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1、长郡中学长郡中学 2022 级高二上期阶段性检测级高二上期阶段性检测英语英语得分_第一部分第一部分听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共第一节（共 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 7.5 分）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 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例:How much is the shirt?A.19.15.B.9.18.C.9

2、.15.答案是 C。1.How much should the man pay?A.$94.B.$95.C.$100.2.What are the speakers talking about?A.Their father.B.The speech topic.C.Their business plan.3.What will the man do next?A.Push the car.B.Replace the batteries.C.Sit in the driving seat.4.What does Frank prefer to do?A.Stay with friends.B.W

3、atch a match on TV.C.Play basketball.5.Why didnt Eric want to sunbathe during the holiday?A.He had to carry a heavy tyre.B.He was afraid of being laughed at.C.He had forgotten to take his swimsuit.第二节（共第二节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 22.5 分）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 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每

4、段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 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，回答第 6、7 题。6.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Brother and sister.B.Father and daughter.C.Mother and son.7.How will the speakers celebrate Fathers Day?A.By making a nice jacket.B.By holding a surprise party.C

5、.By creating a handmade book.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8.Why does the woman come here?A.To attend a birthday party.B.To have a business talk.C.To meet some friends.9.Who is the woman looking for?A.Aman wearing a suit and tie,with his wife.B.Aman wearing a T-shirt and jeans,with his wife.C.Awoman wearing

6、 a T-shirt and jeans,with her friends.10.Where does the conversation probably take place?A.In a cafe.B.In a theatre.C.In a gift shop.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11.What does Joe probably prefer to read?A.Poems.B.Horror fiction.C.Science books.12.What does Jane think of Stray Birds?A.Interesting.B.Boring.

7、C.Meaningful.13.What day is it today?A.Wednesday.B.Thursday.C.Saturday.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14.What is probably the woman?A.Areporter.B.Ahostess.C.Awriter.15.Where was Herbert Wilde born?A.In Switzerland.B.In Italy.C.In Britain.16.What is Herbert Wilde eager to get now?A.Fame.B.Freedom.C.Inspirati

8、on.17.What does the woman expect Herbert Wilde to do?A.Be brave to follow his heart.B.Enjoy the quietness in the countryside.C.Manage to keep his work-life balance.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18.Why does Jacob Heil decide to climb the highest mountains in the world?A.To raise awareness of cancer.B.To ch

9、allenge himself.C.To win a reward.19.What worries Jacob most about climbing Mount Kilimanjaro?A.His physical health.B.The unexpected challenges.C.The height of the mountain.20.What is Jacob like?A.Serious.B.Determined.C.Creative.第二部分第二部分阅读（共两节，满分阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，

10、满分 37.5 分）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。AThere really are apps that could end up saving your life.WhatsAppLots of us use WhatsApp for messaging and calling,but do you know it also has a Live Location feature that canlet a loved one know your whereabouts in case youre in danger?You simply press

11、 the“+”key in a chat,select“Location”,and then press“Share Live Location”,which enables any participant in the chat to see your location inreal time for the duration you choose.SkinVisionYou will have to pay for this digital skin check app,either on an ad hoc or a subscription basis,but with anestim

12、ated fifth of skin cancers going undiagnosed during lockdown,it could be well worth it.You simply take a photoof any suspicious spot with your phone and youll then receive a risk indication from Skin Visions clinicallyacknowledged technology within 30 seconds.StayAliveWith mental health problems on

13、the increase,this prevention app could be extremely helpful.Developed byGrassroots,it offers a wealth of resources,ranging from strategies for staying grounded when you feel overwhelmed,to breathing exercises to direct links to national and local crisis resources.St John Ambulance First AidAn app li

14、ke this is more useful for saving someone elses life than your own,but arguably its a must-have onyour smartphone.It gives advice in dealing with emergencies,including choking,allergic reactions and performingCPR.You dont have to have an Internet connection in order to use it.21.What can SkinVision

15、users do?A.They can learn first aid skills.B.They can take beautiful photos.C.They can do skin check easily.D.They can share their accurate locations.22.What makes St JohnAmbulance First Aid unique?A.It helps save both users and others.B.It offers advice on mental health.C.It is accessible only to o

