江西省新余市学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题.docx

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江西省新余市学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题

江西省新余市2020-2021学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题

学校:

___________姓名：

___________班级：

___________考号：

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一、阅读选择

LanguageEngineerWanted

Areyoualinguist（语言学家）withtechnicalskills?

Orareyouanengineerwithapassionfor（human）languages?

ComeworkonAlexa!

We'rebuildingthespeechandlanguagesolutionsbehindAmazonEchoandotherAmazonproductsandservices.OurgoalistodelightourcustomersbyaddingnewfeaturestoAlexa.Wealsoimproveourexistingspeechrecognitionandnaturallanguageprocessingsystems.

Specifically,youwill:

●designthenaturallanguageprocessingcomponentsofnewAlexaexperiencesandfeatures;

●discoverandsolveproductionissuesthatareimpactingtheAlexacustomerexperience;

●workwithotherlanguageengineersincreatingthebestsolutionstoimprovecustomersatisfaction.

Basicqualifications:

●Bachelor'sdegreeinarelevantfield

●Experienceincomputationallinguistics（计算语言学）,languagedataprocessing,etc.

●Experienceworkingwithspeechandtextlanguagedatainseverallanguages

●ExperienceinPython,Perl,orotherprogramminglanguages

Primaryqualifications:

●Advanceddegreeinarelevantfield

●Familiaritywithdatabasequeries（数据库查询）anddataanalysisprocesses

●Experiencewithstatisticallanguagemodeling

●FluencyinalanguageotherthanEnglish

Applicationinstructions:

Pleaseclick"ApplyNow"andfollowouronlineapplicationprocess

Deadline:

September30,11:

59p.m.,EasternDaylightTime（EDT）.Wehighlyrecommendthatcandidatessubmitrésumésuptotwoweeksinadvanceofthedeadline.SubmittingonthedeadlinedayisNOTrecommended,andapplicationsreceivedlatewillnotbeaccepted.

Youmustsubmitthenameofyourrésuméinthisexactformat:

LastName_FirstName_CV_LanguageEngineer

1．Whatdoesalanguageengineerdo?

A．BuildspeechandlanguagesolutionsforGoogle

B．Workwithlinguiststoimprovecustomersatisfaction.

C．AddnewfeaturestoAlexatosatisfythecustomers'needs.

D．Inventspeechrecognitionandnaturallanguageprocessingsystems

2．Whatkindofpersonwouldprobablyapplyfortheposition?

A．Onewithabachelor'sdegreeinliterature

B．Onefamiliarwithdataanalysisprocesses

C．OnefluentinspokenandwrittenEnglish.

D．Onewithyears'ofexperienceincustomerservice.

3．Whereisthepassagemostlikelytobefound?

A．Awebpage.B．Anewspaper.

C．Atextbook.D．Areport.

InJuly,2018,mymomaskedmetoaccompanyhertoher2019schoolreunioninMalaysia.“I’dprefertotravelwithyouduetomybadeyes,”shesaid.“Whatdoyouthink?

”Iwasbusy,butfigured2019wasagesaway.“Sure!

”Isaid,andforgotallaboutit.

Then,inJune,mymomremindedmeofmypromise,butI’dtotallyforgottenaboutitbythen.DidIhavethetime?

DidIhavethemoney?

DidIhavethewill?

I’dwalkintoafireformymom,butwe’reverydifferenttravelers.Iusuallytravelalonewithabackpack,whereasmomnevertravelsalone,andtakessomanycarry-onbagsthatshelookslikeaChristmastree.Therewasalsotheboredom.Mom’schildhoodtownislovely,butwesaweverythingthereyearsago.

“Areyousureyouneedmetocomewithyou?

”Iaskedoverthephone.Silence.ThenMomscreamedatmenottoworryaboutitandshewasn’tgoinganymore.Iscreamedathernottobesilly;shescreamed“Fine”;Iscreamed“Fine”.ThenIfeltbadandbookedourflightsandhotelimmediately.

Atfirst,itwasfine.Wedrovepasttheapartmentwhereshegrewup,ategreatfood,thenmetherfriendsforyumcha（早茶）.Afterafewdaysofthis,however,Iwasbored.I’dgrowntiredofhearingthenon-stopgossipaboutpeopleIdidn’tknow.Onthenightofthereunion,Iconvincedmomtogobyherself.

Whileshewasout,Iswam,caughtupwithwork,andstaredattheceiling.Whenshecameback,Iwasinagoodmood.Shewasinanevenbetterone,tellingmeaboutthereunioninwaysthatmademecrywithlaughter.Allwe’dneededwastimeapart.

Thenextday,asweshoppedtogether,mymomlaughedloudlyasshepointedataperfume（香水）bottlewiththename“Si”onit–Simeansfaeces（粪便）inCantonese.Momputsomeoftheperfumeon,aswebothcriedwithlaughter.

She’llneverbethemostwell-matchedpersonformetotravelwith,butcoveredinSi,sheremindedmethatshe’sdefinitelythefunniest.

4．Whentheauthor’smotherfirstaskedhimtotravelwithher,he______.

A．wassobusythatheforgottoreply

B．agreedtotheplanimmediately

C．wasworriedthathewouldn’thavemoney

D．advisedhismothernottogobecauseofherbadeyes

5．Duringthefirstdaysoftheirjourney,theauthor______.

A．methisfriendsforyumchahappily

B．hadseveralquarrelswithhismother

C．wasagoodcompaniontohismother

D．regrettedtravelingtogetherwithhismother

6．Whathappenedwhentheauthorandhismotherseparatedforsometime?

