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北京市北京交通大学附属中学2023-2024学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题（原卷版+解析版）
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说明：本试卷共9页，共100分。试时长90分钟。
第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
I was ready t pay fr my bananas at the grcery ne night, when fear seized me. My wallet was gne. I culd nly have left it n the G9 bus, which was nw speeding in the dark t sme ___1___ statin. Hw much time and mney wuld it cst t replace the cntents f that little wallet? The credit cards, the driver’s license, the cash, all lst t the bus.
Tw hurs later, I heard a knck n the dr. My husband answered it while I was n the phne. In my husband’s hand was my wallet, with nt a penny ___2___. She left befre I culd even make it t the dr t ffer my thanks.
After sharing the stry nline, smene identified the lady as Erin Smith. Withut ___3___, I called t thank her. She said she ___4___ my wallet n a bus seat. “If I were in that situatin, I wuld want smene t try t find me,” she said.
This ne stranger respnded beautifully t my small ___5___, but she actually wasn’t the nly ne. Right after Erin tk my wallet n the bus, she psted a picture f my driver’s license t an nline frum, trying t see ___6___ anyne knew me. N sner did she leave my drstep than I had emails frm tw wmen whse kids g t my sn’s nursery and wh recgnized my face. I’ve never ___7___ wrds with thse mms beynd small talk, but they wanted t help. I read that peple are mre divided than ever, but that’s nt hw the peple I ___8___ tend t act.
Erin had gne ___9___ what almst anyne wuld have dne, finding my huse n a bitterly cld night, and fr that I was extremely _____10_____.
1.
A. accessibleB. hiddenC. unknwnD. cnvenient
2.
A. missingB. returnedC. remainingD. abandned
3.
A. delayB. alarmC. regretD. invitatin
4.
A. mvedB. placedC. penedD. sptted
5.
A. crisisB. dangerC. threatD. failure
6.
A. ifB. whereC. hwD. when
7.
A. recalledB. exchangedC. repeatedD. whispered
8.
A. cme acrssB. cme abutC. cme byD. cme after
9.
A. intB. againstC. verD. beynd
10.
A. upliftedB. strickenC. painfulD. grateful
第二节 讲法填空（共10小题：每小题1.5分，共15分）
A
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Yuan Lngping was brn in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him t pursue a career in science r medicine. Hwever, ____11____ cncerned him mst was that farmers ften had pr harvests. Hw t bst yields was challenging questin at the time. Frtunately, the answer ____12____ (find) in the creatin f hybrid rice. Thrugh intense effrt, Yuan vercame enrmus technical ____13____ (difficulty) t develp the first hybrid rice that culd be used fr farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers t expand their utput greatly.
B
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
The Richfield Museum f Fine Art is prud t present their new ____14____ (exhibit). They have many fine examples f Tang Dynasty(618-907) sculptures, mst f ____15____ are f Buddhist rigin. Even thugh Buddhism entered China much earlier, it did nt really begin t shw expansin until the seventh century. During this same perid, trade ____16____ the Silk Rad als bmed. Chinese sculpture thus fund itself highly influenced by Buddhist art ____17____ (bring) frm India and Central Asia. These wrks were intended t spread Buddhism and they are f exceptinal beauty and quality.
C
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
The develpment f Western art ____18____ (slw) until the inventin f phtgraphy in the mid-19th century. After that, paintings were n lnger needed t preserve what peple and the wrld lked like. Hence, painters had t find a new way f ____19____ (lk) at their art. Frm this, Impressinism emerged in France. The name f this new mvement came frm the painting by Claude Mnet (1840-1926) called /Impressin, Sunrise. In this wrk, Mnet’s aim was ____20____ (cnvey) the light in the scene-the subjective (主观的) impressin the scene gave him-but nt a detailed recrd f the scene itself.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题：每小题2分，共28分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Music fr Life Learning music is imprtant fr the educatinal and persnal develpment f yung peple!
Learning an instrument: hw d pupils chse?
All ur teachers are highly qualified and experienced musicians, and pupils can learn t play a wide range f instruments, frm the keybard t the drums(鼓). We have pen days when new pupils wh are unsure which instrument t chse can cme t the centre. They are able t speak t teachers abut which instrument might be best fr them, and they can als see and hear classes in actin.
Wh is respnsible fr buying the instruments?
Parents usually have t prvide instruments. But parents f beginners are advised nt t buy an instrument until they are tld that a place is available. They shuld als find ut frm the teacher the mst suitable type f instrument t get.
When and where d lessns take place?
Lessns are available in many schls, usually during the day. If there is n lessn available fr a particular instrument in a particular schl, ther arrangements can be made at ne f ur music centres fr lessns n Saturday afternns r weekday evenings.
Hw are pupils taught?
Pupils can learn in small grups, in classes r individually, depending n their needs. Small grups f three pupils have lessns that last thirty minutes. Class lessns last frty-five minutes and have at least ten pupils. Individual lessns are ffered nly t pupils wh have sme experience.
