北京市第一零九中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中英语试题

北京市第一警九中学2024-2025学年第一学期期中试卷 高二英语 2024.11 第一部分知识运用（共68分） 一、完形填空（共10小愿：每小愿1.5分，共15分） 阅读下面短文，掌提其大惠，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳 选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Last September,Sarah,44,slipped on a platform and 1 in the gap between a train and the platform edge.When the train left the station,it ran over her right arm and leg. Unfortunately,another train pulled in,causing further 2.A few minutes later, someone noticed her and called emergency services.They3 to the scene and took Sarah to the hospital,but doctors were 4 to save her arm and leg. 5,Sarah is now the world's first woman to use a f250,000 bionic arm 6 by Al. "It's hard to explain but when I think about a 7-say 'open my hand'-my muscles twitch ()in a particular way.The sensors in it will 8 these twitches,and send signals to make my hand work.And if it 9 the fact that I point my finger often, it will leam that I like to do that and make it casier for me to do so,"said Sarah. In February,Sarah retumed to work and a few months later she attended a conference in Rome to give a speoch about the accident."I do miss myself before the accident.But at the end of the day,I'm just 10 that Al can give me a piece of my life back.I know I am blessed to be able to keep moving forward with my family." 1.A.fell B.jumped C.stood D.filled 2.A.changes B.worries C.injuries D.failures 3.A.moved B.tumed C.walked D.rushed 4.A.uncertain B.unable C.patient D.eager 5.A.Naturally B.Normally C.Obviously D.Luckily 6.A.powered B.developed C.graded D.treated 7.A.pattem B.signal C.movement D.moment 8.A.protect B.detect C.connect D.reflect 9.A.cares about B.talks about C.figures out D.points out 10.A.hopeful B.grateful C.concemed D.amused 二、阅读理解 (共两节，32分) 第一节（共11小题：每小愿2分，共22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，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。 A There are numerous amusemeat parks all over the world.A famous magazine, Amusement Today,does a survey among park lovers every year both in the U.S.and overseas,based on which,"Top 5 List of the Best Amusement Parks in the World"has come out as follows: Disneyland,Californis Disneyland is a theme park in Anaheim,Califoria,the U.S.More than 515 million guests have travelled to this American landmark from around the world since the park first opened to guests on 17 July,1955.The park is made up of many world-famous sections, such as Main Street,Adventure Land,New Orleans Square,and so on. Magic Kingdom,Disney World,Florida Magic Kingdom is a theme park within the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista,Florida,near Orlando opened on I October,1971.It is the most famous theme park in Florida.The park's design and attractions don't make much difference from Disneyland Park in Anahcim.EPCOT,Disney World,Florids EPCOT is the second theme park built at the Waht Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida.The park opened on I October,1982,and was named EPCOT Centre from 1982 to 1993.It was the largest Disney theme park in the world until 1998,when Disney's Animal Kingdom opened. Disney-MGM Studios,Florida MGM's streets are the home for some great movie-themed attractions with a history of less than 30 years.With the addition of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and the Rock'N' Roller Coaster,the park is now home to Disney World's most thrillingrides Universal Studies,Florida Go behind the scenes,beyond the screen and jump right into the action of your favourite movies at Universal Studios.Opened on 7 June,1990,the park's theme is the entertainment industry,in particular movies and television 11.Which park has the longest history? A.Magic Kingdom,Disney World,Florida. B.Disneyland,Califoria C.EPCOT,Disney World,Florida. D.Disney-MGM Studios,Florida. 12.Which of the following theme parks have similar attractions? A.EPCOT Disney-MGM Studios. B.Magic Kingdom Universal Studios. C.Disneyland,Califomia Universal Studios. D.Disneyland,Califoria&Magic Kingdom. 13.What is the purpose of the passage? A.To attract tourists to these theme parks. B.To increase the sales of Amsement Today. C.To introduce world's best amusement perks. D.To compare attractions in different theme pariks B Glenda and Raphael Savitz moved to Newton in 2016.They found themselves welcomed into the neighbourhood with truly open arms.Three months later,they gave birth to Samantha.Unluckily,she was bor entirely deaf.The neighbourhood was still excited to welcome little Samantha,of course,but they were worried about her parents. The neighbours wanted to do something to make things easier for the family.All the neighbourhood agreed to take on the responsibility of learing an entirely second language all for their youngest member.Samantha would grow up leaming to"speak"American Sign Language,so her friends and neighbours would leam to speak it right along with her.The group of 18 residents employed a sign language teacher and the whole neighbourhood except Glenda and Raphacl Savitz began to leam American Sign Language in a neighbour's big living room.They believed people everywhere wished to have a community with something positive around and Samantha was bringing about a reason for them to get together. The neighbours went on leaming hard and kept things secret for as long as possible. They wanted to commuicate with the little girl.Finally,the time came to show Raphael, Glenda,and Samantha what they had done.The family found themselves overwhelmed by the welcoming signs of their friends and neighbours.Glenda recalled it as one of the most affecting experiences she'd ever felt.A present for Samantha would have made her grateful, but this was so much more.Now after the neighbours say hello to her parents,they bend down to greet three-year-old Samantha with sign language.At every tum,in the street,the grocery store,or by the canal,Samantha feels included. 