2022-2023学年湖南省岳阳市湘阴县赛头中学高二英语下学期期末试卷含解析

1、2022-2023学年湖南省岳阳市湘阴县赛头中学高二英语下学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. The people who have moved to the new settlements are holding a party as if they_ a festival.A. had been celebrated B. have been celebratingC. were celebrating D. would be celebrating参考答案：C2. Jack _ a moment before stepping through the doorway, because o

2、f his failure in the exam.A. paused B. mindedC. stopped D. hesitated参考答案：D考试失败了肯定是不敢回家，所以才会在门口徘徊犹豫，故hesitate“犹豫；踌躇”符合句意。3. The last one _ pays the meal. Agreed!A. arrived B. arrives C. to arrive D. arriving参考答案：C4. 语音知识 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)（ ）1. passenger A. finger B. degree C.manager D. recognize（ ）2.

3、appreciate A predict B musician C process D emergency（ ）3.wrist A tiger B.tip C.lifelong D ninth（ ）4.butcher A budget B cube C trust D prejudice（ ）5.enemy A media B petrol C elect D reflect 参考答案：CBBDB略5. I am delighted to receive an invitation from you. _ your wedding, I should be pleased to attend.

4、 A. In charge of B. In response to C. In favor of D. In regard to参考答案：D6. As soon as he comes back, Ill tell him when _and see him.A. you will comeB. will you comeC. you comeD. do you come参考答案：A略26.The medical research shows eating too much fat can _ heart disease and blood pressure, so you must be

5、more careful with your diet. A.contribute to B. refer to C. attend to D. devote to参考答案：A略8. A lot of companies have been affected during the financial crisis.Yes. But the financial situation in my company is beginning to _.A. take up B. rise upC. look up D. raise up参考答案：C9. My parents live in a smal

6、l village.They always keep candles in the house there is a power out.A.if B.unlessC.in caseD.so that参考答案：C提示:句意:我父母住在一个小村庄,他们经常都备有蜡烛以防停电。if“如果”;unless“除非”;in case “以防,万一”;so that引导结果状语从句,意为“因此”。10. It was a time _ volunteers from all over the world visited this nursing home regularly.A. whichB. what

7、C. whereD. when参考答案：D11. Marys red face suggested that she_shy, and her friends suggested that she_a deep breath.A. be; should take B. was, take C. should be; took D. was; takes参考答案：B12. The ship was so small that the captain had to refuse to _ more passengers for the sake of safety.A. take onB. tak

8、e upC. take offD. take in参考答案：A13. Looking at the _ of children playing in the garden ,the old man smiled happily. A. sight B. view C.scene D. scenery参考答案：C14. Well, Randy is not quite ready to make a decision yet.So, _, we have to wait, right?A. on the other hand B. in other words C. in particular

9、D. above all 参考答案：B15. What do you think of the girl?Not only _ well but also _ modest.Ashe works；she isBdoes she work；she isCdoes she work；is she Dshe works；is she参考答案：B二、 填空16. Today, the events _21_ in realistic-looking or-sounding video and audio recordings need never have happened. They can ins

10、tead be _22_ automatically, by powerful computers and machine-learning software. The catch-all term for these computational productions is “deepfakes”.The term first appeared on Reddit, a messaging board, as the username for an account which was producing _23_ videos. An entire community _24_ up aro

11、und the creation of these videos, writing software tools that let anyone automatically _25_ one persons face onto the body of another. Reddit shut the community down, but the technology was out there. Soon it was being applied to political _26_ and actors.Tools for editing media _27_ have existed fo

12、r decadesthink Photoshop. The power and peril of deepfakes is that they make fakery cheaper than ever before. Before deepfakes, a powerful computer and a good chunk of a university degree were needed to produce a realistic fake video of someone. Now some photos and an Internet connection are all tha

13、t is required.The consequences of cheap, widespread fakery are likely to be _28_, albeit slow to unfold. Plenty worry about the possible impact that believable, fake footage of politicians might have on civil societyfrom a further loss of trust in media to the _29_ for electoral distortions. These t

14、echnologies could also be deployed against softer targets: it might be used, for instance, to bully classmates by creating imagery of them in embarrassing situations. In a world that was already saturated with _30_ imagery, deepfakes make it plausible to push that even further.参考答案：21. G 22. J 23. D

