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浙江省绍兴鼓山外国语学校2022-2023学年高二上学期11月期中英语试题学校:姓名班级考号
一、阅读理解When youwere at school,the lastthing youprobably wanted to dowas tospend yourweekendsgoing to work.There washomework to do,sports toplay andfun tohave.But ourparentsprobably persuadedus tofind ajob toearn somemoney andget somelife experience.When I was ateenager Idelivered newspapersto peopleshomes.I thenprogressed toa Saturdayjobin asupermarket:stacking shelvesand workingat thecheckout.Today in the UKyou areallowed towork fromthe ageof13,and manychildren dotake up（成人仪式）.part-time jobs.Ifs oneof thosethings thatare seenalmost asa riteof passageIts a（简历）.taste ofindependence andsometimes auseful thingto puton yourCV Teenagersagreethat itteaches valuablelessons aboutworking with adults and also aboutmanaging theirmoney.Some researchhas shownthat nottaking upa Saturdayor holidayjob could be deleterious toa personlater on.A2015study bythe UKCommission onEmployment andSkills foundthat notparticipatingin part-time workat schoolage hadbeen blamedby employersorganizations fbryoungadults beingill-prepared forfull-time employment,but despitethis,recent statisticshaveshown that the numberof schoolchildren in theUK witha part-time jobhas fallenby afifth inthepast fiveyears.So,does thismean thatBritish teenagersare now afraid ofhard workProbably not.Someexperts feelthat youngpeople feelgoing outtoworkwill affecttheir performanceatschool,andthey areunder morepressure nowto studyhard andget goodexam resultsand a good jobin thelongterm.However,Geoff Barton,general secretaryof theAssociation ofSchool andCollegeLeaders,told BBCNews thatProperly regulatedpart-time workis agood wayof helpingyoungpeople learnskills that they willneed in their workinglives.In reality,its allabout gettingtheright balancebetween doing part-time workand havingenough time to studyand rest.A.Delighted.B・Interested.C.Unwilling.D.Angry.
1.How didthe authorfeel aboutdoing part-time jobson weekendswhen hewas ateenagerRegards,Li Hua
2.Which of the followingmay NOTbe thebenefit ofschool childrensdoingpart-time jobsA.Learning to be independent.B.Gaining somelife experience.C.Being preparedfor futurejobs.D.Spending whatthey earnas theylike.
3.What doesthe underlinedword deleterious“in Paragraph3probably meanA.Valuable.B.Harmful.C.Necessary.D.Impossible.
4.What can we learnfrom Paragraph4A.Students shouldspend alltheir timeon studies.B.Students shouldhave asmany part-time jobsas possible.C.Doing part-time jobsmust affectstudents schoolresults.D.Its importantfor studentsto balancepart-time jobsand studies.Many ofyou mayhave usedSiri,a voice assistant ofUS tech company Apple.You onlyhaveto say“hey Siri“and itwill answerto yourcommand.However,we maybe sacrificingour privacytoenjoy thisconvenience.According toa recentreport bythe Guardian,Siri can be accidentallytriggered andstartrecording privateconversations,such asdiscussions betweendoctors andpatients.Some of theserecordings arethen givento workersoutside thecompany toreview.Apple claimedthe datawas usedto helpSiri improve,but userswere notinformed ofthismeasure inthe firstplace.Apples Siriis notthe onlyvoiceassistantto comeunder fire.In2018,Alexa,a voiceassistant developedby UStechcompanyAmazon,recorded aprivateconversation between a coupleand sentit toa strangerwithout theirpermission.These issuesdeepened concernsthat tech companies areinfringing usersrights ofprivacy.Many peoplehave longfeared thattechcompanies are listeningand collecting data fromprivateconversations,reported Forbes.Using thisdata,third partycompanies couldthen paintanaccurate pictureof usershabits andpreferences inorder toserve themmore targeted advertisements,or evenworse,sell thisprivate data.Despite thisrisk,the popularityof voiceassistant seemsto beunstoppable.“In thenear future,everything from your lightingto yourair-conditioning toyour refrigerator,your coffeemaker,and evenyour toiletcouldbewired toa systemcontrolled byvoice JcommentedThe Atlantic.Colin Horganwrote on the blogsite Mediumthat hebelieved peoplesdaily liveswill soonbecomea sourceof data.一“The soundsof ourhomes,the symphonyof lifelaughing,crying,talking,shouting,sittingin silence——will nolonger beconsidered memories,but dataJ hewrote.To deal with theissue,Blake Morgan,reporter forThe Atlantic,believed thatthe answeristransparency.“AH companiesneed tohave messagingready toexplain tocustomers whatthey dowithprivate dataJ shewrote onThe Atlantic.
