江苏省邗江中学2022-2022学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

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1、江苏省邗江中学2022-2021学年高二英语下学期期中试题 (考试时间: 120分钟 总分值: 150分)第一局部听力(共两节, 总分值30分)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。1. How much will the man pay for the backpack?A. Two dollars. B. Three dollars. C. Four dollars.2. How will the speaker

2、s go to the beach?A. By car. B. On foot. C. By bike.3. What does the woman think of Janes leaving?A. Surprising. B. Not unexpected. C. Disappointing.4. Where does this conversation most probably take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In a supermarket. C. In an ice cream shop.5. Why cant the woman meet th

3、e man?A. She is visiting a customer. B. She has to get her car fixed. C. She has a medical appointment.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. What are the speakers mainly talki

4、ng about?A. A building. B. A designer. C. A picture. 7. Which subject does the woman like best?A. Music. B. History. C. Math.听第 7 段材料，答复第 8、9 题。8. What does the woman usually have for breakfast?A. Hamburgers. B. Cakes. C. French fries.9. Why doesnt the woman like ice cream?A. It tastes terrible. B.

5、It is not sweet enough. C. It brings a pain in her teeth.听第 8 段材料，答复第 10至 12 题。10. What is the woman dissatisfied with about the island?A. The food. B. The beach. C. The hotel. 11. What do we know about the woman?A. She lost her way several times. B. She met some unfriendly locals.C. She missed home

6、-cooked meals.12. What does the woman suggest the man do in the end?A. Visit the churches. B. Taste the local food. C. Go to the island of Gozo.听第 9 段材料，答复第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates. B. Sister and brother. C. Mother and son.14. What pet does Cathy hav

7、e?A. A dog. B. A parrot. C. A cat.15. Why does the woman refuse to buy rabbits?A. They are ugly. B. They are smelly. C. They are hard to look after.16. What will the speakers do next?A. Have a talk with Robert. B. Buy a snake as a pet. C. Go to the market.听第 10 段材料，答复第 17 至 20 题。17. What is the purp

8、ose of the project?A. To help students prepare for the real life. B. To teach students to write application letters.C. To let students know about some typical jobs.18. What is the headmaster expected to do?A. Recommend jobs to students. B. Ask the teacher to explain the project.C. Announce the news

9、of the project clearly.19. Who will help students to write application letters?A. A teacher. B. The headmaster. C. A member of the committee.20. What is the last step of doing the project?A. Gather students opinions. B. Make a list of suitable jobs.C. Ask students to take on responsibility.第二局部 阅读理解

10、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，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个洗项中选出最正确选项。ASome people described the civil rights era, in the 1950s and 1960s as “the greatest singing movement in American history. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called music “the soul of the movement.Integrating singing into the cause was a del

11、iberate choice by the movements organizers. It took advantage of a rich cultural tradition of music-making in communities with African American roots. Singing spirituals ( 圣歌) together was a key motivating activity during meetings, church services, sit-ins and freedom rides. Singing together made pe

12、ople feel strong. Singing inspired activists to stand up to the verbal ( 言语的) and physical assaults, to the police dogs, and to the high-pressure fire hoses aimed at them. Singing spirituals united people and focused them on their goals-freedom and equality.The movements songs were mostly updated tr

13、aditional African American spirituals. “We Shall Overcome is probably its most famous song. Later on, the song, slightly changed to “We Will Overcome, was taught to labor organizers in the 1940s at the Highlander Folk School. By 1952, a recording of the song was released, but the words had been chan

14、ged again to “We Shall Overcome.By the late 1950s, the song was being taught to civil rights activists at the Highlander. Thats where King first heard it. At the end of meetings, everyone would rise, join hands, and sing the song. Today, it has spread around the world and can be heard wherever freed

15、om and justice are threatened.“Free at Last was another popular civil rights song. Like “We Shall Overcome, it inspired singers to continue with a difficult struggle. It sings of the dream and promise of freedom, urging everyone to join hands and to not give up hope. King ended his famous “I Have a

