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2023北京北师大二附中高二（上）期中
英 语
班级：____________ 姓名：____________ 学号：______
2023.11
说明：
本试卷共12页，115分。考试时长100分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。
一、完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分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。
Speaking Up
I never looked up when my friends were talking and joking about the retarded (智障的) boy a few tables away. It didn’t even cross my mind that he might feel 1 when people whispered about him. So I just let them talk.
Then came the day when I learned my younger brother Tom’s testing for autism (自闭症) came out positive (阳性). I had never thought about him like that. I broke 2 , crying. Everything had just changed. He was no longer a(n) 3 little boy.
Over time, I was able to accept his illness a little more. We had to 4 because Tom needed treatment. So Tom and I both started at a new school. One day, I was standing in the bus line waiting when a “short” bus (for the retarded) came and 5 some kids up. The children in the other line started making 6 about the “retarded” on that bus and I felt a strange feeling in my heart. I said quietly that those comments weren’t very nice, but no one listened.
My family moved again. In the new school I got a 7 to speak up pretty soon. That day, in a band class, my teacher 8 our playing to make some comments, “… Guys, we’re playing like the kids on the short bus! Come on!”
The entire room was laughing loudly. I felt very bad. Then, I raised my hand. I wasn’t sure what I was going to say but I wanted to be heard.
The whole class 9 down. My mouth opened and this came out: “I don’t think we should make fun of the short bus, because there are people on that bus who have a lot in common with us and have the same feelings as we do.” I could feel my 10 getting louder. “So I would 11 it if you didn’t make fun of them.”
The room was very quiet and everyone stared at me. My teacher 12 for the words and then started the song again. At the end of the class, everyone was giving me strange looks. But I didn’t 13 , because I knew three things: I had spoken the 14 . I had taught everyone something, and while everyone in the classroom was being a follower, I had decided to take a different path since I wanted to become a 15 and a role model.
1. A. amazed B. hurt C. uncertain D. cold
2. A. off B. in C. down D. away
3. A. normal B. noisy C. outstanding D. impressive
4. A. change B. move C. quit D. study
5. A. set B. took C. brought D. picked
6. A. jokes B. complaints C. choices D. discoveries
7. A. chance B. position C. topic D. point
8. A. encouraged B. bothered C. enjoyed D. stopped
9. A. sat B. slowed C. quieted D. looked
10. A. pace B. voice C. pulse D. breath
11. A. excuse B. appreciate C. stand D. permit
12. A. apologized B. fought C. allowed D. argued
13. A. understand B. notice C. return D. care
14. A. wisdom B. importance C. matter D. truth
15. A. reporter B. thinker C. leader D. trainer
二、阅读理解（共两节；满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Dear Alfred，
I want to tell you how important your help is to my life.
Growing up, I had people telling me I was too slow, though, with an IQ of 150 at 17, I’m anything but stupid. The fact was that I was found to have ADHD (注意力缺陷多动障碍). Anxious all the time, I was unable to keep focused for more than an hour at a time.
However, when something did interest me, I could become absorbed. In high school, I became curious about the computer, and built my first website. Moreover, I completed the senior course of Computer Basics, plus five relevant pre-college courses.
While I was exploring my curiosity, my disease got worse. I wanted to go to college after high school, but couldn’t. So, I was killing my time at home until June 2012 when I discovered the online computer courses of your training center.
Since then, I have taken courses like Data Science and Advanced Mathematics. Currently, I’m learning your Probability course. I have hundreds of printer paper, covered in self-written notes from your video. This has given me a purpose.
Last year, I spent all my time looking for a job where, without dealing with the public, I could work alone, but still have a team to talk to. Luckily, I discovered the job—Data Analyst—this month and have been going full steam ahead. I want to prove that I can teach myself a respectful profession, without going to college, and be just as good as, if not better than, my competitors.
Thank you. You’ve given me hope that I can follow my heart. For the first time, I feel good about myself because I’m doing something, not because someone told me I was doing good. I feel whole.
