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1、2022-2023学 年 山 东 省 临 沂 市 沂 水 县 高 二（上）期 中 英 语 试 卷 AFour winter wonderlands for cold-weather getaways JW Marriott The Rosseau MuskokaBeat any holiday stress with the new HydroSpa opening at Muskokas JW Marriott on Nov.1.The outdoor water entertainment will be open year-round,offering multiple ways to

2、relaxin-cluding sea-salt floating pools and hot bathtubs.Stays from$349/night Old Stone Inn Boutique HotelThis historic inn in Niagara Falls offers multiple ways to relax.Theres Winterfest,meals enjoyed indining domes(穹 顶)housed in the inns private square,and the Alpine Club offer-ing roasted nutsan

3、d wine around a fire pit.The property will host its annual holiday market on Nov.26.Stays from$249/night Dromoland CastleIf youre going to go big-and further away-for New Years,you may as well go black tie.This grandestate in western Ireland is offering a three-night celebration package,beginning ei

4、ther Dec.30 or3 l.The event on New Years Eve includes a cocktail reception and six-course dinner.Guests will haveaccess to various activities on the propertys 450 acres including hun-ting and farming.Stays from$2,051/night St.Regis AspenAlong with access to many ski options,the hoteFs guests can exp

5、ect family-friendly fun during theweek leading up to Dec.25.Santas Workshop is a craft room where attendees can make everythingfrom toys to gifts by hand.Additional sessions cover winter cooking and house decorating.Stays from US$899/night(1)How often is the holiday market open in Old Stone Inn Bout

6、ique Hotel?A.Daily.B.Weekly.C.Monthly.D.Yearly.2.What activities can you enjoy if you stay at St.Regis Aspen?A.DIY.B.Floating.C.Skating.D.Hunting.3.Which may offer life experience in the countryside?A.St.Regis Aspen.B.Old Stone Inn Boutique Hotel.C.Dromoland Castle.D.JW Marriott The Rosseau Muskoka.

7、BEven when we depend on technology for help but then,so did Thoreau at Walden Pond.Walking in the same woods yesterday,I let myself wander at random,communing with nature.I took in beautiful scenery near and far thanks to my progressive-lens eyeglasses.Occasionally Fd pull outmy smartphone to take p

8、ictures on anything interesting.!recorded an inner monologue（独 白）with abackground of all sounds of the forest.At times,I consulted my smart watch to check on my heartbeat,mileage and calorie burn.Eventually I realized I was quite lost.Not a problem of course.Online maps cameto my rescue.But somethin

9、g bothered me.In what Id intended as a nature experience,here I was using very hightechnology to help myself out.This insight set off a reconsideration of everything that happened duringmy nature walk,which had been technologically enhanced every step of the way.Fd been functioning asa man-machine c

10、ombination：a cyborg.What would the true naturalist Thoreau think of that?My first thought was that hed be shocked.But laterI did some research.Thoreau enjoyed what his spyglass discovered,like this eagle from his journal：Lying on the ground with my glass,I could watch him very easily,till I almost l

11、ost him in the cloudsIthink I have got the worth of my glass now that it has revealed to me the white-headed eagle.Famously,Thoreau always set out equipped with a walking stick,which he used not only for support butalso to take measurements of water and snow levels.His hat was also a tool,which he c

12、alledhisbotany-box.n And he was prepared even with needles and thread,so when coming out of the woods,he wasHthe best dressed.n Clearly,Thoreau was a bit of a cyborg himself.Thinking more deeply,I realized weve come a long way from our hunter-gatherer ancestors,who walkedfrom necessity and relied on

13、 natures gift.Cyborgs are us.4.What does the underlined part communing with natureprobably mean in paragraph 1?A.Enjoying the nature in a quiet peaceful way.B.Searching for wild animals and birds.C.Wandering in nature with high-tech equipment.D.Singing and dancing happily in nature.5.What is the pur

14、pose of the text?A.To recommend Thoreau*s book Walden Pond.B.To argue that humans have developed into cyborgs.C.To share the reflections on mans reliance on nature.D.To question whether people are technology-dependent.6.Which picture best illustrates a cyborg in the authors eye?7.Why does the author

15、 quote Thoreaus journal?A.To prove that even naturalists use technology.B.To introduce a literary work on nature.C.To describe the natural beauty Thoreau enjoyed.D.To explain how to prepare for a nature walk.cBeing highly connected to a strong social network has its benefits.Now a new study is showi

