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高二期中考试英语试卷
本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷两部分，共120分，考试用时100分钟
答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名，考号，考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上
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第Ⅰ卷
一、听力选择题(共20分)
1. Which of the following about America impresses the man most
A. The people. B. The scenery. C. The modern buildings.
2. Which does the woman think is the best in Beijing
A. The Great Wall. B. The Palace Museum. C. The Summer Palace.
3. What will the woman do next
A. Attend a meeting. B. Drive the man to his office. C. Pick up the man’s client.
4. What is the man doing
A. Chatting with his friend.
B. Taking classes online.
C. Searching for information.
5. What does the man plan to do
A. Start a company. B. Design a new product. C. Employ more people.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
6. Where is the conversation probably taking place
A. At a party. B. In a medical lab. C. At a staff meeting.
7. What is the main problem with the self-driving cars
A. They sometimes can’t avoid blocks.
B. They can’t follow the maps all the time.
C. They can’t work together with human brains.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Manager and worker. B. Husband and wife. C. Neighbors.
9. What does the man have to do now
A. Talk with the woman.
B. Meet Mr. Brown at the airport.
C. Wait for two more hours.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
10. What colour is the man’s hair
A. Black. B. Red. C. Brown.
11. Where is the woman from
A. Italy. B. Scotland. C. China.
12. What is the woman probably
A. A guide. B. A journalist. C. A hairdresser.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
13. How long will it take to get to the museum
A. More than 30 minutes. B. Less than 13 minutes. C. At most 30 minutes.
14. What time does the museum close
A. At 4:30 p.m. B. At 5:30 p.m. C. At 6:00 p.m.
15. How does the man describe the restaurant
A. It’s a bit expensive. B. The service is terrible. C. It’s very expensive.
二、单项选择(共15分)
16. Having been out of work for months, he is ____ for a job.
A. agile B. violent C. ambitious D. desperate
17. It is widely ____ that advanced technology has made a lasting impact on our daily life.
A. posed B. dominated C. preserved D. acknowledged
18. Lucy found it impossible ____ in a new place without friends.
A. living B. lived C. to live D. live
19. Nearly all the houses were ____ in this town. It’s really hard to tell the differences.
A. plain B. external C. identical D. tough
20. My washing machine ____ this week, so I have to wash my clothes by hand.
A. has been repaired B. is being repaired
C. is repaired D. was repaired
21. The question is ____ we can find the proper solution to help us out of the trouble.
A. if B. whether C. that D. what
22. WeChat(微信), as well as telephones ____ an important part in our daily communication.
A. are playing B. is playing C. have played D. play
23. — I feel nervous at the thought that I’m going to attend the English Speech Contest to be held in our city tomorrow.
—____. I believe you can perform well.
A. Don’t bother B. It all depends C. Take it easy D. No kidding
24. ____ impressed the audience most was his ability to speak five foreign languages so fluently.
A. Which B. That C. What D. Who
25. Regular exercise can greatly ____ your confidence and overall performance.
A. undertake B. enhance C. restrict D. recall
26. — Shall I order a taxi for Grace to go to the airport tonight
—____. I’ll drive her there.
A. Have a try B. Don’t mention it
C. Don’t bother D. Go ahead
27. He wished to forget everything ____ with his former life and start a new life.
A. associated B. appropriate C. appreciate D. abundant
28. The reason for his failure was ____ he hadn’t prepared well.
A. because B. why C. that D. for
29. —Did you see the movie last night
—I ____ stayed awake. It was so boring!
A. fairly B. completely C. barely D. extremely
30. It used to feel like 50 per cent of my time ____ researching new restaurants.
A. was spent B. is spent C. were spent D. are spent
三、完形填空(共20分)
A lot of times life could be difficult. It’s easy for us to __31__ only on the negatives. It’s very hard to see that silver lining (一线希望). This is what separates the successful from the __32__. Successful people are always able to try their best to find __33__ opportunities.
