浙江省湖州市长兴县太湖高级中学2024-2025学年高二上学期英语周考二

长兴县太湖高级中学高二英语周考二 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37.5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 Competition Judges Needed Anyone with relevant knowledge or skills is encouraged to sign up to judge Sigma Xi's Student Research Showcase (SRS), an online science communication competition in which students compete for awards and recognition of outstanding virtual research presentations. The competition is open to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students and most worldwide research disciplines (学料) are represented across the following categories. *agriculture, soil, and natural resources *cell biology and biochemistry *human behavioral and social sciences *math and computer science *physics and astronomy Information for Judges Professional researchers and science communicators from the above-listed disciplines are needed to evaluate and interact with contestants by posting comments and questions on presentation websites. Each judge assesses up to 10 websites where students submit their presentations containing mainly a research abstract and a slide presentation. Sigma Xi membership is preferred, but not required, to judge. Judging takes place from April 26 to May 10, 2022, allowing flexibility with each judge's personal schedule as no travel is required. Click here to download the SRS Judges Manual for more information and judging criteria. Information for General visitors General visitors to the presentation websites can also watch the personal videos of the presenters and vote for the People's Choice Award winner, who will receive a prize money of up to $250. Visitors of general science background can also read the abstracts and comment in the discussion forums. Locate the link on the site that most likely appears as comments reactions. Visit http://sigmaxishowease.tumblr.com/for a sample Student Showcase presentation site. 1.Who is the most likely candidate for the judge of the competition? A.A graduate student of physics. B.A professor of western literature. C.An undergraduate of cell biology. D.A specialist in human social sciences. 2.What is the judge expected to do? A.Assess science presentation websites. B.Interview the contestants at a given time. C.Vote for the People's Choice Award winner. D.Evaluate personal videos given by presenters. 3.Where is this text probably taken from? A.A website. B.A magazine. C.An advertisement. D.An academic article. B A mild-mannered cat by day, at night Rusty was just the opposite. Often, Bill and I would lie in bed quarreling over whether we should let it out to wander in the dark or put up with another sleepless night. So, instead, we lay in the dark each noisy night and wondered what damage Rusty would do. And always in the morning, if I had forgotten to put the butter in the cupboard, there were marks from a rough, little tongue and once even a paw print. Something had to give. Bill looked at me straight in the eyes,“Do it." My reservations were such, however, that it took me several weeks and the loss of nearly a pound of butter to decide we didn't have much choice. That night, I put Rusty on his cat bed and patted him a little guiltily on the head. Then I began filling the kitchen sink with about two inches of water. Rusty loved jumping into a damp sink and then tracking water all over the cupboards and across the kitchen floor. According to the article I saved from a website to my folder, cats used to jumping into your sink, but they won't do it again if they jump in and find a couple of inches of water. Next, I cleared the cupboards of everything. Then I got out all my metal cookie sheets and a fork to go with each.According to the article, you should support a cookie sheet with a fork. When your cat jumps on the counter, he will knock down the insecurely balanced cookie sheets. What happens next will stop him from doing it a second time. Everything in place,I slipped onto our bed quietly, waiting. Suddenly, there came an awfully loud noise of metal. A chain reaction of crashes next. Finally, Rusty rounded the corner in the hall heavily and leaped through our doorway onto the foot of our bed, trembling under our cover.And that was the night Rusty, the Midnight Troublemaker, retired. 4.Which of the following best describes Rusty at night? A.Cold-blooded. B.Adorable. C.Good-tempered. D.Troublesome. 5.What did Bill mean by saying "Do it" in Paragraph 2? A.To leave the cat outdoor. B.To give the cat a lesson. C.To reserve food for the cat. D.To give the cat more butter. 6.What did the writer do before she went to bed that night? A.Filled the sink with water. B.Laid two traps for the cat. C.Covered the counter with sheets. D.Cleaned the kitchen thoroughly. 