5.What doesthe underlinedsentence meanA.There areother fire-proof voiceassistants.B・Other voiceassistants arealso beingdeveloped.C.There areother voiceassistants beingcriticized.D.Other voiceassistants alsoneed improvements.
6.What seemsto bepeoples biggestconcern aboutvoice assistantsA.Invading theirprivacy.B.Sending theirmessage.C.Making noimprovements.D.Serving themtargetedadvertisements.
7.What shouldcompanies doto solvethe problem,according toBlake MorganA.To stopcollecting datathrough voiceassistant.B.To explaintheir useof thedata tocustomers.C.To make their datamore transparent.D.To slowdown thepace oftechnology advancement.
8.What isthe authorspurpose inwriting thetextA.To showvisions ofa dataworld inthe future.B.To informpeople ofwhat techcompaniesarereally upto.C.To drawattention to the privacyissue voiceassistants bringabout.D.To criticizecompanies,invading customers9privacy bycollectingdata.Everyone wouldagree thatit isparents9job toteach their kids rightfrom wrong.The riseinteen crimesuggests that some parents are failingat thesetasks.To correctthe problem,lawmakersin somestates requireparents toserve jailtime whentheir childrenget intoserious troubleagain andagain.The lawmakershope thatthis punishmentwill motivateparents totake theirresponsibilitiesseriously.Supporters of these lawsbelieve thatthe threatof jailwill scareparents intopaying moreattentionto theirteens891011behavior thanbefore.They thinkthat theseparents wouldbe happyto少管所，let thestate try to straightenout their kids atjuvenile detentioncenters becausethecenters tookthe responsibilityoff the parents9shoulders.With thenew laws,the responsibilityisput backon theparents.The hopeis Ja supportersaid,“that ifparentsareheld legallyresponsible,they911work harderto keep their youngsters inHowever,many peoplethink the laws are unfair.They argue that parents should not bepunished fbrthe criminal acts of their children,unless itcan beshown there is acontributory faultontheparentspart.People whooppose parental responsibility lawsalso believe that punishingparents wontcreatea changeinthekids behavior.These peoplearguethat parents maynotbeat fault.Thechildren ofgood parentscan fallin withthe wrongkids andget intotrouble,they say.Worse yet,ifmom isin jail,there maybe noone atall tocontrol herkid....The unfortunatefact is that jailing a parentpunishes therest ofthe family.The jailedparentcannot workto helpsupport thefamily andmay alsobe firedfrom ajob formissing toomuch work.Furthermore,little evidenceexists tosupport theidea thatthe threatof punishmentimproves aparentsability tocontrol ateenager.Opponents ofparental responsibilitylaws saythatparentswhoare in this situationneed help,not ajail sentence.