16、Dream speech at the March on Washington by quoting a line from it: “Free at last, free at last! “Taking a cue from the strengths of older African American traditions, music expressed the soul of the civil rights movement. Songs and singing proved essential nonviolent weapons in the struggle for free

17、dom.21. The second paragraph is mainly about .A. what the goals of the civil rights movement wereB. on what occasions African Americans sang togetherC. why organizers employed singing in the civil rights movementD. how African Americans started the tradition of singing together22. What does the unde

18、rlined word “assaults probably mean in Paragraph 2?A. Violent attacks. B. Severe problems. C. Serious disabilities. D. Potential dangers.23. What might be the best title for the passage?A. King-hero of the civil rights movement B. Music-soul of the civil rights movementC. Freedom-dream of African Am

19、ericans D. Singing-language to unite AmericansBA Universal Greeting: Shaking HandsA handshake seems to be a normal gesture. In fact, in the 9th century BC, an ancient site during the ruling of Shalmaneser III clearly shows two figures holding hands. The Iliad, usually dated to the 8th century BC, me

20、ntions that two characters “taking each others hands and expressing their loyalty, Centuries later, Shakespeare once wrote of two characters who shook hands and swore to be brothers in the book As You Like It. Shaking hands seems to be an ancient custom whose roots have disappeared in the sands of t

21、ime.Historians who have studied ancient etiquette 礼仪books note that the modem handshake did not appear until the middle of the 19th century, when it was considered a slightly inappropriate gesture that could only be used between friends. But what if Shakespeare had written about handshaking hundreds

22、 of years earlier?According to author Torbjorn Lundmark in his Tales of Hi and Bye: Greeting and Parting Rituals Around the World, the problem comes in differing definitions of the handshake. The early handshakes mentioned above were part of making deals or peace; King Shalmaneser III referred to a

23、rebellion in which he signed a treaty with the King of Babylon. In the Iliad, Diomedes and Glaucus shook hands when they realized they were guest-friends, and Diomedes declared: Lets not try to kill each other. Shakespeare was similarly referencing settlement of a conflict.The modern handshake as a

24、form of greeting is harder to trace. As a Dutch sociologist Herman Roodenburg the chief authority for the history of handshaking wrote in a chapter of an anthology called A Cultural History of Gesture, “More than in any other field, that of the study of gesture is one in which the historian has to m

25、ake the most of only a few clues.One of the earliest clues he cites is a 16th-century German translation of the French writer Rabelaiss Gargantua and Pantagruel. When one character meets Gargantua, Rabelais writes, “He was greeted by countless hugs and countless good days. But according to Roodenbur

26、g, the 16th-century German translation added references to shaking hands.A popular saying suggests that Clelands statements against bowing were actually a wish to go back to a potentially traditional method of greeting in Europe. As the centuries progressed, handshaking was replaced by more hierarch

27、ical 等级的ways of greeting like bowing. According to Roodenburg, handshaking survived in a few remote places, like in Dutch towns where some would use the gesture to make peace after disagreements. Around the same time, those who valued equality also made use of handshaking. Then, as the Continents hi

28、erarchy was weakened, handshaking became a common practice among people of the same rank, as it is today.24. Why does the author mention Shakespeare in the first two paragraphs?A. To prove that the history of handshaking is hard to find.B. To illustrate that handshaking is a very old custom.C. To sh

29、ow readers that handshaking is common in fiction.D. To explain the value of handshaking in communication.25. What can we learn about handshaking from the passage?A. The origin of handshaking as a form of greeting is easy to trace.B. Citizens usually shake hands to show friendliness in Holland.C. It

30、was used only between friends and to reach an agreement.D. It is a common practice between people of different social positions.26. Which of the following is similar in meaning to anthology in Para. 4?A. the science of mental ability B. a collection of selected literary passagesC. a daily written re

31、cord of experiences D. all the living things of a particular region27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph of the passage?A. The handshake has disappeared in some remote parts of the Netherlands.B. Handshaking has different meanings in different European countries.C. Most Europeans prefer t

