江苏省海门中学2022-2023学年高二下学期六月学情测试英语试题

江苏省海门中学学年高二下学期六月学情测试英2022-2023语试题学校:姓名:班级:考号

一、阅读理解Guided toursat theNational Museumat SouthKingstonOut ofHours TitanoToursBook atour withone of our knowledgeabletour guidesto getup closeto allthe maincharactersin ourworld-famous Dinosaursgallery.Youll getto learnhow dinosaurswere firstdiscovered,how theyadapted tolife onEarth andwhy theyreso importantto our science today.13:00-14:00Weekends only.Behind the Lens TourHaveyou everwondered whywildlife photographycan beused to make adifference to thenatural worldJoin ourhosts fora specialtour of the WildlifePhotographer of the Yearexhibitionand discoverthe storiesbehind thephotos.We willintroduce youto somesurprising storiesas wellas the impactthat thesephotos havehad onwildlife conservationefforts.9:00-10:00Wednesday amp;Friday.Behind theScenes Tour:Spirit CollectionGobehind thescenes withourscienceeducators fora lookat theMuseums fascinatingzoologycollection preserved.As weexplore someof theDarwin Centres27kilometers ofshelves,（标本）youll encountertreasures hiddenamong the22million animalspecimens housedhere.14:00-15:00Monday closed.History of the NaturalHistory MuseumTourWith storiesstretching fromWaterhouse toDarwin,youll getto journeythrough timeanddiscover more about howthe incredibleCathedral ofNature9became world-famous.Whafs more,once thetour isfinished,you willhave the opportunity tovisit thewhole Museumat yourown pace,newly equippedwith yourbehind-the-scenes knowledge.14:00-15:00Monday toFriday.thought,asthe whales dippedunder the waterline.When thewhales wentdown,they leftwhat lookedlike oilon the water.I figuredif wepaddledtoward thatspot,wed besafe fromthewhales,since theydjust left.We followedthem atadistance-or whatI thoughtwas adistance.Suddenly,a tightlypacked group of silverfishstartedjumping outof the water intoour kayak.Oh no!We werebeing attacked.注意:续写词数应为左右;L

150.请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答2Paragraph1:What shouldhave beena joyfulmoment was actually terrifying.Paragraph2:Meanwhile,a kayakerpaddled over.

1.What can you doon Behind theLens TourA.Tell storiesabout nature.B.Dig intowildlife photography.C.Discover tipsto takephotos.D.Join in a groupto protectwildlife.

2.Which tourcanyoutake ifyou goto the museum onMonday afternoonA.Out ofHours TitanoTours.B.Behind theLensTour.C.BehindtheScenes Tour:Spirit Collection.D.History of the NaturalHistory MuseumTour.

3.In whatcolumn of themuseumwebsite couldyou findthe textA.Shop.B.Join andSupport.C.Whafs on.D.Membership.Jeremiah Thoronkawas bornin thefighting of the Sierra Leone civilwar andgrew upin thegutter（贫民窟）onthe suburbsof thecapital Freetown,having toburn woodfor lightingand heating.Jeremiah sawwith hisown eyeshow,in additionto thesmog makingbreathing problemscommon,his youngcontemporaries fellbehind in their schoolworkbecause of a lackof decentlighting.Energy povertyis amajor issuein SierraLeone-with just26%of thepopulation havingaccessto electricity.In ruralparts ofthe country,only6%of peoplehave electricityaccess,most ofwhomturn tosolar lanternsand dry-cell batteries.As aresult,its ledto thedestruction of forests aspeoplecut downtrees forfirewood,which leavesSierraLeonehighly sensitiveto extremeevents likefloodingand landslides.Families,reliance onfirewood alsoleads tofrequent housefires.These life-threatening disadvantagesand hardshipsfuelled Jeremiahspassion forrenewableenergy andclimate changeadvocacy.At17,when studyingat theAfrican LeadershipUniversity in（震动）Rwanda,he launcheda start-up calledOptim Energythat transformsvibrations fromvehiclesand footfallon roadsinto anelectric current.It isdifferent fromestablished renewableenergysources includingwind orsolar becauseit generatespower withoutrelying onchangeableweather.Optim Energyran asuccessful pilotprogram inJeremiahs neighbourhoods,Makawo in thenorthern partof SierraLeone andKuntoluh eastof Freetown.With justtwo devices,the start-upprovided freeelectricity to150households comprisingaround1,500citizens,as wellas15schoolswhere morethan9,000students attend.Jeremiah iscurrently developingplans toexpand into the healthcarefield,which needspowerto coolmedicines andcreate enoughlight fortreating patientsafter dark.

