英桥高中2021--2022下学期期末考试题
（高二英语）
第一部分 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。
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What’s on
◆Beijing
Circus coming to town
The Union Royal Circus is holding two shows at the Beijing Workers’ Gymnasium. It will feature five tigers, three lions, two camels, two bears and 14 horses. In 1950, the government of the former Soviet Union established The National Circus, which ranked top in the world.
The Union Royal Circus, which developed from The National Circus, still has the best performers from Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
7:30 pm, July 17, 18. Beijing Workers’ Gymnasium, 1 Gongti, Beilu, Chaoyang district. 400-699-2199
Photos of old palace
The focus of conceptual artist Fu Wenjun’s solo photography show at Today Art Museum is the Yuanmingyuan, or Old Summer Palace.
In the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs series, images of the 12 animal heads missing from the burned palace, culled(采集) from the Internet, are set against the stone ruins of Yuanmingyuan.
For the Stories of World Gardens series, the 55-year-old puts together the Internet search results of the Yuanmingyuan ruins against the background of the Shanghai World Expo’s national pavilions of the eight allied forces(八国联军) that invaded Beijing in 1900.
9 am-4pm, until July 20. Today Art Museum, 32 Baiziwan Lu, Chaoyang district. 010-5876-9690
◆Shanghai
Symphony(交响乐) concert
The Shanghai Philharmonic Symphony will give a concert, conducted by Tang Muhai. Featuring pianist Xu Zhouxi and organist Xu Weidong, the concert marks the conclusion of the 2016-17 music season for the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. The program includes Internet Symphony No.1, Eroica by Tan Dun, Piano Concerto No.1 in B Minor by Tchaikovsky, and Symphony No.3 in C Minor and Organ Symphony by Saint-Saens.
7:30 pm, July 18. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu. 021-6854-1234
21. If you are interested in animals, which telephone number will you dial
A. 010-5876-9690 B. 400-699-2199 C. 021-6854-1234 D. 400-5876-1234
22. Which of the events may last longest
A. Circus shows. B. .Photos of old palace. C. Symphony concert D. It doesn’t mention.
23. Which of the following statements is true
A. The symphony concert will be conducted by several famous musicians.
B. The concert will be the first one of the 2016-17 music season.
C. The concert will last 5 hours.
D. The concert will be the last one of the 2016-17 music season.
B
The summer before my dad died, we moved house. Up until that point, our family had our own space to spread out. Money was tight, so there was no television set, but we owned a turntable on which my dad’s records played constantly. Mostly, it played Bob Dylan. Tracks from The Basement Tapes and Desire became an important part of our new life. My brother and I, aged 8 and 10，climbed trees, built hideaways and learned the words of Clothes Line Saga. We would chant over and over, lost in our own joy.
It was January when my dad left us forever because of the cancer. He was 36 going on 37 then, the same age as Dylan. Afterwards, our laughter disappeared, but we kept on playing the records, which became our only ritual of remembrance. The two men became so intertwined in my head, I struggled to tell them apart.
Dylan was my dad’s gift to me. What child wouldn’t be fascinated by songs full of pirates and seasick sailors How did it feel to have No direction home Farewell, Angelina became my party-piece. I would sing this at church cheese and wines to the assembled audience. A lot of donations were made.
Growing up, I remained a fan of the music, but I wasn’t obsessed with Dylan until one day in early 1995, my brother bought us both tickets to see him play at Brixton Academy. London felt like a long way to go. But finally seeing Dylan step out on to the stage brought a sudden rush of excitement.
I have seen Dylan a couple of times since. My brother is not around so much these days. But he was up for a visit recently. We passed a happy evening laughing an drinking, while his son, aged nine, performed his party—piece Subterranean Homesick Blues for us. He sang it word-perfect. And so it goes on :Dylan’s music as a gift, passed down the generations.