16、ng the samegoes for trees,thanks to their underground neighbors.The study is the first to show that the growth of adulttrees is linked to their participation in fungal（真 菌）networks living in the forest soil.Though pastresearch has focused on young trees,these findings give new insight into the impor

17、tance of fungalnetworks to older trees-which are more environmentally beneficial for functions like capturing carbon.Large trees make up the main part of the forest,so they drive what the forest is doing,said researcherJoseph Birch,who led the study.When they live in the forest soil,fungal net-works

18、 act as a sort of highway,allowing water,nutrients and compounds to flow back and forth among the trees.The network also helpsnutrients flow to resource-limited trees like family units that support one another in times of stress.Cores（核 心）taken from 350 Douglas firs（花 旗 松）showed that annual tree rin

19、g growth was relatedto the extent of fungal connections a tree had with other trees.They had much higher growth than that hadonly a few connections.The research also showed that trees with more connections to many unique fungihad much greater growth than those with only one or two connections.If you

20、 have this network that ishelping trees grow faster,that helps capture more carbon year after year.These networks may help treesgrow more steadily even as conditions be-come more stressful,and could even help protect them againstdeath.said Birch.Birch hopes his findings lead to further studies in di

21、fferent kinds of forests in other geo-graphical areas,because it*s likely that the connections among trees change from year to year.He said,Knowing whether fungal networks are operating the same way in other tree species could informhow we reforest areas after harvesting them,and inform how we plant

22、 trees to pre-serve these networks.8.In what way do the new findings differ from the previous ones?A.They demonstrate a new way to capture carbon.B.They confirm the benefits of fungal networks.C.They clarify misunderstandings of fungal networks.D.They reveal the value of fungal networks to adult tre

23、es.9.How do fungal networks help trees?A.By fighting against diseases.B.By bettering forest soil conditions.C.By acting as the center of family units.D.By maintaining the balance of resources.10.What does the underlined word,those,refer to in Paragraph 3?A.Tree rings.B.Cores from firs.C.Douglas firs

24、.D.Fungal networks.11.What can be inferred from Joseph Birch*s words in the last paragraph?A.The fungal networks support one another in times of stress.B.The fungal networks enable us to know more about reforestation.C.The findings can apply to different kinds of forests in other geographical areas.

25、D.The networks will help trees grow steadily if conditions become more stressful.DWhen it comes to work,workers,and jobs,much of the concern of the modern age boils down to the fearthat were witnessing the final stage of the game,and that there will be nowhere for humans to withdraw（撤 退）as machines

26、take over the last few tasks.The most recent example comes from the use ofartificial intelligence（A I）.Is there no area of human experience that cant be replaced by AI?And if not,what is left for humans to do except the tasks involved in taking care of the machines?At the heart of this concern is ou

27、r desire for good jobs-jobs that make the most of workers,natural abilitiesand where the work provides the worker with motivation and work-life balance.More importantly,goodjobs support workers in learning by doing-and,in so doing,deliver benefits on three levels：to the worker,who gains in personal

28、development and job satisfaction；to the organization,which improves asemployees find new problems to solve and opportunities to pursue；and to the community as a whole,which harvests the economic benefits of hosting positive organizations and workers.This is what makesgood jobs productive for the org

29、anization,as well as engaging and fulfilling for the worker.Does the ongoing advance of AI threaten to get rid of all the learning,creativity，and meaning that makea job a good job?Certainly,some have blamed technology for just such a result.Headlines today oftenexpress concern over technological inn

30、ovation（革 新）resulting in bad jobs for humans,or even thecomplete disappearance of certain professions.Some fear that further technology advancement in theworkplace will result in jobs where employees are being asked to work in split times or for longer periodsover more days.The problem here isnt the

31、 technology；rather,its the way the technology is used-and,more than that,the way people think about using it.12.What is the passage mainly about?A.How to take care of the AI machines.B.The relations among work,workers,and jobs.C.The human*s fears in the age of AI.D.Human experiences were replaced by

32、 AI.13.What jobs are supposed to be good according to the passage?A.Those that mainly have the economic benefits.B.The ones that offer chances to progress professionally.C.Those that make full use of workers motivation.D.The ones that dont bring new problems to workers.14.How do news media respond t

33、o the development of AI?A.Negative.B.Supportive.C.Objective.D.Indifferent.15.What will the author probably talk about next?A.The future jobs humans will do.B.The possible application of AI in the future.C.The ways that humans do jobs.D.The proper attitude towards AI.Workplace communication skills ca

34、n either help your career,or they can stop it dead in its tracks.Forleaders,effective communication can motivate teams,(1)For independent contributors,communicationskills can earn opportunities that get them closer to their goals一 or they can affect promotions and limitcareer growth.We may know comm

