牛津译林版学年高一下学期英语期中综合训练.docx

1、牛津译林版学年高一下学期英语期中综合训练2018-2019学年高一下学期英语期中综合训练一、阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)AFour years ago, we asked ourselves: what if we could create a shopping experience with no waiting in lines and no checkout? Or could we create a physical store where customers could simply take what they want and go? Our answer t

2、o those questions is Amazon Go, where you could experience the idea of “just walk out shopping”.Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no checkout required. We created the worlds most advanced shopping technology, so you never have to wait in line. With our “just walk out shopping” experience, simply

3、 use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take the products you want, and go! No lines, no checkout. Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning. Our “just walk out technology”

4、automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in your virtual cart. When youre done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, well charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt.We offer delicious ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch,

5、dinner, and snack options made fresh every day by our on-site chefs and favorite local kitchens and bakeries. Our selection of foodstuff ranges from bread and milk to cheeses and locally made chocolates. Youll find well-known brands we love, plus special finds were excited to introduce to customers.

6、 For a quick home-cooked dinner, pick up one of our chef-designed Amazon Meal Kits, and you can make a meal for two in about 30 minutes.Our 1,800-square-foot shopping space is conveniently compact (紧凑的), so busy customers can get in and out fast. It is located at 2131, 7th Ave, Seattle, WA, on the c

7、orner of 7th Avenue and Blanchard Street. All you need is an Amazon account, a supported smartphone, and the free Amazon Go app.Amazon Go is currently only open to Amazon employees in our testing program, and will be open to the public soon.1. From the passage, we can learn that Amazon Go _.A. sells

8、 all kinds of goods B. is open to the publicC. is a checkout-free store D. uses unknown technologies2. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?A. When Amazon Go charges. B. How Amazon Go works.C. Where Amazon Go lies. D. What Amazon Go sells.3. Customers pay for the products from Amazon Go by _.A. u

9、sing their Amazon accounts B. walking out of the store C. scanning smartphones when leaving D. paying cash at the counter4. The main purpose of the passage is to _.A. tell people of the shopping experience B. advise people to work for AmazonC. inform people of a new concept store D. encourage people

10、 to shop onlineBWhen important events are happening around the world, most people turn to traditional media sources, such as CNN and BBC for the news. However, during the war in Iraq in 2003, many people followed the war from the point of view of an unknown Iraqi citizen who called himself “Salam Pa

11、x” (Salam Pax means peace).Salam Pax wrote a diary about everyday life in Baghdad during the war, and posted it on his website. Paxs online diary was a kind of website known as a “blog”. Blogs are online diaries, usually kept by individuals, but sometimes by companies and other groups of people. The

12、y are the fastest growing types of website on the Internet.A blog differs from a traditional website in several ways. Most importantly, it is updated much more regularly. Many blogs are updated every day, and some are updated several times a day. Also, most blogs use special software or websites, wh

13、ich can help ordinary people easily set up and start writing their own blogs.There are many different kinds of blogs. The most popular type is an online diary of links where the blog writer surfs the Internet and then posts links to sites or news articles that they find interesting, with a few comme

14、nts about each one. Other types are personal diaries, where the writer talks about their life and feelings. Sometimes these blogs can be very personal.There is another kind of blogging, called “moblogging”, short for “mobile blogging”.Mobloggers use mobile phones with cameras to take photos, which a

15、re posted instantly to the Internet. The use of mobile phones in this way made the headlines in Singapore when a high school student posted a movie he had taken of a teacher shouting at another student on the Internet. Many people were shocked by what the student did, and wanted phones with cameras

16、to be banned from schools.Many people think that as blogs become common, news reporting will rely less on big media companies, and more on ordinary people posting news to the Internet. They think that then the news will be less like a lecture, and more like a conversation, where anyone can join in.5

