1、泸州市龙马高中高2021级2022年秋期半期考试英语试题注意事项：1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名考号、姓名、班级填写在答题卡。2. 回答选择题时，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目所选的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后再涂黑。回答非选择题，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 总分150分，考试时间120分钟；考试结束后，请将答题卡上交。第一部分听力理解（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。选出最佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。每段
2、对话仅读一遍。听下面5段对话。1. What will Susan do this afternoon?A. Make a call.B. Have a job interview.C. Give the man some advice.2. How much does one ticket cost?A. $20.B. $40.C. $80.3. Why isTom going to Florida next summer?A.To visit friends.B.Togo sightseeingC.Tohave a business trip.4. What are the speaker
3、s mainly talking about?A.Astudy.B.Acountry.C.Asong.5. When does the performance start?A.At 6 oclock.B.At 7 oclock.C.At 8 oclock.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。选出最佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What doesWendy plan to do this Sunday?A.Work overtime.B.Attend a weddingC. Go shopp
4、ing.7. Where are the speakers?A. In an office.B. In a store.C. In a friends house.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8What is the man going to do at 7:00 tonight?A. Go on a date.B. Play basketball.C. Have his teeth fixed.9. How soon can the man eat regular food?A. In half an hour.B. In two hours.C. In four hours.听第8段材料
5、，回答第10至12题。10. What is the relationship between the speakers?A.Teacher and student.B.TV host and guest.C. Classmates.第 1 页 共 8 页11.What language is Betty studying now?A. Spanish.B. French.C. English.12. What helped Betty most in learning foreign languages?A.Watching TV.B. Listening to the radio.C. T
6、raveling in those countries.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does Paul want to do tomorrow at first?A. Go hiking.B. Go fishing.C. Go hunting14. How does Paul sound?A.Worried.B. Embarrassed.C. Excited.15. What did Sara ask Paul to bring?A. Boots.B. Food.C. Raincoats.16. Where will the speakers stay tonight?
7、A. In a tent.B. In a hotel.C.At home.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Whose storytelling do most children want according to researchers?A. Famous peoples.B.Their fathers.C.Their mothers.18. What percentage of children aged 3-8 liked reading with parents most?A.About 30%.B.About 50%.C.About 75%.19. How can pare
8、nts become good storytellers?A. By making faces.B. By using funny voices.C. By telling their own stories.20What is Richards opinion about parentsreading with children?A. Its beneficial.B. Its easy.C. Its common.第二部分阅读理解（共两节, 满分40分）第一节阅读理解（共15小题;每小题2分, 满分30分）阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项 (A, B, C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项,
9、并在题卡上将该项涂黑。AFairbanks,AlaskaFor winter fun, headto Fairbanks, where you can stay at a lodge with glass-ceiling domes for northern lights viewing incomfort.Wanteven more adventures?Considera guided adventure that combines cross-country skiing and dog mushing (狗拉雪橇).St. Moritz, SwitzerlandNightskiing
10、in this Swiss town is some of the best in the world: full moon, inky quiet, and a clear sky full of stars. If you need energy for skiing, you can alwaysrefuel with pizza from the wood-fired oven at Murtel middle station.You can keep skiing until the last cable car at 1:40 a. m.Quebec City,CanadaIn w
11、inter, Quebec City comes alive as the cold freezes ponds into glittering skating paths. Dontmissthelargestwintercarnivalintheworld,whichoffersmorethan200activitiesandwelcomesnearly500,000people.Andifyouareluckyenough,youmayseethegreendancinglights.第 2 页 共 8 页Rovaniemi, FinlandWelcome to the home of
12、Santa Claus, where you can watch ice sculpting, take a dog sled ride，andevengetareindeersleighride.ThereareplentyofChristmas-themedrestaurantshere，too.SinceyourenearlyattheNorthPole,youcancatchthenorthernlights.Bookastayatthelocalicehotel, as well.21. Who mightbeinterested in thistext?A. People who
13、like skiing.B. People who like beaches.C. People who like going hiking.D. People who like delicious food.22. If one wants to experience the atmosphere of carnival, what is the best choice?Rovaniemi.B. Quebec City.C. St. Moritz.D. Fairbanks.23. Whatmakes Rovaniemi different from the otherthree?A. Gui
14、ded adventures.B. Northern lights.C. Christmas-themed restaurants.D. Delicious food.BWhen I was five or six years old, I remember watching TVand seeing other children suffer in other parts of the world. I would say to myself, “When I grow up, when I can get rich, I will save kids all over the world.
