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1、创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日田家炳中学田家炳中学 2021-20212021-2021 学年高二英语下学期开学学业检测试题学年高二英语下学期开学学业检测试题 创创 作作历恰面历恰面人人：时长：120 分钟分值：150 分第一局部听力(一共两节，满分是 30 分)第一节(一共 5 小题；每一小题 1.5 分，满分是 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 三个选项里面选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10 秒钟的时间是来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1.What does the man

2、suggest the woman do?A.Close her eyes to relax for a while.B.Make an appointment at once.C.Get a calendar soon.2.What is Tim doing?A.Locking the door.B.Walking a dog.C.Knocking at the door.3.Whats the mans favorite subject?A.English.B.Math.C.Both English and math4.What has the woman been doing?A.Doi

3、ng the garden.B.Working at her office.C.Taking a longshower.5.Where did the woman finally put her desk?日日 期期：二二 零零 二二二二 年年 1 1 月月 1 1 日日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日A.Behind the door.B.Under the big window.C.Under the little windowopposite the door.第二节(一共 15 小题：每一小题 1.5 分，

4、满分是 22.5 分)听下面 5 段对话或者独白。每段对话或者独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选项里面选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或者独白前，你将有时间是阅读各个小题，每一小题5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5 秒钟的答题时间是。每段对话或者独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，答复第6 和第 7 两个小题。6.What does the woman want to do?A.Borrow a map.B.Find the restaurant.C.Visit the campus.7.Why did the woman get lost?A.She wend in th

5、e wrong direction.B.She didnt have a map.C.She couldnt read road signs.听下面一段对话，答复第8 至第 10 个小题。8.How did the woman sound on the phone?A.Rude.B.Happy.C.Peaceful.9.What is the woman waiting for?A.Her coffee.B.A call from her friend.C.The result of aninterview.10.What w 川 the woman do next?A.Wait patien

6、tly.B.Call back.C.Make a decision.创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日听下面一段对话，答复第11 至第 13 三个小题。11.According to the woman,what are summers in Norway like recently?A.Warm.B.Cold.C.Very hot.12.What do most people in Norway do in the summers?A.Stay at home.B.Travel abroad.C.Go to the

7、 coast.13.What does the man think of Norway?A.Interesting.B.Surprising.C.Unpleasant.听下面一段对话，答复第14 至第 17 四个小题。14.Where will the woman go next week?A.The Great Britain.B.The United States.C.Australia.15.What does the woman like most about her job?A.Meeting different people.B.Travelling around the worl

8、d.Q.Experiencing the big news event.16.Who can the woman see in Sydney?A.Her sister.B.Her boyfriend.C.Her classmate.17.How does the woman relax?A.Cook for herself.B.Go for a sail C.Go fishing听下面一段独白，答复第18 至第 20 三个小题。18.What happened to the speaker?A.She transferred to another city.B.She just found a

9、 well-paid job.创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日 C.Her hard work got paid off19.What contribution did the speaker make for the company?A.Increasing the sales.B.Building a branch company.C.Making new products.20.What do we know about the speaker?A.Her co-workers approve her abi

10、lities.B.Her pay rose to$15,000 per year.C.She is in the HR department.第二局部 阅读理解(一共两节，满分是 40 分)第一节一共 15 小题;每一小题 2 分，满分是 30 分阅读下面短文，从每一小题所给的四个选项(A,B,C 和 D)中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AScience on Sundays is anew series of informal,drop-in plant science talks atthe Cambridge University Botanic Garden suitabl

11、e for 12+.27 Mar.A trick(花招)of the light?How flower surfaces attractpollinators(授粉昆虫)Professor Beverley Glover,Director of the CUBG(CambridgeUniversity Botanic.Garden)and Head of Group,Plant Evolution and DevelopmentResearch,Department of Plant Sciences24 Apr.The shapes that feed us:a pleasing journ

12、ey into grass leaf shape DrDevin OConnor,the Leyser Group,Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日29 May Natures geometry(几何学):the interesting world of plant patterns(图案)Dr Siobhan Braybrook,Plant Growth Mechanics Group,Sainsbury LaboratoryCam

13、bridge University26 Jun.A birds-eye view of the natural world:learning about forests fromaircraft Dr David Coomes,Head of Group,Forest Ecology and Conservation,Departmentof Plant Sciences24 Jul.Extreme green:plant adaptations(适应)to the worlds most difficultenvironmentsDr Sam Brockington,Head of Grou

14、p,Molecular Systematics&Evolution,Departmentof Plant SciencesScience on Sunday talks last 30 minutes and are free(as long as you have paidto get into the Garden);there is no need to book;just drop in to the Classroomat the Brookside Gate at 11 am(each talk repeated at 2 pm).21.Who is the director of

