四川省泸县第四中学2022-2022学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

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1、四川省泸县第四中学2022-2022学年高二英语下学期期中试题考前须知：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2答复选择题时，选出每题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。答复非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一局部 听力共两节，总分值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；每题1.5分，总分值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三个选项中选出最正确选项。听

2、完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来答复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。1Which sport will the boy play on Wednesdays?ABasketball.BFootball.CTennis.2Where is the mans hometown?ATo the north of San Francisco. BTo the south of San Francisco.CTo the east of Los Angeles.3What are t

3、he speakers talking about?AA noisy night. BTheir life in town.CA place of living.4What class does the woman want to sign up for?AGerman. BSpanish.CFrench.5How many children are there in the classroom?ASeven. BFive.CTwelve.第二节共15小题；每题1.5分，总分值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三个选项中选出最正确选项。听每段对话

4、或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每题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，答复第6、7题。6What do we know about the mans wife?AShe likes reading very much. BShes counting the days. CShe will visit some old friends.7Where did the woman probably go last summer?AHawaii.BEurope.CEgypt.听第7段材料，答复第8至9题。8What is the woman doing

5、?AMaking a phone call.BSeeing a doctor.CHaving class.9What will the woman do?AGo skydiving.BBe absent from school.CTalk to Professor Clark.听第8段材料，答复第10至12题。10What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?ASister and brother. BTeacher and student. CHusband and wife.11What does “kids mean

6、 according to this conversation?ABoys.BChildren.CGirls.12How many people are there in the house at the moment?AThree.BFive.CSix.听第9段材料，答复第13至16题。13What does the woman want to find out?AThe suitable work for the man. BThe information on building. CThe nearby workplace.14What are the mans interests?AB

7、uying and selling things. BBuilding and fixing things. CRepairing and collecting things.15What has the man been doing this year?ADelivering newspapers. BHelping build a house. CSelling advertising space.16In which column does the woman write down “sales?A“Education. B“Interests. C“Experience.听第10段材料

8、，答复第17至20题。17What does the woman ask the man to do?ASmoke less. BPut out the cigarette. CQuit smoking.18How old was the man when he started smoking?A15 years old.B17 years old.C19 years old.19What do we know about the mans father?AHe quit smoking after getting married.BHe died from a disease. CHe ha

9、d throat cancer.20Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?ADoctor and patient. BStrangers.CHusband and wife.第二局部 阅读理解共两节，总分值40分第一节 共15小题；每题2分，总分值30分阅读以下短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最正确选项。APublic GardensFrom rich rainforests to dryland gardens, the Hawaiian Islands feature gardens that di

10、splay plants from nearly every climatic zone. The gardens featured in this leaflet represent a sampling of the botanical wonders you will find throughout the islands.KauaMcBryde Garden4425 Lawai RoadKoloa, Hawaii 96756(808)742-2623 :/ntbg.org/Formerly a sugar plantation, McBryde Garden is a green 25

11、2-acre valley garden with extensive plantings of palms, native plants, and early Polynesian introductions. McBryde serves as a research and conservation garden and is next door to Allerton Garden. Open daily. Call for hours and admission fees.Big IslandAkaka Falls State ParkHighway 220Hilo, HawaiiLo

12、cated at the end of Highway 220, just eleven miles west of Hilo, the parks star attraction is its namesake waterfall, plunging more than four hundred feet to a pool below. Green, jungle-like paths snake through the garden, requiring visitors to climb down several steep staircases. An excellent locat

13、ion for an afternoon picnic. Open from dawn to dusk. No entrance fee.OahuHoomaluhia Botanical Garden45-680 Luluku RoadKaneohe, Hawaii 96744(808)233-7323Hoomaluhia displays plantings from the major tropical regions with a special emphasis on native Hawaiian plants. More than 400 acres of gardens with

14、 a jaw-dropping view of the Koolau Mountains. Open daily from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., except some holidays. No entrance fee. Campgrounds with bathroom facilities are provided free of charge. Guided nature hikes are offered.21What was McBryde Garden used to be?AA popular campsite.BA sugar plantation.CA r

