2024年4月12日发(作者：)

福建省莆田市2021-2022学年高二下学期期末质量监测英语试卷

学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解

Because China is a nation with a great cultural influence, it is important to be well

informed before going to China. Whether you are visiting China to explore its 5,000-year

history, do business, or just to see the tourist sights, reading some books about China by

people who have first-hand experience is a wise decision.

1. The Chan’s Great Continent by Jonathan Spence

Regarding China, many Westerners have many generalizations and misunderstanding. The

book addresses these common misunderstandings and shows what China is truly like. This

non-fiction book examines China from numerous angles and the result is an entertaining read.

2. A History of China by John Keay

It is a book for history fans, which not only offers a historical overview of China but also

goes on to explain the finer aspects of Confucianism, Buddhism, and China s many dynasties.

This book is entertaining for travelers who would like to truly appreciate the country and its

people.

3. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li

It is a novel composed of 10 stories that offers an interesting view of China in terms of

younger people living in its cities. Each story within it has a unique theme that sums up a

certain area of China’s political and cultural atmosphere.

4. China Wakes by Nicholas Kristof/Sheryl Wu-Dunn

Written by two journalists, the non-fiction book explores the recent history of China from

the first-hand perspective of journalists. It analyzes the rise of China and is hopeful future.

This is a must-read for academics and those interested in global affairs.

1、What is special about The Chan’s Great Continent?

A. It explains a real China.

C. It offers an entertaining read.

2、Which book best suits novel lovers?

A. The Chan’s Great Continent.

C. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers.

3、What is the purpose of the text?

A. To attract more tourists to China.

C. To show the importance of reading.

B. To recommend China to the world.

D. To introduce some books about China.

B. A History of China.

D. China Wakes.

B. It analyzes the rise of China.

D. It enhances understanding of China.

I didn’t expect parenting a teenager to be this hard. Lately, my son and I conflict at every

corner. About schoolwork. His attitude. Friends. Screen time. On and on. Everything I say is

met with an eye roll or a mumbled “whatever”. My fuse is admittedly shorter than normal

right now, due to some unrelated anxiety, illness, and lack of sleep.

On a recent drive home after picking up my teen and his little brother from school, we

stopped by a grocery. As soon as the food was loaded, my older child snatched a box of

individually wrapped cakes, which I seldom allowed. As he oohed and aahed, enjoying sweet

cakes, I silently questioned my decision to spoil him this way. But before we’d even exited

the parking lot, he asked me to pull over. And then my son surprised me: He asked if he could

share a few of his treasured treats with a homeless man, standing outside the door, coatless.

Of course, I agreed.

Actually, I kicked myself. This was a gesture I hadn’t even considered in a hurry to get

home, even though my car was packed with food. Without hesitation, my teenage son handed

the stranger a few little cakes. The man thanked us, and we continued on our way.

Throughout our journey home, we frankly discussed how difficult it must be for people

experiencing homelessness. It was a rare conversation. No push and pull or negotiations.

Simply a time to reflect and take stock of how much we have to be thankful for.

When we eventually turned into our garage, that same teenager—expressing concern for

my recent illness—announced, “You’re not unloading any of these bags. We got this, Mom.”

Yes, parenting a ten is harder than I expected. But it’s also sweeter: And, in that moment, you

realize you’ve actually raised a pretty awesome human being.

4、What does the underlined words in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. She can hold her temper easily.

B. She doesn’t admit her short temper.

C. She acknowledges her temper not as good as usual.

D. She tries to keep her temper under control at present.

5、What led to the author’s surprise?

A. The questioning of herself.

C. The suffering of the homeless.

B. Her son’s fondness for cakes.

D. Her son’s concern for the homeless.

6、Which of the following can best describe the conversation in Paragraph 5?

A. Boring. B. Calm. C. Aggressive. D. Joyful.

7、What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Sweet Cakes B. The Hardness of Parenting

C. Precious Kindness D. A Treat to A Homeless Man

Droughts are one of a farmer’s most feared threats. And in our warming climate, the risk of

drought has been climbing. Anticipating a drier future, two American teen engineers have

been investigating how to help farmers keep their crops from getting dangerously thirsty.