Starting yung: when can pupils begin?
Children are never t yung t becme interested in music. We have special “Musical Yuth” classes fr children frm the age f 3 t 8. These are designed t encurage yung children t enjy music thrugh a variety f activities including singing, musical games, listening and mvement. “Musical Yuth” classes take place n Saturday mrnings with grups f abut 18 children. A parent r ther adult must attend each sessin, and they are encuraged t sit with their children and help them with the activities.
21. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. New pupils can see classes n an pen day.
B. Pupils can learn special instruments n Sundays.
C. Parents must accmpany pupils during the learning prcess.
D. Teachers at the centre can prvide the right instruments fr pupils.
22. What is the best chice fr children with sme experience?
A. Lessns fr grups f ten.B. Individual lessns.
C. Lessns fr small grups f three.D. Special “Musical Yuth” classes.
23. The passage is intended fr _____.
A. teachersB. parents
C. musiciansD. pupils
B
Three mnths after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Rebecca Sell, then 24, a phtjurnalist fr Fredericksburg phtgraphed a New Orleans cuple wrriedly examining water-sptted pht albums. As she tk the pht, smething within her clicked. “I tld them I culd take the ruined pictures, cpy them and give them digitally restred (修复) phts,” she recalls. Althugh a bit sceptical, the cuple agreed. Rebecca tk their phts hme, restred them and tk them t the cuple at their temprary hme. “It felt s gd t be able t d that fr them,” says Rebecca.
When her editr, Dave Ellis, saw the pht f the cuple, he suggested they g back and restre damaged phts fr even mre peple. S in January 2006, with paid time ff frm the paper, the tw set up shp in Pass Christian. After psting a ntice in the cmmunity newsletter, Rebecca and Dave received 500 phts in fur days. Fr each, the pair tk a new digital picture, then used high-tech sftware t erase water spts and restre clrs. It just s happened that a ppular website linked t Dave’s blg abut the experience, and sn Operatin Pht Rescue, as it came t be knwn, had emails frm hundreds f vlunteers, including phtgraphers and restratin experts, eager t help.
Thugh digital restratin is a painstaking prcess, mending irreplaceable family pictures means the wrld t victims like Emily Lancaster, 71, wh tk ut piles f ruined pht albums after Katrina, never thinking the mess culd be saved. But she just culdn’t bear t part with a few treasured pictures, including a prtrait f her father, wh had passed away, and a pht f her husband as a by. Then she heard abut Operatin Pht Rescue. “I didn’t have a whle lt f hpe they culd fix them, but they did,” Emily says. “Almst every day I think abut all the pictures I’ve lst. I’m s happy t have these tw.”
In the five years since Katrina, Operatin Pht Rescue has cllected thusands f pictures ruined by flds, hurricanes and trnades. Vlunteers make “cpy runs” t disaster areas acrss the cuntry t gather damaged phts frm survivrs; perating csts are cvered by dnatins. “It’s great t be able t give peple sme f their histry back,” says Rebecca. “One persn tld me that thanks t us, her grandmther gt t see her phts again befre she passed away. Mments like that remind me why I d this.”
24. When Rebecca tk the picture f the New Orleans cuple, she decided t ______.
A. take them t their temprary hme
B. help with their damaged phts
C. set up shp in Pass Christian
D. cver Hurricane Katrina
25. Frm Paragraph 2, we knw that Dave and Rebecca ______.
A. quit their jbs in 2006
B. inspired vlunteers t jin them
C. spent fur days mending the phts
D. made their wrk knwn in their newspaper
26. Hw did Emily Lancaster feel when she first heard abut Operatin Pht Rescue?
A. Excited.B. Hpeless.
C. Satisfied.D. Sceptical.
27. What is the best title fr the passage?
A. Surviving Hurricanes
B. An Act f Genersity
C. Saving Memries
D. A Lucky Cuple
C
It’s cmmn knwledge that the wman in Lenard da Vinci’s mst famus painting seems t lk back at bservers, fllwing them with her eyes n matter where they stand in the rm, But this cmmn knwledge turns ut wrng.
A new study finds that the wman in the painting is actually lking ut at an angle that’s 15.4 degrees ff t the bserver’s right — well utside f the range that peple nrmally believe when they think smene is lking right at them. In ther wrds, said the study authr, Hrstmann, “She’s nt lking at yu.” This is smewhat irnic, because the entire phenmenn f a persn’s gaze (凝视) in a phtgraph r painting seeming t fllw the viewer is called the “Mna Lisa effect”. That effect is abslutely real, Hrstmann said. If a persn is illustrated r phtgraphed lking straight ahead, even peple viewing the prtrait frm an angle will feel they are being lked at. As lng as the angle f the persn’s gaze is n mre than abut 5 degrees ff t either side, the Mna Lisa effect ccurs.
This is imprtant fr human interactin with n-screen characters. If yu want smene ff t the right side f a rm t feel that a persn n-screen is lking at him r her, yu dn’t cut the gaze f the character t that side-surprisingly, ding s wuld make an bserver feel like the character isn’t lking at anyne in the rm at all. Instead, yu keep the gaze straight ahead.