15、 24. F 25. H 26. C 27. E 28. K 29. B 30. I这一篇说明文。今天，那些看起来真实、听起来真实的视频和音频记录所记录的事件根本不需要发生。它们可以由强大的计算机和机器学习软件自动生成。这些计算结果的通称是“深度伪造”。文章介绍了“深度伪造”这一现象及可能产生的深远影响。【21题详解】考查动词。句意：今天，那些看起来真实、听起来真实的视频和音频记录所记录的事件根本不需要发生。根据句意可知，此处指视频和音频录制的事件。G. captured“拍摄，录制”。故G选项正确。【22题详解】考查动词。句意：它们可以由强大的计算机和机器学习软件自动生成。根据句意可知，此处

16、指自动生成。J. generated“使形成；发生”。故J选项正确。【23题详解】考查形容词。句意：这个词最早出现在社交新闻网站Reddit上，是一个制作假视频的账户的用户名。根据上文The catch-all term for these computational productions is “deepfakes”.可知，此处指假视频。D. fake“假的”。故D选项正确。【24题详解】考查动词。句意：整个社区都围绕着这些视频的创作而兴起。spring up“出现，涌现”，sprang是spring的过去式。F. sprang“涌出；跃出”。故F选项正确。【25题详解】考查动词。句意：他

17、们编写软件工具，让任何人都可以自动地将一个人的脸粘贴到另一个人的身上。根据语境可知，此处指用软件工具将一个人的脸粘贴到另一个人的身上。H. paste“粘贴”。故H选项正确。【26题详解】考查名词。句意：很快，它就被应用到政治人物和演员身上。根据空前political及空后and actors可知，此处指政治人物。C. figures“人物”。故C选项正确。【27题详解】考查副词。句意：手工编辑媒体的工具已经存在了几十年，比如Photoshop。列举Photoshop这一款编辑数字照片或图像的软件工具，由此可知，此处指手工编辑媒体的工具，设空处修饰editing，使用副词形式。E. manua

18、lly“手动地；用手”。故E选项正确。【28题详解】考查形容词。句意：廉价、普遍的造假行为的后果可能是深远的，尽管要慢慢显现出来。根据下文Plenty worry about the possible impact可知，此处指廉价、普遍的造假行为的后果可能是深远的。K. profound“深厚的；意义深远的”。故K选项正确。【29题详解】考查名词。句意：许多人担心政客的虚假镜头可能会对公民社会产生影响从对媒体的信任进一步丧失到选举扭曲的可能性。根据句意可知，此处指选举扭曲的可能性。B. potential“潜能，可能性”。故B选项正确。【30题详解】考查形容词。句意：在一个已经充斥着极端画面的

19、世界里，深度造假似乎更有可能推动这一趋势。根据上文These technologies could also be deployed against softer targets: it might be used, for instance, to bully classmates by creating imagery of them in embarrassing situations.可知，此处指极端画面。I. extreme“极端的”。故I选项正确。三、 阅读理解17. 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AVERAGE RESOURCES6

20、20 m3 waterIf we put fresh water and sea water together, we can each have 620 m3 water. But remember, sea water is too salty for us to drink if the factories dont process it first. So, 620 m3 is little. Saving water in daily use is important.0.5 hectares of forestsThere are 3.869 billion hectares(公顷

21、) of forests on Earth. But we are losing them mainly because we cut trees too much. If we calculate（计算）at the size of a football field, we are losing 343,000 football fields every day, or 1,431 per hour, or 24 per minute!1.5 centimeters long corals(珊瑚)All the corals that we have now spread for about

22、 100,000 km in 109 countries. But each of us can only have such a little piece, because seas are getting polluted and corals are dying.33 starsAccording to the latest report, there are 200 billion stars in the Milky Way. Each of us can have 33 of them. Unfortunately, we cannot see most of the 200 bi

23、llion stars from Earth. We can only see about 6,000 stars. If we dont use telescopes or we have bad weathers, we can only see about 2,000 stars.90kg riceOn average, we harvest 0.54 billion tons of rice each year round the world and each of us can have 90 kg. Asia produces and eats 90% of all the rice. How long will it take you to eat up this 90 kg rice?1 icebergLuckily, we still have icebergs to share when