辽宁省大连市学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题.docx

1、辽宁省大连市学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题辽宁省大连市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：_一、阅读选择 Our much-loved museums and art galleries are closing their doors due to the current outbreak of COVID-19. But dont worry. With the help of the Internet, we can take virtual tours of them around the world. There are some fascin

2、ating exhibitions at our fingertips, which you can explore from home free of charge! Muse dOrsay, ParisFancy a trip to Paris? Oui oui! This grand museum holds the largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist works in the world, and you can click your way through the very best among the

3、m thanks to interactive galleries featuring Van Gogh, Czanne, Degas and more. Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamOver in the Netherlands, the Rijksmuseum is a treasure house of classical Dutch art, Asian artwork and 17th-century silver and porcelain. The Street View-style tour is fine, but better to stick to the

4、 brilliant online exhibitions, like the interactive guide to the master of throwing shade, Rembrandt. You can even get up close and personal with The Night Watch. Picasso Museum, BarcelonaAs well as a vast online display of Picassos best bits, this museum offers a 360-degree tour of some of the best

5、-preserved Medieval architecture in Barcelona. When youre done getting around the building, you can check out their Twitter hashtag (推特标签）#MuseuPicassoVirtual to keep up with daily news of art. Hong Kong Heritage MuseumThe Heritage Museum has everything from Chinese fine art dating back to the Qing

6、dynasty to cutting-edge Hong Kong contemporary art. The online collection, hosted on Google Arts & Culture, is particularly strong on design, photography, porcelain and sculpture from the past century. 1In the Rijksmuseum, you will have a better understanding of _.AVan Gogh BRembrandtCPicasso Dimpre

7、ssionists2Which museum can keep you updated with news of art through social media every day?AMuse dOrsay. BRijksmuseum.CPicasso Museum. DHong Kong Heritage Museum.3What is special about Hong Kong Heritage Museum?AIt stresses contemporary art. BIt has porcelain exhibits.CIt offers visual tours online

8、. DIt features Chinese art. Readers who long imagined themselves in Harry Potters world have a chance to absorb themselves in another fictional universe created by J.K. Rowling. The author said that she would release (发布) The Ickabog, a new story for young readers, for free online.The first chapter

9、of the fairy tale about a monster known as the Ickabog was published on May 26, and further chapters will be released every week until July 10. It is targeted to readers aged 7 to 9 and will be published as a book in November. The story concerns rumors (谣言) of a fierce child-eating monster with extr

10、aordinary powers which lives in the northern tip of an imaginary land known as Cornucopia.Rowling said she had started working on the book more than a decade ago, while she was still writing Harry Potter, and originally intended to publish it after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last of h

11、er seven-book Potter series. But she ended up keeping The Ickabog, which isnt related to Harry Potter or any of Rowlings other work, in her family, reading it to her young children and then putting it away until recently. “Ive decided to publish The Ickabog for free online, so children on lockdown,

12、or even those back at school during these strange, unsettling times, can read it or have it read to them,” Rowling said. Rowling said she would donate her royalties (版税) for the book to causes related to the coronavirus (冠状病毒) diseases. Readers will have a chance to participate in the process. Rowli

13、ngs publishers around the world will hold an illustration (插图) competition, encouraging children to submit (提交) drawings to accompany the story. The best submissions will end up in the books final edition when it is published in the fall. Rowlings children, now teenagers, are “touchingly ecstatic” a

14、bout the publication of their childhood bedtime story, Rowling wrote on her site. She started reading chapters to them again recently, which she said was “one of the most extraordinary experiences of my writing life. ”4It will take at least _ for readers to finish reading The Ickabog online.Aa week

15、Bone month and a half Cthree months Dsix months5What do you know about the The Ickabog?AIt is the name of an imaginary island. BIt sees teenagers as targeted readers.CIt is a continuation of the Potter series. DIt was completed a long time ago.6Why does J. K. Rowling release the book free online? AT

16、o collect money for coronavirus research. BTo involve readers in the illustration competition. CTo entertain children over the COVID-19 period. DTo appeal to Harry Potter lovers. 7What does the underlined word “ecstatic” probably mean?ADisappointed. BWorried. CNervous. DExcited. The fast spread of t