Hrstmann and his c-authr were studying this effect fr its applicatin in the creatin f artificial-intelligence avatars when Hrstmann tk a lng lk at the “Mna Lisa” and realized she wasn’t lking at him.
T make sure it wasn’t just him, the researchers asked 24 peple t view images f the “Mna Lisa” n a cmputer scree.They set a ruler between the viewer and the screen and asked the participants t nte which number n the ruler intersected Mna Lisa’s gaze. T calculate the angle f Mna Lisa’s gaze as she lked at the viewer, they mved the ruler farther frm r clser t the screen’ during the study. Cnsistently, the researchers fund, participants judged that the wman in the “Mna Lisa” prtrait was nt lking straight at them, but slightly ff t their right.
S why d peple repeat the belief that her eyes seem t fllw the viewer? Hrstmann isn’t sure. It’s pssible, he said, that peple have the desire t be lked at, s they think the wman is lking straight at them. Or maybe the peple wh first cined the term “Mna Lisa effect” just thught it was a cl name.
28. It is generally believed that the wman in the painting “Mna Lisa” ______.
A. attracts the viewers t lk backB. seems mysterius because f her eyes
C. fixes her eyes n the back f the viewersD. lks at the viewers wherever they stand
29. What gaze range in a painting will cause the Mna Lisa effect?
A. B.
C. D.
30. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. Hrstmann thinks it’s cl t cin the term “Mna Lisa effect”.
B. The Mna Lisa effect cntributes t the creatin f artificial intelligence.
C. Feeling being gazed at by Mna Lisa may be caused by the desire fr attentin.
D. The psitin f the ruler in the experiment will influence the viewers’ judgement.
D
Americans clearly lve their museums. One f the mst famus, New Yrk’s Metrplitan Museum f Art (the Met), saw a recrd 6.5 millin visitrs in 2015. But recrd attendance desn’t necessarily translate int recrd revenue. Last mnth，the Met said it was trying t erase a USS10 millin budget deficit. Meanwhile, ne f its rivals，the Museum f Mdern Art (MMA), was abundant in cash, but nly abut three millin peple stpped by in 2015. Why d sme museums flurish while thers flunder? My research leads me t believe there are three reasns: fashin, billinaires and demgraphics.
First, underlying the Met’s financial challenges is the prblem with the acquisitins plicy. Recent directrs f the Met did nt add much t the museum’s mdern cllectin. The argument was that museums such as the MMA were already prviding such wrks in their cllectins and that the acquisitin f cntemprary art by living artists was prblematic and risky. Hwever, given the fact that museum-gers increasingly favr cntemprary art, the revenue f the Met will likely fall if it isn’t able t keep up with the tastes f the custmers. And by the time it might recgnize this, it’s already t late t d much abut it because the csts t acquire the in-demand art is sky-high. This leads t a secnd critical issue-the changing distributin f incme and its effects n museum finance and peratin.
We are living in a bm perid fr cntemprary art. The number f auctins and art fairs has grwn enrmusly t accmmdate this grwing market. In a wrld with abut 1,800 billinaires, it nly takes a relative few t drive high-end art prices t astrnmical levels. Wrks by the German artist Gerhard Richter have generated $1.2 billin in sales in recent years. The saring prices mean museums simply can’t keep up and must usually depend n dnatins t assemble the best wrks, r they’re priced ut. Mrever, billinaires themselves are increasingly setting up their wn private museums, further distancing the ability f public museums t get the gd stuff.
A third interrelated prblem is that demgraphic issues have put pressure n the revenue side. Unemplyment, early retirements and the aging f the ppulatin in the US have cntributed t increased attendance at museums. Yu might think it’s a gd thing, but mre traffic means higher csts, and when thse additinal visitrs dn’t result in mre revenue, prfitability ges dwn. This is because f the lngstanding mvement tward making museums “free” by having individuals, gvernment r businesses “spnsr” the cst. But when that supprt gets reduced by budget csts r anther reasn, museums must either cver the cst themselves r lse patrns by suddenly charging fees. There is evidence that attendance rises when ecnmic grwth slws, but that’s als when thse “spnsrs” are mre likely t begin t disappear.
Museums will certainly cntinue t exist and prvide us with invaluable insights int ur culture. But they must exist under ecnmic principles, and it’d be wise fr their administratrs t cnsider the ecnmies in their calculatins.
31. Accrding t the authr, ________.
A. MMA saw a rise in dnatin due t its increased attendance
B. the Met failed t respnd t the artistic tastes f mdern visitrs
C. the Met cnsidered wrks f the living artists as questinable
D. MMA added t its mdern cllectin despite the budget deficit
32. What can we infer frm the passage?
A. Billinaires cntrl art auctins t price ut public museums.
B. The bm f mdern art will lead visitrs t private museums.
C The increase in visitrs can hurt the prfitability f museums.