John Benedict, 16, has seen lots of droughts. As a sophomore at Clovis North High School,

he wanted to help farmers save their plants from being dried. To measure a plant's drought

stress more directly, he built a small robotic arm and used it to measure the light reflecting off

of bell peppers. As plants get dry, the way they reflect sunlight changes very slightly. It’s not

something that our eyes can see. But it is something a robot could detect. At the same time,

his robot measured soil moisture and temperature. With these data, he built a computer model.

It predicts which plants will be suffering from thirst faster.

It’s also important to make sure that no irrigation water is wasted. That’s why Arya

Tschand, 17, has been launching his drone into the sky. This senior at High Technology High

School, aims to help poor farmers like the ones he saw while traveling in India. The teen’s

drone hovers over plants and measures their color. Using a computer model, Arya taught the

drone to predict how thirsty a plant was based on the color of its leaves. According to that

color, the drone then sends a signal to an irrigation system on the ground, which adjusts how

much water it sends out to plants.

In areas with drought, where every drop matters, farmers can’t afford to waste any

moisture. Just like John, his next step is to scale up his project. In the meantime, he has

applied for a patent on his system.

8、What did John focus on in his project?

A. Plants management.

C. Plant-thirst detection.

9、What can Arya’s drone be used for?

A. Protecting the plants.

C. Forecasting plant colors.

B. Helping precise irrigation.

D. Arranging computer models.

B. Data analyses.

D. Lights changes.

10、What’s the future of the two methods?

A. It’s unclear. B. It’s disappointing C. It’s controversial. D. It’s promising.

11、Where is this text most likely from?

A. A travel brochure. B. A guidebook. C. A magazine. D. A research paper.

One of the great things about pictures is that they make no demands on you. You can look

as long as you like and walk away at any time. Occasionally, people always say they feel

frightened by art. Some in art world, wanting to establish their authority, fall back on

abstractions. But what field doesn’t see a version of this phenomenon? Have you tried

understanding biology? Law? In my experience, there is less of this complex talk around art

than around most other fields.

Art is a wide field. It’s deep. It’s diverse. You can come at the subject from countless

angles. People seem to have been making art since the beginning, so the subject is an

inseparable part of the whole history of humanity. But, in the end, we’re talking about

pictures and sculptures. How hard is it to look at a painting? How difficult is it to walk

around a sculpture? Children get it immediately. They know there’s no right or wrong when it

comes to looking at art.

More than the political or economic conditions of any given era, it is art that later

generations most want to remember. We remember Picasso and Matisse over the chief

ministers of Britain in the 1960s. That’s because the arts reveal the best of us. It’s because

they combine the most intelligent and the most feeling of us. They testify, most

fundamentally, to the fact that we’re alive, that people lived before us, that as a species we’re

capable of making the most extraordinary things, and that human consciousness and the

world beyond it are nothing short of astonishing.

Again and again, art expresses that astonishment—that mixture of wonder and

disappointment, knowing and unknowing, pleasure and pain, joy and fear.

12、What’s author’s attitude towards the phenomenon in Paragraph 1?

A. Indifferent. B. Acceptable. C. Doubtful. D. Disapproving.

13、What is the main idea of the first two paragraphs?

A. Art is complicated but easy. B. Art is as complex as other fields.

C. Art is insufferable due to its abstraction. D. Art is an inseparable part of human history.

14、Why does the author mention Picasso and Matisse?

A. To emphasize artists are more adorable.

B. To compare political and artistic figures.

C. To show art can spread in a broader area.

D. To illustrate the superior position of art.

15、What can we learn from the passage?

A. Art mixes abstract concepts.

C. Art perfects the thoughts of beauty.

二、七选五

B. Art brings everlasting amazement.

D. Art combines unsettled contradictions.

16、 Have you ever been labeled a “perfectionist”? Or do you consider yourself to be one?

It’s inviting to see perfectionism as a desirable or positive quality. ①_____

Healthy perfectionists want to develop their sills continually. Their standards are always

rising, and they approach their work with optimism, pleasure and a desire to improve. ②

_____ If something isn’t perfect, they refuse it. They may experience fear of failure, anxiety

and other painful emotions.

