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广州市为明学校 2021 学年第二学期期中考试 高二英语 参考答案
第一部分：
第一节：1-3 BDA 4-7 DCBC 8-11 DCCA 12-15 BADA
第二节：16-20 GDAEC
第二部分：
第一节：21-25 BCADD 26-30 ABCAC 31-35 BADCD
第二节：36. is invited 37. where 38. an 39. aspects 40. which
41. over 42. hotter 43. Frozen 44. educating 45. global
第三部分：
第一节： （每小题 1 分，满分 10 分；第 52 题每空格 0.5 分）
46. fond 47. declining 48. worn 49. enhance 50. seize
51. tolerate 52. turned down 53. guidance 54. sorrow 55. sympathy
第二节(one possible version)：
Notice
The school Culture Club organizes a series of lectures and shows about Chinese culture for all the
exchange students.
Following last week’s theme “Chinese festivals”, which was well received, we are happy to arrange
another major topic “Poetry in Tang Dynasty” for you all. The lecture will begin at 3 pm, lasting 2 hours,
at the school Lecture Hall next Wednesday(May 11th).
Tang Dynasty is not only a high point of social development, but classical Chinese poetry as well.
To better understand the topic, some preparations about Tang Dynasty are expected. All the students are
welcome to join us.
School Culture Club
第三节 (one possible version)：
I started to pedal and the bicycle moved. As the wheels responded beautifully and smoothly, it was
for the first time that I felt this sensation of freewheeling. Carefully steering the bicycle, my heart thumped
as the bicycle was accelerating. Attempting to behave manly, I sat straight, pedaling and wondering
whether and when I could handle the bike on my own. Minutes ticked by before it hit me that my dad
would be worn out after following me for such a long distance. “Dad, you could let go if you are tired.” I
yelled. No response!
I turned around and found my dad was not behind. My mind going blank, I was scared out of wits!
I landed on the road and fell off the bike before I knew where the brakes were. Luckily, I only got some
scratches on the knees and elbows. Minutes later, my dad caught up and congratulated me on my being
manly for cycling 50 yards on my own. After a few more hours’ practice I learnt how to pedal, steer, turn
and brake properly. A little frightening as the experience was, I felt the joy of learning to do something
independently and grateful for the meaningful memory with my father.广州市为明学校 2021 学年第二学期期中考试
高二英语试题
2022.5
本试卷满分 130 分，考试用时 120 分钟。
第一部分 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
As Chinese New Year approaches and we look to welcome the Year of the Tiger, what better way to
celebrate than enjoying a chicken chow mein I am a huge fan of Chinese food. My only complaint with it is
that I often ended up paying more than planned! Thankfully there is a cheaper alternative: a Chinese ready meal
in a supermarket. But how reliable are they and do they match up to the taste of an authentic Chinese takeaway
Tesco - 2.75 for 400g
I had high hopes for Tesco’s chicken chow mein. It came in a plastic pot as most
Chinese takeaways do and the noodles looked thick and appetising. However, I was
not impressed at all. It was very dry and there wasn’t much chicken. There were more
vegetables than noodles, with an especially large amount of carrot. It claimed to be
dressed in a “sesame (芝麻) sauce” but I found there was barely any coating (涂层,
覆盖层) at all. 3/10
Waitrose - 3.75 for 400g (currently 2.81)
The difference between Waitrose’s chicken chow mein and Tesco’s could
not be clearer. Waitrose’s chow mein claims to be a Chinese recipe with “egg
noodles, chicken and vegetables in a soy and rice wine sauce.” On first glance,
there was a much higher proportion of chicken than Tesco had, and plenty of
tender vegetables. It was much moister and the chicken was lovely and tasty.
There was lots of flavour and I thoroughly enjoyed it. 9/10
Aldi - 1.89 for 400g
Aldi’s chicken chow mein was the cheapest and tasted that way. I tried a bit
of chicken first and it took me a good minute to get through; it looked and tasted
completely dry, making it difficult to chew and swallow. It was like cardboard.
There wasn’t much, either. The rest of the dish was fairly dull and the noodles were
soft. There was also only a small number of vegetables in the dish. I liked that it
had chilli in too, which added a hint of spice. But the fact that the spice was the one advantage is a giveaway
that this is a pretty poor chicken chow mein. 2/10
Final verdict: Waitrose 9/10, Tesco 3/10, Aldi 2/10
1. What problem does the writer have with Chinese food
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A. She can seldom afford to buy it.