15、esearch facility.DAn ideal place for picnic.22Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “jaw-dropping?AShocking.BEnormous.CInteresting.DExtraordinary.23What do the gardens listed in the leaflet have in common?AAll of the gardens open daily throughout the year.BNone of t

16、he gardens charges admission fees.CAll of the gardens can serve other purposes than a garden for visitors.DVisitors can find all the three gardens on the same island.B One of the questions surrounding climate change is how it might affect the food supply for a growing global population. A new study

17、suggests that researchers have been overlooking how two key human responses to climatehow much land people choose to farm, and the number of crops they plantwill affect food production in the future. The new study focused on the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, an emerging新兴的global breadbasket产粮地区tha

18、t as of 2022 supplied 10 percent of the worlds soybeans. The researchers used variations in temperature and precipitation降水across the state over an eight-year period to estimate the sensitivity of the regions agricultural production to climate change. Those historical comparisons can help in making

19、predictions about the sensitivity of agriculture to future climate change.The study found that, if the patterns from 2022 to 2022 hold in the future, an increase in average temperature in Mato Grosso of just 1 degree will lead to a 9 to 13 percent reduction in overall production of soy and corn. “Th

20、is is worrisome given that the temperature in the study region is predicted to rise by 2 degrees by 2050, said Avery Cohn, who led the study.Most studies of this kind look only at the extent to which climate shocks affect crop output. But researchers can miss critical dynamics动力that can affect overa

21、ll output, says Leah VanWey, one of the studys senior authors. “If you look at output alone, youre not looking at all of the information because there are economic and social changes going on as well, said VanWey.If output decreases, farmers may put less land area into production because its not pro

22、fitable. Farmers may also vary the number of crops they plant in a growing season. Double cropping is common in Mato Grosso. But if the weather is bad, farmers may change their decision to plant a second crop.24The value of the new study lies in _.Aincreasing the number of crops people plantBfocusin

23、g on an emerging global breadbasketCmaking predictions about human responses to climate changeDcontrolling peoples choice of their farming area and crop numbers25According to Avery Cohn, by 2050, the overall production of soy and corn will _.Aremain almost unchangedBdecrease by more than 9%Cincrease

24、 by from 9% to 13%Ddecrease by more than 18%26What can we know about the similar studies mentioned in paragraph 3?AThey cant provide exact information to farmers.BThey dont take into consideration some key factors.CTheir discouraging results largely affect overall crop output.DThey pay too much atte

25、ntion to economic and social changes.27What is the last paragraph mainly about?AFarmers possible reactions to climate shocks.BPossible climate change in Mato Grosso.CThe benefits of double cropping in Mato Grosso.DFarmers decision on planting crops in the future.C Computer scientists have hoped to g

26、ive robots technical skills to help them recognize, process and react to humor. But these attempts have mostly failed. AI (人工智能) experts say that in many cases, attempts to make robots understand humor end up producing funny results, but not in the way they were supposed to.Tristan Miller studied mo

27、re than 10,000 puns (双关语) in one research project. The pun is a kind of joke that uses a word with two meanings. For example, you could say, “Balloons do not like pop music. The word “pop can be a way of saying popular music; or can mean the sound a balloon makes when it explodes. But a robot might

28、not get the joke. Tristan Miller says that is because humor is a kind of creative language that is extremely difficult for computer intelligence to understand.Allison Bishop is a computer scientist and she also performs stand-up comedy. She explained that machines are trained to look for patterns. C

29、omedy, on the other hand, relies on things that stay dose to a pattern, kit not completely within it. To be funny, humor should also not be predictable, Bishop said. This sets a great obstacle for a machine to recognize and understand what is funny.Bishop says since robots have great difficulty unde

30、rstanding humor, she feels like it gives her better job security as a comedy performer. It even made her parents happy when her brother decided to become a full-time comedy writer because it meant he wouldnt be replaced by a machine, she added.Despite the difficulties, Darmstadt Universitys Miller s

31、ays there are good reasons to keep trying to teach humor to robots. It could make machines more relatable, especially if they can learn to understand sarcasm (挖苦), he noted. Humans use sarcasm to say one thing but mean another. But Kiki Hempelmann thinks differently. “Teaching AI systems humor may m