32、o shake hands rather than bow.D. Handshakes are now common between people of different positions.CPeople with genetic syndromes(综合症) sometimes havetelltale(泄露秘密的) facial features, but using them to make a quick and cheap diagnosis can be tricky given there are hundreds of possible conditions they ma

33、y have. A new neural network that analyzes photographs of faces can help doctors narrow down the possibilities.Yaron Gurovich at biotechnology firm FDNA in Boston and his team built a neural network to look at the gestalt - or overall impression - of faces and return a list of the 10 genetic syndrom

34、es a person is most likely to have.They trained the neural network, called DeepGestalt, on 17,000 images correctly labelled to match more than 200 geneticsyndromes. The team then asked the AI to identify potential genetic disorders from a further 502 photos of people with such conditions. It include

35、d the correct answer 91 per cent of the time.Gurovich and his team also tested the neural networks ability to distinguish between the different geneticmutations(变异) that can lead to the same syndrome. They used photographs of people with Noonan syndrome, which can result from mutations in any one of

36、 five genes. DeepGestalt correctly identified the genetic source of the physical appearance 64 per cent of the time. Its clearly not perfect, but its still much better than humans are at trying to do this.As the system makes its assessments, the facial regions that were most helpful in the determina

37、tion are highlighted and made available for doctors to view. This helps them to understand the relationships between genetic make-up and physical appearance.The fact that the diagnosis is based on a simple photograph raises questions about privacy. If faces can reveal details about genetics, then em

38、ployers and insurance providers could, in principle, secretly use such techniques to discriminate against people who have a high probability of having certain disorders. However, Gurovich says the tool will only be available for use by clinicians(临床医生). Clinically, this technology can help narrow do

39、wn the search space of diagnosis and then confirm through checking genetic markers. Besides, it could perhaps add means of finding other people with the disease and, in turn, help find new treatments or cures.28. Whats the best title of this text?A. Tricky facial features B. Faces let AI spot geneti

40、c disorders C. Facial features give you away to doctors D. DeepGestalt: a magic cure for genetic syndromes29. What can we know about DeepGestalt?A. It can be trained to correctly label the images of people.B. It can correctly identify geneticmutations 91% of the time.C. It was built to look at faces

41、 and identify genetic disorders.D. It is much better than humans at trying to identify physical appearance.30. Why are certain facial regions highlighted in the assessment process?A. To help confirm the diagnosis.B. To make the system more understandable.C. To help the system quickly recognize peopl

42、e.D. To help identify a condition and make a diagnosis.31. Whats the authors attitude towards the technology?A. Positive. B. Neutral. C. Indifferent. D. Critical.DInequality in the workplace has long been a hot topic but gender economist Roy is actively turning that conversation into action. She fou

43、nded Pipeline Equity, a company that employs artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and drive economic gains through gender equality. The idea was: If we could change decisions that are made in organizations, we could actually make gender equality a reality in our lifetime, rather than the hundred

44、 or so years that we World Economic Forum (WEF) predicts. Roy said. The WEFs predictions were made before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, which Roy called a she-session, because women have lost the majority of jobs during this particular economic downturn. With remote work and with people being at home w

45、ith children, most caregiving and unpaid work falls to women.There has been much talk about such situations being good for gender equality, but Roy warned while working from home could help keep more women in the workforce, it could have a negative impact on female promotions. At this moment, theres

46、 the opportunity to employ AI to ensure we make progress on gender equality, Roy explained. For companies, that is particularly important because in the 2022 Great Recession经济大萧条，companies that put equality at the core of their crisis management strategy actually increased the speed of their recover

47、y.But to close the gender pay gap, we cant start by talking about pay. Pay is the symptom its not the disease. Roy said. Pay is the quantitative数量的value that you place on your talent. But the actual value happens before that in performance and potential. Thats where Pipelines platform steps in. Using natural language processing, Pipelines platform reads through performance reviews and calls out any biased phrases. Theyve found that on average, women are under-valued 4 percent of the tim