D. Ecnmic slwdwns result in a weakened interest in museums.
33. What is the authr’s attitude twards the future f museums in the US?
A. Pessimistic.B. Dubtful.C. Cautius.D. Uncertain.
34. Which is the best title f the passage?
A. Hw can Museums Bst Revenues?
B. Shuld Museums Charge Entrance Fees?
C. Will Museums Survive in a Fast-changing Wrld?
D. What Causes the Financial Challenges f Museums?
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Music has lng been cnsidered t be an enjyable pastime fr many peple． ____35____ The mental health benefits frm music can't be argued．Music culd als be helping yu with many ther health prblems behind the scenes．
____36____Hwever，fr the same reasn，music can be very beneficial if ne is in pain．By distracting （分心） the mind frm the pain，music，peple say，can lwer stress and anxiety levels．This，f curse，can lead t less pain．
Many peple enjy relaxing music in the evening prir t ging t bed．____37____While the validity f the idea is still being assessed，the lwered stress can even be tied back t bld pressure．Similarly accrding t researchers，listening t just 30 minutes f sft music every day may help with healthy bld sugar levels， thrugh the lwering f stress and anxiety．
When it cmes t heart health，there is speculatin （推测） that it's nt the style f music， but rather the temp that makes it s gd fr yur heart health．In ne Eurpean study，participants listened t music as the researchers mnitred their heart rates and bld pressure．____38____ On the ther hand，when the music slwed，the participants' stress and anxiety levels became lwer and the effects n heart rates appeared t fllw suit．
____39____But there is a whle range f ther health issues that turning up the radi culd be beneficial fr，which is what makes music s valuable．
A. This feeling can als result in many ther health prblems．
B Sme experts say that music can be harmful if it is t lud．
C. This idea is a little ff-the-wall but still has scientific backing．
D. They say it can play a big rle in calming the brain enugh t sleep．
E. The implicatins f music n verall well-being are really impressive．
F. It is als highly ppular due t the individualized effects n stress and anxiety．
G. Interestingly，the mre cheerful the music was，the faster their heart rates were．
第三部分 书面表达（共两节，32分）
第一节（共4小题；第40、41题各2分，第42题3分，第43题5分，共12分）
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请答题卡指定区域作答。
Lenard Da Vinci was a genius: wildly imaginative, passinately curius and creative acrss multiple disciplines-painting architecture, aernautics, and engineering. Yet ddly the wrd “genius” minimizes him by making it seem as if he were tuched by lightning. His early bigrapher made this mistake: “Smetimes, in a superatural fashin, a single persn is gifted by heaven with beauty, grace, and talent in such abundance that seems that his every act is divine (天赐的)” In fact the self-taught Lenard’s genius was shaped by his wn will and ambitin. It did nt cme frm being the divine recipient, like Newtn r Einstein.
Part f what made Lenard a genius, what set him apart frm peple wh are merely extrardinarily smart, was creativity. His talent fr cmbining bservatin with fantasy allwed him t make unexpected leaps that related things seen t things unseen.
Lenard was als a very human genius, He made mistakes. He left a trail f unfinished prjects, flying machines that never flew, tanks that never rlled. "Tell me if ever I did a thing... Tell me if anything was ever made.
His flawed humanity makes Lenard mre accessible. Even thugh we may never be able t match his talents, we can learn frm him and try t be mre like him. His life ffers a wealth f lessns.
Seek knwledge fr its wn sake. Nt all knwledge needs t be useful. Smetimes it shuld be pursued fr pure pleasure. Lenard did nt need t knw hw heart valves wrk t paint the Mna Lisa, nr did he need t figure ut hw fssils gt t the tp f muntains t prduce Virgin f the Rcks. By allwing himself t be driven by pure curisity, he gt t explre mre hrizns and see mre cnnectins.
Keep a childlike sense f wnder, At a certain pint in life, mst f us quit puzzling ver everyday phenmena. We might savr the beauty f a blue sky, but we n lnger bther t wnder why it is that clr. Lenard did.
Be curius, bserve things, see things unseen, respect facts, be pen t We can never learn enugh frm Lenard.
40. What set Da Vinci apart frm peple wh are merely extrardinarily smart?
____________________________________________________________________________________________
41. Why was Da Vinci regarded as a very human genius?
____________________________________________________________________________________________
42. Please decide which part is false in the fllwing statement, then underline it and explain why.
Lenard’s genius nt nly cmes frm his wn will and ambitin, but als frm being the divine recipient, like Newtn r Einstein.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
43. Which quality f Da Vinci’s d yu appreciate mst? Hw can it benefit yu in yur life? (/In but 40 wrds)
____________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节（20分）
44. 假设你是红星中学高一学生李华。你的英国笔友Jim在你的朋友圈中看到你发了张自己所敬佩的人物的图片，发来邮件询问这个人物的相关情况。请你给Jim回复，内容包括：
1.该人物简介；
2.你敬佩该人物的原因。
注意：
1.词数不少于50；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
提示词：微信朋友圈：WeChat Mment
Dear Jim,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
说明：本试卷共9页，共100分。试时长90分钟。
第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
I was ready t pay fr my bananas at the grcery ne night, when fear seized me. My wallet was gne. I culd nly have left it n the G9 bus, which was nw speeding in the dark t sme ___1___ statin. Hw much time and mney wuld it cst t replace the cntents f that little wallet? The credit cards, the driver’s license, the cash, all lst t the bus.
