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高二下学期期中考试
英语试题
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改
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本试卷上无效。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
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 color hair does the missing girl have?
A. Red. B. Brown. C. Black.
2. What does the man want to do?
A. Buy a piano in the supermarket.
B. Place an ad for his old piano.
C. Get a piano through the newspaper.
3. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Drop maths.
B. Ask his professor for help.
C. Turn to the student government.
4. How does the man feel about the grade?
A. Disappointed. B. Surprised. C. Confused.
5. Where will the speakers probably meet?
A. In the library. B. At the museum. C. At the dentist’s.
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，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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. How long haven’t the speakers met each other?
A. About six months. B. About a year. C. About two years.
7. In which department does the woman work now?
A. The German department.
B. The English department.
C. The Spanish department.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。
8. Who called the man twice?
A. His family. B. His secretary. C. The woman.
9. When did the speakers originally plan to meet?
A. On Thursday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday.
10. What will the speakers do next Monday afternoon?
A. Attend a party.
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C. Work on their contract.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。
11. What will the woman do?
A. Go downtown. B. Take a holiday. C. Go for a business trip.
12. When does the woman plan to arrive?
A. On Friday night. B. At midday Saturday. C. On Sunday night.
13. What is the woman likely to take?
A. Skirts. B. A heavy coat. C. A sweater.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。
14. Whom will Brian meet tomorrow?
A. Frank. B. Betsy. C. The sales director.
15. How did the sales director find the man’s work?
A. Satisfied. B. Average. C. Disappointed.
16. What does Brian want to do tomorrow?
A. Make a presentation.
B. Go to the Head Office.
C. Tour around the town.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. What is the aim of the program?
A. To keep trainees in shape.
B. To develop leadership skills.
C To build team spirit.
18. What will the trainees do during the program?
A. Make plans for a journey.
B. Prepare reports for the company.
C. Attend lectures on management.
19. How long will the program last?
A. 2 days. B. 8 days. C. 12 days.
20. What should people do to join the program?
A. Sign on the paper. B. Pay the deposit. C. Take a test.
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。
A
Many workers have had no choice but to adapt to working from home in recent months since offices shut
down due to the COVID-19 pandemic (新冠疫情). And the noisy situation and endless housework may result in a
terrible emotion. A new option is waiting for you. That is WFH: work from a hotel.
Hotel Figuero
A special program titled Work Perks aims to reposition some of 94-year-old Hotel Figuero’s 268 rooms as day-
use offices.
According to Managing Director Connie Wang, the set-up launched in June and is a great opportunity to get
out of their houses with high-speed Wi-Fi, unlimited printing privileges and free parking. The 350-square-foot
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The Wythe
A boutique hotel in Brooklyn. The hotel recently announced a partnership with co-working office space
company Industrious through which it is recycling 13 second-story guest rooms to serve as offices for up to four
people.
Each of the rooms has a small outdoor platform, and dogs are welcome. Pricing starts at $ 200 and goes up to
$ 275, depending on how many people use the space.
The Sawyer
The Sawyer, in Sacramento, California, is offering pool cabanas (更衣室) for use as outdoor offices, complete
with fast Wi-Fi, free parking and catered lunch for $ 150 per day.
HotelsByDay
Yannis Moati founded HotelsByDay back in 2015. That company has grown to include more than 1,500
hotels, and has seen a significant increase in the number of inquiries for day-use bookings lately.
Moati said the current situation will force hotels to upgrade themselves to stay alive, and he predicted that
offering rooms for day-use only is one of the directions they will go.
1. How much should one pay for a 24-hour stay in Hotel Figuero?
A. $ 129. B. $ 149. C. $ 150. D. $ 200.
2. Which hotel allows pets in?
A. The Wythe. B. The Sawyer.
C. HotelsByDay. D. Hotel Figuero.
3. What do we know about Yannis Moati?
A. He started a program titled Work Perks.
B. He has upgraded at least 1,500 rooms.
C. He usually predicts everything correctly.
D. He is optimistic about the WFH trend.
B
Our lives changed tracks the day our daughter was born. My wife and I felt settled in the United Kingdom —
we’d even bought a house 6 months earlier — but the arrival of our daughter forced a moment of reflection. We
wondered whether we should move back to our native Brazil. I remember looking down at our newborn baby and
thinking about how different her life would be there. In our native country, we’d be closer to our family and culture.
