高二上学期英语期末考试试卷(含小段音频)套真题

高二上学期英语期末考试试卷（含小段音频）

一、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。

1. Why was Matt running slowly today?

A . He ate a big breakfast

B . He stayed up late last night.C . He

worried about his schoolwork.

2. How does the woman want to travel?

A . By plane.B . By train.C . By car.

3. Where does the conversation take place?

A . In an office.B . At a gift shop.C . On a beach.

4. Who is Jeremy?

A . The man’s coach.B . The man’s father.C . The man’s friend.

5. What did the man want to do?

A . Buy a new battery.B . Charge his phone.C . Use a laptop.

二、

听下面

5

段对话或独白。

< br>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。

6.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

（

1

）

Why is the man given the test?

A .

Because

he

failed

the

last

test.B .

Because

he

was

sick

yesterday.C .

Because he wants to get extra points.

（

2

）

How many problems are there in Eddi

e’s test?

A . 7.B . 12.C . 16.

7.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

（

1

）

Where will the project be?

A . In Russia.B . In China.C . In India.

（

2

）

What does the man hope to do?

A . Set up more hidden cameras.B . Read more about rare big cats.C . See a

rare cat with his own eyes.

8.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

（

1

）

What will the man do on the first day of his new work?

A

.

Meet

some

workmates.B

.

Take

a

training

course.C

.

Have

an

examination.

（

2

）

What career will the man do?

A . He will be a teacher.B . He will be an engineer.C . He will be a tour guide.

（

3

）

What

does

the

woman

say

about

getting

a

senior

position

in

the

university?

A . It took a longer time.B . It meant more to her.C . It was easier to achieve.

9.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

（

1

）

What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A . The prices of food.B . Healthy eating habits.C . Ways to cook meals.

（

2

）What are in the woman’s basket?

A . Fresh carrots.B . Frozen peas.C . Fast food.

（

3

）

Why does the man prefer frozen food?

A . It’s cheap.B . It’s healthy.C . It’s convenient.

（

4

）

When does the woman get off work every day?

A . At 5:00 p.m.B . At 6:00 p.m.C . At 7:00 p.m.

10.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

（

1

）

How many African countries has Mr. Xie Yanshen visited?

A . 30.B . 40.C . 54.

< br>（

2

）

What does Mr. Xie Yanshen probably like to do?

A . Collect art.B . Create art.C . Sell art.

（

3

）

What did Mr. Xie Yanshen do in 2012?

A . He donated pieces of art to a Chinese museum.B . He was encouraged

to worked at a museum.C . He founded a museum in Africa by himself.

（

4

）

What does the National Museum of China hope to do?

A . Encourage people to collect African artworks.B . Raise money to buy

more African artworks.C . Introduce African culture to Chinese people.

三、阅读理解

11.

阅读理解

Better

known

by

his

stage

name

KUN,

Cai

Xukunis

a

phenomenon,

opening up the music industry in China.

Last year, after participating in the realityTV show Idol Producer, receiving

themost votes from fans, the singer- songwriter rose to fame overnight. At just

21years old, Cai has topped Chinese music charts with multiple singles.

On July 26, KUN released his newest single Young. Within just 20 seconds,

it reacheda million sales.

KUN wrote the song to share his understandingof youth. He mixed R&B

and electronic beats

to make it more cheerful.A reviewer wrote on QQ Music,

“When you listen to the song, you just

seemto go back to youth again.”

The song was an early birthday present tohimself which he celebrated on

Aug 2. KUN also hopes that he always has the courageto pursue

his love of

music, nomatter what people think. “My works are like my children and I hav

e

put mybest effort into them.” he told the GlobalTimes.

Indeed, KUN has written and produced most ofhis songs on his own. “I

want every piece of my work to have my own spiritin it,” he told music website

Soundigest, “I feel more enjoyment whenI’m performing my own work.”

Although

KUN

loves

performing

onstage,

whenthe

lights

go

down,

he

prefers

to

fall

back

into

his

own

world

and

darkness

atnight.

“I

always

get

inspired when it’s quiet, late at night/’ he told I

-

Dmagazine, “It’s a great

moment

for

me

to

create

new

things.

Sometimes,

Ican

write

songs

with

a

melody

I heard in a dream.”

To

develop

his

introspection

and

find

new

inspiration,

KUN

attends

different kinds of musicalperformances

—

from festivals to opera houses. “I

just like to doeverything, al

l for my music, all for my art,” he told I

-D.

Withsuch talent and dedication to music, it seems that KUN will continue

to makehis mark in the competitive Chinese music industry.

（

1

）What do we know about KUN’s newest single?

A .

It

earns

him

a

birthday

present.B .

It

makes

people

feel

happy

and

energetic.C .

It

shows

how

he

pursues

his

dream.D .

It

combines

jazz

and

electronic music.

（

2

）

What does KUN usually do to get inspiration for music?

A . He goes to music shows.B . He talks to famous singers.C . He attends

music classes.D . He finds melodies in his dreams.

（

3

）

Which would best describe KUN?

A .

Courageous

and

patient.B .

T

alented

and

humorous.C .

Hardworking

and creative.D . Optimistic and outgoing.

12.

阅读理解

Reading

books

and

looking

at

pictures

isgreat,

but

nothing

facilitates

learning like travel,especially for teenagers. Not only do they get to see a world

beyond theirneighborhood, they also get to experience it, feel it, taste it, hear

it andbetter understand the world around them.

After nearly four decades in the classroom andtraveling the world, Phyllis

Duvall Bailey knew this perhaps better thananyone else.

Becoming involved in the work in AKA SororityInc in US, she worked to

educate

children

about

the

United

Nations.

