湖北省武汉市青山区2021-2022学年高二上学期期末质量检测英语试题(wd无答案).docx

1、湖北省武汉市青山区2021-2022学年高二上学期期末质量检测英语试题（wd无答案）一、阅读理解（）I. Smart Things on Their WayGoogle ClipsGoogle Clips is designed to be put somewhere in a room to take pictures by itself. It can also be attached to an object or a persons clothing.Google says Machine Learning helps the camera choose the best limes

2、and situations for taking pictures and videos. Interested buyers can join a waiting list fbr the product to be on the market.GoPro HeroGo Pro also uses Machine Learning to power its QuikStories characteristic. This tool takes existing photos and videos and automatically （自 动地）creates a finished vide

3、o piece, complete with music and effects.Snap SunglassesMessaging app Snapchat sells a pair of sunglasses with a built-in camera that can record short videos with the push of a button. Snap Inc. says the product is designed to catch the moment, without taking you out of it.The glasses can record sho

4、rt video clips that can be shared with Snapchat users. Snap Inc. has started selling its sunglasses online.Apple iPhone XApples new iPhone X has a new Face ID system that it says will unlock the phone just by having the user look at it. This replaces the Touch ID on previous ones that used a fingerp

5、rint to unlock the phone.Apple says the system works by projecting more than 30 000 dots on the face to create a kind of map. Apple says its facial recognition is even safe enough to allow payments through its Apple Pay senice.【题9】A. frequentlyB. graduallyC. consequentlyD. normally【题10A. dueB. extra

6、C. missingD. out【题11】A. submittedB. donatedC. droppedD. distributed【题12A. applyB. exchangeC. cheerD. head【题13】A. belonged toB. appealed toC. turned toD. depended on【题14A. paidB. offerC. saveD. prepare【题15】A. materialB. temporaryC. completeD. sustainable四、用单词的适当形式完成短文() 7.阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正

7、确形式。Why docs autumn have two names? According to Merriam-Webster, aulumn appeared first in English in the 1300s, 【题 1 】 (come) from the Latin word aulumniis”. “Aulumn caught on quickly, likely because it replaced the 【题 2】 (origin) name harvest. As you might imagine, when crops were collected from t

8、he fields, calling the season harvest might make people 【题 3 】 (confuse) because harvest is also the name fbr the act 【题 4】(it).So ,/autumn/, appeared instead of harvest”. Then the term, “autumn”, 【题 5 】 was referred to the season between summer and winter, lasted fbr a couple of 【题 6】 (century). Fa

9、ll” as a name fbr the season came about sometime in the 1500s, a shortened version of the very poetic phrase fbr the fall of leaves. The English phrase had true meaning of the season without leading 【题 7】 any confusion. Not even a century later, the phrase became a simple word: fall.Around this same

10、 time, the English language was traveling across the globe as Britain expanded, and it was going through some changes, as many languages did. This was L题 8】 (particular) true in the American colonies (殖民 土也).Some English words changed in the US, whether in terms of spelling 【题 9 】 in terms of genera

11、l usage. In the mid-1800s, British and American English speakers further developed in different ways and fhll was the common word fbr autumn in the US, while autumn 【题 10】(regard) as the word for fall in England.五、邀请信() 8.假定你是李华，你的留学生朋友Jack发邮件向你咨询当地即将举办的民间美食节(the Folk Food Festival)的情况，请给他回一封电子邮件。内容

12、包括:1. 举办时间和目的：2. 活动内容(展示传统美食，品尝美食等):3. 邀请他参加。注意：1.词数100左右；可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。六、读后续写() 9.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短 文。Anna took her first baby-sitting job in Peter Smiths and played games with Petefs three children until the bedtime. Mr. Smith praised her for the great work. After Mrs. Smith ha

13、d pressed the money into her hand, Anna didnt even look at the money and then walked out of the house. Shed expected ten dollars. Now she saw that it was a one-hundred-dollar bill!Anna imagined her parents faces when she handed them the one hundred dollars.Things hadnt been easy for Annas family sin

14、ce Annas dad had lost his engineering job a year ago. There had been no new clothes or movies in the last year. They no longer went out to cat on Fridays. Anna didnt really mind, as long as her family was together. But now she could help. One hundred dollars! That was enough to fill the car with gas

15、 or to buy a bag of groceries.Her excitement faded as she wondered if Mrs. Smith realized how much money she had given her. Could she have made a mistake? Anna felt bad as she remembered that Mrs. Smith had simply pulled the money from her purse without looking at it.Anna thought, Maybe Mrs. Smith m

