山西省原平市范亭中学2018-2019学年高二英语4月月考试题

山西省原平市范亭中学2018-2019学年高二英语4月月考试题本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分,共150分。考试时间120分钟。第I卷（共100分）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15小题，每小题3分，满分45分）AAnewappaimstohelpparentsinterpretwhattheirbabywantsbasedonthesoundoftheircry.ThefreeappChatterBaby,whichwasreleasedlastmonth,analyzestheacoustic(声学的)featuresofababy’scry,tohelpparentsunderstandwhethertheirchildmightbehungry,fussyorinpain.Whilecriticssaycaregiversshouldnotrelytoomuchontheirsmartphone,otherssayit’sahelpfultoolfornewortiredparents.ArianaAnderson,amotheroffour,developedtheapp.Sheoriginallydesignedthetechnologytohelpdeafparentsbetterunderstandwhytheirbabywasupset,butsoonrealizeditcouldbeahelpfultoolforallnewparents.Tobuildadatabase,Andersonandherteamuploaded2,000audiosamplesofinfant(婴儿)cries.Sheusedcriesrecordedduringearpiercingsandvaccinationstodistinguishpaincries.Andtocreateabaselinefortheothertwocategories,agroupofmomshadtoagreeonwhetherthecrywaseitherhungryorfussy.Anderson’steamcontinuestocollectdataandhopestomaketheappmoreaccuratebyaskingparentstogetspecificaboutwhatcertainsoundsmean.PediatricianEricBallpointedoutthatevaluatingcriescanneverbeanexactscience.“Ithinkthatalloftheappsandtechnologythatnewparentsareusingnowcanbehelpfulbutneedtobetakenseriously,”Ballsaid,“Idoworrythatsomeparentswillgetstuckinbigdataandturntheirparentingintobasicallyaspreadsheet(电子表格)whichIthinkwilltakeawaytheloveandcaringthatparentsaresupposedtobeprovidingforthechildren.”ButAndersonsaidtheaimoftheappistohaveparentsinterprettheresults,nottoprovideayesornoanswer.TheBells,acoupleusingthisapp,sayit’sawin-win.Theybelievetheyarenotonlyhelpingtheirbabynowbutpotentiallyothersinthefuture.1．Howdoestheappjudgewhatbabieswant?A．Bycollectingdata.B．Byrecordingallthesounds.C．Byanalyzingthesoundoftheircries.D．Byaskingparentsaboutspecificmessages.2．Whatwastheappdesignedforinthebeginning?A．Allnewparents.B．Deafparents.C．ArianaAnderson.D．Cryingbabies.3．WhatisBall’sopinionabouttheapp?A．Parentsshouldusetheappwisely.B．Theappcancreateanaccurateresult.C．Parentsandbabiesareaddictedtotheapp.D．Theappmakesbabiesloseloveandcaring.4．Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A．Parentsshouldnotrelytoomuchontheirsmartphones.B．Anewapphelpsparentsfigureoutwhytheirbabiesarecrying.C．Parentscandealwithbabies’hungerwiththehelpofanewapp.D．AnewappcalledChatterBabycanpreventbabiesfromcrying.BManypeoplespendmorethanfourhoursperdayonWeChat,anditisredefiningtheword“friend.”Doesfriendingsomeoneonsocialmediamakehimorheryourfriendinreallife?RobinDunbar,aprofessoratOxfordUniversity,foundthatonly15,ofthe150Facebookfriendstheaverageuserhas,couldbecountedasactualfriendsandonlyfiveasclosefriends.WeChatmayshowasimilarpattern.Thosewithwhomyouattendedacoursetogether,appliedforthesamepart-timejob,wenttoapartyandintendedtocooperatebutfailedtakeupmostofyourWeChatfriends.Inchatrecords,theonlymessagemaybeasystemnotice,“Youhaveacceptedsomebody’sfriendrequest”.Sometimeswhenseeingsomephotossharedon“Moments”,youevenneedseveralminutestothinkaboutwhenyoubecamefriends.Also,youmaybedisturbedbymassmessages(群发信息)sentfromyourunfamiliar“friends”,includingrequestsforvotingfortheirchildrenorfriends,linksfromPinduoduo.com(aChinesee-commerceplatformthatallowsuserstobuyitemsatlowerpricesiftheypurchaseingroups)andcookie-cutter(千篇一律的)blessingsinholidays.Youwouldhavethoughtaboutdeletingthistypeof“friends”andsortoutyourconnections.Butactuallyyoudidnotdothatasyouweretaughtthatsocialnetworkingisvaluabletoone’ssuccess.Besides,itwouldbereallyawkwardiftheyfoundthatyouhaveunfriendedthemalready.Then,youkeepincreasingyour“friends”insocialmediaandclick“like”onsomepicturesthatyouarenotreallyinterested.Butthefactisthatdeepemotionalconnectionsdonotcomewiththeincreasingnumberofyourfriendsinsocialmedia.Ifthenumberofyourfriendsreaches150,maintainingtheserelationshipscanbetoughtoyou,andsometimesevenwillmakeyouanxious.AccordingtoRobinDunbar,150isthelimitofthenumberofpeoplewithwhomonecanmaintainstablesocialrelationships.5．WhatcanwelearnfromRobinDunbar'sfindinginParagraph2?A．AFacebookuserhas250friendsonaverage.B．Mostofthesocialmediafriendscanbeactualfriends.C．Amongoursocialmediafriends,onlyafewpeoplematter.D．Only15peopleofaperson’sFacebookfriendscanbeclosefriends.6．WhatdoesthethirdparagraphtellusaboutmostofyourWeChatfriends?A．Youhavedeepcommunicationwiththem.B．Youbenefitalotfromtheirmassmessages.C．Youjusthaveanoddingacquaintancewiththem.D．Youbecomefriendswiththeminimportantoccasions.7．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“that”inParagraph4referto?A．RemovingunfamiliarfriendsinWeChat.B．StrengtheningtieswithyourWeChatfriends.C．Keepingincreasingyourfriendsinsocialmedia.D．Clicking“like”onpicturespostedbyyourfriends.8．Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?A．Wewillbeanxiousifwemakefriendsonline.B．Weshouldavoidmakinganyfriendsinsocialmedia.C．Weshouldmakeasmanyfriendsaspossibleinsocialmedia.D．Wehavedifficultymanagingrelationshipswithover150people.CLastweek,VodafonestartedatestoftheUK'sfirstfull5Gservice,availableforusebybusinessesinSalford.ItispartofitsplantotrialthetechnologyinsevenUKcities.Butwhatcanweexpectfromthenextgeneration