This is why you’re saving my life.
Yours,
Tanis
16. Why didn’t Tanis go to college after high school
A. She had learned enough about computer science.
B. She had more difficulty keeping focused.
C. She preferred taking online courses.
D. She was too slow to learn.
17. As for the working environment, Tanis prefers ________.
A. working by herself B. dealing with the public
C. competing against others D. staying with ADHD students
18. Tanis wrote this letter in order to ________.
A. explain why she was interested in the computer
B. share the ideas she had for her profession
C. show how grateful she was to the center
D. describe the courses she had taken so far
B
There is such a thing as a free lunch, it turns out, as long as you don’t mind too much what it is. Tamara Wilson found hers a few streets away from her west London home, and as well as picking up some unwanted bread and fruit that would otherwise be thrown away, she made a new friend.
Wilson is one of 3.4 million people around the world using an app designed to encourage people to give away rather than throw away surplus (剩余的) food. “It’s such a small thing but it makes me feel good and my neighbour feel good. And a lot of small acts can end up making a big difference,” she said.
The last few years have seen an explosion in creative ways to tackle food waste by linking supermarkets, cafes, restaurants and individual households to local communities. Olio, the app used by Wilson, saw a fivefold increase in listings during 2022, and the signs are that this rapid growth is continuing into 2023, said Tessa Clarke, its CEO and co-founder.
About a third of all food produced globally is wasted, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Almost 1.4 billion hectares of land—close to 30% of the world’s agricultural land—is dedicated to producing food that is never eaten, and the carbon footprint of food wastage makes it the third contributor of CO . Reducing food waste is one of the most effective ways of tackling the global climate crisis.
Olio, Clarke said, was an attempt to change this on a small, local scale. “The app connects people with others who have surplus food but don’t have anyone to give it to because so many people are disconnected from their communities.” Users of Olio post images of surplus food that others in the neighbourhood might want. Olio also has a network of 24,000 volunteers who collect surplus food from local supermarkets and stores for app users to claim.
Despite the success of the app, it was hard to make a difference to the huge scale of food waste, Clarke added. “Even though we’re doing well, we’ve only scratched the surface. But if everyone makes small changes in the world, we’d dramatically reduce the amount of food that ends up in bins.”
19. What does the author want to show by telling Wilson’s story
A. People tend to use apps to order food.
B. People prefer to make friends on apps.
C. People find a high-tech fix to food waste.
D. People show more concern for each other.
20. What’s the consequence of food waste according to the text
A. Global warming. B. Loss of land.
C. World hunger. D. Poverty and inequality.
21. What does Olio do to help tackle food waste
A. It sells surplus food to those in need.
B. It allows volunteers to stay connected.
C. It provides a platform for people to promote food.
D. It fills the information gap between green communities.
22. What does Clarke think of the work on reducing food waste globally
A. It is a great success. B. It requires joint efforts.
C. It is beyond human power. D. It has won public support.
C
A new survey reviews that more than 60% of websites and apps intended for Canadian children may be collecting personal information and passing it on to a third party. The survey was completed by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network, which reviewed 1,494 websites and apps.
Focusing on trends among Canadian users, the sweep team reviewed 118 websites and apps targeted directly at children, as well as 54 that are known to be popular with and used by kids. The team’s findings showed that more than 50% of Canadian sites collect personal information from children, including names, addresses, phone numbers and photos, audio or video. In addition, 62% of sites admitted they may show that personal information to third parties. Another 62% allowed the user to be redirected to a different site, and only 28% of the sites and apps involved any form of parental control or protection.
A member of the team Tobi Cohen, outlined a few of the sites that did and did not live up to the standards of children’s privacy online. She praised both Family.ca and for their message boards that did not allow users to post personal information, and noted that santasvillage. ca asked users to provide their full name and email address. was also singled out for allowing users to display personal information, including names, age, sex and locations. Pbskids.org, on the other hand, was praised for only offering generic, pre-set avatars (头像) and barring users form uploading personal photos.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada refused to release a full list of the websites and apps reviewed. When asked what would be done with results, commissioner Daniel Therrien said that companies reviewed in the sweep would be kept informed of the findings. “It’s our usual practice after conducting a sweep to write a number of companies to point out the things that we’ve seen, to sometimes ask that things be changed, and on the whole the companies react positively to these requests.” Therrien added.
