2021-2022學(xué)年廣東省廣州市海珠區(qū)中山大學(xué)附中高二（下）期中英語試卷

一、閱讀理解：本大題共5小題，每小題2.5分，共45分，請(qǐng)將正確選項(xiàng)前的字母 代號(hào)填（涂）在答題卡上.

• 1．During the time of lockdown，a great way to manage boredom is to read.If you don't want to buy books，I personally use Libby （or overdrive.jye.ai） to connect to my public library's entire e-book and audiobook database.Here is a well-rounded，diverse，and boredom-curing reading list：
     SALT TO THE SEA by Ruta Sepytys
     This is a young-adult historical fiction about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945.The story is from the point of view of four refuges from different countries，all keeping life-threatening secrets and struggling to escape to freedom.
     AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie
     One of the best murder mysteries of all time.10 strangers are invited to a remote island by a secret person and are murdered one-by-one mirroring a nursery rhyme.You absolutely won't guess who the killer is.
     EDUCATED by Tara Westover
     Completely isolated from society，Westover spent her young life living in a remote mountainous area where no one would ensure the children to receive an education.But Tara decided to try a new kind of life.Her quest for knowledge transformed her and ultimately，she was accepted to Harvard and Cambridge University.Her story of fulfilling transformation of life is inspiring and may be exactly what you're looking for.
     THE DIVINERS by Libba Bray
     This is a young-adult fantasy that follows a group of teens with powers in 1920's New York City.When Evie stays with her uncle，a string of murders occurs.We follow each character as they find their powers and find out who is killing people.The book is a little long，but the twists，the 1920s' slang，and the diverse and layered characters make it worthwhile.
  
  （1）What is the advantage of Libby according to the author？

  
  A．It provides information on boredom.
  B．It recommends ways to search online.
  C．It shares some writers' personal book lists.
  D．It helps to get free access to the public library.
  （2）What is the book EDUCATED about？

  
  A．A historical event.
  B．An inspiring life story.
  C．A young-adult fantasy.
  D．A life-threatening secret story.
  （3）Which books will attract the readers who are fond of stories of murder？

  
  A．SALT TO THE SEA & EDUCATED.
  B．SALT TO THE SEA & THE DIVINERS.
  C．AND THEN THERE WERE NONE & THE DIVINERS.
  D．AND THEN THERE WERE NONE & SALT TO THE SEA.
  組卷：1引用：3難度：0.5

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• 2．Island Getaways Beautiful beaches，rich cultures and untouched wilderness are just a few attractive characteristics of the best island vacations.Each of the islands listed here has something extra that keeps travelers charmed.
     Principe
     West of Africa's mainland，small Principe offers blue seas，yellow beaches，jungle peaks，whale-watching with received plantations to visit and locals to meet.Pleasant eco-resorts help，too.Principe is amazingly safe and welcoming to visitors，particularly ecotourists，for whom the advancing jungle is a delight.
     Bryher
     The handsomest of the Isles of Scilly，25 miles from Land's End，Bryher accompanies rose gardens with a windy wild coastal path.You can follow the coastal path visiting the charming beaches including Rushy Bay，which is a must with fine white sand and clear water.You can also take a hike up one of the hills to enjoy amazing views across Scilly and out to a Bishop Rock Lighthouse witnessing the past glory.
     Astypalea
     Butterfly-shaped Astypalea，an untouched Greek island，which banned cigarettes in 2019.Pretty yellow beaches as well as churches in the math town.Chora Chora，the island's capital，built on a hill with a breathtaking view of the Aegean Sea.On the top of the hill overlooking the village，sits Querini castle which used to protect the island during the Middle Ages，but now it is the main attraction of Astypalea.
     Dominica
     Commonly known as The Nature Island，Dominica sticks out up from the shiny waters of the Caribbean to serve as a fairy land for travelers seeking thrills in a place that lime has forgotten.The best-kept secrets of the Caribbean are lush rainforests，towering mountains，rushing rivers and welcoming waterfalls with volcanic wonders adding unique beauty to Dominica.
  
