2021-2022学年广东省北师大珠海分校附属外国语学校高二（下）期中英语试卷

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分37.5分）第一节 （共4小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

• 1．AI makes our lives easier and better.Let's see the amazing AI.
     Cool driverless bus
     A bus door opens and you get on.Wait!Where is the driver？Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong.It has 14 seats and doesn't need a driver.The bus follows traffic rules.It stops as soon as it sees a stop light.
     Your close friend
     Hi，everyone.I'm Xiaobing，a chatbot（聊天机器人）.I speak like a 17-year-old girl.If you feel lonely，you can talk with me.I'm talented at singing，writing poems and telling stories.I want to be your friend!
     World's first anchor（主播）
     Hey，look!The famous Chinese anchor Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us.But is "he" really Qiu Hao？The answer is "no".This is the world's first AI anchor.It looks and speaks just like a real person.It can work 24 hours and doesn't make any mistakes.You might see it on TV soon.
     Popular AI artist
     This beautiful painting was at an auction（拍卖）in 2020.The painting is worth about 3，000，000 yuan!But it is not a work by a famous painter，such as Vincent van Gogh.It was painted by an AI artist.Three Frenchmen created the AI artist.It studied over 15，000 pajye.aitjye.aigs.In this way，it learned to paint.
  
  （1）What do we know about Apolong？

  
  A．the bus door can't open itself.
  B．it stops as soon as it sees a stop light.
  C．there are 24 seats in it.
  D．it doesn't follow the traffic rules.
  （2）What can Xiaobing NOT do？

  
  A．sing.
  B．talk with you if you feel lonely.
  C．be your friend.
  D．go out to play with you.
  （3）What can you learn from the passage？

  
  A．AI makes our lives harder and worse.
  B．Xiaobing is a 17-year-old girl.
  C．The painting is worth about 3，000，000 yuan at an auction.
  D．This new kind of driverless bus also needs a driver to control it.
  组卷：1引用：2难度：0.4

  解析

• 2．Alex Davani is mostly an A-student at Don Juan Avila Middle School，but he was not good at math last year.To get better grades in math，Davani learned to solve the Rubik's Cube.
     Davani wasn't the only one.Teacher Ron McDevitt gave all his students a chance of getting a high grade if they could beat the cube，and he gave more scores for faster times. "A Rubik's Cube is a lot like math，" explained McDevitt. "If you make one bad move with the cube，you have to go back a step or start over.At math，it's the same way.It forces you to go slowly and be patient."
     For Davani，solving the cube was great fun.With about six months of practice，he could solve the Rubik's Cube in under 30 seconds.So Davani decided to enter a world competition in Las Vegas.Davani is placed in the middle among about 800 competitors，and with more practice，he hopes to raise his position next year.He also got to meet cubers from 37 countries，and had lunch with four of the best cubers.
     So how does Davani solve the cube so quickly？ "It's mostly just practice，" he said. "You will form muscle memory after lots of practice.You memorize the method and you don't even have to think about it.Your fingers move naturally."
     "I teach my kids how to solve it and they can vanquish me now，" said McDevitt whose best record is around two minutes，much longer than many of his students. "I've never had a student take it as far as Davani and compete.That's pretty cool."
  
  （1）Why did Davani learn to solve the Rubik's Cube？

  
  A．To enrich his life.
  B．To prepare for a competition.
  C．To develop a new interest.
  D．To get a higher grade in math.
  （2）In what way is the Rubik's Cube like math？

  
  A．They both require patience.
  B．They both test people's memory.
  C．They both need people to finish quickly.
  D．They both teach people to learn from mistakes.
  （3）What is Davani's secret to solving the cube so quickly？

  
  A．He learns from others' experience.
  B．He practices hard.
  C．He has good memory.
  D．He has strong muscles.
  （4）Which of the following can replace the underlined word " vanquish" in the last paragraph？

