江苏省扬州市邗江区2022-2022学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

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1、2022-2022学年度第一学期期中检测试题高二英语本试卷总分值150分，考试时间120分钟第一局部 听力总分值30分共20小题:每题1.5分, 总分值30分第一节听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 、D四个选项中选出最正确选项，听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What will the man do on Sunday?A. See a film. B.Go to an international meeting C. Attend a lecture.2. Where does the conversatio

2、n take place?A. At a bakery. B.At a restaurant. C. At a supermarket.3.What does Tom Watts want to do?A. Change the schedule.B.Speak to the man. C. Hand out gifts.4.What was the weather like last weekend?A. Windy. B.Sunny. C. Rainy.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. How to do a job inte

3、rview.B. How to mention personal information.C. Whether to talk about college experience.第二节听下面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 项中选出最正确选项。听每段对话或独白前，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。6. How does the woman pay?A.In cash. B. By card. C. By cheque.7.How much tip does the w

4、oman give?A.$23 . B. $27. C. $50.听第7段材料，答复第8、9题。8. What did the woman do on the weekend?A.She went skiing.B. She saw a movie. C. She did some cleaning.9. What does the man think of his weekend?A. Exciting. B.Boring. C. Tiring.听第8段材料，答复第10-12题。10. What Could the man most likely be?A.An artist. B. An

5、architect. C. An athlete.11. What is one of the advantages of the new stadium?A.It has first-class sports facilities,B. It can hold 8,000 people.C.It allows matches to go on in bad weather.12. What difficulty is the man experiencing now? A.Cutting down expenses.B. Meeting the deadline.C. Looking for

6、 materials.听第9段材料，答复第13至16题。13. Why can the busiest people do urgent things?A.They have more time.B. They are better organized. C. They act more quickly.14. What is the womans advice on the housework?A. Finish them at once.B. Think about them until theyre finished.C. Put them off until a time people

7、 want to do them.15. How does the woman think people can organize their time?A. By listing everything they want to do.B. By making a list of their housework.C. By writing down the urgent things.16.What is the woman doing?A. Making a speech.B. Giving a class. C. Assigning tasks.听第10段材料，答复第17至20题。17.

8、What is the first step of marketing a new product?A. Handing out samples.B. Selecting a test market.C. Researching on customers love.18. How is the cost of the testing produces controlled?A. By reducing the size of the samples.B. By keeping the test period short.C. By limiting the test areas.19. Who

9、 usually does the testing and interview?A. Experienced salespeople. B. Specially trained people. C. Producers.20. What does the speaker say in the end?A. Everyones opinion is very important.B. Listeners should stay after the talk to take part in a test.C. Companies should try their best to test more

10、 new products.第二局部 阅读理解总分值50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。AWHOS WHO IN THE ZOO?Is it amazing that the WHOS WHO IN THE ZOO makes it fun for young children to save? With the help of Standard Banks Kidz APP and the Big Five animal friends, teaching your children about managing

11、 their cash has never been more fun. Let the WHOS WHO IN THE ZOO show your little ones what it means to earn and save money as well as share in the enjoyment of spending their wellearned cash.ElephantAs your children use the mobile app to complete various actionsachieving savings goals, completing m

12、issions and achieving wisheshere various medals will be rewarded.Earned medals are displayed in the elephant habitat as well as locked medals still to be achieved.LeopardReward your kids with pocket money for completing missions： household chores, achievements, etc.You can create a mission for your

13、child, or your child can request a new mission. Once created, it must be accepted. The mission needs to be completed by your child and approved by you before you can pay him or her.LionHelp your children create and fulfil wishes. Wish cards and their savings progress can be tracked from your banking

14、 app.Once their savings goal is reached, lion will inform you of their achievement.BuffaloKidz can request to withdraw cash or purchase airtime and data using their savings.RhinoRhino shows your childs latest account balance and transactions.Download the Standard Banks Kidz APP from Apple App Store

15、on the phone. Use the comment section to interact with other Standard Bank customers and bank consultants.21. What is the WHOS WHO IN THE ZOO designed for?A. Players of board games. B. Travelers in the zoo.C. Parents for online banking. D. Kids for selfservice banking.22. Rewards will be paid if _A.

