1、新乡市高二下学期期中考试英 语考生注意：1.本试卷共150分。考试时间120分钟。2.请将各题答案填写在答题卡上。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转 涂到答题卡上。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. What does the man mean?A. He doesnt plan to move.B. He
2、s looking for an apartment.C. He was told the dormitory was full.2. What do we know about the man?A. He doesnt like basketball.B. He will watch the match.C. He will be busy this afternoon.3. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman refuses the mans apology.B. The man had forgotten the wh
3、ole thing.C. The man had hurt the womans feelings.4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student.B. Policewoman and chief.C. Mother and son.5. Where are the speakers?A. In a hotel. B. In the public house. C. In a supermarket.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
4、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. Who is the woman probably talking to?A. A man from Japan.B. A man from America. C. A man from England.7. What does the mans friend do?A. Shas a doctor. B. Shes a nurse. C. She
5、s a baby-sitter.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. When did the conversation take place?A. In the morning. B. At noon. C. In the evening.9. What did the woman buy last week?A. A pair of green shoes. B. A new sofa. C. A green dress.10. What color is the speakers old sofa?A. Light blue. B. Brown. C. Yellow.听第8段材料，回答第
6、11至13题。11. What is wrong with the man?A. He has got a cold. B. He has stress recently.C. He lost his memory.12. What is the womans first suggestion to the man?A. He should manage to be relaxed.B. He should eat more vegetables.C. He should see the doctor.13. Where does the conversation most likely ta
7、ke place?A. At school. B. At a restaurant. C. At the mans home.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Why was the man late for work?A. He got up late. B. He didnt catch the bus. C. The traffic was heavy.15. What is a car pool?A. It is a pool filled with many cars.B. It is an organization sending people to work.C. It
8、is a group of people riding to work in one car.16. How does the woman know so much about the car pool?A. She works in it.B. She has joined a car pool.C. She has read about it in the paper.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How many people are there in Newcastle?A. 200,000. B. 20,000. C. 2,000,000.18. Where is Ne
9、wcastle?A. On the Thames. B. On the River Tyne. C. In the north of England.19. Whats the main industry of Newcastle now?A. Shipbuilding. B. Coal-mining. C. Chemical and soap industries.20. Why does the man miss Newcastle?A. Because of the special name.B. Because of the nice people and countryside.C.
10、 Because of the shopping center.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。AWe have some excellent online films to recommend to you to kill boring time during the lockdown period.Spider-Man ： No Way HomeRating：8. 0 DecemberNow that Marvels superheroes have saved the U
11、niverse, their next job is obvious： They have to save the multiverse. In the third of the Spider-Man starring Tom Holland, the teenage web-spinner accidentally opens a gate to numerous parallel realities. “What people will be really surprised about is that its not fun,” Holland told Total Film. “Its
12、 dark and its sad, and its going to be really affecting.”DuneRating： 7. 8 OctoberNow at last we have a big-screen Dune that may actually do justice to Frank Herberts science-fiction novel. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, this film runs for 155 minutes and still only covers the first half of the book.
13、As space operas about psychic-powered young heroes on desert planets go, it may never be as popular as Star Wars.Rons Gone WrongRating：7. 7 OctoberRons Gone Wrong, the first feature-length cartoon from a new British studio, Locksmith Animation, is a family comedy about the differences between social
14、 media and physical interaction. Its schoolboy hero, Barney, is given what seems to be the ideal toy, a shiny robot which is programmed to be his friend-assuming it works properly. The problem is that this particular robot, Ron, barely works at all. What do you expect to happen between them?MinariRa
15、ting：7. 3 FebruaryLee Isaac Chung5s autobiographical drama has had faithful reviews. Most of the dialogues are in Korean so the organizers of the Golden Globes put it in the Foreign Language Film category. Glenn Whipp in the Los Angeles Times says that the film feels like a balm （镇痛软膏） right now, a
16、gentle, truthful and tender story of family filled with kind people trying to love one another the best they can.”21. Which movie has the highest score?A. Spidery-Man: No Way Home. B. Minari.C. Dune. D. Rons Gone Wrong.22. Which o the following is the name of a cartoon character?A. Denis Villeneuve.