In an attempt to help kids better understand why their privacy matters, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has created a lesson plan for kids in Grade 7 and 8 that explains the Global Privacy Enforcements Network and has kids conduct privacy reviews of their own.
“We know that companies are not the only ones responsible for the protection of kids’ privacy.” Therrien said. “Parents and teachers obviously have a role. We have a role, particularly in the area of increasing awareness of privacy issues among the public.”
Matthew Johnson, director of education at Media Smarts, said that the sweep’s results were sadly unsurprising. Media Smarts, an Ottawa-based non-profit digital literacy outfit intended to improve media literacy and empowering the youth to better engage with media, offers age-appropriate tips to parents concerned with keeping their kids safe online.
Johnson explained that in addition to educating themselves on the issue, the best thing parents could do to protect children’s privacy online is to educate kids on the importance of the function of their personal data. He mentioned an initiative by Media Smarts called Privacy Pirates, an online game that aims to teach kids at the age of seven to nine that all forms of personal information should be protected and added that their personal information has value and they should think twice before giving it out.
23. We can conclude from the data mentioned in Paragraph 2 that ________.
A. parents must be to blame for letting out their kids’ privacy
B. the time that children spend on the Internet should be limited
C. more children have realized the importance of personal privacy
D. more attention should be paid to the protection of kids’ privacy
24. What will most of the companies do when receiving a request from the sweep team
A. They will help kids better understand why their privacy matters.
B. They will ask the team never to make their website public.
C. They will ask for further information about the research.
D. They will take some measures actively in response.
25. Daniel Therrien seems to stress in Paragraph 6 that ________.
A. the team should develop a good relationship with the companies
B. the protection of kid’s privacy involves joint efforts from adults
C. the public is unaware of their role in protecting kids’ privacy
D. the sweep team’s work is worth nothing without parents’ help
26. According to Johnson, parents should ________.
A. guide their kids to play online games
B. get kids to know the value of their privacy
C. set a good example to their kids in daily life
D. think twice before giving personal information out
D
Our green spaces are shrinking, despite all the benefits they give us. If we want to save them, we need to value the ecosystem and health and wellbeing services they offer.
Sheffield city council’s balance sheet shows its parks as a 16m liability (负担). Traditional accountancy methods focus on a park’s saleable value, or its operational costs associated with maintenance. So England’s 27,000 parks are considered as financial liabilities rather than the amazing asset to our health and wellbeing that any of their 37 million regular users could vouch for. They also deliver a range of ecosystem services such as improved air and water quality, flood risk reduction by absorbing water run-off, and cooling the urban environment as well as providing much-needed habitat for wildlife. By using a “natural capital” accounting approach that puts a value on all these social, environmental and economic contributions, Sheffield discovered that for every 1 spent on its parks, they generate 34 of benefits.
Yet this true value is not widely measured or recognised. As Ian Walmsley, Stockport council’s green space manager told the Communities and Local Government select committee parks inquiry, “an argument has never been successfully made that if you spend a certain amount of money on a park, there will be a saving in the health budget and therefore you should take money out of the health budget and put it into parks”. As a result, the MPs inquiry report published last week warned that parks are at a tipping point of decline, threatened by a 92% reduction in their budgets since 2010-11 because of local authority cuts. Less money means fewer park rangers, less maintenance, more litter, dog poo and antisocial behaviour, including gang and drug-related activities, and gradually much-loved local parks turn into dangerous and unappealing areas. Tragically it’s the small, green spaces in poorer, built-up areas that suffer disproportionate cuts to park keepers and maintenance. We have been here before. Uncared-for, litter-strewn parks were characteristic of Thatcher’s Britain before an injection of public spending by a Labour government and 850m of lottery cash brought them back to life.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. Andrew Hinchley, green space development officer at the London Borough of Camden, told MPs if we had new ways of valuing the services parks provide for improving water quality, for example, then you could ask water companies to pay towards their upkeep.
