1 河北安平中学实验部高一年级英语学科寒假作业河北安平中学实验部高一年级英语学科寒假作业 20192019 年年 2 2 月月 1717 日日 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 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。 A A Welcome to Sun Bright Hotel，New York Introduction This hotel is perfect for student travelers on a low budget or travelers looking for an inexpensive，limited service hotel，and wanting to stay in New York City The sleeping rooms are small and equipped with a 13-inch TV with cableGuests must walk up one flight of stairs to reach the rooms and the lobby(大厅)on the second floorNo bathroom in the rooms，and they are located in each floor and shared There is no restaurant in the hotel，but there are many Asian restaurants within a two- minute walk from the hotelThe hotels location in Chinatown provides its guests with world- class eateries within blocksIt is also only blocks from great Italian restaurants in Little Italy，approximately a five-minute walk from the hotelLocated in Manhattans Chinatown district，the hotel is a walking distance to many famous supermarkets on Canal Street，Little Italy，Tribeca，SoHo and the Financial District Room and Accommodation Connection for laptop Air conditioning Satellite television Direct dial phone Automatic wake-up call Location and Contact Information Address：140 Hester Street New York NY 1 00 1 3 United States Hotline：4008302353 Email：hotelsfnetravelcom Book your room here ! 21We can learn that the hotel is_ Afashionable Bplain Chigh Dgrand 22What service is provided in the hotel? ADelicious breakfast BFree Wi-Fi CAutomatic wake-up serviceDFitness equipment 23We can infer that it is very convenient for guests in the hotel to_ 2 Asee a film Battend a concert Cvisit a zoo Dgo shopping B Self-driving cars are so popular that the University of Michigan has even established a town called Mcity to allow car manufacturers to safely test their autonomous cars While Mcity can be used to simulate(模拟)many real-life road conditions，it cannot help test gestures drivers use to communicate their intention to other drivers，pedestrians or cyclistsTo find a solution，US car manufacturer Ford，with researchers from Virginia Tech，initially considered using text as a way to communicate the cars intention，but decided it would probably not work universallyThe option of using symbols was also discarded，because research shows that a majority of people do not have a good understanding of what they mean Finally，the researchers settled on light signalsA white light warned that there were no humans in the car. A slow blinking one indicated that the car was coming to a stop，while a rapidly flashing light cautioned passersby that the car was about to accelerate Then came the big challengetesting the signals on real roads “We needed to try out this new lighting to communicate the intention of the vehicle，but if youve got a driver behind the seat，you still have natural communication between humans， ”said Andy Shaudt，who led the Virginia Tech research team “So we needed to make it look like a driverless ear ” The team designed a car seat costume(戏装)that the driver would wear to cover hisher face and upper bodyOf course，the drivers could see very clearlyThe researchers then equipped the car with cameras to capture human reactions to a light bar on the windshield(挡风 玻璃)，which flashed one of the three signals when appropriateSix drivers，all keeping their hands low on the wheel so as not to be detected，took turns to test driving the car through the busy streets. The overall reaction to the flashing lights was very encouragingWho knew costumes could be useful for more than Halloween? 24What did the team first consider using as a way to communicate the cars intention? ALight BLanguage CSymbolsDSound. 25The underlined word“they”in the second paragraph refers to_ Asvmbo1s Bdrivers Cresearchers Dflashes 26What does a rapidly flashing light mean? AThe car was coming to a stop BThere was no driver in the car CThe car was about to speed upDThe car was about to slow down. 27The car seat costume was intended to_ Aamuse the driver Battract the pedestrians Cwarn the cyclists Dconfuse the people 3 C C My 11-year-old daughter has been awarded an academic scholarship to a private school. Its only a small discount, but the scholarship means shell skip the waiting list - provided my husband and I can cover $20,000 a year. Should we pay the private school fees, or choose free education instead? I always assumed my children would go to a private school, like I did. Not because my family is wealthy, but because I believe that the best education is private. It took years for me to make peace with the fact that my two children attended our local public primary school. Theyll go to a private high school, I told myself. Yet here we are. My eldest is now in her last year of primary school, and my husband and I will struggle to afford private school.