广东省深圳市南山区南头中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

南头中学2023~2024学年度第一学期期中考试 高二英语 命题人：高二英语备课组 守核人：高俊线 (满分：125分考试时间：120分钟) 第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分375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。 A Every year,Time magazine picks out what it calls "The 25 Best Inventions"of the year.Here,this magazine has chosen some of the most interesting ones. Ember Mug It's hard to always keep coffee at the right temperature,especially in winter.It's too hot to drink at first, but before we know it,it gets too cold and loses all its taste.The perfect level of warmth for a cup of coffee only lasts for 37 seconds,which makes the Ember Mug a great invention.It keeps your coffee or tea at a certain temperature,anywhere between 45C and 62C,once you set it through a smartphone app. Tasty One Top TV cooking shows make cooking look so easy,but it's almost impossible to get the recipes to cook the same as how the professionals cook.However,the Tasty One Top DIY cooking companion is here to help. Developed by BuzzFeed,the cooker can be connected to a smartphone app,which has more than 1,700 recipes and videos.You choose a recipe and the app will let the cooker know what to do.For example,it'll tell you when to tum your steak or when to add certain ingredients. Jibo Smart speakers from companies like Amazon and Xinomi have added a lot of fun to our lives,but they're still just faceless speakers.However.Jibo,developed by MIT professor Cynthia Breazeal,has brought smart technology to life.Said to be "the world's first social robot for the home",Jibo looks like a cartooo character. Inside its "head",there are various sensors and cameras,which allow it to recognize faces and speech.It can also set alarms.remind you of important things,tell you the weather and read news or messages from your friends and family. 1.How can Tasty One Top help people? A.By offering people different recipes. B.By teaching people how to cook. C,By saving energy while cooking D.By offering different kinds of cooking apps 2.What can Jibo probably be? A.A cartoon char