My friend Sarah was recently given a golden opportunity to __34__ a leadership position at a new regional office in Seoul, S. Korea, but one of the __35__ job requirements is to promote communication between local partners. __36__ Sarah’s got over 10 years of experience in her field, and has a strong set of skills that __37__ the job, Sarah couldn’t speak Korean, which means Sarah would face a significant language __38__.
Instead of focusing on the negative aspect of this job offer, Sarah chose to turn this difficulty into a(n) __39__. Despite knowing that a large part of her job would __40__ constant interaction with local partners, Sarah was still __41__ that she would make it.
She __42__ by hiring an assistant who was able to talk in fluent Korean, so that the assistant could act as her __43__ for the first few months while Sarah was learning the Korean language. She __44__ spent one hour each night working with a Korean language tutor, and one hour each weekend __45__ Korean dramas. Six months later, Sarah was able to talk with Koreans, and she could even __46__ meetings in Korean. Of course, there was a lot of goal setting and focus put in by Sarah in order to __47__ this accomplishment. But the key is that she didn’t let her __48__ obstacle of not being able to speak Korean get in the way of an amazing career __49__.
So, once you get past your blocker, you’ll be ready to start checking off other __50__ to get you closer to your goal. This is how an obstacle becomes an opportunity!
31. A. depend B. concentrate C. act D. comment
32. A. weak B. poor C. hopeless D. average
33. A. hidden B. missed C. unbelievable D. unusual
34. A. find out B. deal with C. take up D. give up
35. A. extra B. simple C. common D. key
36. A. After B. Although C. Since D. If
37. A. agree with B. belong to C. fit D. guide
38. A. challenge B. test C. choice D. decision
39. A. treasure B. warning C. reality D. opportunity
40. A. encourage B. limit C. involve D. indicate
41. A. glad B. confident C. doubtful D. grateful
42. A. started off B. took off C. sped up D. rolled up
43. A. manager B. guide C. servant D. interpreter
44. A. ever B. still C. also D. thus
45. A. imitating B. watching C. copying D. playing
46. A. hold B. attend C. end D. schedule
47. A. analyze B. achieve C. emphasize D. remember
48. A. last B. new C. imaginary D. initial
49. A. experience B. application C. progression D. plan
50. A. tasks B. concerns C. points D. goals
四、阅读理解(共30分)
A
There are different types of money-saving apps, and all of them work in different ways. Here are 4 of the best apps that can help you save much money.
Capital One Shopping
Capital One Shopping can compare prices automatically as you shop online. As you add items to your cart at an online retailer, this app will search the web for better deals and coupon codes. You can follow the links to other retailers offering a better price and use the available codes to save. You can even use this app while shopping at brick-and-mortar (实体的) stores.
Paribus
There’s nothing more upsetting than buying something and then seeing it for sale at a lower price a few days later. Wouldn’t it be nice to get that money back Now you can. Paribus helps you get money back by tracking your purchases from major stores and negotiating refunds. It also helps you get compensated (补偿) for late deliveries and makes sure you don’t leave it too late to return anything you bought.
Qapital
By setting goals and rules, Qapital helps you to make the most of your money and to save wisely. There’s a feature that divides up your commitments between spending and saving. You’ll also be able to take part in “Money Missions”, which are fun challenges designed to give you insight into smart financial investments. If you want to invest too, you can use Qapital’s pre-built portfolios, which are tailor-made (特制的) to the timeline and amount you input.
Digit
If you can’t figure out how much you can afford to save, Digit will analyze your spending habits and allocate (分配) a certain amount to your savings. If the app knows you have spare money to save, then it will be moved automatically, and if you don’t, it will stop, so there’s no risk of being left with no cash for the basics. You can sign up for a free trial for a month, and after that, the monthly price is $5.