B. She often exceeds her budget.
C. She doesn’t know where to get it.
D. She’s unable to find dishes she likes.
2. What do the Tesco and Waitrose chow mein have in common
A. The chicken is dry. B. The flavour is spicy.
C. The recipe is authentic. D. There are enough vegetables.
3. What can we infer about the Aldi chow mein
A. It has the largest quantity of noodles.
B. The whole dish is dry and spicy.
C. The writer thought it was good value.
D. The writer didn’t like the spicy flavour.
B
Riding a motorbike in Uganda was something only men could do. At least that is what Allen Kisakye
Butundu was told when she said she wanted to learn to ride one. “The community were shocked to see a female
rider. Some people would even shout things at me and chase me,” she says.
The 27-year-old decided to learn to ride a motorbike two years ago. Initially, the decision was to save
money on travel between the capital, Kampala, and the more rural areas where she worked as a social worker.
But she is now one of just a few female riders of boda boda, as motorbike taxis are known, in Uganda.
Butundu earns up to 10 a day on her motorbike and is the chief breadwinner for her children and husband,
a trained vet, who has regular periods without work. But the journey has not been easy in a society with
engrained gender roles. Her husband “refused completely” when she asked him to teach her how to ride.
“I didn’t give up,” she says. “I stopped boda boda drivers on the road and said: ‘I’m not a customer but I
want to learn how to ride this bike, I want to do your business.’”
Butundu was taught by other riders, paying them a small fee or buying petrol. Her husband eventually
came around to her new passion and bought a 1,400 bike. Last year, she became a full-time driver. Working
from about 10 am to 6 pm most days, Butundu says she decided to give up her former career because she could
be more flexible with her hours. She has recently bought another bike and rents one out to a friend.
Being a woman can have benefits, she says. Riders are constantly trying to avoid police officers in central
Kampala as they weave(穿梭) in and out of heavy traffic. This often leads to the police forcing drivers to pay
large fines. “But when they notice I am a woman, instead of being tough, they start smiling and they let me go,”
she laughs.
Butundu hopes her story will encourage other women to start riding boda boda in Uganda. She is
determined to keep on breaking gender boundaries. “Those who talk, let them talk,” she laughs. “This woman
is serious now.”
4. Why did Butundu learn to ride a motorbike
A. She was unhappy with her job.
B. She was encouraged by her family.
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C. She was moving to a rural area.
D. She wanted to reduce her travel expenses.
5. What does the underlined word ‘engrained’ mean
A. Flexible. B. Difficult. C. Fixed. D. Creative.
6. What made Butundu go full time
A. The chance to earn a higher salary.
B. The chance to choose her working hours.
C. The chance to give rides to friends.
D. The chance to learn from other riders.
7. What can we infer from the final paragraph
A. She thinks women are better boda boda riders.
B. She is reconsidering her career choice.
C. She cares little about others’ negative opinions.
D. She thinks gender boundaries are easily broken.
C
Some of the world’s most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the
first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying
voice across cultures.
Despite the celebrations, though, in the US the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the
music has failed to connect with younger generations.
It’s Jason Moran’s job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center’s artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes
to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture.
“Jazz seems like it’s not really a part of the American appetite,” Moran tells National Public Radio’s
reporter Neal Conan. “What I’m hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and
understand that jazz is not black and write anymore. It’s actually color, and it’s actually digital.”
Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost.
“The music can’t be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the
way the world works is not the same,” says Moran.
Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller’s music for a dance party, “Just to kind of
put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music,” says Moran. “For me, it’s the
recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion(情感) lie Are we, as humans, gaining any insight(感悟)
on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue
about our emotions and our thoughts Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context,” says Moran,
“so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster.”
8. Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day
A. To remember the birth of jazz.
B. To protect cultural diversity.
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C. To encourage people to study music.
D. To recognize the value of jazz.
9. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 3 refer to
A. Jazz becoming more accessible.
B. The production of jazz growing faster.
C. Jazz being less popular with the young.
D. The jazz audience becoming larger.
10. What can we infer about Moran’s opinion on jazz
A. It will disappear gradually.
B. It remains black and white.
C. It should keep up with the times.
D. It changes every 50 years.
11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. Exploring the Future of Jazz
B. The Rise and Fall of Jazz
C. The Story of a Jazz Musician
D. Celebrating the Jazz Day
D
Children may learn new words better when they learn them in the context of other words they are just
learning – according to a new research from the University of East Anglia.
