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届高三英语月考试题
2018年12月平遥中学高三(补)质检
英语试题(文理科)
本试题满分:
150分考试时间:
100分钟
第一部分:
阅读理解(共两节,满分60分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A,B,C,和D)中,选出最佳答案,并将答案写在答题卡上。
第一节(共15个小题;每小题3分,满分45分)
A
NotriptoChicagoiscompletewithoutavisittotheArtInstitute,whichisthesecondlargestartmuseuminthenation.
Openinghours:
Mon-Wed&Fri-Sun,10:
30am-5pm;Thu,10:
30am-8pm;closedonNewYear’sDay,Thanksgiving,andChristmasDay.
Highlights:
●TheModernWingcontainscontemporarymasterpiecesbyDali,Matisse,Miro,Picasso,Pollock,andWarhol.
●IntheCentralHallvisitorscanviewoneoftheworld’sfinestImpressionistcollections,includingmasterpiecesbyMonet,Degas,Renoir,Seurat,Gauguin,andVanGogh.
●ThorneMiniatureRoomsofferadetailedviewofEuropeanhomesfromthe16thcenturythroughthe1930sandAmericanhomesfromthe17thcenturyto1940.
●Thepastreturnsasover550worksfrom4,000yearsofartcometogetherinOfGodsandGlamour,locatedinthebeautifulnewMaryandMichaelJaharisGalleriesofGreek,Roman,andByzantineArt.
Adviceforvisitors:
●Freeguidedtoursareavailabledailyatnoon.
●Freeart-makingactivitiesareavailableforchildreneachweekendfrom11amto2pm.
●VisittheFamilyRoomintheRyanEducationCenter,opendailyfrom10:
30am–5pm,andintroduceyourchildtothemuseum’scollectionswithavarietyofhands-onactivities.Assemble(组装)puzzlesbasedonmasterpiecesyou’llseeinthegalleries,buildarchitecturalwonderswithcolorfulblocks,andlearnaboutartthroughstoriesandgamesatCuriousCorner.
●CheckouttheLion’sTrialtourforchildrenages5-10.Thistourisespeciallydesignedfortheyoungpeopleinyourgroup!
Don’tmissit!
Gettingthere:
Youcantakethefollowbuses:
1,3,4,6,7,14,26,28,126,143.
1.WhenisitsuitableforyoutovisittheArtInstitute?
A.At7pmonThursday.B.At8:
30amonSaturday
C.At3:
30pmonThanksgivingDay.D.At10amonTuesday.
2.WhoseworkscanvisitorsseeintheModernWing?
A.Monet.B.VanGogh.C.Picasso.D.Seurat.
3.WhatcanchildrendoatCuriousCorner?
A.Holdabirthdayparty.B.Playwithcolorfulblocks.
C.Communicatewithartists.D.JointheLion’sTrailtour.
B
Whenmydaughter,Sophie,wasadmittedtoacollegewewereveryhappy,butalittleworriedaboutbecomingemptynesters.IknewIhadtodosomethingtohelpmyselfadapt,startingwiththesummerbeforesheleft.
SophiehadapackofcolorfulT-shirts.Iknewshewouldn’twearthemanymore,soIdecidedtomakeaquiltoutofthemforherbedatcollege.Itfocusedmyenergy,andalsoletmerelivesomememories.ItriedtoworkonthequiltwhenSophiewasn’tathome,whichturnedouttobeoften.Shewasverybusywithherfriends.Evenwhenshewasaround,herdoorwasshutmorethanusual.Ifeltabithurt.Afterall,wedidn’thavemuchtimetogetherbeforeshewenttocollege,Iwasalreadymissingher,andshehadn’teverleftyet.
Whenwearrivedatthecollege,awaveofemotionfloodedme.Itriedtoholditback,butSophiesawitinmyface.Shetookabigredbookfromherbag.“Imadethisforyou,Mom,”shesaid.ThenIknewwhyshehadbeenstayingbehindacloseddoorthatsummer.Itwasanalbumofphotographsdocumentingthelifeofourfamilyoverthelast17years.
Ibrokeintotears.Someofitwassadnessathavingtolethergo,butsomeofitwasjoy.Iknewthatourconnectionwasmorepowerfulthanever,andthatwe’dalwaysbeconnectedbythestrongestofthreads,thelovethatwentintoeverystitchofherquiltandeveryphotoofmyalbum.
InSophie’sdormitoryIunfoldedthequiltonherbed.Foramomentshewasspeechless.Thenshethrewherarmsaroundme.“Mom,Iloveyou,”shesaid.Oneofhernewfriendswascallingheroutside.Sophieturned,andIlethergo.
4.WhatdowelearnaboutSophiefromthepassage?
A.Shedidnotunderstandhowhermotherfeltaboutherleaving.
B.Shehadfewfriends,andkepttoherselfathomethatsummer.
C.Shemadeaphotoalbumtoshowherlove.
D.ShelikedhercolorfulT-shirtsverymuch.
5.Whydidtheauthorfeelhurt,accordingtothesecondparagraph?
A.BecauseSophiewasnotinterestedinwhatshewasdoing.
B.BecauseSophiehadlittletimeforher.
C.BecauseSophiewasgoingtoleavehomeforalongtime.
D.BecauseSophiedidnothelphertomakethequilt.
6.Howdidtheauthorfeelwhentheyarrivedatthecollege?
A.Shefeltworried.
B.Shefeltnervous.
C.Shewassorrytobeleavingherdaughter.
D.Shemissedherdaughterverymuch.
7.Whydidtheauthorfinallyletherdaughtergo?
A.Sherealizedthatherdaughterhadtogotocollegebyherself.