4.What affectedthe youngfellows,academic performanceA.The war.B.The smog.C.The poorlighting.D.The breathingproblem.

5..What canwe learnabout“energy poverty^^from paragraph2A.It iscaused bysolar lanternsand dry-cell batteries.B.It hasa worseimpact on the cityarea.C.It bringsabout thedestruction offorests.D.It increasesthe riskofforestfires.

6.What isspecial aboutOptim EnergyA.It drawson vibrationsto makeelectricity.B.It upgradesthe useof solarenergy.C.It runsa pilotprogram throughout the city.D.It helps9,000students returnto school.

7.What messagedoes thetext wantto conveyA.Electricity isthe lifebloodofthe city.B.Whoever ishappy willmake othershappy too.C.Life iseither adaring adventureor nothingat all.D.We areall in the gutter,but someare makingit better.For acentury,Jordan Creekcut acrossdowntown Springfield.Over thedecades,the streamregularlyflooded into the cityscommercial heart.Residents hadbeen tiredofthe floods sothey（排created concretebanks tocage the stream andin1932buried thewaterway,hiding itin culverts水管）under citystreets.It wasmans attemptto controlfloodwater.That wasthe oldway ofthinking.For awhile,that controlledthefloods.But theroads andother hardsurfaces preventedwaterfrom goinginto theground and allowing morerainwater intothe enclosedstreams thanthey couldhandle.Eventually,thewaterwon.The neighborhoodflooded in2000,2008and

2016.For twodecades,thecitydiscussed freeingthestreamandallowingwater torun overthe floodplain.Finally,a projectto uncover1,100feet ofJordan Creekand buildthree bridgesis movingforward.The newway of thinkingis togive thewater someroom,leave someareas fbrfloods andjust letnature benature.Uncovering buriedwaterways tobring themback tolife is a processknown as“daylighting”.Coverings areremoved andan attemptis madeto restorethe naturalflow andthe surroundingecosystem.The primarygoal ofthe projectis floodcontrol.But thework hasa varietyof benefits.Native（过滤）plantings willhelp improvethewaterquality byfiltering rainwater.The streamwill replace（珍珠）“an unsightlylandscape andbecome astring ofpearls connectingparks andgreen areasinthe citysQuality ofPlace^initiative.The benefitsgo beyondthat.Stream restorationis neighborhoodrestoration.The projectmaypromote economicdevelopment andincrease propertyvalues andtax revenue.While theprojectscan beexpensive,they endcostly maintenance.Returning tonature ischeaper thanmaintainingconcrete culverts.

8.What didSpringfield citizensinthe1930s probablybelieveA.Man cancontrol nature.B.Life isprior todevelopment.C.Business isthe heartofacity.D.Residents shouldnot liveby ariver.

9.What was one resultof coveringJordan CreekA.Three bridgeswere removed.B.Water wentintotheground.C.Floods hitthe neighborhood.D.Rainwater waswell handled.

10.Which aspectoftheproject doesparagraph4mainly discussA.Economic value.B.Construction planning.C.Flood management.D.Environmental impact.