17、 B. Barney.C. Tom Holland. D. Glenn Whipp.23. What can we learn about Mtnart?A. Its hero is a robot. B. It is a cartoon.C. Its a non-English film. D. It runs for 155 minutes.BYouve likely heard of the Group of Seven, artists who travelled the remote landscapes of Ontario to capture their rough beaut
18、y by brush. But they werent the only artists who travelled rough and painted what they saw!Fifty years before the Group of Seven, Frances Anne Hopkins was roughing it in a voyageur （船夫canoe between Lachine （Montreal） and Fort William （Thunder Bay）. She was born in England in 1838. She married Edward
19、 Hopkins, who worked for the Hudsons Bay Company, and moved to Lachine, Canada.In 1860, her husband was promoted to Chief Factor of Montreal, which led to the couple occasionally joining voyageurs on their journeys up the river, sometimes travelling all the way to Fort William by canoe. These trips
20、would take weeks of rough living with the men who pad- died the canoe. The couple travelled along the shores of the Mattawa River, where Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park is located today.While the voyageurs paddled the canoe or set up camp, Hopkins would sketch （素描） what she saw. She documented t
21、he lives of voyageurs in her sketches in the same way we might take a photograph. Most of her paintings describing voyageurs were completed after she returned to London in 1870. Many of her works, such as Canoes in a Fog, and Running a Rapid on the Mattawa River were displayed at the Royal Academy e
22、xhibition in England during her career.By the time Frances Anne Hopkins began documenting the voyageurs, lives, the need for them was declining. Faster travel methods such as trains and steamboats were becoming popular, and the demand for canoes was decreasing. However, one could argue that she arri
23、ved in the canoe just in time to capture the final years of the voyageurs before they could truly fade away.24. Why did the author mention Group of Seven?A. To show their achievements in art.B. To attract the attention of art lovers.C. To introduce the heroine of this article.D. To prove their influ
24、ence on other artists.25. What made Frances Anne Hopkins join voyageurs on their journeys?A. Her love for travelling. B. Her husbands promotion.C. Her moving to new home. D. Her interest in drawing.26. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?A. Frances Anne Hopkins works.B. Frances Anne Hopkins life.C. Fra
25、nces Anne Hopkins education.D. Frances Anne Hopkins marriage.27. What was Frances Anne Hopkins main contribution?A. Influencing the lives of voyageurs.B. Changing the trends of travel methods.C. Displaying her works at the Royal Academy.D. Documenting the lives of voyageurs through art.CAre calcium
26、supplements （补钙）safe? The short answer is probably yes. Many people take calcium supplements. Most are women. They do it to build stronger bones. But it is not clear that calcium prevents fractures （骨折）.The government advises post-middle-aged women not to take calcium supplements to prevent fracture
27、s.What are the risks from calcium supplements? Kidney stones （肾结石）are the biggest risk. The risk depends on whether you are also taking Vitamin D. A study found that when calcium was taken with Vitamin D, there was a 17 percent increase in the incidence of kidney stones. Another report said the risk
28、 disappeared when calcium was taken without Vitamin D.Another study asked if there was an increased risk of death and cancer associated with the use of calcium supplements and Vitamin D. This study and another study found that calcium supplements do not increase the risk of dying earlier. These and
29、other studies also found no increased risk of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, or cancer in general.Calcium, supplements do not seem to increase the risk of heart disease. A report states that “calcium intake has little or no effect on heart disease risk ”Government guidelines stop short of recomme
30、nding calcium 1 supplements. The decision rests on your concerns about your health. Calcium can also interact with certain medicine. But there is sufficient evidence to suggest that calcium supplements are safe when not taken with Vitamin D.28. Why do some women take calcium supplements?A. To beauti
31、fy themselves. B. To follow the trends.C. To strengthen their bones. D. To lengthen their lives.29. What determines the risk of taking calcium supplements?A. How one takes calcium supplements.B. When one takes calcium supplements.C. How many calcium supplements one takes.D. What brand calcium supple
32、ments one takes.30. Which of the following is consistent with studies?A. Calcium supplements are safe when taken with Vitamin D.B. Calcium taken with Vitamin D will decrease kidney stones.C. Calcium supplements will increase the risk of dying earlier.D. Calcium supplements will not increase the risk
