四川省宜宾市铜鼓乡中学校高三英语下学期期末试题含解析

1、四川省宜宾市铜鼓乡中学校高三英语下学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. While his approach was a complete _ from established practices, the result was satisfactory.A. separationB. prohibitionC. departureD. judgment参考答案：C【详解】考查名词辨析。句意：虽然他的做法完全背离了既定的做法，但结果令人满意。A. separation分开；B. prohibition禁止；C. departure违背；D. judgment判断，根据题意，故选C。2. -How

2、 could she have let something so important _her mind?-Shes fully applied to work recently and gets burnt out. A. occupy B. cross C. slide D. slip参考答案：D考查动词辨析。occupy占据；cross穿过；slide滑倒；slip滑脱。词组：slip ones mind忘记。句意：她怎么能把这么重要的事情忘记了呢？故选D。3. Only by _ your attention _ what you are learning _learn it well

3、.A. focus; on; can you B. paying; to; you canC. focusing; on; can you D. pay; on; can you 参考答案：C4. He _- much of his success and happiness _his wife and children.A thanks; to B owes; to C owns; to D thinks; highly of参考答案：B5. Last Sunday, they arrived at the farm _ they had never paid a visit before.

4、A. thatB. whichC. to whichD. for which参考答案：C6. He should have come to join in the thorough cleaning.He _. I dont think it was his turn.A. neednt have to B. neednt have C. didnt have to D. doesnt need to参考答案：C略7. Our teachers always tell us to believe in _ we do and who we are if we want to succeed.A

5、. why B. how C. which D. what 参考答案：D8. _ twice a year, whether it is a car or a bus or a truck, is the rule that every driver must obey in this city AExamined BExamining CBeing examined DHaving been examined参考答案：C9. He has learned , no matter what happens and how bad seems today, life goes on and it

6、 will be better tomorrow. Athat; it Bit; that Cit; it Dthat; that参考答案：A略10. The famous singer is traveling across the country, her new album. Aclassifying Bexpanding Cincreasing Dpromoting参考答案：D11. Faced with those _ problems such as global warming, people in different parts of the worldtoday are su

7、pposed to work hand in hand. A. temporary B. widespread C. ridiculous D. universal 参考答案：D12. _ his high social status, it is really hard for us to _his joining us in going west to teach children there.A. Considering; oppose B. Considered; prevent fromC. To consider; persuade D. Being considered; obj

8、ect to参考答案：A考查介词和动词。句意：鉴于他高的社会地位，我们真的很难反对他和我们一起去西部教书。Considering（介词）鉴于-，oppose（动词）反对，根据句意可知答案为A。13. _ of robbery at night, the woman cab driver had to drive with a friend. A. Warning B. Having warned C. Having been warned D. Being warned参考答案：C 14. Tom, Ive left my money at home. -_ I can lend you wh

9、at you need. A. Well done B. Dont mention it C. Me neither D. No problem参考答案：D略15. The two companies are competing _ each other to get into the Indian market. A. to B. for C. in D. against参考答案：D略二、 填空16. Marketers have more options in todays increasingly multilingual society a variety of electronic

10、and print media can address groups of consumers in different languages. Various factors influence the choice of media and language. In some cases, its simply practical to advertise in the consumers native language, particularly if many of the consumers in this group are primarily monolingual. In oth

11、er cases, by advertising on, say, a Spanish television channel in the US, an advertiser may earn the respect of the consumer by addressing him in his native language, as well as develop positive associations with the medium and its unique content. Now, marketers have another factor to consider when

12、deciding where to advertise and in what language. A paper, Do bilinguals have two personalities? , a special case of cultural frame switching published by researchers at the University of Texas, shows that bilingual individuals exhibit different personality characteristics when speaking different la

13、nguages.Lead researcher Nairan Ramirez-Esparza, tested individuals who were bilingual in English and Spanish for various personality traits, and found that the subjects answered the questions differently when asked in English and Spanish. The new work built on past research showed the values of subj

14、ects changed when they were surrounded by stimuli from different cultures.How can marketers take advantage of “cultural frame switching”? It may sound challenging without specific research, but at least for Spanish/ English bilinguals in the US, there is now some hard data on the language-related pe

15、rsonality shift. Extrapolating to other language combinations may be possible, too. Since the Spanish/ English bilingual results seem to be in agreement with testing of monolingual Spanish and English speakers, language-specific testing of bilingual subjects may not be essential to get an idea of wh

16、at kind of cultural frame switching might occur in other bilingual combinations. Rather, comparing known personality differences for each language/ culture would give an indication of the differences bilingual individuals would exhibit.I think it would be a mistake to over-emphasize this phenomenon

17、over other criteria affecting the selection of appropriate media and language to reach a target market. Clearly, the major considerations of demographics(人口统计资料), perception of the medium, language fluency, etc. should remain major factors. Besides, the language-driven cultural frame switching may n

18、ot make much difference to many products or services. If the product does attract one cultural personality more, though, it may make sense to exploit that difference of the other decision criteria are more or less equivalent.The researchers point out that the differences arent great. Even if slight,

19、 though, the differences are noticeable.Cultural Frame Switching: Different Language, Different PersonalityConcept of cultural frame switchingCultural frame switching refers to the phenomenon of shifting from one cultural mindset to another when people are (71)_ to their new cultural environment.App

20、lications of cultural frame switchingCultural frame switching is a factor marketers now take into (72)_ to reach target customers.Personality shift proves to be (73)_ for Spanish/ English bilinguals, which makes it not (74)_ to do language-specific testing of bilingual subjects.Looking for the known

21、 personality differences between each language/ culture would give marketers a better (75)_ of how bilingual individuals would (76)_ in two different cultures.Facts about cultural frame switchingIts wrong to put too much (77)_ on the functions of cultural frame switching.Compared with other criteria

22、, the language-driven cultural frame switching simply plays a(n) (78)_ role in marketing success.Providing that a product (79)_ to a certain cultural personality more, the difference is worth employing.ConclusionThe effect different languages have on personality is (80)_ but noticeable.参考答案：71. expo

23、sed 72. account/ consideration 73. existent 74. necessary/ essential 75. understanding/ idea 76. behave 77. stress/ emphasis 78. minor/ unimportant 79. appeals 80. slight81. Possible version:三、 阅读理解17. 2017 was an influential year for artificial intelligence (人工智能), not just in terms of the advancem

24、ent of the technology itself, but also for the development of our understanding of AIs impact on our society.When we talk about AI, often we focus on the belief that it is going to take away certain types of jobs. However, we often ignore the fact that this technology will also slowly spread into mo

25、st of our lives.Thanks to the development of AI, we are on the highway of IA, (human) intelligence augmentation (增强). Despite the great steps weve made in AI development and will continue to make in 2018, we are still years away from AI fully replacing human jobs. However, we are much closer to seei

26、ng the impact of AI spread into almost every job and the growth in human intelligence.Take a doctor for example: AI will soon be able to detect and diagnose common diseases more quickly and accurately than humans. Now, doctors can spend more of their time explaining the possible diagnoses, communica

27、ting with patients and developing unique, reliable treatment plans that are most effective for each specific patient.However, AI is so powerful and its adoption will only accelerate as it begins to help our work and allow us to focus on the parts of our job that are most important. But part of why A

28、I is so attractive is also why its so dangerous. That is, that same power allows AI that are making incorrect decisions to do so with greater speed and impact than humans have ever had.This is why, as AI becomes more useful in 2018, it will also become more closely examined. 2018 will be the year when companies purcha