1、河北省保定市保定部分高中2023-2024学年高一上学期12月期中英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解Museums in BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumThe Walters Art Museum contains 36,000 objects from around the world. Walking through the museums historic buildings, visitors encounter a stunning panorama of thousands of years of art, from romanti
2、c 17th-century images of French gardens to fascinating Ethiopian icons, ancient Roman sarcophagi (石棺), and peaceful images of the Buddha.Tickets: $9.5. Free for children aged 7 and under.Baltimore Museum of IndustryThe Baltimore Museum of Industry celebrates the innovators, entrepreneurs and workers
3、 who promoted this port city into the industrial age. From garment making to airplane manufacturing, visitors to the museum will discover how their pioneering spirit built the regions manufacturing might. Located in an 1860s oyster cannery on a five-acre waterfront campus, the BMI offers dynamic exh
4、ibitions and hands-on activities for guests of all ages.Tickets: $15. Half price for children.Baltimore Museum of ArtThe Baltimore Museum of Art is home to an internationally renowned collection of 19th-century, modern, and contemporary art. It has 90,000 works of artincluding the largest holding of
5、 works by Henri Matisse in the world. The BMA is now throughout the multi-year project so that visitors can enjoy its outstanding selection of European and American painting and sculpture from the 17th through 20th centuries.Tickets: $10. Ten percent off if booked on the official website.American Vi
6、sionary Art MuseumThe American Visionary Art Museum is the nations museum for self-taught, creative skills. Three historic buildings house wonders created by farmers, housewives, mechanics, the disabled, as well as the occasional neurosurgeon. From carved roots to embroidered rags, tattoos to toothp
7、icks, the visionary transforms dreams, loss, hopes, and ideals into powerful works of art.Tickets: $9.5. Free for children aged 6 and under and museum members.1Which museum best suits people interested in contemporary French paintings?AThe Walters Art Museum.BBaltimore Museum of Industry.CBaltimore
8、Museum of Art.DAmerican Visionary Art Museum.2What do we know about Baltimore Museum of Industry?AIts a place for memorial celebrations for the city.BIt was built in a factory where food was canned.CIt offers free exhibitions for guests of all ages.DIt is now undergoing a multi-year project.3How muc
9、h should they pay if a 7-year-old boy goes to American Visionary Art Museum with his parents?A$19.B$23.5.C$27.D$28.5.To fight against the ballooning waistlines among people, several U. S. cities have instituted taxes on drinks with added sugar aiming to reduce consumption, but new research suggests
10、these policies currently have one fundamental flaw.The study found sugary drink only reduce purchasing if price tags at stores mention consumers are paying that tax when they buy the drink.The research included a field study at two convenience stores in San Francisco, which currently has a tax on su
11、gary drinks of 1 cent per ounce. Researchers varied the price tags placed on the sugary drinks over the eight-week study: one tag that simply said the price for the 12-ounce drink ($1.52) and one that had the price and the message “Includes SF Sugary Drink Tax”. All non-sugary drinks, which werent s
12、ubject to the tax, simply had the price of the drink ($1.40).The researchers compared sales of the drinks during the study period to the two weeks before the study began when the sugary drink tax was in effect but there were no price tags on any drinks. Results showed sales of sugary drinks werent l
13、ower during the two weeks, compared to sales before the tax, indicating the tax itself didnt reduce purchases of sugary drinks.The researchers then looked at the effects of the two different price tags. Results showed the share of sugary drinks purchased when the tags simply showed the price wasnt s
14、ignificantly different from the two-week period before the study, but did decline slightly when the tags mentioned the price included the added tax.In a separate online study, the researchers asked participants to estimate what the tax would be on a can of their favorite drink that cost $1.52. The a
15、verage estimate was 40 cents much higher than the 12 cents actually demanded in San Francisco. When told the tax was only 12 cents, they reported theyd still purchase the drink. The findings suggest price tags should mention the tax but not the amount, for consumers tend to overestimate how much the
16、 tax is. “If cities want these policies to be effective, they need to regulate how sugary drinks are labeled at stores and they currently dont do that,” said Donnelly, lead author of the study.4What does the underlined word “flaw” mean in the first paragraph?AWeakness.BSolution.CImbalance.DEvidence.
