1、 廣東省佛山市2021-2022學年高二英語上學期期中試題本試卷共10頁, 76小題, 滿分150分, 考試時間120分鐘。注意事項：1. 答題前,考生務必用黑色筆跡的鋼筆或簽字筆將自己的姓名、考號填寫在答題卡上。2.每小題選出答案后, 用2B鉛筆把答題卡上對應題目選項的答案信息點涂黑；如需改動, 請用橡皮擦干凈后, 再選涂其他答案, 答案不能答在試卷上。3. 非選擇題必須用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆作答,答案必須寫在答題卡各題目指定區域內相應位置上；如需改動, 先劃掉原來的答案, 然后再寫上新的答案；不準使用鉛筆和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案無效。第一部分聽力（共兩節，滿分20分）第一節聽力理

2、解（共6小題；每小題2分，滿分12分）材料及問題播放兩遍。每段后有兩個小題, 各段播放前有5秒鐘的閱題時間。請根據各段播放內容及其相關小題的問題, 在5秒鐘內從題中所給的A、B、C項中, 選出最佳選項, 并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。聽第一段材料, 回答第1-2題1. A. Walk straight.B. Go left.C. Go right. 2. A. To a museum.B. To a bank.C. To a post office. 聽第二段材料，回答第3-4題3. A. The monthly reports.B. The weekly tests. C. The term pa

3、per.4. A. By looking through the books. B. By reading the magazines. C. By doing the interviews.聽第三段材料，回答第5-6題5. A. Around 12 at noon.B. Around 1:00 pm. C. Around 2:00 pm.6. A. Its model.B. Its color.C. Its number.第二節回答問題 （共4小題；每小題2分，滿分8分）聽下面一段材料，然后回答問題。材料及問題讀兩遍。7. _8. _9. _10. _第二部分閱讀（共兩節，滿分50分）第一節

4、閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）閱讀下列短文, 從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中, 選出最佳選項, 并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。AAQUILA Childrens Magazine is the most intelligent read for curious kids. Full of enthusiastic articles and challenging puzzles, every issue covers science, history and general knowledge. AQUILA is a quality production, bea

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6、aper and there are no advertisements or posters. Instead it is full of well-written articles, thought-provoking (令人深思的) ideas and great contemporary artwork. Each monthly issue is centredaround a new topic. AQUILA works as a superb learning extension to current primary (or KS2 and KS3) curriculum (課

7、程), but it is much more than that! Entertaining and always surprising, AQUILA is recommended because it widens childrens interest and understanding, rather than encouraging them to concentrate only on their favourite subjects. It gives children a well-rounded understanding of the world, in all its c

8、omplexity. The concepts in AQUILA can be challenging, requiring good comprehension and reading skills. Eight years is usually a good age to start. Some gentle interest from an adult is often helpful at the start. In 2021 AQUILA will have been in publication for 29 years, but it has never appeared in

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10、ered. The package posts in a blue envelope marked “Open on your birthday”. 11. What is special about AQUILA?A. It is available in shops. B. It is for kids of all ages. C. It prints readersartwork. D. It has no advertisements. 12. What does AQUILA offer its readers?A. Articles on modern art. B. Famil

11、y reading materials. C. Knowledge beyond school subjects. D. Ideas on improving reading skills. 13. Who are the target readers of AQUILA? A. Foreign language learners. B. Children with learning difficulties.C. Parent-child reading lovers. D. Curious kids with good comprehension.BAuthor Walter Dean M

12、yers died at the age of 76 after a brief illness. Walter Dean Myers was the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults and received many top awards.Theprolificauthor was loved for his vivid description of the lives ofAfrican American children, and for writing books for young people

13、that covered different subjects. “Myers has written about all those subjects with deep understanding and a hardwon, qualified sense ofhope, ”said Leonard S. Marcus in 2008.He was born in 1937 and was adopted by Florence Dean and Herbert after his mother died while giving birth to his younger sister.

