverbal cues; make eye contact; speak conversationally; and adapt to people’s needs by learning from feedback, rewards and criticisms.
A 47-inch humanoid（类人物） called Pepper（from SoftBank Robotics） recognizes faces and basic human emotions and engages in conversations via a touch screen in its “chest,” About 15,000 Peppers worldwide perform such services as hotel check-ins, airport customer service, shopping assistance and fast-food checkout. Temi（from Temi USA） and Loomo（Segway Robotics） are the next generation of personal assistants—like Amazon Echo and Google Home but mobile, providing a new level of functionality. Loomo, for instance, is not only a companion but can also transform on command into a scooter（小型摩托车） for transport.
Social robots have particular appeal for assisting the world’s growing elderly population. The PARO Therapeutic Robot（developed by Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology）, which looks like a seal, soft and cute, is meant to stimulate and reduce stress for those with Alzheimer’s disease and other patients in care facilities: it responds to its name by moving its head, and it cries for petting. Mabu（Catalia Health） engages patients, particularly the elderly, as a wellness aide, reminding them to take walks and medication and to call family members. Social robots are also gaining popularity with consumers as toys. Early attempts to include social behavior in toys, such as Hasbro’s Baby Alive and Sony’s AIBO robotic dog, had limited success. But both arc resurging（复活）, and the most recent version of AIBO has advanced voice and gesture recognition, can be taught tricks and develops new behaviors based on previous interactions.
Worldwide sales of consumer robots reached an estimated $5.6 billion in 2018, and the market is expected to grow to $19 billion by the end of 2025, with more than 65 million robots sold a year. This trend may seem surprising given that multiple well-funded consumer robot companies, such as Jibo and Anki, have failed. But a wave of robots is lining up to take the place of old robots, including BUDDY（Blue Frog Robotics）, a big-eyed mobile device that plays games in addition to acting as a personal assistant and providing home automation and security.
28．What does the first paragraph mainly talk about
A．How social robots receive information.
B．What research has been conducted about social robots.
C．Why social robots can respond in lifelike ways.
D．How designers translate insights into social robots.
29．Examples are used in Paragraph 2 to show that social robots are ________.
A．filling an expanding variety of roles B．getting higher intelligence
C．interacting with people D．learning to respond in lifelike ways
30．According to the passage we know that ________.
A．social robots can have various forms and appearances
B．PARO can interact with people by moving its head like a dog
C．the most recent version of AIBO has achieved as great success as before
D．the sales of consumer robots have been increasing as ever expected
31．What is the best title for the passage
A．More companies will invest on social robots.
B．Social robots play nicely with human beings.
C．Social robots have great effects on elder people’s life.
D．Artificial intelligence enables social robots to make decisions.
D
Going to university is supposed to be a mind-broadening experience. That statement is probably made in comparison to training for work straight after school. But is it actually true Jessika Golle of the University of Tubingen, in Germany reports in Psychological Science this week that those who have been to university indeed seem to leave with broader and more curious minds than those who have spent their immediate post-school years in vocational（职业的） training for work. However, it was not the case that university broadened minds. Rather, vocational training for work seemed to have narrowed them. The result is not quite what might be expected.
Dr. Golle came to this conclusion after she and a team of colleagues studied the early careers of 2,095 German youngsters. The team used two standardized tests to assess their volunteers’ personality traits（特点） including openness, conscientiousness（认真） and so on, and attitudes such as realistic, investigative and enterprising twice, once towards the end of each volunteer’s time at high school, and then again six years later. Of the original group, 382 had to make a choice between the academic and vocational routes, and it was on these that the researchers focused. University beckoned for 212 of them. The remaining 170 chose vocational training and a job.
When it came to the second round of tests, Dr. Golle found that the personalities of both groups had not changed significantly. As for changes in altitude, again, none were noticeable in the university group. However, those who had chosen the vocational route showed marked drops in interest in tasks that are investigative and enterprising in nature. And that might restrict their choice of careers.
The changes in attitude that the researchers recorded were more worrying. Vocational training has always been what Germany prides itself on. If Dr Golle is correct, and changes in attitude brought about by the very training are narrowing people’s choices that is indeed a matter worthy of serious consideration.
32．What does Dr. Colle’s research suggest
A．Going to university is a mind-broadening experience.
B．College students pride themselves on their education.
C．Working straight after school narrows people’s minds.
D．Attending university has apparent effects on personalities.
33．What does the underlined phrase “beckoned for” in Paragraph 2 mean
A．Examined. B．Attracted.
C．Organized. D．Recognized
34．What can we learn about vocational training
A．it is essential to scientific research.
B．It leads to marked change in personality.
C．It helps to broaden the volunteers’ minds.
