山东省鄄城县第一中学东校区2022-2023学年高二
上学期期中考试英语试题
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There are many great toys for little kids. Here are some of them you can consider buying.
Step 2 All-Star Sports Climber
Step 2 All-Star Sports Climber comes in as one of the best
风铃图片outdoor toys for little kids. This activity center has all kinds of sports games that will make your kid feel like an all-star player. Some of the special parts include a climbing tool, small sports balls, and a score keeper.
Cost: $ 84. 78
Ages: 2-6
Kidoozie Hop Squeak Foam Pogo Jumper
The Kidoozie Hop Squeak Foam Pogo Jumper is another wonderful favorite among kid outdoor toys this year. This Pogo Jumper is safer than other common Pogo Jumpers. Kids jump on it to improve their
n of balance, and build their strength in core (muscles-all while having great fun.
饺子蘸料Cost: $ 14. 95
Ages: 3 and up
Step 2 Sports Activity Center
This outdoor toy is perfect for keeping kids interested in
staying active from a young age. The Sports Activity Center is a
three-in-one t with a centered small slide. It includes a
basketball hoop and a basketball, a little soccer goal, and a big baball.
Cost: $ 19. 90
Ages: 1-4
Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhou
Lightweight and great for both indoors and outdoors, this little hou is painted in red with a letterbox, two windows, and two half-doors. The inside part is large and cute for hours of pretend play.
Cost: $ 89. 88
Ages: 2 and up
1. What do we know about Step 2 All-Star Sports Climber?
A．It makes kids learn from sports stars.
B．It is designed for boys only.
C．It has many sports games.
D．It can be a bit dangerous.
2. Which would you choo if your child is only one year old? A．Step 2 All-Star Sports Climber.
B．Kidoozie Hop Squeak Foam Pogo Jumper.
C．Step 2 Sports Activity Center.
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D．Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhou.
3. What is the advantage of Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhou compared with the other three toys?
A．It can be played indoors.
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C．It includes all kinds of play.
D．It is safe for little children.
Chrissy Harrison’s jewelry business, Elsie Frieda, has outgrown the guest bedroom of her home, moving to a studio and production space. Designing necklaces and earrings, Harrison left her IT con
sulting sales job to pursue her passion for fashion in late 2018.
As a mother of two boys, Chrissy had just gotten her youngest started in kindergarten when she revisited her past hobby of jewelry making. Sourcing her bead (珠子) supply from a market in Ghana, she launched her jewelry business with about 12 designs lling at in-home jewelry parties and at Roan, the women’s clothing store in Carytown. In February 2019, a costume designer for the Netflix teen
drama “Outer Banks” saw a social media post and bought multiple necklaces from Harrison for the show.
A year later, Harrison had forgotten about the exciting encounter as she continued to grow the business. Then the pandemic hit, and everything came to a stop. Like many small business, she had to handle shipping and supply issues. Then in April 2020, Harrison received an email from Netflix, which let her know that the show with her necklaces was about to be broadcast. “Our world just changed overnight,” Harrison says.
Since the debut (首播) of the show, Harrison says, orders have grown from about 30 per day to more than 100. Handling this wave of business was made possible thanks to her team of female employee
s who helped with everything from making the jewelry to shipping it.
Harrison named the business after her grandmother, Frieda, who graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia. Harrison modeled
the company’s mission after Frieda’s character. “We are kind first, work hard cond, and then we know we’ll be successful,” her grandmother once said. Harrison has helped rai funds for caus
such as breast cancer awareness and hunger relief.
Harrison says she never would have guesd she’d be in this position with her business. “It’s been a really fun ride,” she adds. “I can’t wait to e what the future brings to us.”
红烧日本豆腐的做法4. What caud Harrison to make a career change?
A．Her strong interest.
B．Her kid’s pre-schooling.
C．A costume designer’s support.
D．Her dislike of her previous job.