17、5What kind of price tags may discourage customers from buying sugary drinks?APrice tags bearing sugar content.BPrice tags with the exact tax on them.CPrice tags saying added tax included.DPrice tags just showing the total price.6Which of the following may be Donnellys suggestion?AStores label sugary
18、 drinks at will.BCancel sugary drink taxes at once.CPublicize the impacts of sugary drinks.DCities urge stores to use proper price tags.7What might be the best title for the text?AA New Way to Prevent Fatness.BEating Habits and Food Consumption.CSugary Drink Taxes Arent Working Well.DNon-sugary Drin
19、kers Benefit from New Policies.Humans are emotional beings, showing feelings in our behavior and facial expressions. But whether these mean the same thing in different cultures has been hotly debated. Now a new study has found that in different social contexts, such as weddings, funerals and sports,
20、 people indeed show universal facial expressions.For the new study, Alan Cowens team used a machine learning model, Deep Neural Network (DNN), to systematically analyze facial expressions in thousands of different contexts. These contexts come from more than six million videos uploaded to You Tube b
21、etween July 2009 and May 2018 by people in 144 countries.Facial expressions were rated by English speakers in India by selecting applicable emotions from a list of 31 labels, resulting in a total of 16 distinct facial expressions. Meanwhile, contexts were classified in a separate experiment. The res
22、ults showed that people from different cultures share about 70% of the facial expressions used in response to different social and emotional situations.“This supports Darwins theory that expressing emotions in our faces is universal among humans,” the study co-lead author Dacher Keltner said. “The p
23、hysical display of our emotions may define who we are as a species, enhancing our communication and cooperation skills and ensuring our survival.”However, Lisa Barrett, from the Northeastern University College of Science notes that the English speakers in India were given the emotional word ratings
24、rather than labeling the expressions themselves. They used emotion labels such as “anger”, “fear” and “sadness” instead of descriptive terms, thereby inferring the emotions behind the expressions.She further comments that the raters (评定者) saw the faces in contexts which cant necessarily be separated
25、 from the emotions themselves, and that the key point is that the raters are from just one country. “The ultimate value of Cowen and his colleagues study might lie not in the answers it provides,” she concludes, “but in the opportunity for further discovery that it opens up.”8What can we learn from
26、the text?AThe study is opposite to Darwins theory.BPeople in different cultures show similar facial expressions.CThe team conducted the study by downloading facial expressions.DFacial expressions and contexts were classified in the same experiment.9How did Alan Cowens team conduct the study?ABy usin
27、g a learning machine.BBy uploading videos to YouTube.CBy analyzing facial expressions.DBy using emotion labels.10What can we infer from Dacher Keltners words?ASocial success is dependent on facial expressions.BFacial expressions have constantly changed over time.CSocial skills reflect the ability of
28、 ones expression management.DFacial expressions play a vital role in humans development.11What is Lisa Barretts attitude towards the study?AObjective.BAmbiguous.CCritical.DContradictory.You may never know why. The email will arrive and reasons offered for your rejection might be the real onesor not.