9.The phrasekeeptheiryoungstersinline”in Paragraph2is closestin meaningto
12.What doesthe passagemainly talkaboutA.Whether parentsshould bejailed fortheir kidscriminalacts.B・How parentsdealwithyoung troublemakersintheirdaily life.A.get their kids tostay athome B.maketheirkids behavewellC.help theirkids make a livingD.require theirkids toqueue inpublic10Which ofthe followingsentences maybest endParagraph4A.So,they believethat itseasy fbrmom tocontrol her kids behavior.B.So,they believethat momshould bejailed forher contributoryfault.C.So,they believethat lackof momscontrol maythen leadto morecrime.D.So,they believethat momscontrol hasa negativeeffect onherkidsbehavior.11Opponents ofparentalresponsibilitylaws thinkthat.A.parentsshouldnever bepunished fbrtheirkidscrimesB.jailingaparent maydrive thefamily intoa worsesituationC.thelawsareunfaireven if they helpparents controltheir kidsD.responsible parentsneednt worrythat theirkids willcommit crimesC.What parentsneed whentheirkidscommit crimesagain andagain.D.Why lawsshould be made tohold parentsresponsible fortheirkids.We allhave atendency to fake laugh,particularly whenauthority figuresin ourlives trytomake ajoke thatjust doesntland.Though itmight feelrude notto laugh when yourin-laws orbosstry tosay somethingfunny,pretending todo somight notbe much better.It turnsout,even if youthink thatyour forcedlaughing soundsgenuine,people areusually prettygood atseparating trulyspiritedbelly laughsfrom fake ones.But howcan theypossible knowthe differenceWell,when researchers atthe University of California,Los Angelesstudied theacoustic andperceptualdifferences betweenreal andfake laughter,they foundthatsomeofthe soundsassociated withgenuine laughteris reallyhard to fake9In theirstudy,the researchersdeterminedthat subjectswere onlyfooled by37percent offake laughter.一The mostprominent factordistinguishing reallaughter fromfake laughteris durationor,more specifically,the numberof breathstaken inin betweensounds.Seeing asit takesmore effortandconcentration to fake a laugh as opposed todo itgenuinely,people tendto pausemore inbetweentheir”ha-has when theyre faking it.Evidently,that pausingis prettynoticeable.“A fake laugh isbasically animitation ofa reallaugh,but producedwithaslightly differentsetof vocalmuscles controlledby adifferent part of ourbrain JGreg Bryant,the leadUCLA researcheronthe study,explained.The resultisthatthere aresubtle featuresofthelaugh thatsound likespeech,and...people areunconsciously quitesensitive to them.”People have also provento beemotionally sensitiveto laughteras well.Our rainsare verysensitivetothesocial and emotional significanceof laughter/9said CarolynMcGettigan,a scientistatRoyal Holloway,University ofLondon.McGettigan conducteda2014study thatrecorded participants9brain responsesas theylistenedto the same peopleproduce genuinelaughter bywatching funnyvideos,asopposedtofake laughter.During ourstudy,when participantsheard alaugh thatwas posed,they activatedregions ofthebrain associatedwith mentalizingin anattempt tounderstand theother personsemotional andmentalstate Jshe said.So,while wemay understandthat certainsocial situationssometimes requirefakelaughter,most ofthe time,our instinctsandemotionalintelligence arejust toosmart tobuy intothem.According toMcGettigan,thats agood thing.Evolutionarily speaking,its goodtobeable todetectif someoneis authenticallyexperiencing anemotion orifthey,re not,“she said.Because youdontwant tobe fooled.
13.What doresearchersattheUniversityofCaliforniawant tofind outinthisstudyA.What isthe differencebetweena fakelaughanda real one.B.Which partofthebrain controlsthesoundof ourlaughter.C.Why dopeople needtofakelaughwhenthey dontwant to.D.How tolaugh asgenuinely aspossible when you arefakingit.
14.Your forcedlaughing ismore noticeablethan youthink,mainly because.A.you seemmore concentratedwhen youlaugh forrealB.you takemore breathswhen youtrytofake alaughC.afakelaugh oftenhappens aftera suddenpauseD.areallaugh usuallylasts longerthan afakeone
15.What hasCarolyn McGettigans2014study provenA.Certain socialsituations mayrequire ustofakealaugh.B.Evolution hasenabled usto recognizeothers emotions.C.By instincts,we areable totell apersons mentalstate.D.We cansense othersemotional statewhentheylaugh.