A．Theauthorwashappybuthismotherwasupset.

B．Theauthorwasboredbuthismotherenjoyedthereunion.

C．Bothofthemenjoyedthetimeapart.

D．Theybothdecidedtotravelapartlateron.

7．Whatisthekeymessagetheauthorintendstoconveywiththisarticle?

A．Itisboringtotravelwithparents.

B．Itisimportanttomakeplansbeforetraveling.

C．Itisdifficulttocommunicatewithparentsduetothegenerationgap.

D．Itispossibletobehappywithwhoyou’retravelingwithevenifyou’redifferent.

Today,moreandmoreChineseconsumerschangethewaytheypurchaseproductsandprefertomakepaymentsviasmartdevicesasmobileappshavemadepurchasesmucheasier,butsecurityconcernsremain,aPwCreportsaid.

Nearlyone-thirdofrespondentsinChinachosemobilepaymentwhenshoppinglastyear,doublingfrom16percentin2014,accordingtotheaccountingfirm'sglobalretail（零售）survey.Thefigureappearedmuchhigherthantheworld'saverageof12percent.

Thepopularitycomesasaresultofrapidgrowthofmobilepaymentoptionsandanexpandingmobilenetwork,thereportsaid.

Chinesehavestartedtoenjoyawiderangeofmobilepaymentoptionsthatallowfaster,securerpaymentthroughnearfieldcommunicationandQRcode.Moreover,moreadvanceshavebeenseeninbiometrictechnology,suchastheuseoffingerprintsandfacialrecognition.

“Ascompetitionbecomesfierce,mobilepaymentplayersaretryingtoattractusersthroughthecontinuousdevelopmentoftechnologyandbusinessmodes,”saidYuqingGuo,PwCChina'sfinancialserviceconsultingpartner.

Butsecurityproblemsarering.Datasecuritywasstillseenasahugeproblem,withleakofuserinformation,paymentfad（诈骗）andvirusattacksappearingasthetreebiggestchallengesfortherapidgrowingfield.ThePwCreportsaidover60percentofrespondentswereworriedthattheirpersonalinformationwasnotsafe.

Chinesegovernmenthasintroducedaseriesofpoliciestostrengthenstrictsupervision（监督）.Inthemeantime,peopleshouldavoidscanningQRcodesfromunknownsourcesandraiseawarenessoffraudulence.

Thefieldstillhasvastspaceforgrowthduetotechnologicaladvancesandtheriseofthetech-savvyyoungergeneration,thereportsaid,predictingChina'sretailandconsumerproductindustrywillpostanannualgrowthrateof7.5percentbetween2016and2020.

8．0nthebasisofthisarticle,moreChinesepeoplefavormobilepaymentbecause_______.

A．itensurestheabsolutesecurityofpurchases

B．ithelpsthempurchaseproductsmoreconveniently

C．itguaranteesfasterdeliverythancashpayment

D．itprovidesthemwithvariousoptionsofitems

9．Tokeeptheirpersonalinformationsafe,consumersareadvised_______.

A．tocheckthesourcesbeforescanningQRcodes

B．tocutdownthechanceofusingmobileapps

C．toincreasesupervisionovermobilepayment

D．tolearnmoreknowledgeaboutvirusattacks

10．Accordingtothepassage,wecandrawaconclusionthat_______.

A．China'sfinancialservicewillfacebigchallenges

B．Peoplewillabandonmobilepaymentbecauseofsecurityproblems

C．Mobilepaymentwillenjoyawidespacefordevelopment

D．Chinesegovernmentwillintroduceaseriesofpoliciestobanpayment

11．Inwhichsectionofanewspaperdoesthepassageprobablyappear?

A．Industries.B．Education.

C．Companies.D．Technology.

Recently,DonaldTrump,thePresidentofAmerican,announcedhisbudgets,oneofwhichwouldcutallfundingtotheInstituteofMuseumandLibraryservicesandlibrariesacrosstheUnitedStates.However,asfarasI'mconcerned,weneedtorescueourlibraries.

Librariesprovidebooksandafter-schoolprogramsforchildren.Theyencourageliteracy（识字）withsummerprograms.Theyhelpinspirealifetimeloveoflearningandreadinginchildrenofallages.Withoutthem,wherewillkidswithnoInternetathomedotheirhomework?

Wherewillkidshaveaplacetostudyorborrowbooksafterschool?

Therefore,weneedlibrariesforourkids.Weneedthemsothatkidscangrowupwithaplace,otherthanschool,wherelearningandexplorationisencouraged.Foradults,librariesserveasaplacewheretheycanusetheInternettoapplyforjobs,getjobtraining,earlyvotingcentersaswellasbookclubstohelpmakenewfriends.Itcanalsoserveasaplacetopickupabookandlearnsomethingnew.What'smore,theycanalsoborrowabookandgetawayfromitall

Librariessaveourinformationforthenextgeneration.Whenweliveinanageofalternativefacts,wherescienceisignoredinfavorofpersonalfeelings,weneedlibrariesnowmorethanever.Weneedthemtoeducateourselvesonthefactsandholdthegovernmentresponsibleforthem.Weneedthemtohavestrongpublicparticipation.

Ifyouassenttome,youshouldn'tbesilentonthisissue.Youcanwriteorcalldirectlytotellthepresidenttorescueourlibraries.YoucanalsowritetobothyourstateSenators（参议员）