17、. Which statement about Salam Pax was true?A. He worked for CNN. B. Salam Pax was not his real name.C. He used a mobile phone for his blog. D. He was famous as a host in BBC. 6. What is the biggest difference between blogs and traditional websites? A. Blogs are updated much more often. B. Blogs cont

18、ain personal information.C. Blogs use special software.D. Blogs contain links to other websites.7. According to the passage, in the future it is likely that _.A. everyone will have a blogB. blogging technology will be bannedC. large media companies will be unnecessaryD. people will be able to learn

19、the news from other points of view8. What is the passage mainly about?A. The war in Iraq. B. New types of media.C. The history of the Internet. D. The increase of using computers.CIs Your Diet Destroying the Environment?A vegetarian diet is often praised for its health benefits. Studies have shown t

20、hat vegetarians usually have lower levels of heart disease and a lower risk of diabetes than people who eat meat. What most people are less aware of, however, are the effects that a vegetarian diet can have on the environment.Researchers from the Union of Concerned Scientists in the US recently stud

21、ied how consumer behavior affects the environment. The study showed that meat consumption is one of the main ways that humans can damage the environment, second only to the use of motor vehicle.Then, how can eating meat have a negative effect on the environment? For a start, all farm animals such as

22、 cows, pigs, and sheep give off methane (沼气) gas by expelling (排出) wind from their bodies. One cow can produce up to 60 liters of methane each day. Methane gas is the second most common greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide. Many environmental experts now believe that it is more responsible for global

23、 warming than carbon dioxide. It is estimated that 25% of all methane released into the atmosphere comes from farm animals.Another way that meat production affects the environment is through the use of water and land. 2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef, whereas 20 gallons

24、 of water are needed to produce one pound of wheat. One acre of farmland used for crop production can produce 40,000 pounds of potatoes, 30,000 pounds of carrots, or 50,000 pounds of tomatoes.Many people now see the benefits of switching to a vegetarian diet, not just for health reasons, but also be

25、cause it plays a vital role in protecting the environment. However, some nutritionists advise against switching to a totally strict vegetarian, or vegan diet. They believe a vegan diet, which excludes all products from animal sources, such as cheese, eggs, and milk, can be short of many necessary vi

26、tamins and minerals our bodies need.Today, many people know its important to take better care of their bodies and to use the earths resources more efficiently. As this understanding spreads, more people may realize that to help the environment and for the human race to survive, more of us will need

27、to become vegetarians.9. The underlined word “it” in Para.3 refers to _.A. expelling wind B. greenhouse gas C. carbon dioxide D. methane gas10. Many figures are used in Para.4 to show _.A. growing tomatoes has the highest productionB. crop production is better than meat productionC. meat production

28、consumes too much water and landD. farm animals are the main producer of the methane gas11. What message does the passage want to convey?A. Our diet is destroying the surroundings.B. Raising farm animals affects the environment.C. A vegetarian diet helps to protect the environment.D. More and more p

29、eople are becoming strict vegetarians.DDo you think you would work out more if you were offered money to do so? Science has shown that money can give people motivation to work out, but perhaps not in the way that you think.According to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine Journal, th

30、e best strategy isnt offering money; its giving someone money, then threatening to take it away.Researchers gave 281 people the goal of walking 7,000 steps every day over 13 weeks.To motivate the people who took part to reach the goal, researchers divided them into three groups.People in the first g

31、roup received $1,40 (9 yuan) each day as long as they finished 7,000 steps, the second group was only able to collect the $1.40 if they had reached 7,000 steps the day before, and the third group was given $42 at the beginning of each month and $1.40 was taken away every time someone failed to meet

32、the goal.The third group met their daily fitness goals 50 percent more often than the other two groups, showing that people were most motivated to walk by the fear of losing money.“People are more motivated by losses than gains, and they like immediate gratification.” study author Dr Mitesh Patel, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the US, told CNN. “They want to be rewarded today, not next year or far into the future.”Our bra