2022-2023学年上海市奉贤区致远高级中学高二下学期期中教学评估英语试题含答案

  致远高中2022学年第二学期期中教学评估

高二英语

考试时间：  120 分钟     满分： 150 分      

I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. (1’)

1.  A. A bank clerk.                             B. A shop assistant.

C. An air hostess. D. A hotel receptionist.

2.  A. $10.          B. $15.                C. $25.        D. $30.

3.  A. Buy some ingredients for the salad.            B. Wait for the woman to return.

C Hand the store over to the woman. D. Make a shopping list.

4.  A. It doesn’t take long to drive there.        B. He has memorized every part of the drive.

C. He doesn’t want to drive anymore.        D. The road to Bridgeport has just been opened.

5.  A. The ticket was expensive.              B. He didn’t buy the ticket.

C. The tickets have been sold out.           D. He doesn’t know the price of the ticket.

6.  A. Deliver the notebook to Cathy.          B. Look for Cathy’s notebook.

C. Ask Cathy to explain the chemistry notes. D. Ask Cathy for the man’s notebook.

7.  A. He hopes to graduate before the summer.  B. The woman won’t be able to keep up the pace.

C. The woman will graduate after the man.   D. He doesn’t want to attend school year round.

8.  A. He’ll join the band sooner or later.         B. He had a bad time in the school band.

C. He quit the band for academic reasons.      D. He’s still a member of the school band.

9.  A. The man is used to cold weather.          B. The weather in October should be warmer.

C. The man disbelieves the weather forecast.   D. The weather this weekend will remain warm.

10.  A. His project couldn’t continue due to the government.

B. He didn’t need any support from the government.

C. His project’s financial problem has been solved.

D. He has already stopped his project halfway.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.(2’)

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11.   A. Many leaders are anxious about their team’s productivity.

B. Employees are happier when they work from home.

C. More and more people prefer to work at home now.

D. Working remotely improves employees’ productivity.

12.  A. 4%.             B. 18%.            C. 38%.         D. 58%.

13.  A. It can strengthen their leadership.            B. It can help them manage their time.

C. It can relieve them of some concern. D. It can cause them to set higher goals.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.  

14.  A. The importance of bees to agriculture.

B. The factors in causing the decline of bees.

C. The reasons for choosing a day for bees.

D. The ways to increase the diversity of bees.

15.  A. The change in their food forms.               B. The disappearance of their homes.

C. The loss of some plants. D. The poor harvest in agriculture.

16.  A. Raising awareness of protecting bees.       B. Keeping more people away from bees.

C. Inspiring more art works about bees. D. Encouraging professors to keep bees.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17.  A. How to book a movie ticket.                B. Whom to see a movie with.

C. Whether to see a movie. D. Where to see a movie.

18.  A. It has been widely criticized.               B. It has received good comments.

C. It has a totally different style. D. It has been reviewed many times.

19.  A. It creates better atmosphere.               B. He likes the company of strangers.

C. It is much more relaxing. D. He dislikes Marvel’s old movies.

20.  A. She felt very tired.                        B. She tried to avoid the tall guy.

C. She needed some sleep D. She’d like to see the tiny details.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. (1.5’)

A Big Leap for Chinese Sci-Fi

Goodbye to our Earth seems to be an inevitable choice. Now China has offered our answer to a potential existential crisis with The Wandering Earth (21)____________ (take)on a new perspective on survival.
   The Wandering Earth is based on the novel of the same name by Liu Cixin, China's first Hugo Award winner,(22)_______ many say has elevated China's sci-fi literature to a new level. Hailed as China's first“hard sci-f”film- one with an emphasis on scientific accuracy -The Wandering Earth brought in 210 million U.S.dollars five days after hitting the big screen. Many moviegoers were overwhelmed by the impressive imagination of Liu and the screenwriters, and the realistic visual effects (23)__________(achieve)through cutting-edge CGI and 3D technologies.
But the film means more than that.

