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秘密★启用前
德州市、烟台市2024年高考第二次适应性练习
英语
2024年5月
注意事项: 1、答卷前,考生务必用黑色字违的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名、考生号,试室号和座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型(A)填涂在答题卡相应位置上,并在答题卡相应位置上填涂考生号。因笔试不考听力,试卷从第二部分开始,试题序号从“21”开始。
2、作答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡对应题目选项的答案信息点除黑;如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案,答案不能答在试卷上。
3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答,答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上,如需改动,先划掉原来的答案,然后再写上新答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液,不按以上要求作答无效。
4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁,考试结束后,将试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分听力(略)
第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳答案。
A
The 2024 Consumer Electronics Show is upon us and we’ve chosen four most functional-seeming ones to share with you.
A desk bike to charge your phone
Combining the health benefits of a pedal (脚踏) desk with the energy savings of a body-powered phone charger, Ampera Bike seems ideally suited for office multitaskers. A half-hour of pedaling can charge the average phone about 50 percent. The bike, small and unnoticeable enough for a home office, allows workers to finish the same tasks moving as they did sitting still.
Walking assist robot
For many, walking is a challenge because of aging, illness or muscle weakness. That’s why WIM, a robotic assist device tied around your waist and legs, was created. It reduces the energy needed to walk by 20 percent, potentially enabling walkers to go farther and feel less tired. The entire device weighs 3 pounds and folds up to the size of a purse. WIM can also be used in an exercise mode, providing resistance similar to walking in water and targeting specific muscles.
A mental health mirror
How do you feel when looking in the mirror in the morning? BMind Smart Mirror can take one look, use AI and natural language processing to analyze your expressions and gestures, tell your moods and then offer “personalized mental health coaching” to help. This technology that can monitor for heath changes has the potential of improving the quality of millions of lives.
Targeted hearing device
People with hearing loss have difficulty listening to a specific voice in a noisy space. OrCam Hear a