河南省郑州市中原区外国语集团五校联考2023-2024学年高一下学期5月期中英语试题
河南
高一
期中
2024-05-20
160次
整体难度:
容易
考查范围:
主题、语篇范围、单词辨析、词汇、短语辨析、语法
一、阅读理解 添加题型下试题
Discovery Pass
With a NSW TrainLink Discovery Pass, you can
• get unlimited booked travel to more than 365 destinations on the NSW TrainLink Regional train and coach network
• choose a pass that suits your travel plans: 14 days, one month, three months or six months
• choose a class of travel that suits your style: Economy or First Class (Premium).
Please note that you cannot book a child ticket online with a Discovery Pass. You will instead need to call 13 22 32 or visit a sales agent.
Before purchasing a pass, please read the relevant terms and rules. A NSW TrainLink Discovery Pass is non-refundable and it cannot be assigned to another person.
Prices
Pass type | 14 days | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months |
Adult Economy | $232 | $275 | $298 | $420 |
Adult Premium | $300 | $350 | $400 | $550 |
Child Economy | $121 | $143 | $154 | $220 |
Child Premium | $154 | $176 | $220 | $275 |
How to purchase a pass and book trips
Step 1: Purchase a Discovery Pass
Choose a time limit and class of travel that suits your needs.
Step 2: Book your trips
After you purchase a Discovery Pass, you have up to one month to book your first trip. The time limit on your pass will start from the departure date of your first booked trip. All trips must be booked and taken before the expiry (到期) date indicated on the pass. You must book each trip before you travel.
Find out more about ways to book your ticket? Visit our website:
https: /transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/regional-tickets-fares/ways-to-book-your-ticket
1. You can use a NSW TrainLink Discovery Pass to ______.A.book a child ticket online | B.choose a class of travel that suits you |
C.choose a weekly, monthly or yearly pass | D.get booked travel to unlimited destinations |
A.$353 | B.$418 | C.$693 | D.$876 |
A.A pass can be given to another person. |
B.A pass can be refunded to NSW Trains. |
C.The time limit on a pass starts from the day of your purchase. |
D.You should book your first trip within one month after your purchase. |
I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mail box, because my mother never believed in email, or cell phones in general. I was literally waiting to get a letter to see how the weekend had gone, which was usually the warmest comfort for me.
So when I moved to New York and got sucker-punched in the face by depression, I did the only thing I could think of — writing letters like my mother for strangers. I blogged about those letters and crazily promised I would write you a hand-written letter if asked to.
Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak — a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied (恐吓) in rural Kansas…, all asking me to write them a letter and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. And this is how the act The World Needs More Love Letters was born, fueled by those trips to the mailbox. But the thing about these letters is that most of them have been written by people, who have grown up into a paperless world where some best conversations happen swiftly on a screen.
I’ve been carrying this mail crate (大木箱) with me these days, which is a magical icebreaker. So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized (受精神创伤) from war in Afghanistan, and how she left love letters throughout the house as a way to say, “Come back to me.” And the man, who had decided to take his life, tonight slept safely with letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.
These are the kinds of stories that convince me that letter-writing will always be needed, even in these days, because it is an art now.
4. What is the first paragraph mainly about?A.The efficiency of write letters. |
B.The author’s care for her family. |
C.The author’s attachment to letters. |
D.The author’s love for the college life. |
A.The letters’ comforting effect on people. |
B.Her intention of providing professional aid. |
C.The positive influence of modern technology. |
D.Her mother’s fear of modern communication. |
A.It is capable of doing magic tricks. |
B.It starts a conversation with passers-by. |
C.It helps people to recover from traumas. |
D.It is hot enough to melt ice on a cold day. |
A.Love for Writing |
B.Priceless Family Letters |
C.Love Letters to Strangers |
D.The Art of Writing Letters |
Research found that when people saw others in their herd (群体) hesitating before making a choice, they were about twice as likely to break from the group and make a different choice.
The findings have meanings for group behaviour in finance, fashion—any situation where there might be herd behaviour, Krajbich said. “Even if it appears at first that everyone is following the same trend, hesitation may show that they are not all on the same page,” he said.
The research studied 72 college students. They participated in groups of eight. When their predecessor (前任) responded slowly, participants chose against the herd about 66% of the time, compared to only 33% of the time when their predecessor chose quickly. In cases where the group was making the wrong decision, this often led people to break from the herd and make the correct choice, he said.
“A couple of bad decisions at the beginning can lead everyone to the wrong road. That’s the herd behaviour,” Krajbich said. “But what we found is that if people can see the hesitation in others’ choices, that can help them break the chain and change the course of the herd.”
Fast decisions by others can consolidate one’s own belief. For example, if a person sees their friends quickly choose to get a vaccine for COVID-19, that may make them more comfortable making the same choice, Krajbich said. If friends hesitate before getting a vaccine—even if they eventually get one—that may make a person less sure about whether to get the shot, he said.
Krajbich said the findings in the research aren’t necessary a universal rule. There may be some decisions for which taking longer to choose could indicate a more thoughtful choice. “It will be important to figure out when fast decisions signal confidence or when instead they signal thoughtlessness,” he said.
