2024年4月27日发(作者：)

2020-2021学年北京市海淀区首师大附中高二（下）期末英语试卷

1.（填空题，15分）The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he

would never be found out.

---Thomas Macaulay

About thirty years ago,I was studying in a public school in New day,Mrs Nanette

O'Neill gave a maths test to our the papers were（1）___ she discovered that twelve

boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about（2）___ in s that was why Mrs O'Neill didn't

even say a word about only asked the twelve boys to（3）___ after class.I was one of the

twelve.

Mrs O'Neill asked no questions,and she didn't scold us d,she wrote on the

blackboard the（4）___ words by Thomas then ordered us to copy these words

into our exercise-books one hundred times.

I don't know about the other eleven ng for myself I can say it was the most

important single（5）___ of my years after being introduced to Macaulay's

words,they（6）___ seem to me the best yardstick （准绳），because they give us a way to

measure ourselves rather than others.

（7）___ of us are asked to make great decisions about nations going to war or armies going

to all of us are called（8）___ daily to make a great many personal

the wallet,found in the street,be put into a pocket or（9）___ to the policeman？Should the（10）

___ change received at the store be forgotten or returnez？Nobody will know except

you have to live with yourself,and it is always better to live with someone you respect.

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I still remember our physics teacher（1）___ gave us a challenge that involved making a paper

plane of any only objective was to get it to fly as far as ng at the

starting line,one of my classmates took a piece of flat paper,crumpled （把…捏成一团）it

up,and（2）___ （throw） it down the beat the class with of the students got

mad and said that he cheated,but the physics teacher（3）___ （clear） explained it could be

any shape and that a paper ball was indeed a shape.

B

Alibaba isn't the only company（4）___ introduces high-tech LYZ，a Shenzhen-

based company which focused on developing AI technology and smart hotels,opened the first

ever fully automated（自动化的） hotel in Chengdu,（5）___ people consider to be one of the

best places to ers can book a room through Smart LYZ's WeChat website,check in

through a facial recognition machine,unlock the door with a（6）___ （give） passcode or

through its mobile app and finally,check out by pressing a button on the AI Smart Room

will undoubtedly be extremely attractive to guests.

C

The objectives of education can be is（7）___ （gain） all kinds of

knowledge,that can give us insights into how people think and the right attitude when

interacting with people of different second is to prepare individuals for a well-

rounded life in other words,it helps individuals think（8）___ （depend），develop

critical thinking skills and act based on y,education helps learners understand

（9）___ the thing is right or wrong,learn（10）___ to interact with others,behave with

integrity,etc.

3.（填空题，6分）USA TODAY 10 Best's Readers Choice Awards are currently on

asked our readers to vote for the top events across six categories：music,general food,specialty

food,film,cultural and emerging industries（founded in the past five years）.These are some of

the winners：

Kutztown Folk Festival

The nine-day Kutztown Folk Festival is the nation's oldest continuously operated folk life

festival,drawing visitors from around the globe.A celebration of Pennsylvania Dutch culture and

heritage,the event includes America's largest quilt sale,200 craftsmen and folk artists,local food

and family friendly entertainment.

Water Lantern Festival

The Water Lantern Festival is all about l nights in cities across the US

include food,live music and the beauty of thousands of lanterns decorated with letters of

love,hope and dreams floating on the water.

Carnaval of Quebec

The Quebec Carnaval is a 10-day festival of winter,the world's largest,complete with night

parades（庆祝游行） ，ice skating,snow sculptures and a towering ice highlights

include ice canoe racing,a sugar shack and iconic Caribou drinks.

San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade

San Francisco has celebrated its Chinese heritage during its annual Chinese New Year Festival

＆Parade since just after the Gold parade ranks among the best in the world,with 100

units,fancy costumes,fireworks and a 268-foot Golden Dragon,which takes a team of 100 men

and women to march through the has become one of the largest events of its kind in

the world,drawing some three million spectators and television viewers.

（1）What can you see during Kutztown Folk Festival？ ___

arts.

for sale.

ional weddings.

on stage.

（2）Which festival is meant to promote interpersonal relationships？ ___

wn Folk Festival.

al of Quebec.

Lantern Festival.

Francisco Chinese New Year Parade.

（3）Carnaval of Quebec and San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade both ___ .

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place only at nights

sculpture exhibitions

4.（填空题，8分）For decades,Americans have been sorting their trash believing that most

plastic could be the truth is that the vast majority of all plastic produced can't be or

won't be 40 years,less than 10% of plastic has been recycled.

A news programme Frontline,by NPR and the PBS，found that oil and gas companies- the

makers of plastic-have known that all along,even as they spent millions of dollars telling the

American public the plastics industry officials said the industry is providing

money for new technology that they believe will get recycling plastic up to goal,they

said,is to recycle 100% of the plastic they make in 5 years.

But the more plastic is recycled,the less money the industry will make by selling new

those profits have become increasingly ies have told

shareholders（股东）that profits from using oil and gas for transport are expected to decline in

coming years with the increasing use of electric industry leaders expect oil and gas

demands from the chemical industry will be much greater than the demand from the transport

side in the coming c production overall is now expected to rise three times by 2050，

and once again,the industry is spending money on advertisements and public relations to

promote plastic recycling.

Plastic is now more common than it's ever been and harder to prices remain at

historic lows,making new plastic cheaper than recycled the industry now produces

many more different-and more complex-kinds of plastics that are more costly to sort and in

many cases can't be recycled at s to reduce plastic use are mounting nationwide,but

any plan to slow the growth of plastic will face an industry with billions of dollars of future

profits to lose.

（1）What do we know about the goal of 100%plastic recycling？ ___

's modest.

's achievable.

's urgent.

's unreal.

（2）How will the oil and gas companies make more profits in the following years？ ___

selling electric cars.

adding emphasis on recycling.

increasing plastic production.

meeting the needs of transport.

（3）What does the underlined word "mounting" in paragraph 4 probably mean？ ___

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（4）What may be the best title for the text？ ___

Plastic Be Recycled？

Plastic Waste Be Handled？

e Plastic or Sell More？

c Products or Substitutes？

5.（填空题，6分）

New App Helps People Remember Faces

Large gatherings such as weddings and conferences can be socially re to

learn people's names only adds to the stress.A new facial-recognition app could come to the

rescue,but privacy experts recommend proceeding with caution.

The app,called SocialRecall,connects names with faces via smartphone cameras and facial

recognition,potentially avoiding the need for formal introductions. "It breaks down these social

barriers we all have when meeting somebody," says Barry Sandrew,who created the app and

tested it at an event attended by about 1，000 people.

After receiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer,the user is

asked to take two selfies and sign in via social the event,the app is active within a

previously defined geographical a user points his or her phone camera at an

attendee's face,the app identifies the individual,displays the person's name,and links to his or

her social media protect privacy,it recognizes only those who have agreed to

the app's creators say it automatically deletes users' data after an event.

Ann Cavoukian,a privacy expert who runs the Privacy by Design Center of Excellence praises

the app's creators for these protective cautions,however,that when people choose

to share their personal information with the app,they should know that "there may be

unintended consequences down the road with that information being used in another context

that might come back to bite you."

The start-up has also developed a version of the app for individuals who suffer from

prosopagnosia,or "face blindness," a condition that prevents people from recognizing

individuals they have use this app,a person first acquires an image of someone's

face,from either the smartphone's camera or a photograph,and then tags it with a

the camera spots that same face in real life,the previously entered information is

collected data are stored only on a user's phone,according to the team behind the app.

（1）SocialRecall is used to ___ .

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