1、江苏省南通市海安市2021-2022学年高一下期末考试英语试题第一部分：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）听下面的5段对话。每段对话后都有一个小题，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。1. What does the woman suggest the man do first? A. Rent an apartment. B. Call the house owner. C. Pay his electricity bill. 2. Why wont the
2、woman stay at her own house? A. She is locked out. B She is scared of being alone. C. She is invited to her brothers house. 3. What do we know about the woman? A. She likes vegetable soup. B. She has a bad cough. C. She just had a rest. 4. What are the speakers going to do? A. Go shopping. B. Change
3、 clothes. C. Attend a wedding. 5. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Workmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Husband and wife. 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，从题中所给时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
4、. Where does the man do sports? A. At a badminton court. B. At Springfield Sports Center. C. At Moulton Industrial Park. 7. How much does the man pay? A 10. B. 30. C. 200. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why does the woman call the man? A. To book a flight. B. To cancel a visit. C. To inform him of a change. 9.
5、What industry do the speakers work in? A. Cloth. B. Technology. C. Advertising. 10. What will the man do? A. Call the potential customer. B. Reschedule the meeting. C. Take another flight. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Why does the mans school need to raise money? A. To buy more books. B. To help people in n
6、eed. C. To have a field trip. 12. How will the mans school raise money? A. By going camping. B. By selling posters. C. By washing cars. 13. Where will the activity take place? A. At school. B. At a camping site. C. At each students home. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. What is the woman doing? A. Seeking help.
7、 B. Sharing an experience. C. Offering information. 15. What does the man need to do? A. Show his passport. B. Complete some forms. C. Bring his credit card. 16. Why is a bank statement needed? A. It offers ones address.B. It proves ones identity. C. It shows ones economic condition. 17. How many bo
8、oks can the man borrow at a time? A. 12. B. 8. C. 4. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the speaker mainly talking about? A. Ways of reducing stress. B. Tips on spending holidays. C. Reasons for taking a holiday. 19. What will happen if people take few holidays? A. They are hardly affected. B. They may s
9、uffer great stress. C. They can work more productively. 20. What problem can stress cause? A. Bad sleep. B. Poor memory. C. Reduced responsibility. 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。AHealthy House Plants: A Complete Gulde to Gardening IndoorsBBC Gardeners Wo
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16、 Week 4.3. How much should you pay if you want to have unlimited time access to this course?A. 16.68.B. 32.C. 33.36.D. 48.68.BTwo scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a way of editing genes (基因), which offers the promise of one day curing inherited (遗传的) diseases. Working on op
17、posite sides of the Atlantic, French woman Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna came up with a method known as CRISPR-Cas9 that can be used to change the DNA of animals and plants. It was the first time two women had won the chemistry Nobel together adding to the small number of fe
18、male winners in the sciences, where women have long received less recognition for their work than men. The scientists work allows researchers to precisely edit specific genes to remove errors that lead to disease. “There is great power in this genetic tool, which affects us all,” said Claes Gustafss
19、on, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, “It has not only made huge progress in basic science, but also led to advances in new medical treatments.”Charpentier, 53, spoke of the shock of winning. “Strangely enough I was told a number of times that Id win, but when it happens youre very surpris
20、ed. And I wish that this will provide a positive message to young girls who would like to follow the path of science.”Doudna told The Associated Press, “I actually just found out Im in shock. And my greatest hope is that its used for good, to uncover new mysteries in biology and to benefit humankind
21、.”The Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT have been in a long court fight over patents (专利) on CRISPR technology, and many other scientists did important work on it, but Doudna and Charpentier have been most consistently (一致地) honored with prizes for turning it into an easily usable tool.4. What do w
22、e know about the two scientists from the first two paragraphs?A. They both work in America.B. They work harder than other females.C. They provide a new way to edit genes.D. They are the first women to win the Nobel Prize.5. What is Claes Gustafssons attitude towards the genetic tool?A. Supportive.B.
