江苏省无锡市2022-2023学年高二下学期6月期末英语试题.docx

江苏省无锡市2022-2023学年高二下学期6月期末英语试题学校:姓名：班级：考号：一、阅读理解Not many people arc comfortable going deep underground. There's something pretty scary about diving into the pitch-black abyss （深谷），towards the mysteries at the centre of the Earth. But humans have been going underground mining, caving, living and the like. All over the world you'll find all manner of superb underground phenomena. Here are our favourites.1. Salina lYirda, RomaniaA Transylvanian underground theme park sounds kind of like something out of Scooby-Doo. But it actually exists -and isn't frightening at all. Built deep below the Earth's surface in a salt mine, Salina Turda features attractions like a panoramic （全景的）wheel, mini-golf, bowling, table tennis and even boating on a mine lake.2. Derinkuyu, TurkeyThe underground city at Derinkuyu, in Turkey's Cappadocia region, dates back thousands of years. It's the deepest of its kind in the region, a web of winding passages over eight levels, reaching a depth of 85 metres. Living underground allowed the citizens of Dcrinkuyu to avoid extreme temperatures and more easily fight against invaders. Though not inhabited today, the site features the remains of schools, shops and churches.3. Ajanta Caves, IndiaConsidering that they're cut deep into a rock face, the 30 or so caves of Ajanta are surprisingly well lit. All that light makes it much easier to admire this remarkable series of Buddhist temples and monuments （纪念碑）that date Irorn the first and second centuries BC. They contain some of the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian wall-painting.4. Thrihnukagigur, IcelandSometimes climbing up to a volcano crater （火ih 口）or viewing it from afar just isn't enough. Some people need to go that step further and adventure inside a volcano. You can do exactly that at Thrihnukagigur in Iceland. A lift takes visitors 700 feet down into the volcano's magma chamber （岩浆室）.We're assured that Thrihnukagigur is safely dormant （休眠的），having not erupted in 4,000 years, but even so, it takes a certain kind of thrill-scckcr to actively want to get up close and personal with a volcano.Click .1. Which of the following most probably attracts adventurers?A. Salina Turda, Romania.C. Ajanta Caves, India.2. What do Derinkuyu and Ajanta Caves haveA. They both have a long history.C. They share the same features.3. Where is the text probably taken from?A. A textbook. B. A magazine.B. Derinkuyu. Turkey.D. Thrihnukagigur, Iceland.in common ?B. They are of the same depth.D. They both contain wall-paintings.C. A website.D. A newspaper.Jeff Jensen was in a dilemma （困境）.He was hobbled （跛行）by painful nerve damage in his leg and foot. He needed surgery, but he doubted if he could afford it, even with insurance. “There's nothing more depressing than seeing a bill fbr 182,024,000 dollars and going, 4How much of this will my insurance cover and how much is mine to cover?'" Jensen told WWAY-TV.Luckily for Jensen, his doctor is Demetrio Aguila. The nerve specialist gives patients at his Healing Hands of Nebraska practice in Papillion the option to pay fbr surgery through volunteer work. He calls it his M25 Program, inspired by the words from a famous book.44Wc can't ignore the people in our own backyard/' Aguila told CBS. "Wc want to be able to offer hope to patients who have lost hope medically.”Using an algorithm （算法），the clinic calculates community service hours based on the price of the surgery. In Jensen's case, the SI 2,000 operation equaled 560 hours of helping out at one of the local charitable organizations registered with the M25 Program.Like 10 percent of Aguila's patients, Jensen chose the community service. And because hundreds of hours of community service can seem depressing. Aguila, 50, not only lets others help, but he encourages it. "I had this hope that wc would rcmotivatc our neighbors and ourselves a sense of volunteerism,M he told CNN.Jensen, whose surgery was completed in February 2020, was helped by more （han 100 friends and strangers who volunteered at Orphan Grain Train, which donates food, clothing, and medicine nationally and globally.Count Dave Harvey, founder of the homeless aid organization Least of My Brethren, is the one who is admired by Aguila. "He's helping us by sending volunteers our way." he toldKMTV in Omaha. *4What a cool thing.4. What put Jeff Jensen in a dilemma?A.The nerfe damage.B.The medical insurance.C.The price of (he surgery.D.The community service.5. What help did Aguila really offer to his patient Jensen?A.A way to help cover his medicalbills.B.Financial help to cover hismedicalbills.C.A chance to help serre hiscommunities.D.A free surgei-y to treat hisnerve damage.6. Why docs Dr. Aguila start the M25 Program?A. To advertise for the hospital.B. To win respect from his patients.C. To promote the concept of donation.D. To sow the seeds of voluntary work in people.7. What