14、 They loved him very much and his mother read to him from a very young age. Reading pushed him to discover worlds beyond his landscape.He began writing at an early age. He wrote well in high school and an English teacher recognized this and advised him to keep on writing no matter what happened to h

15、im. “Its what you do, ”she said.He droppedout of high school at 17 and joined the army. After finishing his service, he entered a dark period in his life. Myers began writing at night to pull himself through that miserable time. In an essay published inTheNewYorkTimesearlier this year, Myers describ

16、ed how a short story by James Arthur Baldwin helped change the course of his life. “I didnt love the story, but I was lifted by it, ”he wrote, “for it took place in Harlem, and it was a story concerned with black people like those I knew. By humanizing the people who were like me, Baldwins story als

17、o humanized me. The story gave me a permission that I didnt know I needed, the permission to write about my own landscape, my own map.”“I write books for the troubled boy I once was, ” he wrote, “and for the boy who lives within me still.”14. What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?A. How p

18、opular Myers was.B. How Myers became successful.C. What makes Myers works popular.D. What people think of Myersworks.15. What does the underlined word “prolific” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Productive.B. Wealthy.C. Conservative.D. Humorous.Who discovered Myers writing talent?A. James Arthur Bald

19、win.B. His mother.C. Leonard S. Marcus.D. One of his teachers.17. Why was the short story by James Arthur Baldwin so important for Myers?A. It helped him survive the dark period.B. It inspired him to pursue his writing career.C. He learned many writing techniques from it.D. The author of the story p

20、ermitted him to write.CDuring a decline in tourism, one national park in Thailand has seen a dramatic rise in “visitors” recently. So many are the hermit crabs (寄居蟹) flooding into the otherwise empty beaches of KohLanta that shells (貝殼) for them to live in have become in short supply.The Thai govern

21、ment moved quickly to ease the housing shortage, launching a public appeal for empty shells that netted over 200 kg. On December 5 these were distributed around the park in a ceremony.Hermit crabs rely on shells to protect their soft bodies, moving to larger shells as they grow. On KohLanta and the

22、surrounding smaller islands, their rapid increase seems to be a natural phenomenon, rather than directly related to the absence of tourists. But the shortage of shells may be man-made: pretty ones have long been gathered to be sold as goods. Crabs had begun to make do with potential death-traps such

23、 as plastic caps and bottles.The shell drive was part of a government initiative to “regain the balance of nature”. “I have instructed all national parks to do whatever it takes,” says VarawutSilpa-archa, the minister for natural resources. His inspiration comes from the pause in tourism brought on

24、by COVID-19. A ban on international visitors and the closure of national parks have helped nature recover, bringing endangered leatherback turtles back onto Thai beaches. In the coastal provinces of PhangNga and Phuket, turtles have laid the largest number of eggs for 20 years.The government has dec

25、ided to try to copy the short break forced on it by COVID-19 in future. From now on, all national parks will be required to close for a short period during the off-season and to limit the number of tourists through a reservation system when they are open. Although such restrictions mean reduced earn

26、ings from tourism in the short term, in the longer run more parks may help to keep the tourists coming.18. What happened to the beaches of KohLanta recently?A. They got flooded by seawater.B. They became completely empty.C. They were packed with hermit crabs.D. They saw a constant stream of tourists

27、.19. What contributed to the housing shortage for hermit crabs?A. Natural disasters.B. Human activities.C. Their preference for bottles.D. The governments involvement.20. Why are turtles mentioned in Paragraph 4?A. To warn turtles are dying out.B. To prove beaches are their ideal habitats.C. To stre

28、ss ecological diversity of Thailand.D. To show the birth of Varawuts inspiration.21. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A.Keeping the Balance of Nature B. COVID-19Helping Nature Recover C. Finding Shelters for Homeless Hermit Crabs D. Closing National Parks or Drawing More Vis

29、itorsDArtificial intelligence (AI) still cant see the future, but a new algorithm (算法) may come close: using nothing but written movie summaries, the AI can consistently tell which films will play wellor awfullyto critics and audiences. If the model can be further improved, it could one day help pro