  （1）Which is a perfect destination for those who are interested in ecotourism？

  
  A．Bryher.
  B．Principe.
  C．Astypalea.
  D．Dominica.
  （2）What do Bryher and Astypalea have in common？

  
  A．They have historic buildings.
  B．They're famous for rose gardens.
  C．They look like a butterfly.
  D．They're surrounded by white beaches.
  （3）What makes Dominica special？

  
  A．Towering mountains.
  B．Rushing rivers.
  C．Welcoming waterfalls.
  D．Volcanic wonders.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5

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• 3．All human societies play games.Kicking a ball can be found everywhere，whether just a ball of cloth，or a skin stuffed with feathers or air.
     But complex games and team sports have tended to arise in big civilizations --- the higher the cultural level of a society，the greater the complexity of interaction，and hence perhaps the more complex the forms of sport.
     This is not always the case.The ancient Greeks，for example，preferred individual not team sports.But in China，for well over 2，000 years，people played the game of "kickball" --- cuju.The members were often young men from wealthy families，though there were also professional kickballers，whom you could stick with in your team as sleepers.
     Cuju was played as entertainment at court banquets or the reception of foreign ambassadors.Even emperors played kickball.
     As you'd expect in a Confucian society，kickball clubs were keen on the key qualities of mercy and courtesy.A great player was one who showed "the spirit of the game".The "Ten Essentials of Kickball" included respect for other players，polite behaviors and team spirit.There was to be no rude behavior，no dangerous play，and no hogging the ball.In other words，as we used to say，"play up and play the game."
     What a contrast with the ancient Greek sports where only victory counted and if that needed gamesmanship，or cruel professional fouls，then so be it.
     As a way of national culture protection，cuju was listed into the first batch of China's intangible cultural heritages in 2006.
  
  （1）What does the underlined phrase "stuffed with" mean in paragraph 1？

  
  A．Filled with.
  B．Decorated with.
  C．Surrounded with.
  D．Covered with.
  （2）What probably contributes to the complicated games？

  
  A．Teams.
  B．Interaction.
  C．Society.
  D．Civilizations.
  （3）Who were the major members in a cuju team according to the text？

  
  A．Sleepers.
  B．The rich young men.
  C．Emperors.
  D．The professional athletes.
  （4）The fifth paragraph is mainly about Kickball's

  .
  A．popularity.
  B．development.
  C．importance.
  D．characteristics.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5

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• 4．Danish architecture studio Bjarke Ingels Group （BIG）has designed Terminus AI City Operating System as a campus in Chongqing，China，which will be operated by an artificial intelligence system.Everything in the city will be operated by this system.
     BIG has drawn up the plans for Teminus Group，which will have its headquarters at the center of the artificial intelligence-run city campus.
     The development will be located in Chongqing Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone and will include Cloud Valley，the campus style headquarters of Terminus Group.
     "We have worked with several of the world's leading technology companies.We are thrilled to bring our experience to Chongqing，" said Bjarke Ingels，founder of BIG. "Cloud Valley is imagined as a city where people，technology and nature live together in harmony --- with spaces designed for all types of life：human life，plant life，animal life and even artificial life."
     BIG's design for Cloud Valley is intended to demonstrate the environmental goals of the project.Green roof panels（嵌板） will create open-air courtyards（庭院） throughout the campus.These courtyards will host art exhibitions and sporting events.At night，the underside（底部） of the roof panels will be transformed into what BIG described as "the largest digital display in China "
     In AI City，people will live in homes with automatically adjusting solar panels and have a digital assistant to run their lives.Buildings will have power systems controlled by Terminus Group software.
     "As sunlight hits the houses，bedroom windows become transparent to allow the natural light to wake sleepy residents，" said Terminus Group. "Once the light has filled the room，an AI housekeeper selects your breakfast，matches your outfit with the weather，and presents a full schedule of your day using Terminus Group's smart transportation solution."
     AI City will have e-bikes and self-driving cars to cut down on traffic jams.
  
  （1）What is Cloud Valley according to Bjarke Ingels？

  
  A．A smart city with all life in harmony.
  B．A campus known for high technology.
  C．A space intended for wildlife protection.
  D．A zone with leading technology companies.
  （2）What's the aim of BIG's design for Cloud Valley？

  
  A．To produce the largest digital display.
  B．To host art and sports events.
  C．To show its environmental objectives.
  D．To create open-air courtyards.
  （3）Who are responsible for the housework in Cloud Valley？

  
  A．Digital assistants.
  B．The residents.
  C．Terminus Group.
  D．Hired workers.
  （4）Which of the following is a suitable title of the text？

  
  A．Modern Life in Cloud Valley
  B．An Oncoming AI-run City in China
  C．Buildings Controlled by Software
  D．The Development of AI in Chongqing
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5

