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湖北省“荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟高二下学期

期中考试英语试题

第一部分听力（略）

第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Followingarethreepracticalguidingbooksforlearners.Eachbooksupportsclassroomteachingwhiledeepeningsubjectknowledgethroughreal-worldexamples.

TheArtofUncertainty

Therealstrengthofthisbookliesinitspracticalexamples.Onefascinatingsectiondiscussesfacialrecognitiontechnology,explainingwhyevenhighlyaccuratesystemscanproduceincorrectresultssometimes.Itmightnotbeidealbedtimereading,buteasytofollow,withhandybullet-pointsummariesattheendofeachchapter.Thoughsomesectionsmaybechallenging,thebook’slogicalstructureandreal-worldapplicationsmakeitausefulresourceforstudentsstudyingstatisticsordataanalysis.

TheNewsmongers:AHistoryofTabloidJournalism

Thisbookprovidesadetailedlookathownewsreportinghasbeeninfluencedbythepersonalbias(偏见)ofpublishersandeditorsthroughouthistory.Whilemanypeopleassumethatmediabiasisamodernissue,thisbookshowsthatithasexistedforcenturies,offeringexamplesfromtheMiddleAgestothepresentday.Readerswillgaininsightintohowjournalismshapespublicopinionandwhycriticalthinkingisessentialwhenconsumingnews.Theengagingstorytellingandwell-researchedexamplesmakeitanenjoyableread.

HowtoThinklikeaPoet

Thisbookintroducesreadersto23influentialpoets,rangingfromclassicalwriterslikeMiltonandChaucertolesser-knownfiguressuchastheancientGreekpoetSappho.Eachchaptercombinestheirlifestorieswithcarefullyselectedquotes,offeringalivelyandpersonallookattheirwork.Thebook’sclearwritingmakesitavaluabletoolforunderstandingpoetryanddevelopingcriticalthinkingskills.

1.WhichtopicisdiscussedinTheArtofUncertainty?

A.Dataanalysismethods. B.Bullet-pointwritingstyles.

C.Intelligentidentificati