上海市华东师范大学附属东昌中学2018-2019学年高二下学

期期中考试英语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ Grammar

According to Zhang Jianming, the local telecom and industry regulator, Shanghai aims to build over 10,000 5G base stations by the end of this year. A comprehensive deployment（部署）of the network can transmit at least 10 times faster than 4G 1． peak rates, Zhang added.

Aside from speed, 5G will largely break the limits of time and space. In a 5G era, the future workplace 2． no longer just be a fixed office location. Instead, the internet will connect talent from far and near, 3．（enable）them to work together more efficiently.

Last month, a patient 4．（suffer）from Parkinson’s disease received the world’s first 5G-based remote brain surgery. Conducted by Ling Zhipei, chief physician of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, the surgery 5．（last）for about three hours. Ling started the operation in Hainan Hospital, manipulating（操控）the surgical instruments 3,000 kilometers away in Beijing on a computer connected to a 5G network.

“The 5G network has solved problems like video lag and remote control delay experienced under the 4G network, ensuring a nearly real-time operation. And you have no such feeling 6． the patient is 3,000 kilometers away,” Ling said.

The remote surgery is one of the latest attempts made by people working in different sectors（行业）7．（unlock）the potential of 5G technology. 8． success has paved the way for future relevant research and bridged the gap of medical resource imbalance among different regions.

9． 5G technology becomes more mature, its applications in the transportation, agriculture and healthcare industries are bound to（必定）flourish even more than 10． in the 4G era.

Vocabulary

In 2016, a young British father was trampled（踩踏）to death by an elephant on the island of Koh Samui（苏梅岛）in Thailand. The 11． once again raised questions over whether it is ethical to use these giant animals as entertainment.

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For many visitors, the chance to 12． with elephants is at the top of their holiday wish list. There’s no shortage of opportunities to do so, from taking photos of baby elephants on the beach, to riding them through the jungle, to watching them balance on tightropes and dance.

But what most visitors don’t realize is these animals are involved in 13． cruel methods to make them behave. They are often kept in terrible conditions. This includes being 14． up when not performing, without interaction with other elephants, a poor diet, etc. They are also subjected to training practices including beating and stabbing（刺,戳）with hooks.

Away from their natural habitat and forced to repeat the same routines day in day out, the torture continues throughout their 15． shortened lives. It’s not exactly the stuff that holiday dreams are made of.

Unfortunately, riding elephants is still one of the most popular tourist activities in Asia. The World Animal Protection 16． 3,000 elephants at tourist sites across Southeast Asia in 2017. The study found that 77% of them were living in“severely cruel”conditions. It also found that there had been a 30% rise in the number of elephants at tourism venues in Thailand since 2010.

Many parks 17． themselves as sanctuaries（庇护所）but they are not. Real sanctuaries will 18． contact with the elephants and visitors can only observe them from a distance most of the time.

The tour sector needs to play a much bigger role in restricting elephant tourism. As travelers, please avoid any place offering riding or allowing interacting sessions with elephants. When you see abuse19．, do your bit by leaving your review on review sites and social （虐待）media to warn other tourists. It really does work—many parks are now becoming 20． as a result of pressure from tourists, the industry and the media.

A periwig is a style of wig that was popular between the 17th and 19th centuries, particularly in men’s fashions. It also played a part in 21 some sort of hygienic (卫生的) standard. The modern term for a hairpiece (假发) — wig, is believed to have 22 from periwigs.

Wigs were popular in the ancient cultures of Egypt and Greece for the 23 they offered from the sun. After the fall of Rome, they fell out of 24 for centuries. It wasn’t until the time of French King Louis XⅢ that wigs became popular again. In fact, many experts 25 the prematurely bald king on his wigs he was wearing in the French court, 26

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the long, curly style called the periwig.

The styling of the periwig 27 with time and trend. Later fashions often required that the wigs be powdered with a mixture of flow and starch to make them appear 28 . For the best wigs, human hair was used, 29 less expensive versions used animal hair or mixed the two together.

Wigs were used not only to conceal 30 , but to protect the wearers from lice (虱子). Throughout the Middle Ages, most European countries considered bathing unhealthy. It was not 31 for nobles to bathe only once a year. As a result, people often shaved their heads, as their bathing 32 did nothing to prevent lice in their hair. Wigs were also often infested (爬满) with lice, but were 33 for comfort.

After King Charles Ⅱ came into power again in England, the trend became popular among the British. Charles spent the better part of his exiled (流放的) youth in the French court, and gained much 34 for French styles. Between the King of England and King Louis XIV of France, periwigs became a 35 for the courts of both nations. 21．A．enjoying 22．A．developed 23．A．attraction 24．A．sight 25．A．admire 26．A．in particular 27．A．continued 28．A．black 29．A．because 30．A．identity 31．A．uncertain 32．A．hobbies 33．A．acceptable

B．applying B．prevented B．temptation B．popularity B．blame B．except for B．disappeared B．red B．although B．appearance B．uncommon B．costumes B．removable

C．maintaining C．distinguished C．civilization C．control C．charge C．thanks to C．varied C．green C．unless C．baldness C．unfortunate C．carpets C．considerable C．support C．necessity

D．lowering D．suffered D．protection D．order D．compliment D．together with D．mixed D．white D．since D．personality D．unnecessary D．habits D．breakable D．confidence D．therapy

34．A．appreciation B．experience 35．A．decoration

B．custom

With all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, it's not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our

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lives. Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling down in the dump, makes me feel good and warms my heart.

How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker, neighbor, close friends, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with. My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy(礼貌)to speak to others that are around you.

I know of a few people that don’t have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say. Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face. They don't get the joke that makes others laugh. I am busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me as if I were from outer space. How can people not get a really funny joke?

Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control. Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness in this present world. It drives people crazy. We all need to find a way to ignore the sadness and bring a little light into our lives. So, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together. 36．What is the author’s attitude towards the present world? A．Critical B．Positive C．Satisfied D．Indifferent

37．The phrase “busting a gut\ A．explaining carefully B．speaking loud C．keeping silent D．laughing hard

38．According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that _________. A．it makes people more confident B．it can pick up people’s spirits

C．it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world D．it can help people get on well with others 39．In writing the passage, the author mainly intends to _______. A．introduce a practical way to get through daily life B．convince people of the power of humour C．encourage people to be humorous in daily life D．talk about his own understanding of humor

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