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1、河北省武邑中学2018-2019学年高二英语上学期寒假作业9第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，共20分）AWhen 9-year-old Chinese girl Celine Tam first auditioned(试唱)forAmericas Got Talent earlier this season, she amazed audience(观众)withher powerful performance of Celine Dions My Heart Will Go On，thetheme song of the movie Titanic，moving on to the next
2、 round.Wearing a bright yellow dress, Tam put on another performance during the Judge Cut round. She showed an extremely wonderful performance of Michael Boltons How Am I Supposed to live Without You and received much appreciation(欣赏).Guest Judge Laverne Cox gave Tam the Golden Buzzer for her perfor
3、mance, sending the young singer straight to the live shows. Tam is the first Chinese contestant(参赛者)to win the Golden Buzzer.Youre so lovely and so cute, and your voice is amazing. Youre so talented, said Laverne Cox.Tam was surprised when she won the prize. Tier parents and sister Dion, who were in
4、 the audience, were also very excited, with her mother moved to tears. Tam was named Celine and her little sister Dion, as their parents are great fans of Celine Dion.Americas Got Talent uploaded(上传)the performance to social media. The video was viewed 4.5 million times in 24 hours and more than 5,0
5、00 people left comments(评论)，praising her beautiful voice.Tam recorded a short video in Chinese to express her thanks to netizens, saying she was happy to get the Golden Buzzer and will sing more beautiful songs during the live shows.The little girl is no stranger to television. She won many fans aft
6、er singing You Raise Me Up on Hunan Broadcastings Lets Sing Kids inChinain 2014.1. What did Laverne Cox think of Celine Tam after watching her performance?A. He thought she was a shy girl.B. He thought her performance was wonderful.C. He thought she would get first prize.D. He just thought she was b
7、eautiful.2. Which is the correct order according to this passage?Celine Tam sang My Heart Will Go On.Celine Tam attended the Hunan Broadcastings Lets Sing Kids.Celine Tam won the Golden Buzzer.Americas Got Talent uploaded(上传)the performance to social media.A. B. C. D.3.The reason why Tams mother nam
8、ed her Celine is _ .A. that her mother loves the famous singer Celine DionB. that Celine Dion is her parents idol(偶像)C. that Tam likes Celine Dion very muchD. that they all like Celine Dion very much4. The passage is probably from_ . A. a school report B. a news report C. a book review D. a fashion
9、magazineBOn Feb 6，Facebook and Google launched a project in Paris to deal with fake news stories that might appear around the upcoming French presidential election in April and MayThe project，called Cross Check，will help check news stories that are shared among French votersAt least 17French news or
10、ganizations are also taking part in the project，including French daily Le Monde，Buzz Feed News and Agence France-PresseIt will offer users the choice to identify and flag news stories as eitherreal，satire （讽刺）orfakeMisleading stories and fake news have become so common on social media during major e
11、lections around the worldFacebook in particular was criticized during the US presidential election last year for allowing false news to be widely spread across its platformFake news may even have affected the electionAccording to a new survey carried out by the Pew Research Center in December，about
12、two in three US adults said fake news stories caused a great deal of confusion about the basic facts of current issues and eventsNearly a quarter of US adults say they have shared a fake news storyAnd its not just US adults who cant identify fake newsA new study from Stanford University suggests tha
13、t much like adults，USmiddle，high school and college students have a hard time identifying real and fake news articlesAs for this problem，Sam Wineburg，lead author of the study，suggested providing students with classes on media literacy skills， which means the ability to evaluate all forms of communic
14、ationTeaching students media literacy skills provides them with the tools needed to be responsible and critical （批判的） readers of media，commented Scholastic magazine5According to the passage，the reason for launching Cross Check is that_Amany students are in need of Internet educationBthe US adults ca
15、nt choose the right presidentCfake news causes so much confusion on Western social mediaDfake news may affect the upcoming French presidential election6The underlined phrasemedia literacy skillsin the last paragraph probably means_Atools to be responsible and critical readersBcauses of a great deal of confusion in mediaCthe ability to assess all forms of communicationDthe skills to root out fake news7From the text，we can infer that_Aonly US adults cant identify fake newsBfake news stories cause a great deal of excitementCits challenging to distin