Tw hurs later, I heard a knck n the dr. My husband answered it while I was n the phne. In my husband’s hand was my wallet, with nt a penny ___2___. She left befre I culd even make it t the dr t ffer my thanks.
After sharing the stry nline, smene identified the lady as Erin Smith. Withut ___3___, I called t thank her. She said she ___4___ my wallet n a bus seat. “If I were in that situatin, I wuld want smene t try t find me,” she said.
This ne stranger respnded beautifully t my small ___5___, but she actually wasn’t the nly ne. Right after Erin tk my wallet n the bus, she psted a picture f my driver’s license t an nline frum, trying t see ___6___ anyne knew me. N sner did she leave my drstep than I had emails frm tw wmen whse kids g t my sn’s nursery and wh recgnized my face. I’ve never ___7___ wrds with thse mms beynd small talk, but they wanted t help. I read that peple are mre divided than ever, but that’s nt hw the peple I ___8___ tend t act.
Erin had gne ___9___ what almst anyne wuld have dne, finding my huse n a bitterly cld night, and fr that I was extremely _____10_____.
1.
A. accessibleB. hiddenC. unknwnD. cnvenient
2.
A. missingB. returnedC. remainingD. abandned
3.
A. delayB. alarmC. regretD. invitatin
4.
A. mvedB. placedC. penedD. sptted
5.
A. crisisB. dangerC. threatD. failure
6.
A. ifB. whereC. hwD. when
7.
A. recalledB. exchangedC. repeatedD. whispered
8.
A. cme acrssB. cme abutC. cme byD. cme after
9.
A. intB. againstC. verD. beynd
10.
A. upliftedB. strickenC. painfulD. grateful
第二节 讲法填空（共10小题：每小题1.5分，共15分）
A
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Yuan Lngping was brn in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him t pursue a career in science r medicine. Hwever, ____11____ cncerned him mst was that farmers ften had pr harvests. Hw t bst yields was challenging questin at the time. Frtunately, the answer ____12____ (find) in the creatin f hybrid rice. Thrugh intense effrt, Yuan vercame enrmus technical ____13____ (difficulty) t develp the first hybrid rice that culd be used fr farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers t expand their utput greatly.
B
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The Richfield Museum f Fine Art is prud t present their new ____14____ (exhibit). They have many fine examples f Tang Dynasty(618-907) sculptures, mst f ____15____ are f Buddhist rigin. Even thugh Buddhism entered China much earlier, it did nt really begin t shw expansin until the seventh century. During this same perid, trade ____16____ the Silk Rad als bmed. Chinese sculpture thus fund itself highly influenced by Buddhist art ____17____ (bring) frm India and Central Asia. These wrks were intended t spread Buddhism and they are f exceptinal beauty and quality.
C
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The develpment f Western art ____18____ (slw) until the inventin f phtgraphy in the mid-19th century. After that, paintings were n lnger needed t preserve what peple and the wrld lked like. Hence, painters had t find a new way f ____19____ (lk) at their art. Frm this, Impressinism emerged in France. The name f this new mvement came frm the painting by Claude Mnet (1840-1926) called /Impressin, Sunrise. In this wrk, Mnet’s aim was ____20____ (cnvey) the light in the scene-the subjective (主观的) impressin the scene gave him-but nt a detailed recrd f the scene itself.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共14小题：每小题2分，共28分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Music fr Life Learning music is imprtant fr the educatinal and persnal develpment f yung peple!
Learning an instrument: hw d pupils chse?
All ur teachers are highly qualified and experienced musicians, and pupils can learn t play a wide range f instruments, frm the keybard t the drums(鼓). We have pen days when new pupils wh are unsure which instrument t chse can cme t the centre. They are able t speak t teachers abut which instrument might be best fr them, and they can als see and hear classes in actin.
Wh is respnsible fr buying the instruments?
Parents usually have t prvide instruments. But parents f beginners are advised nt t buy an instrument until they are tld that a place is available. They shuld als find ut frm the teacher the mst suitable type f instrument t get.
When and where d lessns take place?
Lessns are available in many schls, usually during the day. If there is n lessn available fr a particular instrument in a particular schl, ther arrangements can be made at ne f ur music centres fr lessns n Saturday afternns r weekday evenings.
Hw are pupils taught?
Pupils can learn in small grups, in classes r individually, depending n their needs. Small grups f three pupils have lessns that last thirty minutes. Class lessns last frty-five minutes and have at least ten pupils. Individual lessns are ffered nly t pupils wh have sme experience.
