此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 绝密 启用前2018-2019学年上学期高二年级期末考试英 语 注意事项：1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。用2B铅笔将答题卡上试卷类型A后的方框涂黑。2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）(略) 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AMagazine sales have generally been falling since the day the inventor of the Internet said, “Hey, why dont I invent the Internet?”But the latest ABC figures, released this week, show that sales of certain titles are actually going up. News and current affairs magazines are becoming more popularbut celebrity (名人), gossip and fashion publications are still struggling.“Gossip and celebrity news is rarely something that requires detailed analysisso its best suited to bite-sized content on social media,” says Ian Burrell, media columnist for The Drum. “Once its out there, its quickly shared and readers move on to the next star. No one wants to wait a week to read about it in a print magazine.”Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator, wrote this week: “Theres now too much writing online, and in an era of fake news, where you get your analysis from has never been more important. As newspapers and magazines are finding out, if you can publish writing that is consistently better than what can be found online, people will pay.”But many editors are struggling to strike the right balance between physical and digital content. They are faced with the choice of either posting all their articles online for free so the magazine stays relevant, or charging readers money to protect the financial future of the brand.As Burrell points out, most readers are hungry for a deeper understanding of the fast-moving changes in global news and politics rather than seeking to escape from it by burying their heads in celebrity gossip and entertainment stories.Serious times call for serious journalism. While general-interest daily news has been turned into an almost universally available commodity (商品) by the Internet, specialist journalism is still a service people value and think they cant get elsewhere.21. What does Ian Burrell think of celebrity news?A. It isnt worth reading. B. It isnt worth analyzing.C. It should be read carefully. D. It should appear on magazines. 22. What did Fraser Nelson mainly stress?A. The importance of news sources. B. The significance of current affairs.C. The value of newspapers and magazines. D. The balance between physical and digital content. 23. What can be inferred from Burrell s opinion in Paragraph 6?A. Most readers are fond of rapid changes. B. Most readers tend to escape from reality.C. Most readers like entertainment news best. D. Most readers show great interest in global news and politics. 24. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Where Magazines Will Go in the Future. B. What Makes Some Magazines Disappear.C. How Magazines Are Surviving the Digital Age. D. Why People Are Still Reading Fashion Publications.BIts exciting to imagine how future humans will have solved the problems we have now, or what amazing new inventions will make our lives more convenient and interesting. We asked top scientists to share their predictions on what the world will be like in a century. If theyre right, the 2114 is going to be really cool.1. Robots will do your chores and more.Robots will be doing most of our jobs, from building homes to teaching math. There are already robots that clean floors and pump gas. In the future they will be more complicated and useful. Unfortunately, with robots taking all the jobs, unemployment will be high.2. You will read minds.Speaking of being social, we will communicate in an entirely different way. Forget texts and emails. Mindreading technology will allow us to send thoughts to each other without speaking a word. We will also be able to send thoughts to objects around us. (Instead of pressing “start” on the microwave, you could just think “start”.) Meanwhile, chips implanted(植入) in our brains will improve memory and intelligence.3. Your car will drive you.Today, around 30,000 Americans die in car accidents each year. One hundred years from now, accidents will be a thing of the past. According to Mark Safford, consultant or the U.S. department of Transportation, future cars will drive themselves. These electric cars will communicate with other cars on the road to travel safely in close formation at high speeds.4. You will eat fake meat.Raising animals is not an efficient way to produce food, and it harms the environment. Cows, chickens, and pigs eat a lot, and then we have to deal with all that poop(粪便)