15、 ”At17,IstartedmycareerhereinAmerica,andattheageof18,Istartedmyfirstcharityorganization. I went on to team up with other organizations in the following years, and met, helped, and even lost some of the most beautiful souls, from six-year-old JasminaAnema who passed away in 2010 from leukemia (白血病),
16、and whose story inspired thousands to volunteer as donors, to my grandmotherwholostherbattleagainstcancerin2012.AndherdeathistheveryreasonandthedrivingforcebehindtheClaraLionelFoundation(CLF).Wereallhumans. Andwealljustwantachance: a chance of life, a chance of education, a chance of a future, reall
17、y.And at the CLF, our mission is to impact as many lives as possible, but it starts with just one.Peoplemakeitseemtoohardtodocharitywork. Thetruthisthatyoudonthavetoberichtohelp others.Youdontneed tobe famous.Youdont even havetobe college-educated.But itcan start withyour neighbor,theperson right ne
18、xtto you, theperson sittingnext toyou in class, and the kid down the block in your neighborhood.You just do whatever you canto help in any way that you can.Andtoday,Iwanttochallengeeachofyoutomakeadecisiontohelponeperson,oneorganization,onesituationthattouchesyourheart.Mygrandmotherusedtosay,“Ifyouv
19、egotadollar, theres plenty to share.”24. What did the authorwant to do at a young age?A.Watch TV.B. Help other children.C. Become wealthy.D. Grow up quickly.25. What directly caused the authorto create and develop the CLF?A.Asix-year-old kids request.B. Many volunteersinspiration.C. Her grandmothers
20、 death of cancer.D. Other organizationsencouragement.第 3 页 共 8 页26. What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph 2 referto?A.Achance.B.Alife.C.Atask.D.An organization.27. What does the authorsuggest people do in the last paragraph?A. Challenge their friends to offer help.B. Work hard to get a co
21、llege education.C. Do little things to help those around them.D. Share everything they have.CModerntechnologyhasa strong influence onmany thingswe do.Infact,technologyis shaping almost every part of our day-to-day existence, including education.Ashok Goel is a professor at the Georgia Institute of T
22、echnology. Every term over 300 graduate students take his classonartificialintelligence(AI).Thestudentsnevermeetinperson.Alloftheclassestakeplaceonline through a websiteHaving hundreds of students in a class meansAshok Goel has to answer thousands of questions.Hehaseightteachingassistantstohelphim.B
23、uteventhatisnotenoughtogiveallthestudentsthehelptheyneed.So,inJanuary,hedecidedtotryanexperiment.Atthestartofthespring 2016 semester, he added a newmemberto histeaching team: JillWatson. Shewas able to answer questions faster than most other teaching assistants.And she was available 24 hours a day.
24、It wasonlyattheendofthesemesterthatGoelsstudentslearnedWatsonssecret:shewasnotarealperson.JillWatsonisanAIcomputerprogram.GoelsaysonlytwostudentscameclosetopredictingWatsons true identity. He was worried about telling his students because he thought they wouldnotlikebeingpartofthe experimentButoncet
25、heylearnedWatsonsidentity,theybecameveryexcited. “Then, youknow whathappened? Theynot only askedthat questionabout Jill,IssheanAI?Once the identity of Jill was revealed, they also asked if I was anAI. ” he saidGoel now uses Watson in two other classes, but still doesnt tell his students which of his
26、 teaching assistants is a computer program. He hopes this technology will make it easier for teachers to create their programs to use in and outside the classroom.28. How does Goel give his students help?A.Through booksB. By writing to themC. By face-to-face teaching.D.Through the Internet29. Why di
27、d Goel decide to try an experiment?A. Because some questions were difficult for assistants to answerB. Because he wanted to improve studentsself-study abilityC. Because he was too tired to answer those questionsD. Because it was hard to answer so many studentsquestions30. Whats the studentsresponse
28、to JillWatson?A. Being surprisedB. Being indifferentC. Being excitedD. Being shocked第 4 页 共 8 页31. Whats the best title of this passage?A. Technology Making Education EasierB. Ashok Goel, a Professor Shaping EducationC. JillWatson: aRealTeachingAssistantD. The Internet Has a Strong Impact on Our Lif
29、eDNewresearchshowsthatGoliathfrogstheworldslargestfrogspecies,foundinCameroonand Equatorial Guinea build ponds for their eggs and tadpoles (蝌蚪), moving rocks more than half of their body weight in the process.Ateamof researchersfrom Cameroon and Germany studied theanimals, whichcan weigh up to6.6 po
30、undsand measuremorethan 13inches inlength when fully grown. The heavy labor that the frogs do could explain their size, scientists believe.TheresearchledbyateamfromBerlinsNaturalHistoryMuseumfoundthatthefrogscouldchange existing natural ponds or create new nests in small ponds, about 3 feet wide and
31、 4 inches deep, along river banks in Cameroon. “They sometimes move rocks weighing up to 4. 4 pounds.We think that thisactivity may explain whyadult frogsneedto be giants in the firstplace,” saidMarvinSchfer,leadauthorofthestudy.Aswellasbeingstrong,thefrogshavealsoprovedthemselvestobe anxious parent