Starting yung: when can pupils begin?
Children are never t yung t becme interested in music. We have special “Musical Yuth” classes fr children frm the age f 3 t 8. These are designed t encurage yung children t enjy music thrugh a variety f activities including singing, musical games, listening and mvement. “Musical Yuth” classes take place n Saturday mrnings with grups f abut 18 children. A parent r ther adult must attend each sessin, and they are encuraged t sit with their children and help them with the activities.
21. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. New pupils can see classes n an pen day.
B. Pupils can learn special instruments n Sundays.
C. Parents must accmpany pupils during the learning prcess.
D. Teachers at the centre can prvide the right instruments fr pupils.
22. What is the best chice fr children with sme experience?
A. Lessns fr grups f ten.B. Individual lessns.
C. Lessns fr small grups f three.D. Special “Musical Yuth” classes.
23. The passage is intended fr _____.
A. teachersB. parents
C. musiciansD. pupils
B
Three mnths after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Rebecca Sell, then 24, a phtjurnalist fr Fredericksburg phtgraphed a New Orleans cuple wrriedly examining water-sptted pht albums. As she tk the pht, smething within her clicked. “I tld them I culd take the ruined pictures, cpy them and give them digitally restred (修复) phts,” she recalls. Althugh a bit sceptical, the cuple agreed. Rebecca tk their phts hme, restred them and tk them t the cuple at their temprary hme. “It felt s gd t be able t d that fr them,” says Rebecca.
When her editr, Dave Ellis, saw the pht f the cuple, he suggested they g back and restre damaged phts fr even mre peple. S in January 2006, with paid time ff frm the paper, the tw set up shp in Pass Christian. After psting a ntice in the cmmunity newsletter, Rebecca and Dave received 500 phts in fur days. Fr each, the pair tk a new digital picture, then used high-tech sftware t erase water spts and restre clrs. It just s happened that a ppular website linked t Dave’s blg abut the experience, and sn Operatin Pht Rescue, as it came t be knwn, had emails frm hundreds f vlunteers, including phtgraphers and restratin experts, eager t help.
Thugh digital restratin is a painstaking prcess, mending irreplaceable family pictures means the wrld t victims like Emily Lancaster, 71, wh tk ut piles f ruined pht albums after Katrina, never thinking the mess culd be saved. But she just culdn’t bear t part with a few treasured pictures, including a prtrait f her father, wh had passed away, and a pht f her husband as a by. Then she heard abut Operatin Pht Rescue. “I didn’t have a whle lt f hpe they culd fix them, but they did,” Emily says. “Almst every day I think abut all the pictures I’ve lst. I’m s happy t have these tw.”
In the five years since Katrina, Operatin Pht Rescue has cllected thusands f pictures ruined by flds, hurricanes and trnades. Vlunteers make “cpy runs” t disaster areas acrss the cuntry t gather damaged phts frm survivrs; perating csts are cvered by dnatins. “It’s great t be able t give peple sme f their histry back,” says Rebecca. “One persn tld me that thanks t us, her grandmther gt t see her phts again befre she passed away. Mments like that remind me why I d this.”
24. When Rebecca tk the picture f the New Orleans cuple, she decided t ______.
A. take them t their temprary hme
B. help with their damaged phts
C. set up shp in Pass Christian
D. cver Hurricane Katrina
25. Frm Paragraph 2, we knw that Dave and Rebecca ______.
A. quit their jbs in 2006
B. inspired vlunteers t jin them
C. spent fur days mending the phts
D. made their wrk knwn in their newspaper
26. Hw did Emily Lancaster feel when she first heard abut Operatin Pht Rescue?
A. Excited.B. Hpeless.
C. Satisfied.D. Sceptical.
27. What is the best title fr the passage?
A. Surviving Hurricanes
B. An Act f Genersity
C. Saving Memries
D. A Lucky Cuple
C
It’s cmmn knwledge that the wman in Lenard da Vinci’s mst famus painting seems t lk back at bservers, fllwing them with her eyes n matter where they stand in the rm, But this cmmn knwledge turns ut wrng.
A new study finds that the wman in the painting is actually lking ut at an angle that’s 15.4 degrees ff t the bserver’s right — well utside f the range that peple nrmally believe when they think smene is lking right at them. In ther wrds, said the study authr, Hrstmann, “She’s nt lking at yu.” This is smewhat irnic, because the entire phenmenn f a persn’s gaze (凝视) in a phtgraph r painting seeming t fllw the viewer is called the “Mna Lisa effect”. That effect is abslutely real, Hrstmann said. If a persn is illustrated r phtgraphed lking straight ahead, even peple viewing the prtrait frm an angle will feel they are being lked at. As lng as the angle f the persn’s gaze is n mre than abut 5 degrees ff t either side, the Mna Lisa effect ccurs.
This is imprtant fr human interactin with n-screen characters. If yu want smene ff t the right side f a rm t feel that a persn n-screen is lking at him r her, yu dn’t cut the gaze f the character t that side-surprisingly, ding s wuld make an bserver feel like the character isn’t lking at anyne in the rm at all. Instead, yu keep the gaze straight ahead.