17、he virus has led most Chinese citizens to wear face masks in public to help reduce infections. The Beijing-based Hanwang Technology Ltd. says it has created a new facial recognition system that is the first to effectively identify people even if they are wearing masks. China is recognized as a world

18、 leader in the development of artificial intelligence and facial recognition system. The new system is based on the existing technologies developed over the past 10 years.“When wearing a mask, the recognition rate can reach about 95 percent, which can ensure that most people can be identified,” Hanw

19、angs vice president, Huang Lei, said. He added that the systems success rate for people not wearing a mask is about 99.5 percent. However, the new system struggles to identify people wearing both a mask and sunglasses. “In this situation, all of the key facial information is lost. In such cases reco

20、gnition is tough,” Huang said.Hanwang is now selling two main kinds of products that use the technology. One performs “single channel” recognition and the other is a “multi-channel” recognition, which can identify individuals in a crowd of up to 30 people “within a second”.Huang said officials can u

21、se Hanwangs technology to compare images with ministry (部门) records on individuals in order to identify and track people as they move about. The system can identify crime suspects (嫌疑人), terrorists or make reports or warnings, he added.While some citizens have expressed opposition to such tools, mor

22、e people seem to have accepted the methods as a way to deal with the current health emergency.So far, Huang says most interest in the new system has come from within China. But he sees the interest likely expanding if the virus continues to spread and the use of face masks increases.8What do we know

23、 about the new facial recognition system?AIt has no relation to the existing tech. BIt is being used both at home and abroad.CIt can record peoples temperature. DIt can be used for many purposes.9According to the passage, the new system will probably be most helpful for _.Ainternational companies Bc

24、olleges and universitiesCthe Ministry of Public Safety Dthe Ministry of Manpower10Whats most peoples attitude towards the use of the new system?ASupportive. BDisapproving. CUncaring. DDoubtful.11Whats the purpose of the passage?ATo show Chinas technological advances. BTo introduce a newly developed

25、system.CTo demonstrate the innovation of China. DTo advertise a new tech-based product. Is there a “success personality”some winning combination of qualities that leads almost essentially to achievement? If so, exactly what is that secret success formula (公式), and can anyone develop it?At the Gallop

26、 Organization we recently focused in depth on success, digging into the attitudes of 1500 brilliant people selected at random (随机) from Whos Who in America. Our research finds out a number of qualities that occur regularly among top achievers. Here is one of the most important, that is, common sense

27、.Common sense is the most popular quality shared by the top achievers. Seventy-nine percent award themselves a top score in this quality. And 61 percent say that common sense was very important in contributing to their success.To most, common sense means the ability to present sound, practical judgm

28、ents on everyday affairs. To do this, one has to sweep aside extra ideas and get right to the heart of what matters. A Texas oil and gas businessman puts it this way: “The key ability for success is simplifying. In conduction of meeting and dealing with industry, reducing a complex problem to the si

29、mplest term is highly important.”Is common sense a quality a person is born with, or can you do something to increase it? The oil mans answer is that common sense can definitely be developed. He attributes (归咎) his to learning how to debate in school. Another way to increase your store of common sen

30、se is to observe it in others, learning from their and your own mistakes.Besides common sense, there are many other factors that influence success: knowing your field, self-reliance, intelligence, the ability to get things done, leadership, creativity, relationships with others, and of course, luck.

31、 But common sense stands out. If you develop these qualities, youll succeed. And you might even find yourself listed in Whos Who someday.12Roughly how many people in the survey listed common sense as the most important quality?A80. B60. C1200. D900.13In paragraph 4, the example of the oil and gas bu

32、sinessman is used to prove_.Acommon sense can be judged Bcommon sense means simplifyingCcommon sense can be developed Dcommon sense is quite complex14What do we know about common sense?AIts rooted in common people. BIt is a side effect of mistakes.CIt is taught by our parents. DIt can be trained by ourselves.15What is the best title of the passage?ACommon Sense BThe Success Personalit