山东省威海市2024-2025学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题（含解析）

山东省威海市2024-2025学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题 一、阅读理解（本大题共5小题） Recently Oxford Dictionaries released this year’s list of new words that due to popular use had made their way into the dictionary; proof of their widespread existence. Thinglish Kids in 2025 find whole sentences difficult, so have done away with verbs and adjectives completely to communicate using just nouns — via social media platforms. Most parents do point out that teenagers have in fact been communicating in single words for decades, so this doesn’t really feel too different. Dronership The informal “finders keepers” law that means if a drone (无人机) crash lands in your backyard, then it’s yours. Intended to be a response to wayward (任性的) and careless drone operators, governments have refused to make the law official, as they are concerned it will encourage residents to actively try and bring down drones by any means possible. Spuddite A person who refuses to learn how to use a potato for lighting. Also known as “starch-enemies”, these individuals are often manufacturers (制造商) of light bulbs, who have seen their market share decrease sharply ever since it was found that potatoes could be used to light homes, offices and even streets. With a potato using 733% less energy than an energy saving bulb, it’s not hard to see why they’d be that frustrated… 1．What might be the main reason behind the appearance of Thinglish A．The ease of language use. B．The long-standing habit. C．The decline in vocabulary. D．The overuse of social media. 2．Who might be called “starch enemies” A．Potato farmers. B．Crashed drone keepers. C．Light bulb producers. D．Single-word communicators. 3．Why are these words included in dictionaries A．Because of cultural influence. B．Because of their uniqueness. C．Because of language evolution. D．Because of their widespread usage. When I first joined Facebook, I saw it as a cool way to keep in touch with my friends and family. In the early days, I had largely positive views and feelings when I went on the app. But over time, things changed for the worse. Besides getting bored of the app, other big problems came up. Firstly, Facebook weakened my creativity. Because I was spending so much time on Facebook, I wasn’t doing anywhere near as much as I could have been with my big creative dreams and ideas. And even when I did, it was in service of social media (for example, I took photos that would get likes from my Facebook friends instead of what I actually wanted to capture). Facebook also made me feel intense FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), especially when I saw how everyone else was doing. For example, I quit my job and started my first business at a time when my friends were getting job promotions. While I knew that leaving my job was the right long-term decision, I was also broke at the bine that with others getting pay rises, etc., and you can see the problem here. I also felt like I had to post whenever I did anything int ... ...