Hrstmann and his c-authr were studying this effect fr its applicatin in the creatin f artificial-intelligence avatars when Hrstmann tk a lng lk at the “Mna Lisa” and realized she wasn’t lking at him.
T make sure it wasn’t just him, the researchers asked 24 peple t view images f the “Mna Lisa” n a cmputer scree.They set a ruler between the viewer and the screen and asked the participants t nte which number n the ruler intersected Mna Lisa’s gaze. T calculate the angle f Mna Lisa’s gaze as she lked at the viewer, they mved the ruler farther frm r clser t the screen’ during the study. Cnsistently, the researchers fund, participants judged that the wman in the “Mna Lisa” prtrait was nt lking straight at them, but slightly ff t their right.
S why d peple repeat the belief that her eyes seem t fllw the viewer? Hrstmann isn’t sure. It’s pssible, he said, that peple have the desire t be lked at, s they think the wman is lking straight at them. Or maybe the peple wh first cined the term “Mna Lisa effect” just thught it was a cl name.
28. It is generally believed that the wman in the painting “Mna Lisa” ______.
A. attracts the viewers t lk backB. seems mysterius because f her eyes
C. fixes her eyes n the back f the viewersD. lks at the viewers wherever they stand
29. What gaze range in a painting will cause the Mna Lisa effect?
A. B.
C. D.
30. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. Hrstmann thinks it’s cl t cin the term “Mna Lisa effect”.
B. The Mna Lisa effect cntributes t the creatin f artificial intelligence.
C. Feeling being gazed at by Mna Lisa may be caused by the desire fr attentin.
D. The psitin f the ruler in the experiment will influence the viewers’ judgement.
D
Americans clearly lve their museums. One f the mst famus, New Yrk’s Metrplitan Museum f Art (the Met), saw a recrd 6.5 millin visitrs in 2015. But recrd attendance desn’t necessarily translate int recrd revenue. Last mnth，the Met said it was trying t erase a USS10 millin budget deficit. Meanwhile, ne f its rivals，the Museum f Mdern Art (MMA), was abundant in cash, but nly abut three millin peple stpped by in 2015. Why d sme museums flurish while thers flunder? My research leads me t believe there are three reasns: fashin, billinaires and demgraphics.
First, underlying the Met’s financial challenges is the prblem with the acquisitins plicy. Recent directrs f the Met did nt add much t the museum’s mdern cllectin. The argument was that museums such as the MMA were already prviding such wrks in their cllectins and that the acquisitin f cntemprary art by living artists was prblematic and risky. Hwever, given the fact that museum-gers increasingly favr cntemprary art, the revenue f the Met will likely fall if it isn’t able t keep up with the tastes f the custmers. And by the time it might recgnize this, it’s already t late t d much abut it because the csts t acquire the in-demand art is sky-high. This leads t a secnd critical issue-the changing distributin f incme and its effects n museum finance and peratin.
We are living in a bm perid fr cntemprary art. The number f auctins and art fairs has grwn enrmusly t accmmdate this grwing market. In a wrld with abut 1,800 billinaires, it nly takes a relative few t drive high-end art prices t astrnmical levels. Wrks by the German artist Gerhard Richter have generated $1.2 billin in sales in recent years. The saring prices mean museums simply can’t keep up and must usually depend n dnatins t assemble the best wrks, r they’re priced ut. Mrever, billinaires themselves are increasingly setting up their wn private museums, further distancing the ability f public museums t get the gd stuff.
A third interrelated prblem is that demgraphic issues have put pressure n the revenue side. Unemplyment, early retirements and the aging f the ppulatin in the US have cntributed t increased attendance at museums. Yu might think it’s a gd thing, but mre traffic means higher csts, and when thse additinal visitrs dn’t result in mre revenue, prfitability ges dwn. This is because f the lngstanding mvement tward making museums “free” by having individuals, gvernment r businesses “spnsr” the cst. But when that supprt gets reduced by budget csts r anther reasn, museums must either cver the cst themselves r lse patrns by suddenly charging fees. There is evidence that attendance rises when ecnmic grwth slws, but that’s als when thse “spnsrs” are mre likely t begin t disappear.
Museums will certainly cntinue t exist and prvide us with invaluable insights int ur culture. But they must exist under ecnmic principles, and it’d be wise fr their administratrs t cnsider the ecnmies in their calculatins.
31. Accrding t the authr, ________.
A. MMA saw a rise in dnatin due t its increased attendance
B. the Met failed t respnd t the artistic tastes f mdern visitrs
C. the Met cnsidered wrks f the living artists as questinable
D. MMA added t its mdern cllectin despite the budget deficit
32. What can we infer frm the passage?
A. Billinaires cntrl art auctins t price ut public museums.
B. The bm f mdern art will lead visitrs t private museums.
C The increase in visitrs can hurt the prfitability f museums.