24. What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage
A. To praise his late father. B. To tell about his family history.
C. To express his longing for family reunion. D. To show his love for Bob Dylan.
25. The underlined word “ritual” in the second paragraph means “ ”.
A. passion B. ceremony C. memory D. belief
26. How did the author raise money in his childhood
A. By singing a Dylan’s song at church gatherings.
B. By providing cheese and wines to church prayers.
C. By playing a private in church performances.
D. By accepting donations from the church.
27. The recent visit of the author’s brother indicates that .
A. his nephew was ever invited to play in Dylan’s concert
B. his brother has never seen a live performance of Dylan
C. Dylan’s music has influenced three generations of his family
D. Subterranean Homesick Blues is always his favorite song
C
A few weeks ago, I called an Uber to take me to the Boston airport for a flight home for the holidays. As I slid into the back seat of the car, the warm intonations(语调) of the driver’s accent washed over me in a familiar way.
I learned that he was a recent West African immigrant with a few young children, working hard to provide for his family. I could relate: I am the daughter of two Ethiopian immigrants who made their share of sacrifices to ensure my success. I told him I was on a college break and headed home to visit my parents. That’s how he found out I go to Harvard. An approving eye glinted at me in the rearview window, and quickly, we crossed the boundaries of rider and driver. I became his daughter, all grown up — the product of his sacrifice.
And then came the fateful question: “What do you study ” I answered “history and literature” and the pride in his voice faded, as I knew it might. I didn’t even get to add “and African-American studies” before he cut in, his voice thick with disappointment, “All that work to get into Harvard, and you study history ”
Here I was, his daughter, squandering the biggest opportunity of her life. He went on to deliver the age-old lecture that all immigrant kids know. We are to become doctors (or lawyers, if our parents are being generous) — to make money and send money back home. The unspoken demand, made across generations, which my Uber driver laid out plainly, is simple: Fulfill your role in the narrative(故事) of upward mobility so your children can do the same.
I used to feel anxious and backed into a corner by the questioning, but now as a junior in college, I’m grateful for their support more than anything. This holiday season, I’ve promised myself I won’t huff and get annoyed at their inquiries. I won’t defensively respond with “but I plan to go to law school!” when I get unrequested advice. I’ll just smile and nod, and enjoy the warmth of the occasion.
28. What disappointed the driver
A. The author’s attitude towards him. B. The school that the author is attending.
C. The author’s majors in history and literature. D. The author’s interests in African American studies.
29. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “squandering” in Paragraph 4
A. wasting B. creating C. valuing D. seizing
30. Why are immigrant kids expected to be doctors or lawyers
A. Their parents want them to move upward in society.
B. Their parents are high achieving as well.
C. They have more opportunities.
D. They are very smart in general.
31. How did the author react to the driver’s questioning
A. Getting upset. B. Feeling satisfied.
C. Defending herself. D. Appreciating his concern.
D
What’s small, buzzes here and there and visits flowers If you said bees or hummingbirds, you got it. You wouldn’t be the first if you mixed the two up. Now a group of researchers even say we should embrace our history of considering the two together in the same group. The way scientists study bees could help them study hummingbird behavior, too.
Scientists first compared the two back in the 1970s when studying how animals search for food. The idea is that animals use a kind of math to make choices in order to minimize the work it takes to earn maximum rewards. Researchers at the time focused on movement rules, like the order in which they visited flowers, and where flowers were located relative to others. It was “almost like an algorithm(算法)” for efficient searching, said David Pritchard, a biologist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Hummingbirds and bees had similar solutions.
As the field of animal cognition(认知) appeared, hummingbird and bee research parted. Neuroscientists and behavioral ecologists developed ways to study bee behavior in naturalistic settings. Hummingbird researchers compared hummingbirds to other birds and borrowed methods from psychology to study their ability to learn in the lab. To be fair, hummingbirds and bees differ. For example, hummingbirds have more advanced eyes and brains than bees. Honeybees and bumblebees are social; hummingbirds typically aren’t.
But however they perceive(感知) or process information, they both experience similar information, Dr. Pritchard said. In day-to-day searching for food, for example, hummingbirds may rely on more of a bee’s-eye view than a bird’s-eye view. Like other birds, they rely on landmarks, distances and directions to make maps when travelling long distances, but they don’t use these cues to find flowers. Move a flower just an inch or so away from where a hummingbird thought it was and it will hover over the flower’s original location. Dr. Pritchard is investigating if, like bees, hummingbirds engage in view matching — hovering, scanning snapshots of a place to its memory and using those as references later.
