1、江苏省2022年上学期东台中学高二英语周末练习试题阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A How cold is too cold to keep schools open? The question is being raised, at least in the Northeast, where the temperature is way below zero.Keith Marty, superintendent（主管）of the Parkway School District in Missouri, published a letter to par
2、ents saying: “it is always challenging to balance my desire to have children in school and also my desire to keep them safe.” Location can affect closure decisions: children in Minnesota are accustomed to cold winter temperatures, but kids in the South arent. Also at play are concerns about state st
3、udent attendance requirement and traffic issues, such as how long students have to wait outdoors for a bus, as well as health dangers caused by the cold and the condition of many old or poorly equipped school buildings.And many districts worry about students who receive most or all of their meals at
4、 school and who have working parents who cant stay home with them. Matt Guilfoyle, spokesman for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in Virginia, said in an email that his school system “strongly believes students are better served by being in school. FCPS also considers the nearly 56,000 students
5、who receive free and reduced-price meals each day at school. If schools are open and a parent does not believe it is safe for his or her child, the parent should keep the child at home for an excused absence.”A few years ago, Chicago public schools closed when the National Weather Service said tempe
6、ratures would feel, with wind chill（风寒）, like 30 degrees below zero. But they opened the next day even though the temperature didnt rise much. A Chicago lawyer named William Choslovsky wrote an opinion piece in Chicago Tribune mocking the schools for closing when Milwaukee schools stayed open with c
7、old temperatures. “Consider this the continued wussification（娘娘腔）of society,” he wrote. “Our kids can go to school. Considering that so few even walk anymore, what difference does the temperature make?”Still, sometimes, the temperatures demand school closure, at least in the eyes of school district
8、officials. Buffalo officials decided to close schools for Friday, with the forecast calling for temperatures at around zero degrees, with wind chill making it feel more like 20 degrees below zero.1.What can be learned from Paragraph 2?A. Waiting for a school bus can be dangerous.B. Many school build
9、ings are too old to function.C. Parents and schools differ on school closure.D. School closure decisions are made on a case-by-case basis.2. What was Matt Guilfoyle trying to express in his email?A. Opening school is good for students.B. FCPS offers excellent food for students.C. Some parents are ir
10、responsible caregivers.D. Some parents prevent schools from opening.3.Whats the best title for the text?A. Are students strong enough?B. When is it too cold for school?C. Is the weather getting colder and colder?D. What are the schools doing to face cold weather?BUK consumers spent a record 7.2bn in
11、 2022 on all forms of music, video and games, for CDs, DVDs, and vinyl records（黑胶唱片）to console（控制台）software and subscriptions to music and TV streaming services. That surpassed the 7.1bn spent by consumers on printed word books, magazines and newspapers for the first time, according to figures publi
12、shed by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA).The research, prepared by the Leisure Industries Research Centre (LIRC) at Sheffield Hallam University, credits the “dramatic growth” in the popularity of paid-for digital services such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Deezer and Spotify as the key fac
13、tor behind booming sales of entertainment.ERA Chief Executive Officer Kim Bayley said: “It is an extraordinary proof of the appeal of digital entertainment services that they have helped home entertainment to his this milestone since the invention of the printing press.“The success of the UK enterta
14、inment market is ultimately the result of collaboration between the creatives, studios and labels that produce compelling（扣人心弦的）content and the retailers and services that bring it to the public.Dr. Themis Kokolakakis from the LIRC added: “The 20222022 recession hurt both the entertainment and readi
15、ng market. Since 2022, the entertainment market has recovered very strongly, producing record 2022 results.“Traditional media is under pressure, partly because of the growth of streaming services, partly because there is so much competition for peoples time and attention. Entertainment has grown whi
16、le reading has stagnated（停滞）.”The ERA said the statistics showed the dramatic change in consumer habits as they shifted form buying physical products to digital consumption and formats.Five years ago, 80% of revenues were generated by “buy to own” formats such as DVDs and CDs. Now 56% of revenues co
17、me from digital sources including video streaming, electronic movie rental, subscriptions, online multiplayer games and in-app and mobile purchases.Two physical products, however, have bucked the downward sales trend. The vinyl revival（重新流行）is still going strong with sales up 34 percent to 87.7m. Sa
18、les of boxed software for games consoles have also made a comeback, rising by 5% to 750m the first growth in a decade.The ERAs Bayley commented: “Digital services may be grabbing the headlines, but physical retailers continue to identify new opportunities to drive sales of discs.“Vinyl is a prime ex
19、ample of retailers nurturing demand for a product most people had long written off. It would be foolish to underestimate consumers continuing affection for the physical products.”4.What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?A. There are various entertainments for UK consumers.B. The printing press has to
20、find ways to satisfy consumers.C. More attention must be paid to the development of traditional media.D. Revenues from entertainment are more than those of the printed word in 2022.5.According to the LIRC, what plays a critical role in the increase of home-entertainment consuming?A. The growth of di
21、gital services.B. The change in peoples consumption habits.C. The economic support from the government.D. The improvement of peoples living standards.6.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 9 implies that _.A. the sales of some physical products have gone upB. the popularity of digital services falls
22、 into declineC. the entertainment market has recovered stronglyD. the prices of some traditional media have been reduced7.What can we infer from Bayleys words in the last two paragraphs?A. It is not wise for the public to ignore traditional media.B. It is not easy to win the publics affection for ph
23、ysical products.C. There will be a rise in consumer spending on physical products.D. Retailers of physical products have made efforts to push the sales of vinyl up.根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Chopsticks（筷子）come in many different shapes and styles, and have been around since 1200 B.C.E.