33、 of cancer.31. In which section may the text appear on a newspaper?A. Health. B. Sports.C. Climate. D. Economy.DIf you were born after 2008 in New Zealand, youll never ever be allowed to buy a pack of cigarettes there. In new legislation （立法）expected to take hold next year, no cigarettes or to-bacco
34、 products will be available for people to purchase legally in the country. That means anyone who is 14 as of today will never be allowed to buy them in New Zealand. The four-year Smoke free Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan hopes to reduce rates of smoking for older people while completely banning sales for
35、 the younger population.Associate health minister Dr. Ayesha Verall, who announced the governments plan, said the country is concentrating on a “smoke-free generation” with this legislation. We want to make sure young people never start smoking so we will make it an offense to sell or supply smoked
36、tobacco products to new population of youth,” said Verall in a statement.The move comes as New Zealands health ministry pursues a large-scale crackdown （打压）on tobacco in the country. In April 2021, the countrys parliament announced its goal of being smoke-free by 2025, aiming to slowly reduce, phase
37、 out, then entirely cut the prospect of smoking. There are already existing barriers to tobacco products in New Zealand, including high taxes and plain packaging on cigarettes.“Clinical studies have shown that dramatically reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes makes it far easier for people to quit
38、,“ said Verall in parliament. So the action plan will see New Zealand transition to low-nicotine cigarettes. This is a major change but it is based on clinical research and it is realistic, because with vapes （电子烟）widely available, there is a far less harmful option available for smokers who are add
39、icted to nicotine. While vapes were introduced as a way to reduce cigarette consumption, they remain harmful according to research. Vapes are also particularly appealing to young people, who have long been the target people for the product.”32. What is the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan expecte
40、d to do?A. Promote vapes in New Zealand.B. Decrease smoking in New Zealand.C. Reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes.D. Ban selling cigarettes in New Zealand.33. What does the underlined word “offense” probably mean in paragraph 2?A. Expensive matter. B. Honorable deed.C. Easy affair. D. Illegal deed.
41、34. Which is not a measure taken to crackdown on tobacco in New Zealand?A. Raising taxes. B. Packaging plainly.C. Ban on planting. D. No selling to teenagers.35. What can be the best title for the text?A. New Zealand cigarette banB. Benefits of vapesC. Harm caused by smokingD. New Zealand legislatio
42、n on health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。We knew we were heading into a bleak （阴冷的）winter for our finances, but it is worse than expected. The cost of living is skyrocketing? households faced their toughest Christmas in a decade. And its not going to get better for a
43、 while. _36_Mystery shopping. _37_ Sign up to a few agencies一you may have to do a test but after it you can apply to testing out the service at pubs and restaurants. Pay is around 10 per job but you do get free food, shopping and maybe a hotel stay.Make gifts. If youre creative and enjoy baking, thi
44、s can be a great way to supplement your income. _38_ Christmas cakes, sweets, and hampers filled with either homemade goods or attractive items from a discount shop sell very well in the run-up to Christmas.Get away with it. Get a free holiday by swapping your home with somebody else for a few weeks
45、. No money is exchanged for the accommodation. _39_ Go to a house-swapping site and read other peoples descriptions of their house and facilities and exchange destination. home exchange, com and lovehomeswap.co.uk are good sites to use._40_ You can share the petrol costs or, if you provide a lift to
46、 two people, you could find yourself having the whole cost covered by their contribution. Its also worth trying Lift- Share. com to help cover the price of your journeys. According to Lift share, doing this with your daily commute can save you more than 1,000 a year.A. Car sharing.B. Cheaper petrol.
47、C. You can also usually get extras.D. You will only need to cover the costs of travel.E. Local markets are good places to sell homemade goods.F。Happily, there are quite a few ways to be wise with your cash.G. Make cash and get free dinners and shopping trips by being a mystery shopper.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两
48、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。I could hear footsteps following me. I stopped and _41_ to see who it was. The dim （昏暗的）street lamp did not allow me to see _42_ and it looked like I was alone.I was returning home after a late _43_ lesson. My parents were _44_ a neigh
