1、 第1页/共16页 2023北京西城高二（下）期末 英 语 2023.7 本试卷共 16 页，共 140 分。考试时长 120 分钟。考生务必将答案写在答题 卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第卷(共80 分)I.听力理解（共三节，30 分）第一节:(共4 小题;每小题2 分，共8 分)听下面四段对话，每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C 三个选 项中选出最佳选项。每段对话你将听一遍。1.What will the weather be like on Saturday?A.Rainy.B.Sunny.C.Cloudy.2.How will the man exercise?A.Walk.B.P
2、lay football.C.Jog.3.What will the speakers do on Sunday afternoon?A.Make a new pizza.B.Do some gardening.C.Attend a book-launch event.4.What are the speakers talking about?A.A kind of food.B.A close relative.C.A new restaurant.第二节:（共6 小题；每小题2 分，共12 分）听下面三段对话，每段对话后有两道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C 三个选 项中选出最佳选项。每段对话
3、你将听两遍。听第 5 段材料，回答第 5 至第 6 小题。5.What will the woman buy for her daughter?A.A hat.B.A school bag.C.A set of dishes.6.Which floor will the woman go to first?A.The second floor.B.The third floor.C.The sixth floor.听第 6 段材料，回答第 7 至第 8 小题。7.Where are the speakers?A.In the mountains.B.At the airport.C.On a
4、plane.8.How does the man feel about his trip?第2页/共16页 A.Sad.B.Nervous.C.Interested.听第 7 段材料，回答第 9 至第10 小题。9.What is the man?A.A travel agent.B.A TV host.C.A marketing manager.10.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.The womans volunteer experiences.B.The womans career plans.C.The womans trave
5、l stories.第三节：（共5 小题；每小题2 分，共10 分）听下面一段独白，根据题目要求在相应的横线上写下第 11 题至第 15 题的 关键信息。每小题仅填写一个词。这段独白你将听两遍。How to Improve Communication with Your Parents Make time to have 11 conversations.Talk to your parents about your everyday life.12 them to share how their day went or what they are working on.Call them a
6、t least three times a week or video chat frequently.Be open and 13 .If an issue is important to you,bring it up.Avoid getting trapped in the blame game.Allow time for them to respond and share how they feel.Use some techniques to facilitate difficult conversations.Take a 14 .Listen to your parents n
7、eeds or wants.Express your 15 .II.完形填空（共10 小题；每小题1 分，共10 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选 出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The Belfast community was busy helping a deaf woman find her beloved dog“Ruthie”the past couple of days.Ruthie went 16 several days ago when she jumped out of the car wearing her retractable
8、leash(伸缩皮带).Marina Delune,her 17 ,posted on her community website that she needed help looking for her lost dog.She thought only a few people would 18 .So she was surprised when help started to pour in.“The response that I got was literally overwhelming,”Marina said.“It was extraordinary.I couldnt e
9、ven 19 all the responses.”A doctor named Kimberly Mitchell headed to Marinas house to help her out.When she pulled into the driveway,she sensed that Ruthie was just nearby.Despite the cold rain,Kimberly 20 the 第3页/共16页 yard.Later on she expanded her 21 to the neighbors yards,but 22 came up empty-han
10、ded.It was dark by the time she rounded the corner of a neighbors house and saw a small hole in the bottom of their deck.Kimberly used her cell phone flashlight to look around in the darkness.“Right there under the deck,I 23 her little face.She was looking right at me.”It turned out Ruthies leash wa
11、s stuck.The houses owner,Collin Brewster Cunning,crawled under the deck and 24 her.The reunion of Ruthie and Marina was nothing but emotional.Marina cried and held on to Ruthie and her two rescuers.“We were in a three-way 25 with Ruthie in the middle.It was absolutely amazing,”Kimberly said.16.A.rac
12、ing B.missing C.crying D.hunting 17.A.doctor B.neighbor C.owner D.driver 18.A.return B.respond C.research D.remember 19.A.keep up with B.put up with C.come up with D.end up with 20.A.crossed B.checked C.cleaned D.visited 21.A.plan B.service C.program D.search 22.A.once B.even C.still D.only 23.A.saw
13、 B.hid C.covered D.studied 24.A.found B.caught C.freed D.located 25.A.tie B.contest C.deal D.hug III.阅读理解（共两节，40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，共 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Uses of Banana Peels(皮皮)You Probably Ignored Soothes the itchy(发痒的发痒的)insect bites With the good weather appr
14、oaching,various bugs,insects and mosquitoes multiply.If you want to relieve the sting or bite of these insects naturally,banana peel can help you.Rub the red,inflamed bites with the inside of the banana peel.The banana polysaccharides(多糖)infiltrate the skin and reduce the swell._ Spring then summer
15、is coming,and theres one little annoying thing:the flies.To catch them,you can make a trap made of natural ingredients.All you will need is a large yogurt cup,banana peels,a hammer and a nail.Make holes at the bottom of the yogurt cup with the hammer and nail,place the banana peels inside,turn it ov
16、er,and place it near the food that you are trying to protect.第4页/共16页 Flies will get into the sweet smell in the holes,but there is no way out of the yogurt cup.Cheap and simple teeth whitening You dont have to spend a huge amount of your salary on aesthetic dentistry to make your teeth whiter.Simpl