16、eant to give me the one-hundred-dollar bill. Baby-sitting three children is a lot of work. Soon Anna remembered that the Smiths didnt seem to have much money, either. But, she silently argued with herself. They gave me the money. I didnt steal il.She found her parents in the living room. Anna took a

17、 deep breath and told them what had happened. I wanted to give the money to you to help out the family, but I think Mrs. Smith made a mistake/ She continued. Im going to give it back to her.Dad settled his big hand on her shoulder. You just gave us the best gift, Anna. Mom kissed her. “Were proud of

18、 you, sweetheart.”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。The next morning, Anna went to Mrs. Smiths house again.Mrs. Smith opened her purse and counted out ten dollars.A. Both can only be used indoorsBoth can be bought online nowB. Both are operated with the help of Machine LearningBoth can create a v

19、ideo piece automatically【题 2】What is special about Snap Sunglasses?A. The glasses have a camera that can be attached to an objectThe glasses can cover the person who takes the pictureB. The glasses can store long videos and share them onlineThe glasses have music and effects【题 3 】What can we know ab

20、out Apple iPhone X from lhe text?A. It can recognize the users faceIt can take a picture of the users faceB. It can be unlocked by a fingerprintIt is absolutely safe()2. A 16-ycar-old Kansas boy will soon cam his high school diploma (文凭)and a few days later, hell travel to Harvard to collect his bac

21、helors degree. The senior named Braxton Moral will attend both grand ceremonies in May, becoming lhe only student to successfully pursue a fbur-year high school degree and a bachelors degree from Harvard at the same time. The Hutchinson News reported he seemed famous overnight and many people were s

22、urprised at what he has achieved.Ilarvard has changed the rules, said Braxtons father, Carlos Moral, so his son will be the one and the only young one who can reach that milestone. And Braxton will be 17 when he gets his diplomas. His father also said the Ulysses school district allowed him to take

23、some high school classes while he was still in middle school. Before high school, he had taken a class offered at Fort Hays State University. Then he was admitted into Hanard. Braxton studied at the high school and the Harvard Extension School simultaneously. The Harvard program typically serves the

24、 adults who work and canl attend classes on campus fill I time. Therefore, it is the first time that a high school student has done it successfully. Ulysses High School math teacher Patsy Love sened as the proctor fbr the Hanard program in Kansas, so he was responsible fbr Braxtons tests and grades.

25、We constantly are monitoring Braxton to make sure he is not too stressed/* said Julie Moral, Braxtons mother. No achievement is worth him being unhappy. However, wc still let him do his own things, including making plans fbr the studies of different levels/,【题 1 】Why were many people surprised at Br

26、axton?A. He was famous overnight.B. He will attend two ceremonies.C. He will get his high school diploma.D. He will earn two diplomas meanwhile.【题 2】WhaCs the meaning of the underlined word simultaneously in Paragraph 2?A. At the same time. B. Once in a while. C. From time to time. D. Once upon a ti

27、me.【题 3 】 What can we in花r according to the responsibility of a proctor?A. Teaching university students advanced math.B. Offering some information about the program.C. Encouraging adults to apply for a bachelors degree.D. Checking if a person can get a degree from Harvard.A. Braxton was anxious befo

28、re attending exams.B. BraxtoiVs parents didnt give him any support.C. Braxton kept a good balance between his studies.D. Braxton didnt go through any stress in his study.()2. When youre tired, getting behind the wheel can be nearly as dangerous as driving drunk. And yet everyday, sleepy Americans hi

29、t the roadwayssometimes with deadly consequences.To shine a spotlight on the danger of sleepy driving, Toyota, Uber and The Huffington Post are teaming up to provide discounted Uber rides to college students across the country this month.Starting Friday, The Huffington Posts co-fbunder and editor-in

30、-chief Arianna Huffington, will be touring college campuses to educate students on the importance of sleep and promote her newest book, The Sleep Revolution. At each college Huffington visits, students will receive a $ 15 discount on one Uber ride to or from campus, provided by Toyota.Everyone gets

31、tired, and far too often drivers are putting themselves and others at risk by getting behind the wheel without enough sleep. College students have become known for brushing off sleep and fbr wearing their sleeplessness as a badge (徽章)of honor. Indeed, a fill I 70 percent of then arent getting enough

32、 sleep, according to a study published in the journal Nature and Science of Sleep.In the long run, the lack of sleep can seriously harm the brain and body. In the near term, sleep loss affects the brain in much the same way alcohol docs, research has found. Staying awake tor 19 hours can have the sa

33、me efleet as knocking back a couple of drinks, and pulling an all-nighter is equal to having a blood alcohol level of 0.1 percent.It should come as little surprise, then, that car crashes related to sleepy driving result in 8,000 deaths every yearalmost as many deaths as are caused by drunk driving.

