北京市延庆区2020-2021学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

北京市延庆区2020-2021学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题学校班级姓名学号一、完形填空Somedreamstakelongertocometruethanothers,butwiththehelpof21st-centurysocialmediaandhergreat-grandson,attheageof110,oneBritishwomanishersatlonglast.AttheendofWorldWarI,AmyHawkinswasa7-year-oldchildwholovednothingmorethanto.Asateen,Hawkinssetheronbecominganentertainer.Hawkinswasonherway,touringthecountrywithadancetroupe（歌舞团）—untilherambitionwasbyhermom,whodidn'tseeitasarespectableforayounglady.Alltheseyearslater,the110-year-oldladylivesathomeinMonmouth,SouthWales,surroundedbyherlovedones.Thefour-generationfamilyunitincludeshergranddaughter,HannahFreeman,andFreeman's14-year-oldson,Sacha.Eventhoughshe'snolongerdoingit,Hawkinshasneverstoppedsinging.“She'slikeaclock,onceyouwindherupshewon'tstop,”Freemansaidinaninterview.“Shejustkeepsasking,‘Wouldyouanotherone?'.”OnHawkins'110thbirthday,Sachahisgreat-gransingingoneofherfavoriteWWItunes.WhenFreemanjokinglysuggestedSachapostittoTikTok,neitherofthemcouldhavetheoverwhelminglypositiveresponseitwouldreceive,reaching100,000viewsandalargenumberofemotionalpraisesinjustdays.Somejourneystakelongerthanothers.Sometimes,we'redetoured（绕路）alongtheway.Dreamscananddocometrueeveryday.Whileit'sbeenalongtimecoming,AmyHawkinsisawholenewgenerationoffans.【小题1】A.reflectingB.realizingC.recallingD.researching【小题2】A.singB.studyC.paintD.film【小题3】A.valuesB.limitsC.sightsD.hands【小题4】A.cutbackB.cutinC.cutthroughD.cutshort【小题5】A.methodB.gradeC.levelD.occupation【小题6】A.nervouslyB.professionallyC.reasonablyD.secretly【小题7】A.bringB.haveC.likeD.read【小题8】A.caughtB.videoedC.reportedD.remembered小题9】A.imaginedB.noticedC.missedD.suspected【小题10】A.entertainingB.becomingC．representingD．inviting二、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Togetaheadintheworldandleadahappy【小题1】(success)liferequiresgettingonwellwithotherpeopleand【小题2】(be)abletounderstandandreacttosituationsinthebestwaypossible.AhighEQisnecessaryforthisthehigherthebetter.AndthefactthatitmightbepossibletoraiseEQ【小题3】(mean)thatschoolsneedtomakesurethattheirstudentsarereceivinganeducationtheyreallyneed,notsolelybasedonIQ【小题4】ondevelopingtheentirecharacter.阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Akeyquestionisobviouslyhowclosetotheoriginalthefilmis.Sinceatypicalfilmisonlyaroundtwohourslong,itbecomesaquestionforscreenwriterstodecide【小题1】isappropriateforthescreenandwhattoleaveout.Screenwriterstakecreativelibertyandsometimestheremaybechangestotheplot,additionsandevendifferentendings【小题2】(please)producers,directorsandtestaudiences.I,likemanypeople,haveoftenleftthecinema【小题3】(feel)“thefilmisnotlikethebook".阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。TheGreatWall【小题1】(list)asaWorldHeritagebyUNESCOin1987.Justlikeadragon,itwindsupanddown【小题2】deserts,grasslandsandmountains,runningabout21,196kilometersfromeasttowest.TheconstructionoftheGreatWallwasnoteasy,andQinShihuangsucceededinhisefforttohavethewallsjoinedtogether.TheGreatWallisnowoneofthemostappealing【小题3】(attraction)allaroundtheworld.