The Wandering Earth gives China a central role in future space exploration, but it also has a vision of the international collaboration essential to (24)_________ (cope)with the threats facing the planet, a theme that runs deep through Liu's fiction. Besides that, (25)_________ has been brought up most in reviews are the Chinese cultural virtues of duty, humility,self-sacrifice and loyalty, both to family and society as a whole. In The Wandering Earth,(26)________ Earth is in grave danger because of a dying sun, the Chinese plan is to lift the blue planet out of the solar system together with its inhabitants. It's a solution in line with the traditional Chinese value of attachment to one's family and homeland.

The story is not your everyday Hollywood style: A superhero saves the day; everyone else is there (27)_______ (give)a round of applause,"reads a comment on IMDb.com."All characters in the movie are ordinary people and everyone gives their answer with shining humanity. Against all odds, no one gives in (28)_________ a good fight."

While hard sci-fi fans are debating the feasibility of the solution depicted in The Wandering Earth, insiders have spoken highly of the film. Australian film critic Travis Johnson wrote in his review,"The Wandering Earth's heroes are doing it out of selfless service to the greater good, which is often a by-product rather than an aim of American heroes' actions." And Raymond Zhou, an independent critic,(29)________(quote)by The New York Times as saying that the film symbolizes  "the coming-of-age of the industry."

Experts previously predicted that China(30)_______ still need decades to produce a homegrown sci-fi film as successful as the Hollywood blockbusters such as Interstellar and The Martian. Now, with the first step taken, that time-frame could be shortened.

Section B

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. (1’)

Smart Toys that Spy on Kids

Americans are becoming more and more alert of the ways their personal information is being collected on the Internet. A recent national survey found that 72% of respondents are not sure whether Facebook is using the data it collected on them in a(n)  ____31____ way. And 70% of respondents said they believed their smartphones are being monitored in ways they haven’t agreed to. That doubt is ____32____. Concerns about personal privacy are on the rise all the time.

But adult gift-givers may not realize that some children’s toys are collecting personal data, too. Toys with cameras, mobile apps, and requirements to set up online accounts that store data about the toy and its user all ____33____ privacy concerns.

Toys that ____34____ Bluetooth connections, for example, could be sensitive to being hacked from outside the home, perhaps ____35____ the child to inappropriate content or gathering sensitive info. The famous car race Mario Kart Live Home Circuit installs a camera that uploads images of the room in order to create virtual racetrack. But these images of the room’s layout(布局) and the ____36____ in it could be exposed if the game’s website were ever hacked.

Most toy manufacturers are trying to build in protections. And the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act provides another layer of defense by requiring parents to be involved in setting up the toy and giving adults the right to have their children’s online data ___37___.

The worldwide market for smart toys is expected to reach almost $70 billion in the next five years. These toys can be wonderfully ____38____ and even educational, such as an interactive globe that speaks to children about a country as they touch it on the map. Action figures, robots, or dolls that talk back and hold conversations can become smart ____39____. Yet, in an environment where so much information can be collected through interaction with devices, children _____40_____ to be mere “players” or “consumers”. They become “data subjects” that disclose information or “personal data” about themselves, both consciously and unconsciously.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.( 1’)

Are you a digital hoarder?

Most people are familiar with hoarding (囤积) and the psychological issues associated with it. Hoarding leads to messy homes and difficulty ____41____ with items that you don’t use and don’t even need. But hoarding can also occur in the digital world.

Digital hoarding, also known as e-hoarding, is too much acquisition and ____42____ to delete electronic material no longer valuable to the user. Most computer users save digital files to some extent, and that’s expected. With digital hoarding, however, the act of saving the files becomes an uncontrollable ____43____. Digital hoarders may collect emails, photos, articles, podcasts, or any type of computer files they believe they may want to revisit in the future, and ultimately, in most cases, they ____44____ get to actually use it or listen to it or read it.