Researchers investigated how 18–24-month-olds learn new words – in the context of words they already
know well and those they don’t. The findings help explain how children learn new words and suggest a new
way that parents and carers could help boost language development.
Previous research suggests that when children hear a word they do not know and see an object they have
never seen in the context of some objects that they can already name, such as a toy or a ball, they guess that the
new word refers to the new thing.
Dr. Larissa Samuelson from the university wanted to know if the strength of a child’s knowledge of familiar
things – how well they know what “cars” or “balls” are, for example – mattered for learning new words and
remembering them. They asked 82 children to take part in the study and carry out two experiments among them.
And then they got some really surprising findings.
“We had expected that a stronger knowledge of familiar words would be better for learning new words, but
we found the opposite was true.” Dr Samuelson said. “This new study suggests another way we might be able
to help boost children’s ability to remember new word-object links – by teaching them in the context of other
things that they are just learning.”
It seems counterintuitive, but it is perhaps because the less well-known items don’t compete with the new
words as much. If they learn new words in the context of playing with well-known items such as a ball or book,
they don’t process the new word as much.
8. What is the purpose of the new research
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A. To challenge the findings of previous studies.
B. To better understand children’s word learning.
C. To observe the process of children’s learning.
D. To compare children’s different learning styles.
9. What can be inferred from Dr. Samuelson’s words
A. Their findings are out of expectation.
B. Their research should focus on children.
C. We should be more patient with children.
D. We need to provide guidance on learning.
10. What does the underlined word “counterintuitive” mean in the last paragraph
A. Dependable. B. Encouraging. C. Impractical. D. Unreasonable.
11. What does the text mainly tell us
A. Less familiar words help children learn better.
B. Word-object links contribute to better learning.
C. New research finds the secrets of raising children.
D. Children learn better with the help of their parents.
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。
Three in five people in the UK hold a library card. For some, libraries are a shelter from the stresses of
day-to-day life. 16 If you’re considering joining your local library, now is the time to do so. And if
you need any more encouragement, here are several reasons why you should.
Most libraries in the UK allow members of the general public to come and go as they like. 17 You
can also take out a library card and borrow books for free，although you will inevitably face a fine for late
returns.
18 Imagine just how many books you have at your finger tips with a library card. There are lots
of modern ones, as well as original ones, and you can continue to expand your learning and vocabulary all the
time. It’s a priceless experience, especially for kids, and also a great way to level the educational playing field.
Libraries develop with times. They have changed greatly since decades ago. 19 Some libraries
have apps so you can see when your books are due back and even reserve books in some cases. There are also
libraries which let you access books in digital formats on your mobile device—pretty cool.
Libraries are one of very few spaces left in towns and cities where members of the public can come together
and actually be and feel like a community. They have notice boards to offer services like exercise classes or
learning centers. 20
A. Libraries help people learn.
B. Libraries help educate the kids.
C. They create a great sense of community.
D. You can go in, settle down and read a book without being charged a penny.
E. Most libraries now have computers and allow people to borrow CDs and DVDs.
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F. Libraries help us save money as we’re borrowing books rather than buying them.
G. For others, particularly the homeless and people in poverty, a lifeline to the world.
第二部分 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。
I always knew that I wanted to run my own business as I never really liked being told what to do. That was
a bit of a(n) 21 when I was at school. I 22 had a small photography business but went to university
on the advice of my father.
During my gap year I got a job at Harrods. I was 23 to golf wear. When I met my boss, he told me
that he had 24 the spot for 20 years and that he knew what he was doing.
I kept on 25 ideas and, at the end of the first day, he got a little impatient. I went away and made a
list of all the things that could improve the department. I soon had about 10 26 on the list and handed it
to him; I thought I was being 27 . The next day I came in and was probably expecting a(n) 28 . It was
a real shock when I discovered that he had 29 me to the warehouse (仓库).
But I 30 then that I would be different if I ever owned my business. I hate people who say, “if it isn’t
31 , don’t fix it”, rather than searching for ways to change for the 32 . Today, when meeting new
recruits at my business, I say “look around you for ways we can 33 ”. Quite often, we may be doing things
that need change.
The lesson I learnt was to be 34 as a business owner and to 35 the skills and insight people
had coming in, regardless of their experience.