8. What will people probably do when seeing others in their herd hesitate?A.Stop and see. | B.Criticise the trend. | C.Adopt other options. | D.Follow the majority. |
A.A wrong beginning leads to a wrong road. |
B.Predecessors help speed up decision making. |
C.People tend to choose against the herd without hesitation. |
D.Hesitation in others’ choices helps when the majority is wrong. |
A.Strengthen. | B.Challenge. | C.Weaken. | D.Change. |
A.They may lack confidence. | B.They are persuaded by friends. |
C.They are affected by COVID-19. | D.They may act without due consideration. |
It’s commonly acknowledged that our lives are ruled by algorithms (算法), but have we really collectively understood how they have transformed our culture and personality?
In Filterworld: How algorithms flattened culture, Kyle Chayka argues convincingly that the rise of algorithm-driven feeds, used everywhere online from Instagram to Spotify, has led to a more uniform culture. Our tastes and desires increasingly don’t belong to us, but to algorithms that are designed to keep people engaged at all costs. If the collection of our tastes truly shapes our entire personality, then this loss is more psychologically damaging than it first appears. Aimlessly scrolling (滚屏) through Netflix or TikTok may seem harmless, but over days, months or years, we lose touch with what we like and enjoy.
Taste-making algorithms are inescapable. Chayka shows this by working through all corners of life: what we wear(TikTok), where we eat(Google Maps), music we listen to(Spotify), even who we date or marry(Tinder). This universe of algorithm-driven decisions has society-wide implications: “It extends to influence our physical spaces, our cities, and the routes we move through…flattening them in turn.” No one gets out of the Filterworld untouched.
If you’re lucky enough not to need any sort of algorithm-based system for your work, then you have the option to step back from algorithms for a while. But if your friend suggests a film recommended on X/Twitter or you feel the need to buy those shoes suddenly everyone has started wearing after social media advertisements, what are you to do? It all feels fruitless.
This Filterworld may be inescapable, but there is hope. You can start by engaging more with the media you do choose to consume. This could mean reading up about a film you watched or paying artists you like directly. Even the thoughtful act of recommending an album (专辑) to a friend is more rewarding than a random TikTok feed. As Chayka says, resistance to algorithms “requires an act of willpower, a choice to move through the world in a different way.”
12. What is Kyle Chayka’s opinion on algorithms?A.They improve our tastes. | B.They make our culture more alike. |
C.They help to identify our personality. | D.They contribute to psychological problems. |
A.The society with advanced technology. | B.The world without social media platforms. |
C.The network of algorithm-driven decisions. | D.The community free from algorithmic influence. |
A.Limiting the use of social media platforms. | B.Making choices based on friends’ suggestions. |
C.Getting more involved with the selected media. | D.Disconnecting from social media advertisements. |
A.Algorithms: Cultural Takeover | B.The Secret of Algorithms |
C.Social Media: Cultural Messenger | D.The Rise of Digital Platforms |
It’s no secret that reading good news feels a lot better than reading bad news. Like, would you rather bite into a lemon, or sip on a fresh glass of lemonade?
In fact, good news, known as solutions journalism, is becoming more popular, as publishers and news stations discover the benefits of sharing positive stories. Good Good Good is one of them.
“If it bleeds, it leads.” has long been a saying used in the media to describe how news stories about violence, death and destruction draw readers’ attention.
A.Share good news with people around you. |
B.It’s just that we don’t hear as much about them. |
C.But the “bad news” has its place in the world. |
D.It provides a more balanced view of the world. |
E.And so, negative news stories are everywhere on news media. |
F.Heartwarming stories make you cry and feel good. |
G.The news media company is devoted to providing good news intentionally. |
二、完形填空 添加题型下试题
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon. My husband was taking care of our baby girl so that my six-year-old and I could do some yard work, just the two of us. It was sure to be
However, my son went about things in his own way. He pulled the
“If you would do as told, we’d be done earlier and promised a longer period
“But people do things…
My fire soon faded, replaced by the
A.relaxing | B.disturbing | C.urgent | D.tough |
A.sensitive | B.resistant | C.harmful | D.addicted |
A.feed | B.raise | C.tend | D.pull |
A.removing | B.packing | C.covering | D.preserving |
A.roots | B.fibres | C.tops | D.seeds |
A.effective | B.innovative | C.annoying | D.confusing |
A.recycle | B.redo | C.identify | D.ignore |
A.unless | B.so | C.since | D.before |
A.confident | B.curious | C.light | D.loud |
A.differently | B.separately | C.hurriedly | D.honestly |
A.depressing | B.humbling | C.mistaken | D.temporary |
A.behavior | B.warning | C.reminder | D.review |
A.compare | B.defend | C.influence | D.balance |
A.efficiency | B.concentration | C.discipline | D.quality |
A.run out of | B.set limits to | C.made up for | D.kept pace with |
三、单项选择 添加题型下试题
A.popularity | B.panic | C.poverty | D.potential |
A.disguised | B.revealed | C.proceeded | D.appealed |
A.respective | B.repulsive | C.reluctant | D.respectable |
A.Building; looking | B.Built; looking | C.Building; looked | D.Built; looked |
A.imaginary; tell | B.imaginative; tell | C.imaginary; telling | D.imaginative; telling |
【知识点】 imaginary imaginative 动名词作宾语 形容词词义辨析解读