③_____ According to a recent research, perfectionism is linked to health issues such as

eating disorders and depression. Perfectionism can also seriously impact your creativity. This

is because perfectionism can prevent you from leaving your comfort zone and taking risks. ④

_____ You may avoid starting a new project until you’ve found the best way to approach it.

You might also get caught up in minor details or repeat tasks that have already been

completed. As a result, this wastes time that could have been spent on more important tasks.

If you think that you have a problem with perfectionism, start by setting realistic goals. ⑤

_____ Then, break them down into monthly or yearly steps. Not only will this make it easier

to reach your objectives, but you’ll also experience the thrill of achieving these smaller goals.

Perhaps Theodore Roosevelt said it best “Do what you can, with what you have, where you

are.” Accept that this is the best you can do and don’t try and make up some perfect world.

A. Perfectionism can lead to self-criticism.

B. Perfectionism can damage your productivity, too.

C. Think about your most important life and career goals.

D. In fact, severe perfectionism can do more harm than good.

E. They show that you’re not afraid to push yourself and try new things.

F. When perfectionism gets out of control, it can harm you in many aspects.

G. Unhealthy perfectionists, however, are never satisfied with what they achieve.

三、完形填空（15空）

Allamby grew up in a poor neighborhood. He faced low expectations to 1 his dream.

So he set aside his 2 of becoming a doctor and started fixing cars in a small garage at 19.

Over the years it had 3 into two shops, but Allamby longed for something more. So at

34, he 4 to go for his bachelor’s degree in business management. After taking classes

part-time, Allamby was told he had to take biology to get his 5 . It awakened a childhood

dream that he had 6 somewhere deep within himself.

Becoming a doctor when he was approaching 50 seemed 7 . But one day Allamby’s

chemistry professor 8 him after class and asked about his 9 . Allamby said he’d like to

become a doctor but it would be more 10 to aim lower. “Why not a 11 ?” the professor

asked, “You have a gift for the work.”

He was right. Allamby got A in all his 12 . And so in 2015, Allamby 13 ties with his

past. He sold his two shops and then started at a(n) 14 university. In 2019, at 47, he

became a doctor. “My new life feels like the life that I've lived for so long,” he says, “It just

happens. I’m 15 people instead of cars.”

17、A. quitting

18、A. feelings

19、A. arisen

20、A. decided

21、A. proof

22、A. showed

23、A. crazy

24、A. greeted

25、A. plan

26、A. imaginary

27、A. manager

28、A. courses

29、A. caught

30、A. artistic

31、A. inspiring

B. pursuing

B. time

B. split

B. dreamed

B. level

B. hidden

B. reasonable

B. scolded

B. game

B. practical

B. chemist

B. speeches

B. cut

B. biological

B. healing

C. searching

C. thoughts

C. broken

C. suited

C. degree

C. exposed

C. courageous

C. stopped

C. class

C. economical

C. professor

C. thoughts

C. dragged

C. medical

C. helping

D. operating

D. chance

D. grown

D. continued

D. permit

D. presented

D. shocking

D. praised

D. business

D. thrilling

D. doctor

D. aims

D. fastened

D. physical

D. fixing

四、短文填空

32、 “Climb Mount Tai and the whole world looks small.” Confucius once declared from

the summit. ①_____ is a challenge to tourists is the climbing to the top of Mount Tai. It takes

them three to seven hours ②_____(walk) the whole way.

For thousands of years, Mount Tai has been a source of ③_____(inspire) for poets and

thinkers. The mountain is in the east, and in Chinese culture east ④_____(regard) as a sacred

direction because that is where the sun and moon rise. Therefore, Mount Tai is the most holy

of China’s five sacred mountains.

In the morning, we got up at to position ourselves for the sunrise. From Jade

Emperor Peak ⑤_____(locate) among hundreds of others, we were fortunate enough to see a

clear sunrise. After that, we hiked for about five hours ⑥_____ the mountain and through

Peach Blossom Valley, a beautiful walk through ⑦_____(flower) peach trees and pools of

water.

The greenery up the mountain made for ⑧_____ fantastic climb, and the second-day

valley hike was ⑨_____(sure) to me the highlight, and not just because there were no steps

up. It was ⑩_____(peace), allowing me to enjoy the greater vision I had gathered from the

top.

