1、1 上海市控江中学上海市控江中学 2021 学年第二学期高二年级期中英语试卷学年第二学期高二年级期中英语试卷 2022.4 命题和校对：高二英语备课组 (满分满分 150 分分) I. Listening Comprehension (30 分分) Section A (10 分分) Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what wa
2、s said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. See a film with the man. B. Offer the man some he
3、lp. C. Listen to some great music. D. Say thanks to the man. 2. A. At 1:00 pm. B. At 3:00 pm. C. At 4:00 pm. D. At 5:00 pm. 3. A. On his way. B. In a restaurant. C. At home. D. On a train. 4. A. A guy stole his clothes. B. He found his clothes ugly. C. Someone said he was ugly. D. The clothes in the
4、 supermarket are ugly. 5. A. Ask for something cheaper. B. Buy the vase she really likes. C. Protect herself from being hurt. D. Bargain with the shop assistant. 6. A. 147 pounds. B. 150 pounds. C. 153 pounds. D. 163 pounds. 7. A. To get a haircut. B. To attend a party. C. To do some shopping. D. To
5、 drive her home. 8. A. Use a computer in the lab. B. Take a chemistry course. C. Help him revise his report. D. Get her computer repaired. 9. A. It spoke highly of the mayor. B. It misinterpreted the mayors speech. C. It made the mayors view clearer. D. It carried the mayors speech accurately. 10. A
6、. Germany. B. France. C. West Africa. D. Spain. Section B (20 分分) Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the
7、questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. He was Ms. Beachs neighbor. B. He used to work a
8、t Ms. Beachs bookstore. C. He has followed Ms. Beachs way of doing business. D. He came from Britain. 12. A. She died. B. The Germans made her give it up. C. Her business went from bad to worse. D. She decided to start a new business. 13. A. In 1951. B. In 1962. C.1964 D. In 1919. Questions 14 throu
9、gh 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. 0.1 cm. B. 1 cm. C. 0.01 mm. D. 0.1 mm. 15. A. There was a hole in it. B. It got hurt by something hard. 2 C. It went off Bill Beavers eye. D. It sometimes didnt work well. 16. A. It was made by hand. B. It was made by a special robot. C. There was so
10、me blood during the operation. D. The doctors didnt take part during the operation. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. It could be done with good grades. B. It couldnt be done. C. It was very difficult. D. It was boring. 18. A. He didnt like physical education. B
11、. He had so little physical energy. C. He was unable to sit still in class. D. He cant use skateboard at school. 19. A. He had a different school. B. He let students plan P. E. classes on their own. C. He was kind to every student. D. He showed some techniques during classes. 20. A. It was robot-lik
12、e with new tricks. B. He was more professional. C. He created it by himself. D. It is smoother than others. II. Grammar & Vocabulary (25 分分) Section A (10 分分) Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a
13、 given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Young Chinese Take a Stand Against Pressure of Life - by Lying Down Young Chinese are rebelling against society through a simple act of resistance: lying down. Exampl
14、es of the “tangping”, or “lying flat,” way of life (21) _ (include) not getting married, not having children, and refusing to work extra hours or to hold a job at all. “I stay at home and sleep and watch television series. Sometimes I go out for walks, read books and just think a lot,” said Daisy Zh
15、ang, who described herself as “lying flat” for the last two weeks (22) _ leaving her job in the film industry in Wuxi. “Tangping” (23) _ (emerge) over the last few months as the rallying call (口号) of Chinese millennials who have had enough of the rat race. Some compare them to the 1950s Beat Generat
16、ion in the United States. (24) _ call their behavior a form of nonviolent resistance or “ideological emancipation ( 解放 )” from consumerism. Supporters portray it as a rejection of struggle and endless striving. Critics say it is defeatist. “People realize there is no upward mobility,” said Yicheng W
17、ang, a PhD student in political science at Boston University. “My life is like this. It will always be like this.” The term developed after an April post on the Tieba forum, (25) _ the author, unemployed for the last two years, described a low-effort, low-cost lifestyle (26) _ (consist) of just a fe
18、w months work out of the year. “Lying flat is my sophistic (诡辩的) movement,” he wrote, referring to the Greek philosopher Diogenes, who was known for living in a barrel. He posted a picture of himself lying in bed in the middle of the day with the curtains (27) _ (draw). In the following weeks, a “ly
19、ing flat” group on the online forum Douban increased to 9,000 members. Internet users identified themselves as “lying flatists,” posting photos of cats and seals lying flat on their back. But (28) _ tangping gained popularity, it also drew a level of criticism. Nanfang Daily called the philosophy “s
20、hameful.” Global Times made light of it, describing “lying flat” as “not a serious philosophy.” The Youth League pointed out that young medical workers on the front lines during the pandemic “never chose (29) _ (lie) down.” For Zhang in Wuxi, lying flat is not about giving up or withdrawing from soc
21、iety. “Many people want to lie down because 996 is too tiring,” she said, referring to the infamous hours common in Chinas tech industry, where staff (30) _ (expect) to work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. The philosophy is also about giving oneself a break. 3 Section B (15 分分) Directions: F
22、ill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there one word more than you need. A. starring B. matured C. lengths D. specifically E. mission F. typical G. shifts H. uncovering I. evaluative J. previously K. reception RED Re-Released: Now We Beg
23、in Again TAYLOR SWIFT cant stop breaking the internet. On November 12, the Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter released Red (Taylors Version), a rerecording of her honored 2012 album Red, as part of her ongoing (31) to regain ownership of her early music. While the original album included 16 trac
24、ks, Red (Taylors Version) offers an epic 30 tracks, including nine (32) _ unreleased songs. After dropping the new album, Swift also released her directorial debut (首演) in the form of a short film All Too Well, named after the fifth track on the record and (33) herself, actor Dylan OBrien and Strang
25、er Things star Sadie Sink. By the time this article was finished, it had acquired more than 22.5 million views on YouTube. Swift made history with the release of Red (Taylors Version) on November 12, breaking the record for the most-streamed album in a day by a female artist and the most-streamed fe
