长郡中学2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题(word原卷).docx

长郡中学2021-2022学年度高二第二学期期末考试
英 语
时量：120分钟 满分：150分
得分：
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。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．£ 19.15． B．£ 9.18． C．£ 9.15．
答案是C。
1．What will the speakers most likely do next？
A．Go to a restaurant． B．Make dinner． C．Eat dumplings．
2．When will the speakers watch the movie？
A．At 3：00 p．m． B．At 4：00 p．m． C．At 5：00 p．m．
3．What is the relationship between the speakers？
A．Mother and son． B．Brother and sister． C．Father and daughter．
4．What is the woman's attitude toward the man's failure？
A．Optimistic． B．Unconcerned． C．Upset．
5．What are the speakers talking about？
A．The street． B．The color． C．The house．

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 does the woman feel bad for her friends？
A．They don't get paid．
B．They work long hours．
C．They don't have free lunch．
7．What does the man do？
A．A rocket engineer． B．A firefighter． C．A scientist．
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．Where does Tim plan to live？
A．In the dorm． B．With a host family． C．At home．
9．What does Tim suggest the woman do？
A．Live in the dorm． B．Find a host family． C．Ask Albert for help．
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．Which book did the woman mention first？
A．The Necklace． B．The Art of War． C．The Gift of the Magi．
11．Who will make use of The Art of War？
A．The man． B．Teachers． C．Business managers．
12．What do we know about the woman？
A．She's been busy．
B．She can't afford the books．
C．She wants to run a business．
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13．How many colleagues of the two speakers are going to the barbeque？
A．Two． B．Three． C．Five．
14．What will the man's brother bring？
A．Smoked meat． B．Hamburgers． C．Snacks．
15．What do the speakers need to buy for the barbeque？
A．Juice． B．Hot dogs． C．Salad．
16．What is the price of potato salad this weekend？
A．20 dollars． B．18 dollars． C．10 dollars．
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．How long does the speaker live in the U．S．？
A．For about 10 years． B．For about 20 years． C．For about 25 years．
18．In which country tips are considered to be impolite？
A．Portugal． B．Belgium． C．Japan．
19．What is good about shopping in America？
A．It has a good return policy．
B．It doesn't need to pay a tip．
C．It has many cheap holiday gifts．
20．What kind of U．S．bill is a bit pink？
A．A 10-dollar one． B．A 50-dollar one． C．A 100-dollar one．

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
My favourite Books
—Posted by Catherine Chung，a great writer
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
This collection contains several maths stories．The one I recommend is Division By Zero，about Jane Parkinson，a brilliant German mathematician．To her great despair，she ends up proving that mathematics is inconsistent and is able to prove that any two numbers are equal．A beautiful，thought-provoking（发人深省的）story about belief，understanding，and faith．
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
It's about a woman who comes to work for a once-great mathematician．Due to a brain injury，he has only 80 minutes of short-term memory available to him before he forgets everything．It is filled with beautiful maths，simply and clearly described alongside finely drawn relationships between the characters．
Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
Kovalevskaya was a 19th-century mathematician at a time when women were not allowed in most of Europe to attend university．She married a man who promised to take her to Germany to study．She made major contributions to the field and became the first woman in Russia to obtain a doctorate in mathematics．
The Ore Miner's Wife by Karl Iagnemma
It is about a miner who thinks he's discovered the proof to the problem：construct a square，equal in area to a given circle．His wife，not knowing what has suddenly taken his attention and his time，fears he is being unfaithful．In fact，what he does is a moving exploration of the joys of entering a problem．
21．Which book is about a pioneering Russian woman mathematician？
A．Stories of Your Life and Others． B．The Housekeeper and the Professor．
C．Too Much Happiness． D．The Ore Miner's Wife．
22．What do the listed books have in common？
A．They tell stories of woman mathematicians．
B．They involve mathematics．
C．They explore human relationship．
D．They reveal people's inner world．
23．What can we learn from this text？
A．Jane Parkinson fails to show math was inconsistent．
B．The mathematician in Yoko Ogawa's book has problem memorizing things．
C．In the 19th century，women in Europe didn't have chance to get higher education．
D．The miner in Karl Iagnemma's book is unfaithful to his wife．

