1、2022年下学期期末调研考试高二英语试题本试卷分第卷选择题和第卷非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。注意：所有试题均须在答题卡上作答。第卷第一部分：听力技能(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。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。例: How much is the shirt?A. 19.5 B. 9.18 C. 9.15答案
2、是C1. What does George need according to the man?A. A new job. B. A good rest. C. A pleasant trip.2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A Their work. B. A travel experience. C. Body language.3. What is the man recommending?A. A new kind of phone. B. A fast food restaurant. C. A food delivery
3、service.4. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a ticket office. B. Over the phone. C. On a train.5. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Co-workers. B. Classmates. C. Teacher and student.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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各
4、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. Why did Jack return to the building?A. To work overtime. B. To get drawing papers. C. To meet an important client.7. What is Jack asked to do?A. Find someone to accompany him.B. Leave the building right after work.C. Sign in at the main entr
5、ance after 7:00 pm.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What time is it now?A. 7:00. B. 7:10. C. 7:20.9. What does Joe plan to do?A. Skip breakfast. B. Catch the late bus. C. Stay at home.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does Andy like fishing?A. He feels relaxed. B. He loves eating fish. C. He likes to be alone.11. What does
6、 Julia enjoy doing?A. Sitting by the river.B. Cooking at her friends home.C. Going cycling on weekends.12. What does Julia say about her place?A. Its small. B. Its noisy. C. Its comfortable.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does the woman like about the kitchen?A. Its color of the wall. B. Its wine storage
7、area. C. Its floor covering.14. Who is the man?A. The womans husband. B. The homeowner. C. A house agent.15. How much does the woman want to pay at first?A. $380,000. B. $350,000. C. $330,000.16. What will the woman do tomorrow?A. Call the bank. B. Buy the house. C. Respond to an offer.听第10段材料，回答第17
8、至20题。17. What can tourists see in the entrance hall?A. Some rare flowers.B. Some pictures of gardens.C. Some old photos of the town.18. How many clocks are there in the museum?A. About 75. B. About 150. C. About 400.19. What do we know about the clothes show?A. It is in the Ford Room.B. Some of the
9、clothes are on sale.C The clothes were worn by famous actors.20. When will the museum close today?A. At 6:30. B. At 5:30. C. At 4:30. 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。AWith the new semester about to start, our school is welcoming a group of new internati
10、onal students. We have some apps here with an English version that will make your life easier. We hope you will have a wonderful life here.WeChatWeChat is now the most popular social media app in China. Almost everyone is using WeChat. You can send both text and voice messages on WeChat. You can als
11、o make voice and video calls. You can also post texts, pictures and video clips. If your friends in your home country have this app, you can also chat with them through voice or video. WeChat is also widely used now as a form of payment which can be used in stores, online, and in other shopping apps
12、.AlipayAlipay is a similar app to PayPal. It was first used on Taobao and now people can use it as a mobile payment option. You can even use mobile payment at street vendors, so if you have this app, you can leave your wallet at home.DidiNow Didi seems to be the smartest way to travel around. With o
13、ne tap, a car comes directly to you. Didi is a Chinese car-hailing service app. It has a function called “ride sharing”, which saves a lot of money for passengers, but it does not have an English version, so if you want to use it, you will have to learn some Chinese.PlecoThis is one of the top Chine
14、se/English dictionary apps and it covers 130,000 Chinese words and includes 20,000 example sentences with pinyin. It is perfect for those who want to learn Chinese, and also for tourists who need to translate words or phrases from English to Chinese.1. Alipay was originally developed to _.A. pay for
15、 a car-hailing serviceB. compete with WeChat in paymentsC. be used on online shopping website TaobaoD. be convenient for people who leave their wallet at home2. If a foreign friend wants to use Didi, he should_A. learn some ChineseB. know how to use WeChatC. have a passenger to ride withD. download
16、an English version app3. Which app is helpful for learning Chinese?A. Didi.B. Pleco.C. WeChat.D. Alipay.BGrowing up in rural Jiangsu Province, Yu Jigao showed a strong interest in fine arts at an early age and studied on his own for years. His hard work paid off later. In the early 1950s, he made hi
