2024年3月11日发(作者：覃琼英)
陕西省西安市第八十九中学2022-2023学年高二上学期
期末英语试题
一、阅读理解
You don’t have to be a Grammy-award winner like Beyoncé to sing. Actually, it’s a
skill you can learn and practice.
Give yourself permission to try
From the beginning, set your expectations in a reasonable place. Everybody can
do music—singing with kids or in a chorus. You play the guitar, but you needn’t be a
performer with a band.
Allow yourself to try without worrying about sounding “good” at first. Singing is
a skill that takes practice and time to develop.
Practice stretching your speaking voice to your singing voice
A few exercises help make that transition:
Take a speaking phrase and start to stretch it. Make it a positive one, like “My
voice is strong!” for the extra bonus of hearing some encouragement. While repeating
the phrase, add some excitement to your speech—that’ll help you slide into singing
naturally.
There are also many vocal (发声) exercises online.
Find your own singing style
To find what songs and styles suit you best, a music talent has established a
singing method (Click HERE to find out) focusing on creating strategies specific to
you.
You can copy sounds but remember you’re trying to find your voice. Let
Beyoncé be Beyoncé. Let whoever be whoever. That’s their identity. It’s important to
say, “What do I sound like?”
Think about singing as a gateway to others
This process is as much about self-acceptance as it is about building community.
Be it in a band or a chorus, you and a bunch of friends just get together and
there’s something amazing about making music. It promises a really good and deep
community.
For more help, you can email us at ********************.
1. What does the author suggest readers do?
A．Dream big when starting singing. B．Establish a music band with friends.
C．Copy songs and styles of famous D．Mix vocal exercises with self-
singers. motivation.
2. According to the text, singing practice can help you ________.
A．live a positive life B．land a place in chorus
C．create music strategies D．strengthen bonds with friends
3. The text is targeted at those who ________.
A．lack confidence in singing B．run a band or a music studio
C．want to register for a music course
D．desire to win Grammy Awards
Samsung Electronics America announced that Galaxy device owners can make their
own repairs to the Galaxy S20 and S21 family of products, as well as the Galaxy Tab S7+,
starting August 2nd.
Samsung is cooperating with iFixit, the leading online repair community, to deliver
their Self-Repair program. This program adds to Samsung’s continued expansions for
convenient repair for consumers and helps them with sustainable solutions to support a
more circular economy by extending the life of their devices, as well as minimizing e-
waste.
Samsung consumers who wish to make their own repairs can now purchase real
device parts and convenient, easy-to-use repair tools, available through iFixit, Samsung
retail (零售) and service locations, at the same pricing offered l0 our repair providers. In
addition, Galaxy device owners will have full access to online repair guides that provide
both visual and written step-by-step instructions, and best of all at no cost.
“Making replacement parts available is a key sustainability strategy. We’re excited to
be working directly with Samsung and their customers to extend the lifetime of their
phones,” said CEO of iFixit.
Starting today, Galaxy device owners can replace the phone screen, back glass, and
charging ports. In the future, Samsung plans to expand self repair to include more devices
and repair options from our extensive product portfolio (档案).
Furthermore, the program makes it easy for consumers to return their thrown-away
parts for responsible recycling, as the new display kits will come with a return label to
ship thrown-away parts back to Samsung - - at no cost to the consumer.
In addition to the convenience of these new self-repair options, Galaxy smartphone
owners have a choice on how they can extend the life of their devices across Samsung’s
expansive care options, including: Through Samsung’s perfect care network, customers
have access to over 11,000 Samsung Mobile certified repair technicians in the U.S.
4. What is the Samsung company aiming to do according to paragraph 2?
A．To promote a circular economy. B．To make full use of the old parts.
C．To enrich the life of the phone users.
5. Which of the following is free of charge?
A．The Samsung device parts.
C．The written repair instructions.
6. Which can be the best title for the text?
A．A New Invention
C．A Successful Cooperation
D．To ensure better service by iFixit.
B．New Samsung products.
D．The easy-to-use repair tools.
B．A New Technology
D．An Initiative practice
OUCH! Shots hurt. But they prevent you from getting sick. How? By teaching your
body how to fight germs (病菌). Some vaccines (疫苗) contain germs of a specific
disease that have either been killed or weakened, so the shots won’t give you the disease.
Quantities of white blood cells called “B cells” defend your body. Each one can
recognize something that is not part of you. When a germ gets inside your body and
meets its match, that B cell becomes active. It replicates itself, and thousands of B cells
create “antibodies”, which attach to the germ and destroy it.
One germ can turn into a million in a few hours. If you’re weak, you will soon feel
very sick. Meanwhile, your B cells are working hard and they will catch up with the
growing numbers of germs in one or two weeks. At the height of the battle, B cells can
make thousands of antibodies (抗体)in a second. That’s when you start feeling better.