B.Sherealizedthatthelovebetweenthemwouldneverbecutoff.
C.Sophie’spresenthadmadeherforgethersorrow.
D.Sophie’snewfriendswerecallingheroutsidethedormitory.
C
“Doesmysmilelookbiginthis?
”Futurefitting-roommirrorsinclothingstorescouldsubtlyadjustyourreflectiontomakeyoulook─andhencefeel─happier,encouragingyoutolikewhatyousee.
That’stheideabehindtheEmotionEvokingSystemdevelopedbyShigeoYoshidaandcolleaguesattheUniversityofTokyoinJapan.Thesystemcanmanipulate,orinotherword,controlyouremotionsandpersonalpreferencesbypresentingyouwithanimageofyourownsmilingorfrowningface.
Theprinciplethatphysiologicalchangescandriveemotionalones─thatlaughtercomesbeforehappiness,ratherthantheotherwayaround─isawell-establishedidea.
Theresearcherswantedtoseeifthisideacouldbeusedtobuildacomputersystemthatmanipulateshowyoufeel.Thesystemworksbypresentingtheuserwithaweb-cameraimageofhisorherface─asiftheywerelookinginamirror.Theimageisthensubtlyalteredwithsoftware,turningthecornersofthemouthupordownandchangingtheareaaroundtheeyes,sothatthepersonappearstosmileorfrown(皱眉).
Withouttellingthemtheaimofthestudy,theteamrecruited21volunteersandaskedthemtositinfrontofthescreenwhileperforminganunrelatedtask.Whenthetaskwascompletetheparticipantsratedhowtheyfelt.Whenthefacesonscreenappearedtosmile,peoplereportedthattheyfelthappier.Ontheotherhand,whentheimagewasgivenasadexpression,theyreportedfeelinglesshappy.
Yoshidaandhiscolleaguestestedwhethermanipulatingthevolunteers’emotionalstatewouldinfluencetheirpreferences.Eachpersonwasgivenascarftowearandagainpresentedwiththealteredwebcamimage.Thevolunteersthatsawthemselvessmilingwhilewearingthescarfweremorelikelytoreportthattheylikedit,andthosethatsawthemselvesnotsmilingwerelesslikely.
Thesystemcouldbeusedtomanipulateconsumers’impressionsofproducts,saytheresearchers.Forexample,mirrorsinclothing-storefittingroomscouldbereplacedwithscreensshowingalteredreflections.Theyalsosuggestpeoplemaybemorelikelytofindclothesattractiveiftheyseethemselveslookinghappywhiletryingthemon.
“It’scertainlyaninterestingarea,”saysChrisCreedattheUniversityofBirmingham,UK.Buthenotesthatusingsuchtechnologyinashopwouldbeharderthaninthelab,becausepeoplewilluseawiderangeofexpressions.“Attemptingtomakeslightdifferencestotheseandensuringthatthereflectedimagelooksbelievablewouldbemuchmorechallenging,”hesays.
Ofcourse,therearealsoimportantmoralquestionssurroundingsuchsubtlymanipulativetechnology.“Youcouldarguethatifitmakespeoplehappywhatharmisitdoing?
”saysCreed.“ButIcanimaginethatmanypeoplemayfeelmanipulated,uncomfortableandcheatediftheyfoundout.”
8.What’sthemainpurposeoftheEmotionEvokingSystem?
A.Toseewhetherone’sfeelingcanbeunconsciouslyaffected.
B.Toseewhetherone’sfacialexpressionscanbealtered.
C.Toseewhetherlaughtercomesbeforehappiness.
D.Toreplacethemirrorsinfutureclothing-storefittingrooms.
9.Whatcanwelearnabouttheweb-cameraimageinthestudy?
A.Itrecordedthevolunteers’performanceinthetask.
B.Itgavethevolunteersafalseimage.
C.Itattemptedtomakethevolunteersfeelexhausted.
D.Itbeautifiedthevolunteers’appearanceinthemirror.
10.WhatdoesCreedmentionasalimitationofthetechnology?
A.Itonlychangestheareasaroundthemouthandtheeyes.
B.Itonlyworksinclothingstores.
C.Itonlymakessubtlechangestopeople’sbehaviors.
D.Itonlydealswithalimitednumberoffacialexpressions.
11.WhatdoesCreed’scommentonthemoralissueswiththistechnologyimply?
A.Nothingismoreimportantthanhappiness.
B.Technologyisunabletomanipulatepeople.
C.Peopleshouldmaketheirdecisionsindependently.
D.Peopleshouldneglecttheharmofthetechnology.
D
PeerPressure
Peoplewhoareatyourage,likeyourclassmates,arecalledpeers.Whentheyinfluenceyouonyourdecisionoraction,it’scalledpeerpressure.Allofus,atsomepointinourlives,havehadtodealwithpeerpressure.Theneedtofollowthecrowdanddowhatmajorityofusaredoingforcesustotakeupactivitieswhichwewouldn’totherwise.
Recentstudieshaveshownthatpeerpressuremightcauseanupsidetoyou.Itcanmakeyoureflectonyouractionsandmakechangestoyourwaystobecomeabetterone.Observingothersworkinghardtoreachtheirgoalswilldefinitelyencourageyoutomakeagreatefforttoachievesomethingpositive.Whenateenknowsthathisteammatesarepracticinghardtobecomebetterplayersthenitwilldirectlyaffecthisownperformance.Hewillputintwicethetimeandenergytoraisethelevelofhisgameandensurehehasaplaceontheteam.
Havingagroupthatbringspositivepeerpressurecanalsohelpyoupickuphealthyhabitsthatcan