32. What is the center of research on hummingbirds and bees in the 1970s
A. Memory. B. Movement rules.
C. Reward calculating. D. Information processing.
33. Which subject’s research methods were adopted to study the learning ability of Hummingbirds
A. Math. B. Biology. C. Ecology. D. Psychology.
34. How do researchers find out that hummingbirds are not like birds
A. By setting them free. B. By moving flowers.
C. By matching view. D. By making maps.
35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. Hummingbirds and Bees B. Hummingbirds in the Lab
C. New Trends in Studying Bees D. Thinking of Hummingbirds as Bees
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人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余 选项。
How to Find Yourself
Do you often feel lost Do you think you are living somebody else’s life If yes, discover ways to find yourself by going through the following article.
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If you are thinking , “how to find yourself when you are lost ”, then the first thing to do is to have a rest from everything—work, personal life and all worldly things. Give time to yourself to think why you seem lost. Is it because of over work Is it because you are not leading a life that you want to Or is it because you are not satisfied with the people or things around you Try to find answers to these questions to determine the cause behind your restlessness.
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For once, instead of being the way others want you to be, be yourself. Look within and find yourself in you. Think about the things that you would want to do if you didn’t have any family obligations or any money issues. If you really want to know how to find inner peace, then think, what you would want others to describe you as—an honest person Or adventurous Or loving , or realistic 38
Reflect（反思） on yourself
Thinking deeply about the past, the time or situations when you were the happiest, is another way to find yourself. 39 This will help you to identify things that you want to do in life and that make you happy and also certain people whose company you enjoy.
Maintain a diary
Knowing yourself and determining what you want to do with your life, will not come to you in a day or two. Discovering oneself is an ongoing process and it can take months or sometimes even years to truly find yourself. So, it’s important that you keep a written record of all your feelings and thoughts. 40 And then you may find yourself.
Accept yourself
Focus on yourself
Give yourself a break
Pour all your emotions and feelings about life in it.
Think what you were doing or when you were the happiest.
It is very important for you to truly find yourself before it is too late.
Once you look within, you will know the answer and then try to be exactly that.
第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45分）
第一节 完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every time Shelly and her friends go out to dinner, they play something called the “phone pile” game. Upon entering the private room, everyone places their ___41___ on the tea table; whoever checks their device before the bill arrives ___42___ for dinner.
This game was first played about one year ago, when Lily, the starter, found that she had trouble ___43___ her mobile phone after she got home from work. So she ___44___ putting her phone into a small container the moment she walked in. It would remain there until after dinner.
The similar technique was carried out by Holly, who didn't ___45___ to sleep close to a beeping phone. So she __46___ computers and phones in her bedroom-a rule she __47___in her WeChat friends circle.
With the rapid development of science and technology, smart phones __48___ to impact our lives, and wearable devices like Google Glass ___49___ Our individual space even further. Thus overburdened users are creating their own device-free zones. These disconnecting -___50___ are improving their lives.
"Disconnecting is something that we all ___51___ ," said Shelly. "The expectation that we must always be ___52___ to everyone creates a real problem in trying to ___53___ private time. But that private time is more important than ever."
A useful method for ___54___ is to choose a milk tin for your cell phone, just like Lily does. " ___55___ my phone is lighting up, it's still a distraction（分心的事物）， so it goes in the ___56___," she said.
Others choose new __57___ . "No screens after 11 p.m." said Ari Melber, a TV host. "Now evenings are more ___58___ and I am sleeping better."
Sleep is a big factor, which is why some __59___ to leave their phones out of their bedrooms. To these people, it ___60___ is a head-clearer.
