2022-2023学年北京市东城区高二（下）期末英语试题卷（word文字版）.docx

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1、东城区2022-2023学年度第二学期期末统一检测高二英语2023.7本试卷共10页，共100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答 无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分知识运用（共三节，40分）第一节（共10小题;每小题1.5分，共15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。Jeremy Locke, who owns a roofing and construction company, had always been wanting to the roof of Jeanette

2、MacDonalds home. Whenever he drove past the womans home, he _2_ that another group of repairmen had taken on the job. But as weeks wore on, the roof continued to worsen without any _3_ of repair.“I had it in my mind that if no one steps up to help this lady in our community, Id love tojsaid Locke to

3、 his wife.When Locke finally _4 MacDonald about fixing her roof for free, however, she politely turned him down because she did not like to accept _5 . She told Locke/I applied for a government grant（补助金）to fix the roof and Fil be more than happy to 6 youoncethegrantapplicationwasapproved,7 , the ap

4、proval never came.So Locke changed tactics（策略）.The sympathetic construction worker played a/an _8 trick to make her accept his help. He invited MacDonald to enter a raffle（抽奖）that his business was holding for a free roof. After MacDonald got one of the raffle tickets, Locke told her that she was the

5、 9 . Not until the new roof was finished did MacDonald know that she was the only one who had entered the raffle.10 to Locke, sayingMacDonald said that she didnt know how to express herthathewasherguardiananger,.1. A. design2. A. announced3. A. signs4. A. went along5. A. charity6. A. awardB. repairB

6、. acknowledgedB. hopewith B. k叩t track ofB. apologiesB. thankC. decorateC. assumedC. meansC. looked out forC. adviceC. traceD. constructD. appreciatedD. needD. reached out toD. invitationsD. hire39. What doesC6electronic wasterefer to?40. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?41. Decide which part of the

7、 following statement is wrong. Underline it and explain why.In order to reduce e-waste, people had better keep old devices that arent used anymore or drop them off in special collection boxes.42. Apart from the ways mentioned in the passage, please share your way(s) to reduce e-waste. (About 40 word

8、s)第二节(20分)假设你是红星中学高二学生李华，你们学校近期将要举办“健康美食日”活动。你的英国朋友 Jim正在北京一所国际学校学习，请你用英文给他写一封电子邮件，邀请他参加该活动，内容包 括：1、活动简介(时间、地点、主题、内容等)；2、邀请理由。注意:1.词数100左右;2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。提示词:健康美食日Healthy Food DayDear Jim,Yours,Li Hua7. A. Unknowingly8. A. unpleasant9. A. joiner10. A. gratitude弟一下B. NaturallyB. innocentB. ownerB.

9、 generosityC. UnfortunatelyC. meanC. helperC. sympathyD. GraduallyD. cheapD. winnerD. blessing（共10小题;每小题1.5分，共15分）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提 示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题卡指定区域作答。AIn 2013, a lot of people were shocked by a news photo of a dead polar bear that 11 (find) on Norways Arctic is

10、land of Svalbard, far from its habitat. All that remained of the poor bear were “skin and bones”. Experts claimed that low sea ice levels 12 (cause) by climate change meant the bear could not hunt seals as before, so it had to travel greater distances in order to find food. This 13 (alarm) case show

11、ed how the increase in temperature had an impact on Earths ecology.BDean Schneider leaves his life in Switzerland behind and goes to Africa 14 (pursue) his passion and make the world a better place. He was always fascinated by the animal world since he was a child. That is 15 he decided to form a cl

12、ub to help lions born in captivity(圈养). The name of the club is Hakuna Mipaka”a Swahili expression meaningno limits”. Itdevelops from five core values that Dean tries hard to follow: 16 (free), loyalty, appreciation, brotherhood, and boldness.CConstruction of theTower of Pisabeganin 117317 Pisa was

13、a center of powerandwealth. But work wasstopped severaltimesbecauseof wars. The eight-story tower wasnotcompleted until the late 1200s. The tower itself is made of marble(大理石)and 18 (weigh) 16,000 tons. However,the leaning ofthe tower wasnot for its weights 19 for thesoilunderneath. The groundis 20

14、(soft )on oneside thanon the other. The south side has sunk 6.1 feet below ground level in the past centuries. The north side has sunk 12.3 feet!高二英语 第2页(共10页)第三节（共4小题;每小题2.5分洪10分）根据中文意思和括号内所给的提示词，翻译下面句子。请在答题卡指定区域作答。21 .在美国最受欢迎的中国菜是“左宗棠鸡”，它在油炸的鸡肉上淋上甜酱，再佐以煽炒过的红辣椒 制成。（consist of）Americas most popular