But in the United Kingdom, I had the funding and lab resources I needed for my costly and highly specialized
research program. Would such a move sink my career?
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positions had opened up at a university in our hometown, in departments that matched both of our research
programs. Then, a few weeks later, I received a call from my brother, who told me that our father had passed away.
A deep sadness made me feel that I was losing precious time with my loved ones.
There was no doubt it was the right time to return to Brazil. We applied for the professorships and both
received offers. It felt like our personal and professional lives were falling into place. It wasn’t easy getting started
with my research in Brazil. However, I didn’t receive any startup funding for my lab and I had to share equipment
with other professors. Nine years later, I still haven’t been able to perform the kind of experiments that U. K.
funding would have allowed.
But looking back, I have no complaint. We’ve been able to have big meals with our extended family on
weekends. We had a second child, and our kids are growing up close to their cousins who are around the same age.
We are living the lives we wanted to live — working on rewarding research while staying true to what we feel is
best for ourselves and for our family.
4. What is the root reason for the family’s moving back home?
A. Eagerness to live in their culture. B. Loss of a beloved family member.
C. Concerns about their girl’s growth. D. Promising career choices in the future.
5. What does the underlined phrase “nudged us further” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Reduced our anxieties. B. Strengthened our determination.
C. Weighed the strengths and weaknesses. D. Increased our uncertainty.
6. What is the author’s attitude toward life back at home?
A. Content. B. Regretful. C. Uncertain. D. Disapproving.
7. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Where there’s love, there’s home. B. When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports
you.
C. East or west, home is the best. D. Your children need your presence more than your
presents.
C
Sleep problems in early childhood may be linked to the development of certain mental health disorders in
adolescence, according to a new research.
A study of 7,155 children in the United Kingdom found that waking up frequently during the night and
irregular sleep routines as babies and toddlers was linked to psychotic experiences in children ages 12 and 13. Also,
children who slept for shorter periods at night were more likely to be associated with borderline personality
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The research, which published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, was the first time possible links between early
childhood sleep problems and adolescent psychotic experiences and borderline personality disorder (BPD)
symptoms have been examined.
“We know from previous research that persistent nightmares in children have been associated with both
psychosis and borderline personality disorder,” said lead author Isabel at the Institute of Mental Health at the
University of Birmingham.
“But nightmares don’t tell the whole story. We’ve found that, in fact, a number of behavioral sleep problems in
childhood can point towards these problems in adolescence,” she said.
Adolescence, typically defined as the ages between 10 and 19, is a key period in human development because
of brain and hormonal changes, and it is now thought to be when many mental health problems start.
Prior research in Australia found that babies with persistent severe sleep problems in their first year were at
greater risk for anxiety and emotional issues in later childhood. Sleep problems in children and adolescents have
been shown to predict the development of various emotional and behavioral problems, including depression,
anxiety, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, risk-taking and aggression. However, findings have been
inconsistent, especially when based on objective measurements of sleep, rather than parental reports.
Sleep and mental health are closely connected in adults, with sleep problems increasing the risk for developing
particular mental illnesses as well as resulting from mental health issues.
8. What can we know from paragraph 3?
A. Childhood sleep problems probably cause youth mental health problems.
B Severe sleep problems in childhood lead to emotional issues.
C. Persistent nightmares in children are closely related to psychosis.
D. The research has not been known to the public.
9. What does “it” refer to in paragraph 6?
A. Adolescence. B. Key period. C. Human development. D. Hormonal change.
10. According to the Australian research, older children who had long-term serious sleep issues at one year old are
more likely to _____.
A. grow slowly B. develop ADHD C. do badly in lessons D. suffer from anxiety
11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. A Study About Childhood Sleep Problems Is Under Progress
B. Pay Attention to Children Who Lack Sleep
C. Childhood Sleep Issues Linked to Adolescent Mental Health Problems
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂D. How to Help Children Develop a Good Sleep Habit
D
As people get older, the types and numbers of friends they have tend to change. As young adults, humans have
large groups of friends. With age, they often prefer to spend their time with just a few close, positive individuals.
Researchers long believed that this aging attraction toward meaningful relationships was unique to humans, but a
new study finds that chimps (大猩猩) also have similar tendencies.
Rosati and her colleagues used 78,000 hours of observations made over 20 years from the Kibale Chimpanzee
Project in Uganda. The data looked at the social interactions of 21 male chimps between 15 and 58 years old. The
researchers only studied male chimps because they show stronger social bonds and have more social interactions
than female chimps.