51. Which of the following best describes Capital One Shopping’s function
A. Finding better deals for consumers.
B. Recommending brick-and-mortar stores.
C. Encouraging retailers to give coupon codes.
D. Comparing the quality of different products.
52. What do we know about Paribus
A. It provides awards for early deliveries.
B. It requires users to spend a lot of money.
C. It offers some tailor-made financing plans.
D. It enables customers to get some money back.
53. Which app are people most likely to choose when they want to learn about investing
A. Capital One Shopping. B. Paribus.
C. Qapital. D. Digit.
54. What do we know about Digit from the passage
A. It is completely free to use all the time.
B. It helps users get refunds for price drops.
C. It decides how much to save based on users’ spending.
D. It offers fun financial challenges to improve investment skills.
55. What is the purpose of this text
A. To compare four new apps.
B. To recommend some money-saving apps.
C. To encourage people to save money.
D. To advertise some apps created by the author.
B
Self-driving cars do not have people telling them what to do. They move themselves about safely by doing three things right: learning about the environment, deciding what to do next, and taking action.
First, the car needs to know what is around it. It uses many different sensors (传感器) to do this. These sensors, such as cameras and radar, are like the car’s “eyes”. They allow the car to “see” things such as people and traffic lights. The sensors also help the car know where and how fast it is going.
Besides knowing what is close by, a self-driving car makes plans ahead to avoid traffic accidents. This is where “vehicle to everything” (V2X) comes in. This technology connects a self-driving car with people and things. It also allows the car to go online. All these things help the car “talk” with the outside world and get the latest road information.
After receiving the information, the car needs to “read” it and decide what to do. So it combines the information from all sensors, just like putting together the pieces of a puzzle. This process is called multi-sensor fusion (多传感器融合). Machine learning plays an important role here because it helps the car recognize people and objects. Then, the car can decide when to stop, go, or turn.
Finally, to carry out decisions, the car uses drive-by-wire technology (线控技术). It allows the car to give “orders” to its wheels, brakes (刹车) and engine in the form of electronic signals (电子信号). This makes different parts of the car respond quickly. The car also uses less oil this way, which is good for the environment.
56. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about
A. Ways to use different sensors in self-driving cars.
B. The differences between the “eyes” of cars and humans.
C. How self-driving cars learn about their environment.
D. When and where self-driving cars work the best.
57. What does V2X technology do
A. It allows the car to see in the dark.
B. It allows the car to connect with people and things.
C. It allows the car to connect with other cars.
D. It allows the car to give “orders” to its wheels.
58. What does multi-sensor fusion mean
A. Getting all road information.
B. Using AI technology to finish a puzzle.
C. Putting together information from all sensors.
D. Connecting self-driving cars with each other on the road.
59. What do we know about drive-by-wire technology
A. It helps self-driving cars drive faster.
B. It allows self-driving cars to run without oil.
C. It can collect signals from different traffic lights.
D. It helps control the movement of self-driving cars.
60. What is the text mainly about
A. How self-driving cars work.
B. Why self-driving cars are good.
C. The development of self-driving cars.
D. The safety issues of self-driving cars.
C
Robots do many things formerly done only by humans — from farming to driving cars — but scientists have invented a “smart” paint spray can (喷漆罐) that robotically reproduces photographs as large-scale murals (按大比例绘制的壁画).
The computerized technique, which basically spray paints a photo, isn’t likely to create super-huge murals, but it can be used in digital art. Spray paint is affordable and easy to use. But covering walls of buildings and other large surfaces can be technically difficult even for skilled artists. The researchers wanted to create a way to help non-artists create reproductions of photographs as murals using spray painting. So, they developed a computer system.
As the person waves the pre-programmed spray can, the system automatically (自动地) hits the spray on/off button to reproduce the specific image as a spray painting. Paint instructions are sent via radio directly connected to the spray nozzle (喷嘴). A nearby computer decides the amount of paint of each color to spray in real time. The result is that the painting appears itself as the user waves the can around, without the user necessarily needing to know the picture beforehand.