There

wasno

doubt

in

Baile

y’s

mind

that

the

lessons

would

mean

so

much

more

if

thestudents

could

see

things for themselves.

Starting

in

2015,

Bailey,

82,

set

out

to

takeher

students

to

the

UN

Headquarters in New York City to give them a “WindowSeat to the World”,

and thus transformed them into global citizens.

Indeed,

it

is

a

great

opportunity

to

givestudents

national

and

international exposure. Since Bailey saw the students asfuture leaders, she was

desperate

to

expose

them

to

the

UN,

its

mission,

itsagendas

and

its

supportingorganizations.

She decided to give $$10, 000 of her own moneyto pay for the late June

trip, enough to take 10 students aged 14-17 on afour- night stay in New York.

There, they had guided tours of the UNHeadquarters and the New York City

Harbor .

It was Queny

aun Payne’s first trip to the cityand Taylor Sappington’s

second. Payne, 17, is a senior at Mceachem High Schoolin the state of Georgia,

US. Sappington, 15, is a junior at Therrell HighSchool in Atlanta, Georgia, US.

Both said their visit to the UN was inspiring.

“I like not only how countries areworking together but they’re focused

on common goals like global warming andkeeping peace,” Sappington said.

Payne

commented,

“The

trip

was

amazing.

I’m

so

thankful

made it possible.”

Actually, there a

re a lot of people gratefulfor the retired teacher’s effort.

The United Nations Association of Atlantarecently gave Bailey its Humanitarian

Award,

and

the

United

Nations

Associationof

the

US-awarded

her

with

the

National Education Award.

But Bailey wasn’t

looking for recognition oreven gratitude. Over those

four days in New York, she’d already felt it andseen it in the eyes of those 10

teenagers, Payne and Sappington included, whomade the trip.

“It

has

been

a

real

joy

to

get

to

see

andwatch

their

reaction

to

new

experiences,” she said.

（

1

）The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 refers to___.

A

.

the

benefits

of

travelingB

.

good

reading

habitsC

.

new

teaching

methodsD . the things teenagers like

（

2

）

How did Bailey help students?

A . She offered them voluntary opportunities at the UN.B . She paid for

trips that helped students see the world.C . She paid for them to go to school

in other countries.D . She taught them some useful life-long reading skills.

（

3

）What can we infer from Sappington’s words?

A . He determines to work for the UN in the future.B . He shows no interest

in global affairs at all.C . He finds the trip to the UN greatly instructive.D . He

wants to visit New York City once again.

（

4

）

What made Bailey most joyful according to the passage?

A

.

Students’

gratitude.B

.

Social

recognition.C

.

Students’

gains.D .

Official awards.

13.

阅读理解

Naturecalms our stressed- out soul. Nature is the best medicine, but new

research isshowing how little time we need to set aside to harvest the benefits.

In onenew study, researchers tried to fin

d the most effective “dose”

of

nature

within

the

context

of

normal

daily

life.

As

moredoctors

prescribe

nature

experiences

forstress

relief

and

other

health

benefits

—

sometimes

referred

to

as

a

“naturepill”—

the

study’s

authors

hoped

to

make

the

details of these treatmentsclear.

“Weknow that spending time in nature reduces stress, but until now it is

unclearhow much is enough, how often to do it, or even what kind of nature

experiencewill benefit us,” says lead author MaryCarol Hunter in a statement.

“O

urstudy

shows

that

for

the

greatest

payoff,

in

terms

of

efficiently

loweringlevels

of

the

stress

hormone

cortisone

,

you

should

spend

20

to30

minutes sitting or walking in a place that provides you with a sense ofnature.”

Anature pill can be a low-cost, low- risk way to curb the negative effectsof

urbanization and indoor lifestyle. To find the most efficient dosage, Hunterand

her co-authors asked 36 city citizens to have nature experiences of atleast 10

minutes three times per week over eight weeks.

Everytwo

weeks,

the

researchers

collected

saliva

samples

to

measure

levelsof the stress hormone cortisone, both before and after the participants

took anature pill. The data showed that just a 20-minute nature experience was

enoughto significantly reduce cortisone levels. The effect was more efficient

between20 and 30 minutes, after which benefits continued to increase but at a

slowerrate.

Thatfits

with

the

findings

of

another

recent

study,

which

found

that

spending

20minutes

in

an

urban

park

can

make

you

happier,

no

matter

whether you use thattime to exercise.

Forthis

study,

94

adults

visited

3

urban

parks

in

Mountain

Brook,

Alabama,completing a questionnaire about their subjective well-being before

and aftertheir visit. An accelerometer

tracked their physicalactivity.

A

visitlasting

20 to

25 minutes

showed

the

best

results,

with

a

roughly

64% increasein the participants’ self

-reported well-

being, even if they didn’t

move a

greatdeal

in the

park. That

last point

is

particularly

positive,

since it

meansanyone can benefit from visiting a nearby park, whatever his or her age

orphysical ability.

“Thereis increasing pressure on green space within urban settings,” said

a

UABprofessor

Gavin

Jenkins.

“Planners

and

developers

look

to

replace

greenspace

with

residential

and

commercial

challenge

facing

cities is that there is increasing evidence about thevalue of city parks but we

continue to see the disappearance of thesespaces.”

（

1

）

The authors of the study expected to ______.

A . study the treatments of nature in detailB . find an effective way to treat

stressC .

introduce

the

benefits

of

“nature

pill”D .

share

some

rewarding

nature experiences

（

2

）What

does

the

underlined

word

“curb”

in

Paragraph

4

probably

mean?

A . experienceB . realizeC . controlD . produce