  
  A．Believe.
  B．Follow.
  C．Beat.
  D．Award.
  组卷：1引用：1难度：0.6

  解析

• 3．Since the first Earth Day in 1970，Americans have gotten a lot "greener" toward the environment."We didn't know at that time that there even was an environment，let alone that there was a problem with it，" says Bruce Anderson，president of Earth Day USA.
     But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement.Business people，political leaders，university professors，and especially millions of grassroots Americans are taking part in the movement."The understanding has increased many，many times，" says Gaylord Nelson，the former governor from Wisconsin，who thought up the first Earth Day.
     According to US government reports，emissions （排放） from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 million tons.The number of cities producing CO₂ beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9.Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with，the world is a safer and healthier place.A kind of "green thinking" has become part of practices.
     Great improvement has been achieved.In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs；today in 1995 there are about 6，600.Advanced lights，motors，and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.
     Twenty-five years ago，there were hardly any education programs for environment.Today，it's hard to find a public school，university，or law school that does not have such a kind of program ."Until we do that，nothing else will change!" says Bruce Anderson.
  
  （1）According to Anderson，before 1970，Americans had little idea about

  ．
  A．the social movement
  B．recycling techniques
  C．environmental problems
  D．the importance of Earth Day
  （2）Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from？

  
  A．The grassroots level.
  B．The business circle.
  C．Government officials.
  D．University professors.
  （3）What have Americans achieved in environmental protection？

  
  A．They have cut car emissions to the lowest.
  B．They have settled their environmental problems.
  C．They have lowered their CO₂ levels in forty cities.
  D．They have reduced pollution through effective measures.
  （4）What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph？

  
  A．Education.
  B．Planning.
  C．Green living.
  D．CO₂ reduction.
  组卷：8引用：4难度：0.7

  解析

第三部分 写作（满分15分）第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）

• 8．假定你是李华，你的朋友Adam 最近很苦恼，他刚进入一所新的学校，不知道如何交新朋友。请按照以下要点给他回封邮件，内容包括：
  第一段：
  1）问候。
  2）我很遗憾听说你在交朋友方面有困难。
  3）我写信给你一些建议。
  第二段：
  1）我非常理解你的苦恼（depression）。
  2）以下是我的一些建议：
  ①你应该向别人展示你的友好（friendship），例如，与人交流时，你要面带微笑。
  ②你应该经常关心同学，帮助同学。学会倾听也很重要。
  ③积极参加活动，展示自己，这样别人乐于和你相处。
  第三段：
  1）希望我的建议将会帮助你。
  2）期待你的回复。
  注意：
  1.词数80左右；
  2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
  组卷：1引用：1难度：0.4

  解析

第二节 读后续写（满分25分）阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头，完成续写内容，使之构成一篇完整的短文：

• 9．During this past year，I've had a car trouble.When it happened，I was sick of the way most people hadn't bothered to help.At that time，I was on the side of the road for close to three hours with my big Jeep.I put signs in the windows，big signs that said NEED A JACK （千斤顶），and offered money.Nothing.Right as I was about to give up，a Mexican family in a small truck pulled over，and the father bounded out.
      He saw the situation and called for his daughter，who spoke English.He conveyed through her that he had a jack but that it was too small for the Jeep，so we would need something to support it.Then he got a saw （锯子） from the truck and cut a section out of a big log（木头） on the side of the road.We rolled it over and put his jack on top，and we were in business.
      I started taking the wheel off，and then，if you can believe it，I broke his tire iron.No worries：He handed it to his wife，and she was gone in a flash down the road to buy a new tire iron.She was back in 15 minutes.We finished the job，and I was a very happy man.
      The two of us were dirty and sweaty.His wife prepared a pot of water for us to wash our hands.I tried to put a ﹩20 bill in the man's hand，but he wouldn't take it，so instead I went up to the truck and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could.I asked the little girl where they lived.Mexico，she said.They were in Oregon so Mommy and Daddy could work on a fruit farm for the next few weeks.Then they would go home.
  注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
  
  Paragraph 1：
      When I was about to say goodbye，the girl asked if I'd had lunch.___________
  Paragraph 2：
      After they left，I got into my Jeep and opened the paper bag._________________
  组卷：1引用：2难度：0.3

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