7.How did the author probably feel about the outcome of her effort? A.Satisfied. B.Disappointed. C.Anxious. D.Regretful. C On Monday, December 5,online retailing (零售) giant Amazon announced the opening of its first physical store. Called Amazon Go, the Seattle-based store that is currently being tested by company employees, learns from regular grocery stores except for one thing-"Just Walk Out"technology. All purchases are handled electronically, which means there are no cashiers,checkouts or lines. Shoppers simply take what they need and leave. To shop at Amazon Go, customers need to open an Amazon account and download the store's App onto their smartphones. Upon entering the store, they scan a QR code (二维码) with their phones and begin shopping. Every item picked up gets added to the bill automatically. If the customer changes his/her mind, all he/she has to do is return the purchase back on the shelf, and it will be removed from the final bill. Once the customer leaves the store,the amount spent is automatically taken out from the Amazon account and a digital receipt is generated to remind the shopper of the trade. To provide busy customers a pleasant shopping experience, Amazon, which has been working on this concept for four years, plans to keep the store size at a“comfortable"1,800 square feet. In addition to typical grocery products like bread and milk, the store will stock ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch and dinner options, made by on-site chefs. There will also be chef-designed Amazon Meal boxes for those who prefer to cook the food at home. After years of joint efforts by Amazon staff, Amazon Go finally opened in 2021. Amazon will not provide any insight into the cutting-edge“Just Walk Out” technology. The company website states, "The checkout-free shopping experience is enabled by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion and deep learning." 8.What is the advantage of Amazon Go over regular grocery stores? A.Store size. B.Product price. C.Shopping speed. D.Diverse goods. 9.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about? A.What to buy at Amazon Go. B.How to shop at Amazon Go. C.How to open an Amazon account. D.Why to download the store's App. 10.What can we infer from Paragraph 3? A.People can shop and eat at Amazon Go. B.Chefs will offer on-site cooking lessons. C.Amazon spent years improving its service. D.1,800 square feet is the best size of grocery stores. 11.What makes possible the checkout-free shopping experience? A.The advanced technology. B.The deep learning method. C.The help of the car industry. D.Teamwork by Amazon staff. D Sleeping with a dim light like a television or nightlight is enough to the raise blood sugar and heart rates of healthy people, according to a new study. Light helps our body maintain an internal clock, but artificial light at night can interrupt the rest and repair that should happen during the sleep. New research suggests that even when our eyes are closed, a small amount of light can disrupt the way our bodies normally keep our blood sugar within a healthy range. In the study published in Sciences on Monday, scientists asked 20 participants ages 19 to 36 to spend two nights in their lab. On the first night of sleep, the volunteers slept in a very dark room. For their second night of sleep, half of the group snoozed with a small light like the glow of television at night, or streetlights through a window-and half spent their second night in a dark room. During the trial, all participants were connected to devices that measured different markers of their sleep quality. They were each connected via a special tube, allowing researchers to collect samples without waking the individual. Researchers also recorded participants' heart rates and brain waves. When the volunteers awoke in the morning, the team tested their blood sugar and found that participants that slept in rooms with a dim light spent less time in deep sleep. In addition to having slightly worse blood sugar control,t he group exposed to dim light had a higher heart rate on average. “By comparison, those that spend two nights in the dark room had little difference in their blood sugar control. They thought they slept well, but your brain knows that the lights are on," says Zee, "you should clearly pay attention to the light in your bedroom. If you can't give up your night light, keep it dim and at floor level." Earlier work has linked exposure to light during sleep to an increased risk of obesity in women. Zee recommends,“make sure that you start dimming your lights at least an hour or two before you go to bed to prepare your environment for sleep." 12.What did the underlined word“disrupt" in Paragraph 1 mean? A.Keep. B.Bother. C.Disagree. D.Follow. 13.How did the researchers draw a conclusion from the study? A.Using questionnaires. B.By comparing earlier work. C.By conducting the experiments. D.By analyzing the data from scientific texts. 14.What did the study find if the participants slept in dark rooms? A.The participants would have a higher heart rate. B.The participants would have higher blood sugar. C.The participants actually sleep more than average. D.The participants' blood sugar control would not change. 15.