24、The utensils（器具）earned their place at the Chinese dinner table around 400 B.C.E. More than 20 percent of the worlds population relies on chopsticks for eating. China alone uses 45 billion disposable（一次性的）pairs per year. 8 China was the first to experiment with chopsticks nearly 3000 years ago. 9 The
25、 Chinese used them for cooking since they could dip them into boiling pots of water. Then Chinas population boomed. Cooks were forced to conserve resources, which meant chopping foods into tiny bites that used less fuel to cook. Bite sized foods, paired with Chinese philosopher and vegetarian Confuc
26、ius anti-knife beliefs, set up the utensils for widespread adoption beyond China. 10 Chinese chopsticks, for instance, are long and thick “to facilitate dining around the table,” Ruixi Hu, founder of Lost Plate Food Tours, says. Hu grew up in Chengdu, China, where she first used chopsticks at age 2.
27、 She now goes on food tours throughout Asia and shes found many chopstick varieties.In Japan, where bamboo chopsticks were adopted in 500 C.E., chopsticks have evolved over time. Theyre now particularly fine-tuned for one of Japans main foods: fish. “Japanese chopsticks are short and sharp, mainly b
28、ecause the Japanese are good at eating fish, and it is easy to remove fish bones with sharp chopsticks,” Hu says. 11 Thats why their chopsticks dont need to be as long.Head over to South Korea where chopsticks look a bit different. 12 Thats because South Koreans love barbecue. The metal chopsticks w
29、ont burn when diners are barbecuing their meat.A. Chopsticks are different throughout Asian cultures.B. But at that time, they werent used as eating utensils.C. There, chopsticks are flat and typically made of metal.D. So how did two sticks start a massive mealtime revolution.E. So why were silver c
30、hopsticks gaining popularity overseas?F. They usually eat their own dishes instead of sharing them with others.G. On the contrary, disposable wooden chopsticks were first invented by the Japanese in 1878.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The universal use of technology has resulted in a co
31、nstant current of information interrupting the “flow” of our life. This 1 pattern was initially marketed as “call-waiting” for our phones. But now our eyes, ears, and fingers are glued to our technology 24/7. We are 2 by emails, texts, or the news feeds on our Facebook pages. My friend Ron refers to
32、 this technology as “weapons of mass distraction.”But how is this mass distraction 3 our degree of presence and ability to attend to the everyday demands of life? According to a 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation report, children from eight to eighteen spend an average of seven hours and thirty-eight min
33、utes a day using entertainment media. In addition, a study published in the August 2022 issue of Pediatrics found that exposure to 4 media was associated with attention problems in a sample of 210 college students. The 5 is just part of the larger picture. Dealing with a crowd of daily text messages
34、 and emails makes it difficult for us to be by ourselves when all that activity stops. Although a sense of 6 is natural at times, our addiction to the nonstop interaction afforded by technology deepens that feeling when access to the technology is unexpectedly 7 . Just think how you feel when you la
35、ck cell phone or web access. Is it possible that our obsession with continually checking our emails and text messages has contributed to our 8 to genuinely relate with others and find enjoyment without constant stimulation?Aside from the impact of technology on our 9 and our ability to be at ease in
36、 the absence of our technology, lets examine how interacting with our devices 10 the development of our fundamental communication and social skills. Many researchers observe that everyday conversation between human beings is becoming increasingly 11 . Many of todays children are growing up with a bu
37、ilt-in dependence on devices, making it difficult for them to feel 12 in everyday social situations. Often they find it 13 to make eye contact or deal with even the simplest face-to-face interactions without the aid of technology as an intermediary(媒介) .Over time these children forget how to relate
38、with each other because they have become habituated to using technology to 14 direct contact with others and life itself. 15 , some neuroscientists believe that use of the internet actually rewires our brains. 1. A. innovativeB. pleasantC. typicalD. disturbing2. A. isolatedB. floodedC. informedD. pr
39、omoted3. A. affecting B. enhancingC. highlightingD. establishing4. A. printB. screen C. news D. online5. A. attentionB. associationC. demandD. distraction6. A. belongingB. independenceC. loneliness D. simplicity7. A. unavailable B. approachableC. visibleD. prospective 8. A. inability B. potentialC.
40、anxietyD. ambition9. A. communicationB. attention C. healthD. intelligence10. A. agree withB. adapt toC. contributes toD. interferes with11. A. rare B. commonC. weirdD. popular12.A. fascinatedB. comfort-able C. restlessD. annoyed13. A. convenientB. feasibleC. challenging D. inspiring14. A. maintainB
41、. endureC. avoid D. pursue15. A. On the contrary B. In fact C. In additionD. On the other hand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正确形式。The total wealth of the worlds 26 richest people is equal to the total wealth of the 3.8 billion poorest. This 1. _ (shock) gap is in a report from the charity Oxfam. It says
42、that since 2022, the number of billionaires 2. _ (double). They are also getting $2.5 billion richer every day. This is in contrast to the poorest half of the planet. Their wealth is 3. _ (gradual) shrinking as prices and rents rise and wages fall. Oxfams report shows the growing gap 4. _ the worlds
43、 rich and poor and the increasing gap in wealth 5. _ (equal).The report says that most of the worlds wealthy people made 6. _ (they) money from technology companies. The worlds richest person, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, 7. _ (be) worth $100 billion. This is 100 times more 8. _ Ethiopias annual health bu
44、dget. Oxfam says it is time 9. _ (fix) this imbalance in wealth. It wants fairer levels of income tax, and more tax on personal earnings and company profits. It also wants an end to tax avoidance plans 10. _ big companies and the super-rich often use. It says that in many countries, only the rich could afford quality education and healthcare.1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 4 / 4