D. Ecnmic slwdwns result in a weakened interest in museums.
33. What is the authr’s attitude twards the future f museums in the US?
A. Pessimistic.B. Dubtful.C. Cautius.D. Uncertain.
34. Which is the best title f the passage?
A. Hw can Museums Bst Revenues?
B. Shuld Museums Charge Entrance Fees?
C. Will Museums Survive in a Fast-changing Wrld?
D. What Causes the Financial Challenges f Museums?
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Music has lng been cnsidered t be an enjyable pastime fr many peple． ____35____ The mental health benefits frm music can't be argued．Music culd als be helping yu with many ther health prblems behind the scenes．
____36____Hwever，fr the same reasn，music can be very beneficial if ne is in pain．By distracting （分心） the mind frm the pain，music，peple say，can lwer stress and anxiety levels．This，f curse，can lead t less pain．
Many peple enjy relaxing music in the evening prir t ging t bed．____37____While the validity f the idea is still being assessed，the lwered stress can even be tied back t bld pressure．Similarly accrding t researchers，listening t just 30 minutes f sft music every day may help with healthy bld sugar levels， thrugh the lwering f stress and anxiety．
When it cmes t heart health，there is speculatin （推测） that it's nt the style f music， but rather the temp that makes it s gd fr yur heart health．In ne Eurpean study，participants listened t music as the researchers mnitred their heart rates and bld pressure．____38____ On the ther hand，when the music slwed，the participants' stress and anxiety levels became lwer and the effects n heart rates appeared t fllw suit．
____39____But there is a whle range f ther health issues that turning up the radi culd be beneficial fr，which is what makes music s valuable．
A. This feeling can als result in many ther health prblems．
B Sme experts say that music can be harmful if it is t lud．
C. This idea is a little ff-the-wall but still has scientific backing．
D. They say it can play a big rle in calming the brain enugh t sleep．
E. The implicatins f music n verall well-being are really impressive．
F. It is als highly ppular due t the individualized effects n stress and anxiety．
G. Interestingly，the mre cheerful the music was，the faster their heart rates were．
第三部分 书面表达（共两节，32分）
第一节（共4小题；第40、41题各2分，第42题3分，第43题5分，共12分）
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请答题卡指定区域作答。
Lenard Da Vinci was a genius: wildly imaginative, passinately curius and creative acrss multiple disciplines-painting architecture, aernautics, and engineering. Yet ddly the wrd “genius” minimizes him by making it seem as if he were tuched by lightning. His early bigrapher made this mistake: “Smetimes, in a superatural fashin, a single persn is gifted by heaven with beauty, grace, and talent in such abundance that seems that his every act is divine (天赐的)” In fact the self-taught Lenard’s genius was shaped by his wn will and ambitin. It did nt cme frm being the divine recipient, like Newtn r Einstein.
Part f what made Lenard a genius, what set him apart frm peple wh are merely extrardinarily smart, was creativity. His talent fr cmbining bservatin with fantasy allwed him t make unexpected leaps that related things seen t things unseen.
Lenard was als a very human genius, He made mistakes. He left a trail f unfinished prjects, flying machines that never flew, tanks that never rlled. "Tell me if ever I did a thing... Tell me if anything was ever made.
His flawed humanity makes Lenard mre accessible. Even thugh we may never be able t match his talents, we can learn frm him and try t be mre like him. His life ffers a wealth f lessns.
Seek knwledge fr its wn sake. Nt all knwledge needs t be useful. Smetimes it shuld be pursued fr pure pleasure. Lenard did nt need t knw hw heart valves wrk t paint the Mna Lisa, nr did he need t figure ut hw fssils gt t the tp f muntains t prduce Virgin f the Rcks. By allwing himself t be driven by pure curisity, he gt t explre mre hrizns and see mre cnnectins.
Keep a childlike sense f wnder, At a certain pint in life, mst f us quit puzzling ver everyday phenmena. We might savr the beauty f a blue sky, but we n lnger bther t wnder why it is that clr. Lenard did.
Be curius, bserve things, see things unseen, respect facts, be pen t We can never learn enugh frm Lenard.
40. What set Da Vinci apart frm peple wh are merely extrardinarily smart?
____________________________________________________________________________________________
41. Why was Da Vinci regarded as a very human genius?
____________________________________________________________________________________________
42. Please decide which part is false in the fllwing statement, then underline it and explain why.
Lenard’s genius nt nly cmes frm his wn will and ambitin, but als frm being the divine recipient, like Newtn r Einstein.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
43. Which quality f Da Vinci’s d yu appreciate mst? Hw can it benefit yu in yur life? (/In but 40 wrds)
____________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节（20分）
44. 假设你是红星中学高一学生李华。你的英国笔友Jim在你的朋友圈中看到你发了张自己所敬佩的人物的图片，发来邮件询问这个人物的相关情况。请你给Jim回复，内容包括：
1.该人物简介；
2.你敬佩该人物的原因。
注意：
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2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
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