After the germs are defeated, your body knows how to fight those specific germs
because some B cells are memory B cells. Sometimes they can live for your entire life.
They make you safe from a second infection (感染). That fact is the basis for vaccination.
Vaccines contain dead or weakened germs that let your body make memory B cells. If
you later come across that same germ, memory B cells immediately start replicating
themselves and making antibodies. Soon the germs are destroyed, and you probably
won’t even feel sick.
When Edward Jenner tried using cowpox to protect people from smallpox (天花)，
he had no idea about B cells or antibodies. Now we know that cowpox and smallpox are
similar enough that the antibodies made against cowpox also kill the smallpox virus for a
time. A hundred years after Jenner, Louis Pasteur formed the basis for vaccination: using
a germ against itself.
7. What does the underlined word “replicates” mean in the second paragraph?
A．Repairs. B．Reproduces. C．Replaces. D．Recycles.
8. People start feeling better after getting sick when _________.
A．germs grow at a high speed
B．antibodies reach a high level
C．memory B cells come into being
D．B cells find the germ in your body
9. What can we know about vaccines from the text?
A．Vaccines shots may give people the disease.
B．Vaccines put antibodies in people’s body.
C．Vaccines free people of various diseases.
D．Vaccines help people make memory B cells.
10. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A．How to Fight Germs B．What Are Vaccines
C．How Vaccines Work
二、七选五
In China, people in different areas have their own ways to celebrate the Spring
Festival. Especially between Northern China and Southern China, there are many
differences. 11
One is about the food on the night before the Spring Festival. In Northern China,
people usually eat dumplings during this time. For luck, people may put sugar in
dumplings. 12 People in the south usually eat Niangao or Tangyuan on New Year’s
Eve. Both foods are also considered to bring a better life. There are many causes. For
example, Northern China grows lots of wheat (小麦) while Southern China grows lots of
rice. 13 People in Northern China usually love food made by wheat.
14 In Northern China, people often put up paper cuttings on windows to wish for
happiness of the coming year. In many parts of the south, people no longer put up paper
cuttings for the Spring Festival. Instead, they decorate their house with a kumquat (金橘)
tree bearing fruit.
It’s true that Northern China and Southern China have differences in celebrating the
Spring Festival. 15 After all, many Chinese are moving from one place to another.
When reaching a new place, they also bring their customs there. So now many people in
Northern China also eat Tangyuan.
D．Who Invented Vaccines
2024年3月11日发(作者：覃琼英)
陕西省西安市第八十九中学2022-2023学年高二上学期
期末英语试题
一、阅读理解
You don’t have to be a Grammy-award winner like Beyoncé to sing. Actually, it’s a
skill you can learn and practice.
Give yourself permission to try
From the beginning, set your expectations in a reasonable place. Everybody can
do music—singing with kids or in a chorus. You play the guitar, but you needn’t be a
performer with a band.
Allow yourself to try without worrying about sounding “good” at first. Singing is
a skill that takes practice and time to develop.
Practice stretching your speaking voice to your singing voice
A few exercises help make that transition:
Take a speaking phrase and start to stretch it. Make it a positive one, like “My
voice is strong!” for the extra bonus of hearing some encouragement. While repeating
the phrase, add some excitement to your speech—that’ll help you slide into singing
naturally.
There are also many vocal (发声) exercises online.
Find your own singing style
To find what songs and styles suit you best, a music talent has established a
singing method (Click HERE to find out) focusing on creating strategies specific to
you.
You can copy sounds but remember you’re trying to find your voice. Let
Beyoncé be Beyoncé. Let whoever be whoever. That’s their identity. It’s important to
say, “What do I sound like?”
Think about singing as a gateway to others
This process is as much about self-acceptance as it is about building community.
Be it in a band or a chorus, you and a bunch of friends just get together and
there’s something amazing about making music. It promises a really good and deep
community.
For more help, you can email us at ********************.
1. What does the author suggest readers do?
A．Dream big when starting singing. B．Establish a music band with friends.
C．Copy songs and styles of famous D．Mix vocal exercises with self-
singers. motivation.
2. According to the text, singing practice can help you ________.
A．live a positive life B．land a place in chorus
C．create music strategies D．strengthen bonds with friends
3. The text is targeted at those who ________.
A．lack confidence in singing B．run a band or a music studio
C．want to register for a music course
D．desire to win Grammy Awards
Samsung Electronics America announced that Galaxy device owners can make their
own repairs to the Galaxy S20 and S21 family of products, as well as the Galaxy Tab S7+,
starting August 2nd.
Samsung is cooperating with iFixit, the leading online repair community, to deliver
their Self-Repair program. This program adds to Samsung’s continued expansions for
convenient repair for consumers and helps them with sustainable solutions to support a
more circular economy by extending the life of their devices, as well as minimizing e-
waste.
