北京一零一中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、北京一零一中学2024-2025学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题一、完形填空I was an angry adolescent in my first years of college. One day I had a serious fight with my father. I saw him as 1 and wanted to break free. We both exploded in shouts and I stormed out of the house.As I ran across the campus towards the classroom, I suddenly r

2、ealized that I didnt have the assignment that was 2 : a thought card. Professor Simon had explained that every Tuesday we must hand in an index card, on which we wrote a thought, a concern, a question or anything thats on our mind and that he would return the card every Wednesday with his 3 or answe

3、r on it. He stressed that the card was our 4 to class on Tuesdays.Now, I raced down the hallway, ten minutes late to class. Just outside the door, I took out an index card and wrote on it “I am the son of an idiot!”, as I could only think about the 5 Id just had with my dad. Then I dashed into the r

4、oom, handed the card and took my seat. The moment I reached my seat, I regretted telling him that about my dad. I didnt want to 6 myself to him.Wednesday morning I got to the class early and 7 in the back. Professor Simon began returning our thought cards. On my card was written, “What does the son

5、of an idiot do with the rest of his life?” His question got right to the 8 of the issue: Whose problem was it? Whose responsibility was it?Professor Simons comment kept 9 in my mind over the next few weeks. Slowly, my thinking began to shift. My grades improved. My relationship with my father also i

6、mproved 10 . Now I saw him as concerned and caring, instead of controlling. And it all started with a question, an innocent-seeming question.1AcontrollingBdemandingCfrustratingDconfusing2AboundBproperCtrickyDdue3AcommentBgradeCcriticismDstandard4AguideBadmissionCinvitationDcontribution5AconflictBrac

7、eCtalkDdeal6AconnectBexposeCrecommendDintroduce7AstoodBfrozeCcriedDhid8AcauseBheightCheartDsurface9Acoming upBraising upCfixing upDsetting up10AautomaticallyBmildlyCdramaticallyDrepeatedly二、语法填空语法填空Bill is legally blind, which means he cant drive. So 11 (get) to his job as a doorkeeper on the overni

8、ght shift at a Walmart, he walks 5 miles each way. All that 12 (change) a couple of years ago when Christy Conrad saw him walking and gave him a lift. After hearing his story, she offered to drive him to and from work whenever she could. For those days she couldnt drive him, she started a Facebook g

9、roup 13 (call) Mr. Bills Village, 14 about 1,500 people have signed up to help him. “Theres a lot of good people in this world, all over the place, you know,” Bill said.语法填空This year 15 (mark) the 50th anniversary of the Rubiks Cube. More than 450 million cubes 16 (sell) since its invention in 1974,

10、 making it one of the bestselling toys in history. For some, simply 17 (solve) the Rubiks Cube isnt enough. “Speedcubers” race to solve it as quickly as possible. More than 200,000 people have participated in competitions.语法填空Its difficult to be happy if we never succeed at anything we attempt to ac

11、complish. This leads to a lack of confidence and the feeling that were worthless, which can keep you 18 gaining happiness and fulfillment. However, its not everything. If you can separate success and see it clearly for what it is, it becomes 19 (easy) to define. And when it becomes easy to define, i

12、t is possible for you to find a way to achieve it. This is 20 your success depends on how you define it.三、阅读理解Ever since I was a young boy, Ive had a taste for adventure, but I never imagined this would lead to my chosen career.My work as an expedition doctor has taken me all over the world, from mo

13、squito-infested wet land in Africa to the untouched wilderness of Antarctica. However, my favourite trips, and the ones in which I now specialize, are those involving mountains. Never do I feel more inspired by nature than when I look up at their towering peaks and begin to prepare myself mentally f

14、or the challenges ahead.I trained as a doctor in the UK, but there was little in that training to prepare me to deal with a broken leg during a storm on the side of a mountain! In fact, Id say that medical skills come some way down the list of job requirements, after stamina (耐力), problem-solving an