The committee wants councils to publish strategic plans to recognise the real value of parks and to set out how they will be managed (possibly by a charitable trust, as Newcastle is looking into) to maximise their contribution to wider local authority goals such as promoting healthier lifestyles. It suggests the government’s obesity strategy could fund parks. It also suggests that it could be a legal requirement for councils to produce such strategies.
27. According to the text, parks are regarded as financial liabilities because ________.
A. the area of the park is gradually decreasing due to poor protection
B. the budget for the construction of the park is gradually decreasing
C. the value of the park is low by using a “natural capital” accounting approach
D. the traditional accountancy methods focus on a park’s saleable value
28. According to the text, which of the following is NOT the benefit of the park
A. Improving air and water quality.
B. Symbolizing the city civilization.
C. Cooling the urban environment.
D. Providing much-needed habitat for wildlife.
29. Due to the reduction in budgets, what could probably happen
A. The government will take money out of the health budget.
B. The local authorities will centralize the management of the park.
C. Much-loved local parks will turn into unwelcoming places.
D. The true value of the park will be widely measured or recognised.
30. What can be learned from the last two paragraphs
A. The committee has published strategic plans to recognise the real value of park.
B. It could be a legal requirement for councils to produce such strategies.
C. The local citizens should pay for the improving water quality.
D. The Labour government will spend 850m of lottery cash to revive the park.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多于选项。
Tornadoes
Tornadoes are essentially funnels of air rotating as fast as 300 miles per hour. Of course, not all tornadoes are so dangerous. 31 Such small tornadoes occur in many places around the world, even in southern Taiwan, where several are usually reported every spring.
It is, however, the big tornadoes that receive the most attention. 32 There can be flocks of dead birds dropping out of the sky, chickens still alive but with all of their feathers gone, pieces of straw stuck in trees. In a 1999 US storm, violent winds from one tornado lifted a church into the air and dropped it onto a house. In the same storm, a baby was whipped from its mother’s arms and, miraculously, found alive in a nearby tree.
33 Although scientists now know a great deal about tornadoes, they still cannot determine exactly when and where one will form. In addition, the path of a tornado can also be impossible to predict. It is unlikely to move in a straight line, and will often turn quickly. A tornado might blow down a line of houses, then suddenly lift up and leave one home unhurt, then touch back down and destroy the rest of the line.
To better understand tornadoes, scientists have developed special heavy-duty vehicles and weather-monitoring equipment that allow them to make close-up observations of these dangerous storms. Radar equipment is put on trucks and driven near a tornado, where it records wind speeds and other weather data. 34
In addition, better communication and warning systems are also helping to reduce deaths and injuries in many tornado-prone areas. Radio and television warnings as well as sirens help to alert people to potential danger. Public awareness is also important. When tornadoes do occur, people must act quickly. They should move immediately to a safe place such as a basement or under a strong stairway and cover themselves with blankets or heavy coats. 35
A. Either big storms or small ones can form quickly causing damage to some degree. B. These bring not only death and destruction, but also stories of strange phenomena. C. Many more are small storms that form quickly and disappear, causing little or no damage. D. A tornado can arrive so unexpectedly that a matter of seconds can mean the difference between life and death. E. Driving the radar hundreds of miles to chase down a tornado is a best job that can be quite dangerous. F. What makes tornadoes so dangerous is not just their great power but also their unpredictable nature. G. Scientists often have to drive the radar hundreds of miles to chase down a tornado—a job that can be quite dangerous!