Digital hoarding also occurs when someone is too ____45____ to the data even to consider getting rid of it. This can include chats and photos of an old partner, ____46____ sent by a long-lost friend, or even screenshots collected several years ago.

Researchers have ____47____ digital hoarders into 4 different types, according to their characteristics. “Collectors” are organized, ____48____ and in control of their data. “Accidental hoarders”, also called “____49____ or disorganized hoarders”, don’t intentionally save unnecessary data. They just don’t know how to organize it. “The hoarders by instruction” keep data on behalf of their company (even when they could delete much of it). Finally, “anxious hoarders” have strong emotional ____50____ to their data — and are worried about deleting it.

The problem has only gotten worse since we have more ____51____ to digital storage than ever. In addition, cloud storage makes it incredibly easy to purchase more storage as needed. With ____52____ cloud space, it’s logical when network users don’t think twice about saving files.

However, studies found that digital hoarders experience increased levels of stress and now researchers are observing that the negative consequences of digital hoarding may be similar to those of ____53____ hoarding. ____54____, it’s important to set time aside to have a good clear-out, in the same way we do in the physical world. By organizing and ____45____ useless files in a regular way, people with this problem can ease some of their distress and clear their own mind as well.

41. A. stocking B. parting C. living D. binding

42. A. reluctance B. eagerness C. perspective D. fantasy

43. A. obstacle B. boost C. stream D.urge

44. A. substantially B. frequently C. autonomously D. rarely

45. A. transmitted B. closed C. attached D. assigned

46. A. flowers B. gifts C. texts D. letters

47. A. regulated B. categorized C. integrated D. stimulated

48. A. rigid B. generous C. patriotic D. systematic

49. A. enthusiastic B. disengaged C. reliable D. discriminated

50. A. appeals B. conflicts C. issues D. ties

51. A. access B. concern C. desire D. excuse

52. A. multiple B. secure C. meaningless D. limitless

53. A. massive B. regular C. casual D. physical

54. A. Instead B. However C. Otherwise D. Therefore

55. A. getting rid of B. taking care of C. making use of     D. getting used to

Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (2’)

(A)

Raccoons are arguably the most successful urban carnivore (食肉动物) in North America. They maintain large populations in most U.S. cities and are certainly just as common in Chicago, though actual population estimates are unknown. Almost anyone who has spent time outdoors at night has likely seen one, and they are quite difficult to confuse with anything else — their fat bodies, and mask-like facial markings, make them quite distinctive, and even perhaps charming.

A typical urban raccoon is able to eat virtually anything. Their diet includes earthworms, carrion, plant matter, cat food, and all kind of discarded human food waste. Raccoons are probably the most advanced wildlife which can dive our dustbins. Their paws (爪子) are quite dexterous and enable them to access closed garbage dustbins. Raccoons are also capable climbers and can be found on the top of fences and in trees. While they are typically solitary, they are willing to tolerate crowds of other raccoons if high quality food resources are present. They give birth once and sometimes twice a year in late spring and make use of a wide variety of den (巢穴) sites, including hollow trees, chimneys, etc. Because they make dens in a variety of human structures, raccoons can be a source of human-wildlife conflict, through direct confrontation with humans, property damage caused by their activities, and, perhaps most critically, through the transmission of disease. Leptospirosis, canine distemper, raccoon roundworm, and rabies are the most important zoonotic (人畜共患的) diseases carried by raccoons. Rabies in particular has had a massive effect on raccoon populations and caused a public health attention, to the point where use of vaccine have been attempted in some cities.

In most cases where raccoons are reported by the public, no management action is necessary. Large packs of raccoons, such as those often sighted along the lakeshore path, likely suggest a large artificial food source, such as people deliberately feeding raccoons on unchecked garbage. These large gatherings present a high disease risk and people should be strongly discouraged from feeding raccoons or leaving food outside for them. In cases where there is evidence of disease, individual raccoons will need to be trapped and killed.