15、d communication.This kind of medicine million miles away from the controlled, clean environment of a hospital, and your medical kit basically consists of whatever you can carry, so you sometimes have to use whatever is available. For example, Ive learned that some drugs can be used for several condi

16、tions, and Ive even had to cut branches off a small tree to make a piece of wood to support a broken arm.Now I do most of my work for adventure holiday companies, travelling to remote places. When I started out, these holidays were quite rare，but they have become much more mainstream now that weve a

17、ll seen celebrities climbing Kilimanjaro or watched reality shows about people exploring jungles.I do have mixed feelings about all these people with large amounts of income coming to poor areas just for their own enjoyment, so I try to make sure that the companies I work for have high moral standar

18、ds and bring advantages to the local communities. And of course, tourism provides employment, and also opens the eyes of visitors to the hardship that many people are forced to go through.21What made the author choose his career?AHis love of nature.BHis desire for adventure.CHis talent for medicine.

19、DHis sense of responsibility.22What is the biggest challenge for the author during the trips?AReducing potential risks.BSurviving in the wild.CAdapting to local customs.DDealing with emergencies.23According to the author, the companies he now works for should .Asatisfy tourists and make profitsBoffe

20、r tourists challenges and securityCbenefit local people as well as touristsDbuild tourists mental and physical well-beingThe rise of the robots has raised the possibility of a future where there is simply less work for humans to do. To exhausted office workers, a world where we all have a bit more l

21、eisure time sounds rather nice. Yet what really matters is not just the total amount of human labour that will be needed in future. It is how that work will be distributed (分布) across the workforce.If the recent past is anything to go by, there is no reason to believe it will be evenly spread. The l

22、ength of the average working week in the UK has declined steadily from about 59 hours in the mid-19th century to 32 hours in 2009. But averages hide a lot.While trends among women have been stable, there have been big shifts among men. Males in well-paid full-time employment, earning 2. 5 times the

23、median wage, are now working slightly longer hours on average than two decades ago, according to the Resolution Foundation, a think-tank. At the same time, men in full-time employment at the bottom of the wage ladder are working quite a lot less.On top of that, the number of low-paid men who work pa

24、rt-time has mushroomed. Twenty years ago, one in 20 men aged 25 to 55 with low hourly wages worked part-time; today it is one in five. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, another think-tank, shows this phenomenon is only happening among the low-paid. In better- paying jobs, part-time men a

25、re still fairly rare. Gender roles within families might be converging (趋同) too. Low-paid men may be choosing to shoulder more childcare responsibilities so their partners can return to work.Yet it is clear that the distribution of work still matters to people. Britain has an underemployment problem

26、 and an over employment problem at the same time: official data show 3. 4m people want to work more hours while 3. 2m want to work fewer hours for less pay. The underemployed are most likely to be waiters or cleaners. The over employed are most likely to be doctors or chief executives. This hints at

27、 an economy where the demand and supply of skills are out of sync.Nobody knows for sure how the next wave of automation will shake up demand for different skills. Perhaps doctors will gain the free time they crave. Others might find themselves in greater demand. But short of us developing a much bet

28、ter system for training people quickly for the jobs the economy needs, it seems likely that in the future - as now - there will be too much work for some, and too little for others.24What can be learned from the first two paragraphs?AThe widespread of robots will replace humans work.BUK has taken so

29、me steps to stop the decline of working hours.CThe averages may not be accurate indicators of what has happened.DFuture leisure time will be distributed unevenly across the workforce.25The phrase “out of sync” is closest in meaning to _.AimportantBundoubtedCharmfulDimbalanced26In order to make the w

30、ork distribution more even, we should _.Aestablish a better training systemBdevelop the automatic equipmentCadapt to new working environmentDcreate more employment opportunities27Which of the following best summarizes the text?AThe total amount of human labour will be decreased.BBetter training syst

31、ems will be built across the world.CRobots will drive us to rethink how work is distributed.DThe rise of robots will promote gender equality in employment.The aggressive spread of market economics and communication technologiesoften under the control of Western multinational companiesbrings new chal

