深圳市2019高三年级第一次调研考试

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Frances Stevens Reese Woodland Trail Guide

The Woodland Trail was opened to the public on October 21. 1997. Boscobel's Board ofDirectors

adopted a formal decision of naming the Woodland Trail in honor of former Boscobelboard member, Frances Stevens Reese(1917-2003), one year after his death.

The trail（小径） is approximately10miles in length, leading down to Constitution Forest.When the

West Point Glass Factory was operating during the Civil War, trees for miles around were cleared to provide firewood. Walking outof the forest, you will find a large mass of nativehard rock about three billion years old.

Throughout this country path, you will find picture boards identifying birds and plants localto this region.

You will also find signs with historic and environmental information written byarea specialists.

When you take a walk through this \

●Before walking the trail, please purchase a pass in the Carriage House. Plan ahead, soyou will be back

by closing time

●Follow the trail markers and remain on the trail. Besides protecting the fragile forestecosystem,you will

reduce the risk of poison plants and snakes.

●Leaverocks, plants, animals and art works where you see them so that the personbehind you can have

the same experience.

●Carry out whatever you carry in because there are no rubbish containers on the trail. If you happen to

see a piece of litter, be a good guest and pick itup.

21. When was the trail named to honor Frances Stevens Reese? A. In 1997.

B. In 1917.

C. In 2003.

B. In 2004.

22. Whatcan you see along the trail? A. An old battle field. C. Information signs.

B. A glass factory. D. Rock houses.

B. Throw the rubbish into the dustbins. D. Protect the markers of the Woodland Trail

23. What should you do as a thoughtful visitor? A. Leave the wildlife undisturbed.

C. Make reservations in the Carriage House.

B

Kevin, diagnosed with Dyslexia (读写困难症), rarely spoke a word in class, and if he did,it would be a

\That was until he met Sarah, an advisor at a youth center Kidpreneur.

In 2012, Kevin attended a course called Ready Set Go in that center. The course was for disadvantaged

kids in Kingswood - a low-income area in Sydney's western suburbs--and itsgoal was to teach the kids how to create businesses and offer value to the neighborhood.

At the end of the course, Sarah took the kids to the local area. She asked volunteers to sharetheir business

experiences--Kevin immediately put up his hand. His challenge was to trade hishot-dog selling service for free bread at a bakery. Although scared, Kevin was able to share hisentrepreneur (创业) story with the shop owner and asked if he could exchange his service for some bread. Unexpectedly, the shop owner told Kevin how moved he was by his story andhanded him some bread for free. By the end of the afternoon, his belief in himself and what waspossible was at an all-time high.

The following week, Kevin sold 70 hot-dogs in two hours and made over $200. Soon after,he delivered

public speeches in 20 schools, and was selected as part of his school's leadershipteam. Now he heads a business group working on how to increase potential customer base.

All of this would not have been possible if Kevin had not found his passion andperseverance to improve

himself, and those around him. The guidance and trust of his advisoralso helped to kindle his enthusiasm to go after his goals and dreams in life.

24. Whatwere the kids expected to achieve in the Ready Set Go course? A. To improve their test scores. C. To teach in low-income areas. A. Scared. A.Inspire.

B. Confident. B. Share.

B. To create a hot-dog business. D. To be beneficial to the local area. C. Touched. C. Continue.

D. Grateful. D. Express.

25. How did Kevin feel after visiting the local bakery? 26. What does the underlined word \27. Which can be a suitable title for the text? A. On the Road to Recovery B. Turning Failure into Success C. Growing Wealthy through Hard Work D. From Hopeless Youth to Business Leader

C

A woman held her phone tightly to her heart the way a church- goer might hold a Bible. She was anxious

to take a picture of an impressive bunch of flowers that sat not so far away, but firstshe had to get through a crowd of others pushing their way to do the same. The cause of this wasBouquets to Art, one of the most popular events at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.Flower sellers were asked to create flower arrangements that respond to pieces of art on display, from ancient carvings to contemporary sculptures. It's extremely attractive and also memorable,to the point that it has become a problem.