41. A. wallets B. handbags C. phones D. watches
42. A. waits B. pays C. prepares D. look
43. A. ignoring B. checking C. charging D. finding
44. A. advised B. forgot C. stopped D. began
45. A. hate B. arrange C. want D. promise
46. A. lost B. banned C. collected D. adjusted
47. A. shared B. agreed C. talked D. provided
48. A. intend B. choose C. happen D. continue
49. A. threaten B. defend C. improve D. use
50. A. tricks B. beliefs C. ways D. guesses
51. A. need B. avoid C. discover D. learn
52. A. dependable B. attractive C. convenient D. available
53. A. put out B. set aside C. turn down D. cut off
54. A. connecting B. distributing C. disconnecting D. entertaining
55. A. Unless B. Although C. Until D. When
56. A. room B. pocket C. bag D. box
57. A. rules B. orders C. steps D. games
58. A. flexible B. relaxing C. urgent D. upsetting
59. A. admit B. refuse C. prefer D. try
60. A. nearly B. definitely C. finally D. hardly
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文,在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mr. Smith has been in prison for three years, which may have you think he is not a good man. But_____61___a matter of fact, he was kind-hearted as well as honest. The reason____62____he was put into prison was that his six-year-old son blew up（爆炸）the bridge near his home, ____63____(imitate) what he had seen on TV. ____64____this little boy broke the law, he was too young to be put in prison. According to____65____local law, the boy’s parents had to be punished. As a result, Mr. Smith received the punishment. He____66____(arrest)and taken to the police station finally. Most of the people in the town showed pity on him, but it was____67____ (use). After all, law is law. Everybody is to obey____68____. What’s ____69____ (bad), Mrs. Smith was out of work before long. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. ____70____the Smiths have experienced does teach us a good lesson.
第三部分写作（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}
文中共有 10处语言错误，每句中最多有两蛛^每处锖误涉及—个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A )，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线（\).划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限—词; 2. 只允许修改扣处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
We all know that “Chances favor the prepared mind”. But I didn’t realize it until I became an senior high student. Soon after I go to high school, I heard a piece of excited news that there was a singing competitions. Although I loved singing very much, but I had never sung at the top of my voice in public. Anyhow, I was still eager have a try. When I talked about it with my parent, they inspired me to follow my inner voice. They told me that I would make it as long as I got well prepared. With the help of you, I became confident. When I felt I was ready, the day came. Standing in the stage, I sang with my full emotions. In the end, I winned the first prize.
第二节书面表达（满分25分}
假定你是李华，某英文报社正在举行题为“科技改变我们的未来生活”的征文活动，要求同学们想象科技将如何改变我们的生活环境、工作和休闲方式。请根据你的畅想用英语写一篇短文。
文章中应包括以下词汇：
green, smart phones, robots, communicate, online, vehicles like flying cars, trave to other planets,
convenient, comfortable.
注意：1. 词数100 -120字左右。
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
With the development of science and technology, our life in the future will be quite different from what it is now.
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________________________________________________________________________英桥高中2021-2022下学期期末考试答案
（高二英语）
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 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）
21. B 22. B 23. D 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. A 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. D 36---40: C B G E D
第 II 卷
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
41. C 42. B 43. A 44. D 45. C 46. B 47. A 48. D 49. A 50. C
51. A 52. D 53. B 54. C 55. D 56. D 57. A 58. B 59. C 60. B
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
61. as 62. why 63. imitating 64. Although / Though / While 65. the
66. was arrested 67. useless 68. it 69. worse 70. What
第三部分 写作 （共两节 满分 35）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
51. an → a 52. go → went 53. excited → exciting petitions → competition
55. 去掉 but 56. eager ^ to 57. parent → parents 58. you → them
59. in → on 60 . winned → won
第二节 书面表达 （满25分）
With the development of science and technology, our life in the future will be quite different from what it is now.
At that time, we’ll live in a greener and more beautiful world with trees, birds , blue skies and sunshine. And we will be able to arrange things like meals , bathing and sleep with our smart phones. Robots will be able to do most of the housework for us. As for work, we’ll mostly work at home, communicating ideas for work online. If necessary, we’ll have video meetings with our partners around the world. During our free time, we’ll be able to travel to places of interest in new vehicles like flying cars. We’ll even enjoy space trips to the moon and other planets.
All in all, our life will become more convenient and comfortable.