32、lenges to local cultures and values in non-Western societies. Sometimes it seems as if a tidal wave of the worst Western culture is creeping across the globe like a giant strawberry milkshake spill oat and over the planet, with a flavor that is distinctly sweet, sickly and apparently homogeneous (同质

33、的). For some, especially the young, change may mean escape from oppressive traditions. It may also bring new opportunities for cultures to be combined in creative ways. However, there is genuine cause for concern about the rate at which cultures are being worn away in such a globalized world. Perhap

34、s by far the most important far-reaching effect of cultural globalization is the commercialization of culture, which has a disturbing impact on local peoples existing values. They are increasingly bombarded with new images, new music, new clothes and new values. The familiar and old are to be abando

35、ned. While there was cultural change long before globalization, there is a danger that much will be lost simply because it is not valued by global markets. In West Africa for example, traditional values have been overtaken by Coca-Cola culture which the local people dont yet have the values to deal

36、with successfully. Another common aspect of the globalized culture is that it pursues (追求) the same “one size fits all” American ideal. The result of this cultural process of homogenization is that a large section of the worlds population dreams of living like Cosby & Co. or like the characters

37、in any other stereotype American soap opera. In addition, the dream of living a better life causes thousands of people to move to already overcrowded cities whose population has boomed by millions within the last decades. The majority of these new immigrants end up in slums leading to poverty, pollu

38、tion and misery.Such gradual aggression against peoples existing values and cultures has a destructive impact on their sense of who they are, what they want and what they respect. It attacks spiritual values and faith traditions. The accumulative (累积的) effect in non-Western societies is a crisis of

39、cultural confidence, combined with the increased economic uncertainty and crime which global integration (一体化) may bring. This creates real problems for social stability whether it is at the level of nation, community or family.In conclusion, cultural globalization, or worldwide McDonaldization, des

40、troys diversity and displaces the opportunity to sustain decent life through a mixture of many different cultures. It is more a consequence of power concentration in the global media and manufacturing companies than the peoples own wish to abandon their cultural identity and diversity.28It can be le

41、arned from Paragraph 1 that _.Anon-Western societies willingly accept economic globalizationBWestern culture unites the world、economies and technologiesCthe booming of Western culture destroys non-Western societiesDdespite its appeal, westernization shows an unpleasant uniformity29Which best serves

42、as an example of the “one size fits all” principle in non-Western nations?AMcDonald receives more criticism abroad than at home.BMany Africans dream of a middle class American lifestyle.CChinese food wins great approval in the United Kingdom.DSome western young people fancy a visit to African countr

43、ies,30What is the writers attitude towards cultural globalization?ACautious.BCritical.CPositive.DNeutral.31The passage is mainly about _.Acultural diversity in globalizationBchallenges to non-Western culturesCdrawbacks of cultural globalizationDdisappearance of non-Western culturesDigital MedicineCo

44、uld the next suggestion from your doctor be downloading an app? Collectively known as digital medicine, a large number of apps in use or under development can now detect or monitor mental and physical disorders or directly administer therapies. 32 Many detection aids rely on mobile devices to record

45、 such features as users voices, locations, facial expressions, exercise and sleep; then they apply artificial intelligence to mark the possible change of a condition. Some smart watches, for instance, contain a sensor that automatically detects and warns people of a dangerous heart rate. 33 These we

46、arable detection aids will not replace a doctor any time soon but can be helpful partners in stressing concerns that need follow-up. 34 Some are being developed to detect things such as cancerous DNA, stomach bleeds, body temperature and oxygen levels. The sensors inside your body can then send the

47、data to apps for recording. 35 For the most part, those intended to diagnose or treat disorders must be proved safe and effective in clinical trials and earn regulatory approval; some may need a doctors permission.Clearly, society must move into the future of digital medicine with care ensuring that

48、 the apps go through strict testing, protect privacy and go smoothly into doctors work. With such protections in place, healthcare costs could be saved by marking unhealthy behaviours and helping people to make changes before diseases set in. 36 For researchers, the patterns that emerge will provide them with