is Harvey's attitude towards Aguila's M25 Program?A. Critical. B. Negative.C. Doubtful.D. Supportive.Egypt is home to more than 100 pyramids, including the 4,500-year-old iconic (圣像的) Giza Pyramid, which is the last-standing ancient wonder of the world.Giza is actually made up of three pyramids, Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaurc. Now, scientists arc using High Energy Physics (HEP) to scan the Khufu structure at Giza. The new technology uses cosmic ray muons (宇宙射线介子)to scan deeper into the pyramid than has ever been seen before, and then map its internal structure.What we see now is only (he core structure of (he Great Pyramid. Although the pyramid has been studied closely for centuries, there are two mysterious blanks that have kept archaeologists (考古学家)puzzled.One void (空间)is around 98 feel long and 20 feet high and could be one large space or several rooms, according to previous scans of the pyramid, while the other is much smaller, just beyond the north face of the pyramid. Archaeologists are not sure what either void functioned as; (he most exciting possibility is (hat (he larger space is the hidden burial chamber of Khufu, who was in power from around 2,551 BC to 2,528 BC.The voids were discovered in 2017 when a project named Scan Pyramids ran a series of scans that analyzed the cosmic particles that fall to Earth (muons) to detect spaces within the structure. Muons arc negatively charged elementary particles that form when cosmic rays collide (碰撞)with the Earth's atmosphere. They arc useful because they behave differently when interacting with stone, or water, versus air.“We plan to field a telescope system that has upwards of 100 times the sensitivity of the equipment that has recently been used at the Great Pyramid,“ a team of scientists wrote in a preprint paper yet to be reviewed by other scientists.“Since the detectors that arc proposed arc very large, they cannot be placed inside the pyramid, therefore our approach is to put them outside and move them along the base. In this way, we can collect muons from all angles in order to build up (he required data set, the team wrote in the paper.8. What is the function of paragraph I?A. To describe an ancient wonder.B. To present the new technology.C. To highlight the Giza Pyramid.D. To introduce background information.9. What do we know about the new technology?A. It moves above the base and builds up data.B. It scans the side of the pyramid and collects muons.C. It detects the outside of the pyramid and collects data.D. It looks into (he pyramid and records the structure inside.10. What does the underline word “they" refer to in paragraph 5?A. Comic rays. B. Muons.C. Scans.D. Elementaryparticles.11. What is this passage mainly about?A. Putting the detectors outside to collect data.B. Discovering the voids using new technology.C. Fielding a telescope system to study the pyramid.D. Uncovering the internal secret of pyramid using HEP.ChatGPT, a powerful AI chatbot tool, has swept the world in (he past months. While it has been dominating social media with its frighteningly good essays, ChaiGPT has also caused both excitement and won ies in education.According to a US survey of more than 1,000 students, over 89 percent of the respondents had used ChaiGPT to help with a homework assignment. Some students even got high scores thanks to papers written by ChatGPT.Some universities and schools have banned the use of ChatGPT, such as public schools in New York City, CNN reported. The move comes along with growing concerns that the tool could make it easier for students to cheat on assignments and be used to spread inaccurate information.uWhile the tool may be able to provide quick and easy answers to questions, it docs not build critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, which arc essential for academic and lifelong success,“ Jenna Lyle, the vice press secretary of the New York City Department of Education, said in a statement.Apart from strict bans, teachers are redesigning their courses in an attempt to block (he use of ChatGPT. Some college professors in the US are now including more oral exams and handwritten papers instead of typed ones, The New York Times reported.However, not all educators arc saying “no” to ChatGPT. Some Canadian universities arc not planning on banning the tool. Instead, they are drafting policies on its proper usage, for both students and lecturers.Bhaskar Vira, vice-president fbr education at University of Cambridge in ihe UK, said (hat bans on AI software like ChatGPT are not sensible (合理的).'Tm of the opinion that we have to recognize that AI is a tool people will use but then adapt our learning, teaching and examination processes so that we can continue to have integrity (诚实)while recognizing the use of the tool,“ he told Varsity, the school newspaper of the university.Vira's opinion on ChatGPT is shared by