56. What do we know about raccoons from the first paragraph?

A. They are unknown in Chicago. B. They tend to attack people at night.

C. They are easily recognized. D. They are declining in population.

57. The word “dexterous” (in paragraph two) probably means “______”.

A. skillful B. mysterious C. invisible D. abnormal

58. From the sentence “While they are typically…” (in paragraph two), we know that raccoons prefer to ______.

A. share food B. be in crowd

C. live separately D. hide high quality food

59. What do we know from the last paragraph?

A. People are encouraged to feed raccoons.

B. Raccoons are killed as food source for people.

C. Extreme actions may be taken to deal with racoons carrying disease.

D. Immediate measures are adopted when raccoons are found.

(B)

60. The above advertisement is aimed at ________.

A. foreign students in Ireland and England

B. students in the world’s top-ranked universities

C. people who’d like to learn English while travelling

D. people who’s fluent in English and good at communication

61. What is special about English 4 Professionals?

A. It cooperates with the world’s top-ranked universities.

B. It boasts active learning methods with.

C. It motivates learners by providing bonuses like a trip to Dublin.

D. It exposes learners to the culture in the course of learning. the help of virtual tourism.

62. According to the advertisement, your learning experience with E4P can be ________.

A. funny but thrilling B. objective and relaxing

C. experiential but exhausting D. personalized and unforgettable

(C)

The water off the coast of northwest Greenland is a glass-like calm, but the puddles (水坑) on the region’s icebergs are a sign that a transformation is underway higher on the ice sheet.

Several days of unusually warm weather in northern Greenland have caused rapid melting, made visible by the rivers of meltwater rushing into the ocean. Temperatures have been running around 60 degrees Fahrenheit — 10 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year, scientists said.

The amount of ice that melted in Greenland between July 15 and 17 this year alone — 6 billion tons of water per day — would be enough to fill 7.2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools, according to data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Each summer, scientists worry that they will see a repeat of the record melting that occurred in 2019, when 532 billion tons of ice flowed out into the sea. An unexpectedly hot spring and a July heat wave that year caused almost the entire ice sheet’s surface to melt. Global sea level rose permanently by 1.5 millimeters as a result.

Greenland holds enough ice — if it all melted — to lift sea level by 7.5 meters around the world. The latest research points to a more and more threatening situation on the Northern Hemisphere’s iciest island.

“Unprecedented (史无前例的)” rates of melting have been observed at the bottom of the Greenland ice sheet, a study published in February found, caused by huge quantities of meltwater flowing down from the surface. This water is particularly concerning because it can destabilize the sheet above it and could lead to a massive, rapid loss of ice.

And in 2020, scientists found that Greenland’s ice sheet had melted beyond the point of no return. The rate of melting in recent years exceeds anything Greenland has experienced in the last 12,000 years, another study found — and enough to cause measurable change in the gravitational field over Greenland.

At the East Greenland Ice-core Project — or EastGRIP — research camp in northwest Greenland, the work of scientists to understand the impact of climate change is being affected by climate change itself.

Aslak Grinsted, a climate scientist at the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute, said that they have been trying to get flights into the camp but the warmth is destabilizing the landing site.

Before human-caused climate change kicked in, temperatures near 32 degrees Fahrenheit there were unheard of. But since the 1980s, this region has warmed by around 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit per decade — four times faster than the global pace — making it all the more likely that temperatures will cross the melting point.