15、Chinese dish is General Taos chicken, fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavoured with hot red peppers.22 .警察问登山者为什么在遇到危险时他们延迟发出求救信息。（delay, send）The policeman asked the climbers SOS messages when in danger.23 .这些图片是水墨动画电影的代表。你看过这些电影吗？ （representative）These pictures ink wash animation films. H

16、ave you seen any of them before?24 .防止网络游戏控制青少年的生活至关重要。（prevent）It is essential from dominating a teenagefs life.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，28分）第一节（共9小题；每小题2分，共18分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该 项涂黑。AHave you ever fantasized about how easy life would be with a personal assistant taking care of all the

17、little details? Nowadays, you can get lots of the advantages of an AI assistant right on your phone or computer. Using any of these apps will help you improve your efficiency and productivity with a single clickwhether you are at work or at college, or anything else inbetween. So go forth and downlo

18、ad the best AI assistants:O Utter. AIIf youve been looking for a better companion to help you with taking notes during meetings or lectures, Utter. AI is the right one. Utter. AI is an intelligent- diet ation app which not only takes notes and records the audio but also transcribes the text and has

19、a highlight summary. The app offers up to 600 minutes for free and has an Utter Pro subscription for $8.33/month.NoundNound is the perfect voice assistant researching tool you need. It doesnt just allow you to search for the nearest subway, or what the weather will be like, witha further question or

20、 two you can get more in-depth results. Some reviews claim its the fastest and most intelligent app of its kind. Nound is a free app, but for $6.99 you can eliminate（清除）in-app ads and use some extra features.StayFocusdStayFocusd is a free browser extension that improves your productivity by blocking

21、 those distracting websites that stop you from working or studying. It gives you total control with the ability to block websites either by time and date, or by time limit. StayFocusd is a free Chrome extension.OEasilyDoEasilyDo offers personal assistant services focused on communications. With just

22、 a few clicks you can customize your email notifications, back up important messages, organize your contacts, have junk and expired emails automatically deleted, and collect attachments and receipts into one, fast-access location.OTime. AIBefore you can improve your productivity habits, you need to

23、know where youre spending your time. Time. AI does exactly that. It records how much time youre spending on the different apps and websites.Once it has a full report it will show you your statistics and tell you when youve been productive and when you havent. With the report, you can set daily “Focu

24、s Work“ goals and it will keep track of it to make sure youre doing the work you want to do. Time. AI gives you a 30-day free trial and will give you a special price depending on your unique needs.25 . Which of the following can offer help to locate an ideal hotel?A. Utter. ALB. Nound.C. StayFocusd.

25、D. EasilyDo.26/Time. AIis to help you .A. take notesB. understand your needsC. keep focusedD. detail your daily routine27. The passage is written to .A. emphasize the importance of AI assistantsB. recommend some Al-powered appsC. offer advice to personal assistantsD. explain the way apps workIn the

26、middle of San Franciscos Golden Gate Park, Amanda Barrows carefully placed a wooden nightstand（床头柜）on the ground. She attached a sign reading,“Take a poem9 leave a poem.”“Its completely unexpected/9 said Barrows, a park ranger（管理员）by day and a poet by night. Im really taken ab ack by the outpouring

27、of support.Barrows has always considered herself a writer, so she enrolled in a class called Poetry for the People. The final project of the class is to find a way tobring poetry into the community”.At first, Barrows struggled to land on an idea. Eventually, she realized that she could fuse her love

28、 for parks and her love for poetry. A coworker gave Barrows a weathered nightstand. She thought it would be the perfect tool for her project.She filled the drawer at the top with fresh paper and pens and added a box at the bottom for poems. To get the ball rolling, she asked her close friends to add

29、 their favorite poems to the drawer for people to take away.The poetry nightstand reminded her of Little Free Libraries. That project features bookstands stationed across the city. People can leave and take books from little libraries. She only had a single nightstand to work with, so Barrows decide

30、d that she would leave it in a park for four days before moving it to a new location. San Franciscos Recreation and Park Department manages about 220 parks, and Barrows goal is to bring the poetry nightstand to all of them.Since the project started, people have added a wide range of writing. Barrows

31、 shares most ofcomposed by kids, while others are morethe submissions on social media. Some are clearly“I love to see different peoplesrefined. People have also written poems in various languages.handwriting and share their personal wordsBarrows said.The instructors of Poetry for the Peopleproject.