B
Tufa grew up in Australia so she couldn't understand why her father insisted on teaching her Oromo，a language spoken in Ethiopia．
“Dad never spoke about his life back in Ethiopia and yet he insisted on teaching us this language” Tufa said．“There were so many resources at my fingertips for the other languages I was learning and so many people that speak them．But when Dad was teaching us Oromo，there were no textbooks or learning materials at all．And that struck me as really strange．”
But as Tufa got older and began doing her own research，she discovered why speaking about Oromo was so painful for her father．The Oromo are the largest racial group of Ethiopia．But since their land was seized in the 1880s，the people have suffered a lot．The Oromo language was banned，including from political life and schools．Oromo texts were destroyed．Tufa's father，an Oromo，fled to Egypt and，in the late 1970s，he was given asylum（庇护）in Australia．
By the time the Oromo ban was lifted，Tufa's father had established a small，private Oromo school in Melbourne to teach the language to the children of asylum seekers．As she helped to teach the students，Tufa realised the teaching resources were awful．She decided to create posters and worksheets for her father's students，using her own money to get them printed．
Three other Oromo schools that had opened in Victoria by then heard about the materials and all of them wanted copies．Tufa realised that if there was a demand for Oromo child education materials in Australia，there must be other communities around the world where resources were also needed．
She launched a crowdfunding campaign so she could print more Oromo learning materials．By the end of 2014，in just six weeks，she had raised almost $ 125，000．Word of her project spread．Her resources have also found their way to Ethiopia，with people sending copies to family members who still live there．This year，she plans to launch an online store for her publishing company．
24．What did Tufa feel strange about when learning Oromo？
A．Her father’s life in Ethiopia． B．Her father's way of teaching．
C．The lack of learning materials． D．The appearance of other languages．
25．What is the purpose of the third paragraph？
A．To explain a reason． B．To give an example．
C．To present an argument． D．To clear a misunderstanding．
26．How did Tufa meet the increasing demand for Oromo learning materials？
A．She created posters and worksheets． B．She turned to his father．
C．She dipped into her own pocket． D．She crowdfunded．
27．What is the passage mainly about？
A．Why the Oromo suffered in Ethiopia． B．What schools need in teaching Oromo．
C．How a girl helps to keep Oromo alive． D．Where the Oromo language is taught．

C
Pinocchio may be just a children's story，but Spanish scientists at the University of Granada recently investigated the so-called “Pinocchio effect” and found that our noses don't grow longer when we tell a lie，but actually get a little bit smaller．
Dr．Gómez Milán and his team developed a lie detector test that used thermal（热成像的）cameras to tell if people were lying，and found that whenever participants in their research were being untruthful，the temperature of their nose dropped up to 1.2℃，while the temperature of their forehead increased up to 1.5℃．They also found that drop in temperature at nose level actually caused it to become slightly smaller，although the difference could not be seen by the human eye．“One has to think in order to lie，which raises the temperature of the forehead，” Dr．Gómez Milán explained the findings．“At the same time we feel anxious，which lowers the temperature of the nose．”
For this study，researchers asked a number of 60 students to perform various tasks while being scanned by thermal cameras．One of these tasks involved making a 3-to-4-minute call to their parents，partners or friends and telling an important lie．Participants had to make up the lie themselves during the call，and the thermal cameras picked up this opposite Pinocchio effect" caused by the changes in temperature in the nose and forehead．
Interestingly，the thermal lie detector picked up the temperature difference in 80 percent of test participants，which is a better rate of success than that of any modern lie detector used by the police．“With this method we have increased accuracy and reduce the chances of ‘false positives'，something that is frequent with other methods，” said Dr．Gómez Milánwho added that police could one day combine other lie detection technology with their technology to achieve better results．
28．Why did the temperature of the participants' foreheads go up during the test？
A．They had to think hard． B．They felt ashamed．
C．They were scared． D．They got embarrassed．
29．What phenomenon does the “opposite Pinocchio effect” refer to？
A．The nose becomes smaller． B．The nose gets longer．
C．The temperature gets higher． D．The temperature remains the same．
30．What can we learn about the research？
A．The thermal lie detector may assist the police．
B．The thermal lie detector has proven a popular one．
C．Researchers conducted the study by interviewing．
D．Researchers designed different lies for participants．
31．Which might be the best title for the text？
A．Will Lie Detectors Tell the Truth？
B．Will Thermal Technology Be Reliable？
C．Will Lying Make Your Nose Longer？
D．Will Lying Make Your Temperature Rise？