二、七选五When everythinggoes wrong,always lookat what you have,instead ofwhatyouhave lost.Because its not whatthe worldtakes awayfromyouthat counts;its whatyou dowith whatyouhave left.16Pain ispartofgrowing.Sometimes lifecloses doorsbecause itstimetomove forward.17When timesare tough,remind yourselfthat nopain comeswithout apurpose.Remember thatthere aretwo kindsof pain:pain thathurts andpain thatchanges you.When youroll withlife,insteadof resistingit,both kindshelp yougrow.18Every timeyou gethurt,you heal.After darknessthereisalways light-you arereminded ofthisevery morning,but stillyou oftenforget,and insteadchoose tobelievethatthe nightwill lastforever.It wontNothing lastsforever.Complaining changesnothing.19Its alwaysbetter to attempt todo somethinggreat andfail thantoattempttodo nothingand succeed.Its notover ifyouve lost;its overwhen youdonothingbut complainabout it.If youbelievein something,keep trying.Dont letthe shadowsofthepast darkenthe doorstepof yourfuture.The bestthing youcan dois tokeep going.Dont beafraid toget backup——to tryagain,to loveagain,to liveagain,and todream again.Dont leta hardlesson hardenyour heart.Lifers bestlessons areoften learnedattheworst timesandfrom theworst mistakes.There willbe timeswhen itseems likeeverything thatcould possiblygowrong isgoing wrong.20A.Everything inlife istemporary.B.And even ifyoufall short,keep going.C.Your scarsare symbolsof yourstrength.D.Those whocomplain themost,accomplish theleast.E.Here area fewtips toinspire youwhenyouneed itmost.F.Thats agood thingbecause weoften wontmove unlesslife forcesusto.G.When youfeel likequitting,remember thatsometimes thingscanberight eventually.
三、完形填空Tyra Muhammad,a46-year-old motherof five,graduated fromGrambling StateUniversitynearly30years aftershe startedher undergraduatestudies.“I21thought Iwas tooold tobe backon campus,but mykids22me andwere therefor meJMuhammad said.Muhammad first23Grambling StateUniversity in
1994.She24her husbandthere andthe twomamedbefore long.The25soon startedtheir familyand Muhammad26her collegecareer later.Then in2018,with heryoungest childnowateenager,she was27to goback tocollege.She wasadmitted intoGrambling StateUniversity again,where threeof herchildren werealready28,“I alwaysdreamed ofmy29and alsowantedtobe anexampleto mychildreninterms ofthe importanceof30J Muhammad said.Muhammad\son Elijah,22,said heand hisbrothers enjoyedthe rare31to attendcollege withtheirmom.It was32fbr me,“said Elijah.Every parentis33as towhat theirchild isdoing oncampusand shegot tosee whatIwasdoing.”Muhammadsaidshe hopesher storyshows otherpeople thatany34is possible,even ifit takes（毅力）nearly30years toachieve.Perseverance isso important,evenifitsnotgoing backto『it
21.A.typically B.originally C.hardly D.gradually
22.A.calmed B,respected C,encouraged D.reminded
23.A.heard B.built C・discovered D.entered
24.A.lost B.accepted C,encountered D.greeted
25.A.couple B.crowd C.group D.team
26.A.focused onB.gave upC.built upD.suffered from
27.A.determined B,cautious C,afraid D.hard
28.A.refused B・attracted C,supported D.admitted
29.A.status B.symbol C,degree D.image
30.A.education B.recognition C.motivation D.preparation
31.A.success B,opportunity C-arrangement D.exception
32.A.fun B.unlucky C.awkward D.boring
33.A.ambitious B・serious C,nervous D.curious
34.A.adventure B,dream C.incident D.imagination
35.A.set B,deliver C.achieve D.scoreschool Jshe said.If youhaveagoal to35,just do
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式1Garbage ClassificationWiththe developmentof scienceand technology,our lifeis becomingmuchbetterand moreconvenient.However,more garbageand pollution36produce atthesametime,which37lay aheavyburden onour environment.38is knownto all,environment playsa vitalrole inour dailylife.In responsetothesevere situation,we shouldtake effective39measure toprotect theplanet where共存.we coexistIt issuggested thatwe shouldsort waste40improve thesituation.Garbage classification,which isagoodway toprotect ourenvironment,cant betoo可回收的emphasized.It canhelp separaterecyclable waste,which canbe41full usedto helpsavethe resources42a largeextent.Not onlycan wemake ourenvironment cleanand beautiful,butalso recyclablewaste canbemadegood useof tobenefit usin return.As garbageclassification issignificant,we shouldtake43active partin puttingit intopractice.Ifs amust fbr44we tolearn tosort waste.It isthe littlethings wedo todaythat havea profoundinfluenceontheplanet.Only ifall ofus makejoint effortscanwemakeabig45different andhavea goodenvironment.
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