14.What was the neighbours'decision about helping the couple? A.Collecting money online. B.Learning the sign language. C.Teaching Samantha a second language. D.Keeping Samantha company all the time. 15.What did the neighbours think of Samantha? A.She forced her parents to struggle hard. B.She set an example to other children. C.She was a tie of the neighbourhood. D.She made her family poor. 16.What does the underlined word"overwhelmed"probably mean? A Frightened. B.Excited. C.Worried. D.Moved. 17.Which of the following can best describe the neighbourhood? A.Terrible. B.Warm. C.Disappointing. D.Peaceful. c Think ofthewods in your head:thattajokeyouiseyktoyou dieyour voiced impres of your berrner.Now imagine tha someone could listen in. Recently,scientists from the University of Texas,have made another step in that direction.In a study published in Neuroscience,the team showed it was possible to read people's thoughts with a non-invasive brain scamer called fMRI and lage language. models(LLMs)built with GPT. The study centered on three subjects,who lay in an fMRI scanner recording their brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow in parts of their brains while they listened to online stories.By integrating this information with the LLMs'ability to understand how words relate to one another,the researchers developed an encoded (map of how each individual's brain responds to different words.Then.the team worked backward. They recorded the fMRI activity while the participants listened to a new story.Using a combination of the pattems previously encoded for each individual and LLMs,the researchers attempted to translate this new brain activity. While many of the sentences it produced were inaccurate,the decoder generated sentences that got the main idea of what the person was thinking For instace,when a person heard,"I don't have my driver's license yet,"the decoder spat out,"She has not even started to leam to drive yet,"Alex Huth from the university said,"We were shocked and impressed that this worked as well as it docs." The tesearchers also found that the technology isn't on-siz-fitsall Each decoder was quite personalized and worked only for the person whose brain atahad helped build it.Additionally,a person had to vohmtarily cooperate for the decoderoidentify ideas If a person wasn't paying attention to an audio story,the decoder couldn't pick that story up from brain signals. While the technology was still far from perfect,the resul could ultimately lead to seamless devices that help people who can't talk or otherwise commumcate easily. However,the research also raises privacy concems about unwelome neural overhearing. The team said the potential of the technology was such that policymakers should proactively address how it can be legally used.Jemry Tang from the team said,"Nobody's brain should be decoded without their permission If one day it does become possible to get accurate decoding without a person's will,we'll have a regulatory foundation in place." 18.What is the study mainly about? A.The working principle of a smart scanner. B.The potential impact of mind-reading GPT. C.The advance in brain-decoding technology. D.The breakthrough in large language models. 19.How did the team work beckward? A.They fod the decoder data on people's brain activities. B.They employed the scanner to encode people's thoughts C.They recorded the fMRI activity to assess thinking ability. D.They used brain activity pattems to read the subjects'mind. 20.What did the researchers find? A.The decoder worked as expected. B.The decoder can get the wording right. C.The decoder required willing participation. D.The decoder can be applied to different people. 21.What will the team most probably do next? A.Personalize the technology. B.Establish proper regulations. C.Apply the technology across fields. D.Break limitations of the technology. 第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，共10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有 两项为多余选项。 When you go to concerts,you expect your favorite musician to perform amazingly on stage.But you may have noticed something curious that most musicians don't just play with their fingers.They also involve body movements that fit the song's beat or dance following the music.22 The facial expressions musicians show when playing may seem strange or crazy to an outsider,but all that pulling faces might actually serve a purpose. Firstly,playing a musical instrument usually requires intense focus and concentration. 23Their facial expressions can be a demonstration of the intense emotions and physical effort that go hand-in-hand with musical performance.They're often subconscious-in fact,many of us will pull strange faces when we're deeply involved in an activity we care about. 24 Musicians have a strong cmotional connection with the music they perform. They often use their facial expressions to express the mood and interpretation of the music, which creates a more engaging musical experience.While facial expressions may not directly make someone a better musician,they might contribute to the overall artistry of the music. Performing live music is a rather stressful experience,so it could be that the performer is expressing those nerves through their face-biting the bottom lip,for example.Luckily, nerves will often go away soon after a musician starts performing.25 The facial expressions obviously to some extent express the performer's inner world. Another interesting thing is that making facial expressions can have a physiological impact on the musician's performance.Some research suggests that certain.facial movements can activate specific muscles and improve muscle harmonization.26However,it's important to note that this relationship is still not well understood,and the extent to which facial expressions directly impact musical competence is a subject of ongoing investigation. 