五、书面表达

33、假如你是学生会主席李华，请你代表学生会以“节约粮食，反对浪费”为主题，写

一封倡议书，呼吁大家行动起来。内容包括：

1.节约粮食的具体措施；

2.提出倡议。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear fellow students,

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Li Hua

六、读后续写

34、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成篇完整的短

文。

On a Sunday morning, Mom told Roger that Grandpa was on his way over. Roger grinned

and tapped his drums. Grandpa once drummed in a band. He and Roger always had fun

playing together. Mom added that some of Grandpa’s joints were hurting him today and he

needed a rest. But Roger thought they could play for just a little while.

Roger practiced all morning. Finally, Dad’s car pulled up in front of the house. The car

door opened, and Grandpa stepped out. Roger waved to Grandpa from his bedroom window.

“Listen to this!” Taking a deep breath, he raised his drumsticks and began. He rocked. He

rolled. He built to a lively and cheerful finish and ended with a crash of cymbals, just like

Grandpa had taught him. Leaping up, Roger raced outside to Grandpa. “It was wonderful.”

Grandpa said, giving Roger a hug. Then he went inside.

Sitting on the couch, Grandpa talked with Mom and played with baby Lucy. When Lucy

threw her toy on the floor, Grandpa reached for it. He tried to pick it up, but the toy fell out of

his hand. He tried again. The same thing happened. Roger hurried over to help and asked

Grandpa to play drum together. “I’m sorry, Roger.” he apologized, “Not now.” So

disappointed was Roger that he left without uttering a single word.

After lunch, Roger went to his room to get his skateboard. Grandpa was already inside,

standing near the drum set. He picked up a drumstick and began to play. Tap! Tap! The

drumstick clattered to the floor. Roger ran over, scooped it up and held it to the Grandpa.

Grandpa rubbed his hand, his fingers red and swollen. “I can’t play today, Roger.” he said. In

low spirits, Grandpa left the room. Roger got lost in thought.

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。

Later, an idea flashed through Roger’s mind.

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Roger and Dad walked up to Grandpa, carrying the drum with a pedal.

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参考答案

1、答案：A

解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中Regarding China, many Westerners have many

generalizations and misunderstanding. The book addresses these common misunderstandings

and shows what China is truly like.(对于中国,很多西方人有很多概括和误解。这本书解

决了这些常见的误解,展示了中国的真实面貌。)可知,The Chan’s Great Continent的特别

之处是它解释了一个真实的中国。故选A。

2、答案：C

解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段It is a novel composed of 10 stories that offers an

interesting view of China in terms of younger people living in its cities. Each story within it

has a unique theme that sums up a certain area of China’s political and cultural

atmosphere.(这是一部由10个故事组成的小说,从生活在城市中的年轻人的角度,提供了

一个有趣的中国视角。其中的每一个故事都有一个独特的主题,总结了中国某一领域的

政治和文化氛围。)可知,A Thousand Years of Good Prayers最适合小说爱好者。

Chan's Great Continent.陈的大洲;B.A History of China.中国历史;C.A Thousand Years of

Good Prayers.一千年的美好祈祷; Wakes.中国觉醒。故选C。

3、答案：D

解析：推理判断题。根据第一段中Whether you are visiting China to explore its 5,000-

year history, do business, or just to see the tourist sights, reading some books about China by

people who have first-hand experience is a wise decision.(无论你是来探索中国5000年的

历史,还是来做生意,还是来观光旅游,读一些有第一手经验的人写的关于中国的书都是

一个明智的决定。)结合文章主要介绍了四本和中国有关的书籍。可推知,这篇文章的目

的是介绍一些关于中国的书。故选D。

4、答案：C

解析：词句猜测题。根据第一段中划线部分上文Everything I say is met with an eye roll

or a mumbled “whatever”.(我说的每一句话都会引起他的侧目或含糊的“随便什么”。)以

及划线部分后文due to some unrelated anxiety, illness, and lack of sleep.(由于一些不相关

的焦虑、疾病和睡眠不足。)可知,作者说的每句话都会被儿子翻白眼或者说一句含糊不

清的“随便”,同时由于一些无关的焦虑、疾病和睡眠不足,导致作者她的脾气不像平时那

么好了。故划线部分意思是“她承认她的脾气不像平时那么好”。故选C。