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盐城市亭湖高级中学2024-2025学年 第二学期高二英语寒假作业回顾 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段 对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt?? A.19.15. B.c9.18. C.￡9.15 答案是C。 1.How soon will the man return the book? A.In three days. B.In one week. C.In two weeks. 2.What will the woman do next? A.Advertise for the movie. B.Prepare some food. C.Go to the cinema. 3.Where will the speakers meet on Saturday? A.At the man's house. B.At the cinema. C.At school. 4.What are the speakers talking about? A.A hat. B.A scarf. C.A sweater. 5.What does the woman ask the man to do? A.Put out a fire. B.Read a scary story. C.Find some firewood. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选 项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作 答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 6.Who is Beta? A.The woman's daughter.B.The woman's dog. C.The woman's friend. 7.What training is effective for Beta? A.Reward training. B.Movement training. C.Confidence training. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 8.What does the man do? A.A doctor. B.A student. C.An athlete. 9.What do we know about the man? A.He had a serious car accident. B.He got an operation on his leg. C.He broke his leg at the age of 17. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 10.Where will the speakers spend their vacation? A.At a beach. B.On an island. C.In a mountain. 11.What will the woman make a booking for? A.The hotel. B.The flight. C.The restaurants. 12.What does the woman suggest doing before leaving? A.Buying some clothes. B.Booking the activities. 1 C.Watching the weather conditions. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 13.What is the relationship between the speakers? A.Host and guest. B.Writer and reader. C.Boss and employee. 14.What is the work-life balance like in traditional workplaces? A.People's work and private lives are separate. B.People work long legal working hours. C.People spend little time with family. 15.What does the man think of working on weekends in traditional workplaces? A.It's normal. B.It's impossible. C.It's uncommon. 16.What will the man probably talk next? A.The difference of his new book. B.The changed work-life balance. C.The healthy working lives. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 17.What could the speaker probably be? A.A teacher. B.A student. C.A guide 18.How was the first winter of the first Englishmen? A.Easy. B.Boring. C.Tough. 19.When was the first Thanksgiving? A.n1620 B.In1621. C.ln1622 20.What can we learn from the talk? A.Natives were invited on the first Thanksgiving. B.Thanksgiving is celebrated quite differently now. C.Thanksgiving was originally celebrated in December 第二部分阅读（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 TRAVELADVISORY Here are a few things you should know before you take off on your next trip. Frontier Airlines Face Covering Requirement As required by federal law,the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)Order and Transportation Security Administration (TSA)Security Directive,all passengers and employees must wear a face covering over nose and mouth throughout the Frontier travel experience including at ticket counters,gate areas,baggage claim and onboard all flights.Face coverings are not required for children under the age of 2.Face coverings must fit snugly (over your nose and mouth and be secured under the chin.Not wearing an approved face covering is a violation of federal law and you may lose future travel privileges on Frontier. Persons with a disability who cannot wear a mask,or cannot safely wear a mask,because of that disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act can apply for a face mask exemption ()To learn about pre- travel exemption requirements,click here. 2 Temperature Screening Requirement Anyone with a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher will not be able to board the plane.If time allows,we will give customers the opportunity to rest before receiving a second check.If the second temperature screening is 100.4 degrees or higher,our team will help the customer to rebook travel at a later date when they are feeling better. Know Your Travel Policy CDC issued an Order on January 12,2021(effective since January,26,2021)requiring proof of a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 for all air passengers arriving from a foreign country to the US. 21.Who can legally board a Frontier Airlines flight without wearing a face covering? A.A senior manager of Frontier Airlines. B.A blind man in a wheelchair. C.A one-year-old baby. D.A high school student. 22.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A.Passengers can take off their face coverings when they pick up their checked baggage B.Passengers with a high fever will have their flights rescheduled. C.Passengers without proof of a negative COVID-19 test can't enter the US on January 20,2021. D.Passengers without proper face coverings may be banned from flying with Frontier Airlines in the future. 23.Where is this text most likely from? A.A website. B.A brochure. C.A guidebook. D.A newspaper. B The meaning of silence varies among cultural groups.Silences may be thoughtful,or they may be empty when a person has nothing to say.A silence in a conversation may also show stubbornness,uneasiness or worry. Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable;therefore attempts may be made to fill every gap()with conversation.Persons in other cultural groups value silence and view it as necessary for understanding a person's needs. Many Native Americans value silence and feel it is a basic part of communicating among people,just as some traditional Chinese and Thai persons do.Therefore,when a person from one of these cultures is speaking and suddenly stops,what may be implied()is that the person wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing.In these cultures,silence is a call for reflection. Other cultures may use silence in other ways,particularly when dealing with conflicts among people or in relationships of people with different amounts of power.For example,Russian,French,and Spanish persons may use silence to show agreement between parties about the topic under discussion.However,Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her.In still another use,persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect,particularly to an elder or a person in authority. Nurses and other care-givers need to be aware of the possible meanings of silence when they come across the personal anxiety their patients may be experiencing.Nurses should recognize their own personal and cultural construction of silence so that a patient's silence is not interrupted too early or allowed to go on unnecessarily.A nurse who understands the healing (value of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures. 24.What does the author say about silence in conversations? A.It implies anger. B.It promotes friendship. C.It is culture-specific. D.It is content-based. 3 25.Which of the following people might regard silence as a call for careful thought? A.The Russians. B.The Chinese. C.The French. D.The Mexicans. 26.What does the author advise nurses to do about silence? A.Let it continue as the patient pleases. B.Break it while treating patients. C.Evaluate its harm to patients. D.Make use of its healing effects 27.What may be the best title for the text? A.Sound and Silence B.Silence to Native Americans C.What It Means to Be Silent D.Speech Is Silver;Silence Is Gold C Anyone who has messy children,lazy partners or naughty flat-mates will be impressed by the resourcefulness (of Katrina Neathey,the co-owner of a cleaning company in West Sussex.She has made her three teenagers sign an agreement to help keep the house tidy.Any infraction of the agreement,for example,littering up their bedroom with magazines and drinks,or failing to put their dirty plates in the dishwasher,will come with a 5- pound fine on the removal of their phones. It is one way of setting up a cleaning rota that people might stick to."Cleaning is teamwork,"says Lynsey Crombie,also known as the Queen of Clean.She suggests getting everyone in the household together to find out what people like doing."In our family,my husband is better at mowing the lawn.I love cleaning rooms. Someone else might like folding the towels.You let everybody do what they're good at,or enjoy,so there's more chance they'll actually do it." Crombie is not a fan of fines.For her children,she takes away their phones or turns off the Wi-Fi.For other adults who aren't joining in,she suggests keeping asking them to take action. If you aren't sure what is required to keep the dirt at bay,there are many checklists online that you can print out to share the daily,weekly and monthly tasks.You can stick it on the fridge,and then everyone knows where they stand.If it's not working,have another chat,such as"What do you dislike?""How can we improve it?"Ironing out problems is all about communication. 28.What does the underlined word"infraction"in Paragraph I mean? A.Change B.Violation. C.Explanation. D.Discussion. 29.How does Crombie encourage her family to enjoy their tasks? A.By dividing tasks in terms of interest. B.By sticking to the cleaning rota strictly. C.By setting up a role model herself. D.By offering the family timely help. 30.What can we infer from Paragraph 3? A.Fines work well among adults. B.Ways to motivate people vary. C.It's hard to push adults to take charge. D.It's good to remind people of their tasks. 31.What's the author's purpose of writing the text? A.To advertise a great cleaning company in West Sussex. B.To encourage people to develop teamwork spirit at home. 4 C.To call on housewives to handle lazy partners resourcefully. D.To introduce ways of inspiring families to share housework. D In an economy where data is changing how companies create value-and compete-experts predict that using artificial intelligence (Al)at a larger scale will add as much as $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030.As Al is changing how companies work,many believe that who does this work will change,too-and that organizations will begin to replace human employees with intelligent machines.This is already happening:intelligent systems are displacing humans in manufacturing,service delivery,recruitment,and the financial industry,consequently moving human workers towards lower-paid jobs or making them unemployed.This trend has led some to conclude that in 2040 our workforce may be totally unrecognizable. Are humans and machines really in competition with each other though?The history of work-particularly since the Industrial Revolution-is the history of people transferring their labor to machines.While that began with rote,repetitive physical tasks like weaving,machines have evolved to the point where they can now do what we might think of as complex cognitive work,such as math equations,recognizing language and speech,and writing.Machines thus seem ready to reproduce the work of our minds,and not just our bodies.In the 21st century,AI is evolving to be superior to humans in many tasks,which makes us ready to transfer our intelligence to technology.With this latest trend,it seems like there's nothing that can't soon be automated,meaning that no job is safe from being offloaded to machines. This vision of the future of work has taken the shape of a zero-sum game,in which there can only be one winner. We believe,however,that this view of the role AI will play in the workplace is wrong.The question of whether AI will replace human workers assumes that Al and humans have the same qualities and abilities-but,in reality, they don't.Al-based machines are fast,more accurate,and consistently rational,but they aren't intuitive, emotional,or culturally sensitive.And,it's exactly these abilities that humans possess and which make us effective. 