15、 the Cambridge University Botanic Garden?A.Devin OConnor.Braybrook.22.What is the talk about in April?A.Tricky light.adaptations.23.Where is the text probably taken from?A.A monthly review.notice.B.A science report.C.A gardening guide.D.A localB.Leaf shape.C.Plant patterns.D.PlantB.Beverley Glover.C

16、.David Coomes.D.Siobhan创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日BThe search engine Google celebrated on Thursday the 110th birthday of the firstNative American woman engineer.Google honored Mary Ross with a special Google Doodleon its homepage.Ross was born on August 9，1908，in the sta

17、te of Oklahoma.She was thegreat-granddaughter of John Ross，the longestserving chief of the CherokeeNation.Her work is considered important to the early stages of the age of spacetravel.Ross showed special abilities in math and science from an early age.As a student，she developed an interest in aviat

18、ion，or the practice of flying aircraft.She wenton to earn a master s degree in mathematics from ColoradoState Teachers College，now called the University of Northern Colorado.During World War II，Ross began working for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporationas a mathematician.She earned a special certificat

19、ion in the field from theUniversity of California in1949.Ross was later chosen to join Lockheedstopsecret Skunk Works team that worked on aircraft designs.The name refers to agroup that is permitted to work independently on advanced projects.She was the onlyfemale engineer among the teams 40 members

20、.Early on，she researched defense systems.By the late 1950s，her work centeredon satellites and a series of space rockets called Agenda.The rockets were extremelyimportant in the 1960s during the Apollo moon program.Ross also helped develop early design ideas for space travel between planets，创 作人：历恰面日

21、 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日including flyby space flights to study Venus and Mars.Ross retired from Lockheedin 1973.But she continued to give talks at high schools and colleges to encouragemore women and Native Americans to study engineering.She died in 2021，a few monthsbefore her

22、 100th birthday.Many celebrated Rosslife on social media.Twitter user Aaron Perez，forexample，wrote:“Mary Ross was an engineer who pioneered in the field of satellites.Inever would have known if it wasn t for the doodle.Women engineers deserve morerecognition.24.Why did Google celebrate Mary Ross110t

23、h birthday?A.She invented a new flying aircraft.B.She had been a great designer ever.C.She contributed a lot to space travel.D.She got a masters degree in mathematics.25.What did Mary Ross do in the middle of20th century?A.She worked on Agenda.B.She gave talks at high schools.C.She helped women stud

24、y engineering.D.She planned the Apollo moon program.26.Which of the following can best describe Mary Ross?A.Caring and cautious.C.Generous and patient.B.Talented and creative.D.Courageous and optimistic.27.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年

25、1 月 1 日A.Social media is very popular in the world.B.Every Twitter user thinks highly of Mary Ross.C.More attention should be paid to women engineers.D.Man has made greater progress in space technology.CEvery country has certain cultural patterns making it unique.Of course,habitsand customs between

26、cultures and countries tend to overlap(重叠).The popularityof social media,for instance,ignores borders and breaks down cultural differences.Technology has made the world a much smaller and culturally similar place.However,when looking at a foreign country,we will always find differences between ourtr

27、aditions and theirs.Young Italians and young Americans,for example,though alikein many respects,have also some pronounced differences,especially when it comesto work,pastimes and sports.Most American teens have part-time jobs through high school and college.Youthsin Italy tend not to.The reasons beh

28、ind this are multifaceted.It is,to begin with,rather hard in Italy to find the type of part-time jobs students usually take up.Moreover,there is also a different cultural attitude to take into consideration,especially when thinking of certain parts of Italy.Young Italians like to enjoylife to theful

29、l and feel there will be time to work once they become adults,hencethe lack of interest in finding odd jobs while still in school.Like the old sayinggoes,some Italians work to Live,while some Americans often live to work.In a lot of ways,young Italians and Americans spend their free time in a simila

30、r创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日fashion.Listening to music,watching movies,hanging out,practicing sports andsurfing the Internet are all common ways to pass some free time.Italians,especially,make a point of going out and being social,often choosing between pizzeria orbirrer

31、ie(place for pizza or beer),which stay open late.Italians often pile intoa couple of cars and go out in a big group.In general,American teens participatein a lot of extracurricular(课外的)activities,many often through school,whileItalians may not take part in so many.When going out,Italian teens tend t

32、o meet and gather on the streets of theircities or towns,something not as common in the United States,especially in highlypopulated areas.This very Italian habit can be linked to the urban arrangement ofItalian towns.Many of them date back thousands of years and feature central piazzas()and areas bu