16、 you keep the account balancedB. your kids get enough locked medalsC. the kids fulfill your created missionsD. you approve the request via Kidz APP23. Which of the following animals is related to spending?A. Rhino. B. Buffalo. C. Lion. D. Leopard.BOn March 10, 2022, eight-year-old Tanitoluwa “Tani A

17、dewumi defeated 73 young competitors to win the New York State Scholastic Chess Championship in his age group kindergarten to third grade with five wins and one draw. While the achievement is remarkable in itself, what is even more so is that the youngster, who was homeless at the time, began learni

18、ng the game less than a year ago.Tani and his family arrived in New York City from Nigeria in 2022, seeking religious protection. A church pastor(牧师)helped find the family of four space in a homeless shelter in Manhattan and, soon after, Tani entered the local elementary school. It was here that the

19、 young talent was first introduced to the basics of chess by a part-time teacher. Attracted by the game, the then seven-year-old begged his mother, Oluwatoyin, to allow him to join the schools chess club. The family were concerned that they would be unable to afford the fees and expenses, which add

20、up to thousands of dollars due to travel and chess competition admissions, Oluwatoyin emailed chess instructor Russell Makofsky, who ran the club. To her surprise and delight, Makofsky agreed to waive all costs for young Tani. The rest, as they say, is history. The young boy, who has got seven prize

21、s in less than a year, currently ranks 27 in America in his age group.Though the chess club certainly helps, Tanis success can be largelyowedto the efforts he has put intothe game. The chess talent practices the game for several hours a day either on the floor with his board, or online, using his da

22、ds laptop. Every Saturday, Tani and his mother head to Harlem for a free 3-hour class to help further sharpen his game skills.Not surprisingly, Tanis incredible story, first reported byThe New York Times, has resulted in an outpouringof support from the American public. Shortly after the young boy w

23、on the New York State Championship, Makofsky began a GoFundMe campaign for Tani and his family to “secure a home where he can continue on his journey.And theheartwarmingstory gets even better! Since they now have a home, the family have decided to “pay it forward and donate the over $200,000 collect

24、ed on GoFundMe to Africanimmigrantsin America who are struggling the way the family was.24. What made Tanis achievement especially remarkable? A. His young age B. His quick learning C. Support from his family D. Help from his teacher25. What does the underlined part “to waive all costs for young Tan

25、i in Paragraph 2 mean? A. To pay for Tanis schooling. B. To raise money for Tanis family. C. To teach Tani free of charge. D. To spend more on Tanis training.26. Whats paragraph 3 mainly about? A. Success of Tani. B. Activities of the chess club. C. Tanis devotion to the game. D. Public reaction to

26、Tanis story. 27. What does the last paragraph tell us about the family? A. They are caring. B. They live in poverty. C. They are honest. D. They are pitiful.COne of Indias top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its boarding houses, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging

27、was affecting students performance, making them lonely and even suicidal.Authorities at the best Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai said students had stopped socializing and many were late for morning classes or slept through them. “Now, a student doesnt even know who lives two doors awa

28、y from him because he is so busy on the Internet, said Prakash Gopalan, dean of Student Affairs. “The old dormitory culture of companionship and socializing among students is gone. This is not healthy in our opinion.IIT-Mumbai, with about 5,000 students, is one of the seven IITs across India which a

29、re considered to be among the finest engineering schools in the world. They are also a talent pool for global technology giants. But their hard courses, tough competition and lonely campus lifestyle have taken an effect on students. Depressive and dysfunctional lifestyles are known to be common amon

30、g IIT students, and at least nine have committed suicide in the past five years. Students have unlimited free Internet access in their boarding houses to help them in their studies, but many also use it to surf, chat, download movies and music, blog and for gaming.“Starting Monday, Internet access w

31、ill be banned between 11 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. at IIT-Mumbais 13 boarding buildings to encourage students to sleep early and to try and force them out of their shells. Gopalan said. But the move has not gone down well with students who say they hate their lives being regulated. “Now they will say we n

32、eed to listen to a lullaby (摇篮曲) to go to sleep. said Rajiv, an electronics student.28. What may happen to the students addicted to the Internet in IIT-Mumbai?A. Feel lonely and even suicidal. B. Perform well in studies. C. Know their classmates better. D. Participate in social activities.29. What d