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text? A.Sleep Well,Eat Well,Good Health B.The Darker,the Lower Blood Sugar C.How to Sleep Well With a Dim Light D.Sleeping With a Dim Light Can Raise Health Problems 第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选 项。 Digital Technology is the major engine of modern life. It provides us with our means of communication, entertainment, and social lives. The last few years especially have shown how important digital technology is to our lives,as the pandemic forced us to move online. Everywhere, there are many apps that claim to help people find happiness: heart-rate trackers, exercise apps, sleep apps, etc. __16__ Actually, there are three things you can do to ensure that your digital technology tools are helpful. Firstly, be certain that the app is designed in such a way that it serves your purposes and not the company's purpose. Some apps will overwhelm you with notifications (通知) and data. __17__ After all, you never want to feel bad about an app which always tells you what you should or should not do. __18__ Before downloading an app that claims to make your life better, do a quick Google search and read up on the science behind it. Sometimes app designers start with the best intentions, but then get too invested in the engineering and details and lose sight of the science that they are basing themselves on. Finally, make sure you try out the app before you use it. __19__ Read the fine print and inform yourself regarding return policies and trial periods when you download a new app. Don't use an app that isn't right for you. Digital Technology may help,but you still need to go outside to take a walk, and do something t make someone else happy. __20__ Use the tools that are helpful to you,digital or otherwise, and find your way. A.Not every app is right for every person. B.You may find these notifications useful. C.How can we know which ones are truly helpful? D.That could be more harmful to your mental health than helpful. E.Remember, the pursuit of happiness doesn't have only one path. F.In addition, make sure that the science behind the app is good science. G.Can we rely on digital technology around us to become happier people? 第Ⅱ卷 第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have got something about the __21__ to two of her country's problems: garbage and poverty. It is called the Chip (薯片) Bag Project. The 26-year-old student and environmentalist is asking a __22__ of local snack lovers: Rather than throw empty chip bags into garbage cans, __23__ them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the __24__. Chip eaters __25__ their empty bags at two locations in Detroit: a print shop and a clothing store, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers __26__ them. After they disinfect (消毒) the chip bags in soapy hot water, they slice them open, __27__ them flat, and iron them together. Then they use cotton and liners (衬层) from old coats to line the insides. It takes about four hours to __28__ a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags, __29__ on whether they're single-serve or family size. Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has __30__ 110 sleeping bags. Sure ,it would be __31__ to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. However, that's only half the __32__ for Oleita. “We aim to make a(an) __33__ not only socially, but environmentally," said Oleita.“It is worth __34__ chip bags and using them to help the homeless. __35__ they would land in the garbage. 21.A.reaction 22.A.suggestion 23.A.donate 24.A.disabled 25.A.deliver 26.A.guard 27.A.fold 28.A.sew 29.A.concentrating 30.A.sold 31.A.simpler 32.A.project 33.A.impression 34.A.recycling 35.A.However B.solution B.permission B.reserve B.elderly B.drop off B.promote B.lay B.design B.insisting B.created B.cooler B.issue B.announcement B.maintaining B.Besides C.response C.favor C.sort C.homeless C.hand out C.place C.cut C.order C.depending C.decorated C.cleverer C.battle C.impact C.improving C.Therefore D.way D.promise D.change D.sick D.reuse D.collect D.hang D.clean D.agreeing D.received D.more formal D.goal D.decision D.producing D.Otherwise 第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Vertical gardening isn't new, but an example from India shows how this inventive technique is __36__ (true) changing lives. The Mehra family from Amritsar were locally hot news last June when they showed off the vertical garden __37__ they had created at their home. The family used over 175,000 plastic bottles to create __38__ garden, fixing the bottles to the outside walls of their home and filling them with__39__ (variety) of plants. The plants are irrigated by __40__ (use) a simple drip system (滴灌系统) and amazingly, this __41__ (lower) the temperature of their home by nearly a cool five degrees Celsius so far. The idea caught on quickly. Many local schools now have green vertical gardens on their walls, __42__ so does Punjab Agriculture University, and even Ludhiana railway station, the first station in India __43__ (adopt) this initiative. The railway notes that the plants not only cool the station, but also help absorb the noise, and seem to have a calming and anti-littering effect __44__ travelers. Moreover, every vertical garden created this way is recycling plastic which would otherwise be a pollutant, actively reducing local __45__ (pollute). 