34、 And yet, despite the danger, over 80 percent of American adults say theyve driven while sleepy within the past year.Toyota, Uber and The HuJJington Post hope that by taking advantage of discounted Uber rides, college students will wake up to the danger of sleepy driving and the importance of a good

35、 nighfs sleep.【题 1 】Discounted Uber rides are offered to college students by the following EXCEPT.A. ToyotaB. UberC. The Sleep Revolution D. The HuJJington Post【题 2】What does the text tell us about college students?A. They enjoy taking discounted Uber rides.B. Theyre concerned about sleepy driving.C

36、. They arc fond of wearing badges.D. They take pride in sleeping less.【题 3 】Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?A. Students can get a 15% discount on one Uber ride.B. Sleepy driving is very common in the United States.C. Getting behind the wheel can be nearly as dangerous as driving

37、 dnink.D. The lack of sleep can greatly harm the brain and body in the near term.【题 4 】WhaCs the purpose of this text?A. To advertise The Sleep Revolution.B. To show the danger of sleep loss.C. To prevent students driving while sleepy.D. To encourage sleepy students to go to school.()3. Back in the

38、early 2000s, lots of people couldnt have imagined life without alarm clocks, CD players, calendars, cameras, or lots of other devices. But along cainc the iPhone and other smartphones, and they took over the fiinctions of dozens of things wc used to think were essential.The smartphone story could ev

39、en be a model fbr fighting climate change; not because smartphones use a small part of the energy of all the things they replacealthough they dobut because they represent a different approach to design in general. And that approach is to focus on function rather than form. That requires focusing on

40、understanding the underlying problem, and then engineering a wide range of potential solutions. This approach could revolutionize how we think about energy efficiency.Traditionally, improvements in energy efficiency have mostly focused on individual devices, which can be quite fruitRil. But fbcusing

41、 on individual devices is like if Apple had spent efR)rt inventing a better alarm clock, a better CD player, a better calendar, and a better camera. Now with an iPhone, we dont need the standalone devices at all, because it can function as all of them.So when it comes to using energy efficiently, ra

42、ther than just installing a more efficient heater, some people have fbeused instead on the desired function: staying warm. They designed and coated their house so well that they could get rid of their heater altogether, letting them heat their house with 99% less energy.In the same way, rather than

43、just making cars more efficient, what if we focus on the desired functiongetting where we want when we wantand create an efficient transportation system where we can drive less or get rid of our personal cars entirely?The most energy efficient car or heater is no car, or no heater, while still being

44、 able to get around and stay warm. In other words, ifs not thinking efficient, its thinking different.【题 1 】 What makes the iPhone a good example of environmental protection?A. Perfecting individual devices.B. Combining possible functions.C. Adopting a minimalist design.D. Reducing the energy consum

45、ption.【题 2 】 According to the passage, what is the core of improving energy efficiency?A. Using recyclable materials.B. Revolutionizing technologies.C. Figuring out various solutions.D. Concentrating on the essential needs.【题 3 】 What does the author think of traditional practices in energy improvem

46、ents?B. Ineffective.A. Out-of-date.C. Adequate.D. Successful.【题 4 】What can we learn from the passage?A. Think out of the box.B. Differences make it unique.C. Be economical with energy.D. Step out of the comfort zone.二、七选五()4. New Yearns resolutions you should be making about time managementYou like

47、ly already have too many goals and too many disappointments from this past year. So as you look ahead to 2020, the idea of adding more seems kind of exciting but also a bit forbidding. Thafs why as a time management coach, 1 recommend that you do the opposite: 【题 1 】Know lessIfs okay not to be up-to

48、-date on everything. To cut down on these distractions, you might turn off social media notifications on your phone. 【题 2 】 Unsubscribe from notification emails or newsletters you dont read regularly.Resolution: I resolve to be less aware of interesting things so I can be interested in and present f

49、or the people around me.Care lessThis one may sound a bit unfccling.You may want to be a kind and thoughtful person for your friends and family and to serve your clients well. 【题 3】 What that means is that you say No a lot.Here is a way:I am at the serxice of my customers Monday through Friday, duri

50、ng the day. 【题 4】 Being able to unplug from work in my personal time increases my ability to serve my clients well when Im in the office.Resolution: 【题 5】 Consequently, I can match my time with my highest priorities and take better care of the people closest to me.Is it easy to do less? No. But will it lead you to the best outcomes in the end? Yes. Youll thank yourself fbr it at the end of 2020.A. Resolve to do less.B. Contact people face to face.C. I have to manage my time strategically.D. But I don*t fee