29、 Bosses have always spied on their employees, then judged them. Now the rise of the online self means the employers eye can travel still farther.Even before the pandemic, research found that 28% of large companies had turned down applicants after carrying out such checks. And it is becoming more pop
30、ular: Reed Screening, a large agency, was asked to run over a third more social-media checks in December 2021 than a year earlier. This month the government gave the practice approval when the Department for Education said schools and colleges “should consider carrying out an online search as part o
31、f their due diligence (尽职调查)”.The way screening works is simple: Any “problematic” behaviours will be marked with a red flag. There are laws governing such online screening. David Erdos, head of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, says that companies are supposed to warn candid
32、ates before screening their social media and tell them that they have the right to hold back permission. Some companies follow these rules, but others may not. As for the right to refuse, it is hardly practicable. “Who on earth isgoing to be that person who says: Hang on a minute, Im not happy about
33、 that?” asks Mr Erdos. “That itself is likely to be a red flag.”All agree that the spread of online screening is alarming, as it is so unforgiving. People may be unable ever to be free of their online past, says Mr Erdos. As indeed some footballers, recently punished for comments made almost a decad
34、e ago when they were but teenagers, have found to their cost. Those within the industry think laws should be tightened, with punishment for illegal act. In the meantime, being very careful is advisable. In talks to university students, Mr Erdos warns them what companies will do to their social media
35、 when they apply for jobs. They are “universally terrified”, he says. And rightly.12What can we infer about online screening from paragraph 2?AIt is turned down by large companies.BIt boosts the development of education.CIt is becoming increasingly acceptable.DIt highlights the wisdom of employers.1
36、3What do applicants tend to do with online screening?AThey reject the red flags.BThey have to submit to it.CThey will charge the company.DThey postpone carrying it out.14What is Mr Erdos opinion on posting comments online?ACompanies are tolerant of it.BIts influence is hard to erase.CIt should be un
37、der strict laws.DUniversity students are free to do it.15What could be a suitable title for the text?ABig Employer Is Watching YouBFix Your Eyes on Online ScreeningCSocial-media Checks Are Around the CornerDChecks Online Are to Blame for Unemployment二、七选五Technology has changed our lives and reshapes
38、 the way we live. Some of us love it and some of us are frustrated (懊恼的) with it. This is clear as most of us are guilty of being addicted to the Internet and social media. 16 Technology has created a whole new world and brought endless opportunities.The invention of airplanes, ships and spacecraft
39、always allows people to visit other countries and even other planets. As long as we follow the laws of immigration, we can go to any country we like. 17 In addition, technology is also used by a large number of teachers to improve their teaching. It can make the lessons more interactive and interest
40、ing for students. E-learning is possible with the use of the Internet connection and computers. People wishing to study for a degree can do so at their comfortable homes. 18 Teachers can post notes and videos on the Internet and students can study and learn whenever they are ready. 19 You dont have
41、to walk around with a large sum of cash any more because you can make purchases and payments electronically. Online banking is secure and convenient for online shopping. You dont have to worry that your cash might be stolen by someone.However, we have to say that technology can be a double-edged swo
42、rd. Nowadays, instead of paying attention to the conversation we are having face to face, we just take the phone. We are distracted by smartphones and technology in general. But we cant blame technology. We should not blame ourselves, either. 20 Indeed, technology is addictive, but our focus shouldn
43、t be on phones or computers, but on people and face-to-face conversations.AThis gives students flexibility.BWhat we need to do is to find some balance.CThis makes it easy for students to make progress.DNevertheless, we have seen some benefits of technology.EWhen it comes to shopping, technology is a
44、lso of great help.FBesides, we have suffered a lot from modern communication.GAnd of course, travelling can make peoples lives more colorful.三、完形填空Castillo wrote a letter to her father for his 50th birthday. Her father, who suffers from Downs syndrome (唐氏综合征), had at one point been a(n) 21 in her li
45、fe. But in her letter, she wanted the world to know how much she 22 and loves her father.Castillo said it took years before she had the courage to 23 the truth about her situation and her father. She got bullied at school because the other kids saw her father as “ 24 ”. She didnt understand at the t
46、ime why the kids were bullying her. 25 , she thought of herself as a “coward daughter”.“You 26 love, understanding, patience and acceptance as any individual with Downs syndrome should,” she wrote.Besides having Downs syndrome, her father has a wide 27 of health complication (并发症). Therefore, her fa
47、ther has been in and out of the hospital getting all sorts of 28 . Castillo wrote that her father is the “most 29 person” because of what he went through, yet he rarely complained. But there were times when he couldnt 30 the pain and broke down in tears, which hurt her greatly and made her cry. But
48、her dad kept persisting (坚持), which gave her 31 .“Dad, no words can sum up how 32 I am for being a(n) 33 daughter. If there is one thing I regret, it is 34 you from my life because I was afraid of getting bullied. But I love you more than you could ever 35 and I am always inspired by you,” she wrote.21AprideBencour
