2021年高二下学期期中考试英语含答案(IV)第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节1. What does the woman think of the lecture?A. It was interesting but difficult.B. It was easy but boringC. It was long but easy.2. Where do the speakers usually have meals probably?A. At homeB. At the restaurantC. At the student cafeteria3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The man’s bossB. An invitationC. Gifts4. What can the man eat according to the doctor?A. FishB. SweetsC. Meat5. What did the girl forget to buy?A. PaintsB. BooksC. Paintbrushes第二节听第6段材料，回答第6,7题6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Historic placesB. Some friends’ living placesC. Some friends’ jobs.7. What do we know about Ben?A. He is a studentB. He works at a studioC. He lives in a new flat听第7段材料，回答第8至10题8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Guide and touristB. Boss and secretaryC. Interviewer and interviewee.9. What should the woman do first?A. Pick up the tour groups from their hotel.B. Pick up the tour groups from the airport.C. Answer the questions about the sights.10. What does the woman need to be able to do in case of an emergency?A. fort touristB. Drive the tour busC. Answer tourists’ q uestions听第8段材料，回答第11至13题11. Why does the woman usually take a hat when going on a trip?A. To keep warm.B. To keep her hairstyleC. To protect her against the changing weather.12. What does the man suggest taking?A. A raincoatB. A blanketC. A pair of sunglasses13. Where are the speakers going?A. To the countrysideB. To the beachC. To the mountains听第9段材料，回答第14至16题14. What does the man’s mother ask him to do a few times a week?A. CookB. Wash upC. Clean his room15. What does the woman think is fun?A. The whole family takes a trip at the weekendB. The whole family prepares big dinners at the weekend.C. The whole family watches TV in the living room.16. Who is good at fixing things?A. The manB. The woman’s fatherC. The man’s father听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17. What are sharks famous for?A. 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Although the lie remains a mysterious phenomenon, researchers in recent years have found a number of new methods that might take the place of the polygraph, from brain scans, to slight changes in eye movement, to sparks of electrical activity that signal a person has seen a victim or a crime scene before. The new finding says, when a person tells a lie, there is a sudden change of blood to the area around the eyes. Although the change is not ordinary visible, the blood warms the skin, causing bands of color to appear through a camera sensitive to heat.One advantage of the camera can provide answers quickly, and doesn’t require a highly trained expert to operate it or explain its results. 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In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to “read” people from another culture as we would “read” someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions. Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressiveness permitted. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly.It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of “reading” the other person incorrectly.28. What does the smile usually mean in the U.S.?A. Love.B. Politeness.C. Joy.D. Thankfulness.29. The author mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that smile can ___ .A. show friendliness to strangersB. be used to hide true feelingsC. be used in the wrong placesD. show personal habits30. What should we do before attempting to “read” people?A. Learn about their relations with others.B. Understand their culturalbackgrounds.C. Find out about their past experience.D. Figure out what they will do next.31. What would be the best title for the text?A. Cultural DifferencesB. Smiles and RelationshipC. Facial ExpressivenessD. Habits and EmotionsDIt was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for “Six days shall you labor and do all your work” was taken seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. Inside their own houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning.Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having Brother caught to beat carpets , they had sent him to the kitchen for string(线). It seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today.My mother looked at the sitting room ,its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping. Again she cast a look toward the window. “e on, girls ! Let’s take string to the boys and watch them fly the kites a minute.On the way we met Mrs. Patrick, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls.There never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our fresh string into the boys’kites and they went up higher and higher .We could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then we slowly pulledone kite back, watching it dancing up and down it the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending it up again.Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. “Perhaps it’s like this in the kingdom of heaven,”I thought confusedly.It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the houses. I suppose we had some sort of supper. I suppose there must have been a surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly enough. The strange thing was, we didn't mention that day afterward. I felt a littleembarrassed .Surely none of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep “the things that cannot be and yet they are.”The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in acity apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to “go park ,see duck.”“I can’t go!” I said. “I have this and this to do, and when I’m through I’ll be too tired to walk that for.”My mother , who was visiting us , looked up from the peas she was shelling ,“It’s a wonderful day,” she offered，“really warm , yet there’s a fine breeze. Do you remember that day we flew kites?”I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The looked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. “e on.” I told my little girl.“You’re right, it’s too good a day to miss.”Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath (余波)of a great war. All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely , but now for a long time he had been silent . What was he thinking of –what dark and horrible things?“Say!” A smile slipped out from his lips. “Do you remember --- no, of course you wouldn’t . It probably didn’t make the impression on you as it did on me.”I hardly dared speak.“ Remember what ?”“I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp(战俘营), when things weren’t too good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?”32.Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought _______ .A. she was too old to fly kitesB. her husband would make fun of herC. she should have been doing her housework thenD. her girls weren’t supposed to play the boys’ game33. By “we were all beside ourselves”, the writer means that they all___________.A. felt confusedB. went wild with joyC. looked onD. forgot their fights34. What did the writer think after the kite-flying?A. The boys must have had more fun than the girls.B. They should have finished their work before playing.C. Her parents should spend more time with them.D. All the others must have forgotten that day.35. The youngest Patrick Boy is mentioned to show that _____ .A. the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memoriesB. his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his lifeC. childhood friendship means so much to the writerD. people like him really changed a lot after the war第二节七选五（满分10分）__36__ He had more money than he could ever spend, and he was admired and looked up to by his munity.__37__ He wasn't happy. All his life he had been pursuing happiness and striving(奋斗)for happiness, but he had never been able to find it.Then one day he heard about a hidden temple in Nepal that had a special room that contained the secret of happiness.__38__ After many years of searching and countless hardships he arrived there. He was tired and penniless, but he knew that none of that mattered now because he had found the temple. He asked a wise, smiling monk(和尚)if he could enter the special room. The monk agreed and showed him the stairs leading to the room.__39__ He stared into the room with sunlight screaming through the window and saw what he had e so far to find. There hanging on the wall was the secret of happiness. The man gazed at his reflection in the mirror and laughed.__40__ Happiness is a choice that we can make. Don't spend the restof your life searching the world for happiness then. Just look in the mirror and laugh. Just let the happiness flow from your heart, mind, and soul until it fills your life and the lives of all those around you.A．He immediately sold all that he owned and set out to find this hidden temple.B．The man found the secret of happiness at last.C．But he knew that something was missing in his life.D．He climbed them with legs shaking with expectation and slowly opened the door.E．There once was a very wealthy and successful man.F．It is time that we all realized that we were the secret of our own happiness.G．It was difficult to find the temple in Nepal.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节满分45分）第一节完型填空（满分30分）We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little se aside villages are 41 , one by one. “There is my grandmother’s house,”I say, 42 across the bay to a shabby old house.I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) 43 memory for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, 44 from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of 45 , and so we have e to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors 46 for 200 years.We soon 47 by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories 48 back, swift as the tide (潮水).Suddenly, I long to walk again in the 49 where I was once so glorious achild. It still 50 a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk 51 the rooms in memory. Here, my mother 52 in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family 53 into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being 54 them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise 55 attentively (聚精会神地) as I talk and then says, “So this is where I 56 ; where I belong.”She has 57 her roots. To know where I e from is one of the great longings of the human 58 . To be rooted is “to have an origin”. We need 59 origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the 60 of “I”. We must all go home again—in reality or memory.41. A. appearing B. moving C. exposing D. expanding42. A. referring B. traveling C. pointing D. ing43. A. shared B. short C. fresh D. treasured44. A. passed B. raised C. moved D. sent45. A. home B. duty C. reality D. relief46. A. built B. lived C. remained D. explored47. A. catch up B. pull up C. step down D. e down48. A. falling B. turning C. rushing D. binging49. A. yard B. village C. room D. house50. A. adapts to B. appeals to C. belongs to D. occurs to51. A. across B. through C. along D. past52. A. lay B. played C. stood D. sat53. A. marching B. looking C. breakingD. pouring54. A. between B. with C. near D. behind55. A. wonders B. listens C.reacts D. agrees56. A. began B. grew C.studied D. stayed57. A. deepened B. recognized C. accepted D. found58. A. heart B. rights C.interest D. behaviors59. A. one B. itsC. thatD. every60. A. meaning B. expression C.connection D. background第II卷第三部分：英语知识运用（满分４５分）语法填空（满分１５分）A reporter: Hello, Elias, may I ask you some questions?Elias: Certainly.A reporter: Why did you join the ANC Youth League?Elias: Because it fought 61 equal rights for black and white people in South Africa.A reporter: Can you give me some reasons for it?Elias: Ok. There are three reasons. Firstly, as a black person I could not work withouta passport, 62 had my name, address and birthplace in it. If the police foundme 63 it or if I was living in the wrong town, I could 64 (put) in prison.Secondly, in the gold mines where I worked, white workers sat in their offices65 the black South Africans worked underground. Thirdly, the white could liveanywhere they 66 (like) in South Africa. They owned almost all the land although they were 67 (few) in number than the black. They had the best schools and the best doctors. We wanted to have the same rights and be 68 (equally) with 69 white in our own land. I believe the ANC youth League could help us solve the problems.A reporter: I think you are right. The black should earn 70 equal rights. I support you.Elias: Thank you very much.A reporter: You’re wele.61. 62. 63. 64. 65.66. 67. 68. 69. 70.第四部分：写作第一节：短文改错（满分１０分）I was very exciting when I boarded the flight for Taiwan. The plane flew for about four hours after it landed on the island. On arrival, we were greeted bylocal guide. We stayed in Taiwan for eight day. During our stay, we went boatingin Riyuetan Pool, that is a beautiful lake. We visited Mountain Ali, where we went hiking. We also have a good time in Tailu Pavilion and kending Park. That impressedus mostly was that the local people were very friendly. Wherever we went, theywere given a warm wele. Although our trip was very busy, but it was pleasant.第二节：书面表达（满分25分）假如你是李华，在“母亲节”前，你班举行了一次“学会感恩”的主题班会。
