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1、浙江省瑞安市上海新纪元高级中学2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期初考试试题（1-6班）说明：本试卷适用于2019级（1-6）班学生。 一、阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节：（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下面短文并做每篇后面的题目。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。ABest Places to Visit in the UKUnited Kingdom has long been a popular European tourist place for many because of its beautiful countryside, hist
2、oric cities, top museums and outstanding theaters. Here are some of the best places to visit in the UK.CambridgeCambridge is a beautiful English city located on the River Cam just north of London. As the home to one of the worlds top universities, the University of Cambridge, it has all of the cultu
3、ral and entertainment choices you might expect from a college town.ChesterLocated on the River Dee in Cheshire, England, Chester is more than 2,000 years old, which means there is plenty of history, culture and architecture lasting several centuries. The ancient walls around the city are one of Ches
4、ters biggest tourist attractions.StonehengeStonehenge, one of the most famous sites in the world, is home to some of the most important Neolithic and Bronze Age finds and structures in the UK. It was not until 1600 BC that Stonehenge came to be completed.Lake DistricLocated in northwest England, the
5、 Lake District is the second largest National Park in the UK. The main attractions are the lakes, mountains and hills. It is Englands famous destination for hiking and climbing.1. What will you do in Cambridge?A. Do various shopping. B. Meet famous people.C. Visit the top university. D. Enjoy wonder
6、ful music.2. What is special about Chester?A. It is a college town. B. It offers exciting scenery.C. It is a city with a long history.D. It has a great many monuments.3. Which destination will you choose if you want to go hiking?A. Cambridge. B. Chester.C. Stonehenge. D. Lake district.BIf our kids d
7、ont fall, they dont learn to get up. I still remember the day in high school that my mom forgot to pick me up from school. Im the oldest of four children, and no doubt shed had a long day with the other kids and she forgot it. After waiting at school for an hour, I walked the three miles home, and w
8、hen I got to my house, I shut our front door with anger, stormed into the kitchen and screamed in my moms face that shed forgotten me.Later that night, my dad told me I no longer had a ride to school the next day. I thought my mom would still take me, but when the morning came, she refused. It was m
9、idterm, and as a top student ready to start college applications, being late wasnt proper. In my mind, missing these tests means the end of my academic career. I begged my mom. But she held her ground, and that day, I walked to school. And I missed my tests.My mom didnt rescue(营救) me from failure. S
10、he let me suffer from it. She let me figure it out. She let me learn. Now, as a mom myself, Ive realized that I want my kids to experience failure because failure is how we grow, learn and think outside of ourselves. Its how we self-educate to learn whats right and respectable, and whats not. Its ho
11、w we become responsible and enthusiastic.Falling down makes us better, because we learn how to get up.4. Why did the author shout at her mother?A. Because she missed some important tests. B. Because her mother had ruined her future.C. Because she was tired after walking home.D. Because her mother di
12、dnt pick her up home.5. What does the underlined phrase “held her ground” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Gave in to me.B. Said yes to me.C. Stayed in the place. D. Insisted on her decision.6. How does the author feel about her experience now?A. Angry.B. Helpful.C. Disappointed.D. Embarrassed.7. What is the
13、best title for the text?A. Stop Rescuing Your Kids from Failure B. Try to Meet Your Kids Requirements C. Offer Your Kids Help if NecessaryD. Be Strict with Your KidsCIs that person really glad to see me? Or is he just being polite? Some people struggle to tell an artificial smile from a truly happy-
14、one. And computers have found this task even more difficult. Recently, researchers have trained a program to detect when a smile is genuine(真诚的).Visual computing researchers at the University of Bradford in the U. K. started with a software for analyzing a changing facial expression. This program ca
15、n examine a video clip of a human head and identify(确认) specific details around the eyes, cheeks and mouth. Then the program tracks the details relative to each other as the face smiles.Next，the scientists had their program evaluate(评估)two sets of video clips. In one subjects performed posed smiles. In the other, they watched a film that inspired genuine displays of emotion. The program calculated the differences among the subjects faces during the two clips. And it turns out that ones mouth, cheeks and eyes move differently when pretending to smile.In particular, the muscles a