Due to difficulty getting permission to spray paint buildings, the researchers tested the automated painting system on large sheets of paper. While the current testing of the method focused on flat surfaces, researchers have pointed out a real benefit of the new technique over standard printing: its usability on more complicated (复杂的) painting surfaces, including soft surfaces.
“In this research, we can bring assistance technology to the physical world even for this very traditional painting technique,” says co-author Wojcich Jarosz, an assistant professor of computer science. “We hope our assistive approach could be a modern take on ‘paint by numbers’ for spray painting and enable unskilled users to create a physical piece of art.”
61. What is the main function of the new technique
A. To train robots to drive automatically.
B. To create murals from photographs.
C. To cover large murals on buildings.
D. To paint digital murals on computers.
62. What does paragraph 3 mainly tell us about the new technique
A. Its target users.
B. Why it matters.
C. Its future application.
D. How it works.
63. Where did the researchers test the painting system
A. On large sheets of papers.
B. On walls of old buildings.
C. On rocks of remote mountains.
D. On surfaces of disused cars.
64. What is an advantage of the new technique
A. It is affordable and easy to use.
B. It can be used on complex surfaces.
C. It has excellent safety standards.
D. It can be run by a personal computer.
65. What do researchers expect of the new technique
A. It’ll replace traditional spray painting.
B. It’ll transform the digital art industry.
C. It’ll let more people enjoy artistic creation.
D. It’ll encourage the development of art education.
第Ⅱ卷
五、阅读下面短文,并按照题目要求用英语回答问题(共10分)
Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart(购物手推车). They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plate contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.
Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging(吃力地携带) groceries around in baskets they had to carry.
One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.
On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.
But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.
After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket ” one shopper replied.
But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony(假冒的) customers.
As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.
Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.
66. The underlined words “chrome-plate contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to ____.(No more than 3 words)
67. What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention (No more than 10 words)
68. Why was Goldman disappointed at first (No more than 10 words)
69. Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market (No more than 10 words)
70. What do you think of Goldman Please give your reasons. (No more than 20 words)
五、书信写作(共25分)
71. 假设你是晨光中学学生李津。你的英国笔友Christine发来邮件，询问在新技术的发展下，你的生活发生了怎样的变化。请按以下提示写封回信：
(1)很高兴Christine对此话题感兴趣；
(2)具体介绍生活各方面的变化(如交流方式、交通方式、学习方式等)；
(3)个人感悟。
注意:
(1)词数不少于100；
(2)可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。
Dear Christine,
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Jin
参考答案
听力（略）
单选16-30
16.D 17.D 18.C 19.C 20.B 21.B 22.B 23.C 24.C 25.B 26.C 27.A 28.C 29.C 30.A
完形31-50
31.B 32.D 33.A 34.C 35.D 36.B 37.C 38.A 39.D 40.C
41.B 42.A 43.D 44.C 45.B 46.A 47.B 48.D 49.C 50.A
阅读A-C 51-65 51.A 52.D 53.C 54.C 55.B 56.C 57.B 58.C 59.D 60.A
61.B 62.D 63.A 64.B 65.C
阅读表达（参考）
66. shopping carts
67. To make shopping easier and attract more business.
68. Few customers tried his shopping carts.
69. To persuade real customers to use shopping carts.
70. He is clever and persistent. He invented carts and found ways to promote them.
书面表达参考范文
Dear Christine,
I’m glad you’re curious about how new technology has changed my daily life.
Great changes have taken place in many aspects. Firstly, we chat with friends far away via video calls instead of writing letters. Besides, shared bikes and high-speed trains make travelling faster and more convenient. What’s more, online courses and learning apps allow us to study anytime at home when we need extra help.
From my perspective, modern technology brings huge convenience and improves our life quality greatly. I’m looking forward to more amazing inventions in the future.
Yours,
Li Jin

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