30、ducers predict whether a movie will be a failure at the box office, before its even made.To test several models, researchers used plot summaries of 42,306 movies from all over the world, many collected from Wikipedia. The models broke the summaries by sentence and used something called sentiment (情感

31、) analysis to analyze each one. Sentences considered “positive”, such as “Thor loves his hammer”, would receive a rating closer to positive one. And sentences that were considered “negative”, like “Thor gets in a fight” would be rated closer to negative one.Generally, successful movies such as 1951s

32、 Alice in Wonderlandwhich scored 80% on the movie-rating website Rotten Tomatoeshave frequent waves in sentiment; unsuccessful ones, such as 2009s The Limits of Control, vary less. Its not important whether the films begin or end happily, the researchers say. Whats important is that the sentiments c

33、hange frequently.The sentiment ratings in each summary were then simplified into a single score to reflect how often the sentiment changed. The researchers tested three different methods of arriving at a final score. All three could predict fairly accurately whether a movie would be unpopular, and o

34、ne method worked especially well for guessing which thrillers and comedies reviewers would hate.The methods were not as efficient at guessing which movies would succeed, but they still predicted the results more accurately than random chance. In the future, the researchers say their methods could be

35、 bettered to predict the amount a movie could earn at the box office and help producers decide which movies to invest in. The systems fair judgment might give an advantage to less well-known writers, the researchers add. It could also potentially save the public from having to sit through films like

36、 Jaws: The Revenge, which online critics and audience alike rate as terrible.22. How can AI help foresee the future of movies?A. By testing plot models.B. By using sentiment analysis.C. By writing summaries.D. By consulting critics and audiences.23. What is the key factor for a successful movie acco

37、rding to the researchers?A. A happy ending.B. Famous movie stars.C. A well-known producer.D. Frequent sentiment changes.24. What benefit will the methods possibly bring?A. Helping producers invest wisely.B. Assessing a movies quality accurately.C. Increasing box office earnings.D. Providing written

38、summaries for critics.25. Whats the researchers attitude to the model?A. Doubtful.B. Cautious.C. Optimistic.D. Ambiguous.第二節選句填空（共5小題；每小題2.5分, 滿分12.5分）Handwritten thank-you letters are such a simple way of making other people feel good, it is strange that so few people write them anymore. At work, a

39、 thank-you letter to employees is unbelievably effective. It costs little and has no side effects. The effort involved in writing letters is very low. The pleasure on receiving them is very high. 26 Doug Conant, manager of Campbells Soup Company since 2001, knows the power of thank you letters. He s

40、aid that every day he works with an assistant, searching the company for people deserving thanks. 27 Over the past 10 years he has sent 30, 000 thank-you letters to his employees more than 10 each day. The reward is huge: his company has remained one of the most successful in its field for years. 28

41、 There seem to be three reasons. Firstly, chief executives (主管) running companies think their own work is more valuable than that of others. 29 Secondly, they arent close enough to the business to know who deserves thanks. Thirdly, they have forgotten the strange human truth that almost everyone wou

42、ld do almost anything in return for a few words of appreciation.In these days of such busy schedules and people running all over the place and trying to get ahead, sometimes we forget the simplest things in life are the most powerful and rewarding. You need to think to yourself about a time someone

43、sent you a thank-you and how much it meant to you. 30 A. He then writes them a thank-you letter.B. Why are thank-you letters so important?C. You may ask what side effects exactly mean.D. This makes them an excellent way to reward and motivate staff.E. But if these letters are so inspiring, why dont

44、more managers write them?F. Always remember to “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you!”G. Since no one ever writes them thank-you letters, they dont write any themselves.第三部分語言知識及應用（共兩節，滿分30分）第一節完形填空 (共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分)閱讀下面短文, 從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中, 選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項, 并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。Nol

45、an Barry, 8, and Thomas MacKeen, 9, were on their way home from school in Atkinson, N.H., with three other students on Tuesday when their ride took ascaryturn. The driver 31 a medical emergency and 32 , but the bus was still moving.Nolan usually sits at the front of the bus, where he can see the dri