Petervan dcr Putten, assistant professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands. It's there Just how like Google is there. You can write it into your policies for stopping cheating but it's a reality that the tool exists," he told Sky News.12. According to the passage, what can ChaiGPT help students do?A. Enrich their school life.B. Hand in better papers.C. Improve their writing skills.D. Spread coiTect information.13. What arc the professors in US doing to cope with ChatGPT?A. Making policies to ban the use of the tool.B. Requiring students to write papers by hand.C. Making laws to recognize (he use of (he tool.D. Preventing students from spreading inaccurate infonnation.14. Which of the following may Vira agree to about using ChatGPT?A. Grasp all, lose all.C. No pains, no gains.B. Practice makes perfect.D. Every coin has two sides.A. ChatGPT: An answer giver?B. ChatGPT: A perfect tool?15. Which can be a suitable title for the text?D. ChatGPT: A cheat helper?C. ChatGPT: A homework designer?二、七选五Relieve the Sunday ScariesMost of us look forward to the weekend as a time to relax, connect with friends and family, and tackle items from a to-do list that gets neglected during the work week. But as the weekend comes to an end, many of us arc missing out on Sunday Funday and instead experiencing a sense of anxiety and even worry about （he upcoming week. 16 Here is how experts say you can ease your end-of-week anxiety.Identify your anxiety sourceAnxiety is a normal human experience and one of the main ways to manage it is to identify your personal causes. 17 Create multiple-to-do lists. One list for tasks that need to be completed immediately, another for tasks that are less urgent, and a final list for tasks that you'd like to complete at some point.Don't forget to relaxWhen structuring your Sunday, try not to put in too many routine tasks. 18 Maybe a body scan meditation （冥想），maybe a mid-afternoon shower or bath, maybe an engaging movie or show, whatever feels like a helpful distraction （分心的事）to recover from the scaries.Create some excitement for the week aheadHaving something to look forward to gives you something to think about what is pleasing rather than only focusing on the fright you feel. Instead of focusing on awful things you expect from the week, build excitement over a coffee or lunch date with a friend you have been meaning to catch up with. 19Structure your day20 Maybe that means planning some favourite foods to enjoy while watching football. Or maybe you go all in for some sclf-carc. Do you best to honor this time and make Sunday night all about you-leave the work emails fbr Monday morning.A. End your Sunday with the right energy.B. Even though the Sunday scaries are common, they are manageable.C. Try to find out what is really causing you to feel frightened (his week.D. Make Sunday nights about doing something for yourself to reduce the anxiety.E. When you're engaging in what makes you feel good, that feeling is hard to hold on to.F. If you're feeling more stress in general, it's important to make space fbr relaxing activities.G. This gives you the opportunity to shift your thoughts to something fun and will help improve your mood.三、完形填空I decided it was time to learn how to ride a bike. This was not my first 21.1 hadtried on several occasions but always failed. But this attempt felt somewhat 22.Determined to succeed, I went to the streets of our quiet neighborhood.The learning process proved painful. Day after day I would fall, but I went at it anyway. Injuries, bumps and scratches 23 that. My repeated failures at taming (使易于控制) the two-wheclcd beast were often 24 by concerned neighbors.After a whole month of this labor of love and hatred, a day came when I could finally do it. Sweet victory! I began my daily tours by taking in (he light traffic of the back streets, but in constant 25.I gradually moved to even busier streets. I had a new cycling routine.As my anxieties 26, I grew to care fbr the gust of light wind 27fingering my hair, the unexpected fine rain, even snowflakes, on my back. I delighted in the early morning bird song. I welcomed the sight of families 28 their flowerbeds.Eventually, I 29 enough courage to ride alongside those youngsters taking crazy 30 with their bikes. I managed not to 31 the way of sweaty joggers or speed walkers and learned to 32 the street with dog walkers.Learning to cycle has been a(an) 33. but it has offered me more than just a newskill. I can now 34 the small things in the area I live and understand how everything functions in 35.21. A. stepB. decisionC. attemptD. move22. A. differentB. interestingC. successfulD. painful23. A. revealedB. witnessedC. includedD. covered24. A. comfortedB. teasedC. obsen-edD. blamed25. A. fearB. angerC. frustrationD. disappointment26. A. appearedB. easedC. increasedD. multiplied27. A. heavilyB. wildlyC. gentlyD. suddenly28. A. gettin