三、阅读选择IfyouarelookingforaplacetoeatinCalgary,you'vegotavarietyofchoices,likeItalian,Thai,Mexican,moderncomfortfood,andvegetariancuisine.Foranyonethatwantstonarrowdowntheirmust-eatlist,herearethebestrestaurantsinCalgary.ForeignConceptADDRESS:10111StSW,Calgary,ABT2R,CanadaPHONE:403-719-7289ForeignConceptisrunbyaward-winningchefDuncanLyandchefHyungjaeLim.ServingmodernAsiancuisine,thedishestaketheirinspirationfromLy'sVietnameserootsandLim'sKoreanbackground.Nomatterwhatyouorder,dishesalwaysemphasizeseasonalandlocalingredients(食材).Boldflavorswon'tdisappointyouatForeignConcept！AlumniSandwichesADDRESS：72517AveSW,Calgary,ABT2S,CanadaPHONE：403-455-7257Thesimplesandwichisn'tsoordinaryanymoreatAlumniSandwiches.Theplaceisfriendlyandinviting,andtherearealwaysaround10sandwichflavoursavailable,sowhetheryou'reavegetarian,meateater,pickyeater,orpreparedforafancydinner,somethingonthemenuissuretoappealtoyou.Don'tmisstheCaesarsalad,madewithwhatevergreenshappentobeinseason.BowValleyRancheRestaurantADDRESS:15979BowBottomTrailSE,Calgary,ABT2J,CanadaPHONE:403-476-1311Ifit'sfinediningyou'relookingfor,BowValleyRancheRestaurantisoneofyourbestchoicesinCalgary.Thefoodisalwaysexcellentandthesettingisequallyimpressive.OnlyashortdrivefromCalgary'sdowntown,BowValleyputsemphasisonCanadianproduceandproteins,fromRockyMountaingamemeats（野味）toseasonalvegetables.RougeADDRESS：12408AveSE,Calgary,ABT2G,CanadaPHONE：403-531-2765Lessthanaten-minutedrivefromdowntown,RougeisanawardwinningrestaurantsetinahistorichouseinCalgary'sInglewoodneighborhood.Themenuhereputsthefocusfirmlyonfresh,seasonalingredients,highlightingtheirnaturalbeauty.Manyofthoseingredientsaregrownintheon-sitegarden,makingthedishesevenmorespecial.【小题1】Accordingtothepassage,AlumniSandwiches.A．providesfruitsaladsB．offersdifferentchoicesD．issetinafriendlyhistoricC．usesRockyMountainproducehouse【小题2】Inwhatwayarethefourrestaurantssimilar?B．AlltheirchefshavewonA．Theyuseseasonalingredients.awards.D．TheirsettingsareequallyC．Theyarenotfarfromdowntown.friendly.【小题3】Thepassageisprobablytakenfrom.B．aresearchD．atravelA．afooddiaryC．anewsreportpaperbrochureHuangDanian,thewell-knownChinesegeophysicist,wasbornin1958inGuangxi,China.Asakeenandablestudent,HuangwenttotheUKin1993tofurtherhisstudies.BythetimeHuangmovedbacktoChinain2008,hehadbeenlivingandworkingintheUKfor15years.Hehadagoodjobandalifethere,buthegaveitalluptoreturntohomedrivenbytheideathatheneededtocontributetohiscountry.Asoneoftheworld'sleadingexpertsindeepearthexplorationtechnology,Huangwasinvitedtoparticipateinthe“ThousandTalent”programme.HetookupapositionatJilinUniversity,Changchun.HuangwasnamedleadscientistonChina'sdeepearthexplorationprogramme,developingadvancedcamerasthatcanseethroughtheEarth'scrust（外壳）sothatitcanbeanalysedwithouthavingtodigintoit.Hesetupanadvancedlab,sometimespayingforequipmentwithhisownmoney.Somedescribedhimasa“lunatic”（a“madman”）,butthispassionanddriveenabledHuangtopushforwardsChina'sdeepearthexplorationtechnologyintoaworldleadingposition.Huang'sdevotioncontributedtoChina'slunarprobe（月球探测器）Yutubeinglandedonthemoonin2013andthelaunchofthespacecraftsShenzhou-11andTiangong-2in2016.Huang'shealthalsopaidthepriceforhiscommitmenttohiswork.Hebeganhavingfaintingfits（昏厥）in2012,butpaidthemlittleattention,statinghedidnothavetimetogotoseeadoctor—hisworkalwayscamefirst.InNovember2016,Huangfaintedandwastakentohospital,wherehewasdiagnosedwithcancer.Thediseasewassoadvancedthathehadjustacoupleofmonthstolive.Likethetruescientisthewas,Huangnevergaveup,butalwaystriedtopushforwards.Evenfromhishospitalbed,hecontinuedhiswork,writinglettersofreferenceforhiscolleaguesandreplyingtoquestionsfromhisstudents.HuangdiedinJanuary2017,agedjust58.Morethan800peopleattendedhisfuneraltocelebratealifethatburnedsobright,butwassoshort.