湖北省武汉市新高考联合体2021-2022学年高一英语下学期期末联考试题【含答案】

1、2021-2022学年度第二学期四校联合体期末考试高一 英语试卷考试时间：2022年6月27日 试卷祝考试顺利注意事项：1. 答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2. 选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3. 非选择题的作答：用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区均无效。4. 考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并上交。第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分

2、) 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。听完每段对话后，你有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。1. Why is the mans phone broken? A. The battery died. B. It has water damage. C. He dropped it on the ground. 2. What will the speakers probably do next? A. Leave the office. B. Turn on a fan. C. Set off the alarm.

3、3. How many people will be at dinner? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. 4. What kept the woman awake last night? A. The storm. B. The temperature. C. The repairs of the power. 5. What are the speakers doing? A. Eating vegetables. B. Picking flowers. C. Shopping for fruit. 第二节 (共15小题；每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分) 听下面5

4、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。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，回到6、7题。6. Why does the woman call? A. To book a table. B. To plan an interview. C. To apply for a part-time job. 7. What will the woman do at 2: 30 this afternoonA. Attend a class. B. Meet th

5、e manager. C. Work in a restaurant. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What do we know about the girl? A. She is always bored. B. She misses her. family. C. She is busy this weekend. 9. When did the girl see her family last time? A. On a holiday. B. On her birthday. C. At a relatives wedding. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Wh

6、at are the speakers mainly discussing? A. Child education. B. Pet management. C. Noise disturbance. 11. What do we know about the speakers new neighbors? A. They have three kids. B. They have a big apartment. C. They often keep their dogs in. 12. How will the speakers probably deal with the problem?

7、 A. Speak with their neighbors. B. Send a message to their neighbors. C. Talk with the other residents. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where are the speakers? A. In a studio. B. In a library. C. In a museum. 14. When did Ronald meet Ansel? A. While fishing on a boat. B. While walking through the woods. C. Whi

8、le relaxing on the top of a mountain. 15. What made Ronald want to learn from Ansel? A. That he knew the best spots. B. That he had a passion for art. C. That he had a wealth of information. 16. Who is Ronald? A. A designer. B. A photographer. C. An historian. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How did the Dogge

9、rland people make a living? A. By hunting. B. By farming. C. By trading. 18. Who often find the evidence of Doggerland? A. Scientists. B. Fishermen. C. Historians. 19. Which modern issue do researcher warn us about? A. Climate change. B. Flood. C. Pollution. 20. What is the main subject of the talk?

10、 A. The UKs ancient flood stories. B. The danger of flooding in the UK. C. Ancient flooded land off the UK islands. 第二部分 阅读理解 (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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AHumans sweat to keep cool. But did you know that besides them, only a small percentage of the wo

11、rlds animals keep cool by sweating? In fact, animals have a variety of ways to beat the cruel heat, some of which you might say are even a little bit strange. GiraffesWe know that giraffes live in a particularly dry, hot environment, but they dont sweat. How do they stay cool? The answer lies in the

12、ir beautiful skin pattern, which is like a large network with a very complex vascular (血管) system under each patch (斑块). A giraffes special blood flow can force heat out of its body. Because of their rather large skin surface, this is a more-than-effective way to escape the heat. ElephantsAs the lar

13、gest land animal on earth, elephants rely on their huge pair of ears. Simply by tapping their ears, elephants can lower their body temperature by 120 or more. Moreover, elephants often open their ears when facing the wind to reach this cooling effect. DogsThe dogs way of escaping the heat is probabl

14、y the most common in our daily lives-sticking their tongues out. By breathing heavily, dogs quickly force the heat from their body and breathe cooler air in, which enters their lungs and cools their entire body. KoalasKoalas are well-known for their “laziness”, so its natural to see one lying on a b