16、nline users.D.It is of great benefit to cancer patients.23.Which app may help track users?A.St JohnAmbulance First Aid.B.SkinVision.C.StayAlive.D.WhatsApp.BWe were designing a wheelchair for a college engineering course.While my classmates were certain that weneeded to use steel and felt only steel

17、would be strong enough,I thought steel would be too heavy and aluminum（铝）would be a better option.But the student who strongly argued for steel worked at a bike shop.Afew days later,whenthe big and heavy steel arm kept dropping down,I wished I had shown more determination to defend my position.I was

18、 a crafty kid.Not crafty like a fox,but crafty to the point that my parents would come home ready forwhatever“artistic”explosion I had made that daypainting,clay sculpting clothes,and more.But when I studiedengineering in college,these pursuits were deep-sixed.Not only was I stretched for time,but I

19、 didnt think they wererelevant to my academic work.I hesitated to highlight my female crafting interests in the male-dominated engineeringenvironment where I already felt like an outsider.When I went on to pursue a Ph.D.early in the pandemic,I felt anxious and turned to crafting.One day I wasmaking

20、a set of dice as a gift for a friend.While putting the liquid resin（树脂）into the silicone mold（硅胶模具）,Imade a joke to my partner that I was“injection molding”a standard engineering manufacturing（制造）process.Isuddenly realized that although resin art is not injection molding in the technical sense,it sh

21、ares the spirit andprobably some skills.Soon I saw more connections between engineering and crafting that I had previously ignored.And crafting taughtme not to give up when my product didnt match my initial vision and to consider the failed creation a learningexperience,just as an engineer must.Sinc

22、e then,Ive built crafting back into my free time.I mentioned my dice-making experience at a roboticsconference and explained in a team meeting how we could gain inspiration from art experiences.I was glad that theresponses were positivenot rude or unfriendly,as I used to fear.24.What can we know abo

23、ut the author and her classmates?A.They didnt get along well with each other.B.They worked part-time at a local bike shop.C.They had disagreements when creating a wheelchair.D.They knew little about the structure of wheelchairs.25.What does the underlined word“deep-sixed”in paragraph 2 probably mean

24、?A.Dug out.B.Put up.C.Followed through.D.Put aside.26.What did the author realize after making a gift for a friend?A.She should develop new hobbies.B.Crafting can help make her a better engineer.C.She should become more determined.D.Crafting needs great practical skills.27.Which of the following wor

25、ds can best describe the author?A.Creative and sensitive.B.Smart but headstrong.C.Confident but unrealistic.D.Honest and frank.CHave you ever felt the urge to input critical financial information on a not-so-familiar businesss website?Wouldyou dare to entrust your credit card details or passwords to

26、 potentially unsafe trading platforms?Researchers from the University of Vienna have tackled this dilemma by designing an unconditionally securesystem for conducting trade in such situations.This solution is“quantum（量子）-digital payments”which combinescryptographic（加密的）methods with the properties of

27、quantum light.In todays payment ecosystem,customerssensitive data is replaced by sets of random numbers,and theuniqueness of each trade is secured by a classical cryptographic method.However,companies with powerfulcomputational resources can break these codes and recover the customers private data,a

28、nd for example,makepayments in their name.Aresearch team led by professor Philip Walther from the University of Vienna has shown how the quantumproperties of light can ensure security for digital payments.In an experiment,the researchers demonstrated that eachtrade cannot be copied.They replaced cla

29、ssical cryptographic techniques with a quantum protocol（协议）using singlephotons,a unit of energy.During the course of a classical digital payment trade,the client shares a classical codecalled cryptogram with his payment provider.This cryptogram is then passed on between the customer,businessmen,and

30、payment provider.In the demonstrated quantum protocol this cryptogram is generated by having the paymentprovider sending particularly prepared single photons to the client.The researchers successfully conducted quantum-digital payments,connecting two university buildings indowntown Vienna.Digital pa

31、yments currently operate within a few seconds.“At present,our protocol takes a fewminutes of quantum communication to complete a trade.This is to guarantee security in the presence of noise andlosses,”says Philip Walther.“However,these time limitations are only of technological nature.We will witnes

32、s thatquantum-digital payments reach practical performance in the very near future.”28.It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that _.A.the secure system“quantum-digital payments”have solved all the digital payment troublesB.people have fear about false informationC.people are urged to rely