21. A. lesson B. problem C. surprise D. advantage
22. A. fortunately B. certainly C. initially D. generally
23. A. assigned B. addicted C. drawn D. limited
24. A. missed B. ignored C. helped D. run
25. A. going over B. turning down C. struggling for D. coming up with
26. A. suggestions B. colleagues C. locations D. products
27. A. shy B. helpful C. amusing D. optimistic
28. A. warning B. suggestion C. promotion D. argument
29. A. transferred B. followed C. helped D. linked
30. A. doubted B. explained C. determined D. denied
31. A. expensive B. broken C. interesting D. difficult
32. A. better B. harder C. kinder D. poorer
33. A. help B. expand C. appear D. improve
34. A. strict B. silent C. mature D. careless
35. A. study B. remove C. copy D. respect
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
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Chen Xi’s father is a scientist who does research into seas and oceans. During the school’s Earth Week
activities, he 36 (invite) to give a presentation to share his working experience:
Being a marine researcher is something that I’ve always dreamed of. I was born in a seaside village in
Fujian Province 37 I experienced fresh air and perfect environment. I now work with a team of
scientists, who are all experts in their fields, on 38 international project. We are looking into the issue
from different
39 (aspect) and many results are coming out, some of 40 now are on further stages.
I’m currently based in Argentina, which is in South America, studying sea temperatures from Antarctica.
Unfortunately, there has been a significant rise in temperatures 41 the past 50 years, which is clearly
linked to human activity. The effects of 42 (hot) seas include more frequent storms, natural disasters and,
most worrying of all, the melting of the ice caps. 43 (freeze) polar ice caps are found to be melting even
ten years ago at an alarming rate. The animals in the area are in danger. I hope by 44 (educate) people
about this and sharing research we can work together as a 45 (globe) community to protect our planet.
第三部分：写作 （共三节, 满分 50 分）
第一节 单词拼写（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
请根据句子意思和中文提示完成下列句子，每空只填一个单词，请将答案写在答题卡相应的横线上。
46. Jennifer is recently ____________(喜欢) of quoting the sayings of philosophers.
47. It is encouraging to read that the water pollution in the community is ____________(下降).
48. Playing football the whole afternoon, Ben seemed ___________ out (疲惫) and fell asleep on the way back.
49. Good skills in office soft wares will surely ____________(增强) your chances of getting a job.
50. The mid-term exams is in two weeks’ time, so please ____________(抓住) your time to go over everything.
51. No teacher will ____________(宽容) eating and chatting in class.
52. The president _________ ________(拒绝) their money raising proposal again yesterday. 【本题填词组】
53. Activities all take place under the ____________(指导) of an experienced teacher.
54. The actor delivered the lines full of ___________(悲伤) and moved everyone.
55. Did you do it out of ____________(同情) or you just wanted to embarrassed me
第二节 应用文写作（满分 15 分）
你校文化社团为交流学生开设中国文化课，请你用英语写一份通知，告知交换生们下周上课的计
划，内容包括：
1. 时间和地点；
2. 内容：唐诗
3. 课前准备：简要了解唐朝的历史
注意：
1. 词数 100 左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入字数；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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Notice
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School Culture Club
第三节 读后续写（满分 25 分）
阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。
After a very meaningful conversation with my dad about the old days, we came up with an object that we
both remembered clearly. It was my first bicycle. my mind told me I got it when I was seven, who was cheated
to ride it for fifty yards alone the first time I tried!
My dad put together all the small pieces of the bicycle from a beautiful material that he called, “Your own
car.” Of course I knew he had some magical ability, but I didn’t think he could make such an awesome object.
He added the seat and the pedals(脚踏板) so that I would not have any problems. My dad recalled the bicycle
was the smallest he could find while I remember how huge it was. I was so afraid of it and there was no way
that I was going to control that monster-sized material. The bicycle was left in my backyard as a decoration for
a month because I refused to ride it. Honestly, I was scared to try it.
After a month, my dad gave me a lecture to teach me what being a man was all about. I was finally
determined to try it. My dad was proud of me and I felt very manly. He and I went to the park to see what we
could do there. The park was empty when we arrived. I had no doubt that my dad told everybody not to be there
because we had to use it. I felt sorry for other people, but I was proud to have such an capable person as my dad.
We found a smooth and open space. My dad was holding the back part of the seat to make sure I didn’t
fell. He promised me that I was not going to fall because he would be running right behind, holding the bicycle.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右：
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I started to pedal and the bicycle moved.
I turned around and found my dad was not behind.
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