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• 5．The time a person spends on different smartphone apps is enough to identify them from a larger group in more than one in three cases，say researchers.
     Researchers analyzed smartphone data from 780 people.They fed 4，680 days of app usage data into statistical models.Each of these days was paired with one of the 780 users so that the models learned people's daily app use patterns.
     The researchers then tested whether models could identify an individual when provided with only a single day of smartphone activity that was anonymous（匿名的）.The models，which were trained on only six days of app usage data per person，could identify the correct person from a day of anonymous data one third of the time.
     That might not sound like much，but when the models predict who the data belonged to，it could also provide a list of the most to the least likely candidates.It was possible to view the top 10 most likely individuals that a specific day of data belonged to.Around 75% of the time，the correct user would be among the top 10 most likely candidates.
     In practical terms，a law enforcement（執(zhí)行） investigation seeking to identify a criminal's new phone with these models could reduce a candidate pool of approximately 1，000 phones to 10 phones，with a 25% risk of missing them.
     Consequently，the researchers warn that software given access to a smartphone's standard activity logging could make a reasonable prediction about a user's identity even when they were logged-out of their account.An identification is possible without monitoring conversations or behaviors within apps themselves.
     Therefore，it is important to acknowledge that app usage data alone，which is often collected by a smartphone automatically，can potentially reveal a person's identity.While providing new opportunities for law enforcement，it also poses risks to privacy if this type of data is misused.
  
  （1）What is the purpose of the passage？

  
  A．To explain a phenomenon.
  B．To confirm an assumption.
  C．To show a research process.
  D．To present a research finding.
  （2）How did the researchers reach their conclusion？

  
  A．By recording app use time.
  B．By studying app usage data.
  C．By comparing different apps.
  D．By changing app use patterns.
  （3）What is the function of the statistical models？

  
  A．Locating criminals.
  B．Tracking usage of apps.
  C．Identifying phone users.
  D．Predicting trends of apps.
  （4）What is the author's attitude towards app usage data？

  
  A．Cautious.
  B．Favorable.
  C．Doubtful.
  D．Uninterested.
  組卷：25引用：5難度：0.4

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二、七選五：本大題共2小題，每小題2.5分，共25分.請(qǐng)將正確選項(xiàng)前的字母代號(hào)填（涂）在答題卡上.

• 6．How can you delete your bad behaviors and stick to good ones instead？（1）

  
     Choose a substitute for your bad habit.You need to have a plan ahead of time for how you will respond when you face the stress or boredom that leads to your bad habit.What are you going to do when you get the urge to smoke？What are you going to do when Facebook is calling to you？（2）

  
     Cut out as many triggers（誘因）as possible.If the first thing you do when you sit on the couch is pick up the TV remote，then hide the remote in a closet in a different room.（3）

  
     Join forces with somebody.For example，you want to "quit online games".Pair up with someone and quit together.（4）

  The two of you can hold each other accountable and celebrate your victories together.
     （5）

  See yourself buying healthy food or waking up early.Whatever the bad habit is that you are looking to break，visualize yourself quilting it，smiling，and enjoying your success.See yourself building a new identity.
     Breaking bad habits takes time and effort.You might not have success right away，but that doesn't mean you can't make it at all.
  
  A.Visualize yourself succeeding
  B.Imagine you can make it in time.
  C.Here are some ideas for breaking your bad habits.
  D.Your environment makes your bad habit easier and good habits harder.
  E.If you eat cookies when they are in the house，then throw them all away.
  F.Knowing that someone else expects to change for the better is a powerful motivator.
  G.This will make it easier for you to break bad habits by avoiding the things that cause them.
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五、完成句子：本大題共小題，每空1分，共20分.請(qǐng)將正確答案寫在在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上.

• 19．He has launched an advertising c

  （戰(zhàn)役；大型活動(dòng)） to promote his new product，which has been broadcast on TV and the Internet every 30 minutes.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.7

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六、應(yīng)用文寫作：本大題共1小題，共15分，請(qǐng)將正確答案寫在在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上.

• 20．寫一份關(guān)于"白色污染（尤其是塑料袋/塑料盒污染）"環(huán)保問題的報(bào)告，內(nèi)容包括：
  ①塑料（袋、盒）垃圾回收處理的現(xiàn)狀；
  ②現(xiàn)有的應(yīng)對(duì)措施/解決方案；
  ③提出可行的建議去減少白色污染。
  要求：
  ①寫出題目：減少日常生活中的白色污染。
  ②分成三段寫。
  ③字?jǐn)?shù)不少于100詞。
  組卷：3引用：1難度：0.5

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