青海省海东市2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 （含答案解析）

海东市2021～2022学年第二学期学业水平测试 高二英语试卷 考生注意： 1.本试卷共150分。考试时间120分钟。 2.请将各题答案填写在答题卡上。 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. At a dry-cleaning shop. B. In a bank. C. At a restaurant. 2. What time does the train leave? A. At 8:15. B. At 8:25. 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. White’s return. C. Mr. Brown’s call. 7. What will happen in a couple of hours? A. Mrs. Brown will make a call. B. The postcards will be sent off. C. Mrs. White will send an e-mail. 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-mail. B. E-shopping. 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. 15. What will the man do in Hawaii? A. Go swimming. B. Book some lessons. 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 never has any plants or animals in it. B. It can be turned into good land soon. C. It gets very little rain. 19. Why are small green plants very important to dry places? A. They can keep the water and earth. B. They offer food for the animals. C. They promote the water recycle. 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. 第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A For centuries people have wondered who was the model for Leonard do 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. 1. What do Portrait of a Young Man and Girl with a Pe