11.Which can be asuitable titlefor thetextA.A SolutionThat Provesa ProblemB.Old ThinkingInspires NewChanges（C.iBuried StreamsTurn intoUrban CentersD.DaylightingBuried Waterwaysto RefreshCitiesSeveral researchgroups havepreviously generatedimages frombrain signalsusing AImodelsthat requirenumerous data analysis.Now,Shinji Nishimoto and YuTakagi atOsaka UniversityinJapan havedeveloped a much simplerapproach byslightly adjustingStable Diffusion,a populartext-to-image generator,allowing itto turnbrain signalsdirectly intopictures.Shinji Nishimotoand YuTakagi builttwo additionalmodels to help makeStable Diffusionworkwith brainsignals.The pairused data from fourpeople obtainedby usingfunctional magnetic功能磁共振成像技术resonance imagingfMRI toscan theirbrains whilethe fourwere viewing10,000pictures.Using around90percent ofthe brain-imaging data,the pairthen trainedone modelto makelinks between fMRIdata froma brainregion thatprocesses visualsignals andthe imagesthat peoplewereviewing.They usedthe samedataset totrain the other modelto formlinksbetweentextdescriptions ofthe imagesand fMRIdatafroma brainregion thatprocesses themeaning ofimages.After training,these twomodels couldtranslate brain-imaging datainto formsthat weredirectly fedintothe StableDiffusion model.It couldthen reconstructaround1000oftheimages peopleviewedwith about80%accuracy.This levelof accuracyis similarto thatpreviously achievedin astudy thatanalysedthe samedata usingamuchmore tediousapproach,which involvedmore timeand efforts.However,the studyonly testedthe approachon fourpeople.This approachrequires hugefMRImachines”,says Sikun Lin atthe Universityof California.In future,more practicalversionsof theapproach couldallow peopletomakeart orchange imageswith theirimagination,or addnewelements togameplay,but it is stilla longway fromdaily useJ shesays.

12.What dowe knowabout StableDiffusionA.It callsfor moredataanalysis.B・It wascreated toread brainsignals.C.It waslaunched byJapanese scientists.D.It helpschange brainsignals intopictures.

13.What arethe twomodels intendedto doafter trainingA.To processdata.B.To redrawimages.C.To scanhuman brains.D.To matchtext descriptions.

14.What doesthe underlinedword“tedious“mean inparagraph3A.Simple.B.Complicated.C.Effective.D.Convenient.

15.What doesSikunLinsay aboutthis approachA.It ispractical fordaily use.B.It hasbeen widelyused inart.C.It willenrich peoplesimagination.D.It willbe appliedinabroad range.

二、七选五（敬畏）Most ofus associateawe withsomething rareand beautiful:nature,music ora spiritualexperience.But peoplecan wakenawe too,and notjust publicheroes.Research showsthat we canbe awedby ournearest anddearest-the peoplesitting nextto uson thecouch,chatting onthe otherendofthephone,looking backat usover Zoom.16Often,interpersonal aweis aresponse tolifes big,sweeping changes,such aswitnessing ababysfirst steps.17John Barghsaid hewas trulyawestruck”—by his5-year-oId daughterwhiledining ina McDonalds.When sheheard anotherchild crying,she grabbedthe toyfrom herHappyMeal,walked overtotheboy andhanded itto him.Though wecant makesomeone elsebehave ina waythafs awesome,wecanprepare ourselvestonotice itwhen theydo andboost theemotions positiveeffects.Question yourassumptions.Do youbelieve yourpartner isinsensitive oryour siblingis selfishTheremay bea littletruth tothat,but itsnever thewhole tale.18To increaseyour chancesoffeeling awedby theother person,ask yourselfwhafs goingon in his orher lifethat youdont knowabout.Name awewhen yousee it.Speaking out“Wow,that wasawesome!,9isasimple wayto help（品味）you identifyand remembera specialexperience.Savor itinthemoment andthen tellothersabout it.This willreinforce yourpositive emotions.19Studies showthat youwill feelawe againsimplyby rememberingan aweexperience.20This makestheotherperson feelgood andcan giveyour relationshipa boost.And itwillhelp youtoo:Studies showthat peoplewho practicegratitude havesignificantly higherlevelsof happinessand psychologicalwell-being.A.Thank theperson whoawed you.B.And recallit orwrite aboutit later.C.Psychologists callthis interpersonal awe.D.Its easyto forgetthat itcanbeawesome too.E.But inteipersonalawe doeshappen insmaller moments.F.Heres whyyou shouldrecognize thosemoments ofinterpersonalawe.G.The storyyou tellyourself getsinthewayofcatching peopleat theirbest.