17、y rub your freshly-brushed teeth with the inside of the banana peel every day for about 2 minutes.Salicylic acid in bananas gently bleaches teeth,effectively eliminating dirt which causes discoloration.Water purification This effect was the most surprising for us.The Sao Paulo Research Foundation,le
18、d by Gustavo R.Castro,tested the suitability of banana peels for the treatment of wastewater from industrial plants.It turned out that the banana peel adsorbs heavy metals such as lead and copper from the water.Erases the ink stain(污点污点)If ink gets on your skin,it is difficult to clean it off.Only w
19、ith water and soap is it almost impossible to make your hands clean.But the good news is that the banana peel is good for thatrub the patches on the inside of the peel and see how they disappear.26.According to the passage,in which of the following situations can banana peels be of some help?A.You a
20、re disturbed by mosquitoes flying nearby.B.You are bitten by a bee in the garden.C.You are suffering from a toothache.D.Your coat is stained with oil.27.Which of the following is the best heading for paragraph 2?A.Facial mask B.Pain Reliever C.Natural fly trap D.Reduces wrinkles 28.How can banana pe
21、els help purify water?A.By protecting the water from insects.B.By reducing some chemical elements.C.By adding some nutrition to the water.D.By removing the smell of the wastewater.B South Africas viniculture industry employs around 270,000 people,producing some of the worlds most sought-after wines.
22、But not all jobs are best left to humans.In some cases,its better to get your ducks in a row,and then put them to work.Outside Cape Town on the banks of the Eerste river,Vergenoegd L w,the Wine Estate,has repurposed a centuries-old practice by gathering a group of ducks to keep its vineyards free of
23、 pests.“I call our ducks the soldiers of our vineyards,”says managing director Corius Visser.“They will eat 第5页/共16页 aphids,they will eat snails,they will eat small wormsthey keep(it)completely pest-free.”The species,the Indian runner duck,is flightless,with a peculiarly upright stance and highly de
24、veloped sense of smell.The duck troops are employed on a 14-day circuit through the vineyards,eating and fertilizing the ground as they go.The ducks“annual leave”takes place during the harvest(theyd eat the grapes).During this time they search for food on open farm pasture,swim in a nearby lake and
25、undergo selective breeding,says Visser.Duck eggs are consumed in the vineyard restaurant,but never the ducks themselves“that would be like eating a colleague,”Gavin Moyes,the estates tasting room manager,said in a 2020 interview.Inspired by ducks used to remove pests from rice paddies in Asia,the wi
26、nery calls on the services of some 1,600 ducks as part of its effort to make wine production more sustainable.“The world is moving away from more conventional farming to(being)a bit more organic,”Visser explains.“For Vergenoegd,its a big goal to have less influence on the Earth,the soil and the envi
27、ronment.”As a pioneering winemaker with industry influencevines have been grown on the estate since the late 17th centuryVergenoegd L w is hoping to convince others to adopt its approach.Visser says the vineyard plans to sell 750 ducks to other vineyards and replenish numbers by breeding the birds.“
28、I think the industry itself has the potential to engage more in experimental ways,”he adds.That requires money,and increasing the price point of South African wines could help fund Vergenoegd Lw and other vineyards green initiatives.“If we can achieve that,we can then put back some of that(income)in
29、to our people,into our land,and become more sustainable,”Visser says.29.Whats the function of the ducks in the vineyards?A.To keep the vineyards free of pests.B.To guard the vineyards from thieves.C.To make the vineyards more attractive.D.To provide eggs and meat for the vineyard restaurant.30.Accor
30、ding to the passage,the ducks in the vineyards _.A.help harvest the grapes B.have a sharp sense of taste C.fly around the vineyard freely D.leave the vineyard at a certain time 31.Based on what Visser said,which of the following might happen?第6页/共16页 A.More vineyards will have duck“soldiers”.B.The p
31、rice point of South African wines will fall.C.The vineyards will depend more on conventional farming.D.The winery will come up with more ways to experiment on ducks.32.Which of the following words can best describe the vineyards approach of using ducks?A.Efficient.B.Advanced.C.Challenging.D.Green.C
32、This week I watched an international news program and saw what looked like most of the planetthe Americas,Africa,Europe,Asiapainted in bright oranges and reds.Fahrenheit(华氏温度的)temperatures in three-digit numbers seemed to burn all over on the world map.Heat records have burst around the globe.This v
33、ery weekend,crops are burning,roads are bending and seas are rising,while lakes recede,or even disappear.Ice sheets melt in rising heat,and wildfires attack forests.People are dying in this heat.Lives of all kinds are threatened,in cities,fields,seas,deserts and forests.Wildlife,farm animals,insects