15、ranch and think its just being its lazy self, but thats not the case. Researchers say that the koalas select their trees very carefully, looking in hot weather for tree bark that is cooler than the air temperature. By getting into the cool surface of the bark, koalas can stay relatively comfortable

16、during Australias powerful heat waves. 21. How do dogs beat the heat? A. By choosing the suitable tree skin. B. By putting their tongues out. C. By moving their ears. D. By flowing blood. 22. Which of the following animals uses their habitats to cool? A. Giraffe. B. Elephants. C. Dogs. D. Koalas. 23

17、. What do four animals have in common? A. They live lazily. B. They dont sweat. C. They dont stay cool. D. They live comfortably. BId been asked to go to an editors office with the old program “We have a story we think youd be perfect for”. Here was the topic: We want you to write about how middle-a

18、ged men have no friends. Seeing that, I couldnt help thinking, “Excuse me? I have plenty of friends.” Then the editor told me there were all sorts of evidence out there to show how men, as they age, let their close friendships go, and that the fact can cause all sorts of problems and have a terrible

19、 impact on their health. As I walked back to my desk in the newsroom-a distance of maybe 100 yards-I quickly search for my friend list. First of all, there was my friend Mark. Wait, how often do we actually hang out? Maybe four or five times a year? And then there was another best friend from high s

20、chool, Rory, and. . . I actually could not remember the last time Id seen him. There were all those other good friends who seemed as if theyre still in my life because we follow one another via social media, but as I ran down the list of those I considered real, true, lifelong friends, I realized th

21、at it had been years since I saw many of them, even decades for a few. By the time I got back to my desk, I realized that I was indeed perfect for this story, not because I was unusual in any way, but because my story was very, very typical. And as I looked into what that means, I realized that in t

22、he long term, I was heading down a path that was very, very dangerous. And I knew I needed a change. 24. What was the authors first reaction to the topic? A. He thought it was perfect for him. B. He knew the editor was joking. C. He felt surprised and doubtful. D. He showed an interest in it. 25. Wh

23、y did the editor choose this topic? A. To solve health problems. B. To change a dangerous path. C. To attach importance to friendship. D. To prove the authors writing ability. 26. What did the author reflect on after walking back to the newsroom? A. He realized the topic worth writing. B. He wasnt p

24、opular with others. C. He had close friends in his life. D. He didnt make any true friends. 27. How did the author keep friendship with his friends? A. Through letters. B. Through the Internet. C. By phoning each other. D. By partying regularly. CMany people dream of going into ce, but until recentl

25、y only professional astronauts had that privilege. That all changed in 2022, with successful first missions for several ce tourism companies. First off the runway, in early July, was Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic company. Its ceship, called VSS Unity, took four passengers and two pilots on a trip

26、 to the edge of ce, where they experienced weightlessness and saw the Earth from above. Unity has a fully reusable design-it is carried to a height of 9. 5 miles under a larger “mothership” plane called Eve. It is then released before firing its own rockets to reach its maximum height of 53 miles. A

27、s it begins to fall, its wings turn around so that it floats down slowly like a shuttlecock (羽毛球), before levelling out and flying back to land like a normal aeroplane. Virgin Galactic hopes to begin regular flights in 2023. Less than two weeks later, Amazon founder Jeff Bezoss New Shepard rocket ma

28、de its first flight, launching a ce capsule with four passengers to an altitude of 66 miles. Among those on board were Bezos himself and 82-year-old Wally Funk, a pioneering female pilot who trained for NASAs Mercury programme in the early 1960s but had waited 60 years for her chance to go into ce.

29、Funk became the oldest person to fly in ce but only held that record until October, when 90-year-old actor William Shatner flew on the second New Shepard launch. Shatner played Captain Kirk in the Star Trek TV series and films. In September, the Inspiration 4 mission carried four ordinary people int

30、o orbit around Earth. The launch was the first private passenger flight for Elon Musks ceX company, using a Dragon cecraft that is also used for NASA missions. Designed to raise awareness and funds for St Jude Childrens Research Hospital in Memphis, US, the mission was paid for by billionaire Jared

31、Isaacman. He was joined on the three-day flight by medical researcher Hayley Arceneaux, competition winner Dr Sian Proctor and hospital supporter ChrisSembroski. 28. What can we know about VSS Unity? A. It can be used several times. B. It has started normal flights. C. It takes off from the ground.