5. What turned Harrison’s jewelry business around in the pandemic? A．Her employees’ devotion and hard work.
B．Her constant efforts during the pandemic.
C．Her involvement in the Netflix teen drama.
D．The appearance of her necklaces in a Netflix show.
6. What kind of person is Chrissy Harrison according to the text? A．She is socially responsible.
B．She is culturally intelligent.
C．She is honest and ambitious.
D．She is determined and patient.
7. What does Chrissy Harrison think of her successful business?
A．It is rewarding. B．It is unexpected.
C．It is predictable. D．It is far-reaching.
Starship Technologies was founded in Estonia but is now bad in San Francisco. The company employs dozens of six-wheeled delivery robots on college campus. Now, Starship is adding four new schools
to its operational field: University of Illinois Chicago, University
of Kentucky, University of Nevada, Reno and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
At prent, the company operates on 20 college campus in 15 states with a global fleet that totals 1,000 robots. This expansion will add 85 more robots to that fleet. Starship states that it has done over 5 million deliveries worldwide since its founding in 2014. The company has raid $ 102 million so far, including $ 17 million
in fresh funding announced earlier this year.
Each robot in Starship is electric, has a box that can fit about
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obstacles and help guide it to its destination. The robots have a delivery range of three to four miles and can travel at a maximum speed of 4mph; which is obviously slower than a delivery by a human
on a bike or in a car. And they can climb the edge of the road but
not stairs, which may limit their appeal to customers who live in
high-ri buildings.
Delivery via robots is still relatively neoteric in the US. There are a handful of start-ups operating delivery robots of varying sizes — everything from fully-sized minivans like Udelv to robots that are almost similar to Starship’s like Amazon and Yandex. Recently, Postmates has also invented a delivery robot called Serve that can carry 50 pounds of goods. There are even some newly-produced robots like Nuro, which can be described as a mini-robotic car. All claim to be automated, but some still require humans to follow their movements.
Demand for delivery robots has rin since the pandemic, though
it remains to be en whether that will hold up as the economy
reopens and fewer people rely on takeout food from restaurants.
8. What can we learn about Starship Technologies?
A．It is now bad in Estonia. B．It hires college students as delivery men.
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C．It is branching out into scientific education. D．It is spreading its rvice on college campus.
9. What do the figures in Paragraph 2 show?
A．Modern people tend to rely heavily on robots.
B．Robots are popular among college students.
C．Starship has contributed a lot of money to charity. D．Starship has made some achievements in robot delivery.
10. Why do people in high-ri buildings show tittle interest in delivery robots?
A．They work much slower than humans. B．They are unable to recognize floors.
C．They have difficulty going up stairs. D．They are likely to get lost in the buildings.
11. What does the underlined word “neoteric” probably mean in Paragraph 4?
A．Novel. B．Practical. C．Traditional. D．Necessary.
Imagine yourlf sitting in a cafe one day in your hometown, when on the next table you hear some people speaking English with a strong North American accent (口音)Being a friendly person, you smile and say, “Hi! Are you American?” “No,” comes the quick answer. “Canadian!” Calling an English-speaking Canadian an American can be as bad as telling a Scotsman that he’s English or a Swiss person
that he’s German. Although they have a common language, there are differences in culture and national feeling. “No,” many Canadians will tell you with confidence, “we’re not Americans! We’re Canadians.”
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About 80% of Canadians live within 150 kilometers of the US border (国界), and this has had a detrimental influence on the Canadian economy. Like most European countries, Canada has a good national health rvice, and a good social rvice, but the good rvices have to be paid for by high taxes(税). Becau of this, hundreds of thousands of Canadians often get in their cars and drive over to the USA to go shopping. This is one cau of economic problems in Canada. Over ha lf of Canada’s products that are brought in from other countries come from the United States.
But the American influence is not just a question of shopping. Lots of Canadians drive American cars, and cars are, almost as important in Canada as they are in the USA. There is television too.