17、s way to Nanjing Normal University, where he learned painting theories and techniques from some famous artists. It was then that Yu found his lifelong artistic zeal for gongbi. Gongbi paintings usually describe birds and flowers, symbols of beauty and joy, in an artistic way with intense color.After
18、 graduation from the art school in 1957, Yu began his professional career at the Chinese Painting Institute of Jiangsu. He has since published a series of art collections. Since 1959, Yu has contributed a series of works to many important sites. Yus works have also been displayed in a range of natio
19、nal and international exhibitions. From 1986 to 1997, he held his exhibitions in such places as Beijing, Guangzhou and New York. Both the themes and artistic techniques have won widespread praise in the past years.While observing traditional rules, he uses accurate lines, powerful brush movements as
20、 well as the interplay between dark and light to represent the harmony of nature. Though he adopts a realistic style, he tries to enrich his works with spiritual beauty through his brush. Yu says, “That feeling turns into the images of singing birds and elegant flowers in my paintings.” Thanks to hi
21、s careful observation of nature and artistic sensitivity, Yu is able to combine realistic description with artistic expression in his brushwork.Now as deputy director of the Academy of Chinese Gongbi Painting of Flowers and Birds and a national top-level artist, Yu maintains a simple and easy-going
22、style. In addition to artistic creation, Yu has devoted himself to promoting his painting style as the cultural heritage of China. “Art is part of my life,” Yu says. “I am proud to be a flower-bird painter. I hope to create a bright future for it through my efforts.”4. What does the underlined word
23、“zeal” in paragraph 1 mean?A. Request.B. Passion.C. Justice.D. Fund.5. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about Yu?A. His school life.B. His painting techniques.C. His achievements in painting.D. His contributions to the art school.6. Which is Yus painting feature?A. Adopting abstract objects.B. E
24、xcluding plants and animals.C. Combining traditional rules with a realistic style.D. Representing the imbalance between nature and humans.7. What does Yu expect of his painting style?A. It will be passed on.B. It will change over time.C. It will look more complicated.D. It will reach the top interna
25、tional level.CThere are loads of research showing that spending time in nature is good for your health and well-being. But not everyone lives near a park or can easily get outdoors. So, what happens when you bring nature into your home via TV? A new study finds that a virtual nature experience can h
26、ave some of the same effects.The researchers wanted to see if the same positive impacts of being out in nature would translate to experiencing nature virtually, study co -author Alex Smalley, PhD student and researcher on the Virtual Nature project in the U. K, tells Treehugger. “We were particularl
27、y interested in relieving boredom because its a negative state commonly experienced by older people in care homes,” he says.For the study, researchers brought 96 adults into a lab and caused boredom by having them watch a four-minute video of a man discussing his work at an office supply company. Th
28、en, the study participants experienced scenes of an underwater coral reef scene from the BBCs “Blue Planet 11” series. They either watched it on TV, watched with a virtual reality headset using 360-degree video, or watched with a virtual reality headset using computer- generated interactive pictures
29、.Researchers found that all three methods minimized negative feelings like sadness and significantly lowered boredom. The interactive virtual reality experience actually increased positive feelings such as happiness, and strengthened the connections people said they had to nature.Originally, the imp
30、etus behind the study was to research benefits for people who are stuck indoors, such as those in nursing homes or people recovering from illness. But there are entirely new positive results in todays world due to COVID-19, “We never imagined a disease would mean the results might apply to such a wi
31、de part of the global population,” Smalley says. “We d always recommend trying to get out into nature wherever possible but for those who cant, our findings suggest that digital experiences of nature could provide a short-term fix.”8. What does Paragraph 2 mainly focus on?A. The purpose of the resea
32、rch.B. The analysis of the research results.C. The positive effects of being out in nature.D. The negative state older people experience.9. What does the underlined word “impetus” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?A. Profit.B. Theory.C. Motivation.D. Application.10. According to the text, what does Small