63. The passage is mainly written to ________.

A. arouse people’s awareness of protecting the environment

B. alert people to the rapid melting of Greenland’s ice sheet

C. inform people of the large amount of ice Greenland holds

D. reveal to people the cause and effect of the rise in sea level

64. What does “a transformation” in the first paragraph refer to?

A. Climate change. B. A rise in sea level.

C. Global warming. D. The melting of ice.

65. What can be learned about the ice that melted in 2019?

A. It repeated a record melting of the ice sheet several years ago.

B. It was enough to fill 7.2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.

C. Its amount was the largest ever and lifted sea level permanently.

D. Its melting rate was so rapid as to result in an unexpectedly hot spring.

66. It is implied in the passage that ________.

A. climate change is a result of human activities

B. the study of climate change is being made easier

C. the melting of Greenland’s ice sheet is reversible

D. temperatures increase 1.5°F or so each decade globally

Section C

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.  (2’)

Israeli Company Develops 3D Printed Beef

If there were an award for the funniest company name of 2022, then the 3D printed meat company “Steakholder” would win that award.

Israeli company Steakholder Foods Ltd. has introduced its new product, Omakase Beef Morsels, which are bioprinted with cultured meat. The bites are inspired by the world-famous Wagyu beef, famous for its fat marbling patterns (大理石花纹) in the meat, which is also very expensive.

The company was formed in 2019 and has an office in Israel and Belgium, and is now expanding its operations to the US. ____67____

Stakeholder uses stem cells from cattle for the production of its printed beef, and the muscle tissue and fat are printed from two separate bio-inks. ____68____ A bite can be made juicier, chewier, and the taste can also be altered.

The process works by first selecting the animals to extract (提取) the stem cells from. The cells are selected from animals that will provide the best meat and yield. The next step is proliferation, in which the cells are placed into a nutrient rich reactor to multiply. When the cells reach appropriate numbers, the stem cells change into muscle cells and fat cells. ____69____

“This product marks a major step forward for us and for the cultured meat industry in general,” said Arik Kaufman, CEO of Steakholder Foods. “It is the result of a lot of hard work and our desire to achieve the highest level of meat possible through bioprinting and cell culture processes.”

____70____ Its patent for 3D-bioprinting technology is the result of intensive cooperation between its 3D printing engineers and cell biologists. “We see Omakase Beef Morsels as the combination of food, technology and fine art,” Kaufman said. “We want to inspire chefs around the world to create delicious masterpieces and unforgettable dining experiences.”

So there you have it, guilt-free meat eating may be just around the corner.

IV. Summary Writing

71. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.  (10’)

A new study warns that about thirty percent of the world's people may not have enough water by the year 2025.

A private American organization called Population Action International (PAI) did the new study. It says more than 335 million people lack enough water now. The people live in 28 countries. Most of the countries are in Africa or the Middle East.

PAI researcher Robert Engelman says by the year 2025, about 3，000 million people may lack water. At least 18 more countries are expected to have severe water problems. The demand for water keeps increasing. Yet the amount of water on Earth stays the same.

Mr Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is growing faster than in other parts of the world. He says population growth in these countries will continue to increase.

The report says lack of water in the future may result in several problems. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking water is not safe. Mr Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases, such as cholera which are carried in water.

Lack of water may also result in more international conflict. Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. And the report says lack of water would affect the ability to improve their economies. This is because new industries often need large amounts of water when they are beginning.

The Population Action International study gives several solutions to the water problem. One way, it says, is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose. Another way is to teach people to be careful not to waste water. A third way is to use less water for agriculture.

The report also says long­term solutions to the water problem must include controls on population growth.

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V. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.( 3+3+4+5’)

72.正是良性的压力才能激励我们做得更好。（It；inspire）

73.那些富有同情心的人更容易与受难者共情，会尽力伸出援助之手。（empathy）

74.政府呼吁社会各界人士捐款捐物帮助人们重建家园。(call)

75.直到确信她的儿子已安然无恙地到家，那位母亲才松了口气，控制不住地放声大哭起来。(Not until )

VI. Guided Writing

76. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. (25’)

假设你是明启中学高三学生李明，你校英语报正在进行主题为“如何应对压力”的征

文，你有意参加，写一篇短文，内容须包括：

1）你对如何应对压力的建议；

2）用具体的事例说明这一建议的有效性。