32、D. It touches down like a shuttlecock. 29. What does “it” refer to in Paragraph3? A. Eve. B. a shuttlecock. C. an aeroplane. D. Unity. 30. Who is the latest person to go into ce according to the passage? A. Hayley Arceneaux. B. William Shatner. C. Jeff Bezos. D. Wally Funk. 31. Which statement will

33、the author probably agree with? A. New cecrafts will weigh increasingly light. B. Old people are more suitable to have ce travel. C. Ordinary people can go into ce in the near future. D. ce travel missions can meet the demand for hospitals. DIf you were to throw, say, a banana peel out of your car w

34、hile driving along the motorway, that would be a completely harmless action, due to the fact that its part of a fruit-right? Actually, no. A banana peel can take up two years to decompose(分解), and with a third of motorists admitting to littering while driving, thats a whole lot of waste banana peels

35、, or much worse. An orange peel and a cigarette butt has a similar biodegrading (生物降解) term to that of a banana, but tin and aluminum (铝) cans last up to100 years; and plastic bottles last forever, as do glass bottles and plastic bags. Despite the fact that longer-lasting materials will serve to dam

36、age the environment, we cant only measure the severity (严重) of a certain type of rubbish by its lifetime. For example, despite having a fairly short biodegrading n, more than 120 tons of cigarette-related litter is thrown in the UK every day. Similarly, our regular littering here and there has cause

37、d the UKs mouse population to increase by 60 million. This suddenly isnt so mysterious when you consider that since the 1960s our annual littering has increased by an astonishing 500 percent. Its not a cheap habit either: UK taxpayers spent 500 million on keeping the streets clean. So, its not surpr

38、ising that if caught fly-tipping, you could face a 20, 000 fine. Regardless of how severe the punishment might seem, however, among the reported cases only 2, 000 were punished out of 825, 000, so we still have some way to go in making sure people obey the rules. To take back our beautiful cities, w

39、e need to do more than simply not leaving rubbish where it ought not to be. We need to care more about the world around us. 32. Which of the following is the easiest to decompose in the passage? A. A glass bottle. B. A plastic bag. C. An aluminum can. D. An orange peel. 33. What can we know from par

40、agraph 2? A. Annual littering has increased a little in the UK since the 1960s. B. Shorter-lasting materials will be less harmful to the environment. C. Cigarette-related littering is a severe environmental problem in the UK. D. Regular littering has caused the UKs mouse population to reach 60 milli

41、on. 34. Which of the following can best describe the UKs punishment on littering? A. Every little helps. B. More haste, less speed. C. No pain, no gain. D. A drop in the bucket. 35. What is the best title of the passage? A. Littering, a Surprisingly Big IssueB. Environment Issues, a Big ConcernC. Ru

42、bbish Collection, an Urgent TaskD. Long-lasting Material, a Hidden Danger第二节 (共5小题；每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。My fear of water started from childhood. It began when I was four years old and father took me to the beach. 36 I was so scared that I kept away from water f

43、or a long time, but I still wanted to play with water. I was determined to learn swimming at the age of ten. At the K. P. L. B. was a pool offering the opportunity. The K. P. L B. pool was quiet. I was afraid of going in all alone, so I sat on the side of the pool to wait for others. Then came a big

44、 boy. He yelled, “Hi, Skinny! Howd you like to be ducked?” With that he picked me up and threw me into the deep end. I landed in a sitting position, and swallowed water. 37 I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thought was a great spring upwards. Then I opened my eyes and saw noth