三、选词填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
用方框中词或词组的适当形式完成下列句子，每个词或词组只能用一次（每组有一个多余的选项）。
appreciate commit convince ambitious drop out turn one’s back on
36. You need to __________ them of your enthusiasm for the job.
37. The club gets small as members move away or __________.
38. He was deeply __________ of your kindness.
39. She __________ them when they needed her.
40. Last year, both sides __________ themselves to settling the disagreement peacefully.
guilt strive sacrifice breath apart from at risk
41. People are concerned about the quality of the air they __________.
42. I felt __________ about not visiting my parents more often.
43. Newspaper editors all __________ to be first with a story.
44. As with all diseases, certain groups will be more __________ than others.
45. __________ Germany, they also visited Italy and Austria.
四、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据句子意思填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
第一节（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）
46. __________ (express) his love, Chris sent his mom a thank-you note on Mother’s Day.
47. Orange trees make great gifts during the Spring Festival and you’ll see them __________ (decorate) with red envelops and messages of good fortune.
48. Mr. Smith, it’s a great honor for me __________ (invite) to visit your company.
49. In this library, you can use your own computer to connect to Wi-Fi specially __________ (prepare) for readers.
50. As a child, Jack studied in a village school, __________ is named after his grandfather.
51. Mary was pleased to see the seeds that she __________ (plant) in the garden coming out.
第二节（共4小题；每小题1分，满分4分）
This afternoon a poorly-dressed gentleman 52 (come) into my restaurant. Nobody knew who he was. It was 53 (surprise) that he finished two orders of food in a very limited time. We wondered 54 he was so hungry. We also had doubt whether the man was able to pay the bill. The gentleman asked whether we should mind waiting for just a few minutes. After some time, 55 shocked us was that he took out of a letter and a million pound bank-note.
五、课文默写（共4小题；第56、57题每题2分，第58、59题每题3分，满分10分）
按照课文内容补全空缺部分。
56. He made the choice to give all his money away. and this, he said, brought him _____________.
57. Leg power can save your money, keep you fit and help you live longer. Regular exercise also _____________ 50%!
58. If a sixth mass extinction occurs, scientists who have studied the issue believe _____________.
59. It boils down to this: _____________. From a small girl, I would stay in at lunch time just to…
六、阅读表达（共4小题；第60、61、62题每题2分，第63题每题4分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。
In Martin County, Florida, two non-profit organizations have come together to plant seeds of hope through community gardening. Recently, the House of Hope charity for the homeless and people with addictions and other mental health issues partnered with Project L.I.F.T., an organization that helps at-risk teens, to grow community gardens in four small towns across the county.
The teens in Project L.I.F.T.’s program—many of them aged 14-19 who are also struggling with addictions, managing mental health or legal issues—visit the gardens every day after school where they grow seeds, maintain and water plants, harvest the produce and learn to create their own meals. They take some of the produce home to their families but most is sent to House of Hope for the homeless community.
Beyond the need for food, Project L.I.F.T. hoped the gardens would provide an educational opportunity for their teens.
“We’re trying to teach kids nutrition to deal with the health problems—diabetes and obesity—in our community, but when we get into the garden, now they’re doing hands-on stuff that really connects.” Bob Zaccheo, the executive director of Project L.I.F.T. tells Guideposts.org.
The gardens also offer the teens professional skills that can help them find work later in their largely rural county. Beyond skills, this project has helped the teens find confidence and hope for their futures.
So far, the four gardens around Martin County have generated 100 pounds of produce for House of Hope and the community at large. Although the amount of food can’t meet the greater need of the area, the program is an opportunity to teach kids that the importance of giving back is just as valuable as the food they’re harvesting.
“You see a major shift in the thinking of these kids,” Zaccheo says. “You see them giving. The kids are learning to give at a bigger level than they’ve ever been able to give at before.”
60. What kind of organization is Project L.I.F.T.
61. What do the teens do when they visit the gardens
62. Apart from providing an education for at–risk teens, what else were the four gardens built to provide
63. In addition to what is mentioned in the passage, what else could at-risk teens learn through community gardening Explain why. (In about 40 words)
七、书面表达（满分15分）
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1.该活动的目的；
2.该活动的安排；
注意：1.100 词左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
_______________________________________________________________________________
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Yours,
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