D
They say procrastination（拖延）is the thief of time—actually deadlines are．New research has found that if you want someone to help you out with something，it is best not to set a deadline at all．But if you do set a deadline，make it short．
Professor Stephen Knowles tested the effect of deadline length on task completion for their research．Participants were invited to complete an online survey concerning a charity donation．They were given either one week，one month，or no deadline to respond．Professor Knowles says although the topic of the survey is about charity，the results are true of any situation where someone asks another person for help．
The study found responses to the survey were lowest for the one-month deadline and highest when no deadline was specified．No deadline and the one-week deadline led to many early responses，while a long deadline appeared to give people permission to procrastinate，and then forget．Professor Knowles wasn't surprised to find that specifying a shorter deadline increased the chances of receiving a response compared to a longer deadline．However，he did find it interesting that they received the most responses when no deadline was specified．
“We interpret this as evidence that specifying a longer deadline，as opposed to a short deadline or no deadline at all，removes the urgency to act，” he says．“People therefore put off undertaking the task，and since they are inattentive or forget，postponing it results in lower response rates．”
He says of the research that it is possible that not specifying a deadline might still have led participants to assume that there is an unspoken deadline．Professor Knowles hopes his research can help reduce the amount of procrastinating people do．“Many people procrastinate．They have the best intentions of helping someone out，but just do not get around to doing it．”
32．Why did Professor Knowles do the research？
A．To study the role a deadline plays in procrastination．
B．To find out whether people are interested in charity．
C．To attract public attention to the effects of procrastination．
D．To test the effect of procrastination on task completion．
33．What most likely leads to procrastination？
A．No deadlines． B．Short deadlines．
C．Specific deadlines． D．Long deadlines．
34．What's the attitude of Professor Knowles to the findings of the study？
A．Interested． B．Conservative． C．Confused． D．Unsurprised．
35．Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word“inattentive"？
A．careless B．unimportant C．lazy D．difficult

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。
Food is part of who we are．We all need it，survive because of it and derive happiness from it．So if food matters so much，why do we let so much of it go rotten in our fridges，or get thrown out in our stores？Sadly，we love food，but we don't take care of it．__36__ Here are ways to help us love our food better and grow respect for the world behind what we eat．
·Reduce your food waste．
Buy only the food you need，store food wisely，donate excess and turn leftover food into the next day's meals．When we waste food，all the resources used for growing，processing，transporting and marketing that food are wasted too．__37__

·Support your local food producers．
Chefs get awards，stars and recognition for their creations．But what about our farmers？__38__ Shop at your local markets and get to know your farmers．Giving them your business is giving them your recognition and respect．
·Adopt a healthier，more sustainable diet．
__39__ We get energy and maintain health from good food．We normally don't care the power that food and nutrition have over our bodies．Too much of it，or too much of only one kind of it，can lead to obesity，deficiencies or diet-related diseases．
·__40__
By treating each meal with pride，we respect the farmers who produced it，and the resources that went into it．Respect can be passed on．Talk to the people around and to the next generation about making informed，healthy and sustainable food choices．
Respecting food means appreciating the back-story of food．When we know the full picture，it is easier to see what our food really stands for and how precious it really is．
A．Have a conversation．
B．Learn where food comes from．
C．Our bodies consume calories and nutrients．
D．For many people on the planet，food is giving．
E．Food is so much more than what is on our plates．
F．One third of all food produced globally is lost or wasted．
G．Without them，we wouldn't have the fresh food we need on a daily basis．

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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“New Recruit Wanted．” this sign caught my eye and revived the dream I had since my chil