湖南省衡阳市部分校2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷

高二英语试卷 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡 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，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时， 将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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，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。 例: How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C. 1. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a bank. B. At a dry-cleaning shop. C. At a restaurant. 2. What time does the train leave? A. At 8:25. B. At 8:15. C. At 8:50. 3. How did the man break his leg? A. He had a fall at the pool. B. He fell jumping over a tennis net. C. He had an accident while skating. 4. What is the man's favourite free-time activity? A. Listening to music. B. Reading a book. C. Watching TV. 5. What might have happened? A. A gas accident. B. An earthquake. C. A fire. 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。 听第6 段材料，回答第6，7 题。 6. What is Mrs. White expecting? A. Mrs. Brown's call. B. Mr. Brown's call. C. Mr. White's return. 7. What will happen in a couple of hours? A. Mrs.Brown will make a call. B. Mrs.White will send an e-mail. C. The postcards will be sent off. 听第7 段材料、回答第8、9 题。 8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and patient. C. Employer and employee. 9. What does the man advise the woman to do before going to bed? A. Drink some coffee. B. Have a cold bath. C. Read a boring book. 听第8 段材料，回答第10 至12 题。 10. What does the woman think of surfing the Net at first? A. It is a waste of time. B. It can save time. C. It is fun. 11. What is Tom doing? A. Reading the news. B. Doing shopping. C. Looking for information for his homework. 12. What does Tom recommend to his mother? A. E-shopping. B. E-mail. C. E-card. 听第9 段材料，回答第13 至16 题。 13. What is the woman? A. A travel agent. B. A shopkeeper. C. A teacher. 14. What does the man plan to do? A. Go traveling. B. Book a train ticket. C. Buy new sunglasses. 14. What does the man plan to do? A. Go traveling. B. Book a train ticket. C. Buy new sunglasses. 15. What will the man do in Hawaii? A. Book some lessons. B. Go swimming. C. Surf the Internet. 16. Why is May the best time to visit Hawaii? A. The number of the tourists is the largest. B. The weather is pleasant. C. The scenery is the most beautiful. 听第10 段材料，回答第17 至20 题。 17. What do scientists want to do about the desert? A. Change it into good land. B. Raise crops and animals there. C. Build a hydropower station there. 18. What can we know about the desert? A. It gets very little rain. B. It can be turned into good land soon. C. It never has any plants or animals in it. 19. Why are small green plants very important to dry places? A. They promote the water recycle. B. They offer food for the animals. C. They can keep the water and earth. 20. What makes land become desert little by little? A. The little rain. B. The few plants and animals. C. The bad things that people do. 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 For centuries people have wondered who was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and what was the reason for her smile. But the Mona Lisa is just one of the many mysteries in the art world. Here are some other notable unsolved art mysteries that might be a little less familiar. Mystery 1: Who Is the Girl in Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring? Around 1665, Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer painted a charming portrait of a young girl. People around the globe have long wondered who this fetching young lady was. Many say she must have been Vermeer's daughter or girlfriend. Others think she wasn't a real person, but rather an intentionally mysterious, timeless figure. The painting, referred to as the"Mona Lisa of the North", has been part of The Hague's permanent collection since 1903. But it draws record-breaking crowds whenever and wherever it tours around the world. Mystery 2: Where Is Raphael's Portrait of a Young Man? Portrait of a Young Man is considered one of the most important pieces of art to go missing during World War II. The painting was created around 1513 by Raphael, a famous Italian Renaissance artist, and stolen from Poland's Princes Czartoryski Museum in 1939. The portrait had traveled to Germany and Austria before it was gone in 1945. Mystery 3: Was Van Gogh Murdered? One of the main things people know about Vincent van Gogh is that he cut off his ear. That was likely because the Dutch post-impressionist painter suffered from mental illness, probably severe depression. The official cause is suicide from a gun shot at close range. That certainly seems plausible(貌似有理的), given his poor mental health. However, no gun was found near his body, and locals reported two teenage boys bullying him shortly before his death. 21. What do Portrait of a Young Man and Girl with a Pearl Earring have in common? A. They are both gone. B. They were created at the same period. C. They are both portraits. D. They are both related to World War II. 22. Who probably suffered from mental illness? A. Vincent van Gogh. B. Leonardo da Vinci. C. Johannes Vermeer. D. Raphael. 23. Who is likely to be more interested in this selection? A. Book reviewers. B. Art lovers. C. Tour guides. D. Music composers. B One of the three astronauts who made up the historic Apollo 11 crew, NASA veteran Michael Collins passed away today, April 28, 2021, at the age of 90. Collins was born on Oct.31,1930, in Rome, Italy. His father, a career officer in the US. Army who'd go on to retire as a major general, was stationed there at the time. After his family returned stateside. Collins earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the US. Military Academy at West Point, graduating with the class of 1952. He then became an Air Force test pilot, which opened some interesting doors. In 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn's achievement was an inspiration for Collins. "I certainly had no childhood dream of flying to the moon or anywhere else, but the idea was extremely appealing," Collins wrote in his autobiography Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys. He was selected to join NASA's third class of astronauts the following year. His first extraterrestrial(地球外的) adventure came in 1966, when Collins set about on a three-day spaceflight with fellow astronaut John Young. Known as Gemini X, their mission was one for the record books; the two men reached the then-unprecedented(前所未有的) altitude of 475 miles(764 kilometers). Of course, Michael Collins is best remembered for his role in Apollo 11. On July 16, 1969, at 8:32 am (Eastern Standard Time), Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were launched out of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They were the three explorers NASA had chosen for the first mission that would ever put a man on the moon. Four days into their adventure, on July 20, Collins parted ways with his crewmates. Seated in the Eagle landing craft, Armstrong and Aldrin made their landing onto the lunar surface. An American flag was planted; photos were taken. Armstrong said the immortal words, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Meanwhile, Collins stayed behind in the crew's command module(舱), orbiting the moon as his colleagues explored it. 24. What motivated Collins to dream of flying to the moon? A. His father's encouragement. B. His favorite book. C. His childhood experiences. D. John Glenn's achievement. 25. What can we learn about Collins from paragraph 2? A. He became the first American to orbit Earth. B. He once wrote an autobiography. C. His first space exploration was accomplished by himself. D. He dreamed of flying to the moon in his childhood. 26. Why is Collins best-known to many people until now? A. He participated in the work of Apollo 11. B. He became an Air Force test pilot. C. He was pr