33、ey think of the research results?A. Some of them still remain to be further confirmed.B. They fall short of researchers initial expectations.C. Some of them are not practical in times of COVID-19.D. They are unexpectedly helpful to a wide range of people.11. Which of the following is the best title
34、for the text?A. The Future of Virtual Nature in Nursing HomesB. Watching Nature Virtually Boosts Mood and Eases BoredomC. Being Out in Nature Benefits Both Health and Well-being .D. Suitable Methods of Enjoying Virtual Nature for Sick PeopleDScientists are attempting to extract (提取) cells from a 40,
35、000-year-old horse in hopes of using the sample to clone the extinct species back into existence. The male baby horse was discovered in 2018 in permafrost (永冻土) in northeastern Siberia of Russia.A team of scientists from South Korea and Russia believes the young horse, called the Lenskaya or Lena ho
36、rse, was about 20 days old when it died. The species of horse, now extinct, is between 30,000 and 40,000 years old. Thanks to the terrible coldness, the animals tissue was preserved enough for the scientists to obtain samples.Semyon Grigoriev, head of the lab at the Mammoth (猛犸象) Museum of the North
37、-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, said the horse was “well-preserved and a “great find”. There is no damage to the horses body and even its hair is undamaged. The unfortunate animal, according to Grigoriev, “could have drowned after falling into some kind of a natural trap.”Hwang Woo-Suk, a re
38、searcher from South Korea working on the project, said, “If researchers find a cell, they will do their best to clone the animal. If we get live cells from this ancient baby horse, it would be wonderful in terms of cloning.”After that, they will make a cloned embryo and let a female horse carry it a
39、s its mother. Hwang said modern-day horses are “very similar to the ancient one,” so there would be no problem getting help from a modern-day female horse.The scientists are hoping the experiment on the baby horse will give them experience in progressing toward their ambitious goal - bringing back t
40、he extinct woolly mammoth.“If we manage to clone the horse - it will be the first step to cloning the mammoth,” Hwang said.12. Why was the Lenskaya horse kept in good condition?A. It died quite young.B. It was buried under the ground.C. A local museum had preserved it.D. The temperatures were extrem
41、ely low.13. What do we know about the baby horse?A. It was a female horse.B. Its hair was partly destroyed.C. It might have died by accident.D. Its tissue can hardly be found.14. What must the researchers do before cloning the extinct horse?AGet live cells from the baby horse.B. Make an embryo in a
42、female horse.C. Find an ideal modern-day female horse.D. Know more about extinct ancient horses.15. What can be the best title for the text?A. A new horse species found in SiberiaB. Scientists attempt to clone extinct horseC. How to preserve ancient animals tissuesD. How to extract cells from extinc
43、t species第二节 (共5小题;每小题2.5分，共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。Food safety is a problem in all places around the world and people in different areas of the world prepare foods in different ways. The WHO released five simple rules for preparing food in a safe way. _16_Key 1:Keep cleanThe
44、 first key tells about the importance of washing. People should wash their hands oftenbefore touching food, while they are preparing food, and any time after they go to the toilet People should wash all surfaces and equipment used for preparing food. _17_Key 2:Separate raw and cookedPeople should se
45、parate raw, or uncooked food from foods that are already cooked and foods that will not be cooked. People should store raw meat, chicken, and fish in containers, or in separate areas Raw foods should not touch prepared foods.Key 3:Cook completely.People should cook eggs and meat, like birds, seafood
46、, and animals, especially carefully. These foods may carry more micro-organisms than other foods. _18_ It is also important that people re-heat cooked food completely.Key 4:_19_When people are finished with eating, they should keep the leftover(吃剩的食物)in a refrigerator below 5 and shouldnt store it f
47、or too long. At room temperature, about 20, the amount of micro-organisms can increase very quickly. But temperatures above 60 or below 5 control the growth of micro-organisms. _20_Key 5:Use safe water and raw materials.People should use safe water and choose fresh foods Damaged or old food may deve
48、lop harmful chemicals as it gets older.A. Keep food at safe temperatures.B. Eat cooked food immediately, while it is still hot.C. They call these rules the “Five Keys to Safer Food. ”D. Keeping everything clean helps people to avoid micro-organisms.E. They cannot grow so quickly in a very hot or very cold environment.F. People should also