33、oes the underlined word “dysfunctional in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?A. unpopularB. meaningfulC. abnormal D. exciting30. What measures have been taken in IIT-Mumbai?A. Students must go to bed before 11 p.m.B. Students are forbidden to surf the Internet on campus.C. Students have unlimited free I

34、nternet access in their dormitories.D. Internet access is unavailable in deep night in boarding buildings.31. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. All electronics students hate the banning order.B. Some students complain about the banning order.C. There is no Internet access on the IIT campu

35、s ever since.D. More students prefer listening to music to surfing the Internet. DThree computer scientists known as the godfathers of Al have won this years Turing Award for their work on machines that are able to learn in similar way to the human brain. Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCu

36、n will share this years award，which is given annually by the Association for Computing Machinery and comes with a $1 million prize funded by Google. Although they have known each other for more than 30 years, Bengio, Hinton and LeCun have mostly worked separately on technology known as neural(神经的)ne

37、tworks. “For a long time, people thought what the three of us were doing was nonsense , Hinton said in an interview with The Associated Press. They thought we were very misguided and what we were doing was a very surprising thing for apparently intelligent people to waste their time on. My message t

38、o young researchers is, dont be put off if everyone tells you what are doing is silly. Now，some people are worried that the results of the researchers efforts might be out of control. While the AI revolution is raising hopes that computers will make most peoples lives more convenient and enjoyable,

39、its also causing fears that humanity eventually will be living at the mercy of machines. Bengio, Hinton and LeCun share some of those concerns-especially the doomsday(世界末日)scenarios(情景)that describe AI technology developed into weapons systems that wipe out humanity. But they are far more optimistic

40、 about the other prospects(前景)of Al-enabling computers to deliver more accurate warnings about floods and earthquakes， for instance, or detecting health risks, such as cancer and heart attacks, far earlier than human doctors. “One thing is very clear, the techniques that we developed can be used for

41、 a large amount of good affecting hundreds of millions of people, Hinton said. 32. What can we learn about the Turing Award?A. It has a $ 1 million prize which is funded by Google. B. It is given for the winners work on computers this year. C. It is only given to people known as the godfathers of AI

42、. D. The three winners of it have worked together for over 30 years. 33. Why did people think what the three were doing was nonsense?A. AI is really causing fears at present. B. The doomsday scenarios is so frightening. C. They thought they might be out of control. D. They thought the three were ver

43、y misguided. 34. What can we say about AI?A. It is hopeful to make most peoples lives more convenient and enjoyable. B. It is causing humanity to live in the charge of machine. C. It will be able to prevent floods and earthquakes. D. It will have the ability to cure cancers and heart attacks. 35. Wh

44、ats the authors attitude towards the award-winners work?A. Uncaring. B. Concerned. C. Objective. D. Subjective. 第二节共5小题，每题2分, 总分值10分根据黑布林文本阅读，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最正确选项。36. What impression of Gatsby is Mr. Wolfsheim trying to give Nick?A. Dangerous and should never be trusted B. On the verge of bankr

45、uptcy because of some bad investmentsC. interested in politics D. worthy of trust 37. Why does Gatsby deliberately leave Nicks house? A. He doesnt have the courage to meet Daisy B. He wants to create the impression that is a casual meet.C. He doesnt really want to see Daisy again.D. He leaves someth

46、ing important at home and has to go back for it. 38. Why is Tom angry at lunch?A He finds out that Daisy knows about his affair with Myrtle.B He finds out that Daisy is having an affair with Gatsby, someone he thinks is low-class.C He finds out that Nick re-introduced Gatsby and Daisy.D He finds out

47、 that Daisy is having an affair with Gatsby, someone he thinks is wealthier and classier than he is.39. What happens between Nick and Jordan Baker?A Nick breaks off the relationshipB Nick proposes, but she tells him her golfing career is more important.C Nick leaves New York without contacting her.D Nick tries to break up, but she begs him to stay.40. How are Daisy and Tom alike?A. They are both arrogant and domineering.B. They are both careless, and dont take responsibil