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2021-2022学年下学期 李兆基中学高二年级期中考试
英语试题
第一部分 听力(共两节,共10小题,每小题2分,满分20分)
第一节 听力理解(共6小题;每小题2分,满分12分)
材料及问题播放两遍。每段后有两个小题,各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题的问题,在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中,选出最佳选项。
听第一段材料,回答第1-2题。
1. A. She picked up her parents.
B. She visited a museum.
C. She placed an order.
2. A. Sign for the boxes. B. Pay for the boxes. C. Deliver the boxes.
听第二段材料,回答第3-4题。
3. A. Six pounds. B. Eight pounds. C. Twelve pounds.
4. A. The tourist office. B. The teacher's office. C. The youth center.
听第三段材料,回答第5-6题。
5. A. Excited. B. Worried. C. Grateful.
6. A. Choose another class.
B: Sign up for the class online
C. Get help from the instructor.
第二节 回答问题(共4小题;每小题2分,满分8分)听下面一段材料,然
后回答问题。材料及问题读两遍。
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第二部分 阅读(满分40分)
第一节 阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Michael Prisilla is a young architect with a blog that I follow. In a post, he described how in 2005, he rode coast-to-coast, 4,547 miles to Portland, Oregon, and he ended up staying there. He thought his experience changed his life.
The story resonated with me, because when I was 17, the summer before I went into architecture school, I did much the same thing, and it changed my life too. I did not go quite as far, traveling 2,700 miles to Vancouver.
But it was still a very long way and in 1970, nobody was riding bikes. Our diet only consisted of a loaf of white bread and a jar of peanut butter each meal, or dinner with other people in the campgrounds who were just amazed that we were doing this. Equipment was primitive and we had no sunscreen.
But, as it was for Michael, it was a life-changing experience. I have never forgotten that everything weighs something and every ounce matters; in architecture I always tended toward light and portable and simple. I learned that people of all ages and origins are generally really, really nice and helpful and friendly. When I got back to architecture school