Samsung consumers who wish to make their own repairs can now purchase real
device parts and convenient, easy-to-use repair tools, available through iFixit, Samsung
retail (零售) and service locations, at the same pricing offered l0 our repair providers. In
addition, Galaxy device owners will have full access to online repair guides that provide
both visual and written step-by-step instructions, and best of all at no cost.
“Making replacement parts available is a key sustainability strategy. We’re excited to
be working directly with Samsung and their customers to extend the lifetime of their
phones,” said CEO of iFixit.
Starting today, Galaxy device owners can replace the phone screen, back glass, and
charging ports. In the future, Samsung plans to expand self repair to include more devices
and repair options from our extensive product portfolio (档案).
Furthermore, the program makes it easy for consumers to return their thrown-away
parts for responsible recycling, as the new display kits will come with a return label to
ship thrown-away parts back to Samsung - - at no cost to the consumer.
In addition to the convenience of these new self-repair options, Galaxy smartphone
owners have a choice on how they can extend the life of their devices across Samsung’s
expansive care options, including: Through Samsung’s perfect care network, customers
have access to over 11,000 Samsung Mobile certified repair technicians in the U.S.
4. What is the Samsung company aiming to do according to paragraph 2?
A．To promote a circular economy. B．To make full use of the old parts.
C．To enrich the life of the phone users.
5. Which of the following is free of charge?
A．The Samsung device parts.
C．The written repair instructions.
6. Which can be the best title for the text?
A．A New Invention
C．A Successful Cooperation
D．To ensure better service by iFixit.
B．New Samsung products.
D．The easy-to-use repair tools.
B．A New Technology
D．An Initiative practice
OUCH! Shots hurt. But they prevent you from getting sick. How? By teaching your
body how to fight germs (病菌). Some vaccines (疫苗) contain germs of a specific
disease that have either been killed or weakened, so the shots won’t give you the disease.
Quantities of white blood cells called “B cells” defend your body. Each one can
recognize something that is not part of you. When a germ gets inside your body and
meets its match, that B cell becomes active. It replicates itself, and thousands of B cells
create “antibodies”, which attach to the germ and destroy it.
One germ can turn into a million in a few hours. If you’re weak, you will soon feel
very sick. Meanwhile, your B cells are working hard and they will catch up with the
growing numbers of germs in one or two weeks. At the height of the battle, B cells can
make thousands of antibodies (抗体)in a second. That’s when you start feeling better.
After the germs are defeated, your body knows how to fight those specific germs
because some B cells are memory B cells. Sometimes they can live for your entire life.
They make you safe from a second infection (感染). That fact is the basis for vaccination.
Vaccines contain dead or weakened germs that let your body make memory B cells. If
you later come across that same germ, memory B cells immediately start replicating
themselves and making antibodies. Soon the germs are destroyed, and you probably
won’t even feel sick.
When Edward Jenner tried using cowpox to protect people from smallpox (天花)，
he had no idea about B cells or antibodies. Now we know that cowpox and smallpox are
similar enough that the antibodies made against cowpox also kill the smallpox virus for a
time. A hundred years after Jenner, Louis Pasteur formed the basis for vaccination: using
a germ against itself.
7. What does the underlined word “replicates” mean in the second paragraph?
A．Repairs. B．Reproduces. C．Replaces. D．Recycles.
8. People start feeling better after getting sick when _________.
A．germs grow at a high speed
B．antibodies reach a high level
C．memory B cells come into being
D．B cells find the germ in your body
9. What can we know about vaccines from the text?
A．Vaccines shots may give people the disease.
B．Vaccines put antibodies in people’s body.
C．Vaccines free people of various diseases.
D．Vaccines help people make memory B cells.
10. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A．How to Fight Germs B．What Are Vaccines
C．How Vaccines Work
二、七选五
In China, people in different areas have their own ways to celebrate the Spring
Festival. Especially between Northern China and Southern China, there are many
differences. 11
One is about the food on the night before the Spring Festival. In Northern China,
people usually eat dumplings during this time. For luck, people may put sugar in
dumplings. 12 People in the south usually eat Niangao or Tangyuan on New Year’s
Eve. Both foods are also considered to bring a better life. There are many causes. For
example, Northern China grows lots of wheat (小麦) while Southern China grows lots of
rice. 13 People in Northern China usually love food made by wheat.
14 In Northern China, people often put up paper cuttings on windows to wish for
happiness of the coming year. In many parts of the south, people no longer put up paper
cuttings for the Spring Festival. Instead, they decorate their house with a kumquat (金橘)
tree bearing fruit.
It’s true that Northern China and Southern China have differences in celebrating the
Spring Festival. 15 After all, many Chinese are moving from one place to another.
When reaching a new place, they also bring their customs there. So now many people in
Northern China also eat Tangyuan.
D．Who Invented Vaccines