23、 Indifferent.C. Dissatisfied.D. Doubtful.6. What did Charpentier and Doudna think of their winning the prize?A. They didnt deserve the honor.B. They thought it good for them.C. They were both surprised at it.D. They would be examples to young girls.7. What is the text mainly about?A. Two Nobel Prize
24、 winners surprise the world.B Female scientists do better than male scientists.C. There is research for developing a way of editing genes.D. Two scientists win the Nobel Prize for gene-editing discovery.CLudwig Van Beethoven is undoubtedly one of the greatest musicians that ever lived. Unfortunately
25、, the master died while still working on his 10th Symphony. Now, a team of musicians and scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to complete the artists final work.Dr Matthias Rider, a music and technology strategist, first came up with the idea to complete the composition in 2019. The dir
26、ector of the Karajan Institute in Austria thought it was a proper way to celebrate Beethovens 250th birthday in December 2020. He began by enlisting an international team of music experts to help him with the great task. They included music composer Walter Werzowa, Barry Cooper and Dr Ahmed Elgammal
27、, the creator of an innovative AI technology for the art market.Elgammal and his colleagues started the process by familiarizing the AI software with a broad range of classical music at first, and then, narrowed it to just Beethovens work. Meanwhile, Werzowa and his group tried to read the rough ske
28、tches and the handful of notes that detailed Beethovens plans for the 10th Symphony. The team then began the task of feeding the AI software musical notes from the unfinished composition. However, it starts to stop following the central theme after a few notes. To stay true to Beethovens original co
29、mposition, Elgammals team sent Werzowa hundreds of AI-generated musical note variations every evening. Werzowa would listen to them and then select the one that he thought was closest to what the artist would have written. The AI team would add the music and rerun the software to generate the next s
30、uggestions. And piece by piece, the team was able to complete Beethovens 10th Symphony!When the composition first appeared at the Telekom Forum in Beethovens birthplace of Bonn, Germany, the AI-generated masterpiece caused some controversy. Critics believe technology should not be used to reproduce
31、the human creative process. Elgammal and his team agree with the stance and say their AI software is not out to replace humans it is just a tool to help artists to express themselves in new ways.8. Who has a good knowledge of AI technology?A. Matthias Rider.B. Walter Werzowa.C. Barry Cooper.D. Ahmed
32、 Elgammal.9. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?A. The good cooperation among scientists.B. The practical suggestions from the AI team.C. The process of completing Beethovens 10th Symphony.D. The great symphony that Werzowa and his group created.10. What does the underlined word “stance” mean in the l
33、ast paragraph?A. Opinion.B. Behavior.C. Position.D. Approach.11. Whats the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To show how great the present AI technology is.B. To praise Dr Matthias Rider for his achievement.C. To introduce how AI helped complete a great work.D. To advise scientists to use AI in
34、 music composition.DClimate change leads to threat to the worlds sandy beaches, and as many as half of them could disappear by 2100, a new study has found. Even by 2050 some coastlines could be unrecognizable from what we see today, with 10% to 12% facing serious erosion (侵蚀). Using updated sea leve
35、l rise predictions, the researchers analyzed how beaches around the world would be in a future with higher seas and more damaging storms. They also considered natural processes like wave erosion, as well as human factors like coastal building developments, all of which can affect a beachs health. Th
36、e study found that sea level rise is expected to outweigh (胜过) these other factors, and that the more heat-trapping gases human put into the atmosphere, the worse the influences on the worlds beaches are likely to be. Its hard to overstate just how important the worlds beaches are. They cover more t
37、han one third of the worlds coastlines, and protect coastal areas from storms. Beaches are also important economic engines, supporting relaxation, tourism and other activities. And in some areas, the beach is more than a vacation destination. In places like Australia, life near the coast revolves (围
38、绕) around the beach for much of the year. Some of the worlds most popular beaches are already taking action. Places like Miami Beach are trucking in thousands of tons of sand to patch up (修复) badly eroded shorelines while others have built sea walls and breakwaters in an attempt to hold precious san
39、d in place. But the financial and environmental costs of these projects are huge, and scientists say rising seas and more powerful storms, as well as a warmer climate, may make this a losing battle. However, the researchers did find that humans have some control over what happens to the worlds beach
40、es. If the worlds governments are able to continue cutting heat-trapping gas pollution, the researchers found that 22% of projected beach losses by 2050 could be prevented, a number that grows to 40% by 2100 if greenhouse gases are limited.12. Which of the following mainly causes serious beach erosi
41、on?A. Higher seas.B. Human factors.C. Damaging storms.D. Wave erosion.13. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?A. Storms damage one third of worlds coastlines.B. Significance of beaches cant be underestimated.C. Economic activities may cause damage to beaches.D. Beaches are the only economic engine fo
42、r Australia.14. How do scientists think of the actions taken to protect beaches?A. Costly but failed.B. Effective but not enough.C. Orderly but slow.D. Enormous but not constant.15. What is the text mainly about?A. Actions have been taken to protect beaches.B. Beaches are facing the threat of disapp
43、earing.C. Life in coastal areas mainly depends on beaches.D. There exist challenges to protect eroded beaches.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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。Understanding cultural body language in other countries is key to managing efficient communication, especially w
44、hen we have not yet mastered a foreign language. _16_ I hope these will help you socialize when you try to communicate with foreigners in spite of the language barrier (障碍). Head movementsIn some parts of India, people tilt (倾斜) their heads from side to side to confirm something and show that they a
45、re actively listening. In western countries, people nod to show agreement. _17_ Eye contactIn western culture, visual contact when you speak to someone is considered a positive aspect of body language. Strong visual contact is common in Spain and the Arabic culture among people of the same sex. Not
46、looking back when someone is looking at you is considered impolite, showing insecurity or disinterest. _18_ In Caribbean communities, children and teenagers are taught not to look at adults in the eyes when they are being corrected. Greetings and goodbyesShaking hands is a normal and formal way to g
47、reet or say goodbye in western countries. _19_ In Romania, for example, only men usually do it. And they shake hands every time they meet, not just the first! In England, however, its unusual to shake hands with someone you are introduced to in an informal setting. Kissing cheeks is something done i
48、n many countries, especially in Europe, though the number of kisses, the occasion for doing so, and which cheek they start off on vary. _20_ When you communicate with foreigners, one secure way is to understand. respect and follow the culture.A. Body language varies from country to country.B. But it