第三节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分） 46. Talent and hard work are both c_______ to career success. 47. Not every student o_______ the school rules. Teachers should be strict with them. 48. The girl has the ________(潜力) to become an excellent basketball player. 49. The lawyer is not__________(有空的) now, so you have to book another appointment. 50. It seemed i_____________ that people would still have a desire to play football during war. 51. Having nothing to do, he was________ aimlessly up and down the road. 52. With freezing cold wind b______ my face, I was on the edge of a nervous breakdown when lost in forest. 53. The wolf walked towards confidently, ________(陪伴；伴随) by a tiger. 54. I was walking to my office when I e___________ a small kitten. 55. People should be p________ from using plastic bags to eliminate white pollution. 第三部分 写作(共一节，满分25分) 56.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整短文。 Elizabeth walked on to the patio, carrying a bunch of roses"Beautiful flowers for...for...oh, I'll never get it right!” she cried, throwing the roses on the ground. Elizabeth had been practising her speech for a week. She'd presented flowers to the dog, the cat, and the statue in the garden. Part of her couldn't wait. This Saturday, the great Ana Wolff, famous pianist,would perform at the concert hall in town. For four years, Elizabeth bad taken piano lessons. She'd listened to Ms. Wolff’s recordings over and over again, loving the way the notes tumbled like a rushing mountain stream. Part of Elizabeth was terrified. Her music teacher at school, Mr. Leaf, had asked Elizabeth to present the flowers to Ms. Wolff after the performance. Why did he have to choose her? Elizabeth hated oral reports, plays at the synagogue--anything where she had to talk in front of people. Some of her classmates liked giving speeches. Myron gave a speech every time Mr. Leaf called on him. Melissa always volunteered to make announcements. Let one of them present the flowers! “How's the speech coming?" asked Elizabeth's mother from the back door. "Want to practise on me?" "No, thanks," said Elizabeth. "Mum, I can't do this! I'll forget. I might even pass out!" “No, you won't, honey. Think about it... sharing the stage with Ana Wolff. What an honour!” "Not if I do something dumb." But Elizabeth kept practising. “Beautiful flowers for a beautiful performance...” Then the big day when Ms. Wolf gave a concert finally came. Elizabeth and her mother took their seats. She held a bunch of red roses. "All set, Elizabeth?" Mr. Leaf asked. Her stomach tightened, but she nodded at him. Mum squeezed Elizabeth's hand. 注意: (1)续写词数应为150个左右; (2)请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 As the lights dimmed, Ms. Wolff walked onstage and bowed, smiling. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ms Wolff smiled and bowed again before she was about to walk offstage. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 长兴县太湖高级中学高二英语周考二参考答案 第一部分：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） 1-3DAA 4—7DBBA 8—11CBCA 12—15BCDD 第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 16---20 CDFAE 第二部分：语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节完形填空（共15个小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 21—25 BCACB 26—30 DBACB 31—35 ADCAD 第二节(10个小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 36.truly 37.that/which 38.the 39.varieties 40.using 41.has lowered 42.and 43.to adopt 44.on/upon 45.pollution 第三节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分） 46. critical 47.obey 48.potential 49.available 50.incredible 51.wandering 52. blowing 53.accompanied 54.encountered 55.prohibited 第三部分：（范文如下） Paragraph 1: As the lights dimmed, Ms. Wolff walked onstage and bowed, smiling. Ms. Wolff strode briskly to the piano and took her seat. She placed her fingers on the piano keys and began to play. People enjoyed the wonderful music as Ms. Wolff’s fingers danced across the keys. After each piece, the audience clapped loudly. Drown in the music, Elizabeth forgot the speech for a while. The moment Ms Wolff finished her last piece, applause thundered through the hall. People rose and cheered. Paragraph 2: Ms Wolff smiled and bowed again before she was about to walk offstage. It was time to present the flowers. Elizabeth felt nervous with her heart beating fast and her legs shaking. Mum urged Elizabeth, "Now!" Clutching the roses, Elizabeth approached Ms.Wolff. She took a deep breath, gathered her courage and handed the roses to Ana Wolff. "Beaut...Beautiful flowers for a beautiful performance!" she said. The audience cheered again. Unexpectedly, Ms Wolff hugged Elizabeth and smiled, “Thank you!" Elizabeth felt warm and relieved. It was really an honor, she thought. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$