35、unication is important,but employees at all levels make ongoing mistakes that maketheir work lives harder.(2)Start with your attitudeWords are only a piece of the communication puzzle.If your body language is poor,or you avoid eyecontact,your coworkers may assume youre not very interested in speakin

36、g to them.(3)To communicate more effectively at work,your first action item is checking your attitude.Are you fullypresent during every interaction(4)Approaching every conversation with openness and your undivided attention enhances the quality ofworkplace communication.Show,dont always tell(5)The n

37、ext time you*re considering sending out a list of detailed instructions,consider showing yourteam how to complete the task by doing it in front of them first.Visuals like images and video not only enhance and speed comprehension,they can also add levity andhumor to workplace communication.Use short

38、video clips and screenshots to ex-plain complex tasks andproblemsand the occasional meme to make everyone laugh.A.Here are 2 ways to communicate more effectively at work.B.while poor communication can push good employees out the door.C.If a pictures worth a thousand words,a demo may be worth a milli

39、on.D.and make things like taking polls during team meetings a regular practice.E.Misunderstandings at work are usually the byproduct of communication breakdowns.F.or do you allow other priorities to get in the way of connecting with people in real-time?G.The same goes for paying more attention to yo

40、ur laptop or phone than the conversation at hand.16.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.EF.F G.G17.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.EF.F G.G18.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.EF.F G.G19.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.EF.F G.G20.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.EF.F G.GMany animals move from one place to another at certain times of the year.This(21)movement is calledmigrati

41、on(迁 徙).They migrate to(22)food,or in search of warmer weather.One of the most wonderfulmigrations in nature is that of the North American monarch butterfly.Every(23),millions of these beautiful insects with fine black and orange wings begin a longand(24)journey.Somehow they manage to(25)around 4,00

42、0 kilometres(26)and find their way toCalifornia or Mexico.(27),until recently no one knew how they did this.A team of scientists led by Professor Eli Shlizerman at the University of Washington has now foundthe(28).Thev have found out that the monarch is able to(29)the time of day.It uses its eyes to

43、 measurethe(30)of the sun.These two pieces of information allow the(31)to determine the way to go.(32),itmanages to reach where it will spend the winter.The solution to the mystery of the monarchs amazing ability comes at a time when it is in serioustrouble.Its(33)has crashed by as much as 90 per ce

44、nt in the last few years.(34),human activity is the mainreason why the number of monarch butterflies is falling.The research on the monarchs35Jhas howeverled to a greater awareness of this creature.21.A.annual B.monthly C.daily D.unusual22.A.buy B.find C.send D.drop23.A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.wi

45、nter24.A.easy B.disappointing C.exciting D.difficult25.A.travel B.run C.drive D.crawl26.A.north B.south C.east D.west27.A.Soon B.Therefore C.However D.Besides28.A.habitat B.problem C.way D.answer29.A.adapt B.adjust C.tell D.memorize30.A.size B.position C.heat D.color31.A.scientist B.professor C.flig

46、ht D.butterfly32.A.Eventually B.Immediately C.Frequently D.Obviously33.A.consumption B.income C.population D.output34.A.Hopefully B.Sadly C.Usually D.Gradually35.A.eyes B.wings C.determination D.behaviour36.Legend has that tofu was discovered by a health-conscious Chinese prince named Liu Anmore tha

47、n 2,000 years ago when he was making an elixir(丹 药).He realized that soy milk left incertain conditions coagulated(凝 固)and developed a pudding-like substance and that was thebeginning of tofu.Its(universal)believed that Buddhist monks visiting China brought tofu back to neighbouringcountries like Ja

48、pan.(3)East Asia has been eating tofu for more than 1,000 years,it took a lot longer for it to catch onglobally.Benjamin Franklin,one of the United States founding fathers,wrote a letter(4)some soybeans attached while he was in London,praising it as a Chinese cheese,in 177O.The letter was oneof the

49、earliest documents on record(5)mentioned tofu in the West.Li Shizeng,(6)enthusiast for tofu,is often credited with making tofu a more widely accepted food outside of Asia.Its said that he wasfirst sent by the Chinese government to attend a French military school.He ended up(study)atthe agricultural

50、school in Montargis and were(8)(passion)about promoting tofu in France.Nowadays,tofu(9)(serve)in a modern way.In many fine dining restaurants,the tasting menuis designed around its textures.The dishes and ingredients change according to the seasons.Forexample,in one of the restaurants,the current me