陕西省西安重点高中2022-2023学年高二下学期4月月考英语试题

In the fight against COVID-19, many national heroes have become well-known to the public. On August 11, 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping commended four of them for their outstanding contribution.

The purpose of giving the nation's top honors to these people was to show the great courage and the spirit of working together of the Chinese people.

In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.

In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.

When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.

If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret later in the day.

Cassius Marcellus Clay was born on January 17th, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. In his younger years he had no interest in sports until an accident happened.

When Cassius was 12, his new bike was missing. Reporting the theft to Policeman Joe Martin, he said that he was going to beat whoever had taken his bike. Martin, who had been coaching youth boxing for decades, asked the boy, "Do you know how to fight?" When Cassius admitted that he didn't, the officer suggested, "You'd better learn!"

It was the beginning of his boxing career. Cassius devoted himself to boxing training. Although he wasn't very talented in boxing, he worked harder than anyone else in the gym. He'd rush to the gym every day as soon as school was over and would even train on Saturdays. Outside of the gym, Cassius stayed away from anything that would influence his training. He was showing the kind of determination and discipline that other boxers didn't have.

Under the guidance of Martin and his friend, young Clay began winning games one after another. By the age of 18 he had won 108 games, 6 Kentucky Golden Gloves championships and 2 national AAU titles.

Today he is recognized as the greatest athlete of modem times. He always carried a self confidence and believed in his ability that he can put his competitors off guard before the first round bell had even sounded.

From self-driving cars to carebots (care＋robots) for elderly people, rapid development in technology has long represented a possible threat to many jobs normally performed by people. But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses.

"The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work, and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces," said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific.

A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence, social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence.

The report is based on interviews with 200 experts, business leaders and young people from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. It shows that in the US technology already destroys more jobs than it creates.

But the report states:" Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobs—just changing what people do." Growth in new jobs could occur as much, according to the research.

"The growth of 20-to-40 person companies that have the speed and technological know-how will directly challenge big companies，" it states.

A 2014 report by Pew Research found 52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years. The optimists pictured "a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create," according to Aaron Smith, the report's co-author.

"Technology will continue to affect jobs, but more jobs seem likely to be created. Although there have always been unemployed people, when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs. There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change," Microsoft's Jonathan Grudin told researchers.

I believe that one of the best ways to connect with people and build quality relationships is through making conversation. Although most people can hold a conversation, only a few are smooth when they talk. I have discovered five simple and effective ways to be a smooth talker. Here they are:

Talk slowly

Generally, good talkers don't rush into a conversation.They act as if they have all the time in the world. This makes them come off as centered and collected. Model this way of talking and you will create the same effect.

Hold more eye contact

Most people keep eye contact about 2/3 of the time or less when they talk.This will convey confidence and interest in interacting with them.

People with good conversation skills tend to notice the kind of things that the average person doesn't notice, and to bring such details into the conversation. They may notice and point out an interesting ring on the other person's hand, a certain foreign accent, or a certain voice tone they use when saying a name. Thus, such individuals impress people in a very elegant manner.

Express Your emotions

Express your feelings about those facts. Keep in mind that it is at the emotional level that people connect best.

Use the best words

The ability to talk smoothly has a lot to do with choosing the precise words to convey your precise feelings or thoughts.It will help you develop a way with words and allow you to express yourself more easily.

Conversational skills don't improve just like that. It takes time, practice and the ability to learn at a rapid rate from your own experiences.

A. Don't just present the facts, you're not a newspaper.

B. It's a very good idea to hold eye contact just a bit more than that.

C. Notice the details.

D. It is important to improve conversational skills.

E. Offer interesting news.

F. They take their time when they reflect on something and when they say it out loud.

G. Develop your vocabulary and practice communicating as accurately as possible.

I loved my first-grade teacher, Mrs. Gross. She had such a sweet smile and was 1 to us.

I wasn't sure what her 2 was at that time but she already looked very grandmotherly.

Unlike some other teachers, she never 3 her students. To me, it felt like having a second 4 as my teacher. I always remember the time I spent in her classroom the most fondly.

One such 5 is still with me to today. We were doing subtraction (减法) math problems when Mrs. Gross walked through the classroom 6 our work. I 7 it first and lifted my head up just as Mrs. Gross walked up behind me. She looked at my work and 8. Then she said, "Well done, Joe. You're a very 9 boy. "As she walked on, she 10 touched my shoulder and I felt excitement in my heart. It felt so good to be 11. From that moment on, I always tried my best. I always wanted to be what she 12 me to be. She awakened a 13 in me to be the best person I could be. With her good words full of love and 14, I started down a wonderful path that I am 15 on today.

David Whyte wrote, "People are 16, and one good word is bread for a thousand." I think the good words Mrs. Gross gave me helped me to 17 my own good words with others.

I think the 18 she showed me helped me to give my love to others.

In this life we can 19 much more than we realize. Every kind word, every loving act, every helping hand is a 20 in the eyes of someone in need. So, fill your days with good words and make your life a gift of love.

Friendship is one of the most important things in everyone's life. is very difficult to find a better definition(定义) of friendship. A true friend is the person can share all our sadness and double all our happiness. In time of trial(尝试) , he or she is always at our side to give us his or her help and comfort.

Knowing how valuable friendship is, we should be very (care) with our choice of a friend. We should(choice) those people with a good character as our friends, but we must try to avoid(make) friends with a bad man. Besides, we should forgive their mistakes and try to help them as muchpossible.

A true friend can always be trusted, (love) and respected. If you tell a friend your secrets, he or she will not tell others. Friends share(they) joys and unhappiness. They help each other when they are trouble, and cheer each other up when they are sad. The most important thing is that a friend always understands you. In(conclude), when you have made a good friend, don't forget him or her.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Since I was a kid, I`ve considered different job I would like to do. First, I wanted to be a fireman, whose uniform looked so coolly. Then, when I was in the five grade, I wanted to be a teacher because

I liked my English teacher too much. When I studied chemistry high school, I reconsidered my goal or decided to be a doctor. They were two reasons for the decision. One was that I was amazing at the fact that a sick person could feel much more better after seeing a doctor. And the other is that I wanted to help people in need.

1）上课认真听讲，做好笔记，课后及时复习；

2）词汇是基础，每天早上花半个小时的时间背诵单词，朗读课文；

3）课外多与同学用英语交流，提高听力和口语能力；

Dear Wang Mei,