3 A.When you're really focused,you don't care about the outside world. B.Among them the part of the body that best exhibits this is obviously the face. C.They likely won't be the main cause for those stange faces throughout a performance. D.Such effectsare particularly helpful in controlling muscles when playing an instrument. E.Facial expressions can also help musicians communicate emotions and artistic expression. F.Musicians are often overcome with emotion from the music itself or the reaction of the crowd. G.Musicians often enter a state of"flow",where they become completely absorbed in the music they're creating. 三、选词填空（共11小题：每小题1分，共11分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从每篇短文上面的方框词中选择合适的单词或短 语，并用其正确形式填空，请将答案书写在答题卡相应位置。每组词中有一词为多余 选项。 A valley, edge, ban, territory, apart from Sarek's mountains used to be covered by vast sheets of ice.Aroud 9,000 years ago, this ice melted,leaving behind about 100 glaciers.Soon after,reindeer began to arrive. Following the reindeer were the Sami people,who made this27 their home. Getting here is quite difficult,so 28 the Sami very few people have ever seen Sarek.In 1909,Sarek was made a national park in oder to keep the land in its natural state. Though the Sami are allowed to continue their traditional way of life in the park,no one else can live here,and all new development 29 within park boundaries.At the far side of the 30 an ancient Sami cottage is visible.Close by,there are a few reindeer feeding on grass. B appropriate, interpret, vary, social display Just like spoken language,body language 31 from culture to culture.The crucial thing is using body language in a way that is 32 to the culture you are in. For example,making eye contact-looking into someone's eyes-in some countries is a way to33 interest.In other countries,by contrast,eye contact is not always approved of.For example;in many Middle Eastem countries,men and women are not 34 permitted to make eye contact.In Japen,it may demonstrate respect to look down when talking to an older person. 3 C react, embarrass, bother, merely Students who are angry,afraid,or experiencing anxiety may have their arms crossed in front of their chests and their legs closed or crossed,like they are guarding their bodies. Students who are sad or worried will nearly always wear a frown.They may also hid their faces in their hands like they are 35 Some students act this way 36 because they are afraid of being called on by the teacher.However,if a student does not 37 to brush her hair or her cyes are red from weeping,then I can infer that there are deeper issues at work. 四、幅译句子（共5小愿，每小题2分，共10分） 请使用括号中所给的单词或词组的适当形式将下面的句子翻译成英文，并将答案 书写在答题纸相应位置。 38.采纳他的方法是我最不愿意做的事。(adop) 39.我赞同在这个地区建一个国家公园。(in favor o0 40.我认为我们应该号召人们保护环境。(call o如) 4L.她建议在演讲中使用适当的手势。(sugs) 42.此主题公园以其过山车而闻名，每年吸引数百万游客。(be famous for,定语从句) 第二都分书面表达（共32分） 五、阅读表达（共4小愿：第43、44愿各2分，第45题3分，第46题5分，共12 分) 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求回答问题。 In the summer of 2016,the ship MV Treasure sunk,creating an oil spill.Thirteen hundred tons of fuel oil were flowing right in the middle of the African Penguins'habitat. Soon the oil covered about 20,000 penguins.Without swift help,the seabirds would have no chance of survival.Volunteers were showing up by the thousands and I also took part in what was the largest animal rescue operation ever. A warehouse was tumed into a rescue center near the habitat and hundreds of pools were built to hold about 100 oiled birds each.When walking into the center,I couldn't believe my ears.I had expected to walk into a chorus of honking andisquawking () Instead,the center sounded like a library.The penguins were dead silent.My heart ached for the painful birds.Cleaning them all seemed like an impossible task.But we had to carry on like doctors in an emergency room.There was no time for doubt.Cleaning oil off a penguin wasn't easy.Even with more than 12,500 volunteers,it took a month to bathe all 20,000 birds at the center. While volunteers were busy bathing the oiled penguins,another crisis was developing. Oil from the spill had started moving north.Tens of thousands of penguins were in the oil's path.But we already had our hands full with 20,000 recovering birds.If any more birds were oiled,we wouldn't have enough resources to save them. One researcher came up with an idea:What if the penguins were temporarily moved out of harm's way?Experts decided to have a try.Volunteers rounded up the penguins and released them 500 miles away.The hope was that by the time the seabirds swam home,the oil would be gone.The plan worked!Another 20,000 penguins were saved. The cntire penguin rescue took about three.months.More than 90%of the oiled penguins were successfully retumed to the wild.Looking back on the rescue,I am still amazed by the work of the volunteers.What I could hardly believe was that we accomplished an impossible task. 43.What threatened the African penguins'lives? 44.How did the author feel when walking into the rescue center? 45.Please decide which part is false in the following statement,then undertine it and explain why. Volunteers could save the penguins in the oil's path because they clemed the polluted habitat together. 46.What do you think of the rescue?Give your reasons.(In about 40 words) 六、书面表达(20分) 假设你是红星中学的李华。你校交换生准备这个周末去欢乐谷游玩，请你给 他写一封邮件，内容包括： 1、公园介绍（基本情况、主要游乐设能阳活动…）： 2、游玩建议。 提示词：欢乐谷lappy Valley 注意：1.词数100字左右： 2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Jim, Yours, Li Hua