D．It causes less interest in investigative job.
35．What is the author’s attitude towards the finding
A．Skeptical. B．Optimistic.
C．Concerned. D．Unclear.
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。
Global Positioning System（GPS） is now a part of everyday driving in many countries. It is a space-based system that provides position and time information in all weather conditions. GPS can help people get to where they want to go. 36 When this happens, the driver is often to blame. Sometimes a GPS error is responsible. Most often, it is a combination of the two.
37 Barry Brown, a GPS technologist, took an incident as an example. His friend once flew to an airport in the eastern United States. There he borrowed a GPS-equipped car to use. He wrongly plugged in the home address in the west. It wasn’t until he was driving for thirty minutes that he realized it. Mr. Brown says this is a common human error. But he says, “One problem is that GPS has a very small screen and it can just tell you the next turn. 38 ”
“The Normal and Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS” lists several areas where GPS can cause difficulties. They include maps that are outdated, incorrect or difficult to understand. 39 GPS may fail due to these reasons and then lead to confusion for the drivers.
Although GPS sometimes causes difficulties when people are driving, the most attractive point of this system is its 100% coverage on the planet. It is important for you to have to know what you are doing when you use GPS. You need to have the “ability” to be able to use GPS because it sometimes goes wrong. 40
A．There are quite a few situations showing the problems of using GPS.
B．That means that it is not really telling you about going to the wrong place.
C．This space-based system is an important tool for civil and commercial users.
D．But sometimes it sends you to the wrong place or leaves you completely lost.
E．They also contain timing problems related to when GPS commands are given.
F．Advances in technology play an active role in modernizing GPS in many ways.
G．To make GPS well used, you need a good understanding of how drivers and GPS work.
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最佳选项。
Concerns about the harm caused by “too much” screen time—particularly when it is spent on social media—are widespread. But working out what a “healthy” 41 might be is far from easy.
Some negative experiences on social media—like 42 how your appearance compares to others—do affect some children. However, this does not mean that technology use in 43 is harmful and it is difficult to make claims about how it will affect different people.
Consider the picture painted by a UNICEF review of existing research into the effects of digital technology on children’s 44 comfort, including happiness, mental health and social life. Rather than stating that social media was harmful, it suggested a more 45 effect.
The UNICEF report highlighted a 2017 study that examined 120,000 UK 15-year-olds. Among those teenagers who were the lightest users, it was found that increasing the time spent using technology was linked to 46 comfort—possibly because it was important for keeping up friendships. 47 , among the heaviest users of technology, any increase in time was linked to lower levels of comfort. Overall, the UNICEF study suggested that some screen time could be good for children’s mental health.
A broader look at evidence provided by some other high quality studies again suggests the story is not 48 . An early study in 2013 looked at how the television and video game habits of 11,000 UK five-year-olds affected them two years later. It is one of few studies actually 49 the effects of technology over time. It suggested that, compared with children who watched one hour of television or less on a weekday, a small increase in conduct problems was seen among those who watched more than three hours each day. Playing electronic games, however, was not seen as leading to a greater 50 of friendship or emotional problems.
So how much time should our children spend looking at screens It is difficult to be 51 as different people spend time online in such different ways. A useful comparison might be with sugar. Broadly speaking, people 52 that too much sugar can be bad for your health. But the effect it might have can depend on many factors, from the type of sugar to the person and the amount. We would not 53 trust anyone who claims to predict how someone is affected by consuming one gram of sugar. The same could be said for 54 usage: the outcomes depend on so many factors that only very 55 predictions are possible.
41. A．amount B．comparison C．experience D．medium
42. A．accounting for B．boasting of C．commenting on D．worrying about
43. A．general B．particular C．private D．public
44. A．domestic B．material C．physical D．psychological
45. A．complex B．dramatic C．harmless D．predictable
46. A．improved B．maximum C．relative D．small
47. A．As a rule B．In contrast C．On the whole D．Worse still
48. A．convincing B．definite C．probable D．true
49. A．estimating B．experiencing C．reducing D．tracing
50. A．connection B．power C．promotion D．risk
51. A．balanced B．independent C．precise D．subjective
52. A．agree B．forget C．object D．remember
53. A．equally B．readily C．reluctantly D．weakly
54. A．emotion therapy B．social media C．TV broadcasting D．video game
55. A．confident B．optimistic C．rough D．wild
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。
Increasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors by going to diagnose their symptoms, order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies（药店）.Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially 56． they lack health insurance. Or they may stay away because they find it 57．(embarrass) to discuss their weight, smoking, alcohol consumption or couch potato habits. Patients may also fear what they might learn about their health, or they distrust physicians because of negative 58． (experience) in the past. But 59．(play) doctor can also be a deadly game.
Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet 60．medical answers--- and most of them aren’t nearly sceptical enough of what they find. A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet &American Life Project found that 72 percent of those 61．(survey) believe all or most of what they read on health websites. They shouldn’t look up “headache” and the chances of finding 62．(rely) and complete information, free from a motivation for commercial gain, 63． (be) only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study. Of the 169 websites the researchers rated, only 16 scored as “high quality”. Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research team to warn that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate and even dangerous 64． (inform) exists on the Internet.
The problem is most people don’t know the safe way to surf the Web. “They use a search engine like Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking. But that’s risky, because almost anybody can put up a site that looks authoritative（权威的），so it’s hard to know if what you’re reading is 65．(reason) or not,” says Dr.Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
假定你是学生会主席李华，学生会成员王雷将去应聘一份在培训机构当外语助教（teaching assistant）的暑假兼职工作，请你给他写一封推荐信，向要应聘的培训机构推荐他，介绍一些他的个人信息。要点如下：
1. 王雷的个性特点以及专长；
2. 王雷平时在校的表现（他的学业表现和获奖情况等）。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Manager,
I am Li Hua, president of the Students’ Union.____________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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。
Life is a series of choices and we can’t always foresee the consequences（后果）.
Harry Saleen, an obese（过渡肥胖的） man with too much money and power, faced a choice. Outside his office waited his personal doctor, bringing him the important news about the onlymedicine that could save his life. On the other side of the world, one of his engineers waited for his decision on an important matter of business.
His secretary asked him whether she could bring the doctor in. The billionaire businessman made his decision. “Business comes first,” answered Saleen. Despite the health problem caused by his huge weight, he was still crazy about making money. He raised a fat finger, and one of his staff（员工） hurried to switch on a large television set.
On the screen appeared his engineer. They talked by satellite directly to each other although they were thousands of miles apart. “It’s all ready to explode（爆破）, Mr. Saleen,” he said. His engineer was standing above Pakan Valley in South America. A few months ago, it had been a rainforest. Then Saleen’s men came, cutting down all the valuable trees and forcing the villagers to move out. Across the valley, a dam（大坝） had been built to provide power for the factories that Saleen planned to build in that area. The factories would bring him great profits. Seeing no reason to delay, he ordered the engineer to press the button. There, in the valley, a cloud of dust rose, followed by a dull（沉闷的） explosion., A large river changed its course（河道） and water flooded into the valley.
“Good, that’s it. Now get that doctor in here,” he commanded.
The doctor came in with a worried look and started to examine his wealthy patient. “You are doing very well, Mr. Saleen. The only medicine is saving your life. But the difficulty is getting more of it.”
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1：
“Tell me what you need and we’ll get it.” Saleen said._______________________________
______________________________________________________________________________Paragraph 2：
The doctor smiled, “Well, luckily for you, sir, this rare plant comes from the rainforest which you own.”______________________________________________________________________
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英语试题参考答案
1-5 ABCAC 6-10 BABCC 11-15 CBBCB 16-20 BBCCC
21-25 BACBC 26-30 DCCAA 31-35 BCBDC 36-40 DABEG
41-45 ADADA 46-50 ABBDD 51-55 CABBC
56．if /when 57．embarrassing 48．experiences 49．playing 60．for
61．surveyed 62．reliable 63．are 64．information 65．reasonable
One possible version：
Dear Manager,
I am Li Hua, president of the Students’ Union. I would like to recommend Wang Lei to you.
Wang Lei is a friendly and outgoing boy, who is committed to his work as a member of the Students’ Union. What impresses me most is his capability of balancing activities and studies. He is straight-A student with especially good command of English. In fact, he impresses everyone with not only being active in school activities but also his excellent academic performance.
All things considered, Wang Lei is equal to working as a teaching assistant in your company. Therefore, I strongly recommend him to you as I think he is the right person for this position.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
One possible version：
Paragraph 1:
“Tell me what you need and we’ll get it.” Saleen said. “The main ingredient of the only medicine came from a newly-discovered plant, which are very rare.” the doctor explained. “Plenty of them are needed so that we can make enough medicine for you to make a full recovery. Moreover, there’s only one place in the world where they grow.” “Where ” demanded the businessman, impatiently, still taking no notice of how urgent the present situation is.
Paragraph 2:
The doctor smiled, “Well, luckily for you, sir, this rare plant comes from the rainforest which you own. They’re from the place in South America known as Pakan Valley, which is said to have been in your possession. Thus, you do have little difficulty having a plentiful supply of them,” the doctor added. However, hearing the news, Saleem wasn’t so excited as the doctor had expected. Never in his life had he had such deep regrets about a decision. Now he could only suffer the consequences of his own choice, despite all the money he possessed.