26、male in a day on Spotify. Among music critics, the (34) was also largely positive. Awarding the album five stars, Rolling Stones Rob Sheffield described the project as “a tribute (致敬) to how far shes traveled, but it makes you even more excited for where shes heading next.” Writing (35) about the lo
27、ng-lost 10-minute version of “All Too Well,” the music critic said Swift “takes her own masterpiece, tears it all up, breaks it like a promise, and rebuilds it into a new heartbreak epic, twice as long and twice as mad.” In a four-star review, multimedia producer Hannah Mylrea says 31-year-old Swift
28、s (36) vocals (歌唱部分) are the most significant change. “You hear it clearest on the spoken-word moments, like the withering put-down (令人羞愧的吐槽) in We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together : With some indie (独立制作) record thats much cooler than mine, ” she writes, before adding that “Its the sort of eye-
29、roll moment (37) of being a young adult, and while delivered with passion in its creation, in these moments the (38) in Swifts lyricism (抒情方式) and vocals in the 10 years since Red was first released are obvious.” Taylor has been open about why shes gone to such (39) to re-record her music and why th
30、ese new releases mean so much to her. “Artists should own their own work for so many reasons, but the most screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really knows that body of work,” she wrote in a social media post earlier this year. Following the release, Swift thanked fans for
31、 inspiring her to recover possession of her art, telling her 89 million Twitter followers: “It never would have been possible to go back and remake my previous work, (40) lost art and forgotten jewels along the way if you hadnt encouraged me. Red is about to be mine again, but it has always been our
32、s. Now we begin again.” III. Reading comprehension (45 分分) Section A (15 分分) Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. In a time of low academic achievement by chi
33、ldren in the United States, many Americans are turning to Japan, a country of high academic achievement and economic success, for possible answers. _41_, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, _42_ little emphasis is put
34、on academic instruction. In one investigation, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists and parents were _43_ various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents listed “to give children a good start _44_” as one of their to
35、p three reasons for a society to have preschools. _45_, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for successful careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as pe
36、rsistence, concentration and the ability to function as a member of a _46_. The vast majority of young Japanese children are taught to read _47_ by their parents. 4 In the recent _48_ between Japanese and American preschool education, 91 percent of Japanese respondents chose providing children with
37、a group experience as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. Sixty-two percent of the more individually oriented Americans _49_ group experience as one of their top three choices. A(n) _50_ on the importance of the group seen in Japanese early childhood education continues
38、into elementary school education. Like in America, there is _51_ in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have _52_ aims, such as early musical training or potential development. In large cities, some kindergartens are _53_ universities that have elementary and secondary sc
39、hools. Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the childrens chances of _54_ being admitted to top-rated schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have _55_ free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing
40、 in some Japanese kindergartens. 41. A. Instead B. However C. Furthermore D. Meanwhile 42. A. surprisingly B. primarily C. strangely D. expectedly 43. A. criticized for B. associated with C. devoted to D. asked about 44. A. mentally B. physically C. academically D. financially 45. A. Beyond descript
41、ion B. Out of curiosity C. After all D. In contrast 46. A. society B. family C. group D. class 47. A. at home B. by law C. when needed D. with patience 48. A. consideration B. comparison C. prediction D. examination 49. A. doubted B. defined C. pretended D. listed 50. A. emphasis B. agreement C. com
42、pliment D. congratulation 51. A. difference B. diversity C. evidence D. setback 52. A. specific B. far-reaching C. important D. favorable 53. A. focused on B. combined with C. attached to D. separated from 54. A. happily B. quickly C. luckily D. eventually 55. A. introduced B. invented C. borrowed D
43、. displayed Section B (22 分分) Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have j
44、ust read. (A) It was near the end of summer in my 16th year. I was riding in the back seat of a large van heading down an endless road. I was at the end of a two-week road trip with several other teenagers to visit a college in Iowa. Along the way I had spent several days in Pittsburgh, Chicago, and
45、 on the road, I felt tired, solitary, and homesick. It was the longest that I had ever been away from my family. I glanced out of my window and suddenly my heart leapt. There, in the distance, I could see them: the beautiful mountains of my home. After days and days on the dry, brown plains I finall
46、y saw the green hills in which I had grown up again. As we got closer and closer to those green mountains I felt myself becoming happier and happier. My face lit up and my smile returned. Warmth filled my spirit. It felt so good to be going home. It was such a joy to be heading back to the place whe
47、re I was raised. It was such a blessing to finally know that I was almost back where I belonged. Looking back on that memory makes me wonder what it will be like when I finally return to my true home. Even for the longest life, this world is just a temporary residence. It is a place that we learn, l
48、ove and grow in, but it isnt really home. Our true home lies beyond this world and its love, joy and beauty cannot be described in words. It is where our family awaits us. Until I reach that blessed place, though, I will do my best to enjoy each day of lifes journey here. I will do my best to use ev
49、ery moment to get a little closer to home. I will do my best to travel through life with a loving heart, a 5 pleasant smile and a giving spirit. 56. What would be the best title for this passage? A. Getting Closer to Home B. A Joyous Smile C. An Unforgettable Journey D. My Beautiful Hometown 57. Whi
50、ch of the following CANNOT describe the authors feelings in the first paragraph? A. Worn out B. Lonely C. Missing his family D. Pleased and happy 58. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage? A. The author went on the trip by bike. B. The author spent days travelling abroad. C. The a