45、ing but water. I tried to yell but no sound came out. 38 When I came to consciousness, I found myself on the bed in the hospital. After that, I avoided water whenever I could. 39 It prevented me from the joy of boating and swimming. Finally, I decided to get an instructor. Piece by piece, I practise

46、d hard and finally he built a swimmer. Several months later. the. instructor was finished, but I was not. Sometimes the terror would return. 40 I swam across the Lake Wentworth. Only once did the terror return. When I was in the middle of the lake, I put my face under and saw nothing but bottomless

47、water. I laughed and said, “Well, Mr. Terror, what do you think you can do to me? “I had conquered my fear of water. A. This went on till July. B. It seemed a long way down. C. I never went back to the pool. D. I went down, down, endlessly. E. But I was not frightened out of my wits. F. This bad luc

48、k stayed with me as the years rolled by. G. There the huge waves knocked me down and swept over me. 第三部分语言运用 (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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to th

49、ink about other people 41 I think about myself. Im happy that I am becoming a 42 person. My change started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 43 and be left alone, so I hardly 44 to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really 45 . So I tried an 4

50、6 I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble. I 47 to help. That was really a big 48 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, two of 49 are still my best friends today. A bigger cause of my new 50 , however, came when I took a part-time j

51、ob at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimers disease became my 51 . Every time I came into her room, she was so 52 because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never 53 her, so I took her place. When she died, I was 54 but I was very grateful to her. I am a much bet

52、ter person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not forget these experiences. They have 55 me to care about other people more than about myself. 41. A. sinceB. before C. or D. unless42. A. famous B. simple C. different D. skilled43. A. balance C. homework C. degree D. interest44. A. talked B.

53、wrote C. lied D. reported45. A. careful B. lonely C. curious D. successful46. A. argument B. game C. experiment D. defence47. A. dared B. offered C. refused D. happened48. A. dream B. problem C. duty D. step49. A. us B. which C. them D. whom50. A. attitude B. hobby C. hope D. luck51. A. friend B. pa

54、rtner C. guide D. guest52. A. polite B. happy C. strange D. confident53. A. remembered B. answered C. visited D. trusted54. A. homeless B. heartbroken C. bad-temperedD. hopeless55. A. forced B. preferred C. ordered D. taught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。I began my journe

55、y studying in China in March 2016, when I came to Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) to get my bachelors degree in Chinese language. As a youth from the USA, I feel that _ (56) (study) in China is one of the best ways to _ (57) (true) understand this amazing country. Having studied at BL

56、CU, I have the chance not only to interact with international students from all over the world but _ (58) (make) friends with local Chinese students. Through various activities, I was able to develop many friendships with Chinese students. It was through these friendships _ (59) I had the opportunit

57、y to better understand what the university life of _ (60) average Chinese student was like. Because many Chinese friends _ (61) (come) from different areas around the country, I was able to gain a _ (62) (good) understanding of China than before. Besides the activities, my absolute _ (63) (favorite)

58、 were the times when my close friends from school would gather in my dorm room to cook and eat. It may sound like nothing special, _ (64) these were some of my cherished (珍爱的) memories at BLCU. I sincerely hope that more foreigners in China can take advantage of _ (65) (they) time to experience the

59、food, the culture, and especially the people. 第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (满分15分) 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Smith对中国传统节日端午节很感兴趣。请你写一封电子邮件，向他介绍端午节，包括以下要点：(1)端午节的时间 (农历五月初五) 和由来；(2)端午节的习俗。注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 参考词汇：lunar calendar农历Dear Smith,_Yours, Li Hua第二节 (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。“Mommy, dont go,” my

60、 three-year-old son screamed as I walked to the door. My fifteen-year-old leaned against the kitchen counter with his arms folded across his chest, not screaming, but glaring at me as I pulled his little brother off my legs. “Are you mad at me too?”“You spend all your time taking care of other peopl