46、ver. Because of Nolans 33 , he was somewhat familiar with the bus 34 . Although he forgot which button to press, he figured it out in time. Fortunately, Nolan 35 the emergency braking(剎車) system which also turns on the flashing red lights, putting the 36 sign and safety bar out.But they werent out o

47、f the woods yet; and they couldnt 37 how to open the doors. Thomas was the oldest students on the bus (in the fourth grade) and he was able to 38 the other students down and get them back into their seats.Another student, 8-year-old David Silva, was also on the bus. Luckily, Davids father, Jesse Sil

48、va, was just down the roadwaitingfor the school bus to deliver his child, and he noticed the kids 39 the windshield (擋風玻璃) and saying “help”.The father ran over to the bus and 40 to get in. He saw the driver on the floor and the students were allshakenup. He tried unsuccessfully to 41 the driver her

49、 eyes opened but she wasnt communicating.But thatswhenthe paramedics (護理人員)arrived. The bus driver was 42 , but the cause of the collapse is still unclear. It is clear that she was very 43 to have the boys on board when this all happened.And they do feel like 44 , “kind of,” Nolan said when intervie

50、wed. But theyre not letting it get to their 45 . “Not like Superman. Not like that.”31. A. receivedB. sufferedC. discoveredD. broadcast32. A. passed outB. went madC. threw up D. broke down33. A. talents B. interactionsC. observationsD. judgments 34. A. structureB. functionsC. controls D. route35. A.

51、 destroyedB. fixed C. checkedD. started36. A. danger B. stopC. road D. position37. A. make out B. explainC. figure outD. imagine38. A. pullB. letC. put D. calm39. A. beatingB. wiping C. paintingD. watching40. A. meant B. hesitatedC. failedD. managed41. A. wakeB. informC. feed D. comfort42. A. arrest

52、edB. interviewedC. treatedD. accused43. A. sorryB. confusedC. cleverD. lucky44. A. foolsB. heroesC. experts D. drivers45. A. headsB. eyesC. handsD. feet第二節語法填空（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料, 在空格處填入適當的內容（1個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式。“Time waits for no man”- or so the saying goes. We cant stop time and we cant contr

53、ol 46 , although sometimes, in our minds, we think time flies. But if this year 47 particular feels like its passing more quickly than others have done, there could be a scientific 48 (explain).Of course, we know a year is usually 365 days long. Clever scientists calculated this a long time ago. The

54、y also worked out that every four years, we need an extra day 49 (call) a leap year to keep our calendar in sync (同步). But 2021 isnt one of those years, and yet its not behaving like 50 normal year. Scientists have done the math and discovered the Earth is moving faster than it ever has in the last

55、50 years, 51 means that 2021 is going to be the shortest year in decades.Apparently, this is 52 the Earth is spinning faster, quicker than it has done in decades, and the days are therefore shorter. But they are only short by a tiny amount around 0.05 millisecondsso dont panic if you havent noticed!

56、 However, long-term these milliseconds add up. Graham Jones from Time and Date told The Independent newspaper: “If the Earths rotation continues to 53 (quick), we may at some point require a negative leap second. If this happens, our clocks would skip a second 54 (keep) up with the hurrying Earth.”

57、Since 1972, 27 leap seconds 55 (add) to our time.第四部分原文重現（共一節滿分5分）原文重現（共5小題;每小題1分，滿分5分）請根據原文內容填空，并將正確答案填寫到答題卡的相應位置，與原文內容不一致不得分。56. I remember that he let me pour some fuel into the rocket, and then another student lit a match _ _ _ _. 57. The first day he walked into my class, he was dragging his sc

58、hoolbag behind him and looking bored, but as soon as I _ _ _ _ to show how the human stomach works using acid and an onion, he gave me his full attention. 58. Sometimes I set deadlines for myself: I will start doing my homework at 8 pm, and _ _ _ in two hours. 59. My friends try to drag me away from my phone, but as soon as Im alo