【小题1】HuangreturnedtoChinain2008because.A．hedesiredtodevotehimselftohismotherlandB．the“ThousandTalent”programattractedhimC．JilinUniversityofferedhimatoppositionD．hewasn'tsatisfiedwiththelifeintheUK【小题2】WhatisParagraph3mainlyabout?A．China'saerospacedevelopment.B．Huang'sworkingattitudeandstyle.C．Huang'sgreatcontributionstoChina.D．China'sdeepearthexplorationtechnology.【小题3】Whatcanwelearnfromthelasttwoparagraphs?A．TheworkingenvironmentcausedHuang'sdisease.B．Huangworkedcontinuouslydespitehispoorhealth.C．Huangwastakentohospitalafterhefaintedin2012.D．AlargesumofmoneywaspaidtotreatHuang'sillness.【小题4】WhichofthefollowingcanbeusedtodescribeHuangDanian?A．Generousandhonest.B．Passionateandpatient.C．Modestandcourageous.D．Patrioticandcommitted.ImproveCloudSecuritySensitivecustomerdatahasconstantlybeenfoundexposedoncloudserverswithoutpasswordprotection.Toeasetheproblem,databasesoftwaremakershavebeentryingtomakesecurityeasierforclouddatabasemanagers.AttheEnigmaConferenceinSanFrancisco,KennWhite,asecuritymanageratdatabasesoftwaremakerMongoDB,willdescribeanewtechnique,calledfieldlevelencryption,tomakedatasaferonthecloud.Fieldlevelencryptionworksbyscramblingdatabeforeit'ssenttoaclouddatabaseandrearrangingitinorderwhenthedataisneededforuse.Thepromiseoftheproductistoprotectthecontentsofaclouddatabase,evenifbadguysaccessit.MongoDB'snewfeaturecomesasmoreandmorecompaniesmoveuserdatatocloudservers,ratherthanruntheirowncostlydatacenters.Itwaspredictedthatcloudcomputingwouldbea$214billionindustrybytheendof2019.Thatwouldbeupmorethan17%from2018,whenitwas$182billion.Companieshaverushedtothecloudwithoutunderstandingallofthepossiblesecurityconsequences.Manycompanieshaveleftcountlessdatabasesexposed,revealingpersonaldata.Adatabasecontainingdetailsaboutwholivesin80millionUShouseholdswasleftunprotectedin2019,justlikethedataonFacebookusers.Databasemanagerswanttostoretheirdatainanunreadableform,buttheyalsowanttobeabletofindspecificpiecesofinformationinthedatabasewithasimplesearchterm.Forexample,someonemightwanttolookuphealthcarepatientsbytheirSocialSecuritynumbers,evenifthosenumbersarestoredasrandomcharacters.Tomakethispossible,fieldlevelencryptionletsdatabasemanagersencryptasearchtermontheirmachineandsendittothedatabaseasaquery.Thedatabasematchestheencryptedversionofthesearchtermwiththerecordit'sstoringandthensendsitbacktoyou.Thisapproachonlyworkswithspecifickindsofdata.Forexample,fieldlevelencryptionisn'tusefulforlongtextentries,likenotesinapatient'smedicalchart,becauseyoucan'tsearchforindividualwords.Still,fordatalikeaccountnumbers,passwordsandgovernmentIDnumbers,fieldlevelencryptionprotectsdataandmaintainsausabledatabase.Mostimportantly,Whitesaid,it'ssimpletosetup.Databasemanagersturnitonwithaone-timeconfigurationchangewhentheysetupthedatabase.“That'sreallypowerful,”hesaidinaninterview.【小题1】Theunderlinedword“scrambling”inparagraph2probablymeans.A．mixingB．collectingC．hidingD．storing【小题2】Whatcanfieldlevelencryptiondo?A．SecurethesafetyofInternetB．Protectfileswithauniquepages.styleofstorage.C．StopbadguysfromaccessingD．Enablecompaniestostorefilesthedatabase.onthecloud.【小题3】Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?A．Companiesshouldmoveuserdatatocloudservers.B．