34、 and human beings are in pain.The UNs World Meteorological Organization(WMO)says there is more deadly heat in our future because of climate change caused by our species on this planet.Even with advances in wind,solar and other alternative energy sources,and international promises and agreements,the
35、world still derives about 80%of its energy from fossil fuels,like oil,gas and coal,which release the carbon dioxide thats warmed the climate to the current temperatures of this hot summer.The WMOs chief,Petteri Taalas,said this week,“In the future these kinds of heatwaves are going to be normal.”The
36、 most alarming word in his forecast might be:“normal.”Im of a generation that thought of summer as a sunny time for children.I think of long days spent outdoors without worry,playing games or just wandering.John Updike wrote in his poem,“June”:The sun is rich And gladly pays In golden hours,Silver d
37、ays,And long green weeks That never end.Schools out.The time Is ours to spend.Theres Little League,Hopscotch,the creek,And,after supper,第7页/共16页 Hide-and-seek.The live-long light Is like a dream.But now that bright,“live-long light,”of which Updike wrote,might look threatening in a summer like this.
38、The extremely hot weeks that we see this year cause one to wonder if our failures to care for the planet given to us will make our children look forward to summer,or fear another season of heat.33.What does the underlined word“derive”in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A.Get.B.Reduce.C.Waste.D.Save.34.Acco
39、rding to WMO,_.A.alternative energy is the solution to climate change B.the heatwaves are caused by the advanced technology C.agreements need to be signed to deal with climate change D.use of traditional energy is responsible for the heatwaves 35.Why does the author mention John Updikes poem?A.To de
40、scribe the beauty of summer.B.To indicate the end of happy summers.C.To compare different feelings about summer.D.To suggest ways for children to spend summer.36.Which might be the best title for the passage?A.What leads to a hot summer B.Children are afraid of summer C.Burning summers are the futur
41、e D.How we can survive a hot summer D Cornell University researchers have developed a silent-speech recognition interface that uses acoustic-sensing(声学传感)and artificial intelligence to continuously recognize up to 31 unvocalized commands,based on lip and mouth movements.The low-power,wearable eyewea
42、rcalled EchoSpeechrequires just a few minutes of user training data before it will recognize commands and can be run on a smartphone.Ruidong Zhang,doctoral student of information science,is the lead author of“EchoSpeechContinuous Silent Speech Recognition on Minimally-obtrusive Eyewear Powered by Ac
43、oustic Sensing,”which will be presented at the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems(CHI)this month in Hamburg,Germany.“For people who cannot vocalize sound,this silent speech technology could be an excellent 第8页/共16页 input for a voice synthesizer.It co
44、uld give patients their voices back,”Zhang said of the technologys potential use with further development.In its present form,EchoSpeech could be used to communicate with others via smartphone in places where speech is inconvenient or inappropriate,like a noisy restaurant or quiet library.The silent
45、 speech eyewear can also be paired with a stylus(触控笔)and used with design software like CAD,all but erasing the need for a keyboard and a mouse.Outfitted with a pair of microphones and speakers smaller than pencil erasers,the EchoSpeech become a wearable AI-powered sonar(声呐)system,sending and receiv
46、ing soundwaves across the face and sensing mouth movements.A deep learning algorithm(算法)then analyzes these echo profiles in real time,with about 95%accuracy.“Were moving sonar onto the body,”said Cheng Zhang,assistant professor of information science and director of Cornells Smart Computer Interfac
47、es for Future Interactions(SciFi)Lab.“Were very excited about this system,”he said,“because it really pushes the field forward on performance and privacy.Its small,low-power and privacy-sensitive,which are all important features for using new,wearable technologies in the real world.”Most technology
48、in silent-speech recognition is limited to a select set of predetermined commands and requires the user to face or wear a camera,which is neither practical nor achievable,Cheng Zhang said.There also are major privacy concerns involving wearable camerasfor both the user and those with whom the user i
49、nteracts,he said.Acoustic-sensing technology like EchoSpeech removes the need for wearable video cameras.And because audio data is much smaller than image or video data,it requires less bandwidth to process and can be relayed to a smartphone via Bluetooth in real time,said Fran ois Guimbreti re,prof
50、essor in information science.“And because the data is processed locally on your smartphone instead of uploaded to the cloud,”he said,“privacy-sensitive information never leaves your control.”37.What do we know about EchoSpeech?A.It recognizes different body movements.B.It has the potential to help g
