(16份试卷合集)甘肃省陇南徽县高中联考2020届英语高二下学期期末模拟试卷

a great introduction to robotics and building.

Ages: 6+

Best for: Simple, battery optional, younger children 4. Thames & Kosmos Remote Control Machines

Another kit for building remote controlled robots, the Thames & Kosmos Remote Control Machines have everything needed to build ten machines. A creative maker will be able to use the pieces to build many more.

Ages: 8+

Best for: Intermediate, creatives, mechanics

Robot kits for kids offer a fun and educational building experience. Has your child used a robotics kit? Tell us about it in the ment below!

45. Why are Build-Your-Own Robot Kits attractive to kids? A. They can be acplished easily. B. They help kids develop creativity. C. They teach kids robot engineering. D. They need time and effort to be built.

46. The Wonder Workshop Dash Robot is suitable for __________. A. a 6-year-old kid who can use Android app B. a 7-year-old kid who is experienced with LEGOS C. an 8-year-old kid who is creative in building robots D. a 9-year-old kid who has just started trying robot kits 47. Whom is the passage intended for? A. Toy designers. B. Teachers. C. Parents. D. Kids.

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Kites... on the Ocean?

Above beautiful Kite Beach in Cabarete, on the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic, huge colorful kites fly in the gentle wind. Kites aren’t an unusual sight on any beach, but these aren’t ordinary kites. Instead of being flown by people standing in the sand, these kites, which are inflatable (可充气的) are actually pulling men and women through the water on what look like short surfboards. Some even leap high above the waves, twisting and jumping, as their kites pull them up into the air. Wele to the sport of kiteboarding, one of the world’s hottest new watersports!

The idea of using kites as a kind of transportation actually goes back to China in the 13th century. Then in 1903, Samuel Cody of England used “man-lifting kites” to pull a small boat across the English Channel. But today’s sport of kiteboarding is relatively young. Two brothers from France, Dominique and Bruno Legaignoux, began experimenting with inflatable kites in the 1980s. In 1984 they eventually patented a kite with inflatable tubes and a harness(背带) system of strings that allowed a rider to control the kite from the water and relaunch it easily if it crashed. Modern kiteboarding was born. The first kiteboarding petitions were taking place in Hawaii in 1998.

Kiteboarding works with the help of wind power. The rider wears a special harness around his or her waist, where the kite is attached by a set of four lines that are fastened to a control bar that the rider holds onto with both hands. These lines control the kite as well as making it possible to change how much wind power the kite is using. The kite pulls the rider along on a board that is similar to a short surfboard. The rider’s feet fit into rubber cups to help them stay on the board without slipping.

Kites e in different sizes and riders use the kite that is best suited to the wind conditions where they are riding. Smaller kites are easier to control, but large kites have more pulling power. Kites also e in several designs: C-kites, or leading edge inflatable kites, are easy to relaunch if they fall into the water. Foil kites have cells that are inflated by the wind at any time. However, some types of foil kites cannot be relaunched from the water.

Kiteboarding has bee increasingly popular in the last 10 years, and many places all over the world offer kiteboarding lessons for beginners. While it takes some skill to learn to manage a kite and stay upright on the board, with practice you’ll find yourself skimming along the waves, pulled by your colorful kite! 48. What can we learn about kiteboarding?

A. It is a popular sport. B. It depends on wave power.

C. It dates back to centuries ago. D. It is intended for professional surfers. 49. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 2?

A. The types of kiteboarding. B. The invention of kiteboarding. C. The experiments of kiteboarding. D. The petitions of kiteboarding. 50. What makes the rider fastened to the surfboard?

A. A set of four lines. B. A special harness. C. A pair of rubber cups. D. A control bar.

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Media reports suggest that shark attacks are on the rise. However, such attacks on humans are extremely rare and few deadly. While the number of recorded shark attacks has risen in recent years, the average rate has not. The huge population explosion makes more of us being exposed to the risk. We are also developing far more effective methods of recording such attacks, which may have not been reported in the past－and, maybe most important, we are gaining a greater understanding of why run-ins with sharks, though infrequent, occur in the first place.

Some researchers considered shark attacks on humans as misdirected feeding attempts. That is, a shark takes a bite or two out of humans because they look like food. It is thought that especially in shallower waters near shore, where smaller species of sharks may go to feed on schools of smaller fish, many shark attacks occur out of confusion. The shark, born to catch anything looking slightly like a fish may bite a human.

However, according to the most recent report published by Pacific Shark Research Center, the image of surfers, arms reaching out of their boards, being seen as seals (海豹) from below by sharks has largely been discarded, because sharks have extremely powerful vision and are unlikely to mistake a surfer for a seal. Certainly, most attacks have not shown the hunting techniques employed when sharks are in the mood for seals.

Considering the force with which these creatures are capable of attacking, the report provides fresh evidence from survivors of attacks suggesting that the sharks are simply curious. Their mouths function as finely tuned sensory organs, leading sharks to “mouth” unfamiliar objects as a means of examining them and determining their possible food value. So, at worst, these attacks likely result from sharks’ actively assessing whether it’s worth eating a human, not actually trying to eat one.

The researchers contributing to the report also connect shark attacks on humans to the sense of habitat protection. The system is simple: the largest sharks get the best hunting spots. New ers are not wele, and so forced to leave, violently if necessary. Some shark attacks may be a result of the shark’s natural action to defend its food source against all ers.

Whatever the real cause of shark attacks, we are a far greater threat to them than they are to us. We have decreased their populations, with some 100 million taken each year both on purpose and by accident.

51. Why are media reports on shark attacks increasing? A. More people love taking risks. B. Sharks have a larger population. C. The average attack rate is increasing. D. There are more ways to record attacks.

52. What does the underlined word “discarded” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Referred. B. Remended. C. Rejected. D. Reviewed.

53. According to Pacific Shark Research Center, a shark attacks humans because it is __________. A. hungry B. excited C. scared D. curious 54. Which of the following shows the development of ideas in this passage?

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根据短文内容，从短文后的7个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。

Mnemonics

How many English words do you need to know in order to be considered fluent? Experts generally agree that you need to know at least several thousand. We can’t simply insert a puter chip into our memories containing all the vocabulary. However, with training, the potential of the human memory can be unlocked by using mnemonics. Mnemonics refer to methods used to help remember information. 55 Different ones work better for different people, depending on their learning styles.

The loci method

56 Before using this method, visualize a path that you know well, such as the way to school. Next, looking at your list of words, you’ll need to create a vivid and memorable image for each word. For example, for the word “accelerate(加速)”, you might choose the image of a race car. An image for the word “enormous” might be a dinosaur. Then imagine yourself walking down your path. 57 For example, you see a race car at a store, a dinosaur in the park, etc. Finally, put away the list and move along the path in your mind again, recalling as many words as you can.

The association method

To mit a word to memory, it can help to associate it with an image that is memorable in some way—colorful, funny, embarrassing, beautiful, etc. You might associate the word “tremendous(巨大的)” with tremendously large trees and men. 58 Saying the word, you hear “tree” and “men”. This pairing of meaning, sound, and images can help you memorize new words more quickly.

The grouping method

Try to memorize the following words: radio, pencil, index card, notebook, book, marker, magazine, newspaper, paper. 59 But try dividing the list up into small groups, such as things you write with, things you write on, things you read. Are you able to recollect more words now? All you need is to be creative about categorizing the words.

These three methods are just a few of the many types of mnemonic. Why not try a variety of