Researchers found that wild chimpanzees share a similar pattern of social aging with humans. Rosati says,
“They prefer strong, mutual social bonds and interact with others in more positive ways as they get older.” The
older chimpanzees preferred spending more time with chimps that they had become friends with over the years.
They would sit close to these long-time companions and groom (梳毛) each other. By contrast, younger chimps had
more one-sided relationships where they would groom a friend, but the action wasn’t returned.
Older male chimps were also more likely to spend more time alone. The researchers said that they showed a
shift from negative interactions to more positive ones, preferring to spend their later years in nonconfrontational (非
对抗性), positive relationships. Researchers call the preference a “positivity bias”.
Researchers theorize that chimps, like humans, are able to change their social focus as they age. “We propose
that this aging pattern may be the result of shared changes in our abilities to regulate our emotions with age,” Rosati
says. “This shared pattern between chimpanzees and humans could represent an adaptive response where older
adults focus on important social relationships that provide benefits and avoid interactions that have negative
consequences as they lose competitive fighting ability.”
12. What does the new study find about chimps?
A. Male chimps show more interactions than females.
B. Old chimps don’t care about friends as much as young ones.
C. Chimps concentrate more on meaningful relations with age.
D. Chimps share aging problems similar to human beings.
13. How did Rosati and her colleagues conduct their research?
A. By studying the data provided by other researchers.
B. By making scientific investigations and observations.
C. By setting up models on the computer in the lab.
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂D. By monitoring both the humans’ and chimps’ behavior.
14. What do researchers think causes this aging attraction to meaningful relationships?
A. Inability to regulate emotions.
B. Eagerness to build closer relationships.
C. Loss of competitiveness in strength.
D Failure to adapt to the changeable nature.
15. Where does this text probably come from?
A. A short story collection. B. A popular science magazine.
C. A graduate research paper. D. A biology textbook.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分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。
How do we rid ourselves of the negative (消极的) thoughts and return to a place of peace and acceptance?
Read on for some expert-guided tips.
First, don’t suppress (抑制) the negative thought. “Research shows that it’s important not to suppress
negative thoughts as this only makes it worse. ___16___ Then, select a positive thought or visual to engage with in
place of the negative thought that you set free,” Dr. Carla Marie Manly, and author of Joy from Fear, tells She
Knows.
Don’t forget to breathe. “Close your eyes and breathe in for a count of four; then breathe out slowly to the
count of four. When worries and stress begin to rise, be kind to yourself. ___17___ A worried mind gets very calm
when it’s focused on breathing rather than worrying,” says Manly.
___18___ “Just because you have a thought doesn’t mean it’s true. When you notice you’re being hard on
yourself or thinking very negatively, take a step back and question the thought you’re having,” suggests Touroni.
“___19___ Are you jumping to conclusions?”
Try a positive message mantra (咒语). When negative thoughts get a hold on you, Manly recommends
focusing on a positive message or mantra that feels strong and calming for you. “For example, your mantra might
be, ‘All will be well. ___20___’ ” Manly suggests keeping a copy of your mantra in your wallet, on your mirror,
and on your desk for a handy reminder during stressful moments.
A. Things will work out.
B. Think of a peaceful image instead.
C. Don’t believe everything you think.
D. And then pause to relax and breathe.
E. Is there any evidence to support this?
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G. Instead, notice the negative thought and then let it float away.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选
项。
Arnold Schwarzenegger is considered to be one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time. He won the Mr.
Universe title in bodybuilding at 20. Though famous then, Arnold was not ___21___ with that. His drive and
___22___ took him into acting, and he became the wealthiest Hollywood superstar. ___23___ the top in two
different fields was not enough for him. In 2003 he became the 38th Governor of California and then returned to
acting.
As a young man in his homeland of Austria, Arnold was ___24___ for his dedication to bodybuilding. He
worked hard to gain the impressive physique (体格) that ___25___ him at the top of his sport. In 1968, Arnold
moved to the USA and brought with him an ___26___ thirst for success. In 1970, he won the first of his Mr.
Olympia titles in New York. That same year he ___27___ in his first film. In 1975, Arnold retired from
bodybuilding to ___28___ on his acting career. Again, his single-mindedness in ___29___ his ambition has seen
him star in a long list of box-office successes.