32.How does AI influence human life according to Paragraph 1? A.It increases huge economic costs. B.It makes workforce totally unnecessary. C.It changes traditional working ways. D.It dominates the company's future. 33.What point have machines evolved to today? A.Doing translation work. A.Doing repetitive work. B.Doing physical tasks. D.Doing reproducing tasks. 34.Which sides are involved in the zero-sum game? A.Minds and bodies. B.Future and past. C.Imagination and reality. D.Al-based machines and humans. 35.What is the last paragraph mainly about? A.Al plays a vital role in the workplace. B.Human has its own advantages over Al. C.AI and humans have the same qualities. D.AI is sure to replace humans one day. 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。 5 Five misunderstandings about loneliness At some point in our lives,the chances are that you and I will feel lonely.It's a problem that's getting a lot of attention.It's an important topic and one that causes a lot of misery,but there are plenty of misunderstandings surrounding it. 36 Feeling lonely is not the same as being alone.Loneliness is a sense that no one around you really understands you and that you don't have the kind of meaningful connections you would like.Sometimes we want to be alone. But if we don't have the choice to spend time with people who understand us,that's when loneliness strikes. There's an epidemic (of loneliness at the moment. Loneliness is undoubtedly getting more common.37 It is true that the actual number of lonely people is rising simply because there are more people in the world. Loneliness is always bad. Loneliness hurts.But it shouldn't be seen as entirely negative.38.Or it can be a sign to find a way of improving our existing relationships. Loneliness leads to ill health. 39 But it could also happen the other way around.People could become isolated and lonely because they already have poor health,which stops them from socialising. Most older people are lonely. Loneliness is more common in old age than in other adults,but in her review of loneliness across the lifespan, Pamela Qualter found there is also a peak in teenage years.40 A.Loneliness can be horrible. B.Loneliness is all about isolation(f孤立). C.Instead,it can be the signal to us to look for new friends. D.Generally speaking,it's harder for old people to overcome loneliness. E.But that doesn't mean that a higher percentage of people feel lonely now. F.It is possible that unhappily isolated people are more likely to become ill. G.Meanwhile,studies show that 50-60%of older people are not often lonely. 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节完形填空（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。 Liu Yongtan was born in 1931 in Sichuan Province,China.He studied at Southwest Jiaotong University and earned his bachelor's 41 in civil engineering in 1955.After 42,he worked as a technician on the Chengdu-Kunming Railway,where he 43 valuable experience in railway engineering. In 1984,Liu Yongtan 44 the team working on China's first high-speed rail 45,the Beijing-Shanghai Railway.At the time,high-speed trains were still a46new concept,and many engineers believed that it was 47 to build such a railway in China. Despite these challenges,Liu Yongtan and his team 48.They conducted extensive research on safety, stability,and speed,developing 49 technologies that helped make China's high-speed rail system one of the most advanced in the world. One of Liu Yongtan's most 50 contributions was the development of the "reinforced concrete continuous beam bridge"technology used in the construction of high-speed rail lines.This technology allowed for more efficient and faster construction of bridges,51costs and improving safety. 52 Liu Yongtan's leadership and dedication,China's high-speed rail network has grown 53over the years,connecting major cities across the country and revolutionizing transportation in China.His contributions have not only 54 China but have also inspired engineers around the world to push the boundaries of what is 6 67.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。 A vacation with my mother I had an interesting childhood:It was filled with surprises and amusements,all because of my mother- loving,sweet,and yet absent-minded and forgetful.One strange family trip we took when I was eleven tells a lot about her. My two sets of grandparents lived in Colorado and North Dakota,and my parents decided to spend a few weeks driving to those states and seeing all the sights along the way.As the first day of our trip approached, David,my eight-year-old brother,and I unwillingly said goodbye to all of our friends.Who knew if we'd ever see them again?Finally,the moment of our departure arrived,and we loaded suitcases,books,games,camping equipment,and a tent into the car and bravely drove off.We bravely drove off again two hours later after we'd returned home to get the purse and traveler's checks Mom had forgotten. David and I were always a little nervous when using gas station bathrooms if Mom was driving while Dad slept:"You stand outside the door and play lookout while I go,and I'll stand outside the door and play lookout while you go."I had terrible pictures in my mind:"Honey,where are the kids?""What?!Oh,Gosh...I thought they were being awfully quiet."We were never actually left behind in a strange city,but we weren't about to take any chances. On the fourth or fifth night,we had trouble finding a hotel with a vacancy.After driving in vain for some time,Mom suddenly got a great idea:why didn't we find a house with a likely-looking backyard and ask if we could set up a tent there?David and I became nervous.To our great relief,Dad turned down the idea.Mom never could understand our objections.If a strange family showed up on her front doorsteps,Mom would have been delighted.She thinks everyone in the world as nice as she is.We finally found a vacancy in the next town. The next day we remembered the brand-new tent we had brought with us. We drove through several states and saw lots of great sights along the way. 8