Cloudcomputingachieveda17%increasein2019.C．Companiesmaybeunawareoftherisksofthecloud.D．Nocompanieswerewillingtoruntheirowndatacenters.【小题4】Theauthorwrotethepassagemainlyto.A．presentsomefactsB．offersecurityadviceC．introduceatechniqueD．recommendaproduct四、七选五WhatCanWeSeeinaLogo?Weseehundredsoflogosonsigns,vehicles,websites,andevenontheclotheswewear.Alloftheselogosaredesignedtoattractourattention.【小题1】However,recentlyresearchsupportstheideathatrememberingwhatalogolookslikeisaverydifficulttask.Researchersgave85studentsasimpleassignmenttodrawtheApplelogopurelyfrommemory.Surprisingly,onlyonestudentinthestudycouldaccuratelydrawthelogofrommemory.【小题2】Researchershavedevelopedatheorythattheythinkmighthelptoexplainthisblindspotinourmemories.Logosaretypicallydesignedtobesimpleandeasytorecognizewithaquickglance.Yetthefrequentexposuretotheselogoscanactuallymakeourbrainsoverlookthem.Thisprocessisknownas“attentionalsaturation（注意力饱和）."【小题3】Eventhoughthebrainisaccustomedtoignoringunnecessarydetails,itisalsoprogrammedforrecognition.Whenweseeimagessuchaslogosoverandoveragain,webecomefamiliarwiththem.Thisconstantexposureleadstosomethingscientistsrefertoasgist（梗概）memory.【小题4】Thisgeneralsenseofmemoryhasitsownbenefits.Infact,familiaritywithapopularlogocanevenmakepeoplefeelmorecomfortableaboutpurchasingorusingcertainproducts.Logosareeverywherewelooktoday.Afancydesignorathoughtfulcolorcombinationmaybeagoodstartforalogoconcept,butthereareotherfactorstoconsider.【小题5】Acleverdesignmaybeinteresting,butmostpeoplewillforgetthedetails—especiallyifourbrainshaveanythingtosayaboutit.A．Thismaybeinspiringtologodesigners.B．Peoplewillknowtheproductbehindthelogo.C．Sowhyisitsodifficultforpeopletorecallthedetailsofimages?D．Theyalsohelpusrememberaproductorserviceconnectedtothatimage.E．Itmeansthatourbrainremembersthebasicideawithoutallofthedetails.F．Ourbrainsactuallysignalustoignoreinformationwedon'tthinkwewillneedtoremember.G．Logodesignersneedtoknowthatpeoplewillonlyrememberwhattheybelieveisworthwhile.五、选用适当的单词或短语补全句子9.选择方框里的词组并用其正确形式完成句子。1havepositiveattitudestowardsbewillingtousedtobesuitableforparticipateindealwith【小题1】Ifwelearn,theopportunitiesareeverywhere.小题2】Ourschoolencouragesstudentstosportingactivitiesintheirsparetime.【小题3】Employersusuallydecidewithinfiveminuteswhethersomeonethejob.【小题4】Thefilmthethemeofappearancesinaveryinterestingandclevermanner.【小题5】PeoplewithhighEQsareopentonewideasandlife.【小题6】We___liveinasmalltownbutlastyearwemovedtoabigcity.六、阅读表达10.阅读下面短文，根据题目要求回答问题。Isitbetterforourbodiestoworkoutatcertaintimesoftheday?Scientistshaveknownforsometimethateverytissueinourbodiescontainsakindofbiologicalclockthatgoesoffinresponsetomessagesrelatedtoourdailyexposuretolight,foodandsleep.However,whetherandhowexercisetimingmightinfluencemetabolic（新陈代谢的）healthhasbeenlessclear,andtheresultsofpastexperimentshavenotalwaysagreed.Amuch-discussed2019studyfoundthatmenwithType2diabetes（糖尿病）whocompletedafewminutesofhigh-intensityinterval（间隔）sessionsintheafternoonimprovedtheirblood-sugarcontrolaftertwoweeks.PatrickSchrauwen,aprofessorofnutritionandmovementsciencesreadthat2019studywithinterest.HehadbeenstudyingexerciseinpeoplewithType2diabetes,buthadnotconsideredthepossibleroleoftiming.Now,seeingthevaryingimpactsoftheintenseworkouts,hewonderedifthetimingofworkoutsmightsimilarlyaffecthowtheworkoutschangedpeople'smetabo