In recent years, the de Young received more than a thousand complaints from people whofelt that cell

phones had spoiled their experience of the exhibit. Institutions of fine art around theworld face similar problems as the desire to take photographs becomes a huge attraction for museums, as well as something that upsets some of their patrons (资助人). So the de Youngresponded with a kind of compromise: carving out \during the exhibition'ssix-day run.

One common complaint about the effect of social media on museum culture is that peopleseem to be

missing out on experiences because they are so busy collecting evidence of them. Astudy recently published in the journal Psychological Science suggests there is some truth to this.It finds that people who keep taking photos of an exhibit and posting them on social media rather than simply observingit havea hard time remembering what they see. But the issue is complexfor the professionals running museums. Linda Butler, the de Young's head of marketing andvisitor experience, acknowledges that not everyone wants a museum to be “a photo-taking playland.\Yet a lot of people do, and she believes that the de Young is in no position to judgeone reason for buying a$8 ticket to be more valid than another. “If we removed social mediaand photography,\would risk becoming irrelevant.\

28. What was the woman eager to do according to Paragraph 1?

A. To get her phone. B. To take a photo. C. To escape the crowd. D. To push ahead. 29. How did the de Young respond to the dilemma?

A. By setting periods without photo-taking. B. By making the exhibition free of charge. C. By compromising with the government. D. By extending the free exhibition hours. 30. The recent study finds that the use of social media in museums may_ A. uncover the truth B. play a negative role C. accumulate evidence D. cause many complaints 31. Which of the following may Linda Butler support? A. Catering to visitors. B. Reducing admission prices. C. Reserving judgement in public. B Banning social media and photography.

D

Most autonomous vehicles test-driving in cities navigate (导航) by using 3-D mapsmarking every edge of

roadside with almost centimeter-level accuracy. But few places have beenmapped in such detail, which has left most areas like smaller towns inaccessible to thosedriverless cars.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) now have developed a newnavigation

system that guides autonomous vehicles without such accurate maps. This technology can help driverless cars travel almost anywhere.

The navigation system maps out a course down unfamiliar roads much as a human driverwould by

continually scanning its surroundings, with a laser sensor (激光感应器), to measure how close it isto the edges of the road. Meanwhile, the car also flows a tool like a smart phonemap app that provides directions to its destination,as well as information about the rules oftheroad, such as speed limits and the positions of stoplights. Teddy Ort, a roboticist at MIT, test-drove a car equipped with this navigation system on a one-way road. It slowly traveled one kilometer without any human assistance.

This system assumes that a car has a clear path down the road, but it can be paired with other

existingcomputing technology to discover in-road obstacles (障碍), says Ort. Theresearchers also plan to build a version of this system which can spot markings painted on streets, so that the car can drive on two-way roads.\need other sensors to work in different conditions,” says Alexander Wyglinski, an electrical engineer at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. “Since laser sensors don't work well in rain or snow,these cars might need additional imaging technologies to drive safely in bad weather.\32. What may be a problem for most driverless cars? A. They fail in test-driving. C. They run in limited areas. A. It includes accurate maps.

B. Their maps are outdated. D. Their guides are unreliable. B. It removes in-road obstacles. D. It features a smart phone app. B. To indicate further research areas. D. To show the creativity of driverless cars.

33. What can we infer about the MIT navigation system? C. It works by detecting the road. 34. What is the purpose of Paragraph 4? A. To confirm the test drive results. 35. What is the main idea of the text?

A. Autonomous cars beat human drivers on country roads. B. Navigating self-driving cars may work in different conditions. C Smart mapping technology adds to the functions of self-driving cars. D. A new navigation system helps autonomous cars drive remote roads.

C. To recognize scientists' achievements.