三、完形填空Ive alwaysbeen crazyabout pandas.My drawersare fullof pandaT-shirts andmy pencilcaseand purseboth havepandas onthem.So whenI foundout thatmy parentsplanned totake meon atripto Chengdu,which isthe placein Chinafor21pandas,I couldntbelieve my22I immediatelystarted doingmy23,and Ifound atthe Dujiangyanpanda base,Icould actuallyvolunteer to24with the pandas!The volunteer.Program lastsall dayand25cleaning thehabitats andcarving bambooforpandas.The26oftheday,though,came whenwe hadtheopportunityto27one ofthe pandas,twice!I gavesticks ofbamboo toone giantpanda,and itwas absolutely28to spendtime one-on-one withsucha cuteanimal.Then wespent aboutan hourwatching adocumentary to29moreaboutthe base.It operatesasapanda shelter,30pandas thathave beeninjured torecover andget readyto gobackinto the31again.It alsoworks onpanda breedingtohelp32the pandapopulation.It ishard workbut enjoyableand

33.I cameback fromChengdu witha fewmorethings toadd tomy

34.Now Ihave apair ofpanda slippersand everytime Iputthem on,I thinkabout my35day atthepandabase.

21.A.saving B.seeing C.training D.releasing

22.A.eyes B.favour C.luck D.dream

23.A.duty B.job C,homework D.research

24.A.work B.live C.learn D.struggle

25.A.features B.intends C.allows D.includes

26.A.goal B.risk C.highlight D.end

27.A.approach B.feed C.follow D.check

28.A.tense B.awful C,urgent D.incredible

29.A.forecast B.explore C,read D.list

30.A.helping B.backing C.promising D,instructing

31.A.base B.reserve C.wild D.field

32.A.double B.control C,balance D.grow

33.A.relaxing B,amusing C,memorable D.flexible

34.A.search B.collection C.hobby D.gifts

35.A.amazing B.adventurous C.challenging D.comforting

四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入个适当的单词，或括号内单词的正确形式1Wangdao,a biographicalfilm aboutChen Wangdao1891—1977,was firstshown atFudanUniversity onMar24,

2023.“Wang Dao“is notonly thename ofChen butalso means36insist onthepath oftruth.The filmfollows thelife ofChen Wangdao.It showshow Chen37translate themasterpieceThe CommunistManifesto38how agroupofpassionate peoplestruggled fortheir dreams.It39vivid presentsa scenein whichChen wasso absorbedinhistranslation thathe made40amusingmistake.His motherput aZongzi witha bowlcontaining brownsugar onhis desk.Moments later,墨水蘸his lips41cover inink ashe haddipped theZongzi intohis ink.His motherjokinglyasked42he whetherthe sugarwas sweet,and hesaid,“Yes,itissweet enough.”At29,Chen finishedthe translation,43laid thefoundation fortheestablishment ofthe CommunistParty ofChina in1921and inspiredmany people44革命.take partin revolution“The universitydecided tomake thefilm topromote thenoble characterofourlate headmaster,Chen Wangdao,and wehope his45pursue fora brightfuture ofChina cancontinue toinspirethe youngpeople/9said QiuXin,Party Chiefof FudanUniversity.

五、其他应用文.假定你是李华，正准备参加校英文诗歌朗诵比赛请给外教写一封邮件,46Mr.Brown内容包括.介绍比赛；

1.请他推荐英文诗歌；

2.请他帮忙指导3注意写作词数应为左右；

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80.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答2Dear Mr.Brown,Yours sincerely,Li Hua

六、读后续写.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47I livewith myhusband,Tyrone,in SanLuis Obispo,California,about threemiles fromthebeach.Every fewyears,the humpbackwhales comeintothe bay fora fewdays whilemigrating.（皮艇）November2020wasoneof thosetimes,so wetook outour yellowdouble kayakto watch（用桨划船）the wildlife.We paddledoutthesea andsaw seals,dolphins,and about20whalesfeeding onsilverfish.We werein amazementwatching thesegraceful giantcreatures-each oneabout50feet long-spray throughtheir blowholes.At thetime,my friendLiz wasstaying withus.The nextday,I askedher ifshe wantedto goout onthewater tosee them.With nosuch experience,she refused.Therenothing toworry about/5I assuredher.The boatis stable,and wecan turnback anytime.Finally,she agreedto joinme.Ididnt wanther tomiss thisgreat experienceand regretit later.At8:30the followingmorning whenwe gotoutonthewater,there werealready about15otherkayakers andsurfers inthebay.After ahalf-hour,we hadour firstwhale sighting:two humpbacksswimmingtoward us.How amazingto bethat closetoacreature thatsize,I。