33、ilt around historical sites that have now become gathering places forthe young.If youre in Italy,dont be surprised by the sight of hundreds gatheredin a piazza or on the street,laughing and drinking the night away.28.The passage is mainly about _.A.the unique lifestyles shared by American and Italia

34、n teensB.the relationship between young people of America and ItalyC.some customs and habits of the Americans and ItaliansD.some differences in tradition between young Americans and Italians29.By saying“some Italians work to live,while some Americans often live to work,the author most probably wants

35、 to tell us that _.A.Italians have a better life attitude toward working创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日B.Americans are more diligent and thus live a better lifeC.Americans and Italians both find it hard to locate a satisfying jobD.Italians and Americans have different choice

36、s regarding work30.According to paragraph 3,which of the following statements is true?A.American teens practice sports and surf the Internet to pass time.B.Italian youth take an active part in extracurricular activities.C.American teens like to drive out and social together in big groups.D.Italian y

37、outh enjoy pizza and beer because they are cheap.31.If there is one more paragraph in this passage,what will it most probably beabout?A.The working conditions of the young Americans and Italians.B.The differences in practicing sports between teens of the two nations.C.The central piazzas and areas b

38、uilt around historical sites in Italy.D.The urban arrangement of the highly populated American cities.DLet us all raise a glass to AlphaGo and the advance of artificial intelligence.AlphaGo，DeepMinds Go-playing AI，just defeated the best Go-playing human，Lee Sedol.But as we drink to its success.we sh

39、ould also begin trying to understand what itmeans for the future.The number of possible moves in a game of Go is so huge that.in order to winagainst a player like Lee.AlphaGo was designed to adopt a humanlike style of创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日gameplay by using a relativ

40、ely recent development-deep learning.Deep learning useslarge data sets，“machine learningalgorithms计算程序 and deep neural networksto teach the AI how to perform a particular set of tasks.Rather than programmingcomplex Go rules and strategies into AlphaGo，DeepMind designers taught AlphaGo toplay the gam

41、e by feeding it data based on typical Go moves.Then，AlphaGo playedagainst itself,tirelessly learning from its own mistakes and improving its gameplayover time.The results speak for themselves.Deep learning represents a shift in the relationship humans have with theirtechnological creations It result

42、s in AI that displays surprising and unpredictable.behaviour.Commenting after his first loss，Lee described being shocked by anunconventional move he claimed no human would ever have made.Demis Hassabis.oneof DeepMinds founders，echoed this comment：“Were very pleased that AlphaGo playedsome quite surp

43、rising and beautiful moves.Unpredictability and surprises areor can bea good thing.They can indicatethat a system is working well，perhaps better than the humans that came before it.Such is the case with AlphaGo.However，unpredictability also indicates a loss ofhuman control.That Hassabis is surprised

44、 at his creations behaviour suggests alack of controlin the design.And though some loss of control might befine in thecontext of a game such as Go，it raises urgent questions elsewhere.How much and what kind of control should we give up to AI machines?How shouldwe design appropriate human control int

45、o AI that requires us to give up some of thatvery control?Is there someAI that we should just not develop if it means any loss创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日of human control?How much of a say should corporations，governments，experts orcitizens have in these matters?These impo

46、rtant questions,and many others like them，have emerged in response，but remain unanswered.They require human，not human-like，solutions.So as we drink to the milestone in AI,lets also drink to the understandingthat the time to answer deeply human questions about deep learning and AI is now.32.What cont

47、ributes most to the unconventional move of AlphaGo in the game?A The capability of self-improvement.B.The constant input of large data sets.C.The installation of deep neutral networks.D.The knowledge of Go rules and strategies.33.A potential danger of Al is _.A.the loss of human controlC.the fierce

48、competitionB.the friendly relationshipD.the lack of challenge34.How should we deal with the unpredictability of AI?A.We should stop AI machines from developing even further.B.We should call on the government to solve these problems for us.C.We should rely on ourselves and come up with effective solu

49、tions.D.We should invent even more intelligent machines to solve everything.35.Whats the authors attitude towards this remarkable advance in AI?A.Supportive.C.Doubtful.B.Optimistic.D.Cautious.创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日第二节(一共 5 小题;每一小题 2 分，满分是 10 分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项里面选出能填入空

50、白处的最正确选项。选项里面有两项为多余选项。Both men and women are living longer these days in industrialized countries.36 In general,they can expect to live six or seven years more than men.Onereason for this is biological.One important biological factor that helps women live longer is the differencein hormones between