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1、英语试卷一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）ARay Tokuda， a 54-year-old Japanese American， is proud of the title his school has given him He is a Shifu， a Chinese word literally meaning a master， mentor or senior practioner of martial arts Tokuda has reason to be proud He has been involved with Chinese martial arts f
2、or almost four decades After learning them at the martial arts school in New Mexico State， today he is among the most experienced kung fu teachers of the school Practicing martial arts two to three hours and helping students improve their skills have become Tokudas daily routine He expects to practi
3、ce and teach martial arts for the rest of his life Im still learning Its worth more than a lifetime to learn Chinese martial arts， he said Once I started， I just couldnt stop I think its also the magic of Chinese culture Tokuda was sent to the martial arts school when he was 10 He still remembers ho
4、w unwilling he was when starting out My father had always wanted to learn Chinese martial arts but never got the chance， so he put his kid in， he said I was so afraid at that time because I thought kung fu was all about fighting But things changed after he learned that martial arts were more than pu
5、nching and kicking One of the things martial arts teach me is overcoming adversity， Tokuda said As a little kid， my first lesson was like， oh， look， this is a thing that I can get through by diligence， perseverance（毅力）and dedication， and that was priceless for my life Learning Chinese martial arts o
6、pened a gateway for him to better understand Chinese culture because he could hear a lot of ancient Chinese kung fu-related stories It is like in America， where we hear stories about knights in shining armor and King Arthur and noble deeds done， he said I feel martial arts preserve something of anci
7、ent China that cant be found in books They are sort of an oral history Tokuda has also been invited to various events in his home state to showcase traditional Chinese culture， including the dragon dance and lion dance， which he also learnt at the martial arts school Because of this， he is now consi
8、dered a cultural envoy （使者） in the eyes of the public1. Tokuda didnt want to learn kung fu because he had thought it was _ A. practicalB. magicalC. violentD. difficult2. From the passage， what can we learn about Tokuda？ _ A. He learnt martial arts from his fatherB. He is the founder of the kung fu s
9、choolC. He learnt from martial arts how to deal with difficultiesD. He is the most experienced kung fu teacher of his state3. Which of the following words can best describe Tokuda？ _ A. Modest and friendlyB. Devoted and perseveringC. Talented and humorousD. Motivated and considerateBNew App Helps Pe
10、ople Remember Faces Large gatherings such as weddings and conferences can be socially overwhelming Pressure to learn peoples names only adds to the stress A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue， but privacy experts recommend proceeding with caution The app， called SocialRecall， connec
11、ts names with faces via smartphone cameras and facial recognition， potentially avoiding the need for formal introductions It breaks down these social barriers we all have when meeting somebody， says Barry Sandrew， who created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 1，000 people After rec
12、eiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer， the user is asked to take two selfies and sign in via social media At the event， the app is active within a previously defined geographical area When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendees face， the app identifies
13、the individual， displays the persons name， and links to his or her social media profile To protect privacy， it recognizes only those who have agreed to participate And the apps creators say it automatically deletes users data after an event Ann Cavoukian， a privacy expert who runs the Privacy by Des
14、ign Center of Excellence praises the apps creators for these protective measures She cautions， however， that when people choose to share their personal information with the app， they should know that there may be unintended consequences down the road with that information being used in another conte
15、xt that might come back to bite you The start-up has also developed a version of the app for individuals who suffer from prosopagnosia， or face blindness， a condition that prevents people from recognizing individuals they have met To use this app， a person first acquires an image of someones face， f
16、rom either the smartphones camera or a photograph， and then tags it with a name When the camera spots that same face in real life， the previously entered information is displayed The collected data are stored only on a users phone， according to the team behind the app4. SocialRecall is used to _ A. take photosB. identify peop