32、s, raising their young in ponds away from potential predators (捕食).“GiantfrogsarethefirstAfricanamphibian(两栖动物)speciesnowknowntoactivelyprepareorevenconstructbreedingsitesfortheiryoung,”saidMark-OliverRdel,projectleaderand president of conservation group Frogs & Friends. “This shows how little we kn
33、ow about the biology, even of some of the most spectacular creatures of our planet. ”Scientistshopetheresearchwillhelpconservationeffortsdevotedtotherarefrogs,whichareconsideredendangered.Shrinkinghabitat,climatechangeandpollutionarethemaindriversofspecies loss and are threatening more than 40% of a
34、mphibians, a report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) found in May.32. What doesthe research discoveraboutGoliath frogs?A. They are only found in Cameroon.B. They can lay their eggs in the trees by rivers.C. They can move heavy rocks to
35、 build ponds.D. They are the onlyAfrican amphibian species.33. Why do Goliath frogs create new nests?A. To change natural ponds.B. Tokeep their young safe.C. Tostay away from polluted water.D. To adapt to the changing seasons.34. What does the authorintend to say with Mark-Oliver Rdels words?A. Peop
36、le need to make more efforts to know creatures better.B. Giant frogs are becoming an endangered species inAfrica.C. Climate change is responsible for species loss in the world.D. Animalshabits are changing due to environmental pollution.第 5 页 共 8 页35. Which section of a magazine is this text probabl
37、y taken from?A. Sports and music.B. Science and technology.C. Nature and geography.D. Business and culture.第二节补全短文（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。Somepeopleseemtohaveaskillforlearninglanguages.Theycanpickupnewvocabulary,master rules of grammar,and learn to write in the
38、new language more quickly than others.36Firstofall,successfullanguagelearnersareindependentlearners.Theydonotdependonthebookorteacher.37Theytrytofindthepatternsandrulesbythemselves.Theyaregoodguessers who look for clues and form their own conclusions.When they guess wrong, they guess again.They try
39、to learn from their mistakes.38Therefore,successfullearnersdonotwaitfor achancetouse the language. Theylookforsuchachance.Theyfindpeoplewhospeakthelanguageandaskthesepeopletocorrectthemwhentheymakeamistake.39Theyarenotafraidtorepeatwhattheyhearortosaystrangethings.They arewillingto makemistakesand t
40、ry again.Whencommunicationis difficult, they can accept information that is inexact or incomplete. Itis more important for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every word.40Theywanttolearnthelanguagebecausetheyareinterestedinthelanguageandthepeople who speak it. It is n
41、ecessary for them to learn the language in order to communicate with these people and to learn from them.A. Successful language learning is active learning.B. They will try their best to communicate with others.C. They discover their own way to learn the language.D. Heres a study of the way children
42、 learn to speak.E. What makes language learning so much easier for them?F. They find it easy to practice using the language regularly.G. Finally,successful language learners are learners with a purpose.第 6 页 共 8 页第三部分英语知识运用（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中, 选出最佳选项, 并在
43、答题卡上将该项涂黑。Johngraduatedfromakeyuniversityandhewasverygoodathismajor.Hewishedtofindagoodjob. One day,he wentto a company to41for a job. He got the newsin a newspaper. Hedidsomeresearchonthiscompany.Whenhewas42,everythingwentwell.Themanageraskedhimsomequestionsandheansweredthem43.Johnwasverysatisfiedw
44、ithhisperformances and was very44that he could get the job.Butatthatmoment,themanagersphone45.Hepickedupthephone,listenedandnodded. Andthenhe turnedaroundandsaidto John,“Sorry,I wantto getsome important46.now. Please give me the book with the red47on thatdesk. ” John lookedaround andfound 3books on
45、the desk, so John went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him48.Holdingthe book,themanager49thephoneandsaid,“Sorry,wecannotgivethejobtoyou.”Johnwas50andwonderedwhy.Themanagersaid,“Therearethree51.First,whenyoucameintotheofficeroom,Ifoundthatthethirdbuttononyourshirthadbeenmissing.Second,the
46、rearethreebookswithredcoversonthatdesk,butyoudidntaskmewhichoneIneededandyoutookonerandomly(随机地).Third,Iwasansweringthecall.Youshould52.tothedesktosavetime.These53showedyouarenotacarefulperson.”54,Johndidntget the job.We canlearna(n)55fromJohnsexperience.Some peopledont56the detailsinourlife.Butitis
47、thedetailsthat57.Notonlyshouldwevaluewhatwelearnbutalsoweshouldpaymoreattentiontothedetails.Sometimestheycaneven58oursuccessorfailure.Weshouldformthehabitofbeingcarefulandlearntokeepthe59ofquantityandquality.We should keep it in mind that60comes first, without which quantity is of no significance.41
48、. A. applyB. voteC. prepareD. wait42. A. contactedB. interviewedC. askedD. questioned43. A. immediatelyB. slowlyC. generallyD. fluently44. A. gratefulB. excitedC. confidentD. lucky45. A. rangB. calledC. lostD. answered46. A. arrangementB. responseC. insightD. information47. A. pictureB. coverC. characterD. mark48. A. eagerlyB. politelyC. purposelyD. quickly49. A. searched forB. picked upC.