33、 on business s websiteD.people have concern about digital payment safety29.What is a disadvantage of the present payment system?A.The convenience of payment cant be enjoyed.B.Customersprivate data may be leaked.C.The uniqueness of trade cant be ensured.D.Customer payment choices are limited.30.What

34、does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?A.How digital payment proves safer.B.How quantum-digital payment works.C.Why single photons are necessary.D.What is important for online trade.31.What is Philips attitude towards quantum-digital payment?A.Confident.B.Doubtful.C.Unclear.D.Conservative.DThis week,Goo

35、gle researchers published a paper describing results from anAI tool built to create music.Thetool,called MusicLM,is not the first AI music tool to be launched.But the examples Google provided demonstratemusical creative ability based on a limited set of descriptive words.Several different music exam

36、ples produced by MusicLM were published online.Some of the generated musiccame from just one-or two-word descriptions,such as“jazz”,“rock”or“techno（高科技舞曲）”.The tool also createdother examples from more detailed descriptions containing whole sentences.In one example,Google researchers included these

37、instructions to MusicLM,“It is a soundtrack of a game.It isfast-paced and upbeat,with a catchy electric guitar riff（反复乐节）.The music is repetitive and easy to remember,butwith unexpected sounds.”In the resulting recording,the music seemed to keep very close to the description.Theteam said the more de

38、tailed the description was,the better the system could attempt to produce it.The MusicLM model operates similarly to the machine-learning systems used by ChatGPT.ChatGPT andMusicLM both require powerful computers to operate complex machine-learning models.The San Francisco-basedcompany OpenAI launch

39、ed ChatGPT late last year.ChatGPT has recently received a lot of attention because of itsability to generate complex writings and other content from just a simple description in natural languages.Such toolscan produce human-like results because they are trained on huge amounts of data.Many different

40、 materials are fedinto the systems to permit them to learn complex skills to create realistic works.However,the MusicLM researchers said there were some risks linked to the new tool.One of the biggest issuesthe researchers identified was biases（偏好）present in the training data.Abias might be includin

41、g too much of oneside and not enough of the other.The researchers said this raised a question about appropriateness for musicgeneration for cultures underrepresented in the training data.32.What can we learn about MusicLM?A.It is the first AI music tool to be launched.B.It requires detailed descript

42、ions of full sentences.C.It creates music based on simple descriptive words.D.It generates complex writings from a simple description.33.What is the similarity between ChatGPT and MusicLM?A.They are based on huge amounts of data.B.They have gained commercial success.C.They dont have any practical us

43、e in life.D.They can take the place of musicians.34.Which of the following is an issue of the MusicLM model?A.Requiring too much training data.B.Creating music with strong biases.C.Being difficult for some people to use.D.Producing music works with no creativity.35.What would be the best title for t

44、he text?A.The future of humans with AIB.AI and its function in culture developmentC.Music created by some AI toolsD.AnewAI tool to make music第二节（共第二节（共 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 12.5 分）分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。It is commonly thought that productivity involves doing several thing

45、s at once.36Newport,the author ofDeep Work,describes the benefits of focusing on one thing and doing it with excellence.He explains deep work as“the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively（认知地）demanding task.”37According to Newport,deep work is an invaluable skill in todays economy.It

46、allows you to learn difficult thingsquickly.Most people are distracted when they work,so if you learn to work without distraction,that gives you anadvantage.38Developing excellence in ones craft can be deeply satisfying.Its important to schedule deep work into your day.Otherwise,its easy to let your

47、 time fill up with shallow work.Newport recommends doing deep work as your first task of the day.39Shallow work does need to get done,butif you save it for later in the day,you can get your deep work done,too.Because deep work is by definition cognitively demanding,you wont be able to do it all day.

48、Beginners canusually only focus on deep work for approximately an hour,and even experts have trouble going more than four hours.40If you really focus,youll be surprised at how much you accomplish in a few hours.A.So set reasonable goals for yourself.B.Concentration is an increasingly valuable skill.

49、C.That way you get it done before distractions build up.D.But the secret to success is the opposite of multitasking.E.Without smartphones,you fall into deep work more easily.F.It also enables you to produce things to the best of your ability and acquire new skills quickly.G.It differs from shallow w

50、ork,which consists of simple tasks performed while distracted.第三部分第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1 分，满分分，满分 15 分）分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。At an airport I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together.The airline had announced herplane