32、Other students in the class wrotesaid the nightstand fulfilled the main purpose of the poetry on sidewalks with chalk. Another gave outpoems disguised as parking tickets. Tanea Lunsford Lynx, a guest instructor for the class, says the project is“an invitation to slow down”. She believes that the old

33、-fashioned nightstand stands out in a city that is filled with new technology.高二英语第5页（共10页）Barrows says she intends to “keep this going indefinitely/5 and she hopes others will build off the project and contribute their own creativity/lt really is a community projectBarrows said. “It belongs to all

34、of us.”28. Why did Barrows put the nightstand in the park?A. To share poetry submissions. B. To follow Little Free Libraries.C. To advertise a poetry class. D. To complete a required task.29. What does the underlined wordfusein Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Combine. B. Reveal. C. Strengthen. D. Clari

35、fy.30. What do we know about Barrows project?A. It has involved 220 parks.B. It is popular on social media.C. It improves peoples handwriting. D. It makes poetry reach more people.COverly technical language in science articles doesnt just muddy the waters for non-experts一 it can alienate readers, po

36、tentially shutting them out from scientific discussion and knowledge. Thats the conclusion of a study published in the Journal of Language and Social Psychology, and it applies to general-interest articles just as much as to scientific papers.“When we have a hard time conceptualizing information, we

37、 become really scared of itjsays lead author Hillary Shulman, a communication researcher. Scientists can create unnecessary barriers with words, she says. The study involved 650 members of the general public who read paragraphs on three cutting-edge topics: self-driving cars, robotic surgery and 3D

38、bio-printing. The members are divided into two groups: for the experimental group, the paragraphs were loaded with jargo n terms （彳亍业术语），such as remote ergonomic console； for the control group, the paragraphs were written with words that are familiar to most readers, such asseparate control panel”.A

39、fter reading the passages, the study participants rated their experience in a series of questionnaires. Those who read jargon-filled paragraphs weremorelikelyto say that theyhaddifficulty understanding the language and the information. They were also significantly more likely to say that they werent

40、 good at science, and less likelyto saythatthey would seekoutinformation on the topic in the future. Some of the participants whoreadthe jargon- heavytextreceived links to definitions of technical terms, but that didntreducetheirfrustrations or enhancetheir feelings of understanding.Scientists can l

41、earn to cut back on their use of technical language when talking to people who are not researchers, says Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, a science-communication researcher. She co-authored a January study showing that scientists with media training can write articles that are just as engaging as pieces writte

42、n by professional journalists. Avoiding jargo n is a fundamental part of that, but its not the whole story,“ she says. To really connect with the public, she recommends that scientists tell a story thats relevant to the audience. Members of the public arent the only ones who can be turned off by jar

43、gon, Shulm an says. Students can be, too. I teach a class with 400 undergradsshe says. When youre training people, you can introduce jargo n with a little more sensitivity. You*re trying to invite them into the environment.”Of course, technical words still have an important function in science. Shul

44、mans paper is itself heavily loaded with terms such as“metacognition andselschema”.“The irony of that is not lost on me,“she says. When it comes to scientific literature, you cant get anything published unless its full of jargon. Scientists want to speak to other scientists in the most precise way p

45、ossible.”31. In the study, participants in the experimental group probably find themselves .A. lacking in elementary reading skillsB. uninterested in reading definitions of jargonC. incompetent to deal with complex informationD. not confident about grasping new science topics32. According to Baram-T

46、sabari, scientists had better .A. publicize science in a more accessible wayB. receive the training for professional journalistsC. limit jargon in communication with each otherD. conduct extensive research related to the public33. What does Shulman think of using jargon in her paper?A. Disadvantageo

47、us.B. Shameful.C. Unavoidable.D. Tricky.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂 黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。Do you feel like you can rememberthingsbetterwhenyouactively engage with theinformation and create your own version ofit? 34Thisphenomenonhas important implicationswhen it comes to und

48、erstanding how people learn.Tests on the generation effect show thatwhen users encountera list of words presented in theform of fragments（片段），they will engageseveralareasof thebrainto create words to fill inthe blanks. 35 Researchers believe this is because of the deeper level of cognitive（认矢口的） engagement involved in the process of creating new words.Teachers and instructors need to be aware of the role t