Arnold has enjoyed three successful careers, and he hasn’t ___30___ yet. He will take every chance to act. He
credits his success to his ___31___ to life. This is because he is supremely confident and ___32___ to take risks.
He sees failure as another ___33___ on the road to success. Arnold believes the struggle will make us ___34___.
Strength comes from fighting back against those who want you to fail, or believe you will ___35___ fail.
21. A. concerned B. tired C. bored D. content
22. A. pride B. selflessness C. ambition D. curiosity
23. A. Reaching B. Seeing C. Holding D. Leaving
24. A. noted B. charged C. remembered D. intended
25. A. led B. stopped C. taught D. put
26. A. uncomfortable B. unstoppable C. unforgettable D. unavoidable
27. A. competed B. broke C. gave D. starred
28. A. comment B. concentrate C. congratulate D. count
29. A. limiting B. losing C. hiding D. seeking
30. A. graduated B. left C. finished D. succeeded
31. A. introduction B. attitude C. determination D. gratitude
32. A. certain B. active C. careful D. willing
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂33. A. opportunity B. obstacle C. opposite D. occupation
34. A. quicker B. happier C. stronger D. healthier
35. A. unfortunately B. necessarily C. importantly D. probably
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形
A 30-year-old man was finally rescued from the Alaskan wilderness after his cabin burned down, ___36___
(leave) him trapped in the snow for almost three weeks.
Tyson Steele had been living alone ___37___ several months in a small house in Skwentna, a town ___38___
(locate) 70 miles northwest of Anchorage. He had been burning a fire in___39___ (he) woodstove back in
December when a piece of flaming cardboard ___40___ (fly) up his fireplace chimney and landed on his roof,
___41___ started a slow fire that eventually left the cabin in ruins. Since Skwentna only has a population of about
35 people, Steele’s ___42___ (near) neighbor lived about 20 miles away. With no means of ___43___
(communicate) to call for help, Steele endured sub-zero temperatures ___44___ severe weather conditions wearing
long johns (秋裤), boots with no socks, and a heavy wool sweater.
When his family and friends hadn’t heard from Steele for several ___45___ (week), they requested a welfare
check from Alaska State Troopers. As a helicopter flew over the area, they caught sight of Steele waving his arms
in the air next to a massive “SOS” sign that he had stamped into the snow.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，目前食品安全问题引起了人们的广泛关注。一些生产厂家为了降低成本、追求利润，
减少了必要的安全措施，致使一些劣质食品流入市场，对人们的健康产生了极大的危害。请你就此事给一
家英文报社写封信，谈谈个人看法并呼吁整个社会关注此事。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
第二节 （满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It was late, about 10:15 p.m., when Janice arrived at the Bellport, New York train station. She’d just returned
from visiting her mother who lives in Philadelphia. Brought up by the single mother alone since 4 years old, Janice
made it a rule to visit her every other month. She quickly got off the train, walked into the parking lot and jumped
into her car. All these were so familiar to her since she had traveled the route so many times. After a short break,
Janice happily began the 20-minute drive home. She knew that her husband and seven-year-old son were eagerly
waiting for her return.
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂She was practically driving on automatic pilot: a left onto Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and
then ― wham! Out of nowhere on that awful night, a minivan (小面包车) hit Janice’s car, knocking her backward
some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. Janice sat in the car, injured but mostly just shocked by the impact (撞击)
and by the vehicle’s airbags. Realizing what had happened after a few seconds, she was scared and tried to escape
from the car. But she failed to open the door. Hopeless, she could only pray that someone might pass by and save
her.
As it happened, Peter was getting ready for bed. He’d just closed his book and was going to bed when he
heard the loud sound of metal on metal and shattering (破碎) glass coming from not far outside his bedroom
window. A volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, Peter, 64, never stopped to think. He grabbed a flashlight and
ran out of the door in his nightclothes, knowing that there could be a car accident nearby and it was difficult for the
police to reach there in a short time on such a dark night.
The first car he came upon, 2,000 feet from his front yard, was the minivan that had hit Janice’s. Peter rushed
over to check if the driver was alive. Once he concluded the driver was OK, he looked around and spotted Janice’s
car on the railroad tracks.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右。
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
All of a sudden, he heard a sound: the bells signalling an on-coming train.
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As a volunteer firefighter, Peter calmly ran to the passenger side.
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