32、ake them find it where it isnt, and they may use it where its inappropriate, he said. “Maybe bad AI will start killing people because it thinks something is funny, he added.28What does the author most probably want to show in Paragraph 1?ARobots influence on the scientific development.BRobots challe

33、nges of making sense of humor.CComputer scientists devotion to technical skills.DComputer scientists concern about AIs development.29Examples mentioned in Paragraphs 2 and 3 are intended to _-.Aprove robots do poorly in funny workBexplain robots arent as intelligent as humansCdescribe language is co

34、mplex and changeableDshow language cant be taught in a set pattern30What does the underlined word “obstacle in Paragraph 3 mean?ABarrier.BRecord.CMessage.DPossibility.31What can we infer about teaching AI system humor from the last paragraph?AIt will end up in vain.BIt may be a double-edged sword.CI

35、t may help improve humans humor.DIt will attract more computer scientists.DEach year on February 2nd, there is special festival called Groundhog Day (土拨鼠日 ) forecasting event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. When it comes, people from around the world, including 5,000 in the small town today, watch th

36、is tongue-twisting(发音饶舌的) small town for a sign from one groundhog that supposedly predicts when that years spring will arrive.If its a cloudy day outside when the groundhogpopsfrom its cave, then spring will arrive early that year. However, if it is sunny outside, the groundhog will supposedly be s

37、cared by its own shadow, hiding underground for six more weeks of cold weather.Of course, Punxsutawney Phils prediction is no more able to guarantee the extended forecast than your local weatherman. ABC News reports that an analysis by the National Climate Data Center found that Phils predictions ar

38、e more often wrong than right. Philis is also found to have made some unpleasant predictions. Ever since 1887, he has predicted 99 extended winters and just 16 early springs .Nine of the years predictions were unavailable, according to ABCThe holiday began as a German tradition in 18th century and b

39、ecame even more of a cultural phenomenon after the 1993 film Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray.Punxsutawney Phil has become a celebrity in his own right. Each year, the fatter animal with long teeth is watched by millions as he emerges from a cave in the town he is named after. Phil has become so b

40、eloved by the town that he actually lives in the local library with his “wife Phyllis.Taking inspiration from the hard state of Bill Murrays character in the classic film, Yahoo contributor Owen Rust says Groundhog Day is a good time to reflect on ones routines.32The underlined word “pops means “ .A

41、escapesBappearsCincreasesDhides33The reason why Phils predictions arent pleasing is that_.Asome of the predictions were unavailableBPhil wants to do that for funCPhil likes to make unpleasant predictionsDhe has predicted more late springs34How does Punxsutawney Phil become a celebration?ABy an accid

42、ent.BFrom peoples life improving.CBy his own attractive forceDFrom much money raised by the town.35Which does this passage mainly talk about?AThe National Climate Data CenterBA German traditionCA tongue-twisting small townDGroundhog Day weather forecasting第二节 共5小题；每题2分，总分值10分根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的

43、最正确选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Tennis is as good for the mind as it is for the body, says Dan Bloxham, head coach at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. 36.Family funTennis is the perfect sport for the whole family to enjoy together. When playing with children, use red or orange tennis balls as these are softer t

44、han the classic yellow ones used at Wimbledon and will make the game easier and slower to play.Super socialInstead of going to the pub, why not grab a bat and catch up with friends over a game of tennis? Its one of the most social sports around and a great way to meet people. 37, you could turn up a

45、t a club anywhere in the world and be able to play even if you dont speak the language.38Tennis is a huge challenge when it comes to fitness and uses all the muscles in your body as you run across the court, jump to reach high shots and race to the net.Unlike cycling, which puts emphasis on the musc

46、les in your legs, tennis uses the arms, legs, shoulders, and core, providing a total body workout. 39. It also improves coordination(协调), strength and cardio fitness.Digital Detox(脱瘾)40. The game requires your full attention and as you are mentally engaged, you cant watch a screen. Because the game

47、involves concentration and the need to hear both the ball and your opponent, you also cant listen to music.AWonder workoutBHuge Outdoor ChallengeCAnd as it is a universal gameDPlaying tennis provides a real break from technologyE. Playing is so great a good calorie burner for getting in shapeF. Here he explains why taking up te